Chapter 18

Lin Shu's dormitory was small and simple but warm.

As soon as she went out, the cold wind blew over her head, making Lin Meilan shiver.

Lin Meilan didn't want to and couldn't turn hostile to Lin Shu, so she had to follow Lin Shu, who looked unquestionable, to the haystack to smoke grass.

When they walked into the yard, Lin Shu pointed to the haystack covered with a thick layer of snow and said, "Cousin, you go."

Lin Meilan: ? ? ? She?

But from Lin Shu's tone, expression and movements, she knew that Lin Shu was indeed ordering her around.

Isn't she a guest?

She shuddered as she looked at the broken haystack, turned to look at Lin Shu, and said with difficulty, "Sister Shu, forget it. I'll just squeeze in with you for one night..."

Lin Shu looked indifferent.

She looked at her and said, "Cousin, didn't you just say you would take my brother to live in my hometown? This is the life in the countryside. There is no work, just the simplest thing of cutting grass and making a bed. Can't you do it? How can you live in the countryside? Let my brother serve you?"

Lin Meilan's face flushed red.

She turned around and walked along the shoveled path towards the haystack.

There was still snow on the shoveled road, but it was compacted and heavy. It was more like ice than snow. It was very slippery. Lin Meilan was angry. She rushed forward and stepped on it before she took two steps. She sat on the ground. Even if she was wearing a thick cotton coat, it was painful, especially her hands. It was so painful to press on the ice.

Lin Meilan's tears rolled down all of a sudden.

She sat on the ground for a long time without moving.

She felt very wronged and waited for Lin Shu to help her.

But she didn't expect Lin Shu to walk around her and walk to the haystack. He pointed and said, "Here."

Lin Meilan:...

She was really mad.

But Lin Shu looked at her with indifference and suspicion. She gritted her teeth, held back her tears, and finally got up by herself, walked to the haystack, and pulled in the direction of Lin Shu's finger.

As soon as she touched it, it was all ice chips, icy cold. She pulled out a bundle of straw with all her strength, but unfortunately, she used the wrong strength and it fell apart when she pulled it out.

Lin Shu said, "Your strength is wrong."

He turned around and taught her seriously, saying that you should look at the texture of the straw, find it accurately, and then grab it with both hands, and use even strength. As expected, she pulled out a bundle of straw, which was still dry.

Then Lin Meilan continued to pull out the straw at Lin Shu's signal, and then carried the bundles of straw to spread the earthen kang under Lin Shu's command. She shook the earthen cloth sheets, but did not spread them directly, because the roots of the straw were still a little wet!

Lin Shu said that he would wait until it was dry and then make the bed at night!

The dinner in the evening was a bowl of pickled vegetable cornmeal paste and two yellow steamed buns.

It was brought back from the brigade canteen.

Lin Shu also said: "Usually our rations are only one bowl of cornmeal and one yellow steamed bun. If you want to eat two, you can only eat black steamed buns. If it's not enough, you can buy them with your own money and tickets. The two yellow steamed buns you eat, cousin, are my rations for tomorrow." Lin Meilan gritted her teeth. She silently took out two boxes of cakes from her bag and handed them to Lin Shu, saying: "The snacks from the state-owned hotel, and the milkDried vegetables from the sun, for you."

Lin Shu took a look, the thousand-layer pastry and the southern jujube cake were all made with real ingredients, handmade with great care. This one from the state-owned restaurant is not cheap, it costs several yuan a box.

Lin Shu reached out to take it, her eyes fixed on the snack for a moment, as if thinking about something, but she did not open it, but put it aside, saying: "It turned out to be a snack from the state-owned restaurant. Yesterday, an educated youth in the next room was still talking about it. I don't know when I will have the chance to eat it again. I will share it with everyone later. "

Lin Meilan: ...

She wants to eat it too!

Of course she didn't buy it. She only has twelve yuan in her pocket every month, but sometimes she is greedy and wants to be beautiful, so it's not enough. How can she buy a box of snacks worth several yuan!

