Chapter 29: Fu Zhengtu

Su Taotao ate the staff meal with a nervous mood. There was still more than an hour before the tractor returned to the village, so she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some snacks for Chen Chen and Fu Yuanhang before slowly walking back to the gathering point.

Su Taotao noticed from a distance that today's gathering point was unusually busy. Although the tractor was placed in the first production team, it was actually shared by several nearby production teams, so every market day was packed, and being busy was normal.

But this is the first time it's been as lively as it is today.

It wasn't until Su Taotao approached that the man who stood out from the crowd came into view——

It was a clear blue sky in May, with bright sunshine and gentle breeze. A man over 1.80 meters tall was surrounded by a group of gossipy women. His snow-white shirt seemed like a clear dividing line in this gray era.

The snow-capped mountains are lonely and cold.

From Su Taotao's perspective, she could see the man's clear and smooth jawline, his tightly pursed light-colored lips and a straight nose, slightly upturned eyes and sword-like eyebrows that slanted into his temples. Even the shadows under his eyelids and eyelashes were just right. When he trembled slightly, it was captivating. This was undoubtedly a perfect profile, with clear edges and corners, and a work of art that was so perfect that it looked like an award-winning work carefully designed by a senior cartoonist.

Combined with the finely sculpted abdominal muscles and mermaid line in Su Taotao's vague memory, Fu Zhengtu finally took shape at this moment. At a glance, Su Taotao recognized him as her cheap husband who was very frugal with words.

Su Taotao's heart was beating so fast for some reason. She had never questioned Fu Zhengtu's looks. She knew from Chen Chen and Fu Yuanhang's appearance that he must be good. He was just as she had imagined, and even more stunning than she had imagined. His profile was already so handsome, but she didn't know if he was as handsome as he was from the front...

As if he had telepathy, the man suddenly tilted his head, and his god-like face came straight into Su Taotao's sight.

His eyes were like an invincible sharp blade, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were stained with the coldness of the top of the snow-capped mountains. He only lightly swept across Su Taotao's face, as if he frowned, perhaps a little unhappy, and turned his eyes away after a moment.

He didn't recognize her.

Su Taotao took a deep breath and walked towards the crowd.

When the familiar aunt saw Su Taotao, she smiled even more happily, with a teasing expression: "Hey, Su Zhiqing is here, why are you here so early today? We just said that you would show up on time at five o'clock. Did you know that Zhengtu would be back today?"

Another aunt said, "That's right. The team has long been saying that Zhengtu will be coming back soon. Su Zhiqing must have known about it long ago."

"Zhengtu, you are such a fool. You have been away for such a long time this time. You don't even know how worried your mother is about you..."

…

Fu Zhengtu finally realized from the chattering of the aunts that the woman in front of him, whose face was covered with dust but whose eyes were clear and transparent, was his wife whom he had not seen for more than two years.

Su Taotao naturally did not miss the flash of surprise in his cold eyes.

Su Taotao laughed secretly, she was naturally aware of how sloppy she looked now, and it was normal that he didn't recognize her after more than two years of separation. But it didn't matter, he was back, and she would no longer hide her shortcomings. As a beautiful girl with fair skin and pretty face, she naturally didn't like to smear soot on her face.

"When did you arrive?" Su Taotao didn't hesitate, she looked him in the eyes and asked.

“Just arrived.”

He was as frugal with words as his letters, but his voice was pleasant to the ears, like the clear sound of spring water falling into a jade plate.

The couple, who already have a two-year-old child, were still unfamiliar with each other, and the situation was a little awkward at one point.

Su Taotao was racking her brains to say something, but suddenly her hands felt light. The things in her hands had already been handed over to her cheap husband, while he himself was carrying a lot of things in large and small bags.

"Go there."

Su Taotao responded: "It's not heavy, let me take it."

Fu Zhengtu ignored her, put her things on top of his own, and carried them away. Before leaving, he nodded to the villagers as a farewell.

He is quite a gentleman, Su Taotao thought.

Ignoring the teasing behind her, Su Taotao followed him.

After walking with him for a short distance, Su Taotao couldn't help asking, "Aren't we going back on a tractor?"

"No."

Still save words like gold.

When they reached an off-road vehicle at the station, he put his things on it and saw Su Taotao staring at the vehicle. Then he said, "Get in."

Su Taotao then got into the car and buckled her seat belt out of habit.

Fu Zhengtu looked at her in surprise, but didn't say anything else.

In this age when even two wheels are hard to come by, Su Taotao was really curious about how he could have four wheels, but in view of her cheap husband's ability to keep people chatting anytime and anywhere, Su Taotao decided not to ask questions proactively.

After getting in the car for a while, the two of them didn't speak. Su Taotao didn't sleep well last night, and Fu Zhengtu drove steadily and steadily. After a while, Su Taotao fell asleep and even snored.

Fu Zhengtu looked at her in surprise, his eyes seemed to be examining and exploring, and finally he couldn't help but lightly scrape her face, and a layer of pot ash fell onto his fingertips.

Su Taotao muttered "mosquito", scratched the place where Fu Zhengtu had hung his hand, and continued to sleep soundly.

Fu Zhengtu quickly looked away.

Only when she started to snore again did he look at his wife seriously again.

He was born with a good memory, but after not seeing his wife for more than two years, his wife's appearance seemed to have become blurry. However, her temperament was impressive and was not really good. He was prepared for a series of complaints and questions, even scolding, but she didn't ask anything and fell asleep without distraction.

She seems to have changed a lot after more than two years, which can be seen from her reply.

As for the child...

Never mind. I’ll ask when I get home.