Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Of course the relationship is better!
Liang Xin couldn't help laughing and patted the rocking chair, "Come and sit down."
Lu Chongfeng walked over and looked at the rocking chair where Liang Xin was lying. "Would you like to sit together?"
Before Liang Xin could answer, she was suddenly picked up by the waist.
The moon was dizzy.
When I came to my senses, I was already sitting on him.
Lu Chongfeng was lying in the rocking chair holding Liang Xin, rocking back and forth, and the rattan chair made a cheerful "creaking" sound.
Liang Xin rubbed her temples and said, "Slow down, we just finished our meal."
Lu Chongfeng slowed down and hugged Liang Xin up, "Is this comfortable?"
Liang Xin: "...Keep your voice down."
Otherwise, coupled with the sound of the rocking chair, people next door would think they were doing something.
Lu Chongfeng leaned back on the recliner, pulled Liang Xin to lean against his chest, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Then let's talk like this."
The hot breath of alcohol lingered in Liang Xin's ears. She rubbed his white shirt uncomfortably and looked up at the moon in the sky. "We're going to have moon cakes and pomegranates tonight."
"Eat later."
When Lu Chongfeng ordered the recliner, he only had Liang Xin basking in the sun in the military compound in his mind. He never thought that the two of them would sit in the recliner and rock together.
If I had thought of it earlier, I would have ordered a bigger rattan chair.
But being small also has its advantages.
Like now, Liang Xin was lying on him tightly, with no place else to move.
Even if I move, I have to move on him.
The recliner began to rock faster again.
Liang Xin glanced at him sideways.
Lu Chongfeng paused, then slowed down, "The projectionist will show an open-air movie in the playground tonight, and invites the members of Nanhe Commune to watch it together. Do you want to go?"
"Another Third Battle?"
Liang Xin looked at him and nodded, "I don't want to watch it anymore."
"I don't want to go either."
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin's limp body and said, "You're going to go see it next door, right?"
Liang Xin played with the buttons of his white shirt and said nothing.
"The two strongest will definitely go and see it."
Lu Chongfeng raised his hand to unbutton his shirt to make it easier for Liang Xin to play. "Deputy Battalion Commander Lei's family will definitely go to watch the show. She seems to have never missed a movie screening."
Liang Xin chuckled, "She likes to join in the fun."
"Well done!"
Lu Chongfeng picked up Liang Xin's braid and put it under his nose to sniff it a few times, "When they leave, we will..."
Liang Xin looked up at him.
“…Just eat mooncakes and pomegranates.”
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin, stood up with his core, pulled the small table over, picked up a pomegranate, and said, "I'll peel it first."
Liang Xin pressed his thigh and tried to slide down the recliner, but was held by the waist and prevented from moving.
"What are you doing?"
"Get the knife."
"No need for a knife, I'll bite with my teeth!"
Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin in one hand and took the pomegranate in the other hand and put it in his mouth. He bit off a piece of the red and yellow pomegranate skin, revealing the ruby-like fruit inside. "Alright!"
Liang Xin: "...Not bitter?"
Lu Chongfeng pressed Liang Xin back to his chest, and when Liang Xin couldn't see, he smacked his lips a few times, "This is nothing, when we were marching and fighting, wild vegetables and fruits were commonplace."
Liang Xin found a comfortable position to lie on him and watched him peel the pomegranate.
Lu Chongfeng's arms were long enough that he could hold Liang Xin in his arms and still peel the pomegranate with ease. After peeling the skin, he squeezed the red crystal seeds into Liang Xin's raised palm.
Liang Xin first took two seeds and put them in her mouth. She bit them and found that they were juicy and sweet with a hint of sourness. "They are ripe and very sweet."
Lu Chongfeng lowered his head and ate a pomegranate seed that Liang Xin was holding, and his lips stayed on Liang Xin's fingertips for more than two seconds.
Liang Xin raised her eyelids, and he immediately let go, "So sweet."
"Liang Xin!"
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Li Mao's voice came from outside the door, "Are you not going to the movies again?"
Liang Xin subconsciously stood up and said to the door: "I'm not going, you guys go ahead."
"Then let's go!"
Lu Chongfeng asked in surprise: "They don't climb the wall anymore?"
"It climbs during the day, but it seems it doesn't climb at night?"
Lu Chongfeng raised the corner of his lips and said, "It's better not to climb."
Liang Xin glanced at him and reached out to the pomegranate.
Lu Chongfeng continued to peel the pomegranate, "Do you want to eat pomelo?"
