Chapter 206 Hypnosis
What happened yesterday was so exciting that Sun Xilai thought about it all night and came to Lin Yue's house early the next morning.
She sat on the kang and read the thank-you letter carefully several times before clapping her hands and laughing, "It's so satisfying. How could I not know that I should punish them like this before! You don't know that the two of them made a fuss for most of the night last night. The fight was so intense that when Captain Chen went out this morning, his face was covered with bruises!"
Thinking of the couple's temper, she worried again, "But will this piece of paper be useful? If he really goes out of his way to cause trouble, won't you still be in trouble?"
Lin Yue hugged Xiao Xixi tightly, restrained his hand that wanted to grab randomly, and said with a smile: "Chen Deyuan is afraid that his job will fail, so he dare not make a big fuss. Besides, I am really not afraid that he will make a fuss to the higher-ups. You also said that at most I will just eat a meal and pay him some money. But if I endure it this time, others will really think that my child, Lin Yue, is so easy to bully, and they don't need to pay any price to make up any rumors!"
Sun Xilai nodded in approval, "You are right, they are such bad people, they can think of such a wicked thing, it's a pity that Chen Deyuan is still a soldier!"
Lin Yue said nothing. Soldiers are also human beings. Being brave on the battlefield does not represent his normal character. He just has an extra layer of filter. If there is no army to look after him, it is hard to say what he will become.
As the two were talking, there was a sound of a door being pushed open outside.
It has been a custom in China since ancient times to keep the courtyard gate open at all times, especially in rural areas. For fear of "locking the door to the outside world", the courtyard gate is not closed as long as people are at home during the day.
However, when people visit someone, they will shout at the door and only come in after hearing the host respond. It is rare for someone to come in without saying hello.
The man walked in quietly without making any sound. Lin Yue looked at the time and thought it was Wang Tingting who came back from the night shift. But the man who pushed the door open turned out to be someone Lin Yue didn't expect.
She never thought that the person coming would be Tang Sisi.
Tang Sisi deliberately didn't knock on the door because she was afraid that Lin Yue would refuse to let her in.
She was wearing a red fox fur coat and a white lamb fur hat. Unlike the common clothes at that time, the fur of her clothes was not used as the lining, but was exposed as the outer fabric. Because of the unified color and reasonable matching, she looked particularly fashionable.
Every time she appeared, Lin Yue had a feeling of time confusion, as if this was not the gray 1960s, but the Shanghai metropolis in the 1980s.
Tang Sisi had a smile on her face and greeted everyone warmly as soon as she entered the room. Seeing Sun Xilai was also there, the smile on her face did not change at all, and she just said, "Hey, Sister-in-law Sun is here too, coming to chat with Xiaolin so early!"
She called him affectionately, but Sun Xilai didn't really appreciate it. He said with a fake smile, "I didn't expect you to come here. It was calm this morning. What kind of bad wind blew you here?"
Tang Sisi pretended not to hear her double entendre, turned to Lin Yue, and said with a good-tempered smile: "Xiao Lin, I came here specifically to see you today. Is it convenient for us to chat alone?"
Lin Yue frowned. This person had been very nice to him every time they met except for the last time when he spoke harshly. Even when Lin Yue went to see her again because of the children's wishes, she was very earnest in her words. Lin Yue had to admit that, apart from being a bit of a green tea, she didn't seem to have any problems on the surface.
Sun Xilai had a lot to say to her, but now she was silent. After all, this was in someone else's house, so she turned to look at Lin Yue and waited for him to speak.
Lin Yue thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go over there and talk."
Tang Sisi felt a little dissatisfied. She had just said this, meaning that Sun Xilai should go back first. She didn't expect that one of them was so shameless and the other pretended not to understand, so no one paid any attention to her.
However, when it comes to saving face, she has never lagged behind others, and she followed Lin Yue to the children's room neatly and efficiently.
The room was not very big, and the children's things took up most of the space. Tang Sisi looked around and wanted to lift the curtain to look inside, but was stopped by Lin Yue.
She was not embarrassed and smiled and said, "You have a solution. I also have four children, two boys and two girls. I will give them the same transformation when I go back."
