On the day when the results were released, Jiang Lin was unable to return to school because she had vomited a lot in the morning, felt weak all over, and her face turned yellow. Cheng Rushan was so distressed that he wanted to take her place. He asked Jiang Lin to stay at home while he went to school to get her results and told her friends and classmates that she could not go to the dance.
When Ren Bocheng heard Su Xingyun and the others shouting that Jiang Lin's lover was coming, he was afraid that he was here to question him about stuffing the condom into Jiang Lin's mouth, so he was so scared that he quickly slipped under the table.
When his deskmate saw him, he asked in surprise, "Ren Bocheng, what are you doing?"
Ren Bocheng said, "I, I, my eraser fell, look for it."
Classmate: "Isn't the eraser in your hand?"
Ren Bocheng looked at the eraser in his hand, then squatted under the table and silently used the eraser to wipe his leather shoes. The originally dirty leather shoes were polished to a shine.
Cheng Rushan followed Jiang Lin's instructions and took back some of her textbooks and notebooks that she had left in the classroom. The next year would be the new semester for his sophomore year, and his old books and materials from his freshman year were taking up space.
Su Xingyun and Yang Lu helped him pack up and put it in the wicker box brought by Cheng Rushan.
Cheng Rushan looked at Yang Lu and said, "Classmate, please go to the dormitory and help pack Jiang Lin's things down."
Yang Lu immediately said, "Okay!" She felt a little nervous, and hurriedly said, "How about... Captain Cheng, you go up and clean up, so as not to leave anything behind."
Cheng Rushan: "No need, I'll trouble you anyway."
Yang Lu quickly ran to the dormitory to pack for Jiang Lin.
Cheng Rushan packed everything in the classroom and carried it downstairs. Some classmates also put some drawings that Jiang Lin had drawn for him to practice. Cheng Rushan said, "Thank you very much."
He drove a jeep and went directly to the dormitory, waiting downstairs for Yang Lu to get his things. He leaned against the jeep and looked down at a hand-painted exercise book of Jiang Lin. She bought the drawing paper and bound it herself, and she did it carefully. The cover was drawn by herself, which was simple and elegant.
It reads on the title page: Buildings also have souls. A building with a soul can make people live comfortably and safely.
The following are some architectural drawings she imagined, some real and some imaginary, such as a cabin in the woods, a country house, a favorite room, a dream baby room, a villa, a castle, a courtyard house, a stilt house, a sunken courtyard, a tulou, etc.
Cheng Rushan was very curious. How could she have learned so much in just one year? She probably got the inspiration from reading books in the library.
Especially the stilt houses and earthen buildings, which are simply unimaginable for those who have never been there and seen them.
Just then, he heard someone shouting, "Jiang Ling, Jiang Ling!"
The voice of the person was similar to Jiang Lin's, and Cheng Rushan turned his head subconsciously. Just then, a female student came running towards him on a bicycle. She was probably learning how to ride a bicycle, and she was so nervous that her whole body was stiff. The bicycle hit Cheng Rushan.
“Ah—let, let…” She was so anxious that her face turned pale.
If Cheng Rushan avoided her, he would hit his jeep. He frowned slightly and glanced at her. It was against the rules to learn to ride a bicycle on such a main road. She was already nervous, and now she was glared at by his oppressive eyes, and she fell to the ground in fear.
"Hiss—it hurts." Her feet were crushed under the bicycle and she was in so much pain that her eyes were filled with tears.
She glared at Cheng Rushan in reproach. How could this man be like this? Seeing that the female classmate was about to fall, he didn't even step forward to help her up. Instead, he looked down at her and admired her miserable appearance. How rude!
A man and a woman chased after her from behind and quickly helped her up, "Did you fall?"
Jiang Ling got up and said unhappily, "I didn't fall, I was just scared." She glared at Cheng Rushan angrily, "Hey, I'm talking to you! How could you do this?"
Cheng Rushan had been leaning against the jeep, looking at the picture album with his eyelashes lowered. It was fine as long as Jiang Ling didn't hit his car. It didn't matter to him whether he fell or not. What's wrong with falling? Who doesn't fall when learning to ride a bicycle? Those men in the military camps were crawling in the mud and water all day long. They were numb to seeing people falling, and naturally had no sympathy.
The two students asked Jiang Ling what was going on.
She said angrily, "I saw that I was about to fall, but he didn't even help me up. He just watched me. How can this person have no sympathy at all?"
The two students smiled and said, "Let's go study over there."
At this time, Yang Lu came down with a quilt in his arms and said to Cheng Rushan carefully, "Captain Cheng, you, you come up with me, Jiang Lin has a lot of stuff."
