Chapter 60: The secret was revealed
Even when Cen Wangsu came over to say that he was leaving, he waved his hand and said, "Then you go quickly, I won't go with you."
Cen Wangsu was very sad, "Sister, it's fun to go back to my hometown."
The little girl waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, I won't go. It's not fun. It's a long car ride. You can go back by yourself!"
Lin Nianyin smiled when she saw this and said, "You have a pretty good memory!"
The little girl hugged the grown-up Xiaowu and patted her, "I told you that I am the smartest!"
The little girl who always boasted that she was the smartest stopped insisting on joining him. Naturally, Lin Nianyin would not have a chance to go there, so she asked Principal Fang to help bring some things there.
A few days after Principal Fang and the others left, Han Honglian from Aunt Yang's house diagonally opposite came back.
The year Lin Nianyin first came, Han Honglian had just been recommended to go to college, and now she has officially graduated.
The state assigned work, and Han Honglian stayed nearby to work in the Beijing newspaper office.
Now is her first time home since she started working.
Aunt Yang had been cleaning up the house a few days in advance, nagging Lin Nianyin that Han Honglian had graduated and started working now, and it was time to find someone to get married to, and she wanted Lin Nianyin to be her adviser.
Lin Nianyin couldn't help but said: "What are you planning to ask me to advise you on?"
Aunt Yang said: "A few days ago, someone introduced a partner to our Honglian, a young man from the art troupe. Although the art troupe did cause a lot of trouble in the past two years, weren't they all dealt with later? There is a new group leader, and the atmosphere is different now, and it looks much stronger than before."
Lin Nianyin nodded in agreement, waiting for Aunt Yang's remaining words.
Aunt Yang added: "I was actually quite reluctant at first, but then I went along to take a look at the young man. Let me tell you, he is tall, fair, and very energetic. He smiles when he meets everyone and makes people like him just by looking at him.”
"If our Honglian can really take a fancy to this young man, oh, then I will finally let go of my worries." Aunt Yang sighed with emotion on her face, "It's not like you don't know that I have been I have been thinking about Honglian's child's marriage for many years, and I will feel relieved when she gets married."
Lin Nianyin couldn't help but frown and said: "Why do I think that you really like the young man you are talking about. And you can't wait to bring him and Honglian together now, so that they can get married quickly and have a child. You can't wait to hold your grandson?"
Aunt Yang clapped her hands, "No, but you also know that girl has become more and more ambitious in recent years. I have introduced her to everyone over the years, but she has never been inlterested. She said she wanted to study first, and this isn't urgent."
"She has finally graduated now and has been assigned to a job. Now she has no reason to prevaricate me anymore. However, I am still a little unsure. I want you to help me with your opinion. You have read a lot, so I am sure You think more than me. Please help me take a look and help me persuade her later. Maybe this matter will be done."
Lin Nianyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I've never met the person you mentioned, how can I help you and give you advice?"
"That's is easy. Just come back and come with me to see it, if it's okay." Aunt Yang said quickly.
Lin Nianyin quickly waved her hand. Matchmaking is no small matter. If there is a problem, it will harm others.
Later, if the couple is unhappy, they will have to blame you, which is thankless.
Lin Nianyin couldn't do it, and she didn't want to do it.
She said: "Aunt Yang, you'd better forget it. Don't forget that Honglian's current job is arranged in Beijing. We are in the southwest, one in the south and one in the north. You can find a partner for Honglian. And not to mention whether it can be done, but even if it is done, do you plan to ask Honglian to give up her job in the capital city and come back, or do you plan to ask the young man to give up his job in the art troupe, follow Honglian to the capital city, and then rely on Honglian? Keep it?"
"Then..." Aunt Yang was at a loss for words, "I was just thinking about being happy, but I didn't expect this."
Lin Nianyin added: "Also, if it really happens, whether it is the young man or one your daughter you can find a way to transfer him to the cultural troupe in Beijing. Can you help?"
