Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Harassment of Married Women
"Liang Xin!"
Three female comrades carrying large and small bags walked out of the station. When they saw Liang Xin at the exit, they waved enthusiastically.
Liang Xin, who was supposed to go back to her parents' home, smiled and went forward to greet the three people. "Didn't I send a telegram asking you not to bring anything?"
"We didn't bring anything, and there's nothing we can bring." The second sister-in-law put the sack on the ground, rubbing her shoulders tiredly, and said, "I don't know why you suddenly asked us to come to Jiangjing. It's the three days of returning home. We were scared when we got the telegram, but we still thought positively. I said that soybeans are good things in Beijing and Shanghai, so the eldest sister-in-law packed soybeans, and I went to the field to pick some frost-bitten green vegetables, and Lu Wei brought the dried chili peppers you like to eat."
The sister-in-law, whose ears and nose were red from the cold, was so anxious that she couldn't help asking, "Liang Xin, what's going on?"
Lu Wei, carrying the dried chili peppers, looked Liang Xin up and down several times and asked cautiously, "Is he...dead?"
Liang Xin saw the three people holding their breath and staring at her, "Play."
The three faces were stunned at the same time.
Lu Wei: “What?”
"Play, I'll let you guys come to the city to play for a day." Liang Xin took the soybeans from her second sister-in-law, "It's winter now, there's nothing to do in the fields, and this year the production team doesn't allow any family sideline businesses, so I thought you guys could come to the city for a day and it wouldn't interfere with our work, so I asked you guys to come and play."
"Why not? I am the breeder of a team. I have to feed the animals in our team. I also have to scoop sand, cut willow branches and make baskets. I also have to study and go fishing in the big river in the west..."
Liang Xin suddenly grabbed Lu Wei's hand. The palms of her hands were covered with thick calluses, and the five fingers on the back of her hands were all cracked. It was just the beginning of winter, and her old frostbite had all relapsed. She touched her shoulders again. Even in winter, she was still wearing thin clothes, a blue jacket full of patches, and a cotton jacket with sleeves missing. Without sleeves, it became a vest, and under the vest was a cotton shirt that was returned from summer sales. Through the shirt, she touched her shoulders, which were swollen like steamed buns, and covered with blood scabs that formed and fell off repeatedly.
"You skip breakfast every day and have to carry two large jars of water, even if it's cloudy or rainy. To eat a bowl of taro porridge, you have to clean and chop hundreds of pounds of fodder, and then feed the livestock again and again. In the cold winter, you have to go down to the river again and again to dredge sand, secretly raise chickens and ducks, and stay by the livestock in the middle of the night, read and write, and after writing, you have to do various manual work behind people's backs. You have been working non-stop for more than ten years. Can't you take a day off and have some fun?"
"What are we playing?" Lu Wei followed Liang Xin, "Play poker? Why do we have to come to Jiangjing? Can't we play in the fields?"
Liang Xin sighed slightly in her heart.
For many people in Huaihua Brigade, the farthest place they could go was the commune. From birth to old age, everyone they saw lived a poor life. Their biggest dream was to have white flour and white rice every day, and the best they could do was to have meat every day.
"Liang Xin, are you really okay?"
After getting off the bus and arriving at the city center, my sister-in-law was still worried and asked questions again and again.
"It's all right."
Liang Xin carried Fuchun flour and walked into the Xiangyang Hotel next to the Cultural Palace.
Xiangyang Hotel is an old state-owned hotel. Several large round tables were half occupied. Liang Xin discussed with others and cleared out a whole table for the three of them to sit down.
"It says on the blackboard over there that breakfast is available. What would you like to eat?"
The three of them looked towards the window.
A small square blackboard is placed against the window. Today's supply:
Wonton, 0.12 yuan per bowl
Xiaolongbao, 0.72 yuan 3 liang food coupons/tray
White porridge, 0.1 yuan 1 liang food coupon/bowl
Tea eggs, 0.04 yuan/piece
......
"So expensive..." The sister-in-law, who was visiting the provincial capital for the first time, was shocked when she saw the prices. "Two eggs at the supply and marketing cooperative can be exchanged for a 2-cent exercise book, but here an egg costs 4 cents!"
"Are the buns inlaid with gold?" Lu Wei was shocked when she saw the price of the dumplings. "What kind of buns can be sold for 72 cents?"
"The eggs are cooked with tea leaves, which are so expensive." My second sister-in-law is from the provincial capital. She has rarely been to state-owned restaurants, but she knows the prices very well. "Xiaolongbao is a soup dumpling that is not available in Linhuai. It is not the dumplings we make during the Chinese New Year. It is indeed expensive. Even in Jiangjing, ordinary workers can't afford to eat it more than a few times a month."
The eldest sister-in-law leaned over to Liang Xin and whispered, "Liang Xin, we brought corn buns before we came. Let's not eat here. If four of us just eat something here, our day's work will be in vain. Besides, we haven't started work yet today."
