Chapter 34 Chapter 34 What happened to my family member?
Liang Xin: “….”
Liang Xin closed her eyes again and pretended to be asleep.
But it was shaken again.
Liang Xin still kept her eyes closed, breathing in and out through her nose, exhaling evenly.
Her eyelids were suddenly pressed against by fingers, which circled around her brow bone.
"It's not like that when you're asleep. Your eyelids are trembling."
As early as in the military compound, he didn't know how many times Liang Xin had slept close to him.
Lu Chongfeng bent down and kissed Liang Xin's trembling eyelashes.
Liang Xin raised her hand to push his face away and turned on the chandelier. "Why are you thinking about this so late at night?"
“No.”
Lu Chongfeng certainly couldn't admit that he spent most of the night thinking about this kind of thing.
"I was thinking about the shooting test training just now. I just thought of this when I was about to go to sleep. Do you know how to do it?"
"Of course."
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
Liang Xin yawned, "When guests come to our house for dinner, of course we have to make sure they eat well."
Lu Chongfeng, who was dying of illness, suddenly breathed a breath of fresh air, "Guest... I'm not a guest, why are you cutting my hair too?"
"You can't peel it open?"
“.......”
Liang Xin picked up the watch on the desk. It was already 2:30 in the morning. She yawned again. "I stayed up all night on New Year's Eve last time. I couldn't recover for several days. Don't disturb my sleep anymore."
Lu Chongfeng was stunned. "You didn't sleep all night on New Year's Eve? Why?"
Liang Xin had fallen asleep on the pillow.
Lu Chongfeng covered Liang Xin with the quilt and put her hands into the quilt.
Suddenly his body stiffened.
I thought of the black gloves I wear every day.
A numb feeling suddenly spread throughout my body, like countless small needles piercing my heart.
These are the feelings that Zheng Xiaojun's superficial words cannot fully describe.
He hugged Liang Xin, with her warm body in his arms and her soft cheek against his heart, which was an experience that Zheng Xiaojun didn't understand at all.
Lu Chongfeng's eyes were sore, but the corners of his lips were slightly raised.
Liang Xin was awakened by the aroma of beans in the morning. She looked towards the window and saw the sunlight shining through the magpies climbing on the plum trees, and a bunch of small trumpet flowers also blooming in the sun.
Listening carefully, I heard the sound of a stone mill coming from the kitchen.
Liang Xin casually braided her two braids, put on her cotton jacket, folded the quilt, opened the door and walked to the backyard.
Bean dregs were flowing on the stone mill in the backyard kitchen. Lu Chongfeng put down the cloth bag for filtering, picked up the gourd ladle, and poured soy milk into the big pot. The whole house was filled with the aroma of beans, and Liang Xin's last trace of sleepiness was driven away by the fragrance.
"Weren't you still awake at 2:30 last night?"
"Sleep until five, get up for exercise, come back at six to grind the soaked beans."
Liang Xin was really jealous and envious of his energy and stamina. She picked up the kettle and poured water into the toothbrush holder. "Isn't there a tofu shop in the service center? If I want to drink soy milk, can't I just go there and buy it?"
"That's different."
Lu Chongfeng thought that even if he went to a department store outside and bought a thousand pairs of gloves, he would never be able to get the feeling of Liang Xin staying up late to knit gloves for him.
"Didn't you say you wanted to drink soy milk a few days ago? Just turn on the fire and cook it and you can drink it right away."
Liang Xin turned around and saw a thin layer of sweat on his plump forehead, so she leaned over and kissed him.
Lu Chongfeng held a gourd ladle in his hand, his black eyes lit up, but when he raised his head he only saw Liang Xin's back as she walked out with an enamel tooth mug.
He rubbed his kissed face, picked up the wooden barrel, poured all the soy milk into the big pot, strode around to the stove, and lit the fire.
"We are all sharpshooters. Every bullet kills an enemy."
Liang Xin was brushing her teeth when she heard singing coming from the kitchen and a soft chuckle came from her nose.
Lu Chongfeng filled two bowls of soy milk and brought them to the square table. "I'll take the remaining soy milk to the tofu shop and ask them to help make tofu. I don't have brine and molds at home, so I'll go get them early at noon."
"Just do your thing, I'll get it."
Liang Xin took out the sugar jar, scooped a few spoonfuls of sugar into two bowls of soy milk, stirred them evenly, took a sip, and tasted the rich and mellow flavor. "It tastes great."
Lu Chongfeng brought over the hot white steamed buns and boiled eggs, "Drink more."
