After the stamp incident, Liu Meiyun was so angry that she didn't want to talk to Lu Changzheng for several days.
She had no choice but to take it out on her son, so she took it out on the child's father.
"Wife, the soup that Aunt Wu made today is particularly thick. Let me serve you some." Lu Changzheng flattered his wife in a servile manner.
Liu Meiyun didn't appreciate it: "I still have rice in my bowl, I'll eat it first and drink later."
"Changzheng, are you going to the farm the day after tomorrow?" Lu Wanjun supervised the three kids while they were eating and watched the young couple flirting with each other.
"Yes, I'll stay there for two days." Lu Changzheng nodded.
"Then you can bring some cotton insoles, knee pads and the like. Auntie Wu has prepared them in advance. Don't forget. Pack everything in advance. You're bringing three of them, so don't take anything heavy. It's also better to bring some extra cash." Lu Wanjun reminded them worriedly.
The main reason was that this was the first time for the couple to take their three children out. Lu Changzheng had to hold two by himself, Liu Meiyun held one, and they had to rely on Liu Bowen to help with the luggage, as they definitely couldn't carry the heavy stuff.
"Don't worry, aunt." Liu Meiyun raised her head and said to Lu Wanjun, "Just take the supplies and Sanbao's things with you. It will be more convenient to send a package by mail if you need anything later."
“Yes, yes, yes,” Wu’s mother nodded in agreement. “I’ll make two more pairs of platform shoes in a few days and send them over together.”
"Thank you, Auntie Wu." Liu Meiyu put a large piece of meat into Auntie Wu's bowl.
"What are you thanking me for?" Mrs. Wu smiled.
On the day of leaving for the farm, the whole family got up early, washed and dressed the triplets. Liu Meiyun also dressed herself up. She didn't dress up pretty, but instead found two sets of the most stain-resistant fabrics to wear.
Although the farm is much closer to them than Shanghai, it is still very difficult to get there. They have to go to the city first, take a bus to the county seat, and then find a bullock cart or tractor to transport the goods to the farm.
Liu Meiyu could easily imagine how arduous this journey was.
However, Lu Changzheng can hold two children by himself, and Liu Bowen is old enough not only to not need to be taken care of, but can also help them, so it's still good enough for her to hold only one.
"You just hold the second baby, and I will hold the eldest and the youngest." Lu Changzheng was thinking about the baby carrier improved by Liu Meiyun, which can hold both of them at the front at once. The two brothers will feel like riding in a rickshaw, without delaying their enjoyment of the scenery and without feeling uncomfortable.
Erbao is the lightest among the three brothers. Xiaobao is the heaviest and is just flesh.
"Give Dabao to me. He is the most difficult to please. I am afraid that he will make trouble for you later if I solve his troubles once."
Liu Meiyun also racked her brains to design this simple strap. The material is not up to standard and there is no safety buckle. The fabric is all sewn together by hand. It is sturdy, but it is a bit troublesome to untie and then tie it again.
"Sister, can I take this bag?"
Liu Bowen had been excited for days as he was going to visit his parents on the farm and could stay there for two days. He got up early that day, packed his things, put on his schoolbag, and even sensibly carried a cloth bag for his sister.
"Okay, Bowen is awesome. You've helped your sister a lot." Liu Meiyu picked up Dabao and finally confirmed several times with Lu Changzheng, her sister-in-law, and Wu's mother to make sure that she had not forgotten anything before she went out to the dock.
When they passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, Wu Guifang poked her head out and gave her a few more hot white cakes.
"I heard you were going to visit relatives in the village. Take this cake with you on the road. It's still warm. It's okay even if it gets cold. Just soak it in a pot of hot water and drink it."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Liu Meiyu was not polite and asked Liu Bowen to put it in his schoolbag.
After she turned down the job, the vacant position at the supply and marketing cooperative fell to Wu Guifang.
Liu Meiyu was very happy for Wu Guifang. After all, Wu Guifang's family had sick elders and many young children, and they all depended on the allowance from Deputy Battalion Commander Song for their support. Now that Wu Guifang had a job, the family would be much more comfortable.
