Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 189 My Unfair Brother (3K)

Fang Chen, the fourth child of the Fang family, is two years younger than Fang Yan and is exactly twenty years old this year.

Like Fangyan, he went to Heilongjiang Province to work in the countryside very early.

In terms of appearance, Fangyan looks more like my mother, who is prettier.

Fang Chen looks more like his father and has a more scholarly air.

Judging from his photos, he looks especially like my father when he was young, wearing glasses and looking honest.

Fang Chen's train was due to arrive at 4:30 this afternoon, and his father Fang Zhenhua took a leave of absence to go to the train station to pick him up.

My mother has to go to work, so the only one at home can just take a leave.

Although Fangyan had nothing to do in the afternoon, Qin Nong had not returned yet and the spy case had not been concluded. According to the protection regulations, he could not go to crowded places such as the train station.

So I spent the whole afternoon at home, preparing a welcome banquet for the fourth child.

I invited Zhu Lin and his parents to come over for dinner tonight.

After Fang Yan and Zhu Lin got engaged, although they hadn't gotten married yet, they were already a family, so it was only natural for them to come over for a meal.

Finally, he finished cooking.

Then Xiao Zhang brought Fangyan's mother, Zhu Lin and her mother back from Union Hospital.

The fourth brother and the father haven't come back yet.

They waited for another half an hour, but still no one came back.

When Professor Zhu was about to call Zhu Jianye at the train station to ask about it, Fang Zhenhua and Fang Chen finally came back.

But after seeing Fang Chen's current state, everyone in the room was shocked.

Fang Chen's hair looks like a bird's nest.

His face was bruised and swollen, the glasses on his nose had only one lens left, and his clothes were torn to shreds.

The two bags in his hands were also torn open.

The whole person looks like someone fleeing from famine.

Even my mother, He Huiru, took several seconds before she dared to recognize that this was her fourth son, Fang Chen.

He Huiru asked:
"What happened? Were you robbed on the bus on your way back?"

Fang Chen was just about to answer when his expression changed and one of the legs of his glasses fell off his nose with a "click".

He simply took off his glasses, and then said to my mother:

"I encountered a thief when I was getting off the train. He stole something from an old lady right in front of me. Then I caught him and was beaten by his accomplices."

"But I didn't let go until the police arrived and arrested them."

He sounded quite proud.

Father Fang Zhenhua said at this time:
"I arrived at the train station and waited for a long time but didn't see him. Finally I went to ask the comrades at the train station and finally found him at the police station."

"It was still bleeding. Luckily, he didn't have a knife. If he had, it would have been terrible."

Hearing this, He Huiru said with a headache:

"Oh, why are you two brothers so alike?"

"My brother? What's wrong with him?" Fang Chen looked at his third brother Fang Yan and asked curiously.

He Huiru recalled her son's glorious deeds and said:

"He is so amazing. I don't even know where to start."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly introduced it to Fang Chen:
"By the way, I've been busy chatting. Let me introduce you."

He Huiru pointed at Zhu Lin and his parents, and said:
"This is your brother's newly engaged fiancée Zhu Lin, and her parents."

Fang Chen hurriedly bowed:

"Hello, sister-in-law! Hello, uncle and aunt!"

"Eh..." The three responded.

"And this public security comrade, Xiao Zhang is your brother's... um..." When introducing Xiao Zhang, He Huiru didn't know what to say.

Bodyguard? Guard? Or what?
Xiao Zhang quickly stood up, saluted and said:
"Hello, Comrade Fang Chen. My name is Zhang Zhichao. I work for the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I have been ordered to protect the safety of Expert Fang."

When Fang Chen heard this title, he frowned and asked:

"Expert Fang? You call me brother...Expert Fang?"

Xiao Zhang nodded and said:
"That's right. Comrade Fangyan has a lot of unique experience in tracking footprints and identifying criminals."

"In addition, he also received two medical achievement certifications at the recent Ministry of Health conference, so I call him a Fang expert."

"Ah...is this true?" Fang Chen was confused. He had never heard of this before.

From the letters when they were contacting each other, he only remembered that his mother said that his third brother was arranged to work at Tong Ren Tang.

I haven't talked much about the dialect otherwise.

Then a policeman popped up and said that his third brother was an expert and was under police protection.

Fang Chen even suspected that his brain was damaged by the beating and he was hallucinating.

Fangyan now realized that his parents definitely didn't tell the fourth child much about themselves, which was why he was so surprised.

So Fangyan went up to him and said:
"It's a long story, I'll tell you slowly later."

"I'll take care of the wound on your face now. If I don't treat it, there will be bruises tomorrow."

When Fang Chen heard that his face might be bruised, he finally reacted and quickly let him take care of it.

He said he was going to meet a girl tomorrow.

This made everyone laugh.

While Fang Yan was treating his wounds, Fang Chen said that he should hurry up and get married.

He said that he met a girl from Beijing when he was sent to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth. They had a mutual affection for each other. This time he suddenly decided to come back because the other party came back first, so he pursued her back.

Fangyan asked him how he got it back?

Shouldn't we come back together?

Fang Chen said that it all made sense, since Fang Yan was getting married this year, he wouldn’t be far behind.

