Chapter 36

Since Xiaolin is not shy with him, Yan Lei will be shy too.

Who asked him to be close to Old Zhao? They had a close relationship on the battlefield. Sister Zhao has always taken good care of him. But they became a little distant in the past few years after he got married.

Now that Qiao Wei and Sister Zhao are getting along, the two families are getting closer again, and Yan Lei is very happy.

Uncle Yan did not consider himself an outsider. He pointed at his eldest niece and began to lecture her like a father: "I tell you, you can't be like this now. You are so noisy. I can tell at a glance that you are not a city girl."

"What does a city girl look like? She is very stable."

"If you don't know what to do, just look at your aunt Qiao. Your aunt Qiao is a real city girl. She has been to high school."

"This skirt... this skirt belongs to your aunt Qiao, right? When your aunt Qiao wears this skirt, she doesn't need to say anything when she stands there. She is stable and steady. People can tell at a glance that she is a real city girl."

"You see, you are not good at it. When you dress up, You can tell at a glance that she is from the countryside, it is particularly obvious. "

The man waved his hand and said, "Learn more. If you don't understand, ask your aunt Qiao." He

was very sincere to the younger generation, and he also hoped that the children of his comrades-in-arms could be better. Since she came to the city to live with her uncle, she had to get rid of some traces of the countryside in the future.

Lin Xixi was stunned by what he said, and when she reacted, she almost jumped up and clapped her hands and started cursing.

Fortunately, she restrained herself in time. After all, this was a future official, a wealthy and noble person. She had a natural awe of "officials" and "rich", so she didn't dare to jump up and down, and point her hands at the other person's nose and curse.

But she was really angry and her head hurt.

Because Lin Xixi hated it most in her life when others said she was a farmer. Because she was from the countryside, she was despised and bullied by city mothers-in-law all her life.

Is Yan Lei blind?

Lin Xixi gritted her teeth, held back her anger and forced a smile, saying, "Everyone says I'm white and don't look like a country girl."

"It has nothing to do with appearance." Yan Lei still argued, "It's mainly about a person's spirit and temperament, temperament, you know. You really, you really should look at your aunt Qiao more. I'm not bragging, among our family comrades, I don't think anyone can compare to your aunt Qiao."

"You, what is your education?" Yan Lei suddenly asked, "Have you been to school?"

Lin Xixi said, "I went to elementary school."

At that time in the countryside, it was quite good for a girl to have gone to elementary school. She knew how to read and was not blind, and she could do some calculations.

Yan Lei said seriously: "Talk to your uncle. If you can go to school, you should go back. You are still young and you are old enough to learn knowledge. There is really no need to do that so early. Ha, you know. It's not necessary. It can be done a few years later."

Lin Xixi felt that it was not a conversation between a man and a woman at all. She felt more like a subordinate being scolded by the leader.

She said: "I am a woman. Why should I learn more?" She

held back and didn't say it. In a few years, the school will be in chaos and no one will really study. Besides, if you go to school in the city, the old third class will go to the countryside.

What's the point of going to school in this era?

Even the resumption of the college entrance examination will be more than ten years later.

"Why can't women be educated?" Yan Lei disagreed. "You ask your uncle to find a way to transfer your household registration. You go to school for a few more years and ask your uncle to find you a job."

"Become a worker! I tell you, there is nothing more glorious than being a worker."

"You have no education, it's hard to be a worker."

Lin Xixi was scolded so much that she wanted to roll her eyes. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "What's the point of being a worker all your life? It's better to marry well

than to work well." Until the MeToo movement swept across China in 2017 and 2018, this sentence was a consensus for girls in society.

Lin Xixi was born in the 1990s, and this idea was deeply rooted.

Yan Lei was actually considering the class issue, not the marriage issue. He wanted to say more, but Qiao Wei came out: "What are you arguing about? Hey, Xiaolin, this skirt looks good on you."

Lin Xixi reluctantly called out "Aunt Qiao" and said, "I'm here to return the stool. I'm leaving now."

Then she ran away.

She couldn't stand it. She couldn't stand this man's scolding.

After she left, Yan Lei locked the gate again. Turning around, he saw Qiao Wei trying to hold back her laughter.

