Chapter 118 Chapter 118 Jiahua’s life is really not easy.
"Hiding from someone?"
Liang Xin frowned, "Who is she hiding from? Her mother?"
"no."
Lu Chongfeng said: "You have also seen that person, Liang Tianguang next door."
Liang Xin was stunned, "...Minister Liang's son?"
As soon as she asked the question, Liang Tianguang took the initiative to come to her house twice to ask in a roundabout way and gave her a look that once made her feel strange, and she immediately found the reason.
Lu Chongfeng explained: "Zheng Xiaojun told me that Lu Wei and Liang Tianguang were once in a relationship, but the relationship was very brief, only about three or four months, and Lu Wei proposed to break up. The two parted ways amicably when the relationship ended, and Liang Tianguang acted very calmly. But after a few days, Liang Tianguang began to pester Lu Wei. After Zheng Xiaojun went to find Lu Wei, the conflict became more serious."
Liang Xin was silent for a while, "Didn't Liang Tianguang just get transferred back to the military region? The farthest Lu Wei has been is Jiangjing, and she was busy doing experiments every day in college. How could she be dating Liang Tianguang?"
"You need to ask Lu Wei about this."
Lu Chongfeng said: "But it shouldn't be important now."
Liang Xin looked up, "Why?"
"Are you stupid?"
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin tightly, "It must have been resolved, so she and Zheng Xiaojun would get married."
"Too."
Liang Xin sat up, lifted the quilt and tried to get out of bed, but was carried back by Lu Chongfeng.
"The lights-out bell has rung, so they must have gone to bed. It won't be too late to call them tomorrow."
Lu Chongfeng stuffed Liang Xin back into the bed, "Besides, what can you explain over the phone? You will definitely go back when Lu Wei gets married. It's better to wait until you meet her in person before asking."
Liang Xin lay in his arms, still muttering, "How did I get entangled with him? I don't know if Lu Wei suffered any loss."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly sighed.
Liang Xin retracted her thoughts and turned to look at him, "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Chongfeng: "It's not easy to be a Jiahua."
Liang Xin raised the corner of her mouth, "I'm jealous of everyone, go to sleep."
After hearing what Lu Chongfeng said, Liang Xin immediately packed her luggage to return to Jiangjing without asking Lu Wei any more questions on the phone.
Lu Chongfeng was about to leave for the military district to attend a commendation meeting.
It turned out that Liang Xin was also planning to take Dudu back to visit his grandparents after the New Year.
In addition, many activities were held in Jiangjing, so Liang Xin handed over the factory to two deputy factory directors and took several cadres from the sales and marketing department on a business trip.
“Beep!”
As soon as the military vehicle drove up to the familiar two-story crimson building, Hu Fenglian wanted to lie on the window and greet the driver inside the car.
Liang Xin whispered in Dudu's ear, "Baby will be able to see the grandparents in the photo soon. Please call for help when you get off the bus, okay?"
Dudu stretched out his short little fingers, "Grandma!"
"So good."
Liang Xin kissed her daughter's soft black hair, and as soon as the car stopped, the door was opened.
Dudu shouted loudly: "Grandma!"
Hu Fenglian's face suddenly looked ten years younger. Regardless of her old age, she took Dudu in her arms, rubbing and kissing him for a long time without letting go.
Liang Xin got off the car and Lu Chongfeng went to the trunk to get the luggage.
"Mom, Brother Heping and Yueji are not at home?"
"Yueji is out of town filming a movie, Heping hasn't gotten off work yet, and your dad is in the army, so I'm home alone."
Liang Xin held her mother-in-law's shoulders and said, "Mom, Dudu can already walk. You can put her down and lead her into the house by the hand."
"Dudu can walk now!"
Hu Fenglian was struggling to hold Dudu anymore, so she carefully put him on the ground. Seeing that Dudu could stand on his own, she said, "Oh, our Dudu is amazing! He can really walk!"
Lu Chongfeng came around with his luggage, ".......Whose child is one year old and still can't walk?"
Hu Fenglian choked, "You can't walk when you're one year old!"
Lu Chongfeng sneered, "I don't know who it was, but he kept talking about how I could walk at nine months old, bragging to everyone he met."
Hu Fenglian ignored her son, took Dudu's hand with loving eyes, and climbed up the steps to the door step by step.
