Life 1984

In the early morning, Shen Xiulan woke up in Li Yunhai's arms.

This was the first time she spent a good night with Li Yunhai in Li Yunhai's hometown, on the bed of this old house that symbolized the Li family. She had a very strange feeling, just like the concubine in "Raise the Red Lantern" who was lit by the master and had a different status in an instant.

Li Yunhai was like an ox plowing the fields last night, tireless. He went to bed very late and is still asleep at the moment.

Shen Xiulan showed a satisfied and happy smile. She kissed Li Yunhai, and then got up early like a newly married daughter-in-law, for fear that her parents-in-law would dislike her for being too lazy.

Shiban Village in summer is a vivid and layered picture.

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine shines on the village, everything gradually wakes up. The breeze carries the fragrance of the rice fields and the moisture of the soil, gently brushing against the cheeks, as if telling the story of farming. The smoke rising from the farmhouse, accompanied by the chirping of poultry, started a new day.

Shen Xiulan has been to Shiban Village several times, but this time she discovered the unique beauty and freshness of rural life.

Zhang Shuwen's attitude towards her has indeed changed greatly. Not only is she polite, but she is also extraordinarily intimate and appreciative.

Before Shen Xiulan came, she knew that Li Yunhai was going to have a showdown with her family. She was extremely uneasy. A woman's natural shame made her feel that she was not qualified, but her ambition made her look forward to this moment.

When everything settled and there were no worries or quarrels, she was happy to accept her new identity.

Just like Songlian in the movie, no matter how much reluctance and reluctance she had before entering the house, once she entered the deep mansion of a wealthy family, she would be overwhelmed by the privileges of a concubine such as tapping her feet, lighting lamps, and ordering food, and she would resist from the bottom of her heart. If you are thirsty for it, you will fight with others to get more rights and interests at all costs.

Li Yunhai completed his acceptance of Shen Xiulan in another way.

After Shen Xiulan got up, she took the initiative to help Zhang Shuwen with housework.

Zhang Shuwen looked at her lovingly and refused to let her help. He asked her to go for a walk nearby with Su Hong and just come back for breakfast later.

Su Hong pulled Shen Xiulan to the side of the road and walked along the newly built cement road towards Baixi River.

"Mr. Shen," Su Hong held Shen Xiulan's hand and whispered, "I just knew it was you."

Shen Xiulan asked in shock: "What do you mean?"

Su Hong chuckled and said: "You also know that the sanitation in Mr. Li's lounge is cleaned by a few people from our secretary's office. Under normal circumstances, I clean it. One time, I was in Mr. Li's lounge After seeing that kind of thing, I kept guessing who this woman was! Now I know it’s you.”

"What did you find?"

"It's the residue after passion, the water stain accidentally left after love."

"what?"

Facing the direction of the rising sun, Shen Xiulan blushed.

She was indeed messing around with Li Yunhai in the lounge, but she didn't expect to be caught by Su Hong?

But she couldn't remember what happened that day. Did she not clean up the remaining garbage that day, leaving Su Hong with a clue?

"You, what do you know?" Shen Xiulan said slightly shyly, "It's not what you think."

Su Hong decided to pierce the window paper and didn't care about anything else. She simply opened the window and said frankly: "Mr. Shen, don't worry, I am very strict and will not talk nonsense. Think about it, Mr. Li can lead you and I came back together. You didn't avoid me when I called you last night, so you know how much he trusts me. I actually envy you. Really, to be able to follow a good man like Mr. Li, the engagement is actually nothing. What?"

"How embarrassing!" Shen Xiulan covered her face in embarrassment, then let go and said, "Sister Su, we will be good sisters from now on. You must love me."

"I still need you to take more care of me!" Su Hong said with a smile, "I can see that Mr. Li loves you very much. Your life together is very romantic, right? Last time in the lounge, you took a bath together. .”

Shen Xiulan exclaimed: "Take a bath?"

Although she couldn't remember clearly whether she and Li Yunhai cleaned the battlefield after they made love in the lounge. But she clearly remembered that they had never taken a bath.

Because Shen Xiulan was not in the habit of taking baths, she had been frugal since she was a child, and she even felt that bathing was too much of a waste of water.

Could it be that there was someone else taking a bath with Li Yunhai in the lounge?

It can't be Linzhi.

