1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 204 Sister-in-law Expresses Her Feelings

It seemed that the sister-in-law did not seem angry or disgusted. On the contrary, she leaned towards him.

Xu Yuexin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

It seems that the long separation has not changed my sister-in-law's feelings for me.

My sister-in-law is just sad and depressed.

I have to use this time to coax her.

Help her heal her inner wounds.

Xu Yuexin pondered.

When it comes to women, you always have to coax them.

What’s more, my sister-in-law has had special experiences and has been hurt by her original family.

After entering the station hall, Xu Yuexin bought a ticket to Jinhua and sat down with his sister-in-law to wait for the train.

When the car arrived, Xu Yuexin picked up their luggage and got in.

Xu Yuexin felt very sorry for his sister-in-law because she had lost so much weight.

He carried the luggage for both of them along the way.

After getting on the bus, the two sat next to each other and started their 30-hour journey.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Amid the friction sound of the train wheels against the rails, Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law ate some dry food.

Among them, my sister-in-law kept eating in small bites and didn’t eat much in the end.

"IM so tired."

Soon, the sister-in-law said in a daze.

"Go to sleep."

Xu Yuexin leaned his shoulder towards his sister-in-law and said.

He guessed that his sister-in-law was so weak these days because she missed him too much and had irregular diet and rest.

When Xu Yuexin extended his shoulder over, his sister-in-law leaned over and quickly fell asleep.

From now on, I have to pay more attention to my sister-in-law's psychology.

This situation must not happen again.

Looking at his sister-in-law's peaceful and dignified face as she slept, Xu Yuexin took a deep breath and reminded himself again.

……

After a long journey, Xu Yuexin and Chen Yixue arrived in Jinhua.

As soon as the two got off the car, the fresh and moist air from the southern mountains immediately surrounded them and nourished their hearts.

Since the reform and opening up had only been in place for two years, there were not many high-rise buildings near the station, and you could see green mountains in the distance when you looked up.

“What a beautiful view.”

Chen Yixiu took a deep breath and looked into the distance.

Xu Yuexin nodded and said nothing.

It seems that changing places is still useful.

At least Chen Yixiu can speak actively now.

"Let's go and find a guest house to stay in."

Xu Yuexin picked up their luggage and said.

"I'll carry these two bags."

Chen Yixue took the initiative to grab the two packages in his hands and said, "I feel much stronger."

Xu Yuexin knew that she was not lying. When a person's mood changes, his physical strength will also change.

However, he still did not hand over the luggage to his sister-in-law.

"It's okay, just kidding."

Xu Yuexin said easily, and walked out of the station with his sister-in-law.

There are obviously many more small vendors at Jinhua Station than at other stations, and many of them look like they are from surrounding rural areas.

Moreover, they were very proactive and enthusiastic when selling small commodities. This must be an important reason for the rise of Jinhua's industry and commerce in later generations.

After leaving the station, Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law took a bus to Dongyang County.

In later times, it only took one or two hours to travel from the city train station to the county town, but the trains in that era were slow, so Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law took three hours to get there.

broken.

After getting off the car, Xu Yuexin felt a chill in his heart as if he remembered something.

Before he left, he did not try to get a letter of introduction for staying in a guesthouse.

Although Xu Yuexin planned to rent a small courtyard to live with his sister-in-law, he still had to stay in a guesthouse before finding a suitable house.

Currently, there are hotels in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou that do not require letters of introduction, but this is not necessarily the case in Jinhua.

Xu Yuexin thought anxiously, and took his sister-in-law to find a guesthouse of a local unit to try it out.

"Comrade, you want to stay at the hotel, right? It's 60 cents without hot water, 80 cents with hot water, and another 10 cents for breakfast."

As a result, the front desk clerk didn't even mention the letter of introduction and went straight to the price.

"Hot water and breakfast, stay for three days."

Xu Yuexin took out two dollars and seven cents, handed it to the front desk clerk and said, "If there are no rooms left in the back, remember to let me know."

Xu Yuexin planned to use these three days to look for a house, but he also had to be prepared for the situation where he failed to find a suitable house and the rooms in the guesthouse were fully booked.

"Okay, comrade. I'll charge you two dollars and seventy cents in total."

"Here's the room key."

After collecting the money, the waiter handed Xu Yuexin a key tied with a hemp rope.

Xu Yuexin took the key and saw a few people who looked like merchants walking into the store from behind. It seemed that they also wanted to stay overnight.

At this point, Xu Yuexin understood why the guesthouse did not mention the letter of introduction.

In the early days of reform and opening up, Dongyang was already an important industrial and commercial center.

Because there are a large number of traveling merchants staying there, their guesthouses have developed to the same level as those in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and they no longer require letters of introduction.

Walking up the creaking wooden stairs, Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law went upstairs to their rooms.

According to later generations, this should be a standard room.

Xu Yuexin put his clothes and luggage on one bed and left the other bed for himself and his sister-in-law to sleep on.

"You stay in the house, I'll go downstairs to buy breakfast."

Xu Yuexin made the arrangements and walked downstairs to the door of the guesthouse.

The guesthouse is located in the center of the county town, surrounded by several five-story single-family buildings and the rest are brick and tile houses.

Xu Yuexin went to a breakfast shop run by a self-employed business owner to buy wontons and returned to the guesthouse.