Liang Xin stood up, took the plate and walked to the low cabinet, picked up some spicy cabbage, beans, and chili peppers, and scooped a spoonful of fresh fermented black beans and put them back on the table.
"The pickles made by Li Mao next door are also delicious."
Lu Chongfeng picked up a piece of spicy cabbage and nodded, thinking of the heads that appeared again and again on the wall of his house yesterday, "These family members will have jobs soon."
Liang Xin was not surprised, but a little surprised, "So fast?"
"It's all thanks to your proposal. Ever since the focus on you was changed to the focus on the close relationship between the army and the people, the local revolutionary committee and the provincial revolutionary committee have taken the initiative to help the 11th Division solve its practical difficulties." Lu Chongfeng took a sip of soy milk. "The city can only give the 11th Division ten universal recruitment quotas. The 11th Division currently has more than 300 family members accompanying the troops, which is far from enough. The provincial revolutionary committee, the Double Support Office and the division have discussed building a pharmaceutical factory together and invited the former deputy director of the base hospital and the old professor of Jiangjing Medical University to serve as the factory director. After the pharmaceutical factory is built, the jobs of these family members will all be solved."
Liang Xin thought of what Li Mao and the soldiers said on the day they built the brick fence, and nodded, "Very good."
"The schooling problem for the children of the 3rd and 21st Regiments has also been solved." Lu Chongfeng took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth. "The division headquarters will build a primary school with the help of the government. In the future, not only will Li Mao next door not bother you, but his children won't bother you either."
Liang Xin ate slowly, having just finished half a bowl of wine. "The report hasn't been written yet, and hasn't been published in the newspapers yet. How can so many practical problems be solved so quickly?"
"If we wait until it's in the newspaper before doing these things, the meaning will be different."
Lu Chongfeng picked up his military cap and put it on. He held a black briefcase in one hand and a wooden bucket of soy milk in the other. He stood in front of Liang Xin and suddenly bent down and kissed her on the face. Without waiting for her to react, he strode out and said, "I'm going to work."
Looking at the person whose ears were red, Liang Xin smiled.
Liang Xin boiled a pot of water, washed the clothes and hung them up, then found a shovel.
Putting on protective sleeves and holding a shovel, he opened the small wooden door of the brick fence and walked into the reserved vegetable plot. He tentatively inserted the shovel into the ground, stepped on the shovel with one foot, and pushed down hard. The shovel only went down a little more than three inches.
When I lifted the soil, I found that it was still hard and icy.
Stick the shovel into the ground, pick up the hoe, and hoe away the withered weeds in the vegetable garden one by one.
"Comrade Liang Xin!"
Suddenly a voice came from the door.
Liang Xin put down the hoe, put on her cotton jacket, buttoned it up, and walked out. As soon as she opened the door, she asked, "Director Zheng?"
Director Zheng of the Division Political Department said, "Comrade Liang Xin, Political Commissar Liu specifically asked me to come over and invite you to the Division Headquarters meeting room."
Liang Xin said at the right moment: "How can I trouble you so much?"
Director Zheng smiled immediately. "Thank you for your kindness. The five draft reports written by the Liang Office writing team have been approved by the base standing committee. We are currently arranging members to participate in the report group. We originally wanted to let Section Chief Lu participate, but he disagreed. The division headquarters felt that it was inappropriate to let Section Chief Lu put aside the training work of the entire division and go to participate in reports and speeches everywhere, so we are going to let you participate."
Liang Xin walked into the division headquarters meeting room.
"I'm not suitable for it either, and bragging about myself is unlikely to achieve the desired effect."
This visit to the conference room was completely different from the last time.
As soon as Liang Xin walked in.
A group of cadres in military uniforms from Liangban suddenly stood up in unison.
Liang Xin was caught off guard and got startled.
Political Commissar Liu of the base pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, please take a seat."
Zheng Xiaojun on the opposite side winked at Liang Xin.
After Liang Xin sat down, the cadres sat down in unison.
"Comrade Liang Xin, after discussion by the Standing Committee of the Base and the Prefectural Committee, the typical deeds of the close relationship between the army and the people of the 11th Division will be reported by the Director of Nanhe Commune, the Secretary of the Xiahe Brigade, Doctor Liao and Zhang Hu of the Nanhe Commune Hospital, Chief Lu, you, the Political Commissar of the 11th Division, and the Director of the Political Department of the 11th Division. The first stop will be to the Base Communication Station to make a report, the second stop will be the Jiangkou District Assembly Hall, the third stop will be to the province and the military region to make reports, and the last stop will be the Jiangjing Mass Assembly Hall."
