Chapter 97 Chapter 97 What a joke!
When Liang Xin walked out of the factory, her attention was attracted by the figure standing under the jujube tree.
He had broad shoulders and a tall and slender figure. His green military uniform blended perfectly with the wheat waves in the distance that he was looking at.
"Deputy Commander Lu?"
Lu Chongfeng heard Li Mao's doubtful voice and turned back. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the jujube tree onto his nose and lips, which seemed to add a layer of highlights, making his facial features more three-dimensional. It was no exaggeration to describe him as handsome with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. His expression was very serious. "Is the meeting over?"
"It's over."
Liang Xin walked over, "Why are you here? When did you arrive?"
Lu Chongfeng also walked towards Liang Xin and said, "I just got here. I heard that you were going to hold a staff meeting, so I didn't go. I'm standing here waiting for you in the fresh air."
Li Mao shrugged his shoulders. "It's so cold this morning, and you're still blowing the wind?"
Lu Chongfeng: "...I was sweating just after walking over here."
"Then you can't blow it into the wind."
Liang Xin looked around and asked, "You didn't take the car?"
"I heard you were here, so I asked them to go back first."
Lu Chongfeng looked at the carriage, "Can we go back now?"
"Let's go, I'm hungry."
The carriage jolted forward.
Lu Chongfeng asked Liang Xin what she wanted to eat.
"I want to eat something flavorful." Liang Xin thought for a moment, "Stir-fried pork intestines with pickled cabbage."
“Wow!”
Li Maoxian said: "This is really delicious!"
"The braised large intestine that has been cleaned has no taste."
Lu Chongfeng lay on the middle flatbed, his hands behind his head, one leg bent, and looked at Liang Xin, "The key is whether we can eat now?"
"No problem."
Li Mao added: "In the past, when a woman in the village gave birth, she didn't have meat coupons and couldn't afford meat. She could only get some pig offal and stew it with soy sauce to nourish her body. It didn't affect breastfeeding, and she could still eat pickled cabbage."
When Liang Xin heard that it was edible, her tongue was already salivating. "It's a pity that it's too troublesome to prepare. I won't have time to do it when I get back."
Li Mao said, "Let's eat it tonight. If you don't want to cook, I'll go buy you some stew. We have some pickled cabbage at home, too. Didn't you pickle it too?"
The carriage rattled back to the division service center.
Lu Chongfeng jumped out of the car in advance and said, "I'm going to the office cafeteria to get some large intestines. You go back and wait. What else do you want to eat?"
"Buy some white steamed buns."
Liang Xin didn't wait for Lu Chongfeng at the service center, but went home to see Dudu first.
"I ate milk and went to sleep."
Sister Ji whispered, "I saw that you haven't come back yet, so I cooked some rice, steamed eggs, and fried some vegetables."
"Big sister, if we come back late next time, you eat first."
Liang Xin looked at her sleeping daughter in the crib for a while, then went to the storage room to get some sauerkraut from the large vat.
Sauerkraut is large-leaf mustard greens, which were originally pickled for making sauerkraut fish.
As a result, it was winter and it was the confinement and breastfeeding period, so I didn’t have time to do it.
Liang Xin walked out of the storage room carrying sauerkraut, and Lu Chongfeng came back carrying large intestines and a smoked chicken in his hand.
"Master Wang said that the intestines that should be stir-fried with pickled cabbage should be unbraised ones, and braised ones should not be used." Lu Chongfeng put the white intestines in the kitchen. "He has already washed this with white vinegar, flour, salt and white wine. He said that it can be used after blanching it until it is 50% cooked."
Sister Ji: "Do you want me to fry it?"
“I fry it myself.”
Liang Xin rolled up her sleeves and looked at Lu Chongfeng, "Go take a shower."
"Why are you taking a bath now? I'll help you."
"Didn't you just finish training?"
Lu Chongfeng: "........Then I'll go take a shower first."
Liang Xin soaked the sauerkraut in water for a while to remove some of the saltiness, then took out the onions, garlic and chili peppers to prepare the ingredients. She only used two small dried chilies to enhance the flavor and didn't dare put too much.
Cut the pig intestine into sections, put it into a colander, put it into a pot of boiling water and cook it until it is half cooked. Lift the colander to filter out the water, take out the sauerkraut and chop it.
"I've finished washing."
Lu Chongfeng was forced to take a shower and returned to the kitchen. "Do we need to go to the farm tomorrow?"
