Chapter 68 Don't be bound by a fixed schedule of once every few days...
Song Yiping hung up Yang Shiyuan's call and went to the bedroom.
Yan Ruyi is afraid of both heat and cold; in winter, she wishes she could wrap herself in a quilt.
In summer, I feel like I want to strip naked.
Right now, she's lying on the bed with her legs crossed, using the electric fan to blow on the air while flipping through a book.
She was only wearing a three-hole vest, which belonged to Song Yiping.
The clothes fit Song Yiping perfectly, but when she put them on, they reached just to her buttocks, so she didn't even need to wear underwear.
She felt it was cooler than her own pajamas, so she slept in Song Yiping's vest every night.
Most of the time, my undershirt just falls off while I'm sleeping, and I wake up completely naked in the morning.
However, she was still wearing it, and with the electric fan blowing on it, her front and back were sometimes visible and sometimes hidden.
Song Yiping had originally intended to tell her about going to Yang Shiyuan's house for dinner the next night, but upon seeing this, he forgot everything and simply let it go.
Yan Ruyi nudged him with her arm, "Comrade Song, calm down, please take a look at this book."
Yan Ruyi insisted that he read the book first, so Song Yiping rolled off her, and Yan Ruyi pushed the book she was reading in front of him.
Song Yiping first saw a line of text: "A man in his twenties ejaculates once every four days; a man in his thirties ejaculates once every eight days; a man in his forties ejaculates once every sixteen days; a man in his fifties ejaculates once every twenty-one days; a man in his sixties ejaculates once a month."
Song Yiping closed the book and looked at the cover: "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic".
He knew that Yan Ruyi read all sorts of books, from astronomy and geography to humanities and economics, romance and martial arts.
I never expected that she would even read such ancient medical classics.
Where did it come from?
"On my way home from get off work today, there was a used bookstore at the intersection, so I bought a book. Old Song, did you read this carefully? You're currently somewhere between twenty and thirty. Take the middle value between one ejaculation every four days and one ejaculation every eight days, which is six days. Otherwise..."
Yan Ruyi opened the book, found the content she was looking for, and pointed it out to Song Yiping: "Excessive sexual activity can cause the tendons to become lax, leading to impotence and premature ejaculation... I don't need to translate this passage, do I?"
Yan Ruyi patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Comrade Song, you have to take it slow and steady."
The two were standing so close that a sweet fragrance wafted into Song Yiping's nostrils.
I looked down and two white blobs dazzled my eyes, bouncing with each movement.
Song Yiping had no time to care about ejaculation every few days; he flipped over and went on top of her.
"We'll start implementing it tomorrow."
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are! Comrade Song, procrastination is unacceptable... Ugh... Turn off the lights!"
Yan Ruyi is shy and still feels embarrassed to do things with the lights on.
Although Song Yiping thought it would be better to leave the light on, he still reached out and turned it off.
...
The next day, when Song Yiping returned from his morning run, Yan Ruyi was still lying in bed.
Song Yiping helped her up, saying, "Your constitution is too weak. Get up and learn boxing with me to strengthen your body."
Yan Ruyi refused, saying, "I overworked myself last night, and my back and legs are sore that I can't get up."
Song Yiping pulled her to his side, "Come here, let me rub it."
Yan Ruyi lay down in front of Song Yiping, spreading her limbs out.
Song Yiping massaged her lower back.
A pair of large, calloused hands massaged her gently, and Yan Ruyi squinted her eyes in comfort, humming softly like a cat.
Song Yiping warned her, "Do you even want to go to work today?"
Yan Ruyi felt that the frequency issue needed to be discussed seriously.
"The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic is a medical classic, and the words of our ancestors still have some truth to them: too much desire can harm the body."
Song Yiping, "Do you feel very tired?"
No, not at all. She was just saying things like "overworking, sore back and weak legs that I can't get up" without actually wanting to get out of bed to exercise.
On the contrary, after doing it every night, she was always full of energy and refreshed the next day.
Every day when Zheng Fengxia saw her, she said that her complexion was rosy and she looked particularly good.
More than one person said this about her. Even Aunt Hua would tease her when she saw her, saying, "Look how radiant your face is."
This clearly demonstrates that she at least did not indulge in excessive sexual activity.
Song Yiping: "That's fine then. We're husband and wife, so it's normal for us to be affectionate. As long as we're in good spirits and don't feel tired, that's normal. Don't be too strict about once every few days."
After saying that, he patted her pert little bottom and said, "Come home early after get off work today. My brother said he's going to treat us to dinner."
