Chapter 60

Buckwheat pancake

"Director Chen," Qin Sheng said, "the comrades in the Armed Forces Department probably made a mistake. They arrested a man and thought he was a spy, which scared everyone. Who knew he was actually..."

He smiled and said, "I'm telling you, our workers are serious and won't make mistakes. You can't let them kneel down and do their homework when they get home."

"It seems that Sister Lu often makes Captain Qin kneel on the washboard. Don't talk nonsense. Sister Hu is also a professional in the industrial field. I guess she wanted to go to the laboratory at night. She didn't expect the security in our mining area to be so strict."

Hu Su kept crying and refused to get up.

Of course, her husband died to save the national interest. Although she received a large subsidy and could work in the Daqing Oilfield, her life was worry-free.

However, just like what happened to Chen Lina in her previous life, when that person died, it was like a light went out. Even if she lived again, she would not find the same person. Of course, the grief can be imagined.

"Hu Su, I beg you to get up, I beg you to stop crying, I beg you, can we talk about it after we get home?" Nie Bozhao was so anxious that he went crazy.

After all, the comrades from the armed forces and the security team were all watching him. The base was so small and he was a highly respected engineer. If something like this happened, the impact would be very bad.

The more Hu Su cried, the more the comrades outside probably felt that there was something going on between him and Hu Su.

But in fact, Nie Bozhao had a better relationship with her husband's military comrade. As for Hu Su, because her learning and comprehension abilities were far behind his, they hardly spoke to each other when they were in school.

"Comrade Chen, what do you say we should do?" Seeing Chen Lina coming, Nie Bozhao felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Chen Lina said, "Okay, go work overtime, I'll take care of this."

When Hu Su saw Chen Lina, she lowered her head even lower and continued to cry.

"You probably think that since your husband has died, you should be cared for by everyone and let others bear your pain, because you are indeed living a very painful life now, confused, hesitant, and can't find a way out. However, the correct truth is that in this world, not everyone who is weak is right, and not everyone who is weak can vent their negative emotions to others and let others pay for your pain." Chen Lina said directly.

Well, it's just like an acupuncture injection, it works immediately.

Hu Su, who had been squatting on the ground and refused to get up, stood up all of a sudden. "Comrade Xiao Chen, you are still young, so it is inevitable that you speak rudely and impolitely. I forgive you, but what do you mean by weak and I am right? I am venting my negative emotions to others. Bo Zhao and I are high school classmates and college classmates. We have known each other for a long time. He is my senior, and he is also a good friend of my husband. I just seek some comfort from him."

"Every night after his wife has put the children to sleep, she has to go to the farm to harvest the crops. She has to work fifteen hours a day, so she needs his care and comfort more than you do. His two sons are in primary school. They have just started school and are still in the process of learning everything. They need his hands-on teaching to adapt to school. They also need his care. The oil wells have now entered the water-bearing production period. The workers working underground are in danger of being flooded at any time. His experimental results are urgently needed to save the dangers and difficulties that may arise during the oil production process. The oil workers need his care even more.

Excuse me, we are all adults, we all have our own families, we all need to work hard in our jobs, and no one has the spare time to care about others. "

Hu Su was embarrassed by what she said. Of course, she was also in a very sad mood. She said directly, "So you mean that people like me should die?"

Hey, children make servants cry, and adults scare people with death?

"No, I just want to tell you that the pain you've experienced can only be internalized by yourself, instead of torturing yourself, or getting close to the warmth of others, and then when you feel that the warmth of others is very comfortable and very similar to what you once had, you have an unreasonable desire to take it away."

Chen Lina herself had lost her husband in her previous life. Yes, she cried and searched for him. She almost went crazy looking for Lao Nie.

At that time, she did not look for other married men to seek comfort and warmth, because she knew that was immoral.

"You are still a little girl after all. You actually misunderstood that I wanted to interfere in your marriage. Let me tell you, he and I have been classmates for seven years. If I really wanted to pursue him, I would have done it a long time ago and would not have waited until today. You are as narrow-minded as Sun Zhuan'an." Hu Su said with great contempt.

That's like saying, if I want to pursue him and if I'm willing to accompany him to Umayyad, you have no chance at all.

"I'm not some little girl. And, regardless of whether I'll interfere or not, it's immoral to meet a married man in the middle of the night. There's no such thing as generosity and consideration in marriage, and of course, there's no such thing as narrow-mindedness or broad-mindedness. I'm his wife, and he and I support a family together. I've dedicated my youth, body, and the most glorious years to him. But if I haven't talked to other men in the middle of the night, then neither can he. This is a fair marriage."

These words left Hu Su speechless.

"I really didn't think about interfering in your marriage. I just thought the child was cute, Mr. Nie was gentle, and you..."

"I saw big, round apples hanging from branches in other people's orchards on the roadside. I could even imagine the crisp, juicy sweetness when I took a bite. But I wouldn't steal them. I would go home, buy a fruit tree, plant it myself, water it, and when it bears fruit, I would sit under my tree and eat the fruits," said Chen Lina.

