70s happy little days on the island

Chapter 271-280

Chapter 271

Zhao Xiaoyan pointed at the flower bud and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"

Wang Tianzhu tilted his head: "Who are you talking about?"

Zhao Xiaoyan retracted her fingers and was pulled back by Lin Chunlian.

As a gay man, Lin Hui couldn't speak clearly. But Secretary Xu, Director Li, and other people in the village who were present all knew what Zhao Xiaoyan was thinking. This shameless behavior is simply unbelievable.

Secretary Xu regretted it endlessly. Why did he believe Lin Chunlian and Zhao Xiaoyan's lies and thought they were getting back together! With this look and attitude, it's clear that she wants to compete with Hua Ya for a man!

How could she have the nerve to do such a thing? I don't know how much I weigh!

Cuicui's mother, who had been standing in the crowd without speaking for a long time, hesitated and said: "Chunlian, otherwise you two should go back first. Look, don't make your brother so angry. Listen to the eldest sister. , please take Xiaoyan back quickly."

Cuicui's mother knew that Hua Ya might come today, and she might not know who she could meet Hua Ya. She thought about it again and again, but finally didn't let Cui Cui come over. Not only for the sake of Hua Ya, but also to avoid suspicion for his daughter.

She knew that Zhao Xiaoyan's family had no good intentions, and she didn't dare to let Cuicui appear. To avoid being said behind your back, if you smell something like a man, you will run over to me. It will be difficult for you to get married in the future.

Secretary Xu's face turned pale with anger from the two of them, and said: "Yes, you should go back quickly. People who have undergone surgery should have a good rest. If you are noisy here, it will affect him. If you and Sister Zhang have Problem, you two go down and deal with it, don't make any noise here."

He deliberately avoided Zhao Xiaoyan's intention to come over and tried his best to let Zhao Xiaoyan leave with them.

Sister Zhang said angrily at the side: "I didn't bring my daughter here anyway, but she was kind enough to let her dress up like this and hide behind. Everyone knows what she is thinking. I'll give you that kilogram of white flour." If I give them to you, I will pity them mother and daughter, and I will give them all to the beggar."

Lin Chunlian has been financially strapped in recent years, mainly because Lin Xiangyang reduced his alimony and stopped supporting their family. Her family is extremely poor, the man is unreliable, and the daughter cannot get married. You have to worry about food and clothing.

Day and night, she was worried about where she could get more work points and money. After thinking about it, the best way was to find a rich man to marry Zhao Xiaoyan.

But you don't just meet rich men when you want to.

Zhao Xiaoyan was still a little worried about Qian Aijun, and she wasted her years by going back and forth. Zhao Xiaoyan is twenty-seven this year, so if she wants to look for her, she will have to find someone in the village who is over thirty years old, or whose wife is dead, and who carries an oil bottle.

Instead of living like that, it's better to take a serious gamble.

She married an old man from the army and dared to come back to show off her power. Everyone knew it but no one said anything about it. I'm afraid it was because of the other party's power that everyone kept silent about it.

Zhao Xiaoyan and Lin Chunlian also said that as long as they live a good life, they don't care what others say.

The mother and daughter hit it off immediately and came over excitedly.

If Sister Zhang hadn't been meddling inside now, their purpose would have never been discovered.

Hua Ya quietly looked at these two ugly faces in the crowd, and couldn't help but sneer at the corners of her lips. There was nothing they could do to her, she just wanted to see how jealous they were.

On the contrary, Lin Xiangyang was afraid of making Hua Ya angry, so he kept telling Secretary Xu: "I'm going to take a rest. Everyone should go back. Thank you for coming today. When I get better, I will definitely set up two tables at home for you." You go over and drink."

Hua Ya raised her hand and looked at the watch on her wrist. She estimated that the time was almost up and said to Lin Xiangyang: "Your son-in-law is coming soon. Why don't you let them meet before leaving?"

Wang Tianzhu knew that Hua Ya had a bad heart, so he heard Secretary Xu say excitedly: "It would be such an honor for me to meet the head of the military region. How about we wait a little longer?"

Director Li said from the side: "Do you want me to send them upstairs first so as not to disturb the chief?"

Hua Yayun said calmly: "Isn't he just a bad old man? It doesn't matter if we meet him once."

When Zhao Xiaoyan heard Hua Ya's words, she seemed to have received an imperial edict. She pushed the people next to her away and stood at the door with her chest raised, waiting.

Secretary Xu and others felt like they had a clear mind. They had all seen the photos and there was nothing wrong with this bad old man.

Hua Ya obviously wanted to embarrass them.

They stared at each other and waited. Hua Ya sat on the edge of the bed calmly and looked at the disease information given by the doctor.

An An came over from Zhang Fengying's bedside and whispered a few words. Hua Ya smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, let them go."

This was a trust in her Gu Bajin and the greatest contempt for them.

Everything they do is treated as a joke.

Lin Chunlian and Zhao Xiaoyan waited for half an hour and finally saw the shadow of hope.

Downstairs of the city's inpatient department, a Hongqi car slowly drove up, and there were actually two jeeps following the Hongqi car.

When Director Li saw it, he couldn't help but said: "He is indeed the chief. There are so many people accompanying him when he goes out."

Hua Ya knew that it was not the entourage at all, but her eldest brother and sister.

So he leaned into Lin Xiangyang's ear and said, "Don't get too excited later. If the wound opens, you have to go back to the special care ward."

Lin Xiangyang was not that angry when he saw Hua Ya like this. His second daughter was different from the past, and she knew it well.

He said: "Although I have never met my second son-in-law, I have seen photos many times. He will be very stable and will not embarrass you." That is, the father-in-law must properly maintain his airs. He cannot disrespect himself and let his daughter be betrayed by others. Look down.

Hua Ya covered her mouth and smiled: "Then you'd better be."

Zhao Xiaoyan stood by the window, not blinking, looking at the stopped Hongqi car, wishing she could stick to the glass to see how old the old man Hua Ya married was.

She was very complicated inside. She was jealous of Hua Ya's good marriage, but also laughed at Hua Ya's old age.

She made a thousand mental preparations in her mind, and when she wanted to look for the old man who got out of the car, she almost screamed!

He was the man she could never forget in her dreams!

A quick glance at the entrance of Labor Park left an unforgettable image of God's proud man in her mind!

How could such a handsome and outstanding man get out of Hua Ya's husband's car!

Zhao Xiaoyan stared at the car door, expecting an old and ugly man to appear inside, but she was disappointed.

She found that no one came down from inside.

Impossible, impossible!

Zhao Xiaoyan recalled all the previous experiences and suddenly realized that she seemed to have been deceived!

She couldn't believe this fact and turned around and shouted: "Mom! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It can't be him!"

Lin Chunlian felt timid when she saw the Hongqi car, and she was already frightened when she saw the soldiers coming out of the car.

She stood on the second floor and looked down, but she seemed to be suppressed by the aura surrounding the young officer standing downstairs.

She took a step back uncontrollably, stretched out her hand to hold Zhao Xiaoyan's hand and said, "We, let's-"

Zhao Xiaoyan's nails made a harsh sound on the window. She thought of countless consequences, but she never thought that the person Hua Ya would marry was an existence that she could not touch even in her dreams!

How could Hua Ya live and have children with such an outstanding military officer!

She stared at Gu Tinglan's figure.

It's him!

Hua Ya's blind date is really him!

Zhao Xiaoyan shook off Lin Chunlian's hand and said, "Leave me alone, I remember him! It turns out he was the one on the blind date!" She said like crazy: "He should be mine, he should have been mine!"

She looked at Hua Ya angrily, as if Hua Ya had snatched away her lover.

Hua Ya wanted this kind of effect. She sat beside the hospital bed and talked to Lin Xiangyang leisurely. Completely ignoring Zhao Xiaoyan's nervous and excited face.

Wang Tianzhu asked Hua Ya: "My father should be hers? What are you talking about?"

Hua Ya said: "When I first went on a blind date with your dad, she pretended to be me. She was fooled by your uncle Xie's pockmarked face and stammer, thinking that your dad was that kind of person, and she even promoted it in the village for me. . Later I found out that this was not the case, so I began to imagine that the husband I married was an old man in his late teens and early 80s."

Wang Tianzhu understood immediately, but still asked in confusion: "Then why did she say you married an old man? Although my dad is a few years older than you, he can't say that."

Hua Ya smiled lightly and said, "Jealousy can make people insane."

As if to confirm Hua Ya's thoughts, Zhao Xiaoyan rushed out of the window. She wanted to ask Gu Tinglan why he lied to her in the first place! It was as if Gu Tinglan was her betrayal!

Lin Chunlian also ran to the door, blocked Sister Zhang's way, and said to Sister Zhang: "I have no connection with you, why do you want to go down?"

Sister Zhang was speechless for a moment. Secretary Xu came out and stamped his feet angrily: "You don't think it's embarrassing, why not just stand here and wait for someone to come over! Lin Chunlian, call your daughter back quickly! She's alone How shameless is it for a girl who has not yet left the court to rush over to someone else's husband when she sees him!"

Lin Chunlian knew that she only had one chance, so she said shamelessly: "Didn't you hear my daughter say that they met before, and people who have met can't go over and say hello when they meet again?"

Secretary Xu said: "You really think of yourself as a person! What kind of person is the leader, and what kind of people are you? How can you possibly know the leader! I, I can't control you. If you get into something big, Woe, don't come looking for me!"

After speaking, Secretary Xu asked Director Li and others to drive Sister Zhang away. The less trouble, the better!

He watched Sister Zhang being taken away from the corridor, and found that there were three or four more people in the corridor. They were all wearing white coats and seemed to be the leaders of the hospital.

Secretary Xu swallowed and did not say hello to them. Go straight to the window and look down. Several more people crowded around him, all wanting to see what Zhao Xiaoyan planned to do.

Even Lin Hui, An An and Wang Tianzhu stood over.

Lin Xiangyang knew that Hua Ya and Gu Tinglan had a good relationship, so he couldn't help but ask, "Would you like to go over and have a look?"

Hua Ya smiled and said, "It's mine that can't run away."

Lin Xiangyang organized the words and wanted to tell Hua Ya that many men also need women to take care of them. If you don't keep an eye on people as good as Gu Tinglan, I don't know how many people will keep an eye on him.

"That's what I say, but man - hey, forget it, you just have to know what's going on."

After all, he is also a gay man, and it is a bit embarrassing to talk to his daughter about the same man. He looked across the bed, hoping that Zhang Fengying, who was squinting weakly, could help him say something.

After all, if Zhao Xiaoyan sticks to her shamelessly, even if her son-in-law refuses, it won't sound good if word spreads.

Just as Lin Xiangyang opened his mouth to call Zhang Fengying, he heard a miserable howl coming from outside the window!

"Ah!--"

Secretary Xu, Director Li, Cuicui's mother, as well as the hospital leaders and Lin Hui who were standing by the window, all took a step back from the window. It was like seeing something terrifying!

Lin Chunlian also howled, frantically pushed away the people blocking her, and ran downstairs!

Wang Tianzhu took a breath of air and looked out from the window. Comrade Xiao Guazi, his cheap father's security guard, threw the heavily made-up Zhao Xiaoyan over his shoulder!

He was slammed face down to the ground, and he didn't know if Ya was okay.

Xiao Guazi didn't finish pressing her to the ground. He ignored her whining and handcuffed her behind her back.

Zhao Xiaoyan wanted to struggle, but Xiaoguazi pressed her knees against Zhao Xiaoyan's neck. Even with a little force, she couldn't even scream, as if she was a dead fish pinned to the ground!

Any beautiful thoughts will disappear when put together with the dirty dust on the ground.

She watched her mother running over. She wanted to tell her mother not to rush out suddenly, but she couldn't make any sound. She watched Lin Chunlian being thrown to the ground by another guard and holding her arms behind her back. He was handcuffed behind his back.

Xiao Guazi raised his chin at Smiling Tiger, expressing satisfaction with his reaction.

Xiao Guazi yelled fiercely: "Whoever dares to suddenly attack my leader will end up like this!"

Gu Tinglan walked past them who were lying on the ground. Zhao Xiaoyan saw the military boots not far from the back of her hand and stepped over them. She knew she couldn't let him leave and she had to seize the opportunity.

She burst out with all her strength and screamed: "Why did you lie to me? Why did you lie to me!"

Gu Tinglan strode towards the hospital building. He seemed to be deaf, turning a blind eye to everything in front of him, and didn't even move at all.

He didn't know what was going on and was focused on his first meeting with his father-in-law.

Under his calm and handsome face, the little deer jumped wildly. He earnestly hoped to see his little wife and be close to her, so as to soothe his little heart.

He heard a noisy roar in his ears and frowned slightly without looking back.

Xiao Guazi quickly covered Zhao Xiaoyan's mouth and wondered: "A mouthful of blood can't stop a lunatic's mouth."

Smiling Tiger asked Gu Tinglan directly: "Chief, what should I do?"

Gu Tinglan said without thinking: "Send the mentally ill to the mental hospital."

After saying that, he led the people upstairs, not wanting to waste another second on them.

Chapter 272

"What? They actually still have such thoughts?"

Xiao Guazi secretly went to the corridor with Wang Tianzhu to gossip. Xiao Guazi said bitterly: "If I had known, I would have pushed her up higher and made her lose her front teeth!"

As he spoke, he stood at the door and looked into the ward. The small ward was already overcrowded. The people surrounded in the middle were none other than Lin Bayi and Lin Xiangyang, who had not seen each other for fifteen years.

Gu Tinglan specially gave up the court to them and secretly hid in a corner with his young wife. Let him face his father-in-law, he will still be nervous, okay?

He told Hua Ya: "Two lunatics suddenly rushed out just now, which scared people. I didn't dare to look at them, but if you touch them, my little heart is still beating."

Hua Ya whispered: "Just treat them as crazy. As for your little heart still beating, don't you want it to continue beating?"

Gu Tinglan couldn't pretend anymore, so he sat down on the chair and whispered: "Facing you, my heart beats at a different frequency. Haven't you heard it many times?"

Hua Ya glared at him, lowered her voice and said, "Don't say these rude things. If you want to say anything, go back and close the door. Don't bother me."

Gu Tinglan curled her lips and said, "I'm not serious about closing the door. Well, I'll pretend. My father-in-law will talk to me later. If I'm too nervous, please help me complete my sentence." ."

Hua Ya chuckled and said, "If it's not round, you can use it freely."

In the crowd.

The eldest son's sudden return made Lin Xiangyang struggle to remember from his illness.

Lin Bayi helped Lin Xiangyang lean back slightly and said with red eyes, "The two children are still at school. Fangyuan asked for leave for them and bought train tickets for tomorrow."

Lin Xiangyang was extremely excited. The relatives he missed day and night were all worried about his return. Be it Lin Bayi, Lin Yun, Hua Ya, Lin Juan, or Lin Hui, these kids are all competing against each other.

After they finished talking, Lin Yun brought Zhou Kaiqi up and introduced him to Lin Xiangyang.

Knowing Zhou Kaiqi's identity and Lin Yun's relationship surprised many people.

Secretary Xu couldn't help but clicked his tongue when he saw such a scene. He whispered to Director Li: "Look, this is the number one person named Lin in our Linjia Village."

Director Li was still worried about what happened to Lin Chunlian and Zhao Xiaoyan just now. He didn't dare to get in front of Gu Tinglan and the others, and he didn't dare to disturb their conversation. He could only say in a low voice: "Their family is gaining momentum. Lin Xiangyang is really lucky. My son. Each of my daughters strives to be more successful than the other. The people she is looking for are not ordinary people."

