1987 My Era

Chapter 437 I will be a good wife
After returning from taking photos at the tea mountain, Li Heng began to prepare lunch.

He is the main chef.

Song Yu helped out by picking and washing vegetables and preparing ginger, onions and garlic. Of course, the most important thing was to accompany him.

"Are you really going to make a fish feast?" Seeing him slaughtering grass carp, mandarin fish, bighead carp and bream in succession, Song Yu couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Yes, not quite."

Li Heng introduced them to her one by one: "Braised mandarin fish, spicy and sour sliced ​​fish with grass carp, steamed bream, and chopped pepper fish head with bighead carp. In addition to the four kinds of fish, there are also eight other dishes."

Song Yu has spent a lot of time on Junshan Island in recent years. She lives by the water and eats a lot of fish. But she usually steams and boils them, and occasionally pan-fry them. She has never tried spicy and sour fish, but she has eaten chopped pepper fish head a few times in Changshi Restaurant.

After hearing what he said, she, who was a Buddhist by nature, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Li Heng is a good cook. Home cooking in southern Hunan emphasizes speed. There is no such thing as time-consuming cooking. Even cutting fish fillets is a piece of cake and he can put the knife away in just a few strokes.

Song Yu was surprised at his skill in cutting fish fillets and took several photos of him with her camera. "Did you cook often in the past?"

"In our rural countryside, children from poor families become independent early on. An old rag can cook, and even those you always think are lazy and stupid can cook a few simple dishes," said Li Heng.

At noon, the sun was too scorching, and people who had gone out to work came back one after another. When they saw Li Heng and Song Yu working together in the backyard kitchen, they all ran over to watch with curiosity.

Especially when he noticed that Li Heng personally picked up the hot and sour fish fillet and fed it to Song Yu to taste the saltiness, the old man of the Song family said to his daughter-in-law Jiang Yue for the first time: "Li Heng is a good boy."

Jiang Yue knew that the old man seldom expressed his opinion on certain things. Obviously, Li Heng's ability to cook was a major plus, filling the last gap in his father-in-law's life.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that a person who is good at cooking should be very family-oriented and know how to love his wife in the future. No wonder the father-in-law comforted himself in such an extremely euphemistic way.

Jiang Yue remained silent as usual, but just chatted with the woman at home not far away, secretly observing his words and actions, and his interaction with his daughter.

It was not until the pickled cabbage fish and braised mandarin fish were served that she tasted a bite with her chopsticks before she uttered the first words of praise for Li Heng in public: "This cooking skill is really good."

The eldest sister-in-law next to him was full of praise: "Of course, in our whole family, no one has this ability."

My uncle also washed his hands and tasted the chopped pepper fish head. "Mm, it's delicious. It's not worse than those chefs in Yueyang Restaurant. Could it be that he has been cooking since he was in his mother's womb?"

The elder sister-in-law complained, "What do you mean she started cooking from birth? It's obvious that she is skillful and attentive."

Facing his wife's accusation, the uncle-in-law grinned and said, "I watched the whole process of making this dish just now. I will show you my skills when I get home so that you won't look down on me."

There were 12 Chinese dishes, and Li Heng really put in his best efforts. In addition to the four fishes, the stir-fried pork kidney, braised yellow eel, twice-cooked pork and grandma's dish all became popular dishes, and the plates were almost eaten up.

"Brother-in-law, the blood duck is gone. They won't give in to me and keep snatching it from me. Do you have any more?" At the children's table in the corner of the room, a 7-year-old boy was about to collapse. A bowl of blood duck was snatched away by other older children. He was so angry that he ran to the main table to complain to Li Heng, saying that he wanted more.

The word "brother-in-law" filled the whole room with a strange atmosphere, as if a dam had been breached.

Li Heng glanced at Song Yu secretly, and the hidden look in his eyes was as proud as it could be.

Receiving his gaze, Song Yu smiled beautifully and said to her 7-year-old cousin, "Come to our table and get some food."

"Is there nothing in the pot?" asked the little boy.

Song Yu said: "No more. If you want to eat, I will make it for you tomorrow."

The little boy was reluctant at first, but after all the adults at the table talked and Li Heng promised to do it tomorrow, he left happily. When he left, he still filled his bowl with blood duck.

