Chapter 50 Chapter 50 I am still young.
Liang Xin turned around and looked at Wang Daya and Li Mao who were not comforted at all, and then looked at Xia Xia and Zhong Xuelian who also had worries in their eyes.
There was a long silence.
Liang Xin said: "It's okay, just talk."
The people in the bakery finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Second sister-in-law!"
Suddenly, a sweet cry was heard from outside, and it seemed as if even the summer heat had subsided a little when I heard it.
Liang Xin stood up with a smile and looked at a group of green figures running towards the bakery. Leading the group was Lu Yueji.
"This is my second sister-in-law, the prototype of the heroic rescuer who created the close bond between the army and the people at Jiangkou, Comrade Liang Xin."
Lu Yueji stood at the door of the bakery, and after introducing Liang Xin to her comrades behind her, she said to Liang Xin: "Second sister-in-law, they are all my comrades-in-arms and also performers in the show."
Liang Xin looked at the girls who were still outstanding without makeup and said with a smile: "Hello, it's hot outside, come in and sit down."
"Lu Yueji!"
Suddenly, a group of tall and straight green figures caught up.
"You were meeting a hero, and you said you would invite us along, so why did you sneak away?"
Lu Yueji shuddered when she thought of Lu Chongfeng's cold face. "Who sneaked away? I saw my second sister-in-law as soon as I got off the car. I was so excited that I forgot to go to the car over there to call you."
A handsome actor stepped forward and extended his hand to Liang Xin. "Hello, Comrade Liang Xin, I have wanted to meet you for a long time. I am Xiao Ze, the actor who played Lu Chongfeng in "The Close Relationship between the Army and the People at Jiangkou"
Liangxin was startled.
Li Mao shouted, "Ah?"
“They are all my comrades in the art troupe.”
Lu Yueji looked at Xiao Ze who was still holding out his hand. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar, heroic and high-spirited figure. She immediately jumped behind Liang Xin, leaned on her shoulder, and peeked at the person who was approaching. "Second sister-in-law, second brother is here."
Lu Chongfeng held his hat in his hand, sweat on his forehead, and walked all the way, raising his hand from time to time to return the soldiers' salute. From a distance, he saw that the bakery was surrounded by a group of soldiers carrying packages and preparing to go to the foot of the division headquarters building. He turned to Liang Xin and asked, "Is Lu Yueji here?"
The bakery performers immediately raised their hands and saluted Lu Chongfeng.
Lu Chongfeng raised his hand to his forehead and said, "Thank you for your hard work along the way."
“It’s not hard!”
Xiao Ze, who had just reached out to Liang Xin but was interrupted by Lu Yueji, reached out to Lu Chongfeng again, "Hello, Chief Lu, I am Xiao Ze, the actor who plays you."
Lu Chongfeng paused with his hand half-extended, and then thought about how he had just come over and saw him reaching out to Liang Xin. He took a quick look at the man in front of him and shook his hand vigorously, "They don't look alike."
After saying that, he looked at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin understood what he meant instantly, ".......Yeah."
There was a hint of surprise in Lu Chongfeng's eyes, but he immediately raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Xiao Ze with a little more enthusiasm than before, "I look forward to your performance tomorrow."
"Yes, I will not let Chief Lu and the heroes down."
Liang Xin took the initiative to extend her hand to Xiao Ze, whose hand she had not shaken just now, and shook hands with him. Then she shook hands with other female comrades one by one. Soon, she saw two familiar faces.
When I went to the military district compound for the first blind date, Phalaenopsis, who was sitting in the Lu family’s living room, was the female comrade who was transferred to the drama troupe.
The subtle hostility in Phalaenopsis' eyes had long since disappeared. Instead, she was filled with admiration. She took the initiative to hold Liang Xin's hands with both hands and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, I felt that you were extraordinary from the beginning. Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, you have become a nationally famous hero. You are the pride of our military compound!"
