Chapter 88

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Translator: Alyssa

Editor: Sei

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Lin Qingbai stared at Lin Qingsong and shrank his staring neck.

Looking at Li Wan again, he said, “You don’t know that.” After a brief comment, he didn’t intend to continue the topic.

Li Wan choked, her gentle face was a little helpless, and she sighed, “Qingbai, this place is for his own freedom, but your father has always wanted you to go back to the capital. And some of your uncles also have people of the right age at home. A partner…”

“Auntie, you are here this time to pick up Qingsong. This kid is really bad lately and should have gone back long ago.”

Before Li Wan finished speaking, Lin Qingbai directly pushed Lin Qingsong out. There was a smile on his face, and there was no sign of displeasure.

Seeing Lin Qingbai like this, Li Wan didn’t say anything, she smiled, “In addition to picking up Qingsong, I am also going to stay here with Li Shu and Auntie Li for a while, after all, they rarely come back here.”

Lin Qingsong answered the conversation this time, “Are you looking for relatives? Do you want me to help?”

The two elders of the Li family glanced at each other, but they didn’t speak.

Li Wan smiled, “You don’t need to worry about this.”

Lin Qingsong curled his lips.

After a meal, there is no taste.

After all, Li Wan is a family member of a military officer from the capital, and she is a teacher in the art troupe. She has a rank, so the Country Party Committee arranged a small two-bedroom house for temporary residence.

After Lin Qingbai sent the person back to their temporary residence, he left directly. Lin Qingsong stayed behind to speak with the two elders of the Li family.

His father did not love his mother and him since he was a child. The two elders brought him up, and he feels no different from his own grandparents.

Auntie Li looked at the child she brought up and said, “He is so thin, he might not be staying at home well, so he should come out of here. Nowhere is better than your own home.”

“When did I get thinner? I have been eating and drinking all day, and it’s been a lot.” He exaggerated.

“Liar, we lived in the compound, and we haven’t been so horrible, can you still be horrified in this place?” Auntie Li said with a look of disbelief.

It is the Chinese cabbage at home, which they grow in the yard. Otherwise, there is not enough food in the cafeteria. Don’t look at the official head of Lin’s head, the normal supply is just about food and clothing and there is not much meat. To eat meat, you have to think differently. Chief Lin usually doesn’t care about his family, and always runs around. Xiaowan doesn’t dare to walk outside, worrying about being discredited by other people, and the food at home is not as good as when she was still in the landlord’s house.

Auntie Li was sighing, and Li Wan came over with the teacup. She was still wearing a military uniform. Lin Qingsong felt hot when he looked at it.

Li Wan frowned as she looked at her son’s dignity, but still resisted not scolding him, “What is going on with your brother’s partner? Since when was it on, and to what extent?”

A series of questions came over, and it was all about Lin Qingbai. Lin Qingsong suddenly became a little unhappy, “You ask my brother instead.”

How would he know when it happens, was he supposed to be on the job? If he had known that he would have been… cough cough.. He doesn’t want to talk about it. As to how long, he wouldn’t know… People are sticky every day, so how long can they have met? His brother made a purchase of big pork thigh a while ago, and people asked him if it tasted good, and bah, he didn’t even see a pig thigh. Who did he do it for? He didn’t doubt that if Secretary Yu reached the right age, his brother would definitely get the marriage certificate right away.

“Qingsong, why do you talk to your mother like this?” Uncle Li is worried. Xiaowan is such a good girl, how can he not care his own mother?

Lin Qingsong is still very patient with the two elders, “This is my brother’s business, and I’m not in the position to say something about it. Let her ask my brother instead. Anyway, she has cared about my brother the most since she was a child, so why not go now? What’s the difference?”

Li Wanqi’s heart fluctuates.

“Xiaowan, don’t be angry, this kid has had this temperament since he was a child.” Auntie Li hurriedly persuaded.

“He is digging my own heart.” Li Wan flushed her eyes.

She has been thinking about this child all her life, and she wants him to live well since he was a child. She wants him to have a great time. He was used to everything she gives him, but in the end he didn’t care about her anymore. Didn’t he know that she was unstable and worried that he would not be able to live in the army when he was not allowed to join the army? The result is still hateful.