“No need to go over there for now.”
Li Mao is the only one who can preside over the election of employee representatives, as the employees mainly vote anonymously. She only needs to see who the final result is and remember the name.
"I've seen other factory secretaries who have to tell whether a mosquito flying over the factory is male or female."
Lu Chongfeng picked up a kitchen knife and cut the roast chicken. "In addition to the secretary, the factory directors and secretaries below are also fighting for power and scheming against each other all year round."
"What do you mean, that I'm irresponsible?"
"Nonsense, how could I possibly mean that?"
Lu Chongfeng cut off the chicken leg and left it to Liang Xin, "I mean, you have a realm."
Liang Xin put down the spatula and looked back at him.
"I remember a poem I read when I was very young, written by Cheng Hao in the Song Dynasty in Autumn Day. The poem says, All things are self-satisfied when observed quietly, and the joy of the four seasons is shared by people. The Tao is beyond the visible world of heaven and earth, and thoughts enter the changing world of wind and clouds. Riches and honors do not lead to debauchery, and poverty and humbleness bring happiness. A man who reaches this point is a hero."
Lu Chongfeng cut the roast chicken and looked at Liang Xin as he explained, "This is the first time I know that, apart from the uncles and aunts in the military compound, I can't be such a hero, and I have never met such a man. I once thought that no one could match this poem, but now I have met him. Not only that, I also feel that this poem can't even match your realm."
Liang Xin looked at him calmly, "You've arrived, but you didn't walk over, so you stood under the tree to get some fresh air?"
Lu Chongfeng: “….”
It is true that too much talk leads to mistakes!
Liang Xin snorted, "You're standing under the tree pretending to be so serious, you must be very happy, right?"
"It's not just blossoming with joy, it's already bearing fruit!"
Lu Chongfeng leaned over and kissed Liang Xin on the cheek, "The fruit is very sweet. I have never tasted such a sweet fruit in my life!"
Liang Xin pushed him with her shoulder and said, "My elder sister is still outside."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin's shy face and couldn't help but kiss her again. Seeing that the pan was already heated and he was ready to pour oil in, he went back to continue cutting the roast chicken.
Liang Xin poured oil into the pan, added scallion segments, minced garlic, dried chili peppers and black bean paste into the oil and stir-fried them. The long-lost aroma wafted into the air, and Liang Xin swallowed her saliva.
Then pour the sauerkraut slices into the pot and stir-fry them together. The sour taste made Liang Xin swallow her saliva several times.
Pour in the blanched pig intestines and stir-fry for a few times. Take a small bowl, add white sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and wet starch, mix with warm water to make a starch, and pour it on the sauerkraut intestines along the edge of the pot.
Finally, scoop out a small piece of lard to make the finishing oil, stir-fry evenly and serve on a plate.
The pork intestines were soft and chewy, and paired with the crispness of sauerkraut, the taste was rich. Liang Xin swallowed the sauerkraut fried pork intestines and took a bite of the soft white steamed bun, instantly feeling refreshed. "Eating is the most important thing in life."
Lu Chongfeng was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Liang Xin and laughed, his eyes full of appreciation. He picked up a piece of stir-fried pork intestines with pickled cabbage and put it on Liang Xin's steamed bun, "What else do you want to eat tomorrow?"
Liang Xin liked to hear him say this, "I want to eat steamed buns. The ones in the cafeteria are not very tasty. I'll make them myself. I'll wash and soak the glutinous rice later and make them after I take a nap."
"I've been busy since I left the confinement period." Lu Chongfeng handed the chicken leg to Liang Xin's bowl, "Eat more."
After lunch, Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng went upstairs to take a nap together.
When I woke up, it was already afternoon and I could hear the excited voices of children downstairs.
Liang Xin listened for a while and realized that it was Meiman and the others from next door who were playing with Dudu again.
Dudu often laughs even when he is not tickled, and he becomes even happier when he is tickled. Children and adults feel a great sense of accomplishment and they come over to play with Dudu whenever they have free time.
Liang Xin was going downstairs while tying her hair when she saw a group of children surrounding a stroller and competing to shake the wind chimes. "Xiao Dan is here too."
The second strongest man of the Li Mao family raised his hand, "Aunt, I'm here too!"
Liang Xin laughed, "Would you like some snacks? I'll make some potato chips for you guys?"
Er Qiang answered again: "Okay! Everything my aunt makes is delicious!"
