Era: Start as a buyer

Chapter 315: Meet Zhao Qian in Private First

Luo Yan and her husband Wang Ping are living a pretty good life now, working both jobs, with two sons and one daughter.

After Luo Cheng and Luo Yan met, they had a brief chat in the communication room. They said that they had been to Xiangjiang in the past few years. It was not that they didn't want to come back, but that they couldn't come back.

It was not convenient to talk much in the guard's reception room, so Luo Yan went to ask for leave and went to the kitchen to tell her husband Wang Ping that his second brother Luo Cheng was back. Moreover, he came back from Xiangjiang and asked him to go home at noon. His second brother Luo Cheng would take the family to a restaurant.

After Luo Yan asked for leave, Luo Cheng first took her back to the hotel and let her see Hong Xiu and her child.

Hongxiu guessed that Luo Cheng was leaving, so she didn't tell anyone else when she followed Luo Cheng. However, Hong Xiu suddenly disappeared on the night after Luo Cheng met Zhao Qian and her children.

Zhao Qian and Luo Yan also guessed that Hongxiu might have escaped with Luo Cheng, mainly because the timing was too coincidental. Now that Luo Yan saw Zhang Hongxiu's appearance, it confirmed what he had guessed back then.

It was just a little awkward. No matter what, Luo Yan would stand by his brother Luo Cheng. Now that Luo Cheng and Hong Xiu were together, he could only call him sister-in-law.

Zhang Hongxiu heard Luo Yan call her sister-in-law. Even if there was a small word in front of it, she recognized her relationship with Luo Cheng. He followed Luo Yan enthusiastically and chatted for a moment, and suddenly returned to the good sisterly relationship between the two of them when they lived in the same room and slept on the same bed.

"Yanzi, why don't you take your husband and children with me to Xiangjiang? Your brother has many houses in Xiangjiang, where you can live wherever you like, and we have many industries in Xiangjiang. You don't need to be a warehouse keeper in a machinery factory. ”

"This~~, sister-in-law Hongxiu, I can't make the decision on this matter. The child is still young. Wang Ping and I both work in the machinery factory. If we really want to go, we have to discuss it with my family."

Upon hearing Hongxiu's invitation, it was impossible for Luo Yan not to be moved. Not to mention that the second brother Luo Cheng and Hong Xiu were living a good life in Xiangjiang. Even if they were living an average life, she would be moved if the second brother invited them.

Luo Yan used to rely on Luo Cheng, her brother, but now even though she hasn't seen him for more than ten years, as soon as Luo Cheng appears, her inner dependence immediately appears again.

But now she is not alone, she has a husband and children, so let alone Hongxiu's invitation, even if it is Luo Cheng who wants her to go to Xiangjiang. She also had to get the consent of her husband Wang Ping and her children.

Luo Cheng and Hongxiu's children all enthusiastically called Luo Yan aunt. When meeting for the first time, Luo Yan didn't have any good gifts for her nephews.

Although Luo Yan is living a good life now, she just doesn't have to worry about food and drink. After all, two people make money, but they have two sons and one daughter, both of whom are growing up. They have nothing to spend on food and clothing. If you don't have to worry about food and drink, it's considered good in today's country.

Even if you have a little savings, it won’t be much, and you will always have it for emergencies.

Luo Yan didn't have much to give as a gift to his nieces and nephews, but Luo Cheng could give Luo Yan's children a gift. After staying in the hotel for a while, the group followed Luo Yan to where she lives now.

When Luo Cheng came back this time, he actually brought some electronic watches and other things. These things are not valuable in Xiangjiang. But it is currently a rare item in China. As for watches, I also brought some, but these watches are not suitable for gifting to children who are too young.

When we arrived at the place where Luo Yan lived, the living environment was also tense. It's the kind of brick house in a small alley. Luo Yan's two sons sleep in one room, and her daughter sleeps in the same room with Luo Yan and Wang Ping. It's also simply partitioned off.

Luo Yan's children are also well-educated, especially the eldest son Wang Bo, who is actually a good scholar. At the sub-district office, Luo Cheng had already learned about the four children born to Zhao Qian. They were well-educated, but they were not particularly promising.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng is good at sowing seeds. If there are too many, there will always be one or two outstanding children. The son Hongxiu gave him was studying well in Xiangjiang, and he was known to have a good reputation.

I just don’t know what happened to the son and daughter Zheng Ke gave him. Did they inherit his uncultured father, or did they inherit Zheng Ke’s darling mother.

Each of Luo Yan's children was given an electronic watch, and to Luo Yan and her husband, Luo Cheng directly gave two more expensive watches. Luo Yan has a watch, which was given to her by Luo Cheng back then. She usually takes good care of it. If it doesn't work, it can be repaired and it will work again. In this era, it is normal for a watch to last for decades.

