Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 119 The More You Look, the More It Resembles
Chang An has dark skin and looks five or six years older than his peers because he works in the fields all year round.

Even so, when Chang An was with these people, you couldn't tell that he had just come to the city from the countryside.

Looking closer at his features, Lu Qiaoge suddenly remembered the father of Deputy Factory Director Lin from the inspection team last night, the old man in charge of aviation, Lin Lao.

The mute man and Old Lin look so alike.

No wonder Old Lin looked so familiar to her last night.

Uncontrollably, Lu Qiaoge's thoughts began to wander.

Deputy Factory Director Lin is under thirty, making him a member of the younger generation of the leadership.

Old Lin looked to be in his early fifties, while Chang An was a few years younger than Deputy Factory Director Lin, at twenty-six years old this year. He was an adopted son of the Chang family, and no one knew where he had been adopted from.

After her mind was opened up, Lu Qiaoge saw Chang An more and more like Old Lin.

But he doesn't resemble Deputy Factory Director Lin, but Deputy Factory Director Lin doesn't resemble Old Man Lin either.

Chang An was perceptive and noticed Lu Qiaoge's gaze. He quickly handed the license he was holding to Zhou Li, nervously rubbing his hands on his clothes. His palms were sweaty.

He grew up amidst hunger and abuse; by the age of eight, he was already half a laborer, and by twelve, he was earning full work points like an adult.

But even at the Chang family's house, he still couldn't get enough to eat.

They would often give him a cornbread and tell him to get out of the woodshed and not get in the way of that family.

His days consisted of nothing but beatings and hunger; as for the insults, he didn't care at all.

He was able to grow up because he was able to feed himself starting at the age of twelve.

He grew up, tall and strong, and his mother always told everyone that the Chang family had raised him so well. Without the Chang family, he would have died long ago.

He was an unwanted bastard who owed the Chang family too much kindness.

He worked tirelessly to repay them.

But in the dead of night, he often wondered why his biological parents didn't want him anymore. Was it really like his mother said, that they couldn't afford to raise him and abandoned him?
But now he has a family, a wife who doesn't mind that he's mute, and a son who calls him Dad.

He also left that family and went to work in a military factory with his wife.

He earned his current life with his life.

He cannot lose her, and he cannot let her be affected.

Thinking about this made Chang An even more uneasy. He looked at the license again, but he just held it gently, without getting it dirty or damaged.

But why does Comrade Lu view him that way?
Is it because he is mute that the food factory doesn't want him anymore?

Comrade Lu is kind-hearted, so he's too embarrassed to ask people to leave?
If this place doesn't want him, will he have nowhere else to go?

Amidst Chang An's extreme anxiety, Lu Qiaoge spoke, her voice very gentle.

"Brother Chang, the neighborhood office is planning to open a night school soon. You can sign up and study there. It will cover everything from elementary to middle school, and we'll try to tutor you in high school courses as well. We'll also try to issue diplomas to the graduates. Brother Chang, you've been held back. You're really smart."

Chang An was stunned.

My eyes are burning; it turns out I didn't want to send him away.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave Lu Qiaoge a childlike smile. When the fine lines appeared at the corners of his eyes, they strangely overlapped with the face of Deputy Factory Director Lin's father from the inspection team yesterday.

Lu Qiaoge felt that none of the unexpected events life had given her were without reason.

It's possible that there really is a connection.

Zhou Li had no idea what Lu Qiaoge was thinking just now. She asked excitedly, "Qiaoge, can I go too?"

Lu Qiaoge nodded: "Of course I can, I'll go too. My junior high school education isn't complete, I need to finish my studies."

Meng Qingshan carefully placed the license in the food factory's tidy office.

Lu Qiaoge then told them to go with her to the factory's infrastructure department to get cement and lime. She also took out a slip of paper and told Lu Qiaoling and Du Shuang to go to the department store to find Mu Dan and ask her to help them get white cotton cloth.

Wei Dong, Tie Zhu, and Xiu Yan went to clean the area the service station was responsible for.

The entire process was arranged in a very orderly manner.

Because the inspection team was also coming to offer their condolences on Saturday morning, the hygiene inspection was scheduled for the afternoon.

Lu Qiaoge asked Tao Tao to check the Swan Hotel in the provincial capital where the group was staying. It was also the best hotel in the provincial capital. She asked Tao Tao to find an old man surnamed Lin there and see if he could find any useful information.

She went to find Qin Hengzhi.

Aside from the time she asked Qin Hengzhi whether he wanted to watch a performance or attend a dance, this was Lu Qiaoge's second visit to the military representative's office.

This time, I felt a little different from the last time.

How to describe it? It seems to have become more solemn.

The sentries standing at the gate were as upright as poplar trees.

It must have been rigorously trained by Qin Hengzhi.

Having contacted her in advance, Qin Hengzhi waited for Lu Qiaoge in his office after returning from the factory.

Lu Qiaoge originally planned to tell Qin Hengzhi during their date.

However, Qin Hengzhi has been extremely busy these past few days and hasn't had time to go on dates with her in the evenings.

They all sent messages through tabby cats.

He made a small cloth bag for the tabby cat, which is how the tabby cat brought back the gold bracelet last time.

Qin Hengzhi said that the tabby cat was incredibly fast.

The naughty boy wanted to catch it, but that was impossible.

Lu Qiaoge firmly believed this.

Therefore, it is very convenient to use for sending messages.

But this time Lu Qiaoge didn't use the tabby cat to send the message; she made a phone call.

It's the safest place to talk.

Qin Hengzhi wore a crisp white shirt today, but with green military trousers underneath, a black belt around his waist, and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing his tanned forearms.

Sunlight streamed through the glass window, softening the handsome, otherworldly face.

Lu Qiaoge glanced at his waist with an ambiguous expression. Putting aside his face, his figure was truly amazing.

Qin Hengzhi had no idea that his little girlfriend was secretly plotting something.

With a smile in his eyes, he poured Lu Qiaoge a cup of iced tea, then hurriedly went to wash a basin of cherries, saying to Lu Qiaoge, "These cherries are from the mountains, picked this morning. I was planning to send them to you tonight, but they're perfect to eat now."

Qin Hengzhi placed the white porcelain plate containing cherries on the coffee table, and then sat down.

Lu Qiaoge picked up a vermilion fruit and took a bite, the juice staining her lips.

Qin Hengzhi's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he felt that Qiao Ge's lips were even more vibrant than the cherries on the plate.

While eating, Lu Qiaoge asked curiously, "Where did you pick these? They're so small. But they're so sweet."

Qin Hengzhi's voice was gentle: "In the deep mountains, there are wild cherries. They ripen late, but the sunshine there is good, so they are very sweet."

He paused for a moment and then said, "There's a birch forest over there; the leaves turn golden in autumn."

Seeing Lu Qiaoge smiling, he continued, "We can choose a good time to visit Wuhua Mountain in the north. There is a winding river at the foot of the mountain, the kind that is crystal clear. There are many beautiful pebbles on the banks, as well as sandy beaches and many birch trees. There are also many wild fruit trees on the other side of the river. This cherry was picked there."

Lu Qiaoge's eyes sparkled: "Just the two of us?"