Chapter 6: Transferring the house to the capitalist's best friend...
Chapter 6
Upon hearing the name Ye Yingtao, Qi Changming was somewhat dazed. He immediately denied it, saying, "Mom, that's not true. Ye Yingtao and I are just ordinary friends."
"Don't overthink it."
Chen Xiulan knew her son hadn't quite grasped the situation yet, so she didn't expose him. Instead, she subtly reminded him, "Just ordinary friends? Do you think Ye Yingtao, a female member of the performing arts troupe, would accompany you home so many times?"
"Changming, it's okay to fool others, but don't fool yourself, otherwise it's no fun."
"Think it over carefully. Either you transfer out of the military and go back to the Civil Affairs Bureau, or you go and make things clear with Ye Yingtao. Get married before Meng Yingying comes to the station to find you to fulfill the marriage agreement."
"If you get married by then, Meng Yingying won't be able to do anything about you, and neither will your father."
"Then the arranged marriage naturally fell apart."
The premise for a marriage between children to succeed is that both children are unmarried, and either of them is married.
Then the marriage between the children is no longer valid.
Qi Changming gripped the telephone receiver so tightly his knuckles turned white, and his handsome, scholarly face was now filled with conflict.
He wanted to escape his childhood betrothal to Meng Yingying.
However, he also did not want to leave the military.
He had no desire to marry Ye Yingtao.
He and Ye Yingtao were just friends.
To be honest, none of these three options were what he wanted.
Knowing that her son was indecisive, Chen Xiulan immediately advised, "Although I also looked down on Ye Yingtao before, thinking that it was disrespectful for a dancer to be a dancer."
But there's nothing we can do about it now.
Compared to Meng Yingying, who came from the countryside, Ye Yingtao had a better education, a better job, and both her parents worked. She was far better off than Meng Yingying.
"Since that's the case, Mom agrees to let Ye Yingtao into our family."
First, they let Ye Yingtao into the Qi family's house, thus blocking Meng Yingying's chance to become her daughter-in-law.
This is the most important thing.
Qi Changming had a headache. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, let me think about it some more."
He didn't want to marry Ye Yingtao either.
He didn't want to marry Meng Yingying either.
*
The team's office.
Commander Chen was looking at documents while wearing his reading glasses when Qi Donghan walked over from the corridor. Commander Chen heard the noise and looked over.
Qi Donghan was dressed in a green military uniform, his shirt buttoned up to his Adam's apple, looking meticulous, clean, and handsome.
He was also tall, standing at 1.9 meters tall at the doorway, almost reaching the sky.
When Commander Chen saw him, he couldn't help but be amazed for a moment. "Little Qi, you are truly outstanding in appearance. Are you really not considering the commander's granddaughter?"
Qi Donghan pursed his lips and refused decisively, "Boss, you'd better not play matchmaker."
Fearing that Commander Chen would play matchmaker again, he naturally changed the subject, "Sir, I've packed my things and booked a train ticket for this afternoon. I plan to go to western Hunan to visit my old squad leader."
As soon as he said that, Commander Chen's attention was diverted. "Among our garrison, you and Xiao Zhou are the closest. He was the old sergeant who recruited you. Now he's blinded by the explosion. You should go and see him. If he can regain his sight, tell him that our 101 Garrison welcomes him back anytime."
Qi Donghan nodded, his usually cold and hard expression softening slightly with a hint of sadness. "Boss, I understand."
"I heard his eyes are in quite a problem and he needs a second surgery."
"and."
Qi Donghan loosened his collar somewhat irritably, revealing his prominent Adam's apple, and said slowly and deliberately, "Although the hospitals in Xiangxi are good, they are lacking in many medicines. I want to apply for a batch of medicines from the military hospital stationed there before I go, and bring them with me."
Commander Chen said, "That's what we should do."
He wrote out an approval form, quickly signed his name, and said, "Take this form to Director Li of our stationed hospital."
"Have him prescribe a batch of medicine for you."
“If he doesn’t agree,” Commander Chen sneered, “you can say that Xiao Zhou lost an eye while protecting his good-for-nothing grandson and had to go back to his hometown to recuperate.”
Speaking of this...
