Three or Two Things about Rebirth

As expected, Xia Yanjing really came to the Qiu family's door after a while, but saw that the door was wide open, so she went back embarrassedly.

Qiu Luming snorted, "Mom, Meng's mother moved three times, look at the neighbors you moved for us!"

He Manshu said, "No matter where you live, you will have neighbors of all kinds. Even if they are all good neighbors, there will be the worst one. Everyone has flaws. The key is to look at ourselves.

Besides, Jiayang is really nice. Before your father and I came here, we went to many places, and none of them had as simple folk customs as here.

Have you seen the news in the newspapers? Some places have endemic diseases, some places are often flooded, and there are whole villages that make money by trafficking women and children, some places have bought wives, and there are whole villages that specialize in counterfeiting to make money... Even Beijing is now prone to sandstorms. Jiayang at least has four distinct seasons and abundant products. Moreover, although it is small, it has everything. There are many public officials, and everyone is very self-conscious, and there is little right and wrong. "

"You still call him young? He only knows how to gossip."

"Not much, very little already."

Qiu Luming knew that her mother favored Jiayang, and she didn't really blame her mother, so she said, "Okay, you're right."

The male owners of the Qiu family's neighbors are all very good at hands-on work. Within a week, they all made slopes on the steps by themselves. Uncle Shang's work is indeed good. The edges of the slope are clear and the edges are sharp. There are also shallow horizontal stripes on the slope made with a tile knife, which can appropriately increase the friction and prevent the car from slipping.

It was obvious that the work at Xia Yanjing's house was done by Uncle Shang. It seemed that Vice President Liu Changhai was also incapable of doing masonry work.

The people in small towns have such a strong ability to imitate that no matter it is good or bad, everyone follows suit.

For example, if someone opens a barbecue stall, twenty stalls will appear soon; if someone opens a clothing store, a bunch of Guangzhou clothing stores and Gangcheng clothing stores will appear soon; then there are game halls, dance halls, mahjong halls that pop up like mushrooms after rain...

Couples holding hands or hugging each other on the back of bicycles can be seen everywhere on the streets.

The social atmosphere has undergone tremendous changes without people noticing, and it is no longer as simple as He Manshu described.

One day, Qiu Luming passed by a clothing store and took a look at the door. He found that the clothes inside were very revealing. The woman who had just come out was wearing almost black lipstick and her hair was dyed burnt yellow.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her arm. She turned around and saw that it was Liu Qi. She said, "Sister, we can't enter this store, let alone buy things here."

"Why?"

Liu Qi put her mouth close to Qiu Luming's ear and said, "The clothes inside are all sold to young ladies."

Qiu Luming had been taught countless times by her mother to stay calm and not make a fuss, but this time she still showed a shocked expression, "Are there so many of them? Is there someone willing to open a store specifically for them?"

"Anyway, my mom won't let me go to this kind of store, and won't let me go to that kind of dance hall." Liu Qi held Qiu Luming's hand, "There's a man in my dad's unit, he's almost 35, he goes to the dance hall every day to dance. The day before yesterday, his wife found the dance hall and took her brother with her. When the man came out after dancing, his uncle hit him with a brick and he fell to the ground.

Guess what his wife said, she said, I won’t beat you to death, I would rather you lie on the kang and I serve you than let you come to such a dirty place!

Isn't it amazing? The female owner of the dance hall came out to mediate the fight, but she spit on her face and said that she earned such dirty money and would give birth to a child without an asshole. "

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He Manshu has been in a much better mood recently. Although her daughter still occasionally chokes people with her words, she has at least regained her vitality. She thinks her daughter should have almost come out of the haze of heartbreak.

But she was also worried that her daughter was forcing herself to smile just to reassure the old couple. She was even more worried that her daughter would go to Beijing for an exam soon. What if she contacted Fei Yuanhang again?

Qiu Luming was unaware of her mother's worries. She still made good use of her time to study every day and even set aside half an hour to learn calligraphy with her father.

At lunch in the cafeteria that day, Qiu Luming heard Xiao Wang recommending his relative's construction team to Director Liu, but Director Liu smiled and said, "Xiao Wang, you are too flattering to your sister Liu. This is such a big matter, and it is a matter between two units. How can I make the decision!"

"Director, please don't be so sure. That's an engineering team from Harbin. They have formal qualifications. I know your power and can talk to the higher-ups. Please recommend them for me. Xiao Wang won't let your efforts go in vain..."

Qiu Luming didn't want to listen to the tone of his male subordinates and female superiors speaking, so he quickly ate and left the cafeteria. The lunch break was two hours in total. There were two offices at the end of the corridor that were specially cleaned up for lunch break, but they had been used as chess and card rooms. Qiu Luming simply didn't go there and just read a book in the office leaning against the heater.

