Chapter 66
The spring breeze blew gently, blowing across Jian Lu's new Dacron shirt. The finely stitched clothes concealed her curves. There were also a few families in the family compound who had snatched Dacron cloth, and they had clothes made from it, so she raised her head higher when she walked on the street.
These are the cloths that people have queued up for a long time to buy. Many people have heard that this cloth will not wrinkle when used to make clothes, and then they look at their own wrinkled clothes and become envious. Many people want to touch it.
"Jingfang, your clothes look so beautiful!" Dong Qiuhua called Cui Jingfang and looked at the Dacron shirt she was wearing with some envy. She didn't catch up to buy the Dacron, and she heard that Cui Jingfang spent four eggs to buy it from an aunt who bought the cloth.
"Really? I think it looks good too." Cui Jingfang was delighted. Wearing this wrinkle-free dress really made a difference. She looked energetic and beautiful.
It was worth her spending four eggs.
Thinking of the eggs, Cui Jingfang felt a little unwilling. She looked up at Jian Lu on the other side of the yard. She was also wearing clothes made of real cloth, but she was prettier and had a better figure. She also surpassed her in every aspect of the article solicitation activities of the Women's Federation newspaper.
For several months, she always came in second place. Although ten eggs were good, she was unwilling to accept the result. She had read Jian Lu's articles and felt that they were superficial and lacked cultural accomplishment. The wording and sentence structure seemed to be written by an elementary school student. How could a high school student like her lose to her?
When Cui Jingfang graduated from high school, she had no job and was faced with the situation of being sent to the countryside as an educated youth. Finally, she was introduced to marry Deputy Commander Yuan who was back to his hometown to visit his relatives, and came to the island with the army.
"Jingfang, who are you looking at? Comrade Jian Lu? She is really amazing. She always wins first place in every writing competition. That pork is really delicious."
After graduating from junior high school, Dong Qiuhua also participated in the writing competition and won a prize every time. The highest was third place, and she was already very satisfied.
"I just don't believe it. When the results come out at the end of the month, it will still be her!" Cui Jingfang refused to believe it. If it was really Jian Lu again, she would have to go to the Women's Federation office to ask if there was any problem!
Is it because her man is the leader and my man is the deputy leader that I am inferior to him and will be moved to the second place? How can Jian Lu's plain writing always suppress me? !
Thinking of this, Cui Jingfang no longer had the heart to show off her new clothes. She walked home in small steps, ready to polish another article. Her previous one was definitely not literary enough, so she had to think carefully about every sentence!
Jian Lu didn't know that she was being watched. She had already written and submitted the manuscript for this month's call for submissions. At this time, she took her daughter to visit her sister-in-law Xiuhui's house, and the children were very happy.
Aunt Wang was busy at home, but Cai Xiujuan, who hadn't visited for a long time, came with a sack.
Aunt Wang already knew this female comrade. After getting divorced, she actually started a pearl farm in the brigade. It was really not easy for her.
"Xiujuan, what are you carrying? It looks heavy."
"Something for Lulu." Cai Xiujuan was welcomed into the house by Aunt Wang, who poured a cup of water and placed it on the table. "Wait a minute, I'll go call her, she's in the neighbor's house."
"good!"
Cai Xiujuan used to come here from time to time. It can be said that Jian Lu made many suggestions and played an indispensable role in the successful establishment of the pearl farm.
After everything was on track, Cai Xiujuan was busy with practical operations, training members, and dealing with various problems encountered in large-scale breeding. She did not have time to come for several months.
When I came again today, I found that the living room had changed a bit. It seemed like it was decorated for the Chinese New Year, which was pleasing to the eye.
"Sister Xiujuan, you're here?"
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Jian Lu hurried home, and her mother-in-law took the two of them to play at Feng Xiuhui's house.
"Lulu!" Cai Xiujuan stood up and couldn't wait to share the good news with Jian Lu, "Our pearl production has greatly increased, and we've made a lot of money!"
When talking about the abundant pearl harvest, Cai Xiujuan's cheekbones stood out, her eyes sparkled, her eyebrows raised, and her voice even rose several degrees.
