CHAPTER XXV

Xiaoli couldn't make up her mind, should she tell the eldest sister the secret she hid in her heart, she was still hesitating, the eldest sister saw that Xiaoli didn't speak for a long time, she was really anxious, and said; "Do you even say it? If I don't say anything, I'm leaving. ”

Xiaoli was a little unhappy when she saw her eldest sister, so she reluctantly spoke; "Originally, I didn't want to say it, because I haven't thought about maturity yet. Since the eldest sister wants to know, I will say it bluntly, I have been with Xiao Wang for a long time, he is very deferential to me, no matter what I say, he has never refutated, not once. It stands to reason that this is a good thing, and it is what all women want to see. But I'm not, the more he obeys me, the more disgusted I feel in my heart, and I look down on men who don't have any opinions. He has been in the army for five or six years, has never been in the company, has not endured hardships, and is still the same when he comes back from visiting relatives. Eldest sister, I am with Xiao Wang, except for getting by on face, I have no interest at all, let alone falling in love. Parents are older generations, with different concepts from our generation, who know very little about young people and what we are thinking about every day, and we have some novel ideas that are unacceptable to older people. I know that no matter what my family says, it is for my own good, but how do you know that sometimes good intentions can have side effects, and if I obey my family's wishes, it will ruin my life. I'm telling you so much today, it's all from my heart, if I let my parents know, I will be angry. ”

After listening to Xiaoli's story, the eldest sister agreed with her thoughts, but in the end, she had to return to reality. It won't be long before Xiao Wang will come back, and it is a more rational choice to let Xiao Li and Xiao Wang get along for a while.

The eldest sister is also thinking that Xiaoli and Xiao Wang will get along for a while, if they still can't find the feeling, then they will say goodbye completely, so that they can give their parents an exact explanation. So, the eldest sister tactfully persuaded; "Don't say never, the road can't be exhausted, the two families must be world friends, this point still needs to be considered. You see if this will work, Xiao Wang will be back soon, you two have to talk about it, and you can't have the idea of dealing with others. If you really can't talk about it, it's not too late to break up. ”

Xiaoli said; "Then according to what the eldest sister said, I will do it. Xiao Wang and I get along for a while, if you can't talk about it, you have to make a round in front of your parents and explain it clearly to your parents, which is very important, after all, the second elder is a leading cadre, and his parents are people who want to save face, so he has to take care of it no matter what. ”

The eldest sister smiled and said, "Okay, I told my parents to go, you don't have to worry about this." At that time, no matter how my parents blame, everything will be borne by me, who will make me your eldest sister. In the past, no matter who did something wrong, I was always the one who was scolded, and it didn't matter if I was scolded again. ”

Xiaoli was excited like a child, pounced on the eldest sister, and said with a smile; "Eldest sister, I know that you feel most sorry for me."

Xiaoli has been hiding the words in her heart for a long time, and finally said it, her mood is relaxed, and her worries have been removed.

The eldest sister looked at Xiaoli's happy appearance, suspected that she already had someone in her heart, and wanted to test the younger sister, so she asked with a smile; "It's best to negotiate with Xiao Wang, if you can't negotiate, do you have a favorite among your classmates and friends? If not, can I introduce you to one? ”

Xiaoli is very smart, she immediately understood the meaning of the eldest sister's words, thought about it a little, thought, simply show her own point of view to the eldest sister, and said; "Eldest sister, you said it so clearly, I have nothing to hide. Speaking from the heart, I don't want to talk to Xiao Wang anymore, I don't want to talk about it for a day, it's meaningless to talk about it again, it can only be a waste of time and delay myself. ”

Xiaoli saw that the eldest sister was smiling and didn't speak, she made a grimace at the eldest sister and said; "I'm so beautiful, are you still afraid that you won't find a partner?"

As soon as Xiaoli's joke came out, the eldest sister glanced at her, giggled, and Xiaoli said; "There are indeed two people who pursue me, both of them have a good family status, and they are rich and powerful, neither of them is worse than Xiao Wang, who drives a famous car, wears a famous watch, and looks well-dressed. There is a young master in our unit, who carries a stinky shelf all day long, showing off his wealth in front of his colleagues, and when he sees that I am very well-behaved, he immediately changes to a grinning face. These two people are very greasy, like hollow radish, useless and superficial. Eldest sister, people from families like ours, who have been educated by their parents since childhood, want us to be hard and simple, not to compare with others, to act in a low-key manner, and not to be publicized, which is the difference between me and those people's outlook on life. I can't look down on any of those two gentlemen, so I can only stay away, and I really don't dare to compliment. ”

The eldest sister still didn't speak, looked at Xiaoli with a side face, listened carefully to the little sister, and thought to herself, she used to underestimate the little sister, but I didn't expect her to be so mature now, speaking one by one, thinking clearly and agilely, and assertive, I was very pleased.

