Chapter 16

Lin Shu turned his head suddenly, looking at him blankly and doubtfully.

Is this irony?

It must not be what she thought at first.

It should be because of the current situation, and because Aunt Hu forced him to send him, and even asked him to accompany her to the county town tomorrow, so he was not in a good mood.

Lin Shu calmed down after being shocked.

She wanted to explain and say sorry.

But his expression was calm and casual, and he didn't seem angry, but even so, he had a momentum that made people dare not look directly at him.

In fact, Lin Shu has always been a stable girl and can pretend.

When she is with others, she has always been more likely to observe other people's emotions.

But when it comes to Liang Jinxi, she is completely at a disadvantage.

There is no way, she is at a disadvantage in terms of time, place, and people.

... and she can't rush over to shake his hand and touch his skin...She stood there, pursed her lips for a while, and finally said, "I'm sorry."

Liang Jinxi saw her expression change.

He had never seen a person whose eyes could express so many emotions with just one expression.

He sneered in his heart. He couldn't stand such a sentence. How could he say something like "my boyfriend" so casually?

He twitched his mouth.

Since they were relatives, he still endured it for a while and said, "Aren't you still pretending now? Didn't you see the way my second aunt looked at you just now? You didn't look like a girl who suddenly saw her boyfriend coming back... Besides, I don't think she likes you very much."

Ah, that's what I mean.

It's not irony, it's not bad...

But, can't you say it nicely?

No wonder Aunt Hu said that when she was a child, she and Uncle Liang always wanted to beat you...

Stop.

Lin Shu took a deep breath. Now she is sorry for him, she is sorry for him... He repeated it silently three times, telling himself that he must hold back this man's bad temper and treat him with a serious and sincere attitude.

Oh, what did he say... Aunt Liang doesn't like him?

Of course Aunt Liang doesn't like him, because she wants you to be with Gao Xiaolian.

Thinking of the series of events that followed, if it weren't for her, maybe he and Gao Xiaolian would really get together. As a result, because of her, the two families broke up. I heard that there was some disharmony between the two production teams of Liangjia Village and Gaojia Village.

And Aunt Hu was so anxious about him getting married.

In the end, everything was messed up by her.

These are all related to him.

Lin Shu felt that he also had the right to know these.

So after thinking it over, he said, "It's normal that she doesn't like me. She had already agreed with Auntie that when you come back this time, she would let you meet Gao Xiaolian, a teacher at the primary school in the commune in Gaojia Village. But because I suddenly showed up and said that I was your girlfriend, the plan was ruined... As a result, the Gao family and Auntie had a grudge, and Sister Donghe was blamed by the Gao family."

Liang Jinxi frowned.

What a mess.

Gao Xiaolian, from the same brigade, Liang Jinxi certainly knew Gao Xiaolian.

Her brother Gao Xiaomu was also a classmate of his.

He said, "Even if you weren't there, I wouldn't meet her. If we can have a grudge for this, then just do it."

Lin Shu: ...

She glanced at him.

How could she tell him that the grudge was because of the rumor, when Auntie Hu rushed to Gao's house and scolded Tian Qiuhong?

"Let's go."

He said again, and then turned around and walked in the direction she pointed to. Lin Shu saw that he had left her behind in just a few steps, but he stopped when he got ahead, obviously waiting for her, so she didn't bother to think about it anymore and hurriedly followed him.

The two of them stepped on the snow on the road, "crunching" and "crunching" forward.

"Nowadays, most people who finish school have to farm. There are many people who want to fight for the position of private teachers in the brigade primary school, but they can't get it. If you have such an opportunity, why don't you go to Shitan Brigade, but must come here?"

He suddenly asked her, "You said you were afraid that they would cheat, do you know what the cheat is now?"

After asking, he saw that she paused and raised her misty but dark and clear big eyes to look at him, so he also stopped and waited for her, saying, "You don't need to make up any excuses. You should understand that I will know this sooner or later. But if you want to use me, you should show some sincerity and understand the importance of honesty."

Lin Shu swallowed back the "I feel more at ease with relatives here" that was about to come out of his mouth.

She looked at him for a long time, then her eyes fell on his military uniform for a while, and finally dropped them again, looking at the snow, took two steps forward, and then said: "My father was sent down, and someone forced me to marry him. The teacher quota at Shitan Brigade was also arranged by him... There were rumors a while ago that I had a girlfriend in Xizhou City, and I was dating you, and we were having an affair." Just now, she actually had an impulse to pretend to trip and pull his hand. But she had been forced to stick to him because of her situation. Now she wanted to "throw herself into his arms" again. Was she afraid that the other party would not misunderstand that she was "plotting against him"? Thinking of her situation and her determination to be sincere and serious, she finally chose to tell the truth.

