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Lin Xia started working after she fully recovered. She had signed up for the electrician exam and was going to take it.
Qian Lisheng also hurried back from Qizhou.
He went to find Qian's mother first and told her directly that he loved Lin Xia and couldn't live without her. If his mother forced Lin Xia to divorce him, he would be a bachelor for the rest of his life and die alone after his parents left.
Qian's mother always loved her two sons and was afraid that they would be wronged, so she married daughters-in-law with conditions that were worse than her sons, so that her daughters-in-law could serve her sons well.
Qian Lisheng sold her out so badly that she softened her heart. "You think about her all the time, but does she think about you? I think she is always thinking about her family, and she is working with her sister to make false statements."
Qian Lisheng: "Mom, even if you don't like my sister-in-law, she is a promising man, so you should be polite. If you don't believe Lin Xia, I will take her to Qizhou Hospital for a checkup. You should believe me, right?"
Qian's mother reluctantly agreed, but she felt sorry for Qian, and she also felt that her son was protecting his daughter-in-law and treating her better than his mother.
After Qian Lisheng left, Qian's mother complained to her daughter-in-law.
The younger daughter-in-law advised: "Mom, you still can't see who is truly filial? I sincerely hope that our Qian family will have many children and grandchildren. You see, I am not in good health, but I am still trying hard to give you grandchildren. Mom, I am risking my life."
Qian's mother immediately felt that the younger daughter-in-law was a good person, and asked if the doctor in Qizhou could be bribed.
The younger daughter-in-law smiled and said, "The doctors in Qizhou Hospital are not so easy to bribe. I am just afraid that my sister-in-law dare not go."
Qian's mother was worried again. If Lin Xia could not be cured, the eldest son would have no flesh and blood.
The younger daughter-in-law advised her not to worry. If she gave birth to a few more children, it would be the same if they were inherited by the eldest brother's family.
Qian's mother was relieved.
It's not that she just listens to her younger daughter-in-law, but she thinks she is older and more knowledgeable. She has seen too many frauds and thinks that her eldest daughter-in-law must have bribed the doctor to deceive her.
Basically, she has always looked down on country people. She thinks Lin Xia is a country person, greedy and cunning, marrying up to her son's money-sucking family, and she gave her the job, so she should be severely suppressed by her.
Now Lin Xia has signs of disobedience, and she can't accept it.
She believes that Lin Xia is fraudulent.
Qian Lisheng returned home and saw Lin Shu and the two children were still in his house. He felt unhappy when he thought of his mother saying that Lin Shu instigated his daughter-in-law, but he smiled kindly on the surface.
"Third sister, I'm so sorry for your help."
Lin Shu: "How was my brother-in-law's training?"
Qian Lisheng said, "Nothing fancy. I saw that idiot Tong Guoqiang was still working hard for the training, so I came back."
Lin Shu felt that her second brother-in-law had become a little conceited, a little different from before.
It's like some men who are usually honest and decent, but once they have money or a little status, they immediately become inflated.
I hope she is just suspicious.
Qian Lisheng teased the two kids, talked to Lin Shu for a few words, and went to find Lin Xia.
Lin Xia came back from the exam, and the team leader didn't let her do physical work, but checked the safety work.
Seeing Qian Lisheng coming back, Lin Xia didn't care about him not staying with her. After all, the third sister was right. She just wanted someone to stay with her, not to quarrel with a man.
Qian Lisheng bought a red scarf for Lin Xia, helped her wrap it around her, and praised her, "My wife is so pretty."
Lin Xia laughed, "I go in and out of the workshop every day, it's a waste to wear this nice scarf, I'd better give it to my third sister, she's so tired from taking care of me these days."
Qian Lisheng pretended to be unhappy, "I bought a scarf for my wife, how can I give it to another woman? My third brother-in-law will buy it for my third sister."
Lin Xia always felt that his words were a bit strange, "That's my sister, not another woman."
If you say Tong Ailian is another woman, that's fine.
But she didn't insist on giving the scarf to Lin Shu, after all, her brother-in-law might not be happy.
Qian Lisheng promised that Qian's mother would not make trouble again, and that she could keep the salary for herself and not subsidize her brother's wife.
