Chapter 126

Singing

Leng Qishi was about to get the first blood, so he snatched the food coupons and turned around and left.

Nie Gong thought about it, pulled on his clothes, pulled Nie Weimin over and said, "Let's go and take a look."

The father and son got into the car together. Leng Qi had removed the passenger seat, so he still drove by himself. However, the armed forces followed him, and there were several cars.

After getting on the bus, Nie Gong asked Nie Weimin, "How many points did you get in the midterm exam?"

After sniffing, Nie Weimin said, "I got 100 in the other two subjects and 70 in Chinese."

"What's the problem?" asked the worker.

This son is thin-skinned and has a strong sense of self-esteem. If there is a problem, he must have reflected on it. Nie Bozhao still treats the two younger ones as children, but he always treats Nie Weimin as an adult.

Nie Weimin explained to Nie Bozhao, "Actually, from Chinese to mathematics, and then to English and physics, they are all the most basic knowledge, and I know them all, so the test was easy for me.

As for Chinese, I really never paid attention to it. I thought it was boring to learn Chinese in middle school. I didn't expect that I would fail in the end.

Yes, in fact, most students think that language is something passed down from our ancestors and there is no point in learning it.

Especially in today's textbooks, more than half are slogans, and you kids get a headache when you see those slogans. But let me ask you, Nie Weimin, have you ever written a composition that received a perfect score since you started writing in the third grade? "

“I had it when I was a kid, but it disappeared when I was in middle school.”

"What is language? Let me tell you, when I want to report my research results to the mining area, autonomous region, and even to the higher authorities, I have to write them down first and then submit them to the leaders. Without a report book, my research results are nothing, and I also need to use my pen to prove what I have been imagining.

But there are many studies that do not have the conditions to conduct experiments. I have to work out the theory first before the higher-ups are willing to give me money to do experiments. Do you understand?"

"So language is the foundation of all learning, am I right, Dad?"

"That's right. Your mother passed away early, and Xiao Chen is not your biological mother. She has no children of her own, so it's not easy for her to help dad raise you and take care of our family. You cooked lunch at noon, and there was a lot of chaos. You should understand how difficult it is for her, right? Let's work hard together, okay?"

Nie Weimin said, "Okay," the car here has stopped steadily.

In the large courtyard of Grandpa Bai's house, the Armed Forces, Captain Wu and Gao Dayong were packing up their belongings.

"Yes, I know you don't want to change your career and you just want to stay in the army, but Gao Dayong, Gao Feng doesn't have your qualifications. He is already the third in command of the autonomous region, and you, the garrison headquarters, that is not a core position. Why don't you use your connections to join the core leadership team of the autonomous region? Let me ask you." Captain Wu was arguing with Minister Gao.

"You are a good Minister of the Armed Forces. Look at what you have done in these years. Let me ask you, instead of running errands for yourself, you just help Chen Lina to open up wasteland. Well, the farm has grown, but what benefit have you gained from it?" The orderly had not arrived yet, and Minister Gao was sorting out his books, so he said, "Didn't Wang Zhen personally reclaim wasteland and station troops on the border? Do you know that?"

"I only know that you have made a lot of noise but nothing has been achieved, and Gao Feng is now the third in command of the autonomous region." Captain Wu was furious as he sorted out his various paints. Suddenly, he said, "Forget it, no, I don't want to live this life of wandering around with you all day long. I want to go back to Beijing, to be with my parents, Dabao and Xiaobao. I don't want to follow you anymore."

Seeing Leng Qi, Nie Gong, and Xiao Nie come in, Gao Dayong thought they were there to see him off, so he smiled and said, "Leng Qi, sit inside."

Leng Qi didn't say anything, just handed the cigarette to Gao Dayong and asked, "Minister Gao, didn't you realize that your wife is such a great painter?"

Gao Dayong took the cigarette and looked at it for a long time, then turned around and looked at Captain Wu in disbelief, "Don't tell me, you drew this too?"

“What’s wrong? I…I…” Captain Wu suddenly covered her mouth with her hands. No, she took two steps back and shouted, “Feng Yu, run, run!”

Before the laborer could make any move, Little Nie started sneaking towards the backyard.

"Fuck, Minister Gao, you didn't even know that your wife has a man at home?" Leng Qi drew his gun and chased after him.

After a burst of gunfire, Xiao Nie was pulled back by Nie Gong. "Wei Min, what's wrong with you? Is it time for you to charge into the front line now?"

"Section Chief Feng is at Uncle Gao's house, Dad, why don't you chase him?"

