After Ye Zhi returned to school, she asked several classmates in the dormitory, but none of them knew the person who came from X Province.
There was a male classmate from Province X in her Finance Department, but Province X was large, and even if she found someone there, he would have never met Wang Jinbao.
Later, Ye Zhi found out that Wang Jinbao was actually the male classmate she saw with Gao Wenbo last time.
That's such a coincidence.
The information Ye Zhi found out about Wang Jinbao at school was all unimportant.
She didn't want to alert the enemy for the time being. On the winter solstice, Lu Wei didn't have a holiday, so Ye Zhi took the children to his place, planning to have hot pot together in his dormitory and celebrate the festival as a family.
When she arrived at the dormitory building, Lu Wei had not returned yet, so Ye Zhi prepared the hot pot ingredients.
Although Lu Wei lives alone most of the time, Ye Zhi sometimes comes to have dinner with him in the afternoon when she has no classes, so various pots, bowls and seasonings are prepared in Lu Wei's dormitory.
While Ye Zhi was busy in the kitchen, several children were helping to wipe the tables and chairs in the living room. However, when Ye Zhi took a look, she found that Lu Wei's dormitory was quite clean. However, there was nothing for the children to play with, so Ye Zhi asked them to do some housework.
Ye Zhi looked out from the kitchen door and saw Nian Nian and Sui Sui moving a stool and wiping the chest of drawers with a rag. Pingping and Anan cleaned Lu Wei's desk and dining table, which were shorter pieces of furniture.
Although the children are usually quite noisy, they are quite capable when doing their work.
Ye Zhi washed her hands and walked out to the living room, saying, "It's really clean. You guys are great."
Then, Ye Zhi hugged An An and gave her a kiss, saying, "An An cleaned the desk really well."
An An smiled and wiped the table diligently with a rag that was still dripping with water. "Of course, Dad will definitely be very happy when he comes back."
Ping Ping didn't stop wiping the chairs and muttered, "Dad is happy because he sees Mom is here, not because we are wiping the table."
Ye Zhi: “……???”
How much does Lu Wei usually neglect his children?
Nian Nian also snorted, jumped off the stool, and said, "That's right, Dad only asks me how many points I got on the test!"
Sui Sui echoed, "I failed the midterm exam and my dad spanked me. Why doesn't he ask about my mom's grades or spank her when she's in school?"
Ye Zhi: “!!!”
It's even more outrageous.
Ye Zhi hugged Ping Ping and An An, and then said to them: "This time Dad will definitely praise us for living in peace and safety every year."
Lu Wei, who had just returned from the training ground, was covered in sweat. Before he even opened the door, he heard the child blaming him.
When he opened the door and went in, he thought the children would be angry, but after not seeing them for nearly a month, the children still swarmed towards him when they saw him back.
"dad!"
"Dad, why are you back so late?"
"Dad, we helped you clean up, look how clean your cabinets and desk are!"
"Dad, I also helped you clean up the photos of you and mom."
Lu Wei squatted down and picked up one with each hand. Pingping and Anan were picked up instantly.
Lu Wei kissed his two daughters on the face and said, "So good? Thank you, darling. Daddy is so happy."
Just as he finished speaking, Ping Ping and An An pushed his face away at the same time. Ping Ping said in disgust, "Hey, Dad, you are sweating a lot."
"Hmm, it's wet." Then, An An used her little hand to wipe the place on her face that Lu Wei had just kissed.
Upon hearing this, Nian Nian and Sui Sui threw it aside and continued to clean their furniture.
Seeing that Lu Wei's expression was about to turn bad, Ye Zhi hurriedly said, "Okay, your father just came back, let him go wash his hands and face."
Lu Wei probably just came back from training as he was still wearing camouflage uniform. With his broad shoulders and narrow waist, he looked very handsome even in casual clothes.
Lu Wei put his two daughters down and walked into the kitchen, where he saw that Ye Zhi had already prepared the hot pot ingredients.
