Dabao and his two siblings picked up Jiang Lin and then went to the provincial theater troupe to pick up Wensheng.
Wensheng has a performance today. When Jiang Lin went there, he was rehearsing backstage. Wensheng now not only performs in the troupe, but also sings. He is the mainstay of the troupe. He has learned to play the guqin and erhu from the troupe's performance teachers, and has also learned to play the guitar and piano from the singing group teachers. For him, these are not difficult at all. He can learn by analogy and get started quickly. Although he is not a master, he is good enough for daily performance.
Because he is obsessed with art and has no utilitarianism, even after all these years, he still has a pure temperament and clear eyes, without a trace of vulgarity.
After listening to a segment of the play, Jiang Lin couldn't help but applaud.
Everyone cheered, and when they saw Jiang Lin and the others coming over, they all greeted her and congratulated her on her graduation.
Because they like Vincent, they also know his family better and have a very good impression of them.
In fact, the theater troupe is a place full of competition and intrigue. Vincent is an outlier, and everyone wants to be friends with him, and no one will make things difficult for him.
When Wensheng saw Jiang Lin and his brothers and sisters coming over, he was so happy that he stopped rehearsing immediately, "I have something to do at home, so I'll leave first."
He took a brocade box from the drawer and ran to Jiang Lin, "Mom, congratulations on your graduation."
Jiang Lin took it and asked, "What?"
Wensheng smiled and said, "Just open it." He took Baosheng from Xiaobao.
Xiaobao and Wensheng were also excited and asked Jiang Lin to open it and take a look.
Jiang Lin opened the brocade box and found inside was a set of ruby jewelry, a pair of oval ear clips, a gold necklace inlaid with gemstones, and a ruby ring that was somewhat exaggeratedly large.
This kind of gem is not expensive now. In the 1970s, ordinary people did not want it. After the reform and opening up, the business opportunities from overseas have not yet driven up the price. The troupe will buy some when buying props. Vincent can afford it.
Girls like shiny and beautiful stones. Baosheng's eyes were immediately attracted, "Wow! What is this? It's so beautiful!"
Vince: "Stone. For my mother."
Baosheng: "I want to wear it!" Baosheng now has a small box of various jewelry, such as gold bracelets, silver bracelets, pearls, rubies, sapphires, and even diamonds. Of course, not only these, but also glass balls, beautiful small stones, rain flower stones, etc. She also put them in it. To her, these are all the same, beautiful!
Jiang Lin gestured to her and said with a smile: "This is given to me by Wensheng. I can't give it to you."
Baosheng: "Mom, I'll keep it for you."
Xiaobao: "Baosheng, Dabao and I will buy it for you later."
Wensheng also smiled: "I'll give it to you on your birthday."
Baosheng's dark eyes sparkled like obsidian, "Brothers are so nice. Muah."
Wensheng said goodbye to his colleagues in the troupe and followed Jiang Lin into the car to go home.
On the way, Baosheng whispered in his ear, "Vinsheng, can you buy me an ice cream? It's so hot."
Wensheng: "Can you ask mom?"
Baosheng can be said to be the apple of everyone's eye, but although Wensheng dotes on her, he still puts Jiang Lin first. For things like ice cream and candy, he always ask Jiang Lin first to avoid buying this or that for her, which will make her get an upset stomach.
Baosheng was whispering to Xiaobao again.
Without even asking Jiang Lin, Xiao Bao advised Bao Sheng, "Last time you ate ice cream, you had a stomachache. You'd better not eat it. Ice cream is not a good thing. It's just frozen sweet water. It's not as delicious as the milk powder you drank when you were a child."
After hearing what the greediest brother Xiaobao said, Baosheng decided to endure it.
Jiang Lin looked at Xiao Bao and said, "Brother Xiao Bao has really grown up now. He has become like his older brother."
Xiao Bao sighed, "Alas, raising a child for a hundred years means worrying for ninety-nine years."
Jiang Lin Dabao:!!!
Xiaobao continued with emotion: "When I was a kid, I ate candy secretly and was not afraid of tooth decay or toothache. Now if my sister eats candy secretly, I will worry about her teeth rotting and getting pain."
So, he now lies to Baosheng and says that he doesn't like to eat sugar, sugar is not a good thing, eating too much is bad for the body, it will make you grow shorter, make you stupid, cause tooth decay, etc.
Anyway, it's just that I ate too much sugar, which made me look ugly and uncomfortable.
With Baosheng, his habit of secretly eating sweets was automatically corrected.
Jiang Lin put her arm around his shoulders and praised him, "Brother Xiaobao is becoming more and more sensible, that's great."
