70s happy little days on the island

Chapter 31-40

Chapter 31

Fangyuan grabbed Gu Tinglan and came to the rescue: "Children, please sit in the classroom first. We are checking for danger outside, so don't come out yet. Xiao Gu! Come with me."

Hua Ya looked at the tall and thin Wang Tianzhu and gestured with his hand.

Wang Tianzhu shook his face and said, "What do you want to do?"

Hua Ya said: "You are not as tall as me."

Wang Tianzhu was extremely annoyed: "Can you use civilized language?"

His heart was pounding, and he was about to have a good talk with Hua Ya when he was called into the classroom by Guan Li.

Wang Tianzhu was not afraid of Guan Li at all. He rolled his eyes and sat in the last row, rubbing his chest and feeling sorry for the firecrackers he had just thrown.

"Comrade, for the safety of the students, I closed the door first." Guan Li said to Hua Ya expressionlessly.

Hua Ya didn't think there was any problem, so she stretched out her hand to hold the doorknob and said, "I'll close it for you."

"Boom!" The classroom door closed against Guan Li's nose, making a loud sound.

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Guan Li's temples jumped a few times.

She faced the door with a dark face and didn't turn her head for a long time.

There was silence in the classroom, and the children's instincts told them that this was not the time to mess around.

Outside, Fangyuan said to Gu Tinglan, "How can I introduce them to each other like this? Can you be more considerate?"

Gu Tinglan didn't know anything else, but he was very self-aware that Teacher Guan would be unhappy when he saw him.

"Listen to my sister-in-law, you can hold the parent-teacher meeting by yourself first, and let Xiaozhu and the second sister digest it today. I will tell the second sister about Wang Tianzhu's parents in the evening." Fangyuan sighed and glanced at Wang Tianzhu's classroom. , just in time to see Lin Bayi who was trying to sneak away.

"Stop! I just asked Teacher Chen. The parent-teacher meeting will be held as normal. Don't try to run away." Fang Yuan nodded to Gu Tinglan and stepped forward to catch Lin Bayi, who also wanted to escape from the parent-teacher meeting.

Gu Tinglan also felt that it was too hasty and should choose an auspicious day on the lunar calendar.

Hua Ya's character is more innocent than Wang Tianzhu's. I hope they don't dislike each other. Especially Wang Tianzhu's bad temper, he needs to be vaccinated first.

Gu Tinglan sighed regretfully, he had to come to the parent-teacher conference by himself.

Looking at the time, Gu Tinglan told Fangyuan that he planned to take Huaya to the supply and marketing cooperative first. Teacher Chen said that the noon study class would not let out because he was worried that the students would encounter danger on the way home. He would wait until the investigation was completed before letting the parents who had held the parent-teacher conference take them back. As for lunch, you don't need to worry about it. People in the cafeteria will bring it to you as usual.

This way they don't have to go to Fangyuan's house for lunch at noon. Gu Tinglan thought for a while and asked Huaya: "I heard that a batch of new yarn has arrived from the supply and marketing cooperative. It is Sable brand yarn. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Hua Ya likes knitting sweaters very much. At first she had no money to buy yarn, so she took apart the pairs of white labor gloves she had saved and knitted a sweater. In this day and age, white doesn't look good, so she dyes it with pomegranate peels. If you don't have a crochet hook, just use a toothbrush handle and a crochet hook tip to simply make it.

Most people don't know how to dye pomegranate peels. After Hua Ya couldn't run in the mountains in her previous life, she relied on this craft to support her family.

"I don't have a ticket." Hua Ya hesitated.

Gu Tinglan smiled and said, "Go wait for me downstairs in the dormitory for a while."

Gu Tinglan's dormitory is just behind the office building, and there are two people sharing a room.

Since the two were not married, it was not convenient for him to bring Hua Ya into a dormitory filled with gay men. He took Hua Ya under a pavilion, took off his scarf and wrapped it around Hua Ya: "For ten minutes at most, don't talk to these men. Those people are He's a bad guy, do you remember?"

He could remember how many people were swayed by Hua Ya's face that night at the bonfire. He couldn't hide such a little girl, so he could only talk to her tirelessly.

He didn't get the red book at all, and he was worried about it.

Hey, man, he is so insecure.

Gu Tinglan settled the flowers and trotted towards the dormitory. When he came out with the aluminum lunch box, he saw Hua Ya squatting on the ground with her back to him.

Gu Tinglan went over and saw Hua Ya looking at a dying petrel.

Gu Tinglan had a strong feeling, but the words came to his lips and he couldn't say them out.

The natural air in the flower buds is like the birds between heaven and earth, yearning for the higher sky without restraint. It's just that one relies on the wings and the other relies on the hands.

"Bury it." Hua Ya held the little petrel that had lost its breath and said to Gu Tinglan.

For a moment, Gu Tinglan had the illusion of wings growing from behind the flower buds.

"Okay?" Seeing that he didn't answer, Hua Ya asked again.

"good."

He took Hua Ya to find a piece of soft land. Before Hua Ya could do anything, Gu Tinglan gave her the aluminum lunch box, while he took off his gloves and dug the soil bit by bit.

After burying the little Haiyan, Gu Tinglan carefully observed Hua Ya's expression. Fortunately, he was not that sad. Maybe for the flower buds it's just a return to nature.

"What's in this?" Hua Ya asked, weighing the aluminum lunch box.

Gu Tinglan laughed at her careless look and wiped his hand on the snow. A white handkerchief embroidered with a small flower appeared under his eyes.

Hua Ya is very embarrassed. This handkerchief was used for the nosebleed that day. However, she cleaned herself up carefully and hoped that Gu Tinglan would accept her kindness.

Gu Tinglan spread his hands and said mysteriously: "You wipe it for me and I'll tell you."

There is nothing wrong with Hua Ya. She holds his hand and rubs the white handkerchief up.

Gu Tinglan was naturally reluctant to let his handkerchief get soiled. He stopped Hua Ya and said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll go over and wash it. I'll be back soon."

He ran to the bathroom of the office building and washed his hands. When he returned to Hua Ya, Hua Ya was still waiting for him motionless. Gu Tinglan deliberately waved his hand in front of Hua Ya and said, "The water is really cold."

As expected, Hua Ya took the bait, took out her handkerchief again, took Gu Tinglan's hand and wiped it for him.

Gu Tinglan was satisfied and stood next to Hua Ya. If you lower your head, you can even see the tiny hairs on the tips of the flower buds' ears.

The powerful big hands were held by the soft little hands, and the calloused fingers were wiped one by one, giving a feeling of being cherished.

Gu Tinglan couldn't help but move his Adam's apple, and he felt itchy in his throat.

He could smell the faint fragrance of the flower buds. It was a fragrance that belonged exclusively to her and grew wildly between heaven and earth. The Lingxiao flower has its own pride, which is different from other giant flowers on the ground. It is never willing to bow its head and maintains a holy posture. Don't be afraid of hardships and climb bravely. A flower with such a temperament, like the person in front of me, has a delicate and extraordinary appearance. Let the one you love wish you could crush her into pieces and soak her in your bones.

Hua Ya stretched out her hand and patted Gu Tinglan's face gently. Gu Tinglan suddenly woke up, grabbed her hand, and couldn't help but kiss the palm of her hand.

Hua Ya quickly retracted her hands and hugged her, staring at Gu Tinglan with her big black eyes.

"Your palms smell delicious." Gu Tinglan said.

Hua Ya said seriously: "We are not married yet."

Gu Tinglan was happy: "Then we can kiss after we get married?"

Hua Ya thought this point of view was okay and nodded: "Yeah."

Gu Tinglan was addicted to teasing and said, "Where can I kiss you?"

Hua Ya's face suddenly turned red and she became a person who never meant what she said: "I won't kiss you anywhere."

Gu Tinglan was not a human being, so he pretended to be unhappy: "You said you can kiss me anywhere."

She subconsciously reached out and wanted to hit Gu Tinglan, but Gu Tinglan dodged.

"Oh, it's really shocking." He almost received another shameful iron fist.

If he keeps holding his stomach for a few more days, Xiao Guazi will definitely take him to the military hospital for a gastroscopy. A few days ago, Xiao Guazi was confused and muttered to everyone: When did my commander get stomachache?

Gu Tinglan was just teasing people, but belatedly realized that when he just asked "I can kiss you when you get married", Hua Ya answered "Yeah"!

This means that Hua Ya also wants to marry him, right? !

That must be it.

Gu Tinglan's application report has been prepared and is waiting to be submitted to the army after formal friendly consultations with Comrade Hua Ya on the marriage issue.

The right time, the right place, the right people, he showed Hua Ya a bright smile with eight teeth, and decided to ask formally.

"Comrade Hua Ya, when I said the word 'marriage' just now, you said 'hmm'. Did I hear you correctly?"

Hua Ya looked at his suddenly serious face, nodded and said, "You have to be confident in your ears."

Gu Tinglan was overjoyed. He sat up happily and asked seriously: "Comrade Hua Ya, please listen to the question. Do you mean you are willing to marry me and be my wife?"

Hua Ya saw the deep anticipation in his eyes, thinking that this man would have random kisses after getting married. How come such a handsome man always loves to play rogue.

Gu Tinglan's smile became more and more forced, but Hua Ya didn't have a water cup in her hand, so there was no question of whether to scald her mouth or not.

"You clearly said 'hmm' just now." Gu Bajin felt aggrieved.

Hua Ya pinched his face. The touch of a man's skin was completely different from that of a woman's. It is more tough and feels hard and powerful. Of course, this may be due to thick skin.

"Hua Ya, think about it carefully, I will give you time." Gu Tinglan said gently.

Hua Ya felt warm in her heart. She had encountered too many people and things after coming out of home, and she really needed to digest them. It's not that I want to hang on to Gu Tinglan, I just want to sort out the complicated threads and use my best self to give Gu Tinglan a good answer.

In fact, she already had the answer in her mind. After thinking about it, she couldn't bear to keep Gu Tinglan waiting for too long. He is really a very good person in all aspects. Whether it is work or life, he gives her a great sense of security. This kind of care and love was something Hua Ya had never experienced before.

At this special moment, he was still willing to consider his heart, and Hua Ya was extremely moved.

What she had to think about was not whether to marry Gu Tinglan, but whether she was ready to marry such a good person as Gu Tinglan.

Maybe in two or three days, Hua Ya would be able to tell him the answer in person.

Hua Ya said softly: "Thank you, I will soon--"

Gu Tinglan said again: "Is three seconds enough?"

Hua Ya took a breath, a crack appeared on her expression, and the hand she raised to caress Gu Tinglan's cheek almost exhaled uncontrollably.

"Not enough." Hua Ya said with a cold expression.

"How long will it take?" Gu Tinglan began to brainstorm, racing against time to win over Comrade Hua Ya. He hesitated and took a big step forward: "Just one minute, no more."

"No." Hua Ya was extremely calm at this moment: "Let's not waver for a hundred years."

Chapter 32

Gu Tinglan almost sighed along the way.

I sent the flower buds downstairs without even planning to go upstairs.

Hua Ya looked back at him, weighed the aluminum lunch box and said, "What's inside -"

Gu Tinglan waved his hands feebly and said: "Money and money are all external things, you can take them. Anyway, a hundred years is enough for you. I'll tell you, I will lead the troops to train tomorrow. It will take about half a year." When Yue comes back, he will seal the island." Nothing can be accomplished by sealing the island.

Hua Ya showed a sly smile and flashed past Gu Tinglan's eyes. Gu Tinglan raised his head suddenly, Hua Ya's little hand patted his shoulder and said, "I want to call my dad."

"Not a hundred years ago?" Gu Tinglan said happily.

Hua Ya said, "You can wait if you want."

"No, no, no." Gu Tinglan grabbed Hua Ya's wrist, rubbed it with his thumb, and calmed his heartbeat before saying, "I pushed you too fast. You should talk to our father. We are in love. 1234." Oh my God, it's been a long time. Especially all aspects about me have been thoroughly investigated, and I very much meet the conditions of your dream lover."

Gu Tinglan thought that Hua Ya didn't like to speak too many words when communicating with others, so he said to Hua Ya: "Just wait, I will go to the office to write a speech for you in the afternoon. If you read it to our father, it will be perfect."

"No, no need." Hua Ya waved her hands hurriedly and said, "There are too many words, I don't want to miss them."

"Hey, what are you doing? Come up quickly." Fang Yuan stretched out his head from the balcony and saw the two of them lounging downstairs for a long time. There were two gods of plague sitting at home.

Gu Tinglan saw Fangyuan gesturing over there, silently inviting him to go upstairs.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Hua Ya's sister-in-law was his sister-in-law, and Hua Ya's sister was his sister. You must go upstairs.

"Oh, you said you were too polite. What are you doing with all these things?" Fangyuan came back from the balcony and saw Li Jinhua and Li Yinhua in the room, and said annoyedly: "Your old horse has to come here, these are just for you." I'll give you food reserves for the winter. You gave us so much dried fish, but your family won't eat fish in the winter?"

To be honest, Lin Bayi was injured when he was engaged in construction in his youth and could not go to the sea to get some seafood in winter like other people. She can only dig out the ice and fish during her breaks. Over the years, she has been accustomed to finding people to buy fish.

Dried fish is not valuable on the island. What is valuable is that if you take other people's things, your hands will become short. After eating other people's food, your mouth becomes soft. Among the family members she least wanted to see were these sisters, so how could she accept gifts from them. And the gift was unclear. If we want to give it to Hua Ya, then it wouldn't be right for Hua Ya to take so long to deliver it. If it was an apology, it wouldn't be wrong. We are not such narrow-minded people.

Hua Ya and Gu Tinglan came back one after the other. Hua Ya was changing her shoes at the door. Li Jinhua looked at her and felt that this sister who also came from the countryside was more hygienic. If she hadn't reminded her when she entered the house, Li Yinhua wouldn't have thought of changing her shoes on her own initiative. Even after changing it, he still complained about the trouble.

Hua Ya stood unsteadily on one foot, and Gu Tinglan silently stretched out his hand to put it under her elbow. Ignoring the two people who were fidgeting on the sofa, they were constantly thinking about how to come up with a speech that was both concise and able to express his excellence.

Just as the door was open, Li Ping from the opposite side came over with frozen pig skins. The two families always miss each other if they have some delicious food. She bought two kilograms of pig skins, cooked a small pot of pig skin jelly, and divided half of it over.

"I won't go in." Li Ping handed the pig skin jelly to Hua Ya. After Hua Ya thanked her, Gu Tinglan took it from her hand naturally.

The atmosphere between the two was particularly harmonious, and the sisters-in-law could not help but nod their heads.

"Xiao Gu, you should also stay and try Sister-in-law Li's cooking." Fangyuan said to Gu Tinglan: "Old Lin is still in the study class taking care of the aftermath. If he doesn't come back at noon, you will eat at my house. After eating, you will go to the parent-teacher meeting in the afternoon. "

Naturally, Gu Tinglan would not refuse, so he walked down the slope and nodded.

Li Yinhua's heart was twitching. She couldn't see the incomprehensible atmosphere between Hua Ya and Gu Tinglan. The last time I saw them downstairs, I didn't think they were a match. Today, they felt particularly close. No one would believe them unless I told them they were a match.

She sat on the sofa without saying anything and looked at Hua Ya's face without leaving any trace. This face is pretty and pure, which really makes women jealous.

The name of the flower bud is correct, it is indeed a beautiful flower bud in bud.

"Wash your hands and go." Gu Tinglan said.

Hua Ya: "Yeah." He casually put the aluminum lunch box on the dining table.

