"Is it Xu Xiangyang?" Li Xiyue asked tentatively.
He Yongmei was somewhat surprised; how did she know?
Li Xiyue said with a smile, "Although you didn't say it explicitly in your letter to me, I could tell from between the lines."
He Yongmei's cheeks flushed slightly. "Sister Xiyue, his home is in the place where you were sent to the countryside. You know him. Can you tell me about him?"
"He's a very loyal and devoted person, especially to his family. He's excellent in many ways, so he's a pretty good person," Li Xiyue said objectively. "It's just that his personality is a bit eccentric."
“When we first met, he was a bit fierce and cold. He would never talk to me. But one time, after he accidentally saw the medical book that Sister Xiyue gave me, his attitude changed. Later I found out that he knew Sister Xiyue.”
He Yongmei looked at Li Xiyue and asked, "Sister Xiyue, does he like you?"
Li Xiyue didn't answer, but instead asked, "Why do you think that?"
"He never talks to any other girl except me. Everyone thinks he likes me, but only I know that he doesn't like me."
We mostly chatted when we were together, and he talked about me the most about Xiyue. Every time he mentioned you, his eyes would light up. Xiyue, you once said that you can't hide your feelings for someone, so I could tell.
Li Xiyue didn't deny it. "He did express his feelings for me, but I clearly rejected him." Thinking of her conversation with Xu Xiangyang before the New Year, she said, "However, now, he should have let it go."
He Yongmei looked at her, puzzled. "Why?"
“I saw him once before the Lunar New Year,” Li Xiyue said without explicitly stating it.
He Yongmei was intelligent and understood. She took a deep breath and said, "I'll try again. If it doesn't work, I'll find someone else."
She'll try again, leaving no regrets. If she still fails, she'll retain her dignity. Love is beautiful, but it's not everything in life. She won't change herself beyond recognition for love.
Li Xiyue smiled, "It's his good fortune to be liked by you."
"Sister Xiyue, you're so kind. No wonder he likes you so much. If I were a man, I would like you too." He Yongmei hugged her arm and rested her head on her shoulder.
Li Xiyue was amused.
"Hey, you two, can you stop being so mushy!" Xie Mingying came back from buying soda and rolled her eyes when she saw the two of them hugging.
Li Xiyue reached out her hand to her, "Come here, let's share the love equally."
Xie Mingying looked disgusted and said, "Pah! You tyrant!"
"Hahaha……"
On the eighth day of the first lunar month in 1974, after Chu Xun escorted Li Xiyue back to Hunan Province, he returned to Beijing to continue the remaining cleanup work.
When Li Xiyue returned to the village, she first went to the three sisters' house to pick up Xiaobai.
Xiao Bai was so excited to see her that he jumped up and down for a long time.
Little Flower followed her father around, but after being scolded by Little White, she hung her head and went back to her nest.
It's strange, how could Xiaobai, who always dotes on her daughter, be so fierce to Xiaohua?
With outsiders present, Li Xiyue didn't feel comfortable asking the reason. Instead, she handed a bag of candy and a box of fruit pastries to Xu Xuemei, saying, "Thank you for taking care of Xiaobai. These are pastries and candies I bought in Beijing. Please have a taste."
"Sister Li, you're welcome." Xu Xuemei said a few polite words and then accepted the gift.
As Li Xiyue led Xiaobai out of the courtyard, she heard the three sisters excitedly sharing candy and pastries. She smiled and shook her head.
"What's wrong? Why were you yelling at your daughter?" Li Xiyue asked on the way back to the clinic.
Xiao Bai said, "Yueyue, you don't know, my daughter is pregnant."
"Huh?" Li Xiyue exclaimed in surprise.
That fast? She's only been gone for about ten days.
Xiao Bai was furious about this. "That bastard stole my cabbage and I beat him up badly."
"Which bastard is it?" Li Xiyue asked.
She remembered that there was only one male dog, Xiaobai, in the village.
Xiao Bai said disdainfully, "It was brought by a relative of the Party Secretary. It's an ugly thing!"
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