Chapter 144 Chapter 144 I've seen enough jokes, I'm going to tell you...
"I knew you had a way!"
Zhong Xuelian looked at Liang Xin with surprise, "There is absolutely no way that Goldfish card can outlast us!"
"You can go home and rest for two days without any worries."
Liang Xin put down her teacup and stood up. "You and Sister-in-law Li Mao have worked hard during this period."
"Why should I work so hard? You are the one who works the hardest."
Zhong Xuelian said, "I bought some prawns this morning and I'm going to make salt and pepper prawns for lunch. I'll send a plate over for you guys later."
"That's great. I just fried some small yellow croaker. You can bring a plate back for Meiman to eat."
Dudu's eyes lit up, "Mom, I want to eat small yellow croaker too!"
"They're all fried for you to eat."
Liang Xin walked towards the living room with a smile, "Mom has also prepared some pork chops. They are fried and served with your favorite shredded lettuce, okay?"
Dudu happily followed his mother into the house.
Liang Xin and Dudu both had a satisfying meal of fried small yellow croaker, fried pork chops, fried prawns and white rice.
Sister Ji used to complain about the waste of oil and too many meat dishes, but now she no longer complains and eats everything cleanly.
Liang Xin's rest is to recover through eating and sleeping.
After lunch, I took Dudu to take a nap.
Before going to school, Dudu ordered some shredded lotus root cake and mung bean soup from her mother.
Sister Ji went to the service center to buy lotus roots.
There was still some late summer heat in the weather. Liang Xin walked into the kitchen, put the black plums that had been soaked in boiling water into a small double-handled pot, poured in clean water, put it on the gas stove and brought it to a boil over high heat, then turned to low heat and simmered for half an hour, put it aside to cool, and then put the pot on to cook the honeysuckle.
"Liang Xin."
Xia Xia stepped into the yard under the scorching sun.
"Come here first."
Liang Xin poured the filtered black plum juice and honeysuckle juice into the pot, turned on the fire, and picked up the sugar jar, "I'm making honeysuckle black plum tea. Is Chen Cai here?"
"I'm going to the family compound. Come right over."
Xia Xia leaned against the kitchen door frame, watching Liang Xin stirring the sugar that had just been poured into the pot with a spoon. "The factory can't do without you now, otherwise you could have taken two more days off to visit Deputy Commander Lu."
"It will take at least five or six days to go back and forth."
Liang Xin filtered the black plum soup and poured it into the enamel pot. "Dudu missed the summer vacation again. Go sit on the sofa outside."
"Is President Liang home?"
"At home, come in."
The conversation between Family Committee cadre Chen Cai and Sister Ji could be heard at the gate.
Sister Ji came in carrying a basket of lotus roots. "Luckily the service center still has a few, otherwise Dudu wouldn't have any lotus root cake tonight."
"Big sister, take it to the corridor to peel it. I just saved some black plum and honeysuckle tea for you."
Liang Xin and Xia Xia each carried two enamel teacups and walked into the living room. "Secretary Chen, come and sit down too."
Chen Cai asked: "President Liang, do you have something to tell me?"
"It's because of this president's matter."
Liang Xin handed the Wumei Gold and Silver Tea to Chen Cai, "When President Shi left the 11th Division, he handed over the position of the chairman of the Family Committee to me. Over the years, I feel ashamed that I have not been able to take care of the family members like President Shi, and have not been able to solve their problems at any time. Most of the time, it is you who do these things."
Chen Cai was stunned, and immediately said: "President Liang, I have to be blunt with you, you are talking nonsense!"
"that is!"
Sister Ji, who usually never interrupted family discussions, suddenly interrupted, "Let's not talk about anything else. On the day of delivery, you were still helping the family members solve the problem. Blood was pouring down your thigh, and you didn't say a word until you had solved the problem. You always solve the most important things!"
Liang Xin said, "That's the matter of the bakery martyrs' families, not the families of the 11th Division."
"Family members, there are even more family members!"
"Let me tell you."
Xia Xia interrupted Sister Ji, "I have been here since before you came to the 11th Division. Let's not talk about how many problems you have solved for the families. The entire Jiangmen Farm has gone from being overgrown with weeds to being full of tall buildings. Almost half of the families in the division get an extra salary every month because of you. Since the year before last, there are more than one or two families who get more than the military cadres, right? You can say that you have made our families feel more confident. Is there any other family committee chairman who can do better than you?"
