When Yu Guanghui saw that Lu Wanqing had brought her mother-in-law, he politely invited her into the house.
Miao Hongmei reluctantly poured them a bowl of plain water, then stood aside with a sour face, listening to them talk.
Lu Wanqing sat in the chair and respectfully said to Yu Guanghui, "Secretary Yu, there's something I'd like to ask you. It's been a long time, and you're one of the oldest members of the team. When it comes to things in the team, you know better than anyone else."
The compliment made Yu Guanghui smile broadly: "Tell me first. I've been the Party Secretary for so many years. I've taken care of everything, big or small, in the team."
After Lu Wanqing revealed her purpose, Yu Guanghui's face immediately stiffened. "This is a big deal!"
He was still figuring out how to get rid of Lu Wanqing when Miao Hongmei, seeing her husband's predicament, spoke first: "You're dreaming of marrying a wife—you're dreaming! It happened more than 20 years ago, and you think you can just go back whenever you want? Do you think you're the emperor? Besides, who said that house is yours? Do you have any proof? Do you really think you're from the capital and think you're something special?"
Lu Wanqing thought she was talking nonsense and glared at her.
Yu Guanghui hurriedly scolded his wife, "Go, go, go, tidy up the house, don't wait until our daughter comes back and it's a mess."
Miao Hongmei snorted and went inside to tidy up the wardrobe.
Our daughter, Yu Meifeng, wrote back saying she would be coming home soon with her son-in-law. The family was overjoyed.
At this critical juncture, Lu Wanqing actually brought that flirtatious old woman to cause trouble, which really ruined my mood.
That Elaine Chao is the same; at her age, she dresses like a young girl, and she can bewitch any man.
As she was thinking, she suddenly bumped into the wardrobe with a "bang," getting a big bump on her forehead and almost passing out from the pain.
Inside the main room, Yu Guanghui forced a smile, indicating that this matter was indeed too difficult to handle.
Speaking of which, he was about the same age as Lin Ye's father. He even went to Lin Baoguo's wedding banquet. But when he became the Party Secretary, the house had already been given to the commune. He didn't know the reasons for all of that.
“The old Party Secretary might know about this, but his son took him to live in the county town a long time ago, and we haven’t been in contact for a long time!” Yu Guanghui said with difficulty.
Lu Wanqing knew that she had leverage over Yu Guanghui, and he would definitely help her, but it had taken too long and he was powerless to do so.
"Secretary Yu, could you please help me find out where the old secretary is? Let me know if you have any news."
Lu Wanqing did not linger.
When she got home, Lin Ye had just returned from his private plot.
The sweet potatoes on those three acres are growing well and have already started to bear fruit.
He picked some sweet potato leaves and cooked them for lunch.
Seeing Lu Wanqing leave, he asked her curiously where she had gone.
“I went to find the Party Secretary. He was young at the time and didn’t know much about many things, but he promised me he could help me find the old Party Secretary.” Lu Wanqing took off her rain boots and put on cloth shoes.
"Hmm, I'll go ask Uncle later too." Lin Ye said as he helped his mother change her shoes and let her sit on the edge of the bed to play with Snowball.
Hearing him say that, Lu Wanqing was a little worried. Even if Lin Jianguo wanted to say something, Wang Xiuqin would definitely try her best to stop him.
However, she underestimated Wang Xiuqin. After Lin Ye brought over four large meat buns to them, Lin Jianguo told her everything he wanted to ask.
It turns out that Grandpa Lin Ye was particularly fond of his son, Lin Baoguo. In order for him to marry Zhao Xiaolan, he did not hesitate to exchange his house for their poor peasant status.
Lin Jianguo naturally disagreed, but later promised to give him all the money in the family to help him get married, and only then did he reluctantly agree.
When Lin Jianguo married Wang Xiuqin, he gave her a dowry of 50 yuan, which was a huge sum of money at the time.
Wang Xiuqin regretted marrying into the family as soon as she got married. It turned out that the 50 yuan was all the family's possessions. She cried every day. However, after giving birth to her eldest son, she accepted her fate.
Returning to the topic of the house, Lin Jianguo only knew that his father, Lin Weimin, had signed an agreement with the old Party Secretary, which stipulated that the house belonged to the commune for use and that there should be a time limit.
"Lin Ye, if you really want to go back to the house, it's not just your family's property, our family has a share too!" Wang Xiuqin said, her mouth stuffed full, as she bit into a meat bun.
"It's not even close to being settled yet, and you're already thinking about dividing the house. In that case, shouldn't this house be returned?" Lin Ye glared at her.
Wang Xiuqin panicked immediately. Although this house wasn't great, it was big enough for everyone. If they went back to the old house, how would Gou Dan get married with so many people?
“If that’s really the case, then let’s just forget about it. We’ve been looking for it all along, but we don’t know how to reason with them. What will we do if they try to take the house back?” Wang Xiuqin said.
Lin Ye was furious with her; she was only thinking about herself!
So when it rains, the east side doesn't get wet, so they don't have to worry about the house collapsing!
Lin Ye clenched his fist. No matter what, he was determined to get this house.
Lin Ye then inquired about his father, Lin Baoguo. Lin Jianguo puffed on his pipe, trying hard to recall, but couldn't come up with anything.
“He was over thirty when he was swept away by the water. If he were still alive, wouldn’t he have known to go home?”
He doesn't believe people are still alive.
"In case of amnesia, are there any special signs that would help me recognize myself?"
“Special markings? I’ve never seen a birthmark on him before. I heard he has one, on his groin. Your mother knows best about that.”
Lin Ye sighed and stood up helplessly. If he could ask his mother, he wouldn't have wasted a few meat buns.
Lin Ye came out of the east room and caught a glimpse of Gou Dan happily munching on a meat bun in each hand.
After taking only a few steps, he saw Lin Chunlei rushing over, asking anxiously, "Brother Ye, is my second brother here?"
"Haozi didn't come!" Lin Ye said in a deep voice.
Luo Chunlei's face was clouded with gloom. "My second brother got up early this morning and, I don't know what went wrong, insisted that it would be the easiest time to catch deer after the rain stopped. He went to the back mountain without eating breakfast and didn't come back for lunch either."
Lin Ye's heart tightened. The back mountain was most dangerous after the rain, and it was too risky for him to go up the mountain alone.
"Don't worry, I'll go up the mountain to look for him right now. Go home and ask your older brother and father to go up the mountain to look for him too. It will be troublesome if we can't find him after dark." Lin Ye patted Luo Chunlei's shoulder.
Luo Chunlei nodded and hurried home.
Lin Ye put his sickle, rope, and other items into his basket, then slung the basket over his shoulder and prepared to set off.
"Aye, let Xueqiu follow you!" Lu Wanqing hugged Xueqiu into his arms.
Lin Ye looked at her affectionately, patted her head and said, "Okay, don't worry. If I come back late, you guys make dinner and eat first!"
How could she possibly be in the mood to eat if he wasn't coming back?
However, with Snowball helping out, there shouldn't be any problems...
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