"What did Mr. Bian tell you?"
After leaving the Municipal Party Committee compound, Chen Wuwen turned on the flashlight and shone the dim light at his sister's feet.
Chen Nongmo was not surprised by his elder brother's sharpness, since he was the male protagonist after all, so he said bluntly: "Old Bian has a granddaughter named Bian Jiuxiang, nicknamed Yuegui, who is a military doctor in H City. She is 26 years old this year and single."
When he said the last word "single", Chen Nongmo looked up to see his brother's reaction.
Unfortunately, it was too dark, and the only light fell at her feet, so she could only barely make out an outline.
Before she could take a closer look, Chen Jun next to her started yelling, "What? Are you trying to be a matchmaker for my brother?"
Chen Yi had already noticed it when his sister was chatting with Mr. Bian, but he didn't expect the fourth brother to react so quickly this time. He joked: "You can actually see it?"
Chen Jun stiffened his neck and said, "Why can't I see it?"
He said this with a guilty conscience. After all, if there hadn't been so many people trying to matchmake for his elder brother recently and their opening lines were basically the same, he might not have been able to react.
Chen Yi smiled and shook his head, without refutation, but looked at his eldest brother.
Chen Wuwen was not surprised by his sister's words.
Although Mr. Bian didn't say anything explicitly just now, most of the topics revolved around himself. Even though he and Bian Jianhua were good friends, some of the questions were abrupt and did not fit the old man's personality.
He just didn't expect that Dr. Bian, who was praised by his comrades, and whom he had never met before, would be Jianhua's cousin and have some connection with him.
"Brother, what do you think?" Chen Huai couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked first.
Chen Wuwen came back to his senses, and when his brothers and sisters all looked at him, he patted the one closest to him in amusement: "You may be small, but you have a lot to worry about."
Chen Nongmo covered her head and took a step back, thinking that she was not very curious since she already knew the result.
"I will go and talk to the old man in person tomorrow." After a long while, Chen Wuwen only said this sentence.
After waiting for a long time, the four brothers and sisters finally heard such a sentence and rolled their eyes secretly.
= Early the next morning.
Chen Wuwen took his younger brothers and sisters to a state-owned restaurant for breakfast, and then went to the Bian family with some gifts.
Regardless of success or failure, based on his relationship with Jianhua and Mr. Bian's help yesterday, as the man, he has to show the right attitude.
And when it comes to blind dates, the more you care about the person introducing you, the more seriously you should take it.
If it succeeds, that would be the best. If not, Chen Wuwen doesn't want to hurt the friendship between his comrades.
After the eldest brother left, the other brothers and sisters were not idle either. They took their money and went straight to the city cooperative.
The urban cooperative has a fashionable name, called Department Store.
Although the so-called building has only three floors in total, it is filled with a dazzling array of things. At first glance, you can see everything.
Both in terms of variety and style, it is far beyond what the county town can compare to, let alone the town.
Chen Nongmo's goal from the beginning was the fabric counter, but his brothers obviously didn't think so.
For example, the third and fourth brothers were very excited and dragged her to see the flowery hairbands.
Chen Nongmo really didn't want the bright red color to appear on his head, so he dragged his brothers out from the pile of hair ties.
"Sixth brother, the bright red one is so pretty. Girls all like this kind." Chen Jun doesn't have much pocket money and he is reluctant to spend it on weekdays. He has only saved one yuan and eighty cents since the Chinese New Year.
He originally had a "huge sum of money" that he had saved since he was a child, a total of more than 30 yuan, which was quite a lot for a rural child of his age.
But last year, his sister bought him leather boots, so Chen Jun gave her all the money he had saved as a New Year's gift.
I managed to save some money this year, and was thinking about buying a few red hairbands for my younger sister, but I didn't expect that she actually didn't like them.
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly emerged in his mind. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the counter where the hairbands were sold, and said reluctantly: "Sixth Brother, don't be reluctant to accept it. I have money."
Chen Nongmo, who had long known that his fourth brother had a huge sum of 1.8 yuan, was both amused and touched: "I really don't like it. Brother, have you seen me tie those hairbands?"
After saying this, she looked at Chen Huai, who was using his burly body to help block the crowd on the other side, "Third brother, you are not allowed to buy secretly either."
Chen Huai smiled innocently after his little trick was exposed. = Except for buying light-colored ones for his mother and Qiuhua's mother, Chen Nongmo chose all the fabrics in dark colors.
There are many styles in the city, and this time, she also picked out a few plaid fabrics.
Chen Nongmo not only had money and notes given by his parents, but also those given by Qiuhua's mother and elder brother.
It is no exaggeration to say that with her current financial resources, she can buy all the fabrics displayed on the counter.
