Chapter 77 Chapter 77 The Protagonist's Family

Tong Caifeng walked quickly on the way home, feeling irritated and uneasy. After all this trouble, how come the job of the supply and marketing cooperative finally fell on Yang Panjun's head?

The novel came back to her mind.

Yang Panjun is the heroine of the novel!

In the original novel, Yang Panjun is the daughter of a landlord. Although she graduated from high school, she was not assigned a job in the city because of her poor family background and had to return to the production team to farm.

Later, her father died in a fight over water with the production team next door. Therefore, in order to comfort her family, the production team arranged a job for her as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative.

Not long after her father died, her mother also died of illness, leaving her with a younger brother. Her uncle and aunt had their eyes on her family's land and job, and repeatedly plotted to harm her.

Just at this time, the Jin family of the production team announced that they wanted to find a wife for their eldest son. The eldest son of the Jin family was a military officer and the most promising person in the area.

Even though he was married for the second time and had three sons, many people were still eager to marry their daughters to him. Compared with farming in the countryside, marrying and becoming the wife of a group leader was really a leap forward.

Yang Panjun looked at the uncle and aunt next door who were eyeing him covetously, and also looked at his younger brother who was still in school at home. He gritted his teeth and found the matchmaker in the team.

The Jin family was naturally willing. Although many young girls wanted to marry into the family, Yang Panjun still had the most advantages after comprehensive comparison.

First of all, she is young and beautiful, she has received a high school diploma, and most importantly, she has a job.

In this era, it is very difficult for rural people to get a job. In this era, the only consideration for employment in the city is urban hukou. Without an urban hukou, you can't even enter the city.

As for the issue of family background that many people care about, the Jin family doesn't care that much. His family has been poor farmers for three generations, and his son is a member of the People's Liberation Army. The family background is very good, so he doesn't worry about being dragged down by his daughter-in-law's family background.

So, Yang Panjun married Captain Jin and became the stepmother of three children.

In the novel, after Yang Panjun got married, she worked hard as a good stepmother and successfully moved her three stepsons, who treated her as their own mother. Not only did they become successful when they grew up, they also respected her and were very filial to her.

Captain Jin was also moved by her and fell in love with her. Not only did he treat her wholeheartedly, he also paid for her brother to go to college.

What a loving family.

Tong Caifeng was the control group—the control group without a son.

Thinking of this, Tong Caifeng got angry: Yang Panjun, because he had a step-son, even if he was not his biological son, he would still have a son and a daughter-in-law to take care of him when he got old. But she was unlucky and could not give birth to a son, so she was driven out of the house when she got old.

Tong Caifeng misunderstood the original novel's author's intention. She later adopted the son, but she did not educate him well, so the author treated her as an ungrateful person and kicked her out of the house.

The original heroine was well educated, so even though the child was not her biological son, she was still filial to him.

But in Tong Caifeng's heart, all of this is because she has no son.

She originally thought that even if the job in the supply and marketing cooperative was not hers but was taken by someone else, it would still be different from the original plot of the novel.

But now, it's still her.

Is it true that whatever is destined to happen will happen?

Would it be the same as in my previous life, that I would not be able to give birth to a son in this life?

Thinking of this, Tong Caifeng shook her head. It was impossible. She had lived her life again, and she would definitely live better than anyone else!

…

Meng Yufei and Xiao Zhang returned to the office after watching the excitement next door.

Xiao Zhang said: "Section Chief Wang is not a simple person either. He solved the problem of Tong Caifeng with a smile on his face."

Meng Yufei nodded and said, "After all, they are from the military."

"By the way, Xiao Zhang, where is Tong Caifeng's hometown?"

"Well, I think he was from the River Province."

Meng Yufei asked again: "Where is Captain Jin's hometown?"

Xiao Zhang thought for a moment and said, "From his accent, he seems to be from Fujian Province."

Meng Yufei was surprised and asked, "Then why did Tong Caifeng look like she knew Captain Jin's family just now?"