Political Commissar Liu smiled and said, "Section Chief Lu refused. From what you said when you came in just now, you also don't want to join the report group?"
Liang Xin said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that it's not appropriate."
"Comrade Liang Xin," said the divisional political commissar, "it is always the heroes themselves who give the reports, unless... so you don't have to think that this is bragging."
Political Commissar Liu of the base said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you have to go. Section Chief Lu has already decided not to go. If you don't go, there will be no one involved in the case in the military region."
"I'm not being righteous." Liang Xin said slowly, "I just feel that everyone has been busy day and night for so long, and the military region and the province are also paying close attention to this matter. The Jiangkou model of supporting both the army and the people must be a success in one go and achieve comprehensive success. The margin for error is not very small, it's almost zero, so the person who gives the speech is crucial."
Political Commissar Liu and the cadres in the conference room all nodded seriously.
"If I were to give a speech as the main character, it would just be another ordinary, stereotyped example, nothing new." Liang Xin said, "It wouldn't arouse an unprecedented response from the people."
Political Commissar Liu of the base smiled and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, it seems that you have a better candidate? Who is it?"
"A better candidate than Comrade Liang Xin and Section Chief Lu?" Director Zheng of the division headquarters asked in confusion, "Who else could be more suitable than these two heroes? Could it be that we should ask Lu... or Comrade Liang Xin's father to give the speech?"
Looking at the confusion and contemplation on the faces of the cadres, he pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
Liang Xin said slowly: "Yan Tao."
The division headquarters meeting room was silent for a moment.
No one spoke for a long time.
Political Commissar Liu of the base and Political Commissar Zheng of the division headquarters looked at each other. Both of them knew the family situation of Commander Yang and had been responsible for persuading him many times.
Seeing Liang Xin's words drop to the ground, Zheng Xiaojun continued, "Why is it Yangtao?"
"If you can convince Master Yang and make Yang Tao willing," Liang Xin said, "then Yang Tao will be the most inspiring person among all the models in history."
The room was filled with surprise.
Although the cadres who did not know the inside story did not understand, they were stirred by Liang Xin's "most inspiring" words and their blood boiled.
If it were someone else, it might be nonsense, but when Liang Xin said it, they subconsciously believed it and looked towards the main seat.
Political Commissar Liu of the base and Political Commissar Zheng of the division headquarters looked at each other again, and they both lit cigarettes directly in the conference room.
Finished half a cigarette.
Political Commissar Liu said to the people in the secretariat of the division's political department, "Please ask Commander Yang to come over, and invite Commander Yang's family and Yang Tao to the small conference room next door."
“I’m going to give a speech?”
Yang Tao looked at Liang Xin in disbelief, "I... the farthest place I've been to is the military area. What, I haven't been anywhere else."
"I'm not asking you to be a tour guide and introduce geography and history." Liang Xin said with a smile: "Just read from the script and express your feelings sincerely."
"This..." Xia Xia looked at Yang Tao, then at Liang Xin, "Doesn't this mean that you and Section Chief Lu are giving all their honors to Yang Tao?"
Commander Yang frowned, "Comrade Liang Xin, you are telling the truth. Do you want Yang Tao to say that she didn't fall into the water accidentally, but committed suicide?"
Xia Xia took a breath and looked at Liang Xin, her face full of confusion, "No, this is not okay. If this gets out, how can her father and I live our lives? It won't be good for Yang Tao herself either!"
"You just said it was glorious, how come it became bad now?"
"This... I don't know if you want to exchange family shame for glory. No, I can't have this kind of glory!"
"How can my daughter jumping into the river be a family disgrace?" Liang Xin said, "You and Commander Yang are not a family disgrace. You are a victim of class oppression in feudal society and our class sister. Commander Yang is also a victim of oppression in feudal arranged marriages and our class brother. Yang Tao is the highlight of how valuable gender equality and marriage autonomy are in the new society. It strongly highlights the great contribution of our party to overthrowing the feudal old society, isn't it?"
Xia Xia was stunned when she heard this.
Commander Yang's brows relaxed slightly.
Yang Tao slowly approached Liang Xin.
"yes!"