Liang Xin also held her hand with both of hers, "You're welcome. From now on, it will depend on the performances of professional performers like you to become truly famous throughout the country."
"Don't worry about that."
The still slim female comrade patted her chest and said: "We will perform more than 100 shows before the end of the year. It is inevitable that we will be famous throughout the country!"
Liang Xin saw that everyone seemed reluctant to leave, "Are you hot? Sit down and rest first. I'll treat you to some jam bread."
"Bread?" Lu Yueji asked in surprise, "Second sister-in-law, can you still eat bread here?"
"You're in for a treat."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin and said, "I'm going to the division headquarters for a meeting first."
Liang Xin nodded.
Lu Chongfeng had already turned around, but suddenly turned back and said, "Leave a piece of jam bread for me too."
He hasn’t even eaten it yet!
Liang Xin could still tell what he was thinking at a glance. She glanced at him indifferently and nodded.
"Second brother is really."
Lu Yueji looked at Lu Chongfeng's departing back and said, "You stay with my second sister-in-law every day, but you can't get anything to eat, and you still want to snatch it from me."
Liang Xin smiled but said nothing.
Not only did the performers from the art troupe stay in the bakery, but the creative team also rushed over.
They seemed to be nailed here and refused to leave.
I want to get more information about the actual situation and psychological state of the scene from this person.
Liang Xin answered everyone's endless questions while kneading the dough for sweet bread.
The jam is made from mulberries sent from the base farm.
An hour had passed since the dough was kneaded and fermented.
During this period, the director of the 11th Division Guesthouse came over in person to urge them to leave, but the people from the art troupe still refused to leave.
Everyone liked listening to Liang Xin answering questions, watching her kneading dough, and wanted to be the first to eat the bread that they watched her make.
Because Comrade Liang Xin said that freshly baked bread is the most delicious.
They traveled all over the country, and the whole time they stayed in Jiangjing, they had never eaten freshly baked bread.
Liang Xin took out the sweet bread dough, kneaded it into a ball, divided it into 30 portions, stuffed 10 grams of jam in each portion, and rolled it into small round breads. She put them in a baking tray and placed them on the stove. After they rose again, she brushed them with the evenly mixed egg liquid and put them in the oven.
Looking back, I saw the faces that had been eager for a long time.
"It will only take 10 minutes."
Ten minutes later, the freshly baked bread was plump and golden, exuding an irresistible aroma.
It was an even greater temptation for the comrades from the art troupe who had traveled all the way and had hardly eaten well.
Li Mao and Wang Daya brought the baking tray to the table outside.
Liang Xin first picked up a piece of bread and put it in the enamel bowl she brought from home, then picked up another piece of bread to taste. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fluffy and soft, and the jam was sweet but not greasy. "Give it to everyone to taste."
Lu Yueji took the first bite and her eyes widened as she looked at the bread with its layers of crispy crust wrapped around the mulberry sauce. "Oh my god, I've lived for so long and only now know there are such delicious foods in the world!"
"It's delicious, so delicious, Comrade Liang Xin, you are really beautiful and intelligent, with both moral integrity and artistic talent!"
"This is the first time I know that hot bread is so delicious! The people who live here are so lucky!"
"The bread sold in the city's department stores crumbles when you eat it. I never knew that good bread is as smooth as silk!"
Liang Xin listened to the surprised voices, picked up the cold tangerine peel tea and took a sip, just smiling slightly, with no other expression.
The four people in the bakery looked at the comrades who came from the provincial capital or from all over the country and had truly seen the world. When they ate the bread made by Liang Xin, they all looked as if they had never seen the world.
Some devoured it.
Some people only take a small bite and are reluctant to eat more.
Some of them were eating while looking at the remaining bread on the plate.
Suddenly, my understanding of Liang Xin's craftsmanship reached a new level, and at the same time, I was finally relieved from the sudden fright caused by Liang Xin in the morning.