Chen Cai kept nodding, "Yes, I was just about to say this. I'm not saying that President Shi is bad. We, the family members, sincerely thank and respect her. But the family members had so much to do before. To put it bluntly, one was idleness and the other was poverty. You solved both problems by setting up the family factory. The daily trivial matters are within our normal working scope. You don't need to watch over them at all. It's a waste of talent. Besides, when we really encounter problems, you still stand up to support the family members."
Sister Ji agreed: "With money, 90% of the problems will be solved."
"I just said one sentence and you guys started firing off a machine gun-like tirade."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "What I meant by saying that just now was to recognize your contribution to the Family Committee. It is indeed you who is supporting the Family Committee. You also know that I will most likely leave the 11th Division. I can't wait until I am gone to arrange the successor of the Family Committee Chairman. I will be frank, Secretary Chen, I am optimistic about you being the Chairman of the Family Committee."
After the conversation just now, Chen Cai already knew what Liang Xin was going to say. "President Liang, you know my temper over the years. I am also a person who speaks my mind. If you want me to be the chairman of the Parent Committee, I can't be unwilling to do it. It's just that I told you about the problem here a few years ago. When you and Deputy Commander Lu stand in front of the cadres, the cadres dare not say anything. If I stand there, who among the division leaders will listen to me? How can I offend Xiaolan's father's leadership?"
"If you're willing, we can move on to the next step."
Liang Xin said: "After the families of all the divisional cadres vote with their real names and elect you, no one will dare to take you lightly. The masses will be your backers."
Chen Cai was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, he said, "The masses may not necessarily think as highly of me as President Liang does."
"You underestimate yourself."
Xia Xia smiled and said, "Everyone has seen your efforts. If you don't believe me, just try it and you will know."
Chen Cai looked at Liang Xin's approving eyes, and then looked at Xia Xia's smiling face, "Since President Liang and sister-in-law are optimistic about me, then I will give it a try!"
"Go prepare for the vote first." Liang Xin said, "While I'm resting, notify everyone in the evening. The vote will start in a few days to elect a president and two vice presidents."
Xia Xia said: "If you are not the one chosen, don't be afraid of embarrassment, just come to school for two years first."
Chen Cai was completely stunned.
Liang Xin nodded. "It is indeed a good fit. You helped contact the martyrs' families in the early years, and you organized cadres to pick them up at the station. However, I still believe that the families of the 11th Division will not miss such an enthusiastic, kind, and rational president like you."
Chen Cai's eyes were moist, her throat was choked, and she couldn't speak anymore.
The last bit of summer heat was blown away by the cool breeze of early autumn. After half a month of real-name voting by the families of the cadres of the 11th Division, as Liang Xin expected, Chen Cai was elected chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Liang Xin stepped down as the chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association after nearly ten years, and officially transferred the position of chairman to Chen Cai.
"Director Liang, the director of the Goldfish Brand Instant Noodles factory found me and said he wanted to talk to you!"
Liang Xin had just returned to the office from the workshop when Zhang Jianguo, who had been waiting in the office for a long time, came to greet her. He was unusually calm and instead spoke of this matter with a little excitement.
"What are you talking about?"
Liang Xin walked to the desk, picked up the enamel teacup and took two sips of hot water. Other cadres from the marketing department also ran in.
"They want to talk to us about adding an egg!"
Feng Haiyan's words were full of pride: "They obviously can't hold on any longer!"
"I heard they want to negotiate with us to compromise." Xu Xin took the report and put it on Liang Xin's desk. "Giving away an egg is too costly. They think it's a waste of time to continue competing like this. They want to negotiate with us to cancel the lucky draw for giving away boiled eggs."
"Negotiation."
Liang Xin put the enamel teacup on the table and asked, "What qualifications do they have to negotiate with us?"
The cadres in the sales and marketing department were stunned.
I was stunned by the aura that Liang Xin inadvertently revealed at this moment.
I was also stunned when I heard Liang Xin speak like this for the first time.
Director Liang has always been gentle and confident, and never loses his temper with his cadres and employees.
Even if they did not do something well and were worried and couldn't sleep, Director Liang would always give them a solution first and then tell them that they had done a good job.
Never blame them.
This is the first time I see Director Liang speak so impolitely.
"That's right, they are nothing!" Feng Haiyan said, "They copied every step we took to squeeze into the market, and they also wanted to use our methods to squeeze us out. It would be fine if they were just doing it aboveboard, but I don't know how many dirty tricks they used behind the scenes. They think that just by occupying a little market share, they can sit at the same table and talk with our Director Liang. How can they be worthy of it!"
Zhang Jianguo said, "I was so happy that I forgot. In the past six months, they have slowed down our sales growth by giving us free eggs. I have been waiting for this battle to end. Just now, when I heard that they were showing signs of loosening up, I forgot about what happened before."
