(This chapter is three chapters in one)
"Xiaomei, why didn't you say you have a partner?"
"Yesterday, Wang Jianshe went to the village again Make a fuss and let the matter of your marriage with her be over. If I knew that he had this intention, I would not let you come back."
"You said that if your partner knew about this. , what should we do? Why don't you go home and wait until this matter is over? Do you still have money?"
As he said this, he took out the bag again and gave it to Xiaomei. some money.
"My partner knows, it's Wang Jianshe's business, it's not like I really took his betrothal gift and left. My partner knows who I am, and that's why he came here." "
Father Li frowned. His daughter was still young and didn't understand people's hearts. The news spread in those villages, and people in the same village believed it. If they heard anything back then, If I don't say it, if I can tell it later, will the relationship between the two be still good?
"Daughter, you still don’t know the current situation. Your fourth uncle and your uncle and I have discussed it. When your mother is sent back, we will go to the county to sue Wang Jianshe. The town You can't go."
"Wang Jianshe gave benefits to the people in the commune, but the commune doesn't care about it now. At first, I thought he was trying to extort money because his uncle was the mayor, but I didn't do it anyway. Don't worry if I let you marry this kind of person. You have to avoid this matter for a while. I think your partner is quite good, so don't let this matter make you jealous. My daughter has already broken off a kiss once. If this becomes obscene, how will she be able to find a partner in the future?
"Why should I avoid him? The rule of law now is not what his uncle said in the past. Where should I go? I can't go back to the army. Why should I go to my second uncle? I don't want to cause trouble for others. I don't think Wang Jianshe can still rob him."
Li's father frowned again when he heard this: "That's right, your mother doesn't want your second uncle to know about this situation. It's a good time to build a house now, so we can't cause trouble for others."
"Sister, are you back?"
A young boy shouted behind Xiaomei.
The second brother Xiaoxing saw Xiaomei as soon as he arrived at the toll booth.
Xiaomei turned around when she heard the sound and saw that it was her little brother whom she had been thinking about day and night. She smiled and ran over to him, twisting her face and patting his head.
"If you are not obedient at home during this time, you are not angry with your parents."
Xiaoxing took a step back to prevent Xiaomei from treating him as a child in front of so many people.
"I have been taking care of my mother during this period of time in the hospital. I am already so old, so of course I don't let my parents worry about it. The eldest cousin of my second uncle's family drove a tractor to pick my mother back. Brother, they all went upstairs to the ward, let me find dad." After saying this, he ran to Father Li and handed him a handkerchief.
Father Li opened it and took a lookIt was three hundred yuan. He asked: "Who gave it to me?"
Xiaoxing: "The eldest uncle's family is fifty yuan, the fourth uncle's family is one hundred, and the second uncle's family is one hundred and fifty yuan."
"The eldest cousin Baojun from my second uncle's family is here?"
Xiaoxing nodded heavily.
Wang Jianshe has spread rumors in several nearby villages recently, and this matter has become a hot topic. Lin Ergu and Lin Qingqing's family in the village next door naturally also know about it.
Second Aunt Lin's family conditions were not very good. Mother Lin also thought about Xiaomei taking care of Lin Qingqing in the army, so she asked Lin's father to give Lin Baojun one hundred and fifty, even if it was to pay Xiaomei in advance. He would bring some more things to see when Ergu Lin would be discharged from the hospital and how the situation at home was.
As soon as he arrived in the village, he met Tieshu who wanted to pull a flatbed truck to pick up Lin Ergu in the county. He thought this was too troublesome and asked Tieshu to wait. He went back to the village to ask the team leader to borrow a tractor. It was not a busy time for farming now. The captain usually borrows it.
Later, he drove a tractor and took Tieshu and Tieshu's uncle's two cousins to the county to pick up Aunt Lin.
"Let's go, first go upstairs and get your mother in the car and go home. Xiaomei, you can go too."
Father Li waved to several people and left first. Got out.
Xiaoxing was smiling next to Xiaomei. He and Xiaomei were six years apart. Xiaomei had brought them up since they were young, and they were very close to each other.
