Chapter 98 Chapter 98 Thank you for your hard work, husband.
Lu Chongfeng got up earlier than usual, got out of bed and tucked in Liang Xin.
After taking a look at her daughter who was still sleeping, she went downstairs first.
Sister Ji goes to bed early and gets up early every day. She is watering the flowers in the garden now. She usually waits for Lu Chongfeng to come downstairs before going upstairs to pick up Dudu and bring him downstairs to feed her.
Lu Chongfeng ran five kilometers with a load, took a shower in the bathhouse, and thought that Liang Xin was greedy for something, especially strange-tasting food, so he went to the service center to buy spare ribs, a big rooster, fresh pomfret, and some fresh wild vegetables such as toon, houttuynia cordata, and chrysanthemum brain that had just been delivered to the vegetable station.
After returning home, I picked up Dudu who had just finished drinking milk, and after I got rid of the burp, I held her up high and played with her for a while, then went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
I had asked the salesperson at the service center's meat stall to chop the ribs into small pieces, washed them, and blanched them in a pot of boiling water to remove dirt and kill the rawness. I then picked up the thermos and poured it into an enamel bowl, soaked the peanuts in the hot water, and then peeled off the red skins one by one.
Sister Ji saw Lu Chongfeng peeling peanuts seriously through the kitchen glass window, and thought to herself that she must tell Liang Xin about this!
Lu Chongfeng picked up the casserole and placed it on the gas stove. He put the washed rice into the pot, filled half the pot with water, and put in the spare ribs and peeled peanuts. He brought it to a boil over high heat, then simmered it over low heat.
I chose Chinese toon mixed with tofu over Chinese toon and Chinese houttuynia.
Lu Chongfeng cut the tender tofu into small cubes, blanched it in boiling water, took it out, soaked it in cold water, and put it into a plate.
“What a nice smell.”
Liang Xin had already washed up and went downstairs. She walked into the kitchen and saw Lu Chongfeng picking old stems of Chinese toon. "Why didn't you go buy breakfast?"
"You're tired of the cafeteria breakfast."
Lu Chongfeng turned his head to look at Liang Xin, who was sleeping soundly, and asked, "Would you like some tea?"
"I'll make it myself."
Liang Xin was about to leave when she turned around and saw the chrysanthemum and radix polygoni multiflori in the basket. "These wild vegetables are really fresh."
"We are the only family in the compound that buys groceries early."
Lu Chongfeng put the fresh Chinese toon in the pot and blanched it, and said proudly: "I didn't go out for drill with the cadres. I got up earlier than them and came back earlier. The vegetables were still covered with dew, but I was bought back."
Liang Xin smelled the porridge aroma coming from the casserole, looked at the Chinese toon in the pot, the zheergen and chrysanthemum in the basket, and knew why he went to buy them. She stepped forward and kissed Lu Chongfeng on the side of his face, "Thank you for your hard work, husband."
Lu Chongfeng instantly felt like he was ten years younger!
If the Chinese toon is not blanched, it will not have a good aroma. If it is blanched too much, it will lose its aroma and color. Lu Chongfeng was busy taking out the Chinese toon. "It's not hard. Go and have a cup of tea. You can have breakfast soon."
Liang Xin took out her usual enamel teacup, took out tea leaves from the cupboard, pinched a handful and put it in the teacup, added boiling water, leaned against the cupboard, and watched Lu Chongfeng busy.
Seeing that Liang Xin didn't leave, and didn't even go to play with her daughter, but stayed here with him, Lu Chongfeng couldn't help but curl up his lips, "Does it smell bad?"
Liang Xin blew the tea leaves, "They are all fragrant, and the smell makes me hungry."
Lu Chongfeng swiftly picked up the Chinese toon and cut it into fine pieces on the chopping board. He added salt, MSG and sesame oil to the tofu plate and mixed well. He then sprinkled the Chinese toon pieces on top and continued to mix well. He brought it to the table outside, went back to the kitchen and steamed the steamed dumplings that Liang Xin had made last night in the steamer.
Liang Xin walked to the dining room with the teacup in her hand, "Big sister, it's time to eat."
Sister Ji walked in from the garden pushing Dudu's baby stroller. Dudu was holding a small rattle in his hand. The moment he saw his mother, he waved his little hands and the rattle made a banging sound.
Liang Xin picked up her daughter's soft little body, raised her daughter's bun-like little hands, kissed them a few times, and made Dudu laugh. "Our baby is so easy to coax."