If it was really Lin Zhi, she could order her servants to clean the house openly, and Su Hong would not suspect that Li Yunhai had another woman outside.

When she thought of this, Shen Xiulan's delicate body trembled!

This discovery subverted Shen Xiulan's outlook and cognition!

But she didn't want Su Hong to find out the clues, so she lightly stroked her hair on the temples, and then said, "It happened a long time ago, I can't remember clearly."

After the two took a walk, they returned to Li's house in the morning light.

After breakfast, Li Yunhai took Shen Xiulan, Su Hong and his sister to play in the village's reservoir.

A villager carrying firewood came towards us. He shifted the load on his shoulders and shouted: "Li Yunhai!"

In Shiban Village now, not many people still call Li Yunhai by his first name. Everyone calls him Mr. Li, or Boss Li.

The person in front of me is Zhang Bing, Li Yunhai's classmate in junior high school and from the same village.

Zhang Bing dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school and worked at home to farm. Although he is the same age as Li Yunhai, he looks ten years older. His palms were rough and cracked, and his skin was tanned to a wheat color by the sun, a testament to the long hours of hard work in the fields. He has a strong build, thick black hair, and firm and bright eyes. Only these eyes could allow Li Yunhai to find any trace of his childhood friend.

Li Yunhai took out his cigarettes, handed one over, and asked, "All the young people in the village have gone out to work or start businesses. Why are you still doing farm work at home?"

Zhang Bing took the cigarette, put it under his nose and smelled it, then put it behind his ears and grinned: "Without capital, I can't do business. My mother is also in poor health. It's more convenient for me to stay at home and take care of her."

The village is very big. Li Yunhai's family is at the east end of the village, and Zhang Bing's family is at the west end of the village. The two families are far apart, and they rarely move around. In addition, he rarely returned to the village, and when he did, he stayed in the village for a few days and then left, so he did not know about Zhang Bing's family affairs.

"Why don't you come to me?" Li Yunhai said with concern, "I can help you!"

He took out his business card and put it in Zhang Bing's hand: "Come to me at any time in the provincial capital. I don't dare to say anything else. I can arrange a job for you or lend you money to start a small business. I can still help. I’m busy.”

Zhang Bing glanced at the business card. It only had Li Yunhai's name and a few phone numbers on it. He put the business card in his pocket and said, "You are a celebrity now, I dare not disturb you."

Li Yunhai said: "We are good friends. What you said makes me ashamed. I can help so many people in the village, why can't I help you? Or is it because you have too much self-esteem and are unwilling to accept my help?"

Zhang Bing smiled and said: "I'm not that fragile! If I have a chance in the future, I will come to the provincial capital to find you."

"Okay, when you arrive in the provincial capital, come directly to our company, the Sihai Group headquarters on Huangxing Road."

"I know! I often hear people talk about your deeds in the provincial capital, so I'll leave first."

"goodbye!"

After watching Zhang Bing go away, Li Yunfang asked: "Brother, is he the Zhang Bing who used to help you fight, right?"

"Yes, when I was in junior high school in the countryside, I often fought with people from several other villages. Zhang Bing helped me every time. When we were young, we often skipped school to dig out bird's nests in trees, roll hoops, and play together. Cardboard. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed!" Li Yunhai looked at the vast water in front of him with all kinds of feelings.

They played in the mountains for a long time and picked up a lot of wild dates.

It's a pity that the current wild jujubes are not mature enough and green, and one bite can make all the teeth in your mouth sore.

Surprisingly, Shen Xiulan loves to eat.

Li Yunhai advised her to eat less, fearing that her teeth would become sore and uncomfortable.

During lunch, Shen Xiulan's teeth were unbearably sore, and her teeth seemed to have softened. She felt sore and painful when eating anything.

Zhang Shuwen helped pour a glass of warm water, put a little salt in it, handed it to Shen Xiulan, asked her to rinse her mouth, and took a few candies for her to hold in her mouth. Doing so can neutralize the acidic environment and relieve tooth pain.

Shen Xiulan felt the thoughtfulness and care from her "mother-in-law", and was moved and ashamed, as if she had become a thief and stolen something that originally belonged to Lin Zhi.

Li Yunhai stayed at home for five days before returning to the city.

Zhang Shuwen, who had always been reluctant to enter the city, followed her son to the city for the first time just to see her grandson.