Liang Xin stood up, walked to the window, and said to the waiter, "Give me four bowls of wontons, add a poached egg to each bowl, and two trays of steamed dumplings."
“Four bowls!”
The eldest sister-in-law heard it and stood up. Before she could walk over, the second sister-in-law pushed her to sit down and said, "You have already ordered. This is your first time in the provincial capital. This restaurant is a long-established wonton restaurant. The wontons are especially famous. Try them."
Liang Xin came back with four tea eggs in her hand, and looked at her eager sister-in-law and Lu Wei who looked disapproving, "The waiters are very fierce. If you keep arguing, they will immediately slam the table and scold you."
"Keep your voice down! Why don't you just go to work after you finish eating? What are you dawdling for?"
The waiter yelled at the men at the right time. The men didn't dare to say a word. They picked up their work hats and walked away in shame.
The sister-in-law and Lu Wei were stunned.
This was my first time in the city, so I didn't dare say anything more.
Liang Xin and her second sister-in-law looked at each other and smiled.
“This egg is black and all cracked?”
It was also the first time for the sister-in-law and Lu Wei to see tea eggs, and they looked curious.
"Try it?"
"No, let's eat together after the meal is served."
Liang Xin had not eaten much at home just now, so she picked up the cracked tea egg, peeled the eggshell along the crack, and put it in her mouth. The tea egg was stewed until even the yolk was flavorful, salty, fragrant and tender, and she couldn't stop eating it after taking a bite.
Lu Wei couldn't help swallowing as she watched Liang Xin eating. They had been growing vegetables together since they were young, and would pick vegetables to sell on the street during market hours. They had no need to be polite to each other. When the moon was high and it was dark, they got on the earliest bus. After sitting for four hours, they were already hungry. She picked up the tea egg in front of her, peeled it carefully, put it in her mouth, her eyes lit up, and she wanted to swallow it all in one gulp, but she controlled her desire and bit it carefully in small bites.
Every bite was delicious.
On the inside of the window, three comrades in white hats were making wontons. After the customers placed their orders, they counted the wontons and put them in a big pot, stirred them a few times with a colander, and then covered the pot. After a while, they took out four enamel bowls, put seasonings and chopped green onions in them, and scooped up the soup and wontons and poured them into the bowls.
Just as the waiter brought the steaming wontons to the table.
Wei Yuanyang had just squeezed onto the bus to Huaihua Commune.
During the winter solstice, although it is not allowed to burn paper at the graves, many people will still rush back to their hometowns to visit their parents on this day.
The fourth quarter's food coupons had been issued, and they could buy things from the city that were not available in the country and send them back.
At this time, people in the countryside are digging cellars to store radishes and cabbages for the winter. When they go back, they can bring some winter vegetables with them and save the trouble of buying them in the city.
So at this time, the buses, even the earliest ones, are packed.
Wei Yuanyang didn't find Liang Xin at the station, so he had to take the nearest bus.
Even though it looked like the car was about to burst apart from the crowd from the outside, people still gritted their teeth and squeezed in.
After getting on the car, he kept pushing through the crowd, trying to find Liang Xin in the car.
But before he even saw any sign of Liang Xin, he was scolded and complained by group of people one after another. He gritted his teeth and ignored them all until a big man pushed him and threw him into the crowd. The salesperson opened the door and tried to kick him out of the car. Only then did he stop looking.
Wei Yuanyang huddled in the suffocating gap near the rear door, with no place to hold on to. As the car body swayed, he held back the stomach acid that was surging due to hunger and swallowed the urge to vomit.
As long as I can make it to Huaihua Brigade and see Liang Xin.
Liang Xin would definitely feel soft-hearted when she saw how miserable he was in his pursuit of her.
The present suffering is worth it!
The steaming wontons were served on the table. A wonton as plump as a small ingot floated in the bowl, sprinkled with shrimp skin, egg skin, seaweed and green coriander and green onions, making people hungry.
Sister-in-law: "There's also an egg!"
Liang Xin picked up the chili oil can and scooped a small spoonful of white sesame chili oil into the wonton bowl. "It tastes better with chili. There's also pepper powder here."
All four of them like spicy food, and their mouths watered when they saw the chili oil.
The sister-in-law asked uncertainly, "Does this chili cost extra?"
"No, it's free."
My sister-in-law immediately added a spoonful of chili oil to the bowl and wanted to add another spoonful, but looking at the red chili oil, she only dared to put in half.
Stir it evenly with a spoon, together with the wontons and the soup, scoop up a spoonful to taste. The chili pepper stimulates the tip of your tongue, and one bite makes your back sweat, and then the delicious taste comes!
When you bite into the wontons, you will find the flour is soft and glutinous, and the pork is rich and fragrant.
The chili not only did not cover up the aroma of the meat, but it made it even more delicious. "It's so delicious!"
Liang Xin looked at her sister-in-law with her eyes wide open and smiled.
