"I don't know anyone in the village. Wouldn't it be too much of a bother and embarrassing to just walk over like this..."
He just wanted to stall for time and not go anywhere else. He wanted Guan Lian to come down and pick him up. She should have made enough of a scene by now.
Chen Junliang was young and didn't know how to hide his emotions; he was so angry that his hands were shaking.
"You're not familiar with other people and feel bad bothering them, but you have the nerve to bother us? Get lost!"
"You child, I'm your father! How can you talk to me like that? What do you mean by 'disturbing you'? We're family..."
"Comrade, the child just said that you are already divorced. Our dormitory area only allows factory employees and their families to enter. You are not a family member of one of our employees."
Song Qing immediately interrupted him, and after speaking, she looked at the security department next to her, who were taken aback.
"Yes, yes, you're a stranger now and can't go in. If you don't stay in the village, you'll probably freeze to death in this freezing weather."
Chen Wei panicked, "How am I a stranger? I..."
Talking to this kind of person only makes you angrier. He doesn't listen to anything you say and keeps insisting on what he's saying. He's emphasized many times that they're divorced now, but he just keeps insisting that they're still family.
Lu Yang: "This is a top-secret location. Strangers who stay here will be subject to investigation. If you don't leave, you'll have to come with me."
Whenever he puts on a stern face, he becomes cold and very serious, speaking slowly and deliberately, but Chen Wei is afraid and feels that what he says is true.
He peeked inside, carrying his package, but the high wall only allowed him to see the buildings inside. With so many people staring at him, Chen Wei sighed. It seemed he wouldn't see Guan Lian. No problem, see you tomorrow.
"Then I'll trouble you, comrade."
Lu Yang led him towards Yanghe Village first. The others were still standing at the entrance of the textile factory. After they had walked a distance, Song Qing tugged at Chen Junliang's sleeve.
"Xiao Liang, you..."
Chen Junliang finally loosened his fist and lowered his head. He didn't know what to do.
Do you think beating him up will make him leave on his own?
“Let’s go eat first. Lu Yang will take him to the educated youth dormitory tonight and secretly arrange for someone to watch him. If we can persuade him to leave tomorrow, we won’t have to tell your mother.”
Chen Junliang looked up and saw Song Qing's concerned expression. His eyes were slightly warm, and he nodded slowly.
However, her tone became much more serious, "From what you just said, you deliberately kept his address a secret from him. How did he find his way here?"
It would be too annoying if he kept coming over to bother me.
Chen Junliang slowly shook his head. His maternal grandparents would never give him their address. They were very careful. His mother had given him a note, which he never lost and later destroyed.
He had a vague guess in his mind, but he dared not think about it, and he didn't even know how he did it.
"Forget it, there's no point in dwelling on this now. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who's vicious, so we don't need to be afraid of him."
Chen Junliang smiled bitterly to himself, fearing that one day his grandmother would come over.
Song Qing emphasized to the security personnel again, "The factory director instructed that in order to ensure the safety of our factory's production and employees, not everyone entering or leaving must register. If someone is coming to find someone, you must notify that person to come down, and you cannot directly tell them the address and have them go up."
"I know, Manager Song, don't worry."
After a while, they fell far behind Lu Yang and couldn't see his back. An'an obediently held her aunt's hand. On the way, Song Qing didn't ask Chen Junliang about his family's past. They kept talking about the winter hunt.
When we arrived at Aunt Tian's house, it was very lively, with the aroma of various kinds of meat wafting out. In fact, the aroma of meat had been there all the way.
An'an sniffed, "Uncle!"
Liu Jiandong was sent by his mother to singe the wild boar bristles. Jianqiu had already tidied herself up and was back to her previous clean and neat appearance. She walked outside and reached out to look at An'an.
"Uncle, you're back?"
She still didn't believe that the one in the afternoon was her uncle, and that this was the real uncle.
Jianqiu carried her into the house. They hadn't started eating yet, but they skewered several meat skewers on the stove and grilled them over the fire. The skewers were already sizzling. After sprinkling a layer of powder on them, they handed them to her directly.
"Let it cool down before you eat it."
After taking a hot shower and shaving, Uncle Liu was flipping through the meat skewers in his hand. An'an leaned over while eating, her hand resting on his knee.
At the same time, she puffed out her cheeks and blew air onto the meat skewers. After a while, she looked at Uncle Liu and asked, "Grandpa, can I eat now?"
"Blow a few more times."
She obediently blew on it a few more times before slowly opening her mouth and taking a bite. The meat smelled delicious, and her eyes widened in surprise.
Uncle Liu watched her happily grilling the food, then set it aside to cool before handing it to her.
Liu Jiandong, who had been sent out to singe pig bristles, finally returned. Before leaving, he asked his older brother to flip his meat over, but when he came back, he found that most of the meat skewers were empty.
"Where's my meat?"
An'an's mouth was stuffed full as she looked at him curiously. When Liu Jiandong looked over, she blinked a few times and then slowly started chewing again.
Liu Jiandong: "..."
"Then you can cut another plate and grill it, An'an likes to eat it."
He took a few deep breaths, took the rest, and Aunt Tian scolded him from behind, saying that he was so old and still fighting with a child for food.
Song Qing: "Third Aunt, she has already eaten a lot, and those were Jian Dong's skewers."
"Don't mind him. That kid is doing it on purpose. He just wants to take it from An'an. It tastes better when it's snatched."
After handing over the things he brought to Aunt Tian, Chen Junliang sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) in a daze. Aunt Tian said he was too polite, but she accepted them anyway and planned to let him take some dried meat with him when he left.
"Give!"
He wouldn't eat alone like that little girl. Liu Jiandong handed two skewers to Chen Junliang, who took them and held them in his hand.
The oil on the freshly grilled meat skewers was still sizzling, and he couldn't wait for them to cool down. He grimaced and took a bite, only realizing something was wrong as he chewed.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Although the two had only known each other for a short time, they had developed a revolutionary friendship. Liu Jiandong knew that Chen Junliang was just like that, not fond of talking, but his silence now was different from usual.
Chen Junliang shook his head and started eating meat skewers as well.
"By the way, where's my cousin-in-law?"
As they were talking, Lu Yang came in from outside. He took off his coat and patted off the snow. Chen Junliang immediately stood up.
Lu Yang gave him a wink, and only then did he sit down.
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