"Nannan, I know about this." Lin Qingbai said calmly, but his hand holding the car was a little tense. "I also know why Qingsong did this."
"You know why you let Lin Qingsong do this. Xu Hong is very annoying, and I hate her when I look at her. But this kind of thing... is too nasty."
After hearing Lin Qingbai's confession, Xu Nannan suddenly felt like a lump in his heart.
She's a woman, and women are always sensitive about this. Especially since she had almost experienced this kind of thing herself, she could understand more deeply how dirty and abhorrent this kind of thing is. At that time, she even hated herself as a woman, why not a man, if she was a man, she wouldn't have to suffer dirty things.
Lin Qingbai was sullen, not knowing how to answer. He didn't want Xu Nannan to know, Nannan was young and a girl, there were some things she shouldn't know. But now she just let her know again, which made him a little at a loss, and he didn't know how to explain it.
Seeing that he was silent, Xu Nannan felt a little uncomfortable, "I'll go back by myself." She felt that she had to be quiet, otherwise when she saw Lin Qingbai, she would think that this man was indifferent to watching a woman being calculated and innocent. Facing her questioning now, he can still remain silent like this. She actually hoped that Lin Qingbai could explain something.
"Nannan!" Lin Qingbai chased after her and took her hand.
"Brother Lin, let me be alone." Xu Nannan looked at him, "I have to think about it, how much do I really know about my partner?"
Turn around and walk forward.
Lin Qingbai watched her go, thinking of the repulsion in her eyes just now, clenched his fist and slammed it on the bicycle.
Xu Nannan didn't get in the car, and Lin Qingbai pushed the car behind her. The two followed Xu Nannan to the house after a certain distance.
In the yard, Grandma Yu didn't see Lin Qingbai coming to the door, and asked, "Why Xiaolin didn't come today."
"Just left." Xu Nannan said sullenly.
"This child is so sensible every time. He knows not to come into the house casually. Xiao Lin is a good boy, calm and decent. You should get along well." Grandma Yu was very satisfied with this grandson-in-law. I was worried that Xu Nannan was young and playing with his temper, which would hurt his feelings.
Xu Nannan entered the room, but did not answer Grandma Yu's words.
Xu Nannan was a little unsure about being calm and upright.
Early the next morning, Lin Qingbai came again.
Neither of them spoke, and Xu Nannan didn't get in the car either. Lin Qingbai followed behind with a dark face, without saying a word.
When they got to the mine, neither of them said a word.
Xu Nannan knew that Lin Qingbai was sticking to his own ideas. And she couldn't accept that Lin Qingbai had anything to do with that kind of thing, so the two of them tacitly started a cold war.
The key is that Lin Qingbai is in a cold war, but he still comes to pick him up every day.
If he doesn't open his mouth, Xu Xu Nannan will never open his mouth either.
"Boss Yu, I have something to tell you."
After work at noon, Xu Nannan was absent-mindedly going to eat in the canteen when Lin Qingsong stopped him.
Seeing Lin Qingsong, she remembered that this person was the culprit in this matter, and the previous animosity towards him resurfaced in her heart. I thought I was a playboy before, but now I know that I can do such nasty things.
"There's nothing to say." Xu Nannan hurried away.
"I'll make it clear to you. It has nothing to do with my brother. Let's talk about it."
When Xu Nannan heard Lin Qingbai, he couldn't bear it, so he walked with him holding his lunch box.
This was because everyone in the mine had gone to the cafeteria to eat, and there was no one else on the road. The two found a place under the shade of a big tree. Lin Qingsong felt very uncomfortable seeing Xu Nannan's disgusted look.
Regarding Xu Hong's matter, he was holding his breath before, warning this woman's thoughts, who knew that it would become like this later.
"My brother said that you knew about it, and I won't hide it from you. It was indeed designed by me. But I was also angry. Xu Hong relied on the relationship between the old man and the old lady, and leaned in front of me all day long, and said Sue me for hooliganism. Believe it or not, I didn't think I'd actually make it happen. That's to ruin her reputation. She'll stalk me after saving it. Who knows... Anyway, it's done. But so is my brother For me, don't blame him. You have chilled him for the past few days, he can't sleep at night, and sits all night. I have never seen my brother so sad since I was a child. "
When Lin Qingsong talked about this matter, he felt uncomfortable. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have brought his brother in. Who knew that this matter could be known to the director.
