Chapter 272 Embrace
After reading several suicide notes, the old leader sat there for a long time without moving, and finally sealed the suicide notes again.
Although the report said that Lu Shaotang and the other five team members were in danger, after all, they were besieged in an overseas country. It was not easy to attract firepower to protect themselves, and it was impossible for them to escape safely.
The old leader had no doubts about the loyalty and professionalism of Lu Shaotang and others.
If they were arrested, they would not surrender, nor would they reveal their true identities. Even if the other party suspected them, there would be no evidence.
However, he still did not want them to be arrested, and hoped that they could play to their strengths and hide.
We will find reliable international friends to find an opportunity to bring them back.
Soon the guards came to report that Chen Yanming had arrived in the capital and was waiting in the office.
This briefing lasted for four days. The three leaders listened to the report, and the four secretaries kept recording and confirming the information.
Before Lu Shaotang and his team set out, they had a rough rescue simulation training, mainly on how the personnel of each team should cooperate, how to contact the existing contacts there, etc. As for the real rescue operation, it must be adapted to local conditions and time, and should be formulated according to the actual situation.
The organization provided them with limited assistance, and they had to respond to the situation.
According to the reports of Chen Yanming and several team leaders, the three international friends they relied on the most were secretly monitored, and one was sick in bed, so only one could provide help.
Lu Shaotang and his team adjusted the time span of the mission, and divided the team into small groups to lurk in suitable environments to collect information and expand their network.
Lu Shaotang deliberately contacted more people on the ship, including sailors and workers, on the way there. They accidentally saved a first mate who was in critical condition, making the journey smoother and safer after landing.
Lu Shaotang also found out about a businessman named Tom Williams, who was in his forties and came from Great Britain. He was a quarter Chinese, generous and righteous, bold and careful, and did business in both black and white.
The key was that he had a natural goodwill towards the Chinese and had helped many Chinese when he was in Great Britain.
Luk Shaotang then made a new plan, first to learn as much as possible about Mr. Tom and try to make friends with him.
He did not take advantage of Tom's friendliness towards the Chinese to approach him, thinking it was not safe enough, and finally adopted the way of cooperation and favor.
Luk Shaotang's fake identity was a Southeast Asian mixed-race merchant. He was born with deep facial features and distinct contours. He tanned his skin and deliberately did not shave. The unshaven beard on his face gave him a wild aura of a mixed-race person.
He approached Tom with four men and first cooperated with him on a few small businesses to prove his strength and gain some trust from him. Later, when Tom was fighting with the local police, he saved his life and completely gained Tom's trust.
Lu Shaotang used Tom's connections to get information in a roundabout way, and with Tom's identity as a cover, their customers' information was not exposed.
The early stage of lurking was very smooth, and Lu Shaotang even took them there... After getting rich, it was easier to take action with money.
However, the rescue mission was a hundred times more difficult than getting rich. Although they made a thorough plan, they still encountered unexpected situations during the rescue.
Fortunately, they succeeded!
The only sounds in the room were Chen Yanming's voice and the rustling sound of the clerk's pen tip rubbing against the paper. He was dry-mouthed when he spoke, picked up the teacup and gulped down half a teacup of water, then paused and continued speaking.
The three leaders were all big smoke guns, sitting in a row opposite Chen Yanming. The light blue smoke rolled in the room, making several clerks cough twice. The
old leader put out the cigarette in his hand, stared at Chen Yanming with his piercing eyes, and there was a hint of obvious excitement in his voice, "Chen Yanming, what do you think is the possibility of Lu Shaotang surviving?"
Chen Yanming swallowed his saliva, "He must be alive!"
He clenched his fists, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and said slowly: "As long as he escapes from the enemy's gun, he can definitely hide. As long as he escapes from the scene, he can definitely survive."
Not only can he survive, but he can also live well.
In the United States these days, fake documents are rampant. Illegal immigrants, illegal immigrants, and vagrants from all over the country fill the slums. Most factories are using cheap laborers of unknown origin. Most of them are illegal immigrants from all over the country.
Even Tom's factory is no exception, so it is more conducive to their actions.
As long as they are given a chance to escape the scene, they can definitely survive.
Chen Yanming hopes that the chief will not issue a sacrifice notice to the Lu family and give him more time.