Lu Ming really didn't force a smile. After the most difficult ten days, she had basically reconciled with herself.

Her family allowed her to be sad and in pain, and she also allowed herself to be fragile and hesitant, and then she came out of it little by little!

Although she would still feel dazed subconsciously when she saw the words "Fei", "Yuan" and "Hang" or phrases containing these three words in books, she would tell herself "Stop" before the memory came back.

Then I really stopped remembering.

On April 25, Qiu Luming took leave and went to Beijing to take the exam.

She still lived in her third brother's house and everything went smoothly. After the exam, she went to the dilapidated house called Xinglong Hotel on purpose. As expected, she met Aunt Ma again and Director Liang who was drinking Moutai. Qiu Luming took a deep look at the Moutai bottle and thought, this Moutai can't be filled with water, it's been half a year, and the old man drinks like this every day. If it's true, how many bottles must he have drunk!

Because of Qiu Luming's arrival, the three of them sat at the same table. Director Liang said he would treat them, and Qiu Luming did not shy away from being polite. She took out the Jiayang mushrooms and black fungus she brought and gave them to the two of them.

Qiu Luming felt that they were the people closest to that era, the era in which she once lived.

The three of them chatted happily for three hours.

I didn't see Zhang Weijing this time. Qiu Moshi said that he moved into another house after getting married. Anyway, the Zhang family has several big houses, and the one bought by Zhang Weijing himself is the smallest.

After arriving in Beijing, Qiu Luming did not go to look for Fei Yuanhang. She didn't even dare to think about him, for fear that if she was too close to him, Fei Yuanhang would not be able to withstand her "power".

I went shopping and bought a pair of high-heeled leather shoes, a windbreaker, a new leather bag, and three skirts. Two light blue skirts were for myself and Qin Huifang, and one bright red one was for Han Meifen.

The third brother not only praised her for her improved complexion, but also gave her a thumbs up when he sent her on the train back to Harbin, saying, "She can take it or leave it. This is my Qiu Moshi's sister!"

When he returned to Jiayang, he happened to catch the May Fourth Performance. Qiu Luming was not in the mood to watch it, so he went home and slept soundly.

He Manshu was frightened, thinking that she was sad because she saw Fei Yuanhang again.

In the evening, Qiu Jiashu went home for dinner. Qiu Luming had just woken up. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Principal Fei's family has moved away."

"Where did you move to?" Qiu Luming asked casually.

"I moved to Beijing."

"Ah? Move so far away?" Qiu Luming finally woke up.

"The old couple are both retired. They probably want to be closer to their son. I heard they live somewhere in the suburbs!"

Qiu Jiye said, "At this age, it is not suitable for him to move to a new place. If I had known earlier, I would have persuaded him to move in. There is no point in doing this."

He Manshu suddenly asked, "Second, was your performance successful?"

"It was quite successful. We took second place as a group. Our team is getting stronger and stronger. If it wasn't for encouraging the students, we would definitely be first!"

"Second sister-in-law, why did you fall asleep while eating?" Qiu Luming gently pushed Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan yawned, "I'm so sleepy, you guys eat, I'll go to the kang, Luming, to take a nap."

When Qiu Luming finished his meal, he saw his second sister-in-law lying on the kang, hugging her pillow and sleeping soundly.

The family chatted for another hour about the topic of the customs family housing. Construction there has already started, and the expansion of the commercial street has also been launched. I heard that many shops will be built, and the expansion of the light industrial market and the farmers' market is also on the agenda.

Qiu Jiashu checked the time and went to the north room to call Fang Yuan, "Wife, let's go home."

Fang Yuan was half asleep, her face flushed. Qiu Jiashu pinched her face and said, "My wife is home, and we have to go to work tomorrow!"

He Manshu suddenly said, "Xiaoyuan is so sleepy, is she pregnant?"

A single stone caused a thousand waves. Even the dazed Fang Yuan suddenly sat up and asked, "Ah?"

Qiu Jiashu said stupidly, "We don't want children!"

He Manshu sat on the edge of the kang and asked in a low voice, "Yuan, when was your last menstruation?"

"Uh..." Fang Yuan rubbed his eyes and scratched his hair.

"March 18th!" Qiu Jiashu said loudly.

He Manshu rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're showing off again!"

"No, I didn't say anything. It's March 18th!"

He Manshu got off the kang and said to Fang Yuan, "Come, come to the living room and let your dad feel your pulse."

Fang Yuan was pushed by Qiu Jiashu to sit on the sofa in the living room in a daze. Qiu Jiye pointed to the pulse pillow on the coffee table. Fang Yuan hurriedly put her hand on it, looking nervously at Qiu Jiashu for a while, then at her mother-in-law.

Qiu Jiye cried for about half a minute, then smiled and nodded.

He Manshu clapped her hands happily, "Great! I'm going to be a grandmother again! It's been about six weeks!"