Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Song Guanshu kissed her ankle, and...
When we came out of Li Gui's house, it was already late.
I can only wait until the next day to visit Jiang Ling’s two sisters’ homes to wish them a happy new year.
In the second year of junior high school, Chen Xiangyang did not stick to them starting from breakfast.
After breakfast, Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu were going to visit relatives during the New Year. Chen Xiangyang was lying on the kang, crossing his legs and listening to the radio. "You guys go ahead. I'll look after the house for you."
He seemed like a different person and, contrary to his usual behavior, did not go out with us.
Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Jiang Ling stretched her neck to ask Song Guanshu, "Did you tell Sister Yan yesterday that he has a mental problem? He holds a grudge and doesn't want to come out with us."
Song Guanshu: "He won't be angry."
"You can't say that. He is also a human being. Humans will feel sad and upset."
Song Guanshu stopped. He propped himself up on one leg and turned to look at Jiang Ling. "I mean, he came to our house for dinner this morning, so it's unlikely that he would hold a grudge. Maybe he finally grew his brains and felt that it wasn't appropriate for him to go with us to pay New Year's greetings."
His tone was somewhat relieved.
According to distance, the two first went to Jiang Ling's elder sister's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year, the day when my daughter goes back to her parents' home. Jiang Lian's sister-in-law also goes back to her parents' home, and Jiang Lian is busy entertaining her sister-in-law and her family.
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu didn't stay long and greeted Jiang Lian's parents-in-law.
I secretly stuffed red envelopes into my two nieces' pockets and told them to keep them safe and not tell their elders, so that they can use them to buy snacks for school.
The little girl has grown up and can't live without any pocket money.
Jiang Lian was busy in the kitchen, with the fire on the stove still on, and she couldn't leave her place.
She only said a few words when her sister and brother-in-law came in, then hurried back to the kitchen.
There were some unpleasant things between Jiang Lian's mother-in-law and Jiang Ling. She didn't like Jiang Ling and deliberately wanted to embarrass her.
A woman is ashamed of her husband's meanness, and a guest is ashamed of his host's lowliness.
According to normal people, it would be like this.
Jiang Lian's mother-in-law was only concerned with talking to her daughter and grandson who had returned to her parents' home, leaving Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu aside.
The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home. Naturally, Jiang Lian's sister-in-law and her family also have to go back. The only ones at home are Jiang Lian, who is in charge of cooking and cannot go back, and her sister-in-law who has returned with her children.
Sister-in-law Jiang Lian felt that her mother's behavior of leaving the guests aside was really rude. She said embarrassedly, "Shi'er, there are peach cakes in the package that my aunt brought back. Go and get two pieces for your third aunt and uncle to eat."
Jiang Lian's mother-in-law is similar to Old Lady Liu, both are unreasonable old ladies, "What do you eat, little girl? Leave all the good things to my Dabao."
Dabao is her beloved grandson and the only male child.
Jiang Lian's sister-in-law shouted disapprovingly, "Mom~"
After all, they are my sister-in-law's family, so it's okay for her to bully others on normal days.
Jiang Ling had no intention of speaking up for Jiang Lian. After all, she herself had no objection.
I've told her that if she wants to change the current situation, she can only get a divorce or move out of the house, but she chooses neither and is willing to continue to be a slave. What can Jiang Ling do?
There is no point in forcing a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to.
Let her be.
Jiang Ling poked Song Guanshu, and he immediately understood.
The two stood up and said goodbye at the same time, "We have something else to do, so we'll go back first."
Jiang Lian had been paying attention to the movements in the living room. When she heard her sister say she wanted to go home, she still held the spatula in her hand and said, "Don't leave. Stay and have lunch together at noon. I know you like meat, so I specially cut two extra pieces of meat."
Hearing this, Mother-in-law Jiang Lian's face fell long. It turned out that her eldest daughter-in-law was a traitor. She married into their family but still wanted to give to her own family.
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "I'd better not disturb you."
Hearing her say this, Mother-in-law Jiang Lian's eyes and eyebrows were immediately filled with smugness. She thought that this little girl was knowledgeable and knew that she was not welcome in this family.
"After all, I'm just a girl. I'm not even worthy of eating peach cakes, let alone meat."
Mother-in-law Jiang Lian was very stubborn, "It's good that you know."