Zhou Chengzhi bought it and asked her to bring it over!

She took it out because she wanted Lin Shu to open it and eat it with her!

Lin Meilan slept on the straw kang at night, and she felt itchy all over her body.

Before coming, she actually had other thoughts.

She was a little uncomfortable in her heart to push Lin Shu to Zhou Chengzhi directly.

She wanted Lin Shu to do that. Family background, and a biological mother like that, if she had a good relationship with her, even if she didn't go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University now, she might be better off in the future.

Perhaps she could go to the countryside with her, maybe there would be other opportunities, or she could study quietly in the countryside and wait for the college entrance examination to be resumed in 1977.

I heard that in 1977, because the college entrance examination was suddenly resumed and time was tight, no one was prepared, so even those with poor scores could be admitted to the university, so if she prepared well for five years, she should be able to be admitted, right?

Although she didn't want to suffer and didn't want to waste five years, she really thought about it.

So this time she came here to see what happened between Lin Shu and the soldier What happened? Secondly, she wanted to stay here for a few days to see what the environment was like and whether she should go to the countryside with Lin Shu... Zhou Chengzhi meant to let her go to the countryside. He would send her a sum of money and food coupons every month. When Lin Shu was willing to be with him, he would recommend her to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.

And she thought that if she took Zhou Chengzhi's money and food coupons, it would not be too hard, and she could be with Lin Shu and become sisters who share hardships.

She felt that she could give up the original plot and sacrifice the recommendation for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University for Lin Shu.

She was moved by herself.

But now she was lying on this earthen kang, her nose was full of The room smelled of dust, and Lin Shu's sharp and unfeeling voice rang in her ears. She talked about the work they did every day, picking cotton, hoeing the land, and pulling weeds under the scorching sun day and night... This is real, not the "hardships" that can be glossed over in books.

And most importantly, with such a hard-to-describe personality like Lin Shu, is she a normal person?

Can she be friends with her and share hardships? !

Such a selfish, arrogant, and ignorant person, such a person, it is deadly to spend a day with her, let her go to the countryside to be with her every day, and coax her to be a good sister? !

*****

"Sister Shu, I will stay and spend the New Year with you."

After lying on the earthen kang for a while, Lin Meilan, who had forced herself to relax, finally opened her mouth to test.

"No."

Lin Shu refused directly.

"I will spend the New Year at a relative's house these days. The villagers have a hard time. They let me spend the New Year at their house out of kindness. I can't bring another person over. Abusing others' kindness is greed. "

Lin Meilan: ... Even if it's true, do you need to talk like that? Didn't your mother ever teach you how to talk to people?

But what can she do? She can only endure it!

But then she thought, ah, the soldier seemed to ask Lin Shu to go to his house for breakfast tomorrow. Is the relative she mentioned the soldier's family?

Then of course she has to stay!

For a moment, she forgot about Lin Shu's strange temper and the difficult environment here.

She hurriedly said, "It's okay. I still have some money and food coupons on me. I can give some money and food coupons to your relatives, right?"

"Give money and food coupons?"

Lin Shu's sharp tone and suspicion were not concealed at all, and he said, "Cousin, I remember you told me before that most of your monthly salary is to be given to your grandmother and your mother, and the rest is not even enough to go out for a meal or watch a movie, right? Why are you so arrogant now? You said you have money and food coupons to sleep in someone else's bed, and you also said you have money and food coupons to celebrate the New Year at someone else's place. In addition, you came here specially, and the travel expenses and snacks at the state-owned restaurant must be quite expensive, right? Cousin, when did you become so rich? "

Lin Meilan's heart trembled.

Where did she get the money?

Zhou Chengzhi gave it to her!

The snacks were naturally bought by Zhou Chengzhi and asked her to bring them to Lin Shu.

To be honest, if she didn't know that Zhou Chengzhi would go to jail in the future, this guy is not bad looking, and he is capable, and even if he is crazy, it is because he loves Lin Shu too much... If Zhou Chengzhi continues to rise in the future, Lin Meilan will be jealous.

