The last time Lin Wei and Zong Shao dated was when they had just gotten married.
But Lin Wei wasn't sure whether that counted as a date, because every time she went out it was Zong Mu who urged her to do so. She thought Zong Shao was an eyesore standing around at home, so she asked him to take Lin Wei out for a walk.
They went to the movies, took walks in the park, secretly held hands in the dark movie theater, kissed secretly in the deserted corner of the park,
She was shy at that time and was startled when she was kissed. She quickly pushed Zong Shao away and looked around to see if there was anyone coming. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no one, and looked up and scolded him for being a hooligan.
Zong Shao said seriously, "I kissed my own wife, how can I be a hooligan?"
Lin Wei was amazed and said he was so shameless. Then when she was leaving, he pulled her back and kissed her twice, so that when she got home, her face was red.
They never dated again after that. Not long after Zong Shao returned to the army, she found out she was pregnant. When he came back, there were two little ones in the family.
Therefore, although she was a little worried about the two little ones, Lin Wei was still looking forward to the activities on the next day.
After getting up in the morning, Lin Wei dressed up.
Although she said she was dressed up, in fact she just drew her eyebrows and put some lipstick on her lips. Although it had no color, it did make her lips look brighter.
The winter on Yazhou Island is not cold, with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees for a long time. The sweater and thick coat that Lin Wei brought from her hometown have never been used since she arrived on the island.
Lin Wei is now basically wearing the clothes she wore in early autumn in her hometown, usually a shirt and long pants, and a thin coat on the outside when it's cold.
But she had worn shirts and trousers too much, and occasionally she wanted to change into something else, so she dug out a black dress from the old shígG alone in the closet. The dress was ankle-length and could be worn in this season. It's just that wearing this seems too formal and inappropriate for class, but since I'm going on a date today, it's not a problem.
Because the skirt was not thick enough, after Lin Wei put on the skirt, she found a thin windbreaker from the closet and put it on, fastened her cuffs before going downstairs.
Zong Shao didn't change his clothes on purpose, mainly because his closet was full of military uniforms, and no matter how many times he changed, they would still be the same style.
He was sitting in the living room waiting. When he heard the voice, he looked up and said with a deeper look, "It looks good."
Mingming said it more bluntly, staring at Lin Wei intently and saying, "Mom, you look so beautiful today!"
Lin Wei was very happy to be complimented and reached out to touch his hair: "Thank you."
Mingming blinked his eyes: "Mom, can I go with you?" After being rejected yesterday, he had no intention of going out with his parents, but now that he saw how beautiful his mother was, he wanted to go again.
Zong Shao said: "Mom and Dad are busy today and don't have time to take care of you."
"Okay, then Mom and Dad, you have to come back early. I want to see Mom more often." Mingming reminded.
Zong Shao was also somewhat helpless: "Okay, I'll let you see enough when I get back." He called his youngest son to go out with him.
After arriving at Zhou's house, Zhou Jianhai saw the couple and joked with them. But Zong Shao was thick-skinned and didn't feel embarrassed at all after hearing that. He even said that he was envious and jealous, which made Zhou Jianhai so excited that he said that next time he and his wife also wanted to spend some time alone and send the child to their home. Zong Shao readily agreed.
The two brothers started playing with Xiao Shitou, and Zong Shao and Lin Wei left.
However, the two did not leave the family area directly, but went to the home of Zong Shao's battalion commander first and borrowed a bicycle from someone.
The bicycle is Phoenix brand. It’s not cheap, but it’s a big brand after all, and it’s more comfortable to sit on than other bicycles. Zong Shao rode his bike very fast, and the journey which usually took more than half an hour to walk arrived in just over ten minutes.
After entering the county town, the two went straight to the cinema. There had not been any new movies released recently, and all they showed all day were old movies. Lin Wei picked a romance movie that started at around ten o'clock. The movie lasted an hour and a half, and it was just in time for lunch after it ended.
Most of the people who come to see movies these days are young people. Although Lin Wei is not very old, she always feels that she is not young anymore after having a child. Standing in the crowd waiting to see a movie, she always feels a little out of place.
Zong Shao was quite calm, but after a while he remembered something and suddenly asked Lin Wei to wait for him there for a while, and then he went out.
Zong Shao was gone for short time, maybe just five or six minutes. When he came back, he had two oil paper bags in one hand, two bottles of soda between his fingers on the other hand, and straws in his hand.
When he came up to her, Lin Wei asked, "Did you go buy food?"
"The movie is long." Zong Shao said, handing Lin Wei a bottle of soda, "I also bought popcorn and melon seeds."
Lin Wei asked: "Is it bad to eat sunflower seeds while watching a movie?"
"Last time when I watched a movie, a lot of people ate melon seeds. If you don't want to eat melon seeds, you can bring some back for the kids."
