Tonight they gave Meng Tao and Shen Yu a wedding gift: a complete set of bedding, pillowcases, sheets, quilt covers, and blankets. He Huijuan said that Zhao Ming bought it from the county town, as if he had expected that the two would register for marriage soon.

This whole set of bedding is high-end goods, which cost a lot of money and tickets. It would be too grand for one person to give it as a gift, so eight people chipped in their money.

But Zhao Ming was absent from the wedding tonight because he had received a notice to return to the city.

It was the last time he came back from the Youth League Office in the county town. Two days later, he went through the formalities to leave Linshui Village and return to the city. Afterwards, he wrote a letter to the Youth League, saying that he was preparing to study abroad.

Besides envy, everyone also wishes him a bright future.

Of Mengtao's eight educated youth teachers, seven are left now. Perhaps in another month or two, two more will leave. Jiang Xiaodong and He Huijuan have great hopes of getting jobs as substitute teachers in the commune middle school.

By then, there would only be Xu Guoliang, Sun Yutang, Qian Liang, Qian Xiaoyun and Jiang Limei. Meng Tao was not worried about the future of these five people. According to her understanding of their cultural level, two years later, when the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, these five people would definitely be the first batch to be admitted to university and return to their city.

Zhao Ming left and was about to study abroad. In the letter, he once again made it clear that he had never been attracted to He Huijuan and Jiang Limei, never before and never in the future, so he asked the two good sisters to take control of their own lives, work hard for their future and pursue happiness, and not to think about him. If he met a suitable woman abroad, he would get married immediately.

The two girls were hit hard, especially Jiang Limei, who lost a lot of weight and looked like Lin Daiyu; He Huijuan was fine, as she had to prepare for the exam to become a middle school teacher, which distracted her attention and she didn't have much time to be sad. But even so, her changes were obvious. She was no longer as cheerful and cheerful as before.

Tonight's drunkenness gave the two pursuers a chance to vent. One cried and the other laughed. Meng Tao half supported and half embraced them to send them back to the room to rest, but they held on to her and insisted on treating her as Zhao Ming, vying to confess their deep love to her.

Meng Tao was speechless: Is being drunk so magical? I am obviously a woman, but I can turn into a male god and be forced to listen to his confession.

Zhou Cuiling helped Qian Xiaoyun back and listened from the side, laughing uncontrollably.

Bao Dongmei came with a flashlight to pick up Captain Bao. Seeing Jinniu lighting a fire in the kitchen, she went over to help. She cooked the sobering soup, scooped it out, and brought it out bowl by bowl for everyone to drink.

Shen Yu settled a few male educated youth and escorted the other drunk people home, while leaving them to Wang Tiegen and the three neighbor brothers.

After the guests had gone back and everything was done, only Shen Yu and Meng Tao were left in the yard. Jinniu said he had to look after the drunken educated youth and went to sleep in the new yard tonight.

Shen Yu held Meng Tao's hands, lowered his head and gazed at his beloved, his handsome eyes seemed to be filled with thousands of stars, his voice was low and mellow like the intoxicating sound of a piano, full of doting and joy: "Today, you can't run away!"

Meng Tao of course understood what he meant. She blushed but still pretended to glance at him: "Who ran away? Isn't it always you who #￥%?!*..."

"Could you please say the latter sentence again?"

"I can't listen to the clearing anymore, and I won't repeat the good words!"

“…”

Shen Yu picked the person up in his arms like a princess and walked into the house.

Meng Tao put her arm around his neck and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"What do you think? What will the bride and groom do on their wedding night?"

"We haven't had our wedding yet."

Meng Tao glared: You are actually this kind of Shen Yu!

After a busy day, it was impossible to go to bed without taking a shower. The two went into the house and closed the doors and windows. Shen Yu used his spiritual sense to check the surroundings and found nothing unusual. The two arranged the room and the bed, put down the mosquito net, and embraced each other as they entered the sea of ​​clouds.

There is a large cedar bathtub in the space, which Meng Tao had custom-made at a furniture store in the provincial capital. It is filled with clear spring water, and it feels extremely comfortable to soak in it.

The bathtub could accommodate two people, and Shen Yu wanted to take a bath together, but Meng Tao refused. He had no choice but to scoop water with a basin and wash her from head to toe.

He had already surveyed the terrain and prepared the tools. He planned to spend some time carving out an exquisitely patterned bathing pool on the stone platform for swimming. By then, he wouldn't need to say anything, as his darling wife would definitely come over to take a bath with him. Then they could take a bath together every day.

In fact, Meng Tao is not an old-fashioned person, nor does she not want to take a bath with her lover, but she just has some psychological barriers for unknown reasons. She is afraid of losing the last line of defense. If she falls completely, and then her relationship suddenly changes...

She knew that this was the shadow left by her parents' marriage in her previous life. No matter how strong she was or how she told herself to have confidence in herself and Shen Yu, it was still difficult to get rid of it.

She was not in a hurry to get the marriage certificate and be honest with each other. She thought it would be delayed as long as possible, even if it meant being in love for a lifetime.

But what is coming will eventually come. In the current situation, with that person eyeing me hungrily, it seems that I really can't escape.

Meng Tao soaked in the water, sighing and groaning, and was reluctant to come out.

Shen Yu had finished washing long ago and returned to the bedroom in the wooden building. He looked at the flowing and plain white gauze curtains and felt that they were out of place. Today was their big day and there had to be some joy in it.

He opened the cupboard and rummaged around, finding a set of pink curtains, as well as bright red bed curtains, bed sheets, and pillowcases printed with double happiness characters. He remembered that they had bought these when they were shopping, just for their wedding.

So they started to replace them all, and the small building suddenly changed color, with red light shining and full of joy. The scene that usually seemed tacky became satisfying no matter how they looked at it.

Everything was arranged inside and outside, but his bride hadn't come back yet. Shen Yu probed in the direction of the spring pool with his spiritual sense. His little wife was lazily lying in the big bathtub, moving her hands and feet like a frog, diving and blowing bubbles, her skin turned cold white, but she just wouldn't get up! Shen Yu pursed his lips, then suddenly lowered his eyes and smiled, roughly guessing what was going on.

In the past, when the two of them slept in the same bed, the little wife was very relaxed and would tease him with bad intentions. When she saw that he couldn't bear it and made a fool of himself, she would laugh so happily.

That's because she knew that even if he was not Liu Xiahui, he would never cross the bottom line and touch her before marriage, so she was unscrupulous and arrogant.

Now, they have obtained a marriage certificate and are a couple protected by law and recognized by the world. She still wants to escape? Impossible!

Shen Yu went downstairs and strode to the edge of the spring pool. Meng Tao's cedar bathtub was placed behind a natural low stone screen. She heard the sound and poked her head out, and hurriedly shouted to Shen Yu: "I haven't put on my clothes yet!"

Shen Yu picked up the large bath towel draped over the stone screen and said, "Don't wear it anymore. Just use this. It's easier."

"No, no, please go away first!"

Meng Tao was shouting, but Shen Yu turned a deaf ear to her. He bent over and fished her out of the bathtub like scooping a fish, wrapped her in a bath towel, and carried her directly back to the wooden building.

(End of this chapter)