Cheng Rushan said: "Our eldest son is the eldest brother. Even if the brigade returns the yard, it will be given to the eldest brother. It has nothing to do with you."
Cheng Yunzhi knew that Dongsheng was trying to save face for himself. If it was Dongsheng's previous temper, he would have directly said that you have drawn a clear line and are an outsider, so you should get out. Now Dongsheng has matured and knows to consider his father's face. Cheng Yunzhi knew that the two brothers must not get along so peacefully, so he sat still and did not interfere.
Cheng Ruhai said: "Dongsheng, you say this, you say this..."
Cheng Rushan said this to block Cheng Ruhai's excuse, and he couldn't refute it at all.
"But, my eldest brother is ignorant. Now that we have been vindicated, the brigade should return our property to us."
Cheng Yunzhi: "Boss, Dongsheng is right. When the brigade returns the property, most of it will be given to your uncle. If your uncle is not around, it will be given to your elder brother. Your elder brother is ignorant, so we will help him manage it. You have to earn what we want by yourselves."
"This, this is what we earned. We redeemed it for two hundred yuan." Cheng Ruhai was anxious.
Cheng Rushan snorted, "I redeemed this place. My wife is the boss. It has nothing to do with you." He glanced at Cheng Ruhai coldly, and Cheng Ruhai immediately understood what he meant: Dad just came back today, so I let you in for Daddy's sake. If you dare to come in again next time, I will beat you to death!
Even if Cheng Ruhai had treated Jiang Lin and the others badly in the beginning, as long as he had given them a roof over their heads, Cheng Rushan would not have turned hostile. Living in such a courtyard and driving Jiang Lin and the others out to live in a shack, Cheng Rushan could not accept it and would never forgive him.
At this time, Liu Honghua brought Cheng Tiegang, Cheng Jingang and Da Waner over. After entering the yard, she shouted, "Dad, you're finally back. We missed you so much. If someone hadn't stopped us, we would have gone to pick you up early yesterday morning."
The three children also hurried forward to kowtow to their grandfather and spoke affectionately. Cheng Yunzhi asked them to get up quickly and asked about their ages and so on.
Dabao, Xiaobao and Cheng Ruzhou just came back with something. After seeing this, they asked Cheng Ruzhou to put the thing on the screen wall, and took his hand and hid under the gatehouse to whisper.
Dabao: "Brother, those people are bad, they want to rob our home."
Cheng Ruzhou's face turned stern: "Property confiscated?!" This was the deepest shadow and fear in his heart, and also what he hated the most.
Xiaobao nodded, "Yes, it's bad. He stole my eggs, gave us rotten rice, and forced me to live in the cowshed!"
Cowshed? Cheng Ruzhou had heard the word cowshed countless times in the labor camp. It was a very bad place. He put his hands on his hips and said, "It's really bad!"
He took a look, picked up a stick as thick as a copper coin from the wall, walked over, and hit Liu Honghua and Cheng Ruhai who were chattering with Cheng Yunzhi, "You bastards, you bully my brother, I will beat you to death!"
Although he was mentally retarded, he was much stronger. He hit Liu Honghua on the head and made her scream. Cheng Ruhai got angry and snatched Cheng Ruzhou's stick.
Cheng Yunzhi hurriedly said, "Boss, you can't hit your eldest brother."
While he was talking, Cheng Ruhai was hit several times and it hurt terribly.
Liu Honghua originally wanted to bring her children to coax the old man, stay for dinner, and move back. However, she was beaten up by Cheng Ruzhou. She was so angry that she quickly took the children and ran away to avoid being beaten.
Dabao and Xiaobao stood at the door of the south room, eating melons and watching with a smile. They clapped their hands and said with a smile, "If you bully my grandma and mother again, I will beat you to death!"
Cheng Ruzhou also chased after him and shouted, "I'll beat you to death for bullying my grandma and mother!"
Cheng Rushan didn't care at all and just packed up his things. He didn't explain to Cheng Yunzhi.
Cheng Yunzhi sighed.
Dabao and Xiaobao ran over and said to him with a smile: "Grandpa, don't be angry. When my dad comes back, they can no longer force us to live in a shack!"
Cheng Yunzhi felt suffocated in the chest, and pulled Dabao and Xiaobao's hands: "Why are you forced to live in the shack?"
Dabao said, "We originally lived here, but the bad guys forced us to live in a shack. We lived in a small courtyard again, and when my father came back, we moved back."
Since the child couldn't explain it clearly, Cheng Yunzhi would ask him carefully and was able to guess the general idea.
Yan Runzhi took a towel wrung in water and wiped his face and hands, fearing that he would feel uncomfortable. "It's no big deal, we old men and women should not get involved. The children are all grown up, married and have children now, and live their own lives."
Cheng Yunzhi held her hand and said apologetically, "I am the one who is holding you back."
"Stop talking about taking someone away. Without you, would I have such a good family of children? You should be like me in the future. If you can do it, do some work. If you can't, just eat and drink and wander around. Don't worry about the children's affairs." Yan Runzhi took a tomato and stuffed it in his mouth. "Let's eat later."
