Chapter 132 Clash
Wei Yang thought to himself with amusement, and took the initiative to ask, "I'm not married yet, but I have someone I want to marry. Comrade Li, you're at the age where you should be married and have children. Why aren't you married yet? Is there a problem?"
Facing the setting sun, Li Guangming said in a clear voice, "There is a problem. My family has introduced me to quite a few girls in the past, but I didn't think they were suitable, so it's been delayed until now."
Li Guangming turned to look at Wei Yang: "Comrade Wei, you're so old and still not married, is there a problem?"
Instead of answering his question, Wei Yang naturally countered with, "What kind of girl do you think is suitable? Aren't you being too picky?"
Li Guangming said shyly to Wei Yang, "Brother Yang, you saved me. If it weren't for you and Song Lubai, I might not be alive. In my heart, you are like my own brother."
Yang-ge, I won't hide it from you anymore, I came here for Song Lubai.
We had met before, and if it weren't for Liu Mei's incident, we might have already gotten engaged.
She wanted to come and support the border regions. I admired her courage, but I was also afraid that she would suffer. Even though my family disagreed, I still came.
Song Lubai is the one I've chosen.
Oh dear, Yang-ge, I'm a little embarrassed to say this. I'm only telling you this, so please don't tell anyone else. I'm only telling you this because I consider you my older brother.
Wei Yang, who was riding a bicycle nearby, was speechless.
He was certain that the kid was doing it on purpose!
He really put the words on his lips and gave him a chance to express his true feelings!
What! You think he'll just hand over Song Lubai to you just because you call him "brother" a couple of times?
Keep dreaming!
This kid looks harmless, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning.
However, some people are not very cunning. If they were, they would have suffered a great loss before.
This kid used all his cunning today, didn't he?
"Hey, Yang-ge, why aren't you saying anything? Do you think Song Lubai understands my feelings? Do you think we can become a family in the future?"
Wei Yang chuckled inwardly.
He did not answer Li Guangming's question directly.
I think your behavior is inappropriate.
Li Guangming turned his head, his expression serious: "What's wrong with it?"
Wei Yang showed no ill will and analyzed seriously, "Little Li, you call me brother, and I treat you like a younger brother. So listen to me carefully."
You two clearly met beforehand. If Comrade Song had feelings for you, she wouldn't have signed up to come to the border region. The train she took to get there happened to be the one in charge, and we talked quite a bit on the train.
At this point, Wei Yang paused deliberately, giving the young man ample room for his imagination.
"From Comrade Song's words, one can only hear her longing for Xinjiang Province, and there is no personal affection involved."
So, Xiao Li, your arrival probably brought no surprises to Comrade Song, but rather pressure.
To put it bluntly, you feel you've given up a lot for her, but what you're bringing her might not be gratitude, but rather pressure.
"Besides, the person who harmed you before was Liu Mei. Although Liu Mei is not her sister-in-law, considering Song Lubai's family situation, do you think it's appropriate for the two of you to become family?"
After Wei Yang finished speaking, Li Guangming remained silent for a long time.
After listening to Wei Yang's analysis and recalling Song Lubai's behavior during his two meetings with her, Li Guangming felt a pang of sadness and realized that Wei Yang might be right.
That damned Liu Mei family! They tore him and Song Lubai apart!
Li Guangming felt unwell for a while, but soon perked up and shouted into the wind.
"ah…"
Wei Yang thought to himself: Has the young comrade been driven mad by his words?
After shouting, Li Guangming looked at Wei Yang with bright eyes and a spirited expression and said, "Comrade Wei, I've thought it through!"
Wei Yang asked encouragingly, "What have you figured out?"
They must have realized they were going astray and wanted to turn back!
How can a relationship be one-sided? It won't end well. It's better to end it now, so that both of us are better off and no one is troubled!
Li Guangming clenched his fist: "I've thought it through. Anyway, I'm still young. Even if I wait until I'm your age, Brother Yang, it's not too late to get married. In Xinjiang Province, people generally get married late. Even if I'm in my early thirties and still not married, no one will say anything to me. I may have caused trouble for Comrade Song, but it's okay. I won't force her. I will wait for her. As long as she needs me, I will appear in front of her without hesitation, unless she gets married!"
Wei Yang: "...!"
Wei Yang looked serious, feeling that this kid was implying that he was old again.
"As the saying goes, sincerity can move even mountains and rivers. One day I will be able to get Comrade Song to accept me!"
Wei Yang could no longer smile; in fact, his face had already turned sour, and he didn't want to say another word to him.
Damn it, this kid is so stubborn!
Li Guangming turned his head: "Brother Yang, why aren't you saying anything?"
With a stern face, Wei Yang said, "The setting sun is too dazzling, and I've also gotten sand in my eyes."
Li Guangming: The sunset only blinded you, and the sand didn't stick your mouth shut, so why can't you speak?
…
At the campsite, after dinner, Song Lubai and her roommates sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) eating the yellow apples that Wei Yang had brought, chatting about the latest news about who in the camp had fallen for whom.
When Liu Xiaolan called Song Lubai out, she was reluctant to get up.
It was completely dark, the temperature had dropped, and there were fewer mosquitoes at night.
"What's wrong?"
Song Lubai casually handed her an apple.
Wei Yang brought quite a few yellow marshmallows, more than twenty in total, and she didn't mind sharing them at all.
Liu Xiaolan put her finger to her lips and shushed him.
Song Lubai instinctively shut up and was dragged by Liu Xiaolan to the area near the hill where everyone used to relieve themselves.
Before the toilet was built, everyone used to use it here. After the toilet was built, this place was abandoned.
Because it's all excrement, nobody likes to come here.
Song Lubai threw away the apple shell in her hand, covered her nose, and stared into the darkness.
Soon after, I heard rustling sounds, and... well, very strange sounds.
"Shuangshuang, you've lost weight. Don't be sad anymore. I really feel sorry for you. You're so thin. You need to eat more. The dead can't be brought back to life, but the living have to keep going."
“I work here every day, how can I gain weight? My life is so hard, my husband died right after I got married.”
"Ouch, be gentle!"
The sound made Song Lubai frown and get goosebumps all over her body.
"Alright, stop crying. It breaks my heart to see you cry like this. I'll arrange for you to go to school in a while, but it'll have to wait until next spring. Schools are not short of teachers right now, so you'll have to be patient."
After hearing who the two people inside were, Song Lubai grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it in, then grabbed Liu Xiaolan and ran away.
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