For a moment, Gu Guizhi didn’t know whether he felt sour or sweet.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Qi Mengmeng asked quietly, "Are you asleep?"
"No," Gu Guizhi answered quickly, and then said, "I'm a little sleepy, let's go to bed."
Qi Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief, found a comfortable position and closed her eyes.
Gu Guizhi listened to Qi Mengmeng's breathing slowly becoming steady, gave a wry smile, and closed his eyes.
Qi Mengmeng was just pretending to sleep at first, but she really fell asleep after a while.
The next morning, she woke up in Gu Guizhi's arms.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Qi Mengmeng saw Gu Guizhi staring at her. Her first reaction was to close her eyes, but she quickly came to her senses and opened her eyes: "Good morning."
"Good morning." Gu Guizhi replied.
Qi Mengmeng stood up, and Gu Guizhi shook his numb arm, just in time to be seen by Qi Mengmeng who turned around.
"I'll go get some water to wash up." Qi Mengmeng quickly got up and went to the yard to get some water to wash up.
After the two of them finished washing up, Qi Mengmeng felt that the heat on her face had subsided a little.
"Let's have breakfast first, and then go to the post office to mail things." Gu Guizhi saw Qi Mengmeng pretending to pack things and reminded her.
"Okay, let's go eat. I'm hungry." Qi Mengmeng immediately put down the things in her hands, tidied her clothes and went out.
The two of them got up a little late today. When they arrived at the state-owned restaurant, there were not many people inside and the meat buns were sold out. They each ordered a bowl of noodles.
When the two of them were walking back, Qi Mengmeng paused and said, "I want to buy a few more buns to eat on the train tonight."
Gu Guizhi shook his head: "If we buy the buns now, they will be cold. There are food for sale on the train. We can buy them after we get on the train."
Qi Mengmeng just wanted to stock up on some dry food, so she insisted, "I'll just buy a few and heat them up before going to the train station this afternoon."
Seeing that Qi Mengmeng insisted on going with her, Gu Guizhi quickly refused, saying that she could go by herself, and asked Gu Guizhi to go back and pack the big bag first.
Although Gu Guizhi felt a little strange, he still obediently returned to the courtyard.
Qi Mengmeng quickly returned to the state-owned hotel. At this time, there were not many people in the hotel.
"Comrade, I want ten steamed buns and a pound of dumplings. See if there is anything left. I am not picky."
Qi Mengmeng handed over three lunch boxes and a stack of banknotes, on top of which was a one-foot cloth coupon.
The waiter frowned and was about to say no, but when he saw the cloth coupons, he swallowed the words.
"We don't have that many buns now. We only have steamed buns. Do you want some?"
"Yes." Qi Mengmeng nodded quickly: "Just pretend as you see fit."
The waiter quickly took the lunch box and collected all the bills in his hand. After a while, he took the lunch box back and handed Qi Mengmeng a few more bills.
"I packed a lunch box of meat dumplings, a lunch box of mutton offal, and three steamed buns for you, but there's no more room."
Qi Mengmeng took the three lunch boxes, pretended to rummage in the cloth bag, took out a piece of gauze and handed it over.
"If there are any more buns, could you put them in a piece of cloth for me?"
The waiter's face twisted for a moment: "I've already packed enough for you."
"Comrade, thank you for your help. There are really too many people in my family. You can only take as much as you can." Qi Mengmeng reached out and put down a few candies.
The waiter looked unhappy, but his hands did not hesitate at all. He quickly collected the candy and said, "Wait a moment."
Qi Mengmeng finally got a bag of buns as she wished. She didn't look at them much. After leaving the state-owned restaurant, she found a place to put all the things in the space, leaving only the three buns in the lunch box.
She was thinking about whether she should go buy some more food when she saw Gu Guizhi standing not far away.
She walked a few steps quickly to Gu Guizhi and asked, "Why are you standing here?"
Gu Guizhi took the lunch box from her hand first, then said, "I was afraid you couldn't carry all the things you bought."
Qi Mengmeng laughed twice without any explanation.
Fortunately, Gu Guizhi just said that and didn't mean to ask her to explain.
The two of them returned to the courtyard together, took the things they wanted to mail to the post office, and then went to the train station to buy train tickets.
But this time he could only buy a hard sleeper ticket, and this was a privilege only available to Gu Guizhi if he showed his military officer ID.
Gu Guizhi put away the ticket and asked Qi Mengmeng: "It's still early for lunch. Is there any place you want to go? Let's go shopping."
It was only ten o'clock and they still had an hour to go shopping.
Qi Mengmeng thought about it and chose Tiananmen Square. She wanted to see how this place was different from her previous era.
Gu Guizhi had no objection, and the two of them took a car to Tiananmen Square.
A hint of understanding flashed in Qi Mengmeng's eyes. It was indeed the ordinary time and space. It was very similar to the Tiananmen Square she had seen, but not exactly the same.
Seeing her standing in front of Tiananmen Square without moving, Gu Guizhi asked in confusion, "Mengmeng, what's wrong?"
Qi Mengmeng came back to her senses and smiled at him: "Nothing."
She suddenly realized that she could only live here and there was no way for her to return to her original world. Even if she grew to her original age, she would not be the same as before. She would have to live here forever.
She felt a little confused, but also a little relaxed. It seemed that she had really integrated into this era.
She is Qi Mengmeng, Qi Mengmeng is her.
Gu Guizhi felt that Qi Mengmeng seemed to be different all of a sudden. She was still the same person, but there was a sense of closeness, unlike before, when even when she smiled, there was a sense of distance.
After Qi Mengmeng figured it out, she relaxed a lot. She pulled Gu Guizhi's hand and said, "Let's go for a walk around here."
Gu Guizhi looked around, and although he was reluctant, he still let Qi Mengmeng's hand go. He was afraid that Qi Mengmeng would be angry, so he explained, "This is outside."
Qi Mengmeng burst out laughing and felt that Gu Guizhi was truly innocent.
Gu Guizhi felt his ears getting hot, and he quickly looked around: "Stop laughing, I, I'll take you to buy popsicles."
Qi Mengmeng let him take her to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought the most expensive cream ice cream, but he only wanted a five-cent popsicle.
Qi Mengmeng took the popsicle from his hand and gave it back to the salesperson, asking him to give her another cream popsicle.
"Let's eat the same thing." Qi Mengmeng looked at Gu Guizhi seriously.
One ice cream can buy two popsicles. Gu Guizhi did this subconsciously, but when he saw Qi Mengmeng replaced the ice cream for him, he nodded, "I understand."
Qi Mengmeng then smiled. She had money, and Gu Guizhi's allowance was not low. There were only two people in the family, so there was really no need to divide them into two levels.
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