Cheng Yunzhi stood up and said, "We had our first meal at the farm. Now that we have come back from so far away, we have to have our first meal at the old man's house."
Cheng Yunzhi pursed his lips, holding back the anger that had been pent up for years, and walked out with his hands behind his back.
Yan Runzhi: "What are you doing? You're suddenly so stubborn."
Cheng Rushan said, "Mom, let my dad take a walk."
Cheng Yunzhi strolled out and said to Dabao and Xiaobao, "My dear grandchildren, lead the way for grandpa. Let's see where your uncle lives."
Dabao and Xiaobao ran out happily to show the way.
Jiang Lin ran to the yard and asked, "Is this okay?" Don't let the old man get angry. Although she had just met Cheng Yunzhi, she felt that he was the kind of person who would not get angry easily and would suffocate to death if he got angry.
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "Why not? We can't stop him from paying respects to his biological father, and we don't want to see him jumping around in our house all day long and annoying us. If he misses your father in the future, let your father go over to pay respects to him, isn't that perfect?"
Jiang Lin laughed and said that this was also a good idea.
Yan Runzhi: "If you're hungry, we don't have to wait. You can eat first." She made hand-rolled noodles for the old man, one portion of soup noodles and one portion of noodles with gravy. He could eat whatever he wanted.
Jiang Lin said, "Wait a minute, let's have our first meal together after returning home."
Cheng Rushan also went to get some wine and said to Jiang Lin, "You and the child can eat first. It's okay. Dad doesn't care about this."
Jiang Lin: "I ate a few rice cakes and a few peaches. I'm not hungry." She looked outside, wanting to go see what was going on.
Let’s talk about Cheng Yunzhi going to Cheng Ruhai’s house.
Liu Honghua was crying and cursing at home, "This is too bullying. After the house was rehabilitated and returned, why not give it to you, the eldest? Give it to that idiot? Does the idiot understand? Isn't it occupied by the second eldest's family? When dad came back, he didn't even let us get close to him, how could he be so overbearing? It must be his mother who instigated it! What a bunch of black-hearted people, that old witch and the little witch..."
Cheng Ruhai: "Stop talking, I will have a good talk with Dad tomorrow when they are not home. Dad values feelings the most, he will definitely understand our difficulties and will definitely help us. If the second son wants to live in the small courtyard, let him live there, and wait until the big courtyard is returned to us, isn't it better?"
At this time, Cheng Yunzhi arrived at the door and asked Wensheng to take Dabao and Xiaobao outside and not to go in.
Because it was dark, Cheng Ruhai and his wife were busy preparing meals, so they didn't see Cheng Yunzhi.
Cheng Yunzhi walked straight to the door of the main hall and said, "You want to be close to Dad, but won't Dad let you be close? Hurry up and cook for me. I've come a long way and I'm very hungry."
Cheng Ruhai and Liu Honghua looked at each other as if they had seen a ghost, and ran out, "Dad, why are you here?"
Cheng Yunzhi: "I came back from the labor camp and I don't have a place to stay. Should I go to my eldest son?"
Liu Honghua said angrily, "Dad, look at where we live. It's a mud-brick thatched house, and the second son climbed on the roof and poked it, and it leaked so badly that we couldn't make a living. The second son and his wife are simply village bullies. If this happened a few years ago, they would have been paraded through the streets!"
Cheng Yunzhi frowned tightly. Years of habit had made him no longer angry and he no longer judged other people's right or wrong, but Liu Honghua's words made him very unhappy.
But the father-in-law cannot control his daughter-in-law. If anyone needs to control her, it should be the mother-in-law and the man.
He said to Cheng Ruhai, "Boss, you should do your job first. How can a younger brother not respect you? Why did your younger brother make a hole in your house? Although Dongsheng is powerful, he is not an unreasonable person."
Liu Honghua rushed to say, "What else could it be? The second son's family is an educated youth who looks down on the second son and wants to sell their son to elope. They want to move out and live in a shack, so how can they blame us? As soon as the second son came back, the women complained and asked the second son to bully us, wuwuwu~~" She began to cry and wipe her tears, "Dad, why didn't you come back to make a decision for us? You let us be bullied?"
Cheng Yunzhi: "Big brother, your father has a good temper, but am I stupid?" He thought Jiang Lin was very good, well-educated, and had given Dongsheng two good children. She was also filial to her mother-in-law, and he could find no fault with her. The eldest brother's wife actually slandered others for selling their son and eloping. Isn't this making enemies? If the eldest sister-in-law was here, she would have to kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect on her mistakes.
Cheng Ruhai knelt in front of him and said, "Dad, I didn't do anything wrong. It's all policy. It's all society."
Cheng Yunzhi: "You kicked your mother and your sister-in-law's family out to live in a shack. What does this have to do with policy and society? When your mother took care of you, she didn't treat you badly. If you want to talk about other things, I don't know. I, your father, know exactly what kind of person your mother is."
