Family of Seventy Raises Snail Girl [Wearing Book] MTL

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Chapter 11

    "Brother sister, you are a bit uncomfortable. After all, my mother is our mother. It has been really hard to manage the Lin family for so many years, and you usually don't work to earn work points. Instead, our mother has to go to the brigade to work every day. Let me say, Since the mother has been keeping this money for you, you should be honoring your mother."

    Wang Caifeng heard Cheng Guilan's words, her eyes suddenly became alive, and she gave Cheng Guilan a satisfied glance, and looked at Qiao Man with a smile on her face. Full.

    scare! There is also a person who can't speak while standing. Qiao Manman curled his lips and said, "Okay, the sister-in-law is still filial and more thoughtful than I am. Since the sister-in-law is so filial, why don't you give me a share of the money? If you don’t come out, it also seems that your sister-in-law is too insincere! In the future, others will not sound good. "

    Since you dug a hole for me, how can I not dig a deeper hole for you!" Qiao Man smiled and looked at Cheng Guilan, whose face became stiff in an instant, and thought to himself, look at this deep pit, dare you dare to jump down!

    These words of Qiao Manman attracted Lin Zhongnan's eyes, his deep eyes filled with waves, the corners of his mouth picked up a few points on the ground, and he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

    Qiao Manman didn't notice Lin Zhongnan's expression, she counted the money on the stub to Cheng Guilan in front of Cheng Guilan.

    "Sister-in-law, there are ten yuan on each of these sheets. Ten sheets total one hundred yuan. I will give this one hundred yuan to my mother today! But my one hundred yuan should be included in the previous one thousand and two hundred yuan. In the middle, one hundred yuan is divided into four parts, each is twenty-five yuan, so you, your third brother, and I should each pay back twenty-five yuan to your mother, so that my one hundred yuan is truly right. I'm paying tribute to my mother! By the way, if you want to honor your mother for one hundred yuan, you should pay one hundred and twenty-five yuan!"

    Qiaoman was full of articulate words, and calculated the account clearly, but he didn't even go to elementary school. The finished Cheng Guilan was completely stunned by this series of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

    She only understood that Qiao Manman only needed twenty-five yuan, but she had to spend one hundred and twenty-five yuan. Then there are only one hundred and seventy-five left in their big room! Three hundred yuan was about to lose nearly half of it in an instant. Cheng Guilan felt that the sky was about to fall and his face was already pickled, so he couldn't help but looked at her man Lin Zhongbei for help.

    Lin Zhongbei is a person who doesn't show up in everything. He usually makes troubles with his wife and never expresses support or opposition. Seeing that his wife can't take the scene at this time, he couldn't help but glared at her and cursed: something that has not succeeded in success, and has more than failed!

    He looked at his mother's face and rubbed his hands and said, "Mother, you see that we will still live together in the future. The son and daughter-in-law will respect you physically. Isn't it more practical than money?"

    Wang Caifeng was obviously upset when she heard this. Look, this is the son and daughter-in-law who usually talks about filial piety. When the truth is reached, they shrink back, for fear of losing a bit!

    Old man Lin is the most concerned about face and knows how to judge the situation. When the house was separated, although he had been smoking dry cigarettes by the side just now, he only expressed his opinions in key places. The rest was presided over by Lin Dawang and Captain Chen, and did not speak.

    But his eyes kept observing everyone present. Seeing Qiao Manman retreating, Cheng Guilan fell into the pit like a fool, and the elder son’s selfish face was so ugly, Old Man Lin sighed and let

    it go. There are not only his own family members in the house, but the village party secretary and the captain are all there. If the trouble continues, one of the family will have no face, and he will feel lowered when he walks in the village in the future.

    Old man Lin knocked on the table with a cigarette stick, "Stop talking about it, the second wife's money must be returned to the second child, no one is allowed to have another business!"

    Cheng Guilan , who was in trouble, couldn't help but shrink her neck. He said, but once he said something, even Wang Caifeng, who was jumping harder, had to listen.

    "Old woman, eldest, and third, you'll count out twenty-five yuan each and return it to the second wife!"

    Lin Zhongxi was one year younger than Qiao, and it was the time when a half-sized boy was annoying. Originally, as a sensible male in the family, he should also participate in the big event of family separation, but he was impatient to listen to a group of people. He only knew that his parents would not treat him badly, so he always Next to him, he flipped through the bag brought back by his second brother Lin Zhongnan, but when he heard this, he suddenly jumped up, "Huh? I also want to pay?"

    Wang Caifeng loved this little son the most, and said quickly, "Your share. I'll give it to you, and keep all of yours for you to use to marry your own wife."

    Lin Zhongxi stopped now. He felt that his sister-in-law and sister-in-law were really annoying, and it was up to him to settle the accounts.

    Cheng Guilan and Wang Caifeng endured the pain and counted the money separately, unwilling to put it in front of Qiao Manman.

    Wang Caifeng is the most painful, she still has to pay a share of money for her youngest son Lin Zhongxi. Fifty yuan, it just slipped out of my hand.

    Qiao Manman received the money he received, counted twenty-five yuan and handed it to Wang Caifeng. He said crisply: "Mother, I don't want this copy of you. You keep buying something you like, but I have to take this for the eldest brother and the third brother, otherwise others will talk about it, and it will hinder the reputation of the eldest brother and the third brother." As

    soon as this action was made, Lin Dawang and Captain Chen couldn't help but exclaim!

    Lin Dawang smiled and said to Wang Caifeng: "Why haven't I found out before that your daughter-in-law is really open and bright."

    Captain Chen quietly sighed to Lin Zhongnan: "You are a daughter-in-law!"

    Lin Zhongnan answered. , Eyes drooping slightly, hiding the thoughtful light in the eyes.

    Wang Caifeng seemed to have never expected that Qiao Manman would take the initiative to give her money, and she was a little dazed when she watched Qiao Manman handing over the money. In her narrow and limited insight, she has never seen anyone so stupid who can actively push out the money she has already obtained. Inexplicably, she felt that this daughter-in-law seemed to be a little bit stronger than the eldest daughter-in-law.

    Cheng Guilan's expression was completely difficult to look at. After all this tossing, not only did she fail to please her mother, but she became full of Qiao Manman's reputation. In the end, she lost twenty-five yuan. If no one is around now, she will definitely slap her own mouth, make her mouth cheap, and can't control her tongue!

    Qiao Manman glanced at the expression on Cheng Guilan's face and smiled secretly. In the future, if her sister-in-law can be honest, she will not embarrass her, and if she still has something to do with it, then she will have to make her money and avoid disaster.

    Seeing that there was no more controversy, Lin Dawang opened the inkpad that he had just taken from his home and asked the Lin family to press their fingerprints one by one.

    "Uncle Dawang, after the separation of the family, can the accounts be divided?" Qiao Manman asked, she didn't want to happen again like Wang Caifeng took the account book and took her money privately.

    "Yes, after I take this family separation agreement to the township government notarized, you can apply for a new hukou." Lin Dawang nodded, thinking that their houses had not yet been settled, and could not help but exhorted: "It just happens to be right now. For meals, why don’t you go to the educated youth spot after lunch and decide where to live and tell me.”

    The son who was away from home came back, and he happened to be back at the split stall. Wang Caifeng is If you don't want to, you have to make this meal.

    With Lin Zhongnan's light, Qiao Manman finally had his first bite of rice since Chuanshu.

    Then... almost vomited.

    What are these things!

    The blackened dried vegetables are mixed with rice noodles and steamed in a pot to form dumplings. The taste is rough and the throat is a little bit difficult to swallow.

    A pot of bran porridge with clear broth and water, a dish of pickled vegetables that can kill people, only a portion of dried radish fried with bacon and a little bit of oily water.

    This is Wang Caifeng's last meal for her second son before the family is completely separated.

    Qiao Manman could not eat after only a few bites. Lin Zhongnan is probably already used to this kind of food, whether it is good or bad, and it is finished like a raging cloud. When the couple put down their chopsticks, the others only ate half of it.

    Seeing that Qiao Manman stopped eating, Lin Zhongnan stood up and said to Old Man Lin, "Father, eat slowly, let's go to the house first." After finishing speaking, he signaled Qiao Manman to follow.

    The educated youth spot is about two miles away from the old Lin family house, and it takes about ten minutes to walk past it at a normal speed.

    Lin Zhongnan has long legs and big steps, and soon he is far away from Qiao Manman. After Qiao Manman speeded up, she found that she couldn't keep up at all, so she didn't rush to catch up. She walked forward at her own frequency.

    When he walked to the turning point, he saw Lin Zhongnan leaning against the wall waiting for her, and he was overjoyed. This person finally found out that she was missing.

    Lin Zhongnan cleared his throat, "Let's go together, there is a field ahead, it's a bit difficult to walk."

    man's voice was as deep and thick as a cello, and it made Joe Man's ears and tympanic membranes itchy.

    She nodded and came to Lin Zhongnan's side. This time she saw that Lin Zhongnan should have slowed down deliberately to accommodate her speed.

    The two walked side by side, silently walking for ten meters on the path next to the ridge. Lin Zhongnan suddenly turned to look at Qiao Manman, "Why did you think of a separation?"

    Qiao Manman looked back, Lin Zhongnan was very tall. Gao, she only reaches his shoulders, she needs to lift her neck to see the expression on the man's face.

    At this time, the man could not see anything on his face, as indifferently like playing cards.

    Qiao Manman couldn't figure out what he meant, and opened his eyes wide and asked, "Isn't it good to split up? You don't want to split up?" The

    man actually laughed softly, "It's good to split up, just think you can move It should not be easy for parents to divide the family.”

    Qiao Man paused, with an indistinct smile from the corner of his mouth, “When I mentioned the division of the family today, many neighbors were watching. Tomorrow, you will know from others why I split up."

    Lin Zhongnan raised his eyebrows . Why is this unwilling to tell him?

    Qiao Manman didn't want to continue this topic. She looked at the man's meticulous military uniform and asked, "Are you really going to change jobs?"

    At this moment, some people ran over from another ridge, panting, and across an empty ridge, shouted, "Second Brother Lin!"

Chapter 12

    Qiao Manman took a look, hehe, who is she, it turned out to be Meiyu.

    Mei Yu wore a light yellow jacket. The jacket should have been improved to outline Mei Yu's slender figure. It was completely different from the wide overcoat worn by women in the 60s and 70s.

    The clothes are still new. In the poor years when it is not easy to change into new clothes, it is obvious that Meiyu specially changed it to see Lin Zhongnan.

    Qiao Manman watched with interest as Meiyu walked cautiously across the bumpy fields and walked to Lin Zhongnan.

    "Second Brother Lin, when did you come back?" Mei Yu raised her head and asked with a gentle smile.

    Maybe she was walking a little bit hurriedly. Mei Yu's face was flushed, with delicate and clear eyes, she blinked and looked at Lin Zhongnan, as if he was the only person in her world.

    Seeing Meiyu look like this, Qiao Manman thought of a famous folk song "There is a girl in the village called Xiaofang". Both Xiaofang and Meiyu have big beautiful eyes, and their braids are thick and long. They just don’t know about Meiyu. Will it be unforgettable for some people like Xiaofang?

    Lin Zhongnan didn't seem to recognize who the person in front of him was, and his expression was a little confused.

    With a pair of pure eyes open, Mei Yu has been looking at Lin Zhongnan with a full smile, with a generous and lively expression, without the slightest twitching and small-heartedness of a rural girl.

    I didn't want to laugh for a long time, but didn't get the expected response.

    Standing on the side, Qiao Manman felt embarrassed for Mei Yu. Seeing Lin Zhongnan turned his head to look at her, he was slightly stunned before he understood what Lin Zhongnan meant. He was asking her to give a hint.

    Mei Yu seemed to see Qiao Manman only then, and smiled politely at Qiao Manman, as if she had no more rumors about Qiao Manman.

    Qiao Manman cleared his throat, and tried to remind Lin Zhongnan in a tactful tone, "This is Meiyu, and her father is the deputy captain of the production team."

    Meiyu's complexion became stiff, and he couldn't believe it, Lin Zhongnan didn't even remember her anymore.

    But she soon adjusted her mindset. She was six years old between Lin Zhongnan and Lin Zhongnan. Lin Zhongnan left home to serve as a soldier. He hadn't returned for many years. The last time he came back was when he married Qiao Manman. The Lin family chose someone else as their daughter-in-law. They were angry for a while and ordered the whole family not to eat Lin Zhongnan's wedding wine, and she did not see Lin Zhongnan's noodles either. I remember that when Lin Zhongnan was away from home, she was still young, the so-called female big eighteen change, Lin Zhongnan could not recognize her, and it was normal for her to be unfamiliar with her.

    Lin Zhongnan heard Qiao Manman’s prompt and turned his eyes on the smiling girl in front of him again, nodding, "Comrade Mei

    Yu , what's the matter with you?" Lin Zhongnan's straight male question made Mei Yu feel completely. She doesn't get beautiful anymore, she doesn't want such an opening!

    She thought that after Lin Zhongnan heard her name, he would remember the memory of the past. At that time, Lin Zhongnan often took the children from the village to chop wood and pick wild vegetables in the mountains. She was the youngest and everyone was willing to coax her, while Lin Zhongnan would often pick some delicious wild fruits and give them to her sometimes. Only for her, none of the other girls.

    Mei Yu thought earlier that from this point alone, she felt that Lin Zhongnan should be special to her, but she never expected that Lin Zhongnan would talk to her indifferently and alienately like a stranger.     Qiao Manman looked at the two of them next to him, in a delicate mood. You know, Lin Zhongnan is the white moonlight of Meiyu's life, and now that Bai Yueguang treats her without saying a word, she should not feel well in her heart.     Sure enough, Mei Yu twitched his lips stiffly, "Second Brother Lin, you forget, the educated youth spot was established by my father's supervisor. He asked me to tell you that the yard near the east uses the best materials and the most Strong, if you want to live, live there."     A warm color appeared on the southern face of the forest, "Uncle Mei bothered."     Mei Yu saw that Lin Zhongnan had faded a little from the seriousness and indifference before, and his pretty face unconsciously relaxed.     "Comrade Mei Yu, why are you behind us and where are you going to take it?" Lin Zhongnan and Qiao Manman walked a few steps, and found that Mei Yu was following at the same pace, and couldn't help asking.

    Mei Yu observed Lin Zhongnan’s face, and asked a little wittyly: "Second Brother Lin, can I also follow you to have a look? I can also help as a reference."

    Lin Zhongnan turned to look at Qiao Manman, Qiao Manman . Full of giving him an indifferent look, Lin Zhongnan said, "You don't want to be boring."

    Mei

    Yu immediately beamed his eyebrows. Mei Yu did not stop his mouth all the way, like a girl who knows nothing about the world, pulling Lin Zhongnan to ask. Asking the west, even if Lin Zhongnan just hummed for a few moments, it didn't diminish her interest.

    Qiao Manman walked aside, watching Meiyu singing a one-man show all the way, feeling a bit refreshed. Haha, Bai Yueguang is not easy to follow, especially Bai Yueguang, who has a strong moral concept and is married.

    Probably because Mei Yu's expression was too excited, and there were a lot of words, Lin Zhongnan even started to talk as he listened.

