Wang Chunni's wedding was not affected by Fang Qing's little unpleasantness, and was completed in a lively manner with the blessings of relatives and friends.
After Wang Chunni got married, Xu Laidi lived alone in the backyard. Since Xu Laidi and Wang Chunni did not need to pay rent for the house, although it was hard work to collect firewood by herself, Xu Laidi did not plan to move to the dormitory.
After all, they moved out on their own when they arrived. Although they usually got along well with everyone, Xu Laidi was still worried that living together would cause conflicts.
And so, two more female educated youths were gone from the educated youth compound this year. Others might not have thought much of it, but for Chen Shuning and the others who usually got along well with Wang Chunni, the compound suddenly felt a bit deserted.
Yang Wanqiu, who has always been a loner, has recently made a new friend.
Chen Shuning didn't know what she was thinking, but she actually went to find Shen Hongmei.
Perhaps because everyone was hibernating and had nothing to do, Shen Hongmei actually came to Qingshan Brigade with her luggage and food rations, saying that she hadn't seen Yang Wanqiu for a long time and wanted to come and stay with her for a while.
Chen Shuning didn't know what the two of them were talking about, but Shen Hongmei had just settled in when she knocked on Chen Shuning's door with gifts.
With nothing much to do at home these past few days, Chen Shuning has been learning to knit sweaters. Although she has quite a few ready-made clothes in her space, none of them are really in line with the style of this era.
The yarn itself didn't show any signs of age, so Chen Shuning started learning to knit sweaters.
Because of this, Chen Shuning started taking yarn out of the shopping center every day. Yarn was a hot commodity at this time, and he could earn more money when he went to the black market next time.
When Shen Hongmei arrived, Chen Shuning had just picked up her sweater and hadn't even knitted a single stitch when she heard the knock on the door.
Thinking it was Gu Xinyi, who had been coming over every day to knit sweaters with her, Chen Shuning didn't even get out of bed and immediately called her in.
So when Shen Hongmei and Yang Wanqiu entered the room together, Chen Shuning was stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, she lowered her head and slowly continued knitting her sweater while speaking in a lukewarm tone.
"Why have you come? My little temple is too small to accommodate two such important people as you."
Chen Shuning knew that Yang Wanqiu had left early in the morning, and now that she saw the two of them coming to her door together, it wasn't hard to guess their purpose for visiting her today.
Sure enough, as soon as Shen Hongmei entered the room, she smiled and placed a piece of cloth on the kang (a heated brick bed), as if none of the unpleasant things from the past had happened. Without Chen Shuning having to ask her to sit down on the edge of the kang, she sat down familiarly.
"Shuning, look at you. Why didn't you say anything when we met last time? If Wanqiu hadn't mentioned it today, I wouldn't have known you were married."
I happen to have a piece of fabric on hand, which I just bought. They say it's a new pattern this year, so consider it a belated wedding gift for you. Do you like it?
Chen Shuning glanced up at the fabric on the kang (a heated brick bed) and couldn't help but chuckle to himself. It seemed that Shen Hongmei had really gone to great lengths to apologize in order to reconcile with him.
However, she had no intention of accepting the gift, so she smiled faintly and said, "I didn't inform everyone about my wedding, and many of my former classmates don't know either. Since I didn't accept any of your gifts, I'll pass on yours. This fabric suits you quite well; you should keep it for yourself."
Chen Shuning didn't want to have anything to do with Shen Hongmei anymore, so naturally she wouldn't accept her things. And her words were quite blunt, meaning that she hadn't even informed Shen Hongmei, so she didn't want any gifts from her, and Shen Hongmei should just go back to where she came from.
Another thing she was very familiar with was the white fabric with small floral patterns on the kang (heated brick bed). It was the fabric she had sold to Hei Zi. Because of its novel pattern and thick material, Hei Zi sold it for a high price on the black market.
Even this small piece costs more than ten yuan. Although this amount of money is nothing to Chen Shuning, it is quite a lot for an ordinary educated youth sent to the countryside.
It's just unclear whether Shen Hongmei bought the cloth specifically to ease the tension between them, or whether she simply happened to have the cloth on hand, as she claimed.
If it's the former, then it means she had prior contact with Yang Wanqiu and wanted to get something from her that was far more valuable than the piece of cloth.
Otherwise, given Shen Hongmei's style of doing things, she certainly wouldn't have given her such fine fabric.
If it is the latter, then it means that Shen Hongmei's life after going to the countryside was not bad, or at least not as miserable as described in the original book.
In fact, based on her own completely different experiences from Gu Xinyi's original story, Chen Shuning no longer believes in the stories of the characters, except for their temperaments and personalities, because many people's fates have already changed.
Therefore, Chen Shuning wanted even less to have anything to do with someone like Shen Hongmei.
However, Shen Hongmei was much more skilled than Yang Wanqiu. After hearing Chen Shuning's words, Shen Hongmei's eyes instantly reddened, and tears fell like beads from a broken string.
"Shuning, I know I'm sorry for what happened to Brother Weiguo. I know you've liked Brother Weiguo since you were little, but I also genuinely liked Brother Weiguo back then."
If Brother Weiguo had liked you back then, I would have kept that feeling to myself. But... but I never expected that Brother Weiguo would say he liked me.
Shuning, believe me, I was also very conflicted at the time. Faced with Weiguo's sudden confession, I was at a loss. On one hand, there was our friendship of more than ten years, and on the other hand, there was the lover I had liked for many years.
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