I Became the Favorite of Big Bosses

Chapter 431 One wrong step, one wrong step after another

Gu Chao nodded, "Write again after you wake up."

"Yeah." Gu Chao responded lightly, took the coat off Wei Lan's shoulders and put it aside, pulled the quilt over and covered him tightly.

Wei Lan pursed her lips and had no choice but to compromise, and then carefully warned: "It's dark on the road, so walk slowly. Why don't you buy a flashlight when you go back to Haishi? It will be more convenient and safe to walk at night in the future."

"Okay." Gu Chao responded softly and kissed Wei Lan's forehead, "Wait until I come back."

"Um…"

When he woke up again, the room was dark. A ray of sunlight poured in through the gap in the curtains and just fell on Wei Lan's face. His long and thick eyelashes cast a light shadow.

Wei Lan's eyelids moved, her eyelashes trembled slightly, she put her little hand in front of her forehead and turned over. After muttering a few words in a low voice, she slowly recovered.

 Look at your watch, it’s a quarter past ten!

Wei Lan suddenly turned over and sat up. Ignoring the buzzing in her head, she quickly put on her shoes and opened the curtains. In an instant, the sun filled the room.

Opening the window, under the warm sun, even the wind was warm. Wei Lan closed her eyes and enjoyed breathing in the fresh air blowing on her face.

"Still standing there stupidly? Why don't you hurry up and get dressed?" Grandma Gu was collecting the soles of her shoes in the backyard. When she heard the movement and raised her head, she saw Wei Lan, who was bathing in the sun with a pious look on her face. She couldn't help but spat, "I'm sick now, and I can't take medicine anymore." He's about to cry."

I have to say that Granny Gu had a good grasp of Wei Lan's temper.

"Huh, it's true that grandma didn't wake me up even though she knew better." Wei Lan grunted as he hit the snake. When Gu's eyes glanced over, he took a few steps back excitedly, went to get his coat and put it on.

 “A girl with a sharp mouth has a powerful mouth.” Grandma Gu smiled and shook her head.

 While Wei Lan was getting water and squatting by the well to wash up, Grandma Gu held the soles of her shoes and gestured at Wei Lan's feet.

Wei Lan spat out the toothpaste and said, "Grandma, I have shoes. Brother Chao's shoes are useless from working, so you can make them for him!"

Grandma Gu smiled happily and said, "You can wear it if I make it for you. It will be your brother Chao's."

This time, he didn’t even call Brother Chao. Instead, he called out "Brother Chao", which made Wei Lanying's white cheeks blush.

Wei Lan stamped her feet and shouted: "Grandma!"

"Okay, hurry up and clean it up, crazy girl." Grandma Gu narrowed her eyes and laughed. She rubbed the needle twice on her head with her fingers, and then passed it through the thick soles of her shoes neatly.

"She's not a crazy girl." Wei Lan protested in a low voice, no longer stained with ink, but neatly groomed.

 After eating the breakfast left by Grandma Gu, Wei Lan leaned on the manhole cover with a book and took notes. During this period, he would gradually apply some knowledge learned in later generations and extend the various listed test questions to another level.

 These questions can be asked by Gu Chao to try, and she can explain them if she doesn’t know how to do them, so that she can have more confidence in the future college entrance examination.

“I heard from Brother Chao that you have an older brother at home who is not in good health?”

Wei Lan was stunned for a moment, then raised her head, "Well... before my brother was born, my mother said she had a fall while she was pregnant. After he was born, his whole body turned purple, and his body bones have been in bad shape."

Yesterday when Gu Chao came back, Grandma Gu asked him privately about what happened after going to Beijing. Gu Chao told the truth, and Grandma Gu felt relieved.

 At the end of the story, Gu Chao mentioned Wei Lin and hoped that Grandma Gu would help Wei Lin.

Grandma Gu kept it in mind. She was frightened by Gu Chao in the morning, and after working for a while, she forgot about it.

Now that she was sitting with Wei Lan, Grandma Gu remembered it again.

Grandma Gu nodded, pricked the embroidery needle on the sole of her shoe, squinted at Wei Lan, and then asked a few more questions: "Tell me, what are the symptoms of his poor bones?"

"Well..." Wei Lan knitted his brows and thought for a long time, "My constitution is weak. I'm prone to wind and illness all year round. I can't exercise strenuously. I ran twice before, and every time I looked pale and couldn't stand." .”

Grandma Gu pondered for a while and said: "It's probably because your body was depleted and your qi and blood were weak when you were a child... After autumn and before spring, are you still afraid of the cold and not in good spirits?"

Wei Lan thought about it for a moment. During the few days he returned to the capital, the house was warm. They didn't wear coats when they were at home. Only Wei Lin kept his military coat.

