passionate youth

Chapter 46
half a month later.

Beijing.

Snowflakes fell all over the sky, like goose feathers, swirling one after another.

Gently falling on the roof, on the street, on the dry branches...

The sky was dark, the ground was covered with two feet of snow, the wind was howling, and it was freezing cold.

Fenghai District, in front of the Heping Street Post Office.

Jiang Ping'an was wearing a black padded jacket and trousers, a rabbit fur hat, and mille-soled cloth shoes.

He carried a urea bag on his shoulder and carried a urea bag in his hand.

The urea bag on the shoulder contained quilts, clothes and other luggage, and the urea in his hand contained a hen, which was to be given to Chen Xiuzhen.

Half a month ago, he successfully passed the democratic evaluation of the Shangshui Village branch meeting and entered the organizational inspection period.

Within a few days, people from the city and the district came to hold a member meeting in the commune to commend those who had made great contributions to arresting the enemy.

Among them, Jiang Ping'an was recorded as a great meritorious service by the Beijing city officials, and was exceptionally promoted. This time he came to the city to participate in the study.

Chen Zhongze was transferred to Dongjiazhuang Commune and promoted to the head of the Propaganda Section.

Jiang Dahai's promotion to the deputy secretary of the Shangshui Village Branch is a promotion within the party, and he will be nominated and elected as the deputy captain in the next year's election.

There are also some individuals who have been awarded honors such as outstanding party members, advanced members, and advanced producers.

The ten production teams also received collective credit once.

Although it is not a great achievement, the superiors also allocated a lot of food, divided according to the head, and each person was also allocated more than 30 catties of food.

Everything is going in a good direction.

The only regret is that due to the need to keep the case confidential, the situation of Widow Lu and her three daughters is unknown.

Anyway, until now, the three Luo Xiaoyue sisters have not returned to the production team.

As for Widow Lu, she definitely couldn't go back, so Jiang Pingan didn't worry about it.

"Comrade, does Comrade Chen Xiuzhen work here?" Jiang Ping'an stepped to the counter in the hall and asked a big sister knitting a sweater.

"What are you?" The elder sister asked suspiciously.

Jiang Pingan smiled and said, "I'm her classmate, I brought her something from my hometown, can you call her out for me?"

"Xiuzhen's classmate? Okay, just wait!"

The eldest sister was skeptical, but she put down her sweater and got up to call someone for help.

Soon, the sound of cramped footsteps came, and Chen Xiuzhen ran out from a small door, and said with a happy smile:
"It's really you, Ping An! Did you enter the city today? Is it cold outside? Is it frozen? Have you eaten? Do you have a place to live?"

"Wait, I'm going to ask for leave right now, and take you to my place to know the door."

After finishing speaking, before Jiang Ping'an could reply, he turned around and asked for leave in a hurry.

Jiang Ping'an smiled, and thanked the later eldest sister: "Thank you, comrade! I will trouble you!"

"It's not troublesome, it's only a few steps away." The eldest sister shook her head and said with a smile, then gossiped: "Are you and Xiuzhen fellow villagers?"

"Yes, from a brigade." Jiang Pingan nodded and smiled.

The eldest sister looked at him meaningfully, smiled and said:
"Xiuzhen is notoriously cold in our place, and she has rarely been so warm to gay men."

"Hehe, it's normal for fellow villagers to be enthusiastic when they meet each other?" Jiang Pingan said with a smile.

After a few words of idle chatter, Chen Xiuzhen asked for leave and came out with an extra canvas satchel on her shoulder.

"Come on, my place is not far from here, I'll be there in a few minutes." Chen Xiuzhen couldn't hide her joy.

Jiang Ping'an smiled and followed her.

After leaving the hall, Chen Xiuzhen glanced sideways at him, frowned and said, "Why didn't you tie the scarf I gave you?"

As he said that, he quickly took off his red towel and stepped forward to tie it around Jiang Ping'an's neck.

"I'm not cold, don't freeze!" Jiang Ping'an said quickly, and stepped back a few steps.