It should be around the same time as the dialect.

After simply treating his wound, Fang Yan went to the kitchen and brought out the dishes he had been busy making all afternoon.

As the dishes were served, Fang Chen and Xiao Zhang, who saw Fang Yan cooking for the first time, were stunned.

Home-cooked meals actually have plating?
And what’s with this fragrance? How can it be so fragrant?

Fang Chen thought that these dishes were brought back by Fang Yan from the restaurant outside. "How is it? Are you satisfied with today's welcoming banquet?" Fang Yan asked his younger brother.

Fang Chen reacted and said in surprise:

"Satisfied, so satisfied!"

"Just make some dishes casually. It's too expensive to go to a restaurant!"

My mother He Huiru said:
"What restaurant made this? Your third brother made this himself."

"Ah? You made it yourself?" Fang Chen was confused.

Fang Yan said to him:
"Welcome back, of course I made this especially for you."

When did the third brother become so powerful?

Fang Chen felt a little dizzy.

We both went to the countryside and returned to the city, so why is he completely different from me?

Seeing Fang Chen in a daze, Fang Yan said to him:
"You are the protagonist of this meal, would you like to say a few words?"

"I..." Fang Chen opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He looked at the people at the table and said:
"I...thank you all for coming."

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. I won't say too much. Let's eat, shall we?"

When Fang Zhenhua, the head of the family, heard his son say this, he took over the conversation and said:
"Since Fang Chen has spoken, let's not be polite and come on, everyone start eating."

As he invited them to eat, everyone started to eat.

Fang Chen didn't feel hungry in the Northeast.

But meat is still rarely available.

He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. After chewing it twice, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The taste is really good.

"Third brother, did you really do this?" He still couldn't believe it.

"Of course, why would I lie to you about a meal?" Fangyan responded.

Fang Zhenhua smiled and said:

"We didn't believe it at first, but after eating a lot, we began to believe it."

After saying that, he picked up a piece of pork elbow skin with chopsticks and put it into Fang Chen's bowl:

"Come and taste your third brother's cooking. Look at this big pork elbow. The skin is the most delicious."

Fang Chen hurriedly took the bowl and took it.

Then slurp it into your mouth, the rich sauce wrapped around the soft and glutinous pork skin melts in your mouth.

He almost cried out while eating it, it was so delicious.

Fang Chen was no longer bothered to explore his third brother's amazing cooking skills. He started eating with big mouthfuls of food.

The first meal after returning home was so delicious that it seemed like a dream. I had to indulge myself to the fullest.

After half an hour, Fang Chen finally slowed down.

He burped and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.

Who knew that at this time Fangyan brought a bowl of cured pork rib soup from the kitchen.

The aroma aroused the appetite of everyone at the table, who were already somewhat full, and made them unable to stop eating.

Then, one by one, they picked up their chopsticks and started eating and drinking.

As Xiao Zhang was also eating dialect-style food for the first time, he was so engrossed in the meal that he didn’t know what to say.

I used to think that the food in the canteen of Union Medical College was really delicious, but now when I compare it with the cooking skills of the experts from other places, I can immediately tell which is better.

The big pot dishes at Concord instantly lost their fragrance.

……

After finishing his meal, Xiao Zhang said goodbye and left.

The rest of the people, including Zhu Lin's family, sat in Fang Yan's house and began to listen to Fang Chen telling stories about his time in the countryside in Heilongjiang Province.

What he talked about first were the hard times he went through when he first arrived there, and then it was the story of him and the girl from the capital.

It can be heard that Fang Chen cares a lot about that girl.

Many stories involve a girl named Yuqiong.

In the story, Fang Chen described this girl as a fairy, gentle, considerate, and understanding. She and Fang Chen illuminated each other during his most difficult times. They were simply the best of both worlds.

Then according to Fang Chen, the girl's parents had recently been reinstated.

That's why they called her back. They were originally planning to get married there.

But later the girl's family situation improved, so the two decided to come back.

This time when he came back, Fang Chen only did two things.

The first thing is to go to the girl’s house and propose marriage.

The second thing is to prepare for the college entrance examination.

After listening to his story, Fang Zhenhua said speechlessly:

"You're really good at hiding things! You never told me about it in all the letters before!"

Fang Chen smiled and scratched his head and said embarrassedly that Yuqiong didn't let him say it, saying that he was planning to give the family a surprise.

The old lady asked:

"What do the girl's parents do? What unit is it called? I'll ask someone for you."

When Fang Chen heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then said:
"That Yuqiong...she didn't say anything."

Fangyan frowned. There was nothing suspicious about two young people whose families had fallen on hard times falling in love while working in the countryside. But how could they not know the circumstances of their families after being together for such a long time?

Fangyan felt that something was wrong, so he asked:

"How will you contact her after you return to the city? What's her home address?"

Fang Chen said:

"I know this. Her house is on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street, opposite the Union Medical College. She didn't say the exact address, but she did say it's the courtyard house diagonally opposite the Street Office."

"Ah?!" Everyone in the room made surprised sounds at once.

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated, and there will be additional updates later.

(End of this chapter)