Liang Xin asked the members of the art troupe to take the remaining bread to the meeting, and received their surprised and sincere thanks.
Li Mao was stewing chicken soup using a honeycomb coal stove.
Liang Xin took the lotus leaf and walked to the kitchen, "I want to use both big pots."
Xia Xia came in with a baking tray, "You use it. Today, except for Li Mao, we will all go home to cook. What are you going to cook?"
"Cook some lotus leaf rice."
Liang Xin broke the eggs, put them into the pot, and spread them into egg skins. "Sister-in-law, the division headquarters won't receive people from the military region?"
"Logistics reception." Xia Xia squatted in the stove and helped Liang Xin watch the fire. "What is lotus leaf rice? I have never eaten it. Why do I need so many ingredients?"
"Liang Xin, Chief Lu is here."
Zhong Xuelian shouted.
Lu Chongfeng appeared in the kitchen. "Bread?"
Liang Xin couldn't help laughing, and took the jam bread from the enamel bowl and handed it to him, "15 cents, 2 taels of food coupons."
"I don't have any money." Lu Chongfeng took a big bite of bread and puffed his cheeks and said, "All the money and bills have been given to my family."
Liang Xin put the diced meat and the battered fresh shrimp into the pot and stir-fried them with oyster sauce. "You don't have any private money?"
"Private room? I don't want a private room. I will always share a room with my family!"
Liang Xin hurriedly looked outside and found that the store was open to sell bread and mung bean cakes. No one heard him, "Keep your voice down."
Lu Chongfeng lowered his voice, but his momentum did not drop at all, "It's legal!"
Liang Xin glanced at him, poured cooking wine into the pot, added diced mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar, MSG, borrowed a small bowl of Li Mao's chicken soup and brought it to a boil, then thickened it with water chestnut powder and served it out.
"What is this?" Lu Chongfeng finished chewing the bread and clapped his hands, "I don't think I've ever eaten this before."
Liang Xin said, "Yue Ji hasn't eaten many of the things you've eaten."
Lu Chongfeng secretly raised the corner of his lips and said generously: "Let her taste it again when there is a chance in the future."
"whispering sound."
It was rare for Lu Chongfeng to hear Liang Xin make such a sound, so he slowly walked over and said, "Tsk again."
Liang Xin glanced at him, poured the roast duck meat, cooked shrimps, meat stuffing, and small pieces of egg skin together, added sesame oil and mixed well to make the lotus leaf filling, then opened the lid of the other pot, and the aroma of meat and rice instantly spread.
“It smells so good!”
“This is just the beginning.”
Lu Chongfeng watched Liang Xin fluff up the steamed rice with diced pork, let it cool, and then add soy sauce, salt, MSG, oyster sauce, pepper, and sesame oil and mix well. "You, as a sister-in-law, care more about me than a brother."
"Then shouldn't you reflect on yourself instead of comparing yourself with others?"
Liang Xin put the mixed stuffing on the washed and cut lotus leaves, folded them into a bundle shape, and put them into the steamer. Suddenly, she found there was no sound. She turned around and saw that he was staring at the remaining lotus leaves.
Sometimes Liang Xin really wanted to be infected with Lu Chongfeng's ability to understand biases, so that she would understand what he was thinking immediately and not feel uncomfortable.
"Light the fire!"
"oh."
On the way, Li Mao was carrying a pot of chicken soup and walking side by side with Liang Xin.
Lu Chongfeng walked behind, carrying the fragrant lotus leaf rice.
"Congratulations."
Liang Xin looked at Li Mao with a happy face and said, "I heard that Deputy Battalion Commander Lei won the first place."
"That's why I killed an old hen to give him some nutrition." Li Mao smiled. "Before he left, he told me that he would bring back a medal even if he risked his life. He said it was for me because I like the bakery and he wanted me to stay here."
Liang Xin paused, "Since Deputy Battalion Commander Lei has the ability to take first place, he should not be on the list of demobilized personnel?"
