Next to Gu Zhinian sat a woman who was about the same age as her. She was wearing a red plaid coat and had long, shiny black hair braided into a long braid hanging on one side. The woman took the initiative to greet Gu Zhinian.
"Hello, my name is Li Lijuan."
Gu Zhinian also responded to her, "Hello, my name is Gu Zhinian."
Li Lijuan pointed to a girl on the other side and said, "Her name is Wang Qi, she came with me."
Wang Qi turned around and greeted, "Hello, my name is Wang Qi."
Gu Zhinian turned around and greeted her. About ten minutes later, two older men came in, stood on the podium and began to speak. The girls also stopped talking and listened attentively.
After class, Li Lijuan chatted with Gu Zhinian again.
"Where do you live now?"
"guest House."
"Hey! What a coincidence! I live there too. Which room do you live in?"
"Two-zero-three."
Li Lijuan cried out in surprise.
"Great! Wang Qi and I live in Room 201. Let's go back together this afternoon."
Gu Zhinian curled his lips and smiled. It was not bad to have a female companion. At noon, the three of them went to the cafeteria to eat together, and Qian Dayou also sat at the same table with them.
The three of them attended classes together, ate together, and went back to the guesthouse together every day. In less than a month, the three of them were already very familiar with each other. Only then did Li Lijuan ask about Gu Zhinian's personal affairs.
"Zhi Nian, are you married?"
"I'm married, and the child is three years old." Gu Zhinian thought of little Tangyuan, and his heart was filled with sweetness.
"You've already given birth to a child?" Li Lijuan and Wang Qi were both amazed.
"You don't look that old, yet you have a three-year-old child."
"What about you? Are you still not married?" Gu Zhinian asked her. Li Lijuan pursed her lips.
"I was originally engaged when I was 22, but that bastard later fell in love with someone else and broke off the engagement with me. After the breakup, rumors spread in the village, and everyone in the surrounding area knew about it. No one cared about the reason for the breakup. When they heard that I was a divorced girl, they didn't want to see me.
Even if someone introduced me to a woman, it would usually be a divorced man. What's even worse is that someone introduced me to a man with children. My parents were furious and said they would support me for the rest of my life and would never let me become a stepmother to someone else. This is why I'm still not married at the age of 27. My parents feel that they have wasted my time and regret it deeply.
Gu Zhinian sighed helplessly, "My boyfriend is in the army. There are a lot of good guys there. How about I ask him to introduce you to one? Don't worry, he won't look for a divorced man or one with children."
"Really!" Li Lijuan excitedly held her hand.
"That's great, thank you, Zhinian. To be honest, not only is my mom worried, I'm worried too. I'm already 27 years old, and all the women around my age have children, but I don't even have a partner."
"Don't be so quick to thank me. It's still uncertain whether you can find the right one."
"fine!"
Wang Qi covered her mouth and laughed at her, "Sister Lijuan, what girl would be so anxious to find a partner on her own?"
Li Lijuan rolled her eyes. "I'm not like you. I'm so beautiful that two men are fighting over you. What's wrong with finding a partner on your own? It's not shameful!"
Wang Qi blushed slightly and said shyly, "How can there be two men? I only have one boyfriend. Sister Lijuan, please don't talk nonsense. If Zhinian hears it, I don't know what he will think of me."
Gu Zhinian lowered his head and said nothing. He returned to the guesthouse and called home, but no one answered the phone. Li Yuling was at the kindergarten accompanying Xiao Tangyuan to an activity.
The spring breeze was blowing gently, and the teacher organized the children to go to the fields to dig wild vegetables. Little Tangyuan was wearing the kindergarten's uniform red bib and a yellow sun hat on his head. Li Yuling held a small basket in one hand and led little Tangyuan in the other, squatting on the ground and digging noodles with a shovel.
Little Tangyuan squatted down and tried to pull it out with his hands, but he couldn't pull it out. After a lot of effort, he finally pulled it out and happily threw it into grandma's basket.
"Grandma, look how big this vegetable has grown!"
Li Yuling looked up and saw that it was clearly a weed. However, Li Yuling did not undermine his self-confidence. She smiled and praised him in person, saying that he was great. Little Tangyuan threw away the weed and went to dig weeds happily.
After little Tangyuan turned around and left, Li Yuling picked up the weed from the noodle basket and threw it far away. If she threw it too close, she was afraid that her eldest grandson would pick it up again.
The wild vegetable picking activity ended after half a day. The adults were so tired that their backs ached, and the children were also tired from playing. The teacher asked everyone to take the wild vegetables they picked home to eat. That night, Li Yuling steamed a pot of noodles and added a vinegar and garlic dipping sauce. It was very delicious.
Little Tangyuan held the bowl and ate half of it. "Grandma, this is the noodles I picked. I want to leave a bowl for mom and dad."
Yunshuang took a bite of the food and swallowed it. "Your parents may be back soon, and the food will spoil by then! When they come back, we can dig up some noodles and make new ones."
As soon as these words came out, little Tangyuan pouted, his eyes were red, and he wanted to cry again. Li Yuling put down her chopsticks, quickly picked him up, and gently hit Yunshuang with one hand.
"Look at what your aunt is saying. Your parents will be back tomorrow. Grandma will save some food for them later, okay?"
"Well, there's also dipping sauce." Little Tangyuan said aggrievedly.
"Okay." Li Yuling and Yunshuang both smiled. What a filial child.
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