Chapter 27: New Life
On the day they left, Lin Changhuai and Zhao Pingan came to see them off.
Zhao Yufen also stuffed many things into Lin Nianyin's arms, took her hand, and said, "I really hate to let you go, but there is nothing I can do about it. You have no future if you stay here. For educated people like you, People should stay in big places outside to contribute to the country."
Lin Nianyin smiled, chatted with Zhao Yufen for a few words, and then said to Lin Changhuai: "Uncle, I don't know when will I return after I leave. Please help me keep an eye on my parents grave when you visit them. If a spring tree grows on the grave, can you help me pull it out, okay?"
Lin Changhuai nodded and said: "Don't worry, even if you don't tell me, I will remember this. It's hard for you to return now that your child is young. When the child gets older, your parents grave won't need me anymore when you come back." Dont Worry, I will visit them every year."
"Thank you, uncle."
Lin Changhuai waved his hand, glanced at the dark sky, and said, "It's almost dawn. You'd better leave quickly. Otherwise, you won't be able to catch the train in a while."
Lin Nianyin and Wei Mingchuan bid farewell again and embarked on a journey with the army together.
With a completely different mentality from her previous life, Lin Nianyin felt extremely relaxed this time, and she didn't even feel the passage of time as they had already arrived.
Lin Nianyin held the child in her arms, and Wei Mingchuan squeezed out of the train carrying large and small bags.
Wei Mingchuan had sent a telegram to the troops in advance before boarding the train. At this moment, two young men in military uniforms were waiting outside.
Both of them were tall and big. When they saw Wei Mingchuan from a distance, they immediately walked against the flow of people.
Wei Mingchuan pulled Lin Nianyin and stood there waiting for the two people to come over.
"Captain!" The two saluted in unison, then looked at Lin Nianyin beside him and shouted loudly: "Hello, sister-in-law!"
Before Lin Nianyin could do anything, Wei Mingchuan laughed angrily, kicked each of them, and scolded them with a smile: "Why are you shouting so loudly? Even the child was scared by you."
The two of them laughed sheepishly like idiots.
The troops Wei Mingchuan served was near the mountains and far away from the city.
In his previous life, Wei Mingchuan also sent a telegram in advance to have someone pick him up.
But there was only one young man who came at that time. He was Wei Mingchuan's guard and also an orderly named Qi Sijia.
Now that Qi Sijia is not here, two complete strangers are here.
I don't know if it was Wei Mingchuan's order or something that flapped the little butterfly wings again, causing it to become different now.
"Who are they?" Lin Nianyin asked.
Wei Mingchuan said: "The whiter one is called Yang Duozhi, and the taller one is called Meng Chengyi."
The two of them laughed again and instinctively wanted to raise their voices. Still, they immediately lowered their voices when they glanced at the tender baby in Lin Nianyin's arms. They growled: "Sister-in-law, we are all soldiers under the regiment commander and have been with the regiment almost since we first joined the army. Ma'am, I am the commander of the second battalion. My name is Meng Chengyi, and he is the chief of staff of our regiment, Yang Duozhi."
Two completely unfamiliar names.
But seeing how familiar Wei Mingchuan was when he talked to them just now, they probably have a good relationship.
Lin Nianyin said: "Hello, my surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Nianyin, the one with green grass."
The two of them laughed and laughed again and then said: "Hello, sister-in-law, hello, sister-in-law, my sister-in-law's name is really nice; it sounds like spring when I hear it."
Wei Mingchuan kicked each of them again, "Speak carefully, and get your things back quickly."
The two of them hurriedly got down to business.
Seeing them walking away, Lin Nianyin whispered, "What's going on with them?"
Wei Mingchuan also whispered: "they sacrificed their life in my previous life."
Lin Nianyin suddenly realized.
She remembered that Wei Mingchuan had been on the battlefield before returning home in his previous life, and she also knew that many people had died in that battle. She thought it was him who came back with memories and saved them.
No wonder he came back so early.
She had been thinking about Dong Cuiping and needed to ask to remember things from.