Then she said the beginning and found that it was not that difficult to be honest. As long as you get started, the rest will be easy. She said, "The rumor was spread by the Gao family, but it should also be related to that person." She didn't think Zhou Chengzhi would let her go easily. He would definitely know about this sooner or later, so since she was going to tell the truth, she had nothing to be embarrassed about. "Who is that person? Tell me about his background." He said. The next step was to tell him everything he could and everything she thought there was no need to hide. Things about Xizhou City, things about her family, and even things about her great uncle and great aunt in the Lin family coercing and bribing Zhou Chengzhi to persuade her mother to let her get married. She said, "I didn't tell Auntie about these things, not because I wanted to lie to her, but because there were too many things mixed up.

I didn't say it at the beginning, and I didn't know how to say it later. I didn't want Auntie to be sad and worried for me, but I also knew that this was wrong. No matter how you tell Auntie about this matter later, I can cooperate with you." He glanced at her and didn't comment on this. The Youth Institute was not far away, and while talkingWe arrived soon.

Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief. Actually, she still felt very stressed when talking to him.

She stopped and was about to say "Thank you, I'm here, please go back", but suddenly she heard someone calling her from under the courtyard wall.

"Sister Shu!"

Lin Shu was startled and thought she was hallucinating. She turned around and looked in the direction of the voice.

Lin Meilan...

Lin Shu blinked.

It was not an illusion. The person standing under the courtyard wall was not her great-aunt's cousin Lin Meilan?

Why did she come here?

I didn't want to be the "cannon fodder" in her mouth, so she chased me here?

*****

Why did Lin Meilan come here?

Of course she didn't want to come.

She wanted to wait for the plot to develop on its own. When Lin Shu married Zhou Chengzhi, she would be recommended to go to college. At that time, her life would be bright and beautiful.

Although life in the Lin family was a bit difficult, she could not do anything. She even tried to fight for her salary, but was scolded by her grandmother in a shameless way. So, for the time being, she could only endure it.

But while she was thinking this, Zhou Chengzhi came to her.

He asked her: "When did Shushu meet a man named Liang in Yaoshan Commune?"

Lin Meilan was at a loss.

Zhou Chengzhi knew from her expression that she probably didn't know.

He told her about Lin Shu saying Liang Jinxi was her "boyfriend" after she went to the countryside. When he saw Lin Meilan's face of shock and astonishment, he frowned and said: "You have never heard of this before?"

Lin Meilan shook her head.

She really didn't know.

And what was going on?

There was no such thing in the book.

Because the book didn't focus much on Lin Shu, and she didn't read it carefully, she didn't know that Lin Shu went to the countryside, let alone how she came back to marry Zhou Chengzhi after going to the countryside... She thought that Lin Shu couldn't stand the hardship of farming in the countryside, and thought it was better to marry Zhou Chengzhi, so she came back.

She had heard a lot about this era from the elders in her family before. How many educated youths got together with village cadres just to return to the city!

Lin Shu was spoiled since she was a child, and she probably didn't even do much housework. How could she stand farming?

So although she was surprised at first about Lin Shu going to the countryside, she didn't care too much.

But now she heard Zhou Chengzhi say that Lin Shu went to the countryside and found a soldier, she was really confused.

Is it in the original plot, or did something go wrong?

When Lin Meilan was still thinking about what was going on, Zhou Chengzhi said, "Don't you want to be recommended to go to college? Please help me go to the countryside to see what's going on between Shushu and that Liang. You are much smarter than your grandmother. Please help me see how to win her back. As long as she is willing to return to the city and marry me, I will help you get a recommendation." After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he put a few bills on the table, including cash and food coupons, and turned away without thinking that she would refuse. Lin Meilan fell into confusion. Various conjectures came up in her mind, mixed together, and made her head hurt. Lin Shu went to the countryside to find a soldier. Was it in the original plot, or did something really go wrong? If something went wrong, how could it cause this problem? Would she still marry Zhou Chengzhi? Could she still get a recommendation for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University through Zhou Chengzhi? Lin Meilan felt fear for the first time. Not being able to go to college was a devastating blow to her. In fact, she was powerless to do anything about her current life. The longer she lived here, the more powerless she felt.

The Lin family was not well off.

A family of more than a dozen people squeezed into five small bungalows.

She and several cousins ​​lived in a small room without even a window.