God knows how shocked everyone was when Lin Yun and Lin Xiangyang introduced Zhou Kaiqi. Lin Yun's divorce caused a lot of controversy back then. The old woman and the Diao family did not bully her enough and forced her to stay away from the village after the divorce.

People in the village thought that she would be lonely and helpless in the future, and that even if she remarried, she would not be able to find a better candidate. At most, he is just an old man from some village who is widowed or has some problems with his children.

Who would have thought that I would find a university professor as soon as I looked for him! Lin Yun had accumulated so much virtue in his previous life that he could find such a good person for his second marriage.

There is a huge gap between second marriage and second marriage. Even if many people get married, they still cannot find such a good husband.

Lin Yun felt everyone's inquiring eyes on her. She showed no expression on the surface, but Zhou Kaiqi generously took off his coat in front of everyone and put it on Lin Yun.

This was a silent declaration, telling everyone present that Lin Yun was someone he cherished and cared for.

Lin Juan had no idea and said carelessly: "Is it windy outside? Let me close the window."

Hua Ya pursed her lips and smiled, but was gently bumped in the leg by Gu Tinglan who was sitting next to her: "It's your turn to introduce me, let's make a quick decision."

"You still need an introduction?" Hua Ya said, "You call my dad more frequently than me every month. Just go over and say hello."

Gu Tinglan hesitated for a moment, finally feeling that Comrade Hua Xiaoya was unreliable, so he might as well go through on his own.

When Lin Xiangyang saw Gu Tinglan, before Gu Tinglan could say anything, he took his hand and said, "Thank you, I owe my old life to you!"

Lin Xiangyang took it seriously: with an excited heart and trembling hands, he pulled his son-in-law to prevent him from leaving.

Gu Tinglan saw that Lin Xiangyang was more formal than the leader of the military region. He bombarded his father-in-law with sweet words like a dog, making him hold his stomach and burst into laughter.

Hua Ya saw him and whispered, "Where did your father-in-law's airs go?"

Lin Xiangyang scolded: "What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense."

Huayu: ".."

The hospital leaders had been greeted by the troops before and they were not allowed to disturb Lin Xiangyang. Now that he saw Gu Tinglan, he left with satisfaction.

Upon seeing this, Secretary Xu and others also expressed their farewells. More than ten people left the ward at once, and it suddenly felt much cleaner.

After leaving the house, Officer Li quietly asked Secretary Xu: "What should Lin Chunlian and Zhao Xiaoyan do?"

The mother and daughter didn't even say a word. After being put down, they covered their howling mouths and were taken to another place.

He asked this and was accidentally overheard by Xiao Guazi standing at the door. Xiao Guazi said what Gu Tinglan told him.

"These two lesbians have a tendency to attack our leader. They should be brought to the local army inspection department for questioning. After the questioning, they will have their brains checked. If there is any brain problem, they will be sent to a free mental hospital for treatment. If you know each other Their families, ask them to contact the comrades in the Supervision Section, we have sent people to hand them over, and we will not intervene in what happens next."

Officer Li said "Ouch" and said to Xiao Guazi: "They, they don't want to attack the leader."

Xiao Guazi asked knowingly: "What are you going to do?"

Director Li can't say it out loud, so he can't say he intends to ruin the military marriage, right? That seems to be a bigger crime.

Secretary Xu pushed him from behind and said: "They deserve it, they are just mentally ill. You should leave quickly, it is none of our business. Don't talk nonsense when you go back, it will be embarrassing!"

Director Li nodded politely to Xiaoguazi and hurried down the stairs.

The fellow villagers following them also whispered that it was quite worthwhile to come over and watch such a joke.

As he walked, Director Li said: "I think the mother and daughter really need to be sent to a mental hospital to have their brains checked. It's not that he stutters, but that he is an old man. He just refuses to admit that he is a young talent and a human being. The middle dragon and the phoenix."

Secretary Xu heard the discussion behind him getting louder and louder, and he was afraid that they would say something wrong again.

Secretary Xu looked back, beckoned everyone else in the village to the stairs, and said while avoiding people, "Shut your mouths when you go back, and tell the men and women at home not to talk about Lin behind his back." The gossip about the Xiangyang family. The consequences of gossiping are obvious to all. We cannot afford to offend him for his green military uniform. You should also think more about their benefits. We also know what kind of person Lin Xiangyang has been in these years. . When you go back, you must remember to warn your family members not to make wrong decisions, let alone associate with Lin Chunlian and her family. You are also not allowed to associate with Sister Zhang from Zhangjiacun!"

After he finished speaking, they all nodded to show that they understood. He asked again: "Where is Cuicui's mother? Why doesn't she come over?"

Director Li told him: "Hua Ya left her here, saying we would have dinner together in the evening and talk about Cuicui's schooling."

Secretary Xu frowned and said, "What else could be wrong with Cuicui going to school?"

Director Li told the other fellow villagers: "You all go down first, and we will go down after we finish talking."

Several people in Linjia Village looked at each other, said nothing, and went out the door one by one.

Officer Li told Secretary Xu: "Cui Cui's father wants to sell Cui Cui's place in college, and is looking for people to ask for the price behind his back."

Secretary Xu was shocked and said angrily: "How can such a thing be falsified? I even signed it!"

Director Li said: "Cui Cui's father is not very smart. He drinks too much alcohol and damages his brain. He just wants to change money to buy wine, even without his daughter's future. But he always talks about drinking while drinking, and I don't know if it's true or not. Even if he is willing and Cuicui and Cuicui's mother are not willing, he still can't sell it."

Secretary Xu knew that Cuicui's father's catchphrase was "water thrown out by a married daughter." They always say that Cuicui eats too much food from home, and how much it costs to raise Cuicui.

But if every household doesn't have babies and raise them, who hasn't spent some money on babies?

He and Cuicui's dad even had dinner together, and he scolded Cuicui's dad at the dinner table. How much money could Cuicui spend on Cuicui eating, drinking, and having sex at home all these years? Among those who were eating and drinking here, whose children didn't spend more than Cuicuihua?

Cuicui's father didn't say anything after that, but he kept saying that he was drunk and talking drunkenly.

Secretary Xu also warned him not to favor boys over girls. He was just a daughter, Cuicui, and he had to know how to love and cherish her.

Compared with his paralyzed son, Secretary Xu really wants a daughter who is as sensible and healthy as Cuicui.

Secretary Xu became irritated when he thought of this incident. He said to Director Li: "When you see Cuicui's father again, remember to tell him not to sell Cuicui's place in school. If Cui Cui hadn't sold this place to save the village's Finance, who was almost burned to death in the fire in the village committee office, won't be Cuicui's turn. It's best if Cuicui is safe and sound, and I don't allow anyone to put ideas into her."

Officer Li knew about Cuicui's efforts to put out the fire. Fortunately, Cuicui was only slightly injured.

He expressed his position to Secretary Xu: "I will talk to her father when I get back. If I find that there is another intention to sell the quota, I will lock him up and reflect!"

After they finished speaking, they gathered with other people waiting downstairs, and then headed to the bus stop in a hurry.

They didn't go far when they were stopped by Lin Hui who was driven downstairs.

Seeing Lin Hui in military uniform running over, Secretary Xu asked with a smile on his face: "Nephew, what's the matter?"

Lin Hui said to them politely: "Uncles and aunts, it's already late today. How about I go to the guest house and open a room for everyone, and the uncles and aunts can have dinner here and sleep all night before leaving?"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Xu looked at the other villagers, and everyone was waving their hands.

Secretary Xu said: "We are all farmers, how can we be so squeamish? We are so tired when we come here that we have to spend money to stay in a guest house. We don't even feel tired even if we walk back barefoot. Listen to my uncle and don't spend money." That money will be used to treat your uncle to dinner and drinks when your dad comes back, so don't waste it today."

Officer Li and others also said: "Why spend that money? We can take a bus to the county for just a few cents. It only takes an hour to go back home from the county, so it won't be a big deal." "

They refused here, and Xiao Guazi ran over with the smiling tiger.

"Fellow, don't leave in a hurry. My group leader asked me to take you to eat first, and then drive you home in a jeep."

Seeing that this young soldier was a "confidant" around Gu Tinglan, Secretary Xu couldn't help lowering his attitude and said politely: "Just now my nephew also said that he wanted to treat us to dinner, so just forget it, don't waste the money. We Just buy two steamed buns opposite and make up a meal. Country people can eat, but it's not cost-effective to eat in a restaurant. It requires tickets and money. Come on, please help me thank your chief."

Xiao Guazi got Gu Tinglan's order and had to do things well no matter what.

He smiled and took Secretary Xu's arm and walked him to the restaurant opposite. As he walked, he said: "Let's go, let's go. It happens that I haven't eaten either. I don't know what delicious food there is in this place. Just treat it as company." I'm done."

Lin Hui also pulled Director Li towards the restaurant, and called to other fellow villagers: "Let's go, Secretary Xu has already gone."

Chapter 273

If someone undergoes major surgery, most likely they will stay in the hospital for a month.

Lin Xiangyang was on the contrary, as if he had eaten something, his face was glowing red, and he spoke with great energy.

Before the sutures were removed, the doctor asked him to move around a bit, so he held his stomach and hunched over in the corridor, walking in a swishing motion.

After the stitches are removed, no one can control it. I can go to the sports meeting with a sign hanging around my neck.

Zhang Fengying was still a healthy person after all, but her waist was cut and she was extremely weak. Leaning on the hospital bed and looking at him like this, she sighed: "After all, he is still a man who has been running around mountains all his life. After passing this hurdle, your father will have no problem at all if he lives to ninety-nine."

Hua Ya was peeling an apple for her. Hearing this, she said, "If you don't know, you might think he donated a kidney to you."

Lin Hui also said: "Yes, the people who came to visit these days were dumbfounded and thought they had made a mistake. Our dad is in high spirits, and he doesn't look like he came back from a walk in the gate of hell."

Hua Ya, Lin Hui and Lin Juan were chatting with Zhang Fengying here, while Gu Tinglan and Lin Bayi went to the train station to pick up Fangyuan and the two children.

Fangyuan came here with her children and suffered a lot. When she was changing trains at Beijing West Railway Station, she encountered a hailstorm. The waiting hall was crowded with people. The glass at a height of more than ten meters was shattered. Many people were injured when they fell.

On a December day, the north wind blew.

Fangyuan, Tiantian, Lele, and the three of them stayed in the waiting hall for more than fifty hours.

After finally arriving in Ezhou, Lin Ba had to go to the train station to pick someone up before dawn.

Wang Tianzhu took Gu Tinglan to pick up Tiantian and Lele. Wang Tianzhu had visited all the places near the hospital and was really busy.

Lin Yun took Zhou Kaiqi around Ezhou City. Zhou Kaiqi heard from a friend that there was an old bookstore in Ezhou and the owner had many collections of books. He went there because of its reputation.

"Why are you always watching over me?" The soles of Lin Xiangyang's feet were covered with itchy flesh, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't walk around for a day.

Hua Ya stuffed Xiao Yaoyao into her father's arms and said, "I will go back to cook with my eldest sister later. You can help my father take care of her."

They agreed with the people at the guest house and borrowed a stove to cook every day. It's not that everyone is reluctant to eat food from outside, but after all, the fancy food from outside is not as comfortable as eating at home.

Especially Hua Ya, who misses the food at home and would rather work harder to satisfy her craving.

Lin Xiangyang looked down at his chubby granddaughter in his arms, and the itchy flesh on the soles of his feet suddenly disappeared.

Little Yaoyao crawled around in his arms and even farted on him. He grinned: "What a loud fart. My good grandson is a brave man!"

An An couldn't stop laughing next to her. She squeezed Xiao Yaoyao's little hand, gave her the Allegro and said, "Let's play the Allegro for Auntie."

Lin Xiangyang disliked the bad bamboo on the Allegro board. Seeing that Hua Ya and Lin Yun were leaving, he hurriedly asked Hua Ya: "How many days until I can be discharged from the hospital?"

Hua Ya turned around and seemed to see through the surface that Lin Xiangyang was ready to go up the mountain to cut bamboo, and said coldly: "It's early, just stay patient."

Lin Xiangyang leaned on the hospital bed with his shoulders slumped, pointed at the window and said, "An'an, help dad open the window a crack, dad is going crazy from the pain."

An An pointed at Xiao Yaoyao and said, "Second brother-in-law said that the windows are not allowed to be opened when she is around."

Lin Xiangyang didn't know that his granddaughter wanted to pick the moon, so he said in confusion: "Are you afraid of catching a cold? The heating in the hospital makes me sweat."

An An said: "The second brother-in-law said that there is a fountain outside. He is worried that his daughter will act like a monkey fishing for the moon."

Lin Xiangyang would not say anything bad about his son-in-law, let alone his granddaughter, so he said angrily: "Building some kind of fountain outside, it seems like your hospital has a lot of money."

An An hurriedly said: "There is a doctor talking outside. Please keep your voice down. If someone overhears you, tell the hospital leaders what to do."

Lin Xiangyang said with extra confidence: "I'm afraid he'll listen? It's not a curse."

An An said: "I'm afraid they will take your words seriously and fill up the fountain."

Lin Xiangyang was sick and startled: "No, it's impossible, right?"

An An didn't say anything. Zhang Fengying, the patient opposite, slowly strolled over and said, "The day before yesterday, you said that the hospital's buns were too plain. Since yesterday, the buns have been full of meat. How many people are trying to please the children? I advise you to take care of them. Keep your mouth shut and don't cause trouble for the children."

Lin Xiangyang pursed his lips and said, "From now on, I will be mute until I am discharged from the hospital."

Zhang Fengying smiled and didn't believe his nonsense.

An An asked her: "How are you feeling today?"

Zhang Fengying said: "The wound doesn't hurt anymore. I just feel empty around my stomach, as if something is missing."

Lin Xiangyang's mute disease persisted for half a minute and he said, "It's just that he's missing a kidney. If there's a kidney missing from his belly, how can it not be deflated?"

Zhang Fengying sat beside Lin Xiangyang's bed, touched her belly and said, "It's true. I thought it was a big deal, but now it feels like nothing more. If it's less, it's less. I don't feel anything is wrong."

They chatted all the time.

There were still two hours before lunch, the sun was nice, and Lin Hui came back from outside.

Seeing Xiao Yaoyao in Lin Xiangyang's arms, she said, "My niece is here, please give your uncle a hug."

Lin Hui didn't know that little Yaoyao had just farted and was playing around for a while, so she might "do something big". He directly picked up little Yaoyao and sat on his arms, pinched her little face and said, "When can you speak, please call me uncle."

Xiao Yaoyao: "Yeah!"

Lin Hui said to Lin Xiangyang in surprise: "Does she want to call me? Good boy, call me again!"

Xiao Yaoyao: "Yeah!"

Lin replied: "She must have called me uncle!"

Lin Xiangyang wanted to nod, but suddenly smelled a foul smell, and his expression suddenly changed.

Zhang Fengying took the child and quickly reached out to pick up little Yaoyao.

Lin Hui didn't want to give it and wanted to kiss her.

An An whispered to Lin Hui: "Brother, have you brought a change of clothes?"

Lin Hui sniffed and felt an unusual smell. He lowered his head and looked, oh ho! His niece's "hmm" turns out to be not calling someone, but making her baby squirt hard.

Lin Xiangyang held back his laughter, took out an old cotton-padded jacket from under the bed and said, "Hurry up and put on your clothes, it stinks."

