1987 My Era

Chapter 350: The Best of Us (Please subscribe!)
In the blink of an eye, 10 days have passed in Bailuyuan.

That’s right, 10 days!
Yu Shuheng agreed to accompany him and return to Shanghai within a week, but when a week passed, neither of them mentioned the matter tacitly.

She didn't leave, and he didn't remind her.

During these 10 days, Li Heng did a lot of things. He walked around the village almost every morning. Compared with the initial unfamiliarity, many people in Bailu Village have talked to him now, and they all know that he is sweet-talking and good at talking.

In the words of the villagers, he is a very easy-going guy.

Compared with Li Heng's sociable personality, Yu Shuheng seems a little aloof.

Except for showing a warm side when she met the Zhao family, she usually had almost no expression on her face and looked as if she didn't want strangers to come near her.

Every day when he went out for a walk, she would take her camera to take pictures of the scenery, and occasionally take a close-up photo of him chatting with the villagers.

I strolled around the village in the morning, and was not idle in the afternoon and evening. As usual, I was either reading books or studying materials and documents, or I was busy writing.

He reaped a great deal of rewards, and had unknowingly finished writing Chapter 13 of "White Deer Plain".

Often at this time, Yu Shuheng would be by his side, as if she had slowly gotten used to this situation.

She also fell in love with this kind of simple companionship. Listening to the sound of his pen and looking at the words he wrote, she felt very peaceful in her heart, her soul seemed to be soothed, and she had a sense of belonging that was free from all worldly desires.

During these days, she was neither anxious nor impatient, and even joked to herself that she was as quiet as a bodhisattva, but her spiritual world was rich and not boring at all.

During this period, Li Heng also took the time to write a letter to Song Yu, Xiao Han and Chen Zijin respectively. He replied seriously and without any perfunctory response. There was almost no similarity among the three letters. Instead, he carefully responded and recorded his creative life in Bailuyuan.

"Li Heng, the teacher is leaving."

Just as he finished writing three letters, stuffed them into envelopes and put stamps on them, Yu Shuheng walked in from outside.

This was the first sentence she said when she entered the study.

"Are you leaving soon?" Li Heng paused in putting the stamps on, turned his head slowly and asked.

"Today is the 11th day. The school has added a lot of classes and I have to go back to make up for them," said Yu Shuheng.

Li Heng listened without saying anything and lowered his head to continue sticking stamps.

Seeing this, Yu Shuheng did not urge him, but stood by and watched him put stamps on the three letters one by one.

After a while, he looked up and asked, "Teacher, when are you leaving?"

Yu Shuheng said, "The flight is tonight."

"tonight?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Li Heng raised his left wrist to take a look.

It was 4:13 p.m.
He immediately put down the envelope, got up and went to the kitchen, and started cooking and preparing dinner without saying a word.

Yu Shuheng followed him to the kitchen, closed the kitchen door, leaned against the door frame and watched everything quietly.

After a long time, seeing that he had prepared two dishes and was about to make a third one, she stopped him: "Two dishes are enough, we need to have a beginning and an end."

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said okay.

"Want a drink?" he asked.

"Don't drink too much, but you can have a glass of red wine." Yu Shuheng replied.

Then she suddenly added, "Let's eat in my room."

Li Heng looked back at her, then looked at Zeng Yun and Wu Bei in the yard outside, and agreed.

One meat and one vegetable, two bowls of rice, and two glasses of red wine. It is extremely simple and does not take up much space even in the bedroom.

"Thank you for your help these days, teacher. Come, I'll toast to you with the first sip." Li Heng raised his glass.

"First bite?"

"Ah."

"That's a fresh way of saying it." Yu Shuheng smiled slightly and clinked her cup with his.

Then they both took only one sip.

They looked at each other, then slowly put down their wine glasses and started eating.

I thought we would eat and chat like usual, but it was unusually quiet at this moment.

After taking the first sip of wine, the two seemed to have practiced the art of silence. They kept silent, picked up their dishes and ate their meal, occasionally taking a sip of red wine, and maintained this state until the end.

After dinner, she started to pack up.

Actually, there was nothing much to pack, just a suitcase and a handbag, and the things that needed to be picked had already been put away.