Qi Donghan pursed his lips, a hint of anger visible, but in front of the big boss, he suppressed it and said, "I know."
"I'll apply for the medicine right now."
Seeing Qi Donghan leave decisively.
Commander Chen put down his pen, stood up, and called out to him, finally asking, "What's going on with Xiao Qi under your command? Why is everyone saying that his childhood sweetheart is coming to the garrison to look for her?"
Mentioning this, Qi Donghan paused in his steps. Logically speaking, subordinates' private matters should not be brought up to bother the big boss.
But since the senior leader had asked, he organized his thoughts and said simply and clearly, "Qi Changming wants to break off the engagement and asked me to help him. I found it troublesome, so I applied to visit Lao Zhou this time, which also allowed me to avoid him."
Qi Changming was a soldier he had personally trained; it would be a lie to say he had no feelings for him.
However, feelings are feelings, and principles are principles; the two should not be confused.
Commander Chen had a general idea of what was going on: "Staying stationed in a unit is not uncommon."
"It all depends on what Xiao Qi decides."
She was willing to give up her future to break off the engagement.
She still reluctantly agreed to the marriage.
Qi Donghan grunted, his face darkening, and his tone icy. "I think Qi Changming has some issues with his personality and how he conducts himself. I want to put him in a difficult position regarding this matter."
"After I leave, I'll have Political Commissar Xiao keep a close eye on him."
“I don’t agree with the annulment of the engagement, but it’s his personal matter.”
At this point, Qi Donghan straightened up, narrowed his eyes, and said with a hint of danger, "If he can retire from the army just to break off the engagement."
"Then I also respect him as a true man."
What's worrisome is indecisiveness, wanting both sides.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
After bidding farewell to Commander Chen, Qi Donghan went to the hospital and found Dean Li. He explained his purpose in a few words: "Dean Li, this is Commander Chen's approval form. I need to come to the hospital to apply for a batch of medicine to take to Xiangxi for Comrade Zhou Jingsong's surgery."
Dean Li knew Zhou Jingsong; during a recent mission, he was blinded in an explosion while protecting his grandson's eyes.
He performed the first surgery himself.
Therefore, when Qi Donghan came to apply for the medicine, Dean Li did not delay at all and took him to the hospital's pharmacy.
He was also direct, saying, "Penicillin and amoxicillin, I can specially procure those for you, but the most difficult thing is these three Demerol pills."
Dean Li climbed up the medicine shelf from behind Qi Donghan, took out a small box from the cabinet, and looked at the name on it.
Then he handed it to Qi Donghan, saying, "Pethidine is a super-effective painkiller, ten times more effective than painkillers on the market. However, Pethidine is also addictive. Unless absolutely necessary, I do not recommend that Comrade Zhou Jingsong use this drug."
Qi Donghan wrote everything down and then bid farewell to Dean Li.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Dean Li hesitated for a moment, but finally took out a brown envelope from his white coat. "This is a small token of my family's appreciation for Comrade Zhou Jingsong."
He originally thought that Qi Donghan wouldn't accept the money because of his personality, but to his surprise, Qi Donghan just stared at the envelope for a moment and then said, "I'll accept it on behalf of Lao Zhou."
Zhou Jingsong's family is not well-off, and if he needs to have a second surgery, it will inevitably cost money.
Seeing that he accepted it, Dean Li breathed a sigh of relief, "If..."
“If he can return to the station in the future, I will definitely make Jianshe apologize to him.”
Li Jianshe is the grandson of Li Yuanzi, and Zhou Jingsong went blind because he saved Li Jianshe.
His own eyes were injured by the explosion.
Qi Donghan twitched the corner of his mouth, his gaze somewhat indifferent. Without giving any reply, he turned and left the hospital, boarding the train to Xiangxi.
He went to visit his old squad leader, Zhou Jingsong.
*
Meng Yingying first took a tractor from Mengjiatun to the town, and then went from the town to the city.
She walked this road countless times during the years she was learning dance in the propaganda team.
So, apart from a sore butt and some crowding, everything else went smoothly.
After arriving in Xiangxi City, Meng Yingying did not go directly to the hospital. Instead, after some consideration, she decided to visit her good friend Zhao Yueru first.
