Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"It's the provincial garrison troops. There shouldn't be any problems for now." Lin Qingyu paused and continued,

"I'd better go to the county tomorrow to ask my second uncle, and also go to see Erdan and tell him about his brother."

It would be a lie to say that I'm not worried about Xie Jin's situation.

After all, no matter how many books Xie Jin has read about this era, he is an ancient emperor at heart, and his thinking is somewhat different.

She was worried that Xie Jin would show his tyrannical nature again, say radical or critical words that he shouldn't say, and try to dictate the country's affairs. In that case, his end would definitely be labor reform.

"I'll go with you tomorrow." Lin Qingfeng said.

Lin Qingyu nodded.

When Lin Xuejun returned home from work in the brigade, Lin Qingyu told him about Xie Jin's situation.

People were impressed by his ability to catch wild boars and, since he was a local, they wanted him to go on an undercover mission to get close to a special target.

But he said a lot of things and was suspected of being a spy. He was taken away directly and is currently under a comprehensive investigation.

Lin Xuejun,...

He, a son-in-law, is so promising!

However, thinking about Erdan's behavior, Lin Xuejun was not surprised at all.

If this wasn't his own son-in-law, he would have wanted to report Tiedan and Erdan when he saw them. These two people have changed so much that it is normal for people to be suspicious of them.

"We can guarantee him." Lin Xuejun thought for a moment and said with a serious face,

"The team members from Xiaoxi Village also include Xie Tiedan's grandfather, uncle and other relatives. Their words are also very important. If they can all vouch for Tiedan, then there won't be any problems."

"He has a mediocre relationship with his grandparents, so there's no guarantee that they'll be willing to vouch for Tiedan." Lin Qingyu said with some concern.

"Erdan was also a little fool before, and Tiedan's temperament is different too. The changes in both of them can be said to be completely transformed."

Lin Xuejun frowned upon hearing this and looked at his daughter suspiciously.

"So, these two people are really problematic. Their personalities suddenly changed, and they seem like they are possessed by a demon. Girl, are you being possessed by a male vixen?"

Lin Qingyu's mouth twitched, "...Dad, have you been secretly reading Liao Zhai's books recently? Be careful not to get caught. If you want to read, you can only read secretly at home and hide well."

Lin Xuejun was exposed by his daughter that he was reading a banned book. He felt a little embarrassed and said with his neck stiff,

"Then how do you explain why these two people suddenly became so smart?"

"I suddenly had a dream and got the memory of my past and present lives. I guess I got enlightened. Doesn't Buddhism also have this kind of thing?"

Lin Qingyu spoke.

"You can't say that. Many temples have been smashed now. What you said is also feudal superstition, don't you understand? You will be criticized in a mass meeting. Dad doesn't want to choose you as the target of criticism next time."

Lin Xuejun quickly shook his head and warned her seriously.

Lin Qingyu nodded helplessly.

This is truly an era where evildoers have nowhere to hide, and those who deceive people can no longer find a good excuse.

"It just opened my mind. I became very smart. I read a lot of books and I understood it. There's nothing more to say."

Lin Xuejun thought about it and decided on the final statement.

"Tell your uncle this when you meet him tomorrow. I will go to Xiaoxi Village in person to meet Tiedan's family and the head of the production team in the village."

"Thank you, Dad." Lin Qingyu said quickly with a smile.

"Tiedan has something to do, so we have to worry about it. When he comes out, we will ask him to apologize to you. Whether you want to drink or smoke, we will arrange it for you."

"Hehe, I drink and smoke whenever I want on weekdays. I don't need him to arrange it for me." Lin Xuejun snorted.

"But you, you've only met Xie Tiedan two or three times, but you've already become so obsessed with him. You've fallen in love with him and your heart and eyes are filled with him.

Although Xie Tiedan is indeed a good person, capable, and good at speaking and doing things, but, if you look at his appearance, he is not as good as Xinghai, who grew up with you.

Xinghai's family is well-off, and he and you are childhood sweethearts. Even now that he is away at college, he is still thinking about you.

I write you letters from time to time, send you some things, and whenever I come back from school, I come to see you and stick to you, but you don't seem to be interested at all."

Hearing this, Lin Qingyu smiled helplessly, "Dad, Brother Xinghai and I are too familiar with each other, I really can't be moved.

As for Xie Jin, how can I put it…I may have owed him a favor in my previous life, and I decided on him the first time I saw him. "

Lin Xuejun rolled his eyes speechlessly, "...speak human language."

"Love is not rational, and it can't be expressed in human language!" Lin Qingyu smiled and jokingly skipped over the question.