Jiang Lian didn't dare to disobey her mother-in-law and didn't know what to say at this time. She smiled awkwardly while holding the spatula.
Jiang Lian's sister-in-law said, "My mother is getting old and confused. Xiaoling, don't bother with her."
Jiang Ling patted her two nieces' heads and said, "Then we'll go back first. If we stay here for dinner, it will only make my wife unhappy."
After leaving the eldest sister's in-laws' house, the two went straight to the second sister's house.
On the day of returning to her parents' home, Jiang Lian and Jiang He did not go back.
One was busy entertaining her sister-in-law, but Jiang He didn't go back to her parents' home because she had an unpleasant experience with her parents' home a few years ago and she was unhappy.
It's true that the two sisters have different fates. While Jiang Lian was busy cooking in the kitchen, Jiang He was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
Jiang He’s mother-in-law is a strong person, and she is particularly “well-behaved” and “sensible” in front of Jiang He.
Jiang He had a sensitive nose. When Jiang Ling came in, she sniffed her body and asked, "Did you go to your eldest sister's in-laws' house just now?"
There was nothing to hide. Jiang Ling said directly, "Yes, her husband's house is more convenient, so I went to her house first."
"No wonder you smell like a dead old woman." Jiang He chuckled, "It doesn't matter whose house you go to first. You don't have to explain."
I still have to explain it, for fear that Jiang He will find fault with me.
Jiang Ling added, "I won't go next time."
Jiang He raised an eyebrow, grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand, and motioned for her to continue.
"My elder sister and younger aunt asked Xiaoshi to get me a cookie. Do you know what that old woman said? She said that little girls were not qualified to eat cookies."
Complaining in front of her is actually a sign of closeness.
"Oh, poor little thing, he didn't even get a cookie."
Jiang He rubbed her sister's face and told her man, "Bring two cookies."
Jiang He's in-laws all follow her lead, especially now that she can make money, she is worshipped like the God of Wealth.
This second brother-in-law is also interesting. He directly brought a box of cookies and said, "Eat as many as you want."
Jiang Ling wasn't greedy and had to eat the cookie, she just wanted to say something bad about the old woman behind her back.
However, since the second brother-in-law brought a box of biscuits, Jiang Ling took out two pieces out of courtesy, one for herself and one for Song Guanshu.
"Thank you, second brother-in-law."
"You're welcome. Take this box of cookies home with you when you go home with your brother-in-law."
How is this possible? How can you go to someone's house to wish them a happy new year and then take something home? Isn't that like extortion?
"It doesn't matter. Your second sister bought a lot before the New Year, and we can't finish it all." Jiang He's mother-in-law said.
Before Jiang Ling could think of a good way to refuse, Jiang He asked her, "When that damn old woman said that, what was your eldest sister's reaction? Didn't she come out and scold her mother-in-law?"
After that, she asked herself and answered, "She shouldn't be able to do such a thing."
Jiang Ling smiled, "You know my elder sister well. She was cooking in the kitchen at that time, so she probably didn't hear it."
Jiang He curled her lips. She didn't believe it.
It can be seen that Jiang He has a lot of opinions about her elder sister.
I remembered that my eldest sister once said that she was held against because she said a few words to Jiang He.
Jiang Ling asked directly without hesitation, "Did the elder sister talk about you because of that incident?"
"How did you know?" Jiang He asked in surprise.
"She came to me to borrow money a while ago. Her child was sick, but her mother-in-law refused to give her money to take the child to the hospital. I guess she thought the girl was a burden and wanted to drag her down until she died."
Jiang He doesn’t know about this yet. She has a problem with her eldest sister, but not with her two children.
They are all her nieces, and she cherishes them very much.
She was so angry that she cursed at the old woman, "She has no money, so she came to you to borrow?"
"Yes, my eldest sister is worried that something bad might happen to the child."
"It's not that stupid." Jiang He said angrily.
"She said she didn't dare come to you to borrow money. She said the wrong thing because of her carelessness and offended you. She is too embarrassed to come to you." The two sisters broke up, and she could only mediate. She couldn't let the relationship between the two get worse.
