Chapter 80

In the second half of the night, when I was sleeping soundly, there was a sudden noise in the corridor of the guesthouse. The voices mixed with the chaotic footsteps made it impossible for me to sleep.

Lin Tao was awakened by the noise and opened her eyes blearily, only to find that Li Chengxi had also woken up and was wearing his military uniform.

Lin Tao listened to the hurried footsteps and loud noises outside and knew that things were not simple. However, because she was nervous, she couldn't help but ask, "Cheng Xi, what's wrong?"

At this moment, someone knocked on their door from outside: "Open the door, open the door, open the door quickly!"

The man knocked on the door very loudly, and the sound of him knocking on the door was even louder. Lin Tao was afraid of waking up Yueyue who was sleeping soundly, so she quickly hugged Yueyue into her arms and rocked her gently.

She didn't need to guess, she knew who the person knocking on the door was. Who else could come knocking on the door and check on the room in the middle of the night except the Little Red Soldiers? Thinking of the little red soldiers who smashed and looted Teacher Liu's house, her brows knitted tightly. She didn't have a good impression of this group of people.

"It's okay, I'll go take a look." Li Chengqi comforted Lin Tao, then stood up and opened the door.

Outside the door, the young comrade from the guesthouse was persuading the leading Red Guard: "The people living in this room are revolutionary soldiers, not the kind of people you are looking for. Go look for them in other rooms."

The little red soldier was used to being arrogant. They fought wherever they went. They didn't take his words seriously at all and continued to bang on the door: "We must clean out all the harmful insects. No matter who lives inside, we will check them!"

At this moment, the door was opened from the inside, and Li Chengxi walked out. He looked at the group of young men wearing red armbands with a cold face, and said in a cold voice: "What's the matter?"

Since the movement began, many schools have suspended classes and universities have closed down. These half-grown boys have nothing to do at home, so they act like they are some damn revolutionary young warriors, but in fact, they are just making trouble under the guise of a name.

The leading Red Guards arrested many people and ransacked many homes, including many powerful ones.

But when he saw Li Chengxi in front of him, wearing a military uniform and with a cold face, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. But in front of so many people, even if he was scared, he couldn't show it, and he didn't dare to rush in to arrest people. He took a look inside through the crack of the door.

I found that it was just as the young comrade said, that there were three people in the family.

He did not dare to look directly at Li Chengxi, because that gaze was too sharp and oppressive. He felt that his back was sweating a little, and turned his head to say to everyone: "I have already found out that they are not harmful insects. Let's drive these two sluts away and go back to hold a pidou meeting!"

This time they came here after receiving a report from the public that there were two adulterers in this inn, so they came in the middle of the night to arrest them, and they actually caught them.

At this time, the man was topless and was being held down by two Red Guards, while the woman was wearing clothes but her hair was messy.

The two arrested people were helpless and kept explaining that they were husband and wife, but their marriage certificate was lost. If they didn't believe it, they could check it out.

But these little red soldiers didn't believe them at all and insisted on driving them away.

Li Chengxi didn't know whether this was true or not, and it was difficult for him to intervene. However, if they were really a couple, the Red Guards couldn't really do anything to them. But by coincidence, Li Chengxi saw the two people coming to check in today. When they took the letter of introduction, he also saw their marriage certificate inside.

"Wait a minute." Li Chengxi stopped the Red Guards and said, "I saw today that they do have a marriage certificate. They were probably just too nervous and forgot where they put it."

Then he said to the two people, "When you checked in today, I saw your marriage certificates in your bags. Why don't you look for them carefully to see where they fell into it?"

If they could find the marriage certificate at this time to prove that they were husband and wife, it would prove that it was all a misunderstanding and they wouldn't be suppressed by this group of Red Guards.

The man said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, I also said that I lost it accidentally. We came at night and have not left since entering the guesthouse. It must have fallen somewhere in the guesthouse. I wanted to look for it again, but this young general would not allow it. Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, can you please ask the young general to let us look for it again?"

The couple are both employees in the same factory. They were on a business trip together this time. They originally thought that they could travel in the mountain city at public expense. They have several children at home, and the place is small, so several people live in one room. They haven't had sex for a long time.