Moreover, when Xu Hong's incident happened at the time, he didn't feel much. He just felt that it seemed to exceed his expectations, and Xu Hong really couldn't do anything wrong with him in the future. And that is self-inflicted. But after hearing the people in the mine talking a lot, I felt quite uncomfortable again. I feel like this is too much trouble. He hated Xu Hong very much, even after Xu Hong threatened him, he no longer hated him, but regarded him as an enemy. He felt that he should not break his hand when dealing with the enemy. But after listening to the discussion of the people in the mine, he felt that this matter seemed to exceed his expectations. After all, it was because the enemy was a woman.
He didn't fully understand it on his own side, and his brother was also implicated by him, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Hearing what he said, Xu Nannan laughed angrily, "Listen to you, Xu Hong did it on her own, but when it happened, you were not at fault at all?"
Lin Qingsong was a little emboldened by her question.
"Why didn't she dare to pick up on your brother? Why did she pick up on you. After all, you are the same. Lin Qingsong, think about whether you have any problems getting along with lesbians. You are a man, how many women are you?" You won’t suffer if you get close to comrades. But what will you do if you let those lesbians do? Do you think that Xu Hong’s matter has subsided and she will be fine in the future? Let me tell you that there are many things. She lived by herself No matter how hard it is, she did it herself, and no one sympathizes with her. But if it is because of you, your life will be ruined in the future, will your conscience be at ease?"
Lin Qingsong's face turned pale. "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with my brother..."
"I know it has nothing to do with him. I'm angry that he supports you in doing this. What happens to you and Xu Hong, and what happens to Xu Hong, it's all your own business, but I don't want your brother to intervene like this about it." When Xu Nannan talked about this matter, his heart choked with discomfort.
Even if Lin Qingbai fought with someone and beat him to half his life, she couldn't even blink her eyes. But this kind of dirty thing...
Xu Nannan couldn't go on talking anymore, turned around and walked away holding the lunch box, not even going to the cafeteria. Straight back to the office.
Everyone in the purchasing department knew that Xu Nannan was in a bad mood these days.
When Section Chief Xiao assigned tasks, he tried not to assign them to her as much as possible.
But Li Weiming is busy with getting married now, and has no time to go on business trips. Sister Liu has to take care of the family now, and she can't go far. There is only one Xiao Zhang left, and she is very tired.
"Chief Xiao, arrange tasks for me too, I haven't gone out for a long time." Xu Nannan didn't want to affect his work because of his bad mood.
Hearing what she said, Section Chief Xiao worried, "Nannan, with your recent situation, can you travel far?"
Xu Nannan nodded, "Yes, I've been at home for a long time, and it's time to go out and work."
"That's fine, the list of Dongyang City, you go." Dongyang City is also a province in the north.
And there, near the northwest.
Xu Nannan thought of Teacher He. Teacher He is at the Northwest Farm. It's a good time to go and see Mr. He. When opening the letter of introduction in the afternoon, Xu Nannan asked Zhu Fang to help him open an additional letter of introduction to the Northwest Farm.
Xu Nannan was still wondering whether to tell Lin Qingbai about the business trip, but in the afternoon, Lin Qingbai didn't come. I ran into Lin Qingsong on the road, and she didn't have much to ask.
Lin Qingsong said with a sullen face, "My brother is away."
In fact, until now, Lin Qingsong didn't know whether he should or should not deal with Xu Hong's matter. But Xu Nannan's words also reminded him that his previous actions were indeed absurd.
In the past, he didn't have the concept of keeping a distance at all. He felt that he didn't have dirty thoughts, and it seemed nothing to get close to lesbians. But what happened to Xu Hong this time... He thought, if he could be like his brother, maybe it would not be so easy for others to grab him. Things that he didn't think were so important before seemed to have become more important.
