"So it's you..." With doubts about revealing a little secret, Tan Shuangxi awkwardly greeted Yang Zhaodi across the table. The conversation on the streets of Dongmen City more than a month ago was still fresh in their memories.
"I didn't expect that the fourth aunt didn't tell me." Yang Zhaodi's head was almost buried under the table, her hands were pulling at her braid nervously, her words were full of embarrassment.
Carrying an unspeakable secret to meet a man who may become her husband in the future, who happens to be in possession of this secret, there is nothing more shameful for a girl than this.
Tan Shuangxi looked at each other. Yang Zhaodi had dressed up deliberately today. Instead of wearing the indigo work clothes, she wore a blue dress with white florals. This kind of Song style women's clothing has become popular in Lingao.
But Yang Zhaodi's tall figure is not common among local women, and she has a different charm. The dark blue color that Tan Shuangxi has never seen sets off her fairer face than local girls, and her thick black hair is combed into a straight line.
The big braids and the red ribbon tied to the braids swayed with Yang Zhaodi's movements, attracting Tan Shuangxi's eyes and couldn't help but follow her.
The introducer named Fourth Aunt said with a smile: "Since you two know each other, I don't need to introduce you much. You can chat first." After that, he casually gave an excuse and left his seat.
It was still some time before noon, and there was almost no one in this public teahouse. In order to break the awkward atmosphere, Tan Shuangxi picked up the teapot and poured Yang Zhaodi a cup of tea, explaining: "I just took a vacation today and was going home.
As a result, I was asked to go on a blind date with the care of the battalion headquarters, and I told him that he was not a local, so I really didn’t know it was you."
Without the outsiders, Yang Zhaodi's face became a little better. She picked up the tea cup and took a sip. She still didn't dare to meet Tan Shuangxi's eyes. She lowered her head and looked at the tea cup in her hand and said: "The steel factory is going to Foshan in a group of people, including
My mother, she wants me to meet her husband's family before she leaves, and it's best to get married, so that she can feel relieved."
"Your mother is also doing your best, so you didn't tell her about Brother Li?" Tan Shuangxi thought that since there are no outsiders here, it would be easier to just make everything clear and save more time in the future.
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"I told my mother, but she disagreed. She said that Brother Li didn't know if he could do heavy work after being injured, and he was alone here with no relatives. If he gets married, he would have to serve a disabled person immediately." Yang Zhaodi.
Her eyes gradually turned red as she said, "Then I refused to go on a blind date, so she beat me and said I was disobedient..." As she spoke, a teardrop fell from her eyelids and wet the front of her clothes. Tan Shuangxi
My heart seemed like raindrops falling on the calm water, causing strange ripples.
"The Senate advocates freedom of love and marriage, and no one, including parents, is allowed to interfere." Tan Shuangxi said sternly, but suddenly realized that his voice was too loud, and quickly lowered his voice, "Don't worry about this, the Senate can help you.
Call the shots.”
Hearing this, Yang Zhaodi felt even more aggrieved, and her tears kept falling like broken beads. She choked up slightly and said: "The Senate? How can the Senate care about such trivial matters! My mother beat me, and I can't even fight.
She just came to give me some advice, to make me obedient, and to say that she was doing it for my own good."
"This, this..." Tan Shuangxi was a little embarrassed, thinking that all the elders were busy with everything, how could they care about such a small matter!
Seeing Yang Zhaodi's pear blossoms with raindrops, the waiters in the teahouse looked here from time to time. Tan Shuangxi couldn't sit still, and moved his right hand back to the towel tied to his satchel, but he didn't touch anything. He was wearing casual clothes today.
All the usual belongings were gone. Just when he was at a loss, a bamboo clip carrying a steaming snow-white towel was handed to Tan Shuangxi. He looked up and saw the teahouse clerk looking at him, thinking that this clerk was really discerning.
Yes! He quickly thanked me, took the towel and handed it over.
Yang Zhaodi wiped her eyes with a towel, covered her face to calm down, and finally raised her head with a tearful smile. Tan Shuangxi felt that he had been hit by a mini bullet, and it was a little difficult to breathe for a while.
"How about I help you talk to your mother? Otherwise, you and Brother Li are in a relationship. If you write a letter to the Political Office of the General Staff to complain, the army will definitely take care of it. Besides, the policy of the Senate is freedom of love and marriage.
No one can violate freedom. Whoever you like is who you like, and your mother has no right to interfere." Tan Shuangxi carefully put forward his suggestion.
Yang Zhaodi smiled bitterly, with bitterness and grievance hanging in the corners of her eyes: "It's none of my mother's business now. A few days ago, brother Li's comrade-in-arms wrote a letter saying that he was in love with a nurse in the hospital. This beating was for me.
It’s all in vain.”
This unexpected turn surprised Tan Shuangxi, and he felt sympathy and a little joy in his heart. His eyes followed Yang Zhaodi's tears falling from her cheeks to her chest, wetting a piece of her clothes. Tan Shuangxi also felt
The mood of Double Happiness is a little more restless.