Liu Honghua immediately sneered, "Forget it. Dad is obviously old and confused. He was drugged by others and came back to pick a fight with us. He doesn't support us at all."
They were at the farm yesterday. Who knows how Yan Runzhi complained? Of course she wouldn't say anything good about her own family.
As soon as the old man came back, he came here to beg for food. What did he mean? The second child had brought back so many delicious foods, why didn't he invite her family to come over to eat? This is really too much!
Cheng Yunzhi was so angry at Liu Honghua that he trembled.
Cheng Ruhai was still kneeling there crying, "Dad, as an old man, you have to treat everyone equally. You can't just watch your eldest son being left without a mother and support, and then only care about your concubine and younger brother..."
With a "slap", Cheng Yunzhi slapped Cheng Ruhai in the face, "You unfilial son, that's your mother, if you don't call her, you're unfilial, where did this concubine come from?"
Cheng Ruhai immediately apologized, "Dad, I was wrong, I was wrong." He slapped himself a few times, "Dad, don't be angry."
He said to Liu Honghua, "Hurry up and cook, kill the chicken, and let Dad eat here."
Liu Honghua didn't move, but cried and wailed, saying that the old man was biased, the second man was a bastard, etc.
Cheng Yunzhi had originally returned home from the farm with great anticipation, thinking of his family being together and living happily together, but he did not expect such a reality. He sighed, "It would be better if I stayed there and did labor reform."
Before I came back, I imagined the relationship between the children to be perfect, thinking that they must be brothers and sisters. But after I came back, I found that it was not so good. No wonder Lao Chen said that going home might not be a happy experience.
He felt a little disheartened and turned around and walked out.
Liu Honghua was still shouting: "If you come back, you will take sides with the younger generation. It's better not to come back!"
Cheng Ruhai told her to stop talking nonsense, and he chased her out, "Dad, stay and eat, live here, I will support you."
Cheng Yunzhi refused, because there was a rule in his family that the father-in-law would not quarrel with his daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law didn't like him, so he stayed to cause trouble. A harmonious family is the key to success. If there is no harmony, he might as well disappear.
He went out, looked at the dark night sky, and wondered where he should go. For a moment, he was at a loss, not knowing where to go.
Just at this moment, Vincent, Dabao and Xiaobao ran out from behind the haystack holding lanterns. They had been hiding there.
Dabao and Xiaobao's eyes are black and bright.
Dabao: "Grandpa, let's go. I told you that the old witch wouldn't give you food."
Xiaobao: "We are starving to death, Grandpa, please leave."
Vince: "Grandpa, please go."
Cheng Yunzhi felt sour and swollen in the heart, and was made sour and soft by them. He said, "Don't you despise grandpa for being old and dirty? Grandpa can't work anymore and can't buy you candy."
Dabao: "Grandpa, if you take a bath more often, you won't be dirty. I'm dirty too, but mom forces us to take a bath every day."
Xiaobao: "My dad will buy candy, but my mom won't let me eat too much. Grandpa, now that you're here, does my mom still have the final say in our family?"
Cheng Yunzhi laughed: "Of course it's your mother who has the final say."
Xiaobao's shoulders slumped, "Then can you ask my mother to give me two more candies every day?"
Cheng Yunzhi: "Eating too much sweets will cause your teeth to rot and you'll get worms in your stomach, which is terrible."
Xiaobao: ...How come it's the same as what grandma said? Adults are all liars! There are never worms in the sugar jar!
Vincent took out two candies from his pocket and stuffed a little treasure into his pocket, "Here you go."
Xiaobao's eyes lit up, "Where did it come from?"
Vincent: “They gave it to me.” He forgot who gave it to him. He just played together and didn’t remember their names.
Xiaobao happily put the money in his pocket, as he had earned back what he had given to his grandfather and elder brother in the past two days.
Dabao: ...
Cheng Yunzhi held Dabao and Xiaobao's hands, and Wensheng walked in front with a lantern. When they arrived at the door, Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan had just returned from delivering crabs to the educated youth and Shang Pozi. They brought back a lot, and the family couldn't finish it, so they shared it with everyone to try it out.
Seeing Cheng Yunzhi coming back, Jiang Lin said, "Dad, it's time for dinner."
Cheng Yunzhi nodded, wanting to say something, but feeling overwhelmed, he simply said nothing. He would just live his life the same way he lived when he was away.
Yan Runzhi saw him coming back and said with a smile: "My skill in rolling noodles has improved a lot. If you are late, you won't be able to eat it. It's so delicious!" She brought soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil and said to Jiang Lin: "Mother Bao, look at the sauce I made for you. Does it taste like that?"
Jiang Lin tasted it and found it sour, fragrant, refreshing, and with the umami taste of soy sauce. She praised, "It tastes good!"