Zhang Shuwen has not yet told her wife that her son and Shen Xiulan have an illegitimate child, for fear that he will not be able to accept it and will do something excessive and hurt his son or Xiulan.

After arriving in Xizhou, Zhang Shuwen couldn't wait to see her grandson.

Lin Zhi went to work.

Shen Xiulan went home and took her son to Li Yunhai's house.

Zhang Shuwen looked at her chubby grandson and was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She hugged him in her arms and kept kissing his face: "Good baby! Call me grandma!"

Li Yanjin pouted and looked at his mother. Shen Xiulan teased him: "Xiao Jin, call me grandma!"

Li Yanjin shouted in a sweet voice: "Hello, grandma!"

"Hey! My good grandson!" Zhang Shuwen laughed so much that tears flowed out of her eyes.

Li Yanxi ran over, hugged Zhang Shuwen's leg, and shouted: "Grandma! Grandma!"

Zhang Shuwen hugged her grandson and then her granddaughter, feeling happier than ever before.

Shen Xiulan stood next to Li Yunhai and whispered: "Your mother is too obvious. Be careful when Lin Zhi comes back and sees the clues."

Li Yunhai covered his mouth and smiled: "Don't be afraid, even if there is a big trouble, my mother will be your amulet."

Shen Xiulan chuckled: "Are you really not afraid of Lin Zhi getting divorced?"

Li Yunhai said firmly: "She will not divorce me. At most, she will have a cold war with me."

Shen Xiulan rolled her eyes at him.

At noon, Lin Zhi returned home and left Shen Xiulan and her children to eat.

During lunch, Zhang Shuwen kept picking up vegetables for Li Yanjin, asking him to eat more meat. She also picked up some vegetables and put them in Li Yanxi's bowl, saying that girls who eat more vegetables will look more juicy.

Although Li Yanxi was young, she was also sensible. She pouted and said, "Grandma, I want to eat meat too! Why do you only give him meat? I am your granddaughter!"

Lin Zhi smiled and said: "Hey, Xiao Xi, how old are you? Have you learned to be jealous? Xiao Jin is a guest and your brother. We are the master. Should the master let the guest be? Should the sister let the guest be? Brother?"

Li Yanxi grunted: "He is not my biological brother, Rui Rui is my biological sister!"

Today’s children are almost ready to become sperm!

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

After hearing this, Shen Xiulan inevitably felt sad.

How she wanted to shout: Xiao Jin is also Li Yunhai's child!

But she didn't dare.

Zhang Shuwen put some meat into Li Yanxi's bowl: "Xiao Xi, you eat meat too."

Unexpectedly, Li Yanxi was short-tempered and actually took out the meat and threw it on the ground.

This move stirred up a hornet's nest.

Before Zhang Shuwen said anything, Lin Zhi couldn't stand it any longer. She slapped her chopsticks on the table and said with a sullen face: "Xiao Xi! How could you do this? Why did you throw away the meat that grandma gave you? ?”

Li Yanxi muttered: "I don't want grandma's meat! I can do it myself. Grandma is partial! She likes other people's children!"

Lin Zhi raised her hand and lightly hit her daughter's arm: "How old are you? Do you already know how to say this? I never taught you! Where did you hear these wild words?"

Li Yanxi burst into tears, and her tears fell like broken pearls.

Zhang Shuwen quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks to coax her granddaughter, and said: "Ling Zhi, how can Xiaoxi be sensible at such a young age? You can't hit her! I have raised five children and have never beaten them. If you don't believe me, ask Yunhai and Yun Fang. Oh, baby, don’t cry. Grandma will take you out to buy sweets, okay?"

When Li Yanxi heard that there was candy, she stopped crying immediately.

Lin Zhi said with a tigerish face: "Eat! No sweets!"

"Wow!" Li Yanxi cried heartbrokenly again. Her tear glands seemed to be equipped with faucets, allowing her to control the valves, cry whenever she wanted, and turn them off whenever she wanted.

Zhang Shuwen picked up her granddaughter and said, "Ling Zhi, please stop saying a few words, the child is still young!"

Lin Zhi said: "Mom, just because she is still young, she can still be taught. When she grows up, she will still be so willful, and it will be too late to teach her."

