Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

A basket of bright yellow and red cherries, still dripping with water, appeared before their eyes. Zhao Xiaoyun was so delighted that she couldn't help but exclaim, "They really are cherries! I've been craving the captain's cherries for a long time, but unfortunately his big yellow dog barks at me whenever he sees me."

Zhao Xiaoyun picked one up and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes and smiling happily, "It's so sweet."

"Let's eat together later. You can take something and fill half of it up first. I'll give the remaining half to the male educated youth." Lin Xi looked at Zhao Xiaoyun's shining eyes, afraid that she would not be able to resist eating too much, so she hurriedly gave instructions.

"Okay!" Fortunately, although Zhao Xiaoyun was greedy, he was not the kind of person who liked to take advantage of small gains. After eating one, he did not reach out again. Instead, he turned and went into the house. After a while, he came out holding a large enamel jar.

Chen Lan divided the cherries and carefully covered the basket before handing it to Lin Xi. "Watch your step and walk slowly. Don't rush. We'll wait for you to come back and eat together."

"Okay." Lin Xi nodded obediently, then walked back into the rain with the basket.

The Youth League Home covers a large area. It is said that it was once a large courtyard with three entrances built by a local rich man in the village. There were several large tiled houses with blue bricks and red tiles. However, after the establishment of the new country, all his family's land was confiscated and distributed to the villagers, and the house was burned down.

Later, when the educated youth went to the countryside, there was not much place for them to live in the village, so they built several mud houses in this yard as a resettlement place for the educated youth.

Although the male and female educated youth lived in the same yard, in fact, they lived in the front and back yards separated by two walls, with a distance between them that was neither far nor near.

By the time Lin Xi, dragging her increasingly heavy raincoat, walked to the door of the male educated youth's house, taking one step deep and one step shallow, several minutes had passed.

She shook off the water droplets on her body, looked up at the half-open door not far away, hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward and prepared to knock on the door.

"Squeak-"

Just when her hand was halfway extended, the door was pushed open from the inside. The person looked at the dark figure that suddenly broke into her field of vision, couldn't help but let out a low cry, and subconsciously took a step back.

"Zhang Zhiqing, it's me." Lin Xi hurriedly lifted his hat and revealed his face.

"Hey! Lin Zhiqing! You scared me!" Zhang Jianguo looked at Lin Xi, who was wrapped up like a little bear, and smiled innocently. He said very naturally, "Why did you come out in such heavy rain? You must be looking for Song Zhiqing. I'll call him for you."

"No need! No need!" Lin Xi quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve. "I'm not here to see him. I'm here to bring you cherries."

"Cherries?" Zhang Jianguo raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Yes, they're from the captain's house. We picked them this morning." Lin Xi handed the basket forward and opened it to show him.

"That's great! We were just saying we wanted something sweet, and you brought it to me." Zhang Jianguo quickly reached out to take it. "Do you have any in the house? Do you want to grab some to take back?"

"No need. I brought it to you after we divided it." Lin Xi shook her head, her eyes unconsciously drifting towards the crack of the door. Her hand hidden under the straw raincoat rubbed her trouser pocket for a moment, but she didn't take it out in the end.

"Come in and sit down?" Zhang Jianguo glanced at Lin Xi's still dripping raincoat and said hesitantly, adding, "It's cold today, they are all wearing clothes."

"No, no, that's not necessary." Lin Xi blushed when she heard that, and quickly shook her head to refuse. "This raincoat is too heavy when it gets wet. I have to go back and take it off quickly."

"Then walk slowly and don't fall." Zhang Jianguo stopped forcing her after hearing that. After all, although everyone was innocent, it was not good to always let Lin Xi, a girl, enter the male educated youth's house.

Lin Xi nodded, and before turning around, she glanced casually through the crack of the door. After confirming that there was no one there, she couldn't help but pursed her lips, lowered her eyelids, and walked back into the rain.

Here, Li Bin looked at his pants that were patched up with patches and could not be patched any more, so he finally reluctantly cut them into insoles.

He tried on his new insoles and found nothing wrong with them except that they rubbed his feet a little. Only then did he put away his scissors with satisfaction.

"Old Song, do you have any clothes that need mending? I'll mend them for you while I have time." After doing all this, he looked at Song Guanwen, who was half leaning against the headboard, holding a book and seemed to be particularly fascinated by it, and said very understandingly.

Song Guanwen, who seemed to be engrossed in the book, seemed calm at this moment, but in fact his mind had drifted away and he would glance at the door from time to time.

"Old Song? Old Song? Old Song!" Seeing that Song Guanwen did not respond after he called several times, Li Bin could not help but raise his voice a little.

Song Guanwen was brought back to his senses by his loud voice. He couldn't help but frown and look at the cloth of his pants that was used to pad the soles of his shoes. He turned his eyes away and shook his head, unable to bear to look at it.

"Need not."

Li Bin followed his gaze to look at his new insoles, a rare blush of embarrassment appeared on his face. He cleared his throat and said, "Oh, make the best use of everything, make the best use of everything."

Song Guanwen didn't say anything, but just raised the book in his hand a little higher to block his face. Seeing that he ignored him, Li Bin could only start fiddling with his clothes which were also patched up with patches, and sighed casually.

"Oh, it's raining so hard, it's rare to get some coolness, but I can't go out. It's so boring."

"Lin Zhiqing isn't coming either, otherwise he could have chatted with me."

He sighed casually, not noticing that Song Guanwen beside him tightened his grip on the book after hearing what he said, and his chest rose and fell deeply, as if he was silently holding his breath.

"Squeak-"

There was a sound of a door being pushed open. Song Guanwen froze and quickly moved the book in front of him. He subconsciously looked towards the door, but only saw Zhang Jianguo's majestic back.

Song Guanwen pursed his lips, feeling a sense of loss that he himself was not aware of. He sighed deeply, threw the book in his hand aside in a self-deprecating manner, and pulled the quilt to cover his head.

"Huh? Aren't you reading a book? Why did you suddenly fall asleep?" Li Bin beside him was startled by his actions. He turned to look at Song Guanwen who was curled up in the quilt, his brows furrowed.

"I'm sleepy." Song Guanwen's muffled voice came through the quilt.

"You're really good at feeling sleepy as soon as you say you're sleepy." Li Bin curled his lips, muttered something, and continued to sew clothes with his head down.

After a while, Zhang Jianguo came in with a basket. He greeted everyone in the room with a smile on his face, "Come on, come on, eat cherries!"

"cherry?"

"Where did you get the cherries in such heavy rain?"

Li Bin was a greedy man. When he heard the word "cherry", he immediately threw the half-sewn pants in his hand onto the kang and jumped to the table in two steps.