Lin Hui held the old cotton-padded jacket between his fingers and said, "Where did you get this? Why did you bring the patched clothes here? Isn't this what you used to chop wood?"

Lin Xiangyang said: "Your second brother-in-law has recently fallen in love with the characteristics of the village. He said that he grew up in the city and wanted to feel the customs and customs of the village. He had to wear colorful jackets and cotton trousers. Wear it. I don't know what the people in the city think."

Lin Hui is smart and knows that this is a fashionable way to dress up. He said to Lin Xiangyang: "You don't understand this. Okay, I'll put it on first. You wait for me to finish washing the military uniform and accompany you downstairs to bask in the sun?"

Lin Xiangyang got up and put on his clothes. After putting on his thick coat, he started to put on his shoes. While putting it on, he said: "I said I would be honest and lie down on the bed today. If I have to go to the ground, this is not my request to take a walk."

Lin Hui smiled and said, "If you don't want to go out to bask in the sun, don't go out. I won't force you."

Lin Xiangyang was anxious, and wrapped little Yaoyao in a floral quilt with his own hands and said, "I can do it, but my eldest grandson can't. She is such a small baby, so she needs to get more sun."

An An helped pick up Xiao Yaoyao and said to Lin Hui: "Let our dad go out and get some air." After that, he said to Zhang Fengying: "You and dad are two extremes, one walks all over the floor and the other dare not. Want me I told you to go downstairs and take a walk. You have all the stitches removed. If you don't move around more, you might get the internal organs in your stomach stuck together."

Her words were not alarmist. The doctor told Zhang Fengying to let her exercise properly. Lying down all the time without moving can easily cause the internal organs near the wound to become sticky, and then surgery will be required to separate them.

Zhang Fengying couldn't bear it, so she took her time to put on her clothes and shoes.

After all, she was still timid, fearing that her movements would open the wound again, so she walked slowly behind Lin Xiangyang with Lin Hui's support.

There is a row of sycamore trees under the inpatient department, and under the sycamore trees is a path dedicated to walking.

There are long wooden benches between the trees for the inpatients upstairs to stroll down and rest.

Lin Xiangyang walked quickly and walked in front. An An held Xiao Yaoyao and walked one step behind. Lin Hui and Zhang Fengying were walking three steps away.

It has just entered early winter, and the warm sunshine at noon is still very comfortable on people.

Lin Xiangyang wanted to sit on the wooden chair near the entrance of the inpatient department. He wanted to wait there for his eldest daughter-in-law and two grandchildren to arrive.

When he passed by, there was already an old couple and a lesbian sitting on wooden chairs across the path, enjoying the sun.

The two old couples were wearing hospital gowns with cotton vests outside.

They looked at Lin Xiangyang.

There is an inexplicable feeling of sympathy between the patients, at least Lin Xiangyang does. He greeted them politely and sat across from them.

The old couple saw that Xiao Yaoyao was chubby and cute, with a fair and beautiful appearance. However, the large flower quilt wrapped around her body exposed the other party's rural family environment.

Their daughter-in-law murmured: "Isn't this the hospital for city cadres? Why are people of all grades sent here?"

The old lady whispered to her: "The peasant class is worthy of admiration even if they are poor. Maybe they sacrificed their lives for medical experiments."

Daughter-in-law Xiao Lu closed her mouth and looked at Lin Xiangyang and the others sitting across a path from behind her mother-in-law.

Her father-in-law is the retired deputy director of the logistics office of the cotton factory. He enjoys the treatment of a deputy department and is reimbursed 80% of his medical expenses.

Every winter, her father-in-law would be hospitalized for treatment for asthma. As he was old, he asked the old lady to live with him in the hospital as his companion.

Even in an ordinary ward, eight people can live in one room and there will be enough heating. You can save a lot of coal money in one winter. There are many cadres in the hospital who do this, and they all go to the public medical service, and everyone understands this tacitly.

It's just that this year the roof of the building where their family lives has been leaking frequently, and the heating supply has been cut off. The small two-room room didn't even have a place to stay.

So Xiao Lu's parents-in-law shamelessly admitted themselves to the hospital early, and Xiao Lu spent most of the day here playing with the heating system. If the nurse didn't drive her away at night, she could sleep here at night.

The old man saw Lin Xiangyang nodding to him, and then saw Lin Hui wearing an old cotton-padded jacket, holding a cadre's gift and said: "Brother, I have two pairs of old clothes over there, but they are torn at the shoulders. Do you want them?" Huh? My clothes are all good clothes. If you take them back and mend them, you can wear them for a few years."

Chapter 274

The atmosphere was a little cold for a while. The old man tried his best to sell his shabby clothes and said, "Don't be embarrassed. You see, your son can still wear it with a patch on his body."

Lin Hui slowly looked at himself and found a small patch on his elbow. He smiled nonchalantly.

The elbow area is easy to wear, and people in the village will inevitably have patches after wearing it for a long time.

Lin Xiangyang saw the old man talking to him. Seeing that the other person's attitude seemed to be that of a retired leading cadre, he said politely: "Thank you, but my family is not short of clothes. It was this little baby who soiled her uncle's clothes. I had no choice but to do so." Old clothes."

Zhang Fengying made way for An An to sit on the chair.

An An didn't want to sit down. Her feet were cold, and walking around would make them less cold.

Lin Xiangyang's surgery was urgent, and she stayed here for more than ten days. She didn't have time to go back and get cotton shoes, so she was still wearing single cloth shoes.

Seeing her walking around, little Yaoyao couldn't sit still and reached out for her aunt to give her a hug.

The little baby shook its hand "babbling", and the small silver bell on its hand rang. An An heard the young lesbian opposite say: "Hey, the iron on my hand sounded like real metal. I don't know, I thought it was silver."

She didn't wait for An An to speak, she looked at the thousand-layer cloth shoes under An An's feet and said, "The soles on your feet are good. Please sew two pairs for me later."

Zhang Fengying has sewed shoe soles for others. Thousand-layer soles take a lot of time and effort, and it takes her three days to make a pair. The craftsmanship fee given by the village is also higher than that of ordinary clothes, only two yuan.

However, this lesbian said that she knew the goods, so she knew the goods. She said that she did not know the goods, but she actually said: "I'll give you six cents for a pair. I have eight-inch feet. Please give me a bigger slit."

"Who said I want to sew shoes for you?" An An felt that she was looking down on others, so she said, "I really regard six cents as a treasure. If a pair of these soles costs six cents, I will buy them as much as I want. "

When the old lady saw that her daughter-in-law had made them unhappy, she said apologetically: "She just speaks outright. Please forgive me."

Lin Hui said: "Is this outspoken? It's just domineering."

Lin Xiangyang kept looking at the door worriedly. He had not yet decided what gift to give Tiantian Lele. When he heard them talking, he shook his head and said, "Stop arguing. It won't be good when your sister-in-law comes over."

Lin Hui patted the old cotton-padded jacket on his body and looked up at the sun. Not wanting to argue with the family across the street, he took over the topic and said, "If you don't come back after a while, let's go up, lest the second sister can't be found after cooking." we."

Zhang Fengying was not the type to argue. She took An An's hand and said, "Go back and ask the doctor for me if your dad has any taboos. We have been eating so many people lately, it's easy to forget."

An An said: "Okay, I'll ask later. I just happened to ask the doctor if there are any taboos after kidney removal."

Xiao Lu, who was on the opposite side, suddenly raised his voice and said: "I asked how could such a person come in here? It turns out they are 'kidney donors'! Hey, he is really good at making money. I don't know how much a rural kidney is worth. I guess it's the best." It's only one hundred yuan a day."

The old man interrupted his daughter-in-law and scolded: "Hurry up and apologize to them. These are not words from a cadre family! There is no sense of propriety at all. If others hear the report, wouldn't they donate a kidney in vain? ."

The old lady spoke in a strange tone. She didn't know whether she was really scolding her daughter-in-law or showing her superiority: "You have never been to the countryside, so you don't know how miserable the rural people are. Just for a mouthful of food, you have to fight in the mud." Look at the patches on their clothes, and you really think they are all like you, married into a cadre family, able to afford good clothes and sausages. Your father asked you to apologize to them, you Apologize quickly, if you can't help it, buy some peanuts, melon seeds or something to compensate them. The Chinese New Year will be here soon, so you can save them money."

Lin Xiangyang's attention was successfully drawn back by the old lady. Of course, it was not only his attention that was drawn back, but also a feeling of stabbing at the pit of his mind.

He rubbed his ears, and looking at the two old couples wearing old Chinese tunic suits and the young lesbian wrapped in a blue and black cotton-padded jacket opposite, Lin Xiangyang really thought there was something wrong with his ears.

What are they superior to?

What are they showing off?

Lin Xiangyang looked at it for a long time, but he really didn't see it.

Zhang Fengying knew that Lin Xiangyang had become increasingly unbearable in the past two years, so she winked at Lin Hui and asked Lin Hui to take his father back.

However, Lin Hui also lost his temper, and the family of three across from him looked down upon others.

What he said was an apology, but every word of it was bullying honest people and looking down on rural people.

The old man on the other side saw that they were silent and thought it was the rural people who were timid when they saw the leading cadres.

With a strange and polite smile typical of leading cadres when greeting the working people, he said: "I didn't discipline my family well, which made my old brothers angry. They are used to being pampered at home, and their words are harsh and unpleasant. Come on, come on, I have a cigarette here, brother, if you have one, I will apologize to you on behalf of my family."

Lin Xiangyang grinned. He didn't know whether he was angry or was being made to laugh or cry by the lunatic family. He also imitated the old man's polite smile and said: "I don't smoke. My second daughter said that smoking will shorten your life. In the hospital Smoking is life-threatening. I still want to live a few more years, brother, I won't smoke anymore. If you are in a hurry, you can smoke. If you smoke more, I will forget it."

The old man is not a big cadre, he is just a retired deputy section chief, which is half a level above the section chief.

After working like this all his life, he is not very promising. In the end, his qualifications are just there to make him look better when he retires. The factory leader showed mercy and gave him a cadre status.

People who have been among the masses for a long time are crazy about wanting to be a cadre. After finally becoming a cadre, they end up retiring.

He has no place to take cadres' money. City people will always have cadre relatives when they have relatives. As long as he is a cadre, he is the lowest class and cannot be compared with anyone. He can only use his status as a cadre to work on the rural working people.

Why do you put your hands behind your back and go to the vegetable market to pick and choose when you buy groceries? He only had the opportunity to eat in a restaurant once a month, so he couldn't miss it. He also took his family with him and called the waiter to give advice on a table of vegetarian dishes.

When we arrived at the hospital, we couldn't offend the doctors, nurses, and the whole family, and they couldn't afford to offend those who were usually hospitalized in the cadre hospital area. A family that suffered from cadre disease finally managed to show off its cadre airs when seeing people who were inferior to them in cadre status.

Zhang Fengying was surprised, and she whispered to An An: "They look down on us like this, why don't I get angry?"

An'an is more educated than her mother, and after thinking for a while she said, "Maybe it's because our ideological realm is different. In the past, when our family was poor, we were afraid that others would say we were poor behind our backs. Now that the family environment is better, if someone says this again, we From the bottom of my heart, I just took it as a joke."

Lin Hui became a soldier and stood tall and straight, but he was still relaxed in front of his family. He happily touched the patch on his elbow, leaned against the sycamore tree behind him and said, "I didn't expect that this small patch has become a mirror for looking at monsters. No wonder I have to remember the bitter and the sweet. You really can't forget your roots as a human being."

Forgot your roots?

These two words stung the old man's family.

The old lady has been a "masses" with the old man all her life. She finally got the status of a "cadre's family" at the age of sixty, but she was actually asked not to forget her roots?

Their daughter-in-law knew that what her parents-in-law didn't like the most was being mentioned about the time when they were "people". She thought she was being cunning and said: "Looking in the mirror of demons? I think it's the mirror of poverty. Look at your family's sad faces here. Either we don't have enough money to donate a kidney, or we are sick and have no money to pay for medical expenses. No matter what it is, what qualifications do you have to tell us not to forget our roots?"

Xiao Yaoyao seemed to be amused by her words. She clapped her hands and kept laughing.

When she smiled, Lin Xiangyang and Zhang Fengying also laughed.

Xiao Lu, who was opposite, saw that what she said was laughed at by a group of rural people, and his eyebrows stood up in anger.

Lin Xiangyang said: "I do have a sad face, but it's not because of 'poverty'. My family was indeed very poor before, but now life is better and I don't have to worry about money."

The old man said: "Looking at your son dressing up like this, even if it is for him to earn a good future, you should make friends with me and not be disrespectful. Your family is really rude country people."

Lin Hui put his fist to his mouth and smiled for a long time. He waved his hand and said, "You three are really interesting as a family. Please talk for a while, and I will listen and learn from my second sister. She likes to hear the psycho talk the most. A few days ago We just sent a mentally ill mother and daughter to the hospital. If you want to go, I can just tell my second sister later. By the way, it's free."

The old lady's face was so dark that she stood up on the bench, pointed at Lin Hui and said: "My wife is the deputy section chief of the cotton factory. You really have no vision. If you get along better with our family, we can have a good relationship." , when the cotton factory recruits workers next year, maybe we can introduce you to work there depending on the situation. You young people just like to joke about your own future, you are short-sighted. I will not regret it after seeing you. "

Maybe, it depends on the situation?

Does this mean that you are not even sure about being introduced to work in a cotton factory?

Just like that, you still imply that you want other people to curry favor with yours? What a great official power.

Zhang Fengying didn't understand the cadre hierarchy, so she asked Lin Hui: "What kind of official is a deputy section chief? After working for a lifetime, he shouldn't be more powerful than your second brother-in-law, right?"

Lin Hui deliberately said in a voice that the other party could hear: "I have never come into contact with such a 'big' official."

He spoke, and the other side was also very proud. How could a group of mud-legged people come into contact with deputy section-level national cadres in the city.

Lin Hui was almost ready. When he saw the proud face on the other side, he raised the corners of his lips and said deliberately: "What is the name of the second brother-in-law's guard?"

An An spoke quickly and said, "Call Xiao Guazi brother. What do you ask him for?"

Lin Hui said: "I just want to ask Brother Guazi whether the national cadre at the deputy department level is more senior, or the official of the second brother-in-law."

"Second brother-in-law? Guard?" The old man across from him sat up straight and said, "Where did you get such relatives? You can't help but hug yourself. People who don't know think that what you say is true! I tell you You, originally I saw you looking sad, and I was wondering if I should help you, but brother, you have shortened your own path."

Lin Xiangyang saw the iron fence of the inpatient department being opened by the security guard. He didn't recognize the car, but he recognized the little red flag on the car hood.

He smiled and said to the old man opposite: "It doesn't matter whether my road is short or not. Anyway, I know that your road is not long. Anyway, you are right about one thing. I am just an ordinary citizen. You, an official, can give me some advice." I won't take a few words of advice seriously. Anyway, I think I'm better than you at child discipline."

When the old man saw Lin Xiangyang confronting him, he couldn't sit still and stood up and said, "My son is currently working as a second-level worker in the cotton factory. He is not a hundred times better than your son who wears patches. You mud-legged people like to have whimsical ideas. , always thinking about meeting a big shot. I don't know how you got in. Anyway, I'm going to find someone right now and kick you all out."

Lin Xiangyang glanced at him, and he said slowly: "Can't I get in the inpatient department? I'm a family member of a cadre."