Xiaomei glanced at her brother who looked like a dog-skin plaster and smiled.
Zhou Lie also walked by and asked Xiaomei if something happened at home.
"Xiaomei, is that Wang Jianshe making trouble again?"
Xiaoxing noticed Zhou Lie when he just ran in. The tall man in military uniform was difficult to ignore in the crowd. .
He saw that Zhou Lie came over to talk to the eldest sister. They seemed to be quite familiar with each other. He opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Lie carefully.
Seeing Xiaoxing like this, Xiaomei clicked on his head: "This is Brother Zhou, call someone quickly."
Xiaoxing looked at it belatedly. He looked at Xiaomei, then looked at Zhou Lie and shouted: "Brother Zhou."
"Go to dad quickly, I have something to say with your brother Zhou."
Xiaomei looked at Xiaomei. Xing ran away. She slowed down and told Zhou Lie that Wang Jianshe was at home again yesterday and said that she could just get married.
"He really thought well." Zhou Lie's face darkened.
"Zhou Lie, my father asked me to go out first, saying he was afraid that if you saw this, it would affect our relationship."
Zhou Lie touched Xiaomei's head: " Nonsense, it would be foolish for us to be affected by this kind of person. I called my comrades on the day we set off, and I am probably already investigating the mayor. We will call the police directly when we return to town. "
Xiaomei nodded. She used to feel too inferior to fall in love with Zhou Lie, but after what happened on the train these days, she now not only believes in Zhou Lie, but also wants the two of them to get along well.OK go ahead.
The two of them walked quickly to the door of Aunt Lin's ward.
Father Li and Lin Baojun were smoking and talking at the end of the corridor.
Tieshu, Li Hengzhi, Li Baicheng and Xiaoxing from his uncle’s family were packing things in the ward.
Xiaomei and Zhou Lie entered the ward. Tieshu and others who were cleaning up stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhou Lie.
Just now Lin Ergu told Tieshu that Xiaomei had a partner, and he was a soldier.
As soon as Tieshu saw Zhou Lie, he felt that his sister had found a treasure. He had also seen other soldiers, and the military partner that his sister was looking for had a better momentum and appearance than the soldiers he had seen. Son.
He now agrees with what his mother said. It would be a pity if Wang Jianshe let such a good partner disappear because of Wang Jianshe.
Zhou Lie deliberately changed into a new military uniform before getting off the train. After all, he wanted to meet Xiaomei’s family, so his appearance had to pass.
Wearing a military green short-sleeved shirt and new military trousers without a trace of creases, he looked majestic and energetic, and the handsome military boots on his feet highlighted the toughness of a soldier.
Standing at a height of more than 1.8 meters, he has a very calm aura.
At first glance, he did not have the aura that an ordinary soldier should have.
No wonder the people in Tieshu were stunned.
When Xiaomei saw the stunned people, she smiled and introduced them: "This is my partner Zhou Lie, your name is Brother Zhou."
Tieshu looked at Zhou Lie He shouted dully: "Brother Zhou."
Li Hengzhi and Li Baicheng also shouted: "Brother Zhou."
Zhou Lie walked over with a smile and shook hands with the three of them. : "Hello."
This was the first time someone shook hands with them so solemnly. They wiped their hands and blushed, and shook hands with Zhou Lie one after another with a little nervousness.
Xiaomei looked at the people who were still wandering and said loudly: "It's time to pack up and go home. We can still make it for lunch."
Tieshu and the others speeded up their movements. After a while, all the basins and bowls were packed.
"Dad, cousin, pack up and let's go."
Xiaomei walked out of the ward again and called to Li's father and Lin Baojun who were swallowing their breath.
The two of them smoked cigarettes and came to the ward.
Lin Baojun laughed when he saw Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, you have become fatter and fatter these days since you have been gone. Life in the army is good."
He felt sad when he saw Xiaomei. Despite some worries, Xiaomei was able to gain weight, and her younger sister was not far behind in the army.
