Chapter 9

My cousin is here.

After picking and choosing, finally Mother Nie only had a few small cotton-padded jackets for babies in her hands. She reluctantly kept these for the daughters of the second room.

"What's wrong with this daughter-in-law? She wants to take charge of my house just one day after she came in?" Mother Nie said to Father Nie after they entered the house.

"Why, the eldest son is an oil worker with such a high salary, but he doesn't even leave a few clothes for the second son's kid? What's the problem?" Father Nie also favored his second son. After saying this, he stood up and prepared to go out to look for his son.

"Alright, alright, let her take it away for now. Let me tell you, this hottie hasn't experienced the pain of taking care of a child yet. She definitely can't take care of those three boys. When she can't stay in the base anymore and the eldest one cries and begs us to take care of his children, then I can take charge of him." Mother Nie also had a beautiful idea.

This hottie did what she said, and started to tuck in the edge with a needle and thread. After a while, the opening of a large cotton coat was tightened. Chen Lina raised her neck and called out, "Erdan, come in and try on the clothes."

A chubby boy jumped in, making a sound like a locomotive. He stretched out his arms and closed his eyes, waiting for someone to put clothes on him.

Chen Lina put on a cotton coat for him, patted it clean and said, "Okay, go out and play." She also gave him a piece of fruit candy.

"This Mrs. Yao is so nice. She gave me some candy." Erdan'er crunched the fruit candy with his teeth and ran out like a gust of wind.

Nie Bozhao was confused. "Why does Erdan always call you Yao Po?"

Chen Lina raised her eyes, thought that her expression was not stupid enough, and said, "I don't know either."

"Are we leaving early tomorrow morning?" Chen Lina asked Nie Bozhao who was packing his luggage slowly and methodically.

"We have to leave early in the morning to catch the train."

Chen Lina then walked over and tried to help him. As soon as she put her hand on the clothes he was folding, Nie Bozhao immediately stood up as if he had been electrocuted. "How about you clean up first, and I'll go and look for some dry food for us."

Well, Chen Lina thought, am I a man-eating tiger? Is this how you are?

After a while, Nie Bozhao came back again. It was said that Nie's mother was ill and his second son's wife had gone to work, so there was no one to make steamed buns for them as dry food.

You know, it takes a day's long-distance bus ride and three days' train ride. In this era when everything requires a ticket, it is not easy to find food when going out. Therefore, dry food is the most important thing when you are away from home.

Nie Bozhao had clearly hit a snag with his mother, and he was embarrassed in front of his newly married young wife. He explained, "There's no need for dry food. I'll buy us steamed buns and rice when we get to the provincial capital."

As they were talking, Erdan came in like a gust of wind. "Grandma Yao, Grandma Yao, someone is looking for you outside."

"Erdan, call me Mom, and stop calling me Grandma Yao." Nie Bozhao grabbed his son.

Chen Lina quickly said, "It's okay, just tell him to go ahead. The kid is being disrespectful, it's nothing."

She thought to herself, it's no wonder that two of these three boys died young and one has to stay in the hospital. Now they are raised but not taught, and each one is more naughty than the other. When they are all mine, I will take care of them one by one.

When she went out, she unexpectedly saw her cousin, Nie Guozhu.

"Lina, are you really going to marry into this family? Breaking up was just a joke from me, how can you just marry someone like that?" Nie Guozhu was wearing a military uniform and had a shaved head. In the whole Qisi Township, he was considered a talent.

The second wife's family, including Nie's mother, and the people from Nie's Manor immediately came over, each with a sharp look in their eyes, obviously wanting to see the excitement.

Nie Bozhao also heard from Nie's mother that Chen Lina was engaged to Nie Guozhu before him, and the telegram just came from the army, breaking off the engagement only a few days ago.

He then said, "Why don't you go to my room and talk about it."

Nie's mother said from behind, "This Guozhu, he doesn't want to hit anyone, does he?"

Nie Guozhu's face turned green with anger. He raised his head and looked at Nie Bozhao, who was taller and bigger than him. Judging from his posture, it looked like he really wanted to hit him.

There was a sudden cheer from the crowd.

Chen Lina then took the lead and walked towards the bank of the Qisi River. When she arrived at the river, there were only a few people following her, and most people were still watching from a distance.

"What's going on? How's your talk with the chief's daughter going? Are you sure you want to get married?" Chen Lina and Nie Guozhu.

