Adored Koi in the 70s

Upon hearing Wang Yansheng's words, Qiao Hongxia felt something exploded in her mind!

She was like a shrimp thrown into the boiling water, and it was red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her hands gripped the corners of her clothes tightly and loosely, loosely and tightly, and the corners of her clothes were rubbed uncomfortably by her. After a long time, she found her voice and said, "Why me?"

Not only was she one year older than him, but she was also divorced and took a child. With his identity and achievements, he could marry a better girl!

Even if he wanted to marry a girl from the city, it was not impossible. If she didn't know that he was not the kind of person who made fun of others casually, she would think he was playing with herself!

Qiao Hongxia was nervous, but Wang Yansheng was actually more nervous than her.

It's just that his skin is dark and he is serious. People who are not particularly familiar with him would never see it.

He stared at her face without blinking, seeing her cheeks and cheeks flying pink, he felt very beautiful.

After staring for a while, he was afraid that she would think she was a hooligan, so he forced himself to look away from her face, and then he heard her questioning.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but fortunately, she did not reject herself in one sigh: "I, I have been paying attention to you for a long time."

He couldn't wait to slap himself when he said this.

Bah, this sounds more like a gangster!

Sure enough, when Qiao Hongxia heard him, she raised her eyes and glanced at him.

Wang Yansheng was so nervous that his heart jumped out of his throat: "I, I didn't mean that, I mean, do you remember 1960?"

Qiao Hongxia was taken aback and nodded: "Of course I remember, three years of famine, you will never forget it in this life!"

Wang Yansheng also nodded. From 1959 to 1961, there was a famine throughout the country, and many people did not survive those years.

In the past, the Wang family was not well-stocked, and it can even be said that it was too poor. When the Great Famine came, people like them, who were surrounded by walls and had a large population, were the first to be affected.

His grandfather, grandmother, and a little aunt were swollen to death after eating Guanyin soil in 1959. He originally had a little sister who starved to death that year.

During those three years, people in the production team starved to death almost every day!

Although the family warned them not to eat Guanyin soil every day, he was too hungry that day. When he was shaking his hands and trying to put the Guanyin soil into his mouth, she appeared to him with half of a thick noodle steamed bun. before.

He still remembers what she said to himself. She said: "This soil will kill you if you eat it. Don't eat it anymore. You can eat my bun!"

He looked up at her blankly, thinking she was so stupid, how important food was that year, she actually gave him steamed buns!

Seeing that he hadn't moved, she stuffed the steamed bun into his hand, and told him again before leaving, telling him not to eat Guanyin soil in the future.

At that time, he gobbled up and stared at her away back, feeling that she was the best-looking girl he had ever seen in his life, even at that time she was so thin that she was yellowish and thin.

She was thirteen years old that year, and he was twelve years old. After that day, he knew her name and knew that he was the third child in the family like himself.

Later, they all survived the most difficult three years. After that, the Qiao family's life became more and more prosperous, while the Wang family was still very poor. His eldest and second elder brothers got married one after another, and there were more and more children in the family, and the burden became heavier.

The girl in the village can be said to be her husband's family at the age of sixteen or seven. When she was sixteen years old, the matchmaker frequently went to Qiao's family to talk about marriage. The young men in the production team wanted to marry her as a wife, he also thought.

But he didn't want to marry her back, let her live in a thatched hut, let her eat pickles and gruel every meal with him, so when the troops came to the production team to select people to be soldiers, he seized the opportunity.

Before going to the army, he wanted to ask her to wait for him, but he couldn't open this mouth. He had nothing. In case he didn't get any results, why would he let her waste time for himself?

In the end, he didn't say anything, and went to the army alone with a suitcase on his back.

He almost worked hard with his life. When others paid 100% of sweat, he paid 200%. Others practiced for ten hours, and he gave himself two additional hours of practice.

The hard work of sweat resulted in a bumper harvest. He was promoted from soldier to squad leader to platoon leader. When he thought he had finally made some achievements and could come back to propose marriage to her, she married.

Knowing that she was married, he regretted and blamed himself, he should come back earlier, he should confess his heart to her cheeky, maybe she would be willing to wait for herself.

But it was useless to regret it again. Before returning to the army, he found an excuse to go to the production team where her husband's family was located, just to look at her from a distance.

After returning to the army, he was even more desperate. Although he didn't know who he was fighting for, he didn't want to miss someone he liked next time because of his incompetence.

It took him three years to be promoted to platoon leader, and eight years to be promoted to regiment commander. During this period, countless people wanted to be a matchmaker for him. He refused directly or refused to go to a blind date, but none of them met. It moved his heart.

This time he came back because of family affairs, he didn't expect to meet her, let alone she actually divorced and went home!