Ye Zhi followed him and reminded him when he was washing his hands: "Use soap!"
Lu Wei smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot."
Ye Zhi pinched Lu Wei's arm and cursed in a low voice: "What do you mean you forgot? You are just lazy."
Lu Wei grabbed Ye Zhi's hand that was pinching him, then pulled her into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, saying, "I thought you wouldn't come over today. Zhang Jianjun next door is laughing at me for being alone and having no wife to love me."
Ye Zhi smiled, took the initiative to hug his waist, and said: "Isn't this a surprise for you? How is it? Are you happy?"
Although they are in the same city, the distance between them is still a bit far. Fortunately, this semester is not so busy, so Ye Zhi still comes over sometimes.
But today we have to wait for Nian Nian and Sui Sui to finish school, because they are already in elementary school and Ye Zhi doesn't want them to take leave, so she came a little late.
Lu Wei's strong arms wrapped around her, his dark eyes sparkling, sniffing the familiar sweet scent on Ye Zhi's body, he nodded comfortably:
"good."
Ye Zhi glared at him, "Is that all? I also bought your favorite shabu-shabu mutton! Mom said that when you were a kid you loved talking about shabu-shabu mutton all day long."
Lu Wei smiled: "Happy."
Ye Zhi snorted and laughed: "You're smart." After that, Ye Zhi took the initiative to put her arms around Lu Wei's neck and kissed him.
Lu Wei grabbed her waist tightly, picked her up the moment Ye Zhi jumped up, and deepened the kiss when she raised her head.
The four children gathered at the kitchen door. Seeing this scene, they shook their heads and said, "See, I told you that Daddy must be kissing Mommy."
"That's right, they love to kiss every time they meet."
"Don't look at it, don't look at it. Grandma said that watching adults kiss will give you stye."
After eating hot pot, a movie was shown in the camp. The children loved watching movies the most, so they followed the group to the playground.
Because the movie being shown happened to be a movie that Ye Zhi had seen, she told Lu Wei about Zhao Jinlan's blind date.
After talking for a while, Ye Zhi finally said, "X Province is too far away, and I don't know many people there. But I feel that there seems to be something wrong with that man, and he is a bit too hasty."
Lu Wei hummed, then said: "I have a subordinate from Province X. If you really think there is a problem, I can ask someone to ask him."
Ye Zhi originally just wanted to talk about this matter, but she didn't expect Lu Wei to actually offer to help find out. That would be the best.
A week later, Lu Wei called her and said, "Fortunately you told me. The Wang Jinbao you told me about has indeed married a wife in the village where he went to work, and has two children. In the first two years after the college entrance examination was resumed, his father-in-law and mother-in-law did not let him take the college entrance examination because they were afraid that he would abandon his wife and children after returning to the city."
"Later, he resorted to a self-torture tactic and cut his arm twice in front of his wife. His wife probably couldn't bear it, so she secretly helped him apply for the college entrance examination without telling her family. Then he was admitted to the university, but he secretly applied to a university more than 3,000 kilometers away from Province X without telling his wife."
One north, one south.
Lu Wei paused, then said, "I think this man has been planning to abandon his wife and children in the countryside since the moment he took the college entrance examination."
After hearing this, Ye Zhi was filled with anger.
Although this era had its own sorrows, Wang Jinbao's wife still let him take the college entrance examination.
But who would have known that after being admitted to university, he would want to abandon his wife and children and then find a partner in the city. This is too unfair!
Moreover, he not only wants to abandon his wife in the countryside, but also wants to deceive her into marriage!
Not only scum, but also bad!
Ye Zhi couldn't help but curse, "What a scumbag! Not only did he abandon his wife and children, he also wanted to cheat on her in marriage. I guess Wang Jinbao wanted to get a city hukou, so he was anxious to settle down with Zhao Jinlan."