The old man seemed to have heard a big joke and said: "If your family can find a cadre, you will be considered great."

Lin Xiangyang stood up and moved around, walked up to the old man, clasped his fingers and said, "I don't know what kind of cadre you are talking about, but I want to ask my brother, I have the second son-in-law of a league leader. The eldest son of a deputy regiment, a son-in-law of a professor, and a second daughter with first-class merit. There are also two other daughters who are not very promising, but a third daughter who won the third place in the national military competition, and a daughter who has just passed the artillery exam. My youngest son will become an officer after college. Am I qualified to live in the cadre ward?"

The old man sat down on the bench, clutching his chest and almost losing his breath. His daughter-in-law helped her calm the breath in her chest and said quickly: "Dad, listen to what nonsense he is talking about. Who doesn't know how to brag?"

As he said this, Xiao Lu felt uneasy in his heart. Could it be that he really showed off too much in front of others and met a real Buddha?

Lin Xiangyang didn't care what happened on the other side, anyway, the Hongqi car slowly stopped in front of the long wooden chair.

As soon as the Hongqi car stopped, the old man opposite was so scared that he rolled his eyes. He knows very well what a Hongqi car represents within the system.

At least it can be proven now that what his old brother said is probably true!

His breath was stuck in his throat. He stared to the side and saw that the old lady was already trembling on the chair.

"You're not going to kick us out, are you?" the old lady said breathlessly: "Can you and your deputy department cadres suppress them?"

The old man roared angrily: "Deputy Section, Deputy Section, you really regard the Deputy Section as a great official! Leave quickly, leave quickly!"

He wanted to stand up, but Xiao Lu didn't hold him with a hand, so he sat down on the bench again.

The door of the Hongqi car opened, and Tiantian and Lele rushed out, shouting crisply: "Grandpa, grandma!"

Lin Xiangyang slowly opened his hand, turned to the old man and said, "By the way, I have three grandchildren who will all become military officers in the future. Do you think this is enough to qualify me to live here for medical treatment?"

Chapter 275

Lin Xiangyang was led by Tiantian and Lele along the path under the sycamore tree to the inpatient ward. Fangyuan followed and walked with Zhang Fengying.

Gu Tinglan and Lin Bayi found it boring to sit in the car, so they simply parked the car in a parking space on the roadside, picked up their luggage and walked over. Wang Tianzhu followed behind, carrying the homework specially brought for him every day, his face so broken that he could squat on the ground.

In order to meet Tiantian, he was almost crowded in the car, so he had to do a lot of winter vacation homework, and he still had no humanity. He came over with his homework, and Tiantian was still gloating because he and Lele didn't need to add ten extra weekly diaries. Although Wang Tianzhu's composition level has improved, there is still a lot of room for improvement, and he will always receive a little care. He could imagine Wang Tianzhu writing weekly diaries while he was playing.

Lin Bayi walked past the wooden bench next to him and saw the old man and old lady sitting on it standing up and looking at them, so he asked Gu Tinglan: "Who is your acquaintance?"

He knew that wherever Gu Tinglan went, there were people he knew inexplicably, no matter what industry they were in, so he couldn't help but ask more.

When Gu Tinglan heard the question, he glanced, turned his head and said, "I don't know him."

He saw the lesbian standing behind again, and her face alone made him frown. He said to Lin Bayi: "Our dad was chatting with them just now, and they were still laughing. They must have talked about some pleasant topic."

The old man saw two officers with flowers on their epaulettes. He couldn't tell how the military ranks were divided, but just by seeing the red flag car, he knew that at least they were not grassroots cadres, but the top and second-in-command of a certain unit. He stammered: "Yes, it's very pleasant." As he said that, he stretched out his hand, wanting to shake hands like leading cadres meeting.

Lin Hui interrupted from behind and said softly: "Let's leave quickly. My second sister will be angry when she comes back from cooking and sees no one. She is a stingy bag. Let's not talk to other 'leading cadres' casually." We can't get enough of national cadres at the deputy section level."

"Hey, I haven't seen you for so many years, good boy. He learned the yin and yang strangeness well." Lin Bayi understood. It was probably the three people in front of him who said something about his father.

However, his father's temper was not one of swallowing his anger, so he seemed to be smiling back.

Gu Tinglan's head was not a decoration. Seeing the awkward expressions of the three of them, he could guess part of the reason.

He bypassed the old man who stiffly stretched out his hand to shake his hand and went straight forward.

Go up to the inpatient building.

Hua Ya was told by her younger brother and was trying her luck on the lunch box in the ward.

Why does her dad like to wander around!

The disease is not cured yet, and I can't see anyone anymore!

She stood at the door angrily, waiting to come back and talk to Lin Xiangyang, but she saw Tiantian and Lele coming in the corridor!

Lin Xiangyang walked with them, and when he arrived at the door, he said to Hua Ya, "I, I'm going to pick up my grandson."

Hua Ya had a stern look on her face. When she saw Gu Tinglan walking behind and winking at her, her heart itched and she said to Lin Xiangyang, "Eat. You ate all the sick meals I made for you."

Lin Xiangyang escaped and said cheerfully: "Okay, I'll eat them all."

When Tiantian and Lele saw Hua Ya, their little mouths shouted: "Second aunt! Second aunt!"

Hua Ya's heart softened again, and she said to Wang Tianzhu, who was hanging at the back: "Go and buy four bottles of soda, and you can drink them after you finish your meal."

Fangyuan said: "Do you want to have teeth? I also let them drink soda. I think if they want to drink, just buy a bottle. One share is enough for three people."

Hua Ya said sheepishly: "Buy an extra bottle, just in case an adult wants to drink it."

Fangyuan came all the way, insisting on teasing the flower buds, and asked knowingly: "There are still adults drinking soda now, who is drinking it?"

Hua Ya looked at Gu Tinglan hesitantly, hoping that he would do something right.

Gu Tinglan really stepped forward, and Hua Ya was happy.

Gu Tinglan said: "Of course my wife drinks it."

Hua Ya stamped her feet angrily, turned around and entered the ward, leaving a lot of laughter behind.

Gu Tinglan took out the money from his pocket and gave it to Wang Tianzhu: "After dinner, go down and buy soda. Remember to buy two more canned yellow peaches."

Wang Tianzhu said: "My grandpa doesn't eat that stuff."

Gu Tinglan said: "Your grandpa doesn't eat what your mother eats. You see, your mother has eaten all the canned yellow peaches given by others. The cans and bottles are still hidden under the bed."

Hua Ya's voice came faintly from the ward: "The louder you two sing together, you'd better stand on the roof and shout, I'll eat all the canned yellow peaches!"

"What's wrong with this?" Gu Tinglan teased his little wife and said, "After shouting, what if you don't eat the canned food I bought for you and eat other people's canned food? How can a beautiful little daughter-in-law like me eat the canned food given by others? ."

These words made everyone else numb.

Hua Ya didn't notice that she didn't need help from others. She blushed and carried the table by the window to the center of the ward: "Let's have dinner!"

Lin Bayi clicked his tongue, this is a solid wood table, his girl is really energetic.

This meal was a local dish cooked by Lin Yun and Hua Ya.

Fish cakes, glutinous rice cakes, lotus root and pork ribs soup, meatballs, lotus root clips, and roasted Wuchang fish. There is also a specialty from Wuhan, stir-fried Hongshan vegetable moss.

Lin Bayi introduced to Fangyuan: "In the first few years when we went out to serve as soldiers, what many people missed the most was Hongshan Caicai. Even now, when you go to Beijing and visit anyone, as long as it is Hubei They came over with vegetable moss and opened their doors to you with smiles on their faces."

Fangyuan had never seen seaweed moss before, but it was the first time he saw seaweed moss fried with bacon. After peeling off the purple skin on the outside, it turned out to be emerald green inside. It tastes sweet and refreshing in the mouth, and you can also eat the flowers on the vegetable moss. It tastes like cauliflower, but more fragrant.

Tiantian and Lele prefer to eat lotus root folders. The lotus root folders are filled with meat fillings and some pepper. They are wrapped in oil and are fragrant and crispy.

For the elderly, Lin Xiangyang prefers lotus root soup.

Lin Xiangyang didn't need anyone else to ladle the soup for him, and let the children finish it first. He filled another bowl for Zhang Fengying and then filled another bowl for himself. After sipping the soup and taking a bite of the lotus root, when he saw the thin silk threads, he didn't forget to show it to Wang Tianzhu and the others: "This is the lotus root that has been broken into silk threads. Look, you can pull out the long silk threads."

He also spoke with an Ezhou accent, mixed with Mandarin, which sounded very interesting. Wang Tianzhu liked to talk to Lin Xiangyang and always imitated his tone of saying "Sa" and "Mo Si". Lin Xiangyang tried his best to restrain himself and tried to speak Mandarin well, but he often failed in Mandarin.

There were about ten people in the ward at one time, and they all crowded together to eat. The beds, chairs, and bedside tables in the ward were all occupied.

Lin Xiangyang said shockingly: "Otherwise, I will be discharged from the hospital."

Hua Ya put her chopsticks on the bowl and said, "It's better for you to be discharged from the hospital than for me to be hospitalized."

Gu Tinglan quit and said in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? In the worst case, we will build a floor here."

The Chinese New Year will be celebrated on the 11th of next month, and it will soon enter the twelfth lunar month.

Guest houses are in short supply at the end of the year, and everyone is rushing to finish the work before the New Year.

It is not easy for ordinary people to travel here and there to earn a living wage. Some have no salary yet, just a big meal and a few work points.

Zhang Fengying thought for a while and said: "Our health is getting better day by day, and we can't afford to let you all guard us. It's rare for all of you to come back, so why not take this opportunity to take the children to play nearby."

Lin Bayi had this idea. There are many lakes and mountains in Ezhou. Although many temples on the mountain were destroyed, a very small number of temples were protected. And it's not far from Wudang Mountain and Shennongjia, so you can take some time to visit it.

Waiting until later, it will be difficult to enter the mountains in the twelfth lunar month.

"How about we take turns taking the children out to play?" Lin Bayi discussed with Gu Tinglan and said, "Our dad has Xiaoyun and Kaiqi here, as well as Xiaohui and Xiaojuan. We are too It would be troublesome to crowd in here too much."

Gu Tinglan rejected Lin Bayi's suggestion, and Lin Bayi asked in surprise why. Gu Tinglan seemed to be talking about a very small matter. He said, "I'm going to Beijing to be awarded a title in a few days."

Lin Bayi's hand holding the bowl shook. Although he knew this was inevitable, he didn't expect it to come so quickly: "Is it determined this time?"

Gu Tinglan said: "After the approval of the red head has been received, the only thing left is the awarding ceremony."

Hua Ya was next to him, stretched out her foot and lightly kicked Gu Tinglan: "I want to eat Wuchang fish."

Gu Tinglan gave her a piece of fish belly, picked out the big thorns and put it in her bowl. He heard his young wife ask: "What riddles are you playing with my eldest brother? What are you going to do with the approval? Are you not allowed to continue planting big pumpkins?"

"It's not about planting big pumpkins." Gu Tinglan said calmly: "It's about promoting me to deputy brigade cadre. I had this idea three years ago, but I never mentioned it. At the conference in the middle of this year, Ruan Brigade and the brigade The leader asked for it, and the senior leader felt that I was almost trained, so he gave me a title before the end of this year. When next year begins, I will officially take over Ruan Brigade's job and be in charge of Unit 031."

Hua Ya felt that her Ba Jin was always in charge of 031. She asked: "Does that mean promotion?"

Gu Tinglan didn't think it was a big deal and said calmly: "It's just half a level."

Hua Ya had heard someone in the army say that "Half a level of official rank would kill someone", so even a half-level promotion would be good. But Gu Tinglan's indifferent attitude made her unsure. Hua Ya scratched her head and said, "Is this a happy event?"

Gu Tinglan smiled and said, "It's a happy event."

That's it.

The flower buds were beautiful, so he kicked Gu Tinglan again.

The former Captain Gu and now the Deputy Brigade Gu were good at picking fish meat for his young wife to eat, and the incident was over.

Lin Bayi glanced at Lin Juan and Lin Hui, then glanced at Fangyuan and said, "This is such a huge happy event, how can it be revealed in just two sentences?"

Lin Xiangyang's mind was buzzing and his hands were trembling.

Because there were a lot of green military uniforms at home, he deliberately learned about military ranks and positions.

He burped in surprise.

His second son-in-law became deputy brigade commander at such a young age? !

You must know that the general league cadres are all in their forties, and those above are all in their fifties and sixties!

His second son-in-law is also in his early thirties this year, and his future career will be bright!

In order not to show timidity in front of his son-in-law, he coughed and said, "Since it is a happy event, when I am discharged from the hospital, it will be my fiftieth birthday, and we will have a banquet to celebrate, and it will be a double happiness."

Lin Yun, who had been silent all this time, came up with another big move for him.

She stepped on Zhou Kaiqi under the table, and Zhou Kaiqi put down the bowl. The occasion was not very solemn, but his attitude was very solemn and he said: "Then, we will even handle our affairs together."

Everyone turned around, but Lin Xiangyang didn't react and asked blankly: "What's the matter?"

Lin Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he blushed and said he wanted to speak. Zhou Kaiqi held her hand and said, "Let me tell you!"

He stood up and bowed to Lin Xiangyang and Zhang Fengying first. His relationship with Lin Yun has been introduced, and his family members all agree.

Zhou Kaiqi announced to everyone: "Xiaoyun accepted my proposal yesterday, and we are going to take advantage of this time to get the marriage certificate. Since we are going to have a banquet, please agree with my uncle and aunt to let Xiaoyun marry me and let our family Three blessings!"

Lin Xiangyang covered his chest, and Wang Tianzhu quickly took his rice bowl and put it on the table.

Good guy, there wasn't even enough bowl to eat. If it broke, he would have to run errands to buy it tomorrow.

Hua Ya said excitedly: "This is a huge happy event!"

Gu Tinglan laughed muffledly.

Lin Juan said: "Dad, please promise me to be my eldest brother-in-law."

Lin Hui also said anxiously: "Dad, you are not asking my eldest brother-in-law for a betrothal gift, are you? You are not that kind of person."

Lin Xiangyang laughed at being squeezed by him and cursed: "You little bastard, when did I ever sell my daughter? Get married quickly! Even if I don't celebrate my fiftieth birthday, I will make your eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law's wedding a lively one." The trouble is definitely, definitely the responsibility of our Lin family village!"

An An's slap turned red, and she said excitedly: "That's great. After dinner, I will go to the street to help eldest sister pick out wedding candies!"

Zhang Fengying was also excited. She kept saying: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is a workshop monitor in the sugar factory in that county. The third son of the aunt's aunt is your father's uncle and nephew from afar. Let's look for him."

Zhou Kaiqi, no matter how educated he was, was confused. He quickly said: "Aunt, I have prepared all the gifts. I also asked someone to bring Double Happiness wedding candies back from Beijing, and I also got ten cartons of Double Happiness cigarettes. I don't know how to do this. We need you to help us take care of it. You are the one who helps us check the rules. We are not very clear about the marriage rules in some villages."

Lin Yun glanced at Zhou Kaiqi. She was married in the village and she knew the rules. As a result, Zhou Kaiqi whispered to her: "Your last time doesn't count, and my last time doesn't count. We are newcomers. In the words of your second sister, we are the kind of newcomers who are new to each other."

Chapter 276

Of course Zhang Fengying would not refuse. After dinner, she started to pull Lin Yun to talk to him about the customs of marriage.