Why was she laughing so much? Yan Lei was also puzzled. Qiao Wei had become particularly fond of laughing since she came back from the provincial capital.

"What are you laughing at?" He was puzzled.

"Ahem." Qiao Wei said, "You're really arrogant."

Yan Lei is a husband, a father, and a man at home. To be honest, this was the first time Qiao Wei saw his other side.

He is a group leader, which is a high level. He has battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon leaders, squad leaders, and many soldiers under him. Qiao Wei has been here for almost a week, and this is the first time she has seen him act like a leader. He

is very good at scolding people, and Lin Xixi, a reborn girl, was confused by his scolding.

"Don't meddle in other people's business." Qiao Wei said, "You are not her father."

"No matter. But at least she calls me uncle, so just say a few words when you see her." Yan Lei said, "She is young and ignorant, and doesn't know that studying is the best thing in the world."

Qiao Wei originally didn't want Yan Lei to meddle in Lin Xixi. Because Lin Xixi is actually from her grandmother's generation, and people of that generation are too stubborn and too difficult to change.

Mom's marriage was a mistake.

If it weren't for her grandmother's desperate obstruction, she could have divorced before giving birth to a child and corrected this mistake. If she was single and childless, the road ahead would be smoother.

But her grandmother was too stubborn and refused to let her mother divorce, thinking that she couldn't afford to lose face. Later, her grandmother passed away, and her mother finally divorced.

"You can't tell them." Mother said, "It doesn't make sense."

But Qiao Wei remembered that Yan Lei really liked educated people. He looked up to the original owner because she had graduated from high school, and when he married her, he promised her many requests that seemed excessive at the time.

"You didn't go to school in your hometown," she asked, "Why do you like studying so much?"

"Everything is inferior, only studying is superior." Yan Lei said without hesitation.

Qiao Wei coughed: "This idea is wrong."

That is an old idea. Now the proletariat is above everything else.

Yan Lei glanced at the gate and then at Yan Xiang in the house, and said: "Isn't this just for you?"

Qiao Wei said: "Be careful in the future, don't get used to saying that you are bald-mouthed."

Yan Lei was very pleased that she had such a high level of political awareness. He said: "Don't worry." He

paused and said: "When I first joined the army, I was actually only fourteen years old. I lied about my age to join the army. I met a good leader who told me that I should read, study, and be educated."

No wonder Yan Lei insisted on marrying a high school student.

It turns out that there is such a person in Yan Lei's life. It seems that I didn't see it in the original text, and it was not mentioned. Or did she miss it or forget it?

Qiao Wei wanted to ask one more question, but Yan Lei had already said it himself: "He died."

Qiao Wei: "Oh..."

When she first came, Qiao Wei's impression of Yan Lei was limited to the description in the original text, cold and stern.

But now Qiao Wei knows that Yan Lei, a man of steel, also has delicate emotions, which cannot be summarized by a few simple adjectives.

She raised her hand and touched his neck and rubbed it gently.

At this moment, Yan Lei could feel that her emotions were connected to his.

Her gentle caress was an expression of understanding and comfort for his nostalgia.

The evening breeze blowing on the face makes people feel indescribably comfortable.

The vegetable fields in the yard, the silt by the river, and the palm of his wife's hand are all comfortable.

It makes people want to close their eyes and savor it carefully.

Qiao Wei took her hand back and said, "You are the niece of Mr. Zhao anyway, so don't nag too much, it's annoying."

Yan Lei said, "Tsk."

Qiao Wei actually understood Lin Xixi's thoughts very well, because she knew the future situation just like her, and it was unrealistic to let Lin Xixi go to school.

"She's not uneducated." Qiao Wei covered up for Lin Xixi, "She learned culture from the educated youth when she was at home."

Yan Lei raised his eyelids: "Educated youth? Where did the educated youth come from?"

Qiao Wei was stunned: "The educated youth who went to the countryside? Where is her hometown?"

"Nonsense." Yan Lei said, "I don't even know where Lao Zhao's family is, how could the educated youth come from his family? The educated youth are all in the Great Northern Wilderness, Xinjiang and Hainan."

Qiao Wei's forehead was slightly sweaty: "No? That's Xiaolin, Xiaolin boasted to me."

