Chapter 167

Two girlfriends

"Tiantian, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?" Liu Xiaohong asked, holding Chen Tiantian's hand.

Chen Tiantian was very happy today, but at the same time, she felt very sad.

Because she finally knew why she was excluded.

However, she also found that the exclusion she had suffered and the nearly three years of darkness in her girlhood could never be regained.

So, she briefly told Liu Xiaohong about the rumors spread about her by several female classmates.

"They have never said that in front of me. If they dare to say that, I will tear them apart." Liu Xiaohong clenched her fists in anger.

On the contrary, Chen Tiantian was open-minded and said, "They know that we are in the same group, so of course they won't say these things in front of you."

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Xiaohong and Nie Weimin are good children who focus on their studies, listen carefully in class, and go home after school.

Therefore, you won’t hear these rumors, nor will you specifically inquire about such messy things.

"I'm hungry. I need to eat something before going home. Do you two want to have dinner with me?" Nie Weimin suddenly stopped.

Well, it used to be a shady woolen textile factory, then it became a bar, and now, it has become a Sichuan restaurant. The owner of the restaurant is a Sichuanese, who stands at the entrance of the alley and does nothing but announce the dishes.

"Stir-fried baby rooster, spicy baby potatoes, stir-fried pork intestines and green beans, stir-fried baby pig's liver." The Sichuanese man named the dishes and Nie Weimin's mouth immediately began to water.

"If we don't eat it, it will cost a lot of money." said Liu Xiaohong.

Chen Tiantian was greedy after all, so she stopped and said, "My salary this month will be 15 yuan, and Director Chen gave me 5 yuan in advance. How about I treat you two to a meal?"

"This is your first salary. You should buy your mother some clothes and show your filial piety to her. How can you just focus on eating?" said Liu Xiaohong.

Nie Weimin had already entered the restaurant. "If you two keep making noise, I will order eight dishes and eat by myself."

Sure enough, he walked in with great swagger. The two girls looked at each other and followed him in with trepidation as it was their first time in a restaurant.

I have to say, this place is unstoppable. When they opened a Sichuan restaurant, it was packed with guests. Many people in the oil system, whom Nie Weimin knew, ate here.

"Wei Min, you are amazing to have two girlfriends at the same time." Nie Wei Min was standing in front of the boss and imitating an adult to order food when Yu Gongan arrived.

"Boss, where's my lunch?"

The boss turned around and said, "Let's take Yu Gong'an's lunch box and cover it with shredded potatoes. Hurry and serve it to him."

An iron lunch box, with white, tender and fragrant rice at the bottom and shredded potatoes fried with green and red peppers on top. Yu Gongan took the lunch box, took out a spoon from his pocket, and ate the rice while walking.

"Uncle Yu, it's not healthy for you to eat like this. Can't you sit down and eat before leaving?" Nie Weimin said.

"I'm busy, catching oil thieves, I don't have time."

The police were wearing plain clothes, the kind of gray liberation suits that men in the mining area most commonly wear nowadays. Nie Weimin leaned forward and said, "Oh my god, it stinks."

"Uncle Yu, you have to wash your clothes." Nie Weimin volunteered, "If no one washes your clothes recently, I will go to the big yard of Baiyi's house to wash them for you tomorrow."

"I'm still single, and you have two girlfriends. I can't compare to you, brother Weimin." After reaching the alley and finishing his meal, Yu Gongan handed his lunch box to Nie Weimin and said, "Tell the boss to cover the potato shreds with water tomorrow. Wash the lunch box for me."

"Has the oil thief been caught?" Whenever Nie Weimin heard about catching bad guys, his eyes would light up.

Yu Gongan seemed to have a deep grudge against Yu Nie Weimin. "I, a person without a partner, cannot discuss these matters with a person with two partners. Goodbye."

When we came back, the dishes were served.

Chen Tiantian held five yuan in her hand. It was the first time for the child to eat out. She thought it was like a state-owned hotel where she had to buy a ticket before eating. So she asked, "Boss, where can I buy a ticket?"

"Three dishes, a total of one dollar and two cents. Pay after you finish eating." The person serving the dishes was a short woman, probably the boss's wife, and she spoke with a smile.

At this moment, Nie Weimin took out a big Tuanjie from his pocket and handed it to the boss.

"Big Egg, didn't we agree that I would pay you?"

"Do I, Nie Weimin, need to spend my sister's money when I go out to eat?" Nie Weimin asked back.