"I can tell from your look that the production volume must be good."
Jian Lu sat down and talked to the person face to face.
Cai Xiujuan was so anxious that her lips chattered. She took a sip of water to calm down. "Didn't more than 400 clams fall at the beginning of last year? Then more fell, probably more than 800. Let me tell you, your estimate is not much different. There were about 600 clams that met the standard. In the end, half of them were pearls, a total of 110 kilograms!"
After a pause, Cai Xiujuan excitedly shook Jian Lu's hand and said, "It sold for 77,000!"
77,000. This number is easy to say, but it carries a lot of weight!
On the day we went to the outpatient department of the pharmaceutical company, we were accompanied by the team leader, team secretary, accountant Zhang, Cai Xiujuan, and two other members.
When the captain received such a large sum of money, his hands were shaking!
"You don't know, Captain Li was so happy that he couldn't say a word. He just kept saying "good, good!" When he got back, he immediately asked people to take good care of the river clams and approve another pond to increase the stocking!"
"That's a good thing!"
The first time the process went smoothly, the team felt more confident.
"Yes, every member of our team wants to sign up. We carried the money back with us, and we got paid in the farm office. Before, we only got one cent for one work point, but now it's fifty cents. Ten female farm workers each got 180! The team leader said that next year, the work points for farm members will be increased again, to one yuan, two yuan, or five yuan per work point! As long as we can make money, we will continue to increase it! Everyone was so excited when they heard it, and they blocked the door to sign up!"
Jian Lu could imagine that scene. After all, the temptation of money was too great. It was money, food, and something that could keep herself and her family well fed and clothed.
"You get a share too!" After Cai Xiujuan finished talking about the brigade, she did not forget to open the bag on the table and talked about the money distribution while opening it. "The brigade gave me 5,000 yuan! I'll give you 1,500 yuan!"
When the bag was opened, there was a huge mountain of balls inside, a total of 150 pieces.
Jian Lu had never thought about having such a large sum of money. It was a full 1,500 yuan!
"Here you go!" Cai Xiujuan remembered that she had just opened a savings book yesterday and deposited 4,000 yuan in the Rural Credit Union. Such a large sum of money turned into a small yellow book. It was amazing. She had never had the opportunity to save money before, and the little money she had on hand was not enough to spend.
The remaining 1,000 pieces were sewn into the inner layer of the quilt in three places, into the brick seams covered by the bed wall, and into the lady’s closet.
"Captain, we are preparing to do something big. If everything goes well, all of us in the team will start cultivating pearls. We will need your help in the future. You have a good education level now. Please give us more advice."
"No problem, it's just a small favor." Jian Lu was also happy for them. "Also, you can take a look at the educated youth. They have a good level of education. As long as they are willing to work hard, they will definitely be of great help to you."
"Yes, two educated youth came to our house today, but I want to give priority to recruiting people from our local area. Life is not easy for everyone."
"Anyway, you have to choose carefully. You have to find someone who is honest and hardworking. Raising and extracting pearls are both meticulous tasks and cannot be rushed."
Cai Xiujuan and Jian Lu discussed the issue of pearl cultivation for a while. Jian Lu saw that the books she brought were always well-worn, and she knew in her heart that she was really hardworking. Not only did she start to teach herself pinyin and characters, but she also studied various techniques. After enduring these years, she would have a broad world for herself after the reform and opening up.
Cai Xiujuan left again with a bunch of notes. This time her bag was empty, and all the money inside was piled in Jian Lu's bedroom.
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When Cheng Zheng came back from the army, he was shocked to see the huge gathering like a mountain.
"Where did this come from?" Cheng Zheng suspected that he was dazzled.
"This is the money that Sister Xiujuan and her team gave me from Yangzhen Pearl." Jian Lu sorted out the money and prepared to save it.
"You lost a lot of money?" Upon hearing this, Cheng Zheng stopped being surprised. "It seems the pearl farm is doing well."
"Yes, 110 kilograms of pearls were sold for more than 70,000 yuan. Sister Xiujuan and her team decided to increase the supply."
