Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 164 The Source of Love

Chapter 164 The Source of Love

At night, Guan Xiaoyun lived in Liu Xiaonan's office, and Liu Xiaonan's family lived in the big room upstairs.After working and playing all day, the two children were so tired that they fell asleep early in the small suite.

Meng Xiangxiang leaned on the bedside to read an English book, while Liu Xiaonan lay on the side with his arms behind his head, staring straight at the ceiling, without saying a word.

Meng Xiangxiang asked, "What is his father, or their father, thinking?"

Liu Xiaonan sighed and said: "Our daughter is amazing, let her solve the problems that adults can't solve easily. She is kind-hearted and delicate, and she will definitely take over the pen in my hand in the future."

"My daughter has already said that when she grows up, she wants to be a doctor."

"Being a doctor can also be a part-time writer. I have been busy with some mundane things these past few years, and I almost forgot that I am still a writer. Sometimes I want to write something, but my heart seems to be blocked by something, and I can't write a single word." I can’t come out. Maybe I really don’t have the talent for writing, or maybe it’s true that as Teacher Yue said, the talents of my life have been exhausted ahead of time.”

"You don't have to blame yourself, and don't push yourself too hard, just let it be."

"Ms. Zhao told me about this, and Yue Xuelian's senior sister also comforted me. They said that literary publications are gradually in recession, sales have dropped sharply, and they even have to publish books at their own expense. It would be nice to be able to do something about the real economy. But I think Watching you improve day by day, I am still walking in place, and I am anxious in my heart."

Meng Xiangxiang put down his English book and said, "No matter how far I have gone, it was my elder brother who held my hand and walked step by step. Today's incident, my daughter made my heart undergo a baptism, and I have I want to tell you about an idea. Your farm has never had an official name, so I thought of one for you, called the source of love, how about it?"

"Good name!" Liu Xiaonan sat up and said, "Only those who have truly loved will understand the profound meaning of these three words."

"I suggest that you write it down in your own hand and engrave it on that rock."

"As expected of my Xiao Meng, I will do as you wish. Some people have abandoned love, while others have picked up love, so that the source of living water will come."

Meng Xiangxiang praised: "Senior brother will always be my senior brother. I am just throwing bricks to attract jade, and senior brother has given a new artistic conception."

Afraid of waking up the children, Liu Xiaonan held back her laughter and said, "Let's stop flattering each other. To be honest, I have an idea that has been brewing for a long time. Your father-in-law provides agricultural technical services for the villagers, and I also want to do it for the village. Some practical facts. The classrooms of the village primary school are still the old houses when I was studying. They are in disrepair. It has the ability to build a hope primary school for the village.”

Meng Xiangxiang said: "Mr. Guan went from the city to the countryside to teach. As his successor, you should have such a wish. I support you."

A few days later, a label written by Liu Xiaonan himself was hung next to the gate of the farm, and the six bold characters of "The Source of Love Farm" caught the eye.

On the front of the oval-shaped reef, in the middle of the oyster shells that have become gray after weathering, the three characters of "the source of love" are also engraved with the same handwriting.

In the last week before Guan Xiaoyun went abroad, Liu Xiaonan drove her back to Liuzi Street to say goodbye to her parents and sisters.Meng Xiangxiang took the two children back together to visit their grandparents.

When approaching Liuzi Street, Guan Xiaoyun said to Meng Xiangxiang with some sadness and nostalgia: "I have lived in your house for more than three months, and I have to live with you, and I have to teach English for me, which is causing you trouble. "

Meng Xiangxiang said: "They are all sisters, and the family does not speak two different languages."

Liu Xiaonan said to Guan Xiaoyun: "When you are abroad, safety is the first priority. If there is any danger, come back immediately. I will make up for the loss. It's no big deal. Besides, let me say one more thing, don't you don't want to listen. Even if you are divorced, You also have to respect yourself. Don’t look at everything abroad, especially foreigners. You just went to work for three years, went abroad clean, and came back clean.”

Guan Xiaoyun shouted: "In front of the child, what are you talking nonsense, am I that kind of person? Did you get provoked by Yue Xuelian and equate me with her?"

Liu Xiaonan stopped talking with a sullen face, and Meng Xiangxiang secretly poked Guan Xiaoyun.

In the evening, the family sat on the kang and watched the two children perform. Qimeng sang and danced, and Qiyu did somersaults on the kang.The two children were tired from playing and fell asleep in grandma's arms.After the family quieted down, Liu Xiaonan finally got down to business with his father.

Liu Xiaonan handed over a passbook of 20 yuan to his father. He said, "I want to learn from Mr. Guan and do something for the children in the village. When Mr. Guan passed away, my grandma told me that Mr. Mr. Wu. I can’t be Mr. Guan, but I can follow his example and rebuild a decent elementary school. You and Uncle San will discuss how to do it. If there is still a shortage of funds, I can add more.”