Not only that, Ye Zhi also heard of other men with similar situations last time, and there were more than one such man, Wang Jinbao.
Seeing Ye Zhi was angry, Lu Wei said, "This kind of person probably won't be able to reach an agreement with Zhao Jinlan, and he might harm other female comrades later. I'll see if there's any way to leak some information and ask his wives in the countryside to come over one by one."
Ye Zhi also guessed so. This kind of person, if he fails to cause trouble this time, he will plan to cause trouble to the next one.
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Not long after the winter solstice, it was New Year's Day, and we officially entered the year 1982.
Although Ye Zhi was on New Year's Day holiday at school, she was not free as she had to go back to the garment factory to ship goods.
When she finished her work, Ye Zhi called Zhao Jinlan to her shop and told her what Lu Wei had found out.
Zhao Jinlan didn't get excited when she heard this. Instead, she sneered, "No wonder that guy is always trying to please my mom. So that's how it is."
Then Zhao Jinlan said, "My mother was a little bothered by the fact that he was from another place at first. Some time ago, she was given chickens and ducks as gifts, which confused her. She also told me to settle down with Wang Jinbao as soon as possible. As a college student from Z University, people will be eager to hire me when I am assigned a job in the future."
Fortunately, I asked Ye Zhi to help me find out, otherwise I would have been cheated to death!
Ye Zhi comforted her, "It's enough for you to know about this. When the time comes, talk to your mother and ask her to stop associating with Wang Jinbao. This person has evil intentions and will probably harm other people in the future."
Zhao Jinlan hummed, then said, "I will definitely not associate with him, but you are right, he will definitely harm others in the future. Not only do I need to let my mother know that this guy is a scumbag, I also need to warn the female classmates at Z University."
Ye Zhi said, "It's not a good idea for you to intervene in this matter. If you anger him, I don't know what he will do to you."
Ye Zhi had already thought about it. If Zhao Jinlan exposed him, it might anger the other party. If the other party had any bad intentions, it would be bad to retaliate against Zhao Jinlan.
When it comes to physical strength, lesbians are always at a disadvantage.
Then Ye Zhi said, "My husband has asked someone to notify his wife in the countryside. If everything goes well, she should come before the New Year. You should pretend that you know nothing now. When his wife arrives, you can pretend that you have been deceived by him."
Zhao Jinlan listened to Ye Zhi's words and smiled: "Sister Ye Zhi, you are really thoughtful. If this is the case, then I will hold back for now."
Ye Zhi: "Okay, I'll let you know when there's news."
Zhao Jinlan sighed: "Sister Ye Zhi, if it weren't for you, how badly would I have been deceived!"
Ye Zhi patted her shoulder and comforted her, "You are the one who was on guard. I just asked around for you."
Although she said so, Zhao Jinlan just heard Ye Zhi ask her military husband to notify Wang Jinbao's wife, which must have put a lot of thought into it.
Zhao Jinlan thought to herself that she must repay Sister Ye Zhi well in the future.
Zhao Jinlan muttered again: "My mother's friend is the same. How could she introduce someone to someone without knowing anything about the relationship? My mother is so stupid that she was fooled by that woman with just a few words."
Ye Zhi listened to what Zhao Jinlan said and asked, "Who is your mother's friend?"
This street is full of clothing stores. Ye Zhi knows most of them, but there are not many students from Z University.
Thinking that Wang Jinbao and Gao Wenbo were classmates, a light bulb went off in Ye Zhi's mind.
Zhao Jinlan said, "That person is not doing business on our street. My mother said that the woman's husband is a student at Z University. She also wants to open a small factory here, so she likes to get close to my mother all day long."
"Her last name seems to be Ye, like yours, and her name is Ying."
Ye Zhi raised her eyebrows: "Ye Hongying?"
"Oh, yes, it's Ye Hongying." Zhao Jinlan asked, "Sister Ye Zhi, how did you know?"
