He Changjiang always wishfully regards Fang Chengguang as his good friend. Seeing how nice Fang Chengguang is to others, he must be very jealous.
He Liang was delighted.
Because Director Feng of the Logistics and Political Department did not come back, Cheng Rushan, Dabao and Xiaobao's household registration and relationships were not officially settled, so they could not go to school directly. They needed to contact the school and collect the student files.
In the end, it was Fang Chengguang who brought Dabao and Xiaobao there. Director He was not there, but his Deputy Director was there, so it was not a big deal, so Deputy Director Peng handled it.
"Cheng Dabao and Cheng Xiaobao?" Deputy Director Peng looked at them and said, "You two haven't come up with a name yet?"
Dabao: "Yes, my name is Cheng Li."
Xiaobao: "My name is Cheng Xin."
Deputy Director Peng smiled and said, "Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, not bad."
Dabao: "My grandfather said, 'Rituals govern the country, stabilize the state, order the people, and benefit future generations.'"
Fang Chengguang smiled and said, "Is your grandfather a private school teacher?" Not many people read the Four Books and Five Classics these days.
Xiaobao: "Yes, my grandfather taught us the Red Education Class! It's awesome!"
Deputy Director Peng and Fang Chengguang laughed.
Fang Chengguang: "That's really amazing. What about you?"
Xiaobao: "Me? I am trustworthy... Honest, trustworthy, and I will not break my promises! Haha."
Dabao: "Trust is the treasure of a country and the shelter of the people. That's it."
Deputy Director Peng was a little curious, "Then do you know what it means?" These two guys are quite interesting.
Xiao Bao said to Da Bao, "I know this. Let me tell you." He thought for a moment and said to the two of them, "My grandfather said that etiquette is etiquette, law, and rules. Whether we do something big or small, we must comply with the law and not just do whatever we want. Trust is honesty, which is the foundation of being a person and doing things. If you don't have integrity, no one will want to play with you."
When Cheng Yunzhi was naming them, he thought about a lot of things, such as Cheng Wen, Cheng Wu, Cheng Jinyan, Cheng Shenxing, Cheng Ju'an, and Cheng Siwei, but finally he chose Li and Xin.
This also condenses his feelings about life and the times over the years, as well as his expectations for the future of his grandchildren.
Dabao and Xiaobao naturally don't think so much about it. Everyone has a name anyway, and no one cares what the meaning is. Just call them what is easy to pronounce. Just don't call them Goudan, Gousheng, or Gouwazi.
Deputy Director Peng had a keen political sense and guessed something immediately, but he didn't say anything. He just copied the names and let them continue to study in the first grade.
After everything was done, Dabao and Xiaobao followed Fang Chengguang away. On the way, Xiaobao took out a few pieces of candy from his pocket and handed them to Fang Chengguang.
"Uncle Fang, we'd like to treat you to some candy." He looked around as he handed it over.
Fang Chengguang smiled and said, "Are you afraid that someone will snatch it away?"
Xiao Bao whispered, "Shh, I don't want my mom to see it. If she sees it, I'm done for."
Fang Chengguang: "..." He took a piece of White Rabbit candy very politely, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth, "Thank you."
When they came back, there was no one in the dormitory, not even He Liang was there.
Fang Chengguang was a little puzzled. Dabao had already picked up a note from the table and said, "Uncle Fang, my parents are digging the ground."
Fang Chengguang: "Digging the ground? Digging what ground?"
Xiaobao pointed to the northwest: "My mom said there is a piece of land there. Since there is no one there, why not go and dig it up and plant some vegetables."
Fang Chengguang: “…”
He had no plans for the day, so he took his two children with him. Just as he was about to leave, an orderly ran over and saw him and shouted, "Chengguang, your family asked you to go back. There's something going on."
If there is something wrong, Fang Chengguang will definitely not go back, because it is not a good thing for him. Isn't it just a blind date? What does it have to do with them whether he gets married or not? They can't bear to see him happy, and they want to force a woman on him all day long. Does he care?
"You didn't find me. He Liang told you when you came that I had a meal next door early in the morning and went out to do some business. I'm not here." After saying that, he took Dabao and Xiaobao in each hand and left quickly.