"Lao Lei has no background and low education..." Li Mao changed the subject and said hurriedly, "I'm not saying that cadres who can be promoted without changing jobs rely on their background. I'm talking about Lao Lei. When we did a survey on his career change, the higher-ups hinted to him that."
"Low cultural literacy is not a problem. You can start learning at any time."
Liang Xin said, "You couldn't read before, but now your level is equivalent to that of a primary school graduate, right?"
Li Mao was stunned. "He can learn it, too?"
"Why can't he learn?"
As they were almost at the doorstep, Liang Xin pulled out the key from her pocket and said, "When you have time, go to the Xinhua Bookstore in the county and look for a complete set of high school liberal arts textbooks, tutoring materials, and reference books. Knowledge is accumulated slowly, and even if you are in your seventies or eighties, you can still continue to learn."
“That makes sense.”
Li Mao nodded, "That makes sense. I see Section Chief Lu has a special study room. He reads so many books every day without stopping. I'll go buy some on Sundays when I have a day off!"
Going to the kitchen at home, Liang Xin made another dish of crab meat cake steamed egg.
I went to the vegetable garden and picked cucumbers and tomatoes.
I mashed garlic and made cold cucumber salad.
Cut the tomatoes into slices and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
"Second sister-in-law!"
As soon as Lu Yueji entered the house, she was attracted by the cozy little house. She stood by the long window, feeling the midsummer lotus breeze. "It's so comfortable! Now when I go back, my mother can rest assured about my second sister-in-law!"
Liang Xin put the tomatoes with sugar on the table and said, "Wash your hands and eat."
After sitting down at the table, Liang Xin asked about her mother-in-law's recent situation.
"That's it. Mom doesn't like to go out either. She just follows the seasons every year." Lu Yueji picked up the chopsticks. "In the past, every winter, I would think about what to send to Brother Heping and Second Brother. When summer came, I would think about what to send. Now it's your turn, but the habit hasn't changed. I just save money and things, and send them to each of them when the time comes."
Liang Xin opened the lotus leaf package and cooked the lotus leaf rice at just the right temperature. The lotus leaves did not turn black due to insufficient heat or too long cooking time, but were still fresh green and fragrant. The smell made the brother and sister subconsciously stretch their heads to take a look.
"It smells so good! I didn't know my second sister-in-law was such a good cook!"
Lu Yueji took the rice that Liang Xin served her first, put down her chopsticks, scooped a large spoonful of it directly into her mouth with a spoon, and took a bite, the fragrance filled the air.
The rice is fresh, smooth and glutinous, and the diced pork, diced mushrooms and peanuts are tender and smooth. There is not a single greasy feeling. Instead, the fragrance of the lotus leaves makes people feel as if they are in a fresh pond.
After chewing it, I even felt that the summer heat was relieved.
"Oh my god, second brother, you are living such a comfortable life here. I don't even want to leave!"
Lu Chongfeng was helping Liang Xin serve lotus leaf rice. When he heard this, he made a "tsk" sound.
Lu Yueji turned to look at Liang Xin, "Second sister-in-law, he doesn't agree with my praise for you!"
"I don't!"
Lu Chongfeng put the bowl of rice in front of Liang Xin, "She is trying to sow discord. I know very well how delicious your cooking is."
Liang Xin picked up the chopsticks and asked, "Does your second brother always give in to you?"
"yes!"
Lu Yueji seemed to have finally found someone to complain to. "When I was a kid, every time I was walking, he would suddenly jump out from nowhere and shout, 'Surrender your weapons and you won't be killed!' I was so scared that I walked like a thief every day, always on guard. Sometimes I would even wake up from my dreams!"
Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng, but could not find any embarrassment on his face.
"She is so timid and wants to go into the air-raid shelter with us every day, so I scare her." Lu Chongfeng picked up a piece of candied tomato and put it into Lu Yueji's bowl, "Okay, eat it."
