Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 475 Childhood sweetheart?

"Shh..."

After setting the meeting time, Li Yancheng put down the phone, whistled with a relaxed look, then picked up another phone and dialed.

He also needed to inform the foreign affairs department and introduce Cheng Jianwen to Luo Yang. This matter had been agreed upon at home yesterday. He was calling now just to inform them of the meeting time.

On the other side, Luo Yang remembered that he had forgotten to say something after hanging up the phone.

He picked up the phone in annoyance and prepared to call again, but after dialing two numbers he put the receiver back on the landline.

"Forget it, let's talk about it when we meet. It's hard to explain it over the phone, and it would be bad if he misunderstood me."

After putting the telephone receiver back on the landline, Luo Yang muttered to himself.

When he mentioned what he was going to tell Li Yancheng later, he looked constipated and sad, and found it difficult to speak.

His mother gave him the task last night and asked him to tell his brother-in-law today.

"My mother is really something. She knows that this matter is difficult, but she doesn't say anything, and the bad guys let me do it."

Luo Yang picked up the cigarette on the table and lit it for himself in annoyance, then walked around the office thinking about how to start the conversation.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. After he finished his cigarette and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, he walked out of the office very unhappy and went to the logistics department to ask them to send him a car.

Since he couldn't think of any good solution, he decided to tell Li Yancheng the truth when he met him later. After all, it was the old lady who asked him to say it. If there was any problem, let that guy go and trouble the old lady himself. He couldn't afford to offend this young brother-in-law anyway.

On the way to the Capital Hotel, he was still complaining about his old lady in his heart.

This old lady is really something. It has been more than ten years. The little girl born to my younger sister is already seven years old this year. Why does she keep making up stories when she thinks of them? Is she getting senile and confused?
If this incident causes any conflict between my younger sister and brother-in-law, let’s see how the old lady will deal with it.

He was lost in thought all the way, and when he arrived at the entrance of Beijing Hotel, it was not yet nine o'clock.

After getting off the car at the roadside, Luo Yang asked the driver to drive back and not to worry about him. When he turned around, he saw Li Yancheng walking out of the gate of Beijing Hotel.

The time they agreed to meet was half past nine, and he came a little early on purpose. Unexpectedly, the other person came earlier than him. Seeing that his brother-in-law had arrived, Luo Yang raised his eyebrows and walked over.

It just so happened that while there was still time, he could just tell the old lady what she had told him to do.

"Dacheng, why are you here so early? I thought you might not have come."

"I don't have anything to do in the office, so I came here first. Let's go. Now that we are here, let's go straight up. They don't have anything to do, so let's move up the meeting time." After saying that, Li Yancheng gestured, turned around and prepared to walk into the hotel.

"Wait a minute, there's no rush."

Seeing this, Luo Yang hurriedly grabbed Li Yancheng's arm and pulled him to the side a few steps.

"What's going on? What else do you want?"

"I really have something to tell you first."

"What? Are you embarrassed to see guests?"

"It has nothing to do with this matter. It's something our mother told me last night. She asked me to pass it on to you."

"What did our mother ask you to convey?" Hearing that it was his mother-in-law who asked him to convey it, Li Yancheng asked curiously.

"Dacheng, let me make this clear first. I think our mom is getting old and confused, and she does whatever she wants. What she asked me to tell you has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I don't think this should be done this way."

Luo Yang's words made Li Yancheng even more confused. What was going on? Why was his second uncle trying to deny responsibility before he even said anything?

"What did my mother ask you to tell me?"

"Uh..." Luo Yang turned his head and looked around. After making sure that no one could hear what he said, he did not rush to say anything, but took out a cigarette first.

"I say, can you please speak faster? I don't know when you became so nagging." Li Yancheng said unhappily after taking the cigarette.

As Luo Yang lit a cigarette, he smiled bitterly in his heart. He just hoped that his brother-in-law would not beat him up after hearing what he said.

Speaking of fighting, he felt that even if five of him were tied together, they might not be able to beat the guy in front of him. He didn't know how this guy trained and why he was so strong.

If you stick your head out, you will be in danger of being cut. If you hide your head, you will also be in danger of being cut. Since he had to tell it, after lighting a cigarette, Luo Yang spoke at a very fast speed what the old lady asked him to convey.

"Dacheng, my mother wants to let a friend's child stay at your house for a while."

???

That's it?

Li Yancheng looked at Luo Yang blankly. This was not a big deal. His yard was big enough and he had many houses. It was not a big deal to let someone live there, not to mention that this person was the child of his mother-in-law's friend.

But this is not right! There must be something else going on here, otherwise Luo Yang would not have shirked responsibility before he even finished speaking, and he would not have been so hesitant.

"Luo Yang, are you hiding something from me?"

"Uh... that is... our mom's friend's child is a boy."

"Male? How old? What's his name? What does he do?"

"31, my name is Niu Guoqing, I have just been assigned to the Beijing Bus Company, and the specific procedures have not been completed yet."