    "Comrade Mei Yu, you should be around 20 this year."

    "Second Brother Lin, do you remember my age?" Mei Yu's eyes lit up.

    "Just guessing, I don't know your exact age." Lin Zhongnan asked with a little embarrassment, "You are so happy because you can go to the educated youth spot to visit the educated youth of He, right?"

    Mei Yu smiled. Frozen, "Why, what kind of educated youth, I

    went to accompany you to see the house?" Lin Zhongnan didn't take it seriously. He didn't refute, but said in a persuasive tone: "When I went back to the village today, I met your father and listened to your father talking about you and He Zhiqing. Your father is not optimistic about him. You should listen to your father."

    Mei Yu is so angry, who wants to tell you about He Zhiqing!

    Lin Zhongnan went on to say: "The policy may change soon. By then, these educated youths who are stranded in the countryside will probably return to the city collectively. If you really marry He Zhiqing, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

    Qiao Manman She almost laughed when she saw it. She bit her lip and held it back, so she turned her head away. Today she saw with her own eyes what it means to show the blind to the blind. Lin Zhongnan is probably a wood knot with incomprehensible style, and Mei Yu's intentions are in vain.

    Lin Zhongnan was a scout. He looked six ways and listened to all directions. Qiao Manman's small movements naturally did not escape his eyes. He stared at her warningly, probably to make her more serious.

    Qiao Manman curled his lips in disapproval. She was not his soldier, so who would she show her to.

    Mei Yu has lost her initial interest, and of course she knows the consequences of marrying He Zhiyuan. The tragedy of her marriage in her last life was caused by the wave of the era when the educated youth returned to the city.

    Almost when she first married He Zhiyuan, this wave swept across the country. He Zhiyuan received a telegram from his family's elders asking him to return to the city for the college entrance examination, and left regardless of their wedding.

    He Zhiyuan never came back after he left. She also wanted to go to the city to find He Zhiyuan, but she didn't know where He Zhiyuan's home was. She had to wait in the village. Later, when her parents forced her to remarry, she didn't want to, and she thought of committing suicide.

    It was also a winter day. She quietly left the house and plunged into the ice hole in the pool next to the village, hoping to end this tragic life. Brother Lin, who didn't want to be returned to the village to visit relatives, was discovered and rescued. The second brother Lin, who has become a high-ranking officer, told her that life is precious and should not be treated rashly, and he went to persuade her parents not to force her anymore. Since then, the second brother Lin has quietly walked into her heart, but it is a pity that the second brother Lin has already married, she can only look at it from a distance and dare not approach.

    Fortunately, God pity her, let her be reborn before the tragedy has yet to happen, and when the second brother Lin and Qiao Manman have yet to prove the evidence, she must hold the second brother Lin such a good man in this life!

    Mei Yu calmed down again and said to Lin Zhongnan, "Second Brother Lin, besides, the educated youth you mentioned does not live in the educated youth spot. He disliked the educated youth spot and the conditions were not good, so he moved into the house of Uncle Li in our village early. It's the father of the production team leader." After

    thinking about it, he emphasized: "A man who can't even endure that bit of hardship, how can I marry him! Brother Lin, don't listen to my father's nonsense.

    " Hmm." Lin Zhongnan probably watched Meiyu listen to persuasion, and stopped spending any more words, and returned to the state of cherishing words like gold.

    Mei Yu followed Lin Zhongnan and Qiao Manman and walked in silence for a while. Not far away is the educated youth spot. As the new year is approaching, the educated youth with better economic conditions have taken the train back to the city for the New Year. Now the educated youth spot is deserted, almost No one haunts.

    Mei Yu remembered the most important purpose of looking for Lin Zhongnan today, and couldn't help but glance at Lin Zhongnan's face, pondered for a while, and asked: "

    Second Brother Lin, I heard that you want to change jobs?" Lin Zhongnan raised his eyebrows and looked towards him. Rainy season. It's really strange, why did one or two of them ask about his change of career today?

    Qiao Manman also looked at Meiyu after hearing the words, curious why she cared about it.

    "Comrade Mei Yu, what do you want to say?" Lin Zhongnan asked strangely.

    Mei Yu was originally walking side by side with Lin Zhongnan and Qiao Manman, but now he ran to Lin Zhongnan a few steps, with a sincere and eager expression, "Second Brother Lin, you don’t want to change jobs. You are a scarce talent. The country needs you, and you will do it in the future. Will do a great job in the army, trust me!” Lin Zhongnan probably didn’t expect to hear Mei Yu’s high praise, and unnaturally pressed his fist against his lips, “Comrade Mei Yu, you’re a bit exaggerated, and I’m turning Unprofessional seems to have nothing to do with you. Besides, there are so many talents in the army, and there is no shortage of me."

    "It's not like that!" Mei Yu was probably too impatient, and turned around and shouted at Qiao Man, "Second Brother Lin. It's your husband, so you can persuade the second brother Lin!"

Chapter 13

    Qiao Manman stood aside with cold eyes, his eyes turned between Lin Zhongnan and Meiyu, and there was no sound for a while.

    However, Qiao Man was surprised to raise his eyebrows slightly in response to Mei Yu's request for her to be a lobbyist. What does Meiyu want to do? Why is there such a big reaction to Lin Zhongnan's change of job?

    "Second Brother Lin, you must think carefully about changing jobs, don't be hasty!" Seeing that Qiao Manman couldn't tell why, Mei Yu stomped her angrily, then turned to persuade Lin to start. Central South.

    Qiao Manman didn’t hesitate to say at this time: "It’s about whether to change jobs or not, I believe your brother Lin has a scale in his heart. Could it be said that if you leave the army, you can’t make achievements in other fields? Even those who have the ability. You can plant a champion when you go home and farm. Besides, the world is so big, you can’t let your brother Lin go out and let the wind go? Why don’t you stay in the army.”

    This paragraph is half serious and half mocking. As soon as she said it, Mei Yu's beautiful eyes almost became distorted.

    Lin Zhongnan couldn't help but smile. He turned his head slightly and looked at the fat girl next to him. He was a little surprised. He never knew how this wife he had never gotten with could tell. The reason is so simple and free and easy to say.

    "Qiao Manman, what are you talking about! How can Brother Lin come back to farm? Do you know that he is already a company commander!" Mei Yu said with anger.

    Qiao Manman was still tepid, smiling casually, and slowly said: "I'm just an analogy, what are you anxious about. Besides, is the company commander very powerful? How did you become a company commander? People can go to heaven!"

    Still laughing! Mei Yu was so angry that it started to smoke.

    "You, you are too ignorant! You will harm the future of Brother Lin!" Mei Yu pointed to Qiao Manman with a distressed look.

    "Oh? I don't know, I'm ignorant or you are narrow-minded. But what -" Qiao Manman stared at Mei Yu, "You care about your second brother Lin's future. His parents are not so worried about you. "

    Mei Yu's pupils shrank when she heard this, and she was shocked. She felt that Qiao Manman's faint sight seemed to penetrate her body and directly see her inner thoughts. Mei Yu panicked, did Qiao Man fully guess something?

    Following the development trajectory of his previous life, Lin Zhongnan will always be promoted. In her previous life, after being abandoned by He Zhiyuan, she had an urgent desire to become a master. In this life, she wants Lin Zhongnan, and wants Lin Zhongnan to develop well in the military, so that she can completely draw a line from the fate of her previous life!

    "Well, Comrade Mei Yu, it's my own business to change or not to change jobs, so you don't need to say any more." Lin Zhongnan said sternly, "There is a saying, your sister-in-law is right, and capable people can do it in any field. Get ahead."

    "But..." But that's different! How can senior officers in the military be comparable?

    Mei Yu didn't finish what she wanted to say, Lin Zhongnan had already bypassed her, and walked forward side by side with Qiao Manman.

    Mei Yu stomped his feet in frustration and hurried to follow.

    The Qingshui River near the village head of the educated youth spot, looking at it, there is a very large yard in front of the courtyard with the three red characters "Youth Spot" hanging on the gate. This is about the place where the educated youth meet, study, eat a big pot of food, and work collectively. .

    All kinds of red slogans are painted in the courtyard and door panels of the courtyard of the Youth Point, which seem to have a unique atmosphere of this era.

    The irregular houses and courtyards behind the compound should be the places where educated youths usually rest, or call them their "homes" here. What Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan have to do now is to pick a house where they will live in the future.

    Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan, seeing the east from the west, unknowingly walked to the easternmost courtyard.

    "Second Brother Lin, this is what my father said is a better yard." Mei Yu said, "Now there is an unoccupied one. If you want to live, please live here."

    Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan crossed the yard. When the door walked in, there were three separate rooms. They walked into the empty room and took a look. It was very spacious and well-lit.

    Mei Yu smiled and said: "How about it, my father is right, isn't it good here?"

    Lin Zhongnan turned around and asked Qiao Manman, "What do you think?"

    Qiao Man is full of people from later generations, and naturally has his own requirements for the living environment.

    The rooms in this courtyard are indeed good compared to other places, but they do not meet her wishes. Now that the family has been separated, she does not want to share the kitchen, toilet, etc. with other people. Moreover, she looked around and found that only this yard nearby had a well, which meant that many educated youth would come to the yard to fetch water, and it was really inconvenient for people to come in and out.

    She still likes to live alone, the kind of house where no one will be disturbed when the courtyard door is closed.

    Qiao Manman said to Lin Zhongnan, "It's good here, but I think the small yard in the northwest corner may be more suitable."

    Lin Zhongnan has only looked at it inside and out. The house is really well built, and the materials used are It is indeed willing. There is only one point. There are still several educated youths living in this yard. These educated youths have at least attended high school before they go to the countryside. In the future, Qiao Manman may be looked down upon by these educated youths who live here. Qiao Manman is a bad temper again. He is worried that Qiao Manman will conflict with people every day. Although the house in the small yard she mentioned was a bit broken, it was still quiet. I took the time to clean up for her, and it was not impossible to live in.

    Thinking of this, Lin Zhongnan nodded, "Okay, then settle in that small yard, and when I have time, I will build the house on the homestead."

    Mei Yu was dissatisfied, she had already told them, It's better here. The houses here are guaranteed not to leak wind or rain. Her father said that the houses in this courtyard belonged to the first batch of houses built. There was no planning at that time. Many good materials were almost used in this batch of houses. When the house was built later, it was found that the materials were not enough. , I can only go as small as possible, and many materials are also made of substitute materials. Only Dad and a few people know these internal information. Dad told them in secret, they actually didn't appreciate it!

    "Comrade Mei Yu, we have finished looking at the house, so you should go back first. We are going to go to that house to make a good deal of rectification." Lin Zhongnan couldn't help but see that Mei Yu was still following them.

    Mei Yu originally came here with joy and shyness. She deliberately dressed herself, changed the new clothes that she would wear only during the New Year, and brought useful news to them, but she was ignored in this way.

    She felt lost and frustrated in her heart, but she did not forget to emphasize again with Lin Zhongnan not to change careers, and then she went back reluctantly.

    Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan went to the previous small yard together.

    "You really have no opinion on my change of career?" Walking on the road, Lin Zhongnan could not help asking when thinking of Qiao Manman's and Mei Yu's different views.

    "It doesn't matter if I have any comments. Haven't you already submitted a transfer application anyway?"

    Is this angry that he didn't discuss with her in advance, or is it really indifferent? Lin Zhongnan looked at Qiao Manman, guessing in his heart.

    "Before, what were you talking about?"

    "Which ones?"

    "The world is so big, you let me go out and go around."

    "Of course, this world is not only wonderful for the green barracks. How do you know if you don't try it." But why would you think of changing jobs?" Qiao Man asked strangely.

    Lin Zhongnan was silent and didn't say a word, but Qiao Manman didn't have to know the reason. She remembered one thing, turned her head and said, "Do you know why your mother agreed to split the family in the end?"

    "Why?"

    "Because You are about to change jobs."

    Lin Zhongnan's face turned pale, Qiao Manman saw that his heart was dull, and he couldn't help but regret starting the conversation.

    I was about to say something else to change the subject, so I just listened to Lin Zhongnan: "I know that you have had a hard time with your parents this year, and you have been wronged. From now on, let's live our lives behind closed doors."

    Qiao Man was surprised. Does this man really dislike her? Still want to live with her?

    Soon, they came back to the small courtyard.

    This small courtyard has two houses, which are not independent of each other. The general layout is that as soon as you enter the door, there is a spacious kitchen. The kitchen has a door on the left and the right, and behind the door are two rooms, one east and one west. There is a stove on the east and west sides of the kitchen, and the stove is connected to the fire kang of the east and west rooms, which can not only cook but also heat.

    The room on the east side is slightly larger and the room on the west side is slightly smaller, but overall it is not spacious.

    The biggest advantage is that there is also a well in this courtyard. I don't know if it was there before, or the people living in this courtyard dug it by themselves. Anyway, it was just convenient for her.

    Qiao Manman is very satisfied. The house is really broken, and it may still leak, but it is not impossible for her to clean up.

    After all, Lin Zhongnan was the one who came out of the army. He started to work as soon as he walked in. After Qiao

    Manman had inspected the two houses and had roughly worked out the renovation plan in his mind, he went out to see that Lin Zhongnan had already cleaned the yard. The original messy firewood, debris, etc. were neatly placed in one corner. That well may not have been used for a long time. Weeds grew around it, and withered leaves were swaying in the winter wind. Now Lin Zhongnan has all been cleaned up.

    The small yard that was originally dilapidated, after so tidying up, can barely be seen.

    When Lin Zhongnan saw Qiao Manman coming out, he said casually: "I think there is still some firewood in this courtyard, or I should burn the kang first."

    Qiao Manman asked in surprise: "Is it going to be moved here at night?     Stay in the old house for another night."

    "Since we have separated, we should move out as soon as possible."

Lin Zhongnan's face was faint, and Qiao Man thought, this is probably because of his parents ' behavior.

    "Also." Qiao Man answered. According to Wang Caifeng's face, it is estimated that they want to live in the old house for one night, and Wang Caifeng can show her all night.

    "I don't know if the water in this well is clean. Wait a while, and I will borrow a wooden bucket that can

    fetch water from other educated youths." Lin Zhongnan is not idle, and there is life everywhere in his eyes, Qiao Man Because of this, my mood is slightly elevated.

    There is a small water tank in the kitchen, half the size of the usual water tank. It should have been allocated by the commune and the production brigade when the educated youth point, but now they are cheaper.

    Taking advantage of Lin Zhongnan's effort to borrow the bucket, Qiao Manman cleaned out the fine debris in the water tank, and after a while, he could wash it directly after the water came up.

    Qiao Man was standing in the yard, looking around, and felt a sense of belonging to the yard.

    In the book, Lin Zhongnan has not changed careers from the beginning to the end. It is estimated that his idea of ​​changing jobs this time will not become a reality. In the future, it is very likely that she will live here alone, so she must repair it. Fan.

    At this time, Lin Zhongnan walked back with a wooden barrel.

    He held the rope and put the barrel down the well a little bit. When he felt that the barrel was already floating on the water, he lifted the rope in his hand slightly, and then shook it slightly towards the side of the well wall, hearing only a low puff. There was a muffled sound. It should be that the wooden barrel had already turned over and sank in the water. At this time, Lin Zhongnan began to pull the rope upwards.