"Eat it while it's hot. It's stuffed with fresh bamboo shoots and pork."

Xu Yuexin put the steaming wontons on the table and said to Chen Yixiu.

Chen Yixue stepped forward, picked up the chopsticks, tasted the wonton, and was very satisfied. Before long, she finished a bowl of wontons.

When Xu Yuexin noticed that Chen Yixiu was eating very attentively, he didn't touch the wontons in his bowl.

When Chen Yixue finished eating, Xu Yuexin pushed his wontons in front of Chen Yixue and said, "You eat it."

"how about you."

"I'll go buy another one."

Xu Yuexin said.

Throughout this trip, my sister-in-law has always had a small appetite.

Now that she had finally started to eat properly, Xu Yuexin felt somewhat relieved.

When Xu Yuexin came back with another serving of wontons, his sister-in-law had already finished the second serving.

Moreover, her eyes fell on the third serving of wontons that Xu Yuexin bought.

"Why, you want to eat again?"

Xu Yuexin put the wontons on the table in the room and said with a smile.

The sister-in-law looked away embarrassedly: "No."

"I won't give you any food even if you want to."

Xu Yuexin put down the wontons, sat down at the table and said, "It's not good to eat too much in a short period of time."

The sister-in-law nodded and sat down next to him.

"Why did you eat so little before?"

Xu Yuexin asked casually while eating wontons.

The sister-in-law said nonchalantly: "Nothing, I just don't want to eat."

"There has to be a reason."

"No reason, I just don't want to eat."

"No way, you must be worried."

Xu Yuexin put down the half-eaten wonton and looked at his sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law avoided his gaze, confusion appearing in her peach blossom eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Yuexin stopped asking questions and quickly finished eating the wontons.

"Let's go out for a walk."

Xu Yuexin said to his sister-in-law, "The scenery in this area is very beautiful."

The sister-in-law still didn't say anything, but she still walked out of the guesthouse room with him and went downstairs.

After leaving the guesthouse, Xu Yuexin took his sister-in-law to the edge of the county town and climbed a small earthen slope.

In April, the slopes are covered with lush vegetation, green grass and bright red flowers.

Xu Yuexin and his sister-in-law found an open place to sit down, but discovered that the dew on the ground was too heavy.

Xu Yuexin took off his shirt and put it on the ground, then waved to his sister-in-law to sit down.

The eldest sister-in-law sat beside him, raised her face and looked into the distance in confusion: "Will it cause business losses if you accompany me exclusively?"

"I've arranged everything."

Xu Yuexin picked up a dogtail grass, put it in his mouth and said, "And nothing is more important than you."

"Humph, you knew I was important, yet you disappeared for so long."

The elder sister-in-law said angrily, picking up a small grass and peeling it in her hand, "You must have forgotten me in your heart a long time ago."

Hey, my sister-in-law finally spoke her mind.

Xu Yuexin was delighted when he heard this.

Being willing to express dissatisfaction is the beginning of solving the problem.

On the contrary, the most difficult ones are those who hold their anger and refuse to speak it out.

“I can’t help it.”

Xu Yuexin gently put his arm around his sister-in-law's shoulders and said in a gentle tone, "When you are starting a business, you are sometimes bound to be too busy."

"Oh, just career?"

The eldest sister-in-law sneered and said, "Tell me the truth, who else do you have outside besides Lin Qingxia?"

"There's really nothing between her and me. She's a big star."

"Maybe I've been with her for so long that I've gotten to smell her perfume."

Xu Yuexin spread his hands and said with a look of grievance.

"Ugh."

The sister-in-law gave him a resentful look and stood up. "It's already this hour, and you still can't tell me the truth."

After saying that, my sister-in-law walked forward, apparently going down the slope.

Xu Yuexin hurried forward and grabbed her hand: "I didn't lie to you, it's really like this."

Chen Yixue shook off Xu Yuexin and closed her eyes uncomfortably: "Don't bother me."

"It's not your fault, it's mine."

"I should have expected this day."

Chen Yixiu was in great pain at this time.

Guilt towards my sister, pain over Xu Yuexin's new love, loneliness from not having someone to accompany me for so long...

With all kinds of emotions mixed together, Chen Yixiu felt like her brain was about to explode.

Of course, what makes Chen Yixiu most sad is that even at this point Xu Yuexin still refuses to tell the truth.

Xu Yuexin felt bad when he saw his sister-in-law was extremely sad.

If his sister-in-law was really offended and something happened to her, he would not be able to explain to his wife, and he would also regret it for the rest of his life.

Xu Yuexin thought about it and finally decided to confront his sister-in-law.

"To be honest, I am indeed with Lin Qingxia..."

Xu Yuexin walked up to his sister-in-law and spoke frankly.

There are some things that she must know sooner or later.

Since it is no longer possible to hide it, it is better to admit it, and perhaps it can still be salvaged.

"Is she the only one?"

After hearing this, the sister-in-law did not comment, but asked further.

"Well, she's definitely the only one."

Xu Yuexin said seriously, "Just think about it, I'm busy with business all day, I won't have the energy to find more women even if I want to."

Is he really not lying?

The sister-in-law looked at Xu Yuexin suspiciously, trying to tell the truth from his changes in expression.

(End of this chapter)