Zhenzhen took Xi Junjie's hand and went straight to a double seat. After sitting down by the window, Zhenzhen carefully took the lunch box from Xi Junjie's hand and put it in her own, for fear of spilling it.
Xi Junjie looked at Zhenzhen who only took up half of the seat, and suddenly felt reluctant to let her go: "Actually, I could hold those lunch boxes."
"No." Zhen Zhen said confidently, "Why do we have to hold hands?"
Mingbei just happened to walk next to Zhenzhen. When he heard what Zhenzhen said, he slipped and almost fell out. He held the handrail with one hand and tightly grasped the paper bag with the other hand. He was so scared that his face turned pale.
Wang Xinwen just sat down, holding her stomach. When she looked up and saw Mingbei's embarrassed look, she immediately laughed: "Why are you so stupid?"
Mingbei carefully walked to the back holding the railing and sat down next to Wang Xinwen, staring at the couple sitting in front. He saw Xi Junjie sitting close to the edge of the chair, leaving half of the seat for Zhenzhen. Zhenzhen seemed to be afraid that he would fall, so she grabbed his arm tightly and pulled him back. The two of them struggled for a long time before they sat down.
Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie were standing close together. Although they were blocked by the back of the chair, they were holding hands. Mingbei sighed deeply and felt that the task assigned by his grandmother was too difficult to complete. Aren't girls supposed to be introverted and shy, and blush to the roots of their necks when touched? What's wrong with this foolish and bold sister of his
Seeing that there was no one around, Wang Xinwen reached out and held Mingbei's arm, leaned her head closer, and asked softly, "Why are you sighing again?"
When he looked down and saw his delicate little wife, Mingbei remembered that when he was dating Wang Xinwen, it was the young wife who pursued him. He reached out and pinched Wang Xinwen's nose. Mingbei looked at her in confusion: "How could you be so shameless back then that you dared to take the initiative to tell a boy that you wanted to date."
Wang Xinwen stretched out her fingers and stroked the thin calluses in Mingbei's big palm: "What's the big deal? If Niu Niu didn't dare to say anything, who knows whose man you would be now." Stretching out her hands, Wang Xinwen looked at her own and Mingbei's fingers intertwined, and immediately couldn't help laughing. She looked so sweet that she didn't look like a mother at all.
Mingbei's mind was instantly withdrawn from Zhenzhen. It wasn't that he didn't want to care, but it was Zhenzhen who was taking advantage. Didn't you see that her little hand was just touching someone's face? This girl was too bold. Mingbei decided that if grandma asked, he would say that Xi Junjie didn't touch Zhenzhen's hand, and grandma wouldn't ask if Zhenzhen touched him.
Mingbei opened the still warm bag and found a fork inside. He instantly liked his future brother-in-law very much. He forked a piece of pork ribs and passed it to Wang Xinwen: "You want two pieces? Otherwise, we have to wait for half an hour to get to school, and you will be hungry by then."
Smelling the aroma of ribs, Wang Xinwen also felt hungry. She opened her mouth and took a bite. It was crispy, fragrant and not greasy. I really don't know how Xi Junjie fried it. Wang Xinwen ate a piece and let Mingbei eat it. The couple took turns to eat. After seven or eight stops, they had eaten half a bag.
Seeing that more and more people were coming in, even the back seat was full of people. Wang Xinwen put away the ribs, and Mingbei took a cup of hot water for Wang Xinwen to drink.
The tram stopped at the school gate, and Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie got off the tram one after another with lunch boxes. After Mingbei helped Wang Xinwen get off the tram and stabilized, he found that Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie were almost entering the school gate. Mingbei was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses and asked Wang Xinwen: "Why are they running so fast?"
"Of course, it's to get rid of us." Wang Xinwen, who had experienced this, understood this very well. She pinched Mingbei's hand and glared at him coquettishly: "Zhenzhen knows what's going on. Don't get involved."
"She knows, but I don't." Mingbei sighed sadly and looked at Wang Xinwen uncertainly: "You said I'm a father now, so my father won't kick me when I go home next week, right?"
Zhenzhen ran into the cafeteria happily without realizing that her straightforward fourth brother was troubled by her. Xi Junjie put the lunch box on the table, and the two of them went to wash their hands and brought the dishes and chopsticks.