There is also Qingbai, and at this time, he obviously is more rusty than before. She is all for this family, for these two children. Why can’t they understand her painstaking efforts?

“Come on, I won’t accompany you anymore, I still have to go to work.” Lin Qingsong didn’t want to see her crying, so he just got up and prepared to get away. Anyway, his dad at home likes this tune of her.

Before Li Wan could speak, he went out without even turning his head.

The two elders of the Li family looked at Li Wan like this, and they were a little worried.

But they are outsiders, what can they say? If this is the old society, Li Wan is still the master, so can they take care of the master’s affairs? Li Wan is also raising them now, better than their own daughter. They don’t even know what to say about that girl.

Lin Qingsong got caught by his brother as soon as he left the door of the Country Party Committee Compound.

Seeing his brother’s stern face, he shrank his neck, “Brother, I didn’t say anything, really.”

Lin Qingbai let go of him, “Don’t let people know about Nannan. I don’t want anyone to disturb her.”

“I know, I know. Don’t worry.” Lin Qingsong said quickly. As soon as he was in the restaurant, he saw that his brother didn’t want to mention it, so naturally he didn’t say a word.

“But brother, the matter between you and Secretary Yu, sooner or later, you will have to let the family know…”

Seeing Lin Qingbai’s face get cold again, he dared not say anything. He hurriedly changed the topic again, “Listen to Xiao Zhu from the Mining Committee… Oh, Xiao Zhu is a good friend of Secretary Yu, and they are like two sisters. Xiao Zhu said that Secretary Yu has sent a telegram back, and is coming back today. I guess it will be tomorrow. Anyways, I’m going to work.”

Look, I can tell you about it when I go to the mine.

Lin Qingbai’s face finally loosened a little, “I see.”

After talking, he left with his hands behind his back.

“Once you have a wife, don’t forget your brother!”

After resting at home for a long time, Xu Nannan went to the post office to pick up the goods early the next morning, and followed the car that pulled the goods back to the mine for work.

“Nannan, you came back quite early this time. What are you harvesting? The last time you went to harvest these things, I almost broke my legs.” These things are not easy to harvest. No one grows these things easily. They are all fellow villagers so they have to go to the mountain to find it.

Xu Nannan smiled and said, “I just happened to go back. And I guess I won’t have the same opportunities next year.” Worried that Sister Liu will ask again, she broke the topic, “Right, Is the mine okay these days?”

“It’s all good. Didn’t you suggest a way for the Trade Union to organize workers to exchange cloth tickets and industrial tickets? Now that the Trade Union is working, Chairman Liu wants to borrow you, but we didn’t agree with Section Chief Xiao. That’s right, and one more thing. Recently Director Xu’s house was making trouble. It seemed that Director Xu’s wife had borrowed many food stamps. It was not the end of the month, and they were also short of food at home. They were asked to return it, but Director Xu’s wife did not take it out. “

Hearing this news, Xu Nannan thought of what was going on. Xu Hong borrowed food stamps to invite someone to dinner, but they really had a problem with eating.

It seems that Lin Qingsong is not polite to this girl.

At noon, Xu Nannan followed Zhu Fang and Li Weiming for dinner in the cafeteria, and Lin Qingsong came over with a rice bowl. Looking at Xu Nannan with a smile, he said, “Secretary Yu, you finally came back from this business trip.” His brother was not happy these past two days.

Zhu Fang smiled and said, “Oh, Instructor Lin, why do you care about Nannan so much?” This Instructor Lin looked pretty good, and it would be nice if he really married Nannan.

When Lin Qingsong heard this, his head was like a rattle, “It’s nothing, don’t I watch the mine workers get hot all day? I was just thinking that Secretary Yu’s bitter tea will come back to relieve the heat.”

How can people think that He and Secretary Yu are a thing? If his brother knows, he will be beaten by him.

Seeing Lin Qingsong’s repulsive behavior, Zhu Fang thought he really didn’t care about Nannan at all, and he looked like he was afraid of being misunderstood by others. This was disgusting Nannan, and she didn’t even bother him.

“…”

Xu Nannan couldn’t help laughing as she watched him deflate. She deliberately asked, “By the way, I heard that Director Xu’s house is making trouble because of food stamps. Do you know about this?”