The more Li Yancheng listened, the more confused he felt. It sounded like everything was normal. The child of his mother-in-law's friend from another city must have asked his mother-in-law to find a job for him due to some special reasons, and was currently going through the work procedures.

Because he had just arrived and hadn't completed the work procedures yet, he had no place to live. The Luo family was definitely not suitable for him to live in. Not to mention the hassle of coming in and out, the security department still needed to verify his identity, so they wanted to let this person live with him first, which didn't seem to be a problem.

But why did Luo Yang feel that there was a big problem when he said this?

"Can you please finish what you want to say at once? Why are you being so hesitant? Is there something else here that I don't know about..."

Just as he said this, a light suddenly flashed in Li Yancheng's head.

"Luo Yang, does Xiao Min also know this man?"

"Yes, Niu Guoqing's family used to live in the compound, and they didn't leave until the 16th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China when his father was transferred for work."

"You've been hesitating for so long. Is it possible that this Niu Guoqing has some special relationship with Xiao Min?"

"No, absolutely not." Luo Yang waved his hands hastily: "At best, he grew up with Xiao Min."

It's that simple?
Li Yancheng looked at Luo Yang suspiciously, shook his head and said, "No, Luo Yang, I think you'd better explain the matter to me clearly, otherwise I won't agree to let this person stay at my house."

"I knew I couldn't get past this sloppy trick." Luo Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Dacheng, I still say the same thing. I completely disagree with letting Niu Guoqing stay at your house, but I don't know what my mother thinks. She insisted that I discuss it with you." Li Yancheng didn't respond. He looked at his second uncle calmly, waiting for him to continue.

Seeing this, the bitterness on Luo Yang's face became even more intense. The power of this brother-in-law was becoming more and more powerful, especially when he was in a bad situation. Even he could not stand it.

"Alas... Dacheng, when the Niu family was still in the compound, Niu Guoqing's mother once mentioned to my mother that she wanted to marry into my family."

Marry? To whom? Of course it was Luo Min. It could only be Luo Min. Otherwise, Luo Yang wouldn't have to feel so uncomfortable talking today.

"Niu Guoqing and Xiao Min are only one year apart in age, and they grew up together. Xiao Min has always been very cold-tempered, except for being very close to her eldest sister..."

The eldest sister that Luo Yang is referring to here is Sun Yijuan, the elder sister of his wife Sun Yiqing. As mentioned earlier, Luo Min's mother was busy with work at that time, so she was almost raised by Sun Yijuan.

"The relationship between him and other people, including me, my brother and Xiaoting, and our brothers and sisters, is very ordinary, but there is one exception, that is Niu Guoqing.

It’s not that she has a close relationship with Niu Guoqing, but when Xiao Min was five years old, she was playing in Houhai and accidentally fell into the water. She was rescued by a man named Niu.

Since then, Xiao Min's attitude towards this guy named Niu has changed a little. However, they were just kids at that time, and there was definitely no romance between them.

However, because of Xiao Min's change in attitude towards him, they often spent time together later on, such as going to and from school together, occasionally playing together, etc. Many adults in the yard joked that Xiao Min would be Niu Guoqing in the future... uh... hehe, those were all jokes.

When she was young, she probably didn't understand what that meant. But after she heard it more often and grew up, Xiao Min knew what it meant and distanced herself from Niu Guoqing. But in the eyes of others, it seemed as if she was embarrassed.

It was also at that time that Niu Guoqing's mother told my mother that she wanted to get married, but my mother knew that Xiao Min had no other thoughts about her son, but she was embarrassed to refuse explicitly, so she told the children to wait until they grew up and make their own decision.

Just the second year after Niu Guoqing's mother talked about the marriage, her husband was transferred to work in another place due to work adjustments. Naturally, the mother and daughter followed him, and the marriage was thus shelved.

It was more than two years later when I heard the news about the Niu family again. Niu Guoqing's father made a mistake at work and was transferred to work on a farm in the northeast.

"What mistake did he make?" Li Yancheng suddenly asked.

Thinking about this point in time, he couldn't help but wonder if Niu Guoqing's father had made some special mistake.

What he was saying was suddenly interrupted. Luo Yang was slightly stunned, wondering why this guy cared about this again, but he still shook his head and said, "It's not what you think. Niu Guoqing's father did make a mistake back then."

"Oh, please continue." Li Yancheng nodded.

"Well... at that time, Niu Guoqing had already graduated from high school. The organization did not allow him to go to the Northeast with his parents. Instead, he was arranged to join the production team in other places. The family of three was separated.

Five years ago, he really couldn't stand that kind of life, and because his father was punished, he couldn't see any hope of leaving the countryside. In order to make his life easier, he married the daughter of the deputy team leader of his production team and chose to settle down there.

Two years ago, his father died of an old injury that broke out due to years of high-intensity labor. His mother was overly sad and her health deteriorated.

