Chapter Eighty-Three: Speculation
Mrs. Sun cut half of the pork belly and gave it to Ma Yindi, and asked her to mix it with potatoes and cabbage to cook, and the family had a meal together at noon.
In a yard, the news was transmitted very quickly, I heard that there was meat and sugar in the old lady's house, and the front yard that was still a little quiet before began to be lively, Sun Qingfang, Sun Qingxiang's two families and Ma Yindi's two sons, a daughter and a daughter-in-law appeared one after another, it turned out that today was Sunday, so many people and cats were at home, young people basically slept lazy, just got up and slept one by one, and some also had a chicken nest head, shouting grandma and grandmother while walking, shouting to eat and drink, and Mrs. Sun came out of the house with a shrill laugh and scolding, I can tell that she is really happy, and she loves her grandchildren and grandchildren.
And she also showed patience and liking for Sun Qingyong's children, including Sun Bingyan, but she didn't want to see Lin Xi, and she had a disgusting attitude from childhood to adulthood, which was really born to restrain each other.
Sun Qinglan's family lives in the west wing, and there is a rack in front of the door to dry clothes, Lin Xi and Sun Qinglan are standing behind the shelf and talking, and people who come and go can't see them if they don't pay attention.
Lin Xi didn't want to mess with these people, just like they didn't like her, she didn't get tired of meeting like a conditioned reflex, Old Man Sun and Mrs. Sun probably didn't want her to stay for lunch, of course she didn't want to eat and couldn't eat, she heard a little bit about Wang Ying and Sun Bingyan from Sun Qinglan, and it was not in vain, go back and digest it first.
Lin Xi promised Sun Qinglan that when she saw Sun Qingyong, she would definitely bring the words for her, and let Sun Qingyong find a relationship as soon as possible to solve the work transfer of her husband and wife, Sun Qinglan was very happy, and praised her twice, and then turned a corner and asked her if the deed of the house was handed over to her father? After all, the old man just said that she was not allowed to marry with the house.
Lin Xi was too lazy to explain, so he told Sun Qinglan very seriously: The house has been transferred to Sun Qingyong, and it has not been settled yet, so grandma can still live in it temporarily, as for what Sun Qingyong will do, whose name do you want to fall into? I don't know, maybe he will directly hand it over to Wang Ying to honor his mother-in-law!
Seeing a flash of urgency immediately appear on Sun Qinglan's face, Lin Xi sneered in her heart: I wish she had gathered Mrs. Sun and the others, and quickly went to find Sun Qingyong and Wang Ying, even if you are making a lot of noise, you will fight for me to take it!
Sun Qinglan didn't keep Lin Xi to stay for lunch, and even Lin Xi didn't send her out when she left, she only pretended to be careful on the road, so she quickly turned around and pushed the door into the house, pulled her son out of the bed, dressed him, and then pulled his daughter who was doing homework, and the mother and son went to the old lady's house together.
Lin Xi pedaled his bicycle and drove along the street without hurrying, thinking about Sun Qinglan's words in his mind, and silently calculated: Wang Ying said that Sun Bingyan was born in September 1950, more than a year older than Lin Xi, and if Sun Qinglan said that Sun Bingyan was one year older, she should have been born in 1949.
What happened in the country in 1949?
The whole country was liberated, a new regime was established, many overseas children returned to China to participate in the construction of a new society, and many people of all kinds left the country, including reactionary hostile elements who were driven and fled!
Regarding Sun Bingyan's biological father, Wang Ying's explanation to Lin Sixian and Lin Qiao is: He is dead.
Sun Bingyan's grandmother said that the man was a general, older than Sun Qingyong's official! If a PLA general dies in battle, the government will definitely have corresponding pensions and resettlement for his family, and it is impossible to let the mother and daughter live on the streets and be embarrassed!
Sun Qinglan said that Wang Ying married in Haishi to be Mrs. Kuo to enjoy the glory and wealth, Lin Xi opened her mind and guessed a possibility: Wang Ying's ex-husband, Sun Bingyan's biological father, was a GMD officer, and he lost the battle and fled to Wanwan Island!
As soon as the idea came to me, the more I thought about it, the more I felt like that.
This situation will be nothing after 20 years, but at present, the class struggle is being grasped tightly, if such a relationship is pulled out on Wang Ying's head, then she will have to finish the game!
Lin Xi couldn't help but laugh, and decided to use this to bluff Wang Ying first, even if there was no real evidence, it was enough to scare Wang Ying half to death, so that she could also taste the horror of being rectified.
Sunday is the New Year's Pass again, there are people coming and going on the street, there are more people going to the store to buy things, Lin Xi doesn't want to join in the excitement and go home directly, turn around to the non-staple food store according to the original road, and plan to take out some fresh pigs, sheep and chicken from the space, and eat it for the New Year, but found that the handbasket was taken away by Mrs. Sun and did not take it back, and couldn't help but scold himself for being a loser, fortunately, when he visited the rural market in Guizhou Province, he bought more than a dozen bamboo and rattan products and put them in the space, and saw that there was no one around, so he took out a rattan basket and hung it on the head, and the rattan basket was filled with three hairtails and two perch, Then press the cabbage, radish and potatoes you bought in the morning on top.
