He Songbai and Zhao Lanxiang's wedding anniversary is in the middle of winter.
At that time, the "cedar" of He Songbai was still rooted in the north, and had not had time to migrate to the south. When Tangtang and Dahai were still babies, He Songbai began to work hard. Zhao Lanxiang often feels that he is a lifelong toiler, no matter if he was too poor to eat in the past, or today, his life is getting better.
She was very distressed and asked Li Zhongduo from City B to take care of him.
The year their husband and wife just returned to City G, Gu Shuoming's transfer order happened to come, and he was transferred to the B military region of the capital. Before Gu Shuoming left, he specially brought his wife and children to the He family as a guest.
His wife is a bright and airy northern girl, called Mingxue. She has fair skin, tall stature, warm and generous personality, and serves as a military doctor in the military. In 1979, Gu Shuoming listened to Zhao Lanxiang's advice and went to the Sino-Vietnamese battlefield, and made real achievements on the battlefield. Although he encountered many twists and turns on the way, the army once heard the bad news of his glorious sacrifice, but in the end he came back.
In that year, in addition to returning in glory, he also brought a white and clean northern girl. Gu's mother always disliked her son's lack of hair and inability to handle affairs. In the end, he went out, and in addition to solving the major issues in his life, he even made the dolls.
From now on, Mom Gu doesn't have to talk about him anymore.
Zhao Lanxiang asked about their acquaintance, Mingxue said with a smile: "I am his accompanying military doctor. He usually looks very stable, but he is deadly on the battlefield. The bandages I wear are not enough for him. With all the ammunition and food exhausted, Shuo Ming and I were thinking that there might be no tomorrow after today. So on the night before the final battle, we got married in the presence of several chiefs."
A daughter-in-law appeared out of thin air, and she was both surprised and happy. A few months later, her eldest grandson, Tie Dan, fell to the ground with a quack, and Mother Gu almost cried with joy.
The iron egg was bred on the battlefield. The swirling war did not defeat him, and the severe food shortage did not defeat him. Mingxue once had signs of miscarriage, but he survived well. He weighed less than five pounds when he was born, and his breathing was so weak that it gave the illusion that he would leave at any time.
But Tie Dan still survived tenaciously. In order to make him a good support and to commemorate his comrades, Gu Shuoming gave him the nickname "Tie Dan". Mingxue and Gu's mother held the iron egg all day long and did not let go. Gu Shuoming was afraid that the weather in the north would be too cold, so he didn't even dare to take his frail son to the north.
The day before Gu Shuoming left, Tong Mingxue came to the He family as a guest.
Tie Dan was three years old, and his little hand hooked his mother's hand and sat on the sofa of the He family. When he was eating the children's nutritious meal specially made by Zhao Lanxiang, his clear eyes flashed, and his little hands were holding the orange-hearted eggs and chewing, which made several elders cute.
Gu Shuoming specially came to beg Zhao Lanxiang to make some body-conditioning meals for the iron eggs. At that time, Zhao Lanxiang's "Songlan" was experimenting with dietary supplements and dietary therapy for body conditioning, and prescribe the right medicine for the weak, the elderly, children and women.
Zhao Lanxiang saw that Gu Shuoming was hesitant to speak, and thought that he had to ask them for something important. The result is that the meal is supplemented with iron eggs.
She responded readily, lowered her head and gently touched Tie Dan's soft hair and said with a smile, "Tie Dan will come to Aunt Xiang's house for dinner later."
Tie Dan was seduced by the delicious rice cooked by his aunt Xiang, and nodded his head, seemingly incomprehensible.
For her grandson, Gu Huaijin also served as a professor at G University's School of Architecture, and came to the warm G city to grow up with Tiedan. Well... He actually likes the food of the He family very much. He has the cheek to come to the He family for dinner every day, and he has become a regular customer at the He family's table.
Day by day, Tie Dan gradually became acquainted with the He family and regarded the He family as his second warmest nest. He often teased younger brother Dahai and younger sister Tangtang in the swaddling clothes, reading books and walking with Granny Li.
On the first anniversary, the two little dumplings of the He family were already plump and happy. With the two dumplings and the big treasure of the Gu family, the He family was very lively for a while.
It made up for the regret of He Songbai's occasional absence, so that Zhao Lanxiang, who was breastfeeding, could not have so much sadness.
