Chapter 13 Chapter 13 The financial power of the family
Liang Xin placed her palm on his forehead, the temperature of which was even higher than yesterday.
"Why didn't the fever go down? Instead, it got higher."
Lu Zewei lay there without responding.
Liang Xin thought of the sound of water in the bathroom last night, "Did you take a shower yesterday?"
Lu Zewei coughed twice and nodded.
"You can't take a shower anymore. I'll go bring breakfast. After breakfast, continue taking medicine."
Lu Zewei watched her put on the sweater that was made up of three or five colors, then put on a red woolen coat, and walked out of the room.
After a while, he came back with an enamel tray.
Two bowls of rice porridge, two white steamed buns, two eggs, and a small bowl of pickled radish.
"Eat one and a half steamed buns." Liang Xin picked up a soft and fluffy steamed bun and broke it in half. "If it's not enough, I'll get you more. I thought you had a fever and it would be best for you to stay in bed and rest. I was afraid you would eat too much and have to get up and walk around to digest the food, so I didn't get more."
Lu Zewei picked up a steamed bun and suddenly thought of something, then paused, "But I haven't brushed my teeth yet."
Liang Xin looked at the steamed bun that he almost put into his mouth, "........Brush after you finish eating?"
"Help me over there. I can't eat without brushing my teeth."
Lu Zewei lifted the quilt, Liang Xin stopped him from getting out of bed, picked up the cup and handed it to him, and brought another spittoon over, "Rinse your mouth."
Looking at the cup in front of him and then at the breakfast in front of him, Lu Zewei suddenly realized that by becoming weaker he could passively occupy some positions and gain some command rights.
After rinsing your mouth, wipe the corners of your mouth with a handkerchief.
Lu Zewei lay back down on the bed and said, "I don't have the energy to eat."
Liang Xin looked at Lu Zewei who had suddenly become weak, picked up half a steamed bun and took a bite, picked up a piece of dried radish and put it in her mouth, chewing it with a "crunch crunch" sound, then scooped up a spoonful of porridge to drink, and then took another bite of the steamed bun after drinking it.
Lu Zewei: “?”
How come the tactical initiative became ineffective?
Looking at Liang Xin chewing the white flour bun so deliciously with a look of enjoyment on her face, I swallowed my saliva unconsciously.
"White steamed buns, are they so delicious?"
"It's delicious." Liang Xin put the dried radish on the steamed bun and took a bite. "When I was at home, it was considered good if I could eat white steamed buns once a month."
Lu Zewei was slightly startled, "Your team's per-acre yield is not good?"
"It depends on which brigade you compare it with. Some brigades can get 100 to 200 yuan per person per year, some brigades can only get dozens of yuan per person per year, and some brigades have to wait for state relief grain all year round. Although our brigade cannot eat white flour and rice every meal, we can at least eat taro or corn porridge twice a day."
Lu Zewei handed the white steamed bun in his hand to Liang Xin, "If you like it, eat more."
"You can eat it." Liang Xin pointed at the wheat flour porridge, "This is also made of white flour, and it doesn't have taro in it."
Lu Zewei didn't say anything else. He sat up, picked up the steamed bun and started eating.
Liang Xin lowered her head and covered the corners of her mouth with the steamed bun.
Who doesn't know how to show weakness and play the victim?
Although her misery was related to Wei Yuanyang.
But it is a real situation that we can only eat white flour once a month.
"Go under the lamp, take out the key, and open the drawer on the left."
Lu Zewei suddenly gave the order, and Liang Xin subconsciously looked at the green-shaded study lamp on the desk, "What's wrong?"
"Do as you wish."
“........”
Seeing that his high fever had not subsided, Liang Xin got up to help.
I flipped open the desk lamp and saw a pocket brass key. I put it into the keyhole of the left drawer and opened it. There was an aluminum lunch box inside. I turned around and asked, "Do you want this?"
Lu Zewei nodded, "Bring it here."
Liang Xin handed him the lunch box and cleaned up the leftover bowl.
As soon as he picked up the enamel tray, a stack of bills was placed where the bowl originally was.
Liang Xin paused and looked up at him.
"Here." Lu Zewei put the aluminum lunch box in the drawer of the bedside table. "If it's not enough, take it from here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Xin hadn't reacted yet, Lu Zewei suddenly paused.
Didn't he just gain some positions and command rights because he became weak passively?
