Chapter 87
At noon, Lin Qingqing came out of the office building of the logistics department and saw Lu Cheng standing under the shade of the tree opposite. In the past, many people would get off work at this time, and everyone would greet each other warmly, but now, affected by the current situation, no one even has a fake smile on their face.
"How are you today? Are you feeling well?" As soon as Lu Cheng saw Lin Qingqing, he stepped forward and asked softly.
Lin Qingqing said, "Nothing. By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you yesterday. My aunt called me a few days ago..." She talked about Zhang Shimin and also said what Lu Cheng's aunt said.
Lu Cheng didn't expect that the Zhang family would go to find his aunt. A hint of indifference flashed in his eyes. The sound of them disturbing his aunt would only make him choke with disgust. "I received a call from the security guard today..." He told her about Zhang Shimin's visit, "Don't worry, auntie, I won't help them. It's good enough that I didn't take advantage of their misfortune. Let's not talk about them. By the way, grandma called today..." He told her about Lin Aojun.
"Is Aojun getting married?" Lin Qingqing was shocked, "Why didn't grandma even agree to their relationship at first? Why did she agree to their marriage now?"
Lu Cheng: "I don't know about that."
"We haven't had a vacation for three years. Why don't we take a vacation and go home to visit Aojun while he's getting married? By the way, we can go to the graves of the Lin family's grandfather and grandmother and make a small clothing and hat carving next to their graves." Lin Qingqing said.
Lu Cheng said, "That's fine." He hadn't had a vacation for three years, and he had just returned from a mission. He could take half a month off with three years of vacation.
"Oh, right..." Lin Qingqing thought of something else, "When we go back this time, if possible, let's buy a house in the county. We will go back every few years in the future, and we can't live in my aunt's house or the Lin family every time we go back, right? That's very inconvenient."
Lu Cheng had never thought about this before, but now that he heard Lin Qingqing mention this, he felt it was appropriate. Now that he has a wife and children and his own family, he really needs his own house. "Well, I'll call Du Wei first and ask him to keep an eye out. What kind of house do you want?"
Lin said softly, "I don't want a tube-shaped building, I want an independent small courtyard like a family courtyard."
Lu Cheng: "I know."
The two talked as they walked. When they arrived at the gate of the army, someone suddenly came towards them and shouted, "Lu Cheng..."
The man was a man in his fifties. He looked a little tired, but he had an aura. He should be a superior.
Lu Cheng and Lin stopped lightly.
"Lu Cheng, I finally see you. Can we find a place to talk?" The man was Zhang Shimin. When he saw that the soldier called and Lu Cheng refused to come down, he knew that Lu Cheng was still angry about the Zhang family, so he had been waiting at the gate of the army. He also knew that it was embarrassing, but he had no choice. The Zhang family was now surrounded by enemies, and political enemies wanted to bring down the Zhang family. His eldest brother was already under surveillance, and he was the only one who could get out of the Zhang family. And the only innocent person in the Zhang family was Lu Cheng, so Zhang Shimin came to find Lu Cheng.
Zhang Shimin also knew that with Lu Cheng's hatred for the Zhang family, he would not help easily, so he had thought about it. No matter how Lu Cheng wanted to embarrass him, he would bear it.
"Lu Cheng, who is he?" Qingqing suddenly spoke.
As Lin Qingqing spoke, Zhang Shimin's gaze shifted to her. Zhang Shimin knew that Lu Cheng had married and had children. When he went to see Lu Cheng's aunt, he naturally asked about Lu Cheng's affairs. Although Lu Cheng was not a member of the Du family, but a burden brought by Lu Cheng's aunt, the Du family was very polite to Lu Cheng, and the rich one was the eldest. Therefore, the neighbors on the Du family's side never looked down on him. Their attitude towards Lu Cheng was naturally determined by the Du family. The Du family did not look down on Lu Cheng, so how could the neighbors look down on Lu Cheng? However, although the neighbors did not look down on Lu Cheng, they also talked a lot about him behind his back. But this did not affect Lu Cheng's status as a prominent figure in that area. He had been like this
since he was a child.
