"Ten thousand yuan?" Sister Meng was shocked by Cheng Yaoyao's ambition. She worked as a makeup artist in the crew, and her income was higher than that of ordinary people. Her monthly salary plus miscellaneous subsidies was only 50 yuan. Ten thousand yuan was the money she could save even if she didn't eat or drink for 16 years.
Sister Meng asked cautiously, "Yaoyao, what happened to your family? Do you need money?"
Cheng Yaoyao held her chin in her hand and sighed softly. She shouldered the heavy responsibility of supporting the family, which Sister Meng didn't understand.
Thousands of miles away in Tianshui Village, Xie Zhao's heart was moved and he looked back.
The tractor stopped at the entrance of the village. Before the engine was completely shut down, Xie Zhao jumped out of the vehicle.
Under a big tree at the entrance of the village, a group of villagers were sitting around with their hands in their pockets, chatting and killing time. At this time, they gathered around to watch the excitement.
I don't know if it's psychological or other villagers always feel that Xie Zhao is different from before. He was originally handsome and tall, and was called Yue Yun when he was in tattered clothes. Now wearing a fine coat, his gloomy and lonely temperament has faded. Just like a rough jade that has been polished, it glows with the light it should have.
In the past, Xie Zhao was so gloomy that people were afraid to approach him, but now Xie Zhao makes people feel inferior and embarrassed to approach him.
The villagers had different thoughts, but all of them had warm smiles on their faces. Especially those who had never bullied Xie Zhao in the past and had a good relationship with Xie Zhao's family, all of them greeted Xie Zhao.
"Xie Zhao is back!"
"Where did you get the money? You bought so many things."
"Of course he went to look for Cheng Zhiqing."
When Cheng Yaoyao was mentioned, the atmosphere suddenly became subtle. Xie Zhao looked normal, nodded slightly to the familiar person, and then walked back home with his things.
When Xie Zhao left, he only took a light army green luggage bag, but when he came back, he had a lot of bags, and his big hands carried all the bags without any effort.
A girl wearing a pink cotton shirt squeezed out from the crowd, followed Xie Zhao and said politely, "Third Brother Xie, I'll help you carry it. What did you buy?"
Xie Zhaotou didn't reply: "No need."
"So many things are so heavy. I'm powerful, just let me help you." Lin Lulu was not someone who could be easily dismissed. She followed Xie Zhao closely and reached out to grab a small bag before Xie Zhao could even speak.
Xie Zhao clasped the bag with his slender and powerful fingers. He stopped and looked sideways at Lin Lulu: "I explained it to you clearly last time."
Lin Lulu was waiting for her lover at the entrance of the village early in the morning, but she didn't expect that Xie Zhao's first words would chill her to the bone. Lin Lulu's eyes suddenly turned red, her lips trembled, and she forced a smile and said, "After all, we grew up together and are from the same village. Can't I lend a hand?"
Lin Lulu became more and more serious as she spoke, and she was deeply convinced.
Xie Zhao looked at her calmly and said, "Yaoyao will be unhappy."
"..." Lin Lulu's tears burst out, and she shouted: "It was Cheng Yaoyao who didn't let you talk to me, right? I knew you would never treat me like this before. It was Cheng Yaoyao who didn't let you talk to me and ignored me!"
Lin Lulu cried non-stop: "Third Brother Xie, do you think Cheng Yaoyao is a good person? She just wants you to work for her, just like when you were in the educated youth camp! She has taken a fancy to your house, and she used to..."
Lin Lulu was filled with shame and sadness, her head was hot, and she chattered incessantly, saying whatever she thought.
Xie Zhao interrupted him calmly: "You are not that kind of girl."
Lin Lulu was interrupted in the middle of her crying and stared at Xie Zhao in a daze.
Xie Zhao was covered in dust, but her narrow eyes were still shining, as if they could draw people in. This was the man she had been thinking about for more than ten years, who had grown from a sinister and skinny boy to the handsome, sharp, and high-spirited man he is today.
Xie Zhao's tone was gentle: "I am standing here to listen to you because Yaoyao has said that she doesn't dislike you."
Speaking of Cheng Yaoyao, Xie Zhao's stern face softened and he said, "I know you are a good girl. Don't just listen to what others say, and don't judge someone who is kind to you."
Not far behind Li Lulu, half of a face was visible behind a tree. Xie Zhao glanced at it sharply, and the man quickly shrank back.
After Xie Zhao finished speaking, he walked away without looking back. The reason why he wanted to remind Lin Lulu was because he still remembered that when everyone hated him and isolated him, the little girl from the secretary's family did not do so and even tried to force a steamed bun on him.
Xie Zhao received too little kindness and warmth in his youth, and he remembered every bit of it in his heart, but that was all. Now he has the best love in the world, which is enough to offset all the hardships he has endured.
Xie Zhao's tall figure moved farther and farther away in Lin Lulu's sight, completely separated from the lonely and sinister boy he used to be.
Many years later, Lin Lulu, who has become a wife and mother, has matured a lot and understands that every girl will have a blind and impulsive love, which can often change a girl's life. She is very glad that she met Xie Zhao.
But at this time Lin Lulu was just a spoiled girl. She didn't understand what Xie Zhao meant at all. She watched Xie Zhao leave, stomped her feet, and ran back home crying.
Not far from the big tree, Cheng Nonuo, who had witnessed the whole process, walked out. If Cheng Yaoyao stood in front of her at this moment, he would definitely not recognize that this thin, skinny, and dull-looking woman was Cheng Nonuo.
