Chapter 27
Lin Yao is not a shy girl. She was thinking about getting a marriage certificate before.
Since Gu Shian brought it up, she nodded naturally.
After all, they were living alone. It would be awkward not to have a marriage certificate.
Besides, Deputy Director Gu had a good figure, broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs. He was attractive in clothes and even more attractive without clothes. His salary and allowance were handed over every month, so she would definitely not suffer any loss.
Lin Yao's face was full of joy. It was obvious that she was in a good mood. Her two slender and white legs swayed back and forth. Gu Shian wanted to reach out and grab them.
But thinking about the soft slaps he received last night, he pressed down his hot hands and walked out the door without changing his expression.
If he didn't leave, he was worried that he couldn't help himself...
*
In the afternoon, the courtyard was quiet, and Lin Yao took a nap in the house with peace of mind.
It was too hot these two days, and the bamboo forest outside the window didn't bring any shade. Lin Yao slept for a short while, and her face turned red from the heat. She fluttered the palm-leaf fan in her hand. Before this time, she especially missed her 50-square-meter small apartment. Although it was a one-bedroom and one-living room, it had air conditioning and fans. In summer, she could lie on the sofa, dig ice watermelon and watch TV series. How comfortable it was.
Alas, yesterday's events cannot be brought back.
Lin Yao reminisced about her good life in the past, and got up from the bed. Following the method that Gu Chunmei had taught her before, she took an enamel basin filled with well water and sprinkled it in the room. She opened the carved window and fanned herself with a cattail leaf fan. She didn't know if it really worked or if it was just a chance breeze. A cool breeze came slowly.
Lin Yao felt much cooler. She lay on the soft bed, stretched out her body, stopped fanning herself with the cattail leaf fan, and fell asleep soundly with a small quilt in her arms.
This time she slept until about three in the afternoon. There was a breeze blowing during this time. Lin Yao slept very comfortably. She got up and stretched her waist. She got out of bed in her slippers and wiped her face with a wet towel. The towel was icy and cool. When she wiped her face, her pores were open with comfort.
In the yard, Gu Shidong was holding a small basin and rubbing clothes with a grunt.
The men in the old Gu family started to wash their own clothes at the age of ninety. Although Dongzi, this little boy, was naughty, he had to listen to his parents. When
he didn't wash clothes, Gu Chunmei laughed at him for being a lazy guy who didn't know how to do anything. If he was so lazy, no girl would marry him in the future. He would be a bachelor for the rest of his life!
The boy was so angry that he kept humming. Why didn't he know how to wash clothes?
Since last week, Gu Shidong has started to wash his own clothes. He not only washes his own clothes, but also his sister's clothes.
Otherwise, his sister will report him to Comrade Zhang Cuilan about watching Li Aifeng fight Lin Daguo's old white lotus in the morning.
Lin Yao sat on a small stool and watched the show while eating Changbai cake. She also teased the boy with a bad intention, "Dongzi, why don't you eat the Changbai cake you just bought?"
Gu Shidong snorted twice, "What's so delicious about Changbai cake? I was so tired of eating egg cake yesterday. I don't want to eat this."
In fact, Zhang Cuilan told the boy to wash and dry his clothes before he could have a snack.
Lin Yao said "Oh" and poked his face with her hand, "Oh, saliva is falling."
Gu Shidong quickly stretched out his claws to wipe his face, and his claws were clean.
Gu Shidong was about to yell, "Sister-in-law, you lied to me!", Lin Yao smiled and touched his little bald head, and said with relief, "Our Dongzi has grown up, and now he is a sensible and reliable little man."
Gu Shidong immediately straightened his chest and grinned from ear to ear.
Hehe, sister-in-law praised him as a little man.
The little man was so happy that he washed the hand towel and mop that Lin Yao brought, and also diligently cleaned the doors and windows inside and outside the house.
There has been plenty of rain recently, and the vegetables in the Gu family's small vegetable garden are growing well. The loofah seedlings and yellow flower seedlings that were just planted in the ground are growing very fast, like little radishes. The racks are full of fruits, one after another, green and lush, and so lovely to look at.
Today is a good day, Lin Yao and Dongzi watered the vegetable garden, pulled weeds, and picked the plump cucumbers. In a short while, they picked a full basket.
The cucumbers grown at home are fresh and pesticide-free. They are good for cold salads or pickled sour cucumbers. In short, they will not be wasted.
It was not yet time to get off work in the afternoon, but Gu Chunmei rushed home on her bicycle. As soon as she entered the door, she called Lin Yao, "Yaoyao, the county timber yard has sold off the leftovers at a low price. Let's line up to buy some."
Lin Yao heard this and hurried back to the house to get the firewood ticket.
