A young educated youth who repays his gratitude

Chapter 17

The snowy night sky sprinkled a little bit of white, illuminating the darkness deep in my heart.

Bai Lele lay on the kang, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, all she could think about was Huo Changqing.

He suddenly stretched out his hand, holding Huo Changqing's hand through Baowa'er in the middle.

Bai Lele didn't know if he was asleep or not, but she just wanted to say what was on her mind. It didn't matter whether Huo Changqing could hear her or not.

The most important thing is his own heart. If he doesn't express his restless mood at this moment, he may not be able to sleep well tonight.

"If you don't want to leave the brigade, don't leave." Bai Lele said, "I'll be with you. I have a salary and can earn money, so I won't make you suffer."

He thought for a while and added: "Even if Changping and the others leave in the future, I will not leave and let you stay at home alone."

After he finished talking for a long time, Huo Changqing didn't move at all. Bai Lele thought he might have fallen asleep.

After all, I drank a lot tonight.

He finished what he wanted to say contentedly, expressed his mood at the moment as if taking an oath, and closed his eyes as he wished.

Bai Lele thinks: Huo Changqing has his own ideas, the most important thing is what he likes, not what others think.

When he came back this time, his first thought was to help Huo Changqing improve his current living conditions, and then help him get out of the brigade.

Leave the poor villages, go to the bustling cities outside, see the vast world, and do what you want to do.

Don't be weighed down by poverty and responsibility.

But during these few days of getting along, Bai Lele understood some of Huo Changqing's thoughts from a few words he said.

And the purpose of several of his friends coming here today, Huo Changqing's resolute attitude, Bai Lele understood that he didn't want to go out at all.

Maybe it was too deeply hurt by the right and wrong of the outside world, or maybe it was the deep exhaustion brought about by years of hard work, which made Huo Changqing feel tired.

I just want to guard the brigade, this birthplace, and live a life that is indifferent to the world.

Then just stay with him, don't put what you think is good for Huo Changqing on him, and interfere with his choice.

Letting go of her worries, Bai Lele quickly fell asleep, unaware that there was a pair of eyes watching him in the dark.

Huo Changqing: I heard it.

He was restless, Bai Lele's words echoed in his mind, and he kept asking himself: Could it be that he couldn't bear it anymore?

At this moment, Huo Changqing's peaceful heart stirred up waves. If he hadn't met Bai Lele, he knew that he would be alone in this life.

But it was also because of Bai Lele that he was willing to stand alone and never thought of taking a step forward.

In the silent night, accompanied by a deep sigh from the bottom of his heart, Huo Changqing faced a confusion that had never appeared before...

The next day, because Bai Lele slept too late, he slept until after eight o'clock, and when he woke up, Wei Yichen and the others had already left.

The heavy snow has not stopped, and the snow on the road is almost half a foot thick. If you don't go to Crane City earlier.

It's not easy for them to go back even if they drive.

"Bring so many things." Bai Lele asked in surprise, "How much does it cost!"

There are a lot of things on the floor of the house, not only rice, white flour, soybean oil, pork...

There are pastries, candies, canned food, biscuits on the table...they are full.

"Their conditions are very good." Huo Changqing said: "I came here again specially, so I won't take less."

"When will you return the gift?" Bai Lele stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "I'll go with you to help you carry things."

"It's all over." Huo Changqing looked at him amusedly, and said pointingly: "There are poor ways to live, do you still have to compare with them?"

"Besides, they don't care for the little return gift I gave, and they all see each other's hearts."

"That's right." Bai Lele nodded, knowing that he was wrong, and said embarrassedly: "I just look at these things too much."

Huo Changqing saw that his face was a little red, so he changed the subject and said, "I also gave a lot of gifts in return."

They took a lot of mushrooms, fungus and wild vegetables that they usually picked, various dried vegetables in the air, vermicelli processed by themselves, and steamed sticky bean buns.

In addition, I also gave a plate of frozen tofu, fresh tofu, and ten catties of dried tofu, all bought by Huo Changqing early in the morning.

Although the value may be lower, many of them are not sold in the city, or are better than those sold in the city.

After all, it is made and collected by oneself, so it requires a lot of care and cannot be measured by value.

"Oh." Bai Lele smiled and said, "That's a lot."

He wanted to go with Huo Changqing because he was afraid that Huo Changqing would be embarrassed to return the gift because he didn't have enough money, so Bai Lele could use the money to buy more.

"I'm going to be busy today, right?" Bai Lele asked, "The meat, elbows, bones and offal are all cooked, as well as croquettes and sanzi."

"En." Huo Changqing saw him roll up his sleeves, looking as if he wanted to help, and quickly said: "I don't need your help, I can do it myself."

"To be idle is to be idle." Bai Lele said, "Besides, I have to learn how to cook, so I can't keep opening my mouth and waiting to eat."

Huo Changqing saw that he insisted, so he asked Chang Ping and Chang An to go to the cellar to get cabbage and radish, and prepare things for croquettes.

