Chapter 83 Laba She whimpered: "It hurts." ...
After the snow stopped, the weather was gloomy for several days. When the sun finally rose in the sky, the snow on the ground began to melt. Snow water dripped on the roof and the ground was muddy. Fortunately, most of the main roads in the base were paved with cement, so you didn't have to step in mud when walking. It was just a little slippery in the morning when it was frozen.
Ye Tan came back from Zhao Xiaoya's house. He walked very carefully all the way, fearing that he would fall and fall into the mud. He was carrying a bag of grains in his hand, because it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Ye Tan only remembered this festival after Zhao Xiaoya reminded him. In that era, no one celebrated Christmas, and Laba Festival was the last festival of the year.
After Laba Festival, it’s the New Year. Before she knew it, she had been in this world for half a year.
After returning home, Ye Tan changed into indoor cotton slippers at the door before entering the house. He looked at the time and it was 11:30 in the morning, and it was time for lunch.
Ye Tan took out the frozen dumplings from the refrigerator. She had already mastered the skill of cooking dumplings. She added water to boil, put the dumplings in, and then watched the dumplings roll in the boiling water three times. If they floated, they were cooked and ready to eat.
Ye Tan took the pot down and poured the food into a bowl, then brought it to the dining table to eat. There was also the dipping sauce left over from the previous meal of dumplings, and a plate of cold vegetables on the table, both of which were prepared by Gu Zhao before he left. Ye Tan ate a bowl of dumplings with them.
The radio was playing American Soprano. Every time Gu Zhao was not around, Ye Tan would turn on the radio and listen while eating at home, making the house seem less lonely.
After lunch, the radio was playing a broadcast about the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Ye Tan listened for a while, watching the host recite the college students' gratitude to the motherland sentence by sentence, while thinking about which school he would apply to when the college entrance examination was resumed in the future.
As for not being able to get into college, Ye Tan never thought about it. If she couldn't even get into university, she might as well find a piece of tofu and kill herself. It would be shameful to live.
After listening to the radio program, Ye Tan found the following program boring, so she sat in the living room and started knitting a sweater, occasionally listening to the broadcast.
Gu Zhao’s sweater has been knitted, and now she is knitting her own.
After Gu Zhao returns from his voyage, they can prepare to go home for the Spring Festival.
On the other side, Yu Dinglan, who was claiming to be taking care of Song Qianyue but was actually keeping an eye on her, was also thinking about going home.
But no matter what she said, Song Qianyue was unwilling to go with her. When she got too anxious, she started yelling that the child was not her son's and that she had bad intentions and wanted to trick her away and sell her.
Yu Dinglan had no choice. Seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching any later, she simply went to the prison.
No one knew what Sun Chao had come up with, but when he came back, he took away Song Qianyue's household registration book while she wasn't paying attention. When Song Qianyue came to her senses and found that her household registration book was missing, Yu Dinglan took out a marriage certificate and showed it to her.
Song Qianyue didn't take it seriously at first, until she saw her and Sun Chao's names on the marriage certificate, then she panicked for a moment.
"You, you didn't even get my consent, how could you get a marriage certificate on your own? You're breaking the law."
Yu Dinglan didn't care whether it was illegal or not. She just knew that if others could do it, she could do it too. She asked Song Qianyue to stop making trouble.
"You are now the daughter-in-law of our Sun family. I am your mother-in-law. You must listen to me in the future. Don't say that the child is not my son's. My son said that this is his child, and I recognize him as my grandson."
"The marriage certificate is here. No one will believe you even if you go out and yell. After a long time, people will just think you're crazy. So just be quiet and live a quiet life with me back home. We'll raise the child together, and you'll have someone to rely on in the future."
Yu Dinglan spoke calmly and put away the marriage certificate. Song Qianyue wanted to snatch it and tear it up, but she was no match for Yu Dinglan, who was so nimble. She was so angry that she was going crazy.
She had never thought about marrying Sun Chao, not before, and it was even more impossible now that Sun Chao was in jail. But she didn't expect that she would fall into the hands of Sun Chao's mother instead of Sun Chao's.
