Chapter 109

Mom is unhappy

It was the middle of the night and the three children were so excited that they couldn't sleep. After a while, the noise leaked out. Chen Lina didn't scold them, but kept calling out "Wei Min", and the noise was immediately suppressed.

After a while, there was a clang and Erdan howled. Chen Lina said, "Okay, I guess the lamp was smashed. Let Erdan wash the dishes tomorrow. I will take Weimin and Sandan to the class reunion."

"Mom, the lamp didn't break, it was my head that hit the ceiling of the bed." Erdan ran out to complain with tears in his eyes.

"Pull up your panties and go to sleep. Don't say a word to them. I will only take you with me tomorrow."

"Okay, Mom, I won't say another word to them."

Erdan's shorts could never be lifted up, and always hung down. Now he has become thinner and taller, and his butt is no longer fat, but rounder.

After he entered the door, he looked righteous and aloof, and no matter how much Nie Weimin kicked his feet or Sandaner tickled his nose, he never uttered a single sound.

After a while, the two of them felt bored, and the three of them fell asleep together like a pile of Arhats.

With the manuscript paper and pen in the hotel, Chen Lina made herself a cup of strong coffee. The more she wrote, the more excited she became. After she finished writing, she blew on the ink and sorted the documents into a pile. She looked at the flowers surrounding the table. Well, looking at the words on them, they were all given to Chen Lina.

She thought that Nie Gong's classmates were really interesting. The boys probably wanted to know if she was the country bumpkin in the photo, and the girls probably wanted to see how unsophisticated this farmer had to be to be featured in the New Youth Daily.

But anyway, I can hardly suppress my curiosity to meet her.

In the middle of the night, she picked up some fresh roses, tore them, poured herself a glass of red wine, filled the pool with hot water, and lay down.

It has been exactly five years since I was reborn. Listening to Erdan's snoring and Sandan'er complaining to his mother in his sleep, and looking at the ceiling above my head, the boundary between my two lives has become blurred.

She had struggled in this city for more than ten years in her previous life before she met Lao Nie. She had also been to this hotel before.

Suddenly, it was another man, in this very suite, who had fought with her, tried to rape her, and had almost drowned her in this very swimming pool.

Really, let’s not talk about Nie Guozhu. As a cousin, it’s okay for him to be a little willful. She can understand that.

After divorcing Nie Guozhu and before meeting Lao Nie, what kind of people did she meet? None of them were good.

…

With a bang, the worker pulled Miss Chen out of the pool full of roses, gave her artificial respiration several times, patted her face and said, "Xiao Chen, are you okay?"

Xiao Chen had just fainted by herself, so of course she was fine. However, the worker was frightened. He carried her out of the swimming pool, put her on the bed and started to perform artificial respiration.

After calling a few times and seeing no response, he reached out to make a call.

As a result, Miss Chen stopped him and said, "It was just a joke, why did you take it so seriously?"

"I thought you..."

"Dead? The kids are grown up now, so it's time to get a new daughter-in-law, right?" Miss Chen said as she sat up, grinning.

The bearded worker stood there for a long time, then took a quilt to wrap Chen Lina, came over and hugged her.

He didn't say anything, his stubble scratched Miss Chen's face, and he just held her tightly.

…

"Didn't you say you had a meeting tonight and wouldn't be back? Why are you back? Isn't it only three in the morning?"

"I can't solve their problem in the provincial capital, so I have to go to Dongfeng City. I'll leave at four in the morning. I'll come back, wash my face, change clothes, and take a nap, and then someone will come to pick me up."

"This is really a drain on your blood. Can't they do it themselves?"

"I participated in their satellite launch project in 1971. Most of the old people who participated in the project at that time were either fired or died on the job. To really recover the satellite, the technical difficulties and barriers have to be solved by the old people. Those revolutionary fighters who can only recite quotations and exaggerate can only worry about it. I have to go and take a look."

Chen Lina thought to herself, what kind of brain does Nie Gong have? He can talk about chemistry to chemists, physics to physicists, and mathematics to mathematicians.

The worker should have gone to take a shower, but he lay down beside Miss Chen, rubbing his temples and said, "Fourth sister's medical expenses will probably be a lot. You've been in charge of our family's bills for the past few years. If you say you want to pay, we'll pay. If you say you don't want to pay, I won't blame you. I can talk to the provincial government here and do some private work for them to see if they can even out the money to help Fourth sister."

Well, Miss Chen felt balanced again.

Even a worker with a powerful brain still has problems that he cannot solve.

"You work in the oil fields, right? Besides, you took private jobs, and they were across provinces. If you get caught when you are evaluated for your professional title in the future, how will you be evaluated?"

As she spoke, Chen Lina leaned over to take the things she had written that evening and handed them to the worker one by one.