Ye Zhi replied: "She is my cousin."
After New Year’s Day, it will soon be the final exam week for the last semester.
The day before the exam, Ye Zhi did not go back to Shen Nanzhen's family compound, but stayed in school to review.
Having just come out of the library, Ye Zhi and her roommate Fang Meijuan were preparing to go to the cafeteria for dinner, along with Zhao Jinlan.
Ever since she learned about Wang Jinbao's situation, she has studied even harder, planning to get into college. So while Ye Zhi was reviewing for the final exams, she also came to Z University to study together and feel the learning atmosphere here.
Because it was winter and it got dark quickly at night, Ye Zhi said, "Jinlan, go home on your bike before it gets dark. Otherwise, it will be unsafe if you get late."
Zhao Jinlan held the book and nodded: "Yes, okay, I'll come over after you finish the exam."
Just as he finished speaking, a slapping sound was heard not far from the library entrance. Even in the huge campus, it was extremely clear. For a moment, it attracted countless eyes on the school road.
Soon after, Ye Zhi and Zhao Jinlan heard the child crying again. They saw Wang Jinbao, who was wearing a neat coat and black pants, being slapped to the ground by a tall middle-aged man, and the books in his hands were scattered all over the floor.
Wang Jinbao, who was beaten, wailed in pain, and his head just happened to hit the gravel road that was being repaired.
The people watching on campus and Wang Jinbao himself were all stunned. They didn't know what was going on for a moment. He covered his beaten face with one hand and his bruised head with the other, with a distorted expression.
But before he could open his mouth, the middle-aged man kicked him again with such force that Wang Jinbao fell to the ground.
Some students who were watching couldn't stand it and stepped forward to stop it, saying: "Comrade, who are you? Can you please talk properly and not resort to violence?"
The middle-aged man was Wang Jinbao's brother-in-law. He was tall and strong, and obviously had the body of a northern man. When he heard others trying to persuade him, he pointed at Wang Jinbao and cursed, "This scum who abandoned his wife and children, I'll beat him to death!"
After saying that, the brother-in-law was about to take the shoulder pole he used to carry his luggage and hit Wang Jinbao directly on the back. At this moment, Wang Jinbao screamed in pain.
When the two children saw this, they knelt down in front of their eldest brother-in-law and cried, "Uncle, please stop hitting my dad. It hurts."
"My father will die if you hit him again, uncle, please stop hitting him."
"Dad, admit your mistake. You said you would not abandon us and mom."
Wang Jinbao, who was lying on the ground, heard the two children crying. His first feeling was not distress, but disgust. "Get out, all of you, get out. I'm not your father."
When the two children heard this, they stopped crying immediately, and expressions of confusion and hurt appeared on their young faces.
Then Wang Jinbao glanced at his wife who had been silent the whole time and said, "Get out of here too!"
Wang Jinbao kept cursing, "Is it wrong for me to want to live in the city? I am a city dweller, why won't you let me go? Why do you insist on making me stay in that cold and remote place?"
"I have already fled to the South to escape from you. Isn't that enough?"
Wang Jinbao's wife listened to his words, pursed her lips, and tears as big as beans fell from her eyes, but she still didn't say a word.
Ye Zhi really wanted to step forward and slap Wang Jinbao when she heard what he said, but her brother-in-law had already grabbed Wang Jinbao from the ground before her, and then said fiercely: "Wang Jinbao, do you remember who dug you out of the snow pile with bare hands at the avalanche mountain? Who nearly fell off the mountain when you went up the mountain to dig ginseng? Now that you've been admitted to university, have you completely forgotten about my sister?"
The brother-in-law threw him to the ground again and said angrily, "I tell you, your life was snatched back from the hands of the devil by my sister. Don't you think about how you didn't even have a decent cotton-padded jacket when you went to the countryside? It was my sister who took out half of the cotton from her own quilt and made you a cotton-padded jacket. Otherwise, do you think you could have survived that winter?"