A pot of green tea had been brewed on the coffee table in the living room. When Xiao Shi saw someone coming into the room, he hurriedly brought out the chicken soup that had been stewed in the kitchen.
"Deputy Commander Lu, Liang Xin, this is the soup that Auntie personally cooked this morning. Auntie also rolled out the noodles and washed the vegetables. Would you like to have a bowl of chicken soup first, or should I go and make chicken noodle soup?"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry, we just got off the car, wait a while before eating."
Hu Fenglian sat on the sofa holding Dudu. "I've bought the milk powder. I heard that Dudu has started to eat complementary food. I don't know what you young people feed your children now. I went to the service center this morning to buy carrots, mushrooms, shrimps, ribs, beef and lean minced meat. I also asked the logistics department to send a basket of vegetables, all fresh."
"Thank you, Mom."
Liang Xin took off her scarf, unzipped her luggage, and took out two pairs of cloth shoes. "Mom, I heard that you and Dad both have uncomfortable feet, and your eyesight isn't very good either. These are two pairs of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles that I made for you. They are very comfortable to wear."
Hu Fenglian cried out "Ouch!" again, and stretched out her hands to receive the two pairs of cloth shoes with great curiosity. She looked at the densely layered soles and the black cloth embroidered with flowers on her own pair, and said with tears in her eyes:
"These cloth shoes are breathable and comfortable. You won't feel tired no matter how you wear them. But my eyes are blurry now. I can't even see the eye of a needle with my reading glasses. My hand skills are not as good as before. I can't continue to do it. Liangxin and Yueji can't compare to your thoughtfulness and consideration for mom."
Lu Chongfeng came out with a towel and handed it to Liang Xin. "After working all day, my waist is bent due to exhaustion. After dinner, I have to sit on the sofa and insist on sewing shoe soles. On the way to the factory, I also have to carry the soles with me and sew them on the road."
The tears in Hu Fenglian's eyes fell directly.
Liang Xin hurriedly said, "Mom, don't listen to his exaggeration. I have a day off, and the sewing machine also helped. It's not that complicated."
My mother-in-law has been sending them money and gifts for many years.
Moreover, over the years, no matter what state she became, she never stopped receiving the salary that was promised to her.
Even though she repeatedly stressed that she shouldn't give them any more money because she was already working and earning a salary, her mother-in-law was afraid that they wouldn't have enough to spend in Jiangkou, so she sent them money during festivals and Dudu.
It can be said that half of Chief Lu’s salary was given to them, and the other half was probably spent on Yue Ji and Brother Heping.
Apart from buying some things for their relatives in their hometown, the old couple hardly spent any money on themselves.
Things in Jiangkou are far inferior to those in Jiangjing. If they asked someone to help buy them from Hong Kong, the only suitable ones would be some plasters and leather shoes. Fashionable clothes were not suitable for the old couple, so Liangxin made two pairs of cloth shoes herself.
Parents will also feel differently when wearing shoes made by themselves.
Seeing her mother-in-law hurriedly taking off her shoes and putting them on, stepping back and forth on the floor in her new shoes like a happy child, Liang Xin also smiled.
After eating chicken noodle soup and making corn shrimp cakes for Dudu and feeding her, Liang Xin called Lu Wei to make an appointment.
Lu Wei and Zheng Xiaojun already knew that they would be back today and had reserved time in advance. As soon as they received the call, they came to Lu's house.
Dudu was put to sleep in his grandparents' room on the first floor. Hu Fenglian knew that Liang Xin wanted to talk in private, so she took the initiative to leave the living room and go to the room to watch Dudu sleep.
Liang Xin looked at Lu Wei and didn't say anything for a long time.
Lu Wei leaned over and picked up the teacup on the coffee table. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want to delay your work."
Liang Xin nodded. "I was just thinking, you can't fail to handle this. If you are still entangled, it means you still have feelings for him, so why did you propose to break up?"
Lu Wei held the teacup in his hand for a few seconds, then turned to look at Liang Xin, smiled and sighed, "His mother found me and asked me to leave his son."
Liang Xin frowned slightly, "Does he know?"
"have no idea."
After Lu Wei finished speaking, he was about to drink his tea, but suddenly his words had a double meaning, so he explained: "I mean, I don't know, I don't know if he knows."
Liang Xin asked: "You didn't tell him? Did you just break up with him?"
