Chapter 44 Bookmarks
At Imperial University of Peking, Lin Yan came to mailbox No. 11 as usual.
A number mailbox is a special address for sending letters. Many enterprises, institutions and government agencies have such mailboxes for external contacts.
The mailbox that Lin Yan used was obtained by someone she had specially asked for help from the department, and was used as the address for contacting Song Yuanchao.
Since receiving Song Yuanchao's letter last time, Lin Yan specifically gave the other party this mailbox address in her reply to prevent Song Yuanchao's letter from falling into the hands of others again.
Over the past month, Lin Yan and Song Yuanchao have been writing to each other and expressing their true feelings to each other. Although the correspondence time was relatively long in that era, they were both extremely happy when they waited a few days for each other's letters and felt the emotions and confessions expressed in the words.
Calculating the time, Song Yuanchao's letter should have arrived. When I opened it, sure enough, there was a letter lying quietly inside.
With a smile on her face, Lin Yan couldn't wait to take out the letter and put it in the schoolbag she carried with her at all times.
Walking quickly towards the library, Lin Yan arrived at the library soon. It was evening and there were not too many people in the library. Lin Yan found a quiet corner to sit down and took out Song Yuanchao's letter from her schoolbag.
When I opened the letter, three very beautiful leaf vein bookmarks fell out along with the letter paper.
This was made by Song Yuanchao himself for Lin Yan, because in the previous letter Lin Yan had mentioned her study and life habits in school, especially when the weather was good on weekdays, she liked to go to the lakeside to read quietly.
For this reason, the attentive Song Yuanchao specially made these three leaf vein bookmarks for Lin Yan. The bookmarks are made of osmanthus leaves. Song Yuanchao boiled the collected osmanthus leaves in water and removed the pulp, then carefully dyed and dried them in the shade.
Logically speaking, this season is not the best time to make leaf vein bookmarks, because it is spring and the flowers are blooming, and the osmanthus leaves in this season are not as easy to handle as when they begin to wither in autumn. Therefore, Song Yuanchao spent a lot of effort and time to make these three bookmarks. He ruined dozens of leaves before he finally succeeded in making these three.
Song Yuanchao dyed the three leaf vein bookmarks a brilliant red, just like the beauty of autumn maple leaves. In addition, Song Yuanchao cut a delicate little yellow flower from tender yellow silk and pasted it on the lower part of the leaf vein bookmark. The tassel was hidden under the yellow flower, blending into the bookmark and looking very beautiful.
Looking at these three beautiful bookmarks, Lin Yan's heart was filled with happiness. She gently picked up the bookmark and placed it in front of her eyes. She seemed to smell Song Yuanchao's scent from it. This scent made her intoxicated and satisfied, as if Song Yuanchao was standing in front of her.
After closing her eyes for a long time, Lin Yan took out a book, carefully in the book, put the book back into her bag, and began to read Song Yuanchao's letter.
Song Yuanchao never used fancy language or words when writing letters. His letters were as simple yet real as he was.
In the letter, Song Yuanchao seemed to be sitting opposite Lin Yan, slowly expressing his longing for her in his magnetic voice and telling her every detail of his life in Shanghai.
Song Yuanchao's tone was normal, but he always showed his deep love for Lin Yan. Sometimes he would write a few witty remarks and some funny things that happened around him in the letter. When Lin Yan read the letter, she could not help laughing out loud, and with an unconcealable smile on her lips, she imagined what Song Yuanchao looked like at that time.
There was a lot of content in Song Yuanchao's letter, which took up two large sheets of paper, but Lin Yan seemed to read it so quickly that she finished the letter in the blink of an eye.
Still not satisfied, Lin Yan read it again. When she read again that Song Yuanchao told her that he had been officially appointed as the workshop director of the school-run factory, Lin Yan felt proud of Song Yuanchao.
In a previous letter, Song Yuanchao told Lin Yan that he was no longer preparing to take the college entrance examination. Due to family reasons, he had to solve his own life problems first, so Song Yuanchao went to work in the school-run factory where his father used to work.
Lin Yan felt a little regretful about Song Yuanchao's choice, because Lin Yan felt that if Song Yuanchao could go to college, he would definitely have a brighter future.
However, even so, Lin Yan did not continue to suggest Song Yuanchao to take the college entrance examination in her letter to him, but calmly accepted Song Yuanchao's choice because she had confidence in Song Yuanchao. She believed that as long as it was gold, it was destined to shine wherever it was, and Song Yuanchao was that gold.
Although Song Yuanchao did not go to college, he can also achieve results in other positions. Lin Yan has confidence in Song Yuanchao and believes that his choice is right.
In just one month, or more than two months from the time Song Yuanchao started working in the school-run factory to now, Song Yuanchao has gained recognition from his superiors with his efforts and achievements as a new worker, and has been officially appointed as workshop director, which is enough to prove his excellence.
With such an excellent lover, why bother about whether he has gone to college? All roads lead to Rome. Lin Yan only hopes that the person she falls in love with is a capable, talented and responsible person. As for whether he has gone to college, is it important?
In the letter, Song Yuanchao told Lin Yan how much he missed her and how much he wanted to grow a pair of wings and fly from Shanghai to Imperial University to see her, but he was unable to leave for the time being due to work.
However, Song Yuanchao made a promise to Lin Yan that he would make time to visit her in the second half of the year. When Lin Yan saw this, her eyes were slightly red, and she was a little excited. She was looking forward to this day coming soon, looking forward to seeing Song Yuanchao, whom she had not seen for a long time.
"Yanzi... why are you here? It's so hard for me to find you."
A voice suddenly sounded beside her. Lin Yan looked up and saw that the person was Zhao Minglei. Lin Yan, who was immersed in the letter from Song Yuanchao a moment ago and was sentimental, instantly became as cold as usual.
Lin Yan put away the letter, folded it and put it into her schoolbag. At this time, Zhao Minglei's gaze obviously lingered on Lin Yan's actions.
"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Lin Yan didn't avoid his actions at all. She put the letter away calmly and then looked up to ask back.
Zhao Minglei smiled. He did not ask who the letter Lin Yan had just read belonged to. He said gently, "Didn't Auntie ask us to have dinner at home today? I've been looking for you for a while."
Zhao Minglei has a good appearance. As a northerner, he is tall and has a square face that represents the greatness and honor of this era.
Compared to the young handsome men who became popular decades later, the standard for men in this era is first to have a decent appearance. Zhao Minglei is tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looks handsome and it is easy to attract people's favor at first sight.
After Zhao Minglei reminded her, Lin Yan remembered that such a thing did happen. It was arranged by Lin Yan's mother a few days ago, asking them to go to her house for dinner together today.
It was said to be a meal, but in fact it was to create conditions for Lin Yan and Zhao Minglei to get along. Lin Yan's mother was extremely enthusiastic about matchmaking between Lin Yan and Zhao Minglei.
Subconsciously, Lin Yan was going to refuse because she had no interest in Zhao Minglei at all. In the eyes of others, Zhao Minglei's conditions were really good. He had a good family background and was a college student. Moreover, Zhao Minglei looked good, was gentle and polite to others. He was almost the most perfect son-in-law candidate in Lin Yan's mother's mind.
But although Lin Yan couldn't say that she hated Zhao Minglei, she had no interest in him at all, because Song Yuanchao had already been in her heart. No matter how good Zhao Minglei was, he was only good in the eyes of others. What did it have to do with her, Lin Yan?
