Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Black and White TV
"It's really like a long time since we last met." The second sister-in-law suddenly spoke up and looked Wei Yuanyang up and down several times, "Hongtashan, Maotai liquor, polyester jacket, leather shoes, these alone add up to dozens of dollars! Wei Yuanyang, do you have any conscience? When you went to the countryside for three years, you didn't have a penny in your pocket. You deliberately approached our Liang Xin, not only coaxed her to share all the food with you, but also got the opportunity to go to college. Even after going to college, the national food coupons were sent to you every month without interruption. As a result, after you graduated from college, not only did you not return to the commune, you even refused to recognize Liang Xin. You are really a wolf in sheep's clothing!"
"Who are you talking about!" Mother Wei jumped up again, looking ferocious, "What do you mean by seduction? If you can't speak, just shut up! Don't open your mouth and throw shit on people's heads. Who has ever seen your stuff? How can we be so poor that we still need help from you country farmers?"
"Have you never seen our things?" The second sister-in-law walked around Wei Yuanyang and suddenly reached out to grab his belt. Wei Yuanyang was startled and quickly dodged.
"Isn't this something you're wearing?"
The second sister-in-law said with disdain, "We just got the Japanese fertilizer bags two years ago. The synthetic fiber is very soft. Liang Xin specially made two pairs of men's shorts with half of the urea bags and sent them to the Finance Institute. Only the cadres of the commune production team have the opportunity to get these Japanese imported fertilizer bags. Wei Yuanyang, your mother said that we don't need the help of the farmers in the countryside, so where did you get these shorts?"
Wei Yuanyang's face flushed and he was speechless.
"Hey! You're being a hooligan in public!" Wei's mother didn't answer the question at all. "This is a military compound, and we are the relatives of martyrs! How dare you be a hooligan in front of us! Security department, where are the people from the security department? Hurry up and arrest this female hooligan and lock her up!"
The second sister-in-law shrank her shoulders and subconsciously hid behind Liang Xin.
She was so angry that she pulled Wei Yuanyang's belt to look for evidence, forgetting that this was a military compound.
Nowadays, if a couple holds hands in the street they will be punished for having improper conduct. If Wei's mother really calls the security department, she will definitely not be able to leave today.
Seeing that she had frightened the man, Wei's mother became even more aggressive. She was just thinking of using both soft and hard tactics to scare the man away completely and not ruin their plan, when she saw Liang Xin suddenly walk towards the guard and her face suddenly changed.
"Comrade Guard."
"Liang Xin!"
Wei Yuanyang chased after him and stopped Liang Xin, his face clearly showing panic, "What do you want to do?"
"Help your mother call the guard company." Liang Xin took two steps back and kept a distance from him. "It's just right. I also have a lot to say in front of the guard company."
Wei Yuanyang was disturbed when Liang Xin took two steps back.
In the past, when he got a little closer to her, Liang Xin would be like a little deer, shy and excited, and would never take the initiative to stay away from him.
He carefully observed Liang Xin's expression, trying to find something familiar, but he couldn't find even a trace.
My heart suddenly started to panic.
Although Liang Xin was indeed what he wanted, what he wanted was for Liang Xin to never appear again, rather than appear in front of him with an indifferent look on her face.
".......Just now, my mother didn't know the situation, so she just said it casually. Don't take it seriously."
Mother Wei knew everything, but when she saw Liang Xin go straight to the guards, she was shocked and the momentum she had just built up disappeared immediately.
She disappeared, and the second sister-in-law's momentum rose again, "That's right! Who's afraid of going to the security department? We have a lot to say!"
The second sister-in-law pointed at Wei's mother's nose and said, "In addition to food, fertilizer and pants, there was a little white flour and rice back then. Liang Xin gave all the food to your son, and she worked half-starved to earn work points in the collective labor. Your son went to college and had no clothes to wear. Liang Xin even exchanged her mosquito net for cloth coupons. The fake collar your son is wearing now was bought with Liang Xin's mosquito net!"
Wei's mother glanced at her son's shirt collar, stammered, and could not utter a word.
"Every quarter, we got soap coupons, because the money for one soap bar could buy two soap bars. Liang Xin never wanted to buy soap. Not only did she not use soap, she didn't even want to use soap. She would pick soap nuts from the trees, burn straw ashes, and save the soap for your son. At the end of the year, when the brigade distributed money, she didn't want to buy any clothes for herself. She used it all to buy cotton sweaters, jackets, cotton trousers, and cotton shoes to send to your son!"
"Our Liang Xin really wants to pour out all the blood in her veins for your son to drink. You are such a ruthless person. As soon as you graduated and got assigned, you turned your back on us. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
Mother Wei wanted to say something, but the second sister-in-law didn't let her open her mouth, "Why? You said you didn't see it again? Wei Yuanyang, your mother doesn't admit it, and you don't admit it either?"