After dinner, the two went to the lakeside to enjoy the cool shade under the trees.

Sun Manning, as perceptive as ever, did not follow.

After quietly looking at the sparkling lake for a while, Song Yu said, "Thank you for your hard work today."

"We are all family. Don't talk about how hard it is. It's what we should do." Li Heng picked another bright red rose and gave it to her as if it were a rose.

Song Yu was reserved for a while, but finally took the rose with a faint smile, lowered her head to smell the fragrance of the flower and joked: "I dare not let you stay here for long, otherwise my family will all turn to you."

Li Heng said cheerfully: "Actually, you can also turn to me."

Hearing these meaningful words, Song Yu remained silent for a moment, quietly admiring the rose in her hand.

After a long time, she changed the subject and said, "Manning hasn't recovered in the past two days. It seems that the public opinion in the newspapers has really had a big impact on her."

Li Heng knew that she was talking about Sun Manning's outrageous words, and asked in surprise: "Did you hear all those nonsense?"

"Well, I heard some, but most of the time I judged through body language," said Song Yu.

Li Heng stammered, "She really hasn't been like herself these past two days. I was scared."

Song Yu smiled and said, "It will be fine after these few days. Now, no matter which girl is by your side, after reading such overwhelming reports, she will develop a feeling of admiration for you in a short period of time."

Li Heng tilted his head: "What about you?"

Facing his burning love, Song Yu was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you think this flower looks better with just the petals? Or with the green leaves as a backdrop?"

Li Heng felt a chill down his spine.

What do petals mean?
What does green leaf mean?
The two of them knew this very well. She was implicitly reminding them not to destroy all the grass around the nest, but to leave some green leaves to complement the red flowers.

Understanding her thoughts, Li Heng said: "Red flowers need green leaves to set them off, and water disturbs the scenery of green mountains. Flowers are more beautiful, but they also need green leaves to set them off."

Song Yu is a soft-hearted person after all. As for her best friend Mai Sui and the other women around him, she stopped at the point and didn't say anything more.

As for Sun Manning, she didn't care about her at all.

Because she knew better than anyone that those nonsense were just Manning's momentary nonsense, and once the impact of the newspapers was over, they would automatically return to their original position and remain the same.

Besides, Song Yu knew that the man next to her was a little fickle, but he was also very picky, and a woman who was not good enough could not disturb his heart.

"There are flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. I hope you will remain the same in the future, the way I knew you in the beginning." An Jing said as Song Yu handed him the rose in her hand.

Li Heng took it tacitly and half stood up to help her plug it in.

Song Yu asked gracefully, "Does it look good?"

Li Heng stepped back to take a look and uttered one word: "Beautiful!"

They looked at each other and suddenly became quiet. After a long while, he lay down and rested his head on her legs. "I'm a little tired. I'll take a rest for a while."

This was his biggest extravagant hope on this trip. In his previous life, whenever he was tired, he would lie in her arms and sleep like this.

Don’t worry about anything, let go of all the ties and have a good sleep.

"Yeah." Although this was in public and someone might pass by here, looking at his sleepy face, Song Yu did not choose to refuse.

He felt most relaxed here with her. Li Heng, who had not slept well last night, soon fell into a deep sleep, leaving behind the sound of his regular breathing that was blown away into the distance along with the gentle lake breeze.

Song Yu lowered her head and looked at the man on her lap for a while, her eyes full of tenderness and complexity.

At around 3 pm, Li Heng and Song Yu came to the tea mountain to help Grandma Song pick tea.

Although he hadn't touched tea for a long time, his skills were still as good as before. He used both hands to pick tea leaves, and his speed was much faster than those who picked tea leaves with one hand. By dinner time, he had picked more than 4 kilograms of tea leaves.

Song Yu recalled the scene of picking tea last year and asked him, "I haven't seen Zhang Zhiyong for a long time. Has there been any changes?"

"No, still the same as always, talking nonsense." Li Heng said.

Song Yu smiled indifferently and asked about her high school English teacher.

Li Heng told her truthfully that the English teacher's mother had passed away and he had visited her in July.

Song Yu asked: "Do you and your English teacher keep in touch often?"

