While Lin Nanfeng was drinking his soup, Xiang Pingwei took out a set of chess pieces from somewhere. He asked as he arranged them:
"Will it rain?"
Lin Nanfeng nodded, not afraid that he would know. "We know a lot of things, but most of them are not sophisticated. It's no problem to fool ordinary people."
The reason why they are not proficient is that they are not given enough time to learn, so although they have many skills, they are not proficient in them.
"It wasn't easy for you either, going there at such a young age..."
Liu Xinrou paused here, then smiled and changed the subject:
"Even we ourselves never thought that that brat Afan would actually get in on his own. In the end, we had no choice but to let him go."
Speaking of this youngest son, Liu Xinrou has a lot to say.
"He has two older brothers and one older sister, and his father always favors one over the other.
Whoever wants something has to fight for it on his own. If you have the ability, you can even borrow our power from outside.
So Old Xiang never used any backdoors or did anything to help any of his children."
"Only this youngest son."
Speaking of this, Liu Xinrou sighed and said, "Maybe he's old, or maybe he feels sorry for Afan, so Lao Xiang has made exceptions for Afan a few times."
"Why tell this to the child?" Xiang Pingwei said while placing the chess pieces.
Liu Xinrou thought to herself: I have my own reasons.
He said disdainfully, "Place your chess pieces. Don't cheat again when you lose later."
Xiang Pingwei scoffed, "How can a man like me cheat? What a joke."
Liu Xinrou gave him a secret look without exposing him, then turned around and continued talking to Lin Nanfeng:
"Once, when Afan went to your father's place, Lao Xiang personally called your father's superior and asked him to help take care of Afan. Just to make things easier for him."
Can you give me a favor?
Lin Nanfeng remembered that her father was very cruel when they were on the island, and no one except her had ever received any convenience.
"Also, the year they went on the mission, Old Xiang was so worried that he couldn't sleep at night. He called your father every day, asking him to find a better place for his son."
This would definitely not be a convenience. After all, as the daughter of Qin Shouguo, the place I went to later was not much better than Xiang Guifan's.
"Another time was when Ah Fan came back injured. In his suicide note, he said he wanted to see you one last time and asked your father to hand him over. But your father didn't hand him over."
Lin Nanfeng suddenly remembered and continued, "So the fight between the two old comrades was because of me?"
It can also be said that it was because of Xiang Guifan’s suicide note.
So why did Xiang Guifan write in his last letter that he wanted to see her?
And the day she met Fatty, Fatty was in a hurry to take her to see Xiang Guifan in the middle of the night. Was it because Fatty knew something that made him so anxious?
Lin Nanfeng seemed to have guessed something, and she lowered her eyes in thought.
Liu Xinrou on the opposite side smiled at her man with pursed lips.
Xiang Pingwei implicitly gave his daughter-in-law a thumbs up. His daughter-in-law was too smart. By the time his son spoke up, it would be too late and his daughter-in-law would run away with someone else.
"Come, let's play chess." Xiang Pingwei laughed.
Lin Nanfeng seemed to have guessed something and lost interest in playing chess.
But Xiang Pingwei couldn't tell when she wanted to be perfunctory to someone.
Although their relationship was not as tense as it could be before Xiang Guifan went on the mission, it was not much better either.
Lin Nanfeng had no idea when Xiang Guifan started to have feelings for her, nor could she see anything.
Besides, they were only a few years old at that time, and no one thought about it that way.
Before the game was over, the seat next to me was suddenly pushed away by someone.
Lin Nanfeng turned her head and saw Xiang Guifan, who had just woken up and looked sleepy, picking up the white chess piece in front of her and starting to play.
Liu Xinrou hit his hand and said angrily, "Your dad is about to lose, why are you here making trouble? Go out and get me a bottle of vinegar."
Xiang Guifan didn't go or say anything, and continued with what he was doing.
The father and son started playing chess, taking turns to play. The two people watching the game were silent at first, but later Liu Xinrou couldn't help but talk about Xiang Pingwei.
They called him stupid, said he made a wrong move in chess, and told him he was bound to lose.
The Xiang family will remain stubborn even at the last second of the end of the world.
"I definitely won't lose if you don't say anything, so stop pulling me."
Later, when he lost, he blamed his wife, "It's all your fault for speaking out. Otherwise, how could I have lost to that unskilled brat?"
"That's hilarious! You never win at chess. It's not surprising that you lost to your son today. It would be strange if you won."
"Nanfeng just said that they are not good at this. How do you know I can't beat him? If you didn't say anything, I would definitely win. It's all your fault for speaking out."
The old comrade’s chess character is not good, and people get anxious when talking about this.
Lin Nanfeng and Xiang Guifan looked up at them bickering.
Xiang Guifan was used to the old couple getting along like this, and his face remained calm.
Xiang Guifan was speechless, but Lin Nanfeng wanted to explain after hearing what he said.
Although they are not very good at some things, they are better than ordinary people. Besides, Uncle Xiang, you are not very good at playing chess, so it is not difficult to beat you.
Lin Nanfeng was about to speak when the doorbell rang. Liu Xinrou said very experiencedly:
"Stop arguing. Someone has sent you another telegram. Go and take a look."
Xiang Pingwei was still angry, and he lowered his head and ordered his son to open the door. His tone was particularly bad because his son had been too disrespectful to him in front of his daughter-in-law today.
The person who came in was a girl in her twenties. She seemed to be quite familiar with the Xiang family and called Xiang Guifan "Brother Xiang".
Liu Xinrou handed Lin Nanfeng an apple and whispered:
"Your uncle's radio operator is acquainted with Afan, right? They call each other brother and sister. The girl is already engaged and seems to be getting married soon."
Why are you explaining this to me? Lin Nanfeng held the apple and didn't respond.
Xiang Guifan stepped forward, snatched the apple from her hand, and took a bite.
It was not difficult to tell from the forced expression on his face and the deliberate act of snatching her things that Xiang Guifan was still annoyed about what happened yesterday.
Lin Nanfeng originally thought that the question he asked yesterday was incomprehensible, but now he understood. He was afraid that Zhou Chengfeng was jealous.
"Are you childish?"
Xiang Guifan took another bite of the apple, this time chewing it right in front of her, with a naughty expression on his face that made people want to slap him.
Lin Nanfeng tolerated him, turned his head away and ignored him.
Liu Xinrou watched them playing and walked over to Xiang Pingwei with a smile.
Over there, Xiang Guifan ate an apple while holding her neck from behind with his arms and took her upstairs.
Lin Nanfeng was dragged backwards by him. If the elders were not there, they would definitely beat him up.
As soon as their son left their sight, they heard a falling sound on the stairs.
The sound was so loud that it startled the girl delivering the telegram. Liu Xinrou laughed and said:
"Your son is so old but he's still like a child and still loves to bully others. Now someone is finally punishing him!"
That doting look on his face made people guess that the person who just went upstairs with Brother Xiang was definitely not just a comrade-in-arms.
Xiang Pingwei signed and said, "If you think your son won't grow up, then we'll keep him for a few more years. Nanfeng is going to school for further studies, so let him go too. Let Nanfeng..."
Xiang Pingwei paused here and changed his words: "Let the country take care of him for us."
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