Chapter 13 He Hongyuan is about to meet his wife (including V notification)

Yesterday, Lin Xiang and Lin Jianxin went to the factory's administrative department to handle the work transfer procedures. Later, Lin Jianxin came back from work and said in person that the work transfer procedures had been completed. He also went to the workshop to work for a day. Lin Guangming and Qiu Aiying did not have any suspicions. They just thought that without Lin Xiang in the family, it would be a matter of life and death in the future. Especially if she married and went to an island to follow the army and suffer, she should not come back to beg for mercy.

The couple spitted and cursed at each other at home, their words full of hatred towards Lin Xiang.

However, when his son ran to the workshop where Qiu Aiying worked in a panic and shouted why he had no job shortly after he went to work today, Qiu Aiying was also confused.

After finding Lin Guangming, the couple went to the administrative department of the rolling steel plant to inquire and learned shocking news from Liu Mei.

"Comrade Lin Xiang's work has been transferred to other comrades, not Comrade Lin Jianxin."

This was like a bolt from the blue, shocking the Lin family so much that they felt dizzy and almost fell over.

"How is that possible? Lin Xiang clearly gave the job to my son!" Qiu Aiying heard her son say this yesterday. "You must have made a mistake. How do you do things in the administrative department?"

Liu Mei was already on good terms with Lin Xiang, and now Qiu Aiying was pointing her finger at her and scolding her. She immediately shouted angrily, "Comrade Qiu Aiying, if you keep yelling, I'll call the security department!"

"Lin Jianxin, can you tell me what happened yesterday?" Lin Guangming was quick to sense something was wrong. He had just looked at the file in Liu Mei's hand, and it did say that Lin Xiang's job was given to a female comrade. So what Lin Jianxin said yesterday... was it false?

Lin Jianxin originally wanted to cover it up, but in the face of his father's sullen face and his mother's screaming, he finally told the truth that he had not even gone to the Administrative Section to complete the transfer procedures yesterday: "Lin Xiang took my household registration page to complete it, I... I didn't expect her to be so bold as to forge it!"

Lin Guangming slapped Lin Jianxin and said angrily: "Did you go to play poker yesterday? You didn't pay attention to such an important matter! You...you evil creature! You are such a useless thing!"

The administrative department of the steel rolling mill was in chaos. Lin Guangming beat his son, Lin Jianxin cried out in pain, and Qiu Aiying tried to stop the fight... In the end, the family of three calmed down and realized that Lin Xiang had secretly sold the job to an outsider and deceived her family!

Unable to find Lin Xiang anywhere, they could only curse helplessly and immediately prepared to use Lin Xiang's family to snatch the job back.

But the family that Lin Xiang sold her job to was not pushovers either. Chen Chunhua was a level 4 worker with a lot of strength and would not allow herself to be bullied. This was a legitimate job that he bought for his daughter with money.

She took a day off specifically to come to the steel rolling mill to look after it.

Just when Lin Guangming and Qiu Aiying took Lin Jianxin to the workshop to make trouble, trying to turn black into white and say that Song Yuan tricked their daughter into selling her job, the three of them were beaten out by Chen Chunhua with a broom.

Chen Chunhua swung the broom vigorously and beat the three men until their hair was in disarray and their faces were scratched with blood by the bamboo sticks. After she vented her anger, she put her hands on her hips and said angrily: "You conscienceless people, this job is a formal job that Comrade Lin Xiang signed up for and passed the exam for. What does it have to do with you? You want to force others to give the job to their son just to prevent this coward from going to the countryside. You don't want your son to go to the countryside, but you want your beautiful daughter to go to the countryside, right? ? Oh, by the way, everyone knows what kind of marriage they arranged for Lin Xiang? You found someone to spy on the women's bathhouse and stole the steel mill equipment, embezzling everyone's high temperature subsidies. I think you are as black-hearted as Sun Yaozu! Now that Comrade Lin Xiang is gone, you want to bully my daughter? I am not someone to be trifled with. We paid for this job legitimately. If you dare to make trouble again, I will slap you in the face!"