Li Heng subconsciously observed her micro-expressions and replied, "Not much. We don't usually interact with each other, and we haven't written letters. I only go to No. 1 Middle School occasionally when I pass by during the winter and summer vacations when I go home."

"Yeah." Song Yu hummed and didn't ask any more questions.

After dinner, the two of them met at the lakeside as they did yesterday.

Li Heng played three pieces again, namely "Streets Where the Wind Lives", "Hexi Corridor" and "With Orchids".

Song Yu listened very carefully. When the three songs were finished, she said with emotion: "It's really beautiful."

Li Heng put down his erhu and said, "When the instrumental album comes out, I'll send you a copy."

Song Yu agreed.

When you are with your lover, time often passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye he had been in Dongting Lake for 3 days.

Sun Manning was still not satisfied and said, "Li Heng, are you really leaving tomorrow? Can't you play for a few more days?"

Hearing this, Song Yu looked at him.

Li Heng wanted to stay, but he had promised Zi Jin to go to the capital to see her. Besides, Li Ran had already gone to the capital, so there was no way to delay any longer.

He said, "I have other things to do, so time is tight."

Song Yu said softly: "The matter is important, so let's go and do it first."

Li Heng nodded and said to Sun Manning, "How about you stay here for a few more days, and I'll come back to pick you up after I finish my business?"

"Forget it, forget it. I'm an adult, why do I need you to pick me up? I'll just take a bus from Changsha back to Shao City." At Song Yu's request, Sun Manning decided to play for another week.

On the morning of October 8th.

After breakfast, Li Heng said goodbye to the Song family one by one, and then took a boat to the county town on the shore.

Song Yu personally sent him to the station.

My younger sisters-in-law Song Shuyu and Sun Manning also came.

After buying the ticket and putting the luggage on the bus, Li Heng walked up to Song Yu and said reluctantly, "Then I'll leave first. I'll come to Dongting Lake to see you next year."

Song Yu stared at him, silent.

After staring at each other for a long time, Li Heng stretched out his hands and said, "Hug me again."

Song Yu hesitated for a moment and did not refuse.

There were many people at the station, and Song Shuyu and Sun Manning were watching them from the side. The two hugged each other gently for about ten seconds and then separated.

Song Yu helped him tie up the cut on his chest and told him, "Try not to sleep on the way, be careful, and report to me when you arrive in the capital."

Beijing?

Li Heng was shocked. He had never told anyone that he was going to the capital. He didn't expect that he couldn't hide it from the person in front of him.

Song Yu seemed to have guessed his thoughts. She smiled and stared into his eyes without saying a word.

Just then the bus started, and Li Heng was urged by the conductor to get on the bus. He leaned his head out of his seat and said to Song Yu, "I'm leaving now. You have to take care of yourself."

Song Yu looked at him reservedly until the car drove away, then she raised her right hand and waved slightly in front of her body to say goodbye to him.

Li Heng also waved his hands vigorously, and in a cloud of dust, he disappeared from the sight of the three women.

They came with two people and left alone. Li Heng didn't feel any discomfort, but he felt empty inside when he thought that it would take a long time before he could see Song Yu again.

He slumped limply in the seat, staring blankly out the window, as if he had lost his soul.

For a moment, he wanted to impulsively ask the driver to stop the car, and he wanted to pay a high price to ask the driver to turn around and go back to find Song Yu.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Li Heng suddenly thought of the letter.

Immediately, he regained his strength, opened his backpack, and took out the yellowed envelope.

She said that she should leave Dongting Lake before opening the letter.

Because a lot of changes have happened in my past and present lives, I also started pursuing Song Yu in advance. The letters that I didn't have in my previous life now appear in this life.

Looking down at the old envelope, his heart was pounding and he felt a little nervous for no reason. He remembered that when he said goodbye at the station, he said he would come to Dongting Lake to see her next year, but she didn't respond. Was this a sign of something?
Thinking of the words "Li Heng, thank you, thank you for your love", he began to tremble in his heart. This can't be right? Am I thinking wrongly?

Obviously, she has been very nice to me during these three days, hasn't she?
Her family also accepts her to a certain extent, doesn't it?

With all kinds of uncertainties, Li Heng finally plucked up the courage to open the envelope and pulled out a piece of red striped letter paper from it.

