Chapter 263 Getting Farther and Farther
Because of the admission letter, they didn't enjoy the hot spring bath very much. After dinner, the woman was cleaning up the pots and pans in the kitchen, and Lu Dongcheng invited Lu Mingjiang and Lu Dongping to come home to warm themselves by the fire.
Lu Dongping sat there without moving, waving his hands and saying, "You guys go ahead, don't bother me, I'm a little drunk and need to rest for a while."
Knowing that he was feeling uncomfortable, no one forced him to do anything. Lu Minghai said, "Go inside and take a nap. It's freezing outside."
Lu Dongping responded, stood up and walked towards the house with unsteady steps.
Wen Wan looked at the drunken man, stepped forward to help him sit down on the bed, and after he was steady, she muttered, "How much did you drink? How did you get so drunk? You're going to have a headache tomorrow morning. I'll make you some tea to sober you up."
As she was about to go outside, she was grabbed by a big hand and pulled, causing her to lose her balance.
She sat on Lu Dongping's lap all of a sudden. The smell of the wine made her mind blurry. She reached out and touched Lu Dongping's head and said, "Don't you want some tea?"
"I'm not drinking it now. If you want to drink it later, I'll make it myself. Don't leave. Talk to me."
"Okay, I won't leave. What do you want to say?"
Lu Dongping lowered his eyes and looked at her, his lips moving. After a while, he said, "When are you planning to leave?"
Wen Wan said, "I have to ask my seventh brother when he is leaving. Maybe I want to go with him." She wanted to leave after the New Year, but she felt that Xu Qingming might not be able to wait until then. It has been five years, and he can finally go back to reunite with his family and celebrate the New Year together. He must be eager to go home now.
Lu Dongping reached out and rubbed her head with his other hand. He sighed deeply, his voice barely audible. "I'll go find Lu Mingqing tomorrow and get a note from the brigade for approval. Then I'll go to the commune and transfer your grain allowance."
Wen Wan didn't say anything, but lay on his chest and listened to him chattering.
When he had almost finished speaking, she put her arms around his waist and said, "Don't be like this. I'm just going to school. I'll be back for summer vacation to see you and Dandan. It's just that the food relationship has been transferred. It doesn't mean that I have to get a divorce if I go to school in the city, right?"
Lu Dongping knew that she would not divorce him. But he also knew that Wen Wan would never be the same after leaving here.
She came from a well-off family, was good-looking, and was a college graduate, so she had a promising future. As for me, my family was so poor, and he hadn't even finished elementary school, making him little better than an illiterate.
Wen Wan only needed to move forward step by step, but he could not keep up even if he rode his horse hard, and could not walk side by side with her.
The more I think about it, the more panicked I become.
But no matter how panicked he was, he knew that this could not be changed.
The next day, Lu Dongping took some time off to go to Lu Mingqing's place to get a note. Lu Mingqing looked at him, wanting to say something but hesitant. After a long while, he couldn't hold it in: "Do you really agree to let her go back to the city?"
Lu Dongping raised the corner of his mouth, as if smiling: "What else? You can't tie her up with a rope for the rest of her life."
Lu Mingqing sighed, "You're quite open-minded. I wish Liu Zhaoxing's family could be as open-minded as you. They're in such a mess."
There had been several incidents before the notice arrived. As soon as the notice arrived, Hu Xiujuan asked him to write a note so that she could go to the brigade to handle the procedures. However, just as she arrived, Zhou Meiying and Liu Daquan arrived. It was impossible for Hu Xiujuan to take advantage of the mother and the young wife, so she failed to get the upper hand.
If you ask him, what's the point of making a fuss? It's obvious that Hu Xiujuan doesn't want to stay here anymore. You can't just break someone's legs and tie them up.
All the fuss will get you nothing good.
This group of educated youth are very cunning, and the honest Liu Daquan is no match for them.
Lu Dong usually doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, especially now, when he can't even sort out his own affairs, let alone pay attention to others.
In two or three days, everything that needed to be done was done.
Wen Wan also went to school, submitted her resignation report, and then went to Xu Qingming to discuss the time to return to the city.
She was right. Xu Qingming planned to leave at the end of December.
After spending so many years here, he can finally go home and reunite with his family. Naturally, he won't waste any more time.
What's more, celebrating the New Year here may not necessarily be a good one.
Lu Dongping sat by the fire pit and told Lu Mingjiang about Wen Wan: "All the necessary procedures for returning to the city have been completed. We will leave on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month."
Lu Mingjiang frowned: "So anxious? You won't be spending the New Year at home?"
Before Lu Dongping could even open his mouth, Zhang Hongying slammed the brush and rake on the stove, making a banging sound. "Our family is so small, how can we accommodate such a great immortal?"
Lu Dongping turned and glanced at her: "If you can't talk properly, then don't talk. Don't you understand why she doesn't want to celebrate the New Year here? Can you handle eating at the same table with this attitude?"
