Chapter 118 End of the text She had never experienced an identity before, she...
But being thick-skinned also has its advantages. This bite of preserved vegetable pancake tastes especially delicious in the mouth.
Tang Xiaogu really has a talent for making cakes. The mushroom cake he made earlier and the preserved vegetable cake he made this time were both delicious, especially the pastry of the cake, which was crispy when you took a bite. After eating the palm-sized cake, your mouth will be filled with fragrance.
"One more." Tang Xiaoyan passed the plate over and gestured, "Take the top one. It tastes best when it's still hot out of the pot."
"Okay!" Jiang Shuangshuang was so rude that she ate several pieces of preserved vegetable pancakes without realizing it while talking to the two sisters. She was so full at the end that she couldn't even drink a sip of water.
"No, no, I have to stand up and take a break."
Tang Xiaogu smiled softly, "I'll make you some hawthorn water."
"Thank you for your help." Jiang Shuangshuang stood up and walked around the yard. Tang Xiaogu came out after making hawthorn tea. She replied, "It's not a big deal. I have to thank you. The fish basket you taught us to make has been put down. We caught two big grass carps. I thought I'd pickle them for a while and then I'll treat you to a piece."
"Okay, I'll bring some food over then." Jiang Shuangshuang may be impolite, but she has always been a "give and take" person. It's impossible for others to take advantage of her, but if the other party is polite, she will be even more polite.
The three of them chatted for a while in the yard over hawthorn water.
As they chatted, Tang Xiaoyan suddenly said, "I went to the cafeteria this morning and heard Auntie Huang talking about your uncle. Comrade Lin has been imprisoned."
"Imprisoned?" Jiang Shuangshuang almost forgot about this matter. She was so busy with teaching and working on the project these days that she forgot to inquire about it. The two bootlickers were not so desperate that they just left. Lin Lin couldn't find them, let alone persuade Cheng Jing to sign the letter of forgiveness.
Since the parties involved did not understand, Lin Lin was naturally detained.
In fact, it is not a serious matter. It is nothing more than a few days of detention, and there is no need to even send them to a farm for reform.
But this incident had a great impact on her.
From the hatred at the beginning to the panic later, followed by the detention, which was actually only about six or seven days, but she felt like she was living a year in these six or seven days. When she was released, she was in a daze. Looking up at the heavy rain in front of her, she felt that her life was just like this rain, completely messed up.
"What are you still doing here?"
Lin Lin was stunned and her face turned very ugly. She obviously recognized who was speaking.
But she didn't turn her head away, as if she was unwilling to accept it.
"Lin Lin, you are really capable. You actually caused so much trouble that you were detained. Are you planning to completely throw the Lin family's reputation on the ground and let others trample on it?"
Lin Lin suddenly turned her head and stared at the person in front of her, "Are you here to laugh at me?"
Standing in front of her was a woman in her thirties who was wearing a shirt with a small lapel and a Zhongshan suit jacket. She was dressed very neatly and looked particularly dignified and steady.
Looking at her face, you can see that she is quite similar to Lin Lin, only a few years older. She said, "Do you think I want to come? If mom hadn't asked me to come, I would have put aside my busy schedule..."
"That's enough!" Lin Lin interrupted her directly, her eyes full of jealousy, "Busy? Can you stop telling me how busy you are every time we meet? You wish I didn't know how amazing you are, Lin Jing. You've become a senior cadre at such a young age. How impressive! Who in our family can compare to you?"
While she was talking, Lin Jing on the other side did not interrupt her. Instead, he let her vent her feelings and then said calmly, "So, isn't this the truth?"
“…”
Just these one sentence made Lin Lin speechless.
Isn’t Lin Jing amazing?
Otherwise, why would she be so jealous?
From childhood to adulthood, she has always been a favored child in the eyes of others and is praised wherever she goes.
But if you want to say who is the most powerful child in the Lin family, it has never been her, but Lin Jing in front of her.
When she was about 30 years old, she rose to the position of senior cadre. No matter who heard her, they would praise her by saying that she was worthy of being the granddaughter of Mr. Lin's son, and that a good father will have a good daughter.
Lin Lin, who has a bad temper, couldn't stand it, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up. However, she couldn't accept herself and the reality, and could only torture herself.
She didn't want to face it in the first place, and now that Lin Jing saw her at her most desperate moment, she felt so suffocated that she couldn't breathe.
Two people snorted, and then looked at each other in silence.
In the end, Lin Jing sighed, "Who doesn't know your cunning mind? If you want to compete with me, then do it openly. Do you think that if you marry a good man, I will look up to you?"
Lin Lin's face was dark and her chest was heaving. She felt as if a knife was stabbing her throat when she heard these words.
