Chapter 099: A good man in front of others, a bad man behind others
In the island city, the common people pay attention to going out on the 3rd, 6th, and 9th, and returning home on the 25th and 8th.
The numbers refer to the last digits of the lunar calendar date.
Chen Manshu left the compound on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Before leaving, he told Lin Wanxia and Jiang Sinian some bad news.
"I wrote a letter to my family and confessed the matter between Jiang Sinian and me, and also told them that I would stay in Eagle City to do business. Their reply arrived before the New Year, but I didn't tell them for fear of affecting their mood. My family doesn't agree and may come over. I don't know whether it will be the Jiang family or the Chen family."
Jiang Sinian gave the answer: "The Jiang family."
Lin Wanxia was curious: "How do you know? Did you receive the letter too?"
Jiang Sinian nodded, "Yes, also before the New Year. My eldest brother said that my mother was making a lot of trouble and insisted on coming over."
Lin Wanxia smacked his lips and asked, "Are you unhappy with Chen Manshu breaking off the engagement or are you unhappy with you marrying me?"
Jiang Sinian was silent for a while and chose to be honest: "Both."
Lin Wanxia said "tsk".
Jiang Sinian thought Lin Wanxia was unhappy, and said solemnly: "I won't be controlled by my family, and I will try not to let my family embarrass you."
Lin Wanxia noticed the difference between his two sentences, but didn't take it to heart.
As long as she doesn't want to, no one can make her suffer.
Besides, she won't stay in the compound as a housewife around the stove.
"Well, I plan to go back to the fishing village on the eighth day of the first lunar month." Lin Wanxia also stated her decision.
Jiang Sinian frowned subconsciously.
Going home is the right thing to do.
Is Lin Wanxia angry or does she subconsciously still think that the fishing village is her home?
Or both.
But, in the end, he just nodded and said nothing.
At a meeting a while ago, the captain said that they still had to go to the 246 sea area.
It's just a temporary farewell.
But, Jiang Sinian found that he didn't even want to accept a temporary farewell.
He didn't want to be separated from Lin Wanxia for a moment.
"What about me? What about me?" Xingxing raised the chicken leg in his hand and asked himself whether he should go or stay.
Lin Wanxia stretched out a hand to touch his little head, "My suggestion is that you stay in the compound now, and when your father goes out to sea, you follow him to the fishing village.
If I come back then, I will take you with me. If I haven't come back yet, you can live in the fishing village now. Let your grandpa Sun take care of you.
I will find a kindergarten for you when I come back."
The last time they went out to sea, Lin Wanxia knew that he couldn't take his children with him casually.
The sea is ruthless, and it's not just talk.
Xingxing was unhappy: "I want to go to sea with you, not go to school."
Jiang Sinian frowned and wanted to scold him.
Lin Wanxia also wanted to tell him the benefits of going to school.
Chen Manshu took the lead and touched Xingxing's head from the other side, "You really don't want to go to school? Then how about you go into business with me? Isn't it interesting to meet different people and experience different things every day?"
Xingxing shook her head like a wave drum and changed her words: "I think going to school is good."
Children nowadays are not so independent and have many friends when they go out.
Even Xingxing has friends in the compound and has made many new friends in the fishing village.
But following Chen Manshu, she has to spend a lot of time guarding the stall every day, and can't go anywhere except to the toilet.
Years ago, Xingxing followed Lin Wanxia and Chen Manshu to set up a stall once, which was enough.
Chen Manshu felt a little regretful.
At the beginning, she really didn't like Xingxing very much.
However, during this time together, they finally developed feelings.
Besides, Xingxing is a very easy-to-teach child. If he does something wrong, he will correct it after being taught once.
Lin Wanxia was overjoyed and patted Xingxing's head, "Then you missed the chance to hug a rich man. Your Aunt Chen makes a lot of money!"
"I don't want to make money. I want to be a captain when I grow up."
Lin Wanxia was even happier.
***
After the party, they set off a string of firecrackers at the gate of the compound and sent Chen Manshu away.
Lin Wanxia teased Jiang Sinian, "Your fiancée left, why don't you chase her?"
Jiang Sinian glanced at Lin Wanxia with a smile, "Does she need to be punished again?"
Lin Wanxia blushed suddenly, and subconsciously looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, the nearest one was the sentry ten meters away, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Sinian was originally a gentleman, but after they had sex on New Year's Eve, he seemed to have unlocked a new personality. He
has two faces in front of people and behind people.
Behind people refers to when they are alone.
Even on New Year's Eve, he was not so good at kissing and bit her tongue and lips, but after a few days, he had mastered it by himself, and the ways of tormenting her became more and more new.
In this matter, Lin Wanxia was no match for him. She scolded him in a low voice, "Have some shame!" and ran back to the compound.
Jiang Sinian is a good man in front of others, but, in private, he is a complete scumbag.
***
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Lin Wanxia also left the compound amid the sound of firecrackers.
Jiang Sinian followed Lin Wanxia's back for a long time before he sighed and turned back to the compound.
For the first time, he felt that this compound, which always felt like going home, had become a prison.
Lin Wanxia was the opposite. She had just separated from Jiang Sinian. Although she was reluctant to leave, she was more excited.
She was about to drive her own boat to the 246 sea area.
So when she returned to the island city, the first thing Lin Wanxia did was not to go home, but to go straight to Chen Bin's house to see her own boat.
Chen Bin was dragged out of bed.
The Chinese New Year is the most relaxing time for ordinary people.
Chen Bin had a good harvest last year, earning tens of thousands of yuan in a year. Before and after the New Year, he was either at a dinner party or on the way to a dinner party.
Normally, there would be no dinner parties after the fifth day of the Chinese New Year. Yesterday, two captains from the Zhao family's fleet came to him and wanted to join their fleet.
He drank a little too much without realizing it.
Chen Bin came out yawning, and saw Lin Wanxia sitting at their table. He swallowed back his half-started yawn, and then he looked at her and relaxed a little. "Jiang Sinian didn't come?"
"What he lacks is freedom."
Chen Bin just asked casually. He knew the rules and regulations of the army better than anyone else, so he didn't waste any words. "Wait for me to put on my coat, and let's go to the dock."
***
Lin Wanxia stood on the dock and looked at the endless sea, and took a deep breath.
This is a fisherman's dock, and it smells strong and not very pleasant.
But Lin Wanxia felt that she was refreshed.
She felt that she might have been a fish all her life, and she couldn't live without the sea.
Just like this month, life in the compound is not bad and busy, but I still can't find a sense of belonging.
Standing by the sea, my heart calmed down.
Chen Bin kept his word and kept the boat he sold to Lin Wanxia in good order.
"The engine has been overhauled... This part was a little worn out before, so I replaced it with a new one for you... The whole boat is newly painted..."
Chen Bin introduced the various functional areas on the boat to Lin Wanxia and mentioned his own modifications to the boat.
Lin Wanxia was very satisfied.
The previous small boat was full of people sleeping, and she had to clean up a place.
But this boat is big, so Chen Bin separated out a bedroom.
"By the way, are you planning to go out to sea with my fleet or with the Zhao family's fleet?" Chen Bin asked.