Yan Ruyi jumped up and asked, "What did my sister-in-law say? Can I pursue a master's degree while working?"
“My sister-in-law went back to her parents’ home yesterday and is coming back today. I’ll go over and ask her about it today.”
Song Yiping opened the closet and asked Yan Ruyi, "Which one should I wear today?"
Yan Ruyi likes to wear dresses, and her closet is full of them.
"The pale yellow one."
Song Yiping took the dress, and Yan Ruyi accepted it.
"Why is Big Brother suddenly inviting us to dinner?"
Song Yiping was also puzzled. In his memory, Yang Shiyuan and his wife had never invited anyone to their home for a meal.
He even suspected that Yang Shiyuan and his wife were getting a divorce.
He can't make things up without evidence.
“We’ve been married for so long, and they’ve never treated you to a meal. Maybe this time they’re just trying to do what an older brother should do.”
Although Yan Ruyi didn't have a good impression of Song Manli, she did have a good impression of Yang Shiyuan.
When she married Song Yiping, Yang Shiyuan gave her a red envelope containing 500 yuan.
Moreover, Song Yiping had a good relationship with him among the Song family members, which shows that he is a good person.
Just the day before yesterday, she had appraised an antique for a foreigner, who gave her 300 foreign exchange certificates. Before she could use them, she went to the Friendship Store with Song Yiping and bought a double-sided floral silk scarf for Yang Shiyuan's wife, Dong Yingxue. Yang Shiyuan loves tea, so she gave him a jar of fine West Lake Longjing tea.
They bought their son Yang Chi two boxes of cookies and a toy machine gun that boys love to play with.
These items are also sold in department stores.
However, the products sold in Friendship Store are all exported and then sold domestically. In terms of both packaging and quality, they are many levels higher than those sold in department stores.
When they passed a flower shop, Yan Ruyi asked Song Yiping to stop the car and went to the flower shop to buy a bouquet of flowers.
Yang Shiyuan lives in the staff quarters of the Municipal Procuratorate.
The residential compound for family members of the Municipal Procuratorate consists of six-story buildings, and Yang Shiyuan's family lives on the third floor.
Song Yiping knocked on the door, and Dong Yingxue opened it.
Perhaps it's because Dong Yingxue works in education, so she has a gentle temperament and a dignified appearance.
Yan Ruyi first met Dong Yingxue at her wedding with Song Yiping, the second time was at Song's grandfather's birthday celebration, and the third time was this time.
In the first two times, Dong Yingxue had a smile on her face, but the smile didn't seem to come from the heart; it looked a bit forced.
This time, however, his laughter was much more genuine.
"Please come in quickly, Shiyuan was just talking about it."
They ushered the two people inside.
Yang Chi followed beside her, and she said to him, "Quickly call them uncle and aunt."
Yang Chi was only 4 years old and a little shy. He hid behind Dong Yingxue and whispered, "Uncle and Aunt."
Yan Ruyi handed him the toy submachine gun, and Yang Chi then stepped out from behind Dong Yingxue, passing the toy gun to her. "Thank you, Auntie."
Dong Yingxue patted him and said, "Go tell your dad that your uncle and aunt have arrived."
Yang Chi, clutching his newly acquired toy gun, strode off to the kitchen with his short legs.
Yan Ruyi gave the gifts and bouquets to Dong Yingxue.
Dong Yingxue comes from a well-off family; it's obvious at a glance that these things can't be bought in department stores.
Those were all bought from the Friendship Store.
She scolded playfully, "You're not a stranger, why give such an expensive gift? Don't do that again."
She asked Yan Ruyi and Song Yiping to sit down on the sofa, then went to find a vase, put the flowers in it, and placed it on the coffee table. "They're really beautiful. You can tell Ruyi chose them."
Yang Shiyuan also came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a spatula.
Yan Ruyi was truly surprised that Yang Shiyuan was the head chef in their household.
It seems that his relationship with Dong Yingxue is not as strained as it appears on the surface.
Yang Shiyuan said, "Please sit down first. I only need two more dishes."
Song Yiping: "There are only 5 people, so there's no need to cook so many dishes."
"This isn't for you, it's for your younger siblings. If you're bored, come and help me peel a few cloves of garlic."
Song Yiping stood up and went to the kitchen.
Dong Yingxue said to Yan Ruyi, "Shiyuan told me about your idea of pursuing a master's degree while working. You're really lucky. The Ministry of Education just issued a notice regarding master's and doctoral degrees for working professionals."
She picked up two documents from the coffee table and handed them to Yan Ruyi.
