They in the 70s

Chapter 120

Zheng Yan came to the courtyard of Wu Qingqing's house with the cornbread in his arms, picked up a small clod on the ground, aimed at the room where Wu Qingqing lived, and was about to throw it over when Wu Changde came out of the house.

"What are you doing!"

Wu Changde scolded, and then he was about to pick off his shoes and beat him.

Wu Changde had promised to give this boy Zheng Yan a probationary period before, so he relaxed a little bit about the relationship between this boy and his daughter. He usually turned a blind eye during the day, but this night He couldn't bear to recruit his daughter, he almost had to beat him every time he saw her.

Zheng Yan was very helpless about this, but in order to pass the inspection period as soon as possible, he never dared to resist. Seeing that Wu Changde was about to peel off the soles of his shoes, he quickly took out the cornbread from his pocket. "Secretary, I'll deliver something to Qingqing, and I'll leave when I'm done."

Wu Changde fixed his eyes on the cornbread in his hand, and was immediately surprised. After all, the food shortage started for a while, and even the wealthiest families in the village could no longer eat such white cornbread cornbread.

"Where did it come from?"

Wu Changde kicked back his shoes again, walked to the door, and asked Zheng Yan suspiciously: "Why is there such a good corn bread?"

Hearing this, Zheng Yan cleared his throat immediately, and then started the rhetoric that he and Lu Zhansheng Song Jian had set up on the road.

"A few of us went to the county seat today. We originally planned to ask if there was any work at the county party committee. However, the big leaders in the county were not here today. Let us go tomorrow. One of the small leaders is very good. I heard that we I went there hungry, and I couldn’t bear to let us come back hungry, so I kindly gave each of us a few corn buns.”

Zheng Yan feels that her acting skills are perfect, her face is not red and her heart is not beating when she speaks, she is steady and there is no flaw at all.

But for some reason, Wu Changde seemed to realize something was wrong after squinting at him for a moment after listening to it, and suddenly knocked him on the head with a cigarette bag and did not say anything, with an expression of "you are still young when you lie to me".

Speaking of which, Wu Changde has worked as a party secretary in Shimen Village for decades, and has dealt with people in the county a lot. He knows the temperament of those leaders in the county best. It is more difficult than heaven to dig out a grain of grain from the bottom.

In the past few years, even in good harvest seasons, Wu Changde, as the village party secretary, has never had a meal in the county party committee compound, let alone now that the food shortage is so serious.

"Xiao Zheng."

Wu Changde put away his cigarette pipe and pot, and his words grew serious. "Although we peasants are poor, we need to be poor and have backbone. We must know what can be done and what can't be done."

"... "

Hearing this, Zheng Yan understood it almost immediately. He obviously felt that the old guy was starting to go in the direction of "I don't know where to steal the corn bread".

As a pending son-in-law who is still in the investigation period, Zheng Yan cannot allow the future father-in-law to misunderstand him like this, so he immediately explained.

As a result, at the beginning of the explanation, under Wu Changde's oblique questioning, he told the truth.

At that time, Wu Qingqing also came out of the house. When she heard that Zheng Yan had gone to work in the quarry, she almost burst into tears.

Almost everyone in Shimen Village knew that the quarry was only established the year before last, and the period of time was relatively short, and both technical equipment and methods were very backward, so mine landslides often occurred, and it only opened two or three times in total. In less than a year, accidents occurred frequently, causing countless casualties.

In the past two years in Shimen Village alone, including Li Yueru's husband, three people were killed and five were seriously injured and disabled. It has almost become a nightmare for the people of Shimen Village.

Wu Changde had also explicitly banned people from the village from working there unless it was absolutely necessary, so after hearing what Zheng Yan said about it, Wu Changde was also very angry, and almost beat him up again.

"Gua Wazi, you know where that is! You dare to do anything!"

Zheng Yan was very frustrated.

Of course, he also knows that there is a certain danger in the quarry, but they are really short of money and food right now. After they ran out of food recently and started to eat only dried wild vegetables, Wu Qingqing's whole body has lost weight visible to the naked eye. After the face became thinner, it was not juicy anymore.

"I just want to make some money."

Zheng Yan looked at Wu Qingqing, and said to Wu Changde: "Otherwise, if everyone is doing this and waiting to do nothing, when will they be starving."

"Being hungry is better than dying!"

Wu Changde was really angry and scared, pointing at Zheng Yan and reprimanded: "Don't go again!"

Zheng Yan didn't make a sound.

Wu Changde scolded again: "Why! Can't hear the words!"

Zheng Yan still didn't make a sound.

Seeing this, Wu Changde became angry again.

"father."

Wu Qingqing stopped Wu Changde: "I'll tell him."

"... "

Wu Changde didn't want his daughter to talk to this boy alone at night, but considering the seriousness of this matter, and thinking that this boy might be anxious because he couldn't pass the inspection period and wanted to perform well, so he just let it go one time.

After Wu Changde returned to the house angrily, Wu Qingqing took Zheng Yan to the yard.

The little girl's eyes were red, her mouth was pouted, she looked like she was about to cry, and she opened her mouth and said, "I don't want to be with you."

Zheng Yan: ...

Even though he knew that Wu Qingqing was being angry, Zheng Yan was still quite flustered by what she said was too scary. He subconsciously grabbed Wu Qingqing's hand, as if he was afraid that she would run away, and immediately apologized: "Don't, I Wrong, don't say such things on purpose to scare me."

"I didn't scare you."

Wu Qingqing looked at him, trying not to cry, so that she looked serious. "Whoever told you to talk doesn't count. When you asked me to be with you, you clearly said that you would discuss with me before doing anything. You are lying."