Xiao Zhang also said: "Yes, haven't the family of Captain Jin come yet? They are in a dilemma whether they knew each other before."

Meng Yufei paused, as if he had thought of something.

"Maybe."

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In the morning, the first ferry to the island sailed on the sea facing the rising sun.

Sitting by the window in the cabin was a woman in her early twenties with a braided hair, holding a child in her arms, staring at the island that was getting closer and closer.

This is where I will live from now on.

Before she could relax for a few seconds, a little boy sitting next to her left his seat and ran to the window to look at the sea, but she quickly stopped him.

As her hands moved, the child sleeping in her arms was awakened and began to cry.

She was busy coaxing the child in her arms.

She glanced at the man across from her, who was sleeping soundly. The man hadn't slept at all during the train ride last night, so she opened her mouth but didn't have the heart to wake him up.

The boy who was being pulled was still struggling. The woman said to the older boy sitting next to the man, "Liye, help me hold my brother."

Liye snorted and turned his head away, ignoring everyone.

The woman sighed helplessly and said to the noisy little boy, "Liqiang, just sit still and I'll give you some candy, okay?"

Hearing that there was candy, the boy finally stopped making a fuss. The woman took out some candy from her bag and gave one to the little boy. The boy opposite her also looked over, and the woman gave him another one.

After coaxing the two children, the woman patted the crying child in her arms.

The older sister next to them said, "Big sister, bring your brother to the island to visit relatives."

"Yeah." The woman smiled and said nothing more.

After the ferry stopped at the island, the man sitting opposite also woke up. He was carrying two large bags and walking in front with two boys, while the woman was walking behind with the child in her arms.

When he walked to the courtyard, someone recognized the man and greeted him with a smile: "Hey, Captain Jin, you're back. This must be your wife, she's so pretty."

Captain Jin said, "Hello, sister-in-law. This is my husband, Yang Panjun. He just came here today. I hope you will take good care of him in the future."

Yang Panjun smiled and said, "Hello, sister-in-law."

"Hello, hello, come to me if you have any problems in the future, my home is at..."

Many people came to say hello along the way. Normally, when Captain Jin walked around the family compound, not so many people came to say hello. It was simply because everyone was curious about this new family member that they came over.

After all, Captain Jin's second marriage caused quite a lot of jokes at the time.

The man led the woman and children past the townhouses and arrived at the single-family courtyard. The first house on the side of the road was his home.

The large yard behind the door attracted Yang Panjun's attention, and she began to think about what vegetables she could grow.

As they walked along, they naturally couldn't hide the home of Captain Cao, the intelligence station in the family compound. There were still many people gathered in his house chatting today.

"I just saw Captain Jin coming back with his three children and his new wife." A sister-in-law who had just greeted Captain Jin hurried over to share.

"What does Captain Jin's new wife look like?"

"Did she bring the child?"

"Didn't you say you found someone in the countryside? This should be your first marriage."

Sure enough, it attracted everyone's attention and they all asked questions.

"She is very young, probably a first marriage, and has no children. She is holding the youngest child of Captain Jin's family. She looks like a virtuous person."

"Tsk tsk, Captain Jin is so lucky to have married a virgin girl."

"You are the head of a regiment after all. If you can't marry a girl from the city, it's better for you to marry a girl from the countryside."

"Yes, this means that we can eat commercial food from now on when we come here to accompany the army."

…

After Captain Jin took the people home, he put his things down and went back to the unit, saying that he had something to deal with. He had just been transferred back recently and had a lot of work waiting to be handed over.

The eldest and the second child ran away as soon as they came back. Yang Panjun put the youngest on the bed and started packing. She was very skillful and cleaned the house inside and out before packing.

Although she came from a landlord family, her family's land had been divided up as far as she could remember, and she had not enjoyed any of the benefits of being a landlord.

Her parents enjoyed half of their lives' happiness, but because of this, they couldn't do anything. They couldn't do farm work well outside, and they couldn't do housework well at home.

