Chapter 245 Wind Direction
Lu Dongping came back a little late. It took a while for the meal to be ready and he could no longer be seen outside. Wen Wan went out to check several times.
As he walked into the house, shivering from the cold, Zhang Hongying asked him, "Why are you here so late today?"
Lu Dongping sat down in front of the fire pit, warmed himself, and said, "Something delayed me." He didn't specify what it was. After warming his hands, he reached out and gently pinched Dandan's face. Zhang Hongying then scolded him, "Can't control your hands? You're going to drool after pinching them."
Lu Dongping disagreed: "Which child doesn't drool when they're teething? What a taboo." After saying that, he gently poked Wen Wan again, but teased Dandan: "Have you been good at home today?"
How could Dandan answer him? He just held the small wooden stick that Lu Donglin had sharpened for him and knocked it against the edge of the car, grinning at him with his mouth drooling.
Wen Wan said, "Now he's acting like a decent person. He almost cried his heart out during the day, and when he came back he was still mad at me, clinging to me and wouldn't let go. I couldn't even go to the bathroom because he pulled me out several times."
Lu Dongping turned around and took a look, and saw that there was indeed a long red mark on Wen Wan's neck.
He turned around and raised his eyebrows at Dandan who knew nothing and gritted his teeth: "You little bastard, you deserve to be punished!" If someone else had tickled his wife like that, he would have chopped that person to pieces, but he really had no way to do it. If the girl started crying, his wife would have to comfort her.
Therefore, sons and the like are all debt collectors.
After dinner, they chatted for a while, washed up, warmed themselves up, and went back to their rooms.
After lying down, Wen Wan asked Lu Dongping, "I heard from my mother that another person died in the cowshed last night."
"Yeah!" Lu Dongping leaned against her.
"I heard from my mother that their CF is not good. Death from illness is not a big deal, but suicide-"
Lu Dongping sighed, "I've heard about that, too. I don't know if there will be any problems, but your seventh brother went to Lu Mingqing and asked him to write "death by illness" in the report."
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "Why would he speak for the people in the cowshed?" She also knew that the family was pitiful, and she had secretly given food to the child a few times, but she always did so away from others. She didn't even dare to say anything in public. How could Xu Qi be so bold?
Sensing her nervousness, Lu Dongping reached out and patted her back gently, then kissed her on the lips. "Don't worry, he knows his limits. He seems to have loosened up in recent months. I heard someone else was rehabilitated and returned home. I'm not sure whether it's true or not. Your seventh brother has been in contact with your uncle in the capital, and he knows the direction of the situation better than any of us. Although he's not much older than you, he's always been very cautious. He must have a reason for doing this."
Wen Wan was still worried: "I'll ask him tomorrow."
"We'll talk about tomorrow. Now let's talk about ourselves."
Wen Wan didn't understand: "Say, what?" She didn't have to say anything, her mouth was blocked, and all that was left was the intermittent sound that came out from the corners of her mouth.
Wen Wan is not someone who cannot keep secrets, but the people in the cowshed are too special, and she is worried.
However, before she could go to the educated youth site to find Xu Qingming, Xu Qingming came to her door first.
While chopping wood, he caught a rabbit, a particularly fat one, weighing four or five pounds. He wouldn't take something like that to the educated youth camp, but would bring it directly to the Lu family and live with them.
It was still early, and the people in the family were chopping wood or picking grass for the pigs. Only Wen Wan and Dandan were at home.
Wen Wan was mending clothes for Lu Dongping, and Dandan was sitting in the car, using a small mallet to hit the small sheepskin drum that Lu Dongping had someone bring back. He was screaming and beating it, looking very crazy.
Afraid of attracting attention, Xu Qingming carried the firewood directly to the door and called out to him, "Wanwan!"
Wen Wan looked up, quickly put down what she was holding and went to the entrance of the yard: "Did you chop firewood at Lao Ya Liang today?"
Xu Qingming handed the rabbit to her and said, "Hurry up, it's not dead yet. Find a basket to cover it. I'll carry the firewood back and come over to clean it up."
Wen Wan took it, but she almost lost her grip when the rabbit kicked its legs.
Xu Qingming left with the firewood on his back without saying a word to her. He left and came back just as quickly.
After sharpening the knife at the kitchen door, I started skinning the rabbit.
Wen Wan brought him a bench, saying she would help out, but in fact she didn't need to do anything.
"I heard from Dongping that you helped the Zhang family find Lu Mingqing?"
Xu Qingming hummed, but his hands didn't stop moving. "In the past six months, the situation has not been so tense. Zhang Yongmin and his wife have been teaching for most of their lives, and Zhang Huaiqing is also a capable person. If they can hold on for another year or two, maybe they can be rehabilitated. What a pity—"
Wen Wan asked him, "I received a letter from my father a few months ago, and there was no mention of the capital in the letter."