Yan Ruyi took the documents and saw two official documents: one was a "Notice on Pilot Work for On-the-Job Personnel Applying for Master's and Doctoral Degrees," and the other was a "Trial Measures for On-the-Job Personnel Applying for Master's and Doctoral Degrees." Before this, both postgraduate and doctoral programs were full-time; there was no such thing as pursuing postgraduate or doctoral studies without leaving one's job.
This year marks the first trial enrollment.
That's why Dong Yingxue said Yan Ruyi was lucky.
However, not all working professionals can apply for master's or doctoral programs; there are certain conditions and requirements.
One of the requirements is that employees must have worked for at least two years, have outstanding performance, be under 35 years old, and have obtained a bachelor's degree.
Furthermore, the major applied for must be consistent with or similar to the responsibilities of the original job.
Moreover, it is being piloted in some universities.
The first batch of pilot universities consisted of only 10 universities, including the one Yan Ruyi originally attended.
Dong Yingxue said, “I have reviewed your work experience, and it meets all the application requirements. Your educational background is also up to standard. Take a look at these 10 pilot schools and see which one you would like to apply to. Once you have made up your mind, let me know and I will keep an eye out for the application deadlines.”
"I want to apply to Peking University, after all, Peking University's cultural heritage and museum programs are among the best in the country."
She smiled shyly, "I just don't know if I'll be able to pass the exam."
As an educator, Dong Yingxue admires ambitious people. She smiled and encouraged her, "I've seen your grades at school, and I think you can give it a shot. I happen to have a classmate who teaches at Peking University. I'll give him a call and ask him to find some review materials for you and send them over."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"We're family, no need to be so polite."
While Yan Ruyi and Dong Yingxue were talking in the living room, Song Yiping and Yang Shiyuan were also busy in the kitchen.
One person helps out, and the other cooks.
Although Yang Shiyuan didn't say anything, Song Yiping still noticed the change in him.
He couldn't help but glance at Yang Shiyuan a few more times.
Yang Shiyuan asked curiously, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"You're a little different than before."
"What's different?"
Song Yiping thought for a moment, "I'm not as world-weary as before. I used to be a little afraid that you would become a monk."
Yang Shiyuan raised his hand and slapped him, laughing and scolding, "How dare you talk about your brother like that? When did I become suicidal?"
Song Yiping glanced at him sideways, giving him a "you're just being stubborn" look.
Yang Shiyuan said, “Actually, I should apologize to you and your sister-in-law today. Last time, when Grandpa celebrated his birthday, he asked me to stay for a talk. When I left, I wanted to say goodbye to you, so I went upstairs and overheard your conversation with your sister-in-law… Don’t glare at me, I didn’t mean to. I only heard the last few sentences, and I didn’t hear or see anything else. I was afraid of disturbing you, so I quickly went downstairs.”
Song Yiping remembered that Yan Ruyi had said that back then.
“I think my older brother is also at fault. It’s true that my aunt forced him to marry my sister-in-law, but he also slept in the same bed with her and they even have a child. If he really didn’t love my sister-in-law, why would he marry her and have a child? It can’t be that my aunt forced him to share a room with my sister-in-law, right? Now that he’s had a child, who is he trying to impress with this unwilling look?”
“He should go find whoever owes him. His sister-in-law doesn’t owe him anything, and she’s not more wronged than him.”
Song Yiping then said to Yang Shiyuan, "Then I should apologize to you too. I shouldn't have talked about your private affairs behind your back."
"Alright, I didn't mean that. I actually still want to thank my sister-in-law. I admit I tend to overthink things. When Grandpa scolded me, I felt wronged, but what my sister-in-law said really touched me. So much time has passed, there's no need to dwell on who was right and who was wrong. Your sister-in-law was able to give birth to my child, which means she does care about me. Living like this, awkwardly, is really unfair to her. When we got home, we sat down together and had a serious talk. We both decided that we wouldn't mention the past anymore, and that we'd just live a good life from now on and raise Yang Chi."
When others criticize him, they always say he doesn't act like a man, and they just keep telling him to live a good life with his wife.
Only Yan Ruyi, standing from Dong Yingxue's perspective, hit the nail on the head.
Song Yiping glanced at him sideways, "So, you mean if my wife hadn't made you realize your mistake, you wouldn't have been planning to treat us to dinner, right?"
Yang Shiyuan slapped him again, "Why are you making so many 'what ifs'? Before, when your sister-in-law and I were in such a state, even if I invited you to dinner, you wouldn't enjoy it. But now that I've figured things out, I invited you right away. Why are you still so fussy after getting married... Why haven't you peeled the garlic yet? You're so slow at doing things, hurry up."
