Chapter 301: Longing for Home
Wen Wan didn't understand what she meant by rough, but the patterns of these two pieces of cloth were the most beautiful she had ever seen in her life.
If this is considered rough, then what about refinement? To what degree of refinement does Li Laiyu refer?
“This color and pattern is the best I have ever seen.”
Li Laiyu frowned slightly. "It could be better, but unfortunately I haven't learned it." She could only slowly explore. If she had enough materials, she might try to weave cloth herself, which she did have some experience with.
"Although the capital is developed, due to policy restrictions, the material conditions are still very limited."
"Everything in the Magic City is better than here. And in the south, I heard people say there are a lot of things there that we don't have here."
Wen Wan put down the two pieces of material and said, "I've heard that there are more of these things in the south, and they're very cheap. I should go and have a look if I get a chance. But I'd rather not think about it in the next six months or a year. It's very chaotic both on the road and over there, especially in the Yangcheng and Pengcheng areas. It's said that the underworld is very powerful, and accidental discharges of guns often result in deaths. It's okay to have ideas, but safety is more important."
She also had this idea, and that's why she paid so much attention and inquired about it. Otherwise, how could she know all this when they were so far apart from each other?
It was not known whether Li Laiyu had listened or not, but she had said everything she needed to say: "If you want to go, call me, we'd better make an appointment, so that I can have a companion to look after you."
Li Laiyu nodded, but didn't take her words to heart.
During the summer vacation, she took a bus back to Cenxi alone. She stayed at home for only ten days, finished her things, and then went to Shanghai.
It's really chaotic right now, it's not safe anywhere, but will she be afraid? No, she won't.
In this life, she will follow her heart, do everything she wants to do, and go to all the places she wants to go. How can these little things stop her?
Wen Wan didn't take this matter to heart. She took the two pieces of cloth that Li Lai Yu brought for herself at a relatively reasonable price, and even took over the defective products that she had failed to make before.
She is short of cloth, and Comrade Li Laiyu is simply wasting it!
Li Laiyu's original intention in giving her the cloth was not to sell it to her, but to discuss making clothes with her. However, when she got to her place, she didn't bring up her original plan. She still wanted to find time to go to Yangcheng and take a look there before making any decision. Although they were both making clothes, what she made was completely different from what Wen Wan did.
After giving up the idea, Li Laiyu asked her about Dandan for the first time: "You haven't been back recently? Isn't he about to start school?"
Wen Wan said, "He's not even five yet. It's too early for him to go to school now. Once he goes to school, he has to follow the rules and regulations. He won't have any freedom at all. Let him be free for a while and then go back to school next autumn."
Li Laiyu nodded. "That's right. The little guy is so strong that people often overlook his age. Chunxue from Layue's family doesn't look older than him, but she's over a year older and has already been sent to school."
Wen Wan looked up at her without saying anything.
Li Lai Yu is not a talkative person. Wen Wan knows it well. In school, the person she interacts with the most is herself. Even if she is with Qi Layue, it is only because she feels pity for Qi Chunxue.
It feels very strange to bring it up suddenly at this moment.
After waiting for a long time without hearing Li Lai Yu's next words, she continued, "Have you seen Layue recently? This semester, except for occasionally meeting her in class, I basically haven't said a few words to her. She seems to be busier than last semester." She really didn't know about sending the child to school. If she had sent the child to school, she shouldn't be so busy.
Li Laiyu said, "Maybe he found a job. The school subsidy is definitely not enough to support the child."
Wen Wan stayed at home for most of the day, and still went to school on time according to the schedule the next day.
The school is very efficient. A big-character poster has been posted on the bulletin board in front of the School of Economics and Management, clarifying the matter of Wen Wan being called to the Academic Affairs Office for investigation yesterday.
As soon as she entered the classroom, all the students in the classroom looked at her.
She didn't care. She found a place to sit down and opened her textbook, as calm as ever. She didn't even tell Lu Dongping about this matter.
She knew it wasn't a big deal, but it was just disgusting.
She thought to herself that she had respected her teachers and united with her classmates since she entered school and had never had any enemies, but she was still stabbed in the back.
Come to think of it, it’s not unreasonable that Li Laiyu likes to be alone. It really does save him a lot of trouble.
As soon as I opened the book, the radio started.
Some people may not notice the big-character posters, but the radio can reach everyone's ears.
The Academic Affairs Office was unwilling to reveal who had reported it, so how could Xu Guoliang let it go? It was impossible for him not to issue a big-character poster and make a broadcast to clarify.
This can be regarded as a warning to some students who are suffering from red eye syndrome. School is a place for learning. The most important thing is to learn what you should learn, rather than blindly staring at others.
Not everyone can step on the Xu family members.
The effect was what he wanted.
All the students who knew the whole story were somewhat wary of Wen Wan.