Zhang Hongying flew into a rage, the brush and rake in her hand flying towards her. "I can't speak. I've lived most of my life and I need you to teach me how to speak? What's wrong? You think my words are bad, but why don't you say that she's ugly? We've been married for several years, and the whole family treats her like an ancestor. Now she wants to leave when her children are grown up. I've never seen such a cruel woman!"
Lu Dongping reached out and caught it, then threw it into the fire. "I'm telling you one last time, even if she goes to school, we're not getting a divorce. If you think we're still short of a divorce certificate and need to get it done now, then make a scene!"
After saying that, he stood up and went outside. He heard Zhang Hongying crying behind him. He didn't turn around, but felt a throbbing pain in his head. How could his life become like this?
Lu Mingjiang sighed deeply beside the fire: "Look at you, it's been so long, no matter how angry you are, it's time to let go."
Zhang Hongying sat behind the stove and sobbed, "Break up! How can I break up? You said it's been so long, and look at how she treats this family. She's been away for so long, and when she comes back, she's still a mess. I made a mistake in giving birth to a son, and I have to go back and kowtow to her to repent and make amends?"
"No divorce, that's a nice thing to say. But if I go back such a long way and find someone there, who would know? Dongping is so blinded by the temptation of money that he believes such nonsense."
Lu Mingjiang said, "What if you don't believe it? If you make a fuss, she won't leave."
Zhang Hongying's eyes were red. "How could you, a blind little debt collector, be so obsessed with a woman like this? If I had known this would happen, I would never have agreed to it."
Lu Mingjiang didn't say anything. It seemed that whether he agreed or not would not make any difference.
At the end of the year, time flies by. At this time of year in previous years, families would grind tofu, cook gray vegetables, and steam buns, with a strong sense of the New Year. But this year, no one did anything.
Lu Chun'e went back to the factory to submit her resignation report after receiving the notice and returned on the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month.
Twenty-six, she was going to go along.
Being admitted to university is truly unique in the entire Lujiazui. It is a huge event. If Wen Wan hadn't wanted to return to the city, there would have been a lively celebration at home. However, at this moment, it was deserted and there was nothing at all.
Wen Wan started packing her luggage at the age of 25. She didn't bring much, just a complete set of clothes for the season, and two sets of clothes for spring and summer.
Also, there was Lu Dongping's change of clothes.
Lu Dongping wanted to send her back.
Wen Wan thought about it and agreed.
The last time he went back, he went directly to Gaotai, and Lu Dongping didn’t even know where she lived.
It’s just the right time to go back this time. By the way, we can also visit the place where she goes to school.
Knowing where she was, perhaps he would feel more at ease.
What she can't let go of the most now is Dandan. She wants to take the child back home, but Lu Dongping disagrees. As for the other people in the family, it goes without saying that they will not agree.
Lu Donglin came in from outside carrying Dandan and called out from the outer room, "Sister-in-law!"
Wen Wan got up and walked out. She rarely went out since the holiday. When she left this room, she felt that everything outside was depressing.
Lu Donglin put Dandan on the ground and didn't turn around to leave. Instead, he stood in the outer room and looked at her: "Sister-in-law, you will come back after school, right? You won't abandon my brother and Dandan, right?" He had been holding this question in his heart for a long time, wanting to ask but not daring to. He was no longer the child he was back then, and he was at the age where he should find a partner. He could see Wen Wan's excellence and beauty, but he could also see the difference between his brother and Wen Wan.
The fact that the two of them can be together is a blessing that his brother has earned over several lifetimes.
People are greedy, so he thought greedily, hoping that his brother's blessings would last forever.
Wen Wan smiled: "As long as your brother's feelings for me remain unchanged, I will not give up on him. As for Dandan," she squatted down, reached out and hugged the child: "He is the flesh that fell from my body, how could I give up on him."
Lu Donglin smiled. He was at a young age full of vigor and had a handsome face. His smile was like the rising sun in the morning.
"Sister-in-law, I feel relieved when you say that. Just go to school. I will look after the family and won't let brother worry too much. I will also take good care of Dandan."
Wen Wan smiled. This was the first time she had shown a genuine smile to the Lu family in such a long time. "Okay, I feel relieved when you say that."
This family wasn't without its merits. No matter how much Lu Dongping's parents disliked him, he was good to him, as were Lu Chun'e and Lu Donglin. Ever since he came here, the two of them had always taken good care of him, and that hadn't changed in all these years.
She is reluctant to leave, but she still has to go to school and go home. As for whether she will return to Lujiazui after graduation, she can't say for sure now. Who knows what will happen in the future!
Just like when she first came to Lujiazui, who knew she would settle down here? Just like in the past, so many intellectuals left their hometowns and wandered around, who would have thought that the college entrance examination would give them such an opportunity to go home and reunite with their families.
The tractor rumbled away, emitting black smoke, carrying a group of people who could finally return home, further and further away from this land.
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