After suffering all afternoon, Liu Mingwei finally waited until Zhao Lili left. Now Zhao Lili was dragged to work in the fields by Zhao Dazhu, so she didn’t have time to pester him, but he still had to be careful, after all, in his mind, Zhao Lili was a smart girl, not as easy to fool as Yu Tong.
Liu Mingwei observed the meeting in advance and found that Yu Tong was leaving alone, and Lin Xianglian rushed home to work first. Lin Xianglian also does all the housework in Lao Yu’s house, and Li Xiu will be angry if she returns late.
Liu Mingwei was happy, and while no one was paying attention, he immediately followed Yu Tong, “Tongtong!”
Yu Tong stopped and turned to look at Liu Mingwei. Liu Mingwei met Yu Tong’s slightly indifferent gaze, and his heart skipped a beat. He knew that although Yu Tong was easy to fool, but if Yu Tong found out about his relationship with Zhao Lili, she would definitely be angry. At this time, he has to touch along the fur, not against it.
Liu Mingwei quickly explained: “Tongtong, Comrade Zhao Lili and I really have nothing to do, you must not misunderstand.”
Yu Tong gave him a strange look, “Do you have anything to do with Comrade Zhao Lili, and what does it have to do with me? Comrade Liu Mingwei, I’m going home now, don’t get in the way.”
Hearing Yu Tong’s serious and indifferent voice, Liu Mingwei was a felt a little strange, Yu Tong was already quite familiar with him a few days ago, why did she look like a stranger today ? Could it be that Yu tong want to play hard-to- get tricks with him? Or is she jealous of him and Zhao Lili, and she is losing her temper with him? Yes, it was definitely a temper tantrum. Liu Mingwei thought he understood women very well. Girls are always ambivalent, so he decided that Yu Tong was jealous.
Liu Mingwei sighed deliberately, “Tongtong, you also know Zhao Lili’s temper. She came to me, what can I say? Her father is the captain of the team. I’m afraid that if I ignore her, she will complain later! I suffer alone It’s nothing, but what if she hurts you? As for Zhao Lili’s temper, I can’t let you suffer, Tong Tong, I’m all for you.” Yu Tong wanted to roll her eyes at the words.
Obviously he, Liu Mingwei, wanted to take advantage of both sides, but now she has become Yu Tong. Liu Mingwei’s mouth can really turn stones into flowers.
Since she was still outside, who might see her, Yu Tong said patiently: “Comrade Liu Mingwei, I think you must have misunderstood. I don’t care whether you have anything to do with Zhao Lili. Please step aside, I want to go back Home.”
Liu Mingwei coaxed a few words, and now he was a little impatient at the moment. Although he is now an educated youth who has been sent to the countryside, the momentum of returning to the city is getting better and better. As long as he hugs the big tree Zhao Lili tightly, he will never worry about going back to the city. When he returns to the city, he is from the city, and Yu Tong is just a country girl, why should she be so indifferent to him? He has to hold Yu Tong firmly!
The smile on Liu Mingwei’s face faded a little, “Okay, I just think I should explain these things to you clearly. If you say it’s okay, it’s okay. By the way, have you finished reading the book I lent you last time? See Return it to me when you’re done, and the educated youth next door wants to borrow it.”
Lin Huan was the only single young woman left in their group of educated youths, and Liu Mingwei mentioned her just to make Yu Tong jealous. He intentionally made his attitude seem indifferent, and Yu Tong’s silent personality would definitely be anxious, after all, Yu Tong seemed to have been tempted by him a few days ago. When Yu Tong gets anxious, she will definitely take the initiative to find him. By then, it will be whatever he says? Liu Mingwei felt that he was really smart. He puffed out his chest, making himself look bigger. Heh, he is the best in the entire educated youth team, and the family conditions are acceptable, and my mother often asks someone to bring things to help him. If it weren’t for Yu Tong’s good looks, he wouldn’t be interested in country dolls like Yu Tong.
Liu Mingwei’s calculations were well planned, but he didn’t know that Lin Huan had already sold him. Yu Tong looked at Liu Mingwei who felt good about himself and couldn’t laugh or cry. Where did he get the confidence to think that she would cry and beg him not to leave? Although the original owner may have been tempted by Liu Mingwei, current Yu Tong has no interest in this kind of person at all.
