Chapter 090
The park was not far from the alley, and Chuxia returned to the alley after walking for a while.
When she walked outside the No. 6 courtyard, she heard the sound of bicycle bells behind her. She moved aside, and then two bicycles passed by her.
The two bicycles stopped outside the gate of Yard No. 8.
Han Ting and Su Yun got off the car, while Chaozi and Guogai got on their bicycles and continued into the alley.
Han Ting stood there and turned to look at Chu Xia, then he and Su Yun turned around and entered the courtyard gate.
Chuxia walked to the outside of Courtyard No. 8 and found that the gate was not closed.
She stepped over the threshold into the yard, closed the gate and went back into the inner courtyard.
As soon as I entered the second door, I heard Wang Cuiying's voice coming from the east room: "You still remember to come back?"
Han Ting followed up by saying, "I ran into an acquaintance at the ice rink, so I just played outside for a while longer."
Wang Cuiying: "It's fine if you go out to play so late, but why do you bring her along? What kind of wife doesn't want to live a happy life by letting her husband take her out to play all day and come back so late?"
Su Yun probably couldn't bear it any longer after enduring for a few days.
Then Su Yun's voice was emotionless: "Isn't my wife a human being? Your son can play, why can't I?"
Wang Cuiying: "Hey? Why are you talking to me?"
Han Qingtian: "What are you doing? It's not even the first day of the New Year yet, what do you want to do?"
When Chuxia went into the north room and closed the door, she could no longer hear the sounds coming from the east room.
After entering the house, she went to Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei's room to say hello and said she was back.
Wu Xuemei heard the voice and said, "Xia Xia, come in."
Chu Xia agreed, opened the door and went in to ask, "What's the matter?"
Wu Xuemei waved her to sit on the edge of the bed and asked her seriously, "What kind of friendship are you and this classmate Xiao Lin?"
They knew about this classmate Kobayashi before Chuxia went to college.
It is normal for children to have classmates and make friends, so they don’t pay too much attention to it.
But today people came to wish them a happy new year, so of course they were overthinking it.
Chu Xia replied, "Just friends."
Tang Haikuan looked at her, "He's just an ordinary friend. He came to our house to pay New Year's greetings by himself. Why did you let him come?"
Chu Xia said: "Isn't this good? This way everyone knows that Han Ting is not the only man I know. I have no interest in him for a long time. I have better choices."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei began to understand what she meant.
Wu Xuemei looked at Chu Xia and asked again, "So, is there no interest between you and this classmate Xiao Lin?"
Chuxia looked at Wu Xuemei and then at Tang Haikuan.
Of course she realized at once that these two people were conquered by Lin Xiaohan's performance today.
But she still asked back: "Do you think I'm interested in him?"
Wu Xuemei said decisively and straightforwardly, "Your father and I think he's fine. He's a great guy. You can see that he's outstanding in appearance, height, education and family background. He also has a good personality and temper. He's warm and polite to others, and he's very capable when it comes to housework. There's really nothing wrong with him."
If Xiao Lin is not good enough and they are not satisfied, they will not ask Chu Xia to come in and ask more questions. They will just treat her as Chu Xia's classmate and come to pay New Year's greetings for fun.
They were very satisfied with Xiao Lin in every aspect, so naturally they wanted to ask clearly and express their opinions.
Chuxia really wanted to tell them that Lin Xiaohan's temper, personality and attitude towards others were all acted out.
But of course this couldn't be said, so she said: "No, our school doesn't allow dating in school. If you get caught, you will be expelled."
Hearing this, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei nodded and said "oh".
Tang Haikuan then said, "We can't risk talking about this right now. Our university is more valuable, so let's just be friends for now."
Chu Xia nodded and said, "Mom and Dad, don't go out and tell anyone about this, especially the East Room. If they ask about it, just say that you don't interfere in the children's affairs and don't ask too many questions, and then show that you are very satisfied with Xiao Lin."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei understood, "Don't worry, it would be hard for us to show dissatisfaction."
Chu Xia was relieved, "Then I'll go back to the house."
After saying that, Chuxia got up and went out.
Wu Xuemei then said to Tang Haikuan: "It turns out that this school doesn't allow dating."
Tang Haikuan continued, "Since the college entrance examination has been restored, school is a place for learning, so it is reasonable not to allow dating. Otherwise, if everyone falls in love, gets married, and has children in school, then wouldn't the school be in chaos?"
Wu Xuemei added: "I don't know if our Xia Xia and this classmate Xiao Lin can finally succeed."
Tang Haikuan: "Let's not think about it. Children have their own destiny."
***
Chuxia went out to wash up, then returned to her room and sat down.
She turned on the desk lamp and took out the red paper package that Lin Xiaohan had given her.
This red paper package is folded neatly and tightly.
Chuxia sat under the desk lamp and tried to open it, but found that the paper package might be damaged.
After working carefully for a while, Chuxia stopped taking it apart.
Anyway, she didn't need to take out the money to spend, so she took a pen and wrote "Lin" on a piece of red paper and put it in the drawer.
Turn off the lights and lie down on the bed.
Having resolved a worry, Chu Xia now felt relaxed all over.
