Yan Runzhi stopped crying when she heard Cheng Ruhai's voice and sneered. She had expected that he would come to test her strength, and she would not let him succeed!
Cheng Ruhai had heard the sound of crying and laughing in the courtyard, but he didn't dare to break in because they didn't open the door. He said loudly: "Dongsheng, I'm glad you're back. Just tell me what you want and I'll give it to you. I bought some wine and killed a chicken. I want to drink a few cups with you and talk about our brotherhood."
He was afraid that Cheng Rushan would be instigated by Yan Runzhi to settle accounts with him, and he also wanted to see how much money Cheng Rushan would bring back. Cheng Rushan always brought money when he came back in the past, so this time it must be more.
Just as Cheng Rushan was about to speak, Yan Runzhi held his hand and told him not to speak.
Cheng Rushan ate in silence. He wanted to ask Cheng Ruhai in person. What did they say before, that brothers are of the same blood and look out for each other? If he made money, he was a brother, but if he was arrested and sent to prison, he was a rag? It was fine if Cheng Ruhai didn't help him, but he actually dared to bully his mother and Jiang Lin when he was not around.
If his mother hadn't told him that he had to have a reunion dinner right after returning home, Cheng Ruhai would probably have nothing to eat by now.
He still dares to say something like brother.
Jiang Lin had already quietly lit candles for Cheng Ruhai. Because they were brothers, he wanted to light the biggest one.
If the Cheng family can be rehabilitated, then do they have to return some things?
Cheng Ruhai has drawn a clear line between himself and his family, so he has no share in these things, right? Haha, it makes me feel good just thinking about it.
A cheerful smile appeared on her lips.
Cheng Rushan, who was sitting opposite her, slowly calmed down when he saw the smile on her lips. He pointed at the plate of fried smoked bacon and said, "Try my cooking skills and see if there is anything that needs improvement."
This bacon is not simply rubbed with salt and air-dried, it is also smoked using pine branches, cypress wood, etc. and some citrus peels. This kind of bacon can only be bought in some special places, at least it is not made locally.
She tasted a piece of it. The bacon was fat and lean. After being pickled, air-dried, and smoked, the fat had solidified and became transparent when fried. It tasted sweet and not greasy, and was especially good with rice. She couldn't help but squint her eyes and nodded, "Delicious!" She couldn't help but wonder where Cheng Rushan had gone?
Yan Runzhi said kindly: "Bao'er mother, if it tastes good, eat more."
Cheng Dabao also picked up some meat for Jiang Lin, "Mom, if it tastes good, eat more." Cheng Xiaobao followed suit.
Jiang Lin: "...Let's all eat."
The family didn't care that Cheng Ruhai was so angry that his stomach was bursting, and they just talked and laughed and ate and drank.
Because they were happy and the food smelled delicious, Yan Runzhi drank a lot of wine, Jiang Lin ate two large bowls of noodles, and Cheng Dabao and Xiaobao also ate one bowl.
After eating, the two children pulled Jiang Lin to play the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken" in the yard.
They were always excluded by other children, no one played with them, and they played multiplayer games by themselves. Having their mother play with them was what Cheng Xiaobao wanted most, and having a father and a mother to accompany them was the biggest wish of the two children, and now they finally got what they wanted.
Yan Runzhi was happy, her mind was clear but her body was beginning to act out of control. She looked at Jiang Lin playing with the children and whispered to Cheng Rushan, "Dongsheng, Baoer's mother came from a big city and has seen the world, so it's understandable that she doesn't care about our little place. We couldn't afford to care about it before, but we'll live a good life in the future and love our wife well."
Cheng Rushan clinked his wine bowl with hers, "Mom, I'll remember it."
Yan Runzhi waved her hand, "Mom is drunk, go to bed first, you clean the table and wash the dishes."
Cheng Rushan: "You fell asleep right after eating?"
Yan Runzhi: "I didn't eat meat, so don't be afraid. I have to go and occupy the kang." She happily sang a little song as she climbed up to the east room and lay down. She rubbed her belly and looked forward to the next family reunion and the birth of a baby next year.
