Accidentally Born in the ‘60s Chapter 69:

Ming Bei walked in with a petite girl, the girl was full of happiness and a little shy, greeted Zhen Zhen and then entered the room: "Ni, I'm pregnant. ."

"Really? That's great, your mother would be so happy if she knew." Mrs. Li happily closed her mouth and reached out to greet Wang Xinwen, "Wenwen sits down on the kang and takes a break." /

Mingbei hurriedly came over to help Wang Xinwen sit on the kang, and helped her take off her shoes. Wang Xinwen's face was full of happiness, and she took Mingbei's hand and pulled it up: "You also come up and sit." Mingbei After answering, he sat behind Wang Xinwen and carefully supported her waist, for fear that she would be tired.

Wang Xinwen is two grades younger than Ming Bei. She is an educated youth who was later assigned to the 12th youth point, and is also a child of a hydrolysis factory.

At that time, Mingbei had been at the youth point for three years, and the work points earned every year ranked first in the twelve youth point. Some practical gadgets and methods he had researched by himself also saved the educated youth a lot of effort when working. Therefore, after the hydrolysis factory sent another batch of educated youth to the youth station, the factory appointed Mingbei as the captain to lead the new batch of educated youth to work.

Wang Xinwen's ancestral home is Suzhou. When the hydrolysis plant was built, her father recruited workers and brought her family from the south of the Yangtze River to the bitter cold land. Wang Xinwen is a typical Jiangnan person, with picturesque features and soft words, which makes people unable to help but care for her at first sight.

The first impression that Mingbei saw Wang Xinwen for the first time was that this girl couldn't do heavy work, so she directly arranged for her to cook in the kitchen. Who is this girl? Although she looks like delicate porcelain, she has an unwillingness to admit defeat in her bones. She found Mingbei and looked up at him, her delicate face full of dissatisfaction: "Why did you assign me to cook in the kitchen, do you think I can't do the job?"

Listening to the soft and glutinous voice, Li Mingbei suddenly said, "Comrade Wang Xinwen, it's really hard to go up the mountain to plant trees and open up wasteland. Some big men can't stand it, let alone you. This..." Mingbei thought about the words for a long time, and finally came up with a sentence: "...let alone a girl as young as you."

Wang Xinwen's face suddenly flushed with anger. In the eyes of northerners, her height and size are indeed a little petite. From childhood to adulthood, from classmates to teachers, she likes to say that she is small, just because of this she is particularly unconvinced. What's wrong with being short? She can still study well if she's short, and she can still work if she's short. She has to be the best in everything she does, and she won't let others look down on her.

Wang Xinwen turned her head to look, moved four bricks together, stepped on it, looked at Li Mingbei and said word by word: "You are sexist, I ask to work with other comrades. ."

Mingbei saw that the brick she was stepping on was swaying, for fear that she would fall, and nodded quickly and said, "Xingxingxing, you will go up the mountain with me immediately, come down quickly, if you swell your foot, it is not a joke. "

Wang Xinwen lightly jumped off the brick and smiled proudly towards Mingbei. Mingbei breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat that frightened his head. There was only one thought in his heart: This little aunt is too difficult to serve.

After that, Wang Xinwen, like everyone else, carried red pine seedlings up the mountain to plant trees in the spring, and started to open up wasteland together. Because Mingbei was really worried that she would not be able to do such a job, she paid special attention to her, for fear that she would suffer What kind of injury, I can't explain it at that time.

Fortunately, Wang Xinwen is not a foolish person who has no brains. When others carry four or five saplings, she carries one; when others plan three acres of land, she plans one mu of land. Although she does less work, she is extraordinarily serious. When the ground is dug out, the soil inside is always the finest. Mingbei is the captain. Sometimes when she finishes her work, she will help her out. After going back and forth, the two have more contact, and Wang Xinwen falls in love with Li Mingbei.

Different from Mingbei's long-term secret love before, this gentle-looking southern girl has a more straightforward personality than the northern girl. She directly found Mingbei, reached out and pulled him down by the collar. Nodding his head: "Li Mingbei, I like you, and I want to date you." Mingbei swore that if he drank water at that time, he would definitely spray the girl's face.