Wei Lan nodded slightly, "I am a little afraid of the cold, but I feel better this time when I go back than when I went to the countryside before."

　　When Wei Lan just traveled through time, he stayed at Wei's house for half a month before going to the countryside. During that half month, Wei Lin stayed in the hospital and never returned home.

This

Grandma Gu nodded, probably feeling a little confident, but after all, she had never felt the pulse with her own hands, so it was difficult to make an absolute conclusion.

Grandma Gu patted Wei Lan's hand and said, "Send a letter to your family and ask your parents to keep the rice wine they brought back home warm for your brother to drink. After drinking it for a while, you can take a look."

If there is a slight improvement, then her judgment can basically be determined.

 “Thank you, grandma!” Wei Lan’s peach blossom eyes turned into small crescents, and she nodded repeatedly.

 She fastened the cap of the pen and threw it on the manhole cover. She stepped forward to lie down on Grandma Gu's knees and act coquettishly, when the loudspeaker on the other side of the brigade suddenly blasted.

“I would like to ask the educated youth to point out the three comrades Jiang Zhiqing, Wei Zhiqing, and brigade Li Sangsang, and quickly gather at the brigade leader’s house—”

 Please call the three comrades Jiang Zhiqing, Wei Zhiqing, and brigade Li Sangsang, and gather at the brigade leader’s house as soon as possible—”

 Please call the three comrades Jiang Zhiqing, Wei Zhiqing, and brigade Li Sangsang, and gather at the brigade leader’s house as soon as possible—”

 …

The captain shouted loudly and loudly three times in a row without stopping. Grandma Gu squinted her eyes and looked in the direction of the brigade. Outside the high wall of the backyard, the shadows of the bare branches overlapped and she could not see anything clearly.

Grandma Gu withdrew her gaze and urged: "Go quickly, it's not good to ask people to wait."

Wei Lan nodded, hastily collected his textbooks and notes and put them in his room, put on his light yellow coat and walked out.

　　Except for gathering for important events, the big loudspeaker installed in the brigade has not been used a few times. Today, it suddenly blew up. Everyone in the brigade who was at home craned their necks to see what was going on.

 Wei Lan bumped into Jiang Lihua when she went out, and the two of them walked along the path between the fields to go to the brigade leader's house.

"I heard that you took Gu Chao home to meet your parents during the Chinese New Year? How was it? What does your family mean? Are they willing?"

Jiang Lihua and Jiang Cheng returned to Beijing thirty years ago. They took the train back to Province H on the second day of the new year. At that time, Wei Lan and Gu Chao were going to Beijing, so they naturally missed it.

Jiang Lihua also heard about this one after another after returning, and she became very curious.

"What do you think?" Wei Lan glanced at her, "You gossip about me so much, and I want to ask you? Have you told your family?"

Jiang Lihua paused, then turned her eyes away uncomfortably, "I, what do I have to say?"

"Why not?" Wei Lan curled her lips, and quickly moved forward to put a little distance away from Jiang Lihua. When she looked back, she looked very flattering: "Just say that you are in love with the son of the production team leader who went to the countryside! Look! Do they have any opinions?"       "You're talking nonsense!"

Jiang Lihua's face flushed, she bit her lips and wanted to push Wei Lan, but Wei Lan was well prepared and stepped away.

Wei Lan smiled and said: "I'm not even anxious with you, why are you so anxious? Are you feeling guilty?"

Jiang Lihua's face was red and bleeding, and she bit her lips for a long time. When she realized that she couldn't hide it any more, she whispered softly, "I haven't told my family about this... yet."

In fact, Jiang Lihua went to the countryside because her family liked the son of the deputy director of the textile factory and deliberately brought the two of them together. Jiang Lihua was unwilling and went to the countryside with her brother to avoid him.

However, it is not easy for Jiang Lihua to tell Wei Lan these things.

After a long silence, Jiang Lihua suddenly said: "Wei Lan, not everyone is as lucky as you and can have nothing to worry about."

Jiang Lihua turned her head and smiled at Wei Lan. There was no malice, but under those deep double eyelids, her almond-shaped eyes were round, very cute but full of misunderstandings, "My parents would not agree."

 With such a contrast in front of them, it is impossible for the Jiang family's parents to fall in love with Li Jiandang.

 In the countryside, the production team leader is a village official. He looks rare and capable in front of the commune members, but in the city, in the eyes of most people, he is no different from an ordinary mud-legged person.

Wei Lan realized that this matter was not as simple as she thought.

The joking smile on Wei Lan's face gradually faded, and she and Jiang Lihua walked side by side in silence for a while, "Then what are you going to do?"

Jiang Lihua shrugged and smiled heartlessly, "Isn't there a Workers', Peasants and Soldiers University? I want to perform well in the next period of time."

 Things without any hope need not be considered at all.

