Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 515 Chapter 514 Dirty Past

Lu Dexian has been sighing since he came back from the police station.

He knew Liu Zhang very well, and at the time he vaguely felt that she was cheating, but he did not take it seriously, thinking it was not a big deal. He had his face saved, and it would be nothing more than paying it back slowly later. Who would have thought that something bad would still happen?

At this moment, Lu Dexian felt a little guilty. If he had known this would happen, he should have asked Liu Zhang to postpone the food coupons for a few days and use them evenly in the following months after the new food coupons were issued. This way, it would not be noticeable.

I was also anxious today and said that the Liu family bought food coupons from the black market.

Selling food coupons on the black market is not allowed. It is a crime of black market trading. If you are caught, you will most likely not be sent to jail, but you will be deported.

Now Lu Dexian had no choice but to wait and hope that Chu Chunxue and Liu Jiaming would not be forced to return home, then he would be thankful.

Liu Chengzhi came back with a gloomy face. Although he didn't dare to get angry in the bureau, he was the head of the family at home after all, so he played his bullying role to the fullest.

"You little bastard! What did you say about your grandma in the police station?" Liu Chengzhi pressed Liu Jiaming on his legs, held him with his arms, and slapped his son on the butt.

Liu Jiaming cried so miserably that everyone in the entire compound could hear him.

Thanks to Liu Jiaming's crying, no neighbors came to collect debts tonight.

Every household has a limited ration. A while ago, I really thought that the Liu family had lost their food coupons and couldn't survive, so I squeezed out one or two kilograms of food coupons from my teeth and lent them to the Liu family. It turned out that they were cheating! They didn't lose any food at all!

It's like someone saying that his family background is poor and asking others to help him, even by donating money or materials, but then others dig up his past and he is left with only a few underwear to reveal.

The people who helped her found that her life was much better than theirs. They had to use both sides of the exercise book they bought, but she had been attending various talent classes since childhood. Who wouldn't be angry?
Chu Chunxue stood aside and watched, not daring to step forward to persuade him. If she really tried to persuade him, she might get hit too. There had been precedents before.

Fortunately, Chu Chunxue's dry heaves successfully attracted Liu Chengzhi's attention.

Liu Chengzhi threw Liu Jiaming to the ground, letting him cry loudly, and asked his wife: "What's wrong? Are you pregnant?"

"Maybe. It's indeed a little late." Chu Chunxue straightened up, wiped her mouth, put her hand on her chest, and moved it from top to bottom, hoping that her stomach would feel better.

"Good, good. Okay, let's clean up and eat." Liu Chengzhi was overjoyed. He didn't care whether his salary could support a family of four. He immediately expressed his intention to keep the child.

"Stop howling, or I'll beat you if you continue!" Liu Chengzhi was laughing just now, but when he saw Liu Jiaming squatting on the ground and howling, he felt inexplicably annoyed. He behaved just like his own mother, all pretentious.

Liu Jiaming was a small man, but he knew how to seek profit and avoid danger. He immediately shut up and sobbed, not daring to make another sound.

There were still some dry food prepared earlier at home. Although Chu Chunxue was pregnant, her treatment did not change. She washed her hands and cooked, stewing a small bowl of cabbage.

A lot of salt was put into the cabbage, so the family just ate it with pickles.

After dinner, Liu Chengzhi thought about his mother's affairs. From what Uncle Lu said, she wouldn't be able to come out for a while, and his wife was pregnant again. It didn't seem like a bad thing to have the old lady around, as it would prevent his wife from being ordered around by the old lady and give her some peace and quiet for a while.

Well, it would be even better if we could be repatriated to the countryside after we get out...

In everything, besides being afraid of being serious, I am also afraid of comparison.

Classmate Xiao Wang didn't have that many thoughts about Liu Zhang. After coming home from get off work and listening to Tang Zhitong's gossip today, he just smiled and said "very good" and that was it. He had no intention of stepping on her at all.

December 12th, Friday, is Xiao Wang’s birthday, which is also Christmas in the West.

Zhang Guifang got up early, kneaded, rolled and cut the dough, made a portion of hand-rolled noodles, and added two eggs to it for Xiao Wang.

"Wenwen, today is your birthday. Eat some noodles. May you be safe, healthy and live a long and lucky life." Zhang Guifang handed the prepared noodles to her daughter-in-law.

"Thank you, Mom!" Student Wang was holding the bowl of noodles, feeling very touched. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to remember this, although it was most likely her husband who told her.

"Come, let's make some noodles for the little birthday boy today." Tang Zhitong came over with the soy sauce bottle in one hand and the sesame oil bottle in the other to join in the fun.

Clear soup noodles have no taste. If you want to make them delicious, you can add some stewed food. There are many kinds of stewed food all over the country, and adding soy sauce and sesame oil is the simplest one.

Although it is simple, the taste is not bad, but the color is not very pleasing, it is a bit dark.

Today, the whole family enjoyed a feast with classmate Xiao Wang. We all had noodles with soy sauce and sesame oil, but we didn't have as many eggs as her, only one for each person.

