Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Is Xiao Lu having so much fun shopping?
However, Lu Wei remembered that Liang Xin's old newspapers disappeared on the day Wei Yuanyang went to Huaihua Village.
Liang Xin fell in love with Wei Yuanyang in his green military uniform.
Later, until more than five years before their marriage, Lu Chongfeng was never mentioned again.
Liang Xin took out a stack of green military cloth and a stack of black cloth from the trunk of the car and handed them to Lu Wei, "Make two new sets of clothes for school."
Just as Lu Wei was about to wave her hand, Liang Xin took out a pair of white Warrior shoes and said, "New shoes. Congratulations on getting into university."
Lu Wei looked down at her patched clothes and shoes, then looked at the clothes and shoes in Liang Xin's hands, and said with a sour nose: "I can't think of any gift to congratulate you."
"If you get into college, you'll be a state official after graduation."
Liang Xin took out a bag of peach cakes and gave it to her. "Are you worried that there won't be a time to give me a gift?"
Only then did Lu Wei take the brand new cotton cloth and the white Huili shoes with trembling hands.
"Oh my, why did you bring so many things?"
Liang Xin glanced at Liang Tiezhu who had come over, and said to Lu Wei, "Come over and have dinner with us later."
Lu Wei nodded and smelled the new cloth.
She was admitted to university, and her family no longer dared to take her clothes and shoes to give to her older brothers and younger brothers.
After Lu Chongfeng took the last two bottles of red wine, he turned around and looked at Liang Xin.
Only then did Liang Xin leave Lu Wei and follow him into the house.
My sister-in-law prepared sugar water and green tea.
The second sister-in-law took down the enamel tray from the cabinet in the living room.
Snacks such as honeydew melon, green and red fruits, sesame cakes, and Beijing fruits, which are rarely seen in Huaihua Village, fill the pile of prosperous delicacies in the middle of the enamel tray.
"Xiao Lu, you eat."
The second sister-in-law was the only one in the family who dared to say a few more words to Lu Chongfeng. "These are the fruits I brought back from my mother's home before the New Year. They will fill your stomach first and you can eat soon."
Liang Xin washed her hands, picked up a white honey dumpling and took a bite. The crescent-shaped dumpling was sweet and juicy. "It's too sweet. You can't eat it."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the wine and handed it to Liang Tiezhu first, "Dad, this is the red wine my parents specially gave to you."
The word "Dad" stunned the whole family.
Liang Xin was also stunned for a moment. She held the syrup in her mouth and looked at Lu Chongfeng, who was not at all shy and did not show any sign of embarrassment as the son-in-law came to her home for the first time.
After Liang Tiezhu was stunned, his mouth stretched to the back of his ears. "Oh, I've never seen this kind of red wine before. Look at this bottle, it's so high-end!"
"Dad, this is imported foreign goods." The second sister-in-law looked at the bottle, "I heard that it can only be bought in the Friendship Store in the provincial capital!"
“It’s not imported. This is wine from China.”
Liang Xin stuffed a sesame cake into her mouth and said, "It's not just for you, big brother and second brother should also have a share."
The eldest and second brothers' eyes lit up immediately, and they each rushed over and grabbed a bottle of red wine.
Liang Tiezhu: “…”
Liang Tiezhu's smile froze on his face, and he threatened his two sons with his eyes to return the wine.
The two sons were happily studying the words on the wine bottle and didn't look at him.
Lu Chongfeng picked up another bottle of Moutai and handed it to Liang Tiezhu, "Dad, this is Moutai that my dad has collected for many years, and he asked me to bring it to you."
Liang Tiezhu's attention was immediately attracted to it. When he saw the five-star icon surrounded by golden wheat ears and the five big words "Guizhou Moutai Liquor", he was so excited that he couldn't raise his hands.
All the male members of the village gathered around in an instant, exclaiming and praising more than before when they saw the red wine.
"Moutai? This is Moutai?"
"I heard it's ridiculously expensive! Eight dollars a bottle!"
“Oh my god, it’s so expensive!”
"Even if you have eight dollars, you may not be able to buy it. These are for internal use!"
"If you go to a state-owned restaurant in the city and order a large selection of fish and meat, it only costs five yuan, but a small bottle like this costs eight yuan!"
"Secretary, you are in for a treat!"
"You are more than just enjoying the good food, Secretary, you are enjoying the great blessing of good food!"
For a moment, the status of Lu Chongfeng, the son-in-law, in Liang Tiezhu's heart rose sharply. Not only did he surpass his two sons in front of him, but he also surpassed the third son who was far away in the military camp and whom he had always been proud of!