Putting the lunch boxes on the table, Xi Junjie opened the lids of the lunch boxes one by one under Zhenzhen's expectant eyes. There were crab meat lion head, fried pigeon, sweet and sour spare ribs, chestnut cabbage heart, and conch in soup. Although the utensils and the presentation of the dishes were not as beautiful as those at lunch, just by smelling them, you could tell that they were no worse than what was made at lunch.
Xi Junjie bought two bowls of rice, put one in front of Zhenzhen, and handed her a pair of chopsticks: "It has been steaming in the lunch box. I don't know if it will affect the taste. Try it."
"Hmm!" Zhenzhen nodded, and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of crab meat and put it in her mouth. The crab meat was soft and tender, and the crab meat was fresh and fragrant. After taking a bite, Zhenzhen felt the meaty aroma in her mouth, and she couldn't help but pick up another piece with chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
Seeing Zhenzhen enjoying the meal, Xi Junjie smiled contentedly. He picked up a piece of green vegetables from the lion's head and put it in Zhenzhen's bowl: "This green vegetable is stewed with the lion's head. It has the flavor of meat. Try it."
Zhenzhen's mouth was so full that she didn't even have time to talk. After swallowing the lion's head in her mouth, she couldn't wait to put the green vegetables into her mouth. Sure enough, the green vegetables that came out of the pot with the lion's head were not only crispy and tender, but also had a faint aroma of meat and crab.
After eating a mouthful of rice, Zhenzhen picked up a piece of bright red sweet and sour spareribs. The outside was sweet and sour, but the inside was salty and sweet. The meat was tender and the juice was rich and fresh. Even the bones inside were stewed until soft and the soup flowed out when you took a bite.
"It smells so good." Zhen Zhen looked at Xi Junjie with starry eyes: "How can you cook so deliciously? After eating this meal, I feel like I won't be able to eat in the cafeteria for the whole week."
Xi Junjie served a bowl of conch soup to Zhenzhen. The tenderness in his eyes was sweeter than the soup covering the sweet and sour pork ribs: "Drink two sips of soup, don't choke."
The conches seared in broth were tender and crisp, and paired with the delicious broth, Zhenzhen felt her appetite was whetted after taking a sip.
When Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie first arrived at the cafeteria, not many people were eating. As it got closer to mealtime, more and more students came to the cafeteria, including students majoring in French, journalism, and economics.
If the French major students were prepared because they often saw Xi Junjie saving seats for Li Mingzhen, it was a bolt from the blue for the boys from the other two majors. The ages of the students in their class were originally uneven, the oldest was 30 years old, and many of them were married and had children. A beautiful female student like Zhenzhen was rare. Many boys regarded Li Mingzhen as their dream goddess and wrote many love poems to her in their diaries. But the dream goddess suddenly had a boyfriend, and many boys were a little dazed and forgot to get their lunch while holding their lunch boxes.
So when Zhenzhen was eating with gusto, she found that the tables around her were getting fuller and fuller. Half of the boys sat across from Zhenzhen, thinking "maybe they are siblings" to find out the enemy situation, and half of the girls sat across from Xi Junjie, obviously just to watch Xi Junjie while eating. The feelings of a girl are always poetic. Although there are not many girls who dare to confess boldly in this era, there are many who dare to peek. Whenever Xi Junjie picks up food for Zhenzhen or smiles at her, he can always hear some crunching sounds of biting the spoon.
Zhenzhen was busy eating the vegetables, and when she wanted to eat rice, she found that her stomach was full. She saw Xi Junjie elegantly put the last mouthful of rice in the bowl into his mouth. Not only was the bowl clean without a single grain of rice, but there was no oil stain on his lips or fingers.
Zhenzhen looked at the remaining half bowl of rice with some worry. It was still the era of rationing, and fine grains were still very rare. For example, when eating in the cafeteria, only a small number of students got rice and steamed buns, and the other half ate flatbreads, steamed bread and pickles. If you throw away the unfinished rice, not only will you be looked at by others, but you will also be rejected by yourself.
Seeing Zhenzhen staring at the rice with a worried look on her face, Xi Junjie raised his eyebrows: "Can't eat anymore?"
"Yeah." Zhen Zhen stretched out three fingers and looked at Xi Junjie pitifully: "The crab meat lion head you made is so delicious. I ate three of them. Now I feel so full."
With a soft laugh, Xi Junjie handed Zhenzhen a folded tissue: "Go wash your hands, and leave the rest to me."