"It's happened twice. First, you made a mess of yourself for Sun Bei, and now you've spent all your energy for Gu Yuanwei and ruined your reputation." Lin Jing was actually reluctant to come. She had thought about getting along with them as good sisters before, but she couldn't just stick her face to someone who didn't like her.
And she also looked down on Lin Lin's character.
Even though she was her own sister, some of the things she did were too shameful in her eyes, and this time was no exception. But don't say it was someone else's fault. She had found out everything before coming. If there was any fault, it was Lin Lin's fault, so wrong. What she said before was not because Lin Lin was detained, but because of the bad things she had done.
The Lin family has always been upright and honest. How could they have ever done such a thing to harm others and benefit themselves?
Especially in recent years regarding the affairs of the two brothers of the Cheng family, although it is said that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, to be honest, Lin Lin has taken a lot of advantages. She has said it and has blocked it, which is really annoying to watch but she is too lazy to care.
But it would have been fine if the Lin family didn't know about it. Since they knew about it and couldn't stop it, they might as well give the two brothers of the Cheng family some convenience in other places.
She didn't mean to say bad things about the two brothers of the Cheng family, but considering their abilities and the fact that the old couple of the Cheng family were not the kind of people who would give their children too much convenience, it would not be easy for the two brothers, Cheng Jing and Cheng Jing, to become the director and deputy factory director of an important unit respectively.
It's just that the Lin family also contributed a bit, so it can be considered as atonement.
But it's really hard to settle this. Money matters are easy to settle. The Cheng Jing brothers' family got into such a mess. Although they had their own reasons, Lin Lin couldn't explain it clearly. It was just a bunch of nonsense anyway.
Lin Jing had advised her before that if she continued like this, it would backfire sooner or later, but what was the point of persuading her? She had to persuade her. But now, she thought it was a good thing. It was better to suffer now than to suffer a greater backlash in the future.
Apart from anything else, at least she is still young and she has the opportunity to correct herself if she makes a mistake.
Of course……
Then she has to start repenting.
"When you were little, you loved to fight with me. You never took a break from fighting. I was too lazy to pay attention to you then, but now I'm giving you a chance to compete with me." Lin Jing looked at her seriously. In fact, her sister was very smart, but she didn't use her intelligence anywhere, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up in her current situation.
She continued, "But don't compare me with men. My success as Lin Jing depends on myself, not men. Don't just focus on men. Even if you really marry a regiment commander or a political commissar, I won't look up to you."
After that, she placed the bag she was carrying on the clean steps and said, "This is the transfer file. I'll be waiting for you at my hometown. It's up to you whether you want to come back or not."
Regardless of whether Lin Lin listened to her words or not, Lin Jing would not waste any more words. It would be good if she listened to them. If she could climb out of this quagmire, she could still be saved. With her abilities, she could always create a bright future.
But if she still couldn't figure it out, that was Lin Lin's own business. She could come all the way here out of sisterhood, but she wouldn't waste too much time on Lin Lin, because such a person was not worth it.
Lin Jing's arrival was beyond Lin Lin's expectations. She didn't know whether the words Lin Jing said would touch her heart. Anyway, after the heavy rain, Lin Lin did not go to work or go to the factory to handle the transfer procedures. It was as if she had disappeared.
At first, some people still used this as a topic of conversation, and from time to time a large group of people would gather together to chat about it. But as time went by, new topics of conversation emerged, and Lin Lin never appeared in front of the crowd, so they stopped chatting.
It was not until a month and a half later that the soldiers who had been on the mission returned to the troops one after another.
Gu Yuanwei was among the first group of people to return.
But he did not find out what happened to his target until after he came back. At that time, Gu Xiumin contacted his superior directly and made a long-distance call to him. Later, Lin Lin's detained sister called him a second time.
So after returning home, he was not surprised by this incident. Instead, he said hello to his family and went directly to the tractor factory's family compound to look for someone.
Lin Lin rarely appears in public, but that doesn't mean she has left.
Gu Yuanwei's arrival did not surprise her, or rather, she had been waiting for him to come back and give her definite news.
"You know everything, right?"
"Um."
"Yeah." Lin Lin laughed to herself, "They didn't like me in the first place, and thought that a divorced woman like me wasn't worthy of you. Now they can't wait for you to get rid of me."
Gu Yuanwei frowned slightly. He actually knew that his family was unwilling, but he couldn't force them to happily welcome the person into the house even though they were unwilling, right?
Especially the family members didn't do anything too excessive.
My parents are not the kind of people who have bad tempers and beat or scold us for no reason. If they show their displeasure, it only shows on their faces. My sister is a little arrogant, but she never acts impulsively.
Just like this time, no matter how angry or anxious she was, she would endure it and find out everything clearly before bringing it up.
Maybe he was still a little biased towards his family, but during the time he and Lin Lin had been together, she had never once mentioned her dissatisfaction with his family. But now she was directing all the conflicts towards them, which he did not agree with.