Cheng Nonuo was wearing a brown-yellow short jacket, which her father had brought back from the Soviet Union for Cheng Yaoyao. The style was fashionable and generous, and Cheng Yaoyao looked particularly playful when wearing it, so Cheng Nonuo was reluctant to throw it away. Cheng Nonuo was much thinner than Cheng Yaoyao, and her shoulders were narrower. The jacket looked empty on her, as funny as a child wearing adult clothes. The brown-yellow color made her skin look even more dry and yellow. The white and shiny complexion that had fascinated Shen Yan in the past had long disappeared. Her big eyes were like two dry wells on her face, shining faintly.
Xie Zhao is actually a Liu Xia Hui. Cheng Yaoyao has been away for so long, but he is unmoved by other women throwing themselves at him?
Cheng Nuonuo tried her best to get some information from Lin Lulu. Cheng Yaoyao went to Suzhou, and Xie Zhao must have gone to find her this time. Now Xie Zhao came back alone, could it be that Cheng Yaoyao really didn't come back to the village?
Cheng Nuonuo's expression was uncertain, and she picked up the basket of firewood and went to find Shen Yan.
In the winter, there was no work in the village, so the young men gathered together to bask in the sun and play chess. Shen Yan, wearing his coat, was beating his opponent to pieces, and several village girls around him looked at him with admiration, which made Shen Yan feel even more content.
Cheng Nonuo's sudden appearance broke the atmosphere: "Ayan."
Shen Yan's eyelids twitched when he heard the hoarse voice. Cheng Nonuo had been making trouble for Shen Yan several times recently, and once he even beat up a girl who was joking with Shen Yan, making everyone afraid of him.
The others walked away while chatting with him, and a male educated youth even patted Shen Yan's shoulder sympathetically.
In the blink of an eye, there was only a chessboard and Cheng Nuonuo left in front of Shen Yan.
He asked irritably, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Nonuo looked timid, staring at him with a gloomy look in her eyes and said, "Sister Yaoyao hasn't come back for so long, do you know where she went?"
Shen Yan frowned and said, "Didn't Yaoyao go back to Shanghai?"
Cheng Nonuo said: "I called my dad and he told me that Sister Yaoyao didn't go back at all."
Shen Yan immediately stood up and stared into Cheng Nonuo's eyes: "Yaoyao didn't return to Shanghai. Where did she go? Do you know anything?"
After all, the two of them had skin-to-skin contact, and Shen Yan understood Cheng Nonuo quite well. She must know something.
Cheng Nonuo smiled, her rough and chapped lips cracked, and she looked sinister.
Shen Yan instinctively looked away. He sometimes felt guilty, why did he dislike Cheng Nonuo after she became ugly? But every time he saw Cheng Nonuo like this, the good memories of the past were wiped out.
Shen Yan is now very doubtful, is the fair, tender and well-behaved Cheng Nonuo in his memory a figment of his imagination?
Cheng Nonuo saw Shen Yan's expression. She said, "I'm not sure either. I seem to have heard that Sister Yaoyao went to Suzhou to film a movie with a famous director..."
Cheng Nonuo spoke in a slow tone, sounding as if it contained some ambiguous and profound meaning.
Shen Yan was born into a wealthy family. Both of his parents were quite old-fashioned, and their impression of "actresses" was still stuck in the last century. If they knew that Cheng Yaoyao became a movie star, I wonder what they would think?
Shen Yan was stunned for a moment: "Yaoyao went to film a movie? How is that possible!"
Cheng Nuonuo didn't answer, but struggled to pick up the basket on the ground. There were some dead branches in the basket. Shen Yan saw them and asked, "Why did you pick these? Lin Wuxing's family has no firewood?"
Cheng Nonuo pursed her lips and said, "I'm not allowed to touch her firewood."
Mrs. Lin from Lin Wuxing's family was mean, and the troubles she had with Cheng Nonuo were spread all over the village, and they were treated as jokes. Shen Yan was very disgusted with such trivial women's arguments, especially those people always talked about Cheng Nonuo's affairs to him, as if to confirm the relationship between the two.
Shen Yan was trying to repair his relationship with Cheng Yaoyao, and he became increasingly annoyed by these rumors. But when he saw Cheng Nuonuo struggling to carry the large basket on his back, Shen Yan softened his heart.
Shen Yan took out two yuan and handed it to her: "Take it and buy a few pounds of charcoal."
Cheng Nonuo's eyes turned red, and she looked at him in surprise and gratitude: "Brother Ayan..."
Shen Yan immediately stuffed the money into her hand and distanced himself from the matter, saying, "This is because of our past relationship. You...you should take care of yourself."
The gate to the Xie family's courtyard was open. Xie Fei had been standing at the door holding the cat. When she saw the familiar tall figure approaching from afar, she ran over and said, "Brother! Brother!"
Xie Zhao's eyes were filled with warmth: "Xiao Fei."
"Jiangjian." He bowed his head and greeted Jianjian again. Jianjian made a meow and jumped onto Xie Zhao's shoulder, coiling around like a yellow and white fur scarf, with its tail happily hooked around Xie Zhao's neck.
Xie Fei was so excited that she circled around Xie Zhao and snatched the package from his hand: "What is this? Is it the snack that Sister Yaoyao mentioned in the letter?!"
"Yes, Daoxiangcun." Xie Zhao patiently answered his sister's question, "I also bought silk and fabric."
Xie Fei ran ahead with light steps. Xie Zhao stepped over the threshold. The familiar courtyard was as clean and warm as ever, and filled with the aroma of braised chicken.
Grandma Xie, wearing an apron and holding a spatula, came out cheerfully to greet us: "Glad that you're back, glad that you're back. Where's Yaoyao?"
"..." Xie Zhao's smile froze.
Grandma Xie looked behind Xie Zhao, but there was no one there. Xie Fei then realized something was wrong: "Sister Yaoyao didn't come back with you, brother? Didn't you go to pick up Sister Yaoyao?"
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