"Oh my God, the sun doesn't rise from the west!"
Lu Yueji held the bowl in her hand and said, "Second brother actually picked up some food for me! Wait, did you poison me?"
"I made it. It's not poisonous."
Liang Xin picked up a piece of fresh and plump crab and put it in Lu Yueji's bowl. "Eat it quickly and have a good rest after eating. Don't you still have to rehearse? Being on stage is hard work, so eat more."
Lu Yueji was concentrating on enjoying the delicious food.
Suddenly, he thought of something and looked up, "Hey, is Wei Yuanyang here too?"
Lu Chongfeng suddenly stopped using his chopsticks.
Liang Xin glanced at him and nodded, "In the kitchen."
"Nothing. I only heard dad mention it once."
Lu Yueji saw that Lu Chongfeng looked unhappy, "Second sister-in-law, the lotus leaf rice is so delicious, I want another bowl!"
Lu Yueji ran away as soon as she finished her meal.
Liang Xin looked at the tidied study and said, "This place is indeed not as good as the guesthouse."
"Looking at it this way, two rooms are pretty good."
Lu Chongfeng said what he was thinking, "No one disturbed us."
Liang Xin rolled up the quilt again, "Don't you have children in your plan?"
This was the first time this topic came up. Lu Chongfeng was stunned. "We just started dating. Why do we want a child?"
Liang Xin carried the quilt from the study, across the corridor, and into the room, "We have been married for more than half a year."
"We are married, but we are still in the dating stage emotionally."
Lu Chongfeng chased after him, "Do you want a child?"
"In no mood."
Lu Chongfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
Liang Xin looked at him in surprise as he looked relieved. She never expected that he didn't want a child even more than she did.
Lu Chongfeng understood Liang Xin's thoughts and said, "I'm still young."
Liang Xin: “….”
"How young are you?"
Lu Chongfeng suddenly felt as if his throat was strangled. He walked over and hugged Liang Xin from behind, "If you want to have a baby, then have it. If you don't want to have a baby, then wait a little longer. I'm not in a hurry."
Liang Xin understood his thoughts and nodded.
The division headquarters auditorium was once again packed with people.
It’s even more crowded than during Chinese New Year.
In addition to the people from the 11th Division, all the members of the Xiahe Brigade were invited to watch the performance.
Liang Xin, Lu Chongfeng, Yang Tao, the secretary of the Xiahe Brigade, Nurse Zhang and Doctor Liao from the commune hospital... were all given special seats, sitting in the middle even higher than the base leaders.
Lu Chongfeng helped Liang Xin hold the soda and put a straw in it. "Do you want to drink?"
Liang Xin shook her head, "I want to eat red bean popsicles."
Lu Chongfeng put the soda on the table, opened the thermos, took out an ice cream and handed it to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin wanted to reach out her hand, but saw that it was a milky white ice cream, "Red bean popsicle."
Lu Chongfeng muttered, "This is good," but he didn't force it on Liang Xin. He took out a wax-paper-wrapped red bean popsicle from the thermos and handed it to her, "You don't eat ice cream, so I eat it?"
"Eat quickly. It's very hot with so many people here. If you don't eat now, it will melt."
Liang Xin had bitten off all the red beans on the red bean popsicle, and then Yang Tao's family hurried over.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw Wei Yuanyang looking at her among the crowd on the tiered seats.
Liang Xin realized later that the cannon fodder, the male protagonist, the first female protagonist, and the second female protagonist of the book were all together, except for the third female protagonist.
This plot fell apart.
"Liang Xin!"
Suddenly, Yu Honghong in the crowd waved at her, "Do you want some melon seeds?"
Yu Honghong's familiar tone made many leaders of the base look back.
Logistics Minister Yu had a smile on his face and looked very satisfied.
"Thank you. I brought it."