"That's good. Many brigades don't have enough food to eat, and being hungry is a common thing. This is also a way out." Cheng Zheng looked at the pile of money his wife had, "You can write a separate document to save it."
"You won't let me save it at home?" Jian Lu rolled up the money and put it into the oil paper bag, stacking it one layer on top of another. She was going to ask Cheng Zheng and see what he thought.
"Why would you save the money at home?" Cheng Zheng said confidently and naturally, "You can keep it for your own use. I can't let a woman earn money to support the family. My salary is enough."
Wow, quite chauvinistic!
Jian Lu raised her eyes to look at him and found that Cheng Zheng said this lightly, and she really thought so.
As the head of the group, his income from work and allowances is indeed very considerable, and since there are few people in his family, he can save a lot of money every year.
She could still accept this kind of chauvinism, since this was all her own private money!
"Okay, I'll save it tomorrow!"
Honesty is the most important thing between a couple. Cheng Zheng told Jian Lu every penny of his salary, allowances and bonuses. Except for the 20 yuan set aside every month, all the rest was handed over.
Jian Lu had a large sum of money in her hands, so naturally she had to check it out in front of him. Even though she knew that Cheng Zheng probably wouldn't care, it was better than the man finding out about it himself in the future, and then he would think that she had deliberately kept it from him, which would hurt their feelings.
The next day, Jian Lu took an oil-paper bag and took a boat to the county town to deposit money. There was a rural credit union in the county town. She went in to deposit money and got her yellow passbook, which was actually just a single-page folded book with a hinge.
When they were taking the boat back, just as the ferry was about to depart, they heard a shouting noise from the shore. Jian Lu leaned over to take a look, only to see that there were quite a few people outside, but since they were far away and couldn't hear clearly, she ignored it.
When six or seven educated youth fished in, we realized that it was a group of educated youth who almost missed the boat back to the island and shouted loudly, "Wait a minute."
After sitting down, some people were still breathing heavily, obviously because they had just run too hard.
There were many people on the boat, and Jian Lu sat in the corner. The passbook that seemed to exude the scent of money was in her bag. She held the bag tightly with both hands, and Jian Lu was still happy in her heart.
It feels really good to save more and more money.
As she was lost in thought, a name suddenly popped into her ears. She suspected she had heard it wrongly and looked in the direction where the educated youth were talking.
I saw two male educated youths talking to each other, and one of them mentioned Captain Cheng again.
"We have to go this time. We have to meet Captain Cheng." Chen started to think about this matter all the time, not for anything else but to get some benefits.
After hitting a wall two or three times, their enthusiasm faded. After all, they still had work to do in the commune, so they couldn't go to the army every day to inquire about the situation. Then they were busy preparing for the New Year, so they put the matter on hold.
Captain Cheng?
Jian Lu pondered for a moment. How many Captain Chengs are there in the army? It seems that she is the only man!
Do these two people want to see Cheng Zheng?
"Chen Kai, forget it if you can't see it. I have to deliver the letter anyway. Otherwise, what's the point of keeping it with me?"
In a flash, Jian Lu remembered that years ago, the orderly Xiao Zhao had indeed asked her that someone had registered to see Captain Cheng and asked if it was a relative who came to visit. She couldn't remember the name, but when she heard Chen Kai just now, she remembered that there was such a name.
The educated youth with a buzz cut named Chen Kai was obviously not satisfied. "Brother Gang, you are too honest. You don't want any benefit from helping me deliver the letter? If you don't ask Captain Cheng to deliver it, then ask his wife. What's her name? Her last name is Jian, right? Anyway, it's a letter sent from her family."
Last name Jian?!
Jian Lu couldn't help herself after listening to it.
"Comrade, do you have any letter to give to the wife of Captain Cheng on the island?"
Chen Kai and Chen Hua were just talking when they were startled by a female voice that suddenly interrupted them. They had not been paying attention to their surroundings just now, and now they suddenly saw a beautiful girl and were stunned.