Although Cheng Rushan seemed to be easygoing, especially with Jiang Lin, he was friendly and kind to her friends without any airs, but the light in his eyes could not be ignored. When Jiang Lin was not around, Cheng Rushan's gentle and easygoing aura disappeared like a disguise.
Yang Lu always thought he was scary. Although he was handsome, she never dared to think about this man in private.
That look was like a knife. She wasn't a masochist. Did she spend the whole day throwing knives around in her head?
Cheng Rushan put the quilt in the car, and seeing that Yang Lu might be in real trouble, he agreed to go up with her to get the things.
After they left, Jiang Ling asked the classmates around her, "That man is Jiang Lin's man."
"Yes, he's from the army. Look, he's wearing a uniform."
"Hey, isn't that strange? Jiang Ling and Jiang Lin look quite similar, how come he didn't notice it? He's not surprised at all? I would say Jiang Ling is younger and prettier."
Jiang Ling was a little unhappy: "I said, please stop comparing me to Jiang Lin all the time, okay? My face was given to me by my parents, there's nothing anyone can do about it. It's really unlucky to look like someone who's not my biological sister."
Because Jiang Lin entered school early, was beautiful, and had a good reputation, she was dubbed the married school beauty by the male classmates. As a result, after she arrived, she was called the little Jiang Lin, the unmarried school beauty, and she was compared with that Jiang Lin in every way. Isn't it disgusting!
However, Jiang Ling also found it a bit strange that Cheng Rushan didn't show any abnormality when he saw her. Is this man blind?
She continued to learn how to ride a bicycle here when she got angry, and even insisted on accidentally crashing into the jeep.
Cheng Rushan went to Jiang Lin's dormitory. There were several female classmates in the room packing their luggage. They greeted him quickly when they saw him.
Cheng Rushan nodded and went to pack up Jiang Lin's books.
Now Zhu Caiping no longer dared to mess up Jiang Lin's bed, and she would dust and tidy it up for Jiang Lin every day, so Jiang Lin's bed was tidy and clean. However, Jiang Lin, who did not live in the dormitory every day, had no less things than other female classmates.
Others mainly bought clothes and daily necessities, but Jiang Lin bought books and handmade architectural models. The bookcases on the wall were filled to the brim, and the cabinets on the floor were also filled with books.
Yang Lu found that Cheng Rushan was a really strange person. He had a cold and stern look just now, but now his expression became gentle when he looked at Jiang Lin's things.
Cheng Rushan knew Jiang Lin's class schedule very well, as well as her interests and study habits. He packed up several architecture books that she liked to read over and over again and took them back with him. He also returned the library books that should be returned and took back the special borrowed books to read.
Yang Lu secretly observed him and found that he knew how to clean up better than Jiang Lin herself. She couldn't help but suspect that Cheng Rushan was a service soldier. It is said that service soldiers are particularly good at doing housework and are better than women.
Cheng Rushan could sense her furtive gaze, but he didn't care. He tidied up, sorted the rest and put them away, and covered the bookshelf with a shawl. Yan Runzhi had learned how to use a crochet hook from someone else, using some useless knitting yarn to make the shawl.
Yang Lu helped Cheng Rushan take down all the things and put them into the jeep.
Cheng Rushan thanked her and said goodbye, then got in the car to go home. He saw a woman standing behind him in the left rearview mirror, staring at him unkindly.
Cheng Rushan reached out and knocked on the car door, "Classmate, what's up?"
Jiang Ling snorted, "I thought you couldn't see me."
Cheng Rushan frowned slightly, "Do we know each other?"
Jiang Ling: "Don't you think I look familiar?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Rushan simply opened the car door and got out. He looked at her seriously and said, "I'm sorry, I really don't recognize you."
Jiang Ling: ...
Cheng Rushan: "Please move aside, I need to reverse." He got into the car and started it, but saw Jiang Ling walking to the side of the car and leaning towards him.
"Can I get a ride, please?"
Cheng Rushan: “No.” He stepped on the accelerator, quickly turned the steering wheel, turned around and whizzed away. The whole process was as smooth and effortless as flowing water.
Jiang Ling looked at the direction he left. She always felt that there was a destiny between her and this tall and handsome man. It was an inexplicable destiny that arose inexplicably and stirred in her heart.
When Cheng Rushan came home, Jiang Lin was eating beef vermicelli soup. The beef was specially obtained by Fang Chengguang for her. At that time, there were no special beef cattle, and beef was not easy to get. He also spent a lot of effort. Jiang Lin ate so much that beads of sweat were on the tip of her nose. When she saw Cheng Rushan coming back, she smiled and said, "Brother Shan, you are back late. Do you want some beef soup?"
Cheng Rushan really sat down and took a sip. The broth was rich, delicious and fragrant.