Looking at Lu Wei who was concentrating on eating, the wonton soup was originally a thick white stew mixed with pork shanks, and I don’t know how many chilies she put in it, the soup turned red, and the tip of her nose was sweating from the spicy chilies, "There's also a poached egg in it, did you see it?"
"I really didn't notice it just now, it was mixed with the wonton wrappers." The second sister-in-law, who had only half a poached egg left in the soup spoon, ate with a red face, "Xiao Xin, it seems that you are fine, but you didn't go home for three days, so why did you ask us to go to the city?"
Lu Wei, whose head was almost buried in the bowl, and her sister-in-law, who was eating very politely even though she thought the food was delicious, turned to look at Liang Xin.
"Didn't I tell you to go to the city and play for a day?" Liang Xin poured half a plate of rice vinegar into a small dish, picked up a steamed dumpling, dipped it in the vinegar dish, picked up the dish and gently bit a piece of the skin, blew on it, sucked out the delicious soup, then put it in her mouth and bit half of it, "Be careful when you eat it, it's very hot right out of the pot."
The second sister-in-law watched her eat and became greedy. She picked up the vinegar bottle and said, "Dad wanted to come too, but I persuaded him not to. I don't know what's going on here. If he comes, he will cause a lot of trouble. I'm afraid it will cause you more trouble."
"I guessed he wanted to come, and I also guessed you would stop him."
"Liang Xin, come back with us after dinner." The eldest sister-in-law looked worried. "How can a girl not come back for three days after getting married? The villagers will talk about Dad."
"Forget it, don't try to persuade her anymore." The second sister-in-law waved her hand. "I know what Liang Xin is thinking. You know it, Dad knows it, and everyone knows it. If you ask me, Dad did go too far that day. How could he push his own daughter out for criticism just to show his selflessness? Everyone in the village knew about the chickens in the reeds. Even the educated youth pretended not to know. But he..."
The second sister-in-law was stopped by the eldest sister-in-law by grabbing the corner of her clothes.
"It's all out of pity for me." Lu Wei was drinking the soup and couldn't bear to eat more than two wontons. "Is the soup free?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"Hurry up and eat the wontons and the eggs. Don't rush to drink the soup, or you'll have to find the bathroom in the middle of the movie."
The three people were stunned.
"See a movie?"
"There's a movie theater next door at the Cultural Palace. It doesn't show old war movies, but the North Korean movie 'The Flower Girl'."
Liang Xin was full and burped. "After the movie, we'll come back for lunch and go to the park in the afternoon. There's a busy roller skating rink next door where you can rent roller skates. Then we'll go to the department store in the street ahead and buy anything we like. There's a snack bar downstairs in the mall. They have mutton offal soup, which is only available in winter. The fried dough twisted dumplings they serve are especially delicious."
The three people were stunned.
My second sister-in-law, who grew up in the provincial capital, was unable to react for a long time.
"Why don't you guys eat here first." Liang Xin stood up and left the flour on the side of the stool. "I'll go across the street to buy some orchid beans and rice popcorn sticks."
Rice popcorn and popcorn are usually made by bringing rice and corn for processing, and then paying saccharin and processing fees. Liang Xin didn't bring any food, so she couldn't buy rice and corn popcorn. She could only take out her lottery tickets to buy half a cowhide bag of rice popcorn and a bag of orchid beans.
When they returned to Xiangyang Hotel, since they couldn't take the food away, the three of them ate it all up, not even leaving a drop of soup.
His face was no longer red from the cold he had just gotten out of the station, but was now rosy from the inside out from the satisfying meal he had eaten.
“How much will this cost?”
The sister-in-law burped, holding the pink movie ticket in her hand, and then looked at the rice popcorn sticks and orchid beans in Liang Xin's arms, with a distressed look on her face, "Liang Xin, you can't spend money so lavishly after getting married, you have to learn how to live."
"knew."
Liang Xin found four seats in the eighth row and sat down. Before everyone was seated, the bell for the start of the show suddenly rang outside and a large crowd of people rushed in.
The four of them quickly sat down and put away their bags so as not to delay their journey.
Lu Wei looked at the ceiling of the cinema in surprise. "It's great that there is a cinema like this in the city. We won't get wet whether it's windy or rainy."
"It costs money." The sister-in-law held up the movie ticket in her hand, "10 cents a ticket."
The movie started soon and it became dark all around.
Sister-in-law and Lu Wei calmed down and experienced watching a movie indoors for the first time.
Liang Xin was full and warm all over. She ate a rice popcorn bar and watched a North Korean movie.
Rarely happy.
“This movie is so relaxing to watch!”
The second sister-in-law helped up the eldest sister-in-law who was crying and said, "Sister-in-law, is the cinema comfortable?"
Liang Xin stretched and looked at her sister-in-law who was unable to get over the plot. "Sister-in-law always cries from the beginning to the end. After watching the movie for two days, she immediately burst into tears when she thought of the plot. No need to persuade her. It's useless to persuade her. Are you hungry?"
