Counterattack 1988

Chapter 276 Debt 【Subscription】

Shen Xue had already packed everything up and was waiting for Wang Lin to arrive.

Wang Lin stopped the car and saw Shen Xue standing in front of Xiao Bailing's office with several suitcases piled up beside him.

"Why did you mention it?" Wang Lin asked with a smile.

"I asked them to help bring it down." Chen Xueyan smiled, "To save you from coming and wasting time. Let's rush over for lunch and come back after dinner."

"Okay, you get in the car, I'll put your luggage." Wang Lin opened the trunk, stuffed the luggage in, and put the ones that couldn't fit in the back seat.

They knew that there was a shortage of supplies in the countryside, so they bought a lot of New Year's supplies and sent them to the countryside.

Wang Lin drove out of the city, came out from the direction of Hongqiao Airport, and drove along the direction of Kunshan towards Gusu.

It was also Shen Xue's first time driving back to her hometown in Gusu, and she didn't know the route.

After entering the boundary of Gusu, Wang Lin asked where the village was, and drove a car to ask the way.

"Did you rarely go back to your hometown?" Wang Lin asked.

"I came back several times when I was young." Shen Xue said, "I haven't been back since my parents passed away."

"The relatives in the family have no contact?"

"They all know that I have no money, so it's useless to come to me." Shen Xue laughed, "Think about it, I'm a woman who makes money, and I have to raise a grandma. If I don't ask them to borrow money, they will burn incense Yes. They went to the city, and the round trip cost tens of dollars. When they arrived at my house, they had no meat, no sugar, and nothing to bring back. Why did you come to me?"

"Is there only interest between relatives? Your grandma is still alive! Don't they come to your grandma's birthday?"

"In my impression, only when my grandma turned [-] years old, relatives from the countryside came once, and they left after eating. They ignored me. The meal that time was eaten in a state-run restaurant. Yes, I spent all the savings of my grandma and me, and they are still not satisfied, saying that people in the city only eat this? It’s not as good as the food in the country! I’m speechless, I don’t know what to say.”

Wang Lin said with a smile: "I don't believe that life in the countryside is better than in the city? At most, they feed a few chickens and a pig, but they have to wait until the Chinese New Year to kill them for food. Usually they live with vegetables and rice. "

"How could their life be better than that in the city? These days, no one is rich. They are snobbish and bully me without a father or a mother! Since then, I haven't seen them again. I don't know how my grandma If you want to, you must go back to the country to live.”

"The old man grew up in the countryside, right? She has feelings for her hometown, which is a kind of nostalgia."

"When you talk about nostalgia, it reminds me of Mr. Yu Guangzhong's little poem. Later, nostalgia is a short tomb. I am outside and my mother is inside."

Hearing the sadness in her words, Wang Lin stretched out his hand, held her hand, and said softly, "Shen Xue, you are very strong."

Shen Xue said: "I have no choice but to be strong. I used to think that my life would be so lonely until the day I passed away. Until your appearance, I saw the courage and hope to live."

Wang Lin felt a pain in his heart as if a needle had been pricked.

Shen Xue regards him as the whole of her life, but she doesn't know that she is only a part of Wang Lin's life. Although it is a very important part, it is not the whole after all!

Wang Lin didn't know, what would Shen Xue do if one day she knew the truth?
He didn't dare to think!

Several times, he wanted to muster up the courage to confess all this to her.

However, he was afraid of losing her.

This is the beauty's heart that he has worked so hard to get!
He held it in his palm for fear that it would break, and held it in his mouth for fear that it would melt!
What to do from now on?
It's not that Wang Lin didn't think about it, he also thought of ten thousand ways to solve it!
Gradually came to a place Shen Xue was familiar with.

She swept away the gloom on her face, looked at the scenery outside, and said with a smile: "Wang Lin, I have been here before, I remember, when I was young, my parents brought me here, that small pond! My father Take me there to catch tadpoles!"

"Is that coming soon?"

"Yeah! We'll be there soon."

The dirt roads in the countryside are difficult to drive, Wang Lin can't drive fast.

Fortunately, it never rained, otherwise the deep and shallow mud ruts would break down his car.

Occasionally, a few farmers passed by on the road, and they all looked at this small car with a Shencheng license plate curiously.

Let alone a car, even a truck is a rarity for country folks!
Wang Lin smiled and said, "I've been here once, so I'll remember the route next time. In fact, the scenery in the countryside is beautiful! It's still winter! Wouldn't it be more picturesque if it came to spring?"

"It's very beautiful. When I came here, it was spring. Unknown small flowers bloomed everywhere. There was also a pear grove. When the pear blossoms were in bloom, it was snow-white. When the pear blossoms fell, it was like a flower rain. The scenery left an indelible impression on me. The only deep memory I have of my hometown is the pear blossom rain.”

"Hearing your description, I think it's so beautiful! Shen Xue, let's come to the countryside to see pear blossoms in spring!"

"You still want to come?"

"Hearing you say it makes my heart itch."

"Have you ever been to the country?"

"No."