The third brother has been successful for so many years, but he has never been able to see Moutai.
The son-in-law just gave him a whole bottle!
Liang Xin added: "It's also for you and your elder and second brothers to drink together."
Liang Tiezhu had experience, so he quickly stuffed the Moutai into his arms and wrapped it tightly, so that this time his two sons with shining eyes did not rush over to snatch it away.
"The military district doesn't have holidays on New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year." Liang Xin explained: "I didn't ask my parents-in-law to come over. We can get together again after the New Year."
“It should be.”
Liang Tiezhu held the Maotai in his arms, and even before he drank it, he felt as if he had taken a tonic. "I was so busy with the brigade's affairs this year that I was dizzy. An official as high as the deputy commander of a military region must be too busy to get away. Being an official means putting the country and the people first. We can get together as a family anytime."
Lu Chongfeng picked up a bag of Pu'er tea and a bag of Longjing tea and put them on the table.
Liang Tiezhu immediately said a lot of considerate words.
Liang Xin made a "tsk" sound, took out a stack of cloth, and distributed it to her two sisters-in-law and nephew, "Military cloth cannot be bought outside, elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, take it and make a two-purpose shirt each."
The whole family touched the green cloth and couldn't let it go, and received a lot of envious looks.
Liang Xin took out some snacks and candies and distributed them to the aunt and daughter of her uncle's family.
They were the ones who gave her dowry before she got married.
At lunch, the aunt and the daughter each took out ten yuan and gave Liangxin a red envelope as a gift for her graduation.
Liang Xin blocked Lu Chongfeng's wine glass and looked at her elder brother, "He can't drink, don't force him to drink."
"What son-in-law doesn't drink when he comes to visit?"
"What's wrong with not drinking?" Liang Tiezhu interrupted his nephew, "How many sons-in-law like ours have you seen? You guys are obsessed with drinking every day, and your brains are burned by alcohol, so you can't even get into a teachers' college. There are two college students in the whole village, both girls, and you still have the nerve to drink!"
After scolding a group of nephews and grandchildren like quails, Liang Tiezhu picked up the orange soda and knocked it on the table, knocking off the bottle cap. He handed it to Lu Chongfeng with a friendly smile on his face, "If you don't drink, drink this. Our brigade has opened a supply and marketing cooperative agency. There is plenty of soda, drink more."
Lu Chongfeng: "Thank you, Dad!"
"Hey! Eat, eat more meat!"
Liang Xin looked at how Liang Tiezhu would tremble with excitement every time Lu Chongfeng called him "Dad", and he wanted to pour the entire bowl of braised pork into Lu Chongfeng's bowl, so she made another "tsk" sound.
Lu Chongfeng moved closer to Liang Xin, lowered his head and asked, "Why are you always making noises?"
Liang Xin picked up a piece of fish stewed egg from the pond and gave it to him. "He hasn't even had any alcohol yet, but you've already made him drunk."
Lu Chongfeng smiled proudly, "I'm happy too."
"What are you happy about?"
"I'm glad to come to the place where you grew up and meet so many of your family members. I am now the legitimate son-in-law of Liang Xin!"
Liang Xin looked at his raised mouth corners and smiled too.
After dinner, Lu Chongfeng insisted on visiting Huaihua Village.
Liang Xin accompanied him shopping.
As I was walking around, the tone of the people around me changed.
Walking to the snow-covered farmland, Lu Chongfeng admired a green wheat field and suddenly asked, "Did Wei Yuanyang also plant this field?"
Liang Xin glanced at him and said nothing.
"I'm just asking."
Lu Chongfeng changed the subject himself, "This field is so green!"
Liang Xin: “…”
Walking all the way to the dam of the big river in the west, Lu Chongfeng suddenly said, "Wei Yuanyang has walked this road more times than me, right?"
Liang Xin said "hmm" lightly.
Lu Chongfeng stopped talking.
Liang Xin glanced at him.
Lu Chongfeng changed the subject again: "This road is so straight!"
Walk to the dam and look at the long poplar forest below the dam.
Slender and dense branches surround the main trunk and reach up to the blue sky.
In winter, almost all the leaves have fallen off, leaving only bare branches standing in the cold wind.
There is a wide, sparkling river in front of the forest.
It takes ten minutes to get to the other side by boat.
Liang Xin spoke before Lu Chongfeng opened his mouth, "When I was a kid, I often came here with a flashlight on summer nights to look for cicadas that had just shed their shells."
Lu Chongfeng: "How small?"