"Yes, how did you know?" Chen Kai was the first to react. He immediately sat up straight, held his head high, and even cleared his voice. He answered as calmly as possible, "Hello, comrade. I am an educated youth who came to the island at the end of last year. My name is Chen Kai. I am now in the Hongfeng Production Brigade of Chuanliu Commune. You are also an educated youth, right? Judging from your appearance, you must be one!"
Chen Kai took a look at Jian Lu. She had an oval face, curved eyebrows, and peach blossom eyes. She was so beautiful that she seemed to be glowing. She was still wearing a Dacron shirt. She was beautiful and elegant. She must be an educated youth from a big city!
I am from Shanghai, if this person is from the capital or Shanghai, it would be a good match...
Chen Kai's thoughts drifted far away. Looking at the pretty girl in front of him, he swept over the past few months of being an educated youth and felt refreshed and full of fighting spirit.
I was thinking about talking to him now, finding out his name and which brigade he is assigned to, and then making an appointment to meet next time.
It would be great if we can confirm our relationship as soon as possible and prepare for the wedding banquet at the end of the year!
"Chen Kai!" Chen Huagang didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't hear what the lesbian was saying. He just smiled and stared at something. That look made him feel sick. "What are you thinking about? The lesbian is asking you a question."
Chen Huagang didn't dare to look at the lesbian. He just thought she was too beautiful, so beautiful that it was dazzling. He even stuttered when he spoke and just let Chen Kai speak.
"Oh!" Chen Kai came to his senses and tried to pull himself back to reality. "Comrade, what did you say? Do you know Captain Cheng? To be honest, my brother was asked by the family of Captain Cheng's wife on the island to bring a letter. However, we can't enter the army, and we are very anxious about this."
Chen Kai specifically emphasized that from what this female comrade said, she probably knew Captain Cheng's family, so he had to leave a good impression on her.
"Is that so?" Jian Lu was puzzled. Why would her family ask someone to bring a letter to her? Her third sister always sent letters to her directly. Could it be... Jian Hualin!
"I am the wife of Captain Cheng. My name is Jian Lu. I think you should bring this letter to me."
"Hahaha, what a coincidence! That's just right for..." Chen Kai laughed out loud, but his smile suddenly froze. "What? You're the wife of Captain Cheng, and you believe in that Jian Lu?"
Is she married?
Chen Kai felt like his breath was suffocating. How could such a beautiful girl get married?
Captain Cheng, I don’t know what kind of rough guy he is. Maybe he is old, rough and uneducated. How can he be worthy of such a delicate girl!
Chen Kai almost bit his back teeth to pieces, trying to calm down, "Are you really Jian Lu?"
"How do you prove this?" Chen Huagang had just been procrastinating on handing over a letter, and he never expected to meet the person on the ship suddenly. "The main reason is that I was entrusted by my cousin to carry the letter."
"I don't know who your cousin is. Anyway, if it's really the Jian family who brought the letter, my mother's family is in Xingmin Production Brigade, Hongxing Commune, Hongqi County, City C. My father's name is Jian Hualin."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Chen Huagang was excited. He really had met her! "Then I'll give the letter to..."
"The letter is in our educated youth dormitory. Otherwise, you can get it with us when you get off the boat."
"Okay, thank you." Jian Lu knew several brigades in Chuanliu Commune, and the Hongfeng Production Brigade was Cui Yuhe's hometown.
After getting off the boat, Jian Lu went to the Hongfeng Production Brigade with the two of them. On the way, she was still wondering what kind of letter Jian Hualin would write to her?
Thinking back to what my third sister said before, could it be that she still wanted Cheng Zheng to arrange for his adopted son to serve in the army?
"Here, this is it!"
Chen Hua had just come out of the educated youth dormitory to hand over the letter. The letter had been with him for a long time, and now that it was finally delivered, he felt relieved.
"Comrade Jian Lu..." Chen Kai felt very anxious and wanted to talk to him again.
