1977: It all started with a wrong love

Chapter 55 Call from Beijing
The words are divided into two parts.

Things in this world are sometimes just so strange.

Not long after Lu Yifan was picked up by the military in a helicopter, no one expected that a commune cadre would come to Lu's house in the wind and snow.

However, there was a call from Beijing that came into Longyan Commune.

It was said that someone from the Zhong family in Beijing asked the commune to take the trouble to make a trip to find Lu Yifan, a villager from Group 5 of the Renhe Production Brigade, to answer the phone as they had something important to discuss.

When the family got the news unexpectedly, they were all dumbfounded.

Everyone guessed that the call was most likely from Lu Yifan's wife, Zhong Xiuping, who had returned to the city early.

It's almost the New Year for the young couple, do they want to call each other to keep in touch?

What else can I do?

Lu Yifan is not at home, so you have to answer the call from the Zhong family!
In the end, there was no other option.

Only the eldest brother can help the third brother this time.

The younger sister Lu Yixin was eager to take the opportunity to chat with her third sister-in-law on the phone and talk about her longing for her after separation.

Ok!

Having a younger sister to help out can at least avoid some of the embarrassment during telephone conversations.

So the eldest brother and the younger sister followed the commune cadres, and the three of them walked towards the commune in the wind and snow, one step deep and one step shallow.

The snow on the road was more than a foot thick.

I can't ride a bike at all.

Hiking in the snow is extremely difficult and I can't speed up at all. It's super tiring.

The three of them walked for more than an hour to cover the distance of more than ten miles.

When we arrived at the commune, another cadre on duty came out to greet us. He said with regret that more than ten minutes ago, someone from Beijing had called again and heard that the Lu family had not arrived yet. The other party didn't say much and just hung up.

Because of his brother's personal affairs, he bothered others.

Both the brother and sister were quite embarrassed.

Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

Originally, there would be no staff on duty in the commune during the afternoon period.

It's freezing cold and it's New Year's Day, so there's no need to waste time in the commune on official business.

So, the atmosphere right now is quite awkward.

In the blink of an eye, another half hour passed.

The phone never rang again.

The officer on duty was clearly getting impatient.

It was just that due to his eldest brother Lu Yilong's status as a senior cadre in the army, and the matter involved a long-distance call from Lu Yifan, a top celebrity in the commune, he had no choice but to stay with him even though he was impatient.

at the same time.

The Zhong family in Beijing.

Zhong Xiuping has been in a trance today.

Last night she dreamed of her ex-husband Lu Yifan again, but this dream was different from the usual scenes that made her blush.

In her dream, she had a big fight with her ex-husband Lu Yifan.

Her ex-husband Lu Yifan pointed his nose at her and called her a female Chen Shimei. For her own happiness, she cheated on him for three years and finally kicked him away, and returned to the city to live her good life...

At the most tense moment in the dream, my ex-husband angrily said that he had been admitted to two famous universities in Beijing, Peking University and Tsinghua University, based on his own strength, but he was schemed by a villain, and his admission letter was invalidated. He could not register and had to return to the village to be a farmer...

She was also very nervous after hearing this, and hurriedly asked who was behind the plot to invalidate his admission letter...

It would be fine if I didn't mention this...

Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, her ex-husband Lu Yifan went crazy. He grabbed her neck and wanted to take revenge on her. He wanted to die with her. No one would have a good life...

Then, she was awakened by a terrible dream!
She couldn't sleep anymore and got up to go downstairs to the bathroom.

Suddenly, I heard a muffled quarrel coming from my parents' room.

She listened carefully and found that her parents were arguing about her in the middle of the night. Then she vaguely heard her mother cursing and swearing that she would never let the villain succeed in his evil plan. She would destroy anyone who destroyed her daughter...

How could Zhong Xiuping not hear that her mother was taking her anger out on her ex-husband's brother Lu Yifan?

Plus, I happened to have such a terrible nightmare.

The next day, Zhong Xiuping thought about it and decided to make a phone call to tell Lu Yifan the news. No matter what, no matter whether she and Lu Yifan could ever get back together, she could not watch Lu Yifan, who had already been admitted to university, have his future ruined by his mother.

After all, he is the biological father of the baby in her belly.

As for why he didn't confront his mother in person, but instead called Lu Yifan.

She herself had no idea what her mood was.

Maybe, it was because she had been separated for some time, so she wanted to find an opportunity to chat with her ex-husband Lu Yifan, and then tell him directly that she was pregnant, to see what his attitude would be? !
It is with such a contradictory mentality.

While both parents are out.

She seized the opportunity and made a phone call.

It was not easy to contact someone by phone these days. She first called the line of the Renhe Production Brigade, but unfortunately there was no one on duty at the production brigade.

Later, I changed the call to Longyan Commune, and finally a duty officer answered the call.

While waiting for someone to help go to the village to call someone to answer the phone.

Zhong Xiuping imagined countless possible scenarios in her mind, but the most worrying thing was that Lu Yifan would never come to answer her call.

Waited for two hours.