"This is a letter of attorney. I will entrust an old lawyer who graduated from the School of Political Science and Law in the 1950s to help my fourth sister fight this lawsuit. This is the complaint. The old lawyer can expand it later, but I have prepared the format for him. Now, we just need to pay the hospital fees and submit the receipts, my fourth sister's marriage certificate, and her medical records from previous years to the lawyer, and that's it."

In the Republic, there were actually lawyers in the 1950s.

In ten years, all the institutions were gone, not to mention lawyers, who basically became extinct in the Republic.

Without a lawyer, there is no point in suing.

Nie Gong took the manuscript and looked at it for a long time, then said, "Chen Lina, you are really good. Your complaint is well written."

"There was a very powerful mining boss in the border area who bullied me. I wrote a complaint myself and went to court, and almost sued him to bankruptcy." Miss Chen said proudly, "The public security, procuratorate and court have now resumed their functions. I can contact Guo Bin about this case and report it as the first case of female persecution tried by Hongyan Province after the court resumed its functions. What do you think?"

When Nie Gong came, he was first angry at the fourth sister for not cherishing herself. Then, when he heard about the man, the Zhao family, he simply hid away. While preparing to pay, he was also worried. The Zhao family is a member of Qisi Township. To put it bluntly, they probably have no money and no ability, so they would hide whenever they wanted to.

He certainly couldn't afford to waste his precious time asking for money, or seeking justice, from such a person.

It's like, if you are bitten by a dog, you can't bite the dog back.

"I will contact the old lawyer tomorrow. This is the first case he took over after the rehabilitation, and he will be responsible. As for the Zhao family, I don't have to meet them. If reporters pursue them relentlessly, divorce them, and pay for their medical expenses, that's what they should do," said Xiao Chen.

The worker held Xiao Chen in his arms, and he couldn't tell what he felt.

She must have lived one extra life, otherwise, she would not have understood human nature so thoroughly.

It was originally a dead end, but after she sorted it out, she blocked all other possibilities, both publicly and privately, and the matter of the fourth sister became a matter that could not be any smaller.

"Don't take a bath like that anymore. What if you drown?"

"I'm drowning, what are you going to do?"

Nie Gong had already lost his wife, which was like the sky falling once. However, in his life, he only felt helpless and collapsed when he heard his adoptive mother tell him that he was sold by Huang Guilan, and then he was so hungry that he couldn't even vomit.

"Just remember not to take a bath like that again." Nie Gong kissed his wife's lips and suddenly realized that she was not his wife, but his salvation when he was at the end of his rope, on the edge of a cliff.

"Go get some sleep? Or take a shower. You smell like a cow."

"Stinky man, stinky man, how can he be called a man if he doesn't stink? Let me ask you, doesn't the apricot tree fork stink? If he doesn't stink, he is not a man. No, he is definitely not as good as me in bed. Most gentle men are not good enough. Come on, Miss Chen, I have to let you know what a real man is." Nie Gong's voice became hoarseer and hoarseer.

"Your sons are still asleep in there. Besides, you are leaving for Dongfeng City right away, so hurry up and take a bath."

"No, I have to do it again today. I have to say, Miss Chen, you are really beautiful and smart. I admit that I am not as good as the fork in the apricot tree. Because of this, I must make you surrender in bed."

…

Surviving a disaster makes life even more enjoyable. Nie Gong said sincerely, "I seem to have let you down in many ways along the way. Xiao Chen, if one day I really have to die, please let me die before you."

"Why are you saying goodbye so early in the morning? You are going to Dongfeng City now, which is more than a thousand kilometers away. You won't be back tomorrow night, right?" Every time Miss Chen experienced the comfort of love, she looked so beautiful under the lamp.

But she didn't care, as if she was used to separations and deaths. Of course, it might also be that she didn't love him. After all, the fork in his apricot tree would be immortal.

"What's the important matter?" asked the worker.

"Your classmates at Beijing University of Technology are going to have a party tomorrow night, and someone said that I must perform a show. I was wondering if I should support you. If you don't come back, I won't go either."

Let all the boys and girls who are eagerly waiting to meet her go home disappointed, haha.

"We have a helicopter dispatched by the Hongyan Military Region. As long as the work can be done, a round trip a day is not a problem." Nie Gong answered straightforwardly.

Early in the morning, when Chen Lina was sleeping soundly, someone knocked on the door.

Nie Weimin opened the door and it was He Min who brought him breakfast in person.

"Thank you, Uncle He, but my mother really hasn't gotten up yet, so you don't have to come in."

"These are the flowers I send to her on behalf of my male classmates. Remember to let her accept them." After her divorce, He Min looked radiant and left humming a song.

Someone was ringing the doorbell outside again, but Chen Lina still refused to get up. Sandaner kept pestering her and insisted on feeding her a piece of cake. She was annoyed by the doorbell ringing, so she said, "Weimin, just say that the person hasn't gotten up yet, don't ring the doorbell anymore."

"Who is it? Stop ringing the doorbell." Nie Weimin said fiercely.