She and He Songbai were still in the country on the first anniversary of their marriage. The newlyweds were immersed in the sweetness of holding a hundred days for their children.
On the anniversary of the second anniversary, He Songbai fought hard for his career in a city thousands of kilometers away from home.
Zhao Lanxiang, who has not seen her husband for a long time, suddenly misses him very much. She entrusted the child to her mother and grandmother who were on vacation, and bought a plane ticket to fly to S city.
He Songbai was wearing a safety helmet at that time, directing the workers to work on the construction site, and supervising and inspecting the construction of the construction site. The content sounds decent, but when Zhao Lanxiang went to the construction site, what he saw was a gray-faced man wearing a khaki hat.
In order to get closer to the workers, He Songbai sometimes even works with the workers, eating together and advancing and retreating together. In just a few short years, he not only learned to drive a tractor, but also an excavator and a loader... He is like a solid screw, he can be competent for any position, and he will make up for the lack of people. Because these days, technology is money. There are too few and too few skilled masters, and the traditional construction industry is facing the challenge of imported emerging technologies.
Even Li Zhong had to be convinced, and silently admired him while scolding him for being in a panic.
Zhao Lanxiang came to the construction site and saw him sitting in the bulldozer. In the middle of winter, there was a thin layer of frost on the glass, his face was solemn and serious, and the fat work clothes made him as gray as thousands of ordinary workers.
But it is her favorite appearance. She loves the way he works hard, earnestly, and loves what he does.
Although the work he is engaged in is very hard and tiring, it is not as glamorous as others think.
In the early 1980s, materials were in short supply, and the price of pork was still too high for everyone to eat. All girls want to marry pig farmers. The country has set off a boom in pig farming. Self-employed businesses have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. Funds have flowed into the breeding industry. Village pig butchers can save enough betrothal gifts to ask for the most beautiful daughter-in-law after working for one year. .
Everyone is envious of this job, but they don't know the true face of this job that everyone admires. When He Songbai was a pig killer a few years ago, he was dirty and smelly, and every day he came back, he smelled of pig feces. He needed to take a shower several times a day to clean up. The more money he could make, the more disgusted he was. .
This time, Zhao Lanxiang saw He Songbai on the construction site for the first time.
He Songbai had already missed the meal time after one operation. Fortunately, he packed the meal in a thermal insulation box earlier, and by the time he ate, the meal had become warm and almost not hot.
He mixed these wilted pieces of vegetable leaves and meat, and ate them with great gulps. Although the taste is average, it is supremely delicious for the hungry.
After eating a few mouthfuls, he realized that the eyes around him were not right.
He raised his head, the gentle and sweet wife he thought about day and night reflected in his sight. He Songbai was stunned and rubbed his eyes.
"You, you... why are you here?"
The corners of his lips lifted slightly, revealing a happy smile.
Zhao Lanxiang said, "Are you busy today?"
He Songbai has been living as a monk for a month, and he must not be busy when his daughter-in-law is here. He shook his head quickly and touched the back of his head.
"I won't be at the construction site in the afternoon. I can accompany you. Lanxiang, have you had lunch?"
Zhao Lanxiang touched her hungry stomach and shook her head.
"I haven't eaten yet. I came to see you as soon as I got off the plane. I didn't bother seeing you at work."
He Songbai put down his lunch box, grabbed his wife's hand and led her to the tube building where he settled down.
He wanted to take her to a restaurant for dinner, but Zhao Lanxiang went to the vegetable market to buy some meat dishes, and made a simple but warm three dishes and one soup in the rental house. Ribs and carrots make up a mellow and nutritious soup.
He Songbai ate a bowl of broth, and he asked his wife, "Are you still hungry?"
Zhao Lanxiang put down the soup bowl, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile, "I'm not hungry anymore."
He Songbai took her into his arms, took a deep breath, and bit her cheek.
The hard embrace seemed to rub her into his bone marrow. He took a deep breath and said fiercely, "I want to die."
"I really want to pack you and bring you here and keep it by my side to watch every day."
It was not what He Songbai could have imagined to be pregnant with a child as soon as he got married. In fact, he and his wife hadn't lived a life of two in a world for a few days. Through the fabric, he squeezed her Xue Run, and he frowned and asked:
"Have Tangtang and Dahai weaned successfully?"
Zhao Lanxiang's cheeks blushed, and she whispered, "Yeah."