"First of all, if he can hide in the armed forces, he must have weapons at hand. Secondly, the military's primary duty is to defend the country. This matter should be handled by your uncle Leng, not us. You just stand here." As he said this, Nie Gong also chased out.

After half an hour, the dust settled.

After exchanging a few shots with Leng Qi, Feng Yu, a cunning man with three burrows, escaped again in a car with a fake license plate.

From shock to astonishment, and then to not knowing why, Gao Dayong pointed a gun at Captain Wu's head. If Nie Gong hadn't snatched the gun away, someone would have been killed.

Collaborating with bandits, giving fake license plates to cars, and giving passes to the armed forces, Captain Wu's motives have to be reviewed by the armed forces to be known.

However, the biggest thief in the mining area is hiding in the most dangerous and safest armed department, which is enough for Gao Dayong to bear.

With shaking hands, he brushed away the worker and said, "Okay, you guys go out for a while and let me be alone. I want to be alone."

"You don't want to be quiet, you want to commit suicide by swallowing a gun." Nie Weimin's words were so poisonous.

Seeing Gao Dayong and Nie Gong all turned their heads, he tilted his head and said, "Captain Wu's matter can be reviewed again, but if you really die, your Dabao and Xiaobao will have a new stepfather. That man will sleep in your bed and beat your children. The stepmother is Aunt Yao, and the stepfather is even more evil than Aunt Yao."

"Wei Min you..." Gong Nie wished he could shut Comrade Xiao Nie's mouth.

He stuck out his tongue, turned and walked out.

I have to say that Xiao Nie's words really worked. Minister Gao took off his gun, closed his eyes and said, "Leng Qi, dig, dig deep, Captain Wu, we must wipe out this gang of evil forces in the mining area. They are the biggest evil forces in the mining area, and I am their umbrella. I ask the organization to severely punish me."

A soldier who could have continued to contribute to the country, had a brilliant resume and a bright future, but was harmed by his family.

Here, Chen Lina is teaching Erdan how to do his homework.

Only then did he dare to tell Chen Lina that he had scored full marks in the composition test.

"Look, Mom, I wrote what I thought in my heart. Ah, the frontier, my parents fought here, and I will burn my youth, my ideals and my hopes here. Look, the teacher has marked it with a red line, saying that I wrote well."

Chen Lina nodded as she listened, "Yes, child, you wrote very well. Mom was also very moved after listening to it."

"But, Mom, can I not study physics and chemistry? I can't even memorize the periodic table. It gives me a headache just by looking at it."

Erdan is only 9 years old and is trying to force his growth. To be honest, even Nie Weimin found it difficult to learn junior high school physics and chemistry, let alone Erdan.

"Then why don't we go back to elementary school? There will be someone to take care of Dandan when he goes to school, and you two can study together, okay?" Chen Lina asked.

Erdan thought about it and shook his head, "No, I still want to go to middle school."

"If you can't even keep up, why do you want to continue to study in middle school? If you don't lay a good foundation in elementary school, the higher you go, the harder it will be."

This kid hasn't even learned the four basic arithmetic operations, but he's already started learning fractions, negative numbers and decimals. It would be strange if he could learn them.

"But Tiantian can't learn it either. If she doesn't go back to elementary school, I won't go back either," said Erdan.

Chen Lina felt that she had neglected to let her three children skip a grade because she was busy at the time. Anna didn't know the two children well, and she herself was a little lax, because after all, they were not her own children, so she didn't have that strong a sense of responsibility.

Alas, if you make a mistake in the process of educating your child, it will be irreversible.

Since I made a mistake, I felt a little regretful. Chen Lina blamed herself. Seeing Erdan looking at his math book with a sad face, she hugged him and said, "Don't worry, let's take it slowly. At most, I will make up for you every day from today, okay?"

"Mom, can I hold you like I did with Dandan?" Erdan was already grown up when he came. Unlike Sandan, he had been hanging on her body since he was a child and was used to being held. Chen Lina had never taken the initiative to hold him, so the child was still a little unfamiliar with him.

"Sure. Let's hug each other every day from now on, okay?" Chen Lina said, and hugged him.

Well, to be honest, it didn't seem right that the child wasn't hers. She didn't know how, but gradually, she began to find the smell of Erdan's sweat fragrant.

This is probably the taste of happiness.

Erdan gritted his teeth, raised his finger and said, "Then I will do three pages of math problems today. Mom, you can give me the questions."

Chen Lina finished listing the questions one by one, and heard the sound of a car outside. She guessed that it was the laborer returning.

