Chapter 155: Protect Her (Revised)

Huo Lanci decided to take two days off to take his parents out for a walk, while Yu Wanqing continued to go to work.

The mother and her two children decided to walk to the commune. On the way, Wen Shuanghua hesitated for a long time and finally asked what she wanted to ask: "Ah Ci, you won't fight with Wan Qing, right?"

Huo Lanci looked at his mother as if she were a madman and said, "We are very good friends and will never fight."

"It's good that you don't fight. I'm worried that you can't stand a few kicks." Wen Shuanghua reminded him, "Son, you must be more diligent and sensible at home in the future. Don't wait for Wanqing to do the things you can do."

Having come this far, the two of them probably won't fight. Even if Ah Ci really annoys Wan Qing, she will probably be gentler when she strikes.

Wen Shuanghua felt that her old mother was really worried sick.

"Dad, do you want to listen to what your wife is saying?" Huo Lanci felt really tired. His old mother never forgot to hit him.

Suddenly I felt a little sympathy for my eldest brother. He had to go home for meals several times a month, and every time he went to eat, my mother would hold his ear and warn him.

Huo Jianying said slowly: "Your mother is right. I think you are no match for Wan Qing, so it won't do you any harm to learn from your mistakes."

Huo Lanci suddenly gave up hope. He could not expect his father to help him. Not only did his heart belong to his mother, but even every strand of his hair belonged to her. He and his brothers were just picked up as gifts.

Huo Jianying didn't want to continue teasing her son, so she asked seriously, "Wan Qing is so good at martial arts, have you ever thought about joining the army?"

"According to her conditions, she can definitely join your team as an exception."

"Dad, don't think about it. Wanqing will not join the army." Huo Lanci said slowly: "She followed Yu's father to train because she was bullied. The Yu family only has this one daughter. If she was allowed to join the army, she would not come to the countryside."

"Besides, I don't want her to join the army. I'd rather go and experience the rain of bullets. No matter how powerful she is, I still want to protect her for the rest of her life."

Wen Shuanghua nodded: "Good boy, you have grown up."

Huo Jianying didn't say much. Everyone has their own aspirations and you can't force them.

What you desire may not be what others want.

So, learn to respect others.

When she arrived at the commune, Wen Shuanghua wanted to buy some meat, but unfortunately she was too late and only a few large bones and some lean meat were left.

Huo Lanci did not mind and bought them all.

He said: "The pork bone and white radish soup is also delicious. My parents must try it."

"Lean meat can be used to make meatballs or meat cakes with pickled mustard greens."

These were all things Wen Shuanghua had never eaten before. She nodded repeatedly: "You don't have to cook for me. Everything is easy to deal with."

Huo Jianying and Huo Lanci looked at each other, both of them looked a little helpless. Huo Jianying said, "You don't have to do it. Let Ah Ci cook for us."

"Okay, I'll make it for you."

The family of three went to the supply and marketing cooperative again, bought some flour and rice, and then went home.

It was already eleven o'clock when he got home. Yu Wanqing had not yet finished work, so Huo Lanci began to prepare lunch.

Wen Shuanghua was kneading the dough to make meat buns.

Seeing this, Huo Lanci raised his eyebrows and said, "Comrade Wen, you said you didn't want to cook, so what are you doing?"

"I don't want to cook for you, I want to cook for my future daughter-in-law." After Wen Shuanghua finished speaking, she snorted and continued with the work at hand.

Yu Jiazhi went to help Yu Wanqing with work during the day. When the brother and sister got off work, they saw Wen Shuanghua standing in the yard, staring at the white radishes in the field.

Huo Lanci was cooking, and Huo Jianying was chopping meat to prepare the stuffing.

Wen Shuanghua saw Yu Wanqing coming back and waved to her quickly: "Wanqing, Wanqing, come here quickly."

Yu Wanqing smiled and walked forward: "Auntie, what are you looking at?"

"Ah Ci said that you planted these radishes yourself. You are amazing, kid. You can grow them so well." Wen Shuanghua whispered, "I even went to the educated youth camp and other people's vegetable fields to see that their radishes were still very small, but yours are already as big as a bowl."

It's only late October now, and the radish is already this big. It's really rare.

"Maybe it's because the soil here is fertile." Yu Wanqing explained with a smile: "No matter what vegetables are planted here, they grow well."

"No, no, it's your problem." Wen Shuanghua stood up and said, "We have an old house in Beijing, with yards in front and back. When you return to Beijing, you can use it to grow some vegetables or flowers. You will definitely be able to grow them well."