“I’m not hungry!”
My sister-in-law immediately shouted, “I just ate so much before the movie.”
Liang Xin gave the choice, "Do you want to go roller skating, visit the park, go boating in the park lake, or go shopping in the department store?"
"Rowing? What's so fun about rowing? I row my boat every day. I won't go."
After Lu Wei finished speaking, the second sister-in-law nodded and said, "Let's not go to the park. It's so cold, and we're not making friends or having a love affair. Why go to the park? Let alone the roller skating rink. If we fall, we'll have to spend money on medical treatment, and it will delay our work."
As for the last two sentences, the sister-in-law agreed, "That's right, we are not from the city, and it is troublesome and expensive to treat illnesses in the city. The brigade doesn't have that much money to reimburse us."
"Then let's go to the department store."
The three of them did not object. They had long been fascinated by the department store in the county but had never been there.
Now that I am in the provincial capital, of course I want to visit a better department store.
Sister-in-law: "Let's just go and take a look. We won't buy anything. We'll just stroll around and broaden our horizons."
As soon as they entered the department store, Dasao and Lu Wei's eyes were instantly widened and they couldn't take it all in.
Jiangjing No. 1 Department Store is a nationally renowned shopping mall. It has three floors and is the place with the most complete range of daily necessities in the province.
The sales clerks here, like the waiters in state-owned restaurants, have their eyes on top of their heads.
The only difference was the salesperson at the cloth counter. Just as my second sister-in-law couldn't help but reach out to touch the beautiful and soft khaki cloth, a yellow ruler knocked down on her, scaring her so much that she quickly retracted her hand.
"Only look, no touch!"
"This is comparable to the salesperson in our supply and marketing cooperative." The second sister-in-law curled her lips, "It's also my fault that I haven't been back for many years. It's rare to see new colors."
Liang Xin walked forward and looked at the cloth that the second sister-in-law was about to touch. "It would be good for making a pair of pants."
"This color is too light and won't last long." The second sister-in-law shook her head. "I can't wear this color of cloth when I'm working in the production team. I think it looks very smooth and I can't help but want to touch it."
Liang Xin looked up at the iron wire above the glass cabinet, where several ready-made clothes were hung. They were basically two-piece shirts and vests. "What do you think of this khaki vest? Wearing it inside won't get dirty, and it can keep you warm and hide your money."
The second sister-in-law looked up, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she immediately shook her head, "Who would buy ready-made clothes in a department store these days? They are so expensive. I wrote down the style and will ask the team tailor to make it when I have enough cloth coupons."
"Please help me pull four feet of khaki."
After Liang Xin was sure that her second sister-in-law liked this color very much, she took out the cloth coupons and money.
"Hey? What are you doing? I don't want it!" The second sister-in-law held Liang Xin's hand and said, "When I have enough cloth coupons, I will buy it myself. You don't need to buy it for me."
"You are also considered a matchmaker, so just consider it as a matchmaker gift."
Each member of the brigade could only get six feet of cloth coupons a year, and this year's cloth coupons were basically used up when she got married.
I’m not sure if I can save up enough to buy a vest like this next year.
When registering for marriage, each person can receive sixteen feet of cloth coupons, and her mother-in-law and Lu Chongfeng also gave her a bunch of coupons, so she now has enough cloth coupons.
Liang Xin handed over four feet of cloth coupons and three yuan.
"I don't want it!"
As soon as the sister-in-law saw Liang Xin's eyes looking at her, she immediately expressed her determination, "If you buy it, I will return it on the spot. I absolutely don't want it!"
"Then I'll take it."
The second sister-in-law picked up the cut cloth happily and said, "Thank you, little sister. I finally have new clothes to wear."
Liang Xin walked forward with a smile in her eyes. She saw the wool counter from afar and naturally thought of Lu Zewei. She stopped in front of the counter.
"Comrade, it's you again."
The second sister-in-law held the cloth wrapped in brown paper in her arms and asked, "Do you know him?"
Liang Xin: "I came to buy wool."
"Didn't you two just buy so much wool yesterday? Are you going to buy more today?" The salesperson came over with a smile, "Didn't your comrade come today?"
Liang Xin was stunned, "How do you know he is from my family?"
"Anyone who dared to stare at other people's lesbians like that would have been arrested long ago."
“........”
"What?" The second sister-in-law threw herself on the glass counter and looked at the salesperson with shining eyes, "Have you seen our brother-in-law? The one who came with her. What does he look like? What's his personality like? Can he go out?"
The eldest sister-in-law and Lu Wei also had their eyes shining and their ears perked up as they squeezed to the front of the counter.
"What are you talking about? What do you mean you can't go out... Oh~" The salesperson looked around and suddenly leaned closer, lowering his voice and saying, "I see he's wearing a military uniform. Does he work in a confidential unit? He's not allowed to go out normally?"
