When Lin Yuan arrived home, lunchtime had already passed. Zhao Huanhuan and Wen Yan were washing dishes in the kitchen, while Aunt Chu and Uncle Lin were tidying up things in the yard.
When he returned, Aunt Chu came over and asked him if he had eaten.
Lin Yuan shook her head.
"It's warming up for you in the kitchen. Wash your hands and go eat first," Aunt Chu said, taking the two fish Lin Yuan handed her.
Lin Yuan glanced at the kitchen and went to wash her hands.
Zhao Huanhuan had already heard that Lin Yuan had returned, so she took out the food that was warming up for him in the pot and brought it to the room next door where they were eating.
Lin Yuan arrived just as Zhao Huanhuan came out. Zhao Huanhuan smiled at him and said, "Come in and eat. Aunt Chu made mung bean soup. I'll ladle a bowl for you."
"Okay!" Lin Yuan replied softly and went inside.
In the kitchen, Wenyan overheard the two talking and chuckled to herself. She didn't know why, but just listening to them talk made her feel so sweet, as if this was what being in love should be like.
Looking at the two of them standing together, she felt even more that they were a perfect match. There was a phrase that suited them perfectly: a match made in heaven.
When Zhao Huanhuan went back to the kitchen to get a bowl to ladle mung bean soup for Lin Yuan, she saw Wen Yan smiling at her. Her face immediately turned red, and she secretly pinched Wen Yan's waist, whispering, "If you keep smiling, your gums will show."
"Haha, I wasn't laughing at you!" Wen Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud, and whispered, "Huanhuan, seeing you and Brother Lin Yuan standing together makes me feel so sweet. Oh my, I suddenly really want to be in a relationship too!"
Zhao Huanhuan paused, wanting to ask her opinion on Qiu Yi, but her lips moved but she didn't ask. Now was not the time to talk about this. She decided to wait until it was just the two of them in the evening to have a proper talk with her about Qiu Yi.
"Hurry up and take the mung bean soup to my godbrother, what are you standing there for!" Wenyan chuckled and hurried her out.
Seeing Huanhuan in a daze, she regretted saying she wanted to be in a relationship. Was Huanhuan thinking about what she had said on their first night that she had taken a liking to Brother Lin? Look at her own stupid mouth.
Zhao Huanhuan smiled and said, "Okay, wait for me to come and wash it the second time."
After saying that, she took the bowl over to Lin Yuan and placed it in front of him. "Drink some of this first to cool down. It must be very hot riding your bike in the middle of the day, right?"
Lin Yuan shook her head. "It's alright."
"Huanhuan, I bought a ticket for the 5 PM train tomorrow, but I can't get a ticket for the morning one. Would it be inappropriate to go back to your place tonight? How about we find a guesthouse to stay at after we get there?" Lin Yuan finished her bowl of mung bean soup in a few gulps, started eating, and talked to Zhao Huanhuan.
Zhao Huanhuan shook her head. "It's okay. My home isn't far from the train station. The train is at five o'clock. If it's not delayed, I'll get there around eight o'clock. By then, they should be outside chatting with their neighbors while swatting mosquitoes."
Lin Yuan chuckled when she heard about swatting mosquitoes and replied, "Okay, do you have guest rooms? Are they suitable for guests?"
“You can sleep in the living room,” Zhao Huanhuan said with a smile.
“Okay, as long as I don’t get kicked out, I’m fine with sleeping on the floor.” Lin Yuan chuckled.
"Don't worry, my parents aren't that unreasonable." Zhao Huanhuan waved her hand to reassure him, then prepared to go back and wash the dishes with Wen Yan.
Lin Yuan's fingers unconsciously reached into her coat pocket, wanting to take out the hair clip she had bought for Zhao Huanhuan. She looked up, but Zhao Huanhuan was already gone.
He silently lowered his finger, suggesting that he deliver it tonight instead.
When Zhao Huanhuan returned, Wen Yan had already finished tidying up and was smiling at her, "I'm going back to take a nap. You wait until Brother Lin Yuan finishes eating, wash his food, and then come back?"
Zhao Huanhuan thought for a moment, then said, "Okay!"
Wen Yan left with a smile, and Zhao Huanhuan had no choice but to go back to the room where Lin Yuan was eating, sit opposite him, and watch him eat.
"Go back to sleep, I'll wash myself after I eat," Lin Yuan said quickly after hearing what the two of them were saying.
"It's okay, you eat, I'll wait for you!" Zhao Huanhuan found it quite interesting to watch him eat. He ate very quickly, chewing a few times and swallowing the food as soon as he picked it up with his chopsticks.
His eating speed must have been developed during his time in the military.
She suddenly noticed that he would chew his food no more than five times in total, usually swallowing it after three or four chews. His hands and mouth worked together very well, and just as he swallowed, the chopsticks were brought to him.
After Lin Yuan finished eating a large bowl of rice, he noticed that Zhao Huanhuan was staring at him in a daze.
"Go back to sleep. I've finished eating. I can wash myself." Lin Yuan stood up and told her to hurry back for a nap. It was already 1:30, and she wouldn't have much time to sleep.
"Alright then!" Zhao Huanhuan nodded. It's a good thing that he cares about people!
"Huanhuan, wait a minute!" Lin Yuan called out to her again.
Zhao Huanhuan turned to look at him and saw him take out a small floral cloth bag from his shirt pocket and hand it to her.
"What?" Zhao Huanhuan asked in surprise.
Lin Yuan looked at her, coughed lightly, and said, "Well, I just happened to pass by the supply and marketing cooperative, saw this, thought it would suit you, and bought it for you."
Zhao Huanhuan guessed what it was, took it from him, smiled at him, and said thank you, "Thank you, Brother Lin Yuan, I'll go back now."
"Okay!" Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she hadn't refused. She was really afraid that she would refuse.
When Zhao Huanhuan returned to the room, Wen Yan, who had just lain down, sat up again upon seeing her, holding something in her hand. "What's that?" she asked.
Zhao Huanhuan smiled and said, "It was given to me by Brother Lin Yuan."
"Oh my, so you're already exchanging tokens of love? Haha, Brother Lin Yuan is really good at this!" Wen Yan immediately understood and teased Zhao Huanhuan.
Zhao Huanhuan blushed at what she said.
"Quick, open it and see what's inside!" Wenyan asked expectantly.
She was very curious about what kind of gifts a soldier like Lin Yuan would give to a girl.
Zhao Huanhuan slowly opened the small cloth bag and took out a pair of red butterfly hair clips.
Um?
Zhao Huanhuan was surprised. Did they already have the technology to make plastic into hair clips like this?
"My goodness, Brother Lin Yuan has such good taste! Huanhuan, try it on quickly. This isn't cheap. I saw this at the supply and marketing cooperative in Shanglin City when I first arrived. But I couldn't bring myself to buy it because it was so expensive." Wen Yan was genuinely envious of Zhao Huanhuan this time.
Zhao Huanhuan was taken aback. Very expensive?
Then she remembered that the original book mentioned that plastic products were still rare in this era, and things made of plastic were very expensive. A plastic basin was even the same price as a porcelain basin.
After returning to the city, the male protagonist, Gu Yifeng, went to work at a plastics factory that everyone would kill to get into. Later, he also got the female protagonist, Yang Man, to work there, and the two of them eventually became full-time employees.
Tsk!
"How much did the supply and marketing cooperative sell it for when you saw it?" Zhao Huanhuan asked.
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