The eldest sister kept staring at Xiaoli, as if waiting for the final answer, Xiaoli no longer hesitated, and decided to tell the secret hidden in her heart, so she spoke; "There is a person I like, whose family background is similar to that of my eldest brother-in-law, a little different from my eldest brother-in-law, he is a northerner, and he was my playmate when I was a child."

The eldest sister didn't understand Xiaoli's words, so she was stunned for a moment and asked; "What northerners, what childhood playmates, if you make your words clearer, you're about to confuse me, how can I listen more and more I don't understand."

Xiaoli's face turned red, she looked at the eldest sister, and asked in a slow voice; "Eldest sister, you really don't understand, or don't you understand, my parents took me to a third-tier factory, from elementary school to junior high school, I went to school over there, why did you forget?"

The eldest sister reacted suddenly and said; "Oh, I remembered, you didn't mention this, I forgot. Last year, I vaguely heard my mother say once, he seems to be surnamed Fang, and he hasn't been here for too long, and it turns out that he is what you like, so you can tell me about his specific situation. ”

Xiaoli said; After graduating from high school, he worked in the village for more than a year, and later worked in the factory in his hometown for a few years. My sister and I played together when we were younger, and we got along very well. These are not the main ones, the key is that others are good, kind-hearted, love to learn, like to read, smart and capable, not a philistine, unique manly temperament, looks quite passable, 1.82 meters tall, white and clean, the nose is quite big, the big one is just right, a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes are bright. And ......"

Before Xiaoli finished speaking, she was interrupted by the eldest sister, and she said; "Don't say any more, you've said him well enough, what does he look like? How is the character? You'll have to find time for me to see you. Also, does he have a partner in his hometown? ”

Xiaoli said; "Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by you, he has no object in his hometown, maybe because of his bad family background, no one introduced him to him. Since he came to us, the two of us have been in touch, we are always together, we get along very well, when we are together, he never gets involved in emotional matters, just me alone. Sometimes, when I hint at that to him, he can feel it, as if he is deliberately avoiding it. I don't know what he thinks in his heart, but it feels the same as when I was a child, and he treats me well. The two of us often see each other, I don't see him have any other ideas, I guess he is a little wooden in this regard, a little slow to react, I think about it, it seems that it is not, it really confuses me, he has been to our house a few times, and his parents are very good to him. ”

Xiaoli said these words, the eldest sister was also confused, and she suddenly couldn't breathe with laughter, and said; "People don't react to your hints at all, aren't you unrequited love? That stupid boy is really blessed, he can win the heart of our eldest lady, he cultivated it in his previous life, I wonder, I really don't understand if he is really stupid, or is he pretending to be stupid? ”

Xiaoli said seriously; "You don't know, he's really not pretending to be stupid, he knows it very well. For example, if it were you, the disparity between the two families is too great, what would you think? Besides, he doesn't have a regular job, and if he is too attentive to me, he will be embarrassed if I don't mean it that way, and he won't even have to be a friend. Therefore, he didn't mean this at all, to put it bluntly, he just didn't dare to think about it. ”

The eldest sister thought about it and said seriously; "When I was in love with your eldest brother-in-law, it was about the same as your current situation. It's not that he is unwilling, because his family is not good, he has some inferiority, and he is afraid that he will not be worthy of you. If you really like him, in front of him in the future, you should take the initiative, care more about him in life, slowly dispel his concerns, and subtly adapt to it after a period of time, it will naturally come to fruition, don't you say? ”

Xiaoli said; "I listen to my eldest sister, and I will be more proactive in the future."

Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief and said to the eldest sister; "Eldest sister, you have to tell me about how you fell in love with your brother-in-law back then, okay?"

The eldest sister said; "It's all old stories of old sesame seeds and rotten grain, and it's been many years, so I won't mention those things now."

Xiaoli said; "I just want to hear it, you have to say it today, eldest sister, now you can say it, let the younger sister also understand your experience in the countryside."

Xiaoli pestered the eldest sister, shouting like a child, the eldest sister couldn't resist the little sister, and began to tellβ€”β€”β€”β€”

In those years, in response to the great call of intellectual youths to go to the countryside, a large number of urban youths came to the countryside, and I was assigned to the base area during the Liberation War, which was often referred to as the old revolutionary area later.

When I first arrived in the countryside, I couldn't adapt to the local life, and I often woke up crying in the middle of the night when I was homesick. Fortunately, thanks to the care and care of my father's old subordinates, I barely survived for a year.

As I grew a year older, my body became less weak after the exercise of farm work in the fields, and I gradually adapted to rural life, and my personality became cheerful, and I never cried my nose again.

