1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 205: Youthful Bloom

The next day.

July 21st, in two days, will be the hottest day of the year in the lunar calendar.

Jiangcheng Jiefang Avenue, theater family compound.

A residential building somewhere.

Cheng Kaiyan woke up slowly from her bed, propped herself up and sat up.

Last night, after everyone finished dinner.

Cheng Kaiyan and Liu Xiaoli carried their luggage and followed Teacher Jiang Ling home to sleep.

Liu Xiaoli originally planned to send him here and then go back, but after making the bed, Teacher Jiang Ling asked her to stay, saying that they hadn't chatted together for a long time.

So the two of them spent the night at Teacher Jiang Ling's house.

"Teacher Jiang's home is quite quiet. It's not as noisy as the courtyard house."

Cheng Kaiyan took a train for a day and a night. He fell asleep as soon as he lay down last night. He had a very good sleep quality that night and felt relaxed and energetic when he woke up.

He looked up at the window on his right. On the wooden frame was a silver iron mesh screen to keep out mosquitoes.

Screen windows are very useful, but iron ones are prone to rust, which makes them look ugly.

At this time, it was bright outside the window.

The temperature was cool in the early morning, and there was a lot of dew on the printed glass. One by one, dewdrops slowly slid down from the top of the glass, leaving traces that reflected brilliant light under the bright morning sunshine.

Due to the installation of fine wire screens, the scenery outside the window is not very clear, and the green outlines of lush trees can be vaguely seen.

These are the houses allocated by the theater. Only those who have worked for many years and have made outstanding contributions can get one. Many people have to wait for many years to get one.

If Liu Xiaoli continues to work here, if nothing unexpected happens, she will be able to get a room in a few years.

"It's a pity that we have to go to BJ now. Where will Xiaoli live then?"

When Cheng Kaiyan thought about this, she felt it was not a good idea to make the decision on her own, so she planned to talk to her about it when the time came.

So I got up, put on my clothes and shoes, and then turned off the Bat-brand fan at the end of the bed.

This thing has quite a strong wind. It wasn't hot at all last night, but the green color looks a bit ugly.

But the quality is very good, it can probably be used for decades.

After all, they were in someone else's house, so Cheng Kaiyan tidied up the thin quilt and sheets and walked out.

The living room was empty, with only slanting sunlight shining in through the window, and no one in sight.

Cheng Kaiyan looked at the bedroom again, but there was nothing there either.

"He must have gone out to buy groceries. We have a dinner party today."

Cheng Kaiyan thought about it, so she went to wash her face, then she found a book in the living room and sat there reading while waiting.

More than ten minutes passed.

There were sounds of footsteps coming up the stairs in the corridor, followed by the rustling of keys and voices of conversation.

"Is he used to eating this?"

"When we were in BJ before, we had noodles with soybean paste. Hot dry noodles should be fine. If he's not used to it, I'll just give him some noodles. He's not that picky."

"Anyway, I'll leave the matter of entertaining Xiao Cheng to you without bothering two people."

……

"Although she's still angry, she's still thinking about me. Are all girls who grew up alone so caring?"

Cheng Kaiyan heard it all clearly in the room and felt warm in her heart.

Soon, Liu Xiaoli and teacher Jiang Ling pushed the door open and walked in, both of them carrying a lot of plastic bags in their hands.

"Are you hungry? Come over for breakfast, Xiao Cheng. We have fried dough sticks, eggnog, hot dry noodles, bean curd, rice cakes... whatever you want to eat, feel free to eat."

Seeing Cheng Kaiyan sitting in the living room waiting quietly, Teacher Jiang Ling smiled gently and named seven or eight breakfast dishes in one breath.

"We can't just let him eat as much as he wants. More than ten people including Danping will be here soon, and this may not be enough."

Liu Xiaoli glanced at him and said calmly.

“I love them all.”

Cheng Kaiyan glanced at the fresh girl in a white dress and a ponytail beside her, and said in a leisurely tone.

Still angry? A woman who says one thing and means another.

Although I kind of wanted to eat the noodles she cooked, after thinking it over, I decided not to trouble her.