After finally staying in a guesthouse, he thought he could take this opportunity to enjoy his married life, but as soon as he took off his clothes, the Red Guards rushed in to arrest him. They said they had received a report from the public that someone was having an affair in the guesthouse, and they suspected it was them.

They were all terrified and quickly took out the letter of introduction. However, they couldn't find the most crucial piece of marriage certificate, so they had no way to prove their marital relationship. The couple was directly taken away by the Little Red Guards.

The little red soldier snorted with disdain: "All anti-Dong factions are paper tigers. You have been searching for a marriage certificate but still can't find it. What else can you do but be an adulterer? Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, we will not cause any trouble to you, and you should stay out of our business. Our business is the business of the masses and the people!"

Li Chengxi said: "When it is needed, the public's eyes are sharp, and when it is not needed, the public is ignorant of the truth. Where there is oppression, there is resistance."

The leading Red Guard was no match for Li Chengxi. He glanced at him and said to the two Red Guards holding the woman, "Let her go and let her go. Even if she wants to run, we can catch up with her."

Two more people were sent to follow the woman to find the marriage certificate. Not long after, the woman really found the marriage certificate. It turned out that they were afraid that the Red Guards would come to check the room, so they put the marriage certificate under the pillow for use.

Little did they know that they would show up when things were halfway done. The woman was so scared that the more nervous she was, the easier it was for her to forget things. She even forgot where she put the marriage certificate.

Red Soldier got the marriage certificate, looked at the names on it, and compared them with the names on the two people's letter of introduction, and found that they were indeed husband and wife.

After returning the marriage certificate to them, the little red soldier, who was only a teenager, warned them in a serious tone: "Please keep the marriage certificate safe in the future, otherwise no one will speak up for you next time."

"Yes, yes, there won't be a next time, there won't be a next time." The couple nodded repeatedly. They were both scared to death, and they probably wouldn't even dare to stay in the same guesthouse as a couple next time.

This group of little red soldiers came in large numbers and left in large numbers.

The couple thanked Li Chengxi repeatedly and said they would treat them to dinner the next day, but Li Chengxi refused because they had to return to the island early in the morning.

The young comrade said to Li Chengxi embarrassedly: "I'm so sorry, I have persuaded them for a long time and told them your identities, but they didn't believe it and insisted on taking a look. I think I disturbed you and your sister-in-law's rest. It will be fine after they are done making trouble. You can take a rest. I don't know who reported that we entertained all the adulterers..."

Li Chengxi knew that it was not his fault. Those little red soldiers were fearless and did whatever they wanted in the name of movement. Even he could not do anything to them.

"It's okay, you can go back and rest too." Li Chengxi said, went into the house and closed the door.

Inside the house, Lin Tao was holding Yueyue in her arms. She heard the shouting outside the corridor fade away. She reached out and opened a corner of the curtain. She looked down and saw the group of people walking out of the guesthouse in a mighty manner.

At this time, Li Chengxi had already entered the house. Just when Lin Tao was about to look away, she saw a shirtless man, holding clothes in his hands, jumping from the second floor to the first floor.

"Chengxi, come here and take a look." Lin Tao wanted to call Li Chengxi to come and take a look, but when Li Chengxi walked to the window, the figure had long disappeared.

It's too dark. I can't see anything clearly.

In the second half of the night, Lin Tao couldn't fall asleep. However, Yueyue slept soundly in Lin Tao's arms despite the huge commotion and didn't wake up at all.

Li Chengxi talked with Lin Tao for a while, and heard her say that she had just seen someone jump out of the second-floor window. It might be the adulterer that the group of Red Guards wanted to catch.

Lin Tao fell asleep at around 4 or 5 in the morning. She didn't have any nightmares about what happened last night, probably because Li Chengxi was by her side.

When I woke up the next day, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Li Chengxi had already bought breakfast and was putting it in a lunch box, covering it with hot water so that it wouldn't get cold so quickly. It was still spring, and Li Chengxi could stand eating cold food early in the morning, but he wanted Lin Tao to eat something hot.

After Lin Tao washed up and had breakfast, their boat ticket was for noon, so seeing that it was almost time, she left the guesthouse and went to the pier.