He said frankly: "My parents do not agree, but it is not because of your divorce. If it was just because you were divorced, they would not have had much contact with you during this period."
Lin Lin's face froze.
What else could it be if not a divorce?
This was something she was most reluctant to admit. She opened her mouth but no words came out. Instead, she tried again and again before finally saying with difficulty: "You came to me to break up with... with me?"
Gu Yuanwei did not answer, but remained silent for a while before speaking, "If I change my job and return to my hometown to be a clerk, will you still be willing to marry me?"
Now is the most critical moment. If he reports his marriage to Lin Lin, he will definitely not get the approval of the army. There are only two possibilities.
Break up or transfer to another job and leave the army.
The army would never allow him to marry a lesbian who had been detained. He would not be able to pass the political review. If he insisted on marrying her, he would have no choice but to retire and leave the army.
Lin Lin also knew this. She had thought about it for a long time during this period, wondering whether she would be willing to marry Gu Yuanwei if he changed his career and became an employee in a factory.
But every time this matter popped up in her mind, she immediately put it aside, unwilling to give herself an answer.
Now when Gu Yuanwei asked her about it, she subconsciously thought of three words.
"Not willing."
How could I possibly be willing?
If she was willing to marry an ordinary man, how could she end up in her current situation?
But Lin Lin did not answer, as this answer would make her appear too dominant. She asked directly, "What about you? Will you change your career and marry me?"
Gu Yuanwei lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time.
Lin Lin smiled bitterly, "You won't."
Gu Yuanwei clenched his hands that had fallen on his thighs. He really couldn't do that.
He joined the army when he was sixteen, and he had gone through countless battles and dangerous missions to get to where he is today, and he had shed blood and sweat to get to where he is now. He was reluctant and unable to give it all up.
"I understand." Lin Lin stood up. In fact, she already knew the result, but she still held on to a very small hope, wondering if she would get another answer.
But what good can you do if you get it?
She would rather be single than marry an ordinary person, as such a marriage would not bring her any glory.
Without saying anything more, he turned and left.
…
Jiang Shuangshuang received the news on the third day.
That day, Tang Xiaoyan came running over with a happy face, saying that Tian Tao was fired. It turned out that Lin Lin did not just leave. Somehow, Tian Tao offended her and reported her before leaving.
From the time she joined the factory until now, Tian Taozhong had embezzled a total of about 200 yuan worth of movable items. Not only was she fired, but she was also required to pay the money back. In the end, she had no choice but to return to the team in disgrace.
Because of this incident, Tang Xiaoyan happily ate two more bowls of rice and talked about a lot of dirty words that Tian Tao had used to curse her sister. She was so angry at that time and now she felt so happy to see her sister suffer the consequences.
However, Jiang Shuangshuang didn’t have time to chat with her much because Comrade Cheng had gone home!
After more than a month of separation, she didn't miss him that much when she didn't see him. But when she saw Cheng at the door, she happily dropped the snacks in her hand and rushed over, "You're back!"
Cheng Jin stretched out his hands and held the person in his arms, "I'm back."
He held her tightly with his hands, lowered his head and buried it in her neck, taking a deep breath.
"It's itchy." Jiang Shuangshuang raised her hand, slapped him on the head, and pushed him back.
But it was obviously useless. Cheng Jing didn't move at all. Instead, he closed his eyes and burrowed closer. "Don't move. Let me slow down."
"...Okay." Seeing that he was covered in dust, Jiang Shuangshuang knew that he had not had an easy time recently, so she let him recharge.
Fortunately, their courtyard was at the very end, and no one would pass by even if the gate was wide open, so Comrade Cheng could hold her as long as he wanted, and she also wanted to hold him more.
I didn't realize it before, but after trying it, I realized how good it feels when two people hug each other.
It feels so warm to hug the person you love most.
But...
After a few minutes, Jiang Shuangshuang had to speak up, "Comrade Cheng, I think you need to go wash up."
"..." Cheng Jin let the man go and walked inside with his bag, "Wait for me a moment!"
I walked into the house with my long legs, and as soon as I entered, I found that the inside had changed drastically.
His first reaction to the originally empty and gray house was that it had the feel of "home". Not only were all the furniture put away, but every corner of the house was also tidied up, with some small items hung up and some window paper pasted on it. It was no longer so monotonous and had a more homely warmth.
In an instant, he fell in love with this place.
At the same time, there was some regret, "Thank you for your hard work, I didn't help you."
"Don't talk so early." Jiang Shuangshuang would never work hard on herself. The heavy chores in the house were done by Cheng Jing and her brother-in-law, while the small things were done by her and Sanxi. It wasn't really that heavy, it was just a little busy.
Later, after those people left, there was still work to do at home.