"Officer Yu, about Xu Hong's matter, I found that young man, and he was willing to marry Xu Hong. I know it's a bit shameless, but I have nothing to do. I asked Xu Hong yesterday, and she was not happy. She said I was not willing Marry her, just wait for Liu Hongjun... Never mind, about Xu Hong, don't remember my brother. I am his younger brother, and he must protect me. You can blame me, but don't blame my brother. My brother was young I have suffered a lot, at such an age, it is rare to be with someone, don't get dirty because of my affairs."
Xu Nannan felt very uncomfortable when he thought of Lin Qingbai. "When your brother comes back, tell him that I'm on a business trip."
When boarding the train, Xu Nannan was in a better mood. Instead of going to Dongyang City, she got on the car to the northwest directly.
The weather in the northwest is also hot, which is better than that in Nanjiang.
After getting off the train, Xu Nannan asked for the way all the way. On the way, he met a fellow villager who was going shopping in the city. He took a ride and finally arrived at the Northwest Farm smoothly.
Xu Nannan thanked him. He took out about two catties of large white noodles from the bag. "Thank you very much for today."
The driver was the captain of the village, a simple and honest man from the northwest. Before he could speak, his wife took it over with a smile, and said enthusiastically, "Big sister, thank you so much, it's all on the way. Do you have a place to live this night? There is no place to live near here. If you don’t have a place to live, just go to Xiawan Village ahead and find the Captain’s house. We have nothing else in our house, and we still have a place to sleep.”
That's exactly what Xu Nannan meant. This newcomer is not in the city, and he really needs to find a place to stay. He smiled and said, "That's fine, thank you first brother and sister-in-law."
After the people left, Xu Nannan found a place where no one was around, bought some cornmeal and miscellaneous grain powder, and made another ten catties of noodles, and carried them on his back to the farm.
There were people from the local corps guarding the gate of the farm, watching her carry something, and said seriously, "Who are you looking for?"
Xu Nannan smiled and said, "Two comrades, this is the Northwest Farm. I'm here from another place for business. No, a fellow asked me to bring things here."
As he spoke, he took out a few boiled eggs from inside and put them in the arms of the two of them.
At this time, it is easy for others to refuse to give anything else, but food cannot be refused.
Especially this kind of nutritious eggs.
Those who were originally planning to be stricter were embarrassed to stop them.
Knowing that Xu Nannan was here to deliver things for someone, after asking for his name, someone found someone in charge.
Soon, a middle-aged man came over. After asking the reason clearly, he looked at Xu Nannan, "Looking for Lao He?"
As soon as Xu Nannan heard the title, he knew that this person should have a good relationship with Mr. He. Nodded, "The one who brought him things for others. I will leave as soon as I see you."
"There are quite a few people looking for Lao He recently." The man muttered, "Come with me."
Xu Nannan followed behind, making friends, only to realize that this was Director Qiu from the farm, who was in charge of allocating the work.
The two stopped in front of a row of wooden houses, "Old He, someone has come to see you."
"I'm eating. It's a coincidence that you came here at the time of eating." Director Qiu said.
Soon, He Qiusheng came out from inside. Seeing Xu Nannan coming, his eyes lit up, and he was a little surprised.
Seeing He Qiusheng's thin and frail appearance, Xu Nannan almost burst into tears.
Uncle He looks like this, obviously thinner than when he was in Nanjiang. It seems that there is a lot of work.
"Okay, you guys hurry up and talk, you still have to work later." Director Qiu said seriously, and was about to leave.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Xu Nannan hurriedly said, "Don't leave in a hurry, I brought some special products here, just for you to try."
As he spoke, he took out five catties of white flour and a bag of brown sugar in a small sack from the big sack. They are all bad things to buy.
Looking at the things in his hand, Director Qiu glanced at He Qiusheng, "Old He, who brought this to you."
Before Teacher He could speak, Xu Nannan smiled, "Who doesn't have three friends and four friends, distant relatives and neighbors. Even if we have to keep a distance now, we are still relatives after all. If we really don't care about it, it's not too unreasonable." Is it? Director Qiu, go back and see if it’s good to eat, and I’ll send it to you later.”
