Chapter 99 Chapter 99 I'll give you the chance to destroy me more. …
Liang Xin suddenly lowered her head and smiled.
The sunlight shines on her smile, making it bright and dazzling.
The people who had just begun to react were stunned again.
The living room was silent again for a moment.
"really."
Li Mao looked at Liang Xin and couldn't help nodding. "Compared to the first time I saw her, Liang Xin has not aged at all. She has gained some weight and looks more like an unmarried girl!"
The corners of Lu Chongfeng's mouth stiffened slightly.
"That's right!"
Hu Lan said: "She doesn't look like someone who has given birth to a child! If she stood next to the new recruits, you would think they were the same age!"
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
"Really, this face looks like spring!"
“That’s called youth!”
"Anyway, she looks so energetic. You can't tell she's almost 30. She looks like 18!"
Lu Chongfeng frowned and said, "It's eleven o'clock."
"Hey! It's so late!"
Li Mao stood up in a hurry, "Those three of us are going to complain about being hungry again!"
"I also have to go back and cook quickly, and I have to deliver goods in the afternoon."
"Meihua, come to our house for dinner today. Bring both children with you. I bought pork this morning."
"Director Liang, we are leaving."
Family members and employees stood up and rushed home to cook.
Liang Xin sent Sun Meihua to the door, continued to comfort her with a few words, closed the door and walked back.
Lu Chongfeng put the teapot, teacups and enamel tray on the coffee table into the kitchen. Just as he was about to speak, the phone in the living room rang.
Liang Xin was close by, so she picked up the microphone, said a few words, and passed it to Lu Chongfeng, "Staff Officer Wu."
Liang Xin walked into the kitchen.
In the morning, I bought a clean, tender chicken, and the farm sent me half a basket of chestnuts. While Dudu was sleeping and had nothing to do, Sister Ji peeled a bowl of chestnuts.
Lu Chongfeng walked in and said, "Someone's coming to the base. I'll be back soon."
"Go ahead, I'll cook."
Lu Chongfeng's footsteps did not go away. He walked behind Liang Xin, lowered his head, and kissed the corner of Liang Xin's mouth.
Liang Xin raised the corner of her mouth and he kissed her again.
Liang Xin nudged him with her shoulder, "Dudu is almost waking up."
Only then did Lu Chongfeng turn around and leave.
Liang Xin was busy with her hands. She chopped a chicken into one-inch square pieces, put them in an enamel bowl, added ginger, green onions and soy sauce to marinate it, blanched the chestnuts in boiling water, took them out one by one and peeled them, thinking about Lu Chongfeng's abnormal behavior recently.
Sister Ji carried the newly woken Dudu into the kitchen.
As soon as Liang Xin took her daughter, her pouty little face nudged into her arms, "You're hungry now that you've had enough sleep?"
Liang Xin carried Dudu to the room on the first floor, unbuttoned her clothes and breastfed her.
Dudu ate seriously, and his fingers, like spring buds, kept opening to grab his mother's braids.
Seeing that Liang Xin had prepared all the dishes, Sister Ji tried to cook while asking Liang Xin how to cook.
Braised chicken with chestnuts, cold-mixed zheergen, and chrysanthemum brain and egg soup.
The dishes were served on the table, but Lu Chongfeng had not returned yet.
Liang Xin practiced grasping with Dudu for a while, "Sister, let's eat first."
Liang Xin tasted the chestnut braised chicken and gave Sister Ji a series of praises.
Sister Ji suddenly developed a strong interest in cooking delicious meals!
Before going upstairs for a nap, Lu Chongfeng received a call from the office kitchen. He had just finished touring the barracks with the base leaders and only found an opportunity to call home when he arrived at the kitchen to inform them that he would not be back for dinner.
Liang Xin and Sister Ji are packing their luggage to return to Jiangjing.
Lu Chongfeng didn't come back until the evening.
Lu Chongfeng tiptoed upstairs, opened the door and saw that Liang Xin had fallen asleep with Dudu, then tiptoed to the bathroom, closed the door and took a shower.
He was standing in front of the mirror and secretly unscrewing the cap of the vanishing cream when he heard Liang Xin seemed to be calling him. Lu Chongfeng subconsciously put down what he was holding and ran into the room.
"What's wrong?"
Liang Xin yawned and sat up from the bed. "I just thought I heard some noise. Let me call out and see if it's you."
"If it's not me, who else could it be?"
Lu Chongfeng walked to the bed with wet hair, lifted the quilt and covered Liang Xin's shoulders, "It's getting colder tonight, be careful not to catch a cold."
