Chapter 81

Jian Lu had never thought that the always conservative Captain Cheng had such a habit, but she sternly warned him that she would never wear that white shirt again.

The white shirt was sealed deep in the closet, never seen the light of day, and no one heard its cries. Jian Lu still wore her newly bought braid when she went out.

A trend of wearing khakis swept through the family compound. Lesbians wore all kinds of khakis, with the more conservative ones wearing darker colors, while the young and bold ones wore brighter colors.

Feng Xiuhui resisted for a few days, but she couldn't stand the urging of Jian Lu and Cui Yuhe. In addition, she liked it from the bottom of her heart, so she finally went to the department store and bought a bra.

The color and style are relatively conservative, a straight-cut blouse with blue and white twill plaid.

As usual, I changed clothes at Jian Lu's house, and both Jian Lu and Cui Yuhe praised me for being beautiful.

"Xiuhui, I'm telling you, you will look great in this." Cui Yuhe smiled and pushed her, "Go home now, I guarantee you will charm your husband Liang to death."

Feng Xiuhui was shy for once, blushing on her cheeks. "What are you talking about? We've been married for so many years, we're an old married couple, how can you still be so charming?"

"You don't believe it? Go now and see what your Lao Liang says."

The three of them admired the clothes beautifully and were satisfied in their hearts. They were used to wearing those black, gray and dark blue clothes and were tired of them.

It was almost four o'clock. Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe were busy going home to cook. Jian Lu saw them out the door and turned to see her mother-in-law. "Mom, look at Sister Xiuhui's pretty face, isn't she?"

Aunt Wang smiled with wrinkles on her face, "It looks good! You young girls should wear these, it makes you look prettier."

Feng Xiuhui felt uncomfortable on her way home. She couldn't remember if she had ever worn a bra before. She searched her memory but found that she had no impression of it.

Now when I wear a blouse, I always feel like I am not wearing any pants. Something is wrong and I worry that someone is watching me.

It's like a little kid wearing open-crotch pants and worrying about his butt being exposed.

Looking back from time to time, Feng Xiuhui looked around to see if anyone was staring at her, and she was worried that someone would say that she looked weird in a skirt. But when she looked carefully, she found that all the younger women in the family compound were wearing skirts, in bright colors and fashionable styles.

No one looks at others weirdly.

Feng Xiuhui breathed a sigh of relief and hurried home to cook. However, as she reached the door, she ran into her son Dunzi. The little kid had just returned from playing outside, sweating profusely. He was about to take the entrance exam for junior high school. Seeing that her son was not studying hard, Feng Xiuhui became angry again.

"Liang Jingyi..."

When Dunzi heard his mother calling his full name, he immediately tensed up. He looked again and saw that his mother was still wearing a bra.

His eyes lit up, and he grinned, "Mom, you look so beautiful in this blouse! You look better than any other lesbian in the compound!"

"Don't talk to me about poverty." Feng Xiuhui's voice weakened a little. She rushed her son back to the house to study. She was going to go to the bedroom to change clothes before going to the kitchen to cook. She also advised her son earnestly, "Dunzi, you have to work hard, don't you know? Look at your dad. They all have to go to military school to be promoted. No matter how many merits you have made on the battlefield, if your education level is not up to standard, it will affect your promotion. You must go to junior high school. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it!" Dunzi nodded vigorously. Seeing his old mother was about to go back to the house, he hurriedly stopped her and said, "Mom, do you want to change your clothes? No! Dad will be back soon, you have to let him see it!"

Dunzi is young, but he knows a lot.

"I have to go to the kitchen to cook. It's not convenient to wear this dress." Feng Xiuhui pulled the hem of her skirt, but was worried that it would be ruined.

"Then I'll go!" Dunzi rolled up his non-existent sleeves and made an attitude as if he was ready to show off his skills and go help his mother.

When Political Commissar Liang returned home, he smelled the aroma of noodles in the house and swallowed his saliva.

"Want to eat noodles today?"

"Yes, Dad! The noodles smell so good!" Dunzi was coming out of the kitchen holding a bowl of hot noodles. As soon as he put the bowl on the table, he quickly touched his earlobe and made a hissing sound in his mouth.

"Stupid."

Liang Haisheng went to the kitchen and brought the other two bowls of noodles to the table. He started eating the noodles, occasionally talking to his wife and children. Dunzi stared at his father for a long time and winked at him wildly.