After all, it is common for students to make mistakes, and the Academic Affairs Office has questioned them before, but I have never seen anyone who could make the Academic Affairs Office go to such great lengths to clarify the matter.
Wen Wan didn't care about those things. She had always longed to have many friends, but now she finally understood that it is better to have few friends than to have bad ones.
She is very busy and will not waste her time on these meaningless trivial matters.
In a blink of an eye, the National Day holiday passed, and by late October, the weather in the capital had become completely cold.
Wen Wan is most afraid of the cold, but she has to go out in such weather.
She is going to the department store to choose the right fabric.
Before the coldest days arrive in the capital, she will make one more piece of clothing, and then she won't want to move anymore. She will just stay at home and wait for the New Year and the spring flowers to bloom.
This time, the department store has quite a few good things.
Wen Wan took the internal passage and didn't need a ticket, just money.
She is not stingy with her money and she is even more unscrupulous with her spending. She buys whatever she likes. In the end, once you give her the money, she will write a note and the item will be delivered to your door.
With her thin arms and legs, even if two more people came, they wouldn't be able to get her back.
A satisfactory purchase made her feel refreshed. Even if she spent all the money she earned in the past six months, it was still a very happy thing.
I happily walked out of the department store, but stopped when I saw someone I knew.
There is more than one department store in the capital, but this is the largest and most comprehensive one, so it is not surprising to see anyone there.
But the strange thing is——
She hadn't paid attention to Qi Layue for a long time and almost didn't recognize her.
Qi Layue was not alone. She was with a middle-aged man who was wearing a coat and had a rather burly figure. It was unclear what the two men were talking about, which made Qi Layue smile shyly and look very charming.
But when he saw Wen Wan, the smile froze on his face, and there was even some panic in his eyes. He even forgot to say hello and hurriedly followed her into the department store.
Wen Wan stood there without moving, her sideways gaze following her without hesitation until her view was blocked by the door, and then she silently withdrew her gaze.
She has been busy since the start of the new semester and has met Qi Layue before. She would nod and say hello when she saw him, but she rarely spoke. After all, the other party had a child and it was not easy for her.
I haven't noticed it for a long time. Qi Layue is different from before.
Completely different people.
Her old braids were gone, and her long hair was now loose, permed into the most fashionable curls. Her already beautiful features were no longer sallow and tired. She wore a light makeup with the appropriate amount of powder for her age and a black belted coat, which complemented the man's outfit perfectly.
It has changed!
But judging by the look on her face and that smile, she must be doing well?
Wen Wan didn't think much about it. She walked to the station and stopped a bus to return to Tonghua Lane.
Qi Layue lost interest in shopping because of the chance encounter.
The man she is with is fifteen years older than her. His name is Zhou Haicheng. He is in his forties this year and works in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He has two sons, the older one is in the third year of junior high school.
My lover passed away five years ago, and I want to find another one.
Then by chance I met Qi Layue.
It was not a pleasant scene when they first met, and Qi Layue looked very embarrassed.
During the summer vacation, everyone who could go home had gone home. Qi Layue had nowhere to go, so she had to continue living in school with Qi Chunxue.
She had a place to live for now, but she had to think about doing something to make a living. She was not alone, she had children to support.
She took her children around in the hot weather, just to see if she could find a job.
The heavy rain came suddenly and she had nowhere to hide. She could only hold the child, press her face against her arms, and stagger forward to find a place to shelter from the rain.
That's how they met. A car stopped beside her and she got in.
It was just a chance encounter, who would have known that we would meet again and again after the first time.
When Qi Layue realized that Zhou Haicheng was pursuing her, her first reaction was to reject him. Apart from anything else, the fact that he was so much older than her made it inappropriate.
But, how can there be so many suitable people in a person's lifetime?
People who have a home will never know how much those who don’t have a home long for it.
When Qi Layue came to the capital with her child after going through so much trouble to go to school, she thought that if she relied on herself in this life, she would be able to raise her child and live a good life.
But after arriving here, day by day, she felt more and more that she really couldn't endure it alone.
Even though the school provided her with a monthly subsidy, she still didn't dare to eat a full meal or buy a new piece of clothing. Other students would walk around or go to the library to continue studying after class, but she didn't dare to stay in the classroom for a minute after class and would rush to the dormitory without stopping.
Zhou Haicheng's strong pursuit can be said to have completely shattered the last bit of persistence and strength in her heart.
She is not omnipotent, she is not as powerful as she thinks. All her courage was used up when she escaped from that place. Life is really too difficult.
Zhou Haicheng came to the school to find her every now and then, and he was very tactful. If she didn't agree, he wouldn't stand in front of others. He just gave her things all day long, some for her and some for Chunxue.
This was the first time she wore the new clothes Zhou Haicheng gave her and agreed to go out for a walk with him. She didn't expect to meet Wen Wan here.
Subconsciously, she felt that she dared not look Wen Wan in the eye, as if she had done something shameful.
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