She and Dabao looked at each other in the rearview mirror and smiled, "It's all because of Brother Dabao's good example."
Dabao was originally concentrating on driving with a calm expression, but he couldn't help laughing when she said that.
They drove directly to the cafeteria of the provincial government, where Yan Runzhi set up several tables to celebrate her successful graduation and took the opportunity to invite relatives and friends to get together for some fun.
When Jiang Lin graduated from college, Yan Runzhi hosted a few tables of wine to celebrate graduation. The guests were all Jiang Lin's relatives and friends, and Cheng Rushan's work relationships were not invited. This time, for graduate school graduation, they naturally would not miss such a good day to get together.
However, Fang Chengguang has a mission and cannot attend the event. Zeng Hongjie started working long ago before he started graduate school and is very busy. He is on a business trip these days and cannot come either.
Lu Hang, Guo Yanqiu and Jiang Lin's family would not miss it. They discussed it with Yan Runzhi a few days ago and came as soon as they had time this afternoon.
The entire Jiang family went out, including Xu Aimei and her husband, the eldest brother Jiang's family, and the second brother Jiang's family. The second brother got married in the late 1980s and now has a daughter.
After graduation, Jiang Min stayed in the provincial capital and was assigned to work in the Provincial Textile Group. Because the country lacks professional talents, as long as they have above-average grades after graduation, they will be assigned good jobs.
Jiang Xinglei still works as an accountant in the textile factory and is still single. As a college student with a good job and high salary, he is tall and good-looking. Many people introduce him to potential partners, and even many girls approach him actively, but he has no intention of dating. Xu Aimei and Jiang Dongjian were anxious at first and wanted him to get married and have children quickly, but Jiang Xinglei moved directly to the dormitory area of the textile factory and had no intention of compromising. They were too lazy to care about him, anyway, there were a lot of grandchildren at home, and he didn't need one more.
Jiang Lin got out of the car and greeted her brother, sister-in-law and other relatives and friends. They often saw each other, but they were busy with work and could not get together unless there was a special occasion.
"Sister Baosheng." As soon as little Guosheng saw Baosheng, he ran over, greeted Jiang Lin first, and then took Baosheng's hand.
Baosheng raised his hand and looked at him with a smile, "Look at how small you are."
Guo Sheng immediately felt embarrassed. He was two years younger than Baosheng, so naturally he was not as tall as her.
Baosheng patted his head and said, "Little Guosheng, you need to eat more."
This child looks very well behaved, but he doesn’t like to eat and is very picky about food.
Guo Sheng is the son of Lu Hang and Guo Yanqiu. They got married at about the same time as Jiang Erge.
The name Guo Sheng was given by Xiaobao.
At that time, Jiang Lin brought her son and daughter to the hospital to visit Guo Yanqiu who had just given birth. Lu Hang jokingly asked the two brothers to come up with a name for the baby, and Xiaobao casually came up with the name Guosheng.
The name of this child is very direct, just named after the person who gave birth to him. Jiang Lin didn't know what to say, so she let Guo Yanqiu name the child herself.
Lü Hang was overjoyed and named his son Lü Guosheng. Guo Yanqiu also spoiled him enough and followed his advice, not caring at all that Jiang Lin said it was pronounced the same as "aluminum pot". Dabao suggested that the nickname should be Guosheng and the full name should be Lü Guosheng.
Lu Hang thought it was a good idea and agreed.
This child has been spoiled a lot by his grandparents, but he is very well behaved in front of Dabao, Xiaobao and Baosheng and doesn't dare to throw a tantrum.
When relatives and friends get together, there are many children, and they are basically separated by age groups. The older ones surround the eldest and the youngest, while the younger ones surround the youngest.
Jiang Min told Jiang Lin: "Xiao Meng and Xiao Jun are going back to the farm during the summer vacation."
Last year, the people's communes and production teams were disbanded, and the town and village system was restored. The construction corps in the frontier was also restructured two years ago, from the original military control to the government control, or even the public-private partnership farm. Four years ago, Liang Tiefeng led people to contract a farm that had been losing money for years and was unable to operate. In two years, he turned the loss into profit and established the Beidahuang Production Group. In addition to grain, it also developed animal husbandry and produced and processed dairy products.
When the conditions are good, he wants Xiao Meng and Xiao Jun to go back for the winter and summer vacations.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Xiao Meng and Xiao Jun are both big kids and sensible. They have the right to make their own decisions." As long as they don't delay their studies, it's no problem for them to go back during the winter and summer vacations.
Elderly people such as Yan Runzhi and Xu Aimei gathered together and helped in the kitchen. When they saw that the time was almost right, they shouted for the dishes to be served.