"Where did you get the money? You didn't steal it from my aunt, did you, Nie Weimin? If you stole my aunt's money, I would really report you," said Liu Xiaohong.

Nie Weimin brought two girls with him, intending to show off his wealth.

There were so many people eating, and they were sitting next to each other. When Liu Xiaohong said this, many people turned around to look at him.

After all, Nie Weimin was a prominent figure in the mining area.

"What? I submitted an article to Shanghai Youth, and they accepted it and sent me the royalties. It's my own money, okay?" The young man blushed.

"Really? Did the manuscript you submitted to Shanghai Youth really get accepted?" Liu Xiaohong's voice rose noticeably, filled with envy and joy.

Nie Weimin lowered his head and smiled, "Don't worry, eat. I can still afford to treat you two to a meal."

In fact, the manuscript has been submitted for at least half a year. When he went to school to check his grades today, the principal personally gave him the sample issue and the manuscript fee slip. Nie Weimin was very low-key. In addition, he always felt that the articles he wrote were not good enough to be reviewed by Nie Gong, so he did not take the magazine at that time.

I just got this royalty payment from the post office this afternoon. It was two big bills. It was the first time for the children to carry money with them, and their waists became much thicker.

The two girls sat opposite each other, stir-fried young chicken and dry-fried green beans. It felt so wonderful to use my own money to treat my own girl to a meal.

After finishing the meal, it was time to go back to the base. Nie Weimin was still very happy. After all, it was the first payment for his writing in his life. He took the two girls with him and quickly ran to the supply and marketing cooperative, where he bought a bottle of soda for each of them.

Thinking that the two younger brothers didn't know that he had received the royalties, oh, and there was also the little satellite. Well, he weighed another half pound of biscuits and bought the little satellite a handful of the most expensive cream-flavored White Rabbit candies in the supply and marketing cooperative. Then he took the two sisters and happily got on the bus.

Well, while taking the bus, he saw a policeman squatting on the side of the road, chatting with a beggar.

From a distance, he looked like a beggar.

In order to be able to keep an eye on those oil thieves and find out where they come from, their black oil refineries, how many weapons they have, and where their hideouts are, there are people's police like Yu Donghai.

Sometimes he's a beggar, sometimes he's a peddler, and every day he squats on the curb, following those bastards.

It has been at least three or four years since Tiantian and Xiaohong walked together.

Nie Weimin and Liu Xiaohong sent Chen Tiantian back home, and then they pushed a 28-ton truck out of their house to take Liu Xiaohong back to the farm.

He was pedaling with one hand, and when he saw Liu Xiaohong sitting in the back, he said, "Come sit in the front. The wind is so strong in the mining area at night. If you sit in the back, the wind will blow on me. Hurry up and sit in the front to block the wind for me."

"The big bar hurts my butt and it's uncomfortable. I don't want it." said Liu Xiaohong.

Nie Weimin simply let go of his hands and rode crookedly, "If you don't sit in the front, I will fall down myself."

"Disgusting, you're just like a little gangster." Liu Xiaohong said.

Nie Weimin stuck out his tongue. He originally wanted to make a joke, but when he thought of Chen Tiantian, he swallowed the joke.

"From now on, you have to stay away from me, otherwise, I'm afraid the girls in the mining area will also make up stories about me." Liu Xiaohong finally couldn't stand up to Nie Weimin and sat on the big bar.

The moon is high and cold, and there are wolves howling in the distance.

Nie Weimin was riding a bicycle, and the girl's long hair was blown by the wind, fluttering in his face.

"Okay," he said.

Liu Xiaohong didn't notice when his voice changed, but Nie Weimin's voice was no longer as clear as when he was a child. Instead, it became thick and steady, and with the sound of the wind, his voice sounded like that of an adult man.

Liu Xiaohong then said, "After thinking it over, I think I should go to the Oilfield Middle School. Nie Weimin, no matter how good the mining area middle school is, the teachers are not as good as those in the Oilfield Middle School.

But my mother has already irritated my aunt, and I am too ashamed to ask my aunt to help me with these troubles. Weimin, can you go and talk to my aunt? Just say that no matter my mother or her, I will remember the kindness they have shown me. As long as I can study, I will not think about anything else. I will not swear anything, nor will I say that it will be so if I can't get into college. I will definitely get into the best university, and repay their kindness when I start working. Tuition fees and living expenses are all trivial matters. As long as they need me and I can afford it, I will definitely bear it all in the future."

To be honest, Liu Xiaohong has nothing.

