Chapter 9
“What did you say?” Xu Wen suspected he was sleepwalking
It was much easier to say even more difficult words a second time Lu Yuanzheng spoke again with less blushing and more t apprehension, “I said, are you willing to marry me?”
Xu asked, “????”
She winced and instantly sobered up a few points
Is it this exciting early in the morning?
She casually hung her satchel on the stone monument and swept her gaze around, the grass swaying in the earth-brown graves, the dense green stone monuments like silent onlookers
It just felt ridiculous
For the first time in two lifetimes, being proposed to for the first time was actually in a mound?
Xu Wen blinked, looking left and right still feeling unreal, and asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Why do you suddenly want to marry me?”
Lu Yuanzheng hesitated a little and decided to tell the truth: “I’ve heard a little bit about the rumors about you in the commune in the past two days, and I should be responsible for the things that happened because of me” He pointed down to the pond at the hillside, “And there’s also the matter of that day as well”
Seeing the guilt evident on his face, Xu Wen sighed softly, unable to say whether she was disappointed or grateful
She shook her head, “I appreciate your willingness to take charge However, I refuse”
Lu Yuanzheng wasn’t surprised and spoke again, “I know that as a man with a child, or a man who doesn’t leave the house all year round, marrying me is indeed an aggravation for you It’s just that I’ve heard something about you in the past few days”
It is not that he gossip, the main production team are now talking about Xu Man with him, do not want to hear can not be shelved right and left neighbors to him in front of the sidebar
He paused, weighing his words, “I heard that your family is having some difficulties with housing You hide here every day to take a shower just because ”
Xu Wen clasped his hands to his chest and interrupted him with a defensive expression, “How do you know that I bathe here every day?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He abruptly reddened, “Don’t misunderstand! I’m not stalking you nor am I a hooligan This pond was originally my family’s Later, because of the bad location, the public did not want it to be deserted here I have the habit of waking up early in the army, come back for a moment and can not change, nothing to come to fish, every time I come ”
He pointed to the sheep grazing not far away, “Seeing those sheep, I knew it was you”
But he didn’t hurry to leave, afraid of happening again last time, will stand over here for a while, every time waiting for her to finish washing over the hillside to come before quietly leaving
Lu Yuanzheng about the relationship between the occupation, standing straight, this moment at a loss for words, like the teacher’s office to be reprimanded students
Xu Wen hooked his lips, “Don’t get excited, I believe you!”
Being interrupted by Xu Man, Lu Yuanzheng instantly forgot where he was talking about and what he wanted to say below, and raised his hand to touch the back of his head in a hasty manner, and laughed
Seeing that he was really nervous, Xu Wen’s eyes curved and gave him a chat, “What else have you heard about me?”
Xu Wen was already good-looking, and when she smiled like this, she looked like a flower swaying in the spring breeze, pleasing to the eyes
Lu Yuanzheng blushed and averted his eyes, his brain was a little blank, feeling more nervous than when listening to the chief’s training, his hands and feet didn’t know where to put them for a while, he habitually straightened his back, his two hands were vertically pressed against the seams of his pants, standard military posture, and his tone of voice was also dry like a report, “I’ve also heard that your sister-in-law is pregnant as well as you’re going to look for a partner”
“Then you’re well-informed enough” Xu Wen bristled, not mocking, just marveling at the power of word of mouth
Lu Yuanzheng cleared his throat, and his hand, which could usually keep a dry and steady grip on his gun even when surrounded by enemies, was now sticky in the palm of his hand
He turned his back and rubbed his hand on his shirt, his fingers brushing against the ends of his eyes, “Anyway, it’s because of me that you’re being talked about Marrying me will calm the gossip to a certain extent It will also solve some of your life’s problems I have five rooms you leave a room for Dongsheng, the rest you can deal with on your own, and also solve your inconvenient bathing problem It’s not safe here in the end in the wilderness, and besides, it’ll be cooler in a few days it’s easy to catch a cold bathing outside”
Xu Man rounded his eyes
This meant that if she married him, the house would belong to her? Even letting her family live there was no problem?
Her eyes could speak
Lu Yuanzheng easily read her unspoken words, nodded with a smile, and continued, “I still have a monthly allowance and usually have no place to spend it, so it’s more than enough for you to go to school”
“Sounds perfect!” Xu Wen exclaimed
Simply the ideal life in the minds of many lesbians
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He shook his head, “Under normal circumstances, I’m certainly not an ideal match I’m older than you, I’m still away from home for years with a child, so maybe any meeting will be goodbye forever”
Xu Wen is so young and beautiful, there are a lot of young people in the commune who like her, just pick a few of them are better than him Including the comrade with glasses that night
Xu Man admitted that she was a little moved
Every single thing Lu Yuanzheng said hit her point
It allowed her to realize the freedom of her room, the freedom to bathe, and the freedom to go to school
It’s just that these words from Lu Yuanzheng didn’t look like a marriage proposal, but more like a deal
Since it was a deal then there had to be a back and forth to make it fair
Xu Man shook his head, “This is too unfair to you” There was only give and take without return
“Actually, I also have a request If it’s possible I would like you to help me take care of Dongsheng when I return to my unit Don’t worry, it won’t delay you from going to school, and you can usually put him in my uncle’s house”
He came back this time just to settle Dongsheng, originally thought of entrusting the house and Dongsheng to his uncle’s family, but did not expect such an accident with Xu Man
Speaking of Dongsheng, Xu Wen remembered a question: “When did Dongsheng’s mom die?”