She has to hurry up and find a way to get rid of the scumbag, otherwise she will really be disgusted. Liu Mingwei was waiting smugly for Yu Tong to ask who the next door youth was, but no one answered after waiting for a long time. He looked down curiously, and saw that Yu Tong seemed to be deep in thought.
After thinking for a long time, Yu Tong clapped her hands, and finally remembered where the book was, she nodded cheerfully: “Okay!” After returning the book, the scumbag will be thrown away! Yu Tong’s sudden joy made Liu Mingwei confused. He was about to say something when he heard Yu Tong say seriously: “Comrade Liu, I returned the book to you, so don’t come to me again. A girl’s name is very important. I don’t want others to think that there is something wrong with us.”
Although she didn’t say it clearly, her words were full of dislike, which almost made Liu Mingwei, who was full of self-confidence, angry. He stared wondering why Yu Tong didn’t want to listen to anything he had to say in just one day. Heh, would Liu Mingwei worry about not being able to marry a wife? At the worst, he still has Zhao Lili, so what’s the point of losing face in front of a little girl like Yu Tong? ! Liu Mingwei kept a cold face and remained silent. And Yu Tong thought that she finally got rid of the dog skin plaster, and walked back happily, with a bright smile.
Seeing Yu Tong’s smile, Liu Mingwei’s heart moved again. Yu Tong, she…is really pretty. Even wearing old clothes can’t hide the brilliance of her body, especially those eyes, sometimes quiet, sometimes lively and playful, he can see the gentleness when she talks to the educated youths today, she is really likable.
Liu Mingwei used to think that Yu Tong was good-looking, but today he really likes Yu Tong a little bit. How about…he try again? He didn’t believe it anymore, based on his conditions, why did Yu Tong look down on him? ! Yu Tong’s family has a lot of burdens, and she hasn’t read any books. What can she do in the future? But He will return to the city in the future! Thinking of this, Liu Mingwei quickened his pace to catch up with Yu Tong, but within a few steps, he heard a cry for help coming from a small river not far away: “Help, help! Someone has fainted!”
In the 1970s, although materials were scarce, the natural environment was first-class. Yu Tong’s family lived by a small river, and the water was so clear that it was much better than the moat of the smelly ditch in 2018. Now hearing someone fainted by the small river, Yu Tong naturally thought of drowning.
Although Yu Tong has just graduated, her family is relatively wealthy, and she has enough money to learn some needed things, and she has also learned about first aid. She felt that she could help, so she immediately raised her legs and ran to the river.
Liu Mingwei hurriedly shouted from behind: “Tongtong! Where are you going? ”
Yu Tong ignored Liu Mingwei and ran to the river in a hurry, and saw a man lying on the bank at a glance. The man closed his eyes tightly, looking in pain. There are countless twigs and stones under him, which makes people feel sick. This is not a good place to rest. What surprised Yu Tong was that the man’s clothes were not wet, as if he had fallen into the river.
Yu Tong knew the person standing next to the man. He was also an educated youth and his surname was Li.
Yu Tong walked over and asked, “Li Zhiqing, what’s the matter with him?”
“I, I don’t know,” Li Zhiqing was so anxious that he couldn’t speak clearly, “I was walking by the river with Chu Jie just now, and I wanted to see the river and see If I can find anything to eat here, but Chu Jie collapsed while walking, I don’t know what’s going on.”
The Chu Jie mentioned by Li Zhiqing was also an educated youth. In the memory of the original owner, Chu Jie was a taciturn and insidious person who usually did not interact with others. Yu Tong didn’t know why, she felt that the name Chu Jie was very familiar, as if she had seen it in the memory of the original owner.
Before Yu Tong could speak, Liu Mingwei snorted disdainfully, “What can he do, he must be too hungry, he needs to replenish his energy.”
In the educated youth team, Liu Mingwei looked down on Chu Jie very much. Chu Jie’s father was not well-behaved, and he was not welcomed even with him. Going to the countryside to jump in the queue was already a pain, and other families tried to help out. Only for Chu Jie, there was no one in the family to send him a message, let alone talk about helping others.