Jiang Lin played with the child for a while, and when Cheng Rushan finished eating, she helped clean up.
Cheng Rushan: "Do you want to go out for a walk to help digest your food?"
Jiang Lin wanted to avoid him so much that she went out for a walk. She immediately yawned and said, "I'm so sleepy."
Cheng Rushan: "It's still early. If you go to bed early, you will have indigestion. They ate a lot."
Since he brought up the children, Jiang Lin couldn't refuse. Unconsciously, she had gotten into the role and took the initiative to care about the two children.
By this time Cheng Ruhai had already left, and the area around the brigade headquarters was very quiet. The chirping of cicadas and insects at night made the place even quieter.
It was dark and the light was dim, and she didn't know where to stroll.
The two children were particularly energetic because they had slept for a while. The family of four held hands and walked around in circles. The two children were still reluctant to let go.
Dabao and Xiaobao are the happiest because they finally have their parents together!
The two of them wanted to run to the brigade and use a loud speaker to tell all the dogs and children in the village that their father Cheng Rushan had returned and that they now had a father who loved their mother.
Let's see who dares to laugh at them! Humph, I'll go out for a walk with my parents tomorrow morning and let them see.
The two brothers were very excited and not sleepy at all.
Jiang Lin thought it was about time, so she said to Dabao and Xiaobao, "It's time to go home and sleep."
The two children have always been well-behaved, but today they are a little willful because they are loved by their parents and want to continue playing.
Cheng Xiaobao held her hand and said, "Mom, we haven't walked enough." Cheng Dabao showed with his actions that he wanted to keep walking.
Jiang Lin: "Children can't sleep too late."
Cheng Rushan: "Let's walk a little further."
Cheng Xiaobao: "Dongsheng is right."
Jiang Lin: “…” From now on, there will be no voting at home, and I can only practice dictatorship.
After walking for about ten minutes, Cheng Rushan said he wanted to go home. The two children obeyed him and refused to hold hands, becoming two pendants on Cheng Rushan's body.
Cheng Xiaobao insisted that Cheng Dabao and he sit on each side of their father's shoulders, thinking that this was the coolest thing to do and that no other child in the village had the same treatment.
Cheng Rushan was very cooperative. Jiang Lin could no longer say anything and could only stand by to protect him. Dabao sat obediently, but Xiaobao was still moving around. In order to support him, Jiang Lin leaned on Cheng Rushan. She only focused on the child and forgot to be nervous.
Cheng Rushan felt her soft body against his arms and wanted to hold her in his arms, but he restrained himself in the end.
…
When I got home, I found that Yan Runzhi, who was said to be drunk, had burned mugwort to fumigate mosquitoes.
Cheng Rushan asked Jiang Lin to wash herself while he helped the two children bathe.
In fact, Dabao and Xiaobao can wash themselves. Before he was not at home, Yan Runzhi could not manage them, so Dabao and Xiaobao washed each other. You wipe my back, I wash your hair. After washing, he wiped the two children dry with a sheet, carried one in each hand to the kang, and then he went out to take a shower.
Cheng Dabao and Cheng Xiaobao started to arrange the pillows, but Cheng Rushan had no pillow, and the two kids were in a dilemma.
Cheng Xiaobao: "How do we sleep?" He gestured, "We're in the middle, Dongsheng and Linlin are on both sides." Grandma said Dongsheng and Linlin are a couple.
Cheng Dabao remembered what his grandma said, and said, "Dad and mom go on one side, and we go on the other side."
Jiang Lin watched the two little ones struggling with the same problem as her, and immediately climbed onto the kang, "Mom likes to sleep against the wall, you two can sleep in the middle."
She waved at Cheng Xiaobao, who was already a little sleepy, and immediately took the bait and leaned into her arms. His little hand naturally reached out to touch her ear, and he muttered, "Linlin is Dongsheng's wife."
Jiang Lin: "..." She said to Cheng Dabao: "Okay. Go to bed quickly." She was really sleepy and felt exhausted today.
