When Su Ye walked up the stairs to go home with the quilt in her arms, she vaguely smelled the aroma of food wafting from her home.
Su Ye thought that she could eat meat tonight, and a faint sense of satisfaction overflowed from her chest. At the same time, she was also slightly puzzled. Why was the aroma of rice so strong? She had obviously closed the window tightly.
Su Ye took out the key, and a faint light came through the crack in the door.
Seeing the shadow of a man in the house, Su Ye's first reaction was that his house had been robbed, and it was a shameless thief!
The man in the room had his back to Su Ye. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a head of lush black hair on his straight back. His long legs were wrapped in camouflage and casually placed. The man was relaxed as if he was at home.
The bowl in his hand was as clean as can be. The earthenware pot used to steam rice was a mess.
Su Ye took a look and her head buzzed: Her meat... was eaten up.
Gu Xiangqian heard the noise very early. He saw Su Ye's cautious gaze from the corner of his eye and slowly turned around.
Su Ye's eyes widened slightly and his brows were furrowed.
Isn’t this the cold soldier that Su Ye met some time ago
Suddenly, Su Ye recalled the last time when Gu Xiangqian helped her carry something home, and he looked around the house curiously. Su Ye had some bad guesses.
The two people's eyes met in the air, and they looked at each other with speculative gazes.
Su Ye asked cautiously: "You... who are you?"
Gu Xiangqian put down his bowl and chopsticks, sat upright, and introduced himself solemnly and solemnly: "Hello, Comrade Su Ye, I am Gu Xiangqian, 24 years old, and I was promoted from deputy battalion officer to regular battalion officer this year. My monthly salary is 99 yuan, and I get 40 kilograms of food and half a kilogram of eggs as allowance."
He was meticulously dressed in pine green clothes, with a serious expression, sitting upright, and at this moment he was looking at Su Ye with burning eyes.
It turns out that he is Gu Xiangqian! Su Ye's pupils trembled. It was rare for her to meet a man whose appearance touched her aesthetic taste, but he turned out to be the male protagonist
Gu Xiangqian paused after he finished speaking, waiting for Su Ye's answer. Logically, Su Ye should have replied, "Su Ye, 18 years old, a lower-middle-class poor peasant in the countryside, a junior high school teacher, with a salary of 30 yuan and 30 kilograms of food."
But Su Ye said "oh" in a lack of interest. She glanced at the pot with not a single grain of rice left, and said in a tone that pretended to be refined, "So - you ate all my meat like this, without leaving a single piece?"
Gu Xiangqian never expected that his serious self-introduction would be met with such disdain from the other party. However, he admitted his mistake with a good attitude and quickly reflected on it: "I'm sorry, I was too hungry. I will pay attention next time."
Is it useful to say sorry? Su Ye was originally pretending to be a top class, until she saw that even the rice was eaten up without a single grain left, and she no longer needed to pretend and had become a real top class.
Su Ye yelled, "Gu Xiangqian—"You should sleep in the message room tonight!
Unexpectedly, Gu Xiangqian spoke first with a strong desire to survive: "Comrade Su Ye, are you hungry? Look, I brought back some meat."
His tone was extremely familiar. Su Ye looked in the direction he pointed: there was a lot of food on the ground, a bag full of red and white ribs, a bag of cabbage, a bag of potatoes, and some tomatoes.
It was the first time that Su Ye saw so much meat and food. He was stunned. It was a heavy load of ribs...
There is famine everywhere now, and it is difficult for ordinary people to eat meat. Where did Gu Xiangqian get so much meat
"Where did you get so much meat?"
Gu Xiangqian replied briefly: "It was given to me by my comrades."
Gu Xiangqian not only made great contributions this time, but also successfully saved the lives of several comrades. His awakening moved everyone to tears. Before Gu Xiangqian was discharged from the hospital, the soldiers he saved gathered some nutritional supplements for him to take home to recover.
However, conditions at the border were too harsh. The group originally wanted to collect two kilograms of pork belly, but in the end they only got two kilograms of ribs.
Fortunately, he got two pounds of pork belly. Su Ye likes pork ribs better than pork belly.
After not having the taste of pork ribs for a month, Su Ye almost forgot what it tasted like to eat pork ribs in his previous life.
The compensation of this bag of food extinguished Su Ye's anger very well. When washing the ribs, Su Ye's eyes flashed with sweet and sour ribs, braised ribs, steamed ribs with rice flour, and ribs stewed with potatoes... The more he washed, the hungrier he became.
Gu Xiangqian's eyes swept around the house. The last time he and Su Ye came home, Gu Xiangqian didn't have time to look at them more. This time, Gu Xiangqian had the opportunity to take a closer look.
He frowned slightly. Su Ye had bad habits. He didn't fold the sheets and quilts, and he placed the books he had read randomly. It seemed that many things in the house had been moved once.
The desk where Gu Xiangqian read was filled with junior high school textbooks. Su Ye's lesson plan book was spread out on the table, covered with beautiful handwriting.
Gu Xiangqian had originally planned to accept an illiterate wife, but he didn't expect that she worked very hard in the countryside and now became a teacher in the city.
He glanced at the bacon that Su Ye had hung out to dry in the window. There were only a few thin slices of bacon on the steamed rice that Gu Xiangqian had just eaten, and they were all gone before he could even taste them.
While Su Ye was cooking, Gu Xiangqian suggested, "The bacon is delicious, cut some more."