Holding the bag in her left hand and the suitcase in her right hand, Yu Shuheng stood up and said to him:

"Then I'll be leaving. You can stay here and write peacefully. If you have any problems, you can look for Zeng Yun. I've told you everything."

"Okay." he responded.

After getting the reply, Yu Shuheng nodded, turned and walked towards the door.

But just as she took the first step, Li Heng stretched out his right hand and grabbed her left wrist.

For a moment, the two seemed to be petrified.

He grabbed her left wrist and she stopped where she was.

Time seemed to stop for a moment. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn and sticky. The bedroom was suddenly so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long time and a stalemate, Yu Shuheng finally moved.

She slowly turned around, her calm face covered with a half-smile, and stared into his eyes.

The moment their eyes met, Li Heng let go of her hand in panic.

Yu Shuheng lowered her eyes and glanced at his right hand. After thinking for a moment, she took a step closer, thought about it, and took another step closer.

The two of them were not far from each other to begin with, and after two steps they were almost touching. The sound of each other's breath hitting each other's faces was so clear.

After staring at each other for a while, Yu Shuheng leaned her upper body slightly, pressing her plump body against his chest, and whispered in his ear, "Speak up."

Smelling the pleasant scent of the woman and feeling her oppression, Li Heng swallowed his Adam's apple and said nothing.

After waiting for a while and not getting any reply, Yu Shuheng took a step back, gave him an elegant smile, and turned away.

The way she turned around was very beautiful, without any hesitation.

As the sound of footsteps faded away and she walked out of the room, the extremely heavy aura in the bedroom collapsed instantly, and the indescribable breath also dissipated without a trace, leaving no trace, as if it had never existed.

After standing there for a while, Li Heng walked out of the room, came to the outside of the yard, quietly opened the car door, and got in.

Seeing him come in, Yu Shuheng, who was in the driver's seat, started the car. After stepping on the accelerator, the car moved and drove quickly along the dirt road towards the town.

The two of them didn't speak all the way until they were about to arrive in the town. Yu Shuheng glanced at the SUV following behind through the rearview mirror, and said the first sentence with her red lips moving: "Thank you!"

She thanked him in a strange way, but Li Heng understood it.

She was thanking him for the grab and also thanking him for seeing her off.

It was precisely because he understood that he kept silent and did not respond.

Yu Shuheng glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, curled the corners of her mouth, a faint smile flashed across her face, and she didn't say anything else.

After a while, the car stopped at the post office.

Li Heng looked at the big green mailbox outside, collected his thoughts and said, "Teacher, have a safe journey."

Yu Shuheng nodded expressionlessly and looked straight ahead.

After sitting quietly for about ten seconds, Li Heng opened the car door with his right hand and walked out.

As the car door slammed shut, Yu Shuheng stepped on the accelerator with her right foot while glancing at the rearview mirror, watching the figure on the side of the road moving further and further away, gradually getting smaller, until it disappeared.

The moment he disappeared from her sight, Yu Shuheng couldn't help but raise her left wrist to her nose and smell it. She felt as if she had emerged from the underwater world and breathed in fresh air. Her mood was inexplicably bright.

There will always be some surprises on this trip, she thought silently.

After watching the car leave, Li Heng put the three letters into the military green mailbox.

Only then did he realize that both cars had left. How could he go back alone?
Really are!
Teacher Yu, you are really enough. You were driving so fast that you even forgot about Wu Bei in the car behind you.

Seeing that it would take some time for it to get dark, Li Heng had no choice but to stop thinking about it and just strolled around the post office.

I didn't dare go too far. It was hard to contact Zeng Yun these days without cell phones or internet. I was afraid that Zeng Yun wouldn't be able to find me when he came back.

Xi'an at that time was far from being as prosperous as it is in later generations. In addition, because it was quite late, the town was very deserted with almost no pedestrians. After asking around, he ended up buying only two blast furnace sesame cakes.

Fortunately, the sesame cake tasted good, which more or less made up for his empty heart.

After waiting for about 40 minutes, Zeng Yun came back and parked the car next to him.

Li Heng got in the car and asked, "Why did you chase me for so long?"

Zeng Yun, who has short hair, replied coolly: "I didn't have the heart to disturb the boss."

Can't bear it?
Why couldn't you bear it?

