"What?" Chu Qi, who had discussed it with Chu Heng a long time ago, pretended to be stupid and picked up the envelope, pulling out a photo from it. It was the photo Chu Heng took of his sister-in-law Ni Yinghua in the courtyard before he came here.
The girl with a sweet smile stood quietly on the snow, with a graceful figure, picturesque eyebrows, fresh and refined temperament, and a fair skin that eclipsed the white snow. She was so beautiful that no one dared to blaspheme.
"So beautiful!"
Xiao Yang couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, yes." Xiao Zhang stared at the photo without blinking.
"What?" A female educated youth looked over curiously and couldn't help but praise: "It's so beautiful. Who is this?"
"Let me see, let me see."
Several other female educated youths also came over, and they all expressed their appreciation.
“It’s so beautiful.”
"Who is she?"
"Like a fairy daughter."
Seeing that these people were all complimenting each other, Ji Xuemei couldn't help but be very curious. She couldn't help but raise her head and look over here. However, she couldn't see clearly because of the angle. She just saw that it was a girl in the photo.
Chu Qi continued to act stupid and asked Chu Heng with the photo: "What do you mean? Brother."
"The person introduced to you by my family." Chu Heng put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "How is it? Pretty, isn't it? And her family is doing well. She has a brother who holds an important position in the city. You should meet her first when you go back this time.
If it works, we can settle the matter and get married in a few years when we are old enough."
Hearing this, Ji Xuemei, who had just lowered her head, suddenly raised her head and looked at Chu Qi, feeling extremely flustered.
"I don't want to look at it." Chu Qi threw the photo on the table half-truthfully and said with a frown, "And I won't go back, I'll just stay here."
"Huh?" Chu Heng's face drooped, he looked at Ji Xuemei who secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Do you have a partner?"
"No." Chu Qi shook his head.
"Then just go back with me honestly." Chu Heng's eyes narrowed slightly as he said that, and he said coldly: "Isn't this a discussion with you, do you understand?"
"If you don't come back, I won't come back until I die!"
"It seems that I hit him lightly. Come out!" Chu Heng stood up with a shout and reached out to pull Chu Qi.
"Alas."
Lu Bin, Accountant Li and others quickly grabbed him.
"Don't do anything, let's discuss what you have to say."
The educated youth are also trying to persuade Chu Qi.
Xiao Yang said sourly: "Brother Qi, are you stupid? Don't you want to look at such a good-looking person?"
"That's right, this girl is so nice. No matter in appearance or family, she is better than..." A female educated youth glanced at Ji Xuemei with meaning.
"Okay, I don't need you to interfere with me. Just go ahead and do what you have to do!" Chu Qi drove the person away with a stern face, snatched the photo back and threw it on the table. He said with a stiff neck: "If you have the ability, just do it."
Damn it, I won’t go back anyway.”
"Listen, listen, if he rebels, don't stop me. I will beat him to death today!" Chu Heng pretended to be furious, reaching out to whip the copper-tipped leather belt.
"No, no, no."
"There is something easy to say, there is something easy to say."
Naturally, Lu Bin and others couldn't let him take action, so they immediately pulled him aside and separated the two brothers. They persuaded him for a while before Chu Heng calmed down temporarily.
"You are waiting for no one, let's see how I deal with you!" Chu Heng glared at Chu Qi fiercely, sat down again with a dark face, and stopped talking to him.
Even though he knew it was all an act, Chu Qi still couldn't help but shudder. He had a stress reaction from being beaten since childhood.
After a while, other brigade cadres came over one after another. Everyone was chatting happily, and the cave suddenly became more lively.
Little girl Ji Xuemei was still sitting alone in the corner, her delicate face full of sadness.
Not long after, the food was ready.
The staple food is two boxes of noodle steamed buns, and the dishes are authentic northern Shaanxi farm dishes, such as fried tofu, fried potato, steamed buns with sheep's blood and sauerkraut, etc.
The food that Chu Heng asked Chu Qi and the others to bring was also made into dishes and served on the table. A large pot of air-dried chicken was stewed with potatoes, sausages were stir-fried with green onions for two plates, and the lunch meat was cut into slices directly.
Come up.