It would be fine if Chu Jie had no skills, and Liu Mingwei would not take him as a thorn in the side, but Chu Jie went to work fast and did good quality work . Zhao Dazhu praised him every time, saying that he was a role model for the educated youths hence Liu Mingwei was not happy about this . With the status like Chu Jie, why should he be a role model?
Liu Mingwei said: “Tongtong, don’t worry about it, Li Zhiqing and I can just take him back to rest.”
To be honest, Chu Jie’s appearance is a bit unsatisfactory, and this is one of the reasons why Liu Mingwei looked down on Chu Jie. He took it for granted that Yu Tong would also find Chu Jie ugly, so he took the initiative to give Yu Tong a step down, hoping that she would accept his affection.
Unexpectedly, instead of paying attention to him, Yu Tong took a step forward and said worriedly, “What have you guys been eating these days? ”
Malnutrition and physical strength can not keep up. Although this situation sounds nothing in modern times, and it is nothing to make up for it after the event, but in the 1970s it was fatal!
“During this time, there wasn’t much food, and all I ate was rice soup. Sometimes I didn’t have any rice, so I cooked some sweet potatoes to eat.”
Li Zhiqing frowned, “Sweet potatoes are also divided among three or four people, and the yellow flesh is not visible…”
Yu Tong nodded: “Okay, I see, give him some warm water to drink first, and then pour some rice soup after returning home, take your time, don’t worry.”
Li Zhiqing was even more worried: “Where can I find warm water now?”
Yu Tong Said: “My house is right in front, I’ll go get it.”
After speaking, Yu Tong trotted towards her house. Seeing Yu Tong’s series of actions, Liu Mingwei was a little dazed. In the past, Yu Tong had nothing to do with him, so why is she so warm-hearted today? But Liu Mingwei liked the warm-hearted Yu Tong even more.
It’s just that the object of Yu Tong’s enthusiasm is Chu Jie, which makes Liu Mingwei feel a little too unhappy. Yu Tong was so indifferent to him just now, but when she saw Chu Jie, she was as gentle as water, why? This Chu Jie was really lucky, if he hadn’t fainted for a moment, Liu Mingwei would not have believed that Yu Tong would have looked at him more! The more Liu Mingwei thought about it, the more sour he became, feeling uncomfortable.
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When Yu Tong ran home quickly, Yu Lele, the daughter of the eldest aunt Li Xiu, was playing with her new skirt in the yard. Li Xiu loves her daughter, and always uses various reasons to collect some money from Mrs. Yu, and then spends all of it on her daughter. She doesn’t have a son, and her future hopes are all on her daughter, hence she has to dress up well so that she can marry a good man. Maybe Yu Lele can marry into the city. These days, marrying a good family is better than anything else. When Yu Lele enters the city, will Li Xiu be still afraid that she will suffer in the village? No .
Probably Li Xiu has a tricky personality, and even Yu Lele is a bit small minded. When she saw Yu Tong coming in, she immediately turned her waist and walked over, deliberately loudly saying: “Yu Tong, why did you come back so late? Do you want to be lazy again ?”
When speaking, she deliberately pulled her new skirt to show Yu Tong. Although Yu Tong looks a little better than her, but Yu Tong wears old clothes, hence she is not as good as her who is loved by others, and as she often wears new clothes , All the friends in the village are envious of her new clothes!
Yu Lele knew that although Yu Tong didn’t talk much, she was also a pretty girl at heart. Yu Lele had noticed it when she was showing off before. Although Yu Tong didn’t speak, her eyes were full of envy. Yu Lele deliberately leaned in front of Yu Tong, hoping to wait for her to compliment her, but Yu Tong didn’t even look at her, and quickly replied: “I tidy up the yard, I tidy up the house, you mother and daughter The two of you don’t have to do anything except cook in the kitchen, who is being lazy?”
After saying this, Yu Tong went into the kitchen. Not knowing what to do, Yu Lele was taken aback by the insult, just as Mrs. Yu came out of the room, Yu Lele immediately complained in a shrill voice: “Grandma! Yu Tong thinks she has to work too much. Their mother and daughter depend on our family for support. Why doesn’t she want to work?!”