"Then this will definitely not work. No matter how capable our old Han is, he can't just go through the back door casually. The army has great discipline!" Aunt Yang said immediately.
Lin Nianyin nodded, "That's not the case. So, if you really fall in love with that young man, you can let Honglian look at him later. But like you said just now, you can't wait to have the two children to get married and give birth for you a grandson right away. We still have to be realistic about the situation, and we can’t just look at the immediate situation, but also look at the longer term.”
Aunt Yang sighed, "Why do you say that? I feel like I was just happy for nothing!"
Lin Nianyin said: "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe your Honglian will have a crush on that young man like you, and it's not necessarily that she will not be willing to stay here."
Aunt Yang waved her hand, "That's impossible. Honglian never considered this when she assigned work before, otherwise she wouldn't have stayed in the capital. Forget it, I'm just happy for nothing."
Even so, when Han Honglian came back, Aunt Yang still mentioned the actor from the art troupe to her.
Han Honglian immediately waved her hand and said: "Mom, forget it. I'm in Beijing now. You introduce me to an actor from the art troupe here. Do you think we can get along like this across the distance from the south to the north? You better stop working on it, I’m telling you, it won’t happen at all.”
"How come you say exactly the same as what Xiao Lin said, but no matter what, people had mentioned it, so why don't you meet him once, and you won't suffer any loss if you meet him, what does it matter?" Aunt Yang frowned.
Han Honglian said: "It doesn't matter if we meet each other, but the key point is that it is impossible for us to go south and north. It would be a waste of time and energy to have to meet. I won't be able to stay for a few days when I come back this time. I will only be here in two days." Let it go. If you have this time, you might as well let me stay at home to accompany you. Just forget about this unreliable blind date, it's just a waste of time."
"Then you have to get married!" Aunt Yang said immediately.
Han Honglian raised her hand and said: "No, yes, I will find someone in Beijing who is educated and good-looking. He will definitely be better than the one you find. Don't worry about me. Just take care of Han Hongxing. Why do I hear that he said he doesn’t study hard now!”
Aunt Yang said angrily: "When has he ever studied hard?"
Han Hongxing immediately said: "Mom, what you said is wrong. When did I stop studying hard? Look at the watch on my hand. Teacher Lin made it. This is proof."
Aunt Yang immediately stood up and used a stick to chase ducks and said, "You still dare to mention your watch to me. What did I tell you before? Take it off!"
"I won't!" Han Hongxing got up from the ground and ran away.
Aunt Yang quickly chased out with a stick.
Han Honglian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lin Nianyin beside her and said, "Teacher Lin, did my mother tell you about letting me go on a blind date?"
Lin Nianyin nodded, "She wanted me to help, but I didn't agree."
"It's okay if you didn't agree." Han Honglian said, "Teacher Lin, let me tell you the truth. After I come back this time, I have to go back quickly. There are some very special interviews that need to be done. It's quite troublesome. I may be close to choosing to not getting married for a few years. If my mother says anything or nags me later, could you please help me and advise her not to always focus on my marriage."
Lin Nianyin frowned, thought for a moment and said, "You mean... you don't want to be a war reporter, do you?"
Han Honglian smiled and said, "Well, I can't settle down here in the past few years. I also know that my mother likes to nag you, so I just want you to help me and persuade her sometimes."
Lin Nianyin shook her head, "Aunt Yang and I usually get along well. No matter what, I will help you if I can. You don't have to worry about this. But your current job is not easy to do, so you must be careful. "
Han Honglian nodded, "I know, don't worry, there is an old man taking care of me."
Lin Nianyin couldn't help but look at the girl in front of her.
In fact, she was not very familiar with Han Honglian.
When she came to the family area, Han Honglian happened to be studying in college. In the past few years, except for the occasional meeting during winter and summer vacations, they basically didn't talk much, and they couldn't be called understanding.
Lin Nianyin never knew that this girl had such a strong heart hidden under her simple and fair face.