He Songbai turned into a vicious hungry wolf at this moment, and his eyes suddenly glowed darkly. He hugged his sweet wife into his arms and put them on the warm couch.
His breath was short and disordered, and he stripped her naked.
He Songbai sighed after seeing the beautiful scene in front of him. It was not due to his day and night thinking and worrying about his wife. After breastfeeding, his wife became more slender and plump, and his mature charm fascinated him. He buried his head in a vague kiss. The kiss was as dense as a storm, and the man who had been vegetarian for a month turned into a hungry wolf.
Patiently and persistently savour this top dessert.
Zhao Lanxiang stroked his slightly sweaty back with both hands, the muscles under her thumbs were firm and firm, and her nails sank deep into his flesh.
A cold wind whistled outside the window, and snowflakes fell.
The interior is full of warm spring, warm and melting ice.
…
After finishing the incident, He Songbai put his arms around his wife and fell asleep.
His muffled voice was hoarse afterwards, "I'm so glad you came to see me."
Zhao Lanxiang pinched his waist and glanced at him, "If I don't come, you don't even know how to go home."
"I'm afraid you forgot what day it is today."
He Songbai was pinched all over by his wife, and his body stiffened. He laughed faintly, and the breath sprayed between his breaths was warm and hot.
"How could I forget." He kissed the corner of her eye.
"If you don't come, I'll catch the plane after finishing the morning's work."
Zhao Lanxiang smiled gradually after hearing this, her heart felt like thick honey.
She raised her head slightly, raised her head and surveyed the man's house, and indeed there was a package of luggage sorted out.
She kissed him and said softly, "Is the ticket invalid?"
He Songbai pressed her soft chest and smiled lowly, "Thank you for visiting me."
"Stay with me for the day."
…
In the summer, He Songbai rarely ended a long and arduous project, and he gave himself a long vacation.
He returned to the countryside with his grandmother, who missed his homeland, along with his wife, two little babies, and Tie Zhuer's family, who also went back to the countryside on vacation.
The sea has learned to walk, and walks very smoothly. The little doll over one year old is as beautiful as a girl, and the skin is fair and tender, as if it can be squeezed out of water. It was the first time for the two little dumplings to take the train. He Songbai thought it would cause a disaster. Unexpectedly, the two little girls were surprisingly well-behaved.
When Grandma was reading a fairy tale to them with a storybook, the pure and dark eyes of the little doll seemed to be able to hold the whole world.
He Songbai remarkably rewarded the sea sitting on his neck. Tie Zhu'er's sister-in-law pushed Granny Li's wheelchair and followed behind. Zhao Lanxiang hugged Tangtang, and the group was mighty and lively.
He Songbai made a lot of money for him in the pig farm in the countryside, and the scale of the breeding has grown to 5,000 pigs. Back then, the mountain he contracted to dig his ancestral property turned waste into treasure after two years and turned into a mountain of fruit. He combined pig farms with orchards and poultry farming to build an ecological breeding base for livestock, poultry and fish, efficiently using the output of each part, and recycling resources.
In the second year, the mountain top fruit trees he contracted were plentiful and yielded unexpectedly high yields. Since then, the "Xiangbai" farm has not only produced meat, but also fruits and vegetables, making "Xiangbai" a famous brand of fresh food.
When "Xiangbai" was not yet outstanding in the real estate industry, it had already made its first shot in the public's vegetable basket.
After returning to the country, the two little dumplings are not familiar with the place where they were born, but they love the country very much.
Tangtang often ran after the old hen at home, but her three aunts couldn't stop her. Dahai likes to eat fruits from the countryside. In summer, bayberry, starfruit, mango, and watermelon are his favorites. He often stays under other people's trees, waiting for his father to pick fruits for him.
Tangtang and Dahai both like to follow their third aunt to the cornfield, where Dahai breaks corn, and Tangtang helps aunt catch bugs to feed the chickens.
When Zhao Lanxiang was looking for the child, two little babies emerged from the lush cornfield and called their mother happily. Their white and tender faces were stained with soil, as if they had rolled back in a quagmire.
He Songbai took the child home to wash Baibai, and then found that his wife still hadn't come back.
He went to the cornfield again, and in the green corn stalks and leaves, he saw the slender figure of the woman under the sun. He called out, "Aren't you going home?"