Li Yinhua discovered that all the clothes on Hua Ya were brand new, and she guessed that they were purchased here. The jealousy in my heart is even stronger, because I have a good face. I heard that I haven't finished junior high school, so I have an elementary school culture. Gu Tinglan is a college student in Beijing, and he may not have a common language when getting along in the future. As time goes by, you will naturally get tired of it.

Before that, Li Yinhua planned to build a good relationship with Fangyuan, and would occasionally come and sit in front of Captain Gu to build a good impression. Although she is also illiterate, she is taking literacy classes, which makes her much better than Hua Ya, who is illiterate. In addition, she is considerate, gentle and virtuous, which can relieve boredom much more than that taciturn Hua Ya.

Why do you say that famous saying?

Opportunities only come to those who are prepared.

Fangyuan came out of the kitchen and noticed Li Yinhua's disdainful gaze on Hua Ya. Fangyuan is someone who has been there, how could he not know Li Yinhua's little thoughts. Gu Tinglan and Hua Ya went to the bathroom to wash their hands and put the fried gourd silk on the table.

Li Jinhua got busy and said to Fangyuan: "We have to leave too -"

But Li Yinhua stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law Fang, let me serve you the food."

She saw an aluminum lunch box on the dining table, thought it was food brought over, and opened it casually.

"Oh my god, why are there so many bills!" Fangyuan quickly closed the aluminum lunch box and glared at Li Yinhua and said, "Who told you to touch other people's things casually?"

Gu Tinglan came out and picked up the aluminum lunch box again, handed it to Hua Ya calmly and said, "Put away our belongings. This is all the wealth I have accumulated over the years."

Li Yinhua seemed to be choked by someone and couldn't breathe. She saw the colorful bills mixed inside that seemed to blind her. There are not only many passbooks inside, but also a large number of bills mixed together. Cloth tickets, sewing tickets, bicycle tickets, semiconductor tickets, tea tickets, candy tickets, etc., you can tell at a glance that they are all there. There are also four watches, Parker pens, military medals and other precious items.

She asked about Li Jinhua's family's income and knew that Ma Jianzhong did not have that much. Only then did she deeply realize how solid her family background was, which she had accumulated over the past ten years through her military rank, status, and military achievements. Just the thick stack of merit certificates in the lunch box is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Does Li Yinhua dare to think about it? Don't dare.

In the beginning, those who did not know were not guilty, but now they are intimidated.

This was far beyond her reach.

If you ask her to miss someone else's old hen that can lay 100 eggs a day, she will dare. If you ask her to think about other people's old hens that can lay 1,000 eggs a day, she won't hesitate. But if you let her think about someone else's fighting chicken that can lay ten thousand golden eggs, you won't dare to kill her.

Before Li Jinhua could pull her away, she hurriedly said to Fang Yuan, "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it."

"Please come back." Gu Tinglan asked.

He definitely didn't know that in Li Jinhua's heart, he was a fighting chicken that was too powerful to be taken home, and she watched the sisters leave indifferently.

"It's really weird. What on earth did they come here for? I asked them to take the things back." Fangyuan originally thought that Li Yinhua was here to poach, but it doesn't look like it now. It's really annoying to be tampering with people even in other people's homes.

Gu Tinglan knew the reason but didn't say anything, for fear of dirtying their ears. If you have this kind of scheming time, why not improve yourself here. No matter what, it's better than their conditions in the village.

"There is nothing delicious about dried fish. Some people are willing to drink wine and grill it to eat with wine. We don't drink often, so it's useless to ask for it. Tomorrow the icebreaker will go out to sea with the fishing boat, and I will get some big fish for you to dry. , even if it is dried and cut into sections and steamed to eat, the meat will still be tender." Gu Tinglan saw Hua Ya opening the aluminum lunch box, sorting out the bills inside one by one, and then tied them up with rubber bands and put them in the lunch box.

Seeing that Huaya did not reject these things, Gu Tinglan curled her lips, feeling sure that she had some confidence.

The little girl is not a person who embezzles other people's things. After wearing the cotton-padded clothes and shoes he gave her last time, she returned the gift with wild ginseng slices and other medicinal materials, which were considered more precious than what he gave her. This time I put it away calmly and carefully. It can be seen that I want to live with him. Otherwise, no matter what you ask for, the little girl won't accept it.

My heart is clear and my face is brighter. Gu Tinglan finished his meal simply, and in a short time he said to Hua Ya with a sad face: "I'm going to hold a parent-teacher meeting at the brat's place. By the way, sister, you can take Hua Ya to the supply and marketing cooperative to look at wool. I heard that the new Here comes a batch of yarn. Let your sister take my money, and you can supervise her for me. Don't let her pay for it herself."

"Sure." Fang Yuan said with a smile.

Gu Tinglan came to the door and told Fangyuan, "Don't let her buy soda to drink, it's too cold."

"I know, I know." Fang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.

Fangyuan agreed with Lin Bayi that his parents would let him go. In the afternoon, Fangyuan was asked by Gu Tinglan to take Hua Ya to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy wool.

The salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperative are all members of the military. When the weather gets cold, they all wear tight clothes and sit around the stove in the supply and marketing cooperative. Someone came to buy something, so he got up to get it. Then he continued to sit by the fire and wrote on the small blackboard: Today's new product - wool.

After staying in 031 for a long time, they all look familiar to each other even if they haven't spoken to each other. The military family members were not too lax and worked in an orderly manner. The main thing is to keep things quiet when there are many people and act according to the rules and regulations. When the people from the supply and marketing cooperative saw Fangyuan, some nodded, some said hello, and then everyone was busy with their own business.

"This place is also under the management of Aunt Gao, and their work is assigned by the family committee." Fangyuan and Hua Ya stood at the counter together, while the salesperson was still putting yarn in the glass display window of the counter. Now the wool is still as loose as vermicelli, and I have to go home and roll it into a ball.

Hua Ya thought about the monotonous yarn. Gray, maroon and dark blue are all available, and black can be knitted into a turtleneck sweater.

She still had more than 80 yuan in her hand, and she was embarrassed to take the 100 yuan from Gu Tinglan's aluminum lunch box.

One pound of pure wool medium-thick thread can be purchased for seventeen yuan and eight cents. Generally, adult sweaters cost about two pounds with thick thread, one and a half pounds with medium-thick thread, and almost one pound with thin thread.

Gu Tinglan had broad shoulders and long legs, so Hua Ya planned to give him an extra two or two strands.

"The black medium-thick thread costs two pounds and eighty taels, and the gray medium-thick thread costs one and a half pounds." After Hua Ya said this, Fangyuan was startled. Fangyuan said to Hua Ya, "How many sweaters do you plan to knit? These are enough for you to wear. People here don't know how to knit sweaters, and all we wear are cotton-padded jackets. You can buy as much as you need, but we can't sell them all at once."

Hua Ya didn't hide it, and said frankly: "Knit a sweater and pants for Gu Tinglan." In fact, there was also Wang Tianzhu. But she didn't tell Fangyuan.

Fangyuan had no reason to care about this. When she was young, she knitted a waistcoat for Lin Bayi. If I hadn't been clumsy, I wouldn't have shrunk the waistcoat into a scarf and the scarf into a handkerchief.

"Are you really good at knitting?" Fangyuan really couldn't tell that Hua Ya had such a skill.

Huaya not only knows how to knit, but her knitting is better than those sold outside. During the years when she set up a stall to sell sweaters, they were all sold out. Many people came to her to order fresh styles.

"I can, very well." Hua Ya raised her chin proudly.

Chapter 33

Hua Ya chose another three pounds of wool in other colors and planned to knit a sweater and trousers for Wang Tianzhu. Then I walked to the daily necessities area, found the salesperson there and said, "Labor protection gloves, twenty pairs."

The salesperson thought he had heard wrong and said to Hua Ya: "Comrade, the quality of our labor protection gloves is very good. A pair of gloves can last for two years. You can't use them all if you buy so many."

Hua Ya shook her head: "I've used it all."

She is interested in the white thread of labor protection gloves, which can be woven into white sweaters, white socks, white waistcoats, etc. The thin threads are warm and dense, and they are quite comfortable to wear after softening. This time she will knit a few pairs of socks. Next year she will look for the first opportunity to save some materials that can be dyed to make the pale winter colorful.

"Don't buy crochet hooks. We have them at home. The ones I bought last time were unused for many years. Fortunately, I didn't throw them away."

This time Huayu spent one hundred and fifty yuan. After knowing the amount, Fang Yuan couldn't help but remind her and said, "Even if Xiao Gu can make money, you can't spend it so lavishly."

"I can also make money." Hua Ya's mind was entirely on wool, and she felt that the money was well spent. But what Fangyuan said was right, Hua Ya said "hmm" again, turned to Fangyuan and said, "I will knit these for you after I finish knitting them."

Fangyuan said cheerfully: "Then I'd like to thank you first. I haven't worn woolen clothes in these years. Even if there are family knitting in our army, the style is made of large flat stitches and is not good-looking at all. You come from the south You should be able to come over here, sweaters were originally invented over there."

"I know a lot." Hua Ya couldn't help showing a proud face.

"Okay, then I'm looking forward to the new sweater you gave me."

The aunt and sister-in-law returned home and boiled the wool in boiling water to disinfect it. It's cold outside, and wet wool will freeze quickly if left outside. The two of them put washed wool on the coffee table and dining table at home, hoping to dry it quickly.

"I don't need to buy wool. Do you think this old sweater of mine can still be used after taking it apart?" Fangyuan took off his labor protection gloves like a flower bud, and quickly finished taking apart a pair. She thought of the old sweater, the trousseau dress she had prepared when she got married, a bright red sweetheart-neck sweater.

I'm basically not wearing any now. Firstly, the color is too bright, and secondly, it's really cold because the sweetheart neckline exposes my neck.

Hua Ya took the sweater and looked at it briefly and said, "You can make it. If you don't like it, you can also bleach it."

"Dyeing? It would be great if I could really bleach and dye it. I don't know what I was thinking at that time. I thought I could stay young forever, so I picked a piece of red wool and asked someone to knit it. I also gave them three yuan and There are four eggs." Fang Yuan remembered the past and started talking.

"You said your eldest brother is so good at hiding things. We have been dating for two years, but he didn't tell me that he was a soldier. If he hadn't been injured and lost contact with the army, he would have asked me to hand over the things to the Ruan brigade here. He also said that Ruan Lu is his uncle, and he can rest assured knowing that he broke his leg while transporting sand and cannot come back."

Fangyuan said with joy, as if what happened many years ago was still happening before her eyes.

"My parents think he works too hard. He is just a sand digger, and all he digs is sea sand. This person belongs to the group who wants money rather than his life." Fang Yuan took the thread Hua Ya handed her and wrapped it back and forth with both hands. He said: "I want to marry your eldest brother, even if he is a lame or a paralytic. My parents had no choice but to agree to the marriage. At that time, I was almost laughed to death by people in our small fishing village. . They say that sand diggers are worse than fishermen. I was young and ignorant, and I will regret it when I get old. But even if I later found out that your eldest brother was a soldier, I was careful not to say anything nonsense, for fear of ruining national affairs. In a blink of an eye, I finally got over it after enduring all these years, and I feel happy just thinking about it."

"Let the eldest brother wear a military uniform and go back to anger them." Hua Ya didn't know those people, but he could also imagine the faces of those people. There are people everywhere who praise others and disapprove of others. They are not a rare species.

"It's not just about wearing a military uniform." Fangyuan thought of that day when Lin Bayi, wearing a big red flower and a military uniform with four pockets, went to her parents' home holding a plaque with "Second Class Merit", so she hung the plaque at the highest place in the main room. Everyone who comes to her home will be looked down upon by this plaque.

Those who used to look down on her and those who talked behind Lin Bayi's back all became mute, but they gave her a good chance of becoming famous. Later, she learned that Lin Bayi, whom she married, had become the deputy commander of the famous Unit 031, and there were people who interacted with her for whatever reason. She was so annoyed that she decided not to go back to her parents' home at all, and just stayed here with her weirdo. Although supplies are poor, subsidies are abundant. I can have nearly a hundred yuan a month.

"My marriage was not that glamorous." Fang Yuan recalled that the corner of her lips was always smiling, and now her calm and calm tone made Hua Ya like it.

"I'll give you the most beautiful sweater." Hua Ya said, "A thin waist waiting for you to wear when you go back."

Fang Yuan was wrapped with old wool and said to Hua Ya: "Oh, look at my waist now, hahaha, I'd better relax and hurry up. Then don't forget it."

At this point, Hua Ya remembered the financial constraints at hand and asked Fangyuan, "Where can I sell ginseng?"

Fangyuan was stunned for a moment, thinking of the pile of wild ginseng she had brought, and said in a clear tone: "Generally, the soldiers send medicinal materials to their respective medical clinics. The medical clinics don't give anything else, they just give bottles of glucose. If you want You still have to go to a big place to sell wild ginseng. Every week, people go to Sardinia to buy supplies, so you can ask them to help sell it."

"Will it be speculation?" Hua Ya is concerned about this.

Fangyuan came forward and whispered: "Ruan Lu turned a blind eye and gave the soldiers a lot of subsidies. If you are worried about others, you can ask Xiao Gu to help sell it. He has all the tricks at his disposal, ghosts and ghosts. of."

Hua Ya didn't know that Fangyuan was actually commenting on Gu Tinglan like this in her heart, so she couldn't help but laugh.

Fangyuan said "tsk tsk" twice, it was incredible, she smiled so sweetly just by mentioning a name, oh, my daughter has grown up and she can't help herself. That kid Gu Tinglan is demonic.

The two chatted all afternoon, and when four o'clock came, Li Ping from across the street knocked on the door.

"The fishing boat is back. It's still in the same place. Let's go take a look."

Fangyuan immediately stood up and said to Hua Ya: "Every year before the cold winter, supplies are prepared. Your eldest brother's construction group and Xiao Gu's armed group will specially send people to sail into the sea to fish. The things fished out are all kinds of things, including some small fish. The logistics staff don't like the little shrimps, so they give them to the families for free. You quickly get a basin too, and we can go over together and see if there are any good things we can pick up."

free? Pick it up for free?

Hua Ya ran to the kitchen and took out the largest aluminum basin in the house, and ran towards the Hero Monument with Fangyuan one by one. Li Ping was behind them and couldn't catch up. She was angrily laughing and scolding, switching online back and forth.

Fangyuan led the way, and before reaching the flower buds of the Hero Monument, he saw many family members rushing towards this direction with big pots. There were still seven or eight meters away from the Monument of Heroes when Fangyuan suddenly turned a corner. Hua Ya's eyes lit up. It turned out that she hadn't seen it when she came over. There were long steps down to the coast blocked by the rocks. It's just that the steps are steep and narrow, so you have to go down slowly. When I looked down, I saw that the cliff was at least a hundred meters high.

The lighthouse on the coast was still flashing, and in the distance four medium-sized fishing boats blew their whistles and slowly sailed into the bay.

Hua Ya wonders if this is the terrible place that Gu Tinglan calls "thief rich" but is scolded by the seagulls as "you will become bald when you pass by".

She stood next to Fangyuan, and soon many family members gathered behind her. Most of them looked forward to the return of the fishing boat, and indeed their eyes could be seen faintly glowing green. It's just that these green lights are a bit weird, and Hua Ya can't understand them for a while.

These days, if Gu Tinglan hadn't prepared some beef and the various dried mushrooms that Hua Ya brought over, I don't know how dull his mouth would be. Thanks to the sea, I can give everyone something to look forward to.

In about half an hour, the fishing boat arrived not far from the shore.

