Chapter 21

Lin Shu lowered her head.

Her heart was beating "boom boom".

She knew she should add a few words, Divert this matter.

But for some reason, she didn't want to do this.

"A dog sees whose meat and bones are its own,"

After a moment of silence, she heard him say, "Don't feel aggrieved, they can't bite you now."

Lin Shu:...

After being dazed, it was awkward, and something was wrong with her whole body... because these words really didn't seem to come out of the mouth of a PLA comrade wearing a military uniform, tall and straight, full of righteousness... or righteousness.

But this was so awkward, and the original tangled emotions were swept away.

However, he was comforting her, right?

Although these words were really a bit harsh.

Then what should she respond with?

"Are you saying I'm a meat bone? "

She blurted out.

He laughed.

Lin Shu was stunned again, because it seemed that this was the first time she saw him laugh seriously.

Although he was not very happy, when he laughed, the coldness and scary aura on his body disappeared all of a sudden, as if, as if you were in his circle of light.

When he laughed, people felt very reliable.

Lin Shu looked at him and understood a little bit about herself.Why did she tell him everything she was thinking?

She used to be able to hide her thoughts and would not easily tell others about her thoughts.

Because he seemed to have that ability. Although he was very cold and didn't seem to have a good temper, he still made people trust him involuntarily. He was strong and reliable, like a solid barrier or a black hole.

You felt that it didn't matter if you told him.

Anyway, what you said would not have any effect on him, and he would not tell anyone else.

But after she said it herself, she really felt much more relaxed.

Liang Jinxi looked at him blankly after the little girl finished speaking.

He slowly stopped laughing, uttered a "hmm", and said, "That's about right. Don't think too much. If it's like what you said, then your brother has been to their house for a few days to keep him safe. And he's a bait. They will only coax him well these days and won't dare to do anything bad to him. It's just a few days. We'll take him back after the New Year. There's no need to worry. Besides, it's okay for boys to go through some things."

Her mother said the same thing.

Her brother has his own life, and she has her own life. They help each other, but they must be independent and grow up on their own.

"Okay."

She also laughed and said, "You're right. I can't let those people influence me."

She took two quick steps forward, then looked back at him and smiled, "Do you usually teach your soldiers like this?"

Her smile was dazzling.

But he is a man with a strong will.

"No,"

He said, "Use your fists."

Lin Shu: ...Okay.

This is really a person who can't talk to people properly.

Sometimes he can, sometimes he can't.

But no matter what, she felt better.

Liang Jinxi helped her take the package and sent her back to the Youth Institute.

Lin Shu's clothes and quilts had been sent over a few times before. This time, there were not many clothes in it, mainly food, New Year's goods, cured meat, preserved vegetables, various dried fruits, cakes and snacks, and some books.

She always remembered that Lin Meilan said that the college entrance examination would be resumed in 1977. Since Lin Meilan had predicted many things before, although she felt that she was superstitious, she still believed it inexplicably.

Five years, she was afraid that five years would make her forget everything she had learned, so before coming here, she specially sorted out a lot of books and put them at Aunt Yao's house, and then asked Aunt Yao to help send them over in several times.

After returning to the dormitory, Lin Shu asked Liang Jinxi to wait for him for a while and packed the package first.

There was a cloth-wrapped gift. When she opened it, it was a beige wool scarf, new. She touched it and guessed that it should be a New Year's gift from Aunt Yao.

She put the scarf on the bed, then took out the book and locked it in the cabinet. The cabinet was moved by Aunt Hu before. It was a bit high. Liang Jinxi stood there and helped her put it there.

When she handed over a book, a bookmark fell off.

Liang Jinxi saw her holding the book, so he bent down to help her pick it up.

He glanced at it and saw a silhouette drawn with a few strokes. Although it was simple, he still recognized her at a glance.

There was also a signature with flying dragons and phoenixes below. He only recognized one Song character.

A thing of capitalist young men and young ladies.

Liang Jinxi handed the bookmark back to her. Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, looked at it carefully, and then did not insert it into the original book. Instead, he opened the drawer, inserted it into a notebook, and locked it.

Lin Shu packed some food and went to Liang's house with Liang Jinxi.

It started snowing outside. Before leaving, Lin Shu thought about it and wrapped the beige scarf on the bed again.

Liang Jinxi glanced at it without any expression.

Liang Jinxi was silent on the way.

Actually, he didn't talk much, but Lin Shu felt that he seemed to be colder than before. He was neither as harsh as before nor as caring and concerned as before.

Just cold, with a sense of distance.

Fortunately, the Youth House was not far from the Liang family, and they arrived soon.

Lin Shu brought the things to Aunt Hu, who blamed him, "How come you bought so many things after going out?"

After that, she glared at her son standing at the door and said, "She bought so many things, why didn't you stop her?"

Liang Jinxi glanced at Lin Shu and said nothing.

Lin Shu hurriedly said, "Auntie, you misunderstood. These were sent to me by my relatives, not bought. Auntie, I don't know how to cook these cured meats and vegetables, and these snacks and candies are for the children, not for me."

"You kid, oh," Auntie Hu said, "Your relatives are the ones your brother lives with? They are really nice people."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Well, Auntie Yao's family is better than my real aunt, but I am lucky and meet good people everywhere. You are also good, Auntie."

Auntie Hu smiled.

She took Lin Shu's basket and put it away, smiling, "You are the one who is loved by everyone. By the way, your sister Donghe and Zhenzhen made you a pair of cotton shoes. The weather is just right. Go and try them on."