Wu Guifang never imagined that one day she would have a job.
Originally, she could not read a single word, so she was both excited and a little worried. Finally, she went to ask Liu Meiyun, who comforted her: "There are only two people, so what's there to be afraid of? The supply and marketing cooperative only has so many things. You just need to know how to count and keep accounts. The key is to have a sense of service. Besides, the work is assigned by the organization. If the organization thinks you can do it, then why hesitate? In the past, Zhao Lanlan could read, but she had no sense of service, and in the end, she was still disliked! Sister-in-law, you just need to keep learning and know some basic things that are enough!"
After being comforted by Liu Meiyun, Wu Guifang felt relieved. She had been working for several days and served the people diligently every day. She smiled at everyone who came to buy something, no matter how much money they paid. She relied on her partner to do the bookkeeping, and of course she also learned from him every day.
At first, my family was unhappy about not getting the job, but after just a few days, they saw everyone praising Wu Guifang when they went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, so they gradually gave up their other thoughts.
After getting on the boat, Lu Changzheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his second and third babies in his arms were not making any noise. He then had time to chat with Liu Meiyun.
"I think Mrs. Wu is doing very happily in the supply and marketing cooperative. Deputy Director Song's family will have a much better life in the future."
Liu Meiyun nodded: "If there is an opportunity and ability, which woman doesn't want to work for herself? Do you really think that everyone likes to stay at home and take care of the stove and children every day? Especially since the expenses of Wu's family are so high, she relies on the allowance from Deputy Battalion Commander Song every month. How can it be better to ask for money from others than to earn money by herself?"
Lu Changzheng thought this sounded familiar, and after thinking for a while he said, "Isn't this what Comrade Bai Ting always says to brainwash other military wives on the island? Comrade Liu Meiyun, have you been successfully brainwashed?"
Liu Meiyu rolled her eyes at him and said, "This is not called brainwashing, this is called life values."
"Besides, what can she brainwash me into doing? I feel annoyed just listening to her talk."
There is nothing wrong with being ambitious, but it is a bit annoying to see people brainwashing and instilling "new ideas" everywhere every day.
Lu Changzheng: "But you two do have similar values in this regard."
"But I won't brainwash people or force my values on them. Everyone has their own aspirations. We should seek common ground while reserving differences, respect others, and be ourselves. These are my values. If you don't understand, you can refer to your childhood sweetheart. They are basically the same type of people!"
In Liu Meiyun's view, Bai Ting is a low-profile version of Sun Pingting.
"Forget it," Lu Changzheng curled his lips, "Let's change the subject and stop talking about other people."
Liu Meiyun smiled: "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me."
But after a while, the man came over again and asked carefully: "Meiyun, if you refuse to work in the supply and marketing cooperative because of your three children, will you be very unhappy?"
Lu Changzheng knew that Liu Meiyu was not the kind of person who wanted to stay at home taking care of the stove and children all the time, but since she married him and had children, she seemed to be trapped at home every day and could not leave at all.
"No." Seeing the man's apologetic face, Liu Meiyu said softly, "The child is still young and can't be left alone. Even though work is important, in my heart, you and the child will always be the first. When they grow up, they won't need to be watched every day. Then I will be free!"
"Well, my wife, you are so nice. Thank you." Lu Changzheng couldn't help but smile.
Especially when he heard Liu Meiyu say that she and her children always come first, his heart felt as sweet as if it were filled with honey, and his face became slightly hot uncontrollably.
He couldn't help but want to grab his wife's hand, but was bumped into by Lu Dabao, who kicked him on the back of his hand without mercy.
“…”
Dabao hugged his mother with a possessive look, and looked at his biological father fiercely.
Liu Meiyun felt sorry for her man, so she pinched Dabao's little face and corrected him: "Don't kick Daddy."
While educating Dabao, Liu Meiyu saw a familiar figure walking in from the cabin outside.
Bai Ting carried a bag and had a gauze wrapped around her head. She found a random seat after entering the boat and did not notice that a few rows behind her, Liu Meiyun was raising her eyebrows at Lu Changzheng: "You really can't talk about people behind their backs. I didn't believe it before."