The bows of two fishing boats painted in blue touched the broken ice on the shore. Immediately, about twenty strong young men jumped off the boat, wearing camouflage vests and not feeling too cold. The sky was ten degrees below zero, and they jumped directly into the sea half waist deep. They dragged the ropes and shouted slogans to the south of the shore.

"The soldiers of the Construction Group are among the best in strength, if nothing else." Fangyuan considers herself a family member of the Construction Group and is full of pride in the soldiers of the Construction Group.

Hua Ya was very touched when she saw them dragging the huge ship southward in the cold water with vigor and vigor.

There were family members behind him who kept praising the soldiers of the construction team for their spirit and spirit. Just standing there made them look like upright men.

I don't know which family member of the armed group nearby heard this, and immediately shouted to the fishing boat of the armed group that had not yet been stretched: "You are going to be outclassed by the construction group, come down and get stretched!"

"You've put on your camouflage uniforms over there, do you still want to wear cotton-padded jackets in the water?"

"Hurry up and get one from the armed group!"

Hua Ya's eyes widened, standing in a group of sisters-in-law at a loss.

For a moment I felt like I was in the wrong place.

Is this really just for free?

Fangyuan saw so many scenes like this, and he felt frank in his heart. He looked at Hua Ya's face that was gradually turning red and said, "What's going on here? Look at the soldiers brought out by your old Gu."

As expected, Fangyuan was not surprised to see many people in 031. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the soldiers of the armed group standing on the bow of the red ship shouting on the deck: "They wear camouflage, we are shirtless! Brothers, take off!"

"Take it off, no matter who you are afraid of!"

"Take off!"

Hua Ya: "!"

A row of strong young warriors stood at the head of the bed, no, but at the bow of the ship, taking off their shirts, revealing their wheat-colored skin and countless abdominal muscles. The soldiers standing on the deck took the lead in singing a loud military song and jumped into the sea handsomely.

Then, groups of warriors with wheat-colored skin also jumped into the sea, pulled up the ropes with their bare arms, and sang along with the chorus, shouting loud ship numbers.

The muscles on their bodies exploded with powerful force, the veins on their necks were bulging, and the muscles on their thighs were swollen, sexy and dangerous.

Hua Ya silently took out a handkerchief and pressed it to her nose.

Fangyuan stared intently at the harvest of wheat in front of her, and asked her out of the corner of her eye, "What's wrong with you?"

Hua Ya stared intently at the harvest of wheat in front of her, covered her nose and said dully: "The wind blows too much, there is snot in the nose."

Fangyuan stared intently at the harvest of wheat in front of her, and with a bit of peripheral vision and some insincerity she said: "Then shall we go home?"

Hua Ya stared intently at the harvest of wheat in front of her, covering her nose and saying sullenly: "It doesn't matter, I can still persevere."

The military song is loud in the distance,

Sing eternal happiness.

Chapter 34

"If I had known, we would have brought a big bucket."

Fangyuan held a basin of palm-sized miscellaneous fish. There were also sea anemones and tumbling octopuses inside.

Hua Ya put the clean handkerchief back into her pocket and wondered why she didn't have a nosebleed this time. Could it be that she had a nosebleed just looking at Gu Tinglan's body?

Hua Ya thought of Gu Tinglan and felt a chill on the back of her head.

It shouldn't be considered wrong for her to be like that.

"Sister-in-law." Hua Ya gave Fangyuan a new title. Seeing Fangyuan queuing up to bring back the little miscellaneous fish, she planned to shut up: "Do they always take off their clothes?"

Fangyuan took Hua Ya to the stone platform behind the coast to pick out miscellaneous fish. Nearly a hundred meters above their heads was the Monument of Heroes.

Fangyuan put on labor protection gloves and taught Huaya to pick out the old kelp, inedible seaweed, and withered fish and shrimp and throw them away. He said: "You will take off your clothes when they are wet. At this time, the clothes are wet." It freezes quickly, so it's better to take it off than to wear it. Hey, you can't eat this. This kind of purple-brown fish is called jade barracuda. ​​You can see its belly is gray-white. The fish tastes like it has been dipped in chili oil, which numbs the tongue. . Back then, Xiao Xie suffered from acute diarrhea after eating this fish, and he had to go to the hospital for emergency treatment. Thanks to your family, Ba Jin was not around, otherwise he would have eaten more."

"Ba Jin?" Hua Ya was confused: "It's that writer."

Fangyuan smiled and said: "What are you talking about? I'm talking about your lover Xiao Gu." Fangyuan started talking to Hua Ya and told Hua Ya a lot about Gu Tinglan's deeds in those years. Laughing non-stop. Sure enough, compared to other men, Gu Bajin is the cutest.

"Then he gained eight pounds." Hua Ya muttered with a smile, "That's awesome."

Fangyuan didn't look at it and said to Hua Ya: "He doesn't like others to call him this name. We can just talk about it behind our backs. You must not call him in front of him."

Hua Ya took the opportunity to say, "Then let's come over today to see the man collecting fish, and you are not allowed to tell anyone about it."

"Hey, what am I afraid of? Your eldest brother and I have been married for so many years, and no one knows who is who." Fang Yuan said happily: "The two children are already so old. If you are afraid that Xiao Gu will know, I will Did not say."

Some things are difficult to say to Fangyuan. Gu Tinglan seems to be easy to deal with, but in fact he is not. On the surface, he is careless and careless, but he is very thoughtful.

Having carried out so many secret-level tasks and successfully completed them all, my mind was right.

And he upheld an iron-fisted leadership attitude in front of the soldiers. The second regiment under his command was different from other regiments in that it was an independent armed regiment. There were a lot of thorns inside, but he fixed them all and made them docile. Let's go south and never north. Proper military orders are like mountains. It is true that he is the head of a group of wild wolf cubs.

It can be seen from this that trivial things like this, but that can make people happy, should not be mentioned if possible.

Otherwise, when one day 031, no, Dayu Island was bombed, she, the sinner Fangyuan, would still be sleeping under the covers.

Fangyuan doesn't want to be a sinner forever, and is only willing to pick up fish occasionally with flower buds, which is not a big deal.

Hua Ya slowly put on his work gloves and said stiffly: "I'm not afraid that he will know."

Fangyuan smiled, but didn't expose it.

They are all people who have been here before, not to mention the eldest sister and the second sister.

Simply pick up the mess in the basin, and the remaining small fish and shrimps are edible.

Fangyuan and Hua Ya were walking home with their basins in hand. On the way, they met Li Yinhua heading to the library with books under her arm. Li Yinhua seemed much colder than the last time she was a guest at home. They didn't say hello to each other.

"Obviously I don't have much education, but I carry books with me all day long. I don't know if I want to read them myself or if I want to read them for others." Fangyuan complained.

Hua Ya said: "I don't like her."

Fangyuan smiled and said, "So many family members are listening to you talking about her like this. Is it because she misses your Gu Bajin?"

Hua Ya shook her head and said, "Gu Bajin is mine, no one can take it away."

Fangyuan was stuffed with dog food unexpectedly, rolled her eyes and said to Hua Ya: "Gu Bajin was thinking about you all the time. He looked at the steps under his feet. They were extremely slippery. Last time, a family member came to visit and talked. You don't know how happy it is to have half a pill knocked off. Having said that, next time we see Li Yinhua, just ignore him."

Hua Ya doesn't like this woman, she gives people a sinister feeling. It would be worse than Zhou Wenfang that day, who never appeared again after being taught a lesson by Ba Jin. At least it's a bit of face.

After returning home, Fangyuan went to the kitchen and ordered a small bottle of roasted knife to remove the fishy smell from the fish with less spines. He planned to stew fish noodles for dinner that night. If there are many fish bones, you can only fry them dry in some oil and water.

Hua Ya was not in a hurry to knit a sweater and stood at the kitchen door watching Fangyuan busy at work.

"Why don't you make fish balls?" Hua Ya saw half a pot of fish picked out.

Fangyuan said: "To make fish balls, you have to beat all the small burrs inside into puree. It takes time and effort. It's better to use some oil."

Hua Ya rolled up her sleeves, rolled up two braids and put them on the top of her head. Fangyuan saw her groping for a long time and couldn't find the wooden hairpin, and she didn't know where to put it. He took out a clean old chopstick from the plastic chopstick cage on the wall and handed it to her.

Hua Ya didn't mind it either, so he took it and poked it on the top of his head. He used so much strength that he grimaced in pain.

Fangyuan didn't look at it and continued to squeeze the little fish's belly.

After finishing her hair, Hua Ya rubbed her head, washed her hands and said, "I'll make fish balls."

"You really don't mind the trouble." Fangyuan made some room to the side and advised Hua Ya, "Don't worry about the oil. Our family has a lot left this year, which is enough for the New Year."

Hua Ya shook her head, smiled slightly at her and said, "What we call fish balls."

Fangyuan didn't quite understand the meaning of her words. Hua Ya took the basin to the pool and started squeezing the fish's belly. She told Fangyuan, "You need to put onion, ginger, fat, and seasoning."

What surprised Fangyuan was that Hua Ya picked up the fish very quickly. The head and internal organs can be removed in two or three strokes. She thought Huaya couldn't do kitchen work, after all, there wasn't much good food to eat in her hometown. She just wants Hua Ya to grow and thrive here, and it won't be too late to learn slowly after she gets married. If you really can't learn it, isn't there a canteen?

"Fish meat is called glutinous rice." Hua Ya said while packing it up: "I keep waving my arms, it's troublesome and tiring."

Fangyuan laughed and said, "Then let's not do it. No one here eats this. Everyone likes to stew the fish in a pot. At most, it can be eaten with corn pancakes and stewed vermicelli."

"Trouble is trouble." Hua Ya still shook his head and said in a low voice, "But Lin Bayi likes to eat."

Fangyuan choked for a moment, then whispered: "No big or small."

Hua Ya smiled at her and said nothing.

Fangyuan paused, pushed the pot in front of him to the side, and stood next to the flower buds to help clean up the spiny little fish.

"He's so annoying. Your eldest brother hasn't said anything about what he likes to eat all these years. When I asked him, he just said he wanted to eat food from his hometown. I asked him to teach me, but he said it was too troublesome and refused to teach me. So. Over the past few years, everything we eat at home has been based on my and my children's tastes." Fang Yuan said with a sore nose.

Hua Ya said: "I am good at my craftsmanship."

Fangyuan didn't understand again.

Hua Ya continued: "You will like it after you eat it."

In this way, you can eat according to the tastes of you and your children.

Fangyuan couldn't laugh or cry, knowing that Hua Ya had misunderstood the meaning of her words. Angrily, he threw down his gloves and scratched Hua Ya's neck and creaks, causing Hua Ya to giggle non-stop.

After a while, Fangyuan saw Hua Ya preparing to make fish balls, and said to her: "You go first, and when you're tired, I'll do it. I'll go to Li Ping's house across the street to borrow two green onions."

Arriving at the opposite side, Li Ping opened the door and handed two green onions to Fangyuan. Fangyuan smiled and said, "I'll give you a taste of Hua Ya's craftsmanship later."

"Your sister-in-law is really nice. If I didn't know better, I would have thought that your family makes dumplings every year. Don't tell me, she really misses her elder brother. Such a troublesome thing, even if my old Zhao wants to eat it, I won't even make it for him."

From what Li Ping saw these days, she knew that their sister-in-law got along well. Although I was happy for Fangyuan, I didn't forget to say: "I gave you so many seaweed dumplings. The fish balls will be ready later, so please give me some more. Let me have a taste of the delicious southern dumplings." "

"Eating it will make you salivate."

Fangyuan chatted with Li Ping for a few words and then returned to the house. She peeled the green onions in the living room and sent them to the kitchen. Seeing the fish meat as delicate as mud on the cutting board, he was shocked and said: "Is it all done in just a short while?"

Hua Ya said, "Well, the beating is over."

Fangyuan quickly checked Hua Ya's injured hand. Fortunately, it was not cracked. She sighed and said, "My dear, half a pot of fish paste. How did you beat it? Teach me my sister."

Hua Ya said calmly: "Hit hard."

"." Fangyuan was immediately amused: "I don't know how hard to hit. Just now Li Ping said you were strong, but I didn't expect you to be so strong."

Hua Ya said with a slightly wrong expression: "Sister-in-law, are the cutting boards expensive?"

Fangyuan was puzzled, watching Hua Ya leaning half of her body in front of the cutting board, and said in disbelief: "Don't tell me that you broke the cutting board with a hammer? Get out of the way and let me take a look."

"I'll compensate you." Hua Ya muttered after doing something wrong with good intentions.

She'll pay for any use of Fangyuan, just to see what's new. She pointed to the crack that had just appeared on the cutting board and said to Hua Ya: "You are such an amazing girl. I think you may not suffer a loss if you are with Xiao Gu. If Xiao Gu bullies you, give him a hammer. I'm sure he won't be able to hold on."

"He can hold it." Hua Ya defended Gu Tinglan: "His stomach is worse than a cutting board."

Fangyuan laughed and said happily: "Okay, then next time you use his belly to make fish balls, give it a try and just play it."

When Hua Ya thought about it, she actually thought this idea was brilliant.

Li Ping had not sat down at home for five minutes when there was another rhythmic knock on the door. This is the secret code between her and Fangyuan. Once you hear it, you will know that it is the other person, so you don't have to look at the door.

"Why are you bringing me a cutting board?" Li Ping said curiously: "Hey, is it broken?"

Fangyuan said with a smile: "Hua Ya hammered the cutting board into pieces. Look, the little girl is so energetic."

Li Ping was also surprised for a long time. Their cutting board is an old elm board they bought at a farm together. It is still hard with age and will last ten or eight years, which is the beginning.

After reading Qiqi, Fang Yuan stood at the door holding a cutting board and did not leave. Li Ping sensed something was wrong and quickly wanted to close the door. Fangyuan quickly blocked the door with her feet, raised her head and said to Li Pingyile: "Hand over your vegetable board. Anyone who hands over the vegetable board will not be killed."

"What's the matter?" Li Ping and Zhao Hong finally went to Fangyuan's house to have a meal with a child.

The study class was on holiday, and Fangyuan's family came back every day with Lele. They huddled together happily and tasted fish ball soup made from flower buds.

Hua Ya is very skilled in making fish balls. He pinches and squeezes from left to right, and scrapes with a stainless steel spoon with his right hand. Beautiful round fish balls are made, which is fast and good. Fangyuan generally can't learn this craft, so he has to put in some effort.

In addition, the remaining fish balls are steamed with flower buds in a steamer. This requires special attention to the heat. If the fish balls are steamed for a long time, they will taste bad. The fish balls made after a long time are white and shiny, and have a fresh and tender texture.

It's a pity that I didn't use the grass carp from my hometown. Such sea fish balls still made Lin Bayi very satisfied. They were smooth, tender and fragrant.

He kept mumbling that he hadn't had hand-made fish balls in more than ten years. After eating, her belly was full. When Li Ping and her family left, she lay on the sofa unable to get up, making Fang Yuan laugh so hard.

The three children changed their habit of chattering while eating and took one fish ball at a time. They were so delicious that they didn't want to waste any more time. If you can eat one more, eat one more. It tastes better than fish.

Tiantian and Lele heard that Wang Tianzhu had a cheap mother, so they couldn't help but look at her secretly when they got home. After eating, Hua Ya sat at the table knitting yarn, ignoring the looks of the two little furry heads.

On the contrary, Fangyuan sent them into the room to do their homework.

"They don't have a holiday?" Hua Ya asked.

Fangyuan explained to Hua Ya: "The study class is divided into three semesters a year. At this time of the year, they have to be taught snow skills after the exam, and they can have a few days off until the Chinese New Year. The main reason is that it is too dangerous outside in the snow, so I would rather leave them alone It saves them from running around in the ice and snow and messing around."