When Lu Cheng was young, he was what everyone called a burden and a child without a father or a mother.
After studying, he became what everyone calls a good reader and a smart kid.
After being admitted to university, he became what everyone calls the first university student.
After graduation, he became what everyone calls the most promising military officer.
Therefore, Lu Cheng has always been a celebrity in the area near the Du family. The Du family is even proud of Lu Cheng. After all, the Du family can be considered as children who grew up in their family. There was even a time when the Du family wanted to marry their daughter to Lu Cheng, and mentioned this to Lu Cheng's aunt. Lu Cheng's aunt said directly that if they dared to have any crooked ideas about this matter, they would not even be relatives.
Lu Cheng is her sister's only child, how could she delay Lu Cheng? It's not that she looks down on the Du family. The Du family is not bad by nature. Maybe they have some small thoughts, but they are not the kind of people who can't distinguish right from wrong. But it's true... he is not a good match for her nephew. The looks don't match, the job doesn't match, the education doesn't match. Lu Cheng's aunt is more worried about finding a partner for Lu Cheng than finding a partner for her own child. In her words, her own child is not as good as her nephew.
Lu Cheng knew that with his wife's intelligence, she must have guessed who the other person was, so she asked deliberately. He then said, "Zhang Shimin, the second son of the Zhang family."
"I am Lu Cheng's second uncle, who is this female colleague?" Zhang Shimin added.
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Lin Qingqing looked at him with a look of disgust: "It turned out that it was the Zhang family member who never fulfilled his responsibilities after driving my mother-in-law and Lu Cheng out of the Zhang family. How dare you come to Lu Cheng now? I remember that Zhang Shilin said that he had a lover when he hadn't divorced my mother-in-law yet. According to the current situation, is that called having an affair? If we check what happened back then, I wonder if we can find any clues. Lu Cheng, why don't we check it out and wipe them out, so as to avenge my mother-in-law."
Lu Cheng: "..." I knew she was going to have bad intentions.
Zhang Shimin was sweating when he heard this, and then he listened to her carefully: "You are Lu Cheng's wife?"
Lin Qingqing: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Zhang Shimin said: "Then we are a family, I am Lu Cheng's second uncle."
"Don't... don't try to be a relative, our family has been pure for generations, and we don't have any relatives who abandon their wives and children. If there are such relatives, we will also cut off the relationship, otherwise it will ruin our family's reputation." At this moment, Lin Qingqing was not like the gentle and good-tempered Comrade Lin in everyone's mouth, but became sharp.
"You..." Zhang Shimin didn't expect her to be so disrespectful.
Lin Qingqing said again: "Don't come looking for Lu Cheng. It's not enough to abandon him when he was a child. He finally got to where he is today with his own ability. Do you want everyone in the army to know that he has a father who abandoned his wife?"
Zhang Shiming was a little angry: "Why do you talk like that? It's too disrespectful. Is this what your elders taught you?"
"You are wronged..." Lin laughed shamelessly, "I was awarded a certificate of honor by the great leader. You said I have no family education. Are you saying that the great leader's certificate was awarded to the wrong person? My family, starting from my great-grandfather, has made contributions to the motherland. But when it comes to family education, my family does not have a family education that abandons his wife."
"You..." Zhang Shimin had never seen such a sharp-tongued person.
"I advise you not to come to Lu Cheng, just to accumulate virtue for your Zhang family, otherwise I will report your Zhang family that Zhang Shilin cheated on his wife... I think even if this incident did not happen, there are many people who are willing to make up stories out of nothing." Lin's face turned cold.
"Don't be angry." Lu Cheng held her hand. He did not think that at this time, she would stand up to protect him. Even though he doesn't need it, but... it feels good to be protected.
"You..." Zhang Shimin looked at Lu Cheng.