"Okay, let's have a good chat." Director Qiu left with his things.
When the person left, Teacher He looked at her and sighed, "You child, why did you come here when I told you not to come?"
As he spoke, he carried Xu Nannan's big bag and walked into the house. Xu Nannan followed immediately.
"No one in this place knows me, and it's far away, so it doesn't matter. No one in Nanjiang knows that I'm here to see you. Besides, I can help carry things, can't you?" It was because of the distance that Xu Nannan dared Come to meet people so clearly. Sometimes the people who stare secretly are the familiar people around.
"Oh, one or two, it's all like this."
Teacher He sat down and sighed, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks to prepare for dinner. At first glance, the food Mr. He ate was not bad, the bowl was full of corn mush.
The farm here also provides food, but there is not much to eat, and you can also cook a small stove by yourself. But with their identities, it is impossible to get a cooking pot.
Xu Nannan discovered that there was an iron pot in Mr. He's place. And it looks new.
"My son gave it to me." Teacher He smiled as she watched her staring at the pot. Obviously in a good mood.
"Your son?" This was the first time Xu Nannan had heard of Mr. He's son.
"He's a good-for-nothing brat. Tell him not to come to see me unless he brings his daughter-in-law, but he still comes here by himself." Teacher He smiled. He didn't mention it any more, but looked at her and said, "Why are you here? Don't come here in the future, just pick up something once, and if there are too many, it won't work."
Once people can open and close their eyes, there are too many, and no one will believe that they are not familiar.
Xu Nannan said, "I know, I just want to come and see how you are doing."
"You saw it too, it's pretty good. Although I wasn't free when I was there, but anyway, with a company, I can still talk when I'm working."
He said it lightly. As soon as Xu Nannan heard it, he knew it wasn't so good. Look how skinny people are.
Xu Nannan's nose was a little sour.
Seeing her like this, Teacher He sighed, "I really have a good life, don't miss me in the future. I will help you because I think you are a kind-hearted child, a hard-working child, and smart, and it is a blessing to help you." It's not for you to reciprocate. Don't always think about it. Don't turn around and I will help you, but you put yourself in it."
Xu Nannan nodded. She also knew that she didn't have many chances to see Teacher He. I can send things here in the future.
I don't know how many things can get into Mr. He's hands, but at least for the sake of being able to see things, treat Mr. He better.
"Teacher He, I'm in love." Xu Nannan thought for a while, and felt that he still had to tell the teacher about it.
Hearing her words, Teacher He smiled, "I'm curious, what kind of young man is so blessed."
"Before I thought he was very good, good at everything. He was decent and nice to people. But later, I found out that he was not that decent. He knew that others did bad things, and he didn't stop them, and he didn't feel wrong afterwards. I felt a little uncomfortable again. I felt that such a thing was left on him, and I was shocked when I thought about it. I felt that he should not be that kind of person. "
Xu Nannan finished speaking incoherently. Seeing that Mr. He was silent and didn't respond, he thought he didn't understand, but saw Mr. He put down the bowl and chopsticks, "Your matter is quite similar to what my son and I said. This kid , I was a person who refused to admit defeat since I was a child. This time I came in front of me, and it seemed quite difficult. I only found out when I asked, he said that he was despised by others. "
Xu Nannan didn't know how he talked about his son, but if Mr. He wanted to say something, she couldn't interrupt, "Why are people disgusting? It's because of his identity?"
Teacher He's son will always be involved.
"That's not true. What happened to me didn't affect him. It's just that someone close to him did something bad, and he didn't stop it. He didn't want to stop it either. As a result, his partner found out about it. The target detested him , I think he is not as good as before, but a bit bad."
Xu Nannan's heart moved and he looked at Mr. He.