When they arrived at Luo Yan, Luo Cheng and Hongxiu's children finally had playmates. It was winter now and the countryside was not fun. But there are still some fun things in the city.

The men played with homemade slingshots and the women jumped rubber bands. Spinning tops, playing with sandbags, and even used bicycle tires are all toys in everyone's hands.

There is one thing in particular that boys of this era love to play, which is rolling hoops. Get a U-shaped iron hook and a round iron ring the size of a bicycle tire, and you can go crazy outside for a day.

To be honest, for Luo Yan's children, they are all thirteen or fourteen years old, and there are some things they no longer like to play with. Playing with a slingshot is fine, but Luo Cheng's children have never played with a hoop.

Anyway, there were people accompanying him, setting off firecrackers and playing with some homemade toys, and Luo Cheng's children also found it very interesting. Just like rolling a hoop, it looks childish, but when you play it, you can really only appreciate the fun.

Soon it was noon. Wang Ping finished cooking in the machinery factory, said hello to the other chefs, and left in a hurry to go home.

As soon as Wang Ping came back, Luo Cheng took everyone to the big hotel for dinner. It's not that Luo Cheng deliberately wanted to be extravagant this time. In fact, regardless of the size of the restaurant, the level of chefs who can work in restaurants these days is not bad.

Not only that small restaurants currently only accept money and food stamps, but large hotels can use foreign exchange coupons.

Wang Ping, Luo Yan, and their children, although they have lived in Changcheng for so many years, this is the first time they have entered such a large hotel.

When ordering, Hong Xiu makes such specialty dishes, regardless of the price. While waiting for the food, Hongxiu asked Luo Yan and her family if they wanted to go to Xiangjiang. In Xiangjiang, Hongxiu also met some noble ladies. But there may only be one or two close friends. If you have a friend who knows everything without any suspicion, you are lucky to have one.

All Hongxiu is particularly eager for Luo Yan to go to Xiangjiang, so that he can have a companion wherever he goes.

This topic was raised again, and it was Wang Ping who really made the choice. But let alone going abroad, he has never left Ganzhou in his life. It is really difficult to make Wang Ping leave his hometown. More than ten years ago, when Luo Cheng was still working as a section chief in the factory, he was very capable. After disappearing for more than ten years, Luo has become the current dress and imposing manner of the family.

No need to think too much, everyone can see that Luo Cheng and the others are very rich now, and if they are willing to ask them to go to Xiangjiang, they will definitely not be treated badly. But with this hometown feeling and many relatives here, it’s really hard to choose.

"Hongxiu, there is no need to mention this matter. If they want to go to Xiangjiang in the future, or the nephew and niece want to go to Xiangjiang, they can just take them there. In Changcheng, Yanzi and brother-in-law are temporarily working. Brother-in-law Instead of working as a chef in the factory cafeteria, I will open a big hotel in Changcheng. Yanzi, just come over with Wang Ping. I will give you half of the hotel’s profits."

Luo Cheng has seen that Wang Ping is not willing to go to Xiangjiang, and may agree to go to Xiangjiang because of Luo Yan. But Luo Cheng didn't think it was necessary. People of his generation had a feeling that they couldn't leave their homeland.

So there is no need to force Wang Ping and Luo Yan, but if their children have any ideas in the future, he, as an uncle, will definitely help them. Now Luo Yan's children are still young, the eldest is only fourteen years old. After hearing what their uncle Luo Cheng said, they have no plans and want to rely on Luo Cheng to get rich. But when I heard that I could go to Xiangjiang, I wanted to see something and have some fun in Xiangjiang.

Luo Yan and Luo Cheng don't want to deliberately say too much to take care of Luo Yan at the moment. It will take a long time in the future.

When the food was being served, Luo Chengcai asked about the specific situation of Zhao Qian's family. After hearing Luo Cheng's inquiry, Luo Yan realized that Luo Cheng hadn't gone to see Sister-in-law Zhao Qian yet.

Seeing Luo Yan's surprised look, Luo Cheng also admitted with some embarrassment that it wasn't Hong Xiu's side, but Hong Xiu's child. And not only Hongxiu, he also told Luo Yan that when he didn't escape, he was also with a woman in Jiangcheng, and there were two of his children there.

Now I want to find Luo Yan first because I want her to find Zhao Qian first and let her find out. Try to explain in a joking way that Hong Xiu and Luo Cheng are together, and that there is a woman and a child in other cities. Judging from Zhao Qian's reaction, even if it was difficult for her to accept it, Luo Yan would be a buffer.

In fact, even if Luo Yan was not there, Luo Cheng would also go to Zhao Qian first. It is impossible for him to stop meeting Zhao Qian and her children just because he has many women and children.

After dinner, Luo Cheng was not in the mood to keep reminiscing with his sister Luo Yan. Luo Yan packed the remaining dishes into two portions and left one portion for her family to have for dinner. For another portion, I even ordered some fried pastries from this restaurant separately, so Luo Yan went to the Xikou Hutong at noon.

