Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Chapter 49 Zhao Lanlan's Scheme 3

Apart from getting lost, she had a fruitful day. After getting lost, she also collected a lot of animals, even a pack of wolves.

Zhao Lanlan listened patiently before explaining, "What a coincidence! I was picking mushrooms when I heard a cry for help. I thought the voice sounded familiar, but I wasn't sure if it was you. I knew you went to the commune, but I was worried, so I followed you here to check. I didn't expect it to be you!"

Gu Qingqing said with lingering fear, "It's a good thing I met you, otherwise I would have to spend the night in this mountain. The trees here look almost identical. During the day, I can still rely on the sun to tell the direction, but once the sun sets, I'm completely lost."

Zhao Lanlan patted her back gently and said comfortingly, "Don't ever come into such a deep forest alone again. Even experienced hunters in the village get lost sometimes."

Not long after the two of them met, they ran into Lin Shaoyang and others who were looking for Zhao Lanlan.

After the three of them waited there for a while, Zhao Lanlan didn't come back. Lin Shaoyang shouted a few times but there was no response. He became a little worried and quickly went to look for someone.

Fortunately, they found Zhao Lanlan's sack soon and noticed broken branches around it, and followed the broken branches all the way.

When Gu Qingshi saw Gu Qingqing's miserable appearance, he was horrified and rushed over to support her. He asked with concern, "Qingqing, what's wrong with you? Why are you here?"

Gu Qingqing said with a look of grievance, "I came back from the commune today. Seeing that it was still early, I thought about going up the mountain to see if I could pick some mushrooms. But I ended up chasing a pheasant and accidentally got lost."

Apart from concealing the fact that she had received the prey, Gu Qingqing told Gu Qingshi everything that had happened, including how Zhao Lanlan found her.

Hearing this, Gu Qingshi felt distressed. He wanted to scold Gu Qingqing for running around, but at this moment, he couldn't say it. He could only comfort her and carefully check if Gu Qingqing was injured.

On the way home, Gu Qingshi carried Gu Qingqing on his back without hesitation, and the other people were already used to it.

Gu Qingqing lay on Gu Qingshi's broad back, feeling an unprecedented sense of security. Her heart, which had been hanging in the air, could finally be put down, and soon she fell asleep on Gu Qingshi's back.

It was already dark at this time, but fortunately the moon was particularly bright in that era, and the whole way was bright and I could see the road clearly, otherwise it would be difficult to walk back.

Gu Qingshi walked in front to lead the way, with Jiang Yanqiu and Zhao Lanlan following behind him.

Lin Shaoyang followed closely behind, carrying seventy or eighty kilograms of mushrooms picked by Zhao Lanlan.

Seeing Zhao Lanlan's slightly embarrassed appearance, Jiang Yanqiu asked with concern: "Sister Lan, are you okay?"

Zhao Lanlan shook her head and said, "It's okay. I was just too anxious and accidentally fell down. I look a little embarrassed, but I didn't break any bones."

"That's good. If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, just tell me and I'll carry you back."

Jiang Yanqiu secretly thanked God that her decision was right, and fortunately no one ran into the mountains.

No one spoke much along the way, firstly because they were afraid of attracting wild animals, and secondly because they were afraid of letting people know that Gu Qingqing was lost.

They have run into the mountains today. If the village cadres find out, they will definitely be criticized.

It was getting late when they arrived at the educated youth center, so Gu Qingqing asked Jiang Yanqiu to go to their place to cook noodles, but Jiang Yanqiu refused.

I felt a little tired today, so I went back home, ate some space bread, washed up, and went to bed.

Gu Qingqing didn't go to work the next day. After what happened yesterday, she became more dependent on Gu Qingshi.

Previously, Gu Qingshi suggested moving the kitchen to their side, but the kitchen on Gu Qingqing's side was too small and it was difficult to turn around.

Gu Qingqing's kitchen and bedroom combined are only half the size of Gu Qingshi and his family's. The kitchen is only four or five square meters, and one side of the table has to be against the wall to barely accommodate people.

But Gu Qingqing didn't agree. She would not give in to the other party just because Gu Qingshi had better conditions.

