Fast forward to 1976, when the earthquake affected all parts of the country, and people often got up in the middle of the night to run outside.

Cai Yihua is timid by nature, she always sleeps with the light on whenever there is an abnormal situation, and when she shouts, the two people next door will rush over as soon as possible.

I don't know if the occurrence of some things is strange or coincidental, or inevitable at a specific time, or a person's fate.

One day at the end of July, Jin Changxi had something at home and returned to Fuyang, Zheng Ruqiang wanted to seize the rare opportunity to be extremely attentive and thoughtful to Cai Yihua, and wanted her to give her an exact answer.

The high temperature and sultry for days are unbearable, the noon sun is even hotter, the soil in the field is hot, there is no work in the field in the afternoon for several days, concentrated in the village to do some work of peeling corn or selecting seeds, sometimes simply have a holiday, everyone looks forward to the rain to relieve the heat, and then I am afraid that I will suffer from heat stroke.

That night the heat was so unbearable that people couldn't stand it, there was not even a trace of wind, and they couldn't stop sweating when they sat still, and many people rolled up their mats and went to sleep in the courtyard, but they couldn't stand the mosquito bites, so they sat around and fanned to drive them away, and they couldn't sleep at all.

Cai Yihua was locked in the house, the 15-watt light bulb in the house was dim, Zheng Ruqiang knocked on the door and called her to go out to enjoy the coolness, she didn't agree, the men outside were wearing shorts and shirtless, some were purely briefs, women with babies were not shy to breastfeed their children in public, she felt very uncomfortable, lying on the bed and shaking a fan, and the voice of talking outside came in, "Listen to the radio weather forecast that it will rain today, there are stars in the sky, how can it rain" "If it doesn't rain again, the crops in the field are dry and dead, I'm afraid I'm going to be hungry." ”

I don't know how long it took, it was quiet outside, probably sleepy, Cai Yihua was so hot that she panicked, her clothes were soaked with sweat and even the mat was wet, but her eyelids fought, and she still fell asleep in a daze.

"Bang" thunder, Cai Yihua screamed and got up, the electric light went out instantly, and then the lightning flashed, crackling thunder, the wind also hit at the same time, the doors and windows shook, as if they were about to collapse, she was so frightened that she hugged her head and screamed, rolled from the bed to the ground, suddenly thought of the recent crazy earthquake, and instinctively pulled out the door.

The door opened, Zheng Ruqiang stood anxiously at the door, he knew that Cai Yihua was afraid of thunder and lightning, and the first lightning flashed and he came to knock on the door and call her, but the sound of the storm drowned out his voice.

Cai Yihua saw a life-saving straw in despair and threw herself into his arms, frightened and uneasy.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. Zheng Ruqiang patted her gently and comforted.

Cai Yihua slowly stopped trembling, Zheng Ruqiang let go of her, and wanted to light the horse lantern, the thunder of "pop" sounded, and she instinctively grabbed him: "Don't go." "I'm not leaving" Zheng Ruqiang hugged her tightly, feeling that she was lonely and helpless at this time, and she was like two people who were usually strong.

Both of them are touching the opposite sex for the first time, Zheng Ruqiang only wears shorts, Cai Yihua only wears underwear and underwear, they are both mature young men and women, and they inevitably have a physiological reaction, impulse overcomes reason, and they have a relationship.

There was a storm, Cai Yihua felt a little regretful for not holding it on, and Zheng Ruqiang couldn't be blamed, she didn't refuse from beginning to end.

Zheng Ruqiang saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help but get scared, kneeling and saying to Cai Yihua: He will definitely be responsible for her.

Cai Yihua knew that what he said was responsible for actually marrying her, and she was noncommittal.

When the sky was bright, it rained again, this time it was a day and a night, naturally there was no way to go to work, Cai Yihua stayed in bed all day, listening to the dripping rain, and Zheng Ruqiang cooked three meals and served them to her.

The two slept in the same bed at night, Cai Yihua didn't speak all day, Zheng Ruqiang couldn't figure out her thoughts, didn't dare to act rashly, and each lay down without physical contact.

Zheng Ruqiang was secretly complacent, trying his best to get the unexpected surprise, what a blessing, he thought that he had confirmed her, and he no longer had to worry about Jin Changxi fighting with him.

Jin Changxi rushed back from Fuyang three days later, he arrived at about 11 o'clock in the morning and hurriedly went to find Cai Yihua.

At that time, Cai Yihua and a group of female members were drying grain wet due to rain leakage in the village warehouse.

Jin Changxi waited until Cai Yihua went back together, and the women who worked together talked about them one after another, and some people mentioned Zheng Ruqiang, and the people in the village had already seen their triangular relationship.

On the way, Jin Changxi excitedly told Cai Yihua that he went back this time to inquire: The factory will recruit workers at the end of the year.

"How do you know?" Cai Yihua wondered, this kind of news should have been known to her parents, she asked suspiciously.

"It's reliable anyway. Jin Changxi smiled and asked, "Do you want to go to work in a kindergarten or a health center?"

"Of course, that's impossible. Cai Yihua affirmed that the kindergartens, health centers, guest houses, canteens and other auxiliary departments in the factory are to take care of the families of cadres, and the general workers have to go to the production line of spinning and weaving.

Jin Changxi looked at Cai Yihua pondering, and said mysteriously: "If you want to, you can do it." ”

Cai Yihua didn't take his words seriously at all.

Back in the house, Jin Changxi brought food and a letter brought to her by Cai Yihua's parents, and he brought a flashlight to her.

Cai Yihua liked the flashlight very much, and was moved that he thought thoughtfully and wanted to count the money for him, but of course he didn't accept it.

At this moment, Zheng Ruqiang came back from work and came in directly, and was stunned when he saw Jin Changxi.

Cai Yihua sat on the edge of the bed and prepared to read the letter, the envelope was sealed, and it was generally not sealed out of politeness when an acquaintance brought the letter, there must be something important.

Jin Changxi broke the deadlock: "I brought vegetables from home and cooked rice to eat together. ”

The two of them went out one after the other, Cai Yihua tore open the seal and took out the letter and opened it, it was written by her sister, looking at the title at the beginning, I knew that it was dictated by my mother.

The meaning of the letter: Jin Changxi has found Cai, he has an uncle in another textile factory in Fuyang, who was transferred to the Textile Bureau not long ago, revealed the news that he would recruit workers, and said that he could give Cai Yihua an easy job.

Cai Yihua suddenly realized, no wonder Jin Changxi said those words to him, and his mother advised: Don't promise anything first, and then decide when the work is implemented

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