Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 499: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (69)

"Do you remember what you said to me by the lake three years ago?"

Lin Xi's expression was serious, but her voice was so soft that she seemed to be muttering to herself, like raindrops falling on the lake, stirring up ripples in Song Guanwen's heart.

He stood there motionlessly, with Lin Xi's reflection in his eyes. His Adam's apple rolled for a long time, but in the end he didn't dare to speak first.

"I didn't answer you then."

Lin Xi didn't seem to be in a hurry to get Song Guanwen's answer. She took a small step forward, her clean white sneakers touching Song Guanwen's faded Liberation shoes, and spoke solemnly.

"But now, I want to tell you clearly, Song Guanwen, I like you, just like you like me."

Song Guanwen's breathing suddenly stagnated, and his always gentle eyes instantly lit up, like stars suddenly lit up in the night sky. His chest heaved violently, as if thousands of words were stuck there. His lips trembled for a long time, and finally he could only squeeze out a trembling "Xixi..."

"Hmm," Lin Xi responded softly, her fingertips gently stroking the red mark on his palm that she had pinched.

The crescent-shaped nail mark with a faint red hue fell right on Song Guanwen's lifeline that had come to an abrupt end, and like a dead tree coming back to life, it reconnected the broken lines.

"I don't care whether you buy me vanishing cream or not, or whether you have malted milk, or even that dispensable red scarf."

"From the beginning to the end, what I like is just you as a person, not those fancy things."

"So, stop worrying about gains and losses and be cautious. I've decided on you for this life."

Lin Xi's fingertips gently stroked Song Guanwen's palm, and her movements were gentle but unyielding as she inserted her fingers into his fingers. When the last trace of gap disappeared, she suddenly tightened her strength and interlocked her fingers with his.

The lines on their palms fit together perfectly, and even their pulses gradually synchronized, entwined and coexisting, like two vines that could no longer be distinguished from each other.

The sunlight outside the eaves of the supply and marketing cooperative gradually shifted silently, gradually climbing up the branches of the big tree in the scrap collection station, casting mottled light and shadows on the two people under the tree.

"I just wanted to save some money, but who would have thought it would be like this..." Lin Xi pursed her lips and took Song Guanwen's hand, "Let's go buy new books, even if they are a little expensive."

Song Guanwen looked at the blush on her face, not sure if it was due to the heat or guilt, and couldn't help twisting his fingertips. Then he controlled the urge to pinch her cheek and spoke softly.

"It's okay. Didn't the old man just say that they were collected this morning? They're in that pile. I think I saw one just now. I'll look for the others and I should be able to find it soon."

"But..." Lin Xi's eyes swept over his dusty arm, and she lowered her head with some self-blame. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault...hiss..."

Before she could finish her apology, Lin Xi felt a sudden pain in the palm of her hand. She couldn't help but let out a soft hiss and looked at Song Guanwen who had suddenly pinched her, somewhat confused.

"You're not going to let your imagination run wild now?"

Meeting Lin Xi's slightly condemning gaze, Song Guanwen couldn't help but chuckle, and gently rubbed the faint red marks on Lin Xi's palms with his fingertips.

"You have a lot of principles to teach me, but why can't you remember them when it comes to yourself?"

He caressed Lin Xi's palm while half-crouching in front of her, looking up at her. "You told me not to be so cautious, not to worry about gains and losses." His fingertips rubbing Lin Xi's palm suddenly increased their strength. "Then I'll say this too. Never say 'I'm sorry' to me."

"Because we are here, not because of your willful behavior, but because..."

Before Song Guanwen finished speaking, he suddenly tightened his fingers and wrapped Lin Xi's hand tightly.

His knuckles with thin calluses maliciously rubbed against her clean fingertips, and the dust wet by the sweat from his palms quickly spread between the lines of their clasped palms, covering Lin Xi's hand.

"You--" Seeing her hands that she had just wiped clean suddenly become dusty again, Lin Xi reacted and her eyes widened immediately. She was about to say something, but Song Guanwen quickly let go of her hand, jumped up like a cat that had succeeded in a prank, turned around and went into the iron shed full of old books.

"We are in cahoots!"

Lin Xi had never seen Song Guanwen like this before. He was not the cold and aloof young man when they first met, nor was he the obedient and cautious man after they were together. At this moment, he was as lively as the sun above his head, unrestrained and fresh.

Hmm, how can I describe it? Lin Xi stared blankly at her messy palms, then at Song Guanwen, who was hunched over among a pile of old books, full of energy. She frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind.

In the past, Song Guanwen was like the Guanyin statue placed in the temple. Although he looked exquisite and beautiful, he lacked some popularity. But today he is like the calf in the team that likes to bite people's trouser legs. He is lively and jumping around, and people like him just by looking at him.

puff!