"Dunzi, what's wrong with you? Is there sand in your eyes?" Liang Haisheng felt that there was something wrong with his son's eyes, as if they were crooked and slanted.

"Oh, Dad!" Dunzi rolled his eyes in disappointment.

"What's the matter?" Liang Haisheng turned his head and looked at his wife, "Did you scold him?"

Feng Xiuhui got up and went to the kitchen to show her skirt, but the man seemed blind and didn't notice at all.

When they sat down again, seeing that Liang Haisheng was still unaware, Feng Xiuhui glared at him and said, "Why should I scold Dunzi? I should just scold you!"

"Ah?" Liang Haisheng felt that the mother and son looked strange today.

Feng Xiuhui and Dunzi both looked at Liang Haisheng and shook their heads.

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The next day, at Feng Xiuhui’s home.

As the people gathered together to pick vegetables, Feng Xiuhui complained about Liang Haisheng.

"Lao Liang is really blind. He makes me so angry." As he spoke, he pulled the cabbage leaves harder. "I got up twice during the time it took us to eat a meal, but he didn't even notice that I bought new clothes."

Cui Yuhe laughed, "What's wrong with Political Commissar Liang? Can't you see this?"

That day, soon after Xu Lang got home, he saw his wife's new clothes and praised them highly. In the end, he was deceived into spending some of his own money and said he would buy his wife a pair of braids, which looked good!

Feng Xiuhui sighed, "That's right. Later, Dunzi couldn't stand it anymore and told his father that Mom bought Bragi. Guess what Lao Liang said?"

Jian Lu and Cui Yuhe stopped what they were doing and asked, "What?"

"He said, 'Ah? Have you changed it? Is this new clothing?'"

He was not sure whether it was new.

"Come on, what kind of eyesight is that? I have never worn a braid of this color and style before. He can't even tell!"

Feng Xiuhui felt really upset.

"I guess Political Commissar Liang is not too sensitive about this." Jian Lu could only say a few words of comfort, "After I said that, he didn't say anything?"

Feng Xiuhui pursed her lips and sighed in her heart.

......

Troops, Office of Commander Cheng Zheng.

Cheng Zheng, Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang had just finished a meeting to study the maritime training plan, and directly asked the orderly to go to the cafeteria to get food.

Three aluminum lunch boxes were placed on the table. The three people, who had been hungry for a long time, could not help but wolf down the food after smelling the aroma.

During the break, we didn't talk about work, but mentioned the bragi that my wife bought recently.

Liang Haisheng was full of grievances. "You tell me, how can we, as grown men, tell what clothes she bought? Aren't they all the same? The colors are similar, the styles are similar, what's the difference?"

Xu Lang clicked his tongue twice and looked at Liang Haisheng in disbelief. "Are you blind? The color difference is huge. What's more, you can't tell the difference between pants and skirt? Old Liang, not only is your eyesight bad, your attitude is also bad. It's not decent enough."

"No, can you tell it at a glance?" Liang Haisheng stuffed a piece of food into his mouth, not quite believing it.

Xu Lang raised his head proudly, "Yes."

"Old Cheng, can you do it too?"

Cheng Zheng swallowed the shredded meat in his mouth and nodded, "How difficult is this?"

Liang Haisheng smacked his lips, feeling that something was wrong with this world.

You really can't see it yourself?

"You better hurry up, go back tonight and tell your sister-in-law, and then give her 20 yuan of your own money to buy a bra." Xu Lang was so happy about the misfortune, he just felt that he had performed so well! Especially with Lao Liang's support, he really had to thank Lao Liang!

"Okay, then I'll make up for it. It's hard to save this private money!"

Apart from anything else, in the next few days, Xu Lang found that his wife had become much gentler and cared about him every day. It was really because of his good performance that he won a good evaluation in his wife's heart.

Later, Jian Lu heard Cheng Zheng talk about Liang Zhengwei's remedial measures, and she only commented, "It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost."

Cheng Zheng paused and stared at his wife for a long time, which made Jian Lu feel uneasy.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"I find that your cultural level is getting higher and higher. If you continue like this, I will not be able to catch up with you."

Jian Lu, who is now regarded as a self-taught genius by everyone, smiled and imitated the leaders, patting Cheng Zheng on the shoulder, "Comrade Cheng Zheng, you have to work hard, don't let me leave you too far behind."

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In mid-June, the military children's primary school held the entrance examination for fifth grade students. Only those who passed the examination could continue to junior high school.

Friends cheered for Dunzi and Hengheng. They were the oldest among the group of children and were taking the exam together.

