The house was very clean and the weeds in the yard were cleared. Gu Jiuyan climbed up the ladder onto the roof and repaired several places that might be leaking.
The only drawback is that there is no well in the yard, so it is inconvenient to get water. We have to go to the old well under the big locust tree at the gate of the family compound to fetch water.
Gu Jiuyan thought that the elderly people in his family would live here for a long time in the future, so he went home and told his wife about digging a well.
Although it was a small matter, he habitually asked for his wife's opinion, and he felt that this was a form of respect.
"It doesn't cost much to dig a well. What's important is that the elderly can use water conveniently." After saying that, Shen Yunshu took out a stack of money from the drawer beside the bed and handed it to Gu Jiuyan.
This money is the red envelope given to the children by their family. They are still young and don’t know how to spend money, so she, as their mother, reluctantly spends it for them.
When they grow up, don't thank her too much.
"Wife, you are so nice."
Chen Yunshu said angrily, "You only discovered my kindness now?"
"From the day I met you, I knew how good you were."
Wan Xinyu did not go home today. He squeezed into the same bed with Grandpa Gu and Grandpa Shen. At night, the two old men's snoring was deafening, as if they were competing with each other, one louder than the other.
Wan Xinyu, whose ears were severely damaged, suffered from insomnia, a rare occurrence. The next morning, he went into the kitchen to make breakfast with dark circles under his eyes.
Grandma Gu, who also got up early to cook, saw the haggard Wan Xinyu busy in the kitchen and patted him on the back from behind:
"Wan kid, I'm enough in the kitchen. Go back to sleep. You look so sleepy that your eyes are red."
"Grandma, I can't sleep. The two old men are snoring too loudly."
After he reminded her, Grandma Gu remembered her old man's bad habits. The heartache in her eyes intensified. She stepped forward, snatched the kitchen knife from his hand, and asked him to lie down in the kitchen and take a nap.
When Grandpa Shen and Grandpa Gu woke up, Grandma Gu, holding a kitchen knife, gave them a severe lecture. Realizing their mistakes, the two took the initiative to apologize to Wan Xinyu.
The two elders apologized to him, but Wan Xinyu had never been treated like that before, so he quickly waved his hands and said it was okay.
Gu Jiuyan came home from get off work and brought back good news. His father called to say that Mrs. Lin had completed the operation and would be discharged from the hospital after recuperation.
The whole family was very happy to hear the good news, and they ate up all the food prepared by Wan Xinyu.
Wan Xinyu didn't want to see his family, so he stayed in the family compound and refused to leave, taking the initiative to take on the burden of cooking and taking care of the children.
Gu Jiuyan went even further. Believing that free labor should not be wasted, he dragged Wan Xinyu to dig a well in a nearby yard on his day off.
Also helping were several soldiers under Jiang Chen and Gu Jiuyan.
The six people spent a day digging a well. Afterwards, Gu Jiuyan paid for them to have a meal in the cafeteria.
They bought new furniture such as beds, tables, chairs, etc. The quilts and mattresses were all new. On the night the well was dug, Wan Xinyu couldn't wait to go and sleep there.
With the noise gone from his ears, he casually draped a blanket over his belly button and fell asleep in a short while.
He had a dream, and dreamed about the years when he was an educated youth in the countryside.
There was a fat girl with ugly makeup on who was helping him grind the mill. She was sweating profusely and her makeup was all smudged, making her already ugly face even uglier. However, he thought the girl was cute in her ugliness and had a kind heart. He took out some chocolate from his pocket to share with her, and the fat girl shyly took it.
Later, the fat girl helped him work in the fields and brought him breakfast. He had one egg every day, which most people would not eat, and the soft white flour pancakes were so delicious that he could not forget them.
The men in the team mocked his woman behind her back, and the fat girl put her hands on her waist and cursed back, scolding them so hard that they were spitting blood and couldn't raise their heads. After being caught on the spot by him, the fat girl was at a loss to explain to him, saying that she was not usually like this.
He thought the fat girl was very interesting, more interesting than the girls in the Beijing compound. Although she was a little ugly, she had a good personality and was nice to her friends.
He didn't know when the fat girl turned into a thin girl. Her big, bright eyes were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen in his life. He fell for her little by little.
The skinny little girl is really pretty, even prettier than the tough educated youth living in the opposite yard. Her little mouth is always chattering, and she knows all the gossip in the team, as lively as a weed growing on the edge of a cliff.
That kind of vitality was something he had never experienced in his routine life. Little by little, he was drawn into it, and later he realized that it was love.
He likes skinny girls.
That’s great, the skinny girl likes him too.
But he was too timid. Faced with this obvious love, he ran away like a coward. His parents would never allow him to marry a country woman.
Later on, the skinny girl kept her distance from him. She had a boyfriend, who was in the army and was much better than him, a playboy who only cared about his family.
He was really happy for her, but why did he feel sad and wanted to cry? He got drunk and was scolded by the tough educated youth opposite him.
The tough educated youth was the real murderer. He had no femininity at all and was not afraid of not being able to get married in the future. However, he only dared to complain about this in his heart. He was afraid that the tough educated youth would throw him into the water tank.
The skinny girl got married. She was so beautiful as a bride that day. He shamelessly asked the tough educated youth to get the chef to cook for the banquet.
Being a coward, this was all he could do. After the marriage, she left and followed him to join the army, while he stumbled back to the city.
There is always a piece missing in my heart.
No one knew, and he never mentioned it to anyone. The day after the wedding banquet, the skinny girl found him. Although he had heavy makeup on his face and his appearance had changed a lot, the skinny girl still recognized him.
The thin girl said to him, "Wan Zhiqing, thank you."
The skinny girl also told him: "Wan Zhiqing, live a good life, you will definitely meet a better girl in the future."
The skinny girl finally told him: "Chen Zhiqing said that marriage is for happiness. Now I have found my own happiness. I love my man very much. He treats me very well. You should also be good to him."
It’s great that the skinny girl found her own happiness.
Wan Xinyu woke up from his sleep. He touched his empty chest and tears couldn't stop falling.
I heard that the skinny girl gave birth to twins. I think her life must be very happy. I just hope she is happy.
And he couldn't break her peace.
But, will he find his own happiness? Probably not, Wan Xinyu laughed at himself in his heart.
But he had promised the skinny girl that he would be fine, so he wouldn't go back on his word.
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