Chapter 07 Chapter 7

Recently, many strangers have appeared near Xiaoba Village.

Some were people from Qingnan Village passing by, some were farmers who heard the noise and came over looking for work, some were reporters from newspapers and magazines, and some were plainclothes soldiers patrolling the area.

The first three are easy to identify, but the last type of plainclothes was leaked to the militia by Sister Zhao. They will patrol together.

After two months of training, Su Rui's militia team began to take turns patrolling during their spare time during the busy farming season.

Who doesn't want to take a rest after work? But their Xiaoba Village is the closest to the new troops among the dozens of villages in the area, and it is also next to a half-dam, where a hydropower station is going to be built, so they have to be vigilant.

Guo Jiarong, who had disappeared for more than a week, appeared.

He appeared in front of Su Rui with cakes from the People's Commercial Building. He held the cakes flatteringly, like hanging carrots on a donkey, and dangled them in front of Su Rui's nose.

Su Rui's father hadn't come back yet, so she endured the humiliation and carried the sugar cane on her shoulders. This was the old sugar cane specially given to her by Aunt Song, and it was as tough and woody as Guo Jiarong's father, and looked disgusting.

This does not need to be returned, so Su Rui feels safe using it.

She waved away the osmanthus cake in front of her and met two plainclothes comrades walking side by side. She nodded to them.

This made her feel good and that being the acting team leader was very valuable.

There were still bruises on Guo Jiarong's nose. It was estimated that the idiot had beaten a lot of water out of his head. This time he was still relatively reserved.

Perhaps he still couldn't bear to give up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Seeing that Su Rui was unmoved, he stuffed it into his mouth like a hungry wolf pounced on food, muttering, "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, who doesn't know the kindness of a good person."

Su Rui waved the old sugar cane which was taller than her, and Guo Jiarong jumped up and dodged in fear. Su Rui smiled and said, "Hey, why didn't my dog-beating stick hit the dog?"

Seeing how beautiful she was, Guo Jiarong couldn't get angry at all, and said lazily, "Forget it, a good man doesn't fight with a woman."

Su Rui was disgusted by the remnant of Qingnan Village's preference for boys over girls, and said, "A man who can be chased and beaten by female comrades must be worse than a dog."

Guo Jiarong had never won because of her greed, and he attributed it to his reluctance to give up, but in reality his brain was too small to be of any use.

Seeing Su Rui frequently looking back at the two straight-backed plainclothes comrades, he recalled what Su Chang'e had said yesterday and asked, "Did Su Chang'e really introduce you to a deputy company commander?"

Su Rui reluctantly said, "Maybe."

Guo Jiarong added: "What's the point of being a deputy company commander?"

Su Rui said: "He is an officer and a hero."

Guo Jiarong said, "Oh, are you thinking about your childhood again? Who knows if the person is still alive?"

Su Rui remembered that the original owner had encountered a flood when she was a child, and her hometown was in trouble. Her mother was the director of the grain warehouse. She organized the people to evacuate and asked Su Rui to wait for her. In the end, Su Rui did not wait for her mother, but waited for the news that her mother had died.

Finally, a boy in military uniform saved her. Before the second flood came, the boy asked her to wait for him. But he broke his promise.

Guo Jiarong used to be a person who played with Su Rui for a few days when she had no friends. Later, Su Rui discovered his inner hypocrisy and gradually distanced herself from him.

But he eventually found out about this secret. The older he got, the more he worried about it.

"Yes, he is so capable. He pulled me out of this terrible situation. He will definitely be fine."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you about him. We'll always have a fight when I bring him up."

Guo Jiarong was rejected because of his eyesight and could not join the army, but he still had relatives in the army. He drew Su Rui's attention back and said, "I have a distant cousin who is a high-ranking official in the army. It is said that he is the regiment commander, which is much more powerful than a small company commander. If you really get together with the person introduced by Su Chang'e, I will let my cousin make things difficult for him."

"Come on, you're talking about a distant house, but I don't know how far away it is. You're such a good talker, I don't believe you."

Su Rui carried the sugarcane all the way to the foot of the back mountain. The orange and peach trees planted on the mountain were now beginning to bear fruit. Sister Zhao told them to keep an eye on these fruit trees and not let the people from Qingnan Village cut them down secretly.

When they were planting trees, the people in Qingnan Village laughed at them for wasting their efforts and kept saying that the fruit trees they planted would not survive.

The trees grew alive and began to bear fruit, and the people in Qingnan Village could no longer laugh.

Seeing that there would be extra income, or it would be directly incorporated into the collective income of Xiaoba Village, the people of Qingnan Village were upset.

During this time, they passed by and compared the two neighboring hills. One was full of fruits, and the other was almost completely cut down. They looked around and thought about how to start.

Seeing Su Rui carrying a piece of sugarcane to patrol the mountain, Guo Jiarong asked for something to say: "Why didn't your team members come?"

Su Rui glanced at him and said, "It's none of your business. I'm happy to go by myself."

Guo Jiarong was bored again and looked around subconsciously. He was about to be traumatized by the beating from Wu Crazy.

"Then I'm leaving. If you find that person unreliable, remember to find me. I'm always on call."

Bah, leave that to your cousin who you were engaged to when you were young. That is your perfect match.

Su Rui rolled her eyes at him and ignored him completely.

