1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 215 Memories and Tests
That night.

The rain was heavy, covering the whole world.

In the small room, the doors and windows were closed and there was silence.

The light above my head was bright yellow, and the glass window in front of the desk became a waterfall under the impact of rain. I could clearly see the rain water gathering into a stream.

The air was very humid, with the unique earthy smell of rainy days, which couldn't be suppressed from seeping in through the gaps in the windows.

The whole house feels like it is outdoors.

The temperature dropped several degrees.

The mosquitoes that were trying to save people from the trouble have disappeared.

"Ahem! Ugh..."

Xu Yuxiu, who was standing behind Cheng Kaiyan and secretly glancing at her, after seeing that line of sentences, almost instantly thought of the time several years ago when she sent the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Cheng Kaiyan to a train full of new recruits.

She didn't know what kind of mood she was in when she learned that her son had made up his mind to join the army.

The husband left early, leaving only a steamed bun.

After he was rehabilitated, he finally spent a few years of peaceful life with Cheng Kaiyan, but he did not expect that they would be separated again.

Xu Yuxiu only remembered that she was in a very complicated mood at that time. Her son had a weak constitution and what would happen if he died in the army? Many people advised her not to let Cheng Kaiyan go with this reason.

But at that time, every household was in a bad situation, and food shortages were common. Although Xu Yuxiu received some compensation, she had spent most of it after a few years of living. As a woman in school, her salary was not high, and it was difficult for her to support two people.

Xu Yuxiu knew that her son Cheng Kaiyan was very clear about this matter, so she decided to join the army.

The night before she left, Xu Yuxiu took the few dollars she had left and bought half a Quanjude roast duck. This was the food that all the children in the alleys of old Beijing dreamed of, and Cheng Kaiyan was no exception.

Even now, some families can't even eat a bite of this thing during the Chinese New Year.

It can be seen how precious this half Quanjude roast duck was in 1974.

Xu Yuxiu still remembers how after she bought it, she carefully wrapped it in clean oil paper and held it in her arms, fearing that it would be cold and not tasty.

On the way to the train station, I looked around, fearing that my bag would be snatched away.

New recruits do not enter the train station with their families when they join the army. Instead, they gather together with other recruits, while their families enter the station in advance and wait.

Perhaps Xu Yuxiu had wasted too much time on the road, and by the time she arrived at the train station, the train was about to depart.

She only remembered that she was holding the roast duck and looking for her son among the crowd at the train platform. She was so anxious that her eyes turned red and tears were welling up in her eyes.

But maybe it's telepathy between mother and child.

Turning around, Xu Yuxiu saw the thin Cheng Kaiyan standing not far away, looking at her. His face was covered in sweat and he was smiling brightly.

"Where have you been? I was so worried... wuwu... Do you know that your mother can't find you? Wuwu..."

The moment she saw him smile, Xu Yuxiu's tears immediately fell. She rushed over and hugged him, her voice shrill and filled with unstoppable crying and sobbing.

She pounded his thin shoulders and his chest, which was as thin as ribs, in a complaining manner.

Thinking about it now, I feel really ashamed. It was clearly my fault, but I took my emotions out on him.

But when he saw that I was crying, the boy immediately became flustered and kept comforting me.

Fortunately, I caught up in the end.

Otherwise, Xu Yuxiu would hate herself to death.

"Here, brat!"

Xu Yuxiu wiped her tears, stuffed half a roast duck into his hand, and looked at his face with red eyes, which was very similar to her own, as if she wanted to imprint this face in her eyes, heart, and memory forever.

This is a piece of flesh that fell from her body, and also her spiritual sustenance.

But now she was alone again.

"It's actually roast duck! You're so nice, mom!"

The boy in front of him, on the other hand, was so careless that he opened the oil paper, looked at the roast duck that was coated with sauce and was still hot, and said with a smile full of surprise.

"Virtue~"

The woman burst into laughter and was about to say something or give some instructions.

But at this moment, the station broadcast and the troop assembly horn sounded, the flow of people in the station began to surge, and the two people standing in the crowd became crowded.

"Gather together, mom, I'm leaving first!"

The boy started to run away.

Xu Yuxiu wanted to reach out and pull it, but it was hanging in the air.

She pursed her lips again and looked at the receding figure with reluctance.

But soon, the boy froze again, turned around, waved his hands, jumped up and shouted something.

However, there were too many people and Xu Yuxiu didn't hear clearly. It seemed that she was asked to take care of herself.

Xu Yuxiu wanted to laugh. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, yet he was still worrying about others.

After laughing, she wanted to cry again.

The crowd was surging and overwhelmed the other person, but fortunately the boy got on a very close carriage.

Comrades at the station, leaders of the armed forces, and family members who were seeing them off all waved red scarves in their hands to see the soldiers off.