As for his brother-in-law Wang Ping, Luo Cheng asked about Master He, the master who taught him how to cook. According to the domestic retirement age, Master He should have retired, but he has just retired not long ago. If you are still strong, you can be invited to work as a master chef in the hotel in the future. The level of Master He back then was actually no worse than that of a meal cook.

At half past one in the afternoon, Luo Yan went to Xikou Alley to find Sister-in-law Zhao Qian. Along the way, he often wanted to say something for his brother. His brother Luo Cheng fled to Xiangjiang. Even if he was not with Hong Xiu, a grown man who had not had a woman for more than ten years would feel panicked.

As for the women and children in Jiangcheng, Sister-in-law Zhao Qian also wants to think about it. In the past ten years, how many men have returned to the city because of going to the countryside, and some of them still have wives and children in the countryside.

Although Luo Yan's words were very good, she was still worried inside. If her man Wang Ping dares to have women and children outside, then she will never be done with Wang Ping.

"Hello, aunt, Mom, aunt is here."

"Oh, it's Yanzi. At this point, Yanzi, you have a rest today."

"Xiaoyun, Xiaozhong, let's see what good things aunt has brought you. This is the food of our Baolong Hotel in Changcheng. It tastes really good."

"Baolong Hotel~~."

"Sister-in-law, can you come out for a moment? I have something to tell you."

"Row."

It was so cold to bring so many dishes from Baolong Restaurant, and it was so cold, and he had to ask her to go out to talk. Luo Yun and Luo Zhong were the only ones in this room. Zhao Qian was not stupid herself, but she felt something was wrong with Luo Yan today.

After following Luo Yan out, Luo Yan stopped at the corner outside the kitchen. It was cold outside and there were no people in the yard.

"Sister-in-law, let me tell you something about my brother Luo Cheng. He used to go to Jiangcheng on business trips. He seemed to have found a good woman there and gave birth to two children for my brother."

"Yanzi, who did you hear this from? It shouldn't sound like what you said. Did someone over there find you? If it were the woman your brother had messed with back then, and if she was his child, how could you live a normal life? It’s difficult, I still have some money here, so I can give it to them.”

"Sister-in-law, aren't you angry? It was my brother who was messing around outside back then."

"What's the use of me being angry, but if it's really your brother's fault, it's us who have hurt him. It's not easy for a woman to take care of her child these years. As long as it's really your brother's child, just give him some money to help him. ”

After hearing Luo Yan's words, Zhao Qian was silent for a while before responding. Zhao Qian knew Luo Yan, and it was impossible for her to deliberately talk about something that was not happening to her.

Zhao Qian guessed that it was the woman over there who came here with her children. It was very likely that her life was too difficult and she couldn't support it any longer. If you live a good life, there is no need to come here.

And Luo Cheng is no longer here, so as long as it is really Luo Cheng's child, it doesn't matter if she takes care of him.

"Sister-in-law, you said that when Hongxiu disappeared, could it be that she ran away with my brother and then lived with him?"

"Your brother has been gone for more than ten years. Even if Hongxiu left with your brother back then, he might have encountered the same misfortune as your brother. I have always believed that your brother, if he were alive, would never have stopped seeing us for so many years. . Even if there are other women out there who are cruel and don’t want to see me, there are still four children.”

"Sister-in-law, do you think it's possible? It's not that my brother doesn't want to come to see you, but that he fled abroad directly and was not in the country at all, so he couldn't come back even if he wanted to."

Luo Yan's words shocked Zhao Qian's heart. For so many years, she had never thought of such a possibility. Because many criminals in the country, if they want to escape, the most they can do is hide in remote places, deep mountains and old forests.

Especially in the countryside, there are people fighting and accidentally missing something. Those people were afraid of being caught and wanted to escape, but they didn't know how to escape. Most of them hid in the mountains. Therefore, it is actually easy to catch criminals these days, but it will be absolutely difficult when you encounter those who dare to escape to the outer city.

With underdeveloped communications, it would be difficult to catch someone who fled to other provinces. People who fled abroad and committed crimes may not dare to think about it, let alone people like Zhao Qian and others who keep their own rules.

Zhao Qian looked at Luo Yan. She hadn't thought of this, but would her sister-in-law have thought of it? Even if it was just a conjecture, if she had made such a conjecture earlier, she would not have completely lost her mind back then. No matter what, at least she had an expectation.

"Sister-in-law, come with me and I will take you to a place."

Luo Yan felt that there was no need to say more about some things. She felt that it shouldn't be a big problem on her sister-in-law's side. Even if there are complaints, there will not be too violent reactions.

Zhao Qian followed Luo Yan, guessing something in her heart. She kept following, not daring to ask what she guessed, for fear that what Luo Yan told her was not what she guessed.

(End of this chapter)