Chapter 39 Torture

Li Dongmei nodded woodenly, looking at the footprints on her eldest son's face, wondering what she was doing.

Xia Zhizhi seemed to have lost her memory, and she pulled up the other members of the Xia family in a natural manner.

While pulling, he said, "Oh, Dad, why are you all sitting on the ground? Even though it's summer, the ground is cool. Be careful not to get wet. Get up quickly!"

Then he said to Xia Lanlan and Xia Fangfang, "I'm hungry. You guys go and cook. Don't make it too complicated. Fry two eggs for me and make them a little burnt. I like them burnt."

The two sisters went to work quickly.

She just turned her eyes to Xia Ruhai and Xia Jianguo. The father and son, one moving a table and the other picking up a bench, pretended to be very busy and did not look at her.

Forget it. I originally wanted to say a few words to them.

Xia Zhizhi returned to the house, waited until dinner time, came out to eat, and then went back to the house.

Li Dongmei wanted to pull her aside and say something, but her lips moved, as if she was hesitant to speak, and in the end, she couldn't utter a word.

Li Dongmei prepared herself mentally for the whole night, and was ready to talk to her the next morning, but she put down her bowl, wiped her mouth, and ran away: "Mom, if you have anything to say, come back and tell me in the evening. I'm going to school to get my diploma!"

What could Li Dongmei do? She was also very desperate!

After getting her diploma, Xia Zhizhi went to Li Ling's house to play with her for a while. The two sisters talked for a long time and ate the green dumplings that Li Ling had left for her.

It is soft and sticky, with a special fragrance. The red bean paste inside is sweet and delicious.

After finishing her meal, it was almost noon, and thinking that there was a big show waiting for her at home, she didn't stay long.

After lunch, Li Dongmei was afraid that she would run away, so she held her hand and said, "Zhizhi, you haven't been home these few days. I don't know what happened at home. Xia Lanlan has signed up your eldest brother to go to the countryside!"

"The area of ​​support is still in the northwest. What kind of place is that? I heard people say there's not even enough water to drink and you have to walk dozens of miles to fetch water. How could your brother go to a place like that and suffer?" Li Dongmei almost cried when she said this.

Xia Zhizhi looked shocked: "Ah? Really? I don't believe it!"

Li Dongmei's tears rolled down her cheeks: "It's absolutely true! How could my mother joke about such a thing?"

She tried her best not to laugh out loud: "What should I do? I heard that I have to go after I register, unless..."

Li Dongmei stopped crying immediately: "Unless what?"

"I just heard it, and I don't know if it counts. You see, people who have jobs don't want to go to the countryside. So you tell me, if you find a job for my brother, I can talk him into it later..." Xia Zhizhi didn't finish her words.

Li Dongmei held her hand tightly and said, "Yes, when you get married, ask Lu Weiguang to arrange a job for Jianguo. As for the street office that requires you to go after registering, ask Weiguang to help change your name to Lanlan's!"

"But life in the Northwest is so hard. Lanlan is just a little girl. Can she handle it?" Xia Zhizhi said hypocritically.

"It has to be done no matter how difficult it is. It's all because of this unlucky star!" Li Dongmei got angry when she talked about this. The family was living a good life. She didn't know what was wrong with her, secretly signing up her eldest brother to go to the countryside to support the Northwest.

"Mom, this is not good..."

Li Dongmei patted her hands and said, "When the time comes, just ask Weiguang to find a good job for Jianguo. Don't worry about other things."

Xia Lanlan was eavesdropping in her room, her face turning pale when she heard this.

Does she have to go to the countryside after all these twists and turns? If she had known this, she would have just signed up for herself and chosen a good place.

In the past two days, Xia Ruhai and Li Dongmei started to arrange a marriage for Xia Zhizhi, but she was not happy and insisted on waiting until after her birthday. When they mentioned her, she went crazy at home, and the other people in the Xia family were hurt. Moreover, Lu Weiguang actually agreed to her request.

If it were any other day, she would be allowed to go, but after her birthday, Xia Jianguo had already gone to the countryside to plow several acres of land, so this was definitely not possible.

She won't listen to soft attacks, and she can't be defeated by hard attacks.

Xia Ruhai and his wife were so worried that their hair were turning white.

At night, the two hid under the quilt to discuss the matter.

"Old Xia, I think we should use the method you mentioned before."

Xia Ruhai was silent for a while: "I don't know how Xia Zhizhi has grown so strong recently. I'm afraid Lu Weiguang can't control her. Then..."

"They are bureau chiefs, so they must have some skills. How can they be the same as us ordinary people?"

Li Dongmei didn't care: "Besides, if it really happens, we can just open the door and go in. Then it will be considered that Lu Weiguang was not fair. If we make some small requests, he will definitely agree to it happily!"

"Okay, I'll borrow your bike tomorrow morning and go back home. You can prepare some delicious dishes for lunch. I have a wine ticket at home, so go buy a bottle of good wine, and then..."

"Okay, don't worry, just go and come back soon."

The two whispered for a while, then their voices gradually faded and they both fell asleep.

Xia Zhizhi was sorting out the photos, and then she selected a few that she thought were good, put them into an envelope along with the written article, and would deliver them tomorrow.

She wrote three articles, recording the daily life of train platform staff, the daily life of train conductors, and the daily life of train attendants.

It introduces the hard work and responsibilities they shoulder, interspersed with some interesting stories of their willingness to help others, and then sings praises of the prosperity and beauty of the motherland.

The more I write, the better I get. I'm thinking about writing an article for each of the 360 ​​lines in the future.

After Xia Ruhai and his wife finished whispering, she also felt sleepy and fell asleep yawning.

The next morning, Xia Ruhai and his wife went out. One borrowed a bicycle to go to the countryside, and the other bought a chicken, a pound of meat, and a pound of thin fish.

When she woke up, Xia Lanlan and Xia Fangfang were helping to kill chickens and fish.

He ate the warm eggs in the pot, and then prepared to go out to mail a letter. Just as he was about to go downstairs, he came back and said to Xia Lanlan, "Come with me. If I need to buy something, you can help me get it."

Li Dongmei nudged Xia Lanlan with her arm and said, "Your sister is calling you, why are you standing there? Hurry up and wash your hands and go with us."

Then he said to Xia Zhizhi affectionately, "Come back early at noon, and I'll chop you a big chicken leg."

She nodded, then raised her chin towards Xia Lanlan and said, "Let's go."

I went to the post office to mail the letter first, and I was not in a hurry to go back. I bought two pieces of white sugar cake and a bottle of soda, and let Xia Lanlan take them. With a generous expression on his face, he said, "Eat them. When you go to the countryside, it will be difficult to eat these. I heard that people there don't seem to eat rice, and they only have three meals of coarse grains a day. I don't think you will have an easy life."