Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 5 Chaoyang, Come with Me to Yanjing

Tao Yushu's return brought laughter and joy to the Lin family, which had been gloomy recently. Lin Erchun and his wife prepared dinner and left all the space for the young couple they had just met.

The onlookers had already been driven away by the arrogant Lin Erchun and his wife.

Lin Chaoyang had already prepared for Tao Yushu to run away, but he never expected that she would actually come back.

"When are you leaving this time?"

"School starts on the 1st, and I plan to go back a week early."

It's already mid-August, which means he can only stay for a week. Lin Chaoyang thought that it seemed that he was still eager to return to the city. He probably wanted to deal with him so that he wouldn't have to go to Yanjing to make trouble.

He pondered, thinking that Tao Yushu must have been impulsive when he wanted to get married and get a marriage certificate. After half a year, he had calmed down. He felt that Tao Yushu might not be able to bring it up.

"When you have time... go to the commune and get a divorce!"

When saying this, Lin Chaoyang felt a little upset. This marriage was such a loss!

But he thought it would be better for everyone not to delay each other. Tao Yushu had his own future, and his future was even brighter.

Hearing this, Tao Yushu's pretty face, which was originally smiling, became stiff because of these words, and there was a hint of panic in her eyes.

"You want a divorce? Why?"

Her question made Lin Chaoyang both angry and amused. So, you are so free and easy in Yanjing, but your buddy still has to stay a widow for you?
Just as he was about to speak, Tao Yushu pressed him, "Did you fight against the opponent behind my back?"

Playing opposite each other means blind dating.

Lin Chaoyang was speechless. What did this have to do with anything?

"Don't talk nonsense, I am a clean and honest person with a righteous character."

Tao Yushu seemed relieved, "Then why do you want a divorce?"

Lin Chaoyang looked at her with a serious expression and said nothing.

Tao Yushu's eyes flickered as she analyzed the situation. She and Lin Chaoyang were a married couple, although they were not yet married in reality. But she claimed that she knew Lin Chaoyang more or less.

Carefully observing his expression, his eyes wandering, unwilling to look at her, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, as if in disdain, Tao Yushu understood.

He was angry.

"Is it because I didn't write to you?"

Tao Yushu's question was like a cold gun, catching Lin Chaoyang off guard. A look of panic flashed in his eyes.

"No, don't talk nonsense."

The more anxious he was to figure it out, the more certain Tao Yushu became. Looking at his slightly artificial performance, she smiled.

She took his hand and said, "I'm sorry. There are some special reasons. I actually wrote you a letter."

Lin Chaoyang felt the softness in his hand, and his voice was full of doubt, "Really?"

"Of course."

"And the letter?"

Tao Yushu was stunned by the question and said hesitantly, "I told you not to be angry."

"What's there to be angry about? I wouldn't be angry even if you didn't write to me." Lin Chaoyang said with a pretentious manner.

Tao Yushu found the man's monologue a little funny, so she patiently explained, "My mother hid the letter."

"Your mother hid it?" Lin Chaoyang was surprised. He never thought that this was the reason why he hadn't received Tao Yushu's letter for half a year.

"Why did she hide the letter?" After asking this question, Lin Chaoyang felt a little regretful. This question was a bit stupid.

What else could it be? He must be dissatisfied with his rural son-in-law!

Tao Yushu's eyes said it all. Lin Chaoyang was right.

"This matter is all my fault. I was hesitant before the college entrance examination, and I wrote to my family twice but never told them about this issue. Later, I was in a hurry to get the marriage certificate with you, and I didn't tell them the truth until I returned to Yanjing..."

Lin Chaoyang asked: "They don't think I forced you, do they?"

Tao Yushu: ...

Silence is the best answer. Lin Chaoyang felt that he was more wronged than Dou E: "Let's be reasonable. It was you who insisted on dragging me to prove my guilt..."

Before he could finish his words, Tao Yushu rolled his eyes and asked, "Did you suffer a loss by marrying me?"

"Anyway, I spent a lot of money." Lin Chaoyang argued.

Tao Yushu kicked his calf angrily. Lin Chaoyang cried out "Ouch" and leaned against the wall holding his leg with a painful expression.

She was startled and thought she was using too much force, so she quickly bent down to check, but was grabbed around the waist.

"Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"

Lin Chaoyang leaned close to Tao Yushu's ear and asked arrogantly, as if he was a bandit kidnapping a young widow.

A red vine climbed up her cheek. She struggled but didn't dare to speak loudly. She lowered her voice and said, "Let me go. My parents are still outside." "It's okay, they..."