Seeing that there were still a lot of leftovers, Zhenzhen thought that Xi Junjie was going to put the rice into the lunch box, so she took the paper towel and went to the sink to wash her hands and face. When she came back while wiping her face with the handkerchief, she was surprised to find that Xi Junjie actually took her leftover rice and ate it bite by bite with the cabbage heart.
She sat opposite Xi Junjie, unconsciously wiping the water droplets on her cheek with a handkerchief while looking at Xi Junjie a little embarrassedly: "But, I have eaten it, it's not very clean."
"No." Xi Junjie's eyes swept across Zhenzhen's red lips, and the smile on his face deepened: "I think it tastes better."
"Shameless." Zhenzhen lowered her eyes and glared at him.
Xi Junjie chuckled softly and waved at Zhenzhen. When Zhenzhen leaned over, Xi Junjie whispered in her ear, "I was by the lake in the summer and heard you and sister-in-law say that I was pretty."
Although she had said this to Xi Junjie in person, she still felt a little embarrassed to be heard by the person involved. Zhenzhen immediately wanted to run away. As if seeing what Zhenzhen was thinking, Xi Junjie reached out and held her wrist, and continued to say in her ear: "I'm lucky because Zhenzhen likes me. In fact, I also think Zhenzhen is very beautiful. Apart from you, I have never dreamed of anyone else."
Although the students nearby couldn't hear the two people talking, Xi Junjie's action of holding Zhenzhen's wrist was too obvious, and a group of people were shocked.
Under the influence of Zhenzhen's consciousness, the expressions of the classmates around her, whether they were shocked, heartbroken, or biting their lips unwillingly, all appeared clearly in Zhenzhen's mind. Zhenzhen turned her head to look at Xi Junjie's lips, which were so close to her, and swallowed hard, trying to shift her gaze upwards to his long and curved eyelashes.
Xi Junjie's eyes followed Zhenzhen's closely. When their eyes met, Xi Junjie suddenly smiled: "Zhenzhen, why are you so cute?"
Can you please stop flirting in public? Can't you hear the sound of people biting spoons around you? Can you please take care of the feelings of so many people who have a crush on you!
Xi Junjie let go of Zhenzhen's hand, and Zhenzhen sat back on the stool, touching her hot cheeks. Zhenzhen was confused. She had taken the initiative to confess and hold hands without feeling shy, so why did the other party's simple words make her blush? Zhenzhen pondered for a long time and felt that it must be because of her face!
Seeing Xi Junjie eating her leftovers seriously, Zhenzhen felt sweet in her heart. She didn't know when she could kiss such a handsome face.
After finishing the meal, Xi Junjie returned the clean lunch box to the dormitory, and then accompanied Zhenzhen to walk in circles on the playground to help digest the food. The sun was shining brightly today, and even though the sun had set, the temperature outside was not too cold.
A dozen boys were sitting in the stands on the playground, reciting poems loudly. Zhenzhen looked over and saw a few familiar faces. This was the era when poetry was very popular. The poets in the school were not only students of literature, but also students from the law, economics, and Spanish departments. Many of them had joined the poetry club, and some of them often published poems in magazines and had become famous.
As Zhen Zhen glanced towards the stands, Xi Junjie reached out and held Zhen Zhen's hand: "I want to apply to join the student union."
Zhen Zhen retracted her gaze from the stands and met Xi Junjie's eyes: "This is a good thing."
"Really?" Seeing Zhenzhen's support, Xi Junjie's eyebrows relaxed, and there was a hint of shyness in his smile: "I also want to have more relevant management experience to train myself and make some connections, which will also be helpful for my future work."
Zhen Zhen thought of the current student union president and nodded immediately: "If you are sure you want to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you should indeed join the student union."
"So, do you want to join any club?" Xi Junjie felt the unruly little hand in his hand, and couldn't stop smiling. Thinking about what happened in the past two days, it was just like a dream. Yesterday, he was aggrieved and followed Zhenzhen on the bus one after the other. Because he didn't dare to say hello, he deliberately sat far away and could only watch her silently. Today, we can actually walk hand in hand together. I always feel that happiness comes too quickly, right
Zhenzhen quietly thought about joining a club. Last semester, she was too busy with her studies and didn't even participate much in her class newspaper. If possible, she would like to find a suitable club. After all, life in college should not be just about studying. Even in this day and age, it should be rich and colorful.
Zhen Zhen hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then I'll join the student union, either the Propaganda Department or the Arts Department."
