Chapter 48 Take Care of Your Legs
Wen Wan glanced at the soap that had just been opened: "Newly bought?"
Lu Dongping nodded: "I saw you use this all the time, so I bought one. Soak it well, then apply some soap and see if you can rub the red water off your hands."
"My second aunt is the most disliked person. She can cause trouble with anyone. She dislikes everyone and thinks everything she does is right. She thinks everyone in the world is her parent and should be spoiled and given in by everyone. She has a very deep problem."
"She looked down on the mountain people. I don't know why my second uncle was so obsessed with her. Not to mention the visits, their lives were in turmoil. There was a famine a few years ago, and life in the team was extremely difficult. He brought Li Chunshu and his sister back, and the three of them looked like they were human. In those years, every household was tightening their belts. Now they can get loans, but in the past, they couldn't get loans. The team had no grain reserves, so what could they lend to the members? Even so, my uncle and my father even shared our rations for him to take away. Li Guifang didn't even show up from beginning to end, and didn't say a word."
"We don't usually interact unless there's something big going on at home. When she's not around, everything's peaceful, but when she shows up, she'll definitely cause chaos. She even calls herself a city girl, but city dwellers are just as naive as her. Tsk tsk!"
"Anyway, don't bother with her, and don't be polite to her."
Wen Wan rubbed her fingers together. "You said she's the type who wouldn't visit unless it was important. How many times can I see her? We're not even close. Why would I be angry? I won't be hard on myself." As for being polite? She was quite stingy with that kind of thing except for herself.
Then, she stretched out her finger and pouted: "It can't be washed off."
Lu Dongping took the opportunity to reach out and hold her hand, which was soft, as if it had no bones.
He placed it on his lips and kissed it: "It's okay, it will fall off after a few more washes."
Wen Wan felt a sudden surge of heat on her face. She abruptly retracted her hand, like a cat with its fur standing on end. Her almond-shaped eyes widened as she asked, "What are you doing?!"
Lu Dongping was still unsatisfied, so he smiled and apologized without any sincerity: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." After that, he paused for a moment and said: "That's right, I couldn't help it!"
Wen Wan was so angry that she wanted to beat him to death with a stick.
Fortunately, Lu Dongping ran fast and entered the house in a flash. When he came out again, he had a box of vanishing cream in his hand.
“Why did you buy this?”
Lu Dongping handed her the vanishing cream: "I bought this for you. It's convenient to wash your hands here or something."
He bought everything Wen Wan used here that was not available at home and locked it in the drawer against the wall of the table in his room.
Wen Wan felt heavy in her heart as she held the Friendship brand snow cream with a beautiful woman's portrait printed on it. "Lu Dongping!" she shouted.
"Hmm?" Lu Dongping splashed her hand wash water and looked back at her.
"You don't have to do this."
"What?" he asked knowingly.
Wen Wan thought for a moment and said, "That's right, you don't have to buy these things for me on purpose. I don't want you to add burden to your family because of me."
Lu Dongping chuckled, walked over and took the vanishing cream from her hand, looked down and then up at her: "No burden, I'm a man, how can buying something for the girl I like be called a burden? Although my family's conditions are not good, I will do my best to make it better bit by bit. You can't have what you originally had and then lose it after being with me, what's the point of being a man then?"
As he spoke, he opened the box, scooped some vanishing cream onto his fingers, reached out and took her hand and gently applied it on Wenwan's hand, concentrating more than he had ever been in his life.
Wen Wan felt more and more uncomfortable.
She sniffed: "Lu Dongping, don't be so nice to me, I'm an educated youth!"
"Well, what happened to the educated youth?"
"The educated youth will not stay in the team forever. They will have to go back to the city one day." Even if she didn't want to go back now, even if she had to stay here for at least three years, she would have to go back sooner or later.
Lu Dongping asked her, "So what you said before, that it depends on my performance, is it true or just a joke?"
Wen Wan answered him softly: "Really."
It’s true, but it’s also true that I have to go back.
She said that Old Wen was a Chen Shimei, and now she felt that she was one too. Did the Wen family specialize in producing people like "Chen Shimei"?
Lu Dongping smiled: "That's all that matters."
He really is very good-looking. Even a gray old cotton-padded jacket doesn't look shabby on him.
There was a bit of unruly ruffian in her smile, and when she looked at Wenwan, there were stars in her eyes, and only her figure was there.
"You can't go back to the city now. That's a long time in the future! Before you go back to the city, if you are willing to marry me and spend your whole life with me here, then get married, and I will love you forever. If you don't even want to go back to the city, I won't force you. If you have me in your heart, then I will find a way to find you. If not..." He smiled meaningfully.
"What would happen to you if I didn't have you?"
Lu Dongping reached out and tapped her forehead lightly: "I can't tell you this for now."
If after being together for so long, the little girl still doesn't have him in her heart, then Lu Dongping is such a failure in life.
Wen Wan pulled her hand away, but he held on tightly and refused to let go: "Wait, it hasn't been spread evenly yet."