This soy sauce is not from a big factory, but autumn oil extracted when making farmhouse sauce. It has the same name as the soy sauce you buy, but it is more delicious and not easy to get. Jiang Lin repaired a house for someone a few days ago. The person had no money and no eggs. The soy sauce and soybean paste made in her mother's village were obtained, so they asked Jiang Lin if they could be used as eggs. Jiang Lin tasted it and thought it tasted very delicious, so she ordered a bottle of soy sauce and a small jar of farmhouse sauce.
Farmhouse sauce is a must-have all year round. Whether you dip it directly in onions and vegetables, stew it with eggplant, or stew it with eggs, it is delicious and goes well with rice.
Jiang Lin likes it very much, so Yan Runzhi always prepares some fried sauce.
Jiang Lin poured some for Cheng Yunzhi, "Dad, try it, it's so delicious." She then served some noodles to Wensheng and asked him what he liked to eat.
Cheng Yunzhi mixed the noodles and tasted them. "Not bad! Fresh and delicious, with a sweet aftertaste that makes your tongue salivate." He praised Yan Runzhi, "Xiao Run's cooking skills have improved again."
Yan Runzhi glared at him and said, "What Xiaorun? He already has a daughter-in-law and grandchildren at his age. Isn't this a joke?"
Dabao and Xiaobao were immediately attracted by the name Xiaorun and spoke quickly.
Dabao: "Who is Xiaorun? Is she your younger sister?"
Xiaobao: "It's noodles! Grandpa said noodles are delicious."
The two brothers immediately laughed and poked Wensheng. Wensheng was mumbling to Jiang Lin, saying that he would eat whatever his mother gave him and that he was a good boy who was not picky about food.
Jiang Lin would mix some sauce and some vegetables for him to prevent him from eating too much salty food out of ignorance.
"My mother's cooking is the most delicious." Wensheng opened his mouth wide and ate noodles like a child, praising her as he ate, "I like noodles the most."
Cheng Yunzhi almost shed tears. This child loved to go against his mother when he was young. When his mother asked him to eat noodles, she would say "only old women eat rotten noodle soup". Every time he had longevity noodles on his birthday, he would make conditions.
Seeing the two little brothers whispering to each other, with a cunning look in their eyes, Jiang Lin reminded them to eat well.
Because there were so many people, Dabao and Xiaobao each had a bowl, and there were not enough bowls at home. After Jiang Lin finished eating the noodles, Cheng Rushan took her bowl and ate the noodles directly.
Jiang Lin hurriedly said, "I'll rinse it for you."
Cheng Rushan: “No need.”
Seeing that no one else cared, Jiang Lin pretended not to care either. She got up and went to the house to tidy up and took out all the bedding. Yan Runzhi had already quilted the cloth and cotton she had bought before. It was not cold at the moment, so one blanket and one quilt were enough for the old couple. Wensheng was an adult, so he had his own quilt, and he didn't need a mattress to roll it up.
Dabao, Xiaobao, and Cheng Rushan, Jiang Lin is a little worried.
After Wensheng, Dabao and Xiaobao finished eating, they ran into the house, got on the kang and started rolling up the quilt.
Vincent: "I want to sleep with my mother."
Dabao and Xiaobao: "I want to sleep with mommy, too!"
The three of them began to spread the quilts and arrange the pillows.
Yan Runzhi came in and said, "Wensheng, you sleep with grandpa and grandma. This kang is too small for everyone."
Dabao and Xiaobao: "Yes, there is also a younger sister, leave some space for her."
Vincent: "Where is my sister?" He looked around for his sister.
Dabao and Xiaobao: "Silly, we are still on the train and haven't arrived yet. What if we get there in the middle of the night and have no place to go? That will be troublesome."
Wensheng frowned and looked at Jiang Lin, "Mom~~"
Jiang Lin shuddered and said to Cheng Rushan who came in, "Why don't you sleep with my brother in the west wing tonight?"
Cheng Rushan put his arm around her waist and looked down at her: "...I want to sleep with my wife."
Jiang Lin: “…”
Dabao and Xiaobao started fiddling with it again, trying to arrange a seat for Dongsheng.
Finally, Wensheng obediently made room for his sister and followed his grandmother to the west room. Yan Runzhi asked Dabao and Xiaobao to sleep with her and grandpa, but Dabao and Xiaobao refused and wanted to sleep on the same kang with their parents.
Jiang Lin: "Let them stay here first."
Yan Runzhi saw what Jiang Lin meant, so she didn't say much. She patted her son's shoulder and took Wensheng's hand: "Wensheng, go take a bath with your grandpa. Watch out for grandpa, don't fall."
Wensheng readily agreed and called Dabao and Xiaobao to go as well.
After they came back from washing, they played for a while and then went to bed. They were a little tired from traveling for the past two days, and it was a little late after cooking and moving when they came back.
Cheng Rushan was the last one to enter the room. Jiang Lin had already arranged Dabao and Xiaobao. She hugged Xiaobao and left Dabao for him to hug. He lay down on the kang silently.
In the middle of the night, Xiaobao suddenly got up and hummed, "Pee, pee, pee."
He ate a lot of fruits and vegetables during the day and easily got up in the middle of the night.