“Is there anything like this?” Lin Qingsong pretended to be confused, “I don’t know, I’m busy lately, but I don’t have time to care about these news.”

“I know, I know.” Zhu Fang said immediately with a look of gossip, “I heard that Director Xu’s wife borrowed many food stamps, and it seems to be used for inviting people to eat. It was even the meat coupons that had been used up.”

“Cough cough cough cough…” Lin Qingsong choked suddenly. His coughing eased a little, and he said, “I’m going to clean the dishes,” while holding the rice bowl.

Zhu Fang looked at him with a puzzled look, “What’s wrong?”

Guilty conscience. Xu Nannan pursed her lips and smiled.

At this time, Xu Jiansheng was sitting in the single dormitory with a dark face.

In order to repay the food stamps that Li Jing lent, he took out all the food stamps he had left. Now it is useless to even go to the cafeteria to eat.

Li Jing carefully poured him a bowl of corn vegetable leaves. She made sure that half a bowl of vegetable was left for the other children.

Xu Jiansheng snorted, and Xu Hong and Li Jing shivered next to him.

“Old Xu, the food stamps were only issued at the beginning of this month, isn’t it all right? It’s only been two days now.” Li Jing persuaded in a low voice.

“Is this a food stamp matter? This is a face issue. Now the whole mine knows that Xu Jiansheng borrowed someone’s food stamp and did not return it. Am I getting younger every month? Now people are laughing at me, my wife and my children. They’re saying that I can’t even feed them!”

Xu Jiansheng felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life.

Recently, he has become more and more embarrassing. The girl changed her surname, the family lived in a single dormitory, the children were hungry, and they borrowed food stamps… How many jokes are there for people to talk about?

When people mention Xu Jiansheng, they are not saying that he used to be a military officer and is retired, nor that he manages the production well. They just talk about the messy things in his family.

“Li Jing, tell me what happened to our house. I know it wasn’t very good before, but how have we gotten to the point where we are today?”

He used to raise five children, and they were all with him. Meizi doesn’t need to be burdened by the family anymore. With four children, it’s getting worse and worse.

“This is that dead girl, Nannan’s trouble! If it weren’t for her, our house would be…”

“You still blame others for this? She is not our family anymore, and she is not a part of it anymore, so why can you still push things to others’ heads!” Xu Jiansheng looked at her with a headache.

Li Jing reddened her eyes, “Why don’t you blame her? All of these things have something to do with her.”

Xu Jiansheng’s heart hurts angrily, and he suffocates in his breath, “That’s okay, I’ll ask you instead, why is this food not enough?”

“If it weren’t for the girl’s troubles, wouldn’t we be able to have been distributed more food from our hometown?”

Xu Jiansheng kicked over the small table. Fortunately, he was holding both the bowls and chopsticks, or else the lunch would have been gone to waste. Xu Jiansheng’s own bowls and chopsticks fell to the ground.

Li Jing was too scared to speak.

Xu Jiansheng’s face turned blue and he stood up with an angry face, “The food I left this month, I saved them at home, and I will definitely be able to eat it until the beginning of the month even when my salary is paid. As a result, you have spent it before the end of the month, and you still owe people so much food stamps! There are also meat stamps! Have we ever eaten meat?”

Li Jing’s lips trembled, and she looked at Xu Hong. Xu Hong shook her head vigorously.

“What’s wrong, you dare not say it? Okay, it doesn’t matter if you don’t say it. But in the future, if you will not be able to control the money and food in this family, I will take how much food the family will eat in the future, and I will take the money and keep it in my home. I will keep the food stamps!”

If Xu Ling hadn’t told him, he wouldn’t know that his family tightened their belts just to get the eldest niece to stick to that man. They didn’t talk about such things to him, and they didn’t bother to talk about it. A shame!

“Old Xu, I’ve been with you for so many years, and I’ve been in charge of the house. Haven’t we always been good?” It’s her responsibility to control the money and food of the family. If he doesn’t let her take care of it, wouldn’t it be killing her?

Xu Jiansheng smiled angrily, “Okay? Where is it? The whole family is in a mess. If you want to make trouble again, you can go back to the countryside and go farming instead.” Before, she was asked to take care of the children and the family. But looking at it now, it seems that she can’t take care of it.

