The winter is cold and shrunk, and it is smoky to say the least. But even so, there are still many people on the street. Those who came and went in a hurry were all rushing to work. Xu Nannan found that although these workers were in a hurry, they all had smiles on their faces, expectations, and full of energy.
This kind of atmosphere cannot be felt intuitively in the small county town of Nanjiang. They are really working with enthusiasm and energy and want to contribute to this country. Just looking at them, Xu Nannan felt energetic all over his body.
When we got to the square, the genius was bright.
Xu Nannan looked left and right, but she didn't see the guard of honor. Although she hadn't seen the national flag raising live, she had seen it on TV before. The national flag bearers of the honor guard in uniform flung the national flag into the sky with handsome movements. With the wind over the capital, the national flag fluttered in the wind. The scene was exciting to watch.
After waiting for a while, Xu Nannan looked at a middle-aged man in overalls who took out a national flag from his bag. With a solemn expression, he put the national flag on the line, and slowly, the national flag rose up...
The man was still singing the national anthem, and as the national flag was raised, his singing became louder and louder.
Xu Nannan couldn't help singing along softly.
The national flag was hoisted and the national anthem ended. The worker saluted and hurried to work again.
After staring at the national flag for a while, Xu Nannan turned to look at Lin Qingbai, "Isn't the guard of honor raising the flag?"
Lin Qingbai also looked away from the national flag, "What guard of honor?"
"Flag raiser, flag bearer..." Xu Nannan suddenly thought of something. All the flag-raising ceremonies she knew happened a long, long time later. But at this time, she really didn't know if it was the same as before. Maybe it's because raising the national flag is already a well-known thing. As long as you are a Chinese, even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you will know what it is like to raise the national flag. So she subconsciously thought that these things have always been like this.
Lin Qingbai rubbed the top of her hat-wearing head, "What are you thinking about all day long?"
Xu Nannan said sullenly, "Thinking wildly." She forgot that at this moment, how could the whole country still have the energy to pay attention to these ceremonial matters.
The Lin family, Lin Changzheng also came back from the outside early in the morning. He stayed in the camp all night. If he didn't think about Lin Qingbai's return, he wouldn't plan to come back during the day.
As he walked into the house, he let Li Wan wait on him and changed his cold overcoat, "Where is Qingbai, he is not a person who sleeps late."
Li Wan said, "I went out early in the morning and took that little girl out for a stroll. You don't know how to be considerate of what it looks like in the winter."
When Lin Changzheng heard this, he paused when he changed his shoes. Then he shook his head and laughed, "This kid finally looks like other kids of the same age, and he knows how to please his wife."
Seeing him heartless, Li Wan felt a little uncomfortable. While going to make tea for him, he said, "What's the matter with a big man who surrounds women all day long? Didn't you also focus on your career at the beginning? That girl is still too young, she will definitely not be able to take care of Qing in the future." Bo. Lao Lin, let me tell you about this matter. Anyway, I am not satisfied with this child. Even if it is not Ximei, there are other good girls, but I am not satisfied with this child. Although I am his stepmother, but I haven't treated him badly these years. Even if I have other thoughts on this matter, most of them are for him. "
"Li Wan, don't worry about this matter, I can't even care about his affairs." Lin Changzheng felt a headache when he heard these things.
It's not right to say Li Wan, but this matter is logical, finding someone in the compound is not bad for Qingbai's future. But Qingbai has his own ideas.
Seeing that he was unhappy, Li Wan stopped arguing with him. After so many years between the two, she has never been able to convince Lin Changzheng once. Anyway, Ximei has to deal with this matter. As for that Nan Nan, she has made it clear that she will be the daughter-in-law of the Lin family.
Just as the couple were talking, Sun Ximei also ran over, panting, and looked into the room, "Uncle Lin, Auntie, where's Brother Qingbai?"
"Qingbai has gone out, why don't you wait at home, it's very cold outside." Li Wan came over to help her get the shoes.
When Sun Ximei heard this, she was stunned, "Goed out? I went out this early in the morning."
"No, that little girl is not sensible." Li Wan said.
"Li Wan, what are you talking about, bring Ximei's shoes, let the child come in and sit down to warm up." Lin Changzheng said with a straight face.
"I'm taking it." Li Wan laughed quickly.
Sun Ximei didn't want to come in, she stood at the door and bit her lip, "I, I'd better go back first, and come back later." Brother Qing Bai is not at home, so it's meaningless for her to stay here.
After speaking, he turned around and ran away.
"This child, oh, how wonderful." Li Wan sighed.
Sun Ximei just went out and came home. Grandmother was cleaning. Seeing her come back like this, she was surprised, "Why are you back? Didn't you go to the Lin's house to play?"
"Brother Qingbai is not at home." Sun Ximei lowered her head.
Grandmother came over, frowning slightly, seeing her unhappy look, and asked, "I heard that Lin Qingbai didn't come back alone this time, he brought a little girl with him, didn't he?"
Sun Ximei nodded.
"In this case, you should leave their house. Otherwise, they will gossip."
"Why don't you go? I've been there all these years, why can't I go now. Mom, you don't want me. Brother Qingbai came back with a girl. But both Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin don't like her. If it wasn't for Brother Qingbai who went out alone without any relatives around, she wouldn't be able to take advantage of it." After talking about it, Sun Ximei's nose was sore. All these years, she never gave up. But when she was not with Brother Qingbai, he took advantage of his loopholes. If I had known that she would not have studied in this university, I would have gone to Nanjiang with Brother Qingbai. Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with that girl.