Liang Xin: "...before I got married, I came here almost every summer night. There are many thin-skinned small holes under the trees here, and you can find a cicada monkey every time you dig one. But one time, Lu Wei dug out a snake, and it scared the kids so much that no one dared to come here to look for cicada monkeys for a long time."
Lu Chongfeng didn't hear what was said next, as his mind was completely on the first sentence: "I come here every summer night."
each year.
night.
Wei Yuanyang and Liang Xin had been picking cicada monkeys for at least five years.
He never met Liang Xin once...
Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng who didn't react. The cold wind made his skin look icy white and red, showing his excellent bone structure. His lips were also bright pink, but the corners of his mouth were slightly tense. "What are you thinking about now?"
Lu Chongfeng looked out at the river and said, "There is so much water!"
""
Liang Xin looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she took her hand out of her pocket and held his hand, which was red from the cold.
Lu Chongfeng immediately shook hands with her, and then he remembered to look around to see if there was anyone on either side of the dam. The corners of his mouth, which had been tense just now, relaxed and slowly rose.
Liang Xin led him down the slope of the dam and into the poplar forest.
The wild grass in the forest had turned yellow and dry, and there were not many leaves. The members raked up all the dried leaves and brought them home to fill the stove to start a fire.
Walking into the woods, you can see up close that the tree branches are covered with buds. The pointed and round buds are covered with brown-red coatings, and you can vaguely see the green buds about to sprout inside.
“I didn’t walk that way with him.”
Liang Xin suddenly said this, and Lu Chongfeng was stunned at first, "Then how did you get away with him?"
Liang Xin: “…”
"A large group of educated youth and members of the commune, keeping their distance, walked together like this."
"oh."
Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin's hand tightly, moved closer to her, and looked out at the boats on the river. "What kind of work did the production team do in the past?"
Liang Xin followed his gaze and saw the boat used by the production team to scoop up sand, which was also the boat Lu Wei often used before. "It must be different from what you thought."
"I didn't think about anything."
Liang Xin glanced at him.
Lu Chongfeng pulled a handful of hair from his forehead and said, "I heard that when couples visit the park, boating is the first activity they do."
Liang Xin pulled him towards the boat, "He and I are not a couple."
"It's cold, don't go up there."
Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin and wrapped her black scarf tightly again, "If not a couple, then what is it?"
"First love?"
Seeing that Lu Chongfeng's mouth was immediately tightened into a line, Liang Xin raised her hand and pulled the corner of his mouth, "Of course not, I have never had any feelings for him."
Lu Chongfeng was surprised, "Then how did you start..."
After pondering for a long time, Lu Chongfeng asked carefully: "Why are you so nice to him?"
Plot arrangement.
During the plot arrangement, she had been captured by the system.
The remaining Liang Xin is just a tool following the plot.
Liang Xin couldn't explain the truth.
Thought about it for a long time.
Liang Xin said: "Maybe, it's because of his green military uniform."
Lu Chongfeng: "...He is not a soldier!"
“So it’s all an illusion.”
Liang Xin leaned against the bow, pulled Lu Chongfeng over, and kissed his red lips that were frozen, "Your memory of this place is much deeper than his."
Hong Yi not only made Lu Chongfeng's ears dizzy, but also the tip of his nose, scanning around like a thief.
I thought that no one would come to work around the dam during the New Year.
Lu Chongfeng grabbed Liang Xin's waist with both hands and carried her to the bow deck. Then he bent down and kissed her lips, tasting the orange soda between her lips.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, beside the wide river, a small boat sways quietly on the water, and ripples spread in a small area.
The two people at the bow hugged each other tightly and kissed each other.
It's been several minutes, and I'm still reluctant to separate them, they're still sticky.
Lu Wei, who was holding a paddle and preparing to go out to work on the boat: "......"
In the past ten years, Lu Wei only missed work once, which was when Liang Xin went back to her parents' home in Jiang Jing three days ago.
I was absent from work for the second time today.
Lu Wei tucked the paddle board under her armpit, fearing that it would make a noise by dragging on the ground and disturb the pair of sticky mandarin ducks, and quietly left the dam.
The two of them walked around and returned home. The eldest and second sister-in-law were chopping meat and kneading dough, preparing to make dumplings in the evening.
The second sister-in-law looked up and saw Lu Chongfeng, she was startled, "Little Lu is so happy shopping?"
The eldest sister-in-law looked at the two of them and asked, "Where did you go? Your mouth is red from the cold."
Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng's mental state, which was indeed completely different from when he first went out. "I just wandered around."
