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Chapter 194
Jiang Meishu actually didn’t understand that Uncle Lin’s feelings for her mother-in-law were a lifelong wait without expecting anything in return. Even if she rejected him, he would still wait like this.
"Uncle Lin, is it worth it?"
Jiang Meishu asked subconsciously.
There were stars in Uncle Lin's eyes, as if they had been hit by rain. Although he was an old man, his eyes were exceptionally bright.
That's the look when you mention your favorite person.
"It's worth it." He used the lightest tone to make the heaviest promise.
"Lin Xuesheng has lived his entire life with the name Qin Wanru."
"That's enough."
Uncle Lin’s real name was not Lin Xuesheng. It was given to him by the host family after he went to the Qin family. Later he called himself by this name.
Jiang Meishu looked at Uncle Lin like this and was speechless for a long time.
"Uncle Lin, I wish you happiness."
She said silently in her heart.
*
After saying goodbye to Uncle Lin, Jiang Meishu made a phone call to Liang Qiurun, who was far away in Guangzhou. She briefly explained the situation at the TV station and told the other party the time in detail.
"On June 7th at 8:00 PM, there will be a loop of commercials on CCTV-1. Lao Liang, just remember to tune in on time."
Liang Qiurun cared about these things, but he didn't care. He just said, "What about you? When will you be back?"
This time Jiang Meishu went back to the capital to deal with the TV station's affairs, and Liang Qiurun stayed in Guangzhou. This kind of thing had happened before. At that time, he had just married her, and he often went on business trips for ten days or half a month. He didn't know what it meant to miss her, and he just wanted to finish his work as soon as possible.
But now, Jiang Meishu has only been gone for four days, and he is already feeling a little uncomfortable.
Because, whether going home or going to work, his mind was full of Jiang Meishu's scent, which made Liang Qiurun unable to concentrate on work at all.
When Jiang Meishu heard this, she was stunned for a moment, covered the microphone, and whispered, "Lao Liang, do you miss me?"
Liang Qiurun was a reserved person. No matter what he did or said, he was always very cryptic. When Jiang Meishu asked him so bluntly, she thought he wouldn't admit it. Unexpectedly, Liang Qiurun hummed and admitted directly, "I missed you."
"I missed you."
"Jiang Jiang, when you're not around, your presence is everywhere in the house."
It was also at this moment that Liang Qiurun had to admit that the man who was as stubborn as an iron tree finally blossomed into a gorgeous flower.
Jiang Meishu was a little surprised that he would admit it directly. Thinking of this, she chuckled, "Lao Liang, you have made great progress."
"You never told me before." In the past, she and Lao Liang would mostly talk while she talked and he would listen. Liang Qiurun would never tell her about any troubles she encountered at work.
Even if it's just missing you.
Liang Qiurun is a patient, restrained, gentle and strong person.
Jiang Meishu felt quite accomplished in being able to make him express his longing for her. She transformed such a forbearing and restrained man into a man who could express his love.
"That's great." Jiang Meishu murmured, "If you miss me, just tell me. I'll go home to see you as soon as I'm done here."
"How long will it take?"
As if having tasted the sweetness, Liang Qiurun also started to play straight ball with Jiang Meishu.
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a long moment, then she counted on her fingers and slowly said to him, "Today is only the 5th, and the broadcast won't start until the 7th. I definitely want to watch the show on TV, so the earliest I can go back is the morning of the 8th, and the earliest I can get home is the 10th."
"Lao Liang, you are waiting for me."
Liang Qiurun hummed softly, and across the receiver, they didn't know why they couldn't bear to hang up the phone. They clearly had nothing to say. But at this point, just listening to each other's breathing was good.
I don’t know how long it took.
Liang Qiurun then asked in a low voice, "Is everything okay at home?"
Jiang Meishu nodded, "It's okay for now. It's just that since we left, Mom has been too lonely at home and she's not used to it." She hesitated for a moment, then briefly recounted what happened between her mother-in-law and Uncle Lin.