"I remember that your house also has four main rooms, so there shouldn't be a shortage of space for the children, right?"
Tang Sisi laughed dryly and said, "One of the rooms has been converted into a study for the child's father. It will be more convenient for him to work there."
Lin Yue knew that the first few children in her family all lived in the loft, and only her own son lived alone in the main room, so she said this deliberately.
Everyone knows that Commander Yu is a rough man who can't read a single word. Moreover, the army has strict discipline and ordinary military affairs are not allowed to be taken home for processing. Why would he need a study? It's just an excuse.
But she didn't expose it. She nodded as if she had suddenly realized something, "Captain Yu works so hard, he never forgets to work overtime when he gets home!"
It was completely perfunctory, but Tang Sisi couldn't say anything.
Lin Yue didn't want to play Tai Chi with her, so he changed the subject and asked, "What brings you here?"
Tang Sisi looked like she had just remembered something and smiled, "Look at me. I was so attracted by the layout of your house that I forgot about the important matter. He Aini found me this morning and asked me to come here."
"You want to intercede for them?"
Tang Sisi waved her hands quickly: "How can that be possible! Although the couple came to me, they were not honest in the first place, and I have no intention of helping them at all!"
She looked at them with sincerity and said in a sincere manner: "I am just taking this opportunity to remind you that they are two crazy dogs. If you provoke them, you must be careful of their revenge."
Her eyes were so clear and bright that it was hard not to believe.
Lin Yue asked an unrelated question: "Are you hypnotizing me? I've only heard of it before, but this is the first time I've seen it. Where did you learn it from?"
Tang Sisi's eyes flashed with panic, but she was very strong in her heart and quickly calmed down. She looked just the right amount of puzzled: "What are you talking about? I came to remind you kindly, how did you get involved in hypnosis!"
"Or, I should call it another way, 'Zhu You Shu', right?" She had read a lot of books during this period, and finally found the relevant records in the collection left by Xu's father in the basement.
Tang Sisi was startled, then suddenly smiled. "Comrade Xiaolin, you have a wide range of knowledge!"
She found a stool and sat down without any panic on her face. She decided to come to Lin Yue, thinking that she could use other excuses to fool him, and if it didn't work, she could still be honest. But she didn't expect that Lin Yue would reveal her fault.
"Hypnosis has always been regarded as a charlatan trick, to the point where people turn pale at the mere mention of it. But everyone forgets that a long time ago, before it was demonized as a Western import, it had another name, which was the art of incantation, a medical skill that only court doctors could master."
She raised her head and looked at Lin Yue intently, "You are the first person who recognized me at first sight. Others avoided me, but you didn't. You were just curious."
Lin Yue felt the need to clarify, "That's not the case. I still hate the way you manipulate people, especially when you use it on me and my family."
She had never been exposed to hypnosis before. Even in later generations, this art was said to be miraculous, and some even said it could control people's minds. Lin Yue herself did not believe it was that powerful, but combined with the people and things around Tang Sisi, she had to believe that hypnosis might not be just a means of auxiliary treatment for doctors as she thought.
Tang Sisi smiled and said, "I don't think I did anything wrong. I just used my expertise to make myself feel more comfortable. And I'm really not that amazing. It's impossible for others to obey me just by saying a few words or giving me a look."
Lin Yue smiled sarcastically and said nothing. What she said was like brainwashing in later generations, through some rhetoric and psychological hints, to subtly control a person's thoughts, to play with others in the palm of one's hand, and finally to show an innocent look, blaming the other party for misunderstanding oneself and misinterpreting one's good intentions.
Tang Sisi's expression became even more sincere. "I really have no ill will towards you, or your children. I also won't hide it from you. Your little girl has a natural talent for languages. She is so smart at such a young age. She is very suitable to learn from me. I really want to take her in as my apprentice."
Lin Yue interrupted her and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness. I asked her and she said she didn't want to learn from you at all. My family has always been very open-minded and will not interfere with children's decisions casually, so I'm sorry."
"Don't be so quick to interrupt me. You can listen to what I say before making a decision. I know you have some prejudices against me, but this concerns the future of the child. I hope you can put aside your prejudices and consider my suggestions carefully.