The three chiefs met and discussed and decided to adopt Chen Yanming's suggestion. If the rescue operation is successfully completed, they can be rewarded according to merit.
In addition, a search mission was launched to continue contacting the forces that could help, and to ask them to release some inconspicuous contact signals in the dark so that Lu Shaotang and others could see them and make contact.
The organization would arrange some opportunities for them to return via other countries.
Success depends on people!
In midsummer, the sun was scorching overhead, the cicadas were screaming heartbreakingly, and the air in the sky was scorched and twisted into wavy lines.
In such a scorching sun, a solar stove could indeed boil a pot of water in ten minutes.
Panpan Tiantian and elementary school students such as Hou Wei and Guan Ze were doing experiments on the small rooftop of the No. 8 courtyard.
Guan Ze: "If we go on a picnic, it's really useful." It's
not very useful at home. In the hot summer, the water from the sun can be used for bathing, and there are coal stoves for cooking. There is really no need to have a solar stove.
Panpan and his family also think so. It's not very useful in their home, but "it's still very useful for certain people!"
Tiantian: "Do you think your uncle's solar stove and solar water heater can win an award?"
These two days, my uncle and Mr. Huang took the newly improved solar stove and solar water heater to Anyang, Henan Province to participate in the National Solar Energy Utilization Experience Exchange Conference.
Hou Wei: "My dad will definitely win a prize!"
Tiantian already understood the basic principles of the solarium and participated in its production and use, so she was not interested in this.
Although she was wearing a sun hat, she was very sunburned and wanted to get off.
Panpan suddenly heard a familiar voice that he had not heard for a long time. He quickly turned his head to the south and saw a military green jeep coming.
His heart skipped a beat!
Dad and godfather are back!
Soon the jeep was getting closer and closer, and it was obviously coming in this direction!
Panpan's face flushed with excitement, and he quickly turned the sunshade to a position away from the sun, picked up the kettle and was about to go downstairs.
The children were also sunburned, and now they followed him downstairs. When
the jeep arrived outside the No. 8 Courtyard, the children heard it and ran out.
Lin Shu and Sister Lin upstairs also heard it, and they hurriedly leaned on the window to look out, not daring to breathe.
Seeing Chen Yanming and Zhan Qiuran get off the jeep, they were both very happy, and their eyes became red.
Lu Shaotang did not show up.
Sister Lin held Lin Shu's hand and said softly, "Brother-in-law will definitely come back."
Lin Shu quickly wiped away her tears and smiled, "Yes, he will definitely come back. Yanming is back, let's go pick him up and let him and Qiuran get married as soon as possible."
The two of them trotted downstairs.
The children had already come in, accompanying Chen Yanming and Zhan Qiuran, who were on crutches. Although they didn't see Lu Shaotang, it didn't affect their excitement and happiness.
Panpan saw her mother and aunt coming down, and she rushed to shout, "Mom, my father will be back a little later."
Lin Shu laughed, "I know."
Zhan Qiuran came forward and hugged Lin Shu tightly, whispering, "Director Lu will definitely come back."
Lin Shu nodded, "I believe it."
Sister Lin said, "It's hot outside, go upstairs and cool down."
She asked the children to help pick vegetables and made cold noodles for everyone at noon, which she prepared in the morning.
It's summer vacation now, and Lin Shu took the children back to the countryside to live for ten days. They just came back these two days.
She asked Hou Wei to call his sister over.
Lu Ping took Lu An and Hou Bo to play with Zhan Jiali.
Hou Yingying brought Yingzi and two other girls who worked part-time to make hair flowers at home. Now they have the freedom to have comic books and ice cream. Some girls are particularly addicted to it and have developed sandal flowers, corsage flowers, and collar flowers.
When they got upstairs, Zhan Qiuran was worried about how to tell Lin Shu. She even felt guilty that she shouldn't have come. Lu Shaotang didn't come back and she followed Chen Yanming here. Would Lin Shu be more uncomfortable? Lin Shu
didn't show any discomfort. She entertained them warmly as usual, cared about Chen Yanming and their marriage, "When will Yanming's leg be better? Let's get married soon."
Chen Yanming: "There's no big problem with the leg." He looked at Zhan Qiuran.
Zhan Qiuran said, "We want to get the certificate first and hold the wedding after Director Lu comes back."