She took a deep breath and said, "Sister Shu, what's wrong with you? I don't come to see you all the time. It's not easy to come once during the New Year, and I don't plan to give much. The snacks are also bought by grandpa who knows you like to eat, and he secretly gave me money to buy them for you. How can you say that to me? "

I didn't want to dwell on this issue, so I changed the subject and said, "By the way, Sister Shu, when you say relatives, what relatives are you talking about? I've never heard you mention them before? I heard that Brother Liang told you to go to his house for dinner. Is that his house? Sister Shu, I think the way he looks at you is wrong., does he like you?"

"I don't think he looks at me wrong, but I think you look at him wrong."

Lin Shu said directly.

The tone became more fierce.

Lin Meilan:...

Is this what a human being says?

*****

Let's talk about Liang Jinxi.

Liang Jinxi sent Lin Shu off, and on the way back, he turned to the home of the team leader Liang Shuhuai to talk for a while. When he got home, it was already late. Liang Ershen and Liang Donghe had left, but the Liang family had returned home from the fields.

Liang Jinxi talked to his father and eldest brother for a while, packed his luggage with his two nephews who were as excited as monkeys, took out the gifts for everyone in the family, and asked Shitou and Zhuzi to help deliver them. Then he was called into the room by his mother to tell everyone about Liang Donghe.

"What's wrong with Zhenzhen's face? "

Liang Jinxi asked.

Auntie Hu said, "It's that shameless family. Gao Chongping went home and bought a few buns and steamed them in the pot. Zhenzhen and Zhuzhu drank two mouthfuls of porridge in the morning and at noon, and watched Gao's mother divide the two buns among her precious grandchildren and the youngest son Gao Chongwen. Donghe came back from work and was so angry that she took a bun from the pot and broke half for each of them. As a result, before they ate, the old woman smelled the meat and came into the kitchen. When she saw it, she slapped Zhuzhu directly. Zhenzhen stopped her and she slapped her in the face. "

She got angrier and angrier as she talked.

Auntie Hu had no daughter. Liang Dongrong's family was in trouble before, so she raised Liang Donghe in her home. She always treated her as a daughter. Seeing her and her two grandchildren and nieces being abused by the Gao family, how could she not be angry?

"Where's Gao Chongping? Is he dead? "

Liang Jinxi said coldly.

Gao Chongping bought the buns, and Gao's mother could abuse Zhenzhen and Zhuzhu so blatantly, and mistreat Donghe. This must not have happened overnight.

It must be because of Gao Chongping's inaction, or even connivance, that Gao's mother was so arrogant.

"Heh!"

Auntie Hu snorted coldly, "Don't mention that thing. He was not there at the time, but he bought the buns not for Donghe and his mother, but for his father and mother and his nephew. In addition, because of Gao Chongwen's matter, he was dissatisfied with Donghe, so he agreed with his mother to teach Donghe a lesson. And not only this matter, the Gao family held a meeting yesterday, saying that there are many children in their family, and Zhenzhen and Zhuzhu are girls. After the New Year, they will not go to school to study. They will go to the brigade to work and earn work points to support their uncle and cousin to study! "

This time, not only Liang Jinxi's face turned pale, but also the faces of Liang Laodi and Liang Jinli in front of him.

Liang Laodi has been the brigade secretary for decades. He suffered from illiteracy and never got promoted. Therefore, he always attached great importance to his children's education. When he heard that the Gao family did not allow their two nieces and granddaughters, who were only seven or eight years old, to go to school and work in the fields, wouldn't he be angry?

But the Liang family members were calm.

Liang Laodi said: "What did you just say that he was dissatisfied with Donghe because of Gao Chongwen? What did Gao Chongwen do to make him dissatisfied with Donghe? "

This is too misleading.

But Father Liang trusted his niece's character, and could only guess whether it was about money or food.

Speaking of this, Father Liang was even more unhappy.