When Cheng Rushan came back with his hair wiped, Jiang Lin had already fallen asleep with Xiaobao and Dabao in her arms. Xiaobao lay in her arms, and Dabao held her hand, as if he was afraid that she would run away.
Cheng Rushan felt as if a little rabbit had jumped out of his heart, soft and tender, full of infinite desire. He got on the kang, lay on the other side of Dabao, and pulled Dabao over.
Jiang Lin was really tired that day and slept soundly. She didn't know when she was awakened by a dream. She had a dream that she was tied up and couldn't escape. She woke up anxiously. She moved her arms, and the hand holding Xiaobao was held by someone and couldn't be pulled back.
At this time, light was already rising outside and the room was dimly lit. Jiang Lin opened her eyes and looked at Xiaobao and Dabao sleeping in the middle, and Cheng Rushan sleeping peacefully on the other side.
In fact, Dabao and Xiaobao are quite similar to him, with high noses and long black eyebrows.
Because of his special training and sensitivity, Cheng Rushan would feel something immediately when someone stared at him, but he didn't move, instead he let her look at him. When she wanted to pull her hand back, he deliberately clenched it tightly, still pretending to be asleep.
Jiang Lin was afraid of waking him up, so she just let him hold her and continued to lie there without getting up.
Cheng Rushan smiled.
I get busy in the morning, washing, cooking and feeding the chickens.
Before dinner, Cheng Rushan asked Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin to sit down at the table, as he had something to say.
Yan Runzhi said happily, "We have been called into meetings all day long, but we haven't even had one yet. Baoer's mother, come and take a seat."
Jiang Lin: "..." If you were in modern times, you would definitely be a good salesperson. She asked Yan Runzhi to sit down, and she sat next to him. Cheng Dabao and Cheng Xiaobao also ran over and sat down to attend the meeting.
Cheng Rushan smiled, took out a plastic folder, took out a few papers and receipts from it and put them on the table. He glanced at Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin, "There are a total of 7,000 yuan in here, I..."
"Wow?!" Yan Runzhi's expression was even more exaggerated than the child's. "Seven thousand? Dongsheng is really capable. Mother has never seen seven dollars before!"
Although Jiang Lin was not so exaggerated, his eyes widened. Three cents for a bun, four cents for an egg, how much more would he have to buy... a huge sum of money! In the 1980s, a millionaire was considered a great person, and now he was one.
Boss, please accept my knee!
Thinking of the hardships he faced when he started his own business, Jiang Lin sincerely admires him.
Seeing the stars in Jiang Lin's eyes, Cheng Rushan smiled and took out one of the copies. He said, "I spent some of it on shopping and taking the bus. I saved some for building relationships. The remaining 6,000 yuan, half for each of you." He handed Jiang Lin a list, "This is the deposit slip. Take our household registration book, the brigade's letter of introduction, and my seal to the county credit union to withdraw it."
Jiang Lin was stunned. "Give...give it to me?"
Cheng Rushan stared at her with a gentle gaze, "Yes, I'll give it to you."
Jiang Lin blurted out: "Aren't you afraid that I'll run away with it?"
Yan Runzhi, Dabao and Xiaobao immediately looked at her nervously.
Cheng Rushan half-jokingly said, "It's yours if I give it to you. You can spend it however you want. If you want to use connections to get back to the city, it's easy if you have money. Of course, if you want, I can help you with connections without spending much money."
Jiang Lin felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her. Oh my, he was not testing her. Thinking of poor Qian Bo, she decided to be hypocritical. She smiled and said, "Forget it. It's not safe for me to hold it."
Cheng Rushan smiled and gave the other one to Yan Runzhi, "Save it, Mom. We'll need it when my dad comes back."
Yan Runzhi began to wipe away tears, "It is our responsibility to take care of Ruzhou when the time comes. That child is pitiful. But this money..." She pushed it to Jiang Lin and looked at her pitifully, "Baoer's mother, you are the head of the family, you are in charge. From now on, we will ask you to apply for money when our family spends money, you have the final say."
