That night, Si Yang tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
She had to admit that she was moved by Pei Tingyu's proposal.
A home?
It seems pretty good.
A few days later, the sharp-eyed educated youth discovered that the rule "educated youth are not allowed to fall in love within three years" was gone from the Corps' discipline column.
It was replaced with the slogan "Male and female comrades help each other and make progress together, take root in the Corps and actively guard the border."
The message is already very clear. The Corps now allows young men and women of appropriate age to date.
After the news spread, the entire company was in an uproar, and the male educated youth's unbridled whistles seemed to ignite the passionate youth.
The female educated youth were naturally happy too. They were at the age when love was budding, and who didn’t have someone who made their heart beat faster?
Si Yang's nineteenth birthday soon arrived. Pei Tingyu kept his promise. He put aside other things and drove her into the city.
The two of them first spent eight yuan and three taels of grain coupons on a luxurious meal at a state-owned restaurant: steamed pork ribs with rice flour, duck in soy sauce, braised fish, and pork liver, vermicelli, and wolfberry soup...
There is also a bowl of proper longevity noodles, which are the kind of ramen that is pulled from a single noodle into a bowl.
Si Yang sighed that the chefs of this era were really dedicated to their work. Unlike her world, the so-called longevity noodles served on birthdays were actually just "instant noodles" to make up the numbers.
She even suspected that she almost died because she ate too much instant noodles?
So she had to finish this bowl of longevity noodles carefully, and secretly made up her mind that every year when she and Pei Tingyu celebrated their birthdays, they would have to have a bowl of authentic longevity noodles.
But when she finished her bowl of noodles, there was nothing left to eat on the table.
Pei Tingyu saw that she was willing but unable to eat, so he laughed out loud and said, "It's okay, I'll bring you the leftovers."
After he finished speaking, he put another piece of fish into Si Yang's bowl. He chose the meat near the belly without any bones, and reminded him that eating fish on birthdays means abundance every year.
Si Yang then stuffed a few more pieces of fish into his stomach, but in the end there was still a lot of food left. Si Yang had no choice but to accept it and go home to eat the leftovers in the evening!
But the soup was not easy to take away, so they drank it all.
There was still some soup and vermicelli left at the bottom of Si Yang's bowl, but she couldn't eat any more and had to give up.
But Pei Tingyu took her bowl without any disgust and ate all the remaining food.
She had never blushed after hearing him confess so many times before.
This time, when she saw that he really didn't treat her as an outsider, she still blushed.
"Let's go! I've already paid..."
After leaving the restaurant, the two went to the department store. Si Yang found the counter selling wool yarn and selected several wool yarns of different colors and handed them to Pei Tingyu to see.
"Which color do you like?"
Pei Tingyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was bought for him.
"You want to knit a sweater for me?" He had an irrepressible smile on his face.
Si Yang smiled sheepishly: "It takes an experienced expert to knit a sweater. I'm just a beginner now, so I can only start with a simple scarf."
Pei Tingyu's smile deepened. "It's okay. If you have the heart to do it, I'll like whatever you knit."
"Then let's choose a color?" Si Yang was a little excited.
Pei Tingyu lowered his head, his eyes sweeping over the curls of wool in turn: dark black, olive green, dark gray, ash gray, silver gray, silver white...
Seeing that he was hesitant, Si Yang took the initiative to pass the olive green one to him, "I heard Qin Lingxiao say that you like green?"
"I don't like it!" Pei Tingyu blurted out without even thinking.
Si Yang found his stubbornness, which was quite cute, so she tried to hold back her laughter, but her stomach was sobbing.
In the end, Pei Tingyu chose the ash gray color, and Si Yang bought three or two ounces of red wool and then went to buy the knitting needles.
I didn't know before that knitting needles come in different thicknesses. In the end, I followed the salesperson's advice and chose the right needles based on the yarn she bought.
After buying what he needed, Si Yang also did not forget to buy Xiangcao a pound of fruit candy as a reward for her teaching him how to knit.
After leaving the department store, the two saw factory workers wearing white coats and white hats selling popsicles in front of the popsicle factory.
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