"You two continue, I'm going to the kitchen."

Teacher Jiang Ling came into the room carrying a bag and watched the two people bickering with interest.

She didn't get involved, just smiled, put the things in her hands on the table next to the kitchen, and went to the kitchen.

They bought a lot of vegetables today. They first processed the pork, ribs and other things, blanched them in water, and then cooked the ribs later.

The table in Teacher Jiang’s house is a square table against the wall.

"Let's eat."

Cheng Kaiyan sat down in a random seat.

Liu Xiaoli pulled out the stool next to him and sat next to him, but she didn't intentionally sit opposite him.

Intentionally sit facing each other.

Liu Xiaoli felt that it was too deliberate and would have a counterproductive effect, and she also wanted to sit down and have breakfast with Cheng Kaiyan.

Besides, the reason why she was angry was that she just wanted to use a method she thought was appropriate to make Cheng Kaiyan remember this lesson for a long time.

Don’t touch girls’ things casually, especially those that are used closely to their body!
First of all, she is very clean and has a slight mysophobia, and doesn't like others using her things.

Even Cheng Kaiyan needs her permission.

Secondly, it was very embarrassing, because there was not only her towel in the small blue bucket, but also other underwear.

"Huh~"

Liu Xiaoli sat on the stool with an upright posture, her slender back straight.

In front of her was a bowl of slightly hot egg-drop rice wine. She held a spoon and blew on the egg-drop rice wine mixed with rice grains before sip- ing it into her mouth.

The eating style is elegant and graceful, but not slow.

There is a kind of leisurely elegance, which, after more than ten years of dance training, has long been integrated into her bones.

A good dancer will unconsciously apply dance movements to all aspects of daily life. This is muscle memory accumulated over time.

After drinking some eggnog, Liu Xiaoli got some sugar replenishment and her mood immediately improved a lot.

She looked at Cheng Kaiyan who was having trouble making a choice, and thought for a while with her chin resting on her hand.

Then he took a bowl of bean curd from the breakfast and pushed it towards Cheng Kaiyan, saying softly:

"Kaiyan, try this bean curd skin, it's covered with a layer of sauce and it's delicious, give it a try."

After saying that, her big dark eyes looked at him without blinking.

It seemed as if she would not look away until he tried it.

"Thank you."

Cheng Kaiyan took it and ate a piece.

The soft and sticky glutinous rice is paired with the slightly crispy fried egg bean curd, two completely different tastes bloom in the mouth, and there is also the taste of the secret sauce, which tastes really good.

"How about it?"

Liu Xiaoli watched him eat with great relish, with the corners of her soft mouth slightly raised.

"good to eat."

Cheng Kaiyan was not stingy with his praise, he really liked it.

Liu Xiaoli nodded with satisfaction and pushed the eggnog she had just taken two sips of to him, "Try it."

"You don't want to drink anymore?"

"This bowl is too sweet. I just remembered that I need to control my diet recently to prepare for the exam. If you don't want to drink it, I'll pour it out later."

Liu Xiaoli explained calmly.

"Don't waste food!"

Cheng Kaiyan sighed, then came over and started drinking.

People in Jiangcheng call breakfast "guozao" and usually buy it from small shops outside. If there are many people in the family, they will buy many kinds of food and put them all in big bags.

In addition, when we hold a banquet at home, we also buy breakfast from outside.

Not many people cook at home in the morning, and if they do, they just cook porridge and some vegetables and pickles.

Cooking dry rice is definitely an outlier among outliers, and people will say you are a weirdo.

Ten minutes later, they had almost finished eating.

At this time, there was a knock on the door and the laughing voices of a group of girls.

"Xiao Li! Open the door, they must be here."

When Teacher Jiang Ling heard the noise, she immediately shouted for someone to open the door in the kitchen.

"understood."

Liu Xiaoli got up and opened the door, and a group of young and beautiful girls came in carrying things.

"Xiao Li, how did you sleep last night?"

As soon as she entered the room, Xiao Caiyun smiled at her ambiguously and winked at her.

