Chapter 51 Don't Get Angry
Lu Donglin peeked in at the door and said, "Oh, auntie, I heard you were going to make us some fried eggs."
Gao Xiulan smiled and said, "Yes, fried eggs, we have them today!" After all, today is a good day for the family, and she can't let other things ruin her mood and make her family look bad.
When the meal outside was almost finished and the meal in the house was ready, Gao Xiulan didn't know whether she was furious or overjoyed. She really cooked a pot of poached eggs and put one in each bowl. Then she called Lu Donglin: "Go and see if your brother Dongcheng has finished toasting. It's almost done. Shengxia didn't eat much this morning. It's already late."
As she spoke, she began to scoop the soup with a scoop. Li Laiying stood up to help scoop the soup and was stunned when she saw that there was an egg in each bowl: "Mom, how many are you cooking? Why is there one in everyone's bowl?"
Gao Xiulan said, "I cooked a lot. It's a good day and I'm happy. Everyone can have one." Everyone else is eating meat, so what's wrong with eating a fried egg at home? Not to mention the children, even the adults would not be willing to eat like this all year round. Today is a big exception.
After dinner, most of the people outside had left, leaving only those who lived nearby to help wash the dishes and then return the items to the family they had borrowed from.
Lu Chunyan and Lu Chunmei both came back early yesterday with their children. It was the end of the year and it was not convenient to stay any longer. They agreed to come back in the first month of the lunar year and leave with their children. The yard suddenly became quiet.
Shengxia didn't need anyone to accompany her at this moment, so Wen Wan picked up her bag and ran away with Lu Chun'e.
The two of them went to the private plot to pick some radish leaves and brought them back to feed the pigs in the pigpen, and then went to the chicken coop to pick eggs.
When it was almost dark, he didn't wait for Lu Dongping to take him home, but went back with the kettle and bag.
It was rare that the whole family was still awake when it got dark. The kerosene lamp was lit in the new house. Shengxia washed her face in the house and then took off the hairpins on her head one by one. In the kitchen, Gao Xiulan's voice came intermittently from the kitchen, like a quarrel, but not quite.
She got up and went outside, standing outside the kitchen and listening for a while. There was indeed a quarrel, a one-sided quarrel between her and Lu Minghai.
Lu Minghai's voice was low, and Gao Xiulan would burst into a barrage of words: "If you don't manage a household, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. Five tables have become six. What did I say? I didn't say anything, did I? Six tables of people have become nine. Lu Minghai, tell me if you can still live like this. Ask Lu Dongfu to read it to you and see what's in the gift book?"
"If my family was wealthy and well-fed, I wouldn't be so fussy. I still have a whole family waiting to be fed. This isn't the first time. It happened the same way last year when Dongcai's wife came into the family. What's going on? You're the production team leader, and you're being taken advantage of. Are you making everyone in the team treat us like fools?"
"Face, face is bullshit! Why should I care about face when I can't even survive..."
Lu Dongcheng sighed, "Okay, mother, the banquet has already been held. What's the point of you arguing with father now? In the end, it's all for me. You know what kind of people these people on the team are like, so don't get angry with yourself because of these things. They like to take advantage of me, and this is the only time in my life that they can take advantage of me. They can't make me rich or famous. As for home, the New Year is still a few days away, so it won't be too late. If you need money or food, just tell me and I'll find a way."
Gao Xiulan sniffed and wiped her hands. "Whatever you want to do, boil the water and go quickly. Shengxia is waiting! It's a big day, and I don't want to quarrel with anyone. I'm just holding a grudge. If your father wasn't the production team leader, if I wasn't afraid of offending people and making it difficult for him to direct the work later, I would have swept those shameless people out with a big broom. How can a family of five or six come here with just a handful of vegetables? This is not the way to eat at a rich man's house. These days, every family has a hard time. This is too much..."
The sound finally became quieter.
Lu Dongcheng said, "There's no point getting angry. We've been exhausted for two days. Go take a shower and get some rest." He stood up, carrying the kettle and walked out of the kitchen. He was slightly startled. "Xia Xia, what are you doing standing in the yard? Aren't you cold? Do you want to warm up?"
Being caught eavesdropping, Shengxia felt a little embarrassed: "I just heard some noise, so I came out to take a look."
Lu Dongcheng took her hand and went into the house together: "It's okay, don't worry about it, it's getting late, let's rest!"
Shengxia nodded and followed him into the house. Lu Dongcheng took the basin and went out to fetch half a basin of water.
Shengxia asked in confusion: "Why do you want to fetch water at night? I've already washed, haven't you washed yet?"
Lu Dongcheng leaned over and kissed her, breathing hot air into her ear: "Not now, but you might need it tonight."
Shengxia didn't know why water was needed at night, but her face still felt hot because of his ambiguous and meaningful words.