Guangming next door and Daqiang from Li Mao's family are already in high school. They no longer play with these kids and like to go to the company to play basketball with the soldiers.
Recently, the whole division has been setting up a dual-use talent study group, and the older children have been very busy, learning everything.
Liang Xin walked to the crib and looked at the awake Dudu.
As soon as Dudu saw his mother, he kicked his legs hard and grinned.
Liang Xin's heart softened. She picked up her daughter, took a walk in the garden outside, and then handed her to Sister Ji.
"You guys play in the garden while I make some potato chips."
Liang Xin drank half a cup of warm water, picked up the big round white potatoes in the basket, put them under the faucet to clean the mud, and then picked up a scraper to peel them.
After peeling all three potatoes, cut them into 0.5 cm thick round slices, put them into a rice sieve, rinse off the starch on the surface of the potato slices, wash them clean and make them look clear and transparent, then drain the water.
Turn on the gas tank, take out a large wok and put it on the gas stove, pour in half a pot of lettuce seed oil and heat it up, put the potato slices in, turn on high heat and fry them while stirring with chopsticks. The potato slices will gradually become firm in the wok, and Liang Xin will turn the high heat to low.
A little face suddenly popped in from the kitchen doorway, "Aunt Liang."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Xiao Dan smelled the fragrance?"
Xiao Dan saw Liang Xin smiling and thought that Aunt Liang was still the aunt who used to live next door. She ran in and looked at the golden potato chips in the frying pan, "They smell so good."
“You can eat it right away.”
After Liang Xin judges that the inside is cooked, she turns to high heat again and frys it slightly until it is crispy and turns completely golden brown. Then she quickly removes the cake with a large colander to drain the oil.
Xiao Dan swallowed her saliva and looked at the food she saw for the first time, "Aunt Liang's food is the most delicious!"
"Sweet talk."
Liang Xin put the potato chips on an enamel plate, took out some fine salt and sprinkled it around, then handed it to Xiao Dan, "Eat one slice first, then take it out and share it with everyone else."
Xiao Dan went to wash her hands under the tap, picked up the potato chips and blew on them, biting them until they were crunchy. Her face lit up, "Delicious! Aunt Liang, try one too."
Liang Xin took a piece and bit half of it. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. She smiled at Xiao Dan and said, "Successful at the first try."
Xiaodan walked into the yard holding an enamel plate of fried potato chips. The children who were originally surrounding Dudu immediately ran over and surrounded Xiaodan.
Liang Xin washed the glutinous rice, put it into a pot, added water and simmered it. Then she walked into the yard and saw a group of children eating it with a satisfied look on their faces.
“Is it delicious?”
"tasty!"
Er Qiang held up the potato chips and said, "I can't bear to eat them in big bites. They are a hundred times better than the snacks sold at the service center!"
"Each one is sweeter than the other."
Liang Xin walked to Sister Ji with a smile and pushed away the finger that Dudu was biting. "Don't eat your finger, little greedy cat. Are you greedy after seeing your brothers and sisters eating?"
Meiman asked, "Aunt Liang, can Dudu eat potato chips?"
"She can't eat yet, you guys eat it."
The glutinous rice needs to be simmered for an hour. Sister Liang Xin, who is changing the season, sits on a stool, holding Dudu in her arms. "You can play whatever you want in the yard."
Meiman raised her hand: "I want to skip rubber rope!"
Xiao Dan: "I want to jump rubber rope, too!"
Colorful rubber bands were put on Erqiang and the youngest son of Captain Wu. Meiman and Xiaodan raised their legs and jumped side by side. "Malan flowers bloom twenty-one, twenty-five, six, twenty-five, seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-one..."
The afternoon breeze blew gently on her face. Liang Xin grabbed one of Dudu's little hands and waved it slightly following the sisters' commands. Dudu's happy little face was smiling, bright and warm.
"Comrade Liang Xin!"
Suddenly, an excited voice was heard at the gate. Director Chen from the Propaganda Department pushed open the door and walked in. He turned around from time to time to introduce the two comrades behind him.
Liang Xin stood up holding Dudu, "Director Chen."
Director Xiao Chen introduced: "Comrade Liang Xin, these two comrades are Comrade Liu Zhou, the editor-in-chief of the Liberation Women's Daily, and this one is Comrade He Tonggong, a reporter."
Liang Xin was surprised for a moment, and Sister Ji stepped forward to take Dudu.