But in order to avoid being accused of capitalism, she selected enough material for her family to make a set of clothes for each of them and left.
Even so, when the brothers and sisters left, people still muttered about them being spendthrifts.
When we returned to the guesthouse, it was already ten o'clock in the morning and Chen Wuwen had also returned.
He knew that his brothers and sisters were going to buy cloth, but he couldn't help but feel a severe toothache when he thought that there was a share for that bastard Shao Zheng in the bag. "Brother? What did you say to Grandpa Bian?" Chen Nongmo hung his shoulder bag on the back of the chair, and then poured himself a quilt of warm water to quench his thirst before asking.
"Yes, big brother, can we meet Sister Bian?"
Chen Wuwen shook his head: "Comrade Bian Jiuxiang has just been transferred to H City not long ago, so it is not convenient for her to come back. I will make an appointment with her when I return to the army."
Upon hearing this, although Chen Nongmo and his companions were a little disappointed, they could also understand that traveling these days was very difficult.
What's more, military doctors are also soldiers. They are subject to strict discipline and have responsibilities. It is impossible for them to leave whenever they want.
"Why do you have such a long face? If we are destined to be together, you will meet each other eventually. If we are not destined to be together, there is no point in meeting each other, right?" Chen Wuwen laughed and poured another glass of water for his sister to cool down.
It must be fate! Chen Nongmo loudly refuted in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. Instead, he untied the packages his brothers brought back and rearranged the fabrics.
Seeing the contents of the two large packages, Chen Wuwen frowned, "Why are they all fabrics? Didn't you buy yourself some clothes?"
After saying this, he glanced at his younger brothers, looking as if he was disappointed in them.
Chen Nongmo wanted to say that the ready-made clothes were ugly and expensive, but Chen Jun started to complain first: "Forget about the ready-made clothes. She even refused to let me buy her a few red hairbands. Our family doesn't lack them. Lao Liu is just too frugal."
Chen Wuwen agreed with his brother and started to search his pockets: "Don't you have enough money? I have some here, but if you don't have enough, I still have Lao Shao."
Chen Nongmo quickly pushed her brother's hand back. She looked at the thick pile of cloth on the bed and really didn't understand what her brothers were looking at.
Can she be considered frugal? Also, she didn't want a red hairband because she thought it was childish. Who in the future would still use a red rubber band when they were 27 or 28 years old? But in this era where bright red things are beautiful, it's hard to explain, so Chen Nongmo chose to change the subject: "I just like fabrics and I like to make them myself. By the way, brother, shall we go home tomorrow?"
Chen Wuwen only heard one sentence, and he asked thoughtfully: "Do you like fabric?"
Chen Nongmo nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I like fabrics, not ready-made clothes." So she is really not frugal.
Seeing his sister's rejection, Chen Wuwen, who was better at reading people's faces than the third and fourth brothers, nodded: "I understand."
What do you know?
= The next two days.
Chen Wuwen took his younger brothers and sisters to visit all the beautiful and fun places in the city.
In fact, there were no special entertainment venues at that time, but for the few people who had lived in the small mountain village all year round, the urban area was still very attractive, and even Chen Nongmo had a lot of fun.
However, there is much more to be happy about.
Just when Chen Nongmo had forgotten the topic about fabric from the previous two days, she was taken directly by her eldest brother to the warehouse of defective fabric in the textile factory.
Chen Nongmo heard Qiuhua's mother talk about defective cloth, but most of them were dealt with by the textile factory's internal employees before they could be circulated on the market.
Even if a small portion is sent to the supply and marketing cooperatives, it will never be the turn of ordinary people outside.
This is also the reason why sales clerks in supply and marketing cooperatives are so popular these days.
Chen Nongmo never thought that she would have such an opportunity. No, she was even luckier because she went directly to the factory for selection.
It was also at this time that she learned that the director of the textile factory was the father of her eldest brother's comrade-in-arms.
This young man named Wang Dajun has been retired from the army for several years and is in charge of managing defective fabrics.
At first, Chen Nongmo was embarrassed to take more, fearing that it would make things difficult for Wang Dajun, so he only selected a small roll of each color for men and women.
In the end, people couldn't bear it anymore and stepped in to help.
In Wang Dajun's words, these materials have to be disposed of cheaply anyway, so it makes no difference to the factory who they are disposed of.
No one who is not stupid would take this seriously. Chen Nongmo knew very well that these fabrics were something that many people could not afford.
Even if the price is the same as selling it to someone else, it is still a big favor.
In the end, Wang Dajun and his eldest brother joined forces and took away twenty or thirty volumes.