Cheng Rushan woke up immediately and vaguely saw his son trying to pee on the kang. He quickly got up and took the two children's small urinals from under the kang.
Jiang Lin also woke up, lit the oil lamp, and tapped Dabao to make him pee.
Cheng Rushan took a small urine pot to collect the urine for them. The two children continued to sleep with their eyes closed, standing on the edge of the kang, swaying from side to side.
Jiang Lin could have slept through the night, but she had a conditioned reflex when others went to the toilet. When she went downstairs and came back, she found that the two little brothers, who had just peed, were sleeping sideways in each other's arms.
Now she was going to sleep with Cheng Rushan.
Jiang Lin whispered, "Turn them over."
Cheng Rushan closed his eyes and spoke in a nasal voice, "Come up." He didn't open his eyes either. He raised his hand above his head and accurately grabbed her arm and pulled her forward. Jiang Lin was pulled so hard that she almost fell on his face. She quickly got on the kang and blew out the oil lamp.
Cheng Rushan turned over and held her in his arms, then tightened his arms, hugged her soft and warm body tightly, and said, "Go to sleep."
With their bodies pressed against each other, Jiang Lin was so tense that she couldn't sleep! She tried to sneak out of his arms several times but failed.
"If you move again, we'll have to move all night." Cheng Rushan's sleepy voice sounded above her head.
Jiang Lin stopped moving instantly.
He chuckled and patted her gently, "Go to sleep."
Feeling that he had no intention of going any further, and just hugged her, Jiang Lin was no longer nervous and slowly relaxed, and fell asleep unknowingly. ………
The next day, Jiang Lin was woken up by someone.
When she opened her eyes, she found three heads, one big and two small, above her head. She was confused and asked, "What are you doing?"
Cheng Rushan touched her cheek, leaned over and kissed her on the tip of her nose, "I called you to eat."
Dabao and Xiaobao also came over and kissed her on the face. Xiaobao's kiss was particularly firm, with loud slapping sounds, and his saliva remained on her cheeks.
Have a meal?
Jiang Lin quickly sat up and asked, "What time is it?"
Cheng Rushan: "Eight o'clock, I guess."
Jiang Lin: ...In the countryside, getting up at seven in this season is considered lazy, but she actually slept until eight.
Yan Runzhi's laughter came from below, "Don't worry, Bao'er mother, I just got up too. Dongsheng made the meal."
Dabao and Xiaobao kept laughing. Grandma was afraid that Mom would be shy, so she reminded them not to laugh at her for getting up late and the sun was shining on her butt.
Jiang Lin got off the ground and asked, "Where are Dad and Wensheng?"
Yan Runzhi: "Your father took him for a walk, so he can get familiar with the situation."
Jiang Lin looked at Cheng Rushan, "Why don't you go with me? Dad just came back..." He probably wasn't very familiar with the village.
Cheng Rushan said: "It's okay, this is his home, he can walk around anywhere he wants."
In fact, Cheng Yunzhi deliberately did not allow anyone to accompany him. He wanted to take his nephew to visit the ancestral grave, talk about it, and then stroll around the village to see the current changes. He also went to the brigade to see how to redress the injustice, how to return the family property, and how to arrange work for him and his nephew.
He didn't want to come back and eat free meals. After all, he worked on the farm. Would he just eat dry meals when he came home? He and his nephew were both grown men with big appetites, so they would have to eat twice as much food as the family had.
During the meal, Cheng Yunzhi brought his nephew back. Many people saw him, some hesitated and greeted him, some ran away and hid, and some were stunned and didn't know whether to apologize or what, anyway, there were all kinds of reactions.
After all, when the local tyrants were being attacked, some people took the lead in taking out their land, houses, furniture, household items, grain, etc., and dividing them one by one. The useful things were divided, and the useless things were burned or smashed. For example, many books were used to wipe children's butts, and vases were too feudal and could not be used to store rice, flour, grain and oil, so they were smashed directly...
Some things that Cheng Yunzhi thought he had forgotten suddenly resurfaced so clearly. Things that he thought he did not hate, in fact, he could not remain indifferent.
After this trip, he felt very tired.
Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin had already set the table and asked them to wash their hands and eat.
Seeing Cheng Yunzhi in a low mood, Jiang Lin said, "Dad, you just came back, please help clean up the east wing. I want to make it a study room. Whoever wants to read or write can do so in that room. Dabao and Xiaobao can also study in that room when they go to school."
Cheng Yunzhi: "Okay, I'll take a look."
Jiang Lin: "You just came back, don't think about going to work in the team, get familiar with it first. Wait for the brigade to hold a redress meeting and return what we deserve."
Jiang Lin saw that Cheng Yunzhi was not in good health and had a slight limp on his right leg when he walked. Yan Runzhi said that his knee was broken when he was kneeling and his leg could not be straightened. Jiang Lin did not want him to work. Cheng Rushan had a job and made a lot of money in transportation. She could also earn eggs and food, and Yan Runzhi also made money from embroidery. They could not live a rich life, but they could still have enough food and clothing.