"Thank you, educated youth comrades." Jian Lu took out a bag from her bag, which contained several egg cakes. She glanced at the educated youth who were hiding near the dormitory and peeking at her because of her arrival, and said loudly, "Thank you for bringing the letter from my family. I am really troubling you. My father must have lost our address. I will tell my family to send the letter directly to the army. My husband will receive it. I will not trouble you again in the future, otherwise I will feel bad. This is the first time we meet, and I don't have much to thank you for. You can eat these egg cakes."
Jian Lu's voice was clear and pleasant, and she raised the volume so that others could hear it. When she saw everyone's expressions as if to see what was going on, she was satisfied and said goodbye and left.
A letter written to myself stayed in the dormitory of two male educated youth for a long time. If someone with ulterior motives exaggerated it, I would never be able to clear myself of the blame even if I jumped into the Yellow River.
Especially now that we are in an age where reputation is extremely important, reputation can kill people, so she came over to get the letter, explained the reason loudly in public, gave a thank-you gift, and also specifically said that she was married and would not ask them to send letters in the future, so as to distance herself from the relationship and stop others from having wild imaginations.
After leaving Hong Feng Brigade, holding the letter, Jian Lu's face gradually became angry. She was afraid that Jian Hualin wanted to make things difficult for her on purpose by letting another man deliver a letter to her. Even if the letter was sent to his family compound and seen by others, it would be easy for people to gossip about it.
When I got home, no one was at home. Cheng Zheng was in the army, and my mother-in-law took Shuangshuang to a neighbor's house to play. Jian Lu sat in the living room and opened the letter. She glanced at it and quickly caught a few core words in the letter.
As the third sister Jian Xin said, Jian Hualin had set his sights on Cheng Zheng's identity and wanted him to help his adopted son, the fifth son of the He family, join the army.
This letter was written by Jian Hualin with the help of a literate member of the team. It was one page long. The first half of the letter complained that Jian Lu had never returned home to visit her family after getting married, and the second half of the letter asked her to talk to Cheng Zheng and make sure to arrange for her fifth brother to join the army.
He even wrote at the end of the letter that otherwise they would find a way to come here on their own.
Jian Lu was furious when she saw the last sentence!
Still want to come directly? It's really haunting.
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625th Unit, Song Brigade Office.
Cheng Zheng was listening to Brigade Leader Song talking about the commendation given to the fishermen who turned in the torpedoes they caught last time.
"This is indeed a great help to our country's torpedo development. The commander has approved a special award for the fishermen. However, it involves military secrets, so it is not appropriate to announce it publicly. When the time comes, prepare the supplies and you can go there in person to express the troops' gratitude to them."
"Yes, Brigade Commander." Cheng Zheng responded.
"Also, your regiment has made contributions in discovering the alarm and transferring the torpedoes during this mission. I've made a note of this for you." Such achievements cannot be considered as high-ranking merits, but they always hold some weight in the leader's heart, which may be helpful in future selection and promotion.
After receiving accurate information from Brigade Song, Cheng Zheng asked the service soldiers to prepare supplies in advance and went directly to the fishermen's homes.
The Chuanliu Commune had eight production teams under its jurisdiction. The fishermen who caught the torpedo last time were from the Hongfeng production team of the Chuanliu Commune. Cheng Zheng brought his orderly Xiao Zhao, five large group tickets, ten catties of meat tickets, twenty feet of cloth tickets, one catty of sugar tickets, four tobacco and alcohol tickets, and a bicycle ticket to the door.
Because it involves military secrets, especially now that the torpedo has been sent to the research institute and is just in the research stage, Cheng Zheng went to the institute and specifically told several fishermen about the confidentiality of the situation.
"Brother Yang, we are grateful for your help this time. This is a token of our gratitude. Please accept it. As for the specific details, it is not convenient to disclose them. Anyway, you still have to help keep this matter secret and don't spread it to others."
The fishermen leader Yang Laoer understood immediately, patted his chest and said excitedly, "Captain Cheng, don't worry, the organization can rest assured! We all know, and we won't tell you, and we will never tell you!"
This is not the first time they have caught something from the sea. It can be said that after decades of fishing, there are all kinds of things in the sea. Some people keep the fish for themselves, while others will hand it over.