The soldier was dumbfounded, not understanding how he could lie so confidently.
Dabao and Xiaobao asked Fang Chengguang on the way.
Dabao: "Uncle Fang, why don't you go home? I must be worried when something happens at home and I can't find you."
Xiaobao: "Yeah, if my mom is busy and we're not at home and hang out, my dad will beat us up."
Fang Chengguang said calmly: "I have no mother for a long time."
"Ah?" The two little brothers looked at each other. They were so pitiful without their mother.
The two brothers thought about it and wondered how sad they would be if their mother had really left with another man. It seemed that Uncle Fang's mother had left with another man.
Xiaobao shook his hand and said, "Uncle Fang, don't be sad. My mother will give you half... Oh, no, it's half of four and a half." He didn't know how to say one quarter and he was confused himself.
Fang Chengguang: “!!!”
Dabao explained for him, "Don't think we are stingy. We have an older uncle who calls my mother "Mom". We will give him some."
Fang Chengguang: “……!!!”
"Your uncle? He calls your mother "niang"? " He felt a little confused.
Dabao: "Yeah, he's a little confused. Hey, he's like a little kid, younger than both of us."
Xiaobao: "His name is Wensheng. My father's name is Dongsheng. He is very well behaved, handsome, and can sing opera." As he spoke, he began to wipe his tears, "Dabao, I miss Wensheng so much. I wonder if he is crying?"
After listening to the brothers' chatter for a while, Fang Chengguang understood that Cheng Rushan had a cousin who was a little confused and called Jiang Lin "mother". Then his family all acquiesced to this relationship and really coaxed him like a child. He felt very confused, and the brothers kept saying that they should give him half of their mother.
Fang Chengguang: I’m not stupid!!!
Dabao continued, "My parents want to bring Wensheng and his grandparents over as well, but the dormitory is full."
Xiaobao: "I'm also afraid that when Wensheng comes, others will laugh at him and bully him. Let's stay in the countryside. Oh, I really miss Wensheng's grandparents."
As they were talking, they arrived at the vacant land in the northwest, which was about one acre in size and was just sitting there with no plans.
Jiang Lin and He Liang discussed it and thought it would be a shame to leave it empty. They could just dig the soil and sow some seeds and it would start growing. Even if the compound was to be developed in the future, it would not be a waste to have a few vegetables.
Of course He Liang agreed. He took the initiative to borrow a hoe and a shovel and helped them dig the ground.
Cheng Rushan dug the ground, He Liang turned the soil with a shovel, and they asked Jiang Lin to just pull the grass with a stick and not to use too much strength to avoid getting tired.
As they were busy, the women and men in the bungalow yard in front saw them and came over to ask, "What are you doing?"
Someone laughed and said, "What can we do with this messy place? Grow vegetables? Don't we have ready-made vegetables in the courtyard?"
Some people also see others planting and they think, "It's such a big place, you can't plant all the crops, let's plant some too."
"Xiao He, dig more soil and leave two vegetable plots for me. I will plant some tomatoes and green vegetables. They are delicious for our family."
"Hey, you, please leave two vegetable plots for us so we can grow some eggplants and peppers."
"Well..."
He Liang said loudly: "It's not us, it's Chengguang who wants to grow vegetables here, just ask him."
When they heard that Fang Chengguang was here to grow vegetables, everyone looked at each other in disbelief. How could he grow vegetables? He was barely picking vegetables for others! Besides, a man who never touched a household turf and would starve to death without waiting for himself to get something to eat, how could he grow vegetables?
In their eyes, He Liang is Fang Chengguang's follower, and he said it was definitely true.
If it was really Fang Chengguang who was growing vegetables, no one would dare to take advantage of him. Don't be fooled by the boy's appearance, he is unreasonable when he is playing tricks, you can't afford to offend him!
They looked at Cheng Rushan and Jiang Lin again, whispering to each other, trying to find out their backgrounds and see how they got in. If they were assigned here in a systematic way, then there was nothing to worry about, as everyone felt superior to them. But if they got here through connections, then it would depend on what kind of connections they had and whether they were strong enough!
If someone comes in purely by spending money and giving gifts, then everyone should despise them and look for opportunities to step on them. If they have a strong background, then we should try to make friends with them.