"If you ask who I am, I'm your grandpa, Nie Weimin. Open the door." The man outside said in a gruff voice.

It turned out that it was the father-in-law who came. The three children immediately felt like they were facing a powerful enemy and surrounded Chen Lina.

Chen Lina turned around and whispered something to Nie Weimin, who then said loudly, "Grandpa, my mother is not here. She has gone to see a lawyer to help my aunt with the lawsuit. Please wait in the hospital."

After all, Mr. Nie was an honest man, so he just said "oh" and left.

He stretched his lazy back, stood up, and opened the window. What a luxurious, garden-style hotel, located in the center of Hongyan City. The three little ones were more obedient than the other, and each one was dressed more neatly than the other. It looked like they just wanted to go out for a stroll.

"Mom, I see a fountain down there, can we go down and play with it?" Erdan leaned on the glass window and licked the glass curiously. "I will never pee in a fountain."

Sandan also said, "I can't pee either, but I want to catch a fish."

"Okay, you guys have eaten your fill, but we still have business to do today?" Comrade Chen is here at the old battlefield to find his own things, so he doesn't have time to wander around.

Chen Lina led the three new kids downstairs and followed behind, smiling as she wondered what these two naughty kids were like when they were hanging out in society. How come she had never run into them once?

However, as soon as I got downstairs, a car drove directly to the drop-off area of ​​the reception building.

A man got off the off-road vehicle. He was at least 1.8 meters tall, wearing a grass-green military uniform, bronze skin, handsome eyebrows and bright eyes. He was wearing a Type 65 military uniform. He saluted as soon as he got off the vehicle. "Comrade Xiao Chen, by order of the commander, I will be your driver for the entire trip today."

Opening the car door, he said, "I've read your news report in the newspaper. I have to say that Jin Liang, the photographer, should be brought to court-martial."

This was the same driver who picked someone up at the airport yesterday, but Chen Lina didn't pay attention to him in the car yesterday. It was not until today that she recognized that he was an old acquaintance.

"Uncle, why does Uncle Jin have to go to the military court? Uncle, your military uniform is so beautiful." Xiao Nie, who was sitting in the front, said.

"Because he took photos of your mother, who was so beautiful, and destroyed her image completely. Shouldn't he be tried in a military court?" This guy has a dry sense of humor.

Erdan, who was sitting in the back, laughed so hard that Sandan laughed so hard that he fell into his mother's arms.

"My name is Leng Qi, and I'm currently working in the logistics department of the Hongyan Military Region. Comrade Xiao Nie, I'm also your father's classmate, and I welcome you all very much." This person had a cold face, but was also humorous. He casually took out three toy guns from the co-pilot's box and handed them to Xiao Nie. "This is alloy craftsmanship, one for each person, but remember to only use the plastic bullets I provide. If you use iron pellets, it will hurt people."

Alloy pistol, what’s the difference between that and the real one?

The three brothers immediately started to grab the guns. Erdan picked up a gun and pressed it against Sandan's head. "Don't move. I'm from the Eighth Route Army."

Sandan was the most careful and sensitive one, and he didn't like playing with guns either. He pushed the gun away and said, "Mom, why are your hands so cold? If you feel cold, I can warm them up for you, okay?"

Mother hugged Sandan tightly and sighed softly, which made Sandan feel even more that his mother seemed unhappy.

"What's wrong, Miss Chen, are you cold? If you feel cold, I will take off my clothes for you." Leng Qi said in front.

Chen Lina waved her hands quickly and said, "No, no, Minister Leng, you should just focus on driving."

Sandan felt that his mother's hands were not only cold, but also began to tremble. He quickly lay in his mother's arms and began to warm up while hugging her.

When we got off the car at the place next to the provincial party committee compound, the three little ones shouted in unison, "Mom, what a big yard, but the door is so broken, what kind of place is this?"

Chen Lina said, "This is your grandfather's ancestral property, and it is also our real hometown. Today, none of you three are allowed to be lazy. You have to work for me."

The large courtyard covering an area of ​​one acre was once the central organization of the entire Hongyan Military Region. It was also the home where Nie Gong lived for a period of time after liberation. It was not until the first month of this year, after Commander Nie, Nie Bozhao's adoptive father, was officially rehabilitated, that it was truly handed over to Nie Gong.

After entering the house, Erdan couldn't close his mouth. "I didn't expect my father to have such a big yard."

"Of course. Before liberation, this was a landlord's compound. Later, the organization distributed it to your grandfather. Now of course it belongs to you. This is your home. Today we have to clean it up. Whoever does a good job will be allowed to play with his gun. Whoever doesn't do a good job will have his gun confiscated."

Each person has an alloy gun, and they haven't even started playing with it yet, so how can it be confiscated?

Erdan rolled up his sleeves and said, "Mom, I'm the strongest. Just tell me what you want to do and I'll help you do it."