Yang Laoer and his gang have handed over a lot of things to the army and are very familiar with keeping secrets.
After Captain Cheng left, Yang Laoer happily opened the liquor in his home and looked out at the vast ocean. He was so excited that he had done something great again!
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After finishing today's work, Cheng Zheng returned home, but found that his wife's face was not very good, and there was no smile in her eyes, as if she was worried. After dinner, his mother and daughter went out to play, so he asked about his wife.
"What's wrong? You seem to be vomiting with someone." Cheng Zheng twirled his fingers and couldn't help but pinch his wife's cheeks, which were slightly swollen due to some depression.
"She's still one of my family members." Jian Lu was unhappy.
"Your family?" Cheng Zheng knew that his wife had the best relationship with her third sister, and also had a good relationship with the other two sisters. The one who could make her so angry must be her father.
When Cheng Zheng first heard about what Jian Hualin had done, he was very angry, but that man was his father-in-law after all, so no matter what, he couldn't be too harsh.
Fortunately, we are far away from each other and we don’t see each other on a daily basis. It’s nice to send some things back occasionally and spend money to buy some peace and quiet.
"What happened to your dad?"
He had never heard of any connection between his wife and her father. When Jian Hualin was planning to marry her to a son who was adopted by Tianyan, his wife was completely heartbroken. The two had no contact at all in the past few years.
Jian Lu was not surprised. She guessed that Jian Hualin was up to something. She just got up and went into the house, and gave him the letter she had read that afternoon. "Read it yourself."
Cheng Zheng quickly scanned the letter, frowning, "Your father really cares about this adopted son."
Are you targeting yourself?
It stands to reason that given his position, it shouldn't be a problem for him to assign a few soldiers to his post, but he couldn't figure out what his wife was thinking.
"What are you going to do?" After all, he is his daughter-in-law's biological father, so he can't make a decision here. He is also worried that she will be embarrassed, so he doesn't say it, "If you really want to arrange it, then..."
"Don't!" Jian Lu immediately narrowed her peach blossom eyes, with the tails of her eyes slightly raised, this time with a bit of anger, "Don't agree to him! He is so good to this adopted cheap son, and treats us four sisters like that, I will be in trouble if I help him! Anyway, you must remember, you must not help! Fortunately, we are far away, he can't come..."
Fearing that there might be complications, Jian Lu confirmed again, "They don't have a letter of introduction, so they can't come, right?"
It was rare for Cheng Zheng to see his wife so angry. Her face turned red as she scolded him word by word. "I can't come. Don't worry."
Having lived long enough, Cheng Zheng has seen all kinds of people. He knows that blood ties are not always reliable, and people may be more cunning in their calculations.
"Don't be angry, or you might get hurt." Cheng Zheng didn't want his wife to be unhappy about this, so he took her hand and patted her to comfort her. They couldn't come over, so they just pretended they didn't see the letter.
"Okay!" Jian Lu was indeed angry at Jian Hualin's shamelessness today. After listening to Cheng Zheng's words, she was completely relieved.
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Cheng Zheng saw that his wife was very upset. Although he tried to comfort her, she was still unhappy, so he simply carried his daughter-in-law, who was walking on the ground, over to him.
Shuangshuang, who had their feet on the ground, suddenly found themselves flying. They were in the air, but before they could be happy for a few seconds, they fell back to the ground.
Ah, in the blink of an eye I was in front of my mother.
"Shuangshuang, your mother is unhappy today." Cheng Zheng looked at his daughter who was growing up and becoming more and more lovely. Now she listened to him talking with big eyes and listened very attentively.
"Go and comfort your mother quickly." Cheng Zheng gave the girl a look.
This girl must be useful. My wife will feel better when she sees her.
"Why did you bring Shuangshuang over here?" Jian Lu didn't expect Cheng Zheng to have this trick. She was just angry at Jian Hualin's shamelessness before. Although she has figured it out now, her mood has not recovered yet.
As they were talking, Jian Lu saw Shuangshuang walking towards her closely. Her steps were shaky yet strangely steady. Every time you worried that she would fall, she managed to stay steady.