Lin Shu: "Why do we have to postpone it for him? He's not the groom."
No one can stop the wedding except the bride and groom. Last year, Zhan's father said that it can be held without a groom.
Zhan Qiuran: "We want to wait for him."
Lin Shu smiled, "That's fine, but it's unfair to you. It's not grand to get the certificate without a wedding."
Zhan Qiuran thought that as long as he came back, it would be the best and most grand, but he couldn't say it, after all, Lu Shaotang hadn't come back yet.
Chen Yanming's leg was not healed yet, so Lin Shu didn't let him eat chili peppers, but made him sweet and sour liangpi alone.
Others, including the children, ate chili oil mixed with chili oil. Everyone's forehead and nose were sweating after eating, and they were particularly happy.
Lin Shu wanted to quietly ask Chen Yanming if he had contacted the guy named Tom and if he was on the list, but she was afraid of exposing herself, after all, she couldn't explain it clearly.
The moment she saw Chen Yanming, her heart became more and more at ease.
If Chen Yanming had lost a leg, she might have been worried to death, fearing that they would not be able to escape the fate of the original plot, one sacrificed and the other lost a leg.
Now that Chen Yanming's leg is saved, he is still so happy and not at all sad, so she thinks Lu Shaotang must be fine too.
She and Zhan Jiali secretly burned so many incense sticks and made so many peace wishes.
After Chen Yanming came back, he didn't say much to Lin Shu. After all, he couldn't reveal a word about the mission. It would be better to wait for Lu Shaotang to come back and tell him himself.
He and Zhan Qiuran went to get the marriage certificate that day, and the No. 8 courtyard had a meal together. No outsiders were invited except for Dr. Shao.
Lin Shu saw Zhan Qiuran's sadness and awkwardness. She was a kind girl. Because Chen Yanming and Lu Shaotang were on a mission together, she didn't dare to be happy with Chen Yanming until Lu Shaotang came back. She didn't dare to laugh loudly for fear of hurting her.
At night, Chen Yanming and Zhan Qiuran went to sleep in the new house.
Lin Shu sent them downstairs, hugged Zhan Qiuran and whispered: "Qiuran, Lu Shaotang will definitely come back. Don't worry too much about me, and don't feel guilty. I'm really fine, don't worry."
Zhan Qiuran hugged her back hard, but couldn't speak.
The next night, Chen Yanming and Zhan Qiuran went to visit Zhan's father and mother, had dinner together, and then moved back to No. 8 Courtyard to continue working and living as usual.
Everyone was worried about Lin Shu, but Lin Shu was doing her best, cooking, writing, and helping the brigade to contact business. She was busier than before.
The furniture factory in the Fighting Commune was very successful. It borrowed money from the city and used the relationship between Hou's father and Hou Jianwen to buy electric saws for processing boards. It also signed a purchase contract for wood, paint, etc. with the Qizhou Building Materials State-owned Unit.
At the factory committee meeting (only three people), the director of the furniture factory, Zhang Dexi, passed the resolution to hire Lin Shu as a designer.
Designer Lin Shu not only helps design furniture styles, but also helps take orders. Now the orders from the furniture factory are scheduled for more than a year later, and they can't be completed at all.
Designer Lin Shu doesn't need to have a very sophisticated design. She just needs to absorb the style from past life experience and determine the details from the needs of users, and basically there will be no problem.
Moreover, the style of furniture will not change much in the past 20 years, and it is still mainly practical.
So she gets this salary quite easily.
In addition, she is continuing to write biographies of several old leaders. She has completed the biographies of three, and there are several more in line.
Then there is the "Life Images" picture book of the children's childhood. The second volume is also on the market. This time the first print is 15,000 copies. Of course, they still don't have royalties, but the royalties have doubled.
Now they are preparing for the third volume.
The previous X Education Enlightenment Picture Book has been included by the Health Bureau as eugenics promotional material. Many nurseries, primary schools, and junior high schools in and outside the province have called to subscribe, and the number of reprints is very large.
Wei Ling helped her to mediate, and by taking advantage of the need to improve and add new pages for the reprint, she got another 500 yuan in royalties.
Now Lin Shu is working with her elder sister again. She provides inspiration and related story texts, and asks elder sister Lin to work with others to draw them. After the publication, everyone shares the profits.