 “If you really like it, why not try to get it?”

Wei Lan glanced at the dots of greenery in the distance. Yin Hong pursed her lips and raised a smile that was healed by the sun. "Everything cannot remain the status quo forever. As long as he works hard to make progress, he cannot always be just a mud-legged person." Zi', what do you think?"

If Li Jiandang also likes Jiang Lihua and wants to be with Jiang Lihua, he will definitely be willing to pay.

 Development in a good direction cannot be said to be contribution, but progress, is it more appropriate?

　　"Strive... to make progress?" Jiang Lihua's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly, and she slowly moved her gaze towards Wei Lan, "What do you mean..."

Wei Lan quickly shook her head, "I don't mean anything. What you want to do depends on what you think."

 If it is true love, then both parties will work hard towards each other.

 What if Jiang Lihua doesn't like Li Jiandang that much, is misled by her words, and makes a wrong move, she may regret it for the rest of her life.

Although Wei Lan wanted to encourage Jiang Lihua, she more hoped that Jiang Lihua would follow her heart.

 If you like it, try to take a step forward. If you haven't reached that level yet, you can think about it carefully.

“Then what should I say?” Jiang Lihua murmured.

Wei Lan couldn't answer. The captain's house was already in front of her. She took a step forward and started talking, "Hurry up, I saw Sang Zao'er already in the courtyard!"

Wei Lan entered the courtyard first. Jiang Lihua shook her head to get rid of distracting thoughts and followed her into the courtyard.

In the main room, Li Sangsang sat on the other side of the table next to the captain, holding an enamel jar in his hand, drinking water one sip at a time, nodding in response to the captain's words from time to time.

Seeing Wei Lan and Jiang Lihua enter the room, Gu Sande stood up and moved his hands to the table, "Sit down, take a seat first."

 Wei Lan and Jiang Lihua nodded and sat down at the table.

Gu Sande poured two glasses of water and pushed them in front of the two of them. They thanked each other politely, "Thank you, captain."

Hold the enamel jar and blow hot air into it.

"Hey, you're welcome!" Gu Sande smiled heartily and shook his head, and said seriously: "I called you here today for no other reason than to pay back those things."

Three girls of similar age at the table put down their enamel jars and all looked at Gu Sande, pretending to be listening attentively.

"There's no need to be so serious. It's still about the Sunflower Seed Project. Didn't we agree before that the three of you will manage the canteen?"

Gu Sande didn't like talking about fancy things, so he went straight to the point, "Construction will start in a few days, and the commune will probably allocate grain to the people in the next two days. Some news was revealed from the front, and the amount can be allocated to the brigade leader in one month. Fifty pounds of brown rice and one hundred pounds of sweet potatoes.”

He felt in his pocket and took out a rusty key tied with a hemp rope and three dollars. "In addition, there are three dollars. When the rations are delivered, they will be placed in a small warehouse in the canteen. The key will be kept by Sang Zaoer, and the money will be given to Sang Zaoer."

Li Sangsang raised his eyebrows and pointed his finger at himself, "Give it to me?"

"It's for your safekeeping." Gu Sande emphasized in a rough voice: "These three yuan are to maintain everyone's work efficiency. The director of the commune said that it will be specially used to supplement everyone's meals. From now on, it will be provided every month. Then you plan to come and see if you can add more oil and water to the food or something."

Gu Sande is a cautious and thoughtful person. After talking about it, he added: "But how did you spend the money and what did you buy? You have to keep an account for me, just in case there is something unclear in the future." .”

After Li Sangsang understood, he nodded obediently, took the key and carefully put it on his neck and hung it close to his chest, "Captain, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the key and the money!"

As he spoke, Li Sangsang clenched his fists and his palms were sweaty.

She rubbed her hand on her clothes twice before stretching it out tremblingly.

Li Sangsang took the stack of cents and counted them in front of Gu Sande. After making sure the number was good, he put it in his pocket and put it away.

Li Sangsang put the money away, and then his breathing became short for a while. He turned to look at Wei Lan and Jiang Lihua, his round eyes stared, and he pursed his lips and looked away.

 It seems that Jiang Lihua and Wei Lan are worried that Jiang Lihua and Wei Lan will have opinions.

 However, the fact is exactly the opposite. Food rations and money are important things, and once they are handled, one must be responsible.

Except for one meal at noon every day, there is usually no one in the big cafeteria. The food is placed there, and if someone steals it, they may not be able to find it in time.

Jiang Lihua didn't want to be on tenterhooks all day long, and Wei Lan didn't want to get involved in any of these troubles at all.

Just thinking of something, Wei Lan thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "Captain, the twenty goals of the Sunflower Seed Project count as a total of seventeen technicians, right?"

Gu Sande nodded, "What are the concerns about this?"

 (End of this chapter)