Jiang Lin asked them to take a seat first. She went to see Cheng Rushan. Just as she reached the cafeteria door, she saw Cheng Rushan, Bie Dongshan, He Liang, Duan Changan and others coming together.
They were all very happy to see Jiang Lin and congratulated her.
"Please take your seats." Jiang Lin greeted them, and she went to meet Cheng Rushan.
In the middle of summer, he was still wearing his uniform because he had just had a meeting. His buttons and tie were buttoned up meticulously. It was really hard for him. She raised her hand to help him take off his tie, "Are you hot?"
The dress code was not so strict at that time, and more than half of the staff did not dress according to the regulations. No one cared for the time being, and everyone was happy and comfortable.
After all, it is so hot in midsummer, and you have to button up your clothes, wear a tie and a big hat. Most people can't stand it.
But she found that Cheng Rushan had a special feature: he was not afraid of cold in winter and heat in summer. Even in such weather, as long as he did not do strenuous exercise, he would not sweat like others. According to Fang Chengguang, martial artists would not sweat profusely even in hot weather, and excessive sweating indicated physical weakness.
"I'm too busy today." Cheng Rushan originally wanted to watch her defense, but he was busy with an important meeting and couldn't get away.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "It's just a defense, nothing special."
Cheng Rushan put his arm around her waist, bent down to kiss her temple, and sat down with her.
Seeing them coming, everyone applauded and asked the graduate student to speak a few words.
Jiang Xinglei: "Sister, can you tell us why you love reading so much?"
At that time, it was good to go to a technical secondary school, a junior college was amazing, an undergraduate degree was rare, and a graduate degree was even rarer.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Isn't it said that you never stop learning as long as you live? If I pass the postgraduate exam, my salary will be several levels higher than that of an undergraduate, and the school will also invite me back to give lectures to undergraduate students."
At this time, a bachelor's degree is very powerful, and a master's degree is naturally the most powerful, with great authority. In her work, laymen will not be able to question her casually in the future, because her high degree represents extensive knowledge and professional expertise. Even leaders will not easily dismiss her, let alone the situation where people with connections will point fingers at her and want to find someone to replace her.
After three rounds of drinks, everyone talked about their recent situation.
Duan Changan said, "The national highway has been unsafe recently, and there have been some robbers. You should be more careful when you travel far away. Our brothers have encountered them a few times while driving. They were all local hooligans, and the local police can't control them."
As the economy develops, there are always some people who don't want to work and want to get something for nothing by cheating, stealing or robbing.
They are basically gangsters from the Cultural Revolution period, who were suppressed and suppressed so much that they were released from prison as soon as the reform and opening up began. They formed gangs, enclosed land and made money, and over time became a nuisance to the local area. The local police stations were short of manpower, or for some reason, they could not restrain them at all.
Lu Hang: "We have also encountered this, when we went to the west to buy cotton yarn. However, we had a lot of people, so there was no loss."
Cheng Rushan listened for a while and said, "The military, government agencies, and state-owned factories are all fine. Individual businesses need to pay attention."
The sales outlet they jointly opened officially obtained an individual business license issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in 1981 and was changed into a small department store. Now it is managed by Xu Aimei and Jiang Dongjian, and Lu Hang, Jiang Xinglei and others go to help when they are free.
Jiang Lin said, "You can also give the Public Security Bureau a heads-up. As long as the leaders pay attention and issue a crackdown notice, they will be able to control it. In the future, the economy will become more and more developed, and there will be more and more self-employed people. If businessmen encounter this, at the very least they will lose money and get injured, and the unlucky ones may even lose their lives."
Now they are not ordinary people, but are well-known figures in the political and business circles of the provincial capital. When everyone reports the problems together, the effect is quite good.
He Liang, Duan Changan and others said: "We will write a letter to report the complaint, and Brother Cheng will not be needed anymore."
Cheng Rushan is now the deputy director and captain. If he were to take charge of this matter, he would easily be accused of overstepping his authority and people would suspect that he was targeting someone. After all, someone in the Provincial Public Security Department spread rumors expressing dissatisfaction with Cheng Rushan, believing that he was deliberately targeting the public security department with ulterior motives.
People in Dongshan have heard this kind of rumor many times.
The time was almost up, so Jiang Lin told them that she would be giving a speech on urban humanities construction and other topics at the provincial auditorium in ten days, and those who were free could go and listen.
Lu Hang: "Doctor Guo, let's go."
Guo Yanqiu smiled and said, "You don't need to tell me that."
Jiang Xinglei and others also expressed their desire to go. He asked Cheng Rushan: "Brother-in-law, you have to go."
