Chapter 116

Gu Shizhou saw Ling Mengxiang, walked over and asked: "Mengxiang, why are you here?"

Ling Mengxiang said: "You said you were leaving today, so I wanted to come early to wait for you, afraid that it would be too late and you would leave first." She took out a letter from her bag and handed it to Gu Shizhou, her eyes were full of longing for her father: "Brother Gu, please pass this letter to my father."

She had a special status, and people from the Revolutionary Committee often came to see her. She couldn't leave with Gu Shizhou and the others. Even if she missed her father and wanted to see him in person, she had to endure it. She couldn't harm Gu Shizhou and Captain Lu and his wife for her own selfish desires.

After Gu Shizhou took the letter, Ling Mengxiang looked up at Jiang Nian who was a few steps away, and a grateful smile appeared on her gentle face, which was different from the aloof look she showed that day: "Jiang Nian, thank you."

"Captain Lu, thank you."

Ling Mengxiang raised her hand to hold the shoulder bag strap, bowed to Lu Yu and Jiang Nian, and said nothing more.

This was outside the army, and there were some things and some words that everyone knew tacitly.

Ling Mengxiang didn't stay long, nodded to them and left. Jiang Nian looked at Ling Mengxiang's thin back, thinking of what Guan Lu said about the Red Guards breaking into the compound and taking Professor Ling away. Her mother also died in that incident. She originally had a happy family.

Lu Yu said, "Let's go."

The three of them hurried to the county station and saw that Lu Guosheng and Xu Yan were already waiting there with their children. The three children called them politely. Jiang Nian touched Liu Jianwu's head. Xu Yan said, "The children knew they were leaving today, so they were so happy that they didn't sleep much all night. They wanted to go to Dong City to see Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "They grew up in a compound and missed each other so much when they were separated."

They got on the train and rushed to the train station. They took the train overnight to Yun City. Jiang Nian, Xu Yan, Lu Guosheng and the children stayed in the guesthouse. Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou took the afternoon train back to Donggou Village. They bought a lot of things and went to Professor Ling's cowshed in the dark.

Jiang Nian slept until dawn, and the voices of Lu Guosheng and Xu Yan were heard outside.

She rubbed her eyes, got up and put on her clothes. As soon as she opened the door and walked out, she ran into Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou coming up the stairs. Jiang Nian was stunned and blinked in surprise. She waited until Lu Yu came to her before she reacted: "Didn't you leave yesterday afternoon? How come you are back so soon?"

Logically, shouldn't they catch the bus back this morning?

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Honggou Village is not far from the county town. Gu Shizhou and I ran back overnight."

Jiang Nian: ...

Awesome.

They went to the state-owned hotel to have breakfast. Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou went to buy train tickets. Gu Shizhou bought a ticket back to the original city, and Lu Yu bought a ticket to Dong City at 6 pm. This train would take two days. Xu Yan and Liu Jianwu shared a berth, while Liu Jianye and Lu Zhijun shared a berth. Lu Guosheng took good care of Xu Yan. When Liu Jianwu fell asleep at night, he would carry him to his own berth, so that Xu Yan could sleep peacefully while he looked after the three children.

Jiang Nian turned over and faced Xu Yan next to him.

She curved her eyebrows and smiled, "Xu Yan, I'm really happy that you're living a happy life."

Xu Yan smiled and said, "Me too." Dong City was as bitterly cold as it was the year before

.

With the experience from last time, Jiang Nian specially changed into a large cotton-padded jacket and a cotton hat to protect her ears. She turned her head and saw that Xu Yan and the three children were also dressed warmly, but no matter how thick they were, they were still shivering from the cold. On the contrary, the three grown men standing in the snow in the freezing wind didn't seem to feel cold at all.

They stayed in the guesthouse for one night. On the morning of New Year's Eve, Deputy Brigade Commander Song and a soldier rode a two-horse sled to the guesthouse next to the train station to pick them up. When he saw Xu Yan and Lu Guosheng together, Deputy Brigade Commander Song was stunned for a moment, then he said, "Good boy!"

Lu Guosheng: ...

The three children happily called Uncle Song, and Deputy Brigade Commander Song patted their heads one by one and said, "You have grown up. Come on, get on the sled."

Feng Mei was preparing the New Year's Eve dinner at home. At about noon, she heard the noisy sounds outside. Song Xianghong ran in happily from outside and shouted, "Mom! Mom! Aunt Xu and Liu Jianye are here, as well as Uncle Lu and Lu Zhijun. Mom, please come out and take a look!"

"Got it!"

Feng Mei put down the rolling pin and ran out. She and Lao Song knew that Xu Yan and Lu Guosheng brought the child here. Lu Yu mentioned it in the telegram, but they didn't know the details. Feng Mei ran out in a hurry and saw Liu Jianwu grabbing Lu Guosheng's arm and saying, "Dad, carry me down quickly, my legs are numb."

Lu Guosheng smiled, "Dad will massage you."

Feng Mei's eyes widened in surprise and was bumped on the shoulder by Deputy Brigade Commander Lao Song. Lao Song secretly glared at her, "You tiger woman, what are you doing standing there?" Feng Mei

reacted, quickly put away the expression on her face, and happily greeted Lu Yu and the others.

Xu Yan said happily: "Sister Feng, we haven't seen each other for three years."

Feng Mei said: "Yes, time flies. In the blink of an eye, the children have grown up."

