Bai Fumei in the ’70s Chapter 51
Translated by Serena Love
After Zhao Lanxiang left, He Songbai said solemnly, "Do you know who it is?"
Gu Huaijin did not dare to conceal it from He Songbai at this point.
He nodded hesitantly, "If someone is really staring, except for my few students, don't know who else who wants this."
"You... you leave the bike somewhere else."
"I don't know..." He sighed, and he blamed himself.
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He Songbai returns with a bunch of pork every day, and there is a slight smell of pig blood on his body. Gu Huaijin also intuitively guessed what this young man was doing.
He Songbai said briefly, "No."
Since being followed by the girlfriend last time, He Songbai has become more cautious. If someone is watching at night, he won't go at all.
Gu Huaijin rinsed his mouth and vomited out the blood overflowing from his mouth. The corners of his eyes were swollen, the corners of his eyebrows were blue, and he hissed and gasped as he talked. But in front of the young man He Songbai, he still maintained his dignity.
He wiped his face and said quietly, "I'm sleeping."
He lay indifferently on the haystack, and since he couldn't drive people away, Gu Huaijin simply didn't rush him.
He Songbai returned to the room to take the medicinal oil the girlfriend bought him, placed it on Teacher Gu's side, and left without a word.
After he left, the middle-aged man lying on the hay pretending to be sleeping was pinching the little medicine bottle, staring at it for a long time, and burst into tears.
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The next day, Zhao Lanxiang made an extra portion for lunch, and after she has served the meal, He Songbai would come over and take the portion belonging to Teacher Gu to the bullpen.
The old man is also stubborn. He has low fever and he is unwilling to see a doctor. After working, he is lying on the haystack sickly, waiting for his nutritious meal every day.
He Songbai on the front brought the food over, and Zhao Lanxiang on the back followed.
She handed the warm milk from her hand to Teacher Gu's hand.
The whole process was silent, no one said a word.
There was a heavy downpour last night, and the drenched land exuded a fresh smell of mud. Gu Huaijin brought more straws and spread it around him to keep him warm.
He poured delicious food into his broken bowl and gratefully finished the glass of milk the little girl gave. He felt the heart that was frozen yesterday was rejuvenated again.
As he was planning to eat, he took out his own booklet as usual, turning his thumb over page after page, and he started talking to himself.
He Songbai and Zhao Lanxiang have both returned to the house.
This kind of food delivery without communication lasted for several days, until He Songbai was busy with autumn planting and started to dig ditches on the mountain again.
Zhao Lanxiang lived lightly and came back to cook at noon. After the meal is made, she will share a portion for Gu Huaijin to eat.
The weather was unexpectedly bright and warm on this day. After several heavy rains, the plowed soil in the field is black and moist, which was entirely due to the farmyard fertilizer.
As usual, Gu Huaijin took out the booklet and said: "...Technical route, analysis and determination of rock formation, slope, soil thickness, determination of soil engineering properties, design stability of ridges..."
"The rock and soil layers are weak, so terrace design is not suitable. The critical slope is greater than 15 degrees. The season of heavy rain is likely to cause soil erosion."
When Gu Huaijin whispered to himself, Zhao Lanxiang poured the rice into his pottery bowl without a word.
"Niujiao Mountain, the nature of the soil and the thickness of the rock layer are qualitatively not suitable for reclamation; Heshan, where the soil is fertile and the thickness of the rock layer is greater than the average, is suitable for reclamation; Luoji Mountain..."
Gu Huaijin read his notes as if whispering aloud, but unexpectedly the delicious food he was expecting splashed all over the place.
Zhao Lanxiang suddenly raised her head, "What were you reading just now?"
Teacher Gu jumped up from the haystack, his hands busy rescuing his lunch. He said indignantly, "You girl, why you are so careless, it's a waste of food!"
"White rice, just pour it when you are talking..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Lanxiang's eyes tightened in shocked.
In the hot autumn, Zhao Lanxiang just felt like she was falling into an ice cave and shivered in the cold.
Teacher Gu subconsciously picked the clean rice grains on the ground, carefully picked out the grains of sand, and ate it excitedly.
Zhao Lanxiang took Teacher Gu's sleeve and tried her best to calm down her voice.
"Today in Niujiao mountain, is the day when the rocks are opened to divert water, they plan to use explosives to redirect the lake water from the mountain into the ditches..."
Teacher Gu's chopsticks holding the meat suddenly stagnate, and a piece of braised pork belly fell to the ground, covered with ash.
"What?"
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In the morning, Li Dali was snarled by his mother for breakfast, and was pushed to the branch secretary Li's house.
"After all, she will be your wife. Stop by, do some work for Li'er, say a few words thoughtfully, and win over her feelings."
Li Dali had no choice but to go to Li Dehong's house after eating.
