Chapter 21 Awakening
Lu Shaocai had never suffered since he was a child. When he was a child, he had his grandfather and second uncle to take care of him in his hometown. He didn't have to work in the fields and could eat well.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he followed his mother to the capital to join his father. He was fortunate to witness the prosperity of horse racing and land grabbing. He lived in a spacious courtyard, had no worries about food and drink, and had a serviceman to take care of him at home.
He really had never suffered.
This kind of hard-to-swallow food, he... vomited.
Lu Shaocai couldn't bear it anymore, covered his mouth and ran away. Fang Dihua
curled her lips and showed a contemptuous look. It's true that my third son had to be taken to the army by my uncle, but that was because he had the ability to stand out. If he didn't have the ability, not to mention my uncle, even his biological father wouldn't take him to the barracks.
You are your father's biological son, why didn't your father let you join the army and arrange a job for you in the city? Isn't it because you are a useless person?
Father Lu and Uncle Lu are half-brothers. Uncle Lu is eleven years older than Father Lu. Uncle Lu has been running away with his grandfather since he was fifteen or sixteen years old. He has been running away with his father very early. The two brothers don't have much interaction.
However, Father Lu has been smart and capable since he was a child. He earns money to support his elder brother's career. His elder brother is grateful to him. Father Lu is naturally considerate of his elder brother.
Uncle Lu was not at home, and Father Lu felt that the house would become a mess if no one lived in it, so he wrote to his eldest brother to discuss renting the yard to the brigade, with three rooms used as the barefoot doctor's bathroom and four rooms used to receive the commune and county officials who went to the countryside to work. He negotiated 50 yuan a year and sent the amount to him.
After Lu Shaocai came back in the winter of 1966, Father Lu took meticulous care of him. After all, he was his nephew who grew up under his care. Moreover, Lu Shaotang was recommended by his uncle to join the army, so Father Lu was naturally more grateful.
Lu Shaocai and his wife were calculating. They first asked for the 50 yuan a year. Fortunately, Father Lu kept the remittance slip, so the couple had nothing to say.
Lu Shaocai also said that he had not done farm work since he left his hometown to work in the compound, and now he was not used to it and wanted to find a job.
He wanted his father Lu to find him a job in the city.
Fang Dihua refused, because she knew that her man would never ask for a job through connections.
She said, if your uncle had that ability, why didn't he find a job for your brothers earlier?
Besides, if Lu Shaocai could work in the city, how could his father not arrange it for him?
Since he didn't arrange it for him, there must be a reason. Although Fang Dihua didn't say it, she would guess it.
Lu Shaocai and his wife sighed all day long, looking like their mother was dead and their father didn't love them and their uncle didn't care about them.
He did not act rudely, but squatted at the door of his second uncle's house, crying and complaining: "Second uncle, why does my father dislike me so much? He can take his nephew to join the army and give him a good future, but why doesn't he give a future to his own son and grandson? Second uncle, do you think I am particularly incompetent and useless? I can't do anything, and my own father and aunt all despise me..."
Seeing that his son was already old and crying, Father Lu was speechless. He didn't want his eldest brother to be angry, nor did he want to hurt the harmony between them. Besides, the third son did benefit from his uncle, and it was understandable that the eldest nephew felt unbalanced.
Father Lu couldn't bear to see him like that, so he gave him the accounting job of his brigade, and the brigade cadres agreed for Uncle Lu's sake.
Lu Shaocai studied for two years, but he was not a good student. He could only read and do some accounting, and had to be taught by his father for a long time.
Even so, this bastard was not grateful, and wanted to stir up trouble to step on his second uncle to get the position.
Fang Dihua was so angry that she wanted to beat him because he wanted to settle accounts with his father Lu for being the young master Lu in 1966. Later, he said that he was not allowed to worship the ancestors or do other things. Fang Dihua directly said to him, "You dreamed of your sister-in-law at night, didn't your sister-in-law spit on you?"
Anyway, this guy has no brains and wants to stir up trouble all day long. When he can't make peace, he wants to take advantage of others, but he is very picky.
Except for the third family who was fooled and instigated by Zhao Meifeng before, no one really takes them seriously.
Fang Dihua took care of her stomach casually, went to work with Lu Ersao in the afternoon, and asked Lin Shu to cook something delicious in the evening.