Liu Zhixin weighed his passbook, and asked his son: "This is a great thing for the benefit of future generations. The ancestors, Mr. Guan and your grandma will be very pleased if they know about it. Don't worry, your third uncle and I will get it done. It's just that , if someone asks who donated it, how should I answer?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Just say that it was donated by the descendants of the Liu family. Don't mention my name on any occasion. I don't want to make this matter a big deal. If that happens, it will go against my original intention."

Liu Zhixin said: "It's better to keep a low profile. Actually, if I don't say anything, people will think it's you."

Jiang Changling took a look at the passbook and said to her son, "That's too much! Why don't you give me some money to spend?"

Liu Xiaonan smiled and asked her mother: "You are an old lady in the countryside. My dad's retirement salary is enough for you to spend. Why do you need so much money?"

Jiang Changling said: "I save for my grandchildren. My grandchildren will go to college and get married. As a grandma, I can't do nothing empty-handed."

Liu Zhixin said to Jiang Changling: "What your son is doing is a big deal, so don't mess it up."

Liu Xiaonan said to her mother: "Your daughter-in-law and I have our own division of labor. She is in charge of the inside and I am in charge of the outside. Your request is an internal matter of the family. If you want to save some money, you can ask your daughter-in-law for it."

Meng Xiangxiang smiled and stuffed a passbook into the aunt's hand. She was worried that the aunt would be unbalanced, and she had already prepared for it.

More than half a month after Guan Xiaoyun went abroad, Liu Zhixin called Liu Xiaonan: "After I discussed with your third uncle, your third uncle consulted the higher authorities, and the county and township levels agreed to build a new school building, and decided to start construction during the summer vacation. The school site was demolished. Your third uncle mobilized people from the village to provide volunteers, and I made a budget, which is basically enough. The school is called Liuzi Street Hope Primary School, and there is only one addition, which will be donated by the descendants of the Liu family.”

Liu Xiaonan said: "If there is any surplus, I will buy a new batch of tables and chairs. If there is no surplus, I will also replace a batch of new tables and chairs. If you can afford a horse, you can also afford a saddle."

Liu Zhixin said: "One more thing. I discussed it with your third uncle, and I want to erect Mr. Guan's stele again, and put it up at the gate of the elementary school. What's your opinion?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Strictly speaking, I'm just a descendant of the Liu family who walked out of Liuzi Street, and I shouldn't be involved in the affairs of the village. You and the third uncle discussed it with the elders in the village. I don't have any opinions."

With sufficient funds and strong organization, the villagers responded positively and enthusiastically. The new primary school building was completed on time before the start of the new school year and was delivered for use, and a simple opening ceremony was held.

Liu Xiaonan declined to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and went home early with Meng Xiangxiang, and visited the new school building accompanied by Guan Deyu.

A new school building with a row of red bricks and black tiles and solar heating devices stands on the original school site; white walls and concrete floors, new blackboards, and temporary new tables and chairs will provide children with a more comfortable learning environment.

The name of the school was written by Liu Xiaonan, engraved on the lintel of the school gate, and beside the school gate stood the stone tablet of Mr. Guan.

The size of the new school building is half that of the old school building. Guan Deyu explained: "Young people don't want to work in agriculture, and they go to the city one after another. The number of children in the village is decreasing year by year, which is enough for us."

Liu Xiaonan measured the school name he had inscribed, compared it with Mr. Guan's stele, and said to Guan Deyu, "Third Uncle, I have never been able to grasp the essence of Mr. Guan's calligraphy. pointing."

Guan Deyu patted Liu Xiaonan on the shoulder and said, "Xiaonan, let's not mention the fact that Mr. Guan is my father. If Mr. Guan has done something for Liuzi Street, you already have his spirit, Whether the handwriting looks like it is a trivial matter. I didn't intend to praise you in person, and all the villagers know it well."

Although Liu Xiaonan repeatedly emphasized not to make a big fuss, his donation to build the Hope Primary School still made the headlines in the evening papers in Bincheng.It's just that Guan Deyu kept his promise and didn't say Liu Xiaonan's name. The newspaper only said that the descendants of Liu's family who had a successful career, Mr. Guan's closed disciples, did not forget their hometown donated money to build a school.

Friends in the cultural and business circles who knew Liu Xiaonan called one after another, asking, congratulating, or admiring her.Liu Xiaonan neither denies nor explicitly admits it, and just lets everyone watch it as news, which is unspeakable.

For the past few days, he has been hiding in the farm, rejecting all invitations from friends, he does not want to put himself on the cusp of public opinion.Hide for a few days, and everything will disappear after a while.