Cheng Rushan had been turning the soil and was not keen on answering those people's questions, so they asked Jiang Lin, and half of the ten sentences were taken over by He Liang.
Then Fang Chengguang brought Dabao and Xiaobao over. All of a sudden, the group of people started talking and laughing, those who needed to disperse dispersed, those who needed to say hello said goodbye, and soon they all left.
Fang Chengguang said to Cheng Rushan, "Have you figured out a way to divide the house?"
The implication is, have you found the connection?
Cheng Rushan said, "I asked around and found out there are two more bungalows here, but they've been reserved. If that doesn't work out, I'll rent a house outside."
Of course, renting it out was just talk, he already had his own plans.
Fang Chengguang smiled and said, "You can come to me."
Cheng Rushan glanced at him with a suspicious look in his eyes, "You?"
Fang Chengguang: "Why, do you look down on me?"
Cheng Rushan: "That's not the case. It's just that we don't want to use the relationship with Master Fang." Using Fang Chengguang to use the relationship with Master Fang might not work, and it might offend people and leave a bad impression.
Fang Chengguang: "Who said we should use his connections? Can't we get anything done without him in this huge yard? It's just a house."
Jiang Lin heard him talk as if it was as simple as cultivating a vegetable patch, and she also laughed, "We are not related to each other, so we are really flattered that you want to help us."
Fang Chengguang glanced at Dabao and Xiaobao, and suddenly made a joke, "Don't be afraid, this is a matter between me and my little brother."
Jiang Lin looked at him in confusion. What little brother?
Dabao and Xiaobao laughed and exchanged glances with Fang Chengguang, implying that they should not tell anyone else.
He Liang: "Hey, Chengguang, why don't you want me these past two days? How come you have another little brother?"
Fang Chengguang: "Whose family is that? Didn't they move upstairs? Why are they still occupying the house downstairs? Why don't we go and get a place to live in?"
He Liang: "Chengguang! What do you mean? You don't even let your brothers go? Tell me, why don't you get married?"
To get a house, you must get married and apply. Otherwise, an unmarried young person living in such a house will be criticized. Teacher Fang knows the seriousness of the matter and will definitely not agree.
If he moves out, he can only live in a multi-person dormitory, not a single room.
Commander Fang is so cruel!
Fang Chengguang looked disdainful, "Don't dream. It's in the same row as Director Di's house. Doesn't it have a big courtyard? There are two rows of main rooms in front and back, but there are no side rooms."
He Liang clapped his hands and said, "Yes! But that was given to the stingy man. He won't give it up."
The stingy man was Tie Jiancheng, one of the staff officers of the headquarters. He was known as the stingy man who never gave a penny. His family originally consisted of a couple with two children, and they could only get three main rooms. However, in order to occupy the large yard, he brought his parents, brother and sister-in-law, and younger brother from his hometown to live with him. After making a fuss for a while, no one could beat him, so he succeeded. In 1974, the compound was built with buildings, and he followed the same method to get two sets of houses. However, even after his family members left, he still refused to return the yard.
The officials in the Housing Management Office have no real power, and the few officials who do have real power have known each other for a long time, so it would be difficult for them to fall out over such a small matter.
After all, everyone has enough yard to live in, so who would care about other things? It doesn’t bother you anyway, so just turn a blind eye.
If anyone is not convinced, go and tear it apart yourself, and then make a report if you win.
Living in that yard is of course better than living in the dormitory. The yard has a wall and is soundproof. The house is also good, spacious and clean, and there is running water in the yard.
He Liang was also very excited, and he came to Jiang Lin and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to live in a big yard?"
Of course Jiang Lin wanted to. She smiled and said, "Is it okay? Don't cause trouble for you. It won't be good if we cause trouble. After all, we are new here, so we have to keep a low profile."
He Liang: You tell me whether it’s possible or not. Isn’t this forcing us to do it?
Fang Chengguang said to Cheng Rushan: "Just apply, I'll take care of the rest."
Cheng Rushan glanced at him and said, "Think it over carefully. Whatever you do is related to your family." He knew what Fang Chengguang was trying to do. Of course, he was not a fearful person. If Fang Chengguang did not help, Cheng Rushan would start with those who occupied the houses on both sides.