The successive good news made Lin Xiangyang wake up laughing at himself until midnight.

The children were not in the ward, so he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He quietly pulled on his shoes and wanted to go to Zhang Fengying's bedside to see if she was asleep.

Zhang Fengying was a light sleeper and felt something was next to her bed. There were too many talks about monsters and monsters in the hospital, so she didn't dare to tell others, but she was still alert.

She opened her eyes slightly and saw a man grinning at her, which frightened her so much that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

She clutched her chest and threw the pillow over and cursed: "What the hell!"

Lin Xiangyang said "ouch ouch" twice and said, "It's me! It hit the bridge of my nose!"

Zhang Fengying didn't have time to put on her shoes, so she went barefoot to the door and pulled out the light cord. She saw Lin Xiangyang sitting next to her bed with his face covered.

Zhang Fengying said: "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"

Lin Xiangyang said with pain and joy: "My eldest daughter is getting married."

Zhang Fengying laughed and said: "Yes, I am still married to a professor!"

Lin Xiangyang's "hey hey hey" smile was exactly the same as Comrade Hua Ya's. After secretly laughing, he added, "My second son-in-law is going to be promoted."

Zhang Fengying shook her head, sat next to him and said, "Yes, I was a senior official before, but now I am even more senior."

Lin Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was definitely a good person in my previous life."

Zhang Fengying said: "Then so do I."

Lin Xiangyang couldn't sit still, grabbed Zhang Fengying's hand and said, "Do you see my grandchildren? Each one is more lively and smarter than the other."

Zhang Fengying said with a smile: "Isn't your grandson my grandson? Don't just be happy, think about what gifts you can prepare for the children."

Lin Xiangyang was afraid of being heard by them, so he whispered: "I have already thought about it. I plan to buy a watch for each of them."

"Let's see. I still have some private money here. Let's add it together and buy good watches for the children." Zhang Fengying calculated the money on hand and said to Lin Xiangyang: "I heard that good watches can be worn for a lifetime. We don't expect our children to buy them." We wear them for a lifetime, and we choose them so that they can study and study on time every day. I only have this idea."

Lin Xiangyang said: "You really act like an elder. We have saved enough money to buy them watches, why should we use your private money? You already have a share of the money we saved, and your private money I know that it's only twenty or thirty yuan, so just save it yourself and give it to your children during the Chinese New Year."

Zhang Fengying smiled and said: "I forgot about this. Well, I can give each of the children ten yuan."

Lin Xiangyang also smiled: "You can't tell, he has become a rich man."

Zhang Fengying smiled in a low voice and said, "Yes, when our lives get better, I will naturally become rich too."

The old couple talked back and forth for a long time, and Zhang Fengying was so sleepy that she fell asleep first.

Lin Xiangyang didn't know when he fell asleep, but for the next few days he kept grinning to the sky.

*

Two weeks later.

Lin Xiangyang stayed in the inpatient department for a full month.

The days have also entered the twelfth lunar month, and we are about to enter the new year.

The children wanted to spend the New Year with him, but Lin Xiangyang was so excited that he could not wait to eat the thirty-year-old dumplings in the hospital.

Last Friday, his second son-in-law went to Beijing. Meet with the big leaders, prepare to take over the work of Ruan Brigade, become the leader of the 031 unit, and also become a deputy brigade cadre. According to the wishes of the senior leader, the deputy brigade commander is also on a temporary inspection. After he officially takes over the management of Unit 031, he will be transferred to a full brigade-level cadre, and he will become a senior colonel soon.

Gu Tinglan laughed.

He didn't care who painted the big pancakes for him. Anyway, he came back from Beijing with ten pieces of Quanjude roast duck, ten bags of Daoxiangcun, ten pounds of preserved fruit, and ten portions of fried belly. Making his little wife smile happily after eating makes her happier than the military rank on his shoulders.

"Thank you for your honor. You don't know how long the queue is for the fried lamb tripe here." Gu Tinglan rolled up his sleeves and added coriander, chopped green onion, sesame sauce, and soy sauce to the fried lamb tripe to Hua Ya. In addition, according to the taste of old Beijingers, chili oil, minced garlic, braised shrimp oil, chive flowers, soy sauce and vinegar are added.

Xiao Guazi and Yourong said: "Sister-in-law, you don't know, one of my shoes has been squeezed out. Thanks to the high quality of the people now, my shoes will be thrown away as soon as I yell. Come here."

Hua Ya was holding the bowl, because everyone came back to take Lin Xiangyang out of the hospital, so they all crowded together to eat. She was too lazy to put away the things on the bedside table, so she just stood by the door and showed off her chopsticks.

She couldn't show off, there were too many people here, and in the blink of an eye, three roast ducks were eaten. If she didn't have to keep it for the banquet the day after tomorrow, she probably wouldn't even be able to catch it.

In order to keep his little wife well-fed, Gu Tinglan stood in front of the table and kept picking up food for her. He was still shouting: "Family members, my family members, please eat slowly. The Japanese have been driven out of the country and the surrender treaty has been signed! Our life is filled with happiness and we will never be hungry again." The belly is full, please eat slowly, family members. Leave a duck leg for my beautiful little wife."

"Pah!" Someone really threw something into Gu Tinglan's bowl. When he saw it, it was a duck's butt!

He quickly threw the duck butt into Lin Juan's bowl and said, "Your second sister said you like this the most. Brother-in-law remembers it, so hurry up and eat it."

Lin Juan threw the duck butt in the bowl to Lin Hui and said, "Look at how thin you are. Eat more oil and water to gain weight."

Lin Hui picked up the duck's butt and wanted to throw it out, then turned it around in a circle. Everyone was already prepared. His elders couldn't do it, and he was the youngest among his peers, so he joined Wang Tianzhu, Tiantian, and Lele.

Wang Tianzhu took the bowl and went to the flower buds, shouting: "My stomach is uncomfortable and I can't eat the oily duck butt. Whoever has a good appetite will eat it."

Lin Hui saw Tiantian rolling up the dough and stuffing it into his mouth. He quickly handed the duck butt to his bowl and said, "Here it is, you are little. You will grow taller after eating it."

He wanted to refuse every day. He had just met this uncle and was not familiar with him yet. Don't eat food given by strangers.

Just as he was about to pick it up and give it back to Lin Hui, Lin Hui ran away with the bowl.

Lin Xiangyang looked at the family that was having a fight while eating, and wanted them to calm down. Who else eats like this? Later I saw that they were really happy, that is, they were like this in front of their own family. When someone came, didn't they all look like dogs, holding bowls and eating politely?

He didn't care and ate the duck leg in front of him.

hey-hey.

There is no way, he is the biggest in the family. If he doesn't eat, everyone won't eat. If he eats, everyone will eat.

Hua Ya stared at the two extra duck legs in the bowl.

Wang Tianzhu glanced at Gu Tinglan and said, "Aren't you a family member and haven't grabbed anything? Where did you get the duck legs?"

Gu Tinglan said: "Good boy, haven't you already eaten half of it? Where did the whole thing come from?"

"Stop talking nonsense and come quickly!" Hua Ya trimmed some meat from the duck leg. The three of them found a safe corner and ate the duck legs with great care.

After dinner, the whole family was enjoying themselves again.

Some went through the discharge procedures for Lin Xiangyang, and some went to the doctor to listen to medical advice. Some went to the next ward to say goodbye to the patients with Lin Xiangyang. Others pack clothes, slippers, and toiletries in the ward. There are also movies taken, medicines taken, nutritional supplements, fruits, cans and so on that have not been consumed yet sent by others.

The flower buds were arranged to be carried downstairs in pots. She was so busy that she put little Yaoyao in the enamel basin and carried her away.

Xiao Yaoyao was not afraid at all and was still laughing with her mother.

Hua Ya saw Gu Tinglan walking by and suddenly asked, "After you were promoted, did you give up the position of group leader to Xie Dazui? Xiaofang must be so proud."

Gu Tinglan said, "It will take at least one year for him to pass the inspection period."

Hua Ya felt strange walking on the stairs. She held Xiao Yaoyao in her arms and asked, "Why is there a one-year inspection period?"

Gu Tinglan said: "There are four seasons in a year, and different wild animals and plants appear in the four seasons. The appearance represents sexual intercourse. The superiors said that they would inspect him for a year to see if he would eat randomly. If he doesn't change this bad habit and another accident involving eating bad food happens, let alone make him the leader, the deputy leader will be in danger."

"This inspection is really strict." Hua Ya walked out of the hospital building, and the Hongqi car was parked downstairs. Xiao Guazi had already opened the trunk.

Hua Ya said to Gu Tinglan, "That's not possible. Our Xiaofang wants to live a good life when she marries him. What will Xiaofang do if he is raped? You must help our daughter take care of him." Besides, the habit of eating randomly needs to be corrected, I don't want my eldest daughter to be a little widow in the future."

Gu Tinglan put the basin in the trunk, took out little Yaoyao, and said to Hua Ya with a serious look on his face: "Don't worry, he has a long life and it will be difficult to kill him."

After cleaning up the hospital, Lin Xiangyang sat in a car for the first time, and it was a Hongqi car.

He couldn't help but sigh: "My stay in this courtyard is too grand. Hehe, if I come back to the village like this, others will be jealous, hehe."

Next to him, Hua Ya smiled and said, "It's okay, Dad, your physical recovery is the most important thing. The doctor said that people who are in a good mood recover well. It's because of your emotions that your body recovers so quickly." You just need to take care of yourself, live your own life with your aunt, and don't care what others say. The better your life is, the more those red-eyed and sick people will be unable to sleep."

Zhang Fengying was sitting on the other side of Lin Xiangyang. She glanced at Hua Ya and asked in a low voice: "How are Zhao Xiaoyan and her mother dealt with?"

Gu Tinglan was sitting in the passenger seat and said leisurely: "The interrogation is over. After identification by the army doctor, it is true that there are some minor problems with the brain. Such mentally ill patients have hidden violent tendencies and have been sent to the City Liujia Hospital for brain treatment. ."

Zhang Fengying thought it was a joke to send them to a mental hospital. Before she could say anything, Lin Xiangyang said, "We are not in the mood for persecution."

Gu Tinglan said: "Dad, Lin Chunlian has been diagnosed with depression. And Zhao Xiaoyan has sudden schizophrenia with imaginary symptoms. Mother and daughter have a great emotional impact on each other, and their mental states have become unstable. Seeing that they tended to attack me, the army leaders ordered them to be sent to Liujia Hospital for treatment. Even if I said it was a misunderstanding, they were all done in accordance with the rules and regulations, not at my request."

Chapter 277

The small courtyard in front of Lin Xiangyang's house is not big enough to accommodate three cars.

When Gu Tinglan saw them unloading all their things, he planned to stop casually by the roadside. Lin Xiangyang disagreed. How could such an expensive car not be protected?

Later, Secretary Xu came over and said to them: "The grain mill is empty and no one is using it during the off-season. Please park your car there. It's half a mile to the east. It's not too far."

Next door to Lin Xiangyang's house is Cuicui's house.

It can be seen at a glance that the small courtyard of Cuicui's family is not as neat and tidy as Lin Xiangyang's family.

In the twelfth lunar month, people speak with a white air.

Cuicui's father was still drinking with three friends in the yard next door. These three people are all mountain runners. They are older and usually wander around the mountains or earn some work points in the village.

Seeing Lin Xiangyang and his three cars returning, Secretary Xu ran over soon after.

He told his drinking friends: "Look at how busy he is, isn't he just at the same level as the county magistrate? What's the big deal. Last time I was working in the county, I saw the county magistrate from a distance, and he didn't even see him. It's such a big rack."

The man who was drinking with him saw that he was drunk and his words were not serious. He put down his glass and told him: "The magistrate of our county and the commander of the army cannot talk together at all."

Cuicui's father raised his neck, put down the wine glass heavily, and said, "Why can't we talk about it together? Secretary Xu said last time that the island managed by the second son-in-law of the Lin family is no more than the people in our county." More or less, 300,000 people were killed."

"Why don't you use your brain to think about it, how can 300,000 mouths for eating and 300,000 gun barrels be compared together?"

Lin Guoyi poured wine for Cuicui's father, took a look at Lin Xiangyang's small courtyard and said, "We all ran across the mountains with Lin Xiangyang. He is kind-hearted and often shares his nest with our brothers. Let me tell you, if people are living a good life, let's not be sour and ugly. If you are a man, just open your heart and help Brother Lin be happy."

Cuicui's father drank half a glass of white wine in one gulp and said with a wry smile: "Each of his children is more successful than the other. Unfortunately, the one I gave birth to is a loser. Brother Lin didn't see how much care he gave to their children back then. With strength, he is living a better life than anyone else now. I do envy him and I am jealous of him, but I will not cause trouble for him, I am not that kind of person."

He held the empty wine glass in his hand and said, "I was just thinking, why do I have to pay for my child's loss when I go out to study? Do you know how expensive a train ticket is? If you buy a train ticket, it will definitely cost you money." I also need to buy back the train ticket. You said that since I gave birth to Cuicui, I have never seen money back from her."

Everyone was not surprised to hear him starting to criticize Cuicui again.

This has become a regular item for Cui Cui's father after drinking.

He had failed to have a son back then, and after giving birth to Cuicui, he couldn't let his wife get pregnant again. Cui Cui's mother's milk supply was not good, so she bought two cans of milk powder for Cui Cuiluo, who was basically fed with rice soup. Even so, Cui Cui's father still felt uncomfortable. It seemed that Cui Cui had taken away his son's life. She didn't say anything bad to Cuicui, but she kept making money every time.

Not only was he unhappy that Cuicui could go to the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers' University, but he felt that his married daughter was throwing water away and studying too much was of no use.

The man who was drinking with him saw him having sex with Lao Baigan again, and he staggered to get up. They quickly got up and held Cuicui's father's hand to prevent him from drinking and going crazy at Lin Xiangyang's house.

Cuicui's father shook off the hand holding him and said, "I won't go over there, let the whole family be happy. I'm going to sleep, I'm going to be sleepy to death."

Another person who was drinking together said: "I'm sorry that he doesn't dare to go to Brother Lin's house to make trouble. At most, he will just be the daughter-in-law and daughter of the family. Hey, let's go to my house and continue drinking, so as not to disturb Brother Lin and the others."

Lin Guoyi forcefully sent Cuicui's father to the house and saw him falling asleep before turning around and leaving.

Gu Tinglan strolled back after parking the car and saw that the people drinking next door had dispersed.

He said to Hua Ya, who was accompanying him to the car, "The people in your village have good drinking habits. They know how to go home without causing trouble even after they are drunk."

Hua Ya knew Cuicui's father's virtues, so she snorted lightly, pulled Gu Tinglan and said, "I'm going to buy dishes for the banquet tomorrow. What do you want to eat?"

Gu Tinglan glanced at Cuicui's house, took Hua Ya's words and said: "It must be lotus root and pork ribs soup. Didn't you mean that the authentic lotus root and pork ribs soup also needs to be filled with lotus seeds, peanuts, and jujubes, and it also has to be cooked with squid? The stove is simmering slowly. Don't wait to cook it for me the day after tomorrow. Just make arrangements for dinner today."

"This is all trivial." Hua Ya agreed immediately. Because of the cold weather, the tip of her nose was a little red. Gu Tinglan couldn't hold back, stretched out his hand and scratched it gently, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when they returned from the hospital. Hua Ya looked at the small courtyard where she had been raised under the setting sun, as if it was the other day.

