Chapter 173 A Kiss by the Woods
In the evening, Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru came back, followed by Huo Jinze.
The newlyweds' faces beamed, naturally delighted to see Fubao. They chatted animatedly, sharing roasted sunflower seeds, cakes, and candies. As they ate and chatted, Gu Weidong even turned on the TV, proudly saying, "It's a Panda brand TV, newly bought this year. We're the first in our village to have one, so we can finally watch something special."
No one had noticed the TV before, but now they saw that it was covered with a veil with a tasseled ribbon. Gu Weidong opened it and saw that it was playing the CCTV News Broadcast, which was actually talking about how remarkable the results of the deepening reform of farmers were.
The TV program was also very relevant to the situation, and everyone was talking excitedly. Old Man Yu even gave a thumbs-up repeatedly: "I can see that our farmers' lives are better than those in the city now. Here, the mountains are beautiful, the water is beautiful, and the people are nice!"
As they were talking, Liu Guizhi went to invite Miao Xiuju and her husband. Everyone came and set up two large tables. They served stewed pork elbows, cold cuts of pork head, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, two fish, and vermicelli cakes, date cakes, and other local New Year dishes.
Yu Anmin took out the Moutai liquor he brought back from the capital, and the three families began to eat it lively. The topic shifted from Moutai to the capital, from the capital to Dagunzi Mountain, and from Dagunzi Mountain to the wedding of Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru.
Gu Weidong was clearly a bit drunk. He raised his hand and said firmly, "I've discussed this with Youfu. He said we need to do it well and make it a grand occasion. He said that Teacher Huo has worked hard over the years and has raised so many children for us. Anyone in our village who can read is a student of Teacher Huo and Teacher Su. We at Dagunzi Mountain owe Teacher Huo all these years of dedication. We need to give her the most lively wedding!"
Miao Xiuju also said: "Coming to our Dagunzi Mountain is like coming home. You don't have to worry about anything else. Just be a bride and groom. We want to have a lively party. People from all over the village will come to watch the fun!"
Huo Jinyun smiled happily, looked at Su Wanru beside him, stood up, and said generously: "Thank you, Fourth Brother, thank you, Auntie. Come, I, Huo Jinyun, toast to everyone!"
As they spoke, everyone raised their glasses.
After finishing the drink, everyone was still reluctant to stop and continued talking while watching TV. Grandpa Yu told everyone about the various new policies in the capital and how the lives of farmers would get better and better in the future. He spoke passionately and everyone nodded in agreement.
Faced with everyone's applause, Mr. Yu became more excited and started talking about his war experiences in the past, saying how glorious it was back then. Everyone became even more supportive and cheered.
In this lively atmosphere, Fubao, Liu Guizhi and Ning Huiyue washed the pots and pans together, and helped to make dumplings for the next day.
Liu Guizhi looked outside and saw that the men had finished their conversation and that Miao Xiuju and Gu Dayong were about to leave. Several of the men were a little drunk, except for Xiao Dingkun and Huo Jinze. Xiao Dingkun had a good alcohol tolerance and was fine with a drink, but Huo Jinze was always listless. If he didn't drink, the others wouldn't force him. So, Xiao Dingkun said he was going to see Miao Xiuju off.
Miao Xiuju said with a smile, "Why would you send me off? It's such a short distance, I can go back by myself."
Xiao Dingkun insisted: "Grandma, it's too dark and the road outside is bumpy. I'd better take you there."
Seeing this, Liu Guizhi was naturally satisfied: "Dingkun is really thoughtful. We farmers are usually not so considerate."
Ning Huiyue saw this and said hurriedly, "It's not good to let Dingkun go alone, Fubao, you should go too."
Fu Bao hesitated for a moment, then quickly wiped his hands and said, "Okay."
So Xiao Dingkun and Fubao supported Miao Xiuju and Gu Dayong back to the old house. Along the way, Gu Dayong only burped occasionally and didn't say much. Miao Xiuju kept chattering, saying that life was good now, and that Dingkun should love our Fubao, and how good our Fubao was.
After finally sending them back, Xiao Dingkun and Fubao walked out of the old house and headed home.