There are a few tails floating around, they are not nine-tailed foxes but they are almost the same. It is easy to find evidence if he investigates. He just needs to find someone with status who can control them.
He thought that the method should be gentler, so as to avoid making enemies and still get the house. If he did it alone, it would take two months, but if Fang Chengguang helped, it could probably be done in a week.
He didn't know why Fang Chengguang was so proactive in helping, but he knew that Fang Chengguang was not a bad person. Although he had many faults, he still had the pride of a young man.
Fang Chengguang smiled and said, "It's up to them to decide what to think. He Liang and I have also applied. Then we can live in the same yard and help each other, right?"
For example, asking for a free meal, asking for the company of a little brother or family, and so on.
Fang Chengguang found it rare and interesting.
Cheng Rushan agreed and said he would go after he finished digging the land.
Fang Chengguang said to Jiang Lin, "Jiang Lin, go and write it." He then explained how to write it.
Jiang Lin looked at Cheng Rushan, he smiled at her, and she left.
Soon, Jiang Lin took out the letter paper and pen and started writing, writing a few words for Fang Chengguang to see.
Fang Chengguang: "Okay."
Whether a document is in compliance with the standards depends on the person. If you are a commoner, even the slightest bit of it will not work. You will be asked to revise it eight or ten times. If there is a way, even if you hand in a blank paper, someone will write it in a complete and standard way.
Jiang Lin generally knew the ins and outs of this. She tried to write as standard and seriously as possible, then looked at it and asked Cheng Rushan to sign it.
After Cheng Rushan finished writing, she gave it to He Liang for signature, and then gave it to Fang Chengguang.
Fang Chengguang took a look, took the pen from Jiang Lin, wrote down the names of He Changjiang, Bie Dongshan, and others, then gave it back to Jiang Lin and pointed to the name of the family members she had written. "Aren't there seven or eight people in your family? Write a few more."
Jiang Lin was confused. How did he know everything?
Dabao and Xiaobao just laughed.
Jiang Lin smiled and wrote the names of the two children, Cheng Yunzhi, Yan Runzhi and Cheng Ruzhou.
Fang Chengguang: "You can write another one. Make it eight."
Jiang Lin: "There are only seven of us in our family."
Fang Chengguang glanced at her and said nothing. He Liang laughed, "Sister-in-law, maybe she's on the way?"
When Xiaobao heard this, he suddenly realized, "Yes, there is also my sister."
Jiang Lin: “!!!” It’s fine if you two just talked about it at home, but why are you bringing it up like it’s a serious matter?
Fang Chengguang nodded, "Okay."
Yes? Can it be operated this way? Jiang Lin was stunned. This idea is different.
She thought about it, what name should she write?
Xiaobao even urged her, "Mom, give birth to a baby."
Jiang Lin was sweating profusely. She just wrote "daughter" but not her name. She would talk about it later.
Seeing that it was almost time, she went back to cook. "Dabao, Xiaobao, do you want to go back?"
Dabao: "We men have to do manly things, mom, you go back by yourself."
Jiang Lin: ...
Xiaobao: "Linlin, I'll go to my house and help you cook."
Jiang Lin took Xiaobao back to the dormitory. When they passed by the bungalow area in front, they saw a group of children playing there. Some of the children saw Xiaobao and thought he was handsome and well-dressed, so they wanted to ask him to play with them.
Xiaobao: "No, I have to go back and help my mother cook."
One of the boys shouted, "Don't play with him, he's a wild kid from the countryside!" Then he made a face at Xiaobao, "Ragged wild kid! Watermelon poop!"
Jiang Lin immediately got angry, "Whose child are you? I'll go ask your parents how they raised you."
The child was not afraid of being criticized by an adult, and he raised his neck arrogantly, "You are from the countryside. You country people urinate and defecate anywhere. The whole village uses one toilet, and a group of people gather around a big vat to shit. Hahahaha!"
Whose naughty kid is this? I really want to beat him up!
Jiang Lin controlled her temper. She couldn't argue with a child, especially one who was uneducated.
