Chapter 14: Riverside
The summer nights in the countryside are quiet, with the occasional sounds of frogs and insects coming from the riverside.
The surface of the river shimmered in the moonlight, flashing beautiful rays of light.
Pei Huaiye and Su Qingyue sat on the rocks by the river, looking at the river and talking in low voices.
The two were very close to each other, and their strong and powerful arms would occasionally touch the slender and tender arms, and the places where they touched felt like burning fire.
Su Qingyue quietly moved to the side, and Pei Huaiye moved closer in a domineering manner.
His throat rolled and his voice was low. "Did you bring some buns just for me?"
Su Qingyue touched the canned fruit and said, "Well, I bought it from a state-owned restaurant. Eat it quickly.
She tilted her head, her peach blossom eyes were full of smiles, her pupils were clear, and her red lips were slightly upturned.
"A can of oranges costs a dollar, right?"
Pei Huaiye admired the beauty of this woman almost greedily, "It's not expensive. If you like it, I'll buy it for you later."
After completing the task, he hurried back and saw his colleague bought a few cans of oranges for his wife. Somehow, he thought of Su Qingyue all of a sudden.
Pei Huaiye gave the money, snatched a bottle and ran away.
Even though I hadn't eaten for a long time, I felt as sweet as honey thinking about him and felt full of energy. Only now that I saw the meat buns did I feel so hungry.
Pei Huaiye wolfed down the buns, but his eyes never missed Su Qingyue's every frown and smile, as if he could never see enough of her.
Su Qingyue smiled, "Are you a soldier? Did the thug we caught last time confess anything? Why did I hear that you work in a machinery factory in the county? Why do you live alone?"
Pei Huaiye wiped his mouth, his eyes changed from surprise to amusement. He leaned over, raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "You care about me."
The tips of their noses almost touched.
Su Qingyue's beautiful eyes were startled, her cheeks flushed, she turned sideways angrily, her tone carrying a familiarity that she had not realized, "I'm talking to you about something serious!"
Pei Huaiye saw that her cute ears had turned red and didn't dare to tease her anymore.
He sat up straight and calmed down, "Comrade Su, please swear to the Chairman that you will not tell anyone my work secrets!"
Su Qingyue's face was serious, and she raised three fingers, "Comrade Pei! I swear to the Chairman, I guarantee with my character that I will never leak a single word of the secrets you told me today!"
Pei Huaiye said, "I am a special forces soldier, but I cannot tell you my specific position and job content.
I need to disguise my identity and work in the machinery factory every day. Please keep it a secret for me! Do not disclose it to anyone, including my family."
“We were originally interrogating the two thugs we captured that day, but due to jurisdiction issues, they were transferred to the capital base.
Those two were sentenced to ten years in prison and are currently incarcerated. Don't be afraid!"
Su Qingyue was a little disappointed. She thought that incident had something to do with Su Qianqian.
Pei Huaiye did not tell Su Qingyue that there was someone behind the scenes directing her because the case involved many confidential matters and he did not dare to reveal too much. He was also afraid that if there was no result, Su Qingyue would worry and be disappointed.
"What about you? Are you not used to coming to the countryside? Do your hands still hurt?" Pei Huaiye looked at Su Qingyue's delicate appearance. She didn't look like someone who could do heavy work at all.
"You'll get used to it, my..."
With a splash, a stone hit the river, splashing water everywhere.
Su Qingyue was so frightened that she fell silent.
Pei Huaiye held Su Qingyue in his arms and whispered, "Let's go back quickly. I'll tell you something very important after the mission is completed next week. Wait for me!"
Su Qingyue wanted to say something but stopped herself. Afraid of being seen, she went home in a crouching position.
Pei Huaiye thought about it and wondered how could she, who was so delicate, go to the fields to work.
Knock, knock, knock! The knocks on the door continued. Xiang Jianming had no choice but to stand up and curse, "Who is this?"
"Captain Xiang, it's me."
Pei Huaiye pulled Captain Xiang to a secluded place and said, "Arrange some easy work for Su Qianqian in the future. I will use other methods to make up for the work points she doesn't have."
Xiang Jianming's mind was full of question marks. He stared at Pei Huaiye angrily without saying a word.
Su Qianqian relied on her father being the chief of staff of the capital, and today she brought a gift and acted arrogantly to arrange an easy job for her.
Captain Xiang was so angry that he drove her away. If all the educated youth were like her, who followed the trend and cheated and acted cunningly, when would Shuangshui Brigade have the turn to be the advanced brigade!