Song Qianyue was shaking with anger, not caring about anything else. She rushed over and pushed Yu Dinglan hard, "You damn old woman, why do you have to cling to me? The child is not yours at all. Do you really want to raise a child for someone else? And let your son be a turtle?"
Yu Dinglan didn't notice that he pushed her and she fell to the ground, her butt hurting. The calmness on her face finally disappeared, and she got up and slapped Song Qianyue in the face.
Song Qianyue fell on the bed after being beaten. She covered her face and glared at her fiercely, cursing, "You damn old woman, you have bad intentions, and you will not die well!"
Yu Dinglan had been through a lot, so he wasn't frightened by her curse. He went over and slapped Song Qianyue twice, making her dizzy and falling onto the bed, unable to curse anymore.
Yu Dinglan then sneered, pinching her waist and pointing at her nose, gritting her teeth and saying, "You bitch, I tried to coax you in a nice way but you didn't listen. I had to slap you in the face before you obeyed."
"I'm not afraid of you making a fuss now. Anyway, I have the marriage certificate in my hand, so I can always say something. No matter how much you make a fuss, no one will believe your lies."
Song Qianyue didn't say anything, lying on the bed and crying silently. She finally regretted it. She shouldn't have come to this island. She never thought that after so many years of success, disaster would be waiting for her on this island.
Thinking about being taken back to my hometown by this old woman, I don’t know what kind of life I’ll have. I might be trapped in a poor place in the countryside for the rest of my life.
She heard that she had to farm every day or she would have nothing to eat, and that she would step on dog poop every time she went out. She felt that she couldn't live like this just thinking about it. If this was really the case, she might as well jump into the sea and die.
Song Qianyue suddenly opened her eyes as she thought about this, propped herself up and sat up, sneering at Yu Dinglan: "You're dreaming of going back to my hometown with you. You want to trap me in a place like the countryside for the rest of my life? Believe it or not, I'd rather die than go. I'd take my child with me."
Yu Dinglan looked at her fierce eyes and was really intimidated. It was impossible to stop someone who wanted to die.
She frowned, wondering if she had really driven him crazy. She restrained her expression a little, sat down aside, and looked at Song Qianyue.
Song Qianyue also stared back fiercely, "I tell you, I would rather die than go to the countryside to live a hard life. I was born in the city all my life, why should I go to the countryside?"
Yu Dinglan...
It seems that words alone are not enough, we need to use some tricks.
She thought about it in her mind and turned to walk out without caring what Song Qianyue said.
After she left, Song Qianyue immediately packed up her things and prepared to run away. When she reached out to open the door, she found that Yu Dinglan had been on guard against her and locked the door from the outside.
Yu Dinglan left the island and went out to find some of the friends Sun Chao mentioned, and brought back a packet of medicine.
Ye Tan was busy knitting sweaters during this period and didn't pay attention to the entanglement between Song Qianyue and Yu Dinglan. It was several days later that she heard that Song Qianyue and Yu Dinglan left together.
Ye Tan was quite surprised, and Zhao Xiaoya seemed mostly confused.
"Why is she willing to go back to her hometown with Sun Chao's mother?" As Song Qianyue is, even if the child is really Sun Chao's, she would never be willing to go to the countryside to live a hard life.
Ye Tan shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe it's just the outburst of maternal love. Women who have children are always different. For example, you were so gentle before you got pregnant, but your temper has become more and more irritable as the months go by. I don't think Captain Chen would dare to mess with you easily."
Zhao Xiaoya was peeling peanuts. When she heard Ye Tan's words, she raised her head and glared at her with a smile: "I have a bad temper. Believe it or not, if you say that again, I will scold you."
Ye Tan hugged himself and trembled as if he was so scared, saying, "Oh, I'm so scared."
Zhao Xiaoya laughed so hard at her pretentious expression that she almost spat out the peanuts in her mouth, and her stomach was shaking. Seeing this, Ye Tan hurried forward to support her.
"Stop laughing, stop laughing. You're almost pissing off my nephew, so he should blame me. Come on, take a deep breath with me..."
Seeing that she was still laughing, Ye Tan spread his hands helplessly: "Is it really that funny?"
"Poof" Zhao Xiaoya couldn't help it.
