Chapter 37
"Oh my god, Lu Cheng, you are awesome." Lin Qingqing shouted happily. She also moved a stool over and sat in front of the electric fan to blow her hair, which made her feel cool. Blowing hair with a fan makes your hands tired, but using an electric fan is more comfortable. However, even with an electric fan, the speed is not fast. She plans to cut her hair short, cut it to collarbone length, and then tie it into a princess bun. With her small face, she looks good in a princess bun.
Seeing her satisfied face, Lu Cheng's mouth and eyes were full of smiles.
Lu Haici also moved a small stool over and placed it next to his mother, then sat down and blew his hair together with his mother. He washed his hair while taking a shower, and there were only a few strands of hair, which had already dried out.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng wanted to kick his son away. He was the one who needed to blow dry his hair, right?
"By the way, Mom, I want to ask you a question." Lu Haici looked at his mother and remembered something.
Lin Qingqing: "What's the question?"
Lu Cheng sat on the bed, fanning himself, and looked at the mother and son sitting in front of him.
Lu Haici said, "Mom, do you like me?" If it was before, the little boy would not dare to ask, but after these few days of getting along, the little boy gradually relaxed. He could feel his mother's love for him. His mother kissed him, hugged him, and gave him gifts. His mother did what a mother would do to a child, so Lu Haici knew that his mother liked him. His mother also said that Lu Haici was the cutest, most obedient and best baby in the world. Thinking of this sentence, he felt a little shy.
"I like him." Lin Qingqing said as a matter of course.
Hearing her mother say that she likes her, the little boy grinned happily and asked again: "Then do you like daddy?"
Lin Qingqing: "..." She subconsciously looked at Lu Cheng, how should she answer this question. If she said she didn't like him, wouldn't it be contradictory to her original self? But if she said she liked him, she couldn't say it. She had a good impression of Lu Cheng, but she couldn't say that she liked him. She couldn't say that she liked a man she didn't like, even if it was a lie. She had a stubborn personality and obsessive-compulsive disorder. If she couldn't say something, she would just not say it.
Lu Cheng, who was fanning himself in the sun, heard his son's words and couldn't help but look at Lin Qingqing. When their eyes met, Lu Cheng subconsciously became a little nervous. He never expected his son to ask this question. He seemed to have realized what the little bastard was going to say next. Thinking of what he said in the kitchen, even Lu Cheng, who seemed to be very stable, couldn't help but be moved. If the little bastard said those words, he would never be able to raise his head in front of Lin Qingqing for the rest of his life.
Before they got married, he had clearly stated that he didn't like her. Now he said in front of his son that Lin Qingqing liked him the most. Does he still have the face to do that?
When Lu Cheng was about to go over and pick up Lu Haici and press him to sleep, he heard Lin Qingqing answer: "I don't like him."
Suddenly, Lu Cheng's embarrassed expression froze, then cracked and turned into surprise. The idea and action of picking up his son was also stuck.
"Ah? Mom doesn't like Dad?" Lu Haici was probably also surprised. According to the little boy's idea, Dad and Mom are married, so no matter whether it is Dad or Mom, they must like each other. But Mom said that she doesn't like Dad, which made the little boy's natural thinking unable to change.
Lin Qingqing explained to the little boy in a joking tone: "Yes, because your dad doesn't like Mom, so Mom doesn't like him. It's good that Mom likes Haici. Okay, go to bed, otherwise I won't make you delicious food tomorrow."
To Lu Cheng, this was Lin Qingqing being angry with him. After all, he had said before that he didn't like him and asked him not to bother himself. So now Lin Qingqing said this. Lu Cheng thought about it. He wanted to explain what happened before, but it was difficult for him to explain in front of his son.
"Okay, then I'll go to bed." It doesn't matter whether mom likes dad or not, as long as mom likes him. After getting the answer he wanted, Lu Haici went to bed obediently.
The little guy climbed onto the bed obediently, and soon he started snoring.
Once the little guy fell asleep, there was no sound from him in the room, and it seemed quieter. However, Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng became even more embarrassed.
Lin Qingqing blew her hair silently. She didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment, so she simply stopped talking. Lu Cheng was also a little embarrassed. Thinking of Lin Qingqing's "angry words", he felt that he needed to talk to her. They haven't had a good talk since he came back from the mission. In fact, how could they have had a good talk before marriage? She pursued him, but he rejected her. She used old mountain ginseng to negotiate conditions with him. He didn't want to delay his aunt's illness, so he agreed to her conditions. Then he got married and followed the army to go on missions. They never had a good talk during this period.
Of course, there was a reason. Lin Qingqing didn't listen to him. She was stubborn and insisted on her own opinion.