"That's basically the situation."
"Lao Liang, what do you think?"
In fact, at this point, Jiang Meishu felt that it was wrong to match them up, but it was also wrong not to match them up.
Liang Qiurun held the receiver for a long time before slowly saying, "Let them be."
"Whatever makes Mom happy."
"As for Uncle Lin." He said with a sad voice, "Jiang Jiang, some people are not suitable to be together. They just are not suitable to be together."
Otherwise, Uncle Lin wouldn’t have had a chance for forty years.
Jiang Meishu's voice was a little hoarse, "No chance at all?"
She has supported her mother-in-law and Uncle Lin countless times.
It's like a couple you've already supported is getting a tragedy script.
It makes people feel a little sad.
Liang Qiurun nodded, "No." He knew his mother too well. Once his mother made a decision, there was no turning back.
Let’s not talk about whether you like it or not.
Just say it's a burden.
My mother didn't want to be with Uncle Lin even though she had been married before, had four children, and had many grandchildren.
That's not fair to Uncle Lin.
Jiang Meishu hung up the phone with a sense of melancholy. When she turned around, Uncle Lin, who was standing at the door, was gone. It turned out that he had gone to the kitchen to busy himself.
In the evening, when Uncle Lin brought the crab meat lion head to Liang's mother's room, she looked up at him and said nothing.
Uncle Lin just looked at her face and laughed, "Wanru, you didn't eat much at noon. I made the crab meat and lion's head dish that you loved when you were a girl. Want to try it?"
Mother Liang closed her eyes as she watched, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Lao Lin, why are you doing this?"
What she said in the morning was not only said to Jiang Meishu, but more importantly, it was said to Lao Lin.
Liang's mother hopes he will give up.
Give up this unrealistic idea.
Uncle Lin carried the tray and placed it on the vermilion table. His movements were very gentle, and there was no sound at all when the tray landed on the ground.
Just like how he took care of Liang's mother, he has been quiet for so many years.
But it is very appropriate.
After putting the food down, he said slowly, "Wanru, I'm not suffering. I'm happy."
He looked at Liang's mother. She was no longer young, with gray hair and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Only her beautiful face, even in her old age, could still vaguely conceal the stunning beauty of her youth.
Beautiful is beautiful.
Even though she is old, her fair face and beautiful facial features cannot be concealed.
Uncle Lin seemed to be looking through Liang's mother's current appearance and recalling her youth. "Miss."
This was the first time he called her "Miss" instead of "Wanru" after several decades.
"My biggest wish in this life is to be by your side. I didn't have the chance before, but now I have it. If you drive me away, I will be completely alone."
"Miss."
"Miss."
The sound of "Miss" calling Liang's mother made her heart very sad. Tears fell from the corners of her eyes, "Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this?"
Even the sound was bitter.
"It's not hardship, it's happiness." Uncle Lin held up the crab meat and half-crouched beside Liang's mother, his eyes expectant and comforting. "How much can you eat?"
Mother Liang couldn't eat anymore. She rubbed her brows and said, "Lao Lin."
Uncle Lin stood up and said, "I'll go out. You eat slowly."
It seemed that Liang's mother only needed to look at him and he could understand what she meant.
Watching Uncle Lin’s back as he left.
Liang's mother was silent for a long time. She murmured, "Old Lin."
I am married.
Mother of four children.
Grandmother of several grandchildren.
She and Lao Lin are not suitable.
*
On June 7th, Jiang Meishu was already in front of the TV at 7:30 in the evening. "Mom, come here, come quickly and help me watch the Hongtai advertisement."
As soon as she called Liang's mother, she came over with a smile to help her. However, her smile seemed to fade a little when she looked at Uncle Lin.
Uncle Lin noticed it, but he didn't say anything. He just quietly fried some golden pumpkin seeds and a plate of sliced apples, then followed him out.
Come quietly and leave quietly, without leaving any trace at all.
