Chapter 100 Chapter 100 He doesn’t look young like me. …
There were hurried footsteps coming from the door, the door handle was turned, and the door opened a crack.
Liang Xin saw the familiar dark grey Zhongshan suit with straight lapels and four patch pockets with flaps. Before she could see the face clearly, the door was suddenly pushed shut by a slender figure who came jogging over.
Liang Xin: “…”
Hu Fenglian had already walked upstairs and saw Liang Xin standing at the door without moving. "This girl must have fallen asleep! She couldn't be woken up even when I knocked on the door!"
Hu Fenglian knocked on the door twice. "Why do you smell so much alcohol, Yueji! It's already so late and you're still not getting up. Don't you want to go to work?"
There was movement inside, but no one responded.
"I'm coming in!"
Hu Fenglian gave a warning, turned the doorknob and opened the door.
Lu Heping sat up hastily from the tangled floral quilt. One of the buttons on his Zhongshan suit was torn off, and his Adam's apple kept rolling at the open collar. His usually gentle eyes and brows looked at Hu Fenglian and Liang Xin with obvious panic.
Lu Yueji looked extremely tired. She panted and sat up from her knees on the bed, then got out of bed to look for her other slipper.
Liang Xin stepped forward and stood behind her mother-in-law.
Hu Fenglian was stunned for a moment, "Heping didn't go to work?"
Lu Heping: ".......rest today."
Hu Fenglian said "Oh", looked at Lu Heping, and then looked at Lu Yueji.
The air became visibly solidified.
Liang Xin noticed that Hu Fenglian's body shook slightly, and she quickly reached out her hand, and the next moment Hu Fenglian fell backwards.
"mom!"
The three people screamed in panic. Liang Xin supported her unconscious mother-in-law and pinched her philtrum with her thumb. "Go call Dr. Ma to come home."
Lu Heping strode out.
After pinching her philtrum for about a minute, Hu Fenglian gradually woke up. Her face had turned pale. She opened her eyes and saw Liang Xin, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly remembering something, he turned to look at the bedside, just in time to see Lu Yueji's face. He took a deep breath, which he had finally managed to catch, but almost couldn't catch it again.
"Mom." Lu Yueji's eyes were filled with tears. She didn't expect her mother to react so strongly. She fainted from fright.
Liang Xin helped her mother-in-law to calm down and helped her sit up.
Chief Lu walked up the stairs and saw Hu Fenglian sitting on the ground. His majestic expression changed and he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Hu Fenglian shook her head and took a few breaths, "......something happened!"
Chief Lu turned around and shouted, "Xiao Wei, call a taxi and take your aunt to the hospital!"
Hu Fenglian regained her strength after hearing his shouting. "Why are you shouting? Didn't you hear that something happened?"
Chief Lu looked at the red wine bottle on the ground, frowning, "If there is anything, we have to make sure you are okay first."
"Brother Heping has gone downstairs to call Dr. Ma."
Liang Xin said, "It would be quicker for Doctor Ma to come from the outpatient department. Mom must be overly nervous, and the amount of blood returning to the heart is reduced, and the lack of blood supply to the brain has caused a temporary fainting."
Lu Yueji said: "I'll go make Mom a cup of sugar water!"
As soon as Lu Yueji left, Hu Fenglian's face turned into one of "the sky is falling", "Our family is in big trouble!"
When Chief Lu saw that Hu Fenglian seemed to be fine, his face became as majestic as before. Looking at the room filled with the smell of alcohol, the corners of his mouth were stretched into a line, and his aura looked scary.
Liang Xin helped her mother-in-law up.
Lu Yueji hurried upstairs carrying an enamel teacup. When she saw her father's aura, she dared not speak and handed the sugar water to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin gave her mother-in-law a few sips of water and helped her breathe smoothly through her back.
Hu Fenglian looked at her daughter, "What's wrong with you?"
It was rare for Lu Yueji to see her mother get angry. Her shoulders shrank. She had just used up all her courage. Just when she didn't know what to do, she heard the sound of leather shoes stepping on the floor from behind, followed by a familiar voice.
"Dad, Mom, this is my problem."
Lu Heping lowered his head and said, "I have developed feelings for Yue Ji."
Lu Yueji paused for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at Lu Heping, surprise in her eyes.
Liang Xin looked at Chief Lu and her mother-in-law and saw that although they had some guesses in their minds, they were still frightened when they heard one of them admit it.
"How can this be possible!"