Usually, men earn more work points than women, and they can get more food in exchange. But although there is a man in Yu Lele’s family, Li Xiu is always lazy, and Yu Lele regards herself as a noble princess. She is absolutely unwilling to do rough work, so the work points of Yu Lele’s family are really worthless. Lin Xianglian and Yu Tong have more work points. As soon as Yu Lele finished filing the complaint, Yu Tong came out with a bowl of water. Mrs. Yu glanced at her granddaughter in surprise, ignoring Yu Lele’s “fairness”,
she asked, “Tongtong, What are you doing with the water?”
“There is an educated youth by the river who is hungry and fainted, I will bring water to relieve him, grandma, don’t say much, just wait there.”
After speaking, Yu Tong carefully protected the water , walk forward quickly.
Seeing Yu Tong leave, Yu Lele became even more angry. She curled her lips and said aggrievedly: “Grandma, you see that she is getting wilder and running around so late, don’t you care?”
Granny Yu was still surprised by the behavior of Yu Tong . Although she usually doesn’t say it, she knows very well in her heart that her granddaughter looks honest and is honest, but in fact she has no feelings. In other words, they are impersonal, do not know how to help others, and do not know how to ask others for help. Why did she take the initiative to take care of the educated youth today? In fact, Mrs. Yu has always been thinking about her second son, and she is also very concerned about Lin Xianglian’s mother and daughter. It’s just that Yu Tong doesn’t usually get close to her, and she doesn’t want to take sides with them too obviously, so she hasn’t said anything.
In Old Madam Yu’s mind, Lin Xianglian’s being able to wait for her son for so many years is already an act of affection. There are not many such daughter-in-laws.
Seeing that old lady Yu was silent, Yu Lele said dissatisfiedly, “Grandma, do you care? ”
She is getting more and more like her mother , even her temper is exactly the same! The old lady Yu said fiercely, “Tongtong is going to save lives, why do you care so much? Besides, what she said is not wrong, from today onwards, you clean the yard!” Whether it is food or other supplies, they are all firmly in the hands of Mrs. Yu. So when Old Madam Yu got angry, Yu Lele was frightened and dumbfounded. She stood there and grabbed her skirt, at a loss for what to do. Madam Yu looked at the skirt on Yu Lele, and then thought about Yu Tong’s patched clothes, and felt even more annoyed: “The family is almost out of control, and Li Xiu even used money to make clothes for you ?!”
Li Xiu rushed over upon hearing the sound, and saw her frightened daughter at a glance, feeling extremely distressed. But she didn’t dare to resist the old lady, so she could only apologize and said with a smile: “Mom, isn’t Lele almost an adult now? It’s time to think about dating. We have to let Lele find a good family to come back and be filial to you. She have to dress up to Be pretty.”
Old Madam Yu was angry, but she didn’t want to tear her face apart after all. After all, she had to worry about the face of her eldest son. So she just snorted coldly and said, “No new clothes are allowed this year for you !”
After saying this, Old Madam Yu turned and walked into the room. Yu Lele’s tears rushed out of Yu Lele’s eyes, she said anxiously: “Mom, why don’t I get new clothes? What would I wear if I don’t get new clothes? I don’t want to be dressed in tatters like Yu Tong, I will be laughed at if I go out!”
“Don’t worry,” Li Xiu gritted her teeth, “Did that girl just scold you for not working?”
Yu Lele nodded heavily: “Yes, grandma asked me to clean up the yard later well.”
Seeing her daughter being wronged, Li Xiu was even more angry: “Well, she is a little girl, she will go to hell if she doesn’t pay attention! Didn’t your grandma not let you make new clothes? Go! Mom will find you good fabrics! I know all about Lin Xianglian’s dowry!”
There is a piece of fabric inside that is brightly colored, Li Xiu fell in love with her a long time ago, but she never found the opportunity to come, look now, the opportunity has come!
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Yu Tong guarded the bowl of water, not only to be careful not to spill the water, but also to speed up as much as possible. She never knew that serving water to others was such a difficult task.
After finally running to the river, Chu Jie had already woken up, but his mind was not clear, and he couldn’t lift his body up. Yu Tong handed the water to Li Zhiqing and asked him to pour it down for Chu Jie.