"Have you eaten yet?"
"I ate." Lu Chongfeng took the initiative to say, "I submitted the proposal to build a technical building to the base, and it is now under consideration. At noon, we discussed how to go to the headquarters to ask for money. Commander Lu wanted me to go with him and explained in detail the training plan for combining the technical building with future computers. In the evening, the base leaders went to inspect the progress of the reform of the cadres' promotion and demotion in the division, and there was a little trouble."
Seeing that he was willing to talk, Liang Xin asked, "What's the trouble?"
"A cadre from the 2nd Regiment who was demoted to company commander due to a public opinion poll was promoted again within half a year."
Lu Chongfeng handed the cup of water to Liang Xin, "He deliberately chose the time when I was accompanying the head of the base to the troops so that I could run into him."
Liang Xin frowned.
"Don't worry." Lu Chongfeng stroked Liang Xin's brow. "The promotion scope of three-dimensional assessment is constantly expanding. The head of the base supported me in the beginning. This is also an opportunity. I will continue to implement the reform plan and sound a warning to those who want to make moves. The cadre system reform is not to scare people."
Liang Xin asked, "How did you deal with it?"
"He was given an administrative warning on the spot." Lu Chongfeng took the towel from his neck and wiped his hair. "This kid is capable, but he has been influenced by the rigid-minded elders of the previous generation for too long, so his thinking has become problematic. The division headquarters has also issued a deadline for him to correct his mistakes. He is required to continue to be a company commander and improve his work within half a year, otherwise he will be demoted. We also took this opportunity to introduce new regulations. If a cadre is voted down in a public opinion poll and wants to be promoted, he must also undergo a three-dimensional public opinion poll assessment and a collective decision by the division and regiment party committee. He must wait for a year before he can be reinstated."
Liang Xin looked at Lu Chongfeng with admiration, "It seems that you have been planning this reform plan for a long time in your mind, and it is very well planned. Throughout history, many reformers have regarded their reform plans as perfect. When the reform plan is successfully launched, they usually feel that they have accomplished their mission, but they usually fall into a misunderstanding without knowing it."
Lu Chongfeng asked curiously: "What's the misunderstanding?"
"Without the birth of a new system, the reform will only temporarily impact the old system." Liang Xin held his hand and said, "Only by establishing a new system, just like the new regulations you have established and improved, and constantly improving and consolidating them in practice, can it not become a movement or a gust of wind, and can it be called a successful reform."
After listening to this, Lu Chongfeng felt as if he had eaten a popsicle fresh from the freezer under the scorching sun. He felt so comfortable that he couldn't help but sigh, "With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?"
Liang Xin smiled, threw back the quilt and got out of bed, "I'll get you a hair dryer."
Lu Chongfeng understood that this was Liang Xin's way of praising him. He raised the corners of his mouth, threw away the towel, and sat cross-legged on the bed waiting.
Less than a minute after Liang Xin walked out, Lu Chongfeng suddenly thought of something, jumped up from the bed and rushed out of the room.
I rushed to the bathroom and saw Liang Xin standing in front of the mirror, looking at the opened bottle of vanishing cream.
Lu Chongfeng: “…”
Lu Chongfeng: "Hey, why is the lid open but not screwed on?"
Liang Xin: "Where is the hair dryer?"
They both said something at the same time.
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
Seeing Liang Xin's eyes finally looking at the snow cream, Lu Chongfeng really wanted to raise his hand and slap himself in the mouth.
Liang Xin picked up the bottle of vanishing cream and said, "Didn't I cover it? Is it true that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years? I forget so much."
Lu Chongfeng: “?”
Lu Chongfeng's tense body relaxed slightly. He stepped forward, picked up the green bottle cap and covered the vanishing cream. "I'm not stupid. If I were stupid, how could I run the family factory so well?"
After saying that, Lu Chongfeng turned around and went to the drawer of the cabinet in the living room, took out a hair dryer and handed it to Liang Xin. He then dragged a chair over and sat down, waiting for Liang Xin to blow his hair.
"Too."
Liang Xin nodded, "I remember now, I just covered it up after using the vanishing cream."
Lu Chongfeng's back tensed instantly.
Liang Xin walked around to the front of Lu Chongfeng and watched him trying to maintain a natural expression. "Did you really use it?"
Lu Chongfeng racked his brains and didn't know how to answer, so he just admitted it directly...