"That's no wonder, you are curious about the countryside." Shen Xue pursed her lips and smiled.

"There is no way ahead." Wang Lin looked around, "How far is it?"

The main road has been cut off in front, and there are only two small dirt roads extending into the distance.

"It shouldn't be far, let's go over there."

"it is good."

The two got out of the car.

Wang Lin opened the trunk and brought out the luggage.

Shen Xue took Wang Lin to the hometown in her memory.

After walking for a while, a middle-aged woman walked up to her. She was carrying a load of baskets, stared at Shen Xue curiously for a long time, and then called out uncertainly: "Are you Xiaoxue?"

"Yes, I'm Shen Xue." Shen Xue vaguely remembered this person's face, but couldn't call out his name.

"I am the sixth aunt of your cousin's grandfather's family! You came back to the village when you were young, and I met you before. You and your mother look quite alike! I recognized you when I saw you."

"Hi Aunt Liu! Whose house does my grandma live in? The second uncle or the third uncle?" Shen Xue asked.

"Your grandma lives in her own house. It's your old house, do you remember? Here, walk over here, see?"

"I remember. Thank you, Aunt Six."

Aunt Six walked away with a smile.

Shen Xue was stunned.

"What's wrong?" Wang Lin asked.

"Wang Lin, my old house is still a thatched roof, an old adobe brick house, and it has been in disrepair for a long time. How can my grandma live alone?" Shen Xue's eyes were sore.

"Didn't you tell me before that she lived at your uncle's house?"

"That's what my grandma said in the letter!" Shen Xue shook her head, "I don't know what happened."

Wang Lindao: "Don't think about it, go there first, if it doesn't work, we should take grandma back to the city to live?"

"En!" Shen Xue nodded, quickened her pace, and walked towards the old house in her memory.

Below a small hillside, there is a single farm house, a few small ruined houses, covered with thick thatch.

It was the first time Wang Lin saw such a house, and only then did he understand why Sun Xiaodie didn't want to go back to the countryside after entering the city.

Even if you only sleep in a dormitory in the city, with only one bed, it is much better than in the countryside.

In front of the door is a piece of soil, which is quite large. There are several trees planted in the ground. The ones that have lost their leaves are jujube trees, and the ones with evergreen leaves are orange trees.

In the miscellaneous room next to it, there was a faint curl of cooking smoke rising.

A few chickens are looking for food in the lawn, and they are not afraid of strangers.

When Shen Xue saw her familiar hometown, a strong sense of nostalgia welled up from the bottom of her heart.

She shouted happily: "Grandma!"

In the miscellaneous room, Grandma Shen came out, rubbed her presbyopic eyes, and said with a smile, "Xiaoxue! You're back!"

Shen Xue ran over, threw away her luggage, and hugged grandma: "Grandma! I miss you!"

"I miss you too!" Grandma Shen smiled and looked at Wang Lin, "Comrade Wang Lin! You are here too!"

"Grandma!" Wang Lin said with a smile, "Let's come and see you."

"Okay, Shen Xue told me everything in the letter, you and Shen Xue are talking about someone now, aren't you?" Grandma Shen said with a cheerful smile.

"Yes." Wang Lin responded boldly.

Grandma Shen's face is kind and calm, and her body looks good. It seems that she lives in the country, except for the difficult conditions, she can get by.

"Grandma, why do you live here?" Shen Xue asked.

"Xiaoxue, this is your home. I don't live here, where do I live?"

"You not only have my father as a son, but I also have two uncles! Why don't they take care of you?"

"I can eat, sleep, and do things. I don't need other people to take care of me." Grandma Shen said, "Your two uncles are good people, but your two aunts are not easy to get along with. I live comfortably alone. .”

"I knew it! It must be that they don't want to see you anymore! They kicked you out." Shen Xue said, "Grandma, come back to the city with me to celebrate the New Year! Don't come back again!"

"That won't work, Xiaoxue. I promised your grandfather that I will go home and guard him when I am old. When I die, I will be buried next to his grave. I will explain everything about my funeral. When you come back Grandma just kowtows a few times."

"Grandma! How do you say that! You are still young! You live a long life, you are middle-aged!" Shen Xue wiped her eyes.

"Okay, don't cry, grandma isn't dead yet! Come in and sit down, Wang Lin, come in too."

"Hey!" Wang Lin dragged his luggage in.

The furnishings in the room were even simpler than Wang Lin imagined.

A few bamboo chairs, a wooden table, and two old broken cabinets with paint peeling off, other than that, nothing else.

There is electricity in the village, but there is not even a black and white TV set at home.

Grandma Shen said: "I don't know if you will come back today, I will go to the butcher Zhang's house in Qiancun to weigh some meat."

"Grandma, don't be so busy, I brought back a lot of vegetables." Wang Lin quickly unpacked his luggage and took out the pork, beef and mutton he bought.

"Why do you buy so many things? It's too expensive!" Grandma Shen said, "Both of you are salaried, living in the city costs a lot, so don't worry about me."

Wang Lin smiled and said, "Grandma, I have money."