Lu Chongfeng couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth at all, and rolled up his sleeves, "Sister-in-law, I'm strong, I'll help you chop the meat!"
"No, no no no!"
The eldest sister-in-law was so frightened that she stuttered and quickly dodged with a knife in hand, "You don't have to do this job, go play poker with them!"
"I don't play poker."
Lu Chongfeng remembered that he had not washed his hands yet, so he walked to the enamel basin at the door without any hesitation, picked up the towel he had just used before dinner, and poured hot water to wash his hands.
Liang Xin scooped two buckets of cold water from the well and said, "I see that the house at the educated youth camp seems to be empty now?"
"All gone."
The second sister-in-law continued to knead the dough, "Some are going back to the city, some are taking the college entrance examination, they are all leaving."
Liang Xin pulled out a chair and sat down, "Have you ever thought about returning to the city?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but I never studied seriously when I was in school. I can't even teach Huzi his homework, so it's useless for him to take the college entrance exam."
The second sister-in-law took out a wet cloth and covered the smooth dough to let it rise. "My family members all work in the hospital. The hospital is for saving lives. If you don't have the skills to get in, wouldn't that be a crime? Although the street office can reassign jobs after the household registration is transferred back, millions of people have returned to the city. I went back before the New Year to take a look. There were dozens of people fighting for a job of sweeping the streets. There were constant quarrels in our yard day and night, all for fighting over the house. Your second brother is not bad to me, so I won't go back."
Liang Xin saw the eldest and second brothers coming in, "Wait another two years, maybe the second brother's skills will be useful."
The second brother came in and heard this, "What skills do I have?"
Liang Xin pulled out a chair, and when the second brother was about to sit down, the chair was dragged away and handed to Lu Chongfeng.
Second brother: “…”
After Lu Chongfeng sat down, Liang Xin said, "A craft passed down from our ancestors."
The second brother was stunned. "You mean, suona?"
The eldest brother took the steel pot from the honeycomb coal stove and placed the coal stove in front of Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng, "Little Lu, warm up the fire."
"Suona?"
The second sister-in-law looked at the second brother in surprise, "Why didn't I know you had this skill?"
"When you came to Huaihua Village, the suona had already been smashed as one of the "Four Olds". Who dared to mention it?"
Liangde looked at Liangxin and said, "You mean that you want me and my elder brother to reunite our ancestral suona band?"
Liang Ming hesitated, "Can I blow this?"
Liang Xin took the sunflower seeds from her second sister-in-law and said, "Let's wait and see. The four old things have been destroyed and the college entrance examination has been restored. I feel it's only a matter of time."
"If this can really be blown, then we have a job to do!"
Liang De has always been optimistic. "Big brother, you have a skill that my grandfather taught me. My father didn't pass it on. Although I didn't learn it for two years, I can play the suona, sheng, xiao, and flute. I can also play the gong and cymbals. I can help big brother!"
"Your eldest brother plays the erhu well, too."
The eldest sister-in-law stopped chopping the meat, afraid that the noise would disturb the younger sister's words, "Uncle can do it too, right?"
"Yes." Liang Ming said, "But my grandfather said that my uncle has no talent, and my father has no talent at all. My talent is the same as his. Xinzi, Xiao Lu, can this policy really allow our suona band to start again?"
Lu Chongfeng didn't know about this and looked at Liang Xin.
Liang Xin said: "When funerals and weddings are allowed to be held in a grand manner, the suona band will naturally be able to start up."
The eldest brother, his wife and the second brother were so excited that their faces turned red.
The second sister-in-law looked puzzled, "A suona band can make a lot of money?"
"It may not be common in Jiangjing." Liang Xin explained, "In the past, suona bands were a must for funerals and weddings in the countryside, and they didn't make a lot of money, probably about the same as a worker's monthly salary."
"Workers in the city have to buy everything, but we live in the countryside, and we don't have to spend money except for meat." The eldest brother calculated, "If we can really open a business, we can save more money than the workers."
The second sister-in-law was skeptical. She lived in the provincial capital and had never heard of suona since she was a child.
I have no idea what a suona band looks like.
She had seen the group of monks before.
Liang Xin didn't explain any more. After the proposal was made, everyone understood everything once the policy was released.
I had steaming hot dumplings in the evening.
Lu Chongfeng enjoyed the foot washing water brought by Liang Xin.
He sat beside the bed where Liang Xin had slept since she was a child, with his feet in the hot water, "I like staying in Huaihua Village."
Liang Xin took out a new towel from the camphorwood box that she hadn't had time to make before she got married, "Do you like me to serve you?"
