Chapter 116

Jian Lu watched Cheng Zheng's pillow fly off the bed in an instant. After a while, a pair of small pillows were placed on it. How should I put it? The child's movements were quite skillful.

"Okay, come here first, mom will rub some perfume on you." In this cold winter, wouldn't it be nice to sleep with a soft girl in your arms? Jian Lu had no reason to refuse.

They both moved a chair and placed it next to their mother's chair. The big and the small girl sat together in front of the dressing table. The little girl imitated her mother and used her little finger to scoop a dot of milky white facial cream into the vanishing cream. She rubbed her face with both hands, and the faint fragrance of the vanishing cream filled the air.

Jian Lu took a look at the young lady. This little girl's face was as tender as a peeled egg, so fresh and pretty.

The mother and daughter packed up and went to bed together.

Shuangshuang nestled in her mother's arms, muttering quietly about what she was doing at school. She had something to say to her mother that she had been holding back for a long time: "Mom, Xixi and I are doing really well in skipping rope now... Juanjuan said she would give me some scallion pancakes tomorrow, and Qingqing rarely comes out to play now because she is preparing for the college entrance exam."

"Then you should show me how good you are at skipping rope tomorrow. Scallion pancakes are delicious. I'll make you some sweet potato pancakes. You and Juanjuan can share them. Your sister Qingqing likes to study and wants to go to college. Don't go to her house and disturb her studies."

"Yeah!" Shuangshuang held her mother's arm with her left hand and put her right hand on her mother's belly. "Brother Dunzi hasn't been back for several months. This time he came back and gave me a good thing. Mom, I'll show you tomorrow. It can still make sounds. Brother Hengheng is back from winter vacation. Oh, and brother Dongdong is back too. I haven't seen him for a long time."

The two of them talked gradually quieter and they slept soundly in their mother's arms.

The next day, Jian Lu deeply felt that her child was not well-behaved when sleeping.

I saw Shuangshuang, one leg resting on her waist and the other leg spread out to the side, with her hands, the left hand hugging herself and the right hand placed on the pillow.

I don’t know who learned this sprawling sleeping position from.

The two older children, who had a good sleep, were acting coquettishly. They usually said that they were grown-up girls and had to do everything by themselves, but now that their mother had just come back, they were acting coquettishly and asked her to dress them and braid their hair.

I really want to stick to my mother all the time.

During breakfast, Aunt Wang praised her granddaughter in front of her daughter-in-law, "Lulu, you don't know, Shuangshuang has made great progress this semester and scored two perfect scores on the test."

When Shuangshuang heard her grandmother's praise, she pursed her lips and looked at her mother secretly. When her mother looked at her, she immediately put on a serious face and said modestly, "I did okay in the exam~"

"You little girl, you have learned to pretend to be humble, right?" Jian Lu pinched the girl's face and said, "I don't know who it is, but he used to brag about getting 95 in the exam in front of me several times."

"Mom, I'm setting higher and higher standards for myself."

"Well, since you think your test results are just okay, I won't give you a reward."

"Ah?~~!!" Shuangshuang put down her chopsticks, puffed up her cheeks and looked at her mother, saying coquettishly, "Mom, I want a reward."

Jian Lu looked at the unamused lady and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, let's eat first."

After breakfast, Shuangshuang excitedly presented treasures to her mother. She took out the toys that her brother Dunzi had given her when he returned to the island not long ago and said, "Look, Mom."

Jian Lu looked at the radio that the lady handed over to her. It should be said that it was a relatively simple version of the radio. This thing was much worse than the radios sold in department stores, both in terms of packaging and functions. However, this thing should have been assembled by Dunzi himself.

"Your brother Dunzi is quite amazing."

"Yes~ It's amazing." Shuangshuang happily hugged this semiconductor that belonged to them. There was even sound coming from it. The radio at home belonged to the whole family, but this semiconductor was hers alone. It was different.

Dunzi, Hengheng and Dongdong came to Cheng's house with their respective mothers. When they heard that Jian Lu had returned, they all came over to talk. They hadn't seen her for a semester and had been missing her.

Feng Xiuhui felt that Jian Lu was different again, as if she was a little different every year she went to school, but she couldn't tell for sure. When she heard that she went to the capital, she asked curiously, "Tell us about it, what is the capital like?"

Cui Yuhe was also curious. Who wouldn't be curious about the capital? "Is the water there better than here?"

Jian Lu laughed at them for exaggerating, "It's actually pretty much the same as here, we're all under the same sky and on the same land."

The adults were talking while Shuangshuang was studying semiconductors with his brothers.

Heng Heng was amazed at Dunzi's tinkering skills, "Dunzi, you're amazing. I actually made a semiconductor for you."

Dongdong came back from the state-owned factory. He had been an apprentice for a year and looked much more mature. "Give me one of these."

"You are already working, but one of us is still studying and the other one doesn't have a proper job. You want me to give it to you?" Dunzi played with the semiconductor he gave to Shuangshuang, preparing to try selling this thing after the new year.

The semiconductors he assembled himself were naturally not as good as the genuine radios sold in department stores, but they were free of charge and half the price, so there was still a market for them.

"Me?" Dong Dong pointed at himself. "How much money can an apprentice make? It's so tiring."

"Okay, okay, I'll give you one."

