Chapter 29 Chapter 29
Sister Zhao took Su Rui to the old educated youth dormitory, and the two talked a lot along the way.
Su Rui did not hide the secret from Sister Zhao and told her about the person Su Chang'e introduced to her.
Sister Zhao sighed and said, "This is her own choice. You gave her a chance. Even if this incident hadn't happened, I think your family would have split up. It all depends on her luck in the future."
Su Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I was really afraid that you would scold me."
Sister Zhao said: "This is your private matter, I will not get involved. From my personal point of view, I also agree with your separation."
As it was getting dark, Sister Zhao arrived in front of the old dormitory.
"This is the old educated youth settlement. Later, bungalows were built and the newly arrived educated youth moved into the bungalows in front. This wooden house is now empty. I was originally planning to tear it down, but since you have nowhere to live, I'll accommodate you first. You can move in after the house in the back is built."
The old dormitory was not far from the educated youth's bungalow, that is, the front and back yards. I could hear the noise coming from the front.
Su Rui walked around the wooden house, rolled up her sleeves and said, "I think it's good. It's hot and I don't need heating. One wooden house is enough for me."
Sister Zhao said, "You can sleep at my house tonight. I'll give you a day off tomorrow, so you can clean up the place. Oh, I have some insecticide, spray it on at night."
Su Rui said, "Okay, I'll move the things over first."
Su Rui returned to the Su family and stood at the gate to politely call out, "Auntie Su, Second Sister Su, I'm here to move things!"
"You changed your tune pretty quickly." Su Chang'e leaned against the door frame, spit out the melon seed shells and said, "Hurry up, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Su Hongpei came out of the west room, holding a package and placed it under the date tree: "I packed some for you, take a look."
Su Rui walked over happily, and when she entered the room she saw Aunt Song and the others were there too.
Aunt Song said unhappily, "It's really a relief for them that you just leave like this. You did so much work for them in the past few years!"
Su Rui whispered, "Hurry up, or you will have to praise me from now on."
Aunt Song held the wooden box, Aunt Sun carried a stool in one hand, and Sister Zhao and the others carried the table together.
Su Yuqin came out and saw what was happening, and tried to stop them: "You guys are going to empty my house."
Su Hongpei said: "She asked a carpenter to make all these herself. She said that the items would go wherever she went."
Su Yuqin tried to hit Su Hongpei with a broom, but Su Chang'e stopped her and said in a sarcastic tone, "You old girl is only showing off at your parents' house. You are a piece of junk that no one wants."
Su Hongpei's eyes were red, and she returned to the west room in silence, rolled up the new quilt made by Su Rui and carried it on her shoulders.
Su Rui didn't see this coming. She was holding her and Su Li's clothes, which were not many in total. She walked to the gate of the yard, looked at Su Yuqin and Su Chang'e, and left without looking back.
Everyone went all the way to the old dormitory, and Su Rui originally planned to pack up tomorrow.
Auntie Song and her friends had work to do, so they rolled up their sleeves and got to work. They cleaned the house and mopped the floor in a hurry, and Su Hongpei even scrubbed the stove outside: "I'll steal the pot from the house for you later."
Aunt Song saw this and asked, "Aren't you afraid that your mother will beat you?"
Su Hongpei said: "A piece of meat is indispensable."
Su Rui took Su Hongpei's hand and said, "Sister, why don't you come and live with me? We two sisters are together and we have nothing to fear."
Su Hongpei shook her head, lowered her head and said, "I won't leave."
Suri asked, "Why?"
Su Hongpei said, "I will find someone to marry as soon as possible. It will be the same as if we split up the family. Even if I want to live with you, it is impossible. Su Yuqin is my biological mother and Su Chang'e is my biological sister. With this relationship, I cannot leave them even if I go to the ends of the earth."
Su Rui sighed, pulled her aside and said, "Then you must tell me if you have anything to say. If I'm gone, they will definitely point the finger at you."
Su Hongpei said, "I know, don't worry."
