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Chapter 232

Jiang Meishu was a little surprised, "Why do you have such an idea?"

When Liang Qiurun was taken away and their family was going through the most difficult times, she never thought of leaving Liang Qiurun.

Even less so now.

Liang Rui glanced at the surrounded Liang Qiurun again before whispering, "Because my dad is much older than you."

"Jiang Meilan, if my dad becomes an old man in the future, will you still be with him?"

Young Liang Rui didn't know how big the age difference of eleven years was.

When he went to college himself, he was surprised to realize that an eleven-year age difference could make such a big difference. While he was in college, the person who was eleven years younger than him was just entering elementary school.

The obvious gap made Liang Rui a little scared.

He was quite scared, afraid that his father was getting old while Jiang Meishu was still young.

He was afraid that Jiang Meishu would no longer want his father or him.

His family was hard-earned and was maintained because of Jiang Meishu's existence. He was also worried that it would collapse if Jiang Meishu left.

Jiang Meishu finished listening and sighed. "Liang Rui, your father and I are married. We have formed a family. Until there are no fundamental issues within this family, I will not leave it on my own initiative. This is the spirit of the contract."

"Similarly, besides the spirit of the contract, there are also emotions involved."

"So, don't worry about it, okay?"

Liang Rui hummed softly, his sharp eyebrows drooping, "I understand."

His personality is just like his appearance, sharp and rebellious, but fortunately after going to college, his edges were smoothed out.

But his face was still impeccable, with a broad face, thin features, a sharp jaw, and a firm gaze. At first glance, he had the aura of a young general.

There is a sense of fearlessness in the coldness.

Jiang Meishu suddenly became curious, "Liang Rui, are you in a relationship at school?"

At the beginning of the year, Liang Rui was twenty-one years old, and twenty-two years old in terms of age. He was still studying in school. Logically, there were many talented people in Tsinghua University.

Liang Rui was stunned when he heard this, and then he said disdainfully, "Being in love will only affect my progress in class."

"It's useless."

Jiang Meishu, "..."

Okay, it’s confirmed that Liang Rui is a fool.

He's simply a straight man.

"Then have you ever thought about finding a partner so you can get married in the future?"

Jiang Meishu really felt that she was getting old and began to worry about Liang Rui's personal problems.

Liang Rui put his hands behind his head and said, "I don't have any thoughts of getting married for now. Maybe later."

“I think life is pretty good now.”

I attend classes and do homework every day, work on projects with teachers, and take advantage of the holidays to go to the south to make some money. This is already good enough.

He seems to have never thought about his future and the issue of marriage.

Jiang Meishu, "Okay then, are Liang Feng and Nan Fang dating?"

This is obviously a cliché.

Liang Rui immediately became alert, "Then you should ask Nan Fang and Liang Feng. Why are you asking me? Even if I tell them, they will still say that I betrayed them."

Jiang Meishu immediately realized that something was wrong. "And betrayed them? Did one of them have a personal relationship?"

She immediately became energetic, her eyes brightened, and she felt that all the fatigue she had felt during this period disappeared in an instant.

"Tell me who it is?"

"Who has a partner?"

At this moment, Jiang Meishu suddenly understood why the older elders liked to urge marriage. It was because her genetic bloodline had awakened.

Especially after watching my own children grow up, I became even more curious.

Of course, she was just curious and had no intention of forcing the breeding.

Whether these children get married or not, Jiang Meishu will choose to respect each other.

Liang Rui didn't say anything. He lay down on the chair and watched the snowflakes falling. He looked very leisurely. "Anyway, don't ask me. I don't know even if you ask me."

It's like a state of being sworn to secrecy.

Jiang Meishu thought back carefully, "I think Liang Feng is still a fool, not very smart."

"So it's my Nanfang who has a partner?"

Liang Rui looked at her in horror, "How did you know that?"

Jiang Meishu said, "Isn't it obvious enough? Although Liang Feng has calmed down a bit, he still dresses the same as before. My family in the south usually dress simply. When I came back to see him this time, I noticed he was wearing an indigo cotton jacket and a grey scarf. I've never seen that scarf before."

Anyway, it wasn’t given by these two sisters.

After listening to her analysis, Liang Rui stood up and said, "If any of us ever become a couple in the future, it will definitely be unnoticed by your eyes."

Jiang Meishu saw through Jiangnan's behavior as soon as he got together. He had no choice but to accept it.

"It really is Jiangnan Fang?"

Jiang Meishu was surprised. She had fair skin and stood under the eaves covered with falling snow. She was so pretty that she seemed even more beautiful than the snow.

"Are you cheating me?"

Liang Rui reacted immediately, "You didn't guess, you just tricked me?"

I almost screamed out.

