He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

"Huai Ru, you'll be 18 next year, you must take good care of yourself."

Yi Zhonghai said, holding the somewhat plump Qin Huairu in his arms.

Huai Ru blushed and lay silently on his chest.

"Huai Ru, I have two silver dollars here. Keep them safe. When you have time, go to town and buy some food."

Yi Zhonghai looked down at the angry dragon and patted Huai Ru's big buttocks, saying:

"Call your mother over. She mentioned your second brother's wedding expenses earlier; I want to talk to her about it."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu hurriedly got up, dressed, and ran out of the haystack to call her mother.

A moment later, Qin's mother ran over happily, but was immediately tackled to the ground by Yi Zhonghai, who was hiding behind a haystack.

Then a whimpering sound began.

Afterwards, Qin's mother went home beaming with joy as she looked at the dozen or so silver dollars in her hand.

What Yi Zhonghai didn't notice was a thin man lying on a small hill not far away, with a bicycle behind him and two or three large boxes on it.

If Yi Zhonghai saw this, he would definitely exclaim in surprise:

"It's you, Xu Wude."

Originally, Xu Wude only showed movies at the Lou family's house and a few other head stewards' houses.

However, with the reform, Xu Wude was required to go to the countryside to show movies in the surrounding villages.

I originally just wanted to be lazy and find a nearby place, but I didn't expect to be able to see two movies starring acquaintances for free.

The younger ones have really great figures, and the older ones still retain their charm.

Watching Yi Zhonghai leave, Xu Wude also decided to show a movie in Qinjiacun the next night.

He then quickly got up, hopped on his bicycle, and rode towards the nearby village, feeling a surge of energy.

The next morning, despite the village chief's attempts to persuade him to stay, Xu Wude insisted on leaving, refusing the chickens and ducks offered by the village. He was eventually stopped.

After some persuasion, they agreed to play three more games next time before leaving.

Xu Wudeliao pedaled with all his might and arrived at Qin Family Village.

I went to the village chief's house to inform him first.

The village chief also gathered a few children, who shouted throughout the village, "A movie is on tonight!"

Hüwood followed behind, wandering around the village in search of the two people he had seen yesterday.

Soon they saw Qin's mother, who looked familiar. From the child, they learned that the head of the household was the village chief's younger brother.

Xu Wude glanced at the time on his pocket watch, chuckled, and walked into the courtyard.

"Sister-in-law, are you home alone? I came from the city to show movies in response to the call to action,"

Qin's mother was also puzzled by the sudden appearance of a stranger.

"Yes, the husband and children went to the fields, and the daughter went to gather pig feed."

Xu Wude was overjoyed. He quickly closed the courtyard gate, walked over to Qin's mother who was holding a kitchen knife and pointing it at him, and whispered:

"Was it fun in the haystack yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Qin's mother was so frightened that she lost her strength, and the kitchen knife in her hand clattered to the ground.

Xu Wude also caught Qin's mother as she fell, and whispered in her ear:

"Madam, you wouldn't want your husband to know, would you?"

Qin's mother also covered her mouth and burst into tears.

Hüwood chuckled, disarmed himself, and began a one-sided, powerful attack.

Soon, Qin's mother was beaten into a rout and began to beg for mercy.

Afterwards, when Schwold asked who the woman who looked like you was who had left earlier,

I only just learned that Qin Huairu is only 17 years old this year.

She understood the reason in her heart; it turned out she wasn't old enough yet. A wave of emotion washed over her.

Heh heh, Yi Zhonghai, you hypocrite, I, Xu Wude, will have to pick this flower for you.

So for a while after that, Xu Wude would come to Qinjiacun to show movies whenever he had free time.

After Qin's mother was forced to come and serve him, she hurriedly left. However, under her protection, Xu Wude rarely saw Qin Huairu.

According to Qin's mother, if anyone dared to lay a hand on her daughter, they would all fight to the death.

Xu Wude, unwilling to accept this, considered reporting Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu several times when he saw them together.

But seeing Huai Ru's appearance and figure, he managed to hold back.

I ate your leftovers, so you should at least eat mine.

Inside the steel mill, after facing repeated pressure from the widow, He Daqing finally agreed to leave and go to Baocheng with her.

The main reason was that Yi Zhonghai took a newspaper from the rich old woman and secretly slipped it into He Daqing's room.

He Daqing was terrified when he saw his picture in the newspaper when he woke up in the morning.

When I got home that day, looking at the clumsy, jumping raindrops, I felt a pang of reluctance.

So he bought some vegetables and rice wine, and called back Sha Zhu from the restaurant.

Sha Zhu, oblivious to everything, continued drinking and eating, completely unaware of He Daqing's expression or the implications in his words.

All I remember is that my family has been poor farmers for three generations, and we've passed down the Tan family cuisine.

He Daqing sighed as he watched Sha Zhu eating and drinking like a whirlwind.

Finally, carrying the drunken Sha Zhu and the sleeping Yu Shui, he went to the next room, transformed back to his original form, lit a lamp, and wrote a letter to Sha Zhu, explaining why he had left.

Thinking that Sha Zhu was already an apprentice and could support himself, and that he had already spoken with the person in charge of personnel, his son could take over the job at the steel factory after completing his apprenticeship, he wrote this at the end of the letter, and then added that he would send money to Yu Shui every month for his livelihood.

Since paper money was issued during this period, although silver dollars were still usable, they needed to be exchanged as soon as possible.

Finally, I wrote 10 yuan on the amount.

Then he took out half of the money he had exchanged from under the bed, without counting it, and put it under the bed before starting to organize his clothes.

The next morning, Sha Zhu got up early and went out. He Daqing, who was watching from behind the door, was also crying and said sorry.

After regaining his composure, he thought of his good older brother, Yi Zhonghai, so he picked up his pen and wrote another letter, slipping in fifty yuan. The fifty yuan was to ask Yi Zhonghai and his wife to help take care of Sha Zhu and Yu Shui, and the hundred yuan was to ask them to help Sha Zhu and Yu Shui in case of emergency.

After finishing writing, he carried the raindrops and knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door.

It's strange to learn that Yi Zhonghai went out last night and didn't come back; he's never home the night before the factory closes for the day.

Without giving it much thought, He Daqing, as usual, told Cuilan to take care of the rain, casually touched Cuilan's hand, and then went home.

Half an incense stick later, He Daqing opened the door, and seeing that no one was in the courtyard, he took a bamboo box and a bundle and came out. He quickly walked to Yi Zhonghai's door, slipped a letter through the crack in the door, glanced back at his own house, gritted his teeth, and ran towards the courtyard gate with tears streaming down his face.

Meanwhile, Jia Zhangshi, who lived next door, saw He Daqing running out with large and small bags through a crack in the window and was also puzzled, but she didn't think much of it.

An hour later, when Yi Zhonghai returned from Qinjiacun and saw his wife playing with rainwater, he was filled with anger.

Just as she was about to go up and get a sinus exam, Cuilan pulled a letter from her bosom.

When Yi Zhonghai saw the words on the envelope, he couldn't help but smile inwardly.

It reads:

"To Brother Yi"

"Your humble younger brother, He Daqingjing"

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