Political Commissar Liu of the base suddenly came over and said, "That's right, you are all right. Comrade Yang Gang did not choose to double-oppress our class sisters after liberating the old society. Even though he felt uncomfortable, there was nothing wrong with his class feelings, and he never had any other thoughts. The reason why he couldn't treat Comrade Xia Xia wholeheartedly was because they were forced to be together by feudal ideas, which led to an irreconcilable sense of oppression after losing their freedom. This incorrect relationship caused their child, Yang Tao, to be strongly oppressed again, so it further reflects the serious undesirability of arranged marriages and further highlights the great significance of the revolutionary victory of our party and our army!"
Commander Yang's frown completely relaxed.
"Comrade Liang Xin." Political Commissar Liu of the base could not help but come over and hold Liang Xin's hand. "You should join the army. I will personally introduce you to the party. You must join the army!"
Liang Xin: "...Thank you, Political Commissar Liu."
"This..." Xia Xia still couldn't figure it out, "According to what you mean, everyone won't laugh at us?"
"The people's comrades have sharp eyes," said Political Commissar Liu. "They will only criticize the cannibalistic feudalism of the old society. Not only will they not criticize you, they will even sympathize with you."
Xia Xia couldn't believe it.
She has lived in the countryside for so many years and has been subjected to countless jokes and harsh words.
Liang Xin walked up to Xia Xia and said, "If it were any other time, you would be reported in the newspaper and receive mixed reviews. However, Yang Tao almost died. A little girl who resolutely tried to commit suicide and was rescued will only arouse the deepest sympathy from the people. Anyone who says something unpleasant will be immediately drowned in the spit of kind people. However, I also suggest that if you really don't want to go, outsiders will just think that I am shirking my responsibility as a reporter and casually dragging out a person involved. It won't have any impact on you."
“I’ll go!”
Yang Tao suddenly raised her hand, her eyes firm and shining, "I have a lot to say, but I've never had a place to say it. I've kept it all in my heart since I was a child, for fear that others would laugh at my family. Now I have a chance to say it, and I'd better go to the biggest place to say it. I'll go!"
Xia Xia shook her hands and said nothing.
Teacher Yang paced back and forth in the small conference room.
Liang Xin hopes Yang Tao will go.
I hope Yang Tao can stand at a higher place and take a look at this world.
Once you see the differences in the world, you will no longer shrink under the shadow of your parents, have no attachment to this world, and it will be impossible for you to follow the path of the original plot.
The tour report is a rare opportunity for Yang Tao to reshape himself.
Xia Xia didn't understand, but Teacher Yang could see it clearly. He looked at his daughter, whose face was full of courage for the first time, for a long time, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "Dad supports you!"
The writing team of Liangban never imagined that there was still something unearthed about the flood rescue, and they never thought that this incident could highlight the great contribution of our party and army.
Their sensitive sense of smell made them excited again, and they pulled Yang Tao's family to start drafting again.
One report after another was written on letter paper with Yang Tao's oral narration and presented to the standing committee members of the base.
The base once again asked the military district headquarters for instructions.
The draft report was approved.
With red flags waving and gongs and drums beating, Yang Tao got on the car sent by the base and went to the base's communications station to give the first report speech in his life.
The goal set by the base is to make the report written by the writing team able to make 30% of the leaders cry.
On the day of the report meeting, all the leaders and cadres cried and the applause was thunderous.
Soon, the base political commissar personally led the team to the auditorium of the military district headquarters to give a report.
More than 3,000 people including military district heads, organs, political departments, logistics, and directly affiliated troops participated.
Yang Tao stood under the five-star red flag and the party flag, trembling all over as he recited the last sentence: "Comrade Liang Xin reborn me physically and spiritually!"
Chief Lu's body trembled and he stood up first. Fortunately, the other chiefs who were told to cry were more excited than him. The cadres behind him were also so excited that their eyes were filled with tears. No one noticed his abnormality.
The applause filled the entire auditorium!
When Chief Lu returned home and saw his proud family members, he said for the first time, "You really have an extraordinary vision."
Hu Fenglian was so happy that she opened a bottle of Moutai directly!
Then I called again, but still no one answered.
The Prefectural Party Committee, the Military-Civilian Support Office, and the Political Department of the 11th Division were beating drums and gongs and carrying a plaque that read "Water Rescue Hero" on their way to Liang Xin's home. The soldiers behind them were carrying a sewing machine that also had a big red flower tied to it, with warm smiles on their faces.
Hundreds of family members in the family compound had already read the newspapers and knew that Liang Xin, in addition to rescuing people from floods, had also helped solve the family members' work problems and the children's schooling problems. Now they all gathered at the entrance of the teahouse, carrying baskets.