Jiang Meishu threw a handkerchief over his mouth and said, "Can't you keep your voice down?"

"Why are you yelling so loud? He didn't tell me he was dating someone in the south, so it must not be time yet. I'll just pretend I don't know, okay?"

"You let the cat out of the bag."

Liang Rui hummed twice, but didn't refuse in the end.

Jiang Meishu stood under the eaves watching the falling snow. She raised her hand to catch the snow. The snowflakes fell into the pink palm of her hand and melted in a moment.

After a long while, she sighed, "I didn't expect that my Nan Fang also has a boyfriend."

Obviously, in her memory, the other person was still a crying child.

Time flies.

"It's not really a relationship."

Liang Rui suddenly said.

Since Jiang Meishu had guessed it, there was no need for him to hide it any longer.

Jiang Meishu, "How do you say that?"

"It's just that the two of them had a crush on each other. They knew each other not long after Nanfang entered the institute, but they were just partners. Later on."

Jiang Meishu could almost guess it without Liang Rui finishing his words. Later, they just spent time together day and night and gradually developed feelings for each other.

Jiang Meishu became curious. "I wonder when Nanfang will introduce that lesbian to me."

She needs to prepare the gift for the meeting.

"Then I don't know."

Liang Rui bit a piece of straw, his eyebrows drooping, and said nonchalantly, "I haven't seen it before."

"You haven't seen it?"

"Yeah, I just took a look from a distance, and Nan Fang pushed me away and told me not to disturb him."

This has completely aroused Jiang Meishu's curiosity, okay?

Jiang Meishu, "What does it look like?"

Unfortunately, before she could ask, Liang Qiurun had already finished talking, and watched Jiang Lamei and the others leave.

Jiang Meishu also stopped talking and stopped gossiping with Liang Rui. Instead, she stood aside and greeted him, "Auntie."

"Director Yang."

"Section Chief Chen."

After calling out to each of them, I realized that they were all old acquaintances. However, seven or eight years had passed, and their status had shifted.

When Jiang Meishu was working at the meat processing plant, she was filling in for Jiang Meilan. At that time, she was a temporary worker in the trade union.

To put it bluntly, any one of the people who came to the Liang family today is her leader.

However, the identities of both parties have changed now.

They were facing the prospect of being isolated and transferred to idle positions by Director Li of the meat processing plant. However, Jiang Meishu went to the south with Liang Qiurun and was said to have made a name for herself there.

What's more, Jiang Meishu has invested in many industries by herself, which is enviable just by hearing about it.

Now that we have entered the 1980s, things are no longer like they were before, when people were afraid to talk about money.

On the contrary, smart people these days have realized that whoever can make money is the boss.

Thinking of this, after Jiang Lamei nodded and greeted him, Director Yang was the first to come over and flatter him, "Comrade Jiang, you're so proud of yourself after leaving the meat processing plant. If I were to say that when Section Chief Chen and I praised you as a formidable figure, I was absolutely right."

When Jiang Meishu married Liang Qiurun, few people were optimistic about her. After all, Jiang Meishu was a temporary worker at the time, while Liang Qiurun was the director of the meat processing plant.

These two people have nothing in common, but they got married and are living a good life.

Liang Qiurun was taken away and dismissed from his job at that time. Many people were afraid of being implicated by having any connection with him, but Jiang Meishu was not afraid. She looked for people to use her connections at that time.

Everyone can see the friendship between them and Liang Qiurun.

So it doesn’t seem surprising that Jiang Meishu has come this far.

Facing Director Yang's compliment, Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "Thank you for your good wishes."

"I also hope that Director Yang will continue to rise in the future."

She could say nice things, but Jiang Meishu used to be shy and aloof, so even though she knew it, she just couldn't say it out loud.

After going to the south to do business and gaining some experience, I was able to speak it out.

Director Yang should have been happy to hear the congratulations, but when he thought about his current situation, he couldn't be happy. "Why should I keep getting promoted? It's good enough that we haven't been fired by the meat processing factory."

They were lucky to be able to keep their idle jobs now. If they were really fired, this iron rice bowl that had been passed down for three generations in the family would be gone.

After listening to him, Jiang Meishu didn't know how to comfort him. After a while, she said, "Director Yang, you are a capable person, and capable people in this world will not be buried."

Director Yang smiled bitterly but said nothing. However, when it was Liang Rui's turn, he hesitated for a moment before finally speaking, "Liang Rui, do you still remember my family, Xiangdong?"

How could Liang Rui not know Yang Xiangdong?

When he had just transferred to the Meat Processing Factory Middle School, Yang Xiangdong was his first friend and also his number one lackey. When he was young and ignorant, he and Yang Xiangdong did a lot of wrong things and funny things.

But later, his father was taken away from the meat processing plant, and he was no longer the director of the meat processing plant. Most of the group of friends around him at that time dispersed.

