Chapter 18
Xu asked, “Didn’t you come to my house today to propose marriage?”
How can you propose twice a day?
“You can’t admit defeat if you can’t attack the city once, right? I still need to work hard as long as the revolution hasn’t succeeded yet” Lu Yuanzheng glanced sideways at Xu Man, “If it wasn’t for our parents being away at work, I could have come here three times a day!”
Xu Man’s face burned again, and she hung her head and pouted, “Who’s with you?”
Why didn’t I realize Lu Yuanzheng was so thick-skinned before?
Lu Yuanzheng originally wanted to tease you, “You were quite brave when you married me, weren’t you?” , see Xu Man’s neck is permeated with reddish-pink color, put the words swallowed back, lightly related to a sound, do not tease her
The main fear is to make people angry, regret not to marry him
Wei Zhuang Commune this street is only two or three restaurants of different sizes, Lu Yuanzheng picked one of the clean and tidy-looking restaurant and led Xu Man to push the door in
Xu Man followed behind him with his head down, and after a few steps, he bumped into Lu Yuanzheng’s back
Xu Man rubbed his forehead and looked up to see Lu Yuan Zheng, who had stopped walking at some point, not moving or speaking
“What’s wrong?” Xu Man wondered
Lu Yuanzheng occupied both hands, and raised his chin to indicate the direction of the corner window
Xu Man poked his head out from behind Lu Yuanzheng
The restaurant was similar to a classroom, square, white paint with blue wainscoting There were no private rooms, just tall square tables with four benches or square chairs set up horizontally and vertically in the lobby
At this point in time there are not many people eating, and the young men and women at the window table are a little too conspicuous
The most conspicuous is Wen Yiming sitting on the main seat
The Wen Yiming at this moment was very different from his usual glasses-wearing, gentlemanly appearance
His hair was coated with hair oil, and his frontal hair was combed back, similar to the big back hair but a little different and more foreign
His index and middle fingers were holding a cigarette with a filter, and the posture of exhaling smoke rings was very skillful, so it was obvious that he was not a novice
He also took off his glasses, half closed his eyes and leaned in like a leader listening to his subordinates report
As a matter of fact, the people at that table did seem to be respectful to Wen Yiming
“Huh?” Xu Man asked in a low voice, “What are they doing?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head and slightly raised his hand, signaling the table behind Wen Yiming
Xu Man silenced his voice and followed Lu Yuanzheng to take a seat at the square table he pointed to
The waiter followed them over with a menu and a pen and paper for them to order
Wen Yiming turned around when he heard the commotion
The waiter stood in a position that blocked Xu Man, he only saw the waiter and Lu Yuanzheng’s back, slightly familiar, and wanted to take a closer look just as the people at the same table called out to him, and he turned back, but also nestled towards the wall, as if he did not really want people to pay attention to him
Wen Yiming table people do not know intentionally or unintentionally, anyway, the voice is not loud
Xu Wen deliberately stretched his ears to listen to it, but he couldn’t hear it too clearly
“Boss, the radio day after tomorrow next home ”
“As soon as possible the night is long and dreamy shipments back”
Xu Wen listened to half a day, only a few words in each sentence, and could not figure out what it meant, and skimmed her mouth to give up
She tilted her head to look at Lu Yuanzheng, saw Lu Yuanzheng lowered his eyebrows, fingertips tapping on the desktop, a thoughtful face
Xu Wen saw this and reached out and lightly touched Lu Yuanzheng’s arm, waiting for him to look over, and mouthed, “Can you hear it?”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded and shook his head, “I can’t quite hear it all”
Xu Wen was just a little curious about the contrast between Wen Yiming’s face and his face, but only a little When the food came up, his attention immediately shifted from Wen Yiming to the food
This year the ordinary people living conditions are limited, the amount of labor and large, rarely have obesity three high distress, each stomach lack of oil and water, are more like a little fatty food
Just Xu Wen do not know is the last life diet meal eating habit or this life also did not do so heavy work, still like beef, fish and shrimp more than meat, but also like light green vegetables
What Lu Yuanzheng ordered happened to be her favorite food
If the one ordering the food was someone else it might be a coincidence, but Lu Yuanzheng must not be
“Do you know know what I like to eat?” Xu Wen sincerely asked for advice