Fangyuan glanced into the room, lowered her voice and said to Hua Ya: "In the past few years, children were lost and frozen to death every year, so we might as well not have a holiday."

Fangyuan understood that all holidays must be decided on the premise of ensuring safety.

night.

Fangyuan entered the house to talk to Hua Ya.

She handed Hua Ya a lock and said, "Xiao Gu has given you a lot of belongings. I'll give you the lock and lock the drawer."

Hua Ya had already finished taking a shower and was sitting on a chair with her hair spread out on the back of the chair. Fangyuan touched it with his hand and found that it was half dry but not wet. I thought Huaya's hair would be as hard and straight as her temperament, but I didn't expect it to be thin and soft to the touch.

"You need to be locked up in the army?" Hua Ya didn't understand. He rested his head on the back of the chair and looked up at Fang Yuan.

Fangyuan was amused by her childishness and said to Hua Ya: "Our area is actually pretty good, they are all families of cadres. I told you last time that our area is the family area one, and there are the second and third areas. The second district is an ordinary military district. The third district is a large district, where non-military personnel employed by the military live, as well as the study classes and supply and marketing cooperatives you go to."

Seeing that Huaya was not interested, Fangyuan added: "There is also a library. You can return and borrow books three days a week. It's a small three-story building. Literacy classes for family members are held there, two and a half days a week. courses. There is also an entertainment area where everyone can watch movies, listen to military music, and play ball games."

"We also have a small playground." Hua Ya said.

Fangyuan said: "Yes, there is a small basketball court and two table tennis tables in the family area. When the weather is nice, many family members will go there to exercise. You can't think of it, we not only have military sports games but also family sports games here, hahaha, But those old ladies were scared to death."

Hua Ya didn't smile and shook the small lock in her hand at Fangyuan.

Fangyuan knew that he was going off topic again, so he coughed and said: "There is a mixed bag of good and bad people in the third district, and the surface is under the control of the third group. There are many people who hire employees without going through political review, and petty theft often happens. Although we are here Be nice, you should also put your things away."

Just like the last time I put it on the dinner table and Li Yinhua opened it and saw it, it would be bad. Although she knew that Li Yinhua was not so bold to worry about Gu Tinglan's property, she still had to be on guard against others.

Hua Ya nodded and hung the lock on the drawer. She turned to Fangyuan and said, "I want to go to work and make money." The last time she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, she found that she was too short on money. She doesn't want to sell all her wild ginseng, so she can always keep it at the bottom of the box. It is better to have your own income than to sit back and have nothing, no matter how much it is.

Fangyuan knew that Hua Ya couldn't stand it anymore, so she thought for a moment and said to Hua Ya: "The army arranges a lot of work for family members, such as canteens, supply and marketing cooperatives, medical offices, libraries, and study classes. It all depends on what you are interested in." interested."

Hua Ya said without thinking, "I'm interested in not talking."

Square circle: "."

Chapter 35

"Good guy, I was almost confused by you."

"If you're looking for a job." Fangyuan calmed down, pinched Hua Ya's face and said, "You have to ask Aunt Gao about the specific jobs. She is the president of the family committee and is in charge of our family members. Work distribution and so on. She arranges everything."

Hua Ya remembers Aunt Gao and listened to the seabirds chirping and praising Aunt Gao for her willingness to feed them all year round.

"Then go tomorrow." Hua Ya said.

Fangyuan had another thing to tell Hua Ya, which was about her marriage to Gu Tinglan. Lin Bayi felt that she was very close to Hua Ya. It was normal for women to talk like this between women. As a grown man, he didn't want to participate and just waited for Fangyuan to convey his thoughts.

"You two get along very well. I think you are planning to marry him, right? Otherwise, you can't accept things from others." Fangyuan saw this and knew that Hua Ya was not greedy for money and taking advantage of men. people.

The flower bud said sincerely in front of Fangyuan: "I want to bear fruit."

Fangyuan was amused by her straightforward expression and said with a smile: "That's great. You don't know how closely Xiao Gu watches you all the time, for fear of being kidnapped. If you marry him, Your brother and I won't have to worry about you for the rest of our lives, he won't treat you badly."

Fangyuan thought for a while and said: "I just need to make preparations in advance, such as political review documents, marriage applications, household registration certificates, etc., and have our dad send them from my hometown early. The island was closed at this time last year. This year, they are planning to postpone the island's closure. I'm thinking that if you have this intention, you should ask your hometown to send the materials earlier. Otherwise, it will take three or four months until the island is unblocked. You two are delaying like this. If you don't dress well, others will gossip."

In fact, she had been thinking about telling Hua Ya about this for the past two days, but she was not sure how they would get along. After much deliberation, it was better to ask Hua Ya directly. These days, she also figured out that when she was with Hua Ya, she couldn't go around in circles, and the master would easily be beaten to death by random punches.

"Then I'll call tomorrow." Hua Ya made a quick decision.

the next day.

Hua Ya followed Fangyuan to Lin Bayi's office early in the morning to borrow a phone.

Lin Bayi heard that Hua Ya was calling because he was getting married. When he saw Hua Ya, he pointed at the phone with a long face and said, "You only have three minutes."

"Yeah!" Hua Ya agreed crisply, and Lin Bayi felt even more uncomfortable.

Lin Xiangyang was peeling and slicing the winter bamboo shoots he picked at home and drying them. After drying, it would be a very delicious dish whether simmered in soup or stir-fried. It was a little troublesome, but people in the city loved to eat it. As long as they were willing to spend the money, Kung Fu can be sold for a lot of money this time of year.

After Hua Ya helped him pay off his debt, he always felt that he owed Hua Ya too much, so he wanted to make as much money as he could and use it as a dowry for Hua Ya in the future.

He was working in full swing when suddenly the village committee secretary came to his house and said breathlessly: "Your second daughter has called, hurry up and answer it!"

Lin Xiangyang only made one call to report that Hua Ya was safe after arriving at 031, thinking that this time the call should tell him about the blind date introduced by Lin Bayi.

If it's good, I definitely want to get married. If it doesn't go well, I guess the flower buds will have to come back.

He hoped from the bottom of his heart that Hua Ya would be well, and he prayed in his heart as he ran towards the village committee.

Lin Bayi originally wanted Hua Ya to tell his father, but also considering that Hua Ya was lazy and would say one less word if he could. In order to avoid unclear procedures and wasting time, Lin Bayi grabbed the phone from Hua Ya's hand. Tuan, he told Lin Xiangyang about the specific situation of the flower buds.

Lin Xiangyang hung up the phone, feeling dizzy and standing there as if he were floating on clouds.

A young unmarried officer of the village committee named Yu. Director Yu has always had a good impression of Hua Ya. Seeing this, he selfishly asked Lin Xiangyang: "Has Hua Ya's marriage been decided?"

Lin Xiangyang nodded blankly and said, "It's settled."

The other party slapped his thigh and said, "Why are you so confused? The other party is ugly and stutters, but you still want to marry a girl! It has been spread throughout the village that the other party is a sand digger, not a serious worker with a latte job, just a quick earner. Money, your body will be full of diseases when you get old, you, you are really pushing your flower buds into the fire pit!"

"What the hell?" Lin Xiangyang said belatedly, "Who said my son-in-law is an ugly stutterer?"

Director Yu said: "It has spread throughout the village. You can't hide it now even if you want to."

Lin Xiangyang not only learned on the phone that his eldest son had become an officer's deputy regimental commander, but also that Hua Ya's blind date was also an officer and a regimental commander!

His back suddenly hardened, and he sneered at Director Yu and said, "What the hell, my son-in-law is an officer with a Beijing household registration! I'm going to go through the marriage formalities for them now."

Director Yu looked at Lin Xiangyang's back as he walked out and said to the colleague next to him: "This is crazy."

Lin Xiangyang listened and ignored it. It would be natural to find out who was right and who was wrong.

*

Fangyuan and Hua Ya returned home and brought a portion of Hua Ya's steamed fish balls to Aunt Gao.

Before going out, make a habit of checking your flower bud hat, scarf, gloves, and coat. The flower buds were all worn on the body obediently, and the whole person became round and plump. Seeing that she liked it, Fangyuan even pinched her cheek.

"Xiao Gu has to lead troops for training at this time every year. Don't worry, it's just the beginning." Fangyuan went out of her way to explain it to Gu Tinglan because she was afraid that Huaya wouldn't know why Gu Tinglan hadn't come in the past two days. Some girls like to have wild thoughts about the person they are talking to, and they will die if they don't see each other for three or two days.

"I know." Hua Ya reassured Gu Tinglan. As for whether Gu Tinglan is worried about Hua Ya, that's a matter of benevolence and wisdom. After all, Gu Bajin was worried that someone would take advantage of his absence, so he greeted both Fangyuan and Lin Bayi.

The main reason is not that she doesn't trust Hua Ya, but that the little girl is too attractive and her temperament has an indescribable attraction, making it too easy for thieves to take notice of her.

If Gu Tinglan hadn't been so thick-skinned and took the initiative to get into his arms, if he had still maintained a simple blind date relationship, maybe the little girl would have said bluntly: "I don't like you, I like him." ."

Gu Tinglan hugged his weak self and said all his good words, making sure that before the red book was implemented, Fang Yuan could keep an eye on the person while he was away.

It's a pity that he definitely didn't expect that on the first day of his departure, Fangyuan took Hua Ya to the beach and enjoyed a complete sex show.

When they arrived at Aunt Gao's house, luckily they arrived early. Aunt Gao hadn't gone out yet and was talking to Sun Fengxia, another member of the family committee who came to ask her about something.

Aunt Gao would never take anything that others brought to her. Lin Bayi and the others were all old acquaintances here. When they saw the fish balls, they picked them up and said, "When I was in Beijing, my favorite was the one near the Lama Temple. Wang Dawanzi, I didn't expect to have such a good taste now."

A few people sat down and chatted for a while, knowing that Hua Ya wanted to find a job. Aunt Gao asked Hua Ya: "I don't know what kind of job you like. I told you the same thing as your sister-in-law. Some are related to culture, and some are related to physical strength."

Fangyuan said cheerfully on the side: "She wants to find someone who can't talk."

Hua Ya nodded fiercely, as a last resort, she really didn't like to talk.

Aunt Gao was also happy. She stretched out her hand and pinched the small knot under Huaya's braid. She thought for a while and said, "I have two jobs. One is to clean the sanitation over the Hero Monument, but there are no people in the ice and snow now. It used to be the same." Elderly family members work there, with a salary of fifteen yuan a month and a subsidy of ten yuan."

She was reluctant to let Hua Ya do that job. She paused and said to the serious and obedient Hua Ya: "The other job is to be a registrar in the reading room. It only takes three mornings a week, and the salary is not high, twenty-two dollars a month. , and there is a subsidy of ten yuan. I suggest you wait. Although it goes without saying that the registrar's job is very hard, and occasionally he has to carry the books on the second and third floors to the yard when the weather is good. Li Shai, you still have to move around when others return books. Why not wait until after the Chinese New Year to see if any military family members have left their jobs? You can find a good job in the canteen or supply and marketing cooperative."

Aunt Gao didn't say it directly, but Hua Ya also understood that the registrar was just an errand for Qingshui, and it was far less beneficial than the benefits earned in canteens and supply and marketing cooperatives. However, going to the canteen and the supply and marketing cooperative inevitably means communicating with many people every day. Thinking about it, Hua Ya feels that it is strenuous and she might as well move books.

"I want to be a registrar." Hua Ya said.

"Are you sure?" Aunt Gao didn't ask about Hua Ya's education level. She heard Hua Ya's words at the Heroes Monument that day and knew that Hua Ya was a good girl with her own thoughts. Even if she didn't know many words, she could attend literacy classes every week. , on the first floor of the library.

Hua Ya didn't know whether she was thinking of this or to prove that she was suitable for library work, so she told Aunt Gao, "I am educated." She was admitted to university that year.

"Okay." Aunt Gao said simply: "If you are sure, I won't look for anyone. I'll say hello to the family committee. This job requires two people. I heard that one person has been found there. Add one." It's enough to fall in love with you."

After saying that, she turned to Sun Fengxia and asked, "Do you know what that person's name is?"

Sun Fengxia's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed. She recalled that day when Captain Gu rejected Zhou Wenfang in front of a large group of family members, which made Zhou Wenfang so embarrassed. She couldn't help but stammered: "Yes, it's Zhou Wenfang."

Hua Ya didn't know why everyone was looking at her. No one was looking at her, so she turned her head and stared at Fang Yuan.

Fangyuan said dumbfounded to Aunt Gao and Sun Fengxia: "She must have forgotten who Zhou Wenfang is."

Hua Ya nodded blankly, not understanding why everyone was looking at her. She really didn't know who Zhou Wenfang was.

Aunt Gao unexpectedly smiled and said to Hua Ya, "It's okay if you forget it. You'll remember it when I see you. But I'll tell you first. If you don't get along with her at work, or you feel scared after meeting her, Just tell me earlier and I can help you transfer her. This is also a punishment for her behavior that day."

Hua Ya didn't understand again. This time when she turned to look at Fangyuan, Fangyuan had already moved her gaze to Aunt Gao's face. Hua Ya could only follow her gaze to look at Aunt Gao, and said in Aunt Gao's expectant eyes: "I'm not afraid of her, she's afraid of me."

Not only Aunt Gao was puzzled, but Fangyuan and Sun Fengxia were also puzzled.

"Why is she afraid of you?" Aunt Gao said.

Hua Ya waved her fist in a threatening tone and said, "If she wants to cause trouble, throw her out."

Chapter 36

After Hua Ya finished speaking, someone opened the door outside Aunt Gao's house.

Wang Tianzhu stood at the door carrying breakfast and a beef bun in his mouth.

He never imagined that the person he didn't want to meet could come here and see him again.

Even if I don't like Huayu, I don't like it. The little boy's thoughts are hard to figure out. Just meeting Hua Ya would make him feel that she would shake up his currently stable life.

After his parents died, his relatives who were originally friendly to him became lukewarm to him. Regarding his upbringing, some people are willing to adopt him because he is a boy. The condition is that he will change his surname and be raised as a biological son by the other person's family and carry on the family lineage.

Wang Tianzhu scolded him away on the spot. He pointed in the direction of the Heroes Monument and shouted heartbreakingly: "My parents are martyrs! They are heroes! Has your conscience been eaten by dogs? You asked me to change my surname. Let me forget about my parents! Don't think that I don't know what you are planning. I will donate all my parents' pensions, and I will never give them to you white-eyed wolves! My parents are here I look the same when I'm not here, and I look the same when I'm not here. Get away from me. I'm not afraid that I won't have a place to live. I'll eat and sleep with them at the Monument of Heroes. I will die in 031! "

After all, Wang Tianzhu didn't go with them despite his behavior, and Gu Tinglan, the leader wolf, adopted the little wolf cub that no one wanted. Wang Tianzhu was determined to donate the pension. As his guardian comrade, Gu Tinglan took Wang Tianzhu to go through the formalities without even trying. This was also the original reason why Wang Tianzhu only listened to Gu Tinglan's words.

Later, the two of them bumped into each other and a lot of big and small things happened. Wang Tianzhu recognized this cheap dad, and the cheap dad was willing to take some time out of his busy schedule to exercise his rights as a father, such as eating bamboo shoots and roasted meat.

After I grew up and got used to this kind of life, a little stepmother suddenly appeared. Wang Tianzhu couldn't twist his thigh with his arm, so he simply avoided it and expressed his helplessness with silence.