"Mom~Mom~" Shuangshuang threw herself into her mother's arms, looked up at her with her little face, and said seriously, "Don't cry, don't cry, Sang Shuang will hug you~"
While speaking, his little hands gently patted his mother's arm.
It looked exactly like when she fell down while walking and her mother was comforting her!
Jian Lu's heart almost melted as she listened to the young lady's sweet voice and felt the soft and tender little girl in her arms.
What about Jian Hualin, what about the pickled things? Forget about them all!
"Okay, don't cry, Mommy. We are both really good at comforting people." Jian Lu picked up the girl and kissed her face.
Cheng Zheng looked at them with envy, not knowing for a moment whether he should envy the young lady or his wife.
"Shuangshuang, Daddy is not happy today either, you come and comfort him." Cheng Zheng clapped his hands to attract the lady's attention. It was okay to pretend to be in a bad mood, it was worth it to get such thoughtfulness from the lady!
Shuangshuang turned to look at her father, "Dad won't coax me, I won't coax Dad."
"Why?" Cheng Zheng was shocked. Why were they treated differently?
"Brother, don't coax me. Boys don't need to be coaxed." Shuangshuang thought of what her brother said yesterday and told her father with her little head tilted.
Cheng Zheng's face darkened, "Which brother said that?"
Isn't this just asking for trouble? Why don't we men need to be coaxed?
We men also need care and comfort!
Shuangshuang recalled carefully, but couldn't remember which pot had which name, "How many pots...?"
"Dunzi! This little brat, I have to take care of him some other day..."
"Chen Cen Guoguo?" Shuangshuang stretched out her little hand and pinched her fingers, counting them one by one. After entering two, she started thinking about the next one, "It seems to be Hengheng Pot."
Jian Lu looked at her daughter and felt that it was too difficult for her. After all, the little girl had only been able to speak for a short time, and it was not easy for her to remember so many names.
"What's the name of the other one?" Cheng Zheng decided to test the young lady.
Shuangshuang thought and thought, her eyes fixed on the ground, and counted again on her fingers. Four fingers meant four pots, so how come one was missing?
Shuangshuang held her face in her hands and sat in her mother's arms, thinking. The one and a half year old Shuangshuang was very distressed. Why couldn't she remember the name of another pot?
"Shuangshuang, think about it, your brother gave you a small flower yesterday, right?" Jian Lu reminded her daughter. Although Dongdong picked the small yellow flowers from the cucumbers he grew in his own field, it was still a gift after all.
"Aww~" Shuangshuang couldn't remember the name of her older brother. What was his name? So annoying, wow, wow, wow. She couldn't remember. Shuangshuang's face wrinkled and her mouth pouted as she was about to cry.
"Not a few words, not a few words! Sangsang, not a few words! Wuwuwu~"
"Oh, oh, why are you crying again? Just forget it if you can't remember." Jian Lu was stunned. This girl was too funny. How could she feel wronged when she couldn't think of a name? "Okay, okay, it's okay. Brother Dongdong won't blame you!"
"Okay, Dad will take you to see Brother Dongdong tomorrow. If you look at him more, you will remember him."
"Okay~" Shuangshuang cried a few times and was coaxed by her parents, and she agreed in a baby voice.
After the interruption from her young lady, Jian Lu completely recovered. Before going to bed at night, she originally thought about tearing up the letter from Jian Hualin, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do it and threw it directly into the deep end of the cabinet.
Out of sight, out of mind!
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While Jian Lu was angry about a letter, Qian Jingjing was also worried about a pile of letters.
"Jingjing, there's another letter from you?" In the dormitory of the dance team of the cultural troupe, her roommate teased Qian Jingjing, "Is it from a gay man who is pursuing you? Two letters every month, more punctual than our practice."
"Go and practice your martial arts and stop staring at me." Qian Jingjing sent the other person away and looked at the pile of letters in the drawer with Qian Hongzhuo's name on them. She felt so nauseous that she wanted to vomit.