After a big deal, he took the children to eat in the canteen.

When Xu Jiansheng said this, Li Jing didn’t dare to say a word. If Xu Jiansheng really wants her to go back to the countryside, she’s afraid the old lady will agree with him with both hands. It’s hard to think about going back to the city anymore.

Thinking of going back to be tortured by the old lady and going to work in the field, death is better than being alive, if you think about it.

Xu Jiansheng strode out, and Xu Ling hurriedly followed out.

Xu Long looked at Li Jing’s eyes with a bit of resentment. When his sister gave Wu Jian food stamps, she was beaten and scolded by this aunt. But when it comes to his sister Honghong, she didn’t say anything. The eccentricity is like this, and she deserves to be taught by the uncle.

Regardless of the troubles at home, he turned around and went out to find his sister Xu Meizi to eat. This half a bowl of squishy is not enough to fill your stomach.

Xu Lei also followed when he saw it, so as not to be in trouble.

As soon as the two children left, Li Jing wiped away tears and asked, “Honghong, how are things with you and the chief’s son? Why didn’t you I see someone coming to you? Is this meal for nothing? You took our rations for several days. And that meat ticket, our family hasn’t even eaten meat for a while.”

Xu Hong came back that day and said that after eating the food stamps and meat stamps, she felt pain in the meat. But when she thought of being reluctant to let the child lay wolves, she could not eat anything when she becomes in-laws with the chief’s family. She only has to tighten her waistband and endure it.

In the end, there was no improvement.

Xu Hong felt guilty when she heard Li Jing mention it.

After the last meal, Lin Qingsong kept avoiding her, saying why he shouldn’t hurt her. She was Liu Hongjun’s partner, and if they let people know, they will gossip. Lin Qingsong couldn’t touch her, and Liu Hongjun ignored her. She went there several times, but she didn’t look good. Now both sides are hanging. Naturally, she didn’t dare to talk to Li Jing anymore, so she could only say, “He has been very busy lately, but it will be fine later. Auntie, isn’t this the way things happen to your partners? Take your time.”

Li Jing sighed, “Honghong, I can count on you.”

When Xu Hong went out, Li Jing looked at the empty house outside the door, and recalled how warm the family lived when they lived in the small two-bedroom house. The children were so obedient, and the other aunts screamed all day long. They keep saying she was good. Why is it different now?

Xu Nannan just listened to the Old Xu family’s affairs, as if listening to other people’s gossip, and completely disregarded the situation.

When she was about to get off work, there was another notification sound in her head.

[Old Antique]: “Is that porcelain on your side real?”

Xu Nannan couldn’t help but feel a headache when she saw that she was still struggling with this problem. “Fake, not for sale, it only looks good!”

[Old Antique]: “…Looking at the picture, the degree of imitation is very high.”

Xu Nannan didn’t want to discuss this issue with him, so she simply went offline, and when she opened her eyes, it was already time to get off work. Sister Liu was clearing her desk, and when she saw her opening her eyes, she smiled and said, “Are you tired from a business trip?”

This is because she thought she was just sleeping. Xu Nannan blushed, and hurriedly packed her things and got ready to go.

Just when she was out of the mine, she met Lin Qingsong. Seeing Xu Nannan, it was like seeing a family member, so with bright eyes, he was suddenly running over, “Secretary Yu.”

He is not as annoying as before, and he is Lin Qingbai’s younger brother. Xu Nannan didn’t dislike him like before. She glanced at him, “What’s the matter?”

“Hey, I’m just here to talk to you. Don’t get me wrong about Xu Hong’s thing. She is related to Liu Hongjun and I happen to know Liu Hongjun, so we ate a meal together. As for the next meal, others’ kindness is difficult, don’t you think?”

“It’s none of my business.”

“Of course it’s your business, if we become a family in the future…”

Xu Nannan paused and squinted at him, “Why are you talking nonsense?”

Lin Qingsong was stunned, this reaction… She is just shy, right? “You and my brother…”

“Instructor Lin, please don’t talk nonsense.” Xu Nannan said hotly red on her face. He thought she had something with Brother Lin.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was messy. Xu Nannan hurried forward, not planning to pay attention to Lin Qingsong’s disregard. She and Brother Lin did nothing, nor are they anything at all.