Now, everything related to going to school is borne by Chen Lina. Apart from being kind to Chen's father and mother, and Wang Hongbing's family, she doesn't know what else she can do to get a chance to study.

However, studying was her longing, and she would definitely ask for such an opportunity, even if it was shameless.

"I will take care of these things. You should go back to sleep." Nie Weimin said lightly, "Everything is under my control."

Liu Xiaohong got off the car at the farm gate, opened the big iron gate, and ran away like a gust of wind.

Nie Weimin stood on tiptoe outside and watched for a long time, muttering, "You little idiot girl, you didn't even turn around to say goodbye."

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"mother."

Because of Durex, the worker is getting stronger and stronger. He has done it three times in a row today and he is still lying on Miss Chen.

They were both startled when they heard their son shouting outside the window. Because it was hot, they only drew a curtain on the window and left it open.

Miss Chen finally got up with a rustling sound, her legs weak, and the worker, hearing that his son had stopped crying, was in high spirits, so he dragged Miss Chen back. Miss Chen then turned around and pinched the worker.

"Mom, I don't know what to say to you, but I want to ask, can you help Liu Xiaohong?" Nie Weimin said.

Chen Lina asked back, "Why?"

Nie Weimin scratched his head and put a big, flowerless wedding bouquet on Chen Lina's lap. "This is the first money I made. I'll give you half of it. I have to tell you that I will make money slowly. Even if I help her pay her tuition, you can help me support her for the time being, okay?"

Chen Lina chuckled and said, "Hey, young man, you are quite responsible. Nie Weimin, how old are you? Don't tell me that you have a crush on Liu Xiaohong."

"You, are you still a mother? How can you ask your child such questions?" Nie Weimin suddenly jumped up as if he had been electrocuted.

What's that called? Trying to cover up and hide it, "I, I just beat her too much when I was a kid, and I feel bad about it. And, you have to admit that Liu Xiaohong ranked fifth in the whole mining area in the college entrance examination, and first among the girls. She is really a talent."

"Hurry up and go to bed. I think I can find a way to deal with this." Chen Lina didn't know what to say. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Ni Weimin, you were born in New China and don't know what etiquette is. But I have to tell you that in the old society, if a girl wanted to let a boy touch her nose, she would have to cut off her nose. I don't care what you think, but you have to remember that you are a student now, and so is Liu Xiaohong. Your current task is to study. Even if you study together, you must not show intimacy. It will not be good for both of you. If you want to date someone, you have a long time. When you are admitted to university, you will only be 17 or 18 years old. You can date until you are 30 years old and no one will care about you, but now, you can't."

"How could I be dating someone? You're just... Do you think everyone is like you and my dad, restless all day long?" Nie Weimin's face turned red, his neck became thick, his tongue became stiff, he stomped his foot in anger, turned around and went out to take a shower.

Chen Lina thinks that the two younger ones are okay, but Nie Weimin is not as stable as Nie Gong. He is impulsive and irritable, but also smart. He is a good material, but without someone to polish him, he really can't become as great as Nie Gong.

In fact, Chen Lina has already decided to help Liu Xiaohong get admitted to school.

As a result, Chen Lili came early the next morning.

It was early in the morning and Chen Lina was about to get up to make soup. She smelled the aroma of hot pancakes and looked outside the door. Chen Lili, her two little girls and Liu Xiaohong, the whole family had already come in.

She didn't say anything and Chen Lina ignored her.

Instead, it was Wang Hongbing who said, "Come on, defend the people, defend the country, hurry up and eat the cakes. These cakes are made from the best buckwheat flour and rapeseed oil from our farm. They are delicious."

Erdan took a piece of cake without any hesitation, rolled it up and stuffed it into his mouth, and then he raised his thumb and said, "Auntie, this cake is really delicious."

Sandan pouted and looked at Erdan hatefully.

Erdan was still eating, wondering what had happened? Why did everyone look so unhappy while eating such a delicious cake?

"Why don't you go back to your hometown? Do you have to be driven away?" Chen Lina asked.

Chen Lili still didn't say anything, but tears kept falling.

Chen Lina then said, "Brother-in-law, why bother? I have seen through my sister. She is so boring. If you still want to have a future, just divorce her. Really, don't always think that you are grateful to me.

So I won't get a divorce. No matter what others say, I'm different. I think she's hopeless. You should stop saying that you're only putting up with her because of our kindness, okay?"

"Aunt, I'm sorry." Liu Xiaohong said.

The older girl also said, "Aunt, my mother said she was wrong, please forgive her."