But Lu Cheng felt that she had changed a lot after he came back from the mission this time. Before the marriage, his aunt told him that Lin Qingqing was young and asked him to give her some way. She said that girls would gradually become sensible after marriage, and asked him to give her time. Lu Cheng thought that she might have become sensible during the half month he was on the mission. Or maybe it was because he had a fever and almost died that made him sensible.
Lu Cheng was not the kind of person who would leave today's problems to be solved tomorrow. Since Lin Qingqing said that, no matter it was said in anger or something else, he thought he should make it clear. So, Lu Cheng got up, came to Lin Qingqing's side, and sat on the small stool where his son sat before going to bed.
The figure who suddenly sat down scared Lin Qingqing. She subconsciously tensed her body and looked at him involuntarily.
Lu Cheng said, "Anyway, your hair hasn't been blown dry yet, and it's not good to sleep with wet hair, so let's talk about it, okay?" The tone seemed to be a negotiation, but it carried a reason that Lin Qingqing could not escape from. If her hair wasn't blown dry, she couldn't sleep with it.
Although Lin Qingqing was a little flustered, she didn't show it on her face: "Okay, what do you want to talk about?" In fact, she didn't know what Lu Cheng wanted to talk about.
Lu Cheng organized some words in his mind: "Just now, you told Haici that I don't like you, actually..."
"That was a joke to him." Lin Qingqing interrupted him, but the fact was that.
"It doesn't matter, whether you were joking to him or not, but I think there are some things that I still need to make clear to you." Lu Cheng's voice was low and favorable, and his tone was calm, but also gentle. "A month and a half ago, we just met at my cousin's wedding banquet, and you... you pursued me. It was very sudden for me, but I really didn't like you. Because you were just a stranger to me. Before that, I never thought about getting married."
Lin nodded gently: "I was dazzled by beauty before." But at that time, she had no opinion on Lu Cheng's attitude. Where in the world do so many love at first sight come from?
Lu Cheng curled his lips and was amused by her words. "Later, you came to negotiate with me because your aunt needed old mountain ginseng. To be honest, I was a little angry at that time." In fact, it was a little disgusting. No man likes to be threatened like this, but Lu Cheng couldn't say anything excessive when facing Lin Qingqing at that time. His upbringing and qualities did not allow him to say the word disgust to a lesbian. Not to mention facing Lin Qingqing now? So he used the word angry. "But even if I'm a little angry, I'm still grateful to you, grateful that you were willing to help when my aunt's life was in danger." Therefore, this friendship was enough for him to suppress all his disgust. So he chose to support her like an ancestor. Auntie is the most important person in the world to him, besides Lu Haici.
Lin Qingqing said, "I understand your thoughts. I was a little impulsive at that time."
Lu Cheng continued, "Actually, there is one thing I have never told you the truth. Haici is not my biological son." He didn't tell her before because he hoped that she would stop liking him because he had a son. He told her now because he had a good impression of her, so he wanted to tell him clearly and openly.
Lin Qingqing was stunned. She was a little curious about what kind of woman could make Lu Cheng marry her, but she didn't expect that Lu Haici was not his biological son. "This..." Curiosity drove her to ask, "What's going on?"
Lu Cheng: "This story starts from my mother's era."
Lin Qingqing calculated that Lu Cheng is now 28 years old, and now is 1963, which means that Lu Cheng was born in 1936. Lin Qingqing's grades were not good when she was studying, and she naturally didn't learn history well, but she still knew some history. At that time, the anti-Japanese war was very fierce. In other words, the national situation at that time was also very tense.
She never thought that Lu Cheng was born in that era, that was the Republic of China.
"My last name is Lu, and I took my mother's. The Lu and Zhang families are old friends, and in that era, they were both large families. The Zhang family has a certain status in the political and business circles, while the Lu family belongs to a scholarly family. My grandfather is engaged in diplomatic career, so the two families can be considered a good match. Because they are old friends and the two families are a good match, the two families arranged a baby marriage. My mother and that man."
That man was Lu Cheng's father, Lin Qingqing could hear it, but Lu Cheng called him that man, which showed that Lu Cheng rejected him.
"After my mother married into the Zhang family, she brought Aunt Qiu, who had served her since she was a child and grew up with her, with her. The times were different then. Aunt Qiu was sold by her parents when she was a child because of family difficulties, and my grandmother bought her to serve my mother. My mother had a good relationship with Aunt Qiu because Aunt Qiu was her playmate and also like her sister. Later, when Aunt Qiu's sister came to live with Aunt Qiu, my mother also arranged a job for her. But no one expected that it was that woman who destroyed my mother's family. When I was six years old, the man who rarely came home suddenly came back and told me... My mother fell in love with a man and wanted a divorce, and that man was Aunt Qiu's sister.