The old house is in the center of the village, while Gu Weidong's house is in the southwest corner of the village. To get there, you have to cross half a street and a small woods in the village.
At this time, there were not many people on the street, and there was no moon. There were only stars scattered sparsely in the sky. Xiao Dingkun simply held Fubao's hand and walked on that road.
When passing by the grove, Fubao couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Dingkun, do you still remember this forest? When I was a child, I loved coming here to catch cicada pupae."
On summer nights, I would go out to pick cicada pupae. If I found one, I would take it home and throw it into the pickle jar at home. I would pickle it for a while and eat it. The meat of cicada pupae was very fragrant and was a rare delicacy when I was a child.
Xiao Dingkun lowered his eyes to look at the girl under the starlight, and remembered how she looked like when she was a child with pigtails. He sighed with emotion: "Of course I remember. You were so greedy back then, and all you could think about was eating."
Fubao, however, remembered the delicious taste of cicada pupae: "I was hungry at that time, and when I'm hungry, I just want to eat!"
When I think about it, it seems to be true. When I was a child, I was hungry and I would be greedy for anything delicious. I thought everything was delicious. Now that I have grown up, I can eat whatever I want, but I don’t have the good appetite I had when I was a child.
When Xiao Dingkun heard this, he naturally remembered the hardships at that time and the little girl drooling over the fried noodles.
"Actually, I've always been very grateful." Xiao Dingkun said, "I'm very grateful that I was able to go to the countryside at that time."
He was able to go to the countryside at that time and see the little Fubao. In that era of material scarcity, he was able to give her delicious food, add some color to her life, and prevent her from suffering too much.
Fubao naturally understood what Xiao Dingkun meant. She looked up and saw that under the winter starlight, his cold eyes were particularly gentle. Her heart was slightly moved. She couldn't help but hold his hand and whispered, "Brother Dingkun, you have suffered a lot this time when you came back to Dagunzi Mountain."
Along the way, he was so busy running errands that sometimes he didn't even have time to drink water.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Dingkun raised his eyebrows and said, "If you want to be someone's son-in-law, how can you not suffer?"
Fu Bao blushed slightly and stamped his feet, saying, "What are you talking about!"
Xiao Dingkun lowered his head and stared at her without saying anything.
The mountain village was exceptionally quiet in winter, with only the occasional barking of dogs from unknown households and the chirping of insects in the lonely old woods. Fubao lowered his head slightly and could hear the man's breathing above his head.
The breathing was neither fast nor slow, steady and calm.
A gust of wind blew from Big Roller Mountain, and his breath fell on the top of her hair, a fusion of the winter cold and the warmth of his body temperature.
Fubao's breathing suddenly became difficult. Beside the grove, there was only the starry night, the silent chirping of insects, and a single man and woman. All of this made her think too much.
For example, I would recall the meeting between Li Jinlai and Widow Wang in that distant era.
But at this moment, Xiao Dingkun spoke, his voice low and hoarse, like a whisper: "Did I say something wrong? Daddy, Mom, Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma, all acknowledge me as their future son-in-law from the bottom of their hearts. Who else could have any objections?"
Fubao's face was burning hot. He turned his eyes away and hummed softly, "I didn't admit it."
Xiao Dingkun raised his arm and gently held her lower back.
Fubao sighed softly and whispered, "No, this is in the village, don't let anyone see us!"
The atmosphere in the village is very conservative. If a man and a woman shake hands, people will think you are causing trouble and being hooligans.
Xiao Dingkun: "There's no one here."
As he spoke, he had already let her lean on his chest.
Fubao felt that her heart was intoxicated, intoxicated by the wind of Dagunzi Mountain and the hot breath of the man. She raised her face, closed her eyes, felt the freshness in the air, and also felt the man's lips slowly leaning down.
She also wanted him to kiss her.
I want to kiss him while smelling the Big Roller Mountain breeze.
Just as Xiao Dingkun's lips were about to fall, his body suddenly stiffened slightly, and then he quickly hugged her tightly, protecting her firmly behind him.
Fubao was slightly startled and whispered in surprise, "Brother Dingkun, what's wrong?"
Xiao Dingkun sneered and shouted towards the back of the grove, "Who, who's there?"
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