Liang Xin nodded and was about to get off the recliner again, "I'll go get the knife."
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin again and glanced at the huge pomelo.
Liang Xin also looked at him.
Lu Chongfeng: “…”
Why did he mention grapefruit!
A smile appeared in Liang Xin's eyes, and she lay back on him, "Let's eat the pomegranate first."
“Pomegranates are sweeter and tastier than grapefruits!”
While peeling a pomegranate, Lu Chongfeng pricked up his ears to listen to the next room, "Are they all gone?"
Liang Xin glanced at him calmly, "There's more than one next door."
Lu Chongfeng paused and looked towards the right wall, "Who's back?"
Liang Xin nodded and chewed a pomegranate. "Since you came back, it seems like you quarreled a lot?"
"Isn't it said that a short separation makes a new marriage better? How come they didn't get better after the separation, but became worse instead?"
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin and kissed her face, "We are still the best. We never quarrel, and our relationship is getting better and better."
Speaking of other things, Liang Xin chewed pomegranate seeds for a while.
Lu Chongfeng thought she was going to spit out the pomegranate seeds, so he spread his hands and waited under her mouth.
Liang Xin spat the pomegranate seeds into his hand and watched him throw them onto the table next to him. "What would happen if we...were apart for a while?"
"Of course the relationship is better!"
Lu Chongfeng said confidently, "We will definitely be better off together after a short separation!"
Liang Xin: "...Aren't you sad that we have to separate?"
"Of course I'll be sad, and I'll miss you."
Lu Chongfeng placed the pomegranate on the table, hugged Liang Xin tightly with both hands, and rubbed her forehead. "However, soldiers belong to the motherland. They serve in the army to protect the people. Once the gunshots are heard one day, the soldiers must rush up in the rain of bullets..."
At this point, Lu Chongfeng suddenly stopped, looked down and saw Liang Xin's calm face, hesitantly said: "I am not an ordinary citizen. You married me, so you are not an ordinary citizen either. I am a soldier, and you are a military dependent. The country supports us soldiers. We train hard every day just to go to the front line to kill the enemy and defeat the invaders when the country is in crisis..."
Seeing that the topic was going off track, Liang Xin interrupted him, "Do you think I don't have the awareness of being a military family member?"
"...Yes, you are so rich."
Lu Chongfeng nuzzled Liang Xin's nose, "My great hero."
Liang Xin's ears felt hot.
On the other side of the right wall is the roof of the kitchen and storage room. There is no gap to climb the wall. Unless the roof is leaking, you have to go to the barracks department to borrow a ladder, climb over the tiles, and sit on the roof to see the backyard of the teahouse.
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the waning moon hangs high in the sky.
The large playground was crowded with military members, and no one would climb onto the roof to repair the house at this time.
Next door, Yu Honghong and Xie Kangmei were so busy arguing about the room they were living in that they had no time to think about whether the roofs of their kitchens and cellars were leaking.
The wheels of the rocking chair rolled over the muddy ground, leaving deep grooves.
Liang Xin's knees were covered with wicker marks. She lay on his chest with a look of regret on her face.
Lu Chongfeng brushed away Liang Xin's wet black hair and kissed away the tears that flowed to her ears. "There is a more solid rocking chair in the long hall. Let's go there?"
Liang Xin looked down from above and saw the deep and shallow ruts on the ground, and her back shuddered subconsciously.
My body couldn't help but tense up.
Lu Chongfeng instantly grabbed Liang Xin's waist with both hands and raised his face from the side of her ear. Sweat beads dripped from his chin, slid across his Adam's apple, and dripped into his chest which was tightly pressed together, and were quickly rubbed into the water.
The night wind rises.
Liang Xin took a last look and saw that the grass roots on the ground under the rocking chair had been turned out, better than a plowed field.
Liang Xin: “….”
Next time I won’t let him taste the newness so easily.
Once Lu Chongfeng tasted the freshness, he felt like he had drunk a cow's blood and had endless energy.
On October 21, 1977, the People's Daily published a front-page headline titled "Major Reforms in College Admissions," which was like a fire that swept through military barracks, factory workshops, and production team farmlands, igniting the hearts of countless young people struggling in the darkness and bringing great hope to the people of the whole country.
Millions of people have regained a fair chance.
An opportunity to take control of your own destiny and change the trajectory of your life.
On weekends, there are several beds in the backyard of Liang Xin's house, covered with reed mats, and on the mats are dried radishes that look like orange slices.
There were large aluminum basins in the backyard of the long hall, filled with fresh cabbages, radishes, snow vegetables, garlic and mustard greens.