The smallest piece was several meters long, and the largest was twenty or thirty meters. In this era when cloth was measured in feet, looking at the small pile of cloth, Chen Nongmo suddenly had the illusion that he had made a fortune.
How long do they have to wear it? And they can't take it back, right?
Chen Nongmo's worries were nothing to the others.
Because Chen Wuwen is a cautious person, he even prepared the car.
It is a small truck of the transport team.
Not only could he pull the cloth, but he could also pull all of them back to Shanshun Village.
The driver was also the eldest brother's comrade-in-arms, or strictly speaking, a soldier under his command.
When he was discharged from the army, it was Chen Wuwen who used his connections to help arrange a job in the logistics team.
Chen Nongmo thought that comradeship was truly a magical thing.
= It was said that I was away for three days, but in fact, including the round trip, it was a full four days.
After arriving home, Chen Nongmo had not had time to explain to Qiuhua's mother the source of the fabric and its low price before she spoke first: "Boss, Xiao Shao called at noon. He didn't say anything, but told me to call him when you get back."
Chen Wuwen frowned, thinking about the purpose of Lao Shao's call, while he had already walked into the yard: "Mom, I'm going to the village committee."
Cao Qiuhua had already started looking at the cloth being unloaded in the main hall. Hearing this, he said without even raising his head: "Go ahead."
After the people left, her hands slowly stopped moving.
"Qiuhua's mother?" Chen Nongmo called her worriedly.
Cao Qiuhua smiled at her daughter and said, "It's okay."
After saying this, he pinched the little girl's cheek and said angrily, "Don't worry too much about my family."
Then he looked at the twins and the third child, "Fourth and fifth children, go tell the old secretary's families to share some of the fabrics with everyone. Third child, go to Uncle Yamane's house and ask your father to come back for dinner."
After the three brothers left, Chen Nongmo deliberately picked up two of the volumes: "Then I have to hide the best one first."
In fact, my eldest brother has already explained why we bought so much cloth.
This is a rare opportunity. I have already used the favors of my comrades, so I might as well seek some benefits for the villagers.
It’s not given away for free, but transferred to them at the original price.
Therefore, she was doing such a petty action at this moment just to make Qiuhua's mother happy.
Sure enough, Cao Qiuhua, who was originally worried about whether the eldest brother would end his vacation early, immediately laughed. After laughing, he bent down seriously to help hug them together: "You are right, let's hide the most beautiful two pieces of floral cloth first, and leave them all for our Yuyu to make a skirt to wear."
“.”
= Worried that something might happen in the army, Chen Wuwen ran all the way to the village committee.
At six o'clock in the evening, there was no one in the village committee, so he went to the old secretary's house to get the key.
He didn't call the communications room, but the commander's office.
When the regiment commander Zhou Cheng received the call, he was a little surprised. He said a few words to comfort him and said that there was no urgent matter in the army before he went to call for help.
Guessing it was a private matter, after notifying everyone, Zhou Cheng did not return to the office, but went to the group with his hands behind his back.
"It's not about the army, it's about your father, Commander Chen." Knowing that his brother must be worried because of his phone call, Shao Zheng went straight to the point after the call was connected.
Chen Wuwen asked anxiously: "What happened to the old man?"
Shao Zheng: "Let me finish, it's not a bad thing. Commander Chen has been transferred from the Artillery Academy and no longer needs to study and reform."
This was indeed good news. Chen Wuwen finally let out a sigh of relief after being held since returning home. He even smiled a little: "Where did you get the news? Is it accurate?"
Shao Zheng was also happy for his good brother, and said with a smile: "My old man knows about your relationship with me, and has been paying attention to Commander Chen. He called me personally about this matter. It should be General Han who did it."
General Han is Chen Demao’s former superior, and his status is similar to that of Mr. Shao.
He was too busy a few months ago, but now that the situation has improved a little, he immediately set about pulling out those subordinates who were accused of false charges and were in the most difficult situations.
".The situation above is still not settled, and no one knows what will happen next. So Commander Chen was not transferred back to his original post, but was sent to a frontier unit. His position is not high, and he seems to be a company instructor. But at least his status is clean. After a few years when the environment improves, he should be able to be transferred back. Don't worry. In fact, this is the best arrangement at the moment. It is better than staying in the Artillery Academy. Ideological reform is also reform. General Han has taken all aspects into consideration. My grandfather said that staying away is the best choice at the moment."
Chen Wuwen frowned as he listened to his friend's analysis on the other end of the phone, quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind.
I have to admit that sending the old man and his wife to the border is indeed the best choice at the moment.
Except for the bad weather, everything there is really good.
After sorting out his thoughts, Chen Wuwen did not dwell on this issue any more, but asked, "Has the old man set off yet?"
"We set off. We set off the day before yesterday, but my old man only received the news today."