Lin Shu looked at Liang Donghe and Zhenzhen in surprise. Liang Donghe smiled at her and said, "It's a little crude. If Lin Zhiqing doesn't mind, come and try them on."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "I think your cotton shoes are very beautiful. I praised them last time. You said they were made by you, sister Donghe. Auntie, I didn't mean to be shameless to ask for them last time. I just praised them because I thought they were beautiful."Aunt Hu pushed Lin Shu and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, go and try it."

Lin Shu agreed and reached out to pull Zhenzhen to follow Liang Donghe to the room, saying: "Sister Donghe, just call me Shushu."

Liang Donghe took Lin Shu to the room to try on cotton shoes.

The cotton shoes were boot-style, higher than the ankle, with a thousand-layer sole and a homespun upper. There was a beautiful cat embroidered on it with cloth and embroidery thread. It was very cute, and the stitches were neat and dense.

Liang Donghe smiled and said: "The pattern on it was embroidered by Zhenzhen, and the cloth was the homespun cloth spun by ourselves. If it doesn't look good, just keep warm."

Lin Shu was very surprised that this was embroidered by Zhenzhen.

She looked at Zhenzhen, and the little girl looked at her and looked at herself, and she pursed her lips nervously, and even her body seemed to be a little tense.

Lin Shu felt a little distressed all of a sudden.

She reached out and touched the little cat, saying, "How can you say it's not pretty? This little cat is so cute, with a little look in its eyes, and the color is good."

As she spoke, Zhenzhen obviously relaxed, with a shy and happy smile on her face.

The child is not very old, but because she is the elder sister, she not only has to take care of herself in the Gao family, but also has to take care of her younger sister all the time, so she is a little mature for her age, and she rarely looks like this.

Lin Shu put on her shoes and walked back and forth a few times, feeling comfortable and warm. She said sincerely, "Sister Donghe, I think the shoes you made are not as beautiful and practical as the ones you made even if they cost only a dozen yuan in department stores."

She continued to praise Zhenzhen, saying, "I have never seen such a skillful child, whose hands are so skillful and her embroidery is so spiritual. When I was a child, I was very envious of others knitting scarves and gloves. I also tried it myself, but the things I knitted were really not very good. Everyone was very surprised when they received the gifts I gave them. As a result, except for my brother who had just learned to speak at that time, no one was willing to take out the scarf I gave them, saying that... hanging a strap around the neck is stupid? Such a precious gift must be kept in the bottom of the box."

Zhenzhen laughed out loud, and her original nervousness and shyness disappeared.

Zhuzhu was young and didn't know how to turn around. She said foolishly, "You still have to take it out. Otherwise, no matter how precious it is, what's the use? It will be snatched away by others."

This is what her mother often told her. Her great grandmother gave her a new dress, but she was reluctant to wear it. Her mother told her that if she didn't wear it, her grandmother would take it away and give it to her cousin when it got a little smaller.

"Well,"

Lin Shu touched Zhuzhu's little head and said, "Because they say it's a treasure, but in fact they think it's too ugly and refuse to wear it."

Zhuzhu:... "Aunt Shushu, don't be sad. I've worn all the things you gave me. Look."

She shook her little head, with the little hairpin Lin Shu gave her on it.

Lin Shu laughed and said, "Well, only our Zhuzhu is the best."

Zhuzhu laughed with satisfaction.

Liang Donghe looked at the interaction between Lin Shu and the daughters, and couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth.

First, the two children rarely had such a happy and relaxed time in the Gao family.

Second, she thought that this Lin Zhiqing was really good.

So she was happy for her cousin.

To be honest, she had heard a lot of gossip about Lin Shu from Tian Qiuhong and her mother at first, and she was a little worried because she was too beautiful, but after a few encounters, she knew that it was all other people's prejudice.

She made shoes for her because although she had not met her a few times, Zhenzhen and Zhuzhu had already received a lot of small gifts and snacks from her. She was not an ungrateful person, so she rushed day and night to make this pair of shoes. Whether she liked it or not, it was what she should do.

But she liked it, so of course she was very happy.

Lin Shu thought of something when she said this.

She took off her shoes and touched the cloth on it. It was soft and there was cotton inside. Lin Shu knew that it was the cotton grown by her family.

She turned to Aunt Hu and said, "Aunt, you see that Sister Donghe has such good skills. She can spin yarn, weave cloth, dye, make shoes and clothes. In fact, I see that many families in the village have spinning wheels and looms. Why doesn't the brigade open its own cotton ginning and textile mills, and sell seed cotton directly to the county cotton ginning mill?"

The price of seed cotton and lint cotton is quite different, not to mention the price of finished fabrics.

Lin Shu is quite familiar with these, because her mother used to be the office director of Xizhou State-owned Textile Factory.

She often went to the factory to play, and was familiar with many uncles and aunts there, and even the machines.

Lin Meilan entered the textile factory through her mother's relationship.

Aunt Hu laughed and said, "You kid, is it as easy to open a factory as you say? It's not that our brigade doesn't have a cotton gin. We gin our own cotton. But it's time-consuming and laborious to gin the cotton we really want. It's better to sell it directly in the county. To open a cotton gin and a textile factory, don't you need a machine and money? The products you make are not as good as the fabrics sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives. Why would the supply and marketing cooperatives want such old-fashioned products? Even if they really want them, most people won't buy them. What should we do then? Everyone needs to eat."

In the past, they sold them privately, but now it's not allowed. If they are caught, they will be criticized at a criticism meeting, criticized with a loud speaker, and thrown eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.