Even though my mother loved that man deeply, her pride would not allow her to get entangled with a man who had other women in his heart, so she agreed to the man's request for a divorce. But there were two conditions. The first condition was to take me away and to change my surname to Lu. The second condition was that she would take away all the property under his name. "
Lin Qingqing widened her eyes. It must be said that Lu Cheng's mother was a smart woman. Since the love no longer existed, she took away all the bread while the man was feeling guilty.
"But after Aunt Qiu knew about this, she fell ill and thought it was her responsibility. She even secretly drugged her sister and then hanged herself after leaving a suicide note. "
Lin Qingqing covered her mouth. She didn't expect that there would be such a development behind this matter. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind: "Are Aunt Qiu and Hai Ci related?"
Lu Cheng didn't expect her to guess this, and he nodded. "Aunt Qiu is Hai Ci's grandmother. Aunt Qiu passed away, but that woman rescued her, and the matter was left alone. After all, Aunt Qiu was dead, and the Zhang family didn't want to make a big deal out of it. If they did, they would be embarrassed. The Zhang family married a servant's sister, and they couldn't afford to lose face.
After Aunt Qiu passed away, her husband took her son back to her hometown, and we never contacted each other again. Aunt Qiu had a son named Han Tong, who was my playmate since childhood. After he followed his father back to his hometown, I had no playmate.
And my mother was in poor health to begin with, and Aunt Qiu's matter dealt her a big blow, so two years later, My mother also passed away. Before she passed away, she entrusted me to my aunt.
I met Han Tong again in 1952, when I went to military school and passed by Han Tong's hometown. I got off the train halfway and went to visit him. I was 16 years old that year. Han Tong, who was two years younger than me, looked even younger than a ten-year-old boy. I learned that his father died not long after he took him back to his hometown, so he grew up eating at many families, but at that time no family was well-off, so where could there be so much food for him? "He will never forget the look on Han Tong's face when he saw him, crying and calling him Young Master. The 14-year-old child cried uglier than the five-year-old Lu Haici.
"Later, because I had to report to the military academy, I couldn't take him with me. He grew up eating at many people's homes and was smart, so I gave him some money to go to school and told him that I would pick him up during the holidays. But I didn't know that life in the military academy was very stressful. We military academy students were different from other college students. We didn't have any holidays at all. Even if there were short rest days, it was not enough time for me to go back and forth. What surprised me
even more was that one day, I received a letter from Han Tong. The kid ran away to join the army." Lu Cheng said this, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "He said, brother, you must be an officer after graduating from the military academy. I'm going to join the army now, and I will be a soldier under you in the future."
"What happened later?"
"... Later, this guy got married, and I even attended his wedding... When I received his message again, it was in May 1958. He called the army and said that Han Tong had died. The will he wrote before leaving for the mission was for me."
Lin Qingqing understood that Han Tong had no parents, no brothers or sisters, and grew up eating at many people's homes. Lu Chengru was like his real brother.
"Later, I went to deal with Han Tong's funeral, because Han Tong had no relatives in his hometown. Han Tong's wife also lost her parents early, and lived with her uncle, so she was a widow and her life was not easy. The most important thing was that Han Tong's wife was pregnant." Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was chaos and war, and it was good to be alive, so there were many orphans.
In fact, Han Tong still had grandparents, but because of Aunt Qiu's incident, Aunt Qiu was sold by the Qiu family, and the relationship had been severed long ago.
"I don't want Han Tong's child to grow up in such a place and such an environment. I hope he can receive a good education in the future, so I asked Han Tong's wife if she wanted to leave me. My aunt was urging me to get married at that time, and I had no plan to get married in my life, so I asked her if she was willing to leave me, I could marry her, but internally, we would still be brother and sister." Otherwise, she, a widow, would leave with him, a single man, which would cause gossip.
Moreover, a child who has been without a father since childhood will receive a lot of cold stares on his way to growth. This is what Lu Cheng experienced personally, and he didn't want Lu Haici to experience the same thing.
"So your aunt didn't know that Haici is actually Han Tong's son?" Lin Qingqing didn't expect that Lu Cheng would dare to lie to his aunt.
Lu Cheng said, "No, she knows." He would not deceive his aunt about such a thing. His aunt was probably still waiting for him and Han Tong's wife to fall in love. But he did not expect that Han Tong's wife was traumatized by Han Tong's sacrifice and had been in poor health. Not long after giving birth to the child, she knew that someone would take care of Hai Ci, so she passed away with peace of mind. "I plan to wait until Hai Ci grows up and tell him about my life experience. By then, he will have a certain ability to accept it."
This is indeed the best arrangement for Lu Hai Ci.
Lin Qingqing listened and was silent for a long time. This is a story of three generations, spanning two periods of history. The period from the Republic of China to the founding of the People's Republic of China is not a long time apart, but the before and after are completely different.