Lin Tao had dark circles under her eyes as she didn't sleep well last night. When they got on the boat, Li Chengxi put the luggage at their feet, then took Yueyue from Lin Tao's arms and let Lin Tao take a nap.

Lin Tao leaned back to rest, but her mind kept thinking about the man she met last night. She didn't know why, but she always felt like she had seen that man somewhere before.

But if she was asked where she had seen him and who he was, she really couldn't remember.

This feeling was really uncomfortable, and Lin Tao didn't sleep well last night. She was already feeling uncomfortable and had some seasickness, which made her even more dizzy. She shook her head, drove away the messy thoughts in her mind, and simply stopped thinking about it.

Anyway, you may not be able to figure it out no matter how hard you try, and it will only make you feel uncomfortable.

Lin Tao was so sleepy that she actually fell asleep on the boat. When they reached the shore, Li Chengxi woke her up, and Lin Tao held Yueyue while Li Chengxi carried the luggage.

The luggage is more and heavier, so it is more convenient to carry the child.

After getting off the boat, Xiao Ning drove to pick them up. She took the luggage from Li Chengxi and put it in the trunk. Xiao Ning sat in the driver's seat, while Li Chengxi held Yueyue and Lin Tao in his arms and sat in the back seat.

There were too many people at the pier, so Xiao Ning couldn't say anything. Now that she was in the car, she couldn't help but report the specific battle situation to Li Chengxi and Lin Tao. She told them how Old Lady Lin had made a fuss and how she was scolded by Chen Shuifen. Many military wives on the island were speaking up for Lin Tao.

When Lin Tao and Li Chengxi left the island, she told Xu Yuting and Chen Shuifen that they were going out to take pictures. Because she had not expected what would happen later, she thought that when Mrs. Lin saw that their door was locked, she would go to Lin Hui's house. She did not expect that she would actually make a noise and a fuss at the door of their house.

When Xiao Ning talked about what happened that day, he couldn't help laughing, and his face was beaming with joy. Even though he wasn't at the fight at the time, he talked about it as if he was really there. He also praised Lin Tao, "Sister-in-law, you are really smart. Fortunately, you left the island with the leader in advance, otherwise if you were there, you might really suffer."

Lin Tao glanced at Li Chengxi beside her, pursed her lips and smiled, "This plan was proposed by your captain, you should praise your captain."

Xiao Ning quickly flattered him: "The commander is worthy of being the commander. Not only is his shooting accurate, but he also uses military tactics so well. I..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Chengxi glared at him: "Why didn't I realize that you are so good at talking before? The Propaganda Department is short of people recently, how about transferring you to the Propaganda Department?"

Xiao Ning was stunned for a moment. Li Chengxi said, "Drive carefully."

Xiao Ning quickly fell silent and dared not say anything else. The regiment commander was the youngest and most capable officer in the entire army, and also the fastest promoted regimental-level cadre. Everyone said that it would not be long before the regiment commander was promoted to deputy brigade commander. He was really lucky to be able to serve as a bodyguard for the regiment commander.

Although the team leader is sometimes a bit serious and fierce, he is a very nice person!

Besides, his sister-in-law was also very nice and would sometimes invite him to her house for dinner. Even for the meal that his sister-in-law cooked, Xiao Ning didn't want to leave!

Xiao Ning didn't say a word until they got home. After getting off the car, he quickly went to get his luggage. After putting the luggage away, Xiao Ning made a gesture to Lin Tao, pointed at himself, and made a walking gesture, meaning that he was leaving.

Lin Tao found Xiao Ning's look funny. She glanced at the man who was packing his luggage. This man was so scary when he got fierce.

Lin Tao said, "Okay, Xiao Ning, your leader is joking with you. You are doing well here, how could he transfer you to the Propaganda Department? It really makes me uncomfortable to see you like this, so just say something."

Xiao Ning glanced at Li Chengxi and saw that he didn't say anything, so he smiled and stroked the back of his head and said, "Okay, Captain, sister-in-law, I'll leave first then."

"Okay, go ahead. How about coming home for dinner in the evening?" Lin Tao asked.