    Lin Zhongnan did not know when he had taken off his general's coat. He was wearing a military uniform and rolled up half of his sleeves. The bronze-colored arm was tightened due to the force, full of beauty of strength.

    Qiao Manman only glanced at it, and then looked away in a panic.

Chapter 14

    Qiao Manman quietly touched the fat on his stomach, sighed in his heart, and didn't know when she would become thinner.

    Lin Zhongnan hit the water up, Qiao Manman stepped forward and took a look. It was probably because a piece of bluestone was always covered on the top of the well. The water in the well was still clear, and there were almost no floating objects in sight.

    After Qiao Manman used the bucket of water to clean the water tank, Lin Zhongnan went to pick up water several times to fill the water tank.

    With water, cleaning the house becomes much easier. Qiao Manman found the old rags left by the previous house owner, and planned to clean up all the dust in the corners of the house.

    Lin Zhongnan took advantage of Qiao Man's effort to clean the room and set a fire on the kang. I also borrowed an axe and turned all the large pieces of wood in the courtyard into small pieces of flammable firewood, which would be convenient for Qiao Manman to use in the future.

    After finishing his work, he saw that Qiao Manman was washing the rags, enduring pain. The well water was personally hit by him. Naturally, he knew how cold it was, especially when Qiao Manman’s hands were still suffering from frostbite. Seeing that some have festered, one can imagine how painful it will be.

    "Let go, I'll wash it." Lin Zhongnan said solemnly.

    Obviously it was kind, but in a commanding tone. Qiao Manman watched the man snatch away the rag from his hand, and a warm feeling was in his heart.

    This man seems not bad.

    "What's the matter with Lu Jiaxiang?"

    Qiao Man was wandering, suddenly he heard Lin Zhongnan's question, and his expression was taken aback.

    "Those rumors about you from Mei Yu, the man in it should be Lu Jiaxiang."

    Lin Zhongnan's tone was flat and he couldn't hear the joy or anger, and Qiao Manman couldn't figure out his attitude for a while.

    Having said that, this man deserves to be a scout. He was able to learn about the latest gossip in the village just by taking advantage of the opportunity to borrow something, and from this he could infer that the so-called man in the rumors was Lu Jiaxiang. You know, in order not to make people suspect that she deliberately framed Qiao Manman, she didn't even say Lu Jiaxiang's name.

    But whether it is the original Qiao Manman or the one who has passed through, she has a clear conscience about it, so Qiao Manman intends to tell the truth.

    "The more you explain some things, the more misunderstood it is. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, I said that I pitted to carry you something. Wouldn't you blame me?"

    Lin Zhongnan heard that Qiao Manman was actually making money. I took the train south with Lu Jiaxiang. Not long after getting on the train, I secretly heard that Lu Jiaxiang was discussing with a man how to transfer to another place on the way. Qiao Manman discovered that Lu Jiaxiang might be lying to her, so he ran into him on the way to escape. Own business.

    Thinking of this, Lin Zhongnan raised his eyebrows, "Do you know what Lu Jiaxiang does? He is a person who specializes in supplying goods to human traffickers. Fortunately, you escaped in time, and then you can't imagine."

    "How do you know this?" Joe Asked in a daze.

    "You told me that he is not a good person anymore. Of course, I have to keep an eye on him. Later, I found an abnormality. The man you mentioned also brought a woman, and he and Lu Jiaxiang gave that woman a drug. They began to fall asleep. So when I got off the train, my comrades and I twisted them to the police station. Lu Jiaxiang's details were all questioned by the police."

    "So..." Qiao murmured to himself with some fear. Now, the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. Lu Jiaxiang will never come back again. She completely escaped from the established fate in the book, all because of the appearance of Lin Zhongnan!

    Lin Zhongnan thought that Qiao Manman had fallen into Lu Jiaxiang’s scam for making money. Those accustomed deep and sharp eyes could not help but ease his eyes and become gentle, and a little bit ashamed, but still solemnly said: "From now on You don’t have to worry about the money issue. I have me. There will be no more money being taken away by your mother, and you don’t need to risk money to make money. Although the policy may be relaxed soon, it is still a sensitive period. Don't just cross the line casually."

    "Well, I understand." Qiao Man's heart filled with warmth. If I remember correctly, it will be about two years before the country implements the reform and opening up policy. It is really necessary to be cautious before going forward.

    Lin Zhongnan bent down and rubbed a few wipes clean.

    Qiao Manman wanted to take the rag, but Lin Zhongnan turned away and ordered: "Don't touch the water with your hand, I will clean the rest."

    Qiao Manman couldn't help but smile.

    Outside the courtyard, the front and back of the house were generally cleaned up, and Qiao Manman returned to the old Lin family's house with Lin Zhongnan, planning to pack all the things belonging to his family and move over.

    Old Man Lin squatted at the door, smoking dry cigarettes while watching the couple pack.

    "Have you found a place to live? Do you need your elder brother to help you clean up?"

    Qiao Manman was packing his clothes inside, and he curled his lips disapprovingly when he heard what Old Man Lin said.

    What Old Man Lin said was false at first glance. If he really loves this son, he shouldn't ask for such words, and he will directly bring someone to the door to help.

    Lin Zhongnan tied the two quilts, tightened the rope, and replied: "No, there is nothing to clean up."

    Old man Lin did not say a word. After a long time of boredom, he squeezed out again, "In fact, you don't need to be in such a hurry. The house won’t move a

    lot for a while. Or, wait until the end of the new year and then move.” As soon as Old Man Lin’s voice fell, Lin Hongjiang ran in, running and shouting: “This will be my house in the future. !"

    Seeing Qiao Manman's packed things on the kang, he pointed his hand and raised his neck, and said with an arrogance: "Hurry up and take your things away, don't take my place!"

    Cheng Guilan's voice followed, "Dajiang, do you live inside or outside? You pick first, and you and your brother will move in tonight." As

    she crossed the entry barrier, she saw Lin Zhongnan and Qiao Manman packing things. He squeezed out a smirk, "Hehe, you are busy."

    " Have the second child and her daughter-in-law come back?" Wang Caifeng also walked in, and saw Qiao Manman taking things out of the suitcase, she hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The furniture in the house can't be moved. When you married Qiao Manman, you didn't buy any dowry. These were all used by the second child before we got married, and they belonged to our old couple."

    Qiao Manman glanced at the so-called family. The furniture, that is, two large boxes that can hold clothes and bedding, is not camphor wood, it looks tattered, and even the paint on it has mostly fallen off, even if it is sold in the auction market of old objects of later generations, they can’t be sold. Make a price. If it were given to her, she would not be rare! To be precise, there was nothing in this room worth taking away.

    Lin Zhongnan watched these family members come on stage one after another, and none of them treated him sincerely. The eldest brother Lin Zhongbei and the younger brother Lin Zhongxi simply didn't even face him. Thinking of the corners of his mouth, he couldn't help but evoke a hint of irony. He turned to Old Man Lin and said, "Do you think I can wait until the New Year?"

    Old Man Lin was embarrassed. He started smoking violently when he was embarrassed. The window opens.

    A cold wind came in, blowing everyone in the house to the ground.

    "It's dying! What do you do when you open the window in winter?" Wang Caifeng cursed.

    "Brother sister, Da Jiang is still here, children can't stand the cold and heat." Cheng Guilan complained.

    Qiao Manman pretended to be puzzled and said: "Of course I am going to remove the windows. If there is any furniture in this room that is my dowry, there is no, but the two glass windows are indeed mine!"

    Wang Caifeng and Cheng Guilan's expressions changed when they heard the words, let alone, this window is really full of Joe.

    Qiao Manman's parents didn't care for her. In order to make money for her brother Qiao Manfu, they used kindness to force the Lin family to marry Qiao Manman.

    Brother Qiao Manfu's dowry money has not yet been collected, how can there be spare money to buy Qiao Manman dowry, Qiao Manman just married into the Lin family without a product.

    But there is an uncle in Qiao's family who works in the county glass factory. He doesn't have much, just glass. All the younger generations in the family get married, and he will give a few pieces of glass to express his affection. That's how Qiao's full glass window came from.

    At this time, not many people in the vast rural areas can afford glass windows, especially Qingshui Village is still a poor village, and most people use wooden frames and paste paper for windows. Such windows are difficult to light, and the room will be bright unless it is sunny. If it is cloudy, the room will be dark and you can't see anything.

    Therefore, the two glass windows of Qiao Manman seem invaluable in Lin's house.

    "Lin Zhongnan, take down the windows now!" Seeing that Wang Caifeng and Cheng Guilan were still in a daze, Qiao Manman directly assisted Lin Zhongnan.

    Lin Zhongnan scowled, without saying anything, walked to the window, and removed the two windows with his bare hands without using any tools.

    "Second, you take the window away, why do you let the child sleep tonight?" Wang Caifeng couldn't bear the two glass windows, she wanted to make the final struggle brazenly.

    Lin Zhongnan expressionlessly said, "Mother, this is Qiao Manman's only dowry. Wouldn't you want to

    steal your daughter-in-law's things?" .

    Lin Zhongnan watched his mother's performance coldly for a while, then turned around and picked up things at a faster speed.

    There was not much stuff, Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan made a few packages and moved away at once.

    When the two of them left, they naturally did not drop the two windows.

    Lin Hongjiang realized that the house he was going to live in from now on did not have beautiful windows. He burst into tears. The cry could lift the cover of the house. Wang Caifeng, who was performing thumping his chest, slapped and slapped it down.

    Why don't you cry? Bad luck!" "Mother, you can't beat your child if you are angry." Cheng Guilan hurriedly put Lin Hongjiang in her arms.

    "Just do it. My second child’s heart is broken. I see if the second child will help you in the future."

    "The second child is about to change jobs, and I don’t know what to do when I come back, let’s talk about job assignments. How good is your job, can it be compared with the salary of a company commander?"

    Wang Caifeng spoke like a firecracker. Old Man Lin couldn't get his mouth in, so he had to go back to the corner and smoke a cigarette again.

    Qiao Manman and Lin Zhongnan had already returned to their own courtyard when the Lin family jumped.

    Entering the house, the fire kang has been heated up, and there is a trace of warmth in the room, which swept away the previous cold and bleakness.     Opening the pocket of corn dumplings, Lin Zhongnan asked Qiao Manman, who was boiling hot water, "I'm     going to cook tonight's meal?" Qiao Manman was taken aback . This man is cooking? "What are you going to do?"     Lin Zhongnan looked at the few ingredients in the kitchen, "Make a pot of vegetable porridge, and let's have a few sweet potatoes."     Qiao Man weighed Lin Zhongnan's tall body, a little to touch his forehead. , He is such a big man, it is strange to eat that little thing to be full.

    The two put the angelica together, and it was almost dark.

    It took Lin Zhongnan a little time to simply nail two low shelves with discarded wood, and pile the grains that are prone to moisture on them.

    "Let me come. This is the first day of staying in the new house. You have to eat a good conservatory."

    According to the custom, if you move into the new house, you need to invite your relatives and friends to your home for dinner. .

    Now that they have no conditions to treat guests, eating better by themselves is also a kind of celebration.

    "Are you willing to do it?" Lin Zhongnan expressed doubt.

    In fact, in the third month after the two got married, Qiao Manman went to the army to see Lin Zhongnan. Lin Zhongnan clearly remembered that during the short half-month when Qiao Manman lived in the military hospital, she hadn't even cooked a single meal, and every day he called the cafeteria to feed her.

    When Lin Zhongnan's soldiers heard that the company commander's lover was coming, they all wanted to see what kind of girl the company commander would be with for his perseverance, iron-bloodedness, and cruelty. Lin Zhongnan went home to discuss with Qiao Manman. Qiao Manman agreed. When he led his comrades into the house, he was faced with a cold pot, cold stove, cold bench, and a cold face.

Chapter 15

    Lin Zhongnan asked, "Why didn't you cook?"

    Qiao Manman 's bad temper suddenly broke out, "If you don't go to the cafeteria to eat, don't you want me to do it? Please come so many people, how much money do you have! "

    Everyone looked at each other, in order to take into account the face of the company commander, they turned around and walked away silently.

    When Lin Zhongnan recalled this incident, Qiao Manman also pulled out this past from the original body's memory. Thinking of what the original body did, it was quite a headache.

    The original body is indeed unwilling to cook, she feels that the food in the army canteen is much better than the pig food made by herself. In addition, she was trying to get money from Lin Zhongnan in order to subsidize her natal brother, so she was naturally unwilling to let Lin Zhongnan spend money to treat guests.

    The original body believed that as long as he had a public disturbance, Lin Zhongnan would not dare to promise others such a treat easily in the future. So she pretended to agree to Lin Zhongnan's request first, and when Lin Zhongnan invited someone, she slapped her face on the spot and showed it to everyone, without paying attention to Lin Zhongnan's face.     I have to say that such a simple and rude idea is really stupid and weird enough, as Joe Manman, who continues to live as a replacement for the original body, silently lit a root for himself.     "At that time, you mailed more than half of your salary to my mother, but you didn't mail me any of them. I was so angry that I deliberately acted for you. Now that the family is separated, the truth of the matter has become clear, and my heart has calmed down. I know that I have done a lot of things that did not affect you badly, and now I am very guilty, so I will do it for today’s meal.” Qiao Manman combined his original mind and looked for a very different performance before and after. An unassailable reason.     "That's OK." Lin Zhongnan saw Qiao's face full of shame. Although he was still hesitating in his heart, it was not easy to dispel her enthusiasm. He pointed to the ingredients in the kitchen and said: "No need to save. Isn’t the money in your hands? If you don’t have enough things at home, you can buy them, and I will give them to you every month from now on.”     Qiao Manman couldn’t help but feel happy when he heard this, since this man is so generous. , Then she will raise the specification for this dinner.

    White noodles, cabbage, potatoes, vermicelli, meaty...Looking at the lackluster ingredients in the kitchen, Qiao Manman decided to take the simple route.

    She plans to make an ant and go up the tree. There is no minced meat at home, so she replaces it with meat zucchini. Then she uses the cabbage heart to make a piece of Qianlong cabbage. Pot of polenta, guarantees fullness and relieves gluttony.

    Seeing that Qiao Man was busy opening, Lin Zhongnan turned and opened the big bag he had brought back, and took out something.

    "Here, see if this can be used."

    "What is this?" Qiao Manman took the things, opened the greased paper bag outside, and looked up at Lin Zhongnan in surprise, "This is ham! Where did it come from?"

    "It was given by a comrade-in-arms, you can just watch and do it."

    Qiao Man smiled and said, "The third brother didn't turn over your bag, why didn't he turn this thing over to the mother?"

    Lin Zhongnan thought of Lin Zhongxi's little rules. He didn't even have any education, and his eyes flashed coldly, "He didn't dare to grab my things." It would be

    better to have ham, so Qiao Manman replaced the hot and sour potato shreds with the hot and sour potato slices and fried ham.

    When the food is ready, the sky is completely dark.

    There was no table in the house, so the two of them sat around the stove, caught the flames in the stove, and ate dinner.