In addition to burning beehive coal in winter, the Gu family would also buy some leftovers and broken wood to burn. Otherwise, they would not be able to survive the winter relying solely on the coal supplied by the government.
Gu Shidong squatted in the vegetable garden to pull weeds, and Lin Yao turned around and reminded him, "Dongzi, the Changbai cake is in the house. Wash your hands first if you want to eat it."
Don't take it directly with your dirty paws.
Gu Shidong nodded obediently, "Sister-in-law, I got it."
Gu Chunmei said "Huh", it was strange that the boy was so obedient today.
Before Lin Yao went out, she carefully checked whether the firewood tickets in the bag had fallen off. Gu Chunmei pushed out a wheelbarrow with two large baskets on it, and the wood chips were placed in them.
The lumberyard was one street away from the big compound. The two of them walked quickly all the way. When they arrived at the lumberyard, the line was already very long.
Lin Yao really didn't expect that there were so many people buying wood chips these days.
It was so hot outside, she was not happy to wait in line.
Gu Chunmei noticed her drooping face, pulled Lin Yao's braid and said with a smile, "What's the matter? You can wait when you go out to see a movie with my brother, but you can't queue up here with me to buy wood. Yaoyao, we shouldn't be so lenient with people. Oh, newlyweds are just different."
Lin Yao was not ashamed at all. She glanced outside and saw a tall figure walking not far away. She smiled and touched Gu Chunmei, "Sister Chunmei, your considerate big-headed brother is here."
Gu Chunmei looked over and saw Xu Xiangqian, who was sweating profusely, running towards her with a smile on his face.
"Chunmei, the wood is too heavy and you are weak, I will help you."
Lin Yao squinted at Gu Chunmei, "Oh, you are indeed a newly engaged couple, you are different."
Xu Xiangqian shook his head, grinning with white teeth, looking at Gu Chunmei with sparkling eyes.
Gu Chunmei: "..."
Compared with Yaoyao's thick skin, she was convinced and admitted that she was inferior.
*
What is discarded from the lumberyard these days are all unusable wood chips and shavings. The better wood in front was picked up by the grandfather and the grandmother who arrived early.
When it was Lin Yao's turn, there was only a pile of small pieces of wood left. Gu Chunmei was not tired of it. She squatted down and picked out some wood strips that were resistant to burning. Lin Yao picked and chose with her, and it was fun to look for treasures in the pile of wood. After
the group picked the wood, two large baskets were filled to the brim. It was quite heavy to push them on the wheelbarrow, but with the free labor of Big Head Brother, there was no need for Lin Yao and Gu Chunmei, two girls, to push it.
The two young lovers were on a date together, and Lin Yao would not be so tactless as to leave them behind to be used as light bulbs.
She slipped away first, using the excuse that she had something to do at home.
Actually, Lin Yao didn't have much to do. She just saw Big Head Brother coming to see Sister Chunmei. For some reason, she missed Deputy Director Gu.
- I wonder if Gu Shian will go home early today.
This guy works overtime all day and doesn't even know to go home early to accompany her... to accompany his family.
Lin Yao was strolling on the street. There was an old lady selling jasmine flowers on the side of the road, a handful for a penny. She bought a handful and planned to go home and put them in a vase.
It was time to get off work. Female workers from major factories were carrying cloth bags and walking home in a hurry.
It was hot now, and the female factory workers had changed into thin navy blue summer work clothes. Looking around, the streets were either blue or gray, without any beauty.
Lin Yao turned into the alley and walked towards the big courtyard, without noticing Lin Hongna, who was wearing a dusty work suit and had a sullen face.
Ever since Lin Hongna was caught in bed with old lady Qi, she could no longer stay in Linjiazhuang.
Nowadays, people are conservative, let alone in the ignorant and conservative countryside, even in the relatively open city, the scandal between Lin Hongna and Sun Jialiang is enough to ruin a person.
Lin Hongna was not stupid, she could not stay in the countryside, so she pestered Sun Jialiang to go to the town.
Sun Jialiang himself was also very worried, and in order to appease the trouble-making Lin Daguo family, he could only arrange Lin Hongna to work in the light bulb factory.
Lin Hongna thought she was not wrong, she just wanted to live a good life, anyway, she would marry into the Sun family sooner or later, it didn't matter if it was sooner or later, why couldn't she be intimate with Sun Jialiang before, if she was pregnant with the Sun family's grandson, it would be strange if that old hag of the Sun family dared to put on that contemptuous face!
Lin Hongna had planned well in her mind, she never dreamed that her father actually found a mistress outside!
Finding a mistress would be fine, but she was caught by her mother.
Men are all the same, they eat from the bowl and look at the pot. She is busy enough, and she still has to clean up the mess for her disappointing parents, it's so annoying!
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