She just did the urgent things with her hands. If the unimportant things were still piled there, she would at least give Comrade Cheng a sense of participation. "The windows of the stove room need to be tightened, the handrails of the stairs need to be repaired, and more coal needs to be brought in before the snow falls..."
"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Cheng Jin answered without hesitation. He put down his bag and started looking for work to do. As he worked, he said, "This window needs some oil. If you apply some oil, it won't creak."
Sure enough, once the sense of participation in cleaning up his own house came over him, he became extremely excited and wanted to renovate the entire yard. Not only did he do everything Shuangshuang had asked him to do, he also scrubbed and washed the clothes piled in the backyard, and then rolled them out to dry in the yard.
After everything was done, he washed up.
I even used more soap when taking a shower so that I could smell the fragrance.
Jiang Shuangshuang bought the soap in a department store. A palm-sized piece cost RMB 1.80 including the ticket. It was more expensive than the soap sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, but that’s because it smelled good, with a hint of milk.
Has Cheng Jin ever been so particular about taking a bath before?
But he had smelled this scent on Shuangshuang before. It was not as strong as the scent of soap, but it was particularly refreshing. Every time he wanted to get closer, even closer!
As he walked out of the room, he raised his arm and took a deep sniff.
But she immediately frowned, with a look of disgust in her eyes. We were using the same soap, so why did the smells differ so much? It wasn't as good as Shuangshuang's, not even one percent... no, not even one thousandth as good.
"Comrade Cheng!" Jiang Shuangshuang leaned on the bench downstairs with its back against the wall. She had pasted light-colored window paper on that part of the wall and placed two cushions on it. It was very comfortable to lean on it.
If she has nothing to do, she likes to lie here and daydream.
Just now she was lying here watching Comrade Cheng busying around, but as she watched, she felt hungry and looked up and shouted, "I'm hungry."
"I'm coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps running towards him quickly. The voice came before the person came over. "What do you want to eat? Should we go to the cafeteria or the state-owned hotel? I heard from my comrades that the state-owned hotel on the back street has mutton soup. Do you want to try it? What's the matter?"
As soon as Cheng Jin came over, he wrinkled his nose. He raised his hand to touch her cheek, but found that her eyebrows wrinkled even deeper. He didn't dare to stretch his hand too far. He asked again worriedly: "What's wrong?"
"What did you apply? It tastes weird." Jiang Shuangshuang frowned, feeling a little nauseous.
Cheng Jin raised his hand and smelled it, "The soap you bought smells really good."
After applying two more strokes, he felt his whole body was fragrant. He had never smelled so fragrant since he was a child.
Jiang Shuangshuang took his hand and stood up, walking towards the door, "It's too stuffy in this room, let's go eat mutton hotpot, I'm so hungry that I can eat two big pots!"
result……
The facts were not as Jiang Shuangshuang thought.
She was really hungry, but as soon as she entered the door of the state-owned hotel, Jiang Shuangshuang's face turned pale and she wanted to vomit. Comrade Cheng beside her was shocked and wanted to grab his wife by the waist and rush to the health hospital.
But they did go to the hospital later, but it was not so exaggerated. They did not really hold the baby up by the waist and run there. Instead, they supported him all the way, as if they were protecting a precious baby, fearing that he would get hurt in the slightest.
When the test results came out, Comrade Cheng was completely stunned, his mouth wide open and he was unable to react.
Jiang Shuangshuang, who was sitting, spoke up, "Almost two months?"
"Yes, there are various reactions in the early stages of pregnancy, so don't be too nervous." The middle-aged doctor looked at the new father's stunned look and smiled and reminded him, "Pay attention to rest, maintain a good mood, and come in time if you feel any discomfort."
"Okay." Jiang Shuangshuang put one hand on her abdomen. She had doubts on the way here, but now she was not too surprised. Comrade Cheng was quite good at calculating the date. It was estimated to be the wedding days.
"I'm going to be a father?!" Cheng Jin finally realized what was happening. He wanted to jump up, but he was worried about Shuangshuang being shocked, so he held back. He clenched his fists tightly and endured it, his face flushed and the corners of his mouth curled up. "Wife, you're pregnant!"
He was really surprised and delighted.
I thought I would have a child sooner or later but I didn't expect it to be so early. After all, my brother-in-law Feng Erchuan has been trying for two years but failed... He is indeed better than my brother-in-law!
"Yes, I'm going to be a mother." Jiang Shuangshuang smiled.
In her previous life, she never thought that this day would come.
She worked hard and was definitely a leader in her career. Everyone would give her a thumbs up. But she never even tried marriage, and never even thought about it.
She never felt that her life was incomplete without marriage and children.
She still thinks so now.
But I have to say, this feeling is amazing.
She held Comrade Cheng's hand tightly.
She has never experienced this before, but she is already looking forward to it!
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