"Arts?" Xi Junjie looked at her with interest: "What can you do?"
"I won't tell you!" Zhen Zhen was childish for once. She made a face at Xi Junjie and said with a smile, "I have many secrets. You can slowly discover them."
After walking around the playground twice, Xi Junjie sent Zhenzhen back to the dormitory. Just after reading for a while, Xi Junjie called her from downstairs. Zhenzhen looked at the two familiar thermos bottles in Xi Junjie's hand from the window, and hurriedly went downstairs with the empty thermos bottles.
After bringing up the hot water, Guo Xiaoqiao came over excitedly: "Zhenzhen, I saw you and your boyfriend eating in the cafeteria."
Zhenzhen smiled, put the kettle under her bed, turned around and pinched her face: "You are indispensable everywhere."
"Are you admitting that the French major is your date?" Guo Xiaoqiao winked at Zhenzhen. "He's really bold. He dared to pull your wrist in the cafeteria."
Although Xi Junjie insisted on getting hot water for Zhenzhen every day, the relationship had not been resolved. When her roommate asked her about it, Zhenzhen just said he was a classmate and never gave Xi Junjie a formal status.
Zhenzhen took the cup out to wash it, and then made a cup of hot tea. After she came back, Guo Xiaoqiao continued to ask questions. Zhenzhen could only look at her helplessly: "Yes, he is my boyfriend now. I don't know where you get such a big curiosity from."
Guo Xiaoqiao covered his face and smiled, "It's mainly because you and your partner are both so good-looking. When you sit there and look at each other, oh, you don't know how my face turns red and my heart beats fast. My heart melts."
Xu Jiajia, who was sleeping on the upper bunk of Zhenzhen, stuck her head out and laughed at Guo Xiaoqiao: "If you're jealous, just find a partner. Why do you have to look at Zhenzhen and make her heart beat fast?"
"Oh, you don't know." Guo Xiaoqiao stamped his feet: "Anyway, I feel more excited watching them than when I'm dating myself. You don't know that I kept my mouth shut during dinner tonight."
Zhenzhen looked at her with a frown on her face. It turned out that this girl treated herself as an idol drama. She was too good at finding fun.
Seeing Guo Xiaoqiao was too excited, Wei Yujin seemed to be worried. She pushed her glasses up, put down the book in her hand, and looked at Zhenzhen seriously: "You and your boyfriend held hands in the cafeteria?"
"Ah?" Zhen Zhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, he just shook my neck when he was talking to me."
"You youngsters don't know the severity of the situation. Back then, people who did something like this would be dragged out and paraded through the streets." Wei Yujin looked at Zhenzhen with a worried look on his face: "Even Xiaoqiao saw it, so it's certain that others saw it too. What if they tell the teacher?"
"Big sister, you think too much." Zhenzhen knew that Wei Yujin had good intentions and was afraid that she would get into trouble. After all, the evil wind had only been over for two or three years, and some things were still like nightmares when she thought about them now. Zhenzhen smiled at Wei Yujin in a soothing way: "Now the policies have changed, and the atmosphere has improved. Things like that will never happen again. Besides, Xi Junjie and I are a serious couple, and it's not immoral. Even if it's told to the school, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Nowadays, universities are the fastest to open up to new ideas and policies. First, they can receive new ideas and policies at the first time. Second, after all those years of turmoil, universities hate those who report on others behind their backs. Teachers in schools are trying their best to impart their knowledge. Some teachers do not teach enough in class and go directly to the dormitory at night, sitting cross-legged on the bed and talking for two or three hours. In this atmosphere, dark thoughts have no place to stand.
Maybe it was because of Zhenzhen's fearless look that Wei Yujin breathed a sigh of relief, and she didn't forget to remind him again: "Keep your back when holding hands next time. There are so many people in the cafeteria. Aren't you ashamed?"
Zhenzhen immediately burst into laughter, covering her face and looking at Wei Yujin: "I can't help it, I'm just born thick-skinned."
A few days later, Zhenzhen heard rumors from Mr. Wangwo that someone had reported the matter to the school. Some said that the two of them were holding hands and behaving like hooligans in a public place, and some also complained that they were wasting money by eating several meat dishes together.