So, at a young age, she began to take on chores at home and outside the home, and she was very efficient in doing things. It was also because of this that the Jin family agreed to marry her so readily. If they really married someone who couldn't do anything, who would take care of the three children?

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Meng Yufei went to the kindergarten to pick up her child after get off work. Because she had to go to the city to participate in a choir competition, Zhou Wenqian made a request to the parents in the class who came to pick up their children.

Give the children a set of military uniforms as the uniform for the choir.

This request is not difficult. Every family in the compound has a few old military uniforms. For them, it is not difficult to get old military uniforms, but the difficult part is to make them smaller for children to wear.

Military uniforms were rare these days, and men, women, old and young were proud to wear military green. Anyone who could get a military uniform had to either have someone in the family serving in the military or have connections.

It is too extravagant to make it smaller for children. Children grow fast and they cannot wear it after just a few days. It is such a waste.

Naturally, many parents were unwilling and surrounded Zhou Wen Qian to protest.

"Teacher Zhou, my family's old military uniforms are reserved by relatives every year, so I really can't give them to my children."

"Wouldn't it be a waste to repurpose good clothes for children? The material of the military uniform is so good that it can be worn for years without getting torn. The children can wear it for several days."

"That's right, it's such a waste. Otherwise, my children won't sing this song anymore."

…

Zhou Wenqian listened to the parents' complaints and felt that she had oversimplified the matter. She originally thought that since the children's parents were all military personnel, it would be easy to find two old clothes to remake for the children.

When Meng Yufei arrived, she happened to hear the parents' complaints. Zhou Wenqian frowned and said, "Since you think it's inconvenient, forget it. Just wear normal clothes."

Meng Yufei heard about this from Zhou Wenqian when she came to pick up Xia Qinqin at noon, and she also thought this was a good idea. The children were wearing uniform military uniforms, which not only looked good, but also represented that they were from the kindergarten of the family compound.

"Sisters-in-law, I have an idea," Meng Yufei said, "We can fold up the hem and cuffs of the clothes and sew them up, and then take them down after the children finish their performance."

"What about the shoulders?" someone asked.

Meng Yufei said, "Just sew it up. If it really doesn't work, just make it smaller. Then even if the adults can't wear it, the children can let the cuffs down and wear it for a few more years. It won't be a waste."

"Well... this method also works." Some parents began to agree.

"That won't work. My family's old military uniforms need to be sent back to my hometown. I have already talked to my uncle's family about it." Some people were still unwilling.

Meng Yufei said, "How about this? I'll go back and report to the leader and ask for two feet of cloth coupons for each of our children who will be participating in the chorus?"

Generally speaking, when a unit participates in a larger competition, the additional benefit for participants is the competition uniform, which is in compliance with regulations.

Besides, this competition was invited by the deputy mayor and approved by the teacher. When the time comes, I will apply to Director Fu, and he will definitely agree. After all, there are only a dozen children, not many.

After hearing what Meng Yufei said, everyone's attitude obviously softened. No matter how rare the old military uniform was, it was still old, and the cloth coupons could be used to buy new clothes.

"I think it's great. We should support Teacher Zhou's work."

"Yes, yes, it's good to let the children see the world in the city."

Sure enough, some parents began to agree.

The parents who originally disagreed thought about it for a while and nodded, saying, "Okay, if we can really get the cloth coupons, we can modify the old military uniforms."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Don't worry, the leaders of the army attach great importance to this chorus competition. If the children can achieve excellent results, I believe the leaders will definitely give other rewards."

Anyway, let's draw the cookies first. A verbal reward is also a bonus...

Ahem, I believe the leader won’t be that stingy.

Zhou Wen Qian breathed a sigh of relief after solving the clothing problem.

After the parents left, Zhou Wenqian said with a smile, "Sister Meng, I'm sorry for having you here today. I'm really not good at dealing with parents."

Meng Yufei said: "Every profession has its own specialty. I don't know how to dance, which you are good at."

Zhou Wenqian said, "Oh, Sister Meng, Teacher Tang told me today that she hopes I can teach her daughter Yueyue how to dance. Yueyue really likes dancing. I see that Fangfang, Daya, and Qinqin in our class also like dancing. How about letting them take two days a week to get together after school and I can teach them how to dance?"