From Aunt Qiu being sold by her family, to Lu Cheng's mother's divorce, to Lu Cheng marrying Han Tong's wife. Lin Qingqing was born in the future, and even if she had heard of and studied history, she could not imagine that period.
"Comrade Lin Qingqing..." Lu Cheng suddenly stood up and saluted Lin Qingqing, "My name is Lu Cheng, I am 28 years old this year, I have been married and have a five-year-old son. Now, I am attracted to you and I want to be your revolutionary partner."
Lin Qingqing: "..." Stunned. She looked at Lu Cheng and didn't know how to react.
Lu Cheng met her shocked eyes and thought, now, you can't say I don't like you.
"You..." Lin Qingqing really didn't know what to say. Because she knew clearly that when Lu Cheng said he was attracted to you, he was referring to her. But the problem is...
"Okay, your hair is dry, go to bed." Lu Cheng didn't want Lin Qingqing's response at all, nor did he need Lin Qingqing's response. In Lu Cheng's heart, this was his response to Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing: "..." She was speechless. Is it over like this? He won't say anything? Won't he ask her if she is willing?
Then Lin Qingqing understood that he didn't need to ask. "She" was willing to use Laoshan Ginseng to negotiate the conditions for marriage with him at all costs. Does Lu Cheng still need to ask?
"Oh." Lin Qingqing got on the bed in a panic. She crawled to the innermost and hugged Lu Haici. She needed Lu Haici to give her some comfort, because she was really scared today. What should I do? What should I do? She couldn't refuse Lu Cheng, nor could she tell him that she was not the original Lin Qingqing.
"Go to sleep." Lu Cheng didn't have any other thoughts. There was no time for romantic thoughts. He saw that she was still distracted, and he guessed that she was distracted by what he said... or was she too happy?
Lin Qingqing hugged Lu Haici and closed her eyes. Suddenly, she remembered something: "Lu Cheng, I have to gather at the gate at five o'clock tomorrow morning to buy food with Squad Leader Qi, so you have to go to the cafeteria for breakfast tomorrow."
Lu Cheng: "I see."
Lin Qingqing said again: "I'm not sure if I can get up before five o'clock tomorrow. If you wake up, call me and I'll go buy an alarm clock later."
Lu Cheng: "Okay. By the way, the regiment commander and chief of staff may come to the cafeteria of the third company's kitchen squad for lunch tomorrow at noon."
"What?" Lin Qingqing was stunned, "What day is tomorrow?"
Lu Cheng: "...No, they know you work in the cafeteria of the third company's kitchen squad, so they came to see you." They had a dinner party that day, but Lu Cheng did not invite the regiment commander and chief of staff. On the one hand, they were superiors and Lu Cheng was a subordinate, and it was not good for a subordinate to invite his superior to dinner. Secondly, he called several of his better comrades and subordinates from the rear of the army. Their ranks were not high. If the regiment commander and the chief of staff were called, they would be timid because they were not from an independent regiment. So the regiment commander and the chief of staff wanted to meet Lin Qingqing at noon tomorrow.
Lin Qingqing said, "I know, do you want to prepare special dishes?"
Lu Cheng: "No, they eat the same as everyone else. I just want to remind you that you don't need to feel pressured or treat them differently. They are all going to eat for free."
Lin Qingqing: "..."
The next day
Lu Cheng opened his eyes and looked out the window. It was still dark outside. He got out of bed quietly, went to the living room, turned on the lights, and checked the time. It was only half past three. Lu Cheng returned to the room and simply turned on the light.
Lin Qingqing was sleeping soundly. When the room suddenly became bright, she naturally felt it. She opened her eyes suddenly: "Is it past four o'clock? Do you want to get up?"
Seeing her startled look, Lu Cheng explained: "It's only half past three. You can continue to sleep. I'll turn on the light so that you can adapt." Otherwise, if you call her at the appointed time, she will definitely not be able to get up. Start by adapting to the light, and then she will be able to get up at the appointed time. When
Lin Qingqing heard this, she immediately closed her eyes and lay down again.
Seeing this, Lu Cheng went out. Lu Cheng came to the kitchen and took out four eggs. He planned to make boiled eggs. He only knew how to make boiled eggs. Lin Qingqing left at five o'clock to buy food, so she definitely didn't have time to cook or eat. When she came back, she had to go to the canteen of the third company's kitchen, so she definitely didn't have time to prepare meals, so he boiled some eggs for her to fill her stomach.
Before boiling the eggs, Lu Cheng first boiled water. After the water boiled and poured into the kettle, he began to boil the eggs. When it was almost four o'clock, he went back to the room to call people: "Qingqing, it's four o'clock, are you going to get up?"
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