"Well, sister is well fed and housed in the army. Don't worry about you and your second uncle."
Lin Baojun glanced at Zhou Lie and stretched out his hand first: " Are you Xiaomei's partner? I heard you are in the same unit as Yiyuan?"
Zhou Lie reached out to hold it, but he didn't react when he heard Yiyuan, and the next second he thought he was talking about the group.long.
Xiaomei reminded in a low voice: "This is my sister's biological eldest brother."
Isn't that the team leader's eldest brother?
Zhou Lie smiled brightly: "Hello, it turns out you are my sister-in-law's eldest brother, so I will call you eldest brother too."
Lin Baojun nodded: "We are all one family."
Xiaomei told her family this morning that Zhou Lie was her partner, and she was not shy. Now when she heard Lin Baojun's words, "We are all one family," her face turned red.
Father Li was satisfied with everything Zhou Lie was doing. He smiled and said, "Baojun, you can have dinner at home at noon and drink with Xiao Zhou."
Lin Baojun nodded: "Okay, Second Uncle."
"Let's go." Father Li walked to the bed and wanted to carry Second Aunt Lin down with Lin Baojun.
Zhou Lie had already walked over and said, "I'll do it, uncle."
Father Li smiled and stepped aside, giving Zhou Lie a chance to show off.
Zhou Lie and Lin Baojun worked together to lift Er Gu Lin to the bed frame next to her. After a while, the four of them carried the bed frame and put it on the tractor to go home.
There is still a long way to go from the ward on the third floor to the tractor at the entrance of the hospital.
"Dad, come and get my bags, let Zhou Lie carry the bed."
"Okay." Father Li smiled and picked up the two bags.
Four people, Lin Baojun, Zhou Lie, Tieshu, and Li Hengzhi, carried the bed.
Xiaomei gave the packed basin to Xiaoxing and went to get a sack packed by Lin Qingqing. Li Baicheng looked at the sack and carried it with Xiaomei.
The group walked for seven or eight minutes and arrived at the gate.
The four of them put Ergu Lin on the tractor that was covered with straw and covered her with a quilt before taking a breather and resting.
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When Xiaoxing saw that his brothers were panting, but Brother Zhou didn’t look tired at all, he asked, “Brother Zhou, aren’t you tired?”
Zhou Lie smiled. Shaking his head: "Our training in the army is much more tiring than this."
Xiaoxing's eyes were full of admiration, thinking that soldiers are really awesome.
Lin Baojun dispersed two cigarettes to the janitor. He asked the janitor to look at the tractor in front of him, then came back and sat in the driver's seat. He patted the seat next to him.
"Xiaoxing, come on, sit in front."
"Hey." Xiaoxing responded and ran to the front happily.
Xiaomei put everything on the tractor, Zhou Lie put everything on it, and stretched out his hand to pull Xiaomei into the car.
Father Li laughed when he saw it, and his eyes almost died from laughter.
After the group got into the car, Lin Baojun drove towards Xiahe Village.
It’s half past eight now, and we can get there in more than two hours.
A carload of people chatting and laughing quickly arrived at the village.
The sound of the tractor's "chuchu, chu, chu, chu" attracted all the men, women and children in the village.
When the people in the village saw Xiaomei coming back in the car, they all started talking.
After Xiaomei broke off her engagement with Wang Jianshe last time, she went to Lin Qingqing's house for dinner the next day, and followed Lin Qingqing away.
No one in the village has seen Xiaomei for a long time. They only know about Xiaomei’s engagement with the nephew of the mayor of the next village.
The Li family did not say that the two had broken off their engagement. After all, this was not a very honorable matter, and it would also affect Xiaomei's future dating choices.
This also gave Wang Jianshe an opportunity to spread rumors.
Xiaomei’s uncle, aunt, and fourth uncle were sitting at the door of Xiaomei’s house, waiting for someone to come back.
Hearing the sound of the tractor in the distance, knowing that it was back, they all opened the door and were ready to pick up people.