Well, the words "I couldn't bear it" successfully shut him up.

When he returned to Bailu Village and passed by the Zhao family, he glanced over unconsciously. He found that although the deceased had been buried, the door of the Zhao family was still open, obviously someone had not left yet.

But he didn't care about these things. After a quick glance, he began to think about the story in the new book out of habit.

The car stopped and two people got out.

As he entered the room, Zeng Yun took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to him.

Li Heng was surprised, "Whose?"

Zeng Yun said: "My boss asked me to pass it on to you."

Li Heng took it and opened it, but was confused by what he saw.

There is a piece of letter paper in the envelope.

But the letter was blank, without a single word on it.

He read it three times in disbelief, and finally ran to ask Zeng Yun: "Did you get the wrong letter?"

Zeng Yun shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

He continued to ask, "Did the teacher tell you anything?"

Zeng Yun nodded.

Li Heng asked: "What is it?"

Zeng Yun said: "Let me take good care of Mr. Li and don't let other women disturb him."

Li Heng almost vomited blood when he heard this. Is this care?

This is definitely supervision!
Damn it! Damn it! He was in a bad mood and complained in his heart before he went into the study room in a sullen manner.

Zeng Yun is really something. You should just keep these words in your heart. How can you say them out loud?
Did he say that knowingly because he knew it was difficult to control me? Was he praying that he would be more self-disciplined in the future? Not bring women back?

The question is, how can you think like that? Am I that kind of person? Damn it! You think you are a bad guy, don’t you?

Pulling out a chair and sitting down, Li Heng took the blank piece of letter paper and studied it for a long time. In the end, he could not come up with anything, so he had to let it go for the time being.

After Teacher Yu left, Li Heng lived his life as usual in the following days.

I get up early in the morning to run, walk around the village from time to time in the morning, read and write in the afternoon and evening, day after day, and never get tired of it.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and he gradually changed from being used to being with someone else to being used to being alone.

In the meantime, the second sister wrote a letter saying that she had opened a pastry shop in Beijing. Chen Xiaomi helped find the address of the shop, which was near the Drum Tower and not far from where they lived, about a 12-minute walk. There were only her and Zou Jiao in the shop. She didn't mention her boyfriend.

Li Heng frowned, secretly wondering if something had happened between his second sister and his boyfriend?
Didn’t we agree to go to Beijing together before the New Year?

Was there something that delayed you from going?

In the letter, his second sister told him that his father, Comrade Li Jianguo's health had improved significantly again. According to the doctor, he would be almost fully recovered in two months.

This is good news, and Li Heng is delighted.

If nothing unexpected happens, one thing will have changed in my life and I won't have to watch my father pass away in 1995.

Recalling the sad scene in front of the sickbed in his previous life, he still remembers it vividly and still finds it difficult to accept it.

As the saying goes: When parents are alive, life still has a destination; when parents are gone, life only has a way back.

Even though he has lived two lives, even though he has experienced life and death, he still attaches great importance to family ties and cannot let go of them.

The letter finally mentioned Comrade Tian Run'e and Chen Zijin. The old and the young now have a very good relationship.

According to the second sister, Zijin almost called Tian Run'e "mom", and they were getting along like a potential mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

In this regard, both Chen Gaoyuan, Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e seemed to have tacitly acknowledged this relationship.

Finally, Li Lan said that she took her mother to the theater to watch two more plays, one of which was a Peking opera by Huang Zhaoyi, a famous actress. Compared with the last photo, the two sides chatted for a while this time.

At the end of the letter, Li Lan raised four questions.

Question 1: When will Song Yu be brought to meet him formally? Otherwise, Chen Zijin will take the lead.

Question 2: Did you get Xiao Han? Don't go to Bailuyuan to harm the new woman.

Question 3: Do you know Huang Zhaoyi? I observed that this lady was quite cold to other spectators, but was very patient with me and my mother. I have to wonder if you two are having an affair.
Question 4: You didn't go to Bailuyuan alone, did you? Who accompanied you this time? Xiao Han, Song Yu and Chen Zijin didn't have time, so was it your college English teacher?