At the moment when he heard her divorce, he felt his heart beat quickly and jumped for joy. This sounded a bit slanderous and despicable, but he was really grateful that the man had no eyes!

In the past few days, in addition to busying with the Huo’s family, he also went to the county town to inquire about his fifth brother. He thought that he would not remember other things when he was busy, but her appearance seemed to be carved in his heart The busier I get, the more I want to see her.

A few days of precipitation also made him understand that he wanted to marry her!

He doesn't want to miss this opportunity again. If he misses this opportunity again, he will regret it for life!

Qiao Hongxia heard him mention the fact that he gave him half a steamed bun, and heard that he wanted to marry herself eleven years ago. Her heart seemed to be put in a lot of rabbits, and all of them were jumping frantically.

"Bang bang bang—"

It was the sound of her heartbeat.

The two stood so close, she wondered if he would hear his heartbeat.

She tried to calm herself, but it didn't work at all!

She blushed, biting her lower lip and said: "So... are you trying to repay me?"

Wang Yansheng nodded fiercely like a second stunned child: "Didn't the ancients say that life-saving grace should be promised? I want to promise myself to you..."

After that, he wants to smoke himself again!

What happened to him today?

Why are you so hooligans in every sentence? !

Qiao Hongxia's neck was red: "Do you usually talk to women like this?"

Wang Yansheng shook his head like a rattle: "No, I didn't talk to other women like that, right? I don't have other women!"

"Puff--"

Qiao Hongxia finally couldn't help laughing when he saw him talking nonsense with nervousness.

Wang Yansheng looked at her pink cheeks and the corners of her lips curled up, an impulse surged in his heart, and he wanted to hug her in his arms!

He took a deep breath and said, "Hongxia, my mouth is dumb and can't speak, but I really want to deal with you. If you want, we can get engaged right away, only after we get married for a year."

According to the customs of the village, after the elders in the family pass away, it must be a year before they can get married for the wedding.

Qiao Hongxia seemed to have a sweet jujube stuffed in her mouth, from her mouth to her heart: "I, I will tell you after I think about it!"

After speaking, she turned and ran down the mountain, running as if a wolf was chasing her behind her.

Wang Yansheng couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth looking at her "fleeing from the wild" from the back.

——

Qiao Hongxia ran home in a hurry.

Lin Hui walked out of the stove with her stomach, and just saw her panting, she couldn't help asking, "How did you run like this? Did something happen?"

Qiao Hongxia "being a guilty conscience", her eyes were erratic and afraid to look at her: "Nothing happened."

Her temperament has always been generous, and Lin Hui is squeamish at this time. Lin Hui can't even notice it. It's just that she is gentle, and she will never talk too much about things the other party does not want to say.

She stretched her hand over her basket and said, "Give me the vegetables. I'll wash them."

Qiao Hongxia shook her head: "No, I'll just do it. You have such a big belly. Don't do housework at ordinary times. Just wait for me to come back to do it!"

Lin Hui curled her lips: "It's only been five months, and it will be several months before the actual production. How can I do nothing?"

Like their aunts who get along so harmoniously, I'm afraid they can't find a second pair in the entire production team.

In the end, Qiao Hongxia snatched the job of washing vegetables.

But she didn't finish washing for a long time, and she ruined all the cabbage!

Lin Hui came out again to see her like this, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Hongxia, do you have something to worry about? The women in the village have always spoken awkwardly, so don't take their words to heart!"

Some time ago, Zhao Jiefang remarried. Song Jinlai’s wife publicized this matter and the whole production team knew about it. Many people spoke ridiculously, and some of them were particularly nasty.

She was worried that Qiao Hongxia had heard something unpleasant when she went out just now, and she refused to tell others, keeping her grievances in her heart.

Qiao Hongxia looked up and saw Ersao looking at herself with worried eyes, and said warmly: "Ersao, I'm really fine, but I have something... I want to ask your opinion."

Lin Hui saw her cheeks suddenly reddened, and a strange feeling surged in her heart: "What's the matter?"

Qiao Hongxia hesitated: "Second sister-in-law, how did you make up your mind to be with my second brother?"

Speaking of which, Ersao is really obsessed with the second brother!

At the time, her second brother's legs were not good, so she wanted to marry her second brother without hesitation!

This time it was Lin Hui's turn to blush: "Why did you get involved with me? In fact, there is nothing to say, I just don't want to miss it anymore."

Qiao Hongxia looked at her with bright eyes: "Then will you worry about each other being inappropriate after remarrying?"

It is said that the marriage between their aunts and their sisters-in-law is very rough, one is a widow, the other is divorced, in the eyes of others, they are all "broken shoes"!

People like them who have been married once need more courage to remarry because they are afraid of making the wrong decision. If they make the wrong decision, can she still divorce again?

If she really gets divorced again, I'm afraid her reputation will be stinking all over the world!