"When we were dating, I didn't know his father was the chief of general logistics. I only found out when his mother came to see me."
Lu Wei held the teacup but never took a sip. "The fact that his mother came to see me shows that the era when poor and lower-middle peasants were considered legitimate is over. His mother obviously sees her children's marriage as an extension of the family's interests. My background does not meet their standards for selecting a daughter-in-law. Even if I give without limits, I cannot soften his mother's class prejudice. Besides, I don't intend to give without limits."
Liang Xin didn't say anything.
Lu Wei smiled again and said, "Your marriage to Lu Chongfeng is a one in ten thousand chance, and it is the last stage before the class differences start again. I am also happy to see that when society begins to redivide classes, your life in the Lu family can still be smooth and happy. But I will not believe that love can fight against structural injustice just because I see my best friend's marriage. Even if love can fight against class contradictions for a while, marriage cannot. Marriage will only be a mirror of class contradictions."
Liang Xin: "So you and Zheng Xiaojun get along well?"
"His parents and he himself prefer a family with high intellectual backgrounds," said Lu Wei. "We have the same ideas. We believe that the core of marriage needs to be the ability to grow together, rather than a static match of family backgrounds. More importantly, his parents respect Zheng Xiaojun's life choices, rather than asking him to obey unconditionally."
Liang Xin thought about Liang Tianguang's appearance and didn't think he would be the kind of person who would unconditionally obey his parents.
But we have to admit that Lu Wei has a thorough understanding and long-term considerations.
"However, based on my several contacts with Minister Liang's family, I feel that...her class concept is not based on political identity, but on economic capital. Simply put, she is actually a very mercenary person."
Lu Wei was stunned for a moment.
"Although I also think Zheng Xiaojun is very good and may be a good match for you, this kind of marriage is always a bit awkward. I don't think it's the best for you and him. If a person takes the initiative for a long time, he will get tired."
Liang Xin said: "I have a way to help you fight for it again. If you have more feelings for Liang Tianguang and he doesn't give up, do you want to try it?"
Before Lu Wei could say anything, a woman hurried in through the door.
Seeing Lu Wei sitting in the living room, his face suddenly became long, and he smiled with a fake smile, "Chong Feng's wife is back, your uncle Liang praises you every day, why don't you come over to his house and sit for a while?"
Liang Xin was concerned that Lu Wei had not made a decision yet, so she stood up and said politely, "Aunt Wu, we just got home and were talking to a friend about something."
Minister Liang's family member walked to the living room and looked at Lu Wei, "Liang Xin, as an elder and someone who has experienced this, I have to remind you a few words. As you move up the ladder, some of your old friends' standards and expectations of you also begin to change. If you are not careful, you may fall into a pit. If you are not careful, you may lose everything you have now. You must not believe in the sweet words of others. I am sorry for your uncle Liang's expectations and praise of you."
"You rushing here in such a hurry means you are afraid."
Lu Wei said, "If you appear in front of me again and make me unhappy, I will be so upset that I will probably do whatever I want. Then you will be more than just afraid."
Hearing Lu Wei's threat, Minister Liang was obviously surprised for a moment, then stared at Lu Wei with a grim expression.
She has been treated with respect and courtesy wherever she goes for all these years, and no one has ever threatened her like this.
"I suddenly feel that Liang Tianguang should also have the right to know." Lu Wei looked at Liang Xin and said, "The phone call..."
Minister Liang turned around and left angrily.
Liang Xin smiled, already knowing Lu Wei's answer, "Zheng Xiaojun knows all this?"
Lu Wei nodded. "I went to the countryside to do research before. He was the one who found the place and he was the one who asked me to marry him."
Liang Xin sighed, "Now that you have made up your mind, I will help you prepare your dowry."
Lu Wei's expression was touched. "I don't want to leave from Huaihua Village either. I can just leave from the dormitory."
Lu Chongfeng and Zheng Xiaojun came down from the study upstairs.
Liang Xin looked at Zheng Xiaojun's smug expression and asked again, "Have you really thought it through?"
Lu Wei said without any hesitation: "Yes."
Zheng Xiaojun wanted to invite them to a western restaurant outside to eat steak, but Lu Chongfeng said Liang Xin was tired from the car ride, so he asked them to have dinner at home.
The two have already agreed on a date and will go to get their marriage certificate tomorrow. The wedding will also be held in the cafeteria of the compound.