However, it is not easy to be a war reporter. You have to face bullets and artillery fire all the time, which is equivalent to gambling with your life.
Lin Nianyin still couldn't help but said: "What I heard from you just now is that if you do this, don't you plan to tell your parents?"
Han Honglian shook his head, "Let's forget it. I'll find a chance to talk about it later. If I talk about it now, it will make them worry in vain."
Lin Nianyin frowned and said: "I think it's better to say it, otherwise your mother will be even more angry if she finds out later. And you will make your family more worried."
"No, let's keep it a secret for now. I'm afraid my mother will worry about it later." Han Honglian shook her head, paused and said, "By the way, Teacher Lin, don't tell my mother and the others, okay?"
Lin Nianyin had no choice but to nod, "Okay."
In the next few days, Han Honglian couldn't resist Aunt Yang's nagging, or it could be said that in order to make Aunt Yang give up, she agreed to go and meet him.
Looking back, Han Honglian said, "I don't feel it, I don't like it, there is no hope" which made Aunt Yang sigh again.
When Aunt Yang was planning to find someone to introduce him to, Han Honglian picked up her luggage and left.
Aunt Yang sighed over this for many days.
But before her sadness could continue, some small-scale struggles broke out here, and the troops suddenly became tense. Even the number of people patrolling the family area increased.
Lin Nianyin quickly sent a telegram to Principal Fang and others, asking them to buy tickets and come back quickly, otherwise they might not be able to get in when they came back.
Just two days after Principal Fang returned with Cen Wangsu, the place was completely sealed off and protected, and no one was allowed to go out at will.
Wei Mingchuan and the others didn't come back for several days.
After a few days of chaos in the family area, it slowly returned to its previous calm, but the whole atmosphere became much more depressing.
Even the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th didn’t see much joy.
The turmoil lasted until the end of November and the beginning of December, when it finally calmed down.
There had been no contact with the outside world for several months. It didn't matter to people like Lin Nianyin and Wei Mingchuan who didn't have any relatives outside, but the others started to get busy.
Those who write letters write letters, those who make phone calls make electric call, and those who send telegrams also send telegrams.
Aunt Yang was also thinking about how she should have a phone call with Han Honglian, who was working in Beijing, to let her know.
Unexpectedly, she couldn't be contacted after calling her. After asking, no one said where Han Honglian was. They only said that she went out for an interview, but she couldn't say where she went specifically.
Aunt Yang muttered to Lin Nianyin: "Xiao Lin, you said they have so many secrets in a newspaper interview? Then won't they have to be published after the interview is over? Why can't we say it? Oh, there are so many It’s been a month, and I haven’t contacted or talked to Honglian. I don’t know how she is doing now, whether she is doing well, or is she tired from the work?”
Lin Nianyin felt a little nervous when she thought of what Han Honglian said before.
After thinking for a while, Lin Nianyin said: "Perhaps the content of the newspaper interview is kept confidential until it is published. Otherwise, if you contact us again in two days, they will just say that they went out for an interview, and nothing happened. Don't get so angry, maybe Honglian will call you when she comes back in two days."
Aunt Yang sighed, "Okay, I'll wait and see."
However, what Aunt Yang was waiting for was not Han Honglian's call, but the news about Han Honglian's work as a war reporter.
The turmoil here is not very big, and the situation is not very dangerous. Han Honglian happens to be from here, so not long after she returned to work, she was sent to follow the old man from the newspaper office.
At first, everyone was busy and no one noticed her.
It wasn't until the incident subsided and she went to interview the military leaders that she was discovered.
Aunt Yang was so angry that she was trembling, not only because Han Honglian went to work as a war reporter, but also because Han Honglian kept this matter from her.
There was a quarrel in the Han family, and Han Honglian was in the wrong, so she could only apologize again and again.
Lin Nianyin helped hide it, so she went over to talk to Aunt Yang and apologized by the way.