"Yes, yes, yes. What does he look like? Is he close to our little sister?"
"Great! They are good-looking and have an even better relationship. It's obvious that the couple has a very good relationship. That comrade is very generous and knows how to love his wife. He came over and bought several kilograms of wool, which seemed to be all bought for her. When I looked at her eyes, I thought about it and my face got hot!"
Liang Xin: “….”
This elder sister is really fabricating facts and exaggerating too much.
"Really?!" The eldest sister-in-law was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. "Then, how does he look in good health?"
"Well, he's fine. It was so cold yesterday, everyone put on their cotton-padded jackets, but he wore a spring and autumn military uniform, and he didn't shiver. He looks very cold-resistant. As for his face, he's so pretty! Prettier than the actors and actresses in the magazines. Most importantly, he's very generous. I've never seen a man who loves his wife so much. No matter how much wool his wife gave him, he didn't say a word of objection. He just took out the money and paid for it. He's straightforward and very manly."
Looking at her face full of longing and envy, then at her elder and second sister-in-law whose faces were beaming with joy, and finally at Lu Wei who breathed a sigh of relief.
"........Take two kilograms of red cotton yarn."
"Okay!"
The salesperson was talking, but hearing the customer was buying something did not affect his work attitude at all. He immediately wrapped up two kilograms of wool and put it on the glass counter. "You don't need knitting needles today, right?"
"Get another set of bamboo needles."
"Okay! Take it. Once the goods leave the counter, they cannot be returned or exchanged."
Only when Liang Xin stuffed the wool and bamboo needles into her sister-in-law's snakeskin pocket did she come to her senses from her joy and excitement.
"This, this is for me?"
Liang Xin used the hemp rope to seal the snakeskin bag and walked forward with it, "Two kilograms of wool can knit you a red sweater."
“I don’t need…”
Liang Xin looked back at her sister-in-law, interrupted her, and continued walking to other counters.
According to the original plan, I would buy a pair of leather cotton shoes for my eldest and second sister-in-law.
Just like what she said to Wei Yuanyang that day, the dirt roads in the countryside are impassable once it rains. With leather cotton shoes, even if your toes get stuck in wet mud, they won't be frozen stiff. They need to be soaked in hot water for half an hour before they can barely warm up.
She didn't give him the reed cotton leather shoes and wool yarn because even if she did, she wouldn't be able to keep them when she got home.
Even if Lu Wei's younger brothers couldn't wear the shoes anymore, Lu Wei's parents would exchange their leather shoes for other things, and would take apart the knitted wool and leave some for their son.
Liang Xin bought two women's inner vests, two sets of cotton-wool shirts and pants, and a pair of ordinary five-eye women's cotton shoes at the cotton products counter and gave them to Lu Wei.
Lu Wei refused to accept it, but Liang Xin insisted on giving it to her.
"I believe you can pay me back double in the future."
After hearing this, Lu Wei accepted the things, looked down at the brand new cotton-padded shirt and the small vest that had grown but had never been worn, blinked her eyes, and swallowed back her tears.
"I have a sweater."
The eldest sister-in-law held the wool in her hands, tears in her eyes, and smiled like a child, "It's my first new sweater, and it's red. I was so scared before entering the city, but I didn't expect to have so many surprises after entering the city."
Liang Xin looked at their bodies filled with joy and smiled silently, not disturbing them from immersing themselves in their own gains.
After leaving the department store, I went to the roller skating rink to watch for a while.
I also accompanied my sister-in-law and Lu Wei to see the Yangtze River Bridge that I had always seen on soap wrappers, candy wrappers, cigarette papers, and pencil cases.
The more than 70-meter-high bridgehead holds the bridge up in the air, standing tall above the rapids of the Yangtze River.
That scene really opened the eyes of the sister-in-law and Lu Wei.
After having so much fun, the eldest sister-in-law and Lu Wei, as authentic poor and lower-middle peasants, proposed to take a look at the workers' factory that the poor and lower-middle peasant class collectively yearned for the most.
I heard that there is a school, hospital, canteen, shops, cinema, and club in the factory. It has everything.
Liang Xin and her second sister-in-law didn't know anyone, so they could only point out a radio factory to them when they passed by.
It happened that a group of mid-shift workers were getting off work. One by one, the workers were wearing enviable dark blue work clothes, riding even more enviable bicycles, ringing their bells, and filing out of the gate with confident and satisfied smiles on their faces.
“Satisfied.”
My sister-in-law sighed with satisfaction.
The second sister-in-law also sighed, but she was not satisfied, "If I hadn't gone to the countryside..."
Half the story.
The second sister-in-law looked at Khaki, who was still in her arms, and showed a satisfied smile on her face that was no less than that of the workers. "This is also good. No one's life is perfect. Compared with other educated youth who went to the countryside, I am already many times more blessed."
There was no envy in Lu Wei's eyes, only calmness. "Once knowledge education is reformed, the status of the working class will undergo another subversive change."
"He's talking nonsense."