    Lin Zhongnan was really surprised. This meal consisted of three dishes, two hot savory dishes with meaty smells, and a refreshing and delicious cold dish. Each dish made his appetite appetite. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The scallion pancakes and the hot soup and porridge made me feel comfortable from head to toe. The discouragement caused by the separation of the family was also relieved a lot.

    In the army for many years, Lin Zhongnan eats like a fast marching war, and now he encounters dishes that are very appetizing, and he eats like a storm.

    After eating the meal twice, Lin Zhongnan still felt that he was still unfulfilled.

    He looked at Qiao Manman with the light of the fire. This was clearly the dark and fat girl before, but it made him feel something different. His eyebrows seemed to be gone from the previous gloom and fierceness, and there was a little bit of calmness. Sense, it makes people feel at peace in your heart.

    Lin Zhongnan cleared his throat, "I will leave early tomorrow morning. What else do you need me to do, I will hurry up and help you finish it."

    I will leave tomorrow? Qiao Man looked up in surprise, "Are you not at home to celebrate the New Year?"

    "Well, there are many soldiers in the company who can't go home. I have to accompany them to celebrate the New Year." After a pause, "What if the old house If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

    "Okay." After

    eating the first full meal since crossing, Qiao Manman didn't want to move. She wanted to sit and be lazy for a while, but Lin Zhongnan had already started to clean it up.

    Just a long time getting along, let her see the many advantages of this man. He is diligent, does what he says, is decisive and popular, does not have machismo, thinks for others, looks tall and handsome, and deserves to be the white moonlight of the heroine Mei Yu in the book.

    However, in the book, Mei Yu cannot have this white moonlight.

    After kicking away the original Qiao Manchu, Mei Yu finally walked upright in front of Lin Zhongnan, gently comforting Lin Zhongnan who was "cuckolded".

    But for some reason, Lin Zhongnan rejected Meiyu's cryptic show of affection several times. When Mei Yu was frustrated, he met Yang Yuanfan, a prominent family member, through Lin Zhongnan. From then on, he started a game of chasing after me with Yang Yuanfan. In the end, he surrendered in the arms of the other party and became a proud life of both love and industry. Winner.

    Therefore, like the original Qiao Manman, Lin Zhongnan finally became a springboard for Meiyu to climb upward.

    But regardless of the plot in the book, Qiao Manman felt that she had to clarify some things in advance.

    Seeing that the man had cleaned up the kitchen and was about to boil water for washing, Qiao Manman walked to Lin Zhongnan's side.

    "Something?" Lin Zhongnan felt keenly, and immediately noticed that Qiao Manman had something to say to him.

    "Yeah," Qiao Man fully considered his words, "I know that you were forced to marry me at the beginning, and you have no affection for me. If you meet someone who really wants to get married in the future, you can tell me at any time. Anyway, we haven't talked about it yet. But now I can’t leave because I don’t want to transfer my account back to Qiao’s house. It’s fine when I am over 18 and have the conditions to open a separate account. The money I used during this period will be repaid in the future. You."

    Although it has not yet celebrated the New Year, according to the Gregorian calendar date, it is now seven or seven years. Many major events will happen this year, and the most sensational is the resumption of the college entrance examination. Qiao was full of thoughts, as long as she was admitted to a foreign university, she would be able to move her hukou. Not only would Lin Zhongnan and herself be a free person, but she would also be able to draw a clear line with Qiao's family. The current household registration is equivalent to the future ID card, and she must hold it in her own hands.     "We are already married, and it doesn't matter whether it's a testimony. In my case, since the ceremony has been held and relatives and friends have been announced, then I have to be responsible. You'd better put away your unethical thoughts!" Lin Zhongnan looked at her condescendingly, his tone a little blunt.     Qiao was dumbfounded, did she hear it right? She wanted to let Lin Zhongnan be free, but was actually trained by Lin Zhongnan?     Seeing Lin Zhongnan's face turned into a poker card, Qiao Manman couldn't guess his emotions, only that his eyes were dark and tight.     When the two moved home before, they put their things in their respective rooms with a tacit understanding. Now that I am going to sleep, it is natural for everyone to return to their own land.     Before Qiao Manman was about to push the door of the east room, Lin Zhongnan called her, "Qiao Manman, you are not yet eighteen, so I can't have a room with you, don't think about it." The expression was obviously unnatural and his tone of voice was unnatural. But serious and serious, as if guiding the work.     Qiao Manman was taken aback, what did this man mean to her suddenly?     Early the next morning, Qiao Man opened his eyes, walked out of the room, and found that Lin Zhongnan had left quietly at some point.     The water tank is full. A small pile of firewood was used yesterday, and now there is a new pile beside the stove. A piece of paper was placed on the edge of the stove, and a string of words was written on it on the iron-painted silver hook. It turned out to be Lin Zhongnan's contact number in the army.

    Qiao Manman looked at the house surrounded by clans, and wanted to go to the market in Sanqing Township to purchase some necessities for life.

    Yesterday was noisy and noisy, separated and moved, today she lazily does not want to cook breakfast.

    With a thought, Xiao Bai Luo appeared in her hands. She found a small bowl and took the spirit water that overflowed from Xiao Bai Luo.

    After drinking, a feeling of fullness came, and my stomach was warm and warm, and I felt that the whole person was refreshed and full of vitality.

    Sanqing Township, where Qingshui Village is located, is relatively small, with only six villages under its jurisdiction. The market in the township is not far from Qingshui Village, just outside Qingyan Village, which is separated by a village, where the township government is also located. It takes about an hour to walk there.

    What Qiao Manman urgently needs now is to lose weight, so she decided to walk there.

    About the last few days of the year before, almost all the women in the village were dispatched. Walking along the way, Qiao Manman encountered many people from the same village. When they saw Qiao Manman go to the market, they started to talk privately.

    "Look, this is finally the master of the house, and you can come out to purchase new year goods."

    "No, before Wang Caifeng overwhelmed her too much. You said that there is no money to be a mother-in-law and a wife's wife."

    "You What do you know? I heard that this Qiao Manman would give it to her family as long as she had a little money in her hand. Wang Caifeng controlled her money, or she was afraid that all her money would go into other people's pockets." There is

    everything, Qiao Man I didn't care about it, just as adding a little gossip to their boring life. She walked faster and faster, and gradually left those people behind.

    The market in Sanqing Township is still very large, and all the stalls are concentrated in a wide open space, crowded together. At the market, crowds were crowded and cries were endless.

    Qiao wanted to buy everything. She felt that everything on the market was lacking at home, but the money was limited, so she could only choose the most important ones.

    In a short while, Qiao Manman’s hands were full of things, such as seasonings, eggs, beans of various colors, spring couplets, perpetual calendar...

    When Qiao Manman walked to a stall selling wooden barrels, he could no longer move. She wants to buy a wooden tub for a bath too much.

    The owner of this stall arranges large and small wooden barrels in a row from high to low. Qiao fully looked at the biggest wooden barrel, thinking in his heart whether this barrel could hold his obese self.

    The stall owner looked at Qiao Manman and guessed what she thought, "It's for a bath, don't worry, it will be enough for you."

    "How much?"

    "Ten yuan if you have a ticket, 15 if you don't have a ticket."

    Really expensive!

    After a lot of bargaining, Qiao Manman still bought the bucket for fifteen yuan. The additional service he got was that after the market was gone, the stall owner would use his ox cart to help Qiao Manman transport the bucket back to the village. .

    Now that he had a car that could transport goods, Qiao Manman let go of his hands and feet to buy it. Now she has nearly four hundred yuan in her hand, which can be said to be rich enough. After shopping at the market, I went to a nearby commune and bought toothpaste, soap, enamel basins and other things that were not available in the market.

    After walking around this time, I didn't know it was spent over a hundred dollars.

    Qiao Manman sat in the bullock cart, leaning against the wooden barrel, dozing on the dangling bullock cart half-dozing off in the warm winter sun at noon. The wooden barrel behind her was filled with all the things she had purchased today, which gave her an exceptionally fulfilling sense of satisfaction.

    On the way, the ox cart passed by Meiyu, which was struggling to carry two bags of things into the village.

    Mei Yu could not help but feel jealous and unease when seeing the contents in the wooden barrel behind Qiao Man's body stubbornly sharp. Qiao Manman actually spent so much money on Brother Lin, and he really didn't know how to keep a house!

    But jealousy was useless, and Qiao Manman closed his eyes without even looking at her.

    As soon as she got home, Qiao Manman couldn't wait to boil the water and brush the bucket. She planned to take a hot bath in comfort.

    While boiling water, Qiao Manman drank a little spiritual water to fill his stomach. As soon as I finished drinking, I felt a dull pain in my stomach and hurried to the toilet outside.

    It was another rush. When he came out, Qiao Manman felt that his body seemed a little lighter than after the last detoxification.

    After the water was boiled, Qiao Manman didn't immediately take a bath in the wooden tub. Like last time, she cleaned herself with a wet towel to clean the oily dirt on her body.

    It may be that I drank more spiritual water today, and Qiao Manman felt that the dirt on his body seemed to be thicker and stickier than last time. Fortunately, I bought soap in the commune today, and after using the soap, the dirt was quickly cleaned up.

    After the hot water in the wooden barrel dried for a while, the temperature became suitable. Before stepping into the wooden barrel, Qiao Manman suddenly had an idea and took some of the spirit water from the small white snails and poured it into the barrel.

    It's so comfortable! Qiao Manman's whole body was soaked in hot water, feeling all the pores open. I don't know if it is because of the addition of spiritual water, this bucket of bath water actually exudes a hint of sweetness.

    Qiao Manman fell asleep unknowingly in the sweet smell.

    When she woke up, the water was already cold, so she hurriedly got up and went out.

    Drying her body, Qiao Manman was stunned afterwards, she seemed to have become thin and white!

Chapter 16

    The fat on the belly is obviously reduced, the whole waist has become much tighter, and the waist even has a curve with less obvious fluctuations.

    Before, Qiao Manman felt that this body was not only fat, but also swollen in some areas that were obviously weak. Now all the swelling on the legs and arms has disappeared. Compared with the previous visual inspection, it is more than a thin circle!

    Looking at the skin again, the blackness and dark yellowness are no longer obvious, and the skin starts to glow from the bottom of the muscle. Although it hasn't completely turned white yet, the overall color of the skin has begun to lighten and lighten, and it will have a healthy and soft luster in a not very bright room, which looks much more comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

    Qiao Manman turned out the small mirror eagerly, and the face in the mirror was slightly different.

    After the swelling of the face disappears, the fleshy flesh becomes less, and the facial features and face shape gradually become prominent.

    If the original face was like a round black pie, it is no longer appropriate to describe it like this. The lower half of the pie has a tendency to tighten inward. Qiao Manman touched the shape of her mandible with her hand, and felt that if she was completely slim down, she should have a very delicate small chin.

    The most obvious change in facial features is the eyes. After the horizontal flesh becomes less, the squint eye becomes larger, and the outline of the apricot-core eye begins to take shape.

    The nose that had been squeezed and deformed was also revealed. The tip of the nose was small and the nose tube was beautiful, which was her preferred nose shape.

    Qiao thought with joy that the foundation of this face didn't seem to be as bad as she thought.

    I was delighted, but I was also a little shocked. In just three days, the changes in her body were so obvious. The effect of this spiritual water can't be overstated!

    Qiao Manman began to reflect that the spirit water of Xiaobailuo was so magical and effective, it probably also represented rare and precious. In this way, did she use too much, too ignorant of restraint?

    The small white snail is only the size of a fingertip, but she consumes dozens of times the volume of its body every day. Even if there is a Xumi space hidden in the snail shell, the spiritual water is probably not inexhaustible or inexhaustible. Exhausted. The formation of spiritual water may require certain conditions, but she still doesn't know what these conditions are.

    In order to prevent the spirit water in the white snails from being overdrawn and depleted, Qiao Manman decided to reduce the dosage in the future, drinking only a small sip a day, and dripping only one drop when washing his face and taking a bath. In this way, you can save money and change your own image step by step, avoiding others' suspicion and investigation.

    After Qiao Man Man put on his clothes, and when everything was cleaned up, he planned to wash out the water in the wooden bucket.

    The glass windows have not been installed, the light in the house is a bit dim, and the wooden barrel is dark brown. At first, Qiao Manchu didn't notice any change in the water in the barrel. It wasn't until she used the newly bought white enamel basin to wash water that she found the clues.

    The bath water she used had turned gray-black, exactly the same as the gray-black slime on her skin before.

    No wonder she turned white and thin so quickly, it turned out that the impurities and garbage in her body were replaced by spiritual water and dissolved in the water.

    There are four or five days left in the New Year's Eve. These days, Qiao Man is not content to leave the house, so he can hide in his home and practice the plan to become beautiful.

    On the twenty-ninth day, Qiao Manman heard that his closed courtyard door was knocked.

    Qiao Manman put down what he was doing and went out to open the door.

    "Uh, I found the wrong door." As

    soon as the door opened, people outside saw Qiao Manman for a moment, then turned around and left.

    Qiao Man's lips twitched, without saying anything, and with a bang, he closed the door directly.

    It didn't take long for the door to be slapped again. The movement this time was much larger than the previous one. Just by listening to the frequency and strength of the door beating, you can know how excited the people came.

    Qiao Man paid no attention, she was hurrying to hide things.

    The people outside were already impatient, and the sound of slamming the door became more rushing, and even kicked a few times in the middle, "Qiao Manman, you open the door! I know it is you!"

    Qiao Manman looked around. Seeing that there were no flaws, he walked out slowly and opened the door.

    The door was reopened, and Lin Hongjuan stood silent at the door, squinting a pair of dangling eyes, looking at the person in front of him from head to toe.

    The more I look at it, the more surprise in my eyes, is this still Qiao Manman?

    If it hadn't been for the exact address of the village party secretary before, and she felt familiar when she knocked on the door for the first time just now, she would have never thought that this person would be her dark and cumbersome second sister-in-law.

    I haven't seen each other for a few days, what happened? How could Qiao Manman lose so much weight, and his skin seemed to have turned pale too, which looked much pleasing to the eye than before. The flesh on her face disappeared, and the habitual fierce face in the past has now softened, and it reminded her of a literal word, round and round.

    Seeing Lin Hongjuan staring at herself endlessly, Qiao Man frowned slightly, and when he moved his hand, he wanted to close the door again.

    Lin Hongjuan stretched out her chicken paws and grabbed the door panel firmly. "Qiao Manman, you won't let me in?"

    "Enough to see?" Qiao Man's face was faint, and it's not that Lin Hongjuan was really prevented from entering the door. If she was not allowed to enter the door today, there would be gossips in the village tomorrow.

    Lin Hongjuan walked into the courtyard gate and looked around. When he saw the narrow courtyard and the low and dilapidated house, he curled his lips in disdain, with a look of disgust.

    This Qiao was full of eyes. Sister Meiyu told her that the yard in the east was the best, but she chose the one that was the worst and the worst. It seems that people have become thinner, but their brains are still swollen.

    "Why did you lose weight?" Lin Hongjuan glanced at the broken yard, and did not have the interest to take a second look, but instead asked about the most curious thing about herself.