My sister thinks it might be her. She gave me 50-year-old ginseng as a gift. Her family must be very rich. My dear brother, I remind you to be careful. Don’t let your child become an adult before you finish your studies. God will not be able to save you then. Remember to take safety measures.

Alas, my dear second sister, I am really worried about you.

The letter ends abruptly here.

The format is a mess, and the writer just writes whatever comes to mind. There is no order at all. Li Heng complained silently and then wrote back a letter.

The content of the reply only talked about his actual situation. As for her partner and the four questions she asked, he didn't even mention them and was too lazy to mention them.

In 1988, the 3th day of the second lunar month was also the 28th day of the third lunar month. (The lunar calendar was converted to the solar calendar, so please don't get the time wrong later)

This is his 27th day in Bailu Village.

At around 8: in the morning, Li Heng, who had just returned from outside, felt that his mind was particularly bright. He opened the notebook and wrote with great interest, unscrewed the pen cap, and wrote: Chapter .

Mr. Zhu resumed the work of compiling the county annals, which had been interrupted due to famine relief. The once deserted Bailuyuan Academy once again presented a peaceful literary atmosphere. The fatigue and dust from his running around had long disappeared, but the shadow of terror caused by hunger still lingered in his heart.
His pen was flowing freely and his inspiration was overflowing. He wrote nearly 12000 words in one breath before stopping.

Unlike before, he could write very quickly when he got into the mood. In the past, it would take him a day to ponder over 10,000 words, and sometimes even one day was not enough.

But this time it was completed around 4 pm, it's a miracle!
He himself found it incredible.

"Li Heng, Li Heng, are you home?"

Just as he was delighted with his own efficiency, a shout came from the gate.

Li Heng felt the voice was familiar, so he walked out of the study and saw that it was Li Ran.

He asked curiously, "Hey, why are you here?"

Li Ran handed him the bag in his hand: "My mother left Xi'an temporarily because of an emergency. She didn't have time to come to see you, so she asked me to pass this bag to you."

Li Heng took the bulging bag, opened it and found that it was full of documentary materials, and they were related to Bailuyuan, which moved him deeply.

It seems that Aunt Zhao Jing is very interested in my new book and has helped me collect a lot of literary materials.

After a quick inspection, he said sincerely, "Thank Aunt Zhao for me. When will she return to Xi'an?"

Li Ran shook his head: "It's hard to say for sure. He will be back after the matter is over. Maybe soon, or maybe it will take a month or so."

Li Heng was speechless and immediately gave up the idea of ​​visiting.

Then he asked, "Have you eaten? I'm going to cook, so let's have a good time together."

Li Ran waved his hand for the first time: "No, I'll leave right away. This time, in addition to giving you something, I also came to say goodbye to you."

Li Heng asked, "Goodbye?"

Li Ran glanced around and said in a low voice, "I can't stay in Xi'an any longer. I have to run away."

Li Heng was confused and asked with concern: "What's going on? Did you run into trouble?"

"Something big has indeed happened, but it's not me, but Zhao An." Li Ran struggled and told him in a low voice.

"event?"

Li Heng was shocked and blurted out: "Did it happen to him in your bed?"

He couldn't help but doubt it. Thinking back to the time when her father was dragged to death by Aunt Zhao Jing, when he heard about the big news, he couldn't help but think in this direction.

Li Ran nodded solemnly.

Li Hengxin followed him down, "Is he still alive?"

Li Ran said sadly, "He was still alive, but he was bleeding. I asked him to rest for a while, but he was too excited to let me. He wanted to show off his strength. He tossed and turned for most of the night. Later I found out that he was secretly taking medicine."

Li Heng: “.”

After a long while, he asked, "What about Zhao Anren?"

Li Ran said: "I sent him to the hospital. The doctor said the situation was not optimistic and he needed to rest well. I was afraid that he would lose control if I stayed by his side, so I planned to leave here."

At this point, she sighed and said very depressedly: "We were only happy for a few months, and then he died. His foundation was too poor, which made me feel a little guilty, so I left two-thirds of my savings for him."

Li Heng's mouth twitched and he asked, "So where do you decide to go?"

Li Ran said, "I don't know yet. Let's leave first. If it's too late, the Zhao family might cause trouble for me."

Li Heng: “.”

Li Ran left, leaving resolutely, without saying where he was going or how long he would be gone.