He took out the report card and wiped the sweat off her nose with his fingers. "My wife tied for first place this time. That's amazing."
Jiang Lin said proudly: "Of course, don't you see how many people support me? Of course I should learn better than them."
Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi were packing their things as they were going back to Shuihuai Village for the New Year. Before leaving, they planned to visit the Jiang family and send Xiao Meng and Xiao Jun to their grandmother's house.
Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan were whispering to each other, and Dabao and Xiaobao were also whispering.
Xiaojun didn't want to leave Dabao and Xiaobao and wanted to go with them.
Dabao and Xiaobao are happy to bring him along. For boys, it is quite cool to have someone willing to be a follower.
Xiao Meng is sensible. Since her mother said that they can’t go to their aunt’s house for the New Year, she persuades Xiaojun.
Xiaobao: "Actually, we don't want to go home either. It's so fun here. Right, Vincent?"
Wensheng was sorting out his costumes and accessories, which were prepared for him by the troupe. He would bring them back and sometimes perform in the auditorium of the military compound.
He smiled and said, "It's the same everywhere. I'll go wherever my mother is."
He also received a New Year gift this year. Others received rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth coupons, meat coupons, etc. He used all of this to exchange for a piece of the troupe's best velvet for Jiang Lin. It was made in Zhangzhou, made of mulberry silk, and had a crane pattern on it. It was so beautiful that it was breathtaking. The troupe originally bought this to make a set of high-end costumes. There was a piece left, and the troupe leader wanted to take it back to please his young wife. As a result, Wensheng liked it and said that it would be the most beautiful for his mother to wear, and no one else would look as good as his mother. After hearing Wensheng's approval, the troupe leader gave it to Wensheng. Wensheng didn't want to take advantage of it. He exchanged other New Year gifts for this one, and happily brought it back to Jiang Lin, asking his grandmother to make a skirt for her.
Jiang Lin wouldn't dare to wear something so luxurious.
Yan Runzhi said it was okay, as it was a nightgown and it would be very comfortable to wear.
After they had lunch, Cheng Rushan arranged a truck to take the whole family directly to Jiang's house, and then sent someone to pick them up in the evening.
The Jiang family is living a good life now. The eldest brother Jiang works hard and has become an engineer with a high salary. The second brother Jiang will take over Xu Aimei's job next year. Xu Aimei plans to help them manage the sales outlet. Song Lijuan will be able to give birth after the Chinese New Year. Her belly is so big that Xu Aimei has asked her to rest at home.
They were also very happy to see Jiang Lin and her family. In the past, when they met, they talked about going back to the city and the benefits of the factory, but now they also talked about small business and family planning.
Song Lijuan looked frightened. "A woman in our factory was forced to have an abortion. Oh my god, I was really scared. She had two children and it was no big deal to have an abortion just two months ago, but she refused to have it. Those people were so rude and unreasonable."
Jiang Lin frowned, "Sister-in-law, when did it happen?"
Song Lijuan: "It was a while ago, but it's gone now. A new notice was issued in the past two days, forbidding women to have abortions by force, and forbidding investigations into last year." She smiled and said, "This municipal committee considers us ordinary people, and they are good officials, unlike before when they would criticize people at every turn."
She is not well educated, but as an ordinary citizen, she still has an intuitive understanding of the policies.
Jiang Lin was very happy because the Municipal Family Planning Office listened carefully to their suggestions, discussed them and made a final decision, setting the limits of family planning and not pursuing previous fetuses. They said during the propaganda that they would rather be strict with those who had not yet gotten pregnant than with those who had already gotten pregnant. This statement also made many pregnant women feel relieved, at least they would not be forced to have an abortion or be threatened with their jobs.
Xu Aimei said: "Before everyone said that the officials in the Family Planning Office were arrogant and unreasonable, and we were worried. Now it seems that they are actually quite good, and they speak politely and don't force anyone to do anything."
She couldn't help but sigh again: "Your second brother is unlucky. He is caught up in the family planning policy. What if he can only have one child?"
Song Lijuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mom. The government has said that family planning is good and the government will take care of your old age. As long as we work, we can get a pension when we get old. With the government taking care of you, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Because it is closely related to women of childbearing age, Jiang Lin and her sister-in-law talked more about it.
While cooking, Cheng Rushan was afraid that Jiang Lin would feel uncomfortable, so he said he would take her out for a walk.
Jiang Xinglei: "Let's go to the movies. I'll treat you." At the end of the year, the agency distributed dividends, and he also got a share of the money. In Xu Aimei's words, Jiang Xinglei is a person who spends two dollars with one dollar, and can't save a penny. If you don't spend two dollars on you, you will bite me!
Jiang Lin: "Why watch a movie? We have to eat soon."