Wei Yuanyang glanced at the guards in the distance and looked at Liang Xin with an embarrassed expression.
Liang Xin would not make things difficult for him.
It’s not like people haven’t accused him of being a gigolo before. Whenever this happened, Liang Xin would jump out to explain for him and not embarrass him.
"Every time I send something, the parcel slip will have the sender and recipient's name and address, what's in the parcel, how much it's worth, and the stamps are all from our commune."
Liang Xin spoke slowly, looking at Wei Yuanyang's incredible face, and added: "The post office can check every record of sending and receiving mail."
Wei Yuanyang looked at Liang Xin with shock in his eyes. It felt like something in his heart had been dug out. He felt empty and uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that he was speechless.
"You, you, you sent these willingly." Mother Wei said, but she didn't dare to use the same attitude as before, "No one forced you to do this, and no one coaxed you to do this. You just like it, right? You can't give it and then want it back."
Liang Xin looked at Wei Yuanyang, "Haven't you ever coaxed him?"
Wei Yuanyang hadn't gotten used to the panic in his heart yet. Seeing Liang Xin not caring about him at all, he wanted to save something. "Liang Xin, what do you want? I'll give you whatever you want."
Liang Xin always saved everything for him and never asked him for anything, not even once, and was reluctant to ask him to buy anything.
It will definitely be the same this time.
"I want a black and white TV."
“..........”
Wei Yuanyang looked at Liang Xin in surprise. "What?"
"Panda brand black and white TV."
"......Liang Xin, there is no electricity in Huaihua Village."
A smile appeared in Wei Yuanyang's eyes, and the emptiness in his heart was slightly filled.
Liang Xin was still Liang Xin after all. She was reluctant to take his things, and even if he was being unreasonable, she gave him enough excuses.
"I bought you a TV, but you can't watch it."
“The electricity was just connected last year.”
“.......”
"I want to put a Red Lantern brand tube radio next to the TV so I can listen to the long novel series and popular science broadcasts on CCTV on time." Liang Xin raised her wrist and shook it. "Didn't you say before that my wrist is empty? I've thought about it. I'm in need of a Diamond brand 17-diamond all-steel shockproof women's watch."
Wei Yuanyang was so surprised that he was speechless and forgot to answer.
The second sister-in-law was still worried, but when she heard Liang Xin say this, she couldn't help laughing and looked at the surprised mother and son with pride.
Liang Xin looked at his clothes, then at her own clothes. "Your polyester coat is quite fashionable. I also want to buy six feet of corduroy to make a zippered shirt. I heard that department stores in the provincial capital sell apple green and bean green Dacron. I want to buy both colors to make a shirt. When the weather gets cold, I'll buy some cashmere yarn to make a sweater and trousers. These are cheap and won't cost much after buying them. I don't need a cotton-padded jacket. I can just use gabardine to make a cotton-padded jacket. Gabardine requires industrial coupons and is expensive, so I don't need this fabric for the lower body. I'll just use wool-polyester to make two pairs of trousers. As for shoes... Originally I wanted to buy a pair of suede five-eye cotton shoes, but you know that the dirt roads in the countryside will become a quagmire once it rains, and the roads will be even more unwalkable once a walk-behind tractor passes by. So it's better to buy a pair of Niutou leather cotton shoes. Of course, it would be even better if you gave me a Phoenix 28-bar bicycle so I don't have to walk."
Wei Yuanyang: “........”
Mother Wei: “.........”
Nowadays, it is popular to have three changes and one ring when getting married. Liang Xin's request is even more outrageous than the highest standard for marrying a wife.
Wei Yuanyang went without food and drink for five years, saved all his salary, and used all his eight generations of connections to get tickets, but he still couldn't guarantee that he could buy half of the things.
Seeing the stunned expressions of the mother and son, the second sister-in-law laughed out loud, "In fact, if it weren't for you, Wei Yuanyang, our little sister might have lived a life like this a long time ago."
Liang Xin smiled slightly, "We farmers have never seen the world, so we can only think of these. Your family is well-off, and you have seen and known a lot. If you look down on these and think there is something better, and you let me see the world, I have no objection."
Mother Wei, who was about to speak, was choked by these words and became disoriented. The words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter them.
Wei Yuanyang looked at Liang Xin as if he didn't know her, his heart aching, "......You, you were not this kind of person before."
"You are the one who always talks big but never delivers."
“........”
The second sister-in-law couldn't help but speak, "Just now you took the initiative to say that you would give our little sister everything she wanted. Why can't you afford it now?"
Wei Yuanyang hated to see people looking down on him the most. When he heard his second sister-in-law's words, he frowned and glanced at Liang Xin.