I guess the waiting time is enough.

So I called again.

Then, to her surprise, the person who answered the phone was not Lu Yifan. Lu Yifan really didn't want to answer her call at all...

So, her ex-husband seemed to understand her cruel decision to abandon her husband and return to the city, and he happily cooperated with her in getting a divorce, but deep down, he was still holding a grudge against her for being so ruthless and disloyal...? ?

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Wait until it's almost dark.

In the end, the eldest brother and the younger sister were unable to receive the call from the capital.

I could only say goodbye and leave the commune with a melancholy mood.

"Brother, what do you think is going on with Third Sister-in-law? We've been waiting at the commune for almost two hours, but she refuses to call again? I suddenly feel like there's some rift between Third Sister-in-law and my brother..."

"Don't make wild guesses. Maybe the snow and wind were too strong and the telephone line was out of order..."

"Oh, that's very possible! I don't think Third Sister-in-law would be so stupid. My brother is so powerful now. He has admission letters from two famous universities in Beijing, Yan University and Tsinghua University. He is also highly regarded by the leaders of our army. They directly sent a helicopter to our village to pick him up. My brother will definitely be a very promising and outstanding person in the future..."

The eldest brother laughed and said:

"What about you? With your brother as a good role model, shouldn't you seize the time and work hard to get on the list next year and get into a prestigious university for our family? That would be a real honor for our family!"

Upon hearing this, my younger sister suddenly became proud and said:
"Okay, big brother, then you can expect me to get admitted to a famous university in Beijing next year! What about Yanda and Tsinghua University? If you can get two at once, I will work hard and try to catch the tail of one of them, haha..."

The Zhong family in Beijing.

After finally waiting for my parents to go out again.

Zhong Xiuping immediately picked up the home phone and called the duty phone of Longyan Commune, Fu County, Qinxi Province again.

However, she did not even check the time, and it was already approaching evening.

In Longyan Commune, thousands of miles away.

By now, all the doors have been closed and locked, and there is no one on duty.

Naturally, there was no possibility that anyone would answer her call again.

Her mood became increasingly depressed.

Just hung up the phone.

Mother Zhong walked in with a gloomy face. "You've been calling all day but still couldn't get in touch with them, right? No one answered your calls, right? So you little bitch, are you still obsessed with the fantasy of reconciliation?"

"Mom, why are you secretly following me..."

Zhong Xiuping's first reaction was that her mother was actually monitoring her the entire time she was contacting Lu Yifan by phone to tell on him. She immediately felt like a rebellious criminal who was being treated as a thief by her mother.

"Zhong Xiuping, what nonsense are you talking about!!"

"You actually suspect that mom is secretly following you?!"

Unexpectedly, Zhong's mother's emotional reaction became even more abnormal. She immediately started shouting and screaming hysterically.

At this moment, Mr. Zhong also walked in with a gloomy face and hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Xiuping, don't wrongly accuse your mother. You frequently make long-distance calls, and the attendant has reported it to you. Don't quarrel during the New Year. It's not right..."

Mother Zhong was still exploding with emotion, "Zhong Xingguo, you still blame me for being noisy! You actually still have the mood to blame me for being noisy! Don't you see how hopeless your daughter is? She secretly called to tip off that Lu behind my back! She suspected that I, as a mother, was harming her! She accused me of secretly spying on her..."

Mr. Zhong scratched his head in pain: An old woman in menopause, ah, an unreasonable old woman in menopause...

(The term menopause was certainly not very popular in China in the 1970s. Both Zhong's father and mother were high-ranking officials in the cultural and educational circles and had studied abroad, so they had this inner understanding. In addition, Zhong's mother's personality is that she is eager to protect her daughter and has extreme and hateful cognition.)

Zhong Xiuping turned around stubbornly and went straight to her bedroom upstairs.

She just didn't understand. Her mother had never met Lu Yifan before, so how could she have such a deep hatred or resentment towards Lu Yifan?

In the past, she disliked Lu Yifan because he was an ordinary country youth and was worried that they would have nothing in common. If she tried to maintain the marriage, it would end in a mess.

She believed these words.

She also followed her mother's instructions, coaxed and deceived her ex-husband's brother, and quietly dissolved her marriage and returned to the city.

Except for the night we returned to the city, I was a little drunk and felt like making amends.

After all, they were a real couple who spent one night together.

For everything else, she followed her mother's advice, successfully escaped from that miserable nest, and returned to the city to start a comfortable new life.

But the problem is...

Now she has a child with her ex-husband's brother according to God's will...

With his outstanding performance, Lu Yifan became a new-era college student and an outstanding student that two famous universities in Beijing were vying for.

Others were like this, but why did my own mother still have such deep hatred, even mocking my wish of reconciliation as a fantasy...

Why is it like this? !
It was obviously my fault first!!
Even if it's for the sake of the baby in my belly, why can't I take the initiative to admit my mistake and ask for reconciliation? Why does it become that in my mother's eyes, my ex-husband Lu Yifan is deliberately plotting against me, your daughter? !

(End of this chapter)