Xiaobao didn't understand what he said about the big vat at the end, and asked curiously: "Mom, what is he talking about? Why is our team not like this?"
Jiang Lin: "I guess that's how it is in their hometown. His parents are afraid of being laughed at, so they say they are city people. In fact, it doesn't matter whether you are from the countryside or the city, you all have to live a good life."
With a creaky sound, the gate opened and a man walked out.
The child immediately jumped over and complained: "Dad, these two country bumpkins called us country people!"
Bian Haitao saw Jiang Lin as soon as he opened the door. His eyes lit up. Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Lin rolled her eyes. She snorted, "I wonder whose child is so uneducated? Let's learn more about it."
She took Xiaobao's hand and walked away quickly, as if she was afraid of being contaminated, and warned him loudly, "Don't play with this child with bad morals, or you will learn bad things from him. It's like the saying goes, 'A red plum is red, a black plum is black.' If the adults have problems, the children will not be much better. It's called learning by hearing and seeing, and the upper beam is not straight, and the lower beam is crooked!"
Bian Haitao was so angry that his face turned black, but he was too stifled to utter a word.
Xiaobao also cooperated loudly and said: "Mom, I know. I won't play with bad kids. I want to be a good child and not embarrass my parents!"
Jiang Lin was pleased: "That's it."
The mother and son sang the same tune, making Bian Haitao so angry that his face became very gloomy. Even his own son didn't dare to get close to him, and ran away with the other children out of fear.
Jiang Lin took Xiaobao back to the dormitory to cook. At this time, there were only cabbage, potatoes and other vegetables. She fried the cabbage with lard, added a few slices of bacon, and then added water, vermicelli and frozen tofu. The frozen tofu was brought from her mother's family. It was almost frozen and had to be eaten quickly. Then she steamed the big steamed buns, date steamed buns and radish and lentil skin buns brought from home.
The date bun is a bun with a few small noses pinched on it and red dates inserted into them. Seven or eight dates can be placed on a bun which is slightly larger than a fist. Children especially love it.
Jiang Lin got a few more potatoes, peeled them, cut them into strips, and stir-fried them with vinegar. Her knife skills were average, so the shredded potatoes were naturally uneven in thickness, and she was afraid of cutting her hands, so she just cut them roughly. Looking at the shredded potatoes she had cut, she began to think about the old lady and Wensheng again.
"Xiaobao, pack your schoolbag. You have to go to school tomorrow." She reminded him when she saw Xiaobao wandering at the dormitory door.
Xiaobao came back and said mysteriously, "Mom, who moved our urine pot?"
Jiang Lin laughed out loud, "Xiaobao, please stop making me laugh to death. You two should do something serious." These two kids stared at their urinals all day long.
Xiao Bao said seriously: "Mom, it's true. It was filled with urine this morning, and now it has been emptied and cleaned."
Jiang Lin: “…” Who is picking on a piss pot?
At noon, Cheng Rushan and his two companions came back to eat. Fang Chengguang and He Liang also went to the canteen to get some meat dishes. On Sundays, many people in the compound took a break and did not eat in the canteen, but the canteen was still open for cooking. However, the dishes were very few, one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and the quantity was not much, so they would be sold out.
They arrived late and the meat dishes were gone, so Fang Chengguang bought half of the big bowl of the best meat that the chef had kept for himself.
There were only a few pieces of meat in the bowl, so Fang Chengguang gave two pieces to each of the two little brothers, and the rest were gone with only one piece each.
He Liang is so jealous. If you don’t know, you would think these two children have some relationship with you!
After lunch, Fang Chengguang wanted to find the stingy man. Cheng Rushan stopped him at the doorway and said, "Don't force him to return the house directly. There's no need to make enemies."
Fang Chengguang: "It can't be considered an enemy. It's reasonable for him to give up the houses. He has occupied three houses."
Cheng Rushan: "His brother-in-law and his brother worked together to resell a batch of military steel."
Fang Chengguang looked at Cheng Rushan in astonishment, "How did you know that?"
Cheng Rushan: "We are responsible for transportation in the Transportation Department." If they want to resell something, they always need a car. It is not easy to transport several tons of steel. They always need to make a bill of lading, etc. Cheng Rushan is sharp and careful. Sometimes, as long as he suspects that there is a problem, he will pay attention to it and pull out a donkey.