    "Are you okay? Just go back, I'm busy now." Qiao Manman avoided Lin Hongjuan's question.

    "What are you up to?" Lin Hongjuan's eyes lit up when Qiao Man was busy.

    What can you do for the New Year? It must be busy cooking. At the time of the separation, Qiao Manman earned nearly four hundred yuan. There must be good things in her kitchen now, and it seems that she came at the right time.

    Lin Hongjuan thought of this, and didn't wait for Qiao Manman's answer, and went straight to the kitchen.

    I was stunned when I saw the leaves of cabbage in the kitchen, and potatoes that were about to sprout.

    This was not at all the hot, fume-smelling, and scented kitchen she expected. There were no big fish or meat, and even the pot was not set up on the stove.

    So what exactly is Qiao Manman up to?

    Qiao Manman walked in behind Lin Hongjuan, she walked to the stove and sat down, flipped the hot coals in the stove with tongs, then took a piece of cloth from the bamboo basket next to her, and said casually, "Speak," What's the matter?"

    Lin Hongjuan leaned over and saw Qiao Manman was roasting sweet potatoes while sewing something.

    What Qiao Manman is doing is a pair of knee pads.

    In the past two years, Sanqing Township has been rebuilding rivers and canals, and the main labor force has been the reform-through-labor prisoners sent to the cattle sheds of the villages.

    Work in the river canal, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In the spring, the silt was dug, the river was opened up in the winter, and the water was waded in summer and autumn. Many people in the cowshed suffered from old cold legs.

    The pair of knee pads that Qiao Manman made was just for a woman named Cheng Chunyang.

    According to the book, Cheng Chunyang was formerly a senior professor at Jiangxi University. Later, due to improper speech, he became a key reform target and was sent to the poorest Qingshui Village in Sanqing Township to participate in the reform through labor.

    A while ago, the forces that had been in chaos for ten years finally fell, and those who lived in the bullpen and were called "ghosts, ghosts and snakes" began to be rehabilitated one after another.

    Cheng Chunyang was probably the last person to be rehabilitated among them, and the last person to leave Qingshui Village.

    Qiao Manman wants to participate in the winter college entrance examination in 1977. She needs someone to lead herself. Cheng Chunyang is not only well-learned, but also the latest to leave the village, which is her first choice.

    There is also a mention in the book that Cheng Chunyang is actually Meiyu’s future mentor, but Meiyu does not yet know that her mentor is living in the cowshed in Qingshui Village, breathing the same piece of air with her every day.

    Lin Hongjuan glanced at the side and saw that what Qiao Manman was doing was a pair of knee pads.

    Dark blue background, light blue fine check pattern, it looks pretty. This should be the muslin cloth pulled in the commune, which is much stronger than the homespun cloth woven by the villagers themselves.

    Lin Hongjuan was jealous of Qiao Man's hands full of "huge money", and he could also be the master of his own house, buying whatever he wanted. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but rushed.

    "Qiao Manman, my mother asked you to come home for dinner on New Year's Eve. My mother said that although the family is separated, but after all, they are still brothers and sisters, we should stay together and lively during the New Year. It also seems that our old Lin family is prosperous. . So you have to come!"

    Qiao Manman knew when he heard that, this is what Wang Caifeng can say, it must be Old Man Lin. He was afraid that Lin Zhongnan's retirement from the army would hinder his family, and he was afraid that he would leave Lin Zhongbei and Lin Zhongxi indifferent. So while agreeing to split the family, he wanted to hold on to the line, and didn't want to leave it either.

    "By the way, what are you going to take tomorrow?" Lin Hongjuan walked around unwillingly, looking around, but found nothing good.

    "I want to see you here, what, what does not. It is better to surmise some money to honor father and mother, do not forget and my third brother, nephew and your two little lucky money."

    "I'll give you some money? You want to know Am I a mother or something? If you dare to admit it, I will give it!" Qiao responded with a smile.

    As far as she knows, Cheng Guilan has never given her two sons a new year's money. Why should she give it to her aunt?

    Wang Caifeng loves her youngest son and daughter very much, and gives them red envelopes every year. But not to mention that Lin Hongjuan is older than her sister-in-law, and she can marry at the age of eighteen. As far as the seniority is concerned, I have never heard of the sister-in-law giving the sister-in-law and the uncle the new year's money!

    Acknowledge Joe Manman as a mother? Why does this make her answer? Lin Hongjuan thought depressed.

    Ever since Qiao Manman came back from the train station, his words and actions have been very different from the past, as if he suddenly gained confidence and would always deflate her.

    "Be stingy, forget it if you don't give it! What about the parents?" Lin Hongjuan was still reluctant.

    Qiao Manman pretended to be surprised and asked: "Didn't I just honor my filial piety a few days ago? Why did my parents ask me for money!"

    Lin Hongjuan said angrily: "Which is my parents wanting money, don't talk nonsense!

    " Oh, it’s not for money. Hongjuan, it’s not that I said you, you are not young anymore, how can you just talk and do things in your head? Did you know that the whole village had to secretly laugh at your parents and ugly ."

    Before the separation, she gave Wang Caifeng a full twenty-five yuan in front of everyone. Now twenty-five yuan is a month's wages for workers!

    The reason why she was willing to give the twenty-five yuan was to guard against this day. This small amount of money can also make her stand on the commanding heights of public opinion. Once Wang Caifeng and others do something extraordinary to her, she will be the favored side of public opinion.

    Lin Hongjuan didn't take advantage of it, and even made a fuss, and snorted angrily, "Mother asked you to go there early tomorrow morning, you remember something." After that, she kicked and stomped away.

    Qiao Manman was too lazy to care about her, and didn't even give it away.

    Although Lin Zhongnan said before leaving, if you don't want to go to the old house, you don't have to go there. But Qiao Manman decided to take a trip.

    This is an opportunity for her to show her new image in front of everyone, so that everyone can adjust to her changes a little bit, and no one will be too surprised when she becomes completely white and thin in the future.

    The next day, Qiao Man was asleep until he woke up naturally. During this time, she had not eaten breakfast, and only drank a sip of spiritual water every morning, which can not only satisfy her hunger, but also lose weight and beautify the skin.

    Lin Hongjuan asked her to go to the old house earlier, but Qiao Manman didn't plan to follow suit. She must be working so early, because the frostbite on her hand is cleaned with dilute spiritual water every day, so she doesn't want to get hurt again. Now she uses warm water as much as possible to clean things at home, which is not available in the old house.

    With nothing to do, Qiao picked up the pair of knee pads to sew tightly. She wanted to finish it today as much as possible. Because the first few days of the first month are exquisite, don't let the needle and thread move, otherwise you will have to work for a year.

    Originally, Qiao Manman never cared about these customs, but now so many weird things have happened, such as wearing books, rebirth, spiritual water, etc., so she can't help but start to pay attention to these things.

    Qiao Man is full of dexterity. Before crossing, he was a handicraft expert who was popular on the Internet, and he was naturally very skilled in these needlework.

    This pair of knee pads is not only beautiful in appearance, but also very light and soft, not bulky at all. Because Joe Man filled it with duck down.

    These duck down were bought when they went to the market. At that time, Qiao Manman thought of Cheng Chunyang when he saw the duck down. After buying it back, she cleaned and dried it several times, and added it to this knee pad until there was no peculiar smell. It can be said that I am very attentive.

    After making the knee pads, Qiao took a full look at the sun outside and estimated the time. He felt that the old house should be almost busy. Only then did he stick the spring couplets and hang the lanterns, and then locked the courtyard door and applied them. Then he walked slowly to the old house with a bunch of processed fat intestines.

    On New Year’s Eve, everyone was busy at home for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and there was no one on the small road next to the ridge. It was not until Qiao Manman walked to someone’s place that he gradually felt the enthusiasm for the New Year.

    Every household is braving the warm smoke, and from time to time there is the sound of children laughing and chasing in and out of the courtyard.

    Children are the happiest in the New Year, because only this day is the fullest and best day of the year. People with better conditions can still make new clothes for their children, and those with poor conditions will also buy two pieces of candy for their children.

    There were children on the road, and when Qiao Manman came over, they all stared at her.

    "Who is this person?     Looks a bit familiar."

    "Is someone relative who came to visit?"

"Looks like a city person."

    "Looking at the things she carried, you don't know who is so unlucky. Someone took such a disgusting thing to my relatives, and this thing was for me to eat for nothing, and I would not eat it!" It

    was Lin Hongjiang who said this, and he didn't recognize Qiao Manman at all.

    Qiao Manman didn't want to take care of this bear child. She felt that the entire Lao Lin family, except for Lin Zhongnan, who belonged to Lin Honghai, could still be seen, and the rest were either greedy or unreasonable.

    When they arrived at the old house, Wang Caifeng and Cheng Guilan were busy working in the kitchen, while Lin Hongjuan sat in the yard leisurely basking in the sun and eating sunflower seeds.

    To say that Wang Caifeng is really used to children, Lin Hongjuan is eighteen, and Wang Caifeng hasn't let her go to the kitchen. The reason why Lin Hongjuan is difficult to marry is that besides being so skinny as a ghost, it is also because he can't do anything. Therefore, in the wedding market, if you really want to make a difference, she and the original Qiao Manman are half a cat.

    But just like that, she still looked down on the original body all day, and felt that she was much better than the original body.

    Lin Hongjuan’s melon seeds fluttered around her mouth, and she squinted at Qiao Manman, "Why did you come here? I told you to get you early and early! My mother and sister-in-law have been busy all morning, and you don’t know who came to help, who A daughter-in-law is like you."

    Qiao Manman didn't get angry and went back directly, "Knowing that they are busy, why don't you help, but you have free time to     eat sunflower seeds. Whose girl is lazy and greedy like you!" Lin Hongjuan was angry. I almost didn't choke the melon seed skin into the esophagus. She forgot again that Qiao Manman was different from before, and she had to be careful when talking to her, otherwise she wouldn't know when she could turn people into the pit.     "Hongjuan, who are you talking to? Who is here?" Wang Caifeng's loud voice rang in the kitchen, and soon people walked out.     "Yeah, who is this girl, she looks so festive, she looks so cute! Hongjuan, isn't this your classmate in the county?" Wang Caifeng took Qiao Manman's hand, and she came up. boast.     Lin Hongjuan looked at her mother like a ghost. Excited, she finally choked the melon seeds into the esophagus, pressed her throat uncomfortably, and coughed twice, before exasperated and yelled: "Mother, she is Qiao Manman. Qiao Manman!"     Wang Caifeng threw away Qiao Manman's hand in surprise, raising her voice in disbelief, "Who do you think she is?"

    "Qiao Manman, she is your second daughter-in-law, Qiao Manman!" Lin Hongjuan endured the uncomfortable energy in her throat, and emphasized loudly to her mother.

    Click! It was the sound of something falling to the ground. Qiao Man looked sideways and saw that Mei Yu was standing at the door in a daze, staring at herself in shock. There was a bag of things under her feet, which Meiyu lost because of surprise.

    The author has something to say: Thank you for the little angel who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~

Chapter 17

    Wang Caifeng was still looking at Qiao Manman's face carefully, and even the arrival of Mei Yu did not distract her, while Lin Hongjuan was angry that her mother did not have eyes and praised Qiao Manman.

    It was the first time that Mei Yu received such cold treatment at Lin's house. As soon as she walked in, Wang Caifeng and Lin Hongjuan both turned around and flattered her. Today, during the New Year's Day, she still brought a bag of good things to the door, and no one came to welcome her. she.

    But she just didn't care about these things if she just wandered around in her mind. What she cared about most now was Joe Manman's changes.

    Mei Yu looked at Qiao Manman's side face with complicated expression, his skin was obviously whiter and tenderer. Although his skin color couldn't be compared with his own, it couldn't help being surprised that there was such a big change in just a few days. Qiao Manman did she use any panacea?

    Looking at the contour of that face again, a little swelling and cross-cutting have faded away, and the contours of the side face have begun to appear beautiful and smooth. You can imagine how beautiful and elegant it will be if you lose weight completely.

    Suddenly, Meiyu had a strong sense of crisis.

    For a long time, the reason why she believed that she would succeed Lin Zhongnan in the future was because she was deliberately befriending Wang Caifeng and Lin Hongjuan. If she becomes a habitual walker, Qiao Manman, these two people will definitely give Lin Zhongnan a priority. She; on the other hand, she has confidence in her appearance. Mei Yu dared to pat her chest and said that no girl in ten miles and eight villages could be as beautiful as her.

    Besides, she is still a reborn person, knowing the big things and small things in the next eight years, she does not believe that she has no place to help Lin Zhongnan, as long as she has the opportunity to take action, Lin Zhongnan will definitely notice her.

    But she hadn't become used to walking Qiao Manman, and she hadn't had the opportunity to use her prophet to help Lin Zhongnan rise step by step, and she was confused by Qiao Manman's sudden change.

    Her proud appearance may no longer constitute the capital for her chances of winning. If Qiao Manman becomes beautiful, how could Lin Zhongnan not be full of Qiao Man's heart? If the two of them have feelings, how can she implement her plan smoothly?

    The more Mei Yu thinks about it, the more upset she becomes. What is the reason for such a change? After thinking about it, Mei Yu thought of the previous suspicion, and now this Qiao Manman is very likely to be a reborn person just like her!

    But it was said that when Wang Caifeng heard that the girl she praised was her most annoying daughter-in-law, Qiao Manman, she was frightened and angry and couldn't help but look carefully, and she became more familiar with it as she watched it.

    Now, although Qiao Manman is still chubby, he is no longer cumbersome, and his round fleshy face is the kind of festive blessing that old people like.

    And that skin, when she used to be black, she could still serve as a foil for her family Hongjuan, but now it has turned white, and Hongjuan has become her foil!

    The more Wang Caifeng looked at it, the more annoyed she became. Qiao Manman's face turned white and beautiful, so that she had changed her previous favorite attitude and cursed herself for being blind in her heart.

    "Since I'm here, don't hurry into the kitchen, what are you talking about here!" Wang Caifeng stared, and shouted at Qiao Man like before the separation.

    "Isn't you pulling me to gossip, or I went in early." Qiao Manman replied, walking happily to the kitchen.

    Wang Caifeng snorted from her nostrils, hum, even if the family is separated, the daughter-in-law should not escape her control!

    Then he went into the kitchen and didn't notice the Meiyu at the entrance of the courtyard.

    It was Lin Hongjuan who discovered that Meiyu was coming after Qiao Manman and Wang Caifeng had both entered the kitchen. She hurriedly pounced on the melon seeds on her body and stood up to meet her.

    "Sister Mei Yu, when did you come, what are you doing at the door,

    why did n't you come in?" "Is that Qiao Manman just now?" Although I was 100% sure that it was Qiao Manman, Mei Yu still couldn't bear it. I hold a glimmer of hope, hoping to hear another name from Lin Hongjuan.

    "Yes, Sister Mei Yu, are you surprised too? She has changed so much, and I don't know what she has done during this period. I can't even ask."

    "Oh." Mei Yu replied absent-mindedly.

    Lin Hongjuan didn't notice the depression of Meiyu at all, so she invited Meiyu into the house warmly as usual.