The sound of them packing up attracted the attention of the educated youth in the bungalow in front. Some of the young educated youth were well-informed and knew that Su Rui was trapped by the Su family. They shared a common hatred for the enemy and helped Su Rui pack up.
The next day, Su Rui had nothing to do but cleaned the furniture and pots and pans carefully at home.
The old dormitory had a big kang, which was a big bed. Su Rui could do somersaults on it. She was very satisfied with it.
There is a stove and a cupboard outside, and opening the door leads directly to the front yard, which leads to the bungalow.
At the end of the day, we were busy.
A few female educated youth had just finished their classes and, before the evening study session began, came to the door of the old dormitory and said, "Is Comrade Su Rui here? We've got something to bring you."
Su Rui had a good impression of them. Among the seven or eight of them, the oldest was only 21 and the youngest was only 17.
They all came to Xiaoba Village from thousands of miles away, with dreams in their hearts. Recently, they have been helping the children in Xiaoba Village to teach every day, using the blackboard that Su Rui bought.
Suri was grateful for the enlightenment they had given to her children and opened the door to invite them into the house.
"If you hadn't come, I would have gone to look for you." Su Rui brought out some sticky bean buns for them: "I made these this morning, with red bean filling. Eat them while they're hot."
They handed the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and five catties of sorghum rice to Su Rui. Xiaoli, the oldest among them, said, "We are here to bring you warmth. We thought it would be hard for you to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar by yourself, so we shared some from the canteen for you. We've paid for them, so feel free to use them."
Su Rui gave each of them a sticky rice dumpling and said gratefully, "I was just worried about buying some. Thank you."
The young girls sat together chattering and eating sticky rice dumplings. Zhou Qingqing and Chen Yun were the most active among them. They wolfed down the sticky rice dumplings of others, but they were busy complaining about the Su family and didn't even eat their sticky rice dumplings.
Xiaoli was worried that Su Rui would feel uncomfortable, so she changed the subject to She Manman's boyfriend and said, "Next time your boyfriend comes, ask him to bring an extra portion of potato pancakes. I'll pay for it. Please also ask Comrade Su Rui to try the potato pancakes from your hometown."
Su Rui usually took care of them. They ate rice from a big pot and hadn't had any oily food for a long time. During the Chinese New Year, Su Rui even specially boiled pork fat to cook for them.
After hearing that She Manman had a date, Su Rui asked excitedly, "Where is your date from?"
She Manman said awkwardly, "I'm from Yancheng, not far from Beijing."
Su Rui chatted with her casually, and passed the sticky rice dumplings to other people from time to time.
The conditions here are really harsh, not even as good as the educated youth bungalow above.
Xiaoli and the others have said many times that if it rains and there is a leak, they should let Su Rui go to the front and sleep on the big kang with them.
Su Rui felt that a neighbor is worse than a distant relative, so she nodded in agreement.
After talking for a while, we heard footsteps coming from the front.
Before Su Rui stood up, the other person walked to the door with big bags in both hands.
Su Rui stood up suddenly, her face full of surprise: "Why are you here?"
Fang Chiye, dressed in casual clothes, smiled and nodded to the educated youth, then turned to Su Rui and said, "I heard that you moved. It happened that I have some warriors here who are good at bricklaying and carpentry. They said they would come over to help you, so I brought them here." As he said that, he put the things in his arms on the table next to the stove.
The educated youth looked over curiously, each of them silent.
Refined rice, white flour, pork ribs, bacon, and pork... are all the best. There are also white noodles, brown sugar cubes, milk powder, calcium milk biscuits, a few packs of Ma Dajie peach cakes, and Butterfly brand shrimp cakes.
Fang Chiye brought Su Rui out, met the bricklayer and carpenter, introduced them to Su Rui, and then went up to the roof to help Su Rui check the leaking situation.
The educated youth looked at each other, wanting to know the relationship between Su Rui and this person. It seemed so unusual.
Xiaoli came over and said, "This guy looks familiar."
She Manman whispered in the back: "Why do I feel like he looks like the leader Fang who gave the speech the other day? Such a big leader... maybe I saw it wrong."