Chen Lili still didn't say anything, she was crying, tears streaming down her face. Anyway, she had made up her mind that as long as Liu Xiaohong could go to the Oilfield Middle School, it wouldn't matter if she got a few scoldings from her own sister.

"You can't say that, Lina. Your sister and I have been through a lot. Even if I really miss my hometown, even if I never talk about it again, I will never divorce her. Don't even mention divorce." Wang Hongbing spread his hands. "Husband and wife spend their whole lives together, and they will never leave each other."

Chen Lili cried more and more sadly, but in the end, she didn't wait for Chen Lina to confess.

Time and again, Chen Lina worked so hard to help her. She paid for Liu Xiaohong's tuition. Although her parents lived with Chen Lili, they were all subsidized by Chen Lina. When Chen Lili first arrived at the farm, she bought mutton and seasonings, and even saved a small can of cooking oil when her family was in financial difficulty. She helped her sister in every possible way.

Chen Lili is confused about the child's affairs. Can Chen Lina easily forgive her?

If I forgive her this time, what if she does it again next time?

After Chen Lina finished her breakfast, she entered the Nian Gong experimental building openly for the first time ever.

She called her mentor at the Party School, Teacher Lin, and heard that people from the Party School would soon come to the mining area to review a new batch of reserve cadres. As a cadre of our party, Chen Lina gave the teacher two suggestions.

The first is to verify the deposits of reserve cadres and the sources of their deposits.

The second is to increase the assessment and investigation of family members, because family members accepting bribes is now common in all major systems. This malpractice is more common than cadres themselves accepting bribes.

Teacher Lin found Chen Lina's remarks very pertinent and immediately adopted her opinion. Of course, he also made a phone call to the person who had just arrived at the mining area to prepare for the transfer of cadres.

Taking out a tube of lipstick and touching up her makeup in front of a small mirror, Chen Lina thought to herself that Du Qiming would probably go crazy with joy after hearing about his promotion, but if she heard about the investigation of his family, Jiao Lai Di would probably cry.

But Jiao Lai Di didn't know about this.

A week passed, and Chen Lina didn't make things difficult for her, nor did she ask about her daughter Du Lanlan.

She even heard people say that Chen Lina encouraged her brother-in-law to divorce and sever her sister's relationship.

Oh my god, Jiao Lai Di thought that this was a perfect move and she got through it safely.

One day Du Qiming came home and told her excitedly that he was going to be promoted. Jiao Lai Di's family, except for her sister-in-law Du Baozhen who thought God was blind, were all so happy that they went crazy.

What's that called? Du Baozhen couldn't stand her sister-in-law's arrogance because she was so shameless. But in her sister-in-law's eyes, she was just a red-eye disease.

That day, Chen Lina specially called Liu Xiaohong from the farm, and then took Nie Weimin with her, saying that the time was almost right and she would go to help Liu Xiaohong with the admission.

If you want to be admitted, you have to find Principal Chai of Oilfield Middle School, because there is no evidence of plagiarism, it is just a report, and you can defend yourself by reporting.

Principal Chai is a proud and arrogant person, so of course he made a preconceived notion that Liu Xiaohong was a plagiarist, and that’s why he blocked her admission.

Chen Lina planned to tell Principal Chai the whole story, apologize to him, and try to get Liu Xiaohong a chance to enroll.

"Mom, have a drink of water." Nie Weimin was holding his sister and handed Chen Lina a cup of tea. "I put honey in it to moisten your throat. In case you have to quarrel with Principal Chai later, your voice won't be hoarse."

"Who said I was going to quarrel with Principal Chai?" Chen Lina asked Nie Weimin.

Liu Xiaohong was also holding her second daughter, her face red with smiles on the other side.

"Aren't you going to quarrel? Didn't you say that you were going to skin Jiao Lai Di alive today and also get Wang Sitian's admission?" Nie Weimin thought to himself, isn't that what you always do? You're fine normally, but you get angry at the slightest provocation. Not only are quarrels not enough, you also have to fight?

"I am now a public servant and a party cadre. I have made up my mind. From now on, no matter what I do, I will be elegant and not quarrelsome." Miss Chen smiled softly. "Defend the people, I can't lead you astray by using fists and force to solve problems. From now on, we must win people over with virtue."

After being repainted, the old Jeep, although it has been in service for a long time, has excellent performance and a great driving feel. Driving on the repaved road, the sky is blue and the date trees are rustling in the wind.

This is how Miss Chen's elegant and non-aggressive new struggle began.