Li Mao, Xia Xia, Wang Daya and Zhong Xuelian came over to help Liang Xin pickle vegetables during their day off.
"How come the college entrance examination was resumed just like that?"
Li Mao holds a handful of Chinese mustard greens in his hand and removes the old yellow leaves from the roots. "Now, wherever I go, I can see people holding books, and they are so engrossed in reading that they forget everything."
"You are jealous that you can't take the college entrance examination."
Zhong Xuelian was turning over the dried radishes on the reed mat. Seeing Li Mao's expression change, she said, "Give you another year. Maybe you can reach the level of junior high school and high school. Then you will be eligible to take the college entrance examination."
Liang Xin came out and saw that Li Mao's face had turned from gloomy to bright, and looked at Zhong Xuelian, "Do you want to take the exam?"
"I?"
Zhong Xuelian was slightly stunned. "How can I take the exam? Old Ji is so busy. The two children are still young. I don't feel comfortable leaving them to the elderly to take care of them and go to college for a few years. Besides, I may not be able to pass the exam."
"Liang Xin, you also graduated from high school and are so smart."
Xia Xia was cleaning the vat and looked up at Liang Xin. "Are you planning to take the college entrance examination?"
Liang Xin thought about it and nodded, "I plan to give it a try."
Everyone in the backyard stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at Liang Xin in surprise.
Xia Xia just asked casually, but she didn't expect Liang Xin to really go. She stood up immediately and asked, "Are you really going?"
Li Mao said: "You will definitely pass the exam if you go!"
Wang Daya was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Yes."
Zhong Xuelian was surprised, but also expected it. "Indeed, you are smart, you don't have children, and you are so young. It would be a pity not to give it a try."
"Yes, give it a try. It doesn't matter if you fail. You can still work in the bakery and come back." Xia Xia said, "Then will Section Chief Lu agree to let you go to college?"
Liang Xin put the even-sized pieces of dried radish with skins into the jar and sprinkled salt on them. "I haven't told him yet."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
Lu Chongfeng held an enamel basin of steamed buns bought from the canteen, walked into the house, and delivered them to the backyard to the family members who were helping to pickle pickles.
Seeing him come back, Xia Xia and others skipped the topic of the college entrance examination, fearing that mentioning it suddenly might cause some family conflicts.
But Lu Chongfeng suddenly took out a complete set of high school tutoring materials from his arms and placed them on the table, shocking everyone.
Including Liang Xin.
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin excitedly, "I got the review materials. You should study hard recently. You can take the college entrance examination in two months!"
Liang Xin Baozi was held in the air, with a rare dazed look on his face.
Zhong Xuelian swallowed the meat bun in her mouth, picked up the hot tea and took a sip, "Chief Lu, are you asking Liang Xin to take the college entrance examination?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded, "Yes!"
Xia Xia hesitated and asked, "Are you willing to...let Liang Xin go to college?"
"Of course!"
Lu Chongfeng pulled out a chair and sat down. "My relative is a potential college student. Why shouldn't I let her go? Not only am I willing, I have to fully support her and help her to make sure she is successfully admitted!"
Liang Xin blinked her eyelashes slowly.
“You…”
Li Mao looked at Liang Xin and said, "Does your family agree to this? You have to go to college for four years. You are not young anymore. You definitely can't have a child after four years of college."
"Who's going to have a baby?"
Lu Chongfeng looked puzzled. "Besides, how am I old?"
"It's not that you're old, it's that you're not young anymore." Li Mao, who had never spoken to Lu Chongfeng before, explained seriously, "It means that you're not young anymore, it's time to have a child, in another four years..."
"In four years, I will still be very young, only thirty if you round it up."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly cared about age, "I won't talk to you anymore."
Liang Xin chuckled and looked at Li Mao to explain, "We are not ready to have children now. We agreed before the college entrance examination was resumed that we would have children in a few years."
Li Mao breathed a sigh of relief, she was also worried about Liang Xin.
"That's great, Chief Lu, a husband should be like you. Liang Xin made the right choice by marrying you!"
Lu Chongfeng, who had just said that he would not talk to Li Mao, suddenly picked up the kettle and added a cup of tea to Li Mao. "Thank you for your hard work. Here are some sour bean and chicken buns. Want one?"
Li Mao waved his hands quickly, "That's enough, I've already eaten the second one."
Zhong Xuelian looked at Liang Xin's expression, picked up the buns and apron, and stood up. "The sun is about to set. We have almost finished pickling today. We can think about the rest tomorrow."