Seeing her daughter so sad, Grandmother felt quite upset. She has seen her daughter's attitude towards Lin Qingbai all these years. But Lin Qingbai didn't cherish it. It's fine if you don't cherish it, but if you find a better one, we'd love it too. In the end, I brought a girl back from a small county town. Doesn't this make everyone in the compound a joke
"Ximei, your father doesn't agree with the matter between you and Lin Qingbai, or forget it." Grandma persuaded.
Sun Ximei said firmly, "Mom, marriage is free now, you can't force me. No matter what, I will fight for it."
Seeing her daughter so persistent, grandma couldn't say anything. Just remembering what her husband said to her at night, she also has scruples. If Lin Qingbai treats their daughter well, their family can take care of each other. If it's not good, why should their family go into troubled waters
It's just that there are some things that I can't tell my daughter yet. It seems that when Lao Sun comes back, I still need to discuss this matter with Lao Sun.
It's a pity that Lin Qingbai's younger child, aside from other aspects, is really an excellent child.
After breakfast outside, Lin Qingbai and Xu Nannan went back to the compound. After buying some gifts outside, the two went directly to Zhou's house to visit.
The old chief before Yu Hai, Zhou Yunshan, was also a well-known figure. Even Lin Qingbai often heard stories about this former leader when he was in the army. Fearless, fearless, hot-tempered, daring to confront the leader, but very capable. The most important thing is to protect your shortcomings.
Therefore, as long as they were people Zhou Yunshan took care of, they especially worshiped the old chief.
Now Zhou Yunshan's troops are all going to the front line, and Zhou Yunshan will also go there after the next year. So Xu Nannan felt that it was a coincidence that he came here. If it had been later, he probably wouldn't have seen anyone.
The house of the Zhou family is exactly the same as that of the Lin family. They planted their own vegetable field, which is covered with a thick layer of snow.
Hearing the knock on the door, the guard ran over to open the door, and saw Lin Qingbai and Xu Nannan with a bit of surprise on his face.
Lin Qingbai said, "We want to visit Chief Zhou."
"Wait a moment, I'm going to ask the chief." Then he closed the door and ran away.
Lin Qingbai smiled, "I guess I won't see you."
"Why?" Xu Nannan asked in surprise. As soon as the words fell, I heard a roar from inside, "Old Lin's family, why are you looking for me? I don't see you. Lao Lin came in person, but he didn't see you. Grandma, I have no friendship with him."
Even through a door, Xu Nannan could hear the shouts from inside the house, and his face was a little embarrassing.
Lin Qingbai smiled, "I've been implicated."
"..." How much hatred is this.
The guard opened the door quickly, with a serious face, even if his face was a little red, he guessed that he felt embarrassed in his heart. It's just hard to show it on the face, so he said in a stiff voice, "Our head of the family has an old problem, and it's inconvenient to see guests now. Why don't you come over next time. And these gifts can't be accepted."
Just send a letter, wait for the next time? Xu Nannan took out the letter in his bag and handed it to the guard, "Comrade, I'm from Nanjiang, and I'm here to deliver the letter. The chief is not feeling well, so we won't go in, but please pass this letter on to Chief Zhou for us, okay." No?"
Hearing that Xu Nannan is from Nanjiang, the guard widened his eyes, "Are you from Nanjiang?"
Xu Nannan nodded with a smile.
The guard looked at the letter in his hand, "Okay, I'll pass it on to the chief. If the chief wants you, where can I find it?" He said, looking in Lin Qingbai's direction.
"Just go to their house and look for it." Xu Nannan bit the bullet and pointed at Lin Qingbai. There's no way, although the chief hates the Lin family, but who told her to find a Lin family as a partner.
The guard received the letter, "Then I know."
After completing the task, Xu Nannan stopped being annoying at the door of his house. He dragged Lin Qingbai back and walked back. After walking a long way, he couldn't help asking, "How did your father offend him? This conflict seems quite serious." People who live in a big courtyard have to take some sympathy into consideration anyway. To be able to directly prevent people from entering the door, this must be a big fuss.
"I'm not very clear either. Uncles don't mention it either. But it seems to be a huge difference in ideas. My dad doesn't say anything about it, and it's not easy for us to ask."
Xu Nannan thought to himself, because of differences in ideas and ideas, there can be such a big trouble. The tempers of the older generation are really awesome.
At this time, Zhou Yunshan, who had a very bad temper, was lying on the bed losing his temper. He felt that the guards were really ignorant, and even sent a letter to the Lin family, which was a slap in the face.
"It's okay, okay, do you have such a big temper? Didn't the person leave? You just have to make trouble." A middle-aged woman with short hair next to him persuaded him while feeding him medicine.
"I'm just not happy, what's wrong?" Zhou Yunshan hummed. "Who is your daughter-in-law and who are you helping?"
Madam Zhou rolled her eyes helplessly. It has been many years, and this temper cannot be changed.
"Help you, all right."
"I should have helped me in the first place. How much did I suffer because of Lin Changzheng. I am annoyed when I see this unsteady guy."
The guard looked at Zhou Yunshan with the same temper as the cannon was lit, and felt a little embarrassed. But it's not easy to not do things that I promised others. He took the letter out of his sleeve.
"Report to the chief, the lesbian who came together just now asked me to forward a letter to you, oh, this lesbian is from Nanjiang."
Hearing that it was a messenger, Zhou Yunshan was about to get angry, but he was stunned when he heard that it was from Nanjiang, "Nanjiang? Who is from Nanjiang? He is old and his head is not working well."
Mrs. Zhou stared blankly holding the medicine bowl, "If it's less than that, it's from Nanjiang."