Before Qingming Festival, family members prepared vegetarian meals as in previous years. Lu Shiyi's depressed mood for the past few days made Su Jin very worried.
"Ayi, I heard from my sister-in-law that we are going to commemorate our comrades on Qingming Festival?" Su Jin wanted to help Lu Shiyi prepare, as those people were once his most trusted people.
Lu Shiyi shook his head helplessly: "No need to prepare this year. The patrol team is checking these things. Anyone who carries things to the sacrifice will be taken away."
Liu Chuchang privately reminded Lu Shiyi that he could go to pay respects to the deceased, but he must not carry anything with him.
"Shall we take buckets and clean the tombstones?" Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi. "Your comrades have also made contributions. It would be helpful if we could go over and take a look. And bring a bottle of white wine?"
Lu Shiyi shook his head: "No need to get the wine, my best comrade is not here."
"Ayi, when the situation gets better, there's no need to write a letter of introduction. I'll accompany you to visit the graves of our comrades-in-arms, right?" Su Jin thought that in another ten years, Lu Shiyi should also go there. She would work hard to learn medical skills in the space, and then she would go with him.
"Xiao Jin, you...study your medical skills well. They will definitely be useful in the future." Lu Shiyi looked forward to that day. "My comrades are at the Martyrs' Cemetery in Yun Province. I'll take you to see them when I have the chance."
As Qingming Festival approaches, the atmosphere in the courtyard becomes gloomy. Even the children stop going out to make noise and stay at home obediently.
Su Jin stood in front of the kitchen counter and began to cut vegetarian dishes. From April 2nd to April 6th, Lu Shiyi planned to be a vegetarian. In modern times, she was obsessed with the vegetarian food in Yonghe Palace for a while and specially learned the recipes online.
Lu Shiyi chopped firewood in the yard and stacked it neatly. She would cook two vegetarian dishes every day, one of which tasted like a meat dish.
"Xiao Jin, this..." Lu Shiyi stared at the stew in front of him, "Is it vegetarian?"
Su Jin made two meat dishes with winter melon and tofu yesterday, and even the taste was very similar. If Su Jin hadn't told him the ingredients in advance, he wouldn't have dared to eat them.
"They're all vegetarian." Su Jin said proudly, "This dish is made with tofu. We bought a lot of tofu from the market, and I made it when I got back."
After discussion, Wu Jun, Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao decided to inform the team members of the precautions in advance.
The team members were in a bad mood and the children were very cautious. In previous years, they did not dare to make mistakes during these days.
Lu Shiyi brought the food to the table. Lin Zitao walked into the yard with documents and looked at Lu Shiyi strangely.
"They are all vegetarian dishes. This is tofu." Lu Shiyi asked Lin Zitao to sit down, and took a bite of the stewed tofu with chopsticks. It tasted like meat.
Lin Zitao came here after having lunch. Looking at the food in front of him, his stomach started to protest again.
"Ayi, I'll serve the political commissar some food. You guys talk about work first." Su Jin got up and went to the kitchen.
Lin Zitao stared at the food in front of him with wide eyes. Even though they were two vegetarian dishes, Su Jin had cooked them very delicately.
"Your sister-in-law's cooking is just shoddy. Whose food is as exquisite as yours?" Lin Zitao sighed.
"Xiao Jin's vegetarian food is excellent." Lu Shiyi said proudly, "It's not even as good as the food in the cafeteria."
"Ayi, the chefs in the cafeteria are all trained professionals. I just like to eat." Su Jin quickly tried to make amends, glaring at Lu Shiyi, "You always say my cooking skills are good, but that's just your opinion."
Lin Zitao laughed out loud: "It's a rare opportunity to have a vegetarian meal this year. In previous years, I was too busy to even have a meal."
In previous years, preparations for visiting the martyrs' cemetery would begin 10 days in advance. After preparing everything, the entire team would stop training on April 5th and go to visit the tombs.
"Just leave the time for the team members this year. If some of them want to go back to visit the graves, that's fine." Lu Shiyi stared at Lin Zitao and said, "The team members whose homes are nearby should be able to go back."
After the three of them finished their meal, Lin Zitao handed the issued document to Lu Shiyi and asked him to explain it to the team members when he got to work.
Lu Shiyi put the documents in the study, saw Lin Zitao off, and went into the kitchen to accompany Su Jin.
"Xiao Jin, we are going to the county town to visit someone today. Take care of the land at home and the private plots in the yard during morning exercises." Lu Shiyi took advantage of the time when Su Jin was still asleep to take care of the fields. Many sisters-in-law saw his actions and complained about their husbands when they returned home.
"Go see those old men?" Su Jin remembered Lu Shiyi saying that they should have less contact with those people.
"Well, three of them will be sent to Guangdong Province tomorrow. I have exchanged some national food coupons in advance, so they can keep them with them." Lu Shiyi didn't know what to prepare.
He and Lin Zitao decided that food stamps and money were the most suitable options, as they took up little space and could be converted into cash at any time.
"Ayi, the old men have gone to Guangdong Province and can't move around freely. Who are you going to exchange your food coupons for?" Su Jin reminded him, "You're sending food to the old men in the village of the Fourth Brigade. They can't use the food coupons and money they brought with them when they left the capital."
Lu Shiyi patted his head and said, "My wife is right. Let's see who is escorting the old men away. Bribe a few people among the staff, give them food coupons and money, and ask them to take good care of the old men on the way. We can send them things after they are finally released."
The old people were all sent back to their hometowns. Lu Shicheng wrote him a letter. The seemingly ordinary letter contained a code word, asking him to take better care of these old people.
"Ayi, let's send smaller amounts each time. Send four times a month. It's better than sending a large amount all at once. It'll keep them from getting noticed." Su Jin remembered the many ways to help the elderly in novels, and this one was the most discreet and practical. "Find a trustworthy comrade nearby. Besides sending gifts, have them take care of the elderly."
"My wife is so smart. The canteen has collected some grains. I'm going to take them to mail now." Lu Shiyi changed into casual clothes and told Su Jin to change clothes before leaving home.
Su Jin thought about the food that the cafeteria probably provided. After changing her clothes, she took out a cloth bag from the space and put beef jerky, pork jerky and three sauce blocks wrapped in oil paper into it. These sauce blocks were made by her using the packaging machine in the space and she wanted to give them to these people.
Now, these people are in trouble, but once they get through the difficult times, they will soar to the sky.
In the Fourth Brigade, Su Jin was taught medical skills by the former vice president of 301. With this guarantee, Wu Jun and Lu Shiyi dared to let her treat the team members.
When Su Jin left the village, the vice president specifically told Lu Shiyi that Su Jin had completed his apprenticeship and was an excellent field doctor.
When Lu Shiyi came back, Su Jin packed six cloth bags and six small cans of chili sauce.
"Grandpa loves chili sauce, and I figured since we'd be good friends, we'd probably have similar tastes." Su Jin pointed to a 10-pound jar of sauce nearby. "We just happened to send it back to Grandpa, as promised, along with five pieces of crispy pork belly."
"Okay!" Lu Shiyi nodded. "While it's still cool, send some braised beef in soy sauce. Grandpa will enjoy it."
The two bought a cow, and Su Jin made a lot of braised beef in the space, just in time to send some home.
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