Chapter 354 Wife or Wife
The Lunar New Year has passed.

1994 has also passed and no one misses it.

In the past year, nothing major happened, it was just ordinary, because no one knew what those surging undercurrents meant. For example, the implementation of the tax-sharing system this year made private housing transactions subject to the double-edged sword of finance, allowing them to be bought and sold freely. This also opened the curtain for China's real estate-driven economic development in the next 30 years, and the urban-rural dual structure was further entrenched. The farmers who were destined to be sucked blood by this scissors gap naturally would not understand these things. They were only close to the land, they only paid attention to what was under their feet, and their power was silent most of the time.

Zhang Yunqi is a native farmer's descendant.

At this time he had already reached Jiangchuan.

Because at the end of the new year, the arduous second semester of senior year began.

The No. 1 Middle School of the city held a unique college entrance examination mobilization meeting for the entire senior year group. The principal, Wang Daoming, shouted at the top of his lungs on the stage: "In the past six months, you have to live like what, do you know? Like a duck! Because a duck has been paddling like this, it seems very easy, and it keeps moving forward in the water, but its feet are always flapping their feet desperately. Do you understand what this means? All efforts that can be seen by others are superficial efforts! So you should not only study hard at ordinary times, but also seize the little moments when others are free, and even work hard for your ideal university every night when everyone is asleep!"

The little fools were so excited that they felt dizzy and moved to tears.

In the past, on the first day of school every year, our teacher Wang Mingzhen would also give a programmatic speech.

This time he omitted it.

He simply wrote nine words on the left side of the blackboard:
"Take it easy."

"Be more open."

"Look forward."

At that time, many students did not understand and did not understand why the teacher wrote these words. Now is the time to prepare for the college entrance examination when thousands of troops are bravely crossing the single-plank bridge. Shouldn't this be a boost to them like the principal Wang Daoming did?
Wang Mingzhen did not explain. He just told everyone to remember to read these nine words every day when watching the countdown to the college entrance examination: "Take it slow, think positively, and look forward... When you pass the college entrance examination this year, we will talk about the meaning of these nine words."

The beginning of spring at this time has passed for a long time.

As the rain approaches, all things begin to grow and the sky and earth begin to clear up.

At the end of 1994, there was continuous heavy snow all day long. Those days of wandering helpless in the darkness due to water and power outages seemed as distant as stories from the last century to the ordinary people who are good at forgetting. The sunshine of the new year was quietly scattered on every street and every inch of lawn in Jiangchuan.

It seems like nothing has changed, and yet everything has changed.

At the beginning of each school year, many students in Class 156 would seem a little uncomfortable. Although everything seemed to be normal, they always felt that something had changed around them.

This is because at the beginning of each semester, some people leave quietly, and we don’t even know when or why they left.

When the class was first formed, there were 60 students in total, but now there are only 51 left, and many seats in the classroom are empty. This semester was also the same. Yang Wei dropped out of school and sold barbecue on Ximen Street; Li Yufei transferred to the Normal School Affiliated to one of the four famous schools in southern Hunan.

It was as if after a holiday, these young people who set out together suddenly drifted apart as they walked.

No need to regret.

Life is always so unpredictable.

Of course, for young people, they don’t know that we may meet sometimes but never again; they don’t know that loneliness is the essence of human beings, and all the splendor will eventually be repaid with loneliness; they are always not used to the days without someone suddenly, and they will inevitably be upset, but what can they say? Life is always for facing, not for getting used to, as the French philosopher Voltaire said: "Life is like a ship that is about to sink, but we still have to sing in the lifeboat!"

However, some people just like to sit on the lifeboat, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, watching the heat of the sky rise like a river.

During the Wednesday morning break, Zhao Chengming, the son of Zhang Yunqi's old partner Zhao Jianqiang, stopped him on the playground and asked, "Why did Li Yufei leave?"

Zhang Yunqi was a little puzzled: "Didn't she tell you the reason?"

Zhao Chengming asked: "What's the reason?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "You are too handsome, she is very inferior."

Zhao Chengming was choked.

Zhang Yunqi smiled, put his arm around Zhao Chengming's shoulders and followed the crowd to the classroom. "To tell you the truth, you like her, but she didn't even tell you when and why she left. I think you should give up now, right? You are so handsome, your grades are so good, and your father is the chairman of the Municipal State Investment Corporation, holding the economic lifeline of Jiangchuan City. You can control any girl. It's not worth it to hang on a fairy tree and not be able to eat the fairy fruit later, and strangle her to death."

Zhao Chengming was obviously in a bad mood: "Why do I feel that you are a very vulgar and mercenary person? How can you treat pure feelings as a business?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yunqi was not angry at all. What was the point of getting angry with an innocent little virgin? They only knew how to lick, but they didn't know that these mercenary and simple words were of great benefit to life.