There were eight dishes in total, four meat and four vegetarian. The things Chu Heng brought accounted for three of the meat dishes.
"Gudong!"
Except for Chu Heng and Lu Bin, everyone in the room hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal for an unknown amount of time. They all swallowed their saliva, but didn't dare to move their chopsticks first.
After all, there are Lu Bin, a big leader in the county, and Chu Heng, a guest, and we can't let them see the joke.
"Come, come, let's drink and eat." Finally, as Secretary Liu, the head of the family, picked up the cup first, everyone started to move, and began to change cups and enjoy the meal.
Chu Qi and the other teenagers didn't drink, so they didn't sit at the same table as Chu Heng and the others. Naturally, they didn't need to be restrained. Both men and women were swiping their chopsticks around the table with their eyes shining, and they were chatting with others.
Like a wolf cub waiting for food, he ate all the food and steamed buns on the table in a short time.
Even the soup on the plate was wiped clean with steamed buns, so there was no need to wash it.
"Comfortable."
Xiao Zhang rubbed his round belly with a satisfied look on his face.
"This air-dried chicken is really delicious." A female educated youth commented on the dish in a low voice: "It's not oily or greasy, and it has a special fragrance. It feels even more delicious than freshly killed live chicken."
"Yeah, yeah, I think so too. The luncheon meat is also delicious. I didn't even eat a few pieces, but Lao Zhang took them all away. He ate the most." Another female educated youth glared at Xiao angrily.
open.
"Hehe." Xiao Zhang smiled with a shy face and bared teeth, not feeling ashamed at all.
"I don't feel very well, so I'll go back first. Let's talk." Ji Xuemei stood up and said to them. Without waiting for Chu Qi and the others to reply, she went to Secretary Liu's table and said hello to them.
, left alone.
When Chu Qi saw this, he immediately ran out and caught up with the girl walking alone on the road in Huangtu Village.
"Ji Xuemei!"
"What are you doing?" Ji Xuemei stopped and looked at him with complicated eyes.
"I want to talk to you, let's go to the plateau." Chu Qi pointed to the hill outside the village.
Ji Xuemei hesitated for a moment, nodded gently, and said, "Okay."
The two of them immediately walked towards the outside of the village without saying a word. Chu Qi walked in front, and Ji Xuemei followed step by step with her head lowered.
It wasn't until he left the village that Chu Qi said, "Ji Xuemei, did you hear what my brother just said? If I don't have a partner, he will take me back for a blind date."
The girl looked up at his back, which was not very generous but had always protected her from the wind and rain, and pursed her lips slightly: "Yeah."
"Do you want me to leave?" Chu Qi asked in a muffled voice.
"..."
Ji Xuemei chose silence, she didn't know how to answer.
Chu Qi in front was overjoyed, because her silence at this time was more powerful than any words.
"You really like me too."
He turned his head suddenly and stared at her with stern eyes, his expression full of confusion: "But why don't you accept me?"
This time, the girl did not escape as usual. She raised her head to meet his gaze, lightly opened her red lips, and said softly: "I don't want to delay you, Chu Qi. We are different. You have a good background, and everyone in your family is also very good."
You are awesome and have a great future, but I may have to squat in this ravine for the rest of my life. If you are with me, I will definitely affect you and even your family."
"At that time, many people will stand up against us, especially your family. They will definitely not want to see your future being affected by your being with me, and they will definitely try their best to stop it. Without the support of your parents for a period of time,
Our relationship will definitely end in vain, so rather than waiting until then and being forced to separate, it would be better to never start."
Otherwise it is said that girls mature earlier than boys.
Look at Ji Xuemei, she thinks about things in the long term, and look at Chu Qi, she is just a young boy who only pursues love and never thinks about anything else.
Even now that people have spoken so openly, he is still so indifferent.
"I don't care! As long as you agree to be with me, I'm willing to squat in the mountains and valleys for the rest of my life. It doesn't matter even if my parents object. We are all free to love now, and they can't decide my affairs!"
"hiss!"
Not far away, Chu Heng, who was following secretly, heard what his brother said, took a puff of his cigarette, and curled his lips and said, "You bastard must have gotten drunk!"
I just don’t know if my blood is rising or sinking...