The second sister-in-law shook her head and said, "Workers, peasants and soldiers, except for the peasants in the middle, workers and soldiers will always be the most shining class collective!"
The sister-in-law nodded in agreement.
Neither of them took Lu Wei's words to heart, and regarded them as the sour remarks of a little girl.
Liang Xin smiled and said nothing.
Lu Wei has long been accustomed to others not agreeing with what she says.
While Liang Xin was having fun and relaxing, Wei Yuanyang had already arrived at Huaihua Commune to find her.
At this point, he had already vomited twice, his stomach was churning, he was starving, and even the hairs on his body were frozen cold.
When I got off the bus, my legs felt weak and I almost fell to the ground. I got up and ran to the electric pole, holding on to the pole and vomited again.
When I felt more comfortable, I leaned against an electric pole and saw the red brick bungalows of the commune. Then I turned my sight and saw the commune middle school. I was immediately frightened.
How could he come to Huaihua Commune!
If the commune cadres saw this, he would be finished!
Wei Yuanyang's face turned pale. Regardless of his weak legs, he quickly left the busy platform and hid near a sparsely populated wall.
My stomach was burning, and the half bowl of soy milk I drank in the morning was digested before I went to the military compound.
I was starving all the way to Huaihua Commune.
He originally wanted to get off the bus to buy something to eat, but the commune's only small kitchen and supply and marketing cooperative were gathered together. Once he showed up, he would inevitably meet the commune cadres.
Those cadres were basically related to Liang Xin, and whenever they saw him, he would inevitably beat them up.
Thinking of this, Wei Yuanyang felt as if the bitter water produced by stomach acid had flooded his heart, causing it to burn.
He decided not to eat or try to get a ride, and just walked directly to Huaihua Brigade.
When Wei Yuanyang finally arrived at the entrance of Huaihua Brigade village, covered in sweat, he was very lucky and met an educated youth he knew.
"Wei Yuanyang?"
"Liu Weiguo, have you seen Liang Xin?"
"Liang Xin? Liang Xin is not back."
“Not back yet?!”
Wei Yuanyang's pupils trembled, and he asked eagerly, "Isn't today the day she returns home after three days? I saw her leave the military compound with my own eyes, how could she not come back!"
"Really? But Liang Xin really didn't come back. I heard that she sent a telegram yesterday, asking her eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and Lu Wei to go to the provincial capital to look for her. This morning, Sister Chen Ying and the others took the early bus and left."
Wei Yuanyang's legs trembled and he suddenly collapsed to the ground.
"Hey! What's wrong with you!" Liu Weiguo quickly put down his hoe, stepped forward to support Wei Yuanyang, and found that he looked like he had collapsed. "I'll take you to the brigade's infirmary!"
Wei Yuanyang's body suddenly shook and he waved his hands quickly.
Liang Xin is not in Huaihua Village at the moment. If he appears in the brigade headquarters now, he will be torn to pieces by the brigade secretary, Liang's eldest and second brothers, and Liang Xin's other uncles and brothers!
After realizing this, Wei Yuanyang used all his remaining strength to stand up.
"Wei Yuanyang?"
A voice suddenly came from behind him. Wei Yuanyang trembled all over and slowly turned around. A big dry fist quickly enlarged in front of his eyes!
"Bang!"
Wei Yuanyang was knocked to the ground by a punch, and blood from his nose immediately flowed down his lips.
Liang Tiezhu retracted his fist and said angrily: "How dare you come to our village!"
Wei Yuanyang got up in a panic, and despite the bleeding nose, he ran towards the commune bus station with all his might.
He wants to catch the last bus back to the city to see Liang Xin!
"Go after him! I'll go to the brigade headquarters and call the commune to stop him!"
Liang Xin and her three friends went to see Xuanwu Lake and Pearl Park. They happened to see the art propaganda team performing the gong and drum play "The Party Commands the Gun" outside the Great Hall of the People. They also watched a poetry medley and folk song performances.
In the evening, after coming out of Xinhua Bookstore, Liang Xin took them to another restaurant to eat salted duck.
While eating, Liang Xin said that she would book a hotel for them to stay overnight and leave the next morning.
When my sister-in-law heard that it cost 80 cents to stay in a hotel for a night, and that it was only for a double room, and that adding an extra bed would cost another 30 cents, she refused to stay there no matter what.
When she heard that Liang Xin would also stay in the hotel with them at night, the second sister-in-law, who had been hesitant, no longer agreed and shouted that she wanted to leave.
"You just got married. Since you're not going back to the brigade, go back and get along well with others." The second sister-in-law picked up the pile of things on the ground and didn't even go back to her parents' home. "Let's hurry to catch the last bus back."
"I've never had fun like this in my life. No wonder everyone wants to come to the city." Lu Wei was unwilling to stay any longer. She had to go back to feed the livestock and read the newly bought books. "Let's go."
The three of them wanted to leave, and Liang Xin couldn't keep them.