Lin Wei nodded. There were still a few minutes before the movie started. Out of boredom, she looked up and around.
Soon, her eyes were attracted by a young couple on the right. The girl wanted to open a bottle of soda, but couldn't open it. The boy, who also had a bottle of soda and a large bag of snacks in his hands, brought the soda bottle to his mouth, bit it open with his teeth, then inserted a straw and handed it to the girl.
The girl looked up and saw the bottle cap in his mouth. Her cheeks blushed slightly as she took the soda bottle.
Lin Wei smiled at what she saw. Zong Shao saw the smile on her face and asked in a low voice, "Would you like some soda?"
"No, I just think it's quite interesting." Lin Wei shook her head.
interesting?
Zong Shao looked up again and said, "I can also open the bottle cap with my teeth."
Lin Wei: “…”
After the movie started, Zong Shao actually demonstrated to Lin Wei how to open a bottle cap with teeth. It was just that the light in the screening room was too dim so she couldn't see clearly, but the sound was clear enough that Lin Wei couldn't help but cover her teeth.
Zong Shao handed Lin Wei a soda with a straw in it and asked, "Do you have a toothache?"
"I feel pain for you." Lin Wei said as she took the soda bottle.
Zong Shao chuckled, leaned close to Lin Wei's ear and said, "If you kiss me, it won't hurt."
"Do you really have a toothache?" Lin Wei asked.
Of course he doesn't have any toothache. He brushes his teeth every morning and evening. He doesn't smoke much and has now quit smoking completely. His teeth are in great shape. But if he could get a kiss, he would feel some pain and say, "It's okay, I can bear it."
Although the light in the screening room was dim, there were people all around. Lin Wei didn't have the courage to kiss him. In order to lighten his burden, she said, "In that case, I'll drink this bottle of soda for you, so that your teeth won't hurt any more."
Zong Shao: “…”
As we were talking, the opening credits had ended, and a group of young people wearing green military uniforms and big red flowers appeared on the screen, and the male and female protagonists were sitting in the crowd.
The movie was shot a few years ago. It is set against the backdrop of going to the countryside to work. It tells the story of a group of young people who came to the frontier with passion. Some of them fell into confusion, some found themselves, and became more determined to find the path in their hearts. The love between a man and a woman is interspersed in it. The plot is not exaggerated, and the emotional expression is not strong, but it is particularly touching.
But the story is not perfect. In a sudden accident, the hero passed away while saving others. The heroine, who originally had the opportunity to return to the city, decided to inherit the hero's will and stay on that land after suffering.
When the movie showed the part where the male protagonist got into trouble, there was crying in the theater, and Lin Wei couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
When tears were about to fall, her right hand that was on the armrest was held by Zong Shao. She raised her head slightly and looked at Zong Shao, only to see him leaning towards her in the darkness.
Lin Wei's expression became tense and she held her breath.
But he did nothing. He just wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes with his slightly rough fingers and comforted her by saying, "It's just a story."
Lin Wei hummed, looked up at the screen, and slowly leaned her head on Zong Shao's shoulder.
This gesture was somewhat intimate. If they were in Shicheng, on the street, they would probably be stopped by people with red armbands and scolded.
But Ya County is remote, so the commotion wasn't as fierce as it was outside. Plus, they were in a screening room, so even if someone saw their intimacy, they wouldn't say anything.
Therefore, it was not until the movie ended and the lights in the theater came on that Lin Wei sat up straight and asked Zong Shao: "Where are we going next?"
"Have a meal."
"I can't really eat any more." During the movie, Lin Wei ate a large bag of popcorn, some melon seeds, and a half bottle of soda. Now she feels a little full.
"Then let's go out for a walk?"
Lin Wei nodded, and left the cinema with Zong Shao, walking along the street.
As they walked, they arrived at the Yaxian Bridge. Although the name of the bridge had "big" characters on it, the bridge itself was not really big, just quite long. There is a river under the bridge, and both sides of the river are planted with palm trees, and occasionally mango trees and durian trees can be seen.
However, it is already the end of December and there are no fruits on the durian trees. The mango trees are blooming, but the mango flowers are relatively small and grow in clusters, so they are not very beautiful.
Today is Sunday, and there are quite a few people on the bridge and by the river, mostly young couples, and there are also parents bringing their children out to play.
Lin Wei followed Zong Shao onto the bridge, but did not go to the other side. She stood in the middle of the bridge, leaning against the railing and enjoying the breeze.
Not long after blowing, Zong Shao asked Lin Wei if she was cold.
Lin Wei looked down at her exposed ankles and shook her head, saying, "Not bad." Then she remembered something and asked, "Do you remember the time we went on a blind date? When we went to the park, you always asked me if I was cold."
"You were wearing very little that day," Zong Shao said.