Zhao Xiaoya nodded, her eyes full of smiles, "That's funny. I want to laugh when I see you now."
"You have such a low sense of humor." Ye Tan said and turned around: "Then I'll turn around, don't look at me." She left Zhao Xiaoya with the back of her head.
Zhao Xiaoya thought about it and was afraid that she would laugh so hard that she would choke, which would be bad for the child, so she turned her back and stared at the wall, counting the bricks, trying to calm herself down.
When Chen Xudong came back, he saw that the two people were not talking or laughing, which was rare. Instead, they had their backs to each other and were doing their own things.
He paused. Could it be that the two of them were having a fight?
So, does he want to persuade her? How should he do it?
Before Chen Xudong could think clearly, Ye Tan caught his eye, turned around and said, "Captain Chen is back. What are you doing standing at the door? Aren't you cold?"
Zhao Xiaoya turned around when she heard that and immediately smiled when she saw her husband. "Are you off work? Are you cold? Come in quickly."
Chen Xudong came over and said, "I'm not tired."
Ye Tan stood up and said to the two of them, "Then I'll go home too." Then he turned around, picked up his things and left.
Chen Xudong watched Ye Tan walk away, then closed the door and turned around to ask Zhao Xiaoya, "Did you two have a conflict?"
Zhao Xiaoya was puzzled as to why he asked this: "No? Why would we have a conflict?"
Chen Xudong breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and said, "I just came back and saw you two sitting back to back without talking, so I thought you were having an argument."
Zhao Xiaoya smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. Xiao Tan was just being funny. I couldn't help laughing, so she turned her back to me because she was afraid I might get a stitch in the side."
Chen Xudong: "That's good."
Gu Zhao, the diligent cook at home, is already cooking porridge in the kitchen. The Laba porridge is made with eight kinds of ingredients. It is sticky and sweet. It is cooked just right and tastes soft and sweet in the mouth.
Ye Tan praised: "It's delicious. I'll reward you with an extra bowl."
Gu Zhao glanced at her and said, "It's so stingy to reward myself with something I made myself."
Ye Tan scolded herself for not being able to mention the word "reward" in front of Gu Zhao. The man would have evil thoughts when she mentioned it. But this time she was prepared in advance and did not give the man a chance to continue speaking. She stood up and ran upstairs, and when she came down, she was holding a sweater in her arms.
She spread out her clothes in front of Gu Zhao, raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "How about this reward? Do you want it?" She looked as if she would turn around and leave immediately if anyone dared to say no.
Can Gu Zhao say no? Of course not.
This is a loving sweater knitted for him by his wife with great effort. He always says it’s hard work, but in fact he has been looking forward to it for a long time.
The love in Gu Zhao's eyes could no longer be hidden. How could Ye Tan not know that he liked her? She snorted and threw the sweater into his arms, "Go try it on later to see if it fits."
Gu Zhao took the clothes. They felt soft and warm to the touch. He knew they would be very warm just by touching them.
He couldn't wait to put it on. He didn't even drink the porridge and stood up and said, "I'll try it now." Then he took off his coat and put the sweater on over his shirt.
Ye Tan specially knitted a low neckline so that he could wear a shirt underneath.
Gu Zhao put it on and walked around in front of Ye Tan. Ye Tan thought it fit him well and asked him to stretch out his arms to feel it. "How is it? Does it feel restrictive?"
Gu Zhao shook his head: "No, it's very comfortable, and it doesn't hinder big movements."
He said so confidently, Ye Tan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with satisfaction: "That's good, wear it like this, now sit down and finish your porridge."
Gu Zhao sat down obediently, gulped down the porridge in a few mouthfuls, and began to admire his new sweater.
Seeing him touching this and that as if he couldn't let go, Ye Tan said with a smile, "Have you never worn a sweater before? Why are you so reluctant to let go?"
Gu Zhao said, "I've worn sweaters before, but this is the first time my wife has knitted one herself. It feels very different."
Ye Tan asked him jokingly: "Aren't they all made of wool? What's the difference?"
Gu Zhao went over and held Ye Tan's chin, gently rubbing her cheek a few times, and said in a low voice: "With my wife's love, it is warmer and softer. My heart is warm just thinking about it. Thank you, my wife, you are so kind."