The cooking of the old family really makes people lose the desire to live.
Lin Shu: "Don't worry, mother, I will reprocess the steamed buns in the evening, and we will drink sticky porridge."
Cornmeal sticky porridge, with vegetables in it, is sticky and just right to drink.
Fang Dihua nodded, and reminded: "When Zhao Meifeng comes to see you, don't promise her anything."
Lin Shu knew that the mother-in-law was afraid that the original owner would keep trying to curry favor with Zhao Meifeng and be fooled by Zhao Meifeng in the future.
Seeing Lin Shu agreed, Fang Dihua thought that she was braver than before, and she was also taking classes with the gods to learn culture, so she should not be fooled by Zhao Meifeng, so she left with peace of mind.
Sure enough, when Lin Shu was reading comic books to coax Tiantian and Panpan to sleep, Zhao Meifeng came to the house.
She was dressed similarly to Lu Shaocai, wearing Dacron with shaking pants, cloth shoes made by the original owner, and she smelled of sweat.
"Shaotang's wife, please accept my condolences." Zhao Meifeng covered her face with her handkerchief
and pretended to cry as soon as she entered the house. Tiantian and Panpan, who had just fallen asleep, were almost woken up by her.
Lin Shu frowned and whispered, "Shut up!"
Zhao Meifeng was stunned for a moment. How dare Lin Shu, who was as brave as a mouse, tell her to shut up?
Zhao Meifeng's family was not a great one. I heard from my sister-in-law that she was the daughter of the nanny and didn't know how she hooked up with Lu Shaocai. She is not outstanding in appearance, but she has fair skin and her eyes are very charming. When she talks to you, she doesn't look at you, but at the people next to her.
Because she followed Lu Shaocai back from the capital, she looks down on the villagers all day long, as if she is a big cadre.
She can't scare Fang Dihua, but she has the original owner under her control. She either asks the original owner for things or orders the original owner to do needlework.
In Fang Dihua's words, the original owner is going to be a needlework maid!
The original owner was sulking for several days because of this. She felt that she was ordered around by her eldest cousin's wife and squeezed by her mother-in-law. She was really miserable.
Lin Shu looked at Zhao Meifeng. She had to help the original owner get back the anger and get back the things that were taken away!
She motioned Zhao Meifeng to go outside and talk.
Zhao Meifeng first showed false concern to make Lin Shu feel more open-minded, and then changed the subject, "Sister, I won't hide it from you. I actually treat you as my own sister. I am thinking about you. Anyway, he left after three days of marriage. I am not saying anything cruel. You should take good care of yourself. It will be easy to find a better one in the future."
Lin Shu lowered her eyes and frowned, and said nothing. Anyway, the original owner didn't like to talk.
Zhao Meifeng showed an intimate attitude that said, "I really care about you." She reached out and patted Lin Shu's arm, staring at her bright and charming face, but in her heart she was thinking about who to marry her to that would benefit her family.
She had been thinking about it since the news about Lu Shaotang came back. She had already inquired about all the communes in the county. There was a deputy director of the county revolutionary committee who was 45 years old this year. His wife died last month.
Zhao Meifeng had a very good idea. She could introduce Lin Shu to him and arrange jobs for herself and her son in the future.
Of course, she could only mention it briefly to Lin Shu now to let her think about it, and then she could tell her uncle and aunt next year.
The current business is Lu Shaotang's funeral gift. Her family needs to make some money, and they have to find a way to borrow the pension.
She felt that the Second House had relied on the protection of the First House for so many years to live a peaceful and good life, and that Lu Shaotang was promoted to the army with the help of his uncle. It was natural for her and her husband to ask the Second House for money.
The Second House owed them.
Of course, she asked her husband to speak softly to the Second Uncle, so as to avoid being accused of being heartless and ungrateful for wanting to share the money just after the Third Brother died.
She was used to controlling Lin Shu, and felt that Lin Shu was trying to curry favor with her, and she would not refuse anything she asked her to do.
The key was to teach Lin Shu how to speak so that Fang Dihua would not scold her directly.
Lin Shu took a dustpan and fanned the melon seeds to get rid of the dead ones. She said to Zhao Meifeng nonchalantly, "Sister-in-law, I've been feeling anxious lately and want to find something to do. Bring some more cloth and cotton over so I can help you stuff your quilted jacket."