Liang Xin slapped him on the shoulder and said in disbelief: "Your face looks like it was stuffed into a military can and sealed. Why are you still putting on vanishing cream?"
Lu Chongfeng was a beat slow to react.
Military canned food?
The surface of tinplate is plated with a layer of tin, which closes tightly and effectively isolates air and moisture.
Its function is to keep the freshness and nutrition of food unchanged and extend the shelf life by three to five years.
In fact, it won’t change in ten years.
He had seen canned food from the Zhenbao Island period, and when he opened it, the contents were still very fresh.
Liang Xin said his face looked like it was stuffed into a military can and sealed...
Lu Chongfeng suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise uncontrollably, and asked with a puzzled expression: "What do you mean?"
"They say you are gorgeous and beautiful, like a flower that never withers. You have been like a bud waiting to bloom for such a long time, so tender and beautiful!"
Liang Xin narrowed her eyes: "You are in this state, and you still secretly apply my vanishing cream..."
"No!"
Lu Chongfeng stood up, his chest straight, his face high and his spirits high, "You said I look so tender and tender, how could I still apply this stuff!"
Liang Xin's mouth twitched, and she asked seriously, "Really not applying it?"
"No!"
Lu Chongfeng put his hands across his forehead and pushed his black hair back, "Hurry up and blow it twice, don't delay your sleep."
Liang Xin stood behind Lu Chongfeng, turned on the hair dryer, and raised the corners of her mouth.
Under Lu Chongfeng's messy hair, the corners of his mouth were raised higher, revealing a row of neat and clean white teeth.
Liang Xin threw back the quilt and lay down on the bed, but she hadn't adjusted her sleeping position yet.
Lu Chongfeng took off his pajamas, got under the quilt and pressed on her.
Liang Xin covered her chest tightly with the quilt to prevent him from touching the buttons. "You just told me not to disturb my sleep?"
Lu Chongfeng took Liang Xin's finger and put it in his mouth, "I'll give you the chance to torture me more."
Liang Xin pulled out her finger and slapped him in the face.
Lu Chongfeng took the opportunity to squeeze through the gap and pressed forward.
Liang Xin turned off the desk lamp, raised the corner of her mouth, and put her hand on his freshly dried black hair.
The corner of the mouth was quickly bitten by the teeth, and then slowly kissed.
The dawn light made the barley-colored curtains translucent. Liang Xin used her last bit of strength to slap him hard in the face.
Lu Chongfeng rubbed Liang Xin's hand with his face before stopping and holding Liang Xin to take a shower again.
After taking a shower, Lu Chongfeng first carried Liang Xin to lie on the sofa, quickly changed all the sheets and quilt covers, and then carried Liang Xin to bed after making them neatly.
Liang Xin sank into the soft pillow and was about to fall asleep when a voice suddenly came to her ear: "Does my face really not look like I'm thirty years old?"
Liang Xin: “….”
Liang Xin said confusedly, "Like eighteen."
Lu Chongfeng was satisfied!
Completely satisfied!
Liang Xin rested quietly for the whole day and spent the last day with Editor-in-Chief Liu Zhou and Reporter He, who were still busy interviewing others at the teacher's guesthouse to get their opinions on her.
In the evening, I had a final meeting with Li Mao and Zhong Xuelian to discuss some things.
The next morning, I took Dudu, Lu Chongfeng, Sister Ji, Editor-in-Chief Liu Zhou, and Reporter He to the train station to return to Jiangjing.
It was the first time for Dudu to go on a long journey, and he was wrapped in a blanket while sitting in the car. Dudu, who loved to sleep every day, did not sleep as soon as he got into the car, and his dark eyes watched the scenery passing by outside the car window.
I had just fed my baby and put on a diaper before going out, so I didn't have to worry even if I had to wait half an hour for the train to leave.
Jiangkou Base Railway Station is where leaders often travel, and a soft sleeper train lounge has been set up at the railway station.
Liang Xin is at administrative level 13, and his travel standards are those of a deputy regimental rank and county level. Even without Lu Chongfeng, he could have bought a soft sleeper, but he could only use the special lounge because of his rank.
Editor-in-chief Liu Zhou is a level seven cadre. Liang Xin stayed in the lounge for a while and then went to the waiting hall to find Liu Zhou to continue talking about the interview.
After chatting for a while, a girl sitting next to me suddenly asked, "Are you Comrade Liang Xin?"
Liang Xin turned around and saw a bright and youthful face, "Hello."
“It’s really you!”