She roughly knew that going to the countryside was divided into several different stages, but which specific year corresponded to which stage was beyond her knowledge.

It turned out that at this time in the text, the scene of large-scale educated youth going to the countryside that she thought had not appeared yet.

Thinking carefully, it is true. The original text says that Lin Xixi was not married at the same age in her previous life.

Qiao Wei did not expect such a mistake to happen. She did not know whether Lin Xixi realized it or not.

On second thought, she was not afraid. At most, she could just pretend that she did not know where the old Zhao family was from.

As long as she was strong enough, Lin Xixi, who was reborn, would not dare to question her.

Qiao Wei was right. Lin Xixi lied about why she knew the emperor's new clothes and said that she learned it from the educated youth. She did not think much about it afterwards until she was scolded by the serious leader just now and suddenly thought of it on the way home.

Oh no, what did she say to Qiao Wei, a young intellectual from the city? At that time, the educated youth had not yet gone to the countryside on a large scale.

Lin Xixi was also sweating.

She was a reborn person, and because she was superstitious, she was actually afraid that others would see her as a monster, and she felt particularly guilty.

Lin Xixi stood on the road and thought for a long time, and finally felt lucky that there were no televisions at that time. Unlike the 1990s, every family had a television and watched the news, and information did not spread that fast.

Qiao Wei was obviously not very clear about the distribution of educated youth at that time.

It should not have been exposed, fortunately.

When she got back to Zhao's house, Sister Yang was in the yard. When she saw her, she asked, "Where have you been?"

When Lin Xixi faced such parental gossip, especially from a middle-aged woman like Sister Yang, she returned to her comfort zone and calmed down immediately. She replied calmly, "I went to return the stool."

Sister Yang looked at her dimly, "Didn't I ask Gangzi and Yingzi to go?"

"As a sister, I have no business doing anything, and I watched my younger brothers and sisters do it." Lin Xixi said with a sense of righteousness.

As long as you are strong enough, even those who are right will feel a little weak.

Sure enough, seeing her so calm, Sister Yang felt uneasy for a moment. After thinking for a while, she said, "You are a grown-up girl, and you are about to get married. Don't go to Yan Lei's yard, which is a yard for young couples."

Lin Xixi agreed. She tugged at her skirt and said, "Sister-in-law, is this skirt Qiao Wei's?"

"Yes. She gave me several at once." Sister Yang sighed and said, "Qiao, although she has many problems, she is not superficial. She is a city person, so she is generous."

Lin Xixi's lungs were poked again.

She eagerly put on a beautiful skirt to show off in front of Yan Lei, but she didn't know that she was wearing the old skirt of Yan Lei's wife.

It was a fuss, and it was heartbreaking.

The next day was Sunday, and it was the first Sunday after Qiao Wei traveled through time.

Auntie was almost gone, with a little tail left, but it had no effect on her. Qiao Wei was full of blood and revived. She got up early in the morning, cooked porridge, and put on her new pair of Liberation shoes.

It was the first time she wore them since she bought them.

Yan Lei also got up and saw her wearing new shoes: "What are you doing?"

"Running." Qiao Wei squatted down to tie her shoelaces, "The body is the capital of revolution."

Yan Lei smiled: "Wait for me, let's run together."

When Yan Xiang woke up, he heard someone talking in the yard.

The child rubbed his eyes, put on his clothes, and slid off the kang. He walked outside and peeked out the window. His mother was standing on the windowsill, stretching her legs, and his father was stirring the porridge pot with a spoon, muttering: "...Your revolutionary skills are too weak. You need to be trained well."

The mother endured it again and again, but the man with the spoon was too annoying and kept laughing. The mother was so angry that she put down her legs, put one hand on her waist, and pointed at the tip of the father's nose with the other hand: "Don't be complacent. Give me some time, I can improve my physical fitness and be no worse than you."

The father laughed.

Yan Xiang was still young and didn't understand much, but he could feel the atmosphere.

The child poked his head and grinned in the morning light.

His parents turned around and saw him, and called him: "Come out, wash your face, brush your teeth, and have breakfast. There is a big market today."

The child shouted happily: "Let's go to the market!"