Before going, she made a special trip to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a bag of peach shortbread. That was all the money she had on her.
Carrying the peach cakes, Meng Yingying found the Zhao family's house by following the route she remembered.
This is a real villa, a two-story white building with a large patch of twining peonies planted on the balcony. They are only in bud in April, and we don't know how beautiful they will be when they are in full bloom.
If it were the old Meng Yingying, she would have felt inferior. Although she and Zhao Yueru had been friends for three years, she had never been to Zhao Yueru's house before. This was the first time.
Of course, Meng Yingying is no longer self-conscious because she has lived in a better house, and her attitude towards her best friends' family circumstances is naturally different.
She felt no envy, only worry.
Living in such a small white building in the early 1970s was not a pleasure, but rather a recipe for disaster.
After Meng Yingying knocked on the door, a middle-aged woman dressed in a Lenin suit came over after a while, with a worried look on her face.
However, upon seeing Meng Yingying's fair and round face, he was momentarily surprised, "Comrade, who are you?"
Looking at the similar features of the other person to Zhao Yueru, Meng Yingying introduced herself, "Aunt Zhao, I am Meng Yingying, and I am also Yueru's friend in the propaganda team."
Zhao's mother suddenly realized what she meant and immediately became more enthusiastic, "You are my Yue Ru's only good friend, Meng Yingying, right?"
She carefully examined Meng Yingying's face and couldn't help but praise her, "Yingying, you have such a lucky face."
Meng Yingying hadn't completely lost weight yet; her face was round, her forehead full, her eyebrows delicate, her eyes almond-shaped, her nose straight, her lips red, and her chin fleshy. Her entire face lacked any defined bones; instead, it was full, round, and had smooth lines.
For those who know how to read faces, this face is truly considered auspicious.
Meng Yingying was stunned for a moment, then blushed a little. She hadn't expected to be praised for being lucky despite her plump figure, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Zhao's mother also noticed this, and she immediately changed the subject, "Yingying, you've come at the right time, go and persuade my Yueru."
Thinking that Meng Yingying was her daughter's good friend, she didn't hide it from her.
"Now that my Zhao family is in dire straits, it's already very good that we were able to find him a garrison officer as a partner."
Zhao Yueru lived on the second floor and saw Meng Yingying early in the morning. She was initially happy that her good friend Meng Yingying had finally come to see her.
Little did I expect that as soon as I arrived, I would hear my own mother say these words.
She immediately burst into tears, "What's so good about him? He's blind."
"You're making me marry a blind man, and in the end you expect me to say he's a good person?"
Seeing her daughter's intense reaction, Zhao's mother wanted to scold her, but then she noticed that her daughter had friends there.
I managed to hold back.
It wasn't until after they entered the room that Zhao's mother whispered to Meng Yingying, "Yingying, Auntie knows you're a good girl, please help me persuade Yue Ru."
Now that our family is in this state, we could fall into hardship at any moment. We can't protect Yue Ru, and Yue Ru needs to marry Comrade Zhou, someone with a military background, as a source of support. Otherwise, with Yue Ru's personality, who knows how she'll be bullied in the future.
After hearing this, Meng Yingying roughly understood the Zhao family's situation.
The Zhao family are big capitalists. Although they have given away all their wealth, they are still much better off than ordinary families.
Now they are a thorn in my side, a thorn in my flesh.
The kind of situation where something could happen at any moment.
No wonder Zhao's mother was so eager to find a husband for Zhao Yueru.
Thinking of this, Meng Yingying nodded, "I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee it will be successful."
Zhao's mother was extremely grateful and watched Meng Yingying follow Zhao Yueru upstairs. Zhao Yueru's room was very large and luxuriously decorated. It had a European-style carved bed, an intricate lotus-shaped ceiling light, a carpet on the floor, and a set of large leather sofas.
To be honest, Meng Yingying was used to everything around her being dusty and grimy, but after seeing the room where Zhao Yueru lived, she was quite surprised.
She was still a little unaccustomed to it.
"Yueru?"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Zhao Yueru couldn't hold back anymore. She hugged Meng Yingying's shoulders and began to cry uncontrollably, "Yingying, my parents want me to marry a blind man."
"They want me to marry a blind man."