They went on a blind date before the Chinese New Year. It had just snowed in Shicheng at that time, but the snow had melted when they met, and it was a sunny day.
Lin Wei was dressed festively that day, wearing a red tweed coat and black trousers. It looked nice, but a little thin. She was always blowing her hands at that time, and when she walked to a covered place, she couldn't help but arch her body.
He was wearing quite warm clothes at the time, including a cotton coat. His mother said that he looked good in that coat and looked particularly energetic.
It was just that they had just met and were not very familiar with each other. He was afraid that if he rashly took off his coat and gave it to her, it would make her feel uncomfortable. I would ask her if she was cold every once in a while, thinking that if she said she was, I would naturally take off my coat and give it to her.
But after asking several times, he still didn't hear the word "cold", so he suggested going to the supply and marketing cooperative, thinking that it would be warmer under the shelter of the roof.
Lin Wei said: "Actually I wanted to wear more, but my mom said it wouldn't look good and it was too sunny outside, so she told me to be patient."
When Lin Wei heard this, her first reaction was to ask her father if she was adopted, otherwise why would her mother be so anxious to marry her off. Before her father could answer, her mother slapped her in the face and told her to stop talking nonsense.
Although Lin Wei had calmed down, she was still somewhat dissatisfied. She was dissatisfied with her mother's eagerness to marry her daughter off and with that ridiculous blind date.
Yes, ridiculous.
Although Lin Wei had heard the two old ladies talk about child marriage when she first met her grandmother, their tone at the time sounded like a joke and Lin Wei did not take the marriage seriously.
What era is this? We are still talking about arranged marriages. It would make people laugh if we tell others about it.
Therefore, when her mother solemnly mentioned the child marriage and said that she and the clan mother hoped that the two children could fulfill the marriage contract, Lin Wei spit out the tea in her mouth and reached out to touch her mother's forehead, suspecting that the old lady had a high fever.
But it turned out that the old lady was serious.
Of course, in order to make this feudal child marriage seem more in line with the values of the time, the two old ladies still gave them a chance to meet each other.
Although her mother said that if they are compatible, they can stay together, but if they are not, they can break up, but from the fact that she found a cotton jacket and went out that day and was stopped by her mother and insisted that she change into something nicer, Lin Wei thought it was in trouble.
Therefore, on the way to the blind date, Lin Wei was not very happy in her heart, but her mother warned her to be well behaved and smile more when meeting people, otherwise she would be punished when she got back. She had no choice but to force out a shy smile.
However, after meeting him, Zong Shao's appearance was indeed beyond her expectations.
First of all, this man is tall. Secondly, he is not ugly and he is quite neat.
It's just that person. I don't know if he is smart or stupid. I'd say it's the former. He only knew to ask her if she was cold, but didn't suggest changing places earlier. If she hadn't thought of the threatening look in her biological mother's eyes before she left, she really wanted to give up. But to say that he was stupid, he still remembered to buy things for her, and while they were eating, they confirmed that they were a relationship.
If he had been a little more stunned and tactful at the time, it is hard to say whether they could be together now.
Lin Wei thought about it, lowered her head and felt her hand being held. She reflexively wanted to pull her hand back, but she heard Zong Shao say, "Don't worry, no one will care about us."
Most of the people walking on the bridge are young people, and most of them are couples. They can't wait to stick together, so they don't have time to care about others.
Lin Wei didn't move, but Zong Shao took a step closer and held her in his arms.
…
After lunch, Lin Wei and Zong Shao did not rush back, but turned around and went to the supply and marketing cooperative. She wanted to pick out gifts for the two children. She always felt guilty for going out to play without them.
In this regard, Zong Shao couldn't fully understand Lin Wei. He didn't feel any guilt, but instead felt that he had spent a happy day.
Before he even got home, he had begun to think about how he could get rid of the two children next time.
But Zong Shao did not stop Lin Wei from choosing gifts for the two children. Instead, he gave his opinions very seriously because he knew that Lin Wei was always more soft-hearted.
However, the toys available for children in the supply and marketing cooperative were very limited, and were nothing more than marbles, rubber bands, rattles, etc. After choosing and discussing for a long time, the two of them finally picked out two gifts that they were relatively satisfied with.
The puzzle given to Ruirui was made of wood. As it was half the size of a desk, it might take some brainpower and time to put it together, which was just right for him.
The gift for Mingming was also made of wood, but it was a truck. It looked a bit rough, but because the four wheels were movable, although the child had to operate it manually, in that era, this toy was novel enough and very suitable for a curious child like Mingming.
Although Lin Wei was only moderately satisfied with the two gifts, both children liked the gifts very much. Zong Shao saw this and quickly thought of how to get rid of the two children next time.
Sugar-coated bullets are always a sure-fire way for children.
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