    Only then did Mei Yu react and hurriedly picked up the bag on the ground and handed it to Lin Hongjuan, "I will not go in. I am here to give you and auntie red bean paste buns. This is the stuffing I made by myself. You and auntie will try it. Fresh. "Lin Hongjuan held on to the mouth of the bag and looked inside. There were almost a dozen fat and white buns inside.

    This is made of pure white noodles, and it is made of sweet red bean paste. I don't know how much white noodles or sugar it will cost! The Mei's life is going really well. Lin Hongjuan thought angrily, if Sister Mei Yu had married in, would her family's life now be the same as Mei's?

    "Sister Mei Yu, you are too generous, you give me such a good thing for nothing?" Looking at the white and fat buns in the bag, Lin Hongjuan swallowed secretly.

    Mei Yu's eyelids drooped slightly, and the eyes covered by her eyelashes flashed a little, "If you feel embarrassed, why don't you do something for me?"

    "What's the matter, you said." Lin Hongjuan feels obliged now.

    "Can you help me stare at Qiao     Manman secretly."

    "Why are you staring at her?"

Mei Yu frowned, a little annoying that Lin Hongjuan asked everything, paused, and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Man Didn’t she look better? I just want to know how she turned white. I also want to try her method, but I am afraid that she will hide her secrets and not tell me.” Then the voice changed, “You went to find recently She hasn’t, what does she do at home?”

    Lin Hongjuan didn’t doubt that he had him, and she crooked her neck to think about it, “I went yesterday, but she didn’t do anything at home. I didn’t even prepare to eat, and didn’t even steam a steamed bun..."

    Mei Yu interrupted her impatiently, "Is there anything special?"

    "Special...Does it count as knee pads?" Lin Hongjuan replied blankly at first As a result, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that was the case. I slapped my thigh, "After she came to our house, I never saw her needlework. Why did she suddenly do needlework?"

    Mei Yu rolled her eyes in her heart, and no longer had any interest in talking with Lin Hongjuan, "Okay, I wrote down what you said, then I will go home first." After a few steps, she turned her head and said, "Don't forget. Help me stare."

    Lin Hongjuan promised again and again, "Don't worry, Mei Yu sister, I will definitely help you stare."

    Seeing Mei Yu turn around, Lin Hongjuan couldn't wait to take out a bean bag from the bag, and took a bite. "It's gone, I'm embarrassed to eat her here." In the

    kitchen, Cheng Guilan was staring at Qiao Manman with a curious look.

    Wang Caifeng slashed the kitchen knife on the chopping board, and the kitchen knife was embedded on the chopping board. "Isn’t it just getting thinner? What's so interesting? Work quickly! Second wife, hurry up and take that..." Wang Caifeng looked around. , And did not find any suitable work for Qiao Manman.

    Qiao Manman used to be a vegetable washer. She came too late today. All the dishes were washed and processed long ago. The rest of the work is frying and frying. Qiao Manman has not done it before, and Wang Caifeng dare not let her. Do, I'm afraid she will give Huohuo good ingredients.

    Qiao Manman raised the fat intestines in his hands, "I will do this."

    Wang Caifeng noticed what Qiao Manman had brought, and immediately backed up two steps in disgust, covering his nose, "Hurry up and take it away. I don't eat this at home. Something!"

    Qiao Manman walked two steps to Wang Caifeng with the fat intestines, and Wang Caifeng immediately jumped three steps away, "Second wife, I want you to throw it out for me now!"

    "Mother, come over and smell it and see if there is something. It doesn't have the smell that you hate." Qiao Manman said, suddenly bringing the fatty intestines to Wang Caifeng.

    Wang Caifeng was about to hide, but found that the imaginary fishy smell did not appear, and then took a closer look at the bunch of fat intestines in front of him. It was clean, clear, white with powdery, and there was no dirty feeling at all.

    She didn't hide her face, and said, "Second daughter-in-law, you are here to celebrate the New Year, don't say you get some chicken, duck, fish or something, why do you get something so cheap and uncomfortable? Do you think that you are splitting up? Can you not be filial to your parents?"

    "How can it be, most people don't eat this thing I take. I'm sure to let you smell your tongue tonight, and if it doesn't smell your tongue, I won't come to celebrate the new year anymore." Qiao answered with a smile.

    Wang Caifeng didn't react. Cheng Guilan reacted, but she didn't say anything. She is now more concerned about Qiao Man's skin.

    Cheng Guilan approached Qiao Manman and asked quietly: "Brother sister, can you tell me what you use and how your skin becomes so good? I want to try it."

    Qiao Manman was full of joy, "You want to try too. Then I tell you, if you are hungry like me for a few meals, the toxins, garbage, etc. in your body will be discharged, and you will become white and thinner after keeping you."

    This time, Wang Caifeng heard it from the side and knew that Qiao was full She said it to herself deliberately, her old face sank, "Hurry up to work, no one is chatting!"

    Mei Yu came out of Lin's house, her mood became gloomy, and when she returned home, she said hello to her mother and lay in the house. Finished.

    Mei Yu is very disturbed now. If Qiao Manman is a rebirth, as she guessed, in what year did Qiao Manman die in his previous life? How many years will he know more than her? Originally, she thought this was her advantage, but now this advantage seems to be insufficient in front of Qiao Manman.

    Mei Yu thought of the changes in Qiao Manman's appearance and figure again, and once again confirmed that Qiao Manman was the reborn. Yes, she died in the mid-1980s in her last life. At that time, the reform and opening up were in full swing, especially in the coastal areas, the ports were opened, and many strange skin care products and skin care methods from abroad poured into the country. Qiao Manman is better than her. To die late, maybe there are more advanced methods than she did at that time to make people white and thin.

    What does Joe Manman want to do next?

    From oneself to others, Meiyu instantly blesses the soul.

    The college entrance examination is the college entrance examination! Qiao Manman must be like her, preparing for the winter college entrance examination.

    She is going to try her luck in the bullpen after the new year, to see if she can find a knowledgeable intellectual and ask the other person to help her with her homework.

    Qiao Manman would also go to the bullpen. Thinking of Lin Hongjuan saying that Qiao Manman was suddenly doing needlework and he was still doing a pair of knee pads, Mei Yu suddenly realized that Qiao Manman was about to use the knee pads as a stepping stone to his apprenticeship.

    Suddenly, Mei Yu no longer felt sorry for the ten or so red bean buns she had given away. It was worth it, it was worth it!

    She also wants to do knee pads, do it now, she wants to get the head start! Probably nothing can solve the practical problems of the intellectuals in the bullpen better than a pair of knee pads.

    The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who voted for me or irrigates the nutrient solution~

    Thank you to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:

    Chenxi 3 bottles;

    thank you very much for your support to me, I will continue to work hard !

Chapter 18

    The custom in Sanqing Township is to eat New Year's Eve dinner at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and then eat dumplings until midnight.

    Qiao Man was playing with a few fatty intestines slowly, in order to consume these three or four hours.

    This year's old house's New Year's Eve dinner, she only intends to make these fat sausages, and don't even think about getting any other work on her. She doesn't want to be a bag that everyone can support.

    Qiao Manman carefully washed the fatty intestines again.

    Wang Caifeng couldn't see it, "Why are you slow at work, so you can't be quicker? Wash like your embroidery, I don't think it can be washed until dark!"

    No matter how bad Wang Caifeng's tone is, Qiao Manman Without getting angry, the movements on his hands were still meticulous and slow.

    "Mother, I am not all for you? Don't you like the peculiar smell of the large intestine? I wash it a few times carefully, and you can eat it without worry?"

    "I don't eat this thing you made! You move fast Point, there is still a lot of work!"

    "Okay, I'll cook it immediately after I wash it."

    Qiao Manman brought a lot of fatty intestines, enough to cook two or three dishes. It took more than an hour to wash, and Qiao Manman began to set up a pot to boil water.

    When Wang Caifeng finished the part of the dishes she was responsible for, she went back to the house and rested. Only Qiao Manman and Cheng Guilan were left in the kitchen.

    Cheng Guilan stood behind Qiao Manman, very curious what she would do with these large intestines. You know, even poor people don't eat this food easily now, just because it is smelly and disgusting.

    This is also Qiao Manman's first cooking since she married to Lin's family. In the past, she only cooked rice soup and vegetable porridge, so Cheng Guilan really didn't understand the craftsmanship of her sister-in-law. Although the two sons said that the radish balls made by Qiao Manman last time were delicious, Cheng Guilan disagreed after learning that Qiao Manman had added white noodles and eggs to the balls. After these two things are put, it is hard to think that the food is not delicious!     Qiao Manman added white wine, soy sauce, and pepper to the water in turn. Cheng Guilan couldn't help but slap her tongue when she saw it. This is a waste of seasoning. Can't you just cook it in water?

    After adding the seasoning, Qiao Manman put the large intestine into the water and waited for the fat intestine to become ripe.

    Cheng Guilan aside and asked: "brothers and sisters, the thing you really eat it?"

    Joe turned to glance at her full, "when the sister to try not to know?"

    Cheng Guilan hearts politely declined the invitation, she probably will not feel this year's dinner Eating smoothly, mother-in-law Wang Caifeng was originally dissatisfied that Qiao Manman came too late and didn't help with any work. Now Qiao Manman has cooked Wang Caifeng's most annoying thing again. It is estimated that Wang Caifeng will have an attack when he arrives at the dinner table in a while.

    Wang Caifeng wanted to go crazy, but she never looked at the time and occasion. She had to smooth the tone of her heart.

    The pot on the old stove was on fire. After cooking for about twenty minutes, Qiao Manman lifted the lid of the pot and pierced it with chopsticks. Feeling that the chopsticks could pierce the fat intestine smoothly, he removed the fire.

    At this time, the rich scent that belongs to the fat intestines overflows in the kitchen.

    Cheng Guilan sniffed, it smelled so fragrant? Just thinking that this is the kind of part on a pig body, Cheng Guilan still finds it difficult to accept.

    Qiao Manman fished out the boiled fatty intestines and put them in two pots, one more and one less.

    "Brother sister, are you finished?"

    "Not yet, this is just the first step."

    Qiao Manman plans to make the fatty intestines into two different flavors, one stir-fried and one braised.

    Cheng Guilan watched Qiao Manman wash out the water that had just cooked the fat intestines, and after cleaning the pot, he added fresh water. Is this going to be cooked a second time?

    Qiao Manman wanted to make braised sausages first. She probably knew that the old house did not have all the seasonings. Before going out, she bought the star anise, pepper, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin and other colors that she had bought at the market before. Pick out a little bit of the dry seasoning, put them in a small gauze bag, and bring them together.

    Throw the gauze bag with the seasoning together with the chopped green onion, ginger and garlic into the pot, re-add the appropriate amount of soy sauce, wine, sugar, salt, etc., and bring the pot of marinade to a boil. When the various dry seasonings began to release their own unique aroma, Qiao Manman poured the large pot of fatty intestines into it, reduced the fire, and allowed the fatty intestines to slowly absorb the flavor in the marinade.     Cheng Guilan has been observing Qiao Manman by her side, seeing that every step she takes is meticulous and methodical, and her attitude towards food has an unspeakable beauty of simplicity. Cheng Guilan thought, why didn't I find that Qiao Manman still has this craft? Just by looking at her meticulousness in making things, she knows that the things made by doing this must be delicious! It would be great if Qiao Manchu's food was not fatty intestines, but something else.     During the free time when the fatty intestines were slowly cooked in the pot, Qiao Manman set up another stove, intending to make the stir-fried fatty intestines.     Put oil in the pot, put pepper, dried chili, green onion, ginger, garlic, bean paste, etc. into the saute, then pour into the pot of small portions of fatty intestines that have been cut into sections, and stir-fry over high heat. Until the fatty intestines are fried into golden brown, add soy sauce and sugar to taste. When the fat intestine's skin became charred and crisp, Qiao Manman sprinkled a handful of green chilies into the pot and fry for a while.     When the stir-fried fatty intestines are out of the pot, the kitchen is almost fragrant.     An old man in rags was standing at the gate of Lin's house and couldn't move. He kept sucking his nose, as if trying to keep the smell in his body.     After Qiao Manman put the stir-fried fatty intestines out of the pot, seeing that it was still early, he found a small bowl and allocated a small portion of the fatty intestines into it.     Cheng Guilan was irritated by the fresh and spicy taste. Seeing that Qiao Manman was about to go out with the food, she asked quickly: "What are you going to do?"     "Go out." She didn't say where to go. , Opened the curtain and walked out.     When Cheng Guilan saw Qiao Manman leave, she found a pair of chopsticks, looked at the large plate of fat sausages in front of her, and built herself psychologically. She told herself, I’ll just take one slice, I’m just trying Qiao Manman’s craftsmanship.     After all, it still couldn't match the fragrance, Cheng Guilan put a piece in her mouth, her eyes rounded in surprise.

    I don't know how Qiao Manman controls the heat, this thing was fried by her so crispy and tenacious, it tasted full of scorching fragrant, so rare that she wanted to swallow her tongue.

    No wonder Qiao Manman dared to make such a guarantee before, and it really can make people's tongue fragrant.

    Wang Caifeng had enough rest in the house, and walked into the kitchen to see if the two daughters-in-law’s dishes were ready, but as soon as she came in, she saw Cheng Guilan stealing bite after bite.

    When Cheng Guilan saw Wang Caifeng standing at the door staring at her with a sinking face, she turned around and wiped her mouth.

    She whispered: "Mother, I'm just trying to taste it for you." With that, Cheng Guilan found a pair of chopsticks very dogmatically, and put the plate in front of Wang Caifeng, "Mother, try it, is it a bad taste? Nothing?" When

    Wang Caifeng entered the kitchen, she smelled this unstoppable fragrance, but she still frowned, with an expression of disgust, picked up a small piece with chopsticks and put it in her mouth.     In an instant, her taste buds were exploded, and her mouth opened wide in surprise. Was she eating pig intestines just now? The pig intestine is obviously not this taste, this taste, this fresh, salty and spicy, and refreshing, it almost eclipses the chicken stewed mushrooms and sauerkraut stewed pork she made before.     Wang Caifeng turned around and took the plate of fat intestines away. Before leaving, he warned Cheng Guilan, "Don't eat it anymore."     Cheng Guilan curled her lips, her mother-in-law refused to let her eat it. Woolen cloth!     Qiao Manman was carrying a small bowl of fat intestines, and wanted to go to Sister Li's house.     Last time Sister Li borrowed cornmeal and bean dregs for her without hesitation. As a thank you, Qiao Manman sorted out a small bowl of fatty intestines and wanted her to try it.     As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he saw an old man standing outside, constantly looking into the Lin family's old house.     "Master, who are you looking for?"

    Qiao looked at the old man in front of him. His clothes were tattered and dusty, and his face was dusty, and he couldn't see the original color of his skin. He was thin, with a straight back, and his eyes were very clear and energetic. If it weren't for a gray face, Qiao Manman felt that the old man in front of him would be more energetic.

    At this moment, the old man's eyes were staring at the bowl in her hand unblinkingly.

    "Girl, who do you want to give to me? Uncle bought it with you?"