"What a good boy!" Grandma Shen laughed, "I'm relieved to come back to live for a while with you taking care of Shen Xue. My Shen Xue has a bad temper, so you have to take care of me."

"Grandma, Shen Xue has a good temper, like a fairy!" Wang Lin looked at Shen Xue.

Shen Xue playfully made a face at him.

Grandma Shen said: "A woman can't treat herself as a fairy. Once she becomes a fairy, she will be lost. Shen Xue, you are a woman after all. Women have to do housework and have babies, do you understand?"

"I know, grandma, don't say anything!" Shen Xue said shyly.

Wang Lindao: "Talk, I'll cook some dishes soon."

Grandma Shen said: "The firewood stoves are used in the countryside. I'm afraid you're not used to them. Let me come and you sit down. Don't worry, I'm still in my [-]s and [-]s, and I can still cook! We used to come here like this .I live in the country, and I am happier than in the city. Houses in the country don’t need to climb stairs, the air is good, and it’s quiet!”

Wang Lindao: "The air is really good and full of oxygen. When I get out of the car, I feel lighter and feel better! It's really quiet! I can't hear any noise. It's just that the house is too old. "

Grandma Shen said: "This is the condition in the countryside. Look at how many houses in the whole village have built brick houses?"

Wang Lin helped to pack the dishes to the miscellaneous room.

The miscellaneous room is a separate firewood room, with firewood piled in the corner, and a large stove built with earthen bricks under the wooden window here.

Grandma Shen is cooking, using a pot-bellied iron pot.

The adobe brick houses are neatly tidied up, not as shabby as other farm houses.

Wang Lin thought to himself, as expected of the Shen family, even if they live in the countryside, their life is healthier than that of ordinary people.

Shen Xue helped cut some vegetables, but was kicked out by Grandma Shen: "Go and accompany Wang Lin, he is not fun alone."

Wang Lin walked around outside the house, he was very interested in everything in the countryside, and planned to go up the mountain to have a look.

Shen Xue came out and saw him staring at the mountain in a daze, so she smiled and said, "You want to go up the mountain?"

"I heard that there are winter bamboo shoots on the mountain, I want to look for them." Wang Lin said with a smile, "Do you have a hoe at home?"

"Oh, don't think about digging winter bamboo shoots yet! It's time-consuming." Shen Xue smiled, "I see, why do you like my hometown more than me?"

"Your home is my home." Yang Lin said with a smile, "Your parents have no sons! You don't have any real sisters either! Isn't this ancestral house left to me? This will be my hometown from now on."

These words made Shen Xuefang's heart warm.

Wang Lin couldn't stay idle: "Why don't you go fishing in the pond in front?"

"Don't run around! We'll have dinner later." Shen Xue giggled, "Is it so fun?"

"Very good!" Wang Lin said, "Shen Xue, let's demolish this old house and build a villa at home, what do you think? The foundation here is very big, and half of the ping can be used as a yard, and we can build It's a huge villa!"

"Building a villa? In the countryside?" Shen Xue had never thought about it.

Wang Lindao: "Think about it, grandma definitely doesn't want to go back to the city. She is only in her sixties, and she will live to be a hundred years old. She still has more than thirty years to live! To put it bluntly, even if she can only There are still more than ten years left in her eighty years, you don't want her to live in this earthen house forever, do you?"

Shen Xue's expression darkened: "How much will it cost?"

Wang Lindao: "We spent [-] yuan, it's enough! Maybe we won't need that much, building materials and labor are cheap now! It's even cheaper in the countryside! But we can make the foundation firmer, use more reinforced concrete, and make the decoration more luxurious." ! Anyway, I’m not short of money!”

"One hundred thousand?" Shen Xuefang's heart trembled.

Wang Lin said with a smile: "If you want to build, build the best villa, and decorate it according to the city's. Use bricks to decorate a septic tank, and you can install the city's toilet in the house. Water is a problem! I think about it." How to solve it, let’s dig a well, install a water pump, install a water tower on the roof of the building, pump the water up, and we can solve the domestic water problem. I am a mechanic, and I understand these things. This will definitely work. You don’t need to build a building too high, let’s build a small building with three floors! Build a main room on each floor, and then build a three-bedroom and two-living room..."

Shen Xue listened to what he said clearly and logically, planning the future, as if there was really a villa in front of her, rising from the ground!
She was moved, knowing that Wang Lin thought so because of her, so she reached out and took his hand.

At this time, a voice came from the road: "Shen Xue is back?"

"Second Uncle! Second Aunt!" Shen Xue looked at the person and shouted, and at the same time let go of Wang Lin's hand.

The two middle-aged farmers came over, and the woman smiled and said, "Aunt Liu told me that you are back, but I still don't believe it! You came back just in time, and you paid back the fifty yuan your grandma owed my family." Right? It’s going to be the Chinese New Year soon, and this debt owed for the Chinese New Year is not pretty, don’t you think? Anyway, you are from the city and have a salary, so it’s not short of fifty yuan, is it?”

(End of this chapter)