Meng Yingying patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Your aunt and uncle are definitely out of options."
"The Zhao family is now in grave danger. Have you thought about that?"
She straightened Zhao Yueru's shoulders, forced her to look at her, and slowly and deliberately asked her, "If your uncle and aunt are sent to the countryside, do you want to go with them?"
"Once you really come along, you won't be able to decide your own marriage, and you might not even survive."
“Even if you survive, the countryside isn’t as good as you think.” Meng Yingying lowered her eyes and whispered, “My dad isn’t dead yet, and a bunch of people are just waiting to eat my dead child.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Yueru looked up abruptly. Meng Yingying sniffed and asked, "You and your uncle have fallen on hard times and gone to the countryside. Do you think you still have a choice regarding your marriage?"
Zhao Yueru's face turned pale instantly.
Meng Yingying also felt a little reluctant, but she had no choice but to speak up.
She said softly, "Yueru, I haven't met that Comrade Zhou, but I know that your uncle and aunt won't harm you. Everyone encounters difficulties in life. What we need to do is find a relatively easy way to live even in the most difficult situations."
"Yueru, do you know?"
Zhao Yueru stood there blankly, tears streaming down her face.
"Yingying, Yingying, I know."
"I know everything, I'm just unwilling to accept it."
Meng Yingying wiped away her tears and murmured, "I'm not reconciled either. My dad wants me to go to the garrison to find my childhood sweetheart, but I don't want to go."
"But Yue Ru, I have no other way to go."
She lowered her eyes, concealing her emotions, and said softly, "If I don't go, once my father leaves, I will become a piece of fat meat in their mouths, and everyone will want to take a bite."
"The countryside cannot keep an orphan girl, nor can it keep an orphan girl with a family fortune."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yueru immediately hugged Meng Yingying's shoulders, feeling both heartache and sadness. "Yingying, why are we all so unlucky?"
Meng Yingying tried to smile by pursing her lips. "Even if it's unlucky, we have to get through the tough times."
"After the rain comes sunshine, and good days are ahead."
At this point, she brought up the important matter, "I came to see you this time for two things."
"The first thing I want to ask you is, if I wanted to transfer the house under my father's name to yours, would you be willing to accept it?"
Zhao Yueru's eyes widened slightly. "Huh?"
"Yingying, you're not wrong, are you? Your family owns a two-story house. You're just going to transfer it to me like this? That's the foundation of your family's livelihood."
Meng Yingying said gently, "Yes, I have no other people I can trust. I can only trust you. You're not from Mengjiatun. After thinking about it, it's safer to transfer the property to you than to anyone else."
The Zhao family is wealthy, and Zhao Yueru is an upright and honest person; these are the real reasons why Meng Yingying sought her out.
“Exactly.” Meng Yingying was a little embarrassed to say it. “My house might be a hot potato. If it is transferred to you, you will also be implicated.”
Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Yueru waved her hand, "Oh, what kind of 'implicate' is this? You don't know."
She peeked outside the door and, finding her bedroom door closed, whispered, "My family also has a factory of over 800 square meters."
"Oh, right, my mom also hid two boxes of large yellow croakers."
Hearing this from outside, Zhao's mother nearly twisted the handkerchief in her hand to pieces. "You brat, you dare to say anything to outsiders!"
Can I say that?
That could be fatal.
After hearing this, Meng Yingying couldn't help but widen her eyes. Zhao Yueru spread her hands and said, "If you're not afraid that I'll run away with the house, then just transfer the house to me. Anyway, I'm not afraid of being bitten by lice."
Meng Yingying pursed her lips, stepped forward and hugged Zhao Yueru, "Then I'll find a way to secretly transfer my house to you."
Zhao Yueru nodded, somewhat curious, "And the second thing?"
Meng Yingying whispered, "I wanted you to ask my family if they know any doctors at Xiangyi Hospital. I want to ask if there are any medications that are more effective than painkillers."
The painkillers are no longer effective for her father.
Every day is harder than the last.
“I actually know that.” Zhao Yueru’s expression was somewhat strange.
Meng Yingying was somewhat delighted.
"The man my family introduced me to was getting his eyes treated at Xiangyi Hospital."
"who?"
"Zhou Jingsong".
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