Just as Lin Chaoyang was about to praise Comrade Lao Lin for his foresight, the door opened.

Dog food mixed with chili powder flew towards him, and Comrade Lin Erchun cried out "Ouch!" and quickly covered his eyes with his hands.

"Well, it's time to eat." He said to the room and closed the door.

Tao Yushu angrily shook off Lin Chaoyang's hand, "It's all your fault!"

Lin Chaoyang didn't care, "We are a legal couple, what's the big deal?"

The Lin family's dinner today was very sumptuous, with two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Zhang Guiqin had really used all her specialties to prepare four dishes in such a short time.

"Yushu, eat more. Look at you, you've lost weight."

The family sat together for dinner, and the mother-in-law Zhang Guiqin kept picking up food for Tao Yushu, probably to make up for the guilt of saying bad things about her behind her back.

"Mom, you eat too. To be honest, I've been missing the food you cook for more than half a year in Yanjing."

Tao Yushu's words coaxed Zhang Guiqin so much that she was at a loss and she started picking up food more frequently.

Lin Chaoyang felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Tao Yushu's performance. It seemed that she usually treated me in the same way.

"Chaoyang, you eat too." Tao Yushu picked up a chicken leg for him.

Lin Chaoyang immediately smiled.

The family was having dinner happily when suddenly a sound was heard in the yard. It was Er Maitai coming.

"Ah! When did Sister Yushu come back?" His acting was a bit poor.

Tao Yushu said, "Don't pretend. I saw you sneaking around in the commune."

Er Maitai scratched his head in embarrassment. He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't expect to be discovered.

"Well, you guys eat first. I'm here just to tell Chaoyang that the projectionist is here, so hurry up and grab a seat."

He said this, but his eyes were on the food on the table.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Chaoyang would really keep him for dinner, but today was not the right day.

"Okay, got it."

Er Maitai was a little disappointed not to be invited and left reluctantly.

After Er Maitai left, other members who heard the news of Tao Yushu's return came to Lin Chaoyang's house to watch the fun. During the meal, the house was so crowded with people coming and going that it was almost like a tourist attraction.

She had been away studying in Yanjing for half a year, and there had been a lot of gossip in the team. Now that she was back, everyone wanted to see what was going on, and they didn't even have time to go to the team's small playground to reserve a seat to watch a movie.

Lin Erchun was annoyed by this group of people and chased them out of the yard like ducks, "What are you looking at? Go watch a movie."

Tao Yushu was just dealing with a barrage of questions from the team members, with a warm smile on his face from beginning to end, without the slightest impatience.

Seeing that everyone had left, she suddenly had an idea and said to Lin Chaoyang, "Shall we go to the movies too?"

Tao Yushu can attract the attention of other members even at home. If they were watching a movie, the scene would probably be no less than when a movie star appeared on stage.

"Aren't you afraid of being watched?" Lin Chaoyang asked him.

"What are you afraid of? We are a legal couple. What? Are you afraid?"

Facing the provocation from his young wife, Lin Chaoyang stood up and proved himself with his actions: "Let's go!"

Lin Erchun looked at the couple's backs as they walked out of the yard with a smile on his face.

Yu Shu is a very smart girl. She knows that there must have been a lot of gossip in the team during the six months since she went to college. Whether it was calling "Mom and Dad" as soon as she entered the door just now, or going to the playground to watch a movie with her son, she was trying to combat the gossip in the team.

The more he looked at his daughter-in-law, the more satisfied he became.

It was just five o'clock when Lin Chaoyang and the other person arrived at the playground. It was not yet dark, but the team's playground was already crowded with people. The curtains were set up, and the members were sitting on small stools chatting. The children around them were running, jumping and playing. The school, which had been silent for half the summer vacation, was very lively tonight.

When Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu arrived at the school playground, they really attracted the attention of the members. Everyone asked questions about this and that, even more enthusiastically than when they were at home. This situation continued until the projectionist, who had eaten and drunk his fill, arrived.

During the past six months, Lin Erchun and his wife were overwhelmed by public opinion in the team and could not even raise their heads.

The moment Tao Yushu appeared on the team's playground, the couple finally straightened their backs with pride.

As night falls, the light beam from the projector turns into an image on the white screen.

The movie shown today is "Lenin in 1918". The members have seen it more than once, but even if they see it more times, everyone is still willing to watch it.

The originally noisy playground became quiet, and everyone was immersed in a world woven by light and shadow.

When Vasily on the screen said to his hungry wife, "There will be bread, there will be milk, there will be everything", Lin Chaoyang heard Tao Yushu's voice in his ears.

"Chaoyang, come with me to Yanjing!"

(End of this chapter)