The girl was very surprised. "Comrade Liang Xin, I wrote you a letter. Because of you, I am also going to apply for the Department of Political Economy of Jiangjing University next year!"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "That's still my junior high school sister."
The girl immediately became shy, "I haven't passed the exam yet, but my high school ranking has never fallen out of the top three in my class. If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be a problem!"
Editor-in-Chief Liu Zhou smiled and nodded, "Young people must have confidence."
Liang Xin chatted for a while and then asked casually, "Shouldn't high school have started classes by now?"
The girl said, "My grandma is not in good health. I was raised by her, so I took a special leave to come back to see her."
Liang Xin nodded.
The girl mustered up her courage and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, there is also a character 'Xin' in my name, just like yours. My name is Wu Xinran, and I will definitely become your schoolmate!"
Liang Xin extended her hand, "Hello, Wu Xinran, that's a nice name. I wish you success in the college entrance examination next year and get what you want."
Wu Xinran put the train ticket in her hand on the chair and held Liang Xin's hand with both hands.
"Wu Xinran?"
A voice suddenly sounded, Liang Xin turned around and saw a man wearing a blue cloth jacket and black bell-bottom pants. He looked like he was the same age as Wu Xinran.
Sure enough, Wu Xinran stood up and asked, "Liu Yangguang?"
“It’s really you!”
The gay man looked at Wu Xinran and said, "Girls really change a lot when they grow up. Where did you go after junior high school? I haven't seen you in the county middle school again..."
Liang Xin didn't pay attention to what her old classmates were saying when they met again after a long separation, because the departure announcement sounded, and she hurriedly helped Liu Zhou and reporter He carry their luggage and move forward.
When they passed the special car lounge, Lu Chongfeng was already walking out with Dudu in his arms and his luggage, so they walked towards the ticket gate together.
Liang Xin got on the train early and didn't want to touch Dudu, so she took soap and went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
After washing my hands, I came out and subconsciously glanced at the open door of the hard-bedded carriage.
I noticed that seat number 2 was written on the seat near the door, and a train ticket placed on the seat appeared in front of me.
Liang Xin stopped when she looked up at the carriage number.
Soon, Liang Xin turned and ran towards the soft sleeper, and asked as soon as he entered the door: "Is there a leader named Wu in the headquarters?"
Seeing Liang Xin's expression, Lu Chongfeng didn't ask what was wrong, but said directly: "No, but the head of the headquarters barracks is surnamed Wu."
Liang Xin frowned. The barracks department is a very important department in the military and has a high status and influence in the organization. To be a cadre in this position, either he himself is very capable or has very powerful people above him.
Although it does not match the exact time period in my memory, this name, as well as the name of the gay man just now, popped out from the depths of my memory, becoming clearer and clearer.
A criminal case that shocked the whole country at that time.
The 17-year-old victim was tricked by her classmates into going to an old boiler room near a train station on her way back to her hometown. She was violently raped and was seen by another male classmate who happened to be following them.
The male classmate wanted to kill the girl to silence her, but another male classmate asked him to rape her as well.
The two men had a coincidence in their actions, and afterwards the victim broke down and cried uncontrollably. The two men were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they conspired again to suffocate the victim.
The suspect then threw the unconscious victim onto the train tracks, where he was hit and crushed by the moving train, causing his heart to rupture and internal bleeding, resulting in death.
This major case was one of several major criminal cases that revealed the extremely chaotic period at the beginning of reform and opening up, and it marked the beginning of a nationwide crackdown.
Few people know that the victim in the case was the daughter of a military chief.
The incident happened in my hometown where the army was stationed.
The victim's family never expected to encounter such a tragedy on their way back to the city, which is enough to show how chaotic the country has become.
Liang Xin had already forgotten what identity she was using at the time. She had just heard the name of this major case in the waiting hall and had not reacted.
It was not until I saw that the little girl did not get on the bus and the conversation between my old classmates just now came to my mind that I remembered this case.
Although they didn't know whether Wu Xinran was a party to this case, Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng immediately went to find the train police and asked if there was an old boiler room nearby.
Liang Xin made the matter sound very serious and started by saying that someone was trying to murder the little girl.
The conductor immediately picked up the loudspeaker to notify his superiors and the railway police.
Lu Chongfeng suddenly remembered that there was a very remote boiler room in an old factory nearby. He had led his team past there before, but the train attendant was not aware of it.
Lu Chongfeng immediately got off the train that was about to depart and ran out of the train station with the railway police.
Liang Xin looked at her watch and thought that Lu Chongfeng was also going to the headquarters, but took this opportunity to go to Jiangjing. She couldn't help if she went down now.
