Chapter 25 I'm Waiting
Li Wenzhou watched Guo Hongying leave, then went to find Ye Shulan. The two of them sat by the stream. He looked at his object in confusion: "Does she not want to acknowledge me as her brother?"
After listening to his story, Ye Shulan had a better impression of Guo Hongying, who knew when to advance and when to retreat.
She said: "Although you grew up together, you are not siblings after all. You still have a partner now. If she comes to see you every day, then the outside world will spread rumors that she wants to destroy us, and her reputation will be completely ruined."
"Comrade Wenzhou, you don't understand how powerful rumors are."
As if she had thought of something, Ye Shulan smiled bitterly: "My aunt was ruined by rumors. She clearly did nothing wrong, but a rumor forced her to jump into the river and commit suicide."
"If you really want to do good for Guo Zhiqing, then don't go to her privately so often." She looked at Li Wenzhou and said slowly, "People's words are scary."
Even if you talk openly, people will still gossip about you. But if a man and a woman meet in private, and one of them is already in a relationship, the spit will drown them both if it gets out.
According to rumors, women are the ones who suffer the most.
Li Wenzhou smiled helplessly: "I don't think I ever understood Hongying. Whether she was a child or an adult, in my impression she is always a girl who loves to cry."
This time it was really unexpected.
Ye Shulan asked curiously, "Isn't this great?"
"She has left her parents and family and needs to live on her own. If she continues to cry as much as before, it will not be good for her."
The aunties and grandmas in the village really hate people who cry all the time. In their opinion, even if you have good luck, it will all run away if you cry too much.
Although we are now told not to be superstitious, it is impossible to eliminate the deep-rooted superstitions in many people's hearts all at once, and they still believe in it privately.
Crying is a bad thing in their eyes.
If you cry in someone else's house in the morning, you will really be scolded.
Li Wenzhou thought Ye Shulan's words made sense, and he said, "I understand."
"I will still watch over her in secret, but I won't look for her in private." He looked around and found no one, so he took Ye Shulan's hand and said, "I really don't have any thoughts about her other than a sister. I can guarantee this. No matter what I do, I will make it clear to you."
"I secretly look after her because we grew up together."
Ye Shulan let him hold her hand. Her ears were a little red, but her eyes were clear. She looked at him for a while, then nodded: "I believe you."
Yes, I believe in this man.
He was very sincere in front of me. Even though he was going to see Guo Zhiqing today, he told me in advance and did not hide his intention to see her from me.
Li Wenzhou laughed after hearing this: "I have already told my family about our situation."
"I'm just afraid that your parents won't agree with us being together." Ye Shulan is self-aware. Her family is very different from Li Wenzhou's, and his parents may not look down on her.
"It is I who wants to marry, not them. You are not only my savior, but also the girl of my dreams, the revolutionary partner I chose. If they cannot accept you, I will not take you back to face their cold stares. Filial piety is my business, not yours."
He really wanted to live with her for the rest of his life, so after dating for a while, he felt that they were a good match and their relationship was stable, so he wrote a letter to tell his parents.
"Don't have any burden. If my parents really don't accept us being together, we can live in the village." Before he went to the countryside, he really had never thought that life in the countryside would be so difficult, and he never thought that he would like a girl from the village.
But he liked her, and he couldn't control his heart.
If he couldn't take her back to the city, he would rather stay here.
On the day when it was Gu Xiaoru's turn to cook, Yu Wanqing did not go home for breakfast at eight o'clock in the morning. Instead, she leaned against a big tree, eating coarse-grain bread and drinking water.
There are good things in the space, but there are eyes everywhere. She can't be careless and can only take out the coarse grain biscuits that are suitable for this era.
Huo Lanci came over and sat next to her: "Why don't you go back to the Youth League Center to have breakfast?"
"Gu Xiaoru is cooking today, and I don't want to go back to eat." He was worried that she would spit in his food.
It's not like I haven't encountered such people before.
Huo Lanci took out an egg and said, "I cooked three eggs this morning, ate two, and there's one left for you."
Yu Wanqing looked at the egg, then at Huo Lanci, and suddenly laughed.
She took the egg and ate it generously: "After I move, I will treat you to a delicious meal."
"I'll wait." Huo Lanci uncorked the bottle cap and drank some water, then leaned against a tree and closed his eyes to rest.
The two people bathed in the morning light, one eating eggs and the other accompanying him silently.
Everything is just right.
Seeing someone coming, Huo Lanci went around to the other side and left, so that no one would find out that he and Yu Wanqing were talking in private.
Otherwise, even ten mouths can't explain it.
The team leader was in charge of the entire process of building the house. Everyone came to build a little when they were free. Every day when Yu Wanqing got off work and returned to the educated youth site, she could see her house being raised little by little. It took ten days to finally complete her house.
She, Zhang Hongqi and others had already gone to the carpenter's house in the village to order furniture, including an octagonal table, four long benches, several small wooden stools, a washbasin rack, a double-door wardrobe, a 1.35-meter bed, and a desk.
It was only when I happened to meet Chu Ming when I was ordering furniture that I learned that he had also asked the captain to move out.
The house was built behind Li Wenzhou's house, side by side with Zhang Hongqi and Guo Hongying's houses.
On the third day after Yu Wanqing's house was built, the furniture was ready and all moved into the new house.
When you open the door, you will see a large kitchen with a stove, water tank and dining table. There is also a door on the left side of the kitchen wall, which leads to the bedroom.
The room is very big. Even if there is a bed, a wardrobe, a desk and a stool, there is still a lot of space left.
There is a window in the kitchen and the room, which provides good ventilation and light.
The blue brick floor was also well laid. Under these limited conditions, she was already very satisfied with this kind of residence.
The day after the furniture was moved in, she took a day off.
She was going to the commune to buy some things and then invite the educated youths and the team leader to have a meal to celebrate her move to a new home.
She borrowed Huo Lanci's bicycle and went to the commune early in the morning. Because she had meat coupons, she bought two kilograms of fat meat, five kilograms of pork belly, two shanks and ten kilograms of ribs.
Then I went to the post office to see if there was any letter for me.
Unexpectedly, her parents really sent her a letter, and in addition to the letter, there was also a large package. The staff at the post office was a female comrade in her early twenties. She smiled and said, "The letter and the package arrived only yesterday. I had thought of arranging for the postman to deliver them to the Five Star Brigade today. Since you are here, take them away together."
Yu Wanqing smiled and took out a handful of candy from her pocket and stuffed it into the female comrade's pocket: "Thank you, you've worked hard."
The female comrade smiled and took two candies: "You can take the rest back."
It’s not easy to get a piece of candy these days, so anyone who is sensible won’t take more from others.
"From now on, I will have someone deliver your letters to you at the brigade. I will make sure they are delivered to you."
Yu Wanqing thanked him repeatedly, then took the things and left.
When she entered the 10th production team, many people saw her coming back with a lot of bags. Someone curiously asked, "Yu Zhiqing, what did you buy when you went to the commune?"