Wei Yuanfang is a purchaser at the steel factory. The house assigned to him is a one-bedroom apartment, and Yuan Chun’s room is a small space partitioned off from the living room.
It’s really small.
After placing a one-meter-wide single bed and a trunk in the room, only a path remains to the door. Yuan Chun sits in the cramped room and calls out to 007 in her mind.
She calls several times, but there’s no response. Feeling disheartened, Yuan Chun steps out.
Yuan Chun goes to a small grove behind the family housing area, where a group of children is playing a game called "Eagle Catches Chicks." The eagle is the largest child here, well, actually a mentally challenged man—the silly husband from her past life.
Yuan Chun walks over, leans against a tree trunk, and looks at her silly husband’s bright, innocent smile, unable to resist the slight curl at the corner of her mouth.
This silly guy is really good-looking.
His beauty could compare with the contemporary heartthrobs.
If he weren’t a fool, just based on his looks, he could drive every woman crazy.
"Ah...ah... I caught a chick, I caught a chick, I won, I won, give me candy quickly."
The fool catches the last chick, jumps up excitedly, and reaches out to the caught chick for candy.
The chick purses her lips, pulls out a candy from her pocket, and places it in his hand, "I want to play again; this time I will be the eagle and win back my candy. You’re not allowed to eat it yet."
"Alright, okay... I won candy again, I’ll be a chick, I’ll be the last chick, I’m fast." The fool receives the candy and joins the chick team.
Yuan Chun laughs.
At this moment, her silly husband sees her.
His eyes sparkle as he leaves the group and runs over, "Sister, do you want to play ’Eagle Catches Chicks’ too? I can let you be the last chick, come on..."
The fool reaches out to hold Yuan Chun’s hand.
Yuan Chun notices his hands are long, white, and beautiful; they could be hand models...
"Sister, why are you looking at my hands? Let’s go play ’Eagle Catches Chicks.’ If you win, you get candy. Look, I won a lot of candies."
The fool takes out three fruit candies from his pocket, his face shining with a clean, radiant smile.
Yuan Chun asks him, "Do you like to eat fruit candies?"
"Mm-hmm, I like them a lot, so sweet, so delicious. Sister, do you want some? I’ll give you one."
The fool takes out a candy, reluctantly placing it in Yuan Chun’s palm.
He’s unwilling, but he still gives it.
It’s because this sister has a very good smile.
He likes watching her smile.
Yuan Chun smiles, "I can’t eat your candy for free."
She takes a few Da Bai Rabbit milk candies from her space and puts them in his hand, "I’ll trade with milk candies."
"I don’t need so many; let’s do one for one. My mom said not to take advantage of others." The fool only keeps one milk candy and returns the rest to Yuan Chun.
At this time, from a short distance away, the kids are calling him to return.
The fool asks, "Sister, are you going to play ’Eagle Catches Chicks’?"
"I’m not playing; I’ll watch you play."
"Alright then, I’ll go play and win lots of candies for you to eat."
The fool runs far away, joins the chick team, and his face shines with a bright, innocent smile again.
Yuan Chun watches for a while, pinches the candy, and returns to the unit building.
Wei Yuanfang is on the balcony drying clothes. Seeing her return, he says, "Yuan Chun, there’s 1 yuan left by your sister-in-law on the table. Go buy some groceries in the afternoon."
"Mm, got it."
At the steel factory’s grocery store, one jin of potatoes only costs 5 cents, and one block of tofu is 10 cents; 1 yuan can buy groceries for several days.