It seemed like she had just one lunch with Lu Yuanzheng and two picnics in her memory
Lu Yuanzheng took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick tube on the table, scalded them with hot water and handed them to Xu Man, while answering her, “It’s the time when I brought you to the wilderness to survive, I saw that you were a bit picky about what you ate, so I made a rough guess”
Among those wild game, Xu Man chucked pheasant meat slightly more often, then fish and shrimp
Dongsheng said red meat Xu Man only ate red meat not white meat
Cattle is now the most important labor force, in Wei Zhuang Commune cattle born, old, sick and dead have to report, want to buy beef is a little difficult
So he ordered a steamed fish and some seasonal vegetables
Xu Wen found that Lu Yuanzheng eating speed is quite fast, she only ate two bites, Lu Yuanzheng has finished eating and ready to put the chopsticks, put half, looked at Xu Wen, a slight hesitation and pick up the chopsticks again
“There’s no need to force yourself when you’re full, I’m fine with it” Xu Man opened his mouth
Lu Yuanzheng pondered obediently put his chopsticks down, rarely revealing a few blushes, “Sorry, I’m used to it”
Xu Man shook his head, “It really doesn’t matter”
Xu Man didn’t need Lu Yuanzheng to tell him that his eating speed was also one of his “habits”
What surprised Xu Wen was that even though Lu Yuanzheng ate quickly, his movements were elegant, and even when he devoured his food, he didn’t make any noise like chewing, swallowing, or touching his chopsticks to the bowl, which gave him a sense of being a nobleman
Watching him eat would increase his appetite and was pleasing to the eyes
“Boss, why did you rush back? If you hadn’t rushed back, we would have been able to press down two points at the very least”
The people at the table behind him had been acting like thieves with a particularly low volume, and suddenly a slightly angry questioning voice scared Xu Man so much that he almost dropped his chopsticks, and his gaze involuntarily shifted to Wen Yiming’s table
The man who shouted didn’t look too old, at most thirty years old
Sitting next to Wen Yiming is a girl who dresses very foreign style, permed with big wave curls, wearing Wei Zhuang Commune here can not buy fashionable clothes, an arm on Wen Yiming’s thigh, a hand in the heart of the heart patted twice toward the man who spoke a low reprimand: “Third brother, what are you yelling? Scared me to death” Turning his head again, he intimately patted Wen Yiming on his arm, “Yiming, why in the world did you drive for two days in a row to hurry back before?”
“Private matter” Wen Yiming opened his mouth, his voice was very faint, permeated with obvious impatience
His back was to Xu Wen, and Xu Wen couldn’t see his expression
The fashionable girl pouted, obviously a little unhappy, not knowing what she remembered she smiled again and tried, “I heard that you came back that night and went to the place where First Middle School was training to look for a female student Yiming, that female student is your new object?”
The third brother was a bit anxious again, “Boss, the brothers put their heads on the waistband of their pants to hang out with you for that bit of pornography You can’t believe that just to see a female student almost let the brothers put their lives in, Xiao Wu is still lying in the hospital!”
The fashionable girl twisted her head and glared at Third Brother, then turned her head again and smiled at Wen Yiming, “Yiming, didn’t you say that men have to prioritize their career and won’t be looking for a date for the past few years? What kind of girl has moved your mortal heart?”
Xu Wen’s eyebrows twitched, the female student they were talking about wouldn’t be her, would it?
This girl’s sidetracks were permeated with acidity, and that Han’s words sounded like he was questioning for money
Wen Yiming heavily placed the wine glass he was playing with on the table, his voice was not loud but just a few points colder: “Finished? What? Now you feel aggrieved to follow me? Who wants to feel aggrieved can still quit! I will not stop As for my personal matters, there is no need to report to you”
After he finished speaking, he got up and left without even looking back
Xu Man looked at Wen Yiming’s back and muttered in a low voice, “Boss? Is Wen Yiming mixed up?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “Not like that”
“This person either has a split personality or is good at disguising himself, he’s like a different person from usual If it wasn’t for that lesbian calling out his name, I would have thought it was a face-off”
“Split personality? A face?”
“It’s a type of mental illness It’s equivalent to a person with two or more souls living in their body Face bumping means looking alike”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded, “Is everything taught in school nowadays so esoteric?”