Fang Chengguang's eyes lit up. "That's easier to do. Let's go. Let him give up the house and thank us."
Cheng Rushan: "We just need to point it out, and the Iron Staff is a smart man, he will naturally know."
He didn't want to do anything more. After all, reselling supplies was not something that could be done by one person alone. It might even involve many people. As long as the higher-ups didn't issue a strict order for a thorough investigation, the matter would basically be left unresolved.
Fang Chengguang grew up in the compound, so he naturally knew more. He couldn't help but look at Cheng Rushan and asked with a smile, "Why did you join the transport team?"
Cheng Rushan: "I am not a good person."
"Composition?" Fang Chengguang raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that a talent like him would be let off by his superiors. But it was hard to say. Composition was a matter that involved many issues. After all, for ten years, everyone looked at composition instead of production, business, or ability. They only looked at family background.
Cheng Rushan didn't want to say more. He just said something to Jiang Lin and went out with Fang Chengguang.
Jiang Lin took a shovel and planned to continue turning the soil.
He Liang: "Sister-in-law, please stop working. How can a woman do such rough work?" He added to himself that such a beautiful woman with delicate skin and tender flesh should not work. He went around and found that most of them were not in the dormitory, but he also called three people who did not go out on their rest days.
"Come on, Chengguang wants to plant some vegetables, please help turn the soil."
At He Liang's call, several young men went to plow the soil together, and Dabao and Xiaobao followed them.
Jiang Lin made some snacks at home to celebrate the Second Day of the Second Month.
Last year, we harvested the best red sweet potatoes in late autumn. We cooked them in winter, cut them into slices and dried them after they cooled down. After drying, they were covered with frost and were hard and sweet. We used them as snacks to kill time. If we didn’t finish them, we would take them out and stir-fry them with fine sand until they were charred. They were the sweet potato beans of the second day of the second lunar month. They were fragrant and crispy, and everyone who ate them said they were delicious. In addition, we also used soybeans soaked in sugar water, which could also be stir-fried as snacks.
A pot of sweet potato beans is fried in half an hour, and the air is filled with a sweet and fragrant aroma.
"What's so sweet and fragrant!" He Changjiang and Bie Dongshan came over and took a look.
Jiang Lin recognized them and said, "Sweet potato beans, do you want to try some?"
She brought them a basket with some cooled food in it.
He Changjiang looked down at Jiang Lin, sizing her up unscrupulously. Her skin was whiter than snow, her eyes were clear and charming, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of charm, which was indeed very attractive to men.
He sneered in his heart. Isn't she just beautiful? What's the problem? As for being so obsessed with Cheng Rushan that he has no ambition at all?
"Hey, I heard you don't allow your man to join the army?"
Jiang Lin looked at him in confusion, "Who told you that?"
He Changjiang: "Don't worry about it. You know that as a woman, you should understand your duties, right? You can't hinder your man's future." As he said this, he went to grab some sweet potato beans to eat.
Jiang Lin's face turned cold and she took the basket back. "Okay, don't eat my food. If you eat it, it will be poisonous and will ruin your future!"
Bie Dongshan was quick, grabbed a few and chewed them, "Wow, they smell so good!"
He Changjiang was very embarrassed and slapped him, "What do you mean you haven't eaten anything?" He walked away angrily, and after two steps he turned back and said to Jiang Lin, "Ask around. Men work outside and women work inside. Is there any woman who can tie a man to his belt?"
Jiang Lin didn't know what was wrong with him. He came to accuse her of holding a man back for no reason. "Women can hold up half the sky. Have you ever heard of this? Or do you think your mother and your wife are just housewives who only know how to give birth to children, wash clothes and cook at home?"
He Changjiang: "Isn't this as it should be?"
"Get lost!" Jiang Lin scolded him rudely, turned around and ignored him.
He Changjiang's face turned dark and he wanted to teach him a lesson, but was stopped by Bie Dongshan.
Bie Dongshan: "Changjiang, what are you doing?" This is too weird. It's okay to whisper behind someone's back, but how can you accuse someone to their face?