Wang Xinwen looked at Mingbei's shocked expression and smiled sweetly: "If you agree, we will get along and see. If you don't agree, I will chase you until you agree."

Mingbei was a little overwhelmed when he looked at the girl who had just reached his shoulders. He hadn't thought of liking this word for a long time since he got married in late autumn. Like it? He looked down at the girl in front of him, and he seemed to pay attention to her unconsciously. Every day, he was always the last one to go down the mountain, because he was afraid that this silly girl would not finish her work and fall down the mountain. At night, Mingbei couldn't help but think of the bits and pieces of working with her during the day, and then laughed silly.

Scratching his head, Mingbei looked at Wang Xinwen at a loss: "I'm a little stupid, stunned, and not likable..."

"Who said that." Wang Xinwen puffed up her cheeks and looked at Ming Bei with focused and serious eyes: "I think you are very good, and I like your sincerity and sincerity."

Mingbei smirked a few times. Looking at Wang Xinwen, she didn't know what to say. Wang Xinwen smiled and rolled her eyes, and her face that could never be tanned was a little red: "Then you will be my object?"

Mingbei felt numb when he heard this. With a silly smile on his face, he nodded vigorously at Wang Xinwen: "Okay, I will be your partner in the future."

According to the arrangement in the factory, Mingbei brought a new educated youth back to the factory for one year, but in order to accompany Wang Xinwen, he served as the captain of the youth point for three years, and the two returned to the factory together. At that time, Mingbei was already twenty-four, and he was already an older youth at that time, but Mingbei brought Wang Xinwen home to see it. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen liked such a beautiful little girl. It was Ming Bei, and he was even more satisfied.

When the two people's work is settled, the two families sit down and talk about marriage. Mingbei's house has been built long ago, and next to Mingnan's house, it is also a three-bedroom brick house. The front yard and the back yard are very large, and it is not a problem to grow rice and cabbage. Because the home is far away from the hydrolysis plant, the two or eight bars at home were given to Mingnan and his wife to ride to and from get off work, and Mrs. Li also bought one for Mingbei.

Ming Bei got married late, and Ming Nan had all his sons running around at this age, so Wang Sufen was in a hurry, wishing they could get pregnant in the second month of their marriage, but Mrs. Li held it back She: "Just two or three months of marriage is when the fire is burning. It's not good to be pregnant early. Let it be, let it be."

Wang Sufen has always listened to Mrs. Li's words, but she can only pretend like nothing is happening, and doesn't even mention it. Until last month, Wang Xinwen was yawning and crying all day, and Wang Sufen thought that her daughter-in-law was probably pregnant. In order not to be happy for nothing, Wang Sufen waited patiently for a month. Seeing that Wang Xinwen's reaction became more and more like pregnancy, she finally couldn't help reminding her to go to the hospital for a check. Only then did Wang Xinwen realize herself. My period is more than a month late.

The three were talking on the kang when Wang Sufen came in from outside. Hearing Wang Xinwen's voice, she quickly probed and asked, "How's the investigation?"

"The doctor said I'm pregnant." Wang Xinwen clutched her still-bulging belly, unable to hide the joy on her face.

"This is a big happy event." Wang Sufen laughed loudly: "What do you want to eat? Mom will cook it for you? Can you eat fish? Will it make you sick?"

Wang Xinwen shook her head: "I don't feel sick, I feel like I want to eat everything."

"You can eat everything you want. Don't cook your own meals for a while, and come back to eat at night. Wenwen, you are welcome to eat whatever you want. Tell Mom, Mom will cook it for you. Well, you can't be wronged." Wang Sufen rolled up her sleeves and glanced at Mingbei: "I know you are sitting stupidly, so hurry up and pour a glass of water for your daughter-in-law."

Mingbei hurriedly got off the kang to pour water, and Mrs. Li called Wang Sufen: "Did you go to see Zhen Zhen and go to that room to do the questions again? Why doesn't this child read enough?"

Mingbei handed the water tank to Wang Xinwen and looked at Zhen Zhenzhi, who was brought over by Wang Sufen: "The college entrance examination is no longer now, so what are you doing all the time, how good it is to have so much time to go out and play."

