Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Master, master, someone is looking for me outside." Zhao Boxue ran in happily from the woods outside.

He was running and rubbing his hands at the same time. Smoking was not allowed in the kitchen, so he went outside to relax.

"Who?"

"It's Master Qin."

"Oh, then I'll go take a look."

Cao Wei didn't care. Everyone in the cafeteria knew that he was related to Qin Huairu.

Went out.

He saw Qin Huairu waiting for him at the back door.

"What's wrong? Did you miss me?" Cao Wei teased when he saw that there was no one around.

"Go, go, go." Qin Huairu rolled her eyes: "It's broad daylight, can you be more serious?"

"Cheng Cheng Cheng, you are the most serious one." Cao Wei's words were obviously teasing.

"Okay, I won't argue with you. It's not me who's looking for you, it's Lou Xiao'e who's looking for you. She asked you to ask for leave and go out. She's waiting for you at the door."

"Which door?"

"Siheyuan, I say, what are you doing? Why are you asking for leave?"

"I... don't know either." Cao Wei's heart skipped a beat.

"You don't seem to know anything?" Qin Huairu knew something was wrong when she saw his expression, but she didn't take it to heart. Anyway, Qin Jingru would definitely tell her when she got home. She couldn't hold back when it came to her family: "I don't care about you, just go."

"Okay, I'll go ask for leave."

Cao Wei seldom asked for leave, unless something really big happened.

So Wei Wei approved it without asking any more questions.

There's no entertainment today, so Cao Wei is of no use in the big pot meal. It's almost the same whether he's there or not.

When I went out, I saw Lou Xiao'e, who was wearing warm clothes, standing at the door.

Cao Wei walked over.

"what happened?"

Lou Xiao'e's eyes fell on him, making him feel a little uncomfortable: "Walk with me."

"it is good."

In the spring in Sijiu City, the temperature has not risen yet, there is still frost on the leaves, the roads are slippery and cold, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.

After walking out of the steel rolling mill, Lou Xiao'e naturally put her arm around Cao Wei's arm.

Cao Wei's body stiffened slightly.

"What? When you were pursuing me, you dared to hold my hand in the street, but now that you got it, you feel uncomfortable?"

After these words were spoken, Cao Wei had no idea how to refute them.

Holding Lou Xiao'e's hand on the street and Lou Xiao'e's arm around his arm are, generally speaking, acts of seeking death.

Seeing that Cao Wei did not answer.

Lou Xiao'e did not continue on this topic because Cao Wei's steps became firmer.

Cao Wei was tall and strong, and took big steps. Lou Xiao'e was relatively petite. Cao Wei didn't know where to go before, but when Lou Xiao'e led him, their steps were somewhat strange. But now, they looked like a real couple.

Shichahai.

The two of them didn't speak during the whole journey.

An atmosphere of silence spread around the two of them.

"Calculate the time, you have slept with me for three years." Lou Xiao'e's tone was flat.

But Cao Wei's heart slowly sank.

The two of them stopped in their tracks, and the Shichahai logo appeared in front of them.

Lou Xiao'e took a deep breath, released Cao Wei's arm, turned Cao Wei around, and the two faced each other.

Cao Wei admitted that at this moment, he didn't want to listen any more.

Lou Xiao'e moved closer to him and slowly pressed her lips against his.

It was very light and soft, just a slight tap and then it released.

Like a small water drop attached to the clouds, it may turn into steam or fall into raindrops, disappearing in a flash.

She looked at Cao Wei and said, "I'm pregnant."

Cao Wei's body shook violently.

Lou Xiao'e smiled, put her arm around his, and continued to pull him forward.

"You know what?" Lou Xiao'e said as they walked, "I've read a lot of books, and I've read a lot of poems, lyrics, and stories about love. At that ignorant age, I often fantasized that my love should be vigorous, thrilling, and heart-stirring. Just like the Butterfly Lovers, or like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, which is also good."

The two walked and walked until they came to the familiar lake.

"This place is really nice. I remember the first time I came here with you, I looked at the ripples in the lake and felt upset. Later, I realized that it was the beginning of love. Cao Wei, are you listening?"

"Listening."

Lou Xiaoe chuckled: "To some extent, I have now realized the fantasy I had when I was a little girl. I longed for a love like the one in "Butterfly Lovers", but behind this love is tragedy. Separation in life and death, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a sad and beautiful love."

At this point, Lou Xiaoe paused, stretched out her hand, and stretched it out to Cao Wei: "Give me a cigarette."

Cao Wei took out a cigarette from his arms and handed it to her.

And help her light it up.

As soon as Lou Xiao'e took a puff, she started coughing violently.

"Cough...cough..."

She coughed until tears came out.

Cao Wei took the cigarette from her hand and put it in his own mouth.

She took a deep breath. The cigarette, which was stained with her saliva, was not easy to smoke. It had a bitter taste, sour and salty, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Lou Xiao'e wiped the tears from her face.

Looking at Cao Wei, with a pair of bloodshot eyes: "My love is vigorous, but I don't like it. What about you?"

Cao Wei opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out.

She just looked at him, stretched out her hand, and gently wiped away the tears on her face, but the tears, like pearls with a broken string, kept flowing down.

There is actually a tacit understanding between the two sides.

At the beginning, when Cao Wei was having fun with Lou Xiao'e, he did not make her pregnant.

But since last year, he has changed.

Cao Wei's plan was to make Lou Xiao'e pregnant in 65, and then use this as an excuse to let her leave this place of trouble. Because he knew that the general trend of the world would not be changed by his personal will. He could not stop those things, and the only thing he could do was to let her leave.

But when he actually did it, he hesitated.

He originally thought that this was no big deal. It was the same in his previous life, amicable parting. In the original drama, Lou Xiao'e also left, gave birth to a child for Sha Zhu, and then came back. There was no reason why it wouldn't work for him.

But when he actually put it into practice, he found that he had already fallen into a vortex called "love".

He didn't want Lou Xiao'e to leave.

"Don't cry, okay." Cao Wei's voice was trembling as he kept wiping away her tears.

"You bastard!" Lou Xiao'e's fist hit him. Her body didn't hurt, but her heart ached.