"Um.....No!"
Lu Chongfeng made a sharp turn and almost bit his tongue, "Yes, I can feel that you... like me."
Liang Xin took the towel and turned back to look at Lu Chongfeng, whose ears were red. "Don't you know how to entertain guests?"
Lu Chongfeng: “…”
"I am a guest?"
Liang Xin chuckled, "You are not familiar with this place, so of course I have to do it before you."
Lu Chongfeng's complexion improved a little. He grabbed Liang Xin's wrist and pulled her to sit on his lap.
"Don't mess around."
Liang Xin stood up and said, "No one in the family is asleep yet."
Lu Chongfeng raised his eyebrows, "Can you mess around after you sleep?"
Liang Xin threw the new towel on his face, "This room of mine used to be my grandmother's room. Maybe her spirit is still here. Try to mess around."
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
"I am a staunch materialist and don't believe in ghosts and gods!"
"Who scared me with ghosts on New Year's Eve last year?"
“.......”
"Liang Xin, can I give you this blanket as well?"
The eldest sister-in-law suddenly came in holding a red double happiness blanket, "It's freshly washed, I'm afraid you'll be cold."
Liang Xin looked at the quilt on the bed that had been used at home and said, "That's enough. Don't bother. We have to wash it after we use it on you."
"It's easy to wash off."
"That's enough. We only cover this thick at home."
After persuading his sister-in-law to leave, Lu Chongfeng took the foot washing water out and poured it out, then came back and put the bolt back on.
Liang Xin leaned against the head of the bed and watched him walk around the room, touching the old desk, the old wooden box, and even the clothesline by the window. "What are you doing?"
“Get up close and personal with the things you used as a kid.”
Lu Chongfeng walked around the bed and looked at Liang Xin lying in bed, "Wei Yuanyang must have never seen you like this!"
Liang Xin: “….”
"If you mention him again, I'll go back to him."
Lu Chongfeng slapped himself twice, threw back the quilt and climbed onto the bed, hugging Liang Xin tightly, "I won't mention it again, never again."
Liang Xin looked at his tightly clasped arms and said, "Behave yourself."
"Honestly."
Lu Chongfeng picked up Liang Xin, put her inside, and lay down himself. "I promise I won't mention him again."
Liang Xin: “…”
But seeing that he had no other thoughts, she didn't explain what she meant by honesty.
Lift off the quilt and lie down.
"Are you cold?"
Lu Chongfeng turned off the lights and hugged Liang Xin tightly in his arms, "I feel that Huaihua Village is colder than Jiangjing."
Liang Xin leaned in his arms, as if she was lying in a warm stove, "Don't move, you won't be cold."
Lu Chongfeng felt Liang Xin's hand and felt it was very cold, so he stuffed it into his vest and held it against his skin.
Liang Xin pinched his muscles but didn't move. "I want you to be quiet."
"I'm covering your hands."
The somewhat aggrieved voice made Liang Xin pause and rub the muscles that had just been pinched.
Suddenly, Liang Xin's hand stopped again.
Lu Chongfeng: ".......You were the one who was dishonest with me first, don't blame me."
Liang Xin tried to take her hands out of his clothes, but he wouldn't let go.
Lu Chongfeng said confidently: "There are so many people at home, please stop touching me!"
Liang Xin: "...Shameless."
Lu Chongfeng smiled and put his face against Liang Xin's. "When we get back, you can do whatever you want."
Liang Xin didn't say anything.
Lu Chongfeng whispered in Liang Xin's ear: "Remember before I joined the army, you taught me...hiss!"
Liang Xin's hanging hands kept tightening, "What else?"
"No more!"
Lu Chongfeng squeezed against Liang Xin, "Don't move, I've been holding you for three days and I'm wrong, I won't say anything!"
"You were holding me for more than two months, but you still managed to hold it in?"
"That's different. That's the will. Now I'm just afraid that people will know. The will is different."
The temperature in the bed continued to rise, and Liang Xin was already beginning to sweat slightly.
Lu Chongfeng leaned close to Liang Xin's ear and said, "Actually, I really want to sleep on the bed you've slept on since you were a child..."
The following words were spoken softly, but they made Liang Xin sweat.
My palms are slippery.
"pity."
Lu Chongfeng took a deep breath and exhaled, "I may never have this opportunity again in my lifetime."
Liang Xin said slowly: "You said, there are many children in the village..."
"Didn't we agree that we wouldn't think about having children while you were in college?"
Liang Xin: “….”
Liang Xin let go, turned over and slept facing the wall.
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