Meng Yufei asked, "Aren't you too tired? Aren't you busy with the chorus competition recently?"

Zhou Wenqian said: "The songs for the competition will not change, and the children all know how to sing them. I just need to help them practice during my lessons."

At this point, she smiled and said, "It just so happens that I haven't danced for a long time, so this time I'm learning it again with the children. The children are still young, so I won't teach them difficult moves, just think of it as more exercise."

Meng Yufei lowered her head and asked her daughter, "Qinqin, do you want to learn to dance?"

"Yes!" Xia Qinqin nodded her head, thought for a moment, and added, "I want to learn dancing with Teacher Zhou, and... with Sister Fangfang."

Zhou Wenqian smiled, bent down and touched her head and said, "Fangfang's mother has agreed. Can you two go to Auntie's house together after school?"

"Okay!" Xia Qinqin agreed with a smile while looking at Teacher Zhou in front of her.

She turned around and thought of her good friend, and asked, "Brother Yannan, do you want to learn dancing with us?"

Lu Yannan refused outright: “No.”

Zhou Wenqian said, "Sister Meng, then every Tuesday and Thursday, send Qinqin to my house half an hour after dinner."

Meng Yufei nodded and said, "Okay."

Walking back with the two children, Meng Yufei wondered whether she should give Teacher Zhou something. Since he taught the children to dance for free, she should at least give him a gift as a gift.

By the way, Fangfang is going too, why don’t we go next door and ask Mrs. Zhang.

Lu Yannan looked at Xia Qinqin who was jumping around and couldn't help but ask, "Xia Qinqin, do you like dancing so much?"

Xia Qinqin nodded and said, "Yes, I like it."

"Compared to painting?"

"Well...I still like painting the most." Xia Qinqin thought.

Lu Yannan said: "If you go dancing, you won't have time to paint."

Xia Qinqin said: "I have a lot of time, I can just paint after dancing."

Lu Yannan choked and pulled Meng Yufei's hand. Meng Yufei lowered her head and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Aunt Meng, Qinqin likes painting, why don't you let her learn to paint?"

Meng Yufei said: "She has been painting all the time."

Lu Yannan said: "I mean, just like dancing, find someone to teach her how to paint."

Meng Yufei explained: "She chose dancing because Teacher Zhou could dance and was willing to teach her. As for painting, there was no one suitable to teach her on the island."

"Qinqin is still young, let her figure it out on her own first, and then find someone to teach her when there's a chance."

Lu Yannan was silent for a while after hearing this, then he thought of something and said, "Aunt Meng, who wrote the May Day banner that day? The handwriting is very beautiful."

Meng Yufei said, "It's Teacher Tang's mother, Granny Liu. Teacher Tang learned his calligraphy from her mother. It's also very beautiful, right?"

Lu Yannan raised his head and said, "My grandfather said that calligraphy and painting are inseparable. Grandma Liu's calligraphy is beautiful, so her paintings should be good too."

Meng Yufei paused, shook her head and said, "Well, I don't know about this auntie."

Lu Yannan suddenly smiled and said, "Aunt Meng, I want to learn calligraphy. Can you take me to learn from Grandma Liu?"

Meng Yufei said: "Well, this..."

Lu Yannan continued: "I will tell Uncle Li when I go back today, he will definitely agree."

Meng Yufei thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I go ask Aunt Liu when I have time to see what she thinks."

Lu Yannan nodded: "Okay. Aunt Meng, please tell Grandma Liu that I have learned calligraphy for half a year and have a basic foundation. I don't need her to teach me from the beginning. I just need some pointers."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."

After walking for a while, Lu Yannan said again: "Aunt Meng, let sister Qinqin go to learn calligraphy with me. My grandfather told me: Playing with the brush and inkstone with a smile can make the sick body lighter. Learning calligraphy can also calm the mind and nourish health."