Cheng Rushan: "Go."
Jiang Lin knew he was busy. "You're so busy at work, so forget it. There's nothing good to hear."
After his promotion, he was so busy that he felt dizzy. The old director, who was also the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, directly pushed all the work here to him, but their anti-corruption bureau was not enough staff, and basically one person was doing the work of three people. His current state was that apart from work, he had no time to chat with anyone.
Cheng Rushan held her hand and looked into her eyes. "Whatever you say sounds good."
In front of so many people, Jiang Lin felt embarrassed and tried to pull her hand back, but he held it even tighter.
Lu Hang, Jiang Xinglei and others laughed and made a scene.
It was getting late, so everyone dispersed.
Before leaving, Lu Hang whispered to Jiang Lin, "Linlin, did you know that your speech and Jiang Ling's exhibition will be on the same day?"
Jiang Lin rolled her eyes at him and said, "You deserve a beating. Who is she to you? Why do you care about her so much? Be careful or Doctor Guo will punish you by making you kneel on the washboard."
Lu Hang spread his hands, "I don't know, I just don't like her, she doesn't look like a good person." He saw Cheng Rushan saying goodbye to He Liang and the others, so he leaned close to Jiang Lin and whispered, "You know, one time Brother Cheng went to a dinner party, and Jiang Ling was there too. Even a blind man could see that she was flirting with Brother Cheng, and she was almost throwing herself into his arms. You'd better be careful."
Cheng Rushan was highly regarded by the military due to his past experience and contributions. He also took advantage of the opportunity when the government was in urgent need of talents after the Cultural Revolution, so he was already in an important position before he was 35. His family was used to keeping a low profile and thought it was just a job to earn a salary to support the family. But in the eyes of outsiders, he was very popular. I don't know how many people wanted to establish friendship and relationships with him.
Especially those who want to find a political backer to develop the economy and make a lot of money, they frequently show their goodwill. In their eyes, money and beauty pave the way, there is no position that cannot be conquered, it’s just a matter of the size of the chips and the length of time. They think that although Cheng Rushan works in the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Anti-Corruption Bureau and is not directly responsible for the economy, he is familiar with all government departments and has a say. Taking him down means establishing relations with all departments.
Unfortunately, Cheng Rushan didn't give them any chance. Rumor has it that it would be harder to take down Cheng Rushan than to move a mountain!
Jiang Lin knew what was going on. She smiled and said, "Okay, Cheng Rushan knows. You've been drinking, let Dr. Guo drive, be careful on the road."
Over there, Lu Guosheng said goodbye to Baosheng and the others reluctantly, and the children also waved goodbye to Dabao and Xiaobao.
After seeing off relatives and friends, Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi took the children home first.
Cheng Rushan held Jiang Lin's hand and walked along the river. No matter how busy he was, as long as he could squeeze out time, he would always accompany Jiang Lin and exchange information. Even if they didn't talk, they were happy just holding hands and walking.
Since he entered the provincial government and had to deal with all kinds of people, he has become more and more calm and capable, serious and serious, and does everything with ease. Everyone said that he never showed his emotions, and was more serious than the old director. As a result, the old director was happy to play the good guy, and he was happy all day long, saying, "Don't care about this or that. You should find Cheng Rushan."
Only when he was with Jiang Lin could he completely relax, as if all those tasks were no big deal.
When Jiang Lin was alone with him, she was still as relaxed and playful as when they were in love before, and she never made groundless accusations about his affairs outside to upset him.
She took Cheng Rushan's arm and said, "Brother Shan, if you hadn't brought Dabao and Xiaobao to the provincial capital, what would we be doing now?"
Cheng Rushan smiled and put his arm around her waist. "You must still be a college student, but I'm not sure. Maybe... I'm a self-employed transporter now."
He was a non-staff member of the army at first. According to the current situation, if he hadn't asked Gu Mingyi to transfer him to an internal staff member, he would probably have left the army and started his own business.
The policy is open and supports individual economy. He will set up an individual transportation company and do wholesale and retail of goods. Anyway, no matter what he does, he will definitely not let her lack money.
As for which one is better or worse? There is no good or bad. For him, working and making money is a means to make his family live a good life. It is enough to have enough money to spend. What he wants is to be able to accompany her, his parents and children more often.
He was willing to repay her for what he owed her by accompanying her for the rest of his life.
After walking for a while, Cheng Rushan looked at his watch and whispered, "Are you tired? Let's go home."
An old couple, they have a deep understanding of each other. Jiang Lin understood immediately and deliberately said, "Don't be tired, don't be tired, just walk a little longer."