"Why does Weimin look unhappy?" Chen Lina asked.

The worker said, "He was not given a gun, and he was not allowed to arrest the evil forces himself. His hands were itching."

Nie Weimin came in with his hands on his waist, trembling. "Gao Dabao and Gao Xiaobao either have no father or no mother. That's why I'm unhappy, okay?"

When Nie Gong turned around and saw that Leng Qi hadn't come in, he asked, "Leng Qi, why don't you come in? Come in."

"Bo Zhao, Captain Wu is colluding with bandits, and Feng Yu is on the run. I have to personally arrest and interrogate these people. You can't let your personal affairs delay my work. Do you understand?"

Nie Gong turned around and looked at Leng Qi. "I only know that you promised me that if you lose, you have to sing "Arrakhan" ten times. Now our whole family is listening. Stand outside the gate and sing for me."

Leng Qi refused for a while, then saw Erdan licking his tongue and looking at him, so he pulled him over and said, "Come on, let's go sing a song for your dad together, okay?"

"Okay." Isn't this what Erdan likes to do most?

The two singers, one tall and one short, stood outside the door, and Erdan yelled, "Qian Goudan, come out and see, I want to sing a song for you with my Uncle Leng."

As he said this, he put one hand on his waist, jumped on one knee, and jumped around Leng Qi. "Where is Almuhan? Turpan Qi Sanbailiu..."

"Her eyebrows are like crescents, her waist is like a willow, her little mouth is very affectionate, and her eyes can make you tremble." As soon as Leng Qi opened his mouth, Chen Lina began to applaud. "Minister Leng, you sing really well."

Really, the voice is round, high-pitched and beautiful, smooth and steely, just like pure steel.

In her previous life, Chen Lina dated Leng Qi for a long time, and she never expected that he could actually sing.

Seeing that there was a beautiful woman to praise, Leng Qi sang even more vigorously: "For her, I stay awake at night, for her, I cough during the day, for her, I brave the wind and snow, for her, the soles of her shoes are often worn out."

Both Mama Ham and Sister Wang came out. Mama Ham just swung her skirt and started dancing. "This singer sings well. Come, let me dance with you."

There are still ten or twenty times left. Even Leng Qi can sing it with someone dancing.

Sister Wang tried to dance a few steps and said, "Lina, come on, come on, dance. But, are these comrades from the Armed Forces here to give us a consolation performance? Why are there only one of you? Let everyone sing a song. Nie Gong, can you sing one too?"

Nie Gong's face was slowly turning darker. He hadn't expected Leng Qi to sing so well.

Following Erdan's singing, many family members showed up. Lu Fangfang simply stretched out her hand, pulled Leng Qi and started to dance and sing.

Well, although Leng Qi lost the bet, he won the love of all the women in the base with his song. When he turned around and walked in, Mother Ham and Sister Wang were still applauding.

That’s what the frontier is like, a place where everyone can sing and dance at any time.

"What do you think, Bozhao? You didn't realize that I have this talent?" Leng Qi said proudly.

Nie Gong frowned and looked at her for a long time, then said, "Well, but I noticed that you often cough during the day, can't sleep at night, and your soles are worn out. The only thing left is to withstand the wind and snow. Leng Qi, that's my love, can you cover it up a little? Do you still have some shame?"

So, the lyrics were about himself?

Leng Qi pulled out his gun and said, "Let's continue the competition. Let's go hunting on the Gobi Desert. If I can lose to you, I will continue to sing for everyone. I will sing whatever you ask me to sing."

"Use a hunting rifle. If you really can beat me, you can come to my house every day. It doesn't matter if the soles of your shoes are worn out." Nie Gong smiled and said.

Leng Qi gave his military water bottle to Chen Lina, "Xiao Chen, give me some water. Let's compete again. This time it's hunting."

Lao Nie put his hands on his waist and frowned. "That's my love. I have no obligation to give you water. You should drink it yourself."

Sandan stuck out his tongue, leaned into Chen Lina's arms and laughed, "Dad is angry."

Chen Lina crossed her arms and said, "Minister Leng, don't you have any attendants? We are not your subordinates. If you want to fill the water, go and fill it yourself."

Leng Qi smiled and went into the kitchen. Wow, it was filled with so many delicious foods.

The mixing jar, the starter pot on the stove, and the enamel bowl with half a tomato and a cucumber left over from lunch. He grabbed the cucumber and munched on it, then poured himself a bottle of water, put it on his waist, and said, "Let's go."

Leng Qi also has a strong woman wife. They eat in the cafeteria every day. She even shed tears when she went out. She longed so much for such a warm home with harmony and the atmosphere of fireworks.