Jiang Lin: “…” What’s going on?
Cheng Xiaobao: "How much is six thousand?"
Cheng Dabao: “A lot.”
Cheng Xiaobao: "More or less than 10,000?"
Cheng Dabao: “…Yeah.”
Cheng Xiaobao: "Is it more expensive than me?"
Jiang Lin: “…”
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "How can it be more expensive than you?"
Cheng Xiaobao became happy again, puffing out his chest, "Linlin, take it. Have you had enough of the flowery dresses you bought?"
Jiang Lin: “…” You’re addicted to it, right?
Cheng Dabao: "Buy a bicycle!" You can ride a bicycle in the city.
Jiang Lin: "Young man, you're right. You should buy a bicycle." A bicycle can probably be ridden for twenty years, haha. You also need to buy a sewing machine. If you make clothes at home, it will take at least ten years. You also need to buy a clock to tell time, and a radio to listen to the outside world... Jiang Lin! Stop it! This is not your money! And why are you so devoted to calculating what to buy to live? You...
Jiang Lin stared at her blurry reflection on the table. Damn, she was actually so absorbed in thinking about how to live with this family. She was really into the mood.
She was so confused that she couldn't speak, and didn't notice that no one in the room spoke. Yan Runzhi was looking at her nervously, but Cheng Rushan was not nervous and just waited patiently.
Jiang Lin looked up, and he immediately looked at her with a somewhat wandering look.
Jiang Lin: "Maybe conditions will get better in the future, so let's keep this money as capital to do something else." If we spend it all at once, what if we need the money later?
Cheng Rushan: "You decide."
Yan Runzhi said happily: "Bao'er's mother, please put it away, let's have dinner."
Jiang Lin hesitated for a moment and looked at Cheng Rushan. He nodded at her and told her to just put it away. Jiang Lin took it and put it in a locked suitcase. Although the money was a lot, she really didn't dare to spend it.
What did Cheng Rushan do outside for the past six years? Some people said he was in prison, but he said he was doing transportation. But she felt that it was not that simple. How could someone redress his family's innocence if he was doing transportation? Unless those intellectuals with status and position were taken care of by the higher-ups, it would not be easy to redress their innocence. How difficult is it to earn 7,000 yuan in this era?
She dropped out of school at a young age and worked to support herself. Later, she opened a decoration studio with 20 to 30 people. She knew how difficult it was to make money.
Because she knew this, she didn't want to spend Cheng Rushan's money carelessly. One can't just sit there and eat all the money, and one still has to work hard for the great opportunities in the future.
For breakfast, Yan Runzhi made boiled eggs, steamed egg custard, stewed pickles, and then the staple food.
"Dongsheng, are you leaving today?" Yan Runzhi was also anxious. She wanted to finish the relationship immediately and bring the men back.
Cheng Rushan said: "I will go to the brigade first to talk about buying back the small courtyard house."
If he goes out to build relationships, he is not sure how many days it will take for him to come back, but if he does not go out and just waits at home, it may take a year or so for things to get done. He does not like to be too passive.
Yan Runzhi: "We exchanged that yard for the brigade ourselves when we separated from our family. Forget it, this one is not bad to live in, so we won't waste that money."
Cheng Rushan: "When Dad and Brother Zhou come back, there will be no room here."
Yan Runzhi's eyes turned red again and she nodded, "Yes, you have the final say."
Jiang Lin asked him if he wanted money.
Cheng Rushan smiled and said, "I still have some here."
After dinner, Cheng Rushan wanted Yan Runzhi to rest at home and stop working, but Yan Runzhi insisted on embroidering. This was her habit, and she would live like this even if her son came back and the family had money. If her pace of life was disrupted, she would panic and not know how to go on.
Yan Runzhi wanted to take Dabao and Xiaobao out to let the young couple be alone to improve their relationship, but seeing that Cheng Xiaobao was eager to grow up on his father, it was probably not possible. The two children, especially Cheng Xiaobao, were so curious about their father when they saw him for the first time that they wanted to watch him at all times, like a treasure that they were afraid of losing.