Xu Qingming said, "You've been saying this for a few months. We're too far from the capital, and the situation is changing rapidly. By the time the wind reaches us, it will have spread all over the country."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Wen Wan to ask him again, he continued, "I received a letter from my uncle last month saying that my father should be able to return home, around the time between the New Year and the New Year. Things are not as tight as they were in previous years, and those at home with connections are trying to find ways to return home. This matter with the Zhang family is just a good relationship, it won't have any impact on us, so you don't have to be too cautious."
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment, then she became happy: "Third uncle can go back?" This was a happy event for her. In comparison, the affairs of the Zhang family could be ignored.
"Then, Seventh Brother, can you go back too?"
Xu Qingming turned and looked at her: "Why are you talking about this suddenly? I'm fine staying here." As long as he can go back, he will definitely go back one day, but definitely not now. He wants to wait, wait until everyone goes back and they can be reunited.
As he spoke, he peeled off the entire rabbit skin, which was covered in blood. Wen Wan hurriedly added water to help him wash his hands.
Xu Qingming asked her to find an axe, and with blood all over his hands, he chopped the rabbit into pieces and threw them into the basin before washing his hands. He squatted there and asked her, "Wanwan, I want to ask you something."
"Ah? Go ahead."
"If, I mean if, my uncle returns to the capital from the farm, and all of us educated youth can also return to the city, have you ever thought about going back?"
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment, her eyes slowly falling on Dandan. Going back? That was where she was born and raised, where her father and her family were. But here, here was also her home, with her man and her child.
She was unable to answer for a long time, so Xu Qingming stopped talking about it. After washing his hands, he said, "It's still early. I have to go to the mountain. You can take care of the cleanup."
Wen Wan came back to her senses: "Okay, then come over for dinner in the evening and I won't call you."
Xu Qingming responded and left with the hatchet.
Wen Wan's heart was in turmoil.
If everyone really goes back, will you go back too?
She wanted to go back, but she couldn't bear to go back.
Even before I get there, I feel embarrassed just thinking about it.
Back then, when she was young, she left home in anger because of things at home, determined not to return. Gradually, that anger faded, and now that she has a child, she understands even more how difficult it is to be a parent.
Lu Dongping often gets up in the middle of the night to change Dandan's diaper. He is the one who washes diapers even in the cold weather. When he was a child, Lao Wen did the same.
Raising a child is so difficult! Especially since he got married and divorced, and now he's not young anymore, and he's alone again.
But if she goes back, what will happen to Lu Dongping? What will happen to Dandan?
I thought about it for a long time without any clue. When I looked back, I saw Dandan leaning against the car and fell asleep.
She didn't put the person on the bed, but put down the backrest of the car and pushed it to the kitchen, lit the fire in the fire pit, and covered the person with a small quilt, which was also warm.
She no longer wanted to think about whether she could go back or not. It was just a hypothesis now, and it wasn't worth worrying about hypothetical things. She would talk about it when that day really came!
After soaking the rabbit meat in water for a while to remove the blood, Wen Wan still boiled some water to blanch it. She didn't use any lard at home, so she added water, salt, a little soy sauce, and ginger, and simmered them in the pot. When the aroma came out, she poured half a basin of chopped radish into the pot.
Just as she put the lid on the pot, there was a noise outside. She thought it was Zhang Hongying coming back, but when she went out to look, it was Lu Chun'e carrying a bedding roll.
"Chun'e, have you finished your exam?"
As he said that, he hurried forward and took the things off her back.
"The exams are over. I finished the last one at noon. I packed up and came back." According to the Gregorian calendar, Lu Chun'e is eighteen years old this year. After entering high school, she grew up a lot and is now a head taller than Wen Wan. Although she is not fat and there is not much flesh on her face, she looks very good.
She was dressed very simply, but Wen Wan had taught her over the past two years that she was very good at keeping herself in good shape. Besides, who wouldn't be simple these days? For someone like her, she was already quite well off. After all, Wen Wan was willing to spend money; she hadn't worn patched clothes since she went to high school in the county town.
She stood out in school, and many male classmates secretly wrote poems and letters to her. She didn't tell anyone about it, and her family didn't know about it.
Wen Wan carried her bedding roll into the house, then left and said, "I thought you'd be back in the next two days, but I didn't expect you to be back so soon. What a coincidence! Brother Qi caught some rabbits in the mountains today. You're in for a treat."
After walking for several hours, Lu Chun'e's face flushed: "Then I really caught up. The exams are over, and I have nothing to do at school. I can still do something at home when I come back, so I can help you take care of your eggs." As she said that, she walked into the house, took off her clothes, and changed into her old cotton-padded jacket.
This cotton-padded jacket was made for me the year after Wen Wan got married. It was made a bit too big at that time, and now it’s a bit too small for me to wear.
Wen Wan was in the kitchen, adding fuel to the fire in the stove. Seeing her change her clothes and come out, she said, "Take off your clothes as soon as you come back. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Lu Chun'e sat down by the fire, looked at the sleeping Dandan while leaning on the car, and said, "No, it's warm by the fire! I feel that the little guy has grown a little bit."
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