"You are too tired." Liang Xin looked at the cadres with gloomy faces, "Wait a little longer, and you can take turns to take a long vacation."
"Then I'll just ignore them!"
Feng Haiyan said: "Let them do whatever they want. We have seen their shameless faces many times anyway."
"Don't pay any attention to it, but don't let your guard down."
Liang Xin said: "We must be on guard against others. The closer we get to the final moment, the more careful we must be."
Feng Haiyan said bitterly, "Yes! This kind of person might poison you or throw dirty water on you!"
Liang Xin smiled, "Poisoning is impossible, this is a military camp."
Wait until all the cadres from the sales and marketing department have left.
Liang Xin walked around to the back of the desk, sat on the chair, slowly exhaled, and looked out the window.
I wonder how angry Lu Chongfeng would be when I think about him being at the National Defense University.
Liang Xin laughed out loud.
At night, Liang Xin was taking Dudu to sleep when the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
This year was a critical period for the family factory. As the factory director, even if Lu Chongfeng was not there, the lights and telephones at home were no longer subject to the lights-out discipline.
Liang Xin turned on the bedside lamp, threw back the quilt, got out of bed, walked over quickly and picked up the microphone.
The voice coming from the microphone made the doubt and expectation that Liang Xin could not hide on her face disappear in an instant.
"Liang Xin, don't hang up, I have something to tell you."
Wei Yuanyang said on the phone: "I'm at the gate of the family compound. There is a sentry on duty here."
Liang Xin said nothing, hung up the phone, and went back to bed to sleep.
The phone kept ringing.
Dudu was woken up twice and covered his ears and burrowed into his mother's arms.
Sister Ji was also woken up. She answered the phone, went upstairs and knocked on the door, "Liang Xin, someone wants to see you."
"Sister, please help me look after Dudu."
Liang Xin called Sister Ji in, changed her clothes, walked to the desk, picked up the phone and dialed the police investigation company.
Liang Xin waited until the soldiers from the police investigation company appeared at the door of her house before she went out with a flashlight.
Wei Yuanyang saw Liang Xin walking towards him from a distance, accompanied by people from the police investigation company and the security department, and his heart ached.
Even though everyone in the base was treating him like the God of Wealth, Liang Xin's attitude towards him did not change at all.
Liang Xin wrapped her thin velvet coat tightly around her body and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Wei Yuanyang pointed at the black car that was approaching and asked, "Can we talk in the car?"
Liang Xin didn't want to embarrass the comrades of the police investigation company and offend the hot director of the base, so she pointed her flashlight at the weak light coming from her door headlight and said, "Stand there and talk."
Wei Yuanyang looked at the distance, stopped forcing it, and walked forward.
Liang Xin said a few words to the soldiers of the police investigation company before following them.
Wei Yuanyang stood with his back against the electric pole. "Liang Xin, do you know that the news officer of the base's publicity department is already interviewing me and is preparing to publicize my outstanding deeds in the newspaper?"
"have no idea."
“.......”
Wei Yuanyang laughed, "I don't know if you know me, but I'm telling you now. In the past two years, the money I've earned for the base is a little less than the money from the family factory you set up, but after deducting the share, it's not much different. The regimental building of the base has been built, the gate and the ground have been renovated, and the technical building that has been built without money has also started construction. I even helped the retired cadres in the base's retirement home to repair and update their roofs, electrical appliances, and gardens. Everyone in the base who sees me has to give me a cigarette and smile, but why can't you even look me in the eye?"
Liang Xin yawned.
Wei Yuanyang: “…”
Liang Xin: "Are you done?"
"No." Wei Yuanyang lit a cigarette. "Liang Xin, you have seen my abilities. Being the head of the base, the head of the headquarters, or even the head of the general logistics, it is not only Lu Chongfeng who can do it. I can do it as well in time. If you don't like being in the position of a head's family member, you must live a simple life and cannot enjoy spending money. I can leave the army and take my current brothers to the local area to create a business empire for you. I can give you purses, diamonds, gems, gold, villas all over the world... Whatever you want, I can satisfy you immediately. Lu Chongfeng can't do these things."
Liang Xin laughed sarcastically.
"I'm not saying that you only care about money." Wei Yuanyang said, "I also know your ability, so we can go to the local area together, or if you want to stay in the army, you can continue to stay in the army. Whichever way you choose, I will listen to you."
"You really think you're somebody."
Liang Xin shone the flashlight on his green military uniform and said, "Take off this uniform and when you get to the local area, the best you can do is sell some pork briquettes."