Hu Fenglian was so angry that she stood up from her chair, "You are brother and sister! How can there be such a relationship between brothers and sisters!"
Chief Lu's face looked as if ink could be squeezed out of it. "How far have you developed?"
Lu Heping said: "Dad, it hasn't started yet, but if you can accept it, I want to marry Yue Ji."
Lu Yueji's face was filled with shock. After the shock, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but secretly rise. All the panic and fear just now disappeared, and she even felt a little shy.
“You’re crazy!”
Hu Fenglian pointed at the two with shaking fingers, "You, you are all crazy, you are brother and sister! How can brother and sister get married!"
Lu Yueji immediately said: "We are not siblings!"
"They are siblings even if they are not biological siblings." Chief Lu said, "If they are siblings, they cannot get married."
Hu Fenglian stroked her chest and said, "If this gets out, it would be incest!"
The shyness on Lu Yueji's face was instantly shattered by these two words.
Lu Heping stepped forward and said, "Mom, Dad, it's because we were afraid of affecting you two and afraid of others talking about it and hurting you that we kept it to ourselves for so many years. But now that the People's Court has been restored, the state law stipulates that the fictitious relationship can be dissolved first. Yueji and I are no longer legally recognized siblings, so we are eligible to get married."
Hu Fenglian subconsciously looked at Liang Xin, who nodded, "That's right."
Chief Lu and Hu Fenglian obviously still could not accept this fact.
Liang Xin looked at the two of them and said, "Mom, please go sit on the sofa in the living room first."
Hu Fenglian's hair was covered in paste. She held Liang Xin's hand and walked out to the second-floor living room where she sat down on the sofa.
Liang Xin looked at Chief Lu and the two people behind Chief Lu who walked out, and thought of the ending in the original book where Lu Yueji committed suicide.
Then I thought about the fact that there was no mention of Lu Heping in the original book, but it was mentioned later that the Lu family had no children, so it must not be a good result.
Chief Lu exhaled, looked at Lu Heping and said, "Come with me to the study."
Lu Yueji's mind was filled with love stories of "breaking up a couple's relationship", and she immediately grabbed Lu Heping's sleeve, "Dad, if you have any opinions, just say it here."
Commander Lu glanced at his daughter.
Lu Yueji was extremely scared, but still didn't let go.
Lu Heping pried her hands apart, but she held them again.
When the atmosphere became tense again.
Liang Xin thought for a moment, and followed her mother-in-law's back and said, "Mom, I know you reacted so strongly because you treat Brother Heping as your own child and have forgotten that he was adopted. I also know that you would not do anything to hurt the child for the sake of your own face. When I first got married, people outside said bad things about me, but you never took the rumors seriously and fully supported the way Chongfeng and I get along. You have always been a wise elder, and so is Dad."
Commander Lu stood still.
Hu Fenglian shook her head, her whole body seemed to be broken. "If this matter... gets out, how can they hold their heads up and live like human beings? They will be drowned in the spit of the compound and the unit!"
Lu Yueji said: "We are not siblings! What right do they have to say that about us!"
"Deputy Minister Lin later married a wife, and his stepson and biological daughter are together. Didn't you hear what people in the compound said about him?"
Hu Fenglian said with an unpleasant expression, "I don't care about your father's official position, nor am I afraid that we can't stand the harsh words. I am worried about you. Deputy Minister Lin was affected by his children's private affairs at work, so he retired so soon. Even so, he didn't go to the retirement home. Now the whole family doesn't know where to move. Even if they move, as long as people know about it, they will have to live in the eyes of others who look down on them for the rest of their lives, and the whole family will be affected by rumors. They are not biological siblings!"
Lu Yueji said: "This is different!"
"Why is it different?" Hu Fenglian said, "As long as you get married, it will be said that we didn't raise the child well. If it was your colleague who got married to his own brother or sister, would you be able to control your eyes and your mouth and have the same attitude in your heart as you would towards other normal people getting married?"
Lu Yueji said: "I can!"
"Even if you can, can you endure one, ten, a hundred, or tens of thousands of people using such eyes, such words, and such attitudes to treat you like this every moment?"
Hu Fenglian didn't need their answers. "How old are you? Deputy Minister Lin walked through the hail of bullets and couldn't last two years. Do you want your parents and family to hide with you for the rest of your life? Can you bear your father, even Chongfeng and Liangxin, and Dudu in the future, to be affected by the rumors about your brother and sister getting married in their work and life?"