Shuangshuang had chubby cheeks and was wearing a pretty little skirt made by her mother. She imitated her mother's way of teasing her father and clapped her little hands on the two pots.

"Guo Guo looks like he's taking a good test."

"Shuangshuang, wait for me! After I finish the exam, I'll get the reward from your uncle Liang and buy you something to eat!"

"good!"

Dunzi and Hengheng's exams ended in one day, and the results were announced a week later.

Feng Xiuhui gave Dunzi an ultimatum: if he failed to pass the junior high school entrance exam, he would be in trouble!

Early in the morning, Shuangshuang was more active than his two brothers and kept asking his mother to take him to see his grades.

"You're not even in kindergarten yet, yet you're worried about the big issues of elementary school students."

"Hmph~ Shrink a few pots and give them to those who buy it."

"Little greedy cat!" Jian Lu scratched the girl's nose and teased her.

Who would have known that she would even refute her mother, "It's a little gluttonous pig."

Jian Lu: “…”

I've never seen anyone who likes to say she's a pig so much! This girl has firmly remembered that she was born in the year of the pig.

The little piglets, wearing little skirts, ran along, meeting their friends, not forgetting to turn around and call out to their mother to hurry up.

Feng Xiuhui's face was filled with worry, not knowing whether her son had passed the entrance exam or not. Looking at the children in front of her who were not yet that old, she began to reminisce about when Dunzi was a few years old.

"It's getting more and more worrying. I'm worried that he's not learning well."

Jian Lu comforted her, "Sister Xiuhui, Dunzi is smart, there will definitely be no problem."

Jian Lu reviewed with Dunzi several times before his exam, but this kid is now too focused on playing and can't concentrate.

Sure enough, when they saw that Hengheng and Dunzi had passed the exam successfully and would become first-year junior high school students in September, Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe were excited.

"Oh, it's not easy!"

"Mom, look, I said I'd pass the exam, and I've passed it!"

Not only did Dunzi pass the exam, but his score was also quite high, probably an above-average level.

Feng Xiuhui's eyes softened as she looked at her son. "Fortunately, you still know how to work hard."

"Yeah yeah!" Shuangshuang also jumped up happily, reminding brother Dunzi, "Dun a few pots, yeah yeah!"

"I know, yours is indispensable!"

Hengheng was also happy and told Shuangshuang that he would buy one for her too.

With her eyes curved with smile, she started looking for her brothers.

Dong Dong waved his hand in front of her, "Shuang Shuang, what are you looking at?"

"Three! I still have three pots left for the exam. Buy me one after that." Shuangshuang's little head was racing.

Chenchen Pot, Dongdong Pot, Yuanyuan Pot, wow, she is so happy!

Yuanyuan, who was only four years old at the time, said: “…”

"I'm still waiting for them to buy it for me, don't count on me!"

Shuangshuang pouted and shook her head, and the Jiujiu on her head also shook, "Don't look away from the pot."

She stayed close to Dongdong Guoguo and Chenchen Guoguo, looking around without saying a word, but her big watery eyes told them what they understood in their hearts.

Chenchen flicked the beep on her head again and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll buy it for you next year when I take the exam!"

Both of them were happy to hear that and temporarily forgave Chenchen Guoguo's annoying behavior of flicking her finger.

Dongdong also patted his chest and agreed.

——

With the biggest crisis solved, Dunzi began his happiest summer vacation. He and Hengheng and the others "fought" everywhere. In less than a month, they had captured a large area of ​​the family compound.

Today was originally Sunday, and Cheng Zheng and his friends were supposed to have a day off. However, the army had some urgent matters, so they had to go to a meeting early in the morning. By the time the adults returned from the army, it was only around eleven o'clock, so they could still have lunch.

When Liang Haisheng, Cheng Zheng and Xu Lang arrived at the door of the Liang family, they heard a loud noise in the yard.

The kids were making a lot of noise, as if they were shouting out the might of thousands of troops.

The door was ajar. Three adults went over to eavesdrop and look inside through the crack in the door.

I saw Dunzi was just arranging tactics, and there was a circle of people surrounding him.

"Next we have to take over the vegetable field. This place is a strategic location, easy to defend but difficult to attack, so we can't take it lightly. Commander Xu will be in charge of the main command, I will be responsible for negotiating with the Fifth Regiment when the time comes, Chief of Staff Wu will think of a solution, and..."

The more Liang Haisheng listened, the more he wanted to laugh. What a mess.