"You can still say that, elder sister." As sisters for almost thirty years, they know each other best, but Jiang He obviously didn't believe what she said. Thinking about it, she became angry again. "This is about the life and death of the children. She has become stubborn now. I am their aunt. How can I watch the children die?"
Oh, why am I so angry again?
"Look at my stupid brain, I remembered it wrong." Jiang Ling said, "Actually, my elder sister is not ashamed to ask you for money, but I asked her to ask you for help to find a job, and she said she was too embarrassed to worry."
No matter what the reason was, Jiang He was very angry.
She can't stand being wronged and she despises her elder sister the most for working like a slave in her husband's family without putting up any resistance.
Jiang Ling discovered that whenever she mentioned her eldest sister, her second sister would get angry, so she decided not to talk about it.
"The culprits are still my eldest sister's husband and his parents. My eldest sister is the victim. If she hadn't married into such a family, she wouldn't be living the life she is living now." While Jiang Ling belittled Jiang Lian's in-laws, she smiled and praised her second sister's in-laws, "Second sister is lucky. Look how good my second brother-in-law is to you. Uncle and aunt are also good people."
People like to hear people praising them. Jiang He's parents-in-law didn't have much contact with Jiang Ling, so how could she know that they were good people? It must have been Jiang He who told her sister.
When the daughter-in-law was chatting with her sister at home, she never forgot to praise the old couple, saying that the daughter-in-law was really a good one.
When they left Jiang He's house, Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu finally carried a box of biscuits home.
In order to distinguish themselves from Jiang Lian's mother-in-law and prove that they are good mothers-in-law, Jiang He's parents-in-law insisted that Jiang Ling take the cookies home.
Jiang Lian’s mother-in-law wouldn’t even let Jiang Ling eat two cookies, but they were different. Not only could they eat as much cookies as they wanted, they could also take any leftovers home.
Comparing the two, the difference is obvious.
Jiang Ling didn't expect that Jiang He's mother-in-law had the same personality as Jiang He, both of them had a strong competitive spirit.
As a last resort, Jiang Ling sat on the back seat of the bicycle, with a box of biscuits sandwiched between her and Song Guanshu.
Song Guanshu was afraid that she would fall off the bicycle seat, so he asked Jiang Ling to hug his waist.
He didn't need to remind her. Jiang Ling valued her life more than anyone else, so she hugged him especially tightly.
Chen Xiangyang, who was listening to the radio at home, heated up some leftovers for lunch and then lay down on the kang to sleep after eating.
Although the house he rented was nearby, Chen Xiangyang still preferred to stay in someone else's home, even if there was no one else in the house except him.
While taking a nap, I heard the sound of a door opening, followed by the sound of a lock being unlocked.
He got up from the kang and ran outside, ignoring the fact that he had just woken up. "You guys are finally back."
It's not surprising that Jiang Ling jumped off the back seat of the bicycle, but why was she still holding a cardboard box in her arms?
"Is there still a supply and marketing cooperative open in the first month of the lunar year?" Chen Xiangyang asked. "Besides, you specifically told me yesterday that I couldn't spend money before the fifth day of the lunar year, and you didn't allow me to spend money, but you went to buy biscuits yourself. The governor can set fires but the people can't light lamps."
The expression on his face was extremely aggrieved, and Jiang Ling was so disgusted that she got goose bumps all over her body, "You are a grown man, and you make such an expression."
Chen Xiangyang's eyes widened. "You two are going too far! When my brother was like this, why didn't you say he was disgusting!"
Jiang Ling pushed him and Song Guanshu in front of the mirror and asked him to look carefully at the two faces in the mirror. "The answer is all in here."
Men are born with blind confidence in themselves. Even when his face is compared with Song Guanshu's, Chen Xiangyang doesn't think he is inferior in any way.
"What's wrong? My face is just as handsome as my brother's."
It was as if he was meeting him for the first time. Even Song Guanshu took two steps back. He knew his wife's aesthetic taste. His face could not be the same as Chen Xiangyang's, otherwise Jiang Ling would dislike it.
"No, no, no, I am far inferior to you."
This was obviously a sarcasm, but Chen Xiangyang was thinking seriously about it.
He stroked his chin and looked at himself in the mirror. "Really? My grandma always said I was the best-looking guy in the commune."
Song Guanshu often said things that were insincere and confused right and wrong, but now he gave Jiang Ling a look: Wife, come here.