Therefore, when Gu Yu didn't say hello in advance and drove to the farm alone, Liu Xiaonan was not surprised at all.He was checking the stock quotes, Wu Yanli led Gu Yu into his office, poured two cups of tea, nodded slightly and left.

Glancing at Wu Yanli's back, Gu Yu asked, "This person looks familiar, who is she? Why is she here?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Of course you are familiar. She is Guan Xiaoyun's master, her name is Wu Yanli. She was a wheel operator in the former Bincheng Textile Factory. After losing her job, she found a job with me to support her family."

"A job as a personal female secretary?" Gu Yu sneered, "The reporter from the Evening News should come here to interview you on the spot, so that everyone can see the truth. A young entrepreneur who is touted as donating money to build a school for his hometown still cannot get rid of the image of a man in his bones." It's tacky. It's just such a dilapidated farm, and it needs to be accompanied by a beautiful female secretary."

"Is it not possible?" Liu Xiaonan asked back: "I don't have a loom here, and I don't have a machine or a familiar working environment that she is familiar with. Should I let her do the work of a farmer and a fisherman?"

Gu Yu glanced at the single bed behind Liu Xiaonan, and sneered, "Are you an office, or a bedroom?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "It's both."

"You men really don't have a good thing."

"Today, I'll let you see if there are any good things among men."

Liu Xiaonan led Gu Yu into Wu Yanli's room across the corridor.Wu Yanli was not in the room, Wen Tian was sitting in a wheelchair watching TV alone, when he saw Liu Xiaonan coming in, he shouted happily: "Dad."

Liu Xiaonan agreed resoundingly, looked at the TV and said, "Wen Tian is watching basketball, the score is very close, the game is really exciting, isn't it?"

Wen Tian responded with a smile "ahhh".

Liu Xiaonan pointed to Gu Yu and said to Wen Tian: "This auntie is the leader of your mother's former factory, and she came to see you specially. Did you pee? Dad will carry you to the bathroom."

Wen Tian shook his head "ahh".

Liu Xiaonan stroked Wen Tian's head and said, "If you have something to say, Dad can hear you."

Wen Tian agreed with an "ahh".

Liu Xiaonan led the stunned Gu Yu back to her office, sat down and asked with a smile, "Sister, what do you think after seeing that scene just now?"

Gu Yu couldn't believe the facts in front of him, and turned his eyebrows coldly: "After you and Wu Yanli had this disabled child, you abandoned their mother and son, and then quickly married Xiaomeng. Now that your conscience has found out, you brought their mother and son here again ?”

"Imagination is so rich, why don't you write novels?" Liu Xiaonan asked: "There was an incident that caused a sensation in Bincheng. I don't know if you still remember it. At the beginning of the year, a laid-off worker climbed onto the chimney of the factory. , jumped down."

Gu Yu said: "I remember that incident, it should be from the electromechanical installation company."

"That person is the father of this child, Wu Yanli's husband. After her husband passed away, Wu Yanli carried her son back to her natal home. The mother and son lived in a small room with her parents, and she cleaned in the warehouse. Wang Aiqing Wang The master told me, and I took their mother and child to me. The child can't speak or walk. After arriving here, the first word he can say is dad, and it is the only word he can say so far. Biological father Gone, the child has found a father for himself, do you think I should agree?"

"But it scared me, so it was like this." Gu Yu smiled apologetically: "Well, you are one of the rare good men."

Liu Xiaonan asked: "Sister, you came here with emotions today, it seems that I didn't make you angry?"

Gu Yu sighed, and said unnaturally: "Last night there was a big fight."

Liu Xiaonan said: "When a woman quarrels with a man, they usually go to her mother's house. You came to my place, did you come to the wrong place?"

"I'm not in the mood to joke with you." Gu Yu said sharply, "He was having an affair with another woman, and I noticed that he not only refused to admit it, but even bit me back, saying that I was having an affair with you. Are we having an affair? Are you having an affair? Say, are we ambiguous? If I don't come to you, who will I look for?"

"You want me to explain clearly to my brother-in-law in person?"

"I can't swallow this breath. Why should I be accused of being innocent? I'm sorry for not being ambiguous with you once."

Liu Xiaonan stood up, took Gu Yu's hand and said, "Don't you just want to take revenge on him? Come with me, I have a ready-made room upstairs."

Gu Yu sat still, looking at Liu Xiaonan with a complicated expression.Liu Xiaonan let go of her hand and said, "Forget it, Gu Yu. You're not that kind of person, so why speak out in anger? It's not conducive to solving the problem."

Gu Yu stared at Liu Xiaonan with a stern expression, "Maybe if you persist, I will follow you upstairs."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "I'm not that kind of person either. Besides, I'm afraid my father will break my leg."

(End of this chapter)

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