Su Rui laughed and said, "It is indeed Captain Fang. You have a good eye."
Zhou Qingqing and Chen Yun made faces at each other for a long time. While Fang Chiye was on the roof, they held Su Rui from the left and right and said, "What's going on with you? Why did Team Leader Fang come over to fix your house?"
Su Rui has never made her relationship with Fang Chiye public, and she was scratching her head, not knowing what to say.
After all, I had chatted with the educated youth before and we talked about their ideal types. They all mentioned different people, some even mentioned Brother Chen Haiyan, but no one mentioned Fang Chiye.
It’s not that Fang Chiye is not good enough, but that he is too good and his level is too high. Everyone feels that they can’t reach him and there is no need to daydream about him.
Fang Chiye was listening from above, knowing that the girl was embarrassed, and was the first to say, "We are dating." Without waiting for the screams below to finish, he added, "We are dating with the purpose of getting married."
These words were undoubtedly like a bolt from the blue.
Xiaoli and the others were all speechless for a long time, and Chen Yun said bluntly: "Good for you, Comrade Su Rui, who usually keeps a low profile, actually has such an excellent partner!!"
Zhou Qingqing pulled Su Rui and said, "No, tell us how you two got together? When did you get together? Tell us now."
Su Rui blushed and lowered her voice, "I'll tell you later tonight. I'm embarrassed to see gay men here."
After saying this, I heard Chi Ye's low laugh above my head.
Su Rui pulled them into the house and said, "Eat the peach cakes first. I'll cook later. Invite Aunt Song and the others to come along. They'll warm the pot for me today."
Xiaoli said teasingly, "No, don't call anyone. It's hard to find your partner, why should we eat with them? Let's go back."
Zhou Qingqing and the others also laughed and said, "We are very sensible. We will come back to interrogate you after he leaves."
It took a whole day to repair the house. Fang Chiye didn't want to send the two warriors away, so he had dinner with them at Su Rui's place.
Finally seeing Su Rui in person, the two little warriors blushed and called out, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Now Su Rui’s face also turned red.
Fang Chiye pretended not to notice, sat opposite Su Rui, and took the initiative to help wash the dishes after dinner.
The two young soldiers were very tactful and took the opportunity to sweep the front yard so as not to disturb the commander and his sister-in-law.
"Was the division of the family unhappy?" Fang Chiye said, "Sister Zhao said you cried?"
Su Rui then understood why Fang Chiye came over just after they met, and brought the bricklayer and carpenter with him.
"It was fake crying." Su Rui didn't care why Sister Zhao told Fang Chiye. She probably just said it casually after the work call.
"My eldest sister said that she was the one who sent the wrong letter. She also said that if you want to divide the family, you should do it as soon as possible. Since you are not a labor reform prisoner, then Su Chang'e must be the one. Do you remember that she asked your Zhan Huan?"
Fang Chiye said: "I went back to check and found out that he was indeed a labor reform prisoner. He was sentenced to fifteen years for intentional injury. He is not young, almost forty. He performed well in the first ten years and actively participated in the reform. The director of the labor reform farm gave him a chance to conduct labor reform here. ... It seems that what the elder sister said was right. It is right to separate the family in time."
Su Rui smiled and said, "How dare you call me elder sister?"
Fang Chiye said shamelessly: "Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog."
Su Rui's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "So what you mean is... can I find a live-in son-in-law?"
Fang Chiye said: "Your ideals are quite ambitious."
Su Rui cautiously asked, "Then do you think my lofty ideal can be realized?"
Fang Chiye smiled and said: "There is still a big gap between ideal and reality."
Su Rui's face fell: "You are speaking in an official tone, just speak directly to me."
Fang Chiye looked into her eyes and said word by word: "No hope, it's over."
Su Rui seemed to have heard terrible news, and she shouted in a deafening voice: "Is it really over?"
Fang Chiye said coldly: "Don't even think about it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Xiaogan, who was as ambitious as a little lion in order to marry a husband every day, became discouraged and walked to the corner, hugging her knees and feeling sad.
"It's yellow. It's all yellow."