Lin Hui smiled and nodded: "Of course I am worried, but I am more afraid of regretting myself than worrying about inappropriateness."

She has already regretted it once, and it is a rare opportunity to come to her again. If she misses it again this time, she will definitely regret it for the rest of her life!

Qiao Hongxia held a vegetable leaf in her hand, looking thoughtful.

Lin Hui looked at the vegetable leaves that had been kneaded so badly in her hand, tentatively asked: "Hongxia, do you... do you have any thoughts in her mind?"

Qiao Hongxia came back to her senses, her face burst into flames.

She stood up in a panic, holding the pot of rotten vegetable leaves and said: "Second sister-in-law, I'm going to cook, you go to the house to rest for a while, and I will call you when I have dinner!"

After speaking, she ran away again.

When it was time to eat, the table was "sorrowful."

"San Aunt, this dish is so salty!" Da Qiao took a bite of the dish and almost cried salty.

When Qiao Hongxia heard this, she hurriedly picked up a chopstick and took a bite, and almost spit it out. It was too salty. How many times did she put the salt in this?

Xiao Yiming hugged her little arm and said with a sullen face: "Mom, it's shameful to waste, you can't spit it out!"

Qiao Hongxia: "..."

Seeing the three aunts deflated, Da Qiao covered his mouth and laughed.

Qiao Hongxia stood up and said, "Don't eat these, I'll get some noodles for everyone."

Lin Hui followed and stood up: "Forget it, let me go, you look like you, I don't worry about handing over the kitchen to you again!"

She is now very sure that there is something in Qiao Hongxia's heart, and it should be a good thing.

Qiao Hongxia was guilty again.

That night, Qiao’s small courtyard ate dinner a bit late, and it was also this night that Qiao Hongxia suffered from insomnia again.

——

"Clang clang clang--"

The next day Wang Shuisheng got off work half an hour earlier, and then hit the gong to get everyone to gather at the threshing floor. He had something to announce.

"What do you think the captain wants to say? Isn't it the story of Xilinzi that was passed on?"

"No? Didn't the captain tell everyone not to speak out?"

"It's hard to say, you also know that there are so many people in this production team who have broken mouths!"

"Damn, if this is the case, if I find out who said it, I will definitely not forgive him!"

This word spread out in an instant, and the more it was spread, the less decent it became. Everyone doubted each other, and several people almost started fighting.

Wang Shuisheng walked over and knocked on the gongs and said, "Just give me a little quiet, and no fights are allowed, or I will deduct centimeters!"

When everyone heard that centimeters were to be deducted, they calmed down.

Wang Shuisheng coughed: "Our production team has a mediocre harvest, no special products, and no geographical advantage. As a result, our production team has not been able to rise, starve, or become wealthy!"

"Since I have become the production team leader, I naturally want to lead everyone and lead the entire production team to get rich, but I am stupid and inflexible, and I don't have much connections, so I'm really sorry for all these years!"

When everyone heard the beginning, they couldn't help being a little stunned.

Captain what does this mean?

Doesn't he want to do it anymore?

Most of the people showed a worried look. After all, although Wang Shuisheng, the production team leader, was not very capable, he was fair and not greedy. Everyone was quite satisfied with him as the production team leader.

There is also a small group of people who are very happy. Some people have long wanted to pull Wang Shuisheng from the position of production team leader and replace him. But because the Wang family has a member of the army, Wang Lao San, no one dared to tell him. Right.

Regardless of everyone’s discussion, Wang Shuisheng continued to shout with a rough throat: "My third brother came back this time and pointed me a way. He said that the country needs a lot of Chinese herbal medicines, but there are almost no production teams that grow Chinese herbal medicines, so he suggested that we The production team can develop in this direction!"

Someone shouted: "Captain, how do you develop? Don't you all grow food instead of Chinese herbal medicine? Then what shall we eat by the end of the year?"

"Eat the northwest wind!" Someone said, "The commune stipulates that the production team can only grow cash crops, and the team leader privately changes to plant Chinese herbal medicines. When the time comes, we can't deliver food. We can only go to prison one by one!"

When everyone heard this, they panicked.

"Captain, you can't do this!"

"Yes, yeah, we don't want to go to jail, what's wrong with growing food?"

"That is, although I can't be wealthy, I still have a mouthful of food to eat. If I grow Chinese herbal medicines, can that thing grow? Even if I grow alive, it can't fill my stomach!"

Wang Shuisheng saw that the crowd was in high spirits, and quickly knocked on the gong, but his voice became dumb when he shouted, and he still couldn't calm everyone down.

At this moment, Wang Yansheng walked out of the crowd with long legs and came to the stage.

He glanced coldly at everyone, and his voice was strong and powerful: "All for me to be quiet!"