After getting in the car, Wei Mingchuan closed the door and asked them, "Why are you two here? Where is Qi Sijia? I sent him a telegram."
Meng Chengyi didn't answer as he drove the car, and Yang Duozhi said, "Why, we came to pick you up, and you're still not happy about it."
Wei Mingchuan raised his eyebrows and said, "The chief of staff and battalion commander suddenly left the regiment. What about the training below?"
Yang Duozhi immediately pointed at Meng Chengyi and said, "Then ask him; he was the one who stole Xiao Qi's job. I just followed him here to see the excitement."
Meng Chengyi suddenly stepped on the brakes, "What do you mean you took away the job of Qi Sijia? It was obviously you who got the news from Xiao Qi that the regiment leader was going to take sister-in-law with him in the army, so you took the telegram and showed it to us and even nudged us to say that we didn't know what my sister-in-law looked like, and wanted to see what kind of person could defeat our group leader, and we still kept thinking about it. In the end, I won, so I came with you..."
Wei Mingchuan kicked the back of the driver's seat before him, "What nonsense are you talking about? Drive well."
Meng Chengyi: "..."
Yang Duozhi: "..."
Looking at each other, the two of them were a little embarrassed.
Wei Mingchuan said calmly: "You two go back and practice three times more."
"Ah!" they both howled, "Captain, this is a bit harsh. After all, we are a battalion-level cadre and a deputy regiment-level cadre. It is a bit embarrassing to be punished like this."
Wei Mingchuan sneered, "You still know your position. You should be punished for neglecting your duties."
The two people full of energy before were immediately like deflated balloons that could only be held up and unable to inflate.
Lin Nianyin looked at it funny.
Wei Mingchuan was only so wanton and lively in the army.
He was someone who should have grown up here. Without any particular expression or observation, Lin Nianyin could see the straight and upward vitality in him, just like a poplar tree growing straight upward.
After arriving at the camp, we reported, checked, and drove to the family area.
The car stopped when it reached the door of the house.
Yang Duozhi turned to look behind and said, "Captain, sister-in-law, here we are."
This small farmhouse with a red brick spire is also one of the first family houses built, as Wei Mingchuan said before.
There are eight households in a row. Except for the outermost row, all the houses have their front door facing the front door and their back door facing their back door. There is an open space at each back door for the family to use as a vegetable garden.
There is a wide walkway between the two front doors, and a well is drilled at both ends of the walkway for daily use.
In her previous life, Lin Nianyin found it inconvenient to use water like this, so she finally chose the building next to the newly built family area.
There is running water, schools, and sports fields perfect for children.
But once again, she felt this was better.
Just as she was thinking about it, a young man walked out of the door where the car stopped. She just mentioned the Qisi family.
When Qi Sijia saw the car, he ran over, saluted Wei Mingchuan and the others inside the vehicle, and then began to help move things.
Lin Nianyin returned to the army and looked at this completely new home.
According to the memories of their previous life, this is where they will live for at least the next ten or twenty years.
Unless Wei Mingchuan is transferred out of here one day.
While Lin Nianyin was looking around, several families nearby opened their doors after hearing the car's movement, and they all looked at them curiously.
To be precise, they are looking at her.
Lin Nianyin looked at the appraising eyes, smiled, and continued to look at the new house.
The house Wei Mingchuan chose was in the far end row. It only faced the front door, not the back door.
There are three bedrooms and one living room, and at the back is a small courtyard, which is a vegetable garden, but there is no fence or wall, and you can see it all at a glance.
Behind the vegetable garden is a vast pond. Many green lotus leaves stand in the pond, and you can also see many pink and white lotus flowers.
After passing the pond, there is a large area of farmland, and behind the farmland are mountains.
Lin Nianyin just took a brief look and returned to the house. She found that this place was huge. If compared, it was as big as the two buildings where she lived in her previous life.
I really don't understand why I liked the building there in my previous life.
It is probably rare and strange.
Wei Mingchuan and the others had already helped pack everything away. Yang Duozhi and Meng Chengyi were punished by him for going to extra practice. Qi Sijia was helping Wei Mingchuan pack up.