Besides, it’s noisy and not conducive to prenatal education, so I won’t go.
They strolled outside, breathed some fresh air, and then went home when it was time to eat.
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The day after leaving Jiang's house, Cheng Rushan took his family back to Shuihuai Village to celebrate the New Year.
Today, Shuihuai Village has changed a lot. Looking from the south end of the village, most of the houses are brick and tile houses, and most of them have tile roofs. There are no pure mud and thatch houses anymore.
Shuihuai Village is also well greened, with saplings planted along the roadside. The poplar trees grow fast and are as thick as a child's arm in two years. In addition, there are willow trees, locust trees, and sycamore trees. Now the whole village is shaded by green trees. Unfortunately, in the cold winter, the leaves fall off and everything is bare. However, the sky is blue and the clouds are light, and the air is very good.
Jiang Lin and his friends were warmly welcomed by the brigade when they returned home. They all said that they would walk on stilts and set up the stage again in the first month of this year to have a lively New Year.
Cheng Fujun and Cheng Fulian were so happy that their achievements were now counted among the best in the county. Some brigades could not even afford to eat these days, becoming poor villages that could not pay the public grain and had to rely on government assistance. However, their village not only paid the public grain early and well, but also the members were well-off. As long as they did not slack off and worked hard, every household had enough food and warm clothes.
The educated youth who did not return to the city worked as accountants, technicians, designers, etc. in their factories. On the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, each of them received a dividend of more than 100 yuan and went home to celebrate the New Year.
Nowadays, their village has several side jobs.
After the expansion, the brick kiln has high efficiency and good quality. It can accommodate the strong laborers in the entire village and also provide some job opportunities for the strong laborers of nearby brigades.
The embroidery workshop cooperated with the brigade's hand-made textile factory. There were 30 skilled women and 50 helpers in the embroidery workshop. Their main work included embroidery, making handmade cloth shoes, cotton underwear, women's wallets, embroidery products, etc. In addition to selling these to the commune and county supply and marketing cooperatives, they also supplied goods to the sales outlets of Jiang Lin and others in the provincial capital, which brought good profits.
In addition to that tractor, the brigade also purchased a walk-behind tractor, which is specifically used for tilling the land. Nowadays, farming basically does not require strong laborers. Instead, a group of experienced old farmers follow the lead, and the crops are planted quickly and well.
All the young men and women went to work in the brigade factory.
Everyone is happy because they can get enough food and earn enough money.
In this way, even though there were some discordant voices, they were suppressed by everyone collectively.
Although the factory was founded by Jiang Lin, it is shared by everyone. If anyone wants to intervene and take it all for themselves or squeeze it out, that's impossible.
Although Cheng Fujun and Cheng Fulian were not very capable, they knew how to read the wind and were now very obedient to Cheng Rushan and Jiang Lin. With the support of Shang Zonghui and a few other smart young people, those who wanted to play tricks really had nowhere to go.
Everyone took Cheng Yunzhi and others home, and Cheng Fujun shouted, "Okay, we can kill the pig and divide the meat for three days."
The conditions in the village are good, there is plenty of food, and every household is allowed to raise pigs. In addition to those that are handed in as required, they can keep about a hundred pigs, which is more than fifty more than before.
As soon as the brigade announced the plan to slaughter pigs, several production teams in Shuihuai Village immediately brought out fifty pigs to slaughter for the New Year.
The men went to arrange to slaughter the pig, while Shang Zonghui and others helped Jiang Lin's family settle down.
Normally, everyone kept in touch, writing letters and sending telegrams for urgent matters. Cheng Rushan would also come back regularly to visit, bring goods to the sales outlets, and bring radios and rare items from the city to the team.
The house was taken care of by Shang Zonghui and several educated youth. It was well maintained and the flowers and plants were also well cared for. Shang Zonghui even led people to paint it a new coat of paint.
As soon as Cheng Yunzhi and Yan Runzhi entered the room, they felt it was refreshed, without any trace of decadence, which made them feel particularly good.
"I'm so grateful to you." Yan Runzhi quickly took out the candies and snacks she brought back from the city and distributed them to everyone.
Cheng Ruhai also led his wife and children to serve diligently, "Dad, Mom, I have taken good care of that acre of idle land and the vegetable garden. There are spinach and leeks in the vegetable garden. Cover them with wheat bran and corn stalks, and we can eat them during the New Year."
Yan Runzhi was generous in praising them and gave some candies to the children.
While the women were cleaning up at home, Cheng Rushan accompanied Cheng Yunzhi and took Wensheng, Dabao, Xiaobao and others to the ancestral grave to fill the soil and weed, and then wait until New Year's Eve to hold the formal worship.