"Go away." Lu Cheng said expressionlessly, "She is my wife, and I will support everything she says. If you think I am just talking, I can publish an announcement in the newspaper to clarify my relationship with your Zhang family. When my mother took me away from the Zhang family, the divorce agreement between her and Zhang Shimin clearly stated that they divorced because Zhang Shimin fell in love with someone else and they had no feelings for each other." The
new country had not yet been established, and no one would have thought that there would be the current situation, so this divorce agreement could be fatal to the Zhang family and Zhang Shilin.
Lu Cheng actually didn't think about taking out this divorce agreement. After all, no matter what, his mother and Zhang Shilin divorced peacefully back then. But if the Zhang family came to bother him, he didn't mind taking out this agreement. Since his mother died, the Zhang family has been a grudge against him. The Zhang family was the fuse of his mother's death. If Zhang Shilin hadn't betrayed his mother, then his mother wouldn't have been so heartbroken.
So, he didn't mind taking revenge on a grudge against a stranger.
Zhang Shimin looked at him and finally sighed: "Big brother doesn't know that I came to see you. Big brother was framed by political enemies and is now under surveillance. I mentioned to him that I came to see you, but he refused. He said that he didn't fulfill his father's responsibilities when you were a child, so when you grow up, he won't ask you to bear the responsibilities of a son. But I still don't trust him, so I came to see you secretly. We persuaded your mother and your father about the matter back then and didn't want them to divorce, but you know the personalities of your father and your mother, and we can't persuade them to change."
The Zhang family really didn't want the eldest brother to divorce. After all, the eldest sister-in-law was impeccable no matter how you looked at it. And what kind of woman was the eldest brother looking for later? She was the younger sister of a servant in my sister-in-law's family. Even with her status, it would be hard to tell anyone about her. But the eldest brother doesn't care, and there's nothing they can do.
Especially when they later learned about Lu Cheng's future, his parents regretted it even more. They also persuaded the eldest brother to get Lu Cheng back, but the eldest brother refused. He said that what was decided back then would not change now.
He even went to find Lu Cheng secretly, but it turned out that Lu Cheng's personality was the same as his elder brother's, he was too stubborn to tolerate interference from others.
"In that case, you should listen to him." Lu Cheng's words were emotionless, "Don't come to me in the future. Since I was six years old, people have said that I was a fatherless child. Since I was eight years old, people have said that I was a fatherless child. Until I die, I don't want anyone to come out and say that he is my father. If... if you want the Zhang family to fall into decline faster, you can come to me again."
Zhang Shimin: "You..."
"Qingqing, let's go." Lu Cheng took Lin Qingqing's hand and turned around and left without questioning.
Zhang Shimin looked at Lu Cheng's back and sighed heavily.
Lin Qingqing's fingers moved, clasped Lu Cheng's fingers, and intertwined their fingers. She whispered: "Do you know? In our place, there is a name that describes children, called left-behind children." She said in a voice that only he could hear.
Lu Cheng's attention was drawn to her words: "Left-behind children? What does this mean?"
Lin said lightly: "It means a child who has a father and a mother, but is thrown in his hometown to be taken care of by the elderly since he was born. Compared to me, you still have your mother who loves you, and I... am the left-behind child. I have been raised by my grandmother since I was born, because my parents have to go to other cities to make money. Sometimes they don't come back throughout the year, and sometimes they come back during the Chinese New Year. In fact, they didn't treat me badly. Even if they didn't come back, they would send me packages with food and clothes. However, in the eyes of others, I am still a child without parents. But I don't feel wronged. It's just that the fate between my parents is a little shallow, and I still have my grandmother.
Later, they had a second child, my sister, and my sister grew up with them since she was a child. ...I probably started to complain about them from that time. Although they wanted to take me to their place later, I didn't go. When I was in college, I accumulated a certain number of fans on the Internet, so I became an Internet celebrity after graduation...You don't know what Internet celebrities are, they are similar to celebrities, but they are small celebrities. I am the kind of small celebrity who specializes in cooking. Later, my grandmother passed away. A year after my grandmother passed away, I came here and met you, met Lu Haici...Lu Cheng, I feel that I came here to meet you.