"Come and try these hand-made fish balls." Aunt Gao was very kind to Wang Tianzhu, and she stayed here when Wang Tianzhu came back on weekends. Gu Tinglan would also go to Aunt Gao's house for dinner on weekends and take care of the naughty children.

"I don't like to eat." Wang Tianzhu said casually, sitting on a chair with his feet on the crossbar under the chair. He said hello to everyone, but deliberately did not say hello to Hua Ya, preparing to give Hua Ya a blow.

He glanced proudly towards Hua Ya, who turned her head and didn't look at him at all. She doesn't play with rude children.

Wang Tianzhu was so proud: "." Exactly.

Aunt Gao thought that someone was there, so she didn't deal with him yet, and waited for Gu Tinglan to come back before dealing with him.

Hua Ya tilted her head and saw circles of colorful woolen pants peeking out from Wang Tianzhu's trousers.

Wang Tianzhu had no appetite, so he took a few bites and ran to the room opposite to sleep.

Aunt Gao told Hua Ya, "He is usually more polite than he is now. It will take some time."

Fangyuan and the others all understood the meaning of the words. Wang Tianzhu always took time to slowly accept the sudden appearance of flower buds. Hua Ya heard what Fangyuan said about Wang Tianzhu's family affairs. She had mixed feelings in her heart, but she felt that when dealing with such a naughty child, she should not be too impatient and should soften him strategically.

Hua Ya asked: "Doesn't he have any other woolen pants?"

Aunt Gao said helplessly: "How come I don't have any woolen trousers? I have several pairs of thin and thick cotton trousers."

Fangyuan also saw that Wang Tianzhu's woolen trousers were exposed at the bottom of his trousers. He must have worn them too short and used different woolen threads to lengthen them out.

"Those were the last pair of woolen trousers that his mother knitted for him. His mother is from the south and knows how to knit these things. He wears these woolen trousers every winter, and he gets upset when others put him in other trousers. Hey, the top of the trouser legs The wool was also the colored yarn left by her mother. In the past few years, it was hard to get wool. Her mother finally got some colorful yarn for her child and wanted to knit him a sweater. Unexpectedly, someone died at sea. A working platform at sea It collapsed suddenly, and the couple went to rescue people from the construction team, but they encountered a second collapse and were thrown into the sea. When they were picked up, they were already lifeless."

Aunt Gao sighed, recalling the honest and simple character of the couple, and felt it was a pity. That disaster happened right in front of Gu Tinglan's eyes, and he was depressed for a long time after he came back. Aunt Gao didn't want to mention this to Hua Ya. The little girl had a delicate mind and talking about it would only cause trouble.

"When packing up the relics, Wang Tianzhu kept the woolen yarn to his death. Every time when the clothes were short, he would come to me and ask me to help him connect a section of his pants with the colored thread left by his mother. I I am also learning to knit woolen trousers from others. Don't laugh at me. The knitting is nondescript. Over the years, the trousers will become ugly colorful trousers."

Aunt Gao sighed again. Wang Tianzhu had a good heart, but he couldn't express it. Just like his parents, Aunt Gao watched him grow up and felt sorry for him just thinking about it.

"I can knit." Hua Ya patted Aunt Gao on the shoulder comfortingly, making Fang Yuan's eyelids jump. This child is too young.

Aunt Gao was not angry, but said: "What do you know how to knit, a sweater or woolen pants?"

Hua Ya said: "As long as wool can be knitted, I can do it."

Aunt Gao opened her mouth wide and suddenly stood up and walked into the opposite room. Soon, the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets came from room 202 opposite.

Aunt Gao walked over quickly holding a basin-sized biscuit box and opened it in front of Hua Ya. What was inside was the colorful wool she was talking about.

Hua Ya didn't say anything. He reached out and picked up a ball of dimes, stretched it with his hands and said, "It can be used."

"Then you can knit a sweater for me?" Wang Tianzhu followed him at some point and asked Hua Ya with distrust on his face.

Hua Ya nodded: "Then do you want it?"

Not only Wang Tianzhu was asked this question, but everyone present was speechless.

You knit, you have knitted, why do you still ask?

It's a pity that Hua Ya doesn't understand this and looks at Wang Tianzhu with an expression like "If you don't let me knit, it will save me the trouble."

Wang Tianzhu's chest rose and fell as he took the biscuit box from Aunt Gao's arms, his fingers turning white from the effort.

Finally, I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I handed the biscuit box in front of Huaya and said, "You weave it. If you don't weave it well, I'll dismantle it."

"You want to say 'thank you'." Hua Ya's face was sullen. She couldn't condone the child's rudeness. This was not allowed.

Fangyuan lowered her head and pursed her lips. Aunt Gao also felt strange, hey, could it be that this little girl could really subdue a big donkey like Wang Tianzhu?

How could Wang Tianzhu not understand the principle of remembering to say "thank you" when asking for help? He endured it again and again, and finally managed to hold it back: "Thank you."

Hua Ya happily accepted his request and said, "Well, you are a good boy."

Wang Tianzhu sat down on the chair and looked at the sky in despair. His wild sixth sense had an ominous prediction.

While the adults were chatting, Hua Ya took a look at Wang Tianzhu's shoulder width and sleeve length, and had an idea.

Aunt Gao saw it and said to Wang Tianzhu: "Bring Sister Hua Ya some of your clothes to compare."

Wang Tianzhu didn't say anything, and stubbornly returned to Room 202 to look for clothes.

Hua Ya took the opportunity to ask Aunt Gao, "Do you have any photos of his parents?"

Aunt Gao nodded, walked to the room where she lived, opened the drawer, and turned to a family photo of a family of three. The black and white photo is full of creases. I don't know what I have experienced to become like this.

"Xiaozhu was so depressed that he was about to tear up the photo when he took it." Aunt Gao handed the photo to Hua Ya and said, "You must keep it and don't lose it. It's just a photo of his parents." I was afraid that when he got older, he would forget who his parents were, so I just snatched it from him."

"I will protect the photos." Hua Ya turned up the corners of the cotton-padded jacket and carefully put the photos into the inner pocket.

The work was completed and she found another job for herself. Hua Ya still had a sweet smile on her face when she came out of Aunt Gao's house.

Fangyuan was originally worried that she would not get along well with Wang Tianzhu in the future and would be bullied by naughty children. Now it seems that Wang Tianzhu may not be her match.

Feeling relieved, Fangyuan took Hua Ya to walk to the place where he was going to work.

This time they did not go from the Heroes Monument Square, but walked through the path in the second district and came to the third district.

When you enter the third area, you will find that it is much more lively than the other two areas.

There is a large flow of people here, the places are densely packed, and there are many faces that look unfamiliar to everyone around.

"Many people who apply for jobs from outside live in the third district. That is their family area. You see, the playground here is bigger than ours. It is an open-air stadium, and the family sports meeting is held every year. It will be held here." Fangyuan introduced to Hua Ya as he walked: "Every month there will be a movie on the playground. Occasionally the military band will also hold a military concert here, and I will take you to watch it then."

Hua Ya likes watching movies and listening to songs. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "There are many people without military uniforms here."

"Yes, so family members of cadres like us should be careful about our speech and behavior here." Fang Yuan lowered his voice and said to Hua Ya: "There were enemy agents here in the past few years. Let's be careful not to expose the whereabouts of the other members of the family. Although you ask They may not be able to say it to Lao Lin, but they must have this kind of awareness. Sometimes a word said carelessly is said without intention, but the listener has intention."

This is not serious at all, especially considering Gu Tinglan's identity. My father is the commander of the military region, and my mother is the political commissar of the Independent Female Regiment. He himself often performs special tasks, and a casual sentence may reveal a lot of information.

Hua Ya remembered it firmly in her heart. Fortunately, she knew that she was a gourd with a sawed mouth and didn't like to talk too much. I just muttered something in my heart, but now I think it is an advantage.

They went to the library, and Hua Ya fell in love with it right away.

A tree-lined path is lined with tall birch trees. There are two stone tables and stone chairs under the tree. You can read under the tree in summer.

Ahead are two long flower beds, which must have been neglected by no one and the season is not good. They are empty without even soil. Someone had piled up old tables and broken chairs.

On the first floor is the reading room on the left and the cultural activity room on the right. Literacy classes are held two half-day classes a week right here.

The place where Hua Ya will work is the reading room. Fangyuan doesn't like reading and rarely comes here. Look around like a flower bud.

Fangyuan was about to tell Hua Ya that it was quite quiet inside, with no one talking, which suited her well. Before he could open his mouth, he heard arguments coming from the reading room.

It was in the morning, and Zhou Wenfang, who was working, stood in front of the registration table, pointed at Li Yinhua and lectured: "You are an illiterate, and you always come here to borrow books. How shameless do you have to borrow them? Are you borrowing books for reading or as decorations?"

Li Yinhua slapped the library card in her hand on the table and shouted without giving in: "My face is better than yours anyway, who are you? Everyone in the family area is behind my back." You're such a joke, you're still talking shame to me here, bah, you're the shameless one. I have a library card, so you have to take out the books for me and register them. If you don't register them for me, I'll Report you to the family committee!"

"I will only come face to face. If you like it, you like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. I fought for the person I love without regrets!" Zhou Wenfang also yelled over.

"Well, you shameless person, you still want to say love, but you are poaching people, shameless person!" Li Yinhua is an expert at poking people's lung tubes.

"I didn't know that they were already getting along. What I wanted was fair competition. Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told someone like you."

Hua Ya's hand when pushing the door paused, turned around and smiled sweetly at Fangyuan and said, "I'm hungry."

Hua Ya thought: Just because he doesn't like to talk, he's not really stupid.

She was going to go to such an occasion, Chun Chun was a big injustice.

Chapter 37

Fangyuan heard the noise inside and knew that Zhou Wenfang was confronting Li Yinhua. She sneered and said: "Let them make noise and wait until the readers complain to both of them!"

In fact, she really wanted to say "let them dog eat dog". She opened her mouth and looked at Hua Ya's big black innocent eyes, and she no longer had the desire to curse.

Hua Ya and Fangyuan went straight back home.

Hua Ya knitted sweaters at home for four or five days.

Everyone in the house felt that she should go out for a walk. It's getting colder and colder now, and in a few days even boiling water will turn into ice if you put it outside.

Aunt Gao informed Hua Ya to go to work in the library in a week. Hua Ya took the time to go to the family committee to complete the formalities, return the photos to Aunt Gao, and then return home to continue knitting.

By the time I got to work, I had finished knitting a sweater for Wang Tianzhu. The chest is woven with colorful fine wool and depicts a family of three, lifelike. When Fangyuan saw it, he was reluctant to touch it with all his strength, and he touched it cautiously.

Hua Ya went to Aunt Gao's house again and handed the sweater to Aunt Gao. Aunt Gao's eyes turned red when she saw the sweater, and she told Hua Ya, "Xiao Zhu doesn't know how he likes it after seeing it. Maybe he won't be able to bear to wear it."

She could tell that Hua Ya had put a lot of thought into it. The white background in the photo of a family of three was replaced by the five-star red flag. On the chest is a miniature monument of heroes, where Wang Tianzhu's parents are buried.

"Knit Xiaozhu's woolen trousers again for me." Hua Ya asked Aunt Gao for Wang Tianzhu's colorful woolen trousers.

Aunt Gao said: "He was still wearing it and couldn't bear to take it off. When I gave him the sweater, he would naturally take off the woolen pants."

"That's the best." Hua Ya said with a straight face, "Little pig can't wallow in the past."

"Xiao, Xiaozhu is not a piglet. Ouch, you can call it whatever you want. Anyway, you are right. If you dwell on the past, you will lose sight of the future." Aunt Gao held Hua Ya's little hand cherishingly and spread it on her own. He said on his hand: "What a pair of skillful hands. The sweaters you can knit are better than those sold. I heard you can also run mountains, right?"

Hua Ya is very proud of the fact that she can run in the mountains. She has paid off the foreign debt for her family.

"I like running in the mountains." Hua Ya said.

Aunt Gao smiled and said, "When spring comes, let Xiao Gu take you to climb the mountain."

Hua Ya really wanted to explain to Aunt Gao that mountain running and mountain climbing were different concepts. But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. She would understand when I picked something good to give to her.

*

Working in a library offers a lot of freedom compared to other jobs.

When no one is borrowing books, you can organize the books or read them by yourself. Register if someone borrows it.

Hua Ya originally thought that working here might be boring, but she didn't expect to be able to work with Zhou Wenfang every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. To be honest, it was quite interesting.

real.

First day on the job.

Hua Ya was wearing the cotton-padded jacket, cotton pants, cotton hat and scarf that Gu Tinglan had prepared for her, and the cotton shoes that Gu Tinglan got on her feet. She waddled out of the snow like a little penguin and arrived at the library.

Zhou Wenfang never expected to see flower buds here.

She knew there was going to be a new colleague, but she really didn't know it was Hua Ya!

"You wiped down the tables and chairs in the reading room and activity room." Zhou Wenfang frowned, looked at Hua Ya who had difficulty moving, and directly arranged work for her.

Hua Ya entered the reading room and slowly swept the snow off her body. Then he slowly took off his hat and patted it, then slowly took off his scarf and shook it.

Zhou Wenfang stood in front of Hua Ya with her hands on her hips and was almost dead with anger. She gritted her molar teeth and urged with a twisted smile on her face: "Hurry up."

Hua Ya didn't listen to her and walked to the door and stamped her feet to get the snow off her cotton shoes. He turned around and saw that Zhou Wenfang was about to breathe fire. He slowly raised his arm in front of Zhou Wenfang and said to her: "Help me hold it."

Zhou Wenfang was extremely angry and was about to get angry.

Hua Ya smiled at her and said sweetly: "Thank you."

From the corner of her eye, she could see three or four family members sitting in the reading room reading, their eyes already focused on the two of them. In order to prevent the workplace from becoming a stage for others in the future, she rattled her teeth, roughly pulled her thick sleeves over Hua Ya and began to push up.

"Wearing thick clothes, I couldn't have killed you on the way here!" Zhou Wenfang gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice.

She rolled up the left arm, and Hua Ya naturally put her right arm in front of her.

Zhou Wenfang was full of resentment and pushed up Huaya's sleeves again. The sleeves of the cotton-padded jacket were so thick that it took two or three rolls to roll them up. Zhou Wenfang began to creak and grit his teeth again.

"You know how thick it is." Hua Ya said sweetly, "Gu Tinglan gave it to me."

Zhou Wenfang's hands froze, and she immediately wanted to chop off the hand holding her sleeve. Why are you so mean, working for others and still being fed dog food? !

"I told you just now, get the rag quickly. All the tables, chairs and benches on the first floor must be wiped spotless." Zhou Wenfang almost lost her temper and said to Hua Ya.

Hua Ya tilted her head, made a fist and shook her wrist against the ground.

A Seiko Longines watch slid down the smooth forearm to the slender wrist, almost blinding Zhou Wenfang's eyes. Hua Ya turned the watch dial towards her, clicked the pointer on it and said, "Go to work at 8:30, there are still fifteen minutes left."

"Do you know where the watch comes from?" Hua Ya asked.

Zhou Wenfang said expressionlessly: "I don't want to know."

"There's still time."

Hua Ya took out the beef buns she had made in the morning from her cotton coat pocket and started to nibble them in front of Zhou Wenfang.

Zhou Wenfang closed her eyes and felt a little dark in front of her eyes.

A certain place had an ominous premonition, and unexpectedly resonated with Wang Tianzhu in the study class.

Zhou Wenfang returned to the registration table angrily and took out the unfinished book to read. While reading, I stared at the time on the clock on the wall.