Chen Xiuzhen glared at him, pouted and said, "Do you dislike me?"

"It's nonsense, isn't it? It's nothing!" Jiang Pingan gave her a blank look and said.

Chen Xiuzhen wrinkled her nose, but still stepped forward to tie a towel on him gently, this time Jiang Ping'an didn't dodge again.

After fastening the scarf, Chen Xiuzhen looked him up and down, nodded in satisfaction, and smiled:
"That's right! Why are you being polite to me? Last time I went back to Shangshui Village, you weren't being polite to me, were you? Are you pretending to be serious now?"

Then he smiled and turned around and walked forward.

Jiang Pingan followed, and said with a smile, "Aren't I concerned about you? Look at the goosebumps on your neck."

"Hee hee, you have a conscience." Chen Xiuzhen said with a smile, and said:

"Don't worry, it's not far from here, even if it freezes for a while, it will be there."

After a pause, he asked curiously again: "What is the purpose of going to the city this time? I am familiar with this place, so I might be able to help."

"I was exceptionally promoted because of my meritorious service. I came to the city to study this time." Jiang Pingan said with a smile.

Then he gave a general account of the capture of Zhou Dazhu and Widow Lu.

"Have you done it? I didn't expect you to have such good fortune. It's amazing!" Chen Xiuzhen said with a face full of joy.

"You don't know, last time you told me that you wanted to enter the city, I came back and asked around to see if there was any way for you to enter the city."

"As a result, you can imagine that it is too difficult to enter the city. I didn't expect that you will solve it yourself first, so I can rest assured!"

Jiang Pingan laughed and said, "Uncle Chen helped me a lot this time."

"He took me to his old comrade-in-arms, otherwise things wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

Chen Xiuzhen walked forward with her hands behind her back, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, and she said with a smile:
"My dad has taken a fancy to you. He likes to drink. You will give him more wine in the future."

After a pause, he frowned again and said, "You agreed to write me a letter, why didn't you write?"

"It's been written a long time ago. I was going to send it to the commune. I just mentioned it. I'm busy!" Jiang Ping'an replied.

Chen Xiuzhen stretched out her slender hands, pursed her lips and widened her eyes, and said, "Where's the letter? I want the finished letter too!"

"It's in the pocket. I'll show you after I go to your place." Jiang Ping'an said with a smile.

The place where Chen Xiuzhen lived was indeed not far away, within a few minutes' walk, in a five-story tube building.

"Room 306 on the third floor is the house that we were allocated when we got married." Chen Xiuzhen said softly.

After finishing speaking, he secretly glanced at Jiang Ping'an again, and was relieved to see that his expression was normal.

While talking, the two walked up the stairs to the third floor.

In the corridors, coal stoves, briquettes, stoves, and even pots and pans are placed at the door of every household.

The corridor is narrow, so avoid it when walking, otherwise it is easy to bump into other people's things.

The door of Chen Xiuzhen's room was empty, Jiang Ping'an asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going to cook for yourself?"

"Hee hee, how is it possible? I eat out every day, can I stand it?" Chen Xiuzhen said with a smile.

Then, he took out the key to unlock it, and added: "I live alone, so I put the stove in the room."

Opening the door, Chen Xiuzhen walked in first, followed by Jiang Ping'an.

Looking around, this room is not small, thirty to forty square meters, with a lot of things, neatly arranged and cleaned.

Next to the door are the stove, pots and pans, rice tanks, dining table, chairs and benches, pantry, chest of drawers, washbasin stand, etc.

The middle is separated by a cloth curtain, which is pulled open at the moment.

You can see that there are beds, wardrobes, desks, sewing machines, dressing tables, radios and other objects inside.

With this configuration, it can exceed the layout of most people's homes.

Chen Xiuzhen closed the door, hung her satchel behind the door, picked up a thermos bottle and poured a cup of hot water, and said to Jiang Ping'an with a smile:
"Don't worry about it, put your things down, sit down and drink some hot water to warm your body."

(End of this chapter)