Aunt Yang said: "Xiao Lin, you don't have to say that. This matter has nothing to do with you. It's all that damn girl who has already made her own plans. It's useless even if you tell her. Besides, she also told you not to tell. We, you don’t have to feel anything bad.”
"Then what are you going to do now?" Lin Nianyin asked: "Don't let Honglian do this job?"
Aunt Yang sighed: "That makes sense to me!"
She frowned, "It would be great if that girl Guren was so obedient. It doesn't make sense, and I won't listen. What can I do except sulking with myself."
Lin Nianyin said: "Then you agreed."
Aunt Yang spread her hands and said, "Besides agreeing, what else can I do? I can't stop it."
Lin Nianyin could only say: "The situation in the country is getting better and better now. Honglian's job is not as dangerous as before. Besides, she grew up in the army and knows the stakes, so there should be nothing wrong with her."
Aunt Yang sighed: "Then I can't think of anything else except this."
"It is said that children are debit of the parents. From the moment they are born, they have to worry about this and that. It's endless. Unless I close my eyes one day, otherwise my heart will just keep beating.(nervous) Your family girl although the girl is sweet you should understand."
Lin Nianyin nodded, "Who says it's not the case? We have to go through this."
Aunt Yang sighed again and again.
Han Honglian had already made up her mind, and Aunt Yang couldn't control it too much, so she started staring at Han Hongxing.
Most children who grow up in family-owned areas will definitely follow the same path of their parents in the future - join the army.
What's more, Han Hongxing began to talk about being a soldier when he grew up when he was very young. Now Aunt Yang has determined the path Han Hongxing wants to take, and quickly forces him to study hard, go to school, and exercise.
Except for these two relatively big things, seventy-three years have passed like this.
'74 will come in the blink of an eye.
Not long after the new year started, Wei Mingchuan left on another mission.
Just like the time in 1971, Wei Mingchuan didn't come back until the beginning of 1975. He was gone for a whole year.
The little girl hadn't seen her father for more than a year, and she felt a lot unfamiliar at first sight. It wasn't until some time passed that she became familiar with him again.
In the past few years, Wei Mingchuan has made many contributions continuously, and the army has recently undergone many personnel transfers, so he was directly promoted to division commander.
Compared to how often I went out before, I may go out much less often in the future.
In addition, in the past few years, the evil spirits outside have been reduced a lot. Even Principal Fang told Lin Nianyin that he felt that the situation was much better now, and some people who had been decentralized were reactivated. It was Jizhou's turn to join them, and then he completely returned to his previous state.
However, until the end of 1975, there was still no news from Jizhou and them.
The year 1976 is destined to be a troubled year.
Not long after Wei Mingchuan led the team out for rescue, it was a holiday here.
Considering that the current situation outside is special and everyone is busy with disaster matters, Principal Fang did not take Cen Wangsu back this summer vacation, but stayed in the family area.
After some time, Principal Fang suddenly came over and said, "Xiao Lin, I have good news for you."
Lin Nianyin said: "What's wrong?"
Principal Fang shook the envelope in his hand and said, "My eldest brother has received a letter. Can you guess what's in the letter?"
Lin Nianyin understood immediately, smiled and said, "That must be a good thing. It should be that their side has been reactivated and restored, right?"
Principal Fang nodded, "Absolutely, but I haven't heard anything from Lao Yang. It should be that the higher-ups are still keeping it secret, or that Sister Cen's situation is not very stable at the moment and needs to be confirmed and reviewed for a period of time. "
"But this is all normal." Principal Fang was afraid that Lin Nianyin would worry, so she hurriedly said: "The previous batch also went through the same procedures before being confirmed. They must be the same now. You don't have to worry. These are just procedures. Anyway, I think this is a good thing, maybe you will be able to reunite as a family soon. It is a pity that Xiao Wei is not here now, otherwise it would make him happy."
Lin Nianyin said, "It won't be too late when he comes back."
Principal Fang sighed and said: "It has been really difficult to talk about these years. I took Su Su back every summer, and I look at Sister Cen and the others every year, and I feel heartbroken. You say we are all a family, but we can't recognize each other. , how sad must this be?"