"Let's just pickle them." Li Mao stuffed the last bite of the bun into his mouth, picked up the mustard greens and was about to continue sorting them, but Xia Xia held him up under the armpits, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Wang Daya also stood up with a half-eaten bun and smiled at Liang Xin, "Director Liang, let's go back first."
Liang Xin picked up the enamel basin and asked the four people to divide the buns and take them back for the children to eat.
"Why did they leave?"
Lu Chongfeng looked at the mess of pickles on the ground and asked, "We're leaving after we finish eating?"
Liang Xin came back from sending someone off and was amused when she heard this, "Are you going out yet?"
"No."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the high school tutoring materials. "As soon as the college entrance examination news was announced, I asked Zheng Xiaojun to find the materials for me. All the tutoring materials in the Quanhua Bookstore were sold out. He asked someone to get these for me."
Seeing his hesitant look, Liang Xin stood in front of him and said, "Are you afraid that I won't want to take the exam?"
Lu Chongfeng nodded, "You don't have to worry that I won't be willing to part with you. You can't be reluctant to part with me either. The university is more important than me. This is a rare opportunity. Maybe the enrollment will only be for high school graduates in the future. I heard that originally it was only for fresh graduates. After repeated consideration, Mr. Deng made the rule that all workers, farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside and returned to the city, demobilized soldiers and fresh graduates, as long as they meet the requirements, can apply for the exam without the consent of the unit. You must seize the opportunity to take the exam."
Liang Xin, who had been worried for a long time but saw a complete reversal of the situation, glanced at Lu Chongfeng's serious face, sat down next to the mat, and turned over the dried radishes that were curled up due to being sun-dried.
"Comrade Liang Xin, I must seriously remind you!"
Lu Chongfeng twisted Liang Xin's shoulders, his expression was really serious, "You can't be trapped by the small hill in front of you, you should go to receive higher education and see a wider world, you must not waste your intelligence and talent!"
Liang Xin put her hand on his shoulder, and Lu Chongfeng's seriousness suddenly disappeared.
Lu Chongfeng grabbed Liang Xin's wrist and said, "This is a serious moment, no honey traps allowed!"
Liang Xin laughed, "Didn't you say before that I could do whatever I wanted? Why are you suddenly urging me on now? Was it because you mentioned last time that I was aware of being a military family member, and you were worried that you would go to the battlefield, and I..."
"no."
Lu Chongfeng pulled a handful of hair from his forehead and said, "Okay, that counts."
Liang Xin didn't say anything, and Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin in his arms.
Smelling the familiar scent of soap, Liang Xin relaxed and hugged his waist, "Since you want me to go so much, I'll try it."
Lu Chongfeng lowered his head in surprise, "Really?"
"real."
Lu Chongfeng couldn't believe it, but he was flattered. "I was ready to persuade you with a lot of words, but I didn't expect that you agreed to go after just a few words. Do I have such a great influence on you now?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"Yes, you are big, you are the biggest."
Lu Chongfeng picked up Liang Xin and kissed her on the cheek. "Don't worry about taking the exam. You don't have to do any housework from now on. Don't go to the bakery for the time being. Study hard and try to pass the exam in one try!"
Liang Xin said slowly: "Then you can't drag me to do that every night. It takes several hours. You have to save my energy."
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise I won't do it even once until you pass the exam!"
Liang Xin's expression paused slightly, she sat up straight and looked at Lu Chongfeng.
Lu Chongfeng said seriously: "Really, I promise!"
Liang Xin was silent for a long time, put her hand through his waist, buried it in his chest, and closed her eyes.
In the next two months, Lu Chongfeng really never offended Liang Xin once.
Not only did he not get upset, but he got up earlier every day and prepared a hearty and nutritious breakfast.
If she couldn't get home in time for lunch, she would go to the canteen to buy food, and then take care of all the housework in the evening, not letting Liangxin cook, wash dishes, sweep the floor, wipe the table or cabinets, and not letting Liangxin do any housework.
I even went to the service center to order milk.
The regulations state that one person can only order one bottle, but Lu Chongfeng ordered two bottles, which he warmed up in the morning and evening and watched Liang Xin drink.
Sometimes Liang Xin would hold a book and deliberately put her feet on his legs, and he would just hold up Liang Xin's feet and massage them to relax her.
Liang Xin knew that he was not suddenly as steady as an old monk in meditation. On the contrary, he was even more vulnerable than before. But in order to let her review well, he endured it all and spent his energy on the training ground and taking cold showers.
In early winter, the door to the college entrance examination, which had been closed for ten years, finally reopened.