I found that she was motionless and her breathing was heavier.
He really wanted to spend a lot of money, but he knew he didn't have the ability to do so.
Wei Yuanyang took out the money from his pocket:
"Liang Xin, I just stayed at the school to be a teacher. Here is 21 yuan. It's Dacron from the department store. The cloth coupons are 50% off. With these cloth coupons, you can make two shirts. For the rest... I'll owe it to you first. Sooner or later, I will pay you back."
Liang Xin reached out and took the money.
Wei Yuanyang, who still holds out hope: "........"
My heart ached again.
"I can wait." Liang Xin put the money in her pocket and looked at Wei Yuanyang, whose eyes lit up. "I'll go wherever you go today. I won't leave until you pay off the money."
Wei Yuanyang: ""
"How can that be possible!" Wei's mother shouted subconsciously, "We are here to see our old comrades, who are you? Why are you following us?"
"I don't want to follow either." Liang Xin looked at the two bottles of cigarettes and alcohol in Wei Yuanyang's hand, "I won't follow you until you clear the things."
Mother Wei was so angry that her face turned red. She snatched the net bag from her son's hand and held it tightly. "I told you long ago that she has no good intentions. She will have to return those things she gave you sooner or later, and she will ask us to pay her back double!"
"It's okay if you don't want to return it." Liang Xin looked at Wei's mother, "Just let your son marry me."
Wei Yuanyang was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
The whole person relaxed.
As if he understood something.
"You're dreaming!"
"If I don't marry you today, I will follow you wherever you go."
Mother Wei could hardly catch her breath and staggered. If her son hadn't supported her, she would have almost fallen backwards. She was anxious and angry, not knowing what to do with Liang Xin.
Wei Yuanyang whispered something in his mother's ear, which made his mother even angrier.
The two of them talked in whispers for a long time.
Mother Wei opened her two-piece shirt, took out a handkerchief bag from her vest pocket, and opened it behind Liang Xin's back.
"Liang Xin." Wei Yuanyang held a paper ticket in his hand, "This is a ticket for the Panda brand 12-inch black and white TV with dual speakers. Take it first."
Liang Xin took the bill, looked at it, put it in her pocket, and continued to look at him.
Wei Yuanyang took a deep breath and handed over the big unity in his hand. "Here is a total of 100 yuan. You know, I have been in school for less than a year. I have just been awarded a junior professional title and my monthly salary is only 31 yuan. This is all the savings I have. I remember all your kindness to me and all the efforts you have made for me. I have never forgotten it. I really have something to do today. You go back first. I will go back to see you next week when I have a day off."
Liang Xin took the hundred yuan, said nothing more, and turned his eyes away.
Wei Yuanyang felt relieved, and pulled his reluctant mother, trying to turn around and walk towards the main avenue of the staff quarters.
After walking for a while, I found that Liang Xin had left the military compound, and my tense muscles finally relaxed.
Mother Wei looked distressed and asked worriedly, "You just said that she wouldn't really accept it, and now that she has accepted it, she will take the initiative to return it to you. Can she really return it to you?"
Wei Yuanyang was not sure at first, but when he said he would go to see her, Liang Xin became obedient and her confidence was restored.
"Liang Xin and I have known each other for six years. I know her feelings for me very well. Mom, don't worry. At the latest, Liang Xin will send all the money she earned today to the school next week without my having to go to Huaihua Commune."
"The TV is our family's sincerity. I used all our family connections to get the money with great difficulty. We must get it back!"
Mother Wei looked at her son and said, "You must not be confused. The brigade secretary sounds like a state cadre, but in fact his household registration is in the countryside, and he is just a farmer who earns work points. In this life, no, in the next few lives, he will never even be able to get close to the Lu family."
Wei Yuanyang said nothing.
Mother Wei was anxious, but knowing her son's temper, she managed to hold her temper and said, "If your father were still alive, the situation today would not be worse than that of the Lu family. If your uncle Li had not been demoted, he would not necessarily have to marry into the Lu family. But now both of your backers are gone, and only the three of us are left. This is not for us, but mainly for your future."
"The eldest son of the Lu family died gloriously, and only Chongfeng and Yueji are left. Since Chongfeng joined the army, he has received medals of honor one after another. I heard that they can even be used to play mahjong. The old man is very capable, and the son is also very capable. This marriage can protect you for a lifetime."
Wei Yuanyang frowned, "Didn't you say Chong Feng was sick?"
"He is sick. Not only is he sick, but he has also offended people. His life is ruined. This is better for you. Yueji is the only child in their family. If the marriage is successful, the Lu family's connections and resources are not all dependent on you. The deputy commander of the military region and the brigade secretary, who should be the son-in-law? If you are confused after entering the house, you are not my son."
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