    Qiao Manman didn't react, the old man in front of him had already touched his pocket, and then showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

    "Master, I want to give it to a neighbor, I can't sell it to you." Qiao Manman saw that he had no money with a glance, and explained it in a timely manner to help the old man alleviate the embarrassment.

    The old man gazed at the things in Qiao Man's hands eagerly, the expression on his face was very complicated, like nostalgia, desire, pity, and a kind of greed for food.

    "Girl, do you still have this thing in your house? The old man is looking for money, and you leave a bowl for the old man, will it work?"

    Qiao Manman didn't know what touched her on the old man, maybe it was because of his ragged and dusty clothes. Feeling pitiful all over her face, maybe it was his complicated look that made her feel, she brought the bowl to the old man's hand, "Uncle, you can eat, I don't need money."

    Huh? The old man looked at Qiao Manman abruptly, wondering whether he was surprised or excited, and his lips trembled for a while and could not speak.

    Qiao Manman smiled soothingly, "Master, wait, I'll go in and get you a pair of chopsticks."

    Qiao Manman led the old man to a blue stone near the entrance of the courtyard and asked him to sit down and eat.

    The old man picked up a piece of brightly colored fat intestine and slowly sent it to his mouth, then closed his eyes, closed his lips, and chewed carefully.

    After taking a bite, the old man opened his eyes again, looking at the bowl of fat intestines in front of him and sighed: "After so many years, I finally tasted this taste again, almost exactly the same." As he said, he choked up unexpectedly.

    Qiao was taken aback. When he didn't know how to comfort him, the old man put down his chopsticks, wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingertips, turned his head and said embarrassedly: "Girl, let you see the old man's joke, the old man just remembered suddenly It happened when I was young."

    After finishing talking, I stopped tasting, and ate it with big mouthfuls. A bowl of fat intestines quickly bottomed out.

    The old man licked his lips intently and asked, "Girl, who made this thing in your family?"

    Qiao Man smiled, "I did it."

    "Oh?" The old man looked at Qiao Man in surprise. Man, "I didn't see that you actually have this craft!"

    "I loved this when I was young. My wife made this special good, and the taste can be said to be comparable to yours. Then my wife was gone, I just I have never had such a delicious fat intestine again." The old man talked about the past foolishly.

    Qiao Manman stood beside him, not knowing how to respond, so he asked, "Master, would you like to have more? I have done a lot." The

    old man stood up and waved his hand, "No, thank you today. I have eaten this bowl. I'm already satisfied. I'll come over and pay you back the money tomorrow."

    Qiao Man said hurriedly, "Uncle, I said no money, and I don't live here, this is my mother-in-law's house." The

    old man thought for a while. , I was about to say something, I just listened to someone hurriedly abducted from the crossing, jogging with panting, and shouting: "Meng Lao, I can count as finding you." The

    old man's face flashed impatiently and turned his head. Said to Qiao Manman: "Girl, I have something to do, so I have to go first, and we have the chance to see you later." He walked quickly and left.

    Qiao Manman saw the people catching up with the old man in a few steps, and then carefully supported him, "Why did you leave suddenly? Your son is still looking for him." The

    old man threw off the man's arm and said angrily: "Don't mention him to me, I don't have his son!"

    "Okay, okay, don't mention..." The

    two walked away, Qiao Manman couldn't hear clearly, and turned back to Lin's house with an empty bowl.

    In the kitchen, the pot of marinated fatty intestines was still simmering on a low heat. Qiao Manman opened the lid, picked it up with chopsticks, and checked the coloring. He saw that the pot of fatty intestines was basically stained with marinade. The sauce color, nodded in satisfaction, ready to cook for a while and then withdraw the fire.

    Turning around, she realized that the fat sausage she fried was missing.

    "Mother likes it, she was taken away by her." Cheng Guilan reminded from the side.

    Qiao Man raised his eyebrows with satisfaction.

    The first New Year's Eve dinner after the Lin family was separated was unexpectedly harmonious. With Wang Caifeng's leadership, coupled with the unique and attractive fragrance of Feichang, everyone has given up on their previous suspicions and made bold attempts. After tasting them, they were full of praise for the two different flavors of fatty intestines.

    The only discordant thing is Lin Hongjiang. When he learned that Qiao Manman was the woman who had been talked about by their children before, he could not help but flushed, suffocating his neck and looking at Qiao Manman, he just refused to eat and let him go. Her mother, Caifeng, couldn't persuade her.     Of course Qiao Manman knows his careful thoughts. When he said something like "Fattest disgusting, kill me without eating", Qiao Manman just walked up to him and listened to his ears exactly what he said. . Lin Honghong was doing this to show her, to show that he would rather be unyielding than break his promise.     Qiao Manman doesn't care if he eats it or not. She put the fat intestines piece by piece into Lin Honghai's bowl where no one can add food, "Your brother doesn't eat, you eat."     Lin Hongjiang was anxious now, and quickly picked it up. Chopsticks went to grab the last few pieces, and never said such things as fat intestines and nausea.     After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Wang Caifeng wiped her mouth and announced: "My family is here in the second grade, and the old daughter-in-law is good at craftsmanship. You come here early on the second grade, and the kitchen will be left to you."     Cheng Guilan secretly took care of it and waited. Wang Caifeng's family is not easy.     Qiao smiled and asked: "Mother, are the things I made delicious?"     "It's delicious, so you came to take the spoon that day."

    Qiao said in a slow manner: "Mother, all the delicious dishes that I can cook require slow time. Look at the two fat sausages I made today. It took an afternoon before and after. Then you pay. I haven’t seen how long it took me to deal with the foreign body and odor on the fatty intestines at home. It’s no exaggeration to say that it took me a day to achieve this effect for the two fatty intestines. They all say that I work slowly and do meticulous work and cook vegetables. The same is true. So, mother, I am really powerless about the second grade."

    "If you only let me do this, mother, I can do it well." Qiao Manman added again.

    Wang Caifeng’s face was stretched long, but she remembered the embroidered look of Qiao Manman when she was cooking in the kitchen, and then looked at the two empty plates of fat intestines, and had to gritted her teeth and said: "Then you will do these two things. , The eldest daughter-in-law will do other things."

    Cheng Guilan was stunned, never expected that the hardest and most tiring job would fall on her in the end.

    Qiao Manman curled up his lips contentedly. She picked this dish deliberately today. With this time, I believe Wang Caifeng will not let her get tired in the kitchen in the future.

    The atmosphere of Mei's house is not harmonious when it is also for New Year's Eve dinner.

    "Mother, the boss of Meiyu is not young anymore, why don't you tell her about her?"

    The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who voted for me or irrigates the nutrient solution~

    Thank you to the little angel who voted [hand grenade]: Aren One statement;

    thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:

    5 bottles of Li Dan;

    thank you very much for your support to me, I will continue to work hard!

Chapter 19

    Mei Yu’s New Year’s Eve dinner was ready, Mei Yu’s sister-in-law Chen Qiuyue saw that Mei Yu hadn’t been on the table, so she got up and called Mei Yu to come for dinner.

    After calling for a long time at the door, I heard an answer, "You eat and leave me alone."

    Chen Qiuyue was a little unhappy. Today, she and her mother-in-law had tossed in the kitchen for a day. Mei Yu didn’t say any help, but took it away all at once. A dozen bean paste buns were given away. When I came back, I didn't know why, but suddenly became worried and unhappy, and hid directly in my own room with the cat. Now it's about to eat the New Year's Eve dinner, which symbolizes reunion, and people refuse to come out.

    It seems that the Mei family has had a very good life in the past two years, and it has raised her little sister-in-law more and more delicately. Others’ homes are fashionable and still can’t get enough to eat, and what they look forward to most of the year is this New Year’s Eve dinner. Her family is very nice, even the New Year's Eve dinner is not rare. With a temper like Meiyu, if you marry someone else's house, who can stand it. I think that Meiyu is also nineteen. If you talk about an imaginary age, it will be twenty after the new year. It seems that she has never heard her mother-in-law mention her marriage. She has been married to Mei's house for two years. The year before was okay. In the past year, Mei Yu always used words to confuse her, making her unhappy every time she comes to her husband's house. This little sister-in-law should get married quickly.

    Chen Qiuyue felt uncomfortable, so she brought up Mei Yu's marriage at the dinner table.

    Meiyu's mother was a little upset, thinking that Chen Qiuyue didn't mention which pot to open. She actually worries about Meiyu's marriage every day. She is Mei Yu's mother. How could she not know what Mei Yu was thinking about? She was thinking of the second child of the Lin family, but she was already married! She did not dare to persuade, and even pretended not to know this, for fear that it would be counterproductive. She also wanted to introduce Mei Yu to some people of similar appearance, but Mei Yu always refused directly.

    Thinking of this, Mei Yu's mother took a bitter look at her old man. If it hadn't been for the old man to propose marriage with the Lin family, how could Mei Yu miss Lin Zhongnan, who had never returned home and was a company commander in the army.

    But no matter how unhappy Meiyu's mother was, she couldn't show it. Her daughter-in-law also works in the commune, and she has a lot of oil and water. She belongs to the same person as her son Mei Zhen, who is very capable.

    Mei Yu’s mother smiled and said, "Qiuyue, you don’t know if you don’t live in the village. Actually, in the past two years, you have told Meiyu that you have a lot of kisses, and you can’t overstep the threshold. But Meiyu doesn’t like it, she wants to find it. A person with knowledge, culture and responsibility. You know many people. Is there someone who can introduce Meiyu to Meiyu?"

    Chen Qiuyue asked strangely: "I think that educated youth He Zhiyuan is very good with our family Meiyu? He Zhiyuan is an educated youth. He is knowledgeable and literate. I see that he is very caring about Meiyu. Why, Meiyu doesn’t like it? Or do you disagree? Young people nowadays advocate free love, but you don’t like your old ways."

    "He Zhiyuan can’t do it." "Mei Yu's father directly rejected, "This person has too much thoughts and can't bear any hardships. Besides, he is still a city dweller. If the policy changes in the future, the educated youth can return to the city. Will he leave Mei Yu and leave? I don’t know yet."

    "Father said that. Qiuyue, you can help with snacks for Meiyu’s marriage. Our village girl married on seventeen or eighteen. Don’t give Meiyu to the leftover old girl." Meiyu’s elder brother Mei. Zhen echoed and said.

    "Okay, then I will help Mei Yu pay attention."

    "I don't agree!" Mei Yu's voice sounded at the door, her eyes widened, she bit her lip and looked at everyone, looking angry and aggrieved.

    "I don't talk about kissing now, and you don't have to worry about my marriage! Since you are all looking at me, I won't eat this meal anymore!" With that, Mei Yu turned around and ran away.

    Although Mei Yu’s mother was annoyed that Mei Yu was confused about her marriage, she still felt distressed for her daughter who looked like a flower. She hurriedly found empty bowls and plates to pick out some good food and dishes on the table, and she wanted to give it to her. Meiyu sent it.

    Mei Yu ran back to her room again angrily, picked up the fabric in the sewing basket again and continued to sew.

    She was very ruthless, and she must be admitted to university a year later, so that everyone can see that rural girls are not the only way out for marrying people! When she is admitted to college, Brother Lin should also treat her differently. So she must find a knowledgeable person to help her.

    Meiyu's needlework is pretty good, after all, rural girls have to learn this since they were young, so it's no problem to sew things like knee pads. She did it very quickly, and even the cotton in the knee pads was exhausted in the whole afternoon, all she had to do was to lock the edges and make laces.

    It's just that the stitches of this knee pad are still flat and dense, and the appearance is somewhat unsatisfactory. Mei Yu couldn't tell whether the other party was a man or a woman, so she had no choice but to find a moderate military green cloth. This color (shǎi) has become popular over the years, and men and women can be upper-body.

    When Meiyu's mother came into the house with food, she saw her daughter sewing stitch by stitch.

    Meiyu's mother is very strange. In recent years, she has rarely seen Meiyu play with needles and threads, but she likes to keep reading while holding a book. Even this new set of clothes on her body was made by her, Mei Yu just made a few suggestions and asked her to change a few places, and she didn't even want to touch it.

    "Who are you doing this for?" Mei Yu's mother thought that everyone in the family doesn't need this, but don't do it for the second child of the Lin family. But I really can’t help. Mei Yu has coaxed the Lin family girl into a daze in the last year. Maybe she can really get the contact address of the Lin family’s second child from the Lin family’s girl. Wouldn’t it really be mailed to the Lin family’s second child? Bar?

    "Mother, leave me alone." Mei Yu replied impatiently.

    "All right, then you should eat first, and then make it after eating." Meiyu's mother had something in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it. It's better to have less spats for those who celebrate the New Year.

    In an instant, the year passed. In a blink of an eye, the fifteenth of the first lunar month has also passed.

    Qiao was full of thoughts, she must hurry up to find Cheng Chunyang in the bullpen. Although she had already gone through the college entrance examination, before crossing over, the college entrance examination had passed five or six years, and the things she had learned and trained in high school had long been abandoned by her. Besides, the college entrance examination of this era is not the same as that of later generations. She really has a black eye on what it takes to take the exam.

    After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the sky began to get warmer every day. Qiao Manman once went to the cowshed to inquire about the process of Chunyang, and learned that Cheng Chunyang was not in Qingshui Village during this period. It seemed that he was called by the mayor to do something in the past. Had no choice but to return.

    But Sister-in-law Li, who sells tofu in the commune, first helped her borrow high school textbooks from this era, which made her very happy.

    Speaking of it, on the New Year’s Eve, she wanted to send the bowl of stir-fried pork intestines to Sister Li’s house, but a weird old man came to her, and her sympathy was overflowing for a while. As a result, the bowl of pork intestines went into that old man. Belly.

    Later, when the braised sausages were cooked, she cut a bowl and sent it to her, which was favored by Sister Li's daughter. With this encounter, the relationship between her and Sister Li gradually became warmer.

    After a few more days, the ice opened, and the soil under her feet began to loosen and soften, and Qiao Man was pondering her plan to renovate the small courtyard.

    She plans to tear down all the dilapidated and mottled earth walls on the periphery of the small courtyard, and rebuild the walls with the earth bricks made by herself, so that they are neat and beautiful as well as durable. If the courtyard wall is built higher, her safety is guaranteed.

    She learned how to make adobes from a video before crossing. She has never practiced it herself, and now she can experience it for herself.

    In fact, she has money in her hands, so she can go to the brick factory to buy bricks. But before the journey, as a very capable craftsman, she liked to do everything by herself. How else could she stand out among so many craftsmen in China and become the most famous one.

    To make adobe bricks requires relatively pure soil, which cannot contain sand and gravel, and yellow mud clay is the most suitable.

    Qiao Manman has observed that there is still a lot of this kind of soil in Qingshui Village. After going around around the educated youth spot, she finally selected a wasteland closest to her small courtyard for digging and building a kiln.

    The steps to make adobes are actually quite simple.

    First make a soil kiln. Find a place where the loess is relatively sticky. Use tools to dig two pits about 30 to 40 cm deep. The pit is opened at the bottom. It is also necessary to dig two small holes extending outward and towards the ground inside the large circular pit. These two small holes are the smoke outlets of the earth kiln.