How come in the blink of an eye, he gave away the financial power of his family!
Lu Zewei added: ".......Take the previous report and make an oral report."
Liang Xin said nothing and just looked at him quietly.
When she stopped talking, her facial features looked delicate and timid, making people feel pity for her involuntarily.
I was wearing a gray thin cotton jacket that had become pale from washing. The cotton looked hard. I had no idea how many winters I had worn it. It was estimated that it no longer played a role in keeping me warm.
Maybe the reason why it is a thin cotton-padded jacket is that the thick cotton-padded jacket has become so thin over the years.
When I think of the ragged sweater I'm wearing underneath my cotton-padded jacket...
Lu Zewei: "Forget it, no need to report, leave it to you, use it as you like."
Liang Xin still didn't react, but her eyes showed more emotion than before. After a long while, she said, "I have it. My mother gave me the money."
Lu Zewei was surprised for a moment, "What your mother gave you is yours. This is what I gave you for household use."
Liang Xin didn't take it and turned away.
"Wait a moment."
Lu Zewei pointed at the banknotes on the bedside table and said, "Take this away first. My illness yesterday did not get longer like before, but it got shorter. I have a high fever again. Dad has an appointment with the doctor. I can't accompany you to visit your parents today. You can use the money to buy some flour, grain and oil. You can buy whatever else the family needs. My grain purchase book is in the middle drawer. You can take it to the military service center and the grain store to buy whatever you want."
Liang Xin turned around and looked at the money on the bedside table. After thinking for a while, she went back and took a toilet paper ticket from the pile of tickets. "I'll just take this."
Lu Zewei suddenly held her hand, turned over her palm, put all the money and bills into her palm, and then held her hand again.
Liang Xin looked at his bony fingers and wrapped hands, and felt a little uncomfortable from the calluses on his palms.
I think it should be a gun cocoon.
Lu Zewei slowly loosened his hand, which was so soft that it seemed to have no bones, and rubbed it with his fingertips unconsciously, "Let's go."
Just as the two were procrastinating in the bridal chamber, guests had already arrived in the reception room on the first floor of the Lu family's house.
Wei Yuanyang and his mother were sitting on the sofa in Lu's house.
I received a call from Hu Fenglian last night, saying that Commander Lu had returned and invited them to come to her house for a gathering.
Wei Yuanyang wanted to come back in two days, but Wang Hongyan refused. She insisted on taking the Maotai liquor and Hongtashan high-end cigarettes that were rejected last time, and rushed to the Lu family's gate early in the morning.
As soon as they entered the door, the Lu family was still having breakfast, so they came to greet them before they had even finished their meal.
"Uncle Lu, Aunt Hu, you should eat first and talk later." Wei Yuanyang apologized, "We came too early and disturbed you."
"Yes, you eat first. We are not outsiders." Wang Hongyan had a familiar smile on her face. "When Lao Wei was still alive, our two families often visited each other in the camp with bowls of rice in hand. Or you would eat at our house today and we would eat at your house tomorrow. We have seen each other eating countless times."
What are you pretending for?
After all, the status is different.
To put on airs.
Wang Hongyan smiled warmly on her face, but she was thinking this in her heart.
"do not bother."
Hu Fenglian did not sit back at the table. There was a trace of fatigue between her brows. "I got sick last night. I had a high fever. I stayed up late, so I got up a little late this morning."
But I really didn't expect that just one night after I hung up the phone, the person showed up early in the morning.
"Oh! Chong Feng is sick again?" Wang Hongyan immediately showed worry on her face. She looked up at the wedding characters on the doors and windows. "Didn't they say Chong Feng got married? How come he got sick right after getting married?"
Hu Fenglian was surprised, "Didn't you say that? Who said that? How do you know Chong Feng is married?"
Wang Hongyan paused, then quickly forced a smile again. "I heard about it as soon as I entered the military compound. When I said I was going to Chief Lu's house, the guard leading the way asked with a smile, 'Are you going to a wedding?' I was just wondering, and they explained that Chief Lu's son had just gotten married. I'm not saying anything bad about you, Fenglian, but what is the relationship between our two families? How could you get married without informing me?"
"Chong Chong didn't have any formalities for his wedding. He didn't even invite anyone from his hometown." Hu Fenglian: "Guards? Which guards?"