Gu Zhao was really touched. Ye Tan, who was usually so afraid of trouble, was actually willing to spend so much time knitting a sweater for him. Ms. Lin Qiuyun had never knitted a sweater for him herself, so it was not that she was unwilling.
When Ms. Lin Qiuyun was full of love, she also knitted for him. However, she lost patience after knitting for a while. By the time she remembered to continue knitting, her son had grown a lot taller and the sweater had to be disassembled and knitted again. Then she got impatient halfway through and put it aside again...
After this happened several times, Lin Qiuyun completely lost her patience and simply bought one for her son. Since then, Lin Qiuyun has never knitted a sweater again.
Take Ms. Lin Qiuyun as an example. Knitting a complete sweater has always been a difficult task in Gu Zhao's eyes. Ye Tan actually did such a difficult thing for him.
Ye Tan looked up at the man's touched face, raised his hand to touch his cheek, and imitated him to say: "What's the use of just saying thank you verbally? We need to take practical action."
Gu Zhao tightened his grip around her waist, tilted his head and kissed Ye Tan's lips, expressing his gratitude in person.
Ye Tan, who was almost confused by the kiss, pushed his face away before sinking in, panting and pouting: "Who wants this?"
Gu Zhao, who was pushed away, kissed her face again and again in dissatisfaction: "Thank you in person to show your sincerity. Don't worry, I will definitely serve you with all my heart this time... Snap!"
Ye Tan slapped him in the face, turned around and pushed him into the yard: "Go, wash your clothes, and your bed sheets. You are not allowed to enter the house until they are clean."
With a "bang", Ye Tan closed the door in front of Gu Zhao. Gu Zhao stood for a while, took a deep breath of the cool breeze in the yard, a helpless smile appeared on his lips, and resigned himself to his fate. He walked to the well and squatted down, picked up the washboard and began to rub the sheets vigorously.
He loves to wash his sheets. He washes them today and puts them on his bed tomorrow night.
Gu Zhao was strong and washed clothes much faster than Ye Tan. By the time Ye Tan came down from upstairs, he had finished washing.
Ye Tan smiled with satisfaction, sat on a chair on the balcony and cracked some melon seeds, occasionally looking up at the stars lighting up in the sky.
It has been sunny recently and the stars are very bright at night, unlike the gray sky in later generations. If you want to see the stars, you have to go to the wild and sparsely populated places.
"Hello." A sudden greeting came. Ye Tan was stunned for a moment and looked up to the left.
Under the dim light, a woman was standing on the balcony of the building next door, waving at Ye Tan.
Ye Tan also quickly stood up and smiled back: "Hello." He was wondering when someone started living in the house next door. The house on the left of their house was empty when Ye Tan came here. Is it occupied now?
The woman on the balcony next door said, "My name is Fang Yanling, and my husband is Zheng Yunlong, the newly appointed political officer."
That was the one who had just been promoted. Ye Tan also took the opportunity to introduce himself: "My name is Ye Tan, and my wife is Gu Zhao, the captain of the first regiment."
Fang Yanling on the opposite side looked down at Ye Tan's yard. Could the man washing clothes be Captain Gu?
Fang Yanling was a little unsure. After all, she had never seen a married man wash his own clothes in all these years.
Or is this one of Ye Tan's family members?
Ye Tan noticed his gaze and said with a smile: "That's my lover Gu Zhao."
Fang Yanling's eyes widened and she said in disbelief, "Your lover actually washes his own clothes?" Her tone sounded as if this was an incredible thing, and she also seemed to disagree with Ye Tan letting a man wash clothes.
Ye Tan was puzzled. "What's wrong with men washing clothes? Who says men can't wash clothes? Do they have fewer hands than women?"
Fang Yanling frowned: "But they are already very tired from working outside, why do they let men do the laundry when they get home? Comrade Ye, I think you should be more considerate of the hard work of soldiers. Let them have a good rest when they get home and don't worry about trivial matters at home. What do you think?"
Ye Tan...
She felt shit.
Ye Tan laughed dryly and said nothing more.
"Well, it's getting late. I'm going to bed. Comrade Fang, good night." After saying that, Ye Tan turned around and went inside without waiting for Fang Yanling to speak, and closed the balcony door tightly.