Liang Xin returned to the carriage and headed for Jiangjing first as the train departed.
When we arrived at the next stop, the conductor came over and knocked on the door, telling us that they had stopped the two criminals in time. The money, food coupons and watch that were robbed from the victim were all searched out of the criminals. When they arrived, one of the victim's ears had been slapped and was bleeding, and the specific injuries required further examination at the hospital.
Liang Xin asked: "Does the criminal have any other intentions?"
The police understood what he meant. "The girl had a lot of valuables on her. The criminals were busy robbing her violently. Deputy Division Commander Lu and Lao Liu rushed over and stopped them in time."
Liang Xin felt relieved, and Sister Ji also breathed a sigh of relief.
The robbery was enough to send the two criminals to jail, and it did not in the least detract from the local attention paid to the chaos that had already begun.
The conductor said, "Deputy Division Commander Lu asked me to tell you not to rush off the train when you arrive in Jiangjing. Wait until you see someone you know to pick you up before you get off the train."
"OK, thanks."
Liang Xin felt at ease and was able to sleep well.
When I woke up, the train whistle sounded and the train entered Jiangjing Station.
Nothing can be hidden in a crowded place. A murder almost happened at the train station and the news spread throughout the entire carriage.
Editor-in-Chief Liu Zhou and reporter He heard about this and came over to help Liang Xin get off the train as soon as it arrived at the station.
It was Xiao Wei who came to pick up the car.
After saying goodbye to reporter Liu Zhou and he, Liang Xin walked out holding Dudu, got on the military vehicle, and found that Chief Lu and her mother-in-law were also there.
When Hu Fenglian saw Liang Xin, she checked him up and down, left and right, and then breathed a sigh of relief. She patted her chest and said, "I was so worried. How could the world become like this? In broad daylight, in a train station with so many people coming and going, a murder almost happened!"
Chief Lu took Dudu, held him in his arms, and sat in the passenger seat.
Liang Xin helped her mother-in-law to sit in the back seat, and then helped Sister Ji. The three female comrades sat together in the seat where Chief Lu usually sat.
"Mom, I'm on the train. It's okay. I rushed to the scene to stop the criminal. He is more dangerous."
"Two little thieves, can they be more powerful than the enemies on the battlefield? If he is in danger, he has served as a soldier for so many years in vain!"
Hu Fenglian finished speaking and held Liang Xin's hand. "Don't worry, Chong Feng is fine. We were not at home last night, and he made several phone calls to find your father and told us to pick you up."
Liang Xin felt more at ease. Before she could say anything, her mother-in-law said, "Now there are many criminals who have not been caught or have escaped after being caught, roaming around everywhere, stealing travel permits, letters of introduction, food coupons and valuables. It is not safe on the train. You must find someone to accompany you when you travel in the future, otherwise I will really worry."
What my mother-in-law said makes sense.
Liang Xin nodded in response.
The military vehicle drove into the familiar military compound and then into the familiar two-story building in the west yard.
"Chongfeng said no one answered the phone when he called home." Hu Fenglian supported Liang Xin's hand and got out of the car. "Xiao Shi is on leave to visit his family. Yue Ji and Heping should be at home. By the way, the Air Force Art Troupe has been disbanded. Yue Ji has been staying at home and crying on the phone with her comrades these two days. That's why Chongfeng couldn't get through to him. Heping should have gone to work."
Liang Xin was not surprised to hear that the art troupe was disbanded.
The million-man disarmament campaign of the 1980s has already begun.
Noticing that Sister Ji was obviously nervous, Chief Lu held Dudu tightly and refused to let go, so Liang Xin handed the luggage to Sister Ji.
Sister Ji immediately forgot her nervousness and went into the house carrying her luggage.
The floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room on the first floor were open, and the wind blew the curtains fluttering.
"These kids!" Hu Fenglian walked into the room and saw water droplets on the glass windows. The redwood floor was also soaked by the rain. "It rained heavily last night, and these two kids didn't even close the windows! Rose!"
Liang Xin looked upstairs and went upstairs first with her luggage.
As soon as you go up to the second floor, the rich smell of red wine hits you.
Liang Xin paused, and her mother-in-law called out "Yueji" again from downstairs. She thought for a few seconds, walked to the master bedroom on the west side, and knocked on Yueji's bedroom door.
There was no movement.
Liang Xin knocked on the door harder, and finally there was movement from inside.
A very flustered movement.
There's more than one person.
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