"Hey, why are you staring at this and asking, Captain Lu..." Wang Hongyan looked at Chief Lu who had just sat down, "Oh no, I called him the wrong name, it's Commander Lu. Captain Lu is now the head of the military region, so he should be called Commander Lu, ah..."
Knowing why she sighed, Hu Fenglian really wanted to roll her eyes in front of her, but she held back.
And he didn't say anything to respond to her.
Chief Lu: "How is Xiao Li now?"
The melancholy on Wang Hongyan's face suddenly turned into discomfort.
Just two days ago, she had a big fight with her eldest son because she did not work in the service agency and married Lao Li instead.
If Hu Fenglian hadn't called, the two of them would still be in a stalemate over the matter.
I didn’t expect that Lu Renyi would ask this as the first thing he asked after he sat down!
Wang Hongyan glanced at her eldest son's face, and thought that she had tried every possible way to persuade him before coming here, so he should be on the same page with her. She squeezed out a few tears and said, "......I'm sorry, I......I don't want to cry, it's...I can't control my tears at all when I mention it."
Hu Fenglian quickly took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it over. "We are here to discuss marriage today. It's unlucky for you to cry like this. Lao Lu, change the subject."
After a lot of effort, Chief Lu brought it up himself, but was silenced by Hu Fenglian's words, and Wang Hongyan, who was unable to take the opportunity to ask for help, said: "........"
She wiped her tears and blew her nose with a handkerchief. "Fenglian is right. Today, we will not talk about anything else except the child's marriage. Chief Lu, Fenglian should have told you the details. I may have misunderstood at the beginning and thought that the marriage arranged by the two families would last forever. So after knowing that Fenglian gave birth to a daughter, I repeatedly emphasized to Yuanyang that you are a married person and you must marry Yueji in the future and cannot have any other thoughts."
Lu Renyi's face was dignified, and he showed no emotion after hearing these words.
After secretly observing, Wang Hongyan knew that whether the marriage between the two families could be successful depended entirely on Lu Renyi.
Lu Renyi, as his name suggests, is a very kind and righteous person.
Just like when, for her, he helped transfer Old Li, who could not stand staying in the barracks at all, to the military academy because as Lao Wei's bodyguard, Lao Wei died but he was unharmed.
Later, because of this incident, he was demoted.
When they met again today, not only did he not blame or resent anyone, but his first question was about Lao Li's situation.
It is enough to see his temper.
Therefore, as long as Lu Renyi can be convinced today, the marriage will be done, Old Li will be saved, and their whole family’s life will be better!
"Yuanyang has never said a word to other girls in all these years. Even when he went to the countryside, no matter how hard it was, he kept himself clean and didn't interact with any female comrades, because he kept in mind that he was engaged."
Wang Hongyan knew what kind of words would move Lu Renyi. As long as she continued to exaggerate her son's waiting, there would be hope.
"He knew that if he stayed in the countryside, he would have no hope of marrying Yueji. After all, he couldn't let Yueji, who was spoiled in the city, go to the countryside to suffer. So he worked very hard to do the heaviest and most tiring work and was very active. After enduring so much hardship, he was finally recognized by the brigade and commune cadres. He was recommended by the commune and returned to the city to attend university."
Chief Lu finally responded. He looked at Wei Yuanyang and nodded in approval. "That's what young people should do. There's a lot to be done in the countryside. Your father and I both came from the countryside. The countryside is no worse than anywhere else. Talented people will shine wherever they go."
Wang Hongyan was delighted. "That's right. After Yuanyang went to college, the school party branch thought highly of him and asked him to stay as a teacher before he graduated. College students in the country are rare, and Yuanyang is now a teacher of these rare college students. He is especially popular among female students in the school, but after class, Yuanyang always stays away from those female students who have a good family background, good looks, and talent. I can confidently say that I have kept Yuanyang clean for Yueji all these years."
After hearing this, Hu Fenglian looked at Wei Yuanyang, who was indeed clean and white, but she could only trust Wang Hongyan's words to a certain extent, "Yuanyang, have you really never had any contact with other female comrades?"
Wei Yuanyang lowered his head slightly, as if he was embarrassed by the question, "Yes."
"oh?"
Wang Hongyan was excited and satisfied with her son's cooperation when she suddenly heard an "Oh?" from the stairs and subconsciously looked upstairs.
When Wei Yuanyang heard the voice, his back stiffened, and then he suddenly looked up and looked towards the stairs.
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