Some villagers wanted to watch the excitement and followed the tractor to the door of Xiaomei's house. They watched the Li family pick up Aunt Lin, and a soldier got out of the car.
They all stood around and watched and refused to leave.
Father Li, the fourth uncle of the Li family, Lin Baojun, and Zhou Lie carried people into the house first, and Xiaomei and several younger brothers brought things into the house.
When the uncles of the Li family saw Zhou Lie, they all asked Li's father about the situation.
Father Li said that he was Xiaomei’s partner. Uncle Li and others looked at Zhou Lie in surprise, thinking that Xiaomei had found a treasure.
Xiaomei asked Zhou Lie to sit aside and rest first. She took out two rabbits and a few pieces of venison and roe deer meat from the sack, and gave the rest to Lin Baojun.
"Brother, my sister asked me to bring this back. The contents were all beaten on the mountain over there by the army."
Lin Baojun opened a corner of the sack, looked at it, and nodded. : "Okay, I'll send the tractor back now and come back later."
"Then go and send the tractor, and I'll go cook."
Lin Baojun and Li My father said hello, put the sack on the tractor and left.
Xiaomei took out the dried rabbit and soaked it, then took out a large piece of venison and asked Xiaoxing to go to Si Shen to exchange for a chicken.
When she came out, she saw that Zhou Lie was surrounded by his father, uncle, aunt, and fourth uncle, asking him about the situation at home.
Zhou Lie said something implicitly, which made Uncle Lin and others stunned.
"I am from City L. My father is a brigade commander in City P. My mother is also in the army. My grandfather is a veteran of the War to Resist M and Aid C. Now he is retired and is in the army with his father. Grandma is no longer here. ”
“There is an elder brother above, and a younger brother and sister below. The eldest brother and younger brother are also soldiers, and the younger sister is from the army art troupe in P City. The younger brother and I are not married. ”
He told Xiaomei all this on the train. Xiaomei only wanted to join the army after knowing that his family was all soldiers.
Father Li is very cruelAfter taking a puff of cigarette, I glanced at Xiaomei who was washing vegetables by the well, and sighed in my heart that the gap was a bit big.
Uncle Li and Fourth Uncle Li looked up at Father Li and felt a little sweat for him.
Tieshu listened to Zhou Lie's family background. He was a little worried about whether his sister would live well in the future if she married into this family. He was sixteen this year and understood everything he should know.
He walked to the well and asked Xiaomei while helping her wash vegetables.
"Sister, Brother Zhou's family is in such good condition, do his family like you?"
Xiaomei glanced at the adults talking: "This is the situation in our family. The truth is, I’m marrying your brother Zhou. He thinks it’s okay if I’m fine. When my mother gets better, I’ll sign up to join the army and work as a nurse in the army.”
Tieshu looked at Xiaomei in surprise. Sister, are you going to join the army? Have you told your parents about this?"
Xiaomei shook her head: "I haven't said it yet, I will tell you after dinner."
She. During my time in the army, I saw a lot and learned a lot, and my thoughts changed a lot. I originally thought I would accept my fate when I returned to Shaanxi City this time.
But the closer she got to Shaanxi City, the more she rejected the idea of accepting her fate. She didn't want to get married and spend her whole life digging in the fields. She wanted to shine and become a more valuable person.
"Tu tu tu tu tu~"
Lin Baojun's tractor came back again, with Lin's mother, Lin's father, several brothers from the Lin family and Li Zhaodi sitting on it.
Just now Lin Baojun drove his tractor to the village and met Lin's mother waiting at the entrance of the village. She knew that Xiaomei would be back today, so she was waiting for Lin Baojun to come back and ask him if Xiaomei had said anything.
Mother Lin heard from Lin Baojun that Xiaomei had gained weight and turned white.
She was eager to ask Xiaomei personally about Lin Qingqing's situation in the army.
She went back and asked her eldest daughter-in-law to cook at Li's house, so Xiaomei was free to talk about Lin Qingqing.
Father Lin also wanted to go together to check on Second Aunt Lin’s condition and said they would go together.
