In the room, Xuemei deliberately left the door open. Seeing Han Chen looking very uneasy, Xuemei said, "Han Zhiqing, would you please sit down first?"
"Okay, okay..." Han Chen walked to the chair in front of the desk with his hands and feet clumsily. When he was about to lift his legs to sit down, he accidentally hit his legs against the corner of the desk with a "bang".
"Are you okay, Han Zhiqing?" Xuemei asked worriedly.
Han Chen rubbed his thigh, shook his head, and said, "I'm fine, don't worry!"
Han Chen took a few deep breaths, wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants, and said to Xuemei seriously, "Comrade Liu Xuemei, I'm going to start!"
Xuemei nodded and looked at Han Chen in confusion.
Han Chen looked into Xuemei's eyes gently and said, "Comrade Liu Xuemei, I don't know if this is a good time to say these words to you, but I'm afraid if I don't say it now, there will be no chance in the future!
Comrade Liu Xuemei, I would like to reintroduce myself. Comrade Liu Xuemei, my name is Han Chen, I am 1.82 meters tall, from Beijing, graduated from high school, and I am 20 years old this year!
My father was a weapons researcher in the army. He died in the line of duty when I was six years old. My mother has remarried many years ago and is living a happy life now. She has a younger brother and a younger sister with my stepfather.
My relationship with my stepfather's family is not very good. This time I went to the countryside to repay my stepfather and my mother for raising me. Before going to the countryside, I was a temporary worker in my family's machinery factory. I planned to sell my job after going to the countryside.
My mother will not influence any of my decisions in the future, nor can she interfere in my life. We haven't exchanged letters since I went to the countryside, and I think she no longer considers me her son.
Before I went to the countryside, she and my stepfather wanted me to give my temporary job at the machinery factory to my stepfather's son. I refused and secretly sold it to someone else. When she found out, she severed all ties with me. I gave my mother 300 yuan from the money I earned from selling my job, as a way of repaying her for her life. After that, I had no further ties with her. I used most of the remaining money and banknotes to buy things for my trip to the countryside.
But before I went to the countryside, my father's brother, who grew up with him and is essentially my uncle, gave me 1,000 yuan from my father's old pension. Add to that the 100 yuan I'd saved and the allowance for us educated youth. So, I now have a total of 1,298 yuan, 57 cents.
"Stop, stop, stop, Han Zhiqing, these are your private matters, there's no need to explain them to me so clearly!" Xuemei felt something was wrong the more she listened, so she quickly stopped him.
Han Chen looked at the girl in front of him and said seriously, "Comrade Liu Xuemei, I feel it is necessary because I like you! I want you to know about my family and my situation! I am now a tractor driver in the village, and you know the salary. I am not like those people in the city or the commune who have formal jobs and receive a monthly salary.
But I can give you everything I own. From now on, all my money will be yours, and you can manage it. If you don't want your child to have your surname, they can still take yours. A few days ago, I took a job at a recycling station in the county. I'm building a bicycle for a man there. When I finish it next time, he'll give me 20 yuan as a reward.
I am still studying how to repair radios. Last time I went to the county town, I found two broken radios. After I repaired them, the uncle at the scrap yard said he would buy them for 30 yuan each.
Comrade Xuemei, would you consider me as your partner?
Xuemei looked at Han Chen's fiery eyes and felt like she was going to be burned. She retracted her gaze and glanced around, and noticed Han Chen's red ears again.
Xuemei's heart was beating "bang bang bang" non-stop, and no matter what Xuemei did, it couldn't stop.
"Comrade Xuemei, are you willing to be my partner?" Han Chen looked at the girl who lowered her head in front of him and asked again.
Xuemei didn't dare to raise her head. She lowered her head and stammered, "Han-Han, Han Zhiqing, this is too sudden. I don't know what to do right now. I think my mind is not clear now. I will reply to you tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow, okay? Han Zhiqing!"
"Okay, Comrade Xuemei, I'll come to see you the day after tomorrow. I'm leaving first!" Han Chen said and ran out of the room.
"Han Zhiqing, where is my elder sister?" Qing Ya asked unhappily.
"Your elder sister is still in the room, Qingya, Ruirui, Feifei, I'm going back to the educated youth institute first!" Han Chen said pretending to be calm.
When Qingya heard that Ruirui and Feifei were left behind, she ran into the room and asked, "Sister, he didn't do anything bad, did he?"
"What are you thinking? What bad can he do to our family? Besides, Han Zhiqing is a good person!" Xuemei said as she sat down.
"Sister, why is your face so red?" Qingya asked, looking at Xuemei's red face.
Xuemei fanned herself with her hands and said uncomfortably, "Maybe it was too hot just now, hot!"
"It's okay today, it's not hot?" Qing Ya said puzzled.
Xuemei pushed Qingya and said, "Okay, go do your homework. Ruirui and I are going up the mountain soon. If you don't finish your homework quickly, we won't call you later!"
"Sister, we agreed to go together. I also want to go hunting with Ruirui. I'm going to do my homework now. You guys have to wait for me!" Qingya said anxiously.
Xuemei nodded, and after Qingya left, she breathed a long sigh of relief.
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"Han Zhiqing, why are you here?" Xuemei stopped her bicycle and asked Han Chen who was standing on the side of the road.
Han Chen has been very anxious these past two days, thinking about whether Xuemei would accept his confession. Last night, he dreamed that Xuemei rejected him, and he woke up immediately with fright. He didn't sleep again for the rest of the night. He also came here to wait for Xuemei this morning, but he still hid on the roadside and didn't come out to wait for Xuemei. This afternoon, he finished his task early and came here to wait for Xuemei.
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