Even if he was a good brother, Chen Wuwen was extremely grateful at this moment: "Thank you! Brother, I will send the old mountain ginseng I got to General Shao later."
Shao Zheng knew his good brother's character, so he didn't refuse. Instead, he smiled and joked: "What about me?"
"You didn't!" Chen Wuwen replied confidently.
"Tsk, let me call my sister."
On this side, after Chen Wuwen hung up the phone, he cursed with a smile, locked the door, and went next door to return the key.
As he rushed home in the falling dusk, he suddenly remembered something. Yu Yu had just told him two days ago that he wanted to go see the old man during the summer vacation.
He agreed at that time.
But now, the two sides are more than 3,000 kilometers apart.
How to get there? Also, the old man is fine now, should Yu Yu go to the border as well? = When I returned home with my worries, the sky was only a little light.
But the Chen family at the foot of the mountain was brightly lit.
Of course it’s not electric lights. Connecting electricity is a big project. Currently, only a few households in the village committee have electricity.
This was an opportunity that the old secretary got because he had connections and found someone to join the team. If the whole village wants to have electricity, they will have to wait at least two or three years, maybe even longer.
The defective fabric was so attractive that the villagers who got the news couldn't wait until the next day and hurried over with torches, for fear that the good fabric would be chosen by others first.
Defects can be divided into major defects and minor defects.
In order to ensure that every family could get one or two sets of clothing fabrics, Cao Qiuhua and her daughter only took one-fifth back to their room and piled the rest in the main room.
These cloth rolls are not big, they are in bits and pieces, and there are some small pieces.
But when they were piled together, it was definitely shocking. Everyone said that even at the counter of the town supply and marketing cooperative, they had not seen so much material at one time.
Especially after the women touched it, they were even happier. In their opinion, the flaws on the material were almost negligible.
Even if there is a bigger flaw, it’s just a matter of two patches, and this is all new fabric.
Besides, these materials are much softer than the old coarse cloth woven at home. Who will notice the uneven dyeing or missing threads when wearing them?
The most important thing right now is to choose the one that will not cause any loss.
Compared to the women whispering to each other, the men holding torches also began to talk a lot, all looking forward to going home and having a drink. It was rare for their wives to be so happy, and this opportunity was truly rare.
"Hey hey! Our Wu Wen is back, you are so capable!"
"Yes, yes, yes! This kid has been a great kid since he was young, and he will be even better when he grows up."
"How can she be good? She is obviously a very good kid, otherwise why would so many matchmakers come to her house?"
"Isn't it? I heard there are several girls who have stable jobs in the city."
"Wu Wen, what exactly are you looking for? Tell me."
“.”
From the moment Chen Wuwen stepped into the yard and was discovered by the villagers, he was surrounded.
He listened to everyone's chattering without getting annoyed, but listened patiently.
As for why he didn't answer, the reason was very simple, because he couldn't get a word in at all.
Chen Nongmo and his three other brothers had hidden themselves long before the villagers entered the house.
It’s not that they are impolite, it’s just that in the past six months, whenever they meet people from the village, they will be praised in various ways.
This also includes matchmaking.
It's not that they mean any harm, but in the eyes of the aunts, it's time to get married at this age, and it would be just right for them to graduate from high school and get married in two years.
Finally, Chen Wuwen was rescued by the old secretary, who said, "It's all right. Go home and carry all the cloth to the public housing first. We'll distribute it tomorrow."
The distribution was expected to be a big deal. As soon as these words came out, the villagers stopped staring at Chen Wuwen.
Although everyone wanted to divide it today, the old secretary was too authoritative and no one dared to voice their opposition.
= The food is served.
Before her eldest son could explain the purpose of Xiao Shao's call, Cao Qiuhua asked the question herself, adding: "If it needs to be kept secret, just pretend that mom didn't ask."
Chen Wuwen shook his head: "It's not that I can't talk about it. It's a good thing. The old man has been rehabilitated."
Once these words were spoken, it was good news for both Chen Nongmo and the rest of the Chen family.
Chen Zong patted his wife's hand, which was shaking with excitement, soothingly, and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly is going on?"
Chen Nongmo also looked over nervously. She had only a superficial understanding of the history of this period. She knew that there would be rehabilitation, but she had always thought that it would have to wait until the college entrance examination was resumed.
Why is it so sudden? What happens next?
Will someone accuse me of a crime I don't really commit again?
While Chen Nongmo was daydreaming, Chen Wuwen had already recounted in detail everything that Lao Shao had told him.
Finally, after everyone in the family had calmed down again, he looked at his sister and asked with a complicated expression, "Yuyu, do you want to go to the border and live with the old man?"
(End of this chapter)
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