At the end of December, the weather was getting colder. The first thing Su Jin did after she came out of confinement was to take a bath in the bathroom. During the confinement period, except for taking a bath, she let her do everything else.
"Xiao Jin, let's drive to the county town in the next two days to buy things for the New Year." Lu Shiyi received the news that this year's heavy snow would come earlier than in previous years, and the military families began to prepare items for the New Year.
Mrs. Ma didn't even finish her confinement period before she was ready to go to the county town to buy things.
"Ayi, Sister Ma went out a few days ago, right?" When Su Jin was coaxing Hanhan to sleep that day, she noticed Sister Ma's figure flashed past the gate of the courtyard.
She originally wanted to wait for Lu Shiyi to come back and ask him, but she turned around to take care of the child and forgot about it.
"She passed away a few days ago. Besides this youngest son, she has another son and a daughter to take care of." Lu Shiyi didn't want Su Jin to be too tired, so he wanted to wait until the child was older before having another child. "Is it okay for the second child, regardless of gender, to have the surname Su?"
Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi in surprise. She had thought about this idea before, but in the 1970s, no in-laws would agree to it.
"Ayi, do your family agree?" Su Jin listened to Lu Shiyi's words and didn't want to make things difficult for him.
"Grandpa and dad said that your father-in-law and mother-in-law only have you as their only child. The second child will have your mother's surname and will also be a child of the Lu family." Lu Shiyi said softly.
Su Jin smiled. In modern times, many children take their mother's surname, which is agreed upon before marriage.
Early in the morning, Su Jin put the child in the nursery in the space to rest. She carried a bamboo basket containing Hanhan's disguised package on her chest and sat on the back seat of Lu Shiyi's bicycle. The family of three went to the county town together.
When Lu Shiyi rode his bike away from the foot of the mountain, Su Jin looked at the small backpack and put the package into the space first.
The weather was freezing cold. She was wearing a heavy military coat, a Lei Feng hat on her head, military cotton gloves on her hands, and heavy snow boots on her feet.
As she rode her bicycle, she shivered as the cold wind blew.
"Ayi, it's a good thing we didn't let the child go out, otherwise he would have frozen to death." Su Jin complained to Lu Shiyi in a low voice, "I bought everything today, I really don't want to go out again."
Lu Shiyi hummed, "There are not many people in the county town. The harvest was not good this year, so no one has much spare money."
Su Jin put her little face against his back to block the cold wind blowing from the front.
"Ayi, have you sent anything home?" During her confinement period, Su Jin received things sent from the imperial capital, most of which were money and tickets.
Given the current situation, the Lu family was able to mail so many tickets, and it was unclear when they started saving them. Su Jin was a grateful person, and she accepted the Lu family's money and tickets in order to reassure her elders.
"Wife, I have already sent it back, a whole cured pork leg. I asked grandpa and dad to call me, for fear that I would send your food rations back." Lu Shiyi received a call from the father and son and thought something had happened.
Unexpectedly, Grandpa Lu and Father Lu scolded him without giving him a chance to explain.
"Ayi, you have worked hard!" Su Jin felt warm in her heart. Since she married into the Lu family, she had very little contact with the Lu family, but the elders of the Lu family cared for her in their own way.
"If you want to thank me, cook more delicious food for me during the New Year." Lu Shiyi likes the food cooked by Su Jin. In previous years, they always ate in the cafeteria. After getting married, Su Jin started to get busy before the New Year. The two of them finally had a New Year's Eve dinner together, and he remembered it firmly in his heart.
Riding all the way, Lu Shiyi led Su Jin into the county town. After parking the bike, the two arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Su Jin was surprised to find that there was a long queue in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, and many villagers had also come.
"Ayi, this..." It was the first time that Su Jin saw a long queue before the New Year. There was no such scene last year.
"We're selling winter cabbage today. No tickets are required, just money." Lu Shiyi told the truth. "Logistics has brought winter vegetables for the families. You don't have to come here to buy them."
Su Jin became curious and found that there was a cart in front transporting cabbage. She rarely stored vegetables in modern times and bought them as she ate. When she came here last year, everyone had bought up the vegetables for winter storage.
Therefore, this was the first time she saw this scene today. After listening to Lu Shiyi's words, she was glad that she had found a soldier so that she no longer had to transport winter vegetables by herself.
In the queue, Su Jin also saw Wang Dahong and several other educated youth. They came to line up before dawn.
"Sister, why are you here to buy winter vegetables? Aren't there any for sale in the village?" Su Jin saw several educated youths greeting her and immediately walked forward.
"Are you out of confinement?" Wang Dahong asked in surprise. "We said we'd come visit you after we bought some winter groceries!"
Su Jin chuckled: "I just came out of confinement, and I'm worried that it will be too cold, so I bought some things for the New Year first."
Wang Dahong nodded: "It's the right thing to do. You two come out. Where's the child?"
"She's sleeping in the bamboo basket. It's windy outside, so we've fenced her off." Su Jin gently patted the basket and said, "Sister, come back in the spring to see the child. The weather is too cold, and it's hard for you to go into the mountains."
"Okay!" The three sisters agreed. "Go buy something quickly and don't let the child get cold."
Lu Shiyi took the bamboo basket from Su Jin's arms and waited for Su Jin to talk to the three people.
"Ayi, let's go." After exchanging greetings with the three people, Su Jin pulled Lu Shiyi into the supply and marketing cooperative first.
Lu Shiyi looked at the crowded place at the door selling winter vegetables, so he deliberately opened his arms and held the bamboo basket to prevent anyone from squeezing the basket.
The supply and marketing cooperative was empty, with only two tables at the door crowded with people.
"Comrade, do you have any ribs today?" Su Jin bought some more bones and had them chopped up to make soup every day.
Lu Shiyi led the team members into the mountains for training. It snowed some time ago and the weather was cold, so the snow on the mountain had not melted. She was worried that Lu Shiyi would get frozen if he kept walking in the snow.
"We have quite a lot today, and even half a pork loin can be bought without a ticket, but the price per pound is 20 cents more expensive than with a ticket," said the clerk at the meat stall.
"I want them all!" Lu Shiyi agreed. "Please help cut them."
"I'll give you all those pieces of waste paper!" The teller said immediately when he saw Su Jin staring at the waste paper.
The teller was going to give the things he had the final say to Lu Shiyi and Su Jin, both of whom were considered his big clients.
"These will be distributed to several people in Wu's army later." Lu Shiyi said in public. He saw out of the corner of his eye that there were several family members left behind in the family compound among the crowd in the distance. If he bought so much meat alone, he would probably be targeted.
"Auntie is watching Huo Huo, so she probably doesn't have time to queue up to buy these." Su Jin patted his forehead, "When you pick up the package from home, ask Auntie and Sister Yunfeng if they want to bring anything else."
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