Lu Changzheng glanced over and didn't say anything, but his wife was in a bad mood every time she saw Bai Ting. She just hoped that the boat would dock later and the two of them would not meet.
The idea was good, but the Huludao port was so small that when the ship docked, everyone rushed to the door, but Bai Ting just sat there and didn't move for a long time.
Lu Changzheng and his men couldn't just wait behind because of Bai Ting. The couple, holding the baby and Liu Bowen, followed the main force and slowly moved towards the door.
Bai Ting's mind was still a mess at the moment. Ever since she accidentally hit her head against the bedside table during the fight with Sun Aiguo, she suddenly had the memory of another person in her mind.
And it was inexplicable, just a bunch of fragments flashed through her mind. She finally woke up from a good sleep yesterday, and it was like a movie playing in her mind. She pieced those fragments together and finally sorted them out.
She is not Bai Ting.
She is Bai Xinting.
She was not from this era, but somehow she traveled through time and became Bai Ting, a military wife.
When she traveled through time, she saw Bai Ting's brief life, which was ordinary, nothing special, and short-lived. She would die a year later due to heavy bleeding during childbirth!
Bai Xinting couldn't understand why she had inexplicably traveled through time after death.
Yes, she is a person who has died once.
Because she was pregnant, she was pushed down the stairs by a bad woman, and two people died!
That bad woman was the legal wife of her child's father.
Bai Xinting doesn’t know whether anyone will speak up for her after she dies, or whether everyone will just curse her online and say she deserves it!
Being a mistress and destroying other people's families, she deserves to be beaten by the real husband and end up with one body and two lives.
Forget it, I’m going to die anyway, I don’t want to think about those bad things.
God has given her a chance to live again, and she must seize it. The most urgent thing now is to find a way to abort the baby in her belly. She doesn't want to die from dystocia again!
God had mercy on her and allowed her to travel through time after death, but he did not choose a good time. When she fully regained consciousness, she found that the original owner's body might have been pregnant.
Fortunately, the original owner's husband, Sun Aiguo, doesn't know about it yet. If the man knew, it would be difficult for her to abort the child.
After all, from the memory she received, Sun Aiguo and Bai Ting had quarreled countless times over children.
Bai Xinting felt that she had probably traveled through time a long time ago, but her consciousness had always been unclear. The original owner was influenced by her, and her language, behavior, and thoughts were very different from before she got married, so she quarreled with Sun Aiguo every few days. But since the buttfight, she has been Bai Xinting through and through!
"Meiyun, there are stairs, be careful."
When "Bai Ting" was sitting in a chair thinking about life, she suddenly heard a familiar name in her mind - Liu Meiyu.
She has the original owner's memory and knows that this Liu Meiyu is the wife of the battalion commander on the island.
She is beautiful, married well, has a loving husband, gave birth to triplets, and lives a comfortable and stable life.
In her previous life, she also knew a woman named "Liu Meiyu", who had an ordinary look but outstanding abilities. She shared a basement apartment with him right after graduation, then worked in sales, and rose from a business manager to the position of sales director of a listed company. She was a leftover woman in her thirties, but she fought on her own and moved from a rental house to a commercial house and then to a big villa!
She herself was pretty in her previous life, but she went astray in the end, thinking she had chosen a shortcut. She once mocked Liu Meiyun for living in a crowded apartment, eating dry bread, and commuting on the subway every day, saying that she had no image at all. She advised her to get plastic surgery and act coquettishly to please men, so that she wouldn't have to go hungry every day and have to adjust to jet lag when meeting clients!
But when she changed boyfriends one after another, was deceived and blackmailed, and had no choice but to borrow money from everyone in her phone book, she saw Liu Meiyun wearing an expensive and exquisite professional suit, going in and out of CBD office buildings, with a little assistant beside her who diligently handed her coffee and respectfully called her "Boss Liu."
At that moment, Bai Xinting felt that her life was a joke.
"Liu Meiyun!"
Seeing that people were about to get off the boat, Bai Ting couldn't help but call her.