It's not bad to make money.
Now Lin Shu's various incomes have exceeded Lu Shaotang's salary.
In the clear and cool autumn, the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles organizes cultural exchange activities such as the Writers Association and the Artists Association to go to the Xiangshan in the capital to collect folk songs and promote revolution and production.
Wei Ling and Xue Hanshan organized it in Qizhou, and elder sister Lin and Lu Hehuan both had quotas.
Although Lin Shu did not join the Writers Association, she has published many works, and Wei Ling invited her to join.
In September, the Xiangshan Mountain is covered with dense and rich colors. At first glance, the rich and saturated colors, red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, all kinds of deep, shallow, pure, harmonious, bright, and dark colors, instantly catch people's sight, and then control people's thoughts and souls, making people immersed in it all day without feeling bored.
In such a beautiful scenery, time seems to have lost its meaning.
In the forest with yellow leaves flying, Lin Shu's heart is also surprisingly peaceful.
It was also during this field trip that many writers and painters burst into inspiration and created many works related to scenery, characters, etc.
At this time, Lin Shu didn't know that many people used her as a creative model.
Time passed quickly in the busyness, and in a blink of an eye, it was the 25th day of the winter solstice.
Heavy snow fell from yesterday evening to today afternoon, and the sky and the earth had already become a silver-clad one.
But the house was warm.
The honey chrysanthemum tea was sweet, and the high-end dishes on the table exuded a delicate floral fragrance.
It was snowing heavily and the temperature was low these two days. The children were on holiday and did not have classes. I don’t know whose house they made plans to go to to hang out.
Lin Shu was absorbed in reading a volume of "War and Peace" borrowed from Xue Hanshan. In her previous life, she did not like to read such heavy books, probably because the modern entertainment industry was too developed and the information explosion made her not calm enough.
After crossing over, she began to read those famous books, tragedies, etc. that she would not have read in her previous life.
Suddenly, the sound of children screaming came from outside.
"Dad, my dad, that's my dad!"
"My dad is so big!"
"Third uncle! I miss you too!"
...
The children's voices were clearly transmitted through the closed window, and their excitement was evident.
Lin Shu's heart was pounding. She dropped her book and turned to rush to the window. She saw that the snow outside had slackened off a lot. A group of children rushed towards a tall and straight figure.
The man was wearing a long leather coat in a sleek way. He had a strong figure and walked as fast as a meteor. He had an aura that made him stand out from the crowd.
Lin Shu pushed open the window that was not nailed shut. She didn't even feel the cold wind of more than ten degrees below zero blowing on her face. She just stared at him intently. He
looked a little thinner, but stronger. His facial lines were colder and harder, and his temperament was even more stern.
Several children rushed to his legs, but unfortunately they were all taller now and could no longer hug his thighs and act coquettishly like when they were children, nor could they let him pick them up one by one.
He took out two bags of chocolate from his pocket and handed them to the children.
The children cheered again.
Money-obsessed Panpan didn't bother to pick the door this time. He grabbed a handful of chocolates from each child, and held the rest in his arms. Together with Tiantian, he pulled his father home. "Hurry up, my mother can't wait."
Hou Wei stuffed chocolates into his pocket and ran downstairs first. "Third aunt, third aunt, my third uncle is back!"
Lin Shu didn't bother to put on her coat. She walked out in her cotton slippers. As soon as she reached the door, Lu Shaotang was already outside.
He was wrapped in snow, which made her shiver subconsciously.
Lu Shaotang took off his coat casually, opened his arms and hugged her tightly in his arms.
At this moment, those days of fighting and scheming were completely shut out, and he finally had the real feeling of returning home.
He was really home.
She was still there, too, how great!
Lin Shu wanted to ask him if he was hungry, and whether he should call his parents first, but Xiao Zhuang's loud voice rang out downstairs again.
Xiao Zhuang: "Army, it's time to set off for the train station!"
Originally, the Army was supposed to go directly north from the south to Beijing, but who made the train pass through our Qizhou?
Hearing the voice, Lin Shu quickly jumped out of Lu Shaotang's arms and smiled, "Okay, go ahead."