"Can you tell me how to resist first?"
"She can't do a ten-work-point job a day. I'll kill a wild boar every week and earn thirty work points to make up for it."
The captain calculated that it was a sure win and no loss, "Okay, but are you interested in her?"
Xiang Jianming shook his head. "That girl is from the city. She is spoiled and arrogant. I heard that she wants to eat meat every meal. Can you afford to support her in the future?"
Xiang Jianming had heard gossip more than once that Su Qianqian and Zhou Wenfang used banknotes to exchange meat and grain with the villagers every day. Pei Xiaozi probably couldn't afford to support a girl like this who didn't know how to live with a monthly salary of only 20 yuan.
Pei Huaiye thought of Su Qingyue's soft and obedient appearance while eating meat, and his heart softened. "Don't worry about the rest of the captains."
"Pei boy, be careful. If someone doesn't agree, stay away from them. Don't let them get into trouble."
"Let's go. That's a good way to go."
The village radio blares deafeningly as usual every morning.
The educated youths were working in groups of two or three, carrying hoes to open up wasteland. They called out to the team leader, "You don't have to hoe the ground anymore. Go pick up wheat ears on the flat ground."
Su Qianqian was delighted, thinking that what she said last night had worked. "Thank you, Captain Xiang. I will definitely write a letter to tell my parents that you are a good captain."
Xiang Jianming shook his head. If Pei Huaiye hadn't been willing to hunt wild boars, he wouldn't have bothered with Su Qianqian.
Zhou Wenfang looked envious, "Qianqian, why is there only one person going? What about me? What should I do?"
Su Qianqian looked embarrassed, "Wenfang, the captain said to take our time to make arrangements. After all, there are so many people watching us."
Zhou Wenfang was unhappy but helpless, as the only person she could rely on here was Su Qianqian.
The villagers were harvesting wheat on the flat land, and Su Qingyue was picking wheat ears wearing gloves.
She told the village chief that she had found a job in the county town and would come to earn work points when she was free on weekdays.
Su Qianqian was very proud of getting the task of picking wheat ears. Her daily work became much easier, and she prepared to go find Shen Xunbao after work at noon.
But he saw Su Qingyue and Shen Xunbao standing together and talking about something. After Su Qingyue finished speaking, Shen Xunbao looked excited and wanted to hug her, but was pushed away by Su Qingyue.
Su Qianqian was furious and trotted over, "Su Qingyue, what are you doing?!"
Several aunts in the field were looking this way.
Su Qingyue turned her head away and said, "It's none of your business!" Before leaving, she said to Shen Xunbao, "Please consider my suggestion."
Shen Xunbao looked gloomy. He really hadn't cared about Su Qingyue during these days in the countryside. No wonder she wanted to break off the engagement.
No one knew where Qiao Wang had gone. He said he was helping me with some work, but he hasn’t shown up yet. I wonder if something had happened.
His hands and feet were covered with blisters and calluses. He lived in a shabby boys' dormitory all day, smelled strange odors, and always had trouble sleeping at night.
The meals were always coarse grains, and fine grains were only occasionally eaten, and those were secretly made for him by Su Qianqian.
"Shen Xunbao, what's wrong with you? Did Su Qingyue bully you?"
"You're just too good to her! That's why she gets bullied. In my opinion, she's not worthy of you at all!" Su Qianqian was indignant.
Shen Xunbao looked at Su Qianqian thoughtfully, his eyes like water and his voice gentle, "Who is worthy of me then?"
Su Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she lowered her head shyly and said, "You, you will find out slowly."
She stuffed the egg cake and milk candy wrapped in a handkerchief into Shen Xunbao's hand, turned around and ran away.
Several aunts watched the show with great interest.
"Why is this all related to Shen Xunbao?"
"Shen Zhiqing looks good, but what's the use of having delicate skin and tender flesh?"
"You should ask Su Qianqian and Su Qingyue. They are all rushing to find him."
Su Qianqian stopped and thought about Shen Xunbao's attitude today, her eyes rolled, "Aunts, I won't hide it from you, the Shen family and I must have been engaged since childhood.
But after I returned to the city, Su Qingyue still occupied Shen Xunbao.
Shen Xunbao and I loved each other and went to the countryside together, but I didn’t expect Su Qingyue to come back to the village and still not let go, and she quarreled with him and said that he didn’t care about her.”
Su Qianqian exaggerated the matter and turned black into white, saying that Su Qingyue had stolen her fiancé.
After hearing this, several aunts frowned and cursed Su Qingyue as an ungrateful vixen.
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