Yan Runzhi said: "Listen to Baoer's mother. Our Baoer's mother makes the decision."
Cheng Rushan: "Dad taught my eldest brother, Dabao and Xiaobao to learn to read." Although Dabao and Xiaobao loved listening to stories and making up stories, they could not recognize a few words and could only write "Peace in the World".
Jiang Lin arranged a few more things for him so that Cheng Yunzhi wouldn't have nothing to do and think about random things, or feel like a burden to everyone. Having something to do would help him find his own personal value.
After breakfast, Jiang Lin still had to go and lay the roof for someone.
Cheng Rushan: "I have nothing to do today, I will go with you."
Jiang Lin: "You said you would give us Lava, when?"
Cheng Rushan said with a smile: "Would I lie to you? Dai Guohua will come to pick me up in two days. I will bring you two carts of tiles before I leave, okay?"
Jiang Lin laughed, "That's pretty good."
When they heard that their parents were going to lay tiles, Dabao, Xiaobao and Wensheng immediately wanted to follow.
Jiang Lin: "You guys help grandpa and grandma at home. We just moved and many places are messy and need to be cleaned up. Grandpa and grandma are not strong enough and need the help of men."
Dabao immediately said, "Okay!"
Xiaobao muttered softly: "What's good about that? Hello, Linlin asked us to learn to read at home, it's so boring."
It's boring to study like the students in school, shaking your head.
Jiang Lin: "A real man should keep his word and do what he promised." She quickly took Cheng Rushan away.
They went to Widow Huang's house today. It had been delayed for two days and Widow Huang was very anxious.
Widow Huang's husband passed away last year, and she lives alone with her 13-year-old daughter Qingxing and her youngest son Guoqing. She lives next to Cheng Yulian's house, and her vegetable garden is next to Yan Runzhi's, so they have a good relationship. Jiang Lin went to repair her roof and found that it was no longer acceptable. If it was not repaired, it would not only leak, but also completely collapse.
Widow Huang gritted her teeth and wanted to buy some tiles to cover the house, but there was no cash at home and she was very worried.
Although Jiang Lin was a businessman, she still had sympathy for the widows and widowers. She knew the difficulties of Widow Huang, so she asked her to work to earn money. Jiang Lin designed several small embroidery works, Yan Runzhi embroidered them, and others helped to sew. Now Qingxing is learning embroidery, and Yan Runzhi said that she did a good job and passed the test.
At that time, the team was busy with the autumn harvest. Shang Baozhu and Shang Zonghui had to go to the fields, so Jiang Lin went with Cheng Rushan.
Widow Huang asked Qingxing and Guoqing to entertain them at home while she went to work in the autumn harvest.
Jiang Lin first went to roughly count the tiles sent to Widow Huang's family. The quantity was about the same, and there was also a small amount of cement that could be used to cover the ridge tiles.
She took off her shoes and was about to climb the wall, but Cheng Rushan grabbed her hand.
She said, "You help me throw the tiles down there, and I'll go up and take a look."
Cheng Rushan wanted to say, "You are a woman, just stay down there, why are you running so high?" But then he thought about how she was different from other women. Ever since she said last time that he looked down on women, he began to reflect on himself, but he didn't want to tire her out.
"Be careful." He finally didn't stop her.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "I'm afraid of pain, so of course I'll be careful."
She climbed up the wall and saw Cheng Rushan looking at her nervously. She smiled and decided to proceed step by step so as not to irritate him. She stood on the top of the wall and said, "Okay."
Cheng Rushan weighed it, estimated the distance, and tentatively threw the first tile to her.
Jiang Lin caught it easily without any effort at all, as she was quite strong.
Cheng Rushan: “…” He silently threw a few more pieces to her.
After Jiang Lin received five pieces, he lifted them up and put them on the roof, fixed them in a position, and then continued to connect the tiles.
When the number is almost the same, stop and prepare to lay the tiles.
Qingxing led her brother to hide in a farther place as Jiang Lin requested, to avoid being hit. She couldn't help staring at Jiang Lin while embroidering. The more she looked, the more she couldn't take her eyes off. She had never seen a sister or aunt doing such a job!
When Cheng Rushan saw that it was almost done, he jumped directly onto the wall and then went up to the roof to help Jiang Lin lay the tiles.
The two of them started to show their affection on the roof of Widow Huang's house.
Cheng Rushan was very skillful and he even went down to help her mix the mud and then carried it up again.
"Why don't you help buy the tiles and let someone else lay them." Cheng Rushan discussed with her.
Jiang Lin: "Sure, I don't plan to work on the construction site forever." If you work on the construction site forever, you will only be a worker or a craftsman when you grow old. Only by managing resources can you become a boss. Regardless of whether it is to make more money or save labor, she certainly wants to be a small boss.
In her previous life, she first worked for others and quickly formed a group of people with good skills and good relationships. She took orders and built up her reputation. Later, she set up a small-scale decoration studio. Because of her responsibility, seriousness, strong skills, and attention to details, she has a very good reputation. The owners spread the word and introduced many villa decoration jobs to her. Anyway, she did a good job.