"You were buried in the snow that year. If my sister hadn't dug you out, would you have been able to go to college? Well, my sister felt sorry for you and secretly registered for the college entrance examination for you. You passed the exam and you are living a good life now. But you actually want to abandon my sister and our two children. Are you a beast?"
"Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself to see what a bastard you are. If it weren't for my sister protecting you, you would have been reincarnated eighteen times. Why are you asking us to get out? I think you are the one who should die, you beast!"
The crowd of onlookers who were originally whispering suddenly fell silent after the brother-in-law said these words. No one could have guessed that Wang Jinbao was actually an ungrateful beast!
No, he's even worse than an animal!
Zhao Jinlan couldn't bear to watch this, so she picked up the carrying pole on the ground, handed it to Wang Jinbao's wife who was crying silently, and said, "Sister, beat him, beat him to death!"
Zhao Jinlan dragged him directly in front of Wang Jinbao, and then angrily scolded him: "You bastard, not only did you abandon your wife and children, but you also wanted to cheat in marriage. You are worse than an animal. You have let down such a good sister. You deserve to die even if you swallow ten thousand needles!"
When Wang Jinbao saw Zhao Jinlan, he was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked: "Jin, Jinlan? Why are you here?"
"You, listen to my explanation. Things are not what you think." The moment he saw Zhao Jinlan, Wang Jinbao was completely dumbfounded.
Zhao Jinlan couldn't help but kick him: "Bah, scumbag!"
No matter how slow Wang Jinbao's wife was, she could see what was going on. At this moment, she saw that Wang Jinbao seemed to have completely given up. The veins on her hand holding the carrying pole were bulging, and she bit her lips tightly.
The next second, he grabbed the carrying pole and hit Wang Jinbao's back several times. The man on the ground screamed "Ah--" several times.
After an unknown amount of time, Wang Jinbao's wife threw the carrying pole on the ground and smiled softly: "Okay, we are even now. Wang Jinbao, listen to me carefully. From now on, you walk your single-plank bridge and I walk mine. We owe each other nothing."
Wang Jinbao looked at his wife whom he had not seen for a long time, and suddenly he felt regretful, but it was too late.
His wife turned away, leaving him alone.
The two young children hugged their mother's thighs, "Mom——"
When the woman heard the child's cry, she came back to her senses immediately, tidied her hair, squatted down, and smiled: "Let's go home, let's go back to Hekou Village."
In fact, as early as the day she helped Wang Jinbao apply for the exam, she had anticipated that this day would come. He had never loved her at all.
The two children looked at Wang Jinbao, who was beaten black and blue, and shrank into the woman's arms. They asked again, "Where's Dad?"
Before the woman could say anything, the brother-in-law came over, held the two little ones in his arms, and said, "Is it not okay for you to be my uncle? I'm here, let's go back to Hekou Village and build a snowman, okay?"
The woman smiled and said, "Yes, go home and build a snowman."
The two children were a little confused, but their mother and uncle quickly calmed them down and said with a smile, "Okay, let's make a snowman."
After the farce was over, Zhao Jinlan felt relieved and planned to treat Ye Zhi and Fang Meijuan to dinner to celebrate.
Ye Zhi originally wanted to refuse, but Fang Meijuan was very interested and seemed to want to continue gossiping about the causes and consequences of the matter, so Ye Zhi had no choice but to go along with her.
But just as I walked to the entrance of the state-owned restaurant, the woman I had just seen on campus came over with two children and asked with a smile, "Are you Comrade Ye Zhi?"
Ye Zhi was stunned for a moment, then said, "Yes, hello."
In fact, Wang Jinbao’s wife is very pretty, with fair skin and tall stature. I wonder what Wang Jinbao is thinking.
Even if you want to stay in the city, you can bring your wife and children over to live with you. Why do you have to do such a cruel thing?