    Or use bamboo sticks, or use more flexible branches, like a tent, first set up the tent support on the circular soil pit. Add the soil excavated by the digging to the dry grass, mix it with water into a wet mud shape that can be formed into strips, and paste it on the tent support, both inside and out, and finally leave a small piece that can be extended into the arm. Hole.

    While waiting for the earthen tent to dry out, you can make adobe bricks. Dig out the yellow mud and clay with water and make a paste, put the paste into a pre-made mold, wait for the paste to dry slightly, remove the mold, and the adobe is formed.

    After that, the firewood and straw are stuffed into the long pit. The firewood and straw will pass through the hole in the bottom and finally be stuffed into the round pit. To put it bluntly, this is a simple and simple stove.

    Just put the formed adobe bricks in through the small holes in the tent, light the fire and paste the holes to burn the bricks.

    The bricks burned in this way are light red, which has a rustic feel.

    Just like this, Qiao Manman had a great time playing with mud and fire outside during the day. At night, he went home to read and study, and his life was very fulfilling. It's just that Cheng Chunyang has never come back, she can only teach herself this way first.

    On this day, when she was making bricks on the wasteland, someone came to talk to her.

    "Girl, what are you doing?"

    Qiao Manman raised his head and saw that he was actually the old man he saw outside the Lin family courtyard on the 30th day of the year.

    "Uncle, why are you here? You really answered your words. We met by chance." The

    old man was delighted. "You know me?"

    Qiao Man was in a daze. "You forgot me? You have eaten." my meal broth it. " "

    is that you? "exclaimed the old man, he will head to toe full of Joe looked at it again," girl, you lost so much, how can I blame the old man not recognize you! "

    these days , Qiao Manman insisted on drinking Lingshui every day, and insisting on taking a bath and washing face with diluted Lingshui every day. Recently, there are fewer and fewer magazines discharged from her body, and accordingly, she has become whiter and thinner.

    Compared with the time of the New Year, her figure is thinner again, her apricot eyes are getting more and more hydrated, and the shape of her eyes has been fully revealed. The line of the mandible is also tightening, and a round face has a tendency to transform into an oval face.

    The skin is more transparent, and the melanin is greatly reduced. It is completely invisible that she used to be a black girl, but there is still some distance from the real white.

    During the New Year, the girl who seemed to be happy and blessed has now become a slightly plump and beautiful girl.

    "Are you going to burn bricks?" the old man asked, pointing to the earthen kiln and mold.

    "Yes." The

    old man became interested and eager to try, "Girl, last time you asked me to eat fat sausage, how about I help you burn bricks this time? Your little kiln burns too slowly, I'll help you build another one. Kiln, burn two of them together."

    Qiao Manman saw that the old man actually wanted to play, and nodded, "Okay, but this is physical work. Can your body stand it?"

    "It's okay, as long as it doesn't rain, The old man is good."

    Just do it, but this old man did not dig pits to build a kiln like Qiao Manman, but used the waste bricks that Qiao Manman discarded to build a kiln.

    The so-called waste bricks are actually those bricks that have been burnt and scorched and have uneven colors. If they are not broken or cracked, they are not very good-looking. With Joe's picky aesthetics, of course they are directly discarded.

    When the old man's kiln was about to take shape, Qiao Man was shocked. What kind of small fire kiln is this? It's not a tiny building!

    A small fire kiln that is only used to burn bricks not only has the design sense of the building, but also the functional layout is very reasonable and exquisite. It is full of admiration.

    "Well, I am better than yours? But you are quite smart, and you can think of this way to burn bricks. Why didn't I think of it before?" The old man was proud at first, then annoyed.

    "Meng Lao, Meng Lao." There was a cry not far away.

    Qiao Man took a full look, then turned around and asked: "Master, is that for you?"

    The old man’s expression was very impatient, "Well, looking for me all day, I’m so annoying." The

    visitor was a 30-year-old man. He approached and said to the old man, "Why are you here? Professor Cheng is back. She wants to ask you something. She looks very anxious." The

    old man nodded with a sullen face, then turned to Qiao Manman and said, "Girl, I have to go, I will come to play with you another day."

    Qiao Man Fully responding, while watching the old man walk away, while wondering about

    Professor Cheng, is it Professor Cheng Chunyang?

    She has come back!

Chapter 20

    Mei Yu bit her lip slightly, pacing around Cheng Chunyang's house, and from time to time she looked into the window where only human figures could be seen, which looked rather nervous.

    "Old man Meng, you are a mason who

    builds a house, so you can do it. People ask you to give you face!" "Cheng Chunyang, you are still a literati, why is your waist so shallow? People let you bend you Just bend?"

    "Don't confuse me with right and wrong. Why did I bend over, I'm doing my best for the country!"

    "Fart, don't call yourself so noble, you just don't want to be in Jiangda anymore. Huh."

    "Old man Meng, I am

    doing this for your own good." "Who uses you for my own good, my business, you don't mix it up!"

    The dispute inside has lasted for five or six minutes, and there is no sign of stopping.

    What they are arguing about, Meiyu doesn't understand or understand. Only when Cheng Chunyang was arguing with the old man Meng, old man Meng once uttered two words, "teaching literati" and "Jiang Da".

    Mei Yu was overjoyed. It was obvious that Cheng Chunyang should be a professor at Jiang University before he was sent down. Sure enough, as long as you stare at Qiao Manman, you can find the right person.

    Ever since she cheered Lin Hongjuan with more than a dozen white bean paste bags, Lin Hongjuan has also actively contributed to telling her the general movements of Qiao Manman in the recent period. Sure enough, she guessed it. Qiao Manman went to the bullpen twice for the college entrance examination to inquire about a woman named Cheng Chunyang. So, like Qiao Manman, she began to pay attention to the whereabouts of Cheng Chunyang.

    Mei Yu didn't expect that Qiao Manman went to a university professor when she looked for it. The starting point she found for herself is really not the ordinary Gaojiang University. Who doesn't know, located in the provincial capital, it is the best university in their province!

    There was a bang, and the sound of a door slamming came over, which frightened Mei Yu. I saw an old man rushing out angrily. This should be the old man Meng in Cheng Chunyang's mouth. Seeing the gray look on his face, he was really a gray-headed mason. I don't know what Cheng Chunyang has to say about a university professor and the same mason.

    Cheng Chunyang chased him out of the house, and shouted at the back of Old Man Meng: "I think how long you can be stunned!"

    Old Man Meng didn't even turn his head.

    Cheng Chunyang turned around reluctantly, and stepped on two slightly stiff legs to walk into the house, but he didn't want to be tripped by the stone under his feet.

    Just when Cheng Chunyang thought that he would inevitably suffer from pain today, one arm held her in time to prevent her from touching the ground.

    "Teacher Cheng, slow down." A

    soft voice came into Cheng Chunyang's ears. Cheng Chunyang only felt that the voice was gentle and pleasant, which made her feel very comfortable. Turning his head, he couldn't help but brighten up in front of him.

    The girl in front of her is beautiful, like a lotus flower blooming fresh and refined in this gray mountain village.

    The girl's eyes were full of admiration, causing Cheng Chunyang's heart to pass through a warm current.

    For many years, she hasn't been seen by such eyes again, nor has she been called "teacher" again.

    In the past, her proud disciples, when the movement came, they all chose to protect themselves, or they chose to report her together. The remaining few students who were sincere to her were either overwhelmed and sent to a farther place, or they could not stand the suffering and passed away.

    Cheng Chunyang is a very picky person about people and things. Few people can see her on weekdays, so there are not many students who are liked and valued by her, but they are all top-notch ones. Unexpectedly, when the real test comes, these lovers of her will either turn to the side, or take care of themselves. On the contrary, those students with relatively mediocre aptitudes that she does not pay attention to often help her secretly. Let her see how the world is hot and cold, and life is all different.

    "Girl, who are you? How do you call me Teacher Cheng?" Cheng Chunyang asked Mei Yu to help her into the house.

    She suffered from these old cold legs when she came to Sanqing Township. A woman's body is inherently thin and not cold-resistant, but she does not distinguish between men and women during the labor reform. She also has to wade into the cold water to work like a man, and she has these old cold legs over time.

    Especially these days, the cold spring began to fall, and the wind in the northern spring was strong and cold, and it was the time when her legs suffered the most. Once it hurts, it's inconvenient to move, otherwise she wouldn't have almost tripped over a stone just now.

    "My name is Mei Yu, and I live in this village. Of course I know you, you are the only university professor here, who doesn't know!" Mei Yu opened his eyes and said nonsense. Not to mention this life, even in her last life, she had never seen a university professor, and she was even more acquainted with Cheng Chunyang.

    These words made Cheng Chunyang happy. Back then, as a senior intellectual, who didn't respect her, no one had spoken to her for a long time. Of course, she ignored those compliments that were purposeful. But the look on the little girl's face was very sincere, which made her feel very comfortable.

    Cheng Chunyang's house is very small and dark, with only a few things that can be used normally, such as lunch boxes, kettles, tea mugs, quilts, etc. There is nothing else, and it looks very shabby.

    "Meiyu, right? What did you ask me for?" Cheng Chunyang asked after being helped by Meiyu to the edge of the kang, leaning against the wall and sitting down.

    Mei Yu put down the cloth bag on his shoulders and took out the contents. It was a high school textbook with mathematics subjects.

    Mei Yu said embarrassedly: "Teacher, can I ask you to explain a few questions for me? I really can't find anyone to ask. People in the village are not studying now."

    Cheng Chunyang looked at Mei Yu in surprise and asked. Said: "Others stop studying, why do you still miss it? I heard that in recent years, the school regardless of whether students are studying or not, everyone is focusing on sports and revolution. Why don't you be like others?"

    This question is in the middle of Meiyu. At any rate, she knew about the next eight years. Of course she knew what these intellectuals were thinking now.

    Mei Yu took out the rhetoric that he had prepared for a long time, "I think no matter how much exercise is done, people who participate in sports do not have the most basic judgments and concepts of right and wrong, and the results of the exercise may run counter to the original purpose of the exercise. Reading makes people feel good. It’s wise, the dross of the ancients is not unreasonable, but people still don’t realize it. One day everyone needs to read, and I’m just one step ahead of others.” After thinking about it

    , Mei Yu added: “Before, I I dare not come to you, for fear that my affairs will drag you down. But I heard that you will be rehabilitated recently. Teacher, you will be back to the city almost soon. I'm afraid I won't have a chance if you don't ask."

    As soon as these words were said, Cheng Chunyang immediately made Mei Yu look at him differently.

    Cheng Chunyang felt that the girl in front of her was not simple, she had such an insight in the deep village, and if she guided her well, she would definitely have a future in the future. Reminiscent of the increasingly clear form now, the girl's mind becomes lively if she wants to teach this girl well.

    "Okay, I'll be free right now. If you don't understand, I will tell you."

    Mei Yu pointed out what he didn't know about Cheng Chunyang.

    In fact, regardless of her previous life or this life, the Mei family let her go to high school. It's just that she didn't learn well in the last life, so she could barely mix in the middle. Now she is reborn. She has read books at home for nearly a year by herself, and feels that she is much better than in her previous life. "

    Cheng Chunyang browsed all the places that Meiyu didn't understand, and she was a little disappointed. She originally hoped that Meiyu was a good aptitude, but it seemed that this level was a little unsatisfactory.

    But when I thought, there are no good teachers and good educations in this remote mountain village. The children are willing to learn, and it is quite possible that they can learn this way, so I began to explain it for her in earnest.

    This talk is even more disappointing, and the child's understanding is not particularly good. She felt that she had analyzed the problem clearly, but Mei Yu didn't quite understand it. In the end, although she reluctantly said that she would, she could see that the child was insincere, but in fact he still couldn't fully understand what she was talking about. Probably I felt that it had troubled her for too long, and I felt embarrassed, so I said that I understood it all.

    Cheng Chunyang felt that the child's self-confidence could not be undermined, and that it was good to proceed step by step, so he put down the book.

    After finishing the textbook, Mei Yu took out the knee pads he made from the cloth bag and handed it over, “Mr. Cheng, I’m really bothering you today. I heard that many people at our labor camp have old cold legs, and I don’t Knowing how to thank you, I made this for you."

    Cheng Chunyang looked at it, turned out to be a pair of knee pads, and couldn't help showing a gratified smile.

    It was not that she had never thought of making knee pads by herself, but she was a high-level intellectual who had fallen into this small mountain village. She had no money and no sewing skills. It was even difficult to make a pair of knee pads for herself. Recently, my legs hurt more and more, and this knee pad was delivered in time.

    Cheng Chunyang thought to herself that although Meiyu this girl is a bit poor in her aptitude, she is better at having a love of learning and her meticulous mind, which is very rare.

    Qiao Manman was coming to the bullpen at this time.

    She knew that after Cheng Chunyang came back, she didn't rush to get to know her the first time.

    For one thing, she heard that Cheng Chunyang had something to talk with the old Meng who she had met twice. Second, she felt that since Cheng Chunyang had already returned, she would not leave for a while.

    Thinking of this, Qiao Manman first transported the burned bricks back to his yard.

    Back home, put the bricks, carefully washed his hands and face, and changed into clean clothes, then put on the pair of knee pads and walked all the way to the bullpen.

    The cowshed in Qingshui Village has long lost its former harshness. Many of these decentralized personnel have backgrounds and capabilities. The former leaders in the township and village had to make them suffer because of the constraints of the environment at the time. Now that the situation has changed, some people may soar into the sky. In order to forge a good relationship, the head of the township, the village party secretary, etc., are quietly helping them improve their lives. These people are still the objects of education and reformation in name. In fact, they have become ordinary people who can move around freely except for the time being not able to leave Qingshui Village.

    Like Mei Yu, Qiao Manman entered smoothly.

    She had already inquired about Cheng Chunyang's residence last time, and now she went straight there.

    When she stood at the gate of the courtyard and saw the scene in front of her, she was stunned.

    Mei Yu was holding a woman carefully across the threshold of the house and came to the courtyard. The two were talking and laughing. Mei Yu called a teacher with a gentle tone.

    That woman should be Cheng Chunyang, Qiao thought full.

    "Are you?" Cheng Chunyang asked suspiciously when he saw Qiao Manman at the gate of the courtyard.

    "Professor Cheng, my name is Qiao Manman. I am here to visit you specially. I want to worship you as a teacher."

    "Manman?" Mei Yu was surprised, and he was crying. Also persuaded me not to study anymore, why did you quietly come by yourself today to find Professor Cheng to apprentice? Do you just want to make yourself excellent, but you don't want me to be as good as you?" After a

    pause, he pointed at Qiao Man. The pair of simple and elegant knee pads in Manman's hands said: "This is your apprenticeship? This is obviously what I proposed to Professor Cheng first."

    "What are you talking about?" Qiao Manman frowned.

    When Cheng Chunyang listened, his first impression of Qiao Manman was not good. She thinks this girl is too scheming, she has been afraid of such a person these years.

    "No, I won't accept you as a student, nor will I accept your things!"

    "Hey, this knee pad is good, Cheng Chunyang, if you don't want this student, just give it to me. I'm still missing a pair of knee pads. Woolen cloth."

    Hands stretched out from behind and snatched the knee pads from Qiao Manman's hands.