Wei Yuanyang's high-spirited face froze.
Liang Xin suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Wei Yuanyang's stiff expression relaxed slightly, and then he heard Liang Xin continue: "If you want to resell some pork honeycomb briquettes, you have to first get close to a second-generation official like I did with Yu Honghong back then."
Wei Yuanyang's face, which had just relaxed, turned livid again. He looked at Liang Xin and waited until the cigarette butt burned his hand before throwing it away. He squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "Liang Xin, I've done so much for you, and you just look down on me?"
"For me?"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "You mean, everything you do is for me, and you will agree to anything I say for my sake?"
Wei Yuanyang's eyes were illuminated by the flashlight, "Yes, Liang Xin, as long as you ask, I will agree to everything."
Liang Xin said, "The police investigation team is right here. Step back a few steps and surrender."
Wei Yuanyang was struck by lightning.
The next second, he immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of the police investigation company, but found that they were too far away and the night wind was strong, so the people over there didn't hear him. In an instant, his tense body relaxed.
But there wasn't much relaxation.
Wei Yuanyang looked at Liang Xin with suspicion in his eyes, "You..."
"What's wrong?" Liang Xin laughed sarcastically, "You never asked me before you did anything, but you said everything was for me. Just now you also said that as long as I asked, you could satisfy me. Now that I asked, why are you so scared that you don't even move?"
Wei Yuanyang clenched and unclenched his fists, but still couldn't move back a step.
Liang Xin turned off the flashlight, but before she could move, Wei Yuanyang said anxiously: "I want to be with you, I don't want to be separated from you."
Before Liang Xin could speak, Wei Yuanyang lowered his voice and said, "Liang Xin, I regret it. I really regret that I was ignorant and didn't understand my own heart, so I lost you. I have regretted it every day and night these years. I dreamed about how to climb up. So many people came to me to give me women, but I didn't even look at them. I am clean and I am still the Wei Yuanyang you loved back then. Liang Xin, look back, look back at me!"
Liang Xin was silent.
Wei Yuanyang caught hope and took a step forward. "Liang Xin, I know you will never be able to get over the hurdle you faced back then, so I tried my best to make myself stronger. Now, I will never listen to anyone except you. I want to be with you, marry you, treat you well, and let you enjoy the best things in the world. I can't leave you."
Liang Xin was facing away from the dim light, so her expression was not clear, but she could see Wei Yuanyang's face clearly. "What are the conditions?"
Wei Yuanyang swallowed the cold wind continuously, and after a long while he said: ".......Liang Xin, you really deserve the fact that I missed you for so many years."
Liang Xin didn't say anything.
Wei Yuanyang looked at Liang Xin affectionately, "You are a favorite of Minister Liang of the General Logistics Department. As long as you help to say hello to him, we can go back to the way things were before. After that, you can continue to be the chief's family member and spend money every day. I promise that you don't have to look at anyone's face, and nothing will affect your mood to spend money."
Liang Xin couldn't hold back any longer and laughed, "I can run the family factory to what it is today, why do you think I have to rely on you to live the kind of life you said?"
Wei Yuanyang paused, looking at Liang Xin's expression, but couldn't see it clearly because of the backlight. "When I was in finance, no matter how much money passed through my hands, it was not my money. I could only look at it but not spend it. I know how you feel. I know you are very depressed. As for the family factory, you did run it very successfully, but it was because Lu Chongfeng used his family connections to go to Minister Liang and borrowed three million for you. Liang Xin, I'm not saying that you can't do it, but if you lose your connections and get to the place, you..."
"When it comes to others, you will understand that their success is all due to the environment and relationships, but when it comes to yourself, you feel that your success is all due to your own ability."
Liang Xin said, "For the sake of our past acquaintance, I advised you to surrender yourself today, but you didn't listen. Instead, you told me the reason why you came to me today, and wanted me to help you solve the difficulties you are currently facing. Wei Yuanyang, you really haven't changed at all. Without women, you are nothing."
Wei Yuanyang's hot heart seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water. He tried hard to look at Liang Xin's expression carefully. He couldn't see it clearly but still wanted to see it more clearly.
In his heart, he still couldn't believe that Liang Xin had no feelings for him at all.
If there is really no affection, why would you say it's for the sake of past?
Liang Xin turned around to leave, but Wei Yuanyang got anxious and stepped forward to stop her, "Liang Xin, if you really still care about the past, then for the fact that you were so sincere to me and loved me so deeply, please help me one more time, just this once, and for the last time!"
"Not going to continue acting?"
Liang Xin chuckled, "Forget it, I've had enough of the jokes. Let me tell you a story."