Zhen Zhen sat on the kang and asked Ming Bei and Wang Xinwen: "Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law, do you want to go to college?"

Wang Xinwen held the tank and thought for a while: "Actually, I still really want to go to college. I always feel that if this goes on, I will see my head all my life, and I will have no passion at all."

Mingbei leaned on the cabinet and smiled: "I don't have anything to think about. Anyway, I can't go to college."

"What if I can take the test?" Zhen Zhen stared at his expression tightly.

"If I can go to university..." Mingbei thought for a while, and his eyes fell on Wang Xinwen, with a warm smile on his face: "It depends on your sister-in-law, anyway, I will go wherever she goes. "

Zhen Zhen turned her head and went back to the house. After a while, she took a few books and said, "Then you can read more books while you have nothing to do, maybe you will resume the college entrance examination at some point."

"No way." Mingbei scratched his head: "It's been ten years since the college entrance examination."

"It's not like you don't know what happened in the past ten years. Now the country is in need of talents. Maybe we can catch up with this good time." Zhen Zhen looked at Ming Bei very seriously: "The opportunity is forever It’s all reserved for those who are prepared, we have reviewed it in advance, and if we can take the exam, we will catch up with this wave of opportunities.”

"What if I don't take the test?" Ming Bei asked subconsciously.

"If you don't take the exam, it's just a waste of review." Zhen Zhen glanced at him: "It won't hurt to read more books, maybe you will become smarter."

Everyone in the room laughed, Mingbei tugged at Zhen Zhen's braid: "You little girl, if you don't say anything to your brother, you will feel uncomfortable, right?"

Zhen Zhen snatched her braid with a smile and turned to look at him: "Then do you want to learn?"

Mingbei squeezed Zhen Zhen away and got close to Wang Xinwen: "Daughter-in-law, do you think we should study?"

"Learn, why not?" Wang Xinwen nodded decisively: "Just like what my sister said, in case it's a good time."

"Then what about our child?" Mingbei touched Wang Xinwen's still-unpregnant belly and was a little worried. It looked like she could go to college tomorrow if she was born today.

"What's the matter? If we are admitted to the university with our children, then our children will be college students since childhood." Wang Xinwen said happily, and took the exercise set given by Zhen Zhen. The book opened: "Zhen Zhen, is this a question you copied by yourself? It's really hard work."

Zhen Zhen smiled: "I also copied a set for the third brother and the others. I wonder if they have this idea?"

Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi now have two sons. The eldest son, Shaobing, goes out with his parents every day to go to the kindergarten at the hydrolysis plant.

While talking, Ming Nan came to pick up the dumplings and went home. Zhen Zhen handed over the set of books and repeated what he said to Ming Bei.

Mingnan pondered for a moment, then shook his head with a little regret: "Now I'm in my late 30s, and there are children and wives at home. If I go to school, who will take care of them." His eyes flickered from The exercise book was moved away, but there was no expression on his face: "We are doing fine now, there must be someone to take care of mom and grandma, and we will serve them at home. If there is a day when we can take the college entrance examination, as long as we are at home, you will be There is nothing to worry about going out.”

Looking at Ming Nan's back with her son leaving in a hurry, Zhen Zhen's eyelids are a little sore, but fortunately, the road to success is not limited to the college entrance examination. In the future, brothers and sisters will pull each other and no one will pass. Worse.

In the twelfth lunar month, Li Mingdong and Osmanthus came back from Anbei with meat buns, bean buns, and sugar buns. It's not rare for Mrs. Li to hold the little granddaughter's sugar buns. Li Muwen's family, Li Mulin's family, Mingxi's family And Xie Yanan and their son Yuanxiao also arrived home. In all these years, it was the first time that the old Li family had gathered together like this, and Mrs. Li was happy to sleep every morning.

Li Muwen's family has been transferred to the imperial capital. Li Muwen serves as chief of staff in the imperial capital military region. He lives in a separate two-story building in the military region compound. Li Muwen's two sons and daughters-in-law are also in the army.

Li Muwen's favorite among the children of his three younger brothers is Zhen Zhen, one is because she is the only girl in this generation, and Mrs. Li loves her the most, and the other is because Zhen Zhen is his The smartest kid I've ever seen.

