Chapter 10 Chapter 10

"Brother, we've been exchanging letters quite frequently lately."

Qin Shan bit the white steamed bun he had snatched, and didn't forget to make faces. He wanted to grab Fang Chiye's neck, but Fang Chiye dodged and elbowed him from behind: "Pay attention to your image, don't put your arm around my shoulders."

Qin Shan covered his chest and groaned a few times. Seeing Fang Chiye's fake smile, he pretended to be angry and said, "You really did it. Do you know how strong you are?"

Fang Chiye shook the letter and said, "Look at the last time you said the portrait would scare girls away, this time you are praising me."

Qin Shan moved over to take a peek, but was stopped by Fang Chiye, who covered his face.

There was nothing important about it, it was just that he was shocked by the compliments. How could this girl say anything?

On second thought, he probably received the bullet casing and knew his identity as a military officer, so he couldn't wait to get close to him.

He spent almost two months trying to figure out the other party's identity, and also found a soldier in the army whose hometown was Suhua Township to ask about it.

The soldier only remembered that the comrade named Su Rui was married to Xiaoba Village with her son-in-law. He didn't have a deep impression of her. He remembered that she was timid and cowardly, and as thin as a bean sprout. As for her appearance, he didn't pay much attention to her. After all, she was only nine or ten years old at that time. Who would pay attention to a little girl? Wouldn't that be abnormal?

Fang Chiye showed him the photo, and he immediately stammered, "She hadn't grown up yet at that time, with patches all over her body, and her features hadn't really changed much. Who would have known that she would grow up to be so beautiful and delicate..."

If I had known earlier and cared more about him, maybe his mother wouldn't have to worry about him not being able to find a wife.

Fang Chiye heard the hidden meaning, kicked the warrior out, and decided to find another reliable person to ask.

Fang Chiye returned to the dormitory and placed Su Rui's photo on the desk.

Cowardly character?

He glanced at the content of the letter. This time the flattery was quite good. Two and a half pages out of the three pages were spent praising his unique temperament and connotation.

Fang Chiye still thinks Su Rui is a liar who uses the beauty trap.

He could faintly smell some sweet peach scent, so he picked up the letter and smelled it, and it was indeed the scent of peach.

Now that's good, he is even more certain that the other party is seducing him.

After confirming the transfer order, he would soon go to the new unit, which was near Xiaoba Village. Fang Chiye thought about it and called the communicator to ask him to arrange for someone to go to Xiaoba Village to inquire.

He didn't believe that he couldn't handle such a small thing.

***

Qingnan Village.

Guo Jiarong had his waist massaged by a barefoot Chinese medicine practitioner at home.

After being beaten up by that idiot last time, he often feels backache.

The men in Qingnan Village worked in the quarry on the barren mountain, while he did massage at home. I didn’t do the work that others did, which was the ultimate enjoyment.

While his body was happy, his spirit was not so good. He went to the provincial hospital but nothing was found. He asked someone to see a Chinese doctor, who said he had kidney deficiency.

"Is Comrade Guo Jiarong here?" A clear and crisp voice came from outside: "I'm Lu Qianxing from the quarry. I want to talk to him about something."

Auntie Guo walked forward without recognizing Lu, and Guo Jiarong hurriedly stood up, fastened his belt and said, "Yes, Comrade Lu, I'll be right out."

Lu Qianxing had a crew cut and stood in the courtyard with his back straight. Auntie Guo took a few glances at him and thought he looked like a classmate of Guo Jiarong in the city, or a cadre from somewhere.

Guo Jiarong came out jogging and said warmly, "Brother Lu, come and sit down. Why are you here again?"

Lu Qianxing said politely, "Hello, Comrade Xiao Guo, I have someone I want to ask you about."

Guo Jiarong's father was a captain, and his family background was clean. He was the first person to be questioned in order to understand the situation.