He was about to speak when he heard Hengheng speaking again.

"What other instructions does the chief have?"

Chief?

Cheng Zheng and his friends became excited. These kids really know how to play and they even simulated an army.

What about the chief?

I just heard them assigning roles. There are regiment commander, political commissar, chief of staff, company commander, and deputy company commander. All the people have been used up. Who is the leader?

As they were thinking about it, the three of them saw a baby walking out. It had a chubby face, big eyes, two little bumps on its head, and was wearing a little white skirt. It was cute and well-behaved.

"Captain Shuangshuang, what instructions do you have?"

"I'm hungry." Leader Shuangshuang puffed up his cheeks.

Children with different roles: "..."

"Commander, we're in a meeting now! A secret military meeting! Wait until later to eat!"

Shuangshuang felt aggrieved, but she really wanted to eat~

"Ahem." Chenchen spoke, looking at the younger Juanjuan next to him, "Orderly, please deliver food to the commander."

"Ah?" Juanjuan, who came late and didn't get a good role, was suddenly called. She nodded, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and handed it to the leader, "Palm, times."

Shuangshuang felt even more aggrieved. How could she let herself eat dirt?

"Not this one."

"Quick, deputy company commander, bring some food to the commander."

"receive!"

Cheng Zheng smiled happily when he saw his daughter being fed delicious food.

"Comrade Chief, where is your mother?" Cheng Zheng suddenly spoke, looking at the young lady.

They ran to their father and were picked up by him. "Mom is going out."

"Where did you go?"

"Let's go with the aunt." Shuangshuang danced with joy, trying to tell her father which aunt it was, and kept muttering "pig" in her mouth.

It took Cheng Zheng several seconds to realize that it was Cai Xiujuan who raised pearls.

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At this moment, Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan were on their way to the guesthouse where the pearl breeding expert was staying.

Cai Xiujuan and her team have recently encountered some problems with pearl farming. The survival rate of river clams is not high. After the initial glory, problems have occurred frequently.

They were originally just crossing the river by feeling their way forward, and after studying for a while without any results, they placed their hopes on the pearl breeding experts who came to investigate this time.

However, Cai Xiujuan felt a little shy to go alone, so she asked Jian Lu to go with her.

This time, the pearl farming expert in H City is from the B Lake Basin in the central region and is very experienced. That area is also currently the largest pearl farming area in the country.

The expert had just finished his instruction in the neighboring commune and did not want to waste time going somewhere else, so he declined the invitation from Cai Xiujuan and her team and prepared to leave by train tonight for a meeting in the capital.

This was all the information Cai Xiujuan had inquired about, but she didn't give up and always wanted to try again.

Before leaving, Jian Lu took a bag and filled it with the dried seafood that had been dried at home. She and Cai Xiujuan went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some H City specialty snacks before visiting.

It was lunch time, and the two were about to go to the front desk of the guesthouse to ask.

However, the front desk staff at the guesthouse is very confidential. They didn’t know anything when asked and even asked the two of us to show our ID cards.

Seeing that there was nothing they could do, the two could only look around, hoping that maybe no one had come down to have lunch yet.

"Should we go upstairs and try our luck?" Cai Xiujuan thought that if she walked up and down the stairs, she might meet him.

Jian Lu shook her head. "It's time for lunch. Either he hasn't eaten yet and will definitely pass by here when he comes down, or he has gone out to eat and will pass by here when he comes back. It's best for us to wait here. Otherwise, we might miss him if we walk through the floors one by one."

"Will he not go out for dinner?" Cai Xiujuan was still worried. There was a restaurant behind the guesthouse. If he didn't come out, it would be a waste of time.

"Probably not. He's leaving tomorrow, and he just finished his inspection and guidance work. Today is the most relaxing time for him. He will most likely go to the state-owned hotel for a good meal."

Cai Xiujuan thought about it and it made sense, so she waited patiently.

She had seen the expert from a distance before, and as she looked around, she actually saw the expert's face among the crowd.

"Engineer Yang!" Cai Xiujuan heard others call him that, saying that this Engineer Yang was a technician at the J Province Pearl Breeding Research Institute.

Yang Binghua saw two lesbians suddenly appearing in front of him and was sure that he did not know them. "Comrades, what's up?"

"Mr. Yang, I'm from the Qingxi production team. Our commune is engaged in pearl farming. It's the Hongjin commune next to the commune you're in charge of." Cai Xiujuan held the gift she was going to give him up in the air. "This is our local specialty. There are dried seafood and some cakes. Please try them."