There were rumors before that she was hanging out with the two best-off men at the educated youth site and letting them support her.

If the kitchen was moved to Gu Qingshi's place, who knows how others would treat her.

But it’s different if they continue to stay with her to cook and eat, because those two people can’t live without her.

However, what happened last night made her particularly touched. When she lay on Gu Qingshi's back, she felt unprecedented peace of mind.

She felt that there was no need to be so serious. When two people were together, they should accommodate each other. She couldn't have better conditions and still drag Gu Qingshi to suffer together.

They already have so many rumors that they don't care about this anymore.

So she didn't go to work today. She went to Gu Qingshi to get the key to their place and moved all the things in the kitchen over there.

She actually took out a pheasant and a rabbit and asked Gu Qingshi to slaughter them during his lunch break, preparing to treat Zhao Lanlan to dinner in the evening.

If Zhao Lanlan hadn't heard her cries yesterday, she would probably have had to stay in the mountains!

While Zhao Lanlan was in the restroom, Gu Qingqing quickly called her into her room and said gratefully, "Sister Lan, thank you so much for yesterday! Come to our place for dinner tonight. We'll stew some chicken."

Zhao Lanlan replied with a guilty conscience, "It's no big deal, why thank me? Anyone would come and get you out if they saw you."

But Gu Qingqing was a persistent person. She said directly, "No matter what, I have to thank you very much. By the way, Sister Lan, our cooking skills are really not that good. How about you join us? You are responsible for cooking, and we will take care of the rest. We will take care of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and so on. You just need to bring some rations."

If it were in the past, Zhao Lanlan would have agreed without thinking. She had long wanted to get rid of Lin Xiaomei, and her life would be much better with Gu Qingqing and the others.

But Zhao Lanlan knew clearly that she had always been trying to curry favor with Gu Qingqing.

Gu Qingqing didn't seem to be anything on the surface, but she actually looked down on her in her heart.

In Gu Qingqing's eyes, she is not as good as Qiao Lei.

She was probably still a little wary of herself now. If she agreed so readily now, given Gu Qingqing's personality, she might even become suspicious of her.

More haste, less speed. You have to take it slow. Good things take time.

Besides, she is a person of integrity. If she had no other choice, she would not want to take advantage of Gu Qingqing.

Now Gu Qingqing invited her to work together and wanted her to be a cook, which felt like alms.

If she agreed immediately, it would be so embarrassing. In the eyes of others, she would just be the cook of Gu Qingqing's family.

Besides, if I did such a big favor in exchange for a job as a cook, it would be a loss no matter how you look at it.

She had to continue to endure it and have dinner with Lin Xiaomei first. When Lin Xiaomei forced her into a desperate situation, she would go and ask Gu Qingqing for help.

Zhao Lanlan said with some embarrassment, "Let's talk about this later. If I come and share the meal with you now, Xiaomei will definitely start another argument. We have a lot of things we share and it's hard to divide them. Besides, it's not appropriate for her to be the only educated youth living in the front yard. Besides, Liu Yuanda has bad intentions, and I really don't feel comfortable letting her eat alone with him and the others. Xiaomei may be a bit of a mouth and likes to take advantage of others, but she's not a bad person."

Gu Qingqing muttered to herself that Liu Yuanda was actually quite good, and maybe he didn't even like Lin Xiaomei.

But when I think of Zhao Lanlan's obsessed look when she saw Wang Haiyang, I understand the reason.

Then, Gu Qingqing said to Zhao Lanlan with an aunt-like smile on her face, "It's okay. Whenever you want to live with us in the future, you can come over anytime. We always welcome you."

Before Zhao Lanlan could respond, Gu Qingqing added, "Wang Haiyang is really good. You should keep working hard."

Zhao Lanlan's originally sallow face instantly turned red.

She always thought that she had hidden her feelings for Wang Haiyang very well, but she didn't expect that Gu Qingqing saw through it at a glance.

But if you think about it carefully, this reason is much better than putting the blame on Lin Xiaomei for her refusal to partner up with Gu Qingqing.

I'm just too lazy to explain.

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