Lu Shaotang wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingertips. He was reluctant to let her go, and even more reluctant to let her be sad, so he said softly, "I'm back to pick you up. Pack your luggage and take you to the capital to play for a few days."
Lin Shu was stunned, "Aren't you going to work?"
Lu Shaotang: "Reporting work."
Over there, Panpan was trying to call his hometown, but the wind, snow and noise were so loud that he couldn't hear anything. He was so angry that he said, "When I grow up, I will go to the telecommunications bureau to be a leader and force them to improve the quality of calls!"
Lin Shu hurried to pack her luggage, and then talked to Hou Wei and others, asking him to give a message to Sister Lin and Doctor Shao.
Hou Wei was older and naturally sensible. "Third Aunt, just go ahead. I will help you take care of Grandpa Shao."
Panpan Tiantian also quickly packed her schoolbag and clothes.
Soon, Sister Lin also ran over from home and greeted Lu Shaotang happily.
Lu Shaotang: "I'm sorry to have worried you."
Sister Lin quickly wiped her eyes that were about to freeze, "Third sister is worried."
Lu Shaotang held Lin Shu's hand again and took her bag in her hand.
Lin Shu quickly got him a military coat to put on. That leather coat was still too ostentatious and too capitalist these days, and people would talk about it.
Soon Chen Yanming's jeep arrived downstairs, and Lu Shaotang and Lin Shu took Panpan Tiantian downstairs.
Sister Lin took the children to see them off on the train. Her steps, which had been heavy for a year, suddenly became light, as if she could fly.
Her brother-in-law was back, and it was great that their family was reunited.
Chen Yanming had calculated the time to go to the station to pick up Lu Shaotang as soon as he got the news, and then calculated the time for another train to send him back, just so that he could come back to see his wife and children.
Who knew that Lao Lu was more ruthless than him and
just brought his wife and children with him. Wouldn't it be easier if he just sent Lin Shu and the children there?
But looking at his lingering expression, he probably wanted to tell her the good news in person.
Yeah, this feeling is understandable.
Chen Yanming's ability to manage time is something he has trained himself to do. There happened to be a train going north and passing through the capital at the right time.
He had someone communicate with the station staff long ago, and Lu Shaotang boarded the train with his work permit to buy a ticket.
Of course, he definitely didn't take this passing train, so he could only buy a very expensive sleeper berth.
Chen Yanming sent them to the station.
When they got on the bus, Lu Shaotang handed Chen Yanming a list, "There is a batch of goods transferred from overseas to Hong Kong and Shenzhen. After the inspection, the rest will be sent to you except for the paid items. You go to receive them."
Chen Yanming agreed and waved goodbye to Lin Shu and the children, "Have fun in the capital, don't forget to eat at high-end restaurants!"
Panpan and Tiantian waved, "Godfather, don't worry, we brought all our savings."
The two children were so happy that they seemed a little drunk, dizzy, and a little bit unbelievable.
Dad is back!
The strong feeling of heart bursting when I first saw my father when I was a child was experienced again.
Before, when Dad didn't come home, they were also very worried and missed him very much, but the eldest aunt said not to keep asking Dad when he would come back, because that would make Mom sad, and Dad would come back naturally when the time came.
And now, Dad has come back on his own, right?
Lu Shaotang bought a high-class sleeper
berth ticket. Nowadays, no ordinary person can sleep in a soft sleeper. It's not enough to have money, you also have to have a high-level position and buy a sleeper berth ticket based on your level.
If you are eligible to sit in a sleeper berth but buy a hard seat, the company will return the difference to the individual. Many people will save some money in this way to supplement their lives.
Lu Shaotang is not short of money, so naturally he doesn't want to let his wife and children down, so he sleeps in and arrives in the capital the next morning.
There were several passengers chatting in the corridor, including three foreigners. When they saw Lu Shaotang and his family coming, they took the initiative to say hello.
Lin Shu smiled at them in response, and Lu Shaotang nodded slightly.
He put the luggage on the top luggage rack and checked the bed.
In the high-end sleepers of this era, the flight attendants would change the white sheets and white towels on the dining table after the passengers got off.
Lu Shaotang did this purely out of work habit. Wherever he went, he would first check the environment, check the accommodation and all the belongings.
He asked Lin Shu to take off her shoes and go to bed to rest.
Lin Shu's heart was pounding because she was too excited.