Jiang Ling didn't care and let him show off on his own.
If a man doesn't go to the blind date market, he won't realize that he is not that handsome in real terms.
Li Gui's wife was a capable person and she arranged several blind dates for Chen Xiangyang during the Chinese New Year.
Chen Xiangyang's conditions are not considered good in the city. He has a rural household registration and no formal job.
Although I earn a lot now, I am not on the payroll after all. I never know when I will not be able to earn anything.
Most of the lesbians that Li Gui's wife introduced to Chen Xiangyang had difficulty in marriage. Since they failed to get married, they had different reasons.
Either they demand a high bride price to support their younger brother, or they have some minor physical defects, or they have a weird personality, or their father is a gambler and owes a lot of money...
As a friend, Jiang Ling couldn't stand it anymore. Who could she blame? She could only blame Chen Xiangyang for being too poor in the blind date market.
That is to say, you don’t have to find this person, it still depends on fate.
Song Guanshu did not give up, "Actually there is another way."
Jiang Ling: "Hmm?"
"There are many families in the city who only have one daughter and want to marry a live-in son-in-law."
Jiang Ling didn't even bother to scold him for his bad idea, she just kicked him.
Song Guanshu held her feet with one hand and bent down to kiss her ankle.
Jiang Ling's waist softened and she quickly pulled her foot back in fear.
However, this man kissed along her ankles and all the way to the inside of her thighs, and the loose pajamas were pushed to the base of her thighs by him.
She could feel his warm breath on her body, and goose bumps appeared on her body as her skin was suddenly exposed to the air.
The next second, Jiang Ling's breathing stagnated.
"Song Guanshu, you..."
He was like a traveler who had been thirsty for a long time in the desert, longing for water.
After a long time, he came up and wanted to kiss Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling raised her weak arms and pushed his head away, "Dirty, go away."
Song Guanshu was not angry. He smiled and climbed down from the kang.
At night, Jiang Ling didn't need him to make the bedding.
She made out two quilts and got into bed first. She pressed all the corners of the quilt under her body like a big silkworm cocoon, leaving no chance for Song Guanshu to take advantage of.
This girl is obviously angry. If I force myself to sleep with her tonight, she will definitely be even angrier.
Song Guanshu only kissed her twice on the face, and Jiang Ling was so angry that she buried her head in the quilt.
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, go to sleep."
Jiang Ling didn't believe him. After a while, she heard the sound of someone washing up on the kang. He must have crawled into his bed. Then the light went out and she popped her head out of the quilt.
The next day, Jiang Ling got up early and ignored him.
Chen Xiangyang didn't show up early, probably because he went on a blind date. This was great, as he could coax Jiang Ling without being disturbed.
"Still angry?"
He still has the nerve to ask!
Jiang Ling didn't push his head away. He said softly, "You said that we are a married couple with a marriage certificate. It's normal to do these things."
This person, when will he ever stop? He is bringing up these old things again.
"Besides, you helped me before, so I will help you again." He tilted his head and smiled at Jiang Ling. This was an action she loved to do. It was unknown when Song Guanshu had learned it. "It can be considered as a courtesy."
How can this be the same!
At that time, he was the one who asked her for help.
But last night, Jiang Ling didn't ask him for help.
As if he could see what Jiang Ling was thinking, he said, "I can feel what you are thinking."
Jiang Ling was so angry that her hands itched and she wanted to slap him, but she was afraid that he would lick her palms.
The consequence of offending someone was that Song Guanshu couldn't sleep in Jiang Ling's bed for a long time.
In the past, he would always say a few nice words or refuse to leave, and Jiang Ling would agree to let him stay and sleep together.
Now Jiang Ling is determined not to sleep with him, no matter how much he says nice things, it's useless.
Their relationship seemed to have returned to what it was before last December.
They would sit at the same table and have breakfast and dinner together, but there would be no more intimate behavior.
Song Guanshu regretted it every day. Jiang Ling did not show any resistance at that time, and he thought that things would go smoothly afterwards.
He always acts radically, without considering the consequences or reflecting on himself.
The more Jiang Ling thought about it afterwards, the more embarrassed she felt. She couldn't really describe how she felt, so she decided to just ignore it for a while and pretend that the series of events had never happened.