Yang Shiyuan cooked a total of 8 dishes, 6 meat and 2 vegetable, filling the whole table.
Dong Yingxue handed him the West Lake Longjing tea, saying, "This is for you."
"It's pre-Qingming tea again. Thank you, sister-in-law, for the expense."
Song Yiping: "Why aren't you thanking me?"
"Why should I thank you? You've never given me a gift in all my years. This tea is obviously your idea."
"Then you've never given me a gift."
"Of course I've given you one. When you were little, I took you out to play and gave you a balloon as a gift."
"You picked that balloon up from the ground."
"I picked it up for you to play with."
...
Yang Shiyuan had a change of heart, and his mindset changed accordingly. He happily bantered with Song Yiping.
The couple no longer acted like strangers as they had when they celebrated Grandpa Song's birthday.
When Yang Shiyuan spoke to Dong Yingxue, the smile on his face didn't seem fake.
Dong Yingxue also looked at him with a smile.
Yan Ruyi could see it all.
However, she was too embarrassed to ask in front of the couple.
When Yan Ruyi and Song Yiping left, Yang Shiyuan carried Yang Chi, and the three of them saw them off downstairs.
I only went upstairs after watching the car drive away.
Yan Ruyi had been holding it in all night, but now she finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked Song Yiping, "Why do I feel like my brother and sister-in-law's relationship is different from before? It doesn't seem like they're faking it."
"They've reconciled, or more accurately, they've reconciled with their past. My brother said he should thank you."
"Huh, what does this have to do with me?"
"He heard you insulting him."
Song Yiping then relayed Yang Shiyuan's words to Yan Ruyi.
They talked about others behind their backs, and the other person overheard them.
Yan Ruyi was very embarrassed. "I'll apologize to my older brother later."
"No need to apologize to him. If it weren't for what you said, he would still be half-dead by now. Now he has a wife and children, a warm bed, and he's living a good life. I'm already being lenient by not asking him for a thank you gift."
Yan Ruyi discovered that her commander, Song, did have a bit of a sense of humor.
"My older brother didn't send a thank-you gift, but my sister-in-law did. She said she has a classmate who is a teacher at Peking University, and she'll ask her classmate to send some review materials. This thank-you gift is much more valuable. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be able to go to graduate school this time next year."
"Then shall I congratulate you in advance?"
Yan Ruyi was always confident, but not overly so. She chuckled and said, "Let's wait until I pass the exam before I congratulate you. But you should prepare your gift in advance. I think I'll definitely pass."
Dong Yingxue's classmate quickly sent over the review materials, which Dong Yingxue delivered directly to Yan Ruyi's home.
When Yan Ruyi got off work, Dong Yingxue was waiting for her at the gate of the courtyard.
"Sister-in-law, why did you bring this over to me? You could have just given me a call and I would have come to pick it up."
Dong Yingxue: "I was going to No. 4 Middle School, so I brought it to you. I wanted to get to know your house. I only know that you live at No. 68 Wutong Road, but I've never been here before."
Yan Ruyi took out the key, opened the door, and invited Dong Yingxue in.
Dong Yingxue immediately took a liking to the pomegranate tree in the corner.
"This pomegranate tree is growing so well, it's already bearing small pomegranates."
"There are so many pomegranates. Last year, a total of 106 pomegranates were produced, and each one was big and sweet."
Last year, the pomegranates grew too many, and they couldn't eat them all, so they gave them away.
Her family, her mother-in-law's family, and all the neighbors have eaten her family's pomegranates.
Yan Ruyi moved a small stool for Dong Yingxue and placed it under the shade of a tree.
"When the fruit comes out this year, you and your older brother should bring Yang Chi over to eat pomegranates."
"Okay, we'll definitely come then."
Dong Yingxue didn't sit down, but wandered around the courtyard, saying enviously, "Your courtyard is so nice, with flowers and vegetables. The environment here is also good. It makes me want to buy a place to live, but it's too far from my workplace. Otherwise, I would definitely buy a place here too."
“A friend of mine also really likes the environment here and wants to buy a place here to be my neighbor, but she also works at your Education Bureau, which is really too far away.”
"Do you have a friend who works at the Education Bureau? What's her name? I don't know if I know her."
"Her name is Luo Huihui. She is in the general education department. She is my college classmate and my best friend."
"I've heard of Luo Huihui, but I've never seen her in person."