She cleaned up the cupboard and found that the original owner's quilted jacket was very thin because Fang Dihua had given away the new cotton that she had made into a large quilted jacket.
Zhao Meifeng, the original owner's aunt and uncle, and others, all the cotton that Fang Dihua hadn't taken care of were taken away by her.
When Zhao Meifeng asked for it, she said she wanted to borrow it, saying that she had no cotton when she came from the capital and was freezing. But in fact, she had been crying poor since she came back that year. Fang Dihua and Father Lu had supported them a lot, and only the original owner was easy to deceive and was controlled by her.
The original owner is not here this year, and she is the one who is freezing in the winter.
Zhao Meifeng took away eight taels, and she must return at least one and a half kilograms!
Zhao Meifeng was interrupted by Lin Shu and wanted to get back to the topic. How could Lin Shu let her do so?
She is the one who can talk the client dizzy.
Lin Shu said softly: "Sister-in-law, your shoes are old, bring more cloth and clothes, and I will make you a new pair, which will be just right for you to wear in autumn."
Zhao Meifeng was led by her nose, "Don't use the single shoes for autumn for now, please make me a pair of new cotton shoes for winter. By the way, your eldest nephew is going to have a blind date this year, and make him a pair of new cotton shoes."
Lin Shu smiled sweetly: "Okay, then bring it over quickly."
Oh, you are a very nice person. Not only did you give me cotton shoes, but you also gave them to my father-in-law.
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Southwest Liberation Army General Hospital.
In the heavily guarded intensive care unit, Lu Shaotang has been in a coma with no signs of waking up.
When he was first sent in, his body was full of wounds, as if he had been taken out of the blood plasma and then dried by the wind. Except for his barely audible breathing, he had no other vital signs.
He was in a deep coma at the time and was in critical condition!
The head of the military region personally ordered: save him at all costs!
Director Qiao of the General Hospital personally led the team and organized the best surgeons, internal medicine doctors, brain doctors, orthopedic doctors... to conduct a comprehensive consultation on him.
Now two days have passed, his vital signs have stabilized, but he still has not woken up.
Chen Yanming personally led the guards to guard the ward, and his piercing eyes scanned every person approaching the ward, not allowing any mistakes.
Lao Lu had previously left a signal saying that there was a traitor inside, and he intuitively felt that there would be an enemy spy waiting for an opportunity to take Lao Lu's life.
Chen Yanming looked at his watch and signaled the guards to be alert. He would take a nap on the bed next to him so that he would have the energy to continue the night's guard.
At this time, the enemy code-named Black Snake was hiding in the other direction of the ward and observing again and again. He was wearing a white coat and a white mask, revealing only a pair of ordinary eyes.
He carried a small injection with him, trying to mix poison into the mysterious patient's medicine while the guards were not paying attention.
He received news that the patient codenamed 63 still holds a big secret, which is a list of hidden people. If he wakes up and reports the list to the Chinese troops, they will suffer heavy losses!
The people on this line have a heavy task. They created chaos during the founding ceremony of the country, and they mixed in every major event afterwards. Now that someone has climbed to a high position, it is not easy to lurk in, and the cost of promotion is also very high. They cannot retreat easily.
The best way is to kill him!
Let him never wake up!
If there were only a few soldiers standing guard here, he would be sure to transfer them away or do things under their noses, but this instructor is difficult to deal with.
He used several methods, but failed to transfer the instructor away from here.
If all the loved ones of the two were killed, it would be difficult for them not to be distracted.
Unfortunately, the information of the two was highly confidential. He could not find it, and his superiors could not find it either.
They could only report it layer by layer in the hope that the big shots above them could help find it.
The patrolling soldiers came over here again, and Black Snake pretended to go to other wards to check on the patients and quickly entered other wards.
The curtains blocked the strong light outside, and the light in the ward was dim. The guarding warriors had bright eyes and did not look tired at all.
The densely packed instruments around the bed also made the sound of normal operation.
The patient on the bed suddenly breathed a little heavier, and the thick eyelashes that were originally heavily covered under his eyes trembled slightly, and then gradually increased the force, and finally suddenly opened.
Those were a pair of bright black eyes, their gaze was as sharp as that of an eagle, and they were not weakened by the injury.