After all, I am a top student. Although I was confused for a short time, when I saw the happy family, I thought, how nice it would be if I were that woman.

However, reason eventually returned to her mind.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Chen, the transfer order to Daqing Oilfield actually came yesterday, and I will leave tomorrow. I just hope that you and Bo Zhao can never forget my impulse tonight."

"Everyone is so busy, and so many things happen in a day that no one will remember what happened today," said Chen Lina.

When they got home, Chen Lina and Hu Su should sleep on the big kang, while Nie Bozhao would still sleep on his small steel bed.

However, he was obviously still very irritable. Even when Chen Lina had gone to bed, he knocked on the door again and asked her to come in for a talk.

Hu Su quickly said, "Xiao Chen, don't argue with him. Bo Zhao is a very, very strict person. He didn't say a word to me."

"Okay, go to sleep." If she didn't know the man's type, would she entrust her youth to this Gobi Desert?

In the small study, the irritable worker put his hands on the desk, half bent over, staring at his wife.

He has high brows, deep eyes and a high nose bridge. His eyes are like the starry sky, serious and rigid, but also handsome, really handsome, especially when he doesn't smile, he has a handsomeness with clear edges and corners.

"Why, do you want to confess something?" Chen Lina asked deliberately.

Nie Bozhao stamped his feet, cleared his throat, and then looked at the calendar on the wall.

On the calendar, there was originally a day every month that was circled in red. That day was the one that Nie Bozhao had calculated was the one day that Chen Lina would never have her period in the 12 months of the year.

But recently he doesn’t dare to mark it and has torn it off. Why?

Because Nie Weimin was looking at the calendar one day and said, "Dad, I noticed that on this day of every month, you would come home and take a shower."

As he said this, he gave him a meaningful look.

Nie Bozhao was scared. Having a son who is good at summarizing and likes to find patterns is really a scary thing.

Chen Lina was wearing a small vest, showing off her curvy figure.

To be honest, every time Nie Bozhao went to Base No. 3, because it was close to the desert, as long as he saw the rolling mountains, he would think of his lover's health.

However, it was customary to turn on the lights when doing things, so up to now, he had never seen what his lover's naked body really looked like.

"I have nothing to confess, and I haven't done anything wrong. I think Hu Su might not leave in the near future, but tomorrow is the day we are supposed to have sex, what should I do?"

The experienced revolutionary fighters were obviously suffering from the hardship. "If it doesn't work, we can do it one day earlier. Let's do it today."

"But the bed will creak."

"I must let Hu Su know that we are a loving couple, the kind of loving couple who have sex. Also, you see, I made the bed thick enough, and I specially reinforced the springs, so there shouldn't be too much noise tonight."

The reasons are very sufficient.

"So it doesn't matter even if Hu Su hears it?"

"It doesn't matter." Anything can be done, as long as you find a reason and an excuse, just like the Yangtze River bursting its dikes and sweeping in with floods. Comrade Lao Nie has found an excuse for himself. One day, this well-oiled machine finally went back a notch.

"Silly boy, have you ever read pornographic books?"

Chen Lina took the most valuable thing in his study, the desk, sat down, crossed her legs, and lured the man over. She said, "When you spent your first wedding night with me in your life, you kissed and caressed me. Lao Nie, can you tell me how you became who you will be fifteen years later?"

You can't be less gentle and romantic than him, and not as good as him in bed, right? "

The shocked Lao Nie's eyes turned red like a wolf. He stared at Chen Lina hatefully for a long time, and suddenly bit her on the lips.

He stared at her for a while, then took a bite, like a hungry wolf, wishing he could eat her up, and suddenly he pounced on her.

…

Of course, the next day, before dawn, there was a creaking sound from the gate of the courtyard. When Chen Lina ran out, Hu Tongxue had already taken the earliest truck to the oil refinery, heading to the mining area, and then to Daqing.

It was Nie Bozhao who discovered that she had not brought the letter of introduction he had written for her, so he hurriedly took an oil truck and rushed to the mining area to deliver the letter to her.

It was late at night, and the stars were still bright in the sky. Chen Lina finally managed to peel the gecko-like Sandan off her body, cooked some soup, and used the winter onions from the backyard to make a plate of soft buckwheat pancakes for the children as breakfast.

Nie Weimin had grown up and was sensible. After getting up in the morning, he would wash his face and brush his teeth, eat with Erdan, and then go to school.

All she had to do was take Sandan with her to the farm.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, why don't you go and catch up with that Hutong by yourself? You have a car, why do you let my dad go instead?" Comrade Xiao Nie twisted his toothbrush in his mouth, very dissatisfied that Nie Bozhao went to catch up with Hu Su as soon as he got up in the morning.

"Your father and she were classmates. Besides, she is an expert in oil refining. She just lost her husband and needs care. I think they should talk alone in private." Chen Lina said.