After resting for two days, Jiang Lin went to see Cheng Yulian, Cheng Fujun and other brigade cadres to ask about family planning in the Yanghong Brigade.
Cheng Yulian: "Haha, college student, just rest assured, the women in our brigade are busy making money and don't want to have many children at all."
Nowadays, the countryside is also covered with slogans painted with lime water, such as "One person gets sterilized, the whole family is honored", "One person has an extra birth, the whole village is unlucky", "It is better to have a thousand abortions than to have one child", "Universalize one child, control two children, and eliminate three children", "No sterilization, no work points"...
Jiang Lin and his friends were speechless when they saw this slogan. Who are you trying to scare with such a simple and crude slogan? Most of the rural members are illiterate. What's the point of writing 10,000 slogans?
As long as the economy is good and everyone has a job and makes money, who would think so much?
Of course, for those who are born to prefer boys to girls and must have a son, no one can help them.
Jiang Lin has experienced the baptism of various policies in later generations, so she thinks that even if people are planning now, there is no need to strictly prevent them from having children. For those who want to have children, no matter how much you plan, no matter how much you dig up the house and pull the cow, they will still have children. For those who don't want to have children, even if they are forced to have them, they will feel that the cost is too high and don't want to have children.
Shuihuai Village is better, and the slogans are not so exaggerated. After all, it is just the beginning, and it is not as crude and direct as in the 1980s.
Jiang Lin communicated with Cheng Yulian and suggested that they should be more moderate in their work and there was no need to make enemies with others over family planning.
Cheng Yulian said, "Actually, none of us is willing to control other people's childbearing. If there is no task from above and no pressure from above, people can have as many children as they want. In the past, everyone had as many as they wanted, and most families had five or six children. What's that? We don't control it either."
Jiang Lin told them about the family planning regulations of the provincial capital so that they would know what to do and avoid being asked to do anything unreasonable.
Cheng Yulian: "Don't worry, we will follow the family planning office. I will go to the commune to give some suggestions when I have time."
To be honest, now that she is making money in the factory, Cheng Yulian is not interested in being the director of women's affairs. Especially now that we are dealing with family planning, we have meetings all day long, and loudspeakers are used to shout and ask the directors of women's affairs to take on tasks. Each person has a certain number of tasks, and there are rewards for each abortion or sterilization. It is similar to the movement in the past few years, and Cheng Yulian is not interested in doing it at all.
Cheng Fujun and Cheng Fulian have tasted the sweetness of the brigade's sideline business. Because of their good performance, the villagers let them be re-elected. Even if someone is jealous and wants to replace them, they can't. Therefore, they are also happy to listen to Jiang Lin. Jiang Lin is now a college student, the first in the county, respected by the county committee, and they worship her like a literary star.
Listen to whatever you say.
Cheng Fujun and others decided to change the slogans of the brigade to "have fewer children and plant more trees", "have fewer children and raise more pigs", "have fewer children and make more bricks"...
A series of slogans with the characteristics of Shuihuai Village appeared on the wall.
When pigs were being slaughtered and the meat was being distributed these two days, the brigade accountant led two propagandists to paint slogans.
Wensheng led Dabao and Xiaobao to watch the pig slaughtering, and then went to watch the slogan painting.
Wensheng stood at the foot of the wall and chanted: "Have fewer children and raise more pigs."
Dabao: "Why does it sound so awkward to me?"
Xiaobao: "Does this mean that I am worse than a pig? Meow, I'm angry! I'm going to sabotage it!"
He said to Wensheng and Dabao, "Do you dare to come out at night?"
Dabao: "Why not? But it's childish and useless."
No one said that Baosheng is inferior to a pig, so why are you so excited?
Xiaobao was still unhappy, so he decided to make this into his own story. This time, the protagonist of the story was Baosheng, not Dongsheng and Linlin. There was a pig kingdom. They said that human children were not as good as pigs, so they captured all the children. Baosheng was one of the captured children. She was smart, brave, clever and cute. She overcame many difficulties and finally defeated the three pig kings and rescued all the children. Of course, the focus of the story is how Baosheng overcame difficulties again and again and defeated the pig team again and again.
The three brothers ran back home and saw Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi processing pork.
What they shared and bought was more than half a pig!
Yan Runzhi: "Wensheng, come here and help grandma cut the meat. Do you want to make bacon and sausages?" There is a lot of pork this year, so they can make bacon and sausages themselves. After the New Year, they can take them home and eat them for a long time, and they can also share some with their in-laws.
Wen took a long step, sat on the bench, and said solemnly: "I decided to bring back more pork."
Yan Runzhi smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiaobao just talked about how he was born worse than a pig, and it really made me angry!
Although no one said that Baosheng is worse than a pig, he just took it for granted, but the child is so direct. My baby is coming in a few months, but you say we should have fewer children and raise more pigs.