So, in the years to come, even if everything around me is changing, I will not change. "
Lu Cheng held her hand tightly, and only one sentence was left in his ear: Lu Cheng, I feel that I came here to meet you.
So, in the years to come, even if everything around me is changing, I will not change. "Yeah." He responded heavily. He is not good at saying nice things, nor can he say such nice things, but she is the most important person in his life, more important than his life. Qingqing, no matter what happens in the future, I will never let go of your hand.
After lunch, Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing went to find Lin Yiyang.
Lin Yiyang and his wife lived in a small bungalow built on the farm. Although no one rushed to steal things from the military farm, with them around, they would know immediately if something happened to the poultry at night.
Wang Qiuyue got pregnant in the first year of coming to the farm, that was May of 1964, and gave birth to a boy in February of 1965. Now it is June of 1966, and the child is 17 months old, two years old, chubby, and very cute.
"Sister, you said Aojun is going to marry that educated youth?" Lin Yiyang was still a little confused, "But didn't grandma disapprove of their relationship? Why did she agree to their marriage?"
Lin Qingqing also thought about this question, but she didn't know why. "Never mind that. You and your sister-in-law have been away from home for three years. Enen is two years old now. He hasn't seen his grandparents, uncle and aunt yet. They must miss him too. Why don't
you go home together this time? Someone will take care of him on the way." Doctor Lin thought for a moment and said, "I can't leave yet. My new apprentice may not believe in you. Otherwise, you and Qiuyue can take the child with you. I'll feel more at ease with Lu Cheng along." As the number of poultry on the farm increased, Doctor Lin could no longer handle it all by himself, so he hired another butcher and taught him some medical skills.
Wang Qiuyue said: "Let's go then. I haven't been back for three years and I miss home a little. Enen, do you miss your great-grandfather and great-grandmother?"
Two-year-old Enen was playing by himself on the mat. When he heard his mother's words, he said crisply: "Yes." He spoke unclearly, but every word he said was very loud.
Lin Qingqing said, "If big brother can't leave, then sister-in-law and Enen can go with us." With Lu Cheng coming with him, she was not worried.
The brother and sister discussed it and decided to wait until Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng's vacation was confirmed before Wang Qiuyue asked for leave. It was very convenient for Wang Qiuyue to ask for leave. After all, Lin Qingqing was the supervisor of the farm, and even if the farm was one person short, it would not be too busy to get away.
So after Lu Cheng and Lin Qingqing's vacation was confirmed, Wang Qiuyue's vacation was also confirmed.
Knowing that he was going back to his hometown, Lu Haici was the happiest. Although he was still young when he left his hometown and now he has no memory, Lu Haici was raised by Aunt Lu Cheng, and he has a very deep impression of his aunt. Now that he knows he is going back to his hometown, he thinks of his aunt.
Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng's vacations are coordinated with Lu Haici's vacations. Starting in July, Lu Haici will have his summer vacation. Going back to his hometown during the summer vacation will not affect the children's studies.
Gaoshanao Production Brigade
Although Grandma Lin was angry with Lin Aojun and Su Fen, she still went through the necessary procedures for marriage for the sake of the Lin family's face. She asked Grandma Lin to be the matchmaker and proposed to Su Fen. According to local customs, she gave a betrothal gift of six yuan and two kilograms of fruit candy as a betrothal gift.
This is the common standard in the local rural areas. Of course, there are also more difficult families who have no betrothal gifts. But there are also generous families who give betrothal gifts of sixteen, eighteen, twenty-six yuan, etc.
No matter what, the betrothal money and betrothal gifts given by Grandma Lin are not as good as the best, but better than the worst. Anyway, they are just insignificant and acceptable. According to the situation of the Lin family, it is naturally not a betrothal gift of six yuan and two kilograms of fruit candy. When Lin Yiyang got married, the Lin family gave sixteen yuan in betrothal money, and the betrothal gifts were one kilogram of fruit candy, one kilogram of White Rabbit milk candy, and two kilograms of meat. When Wang Qiuyue got married, the Wang family kept ten yuan and gave her six yuan to keep in the bottom of the box.