Although Yu Tong doesn’t care about it, she knows that this era still pays attention to fame, and it’s better to keep a distance between men and women.
After drinking a bowl of water, Chu Jie’s face obviously eased a lot, but because he hasn’t eaten for too long, he is still weak. Yu Tong suddenly thought of the chocolate in her pocket.
Although it is risky for Chu Jie to eat, but now is the time when life is at stake, and a piece of ordinary chocolate can buy Chu Jie more time, which seems to be enough.
Thinking of this, Yu Tong said sternly: “Li Zhiqing, it’s not an option to keep Chu Jie here. It’s better to find a shelf and carry Chu jie back. Go back and cosult with the captain, and see if you can work more time in these two days and Give him something to eat.”
Li Zhiqing nodded cheerfully: ” Okay .”
Seeing that Li Zhiqing was about to leave, but Liu Mingwei had no intention of leaving, Yu Tong squinted her eyes and said coldly: “Liu Mingwei, you don’t want to save Chu Educated youth?”
Liu Mingwei really didn’t want to save Chu Jie, and it wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but what did Chu Jie have to do with him? He didn’t want to waste this effort.
But Yu Tong has already proposed that Liu Mingwei can’t show bad thoughts in front of Yu Tong, so he gritted his teeth and said, “Go, I’ll go.”
He glanced at Chu Jie bitterly, wondering why this kid’s luck is so good . It was my luck to be alone with Yu Tong. But seeing how far away Yu Tong was from Chu Jie, Liu Mingwei felt at ease. Yu Tong was his women, so he couldn’t let chu jie take advantage of her. Yu Tong didn’t know the twists and turns in Liu Mingwei’s heart, she just wanted to wait for the two to leave and take a good look at Chu Jie’s condition. Chu Jie’s condition is no longer the usual malnutrition, he eats less and works a lot, seriously exceeding his physical load, and now fainting is a warning signal from his body.
Although hunger dizziness should take care of the feeling of the stomach, drink porridge to recuperate slowly, but now the environment is forcing, Yu Tong can’t care so much, she took advantage of the fact that Chu Jie was still awake, took the chocolate wrapper and put it into Chu Jie’s mouth. Chu Jie is also very face-saving, although his eyes are still closed, his mouth can move. He first licked the thing in his mouth with the tip of his tongue. The chocolate was a bit bitter, but it seemed edible. Chu Jie didn’t care so much,he was really hungry during this time, and as soon as he caught something that could be eaten, Chu Jie immediately started to chew it.
After chewing, the smoothness and sweetness of the chocolate filled his mouth. Chu Jie had never eaten such a delicious thing! Even the candy given by his mother during Chinese New Year was not so sweet.
Chu Jie opened his eyes in a daze. He still couldn’t see his surroundings clearly. He only vaguely saw a girl with a ponytail and a plaid shirt standing a meter away. The girl’s smile was so beautiful, as sweet as candy.
No, it’s not a girl, it should be a fairy. Chu Jie thought in a daze, his consciousness gradually cleared.
After sending Chu Jie to the educated youth spot with Liu Mingwei and Li Zhiqing, Yu Tong went home. It was already late at that time, but she talked to Mrs. Yu before she came out, so she was not afraid of being scolded.
The field next to the country road is endless and full of greenery. The greenery alone can put Yu Tong in a good mood, not to mention that she was involved in good people and did good deeds just now. Yu Tong felt that the primary school textbooks really did not deceive people, and it felt very happy to help others.
She walked back while picking flowers. There were not many other things in the village, but there were many wild flowers, and the yellow and tender ones were quite beautiful.
As she was walking, a light suddenly flashed in Yu Tong’s mind, and she seemed to remember who Chu Jie was.
In the memory of the original owner, there are only two parts about Chu Jie, one part is that Chu Jie is not good at speech now, and the other part is that many years later, Chu Jie has caught up with the opening of the Dongfeng and has developed a lot of money. The developed Chu Jie once went back to the village, and with a wave of his hand, he helped build a road in the village and sent pork and refined grains to every household.
God, she didn’t expect that what she saved just now was a rich thigh!