He Changjiang argued confidently, "I just can't stand it. I feel sorry for Cheng Rushan! He must have been a soldier. As for what unit he was in, it might still be kept secret. You said he was so capable, he must have become a battalion commander by now, right? Why did he go to the transport team to run errands? This woman must have had something to do with it! Otherwise, they said that women should have their feet bound. After their feet were bound, they would stay at home honestly, give birth to children, do housework, and serve their men, and they would never go out and have affairs again."
They were talking as they walked, but Jiang Lin could hear them clearly.
She walked to the door and cursed: "The Qing Dynasty has fallen, and you still want to bind women's feet. How can you be so mean! Don't act like you are such a man, I think you are just a pig!"
He Changjiang just pushed the door open and walked into the room. When he heard Jiang Lin calling him a pig, he turned around and pointed at her angrily, "You call me that again?"
Jiang Lin: "If you want to hear me scold you a thousand times, do you dare to hit me and see?"
He Changjiang: "How can you be so unreasonable, woman? Don't think that you can charm men just because you are pretty. It's just a joke..."
“Changjiang!” Bie Dongshan was anxious and pushed him into the house. “Are you crazy? No one has offended you, why are you like this? It’s so rude!”
He Changjiang sneered and said sarcastically, "Why, you are also fascinated by her and want to protect her? It's just that you think she is pretty. What's the big deal? Let me tell you, what's the use of this woman being ugly or pretty? It will only take a while for her to fall asleep after turning off the lights? Women are meant to give birth to children, serve men and do housework. How can you expect them to fight in wars or do something else? This beauty is a disaster. Don't you know that so many heroes were ruined by beauty because of their cowardice and sentimentality. You don't know about the distant ones, but you know Bao Si, right? Su Daji knows, right..."
Bie Dongshan looked at him as if he didn't know him. He Changjiang used to love to say dirty words and even actively instigated everyone to eavesdrop, but he had never done this before.
Jiang Lin was waiting for him to come over and curse at her, but he didn't come out. She was angry for a moment, but then she stopped being angry.
You can't be angry with a argumentative person, because he will not listen to reason. What he believes in is the universal truth, and all opponents are heretics who deserve to die.
She carried the sweet potato beans in a basket and took it to the field over there to give to He Liang and others to eat.
Several young men worked very hard and turned over a large area of the land.
Dabao and Xiaobao dragged a big stick to simulate raking the ground and broke up the clods of earth.
Jiang Lin greeted them: "Okay, we can make the rest ourselves tomorrow. I fried some sweet potato beans, you guys can have some."
The young men were very young and had never been in close contact with such a beautiful woman. They were very shy and did not dare to come forward.
He Liang brought the basket over and asked them to eat. Each of them took a few pieces very delicately, but was too embarrassed to take more for fear that they would appear too rude and unrestrained.
Although a bunch of men can talk nonsense and even make noise and eavesdrop at night, they are timid in front of women for fear of offending them.
He Liang laughed at them, "Look at what you have accomplished. You have become grown-up girls all of a sudden?"
There is no place to put my hands and feet!
Several young men laughed.
Jiang Lin looked at their simple smiling faces and pure eyes. The anger caused by He Changjiang just now disappeared. People are different. These young people made her feel youthful and energetic, not at all vulgar. That He Changjiang was simply a big pig who treated women as tools.
I wish him to be single forever!
Who would be blind to marry him.
After eating the sweet potato beans, a few young men helped to turn the soil and only stopped when it was almost time for dinner.
Jiang Lin wanted to invite them to eat noodles with soybean paste, but they refused and ran away quickly, pushing and shoving each other.
Looking at their youthful and vigorous figures, Jiang Lin praised them, "They are really good young people."
He Liang wiped his sweat and said, "Sister-in-law, am I the best?"
Xiaobao: "Uncle He, of course I'm the best!"
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "You are all good, but He Changjiang is the most annoying."
He Liang: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with Changjiang? He's not a bad guy. If he says something wrong, don't take it to heart." He thought He Changjiang was teasing Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan about their relationship and making dirty talk to irritate Jiang Lin. They were all unmarried and would gossip about other people when they were free. He Liang was embarrassed because he was the one who started it.