These words touched the deepest part of their hearts.
Lu Heping slowly clenched his fists.
Lu Yueji lowered her head with tears in her eyes.
The second floor fell into silence.
There was only the sound of heavy breathing.
"Actually, this doesn't require the consent of my parents."
Liang Xin spoke suddenly, attracting the attention of the whole family.
Lu Heping and Lu Yueji looked at Liang Xin with hopeful eyes.
This is a hurdle that they have been thinking about for many years but have not been able to find a solution to.
If they had not been suppressing their emotions for too long, and if the remaining alcohol had not stirred up their courage, they would have continued to keep their distance and lived one day at a time.
Hu Fenglian grabbed Liang Xin's hand tightly and said, "Good boy, do you have any good ideas?"
"Brother Heping is an orphan of a martyred family. I heard that it was Dad's comrades-in-arms and the organization that gave Brother Heping to Dad to raise."
Liang Xin said, "For so many years, my parents have had no second thoughts about Brother Heping and have raised him like their own child. Now he and Yueji are in love. My parents don't know what to do. They can ask the leaders and the organization. If the commander-in-chief agrees, my parents will marry their daughter to Brother Heping. It will be more worthy of the martyrs and the organization's instructions. There will be no more rumors about human ethics in the military compound and the unit. Anyone who talks too much will be going against the leaders and the organization!"
Hu Fenglian held Liang Xin's hand tighter, with a hint of joy in her eyes, "That makes sense, it makes a lot of sense, Old Lu!"
Lu Heping and Lu Yueji looked at each other, and saw the surprise in each other's eyes at having escaped from a desperate situation.
The corners of Chief Lu's tense mouth obviously relaxed slightly. He looked at Liang Xin and nodded.
When Hu Fenglian saw Chief Lu nod, she knew what he meant. She happily grabbed Liang Xin's hand and said, "I said that Liang Xin is the smartest person in our family!"
"My parents just found out and haven't reacted yet. Even if they did, they would have thought of this. As for the person involved, they are confused because they are involved."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "If I had just found out, I might not have been able to react. It's because I was mentally prepared that I can see things more clearly now."
"Second sister-in-law!"
Lu Yueji was surprised and frightened and asked: "When did you know?"
"I'm not blind or stupid."
Liang Xin said: "Even your second brother felt it."
Lu Yueji immediately looked at Lu Heping shyly.
Lu Heping was happy, but still a little worried as he looked at the two elders.
"I'll go to the headquarters now."
Chief Lu looked at the two of them and said, "Before you go, I want to ask you, have you really made up your mind?"
Lu Heping and Lu Yueji each expressed their determination.
Lu Heping added: "I like roses. I have liked them for ten years."
These words made Hu Fenglian and Lu Yueji burst into tears.
Lu Yueji said: "I will marry Brother Heping in this life! Otherwise I will die!"
Liang Xin's eyebrows jumped, "Good things are coming, don't talk nonsense."
Lu Heping bowed to Liang Xin and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Seeing that Lu Yueji was about to bow, Liang Xin said, "Don't worry, Dad's boss hasn't agreed yet."
Chief Lu raised the corner of his mouth.
The atmosphere in the living room on the second floor completely changed from tension and panic to joy.
The phone downstairs rang, Liang Xin went downstairs to answer Lu Chongfeng's call and told him about this.
Lu Chongfeng was silent for a moment, then he said, "I knew they were abnormal!"
"What are you whining about?"
Liang Xin looked at Dudu who was changing his diaper and said, "I guess you still have to go back to Jiangjing to attend the wedding."
"After I finish my work at headquarters, I can take a few days off."
Lu Chongfeng said: "I was planning to go find you guys."
Liang Xin said, "We have to help Yueji prepare her dowry, and we also have to help Brother Heping prepare..."
"What are you preparing for?"
Lu Chongfeng interrupted Liang Xin and said, "They have to prepare a gift for you. Without you, they don't know how long they will have to be miserable!"
Liang Xin was amused by him and said, "I won't say anymore. I'll tell you when you come back."
"You need to rest today. You had a shock at the train station, and then you had another shock when you got back."
Lu Chongfeng mentioned Wu Xinran's matter, "Director Wu is very grateful to you. I didn't see you in person, so I just took advantage of you."
Liang Xin asked: "How did you get the benefit from me? Did the funding go smoothly?"
"What are you talking about? Public is public, private is private. How can you confuse saving people with asking us for funds?" Lu Chongfeng said seriously, "We had a thank-you dinner. In addition, you and the railway police at the train station will probably be rewarded again."