He gave the Fuchun flour in his hand to his sister-in-law, and went to the store to use the ticket to buy two cans of frostbite cream and a box of things for Lu Wei.
"What's this?"
"Sanitary belt."
Liang Xin handed over two rolls of Peony brand wrinkled toilet paper and said, "Put the toilet paper in here, and you won't have to sew cloth to hold the straw ashes anymore."
"Toilet paper?" Lu Wei was surprised, looking at the green peony flower on the wrapping paper. The border said "high temperature sterilization, strong water absorption, soft and delicate". "What is this used for?"
Liang Xin: "...When your period comes, use it this way."
Lu Wei's face suddenly burned hot, "Oh."
Liang Xin handed a can of Seagull shampoo and two bars of Lighthouse soap to her eldest sister-in-law, and they went to the post office together to call the commune, asking them to help notify the Huaihua Brigade and let her eldest and second brothers pick up the car in the evening.
After Liang Xin sent the person away, he almost bumped into someone as he walked out of the waiting exit.
"Liang Xin!"
“.......”
Liang Xin looked at Wei Yuanyang, who was covered in dirt, slovenly clothes, and had a red and swollen nose. "..... Is there something wrong?"
"I chased you all the way to the Huaihua Brigade, only to find out that you didn't go back. I just rushed back." Wei Yuanyang looked tired and his legs were trembling, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
He was bumped into by Liang Xin's father, who sent someone after him.
Guessing that someone would block him at Huaihua Commune, he ran to the bus station at the next commune to take a bus.
Finally got back.
"Liang Xin, we are destined to meet. I bumped into you right after I left the station!"
"Sophora japonica brigade?"
Liang Xin took a step back and looked at his disheveled hair and the short stubble on his chin. "Have you found your conscience and went to the Huaihua Brigade to apologize?"
Wei Yuanyang paused in delight, feeling a little uncomfortable, but thinking of something important, he immediately asked, "Liang Xin, why did you suddenly get married?"
Liang Xin: "Because of you."
Wei Yuanyang's heart trembled, and he looked at Liang Xin with emotion, "You really are... But you can't ruin yourself like this, just to make me feel uncomfortable."
He really didn't expect that Liang Xin, who had always been gentle, was so extreme in nature. In order to take revenge on him, she would not hesitate to take the most extreme way.
"If you do this, aren't you afraid that I won't look back?"
Liang Xin looked at him with difficulty, "I really admire your confidence."
Wei Yuanyang took a deep breath, "You win, Liang Xin, I lose to you."
Liang Xin raised her hand to fan the air in front of her, then took two steps back.
The deep affection that Wei Yuanyang had just revealed in his eyes suddenly froze. After carefully distinguishing Liang Xin's expression, the deep affection turned into disbelief, "You...are you disgusted with me?"
"Isn't it obvious enough?" Liang Xin took out a handkerchief and covered her nose with it. "It smells sour and pungent."
"you......"
Wei Yuanyang looked embarrassed and could not accept it in his heart. He finally said directly the words that she liked the most and wanted the most but could not get. Not only was she not moved at all, but she kept disliking him.
"I...you......"
Wei Yuanyang opened his mouth several times, but was so shocked that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
He suddenly realized that a large part of his previous self-confidence seemed to be given by Liang Xin. Liang Xin's selfless devotion and her cherishment and desire for him made him feel that he was the best person in the world. Now that Liang Xin's attitude has changed, the source of his inner energy is gone.
Maybe it wasn't sudden, but since he saw Liang Xin coming down from the Lu family's building in the morning, he has been panicking and distraught. It is very likely that he was not afraid that Liang Xin would expose him, but the fact that Liang Xin left him, which hit him hard.
Liang Xin watched his expression change from humiliation to panic to as if he was struck by lightning. "Wei Yuanyang, are you acting like you're regretting something?"
Wei Yuanyang stared at Liang Xin, "This is not acting."
Liang Xin raised her eyebrows and held out her hand, "Then can you pay me back the money you owed me last time today?"
Wei Yuanyang: “….”
"Liang Xin, I'm talking to you seriously about love, why are you asking me for money and things again!"
"I'm learning from you." Liang Xin took back her hand, "If I had no money and no food, would you have talked about love with me?"
Wei Yuanyang's rising anger dissipated in an instant.
"We just swapped positions twice, and you're already anxious."
Liang Xin curled her lips, "Since you went back to the city to attend college, you haven't been back to Huaihua Brigade for more than three years. The last time you met me was not what you wanted to meet. Why did you rush to Huaihua Village as soon as you met me at Lu's house? Are you planning to let me help you deliver all the things from the Lu family to you like before?"
Wei Yuanyang was caught in the middle of his thoughts, and his breath was choked. After he realized what was going on, he showed a half-truthful look of disbelief: "You, how could you think so? Am I such a person in your heart?"
"certainly."