Chen Chunhua was so eager to protect her daughter that she was so domineering that she frightened even a tall man like Lin Guangming. Add to that the pointing and talking of people around them, and the Lin family members instantly became discouraged. They dared not speak again and fled in shame.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiang was already on the train at this moment and had no chance to see such a satisfying scene.

At that time, the green train heading south was moving slowly forward. The people in the carriage were moving, the hard seats were packed, and even the aisles were full of people standing.

It was midsummer, so the smell in such a crowded carriage was naturally unpleasant. Lin Xiang, wearing a light grey shirt and black thin trousers, leaned against the seat of the carriage with her only bag. Fortunately, Aunt He had foresight and stuffed Lin Xiang with a few wild oranges picked from the village. The orange flesh was sweet and the orange peel had a slightly stimulating aroma, which just relieved the discomfort in her nose.

Jin'er, who was dizzy from the smoke, came over. Lin Xiang had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard an old lady sitting opposite her speak to her.

"Comrade, can you lend me some of your orange peels? My granddaughter is feeling sick too." The one who spoke was an old lady. She had a kind face, but her mouth twitched with wrinkles as she spoke.

"Here." Seeing the old lady trembling, and the granddaughter beside her not very old, with a pale face, she probably felt dizzy and uncomfortable, so Lin Xiang generously gave her an orange. Oranges can relieve greasiness when eaten, and the orange peel can also be smelled, which has a better effect.

"Thank you." The old lady stared at Lin Xiang when she raised her head to hand over the oranges, and was startled. Her eyes clearly showed fear, and she even cried out.

The scene was really embarrassing. Many people present saw the old lady being frightened when Lin Xiang raised her head, as she was not mentally prepared.

However, Lin Xiang didn't pay much attention to the looks of others. She just thought that this makeover was quite effective. Look, she made passers-by look ugly.

The old lady did not expect that the girl sitting opposite her looked slim. She thought she was a pretty girl just by looking at her outline. However, when she raised her head, she saw that her face was dark and yellow, and there were a few pockmarks on her cheekbones. It was really disappointing.

She turned to look at the other young girl next to Lin Xiang. This person was obviously not as slim as Lin Xiang, but fortunately she was white and tender. Especially in contrast to the black girl, she looked even more handsome.

"Little girl, you don't want to eat? It's no good to just drink water. How about some wild vegetable cakes?" The old lady enthusiastically handed over her own wild vegetable cakes. After some refusals, she finally persuaded the girl to eat them.

Lin Xiang was also having lunch. She had the salted duck eggs and cornmeal steamed buns that Aunt He had given her. She ate one of each with warm water. She had no appetite in the stuffy carriage.

But this lady was really too concerned about her appearance. Even though I was giving the oranges to her and her granddaughter, she only enthusiastically invited the female comrade next to her to eat wild vegetable cakes.

I'm desperate in this world where appearance matters.

The train was bustling. The advantage of long journeys is that it gives people from all over the world the opportunity to chat and talk about everything. For three days and two nights, everyone started talking to each other.

The hard-seat carriage is lined with wooden seats, with two seats placed opposite each other, each accommodating four people. A small iron board is placed in the middle for passengers to place their belongings and eat.

Everyone talked to each other, talking about their names, ages and whereabouts. Lin Xiang sat by the window, next to a fair-looking young girl named Shen Chunli, who was about the same age as Lin Xiang, twenty years old this year, and took the train to visit relatives.

Lin Xiang heard her talking with everyone and found out that Shen Chunli was going to visit relatives in the 119th Division of Langhua Island, and they had the same destination.

They were of similar age and went to the same place. Just when Lin Xiang turned around to greet her, she saw her face change.

Come on, am I really that ugly? Did I scare people again?

Is Aunt He’s cooking skill really that good?

Most of the comrades sitting next to me or opposite me were on business trips for the factory or visiting relatives. For a while, the sound of conversations in the carriage was endless.

......

The train will take three days and two nights to reach Lin Xiang's destination.

