As night fell, Lu Shiyi walked into the farm gate carrying a bamboo basket full of fish in his right hand. Some military wives had to prepare things for the New Year, so they would take meals from the canteen these days.
When they saw the fish in Lu Shiyi's bamboo basket, they came forward and asked where he bought it.
Lu Shiyi told the military wives about the fishing welfare activities of several brigades in Songjiang Commune, and they planned to go down the mountain to the village to ask about it tomorrow.
He pushed the door open and came back, freezing the fish and the basket in the yard. He looked at the soft light in the room and felt warm in his heart.
"Wife, I'm home!" Lu Shiyi always said this when he returned home. "I've been fishing these past few days. I bought 12 fish today. I'll help you clean up the house tomorrow."
Su Jin was coaxing Hanhan to sleep. He spoke directly as soon as he entered the room, waking up Hanhan who was a little sleepy. The little guy looked at Lu Shiyi with his round eyes.
"The brat is still awake?" Lu Shiyi took Hanhan away from her arms, "You tidy up the clothes on the bed first, I'll come and coax him."
Su Jin had just taken the clothes out of the space. The washing machine and dryer in the space saved her a lot of time.
Lu Shiyi took Hanhan away, and Su Jin sat by the bed folding clothes.
She glanced at the clock on the wall. It was only a little after 5pm, but it was already pitch dark outside.
In less than half an hour, Hanhan fell asleep. Su Jin folded the clothes for the family of three and put them in the closet.
The young couple walked out of the bedroom, and Su Jin was holding the Zhongshan suit she had made for Lu Shiyi during the day in her right hand.
"Try on your new New Year's clothes!" Su Jin handed them to him like a treasure. "I made them myself. If they don't fit, I can alter them directly."
Lu Shiyi looked at her in surprise: "Wife.....you made this for me?"
"Yes, you and Hanhan both have one. You need to wear new clothes for the New Year. I don't know how to make shoes, so I can only give you ready-made boots." Su Jin found a pair of black winter military boots in the space. She pointed to the shoe cabinet and said, "I specially prepared a pair of boots for you. See if you can wear them out."
Lu Shiyi walked over and opened the shoe cabinet. Looking at the cowhide combat boots, his eyes lit up.
"Wife, I saw someone wearing similar boots." Lu Shiyi remembered that someone in the army had worn them, "The soles are a little different."
"I found a pair of shoes with your number on them." Su Jin was shocked when she heard the first half of Lu Shiyi's sentence, but her heart dropped when she heard the second half. "Try on the shoes quickly. These are the shoes you wear during training. I saw that your combat boots are also black."
Lu Shiyi's combat boots are made of black cowhide. They are used to ensure that the members of the Northeast Province team will not get their feet frozen. This is considered a benefit for the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Province.
"Wife, these shoes are somewhat similar to the ones I gave you." Lu Shiyi put on the shoes Su Jin took out and took out the military boots he was given from the shoe cabinet.
Su Jin took a look and found that the appearance was basically similar, except for the soles.
"Ayi, can you get away with it?" Su Jin didn't want to cause trouble for Lu Shiyi.
Lu Shiyi nodded: "No one will notice, these shoes are so warm."
"Go try on the clothes too." Su Jin felt much better when she saw how happy he was.
Lu Shiyi took the Zhongshan suit from her and went into the house. Su Jin went to the small kitchen to bring dinner over.
Today we stewed the roe deer meat that we distributed a few days ago, and made spicy venison jerky with the venison. When Lu Shiyi goes out on a mission, we will let him take it with him.
Dinner was brought to the dining room, and Lu Shiyi came out of the house wearing an iron-gray Zhongshan suit. His trouser legs were clasped on his shoes, making them look like leather shoes.
"If you can wear your own clothes during the New Year, you can wear this under your military coat. I also made you a set of cotton-padded jacket and trousers, which can be used as a base layer." Su Jin prepared Lu Shiyi's cotton-padded jacket a month in advance.
Lu Shiyi reached out and touched the Zhongshan suit, feeling that the fabric was finer than those sold in the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Wife, this cloth..." Lu Shiyi was wondering where to exchange it for more cloth coupons to take home. He had made a set of clothes, and he estimated that all the cloth coupons at home had been used up.
"I sent it from home. My parents are gone now, so I have to send over everything I have saved at home. Otherwise, I don't know who will get the benefit." Su Jin spread his hands.
The fabric is woolen cloth produced by Space, which many people use to make coats nowadays.
"Wife, I'll change my clothes first and wear them during the New Year." Lu Shiyi reached out and squeezed her hand. "I asked my comrades to buy a piece of Yunjin fabric in Suzhou and Hangzhou. After you receive it, make yourself a dress."
"Ayi, if you ask someone to buy this, will you be reported?" There are all kinds of fabrics in Su Jin's space, and he doesn't want Lu Shiyi to be sued for this.
"I saved him before. Besides, this fabric was embroidered by his grandmother and mother. His family used to be embroiderers in the inner city," Lu Shiyi went in and changed his clothes before coming out. He sat at the dining table and explained, "There are extra tasks for them. Every year, his family has to embroider some brocade to exchange for foreign currency for the country."
Even though the Pigeon Committee was jealous, they did not dare to take action against these families. These families were all registered embroidery families, and their daughters would only marry embroidery families of equal status, otherwise they would become aunts.
In order to prevent the family's craftsmanship from being leaked, the embroidery family has various rules.
"Ayi, will there be any problem if I mail it?" Su Jin was worried that someone would find it during the mailing process, and both sides might be punished.
"He's a transport soldier. He's delivering the New Year's supplies to bring the cloth here." Lu Shiyi whispered. "Eat first!"
There is less snow this year and the mountains have not been closed yet. In order to ensure supplies for the New Year, another batch of supplies has been distributed. This time, four trucks of food will be sent.
"Ayi, when he returns, we can give him some dried mushrooms from the mountains as a return gift." Su Jin began to think about what to give as a return gift. "I also made some roe deer jerky and wolf meat jerky, both of which are spicy."
Lu Shiyi chuckled: "Those dried meats, plus a piece of bacon, dried mushrooms and sweet potato flour as a return gift, this is already a generous gift."
After hearing that Lu Shiyi had made all the arrangements, Su Jin was completely relieved.
On the farm, the rest of the family was in a range and didn't know how to eat wolf meat. The family cooked wolf meat once and found that the taste was really bad. No one from the eldest to the youngest liked the taste.
Yunfeng was no exception. She followed the method provided by Su Jin and wasted a lot of the seasonings given by Su Jin. She made a pot of braised wolf meat and found that it tasted much better than others, but it was still not delicious.
"It seems I still have to ask Xiao Jin. Her family also needs a lot of wolf meat." Yun Feng said helplessly.
"My sister-in-law should have a way. There is wolf meat in the cafeteria, but I don't know what to do with it." Lin Zitao led the team into the mountains to hunt, and drove the wolves into the mountains, so that the village below would not be attacked by wolves again.
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