Yang Binghua had heard about this matter and was told that the pearl farming of Hongjin Commune was doing quite well. However, he came here at the request of a relative for private instruction and was not too concerned about other areas.

In his opinion, the water quality of H City is average, and pearl farming is just barely acceptable, far inferior to the B Lake Basin in the central part of the city.

Let them have their own little quarrel.

"No, we are not related, so it is not appropriate for me to accept your things."

Frustrated, Cai Xiujuan didn't care about anything else. Seeing Yang Binghua was about to leave after he finished speaking, she immediately stopped him and said, "Mr. Yang, I need your guidance on something. Originally, the pearls raised in our commune were really good, but there was a problem recently. Many river clams died suddenly, and few survived. Logically, our method of raising clams should be the same as before..."

Yang Binghua had a rare day to relax and didn't want to continue talking about pearl farming. In addition, he felt that the commune was not sincere and sent two female comrades to find him. It was obvious that they knew nothing. They just hurriedly said, "Check the breeding conditions and see if there is a problem with the environmental water quality. I have to go first. I have a dinner appointment."

"Hey, Engineer Yang!" Cai Xiujuan was about to reply to him. She had checked all of these things, but she didn't find the cause, so she wanted to ask him for guidance. However, he obviously didn't want to pay attention to her.

"Sister Xiujuan, let's go to the state-owned hotel to have dinner." Jian Lu said as she watched Yang Binghua leave.

"Ah? It's not a good idea for us to follow him." Cai Xiujuan understood what Jian Lu meant.

"Who said we went with him? We were just hungry and wanted to eat."

When Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan entered the state-owned hotel, they immediately saw Yang Binghua having dinner with someone.

Yang Binghua obviously noticed it as well, and when he saw the two female comrades following him in, he couldn't help but frown.

"Mr. Yang, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just met some annoying people. Forget it, let's eat."

Jian Lu and Cai Xiujuan ordered three signature dishes of the state-owned hotel. Cai Xiujuan rushed to pay the bill and then sat down in the empty seat at the table next to Yang Binghua.

Cai Xiujuan now has a good income, even the workers in the state-owned factories do not earn as much as she does. Her horizons have been broadened, and she is no longer so reluctant to spend money. She can also find time every month to bring her daughter to the county town to buy her nice clothes and go out to eat.

One dish of coconut chicken, one dish of Dongshan lamb, one portion of loofah and pork slices, and two bowls of white rice.

The two of them didn't care about anything else and just ate their meal, occasionally commenting on the taste of the food.

Yang Binghua thought that the two people came into the state-owned hotel to talk to him, but he didn't expect that they were enjoying their meal and didn't even look at him.

After finishing his meal, Yang Binghua was about to suggest leaving when he suddenly heard two female comrades at the next table discussing pearl farming.

"The current method of raising fish needs to be improved."

"I think so too. Let's try the hanging culture method, hanging the pearl clams in a net cage..."

Yang Binghua listened to the two people talking about the improvement methods of pearl breeding. His eyes widened the more he listened. Many of these methods were really interesting and they made him suddenly enlightened.

"Comrade, the method of hanging that you just mentioned..."

Jian Lu pretended to be surprised and looked at Yang Binghua, "Mr. Yang, why are you here? Isn't this a coincidence? Sister Xiujuan, you see, we really have a connection with Mr. Yang."

Cai Xiujuan chuckled twice as if she had just seen Yang Binghua, and greeted him politely.

Yang Binghua was a man devoted to studying technology. Thinking of the breeding method the two had just discussed, he asked anxiously, "Comrades, can you explain the method you just discussed in more detail?"

Jian Lu brought out a relatively popular pearl breeding method in later generations, and presented it to Yang Binghua as a gift with flowers. She introduced in detail the actual operation methods and benefits of the hanging breeding method. During the period, Cai Xiujuan would add some details.

In fact, Jian Lu had only a vague understanding of this method before, and was not sure about the specific practical operations at all. It was only after she talked to Cai Xiujuan that the two of them figured out a general idea together.

This future pearl king did not disappoint us. He was really talented in this area and was willing to study hard. After going back and conducting a few more experiments, he gradually figured out the trick.

However, after their research, the two were still limited by their limited experience, so they asked this expert who had been studying pearl cultivation for many years to help with some improvements.

Yang Binghua's eyes lit up when he heard this. This is a good idea. It sounds very feasible and should be suitable for large-scale breeding.