After receiving the report, the school leaders were in tears and laughed at the same time. They were also angry that there were students who reported others to suppress others. When they were admitted, many students wrote in their personal information who their father was, who their grandfather was, and what activities they participated in, hoping to use these relationships to grab admission to Imperial Capital University. Later, the higher-ups personally approved the matter. Not only was this information not used as the basis for admission, but the restrictions on class background were also relaxed. For example, the children of capitalists, landlords, and rich farmers could go to college as long as their scores met the admission line. The school originally thought that students should be able to see the trend of social atmosphere becoming more and more open after this incident, but they did not expect that there are still stubborn people.
So the students who reported with various intentions were shocked to find that Li Mingzhen and Xi Junjie were still walking around in pairs in various classrooms and cafeterias, while those who secretly reported were summoned one by one, and even a class leader had his position removed.
Although the school did not make the matter public, many students heard about it. Afterwards, many of those who were dating secretly became bolder. At least they didn't have to keep an eye on everyone when they held hands.
Winter vacation came in a blink of an eye. After returning home, Zhenzhen couldn't wait to clean up the empty yard. Mingnan and Mingdong were on vacation from school, and they planned to bring their children to the capital for a reunion.
Mingnan and his wife came here in the summer, bringing sesame cakes and dumplings, but Mingdong and his friends had never been to the capital because they lived far away.
According to the plan, Mingdong and Guihua took their children to Bingcheng to meet Mingnan's family, and then took the train to the capital. Mingnan knew where his family lived, and Roubao and Doubao were both grown men who could help carry things, so he didn't send a telegram to tell them when he would arrive.
But we had already agreed to come here for the holiday, and the family had cleaned up the house early in the morning. Because they had installed heating pipes before, they would start to deliver air as soon as the weather got cold. Not only was the house warm, but it was also not as dirty as the old stove, so it was very worry-free to live in. Looking at the raging north wind outside through the large glass window, an old movie was playing on the black-and-white TV in the house. While peeling oranges, Old Lady Li said to Wang Sufen, "Look how good life is now. We don't have to worry about food or clothes. When I was young, I didn't dare to imagine such a life."
"Don't even mention you. Even I didn't dare to think about it when I was young." Wang Sufen looked at Old Lady Li while wearing reading glasses: "Mom, tell me, why is our family so blessed? If it weren't for Zhenzhen, we probably wouldn't be able to live such a good life now."
"That's right. At least Mingnan and Mingbei might not be able to get into university. It was Zhenzhen who helped them review and do exercises, so they were able to get into such a good school." Mrs. Li put a slice of orange into her mouth. The cool and sweet orange juice filled her mouth. Mrs. Li smacked her lips happily. "This orange was bought by Zhenzhen, right? No matter what fruit she buys, it tastes good."
Thinking of Zhenzhen's ability, Wang Sufen chuckled and said, "It's not bad if she doesn't plant an orange tree in the yard that bears fruit all year round." After saying this, Wang Sufen looked at Old Lady Li with some uneasiness: "Mom, you said that Zhenzhen has supernatural abilities. Do you want the boy from the Xi family in the future?"
Old Lady Li waved her hand: "This is not your concern. Zhenzhen knows what's going on. If she feels she can tell you, she will. Don't worry about it."
"I'm just afraid that if he finds out, he might do something bad to Zhenzhen, thinking of him as a monster or something?" Wang Sufen thought of how people in the past were very shy about this kind of thing. Even those who performed shaman acts and raised fox spirits didn't dare to take the job openly.
After eating an orange, Old Lady Li picked up another one: "If he is that kind of person, Zhenzhen will definitely not marry him in the future. Don't worry, Zhenzhen is quite clear-headed and she can judge good people."
"What? Who is Zhenzhen going to marry?" Li Muwu came in with a dark face, lifting the door curtain: "Is it that brat from the Xi family who wants to kidnap my daughter to date her?"
Wang Sufen was frightened by him and her heart was pounding. She covered her chest with her hands and glared at him complainingly: "Don't be such a jerk. If you have something to say, can't you just say it nicely?"
"If we talk nicely, my daughter will be kidnapped by the neighbor to be his wife." The more Li Muwu thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still: "What do you think is so good about that boy?"
"He has a nice face." Zhenzhen opened the door curtain and came in, looking at Li Muwu's dark face with a smile: "He looks so attractive, I feel happy when I see him."
Li Muwu looked at his tall and pretty daughter, and his anger instantly disappeared: "Well, you can't get married right away, okay? What if you meet someone prettier in the future?"
Xi Junjie, who had just walked to the door carrying a box of saury, said: "..."