He looked around and hugged her, saying in an extremely aggrieved tone, "Wife, no matter what, you can't ask for a divorce. If you divorce me, I would rather die."
Lin Xia: "Go to hell, what are you talking about."
She broke away from Qian Lisheng's embrace, "Outside, don't do anything."
Qian Lisheng heard someone coming and hurriedly let her go.
Lin Xia said again: "We have to raise our own children in the future, and your salary can't subsidize your brother, right?"
His brother obviously took a better job from Qian's father, and the salary was not small, and his brother's wife also had work expenses, which might be more than the couple's, and he asked them for subsidies every day.
Qian Lisheng readily agreed, "I won't give it to anyone, I'll only give it to my wife."
After a few words, Lin Xia told him to go back and stop standing there and go to the workshop.
When Qian Lisheng went to the workshop, he happened to meet Jiang Weidong who came down to inspect.
Qian Lisheng was unhappy, but he still smiled, "Director Jiang."
Jiang Weidong glanced at him, "Team Leader Qian is back?"
Qian Lisheng nodded, feeling a little guilty, and didn't dare to look Jiang Weidong in the eye.
Jiang Weidong glanced at him, and seeing that he looked away out of guilt, he knew that this man probably wouldn't confess.
He turned to leave, but Qian Lisheng caught up with him, "Director Jiang, that... you won't..."
Jiang Weidong: "What?"
Qian Lisheng was afraid that he would make trouble when selecting the deputy director because of his opinion on his private life, and he was also afraid that he would say something to Lin Xia in private.
He looked embarrassed and smiled, "It's okay." It was
hard to say this, and he couldn't say it.
Jiang Weidong left.
After the second brother-in-law came back, Lin Shu stayed for two more days, mainly because she was afraid that Qian's mother would take the opportunity to make trouble when she saw her son coming back. As a result, Qian's mother did not come to the house. The second brother-in-law said that he had already communicated with her, so Lin Shu was relieved.
Since the second sister was fine, Lin Shu said goodbye to them, "I will take the children back tomorrow."
Lin Xia was reluctant to keep them, and seeing Lin Shu's insistence, she had to agree, "Then you can come often in the future."
Tiantian and Panpan smiled and said, "Mom said that we will come again when the second aunt gives birth to a baby."
Lin Xia happily kissed them one by one, "Second Aunt must give birth to a sweet-mouthed baby like you."
Qian Lisheng drooped his eyelids, but he was relieved in his heart, because his sister-in-law was finally gone.
The past two days when his sister-in-law lived here made him feel like sitting on pins and needles, and he always felt that Lin Shu's dark eyes could see through everything.
Not only Lin Shu, but also the two children made him overwhelmed.
I don't know who the two children learned from, they know a lot and like to talk nonsense, one moment "Second Uncle, what is false? Why did Grandma Qian say that my second aunt had an operation and false? Obviously we were the ones who went to accompany her."
The next moment "Second Uncle, did you falsely lie?"
Well, she is finally leaving.
Lin Shu took the two children to say goodbye to Old Lady Jiang.
Old Mrs. Jiang was so embarrassed. She had always wanted to introduce her son to someone else, but the man was fine. She had to give up on herself for not mentioning him directly. Otherwise, she would be so embarrassed. She
didn't even want to show her face anymore.
Lin Shu knew why Aunt Jiang was embarrassed. She was still very affectionate with Aunt Jiang, saying that if her father-in-law had any new medicine, he would definitely keep it for her. In addition, the two children were so sweet and heartwarming that the embarrassment of Old Mrs. Jiang was soon washed away. Old Mrs. Jiang
regained her warm look. In the evening, she took Lin Shu to the textile factory and bought a bag of defective white-thread gloves for Lin Shu.
These white-thread gloves were not very useful for work, but they could be disassembled and dyed to weave sweaters. If the quantity was not enough, she could weave sweaters and trousers for the children.
The fabric is elastic, warm and close to the skin, and is the best for children to wear inside their cotton-padded clothes in winter.
Lin Shu was very happy and praised Mrs. Jiang for her ability. "Auntie, I won't stay here. I'll ask you to take good care of my second sister. My second sister is very flamboyant and can't match those old women."
She was talking about Tong's mother and Qian's mother.
Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "Are you kidding me? Can a flamboyant person be an electrician? You must be bold and careful."
She was willing to get closer to Lin Xia and let Lin Shu rest assured that she would definitely help take care of her.
Knowing that Lin Shu was leaving early the next morning, Mrs. Jiang went straight to the director of the factory office and asked him to send a car to take Lin Shu to the three bus stations.
The director of the factory office agreed very readily.
Old Mrs. Jiang was very happy. The factory director was easier to talk to than her son.
Lin Xia originally packed a bag of food for Lin Shu, but Lin Xia and her son refused.
The son said that Second Aunt had undergone surgery and needed to recuperate, and Second Aunt was going to have a baby and needed to eat delicious food, so they didn't want it.
Grandma would buy them some.
Lin Xia still packed half a pound of biscuits, a can of food and half a pound of sugar.
The next morning, a special car was sent to the station, and Lin Shu and her two sons were also comfortable.
When getting off the car, Lin Shu stuffed a pack of cigarettes worth more than 20 cents and two tea eggs into the driver's hand. If she gave him money, he would definitely not want it, but if she gave him a pack of ordinary cigarettes and eggs, it would be fine.
The bus arrived at the intersection of Lujiazhuang South Road. Before getting off the bus, I heard Huahua Huzi and the others chattering,
"Panpan and Tiantian are back!"
"Panpan, I missed you so much!"
"Tiantian, you are even prettier!" This is Huzi.
Mrs. Qiu, who is in charge of taking care of the children, greeted Lin Shu and the others with a smile, "These children come to see if you are back every day when the bus passes by our village."
Lin Shu winked at Panpan, saying that they miss you so much, why don't you show some appreciation?
Lu·Dianmenr·Panpan: Oh, why do you miss them so much?
He grabbed a handful of candy like cutting meat, and instead of letting the three of them bite and share a piece like before, he gave each of them a piece with great pain.
The children cheered, "Oh, Panpan, here comes the candy!"
Panpan: "Don't wait here anymore!"
This is called forced buying, I didn't ask you to wait!
When they got home, Fang Dihua was preparing to cook. She was so happy to see her mother and her two children coming back.
Tiantian and Panpan buzzed over like two little bees, "Grandma, Grandma, I missed you so much, guess who we saw!"
The two children blinked their big black eyes, so proud.
Fang Dihua laughed, thinking that the silly son probably didn't recognize the two children, so he ran to the market in the middle of the night.
She pretended that she couldn't guess correctly, letting the two children feel proud for a while, and finally said, "Did you see your dad?"
The two children nodded together, "Yes, I'll give grandma a candy as a reward!"
Panpan was always generous when giving food to grandma and mother, and she was not stingy at all. She would not allow grandma to refuse and would stuff it directly into their mouths.
Fang Dihua held the sweet candy in her mouth and chatted happily with the two children, asking them about the scene of their meeting with their father.
The two children still talked about the framework sweetly, and Panpan supplemented the key points, and they cooperated tacitly.
Fang Dihua laughed loudly when she heard it, and her laughter was loud and cheerful, without any suppressed pain.
Old Mrs. Chang heard it from behind and secretly spat, "Damn it, how can you be so happy that your son is dead?"
Fang Dihua felt like she could laugh for the rest of her life after hearing what the two kids said. No, she had to get the old man back early in the evening so that she could tell him the story and have fun together.
No one would have thought that the clever San'er would be so silly.
Haha.
Because Lu Shaotang could already reveal his identity, Fang Dihua took the two kids out to announce that the San'er was back.
Lin Shu: "Mom, why don't you bring some candies or something to share with the neighbors to make things lively."
Huh?
Fang Dihua and Panpan, the grandparents and grandchildren, stared at each other.
Why should she share candies with them after telling them such good news?
Lin Shu: "It's such a big happy event that his father is back, of course he should share candies." Fang Dihua
: "Okay." She looked at Panpan.
Panpan made a bitter face, "Grandma, it would be better to save this candy for Dad. It would be a waste if you give it to others."
Tiantian: "Don't be so picky!"
Fang Dihua: "How can it be wasted? Your dad's return is a great joy. Sharing candy with others will make them happy and hope that your dad will be well."