After Yan Runzhi left, Cheng Rushan took out another two hundred yuan from his pocket and gave it to Jiang Lin, "Keep it and buy something for your home."
Jiang Lin didn't want to, "You should do your business first."
Cheng Rushan held her hand and stuffed the money into her hand, "I don't spend much money when I go out."
Jiang Lin found that he seemed good-tempered and easy to talk to, but once he made up his mind he could be stubborn, so she had no choice but to accept it.
Cheng Rushan: "These flowers are for you, don't be reluctant to give them up."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Okay."
Cheng Rushan said that they should go to the brigade together. Cheng Xiaobao was already standing on a bench, tiptoeing to climb up by holding onto Cheng Rushan's shoulders. Cheng Rushan raised his arm for him to step on and climb up.
Jiang Lin: "Xiaobao, you are a big kid, don't always ride on my neck."
Cheng Xiaobao laughed and said, "I want it." He also called Dabao, but Cheng Dabao had already taken Jiang Lin's hand and said, "Let's go."
Jiang Lin: "Do you want dad to carry you?"
Cheng Dabao: "No, I can walk by myself." Grandma said that Cheng Rushan was able to go collect firewood when he was six years old and didn't want his father to carry him at all.
Cheng Rushan carried his youngest son on his back, and he and Jiang Lin held Dabao's hand and went to the brigade headquarters together.
The members of the commune happened to be going to work, and they were stunned when they saw Cheng Rushan.
Cheng Rushan started running around when he was fourteen, and the villagers had little idea of what happened to him when he grew up. In their impression, Cheng Rushan was still a child, about eleven or twelve years old, with a wolf cub-like look, cruel and cold, without any emotion. Now he was carrying a child on his back, and the family of four went out... Is this true?
Cheng Rushan is obviously much more mature than he was six years ago. His face is calm and he doesn't look grumpy. He will even smile when he sees people, even though his smile makes people feel uneasy.
They watched Cheng Rushan and his family of four go to the brigade headquarters, then they came to their senses and started chattering and telling each other.
In the brigade room, Cheng Fujun, Cheng Fulian and Wang Gang were all there. They looked serious and were waiting for Cheng Rushan.
Although they didn't know what Cheng Rushan was doing outside, it was definitely not the case that Cheng Fugui spread that he died in prison. Cheng Fujun was entrusted by Secretary Shang to take good care of Cheng Rushan's family, and naturally hoped that he could return safely. With a son who could speak as a father in the village, they no longer treated Cheng Rushan as a child.
Cheng Rushan put Xiaobao down and let him and Dabao play in the yard while he and Jiang Lin went to discuss business.
He didn't say a word of greeting, nor did he explain where he had been and what he had been doing in the past six years. Instead, he went straight to the point. Cheng Rushan said he wanted to buy back the small courtyard house.
Cheng Fujun was a little embarrassed: "Rushan, it's like this, what about the small courtyard house? It became the guesthouse of the brigade..." In fact, Cheng Fugui asked his brother to say that the small courtyard house would be kept for his retirement when he returned to the village.
Cheng Rushan: "Uncle, just tell me who took it away from you."
"Dongsheng!" Cheng Ruhai ran over, with an especially affectionate attitude like brothers meeting each other, and reached out to hug Cheng Rushan, "Good brother, you are back. I have something important to tell you."
Seeing him coming towards him, Cheng Rushan turned his body to the side and tripped. Cheng Ruhai was unable to stop and fell forward.
The author has something to say: 20:00 pm, second update. Keep asking for comments and nutrient solution, hehe~
Jiang Lin: You think Cheng Rushan gave me the money sincerely? If I run away with it, will he chase me?
Cheng Dabao: Jiang Lin, how can you be someone's mother!
Cheng Xiaobao: Linlin is Dongsheng’s wife.
Cheng Rushan: My dear wife, just be brave and try it.
Yan Runzhi: Dongsheng, work harder and make more delicious food for your wife. I think she is probably a foodie.
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