Chapter 86 Thanking Cheng Fuqing
Cheng Fuqing, Cheng Yuqing, are they related?
In her previous life, she had never seen anyone from the Cheng family, and was killed by Lin Chunhua. She
also didn't know who was in the Cheng family.
Ma Shuhua didn't recognize her, and she was desperate, so she didn't think about looking for her biological father.
She had never seen any of the Cheng family except Cheng Sihua, whom she met by chance at the airport.
At night, Tong Shiyu paid public rations several times.
At this rate, the child is expected to come soon.
In the dead of night, Ma Siqing planned for the future.
If she gave birth to a child next year, the college entrance examination would be resumed in September 1977, and the examination time would be in winter. By then, the child would be three years old, and Tong Shiyu should be able to be transferred to the local troops.
It would also be okay to have a child earlier.
After thinking it through, Ma Siqing fell asleep.
The next day, Tong Shiyu went to the army, and Ma Siqing finished knitting the sweater at home.
The wool looked the same as the wool of this era, but it was cashmere.
Ma Siqing knitted the sweater very thickly, and it immediately warmed up when she put it on.
Two medium-thick autumn sweaters can be covered inside the sweater.
She did not knit complicated patterns, fearing that the patterns would cause her unnecessary trouble.
At lunch time, Tong Shiyu came back with a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, a can of malted milk, and a few frozen pears.
This was what he exchanged with his comrade-in-arms with the ticket. He said it was for urgent use, and his comrade-in-arms gave it to him without saying a word.
Tong Shiyu also rode back a 28-bar truck.
After lunch, Tong Shiyu took Ma Siqing to the forest farm, found Cheng Fuqing, told him the purpose of their visit, and thanked him sincerely.
Cheng Fuqing was surprised and seemed a little unhappy.
He thought that because of his political stance of being the enemy of the people, the couple did not want to have too much contact with him and came to draw a clear line.
As a result, Ma Siqing said that since she came to know Cheng Fuqing, she has received help from Cheng Fuqing many times, and this time she came to thank him specially.
She bought some candy for the children.
She also hoped that Cheng Fuqing would ask for their help if he needed them in the future.
Cheng Fuqing's worries turned into joy when he heard this.
After chatting for a while, Tong Shiyu had to go back to the army to work, and the two left Cheng Fuqing's house.
Tong Shiyu went to work in the afternoon. Ma Siqing took the time to fill two buckets with water and placed them under the wall outside the door, preparing to make two freezers to store things.
Seeing that Tong Shiyu was about to get off work, she kneaded the dough and prepared to make cabbage buns.
While waiting for the dough to rise, Ma Siqing chopped the cabbage, thought about it, and took out half a pound of fat and lean pork from the space, cut it into dices, and mixed it with the cabbage.
Various seasonings were added to the space appropriately, and the filling was savory.
The dough with yeast rose very well.
When Tong Shiyu came back, Chen Xiaowei also came.
He hadn't come to Ma Siqing's house for dinner for more than half a month, and he was very greedy.
Ma Siqing had already wrapped half of the buns, and one pot was almost out of the pot.
Tong Shiyu rolled up his sleeves and helped Ma Siqing wrap the remaining buns while Chen Xiaowei lit the fire.
After the buns were steamed, Ma Siqing asked Tong Shiyu to take two to give to Zhong Guofan.
Zhong Guofan was very surprised to receive the buns sent by Tong Shiyu.
Tong Shiyu thanked Zhong Guofan for saving his lover, and Zhong Guofan came to his senses.
Looking at the two tempting big buns, Zhong Guofan took them.
After Tong Shiyu left, he felt that he was getting hungrier and hungrier when he looked at the buns.
These days, he always heard Chen Xiaowei say that Ma Siqing's cooking skills were amazing, so he ate them directly.
Sure enough, the bun skin was soft and the main filling was meat. It was so fragrant that after eating one, the other one was also swallowed.
By the time Zhong Guofan realized that he should save it for breakfast tomorrow, the two buns were gone.
Ma Siqing took two more buns and gave them to Mao Xiaowang's family.
Mao Xiaowang's family only had Mao Xiaowang and his mother. The buns were as big as bowls. Ma Siqing didn't dare to give more, so she only gave two to thank Aunt Feng for teaching her how to pick up firewood and for coming to put out the fire.
When Aunt Feng saw that Ma Siqing gave her such big buns, she liked her even more.
Other people gave things that they didn't need at home, but Ma Siqing gave things that would make people feel comfortable.
Aunt Feng remembered that Ma Siqing said she liked her pickled vegetables, so she gave Ma Siqing a lot more.
Ma Siqing didn't refuse, thanked her repeatedly, and went home.
Then she went home and fried potato chips and made a dumpling soup, and dinner was ready.
Chen Xiaowei's mouth was full of oil.
Tong Shiyu felt that Ma Siqing's cooking skills seemed to have improved a lot.
Chen Xiaowei brought Ma Siqing a good news at the dinner table.
The army plans to run a school by itself, which will be responsible for teaching the children in the military compound, and there may also be some students from the forest farm.
It is currently being planned, and the school should be able to open after the Chinese New Year.
Chen Xiaowei said that he recommended Ma Siqing to the new commander Ma, and Commander Ma agreed immediately.
In addition, because of the cold weather, the logistics department is short of manpower recently. Chen Xiaowei asked for her and Ma Siqing could go to help temporarily.
The salary is not much, only the lowest salary of 30 yuan for workers, but Ma Siqing is already very satisfied. Chen Xiaowei asked Ma Siqing to follow him to the logistics department tomorrow, and Ma Siqing would work there first in the future.
This would save her from always thinking about going out to look for a job.
Tong Shiyu looked at Chen Xiaowei gratefully.
Chen Xiaowei was carefree and said that he didn't need their verbal thanks, as long as he could eat a few more meals cooked by his sister-in-law, which were really delicious.
After dinner, Ma Siqing asked Chen Xiaowei to take three buns home, and tomorrow morning's breakfast would be solved.
This made Chen Xiaowei want to get married.
After the house was quiet, Ma Siqing asked Tong Shiyu to try on a sweater.
Tong Shiyu put it on and found it very warm. It turned out that new clothes were much warmer than old ones.
Ma Siqing's craftsmanship was really good. She knitted the sweater to fit her body and it was not too tight. The sweater felt very heavy in the hand, and it was obvious that a sufficient amount of wool was used.
Tong Shiyu hugged Ma Siqing and kissed her while praising her.
"Siqing, you should have spent most of the money you brought with you, right?" Tong Shiyu thought of this question.
"How can it be so fast? It's not just 20 yuan, it's 2,000 yuan! Besides, when I left the Lin family, I got more than 100 yuan from my adoptive mother. The money is enough, don't worry."
"The allowance will be issued in a few days. You can keep some for living expenses and use the rest to buy some books and clothes. My allowance will definitely make you fat and plump, so that you can give birth to some daughters and sons for me."
"Then you have to work hard, otherwise I won't give birth if you can't support me and the kids."
"Don't worry, I promise not to let you and your mother suffer. You must have what others have, and you must have what others don't have."
"Oh, Captain Tong, are you so arrogant?"
"That's right. To be honest, Siqing, I'm the most familiar with the border in this unit, and the new commander Ma may have to rely on me."
"Look at how capable you are, your little tail is flying up to the sky."
"Your man is so powerful, aren't you happy?"
"Happy, I have to laugh even in my dreams!"
The good news that Chen Xiaowei brought tonight made Ma Siqing feel that life is more promising.
She doesn't have to leave Tong Shiyu, and she has plenty of time, so she can do both.