She took off her coat and lay down on the side of a nearby lower berth to rest.
Soon the flight attendant brought a pot of boiled water. Panpan took out the big meat buns prepared by her godfather and put them on the dining table, and also took out the undivided chocolate.
Tiantian squeezed into Lin Shu's arms and ate the chocolate for her.
The chocolate was a bit bitter, but Lin Shu found it very sweet.
Panpan sat in the lower berth opposite, looking around with excitement and curiosity. This was their first time sitting in a premium berth.
Lu Shaotang also sat beside Lin Shu's legs, holding her slender ankles with his big hands and rubbing them gently.
Panpan immediately stretched his legs over when he saw this, "Dad, I~"
Lu Shaotang raised one of his long legs to serve as a bridge for him.
Panpan crawled over, sat in Lu Shaotang's arms, and talked to them contentedly.
So the other passengers found that this family really didn't mind being crowded. They insisted on talking on a small bed even though they were supposed to sleep in the lower berth.
However, this family was really good-looking. The men were tall and handsome, the women were charming and pretty, and the two children were incredibly beautiful.
Everyone knows that the passengers in the high-class sleeper cars are all senior cadres from various units. The smart ones will try to get to know as many people as possible while riding in the car. These are all connections, and making friends with even one person will be useful.
They wanted to chat with Lu Shaotang, but unfortunately Lu Shaotang was sitting there facing inward, not giving them a chance to get close to him.
After eating buns and going to the toilet, the children were almost done with their father, so they went downstairs to stroll around and socialize with other passengers.
If Tiantian was alone, she might just stay with her parents and not go out for a walk, but Panpan couldn't stay still.
There were foreigners in the carriage, how could he let them go without chatting?
He has a natural detective sense. Father Lu said that like Lu Shaotang, he is curious about everything and likes to observe and ponder.
Lu Shaotang was also happy that the child made room for him. He put down the curtain of the small compartment, then lay down beside his wife, hooked his arms and hugged her into his arms.
Lin Shu was still a little embarrassed, afraid that others would see it, so she reminded him in a low voice, but he not only didn't let go, but lifted her chin and kissed her lips.
Lin Shu widened her eyes, this man is so bold!
Lu Shaotang looked down at her with a smile in his eyes, and when he saw that she was pressing her lips tightly together, he whispered, "Open your mouth."
Lin Shu refused, for she had changed color after going out for a while.
Lu Shaotang kissed her sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily, and soon she could not resist.
He held her like this, not wanting to let go at all, but paying attention to the movements in the car.
He could hear Panpan learning English and Russian from others, and the foreigners praised him for learning quickly and well, so he said thank you in a very authentic way.
He also heard someone asking Panpan what his parents did, what kind of cadres they were, and what they were going to do in the capital.
Panpan said that her mother was a writer and wrote articles, and that their family was going to the capital to visit relatives, and that her grandfather was in the capital.
He asked back, and then got the information about the person who had chatted with him in the carriage and the three foreigners.
They also treated them to candies and snacks, and praised him and his sister for being beautiful, saying that they could be child models and child stars in foreign countries, and that they could be supermodels and stars when they grow up.
Panpan always said thank you and said she would talk to him when she had the chance.
This child's mouth is definitely like his mother's, and he can fool people.
Lu Shaotang thought so.
The bed was not big, and Lu Shaotang was tall and big. Lin Shu disliked the cotton jacket, so she asked Lu Shaotang to help her take it off.
Lu Shaotang had a woolen sweater under his military jacket, and he was afraid that the buttons of the jacket would pinch her, so he took off his jacket as well.
He lay back and pulled up the quilt, and his wife slept in his arms.
He felt fulfilled.
Lin Shu was already used to this man's ability to withstand pressure, and was not afraid of numbness in her arms and shoulders.
She lay in Lu Shaotang's arms, feeling his broad and strong chest, and her heart was filled with a solid sense of security.
She didn't want to say anything, she just wanted to lie quietly in his arms, feeling his breath and heartbeat.
She behaved very normally in the past year, but only she knew how uneasy and nervous she was in her heart, as if she had walked a very long way and finally reached her destination and could lie down and have a good rest.
Resting in his arms, it was a warm and safe harbor.
Your arms, my paradise.