"No, isn't that because I met you suddenly and it's too late to come back and tell you?"

Zheng Yan hurriedly said: "And I'm not talking about it now?"

"You're lying again! You obviously didn't intend to do that just now!"

As soon as Wu Qingqing got angry, she couldn't help it anymore, and the tears still fell out.

Hey.

Zheng Yan couldn't resist the little girl's crying at all. After he failed in his sophistry, he hesitated for a while and gave up his plan to continue tomorrow. He pulled her close and hugged her. "Okay, okay, I promise you, can't you not go tomorrow?"

Wu Qingqing didn't believe it, and pushed him: "You don't count what you say."

"Forget it, I'll do it if I say so."

Zheng Yan thought for a while, and promised: "Otherwise, you can supervise me, and I will report to you three times tomorrow, morning, evening, and evening. How about it?"

After hearing this, Wu Qingqing's sobbing stopped for a while, and she looked up at him: "Really?"

"real."

Seeing the effect, Zheng Yan immediately patted his chest and promised: "Not only tomorrow, starting from tomorrow, I will come every day from now on, rain or shine!"

"... "

After hearing this, Wu Qingqing was completely relieved, wiped away her tears, and repeated again: "If your words don't count, I really won't be with you."

"Oh, then I'm sure I won't dare."

Zheng Yan pinched the little girl's face and said with a smile: "If you don't get along with me, then what's the point of my life?"

"You, pure nonsense."

Wu Qingqing laughed at him making her tear up, and pushed him again.

Seeing that the coaxing was done, Zheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief silently. He took Wu Qingqing to sit on the stone pier outside the door, and waited for Wu Qingqing to calm down completely before taking out the cornbread he had brought.

Thinking of Zheng Yan earning this cornbread at a risk, Wu Qingqing was a little reluctant to eat it, so she broke off a small piece and gave the rest to Zheng Yan.

Zheng Yan didn't eat, and after persuading Wu Qingqing to eat to no avail, he picked up the rest and stuffed it into his pocket, intending to keep it for Wu Qingqing and let her eat it tomorrow.

After Wu Qingqing finished eating the small piece of Wotou, the two leaned together to enjoy the moon, then hugged and went back to sleep separately.

Even if Zheng Yan passed the test smoothly.

As for Lu Zhansheng, it was just the beginning.

Since the scars were discovered and there is no need to hide them, Lu Zhansheng has returned to his slashing state, sleeping naked at night and never wearing clothes.

So tonight, he deliberately wore a pajamas before going to bed, which aroused He Zhi's suspicion.

After he fell asleep in the middle of the night, He Zhi checked quietly and found the injury on his shoulder.

So, at this moment, Lu Zhansheng was standing in the room with his mouth pouted and his head drooping.

He Zhi got angry and refused to let him go to the kang.

Because Lu Zhansheng didn't tell the truth at first, he said a lot of nonsense.

Later, even if he was found out, he didn't intend to stop, and even tried to persuade He Zhi to agree that he would continue to work in the quarry.

It made He Zhi very angry.

The penalty stand has been going on for about half an hour, and Lu Zhansheng feels that if he starts to pretend to be tired and dizzy at this time, it will be more realistic.

He didn't expect that Zhizhi He broke his way. Just as he raised his head and helped his forehead, He Zhi said to him directly: "Put on some clothes, it's cold on the ground."

Lu Zhansheng: ...

After pouting for a long time, Lu Zhansheng tried to use the injury on his shoulder to win sympathy, but just as he hissed to cry out the pain, He Zhi said to him directly and mercilessly: "Pain doesn't have a long memory."

Lu Zhansheng: ...

Lu Zhansheng had no choice but to close his eyes and temporarily deactivate his hearing function. In the past, he just bent over He Zhi.

He didn't look at He Zhi's expression, nor listen to how He Zhi reprimanded him, he hummed and groaned like a rascal.

Lu Zhansheng didn't stop until He Zhigong fell on the bed, unable to resist the pressure, and didn't have the strength to train him again.

The two lay hugging together, and after a long silence, He Zhi sighed softly, then touched Lu Zhansheng's head, and said, "Don't do dangerous things anymore, I just want you to be safe and healthy."

Lu Zhansheng gave an "oh", then pouted, and said to himself, but I want you to be fed and clothed.

Early the next morning.

Two of the three brothers who had agreed to continue earning money were exhausted by their families, their legs and feet were bound, and even Song Jian, who was exhausted, could not walk.

But they didn't give up.

The temptation of money and steamed buns is too great.

Since you can't go under everyone's noses, then go secretly.

So, after the three of them summed it up, they decided not to do it for nothing, but to work at night, anyway, the wages of night workers are higher.

It's easy to talk about Wu Qingqing, because they don't live together, it's not easy to be discovered, mainly He Zhi.

Fortunately, He Zhi sleeps very well, on time and on time, and after being a little tired, he will close his eyes and sleep until dawn, and he will definitely not wake up halfway.

So Lu Zhansheng became "dissatisfied with desires" again in the past two days, and he had to torment He Zhi every night. When He Zhi fell asleep, he put on his clothes and went to earn money with his brothers in the dark.

The first two days were safe and sound, and the next two days were also safe and sound.

But as the old saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet.

On the sixth night, something happened.

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The author has something to say:

Guess who's in trouble this time?

Lu Zhansheng: Anyway, it can't be me. After all, I'm my own child. I'm so big and caring. Even if I get sick, it can't be me. If I get injured, it can't be me.

Zheng Yan: ...

Song Jian: ...