Liang Xin turned around and saw Lu Chongfeng viciously biting off a large piece of ice cream, "...Not cool?"
Lu Chongfeng let out a puff of white air, "It's not cold!"
Liang Xin looked at the popsicle without the red bean and said, "Then I'll give you this one too."
Lu Chongfeng was stunned, took the popsicle, looked at the bite marks left by Liang Xin, and the corners of his lips slowly curled up.
He turned slightly, raised the popsicle and took a bite.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Wei Yuanyang’s ugly face.
Lu Chongfeng snorted softly and kept this posture, biting the popsicle one bite after another.
"Section Chief Lu is really obsessed with his wife."
The family member sitting next to Li Mao said, "Look, he has to eat a popsicle facing his wife."
Li Mao said: "If my wife is Liang Xin, I will be more obsessed with her than him!"
Before the performance began, three cadres in neat military uniforms and with big red flowers on their chests walked onto the stage.
Liang Xin looked back at Li Mao and saw that she was staring at Deputy Battalion Commander Lei on the stage, and couldn't help but smile.
Lu Chongfeng suddenly said, "It would have been great if I had known you before I was eighteen."
"Why?"
"Then you will be able to see more than twenty ceremonies where I am awarded."
A smile appeared in Liang Xin's eyes, "Arrogant ass."
"who?"
Lu Chongfeng sniffed his nose, just like Xiaobai at home, sniffing everywhere, "Is there? I don't smell it."
Liang Xin: "...Let's watch the show."
The performance of "The Close Relationship between the Army and the People" is divided into three acts, and is a large-scale performance that combines music, dance, recitation and poetry.
The ceiling lights in the auditorium went out, and the stage slowly opened, revealing the Yangtao family.
The young actor who played Yang Tao narrated the family history. His eyes were sad and numb as he spoke the lines. His movements were well coordinated. The suffering of arranged marriage instantly caught the attention of everyone in the auditorium.
Liang Xin was immersed in it. After watching the first show, the rhythm and appeal of the stage made the auditorium filled with cries one after another, followed by thanks to the party for its arduous revolutionary struggle, guided by the stage lines.
The second scene begins with Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng, who are carrying their bags to join the army.
Liang Xin felt that everyone's eyes were on her in an instant. Her ears felt a little hot. She turned to look at Lu Chongfeng and met his gaze.
Liang Xin: “….”
She was the only one who felt uncomfortable.
He was obviously very excited.
Lu Yueji was reciting the dialogue and saw Yang Tao fall into the water. She thought he was a member of the production team.
The stage created a realistic scene of swollen river after a rainstorm, and the actors performed vividly and passionately.
When Yang Tao jumped into the river, Liang Xin rushed to save her, and then was kicked away. Liang Xin risked her life and chased after Yang Tao without hesitation, all of which captured the audience's attention.
Lu Chongfeng fired a gun to alert the police, and the brigade secretary led the production team members to read out the dialogue, telling the audience that they thought those who fell into the water were soldiers and their families from the 11th Division who had been relocated.
The actors' eyes, movements and recitation, the music, the dance, the quick-paced and passionate singing vividly displayed the bravery of the soldiers and civilians in Jiangkou who risked their lives to help each other. Applause and tears were intertwined in the auditorium.
When Liang Xin was rescued, she vomited blood, but she said, "Save her first!"
The image of the new heroine was firmly anchored in the audience’s minds, and the applause from the audience was even louder than during the previous climax of the water-saving segment!
Countless gazes of admiration and respect were once again turned to Liang Xin.
Liang Xin's ears were already burning, but Lu Chongfeng still took the lead in applauding.
As soon as the stage performance ended, people in the auditorium rushed over to shake hands with Liang Xin.
Looking at the large group of young and strong soldiers, Liang Xin's eyes were brighter than the stars in the sky. Everyone was vying for her and would even break their heads to get close to Liang Xin.
Lu Chongfeng's clapping hands slowly clenched into fists.
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