"And Susu's child is getting older day by day. I used to worry that he might ask about his parents at any time. I thought that the older he gets, the less I can fool him. But if I say it, I'm afraid. This child can't accept it. It's okay now. Sister Cen and the others are liberated. In a while, you will be able to completely recognize each other. But I wonder if Su Su will be angry if she knows the truth? "
"Susu has a good temper, so he shouldn't..."
Before Lin Nianyin could finish her words, she suddenly saw Cen Wangsu appear at the door at some unknown time, holding the panting little girl in his hand.
Lin Nianyin frowned, "When did you two come back?"
Cen Wangsu looked at Lin Nianyin and Principal Fang with a straight face, "It's been a while."
"Then why didn't you say anything?" Principal Fang asked quickly.
Cen Wangsu led the little girl into the house, "I was a little curious when I heard you talking about me, so I listened."
Principal Fang immediately said: "Then how much have you listened to?"
Cen Wangsu said, "'probably heard it all."
Seeing what Principal Fang wanted to ask, Lin Nianyin quickly pulled her back and said, "Forget it, we can't hide it for long anyway."
Seeing the sweat on the two children's faces, Lin Nianyin said: "You two go and wash up first. After you are clean, let's talk about things."
Cen Wangsu pursed his lips and nodded, "Sister, let's go."
The little girl tilted her head and looked at Lin Nianyin and Principal Fang, then at Cen Wangsu, and frowned.
"Brother, what do mom and the principal mean? Why am I a little confused?" The little girl stared at Cen Wangsu and asked: "Also, who is Sister Cen? There is someone named Cen in our family. Relatives?"
Cen Wangsu helped the little girl wash her hands, twisted a towel for her and said, "Wipe your face first."
The little girl said "Oh".
After the little girl finished washing, Cen Wangsu changed the water and washed himself, and then he and the little girl went to find Lin Nianyin and the others.
Lin Nianyin got some ice fruit for the two children, and then said: "Now tell me, what did you hear and what do you want to know?"
The little girl looked at Lin Nianyin and then at Cen Wangsu. She opened her mouth and was about to speak. Cen Wangsu stuffed a purple-black grape into her mouth and said, "Eat the fruit first."
The little girl pouted.
Then, Cen Wangsu also started eating, without any sign of wanting to speak.
Lin Nianyin was stunned for a moment and looked at Principal Fang.
Principal Fang shook her head, saying that she didn't understand what was going on now.
After the two children finished eating, Cen Wangsu said to the little girl, "Goudan said he would go to the mountain to pick fruits later. Do you want to go with him?"
The little girl nodded immediately, "I want to go."
Cen Wangsu said, "Okay, I'll get you a hat so you don't get exposed later."
The little girl nodded happily, "Thank you, brother, brother is the best!"
Cen Wangsu smiled.
With that said, the two children went out.
Principal Fang was stunned and said, "Xiao Lin, what's going on between the two of them? Why don't they have any doubts at all?"
Lin Nianyin shook her head, "I don't know either."
"Then what if the two of them go out like this and let something slip? Should we call them back and give them instructions?" Principal Fang asked again.
Lin Nianyin continued to shake her head and said: "That's not necessary. You also know Su Su's temperament. He has been stable since he was a child and will not talk randomly outside. Although Xiaoxiao is still young, her father and I have always taught her not to be casual. They won't talk nonsense when talking about things at home outside."
Principal Fang took a deep breath, exhaled it and said, "That's the best. But this kid is making such a fuss, I don't know what's wrong with them?"
Lin Nianyin thought for a while and said, "Maybe Su Su wants to be alone and calm down."
"Calm down alone?" Principal Fang suddenly smiled, "Why do I listen to what you said, as if Su Su is like a mature adult."
Lin Nianyin said: "That's not certain."
In this way, about a week later, Cen Wangsu found Lin Nianyin and said, "Auntie, I want to know now."
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