The letterhead was extremely simple, with the title "Yueyang No. 1 Middle School" on it. It was obviously the manuscript paper that my uncle brought back from the school.

The letter is simple and contains even less content.

No, it was very little, just one line of words.

The content is: Li Heng, if you can change your mind, I would be a good wife.

A letter, just this one sentence.

He read it three times and counted it again. There were 20 words in total.

When he watched it for the fourth time, he fell into a long silence.

If he changes his mind, she will be a good wife. It means she agrees, it means she is willing to be his woman, his wife.

The question is, can he change his mind?
Can he calm down? Facing Teacher Yu, Mai Sui, and Da Qingyi, Li Heng himself is not 100% sure.

And if he can't change his mind, then is this a rejection letter?

Thinking of Song Yu's calmness at the station just now, he felt unsure.

In his previous life, he had never touched wheat ears, and this scene had never happened. He tried to guess Song Yu's true intentions based on her habits.

Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a long time, I realized that this is a false proposition.

The content of this letter can be both left and right, and it is wavering. Any understanding of it is feasible. The key lies in your own attitude.

Perhaps, Song Yu was testing him, testing how much he cared about her, how much he loved her, and whether he could restrain himself for her?

Maybe, Song Yu was looking forward to him.

Perhaps, Song Yu knew that he could not change it, so she said goodbye to him with such a letter, just like her waving at the station door.

When the bus passed Miluo, the weather outside changed, it became windy and rainy.

Li Heng sat in front of the window like a zombie, oblivious to the wind and rain outside. Even if the rain came in and fell on him, he couldn't feel it.

The conductor in front noticed his situation and quickly shouted to him, "Boy, close the window tightly."

Li Heng stared outside blankly without reacting.

The conductor called out again, and when he still didn't move, he quickly walked over, reached out to close the door for him, and asked him, "Boy, your expression is a bit scary, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Heng came back to his senses and shook his head apologetically, "No, thank you."

The conductor looked at him again and again and then left.

After driving a little further, Li Heng suddenly stood up and asked the driver to stop the car.

The driver glanced at him and said loudly, "It's raining so hard and there's no one around here for three miles. Why are you getting off the bus?"

Li Heng told the driver: "I forgot something, I have to go back."

Hearing this and seeing that he looked unhappy, the conductor interrupted, "Some time ago, someone died in this cemetery and it was haunted. Why don't you wait a little longer and see if you can meet a car going back. Then you can just take a ride."

Li Heng was speechless when he heard about the ghost story, but the scale of the cemetery outside was so large beyond his imagination that he was really frightened.

His luck was very bad. He didn't meet any return buses on the way. The bus drove to Changshi. The conductor asked him: "Why don't you wait patiently for a while? We are going back in the afternoon."

Li Heng asked: "How many buses are there in a day?"

The conductor said, "Not many people take the bus these days. There are only three trains."

Li Heng was confused. "Then you just said that we could see if we could meet a car on the way back?"

Seeing his depressed face, the conductor smiled and said, "The bus going back has already passed. It crossed the road just after entering Miluo. If I hadn't said that, you would have definitely rushed to get off the bus."

Li Heng reacted, "Then the ghost story is also fake? Are you trying to fool me too?"

The driver smoked a cigarette and said, "It's hard to say. But a while ago, there was a murder there. A man and a woman were stabbed to death. Afterwards, many people said that there were ghosts there at night."

Well, the other party was also kind-hearted. After asking about the departure time, Li Heng got off the car and had a bowl of rice noodles for lunch. Then he mailed a letter in his bag, went to the bank to withdraw some cash, and finally called the Song family.

Song Yu seemed to know that he would call and kept waiting.

As soon as the phone rang, she picked up the receiver.

"Li Heng, have you arrived in Changsha?" Song Yu asked with concern.

Li Heng said slowly: "Cook more food for dinner, I will come back to eat."

Song Yu was not surprised at all. She walked over and asked, "Did you read the letter?"

Li Heng hummed.

Song Yu looked out the window: "It's raining heavily outside."

Li Heng said: "I know."

Seeing that he was not interested, Song Yu was silent for a while and said, "I'll come to Changshi to find you, or you can come to the school to see me during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Some words were easy to understand upon hearing them. Li Heng immediately realized the hidden meaning in her words. She hoped that he would take some time to think about it and come to her only after he had thought it through.

