good old days

There is a pot sitting on the stove, and the pot is steaming. The smell of bone soup makes the dogs scratch at the door and grunt.

Today's soup was made by Jiang Xinyu. She can cook, but her skills are not high. Today's soup tastes so good entirely because of the good ingredients.

Fresh pork ribs, paired with fish maw, morels, and two pieces of astragalus, the taste is particularly delicious.

Wang Sumei was intoxicated by the smell. She took out a thermos cup and filled it with Chen Jinhua's. "We won't add more coal. Let's take the pot to the kitchen stove after we finish eating. Yahui will heat it up when he comes back in the afternoon."

When it comes to cooking something delicious at home, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are no better than Song Yahui. Song Yahui gets up earlier in the morning, bakes pancakes and cooks porridge, and also cooks Wang Sumei's rice.

The pork ribs were not fishy or woody, soft and tasty, and the soup was fresh and sweet. Jiang Yan finished two small bowls of rice today.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drove to the military and district compound with their children, but the car was stopped outside.

Passing by the football field, a little girl ran up to little Jiang Yan and said softly and cutely: "Chen Jiangyan, you are finally here. Hey, I left this for you."

The little girl holds a piece of chocolate in her hand.

Jiang Xinyu looked at her baby and thought that this boy was doing well in the courtyard, and there were children who gave him candies.

Xiao Jiang Yan looked at her mother's face, then she was excited and calmly took the candy from the girl's hand, "Thank you, Sister Xiaoying."

Xiaoying smiled with two dimples, "You're welcome."

She smiled and leaned close to Jiang Yan's ear, whispering something that both Jiang Xinyu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could hear clearly.

"We will play a game later. I will be Siqi's mother and you will be Siqi's father."

Jiang Xinyu: "..."

Wang Sumei: "..."

Little Jiang Yan shook his head seriously, "I may not have time to play with you. I'm here to see grandpa today."

The little girl put her hands on her hips and pouted and said, "I don't care, if you accept my chocolate, you will be Siqi's father today."

Jiang Yan squeezed the chocolate in his hand and was reluctant to let go. Finally, he nodded in embarrassment, "That's good."

Siqi's biological mother in the distance looked constipated.

These children play house every day. Her family, Siqi, has had several parents. Siqi is a child who doesn't live up to expectations at all, and doesn't want to be someone else's father.

Wang Sumei came back to the compound for the first time. Along the way, Jiang Xinyu greeted people she had spoken to before and introduced her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the child away, and there was a discussion behind them.

Where there are crowds of people, there are rivers and lakes. The women gathering together in this courtyard to talk are the same as the women comrades in the Wuliqiao Brigade gathering to gossip. However, each one has his own way of talking. If you say good things, speak more reservedly. , as long as you understand and I understand, it will save others from offending others in the future.

"Is this Old Chen's ex-wife? Doesn't it mean she's from the countryside? Why does she look so young?"

"Not only is he young, he is also handsome."

"Well, I heard others say that Chen Yi is handsome, but the mother is ugly, but she can still give birth to a handsome son?"

"No matter whether it is beautiful or ugly, having a promising son or daughter is better than anything else. From now on, Lao Chen can enjoy the blessing of Chen Yi."

...

As for Chen Jiajia, I heard that girl Gu Wei said she was addicted to drugs. She was really a troubled child.

The news about Chen Jiajia was passed back by Gu Wei, Feng Man heard about it, and Chen Jinhua naturally got wind of it.

When he was worried, he received the leather shoes sent to him by Chen Jiajia from the United States, the clothes he bought for Feng Man, and a letter.

In the letter, she said that she was doing well abroad. Although the money was stolen, Chen Yi's friend gave him a part-time job. She was paid and received a lot of tips, so there was no problem in her life.

He didn't dare to feel relieved, worried that Chen Jiajia would report good news but not bad news. In fact, her condition was very bad.

He was worried and contacted Chen Yi again. Over in the United States, Lawyer Xu asked the detectives he often collaborated with to look for evidence on Kennelay Street. He accidentally dug up a drug trafficking line and reported it to the police.

In the 1970s and 1980s, smoking marijuana was not legal in the United States, and the government spent hundreds of millions of dollars on drug control every year.

The bearded man with flowery arms was bitten out, and then he confessed. He confessed to Lisa, and Lisa involved Nina again.

After a thorough investigation, the culprit of the last robbery of Chen Jiajia's dormitory was also found out, and the mastermind behind it was Nina.

Chen Jiajia's lost money was compensated. Although there was not much left after paying the lawyer's fees and detective fees, it still prevented her from going into debt.

Chen Yi knew Chen Jiajia's situation and told Chen Jinhua everything when he asked.

Chen Jinhua felt relieved after knowing the situation. Looking at the pair of leather shoes again, he was really relieved.

"grandfather."

Jiang Yanpu arrived in front of Chen Jinhua.

Chen Jinhua was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper. He had lost weight compared to last time.

Wang Sumei got straight to the point and said: "Chen Yi heard about your refusal to have surgery, let us advise you. If you don't care about your own body, we outsiders really have nothing to do with you."

Chen Jinhua said calmly: "He also told me, and the organization helped me contact the medical team. Fortunately, they haven't left China yet and will come back from Shanghai tomorrow."

Wang Sumei thought it would take a lot of words, but she didn't expect that he would change his mind.

"You listen to whatever Chen Yi says? You don't have an idea yourself?"

Chen Jinhua opened the lid of the thermos, took a sip when he smelled the flavor, drank it and tasted it, his eyebrows widened, "The soup is good."

"My idea was not to do surgery, just let it be, but he asked me to do it because his grandson liked me and he hoped I could live longer. I thought about it and decided to take a gamble. If there was an accident, it would be This is my fate, if I survive, I can live a few more years and watch Jiang Yan grow up."

His tone was relaxed and he was very energetic. Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law thought he was in a good mood.

"Chen Jiangyan, come out and play house."

A little girl's loud voice sounded at the door.

Little Jiang Yan stood up: "Grandpa, grandma, mom, I'm going out to play."

Jiang Xinyu felt that her son's face was a little heavy.

"Yan Yan, be happy when you go out and be a father."

Little Jiang Yan: "Oh, I know, mom."

He smiled, showing his leaky teeth.

Hearing Jiang Xinyu's words, Chen Jinhua almost spit out his soup while looking at Jiang Xinyu in surprise.

Wang Sumei shook her shoulders and laughed silently.

After his grandson left, Chen Jinhua finished the soup and asked, "Is the foundation going well?"

Jiang Xinyu nodded, "There is no problem. I read those newspapers and they are all relatively objective. There should be no problems in the future."

Chen Jinhua nodded, "That's good. There are only a few people like that interviewer after all."

Jiang Xinyu took the opportunity to ask: "What was the result of Comrade Li's treatment?"

Chen Jinhua shook his head and said honestly and indifferently: "I don't know."

Losing jobs is just the most basic thing, ideological transformation is necessary.