"Hello."
Liang Xin reached out to the two of them.
"Comrade Liang Xin, we have long heard of your name."
Liu Zhou shook hands with Liang Xin and said, "I'm sorry to bother you so suddenly."
Liang Xin invited the two of them and Director Chen to the pavilion, "You guys sit down first, I'll go make some tea."
After brewing a pot of green tea and placing a plate of smiling kids and the remaining potato chips on the stone table, Liang Xin asked the two of them what was going on.
In fact, she already had an idea in mind.
The Liberation Women's Newspaper attaches importance to the role, status and value of women in society. It mainly reports on the role of women in national construction and social development, reflects the characteristics of women in the current era, and advocates positive female values.
It is very commendable that, unlike other newspapers, it does not simply emphasize women’s dedication and sacrifice to the family, but instead focuses on women’s pursuit of ideals and life values.
As a mainstream newspaper for women, it has a wide influence and a large audience.
"Comrade Liang Xin, I have been following you for many years, ever since you started college."
Liu Zhou smiled and said, "After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, military factories fell into a state of transition and transformation, and the chaos of military-to-civilian transition. I admire you very much for leading the families of the soldiers and martyrs to carry out cultural and technical training, and for daring to think and act, fundamentally changing the single military product structure, actively developing the market, and breaking through the siege at the critical moment. Recently, I heard that you have once again made an independent accounting feat. After investigation, the newspaper wants to promote you as a model figure in the economic field. I wonder if you are interested in accepting our interview?"
Liang Xin asked, "What's the main topic of the interview? I've been quite busy lately."
"The interview will focus on personal achievements, personal life and character evaluation." Liu Zhou asked: "What you are doing can also be the direction of the interview."
Liang Xin smiled, "Does the newspaper also accept letters from readers?"
Liu Zhou nodded, "Of course."
Liang Xin smiled and asked, "If what I'm doing requires the help of readers, can it be published?"
"Help?" Liu Zhou asked curiously, "Comrade Liang Xin, what difficulties have you encountered? Would you mind telling me first?"
"convenient."
Liang Xin sighed, "Although our family factory is under the management of the General Logistics Department and has independent accounting, we have also guaranteed a very large profit target to the General Logistics Department. At present, the factory is still carrying a loan of 3 million from the Finance Department of the General Logistics Department. I intend to introduce a Japanese instant noodle production line. The money is almost ready, but I have been troubled about the brand name of the instant noodles. I wonder if you can help publish an advertisement for soliciting brand names and trademarks with prizes in your interview with me?"
Director Chen opened his mouth wide and looked at Liang Xin in shock.
The two comrades from the Liberation Women's Newspaper were speechless for a moment.
Director Chen pulled Liang Xin's sleeve and said, "Liang Xin, what are you doing? Do you know that if you are really on the "Liberation Women's Daily", you will have a great chance of winning important honorary titles such as the 1982 China's Top Ten Propaganda Figures, the Top Ten Pioneers of the Times, etc.? This is the lifelong goal that many comrades dream of!"
Without waiting for Liang Xin to speak, Director Chen lowered his voice and said, "Do you know what the other people are? Director of the World Health Organization, one of the first special teachers, public security..."
Liang Xin said slowly, "It won't affect my asking the readers, right?"
Director Chen looked anxious. She was taken by Liang Xin to take photos of Deputy Division Commander Zhu. She became famous after taking the photos and was promoted from an unappreciated clerk to the director of the Propaganda Department. She didn't want to see Liang Xin lose such an important life opportunity in vain. "Who would advertise in the Liberation Women's Newspaper? You..."
Liu Zhou suddenly laughed out loud.
Director Chen turned around and explained to Liang Xin, "Editor-in-Chief Liu, Liang Xin is devoted to the family factory. She wants the existing military families and martyrs' families to live a stable life. She also wants to help more people in need. She wants all comrades to become better together and learn more technology and culture. That's why she is like this."
"Director Chen, don't worry. Seeing Comrade Liang Xin like this, I understand why she was able to stand out among a group of men with a group of uneducated family members."
Liu Zhou smiled and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, our Liberation Women's Newspaper has flexible reporting methods and focuses on interaction with readers. We are happy to help you solve your problems by placing advertisements and lend a hand to you and your family and the factory."
Liang Xin stood up and held Liu Zhou's hand. "Thank you for the support and help from the Liberation Women's Newspaper to our family factory. I will fully cooperate with you in any interview you need."
