NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Past
Jiang Youtao really didn't expect there to be such an inside story. She was so excited that her eyes almost sparkled: "There is such a thing? I see that our team leader is several years younger than Zhao Chunhua."
The captain looked to be only about 40 years old, and his grandson had just been born. But Zhao Chunhua was different. Lin Jianzhong was 30 years old, and Lin Jianhua was 24 or 25 years old. She must be at least 50 years old, which made her several years older than the captain.
But judging from his appearance alone, the captain is much more handsome than Lin Laozhuang. Lin Laozhuang is skinny and looks bitter and resentful. Although the captain is old, he has maintained a good figure and looks like a strong man. In terms of figure alone, the captain is far better than Lin Laozhuang.
Fourth Aunt Jiang felt that Jiang Youtao was still too young, too naive, and had not seen much of the world: "What does it matter if you are older or younger? Older men have their advantages, and younger men have their own charms."
"Youtao, don't be fooled by our captain's current appearance, he looks as old as an old cabbage stalk. When he was young, he was quite good-looking. His figure and appearance were well-known in the surrounding villages."
Second Aunt Zhang also said, "That's right. I still remember that there was a girl in our camp who insisted on marrying him. Tsk."
"And Zhao Chunhua, even though she's short, she has a great figure. Her breasts and butt are so attractive even to me as a woman."
Zhao Chunhua's figure is indeed good, especially her breasts, which are particularly large. According to Jiang Youtao's naked eye inspection, her breasts are at least D, maybe even F. This kind of top-notch figure is always popular with men in any era.
Jiang Youtao felt that it was understandable that the captain made some mistakes that all men would make.
When talking about their youth, everyone talked a lot. Second Aunt Zhang said, "At that time, among the young wives in Liushugou, Zhao Chunhua and your fourth aunt were the most outstanding. You have seen your fourth aunt, she is not bad now, but Zhao Chunhua's figure is better. She is like a cow."
Xu Dazui took over the conversation: "That's right, otherwise why would Zhao Chunhua gossip about your fourth aunt? Isn't it because she feels uncomfortable because she can't compare with your fourth aunt?"
Seeing that they had strayed from the topic, Jiang Youtao immediately brought it back to the topic: "Aunt, you haven't told me about the captain and Zhao Chunhua yet."
After Jiang Youtao's reminder, Xu Dazui finally brought the topic back to the topic: "Oh, where was I?"
"You said they had an affair when they were young." Jiang Youtao was really worried about Xu Dazui. She didn't know who she learned this skill of going off topic while talking about gossip. She thought it was nothing, but it was very hard for her, a bystander.
Xu Dazui then continued, "In fact, this story might really be true. At that time, Zhao Chunhua had been married for two years and hadn't given birth to a child. Her mother-in-law didn't like her, and it happened that the higher-ups asked everyone to go to the county town to build a reservoir, so Old Lady Lin reported Zhao Chunhua's name."
"The captain was the militiaman in charge of them at that time."
"My husband was there too, and when he came back he told me about Zhao Chunhua and the team leader. He made it sound so convincing. Tell me, if one person said it, it could be hearsay, but if two people said it, then it must be true, right?"
"When Lin Laozhuang heard about this, he was very anxious. He hurried to bring Zhao Chunhua back. Not long after, the news came that Zhao Chunhua was pregnant. Someone calculated the time for her and found that Zhao Chunhua was pregnant when the reservoir was being built. After she came back, the team leader also went home less often."
"Once I took the children out to play, and I saw them going up the mountain to chop firewood one after another." When Xu Dazui mentioned the words "going up the mountain to chop firewood", he and Aunt Jiang and others laughed at the same time, and a vulgar atmosphere came to their faces.
People at that time didn't have so many rules. If they were in love with each other and wanted to have sex, they could have sex behind people's backs. Who cared about the environment? As long as they were happy, that was enough. Sometimes when there was a theater play in the theater, if you walked around the hidden corners of the village, you could see several pairs of wild mandarin ducks.
"Look carefully, Lin Jianzhong doesn't look like Lin Laozhuang, but he looks more like Anbang Anmin from the captain's family." The captain's family surname is Luo, and Lin Jianzhong's surname is Lin. The two families have never been related in the past two generations. If there is no trick, how can two people who are not related by blood look so similar?
The melon was so big that Jiang Youtao had to digest it before she could eat it. "What about Zhao Chunhua's husband and the captain's wife?"
Xu Dazui thought it was great to have someone like Jiang Youtao. She knew nothing and was very straightforward when gossiping. "Of course they don't want it, but what can they do? At that time, every household was poor, so we just had to make do with what we could."
"When the captain's wife married into the family, Lin Jianzhong would run away. Before the marriage, she could definitely say she didn't know. What can she do if she found out after the marriage? She just had to swallow her anger."