Li Muwen's wife Xue Wenhua has heard Li Muwen mention this niece for so many years, saying that she is smart and cute, Xue Wenhua looked at Zhen Zhen carefully, she was so smart that she had to get in touch to know, but she looked like a very spiritual girl .

Xue Wenhua took out a light blue wool coat from the suitcase and handed it to Zhen Zhen: "I went to the Wenhua Road mall in the imperial capital a while ago and fell in love with this wool coat at first sight. I bought it back for you."

Zhen Zhen thanked her quickly, Xue Wenhua stood up and helped Zhen Zhen to put it on: "I don't know if you are fat, thin, tall or short, and I don't know if it is suitable for you to buy."

Zhen Zhen is tall and slender, and she looks white and good-looking. She looks like a clothes rack when she goes there. She looks good even in a large handmade cotton padded jacket made by herself, not to mention such a stylish wool coat. Zhen Zhen buttoned up and turned around in front of the family, and Mrs. Li immediately boasted: "Our family Zhen Zhen is so pretty, what a foreign style to wear this dress."

Zhen Zhen smiled and took the braids behind her: "It's the aunt who has good eyesight and the clothes she picked look good. I just borrowed the clothes."

Xue Wenhua looked at Zhen Zhen with a smile, with a bit of liking on her face: "If you like it, I will take you to buy some more clothes when you have time to play in the imperial capital."

Speaking of the imperial capital, Mrs. Li remembered what Zhen Zhen said about the college entrance examination, she hurriedly touched something from the box and hid it in her arms, and then found an excuse to drag her eldest son into the yard, quietly He asked the matter: "Is it true that the college entrance examination is resumed? Zhen Zhen said to prepare early, and also let Ming Bei and the others follow along to review, you have contact with many people in the imperial capital, you say this is true What's wrong? If it's not, I won't let her suffer that tired, Zhen Zhen's eyes are so beautiful, if she wears glasses every day when she reads books like Ming Dong, she will be blinded by those big eyes."

Li Muwen pondered for a moment before he said: "Someone has mentioned this, but it is still under debate, and the result is hard to say. Zhen Zhen's acuity is very high, and she has a lot of heart, you just let her learn it, it's just that. There is no news this year that it can also be put on the agenda next year. This recommendation to go to university has never been a long-term solution, and it will be abolished sooner or later.”

Once Mrs. Li heard Li Muwen say this, she immediately came to a conclusion. She looked around, and secretly took out a large yellow croaker from her bosom and handed it to Li Muwen: "Zhen Zhen said that she wants to buy a courtyard house in the imperial capital, see if you can help. ."

Li Muwen looked at the big yellow croaker that Mrs. Li took out and his eyelids jumped: "Mother, how many big yellow croakers do you have?"

"Is one not enough?" Mrs. Li tucked her hand into her sleeve again and took out another: "Are two enough?"

"Enough is enough." Li Muwen hurriedly shoved one back for her, looked around vigilantly, and took Mrs. Li a few steps towards the base of the wall: "Although it is not as tight as before, but It's quite eye-catching to take out the big yellow croaker at first." Li Muwen stuffed the big yellow croaker into his clothes to make sure it wouldn't fall off before he whispered, "If you are short of money, tell me, don't go and change it yourself. It's a big yellow croaker, it's not good if people catch it."

"I know, I don't care about you anymore. My mother knows that you are the best in our family. If you can't do anything, you can get rid of it as soon as possible." Mrs. Li said and returned Li Muwen to the BRIC. He shoved it back: "Mu Wen, if you have a way, you can help replace this big yellow croaker together. If there is danger or difficulty, just say it directly, don't be embarrassed."

Li Muwen smiled slightly: "Mother, if your son can't even do this, he doesn't need to live in the second-story building of the Imperial Capital Military Region. Just build a house next to our house."

Only then did Mrs. Li breathe a sigh of relief: "That's good, the mother will tell you straight, this big yellow croaker was dug by Zhen Zhen from the mountains, after you exchange the money, buy it according to what she said. A better Siheyuan, Zhen Zhen said don't worry about buying good ones with money, I guess I won't be able to buy them in the future."