Sister Ji nodded vigorously, "That's right. He doesn't cry when he's hungry, and he doesn't cry when he wakes up alone. He just eats his little fingers, looks at the bell above the bed, and waits for the adults to come. He grins as soon as the adults come. I've never raised a child as obedient as our Dudu!"
Lu Chongfeng brought the casserole to the table, served three bowls of pork rib porridge, and then returned to get the steamed dumplings from the pot.
Sister Ji walked to the table, looked at the peanuts in the casserole, and whispered to Liang Xin, "Deputy Division Commander Lu peeled the skins of these peanuts one by one this morning. He peeled them very carefully. If you don't know, you might think he was peeling pearls."
Liang Xin raised the corner of her mouth, put Dudu in the stroller, and played with a rattle for her to play with. "The porridge is so delicious. I can drink three bowls!"
Lu Chongfeng came out with a smile on his face, holding a steamed bun, "Then drink it quickly, it's all ready."
Liang Xin scooped up a spoonful of pork ribs porridge. The hot, fresh and rich porridge warmed her body from the late spring cold. The pork ribs were fresh and soft, and paired with peanuts, her mouth was full of fragrance. "It's delicious, really delicious."
Sister Ji just drank and didn't say anything.
It was her first time to have pork ribs in porridge!
It smells so good that I want to swallow it along with my tongue!
Lu Chongfeng picked up the Chinese toon tofu and put it into Liang Xin's spoon. "Before the rain, the Chinese toon is as tender as silk. Try it."
Liang Xin put the spoon to her mouth and was immediately amazed by the mellow taste that seemed like spring in her mouth. "It's delicious, you should eat it too."
After Lu Chongfeng tasted a piece of Chinese toon tofu with chopsticks, he nodded repeatedly, "It seems that I have a talent for cooking!"
Liang Xin chewed the Chinese toon without saying anything, but gave him a thumbs up to show her approval.
The three people at the table immersed themselves in enjoying the delicious food for a while.
Zhong Xuelian pushed the door open.
Liang Xin put down the clean bowl, took the teacup and walked to the shed outside, "Come and sit over here."
"I have already said hello to Director Li of the guesthouse. They will entertain Editor-in-Chief Liu and Reporter He well."
Zhong Xuelian asked: "When are you going to Jiangjing?"
"We'll be leaving in two days."
Liang Xin didn't sit down, but stood with a teacup in hand to digest the food. "You can help Li Mao preside over the staff representative meeting. I have also informed Director Zhang. There is one more thing. Letters from readers will be sent directly to the 11th Master Bakery. The reason why it is sent to Jiangkou instead of Beijing and Jiangjing is to prevent one thing."
Zhong Xuelian sensed Liang Xin's concern and said, "You say."
"After the election of the staff representative meeting, if I haven't returned yet, you will vote for the final name internally. The internal voting must be kept confidential and cannot be disclosed to anyone."
Liang Xin said: "There are many people watching our factory now. Once the news is published in the newspaper, we must prevent someone from maliciously registering the brand name and trademark first."
Zhong Xuelian was shocked. "Would someone do this?"
"There were several trademark wars before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Just in case." Liang Xin said: "After selecting the name and trademark internally, go to the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau to register first, and then publish the final name in the newspaper to tell everyone."
Zhong Xuelian nodded with a serious expression, "Don't worry, if you're not here, I will take back every letter and open it when the staff representative meeting starts. I won't let anyone see it. We can't spend so much time on the newspaper advertisements only to let others take advantage of it in the end!"
“That’s the truth.”
Liang Xin put down the teacup and asked, "What kind of snack do you want this morning?"
"Egg cake, green bean cake, walnut rolls and red bean bread." Zhong Xuelian asked, "What's wrong?"
"I have to continue the interview with Editor-in-Chief Liu in the morning." Liang Xin said, "The snacks are ready. Give me a call and I'll go get them."
"When it's done, I'll bring it to you."
Zhong Xuelian stood up and said, "Then I'll get busy."
Lu Chongfeng also put on his military uniform and walked out of the living room carrying a black briefcase, "I'm going to work."
Liang Xin nodded, "Come back soon."
In the morning, Liu Zhou mentioned the incident of remarriage of martyr's relatives that caused controversy in the newspapers some time ago. Just as he started talking and before they began to discuss in depth, Zhong Xuelian came in with snacks, followed by the already married Sun Meihua.
Sun Meihua held the wedding candy in her hand and said, "Director Liang, I heard you were busy. I'm sorry to bother you, but I still want to be the first to give you the wedding candy. I'll put the wedding candy down and go get the certificate."