You may not know that this is the first time I have met such a talented child, and I really don't want her talent to be buried. Moreover, she is now at the best age to get started. As long as you hand her over to me, I guarantee that her future achievements will definitely surpass mine."
Lin Yue sighed, after hearing her say that, he really did sound like a sorcerer.
She refused very bluntly: "Don't even think about it. I won't allow her to learn from you. And I don't want someone like you to have such achievements as mine."
她不等對方再說什麽，就堅決的送客：“你也不要再多說什麽了，沒用。哦對了，謝謝你告訴我何愛妮那邊的消息了，這份人情我領了。我也向你保證，只要你不用催眠術害人，我是絕對不會把你的秘密傳出去的。”
她也的确是遵守了承諾，甚至沒有就這件事再和孩子們讨論。
唐思思說得的确是挺誘人的，這個年代，想要學一技之長可不是那麽容易的事情，唐思思主動找上門想要收徒，按說她總該為了孩子考慮一下的，可惜她實在是不相信唐思思的人品，比起被人傳得神乎其神的催眠術，她更害怕對方影響了孩子的心智。
古話說“做事先做人，做人先立德”，不是沒有道理的，人品壞了，這個人一輩子才是真的完了。
更何況林樾知道這個世界後來的發展，如果思思真的對這個感興趣，将來學習的機會只會比現在更多、也更系統，不必急于現在。
唐思思有些無力，這一家人，意志力倒是全都出奇的堅定，一點也不會被她所影響。
她來這一趟可以說是一無所獲，還被人揭了老底，哪能甘心就這樣走，但是她很懂得拿捏分寸，知道再糾纏下去只會惹人生厭，便幹脆利落的說：“那行，我就不多留了，你也再多考慮考慮，別太快下決定，反正思思這麽好的苗子我是絕對不舍得放棄的，你什麽時候想通了都可以來找我。”
林樾沒多說什麽，目送她離開，人都快走到院子了，她突然想起來上次在醫院附件見到，不由多嘴提醒了一句：“我聽說你以前也是名軍人，希望你不要忘了軍人的天職是什麽，千萬別走上彎路。”
唐思思的後背微不可見的一僵，旋即回頭淺笑道：“那是自然，‘一日是軍人，終生是軍人’，我不會忘的。”
孫喜來手裏攥着一把松子，一邊磕一邊往外出，她好奇的張望了一眼，問：“你倆聊啥呢，怎麽還扯到軍人不軍人的上面去了！她找你幹啥來了，神神秘秘的？”
林樾帶着她進了屋，把何愛妮找她來幫忙說項的事情說了一遍。
孫喜來奇怪道：“所以她這是替何愛妮來求情了？她倆的關系啥時候這麽好了！”
林樾想到昨天陳德遠的表現，心裏猜測，或許和她關系好的并不是何愛妮。
不過她沒有把這個想法說出來，只道：“她又不是傻子，那兩口子還沒有幾天就要回老家了，唐思思不可能為了他們來得罪我的，看她的意思，反而是想和我示好。”
孫喜來卻搖頭：“你別太相信她了，她這個人最擅長兩面三刀，她在你面前一套，在何愛妮面前肯定又是另外一套，小心她背後撺掇何愛妮給你送份大禮！”
孫喜來的嘴像是開過光，何愛妮一家子走後第二個周，她給林樾留的大禮就到了。
今年春天要比去年暖和上一些，營區附近的河面上早早就跑起了冰排。唐思思每天依然在廣播上提醒大人孩子注意安全，這幾天都沒有來找過林樾。
邊境線上還是不太平，對面有恃無恐，經常會開着裝甲車，壓着厚厚的冰面過來騷擾。戰士們每天都巴望着江面上的冰也能快點融化，讓對岸的裝甲車掉到江裏去。
眼見有一些河段都開始化冰了，軍官們想了個又慫又勇的辦法，幹脆提前炸了江，讓對岸的車開不過來。張遠東這次回來，就是向上級請示的。
炸江不是那麽簡單的事情，需要結合氣溫變化和上下游的情況來決定，這些事一般人可幹不了，得讓專家實地勘測一下。
專家沒有那麽快到，張遠東這段時間倒是閑了下來。
張遠東被發配到邊疆，倒是比以前還要忙碌了，夫妻倆已經很久都沒有見過面了。這次有個四五天的假期，他幹脆打了申請，帶着林樾和幾個孩子去了鑼河大隊。
一家人坐大巴車到了臨市，明顯感覺這裏要溫暖上不少。這時候可沒有全國性質的天氣預報給他們參考，林樾前一天晚上守在收音機旁邊聽了一晚上，也沒有聽到有關臨市氣候的有用信息。
所以他們一大家子穿着長度到膝蓋、超級防風保暖的皮衣出了汽車站，發現周圍的人全都穿着輕便的棉褲棉襖，大家多少都有些窘迫。
剛一出站，林樾就見到張大哥牽着一頭騾子，使勁的和他們揮手。
幾人走過去，在張大哥的幫助下把身上的行李放到了被騾子拉着的板車上。
從去年大雪前最後一次見面，已經過去快半年了。這時候的人們感情內斂，都不好意思有什麽出格的舉動，不過對孩子就沒有那麽多顧忌了，張大哥把四個孩子抱起來，挨個掂了掂，爽朗的大笑道：“嗯，不錯不錯，都長高長肉了！”
他打量了一圈衆人的穿着，笑道：“還是你們想得周到，穿了厚衣服，你們嫂子還給你們準備的被子，一會兒蓋在身上，這樣路上就不怕冷了！”
林樾尴尬的笑笑，厚着臉皮接下了張大哥的誇贊。他們可真的不是特意穿成這樣的，純屬判斷失誤。
小石頭坐在騾子的背上，雙手緊緊的抱着騾子粗壯的脖子，還要裝出一副十分潇灑的模樣，擡頭和他們打招呼。
