Chapter 40 Chapter 40 is Su Yan's spare key
It was already a bit cold at this time, so he didn't help Qin Zhanwu bandage it. He sat on the bed, hugging the quilt, and said, "Tell me, tell me, Yang Mo has liked you for several years. You didn't agree before, but you agreed this time? Don't tell me, she really cares about you. You came to Jiangzhou for training and study at the military academy, and she also came to Jiangzhou for training. Not to mention when we were in Fujian before, she would find excuses to go to the regiment every now and then."
Qin Zhanwu snorted and heard He Zhixiang mumbling to himself, counting off Yang Mo's good points on his fingers: "She's a military doctor, a high school graduate, and she's known for her good looks throughout the area. Her father knows your family, so they're quite old friends. Oh, and he came to see you this afternoon..."
Qin Zhanwu paused at this point and handed the marriage application to He Zhixiang: "It has nothing to do with Yang Mo. I want to marry Lu Yingzi."
He Zhixiang was surprised. He took it and read it under the desk lamp. He saw that it was indeed written on it - Lu Yingzi, an employee of Jiangzhou Machinery Factory. He was speechless for a long time. He saw that Qin Zhanwu had taken off his shoes and was lying on the bed. He started snoring after a while.
He Zhixiang was stunned. "Didn't you say that people looked down on you? You've made a complete about-face. When are you planning to get married?"
Qin Zhanwu turned over and said: "We'll get married once the marriage report is approved. The sooner the better."
He Zhixiang, holding the marriage application, cursed inwardly: "How am I going to explain this to Commander-in-Chief? I guaranteed Zhanwu had feelings for Yang Mo. Commander-in-Chief, too. He didn't call earlier, didn't call later, but waited until Zhanwu and Lu Yingzi broke up to call. Now I see Zhanwu's efforts are in vain. Shouldn't I just try to get them back together?" He was in a real dilemma.
After thinking about what happened that day, Su Yan opened Lu Yingzi's university diploma in her hand. There was nothing special about it, but half of the black and white registration photo had been dyed red, making Lu Yingzi's appearance even more unclear.
Lu Yingzi's grandfather was a landlord who had two children. The second child born to a concubine in the family was Lu Yingzi's father. The children born to the concubine in the Lu family had no inheritance rights. After the grandfather died, Lu Yingzi's parents were driven out.
The two of them moved from their hometown to Jiangzhou, where they worked as copywriters and other odd jobs to make a living. Two years later, the People's Liberation Army liberated Jiangzhou, and the machinery factory was looking to expand industrial production. Lu Yingzi's parents, both educated and literate, applied and were selected.
Lu Yingzi's parents were completely separated from their landlord father, and when class status was determined, they were genuinely working class. Su Yan shook her head at the thought. No one was saying anything now. Even if someone with jealous eyes brought it up, Sister Wang from the trade union would come out and say it was an exaggeration.
She couldn't help but think of the decade after the difficult period, when the political atmosphere would become increasingly tense and things that were once insignificant and unworthy of mention might be brought up again. She touched her bright red university diploma and thought to herself, perhaps this is a revelation from heaven.
She lit a match and quietly burned the two pages filled with analysis.
Su Yan lay on the bed, feeling drowsy, and dreamed of the original Lu Yingzi again, but this time her mother was not there.
Lu Yingzi sat on a mountain shawl, a wreath of wildflowers on her head and a blue knee-length skirt. Her belly was no longer pregnant. She sat there for a while before a student ran over and said, "Teacher Su, Teacher Su, the sports meet is about to begin!"
Su Yan recognized it as the elementary school where she taught. It seemed that Lu Yingzi had completely adapted to Su Yan's life. In her dream, she cried out to Lu Yingzi with melancholy, "You're so good! Do you know how hard it was for me to adapt in the 1960s?"
Su Yan thought that it was still the same as before and no one could hear her voice, but unexpectedly, Lu Yingzi turned around and smiled at her, and slowly hummed a song. The tune was one Su Yan had never heard before, and it seemed like a country tune.
She was half asleep, wondering if Lu Yingzi had really arrived in the 21st century. Then why did Su Yan's mother say the paternity test was correct? She had a good reason to think that maybe it was just to comfort herself.
The next day, when she arrived at the office and pushed the door open, she saw Ming Fan lying on the table crying. Su Yan handed her a handkerchief and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying so early in the morning?"
Ming Fan looked up, his eyes swollen. "Sister Yingzi, last night, Dayan's family and my mother were at odds. We've forgotten what happened between Dayan and me. Their mother asked for ten kilograms of fine grain and thirty yuan, saying it was compensation for wasting my time."
Su Yan patted her shoulder and said nothing, "If the old doesn't go, the new won't come. You're not even twenty years old yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Ming Fan stared at Su Yan blankly after hearing this. After a while, he said, "Sister Yingzi, don't blame me for being blunt. We are about the same age. You are beautiful and educated. I have the best relationship with you in our unit. I treat you like my own sister."