Finally, at half past eight, she came to Hua Ya again in an aggressive manner.

Hua Ya was holding an enamel cup and slowly sipping hot water. Zhou Wenfang put her hands on her hips, pointed to the corner behind the door where the rags and mops were placed and said, "Don't let me say it a third time, just grab the rag and go to work!" "

Hua Ya tilted her head.

Seeing her tilting her head again, Zhou Wenfang's heart skipped a beat.

Hua Ya smiled sweetly at her and said, "No."

Zhou Wenfang closed her eyes again, this time reaching out to hold the table in front of her.

After a while, Zhou Wenfang pointed at the flower buds with a trembling finger and said, "What's the reason this time?"

The flower bud tilted its head--

"Can you please stop tilting your head! Can you straighten your head and speak!" Zhou Wenfang was furious and couldn't control his voice for a moment. The comrades reading in the reading room all looked at her with condemnation.

Zhou Wenfang took a deep breath and decided that before listening to Hua Ya's explanation, it would be better for her to sit down in that chair first.

"You can say it now," Zhou Wenfang said.

Hua Ya slowly put down the enamel cup and said, "No."

Zhou Wenfang was angry, clenching his fists with his hands, and said to Hua Ya: "I'm asking you why you don't go to work! Who are you pretending to be cute for?"

"Let me show you." Hua Ya said softly and sweetly.

Zhou Wenfang stretched out her hand and put her palm in front of Hua Ya's palm-sized face: "I hate your face so much. We are public and private. I beg you if you can talk to me properly."

She immediately thought of Li Yinhua, who was abusive and abusive. The blunt knife of this thing is really painful. It doesn't matter if you hit her or scold her, it's still reasonable to file a complaint against her.

"Yes." Hua Ya said.

Zhou Wenfang finally mustered up the strength, pointed tremblingly at the rag in the corner, and planned to do it again. As soon as he raised his hand, he saw Hua Ya's mouth shape and said angrily: "Don't say 'no'! This is yin and yang, you know What do you mean by being weird? Don't say 'no' and don't act cute."

"Okay." Hua Ya said.

Zhou Wenfang exhaled through her nose, her beautiful face extremely distorted. She pointed tremblingly at the rag in the corner and said, "Now, would you please go clean all the tables and chairs in these two rooms, Comrade Hua Ya?"

Hua Ya smiled slightly, shook her head and said, "I refuse."

"Why!" Zhou Wenfang was about to go crazy. He suddenly slapped the table and stood up, even shaking because of the violent motion.

"Comrade, please be quiet."

"This is the reading room, please have some skills."

"Hey, keep your voice down. If you don't read a book, go out and shout whatever you want."

Zhou Wenfang stared at Hua Ya with resentful eyes.

Hua Ya tilted her head.

Zhou Wenfang was heartbroken.

Hua Ya smiled sweetly and said, "You are at the same level as me, so don't give me orders."

Fuck you.

I'll do it myself!

Zhou Wenfang strode to the corner, grabbed a rag and went to the toilet to wipe it.

Under the faucet, the rag was almost torn by her rubbing.

Her hands were frozen red by the cold water. The water here was all underground water. Although it was not frozen, it was still close to zero.

Hua Ya slowly came to the door of the toilet, held her hands in her hands and breathed a sigh of relief, washing the rag slowly.

When Zhou Wenfang came out, Hua Ya stopped her and said, "Let's do it together, comrades."

Zhou Wenfang gritted his teeth.

If Hua Ya hadn't reacted quickly and caught him, Zhou Wenfang almost slapped the rag on Hua Ya's face.

The two people were walking in the corridor, one heading south and the other heading north, determined not to look back.

*

When Hua Ya got home from get off work, Fangyuan knew that she would be facing Zhou Wenfang, so she had to worry all morning.

Seeing that she came back looking normal, he didn't forget to buy himself a can of yellow peaches to celebrate going to work. She changed her shoes, put the can on the table, and washed her hands again.

"Is it cold?" Fangyuan fried a plate of oily eggs, and also soaked bamboo shoots and fried minced meat for Hua Ya.

"It's not cold." Hua Ya looked over and saw the two plates of dishes on the table and said to Fangyuan, "Sister-in-law, one dish is enough for us."

Knowing that Huaya was sensible, Fangyuan covered the hand holding Huaya and let her hold the rice that had just been served: "I also eat two dishes at home."

This is true. In the past, it was because the family did not have the conditions. Now that the conditions are better, there is no need to be so picky. When eating two dishes, it is usually a stir-fried dish and a pickle. It is rare to have two stir-fried dishes. I say this just to make Huayya reluctant to part with it.

"Okay." Hua Ya waited until her hands were warm, picked up a handful of bright white rice with her chopsticks, and took a big mouthful of it.

Look at her chewing the rice like a little hamster, the bulging belly is very cute. These days when she eats with Hua Ya, her appetite has increased.

He gave Hua Ya a pair of eggs with chopsticks, and used a spoon to scoop out the minced meat for her to eat. Hua Ya said happily: "It's better than what I eat at home during the Chinese New Year."

Fangyuan said with a smile: "When the Chinese New Year comes, I will make a big table for you and see if you can finish it."

Hua Ya nodded fiercely and said, "After eating, I might have eaten it."

Fangyuan was so happy that a twenty-year-old girl would talk about being proud of being able to eat. Fangyuan held up the bowl and asked casually, "How is work?"

What she wanted to know was whether Zhou Wenfang had made things difficult for Hua Ya.

Hua Ya hugged the bowl, thought about it seriously and said, "There are more people reading than thinking."

"I still have to clean the tables and benches."

"The morning went by quickly."

"I came across an interesting book."

"There are several birds on the stone table outside."

Fangyuan couldn't help but ask: "How about getting along with colleagues?"

Hua Ya nodded and smiled at Fangyuan: "Very good."

very good?

There is a lot of moisture in these words.

"What's a good idea?" Fang Yuan had to ask, taking the time to scoop out some minced meat for Hua Ya.

Hua Ya didn't lie at all and said: "Two rolled up the cotton sleeves with me and helped me wash the rag."

Fang Yuan's frown relaxed, then frowned again not long after he relaxed.

That Zhou Wenfang, really has such a good heart?

But Hua Ya's expression didn't seem to be pretending, nor was she a lying girl.

Strangely enough, the sun came out in the west.

Chapter 38

One day later, Wednesday.

Hua Ya's second day at work.

In the morning, Fangyuan thought about it and decided to let Hua Ya bring two eggs to Zhou Wenfang.

Rolling up cotton sleeves and washing rags is not a big deal, but giving a grand thank you is a bit too much. It would be a good idea if we could build a relationship between them.

"When you arrive, tell her after saying hello, just ask her -"

"Ask her if she has eaten." Hua Ya repeated: "Then hand her the eggs."

He wrapped Hua Ya's scarf around in circles to make sure there would be no air leakage around his neck, and said to Hua Ya, "You really don't need me to send you there?"

Don't give away flower buds, she still has to go around to the Monument of Heroes to feed the seabirds.

Fangyuan didn't allow her to go there all the time for fear of being pecked by seabirds. Huaya might as well feed her on the way before going to work.

After Hua Ya clattered downstairs with his hands in his pocket, Fangyuan walked to the kitchen and smiled helplessly when he saw the unsealed bag of corn mash. What a careless girl.

Hua Ya is not afraid of the Monument of Heroes. She can save ten minutes of traveling from here to District 3, and she can also feed her favorite birds, killing two birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, it was not time to feed the birds in the morning, so there were not many birds in the square. Hua Ya walked towards the library disappointedly, holding the rice grains in her arms.

Walking along the path of the library, there were quite a few small seabirds chirping looking for flower buds to eat.

The flower bud poured corn ballast for them, and they left spinning in mid-air after eating and drinking.

Entering the library, there were not many people coming to read in the morning.

Zhou Wenfang arrived earlier than Hua Ya every time. She stood in front of the registration table and stared at Li Yinhua, refusing to register her library card.

Hua Ya slowly packed herself up and came to the registration table. Zhou Wenfang and Li Yinhua didn't quarrel today. Last time someone complained to the family committee, both of them were criticized. This time they competed with each other.

Hua Ya simply pretended that they didn't exist and poured herself some tea first. Two taels of Iron Goddess of Mercy were exchanged for Gu Tinglan's tea tickets. Then she raised her wrist and looked at her Longines watch slowly. It was still fifteen minutes before she went to work.

She was secretly happy. This way, every time she came over to feed the birds, she wouldn't have to delay her time at work. It was perfect.

Zhou Wenfang's legs were sore from standing, and she thought that Hua Ya and Li Yinhua seemed to be a bit difficult to deal with secretly, so she thought about whether to let Hua Ya join her. After all, the enemy of her enemy is her friend. Although they can't be true friends, they can reluctantly pretend to be friends for the time being.

As long as Hua Ya didn't let her do this or that again, when Zhou Wenfang returned home the day before yesterday, she realized why she was led away by Hua Ya.

Unexpectedly, Hua Ya slowly pulled out the stool and sat next to her while she was praying, looking up at her with an expression on her face that she was about to say something.

Zhou Wenfang was speechless, secretly reaching down and pointing at Li Yinhua, so that Hua Ya would glare at her.

Grog, something gentle was stuffed into his hand.

The day before yesterday, Zhou Wenfang helped Hua Ya do several tasks. Zhou Wenfang raised his throat in one breath and subconsciously pinched the egg and slapped it hard on the table.

"Bang!" The egg shell cracked, but the egg inside was intact.

Zhou Wenfang thought at the last moment that this thing was scattered all over the table and she had to clean it up herself, so why should a woman embarrass herself.

She peeled the eggs three times and five times, her eyes never leaving Li Yinhua's small mung bean eyes. After peeling the eggs, she slapped Hua Ya on the face with her backhand, but Hua Ya firmly blocked her.

Hua Ya held the egg up and shook it between Zhou Wenfang and Li Yinhua like someone else: "You want to eat it, Comrade Xiaofang."

Zhou Wenfang really wanted to tell her that she wasn't that familiar with her, so please don't interfere with her silent battle.

"Get out of here." Zhou Wenfang cursed in a low voice.

Hua Ya sat down obediently, holding the egg in her little hand, and sighed: "You are so kind to me." After that, Ah Wu took a bite of the egg, and it tasted delicious.

Zhou Wenfang's eyesight was a little dark again, so she secretly leaned her legs against the legs of the table to use her strength. He tapped the table with a sneer and said, "I suggest you not to take "Red Sun". This "Xinhua Dictionary" is very suitable for you."

Li Yinhua watched the relationship between Zhou Wenfang and Hua Ya for a long time, and inexplicably felt that the two of them were very good. Zhou Wenfang's nostrils were looking at people, but he actually helped Hua Ya peel the eggs. But she didn't believe in evil. The last time she was kicked out of Fangyuan's house, she gave up her good intentions with Gu Tinglan and turned to other officers.

After looking around, I met someone who was not an officer, but lived and worked in the third district. It was said that after the political review, you could get military status, and it was only a matter of time before you became an officer. The other party asked her to borrow this book, but she couldn't borrow it.

"Give it to me." Li Yinhua said.

"No." Zhou Wenfang said.

"You are avenging a private vendetta."

"You're wasting resources."

Li Yinhua got angry, pointed to Hua Ya who was nibbling eggs and said, "Isn't it a waste of resources that she can work here with a primary school degree?"

Hua Ya blinked, but before she could refute, Zhou Wenfang said first: "The words written on the book borrowing registration are clearly written by educated people. You have the nerve to laugh at others, but others are not better than you. Insidious and cunning shrew , I feel unlucky when I see you."

"Pah, pah, pah, pah." Hua Ya imitated the rhythm of Xiao Guazi and applauded Zhou Wenfang.

Zhou Wenfang took a deep breath, pointed to the cultural activity room opposite and said, "I beg you, go over there and stay there."

Just go.

Hua Ya slowly wrapped the egg shells scattered on the table in paper towels. Li Yinhua shouted: "Can't you hurry up? Are you a turtle or a tortoise?"

Hua Ya looked up at her and said in confusion: "Is there a tortoise in the Chinese zodiac?"

Li Yinhua sneered: "You don't even know how to be a civilized person?"

Hua Ya said: "I thought you had someone like this in your family, so it was strange."

Li Yinhua let out a "poof", turned to Hua Ya and said, "You are the only one with a turtle bastard in your family. Don't think that I will be afraid of you. I will scold you and Zhou Wenfang together!"

Hua Ya was shocked: "Just scold her, why bother scolding me." She was just a poor laborer.

Zhou Wenfang felt that this thing was of no help at all, so he dragged Hua Ya by the collar of her cotton-padded jacket and dragged her outside the registration table and said, "Go over there."

Hua Ya actually didn't want to go there, she wanted to see how they quarreled.

She lingered, but Zhou Wenfang had already been stimulated on the first day and was watching calmly today. On the other hand, Li Yinhua couldn't stand it and said, "It's so boring. I'm extremely lazy."

Nowadays, women are mainly expected to be hard-working and skillful in holding the house. It is rare to find someone like Hua Ya.

Zhou Wenfang sneered and said, "She's like this. If you're in a hurry, get out."

Hua Ya suddenly raised her head and finally realized that Zhou Wenfang was speaking for her. Just as she was about to speak, Zhou Wenfang reached out and pinched her lips, pinching them into a duck's mouth: "Shut up."

As long as Hua Ya didn't speak, Zhou Wenfang believed that she could still fight.

While the three of them were in a stalemate, a man came into the reading room. The other person had very ordinary facial features and would not attract attention wherever he went. It was not until he spoke that Zhou Wenfang realized that someone had entered the reading room.

Li Yinhua became obviously shy when she saw him. She drooped her eyelids and said shyly: "I was borrowing books for you, why did you come by yourself?"

"Comrade Yinhua, my colleague got me a bag of good coffee. I can't wait to taste it with you. How about we just taste the coffee of life on the broken plaid tablecloth?"

The flower bud sucked for a moment, feeling a bit sour.

Li Yinhua likes this elegant look, she is an absolute cultured person. She threw the book on the registration table and proudly followed the man out of the reading room.

Zhou Wenfang didn't say another word to Hua Ya until she got off work.

Hua Ya didn't care about her either. She was anxious to feed the birds after get off work.

When she arrived, she met Aunt Gao who was also feeding seabirds. It's just that his expression isn't quite right, he seems a little worried.

Seeing the flower buds coming, Aunt Gao stood far away and pointed at a group of boobies on the ground and said, "Look, as soon as they come over, the seagulls and petrels don't dare to come. They are just a bunch of bullies."

Hua Ya didn't dare to say a word, it was she who invited the bully to come over and eat corn crumbs as his guest.

Aunt Gao looked at the more than 30 boobies with wonder, as if they were seeing the mother bird. They followed the flower buds step by step and left the place where other birds were eating.

She didn't think much about it, thinking that Hua Ya was carrying something that the boobies had eaten.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

That old woman is so mean, fuck me with a mop head!

Scold her, scold her, scold her to death!

Hua Ya took advantage of Aunt Gao to feed other birds, flicked the leader's beak, and taught him a lesson with a straight face: "Don't scold Auntie, she is a good Auntie."

The leader of the boobies spread out his 1.78-meter-long wings and flapped his wings a few times to scare the flower buds. As a result, not only was he not afraid when he saw the flower bud, he even wanted to reach out and pry its arms. It quickly folded its wings and hugged its weak self, calling sweetly: "Chirp, chirp, chirp~ Don't be angry~"

Huaya still punished it, giving it only a small handful of rice grains, and distributed the rest to its subordinates.