In my production team, there is a young deputy captain, who takes the lead in the field, very hard, when he is sweating, he takes off his shirt and throws it aside, his strong muscles are wrapped in sweat, under the exposure of the sun, it is dark and bright and shining, attracting the attention of many old women and girls.

When he assigned farm work, he always took some special care of me, and tried to send me some light work to do. After a long time, others will see some eyebrows, and often aunts and aunts joke about him, saying; "Do you have a crush on that female intellectual, then go directly to her, don't think about ways to please others and don't say it, people won't know, no matter how much you do, it's useless."

He knew that his aunt was joking with him, but he just smiled slightly, and he didn't take it to heart, and still did what he thought.

There are more and more people gossiping, and the spread is getting wider and wider, except for the educated youth, the members of the production team and almost all of them know about it, and soon, this joke reached my ears.

From that moment on, I began to pay close attention to the vice-captain's every move, and I had frequent contact with him because of the assignment of farm work, and gradually the two of us had an unnatural feeling.

Once, when I came back from work, a ditch that was not wide blocked the way, and most of the people didn't want to make any more detours, so they jumped over one by one.

A small number of timid women, including me, hesitated to jump over, and a few timid simply took a detour, leaving me alone and hesitating.

I took a few steps back, mustered up all my courage, exerted all my strength, jumped violently, and finally jumped over the canal, and the person passed, but I squatted on all fours, and my feet were broken, and I couldn't even walk in pain.

Several people quickly gathered around, helped me up, and slowly moved forward. At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and the sky was about to get completely dark, so I walked back to the village step by step, and I was afraid that it would be midnight.

A few educated youths are very anxious, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what to do. Just as everyone hesitated, the deputy captain walked up to me, bent down to carry me without saying a word, and walked quickly to the village.

After he carried me to the Zhiqing point, he left quickly, and after a while, he led a middle-aged man into the room where I lived, the middle-aged man leaned over, looked at my red and swollen ankles for a while, quickly put his feet on his legs, clasped his ankles with both hands, rubbed them a few times with a soft sound, I was in pain, I was sweating, the middle-aged man got up and said; "The foot joints have been put in place, they are already fine, don't move for the time being, I can go to the ground after a while, I will prepare some herbs, and someone will send them over in a while, mash them and apply them to the red and swollen places, find a cloth to wrap them, and rest for two days and it will be no problem."

The mother of the vice captain, a shrewd and capable middle-aged woman, knew that it was inconvenient for me to break my feet, so she made poached eggs at home, put a lot of sugar, and asked him to bring them over.

After this experience, the relationship between me and the vice-captain has taken a step forward, and the two of us have gradually talked more often, often visiting his house, and bringing out the good things that their family is reluctant to eat to entertain me.

As the saying goes, 'a year-old is a year-old heart'. Another year passed like this, and the minds of the two of us gradually matured, and they reached the age of understanding the things of men and women, and they always wanted to try it, and I don't know when the two of us began to care about each other.

Most people don't understand how a beautiful city girl can fall in love with a rural guy, many people are skeptical, and at that time, it was also spread as a good story in our commune and even in our county.

Although the matter between the two of us is rumored outside, your brother-in-law is an elm pimple, and he can't get his eyes on it. Obviously, he likes me very much in his heart, I can feel it, but he never says it, just stands in the distance and watches secretly, but he doesn't dare to get close to me, which makes me angry enough.

When the wheat harvest season came, all the people in the production team who were able to move, and none of them stayed at home, and all went to the fields to harvest the wheat.

In the wheat harvest season, the weather is changeable, and the rainstorm does not know when it comes, if the wheat is not recovered in time, the ripe wheat grains are easy to fall off, and the wheat ears touch them with a little bit of strength with their hands, and the wheat grains fall all over the ground.

When a storm hits the ground, a lot of wheat will fall down, half of the harvest will be scattered in the ground, and the year's food ration will be lost.

Everyone was bent over and busy cutting wheat, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist, and accidentally cut a few fingers of my left hand and the sickle, especially the index finger was the most badly wounded, and the bones of the white flowers had been exposed, and my face was full of tears.

He saw me jumping all over the ground, knew something was wrong, and quickly walked over and asked; "What's wrong with you? Covering your hands and jumping around, did you cut your hands, reach out and let me see, is it serious? Do I need to go to the hospital? ”

I was still jumping around in pain, and he immediately realized that I was not lightly injured, and without saying a word, he grabbed my arm and broke my hand, and blood came out all at once, which scared him a lot.

He was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, tore his clothes into strips, bandaged them quickly, and dragged me towards a bicycle on the ground.

We came out of the village clinic, look at my pitiful appearance, he didn't let me go back to Zhiqingdian, I had to go to their house for dinner, in the process of pulling, I slipped under my feet, and I was about to fall, he reacted very sensitively, stretched out two hands and hugged me quickly, he used too much force, and dragged me into his arms.........