"It's decided. The old house will be given to you and Aci." Wen Shuanghua has made the unilateral decision.

It's not like decades ago when you could hire a gardener to take care of your garden.

Now I have to do everything myself, even the maids are gone. My eldest daughter-in-law doesn't know how to grow crops, so it would be a waste to give her the old house.

Wen Shuanghua took Yu Wanqing back to the house and said, "Let me tell you, the house is very large, with more than 20 rooms. It is right under the imperial city and is well preserved. We can move in after we have someone do some repairs."

"It's just that the current situation is not good. A family cannot live in such a big house, otherwise people will label us as such."

"Maybe in the future, after you get married in two years, things might get better." Wen Shuanghua whispered as she walked, "You will definitely like it."

Yu Wanqing couldn't help laughing when she heard what her mother-in-law said: "Aunt, there's no rush for these."

"I'm anxious, how can I not be anxious?" Wen Shuanghua looked at Yu Wanqing and sighed helplessly: "I used to be afraid that no one would want Aci. Now that you are willing to take him in, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. From the perspective of Aci's mother, I am anxious and hope that you can get married soon."

"You are good-looking, have a good personality, and are capable. I don't know how many people will envy you in the future." When she said this, Wen Shuanghua's previous frustration disappeared.

Yu Jiazhi was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene. Wasn't Aci's mother the deputy director of the factory? Why was she so talkative?

Not at all.

Huo Lanci whispered to his old father: "After my eldest brother married my eldest sister-in-law, I felt that he had no status anymore."

"Did you have any status in the past?" Huo Jianying responded bluntly.

After having an eldest granddaughter, he, as a husband, has to take a back seat. Where did this kid Huo Lanci get his status?

"Ah Ci, as human beings, we should live with clarity and self-awareness."

Huo Lanci brought the cooked dishes to the table and thought to himself: I am not jealous. On the contrary, I am very happy that my girlfriend has such a good relationship with Comrade Wen.

Only if the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is good can he live comfortably in the future.

Huo Lanci felt that he would not be as shallow-minded as his old father.

In the evening, Yu Wanqing knew that Huo Lanci was going to discuss parts with Huo Jianying. She wanted to avoid him, but Huo Lanci asked her to join in.

The three people walked out of Yu Wanqing's house and walked slowly towards an empty place.

Huo Jianying said: "Your grandfather asked me to bring you a letter, please take a look first."

Yu Wanqing held the flashlight for Huo Lanci, and he quickly finished reading the letter.

Grandpa said that the second elder attached great importance to this matter and hoped that he could hand over the parts to his father Comrade Huo Jianying to take back to Beijing.

Huo Lanci looked at his old father and said, "Dad, the parts were obtained by my second brother Wanqing on the train."

Huo Jianying was a little surprised: "The Second Elder said that we must ask about this matter clearly. Afterwards, the military will come to investigate this matter. At that time, we may need Second Brother Wanqing's cooperation."

Yu Wanqing nodded: "This is what we should do. My second brother has already said that if the organization needs anything, please let us know."

"Very good." Huo Jianying smiled. "These parts are very important. Fortunately, they didn't fall into the hands of the enemy. Otherwise, all the hard work of many of our researchers would have been in vain."

"Dad, how about we let Wanqing follow you to Beijing?" Huo Lanci always felt that it was not safe to hand the parts over to his father.

Huo Jianying wanted to say something, but Huo Lanci continued, "I know it's a bit ridiculous to say this, but I don't think it's safe to leave things in your hands. Although saying that you and my mother came to the Five Star Brigade to see our son and future daughter-in-law is a good excuse."

"But the time you left Beijing was a bit sensitive, and the parts were lost on the way from Beijing to Guangdong."

"Uncle, I think what Aci said makes sense. No one would have thought that you would give such an important thing to a little girl like me." Yu Wanqing also wanted to find a time to leave the team. She needed to go to Jing City to get the things given to her by several elders from Beishan.

She was worried that if she went too late, the things would eventually fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives.

Huo Jianying was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "I need to ask your grandfather for instructions."

This matter was of great importance. Even though he held a high rank in the army, he could not surpass his old man.

Moreover, components are related to the lives and property of too many people and cannot be lost.

Huo Lanci said, "Okay, then we'll call Grandpa tomorrow."

The next day, Huo Jianying really called Grandpa Huo. He did not directly talk about the parts, but smiled and told Grandpa about Yu Wanqing: "Dad, Ah Ci has a really good eye. Shuanghua and I both like this future daughter-in-law very much. We also want to take this opportunity to bring her back to meet you."