Hua Ya was thinking about dyeing wool recently. She looked at the beautiful sky blue color of the booby leader's flippers. She smiled and waved and said, "Come here."

The booby leader who didn't know Hua Ya was sinister ran over and was hugged by Hua Ya, rubbing his feet vigorously.

"Chirp!"

It didn't dare to move in Hua Ya's arms, and its thick sky-blue flippers were rubbed hot by Hua Ya. Hua Ya spread his hands and found that there was no color at all, so he threw it down and whispered, "Tsk, it's useless."

".Ah! Is this human talk?" The leader of the boobies was almost forced to step on the yarn to dye the wool. As an automatic dyeing tool bird, he said in disbelief: "No bird rights? Do you dare to follow me to the wild area?" One trip?"

After Hua Ya finished feeding the other boobies, he stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Have you ever heard of the Desperate God of Food?"

The leader of the boobies has not only heard of it, but the desperate food god is simply the black and white of their wild animals.

Back then, they dominated the wild areas. The divine farmer tasted hundreds of herbs, and the desperate god of food tasted hundreds of birds.

"My partner." Hua Ya smiled and said, "Love me very much."

Aunt Gao had also finished feeding the seabirds. She came over to say hello to Hua Ya and was about to go to the family committee to work. He came over to take a look, pointed at the booby leader and said, "It's really strange today. I can actually see birds kneeling down."

The leader of the boobies wanted to say that it was a dignified bird. It was not kneeling, but its legs were weak.

Logically speaking, it should be difficult to catch them flying in the sky. Unexpectedly, one of the desperate food gods was Gu Bajin, a sharpshooter. One shot and one bird friend.

The other one is even more speechless and is called Xie Dazui by their wild animals. Whatever you do, you have to show it off in your mouth first. It can be said that--

Colorful birds, colorful flowers.

Colorful mushrooms, colorful him.

Gu Bajin wanted other people's lives, but Xie Dazui became so cruel that he didn't even want his own life.

Just ask you if you are afraid.

It is said that the main consideration for Xie Weimin to be promoted to deputy captain by Gu Bajin was that Ya was lucky.

Hua Ya didn't know the deep pain in the wild animals' hearts, so she reached out and patted the leader of the boobies on the head: "You are so good."

It's not that one family doesn't enter the same house.

Although it didn't know the path to the flower buds, it still shouted to its friends in its heart: Save me, save me.

After Hua Ya fed the cute birds, she didn't know how the birds were feeling. Anyway, she went home in a good mood.

Chapter 39

A week later.

Hua Ya counted the days on her fingers, and the sky was filled with dark clouds on the way.

Gu Tinglan has been leading the troops for twelve days and said he will be back in half a month. He doesn't know the specific day when it will end.

She ran into the building before the heavy rain fell, and met Fang Yuan coming downstairs with an umbrella.

"I'm still thinking of picking you up from get off work. Come upstairs, are you wet?" While Fangyuan was talking, thunder sounded outside, and raindrops bigger than soybeans rolled down with snowflakes. The scene was scary no matter how you looked at it.

"Not wet."

Hua Ya walked into the house and opened the door. It was much warmer inside than outside. She took off her cotton-padded jacket and immediately lay down on the window to look at the sky outside.

It was clearly noon, and the sky was as dark as late at night. Thunder and lightning flashed across the horizon, lighting up the sky for a few seconds.

Fangyuan walked to Hua Ya and said to Hua Ya: "It's rare to see such weather in these years. I heard from my parents that there will be huge waves on the sea in such a sky. Thank you for your brother not working at sea. I don't know where it is. Have the people retreated?"

"It came so fast." Hua Ya said. Even the birds didn't have time to give warning, and large black clouds covered the sky, disrupting the peaceful world without restraint.

"When will Gu Tinglan come back?" This was the first time Hua Ya asked Fangyuan about Gu Tinglan, but Fangyuan didn't know. She explained to Hua Ya: "The tasks of the first group and the second group are different. They train every year. The second regiment takes longer than the first regiment and is more difficult. You don't know, Beijing trains the second regiment every year on the number of casualties it can have. Hey, it's hard for Xiao Gu too. Fortunately, Xiao Xie can help him. This This training lasted longer than last year. I don't know when they will be able to come back. They usually don't explain where they go to training, for fear that someone will take advantage of it."

Hua Ya lowered her head in disappointment, her palms pressed against the cold glass, always feeling confused.

Fangyuan was worried that she would be cold, so she closed the curtains and turned on the lights in the room.

"Others are worried about you, so why aren't you worried about him?" Fang Yuan said with a smile: "It's just a training, and it doesn't come smoothly every year. You put your heart in your stomach, and the only thing that can make you worry about us now is us. When will dad send you your marriage documents?"

Hua Ya successfully changed the subject, and she asked Fangyuan: "What should a woman prepare for marriage?"

Fangyuan said with a smile: "The other places are the dowry, such as quilts, sheets, quilt covers, pots and pans, etc. Because of the special situation here, you and Xiao Gu can buy it together when the time comes. Everyone is like this. , no one will say anything about you."

Hua Ya was not afraid of what others would say, but was afraid of wronging Gu Tinglan.

She has a job here and earns much more than she imagined every month, more than even a first-class worker in her hometown. When spring comes, she can still go to the mountains to earn money. If there is no good stuff in the mountains, she can also learn to go to the sea to catch fish.

All in all, she sincerely wants to take care of her family and live a happy life.

Seeing that her mind was elsewhere, Fangyuan quietly stood by the window, lifting the curtains to look out from time to time.

The pot was re-ignited and the egg drop soup was boiling. After the water boiled, Fang Yuan took a bowl and handed it to Hua Ya and said, "Today we and I will have a simple meal, egg drop soup with noodles. It's a damp weather, so we are warm." ."

Hua Ya misses Gu Tinglan very much.

Holding the egg drop soup in hand, I drank it feebly. I don't know why I feel particularly strong today.

She reluctantly said a few words to Fangyuan. She said that she had nothing to do in the afternoon. The weather outside was bad. Fangyuan had a headache and lay down in the bedroom to take a nap.

Hua Ya returned to the room, restless.

I don't know how long it took, but I vaguely heard something pecking at the window.

Hua Ya walked to the window and opened the curtains, revealing wet sky-blue flippers.

Thanks to his huge wings, the booby leader flew here against the wind from the Hero Monument.

"Jiujiu, save your partner." The leader of the boobies was hugged tightly by Hua Ya into the house.

Fangyuan heard the collision and stood by Huaya's door. He couldn't understand what it was saying and thought it was injured and hit the window.

She saw that Hua Ya was treating the raptor like a pet, and she quickly said to Hua Ya: "Put it down quickly and wait until I find a cardboard box to put it in. Don't get you wet."

He found that Hua Ya didn't say anything and stared blankly at the boobies in his arms. Booby chirped vigorously and said to Hua Ya: "There is someone on Dafangtai. My subordinates saw that your partner went out to sea to rescue people in a boat! The wind and waves outside are very strong, there is fog on the sea, and a hurricane is coming. Your partner is coming." His boat was about to capsize several times! He couldn't find his way home!"

"Hua Ya, Hua Ya?" Fang Yuan took the cardboard box and put it on the ground. When he saw Hua Ya getting wet, he hurriedly called Hua Ya, but unfortunately Hua Ya froze in place. Fangyuan called a few more times, and Hua Ya suddenly put the leader of the boobies that kept chirping on the ground and started to put on clothes.

"Raincoat." Hua Ya said to Fang Yuan calmly.

Fang Yuan frowned and said, "Are you crazy? What's going on outside? I can't even see my feet when I'm walking. You're trying to get out first. Is the bird injured? There's purple potion in my house - hey! Don't go out!" How can you go out like this!"

Hua Ya took an umbrella and put on her shoes and was about to go out. Fangyuan couldn't hold her back and was very angry. He pulled out a raincoat and put it on her and said, "Where are you going?!"

"Look for the lighthouse." Hua Ya said.

Gu Tinglan couldn't find his way back, so she would find a light to illuminate the way for him.

"What?" Fangyuan yelled to Hua Ya for the first time: "The weather outside was blown away when you went out. You want to run to the coast to find the lighthouse. What's wrong with you? The lighthouse is right there. You can't take it away even if you find it. ah!"

Hua Ya had no time to talk nonsense with her, so she rushed out quickly and disappeared from Fangyuan's sight in the blink of an eye.

Fangyuan looked at the boobies in the cardboard box, and for a moment he didn't know whether it was better to chase the flower buds directly or to take care of the boobies at home. Fortunately, the booby leader had some foresight and ran out while Fangyuan was closing the door. Because the wings are too big to fly in the building, I can only use my short legs to get down the stairs, run up three steps and face the ground, and then reach the first floor with my voice.

When it reached the clearing, it had a chance to regain its glory. It endured the pain, flapped its wings and soon found the flower bud in the heavy rain.

One person and one bird hurried towards the Monument of Heroes with great difficulty, and when they arrived nearby, they walked down the path to the beach.

At this time, the beach was different from the previous scenery. It looked like a huge black mouth with fangs exposed. It excitedly set off huge waves dozens of meters high in the violent wind and rain.

Hua Ya ran for more than half an hour and found the lighthouse under the leadership of the booby leader.

There are already many people in the management room below the lighthouse. The navigation beacon is submerged, the communication signal disappears, and the ship is looming on the radar. The only lighthouse that can be relied on cannot penetrate because of the cover of low-level rain and fog.

Not only a group of offshore working platforms, but also soldiers fishing in small boats were trapped in the huge waves.

Ruan Brigade was on-site command, and Gu Tinglan was ordered in the face of danger. He had already gone to sea with communication equipment three hours ago.

It happened that the communication equipment was destroyed at this time, and Gu Tinglan's ship lost contact.

The lighthouse cannot give a signal, and the management staff is constantly explaining to Ruan Lu and others: "Unless the rain and fog dissipate, they can receive the signal within the coverage area of ​​the lighthouse."

Ruan Lu was furious: "Who arranged for them to go to sea in such weather?! Where is the weather log? Where is your work log?! Tell me what solution you have, hurry up, don't wait for the people on the sea to die. Give me some hindsight when you're done!"

Hua Ya was crowded in the management room, and people who were walking anxiously saw this female comrade, a company commander under Gu Tinglan. Knowing that she was the target of Captain Gu, he brought her a chair to sit and wait.

People kept walking around in front of Hua Ya, and everyone came up with various ideas, which were all rejected one by one.

Where could Hua Ya sit down? She heard the person asked by Ruan Lu come up with a solution: "Unless the coverage area of ​​the navigation light is expanded."

"How to expand?" Another person asked. Hua Ya followed the sound and looked over. It was Xie Weimin. Xie Weimin's eyes were red, and he wanted to eat the people in the lighthouse alive, and said, "Speak quickly! Don't let me put the gun to your head!"

"Xie Weimin!" Ruan Lu yelled at Xie Weimin, knowing that he was anxious. At this time, the more anxious he was, the worse things would happen. He had to calm down.

"Someone needs to climb up the cliff behind and hang the lighthouse's navigation light under the upper arch."

The cliff is not a straight line, but a rugged "7" shape. The lower part of the upper arch that the other party mentioned is the end of the "7" shape. Different from the standard "7" shaped ninety-degree cliff, the cliff below the Hero Monument is a cliff that slopes outward at an angle of 130 degrees, almost allowing climbers to hang with their hands from beginning to end, relying on the strength of their hands to climb upwards. .

At a height of 123 meters, even if it is not a disaster day, it is still an impossible task, not to mention the violent wind, rain, lightning and thunder outside. Without safety equipment, if anyone slips his hand, the consequences will be disastrous.

Someone muttered: "Unless someone has wings, he will definitely fall to death."

"Who can go?" Ruan Lu lowered his voice and asked the people present.

Everyone was silent. Many of them were strong-blooded soldiers, not because they were afraid of death, but because they really couldn't finish it.

Ruan Lu pinched his eyebrows, preparing to let others think of other solutions.

"I want to go." Hua Ya stood up and was surrounded by a roomful of male soldiers. After she finished speaking, the surrounding area fell silent. Everyone glanced around and realized that the person who said this was a petite girl.

Ruan Lu recognized Hua Ya, frowned and said to Hua Ya, "This is not a place for you to mess around. I know you are impatient, and we will find a way."

"I can climb up." As soon as Hua Ya finished speaking, the person who took out the navigation light scolded: "Why are you causing trouble? This is not something that women can interfere with! Hurry up and sit in the back and don't make trouble for us!"

"No one can climb up except me." Hua Ya said firmly.

The others were not disturbed by her and quickly contacted other personnel to ask if there were any professional rock climbers.

Hua Ya stood there and waited quietly for ten minutes. Disappointing news came one after another, and no one paid attention to her. Everyone was preoccupied with finding other options.

Hua Ya stood there with firm eyes.

Hua Ya is not a person who just sits still and waits for death.

The leader of the boobies is going crazy outside. He no longer pretends to be cute when he is squealing or chirping.

Ruan Lu heard Aunt Gao talk about Hua Ya many times, and she always praised her. But today Ruan Lu had to refuse Hua Ya's request. This kind of moment was neither joking nor emotional. Otherwise, when Gu Tinglan comes back and something happens to Hua Ya, it will be a big joke.

He asked someone to give Hua Ya a cup of hot water, knowing that she was also impatient and confused, so he could understand.

Hua Ya took the water glass and took a sip of hot water. She seemed to feel that the cup was a little hot, so she walked to the table with the navigation light and put the cup on it.

Others were still running around looking for rock climbers and didn't notice that there was an extra rope in Hua Ya's hand. She took advantage of the person next to her to leave the table, leaving a silhouette behind her. She picked up the half-meter-high navigation light and rushed outside.

No one expected that the petite girl could have such an explosive sprint speed. When they discovered that the navigation light and Hua Ya were missing, Hua Ya was already standing under the cliff with the navigation light on her back against the wind.

"Nonsense! Don't mess around!"

"Come down quickly, we are about to find someone."

"There is only one navigation light. If it is damaged, Commander Gu will really not be able to come back!"

The flower buds climbed up silently, and no sound could be heard in their ears.

She only knew that Gu Tinglan was waiting for her, waiting for her light.

Chapter 40

Gradually, the flower buds climb higher and higher. Not only are the people under your feet getting smaller and smaller, but their voices are also getting quieter.

Twenty meters.

Hua Ya had time to wipe her face. The heavy rain was filled with ice particles instead of snowflakes. Her left eye was hit, so she stopped moving, held on to the point of strength on the cliff with one hand, and rubbed her eye vigorously with the other hand. The people below could not see the situation clearly, thinking that she was teetering on the verge of falling, and screamed in surprise.

Hua Ya stabilized his body, his vision was seriously affected by the wind and rain. He had to wipe his face when climbing three to five meters, and squinted his eyes to find the point of upward strength.

Fifty meters.

Ruan Lu's angry voice came up: "Comrade Huaya, it's up to you!"

There were people next to Ruan Lu who wanted to stop him. For fear of losing his life, Ruan Lu shouted: "Get out of the way and let her get in!"

Fangyuan was worried about Hua Ya, so she ran over here holding an umbrella. She saw that 30 or 40 people were not holding umbrellas, including Ruan Lu, Xie Weimin, Zhao Bin, Zhou Qiang, Xie Rui, etc. whom she knew, and many others who were called Nameless person. They all raised their heads and looked up at the top of the cliff. Fang Yuan followed suit and almost fainted after just one glance. Her eyesight went dark, and she was helped by someone.

When I looked back, I saw that it was Zhou Wenfang.

Zhou Wenfang was hiding from the rain in the reading room and found that the wind and rain would not stop for a while. He wanted to take a shortcut through the Heroes Monument Square and found that there were many people here.