Yan Runzhi was so amused that she burst into laughter and said to Jiang Lin in the room, "Bao'er's mother, you heard it."
Jiang Lin was drawing some design drafts. She poked her cheek with a pencil and said with a smile, "What a child's playfulness. Don't take it personally. Isn't this just asking for trouble? It's impossible for them to put up a slogan saying 'have fewer children, plant more trees' and add an explanation that they didn't mention you, Baosheng. Hahaha."
Dabao suddenly figured out a problem. He hadn’t paid attention to it before, but now he understood it after hearing people talk about it many times.
He asked, "Mom, does that mean we only have one baby and there won't be another one?"
Family planning slogans are everywhere now. He didn't pay attention to it before, but later he got angry that Baosheng was being belittled. Now he comes to his senses.
Planning, does that mean mom has to be planned too?
Does that mean they will only have one baby in the future and there won’t be a second one?
How is this possible!
He is with Dabao, he has company, he is not lonely at all. How lonely would Baosheng be if he was alone?
The two brothers looked at each other and saw fear and pity in each other's eyes.
They quickly explained to Vincent.
Wensheng: "One Baosheng is enough. My mother works very hard. I don't want too many brothers and sisters besides you."
When Jiang Lin was feeling uncomfortable, she vomited all over the place. Everyone saw it and felt sorry for her.
Although Dabao and Xiaobao felt sorry for their mother's pain, they didn't know that this pain was related to Baosheng. They thought that their mother was just sick.
After hearing what Wensheng said, they suddenly understood something: So Mom was feeling uncomfortable because of Baosheng?
Dabao: "Why is Baosheng so naughty?"
How can she be so annoying to her mother before she even comes? She is even more annoying than Xiaojun? Then when she comes, she must be taught a good lesson.
Xiao Bao thought, "Lin Lin has suffered so much, so let's just forget it. I'd rather have only one baby, not a second or third one."
Dabao nodded seriously, "It should be like this."
Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi were already laughing so hard. These two kids were so dramatic and they thought about things in a very serious manner, just like adults.
The two little brothers ran into the house again to spend some time with Jiang Lin, comforting her, expressing their love, gratitude and concern for their mother, and promising to be better behaved in the future and never make their mother sad.
Such a sensible child is hard to find in the world, and Jiang Lin was deeply moved.
"Mom is so happy to have you." Jiang Lin smiled with her eyes curved. Her clear eyes reflected the light from the window, and her pupils turned light brown, as beautiful as glass.
"Where's my dad?" Dabao asked, "We should tell him to talk to the fertility grandma or someone else and tell him not to send other brothers and sisters over after the baby is born."
We can neither let our mother suffer nor let anyone plan for it.
Because of this, although Dabao thinks that the belief in fertility is superstitious, he has not yet figured out where babies come from, so he can only use this explanation for the time being.
Jiang Lin was overjoyed. Children always stumble upon the right thing by accident. "Dad has gone to the county. He should be back soon." Cheng Rushan told her that he would be back for dinner.
Dabao and Xiaobao were about to take Vincent to the south intersection to pick up their father.
Wensheng: "You two go, I'll help grandma cut the meat."
Dabao and Xiaobao ran away.
Yan Runzhi said to Wensheng, "Wensheng, if you want to go, go ahead. The meat doesn't matter. You can wait for your father to come back and cut it."
Cheng Rushan is very good at knife skills and is great at cutting meat.
Vincent: "Grandma, I want to cut it. My mother likes to eat sausages."
His mother liked to eat homemade sausages, so he would cut more so that she would have something to eat. He even remembered clearly that his mother said that the sausage meat should be marinated with white wine, chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder, pepper powder, cinnamon, sugar, etc., and kneaded vigorously to knead all the seasonings into it, so that it would taste especially good.
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "Wensheng is such a filial child. Your mother is pregnant now and she is picky about food. She really likes to eat the sausages she makes at home."
Wensheng was stunned and stopped cutting the meat. His mind was rumbling, and the words kept echoing back and forth, "Wensheng, your mother is pregnant now, and she is picky. She likes to eat the sausages made at home. Don't eat them secretly, leave them for your mother. It's not easy for your father to get these sausage casings, don't be greedy and eat them all secretly. You must be a filial child."
Yan Runzhi saw that he looked a little dazed and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"
Wensheng murmured, "My father told me not to steal my mother's sausages because she is pregnant..."
Yan Runzhi said casually: "Your father is just teasing you, grandma will give you more so that you can all have some."
She turned her eyes and saw Vincent shedding tears.
Yan Runzhi hurriedly asked, "Wensheng, what's wrong with you?"