Several grown men sat on the kang and talked about the past few years. The children were playing in the yard. Jiang Nian and Xu Yan were in the kitchen helping Feng Mei prepare New Year's Eve dinner. There were no outsiders, so Feng Mei asked about Xu Yan and Lu Guosheng. Jiang Nian told Feng Mei everything Liu Qiang had done. Feng Mei was so angry that she took a kitchen knife and chopped it heavily on the chopping board. The loud noise startled the people outside. Before they asked what happened, they heard Feng Mei angrily: "Liu Qiang is a bastard. He deserves to go to jail!"

"What are you yelling about?"

Deputy Regiment Commander Song asked in a hoarse voice, and Feng Mei roared in return: "What do you care what I yell about!"

Deputy Brigade Commander Song: ... Is

this tiger woman on drugs?

Seeing this, Lu Yu poured a cup of tea for Deputy Brigade Commander Song, and then glanced at Lu Guosheng. After Lu Guosheng understood, he briefly told the story of him, Xu Yan and Liu Qiang. Deputy Brigade Commander Song shook his head and said: "What a sin."

.Tonight

's New Year's Eve dinner is the most lively one in Feng Mei's family. The food is cooked by Jiang Nian, and Xu Yan and Feng Mei help. The house is filled with the rich smell of food. There is a table for adults and a table for children. Deputy Regiment Commander Song asked Song Xiangdong to get three pounds of good wine.

Halfway through the meal, Feng Mei suddenly said, "Xu Yan, why don't you let Jianye and Jianwu take Captain Lu's surname? This way, when the children go out in the future, people won't ask them why they don't have the same surname as their father."

Xu Yan was stunned. She had never thought about these things.

Lu Guosheng, on the other hand, took a sip of wine and looked at Xu Yan without saying anything. His mother had mentioned this to him this year, but he was afraid that Xu Yan would not agree and that the two children would resist, so he kept it in his heart, waiting for Xu Yan to say it herself.

Noticing Lu Guosheng's gaze, Xu Yan looked up at him, then at Jiang Nian who was sitting next to her, as if she wanted to ask Jiang Nian's opinion. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Follow your heart."

Xu Yan looked at Lu Guosheng again, hesitated for a moment and asked him, "Is it okay?"

Lu Guosheng poured another glass of wine and drank it in one gulp, and said happily, "I will change the surnames of the household registrations of Jianye and Jianwu when we go back." "

Come on, drink!"

Deputy Brigade Commander Song said as he raised his glass, and Lu Yu and Lu Guosheng also raised their glasses, and the three of them drank it in one gulp.

At night, the five children slept in the neighbor's house, Lu Yu, Deputy Brigade Commander Song and Lu Guosheng slept in the outer room, and Jiang Nian and the other two slept in the inner room. Feng Mei spread the quilt and said, "Jiang Nian, how do you sleep now? Do you still fight at night?"

Jiang Nian: ...

She pursed her lips and said, "It should be better."

Feng Mei felt even more embarrassed. Xu Yan asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Feng Mei said mysteriously, "You will know tonight. What happened?"

Jiang Nian: ...

After a night of sound sleep, Xu Yan asked Feng Mei curiously the next day: "Did you do anything stupid last night?"

Feng Mei was also quite surprised and asked Jiang Nian: "You sleep much better than before, did Lu Yu correct you?"

Jiang Nian thought about it and smiled: "It's possible."

Every night when she went to sleep, she was held in Lu Yu's arms, with her arms and legs protected in his arms, for several years, and her sleeping posture did seem to have changed. I stayed at Feng Mei's house until the fourth day of the Chinese New Year

.

On the fifth day, Lu Yu and his friends left. Before leaving, Lu Yu and Lu Guosheng secretly put fifty yuan and five catties of meat coupons on Deputy Head Song's cabinet. In those days, the food in the family was calculated per person. The meat in those few days almost consumed all the meat coupons of Deputy Head Song's family for half a year.

On the day of separation, Feng Mei and her two children cried until their eyes were red.

Liu Jianye, Liu Jianwu and Lu Zhijun also cried. They used to live in the same family compound and went to school every day, but now they can only see each other for several years. Deputy Brigade Commander Song sent Lu Yu and the others to the train station. They caught the 6pm train. Liu Jianye sat in front of the window and looked at the snow outside. Lu Guosheng saw him and came over to sit next to him: "What are you thinking about?"

Liu Jianye looked at Lu Guosheng's shadow reflected in the window and turned to look at him: "Dad, will Jianwu and I both have the surname Lu from now on?"

Lu Guosheng looked at Liu Jianye's expression, not sure what the child was thinking, and nodded: "Yes, we will both have the surname Lu from now on. Are you willing?"

Liu Jianye smiled immediately: "Dad, I am willing."

The surname "Liu" had weighed on him for many years. He had watched his mother go through pain all those years. He hated Liu Qiang and the surname "Liu". Although his mother and his biological father were divorced, the surname "Liu" still weighed on him like a nightmare. Now, the only existence that made him hate was going to disappear.

From now on, there would be no trace of that person in his world anymore.

Xu Yan sat on the berth and coaxed Liu Jianwu to sleep. She watched the father and son sitting outside the carriage and talking. She looked at Jiang Nian and smiled, "Jianye has never talked to Liu Qiang so happily since he was a child."

Jiang Nian said, "It's okay, it's all in the past."

It was late at night, and the train gradually became quiet. Jiang Nian fell asleep listening to the rumbling sound of the train. She thought it would be another bizarre dream, but she dreamed of her home in the new century. She ran in eagerly, looked at her family sitting at the dining table in the living room eating and talking, and rushed upstairs to find 'Jiang Nian', eager to know everything about Lu Yu.