Teacher He sighed, "Nannan, to judge whether a person is bad or not, it is actually to see where the bottom line is. Different experiences have different bottom lines. For example, my son, who fled with his mother since he was a child, experienced things , more than others, his bottom line is a little lower, maybe some people think he is bad. But I don’t think he is bad. When he sees injustice, he will reach out, and he is even more enthusiastic than others. But sometimes he does It's unacceptable. Even me, sometimes I feel that this kid thinks too much. But after going through a lot of things, I understand him. "
"I used to have an old friend for many years. He was also a close elder of this child. We went from Shanghai to your provincial capital to teach together. At that time, both families lived well. His wife was a poet, and he Like-minded. But because he was favored by a female student, he was entangled, and finally forced to separate his wife and children. He couldn't stand the blow, so he jumped off the teaching building, in front of the teachers and students of the school, I traded my life for his innocence. When I saw his open eyes, I hated, hated that female student. Later, I did some things to seek justice for him, and in the end, I came to this place. It was one of my students who sent me here. This student did this for love. But my son also sent them to the place where they should go. Tell me, who is bad in this matter? Anyway, this matter Inside, we both felt that the other was the bad guy.”
"He..." Xu Nannan swallowed nervously, "What's your son's name?"
"He Lin." Teacher He looked at her.
"Nannan, you should know whether he is really upright. Don't deny everything just because of one of his points."
He Qiusheng stood up, as if ready to go out to work. Xu Nannan also stood up, his head was buzzing.
"Nannan, live a good life. Everyone has a good side and a bad side. How to choose is up to you. He may not be good, but he is always good to you."
Seeing Xu Nannan leave, He Qiusheng sighed. Xiao Linzi, I can only help you so far. This temper should be restrained by someone.
When they left the farm, Director Qiu sent them out.
Maybe because he took some things, he has a good attitude towards Xu Nannan. Xu Nannan asked for the specific address of this place, and said that he would help people send things over in the future, and then asked Director Qiu to help them collect them.
Director Qiu naturally understood the words.
He smiled and said, "It's okay, this kind of thing is easy, it's not troublesome."
The two tacitly agreed.
It was getting late when we left the farm, and it would take a long time to walk to the city with our feet. Xu Nannan simply went to spend the night at the house of the captain of Xiagou Village that he met before.
It is estimated that because Xu Nannan's things were taken before, the captain's family welcomed Xu Nannan. Moreover, Xu Nannan brought some eggs over, which made the captain's wife laugh from ear to ear.
Knowing that Xu Nannan is here on a business trip, and also a worker in the city, he treats Xu Nannan like a VIP.
The fine grain that Xu Nannan gave was something that everyone was reluctant to take out for everyone to eat. During the meal, the captain's daughter-in-law pinched Xu Nannan's gnocchi, that's all. None of the three children in the family had to eat. Worried that the children would be greedy and wanted to eat, he specially asked the three children to eat outside.
"Comrade, you are delicious. I don't know if the food made by us rural people is suitable for our appetite."
The captain's daughter-in-law laughed.
Xu Nannan looked at the things in the bowl and smiled, "I don't really want to eat this, let them eat it, I can just eat something mushy." Then he called the children to come in, and gave the children the pimples in the bowl point.
Seeing Xu Nannan like this, the captain's wife felt a little embarrassed, "Comrade, you, what are you... Oh, comrade, you are a good person."
These days, who can eat in one bite and save it for others to eat. It's just a little bit better in the past two years. In the past, even the soil was eaten, let alone the gnocchi.
Xu Nannan forced a smile, look, how easy it is for people to be satisfied. A bowl of gnocchi, all good people. In the future, no one will eat such a bowl of pimples.
How could she understand the thoughts of these people without going through these hardships. No matter how much I recall bitterness and sweetness in the past, it is not as good as the real feeling this time.
Just like she and Lin Qingbai live in different environments, she has no way of knowing what he thinks in his inner world. Where is his moral bottom line? But she didn't know, and seemed to understand a little bit.
He is not as majestic as she thought. But who can say he is a bad guy.
He is just a good man with his own selfishness, not so aboveboard, and even a little sinister.
Early the next morning, Xu Nannan went to the city in a car from the brigade. After all, it was for shopping. Xu Nannan made a detour to Dongyang City, bought the supplies according to the items on the purchase list, and after sending them out at the post office, he didn't collect the supplies like before, so he went straight back to Nanjiang.