In later times there were airplanes and high-speed trains, but this was the first time for Lin Xiang to sit on a train for such a long time. In addition, she had no connections and could not buy a sleeper ticket. Now she was sitting upright on a hard seat and her back ached, so she had to get up from time to time to move around.

As night fell, the surroundings became quiet. Lin Xiang leaned against the window, feeling the breeze from the passing train and thinking about the future.

I was really brave to marry a man I had never met. Although he was handsome, had a good job and was well-protected, he was still too far away from me.

I don't know what the legendary He Hongyuan is like...

Lin Xiang thought clearly that if they were really not suitable, or if he rejected her, she would have to find another way to stay and take root on the island. She didn't want to go back to the boring Xifeng City and the Lin family.

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Phnom Penh is located in the south of China, surrounded by mountains and facing the sea. It is a famous fishing city. Residents nearby mainly make a living by fishing. There is little other food here, but there is enough food from the sea.

There is an island southwest of Phnom Penh, where the 119th Division of the Chinese Navy is stationed. The huge naval base is located on Langhua Island. A white ship slowly docked at the shore amidst the rippling blue waves, and a group of naval soldiers in white uniforms disembarked one after another.

The soldier walking in the front was tall and slender, with a strong look in his eyes. After completing a five-day emergency mission, He Hongyuan strode towards the troops.

He Hongyuan is currently the head of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 119th Division and is the youngest regimental-level cadre on the island. When he entered the regiment headquarters, he exchanged information about the recent training situation in the regiment with the chief of staff and the political commissar of the regiment, and was teased by the two.

Chief of Staff Zhang Huafeng was still thinking about the incident a while ago when Yang Lieutenant and his wife tried to connect military doctors Meng Jing and He Hongyuan: "Hongyuan, He Tuan! What's the matter? Doctor Meng has been thinking about you. When I went to the military hospital yesterday, she asked me about you in a roundabout way."

Political Commissar Jiang Weijun followed suit and joked. After all, He Hongyuan looked so mature, which was really annoying. "Why don't you just agree to it? Doctor Meng is such a nice person. He is young, beautiful and capable."

Zhang Huafeng and Jiang Weijun were enjoying the excitement and were eager to tear apart He Hongyuan's mature mask. This boy looked so young and steady like a man in his thirties, which was irritating.

"Go away." He Hongyuan sent the two away in a deep voice, only to hear the noise in his ears.

"Hey, you'll just be a bachelor your whole life. You're not even active in finding a wife!" Zhang Huafeng was so angry that his teeth were itching.

As soon as he finished speaking, the signalman Xiao Zheng ran over holding an envelope.

"Report to the group leader, your mother called the group five days ago." Xiao Zheng raised his hand to salute and handed the envelope over. "The operator recorded your mother's message."

"Yeah." He Hongyuan took the envelope and was a little surprised that his mother called and left a few words. Normally, she wouldn't do that unless it was something important.

The political commissar and the chief of staff of the Fifth Regiment are of similar age to He Hongyuan. One is dating someone and is not married yet, while the other is gearing up to attend the troop's social gathering to be held at the end of the month and wants to take He Hongyuan with him.

Zhang Huafeng put his arm around He Hongyuan's shoulder and urged him, "He Tuan, let's go. We're both grown up, let's go to the social gathering together and find a date!"

While Zhang Huafeng was chattering on, He Hongyuan tore open the envelope and looked at the message from his mother that the operator had written down. The two short lines of words on it made his pupils shrink slightly and he stood there in a daze.

——[The marriage partner your grandfather arranged for you is called Lin Xiang. She has gone to the island. This is the wife your family has arranged for you. You must treat her well.]

——[You are out on a mission, I asked your uncle's family to pick up Xiangxiang.]

Child marriage? Wife? On the way to the island?

Under the white military cap, He Hongyuan's eyes sparkled, his brows were furrowed, and the hand holding the note exerted a little force, leaving a few wrinkles.

When did you get married as a child?

Have you arranged a wedding and are coming to the island?