Nie Guozhu touched his shaved head and said, "Lina, there is a girl who pursues me madly, but after many days of ideological struggle, I think it is you who can fight side by side with me. You are not studying in college now, but that doesn't matter. I will be demobilized and return to my hometown. We will fight together."

"You are in the army, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and the commander must have promised you that after you get married, he will find a way to keep you in the army and help you get a job. After you get a job, you will have nothing, so why do you have to go back to the countryside?"

"The key is that I don't like that girl." Nie Guozhu said, "I still think you are good."

Nie Guozhu really didn't like the chief's daughter, a female soldier, whose skin was tanned and fat, and she didn't have a figure as good as Chen Lina's.

And Chen Lina was so beautiful. Nie Guozhu often went to see her when he was in college. Her skin was as white as milk from the Yellow River water. Her ponytail fluttered in the wind, licking her white skin, which made Nie Guozhu, who was full of vigor and vitality, unable to sleep well for several nights.

"I heard that you haven't gotten married yet. Can you not get married? I'm going back to file for demobilization. I still want to be with you, Lina, I beg you."

Well, now we want to be together.

But when he returned to the team and had to work every day and go to the fields, and when her head was like a chicken nest due to the torture of life, he remembered the kindness of the leader's daughter.

"Go back to the troops. Comrade Lao Nie and I are already married. If you make trouble again, I have your breakup letter here. Let's go talk to your leader." Chen Lina said decisively. She turned around and prepared to leave. She heard Nie Guozhu kicking the poplar tree, and the fallen leaves made a rustling sound.

"Cousin, you should change your temper in the future. We don't know how society will change, and the struggle is so serious. It's better for you to stay in the army than in the countryside."

"But I don't like that girl."

"People get along with each other and get married, not just based on whether they like each other or not. You said you like Ashima. For Ashima, you want to kill all the Rebubala family, but is that possible?"

"Ah Shima" is a movie that everyone has watched countless times. Ah Shima in the movie is beautiful and generous, and she can sing folk songs. Wherever the movie is shown, the young men there love her so much that they want to rush into the big white screen of the movie.

If Chen Lina cried a little and said a few words like "Cousin, I can't live without you, we have been together since childhood, and I have always loved and liked you in my heart", the passionate Nie Guozhu would definitely submit a report for demobilization and return to his hometown to find Chen Lina.

However, she had lived for so many more years and her brain was no longer limited to romance. After a few calm analyses, Nie Guozhu was frightened.

Indeed, if he stayed in the army, he would have a salary and could be promoted. But after being demobilized and sent to the local area, he would be a small soldier and would not even have a job. Wouldn't he have to return to his hometown to farm?

Thinking of this, Nie Guozhu regained his mind and looked back. Nie Bozhao, who was about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a woolen coat and big leather shoes, was standing under a tall poplar tree with his fists clasped. His eyes looked rather unfriendly, staring at him from a distance.

"That man has three children and is a second marriage. If he treats you badly, you must come to me and I will help you teach him a lesson."

"I will."

"I will always be your cousin." Thinking about his cousin and how Chen Lina, when she was a child, would rush to the river with whatever delicious food she had, calling her cousin, Nie Guozhu's eyes turned red and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Cousin, go back." Chen Lina waved to him.

She thought that her cousin, who died in a prostitution street in his last life driving a car and carrying a cell phone, hoped that he would take a completely different path in this life.

"Is that the end?" Nie Bozhao was a little bit unconvinced. This little girl who stuttered a little and had twitching lips actually handled things very neatly.

He clenched his fists, ready to fight with Nie Guozhu if he dared to do anything wrong.

"What if it's not finished? Let's pack up and have a good sleep, and leave tomorrow." Chen Lina said.

Nie Bozhao thought for a moment and said, "It's not too late for you to regret now. We haven't gotten married yet, so we're not legally married. Besides, I didn't touch you last night."

A twenty-year-old girl, with a spunky figure, but there was something wrong with her brain. Her mouth was always twitching. Look, it was twitching again.

"No regrets, never regrets, let's go." Having said that, Chen Lina turned around and left a kiss to Nie Bozhao.

Humph, it's not like no one wants her. Although no one is interested in her now because of her class background, once the reform and opening up come, no one will care about class background anymore, and the suitors following her will become a strong support.

You little brat, Chen Lina thought to herself, how can I not defeat you?