Last night, Liu Xiaoli did not return to the dormitory, so everyone in the dormitory started discussing it heatedly.

There are various speculations.

"I slept with Teacher Jiang."

Liu Xiaoli shook her head and explained calmly.

"That's it."

Xiao Caiyun didn't ask any more questions. When the girls over there saw the breakfast on the table, they immediately started talking.

"Oh! Xiaoli is still so considerate. She even knows to buy breakfast for us." said Hu Yanzhang.

"Sister Xiaoli is definitely a good wife and mother. My torn clothes and socks were all mended by Sister Xiaoli."

Wang Danping sat at the table, looking for something she liked to eat, and chatted with him. "I like this, glutinous rice chicken!" Hu Yanzhang found a small golden ball.

"Eating so much oil so early in the morning!"

……

A group of people walked in noisily.

Everyone had something in their hands, mostly food, beer, melon seeds, soda, bread, and fried chicken legs.

By the time everyone finished their meal, it was already nine o'clock.

It is obviously not something that one person can prepare to feed more than a dozen people.

Everyone who can cook came together to wash vegetables, cut vegetables, chop bones, and clean fruits and vegetables.

The entire kitchen and living room were occupied by them.

No matter how busy someone is, there are still people having fun.

Cheng Kaiyan was pulled by Wang Danping to play chess.

"First of all, I'm very good! The teacher at the entrance of my hometown village is no match for me. Brother Kaiyan, are you sure you want to compete with me? I advise you not to make a mistake!"

Wang Danping was sitting on the bench, staring at Cheng Kaiyan with burning eyes, two or three candies in her mouth, head held high, full of confidence.

She had been invincible at chess since she was young. After going to Jiangcheng to go to school and learn dancing, she often competed with Old Man Huangcheng in Jiefang Park and swept Jiefang Park.

"Indeed, besides reading, Danping's biggest hobby is playing chess."

Xiao Caiyun nodded.

"That's right. The uncles in Jiefang Park are nicknamed the Little Chess Queen. The chess players at the stalls pack up and run away when they see her."

Liu Xiaoli introduced.

"Of course not. The vendor didn't believe in evil and lost ten hands, one dollar a hand. That was five years ago when he was still unemployed. Later, Danping treated us to a shabu-shabu dinner. I still remember the aroma."

Zhang Yi deeply agrees with this.

"Comrade Xiao Cheng is doomed to fail."

A short-haired lady who was watching the show said that she was the lady who bought soda for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and she brought two more boxes of soda today.

"maybe……"

Liu Xiaoli glanced at her boyfriend who was sitting calmly on the stool, looking fearless, and said hesitantly.

"Hahaha! Suffer death!"

Wang Danping's face was rosy and she was very excited. Her two short legs were swinging back and forth on the stool.

It's so funny! It can't even reach the ground.

She is the chess queen, Wang Danping!
Today I will teach Brother Kaiyan, the bad guy who stole Sister Xiaoli from her, a lesson.

"Ahem, little girl, don't be so harsh."

Cheng Kaiyan placed the chess pieces and said calmly.

"You bold lunatic! Why don't you just stop and go to bed!"

Danping was very arrogant. She held her waist and said proudly, "Since you often bought food for me before, I won't let you lose so badly today."

The chess game begins.

A group of people watched this battle of the century, holding their breath and not daring to breathe heavily.

ten minutes later.

"hiss……"

Danping's face was flushed and she was wiping the sweat from her forehead. She was so anxious that her legs were shaking.

"Are you sweating?"

Cheng Kaiyan laughed and directly appointed him general.

"Come again!"

The little girl was still not convinced and slapped a dollar on the chessboard.

……

Twenty minutes later, Wang Danping sat there blankly, like a sculpture that would break at the slightest touch.

"Hehe, poor Danping, she lost five dollars."

"Yes."

Everyone was laughing and Wang Danping turned her back to them.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli glared at Cheng Kaiyan in reproach, and the latter shrugged.

She was kindhearted and cut half of the watermelon, put a spoon in it, and called Wang Danping, "Danping, it's time to eat watermelon. Your favorite, come quickly! Don't be sad, or your brother Kaiyan will eat it all."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"How many kilograms of watermelon can I buy with five yuan? Sister Xiaoli!"

