Then, everyone panicked, dispersed, and the scene was chaotic.
Cree Yaqian was also panicked. This was called "speculation" at the time and was a serious crime.
But she was a girl and thin, so she couldn't outrun those people.
Just when she didn't know what to do, a hand suddenly stretched out from an alley next to her. The hand was very strong and pulled Cree Yaqian over.
In such a chaotic scene, it was impossible to say that I was not panicked when I was suddenly dragged away.
But before Cree Yaqian could scream, a big hand blocked her mouth.
"Shh... don't talk, the police will be here soon."
She looked up at the man who was a head taller than herself and blinked.
She remembered that this was the son of the village captain, named Lu Yongguo.
"Stop, don't move..."
Just at this time, the sound of footsteps sounded in my ears.
Lu Yongguo was really right. The police arrived so quickly. Fortunately, he pulled her out at the critical moment, otherwise she would have been caught, Cree Yaqian thought.
She was in this alley and saw the police arresting several people.
Not sure if it was because of nervousness, Lu Yongguo pressed his hand on the back of her head a little harder, and Que Yaqian leaned forward involuntarily.
She pressed her face against his chest, which was hard and hot.
His heart was beating so fast, like a drum.
It was summer, and she could smell the sweat on his body. Inexplicably, she blushed and her heart jumped.
She didn't know how long she had been hiding like this. They didn't dare to come out of the alley until the police took the people away, the sky darkened, and everyone in the black market was gone.
It was already late now, and there were no cars going back to the village. The two of them could only walk back to the village.
"Is the thing heavy?"
On the way back to the village, it was Lu Yongguo who spoke first.
"I'll help you carry it," he said.
"Ah?" Cree Yaqian was shy for no reason, and panicked as soon as she opened her mouth: "No... no, no... it's not too... too heavy, I can lift it."
"fine."
Lu Yongguo took the thing in her hand smoothly.
"I'll mention it, it's something convenient," he said.
"I remember you, you are an educated youth who came to the countryside, right? It seems... your surname is Crepe?"
"Yeah." Cree Yaqian nodded.
"Why did you think of coming to the black market?"
"I just... just want to buy something. What about you? What are you doing here?"
"Me?" Lu Yongguo smiled: "I'm here to sell things."
Anyway, the two of them had already met in the black market, and he had nothing to hide, so he just said that he was making money in the black market.
"You said you are a little girl and you are very brave. You dare to come to the black market alone. What if you get caught?" He asked her.
"If you catch it, you'll catch it." Que Yaqian smiled.
"These days, if you want to eat meat, you have to risk your life."
Probably because they became familiar with each other after saying a few words, Que Yaqian calmed down and was able to joke again.
Lu Yongguo couldn't help but want to laugh.
"It's better not to go there in the future. It's dangerous. Let's do this. Tell me what you want to buy and I'll bring it to you."
"Then why are you so embarrassed?"
"Why are you so embarrassed? I'm going to go anyway. It's just a matter of passing on some extra things. I'm a man after all. I can run faster than you when things happen."
That being said...
But these days, how risky is it to go to the black market? If someone takes something from the black market, that would be a huge favor.
Cree Yaqian didn't dare to ask for it.
But Lu Yongguo remembered it.
After that, when he occasionally went to the black market, he would bring her something back, but since he couldn't find her directly, he would hang it under the window next to her bed in the Educated Youth Center.
Then he knocked on the window three times, turned around and ran away.
Sometimes it’s meat, sometimes it’s biscuits and snacks.
This method left Cree Yaqian with no way to refuse.
Moreover, Lu Yongguo often helps her with farm work.
Que Yaqian is small and thin, and her illness was caused by a disease in that family. As a result, her body is always not as strong as others, so it is more difficult for her to do farm work than others.
While others had their lunch break, she still had to work in the fields.
Lu Yongguo "accidentally" passed by at noon.
He asked: "Educated youth, you still haven't eaten?"
Que Yaqian buried her head in working in the fields and answered perfunctorily: "Yeah, um, ah, I'll go eat after I finish this."
Then Lu Yongguo stopped answering.
When she looked up, she saw him helping her harvest wheat.
"Hey, Comrade Lu, what are you doing?" Que Yaqian was a little frightened.
"I'll help you do it. When you're done, you go and eat."
Lu Yongguo's movements in cutting the wheat were particularly swift. The sickle moved smoothly in his hand, and only the crisp sounds of "嚓", "嚓" and "嚓" were heard, and a row of wheat was cut.
This speed is more than twice as fast as Cree Yaqian.
No wonder he is ten centimeters taller every day, Cree Yaqian sighed in her heart.
But how could Cree Yaqian let him do this?
"How can this be done?" she chased after him and asked.
Lu Yongguo kept moving his hands and didn't even raise his head: "What's wrong with this? My work is almost done anyway."
"But...but it won't be good if others see it."
"It's noon, everyone is resting, who can see it?"
Que Yaqian really couldn't resist him, and she couldn't just mess around with a grown man in the fields, so she had no choice but to let him go.
Not only when farming, but also when it was her turn to carry water at the Educated Youth Station, she would often "encounter" Lu Yongguo.
Lu Yongguo also helped her pick up the water without saying a word.
After going back and forth like this, Cree Yaqian finally figured out some meaning.
But Lu Yongguo didn't speak for a long time.
It was just work, and it lasted until winter, without giving any specific meaning.
At that time, no woman would take the initiative to speak about such a thing.
If Que Yaqian had parents and brothers, she might be able to help with the planning, but she doesn't, she is alone.
Just like that, the two of them were bored for more than half a year.
But I have to say that in the past six months, Que Yaqian's life has been much better. In the past, she could earn at most six or seven centimeters a day, but now with Lu Yongguo's help, she can earn at least eight centimeters a day.
Moreover, Lu Yongguo often brought her something back, regardless of whether she asked for money.
After slowly getting to know him, she realized that he had made a lot of money in the black market, and buying this little thing was nothing.
With meat to eat, she was no longer hungry. Gradually, her health improved a lot.
Of course, there is a price to pay for accepting these things, and she understands this.
The two of them just came close to breaking through the window paper.
Until one day, an educated youth from the same educated youth center suddenly asked her: "Ya Qian, I saw Lu Yongguo helping you carry water yesterday. What happened? Are you familiar with him?"
"ah?"
Cree Yaqian's chopsticks subconsciously trembled when she was eating.
"No...no, I just happened to meet him. He saw that I was having a hard time carrying water, so he picked it for me."
"Oh, that's right." The educated youth from the same village nodded clearly.
"That's right. How could you be familiar with him? He's already talking about kissing him. How can we become familiar with him?"