Liu's mother wrote back to her son in a long and eloquent letter that took up two pages.
After the letter was sent, she started to nag her family and her daughter Liu Baoqin.
"That damned girl, she's brought so much trouble to our family, and she still wants to climb up the social ladder. She's dreaming. I'll ruin her path to success."
Thinking of Linglong’s shattered dream, she became excited.
But when I look at my daughter again, I start to worry again.
"Baoqin, if that doesn't work, ask your aunt and the others to help. We can lower our requirements a little."
Originally, she was thinking of finding a good match for her daughter.
But after going to the army, her daughter became gloomy, her son lost his coveted officer position, and she no longer had the confidence to find a son-in-law with better conditions.
She was afraid that it would be harder for her daughter to find a partner as she got older, so she decided to lower her standards.
Unexpectedly, Liu Baoqin was not happy. "What good-looking man can my aunt meet? I don't want to stay in the countryside. I want to marry someone from the city."
Doesn't Mrs. Liu want to? She was just about to have a good talk with her daughter, but Liu Baoqin got up and left impatiently, which made her very angry.
Afraid of embarrassment, the mother and daughter came back from afar in disgrace. When the villagers asked about it, they had to pretend that nothing had happened.
They didn't even dare to tell others that Liu Baogen had been kicked out of the army. Now everyone in the village still thinks that Liu Baogen is still a soldier.
After she came back, she said a lot of bad things about Linglong.
Although not all villagers believed it, if it was said too much, it would still have some impact on Linglong's reputation.
Fortunately, Linglong had already prepared herself mentally and had no plans to come back here, so she didn't care too much about it.
On the mountain.
The soldiers set up camp and rested.
Tong Dazhu found Zheng Tiansen.
"Captain, I've finished my bottle of sauce. Do you have any left?"
"Yes, but what's it to you?" He still had some because he was reluctant to eat more, and it was not for Tong Dazhu.
"Captain, what's the relationship between us? Just give me some."
After Tong Dazhu's repeated requests, Zheng Tiansen reluctantly gave him some, leaving Tong Dazhu speechless.
"By the way, if you have time these two days, let's go out and buy some game for Linglong."
"Okay." Tong Dazhu became interested.
In fact, Zheng Tiansen didn’t want to hunt anything big, he just wanted to hunt more pheasants, rabbits and the like.
When they hunted these things in the mountains as a snack, they would just roast them and eat them. Only when they came into Linglong's hands could they be put to good use.
She also wanted Linglong to eat better.
Even with his position, the meat tickets he could get every month were limited, and he couldn't let Linglong eat as much as she wanted, but the prey in this mountain didn't require meat tickets.
In fact, the soldiers quite like going into the mountains for training.
It was because they could always have meat as an extra meal once they entered the mountains, and they had forgotten about the hardship of training.
Most of the group went into the mountains, and some of the cooks and soldiers in the kitchen went with them. The people who stayed behind had much less food to eat every day. Linglong, Sister Niu, Sister Yuan, and the three soldiers who stayed behind did not feel tired at all and had a lot more free time.
During this free time, Linglong started to take her textbooks to the kitchen to use.
Sister Niu admired Linglong's learning spirit, but Sister Yuan whispered that Linglong was pretentious.
Linglong and Sister Niu couldn't hear her and were too lazy to pay attention to her.
The knowledge points in junior high school are simpler, and Linglong has accumulated questions and Zheng Tiansen helps to solve them, so the progress is much faster.
For subjects like Chinese, politics and history, she has already started reading high school textbooks.
My foundation in math, physics and chemistry is still a bit weak, so I need to take it slow.
Return home in the evening.
When she was playing with Congcong, Aunt Tong started nagging.
"Looking at the weather, it looks like it's going to rain. I wonder if they'll get cold and sick in the mountains."
Linglong also became worried when she heard this.
There is a shortage of medical care and medicine in this mountain. I just hope everyone is well.
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, it started to rain outside.
At this time, Zheng Tiansen and his team had been in the mountains for ten days.
Seeing that the rain was about to get heavier, Zheng Tiansen made a prompt decision and ordered everyone to pack up and go down the mountain immediately.
In the city.
After Sister Yuan contacted Wang Meicen again, she gave her Liu Baogen's address.
Wang Meicen was thinking about waiting a while before contacting Liu Baogen, only to be told by Sister Yuan that Liu Baogen had contacted his family to inquire about Linglong's vulnerability.
As soon as Liu Baogen received the letter from home, he opened it quickly.
The letter really contained Linglong's secrets.
Liu's mother sent him a letter telling him that there was something wrong with Linglong's background.
She said Linglong was the child of the capitalist and Dadi.
Linglong's father's family is a family of scholars, and they are also famous for being wealthy. Her mother is the daughter of a capitalist.
And she was evidence of exploitation because she had once worked as a servant in the Zhong family.
Linglong's mother, the daughter of the capitalist, fell ill. Due to limited medical conditions in the country, she could not be cured. In addition, the overall environment was deteriorating at that time, so she went abroad to escape.
As for Linglong's father, she heard that he also died in an accident later.
Therefore, Linglong's social status is a big problem.
It's just that she was adopted into their family at that time, so others would not know Linglong's specific situation and she could grow up well.
If Zheng Tiansen and his family knew Linglong's true situation, they would never marry her.
The reason they swore so solemnly was that in the past few years, many of their father's family members had turned against each other or parted ways because of their positions and differences.
They felt that if Zheng Tiansen still wanted to have a bright future, he would never dare to take risks.
After reading the letter, Liu Baogen became happy. This was indeed a big handle, but he still needed to think carefully about how to use it.
After all, although their family had broken up with Linglong, they had adopted Linglong for many years. If someone pursued the matter, their family would not be in any good situation.
Early in the morning, Linglong and the others were still asleep when they heard a knock on the door.
She and Aunt Tong went out together, wrapped in their clothes. When they opened the door, they saw Tong Dazhu, Zheng Tiansen and Xiao Jiang, who were all soaked.
"Why are you so wet? Come in quickly."
All three of them had a lot of things in their hands.
As soon as they entered the house, Linglong poured them hot water and brought them some woolen clothes.
"How come you got so much?" Aunt Tong was a little surprised when she saw the pheasants, rabbits and a basket of eggs of some unknown bird.
Tong Dazhu chuckled. "There are plenty of them in the mountains anyway, let's improve our house a bit."
Linglong poured some hot water and asked them to wash, then quickly took over the things and dealt with them.
By the time they had packed up and changed into Tong Dazhu's dry clothes, Linglong had already prepared a chicken and was stewing it.
Seeing that there was still some time before work, Linglong took their muddy clothes to wash, but was stopped by Zheng Tiansen.
"Linglong, don't get too tired. Rest for a while."
"That's right, let them wash their dirty clothes themselves." Aunt Tong also said.
Linglong smiled and went in to see Congcong.
Seeing that Zheng Tiansen's eyes were always fixed on Linglong, Tong Dazhu and the others smiled knowingly.
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