Now that it comes to Lin Aojun and Su Fen, Grandma Lin is only willing to give out these. Even if Su Fen has an opinion and wants to compete with Wang Qiuyue, she cannot compare. Grandma Lin has already thought of a countermeasure. She can say that Wang Qiuyue is the eldest grandson's wife, which is different from her Su Fen.
Every family attaches great importance to the wedding of their eldest grandson.
However, Su Fen had no objection to the six yuan betrothal gift and two kilograms of sugar. She accepted it with a smile. Later, she used the betrothal gift to buy her dowry. Her dowry was an enamel washbasin with a "Little Red Soldier" propaganda poster printed on it.
In this era, this was considered a luxury dowry.
Although Grandma Lin gave ordinary standards for the betrothal gift and betrothal gift, she still held a banquet. If she didn't hold a banquet, it would not be a loss of face for Lin Aojun, but for the face of their Lin family. However, there were not many tables, so she invited the relatives of the Lin family and a few families with good relationships in the brigade. Otherwise, the banquets of this era were not like those of modern times. If they were held in a big way, they would lose a lot of money.
Su Fen married into the Lin family from the educated youth dormitory. The Lin family had not come to pick up the bride yet. Su Fen sat quietly by the bed, listening to the female educated youth congratulating her, and she was happy. She could finally marry into the Lin family and no longer had to stay in the educated youth dormitory in fear. Since she went to the countryside, she had never had a full meal or a relaxed day. She was as tired as a dog every day, but ate less than a dog.
She had never thought of marrying into the Lin family and being lazy. She just hoped that after marrying into the Lin family, her life would be better than it is now, and she would no longer have to worry about not earning work points or not having enough to eat.
"Su Fen, congratulations, you finally married Lin Aojun."
"Yes, Lin Aojun is the most popular male comrade in the whole brigade, who doesn't want to marry him. And you are really amazing, Su Fen, you have Lin Aojun under
your thumb." Su Fen frowned, these words were not pleasant to hear. But today is her big day, she doesn't want to haggle with the other party. Even if the other party says something sour, so what? It won't change anything anyway, it's just a way to vent.
"Here they come, the groom is here to pick them up." A lively voice rang out outside.
The female educated youth who was on good terms with Su Fen went out to see what was happening, and then hurried back into the house: "Lin Aojun is here, Su Fen, Lin Aojun is here..."
According to local rules, the bride's feet cannot touch the ground when walking from her parents' home to her husband's home. So after Lin Aojun arrived, he picked up Su Fen who was sitting on the bed, carried her directly to the cart outside, and then pushed Su Fen back to the Lin family.
Lin Aojun often worked, so he was very strong. When he picked up Su Fen who was sitting on the bed, the people around him were envious. No matter how much the educated youth disliked the countryside and the country men, they had to admit that at this moment, seeing Su Fen getting married, everyone was still a little envious. Especially the female educated youth, seeing Lin Aojun wearing clean clothes without patches, and the strength he had when he picked up Su Fen, they couldn't help but wonder if they should also find a country man to marry.
However, the best conditions in Gaoshanao Production Brigade were from the Lin family, and Lin Aojun of the Lin family had already been taken by Su Fen, so who else was left?
Suddenly, the clever female educated youth looked at the other grandsons of the Lin family who came with Lin Aojun to pick up the bride, and she had an idea in her heart.
Lin Aojun pushed the cart himself, from the educated youth dormitory to his home, and then carried Su Fen into his own room. But not long after he carried Su Fen into the house, he heard more lively sounds outside.
"Who's here?" Su Fen, who was inside the house, also heard it. "It seems someone is outside."
Lin Aojun said, "You sit down, I'll go and take a look." Lin Aojun walked to the door, and his eyes lit up. He also ran out, "Sister, why are you here?"
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