Liang Xin was stunned for a moment. "Get the certificate? I went to the farm and heard Mao Xiaoling say that you are living a good life after marriage. Why did you get the certificate today?"
"We weren't married before, we were just engaged."
Sun Meihua put the wedding candy on the table and looked at the reporter with a kind smile. She was not so embarrassed anymore. "Director Zhong reminded me to be cautious about remarrying, so I got engaged first to try to get along with him. Now we get along well. He treats my child very well. We are ready to get the marriage certificate."
"This is the martyr's relative who caused controversy in the newspapers."
Liang Xin introduced with a smile, picked up a plum candy, and said, "Happy wedding."
Liu Zhou and reporter He also picked up the wedding candies and sent their blessings of a happy marriage.
Sun Meihua blushed, "Second marriage, what's the new marriage?"
"A newly obtained marriage certificate means they are of course newlyweds." Liang Xin asked with a smile, "I haven't even met the groom yet. Is he from Jiangkou?"
"Yes, he was a soldier before, and now he is back and works as a road maintenance worker in Jiangkou Engineering Section. I was responsible for delivering goods to Nanhe Commune before. One time, I almost fell off my bicycle, and he helped me hold up the bicycle in time, so that the snacks did not fall and break."
Sun Meihua's face was filled with a new sweetness. "He is unmarried and has no children. He is a retired soldier who was injured. He treats my two children as his own. Before we got engaged, he gave me 20 kilograms of food coupons because he saw that the two children were well fed. After we got engaged, he gave me 50 kilograms of food coupons. After getting along for a while, I was sure that he was honest and sincere. I could feel it."
The smile on Liang Xin's face paused slightly.
Zhong Xuelian noticed and was about to ask what was going on when reporter He suddenly smiled and said, "He was a soldier before. After he was injured and retired, he worked as a track maintenance worker at the Jiangkou Railway Bureau Branch. He should have a fixed monthly ration. I run around outside every day, which is considered physical work. My ration is not enough to eat, let alone save up food coupons. Track maintenance workers are a special type of job that requires heavy physical labor. How could he save up so many food coupons?"
"This is what I think is good about him." Sun Meihua was embarrassed to talk about what happened between the two of them. She felt ashamed. "He only ate one meal a day, and saved the food coupons for my two children. The yield per mu in Nanhe Commune was high, and the farmers kept more food at home. He also used the money to buy food, and then asked the members to go to the grain station to exchange for food coupons.
Zhong Xuelian also felt something was wrong. "He has already bought the grain, why doesn't he just give it to you? Why does he have to ask the members to take the grain to the grain station to exchange for grain coupons, and then give it to you so that you can buy grain?"
Sun Meihua's face turned even redder. "He said he didn't want me to work hard cooking, so he asked me to take my food coupons to the canteen to buy ready-made steamed buns, and to buy snacks for the children at the bakery."
Liang Xin agreed, "It's really easy to be moved when fifty kilograms of food coupons are handed to me all at once."
Sun Meihua breathed a sigh of relief. "That's right, Director Liang. I know you care about me. I have done all the research. Don't worry."
Liang Xin smiled and nodded, "I read the newspaper every day and often see thieves who have been caught or are on the run. In addition to electronic calculators, cameras, and semiconductor radios, everyone has stolen dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of food coupons. Without exception, so when I heard that he gave you so many food coupons at once, I subconsciously became a little sensitive. Don't mind it."
"That's not the case with him. He is a retired soldier..."
The smile on Sun Meihua's face suddenly froze.
Liang Xin asked, "What's wrong?"
"Electrical, electronic calculator..." The smile on Sun Meihua's face became more and more stiff, and she couldn't say the rest.
Reporter He immediately asked, "Have you seen an electronic calculator in his house?"
Sun Meihua swallowed.
Liang Xin said slowly, "Nowadays, marriage and love are free. It is normal to break up if you can't get along. Divorced people still have the right to love freely."
The smile and embarrassment on Sun Meihua's face had completely disappeared, and she gradually turned pale. "Director Liang... I, I did see the electronic calculator under his dormitory mat. It was me, and I wanted to give him something in return, so I wanted to help him take apart the quilt and wash it, and I accidentally found it."
"Does he run any other individual business?"
Liang Xin said, "If you are just a road maintenance worker, a pocket electronic calculator would cost more than 80 yuan. If it is a vacuum tube calculator, it would cost more than 200 yuan, which is more expensive than a sewing machine or a semiconductor radio."