Liang Xin didn't save people out of the desire to be rewarded, she just happened to meet him and chatted with Lu Chongfeng for a few more words. She hung up the phone only after Xiao Zao delivered the meal.
The next morning.
Liang Xin accompanied Minister Liang for a walk in the pine forest in the west courtyard.
Minister Liang said: "The Ministry of Finance has approved the $300,000 in foreign exchange out of the $3 million budget. It was not easy to get this amount of foreign exchange approved. You are the first factory in the entire military to use foreign exchange to introduce a foreign production line."
"I heard that there is a factory in the south that also needs $300,000 to introduce a foreign production line. It has already found a factory willing to lend 300,000 in foreign exchange, but it was stopped, even with a note from the mayor."
Liang Xin said: "Minister Liang must have worked hard for a long time so that our family factory could get this foreign exchange. Thank you Minister Liang for your support and recognition."
Minister Liang smiled and waved his hand. "I won't mention the hard work. To tell you the truth, I am under a lot of pressure. The main source of pressure is that I heard that there are no less than ten instant noodle production lines in the country. Other factories in the military also have plans to introduce such production lines. There are too many products rushing into the market in the past two years. The market is so big. If there is a rush now, there will inevitably be a rush in a few years."
"The small ship of the Family Factory stood out from the surging waves and attracted the attention of the General Logistics Department."
Liang Xin said: "A hundred boats compete in the current, and the one who paddles hard will come first. This is a thriving market that we are very willing to see."
Minister Liang smiled even more deeply, "You are different from others. I believe in you."
Liang Xin accompanied Minister Liang for a walk and saw from afar Lu Chongfeng, who was supposed to arrive in a few days, standing at the door and looking around.
As soon as he saw them, he strode over.
Lu Chongfeng greeted Minister Liang. Minister Liang looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, then turned and walked home.
"Why are you back so soon?"
"Miss you."
Liang Xin looked around at the people and glared at him, "You are getting bolder and bolder."
"That's the truth."
Lu Chongfeng asked, "But why is there no one at home?"
Liang Xin walked up the steps of the small building, "Dad and Mom went to Commander Zhao's house this morning. Isn't Yueji here?"
“No.”
Lu Chongfeng went home, hugged his daughter, and then came out to greet Liang Xin.
Make sure Liang Xin sees him return home as soon as possible!
Liang Xin walked in and saw the luggage on the ground. "Have you not eaten yet?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded and said, "I ate in the dining car at night, and arrived at the station before mealtime this morning."
Liang Xin went straight to the kitchen, "What do you want to eat?"
"I want to eat something spicy."
Lu Chongfeng said, "The food I ate these past two days was very sweet and greasy."
Liang Xin opened the refrigerator, looked at the chopped pork filling inside, took it out and put it on the table, "Make wontons, using the Chongqing way."
"OK."
Lu Chongfeng went to pick up Dudu and circled around Liang Xin.
Liang Xin opened the lid of the flour jar and scooped a few scoops of flour into the yellow basin.
"How can I eat so much?"
".....Are you the only one in the family who has a big mouth?"
"Oh, it turns out it wasn't made especially for me."
Liang Xin walked out carrying the yellow basin, "We are all benefiting from your help."
Lu Chongfeng was immediately happy again. He held his daughter and followed Liang Xin to the restaurant. "How are they?"
“No news yet.”
Liang Xin cracked eggs into the flour and asked, "How many days can you stay?"
"I just applied for a two-week family visit leave." Lu Chongfeng said, "It should be enough for them to finish their wedding, and then I can go back with you."
With Lu Chongfeng around, Liang Xin felt relieved.
After all, in this chaotic period, it is really unsafe for lesbians to travel long distances by train.
Liang Xin poured water into the flour to make a soft, smooth hard dough, took it out and put it on the chopping board to knead and press it repeatedly. "I haven't kneaded dough for a long time. I haven't had time to go to the bakery to take a look."
"You haven't had time to go to school yet."
Lu Chongfeng held Dudu high up in his arms and swung around in circles. "How cool are they? They got married right after graduation. They really became a campus couple."
Liang Xin looked up at him, "Are you envious?"
“I’m not jealous now.”
Lu Chongfeng held his daughter up and watched her kicking her feet. "Dudu is amazing! She will be taller than her daddy in the future!"