It was also thanks to Tang Zhitong who secretly used fish entrails to feed the hens at home, otherwise Zhang Guifang might not have been willing to put more eggs in the chickens.

I plan to go to school or work after eating, but the courtyard behind is very lively.

Yesterday, the neighbors heard Liu Jiaming crying and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going to collect the debt. But last night, some curious people heard some groaning sounds coming from Liu's house.

The yard is so small that everyone can smell a fart, so everyone thought that since Liu Chengzhi didn't take his biological mother seriously, he should just go and collect the debt.

"Our family hasn't received the food grain book and food grain coupons yet, how can we pay it back?" Liu Chengzhi was surrounded by creditors before he had even had breakfast. Although he wanted to ask whoever borrowed the money, he held back. It is only natural for a son to pay off his father's debts. Besides, the food is not for his own mother to eat alone.

"Why are you making so much noise so early in the morning? Aren't you going to work? Go away, go away." Lu Dexian heard the noise and came out of the house. He saw that they were here to collect debts, so he didn't ask the reason and wanted to get the matter over with.

"Uncle Lu, Liu Zhang said that her meal coupons were lost, so we lent her food coupons to help her through the difficult times. Now, not only are her food coupons not lost, but Liu Zhang has also been arrested. This is not only a false report to the police to fool the police, but also a fraud against us. No, the food coupons must be returned!"

Lu Dexian was so angry. He hadn't even been removed from his position as a security guard, but someone dared to talk to him like that. Despite this, he still had to suppress his temper: "Don't worry, I'm here to help you with your food coupons. Please give the Liu family two more days, and I'll return the food coupons once they get them back."

"Hey, Uncle Lu, the document is written clearly in black and white. You are the guarantor. If the Liu family doesn't pay back or can't pay that much at once, are you going to pay the rest?" The neighbors who were watching were unwilling to just raise the money high and then put it down easily. Since it has come to this, they must get a definite answer. They don't want to be fooled by Lu Dexian's few words.

"Okay, if the Liu family is not enough, I'm still here. Don't worry. We have been neighbors for so many years, so I, Old Lu, should still have some credibility, right?" In order to save his own face, Lu Dexian gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Okay, with what Uncle Lu said, we can rest assured. We'll come back the day after tomorrow morning. Everyone, go home." With Lu Dexian's assurance, everyone gave him a little face, but it was just a little face.

Over the years, Lu Dexian has taken sides too many times, and everyone has a scale in their hearts. If he had not been appointed as a security guard by the street, who would be willing to pay attention to him?

After breakfast, those who need to go to work go to work, and those who need to go to school go to school.

Although the weather was cold, after the sun came out, a group of middle-aged and elderly women were still washing clothes next to the water station as usual.

The water from the tap is icy, but the well water next to it is not that cold and can be used without even adding hot water.

Just washing clothes is a bit boring, so it is inevitable to chat about the gossip of the Zhang and Li families to liven up the mood.

"Not only are the old people in the Liu family bad, but the young ones are not much better either. Last summer, that kid lied to my grandson and said, 'Your bowl is leaking.' When my grandson heard that, he turned the bowl over and the noodles spilled all over the floor." Aunt A recalled an old story. "Haha, your grandson is really stupid." Aunt B, who couldn't speak, took over.

"My grandson was only four years old last year. At that time, the kid from the Liu family must have been seven years old, right? A child's future can be seen at the age of three, and his old age can be seen at the age of seven. Just wait, he will be the same as his grandmother. Maybe he will also have to go to jail." Aunt A glared at Aunt B. Is the point about my grandson? The point is that the child from the Liu family is not a good student!
"That's right. Your grandson looks very honest, while the grandson of the Liu family is obviously a bully. Hey, did the Liu family compensate for that bowl of noodles? If it were today, we could have a good meal." Aunt C, who likes to watch the fun, said.

"What compensation do I need? With Old Lu standing by to take sides, let alone compensation, I almost called my grandson a fool." Aunt A grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"I came to the city late. What's the matter with Old Lu and the Liu family? Why does it seem like he always favors them?" The speaker was Sister D, an outsider who came to the city to follow her husband after liberation.

"Well, this is a long story." Aunt A turned around and looked around, then lowered her voice and said, "Old Lu and Old Liu moved here at the same time. When they first moved here, Liu Chengzhi was only about ten years old."

"I heard that Liu Zhang used to work for someone else, and Lao Lu was also a laborer for someone else. I don't know how these two got together.

The old man was so angry that his beard was blown up three feet high and he stayed in bed for several days.

But they were all respectable people who had some dignity to uphold, so they did as the story of Pan Jinlian in the book did and sold Liu Zhang to a cripple as his wife. They also sold Lao Lu and asked the human traffickers to sell him to a place where they could suffer.

This human trafficker was just the same. He didn't care about how hard it was, he just cared about making money. So after a few setbacks, he sent Lao Lu to a small factory to pay off his debts.

Hey, Lao Lu was lucky, just like Xiangzi, and he got together with the factory director's daughter, but guess what happened?" Aunt A kept it a secret.