Li Muwen looked at Mrs. Li in surprise: "Zhen Zhen's luck is also very good, our Red Pine Mountain is not small, how did she find the gold?"

Old Mrs. Li thought for a while: "It was said to be digging ginseng. Don't look at your brothers who have been up the mountain since they were young, but no one knows this Red Pine Mountain as thoroughly as Zhen Zhen. The ginseng sent to you over the years. Ganoderma lucidum was dug up the mountain by Zhen Zhen, don't eat other people's children's things in vain, if you have anything in the future, you can sincerely help our family Zhen Zhen."

"I know." Li Muwen said, "It's just that I don't have this ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, why don't I take care of her? We have four brothers, and we gave birth to a girl like her, and everyone has to take her as a treasure."

Old Mrs. Li liked to hear this, and nodded quickly: "It's best if you can think so, you just need to be honest with Zhen Zhen, this child is not the kind of person with white eyes."

"The designated person, there is no such person in our family." Li Muwen thought about what Zhen Zhen said about resuming the college entrance examination, and couldn't help but praised Zhen Zhen with Mrs. Li: "My eldest niece, don't think she was born in us. This small place, but this brain is enough, I see that it is no worse than the children of the Imperial Capital Military Region."

"That's not very good." Mrs. Li nodded vigorously: "It's not me and you, there are very few who can compare to our Zhen Zhen, Mingxi once took the hunting . The gun went up the mountain to hunt, and Zhen Zhen won him with the slingshot, but what a sharpshooter." Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing when she remembered this: "Now we have handed over the hunting/gun, Mingxi It is even more difficult to even mention the competition.”

Li Muwen rubbed his hands and pushed the old lady Li into the room: "If you can really resume the college entrance examination, you can ask Zhen Zhen to take the imperial examination. Mingxi and I are both there and can take care of her."

"I guess she thinks so too, otherwise she won't be able to buy a house in the imperial capital." Mrs. Li saw the door and added in a low voice, "If there is money left to buy a house, don't send it back. , just give it to her when Zhen Zhen goes."

Li Muwen was very attentive about the matter explained by Mrs. Li. When he returned to the imperial capital, he handed it over to his cronies. Now, I have also looked at a few courtyards. There are a few near the Lama Temple, but they used to be converted into large courtyards. Although they are now taken back, they are a little damaged, and they have to rest for a while before they can live.

Li Muwen frowned slightly. He felt that a person like his niece wanted to buy a courtyard house not just for living, but Mrs. Li emphasized that she should buy a good one.

"Where else?" Li Muwen asked.

"There are many well-preserved courtyard houses behind Houyang. Several of them of suitable size and price have been bought by Commander Li, Major General Zhang, and General Li. There are still seven or eight smaller ones. There is a building with an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters that is the most exquisite, but it has a lot of money, and it is still left there and no one cares about it.

Li Muwen's eyes fell on the suitcase full of money brought by his cronies: "Is the money enough?"

The cronies immediately replied: "Enough, but you can think about it, Chief of Staff, it's too expensive."

Li Muwen took a deep breath and stood up from the chair: "I'll go and see what the yard is like first."

The cronies immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't dare to take this responsibility. After all, the money returned by thirty-two taels of gold was not a small amount. The chief of staff didn't even look at it.

The two came to Houyang in a small car and stopped at the gate of a courtyard. This was once the residence of a county king in the Qing Dynasty. There were four courtyards in total. The gate at the gate was still very intact and not damaged. .

The two guards went up and pushed open the gate, bypassed the shadow wall, and walked past the hanging flower gate. Li Muwen walked into the second yard. This is the main room of the prince's mansion. After pushing open the faded gate, Li Muwen went in and turned around. In a circle, the bogu frame and the carved bed are still there, but the area is covered with thick ash, and no one has lived there for a long time.

A rough turn of the house shows that the overall structure of the house is very well preserved except for the carved beams and painted buildings that have been baptized over the years.

Li Muwen pondered, if this doesn't match, then he really can't find a better courtyard than this. He blew the dust off his gloves and took out a piece of paper from his pocket: "You Let's go through the formalities here, the owner writes this name."

The cronies took the paper and looked at the three big characters on the top, and couldn't help but read: "Li Mingzhen!"