In the final analysis, Wang Jinbao is a selfish person.
A man’s being a scumbag has nothing to do with whether his partner is good or not; it’s simply because he himself is bad.
The woman bowed to Ye Zhi and said, "It was Captain Lu who wrote the letter of introduction for us and bought the train tickets for us. If it weren't for you, our family would still be kept in the dark, and he would have almost deceived other people. Here, I want to say to you: Thank you."
Ye Zhi quickly helped the other person up and said, "You're welcome. I can't help you at all."
After all, it was Lu Wei who had to help.
The woman winked at her brother-in-law behind her, and then the brother-in-law took out a sack from his backpack and said, "This is a little gift from us, please accept it."
Ye Zhi waved her hand, "No, no, no, no reward without merit, you guys take it."
The brother-in-law said, "Then please pass it to Captain Lu for me. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to get here in time. Otherwise, that beast would have almost harmed other female comrades."
Ye Zhi couldn't accept it after hearing this, and said, "My husband is a soldier, he does all this to serve the people, so I can't accept it. I accept your kindness on behalf of Lu Wei, but you take these things back."
After several refusings, Ye Zhi was still unwilling to accept it, even if forced to do so.
In the end, nothing was achieved, so the two had to give up.
Later, Zhao Jinlan wanted to treat them to a meal, but her brother-in-law said, "No, we still want to take the children out for a walk, so we won't bother you with dinner."
In fact, they didn't want to let others know that they came here because of Ye Zhi and the others' initial suspicion.
It was impossible for someone to get into trouble after being offered help, so they stopped teasing and just followed the crowd.
Three days later, the final exam was over.
Ye Zhi learned that Wang Jinbao missed the final exam and was given a serious warning by the school because of his personal conduct. She estimated that no unit would be willing to hire him in the future.
And if you make even the smallest mistake again, you might get fired.
Because Wang Jinbao's incident was exposed, many people in the school who were in relationships became wary.
When Ye Zhi returned to the dormitory to pack her things, she heard that someone from the next door dormitories had dug up the news that her boyfriend had also married a woman in the countryside, and then she broke up with him overnight.
Fang Meijuan sighed: "Fortunately, the times are progressing, and female comrades will no longer hang themselves on a tree like they did in the past."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Indeed, the times are progressing."
In the blink of an eye, it was already 1982, and ten years had passed.
Fang Meijuan packed her luggage after the exam, planning to take the train back to southern Fujian early tomorrow morning. As she packed, she asked, "By the way, Xiaozhi, are you going to Beijing to celebrate the New Year this year?"
Ye Zhi said, "Yes, Lu Wei has already bought the train ticket."
Fang Meijuan smiled and said, "That's great. You have a camera, remember to take more photos. I haven't been to Beijing yet. I don't know if I'll have the chance to go there in my lifetime. I also want to see the Forbidden City in the snow!"
Ye Zhi chuckled and tidied her own bed, "Okay, I'll definitely remember that."
Fang Meijuan looked at Ye Zhi thoughtfully, and felt that she was as beautiful as a big star in a magazine, so she said, "Ah, there are so many rich people in Beijing, it would be even better if you could do some big business by the way."
Ye Zhi couldn't help but smile: "Thank you for your words."
Fang Meijuan: "Then remember to wear the boots from my factory!"
"No, your Captain Lu has to wear it too, and you little cuties have to wear it even more!"
The two chatted and laughed. Fang Meijuan planned to go to Ye Zhi's house with her to play with the children before returning to her hometown.
As a result, just as she walked down the dormitory building, Ye Zhi met a classmate who handed her a big package and said, "Student Ye Zhi, someone asked me to pass this to you."
Ye Zhi was stunned for a moment, then took the big package. Before she opened it, she saw a letter on the top. There was only a short sentence in it: Thank you.
When she got home and opened the box, she saw two huge ginseng roots wrapped in a tightly wrapped cloth bag.
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