Sister Ji came over to help mix the stuffing, "Should we add the ingredients as we would for making wonton stuffing?"
Liang Xin had already kneaded the egg dough until it was moist, and she covered it with a wet cloth to let it rest. "Let me do it. You sit down and have a rest and drink a cup of tea. You don't have to be nervous at home."
Sister Ji thought this was the general's house.
There's no way not to be nervous.
But sitting close to Liang Xin felt a little better. He picked up the thermos and made green tea for Liang Xin, Lu Chongfeng, and himself.
Liang Xin took the soaked dried shrimps outside, turned on the fire and fried the walnut kernels and peanuts.
The crispy and rich taste attracted Lu Chongfeng again.
Liang Xin picked up a shiny and crispy peanut, blew on it, and put it in his mouth.
Sister Ji was already used to the close interactions between the two and turned around to drink tea.
“It smells so good.”
Lu Chongfeng was chewing peanuts when his ears suddenly moved. "Someone is back."
Lu Yueji entered the door first, with her wings spread like a butterfly, her mouth almost raised to the sky. She trotted to the kitchen and hugged Liang Xin, "Second sister-in-law, my children will all have your last name Liang in this life!"
Lu Chongfeng curled his lips.
Seeing her like this, Liang Xin naturally understood that the commander-in-chief and the organization supported their marriage. "I don't even want my own child to have the surname Liang. Your child should continue to have the surname Lu. Congratulations."
Lu Heping put the breakfast he bought on the table, walked into the kitchen and patted Lu Chongfeng's arm. It was rare that he had a youthful look on his face. He played with Dudu and then looked at Liang Xin, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"From now on, you are no longer my brother's wife."
Lu Chongfeng held his daughter horizontally, his expression proud, "Liang Xin and I have both been upgraded here with you, you have to call me brother and Liang Xin sister-in-law."
Lu Heping raised his fist, but because Lu Chongfeng adjusted the way he held Dudu, his fist failed to land on his chest.
"Then I said I upgraded!"
Lu Yueji said: "You have to..."
Lu Chongfeng raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Yueji, "Go on."
"Everyone shouts their own words." Liang Xin walked to the restaurant carrying fried and chopped walnut kernels and peanuts.
"That's right, everyone should call their own names!" Lu Yueji said, "Second sister-in-law has the final say!"
Lu Chongfeng was speechless.
Liang Xin added salt, MSG, eggs to the pork filling in the enamel basin, then poured in a little water and stirred evenly. She took out the soaked dried shrimps and poured in the fried and chopped walnut kernels and peanuts. She added sesame oil and mixed well. The delicious filling was ready. She turned around and looked at the quarreling brother and sister.
"Why haven't Mom and Dad come back yet?"
"Mom and Dad still have something to say to the elders."
Lu Yueji's expression was awkward, "It seems like they are discussing our wedding date."
"It's time to get married."
Lu Chongfeng looked at the two of them and said, "If we don't get married soon, Brother Heping's hair will turn white, and he doesn't look young like me."
Liang Xin: “…”
Lu Yueji looked at Lu Chongfeng in disbelief, who was inexplicably confident, and was speechless.
Lu Heping's fist finally landed on Lu Chongfeng's shoulder, "I'm only two years older than you."
While continuing to bicker, the four of them wrapped the dumplings together.
Lu Yueji went to the stove to add firewood, while Lu Heping cooked wontons.
Liang Xin mixes soy sauce, chili oil, sesame seeds, pepper, chopped green onions, sugar, sesame oil and garlic water evenly into a sauce and serves it in a small dish.
Chief Lu and Hu Fenglian are back.
As soon as Hu Fenglian entered the room, she said, "Thanks to me for marrying Chong Feng such a good wife!"
Chief Lu: "...I've been talking about this all the way."
"I'll tell you this forever!"
Hu Fenglian pulled out a chair and sat down. "I'll tell you a secret. I've been praying to Buddha every night. This has gone smoothly. I also pray to Buddha for your safety. Now the temples have resumed their incense business. It's rare for us to get together like this. After dinner, you can go to the temple with me!"
Chief Lu: “….”
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
The family members of the proletarian revolutionary leaders have secretly not believed in Marxism-Leninism but in ghosts and gods!
"real?"
Lu Yueji was surprised and said, "Then I'll go!"
Lu Heping: "Let's go together."
Lu Chongfeng just curled his lips and wanted to say that he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when he heard Liang Xin say "OK", his tongue suddenly changed, "Hurry up and eat, go early!"
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