That was not all. She was now a female worker in a textile factory. She got up early in the morning and went to work in the factory. When she got home, she had to help with laundry and cooking. Then, she got a salary of 32 yuan a month, 12 yuan to her grandmother and 8 yuan to her mother... It was 12 yuan before, but she came here and fought for it. Her grandmother scolded her. Her mother felt sorry for her and reduced her salary by 4 yuan, making it 8 yuan.

But how much better could it be? She only had 12 yuan left.

All her daily expenses, including clothes and occasional meals, were included in these 12 yuan.

Although Lin Meilan was not from a wealthy family before she came here, she was the only child of an ordinary family with both working parents. When had she ever suffered such hardship?

If you say you can make a fortune and marry the richest man or the boss after you travel through the book, you need a platform and a golden finger.

Now, let alone making money, it's hard to even eat meat!

Even appearance is actually cultivated.

Like Lin Shu, with delicate skin and tender flesh, which can drip water when pinched, can she be cultivated by getting up early and doing housework in the dark, and going to the factory every day to listen to the "buzzing" of machines?

She looks good, but her conditions are poor, her skin color is bad, her hands are rough, and she wears a blue work suit like a bucket every day. How can she attract people?

These are not unchangeable, but they need time and conditions to be slowly adjusted.

Anyway, after living here for a few months, Lin Meilan already knows that going to college is the most important part of her changing her destiny.

So she has been patiently waiting for the plot to advance these days.

After a few months, everything will be fine if she can get recommended to go to college.

But now Zhou Chengzhi told her that Lin Shu went to the countryside to find someone else, and he would only agree if she helped him to get Lin Shu back.Help her get a university recommendation.

Is that how the original plot was?

How did Lin Meilan help Zhou Chengzhi get Lin Shu back in the original plot?

So the reason why Zhou Chengzhi was willing to give Lin Meilan such a big benefit of recommending a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University was because she played a role in promoting or even deciding the process of Lin Shu marrying him?

Lin Meilan's heart was beating "boom boom", and her mind was a mess.

After Zhou Chengzhi left that day, she thought for a long time, trying to sort out a clue.

To be honest, she didn't want to personally help Lin Shu marry Zhou Chengzhi.

As a bystander watching the plot happen, and then five years later saving Lin Shu's life when she was in danger, Lin Meilan felt that she was still righteous.

But she felt a little uncomfortable psychologically for directly helping Lin Shu marry Zhou Chengzhi.

But could she refuse?

After thinking about it for a few days, Lin Meilan finally couldn't stand the life of working as a female worker and eating coarse steamed buns every day, and decided to go to the countryside to take a look.

Let's go and see first.

So she came.

Why on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year? Because she knew that the "boyfriend" that Lin Shu mentioned in the countryside would not come back until the Chinese New Year.

Besides, the Chinese New Year is good. There is no farm work, the food is good, and she can spend more time with Lin Shu and even the man here, and she can see the truth the most.

However, the weather is bad and the transportation is inconvenient, so it is not easy for her to come all the way.

It was snowing heavily, and she set out in the early morning, running all the way and asking for directions, and it was almost dark before she finally found the Youth Educated House of Qinghe Brigade.

Then she stood outside the adobe courtyard wall of the Youth Educated House, waiting in the cold wind.

She was cold and hungry, and she wanted to cry.

Then she saw Lin Shu and a tall man in military uniform walking side by side.

From a distance, the man was tall, and even in winter, wearing a military coat, he could still see his unusually upright and powerful figure, and his exciting Pacific Ocean-wide shoulders, while Lin Shu next to him was petite and delicate, walking through the snow, indescribably pleasing to the eye and matching.

"Sister Shu,"

Lin Meilan watched the two people coming over, stunned for a moment, took two steps forward, called Lin Shu, but her eyes were on Liang Jinxi.

She looked from his body to his face, and then her heart "bang bang" beat faster... Such a powerful man...

In the eyes of the people here, Liang Jinxi may not be the most popular appearance. His skin color is too dark and not white enough, his facial features are too prominent and not delicate enough, his thin lips look ruthless, his eyes are too sharp, and he even looks not simple enough and not easy to get along with...

But Lin Meilan was dressed here, with such a straight posture, broad shoulders, sculpted side face and facial features. Looking at his figure and walking posture, you can feel the strength of the muscles under the military coat. It is not the kind of specially trained by the stars on TV in the previous life, but the real wildness and strength that comes with the whole body.

Lin Shu actually found such a man in the countryside!

Obviously a cannon fodder, why give her so many good things, and such a high-quality man!