Meng Yufei lowered her head and asked her daughter: "Qinqin, do you want to learn to write with Brother Yannan?"

Xia Qinqin tilted her head in thought, and Lu Yannan turned to her and said, "Qinqin, we can ask Grandma Liu to teach us how to paint. Do you want to learn?"

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "I like painting. I want to learn painting."

Lu Yannan raised his head again and said, "Aunt Meng, if you have time, can you help us ask Aunt Liu? If she is willing to teach us, I will call

Grandpa, let him send a gift for becoming a disciple."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to her house after dinner today and ask her, okay?"

Lu Yannan achieved his goal, nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, Aunt Meng."

When the adult and two children walked to the door of their home, they happened to meet new neighbors who came to visit.

Yang Panjun spent a whole day at home packing and finally finished packing. When Captain Jin came back from the army, he took out the peanut candies he brought from his bag and went to visit his next-door neighbor together.

The two older ones ran out and disappeared as soon as they came back. Yang Panjun asked whether they should be called back, and Captain Jin said casually that it was not necessary, as the two children were very familiar with the area and would not go home until dinner time.

Since his father had said so, Yang Panjun didn't say anything more and picked up the little one and went out together.

Next door to their house is Captain Han's house. Now only Captain Han and Han Jianping are left at home. There is no one to cook at home. Han Jianping eats in the town after training and then comes back. Captain Han also eats in the army before going home.

When Yang Panjun and Captain Han arrived, the door of the Han family was closed and no one had returned yet.

So they walked forward and came to the home of Deputy Head Chen Qi Huiying. She was at home, and when she heard that Yang Panjun was from the countryside, she became arrogant and looked at people with her chin raised.

When Captain Jin and Yang Panjun turned around and left, their faces were not very good. Captain Jin said with a straight face: "Deputy Captain Chen's family is not easy to get along with. She is very arrogant. Don't associate with her in the future."

"Okay, I got it." Yang Panjun nodded.

Next door was Captain Ma's house. Mrs. Zhang had not yet arrived home, but Ma Weimei was at home and warmly welcomed the two of them.

After leaving Captain Ma's house, they arrived at Meng Yufei's house, and the two parties met at the door.

Team leader Jin said, "Director Meng, you are off work. This is my family member, Yang Panjun, who just came here today. I'll have to trouble you to take care of him in the future."

Yang Panjun smiled and said, "Hello, sister-in-law. This is homemade peanut candy. Please don't reject it." Then he handed over the peanut candy in his hand.

Meng Yufei took it and said with a smile: "Thank you, come in and sit for a while."

Captain Jin said, "No, come next time. I haven't packed up my things at home yet."

Yang Panjun nodded: "Yes."

Meng Yufei looked at the child in her arms and asked, "How old is the child this year?"

“Almost two.”

Meng Yufei said: "You can send your child to kindergarten. There are cribs and baby chairs in the small class, and there are childcare staff to help take care of the child."

"Really?" Yang Panjun asked in surprise, "Is it okay to send such a young child over?"

Meng Yufei nodded: "Sure, there are children younger than this in the kindergarten."

As they were talking, Mrs. Zhang came back with Fangfang. Meng Yufei shouted, "Sister-in-law, you're back just in time. This is Yang Panjun, the family member of Captain Jin."

Mrs. Zhang came over and greeted us with a smile.

Meng Yufei said: "Mrs. Zhang is the nursery teacher of the kindergarten's small class. You can ask her if you have any questions."

Yang Panjun asked: "Sister-in-law, my child is less than two years old. He needs someone to hold him. I wonder if I can send him over."

Mrs. Zhang glanced at the child and said, "This child will die soon."

"Yes, I do. I just like being held."

"That's okay. We have a baby chair, a crib, and toys. Just bring him over in the next two days."

Yang Panjun said gratefully: "Thank you so much."

She originally planned to bring her child to work, but now she can send her child to kindergarten, which is much easier.

Mrs. Zhang waved her hands and said, "What's there to thank for? Our kindergarten is to help families solve the problem of taking care of their children."