Nie Weimin curled his lips and said, "No energy. Also, Comrade Xiao Chen, can you buy me a pair of high heels?"

"Why do I have to wear high heels?" Chen Lina felt strange. This child got up early in the morning and always stuck to her butt.

"Hu Tongxue is not as tall as you, but she is as tall as you after wearing high heels." Nie Weimin thought for a moment and said, "Also, her shirt is very white, and the color of her cape is also very bright."

"So, you think she's prettier than me, just because of her wavy hair, high heels, and white shirt?" Chen Lina was very angry at the evil straight male aesthetics. "Clothes make the man, boy, I want to dress up and look better than her. But, I want to buy those things, where do your school bags come from, your pencils and erasers, aren't they free?"

"I don't want pencils or erasers, and I don't want to go to school. I want to go to the farm with my mom every day. I want my mom to wear high heels, lipstick, and a beautiful cape." Erdan ate the biscuits with big mouthfuls, his eyes half asleep.

"Silly child, labor is the most glorious thing. If you want to wear beautiful clothes, there is always a time to do it. You should do things at the right time. Now, harvesting wheat is the most important thing."

"But I still think high heels and skirts are more important, and I think my dad would think so too." Comrade Xiao Nie was worried.

"So, you're afraid that Aunt Hu will take your dad away? If you were to choose between me and Hu Su, then no matter how beautiful and gentle she looks, you would still love me more, right?"

"Where? I just don't want to change my mother. Besides, I don't want to hear you two quarreling." Comrade Xiao Nie blushed immediately.

Well, the arrival of Hutongxue gave the three kids an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Only when you are afraid of losing will you cherish it.

Chen Lina thought to herself that it was not bad, although she knew that pigs would follow cabbages when they grow up, but at least when they were young, they were very dependent on me and loved me.

It was still too early and not time for school, but they insisted on following, so Chen Lina took them to the farm.

Didn't Wang Hongbing have to take Liu Xiaohong to school every morning? When he rode his bike to take Liu Xiaohong to school, he would just take the two of them back to school.

During the wheat harvest season, farm workers would go to bed at midnight and get up at three in the morning to harvest.

So when they arrived at the farm, the fields were full of commune members and educated youth who were harvesting wheat.

With the first rays of sunlight in the early morning, everyone sat in the fields and ate dry food.

Of course, where there are people there are stray dogs, and there are also a few stray dogs roaming around in the fields, waiting for people to give them some food after the food is left over.

"Mom, how great it would be if I were that stray dog."

Erdan, who refused to get on his bike and go to school, looked at the stray dogs in the distance and said with great sadness.

The stray dog ​​looked at Erdan with disgust and ran away.

Well, even the dogs dislike him.

"Okay, sister will help you with tutoring today. Come in the car quickly, I will carry you." Liu Xiaohong said.

So, the chubby Erdan and Liu Xiaohong sat on the front bar, and Nie Weimin sat alone on the back bar. Wang Hongbing pedaled the bicycle and took them to school.

After half a month of hard work, all the wheat was finally stored in the warehouse.

Before the wheat is stored in the warehouse, it must be weighed, and after the wet weight is measured, it must be dried. After drying, it must be weighed again. Only then can it be stored and, of course, delivered to the mining area.

At this time, He Min had gauze wrapped around her feet and was anxiously waiting at home to recover and return to work.

In the granary, looking at the golden grain piled up like a small mountain in the huge wheat bolts woven with wheat straw, Chen Lina asked Wang Hongbing, "Have you weighed everything?"

"It's over. But Lina, do we really want to keep the two bolts? If the leaders of the mining area find out, will it be considered as corruption and interception? Will they deal with you like they dealt with Sun Xiangnan?"

Wang Hongbing was very worried and felt that Chen Lina should not have withheld food. After all, it was public property and she should have paid it in full.

Chen Lina shook her head. "We need to keep more than just wheat. We also need to keep a few bolts of various fruits, grapes, peanuts, squash, etc. Brother-in-law, you also need to save some of the money. I need to keep it for the educated youth and old professors on the farm. When you drink the water, remember the well-digger. They deserve higher preferential treatment than the leaders."

"But He Min will come back after her leg heals, Lina. You don't have the final say on the farm anymore."

"I'm not going to use a trick to cut off his legs. I'm going to find a way to get rid of him completely. Every policy has its own countermeasures. Brother-in-law, at least for now, what I need in this farm is absolute leadership."

This is the last darkness before dawn.

As policies changed and as everyone's most beloved leader fell ill, the intellectuals could no longer be protected.

These old professors will go through a very difficult period. Chen Lina has to save more food and secretly subsidize them because the rations allocated to them will become less and less.

In the last life, starting from this year, many of Nie Bozhao’s old colleagues and old leaders did not survive.

Pushing open the door of the warehouse, we see fertile fields with snow-white cotton blossoming. Next, it’s time to harvest the cotton.