The man hugged her waist and lifted her onto the bed and pressed her down: "Xia Xia, you look so beautiful today." The red flower on her head made her look even more beautiful than the flower. Lu Dongcheng felt that he would remember this for the rest of his life.
"Then I don't look good?"
"It looks good, but it looks the best today."
When Shengxia wanted to say something else, her mouth was blocked.
The wind was howling outside, but the passion was burning inside the house.
Lu Dongping groaned and suddenly opened his eyes. The quilt was a little too warm, and his head was sweaty.
My body instinctively curled up, and the crotch of my pants was wet, sticky, and hot, it was killing me.
Lu Dongcheng was in the bridal chamber, why did he join in the fun? He actually dreamed of that little thing Wen Wan. It wasn't a big deal, he just dreamed of kissing her. The little girl was crying and no one could comfort her, so he became furious, as if he was on fire, and that's what happened.
He suddenly turned over and shivered in the cold. He groped in the dark and pulled out a pair of pants from the box beside the bed to change into. He stuffed the soiled pants under the bed.
The next morning, he got up early as soon as it was light outside and ran to the mountain.
Lu Donglin slept soundly that night. When he heard a noise in the middle of the night, he just turned over. When he woke up the next morning, he said to Zhang Hongying, "Mom, it seems like there are mice in our room."
Zhang Hongying asked, "Did you two forget to close the door when you came in and out? How did the mouse get in?"
Lu Dongping just came in from outside: "What got in?"
Zhang Hongying directed the fire from the fire pit to the bottom of the pot: "They said there were rats in your room. Where did you go so early in the morning? I thought you had gone to the commune long ago." This diverted the topic of the rat.
Lu Dongping sat down by the fire and warmed his hands. "I went for a walk in the mountains. After breakfast, I went to the commune. Things aren't so tight at the end of the year." As he spoke, he looked outside. "Wen Wan hasn't come yet?"
"It's still early. You can't sleep any longer in this cold weather." As he said this, the fire under the pot started to burn.
Lu Mingjiang also came in from outside with a bunch of firewood in his arms, which he threw next to the stove.
"Tell me the truth, what's going on between you and Wen Wan? Yesterday, that woman Wang Mingfang was still talking about it, saying that she saw you two holding hands on the street. She asked you about it, but you couldn't get any answers no matter how many times you hammered at me."
Lu Dongping snorted, "You believe what a shrew like Wang Mingfang says. Wen Wan and I only go out together in the morning and evening, and most of the time I take her home at night when it's dark and hard to walk. How could she have seen us holding hands?"
Lu Mingjiang patted the sticky stuff off his body and sat down next to him. "So, just tell us how far you've come so we can have an idea. You'll be 24 after the Chinese New Year. Dongcheng is only a little older than you, but he's already married. Dongcai is younger than you, but he's also married. And you're just so picky and fussy all day long. You'll know when you're 25. If you pick on others now, then they'll pick on you, and it'll be even harder to find someone."
Lu Dongping thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll tell you, don't get so anxious and angry."
Zhang Hongying's eyelids twitched violently. She felt that what he said would definitely not be good.
"She told me the day before yesterday that she was an educated youth sent to the countryside and would have to go back sooner or later."
The room suddenly became quiet. Even Lu Donglin, who was whispering with Lu Chun'e, looked up. The whole family's eyes were on him.
Lu Dongping sighed and said it all at once: "I've thought about it. Her family background is fine, but even if she can get back to the city, she'll have to stay here for at least three years. If she's willing to spend her whole life with me here within those three years, that would be best. If she's willing to be with me but doesn't want to live in the mountains, then I'll go find her in the city."
"What kind of bullshit are you talking about?" Zhang Hongying slowed down and yelled at him, "Three years, how old are you in three years? Twenty-seven! If you waste time like this, what will you do if she doesn't like you and just walks away? Have you ever thought about it? What kind of gold nugget is she made of? You have to have her? You've wasted your youth on her, and the mystery is still there. Lu Dongping, your father and I have never cared about what you wanted to do since you were a child, so now you just do whatever you want, right?"
Lu Dongping frowned: "What do you mean by acting on impulse? I've always been very serious about dating. If I don't like someone, I won't settle. If I do like someone, I'll definitely pursue it seriously."
"Are you serious? Where's that educated youth? He didn't even give you a single definite word, and you're just like someone who's eaten too much lard and has lost all sense of responsibility? All the girls in the world are dead, and Wen Wan is the only one left? You've only known her for a few days and you're already obsessed with her? I gave birth to you, raised you, and spent most of my life with your father. How many days can I still worry about you? When will you think about us?"
Lu Mingjiang nodded in agreement. "That's right, you have to listen to your mother on this matter. We're not saying anything bad about Wen Wan, but it's a little unreliable to say that. Let's not talk about other things. When it comes to such a big matter, it's definitely not okay to be unreliable."
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