"You've got to see a joke." Yang Zhaodi said with a wry smile while wiping her tears, "My mother said she wouldn't let me go home until she saw that I had a man, so I stayed in the dormitory on the farm and refused to go home, so she came to the farm again.
She taught me a lesson and even convinced the fourth aunt on the farm to introduce blind dates every day, but I have no interest at all - I really don’t want to get married so early." She said with a look of disinterest.
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Tan Shuangxi was a little eager to give it a try and wanted to express "I can do it too", but her mood suddenly faded away. Seeing how she was crying so sadly just now because of Brother Li, she suddenly changed to the fact that she doesn't want to get married now - a woman's heart is deep in her heart.
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"I'm taking the B diploma exam now, and I'm also taking the finance class at night school." Yang Zhaodi hesitated for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Tan Shuangxi, looking directly into his eyes for the first time today, "I think I can pass the exam. Really.
, since I started working on the farm and went to night school, I realized that there are many more interesting things in the world than getting married. For example, when new crops are planted on the farm, some soil will be taken to the laboratory for testing, and then the laboratory will tell
What kind of fertilizer should we add? Sometimes we also need to add lime, but we can get a good harvest no matter what we plant. Do you think it’s strange or not? Also, the land is divided into acidic and alkaline. I tasted it secretly and didn’t feel it was sour. Wu
The chief couldn't help laughing when he found out..." At this point, a bright light flashed in her eyes.
"With a Class B diploma and an accounting certificate, it will be easy to find a job. I heard from the farm clerk that with this, it is not difficult to find a job as an accountant in any factory or big store. The income is comparable to what it is now.
It’s much better. It’s not tiring. I’ve seen the financial ledger my mother made, and it’s simpler than what I learned in the accounting class.”
The more she talked, the more excited she became: "If you stay on the farm, the manager said that with this certificate, you can go to the finance office or management office. You don't have to work every day. You are just a 'cadre'. If you are willing to be transferred to a farm in other counties, you can also
It can be upgraded very quickly!”
When she spoke, her eyes shone with longing. Leaving the topic of relationships, Yang Zhaodi began to talk more, talking endlessly about anecdotes about the farm and night school, like a child traveling far away for the first time. Tan Shuangxi
Seeing her excited expression, I felt happy for her. Life is not only about Brother Li, but also a wider world.
"...Brother Shuangxi, what diploma did you take? It must be Category A, right?"
"Me? I didn't even pass the B diploma!" Tan Shuangxi shook his head helplessly, "I want to work hard during this vacation to pass the diploma so that I can become a candidate officer."
"What is a candidate officer?" Yang Zhaodi asked curiously.
"Once there is a vacancy in the position of an officer, you can fill it and become an officer."
"Oh, then I'm no longer an official." Yang Zhaodi was very happy, "Let's work hard together."
Tan Shuangxi laughed. He liked Yang Zhaodi's innocent look very much. After taking a sip of tea, he felt his stomach was empty, and then he realized that it was almost lunch time. He immediately asked:
"It's almost noon, let's eat something here to fill our stomachs."
"Um."
Tan Shuangxi immediately ordered two bowls of wontons. Only then did Yang Zhaodi remember that she had been talking all day, and she awkwardly asked the topic to Tan Shuangxi: "Brother Shuangxi, are you also on a blind date arranged by your family?"
"I was arranged by the Political Department," Tan Shuangxi said. "I only found out about this after the clerk from the battalion headquarters sent me a letter."
“The team is quite caring.”
"Yes." Tan Shuangxi hesitated, "Actually, I don't want to get married soon."
"Oh? Why." Yang Zhaodi suddenly became interested.
"Alas," Tan Shuangxi sighed, and recounted in detail what happened during the period after he came back to send death notices: first, he talked about Hu Weide and Tan Haonan's wife... and finally Li Anze's sister.
While talking, the waiter brought up two bowls of wontons. This is also a "traditional" snack that has become popular recently.
"I can't eat so much." Yang Zhaodi said, scooping out a few wontons from her own bowl and putting them into Tan Shuangxi's bowl.
This was a very intimate gesture. Tan Shuangxi's heart skipped a beat, but when he thought of what he had just said, his heart sank again.
He put a spoonful of chili pepper into the bowl. This was a new habit he had developed in the army. He felt that everything tasted more delicious this way. He hesitated for a moment, thinking about how to express it so that Yang Zhaodi would understand what he meant, so as not to be confused.
Misunderstand.
"After all, soldiers have to go to war. No matter how victorious the Fubo Army is, there will still be casualties. When the common people welcomed our triumphant return, the transport ships unloaded the wounded one after another in Ma Niao. Not to mention those who could not return.
Everything that comes is turned into a death notice. Once on the battlefield, there is no smoke. No matter what kind of person you are, no matter how great a hero you are, if you are hit by bullets and cannonballs, you will still have to go through the gate of hell - most likely you will not come back.