"I picked so much corn, enough to eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman suddenly lifted the corn leaf and called out crisply: "Comrade, wait a minute, I'm in trouble, can you help me?"
Her voice was gentle and sweet, like a lark in the mountains.
He Songbai's eyes were stagnant, the subject lifted the leaves and smiled at him, the posture, the expression, the vivid picture suddenly jumped out of his mind.
His first encounter with her overlapped with the scene before him.
He smiled suddenly, got into the cornfield, and asked her in a rough voice, "Which field is yours?"
Zhao Lanxiang threw down a basket full of corn, threw him to the ground, and began to laugh uncontrollably.
She kissed him and asked seriously, "Do you want to eat candy?"
He Songbai's back was pressed against rough grass and hard black soil, but on his face was a woman with a bright smile and a azure blue sky. The sunlight reflected the woman's skin as white as snow, as if it would glow.
Back then, when he was a poor boy, he helped her in the cornfield, and he didn't dare to look at her.
He knew she was looking at him, her naked eyes fell on him, and he didn't miss a moment. Her fiery longing was sweet poison to him, keeping him shunned like a flood of beasts.
He said: "In the first year you went to the countryside, you had the same expression when you first spoke to me."
"Get up." He Songbai resisted impatiently and pushed his wife.
She was motionless.
The man patted her tender face and said fiercely, "You know, you won't be able to run away if you mess with me again."
Zhao Lanxiang lay on his chest and couldn't help laughing, staring at him with a pair of clear eyes.
She hugged his thin waist.
He Songbai raised his head and kissed her eagerly, his thumb gently untied her hair, buttons, and burrowed into her tenderness.
"Well, it's useless to provoke me and run."
…
In the 1990s, the economy developed rapidly, factories sprang up everywhere, heavy and light industries ushered in the warmth of spring, and the floating population in the cities increased. The house prices that followed became more and more expensive and remained high, and "Xiangbai" also ushered in its first leap.
The construction of the land that He Songbai bought by patchwork has been started one after another, skyscrapers have risen, and one after another of commercial circles, Huayuan villas and residential buildings have been built, and the transaction volume has reached tens of thousands of times. , the assets of the entire enterprise easily broke 100 million before the millennium.
His name appeared on the mainland rich list for the first time, and the personal brand "Xiangbai" caught up with the tide of the times and walked at the forefront.
Although some people criticize He Songbai as a nouveau riche who started his business with his father-in-law, he must not be rich for three generations. However, some people saw the antique porcelain sold by the He family at a charity auction. The total price of several sets of porcelain was nearly 10 million yuan, and all of them were donated to the Hope Project. Such a large handwriting has caused an uproar in the society.
At this time, some talented people discovered the background of the He family. The He family was originally an aristocratic family in X province that cultivated and studied for generations, and traced back to the ancestors who had produced 21 scholars and three scholars. Even in today's society, it is enough to attract attention, a proper and innocent intellectual family, in terms of wealth, the He family has been rich for several generations. Although it was once brilliant like a shooting star and then fell down in a flash, but now it is rising again
Another person went to the bottom of the investigation and found out that He Songbai's son-in-law was an outstanding talent in the military, his in-laws were leaders of the G military region, and his sons and daughters were outstanding celebrities in the industry. , completely subdued him.
He Songbai's life was smooth sailing, except that he suffered a lot due to his poor family when he was young. He is rich, but very low-key. There is almost no personal news about him except for supporting the charity industry, but almost everyone knows that he loves his wife very much.
When his wife passed away at the age of eighty-five, he also waved his sleeves without taking a cloud, and followed his wife's footsteps and left the world.
Before He Songbai died, he seemed to vaguely see a woman who was as clear as water back then. Her skin was so white that she seemed to glow, and her gentle eyebrows and eyes were smiling like stars.
He said to his children, "I'm going to find your mother."
In midsummer, the strong fragrance of gardenia outside the window is like the music of a summer dream, gorgeous and intoxicating.
He remembered that many years ago, his wife told him that she fell in love with him because he liked the fragrance of gardenias, Aiwujiwu. But it was also because of her that he fell in love with the fragrance of gardenias, the same love for Wu and Wu. There seems to be a little divergence in chronology and logic. He Songbai, who was dying, suddenly understood, a faint smile filled his mouth, peaceful and happy.
The hot summer wind blows, and the gardenias fall all over the place.