Xu asked, “”
She lowered her head to pick up her rice as if she didn’t hear
In fact, she usually talk especially careful, but I do not know why in front of Lu Yuanzheng alert not up, the whole person especially relaxed
After the meal is more than six o’clock, Lu Yuanzheng to buy the pull and miscellaneous with a rope fixed in the rear frame, something a little more, the handlebars hang open
Xu Man can only sit on the front beam This position was a bit like being held in his arms, and Xu Man was more or less uncomfortable
Her back was pressed against his chest, and she could feel his heartbeat, which seemed to be a bit rapid
It turned out that Lu Yuanzheng wasn’t as calm as he seemed, like he had discovered an unsettling secret, the corners of Xu Man’s lips raised
This position is actually uncomfortable, but fortunately, the road is not far, and it did not take long to reach the cemetery
Lu Yongjun and Dongsheng were still frolicking around the sheep
Lu Yuanzheng asked Lu Yongjun to bring Dongsheng home
Dongsheng looked at Lu Yuanzheng and then at Xu Wen and asked him, “Where are you going? Are you going to Ma Ma’s house?”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded
Dongsheng gave an oh-so-sweet sound and took the initiative to hold Lu Yongjun’s hand and walked back, suddenly turning back after a few steps and shaking his little fist towards Lu Yuanzheng, “Go Daddy!”
Lu Yuanzheng lost his smile, “Good”
Xu asked, “”
She retrieved the whip used to drive the sheep and asked Lu Yuanzheng, whose long legs had already crossed over to the bicycle, “You still really want to go to my house?”
Lu Yuanzheng lightly tapped the gifts on the back seat, “Isn’t this all ready? You don’t want me to go?”
Xu Wen shook her head, not knowing what to say
Lu Yuanzheng would definitely not be able to go to her house without being given a hard time, she was a little worried
“Don’t worry, is your home harder to break into than the enemy borderline? Rest assured and wait for me to marry you!”
Xu Wen: “”
Look for you to be mad!
She looked up at Lu Yuanzheng and hummed, “I’m not worried, it’s not like I have to marry you!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Xu Wen finished and drove the sheep away
Lu Yuanzheng looked at her back and let out a light laugh, riding his bicycle to catch up with Xu Man, pressing the bell on the handlebars jingling
This place except for the ghost festival Spring Festival almost no one to come, Xu Man toes think also know is Lu Yuanzheng, deliberately pretending not to hear and do not look at him
She deliberately pretended not to hear him and did not look at him
Lu Yuanzheng is just teasing her, crossing her through the sheep, leaving a sentence: “You go home a little later, I will meet the old Tarzan’s wrath on the line”
Tarzan refers to the old husband
It wasn’t that Lu Yuanzheng wasn’t a gentleman who wouldn’t drive Xu Man, or push his bicycle to accompany her to drive the sheep home, he just wanted to convince her family before Xu Man got home
For one, his remaining vacation time is getting less and less, and two, he doesn’t want Xu Man to be told off by her family because of him
Xu Man: “”
Looking at Lu Yuanzheng’s back, he grunted twice, but his eyebrows were full of laughter
Xu Man sent the sheep back to the production brigade and hurried to his home
When Xu Man arrived at the door of his house, he didn’t see Lu Yuanzheng’s bicycle, and was about to walk towards the house when Zhu Meizhen, who was cooking outside, called out to him
“Ask, you’re just in time, help me watch the fire”
The Xu family had built a simple semi-open shed outside the door, and there was a small stove in the shed
Most people cook outside in the summer because it’s too hot, the room is like a steamer, and the heat from the fire is suffocating Secondly, there is no wind in the summer, in the room fire cooking, smoke often pouring into the room, choking people uncomfortable
Xu Man hesitated, but still walked to the stove and sat down to burn the fire, his eyes glanced into the room and pried with Zhu Meizhen: “Mom, frying so many dishes? Is there a guest in the house?”
“What guests? Aren’t these the leftovers from noon?” Zhu Meizhen took the towel hanging around her neck and wiped her sweat with one hand, while the other hand stirred in the iron pot, and added after a moment’s thought, “Comrade Xiaolu came by just now”
Xu asked: “”
So Lu Yuanzheng stayed for less than half an hour? Blown away?
Xu Wen was a little apprehensive, I guess this meal tonight will not be able to stop
I didn’t expect the meal to be over, but no one in the family mentioned it
Until Xu Qiushi put down his chopsticks and got up to walk out a few steps and then fell back, stopping in front of Xu Man, lowered his head and asked her: “Ask, marriage is not a child’s play, are you sure you want to marry Lu Yuanzheng?”