He himself washed the meat, elbows, bones and offal to be cooked, and put them in a large pot to cook.

Bai Lele squatted beside him, helping him scoop and pour water, and doing some small things within his ability.

He quietly looked at Huo Changqing, and saw that his expression was the same as before, and he was not affected by the past.

Can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to have a big New Year's Eve, because Wei Yichen and the others came here and brought back unpleasant memories for Huo Changqing.

"What are you looking at?" Huo Changqing suddenly smiled and raised his head, his eyes met Bai Lele's, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No." Bai Lele looked away guiltily, endured and endured but still couldn't hold back, "I'm just afraid that you will be in a bad mood because of thinking about the past. I don't think it's worth it to affect your mood for that kind of person."

After he finished speaking, he looked annoyed again. He obviously didn't want to mention it, but he just said it again.

"Of course it's not worth it." Huo Changqing changed from his usual serious and expressionless face, and said with a smile on his face: "Although I lost some, they didn't gain anything. And..."

How could he let those people bully him?

Originally, Huo Changqing was still struggling with Zhou Yu's relationship with his partner's relatives, how should he remind him tactfully.

Let them pay attention to Zhou Yu's character.

When Wang Qiang brought his parents to falsely accuse him, Huo Changqing had nothing to worry about, and told his friends the true face of the Zhou family without hesitation.

Zhou Yu's family immediately investigated secretly. Not only did Zhou Yu find out some of Zhou Yu's hidden and unknown actions, Zhou Yu also got entangled with the other two girls.

It was just because of Huo Changqing's relationship that he kept it secret until after Huo Changqing left Crane City, he immediately broke up with the Zhou family.

Let the Zhou family's desire to climb high branches come to nothing.

But Zhou Yu's family was not only unlucky. In the next two years, some of the mistakes they had made in their work surfaced one after another.

The Zhou family used a lot of connections and made great efforts, and the Zhou family's parents and Zhou Yu also ended up being fired from public office.

As for that Wang Qiang, I don't know who he offended, shortly after Huo Changqing left, his leg was broken and he was almost disabled.

Huo Changqing guessed according to the time point: Wang Qiang must have been ungrateful to the Zhou family, and the Zhou family secretly found someone to beat him.

It's just that Huo Changqing didn't say anything about these things, and Wei Yichen and the others didn't know about them.

As for Bai Lele, who was simple-minded, he naturally didn't want to tell him about these messy things.

Bai Lele had been waiting to hear what Huo Changqing said and what the next words were, but he kept silent.

"What's wrong?" Bai Lele asked.

"It's okay." Huo Changqing said lightly: "I heard that Zhou's family has not been doing well in recent years, and a lot of bad things happened."

"You deserve it." Bai Lele spat hard, "You deserve it."

He still felt suffocated at first, but now that Huo Changqing said this, his mood suddenly rose.

"It's evil that comes with evil." Bai Lele smiled, her almond-shaped eyes curved, as if a great revenge had been rewarded, "Let them bully you."

"Yeah." Huo Changqing twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "It's as long as you're happy."

If it weren't for Bai Lele, he would never have thought of these things, let alone say them.

"Brother." Chang An came over with a basket of radishes, and said, "Shall we wash it out and chop it now?"

"I'll do the washing." Bai Lele immediately reached out to take it, "You guys take Baowa to play, your brother and I can do this."

"Let's do the washing." Chang An dodged to avoid him, "Brother Lele, you should go and play with Baowa, how can I let you do these jobs."

"That's right." Chang Ping also said, "We also helped the elder brother with the work last year. This year, the work of washing and chopping vegetables will be returned to us."

The two brothers would not let Bai Lele intervene, one found a basin to wash the radishes, and the other squatted on the ground to clean the cabbage.

Bai Lele stood on the side, unable to intervene in anything. He looked at Huo Changqing and said, "They're still young, let them play."

"I don't want them to do it either." Huo Changqing said without raising his head, "They want to help. I still think they are in the way."

When he said this, Chang An was not happy, "Brother, we didn't do very well last year, but we didn't do you a disservice."

"We have to learn how to work." Chang Ping on the side smiled and said to Bai Lele: "Brother, he has worked very hard. Now that we have grown up, we should help brother to share the burden, and we can't just let him suffer. "

Bai Lele's nose was sore when he said this, but with a warm heart, he said in agreement, "You guys have really grown up and become sensible. I know it's not easy for you big brother."

"You must be very happy to have such a younger brother, right?" Bai Lele said, "It's good for you if you know how to help you share the burden."

"Then why are you still worried about me?" Huo Changqing raised his head and said seriously, "I told you I'm fine, but you just don't believe me."

"I believe it." Bai Lele said with a smile: "I believe that Changping and Chang'an will treat you well, and I also believe that Baowa will treat you well when he grows up."

"But that's not why I can't miss you."

His expression was relaxed but his eyes were serious, "Because I want to treat you well, I don't worry about you, and it has nothing to do with other people."