Lihua is a diligent person, and she has taken care of the He family's house in an orderly manner since she got married.
Inspired by He Yan's digging of a few flowers and plants to plant under the window, Lihua asked her sister Hehua to go around the mountain pass in the back mountain and dig up the beautiful wild flowers she saw.
Yin Fan, who is very knowledgeable about flowers and plants, helped Lotus dig out several rare orchids.
Pear blossoms are planted in every corner of the house!
As soon as Zhou Changqing entered the gate of the He family's house, he saw a lush patch of Ophiopogon japonicus planted under the courtyard wall, and a brand new bicycle parked under the eaves of the verandah.
"How about it? My old house is nice, isn't it?"
He Yan walked out of the house and patted the brand new bicycle: "Uncle Lihua sent me a bicycle ticket. I saved some money and bought this bicycle."
Like Zhao Qingrou, Zhou Changqing was also knowledgeable and well-informed. He recognized the wood used to frame the beams of the house. Zhou Changqing followed He Yan into the main room and saw that the dining table in the middle belonged to Huanghuali.
Looking around, we can see that although the house is quite old, the bricks, tiles and wood used to build the house were all good materials.
There is also a well at the corner of the yard, so there is no need to go out to fetch water. There are flower beds in the corners of the house with precious orchids, and a newly purchased bicycle is parked under the eaves of the verandah.
What can be bad about a house like this?
He Yan married Lihua as he wished and became Aunt Bai's eldest son-in-law. Zhou Changqing was happy for him.
"This house is quite nice. It's close to mountains and rivers. My aunt is really discerning in choosing you as her son-in-law."
"Look, you are worthy of being a cultured person. What you cannot say is easy to hear."
"I also think my mother has good taste and chose me as her son-in-law."
He Yan thought for a moment: "No, I'm so lucky to have my daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law whom I couldn't find by holding a lantern."
He Yan liked people most to praise Bai Su for his good taste, so he chose him as his son-in-law. Zhou Changqing's words were very helpful to him.
He Yan stepped forward and hugged Zhou Changqing's shoulders: "Brother, you have returned to the Peace Brigade. It shows that you are destined to our brigade and to my mother."
He Yan looked at Lan Hua standing beside Zhou Changqing, and originally wanted to say that Zhou Changqing was still destined to be with his sister-in-law.
He smiled evilly, but still didn't say anything.
"My mother is going to make braised pork and braised duck for us to drink with today. I won't say anything else. We brothers will have a good drink today."
In the educated youth spot, except for Zhao Qingrou and Su Xiaoxiao, who had good intentions towards Zhou Changqing who was repatriated from the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers University, the others were either making sarcastic comments behind his back or adding insult to injury.
It was also Lanhua who had Jiuer pounce on Sun Mingyuan at the educated youth center to shock everyone, so no one dared to blatantly bully Zhou Changqing.
It was different when he arrived at the He family residence. Everyone was kind to him, and Zhou Changqing received a great welcome here.
Bai Su and He Yan's mother even rushed to pick up food for him.
"Zhou Zhiqing, try this braised duck gizzard."
"Eat more, look at how thin you kid is."
When Zhou Changqing saw the braised pork and braised duck piled in the bowl, he couldn't help but his eyes got wet: "That's enough, that's enough. I'll do it myself. He Yan and I are brothers and we won't be so polite. Auntie, you can eat it by yourself."
I can't eat so much meat."
Zhou Changqing, who was not very talkative after returning to the Peace Brigade, was forced to say a lot of polite words in the face of everyone's enthusiasm and tolerance.
He Yan thoughtfully asked Zhou Changqing to eat more vegetables to cushion his stomach, and then began to pour him wine.
It is said that it is not so easy to get drunk if you drink with a full stomach, but Zhou Changqing still got drunk in the face of the huge enthusiasm from everyone in the He family.
Drunk, he murmured a string of words: "theworldhaskissedmysoulwithitspain,askingforitsreturn"
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"My mother's braised pork is so delicious. It's fat but not greasy, and it's full of flavor."
Meihua stuffed her mouth with braised pork, her cheeks bulging like a little hamster, she asked He Yan: "Brother-in-law, what is he talking about?"
He Yan can read and calculate accounts, but he is really bad at speaking foreign languages.
His mother taught several people Soviet dialect, but he couldn't understand a word of English.
Bai Su understood, and when she came out to explain, her secret was revealed. Although she had done a lot of puzzling things, when it was time to cover up, it was better to cover it up.
She looked at Zhao Qingrou who was stunned!
Before Zhao Qingrou could speak, Lanhua explained: "The world kisses me with pain, and I respond with songs!"
"This is what Zhou Zhiqing wrote in his self-study book. It is a sentence in Tiger's "The Birds"."
Lanhua didn't know the meaning of the words Zhou Changqing wrote in the self-study book at first. When Zhou Changqing was studying with them, he kept staring at the words in the book and got distracted, so Lanhua remembered it and asked Zhao Qingrou privately.
Lanhua felt that only when he endured unbearable pain and had an unbearable experience could he restrain his pain in this way.
He was so forbearing, which made Lanhua feel a trace of pity and distress for him in her heart.
It's just that Orchid has a very cold temperament, so she hides her pity and heartache very well.
The meal was almost done, and Zhou Changqing and He Yan were still in high spirits for drinking. Bai Su saw that there was no food on the table, so he asked Lan Hua, who was helping to collect the bowls, to go into the kitchen and bring another plate of duck for them to eat.
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Lanhua took the duck and walked to the door of the main room, when she heard Zhou Changqing's hoarse roar coming from inside.
"He Yan, they kicked me out of the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' University. Why did they treat me like this? I have no relatives, and I will be a lonely ghost in this world from now on."
"What the hell are you talking about!"
He Yan scolded him: "I am still not your brother. Brothers are not relatives. If you want to be a lonely ghost, you have to agree with me."
"When I return to the Peace Brigade, I am your relative, my mother is also your relative, and my sister-in-law Lanhua can also be your relative, hehehe..."
One moment, Lanhua was worried about what happened to Zhou Changqing, and the next moment she blushed after hearing her brother-in-law's inappropriate words.
Lihua was worried that He Yan was drunk and wanted to go to the kitchen to ask Bai Su if he wanted to make hangover soup.
Lan Hua casually put the plate into her hand: "Sister, give it to my brother-in-law and the others."
When He Yan came back, he bought a brand new bicycle and invited Zhou Changqing to have dinner. Naturally, he also invited his good brother Li Xiangyang to have a drink.
But because Li Xiangyang wanted to send Zhao Qingrou back to Zhidianqing, he only drank two small glasses and let He Yan and Zhou Changqing continue drinking.
Zhou Changqing drank so much that he fell unconscious, and He Yan simply told him not to go back to the educated youth spot and to stay at home.
He Yan settled the people in the side room, and Lanhua helped Bai Su bring the sobering soup in. Under the dim kerosene lamp, the drunken man on the bed looked decadent and unshaven.
He was still frowning in his sleep, as if he was experiencing extremely painful suffering in his heart.