Dongsheng seemed to have no memory of his mom
“When Shengdong was born”
“A difficult labor?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “Gunshot wound At that time, the situation was a bit dangerous, the child and adults could only save one Dongsheng’s mom strongly requested to save the child, no anesthetic birth dissected, after Dongsheng was born she only had time to take a look and left”
“Ah!” Xu Wen exclaimed, his heart aching a few more points for Dongsheng It turned out that he didn’t have a mother at birth, and it turned out that Dongsheng’s mother was so great
Lu Yuanzheng nodded
“Sorry!” Xu Man blamed himself a little, he shouldn’t have talked about this topic
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “Dongsheng is a posthumous son”
Xu Man let out an oh, then reacted, staring daggers at Lu Yuanzheng
If she remembered correctly, posthumous child basically meant that the child’s father had died during the child’s mother’s pregnancy
Xu asked, “????”
The amount of information was a bit too much for her to react to
Dongsheng was a posthumous child, Dongsheng’s mother had died while giving birth to him, so what was the relationship between Lu Yuanzheng and Dongsheng?
“Dongsheng’s first name is Li Zheng, his father’s name is Li Huainian was my comrade in arms He died while covering the retreat of the army” Lu Yuanzheng explains, and then adds, “Whether you agree to marry me or not, please keep it a secret I don’t want people to talk about him, and I don’t want him to live at the mercy of others When he comes back, he will always claim that he is my son, and I hope that he can grow up healthy and happy like an ordinary child”
Xu Man nodded
Little Dongsheng was unexpectedly an orphan from birth
Her heart was immediately filled with pity, this child was just too heartbreaking
She complimented from the bottom of her heart, “You’re also great, sacrificing so much for him”
According to this statement, Lu Yuanzheng is also still an unmarried young man, knowing that carrying Dongsheng and claiming his biological son to the outside world will make many marriageable lesbians shun him
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “What kind of what kind of sacrifice am I? For us to be able to return safely from the battlefield is a win Everything else is trivial, and besides ,” he lifted his eyelids to glance at Xu Wen, “I have no plans to start a family before this”
“There’s still war in times of peace? Why have you changed your attention now?” Xu Man tilted his head, “According to you marrying me doesn’t seem to benefit you”
Xu Man’s six-foot-six height had to tilt his head to look at Lu Yuan Zheng, he was so tall!
Lu Yuanzheng nodded, “Peace at home, some of the borders are still unstable ”
This topic involves a lot of confidentiality, so Lu Yuanzheng doesn’t want to talk about it more and directly answers the next question, “Settling Dongsheng is enough for me Changing my attention is because I should be responsible for you”
He lowered his eyes to look at Xu Wen, “I still have a month’s vacation So there isn’t much time left for you to consider, so please consider it carefully If you agree, I’ll ask a matchmaker to come to my door to talk about marriage, and we’ll get married before I leave”
Xu Man shook his head without thinking, “My family won’t agree”
Lu Yuanzheng froze then laughed, the sound coming from his chest was a bit low, Xu Man abruptly reddened, her cheeks inexplicably a bit hot
“Then you’re agreeing to this? As long as you agree, leave your parents’ side of the family to me Tomorrow I’ll go to your door to propose marriage?”
Xu Wen was taken by surprise, so ashamed that her face burned, her mind went blank and she turned her head to run, “I’ll reconsider”
Behind her, Lu Yuanzheng called out to her, and when she heard his voice Xu Man ran faster, not listening carefully to what he shouted
Only when she arrived home did she remember that not only did she not take a shower today, she even forgot about the sheep
No wonder Lu Yuanzheng kept shouting at her
That is the production team’s sheep, really lost she can not afford to lose, Xu Wen resigned to go back
Nearly an hour had passed since then
Lu Yuanzheng do not know where to get a straw hat, the corner of the mouth reveals half a dog tail grass, lazy leaning on a half a person high stone monument, the old God in the sheep
It is hanging on the body just Xu asked to drop the red bottom of the floral cloth schoolbag, visually some of the words are difficult to say!
A masculine energy is destroyed, some comical Like a two fools
Dongsheng also appeared out of nowhere, and was happily pulling up some grass and chasing after the lamb to feed it
When Lu Yuanzheng saw Xu Man, he waved his hand, “Coming?”
His tone was as familiar as if he was meeting an old friend
Xu Man skimmed his lips and muttered in a low voice, “I don’t know if it’s because he’s thick-skinned or has good mental strength! He’s completely different from the proposal just now, he’s not a schizophrenic, is he?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
His ears were trained, his hearing was much better than ordinary people, and he happened to be able to hear Xu Qi’s mutterings
This little girl looked like she knew what she was talking about, but her speech was really damaging!
He pretended not to hear and asked Xu asked, “What did you say?”
Xu Wen straightened her face and said in a serious manner, “I said, thank you for helping me herd the sheep”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
This girl is suitable for singing Sichuan opera
Lu Yuanzheng handed Xu Man’s flowery school bag to her, “Go take a bath! I’ll keep an eye out for you”
Xu Man: “”
It’s only more insecure with you around, right?
She hesitated but took the cloth bag and said thanks
Belabored as she was, Lu Yuanzheng was very trustworthy regardless of his person or profession
Xu Wen admitted that this was the most peaceful and relaxing time she had ever bathed in the wilderness
She had just finished washing, and was still wearing all her clothes and fastening her buttons, when she saw Dongsheng running over in a hurry, shouting as he ran, “Ma Ma, you should come with me! There are bad people to catch you!”
Xu asked, “”
Wouldn’t it be a total loss to run with you?
She hurriedly fastened the remaining buttons, did not care to wipe her hair, packed up the dirty clothes and put them in her backpack, and asked Dongsheng, who was anxiously waiting for her on the hillside, “Where are the bad guys coming from?”
“Just the bad guy who sat with you that day wearing glasses”
After Dongsheng finished speaking, Xu Wen also reached the top of the hill and saw Lu Yuanzheng with his back to this side in front of Wen Yiming who was pushing his bicycle