Song Guanwen, with a cold face and a look of keeping strangers away, and the lively calf gradually overlapped in front of Lin Xi. Lin Xi couldn't help laughing out loud.

Um--

Who wouldn’t like a calf with smooth and shiny fur and big, watery eyes blinking?

As the sun gradually set, the two men said goodbye to the old man at the scrap yard, whose face was full of "I ran into two more suckers", and walked out of the scrap yard with two heavy stacks of books in their arms.

After placing dozens of heavy books on the back seat of the bicycle, Song Guanwen suddenly reached out and picked up the high school chemistry textbook on top, and spoke hesitantly.

"Actually, he's not wrong. The college entrance exam has been a thing for so many years now. These books will just gather dust if I buy them. Why not just forget about it and just take the elementary school books?"

"Why forget it? Don't listen to his nonsense. It's never shameful to love reading." Lin Xi became anxious when he heard that and couldn't help but speak.

"And if learning knowledge is useless, then why did so many fish die last time and no one knew what to do? How come you were the one who thought of using potassium permanganate?"

As she spoke, she took the chemistry textbook from his hand and pulled out an almost brand new geography textbook from it.

"And this, if I hadn't studied geography, how could I have seen at a glance that the location where the new school was originally planned to be built was wrong? It's prone to landslides when it rains heavily, so I asked the captain and others to change the location?"

"And these, these..." Lin Xi said as she pulled out several textbooks from the pile. "As long as it's the knowledge we've learned, it won't be useless."

Guanwen's eyes followed her words as they slid across the covers of the almost brand new textbooks.

Those names that were once extremely familiar but were once forgotten by the times, now seemed to glow with a heavy and unignorable luster in her firm voice.

Finally, his gaze fell on Lin Xi's face.

The golden light of the sunset slanted down on her slightly raised face, illuminating the flickering, stubborn and bright fire in her eyes.

The light was hot and firm, like a spark thrown into a cold lake, instantly smoothing out the last trace of wrinkles and hesitation between his brows.

Lin Xi put the books in order, held Song Guanwen's hand, and spoke in a low voice, each word clearly, "I don't think the world will always be like this."

There was a bright light in her eyes, as if she had seen something. "Next year, and the year after, the country will resume the college entrance examination. The way out for us educated youth lies here."

The evening breeze blew through the loose hair at her temples. Song Guanwen stared at her face reflected in the setting sun. He did not ask where this premonition came from. He just squeezed her palm tightly and a heavy word rolled out of his throat.

"it is good."

The sunset filled the sky, and the setting sun sank towards the horizon like molten gold.

The bicycle wheels rolled over the dirt road, raising a fine cloud of dust. Lin Xi sat on the back seat, holding a book, watching the setting sun sinking into the horizon. Suddenly, she reached out and tugged at the corner of Song Guanwen's sweat-soaked clothes.

"Song Guanwen, Song Guanwen."

The wheels creaked as the evening breeze filled Song Guanwen's slightly open collar. He turned his head slightly and asked softly.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, just looking at the sun, and suddenly I thought of something." Her voice was wrapped in the wind, but it reached Song Guanwen's ears clearly. "The great leader said, 'The world is yours, and it is ours, but in the final analysis, it is yours...'"

Lin Xi's words hung in the air. Song Guanwen felt her gently tug at the corner of his clothes again, and he naturally continued with the second half of the sentence, "You young people are full of vigor and vitality, and you are in your prime, like the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Hope rests on you."

A strong wind blew past, rustling the pages in her arms. Lin Xi's eyes suddenly lit up. She clenched the book tightly in her arms and raised her voice, "Yes! The world is yours, and ours too!"

A brilliant smile suddenly broke out on Lin Xi's face. She loosened one hand and waved it towards the setting sun, her arm slicing through the flowing rays of light. "We young people are full of vigor and vitality!"

The wheels rolled over a pothole, causing her to fly into the air for a moment, but her laughter exploded even more clearly in the wilderness, "Hope—"

Song Guanwen suddenly spoke, and his voice collided with Lin Xi's rising tone, startling the white poplars on the side of the road so much that they rustled and shook off a pile of golden fragments.

The flying dust wrapped around two young voices and rolled towards the setting sun.

"Hope! It rests on us!"

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Here is today's update. I feel that the last plot may be a bit awkward, but I think this sentence of the great leader is particularly in line with the mood of the young people who were about to usher in a new era at that time, so I still wrote it here.

Of course, I also want to send this sentence to all my readers, no matter you are a student studying hard or an adult working hard, no matter you are in good times or bad times, I hope we can always have the youthful spirit of "the world is ours!" and always be full of hope.

This world is updated relatively slowly. The main text should be finished in the next two days. I will decide whether to write the extra chapter depending on the situation (I am afraid to change the previous world). The next small world should be set in the Republic of China.

ps: Those who have followed the update here can take a look at the preface.