Vincent shook his head, "I don't know, I just feel uncomfortable." He seemed to want to remember something, but he couldn't remember clearly. His mind was in a fog and he felt very uncomfortable, which made him feel chest tightness, nausea, and irritability.
Jiang Lin heard it from the kang, got off the bed and walked to the main room, smiled at Wensheng and said, "Wensheng, why are you upset? It's New Year's Day, we have meat to eat and opera to sing, I don't know how happy mother is."
She was smiling, wearing a small cotton jacket with a red background and yellow flowers. Her features were gentle and dignified, and her temperament was quiet and elegant.
Wensheng immediately smiled, "Mom!" The moment he saw Jiang Lin, all the complicated thoughts in his mind instantly disappeared.
Jiang Lin went forward and hugged him, "Thank you, Wensheng, for making so many sausages for me. I am very happy, and so is the baby."
Vincent became happier and said, "Then I'll cut more."
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At this time, Cheng Rushan had returned from the county and was chatting with cadres in the commune.
Although the Revolutionary Committee had not been officially abolished at this time, many places began to call it the People's Government instead of the Revolutionary Committee. It seemed that everyone, from top to bottom, had a bad impression of the Revolutionary Committee.
Although he worked in the provincial military region, he did not ignore the affairs of his hometown. He was used to seeing all kinds of grassroots officials and understood the thoughts of many people. If some people were watched, encouraged and supervised, their performance would get better and better. They would neither become lazy officials nor become people who only wanted to climb up.
He talked with the commune cadres and felt that they were still full of passion and yearning.
"Being able to ensure that the people have enough food to eat is a remarkable political achievement." This is how Cheng Rushan encouraged them.
There is no need to talk about those empty words. Filling the stomach is the most important thing. They said that the Group of Four was bad and that the culture destroyed economic construction. Now, we should show the proper state, improve the economy, and let the people fill their stomachs. There is no need to teach the people what to say. They will say from the bottom of their hearts that now is better than before, and the grassroots cadres will also be proud.
"We all mean the same thing. We are determined to serve the people!" Everyone laughed. "We will work hard to lead the entire commune in construction, economic development, and prosperity."
We talked about some things about reform and opening up, and then talked about the recent family planning issue.
Someone casually mentioned that Cheng Fugui's third daughter-in-law was pregnant. The timing was a bit delicate, right on the border of family planning, so it could be planned or not.
Cheng Rushan naturally knew what it meant, but he didn't say it out loud, and said calmly: "Everything should be done according to the regulations."
Cheng Fugui has three sons. The eldest son already has four children, including two sons. The second son already has three children, including a son. The third son has a daughter who is only three years old, and no sons.
According to the regulations, the first and second daughters-in-law cannot have children, and they are not pregnant. The third daughter-in-law is pregnant, but the timing is a bit tricky. The first child is only three years old, and according to the rules, she should wait until she is five years old to have another child. It is not in line with the regulations to get pregnant now. In addition, the month she got pregnant happened to be January. If you play a word game and say that she got pregnant last year, there is nothing wrong. However, if you are serious about calculating the date, it will be after New Year's Day.
It depends on how the family planning office handles it, whether they are trying to meet the quota or to do a favor. Usually they just do something and nobody cares.
When Cheng Rushan said that everything should be done according to the regulations, some people interpreted it as: Why does Cheng Fugui need so many grandchildren?
Because when Cheng Rushan said that, although he still had a polite smile from the previous topic, his eyes were cold and indifferent, without any smile at all.
Everyone knew that Cheng Rushan had not changed at all. He was still cruel and vicious as before. He was not easy-going just because he looked easy-going.
They are still haunted by the fact that he drove Cheng Fuwan's grandson Cheng Xinda crazy, so they must never go against him.
Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, this is how reincarnation works.
"Cheng Fugui is not doing well and has started to act crazy," someone said. "A few days ago, I went to the farm to hand over a task and I almost didn't recognize him. He was hunched over, with messy white hair and a face like a tree knot. If he hadn't called me, I really wouldn't have recognized him."
"He deserved it. He was causing trouble in the labor camp, stirring up trouble, and trying to gather a crowd to cause trouble. As a result, he was picked out and severely criticized, put in solitary confinement, held a meeting to review his mistakes, and participated in heavy physical labor."
What they didn't say was that there were groups of people specifically keeping an eye on him, providing 360-degree care around the clock.
Labor camps are similar to prisons. If you want to beat someone without causing injury but still causing pain, there are many ways to do it. If you want to torture someone without using your hands, you can use mental suppression to force him to collapse. There are also many ways to do it.
At that time, the brothers Cheng Rongzhi and Cheng Yunzhi were taken care of on the farm. Although they had to do some labor, no one could harm their lives.
