After the first snow fell, everyone experiencedly stored food for the winter, and all the vegetables that could be dried were dried.
The cabbages were frozen directly in the snow in the yard.
Gu Xi went to find carpenter Zhao Liang and bought a flower stand. She put the cowpeas, eggplants and bamboo shoots she got from Aunt Chen and Grandma Yin on the shelf and prepared to dry them.
Wang Xu resigned himself to spreading the vegetables on the flower rack: "I don't understand, can't you just go and ask for some after they are dried? Why do you have to dry them yourself? No, why do you order me to dry them?"
Gu Xi put down the textbook in her hand: "Put it down, I will dry it myself."
Wang Xu quickly quickened his pace: "I'll do it, I'll do it, you read the book, this is what I should do."
Gu Xi still walked over. Wang Xu was wearing the sweater that Gu Xi chose today. Through the sweater, Gu Xi kissed Wang Xu on the shoulder.
After they were together, Gu Xi was very good at expressing her emotions and feelings, often hugging and kissing Wang Xu. At first, Wang Xu was a little embarrassed, looking around for fear of being seen.
Later, I gradually got used to it and started to like this way of expression, which allows emotions and feelings to be expressed directly, bringing two hearts closer.
"Wang Xu, if you have any objections or are unhappy about something, you can speak up. When two people are in a relationship, the key is to get along with each other, to communicate with each other and resolve conflicts, rather than just tolerating them.
You can say what you don’t like to do, eat, or talk about, and respect each other.
I think you have always been very good and I can be myself. Without you, my life in the countryside would definitely be much more difficult.
So I want you to feel comfortable, too. "
Wang Xu put down the food in his hand and hugged her: "I'm not unhappy. I'm very happy now because I have you. I was just teasing you just now."
Gu Xi especially likes Wang Xu hugging her, which makes her feel warm and safe: "I know you are teasing me, but what I said just now is my true thoughts and also the way to get along with each other."
Wang Xu was indeed not unwilling to do so. He felt that it was a great happiness to take care of Gu Xi. He often teased her on purpose because he was too lonely before. Quarreling with her made life feel more real.
"I will be going into the mountains more often recently, so I'll stock up on some meat. It will be harder to get into the mountains if there are a few more snowfalls. I have to hand in the pigs to Accountant Zheng the day after tomorrow."
Gu Xi was curious: "Are you going there in a tractor? The pigs will become thinner if you walk all the way there. Should we feed them more these days?"
Wang Xu dried all the vegetables and said, "Well, we will drive the tractor and take Yin Jie with us. We will have more people to watch over the pigs in case they run away. Fortunately, we have a tractor. It would take five or six hours to drive to other villages that are very far away. In the past two years, we have encountered a pig running away. The whole village worked for nothing for a year. The man was too embarrassed to face it and hanged himself.
Others had to travel for several hours, and the pigs defecated twice before being weighed. The person in charge almost wanted to cry because he was several dollars short. "
Gu Xi really liked listening to Wang Xu talk about these things, because she had never heard of them before: "I didn't expect that there would be so many stories about giving a pig. How did you end up learning about tractors?"
Wang Xu made a cup of malted milk for Gu Xi: "The tractor was bought with the money my mother donated before she died. She was afraid that I would have a hard time, so she donated some money and asked the village chief at the time to take good care of me. The two largest roads in the village were all bought with this money.
So I naturally learned how to operate a tractor and asked Yin Jie to learn it as well, because I wanted him to have an extra skill for self-defense. He wasn't really good at studying, and Wan Hexing had to take care of Wan Xi and couldn't leave, so he didn't learn these things. "
Gu Xi felt strange all the time: "Did Wan Hexing and Wan Xi have some experience when they were young, causing him to overprotect his sister? In my opinion, Wan Xi is a little overprotected. Fortunately, she took the initiative to sign up for school this time. She has the foundation of elementary school, so she was enrolled in junior high school."
Wang Xu held Gu Xi's hand and sat on the chair side by side: "His father likes to drink, and he will fight when he drinks too much. Every time, Wan Hexing protects Wan Xi, and his mother protects him.
Until one day, Wan Hexing hid in the kitchen holding Wan Xi. His father fell asleep because he was tired from beating him, and his mother also fell asleep. He thought he had survived another day.
It was not until the next day that Wan Hexing saw that his mother had not woken up yet, so he quietly went into the house to check on her. He discovered that his father had hit his mother on the head with a wine bottle last night. A piece of glass had pierced into her head, and she died because she did not receive timely treatment.
After he came to his senses, his father did not repent and hastily threw his mother to the back mountain. The village chief at the time thought that the two children were still young and still needed their father's care, so he did not make it public.
My mother couldn't bear it, so she paid someone to bury Wan Hexing's mother. My mother was in poor health, so she gave some money to Grandma Yin every time to take care of Wan Hexing and Wan Xi, and by the way, she also took care of Yin Jie. Grandma Yin was too old to take care of a half-grown child, and she had a big appetite. The money my mother gave her was just enough to feed four people.
So Wan Xi is very timid, and Yin Jie has always protected her. Perhaps because of this, Wan Xi is particularly dependent on Yin Jie and likes him. "
Gu Xi thought he was bullied by the kids in the village, but she didn't expect there would be such a thing as domestic violence: "What happened later? After his mother died, would his father beat him and Wan Xi?"
Wang Xu saw that she was nervous and shook her hand: "Don't be nervous about the past. His father couldn't beat him even if he wanted to. They slept at Yin Jie's house at night, and Wan Xi slept with Grandma Yin.
Later one day his father drank too much again and fell down while walking. He fell unluckily and hit the back of his head on a big rock and died.
Then Wan Hexing and Wan Xi returned home. The aunties in the village helped them clean the house and threw away the unwanted things. Then they returned to normal life.
Wan Hexing didn’t know how to cook at first, and the food he cooked was so disgusting that even a dog wouldn’t eat it if you threw it on the ground. Wan Xi ate at Grandma Yin's house for three days. The villager Da Huang felt sorry for her and wanted to give his leftovers to Wan Xi. Finally, she had to continue to eat at Grandma Yin's house. Later, Wan Xi grew up a little and could cook for herself, so she no longer bothered Grandma Yin. "
Gu Xi felt a little sad at first, but was soon healed by the latter part of Da Huang: "Is Da Huang still here?"
Wang Xu thought of Da Huang and his eyes darkened: "He's long gone."
Seeing how distressed he was, Gu Xi held his hand in return, interlocking their fingers: "When we return to Shanghai and everything is stable, we will also raise a little yellow dog."
Wang Xu tilted his head and whispered in Gu Xi's ear: "Give me a child when the time comes."
Gu Xi calculated the time it would take for the college entrance examination and university to resume: "I'll give birth to a child for you when you're thirty."
Wang Xu immediately felt wronged: "What? Thirty years old, it still takes so long?"
Seeing that he looked aggrieved, Gu Xi teased him on purpose: "Too long? Then let's go back to the house and give birth to the baby now."
Wang Xu widened his eyes in disbelief, shook off Gu Xi's hand, and suddenly became very busy. He took firewood into the kitchen, turned over the vegetables that were drying in the sun, sat down to drink a sip of water, and stood up again. Gu Xi laughed at this.
"What are you doing? You're fidgeting. Are there bugs on you?"
Wang Xu sat down again, with a serious face: "I promised your brother, I can't break my promise. Although I can't wait to marry you tomorrow, I must wait until my career is on the rise to prove to your family that I can take good care of you. After getting the approval of your family, I will prepare to marry you. Only then can I do whatever I want."
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