Gao Chongping drove a tractor in the commune grain station. To be honest, this job was arranged for him when he was the brigade secretary. But he paid 12 yuan of his 15 yuan salary a month to Mother Gao, and the rest was almost all used to subsidize his brother who was in high school and several nephews, as if Donghe's two daughters were not his own!

"Heh."

Speaking of this, Aunt Hu sneered again and said, "What's the matter? Isn't Gao Chongwen studying in the county high school now? He will graduate from high school in another semester. Gao Chongping told Donghe that he wanted Jinxi to help recommend him to the army or find a relationship for him to see if he could arrange a job for him in the county. Donghe didn't want to embarrass Jinxi, so he refused directly. It was probably because of this that the old woman in the Gao family had all kinds of outbursts. "

Liang Jinxi sneered.

He was too lazy to say anything about it, just asked: "What does the second sister mean?"

Auntie Hu was originally very angry, but when she heard Liang Jinxi's question, she was silent, and then said: "Your second sister is a child who can see clearly. She told me that she didn't want to live with Gao Chongping, but she was scolded back by the second brother's wife as soon as she said it. "

"Your second aunt can't bear to give up Gao Chongping, a good son-in-law who gets a salary,"

Auntie Hu said sarcastically, "She means that she wants you to help find a job for Gao Chongwen, or recommend him to the army, and use this to negotiate conditions with the Gao family to let the Gao family split up. In the future, Gao Chongping's salary will be managed by Donghe, and Mrs. Gao will not be allowed to interfere in the affairs of your second sister and Gao Chongping. "

The room was silent for a while.

Because no matter how much they cared about Liang Donghe, Aunt Liang was Liang Donghe's biological mother.

Old Man Liang snorted angrily and said, "She is really in the same mind with the Gao family. She has thought about it for the Gao family."

"Yes,"

Aunt Hu sighed.

If this was really her biological daughter, would she let people bully her like this?

But there was her biological mother in front of her, so she couldn't do anything.

She shook her head and said, "But Donghe's matter is not just one or two days, it has been several years. The problem of the Gao family is not with Gao's mother and father, but with Gao Chongping. He drives a tractor at the grain station and earns so much salary a month. If he felt a little sorry for Donghe and the two children, the two children would beHow could he live like that in the Gao family? He couldn't even have enough porridge to drink, and he was slapped for eating a bun? He had to drop out of school? The root of the problem was Gao Chongping. Even if the family was divided, he thought his nephew was more important than his daughter, and his heart was not on Donghe and his own children at all. What's the point? He even wanted to use the division of the family to negotiate conditions and force Jinxi to arrange a job for Gao Chongwen. Where is the face of their Gao family? He really thinks he is his own face basin! "

But she could only say this to her own family, and she couldn't say it to the people in the second house.

Because Aunt Liang couldn't bear to part with Gao Chongping, a son-in-law with a salary.

If she said she supported Dong He's divorce, Aunt Liang would have to throw a tantrum at her, saying that they were unwilling to help and that's why they pushed Dong He to divorce.

Aunt Hu really loved her niece and two children, but she was also really annoyed with Aunt Liang.

Because Dong He was raised by them, Aunt Liang was afraid that Dong He would be closer to her, her aunt, than her biological mother, and she didn't know how much gossip she had behind her back.

So later, the eldest daughter-in-law only had two sons but no daughters, and Aunt Liang used the same trick again, wanting to send her granddaughter over so that they could have a happy marriage. She firmly disagreed.

Even though her husband was affectionate and helped her from time to time, she was very careful and was often accused of being "mean and cruel"!

In addition, she was also jumping around in Gao Xiaolian's incident last time, and she ran to her several times to say that Lin Shu was unknown and looked like she could be blown down by the wind and it was not easy to give birth. How could Jinxi, with such good conditions, find such a useless person... Bah!

Just when Jinxi left with Lin Shu, she said a few more sarcastic words!

Does she really think she doesn't know why she wants to match Gao Xiaolian and Jinxi?

When Aunt Hu thought of this, she didn't like her!