Cheng Rushan breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that she would keep climbing up and down and might fall or get hurt.
Before noon, Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan had finished paving the roofs of the two small rooms in Widow Huang's house.
Cheng Rushan jumped down first and said directly to Jiang Lin who was standing on the eaves: "Jump down, I'll catch you."
Jiang Lin saw that she was not far from the top of the wall and it would be very dangerous to jump down, so he told her to be careful and led her to take the risk.
This person!
Cheng Rushan stood in the yard, opened his arms, looked up and smiled at her, "Come, don't be afraid, if you fall, I'll cushion you."
He wanted her to open up to him completely, to let down her guard, to trust him completely. If she could trust him with her life, she would trust him with her body and soul.
Jiang Lin saw that he was trying to seduce her so seriously that it didn't seem like he was just teasing her, he really wanted her to jump.
If she dropped it, she would beat him to death!
But his eyes and voice were full of temptation, inciting her to take a risk, saying that he would really take her in, so that she could trust herself to him.
She gritted her teeth and threw herself towards him, thinking that he was there to cushion her, so if she fell, she wouldn't be affected.
Cheng Rushan saw that she really jumped towards him, and smiled happily. He bent his knees slightly and put his big hands under her armpits to catch her steadily. "If I say yes, then it's okay."
He smiled at her, held her in his arms and tossed her gently. She was strong but light.
Want to kiss her.
Jiang Lin's heart was warmed. She turned her gaze and saw Qingxing and Guoqing, brother and sister, standing under the sycamore tree in the south. Qingxing was looking at her with admiration.
Jiang Lin was startled and quickly patted Cheng Rushan and asked him to put him down. It was too much. Showing affection in other people's homes would corrupt the girls.
Cheng Rushan put her down, and they washed their hands and feet. He helped her pack her things and put them in the basket, then held her hand and went home for dinner.
Qingxing looked at the two of them and her face turned red.
As soon as Cheng Rushan and Jiang Lin went out, they saw Wensheng running over with Dabao and Xiaobao.
"Mom, it's noon, time to eat."
Jiang Lin asked them what they were doing at home, whether they were well behaved, whether they listened to their grandparents, and whether they made trouble. Jiang Lin asked the three of them to help their grandfather at home. Their grandfather assigned them a task, which was to learn to read and recite a Tang Dynasty poem.
Dabao and Xiaobao recite very quickly, but are impatient to learn words, and do things perfunctorily. Wensheng clearly knew it before, but he also follows Dabao and Xiaobao, saying that he doesn't know it and reciting it nonsense. Cheng Yunzhi doesn't force them to learn. After experiencing those things, he thinks that as long as the children are happy, it doesn't matter whether they learn or not, or how much they learn.
Finally, he told them a story, and the three "children" listened with great attention and interest.
Wensheng sang a few lines of his own tune, and Dabao and Xiaobao adapted it using Dongsheng and Linlin's tune. However, this time Dongsheng and Linlin had four children after they got married.
Vincent, Dabao, Xiaobao and younger sister.
When they got home, Yan Runzhi had already prepared the meal. In addition to seasonal vegetables and other home-cooked dishes, she and Cheng Yunzhi also discussed making Chinese sausage fried with smoked fish. The smoked fish was soaked for a whole morning, the fish meat was torn into strips, and the peppercorns and star anise were fried in oil. Then the ingredients were taken out and the onions, ginger and garlic were fried. The Chinese sausage was fried until transparent, and then the fish meat was added. Soy sauce, salt and sugar were added, and it was simmered over low heat until it was soft and tasty.
If you have a bowl of rice, it will be sweet and delicious. If you don’t have rice, soak the steamed buns in the soup, it will taste just as delicious.
Jiang Lin's mouth was watering at the smell. "Dad, Mom, please write down the recipes for all the dishes you cook." This was a good opportunity to give Cheng Yunzhi something to do, so that the old man wouldn't get upset because he was sensitive by nature and would have trouble when idle.
In the afternoon, Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan continued to help people lay tiles. In the evening, Duan Changan brought a cart of tiles. Cheng Rushan helped unload the tiles and told Duan Changan that he would treat him and Zhu Junjie to dinner in the evening, at Zhu Junjie's place.
Duan Changan said happily that he was going to say hello to Zhu Junjie.
Cheng Rushan wanted to do transportation. Although he and Dai Guohua shared a car, he felt that this kind of work was not something that could be done alone, and it would be better to find two or three partners to cooperate.
If it were someone else, they would not do this. After all, being a driver is a very popular profession. If they rashly ask others to help them, what if they are replaced by others? Most people would never do this. Cheng Rushan thought differently. He was not afraid of being replaced by others, but he was also confident that others could not replace him.
Jiang Lin packed some dried fish for him and asked him to take it to the two of them.
While Yan Runzhi was cooking, Cheng Fujun came to ask Cheng Yunzhi in person, "Second brother, let's go to the brigade and talk."