When Liu Meiyu heard the familiar voice, she didn't want to respond at first, but the person had already chased out from his seat and was holding her arm in a very familiar manner.
"Liu Meiyun, are you going to visit relatives?"
Bai Ting looked up and down at the "Liu Meiyu" of this era. She was really beautiful, with bright eyes and white teeth, and fair and translucent skin. Especially her eyes, which seemed to be able to bewitch people, pure and charming.
She was wearing a very rustic, dark blue coarse cloth dress that concealed her figure at all. She was holding a chubby white baby in her arms. She had gentle eyes and eyebrows, and when you got closer you could smell a faint scent of milk from her. She looked like a typical young wife.
She was a far cry from the Liu Meiyu in her memory, who always dressed neatly, had a sharp look, wore an exquisite watch, and went in and out of high-end conference venues and negotiated business with people.
"Comrade Bai Ting, is there anything I can help you with?" Liu Meiyu frowned and asked impatiently.
"No..." Bai Ting smiled awkwardly, "I just saw that it was inconvenient for you to take three kids out, so I asked if you needed help?"
"No, thank you, my husband is here." Liu Meiyu refused without thinking.
As soon as the words fell, Dabao in her arms began to hum, twisting his little butt restlessly in her arms, and said in a baby voice: "Mom, I want you to poop!"
Liu Meiyun's brows furrowed even deeper, and she asked Lu Changzheng beside her, "When you went out, didn't you change Dabao's diaper?"
"I got it!" Lu Changzheng still had two in his arms. He replied firmly, "I remember I got it."
"What you remember may not be accurate." Liu Meiyu coaxed Dabao, and her steps when getting off the boat were a little more hurried than before.
If he really had to pee, it has only been a short time since he went out, how could he need to pee again?
It was not the first time that Lu Changzheng had to hold the diaper for a child twice in a row. Although the triplets looked very different, Liu Meiyun dressed them in the same clothes every day, and their facial features were not much different. In her rush, she had mixed things up.
"Comrade Bai Ting, we are in a hurry to get off the boat. If you are okay, you can go first." Liu Meiyu held Dabao and quickened her pace without waiting for anyone to respond.
"Oh, okay. Be careful." Bai Ting waved her hand and watched the family get off the boat in a hurry.
After the people had gone far away, she came to her senses and was sure that the woman in front of her, who only cared about her husband and children and spent all day at home, could not be the same person as Liu Meiyu in her previous life.
The "Mr. Liu" in the previous life is now helping his son pee!
"Mom, car." Dabao pointed at the cars parked at the pier and wanted to run over restlessly.
The same goes for Erbao and Xiaobao. When they get tired of riding in rickshaws, they want to change to something new and start whining in their father's arms.
"Pull up your pants, let's get in!" Liu Meiyu quickly put on Dabao's pants, picked him up, and walked towards the car with Lu Changzheng.
After buying the tickets and getting on the bus, Liu Meiyu estimated that it would take at least three hours to reach the county town, so she untied Lu Changzheng's belt and let the three brothers rest on her lap to let loose.
"So tired!" Liu Meiyu sat inside by the window, holding Dabao in her arms, while Lu Changzheng sat beside her, holding both of them.
"It will still be a while before we get there. The three of them should be able to take a nap in the car." At this moment, Lu Changzheng was hoping that the three brothers could be quiet in the car for a while so that his wife could take a nap. Otherwise, when they arrived at the county town, he was afraid that his wife would not have the strength to turn the tractor around.
"I hope so." Liu Meiyu didn't hold much hope.
And sure enough, during the three-hour bumpy journey, the three brothers were full of energy, they didn't even yawn, and they were noisy all the way. Everyone in the car was looking at them all the way.
Fortunately, there were already many people in the car at that time, so they had already got a seat when they got on the car. Moreover, there were not only the three children from their family making noise, but also other people with children, so there was no peace along the way.
After finally reaching the county town, they didn't even have time to take a second look before they got on the village's ox cart. When they arrived at the village, Lu Changzheng found a tractor to take them to the farm. After all the hassles, it was almost evening when they met Liu Yongnian and his wife at the farm.
