Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Why?" Song Zhilan asked curiously.

"You are so innocent!"

Zhang Weiyang shook his head helplessly, his eyes flashed with a hint of deepness, and he said seriously: "No matter how outstanding Lin Zhengjun is, in the eyes of Tang Xiaofu's relatives, the old-fashioned intellectuals, he is still a country bumpkin. He is not suitable for Tang Xiaofu, who comes from a scholarly family!"

"Humph, Lin Zhengjun is a young writer and can make money, so he's not worthy of her?"

Song Zhilan suddenly became a little angry and said, "If they don't want this good son-in-law, I will introduce our little daughter to him!"

"Humph, she's an editor at Yanjing Literature and Art, and she's beautiful. We both love literature, what a perfect match!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Don't you know that it is better to destroy a temple than to break up a marriage?"

Zhang Weiyang said: "If Lin Zhengjun had done this for Tang Xiaofu, and even solved the problem of removing the hats from Tang Xiaofu's relatives, wouldn't they be grateful to Lin Zhengjun!"

Song Zhilan smiled and said, "Oh, thank you for your hard work!"

Now that this matter was settled, Song Zhilan was very happy and started chatting with Zhou Haiyang about this and that.

But Zhang Weiyang looked deeply at the towering branches of the pine trees outside the window, lost in thought, and did not speak for a long time.

The youngest daughter is 23 years old this year. How old is Lin Zhengjun?

At the age of 20, a woman who is three years older than a man has a lot of money, which seems not bad!

"Lao Zhang, what are you thinking about?" Song Zhilan asked.

"No, nothing..." Zhang Weiyang quickly retracted his thoughts!

……

Huaibian County People's Hospital, evening.

Lin Zhengjun said: "Dad and Mom, I'll go buy you something to eat!"

"Okay! Go ahead!"

When he arrived, Lin Zhengjun put the Phoenix 28-bar truck in the tractor bed, so he rode out of the hospital carrying the aluminum lunch box.

Save where you can and spend where you can. Tractors consume a lot of fuel. Diesel costs 3.5 cents a liter.

After buying five servings of dumplings from the State-owned Workers and Peasants Restaurant on North Street, Lin Zhengjun headed home.

Unexpectedly, on the way back to the hospital, I ran into Hao Jianguo who was returning home from get off work.

"Zhengjun, it's really you. Why are you still in the county town now?" Hao Jianguo stopped his bicycle and asked in surprise.

He knew that Lin Zhengjun never stayed overnight when delivering goods to the county town.

It was getting dark and Lin Zhengjun was still in the county, which made him worry that Lin Zhengjun might have encountered some trouble.

"My sister is about to give birth and is hospitalized in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the county people's hospital. I came out to buy some food for them!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

"This is a great event! If you need any help from me, please let me know!" Hao Jianguo said with a smile on his face.

"It's nothing. Everything is ready. We're just waiting for the baby to be born!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

"You should hurry back to the hospital and don't keep them waiting. I'll take my wife over after dinner to have a look."

"You're so polite. You're busy with work, so don't bother me!"

“I have to go see it!”

Hao Jianguo smiled brightly: "In fact, when I saw you just now, I wanted to treat you to a big drink to thank you!"

"Look at the way you're smiling, your mouth is almost split to your ears. You have good news!" Lin Zhengjun suddenly understood something.

"I can't hide it from you!"

Hao Jianguo smiled happily and said, "One of our deputy directors has reached retirement age. Just this afternoon, the organization decided to promote me to deputy director. The official announcement will be made soon!"

"Congratulations!" Lin Zhengjun was also very happy for Hao Jianguo.

"When the organization came to talk to me, Director Yu pointed it out!"

Hao Jianguo smiled and said, "There are three reasons for promoting me. First, your hemp candy has solved the problem of insufficient sugar supply during this period, and the people have responded very well. You also gave me a banner, so I have become this year's model of helping farmers!"

"Secondly, I provided agricultural technical services to the Linhe Brigade. In fact, it was just growing yellow peaches, which was originally a bad thing, but since you bought them, it became a good thing!"

"Third, your canned yellow peaches in syrup have been sold to Yanjing. This is the first and most typical case in our county."

