Siheyuan, my new life

Lin Yu put the two satchels into his own paradise with some boredom. As for the two net bags of gifts brought by Political Commissar Fang, he placed them casually next to the bedside table.

The net bag was filled with various canned goods, coffee, biscuits, and cigarettes, all with foreign words on the packaging. These were all spoils captured from the Bald Eagle Coalition.

Although his Qiankun bag was piled up with all kinds of supplies, Lin Yu felt extremely warm in his heart when he looked at these things.

These were all saved by our comrades from their own pockets. You should know that due to the blockade of the Bald Eagle Coalition, the logistics supply of our army in the North Korean battlefield was extremely difficult. The officers and soldiers often relied on fried noodles to fill their stomachs, and it was almost difficult to have a hot meal. Only after seizing a large amount of supplies from the Bald Eagle Coalition could everyone have a good meal. However, it was under such difficult conditions that our soldiers defeated the Bald Eagle Coalition, which was almost armed to the teeth, time and time again.

Every time they captured some supplies, everyone was reluctant to use them themselves, but left them for the wounded and sick who needed nutritional supplements.

Seeing these things in front of him today, Lin Yu felt extremely complicated. Perhaps affected by the memories of the original owner, he felt a little blocked in his chest.

Lin Yu pulled out a pack of Camel cigarettes from his net bag, tore open the package, lit one and took a deep puff. Both Zhou Lin in his previous life and Lin Yu now can be considered veteran smokers. Lin Yu blew out a string of smoke rings, frowned and fell into deep thought.

When talking with Political Commissar Fang just now, the other party mentioned that the news of his injury and hospitalization had been notified to his family through the local armed forces. Lin Yu felt extremely complicated when he mentioned his family.

According to the original owner's memory, both his parents participated in the revolution in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area in their early years. When Lin Yu joined the army, his father Lin Yunpeng worked in the local district committee and his mother Zhou Xiu worked in the Women's Mutual Aid Association.

Since joining the army, Lin Yu has been fighting with the troops all over the country and has never had the opportunity to go home to visit his family. It was not until the establishment of the new Dragon Kingdom that the army leaders took into account Lin Yu's actual situation and granted him a one-month leave to visit his family.

After many twists and turns, Lin Yu finally met his father, who was now the deputy mayor of a district in Jinmen City. It was not a happy scene of reunion after a long separation and a happy family. Instead, the original owner was greeted by his father who had become fat and full of bureaucratic air and a young woman who looked no more than twenty-four or twenty-five years old. From their intimate behavior, it can be concluded that they have a close relationship.

Only then did Lin Yu remember the inexplicable smile on the other person's face when he revealed his identity in the guard room.

Lin Yu suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He asked coldly: "Where are my mother and sister? Who is this woman?"

Lin Yunpeng's fat face showed a trace of embarrassment. He coughed twice and said, "Xiaoyu, sit down and have a cup of tea first. You must be exhausted after coming back from such a long distance. Rest for a while and then we will go to the restaurant to have a couple of drinks at noon."

Lin Yu had a cold face and didn't say anything, just stared at the other person coldly.

Lin Yunpeng knew that his eldest son had always been a child with his own opinions. Moreover, since he and his wife both had their own jobs at the time, their daughter was left to be taken care of by their son, and the relationship between the two siblings was particularly close.

When filing for divorce, Zhou Xiu asked for her daughter to be returned to her. At that time, he was so obsessed with sex that he just wanted to marry the beautiful female student home as soon as possible, so he agreed immediately.

Seeing his son's cold eyes, Lin Yunpeng had to explain hesitantly: "Xiaoyu, your mother and I have had no common language for a long time, and we were not in harmony. Last year, we got divorced with the approval of the organization. Now your mother and Nan Nan are working in the Dongxing Street Office. This Xu Fang is..."

Before Lin Yunpeng could finish his words, Lin Yu snorted coldly, picked up his luggage and turned around to walk out.

After leaving the district government staff quarters, Lin Yu asked around and arrived at the Dongxing Subdistrict Office. When he saw his mother Zhou Xiu, who was writing furiously at her desk, he couldn't help but call out, "Mom!"

Hearing a familiar voice, Zhou Xiu looked up and saw a tall young man in military uniform standing at the door of the office with an excited expression. Although they had not seen each other for more than five years, the young man in front of her had long since lost his immaturity and matured a lot, and he had also grown nearly half a head taller. However, the blood connection engraved in their bones allowed her to recognize at a glance that this was her eldest son Lin Yu.

Zhou Xiu stood up excitedly, her lips trembling as she said, "Xiao Yu, are you really back? Am I dreaming again?"