This person didn't write to me for several months and then turned around to hook up with Wang Jin. Now that he is dating Wang Jin, he actually sends me so many letters. How shameless.
How could I have been so blind as to think that this man was a good comrade with good character?
Qian Jingjing picked up a letter and was about to tear it up in anger, but after thinking about it, she couldn't swallow it. Judging from Qian Hongzhuo's attitude, she probably wanted to beat him to death because of his family background.
It's no use tearing up the letter, he will just send it again.
After thinking for a while, Qian Jingjing, who had just had two days off, stood up resolutely, stuffed a pile of letters into her army bag, and walked out the door, leaving only one sentence to her roommate, "I'm going to the island and will be back the day after tomorrow."
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The next day, after dinner, each family went out and talked in the yard.
Jian Lu took Shuangshuang to the next door to see the twins in Political Commissar Wei's house.
Zhou Yan gave birth to a pair of twins, the elder sister is named Guoguo and the younger brother is named Fengfeng. A month ago, Political Commissar Wei was smiling so much that he could hardly close his mouth. When he saw Jian Lu and her daughter coming over, Political Commissar Wei, who had just finished washing diapers for the children, still had diapers in his hands, but he looked much more listless.
"Comrade Jian Lu, please continue talking. I'm going to hang up the diapers." Political Commissar Wei even spoke with a weak voice.
"Okay, Political Commissar Wei, go ahead and do your thing."
Jian Lu brought her daughter into the house and met Zhou Yan.
After Zhou Yan finished her confinement, she continued to take care of the baby at home. If there was only one child at home, her mother could still take care of it, but there was really no way she could take care of these two.
"Lulu, sit down quickly." Zhou Yan saw that Mingxian was also a little tired, "Shuangshuang, do you remember me?"
She blinked her big eyes, as if she knew him and yet didn't know him. She couldn't remember so many people, so she just nodded.
"Call her Aunt Zhou." Jian Lu reminded the girl.
"Auntie Zhou."
“So good!”
Zhou Yan is tired of taking care of two kids, but seeing them growing up slowly seems to give her hope. Persistence is victory!
"Your two children are growing up well. They look just like you." Jian Lu looked at the two children on the bed and thought they were adorable.
"It's good, but it's tiring."
"Of course not. There are two of them after all."
Shuangshuang also stared at the twins on the bed. Her eyes widened at the sight of such a tiny baby.
He pouted and asked his mother, "Mom, he...they are small, small."
"Yes, you were this small before, and then you grew up slowly."
Was I this small before? She stared at the brother and sister sleeping soundly on the bed, shaking her head. She didn't believe it. She was big! It was impossible for her to be this small!
"Shuangshuang, come on, your brothers are here."
Cheng Zheng came to pick up Shuangshuang and took her out to play with her four brothers. "Look, brother Dongdong is there. You forgot his name yesterday."
Shuang Shuang saw Brother Dong Dong, and it turned out that he was Brother Dong Dong! Now he immediately matched the name! She finally remembered!
"Dongdong Guoguo~Dongdong Guoguo~Dongdong Gege~" Shuangshuang called out several times in a row, trying hard to remember them. Dongdong was very excited when he heard it, wondering how he suddenly enjoyed the highest level of treatment.
Dunzi, Chenchen, and Hengheng: ??? Are these three just for show?!
Dongdong himself:!!!
"Shuangshuang!" Dongdong was so happy looking at this little sister who had grown up under his care since birth that he whispered to Shuangshuang in a loud voice, "Shuangshuang, when you can eat candy, I will give you candy! Brother Dongdong will give you all the delicious food!"
Shuangshuang only called himself "Brother Dongdong" so many times, and the other three children did not receive this treatment. Dongdong was so excited!
Wuwuwu, little sister Shuangshuang is the best sister in the world!
Shuangshuang understood what was said. Yes, yes. Shuangshuang loves to eat delicious food, so she immediately called out sweetly, "Dongguoguo, OK."
The three little brothers next to them looked even angrier.
Seeing this, Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu looked at each other and decided not to tell Dong Dong the cruel truth, because they both forgot only his name.
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