"By the way, Xiao Chen, what are you going to eat tonight? Is my meal included?" Leng Qi asked again.

"Yes, we are having stuffed lamb sausage tonight."

"Buckwheat noodles?" The coldness of buckwheat noodles was bearable.

"No, it contains sheep offal and cow scalp." Chen Lina said lightly, "Our children like to eat offal, including the heart, liver, lungs and intestines, especially the stomach. They love to eat it."

After all, they had been together for a while in their previous life, so Chen Linate knew Leng Qi's taste. He would never touch offal, especially offal from cattle and sheep.

His face turned green. "Worker, do you have any naan? Bring two. We can just eat something outside. I may not be used to the food you eat."

The worker was going to the next door to lead the horses, and Chen Lina followed him out.

Seeing that the worker was acting as if nothing had happened, Chen Lina stared at him for a long time and then asked, "Aren't you jealous?"

It was obvious that Leng Qi was like a dog. He had only been on the job for two days and he had already made three or four trips to Base No. 1. Yu Donghai's case was just a hook. Without anything else to hook him, it was impossible for him to run around so diligently.

With so many people working under him, why does he have to do everything himself?

Nie Gong was knocking on the door of Ha Gong's house and said with a smile, "Didn't you say that sooner or later he would be called both red and expert?"

"Old Nie, I have lived an extra life. Although I cannot see clearly what Leng Qi is, I think that as long as we are willing to force him to come, we can definitely force him to come. Our border is really short of talents, and he is really a talent."

Anyone who is corrupt is also a good money-maker.

But when the real mining areas enter the market economy, stubborn thinking is useless. The ones who can really revitalize the economy are the good money-diggers.

That’s why leaders say that it doesn’t matter whether the cat is black or white, because only the cat that can catch mice is a good cat.

"Okay, I'll persuade him. By the way, Miss Chen, can I ask you something? What on earth did Yu Donghai write that he dared not show to anyone? Why did he have to call you over?" Nie Gong said something. Seeing the young widow of Ha Gong's family, oh no, now I should call her the young wife, he opened the door and said, "Ha Gong, can I borrow your horse?"

"Boss Nie, do you have any idea? What you mean is that when Yu Gongan and I were talking in the ward, not only did he install a bug, but you did too?"

"No, no, it's impossible for one person to have two eavesdropping devices on him. The frequencies will interfere with each other. Besides, I don't have a wireless eavesdropping device like Leng Qi's. Mine is in the table lamp at the head of Yu Donghai's bed." Yu Donghai thought he was keeping it secret enough, but he didn't expect that there were two ears on the other side of the wall.

"So, is this the fine tradition and good practice of your Hongyan Military District compound? Plant eavesdropping devices everywhere?"

Ha Gong walked out of the house, led the horse out of the stable, brushed it with a few large brushes, set up the saddle, and handed the horse to the worker.

Nie Bozhao led the horse out and tied it to his door. One horse was not enough, so he had to borrow more so that he and Leng Qi could ride together.

There are a total of two families raising horses in the entire base. In addition to the Harbin Institute of Technology’s family, the other is the newly arrived Batur, who also raises horses. Nian Gong has to run to Batur’s house to borrow one.

While walking with Xiao Chen, he said, "Leng Qi was not good at studying, so he married Ma Xiaofang at the age of 16. I remember the year they got married clearly, it was 1956, before the Four Cleanups and Five Antis, and they lived a good life. When they were in their wedding night, I installed a bug under the bed."

"You're great, Lao Nie, did you hear anything?" Xiao Chen was curious, "Did they recite quotations in their wedding night?"

"Want to know?" Nie Gong asked.

Chen Lina nodded and said, "Go ahead and tell me."

"Then tell me, what did Yu Donghai write? Did he write you a bunch of love letters?"

Chen Lina was going crazy. "No, he just copied the lyrics of a song, "Avarguli". Tell me, what did Leng Qi do on his wedding night?"

Nie stopped at the door of Batur's house, stood for a while with his hands in his pockets, and looked sideways at his wife. "Ma Xiaofang said, we should recite some quotations first. Leng Qi said, I have copied the quotations here, do you want to see it?"

"And then?"

"Then Ma Xiaofang asked, 'How many are these?' Leng Qi said, 'Damn it, after you get married, you can only see a few. If you want to see other things, there's no way.'"

It was the first time that Chen Lina heard Nie Gong swear. She was angry but also amused. "Nie Bozhao, you are simply a hooligan."