Xiao Ning waved her hands: "No, no, sister-in-law, you and the team leader just came back and need to rest. I won't join in the fun."

After Xiao Ning left, Lin Tao helped Li Chengxi pack his luggage. She took out Yueyue's clothes that needed to be washed and put them aside, and gave the clean ones to Li Chengxi to fold up and put in the closet.

Yueyue was still sleeping at this moment, and Lin Tao put her in the crib to sleep.

Lin Tao said, "Look at you, you always have a stern face. Xiao Ning is so afraid of you."

Li Chengxi said, "It's time to teach him a lesson. Before you came, he knew what to say and what not to say. Now, maybe he sees that I'm easier to talk to than before and talks more. Sometimes there are things you should say and things you shouldn't say. If I don't teach him a lesson, he won't remember it."

When Lin Tao heard this, she felt that what Li Chengxi said made sense, so she took the initiative to say, "I don't know this time, but next time you talk about him, I won't say anything."

Li Chengqi comforted her: "It's okay. I just told him about it. He knows what happened. He won't dare to do it again next time."

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No one had lived in the house for a few days, so although it wasn't very dirty, Lin Tao and Li Chengxi both liked to keep things clean, so they cleaned the house together.

Li Chengxi asked Lin Tao to go and have a rest and he would clean up by himself. However, Lin Tao said that she had rested and couldn't sleep now, so she was free anyway.

Since they wanted to keep the house clean, they might as well do a thorough cleaning. The couple wiped the tables and cabinets, and mopped the floor. In a short time, the house was bright and clean.

Lin Tao washed Yueyue's clothes herself. Children's clothes are soft, and she thought Li Chengxi's hands were too strong and she was afraid that he would rub the clothes to pieces.

Li Chengxi went to fetch water and chopped some firewood.

Lin Tao washed Yueyue's clothes and hung them up, then went to check on the rabbits at home. They were all fat and there were fresh vegetable leaves in their food. Chen Shuifen must have fed the rabbits and chickens before going to work in the morning.

Before Lin Tao left the island, she gave Chen Shuifen a spare key so that she could feed the chickens and rabbits for her. Otherwise, after they stayed on the island for three or four days, the chickens and rabbits would have been starving.

Thinking of what Xiao Ning said, Lin Tao took out some twisted dough candies and mung bean cakes that she had brought from the supply and marketing cooperative outside the island. She brought them for Chen Shuifen, Xu Yuting, Zhong Jing and others.

However, they were still at work at that time, so Lin Tao planned to wait until they got off work in the afternoon and then go find them and deliver the things to them.

When Li Chengxi came back from fetching water, Lin Tao was already making lunch.

At noon, Lin Tao made some cornmeal glutinous rice cakes and fried some sour beans. Put the sour beans into the holes of the glutinous rice cakes and eat them. They tasted really good.

This was the first time Lin Tao tried this, and unexpectedly it was quite successful.

Last time, she saw Chen Shuifen making Wo Wo Tou at home. People in Xiangcheng don't eat Wo Wo Tou. Lin Tao ate it last time and thought it tasted okay, but it just didn't have much flavor in her mouth. At that time, she thought that if she added some other dishes to it, it would taste quite good.

It was also the first time for Li Chengxi to eat it. He had eaten breakfast early and was already hungry. He ate more than ten of the whole plate of steamed buns. Anyway, every time Lin Tao said to eat something casually, she was not casual at all when it came to the taste.

Lin Tao laughed at him, no wonder Yueyue could eat so much, it turned out she was like him.

After lunch, Yueyue woke up and cried loudly. Lin Tao touched her and found that she had peed.

After changing her diaper, Lin Tao asked Li Chengxi to make some rice porridge for Yueyue, and fed her some, and then some milk. Yueyue ate her fill, and a smile appeared on her face.

Lin Tao was still thinking about Lin Manman. She had no choice but to go out to avoid the limelight last time in order to avoid Old Lady Lin. Normally, she should have treated Lin Manman well when she came to the island, but they stayed outside the island for three or four days.

Lin Manman is a quiet and honest person, and I don’t know how she will adapt to the new environment.