Zhang Shuwen said: "Children will naturally become sensible when they grow up. There are no children or grandchildren in my Li family who are ignorant."

Lin Zhi said: "Mom, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, but the sons are different! Isn't the third child very rebellious?"

Zhang Shuwen ignored her and carried her granddaughter out.

Lin Zhi had no appetite to eat and said to Li Yunhai: "You judge me, am I wrong in educating my daughter?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Just say a few words, and Mom is right, right? It will be fine as soon as the matter is over."

Lin Zhi sneered and said, "Mom, you're right? Then it's me who's wrong? You and Xini aren't so harmonious, are you?"

Li Yunhai said: "You are all right, it is my fault!"

Lin Zhi said: "I dare not say that you are at fault. Everyone in your Li family is a filial son and a virtuous grandson! Only the daughter of my Lin family is uneducated, does not know the rules, and dares to talk back to her mother-in-law."

After saying that, she got up angrily and walked upstairs.

Everyone looked at each other.

Li Yunhai waved his hand: "Let's eat first!"

Shen Xiulan whispered: "Yunhai, let me take Xiao Jin home! You go and coax Lin Zhi."

Li Yunhai said: "Make her angry! She will naturally come down to eat when she is hungry. How can there be an overnight feud between husband and wife? It will be fine after that."

The word husband and wife hit Shen Xiulan's scar again. She turned cold and said, "It's our fault. I shouldn't have brought Xiao Jin to your house for dinner, which caused disharmony between you and your husband."

She hurriedly finished the rice in her bowl and went home with her son in her arms.

Li Yunhai was stunned for a long time, put a lot of vegetables in a bowl, and ate big mouthfuls. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said, "Eat them all! Aren't you hungry?"

Before Ding Miao left, Zhang Yutian and Liu Qiao had just arrived at Li's house. Together with Peng Dianzi and Zhang Guifen, there were now five servants in the house. They couldn't say anything and just picked up their bowls to eat.

Peng Dianzi said: "Mr. Li, it's hard for an upright official to deal with household chores! You'd better go up and persuade Madam? She hasn't been in confinement for a long time and her health is in serious condition."

Li Yunhai's sullenness quickly dissipated, he put down his bowls and chopsticks, and went upstairs to find Lin Zhi.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhi actually locked the door.

Li Yunhai knocked on the door and shouted: "Lingzhi! Linzhi!"

Lin Zhi refused.

Li Yunhai found a screwdriver. There was a gap in the door. He aimed at where the lock was and inserted it. Then he pried it gently, and the door lock opened with a sound.

Lin Zhi sat up from the bed in surprise: "How did you open it?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "It's a joke! I just opened it casually."

Lin Zhi turned away from him and asked, "What is the purpose of such a door?"

Li Yunhai said: "This is a partition door, and it is not used to prevent thieves. Even the security door cannot stop real thieves."

Lin Zhi lay down and said, "What are you doing here? You go and accompany your Xiulan. Your family is good to Xiulan and her children, but you are not good to me! Mom's behavior is even more obvious, deliberately treating Xiao Jin like that Well, it’s just ironic that I can’t give birth to a son.”

Li Yunhai said: "What about Xiulan? Xiulan has gone home angry a long time ago. If you show her such shame, how can she have the nerve to stay? I'm afraid she will never come to my house for dinner again!"

Lin Zhi snorted coldly: "She's angry? I'm still angry! Humph! If you don't come, I won't come. I don't have to make her my friend!"

Li Yunhai sat next to her, held her shoulders, and said with a smile: "Are you really angry? Who are you angry with?"

Lin Zhi said: "I'm angry with myself! When I wanted to marry you, my mother told you that it was wrong to say that we are not from the same family. The living customs and concepts of the two families are different. In the future, I will have to tolerate you. Or I can only force you to make do with me! I said that as long as there is love, all difficulties are no obstacle. When I think about it now, I was really stupid and naive at the time!"

Li Yunhai sighed softly: "You are right, I am indeed not worthy of you. Now that we are married and have two children, what are you going to do? Do you still want to make trouble with me? divorce?"

Lin Zhi suddenly sat up and said loudly: "Just leave! Who is afraid of whom? You have been holding back the thought of divorcing me for a long time, haven't you? The word divorce is always on your lips! Two daughters, one of us One is fine! Whoever stays with you is a puppy!" (End of Chapter)