Because they had sent a telegram to the farm, Liu Yongnian and his wife knew that their daughter and her family would be coming over in the next two days, so they would wait at the intersection after work almost every day. When they heard the rumbling sound of the tractor, they would always go up to see it in anticipation.
Look, I've been looking forward to it since the first sight.
"Dad, Mom!" Liu Bowen jumped off the tractor excitedly and ran into the couple's arms.
Zhou Huiru's eyes were filled with tears, but she had a smile on her face: "Bowen has grown a lot taller."
"Yeah, it's starting to jump!"
The couple walked to the tractor with joy, took their little grandson, tears in their eyes.
"It's so far away. I told you not to come over. Why are you bothering? Dabao looks so listless." Zhou Huiru hugged Dabao, feeling very distressed.
"I haven't slept for a whole day, so I feel a little listless now." Liu Meiyu helped Lu Changzheng jump off the tractor.
"This little treasure is the strongest." The little treasure in Liu Yongnian's arms has fallen asleep. The little guy is smacking his lips in his dream, and his exposed arms and legs are chubby.
Liu Meiyun: "I eat the most!"
"It's good to be able to eat!" Zhou Huiru smiled. She had to look after Dabao, Erbao and Xiaobao, read blog posts, and then look after her daughter and son-in-law. Her eyes were too busy to take care of everything.
"Mom, please watch the road! Changzheng and I can't run, so let's go back and wait and see."
"Okay, okay, I'm watching the road." Zhou Huiru retorted with a smile. She was holding her eldest grandson in her arms, so how could she not watch the road?
"Dad, is everything okay here on the farm?" Lu Changzheng walked beside his father-in-law, holding his second baby who was also asleep. Looking closely, he seemed to be much stronger than before.
"It's pretty good. It's comfortable here." Liu Yongnian said sincerely.
Apart from doing some farm work, it is indeed much better than staying in Shanghai and being scared every day of people coming to visit.
"There's nothing bad about your dad. His old colleague is also here. The two of them spend their days together and even have a drink after work. I'm redundant now!" Zhou Huiru said sourly.
"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense!" Liu Yongnian retorted: "Then you are allowed to chat with the widow of the king, but you are not allowed to have a drink with Lao Zhang!"
"Mom, who is Widow Wang?" Liu Meiyu asked after hearing this.
Old Zhang knew that the former vice-president of Shanghai Normal University was mentioned by his parents in their previous letters, but this was the first time that Widow Wang had heard of him.
"She's such a poor girl. Her husband died of illness on the farm last year. Now she's the only one raising a child. Life is not easy for her."
Her mother's family didn't help her, and her husband's family favored sons over daughters. After her son died, she even ignored her granddaughter. The two of them worked on the farm and could only rely on the meager work points in exchange for food.
Zhou Huiru mainly felt sorry for the child, so she would come to help look after him from time to time.
Liu Meiyu nodded and said nothing.
"We're here, come in quickly." Liu Yongnian took the lead and pushed open the door.
It was a mud-walled house that was even more shabby than the one on their island. It had just one room and a kang. They had to set up a mud stove outside to cook. There were a few strings of corn hanging on the wall. The place was small and shabby, but fortunately it was fully equipped with everything.
"I have already boiled the hot water. Hurry up and wipe Dabao's face and put him on the kang to sleep." Zhou Huiru put Dabao on the kang. The little guy was listless just now, but he couldn't help falling asleep on the way.
"Mom, I can do it." Lu Changzheng has always been a hardworking man in front of his mother-in-law.
He put Erbao to sleep next to his brother, rolled up his sleeves and started working again, leaving Zhou Huiru in the room to talk to Meiyun.
"The Long March really hasn't changed at all." Zhou Huiru smiled as she took off her little grandson's coat.
"What has he changed into?" Liu Meiyu was packing her things and brought two pairs of thick socks and knee pads for Zhou Huiru.
Zhou Huiru glanced at her daughter and smiled, "Hardworking and caring about you, nothing has changed."
"That's right. I have a sharp eye for people." Liu Meiyunsi said without any modesty.
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