Xu Man was stunned, but still nodded
Xu Qiushi nodded as well, and said to Zhu Meizhen, “Tomorrow morning you’ll go sell two more chickens for some money to buy some vegetables”
Upon hearing this, Grandma pointed to the corner and said, “Didn’t Comrade Xiao Lu send some wine and meat? Do you still need to sell chickens? There are still greens in the vegetable garden too”
Those chickens are usually taken care of by grandma, and she was distressed to say that she would sell them
It is laying eggs!
Xu Qiushi sighed softly and asked his grandmother, “Mother, when we meet our in-laws tomorrow, is it appropriate for us to use the meat bought by our prospective son-in-law to treat our guests?”
It’s not appropriate
Grandma glanced at Xu Wen and didn’t say anything else
Zhu Meizhen muttered, “Even if we agree to ask about marrying over, there’s no need to be in such a hurry, right? Money is really tight at home these days Can’t we wait two more months? Let’s wait until after the fall to count the work credits”
“Can we wait for Comrade Lu?” Xu Qiushi stared, “Let’s do it! I’ll go find Uncle Dong and ask him to come tomorrow”
“Wait for me I’ll go find Director Li to pass a message to the Lu and Wen families By the way, let’s see about catching those two chickens tomorrow” Zhu Meizhen also put down her rice bowl and casually picked two items from the gifts brought by Lu Yuanzheng and went out the door with Xu Qiushi
Xu Wen swept his gaze around the sad faces of the Xu family and asked Xu Wen next to him in a low voice, “Brother, what’s the situation? Didn’t mom and dad still disagree at noon?”
Xu Wen squinted at Xu Man and said conspiratorially, “I can’t help it if someone’s elbow turns outward!” He pretended to let out a sigh, “A woman is too big to be left behind!”
Xu Man: “”
Who am I messing with?
Sang Xiaoqing raised her hand and slapped Xu Wen, warning him, “Speak properly” She turned her face to look at Xu Wen again, “Don’t pay any attention to him! He doesn’t want you to get married When you were herding sheep, Comrade Xiao Lu came by I don’t know what he said to our father Anyway, when he came in, our father was eager to slap him out with a shovel, but when he left, he sent his son-in-law off with a kind smile”
Xu asked, “”
Xu Wen sighed softly, “In fact, if we don’t come on this trip, our father would prefer Lu Yuanzheng”
He is the same
Men! Who doesn’t like to ride the battlefield? Certainly favor the road expedition such a good son to protect the family and defend the country
Compared to Wen Yiming’s kind of literate scholar, Xu Qiushi and Xu Wen both appreciate Lu Yuanzheng more
However, the admiration must be based on Xu Man’s happiness first
Xu Man is willing, Lu Yuanzheng also expressed the position, they naturally agreed
On the other hand, grandmother Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing still stood on Wen Yiming’s side
They both believed that Wen Yiming was the right man for Xu Man
Grandma beckoned for Xu Man to sit beside her, took Xu Man’s hand and said, “Ask, have you thought about it? Do you really want to be with the Lu family boy?”
Xu Man nodded
“You child, hitting on the right idea in a small way You have to think it over, this man you’ve chosen may bring you a lot of pride, but it will also make you shed a lot of tears”
Xu Wen understood what Grandma meant, being a military wife would bring countless praises and boasts Likewise, it would also bear pressures that unusual wives did not
For now, she felt fine, and was more comfortable living alone
Sang Xiaoqing hesitated to speak: “Ask, although I am your sister-in-law, but has always treated you as a sister I’ll say a few words that you may not want to hear, although Wen Yiming is not as tall as Lu Yuanzheng, his family conditions are actually much better than Comrade Lu’s family I’ve asked around, and his family’s financial situation is one of the best in our commune Marrying into the Wen family will save you a lot of money”
Xu Wen smiled at Sang Xiaoqing, “Sister-in-law, I know you’re doing this for my own good However, I think it’s important to live a life of firewood, rice, oil and salt, but it’s more important to be comfortable”
Sang Xiaoqing saw that her mind was made up and didn’t say anything else
Everyone pursues differently
Besides, she is not also in the crowd of blind date selected poor boy Xu Wen?
Sang Xiaoqing although not as beautiful as Xu asked, looks are also considered to be in the middle, when the family to matchmaking is not less, she hit the handsome Xu Wen
Fortunately, her family is also very satisfied with Xu Wen
Although the Xu family is poor, the bride price did not let her suffer
Married over, the family treated her better than her own family
After thinking about it, Xu Man asked Xu Wen, “Brother, what did Lu Yuanzheng say to Dad that made him change his mind so quickly and agree to our marriage?”