"What's going on?" A group of women were eating melons, but the man stopped talking. They were so upset that their appetites were kept on hold, and they all stared with wide eyes, waiting for what would happen next.

"She can't give birth." Aunt A pointed to the location of Old Lu's house and smiled slightly.

"So Xiao Liu is Lao Lu's child?" Upon hearing this, the women began to imagine.

"Oh, I didn't say that.

Anyway, when they first moved here, Old Lu would go over every now and then, either bringing money or delicious food. Otherwise, how could Liu Zhang have been so fat and white?

You didn’t see her when she first came here. She was not only skinny, but also dark and skinny. It took two or three years to raise her, so she is enjoying a good life.” After Aunt A finished speaking, she pouted, looking disdainful.

"Does she have any objections?" someone asked, murmuring in the direction of Old Lu's house.

"When they first came, they were a bit awkward for a few days, but I guess they got over it later and decided that out of sight, out of mind, so they never saw each other again.

For so many years, I have been turning a blind eye to this. We have to live our lives, right? "

"Hey, where did Lao Lu get the money?"

“My father-in-law gave it to me.

She eloped with Lao Lu and spent many years outside, hoping to have a child and come back after the matter was settled, but she never conceived.

Old Lu still had a conscience and didn't kick her out halfway, so they just got by like this.

When the two came back, his father-in-law had finally come to terms with it. If his daughter couldn't have children, where could she find a family that wouldn't despise her? So he accepted the marriage. "Auntie A had long been fed up with Old Lu and the Liu family. Why was her grandson being cheated and called stupid? So she took the opportunity to exaggerate the news she had heard over the years.

"So you're still a young lady?"

"Not really, it's just a little bigger than a workshop. Lao Lu worked there for many years without complaint and never lost any skills, so he is where he is today.

However, his father-in-law died before the liberation, and he was unable to keep the factory.

But it was a blessing in disguise for Mr. and Mrs. Lu, who became workers after liberation." Aunt A exposed Lu Dexian's past.

"Tsk, tsk, it's so complicated, and you can still be a worker?"

"How refreshing! How hated were the stinky-foot patrolmen before liberation? Weren't there also people who entered the police station after liberation?
After liberation, those brokers who were criticized often went to the Housing Authority.

There are also many old people who worked in the post and telecommunications industry before the liberation." Aunt A pointed in the direction of the Tang family and used the example of Tang Zhitong, who used to be a postman.

"Hey, that's not right. Liu Zhangshi Liu Zhangshi, what about Old Liu?"

"I haven't seen him since I moved in. Mrs. Liu Zhang told others that he had died a long time ago. Otherwise, she wouldn't mention Old Liu every time she gets angry."

"When Liu Zhang's was first opened, it was very lean and lean. How come it became a rich peasant after the liberation?" the young woman next to her asked curiously.

"Before liberation, Old Lu used the money given by his father-in-law to buy it for Liu Zhang. Fortunately, he didn't buy much. If he had bought more, he would have become a landlord long ago." Aunt A said.

"Liu Chengzhi doesn't look much like Lao Lu." Although Aunt A explained it this way, some people still found it unbelievable. Although Lao Lu was biased, on the surface, he didn't look like a person who led an immoral life at all.

"Liu Chengzhi looks like Liu Zhangshi, the two of them are cut from the same cloth. Didn't you notice that Liu Jiaming looks a bit like Lao Lu? They look alike from different generations.

Besides, think about it carefully. Has Lao Lu ever helped anyone else over the years? Why did he only help the Liu family?
Let's not talk about the streets, let's just talk about our courtyard. How many unemployed young people are there? Old Lu didn't take anyone with him, so he helped Liu Chengzhi to complete the formalities and accepted him as his apprentice.

In the new society, such dirty things cannot be allowed to be exposed, but "once a teacher, always a father", and being called a master can be regarded as fulfilling the father-son relationship.

Who would believe that there is nothing fishy going on here?

Also, we have been neighbors with them for so many years. Have you ever seen the Liu family sweep Old Liu’s grave during Qingming Festival or Cold Clothes Festival?

And that Liu Zhang, every time she threw a tantrum, she would sit on the ground and call out for Lao Liu, crying and shouting for Lao Liu to come out and see, but when did Liu Zhang ever cry?" Aunt A swore solemnly and justified herself.

Many people around nodded in agreement. This whole thing was flawless and made sense.

"Auntie, what soap did you use this time? The clothes are so clean!" Suddenly, the young woman who asked the question just now spoke, turning the topic 180 degrees.

The aunties were tactful and knew that this was a reminder that someone was coming, so they started talking and changed the subject.

Chu Chunxue came out with a basin to wash clothes, and moved forward to chat with them, not realizing that they had been talking about her family for a long time.

The one-eyed Old Zhu next to him squinted his remaining eye and watched all this. Although the women's voices were not loud just now, for this person, if one organ did not work well, other organs would definitely become more sensitive.

Old Zhu's eyesight was not very good, but his hearing was extraordinary. He heard almost everything that was said just now. Everything matched up perfectly with the fragments he had heard before, and even the whole thread became clear to him...

(End of this chapter)