When I returned to the dormitory, I happened to see Meng Xiao carrying a snakeskin bag and putting it in the kitchen.
"Brother Meng, can I discuss something with you?" She walked all the way back with a light sweat on her forehead and a few strands of hair stuck to her temples.
"You say." Meng Xiao was taking out vegetables from a snakeskin bag and preparing to wash them.
"That is... um... can we share a meal? I'll cook and you'll fetch the water. I can't really carry it." He gestured with his hand to the bucket and the large water tank not far away.
"good".
Shen Qingli felt like this guy was like a giant block of ice. A sudden urge to conquer him flared up in her heart. The first sight on the train and the scene of him helping her hang the curtains yesterday replayed in her mind... What should she do? She, a single woman, seemed to have fallen for Meng Zhiqing... and they'd only met a few times...
Meng Xiao noticed that the person standing next to him had been silent for a long time. He looked up and saw her frowning and clenching her fists in a tangled manner.
Damn! So cute!
He felt his chest pounding and felt that the endurance and self-control he had trained in the army were no match for her!
In the past, he would never have believed that there was someone in the world who could move his heart with just a frown. It was as if his heart would beat uncontrollably as soon as he saw her.
I didn't dare look at her anymore. When I heard the noise, I looked up and found that she was already preparing to cook. Meng Xiao washed the vegetables and put them on the chopping board. For a while, the only sound in the kitchen was the sound of Shen Qingli cutting vegetables.
Meng Xiao consciously sat in front of the stove to light the fire. After eating, he took the initiative to wash the dishes. It's okay if he is not good at washing dishes. He didn't want her to get wet again.
No one broke this unspoken agreement between the two.
Shen Qingli sat on the small stool for eating, holding up her face and watching him work: "Brother Meng is really nice. No girl can refuse a man like you, right?"
He almost blurted out: What about you
But I'm still silent, I don't know what to say
After washing the dishes and setting them aside, he turned around and saw her sitting on a small stool, one hand supporting her chin as she looked at him. When their eyes met, Meng Xiao felt his heart melt.
He didn't know where this feeling came from. He had only met this person a few times, this person who had never been afraid in the hail of bullets, but now he felt timid. He wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it out loud for fear of offending her. He was afraid that she would think he was careless and reckless.
"Brother Meng, how much did you pay for all those vegetables? I'll give you half." Shen Qingli seemed to feel that the atmosphere suddenly changed after she said this.
"No need." Meng Xiao glanced at her, turned around and walked out
Shen Qingli didn't know that her unpleasant words had half-burst the pink bubble in Meng Xiao's heart.
After completing the task of collecting pig grass in the afternoon, Shen Qingli planned to go for a walk in the town and call his parents.
The half-hour journey was not far, but not too close either. He went to a place in town where he could make a phone call. He handed the number to the staff and said, "Hello, comrade, I'm calling." The staff glanced at the number and dialed it quickly: "Fifty cents a minute." Shen Qingli nodded.
There was some noise on the phone these days, and soon the call was connected. "Jingshi Steel Plant, hello, who is this?"
"Dad! I'm Qingqing."
"Qingqing, have you settled down? Are you used to it? Have you felt wronged? Are you tired from work? Mom and Dad are very worried about you, but we can't contact you because of the long distance." When Mr. Shen heard his daughter's voice, the grown man choked up a little. It was the first time his daughter had left their side since she was a child. He and Gigi Lai were so worried that they couldn't sleep well for several nights.
Although Shen Qingli was not the original owner, he was also somewhat touched. "Dad, I'm fine! I've settled in and everyone is taking good care of me. I do the lightest work, so you and Mom don't have to worry. I'm fine and I'm still living in a single room in the educated youth dormitory."
"That's all right. As for Shen Jiayao, Dad sent her on the train back to her hometown yesterday, and your engagement with the Zheng family has been annulled. Don't worry about your mom and me, we're all doing fine! If you need money, write to Dad or call him, and he'll send it to you."
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