Chapter 116 The way you threw yourself into my arms was really too unique!
Su Meng was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
A few days ago, when there was a famine in China, she was studying abroad. Although she had heard that ordinary people in China were having a hard time, she never imagined that it would come to the point where they had to eat dirt.
So pitiful!
She leaned closer and said, "Sister Xiaoman, isn't our military region building a factory? You should spend more time learning to read and write. The new factory urgently needs intellectuals."
Su Xiaoman's eyes lit up. "Really? The new factory will hire us?"
She excitedly rubbed her hands together on the towel, then suddenly stopped, her eyes lowered, and she said in a disappointed tone, "But, I...I, I have nowhere to learn!"
Otherwise, if I go to the school to eavesdrop, wouldn't that embarrass my husband?
Oh dear! Little Su, how could I be so useless? I, I…”
Su Meng was at a loss for what to do. She couldn't very well ask her to teach the military wives basic literacy.
Her little face scrunched up in distress. "There must be a way to learn. Look, there are literacy classes for soldiers, and there are primary schools."
"The military didn't prohibit you from learning it, right?"
Su Xiaoman watched her run off into the distance, leaning on her hoe, her mind heavy with worries.
She has to take care of the family's food, clothing, housing, and transportation. She doesn't know if her husband will agree to let her go out to study.
She also has a son who is only in first grade and needs her to take care of his life and help him with his studies.
My biggest worry is whether I can learn it.
If you can't learn it... that would be really embarrassing!
The men in the family would definitely make sarcastic remarks, and I would be too ashamed to face anyone.
But this was the first time someone had encouraged her to study, and the first time she had the opportunity to work in a factory.
She didn't want to miss out!
She also longed to learn, hoping to change her fate of spending her days around the stove and digging in the dirt.
I want to live a meaningful life like Su Meng.
After figuring it out, she swung the hoe vigorously and hurriedly got to work.
On the other side, Su Mengcai returned to the gate of the research institute and saw Huo Zhenhua and the gatekeeper, Grandpa Zhang, sitting on a small stool and chatting.
He propped one leg up awkwardly in front of him, forming a slanted triangle, looking both frustrated and helpless.
The other leg's calf and thigh were pressed tightly together, the pant leg was taut, the knee's outline was clearly visible, and...
Su Meng glanced at them and then looked away, lowering her eyes, shaking her head to shake off the yellow paint in her mind, and stopping two meters away from them.
"Good morning, Uncle Zhang! Good morning, Commander Huo!"
She smiled sweetly and greeted everyone politely.
Grandpa Zhang's teasing gaze swept back and forth between them. He tapped his pipe on the ground, got up, picked up a stool, and left. "I'm still cooking porridge on the stove. You guys chat."
Commander Huo also stood up, his height suddenly increasing.
The sunlight cast his shadow, which immediately lengthened by several tens of centimeters, completely enveloping the somewhat reserved Su Meng.
Su Meng smiled shyly and looked up at the silent person. "You're back?"
Huo Zhenhua smiled and nodded slightly. Afraid that she would feel too cold, he took another step forward and said, "Yes! I came back last night."
"I just heard gunshots from the back hill. Were you jogging along the path through the vegetable garden again?"
His dark gaze never left Su Meng; his deep black eyes were like a huge black hole, trying to suck her in and hide her in his heart to relieve the pain of separation.
Su Meng sensed the overwhelming force, like a mountain collapsing, and took a step back, her lips moving slightly as if she wanted to protest.
But when she met his concerned and loving gaze, the words she was about to say stopped abruptly.
Suddenly, the sound of Grandpa Zhang preparing breakfast in the guardhouse jumbled up the noise, instantly waking me up. A blush crept onto my cheeks and ears.
"You, stop right there!"
He made no attempt to avoid suspicion, pressing closer and closer until Su Meng, terrified by the strange looks around her, repeatedly tried to stop him.
I'm afraid that if he takes another step, he'll step on my toes and crash into... my wildly beating heart.
Grandpa Zhang's dry cough came at just the right moment, and Huo Zhenhua and Su Meng were both stunned.
Huo Zhenhua pressed his fist against his chin and coughed awkwardly, "You have a pine needle or leaf on your head, I wanted to help you get it off."
After saying that, he calmly raised his hand and leaned closer.
He then whispered in her ear, "Don't go out alone next time, it's dangerous in the mountains."
"You..." Su Meng's pupils dilated in shock, her face turned pale instantly, her eyes darted around, and her mind was in complete chaos.
How did he discover that she had gone into the mountains?
Was he following behind the whole time?
So, he also discovered that he had left countless bags of grain in the family compound?
Did he realize that he had suddenly disappeared and hidden in a space?
Su Meng lowered her head, her whole body tense, her hands clenched tightly at her sides, gripping the seam of her pants, her lips trembling uncontrollably.
He must have discovered her secret. Will he bring her to justice, or send her to some strange research institute for dissection?
Or did they burn her as a wandering spirit in the mountains?
She remembered seeing people in a village when she was a child throw a woman with her hands and feet bound into a pig cage, and ignoring her screams and wails, coldly weigh her down with a large stone and throw her into a pond outside the village.
They said that the person was a fox spirit reincarnated, who specialized in bewitching innocent people and disrupting the moral order of the world.
She should be drowned in the pond, so that the fox spirit's soul may never be reincarnated.
She has no ability to charm people, but she possesses an inexplicable space... Will Huo Zhenhua capture her?
She kept staring at her toes, subconsciously shifting backward, cautiously slowing her breathing, trying to convince herself he couldn't see her, couldn't see her...
However, in her panic, she didn't notice the stone behind her.
Just as her eyes widened in terror, her hands opened helplessly, and a scream burst from her throat, a hand grabbed her arm in time.
A tall shadow loomed over, and the familiar scent of soap filled the air.
His deep, magnetic voice rang in my ear, the last syllable of which carried a seductive laugh, "How could you be so careless?"
The way you threw yourself into my arms was so unique!
"After I propose, you can do whatever you want."
He spoke very softly.
If the sound hadn't been vibrating right next to her ear, she might have thought it was his imagination.
After all, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two of them had to be careful about maintaining proper boundaries between men and women, and dared not cause trouble in this simple and honest era.
Su Meng looked at him in astonishment, then boldly looked directly into his pupils, "You, really think so?"
The man raised an eyebrow and released his hand. "What else? Idiot!"
Then, with a calm expression, he turned to greet Grandpa Zhang, who was peeking in, "Grandpa Zhang, I'll go in with Comrade Su Meng to assemble the parts first. Thank you for the bench!"
Grandpa Zhang chuckled and waved his chopsticks, "Go on! Go get busy!"
It's so good to be young!
They are energetic, enthusiastic, and their emotions are not at all reserved.
Back then, he met his deceased wife through an introduction, and they got straight to the point after only one meeting.
Unfortunately, war broke out, and the two were separated for long periods of time. When they met again, they were already separated by death.
Grandpa Zhang sighed heavily, then leaned forward and said to Su Meng and Huo Zhenhua, who were about to go inside, "Cherish what you have now!"
Huo Zhenhua nodded emphatically, "Thank you for the advice, Uncle Zhang!"
Su Meng looked bewildered, and blushed again when she saw Huo Zhenhua's gaze shift towards her.
She gave him a coquettish glare. "Mind your image! Didn't you go to Shanghai with your uncle? Where is he?"
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