But he was anxious now and didn't want to wait: "I'll take a bus back to the small county town later."

Song Yu moved the receiver from her left hand to her right hand, and then from her right hand to her left hand again after a while. She then used her fingers to stroke the fine hair by her ears, and finally said softly, "Come find me at the hotel where we stayed last time. I'll wait for you there."

The hostel she mentioned that they stayed in last time was where Li Heng, Wang Runwen, Zhang Zhiyong and Li Ran stayed when they passed by Dongting Lake last year.

Li Heng said: "Okay."

The two of them tacitly did not mention returning to Junshan Island. They left and then came back, which left a bad impression in the eyes of outsiders.

After a day of traveling back and forth, Li Heng returned to Dongting Lake in the evening and found the inn.

When he entered the hostel and was about to ask the front desk clerk, he saw Song Shuyu. The young lady was obviously waiting for him, waved to him, and walked over.

When they met again, Li Heng was a little embarrassed to call her "Aunt."

Song Shuyu didn't ask anything, and said with a smile: "Come with me, Yubao is chatting with Manning in the room."

Li Heng asked: "Manning is here too."

Song Shuyu said meaningfully: "I'll take her for a walk later."

Li Heng was speechless, "Thank you, aunt."

Arriving at a room on the left side of the second floor, Song Shuyu stopped at the door, knocked on it and called out, "Yubao, Li Heng is here."

Hearing her aunt's voice outside the door, Song Yu stood up from her chair and opened the door.

Sun Manning followed behind, and when she saw Li Heng, her eyes sparkled, then she followed Song Shuyu with a smile.

As soon as the person left, Li Heng walked in and closed the door.

The room was silent for a moment. You looked at me, I looked at you, our eyes intertwined.

After a long while, Li Heng walked over and hugged her in his arms, "I thought you didn't want to see me anymore."

Feeling his sincerity, Song Yu teased with a smile in her eyes: "I do have this idea, but I won't see you for a long time, because I can't control your legs."

Li Heng freed his right hand to touch her left cheek and said slowly: "I'm sorry."

His voice was heavy and sincere. Song Yu was silent for a moment, then leaned her head on him. For the first time, she took the initiative to hug him with her hands and snuggled up to him.

"Am I too willful?"

"Kind of."

"How do I explain this to my uncle and aunt?"

"I didn't hide it."

"what?"

Hearing him utter "Ah", Song Yu smiled and asked, "Are you scared now?"

Li Heng said firmly: "Don't be afraid."

Seeing that he was not sincere, Song Yu explained: "I told them that you forgot something, so I brought it to you. I won't go back tonight."

"You're really not going back tonight?"

"Well, it's not nice to leave you alone."

"Do you know what I left with you?"

Song Yu smiled but said nothing.

Li Heng asked: "What was the reaction of uncle and aunt?"

Song Yu slowly closed her eyes and sighed softly: "How else can you react to a rebellious daughter like me? You can only let her be."

Li Heng lowered his head and kissed her hair, feeling even more guilty: "It's my fault. I got you into trouble."

Song Yu remained silent.

After a while, Li Heng asked: "What about the letter?"

Song Yu interrupted him, "You are still young, let's talk about it later."

What she said was "you are still young" instead of "we are still young", in order to tell him in a tactful way that the decision of this relationship lies with him and he also has the initiative.

To a certain extent, compared with the content of the letter, she did give in, and gave in a lot.

Facing Song Yu, Li Heng knew that he should not push her too much. At the same time, he was also somewhat relieved that his journey back home from Changsha was not in vain, as he had gained something.

He was right.

Song Yu finally softened her heart a little because of his coming back and his anxiety, and did not block the road.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Song Yu opened her eyes and asked quietly, "What are you thinking about?"

Li Heng spoke frankly: "I'm thinking about Xin, and also about your attitude towards me these past two days."

Song Yu asked: "Is it contradictory?"

Li Heng nodded.

Song Yu pursed her lips: "When facing you, I can never harden my heart."

Li Heng was thoughtful and reflected: "It seems that I have not appeared in front of you often in the past year. Alas, it's my fault."

Song Yu smiled solemnly and closed her eyes again.

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