Cheng Fugui is taken care of by someone, but it is a negative one. With such care, he can neither die nor live comfortably. He is really in a situation where he cannot live or die.
Now he has become crazy and even said, "Someone tells me to hang myself every day, but I won't listen to her."
With him like this, his nephew Cheng Xinda had already gone completely crazy. He would become manic from time to time and would let the dogs bite everyone to death! Then he would be tied up, given injections, and locked up to calm down. After all this, the whole person became completely dull and inactive, no longer a human being.
While listening to them talk, Cheng Rushan did not express any opinions or interrupt them. When the time was almost up, he stood up and said goodbye.
"The jujube and hawthorn gardens in our commune cannot be abandoned. With reform and opening up, we will have more foreign trade in the future. We should think about how to make better new products and take them to the provincial capital first. If the response is good, we can try foreign trade."
Cheng Rushan was well-informed and knew that the central government was discussing the special economic zones and would gradually open up foreign trade. According to his judgment, since the focus of work has shifted to economic development, exports and imports will inevitably increase. The current domestic industrial level is not good, and it is impossible to export high-tech products. The government wants to export and earn foreign exchange, and the only way to do it is to export cheap labor and agricultural products. Whoever opens the channel for foreign trade in this regard will be a hero of reform and opening up, and his political achievements will naturally take off.
"Really?" The commune cadres were shocked. They had never thought of such a big plan and did not have such ambition.
According to their thinking, it is a great thing to support the brigade's sideline businesses and ensure that the members have enough food to eat.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Rushan painted such a huge pie for them.
Cheng Rushan: "You can try our very distinctive green onions and red-root spinach."
Although it is infuriating to export the best, it is necessary to do so in order to earn foreign exchange for bigger things.
Everyone became excited after hearing what he said, and suddenly felt full of ambition and were ready to break out of Asia and rush into the world.
Cheng Rushan didn't say much. He was only responsible for giving the idea. The specific details still depended on them. After all, it was impossible for him to take care of the Zaoyuan green onions. All he could do was to help them come up with good suggestions and then smooth the transportation process.
When he walked out of the commune office, he happened to see Cheng Fugui's eldest son rushing over.
Cheng Fugui's eldest son didn't even have the courage to confront him. He retreated to the side with his hands in his sleeves after Cheng Rushan looked at him. How could he dare to confront him? He came to beg Cheng Fugui to be taken home for the New Year, but was unanimously opposed by the commune cadres.
No one spoke for him at all.
Cheng Rushan raised his eyebrows, then quickly put them down, and walked out of the commune slowly.
Life is long and the road is long, so we should not be in a hurry. We should calm down and appreciate the scenery along the way, and also savor the ups and downs of life.
He wanted a family to be broken up and in a miserable state, regardless of the times! He considered himself to be not a kind person, but he had a good memory, and he was very clear about gratitude and resentment, and would never forget his grievances.
When he returned home, he met Dabao and Xiaobao who came to pick him up at the village entrance. His cold demeanor receded like a tide, and his eyes became gentle.
When Dabao and Xiaobao saw him coming back, they ran up to him happily. Xiaobao held his hand and told him that after picking up Baosheng, he should not pick up other brothers and sisters.
Cheng Rushan smiled and asked, "Why?"
Dabao: "My mother works so hard, we don't want her to suffer all the time."
Xiaobao also nodded, "Yes, Dongsheng, Linlin is so pitiful, she doesn't even like to eat meat."
Cheng Rushan felt soft in his heart and rubbed his head with his big hands, "Okay, let's take Baosheng and don't let other children come to our house."
Back home, Jiang Lin designed the pattern in the main room, Wensheng cut the meat, and Cheng Yunzhi helped Yan Runzhi rub and marinate the meat. After it was done, let it sit for a while, and then it was ready for sausage stuffing. The casings were brought back by Duan Changan and Zhu Junjie, and they were enough for them.
The father and his two sons looked at Jiang Lin drooling at the pot of meat and looked at each other silently.
I said Linlin was so pitiful that she didn’t even want to eat meat.
Jiang Lin turned around and smiled at him, "Let's stew meat tonight. I'm suddenly so greedy. I really want to eat braised pork!"
Braised pork, Dongpo pork, braised pork with a sauce, braised pork in a jar, braised pork with a sauce, boiled pork... Jiang Lin swallowed her saliva and touched her stomach, looking forward to it. She was really greedy all of a sudden. It felt like her stomach hadn't been full for a long time. Thinking of the delicious fish and meat, she didn't feel sick at all. I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat, ahhhh!
Cheng Rushan: "...Are you not tired of it anymore?"
Jiang Lin said seriously: "Who is so pretentious during the New Year? Are you still sick of eating meat? That means you are not hungry!"
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