Several elder brothers also wanted to come and learn about Lin Qingqing’s situation in the army.
Mother Lin carried a bag of rations, and the group came in a hurry.
Father Li and several uncles heard the noise and came to the door. As soon as the tractor stopped at the door, Mother Lin jumped out of the car.
As soon as she got off the car, she looked for Xiaomei in the crowd: "Where is Xiaomei, where is Xiaomei."
Xiaomei also heard the sound of the tractor in the house and came out, hearing Mother Lin calling. She walked over quickly: "Second sister-in-law."
Mother Lin saw Xiaomei look at her, she was really white and fat. She grabbed Xiaomei's arm and said: "I brought your big watch." My sister-in-law is here to cook, and you can tell me how your sister is doing in the army. Start talking from the first day."
Xiaomei: "..."
Mother Lin shouted behind her again: "Baojun, take the rations and go back to the village to return the car."
The Lin family brothers helped Lin's father and got out of the car one after another.
The door of Li's house was very lively for a while.
Li's father greeted him at the door. A large group of relatives came over. After counting the number of people, they were a little worried that there was not enough food. When Mother Lin said that she had brought rations, she breathed a sigh of relief and asked Father Lin and the Lin brothers to come into the house quickly with a smile. Do it.
Li Zhaodi said hello to Father Li and walked straight to the kitchen.
She saw soaked rabbit, roe deer meat, and venison. The plucked chicken.
She rolled up her sleeves and smiled. With so much meat, she could make seven or eight good dishes today.
Zhou Lie saw Hu Lala. The person who came over, Xiaomei, was taken away by Mother Lin again. He went to ask Tieshu who his relatives were, but he later called the wrong person.
"These are from cousin Qingqing's family, and that is the second one." Uncle and second aunt, those are cousin Qingqing's brothers, and there is also a sixth cousin who is not here. "
Zhou Lie glanced at the brothers of the Lin family in surprise. It turned out that the team leader had so many uncles. He didn't know how he got here while recuperating at his sister-in-law's house.
He swallowed, and when he looked at Tieshu again, his eyes were a little more cordial.
The Lin family brothers also noticed Zhou Lie, and found out from Li's father that he was in the same army as Song Yiyuan or Xiaomei. The object immediately became friendly.
People around Zhou Lie asked about the life of the troops and what kind of houses their families lived in...
There was a lot of noise in the courtyard of the Li family. It was very lively.
The Li family was so lively today, and there were many people watching.
After a while, the sound of tractors was heard outside.
Father Li frowned and walked out to take a look, thinking it was Lin Baojun who was back again.
He walked to the door and saw that the color of the tractor coming towards him was wrong, and then he saw the person sitting on it. It was Wang Jianshe who was sitting in the tractor.
He quickly turned back to the house and told Uncle Li and Uncle Li that Wang Jianshe was here.
As soon as Xiaomei entered the village. , a villager who had received the benefit from Wang Jianshe rushed to report the news.
Wang Jianshe hurried over with several people after receiving the letter.
Originally, he and Xiaomei retreated. At the time of the kiss, she didn't have much affection for Xiaomei. Later, Chen Li found a match with the son of a county leader. He couldn't do anything about Chen Li, so he asked the matchmaker to find a match again.
I feel that he is not as good-looking as Xiaomei, nor as capable as Xiaomei.
He came to Xiahe Village to find Xiaomei to get married again, but the Li family was not willing to do anything. He added double the gift, and the Li family was not moved. Now he is not happy.
His uncle is the mayor of the town. There are many families vying to marry their daughters. Now he is interested in the Li family. The Li family is shameless, so he will let it go. Xiaomei will not be able to marry in the futureGo, and when the time comes, the Li family will obediently let Xiaomei marry him.
Now everyone in the nearby villages and towns knew that a daughter of the Li family had taken the bride price and ran away. He wanted to see how the Li family could still find flowers.
"Li Yishan, I heard that your daughter is back. If you come with me today, I won't care about your family."
Wang Jianshe stopped the tractor and stood at the door shouting .