"Even ordinary self-employed people wouldn't be willing to buy such an expensive electronic calculator!" Zhong Xuelian said, "Small businesses do mental arithmetic. The electronic calculators in our bakery are only used when we check the raw materials and large payments with the logistics department, and when we prepare financial statements."
After hearing this, Sun Meihua's legs began to feel weak and her body began to sway.
Liang Xin stood up and supported her. Sun Meihua immediately seemed to have found her backbone. She held Liang Xin's wrist tightly. Her throat was dry and tight, and she could only reveal her meaning with her eyes.
"What's his name?"
"Li Guosheng."
Liang Xin said: "I'll ask someone to check it out."
Sun Meihua nodded immediately.
Liang Xin looked at Liu Zhou and said, "Editor-in-Chief Liu, I'm sorry to have wasted your time."
"It's okay. We can stay in the 11th Division for three days." Liu Zhou said, "This comrade's matter is more important. You go and deal with it first. If you need anything, we can also help."
Liang Xin returned to the living room, took out the phone book President Shi left for her, and called the Jiangkou Railway Branch first.
I made several phone calls.
Because it took so long, Sun Meihua in the pergola was already sweating, and the others helped her to the living room.
As soon as I entered the living room, I heard Liang Xin say, "There's no such person either?"
Sun Meihua's face suddenly lost all color.
Zhong Xuelian and Liu Zhou helped Sun Meihua, who was unable to stand, to sit on the sofa.
"What's going on?"
When Zhong Xuelian saw Liang Xin hung up the phone, she went up to him and asked, "What do you mean there is no such person?"
"There is no one named Li Guosheng among the road maintenance workers in the Jiangkou Engineering Section, and no such person lives in the staff dormitory."
Liang Xin said, "I called several communes in Jiangkou and asked them all. No one has used money to buy food in the past year. They asked members to go to the grain station to exchange for food coupons."
"......If members trade among themselves, they won't tell the commune, right?"
Sun Meihua still held out hope and asked, "Could it be that the members are afraid of being investigated for speculation and profiteering, so they dare not admit it?"
Liang Xin said: "Now members are allowed to go to the market and into the city to sell grain. Selling grain is not considered speculation."
Sun Meihua's lips also turned pale.
She couldn't believe that the man she had finally met who was willing to sacrifice himself for her and treat her two children as her own could be a criminal and a liar.
"Then Li Guosheng must be his alias."
Reporter He said: "It is impossible for ordinary people to use aliases. You said he was a retired soldier. Have you seen his transfer certificate?"
Sun Meihua shook her head.
Liang Xin asked: "So where did he get the letter of introduction for your marriage?"
"We agreed to meet at the bus stop outside the barracks. I haven't seen his letter of introduction yet."
Sun Meihua held her face in her hands and said, "I thought I had finally gotten my wish."
Liang Xin asked, "You've been to his dormitory before, where is it?"
"In...a house behind the sluice gate at the railway station."
From a happy day to an investigation of a criminal in an instant, although Sun Meihua was panicked, a voice in her heart told her that the world was not falling.
Even without this person, she still had a job in the bakery, a salary and a house. At most, her food was a little tighter, but she could still support her two children.
Thinking of this, Sun Meihua gradually calmed down. "No. 25, Group 3, Shuifa Street, Subei District, two houses."
Liang Xin picked up the phone again and called the Subei Water Valve Street Office.
The phone hung up and rang again.
Everyone in the room stared at Liang Xin's expression.
"His name is Li Guosheng."
Liang Xin put the microphone away and looked at the pale-faced Sun Meihua. "But he is definitely not a road maintenance worker at the Jiangkou Maintenance Section. He is a temporary worker at the Subei Brick Kiln Factory, renting at No. 25, Group 3, Shuifa Street."
Zhong Xuelian was surprised, "Isn't that a retired soldier?"
“There is no record of that.”
Liang Xin said, "Sister Meihua, what do you think we should do about this?"
"Although Zhang Gang is dead, I am still a martyr's relative, receiving regular pensions from the state, and now relying on the army's bakery for support. If he is really a criminal, why would he go to such great lengths to get close to me, other than to use me to hide in the army? What else could that mean?"
Sun Meihua said in a trembling voice: "Director Liang, luckily I came here to give you wedding candy today. Maybe it was her father in heaven who guided me to find you. I still need your help to make a decision on this matter. My mind is still a mess right now."