"Dad, we're going to my second uncle's house tomorrow. Grandpa and grandma will be there too. I have to bring them some delicious food. What do you think I should bring?"

“Pick some tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and eggplants from your private plot, and send some to your aunt and her family when the time comes.

Also, take some peanuts from home. The watermelons we planted are not ripe yet. You and your brother can buy one and bring it over..."

Lin Xuejun became excited when he talked about this. He picked up all the vegetables and fruits in his family's fields and asked his daughter to take them to the county town to give to his younger brothers.

Seeing that his goal of diverting attention had been achieved, Lin Qingyu smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to Dad. Tomorrow I'll say hello to my grandparents on your behalf."

"Your grandparents are happy to see you, and they don't care about me as their son." Lin Xuejun curled his lips, "I still have some self-awareness."

Lin Qingyu thought of the love, hate and vengeance of their previous generation, chuckled, wisely did not get involved and quickly ran away.

-

Early the next morning.

Lin Qingyu and his third brother picked two large bamboo baskets of vegetables from their private plots, put them on their bicycles, and pushed them to the town, waiting to take the bus to the county.

Naturally, I would leave the bicycle in the town first and ride it when I come back from the county.

After waiting for half an hour, the shabby bus finally arrived. The ticket was 20 cents per person, which was not cheap.

After riding in the car for more than half an hour, Lin Qingyu and his friends finally arrived at the county town.

It takes another forty minutes to walk from where you get off the bus to Lin Qingyu's second uncle's house.

After walking such a long distance in such hot weather, Lin Qingyu felt completely wilted and uncomfortable. She said she never wanted to travel far in such hot weather again.

Lin Qingfeng glanced at her and said with a smile,

"Why are you becoming more and more squeamish? You can't even walk this short distance. This is just the beginning. You were not like this before."

Lin Qingyu sighed deeply and muttered softly, "Alas, I have lived a lot of good life, but I am still like this. I really don't know what Xie Tiedan and Erdan are thinking."

"What are you mumbling to yourself?" Lin Qingfeng asked curiously.

Lin Qingyu waved her hands and said with a smile, "It's nothing, it's nothing, let's go quickly, let's go to Second Uncle's house to enjoy the fan, eat watermelon, and cool down."

-

When they arrived at their second uncle's house, they shouted inside before even entering the door.

"Grandpa, grandma, here we come!"

"Oh my, Qingyu is here. I missed you so much. I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."

Grandma Lin heard the noise, came out of the house, looked at Lin Qingyu and immediately hugged her in her arms and said.

As for the grandson next to him, well, just ignore him.

Lin Qingfeng was not surprised at all and was used to it. He called out "Grandma" and went straight into the house with his things, leaving the two of them to cuddle together.

"Hey, grandma, I also feel like I haven't seen you for a long, long time. I stink of sweat all over me, so please don't hug me, or I'll make you stink."

Lin Qingyu also hugged her grandmother and said with a smile.

"Of course it stinks, it smells good." Grandma Lin smiled and let go of her, then held her hand and asked,

"Why didn't you bring your boyfriend here? Grandma hasn't even seen him yet.

Your grandfather and I were shocked yesterday when we heard that you had a live-in son-in-law. Your grandfather even scolded your father, saying that he was messing around."

Lin Qingyu was not surprised at all when she heard this. She just asked, "Where is my grandpa? Did he go out to play chess with another old man?"

"No, I'm laying in the house with Erdan." Grandma Lin laughed again when she talked about Xie Wenyuan.

"Erdan is a rare kid. Your eldest brother brought him here yesterday and he made everyone laugh.

In the evening, your eldest brother wanted to take him away, so your grandfather kept him and told him to let Erdan live here to entertain him.

This Bu Er Dan is playing chess with me. Your grandfather is so obsessed with it that he won't move even when you come."

Lin Qingyu was surprised and not surprised to hear that Xie Wenyuan was at her second uncle's house. This was a good thing as she didn't have to run to her eldest brother's house.

"Qingyu is here." Grandpa Lin saw Lin Qingyu and greeted her with a smile.

"Wait a moment. I'll talk to you after Erdan and I finish this game."

"Sister-in-law, where is my brother? He didn't come with you." Xie Wenyuan also looked at Lin Qingyu and asked, and looked behind her.

Xie Wenyuan felt quite strange when he didn't see Xie Jin.

"Your brother was taken away by comrades from the People's Liberation Army. They said they would conduct an in-depth investigation on him." Lin Qingyu said.

Xie Wenyuan frowned immediately, the relaxed look on his face disappeared, and his eyes became a little fierce.

