The New Year's Eve is approaching, but the weather is not good. Since the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow has not stopped. Every household has strong laborers sweeping and shoveling snow every day.
Lu Shiyi was busy preparing for the New Year every day. Taking advantage of the light snow, he bought a coal stove from the county town and placed it in the living room. He also prepared two trucks of coal and shipped them back at night.
"Xiao Jin, there is a kettle on the coal stove. The four thermoses are empty. Fill them all with hot water. They can be used at night." Lu Shiyi made preparations early. Looking at the empty house, which was gradually filled up, Lu Shiyi's heart was also filled.
Su Jin looked at the installed chimney. The window was also opened a crack to prevent carbon monoxide from filling the house.
"Xiao Jin, this window must not be closed. I have specially treated it. Even if there is heavy snow outside and the window is blocked, it cannot be closed." Lu Shiyi learned that someone in the city had lost his entire family due to a coal stove, so he specifically asked the people in the barracks department for advice.
"Hurry up and pick the chives. We will make chive boxes later and fry them for the New Year's Eve dinner." Su Jin specifically asked Lu Shiyi to buy a lot of rapeseed oil at the mill. These were the rapeseed oil that other villagers used to pay for the processing fees.
Old man Wei didn't want to exchange it for money, so he used it to exchange for processing fees. As a result, there was a lot of rapeseed oil in the mill. Lu Shiyi gave a lot of military tickets to exchange for this oil.
Lu Shiyi receives military industry tickets every month, and giving them to Old Man Wei can be considered as a way of reusing waste.
"Old man Wei's second son saved up for his betrothal gift and exchanged five industrial tickets for 40 liters of rapeseed oil." Lu Shiyi felt that he was getting a good deal, and Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi in surprise.
Military industrial tickets are rare on the black market, and Old Man Wei is a smart one.
"Ayi, should we use industrial coupons when we buy things?" Su Jin also had the industrial coupons her parents had saved up, but she hadn't used them at all. "I have industrial coupons too. My parents saved up quite a few."
"I have 30 industrial tickets every month, but I basically don't use them. I have saved quite a few. When my comrades got married, I exchanged a lot of them for them." Lu Shiyi didn't care. Everyone in his family had industrial tickets. If he needed them, he could just write home.
Su Jin stuck out her tongue and said, "Look, we've almost got everything we need for the house. It would be even better if we could get a smaller pot. If it gets cold, we can just sit around the stove in the house."
Lu Shiyi laughed out loud. The supply and marketing cooperative sold iron pots, most of which were iron pots for use on stoves.
"I'll go to the county supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. What do you think your family needs? Let's buy it all together," Lu Shiyi decided to buy everything before the New Year. Everyone was willing to spend money for the New Year, and the supply and marketing cooperative was also willing to stock up. "The supply and marketing cooperative won't have this complete range of things after the New Year."
From the Lunar New Year to the spring plowing season, snow may block the roads out of the village.
"Ayi, wait until New Year's Eve?" Su Jin noticed that Lu Shiyi had been out shopping for New Year's goods these days, and no matter how heavy the snow was outside, he would try to come back early. "You should also take a rest tomorrow."
"I'll ride my bike over there in the afternoon and bring back the pork belly in the evening. You just need to make some vegetarian dishes." Lu Shiyi looked at the weather, worried that it would snow heavily tomorrow.
Su Jin could only hum: "Ayi, go quickly and come back soon."
Lu Shiyi pinched her cheek, put on his going-out clothes, and put the lunch box back into the bamboo basket.
After Su Jin sent Lu Shiyi away, she rushed to the kitchen, packed four vegetable dumplings, and went out to find Liu Ying.
Liu Ying lived with the accountant at home. Now, Lu Ning had been working as an accountant in the Fourth Brigade for nearly 30 years. The couple were very gentle people, and their three sons and one daughter were also studying. Liu Ying felt very comfortable there.
"Second sister, I brought you all the seasonings. Can you teach me?" Su Jin was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In order to avoid speculation from the villagers, she came to Liu Ying to find a clear way out.
Su Jin took out a vegetable dumpling and said, "For your tuition, we have quite a bit at home."
Liu Ying looked at the bamboo basket of corn and vegetable dumplings and had no choice but to carry it to the kitchen.
"Aunt Huang, Xiaojin brought the tuition fee~" Liu Ying handed it over helplessly. After Huang Jing took it, she found that there were ten vegetable dumplings neatly placed inside.
"This is too precious. I'll heat two for you every day." Huang Jing looked at the golden cornmeal vegetable dumplings and knew that fine grains were mixed in them.
"Don't save it for me, we've already eaten tonight." Liu Ying shook her head, "Aunt Huang, I'm coming to your house to eat too. You said there were good things, and I wanted to share them with your family. If you don't agree, you can share the meat later, and I won't eat it."
Huang Jing had no choice but to agree after hearing what Liu Ying said.
Liu Ying returned to the house, and Lu Ning came out of his lunch break. Seeing Huang Jing standing at the kitchen door holding a bamboo basket, he walked over quickly.
"What delicious food have you made?" Lu Ning has been busy these past two days settling the villagers' surpluses. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the brigade will distribute money to the villagers.
Huang Jing brought Su Jin over to deal with Liu Ying's affairs, and a basket of cornmeal was tuition.
"Listen to Xiaoying. Let's prepare more food for her later." Lu Ning didn't care about these things. He just regarded Liu Ying as his own child. Liu Ying was more than two years younger than their eldest son. "Some people of the right age have been keeping an eye on Xiaoying and the three new educated youths. Su Zhiqing has Shi Yi's protection, so the other two should also be taken care of."
Lu Ning had heard accountants from other villages say that educated youth were difficult to get along with. After spending more than a month with Xiaoying, he felt that this child was really open-minded.
"Well, it would be nice to have an obedient daughter like Xiaoying. The three brats are too naughty. Let them always pay attention to whether Xiaoying is being bullied." Lu Ning arranged for the three children to take care of Liu Ying.
In the house, Su Jin looked at Liu Ying's room and could see that the owner had decorated it carefully and prepared it specially for girls.
"Xiao Jin, I am happier living in Uncle Lu's house than at home. My three younger brothers are also very protective of me." Liu Ying has an older brother and a younger brother at home, and she is the one who is ignored.
Because one member of the Liu family had to go to the countryside, Liu Ying took the initiative to step forward and proposed that all subsidies for going to the countryside would not be paid home.
The family felt guilty and signed the consent form.
In the village, Liu Ying felt the love of her parents from Lu Ning and Huang Jing.
"Just be grateful to Uncle Lu. Uncle Lu and Aunt Huang are both kind people. If you take care of your three younger brothers, there will definitely be someone to help you if you encounter any problems in the village." Su Jin listened to Liu Ying's words and gave her some advice. "If anyone in the village wants to date you, you should listen to Uncle Lu and Aunt Huang. They know the situations of each family better than you do."
Liu Ying nodded. Su Jin was dating Lu Shiyi here, which made her look forward to the future.
"I also want to find a soldier. If not, can Minister Lu introduce one to me?" Liu Ying said happily.
"Life is hard for a military wife!" Su Jin was worried that Liu Ying would not be able to hold on.
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