When she heard the word "watermelon", Wang Danping came running over crying, and her petite body nestled into Liu Xiaoli's arms, looking very sad.

Alas, she never expected that the day of her death as the chess queen would come so soon!

A few minutes later.

"Giggle..."

The little girl sat on a stool, holding a watermelon in her arms and scooping it, listening happily to the radio, which was playing crosstalk from the Ancheng Quyi Troupe.

As if nothing happened just now.

After all, her backer is Liu Xiaoli, and Cheng Kaiyan has already returned the five dollars to her.

She was magnanimous and let him go.

……

On the other side, Cheng Kaiyan was wandering around the kitchen and living room, kicking every stool she passed by.

Liu Xiaoli went to the kitchen to help cook the spareribs, which is said to be her specialty.

Sweet and sour pork ribs.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is time for lunch.

As the last pot of seaweed egg drop soup came out of the oven, the living room became restless.

Everyone had their own division of labor, going in and out. Some brought out the dishes from the kitchen, some went to get beer and soda, some distributed bowls and chopsticks, and some moved tables and electric fans.

The group of people crowded around the table.

It’s not lively.

“Ahem! I’m very happy that we are all together today.

This reminds me of the night ten years ago when you just entered the college and I went out to eat with Teacher Wang and others.

The little ones, aged eleven or twelve, had just left their elders at home. Some of them cried loudly, some were nervous, and some were calm and composed.

Xiaoli was very calm at that time, while Danping was crying with snot and tears streaming down her face while hugging the table legs...

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everyone has grown up a lot. During these years, some people left, some people separated, and some people got married...

In the process of growing up, separation is a common thing. It is not easy to get to where we are now. This is a kind of fate, but all good things must come to an end...

Maybe I will send you away one by one in the future."

As Teacher Jiang Ling called out the names of the students one by one, her eyes suddenly became red and her voice choked up.

After all, she watched these girls grow up, how could she bear to let them go.

"Teacher Jiang... woooo."

"Woooooo~"

Following Teacher Jiang's words, the girls fell silent, and a few sentimental girls even sobbed.

"Teacher, I can't bear to leave you either."

Liu Xiaoli's eyes were slightly red and moist. She bit her lips and tried hard not to cry.

She knew that if she started crying, she would not be able to stop.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Cheng Kaiyan sensed the emotional changes of the girl beside him, and his mood also became a little subtle.

He boldly stretched out his hand, hugged the girl's thin shoulders, and pressed her against himself.

As expected, I was too blindly optimistic. After all, it was Sister Xiaoli who accommodated me. I actually made up my mind to leave my teachers, friends, and workplace of ten years and go to an unfamiliar city.

Beauty is kind and generous.

Liu Xiaoli didn't think as much as he thought. She was subconsciously shy when he held her in his arms in front of so many people.

However, although she was shy, she also felt a sense of security.

So she leaned quietly and obediently on his shoulder, silently looking at Teacher Jiang Ling not far away.

"Okay, today is Xiaoli's farewell party, we can't cry, let's raise our glasses together, we will meet many times in the future."

Teacher Jiang Ling took a deep breath and hurried to comfort her.

"Uh-huh."

"Touch one."

At Teacher Jiang's suggestion, everyone stood up with red eyes and raised their glasses together.

Cheng Kaiyan looked around at the many blushing faces, and her heart was swaying. She smiled and shouted, "I wish our friendship will last forever! See you again in ten years!"

Everyone looked a little dazed, but finally smiled.

Liu Xiaoli smoothed her messy hair by her ears, glanced at the people around her with gentle eyes, and then took the lead in shouting in unison:

"May our friendship last forever! See you again in ten years!"

boom!
Many glasses clinked together, making crisp sounds.

Beer and drinks splashed, and liquids of different colors blended together.

Just like these girls who come from all over the world and have different personalities.

At this moment, Li Guyi's singing voice sounded on the radio:
"There is a beautiful flower in the world, that is the fragrance of youth!"

(End of this chapter)