In the early morning of March 3, the weather warmed up and all roads in the county were open. Many team members took leave to send their relatives back to the village. Some mothers-in-law cried in the family compound. After the New Year, some team members whose homes were nearby borrowed the team's cars to send people home.
With Hu Teng's separation as an example, the team members also knew what to do.
Lu Shiyi accompanied Su Jin for breakfast. School would start in three days, so she took advantage of the time she was at home to clean up the private plot in the yard to save herself the trouble.
"Ayi, today is the weekend, so you shouldn't go to training?" Su Jin asked while eating some snacks. "The weather is getting warmer, so clean up the area near the wall in the yard and the land at the foot of the hill behind the compound."
Lu Shiyi agreed to till the soil for Su Jin: "I'll till the soil, and my wife will plant the seedlings. I bought some seedlings from a nearby village yesterday and took some out from the space."
"Of course, we should also plant chili peppers so that we can eat more Hunan cuisine in the future." Su Jin had already planned the vegetables to be planted on her private plot. "We should also plant some peanuts so that we can eat boiled peanuts in the summer."
"Grandpa likes to eat fried peanuts. The last time you mailed fried peanuts home, he only took them out when he was drinking." Lu Shiyi said helplessly, "Dad also called and hinted that if there are more fried peanuts at home, he should mail them to him and send them to his workplace."
Su Jin nodded happily: "Of course I have it. I'll pack it up and send it tomorrow. I'll get some roasted peanuts and melon seeds from my space, and some roasted chestnuts."
Lu Shiyi stopped him immediately. The food in Su Jin's space, such as peanuts and melon seeds, was sold outside, but chestnuts were very rare.
"Chestnuts cannot be mailed. According to the current situation, only peanuts, peanut kernels and melon seeds can be mailed." Lu Shiyi told Su Jin.
"Orchid beans, you can send those too." Su Jin thought that both Grandpa Lu and Father Lu liked to drink, so these could be used as a side dish. "Orchid beans can also be fried. I'll wrap them in oil paper and keep them there so they don't stain anything else."
After listening to Su Jin's muttering, Lu Shiyi regretted telling her about drinking.
"Wife, you can mail it, but don't send too much. Send a little of each item." Lu Shiyi told Su Jin, "All packages sent to Dad's workplace must be opened and inspected."
After listening to Lu Shiyi's words, Su Jin knew not to put too much in the package, and thought of the frozen wild boar meat at home.
"Ayi, I'll make some more dried meat. If Dad gets hungry during training, he can eat the dried meat." There was not enough food in the capital, and these dried meats could be put in his pocket to satisfy his hunger.
The wild boar meat jerky is made spicy, and a special box for the jerky is prepared. It will not dirty the pockets of the military uniform, and you can eat it whenever you want.
Lu Shiyi felt sad when he heard Su Jin's words. He hadn't even had the chance to eat the dried meat made by Su Jin.
"Wife, I haven't had the dried meat yet." Lu Shiyi looked at her sadly.
"I thought you've been going on training a lot lately, and it might be hard to find food. These will help you fill your stomach." Su Jin was also greedy. Beef was rarely available here. "I'm going to make beef jerky. We'll keep the brisket and steak, and make the rest into beef jerky."
"Okay, send some beef brisket to Wu's unit once it's ready, and have Old Lin and his family come over for dinner." Lu Shiyi planned to connect the three families closely. "A few days ago, regarding the grain seed loan, Wu and Political Commissar Lin both stood in front of me, trying to keep me quiet and prevent the Fourth Battalion from causing trouble."
"I saw that the vacant land in the yard was being plowed up, ready for planting crops?" Su Jin went to the store to buy soy sauce and happened to see Zhanzhe plowing the land.
Lu Shiyi nodded: "The harvest outside is not good, the courtyard is self-reliant, and it would be good to have more food."
After breakfast, Lu Shiyi and Su Jin changed into light cotton coats and wore dark coarse cloth clothes on the outside. He took a hoe and prepared to turn the soil, while Su Jin selected seedlings in the greenhouse and prepared to sow some more vegetable seeds on the ground.
"Wife, after we turn the soil, I will help you make dried meat!" Lu Shiyi pushed the door open and saw Su Jin turn around and look at him.
Just as Su Jin was about to speak, he heard a sentry calling him from outside the yard.
"Minister Lu, there are people outside looking for you. They say they are your family members." The sentry said loudly.
Lu Shiyi frowned slightly and couldn't help feeling annoyed.
"Ayi, should you be from the Fourth Squadron?" Su Jin had already completed the employment procedures, and they couldn't control her. "I'll go out with you."
Lu Shiyi led Su Jin out together. When the sentry saw Lu Shiyi in navy blue clothes, he was stunned for a moment and immediately saluted.
"Captain Lu, I'll help you move. They look like villagers from the Fourth Brigade." The sentry helped Lu Shiyi and Su Jin move and saw how the villagers treated them. "The brigade leader is leading the elderly in the village. You'd better ask the political commissar to come with you."
After hearing the sentry's reminder, Lu Shiyi turned around and knocked on Lin Zitao's door. As soon as he reached the gate, Lin Zitao opened it from the inside.
"I heard you. I'm going out with you." Lin Zitao and Yunfeng came out. "The two kids are turning the soil. They said they want to catch more earthworms to feed the chickens tomorrow."
Wu Jun was delighted. When the sentry called out, the three families were turning the soil in the yard.
"Captain Wu, you don't have to go." Lu Shiyi was worried that Wu Jun would get angry and hurt himself. "Old Lin and I will go and persuade them to go."
"There is no grain in the military region, so we can't agree to it." Wu Jun made the decision. In order to make things difficult for Lu Shiyi, he would be the bad guy.
The four of them followed the sentry to the gate and watched Lu Shiyuan lead the Lu family elders over.
"Xiaoyi, there's nothing the village can do." Lu Shiyuan saw Lu Shiyi and Su Jin coming out, and immediately stepped forward to cry.
The Fourth Brigade received very little grain seeds from the commune this year, and the grain seeds stored in the village were not enough. After a meeting within the Lu family, they asked Lu Shiyuan to come and ask Lu Shiyi for help.
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