Wen Wan snorted, "You're smearing the wall, but it's still not evenly spread after such a long time. You're just taking advantage of me in a roundabout way. Aren't you ashamed?"
Lu Dongping sneered: "I just put some vanishing cream on you, I didn't kiss you, I didn't hug you, why should I be embarrassed? I am embarrassed."
Wen Wan pulled her hand out, gently pushed him, instinctively shrank her neck, and ran away quickly.
Lu Dongping was holding the vanishing cream and looking at his hands with a silly smile. They were so soft and small that he wanted to hold them forever.
He wished he didn't have to wash his hands.
Zhang Hongying called out to him twice, "Lu Dongping, what are you laughing at? Hurry up! There's no firewood left in the kitchen. I asked you to chop wood. If you can't burn it today, what are you going to do tomorrow?"
Chopping wood is not a big deal at ordinary times, but at this moment Lu Dongping was completely absent-minded. His mind was full of the feeling of holding those hands just now. Not only did he keep glancing at his hands, he also couldn't help but look around for that figure.
He felt that there might be something wrong with him, and he felt itchy and a little irritated.
Feeling a bit dry in the middle of winter? I don’t know what’s wrong!
Li Guifang had a quarrel with Lu Mingwang and left angrily with Li Chunwu. No one tried to stop her or persuade her. She really couldn't even have a sip of hot water after coming here. I don't know what she was trying to achieve.
Lu Mingwang and Li Chunshu did not go home that day, and the next day was the wedding day, so they could not make it back in time.
In the evening, Lu Minghai asked Gao Xiulan to fry two eggs and a plate of pickles, and the three brothers sat by the fire and drank.
Lu Dongcheng didn't go when he was called, and Lu Dongping also slipped away.
While it was still light, he took the excuse of sending Wen Wanmingyi off to stroll slowly towards the educated youth center with his men: "Have Liu Changqing and Zhu Feng both gone back? Is Zhu Feng the only one left at the educated youth center now?"
"Isn't there me?"
Lu Dongping glanced at her. He asked because he was worried about her.
"The New Year is almost here anyway, so why don't you pack up and move in with us and live with Chun'e?"
"Hmm?" Wen Wan stopped, turned around and shook her head: "I live in the educated youth camp."
If someone had said this to her when she just arrived, she would definitely have agreed, but not now. She and Lu Dongping have some unclear relationship, so how could she live in his house? What would that mean?
Lu Dongping reached out and tugged at her braids: "You little stubborn donkey. It would be so nice to live over there. You don't have to run around here. I have to..." He was worried.
"Lu Dongping, don't touch me."
Lu Dongping squinted and smiled: "Is this called touching me? I just pulled your braid, but I didn't touch your hands or feet."
"You rascal!"
"Hmm? What did you say?"
Wen Wan stepped back, putting some distance between them and him: "I said, come and call me tomorrow morning."
"It has to be six in the morning. Come and call me at six, otherwise I won't be able to get up."
Lu Dongping asked her, "Why are you getting up so early? Breakfast is probably around nine or ten."
"Get up early and do Shengxia's hair. Marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, so be as meticulous as possible."
Lu Dongping agreed and walked her to the door.
When they returned, Lu Minghai and his two brothers had not yet left, so Lu Dongping went in to take a look. Lu Dongcheng and Lu Dongcai were also sitting by the fire, and the atmosphere was a bit subtle.
Lu Dongping walked over and sat down next to Lu Dongcheng. He reached out and poked him, then asked quietly, "What's going on? Are you drunk? Where are my aunt and my mother?"
Lu Dongcheng shook his head: "Don't talk, just listen."
Everyone in the room was listening, only Lu Mingwang was talking.
It felt like he was really drunk, but also like he was going crazy because of the alcohol, and his speech was incoherent.
"So, people can't make mistakes. When you're young, you don't have brains or willpower. If you make a mistake, you'll have to pay for it your whole life. If you make a mistake, you'll have to sacrifice your whole life! Dongcheng, I'm sorry..."
Lu Dongping was confused. What was going on?
Lu Dongcai whispered to him, "My second uncle was talking about him and my second aunt! He said it was my second aunt who pursued him. He didn't have any such thoughts at first, but who knew that they were later spotted in the dormitory, lying on the same bed. Whether it was intentional or not, they were lying on the same bed anyway. If they didn't get married, it would be a problem of conduct. Not only would he lose his job, he would also be criticized and would never be able to hold his head up high for the rest of his life. He was scared to death at the time, afraid of losing his job and being criticized, so he didn't dare to tell my father, so he agreed..."
Lu Dongping looked back at the man lying on the table crying bitterly and pursed his lips.
Knowing it earlier is priceless. I was afraid of suffering at that time, but ended up suffering for the rest of my life.
Lu Dongcheng whispered, "Got it? Take this as a warning!"
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "What do you mean?"
Lu Dongcheng rarely laughed, his voice low and full of meaning: "You can't hear this? What I mean is, take this as a warning and control your legs!"
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