Brothers and sisters are all there in the yard.

There are also millstones under the corner, red peppers drying under the eaves, and countless corns in the lower room, waiting to be peeled off at leisure.

Nothing has changed much from what she remembered.

It seemed like she had only been away from here for a day or two, and time here was frozen. She felt like she could carry a basket on her back and go for a run at Erfei Mountain at any time.

She turned back to Gu Tinglan and said, "Let them go shopping tomorrow, and I'll take you to Erfei Mountain to see it. It's where I pick the most wild ginseng. And..."

Hua Ya looked around and said in a low voice: "There is also the earth temple where I found the Qian family's stolen money. Let's go and pay our respects too."

Gu Tinglan insisted on paying homage to that legendary place, the Feng Shui treasure land where his wife could dig out a huge amount of cash. Since his wife proposed it, he agreed without saying a word.

When he entered his father-in-law's home and saw the decorations inside, he sighed and said, "The beams of the small wooden house I built for you are still thin. Look at the thick beams in our house. You can tell someone like fifteen at a glance." Sixty, seventy and eight generations."

As he said that, he walked back to the outhouse and saw his aunt Lin Yun and his aunt Lin Juan, chatting and laughing while burning a kang. There was a bamboo basket of potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggs at their feet.

Hua Ya touched the kang in the house and shouted: "It needs to be heated more vigorously."

Lin Juan sat in front of the stove and said, "Where did the puppy come from? It's barking in the house and looking after the house."

Hua Ya walked to the door and showed her head. She didn't know when she changed into a flower cotton jacket.

With her hair tied back, a thin red cloth rope belt tied around her waist, and cotton shoes on her feet, she looked like a small village woman.

Gu Tinglan loved her cute and smart manner. I feel that his little wife can stand in the poster and hold the big carp, which is auspicious and wishful.

Hua Ya changed her cotton-padded jacket to go to the back of the house to chop firewood. It was the twelfth lunar month but there was no snow. I don't know when the coal I ordered from Officer Li in the village will be delivered, and no one in the family can count on it. To put it crudely, it was like everyone was waiting to poop, and no one handed me any paper.

Hua Xiaoya sighed and picked up the axe.

Gu Tinglan said to Hua Ya like a follower: "I won't drink lotus root soup in the evening. You see, in this place and this scene, let's make some farm food. If you want to eat such food in other places, you have to Pay more. Just wait a minute and I'll put on a big cotton-padded jacket and play with you."

Hua Ya squinted her eyes and said, "Isn't it farm food that we eat every day?"

Gu Tinglan said: "No, I should be talking about steamed buns and sticky bean buns."

Lin Juan said at the side: "That's not a peasant meal, it's a sweet meal made of remembering hardships and thinking about sweet things."

Zhang Fengying walked out of the room opposite. When she heard what they said, she said: "I will cook that night and make some of our usual food for you second brother-in-law to taste. You have been away from home for a long time, so you also want to taste the taste of your hometown. It's the same and different from what you've eaten before."

Since Zhang Fengying is going to take charge, it will save everyone trouble.

Lin Hui said to Zhang Fengying: "Then I want to eat monkey noodles and crispy rice soup."

When Gu Tinglan came here, he was like a city dumpling. He had never eaten anything. He didn't order food. He just happily ate whatever others did. He was even too happy to be able to taste the food his little wife had eaten before.

Hua Ya took Gu Tinglan to the back of the house to chop firewood. Hua Ya stepped on the wood pile with one foot and swung the ax hard to chop. Gu Tinglan, a little daughter-in-law of eight pounds, seemed to be picking them up one by one and stacking them on top of each other.

After working for a long time, they completely destroyed the pile of firewood stored in the back room.

"Go to Erfei Mountain tomorrow and carry some firewood down." Hua Ya thought that now that he had a car, he would put it to use, and said, "There are a lot of fallen dead trees in Erfei Mountain. Let's drag some back and save a lot of coal. "

Gu Tinglan and Hua Ya hit it off immediately: "Okay, then I'll drive the jeep."

There was very little smoke on the roof. Hua Ya smelled the smell in the air and said, "It smells so good. My aunt must have prepared the food. Come on, let's go over and have dinner."

They carried some firewood and went to the front yard. When they reached the front yard, they found three strangers.

There was no room for the family to sit in the house for dinner, so they set up two tables in the yard. At this moment, there are meals such as crispy rice soup, steamed buns, shredded radish and pickles on the table. It's a good idea to remember the hardships and think about the sweet rice.

Secretary Xu saw Gu Tinglan in the yard and immediately said, "Captain Gu, you are finally done with your work. Let me introduce to you the three leaders of the county office."

Lin Xiangyang corrected his title and said, "Secretary Xu, my second son-in-law has been promoted to deputy brigade."

Not only Secretary Xu, but also everyone around him was surprised.

This official promotion must be too fast.

Secretary Xu swallowed his saliva and said in a very low voice, worried that other villagers outside would hear him: "This is Deputy County Magistrate Sun, this is Director Wu, and this is Secretary Yu."

Deputy County Magistrate Sun is a kind-hearted middle-aged man. He politely stretched out his hand to shake Gu Tinglan's hand and said, "I've admired you for a long time. It's really an honor for our county that Deputy Brigade Gu can come here. It's just that he came so suddenly. We County Magistrate Zhao is having a meeting in the province, but even so, he still wants us to invite Deputy Brigade Gu and his wife to have a meal with us in the county."

He didn't want Gu Tinglan to misunderstand County Magistrate Zhao's pretentiousness, so he explained: "The province is going to hold a meeting on rural fertility issues. He has probably finished the meeting at this time. When we get to the county, Magistrate Zhao will I'm waiting for you two eagerly."

Gu Tinglan knew very well that this was nothing more than an official banquet, and he didn't like it. Moreover, as a cadre of the army, there is no benefit in getting too close to local people.

When he took a rare break and came to his little wife's hometown, he had not yet enjoyed a happy time and had no time to give them bureaucratic tricks.

He didn't intend to accompany him, so he said: "Thank you for the invitation, county magistrate. Unfortunately, I can't go there. I came here because of my wife's private family matters. Before I came here, I had already planned not to attend any place."

Gu Tinglan ordered the plate of shredded radish and pickles on the table in front of him and said, "I only attend the family banquet."

Deputy County Magistrate Sun looked at such a simple and shabby family dinner on the table and was speechless.

Gu Tinglan didn't think it was anything. Instead, he greeted them and said, "It's rare for you to go to the countryside. I have extra tables and chairs here. You can just eat here and go?"

When Deputy County Magistrate Sun heard about the "family banquet" that Gu Tinglan attended, how could he not have the eyesight to actually sit down and eat this mouthful of shredded radish and pickles.

Hua Ya was wearing a small flower cotton-padded jacket and hugging her baby, who was also wrapped in a small flower-padded jacket. Her pretty little face was flushed and she said, "Ah, there is a guest, please sit down. Come back, bring a chair for the guest."

Secretary Xu introduced to Deputy County Magistrate Sun: "This is the wife of our Deputy Brigade Gu, Comrade Hua Ya, a native of Linjia Village."

Deputy County Magistrate Sun was stunned. The tastes of this army and the local leading cadres were too different.

Secretary Xu must have taken them to the wrong house.

Chapter 278

Hua Ya watched them leave and wondered: "Hey, why are they still leaving?"

Lin Hui held a wooden stool in one hand. When he saw the person leaving, he turned around and moved the wooden stool away again.

Gu Tinglan said: "The way is different--" He said half of the sentence, and then hooked his little wife to continue the second half.

Hua Ya hugged Xiao Yaoyao and sat on his lap. She crossed her waist and said, "We are different - then let's eat with our own family. It will be more delicious!"

Gu Tinglan smiled: "That's right."

Hua Ya bent down and said in Gu Tinglan's ear: "Let's eat the crispy rice later. The hot one just scooped out by the eldest sister is the most delicious. I'll dip it in a lot of sugar for you."

Gu Tinglan felt warm in her heart and whispered, "Please add the right amount and don't overeat sugar."

"Hey." Hua Xiaoya felt that Gu Tinglan didn't know a good heart.

Sugar is so expensive in the village. It takes a year's worth of sugar coupons to buy half a pound of sugar in time for the New Year. Generally, if you are not feeling well, you can only drink a bowl of sugar water when you are sick and in confinement.

Gu Tinglan felt that the young wife's return to her parents' home had a rather rural feel.

If you put a red gauze scarf on your head, you will look like a small village woman. The only thing that can distinguish him from others is that his little wife has big dark eyes that show intelligence and a pair of white and tender little hands.

He had heard some bastards say in the barracks before, how to judge whether a woman is loved at home.

The most critical point is that a woman's delicate fingers are slippery and tender.

The feeling of hands that are smeared with oily smoke after working with pots and pans all day at home is absolutely different from those that are smeared with makeup, powder, and hair oil all day long.

At first, Gu Tinglan just listened to nonsense, but after he got his little wife, he gradually realized this feeling.

He has done all the dirty work in the house, and it is best to keep his little wife delicate and charming. Her little hands should be slippery, just like her life, without a trace of ups and downs or hard work, only smooth and smooth is the best.

Later, he summarized some nonsense and said it out loud, just to see how the listeners took it. He is definitely the first person like him to listen to nonsense words as wise words of love for his wife.

Hua Ya knew that Gu Tinglan wanted to know about her life at home, so she asked her aunt to make a plate of cakes for Gu Tinglan.

Everyone is sitting at the dinner table. Now there is no shortage of oil and water in our stomachs, and we don't feel uncomfortable eating glutinous rice bran. On the contrary, it tastes more interesting. Reminds me of many past events.

Especially when Hua Ya told the story of the dumplings to outsiders like Gu Tinglan, Zhou Kaiqi, and Fangyuan, they all laughed out loud.

"Really, my second sister and I went up the mountain once. It was freezing cold, so I wanted to eat some pastry. I couldn't bite it no matter how hard I tried." Lin Juan picked up the sweet potato noodle pastry and flicked it on the table. Then, he grinned and said, "Later, my father and my second sister also suffered the same fate. The two of them were so hungry that they almost fainted from hunger in the mountains."

Everyone else was laughing, but Gu Tinglan held a palm-sized dumpling and looked around.

Hua Ya brought him rice crackers dipped in "appropriate" sugar. Seeing him holding the pastry and looking at it, he encouraged him and said, "Take a bite and try it. This is what I ate when I went up the mountain."

Gu Tinglan almost broke his big teeth when he took one bite. He felt distressed and his heart twitched together, and he whispered: "Is this the kind of thing you eat?"

Hua Ya was not the same. After two encounters, he never brought cakes up the mountain again. But she deliberately teased Gu Tinglan and said, "This thing is so good. It won't break down as long as you keep it. If you carry it in your arms, it can also be used as a weapon to throw at the wealth wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains."

Gu Tinglan was so heartbroken that he almost fainted with his eyes rolled. He held it in his hand for fear of dropping it, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting. What kind of life had his little wife lived in the past!

Pamper, must pamper well!

After dinner, Hua Ya came over without bringing Dou Dou, so he wrapped little Yaoyao's buttocks with cloth, tied it crosswise with cloth strips, hugged Zai'er and said to Zai'er's father: "Come on, there's no chew in your mouth. Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy two kilograms of melon seeds and then come back and eat them."

Gu Tinglan got up, turned over the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, and found two large unity sheets. He took his little wife's hand, slapped the big ball on it and said, "We can buy whatever we want to eat!"

Hua Ya was happy and put on a cotton hat before going out. Gu Tinglan helped her tie a bow on her chin.

Hua Ya waved and Wang Tianzhu came over. Hua Ya said, "Let's go, your dad will take us shopping."

Wang Tianzhu was wearing Lin Hui's old cotton-padded jacket and an old cotton-padded hat on his head. He has the appearance and temperament of an authentic rural child. Without saying a word, he put on his cotton shoes: "Okay, I just heard someone popping popcorn. Grandpa asked me to buy a pack of saccharin and pop it."

Gu Tinglan told Wang Tianzhu, "You can't eat industrial saccharin."

Hua Ya said: "This is either industrial saccharin, or it is for human consumption. The sugar water we just drank is made of saccharin mixed with coloring matter and water. It comes in various flavors. One bottle is not cheap."

Gu Tinglan said heartily: "Saccharin is not a good thing in the first place. Come on, you don't eat it every day. You just have to taste it when you come back. You two are not allowed to drink sugar water as water. You are only allowed to drink it once in three days." ."

Hua Ya held Xiao Yaoyao in her hands and muttered, "You just can't bear to buy sugar water for us two. Huh, men who are picky are the least promising."

Wang Tianzhu put his hands into his sleeves: "Humph, that's right. The sugar water is so delicious, but my dad just can't bear to part with it."

Gu Tinglan laughed angrily because they were confusing right and wrong, but he personally delivered the two big unions in his pocket to his young wife. Without a financial foundation, he had no right to speak, so he could only go with them to the supply and marketing cooperative.

In two days' time it will be Laba Festival, and there will be a lot of beans, rice and jujubes for sale in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperatives in each place can represent the local customs and customs.

After staying at the 031 Supply and Marketing Cooperative for a long time, I was used to seeing fish, shrimps, small seafood, etc. When I came here, I saw a long line of selling all kinds of mountain products, and both Gu Tinglan and Wang Tianzhu became interested.

"Usually, people come down to collect mountain goods. At the end of the year, everyone is waiting for a high price at this time. They will take out all the good things at home and sell them on behalf of the supply and marketing cooperative."

Hua Ya explained to the two of them: "My dad said that in the past two years, there have been a lot more people going to the countryside to buy mountain products. They all come here because of the reputation, and they buy a lot every time. Anyway, the dry goods can be stored for a year or two, which saves money." The second-hand dealers make more money from it. Look at these, they are grown on the farm, and the price sold to our own people is 20% lower than those from outside. "

"Hey, what a big pine nut." Wang Tianzhu saw the good thing and ran over to Gu Tinglan and said, "Dad, look at such a big pine nut, which only costs eight anise per pound. It costs at least two yuan on our island. There are still people who can talk. Hazelnuts and chestnuts are more than half cheaper than where we are. Let's buy more and take some back to the island."

Hua Ya said: "Look at your ignorant look. There are a bunch of unpeeled pine cones in your grandfather's room. Don't spend this money. If you want to eat pine nuts, just throw the pine cones into the stove pit. When you pull it out in a few minutes, the pine nuts inside are ripe. If you hit it with a stone, the pine nuts inside will fall down by themselves."

"What about hazelnuts and chestnuts?" Wang Tianzhu likes to eat these things, and he can't walk when he sees dried fruits.

Hua Ya pushed him forward and said, "I have them all. Your grandpa also got a lot of wild walnuts and raw peanuts, and they will be roasted for you to eat when you get back."

Not wanting to appear ignorant, Gu Tinglan silently put the pine nuts in his hand back into the bag.

Hua Ya wanted them to try local specialties that they had never tasted before, so she bought some dried shepherd's purse, malantou, and chicken feet sunflower from the supply and marketing cooperative. She also picked out dried tea tree mushrooms and planned to go back to stew chicken.

At this time of the year, every household except the old hens and the big roosters that are the best in the family are not selling, and the rest is almost a litter.

Hua Ya stood at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, looked at the seventeen or eight large chicken coops, and swallowed.

"These are chickens that roam the mountains. They eat wild vegetables and insects and basically don't feed any feed. Not to mention the strength of the chicken, the eggs they lay are all golden."