He worked with him for a few years, and suddenly he will became his elder. Li Dali couldn't get use to it.
He stood at the door of the house, waiting for the fiance to come out, carrying farm tools for her and doing work.
New wife is always like this, expecting people to spoil her.
But he waited and waited, the sun was already high, but he didn't see Li'er coming out.
Li Dehong stood alone under the tree from afar, looking at his soon to be son-in-law, he stepped forward and patted Li Dali's shoulder with a smile, and said clearly,
"Go work, everyone is waiting for you, Li'er is not working today."
In the branch secretary's house.
Li'er got up early in the morning and brought a piece of cake to eat on the road. Before she put her hands in her pocket, her sister-in-law squinted her eyes.
"People who don't go to work only know what to eat. Today it's your turn to stay at home to care for Grandpa, and by the way, bring Ahua to your brother."
Li'er knew that Li Dali is secretly waiting for her under the jujube tree outside.
But she said nothing.
When her sister-in-law's family set off to work, Li'er reluctantly carried her two-year-old little niece on her back.
However, Li Dali can't wait for her and already leave long ago. He has already distributed agricultural tools and started working on the mountain.
Li'er walked back to the empty tree with his back and squeezed Ahua's butt with anger. "Cry, cry, cry."
"I'll take you to your mother and father."
The little baby was drooling and confused at Li'er's face.
She came to the construction site and saw her sister-in-law, and Sister Li immediately twisted her ears, "Asked you to stay at home to watch Grandpa, what are you doing running to the mountain."
Li'er moved the child to Sister Li's back and said, "I can't compare to you, your pocket is thick. A cent is also not bad. Grandpa said that I can go down the mountain at noon and help him to the toilet."
She threw her hoe and dig the paddy field.
In fact, it has been digging for a few months. Basically, all the work that can be done is done. She doesn't do the easy work for the finishing touches, it's not that she throws away cents for nothing.
Sister Li heard the words, and her face was blue.
Grandpa is seriously ill, and it was her turn to wait for the elderly at home.
Li'er said, "Digging ditches will have to be done today, there will be no cents to earn in the future. I came here to share an extra ration at the end of the year, otherwise I would have stayed at home early."
She turned her head away angrily. At the end of the year, she was going to marry Li Dali's house. Are the cents earned not for them?
She looked at the gurgling mountain stream that sloped out from the mountainside, and after finishing her work, she wanted to go up the mountainside to see the magical thing which is explosives.
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He Songbai opened a field together with a group of people, and the ox fed by Sister He was pulled up to the mountain, put on the plow, and walked slowly and lazily.
He led the cow, lovingly let it stop to rest from time to time.
The sun is getting higher, the hot sun makes people's skin red, and after a while becomes more black and red.
"He's second!"
"He's second..."
Suddenly he heard a familiar voice that was unlikely to appear on the construction site. He stopped and gave the cow to his companion, frowning and said, "I'll go and solve it first. You will take it for me."
He made two big steps and ran down the mountain quickly.
Gu Huaijin has a low fever and was bumped up and down the mountain. He saw He Songbai as if he had seen a savior.
"Aiya!"
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"You came!"
"I will tell you something important-"
He Songbai pulled the person into the hidden haystack, grabbed him by the neckline, lowered his voice and said, "Do you still want to live in peace."
"Why do you run around without permission during the day?"
Teacher Gu's neck became red with anxiety. After all, he is also an elderly person. When he was young, he could barely be regarded as a "sportsman". Now he has a fever and ran up the mountain with a hungry stomach. His breath almost stopped, he was so anxious to death.
"You, you let me go, let me go, I have someone who wants to talk about a major event..."
He gasped and his eyes widened.
He Songbai heard that he only loosened his grip.
"Niu, Niujiao mountains, ca... can't, can't be explode!"
He Songbai patted Teacher Gu's chest, "Are you comfortable, say it slowly?"
Gu Huaijin stared dryly at the water passed by He Songbai to moisturize his throat. His throat that was so hot was relieved.
He smoothed the words and said.
"The rock layer is too thin. I have previously surveyed that there may be a cave in it. When I decided to reclaim the terraced field, I first crossed it out. Its soil is severely sandy and the soil is not fertile enough. This mountain should be abandoned..."
"I can't move around casually, but I didn't think those kids dare to override my decision!"
Zhao Lanxiang, who was lagging behind the mountain, hurried to catch up. She blushed and said, "Don't say it anymore, Teacher Gu. The engineering team is going to blow up the lake at 12 o'clock. No matter how we chirped and crooked, the time has been decided!"
However, Teacher Gu's legs were already floating, as if stepping on cotton, and he couldn't get the slightest amount of strength out of his body. "You, you two, go and stop it. I walk slowly."
He Songbai squatted down immediately and put Teacher Gu on his back.
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