Director Chen was dumbfounded.
I was dumbfounded and felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement in my thinking.
“Why do you put an ad in the newspaper to ask for a brand name and trademark?”
Lu Chongfeng stood beside the bed, taking off his military uniform, "Wait, I know!"
Liang Xin was helping Dudu do exercises, holding Dudu's hands and moving them up and down, left and right, looking at her daughter's smiling face, "Know what?"
“You are using this method to start entering the market.”
Lu Chongfeng unbuttoned his shirt. "Let the readers help with the naming first, just like when the 11th Division opened its bakery, they offered three loaves of bread as a reward to attract all the officers, soldiers and their families. As a result, the whole division knew that a new bakery was going to be opened. It's the same with your entry into the market this time. Let the comrades help with the naming first. The comrades will definitely pay attention to whether the name they came up with is selected. Even those comrades who only look at it but don't help with the naming will definitely be curious about which name was chosen in the end. After all, you don't have to pay for taking one more look. On the contrary, taking one more look will help increase the popularity of your instant noodles. Then, as the market develops, the comrades will care about what the instant noodles with this name are and what they taste like."
Without waiting for Liang Xin to answer, Lu Chongfeng exclaimed, "My Liang Xin is really a genius! Others are worried that no one will buy their products after they are launched, so they work hard to promote and advertise. You haven't even saved enough money for your production line, and there's not even a shadow of a factory, but the market is already looking forward to your product launch!"
Liang Xin let go of her daughter's hand and grabbed her feet to do exercises instead. "You're right, half."
"half?"
Lu Chongfeng hung his military uniform on the hanger and walked to Liang Xin, "What's the other half?"
"Hurry up and take a shower. The lights-out bell will ring soon."
Liang Xin helped Dudu practice turning over and played with her daughter who was looking up.
Lu Chongfeng went to the bathroom, took a shower, dried his hair, brushed his teeth, and paused when he saw Liang Xin's soap on the sink.
He turned his head to look at the closed door, turned on the faucet, and bent over to wash his face again.
Wash with soap.
After rinsing off the foam, Lu Chongfeng wiped the mist off the mirror and looked at his face in the mirror. His skin seemed to have become much smoother, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Lu Chongfeng was about to leave when he suddenly saw the white bottle of vanishing cream with a green cap in the frame under the mirror.
After Liang Xin coaxed Dudu to sleep, she took a look towards the bathroom.
Today I took a much longer shower than usual.
Liang Xin didn't care too much. She covered Dudu with the quilt, lay down on the bed, and leaned against the headboard waiting for him.
There was a sound from the bathroom door, and Lu Chongfeng walked into the room in blue plaid pajamas. He pushed back his blow-dried black hair with both hands, and saw that his daughter was already asleep, so he turned off all the lights in the living room.
As soon as Lu Chongfeng got on the bed, Liang Xin twitched her nose and looked at him.
"What's wrong?"
"You smell so good."
Lu Chongfeng paused, "I used your bath towel."
"No, it's not the smell of soap." Liang Xin leaned over and sniffed it, "It's the scent of my rose milk facial soap and vanishing cream."
Lu Chongfeng: “…”
The nose is so sensitive!
Liang Xin looked at him with a puzzled look.
“What a joke!”
Lu Chongfeng sneered, "How could I possibly use rose milk soap? It sounds like something lesbians use. And vanishing cream? I will never put that stuff on my face in my life!"
Liang Xin raised her hand and smelled the back of her hand, thinking that Lu Chongfeng had never touched these things for so many years.
During field training in the middle of winter, she forced him to apply the medicine several times, but he felt uncomfortable as if he had lice on his face.
Liang Xin yawned and said, "Go to sleep."
Lu Chongfeng breathed a sigh of relief and held Liang Xin in his arms. The familiar soft feeling made him a little distracted.
But when I think about having to take a shower after I’m done, the soap and cream on my face might be wasted.
If you use it again, you might be caught by Liang Xin.
Lu Chongfeng immediately stopped moving.
Liang Xin didn't think he was old.
He couldn't hint to her and let her realize that he looked over thirty years old!
Before Lu Chongfeng turned off the lights, he lowered his head and glanced at Liang Xin's face.
Her skin is fair, tender, plump and smooth, and hasn't changed at all from when she first got married, looking as delicate and pure as a locust flower.
But he looks to be over thirty years old!
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