After this sound, the people in the threshing floor seemed to be pinched by a duck, and there was no sound.

Few people in the production team didn't know Wang Yansheng's identity in the army. This time when he came back, many people wanted to build relationships with him. Unfortunately, he came back for so many days and ran out almost every day. It was hard for everyone to see him!

At this moment, he was standing upright on it, his aura speaks for himself, and everyone was naturally afraid of him when he drank it like this.

Wang Yansheng said with a solemn face: "What my elder brother said about planting Chinese herbal medicines is not not planting food. The land of the production team belongs to the state. Even if you want to plant Chinese herbal medicines, no one can make claims. You must get the commune. The plant can only be changed after it is confirmed by the government, otherwise it is illegal!"

"What does the captain mean by saying that just now?" someone asked boldly.

Wang Yansheng said: "Every household has a private plot, although the area is not large, but if you want, you can use the private plot to try to grow Chinese herbal medicine."

Originally speaking, it was private land. When everyone heard this, their hearts were finally let go.

Private plots are not allowed to grow cash crops, so ordinary people use them to grow vegetables, such as cucumbers, pumpkins, radishes, and cabbage.

If this private land is changed to Chinese herbal medicines, what will they eat afterwards, will the porridge be served with boiled water every day?

So someone is unhappy again!

"The third child, do you have any benefits after planting the Chinese herbal medicine?"

For example, can it be sold to a supply and marketing agency for a good price, or whether the country will send someone to buy it. If the price is good, they are naturally happy, but if there is no benefit, why do they want to plant it?

Wang Yansheng said: "If you can plant a large area, it will naturally be beneficial, but it will only start now, the amount is not large, and everyone has never planted before. It needs a process of groping and adapting. In other words, in the short term, it may be possible. No benefit."

Want to let everyone grow if you don't get the benefits?

Isn't this sick?

Everyone boiled again, all kinds of complaints.

Qiao Hongxia looked at the man on the stage with a mixed mood.

Before yesterday, he was a person from the same village to himself, other than that, there was no relationship between them.

But after yesterday, they had a relationship that others didn't know was involved. At this time, seeing everyone disobeying him, she felt nervous for some reason.

"Mom, I don't think Wang... the third child is like a messy person. He dares to say something like this. He must have a plan in the future, but it's not easy to tell everyone now."

She pondered, turned her head and lowered her voice to her mother.

Qiao Xiuzhi glanced at her and said, "You... seem to know him well?"

"Boom!"

It seemed that a thunder exploded in Qiao Hongxia's heart, and her face turned red in an instant.

She wanted to say that she didn't know him, but when she met her mother's insightful eyes, she couldn't say a word, so she blushed and bowed her head.

In Qiao Xiuzhi's eyes, that kind of guilty conscience.

At this time, there was another woman in the crowd staring at Wang Yansheng closely.

That person was not Fang Xiaojuan, but a female educated youth who answered the ranks.

Azhi had bright eyes and flying pink cheeks. He stared at the upright man on the stage without blinking, and asked the female educated youth next to him: "Who is that man on the stage? Why haven't I seen him before?"

The man on the stage is amazing!

Those straight and slender legs, that tall figure, and those handsome and resolute facial features, no matter which one they are, they all fit her interpretation of a perfect man in her mind!

"You said he, he is the third brother of the production team leader. I heard that he is a very capable person. He was just promoted to the commander of the army last year. He has not been home for several years. It is normal for you not to know him."

The female educated youths around her were the first batch of educated youths to go to the countryside. Because they were getting older, they were married to the production team a few years ago and gave birth to children, so they are very clear about the origin of Wang Yansheng.

Head! ! !

Dazhi's face became even redder, and his body shuddered with excitement.

This man is simply a dream lover tailored for her!

This man, she is going to make an appointment! !

Wang Yansheng once again let everyone be quiet: "My eldest brother and I are just telling everyone about this. As for whether you want to change to Chinese herbal medicine, you decide for yourself. If you don’t want to, the production team will never force you! Give you one day to consider. If you want to change to Chinese herbal medicine, go to the production team office to register tomorrow!"

"None of us have grown Chinese herbal medicines. What if the plants die?"

Some people know that Wang Yansheng is a capable person. Like Qiao Hongxia just thought, they think he will not aimlessly, so they were a little moved when they saw him on stage just now.

When Wang Yansheng heard this question, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Our production team had three people from the farm before, and they happened to have planted Chinese herbal medicine before, so they can guide everyone in planting at that time!"

Some people who wanted to plant were relieved when they heard this.

"Do you have any questions? If not, then--"

Just as Wang Shuisheng was about to let everyone go, a sweet voice suddenly rang: "Captain, I have something to say!"

Answer Zhi squeezed out of the crowd, twisted his waist and walked onto the stage.