Cheng Yunzhi and his people have a special status in the village. In the past, they all called him "Grandpa", but that is no longer popular now. However, they cannot follow the generation of other people in the village, so they call him by age. Anyway, he and Cheng Fugui are of the same generation, so it's okay to call Cheng Yunzhi "Second Brother".
Cheng Yunzhi didn't care and was not obsessed with the name.
He said, "If it's serious business, wait until Dongsheng comes back. I just came back now and I can't do anything."
Cheng Yunzhi has not been involved in family affairs since he was young. It was always his eldest brother who took care of them. Now that he is back, he naturally will not intervene rashly.
Cheng Fujun said: "Some things are better to talk to my second brother. Dongsheng is young after all, and some things are hard to talk about."
Cheng Yunzhi thought about it, said goodbye to Yan Runzhi and Jiang Lin, and went to the brigade headquarters.
Yan Runzhi quickly and quietly reminded him, "If it's a big deal, just say you're unsure and go home to discuss it. Don't make the decision on your own."
Cheng Yunzhi nodded, "I know."
Cheng Yunzhi went to the brigade headquarters. The house was the main courtyard where he had lived since he was a child. After getting married, he moved to the side courtyard with his wife. Now returning to his old place, he felt mixed emotions.
Apart from Cheng Fujun, Cheng Fulian and other cadres, they didn't see Cheng Fuwan and other annoying people. They mainly wanted to discuss with Cheng Yunzhi about returning the property. Some things had been divided long ago and there was no way to return them. As for the houses, the brigade headquarters and the production teams were still using them. If they were returned, the brigade headquarters would have no room.
They were also in a difficult situation and wanted to discuss it with Cheng Yunzhi in advance.
Cheng Yunzhi heard this and said, "Secretary, Captain, I really can't make the decision on this matter. You can discuss it with Dongsheng, or you can ask Dongsheng's wife."
Cheng Fujun and others did not expect Cheng Yunzhi to be so temperless now, not making decisions on anything, and asking his son and daughter-in-law about everything. They also sighed, thinking how high-spirited the Second Master was back then.
Cheng Yunzhi talked to them for a while, but due to various complicated factors, they just looked at each other in silence, which was really a bit awkward.
Cheng Fujun and his men are not bad people. For some reasons, we have to take action against them and handle the matter impartially.
Cheng Yunzhi is not a narrow-minded person, and he does not hold a grudge against them, but after more than 20 years of adversity, it is not so easy for him to open his heart and call them brothers again. Years of sports have made him develop the habit of not talking nonsense and not speaking actively. It is better to be dumb than to speak casually, because words spoken cannot be taken back and can be used as evidence.
There was no choice, Cheng Fujun had to let him go back first.
Cheng Yunzhi walked to the alley and happened to meet Jiang Lin who came to pick him up. He told Jiang Lin what the brigade meant, and told Cheng Yunzhi that if the boss kept making a fuss about this matter, it would be better to leave it to the brigade and not return it.
Seeing that his legs were not in good condition, Jiang Lin helped him over the threshold. When he returned to the house, Yan Runzhi had already set the table.
Jiang Lin: "Dad, I have a suggestion."
"Baoer mother, you say."
"That yard is so big, it wouldn't be suitable for us to live in it even if we take it back." It was still a sensitive time, as living in such a large yard would be criticized.
Yan Runzhi: "I think so too. It's too big and empty. We can't live in it."
Jiang Lin continued, "We'll rent part of it to the brigade. We'll take another part back and renovate it to make a small exhibition room to display some of our family's deeds, so that the children of the members can also know about our family." She glanced at Yan Runzhi, "Let's also display the stories of my grandfather's family."
It is impossible to pretend that the harm that has already happened has never happened, and the pain buried in the heart will not disappear for no reason. Suppression is not a solution. It is better to have a proper way for people to remember it and let future generations understand it.
Yan Runzhi wiped her tears and said to Cheng Yunzhi: "Old man, Baoer's mother is from the provincial capital and has insight. I think this is a good idea."
Cheng Yunzhi had never thought that this was possible. Jiang Lin's suggestion was very novel. It was like compiling a village history or a family history, with his family at the top. He still had some concerns: "Will it be a mistake? Will the policy allow it?"
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Let's communicate with the county cultural department first. If they approve it, staff from the county cultural center will definitely come down to take care of it."
Yan Runzhi also agreed with both hands.
Dabao and Xiaobao heard it, pulled Wensheng over, and shouted, "We also raised our hands to agree. Linlin has the final say."
Yan Runzhi asked them to wash their hands before eating.
After dinner, Jiang Lin and others sat at the table and talked, while Wensheng played games with Dabao and Xiaobao.
Cheng Rushan came back from outside, his steps were still steady, but his pair of dark eyes were full of tears, and it was obvious that he had drunk a lot of wine. He came into the room and saw Jiang Lin discussing something with her parents, then he sat down next to Jiang Lin and put his arm around her waist.
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