Lin Nianyin went to the main bedroom and took a look. There was a simple bamboo bed, several small stools, and small tables made of bamboo.
It was almost the same as when she came to join the army in her previous life.
The army only provides a place to live but no other furniture. You have to prepare it yourself.
Lin Nianyin wasn't too surprised. She put the child down to sleep first, then looked at each room, thinking about arranging each room after she settled down.
They didn't bring much, so they packed it up quickly.
Qi Sijia left, and Wei Mingchuan came over and said, "Is the child asleep?"
Lin Nianyin nodded and asked, "Did you find someone to break the furniture before you left?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded, "Look, I asked them to make beds, cabinets, and tables that will be used as soon as they arrive. They are probably almost done now. I'll look later to see if there are any other small items. Have to wait."
Lin Nianyin was not surprised. This was something she had to experience after moving.
It's already much better than it was in my last life.
In their previous life, both were novices, and their journey to join the army was too hasty. As a result, they were left without everything they wanted for a long time after coming over.
If it hadn't happened to be summer and the weather was hotter, which was better than in winter, the three of them would have frozen to death.
Lin Nianyin asked again: "What about the bamboo bed, stool, and table?"
Wei Mingchuan said: "It should have been done by Yang Duozhi and the others. Before I left, I went to the mountain and cut several bamboo. I originally planned to make a bamboo bed first if I had the chance, but then I ran out of time. They should have done it after I left."."
Lin Nianyin said: "Then you have to thank them later."
Wei Mingchuan nodded.
Lin Nianyin told Wei Mingchuan about the room's decoration again, "Although the house looks pretty good, people have lived there before. I wondered if I could buy putty powder to repaint the walls and divide the living room. I want to build a brick wall in the living room. You must have seen a table that can burn a fire. It has the same principle as a kang. It is used as a dining table in normal times. It can be used as a stove for cooking rice and soup in winter. It is also very convenient. It can also be used later. Let's live in the bedroom. Of the remaining two rooms, one can be used as the child's bedroom and the other as a study room. Do you think that's okay?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded first, then hesitated before saying, "There is something I have never thought about whether to do."
"What's wrong?" Lin Nianyin looked at him curiously.
Wei Mingchuan said: "It's Cen Wangsu's business."
"Doctor Xiao Cen? What's wrong with him?" Lin Nianyin needed help understanding.
Wei Mingchuan said: "The child was born in 1966. Things happened at home right after he was born. He is just five years old and is also in the Northeast with him. I actually want to find an opportunity to pick him up. come over."
"Take it over?" Lin Nianyin agreed. After all, Dr. Xiao Cen really helped them a lot in her previous life. No matter what, she was very grateful for this child, but how to pick it up.
What's
This child is also in the Northeast, so he should be with Wei Mingchuan's biological parents.
I'm afraid they still have the reputation of being a bitch now! How to pick it up?
However... just the thought of a little baby being forced to be sent down with his family just after birth would make life difficult, and Lin Nianyin couldn't bear it.
She said: "Do you have any idea? It shouldn't be easy, right?"
Wei Mingchuan pondered for a while before saying: "It's not difficult. Do you know Political Commissar Yang of the Legion?"
Lin Nianyin thought, "I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it a few times."
Wei Mingchuan said: "When something happened there, to save the family, the old man took the initiative to ask for devolution. Later, he worked it out and went to the Northeast Forestry Farm. But their status was not good enough to raise their children, so they pretended that something happened to the child, but in fact, I secretly brought it over and kept it in a local villager's house."
Lin Nianyin checked the context and asked, "You mean the old man's incident is related to Political Commissar Yang?"
Wei Mingchuan nodded and thought, "I only found out about my background after discovering it. Political Commissar Yang was the one who helped secretly in private, and the child was raised in the house of his wife's eldest brother."
"No, why do I remember that Political Commissar Yang's wife is from Shanghai?" Lin Nianyin frowned and said, "Shanghai and Northeast China, this is too far apart."