After the New Year, Hengjiu Factory started to get busy, but it was not about production.
It was the Beicheng Daily Chemical Factory that contacted our factory, wanting to discuss acquiring the factory, or purchasing the daily chemical factory's formula.
When the factory resumed work after the New Year, Zhao Guangping asked the staff of the technical department to study the ingredient list of the permanent facial cream and try to conquer the ingredient list of the facial cream.
It is easier said than done to gain access to the core secrets of other people's factories.
After studying for a long time without any progress, we had to think of other ways.
Li Gui and Song Guanshu both came from the Beicheng Daily Chemical Factory. In order not to irritate Director Zhao's sensitive and fragile heart, the two sent Chen Xiangyang out to negotiate.
Logically speaking, business negotiation is not an easy job and a smart person should be sent to do it.
There are not many workers in the factory, and only Chen Xiangyang can be entrusted with the important task.
After this incident, Li Gui conducted deep reflection. There were still too few people who could be employed in the factory, and even fewer talented people. He should look for all kinds of talents.
Chen Xiangyang was a big and strong man, and he was very intimidating when he wasn't smiling. He followed what Song Guanshu and Jiang Ling had taught him. He didn't answer if he could, and pretended to be thinking seriously. If the other party asked him for an answer, he would say he would go back and think about it carefully.
If you must get a result, tell the other party that you need to go back and discuss it with your partner.
Anyway, no matter what, you just can't laugh and have to pretend to be an intellectual.
Chen Xiangyang immediately said, "I understand, just like my brother."
Song Guanshu:.......
Jiang Ling covered her mouth and laughed, "Yes, just like him."
If you put it this way, Chen Xiangyang would understand.
He looked ferocious and occasionally showed an inexplicable smile, which scared the negotiators from the North City Daily Chemical Factory.
Chen Xiangyang doesn't look like a serious person.
Seeing his appearance, Zhao Guangping suspected that he had another background.
Especially his muscular body, obviously like a gangster, but he insisted on imitating Song Guanshu. When he sat on the stool, his back was very straight. Other people at the meeting could not help but relax. Chen Xiangyang thought of Song Guanshu's posture and did not dare to collapse at all.
Listening to the other person saying something he couldn't understand was very annoying, and a hint of impatience flashed in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
"Erdong Chen, as for the name, my family doesn't want me to reveal it."
This was also the method Jiang Ling taught him to pretend, but it didn't mean he had to pretend to be from a wealthy family.
But Chen Xiangyang has a special identity. Although the household registration system is not connected to the Internet now, he is afraid that he can find Chen Xiangyang through special relationships, which would be counterproductive.
After the first negotiation, Chen Xiangyang said what Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu had told him to say, "I'll go back and think about it carefully."
With the way he looks, no one would dare to force him.
The others nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, we'll listen to you."
After he left, Zhao Guangping discussed the man's identity with the deputy factory director.
The deputy factory director was a subordinate brought to Zhao Guangping by his father. He learned from the experience of his predecessor and decided to just make the young master happy and not interfere in things that were not his business.
When Zhao Guangping was young, the old man in the family often told him not to show off by relying on his father's status and bring trouble to the family.
Same meaning, but the other party said it more elegantly.
"Your accent doesn't sound like someone from North City."
Zhao Guangping had never been to other places, so he didn't know exactly where the accent came from, but it was very similar to the accent of the hosts on TV.
If it’s not our home dialect, it will sound more upscale.
This is also what Jiang Ling taught Chen Xiangyang: speak Mandarin and don't let the other person know where you are from. He only spoke a few words and often listened to the radio, which was not difficult for him.
"Director, do you think it could be the young master from the Beijing family who is here to experience life?"
It’s hard to say about Zhao Guangping either.
The deputy factory manager analyzed the situation with him, "Look at the way he sits, doesn't it look like...right?"
Zhao Guangping also grew up in a compound, so he knew the uncles and aunts in the compound best.
When this person doesn't smile, his aura is a bit like their old man.
But there was no one in his twenties named Chen in the compound, so he must have come from outside the area.
Zhao Guangping felt that what the deputy factory director said made sense. Looking at this man's appearance, he might be a prince from some family in the capital who came here to experience life there.
Then you have to take it seriously.
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