Liang Xin also adjusted her mood, poured red wine for the newlyweds, raised her glass and expressed her blessings.
At night, Lu Chongfeng carried Dudu back to the master bedroom on the second floor.
Since she was born, Dudu has basically slept with her parents. Even though Chief Lu and Hu Fenglian have always wanted to keep their granddaughter in the room, Lu Chongfeng was worried that his daughter would cry when she got up in the middle of the night and saw the unfamiliar environment, so he still held her in his arms.
Liang Xin tucked in Dudu's quilt and handed him a cup of hot milk.
Lu Chongfeng said: "You looked very excited all night, but actually you weren't very excited at all."
Liang Xin drank half a cup of milk to soothe the slight drunkenness, "Times have changed."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly said: "You have no vision."
Liang Xin looked up in surprise, "Who are you talking about?"
Lu Chongfeng: "Minister Liang's family."
Liang Xin chuckled and felt much more relaxed. "You also know what kind of person she is?"
"Everyone in the compound knows this." Lu Chongfeng sat by the bed. "Lu Wei was just in college, but she was able to research the only patented technology in the world. She has such a good brain. I think Zheng Xiaojun is more suitable for her than Liang Tianguang. How can she do research with such elders messing around at home?"
"The words are rough but the truth is true."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Lu Wei's original intention of getting married is the same as mine back then. I hope she can also have a satisfying marriage like me."
Lu Chongfeng: "...Why do I feel unhappy and happy at the same time when hearing this?"
Liang Xin raised her lips even higher, "Tomorrow we will have a rare day off. After accompanying them to get the marriage certificate, we will go to the big city to have a good look around."
Lu Chongfeng was silent for a few seconds, then held Liang Xin's hand and said, "I will continue to work hard so that you can live in a big city as soon as possible."
Liang Xin patted his chest. "You don't have many good patches of skin left on your body, and your brain cells are almost exhausted. How can you continue to work hard? Besides, I have more feelings for the 11th Division than for Jiang Jing. What I said just now is just like taking a trip to see the world. Don't be so sensitive."
"sensitive?"
Lu Chongfeng raised Liang Xin's hand and slid it slowly over his body, "Where is the sensitive part?"
Liang Xin tried to twist him, but his muscles were too tight and hard, so she couldn't twist him. "You just said I was tired, and Brother Heping will be back soon, so stop messing around."
"Why did Brother Heping come back so late?"
Lu Chongfeng muttered as he lifted the quilt and got on the bed.
Liang Xin smiled and gave him a blanket. "Didn't mom say that Brother Heping is valued by the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee?"
Lu Chongfeng lay on his side, stretched out his arms and hugged his daughter and Liang Xin together, "With my daughter sleeping in the middle, I don't have the heart to tease you at all."
"It depends on whether I believe it or not."
As soon as Liang Xin finished speaking, Lu Chongfeng looked up and said, "Tsk, try to seduce her again?"
Liang Xin smiled with her lips pursed, and fell asleep next to Tutu's sweet and soft little face.
Looking at the two pleasing little faces in his arms, Lu Chongfeng also raised the corners of his mouth, put his lips against his daughter's other little face and closed his eyes.
The next morning, Zheng Xiaojun arranged a black car to pick up Lu Chongfeng and Liang Xin, then drove out of the military compound and headed for the dormitory of the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Lu Wei was wearing a simple tweed plaid jacket, her black hair still tied in a low ponytail behind her head. She looked a little tidier than usual. When she saw Liang Xin in the car, a slight smile appeared on her face.
Lu Chongfeng moved from the back seat to the passenger seat. Lu Wei got into the car carrying a small leather bag and asked, "Why didn't Dudu bring it?"
"When we went out in the morning, Dudu hadn't woken up yet."
Liang Xin said, "I didn't want to wake her up by force, and my grandparents wanted to play with her, so I left her at home."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Lu Wei said this to Lu Chongfeng who was sitting in the front passenger seat, "You two busy people came all the way back and accompanied us to get the marriage certificate."
"Chongfeng and I are just friends, no need to thank me." Zheng Xiaojun said happily: "But Liang Xin still needs to be thanked, sister-in-law, thank you!"
Lu Wei smiled and said, "There's no need to thank Liang Xin and I."