Jiang Lin: "Nothing, he is just too mean to look down on women."
He Liang didn't know about their grudge, and said with a smile: "Don't listen to him. In fact, he really wants to find a wife. I guarantee he won't say that after he gets married."
Jiang Lin naturally wouldn't say much. She would only be angry for two minutes and it wouldn't affect anything else.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Jiang Lin and the others packed up and went back to the dormitory. Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang had not returned yet, so Jiang Lin started cooking.
He Liang handed the meal ticket to Jiang Lin, "Don't refuse to accept it. The rations are fixed. If you give us food and you go hungry, I won't dare to eat it."
Jiang Lin smiled and accepted it, trying to make dinner as sumptuous as possible. Cheng Rushan had stockpiled a lot of bacon, chicken, duck, and dried fish during the Chinese New Year, so it was just the right time to eat them. Just cut the bacon into pieces and steam it.
Now, for everyone, having thin noodles is a good meal, and if there is a little oil and eggs, it is considered rich. In this season, there are only a few local fresh vegetables such as spinach and leeks, and they are hard to buy in the city due to their small quantity and high price. Jiang Lin cut the radish she bought yesterday into thin strips, blanched a handful of thin vermicelli, added sesame oil, soy sauce and a little orange peel to make a cold dish. The radish strips are crisp and refreshing, and the vermicelli absorbs the fragrance of sesame oil and the freshness of soy sauce. Dabao and Xiaobao can't stop eating.
After dinner, He Liang took Dabao and Xiaobao for a walk and told them some news, such as which child has a good temper, which child has a bad temper, and which child...
Jiang Lin cleaned up and did some laundry. After a while, Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang came back from outside, carrying two bundles of fresh spinach.
Jiang Lin stood up quickly and said, "You haven't eaten yet, I saved some for you."
She went to bring out the food, leaving behind steamed cured chicken, cold-mixed radish and vermicelli, and an egg drop spinach soup with the spinach she had just brought back.
Cheng Rushan invited Fang Chengguang to sit in the room. He asked Dabao and Xiaobao to wash clothes for Jiang Lin.
Fang Chengguang sat on a stool at the door, looking at Cheng Rushan squatting outside washing clothes, and was silent for a moment. When he was at home, his clothes were washed by his family. After moving out, he didn't seem to wash them himself. He Liang washed them for him.
Not to mention his father or those directors, even if there are wives in this compound, this kind of work is basically done by women.
If people like He Changjiang saw Baoguan, they would laugh out loud and say that he was a man doing a woman's job!
Cheng Rushan doesn't care, and he washes himself very calmly. Is there a direct relationship between loving your wife and being a man? If you don't love your wife, you are called a man? That's crazy!
Jiang Lin finished cooking and asked Cheng Rushan to come and eat quickly.
Cheng Rushan: "Just rinse it again."
He Liang brought Dabao and Xiaobao back and saw Cheng Rushan washing his own clothes. He immediately ran over and said, "Brother Cheng, give it to me. I'll wash it!"
Cheng Rushan: "...You are my neighbor, not my orderly."
He Liang didn't care. "It's nothing to wash clothes. I can do it."
Cheng Rushan refused, so he washed it himself, wrung out the water, and hung it on the wire between the trees.
Just then, He Changjiang, Zhao Quanyou, and Du Qiang came back and saw Cheng Rushan washing clothes. He immediately glared at Jiang Lin as if he had caught something wrong. Jiang Lin, who was supposed to be doing housework, was talking to Fang Chengguang in the house, but she let her man wash clothes. Haha.
He Liang was chatting and laughing with Dabao and Xiaobao at the door. When he went out for a walk, He Liang brought back a toy for the two children.
Dabao has a slingshot and Xiaobao has a wooden gun.
Dabao was learning how to aim, holding a small stone and scanning with squinting eyes, and happened to see He Changjiang staring at a certain place.
Dabao turned his head and followed his gaze, which happened to fall on Jiang Lin. The light cast a shadow on her, making her look gentle and beautiful.
He actually dared to set his sights on my mother!
Dabao was furious and his hand holding the rubber band suddenly loosened, and the small stone flew towards He Changjiang's face.
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