Heng Heng also spoke up when he heard this, "Then give me one too."

Dunzi bit his cheek and said, "...I haven't done any business yet, and you want to shut me down, right?"

They are a group of brothers, like close relatives, otherwise they wouldn’t be so rude!

Heng Heng turned the semiconductor antenna, trying to tune in to a channel, then he sighed, "Where's that kid Wu Xiangchen? Isn't he coming back for the New Year this year?"

Dunzi only contacted Chenchen half a year ago. "He is very busy now. He said he is training every day. It's not like he is a new recruit. He hasn't been back to his father's place for more than a year, let alone come to see us."

"He's very energetic." Dong Dong heard a sound coming from the semiconductor and shouted excitedly, "Hey, here it comes."

"Now let's play the model opera, 'The Red Lantern'."

The humming and humming sounds of model operas from the semiconductor rang out in the Cheng family's living room, and the two began to sing along like parrots. Not to mention, they sang very well, and both adults and children praised her for her good singing.

"Your house is so lively." Hu Chunmei brought her daughter Lu Qing over. She heard that Jian Lu had returned home this morning, so she came to see her. As soon as she entered the house, she heard the familiar model opera.

"Sister Chunmei, come and sit down." Jian Lu called out and praised Miss Lu Qing again, asking her to play with Shuangshuang and the others. "Shuangshuang, your sister Qingqing is here."

"Sister Qingqing, come here quickly! Listen to this." Shuangshuang turned around and waved at her.

"What is this? A radio?" Lu Qing has a Phoenix brand radio at home, which is much better looking than the one in Shuangshuang's hands.

"This is a semiconductor that Brother Dunzi made himself." Shuangshuang couldn't wait to introduce it to Sister Qingqing, "Sister Qingqing, take a look, isn't it amazing!"

Lu Qing looked at the semiconductor that was stuffed into his hand. Although the small body looked simple and old-fashioned, it could really make a sound. Was it actually made by Dunzi himself?

She raised her eyes and quickly glanced at the person opposite her. She didn't expect that he was not good at studying, but had such ability. It seemed that she had really underestimated him before.

Dunzi half leaned against the wall and noticed that Lu Qing looked at him as if he had discovered some kind of monster. Why was she so surprised that she could make a semiconductor?

He took a look and immediately lowered his head. Could he really eat her?

"How is it? Awesome, right?" Dunzi leaned forward and looked at Lu Qing. "I already owe you two semiconductors. Do you want one? Well, if you call me Brother Dunzi, I'll give you one too."

Lu Qing: “…?”

"I don't want to!" Lu Qing found this man still so boring. He was just reflecting on himself. Who wants to call him brother? Shameless! "I have a radio at home."

"Well, there won't be any more stores like this after this one."

"Brother Dunzi, if I call you, you can give me one more." Dongdong was so happy that he put his hand on Dunzi's shoulder and called out in a cheesy way.

"Get out of here, are you disgusting?" Dunzi pushed the man away with a slap. What kind of voice is that? It's so creepy!

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After Jian Lu returned home, she was busy preparing New Year's goods with her mother-in-law. They had to send things to the homes of Cheng Zheng's second and third brothers. This time, they planned to add the mountain products sent by her third sister Jian Xin, the ginseng and cordyceps grown at home, to the New Year's goods. She deliberately asked them to send more so that the gifts would be thoughtful and prestigious.

As for the three sisters of the Jian family, the food was mainly island food, including dried seafood and seafood sauce, with some beef jerky and dried fruits from the border area.

"The New Year is getting better and better nowadays." Aunt Wang and her daughter-in-law went to the county town, found a small stall that didn't require a ticket, bought two chickens and a duck, and raised them in their own yard in advance, preparing to kill them and eat them during the New Year.

New Year's goods are in great demand now. If they go to buy them a few days before the New Year, they may not be able to buy the fat and big ones.

"Mom, things will get better and better in the future."

"I just don't know when Shitou will come back, and whether he can make it in time for the Chinese New Year."

Jian Lu counted the days and found that Cheng Zheng had been in the capital for more than a month. She wondered if there had been any progress.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law carried New Year's goods home and prepared to build a simple chicken and duck coop in the yard.

Dunzi, Dongdong and Hengheng came over to help. The three guys, now half grown up, went outside to pick up bamboo strips and cut them to make a fence.

The wedge was inserted into the soil, and Dunzi shook the fence. He felt it was quite sturdy, so he handed it over, "Aunt Lulu, it's done, take a look."

The right corner of the yard was fenced off, with two chickens and a duck locked inside, along with a water bowl and a feeding bowl. "Not bad, you guys are pretty good at handwork."

Hengheng helped feed the chickens and asked Uncle Cheng, "Aunt Lulu, Uncle Cheng hasn't come back yet? It's almost Chinese New Year."

"It should be soon. We don't know when he will be back."

"This mission will take a long time." The children all knew that a normal sea mission would not take that long.

As they were talking, there was a commotion outside the door and several people looked outside curiously.

Dongdong was standing at the entrance of the yard. He immediately ran out and came back after a while. "Someone was taken away across the street."

Take away?

Jian Lu suddenly thought of something, "Who was taken away?"

"It was said to be the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Regiment of the 6th Brigade, Qian Hongzhuo."