Don't make friends with colleagues. This is what Su Yan's mother has always taught you. What's more, Su Yan has always kept a distance from Ming Fan, a little girl. She was quite surprised to hear her say this suddenly.
Su Yan said, "Just tell me what you want to say. There's no need for me to get angry."
Ming Fan said, "Sister Yingzi, can you please stop being with Brother Dayan? I know it's boring for me to say this. But from now on, Brother Dayan can date anyone except you. I can't stand that."
Su Yan shook her head after hearing this. It turned out that love-brained people knew no bounds. "Don't worry about that. What you said won't happen."
As she was talking, the phone rang. Su Yan picked it up. It was Director Lin from the office calling: "Yingzi, come over here."
Su Yan put down the phone, picked up the manuscript, and went in to find that not only Director Lin was there, but also the head of the personnel department: "Yingzi, come, come, take a seat first. Today we are just having a routine organizational talk."
Su Yan sat down, and the questions they asked were just routine questions, such as family situation, personal work report, thoughts, and studies.
Su Yan answered in a proper manner and took out her university diploma. "Two leaders, the Public Security Bureau called yesterday and said that my stolen items were found. It happened to be my university diploma. I brought it here today. Should it be filed in the file?"
The head of the personnel department immediately stood up, took a look at it, and nodded. "I was saying that after going to college, it's really a disadvantage not to have a diploma. Very good, very good. Now that I have a diploma, my salary and benefits will be increased."
Even Director Lin came over to take a look: "This Shanghai university diploma is different, Yingzi, you are now the only college graduate doing administrative work in our factory." Jiangzhou Machinery Factory is neither big nor small, and there are dozens of college graduates in the factory, but they are all in the business line.
After the head of the personnel section left with Su Yan's diploma, Director Lin finally let Su Yan know: "You are so lucky. Last time you attended the municipal party committee meeting, the senior leader listened to the speech you wrote and thought you were very capable." Just one sentence, and that was it.
Su Yan finally understood why the conversation was organized today. She thanked Director Lin, but she didn't think it was a good thing.
The lunch in the cafeteria was still a steamed bun and vegetable soup, but this time, there were a few eggs in the soup. Ming Fan, who had been crying so hard that morning, was now dragging Su Yan along and rushing to line up: "Sister Yingzi, are there any egg soup today?"
Su Yan laughed: "Two big buckets of soup, but only three eggs. I'm afraid you can't even taste the eggs."
After lunch, Su Yan went to Aunt Xu's house to pick up the children. When she arrived, the family was eating. The older children had gone to school, and the two younger ones had a small piece of steamed bun. After finishing it, they stretched out their hands and asked, "Grandma, Grandma, I want some steamed bun, some steamed bun."
Uncle Xu was about to break off a piece of his own and handed it to him: "Eat it, eat it."
Aunt Xu snatched it away and said, "Little kid, what are you going to eat if you stay home all day? You're a man, and the family depends on you to work and earn wages and food coupons. If you don't have enough to eat, and something happens to Yingzi's father and brother, how are we going to survive?"
Su Yan called out, "Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, are you having dinner? I had something to do yesterday and forgot to pick up Yan Zi. Did she make trouble for you?"
Aunt Xu was stunned when she saw Su Yan. "Yan Zi asked your sister-in-law to take over. She said that you two had discussed it, and Yan Zi will live with her from now on. Why, you don't know?"
Su Yan asked: "When did you take it over?"
Aunt Xu said, "Just a short while after you left the day before yesterday, your sister-in-law came." Su Yan had a bad feeling, so she said goodbye to Uncle and Aunt Xu and rode her bicycle home.
The lock on the door was still working. Su Yan opened it and found that the furniture in the living room was intact, but the two bottles of white wine in the cabinet were missing. Su Yan opened the kitchen door and saw that the 20 kilograms of cornmeal in the earthenware jar were missing. The 10 kilograms of grain coupons, 1 kilogram of sugar coupons, and more than 20 yuan in the drawer were also gone.
Su Yan is usually cautious. Anything he takes out of the space is put back after use. Only things he buys here are put out.
Dahua's mother next door saw Su Yan coming back and followed her, still holding the soles of the shoes she was stitching: "Yingzi, your sister-in-law brought her family here. She said you asked her to come over to move some things. I saw she had the keys in her hand, so I didn't stop her."
Key? It was Su Yan's spare key. She was afraid that the two children would need to go home if something happened, so she gave it to them.
Su Yan ignored her and opened the door of her bedroom. She saw that the room was in a mess. The few dresses she could wear had been taken away, and the newly bought sheets had also been taken away.
Dahua's mother followed in and was shocked: "Oh, this is not just moving things, this is a robbery. Your sister-in-law looks so gentle and polite, how could she do such a thing? Even though she is your sister-in-law, we are still family. She can't even take off the sheets to take something..."
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