She knew how many things Lin Xiaohan had done today that he didn't like in order to help her, so the wish she made for him when setting off the fireworks was sincere.
From the perspective of novels, he will definitely succeed in the future.
But after he succeeded, he started a real confrontation with Han Ting, and his final outcome was that he fell from a great height and became penniless.
She also didn't know whether Han Ting would be able to get back on his feet in the future without her help.
Although the development between Han Ting and Su Yun is different from that in the novel because of her change, overall, Han Ting has not deviated from his own main line.
Now that she and Lin Xiaohan have become friends, she can no longer just stand by and watch.
She certainly didn't want to see Lin Xiaohan run into Han Ting head-on after his success, being easily crushed under Han Ting's feet and going bankrupt overnight.
So she sincerely hoped that he would.
Can escape the plot of the novel like her.
He could stand firmly on his peak as he wished.
***
Because of something at school, I didn’t stay at home for long after the early summer.
After the fifth day of the New Year, she returned to school and continued to work on printing magazines with her classmates.
By the time school started, the first issue of the magazine was successfully published.
Because the articles are all the thoughts and ideas of the students in the department after studying in school over the past year, they are very easy to resonate with everyone, and they boldly write about many sensitive issues of this period, such as whether the household contract responsibility system should be supported or criticized, whether private enterprises are exploitation, whether there is a problem with distribution according to work, etc., so it has been welcomed by many students.
As its influence expanded further, the magazine also received support from the department.
By the third issue, students no longer needed to mimeograph the magazine themselves; the department did the printing instead.
The magazine is published every two months. The third issue was published just in time for summer vacation.
Starting from the fourth issue, the magazine was no longer sponsored by the Class of 1977, but became a joint organization of all grades under the leadership of the department student union.
As a result, they were not as busy in early summer as they were during the first period.
So after the summer vacation begins, we go home for vacation as usual in early summer.
***
In the fiery red sunset in the evening.
In early summer, I walked into the alley carrying my luggage.
There were cicadas chirping in the alley, gray-haired old men playing chess under the trees to cool off, old ladies chatting together, and groups of children running around playing hoop rolling.
In Courtyard No. 8.
Wu Xuemei and Wang Cuiying were taking care of the leeks, while Li Lan was standing by the stone trough washing clothes.
Wang Cuiying pinched the leek tips with her fingers and said, "I am so unlucky to have such a daughter-in-law. You have seen her in the past six months. Wherever San'er goes, she goes. It seems that she will die without San'er. She is a married woman, and she goes out with San'er all day long. What kind of person is she? Does she have any manners as a woman? She hasn't found a job yet. She doesn't earn a penny. She shamelessly eats and drinks at home. She just stretches out her hands to do some housework. If you say a few words to her, her tears will immediately fall down like running water. She can't do this or that. When she is caught and asked to make some paper boxes, she either has a headache or a broken waist after just two or three. If she makes more, she will die..."
As Wang Cuiying was talking, she began to suffocate and die.
Wang Cuiying and Su Yun have been fighting for half a year. Every now and then, there is chaos at home. One of them curses at the other, and the other cries so hard that the whole city is flooded. As neighbors, they have long been used to it.
Wu Xuemei tried not to laugh and consoled Wang Cuiying by saying, "There are so many educated youth returning to the city this time. There aren't many vacant jobs in the city, and it's not just your family that's in this situation."
Wang Cuiying felt better after scolding Su Yun.
She continued Wu Xuemei's words and said, "What does your Haikuan say?"
Speaking of Tang Haikuan, Wu Xuemei said in a relaxed tone: "What can I say? Your Han Ting and Su Yun have been waiting for half a year, and the street office has not assigned them any jobs. How can there be a job for our Tang?"
Wang Cuiying: "So we're just going to wait at home?"
Wu Xuemei put down a handful of chopped leeks and said, "He keeps muttering that he can't stay still. He's thinking about buying a tricycle and riding it with your brother Han."
Wang Cuiying thought of something, suppressed the sourness in her heart, and said in a low voice: "That classmate of Chuxia named Lin, isn't his father the director of a big factory? Why don't you ask him for help?"
Wu Xuemei said, "Oh, Xia Xia doesn't even know about this. How can we adults worry about our children? Also, no matter how good our relationship is, we don't like to cause trouble to others, and we don't want others to think that our family is a trouble."
Wang Cuiying: "You guys are overthinking this."
Just as Wang Cuiying finished speaking, Chu Xia's voice came from the second door: "Mom, I'm back."
Wu Xuemei, Wang Cuiying and Li Lan all turned to look over there.
Seeing Chuxia holding a travel bag, Wu Xuemei asked, "Is it the holiday?"
Chu Xia went to the yard with her travel bag and replied, "Yes, I won't go to school tomorrow."
When he walked into the yard, he greeted Wang Cuiying and Li Lan again: "Auntie, sister-in-law."
Wang Cuiying and Li Lan responded with a smile.
Ever since Lin Xiaohan came to pay New Year's greetings, they have become less enthusiastic about Chu Xia.
They now treat Chu Xia the same way they treat Jiang Guanjie and Jiang Shan.
After Chuxia greeted Wang Cuiying and Li Lan, she stopped standing.
She took her travel bag back to her room, took out her luggage and packed it up.
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