When she walked to the intersection of the street, she saw Lin Qingbai pushing the bike by the side of the road and waiting. The sun hasn’t set yet, and she doesn’t know how long he has been here.

She doesn’t know if it was just the words, Lin Qingsong said just now, but Xu Nannan felt that seeing Brother Lin this time would be different from before. She always feels uncomfortable in her heart. The steps that have gone past are not much.

Lin Qingbai looked up and saw her coming, with a smile on his face, but he slightly pursed his lips when he saw her unusual restraint.

“Missed me after a few days?” Lin Qingbai smiled.

“No…” Xu Nannan looked at him, not knowing what to say.

Lin Qingbai also noticed something was wrong, so he just got on the bike and said, “Come on.”

Xu Nannan thought for a while and sat on it. It’s just that this time she was a little far away from Lin Qingbai, and didn’t grab his clothes like before.

Seeing Xu Nannan sitting down, Lin Qingbai bends his lips. Little girl is not at home these days, and after getting off work every day, he feels that something is missing. Only now, he knows that this reception has become a habit. After a day, he always feels uncomfortable.

When the car moved, it felt much cooler. The wind was blowing, making them feel uncomfortable everywhere. He just feels that something is missing. The Little girl didn’t even speak.

Back then, Xu Nannan always twittered and talked about different things, but she didn’t say a word this time. Lin Qingbai held the handle of the bike tightly. He didn’t know what went wrong, it seemed that the little girl and him hadn’t met for the last time before going on a business trip, and it started like this.

What’s the matter? Do you have something on your mind or… do you have someone you like?!

Lin Qingbai’s heart was confused. Thinking about this possibility, he felt quite uncomfortable. It feels impossible again. He came to pick her up every day, and he didn’t see any suspicious people. Unless she met him in the mine. He didn’t listen to Qingsong, after all. Or should he say that she just got acquainted and fell in love secretly in her heart, but the two have not talked yet?

Lin Qingbai was thinking wildly, so he listened to Xu Nannan, “Brother Lin, it’s a hot day lately, you don’t have to come and pick me up in the future.”

“It’s okay, anyway, I have nothing to do after I get off work.” Lin Qingbai said lightly.

“No, I think, …. I feel that, is this inappropriate?”

Inappropriate? Why is it inappropriate? She’s afraid of being seen by others? He didn’t think it was inappropriate before, but now she says that it is inappropriate. Is it true that she is afraid of being seen by a another man?

Lin Qingbai suddenly felt a little hot.

He stepped on the pedal harder and faster.

When they were separated from usual, he had to say something different for a while. This time she got out of the bike, and before Xu Nannan said goodbye, Lin Qingbai stepped heavily on the bike’s pedal and hurried away.

Xu Nannan had time to look at his back and wondered, “What’s wrong, didn’t I just say that he doesn’t need to pick me up anymore? Is he angry?”

Lin Qingsong just arrived in the courtyard of the Country Party Committee Compound and found his brother’s bicycle parked in the courtyard.

This is really strange. How long has he been back in normal times, while his brother hasn’t come back yet? He quickly ran upstairs the house, opened the door, and saw his brother reading a book.

He came closer and saw that the book hasn’t been opened yet.

“Brother, what’s wrong with you today? Why did you come back so early?”

Hearing Lin Qingsong’s voice, Lin Qingbai came back to his senses and looked at Lin Qingsong sharply, “Have you been with the little girl recently?”

“No, how long have I been honest?” At most he chats with other people’s girls, because if people like to talk to him, can he refuse? Among the girls he had met, Secretary Yu didn’t like to chat with him.

Lin Qingbai looked at him for a long time before throwing the book on the table. There was a bang. It’s not easy to ask Qingsong about this, so is it possible to ask Nannan? She must be embarrassed. Is it possible to just leave it alone? No, the little girl is still so young, but he can’t help but stare at her, what if she was being cheated? Just like the policeman last time, everything looks good, but when you look closely, it doesn’t look good anywhere at all. There is also Qingsong, which looks attractive, can she resist his charms? He’s troubled.

TL Note: That end of chapter 88

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