Only Yang Xiangdong and Xiao Hou were left.

So when Liang Rui mentioned Yang Xiangdong, he was still a little dazed, "Uncle, how could I not remember him? It was us who burned down the factory together."

"Yes." Director Yang also sighed, "Xiangdong was just as naughty as you were back then, but I didn't expect you to work hard and get into Tsinghua University. Our Xiangdong didn't get into technical secondary school, only went to high school and took the college entrance exam twice, but failed. Now—"

Unemployed at home.

He actually felt uncomfortable saying these words because he felt embarrassed.

It is obvious that the two friends used to do the same kind of mischief, but Liang Rui turned over a new leaf, worked hard and became a talented person, while Yang Xiangdong failed the exams several times and is now unemployed at home.

Liang Rui didn't expect his friend to end up like this. He was stunned for a moment, and after a long while he asked, "Uncle, your family hasn't moved, right? I'll go see Dongzi."

Director Yang is very happy that he can go.

"He hasn't moved, he's still in the same place, Liang Rui." Director Yang was touched. "It's good that you can go see him. It means you still consider our Xiangdong as a friend. He's a bit left-leaning now. You can help me persuade him. He's not cut out for study, otherwise we won't study anymore."

Liang Rui hummed, said something to Jiang Meishu and Liang Qiurun, and then left with Director Yang. This made the old colleagues who came with Director Yang extremely envious.

See, this is the benefit of having a good relationship with the young master of the factory director's family. Even after several years, they can still pick up the relationship. Look at their dead child, they really can't even fight for the relationship.

You deserve to be disliked.

After they left the house, Jiang Meishu and Liang Qiurun came over and saw them off. The Liang family lived in a courtyard house, and the eaves at the gate were particularly wide. They stood under the eaves and would not be wet by the falling snow.

After they all left, Jiang Meishu asked Liang Qiurun, "Why did they come to see you?"

Liang Qiurun tightened the exposed collar of her coat, and after making sure that the cold wind would not blow in, he unbuttoned his coat, hugged Jiang Meishu in his arms, and quickly took her back into the house.

He then continued, "They want me to intervene and stop Director Li, so that they can return to their original positions."

After Jiang Meishu heard this, she almost laughed out loud, "Is this possible?"

"Isn't this a fantasy?"

"How could they make such an unreasonable request?"

Liang Qiurun hummed, "These people have had it easy for so long that they've lost their minds."

It was only after he left that he realized that this was a common problem among those who had worked in state-owned factories for a long time. They took it for granted that they had a stable job and believed that it could be passed down to three generations.

Jiang Meishu asked, "Did you promise them?"

"How come?"

Liang Qiurun saw that she liked to eat charcoal-braised sweet potatoes. After being braised, these sweet potatoes were sweet, fragrant and sticky. So he dug out an old one from the charcoal basin for her. It was a little dirty with a little dust on the outside. He peeled off the skin and handed it to Jiang Meishu.

Jiang Meishu didn't hesitate to bite into the sweet and soft roasted sweet potato, and she felt extremely happy.

It turns out that some foods are only suitable for eating in winter to create a sense of atmosphere.

"Not to mention that I've already left the meat processing plant. Even if I stayed, it would be difficult for people who took idle positions to transfer back. They would have to go to a new place."

"However, I'm not saying anything definitive. Some of them have been with me for several years, and I'm well aware of their abilities. If used well, they can handle the work really well."

"So I told them that if they felt they couldn't continue working in the meat processing plant, they could come with me to the south to develop their careers."

Jiang Meishu suddenly stopped eating the sweet potato. "What did they say?"

"Everyone said they would go back and think about it."

Liang Qiurun washed his hands with water and wiped them with a towel. He was a clean person, but he was willing to find the sweet potatoes in the dirty charcoal brazier, peel them and give them to Jiang Meishu.

I can only say that when you love someone, any difficulty can be overcome.

Even Liang Qiurun is no exception.

Jiang Meishu bit the sweet potato, with a sweet fragrance between her lips and teeth, "Will they come?"

Liang Qiurun shook his head and raised three fingers, "There are no more than three people who are willing to follow me to the south."

Because most people are used to the comfort of being boiled like a frog in warm water, as long as the meat processing plant does not lay them off, they will stick to their posts all day long.

After all, going to the south to work means leaving your hometown, which is not only unstable but also means you can't go back home. But working in a meat processing plant is different. Even if it is a sinecure, it is a stable job.

Maybe this iron rice bowl can be passed on to children, which is different after all.

Jiang Meishu, "Then forget it, just wait."

"Well, I told them to come see me before the 15th."

"I'll leave after that time."

*

Everyone who left the Liang family was also thinking seriously on their way back.

