Chapter 53 Going into the Woods
Lin Shanshan seemed to have mastered a long-lost skill of not blinking. As long as Gu Yiye didn't agree, her big, wet eyes would keep staring at him until he did.
Gu Yiye was completely defeated and thought with heartache: I should just agree, otherwise those beautiful big eyes will keep staring at me and I'll get a headache.
Clearing his throat, Gu Yiye said:
"Okay, but honey, you need to be careful. It would be best if you took me with you every time you went."
Gu Yiye said domineeringly, "I wish I could weld myself onto you with an electric welder, so I wouldn't have to worry about you running away."
Lin Shanshan laughed heartily, then asked in return, "Does the Anfeng Brigade have welding equipment?"
"No, but the military has them."
"Are you really going to weld?" Lin Shanshan asked with a smile.
“Honey, I was using a metaphor, a rhetorical device. I saw it in my Chinese textbook yesterday when I had some free time.”
After Gu Yiye bought the book, he really read it every day. Even when he was busy, he would make time to read it, just in case he couldn't keep up with his wife's pace.
My wife said that all the educated youth would return to the city after 1980. What if she falls for someone more educated in the city?
Lin Shanshan seemed to see through Gu Yiye's thoughts, and put away her smile, speaking with utmost seriousness.
“Brother Gu, what I like is Gu Yiye as a person, and that is you. It’s not because you are knowledgeable that I like you, and I will not fall in love with someone else just because someone else is more knowledgeable than you.”
"You are tall and handsome now, and you will be old and frail in the future, but I will still love you and grow old with you! When that time comes, will you stop loving me because I am no longer young and beautiful?"
Gu Yiye was so happy that he didn't know what to do when he heard Lin Shanshan confess her feelings so proactively for the first time.
The nearly 1.9-meter-tall man, like a primary school student, rubbed his hands together and enthusiastically declared: "I love you. I'm not good with words, but I love Lin Shanshan as a person. No matter if you are young or beautiful, I just love you. I want to grow old with you."
A magpie flew over a tree, chirping away, seemingly witnessing a young couple's vows of eternal love.
Once in the field, Gu Yiye went down to sow seeds.
The women's task for the afternoon was to harvest broad beans, and Lin Shanshan took a basket and began picking broad beans.
When Chen Meili saw Lin Shanshan, she rushed over and said, "Shanshan, you came out this afternoon? Didn't Sister Xiang say she would help you earn work points?"
Lin Shanshan explained, "I asked Sister Xiang to stay home and cook dinner, because I'm not a good cook."
Chen Meili understood. When she first arrived at the educated youth settlement, she had eaten the dishes made by Lin Shanshan. It wasn't that they were hard to swallow, but they were really not tasty.
Fang Duoduo finally showed up today, reluctantly picking broad beans while hiding under the shade of a tree.
A man crept up to the tree and approached Fang Duoduo, saying, "Duoduo, if you're with me, I'll have my dad arrange a job for you to keep track of work points, so you won't have to work so hard."
Fang Duoduo saw that it was Zhu Xiaoyu, the son of Secretary Zhu, and said, "I don't want to be with you. You're a womanizer. I know about your affair with Zhou Zhaodi."
Zhu Xiaoyu gave an awkward smile and said, "I fell for her trick, but I don't like her. I genuinely like you."
He then took out a bag of candy: "These are fruit candies that I specially bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. Our brigade's distribution point doesn't even have them."
Fang Duoduo looked around, walked behind a big tree where no one could see her, took the candy, and ate one. The fruity fragrance combined with the sweetness of the candy was surprisingly delicious.
Seeing that Fang Duoduo had eaten the candy, Zhu Xiaoyu pressed on and said, "I'll take you to the grove to rest for a while. I'll ask my dad to give you more work points. Look how strong the sun is; your face is all red from the sun. It breaks my heart to see you like this."
Fang Duoduo thought that it was broad daylight, and even if she followed Zhu Xiaoyu into the woods, he wouldn't dare to do anything. At most, he could touch her and kiss her lips.
Since she's no longer a virgin, letting him kiss her can earn her work points and allow her to slack off—a win-win situation for her.
Thinking this, Fang Duoduo, carrying a basket, and Zhu Xiaoyu, one in front and one behind, carried her into the woods.
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