5.7 million candidates rushed to the examination halls.
Liang Xin is one of them.
Before dawn, Lu Chongfeng watched Liang Xin finish her milk, eggs, bread and dumplings, and then he and Liang Xin personally boarded the college entrance examination bus arranged by the school.
The Jiefang buses were filled with cadres and soldiers who had signed up for the college entrance examination.
Lu Chongfeng took Liang Xin's schoolbag and said, "When the bell rings, remember to write your name and admission ticket number, and then go to answer the questions."
"I'm not stupid."
In the past two months, Lu Chongfeng had suddenly changed. He had been telling her everything, no matter how big or small. Liang Xin was not used to it, but she enjoyed it. "Don't worry."
Lu Chongfeng did not make any special arrangements and did not use a military vehicle to send Liang Xin to the county for the exam alone.
It’s not that he was afraid of being punished, but Liang Xin didn’t want him to be caught.
Besides, she didn't want to be the center of attention in public.
When we arrived at the entrance of the county examination center, there was a huge crowd of people.
The identities of most of the candidates were clear at a glance, because the names of their respective companies were written on their factory uniforms and enamelware pots: fertilizer factory, firewood factory, soy sauce factory...
Farmers in the production team and educated youth who went to the countryside carried bags and dry food...
The officers and soldiers in the military camp are easier to recognize, wearing enviable green uniforms...
Liang Xin was wearing a black corduroy two-piece shirt and a white gauze mask on her face. She attracted a lot of attention because of Lu Chongfeng, who stood taller than the crowd, wearing a military uniform with four cadre pockets and outstanding appearance and temperament.
But everyone was busy and nervous about the upcoming exam that would determine their fate, and they were temporarily unable to spare the attention to look at other people. They just took a quick glance and waited for the exam room to open and to take care of their relatives who were going to take the exam.
Lu Chongfeng took the thermos cup with a glass liner, unscrewed the lid, and handed it to Liang Xin, "Drink a sip of red date water."
Liang Xin took the cup and took a sip of water.
"Take another sip." Lu Chongfeng thought Liang Xin was nervous, so he said what he had been holding in his heart for more than two months, "Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam, I'll support you..."
"Don't be such a bad-mouthed person."
Liang Xin took the schoolbag from his hand and said, "Let's get in line."
Lu Chongfeng suddenly felt a sense of reluctance and worry like a "baby leaving the nest" and followed Liang Xin to line up. "Don't be nervous. You must read the test paper carefully. There may not be only one side of the paper. There may be test questions on the back. Don't be nervous..."
Suddenly, a cadre from the 11th Division laughed from behind: "Chief Lu, I think you are more nervous, right?"
Liang Xin glanced back and told Lu Chongfeng, "Go back and do your work first, don't wait outside."
Lu Chongfeng nodded and said, "I'll pick you up after you finish the exam."
After entering the examination room, the bell for the exam started soon rang, and the invigilator distributed the exam papers to each candidate.
Liang Xin knew what the test questions were with her eyes closed.
Open your eyes, the test questions are equivalent to junior high school level for people in later generations.
She no longer needs to rely on the college entrance examination to learn any knowledge. Taking the college entrance examination is just to find a reasonable excuse for her knowledge and abilities and what she will do next.
Without this excuse, it would be difficult for me to perform well in the current trend where diplomas and academic qualifications are everything. If I continue to do this, a rural member who comes from a poor and lower-middle peasant family will arouse suspicion from many people.
Going to college is the easiest way to stop gossiping.
Therefore, Liang Xin, who exuded a sense of relaxation from the inside out, was out of place in the entire examination room, causing the invigilator to turn his head to her side several times.
Every time she went there, Liang Xin would just slowly pick up her pen and fill in the test questions.
The invigilator took a quick glance and it seemed that every question was answered correctly.
The first exam is Chinese, with a full score of 100 points and 60 points for composition.
Composition topic: 1. In the boiling days; 2. Talking about youth (choose one of the two topics)
Liang Xin chose two and talked about her youth.
Finish the composition slowly and neatly.
For three consecutive days, I took exams in Chinese, mathematics, politics, liberal arts, history and geography, and then completed the physical examination.
Liang Xin went to the service center bathhouse, took a comfortable bath, and lay down on the bed.
Lu Chongfeng walked in with hot milk, nervousness written all over his body, but he thought he had disguised himself well and didn't want to affect Liang Xin's mentality. "Are you tired? I'll give you a massage to relax you."
Liang Xin opened her eyes lazily and hooked her finger at him, "Come here."
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