Aunt Guo was ordered by Guo Jiarong to go somewhere else, and the barefoot Chinese medicine practitioner in the house was also asked to leave.

Lu Qianxing looked at his actions and felt something was wrong.

This person seems to be unreliable.

He picked a few people and asked them together with Su Rui's name. There were people from all three villages, which made Guo Jiarong feel honored and felt that the organization valued him.

After Lu Qianxing left, Guo Jiarong thought about it and felt that something was wrong.

He looked in the direction where Lu Qianxing left, frowned, and walked around the yard a few times. Finally, he came to the conclusion that this man was probably attracted to Su Rui.

Su Rui has become more and more like a blooming flower in the past two years. People often see him hanging around Su Rui and ask him about Su Rui.

At that time, other people's conditions were not as good as his, and they all backed off when they knew that he was also pursuing Su Rui. But the people in the army were different. Four pockets were rarely seen in the countryside, so it was so rare.

Su Rui is ambitious and has a good impression of the military, so she might be seduced away. Even if there is someone to date now, who would be willing to go far away?

The more Guo Jiarong thought about it, the more he felt that it was right. He thought angrily that if anyone asked him about Su Rui again, he would tell them that she was his girlfriend and tell them to stay as far away from her as possible.

He couldn't sit still at home, worried that Lu would go to find Su Rui, so he didn't care to lock the door and headed for Xiaoba Village.

His mother got a beauty peach from next door, but she couldn't bear to eat it herself so she gave it to Guo Jiarong. When she came back and saw that the bicycle was gone, she stamped her feet in anger and said, "Your cousin is coming soon, and you're still paying attention to that little witch outside!"

Guo Jiarong pedaled his bicycle into a hot wheel, sparking all the way to Xiaoba Village.

As luck would have it, at the entrance to the village, there were many women from Xiaoba Village squatting in front of stalls selling their agricultural and sideline products - canned peaches.

Sister Zhao told them not to sell beauty peaches, so they started selling this instead.

Su Rui is here too.

The weather is getting colder and the village intersection is a windy place.

She was wearing a light yellow spring/autumn shirt, with her hands tucked into her sleeves. She leaned against Su Hongpei and joked with the women. After a while, she showed her little fangs and laughed happily several times.

"Come here, I have something to ask you."

Guo Jiarong leaned his bicycle against a tree and said from above, "Hurry up, it's getting dark."

Su Rui said, "You knew it was getting dark but you still wanted to talk to me? What are you thinking?"

Aunt Song sat next to Su Rui. She had to go home early with her pony to cook for her children. Upon hearing this, she said, "The world is in chaos now. Some men can't find a wife, so they take good girls to the side streets. If someone sees them, will the girl's reputation be ruined?"

Su Rui knew that Aunt Song was not bullying her but giving her advice, so she followed suit and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it here."

Across from them, two or three comrades from the county came to buy peaches, thinking that peaches here would be cheaper. But they didn't sell them at all. They bought two cans and got one ugly peach for free. They were hesitating on the roadside.

In public, Guo Jiarong didn't want to argue with Su Rui, so he simply picked up the fallen sycamore leaves and put them under his butt, then sat down next to Su Rui.

Seeing that he looked like he wanted to talk for a long time, Su Rui moved towards Su Hongpei.

Guo Jiarong said helplessly: "Let me ask you, have you had any contact with the military recently?"

Su Rui seemed to have heard nonsense: "I come into contact with my comrades in the army every day. I see them every day when I patrol the mountains and roads and when I go to militia training. What's wrong with that?"

Guo Jiarong then asked, "Where is the one who wrote to you?"

It would have been fine if he didn't mention this, but when he did, Su Rui got upset: "It's none of your business."

Guo Jiarong said: "You can't ride a donkey to find a horse."

Su Rui said again: "It's none of your business."