Last year, she felt that she might not have much time left and was worried about her son, so she wrote a letter to my mother, hoping that my mother would find a job for her son and daughter-in-law in the city because of their many years of friendship. She attached the address of her son Niu Guoqing at the end of the letter.

Not long after this letter was written, before my mother even received it, she died.

My mother agreed to this matter because they had a good relationship in the past and this was her last wish. She got two jobs for Niu Guoqing and his wife in the bus company.

But I didn’t expect that after my mother sent the job introduction letter, he came quite actively, but only Niu Guoqing came back. He said that he had divorced the woman in the village. ”

Having said this, Luo Yang paused, it seemed that he had finished what he needed to say.

Seeing him stop, Li Yancheng said in surprise, "Since he came back alone, it won't take a few days to handle the work procedures. The bus company is big and powerful, so it will be no problem to arrange a single dormitory for him. It won't be okay to let him stay in the guesthouse for the next few days. Why do you have to arrange for him to stay at my place?"

"Uh... I don't understand why I have to stay at your place. Wasn't it arranged by your mother-in-law? When she told me about it last night, I was against it, but my mother told me to tell you first.

She said that no matter what, Niu Guoqing did save Xiao Min’s life when he was a child, and now his family is in trouble. He has suffered a lot in the countryside over the years. This time he came all the way to our home, so it’s not appropriate for him to stay in a guesthouse, so…”

"Snapped……"

Li Yancheng threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and put it out with his foot, then patted Luo Yang's arm.

"Okay, I get it. Go back and tell Mom. Forget it, don't say it. I'll call home tonight and tell Mom that it's not that I'm petty, but it's not appropriate for this guy named Niu to live in my house.

During the day, I was at work, Xiaomin was at school, and the two children were also at school. There was no one at home. There were a lot of internal documents in my study, and it was not appropriate for him to stay alone in my yard. Could I let him walk outside during the day and come back when I got home from get off work? Wouldn't that be even more rude?

Therefore, the best option is to let him live in a guest house."

Li Yancheng couldn't understand why his mother-in-law would do this. In his impression, his mother-in-law was not a nosy person and would never cause trouble for the children.

After saying this, he temporarily put the matter behind him and motioned Luo Yang to follow him to finish the matter at hand before dealing with other things.

"Come on, let's go in, it's almost time."

"Okay." Luo Yang nodded, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and followed.

It should be said that Li Yancheng knew his mother-in-law very well. The old lady was indeed not a person who cared too much. The reason why she found a job for Niu Guoqing this time was, as Luo Yang said, entirely because of the friendship they had in the past.

As for why she proposed that Niu Guoqing come and live in the Li family, this request was not actually made by her. No matter what, the old lady would not cause trouble for her daughter and son-in-law.

This was proposed by Niu Guoqing himself. He kept talking about how he saved Luo Min in the past. To be honest, this made the old lady a little unhappy.

But there was nothing he could do, because what they said was true, and not only that. To be honest, his father had saved Grandpa Luo once during the war, although that was his father's duty.

The old lady finally decided to push the blame onto her son-in-law. She believed that given her son-in-law's character, he would definitely not let a stranger live in his home.

Therefore, she specifically told Luo Yang to tell Li Yancheng in person. If she really wanted the man surnamed Niu to live in her daughter's house, she would definitely tell her daughter directly.

Because she knew that as long as her daughter agreed, her son-in-law would definitely not object.

No, her son-in-law’s reaction did not disappoint her.

After finishing his work at the general hospital that afternoon and returning home, Li Yancheng called his mother-in-law to explain the matter.

Because he didn't understand why his mother-in-law made such a seemingly excessive request, he went out of his way to explain it clearly.

But who would have thought that the old lady on the other end of the phone didn't seem to care at all why he refused. She just listened to a few words with a smile, and then asked her grandson and granddaughter to answer the phone because she wanted to talk to the children.

The old lady's reaction made Li Yancheng feel confused. After handing the phone receiver to the children, he sat on the sofa and thought for a long time before he understood.

It turned out that the old lady just wanted to use his mouth to refuse. As for the reason for the refusal? Is that important? It doesn't matter at all, as long as the result is correct.

Hey...this old lady!
After realizing this, Li Yancheng smiled and shook his head. Without caring about the two children who were talking to their grandmother while holding the phone receiver, he got up and walked out of the main house to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

His wife had classes tonight and wouldn't be home, so he and his two children had dinner. The main hospital cafeteria was steaming buns today, and he bought a few more when he left, enough for the three of them, father and son, to have one meal in the evening and another meal tomorrow morning.

After entering the kitchen, Li Yancheng picked up the pot and filled some water from the faucet, then put the grate in. Then he picked up the buns that he had placed on the chopping board when he came back just now and put a few of them on the grate in the pot. Then he covered the pot and put the pot on the gas stove.

He unscrewed the valve of the gas tank, struck a match, and then turned on the valve of the gas stove. After hearing the hissing sound, he aimed the lit match at the small hole in the middle of the stove where gas was coming out. With a bang, the fire was lit and a blue flame came out.

(End of this chapter)