When Aunt Zhang mentioned Aunt Tao, the team leader's wife, she felt a little sorry for her: "Zhao Xiaotao is also a pitiful person. You can see how good her family conditions were at that time, and she was not bad looking. If she had not married our team leader, it would not be impossible for her to marry into the commune. But she met such a bad fate."
"That's right." Aunt Jiang Si agreed, and then she said to Jiang Youtao: "Zhao Xiaotao is quite greedy now, isn't she? You went to her house to ask the team leader to do things and took a lot of things, right? Let me tell you, she was not like this when she was young. She is a very principled person. She won't touch other people's things, and she won't let anyone touch her things at all."
"But she changed after Lin Jianzhong joined the army." Whether in that era or this era, being a soldier is a career that can change a person's appearance. She don't know how many people were shocked when Lin Jianzhong joined the army.
"When the captain was young, he was a member of the county militia company. He had some connections in the county. It is said that it was he who made the arrangements for Lin Jianzhong to join the army." And this arrangement completely confirmed the rumor that Lin Jianzhong was his son.
This is why even though Zhao Chunhua was clearly abusing Lin Jianzhong's three sons, Lin Laozhuang, as their grandfather, said nothing.
"If it were me, I would have to change too. It's so hard to get a place in the army. Look at the village, there are only a few soldiers besides Lin Jianzhong. If the captain gave the place to Lin Jianzhong, wouldn't her son have no place? Look at her sons, which one can compare with Lin Jianzhong in terms of prospects?"
"If she doesn't take advantage of this moment to get something, there's no telling when Lin Jianzhong will no longer be named Lin. Men, don't they all like sons with a promising future?"
Aunt Xu, Zhang and Jiang sighed.
It was Jiang Youtao's turn to start clicking her tongue.
What Xu Dazui and the others said was not mentioned in the book. The book only mentioned that the captain's family took great care of Lin Jianzhong.
Jiang Youtao originally thought that the team leader took care of Lin Jianzhong's family because he thought Lin Jianzhong had a promising future and was a kid who walked out of Liushugou, and taking care of him would bring some benefits to the village.
She never expected the truth to be so simple and so explosive!!
If there is no previous situation, who would think in which direction?
Jiang Youtao's face turned red with excitement: "What about Lin Jianhua? Is Lin Jianhua his father's biological son?"
Jiang Youtao had met Lin Jianhua and Lin Laozhuang, but she really couldn't tell whether the two looked alike.
"That must be Lin Lao Zhuang's offspring. It looks so much like Lin Lao Zhuang." Xu Dazui said with certainty.
Jiang Youtao's eyes turned, and she thought of another thing: "Since Lin Jianzhong is no longer the son of Lin Laozhuang, why is Lin Weihong still so kind to Lin Jianzhong and his family?"
"Lin Weihong is a person who won't do anything until she gets the rabbit. Lin Jianzhong gave her a lot of benefits to let her take care of his sons. Besides, she doesn't get along with Zhao Chunhua, so she will do anything to make things difficult for Zhao Chunhua."
Aunt Zhang said, "I think Zhao Chunhua deserved it. It was Zhao Chunhua who found the disabled person of Lin Weihong. She was the one who mistreat him first, so it's no wonder that he is taking revenge on her."
After the happy gossip time, Jiang Youtao finally got off work. She couldn't wait to tell Gu Nianwei about this matter. It was also the first time that Gu Nianwei heard about this matter.
"I really didn't expect this. I thought the captain was a henpecked husband. I didn't expect that he was the most promiscuous in the end." Gu Nianwei was really impressed that he could have an illegitimate child before getting married and treat the illegitimate child well after getting married without any concealment.
"Who says it isn't?" The two were discussing heatedly.
When they were almost at the educated youth point, they met the Lin Wenping brothers and his two brothers. Unlike before when they would run up to Gu Nianwei, now the brothers turned their heads away when they saw Gu Nianwei. Lin Wen'an even picked up a stone from the ground and gestured at them.
Gu Nianwei's face turned very bad. She complained to Jiang Youtao: "I don't know why I thought these three brothers were so polite and cute."
Jiang Youtao thought, because at that time, you looked at the three of them through a stepmother filter.
Fortunately, Gu Nianwei didn't dwell on this issue. She talked to Jiang Youtao about building a house.
According to convention, the production team would give the villagers a few days off before the autumn harvest to recuperate. Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao decided to start building their house during those two days.
After dinner, the two went to the private plot of the educated youth. Because they were going to build a house, the vegetables and fruits planted in the private plot had been harvested long ago. At this time, the land was bare.
The two of them discussed while pulling the wires and spreading lime to outline the general layout of the house.
The two of them worked up until before the time for the afternoon work. When they went back to work in the afternoon, Zhao Yonglan looked at them with eyes that were not eyes and noses that were not noses. If she had not been afraid of Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, she would have said something sour.