Cheng Rushan picked her up and said, "That's great. I was worried that you would be tired from the defense." If you are not tired, you can go to bed later.
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In the next few days, Jiang Lin did not go anywhere. She carefully prepared her speech at home and asked her family to give her suggestions and revise the manuscript so that it would be understandable to people of all ages.
Baosheng: "Mom, why don't you ask me?"
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "What do you want?"
What kind of advice could a 6-year-old girl give? But Jiang Lin still tried to coax her.
Baosheng: "Mom, don't you think we should build more amusement parks for us kids?"
There is a large amusement park in the provincial capital now, but it is for older children, not younger ones.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll add you in too."
At this time, there is naturally not enough spare money to build a children's playground, but it can be planned and gradually improved. As long as the overall plan is well planned, and various supporting functions and locations are planned in place, there will be no problem. The most worrying thing is that when planning, you can't think of it, everything is a foregone conclusion, and after two or three years, you find that it is outdated, insufficient, and unreasonable, and then you have to demolish and rebuild endlessly, repeating waste.
In the blink of an eye, it was July 4th.
After lunch, Jiang Lin prepared to go to the provincial university.
Dabao and Xiaobao are both on vacation, Wensheng is not going to the troupe, but Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi also want to go and show their support.
Cheng Rushan went to the office to give some instructions and then came back to accompany her. Jiang Lin had no choice but to go with him.
Cheng Rushan took off his uniform and changed into dark trousers and a long-sleeved linen shirt. These clothes were designed by Jiang Lin and made by Yan Runzhi. They were simple and elegant and would never go out of style. Because Cheng Rushan was tall, had long legs and arms, and was very strong, the armholes and upper arms of his shirts had to be slightly wider. She asked Yan Runzhi to make cuffs so that the sleeves would not be too long and droop.
She helped Cheng Rushan roll up his sleeves and hung them with the cuffs, revealing his fair and strong forearms. He was strong, and under his thin and white skin were solid muscles that felt hard when pressed.
"It's too much for a gay man to have such white skin," she teased him.
Cheng Rushan's big hands wandered over her back, "When you have time to sunbathe it, the color will be darker." He helped Jiang Lin button her bra and zip up her dress.
He also bought this skirt, but he regretted it a little after buying it because the style of the skirt is quite avant-garde, with a small V-neck in the front and a larger V-shaped opening in the back, revealing a piece of snow-white and delicate skin on the back of the neck, which looks dazzlingly white when illuminated by the light.
He placed a kiss on the back of her neck, helped her pick out a white scarf, and tied it into a knot at the back to cover it. "The collar is too open, your skin will get sunburned."
Hearing him speak so seriously, Jiang Lin just smiled and stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
The two were being affectionate when the baby outside called out, "Mom and Dad, hurry up! We're late!"
The whole family can't fit in one car, so it's a good idea for Dongshan and others to go as well, so we can drive two cars together.
During rush hour, the road is a sea of bicycles. The road surface is not wide enough and honking the horn is useless.
Dabao was a little anxious. He was crawling like a turtle, not even as fast as a bicycle.
Jiang Lin: "Brother Dabao, don't be anxious, you won't be late."
Baosheng broke free from Wensheng's arm, rummaged around under the seat, and actually pulled out an alarm.
Baosheng handed it to Xiaobao: "Brother Xiaobao, put it on."
Xiaobao smiled, took it, leaned out of the window, sucked the alarm onto the roof of the car, and flipped the switch. The automatic alarm started flashing and blaring.
The cyclists, who had previously been unable to use their horns, now had to pull to the side of the road for even a second when they heard the alarm.
Jiang Lin: “!!!” What a cool move!
Cheng Rushan: "This is the latest portable warning light. Where did it come from?"
This alarm is definitely not Cheng Rushan's, nor is it equipped with the jeep.
This car was a second-hand car that Captain Cen and Fang Chengguang helped Cheng Rushan get. It was repainted and looked like a new one. However, it did not have an alarm.
Whose is that?
Jiang Lin looked at them.
Dabao: “…” I pretended not to know.
Xiaobao and Baosheng both looked as if we knew nothing about it and neither of them wanted to admit it.
Jiang Lin: "Brother Xiaobao, sister Bao?"
Xiao Bao looked confused, "Ah? Where did it come from? How come I don't know? Is it Dad's?"
Baosheng: I won’t tell you that it was Uncle Xiaoguang who gave it to me when he came to play!
In fact, Fang Chengguang came to see them on the way. Baosheng and Xiaobao went to play in his car, and when they saw the bright lights, they wanted to... come.
Who is Fang Chengguang? Not to mention a light, even if he wanted a car, he would have given it to him.
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