Putting Yueyue into Li Chengqi's arms, Lin Tao said, "Yueyue, go play with Daddy. Mommy has to go to the clinic to see your aunt."

Lin Tao packed a dozen or so wo wo tou with sour beans in her lunch box, took some twisted candy and melon seeds, and went out. The house was left to Li Chengxi, the old father, and Yueyue, the little girl, to play around. Anyway, Lin Tao was not worried about Li Chengxi taking care of the baby.

Yueyue loves playing with Li Chengxi. Every time Li Chengxi comes home from get off work, if she is awake, she will clap her hands happily, smile, and wait for Li Chengxi to hug her.

The clinic has moved to a new location. The previous one was a little small, and it was built at the beginning. As the number of people in this garrison increased, everyone's requirements for medical care became higher, and a new clinic was built since last year.

The new toilet is much larger than the old one. It has three floors and is good in every way.

They were all from the same island, and the people at the clinic knew Lin Tao, and they also knew that she had a younger sister who had just come to the clinic to work as a pharmacist. When Lin Tao arrived, someone asked her if she was looking for Lin Manman, and helped her to call Lin Manman.

Lin Manman also changed into a navy uniform, with her long hair tied into two long braids on both sides. The female comrade pulled her hair out and was very happy to see Lin Tao: "Sister Tao, you're back?"

"Well, I arrived in the morning. I cleaned up at home and made some food, and brought some to you. You look so good in military uniform. In the blink of an eye, Manman has grown into a big girl." Lin Tao straightened the braid that Lin Manman had left behind when she fell.

Lin Manman felt a little embarrassed and her face turned red.

Lin Tao handed the aluminum lunch box, fried dough twist candy, melon seeds, etc. to Lin Manman and said, "Give it to everyone."

Lin Manman had just arrived here and was unfamiliar with the place. She didn't talk much, so Lin Tao was afraid that she wouldn't even have any friends here if she didn't take the initiative to talk to others.

As the elder sister, Lin Tao brought some things over and asked Lin Manman to distribute them to everyone, so that Lin Manman could take the initiative and get to know everyone.

"Manman just came here and doesn't have many friends. I hope you can be friends with her, then I'll feel more at ease." Lin Tao said with a smile.

Lin Manman took some food and distributed it to everyone. Some wanted to eat fried dough sticks, some wanted to eat melon seeds, and some wanted to eat wowotou. She immediately agreed to what Lin Tao asked her to do: "Teacher Lin, don't worry. Manman learns things very quickly. Our chief pharmacist praised her today."

"Yes, Manman is very cute. We all like to play with her."

Lin Manman and several newly recruited pharmacists are still in their internship period and have a lot to learn. They can't start right away, so it doesn't matter if they leave work early today. When the chief pharmacist saw Lin Tao coming to find Lin Manman, he simply let Lin Manman go home early.

On the way, Lin Tao asked: "Are you used to it here? Is everyone okay?"

"Very good, everyone is very nice." Lin Manman nodded. "The one who just called me is called Xiaofeng. We live in the same dormitory. She is a very nice person. Sister, you don't have to worry about me. You and your brother-in-law took Yueyue out to play on the island this time. Did you have fun?"

"It's fine, but I'm worried about you. We're not here when you come here, and you have to do everything by yourself."

"No, my brother-in-law had arranged everything. When I brought Third Grandma up here, I was terrified, afraid that we might bring harm to you. Fortunately, you had arranged everything. Third Grandma made a big scene, but everyone thought she was in the wrong."

In order to prevent Mrs. Lin from remembering the route, she deliberately took a detour.

The two sisters hadn't seen each other for half a year, so they had endless things to talk about when they met. After Lin Tao asked about some matters on Lin Manman's side, she also asked about things back home: "Is Aunt Fang okay? Aunt Fang must be reluctant to let you come over."

"She was reluctant to let me go. My mother cried secretly for several nights when she thought about me leaving. But if I dared to say that I would not come, she would get angry again." In fact, Lin Manman also understood that her mother would rather let her come to the island so that she could have a good future. In the countryside, what else can you do besides working in the fields and earning work points?

Lin Manman said, "By the way, Sister Tao, I have something else to tell you. My mother is getting married."