Liang Xin was turning the soil with a shovel when she heard some noise outside. She thought another car had come to pick up Yang Tao and the others for their presentation. She raised her hands to look at her red palms and, imitating the country folk, said "Pooh" and rubbed her hands. She then picked up the shovel, stuck it into the soil, stepped on it with her feet, and shook it until it was completely submerged in the earth.
"Liang Xin!"
Li Mao appeared on the wall with a red face, "Liang Xin, open the door quickly! Hey, why are you, a great hero, still digging here! Go and receive the hero plaque!"
Liang Xin: “?”
Hearing the sound of gongs and drums getting closer, Liang Xin put down the shovel, walked out of the vegetable garden and went to the door.
As soon as the door opened, the sound of camera shutters clicking began to sound.
A plaque with big red flowers and red lacquer and gold characters was presented to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin looked at the words "Water Rescue Hero", a smile appeared on her face, and she opened the door completely.
When Liang Xin saw another sewing machine being carried into the house, she was stunned for a moment.
"Comrade Liang Xin, this sewing machine is awarded to you by the All-China Women's Federation!" Zheng Zheng, the political commissar of the division headquarters, said enthusiastically, "This is Shen Chunhong, the director of the All-China Women's Federation. She came here today to present you with the honorary medal of the "National March 8th Red Flag Bearer". She is from the All-China Women's Federation!"
The first person Liang Xin thought of was Chairman Liu of the Military District Compound Family Committee.
He laughed secretly at his own bad taste and walked towards the director of the Women's Federation.
As soon as Liang Xin moved, the family members rushed forward and rushed to offer the baskets in their hands.
The scene suddenly fell into chaos.
The soldiers who were maintaining order at the scene were very busy.
The reporters from major newspapers at the scene were extremely excited.
"Chief Lu, 100 rings!"
The soldiers' applause suddenly rang out at the shooting training ground.
Lu Chongfeng showed no expression and gave the order to increase training.
"Chief Lu!"
Staff Officer Wu from the Operations and Training Department ran over with a bunch of bright yellow flowers in his hand. "Here you go."
Lu Chongfeng's brows wrinkled into a needle in an instant, "What the hell are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Before Staff Officer Wu could react, the flower in his hand was thrown to the ground and stepped on. The small flower was crushed into the mud.
"It's not for you, forget it, go back and save your sister-in-law!"
Lu Chongfeng's body instantly straightened up, "What happened to my family member?"
“Good!”
As soon as Staff Officer Wu finished his explanation, Lu Chongfeng rushed out.
Lu Chongfeng hurried back and saw Liang Xin surrounded by the people, like a sun.
He stood there in a daze, looked for two seconds, pushed through the crowd, squeezed next to Taiyang, held her in his arms, and escorted her into his home.
Liang Xin's cheeks were squeezed like red cherries, and her cotton sweater was soaked. "The family members are too enthusiastic. I am afraid of this scene."
Lu Chongfeng poured a glass of boiled water and added two spoons of sugar to it. "Everyone wants to shine. You have done great things, but you don't want to take credit for your achievements. However, the less ostentatious and showy people are, the more people like them."
Liang Xin almost choked on the water.
Put down the enamel teacup.
"I haven't cooked yet. I'm plowing the soil. Are you still going out?"
After hearing this, Lu Chongfeng couldn't describe how he felt at the moment.
It's like hiding a night pearl.
She could have been admired by the world, but she was only willing to stay in his home and be a lamp.
Lu Chongfeng's eyes were sore, and he squatted in front of Liang Xin. "Your application to join the party has been approved, and the pharmaceutical factory is about to be built. Do you want to go to work? If you don't want to go to the pharmaceutical factory, the division primary school is also about to be built. Do you want to teach?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"Why did you suddenly ask me a question to frame me?"
Lu Chongfeng's rare tenderness suddenly disappeared, "...Don't turn the ground. I will be back at noon and it will only take a few minutes to dig it up."
Liang Xin stepped back and nodded, "When you pass by the service center, bring me a can of oranges. Just now, a family member held up a can. I was so thirsty that I didn't dare to accept it."
"Okay."
"Wait a moment."
Liang Xin stood up, walked to the backyard, grabbed a handful of bright yellow flowers and handed them to Lu Chongfeng, "Do they look good?"
Lu Chongfeng looked at the flowers handed to him, his ears turned red, he scratched his head, raised his right hand, then switched to his left hand, and finally held the winter jasmine carefully with both hands, "Why are you giving me flowers out of the blue?"
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