Other groups usually consist of three or four people, so she was not willing to patrol the mountain alone.

Grandma Axi's feet were so small that she couldn't climb the mountain, but Si'er climbed the mountain faster than a donkey, so she was caught. Wanzi was obedient, but he was only six years old, and was forced by his parents to learn pinyin at home secretly, wiping his tears.

Alas, it's useless.

Being a leader is difficult.

Su Rui imitated Guo Qingwang's annoying appearance, and walked up the mountain with her hands behind her back. However, she was not good at leadership and almost fell down. She still climbed up the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow, leaning on the old sugar cane.

She didn't have to check every tree for fruit, just estimated the quality. Then she went to the cabin to sign and eat an egg as usual.

I walked around the mountain again and didn't see any strangers, so I went down the mountain leisurely.

As soon as I walked to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, I found that the cooperative no longer sold peanuts today, but instead sold platycodon grandiflorum. It was selling on behalf of Yiwang Village again.

It's not easy for them to travel far and wide to treat animals, so they just sell them. Although Su Rui is short of money, she can still buy some platycodon to pickle and eat.

It goes perfectly with the wild green onions picked from the mountains.

Just as she was feeling better, she saw Su Chang'e pacing back and forth at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. She was looking happily at the path that the postman had to take. Perhaps because she had been standing for too long, she kept shifting her feet back and forth. If you didn't know her, you would think she was born in the Year of the Bird.

Anyway, it's not a good thing.

It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Even though Su Rui had no expectations, the postman still called her name and delivered the letter that had traveled more than a thousand kilometers across the country.

Su Chang'e also has it.

This is totally different from the plot. Shouldn't Su Chang'e rush to the introducer's house to ask for money?

Su Rui put the letter in her pocket and walked in front of Su Chang'e, wanting to go home and hide in the west room to read it secretly.

Su Chang'e also walked very fast. She couldn't help humming a tuneless song and walked home happily.

She couldn't wait to tell Su Yuqin the good news.

There is a reply!

What does this mean?

It means the other person is interested in her!

The two half-way sisters entered the house one after another.

The first thing Su Chang'e did was to run into the house to find Su Yuqin. Su Rui wanted to hide in the west room, but Su Yuqin called her out.

This guy has a quick tongue.

Su Chang'e could not wait to tear open the envelope, read the scribbled words on it and said: "Dear Comrade Su Chang'e, I am very shocked to receive your letter. There is such a charming woman in the world who has added a lot of electricity and light to my life? ... What does this mean?"

Su Rui couldn't help laughing. It seemed that Su Chang'e and the other party had the same level of education. Could it be that this deputy company commander didn't continue to study in the army?

Su Hongpei heard the commotion, bent over with her half-washed hair in her hand, and came over to see the excitement. She said kindly, "It should be more light, right? What light does he need? Is he blind?"

Su Rui couldn't help herself and laughed so hard that her shoulders swayed.

"Don't talk nonsense...ah!" Su Chang'e exclaimed in a sweet voice, putting the letter aside and carefully looking at the photo inside: "He is so handsome."

Su Rui and Su Hongpei came over to look at the photos at the same time.

Su Hongpei said bluntly: "Oh, having a nose and eyes is called handsome? Your handsomeness is too worthless."

Su Rui also took the opportunity to attack him, saying, "His cheeks are squarer than bricks. If he is placed on the wall, you can't tell whether he is a person or a brick."

As she spoke, she and Su Hongpei were pulled aside by Su Yuqin. Su Yuqin thought that they were probably jealous of the second brother. He was a military officer after all, how could they say that to him?

She picked up the photo and looked at it again and again, and finally said, "He must be an honest man."

Su Chang'e was not convinced and said with a hint of meaning: "No matter how honest he is, he can't be more honest than Su Rui's."

Seeing this, Su Rui simply tore up the letter in front of them.

Now, Su Chang'e could at least recognize a few words. The words between the lines of her letter were like dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, with one word taking up two lines and even crossing the line.

"The mountain flowers are in full bloom, and the ground is covered with gold. I ate twenty pickled cabbage dumplings today, and they were delicious..."

Su Chang'e and Su Yuqin smiled at each other. That was right. It was rare for a labor reform prisoner to have a good meal, so he had to talk about it.

'Unfortunately, I don't have a photo, so to show my sincerity, I drew one myself. Please... take a look at it.'

Su Chang'e slapped her thigh, this is even more correct. I have never heard of a photo studio in a labor camp farm, so I have to draw a picture myself.

Su Rui didn't know what Su Chang'e was thinking. She struggled to recognize the characters, but the other party only said that his name was "Ye Chifang" and there was no other useful information.

She said angrily, "Why would he be a deputy company commander? He should just be a pilot."

Su Hongpei grabbed her wet hair, bent down to pick up the white paper on the ground and said, "You left something behind."

Su Chang'e grabbed the white paper and then laughed breathlessly: "Self-portrait? No way, this is still a person?"

Su Hongpei and Su Yuqin went over to take a look. It was so scary that if you didn't know better you would think it was King Kong.

Su Rui took Ye Chifang's self-portrait and her little hands trembled silently.

With a bloody mouth and covered with hair.

Others go on blind dates to play with feelings, but she goes on blind dates to play with her life.

Su Hongpei finally said something fair: "Second sister's boyfriend is still handsome."

At least it's still recognizable as a person.