Lin Shu said to Pan Pan: "This is just like when a new bride throws candy at a wedding. It's a big happy event, so everyone should celebrate and congratulate together."
Hearing that it would be good for her father, Pan Pan immediately lifted the big square bucket and Tian Tian over and poured out all the candy inside.
There was quite a lot!
There was also pear paste candy.
Lin Shu asked her mother-in-law to take the children out to distribute the candy while she cooked lunch.
It seemed that her mother-in-law was also able to cook when she was not at home, and of course she cooked better than her eldest sister-in-law.
Now that it was cold, she had returned to the house to cook and lit a fire on the kang to keep it warm.
Lin Shu directly boiled corn flour and rolled pancakes in a large iron pot. Now her cooking skills were more skillful and she was very skillful in using a large iron pot.
In another pot, potatoes and radishes were stewed with a little salted meat cubes, which were mixed with the unique flavor and fat of salted meat. It was delicious and went well with
rice!
Of course, she also added the chopped peppers and chili oil she made herself, which were eaten hot.
While she was busy, she heard exclamations from outside, "Oh my God, it's true, it's great!"
"God bless you!"
Fang Dihua told Aunt Li, Jin Ping'er and others outside, and they quickly called their good neighbors and relatives to come over and tell them the news that Lu Shaotang had returned.
"I've long said that Shaotang is a lucky boy and will be fine."
"Yeah, the army just said he was missing but didn't insist that he was dead. Now he's back, isn't he?"
"That's great!"
The 93-year-old great uncle smiled with his toothless face showing, "It's good that Shaotang is back. Your family will have a new addition."
Fang Dihua was also happy and gave him two candies, "Thanks to you, old man."
Fang Dihua took her son to hand out candies on the street, and the news soon spread throughout the village.
Old Chang didn't believe it and sneered: "He missed his son so much that he made up a lie to deceive himself. The government has already filed a complaint for sacrifice, how could it be false?"
Old Mrs. Chang: "Poor thing, the couple has never admitted that their son is gone."
Song Chunfang quietly went to Widow Sun's house to inquire, "Your Baldy is from the commune, do you know any news?"
Widow Sun: "Didn't he say that the third son of the Lu family is back? It must be false, don't believe it and just deceive yourself."
Baldy was well-informed in the commune, he cared about the Lu family, and was very sure that Lu Shaotang was dead.
If he was alive, how could the commune revolutionary committee not know?
There was no news, it must be that the Lu family deceived themselves.
Oh, poor thing.
After Lin Shu was done, everyone except Lu's wife came back to eat.
Although the autumn harvest and winter wheat planting are over, Mrs. Lu and other tractor operators have to continue to plow the land and turn over the land to be planted next spring. The minus ten degrees in winter can freeze the insect eggs below.
Father Lu and Tiantian Panpan held hands and told them stories about Lu Shaotang's childhood. The eldest brother Lu
put his arm around the shoulders of the second brother Lu and said with a smile: "Second brother, did I lie to you? I said the third brother is fine."
The second brother Lu's eyes ached, then became wet and red, and then he couldn't help it and burst into tears.
The eldest brother told him before that the third brother was fine, but he didn't believe it. He always felt that the eldest brother was deceiving himself like his parents.
I didn't expect it to be true, it was true, so good!
The third brother is fine!
Before, he didn't dare to cry in public because of his parents, and sometimes he couldn't stand it and would sneak out to cry in the evening.
Now he cried so hard that his tears and snot came out.
Panpan and Tiantian looked at the second uncle in surprise, "Second uncle, second uncle, my father is back, why are you crying?"
Second brother Lu wiped his tears and choked, "I, I..."
Big brother Lu smiled and said, "He is so happy that he is crying, so happy that he is crying."
Panpan immediately and generously handed them a piece of candy.
Big brother Lu peeled it and stuffed it into second brother Lu's mouth, "Don't say that big brother doesn't love you."
Second sister-in-law Lu was stunned, she had no idea what was going on.
Lu Shaotang is back?
Why is Lin Shu so lucky? She has been supported by a man all her life? She doesn't need to remarry?
Lu Ping was so excited that he started crying, after all, he had a deep impression of his uncle.
Lu An didn't have much impression, but of course it was good that his uncle was alive, grandma was happy, parents were happy, and eldest brother was especially happy.