"You accomplished all three of these things. If it weren't for you, I would have been a stock-level cadre by the time I retired. Do you think I should treat you to a drink? You are my benefactor!"

"If you say so, you are also my benefactor!"

Lin Zhengjun said frankly: "Without your help, I wouldn't be able to do it so smoothly, so we are mutually beneficial!"

In fact, with the liberalization of private business, the good days of the supply and marketing cooperatives are numbered and they will soon go downhill.

Of course, it is too early to say this now. Lin Zhengjun will definitely give him some pointers in the future and change his position.

"Hahaha, well said, brother. You go first. I'll go home and prepare!" Hao Jianguo patted Lin Zhengjun on the shoulder and went happily.

……

Lin Zhengjun returned to the hospital and everyone ate dumplings together, feeling extremely satisfied.

Lin Hongmei was especially happy, as if it was Chinese New Year. She smiled and said, "In all the years I've been in the Yang family, I can only eat dumplings during Chinese New Year!"

There were also pregnant women in the hospital waiting to give birth nearby, most of them were workers, cadres and teachers from Chengguan Town, but the food they ate was much worse than that at Lin Zhengjun's house.

It would be nice to have egg noodles.

Most of the time, it’s just boiled noodles in plain water with some chopped green onions and barely any oil.

They all looked at Lin Hongmei with envy.

This also greatly benefited Lin Hongmei!

At her husband's house, her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law always bullied and humiliated her. In the village, she was always an object of sympathy.

But once she returned to her parents' home, she felt like she was spoiled like a princess by her brother, sister-in-law, parents and parents. She became the object of others' envy. The happiness and sweetness were beyond words.

After dinner, Lin Zhengjun went to the sink to wash his lunch box and came back to see Hao Jianguo and his wife carrying four bags of brown sugar, four cans of malted milk, four boxes of canned meat, and some children's clothes, talking to Lin Sanhuai and the others.

"Zhengjun, look, Director Hao brought so many good things again! It's really too expensive!" Zhang Shuqin scolded.

Hao Jianguo put the nutritional supplements on the bedside table and said with a smile: "Ah, Auntie, why waste it? It's not much money. Besides, these are all for Hongmei to use. She needs to supplement her nutrition!"

Lin Zhengjun had already prepared a lot of nutritional supplements for his sister, and with the ones brought by Hao Jianguo, the small bedside table could not hold them all, so he had to put them in the cabinet.

"Thank you! Thank you Director Hao!" Lin Hongmei was flattered.

At this moment, she truly felt her brother's terrifying connections!

Even the senior officials in the county gave me such expensive gifts. How much does it cost?

Hao Jianguo's wife, Ms. Lu, placed a few small clothes on the bedside and said with a smile, "These are all my children's clothes. Hongmei, please don't dislike them!"

"No, this dress is very good!" Lin Hongmei said with emotion.

These clothes are made of machine-woven cotton, with good texture and soft skin.

Teacher Lu held Lin Hongmei's calloused hand affectionately and said with a smile: "I gave birth to my child two months ago, and it was a natural birth. The baby weighed seven pounds. If there is anything you don't understand, I will teach you..."

Seeing them discussing the secret of having a baby, Lin Zhengjun and the other two men naturally had to stay away.

Seeing Tang Xiaofu also coming out with a red face, Lin Zhengjun blocked her and said with a smile: "Go back and study hard, and try to give birth to a fat baby as soon as possible!"

"Go away! You're talking nonsense. We haven't even gotten married yet!" Tang Xiaofu kicked Lin Zhengjun's calf coquettishly.

"Pre-study, prepare, lay a good foundation!"

Lin Zhengjun chuckled and ran to the bathroom door at the end of the corridor to chat with Lin Sanhuai and Hao Jianguo.

Tang Xiaofu turned around and went back to the ward, listening curiously to the conversation between her elder sister and Teacher Lu.

She actually felt a little excited.

She could feel Lin Hongmei's happiness and satisfaction of becoming a mother, as if she was emitting a warm maternal glow.

Humph! Giving birth to one is nothing. If I want to give birth to a child, I will give birth to twins for you, preferably a boy and a girl!

You will be so happy that you will die!