Of course, he was only saying a few words for the sake of his old partner Zhao Jianqiang, otherwise how could he have the leisure to teach this landlord's stupid son a lesson in the philosophy of love.

He patted Zhao Chengming on the shoulder and said, "I say you should stop being so critical of me. You keep saying things that are vulgar and mercenary. Please be more polite when you talk to me next time and call me Uncle Yunqi." "Why?!"

"Didn't you hear your father calling you Brother Yunqi all the time?"

Zhao Chengming almost vomited blood. He pushed away Zhang Yunqi's hand on his shoulder and turned away.

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "Hey, hey, wait a minute, nephew, listen to your uncle's advice. Of course there is true love, but you have to understand that all pure love must be based on an economic foundation before you have the courage to pursue love."

Zhao Chengming stopped and looked at Zhang Yunqi.

Zhang Yunqi laughed and said, "If you came from an ordinary family and looked like Zhao Mazi, would you have the courage to pursue Li Yufei? You would definitely feel that you are not worthy of her, and this "love" deal would not be successful, so you can only keep her in your heart and wet your pants in your dreams in the dead of night."

Zhao Chengming said angrily: "What do you mean by saying these words? Yes, I know Li Yufei likes you, but Zhang Yunqi, you should know that you are already with Chu Jian. You are saying so much just to make me let go. Are you trying to have the best of both worlds? Believe it or not, I will tell Chu Jian later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice from behind called Zhang Yunqi.

Zhao Chengming turned around and saw Chu Jian standing under the camphor tree at the side of the playground exit with her hands behind her back. The loose white cotton coat did not make her look bloated. She had thin calves, a slender and soft body, a fair and clear face, and her thin, straight hair tied in a ponytail. The loose hair on her forehead swayed in the wind, giving her a pure beauty under the early spring sunshine.

Zhang Yunqi pursed his lips and said, "Go ahead and tell me."

Zhao Chengming was so angry when he saw Zhang Yunqi's fearless look: "You bastard, you are so shameless."

Zhang Yunqi watched Zhao Chengming walk away angrily, his back looking very impressive. He smiled and trotted over to the person he had just met: "Wait for me?"

When he first saw her, her face was flushed. Gu Zuoyan asked him, "What were you talking about with Zhao Chengming just now?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "Let's talk about Li Yufei. That silly boy likes her and came to ask me why Li Yufei transferred to another school."

Chu Jian pursed his lips and said, "Yu Fei, did you transfer to another school because of our incident?"

Zhang Yunqi did not give a direct answer: "Li Yufei is a very independent person, she knows her choice clearly."

Chu Jian lowered his head and said "hmm" softly, then said: "Let's go, it's time for physical education class."

In the second semester of senior year, the only activity time was two physical education classes, and all of them were free activities. Of course, most of the self-disciplined students would go to the classroom to study on their own. Zhang Yunqi was one of those undisciplined ones. Not only was he undisciplined, he also dragged the super academic master and super self-disciplined Chu Jian to play badminton.

At this time, there are often some animals standing by to watch the fight.

The girls were laughing and some brave boys even said hello: "Yunqi, come play ball with your wife."

Zhang Yunqi nodded with a smile.

One girl immediately responded: "If you beat your wife, do you want to kneel on the washboard when you get home?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Love is a washboard, you have to kneel when you need to."

At this time, Chu Jian’s little face was so red that she was about to burst into tears.

In fact, it was already known throughout the school that they were together.

Zhang Yunqi didn't care and agreed generously. There was no other way, because when you are in love, everything you do will smell like love in the eyes of others. Eating, shopping, watching movies, doing exercises, reading books, and doing homework, even when you are talking about questions, you are in love. Of course, after a vacation, many things are becoming better, those nights when they walked through the shadows under the campus street lights, lying on the lawn together to see the starry sky, and the hot milk she prepared for him in the early spring morning, and the hot air he exhaled to warm her hands...

After playing ball, Zhang Yunqi bought two bottles of Huiyuan juice.

When he handed it to Chu Jian, Chu Jian's face was still red, and she said softly, "Yun Qi, from now on, can we keep our relationship low-key?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Yunqi took Chu Jian's cold little hand and said, "Everyone in the school knows about this. What are you afraid of? Listen to me. We don't even bother to try to cover up our mistakes, wife."

Chu Jian said, "You can't call me that now."

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "Okay, wife."

"You are thick-skinned. If you continue like this, I will ignore you." Chu Jian wanted to break free from Zhang Yunqi's hand, but failed. Instead, Zhang Yunqi hugged him in his arms.

At that time, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was swaying. On the stone path with mottled tree shades in the old days, Zhang Yunqi leaned his head against Chu Jian's forehead, looked into her clear eyes, reached out and touched her slightly hot cheek, and said: "From now on, don't call me daughter-in-law or wife, just call me Yu. You are my Yu."

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(End of this chapter)