Lin Yu took a few steps forward and held his mother's hand tightly, saying excitedly: "Mom, I'm back to see you."

When the staff of the street office heard the noise coming from the director's office, several middle-aged women tiptoed to the door of the office. These aunties usually like to chat about gossip when they have nothing to do. Just now, a soldier came to see the director, and everyone thought it was another veteran who came to see Director Zhou for business, but when they heard Lin Yu's "Mom", they immediately became curious.

When Zhou Xiu first arrived at Dongxing Sub-district Office as director, he was warm and conscientious in his work. He properly handled several emergencies in succession and soon gained a high reputation in the area.

But since his divorce last year, Director Zhou rarely smiles after work. In fact, everyone can understand Director Zhou's mood. No one can be happy when encountering such a bad thing. Today, Director Zhou's son, who had been in the army for many years and had no news, came back. Everyone couldn't help but come over.

Most of these aunts who can work in the street office are family members of some leading cadres, so everyone is very clear about the reason for Director Zhou's divorce. As women, everyone hates Lin Yunpeng's shameless behavior of being fickle and loving the new. They also repeatedly denounce Lin Yunpeng in their men's ears, calling him a Chen Shimei in the new society. As a result, Lin Yunpeng, who was already notorious in the district government because of his divorce, became even more notorious and almost became a clown in the officialdom of Jinmen City. Even many leaders avoided him.

Zhou Xiu had already noticed the colleagues gathering outside the door. She pulled Lin Yu out of the office and said with a smile: "Everyone, this is my eldest son Lin Yu. He is back today, so I am taking a temporary leave. Thank you for your hard work!"

The mother and son haven't seen each other for many years, so they must have a lot to talk about now. This is also normal, so everyone smiled and agreed.

The mother and daughter walked out of the street office. Zhou Xiu's current residence was not too far from here, only about seven or eight hundred meters away. It was a separate small courtyard with three main rooms and three side rooms. The courtyard was not big, only about twenty square meters. In addition to the more than one-meter-wide gravel road leading to the main house, various vegetables were planted on both sides.

Zhou Xiu smiled and introduced to her son: "After Lin Yunpeng and I divorced, I moved to the dormitory of the street office with your sister. Later, the landlord wanted to sell the house and move to Lushang to live with his son, so I spent 5.3 million dragon coins to buy it. Your sister Nan Nan grows vegetables every day when she has time after get off work, just like when she was a child. She learned it from you."

Lin Yu couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile on his face. When he took his sister to grow vegetables, it was not for fun, but life in the base was very difficult at that time. In order to improve the food for his family, he could only buy some vegetable seeds from the villagers and learn to grow vegetables at home. He didn't expect that his sister still kept this habit.

On the way home, Zhou Xiu briefly introduced the situation over the years. The year after Lin Yu went to join the army, his parents were transferred to another place to work. Later, due to work needs, they went to four or five places in succession, until they followed the troops into Tianjin City and settled down.

After going to work in the city, Lin Yunpeng was assigned to the district government to be in charge of logistics support. From then on, he had social engagements almost every day, and often came back drunk in the middle of the night. Zhou Xiu had advised him many times, but Lin Yunpeng always said that he had risked his life to start a revolution, and now he had finally turned the tables and became the master, so what was wrong with eating and drinking?

The two often quarreled over this. Once, when their daughter Nan Nan was trying to persuade her father, Lin Yunpeng became furious and slapped his daughter.

Zhou Xiu was immediately furious. Her daughter was well-behaved and sensible and had never caused her any worries. Today, Lin Yunpeng actually dared to hit her daughter, so the quarrel between them turned into a fight.

From that day on, Zhou Xiu completely gave up, so when Lin Yunpeng later filed for divorce, in addition to asking for a division of the family property they had accumulated together over the years, Zhou Xiu also demanded that their daughter Nan Nan must belong to her. As for Lin Yu, who had been away from home for many years as a soldier, it was up to him to decide who to live with in the future.

One week after his divorce, Lin Yunpeng married a female student in her twenties. This incident became a laughing stock in the district government. The main leaders of the district government also believed that the impact was very bad. After a meeting, they decided to give Lin Yunpeng a warning within the party.

After hearing about this, an old leader of Zhou Xiu who worked in the Municipal Women's Federation went to the Dongxing Sub-district Office to comfort Zhou Xiu, and asked Lin Nan, who was a clerk at the Dongxing Sub-district Office at the time, to work as his secretary.

Lin Yu was very disgusted with Lin Yunpeng's actions. Since leaving the district government family compound, he has never been there again. Because he spent too much time on the way to find his parents, he only stayed at home with his mother and sister for five days before hurriedly returning to the army.