Wei Mingchuan said: "They fled from Northeast China and went to Shanghai. They stayed in Shanghai for many years. Later, after they were liberated, her eldest brother returned to his hometown. Not many people knew about it; otherwise, nothing would have happened at the time. It will be done so easily."
Lin Nianyin understood, but she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then why did Political Commissar Yang help them?"
Wei Mingchuan shook his head and said: "Actually, this kind of thing happens all over the country. Everyone just pretends not to know. You forgot that Cen... that's me... my mother is a doctor. She has saved many people. I heard She was the one who saved Political Commissar Yang's wife from having a difficult childbirth."
Lin Nianyin said: "You mean to communicate with Political Commissar Yang?"
Wei Mingchuan shook his head, "My identity still needs to be reported. Political Commissar Yang must know what happened back then. This matter cannot be hidden from him. I guess he will take the initiative to test me before long."
Lin Nianyin said: "That's okay. Let's wait until this matter is over and then find an opportunity to pick up Dr. Xiao Cen. It just so happens that the two siblings also have a companion. The child has always considered wanting a brother in his last life. It's all over now."
"It's just..." Lin Nianyin paused, "Even though he is being raised in a fellow villager's home, he is still with his parents. I don't know if he is willing to let him go."
"And listening to what you just said, I think the child's life shouldn't be too difficult, right?" Lin Nianyin needed clarification.
Wei Mingchuan shook his head, "I can't say for now. Let's wait for a while."
Lin Nianyin nodded, "Okay."
That's right, they can't determine what will happen in just a few words now.
After all, they can't just rashly go to the Northeast and bring over children who are being well-raised in other people's homes. That would be too much.
Putting this topic aside for the moment, the two discussed the decoration of the house in detail.
Wei Mingchuan didn't have any ideas in this regard. It was whatever Lin Nianyin said.
It was still mid-afternoon when they arrived; they were so busy and chattering that it was almost time for dinner.
Wei Mingchuan glanced at the sky outside and said, "I'm going out to get the furniture I asked the carpenter to knock out earlier. You should first see what else needs to be done at home, or you can take a rest."
Lin Nianyin nodded.
The house was empty, and there was nothing to clean up.
Lin Nianyin's nerves were still very excited at the moment, and she didn't want to take a rest. Instead, she found paper and pen and started drawing pictures around the house, imagining the scene after the decoration.
Now that I have the idea of bringing Cen Wangsu over, there is one room for each of the two bedrooms.
The living room is so big that you can separate a small room, build it on the wall., The kind of kang table she mentioned before can be used as a dining table or desk.
The ground is also made of compacted mud and is still uneven. It needs to be filled again. Most importantly, it would be better to be paved with bricks or plastered with cement.
It's a pity that supplies are so tight at this time. If you want to lay bricks on the ground of such a big house, it won't be easy to buy.
Lin Nianyin even thought about whether to burn it herself for a moment. Her requirements were low, and she could still build a small kiln.
However, Lin Nianyin quickly suppressed this idea and would discuss it later.
By the way, in addition to the home's interior decoration, children's things should also be included.
When they came over, they brought only clothes and supplies for the children.
When the child grows older, he will need more things. Now, we still need to prepare the child first.
Wei Mingchuan came back.
He also brought a few soldiers with him to help him carry things.
Lin Nianyin quickly made room for them to move easily.
After these people put away their things, Lin Nianyin noticed she had just been thinking about something. She had yet to look at the kitchen or boil water.
Lin Nianyin said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you, comrades, but we have just arrived. Nothing was at home, and I didn't have time to boil water. I'm really sorry."
The few people who came to help were all young people. When they heard this, they glanced at Lin Nianyin and quickly looked away, blushing in embarrassment.
"No... it's okay. Well, leader, sister-in-law, I...we will leave first."
The young man was thin-skinned and just brushed it off and disappeared.
Lin Nianyin couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Am I that terrible?"
Wei Mingchuan shook his head, "You are so beautiful."
Lin Nianyin: "..."
She glared at Wei Mingchuan. Wei Mingchuan was super serious, "I'm serious."
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