She don't know why, but Jiang Youtao feels itchy whenever she sees Zhao Yonglan.
When Jiang Youtao was working, she agreed with Xu Dazui and the other two on the date to build the house. Xu Dazui and the other two promised that they would build her house beautifully.
Gu Nianwei also set a date with Aunt Tao to deliver the mud bricks.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the holiday.
It was a rare good day on the holiday. Just as the sky was getting light, a group of villagers led by a man named Xu Dazui started walking towards the educated youth site, carrying shovels and other tools.
Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao did not sleep all night because they had to build a house, so they got up early. Li Yunying and others had never participated in such a big event as building a house, so they were particularly curious about it and got up early as well.
Xu Dazui's husband, Uncle Mantian, is a man of few words. They also did side jobs during the winter break, and building houses is their main business.
After listening to Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao talk about the layout and ideas of the house, he nodded and said, "I know how to build it. Don't worry, I will definitely build it for you."
Jiang Youtao and the other two nodded: "Then thank you for your help."
Uncle Mantian didn't say anything, he just called on the villagers he brought with him to come forward and work.
People were poor at that time, but they worked very hard on any job that could earn money. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei didn't have much offer for them to eat, but they were paid well. They worked very hard when they thought that they would have some money in their pockets when the house was built, and they could buy a few more candies for their children during the Chinese New Year.
Male educated youth like Wang Shanxi also came to work, which was somewhat of a big deal for their educated youth center. Their educated youth center also advocated unity, so it would be somewhat inappropriate if they did not come to work.
Building a house these days is particularly simple.
After laying the foundation, they start building the walls. After the walls are built, they start installing the beams. After the beams, they put tiles on them. After the tiles, they install the main door. At this step, the whole house is built, and the next step is to work inside the house.
Aunt Zhang's husband knew how to build a kang. After listening to Jiang and Gu's requests, he chose a common wall between the two rooms as a fire wall, and then built two 1.2-meter-wide kangs along the fire wall, each with a very small stove.
This small stove is especially useful in winter.
Buy a pot and sit on it, and you will have boiling water anytime and anywhere, which is comfortable and exciting.
The house that Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei built was small, and there were many people coming to help. It took a total of ten days from laying the foundation to building the house.
After receiving their wages and lighting two fires on the dried kang, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei were ready to move into their new home.
After moving, they no longer ate with Wang Shanxi and others.
On the day of the disbanding, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei treated everyone to a meal.
Gu Nianwei took two kilograms of pork from the space, and Jiang Youtao spent two taels of noodles to exchange for two fish at the commune's free market.
This meal was the most sumptuous ever served at the educated youth center.
Zhao Yonglan was reluctant to go to the Su's house for dinner, so she waited for Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei to invite her to the table. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei were not going to indulge her, and Zhao Yonglan was too embarrassed to go to the dinner, so she could only go to the Su's house in a depressed mood.
The Su family's dinner time had passed, and Zhu Yuemei did not wait for Zhao Yonglan on purpose. When she arrived, the Su family had almost finished eating.
Zhao Yonglan took her lunch box to the kitchen. There was only a little porridge left in the big pot in the kitchen, and it couldn't even cover the bottom of the lunch box.
The only dish left on the table was the vegetable soup.
Zhao Yonglan couldn't hold back her temper any longer: "Aunt Yuemei, I came to your house for dinner and brought food and money for firewood. It's inappropriate for you to leave me only this little bit of food, isn't it?"
Zhu Yuemei glanced at Zhao Yonglan's lunch box and pouted: "I'm sorry, Xiao Zhao, I really didn't pay attention. Look at my aunt, she has so many family members and children, and sometimes I can't take care of them."
"I definitely left some food for you. This kid must have secretly eaten the food I left for you. Don't worry, I'll check it out in a while, and I will definitely not let him off easily if I find him." Zhu Yuemei's words were a little perfunctory.
If it was a week ago, Zhu Yuemei would never have said this to Zhao Yonglan. After all, it was too hard to find a stupid educated youth like Zhao Yonglan. For the sake of the one or two dollars of income for the family, she had to coax her no matter how unwilling she was.
But things are different now. She has borrowed all of Zhao Yonglan's money and is now a penniless pauper, while Zhu Yuemei has turned the tables and become a wealthy woman. She is no longer patient enough to coax Zhao Yonglan.
Zhao Yonglan was so angry that her eyes turned red: "Aunt Yuemei, this is not the first time. You told me the same thing the day before yesterday, and you said it today too. Give me a clear answer, what do you mean now?"
Zhu Yuemei played dumb: "What do you mean, Xiao Zhao, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand? Xiao Zhao, you are such a bad-tempered kid. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Once or twice is nothing. Why should you make such a big fuss about it?"
"If you think our family doesn't serve you well, then go eat somewhere else. I don't want to serve you. People with little money have a lot of trouble."