There is often a supply of seafood in the sea market, and if you are willing to get up early and queue up, you can generally buy it, hairtail fish is very common, but sea bass is very rare, but doesn't Lin Xi have a "special ticket"? It's not a problem to buy two sea bass for the New Year!
When he got home, Lin Xi directly took out the key to open the door and went in, and when he saw that there was no one in the living room, he breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took out a cloth bag and put it on the back frame of the bicycle, and then pulled the iron clip on the frame to clamp it, and then pushed the bicycle to the bottom of the stairs and shouted: "Grandma, I'm back!" ”
Liao Shuyi came out of the kitchen and said with a smile: "Back?" Hungry? Take a break to find some snacks to cushion the pads, just washed the rice and steamed the rice. I thought about it today, Sunday, and there must be a lot of people in line...... Ouch, you bought so many more, it cost a lot of money, right? ”
"There's a ticket, it didn't cost much."
Lin Xi first put the rattan basket on the ground, and then took down the cloth bag, Liao Shuyi rushed over to help, and saw the fish under the basket, as well as the leg of mutton, pork knuckle, pork ribs and five or six catties of fat and lean pork in the cloth bag, and couldn't help but cry out in disgust, worried that her granddaughter was so big-hearted, how would she be in charge of life in the future, I was afraid that Shen Yihui would be scared!
Lin Xi comforted her grandmother: "Yihui is busy with work, I don't know if I can rush back for the New Year, he told me to accompany my grandparents at home for the New Year, I should eat and drink, don't worry about money tickets, he specially exchanged these special tickets for me, if I don't buy them, they will all expire, what a pity?" There are also food stamps and oil stamps that have not been spent. ”
"You haven't finished the rice you sent back last time. If you're afraid that the ticket will expire, then buy it and put it away, and wait for you to go back to the military region over there and bring it over for you to eat for yourself. ”
"The service club of the military region over there has a complete set of things, you don't need to carry it all the way away, stay at home, Grandpa Guo and they are a lot of people, sometimes they come to eat together, and you can also share some back."
"The things of the service agency must be complete, and it is also necessary to exchange money for tickets, you are a housewife, you must learn to live a careful life, but you are not allowed to be lazy, I will pack it for you when you go back!"
Liao Shuyi said, sighing: "If this was in the past, it didn't matter how you squandered your grandmother, now the situation is like this, we just want peace and security, don't think about anything else, wronged Bao'er, ah?" ”
"Grandma, I'm not wronged, I listen to you."
"Hmm. Your Grandpa Guo and Ah Qiupo's side, just share some cooking oil and meat, they are workers' families, and they can buy all the food quota every month. Unlike your grandfather and me, we can only receive one or twenty catties of grain per month, and when we buy it, the grain station will deduct a few catties, and the slightly better rice and noodles will not be our turn, and we will only be given some old grain...... This is already good, at least there can be food import, so as not to starve too much, your grandfather's cousin brothers, old and young, put more than a dozen people in the countryside on the outskirts of Nancheng, there is no supply of food, and the coarse grain distributed in the village is not enough to eat, because of the starvation, several children were poisoned by eating in the wild, and almost all died......"
Liao Shuyi took out a handkerchief and pressed her eyes, her face full of sadness.
Lin Xi also felt uncomfortable: "I haven't heard you talk about this. ”
"It was two months ago, and we didn't even know where you were, and we were worried day and night. The package you sent back for the first time contained some medicine and food, and your grandfather secretly brought some to them, and some of the food you sent back to Haishi was also sent by your grandfather Guo...... You've just met your grandparents and you're not done with it, and you don't want to tell you about these things that affect your mood. I'm the same today, and I'll say it as I go, alas! ”
Lin Xi said: "There are also food stamps and oil stamps, I will go to the grain station tomorrow and buy them back, send them to them, it's the New Year." ”
Liao Shuyi nodded, worried: "We try our best, but we can only solve the temporary crisis, and we still have to rely on them to find a way for a long time...... You shouldn't know about this, your grandfather Guo will arrange it, and two families in the Liao family have also contacted us, and we have to quietly divide them, so that others must not see that there is a connection between us, otherwise I am afraid that it will be another crime. ”
In the afternoon, Ah Qiu came over, Liao Shuyi gave her some pork and lamb, sea bass and ribbon fish, enough for them to make Chinese New Year's Eve dishes, usually the two families can gather at will to eat, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner must be eaten in each family, because it is a traditional rule to worship ancestors and keep the year.
Ah Qiu helped to put away the rest of the meat, the fish and pork could be put away with a little salt, and the mutton didn't need to do anything, the weather was cold, and it wouldn't be bad if you didn't put it in the refrigerator.
Before dinner, Ah Qiu went back with the basket, and not long after she left, a military jeep slowly drove into the alley, stopped at the door of Lin Xi's house, the door opened, and Sun Qingyong and Wang Ying walked down.