"Their captain said that things will get less busy in October and you can take a month off. Things will get busy again in the spring of next year, and then Yu Zhiqing won't have time to visit you in Beijing."

Mr. Huo found it very strange at first. If he was not going to get the parts and take a look at Aci's partner, why did he want to bring him home?

He soon figured out the reason: the parts were in the hands of the little girl Yu Wanqing, so his son wanted to bring her back to Beijing.

He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, since you have time, bring them back and let me see them."

"When are you coming back? Let me know in advance and I'll have someone prepare something that Yu Zhiqing likes to eat."

Huo Jianying understood what his father meant. He told him when he would arrive in Beijing and he would arrange for someone to pick him up at the train station.

Yu Wanqing learned that Mr. Huo had agreed to let her take the parts with her to Beijing. She was happy and thought that Li Wenzhou and Ye Shulan's wedding day was in two days. She looked at Huo Jianying and said, "Uncle, when are you going to return to Beijing?"

Huo Jianying said: "Three days later, does Wan Qing have anything important to do?"

"If time is insufficient, we will see if we can postpone it by a day or two."

Yu Wanqing shook her head: "Comrade Li Wenzhou from our educated youth camp is getting married the day after tomorrow. We will leave in three days. That's fine. I can still attend the wedding and then go to Beijing with you."

Huo Lanci smiled and explained the matter of Li Wenzhou and Ye Shulan to his father.

Huo Jianying was a little shocked when he heard that a grandmother threatened her grandson with death in order to force him to submit. He said, "This Li Zhiqing is a decisive person."

Yu Wanqing was a little surprised. If it were many people, they would think that Li Wenzhou's behavior was a bit cruel, as he actually cut off relations with his father and grandmother.

"Some people say that Li Zhiqing is an unfilial son who gave up his father and grandmother for a woman." Yu Wanqing looked at Huo Jianying: "Even many people in the village have a bad impression of Li Wenzhou because of this incident."

Of course, some people think that Li Wenzhou is a gentleman.

However, there are more people who think he is unfilial.

The elderly, in particular, were worried that their children would follow his example, so they secretly ordered their children not to have any contact with Li Wenzhou.

Huo Jianying laughed when she heard this: "I am not the kind of person who cannot tell right from wrong. If Li Zhiqing's partner is really problematic, it is only natural for his family to object. If he still wants to get married after objecting, then we can only ask him to move out of our home and avoid seeing it."

"If there was nothing wrong with Li Zhiqing's partner, but they were forced to separate in the end, it would be because the elders in the family could not tell right from wrong."

Huo Jianying was worried that her future daughter-in-law would think that she was also such a person who could not distinguish right from wrong, so she quickly took this opportunity to explain.

"When we, the Huo family, select daughters-in-law, the most important thing is good character and good manners."

Huo Jianying thought of her own family and explained with a smile: "Your grandfather was just a teacher. Later he worked with the elders and that's how the Huo family came to be."

Therefore, the Huo family is really not as mysterious as the rumors say.

Yu Wanqing thought secretly in her heart: I'm not blind, so I can't tell what kind of family you were raised in.

A teacher. A child from a noble family, if he becomes a teacher, can also be called a teacher.

The next morning, a group of male educated youth at the educated youth site took leave and went to the county town in two ox carts to purchase all the supplies needed for the wedding.

As for the betrothal gift that Li Wenzhou gave to Ye Shulan, it had already been delivered to the Ye family half a month ago, and after three rounds of processing, everything was complete.

As Li Wenzhou's "family members", Yu Wanqing and several other female educated youth would definitely help prepare the banquet.

Due to the last incident and the fact that there were troops stationed at the Kapok Brigade, Li Wenzhou discussed with the Ye family and decided to only invite the educated youths, relatives of the Ye family and village cadres to have a meal.

Even so, we still need to prepare eight tables of banquets.

Li Wenzhou asked Gao Qingmei and Yu Wanqing to discuss the menu, and the male educated youth went to buy food today according to this menu.

After they came back with the pork, Yu Wanqing and Gao Qingmei began to prepare the dishes for tomorrow.

Wen Shuanghua also came to help when she saw this. She was a stern leader in the factory and a gentle and loving mother at home. Here, she was able to get along well with the educated youth.

Guo Hongying watched Yu Wanqing and Wen Shuanghua huddled together to talk in private. As they talked, they began to laugh. Her eyes were full of envy: "Aunt Wen must like Wanqing as her daughter-in-law very much."

Zhang Hongqi glanced at her and said, "Who wouldn't like a daughter-in-law like this?"