The next morning, Chen Yali and Chen Wenhai were working and talking on the hillside. Chen Yali asked Chen Wenhai:

"Last night, did you and Zhang Jianguo go to Wang Xiangyang's house?"

"Yes! What's wrong? ”

"I'll just ask." Chen Yali asked while raking the ground:

"What do you think of Wang Xiangyang?"

"It's very easy-going, and it's funny to talk to." Chen Wenhai raked the ground and said:

"He's very knowledgeable!"

"Of course! Otherwise, how could he become a regimental cadre! ”

As soon as she said this, Zhang Huifang shouted at Chen Wenhai:

"Come here, let's talk!"

Chen Wenhai said to Chen Yali embarrassedly:

"Then I'll go?"

"Go over here!"

Chen Wenhai came to Zhang Huifang's side and said to her:

"Why did you call me over?"

"I'd like to talk to you alone!"

"Aren't you afraid that Chen Yali will be unhappy?"

"No, she and I are good sisters!" Zhang Huifang said: "She wishes the two of us were together all day!" Then, with a smile, he asked, "Did you go out for a walk with him on the night I was away, the night after I came home?" ”

"That's right! So what? ”

"Nothing. I know you two aren't in a relationship! Zhang Huifang said:

"You can't 'step on two boats,' and I'm convinced of that!"

"I'm so touched that you trust me so much!"

"Shall we go and talk in the woods?"

"That Tian Fatzi, Yang Dongsheng's gang are going to gossip about the two of us!"

"Let them go and say okay, I don't care!"

"You really don't care?"

"I really don't care!"

So they both went into the woods.

There was an open field in the woods, and Zhang Huifang said with a smile:

"It's so quiet here, suitable for young people to fall in love!"

"It's like this in a city park!"

At this time, a hare ran in front of the two of them, and Zhang Huifang hurriedly said to him:

"Shall we go after the hare?"

However, when the two of them stood up, the hare had already run away without a trace, and Chen Wenhai said to her:

"This hare is so fast, it's no wonder people describe running away as 'running faster than a hare'!"

"It's a vivid metaphor!"

"Do you know why rabbits run so fast?"

"I don't know."

"Let me tell you! That's due to the rabbit's long hind legs. ”

After a while, Zhang Huifang told Chen Wenhai:

"When I went home this time, my dad asked me several times, but I didn't dare to admit it."

"What do I ask you?"

"Do I need to tell you this?"

"I know, your dad is against the two of us!"

"Your mom is calling me a 'vixen' behind my back!"

"Ignore her!"

"Your mother still said that I pestered you with a dead face!"

"I'm afraid there's something worse than that, right?"

"That's right! Your mom still called me a 'slut' and a 'pheasant'! Zhang Huifang said with a smile: "You Shanghainese seem to like to scold women like this, right?" ”

"Shanghai's little citizens like to curse!" Chen Wenhai said, "Some young people have also inherited such fine traditions, and they are the heirs of small citizens!" Chen Wenhai glanced at Zhang Huifang's hair, "Your hair is a little messy!" ”

Zhang Huifang dismantled the braids, took out a comb from her pocket and handed it to Chen Wenhai, "Come, help me comb it!" ”

Looking at Zhang Huifang's black and soft hair, Chen Wenhai said:

"You have to braid your own braids, I don't braid."

"Yes!"

After the braids were tied, Zhang Huifang asked with a smile:

"Is it pretty?"

"Beautiful!" Chen Wenhai said with a smile:

"You're so good-looking!"

"Can you describe it?"

"Flowers and moons, sinking fish and geese, closing flowers and shy moons, captivating the country and the city!"

"Am I that pretty?" Zhang Huifang couldn't help laughing.

"What are the four beauties in ancient China? Can you tell you? Zhang Huifang said with a smile.

"Isn't it Wang Zhaojun, Yang Guifei, Diao Chan, and Xi Shi?"

"So you know it all! How do I compare to them? ”

"The four of them are the four famous beauties in the ancient history of our country."

"Why don't you answer my question?"

"You're prettier than the four of them, it's okay, right?"

"Exaggeration!"