淩淩和萬裏歡呼一聲，一起跑了過去，伸手就要摸那頭騾子的鬃毛：“小石頭，太好了，你也會騎馬了，我爹去年也教我們了，不過這麽高的馬我還沒騎過呢！”
那頭騾子被兩人的動作吓得“啊嗷~啊嗷”的叫喚，把兩兄妹吓了一跳，他兩人齊齊的往後退了一步，驚訝的說：“好大的驢子呀，我們還以為是馬呢！”
騾子受了驚，不安的動來動去，趴在它背上的小石頭好幾次都差點掉下來，急得眼淚都快要流出來了。他此時萬分後悔自己為了耍帥而逞能的行為。他沒有開口求助，純粹是強撐着不想讓自己太過丢臉。
張大哥在一旁欣賞完了自家兒子的窘态，才好心的把人抱了下來。
小石頭人一落地，兩條腿都是顫抖的。淩淩和萬裏毫不客氣的哈哈大笑，嘲笑小石頭是慫蛋。
小石頭氣憤的大聲反駁：“我才不是慫蛋，這個騾子本來就很難騎，還很兇，要是別人敢上它的背，早就被甩下來了，不信你們上去試試！”
淩淩叉腰：“試試就試試，我和萬裏連馬都敢騎，這個騾、騾子算什麽！”
林樾不贊成的投過去一眼，不過這是在外面，她到底給淩淩留了些面子，沒有說什麽。
張大哥笑道：“t弟妹不用擔心，我牽着呢，不會讓他們摔着的。”
林樾倒不是擔心這個，只是淩淩已經不是小孩子了，還是和小時候一樣，被別人一激就沖動，這不是個好習慣。不過可能是因為性格原因，林樾提醒了她好幾次，效果都不是很好。
張遠東也知道淩淩的這個性格，不過他倒是一點也不着急，反而安慰林樾：“你別擔心，不經過摔打的童年是不完整的，她從來沒有吃過什麽虧，不知道要謹慎，等她受過幾次教訓就好了。”
林樾斜瞪他一眼，低聲罵道：“有你這樣當爹的嗎？”
張遠東也不反駁，嘿嘿笑了，不過他鐵了心的不去制止淩淩，只是湊近了林樾，小聲說：“你別着急，孩子皮實一點好。我和大哥在呢，保準不讓你閨女傷着了。”
林樾心裏着急，她不喜歡這樣的教育方式，可是她也知道張遠東有能力不讓他閨女受傷，她不能随便插手父親對孩子的管教，只能在一邊幹着急。
萬裏心思細，他很快就發現了這頭騾子背上沒有馬鞍、馬镫，也挺膽小暴躁的，和他們以前騎的馬都不一樣，而且之前他爹帶他們騎的都是不太高的小馬駒，可沒有這頭騾子高。
他和淩淩都是初學者，本身也沒有多少技術在身上，貿然去騎一頭并不知道脾性的騾子太危險了。
他倒是想要攔住淩淩，可惜他這個妹妹被人一激就上頭，現在一心只想顯擺自己的馬技，根本不聽他的。
騾子的高度不是淩淩一個七八歲的小孩能上得去的，她嘗試了好幾次都沒有成功，張遠東終于看不下去了，“貼心”的把她抱了上去。
騾子的背上很滑，小石頭是整個人趴在上面，雙手雙腳全都扒拉在騾子的身上，才保證自己不會掉下來。淩淩一上去就發現自己坐不穩當，可是她如果和小石頭用一樣的辦法，根本不可能讓騾子聽話的跑起來。
她小心的把身體直起來，目光和小石頭一下子撞到了一起。
The two kids hadn't seen each other for half a year. When they weren't together, they always talked about each other. But now that they met, they were like two fighting chickens, neither of them giving in. Little Stone put his hands on his waist and said loudly, "Go ahead and ride. If you dare, I'll recognize you as the boss!"
Lin Yue was worried, fearing that Ling Ling would not be able to bear the excitement and get hurt. She involuntarily took a few steps forward, thinking that if there was any danger, she would be able to protect Ling Ling in time.
Ling Ling did not act as she thought. Instead, she said, "I am older than you. I am your elder sister! But you are right. This mule is not easy to ride. It is much harder than riding a horse."
Lin Yue's steps suddenly stopped. She saw Ling Ling turned her head to look at her father and continued, "Dad, this is completely different from the horse riding you taught me before, but I still want to try it, okay?"
Zhang Yuandong smiled and spoke with pride as he assured her, "Of course you can. Go ahead and try. Dad will protect you. But you have to be careful and don't try to be brave."