If it weren't for the things on the table, Jiang Meishu would have had the illusion that the other party had arrived or not.
"mom."
As soon as Jiang Meishu opened her mouth, Liang's mother smiled and pointed at the TV, "Watch TV."
"Aren't you asking me to watch the commercial?"
Jiang Meishu swallowed the words back when they were about to come out of her mouth.
Fortunately, Hongtai’s advertisement came out and her attention was quickly diverted. A face representing peace and prosperity first appeared on TV. It was Liu Sanjie.
Her face is full, with dark eyebrows, almond eyes, a delicate nose and cherry lips, all of which are beautiful.
"Is this the guy you chose to do the commercial? What's his name, Liu?"
Liang's mother couldn't remember much.
Jiang Meishu said, "Her name is Liu Sanjie. She's the one who starred in those TV series you loved watching."
"Yes, yes, it's Liu Sanjie." Liang's mother seemed to suddenly remember something. She looked at Liu Sanjie's face and suddenly sighed, "This girl has a good eye. I thought her face was attractive the first time I saw her."
It may not be the best-looking one, but it will definitely be the one that produces the best effect when filmed on TV.
Jiang Meishu hummed, staring intently at the TV. "Mom, what do you think of this commercial?"
"I didn't see whether it was good or not, but I did remember that Hongtai bicycles are good."
As soon as Liang's mother said this, Jiang Meishu knew that the advertisement was a success.
The so-called advertising, no matter who is hired to shoot it, is essentially to make the other party remember the product. The product is the first priority.
When the advertisement was first aired, Liang's mother was able to see the effect for the first time. For Jiang Meishu, achieving this goal meant that the advertisement was a success.
Evening study at a high school.
All the students were organized by the teacher to watch TV in the cafeteria. The TV was brought from Liang Rui's teacher's home to help them relieve stress.
Watch it for an hour every Friday night.
For most students in this era, watching TV is a luxury, so everyone cherishes the time they spend watching TV on Fridays.
It was playing on TV. Liang Rui was used to watching it at home, and TV had long lost its appeal to him. He was staring at the test paper.
Liang Rui is smart, but not in studying. When he was in the Meat Processing Factory Middle School, he could still work hard to make progress, but after coming to No. 1 High School, it was obviously much more difficult for him.
It’s not that he is not smart enough, but that the students in No. 1 High School are too good.
He was looking at the test paper with a painful expression on his face when Liang Feng, who was standing beside him, suddenly raised his hand and poked his shoulder. "Look, that Hongtai on TV, is that where your uncle works?"
Liang Rui was a little confused when he was asked this question, but when he looked up, he saw the end of the advertisement. A woman was pushing a bicycle and saying, "Hongtai Bicycle" is just a few words.
The advertisement was played three times in a row, and Liang Rui watched the last one.
Facing Liang Feng's question, Liang Rui murmured after a while, "Is that so?"
"My dad works at Hongtai, and they make bicycles."
“Make a bicycle.”
As soon as these words fell, the two looked at each other and asked, "Isn't this a Hongtai bicycle?"
"Are they back?"
Otherwise, how could this advertisement be broadcast on TV? When Liang Rui thought of this, he didn't even want to go to the evening self-study class and wanted to go home.
He thought about it and said, "I want to go back."
"I won't be attending evening self-study classes anymore."
He knew Liang Feng was a good student, so he said it bluntly, "I'm leaving anyway, you can do whatever you want."
After saying this, he put away his notebook and pen and prepared to leave. He was about to leave, and Liang Feng couldn't sit still either. However, he was a good student and couldn't do the thing of skipping classes, so he could only go and ask for leave from the class teacher to go home.
The head teacher didn't say anything, but simply said, "Since you've gone back, you don't need to come to class anymore."
As soon as these words fell, Liang Feng was confused, "Teacher, what do you mean?"
The homeroom teacher said, "You are all graduating students now, and the college entrance examination has not been resumed. It seems meaningless to keep you in school now."