Su Ye raised his eyebrows and threw the knife away, "I'm so tired, I won't do it anymore, Gu Xiangqian, you cook. If you don't cook, you can sleep in the message room tonight! It's not the first time I've slept with you anyway!"
I didn't expect that this daughter-in-law has such a bad temper.
Gu Xiangqian was stunned for a moment, then he had to stand up with difficulty, picked up the knife, and began to cut the meat slowly.
A grown man can't mention his injury when his wife asks him to do housework, right? Doesn't he have any dignity
Clear faucet water flowed slowly, the man's hands trembled unsteadily, and water droplets kept splashing on his clean face and flowing into his throat.
Su Ye stared with eyes wide open. She recalled the first time she met Gu Xiangqian, and how she had envied his figure.
Su Ye looked at Gu Xiangqian's back. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist and a perky butt. Even when he was washing vegetables, his long legs were in a straight line. He looked like a natural power type.
She couldn't help but shake her head with regret: What a pity that such appearance actually appeared on the male protagonist
Su Ye had thought about waiting until she got divorced before looking for a man like him. It was impossible to find one now. Women who were obsessed with the male protagonist usually had no good ending. Su Ye turned her head and found a book to divert her attention.
Gu Xiangqian threw the ribs to the window to dry without even looking at them.
Gu Xiangqian didn't like eating spare ribs. He preferred bacon made with perilla leaves to bones. He cut a piece of bacon and followed the instructions to chop potatoes, tomatoes and mushrooms and sprinkle them on the rice.
Seeing Su Ye's dissatisfied look, he immediately explained, "Save the ribs for the New Year."
The two people were doing their own things in silence, but at this moment, Gu Xiangqian's heart was filled with a rare sense of peace and warmth.
After finishing his meal, Gu Xiangqian found his luggage and clothes, and looked like he was going to take a shower and go to bed. There were not many entertainment activities in this era, and the only entertainment after nightfall was...
Su Ye swallowed hard and drank the glass of water.
After careful consideration, Su Ye stopped Gu Xiangqian and said, "Comrade Gu Xiangqian, I think we are not suitable."
Gu Xiangqian was in a good mood today. He was quite satisfied with the way he and Su Ye got along. Although it was a blind marriage, many couples introduced by the organization in the army did not get along as harmoniously as they did.
So when Gu Xiangqian heard Su Ye's words, he asked, "Why do you think so?"
Su Ye straightened her back and sat upright, and said frankly, "I am the only child in my family. I have a bad personality and bad temper since I was a child. I am lazy and don't like to work. You are not at home for two days, and you left me alone for two months when I first came. No woman can stand it. I'd better not delay you."
"Although the marriage report has been submitted, the marriage certificate has not yet been obtained. Let's break up after the New Year!"
At this time, there was a knock on the door. It was Li Maogang and Fang Xiulian who came to visit.
The sound insulation in the tube-shaped buildings is not good these days. If a couple quarrels, the whole floor can hear it.
Li Maogang said awkwardly: "It seems that we came at the wrong time. Su Ye, please don't say such things. Xiang Qian was carrying out a mission some time ago. He didn't mean to embarrass you."
Fang Xiulian said coldly: "Su Ye, what qualifications do you have to complain to Xiang Qian? He was lying in bed unconscious the day before yesterday, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to go home. You have no sympathy at all, but instead you got angry with him. If you really dare to divorce, I will look up to you!"
In Fang Xiulian's eyes, there was nothing about Su Ye that was worthy of Gu Xiangqian. She was just the leper who ate the swan flesh. What was infuriating was that the leper not only ate the swan flesh, but also took advantage of Qiao to make a scene after eating it.
Fang Xiulian didn't want to deal with such a top-notch sister-in-law at all. She said to Gu Xiangqian, "Xiangqian, I support your divorce. Now is an open society, and feudal marriage is no longer important. Any girl introduced by the organization is a hundred times better than Su Ye. Go and withdraw the marriage report tomorrow. After the New Year, there will be plenty of good girls waiting for you to choose."
As soon as Fang Xiulian finished speaking, three pairs of eyes in the room glared at her.
Gu Xiangqian coughed lightly, "No need."
Although Fang Xiulian's words would help Su Ye get a divorce, but... Su Ye had a bunch of question marks in his mind after hearing this. This person's words were too rude.
Xu Maogang quickly covered Fang Xiulian's mouth and smiled awkwardly, "Haha, Brother Xiangqian, you should discuss it with sister-in-law. We're leaving first. This is the souvenirs sent to Xiangqian by the organization. Eat them slowly. If it's not enough, let me add some more and send it over."
The couple put three pounds of eggs, a bottle of malted milk, and two meat tickets on the table. In just one night, a pile of meat, vegetables, eggs, and grains lay on the floor, and this poor family became richer than ever before.
Su Ye was annoyed by the insults. She crossed her arms and asked Gu Xiangqian, "Are you hurt?"
"How come I don't know?"
Su Ye glanced at Gu Xiangqian who was standing there quietly, with no signs of injury at all.
Gu Xiangqian held up a towel and said simply, "It's not that exaggerated."
As if Su Ye's words had never happened, Gu Xiangqian said, "Look, what are you still missing? I'll take you to buy some tomorrow."
As he spoke, he poured some hot water from the thermos and added some cold water to the wash basin. He unbuttoned his shirt with his thumb and took off his sweater, revealing his bandaged body. Gu Xiangqian simply treated the wound.
Even though it was covered by bandages, the male protagonist still had a first-class figure.
Su Ye watched and couldn't help but drink a glass of water.