Li Heng saw suspicion in her eyes. She doubted everything in the world and distrusted everything, so he didn't ask her to get to the bottom of it.

In the next two days, Li Heng immersed himself in writing and also began to finish his work, planning to leave Bailuyuan in early April.

"Sister Zeng, let's go to town tomorrow morning and call Teacher Yu. I plan to go back."

At around 3 p.m. on March 31, Li Heng, who had just come out of the study, was about to discuss with Zeng Yun about going to town the next morning, but found that Zeng Yun was not in the main house.

In the past few days, whenever he was writing in the study, Zeng Yun would wait by his side on the sofa in the main room. This was the case every day, without any slacking off.

But Zeng Yun is not here today, and Yu Shuheng has taken his place.

The two looked at each other, and Li Heng happily ran over and asked, "Teacher Yu, when did you come?"

"Just arrived a while ago."

Seeing him so happy, Yu Shuheng's face was full of smiles, and her eyes kept wandering around him, looking him up and down.

"Are you here to pick me up?"

"Ah."

"Have you bought your plane ticket? Which date?"

"Any day, any time."

After three simple questions and three answers, the two looked at each other and gradually fell silent.

After a long standoff, Yu Shuheng took a step closer, then another step closer, and asked him closely, "Teacher, can I ask you a question?"

Li Heng hesitated and nodded.

Yu Shuheng whispered softly in his ear, "Is there anyone who can replace Song Yu?"

Li Heng paused for a long time and said seriously, "I am a greedy person."

Hearing this ambiguous answer, Yu Shuheng smiled, and her eyes rarely showed.

Later, she took two steps back to where she was just now, bent down to pick up the handbag on the sofa, and took out two letters from it, "One is from Xiangjiang, and the other is from Xiaohan."

Li Heng took it and took a look, and found that it was true.

The letter from Hong Kong was written by Li Xi to her. The content was very brief. She said that she had contacted a friend in a publishing house in Hong Kong and asked him if he really wanted to write a martial arts novel. She could help him submit the manuscript.

As for Xiao Han's letter, he did not rush to open it, but asked: "Has Xiao Han been to Lushan Village recently?"

Yu Shuheng nodded slightly: "She came last weekend and asked me to give you the letter."

Li Heng asked quickly: "Has she changed? Has she gained weight? Has she lost weight?"

"No, I'm the same as before, neither fat nor thin." Yu Shuheng replied.

Li Heng asked the last question: "How long has she been in Lushan Village?"

Yu Shuheng said meaningfully: "You finally asked the core question. What? Are you afraid of something?"

Li Heng flatly denied it, "No."

Yu Shuheng circled around him and said, "She stayed in Building 26 for two days and two nights."

Li Heng was stunned. This behavior was consistent with his wife's personality. "Then, where is the wheat ear?"

The meaningful smile on Yu Shuheng's face became even wider. "Mai Sui has been in Building 27 with Zhou Shihe."

Li Heng thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Always?"

"Yes." Yu Shuheng said, leaning lazily on the back of the sofa.

Li Heng fell into deep thought.

It seems that things are more complicated than I thought. It is obvious that Mai Sui predicted Xiao Han's move and avoided it in advance.

As for the scheming daughter-in-law, perhaps she was stimulated in her hometown and by Zijin, and she began to become strong.

To be honest, among the three women in his previous life, whether it was Song Yu or Zijin, he was able to figure out the patterns and find ways to deal with them.

The only thing that bothers me is Xiao Han. This girl is too fickle. She has one idea after another. When you are still thinking about her last idea, she has already changed her mind. She is really unpredictable.

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Also, let me say that in the recent chapters, the interactions and conversations between Li Heng and Yu Shuheng are not nonsense, and every sentence has deep meaning. However, because March handled it too artistically, many seniors did not understand it and thought I was piecing together the plot. But that is not the case. According to March's usual writing style, she would definitely analyze it in depth for everyone. But Yu Shuheng is quite special, so March chose to leave it blank. I think some seniors who read slowly must have figured it out. Of course, the blank space now will definitely be carried through later, and it will definitely help everyone solve their doubts. I will definitely explain it in detail later. (Okay, that's all I have to say about Yu, and I won't explain it later.)
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