When Gu Zhao came back from hanging up the clothes, he saw Ye Tan sitting on the edge of the bed with a pout on his face, looking very annoyed.
Gu Zhao was in the yard just now, so he heard the conversation between the two people clearly. He also knew what Ye Tan was unhappy about, so he went over, took off his coat, and hugged him in the quilt.
He patted her back and said, "Don't take it to heart. If you don't want to hear other people's ideas, then don't listen. If you don't get along, try to avoid contact in the future."
Ye Tan drew circles on his chest and asked sullenly, "What about you? Do you also feel that I am inconsiderate to you?"
Gu Zhao chuckled: "What are you thinking? I don't think so. My wife is so nice. She even worked hard to knit a sweater for me. Her husband may not even wear the sweater she knitted. How can she have the nerve to say that you are inconsiderate."
"How do you know she didn't knit? Maybe her whole closet is filled with sweaters and trousers knitted for her husband, and she can wear them all year round."
Gu Zhao chuckled, "What do you mean by 'all year round'? It would be so hot, and if that were the case, wouldn't she be being considerate of men? She's probably just hoping her husband dies of the heat sooner rather than later."
Ye Tan raised her eyes, and Gu Zhao saw a smile in her eyes, and realized that he had been fooled. "Okay, you deliberately lied to me, watch me deal with you."
Gu Zhao put his hand into Ye Tan's armpit and tickled her. Ye Tan was most afraid of this and rolled over in fear, "Don't come over here. If you come over again, I'll scream."
Gu Zhao sneered and pounced on her like a big bad wolf teasing a little white rabbit: "Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out." As he said that, he lowered his head and bit the soft flesh on the back of her neck.
This place is Ye Tan's sensitive spot. Normally, her whole body would feel numb when Gu Zhao touched her. But when she was bitten, her limbs became even weaker and she didn't even have the strength to struggle.
She whimpered, "It hurts."
Gu Zhao loosened his teeth and licked it gently. Ye Tan's fake crying turned into sobbing and she lay there motionless.
Gu Zhao knew that she liked this intimate way, so he gently kissed the back of her neck for a long time, and then when Ye Tan closed her eyes comfortably, he moved down little by little until he took her into his mouth.
…
The slender white paws pushed out, and before they could be touched by the cold air, they were grabbed by a big bronze hand and tucked into the quilt. In the surging waves of the quilt, the little white rabbit groaned softly or heavily as it was eaten by the big bad wolf. After an unknown amount of time, the surging waves finally subsided, and the little white rabbit, soaked in sweat, had curled up under the big bad wolf's belly and fell asleep.
The big bad wolf kissed her tenderly, then got out of bed, fetched some water, cleaned her up, put on clean sheets, and then contentedly circled his prey and fell into a deep sleep.
When Ye Tan was dug up, he was still a little confused about what day it was. The sunlight coming in from the window stung his eyes and he fell headfirst into Gu Zhao's arms. After a while, his breathing became steady and he looked like he was about to fall asleep again.
Gu Zhao reluctantly helped her sit up and patted her face gently. "The art troupe's song and dance performance will be over if you don't get up."
Ye Tan heard it in a daze, and finally opened his eyes a crack: "What song and dance performance?"
Gu Zhao: "Isn't the Spring Festival coming soon? Some people will go home to celebrate the New Year, so they arranged a cultural performance so that everyone can watch it and go home happily to celebrate the New Year."
Ye Tan had never seen a cultural performance before. There was one during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they went back to their hometown and missed it. They certainly couldn't miss it during the Spring Festival, so they couldn't miss it this time.
Ye Tan suddenly became alert and quickly got out of bed to wash up.
While brushing my teeth, I asked, "When does it start?"
Gu Zhao leaned against the door and looked at her mouth full of foam, which looked like a circle of white beard. He thought she looked silly and a little cute. "It starts at two o'clock in the afternoon, so you don't have to rush. Let's have lunch first."
Ye Tan's anxious movements slowed down and he asked him, "What time is it now?"
Gu Zhao: "Half past eleven." Ye Tan slept longer this time and missed breakfast and lunch.
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