Brother Zhang also laughed and said, "Lingling is really good, brave and careful, and she knows to ask your father for advice before encountering dangerous things. Don't worry, uncle is watching here, and he won't let you get hurt!"
With the assurance from her father and uncle, Lingling responded with a crisp "yes", her smiling face full of excitement.
But she still didn't dare to be rash. She held the reins tightly, and after making sure she was sitting very steadily, she pinched the mule's belly and controlled it to move forward slowly.
This mule was bought by the Luohe Brigade after the Chinese New Year. It is quite strong, but has a bad temper. Because Brother Zhang is usually responsible for feeding it, it is quite obedient in front of Brother Zhang. But it is obviously not satisfied with a strange little thing sitting on its back. It keeps shaking its head and looks restless.
Brother Zhang took out a small piece of bean cake from his pocket and fed it to it. It was soon calmed down and followed a group of people slowly walking towards the road.
Lingling sat high on the mule's back. She had a wide view and it was a little thrilling. This made her experience an unprecedented excitement. Her little face was flushed with excitement.
The remaining children ran around her, all looking at Lingling with envy. Lingling was very proud, but fortunately she did not get carried away, and knew to hold the reins firmly with both hands, control the speed of the mule, and be careful not to hurt her younger brothers and sisters.
Lin Yue felt a sour feeling in her heart. She had never thought that Ling Ling would not be impulsive and would be so rational. It seemed that her advice during this period was very effective.
No, Lingling performed even better. Not only was she rational, she was also very brave. She dared to challenge, and she knew how to find a way out for herself. This was very good, even better than Lin Yue could have imagined.
She was proud of her child, but also felt a sense of sadness as her daughter had grown up.
They walked very slowly along the way. With Lingling leading the way, several children took turns riding on the mule. Even the youngest Sisi and Xiao Mushi had their parents help them sit on the mule's back for a while. When they arrived at Luohe Brigade, it was almost noon. The smoke from cooking was rising in the village, and every household was preparing to make fire and cook.