The entire station was filled with a sad and exciting atmosphere.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

With the roar of the train, the train started slowly.

The crowd also started to move, jogging in the direction of the train.

On the train, Cheng Kaiyan tore off the oil paper and took a bite of the roast duck.

Xu Yuxiu was caught in the crowd, staring at the figure standing next to the carriage door, shouting something.

"Cheng Kaiyan! Turn back quickly! Your mother is calling you!"

The dark and strong boy named Zhou, who was from the same school as him, quickly pushed him.

He quickly turned around to look, but at this time...

The train accelerated and left the platform.

The gentle and thin woman was lost in the crowd.

As he wrote in his diary: "I never thought that just because I was greedy for this half roast duck, I missed the last look with that thin and gentle woman..."

"She didn't hear what I said, just as I didn't hear what she said."

……

This is the memory that Xu Yuxiu has engraved in her heart, and it is also the beginning of the story that Cheng Kaiyan has written bit by bit.

"Ok!"

Cheng Kaiyan put down his pen, leaned back in his chair and stretched lazily, closing his eyes to moisten his dry eyeballs, and a lazy moan came out of his mouth and nose.

After writing for nearly three hours, he was already very tired.

The kind that is mentally exhausted.

It took him nearly three hours to write just the beginning.

What he could foresee was that this work would definitely be written very slowly.

It is definitely impossible to maintain the astonishing speed as before.

"Are you done?"

A faint question came from behind, familiar and terrifying.

"hiss!"

"You scared me! Mom! Do you walk without making any sound?"

Cheng Kaiyan's pupils shrank, he took a breath of cold air, and then turned back suddenly.

Sure enough, his mother Xu Yuxiu was standing behind him.

She was wearing a simple and plain white shirt, her shoulder-length hair was moist and fragrant, her face was clean and beautiful, her pretty and delicate peach blossom eyes were slightly red, like clear lake water with many ripples.

"You are too involved, haha."

Xu Yuxiu smiled gently, then stretched out her white but slightly calloused fingers and pointed at the bowl of mung bean soup on the coffee table in front of the sofa by the window. "Mom has served you some mung bean soup. Drink it and go to bed."

Her gentle eyes are the same as before.

Although she knew what her child was writing, she did not ask rashly.

Firstly, the memories are sentimental, and secondly, writing is a personal matter.

She pretended not to see it.

"Oh, thank you, mom. You should go to bed early. I'll go take a shower after I finish drinking and go to bed."

Cheng Kaiyan smiled brightly. It felt good to have someone care about her.

"Virtue~"

Xu Yuxiu suddenly wasn't so sad anymore. The cloudy sky suddenly turned sunny and her mood improved. She gave him a reproachful look, then picked up the bowl, handed it to him, and left.

Cheng Kaiyan watched his mother leave, and the door closed with a click. He looked down at the small white porcelain bowl in his hand, which was full of mung bean soup, which was actually red.

Although it was strange, he didn't care. He gulped down a sip and sipped the taste in his mouth. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "It's so sweet. Did you add brown sugar like before?"

Brown sugar is a rarity.

If a woman who has just given birth has no breast milk, she will use brown sugar water instead to feed the baby to save the baby's life.

But for something like mung bean soup, no one is willing to add brown sugar.

But since childhood, Xu Yuxiu would always put a whole piece of red sugar when cooking for Cheng Kaiyan.

His mother has always loved him the most.

Cheng Kaiyan smiled and drank the mung bean soup in one gulp. She felt much better in her stomach and more energetic.

"Turn on the water and take a bath!"

After taking a shower, go to bed.

Over the past six months, Cheng Kaiyan has maintained a very healthy schedule. Now, even if he is writing, he will not stay up late.

Today I stopped writing at nine o'clock.

"Click~"

I turned off the lights and the room darkened instantly, and my eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness.

From time to time, lightning flashed, lighting up the bedroom.

Cheng Kaiyan lay on the cool mat and spread out the folded sheets to cover herself as a quilt.

Okay, the sense of security came all at once.

After a while, he fell asleep.

Silent all night.

At night, he had a dream. He dreamed of the day when he joined the army, and the voice of the past was still vivid in his mind.

However, when I woke up the next morning, I had no memory of what I had dreamed about.

Cheng Kaiyan didn't care. She got up and prepared to wash up.

When I walked out of the room, Xu Yuxiu was sweeping the floor in the main room.

Several people ate a lot of watermelon seeds last night, and he even saw the watermelon rind.

"Did your family buy watermelon?"

Cheng Kaiyan asked in surprise as she looked at the melon rind with red flesh still in the trash can.

There is such a thing, how come I don’t know about it?
"I didn't buy it. Your brother-in-law sent it to me a few days ago. He said that there are a lot of melons planted in the village. They are very sweet."