Liang Xin thought for a moment and said, "There must be something wrong with this guy, but we haven't even figured out his true identity yet. We can't alert him for now. If he runs away and continues to commit crimes, it will be very difficult to deal with him."
"Indeed."
Liu Zhou said: "This person is a man of deep thoughts. He uses a trick of self-torture with careful logic and courage. He actually thought of hiding in the army. We must not alert him first. It is better for you to lead him into the barracks first and ask the security department to control him first, and then conduct an investigation."
Reporter He nodded. "Just because he concealed his identity and tricked the martyr's family into marrying him, the bakery has the right to detain him first."
Liang Xin looked at Sun Meihua, "Sister Meihua, can you hold on?"
Sun Meihua's hands were shaking due to physiological reaction, and she slowly clenched her fists, "Yes, of course I can, we managed to survive the sky falling down before, so what's this time?"
"What's the reason for bringing him in?" Zhong Xuelian asked, "If this person is so powerful, he shouldn't be easy to deceive."
"Just say you can change houses because you're getting married." Liang Xin said, "Because I'm going back to Jiangjing soon, I need you to help with the logistics. Besides, I can use a military vehicle to take you to the Civil Affairs Bureau later, so it won't delay the marriage certificate."
“This is good!”
Reporter He said: "If his purpose is to hide in the military camp, he can't wait to move in. If he has a chance to meet the division commander, he will definitely come!"
However, reporter He was wrong.
After Sun Meihua went to the bus and told Li Guosheng about this, Li Guosheng first agreed to go to the military camp with Sun Meihua.
He came to a fork in the road, said he needed to go to the toilet, and ran away without returning.
But Liang Xin called Lu Chongfeng before Sun Meihua went out.
Lu Chongfeng ordered the security department to secretly block the road, and Li Guosheng escaped directly into the security department's trap.
The Security Department handed the case over to the local police for a joint investigation, and two days later, they found out Li Guosheng's true identity.
“This man is so scary!”
Li Mao shuddered, his teeth chattering. "I heard that just because his girlfriend wanted to break up, he took a door bolt and beat her unconscious. His girlfriend's sister ran to the yard to call for help, and he chased her to the yard and beat the girl on the head with the door bolt again and again. It is said that the girl's head was sunk into the mud when she died! Later, he found out that his girlfriend was not dead, but just unconscious, so he went back and beat her a few more times. Someone heard him, so he ran away. But his girlfriend was still blind when she was rescued!"
Zhong Xuelian continued, "What's even more frightening is that even after he was arrested and sent to prison, he was able to dismantle the bed frame and iron pipes, pry open the cell roof and escape, and robbed and stole four or five times, and fled from such a faraway place to Jiangkou!"
Liang Xin sighed, "Poor two girls."
"Yes, you can only judge a person by his appearance, not his heart. Whether you are dating or getting married, you have to be careful. Some people appear to be honest and loyal, but in fact they are extremely evil at heart."
Hu Lan, a relative of a martyr from the bakery, rubbed her arms, "When I think about how Meihua met with him alone so many times and how they almost got married, I get goose bumps all over my body!"
Sun Meihua lost so much weight in just two days that her eyes became sunken.
Liang Xin patted her hands and said, "Sister Meihua is a blessed person. Now that you have overcome this difficulty, you will have a good life in the future."
"Yes." Zhong Xuelian said, "If you are unlucky, you can't avoid such a bad guy. People say that if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune in the future. He has been arrested. Don't think too much about it in the future."
Sun Meihua was so frightened that whenever she thought about almost marrying such a man and her two children, she would break out in a sweat even in the middle of the night.
"It's all thanks to Director Liang for caring about me. Fortunately, Director Liang mentioned the electronic calculator, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of this. Of course, I also want to thank Deputy Commander Lu. If you hadn't sent someone to follow him, he would have really run away. I also want to thank you and the public security for helping with the investigation throughout the process, so that we can get the results so quickly and bring the evildoer to justice."
Lu Chongfeng, who was sitting next to Liang Xin, sighed slightly, "Some people really can't be judged by their appearance, just like some people's real age can't be guessed by their appearance."
Everyone in the living room was groaning in fear.
Liang Xin looked over at him.
"I mean, some people look young, but they are actually very old. For example, I may look over 30, but I was born in the second half of the year, so I am two years older. My real age is actually not as old as I look. If you guess, you will definitely not be right."
Lu Chongfeng glanced at Liang Xin casually, "Oh?"
The living room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The group of people who had just had goosebumps from fear stared at Lu Chongfeng in confusion.
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