Wei Yuanyang was anxious, but also very curious about what story Liang Xin suddenly wanted to tell him. "You tell me, as long as you are willing to talk to me, I am willing to listen. I like to listen."
"Before you went to Huaihua Village, I was the school's red flag bearer every year."
"It is not easy to become a red flag bearer. In addition to having a good family background and good academic performance, you also need to be better at politics. At that time, the Great Revolution broke out. I was unwilling to participate in activities to criticize feudalism, capitalism, and revisionism, so I could only focus on my labor performance. Every time I did labor in school, I would rush to do heavy work and swear. I carried manure and soil and harvested crops. I was not afraid of hardship or fatigue. I was the first in labor and hygiene. But these were not enough. I had to spend time on collective contributions. I learned model operas, recited revolutionary poems, and participated in military training. I was the first in literature and art, and I was even more outstanding in military training. Only by getting the first place could I become a red flag bearer every year."
Liang Xin asked with a smile: "Do you know why I want to be the red flag bearer?"
When Wei Yuanyang first heard Liang Xin talk about the things that happened before he went to Huaihua Village, he listened very carefully and found it very interesting. "Why?"
"Because I admired a young war hero at the time, I would stick a newspaper recording his heroic deeds on the head of my bed every day. I would read it before going to bed, after waking up, while eating, while walking, and all the time."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "This little combat hero was a red flag bearer in school before he joined the battle. I think if I become a red flag bearer, I can be closer to him."
Wei Yuanyang's expression suddenly turned ugly, and his voice even began to tremble slightly. "Who is this person...who is this person?"
"Lu Chongfeng."
Wei Yuanyang's pupils contracted instantly and a buzzing sound came from his ears.
"The reason why I treated you differently at the beginning," Liang Xin pointed at him, "was because you were wearing a green military uniform when you first came to Huaihua Village."
Wei Yuanyang felt as if he was struck by five thunders in an instant. His head, heart, and whole body were shattered, but his senses were magnified countless times. He could clearly feel the exploding pain, and the dull pain made it impossible for him to even breathe.
Liang Xin smiled and turned to leave.
"you....."
Wei Yuanyang chased after her for a few steps, his eyes red, frighteningly red under the light, "Impossible! Impossible! Liang Xin!"
"You're lying!"
"This is impossible!"
"Liang Xin! Liang Xin!"
Wei Yuanyang's voice gradually broke, but Liang Xin didn't stop and walked towards the door of her house.
As I stepped into the door, I heard the noise of the police blocking Wei Yuanyang's mouth and taking him away.
Liang Xin went back upstairs, Dudu rubbed his eyes, and said in a soft and sleepy voice, "Mom."
"Mom is back."
Liang Xin took off her cold coat, asked her elder sister to go downstairs to rest, lifted the quilt and got on the bed, held her daughter's little body in her arms, patted her back and coaxed her, "Dudu, go back to sleep."
Dudu hugged his mother and said, "Mom, I miss Dad."
Liang Xin paused, touched Dudu's hair, and kissed her soft hair. "Mom misses Dad, too. When Dudu wakes up, we'll go see Dad."
"Really?"
"real."
Dudu wanted to laugh, but couldn't resist the sleepiness, so he fell asleep with his mouth slightly open.
After Dudu woke up, he still remembered that his mother said she wanted to go see his father.
Liang Xin kept her promise and submitted a written application for a family visit to the security department of the National Defense University that day. After the visit was approved, she helped Dudu ask for leave from the kindergarten and came to the National Defense University.
The guard took Liang Xin and Dudu to Lu Chongfeng's dormitory.
Liang Xin was just about to say thank you when she heard the earth-shaking sound of footsteps running outside the door.
As soon as the guard walked out the door and looked outside, the sound of running suddenly turned into the sound of walking with a rhythm as precise as a second hand.
Liang Xin couldn't help but start to hold back her laughter before she even saw anyone.
The guard left and Lu Chongfeng appeared at the door.
"dad!"
Dudu pounced on him.
Lu Chongfeng pinched Dudu's armpits and hugged his daughter tightly in his arms. He only glanced at his daughter and then continued to stare at Liang Xin.
Lu Chongfeng slammed the door shut.
Liang Xin walked over and looked at Lu Chongfeng, who had become more muscular. "Not welcome?"
Lu Chongfeng glared at Liang Xin, "I got first place in all the exams!"
Liang Xin: “?”
"...Is that amazing?"
"no!"
Lu Chongfeng's voice was full of accusations: "If you didn't come to see me, I would have to get first place in every course so that I could graduate as soon as possible and be assigned to coax you!"
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