"Okay, you're welcome..."
Liang Xin had just said half of her words when a mottled military vehicle suddenly appeared in front of her and braked suddenly. Zheng Xiaojun also hurriedly stepped on the brakes.
The car was forced to stop temporarily.
At the moment of the incident, Lu Chongfeng reached his hand behind him to stop Liang Xin from falling forward due to inertia, and grabbed Liang Xin to prevent her from falling back.
"This lunatic!"
Looking at Liang Tianguang getting off the old military vehicle, Zheng Xiaojun unbuckled his seat belt and was about to open the door when he turned back to look at Lu Wei.
Lu Chongfeng grabbed Liang Xin, and Liang Xin grabbed Lu Wei. Lu Wei had just sat down when he saw someone walking towards him through the front window.
Liang Tianguang walked straight to Lu Wei and knocked on the window.
Liang Xin looked at Lu Wei.
"I'll take care of it."
As Lu Wei's hand just touched the handlebar, Zheng Xiaojun suddenly opened the driver's door, rushed down, walked around the front of the car, rushed to Liang Tianguang and grabbed his military uniform collar.
I couldn't hear the sounds outside through the car window.
Liang Tianguang was wearing a military uniform and driving a military vehicle. Lu Chongfeng also opened the passenger door and got out of the car.
Liang Xin opened the other door.
As soon as I got off the car, I heard Zheng Xiaojun grabbing Liang Tianguang's collar and angrily saying, "You keep coming to me to show off. Do you think you are so infatuated and so brave?"
Liang Tianguang pulled Zheng Xiaojun's hand down, but did not pull it. Seeing Lu Wei getting out of the car, he stared at Lu Wei and said, "I warned you not to do anything that you would regret."
Liang Xin: “….”
Before Lu Wei could say anything, Zheng Xiaojun grabbed Liang Tianguang's collar even tighter, "Who the hell are you threatening? You didn't know how to cherish me back then, so why are you acting so affectionate now!"
Liang Tianguang's eyes turned cold, and he raised his fist to hit Zheng Xiaojun in the face, but Lu Chongfeng suddenly stretched out his hand to block his fist.
Zheng Xiaojun took advantage of the situation and punched Liang Tianguang, knocking his face aside and causing him to stagger back two steps.
Liang Tianguang's eyes became even colder, as if he was provoked. Zheng Xiaojun not only did not retreat, but instead stepped forward, continued to strangle him by the collar and lifted him up.
"Lu Wei doesn't know, and you think I don't know either. How many people have you dated? Everyone in the compound knows what your mother is like. How could you not know? To put it bluntly, your mother's attitude is your default attitude. Deep down, you think Lu Wei should tolerate you and your mother. Lu Wei is unwilling to do so, and you stare at Lu Wei like a fly. To put it bluntly, you are a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong! I'm telling you, as long as I'm here, don't even think about bullying Lu Wei again!"
Although Zheng Xiaojun was not as tall as Liang Tianguang, at this moment, Liang Xin felt that the light from Zheng Xiaojun was as bright as the sun ten thousand meters in the sky.
Liang Tianguang shook off Zheng Xiaojun's hand and said, "What does this have to do with my mother?"
"When you didn't want to date someone before, didn't you just accept that your mother threatened to break up with that person? Do you think others don't know?"
Zheng Xiaojun pointed at Liang Tianguang angrily and said, "You know that Lu Wei's background does not meet your mother's standards for a daughter-in-law, and you still disguised your identity to date her. You are so entangled, but it's just that you haven't gotten tired of playing. Your mother found Lu Wei first. This is the first time someone told you to break up, and you are just angry!"
Liang Tianguang suppressed his anger and looked at Lu Wei.
Zheng Xiaojun continued to point at him and said, "You are not convinced. Do you dare to say that you did not acquiesce to your mother doing these things? Do you dare to say that you don't know what kind of family background your mother wants you to find as a daughter-in-law?"
Liang Tianguang just looked at Lu Wei, "So you are here because of my mom? Why didn't you tell me!"
Lu Chongfeng pressed Liang Tianguang's shoulder and said, "Stop acting."
Liang Tianguang shook off Lu Chongfeng's hand, took a step forward, looked at Lu Wei and said, "Do you also think I'm acting? Come with me to the military district to get a marriage certificate now, and I'll get a marriage certificate with you today!"
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