Guo Jiarong snorted, his shoulders slumped, and he curled up into a ball with a wronged look on his face, saying, "You need to change your flirtatious personality—"

Su Rui stepped on Guo Jiarong's foot. Before Guo Jiarong could scream, she scolded him, "Who did I hook up with?! You come to me with a shameless face every day. Do you think I am willing to pay attention to you?"

Guo Jiarong knew he had said something wrong, so he slapped himself in the face and said with a smile, "I was wrong, I was wrong, Su Xiaogan, please don't be angry."

"What do you mean by cadres? Can't you let your father jerk you off anytime?"

Guo Jiarong said awkwardly, "I was just teasing you, but you always take it seriously."

Su Rui sneered and said, "Because you are a real beast."

Guo Jiarong was used to being scolded by her, so he smiled shamelessly and said, "Forget it, I think too much. I'm leaving now."

He picked up the can in front of Su Rui and said, "Keep it in the account."

Accounting?

Debt it.

Su Rui was furious.

This is her wife Ben!

Bah, it’s her husband Ben!

She snatched back the canned peaches and kicked Guo Jiarong in the leg.

Guo Jiarong failed to get the canned peaches for free, so he limped away on his bicycle.

"I don't know what you are doing here. You are making me angry."

Su Rui sat back, looking at the beautiful red sunset in the sky and the flocks of migratory birds heading south, she held her face and sighed softly.

Other people’s peach blossoms are so beautiful, the mountain flowers are so brilliantly beautiful.

Her peach blossom is so rotten that it stinks for a mile.

However...

As for what the military has to do with it, there really is one person who does.

There was a big brother in Xiaoba Village who had successfully joined the army. When she was a child, he often bought candies for her. Of course, his purpose was not innocent, but to pursue her.

Later, Su Yuqin chased him away with a fire poker, not for any other reason but because my eldest brother's family was very poor at that time, so poor that they didn't even have a complete bowl.

When her elder brother was put on military uniform, Su Yuqin regretted it so much.

Well, this is a typical example of not despising the poor young people.

Su Hongpei later started dating a guy named Wang and had no idea about this incident, so Su Rui didn't tell her either.

Not knowing what Su Rui was feeling, Su Hongpei said, "Let's go back?"

"OK."

Su Rui was planning to go home for dinner with canned peaches tied up with a straw rope, but she was found by Wanzi halfway, who urged her to go to the office for a meeting.

Su Rui gave the canned food to Su Hongpei to carry, and without even taking time to eat, she went to the office with the look of an official obsessed woman.

Official militia team leaders all have the position of village cadres, but Su Rui is not one of them. She is an intern. So she found a corner at the back and sat there obediently.

Sister Zhao has been in a very happy mood recently. Taoshan has created income for Xiaoba Village, and the women there will have a good New Year, which makes her feel very happy.

However, when she learned that the surrounding work of the hydropower station was organizing farmers to participate, Guo Qingwang did not inform Xiaoba Village. When she learned the news and rushed over, Guo Qingwang had even distributed all the tools used for the work.

Sister Zhao knew that Guo Qingwang was looking for trouble because he saw that Xiaoba Village had made money but he did not benefit from it.

I originally thought he would be removed quickly, but who knew the secret investigation would take so long.

"The preparation work for the hydropower station needs the help of the farmers. But..." Sister Zhao hesitated and asked the question, "We don't have the right tools, and the workspace has been allocated."

Farmers all hope to have something to do during their free time.

On the one hand, they work hard to save money, and on the other hand, they work hard to earn money, all for the sake of a peaceful old age.

Others were fine at first, but Su Rui became famous first.

She was also hoping to earn some money for her husband by doing odd jobs in the winter. With only a few years to go, shouldn't she save enough money for the betrothal gift as soon as possible?

Not only the betrothal gift, she also plans to build a spacious bungalow to live a good life, which all requires money.

Stopping me from making money is like killing my parents.

How abominable! How abominable!

She must think of a solution and not let Guo Qingwang get what he wants.