"what happened?"

Grandpa Lin also raised his head from the chessboard again, glanced at Xie Wenyuan first, and was shocked by his ruthlessness.

"Oh, don't be nervous, don't be nervous." Lin Qingyu quickly waved at Xie Wenyuan, "It's nothing serious, just take him away to understand the situation."

Lin Qingyu was afraid that Xie Wenyuan would lose his temper again, so she immediately explained to him in detail what had happened.

After listening to this, Xie Wenyuan regained his relaxed look, waved his hand and said, "It's not a big problem, Tiedan can handle it himself, so don't worry too much."

Grandpa Lin looked at him with a big leader's demeanor, his mouth twitched, and he asked him, "Erdan, do you still want to play this chess game?"

"Of course I have to play. You just said that if you lose, you have to give me a popsicle." Xie Wenyuan said.

"You've already had an ice pop today. It's not good to eat too much. Eat it tomorrow." Grandpa Lin said.

"Grandpa Lin, don't think you can go back on your word just because you're doing this for my own good. Let's put things in perspective." Xie Wenyuan said.

"I got a popsicle, but I don't have to eat it myself. I can give it to Xiaowen, Xiaodie, or my third brother."

"Third brother is so touched! Erdan, Third brother has been here for so long, and you are the only one who takes Third brother seriously." Lin Qingfeng took a tomato out of the basket and handed it to him, "Third brother's thoughtfulness."

"Thank you, Third Brother." Xie Wenyuan took the tomato and started eating it without thinking it was dirty or washing it. "This tomato is sweet and delicious."

There are no pesticides these days.

Grandpa Lin didn't even look at the two of them. He was concentrating on his chess game, thinking only about how to beat Erdan.

Lin Qingyu ran to his grandfather and looked at the chess game carefully, thinking about how to help his grandfather win the game.

Her chess skills are now very good, and Xie Wenyuan is no match for her at all.

"Qingyu, come and have some melon. What's so good about this broken chess? Let's go to another room and talk."

Grandma Lin washed a melon, cut it in half, gave one half to Lin Qingyu, and gave the other half to her grandson who was acting pitiful.

"Grandma, wait a minute, I helped Grandpa win this game first." After Lin Qingyu finished speaking, she said to Grandpa Lin,

"Grandpa, leave it to me. I'll help you turn the tables in a moment."

Grandpa Lin was skeptical, "When did you learn to play chess? And you are so confident."

"I just learned it recently, and now I'm getting the hang of it." Lin Qingyu said, "Let me show you."

Grandpa Lin naturally supported his precious granddaughter and was about to stand up to make room for her. Lin Qingyu held him down and said, "No, no, I can stand like this."

Xie Wenyuan glanced at Lin Qingyu and knew that she was very good at chess. She also aroused his fighting spirit and he became more serious than before.

However, Lin Qingyu won in the end.

Grandpa Lin looked at his precious granddaughter with a different look in his eyes, "Hey, Qingyu, when did you become so powerful?"

He has never won against Xie Wenyuan in chess from yesterday to today.

However, in front of other old men, he is the undefeated general.

"During the summer vacation, it was too hot to go out, so I found some basic chess records and stayed at home to study them every day." Lin Qingyu said with a smile.

"Why shouldn't I..." Lin Qingfeng was puzzled and was about to express his opinion, but was shut up by Lin Qingyu's elbow.

"Alright, alright, put away the chessboards after you finish playing." Grandma Lin urged everyone to put away the chessboards and pulled Lin Qingyu aside to talk.

"When will you and Tiedan get married?"

"Why do you want a live-in son-in-law? It's not like there are no male descendants in the family. Your father would just do whatever he wants!" Grandpa Lin said immediately.

"Grandpa, I asked for it on my own initiative. I don't want to marry into my husband's family and serve others. The thought of it makes me uncomfortable." Lin Qingyu said immediately.

"That's right, you old man, you don't have to do the laundry and cooking. Qingyu, we are going to be someone else's daughter-in-law, how can we have a comfortable life? If we are not diligent, our mother-in-law will nag us to death."

Grandma Lin immediately said,

"Your father did the right thing this time. I support him. It's good to be a live-in son-in-law. Only by staying in your own home can you avoid being wronged."

"Grandma is absolutely right. My brother Tiedan woke up with a smile when he knew he could be your son-in-law."

Xie Wenyuan also smiled and said,

"Grandpa, don't hold on to those feudal ideas. The most important thing is that my sister-in-law lives a comfortable life."

"Hahaha... look at how good at talking Erdan is." Grandma Lin said immediately with a smile.