"Old Chen, Director Liang said we should go south with him. Will you go?"

Section Chief Chen was also promoted by Liang Qiurun. He smiled bitterly and said, "I would like to go to the south, but I have elderly parents and young children to take care of here. What will happen to my wife, children and elderly parents if I leave?"

"I'm the same as you. At our age, we can't leave, we can't leave, we can't do without, but I'm unwilling to just waste time like this."

"Yeah, we're both from the capital and have never left our hometown. I'm afraid people will laugh at me if I tell them."

Director Yang sneered at this, "Are you afraid of being laughed at? Aren't we being laughed at enough already? Ever since we were transferred from important positions to idle ones, who wouldn't laugh at us? Inside the meat processing plant, our former apprentices, students, and even sworn enemies have all risen to prominence, while those of us who used to have a good time are now on the verge of being fired."

"Seeing former students who are younger than us, we still have to say hello to the leaders. Isn't this a joke?"

"So you'd rather be laughed at by your old buddies than go out?"

"I'm different from you. I'm not a smart guy, but Director Liang is. He's also the most successful of those of us who left the meat processing plant, so I'm sure I'll follow him from now on."

As soon as these words fell, everyone was shocked. "Old Yang, if you follow Director Liang to the south, will you still want your home in the capital?"

"Yeah, you don't want your wife, children, mother, or father anymore?"

"Yes? I can have it if I stay in the capital? If I'm here, they'll all be laughed at. The reason our Xiangdong is like this is because after I was transferred, his old friends stopped hanging out with him, causing him to fall into despair. If I don't change and set a good example for my Xiangdong, I'm afraid I'll be ruined."

Everyone fell silent.

"Are you really going to the South? Have you thought it through? Do you have any regrets?"

The person who asked this question was Section Chief Chen.

Director Yang hummed, "Go ahead. At worst, I'll come back to beg for food. Then you have to give me a bowl of rice."

This was a sad thing to say, and no one said anything.

"If you go south, you'll lose your job at the meat processing plant."

"Throw it away. It doesn't matter to me now." Director Yang had a broken jar feeling. "When I see Director Li's fat pig face, I feel disgusted. Going to work is like going to a grave."

"It's boring."

Seeing how resolute he was, the others began to think more.

After arriving at the meat processing plant, everyone went home. Director Yang took Liang Rui to his home. Liang Rui had visited Director Yang's home near the meat processing plant countless times when he was young.

That was when he was the most rebellious, fighting, skipping classes and not going home, he was good at almost everything.

Every time he didn't go home, he would follow Yang Xiangdong to his house and sleep on the floor, so when he came again, Liang Rui was still a little dazed.

It turns out that the tube-shaped buildings that he once envied are now so dilapidated and worn out.

"Our family is still like this, Liang Rui, don't despise me."

Director Yang took out the key from behind his waist and opened the door with a click.

Liang Rui, "How could that be? When I came to your house to rest, you didn't think I was naughty."

After these words fell, Director Yang was stunned for a moment. He looked up at Liang Rui carefully and said, "You have really grown up."

That naughty and rebellious Liang Rui could actually say such words.

Liang Rui didn't say anything. He looked at the white hair on Director Yang's temples. He was silent for a moment, as if everything was different.

The door opened.

Director Yang shouted into the room, "Xiangdong, look who's here?"

Yang Xiangdong has not had a good life in recent years. His father used to be the workshop director of a meat processing plant, and everyone respectfully called him Director Yang.

But ever since his father was transferred, his life has gone from bad to worse, and all his former good friends have dispersed all of a sudden.

The eldest brother Liang Rui worked hard to study.

Xiao Hou is going to help his parents.

All his former friends left him, and the days when he was praised were gone forever.

Everyone else has a goal, but he doesn't.

Yang Xiangdong spent a few years in a daze, and later heard the news again, that Liang Rui was admitted to Tsinghua University and Liang Feng was admitted to University of Science and Technology of China.

It was then that Yang Xiangdong realized that the gap between him and Brother Rui had become so huge.

He once worked hard and wanted to get into a good university like Brother Rui, but he was not good at studying, no matter how hard he tried, he would sit down and study.

My butt feels like it has nails growing on it.

The textbooks I read quickly went in one ear and out the other.

After failing the college entrance examination twice in a row, Yang Xiangdong was completely discouraged and began to lock himself in the house. Even when his father came back to call him, he was lazy and didn't want to move.

Director Yang didn't hear a reply, and he was too embarrassed to keep his composure, so he shouted into the room again, "Xiangdong, come out and take a look, then you'll know who's here!"

Yang Xiangdong was a little annoyed. He covered his face with the book and said half-deadly, "Who is it?"

"Unless my brother Rui comes, I won't see anyone."