After sending the educated youth of the second team away, Chen Wenhai asked Chen Yali, Wang Xuechun, Zhang Huifang, and Han Sumei:

"Have you all read "Water Margin"? Did you all enjoy reading it? ”

"We don't like to read it!" Han Sumei said to him, "Only you boys like to read "Water Margin"! ”

"You girls like to read "Dream of Red Mansions"!" Chen Wenhai said to them, "However, the girls in "Dream of Red Mansions" are all cute, and they are all talented and beautiful!" ”

"Regrettably, their fate is also tragic!" Zhang Huifang said to Chen Wenhai, "Among the twelve hairpins in Jinling, I sympathize with Lin Daiyu the most!" Then he asked, "Do you like Li Qingzhao's words?" ”

"Of course I like it!" Chen Wenhai told her, "However, I prefer to read Ming and Qing novels. In addition to "Water Margin", I also like to read "Journey to the West"! I especially like the character of Monkey King! ”

"Why?" Wang Xuechun asked Chen Wenhai.

"He is not afraid of the sky or the earth, and even the Heavenly Palace dares to make a big fuss!" Chen Wenhai said to them, "We young people are the 'Monkey King' in today's China!" Overthrowing the old world and creating a new world is the sacred mission of our generation of young people! We want to destroy all the ghosts and create a new world! ”

"But, to be honest, we are so closed here, I'm afraid that we will all become big fools after a long time!" Chen Yali said to Chen Wenhai.

Chen Wenhai took out "Journey to the West" from the drawer.

Zhang Huifang came in with a basin of washing water and said to him with a smile:

"Look, show me when you're done!"

"Don't you like to watch "Journey to the West"?"

"That was in the past, and now I like to watch it."

"Is it influenced by me?"

"So to speak!" Zhang Huifang said to him:

"Hurry up and send your book to Miss Ben's boudoir! ”

"Yes, yes!"

When he came to the women's dormitory, Chen Wenhai put "Journey to the West" on the table, and then was about to leave, Zhang Huifang hurriedly said to him: "Why are you in a hurry?" Sit down a little longer! So, Chen Wenhai sat and watched her wash her face.

After washing her face, Zhang Huifang sat at the table and watched "Journey to the West", and asked Chen Wenhai to watch it with her.

After lunch, Chen Wenhai returned to the men's bedroom, then took out a book from the drawer of the desk, moved a bamboo chair, and sat at the door to read the book.

Just after reading the book for a while, Yang Dongsheng came over and said to him with a smile:

"Accompany me to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy a pack of cigarettes!"

"Okay!" With that, Chen Wenhai stood up, walked into the men's bedroom, put the book back in the drawer, and then walked along the country road with Yang Dongsheng towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Yesterday, you and Zhang Huifang drilled into the woods, they really looked like a couple in love!"

"Really?" Chen Wenhai said with a smile, "You can't talk nonsense!" ”

"What's this? Are you afraid of what others say when you fall in love? ”

"Actually, the two of us can't be considered in love!"

"Can't it be considered a relationship?" Yang Dongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile, "What is that?" ”

"Didn't I just talk to her a little more?"

"How many times have you talked alone together, does that count as a relationship?"

"Maybe count!"

About half an hour later, several educated youths came back one after another.

Zhang Jianguo came to the door of the women's dormitory and looked inside.

Seeing that Zhang Huifang was the only one in the women's bedroom, she asked:

"May I come in?"

"Yes." Zhang Huifang replied.

When I walked to Zhang Huifang's side, I saw a very thick old book on the desk in front of her.

"It's an old novel, right?"

"Yes!"

"You always read books like this, Chen Wenhai didn't talk about you, right?"

"I used to talk about me a lot, but now I say so much less! Maybe he's used to it now. ”

"He's a radical!"

“……”

"He has too little exposure to traditional Chinese culture!"

"How can he compare to you? Your mom used to work in a library, and she could read whatever she wanted! Zhang Huifang paused, and then continued: "I also have some opinions about Chen Wenhai, he doesn't know much about Chinese classical literature, and as soon as I talk to him about Chinese classical literature, he seems a little dazed!" ”

"Does this affect your relationship?"

"A little." Zhang Huifang said, "After a few months of getting along with you, I can see that you are better than Chen Wenhai in classical Chinese literature!" It would be nice if you transplanted this good thing of yours to him! ”

Speaking of which, Chen Wenhai and Yang Dongsheng came back.

Revised January 6, 2022