Eighty meters.

At the same time, she and Fangyuan saw the flower buds struggling to climb up despite the wind, rain, and lightning. Hide and appear in the rain and fog. Suddenly Hua Ya was hanging on it with one hand, whether it was because her hands were slipping or because she was exhausted. The people below were amazed. I don't know when, everyone started shouting in unison: "Hua Ya, come on!"

"Hua Ya, come on!"

"Hua Ya, come on!"

Fangyuan shouted heartbreakingly. Lin Bayi, who got the news at some point, also rushed over. Just as he was about to cover Fangyuan's head, she knocked him down. She shouted angrily: "Second sister , your second sister is hanging on it!" Then he met a pair of red eyes.

"Both she and Xiao Gu will be fine." In just half an hour, Lin Bayi's mouth quickly swelled with a big blister. He said to Fang Yuan in a hoarse voice: "If you don't hold an umbrella, you're going to kill me." Wear a raincoat."

Before Fangyuan could refuse, Lin Ba took off his raincoat and put it on Fangyuan's upper body. Fangyuan knew that Lin Bayi's legs would hurt terribly when weather like this happened, so how could she ask for his raincoat. But once she met his eyes, Fangyuan was speechless.

After a while, Fangyuan whispered: "Hua Ya will be fine."

"Yeah." Lin Bayi lowered his hands and clenched them into fists. His nails dug into the skin and blood leaked out.

Just when they were anxious, Hua Ya, who was hindered by wind, rain and lightning, suddenly found that the wind and rain spots in the sky were much smaller. Looking again, the booby leader was leading all his men to fly around the cliff, trying to use his huge gray wings to shield her from the wind and rain as much as possible.

Hua Ya gritted her teeth. Two of the nails on her hands turned up due to excessive exertion. The nail shells fell off at some point. She didn't feel the pain. She clasped her hands tightly in the cracks of the cliff and started climbing up again.

She could no longer hear the sounds below, only the boobies kept cheering her up.

One hundred and twenty meters!

Finally, we reached the top of the "7" shape. The flower bud was hanging on it and moved little by little to the top, trying to hang the navigation light on the rock in front.

Unfortunately, there was no place to hang a light on the rock, and the half-tall big-finger navigation light made a sizzling sound of electricity.

The people below could no longer see Hua Ya, but they kept shouting to give her strength.

The leader of the boobies could no longer withstand it. The higher he went, the stronger the wind and rain became. It said anxiously: "Chirp! Hurry up! Chirp!"

Before he finished speaking, Hua Ya hung the navigation light with his mouth, made a fist with his right hand, and hammered the rock hard!

The force was so great that a superficial crack opened in the cliff at the top.

The rock Hua Ya was aiming at suddenly had a gap in it. She hung the navigation light on it steadily, hanging her body with her left hand at a height of a hundred meters, being swayed by the wind.

Hua Ya turned his scratched right wrist and asked the booby leader: "What do you think?"

The leader of the boobies immediately chirped docilely and spread his wings high into the sky to escape.

This woman is a tough guy.

It's not that one family doesn't enter the same house.

Just as it was about to run away, Hua Ya grabbed its tail and said to it, "Go find him."

The leader of the boobies looked up to the sky and "chirped!"

The people below finally saw the navigation light turn on, and they were happy!

"It's on, the lights are on!"

"Great, the lights are on!"

"God, let them come back safely."

"It's a miracle!"

Lin Bayi hugged Fang Yuan tightly, and the crowd cheered. Only they stared intently at the small figure moving downwards little by little above the cliff.

Half an hour later, Hua Ya finally got down to the ground and sat down on the ground.

Instantly, she was surrounded by a crowd. Fangyuan rushed up and hugged Hua Ya and cried bitterly: "Damn girl, how do you want me to explain to your brother! You are going to scare me to death!" Fangyuan got more and more angry as she cried, and she hugged Hua Ya and beat her several times.

Hua Ya knew that Fangyuan was feeling sorry for her, so she hugged Fangyuan instead. She was soaked all over and looked at the people standing around with a blank expression and said, "So Gu Tinglan can come back?"

Who will tell me if Gu Tinglan can come back?

Ruan Lu was able to control the situation and asked Lin Bayi and Fangyuan to help Hua Ya up: "Don't worry, Comrade Hua Ya, that boy Gu Tinglan won't die casually. He has a hard life!"

After saying that, seeing Hua Ya crying silently and her body shaking uncontrollably, Ruan Lufang said softly: "He will come back. You go to the management room to change clothes and get warm. He knows you are waiting for him and will definitely come back. I'm still waiting. I'm approving your marriage report."

The soldiers wiped away tears with sore noses. Many of their comrades were still drifting at sea, their lives uncertain. With the navigation light, we will surely be able to reunite with them soon.

Fang Yuan held Hua Ya's back and helped her into the house, and kept saying: "Stop crying, be good, and be obedient. Ruan Lu said that if Xiao Gu can come back, he will definitely come back. Who is Ruan Lu? One spits and one nails, don't worry."

Lin Ba put his coat on Hua Ya, received Fangyuan's eyes, and said, "You have to hold on, your faith is on that lamp, and Xiao Gu will definitely come back safely."

"I asked dad to apply for marriage." Hua Ya said in a small voice, "It can't be in vain."

Fangyuan's nose was sore: "Silly girl, how could the beating be in vain? Later we will apply for special approval so that you can get the wedding done as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Hua Ya said weakly, "I'll fight this once."

Fangyuan's heart ached when she heard that, she wiped her tears and said, "One time is enough, how many times do you want to get married. Listen to my sister, you and Xiao Gu only need to fight once."

"Yeah." Hua Ya said nothing.

Lin Bayi's fists clenched loudly as he suppressed his rage with a dark face.

He must find out who is causing trouble in this!

It not only involves Gu Tinglan and Hua Ya, but also involves the lives of dozens of offshore workers!

Vicious, too vicious!

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The medium-sized rescue boat floating in the sea had been holding on in the huge waves for six and a half hours. Gu Tinglan personally took the helm and led the entire crew on the top of the huge waves to escape disaster time and time again.

The fishing boats that went out to sea together all sank at the bottom of the sea. If Gu Tinglan hadn't arrived in time, they would all be left here forever.

The people on the working platform were first transferred to the fishing boats. Later, the fishing boats hit the reef one after another and the machines malfunctioned. At the critical moment, the rescue boat where Gu Tinglan was on broke through the sea.

The scary thing is that they seem to be under a spell.

Gu Tinglan's rescue ship also fell into a situation where the radar failed and the lighthouse had no signal.

Under this series of blows, many people couldn't hold on and burst into tears. The ship was heeling badly and many parts failed. Thunder and lightning and hurricanes chased behind them. They were like helpless fallen leaves on the sea. In the rough undertide, they did not know when they would be swept into the deep seabed and sleep forever.

They didn't know which direction the coast was, and they were lost in the ocean for a long time. There is sea in all directions. They may take the wrong path at any time and get further and further away from the coastline without even realizing it.

Gu Tinglan pursed her lips and stared straight ahead. Even if he sees a faint light, he can determine the direction and take everyone home!

Unfortunately, his eyes were already sore, and Gu Tinglan's body felt tired after being highly concentrated for nearly seven hours. And from the beginning to the end, there was only endless darkness that wanted to devour them.

Of the people he rescued on board, he was the only one with experience in facing extreme weather conditions. Two of the people who had been with him through that disaster passed away, namely Wang Tianzhu's biological parents. The remaining people have had a deep shadow of the ocean and extreme weather since that time, and cannot go to sea at all.

Gu Tinglan didn't want to lose his comrades again, and he thought hard about how he could leave this dark undercurrent.

The hull was violently hit by the reef again and again, and each time it seemed that the ship would disintegrate in the middle of the sea in the next second.

Just when he thought he might meet Wang Tianzhu's parents again, he was surprised to find a huge fat boobies falling on the deck of the bow.

It screamed in its own direction, as if it was telling something.

Xiao Guazi ran over with a pale face, pointed in the air and said: "Captain, look!"

Gu Tinglan looked up and saw thirty or forty huge boobies spinning and hovering above the boat.

Gu Tinglan's closed lips opened slightly, and he suddenly had an incredible suspicion in his heart.

When he faced the bison in the study class that day, these boobies were also helping him.

The leader of the boobies was so angry that he shouted desperately: "Tweet, twitch, twitch, come with me!"

However, Gu Tinglan couldn't understand what it was saying. It was yelling so heartbreakingly that it almost vomited blood.

They are keenly aware of the arrival of a huge hurricane in the distance, a hurricane that can tear icebergs into pieces, a hurricane that can rain reefs in the night sky. Any life that encounters a terrifying natural disaster hurricane will end up with an incomplete body.

It never wanted to sacrifice its life for a mere human being. At the critical moment, when it was about to flap its wings and escape, Gu Tinglan suddenly rushed out, and a huge wave tilted the ship violently.

After standing firm, Gu Tinglan was the first to sense the existence of the hurricane. Then, others also noticed the violent hurricane moving quickly in the distance.

"It's done, we're done."

"Uuuuuu, I haven't called my wife yet, my son was just born!"

"God, save me, save us!"

The leader of the boobies was upset by the shouts of humans. It was about to take off when it suddenly heard Gu Tinglan say to it hoarsely: "She asked you to come, didn't she?"

The leader of the boobies flapped his wings excitedly, raised his short neck and shouted: "Chirp!"

Gu Tinglan's eyes widened. He ignored the howls of other people in the cabin and calmly said to the booby leader, "Can you lead the way for me?"

"Chirp!" The leader of the boobies came over to ask them to move within the range of the navigation lights. With a command, all the boobies flew in the same direction instantly! The scene was extremely spectacular.

One huge wave after another swept the tired boobies into the sea. They struggled and flew out of the sea, using their only strength to lead Gu Tinglan in search of the light to go home.

Gu Tinglan returned to the cockpit, pushed away the person at the helm, and followed the direction of the boobies regardless of the cries of the others!

Some non-military employees used their remaining judgment to shout: "There is a hurricane in front of us! You can't hit it!"

There was also a careless young soldier from the Third Regiment who was crying until he fainted, shouting: "Captain Gu is crazy, Commander Gu is going to hit the hurricane! Someone stop him!"

"I want you to confuse the public with your monstrous words!" Xiao Guazi staggered over, grabbed his collar and slapped him twice!

"Look at your uniform, trash!"

The other party shouted heartbreakingly: "Gu Tinglan wants us to accompany him to death! He is crazy, he is crazy!"

There were many people who were confused by his shouting voice. They walked behind Gu Tinglan one by one, at a loss and very confused.

"I believe in my captain!" Xiao Guazi threw the man to the ground and stood firmly behind Gu Tinglan.

Xiao Guazi cursed with hatred: "When you are wearing a military uniform, you must know that obeying orders is the bounden duty of a soldier. Even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, as long as the commander of the regiment asks me to rush, I will dare to rush! The commander of the regiment said, who is he?" If you are afraid of death, just take off your five stars and retire on the spot!"

Gu Tinglan didn't look back. His soldiers believed in him, and he believed in them too.

While he was fighting for his life against the hurricane and waves, Gu Tinglan's soldiers rushed forward in a swarm. Their teeth were gritting loudly as they were driven to blood by the monstrous words.

Their eyes widened and they stood firmly behind Gu Tinglan. They put their hands on their waists to see who would dare to rush up and turn the steering wheel!

The partition between the cabin and the driver's cab was damaged. Even so, Gu Tinglan didn't hear anyone say another word.

He focused all his attention on sailing. When he saw the light, he was in a trance and thought it was an illusion.

The boobies fell to the deck one by one, waving their wings feebly. Their huge bodies are not suitable for flying in extreme weather, and many boobies have their wings broken by waves.

Xiao Guazi followed Gu Tinglan's order and led people to drag the boobies that fell on the deck to the cockpit for simple bandaging.

As the lights became brighter and brighter, across the distance between the sea and the cliff, the eyes of everyone on the ship started to shine again!

"It refers to the navigation lights!"

"Navigation light found!"

"We're saved, we're saved!"

With trembling hands, Xiao Guazi wrapped a bandage on the boobies leader and couldn't help but laugh. The corners of his lips could not be suppressed no matter how hard he pressed.

Although no one could hear him at the moment, and they were all celebrating their escape from death like crazy, he still whispered to the boobies: "If you want to survive, you must listen to my commander."

Gu Tinglan was restrained and just stood there, staring at the horizon.

Some of them couldn't hold it in anymore, so they whimpered twice and sniffed. More people hugged each other in twos and threes and cried bitterly.

There is a ray of light in the despair.

After a near-death experience, Gu Tinglan came back again.

Gu Tinglan stepped off the boat and passed through Ruan Lu, Lin Bayi, Xie Weimin and dozens of others waiting on the shore. The crowd automatically made way for him.

Gu Tinglan came straight to Hua Ya. He hugged her tightly without saying anything.

When his mood finally stabilized, Gu Tinglan said in a hoarse voice: "I'm back, Hua Ya."

Hua Ya buried her head in Gu Tinglan's arms and couldn't help but shed tears. She didn't expect that she could really do it, that she could really climb up. She only knew that she had to do it, she couldn't just watch Gu Tinglan wait for death at sea.

"I'm waiting for you to come back."

Hua Ya firmly held Gu Tinglan's big hand with her small hand.

In this life, she will never let him go again.

The rain on the shore has eased a lot, and there are many family members looking down at the Heroes Monument.

A group of soldiers rushed onto the boat, carrying people and birds.

Especially the leader of the boobies who had made a great contribution, he hummed proudly all the way: "Chirp~chirp~oooo~" It thought proudly: This is great, it is hugged by its thighs, and it will have a backer for the rest of its life.

Following Gu Tinglan's instructions, soldiers came over from time to time to wipe and feed him.

The whole scene looks particularly spectacular and weird to the uninitiated.

That is one of the three evils of Dayu Island. When did it become a national treasure?

Gu Tinglan and Hua Ya were each wrapped in a military quilt.

Hua Ya reached out to touch Gu Tinglan's face, but Gu Tinglan grabbed her hand and placed it in his palm.

Everyone's attention was on the boat. After she got off the boat, she ignored the injury on her hand and hurriedly wrapped it with a handkerchief. At this moment, the white handkerchief had turned into blood.

Gu Tinglan held her breath, slowly opened the handkerchief, opened her fingers one by one, and saw the uncovered fingernails. The tender flesh on the wound lost its color, pale and suddenly appeared on Hua Ya's tender little hand. On the side of the palm, the wound caused by hitting the rock hard is still bleeding.

Hua Ya wanted to take away her scarred hand and hide it behind her back, it was too ugly.

Gu Tinglan clamped her wrist vigorously and carefully kissed her injured right hand.

Fingers connected with each other, how could such a delicate little girl endure it?

He swallowed the sourness in his heart and said solemnly and choked again: "Hua Ya?"

Hua Ya: "Yeah."

Gu Tinglan kissed her palm again: "Hua Xiaoya?"

Hua Ya stood up, hugged Gu Tinglan's head and kissed him on the cheek: "I'm here."

Gu Tinglan buried her head in Hua Ya's arms, hugged Hua Ya's waist forcefully, and choked with sobs: "Hua Ya, I, Gu Tinglan, solemnly request you to marry me."

He raised his head, used trembling hands to wipe away the tears that fell silently from the flower bud, and kissed her lips gently.

I will love you and protect you for the rest of my life, and I will never let you get hurt again.

I swear that I will not waver for a hundred years.

"I promise you."

Hua Ya choked and kissed him back: "I won't waver for a hundred years."