Hua Ya squatted in front of one of the large chicken coops, which was stuffed with ten three-flowered pullets. They felt the weasel-like green light emitted by the humans who were looking at them, and they invariably shrank to the back of the chicken coop.

Gu Tinglan also squatted down and studied it. There were roosters in the cage in front of him. Gu Tinglan discovered that the combs and flippers of the rooster here were different from those raised in the chicken coop on the farm.

Wang Tianzhu found that there was only one big rooster in a large chicken coop, which could only be bigger than the two in other chicken coops. The cock's comb is as red as fire, and the chicken's heel has an extra hook-like claw than an ordinary rooster.

Hua Ya leaned over and said tactfully, "This is an old rooster!"

Wang Tianzhu said: "Old rooster? Are you fooling me? It looks like it is in its prime."

Hua Ya said: "You city people don't understand this. The extra toes on the back of the rooster are called chicken stirrups. They are used for fighting. The longer the chicken stirrups are, the older and more ferocious the rooster is. In the past, there was no such thing. People from the city specially go to the countryside to collect this stuff, and many people say it can ward off evil spirits."

Wang Tianzhu clapped his hands and said, "No wonder, some people say that rooster blood wards off evil spirits. That's great, roosters are full of treasures."

Not only did Gu Tinglan know this, he also knew that kicks were the second characteristic of a cock. The longer this thing is, the more powerful it will be when sowing.

It was not easy for him to say this in front of his wife and children, so he just watched the rooster kicking Ziyue like a lunatic. Le Wan said to the salesperson from the supply and marketing cooperative behind him: "I want this one. I'll simmer it in soup and drink it and keep it for replenishment. I'll give it to my father-in-law to drink later. After drinking it, I'll give birth to my sister-in-law, hahaha."

Hua Ya looked at him expressionlessly.

Gu Tinglan's neck felt chilly, and he immediately stopped smiling and said, "I'm just kidding, my dad has just been discharged from the hospital, and I'm here to replenish his bones."

The salesperson at the back smiled. Perhaps the Chinese New Year was approaching. The harvest in Linjia Village was good this year, and the fellow villagers all had smiles on their faces. She told Gu Tinglan, "It seems like you are from out of town. Our big rooster is not for eating, but for fighting."

"Fighting cock?!" Hua Ya was also shocked. She looked back and forth and whispered, "Our village cannot engage in such a gray industrial chain!"

Gu Tinglan also put away his smile and said: "Cockfighting and dogfighting are the same as gambling."

The salesperson waved his hand and said: "Oh, what are you talking about? Many people come to collect the local chickens in our village. Secretary Xu held a cockfight to show them how well the chickens in our village are raised. He specially put the beautiful-looking big roosters on display. It's better to come out. It's said that there will be more people purchasing in the future, and Yushu Farm will build a dedicated chicken greenhouse."

Wang Tianzhu became interested. He had never seen the rooster beauty pageant.

After asking about the time, it was the day of the Laba Festival.

Hua Ya bought three pullets and became a big customer of the supply and marketing cooperative. She even helped take out the pullets for free.

Hua Ya saved her hands and sat on the bamboo chair with her chubby little Yaoyao in her arms, waiting.

Gu Tinglan and Wang Tianzhu walked around the stalls in front of and behind the supply and marketing cooperative again, holding straw ropes with pickled grass carp on them.

Seeing his wife again, Gu Tinglan lifted up the fish to show off to her: "This is the biggest fish in your village. I bought it from your man. Did you look at it? I didn't blink when I paid. This is my brother." consumption power."

Wang Tianzhu said silently: "It's useless for you to blink, I paid for it."

Hua Ya poked the wax grass fish with her fingers and saw the rich fish oil and the peppercorns and salt hanging on it because of the pickling: "This big fish is a good buy! The person who pickled it is willing to put in the ingredients, so it is sure to be good. fragrant!"

Gu Tinglan was encouraged and made an appointment with Wang Tianzhu to come back tomorrow morning.

But Hua Ya said: "You two, don't hang around the supply and marketing cooperative. Tomorrow is Saturday. There is a big market outside. You can go there in the morning. Anyway, the banquet is for lunch, and you can be back at eight or nine o'clock."

Gu Tinglan said, "Then you won't go?"

Hua Ya patted Xiao Yaoyao's buttocks and said, "Baby, I can't get up."

Gu Tinglan smiled and said, "Okay, I know it's Zai'er who can't get up, not Zai'er's mother who can't get up."

Their family of four returned home packed with bags, and walked to the courtyard and were dumbfounded.

Regardless of whether he is a deputy regiment or a professor, whether he is a member of the military or a guard, they are all sitting on small chairs with two basins in front of them, rolling up their arms and sleeves, and gathering dried mushrooms with a rumbling stomach.

Hua Ya walked to Lin Ba's side and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lin Bayi couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Our dad said that tomorrow at the banquet, he will take out the good things he has accumulated and share them with everyone. They are all rare things, so they need to be packed away in advance."

Fangyuan was on Lin Ba's side. She hammered her back and exhaled a breath of white air and said, "Some of these dried mushrooms are eaten by insects. Look carefully when you are cleaning them up."

Tiantian and Lele both had a pot, and they were also cleaning it up. After hearing what his mother said, Tiantian said: "What dried mushrooms? These are porcini, Hericium and matsutake. They are much higher quality than ordinary mushrooms."

Gu Tinglan reached out and grabbed a handful in his basin, and found that it was really good stuff.

In addition to these things, he saw Xiao Guazi chopping something on the wooden pile. I walked over and took a look, oh, what a big deal. His father-in-law actually took out the bacon duck at home and planned to treat everyone to a banquet.

In the room, Lin Yun was holding a basin of cooked noodles and called Fangyuan: "Sister-in-law, come over and make big flower rolls. The noodles are ready!"

Fangyuan pushed the basin in front of him, stood up and hit his back again. She had never collected so many mushrooms at home. She had to carefully break them apart to look at them, which was very tiring for her eyes and mind.

Instead of asking her to pack dried mushrooms, she would rather make milk-flavored large flower rolls. Let the fellow villagers in the village have a taste of her craftsmanship and let them know that Lin Bayi has found a good wife.

The reason why Lin Bayi didn't go home these years was because his work in the army needed to be kept secret, especially since Lin Bayi also hid it from her at first. Had he not been suddenly injured, he would not have been exposed to her. Later, she helped cover Lin Bayi's many actions, and the two of them lived like a sand digger's family.

It's not easy for her either, but it's not for nothing that she keeps someone else's eldest son from going home.

Gu Tinglan followed Fangyuan in and saw a steamer placed on the stove to the east. There are also large white-flour steamed buns sticking out from the edge of the pot.

Lin Juan stood by the stove in the north, constantly stirring a pot full of millet porridge.

From time to time, I would grab a handful of scallops, dried shrimps and abalone slices and throw them in.

These were sent by Hua Ya and Gu Tinglan.

Lin Xiangyang and Zhang Fengying were usually reluctant to eat it, and even if it was Lin Xiangyang's birthday, they didn't plan to waste it out like this. But in the rush for Gu Tinglan to be promoted and his eldest daughter to marry Zhou Kaiqi, he was willing to give away even the most precious ingredients.

Lin Xiangyang held back his energy, Hua Ya had a lot of gossip after going to Dayu Island. Also, when Lin Yun got divorced, many people said that Lin Yun would definitely live a precarious and hard life in the future, and that a second-married woman would not be taken in by a good family.

Lin Xiangyang listened in his heart and felt sorry for his two daughters. He couldn't care about Hua Ya, so he and Zhang Fengying secretly asked matchmakers in other villages to see if they could help Lin Yun find a good family.

Later, Lin Yun did not plan to marry again, and they did not force it. The worst case scenario would be to let Lin Yun stay at her parents' house. The relationship between their brothers and sisters is good, and there will never be a situation where a sister who marries outside cannot return to her mother-in-law.

But later, when Lin Yun went to Dayu Island, they heard that Lin Yun was living a good life, so they felt relieved.

Today, Lin Yun went to Secretary Xu to write a letter of introduction for marriage. He went to get the marriage certificate early tomorrow morning. After getting the marriage certificate, he and Zhou Kaiqi were married.

Lin Xiangyang is going to organize a grand banquet, so that all those who looked down on his daughter at the beginning will take a closer look. The Lin family's daughter is not worthy of ordinary people!

There was also his second son-in-law. He used to show the photos to the villagers, but this time he wanted them to see his second son-in-law alive. Let them see clearly, carefully, pluck out their eyeballs and hold them in front of Gu Tinglan to see! Erase all the gossip from the past and the future!

He also asked someone from the brigade to approve half a fan of pork, and with these goodies, he had a glorious banquet.

He said that if he wanted to become the number one in Linjia Village, he must be the number one in Linjia Village.

Chapter 279

At night, Lin Xiangyang's house couldn't accommodate so many people.

Hua Ya and his family of four sleep in an old tile-roofed house.

The old tile-roofed house was originally used by Hua Ya's grandparents, but it became vacant after they moved out.

The tiles used in the old tile-roofed houses are all thick blue tiles. In winter, you are not afraid of the fine snow falling from the sky, and in summer, you are not afraid of the rain falling from the sky.

The walls of the tile-roofed house are double-layered red bricks. Most houses here are built with one floor of single brick. When they live there, it is warmer in winter and cooler than other people's homes in summer. This is not satisfactory.

My grandparents disliked the fact that the old tile-roofed house was opposite the dam. Every winter, when they faced the dry reed poles, they seemed to see themselves withered and old. He said some unpleasant things several times, as if Lin Xiangyang could cut all the reeds after he said them.

They wanted to instigate Lin Xiangyang to build a new house for them. Fortunately, Lin Xiangyang had no money at that time and could not complete the project.

Later, they went to Lin Chunlian's house on the other side of the village and lived in their lower room. There are not only single bricks around the house, but also incomplete single bricks. The gap is large, there is a strong wind blowing outside, and a light wind blowing inside the house. It rains heavily outside and lightly rains inside the house. We have lived like this for several years.

It has to be said that evil people will be punished by evil people.

Gu Tinglan held Zaier in his left hand and his wife in his right hand, followed by his son. On the dark village road, I walked toward the old tile-roofed house with the faint light of the flashlight.

Halfway through, Hua Ya let out an "ah" in her throat.

Gu Tinglan said hurriedly: "What?"

Hua Ya said: "I forgot to buy melon seeds."

Gu Tinglan slapped her on the butt: "Hurry and leave."

Wang Tianzhu said "tsk tsk" from behind, feeling very tired.

He was holding a quilt roll in his left hand, a cloth bag of pine cone in his right hand, and a basket of firewood in the basket on his back. Tonight's evening event is baking pine cones.

Ezhou is not as cold as Dayu Island. After all, it is still the twelfth lunar month. There is a layer of frost and ice on the ground, and the feet on the withered grass make a crisp sound of breaking ice.

Wang Tianzhu looked up at the sky and saw a round moon hanging in the blue-black sky. There was only one small star twinkling beside the moon, and the bright Milky Way was obscured by thick clouds.

"This is called starry moon."

Wang Tianzhu was just looking at the stars when his foot slipped and he sat on the withered grass, his cotton shoes flying off.

Little Yaoyao giggled and stretched out her chubby hand to reach for the moon again.

Gu Tinglan stopped and looked back, overjoyed.

The cotton shoes did not fly anywhere else, but just flew into the basket Wang Tianzhu carried on his back.

In winter, when you wear a lot of clothes, slipping and falling is nothing.

Wang Tianzhu put on his shoes again and walked seriously on the withered grass.

The courtyard of the old tile-roofed house is made of mud walls mixed with straw, half a person's height. Not to block people, but to block the wild boars that come down from the mountain to eat.

This situation happened all the time more than ten years ago. Later, during the disaster years, the wild boar seemed to be eaten to extinction, and we have not seen them for many years.

This situation has happened again in the past two years, but wild boars can no longer be eaten privately, and they must be handed over to the public after being caught. Then the village committee sends it to the brigade, and the brigade records the work points. Wild boars are used as ingredients for large pots of rice. If it is at the end of the year, the whole family can share a small meal and taste the meat.

There are many weeds growing on the roof tiles of the old tile-roofed house, which are lush in summer and wither in winter. Even the sparrow's nest under the eaves became empty.

Huaya's grandma didn't like sparrows landing under the eaves, so she always used bamboo poles to poke into the nests the sparrows had built. Once, in front of Hua Ya, three or five little sparrows fell from the nest, waiting for food. Each mouth is still yellow, and the eyes are not open.

Hua Ya quickly picked up the sparrows before grandma threw them into the stove pit. I found a sparrow nest on the dam and put it in. I don't know if the sparrow will survive later.

However, when the sparrow came back, he didn't see the nest or the little sparrow. It spent several days chirping and pooping under the old tile-roofed house. Especially Hua Ya's grandma, whenever she goes out, a few pieces of sparrow shit will always fall on her head and shoulders.

Arrive at the old tile house.

Hua Ya directed Gu Tinglan to find the electric switch on the side wall outside the house and turn it on. Wang Tianzhu pulled out the light cord and saw the house that had been cleaned during the day. He said stupidly: "Is it because the lights are dim at night? I can't see so much dust. Standing there It feels quite cozy here."

Gu Tinglan touched the cold kang and was reluctant to put her daughter on the kang. He simply took out Wang Tianzhu's basket, cleaned it briefly, put a blanket on it and put little Yaoyao in the basket.

Hua Ya immediately went to the outhouse to light a fire. Gu Tinglan added water to the big pot, and after it was set on fire, water could be boiled in this pot and the kang could be heated in the other part.

"What a bastard. Your dad and I wiped this place three times inside and out this afternoon while you were sleeping! If you touch it as you like, if you find a trace of dust, I lose."

Gu Tinglan hooked his foot to a small stool and kicked it to the edge of the flower bud. Hua Ya stopped squatting and sat down on the small stool and said, "My wife still loves me."

"That's not the case." Gu Tinglan raised his chin and said to Wang Tianzhu, "First close all the windows in the room for ventilation."

Wang Tianzhu looked at the round moon outside and quickly closed the window.

After a while, the kang started to feel warm.

Wang Tianzhu carried Xiao Yaoyao to the end of the kang. After thinking for a while, he felt uneasy. There was a dam in front of him. There were trees on the dam, and there was a big yellow plate hanging in the sky.

His sister was the little monkey grandson in the Water Curtain Cave in her last life, and she ran faster than anyone else when she saw a tree. Wang Tianzhu was still worried and tied a hemp rope around the little girl's waist.

People say that a baby can stand at ten months old, but his little sister is only a little over eight months old, and she has to hold on to the wall to stand up while crawling.

Wang Tianzhu shouted in surprise: "Mom, Dad, come quickly!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs. Although he called Hua Ya and Gu Tinglan over, he was so frightened that the little girl sat back on the kang.

Hua Ya advocated that children's growth and development should be "natural and natural" and should not be encouraged. When he saw her sitting down, he did not let her stand again. Instead, she laughed and said to Gu Tinglan, "This is such a little fool."

Everyone has the heart to hope that their sons will become dragons and their daughters will become phoenixes.

Although Gu Tinglan was no exception, he still wanted their son to live happily for the rest of his life.

Those who are talented, promising, and capable of construction are sending talents to the country. They are just ordinary parents. The most fundamental thing is not what they get from their children, but what they get by letting their children grow up in front of them.

Silly parents think about it, that is health and happiness.

What a simple wish.

