At this moment, Wu Lai and Yan Yiyi, who had finished doing humiliating things hiding in the sorghum fields, were getting dressed. Yan Yiyi got dressed, but told Teacher Wu not to put on her coat. She took out a sweater from her big leather bag and asked Teacher Wu to try it on. She said that I made this specially for you. You can wear it to see if it fits you. ?
Wu Lai took the sweater and saw that it was red. He said unhappily that the color was too bright and flamboyant, which was a bit inconsistent with my personality.
Yan Yiyi said, it doesn’t matter if it fits or not, as long as it fits you, and the bright color doesn’t bother you, wouldn’t it be invisible if you wear it with a coat on top?
So Wu Lai tried it on, but it was too small and couldn't fit in. He stuffed his head into the collar and stuck it out. He still felt some scratches and pain, so he said, "Oh, it's so tight around him, like tying up a prisoner." Just as uncomfortable.
Yan Yiyi didn't expect that she would spend several days and incorporate a lot of her love as a girl into knitting a sweater for him as a token. Wu Lai didn't wear it properly, which made her feel embarrassed and guilty.
Wu Lai took off the sweater he was trying on and handed it to her, saying, "I don't want it. I can't wear it. I'm too big." Yan Yiyi took the sweater and put it into her purse, saying that I would dismantle it and add some stuffing to make a larger sweater for you. Wu Lai said, why bother? The sweater is already tied, why take it apart? I can't wear it, can't you give it to your father? Your father is slightly smaller than me, so it fits just fine.
Yan Yiyi picked up the piece of plastic cloth placed on the ground and dusted off the dirt on it. She folded it into a piece and put it in her bag. She zipped up the chain and looked at Wu Lai, "You are so young and you don't like the bright color. I As my father is so old, I don't mind the bright color even more. This sweater is only suitable for young people.
Wu Lai didn't say anything anymore. He got out of the sorghum field and looked around. If there was no one there, he asked Yan Yiyi to come out. If there is someone outside, he will leave first, and before leaving, he will say "hi" at the edge of the sorghum field. This is a tacit code for each other: there is someone outside, please wait, don't come out at the same time as me.
At this moment, Yan Yiyi came out and walked with Wu Lai on the right road. It was not convenient for Wu Lai to see her off, so he watched her drift away until she became a black shadow or a black spot, blending into the sky. In the increasingly dark night.
A few days later, Yan Yiyi had a clear feeling that she liked to eat sour food and vomited from time to time, but it was not particularly uncomfortable, so there was no need to go to the hospital.
Then, when her period stopped coming, she panicked, thinking she was pregnant with Wu Lai's child. She wanted to tell Wu Lai this secret matter, but for several weeks, Wu Lai didn't come to teach. Teacher You Peng took the students from both classrooms to class.
A few days later, a new teacher came, also a man, named Zhong Yi. He took over from Wu Lai and taught the class that Wu Lai originally taught.
Zhong Yi stood at the podium, looking very upright and serious in speech, so Yan Yiyi gave up the idea of asking about Wu Lai from Teacher Zhong. Even when he was giving lectures, he felt thirsty and walked into Yan Yiyi's house to ask for boiled water. , seeing his serious face, Yan Yiyi only poured him tea, but did not dare to say another word to him.
After a few months, Yan Yiyi's belly gradually became bigger and she couldn't bear it anymore. When her mother found out, she quietly asked her who did this "good thing". Yan Yiyi burst into tears because she was not married. Being pregnant with a child is a disgrace to the family and is intolerable.
After crying, her mother wiped her tears, and from her intermittent words of sobs, she could tell that the child she was carrying was Teacher Wu Lai's.
The mother was very anxious and thought secretly: Since you, Teacher Wu, have such a relationship with my daughter, why was she transferred away without saying a word or saying hello to my daughter?
The mother asked two teachers, You Peng and Zhong Yi, and found out that Wu Lai had been transferred to Liulin Village, four kilometers away, to teach. Why was he transferred? It was inconvenient for the mother to ask, and there was no need to ask them.
Yan Yiyi actually misses Wu Lai very much in her heart. She hasn't seen him for so long and has no news. She feels that she is pregnant with Wu Lai's child. Even though she is not married, she is still his. But after Wu Lai came out of the sorghum field to say goodbye to her, Yan Yiyi never saw him again. Now her belly is swollen and she is pregnant, but Wu Lai is gone. Thinking of these, Yan Yiyi felt particularly depressed and shed tears every day.
The father knew about this, but he was very calm. He had already found out that Wu Lai was still a bachelor and had not found any girl to marry. When he came back, he comforted his daughter, "Yiyi, since Teacher Wu has become like this with you, I will go find him in a few days." He wants him to have a lively wedding and marry you out of the government. You can just marry him. Why are you crying?
After hearing this, Yan Yiyi burst into laughter. She was even a little excited. She immediately returned to the boudoir and took out the knitted red sweater from the big leather bag. She said to her father, Dad, I originally gave this sweater to Teacher Wu. Since he was little, he If it doesn’t suit you, let me wear it for you!
I don't want it, the color is so bright. The father said looking at the red sweater.
I still want to make a sweater for Teacher Wu, a bigger one, and give it to him when the time comes. It's just that I don't have money to weigh the yarn. As soon as Yan Yiyi finished her words, her father understood the meaning and said, Yiyi, anyway, the sweater you made for Teacher Wu, even though it is too small for him, I don’t want it, so just take it apart and make it bigger. Just tell me how much wool is missing. I'll give you money and you can go to a shop on the street to weigh some to replenish it. You can also knit the sweater and give it to Teacher Wu.
Yan Yiyi said that the difference was about four taels of wool. Her father immediately gave Yan Yiyi four taels of wool money, saying that it was great and there was no need to spend the price of a whole sweater to buy wool.
Yan Yiyi still felt uncomfortable, so she said, "Dad, Teacher Wu doesn't like this red wool very much. I want to change it to blue or lighter wool to make him a sweater."
Alas, young people must wear bright colors to look energetic. Even if Teacher Wu thinks that such a fresh sweater should not be worn outside, isn't it nice to wear it inside? As for the sweater, no matter how dark or light it is, it is worn under clothes, so how can it be worn outside? It gets dirty easily that way, and it's not easy to wash if it gets dirty.
Yan Yiyi thinks her father's statement makes sense. Then he took the tied red sweater and said, "That's enough. I'll take it apart and tie it again."
Yan Yiyi was very excited that night and couldn't sleep for a long time. As soon as she fell asleep, she dreamed that she was putting on her new trousseau and Wu Lai, as the groom's husband, was walking out of a festive wedding team that was beating gongs, blowing suonas and setting off firecrackers to marry her. As they were getting on the sedan chair, the bearer carrying the sedan chair was swinging the sedan chair past the sorghum field with red ears. Suddenly, he stumbled and the sedan chair fell to the ground. The bride, Yan Yiyi, was awakened by the fall. , she didn’t know what this dream meant.
She still couldn't sleep after that, so she got up early in the morning and was about to tell her dream to her mother. Her mother told her not to talk about her dream in the morning, and to ignore it as a good dream or a bad dream.
In the morning, her parents took the pregnant Yan Yiyi to Liulin Village to find Wu Lai, who was teaching there. Considering that Wu Lai was in class at the school and it was inconvenient to call him immediately, their family of three waited outside the school.