"Go back."
"When the diploma comes out, I'll notify you to come and get it."
As long as the college entrance examination is not resumed, these students will have no future.
Very realistic and helpless.
These teachers can still teach in school, but for these students, they can only go home and either go to work or stay at home and rely on their parents. There is no third option.
After hearing this, Liang Feng felt an inexplicable panic in his heart, "Then, teacher, will we still come to school in the future?"
The head teacher shook his head, "I don't know either."
"Go back and rest."
His back also looked a little lonely. He looked at the students sitting in the cafeteria watching TV and felt powerless for the first time.
He taught one class of high school students after another, but without the resumption of the college entrance examination, their lives came to an abrupt end.
Liang Feng didn't know how he walked out of the school. He only knew that when he saw Liang Rui outside, he felt extremely sad.
"The teacher told us to go home directly and never come back to school again."
Liang Rui was casually hanging his clothes on his shoulders and chewing candy. He was stunned when he heard this. "What does he mean?"
"It means exactly what it says. We don't have to go back to No. 1 High School anymore. Our teacher said we don't have to take the college entrance exam, so we just need to get a diploma."
Liang Rui was silent for a moment, he looked at the sky, "Then let's go home."
Liang Rui accepted the idea of leaving school faster than Liang Feng.
However, he kept silent about this matter. If Liang Feng hadn't known him so well, he would have almost thought that Liang Rui was so heartless.
"If you don't go to school anymore, what are you going to do in the future?"
It was only June of 1977, and it seemed like nothing we could do would be appropriate.
Liang Rui, "I might want to go to Guangzhou first and learn something from Jiang Meilan." He always said that he would learn things from Jiang Meishu, not Liang Qiurun. From this, we can see the parent-child relationship between the three of them.
In Liang Rui's eyes, he trusts Jiang Meishu more than Liang Qiurun.
"Then I'll go too."
Liang Feng murmured, "I don't know what to do if I stay in the capital."
Liang Rui hummed, and on the way back, they were both silent. However, after entering the house, seeing Jiang Meishu barbecuing in the yard, Liang Rui couldn't hold it in any longer and rushed in almost in two or three steps, "Jiang Meilan, not only did you not tell me you were coming back, but you also secretly ate behind my back."
He liked the barbecue made by Jiang Meishu the most, but Jiang Meishu rarely made it, so Liang Rui had never enjoyed it.
Jiang Meishu didn't expect that Liang Rui would come back at this time when she came to cheer up Liang's mother.
"Aren't you in evening self-study? Why are you back at this time?" She didn't explain why she was barbecuing, but just handed over a skewer of grilled meat in her hand.
The sizzling pork belly was emitting a charred aroma. Liang Rui, who was greedy, took it without saying a word. He didn't care about the heat and ate the whole skewer in one bite. His mouth was so hot that it was smoking, but he kept explaining while eating, "School is on vacation. I probably won't go to school anymore."
Only Jiang Meishu, who was close to him, could hear the grievance in his words.
"What's the meaning?"
Jiang Meishu skillfully flipped the skewers in her hands and sprinkled chili powder on them. "Why don't you go to school?"
"Graduation." Liang Rui held a piece of meat in his mouth. He was so delicious that he wanted to bite his tongue. "I'm already a sophomore in high school and will graduate soon. There's no college entrance examination now. What's the point of staying in school if I don't come back?"
He said this with a lot of resentment, "Jiang Meilan, you don't care about me at all. I'm about to graduate, and you don't even know."
"I didn't know you were back."
"Do you still regard me as your son?"
This question left Jiang Meishu speechless. "It's my fault. I was planning to visit you tomorrow."
In addition, she went to Guangzhou and did not pay enough attention to Liang Rui's academics. She completely forgot that Liang Rui was about to graduate from high school.
Now it is June 1978, and the college entrance examination will not be held until December. At least until now, there is no news about the resumption of the college entrance examination.