Xu Yuxiu explained, pointing to four or five large melons placed in a row behind the table.

"I mean, why didn't you call me yesterday? That girl Xinyu must have eaten them all!"

Cheng Kaiyan said quietly.

"That's true. You said no one wanted to disturb you unless it was important, and then Xinyu volunteered to help you solve it to prevent it from getting damaged." Xu Yuxiu laughed.

"..."

Cheng Kaiyan was speechless. Who did this damn girl learn to be so naughty from?
Without caring, he turned around and went out to the kitchen to get some water to wash up.

The sky outside is still covered with dark clouds. It seems that the heavy rain last night was not the swan song, but the beginning.

At this time, the rain was drizzling, neither heavy nor light.

It’s not a big problem for daily going out, but if it suddenly rains heavily, you will be soaked.

I scooped a cup of water and squatted under the eaves near the well to brush my teeth.

The Zhan family next door is having breakfast.

Nowadays, people generally wake up early in the summer, so there shouldn’t be too many workers getting up at five or six o’clock.

"Auntie Wang, are you going to work today too?"

Cheng Kaiyan glanced at Aunt Wang Qiang who was leaning against the door frame to eat, and asked with foam at the mouth.

"Only students and people with nothing to do have summer vacation."

Wang Qiang glanced at him and said leisurely.

In fact, in colleges and universities, summer vacation does not mean that everything is fine.

Endless meetings, teaching training, theoretical research, papers, experiments...

Countless.

This means that teaching assistants with no additional duties like Cheng Kaiyan can now have their summer vacation.

Even Jiang Ting went to Beijing Normal University for meetings from time to time.

The Beijing Dance Academy will be holding a separate entrance examination for undergraduate dance students this month. As a professor of Chinese classical dance and a first-class dancer, Wang Qiang naturally cannot be away.

In fact, there is a more important thing today. Liu Xiaoli came to the Beijing Dance Academy to practice dancing today, so Wang Qiang naturally had to take her to meet some leaders.

"I'm worried about your Xiaoli. Without someone to lead her, she can't even get into the dance studio."

Wang Qiang explained.

"Thank you so much."

Cheng Kaiyan spat out his saliva, his tone was very sincere.

If nothing unexpected happens, Aunt Wang Qiang will be the teacher who teaches Sister Xiaoli Chinese classical dance.

Unlike the teachers in school, Wang Qiang is more like a master.

"..."

Wang Qiang nodded and asked, "Do you want to go with me?"

Cheng Kaiyan was a little tempted, but still refused, "What am I going to do? There's no need to make such a big fuss. She will feel pressured."

Although it's just a meeting, there will definitely be tests on dance.

He decided not to influence Xiaoli.

"Well, I'm leaving now. I'll tell you the good news when I come back."

Wang Qiang had finished his meal and said, "I'm going back." Then he picked up his briefcase, pushed his bicycle, and walked away with Zhan Wenlei in a cool manner.

Zhan Wenlei rode the bike in front, while Wang Qiang held an umbrella behind, carefully bypassing the bumpy spots in the alley.

Fortunately, there was no wind, otherwise I would have been soaked.

It took the two of them forty minutes to finally arrive at the dance academy near Zizhuyuan Park.

In front of the wooden door of the guard room, a beautiful figure stood under the eaves with an umbrella, looking quietly into the distance, as if waiting for someone.

"Is that Xiaoli? She's here so early."

Zhan Wenlei was afraid of getting wet by the rain, so she hid under the umbrella with her head shrunk and saw the girl in the distance.

"It's her, a very punctual child."

Wang Qiang nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, if Liu Xiaoli came a little later, she wouldn't say anything at all.

After all, we first arrived and it was raining.

It is inevitable that it will have some impact.

But Liu Xiaoli still came so early, even earlier than the time they agreed on.

She was very satisfied and admired such diligent students the most.

Dance requires constant practice, constantly integrating complex movements to form muscle memory.

No matter how high your talent is, it can only play a small role.

Diligent dance practice day after day and year after year determines how far you can go in dance.

"Auntie Wang! Sister Wenlei! Good morning."

Liu Xiaoli waved to the two approaching and greeted them with a smile.
Her outfit today was very simple, with a bun that was convenient for dancing and a pretty face without any makeup.

Loose trousers and a slim-fit T-shirt.

She was carrying a bag containing her personal belongings and two sets of dance costumes.

"Xiao Li, you're here so early. Come with me today to meet our Dean Chen Jinqing. Although I recommended you to the college, you were accepted only after she nodded in agreement.

You have to be prepared. Although Dean Chen is gentle and kind, he has extremely high requirements for dancing. In addition, some leaders in the college have opinions about your affairs, so don’t let me and the dean down…”

Aunt Wang Qiang reminded seriously.

"Do not worry!"

Liu Xiaoli looked calm.

(End of this chapter)