Wei Yuanyang was full of hope. These two words were like an arrow piercing his heart, and it hurt so much that he couldn't breathe. "Liang Xin, I know you have a grudge against me, so you keep denying me. Today... I will chase you today because I have feelings for you, and I can't accept you marrying another man!"
Wei Yuanyang turned his back after he finished speaking.
The back view is full of heartbreak.
He knew that Liang Xin's purpose in getting married was to see him jealous, regret, and express his true feelings, and to hear such words from his mouth.
He wanted to satisfy Liang Xin's purpose, but also to control Liang Xin.
It was always like this before. As long as he said one or two ambiguous words sincerely, Liang Xin would continue to be open-hearted to him.
Liang Xin doesn't love money, she only wants his feelings.
Wei Yuanyang waited, he waited confidently. This was already the most explicit words he had ever said. It was normal for Liang Xin to react a little slowly. Maybe she was blushing with shame and couldn't control herself.
Thinking of this, Wei Yuanyang, who had been anxious all day and had just been stabbed by an arrow, felt as if nectar was injected into his heart and it slowly healed, and he finally felt a little better.
Time passed minute by minute, and suddenly a hand pressed on Wei Yuanyang's shoulder.
Wei Yuanyang's body trembled, and his eyes revealed an expression of emotion and a smile of victory and slight complacency.
He turned his head slowly, his eyes showing deep affection, "Liang..."
"A comrade has reported you for harassing a married woman in public. Come with us to the security department!"
Liang Xin got off the bus, carrying soybeans and a packaged salted duck, and strolled into the military compound as the sun set.
A military truck passed by, and in the truck bed sat some pretty male and female actors from a cultural troupe, who seemed to be returning from a performance.
"The East is Red, the Sun is Rising..."
Revolutionary songs were played from loudspeakers on the electric poles at the entrance of the Military Service Center. Officials walked out of the building in groups of two or three. Soldiers' families, carrying vegetable baskets and aluminum lunch boxes, walked through the military compound.
Liang Xin walked into the west courtyard, and it was already completely dark.
Xiao Wei was on duty at the guard post at the entrance of the Lu family's building. When he saw Liang Xin coming back, he looked obviously surprised.
Liang Xin nodded at him and walked up the stairs step by step.
As soon as I pushed open the outer door, I heard Lu Zewei and a young and cute voice talking from inside.
"Where is the burn? Why are you so difficult to please?"
"Did I ask you to serve me? You came to do it yourself. It's so hot, you eat it yourself."
"I let the bowl I just served you cool down a bit before serving it to you, but you complained it was too cold. I changed it for you, but you complained it was too hot. The temperature difference is only five degrees. If you're not being difficult to please, what are you?"
"Did you take the thermometer?"
"Just take it!"
"I don't want to eat anymore. I'm going back to my room. Don't bother me anymore."
Lu Zewei had just put down his chopsticks when he suddenly looked up and found a familiar yet unfamiliar figure standing at the door. His body, which was originally leaning lazily on the back of the chair, suddenly sat up straight, paused for less than three seconds, and then slowly leaned back.
"No, I'll take them all out..."
Lu Yueji, who had just walked out of the room with the thermometer, saw a smile on Lu Zewei's face that she had never seen before. She seemed surprised and happy, but she had to pretend that she didn't care and control the corners of her mouth that were rising up, and the curve of her mouth was swaying up and down slightly.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?!"
"Fuck you." Lu Zewei stood up and pushed away his sister who rushed over. When Liang Xin returned to his sight, he coughed lightly and asked, "Why did you come back?"
"Huh?"
Lu Yueji followed his line of sight and saw Liang Xin. She looked back and forth between the two people and suddenly felt that she was redundant. "Who is it?"
"Your sister-in-law."
Lu Zewei pulled out a chair, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Your second sister-in-law, have you eaten?"
The next sentence is directed to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin was looking at Lu Yueji.
The first serious female protagonist in this book.
Wei Yuanyang's first wife.
She has sweet facial features, upturned almond eyes, and a cheerful and happy look that cannot be concealed between her eyebrows. It is obvious that she has been well taken care of by her family.
The first and second suckers in this book met each other.
"Second sister-in-law!"
Lu Yueji trotted to the door and stared at Liang Xin calmly, "Oh my God, where did mom pick such a beautiful girl? Why didn't she introduce her to me? Instead, it's my second brother who got the chance!"
"Go away."
Lu Zewei pushed Lu Yueji's head away with a slap. He looked very unnatural, his eyes wandering between Liang Xin's face and outside the door, but about eight-tenths of the time they were still on her face.
"Have you eaten? Why are you in such a hurry to come back? The fastest time from Linhuai to Jiangjing is three hours, forty-two minutes and thirty seconds. It's not safe for a woman like you to come back after dark. Besides, if you really want to come back, you can call home in advance so that I can pick you up at the station. Even if you are worried that I can't go, I can ask someone to pick you up. Why did you come back so suddenly without saying anything? What if something happened?"
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