"She probably did it; she wrote all the reports that her department submitted to higher authorities."
Dong Yingxue smiled and said, "I'll go and get to know him later."
Having achieved her goal, Yan Ruyi decided to stop while she was ahead and handed Dong Yingxue a bottle of soda, saying, "Sister-in-law, have some soda."
"I'm not drinking anymore. You can look at these review materials first. I'll give you my classmate's phone number. He works in the admissions office. I've already told him about your situation. If you have any questions about the policies later, just call him. He's a very helpful person."
Dong Yingxue handed her the phone.
Yan Ruyi said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Actually, I should thank you. Shiyuan told me everything, and we had a serious discussion and reached an agreement. We won't talk about the past anymore. We'll live a good life from now on and raise Yang Chi."
It's hard to say who was right and who was wrong in her relationship with Yang Shiyuan.
Besides, they both have children now, and they can't stay like this forever.
It's good that you've figured it out. Besides, Yang Shiyuan is quite diligent and has the necessary sense of responsibility.
Life is only a few decades long, why make yourself unhappy?
She spoke sincerely, but Yan Ruyi felt embarrassed, saying, "It was my fault for talking about you and my brother behind your back."
"Thank goodness you brought it up, otherwise, our lives would probably have ended up like that. Alright, I should go back now. When you have time, you and Yiping can come to my house to play."
"Sister-in-law, wait a moment."
Dong Yingxue stopped. "What's wrong?"
"Why don't you pick some vegetables from this yard and take them with you? It'll save you the trouble of buying them."
Dong Yingxue readily agreed, "Sure, I've never eaten such fresh vegetables before."
Yan Ruyi went to pick vegetables for her, and Dong Yingxue also went to pick some herself.
Green beans, cucumbers, loofah, eggplants, peppers...
In no time at all, they had picked a huge pile.
Seeing that she had picked so many, Dong Yingxue quickly stopped her, "That's enough, that's enough, don't pick any more, we can't eat them all."
Yan Ruyi nudged the melon vines and saw that there were still two melons left. She picked two more melons and said, "These are melon seeds that Grandpa gave us. They taste better than the ones sold in the market. You can take them home for Yang Chi to eat."
"This is a variety that Grandpa grew. I ate it last year. It was crisp and sweet. Yang Chi is in for a treat today."
Yan Ruyi found a snakeskin bag, put the vegetables in it, and together with Dong Xueying, tied the snakeskin bag to the back seat of the car.
Dong Yingxue patted the snakeskin bag. "I'm off with a full load, Ruyi. You don't need to see me off."
Yan Ruyi still escorted her to the gate of the courtyard. Only after watching her ride away on her bicycle did she go back to look at the review materials that Dong Yingxue had brought.
In addition to review materials for the two basic subjects, Politics and English, there are also professional books such as "General Introduction to Archaeology," "Cultural Relics Studies," and "Museum Studies"...
She has a good memory, so subjects like politics that require memorization are quite easy for her.
She did quite well in English when she was in college. Although she rarely used it after graduation, she still had the basics, so picking it up again shouldn't be a problem.
She had already studied the professional content in college, so it was just a bit more difficult.
Just then, Song Yiping went home after get off work.
"Did your sister-in-law bring you the review materials?"
"Yes, she said she wanted to get acquainted with our house, so she brought the books over to me. She just left. If you had come back earlier, you might have run into her again. I've looked at all these review materials. There's no math section, so it means there won't be a math exam. That makes me even more confident."
Yan Ruyi immediately felt that Peking University was already beckoning to her.
During dinner, Song Yiping told her that he had been recommended by the military to attend a training course.
His wife was ambitious, and Song Yiping naturally didn't want to fall behind her.
It was quite a coincidence that Yan Ruyi decided to take the postgraduate entrance exam, and shortly after, the military recommended him to attend a training course, which he immediately accepted.
This training program is jointly run by the military region and the National Defense University. It is a part-time program with a three-year duration. Upon completion of the degree courses, students can obtain a postgraduate degree certificate.
In other words, whether Yan Ruyi can pass the postgraduate entrance exam is still unknown, but Song Yiping's success is a sure thing.
While Yan Ruyi was happy for her Commander Song, she was also insanely jealous. That night, she took the initiative and squeezed her Commander Song dry.
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Author's note: Yesterday, a section was locked because of a description, so those who read it at the beginning may have only seen the '口口' part.
I suddenly remembered my friend's cat. Because she doesn't allow anyone to touch it below the neck, she gave the cat a name. Can you guess what her cat's name is?
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