When Xiao Yaoyao comes back with a failing report card one day, I wonder if they will be able to stay true to their original aspirations.

When the fire in the stove pit was ready, Wang Tianzhu roasted the pine cone as he wished.

The family sat neatly on the kang head and peeled pine nuts to eat.

Peel the big pine nuts, and the skin on the pine nut kernels is filled with pine oil. When you eat it, swallow it and smash it in your mouth. There are still pine nuts and fennel in your mouth.

Hua Ya peeled for a long time with a deflated belly, then shook off the little black hand and gave up the burden.

"I'm hungry! This thing can eat a mountain without even being full." Hua Ya not only had to feed his own mouth, but also Gu Bajin's mouth. Gu Tinglan was breastfeeding little Yaoyao and couldn't take her hands away.

"What should we do?" Gu Tinglan said, "We only have pine nuts here."

Wang Tianzhu said: "There is also tofu, let us take it and put it outside the house to make frozen tofu."

"It's freezing tofu." Hua Ya was hungry and slid down the kang: "I'm going to make boiled tofu. Do you want to eat it?"

Of course Gu Tinglan wanted to eat.

Wang Tianzhu said: "What's so delicious about white water tofu?"

Hua Ya said: "It is cooked in a small foreign pot. The tofu tastes very fragrant. Who knows who eats it? Your little sister will even cry with greed."

Wang Tianzhu said: "Please bring me a copy."

The fire in the stove outside was about to go out, so Hua Ya entered the house carrying the foreign stove. I sat the aluminum pot on it. The small foreign pot was smoked black like the stove.

Wang Tianzhu got down and looked over. The small foreign pot turned into a small black pot, but the white tofu boiled in sweet underground water became increasingly white.

The room was filled with the aroma of tofu, and white steam floated in the air. The look and feel made the temperature in the room rise a lot.

Wang Tianzhu was not wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket. He was wearing autumn clothes and waiting by the pot with a soy sauce dish.

Gu Tinglan also came over, holding a soy sauce plate, waiting for Hua Ya to pick up tofu cubes for them to eat.

Not to mention, this kind of white water tofu tastes better in your mouth than the braised tofu and mapo tofu that Wang Tianzhu has eaten.

With three mouths open, he chewed and ate less than half of the bowl of tofu.

After eating, Hua Ya pointed to the remaining tofu and said: "His second son-in-law, tomorrow you will take our eldest son to the market. Please be sure to buy the frozen tofu. There must be frozen tofu in the soup at noon tomorrow."

The two men sang in unison: "I promise to complete the task."

With a full stomach, I won't feel uncomfortable sleeping at night even if the kang gradually cools down.

Gu Tinglan got up twice during the night and touched Hua Ya's body. After feeling the heat, he touched Xiao Yaoyao's body again. It was nice and warm. The two mothers slept in the same position, with their two little fists raised above their heads, snoring soundly.

At half past five in the morning, Gu Tinglan went down to wash up.

After washing, he reheated the kang and filled the pot with hot water. The first pot of boiled water is added to the thermos to prepare milk powder for the daughter. The second pot of water is heated like this. When the flower buds grow, you can use this water to brush your teeth and wash your face. There is no need to use cold underground water.

After finishing his work, he called Wang Tianzhu up. Wang Tianzhu, like his father, was a rough old man. After brushing your teeth, hold cold water in your hands and wipe it twice with a slurp, that's when you've finished washing your face.

Gu Tinglan gave him the cream, but Wang Tianzhu thought it was fragrant, so whoever applied it would be a bitch.

His father slapped his hand on the waistband of his pants. Wang Tianzhu would rather turn into a girl.

When we went out, it was still dark.

When the wind blows on the face, it looks different after applying oil. There is no dry feeling and no fear of chapping.

Lin Xiangyang drove them to the market that day in a donkey cart. Also crowded together were Fangyuan, Tiantian, Lele and Zhou Kaiqi.

The donkey carts were all full of outsiders, like a fucking tourist group.

They all held their hands in their pockets and looked forward to shopping at the shopping mall.

I bought a lot of messy things on this trip, and the donkey cart came back piled high. Zhou Kaiqi, who was alone, could not squeeze in the crowd of family members, so he had to follow another fellow villager's donkey cart back.

From the time I left to the time I came back, it was only 8:40.

Gu Tinglan was thinking about his little wife. He got out of the car and went to the old tile-roofed house without caring about anything.

When we arrived at the old tile-roofed house, it was still quiet inside.

Gu Tinglan entered the room and took a look.

Good guy.

The little wife was holding the baby in her arms and sleeping soundly. She had no idea what her husband and son were going through when they went out.

Chapter 280

Hua Ya gets up and washes up, while Gu Tinglan changes Xiao Yaoyao's diaper and feeds her milk. Wang Tianzhu brought breakfast to Hua Ya. The family of four cooperated very well. After finishing the work, they drove the jeep up to Erfei Mountain.

Arriving at Erfei Mountain, halfway up the mountain is the Earth Temple.

Hua Ya found that after she left here, the ground seemed to have been turned over again and again. The bricks, tiles, beams and columns were all damaged and out of shape.

Wang Tianzhu didn't know the past here, and he didn't know what to see in this ruins.

Hua Ya took Gu Tinglan around in a circle, and then took them to take a look into his own nest.

It's a bit difficult to walk up. The woods in the mountains change year after year, and the flower buds don't dare to go in rashly. She took Gu Tinglan and Wang Tianzhu around to the places she often visited, talked a lot about what happened at that time, and then went down the mountain with them to go home.

The family is preparing for a noon banquet. There is a large round table in the main room, which should be able to seat about ten people. It's just that the chairs are pressed against the wall. It might be difficult for a slightly obese person to get up and sit down.

There are also people in the outer house and the ground, so there is no way to get in there.

It has become a common practice in Linjia Village that the villagers know that there is a banquet to be held and spontaneously come over to help.

Gu Tinglan specifically said to Lin Xiangyang: "Dad, today is mainly about your birthday and the wedding of the eldest sister and brother-in-law. I will put my affairs aside for a while. I can't run away anyway."

Gu Tinglan's words also meant that he wanted to give them today's protagonist. Lin Xiangyang thought for a moment and said, "Then host the wedding of my eldest daughter and son-in-law."

People in the village are quick to move from the main room to the small courtyard. Even the small courtyard of Cuicui's family next door was borrowed to set up a table.

Lin Xiangyang is very popular, and everyone is willing to lend him money when he has no money. I am willing to help others when I have money. Today's banquet was originally planned to have ten tables, but in the end, except for a few families, almost everyone in the village came.

Knowing that this was a wedding for Lin Yun, even if everything was kept simple, it was still shocking.

The dinner table is all white rice, white noodles, chicken, duck and fish. On the drinking table were two bottles of Guizhou Daqu, as well as Double Happiness cigarettes and a plate of wedding candies wrapped in red paper piled high.

Those who came first wished Lin Xiangyang a happy birthday. Fifty years old is neither old nor young anymore. It is not easy for this generation. We are blessed with everything but not much.

Most people don't have Lin Xiangyang's good fortune. As long as they can eat a few meals of white flour, it's considered a good life.

After wishing Lin Xiangyang a happy birthday, they all went to the house to talk to Lin Yun. They saw Zhou Kaiqi, the groom, standing next to Lin Yun in an elegant manner. They were a perfect couple, not a half-way couple.

People who came here were not only impressed by Professor Zhou's temperament, but were also shocked by Lin Yun's greatly changed temperament.

Lin Yun, who used to be submissive and dare not speak out in Lao Diao's house, has now become a generous, fashionable and intellectual lesbian in their eyes. The way he behaves is like a different person. When he talks to others, his voice is clear and kind, and his unhurried tone is very comfortable to listen to.

She did not change her attitude towards her fellow villagers because of external and internal changes. This made them feel that Lin Yun was different from the past and that she was a woman with great potential.

Hua Ya couldn't squeeze into the outhouse, so he went to the room where Lin Yun was there to accompany her to cut the Double Happiness window grilles. There were many women accompanying him in the room, and they all commented on Lin Yun's good conversational skills.

Lin Yun was a little shy at first. She was an old girl who was married for the second time, so she quietly held the wedding. Even if it doesn't work, it's enough to get a marriage certificate. Most second marriages do not require a marriage certificate, and few hold a banquet.

If it hadn't been for the three weddings to be held together, she would never have thought of making such a big splash.

Nicheng thought of this day, as if there was a special wedding for her, which made her face red all morning.

Fortunately, Zhou Kaiqi saw her embarrassment and stayed with her.

It was finally time to eat, and everyone was shocked by the dishes that were officially served.

I don't even have such a sumptuous meal at home during the Chinese New Year.

Not all of us treat guests with white flour mixed with sweet potato noodles to make two-color pasta. Usually, we are reluctant to take out the polished rice to eat. In addition to chicken, duck and fish, there are also millet porridge with seafood, milk-flavored large flower rolls, and white-flour steamed buns that are bigger than your face.

The villagers all had red faces after eating, and pulled Zhou Kaiqi to tell him that he should treat Lin Yun well. The auspicious words of blessing were sent to them in bunches for free. Zhou Kaiqi didn't care about these words, as long as it was a blessing, he would accept it with a smile and thanks.

To be honest, when he encountered family changes, he never dreamed that he would be here today. Like Lin Yun, he thought he was going to spend his whole life alone. Two people who have shortcomings in their relationship and marriage can form such a happy circle when they meet together, hug each other and cling to each other.

After three drinks, Lin Xiangyang introduced Gu Tinglan, his lovely second son-in-law, to the villagers. By the way, he secretly said that his second son-in-law was no longer the regimental commander, but the deputy brigade.

The villagers were stunned by the good news coming from the Lin family. Just as I gave you my wedding blessings just now, I am now giving you good wishes for Gu Tinglan's future.

Gu Tinglan also smiled and thanked the fellow villagers, and also invited them to play on the island when they have time.

Some families with better conditions were more particular. I saw Hua Ya, whom I hadn't seen for three years, sitting in the house with her child in her arms. He also specially carried a red envelope with a meeting gift of one yuan and two yuan stuffed in it for Xiao Yaoyao.

Hua Ya had no intention of taking it at first, but Zhang Fengying said next to her: "Just take it and treat it as a blessing for your child. Your father and I will return the favor in the future."

That'll do.

Hua Ya happily received a small pile of red envelopes.

Little Yaoyao "babbled" and stretched out her hand to reach it. Hua Ya put it in her pocket and said with a smile: "Baby, mommy will save it for you first and then give it to you when you are older."

When little Yaoyao first came into the world, she didn't know the tricks of being a mother, so she smiled and clapped her hands.

Gu Tinglan gave face to his father-in-law and drank half a catty of liquor with the fellow villagers. He was sent to the room by Lin Hui in a daze. Lin Hui walked forward, Hua Ya came in holding Xiao Yaoyao on the back, and Gu Tinglan woke up from the wine.

There were still noisy sounds of drinking and fistfighting in the courtyard, and the voice of Cuicui's father stood out in particular: "Although your second son-in-law is an officer, his drinking capacity is not as good as mine. Come on, Brother Lin, let me offer a toast to your eldest son-in-law, Professor."

"Yes, yes, you are the Bacchus of our village." Lin Xiangyang complained: "You can respect him as much as you want, no matter what you ask me to do. I'll go over there."

Everyone knows that Cuicui's dad is a drunkard. Except for a few people who are good at drinking and are willing to sit at the same table with him, everyone else can avoid being entangled by him and endlessly persuade him to drink.

Director Li and Secretary Xu also drank a lot, and when they saw Lin Xiangyang, they called him "old brother, old brother."

Director Li's mouth was full of oil after eating. He stretched out his hand to gesture at the dining table, then gave a thumbs up and said: "Let's just say, there are not many cadres in the city who eat like this. I have to be able to do it, Brother Lin." Such a banquet."

Lin Xiangyang said matter-of-factly: "Everything I can afford is given to me by my children. They are filial and I will enjoy a few years of happiness."

The male comrades were busy drinking and chatting, while the women in the village were whispering about how much betrothal gift Zhou Kaiqi could give to the Lin family this time.

They saw Zhou Kaiqi give a bankbook to Lin Xiangyang. Lin Xiangyang was stunned for a moment, and then gave it to Lin Yun. Everyone guessed that it should not be a small amount.

Don't talk nonsense, just talk about such innocuous things.

Cuicui's mother heard that Lin Yun would settle in Beijing after getting married, and everyone became even more envious.

That's the capital of Beijing. If you go there, you'll be in the same sky as the leaders.

"I heard that there are a lot of foreigners over there, talking in foreign languages, and no one can understand them."

"It doesn't matter if others don't understand. The person Xiaoyun married is a professor. His educational level is already extremely high. He will definitely be able to understand."

"Isn't it okay to watch the flag raising if you want?"

"It doesn't matter if you look at raising the national flag. If you want to take a walk on the Great Wall, you can go for a walk on the Great Wall."

"Then we need to build a good relationship. Maybe we can go to Beijing in the future and let her take us to play. Mother Cuicui, you said we go, can Xiaoyun entertain us?"

Cuicui's mother is a reasonable person. She said: "In the past, we would definitely be able to control us, but if someone sees that someone else's life is easy, then that may not be the case."

Her words aroused fierce reactions from the crowd, and everyone expressed that they would never go to Qiufeng.

Zhang Fengying walked around outside and saw that the food on the table was about the same, and the drinkers were also drinking about the same, so she put on an apron and served a pot of egg dumplings to these people who were just patronizing the drinking and had no time to eat. Soup.

The children ran around the room with wedding candies in their pockets and scattered firecrackers in their hands.

When Wang Tianzhu and the others saw this group of black children in the village, they not only did not dislike them, but actually played together.

They had wedding candy in their mouths, and some were reluctant to eat the whole piece, so they smashed it with rocks, twisted a little candy foam and put it on the tip of their tongues to eat.

Some picked up a lot of unfired squibs on the ground, piled the gunpowder inside into a small pile, lit it with a match, and in the blink of an eye, mini fireworks flashed for a moment and then went out. This scene, which lasted less than a second, made many half-year-old children pick up firecrackers on the ice with their buttocks sticking out.

Tiantian whispered: "As for the effort, just buy one."

Wang Tianzhu scolded him: "You know nothing, this is the fun."

Lele also said about him: "You can't live with two pieces of bad money in your pocket, right?"

Tiantian Busy said: "I'm not looking down on people, I'm just saying, why don't I buy one and let's take it apart together?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several children were attracted. The eldest one, who was about the same age as them, sniffed and said, "You can really buy it for us to play with?"

Tiantian's chest puffed up: "A manly man, he keeps his word."

Wang Tianzhu watched him being encouraged by other children to go to the canteen to buy firecrackers. He turned to Lele and said, "Watch your brother burning buns. He will cry when he comes back."

Lele said: "He only brought two yuan for him to spend. Don't lend it to him after spending it."

"When I'm free, I'll lend him money to bake buns." Wang Tianzhu continued to squat on the ground to pick up squibs, and Lele squatted next to him to pick up the squibs. After picking one up, he put one into Wang Tianzhu's hand. Wang Tianzhu said, "You can take it yourself."

Lele shook her head: "Well, what can I do? I'm just a little girl."

Wang Tianzhu was happy and said: "Well, the little girl is the most precious. Then don't put it in my hand. The one just now was smoking white. It's not that you don't feel bad about your hand, right? I think you can just put it in my mouth. ."

Lele laughed while holding her stomach, and after laughing she said, "Then open your mouth."