Thinking of this, Jiang Meishu was no longer in the mood to barbecue, so she handed the work to Comrade Wang, and then talked to Liang Rui, "What are your plans?"
When asked this, the delicious pork belly in Liang Rui's mouth lost its taste. "I originally planned to go to college, like Jiang Nanfang, and become a university student, but now there is no way."
"Since I can't pass the college entrance examination, I thought I'd go to the south to join you." At this point, Liang Rui opened his eyes and said, "Jiang Meilan, you will want me, right?"
Still with a bit of caution.
Jiang Meishu was silent for a moment, then rubbed her head. "Do you want to go to the south to do business, or do business temporarily and then study in the future?"
This question really stumped Liang Rui. He thought for a while and said, "My original plan was to study, but that path didn't work out, so I had no choice but to go into business."
"What if," Jiang Meishu lowered her voice, "the college entrance examination will be reinstated in the future?"
Liang Rui subconsciously didn't believe what she said, but when he saw Jiang Meishu's serious look, he was stunned for a while, "Are you serious?"
Jiang Meishu shook her head and nodded, "I can't be 100% sure, but it's possible."
Liang Rui thought about it seriously, "If the college entrance examination is resumed in the future, I will definitely be willing to take it, but before it is resumed, I want to make money first."
Jiang Meishu probably had an idea in mind. "Then I'll take the bus back to Yangcheng tomorrow afternoon. You can come with me."
"Where's Liang Feng?"
Ever since Liang Qiurun brought Liang Feng back, Jiang Meishu has treated Liang Feng as half her own child.
Liang Feng hesitated when asked this question, "I want to go with Liang Rui, but will it cause too much trouble for you?"
Jiang Meishu, "No."
"I happen to be short of help over there, so it would be nice if you could come over and help out," she said calmly. "So, when you're not busy during the day, you can review your lessons and help out at the stall in the evenings, is that okay?"
Now, Liang Rui and Liang Feng both agreed.
The two packed their bags that night and prepared to return to Guangzhou with Jiang Meishu. Before leaving, Jiang Meishu went to the University of Science and Technology to meet Jiang Nanfang.
Unfortunately, she went at the wrong time. Jiang Nanfang's whereabouts were kept secret for the time being, and she was unable to meet him. In the end, she could only entrust the things to the security department.
An electronic watch, a harmonica, two canned yellow peaches, two bags of peach cakes, and some cash and food coupons.
These are what Jiangnan Fang needs most right now.
After Jiang Meishu left HKUST, she went directly to the train station to meet up with Liang Rui, Liang Feng, and A Zheng.
Because she was familiar with the long-distance train, she bought a lot of green oranges and fruits, and the journey was relatively smooth.
On June 12th, we arrived in Guangzhou safely.
Jiang Meishu went back to the Little White Building to wash up before taking Liang Rui and Liang Feng to Hongtai. Jiang Meishu was interested in training them for this kind of thing.
So I didn't avoid these two people.
As soon as she arrived, before she even entered, Qiao Jiahui saw her. He pounced on her like a hungry wolf on a tiger, "Sister-in-law, you are truly amazing."
"Do you know how many more orders our Hongtai has received in just one week since that ad aired?"
The orders came down like snowflakes, and it was hard not to accept them.
Jiang Meishu was not surprised. She went to see Liang Qiurun and asked, "Have you received the order amount? How much inventory do you have?"
“How much is the shortfall?”
After asking this series of questions, Liang Rui and Liang Feng looked at each other and muttered, "Have you noticed that my stepmother seems to have overwhelmed my father all of a sudden?"
"Besides, my dad is such a lackey."
Liang Qiurun heard this and tapped Liang Rui's head with his hand. Liang Rui then rubbed his head and calmed down.
Liang Qiurun retracted his gaze and whispered, "Currently, thirteen department stores have taken the initiative to order our Hongtai bicycles."
"The largest order was for 3,000 vehicles, and the smallest was for 200."
"Other than that, our Hongtai bicycles are a complete hit."
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