He was happy too!
Lu Cuicui was also happy, but she felt that there was nothing to be too happy about, so let it be.
After all, whether his uncle was there or not didn't have much impact on her, and his money wouldn't be spent on her, so of course it was good to have some candy.
In the afternoon, the brigade secretary and the brigade leader came with the cadres of the brigade and the production team to congratulate them.
Old Man Lu and Fang Dihua responded with a smile, "When San'er comes back, we'll treat you, and everyone please come and have a drink."
Lu Shaocai didn't come, and he didn't believe that Lu Shaotang was okay!
Old Changtou had gone to the brigade to find him before and secretly inquired about Lu Shaotang.
Lu Shaocai scoffed at this, "My second uncle misses his son like crazy. If the third son was alive, how could my father not know? How could he not call or send a telegram back? They can't wait for their son to come back, so they just pretend to be alive."
Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou were also very happy when they heard the news. They packed up their things and went back to Lujiazhuang to congratulate.
Xu's mother: "Why are you so happy? Nothing has happened. The commune didn't say anything. Why are you so happy?"
If someone is dead, the commune will notify them. If someone is alive, either he will come back or the commune will notify them.
There is nothing, so you are just happy?
Are you missing your son like crazy?
Xu Xiaoyou is now much stronger and tougher. She said to Xu's mother fiercely, "Why don't you hope that my grandma Lu's family is doing well? Isn't it good for my third uncle to be alive?"
Seeing that she dared to be fierce to her, Xu's mother raised her hand to hit her.
But Xu Xiaoyou ran away, "Mom, hurry up, if you go too late, my grandma Fang and grandpa Lu will think you don't hope that my third uncle will come back!"
Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou happily ran to Lu's village.
Mother Xu was angry and started to complain about her headache.
Day by day, she couldn't control Lu Hehuan, and even Xu Xiaoyou.
Shihua, what are you busy with every day? Take care of your wife and your daughter-in-law.
After entertaining neighbors for an entire afternoon, Lin Shu and others were so dry-mouthed that she made green radish shreds mixed with white sugar for her family in the evening. It was sweet, crispy, and a little chopped dried orange peel was added.
Eating radishes in winter can relieve internal heat and help you sleep more soundly at night.
Now she has to praise Tiantian and Panpan, the two angel babies.
These two children are like little stoves, and it is better to hold them to sleep at night than to hold a baby warmer. They
are really warm all night long and have a very good endurance.
Lin Shu slept on the head of the kang with Tiantian in her arms, and Panpan slept on the outside of Tiantian.
He said that he was responsible for taking care of his mother and Tiantian, but Lin Shu thought that he did this to make it easier for her to sleep.
Just when she was sleeping soundly, Panpan suddenly talked in her sleep, "Down with Nan Batian!"
Lin Shu was woken up by him.
It was getting dark early now. They went to bed at almost 8:30 and slept for a cycle until midnight.
No wonder people get up early at this time, many people go to work at five o'clock.
She hugged Tiantian, and the child still had a milky smell on her body.
"Click" a subtle sound came from the darkness.
Lin Shu heard it!
Her scalp exploded, thinking about the original plot where the house was robbed. Could it be that the thief came?
She immediately got up quietly, put on a cotton jacket and cotton pants, and then went downstairs to get the stick behind the door.
She didn't even turn on the light, but tiptoed to the main room.
There was an iron rod latch on the main room door, inserted into the top of the door frame, and there was a bolt in the middle.
Lin Shu took a stick as thick as her arm and pressed it against the back of the door. Feeling that it was secure, she listened outside secretly.
The autumn wind rustled across the garden, rustling the chrysanthemums, amaranths, roses and other plants in the garden.
There were no other strange movements, it seemed that she was too sensitive.
She felt a little cold down there, so she gathered her cotton quilt and turned around to walk to the room in the dark.
She was familiar with the house and wouldn't bump into anything.
As soon as she pushed open the door of the room, a sudden cold wind blew from behind, and the door of the room was actually opened!
Lin Shu: "!!!!"
Her scalp was about to explode. "Thief!"
Just as she was about to open her mouth to shout, a rough, hot hand covered her mouth.
"Don't be afraid, it's me."