"However, we adopted this method for breeding, and I don't know what went wrong. The survival rate of pearl oysters has been low recently." Cai Xiujuan took the opportunity to once again raise the difficulties encountered in pearl breeding in her commune.

This time, Yang Binghua was excited. This was a ready-made experiment! He had to go and study it!

Just like that, Yang Binghua directly refunded his train ticket for leaving tonight and went to the commune where Cai Xiujuan was.

Jian Lu also went there and saw that this expert was really amazing. He was obsessed with studying new technologies and discussed them with Cai Xiujuan from time to time. After a while, he raised possible problems.

He even took out the camera in his briefcase to take some pictures, preparing to develop the photos and take them back to continue his research.

Camera? Jian Lu was a little moved when she saw the camera.

If you ask what is the most expensive and hardest to buy these days, cameras should be at the top of the list, almost equivalent to a luxury item in this era.

Department stores in county towns do not sell cameras. Department stores in provincial capitals may have a small number of cameras, but they require a large number of industrial coupons and unit certificates to purchase them. They are generally not sold to individuals, and are given priority to units with work needs.

Even if you have money, you can't buy whatever you want.

Reporters in the army have cameras, but the Women's Federation of the Family Hospital has not applied for one. Whenever they need to take pictures, they always borrow a camera.

The camera is a treasure. You must be careful at all times when using it. You must not damage it. We all feel bad for it.

Perhaps Jian Lu's eyes were too focused, Yang Binghua noticed that she was staring at his camera, "Comrade Jian Lu, do you want to take a photo?"

"No." Jian Lu smiled, paused for a moment and then talked about her difficulties, "I usually want to take pictures, but I can't buy a camera."

"Cameras are hard to buy." The personal camera in Yang Binghua's hand was purchased second-hand from a trust store after he and several colleagues pooled their money together. It is 80% new and made in the Soviet Union, so the quality is impeccable.

"Trust Store?" When Jian Lu heard this somewhat unfamiliar name, she suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a second-hand store in the capital in recent decades. However, the items sold here were not broken copper and rotten iron second-hand goods, but all high-end goods with higher prices and varying qualities, but no tickets were required!

"Yes, I bought this at a trust store. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get enough industrial coupons." Yang Binghua loved going out for research and investigation. There was only one camera in the unit. His colleagues wanted to use it, and he wanted to use it too. How could he find enough?

We had no choice but to pool our resources and buy a second-hand one, which was also convenient.

"By the way, Comrade Jian Lu, the method you came up with is very good. It can solve the problem of the breeding area. I will think about it when I go back and inform you if there is any improvement in the future." After this day, Yang Binghua thoroughly discovered that these two female comrades are as capable as men and have a lot of insights in pearl breeding. "There is another thing. Can you help me?"

"What is it?"

"I just heard from Comrade Cai Xiujuan that you also drew a breeding manual for the workers here? Even illiterate people can understand it? Can I take a look?"

Jian Lu went to Cai Xiujuan's office and got a few picture albums that she had drawn at the time. They contained easy-to-understand diagrams that showed the steps of cultivating river clams, breeding pearls, and extracting pearls.

The painting is simple and vivid, and you can understand it if you look at it carefully and think about it.

"Your painting is great. Not only is the shape and spirit captured, but most importantly, it is clear at a glance. It's really good."

Yang Binghua discovered that this small pearl farm was actually full of hidden talents. Cai Xiujuan had amazing practical experience in pearl cultivation, and Jian Lu was also very good in theory and often had some innovative ideas.

"Can I have a copy of this picture book? Take it home and have a look."

"Sure." Jian Lu was very generous, but since the other party had asked, Jian Lu was not polite, "Mr. Yang, can I ask you for a favor?"

"You say."

"You are going to the capital for a meeting this time. If you have time, can you help me go to the trust store?"

Yang Binghua was a smart man and guessed immediately, "You want to buy a second-hand camera?"

"right."

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A month and a half later, Jian Lu received a package from Yang Binghua sent from the capital, which was wrapped very tightly.

Shuangshuang was held in her grandmother's arms as she watched her mother unpack the package. She became even more curious when she saw the things inside were wrapped in layer upon layer.

"Mom, does it look like a forest?"

After removing the package, the real body was revealed. Jian Lu showed the black Fang family's thing to the lady, "It's a camera!"

There is also a receipt in the package.

This is a Soviet-made camera, 90% new and rarely used. It was entrusted by its previous owner to be sold in a trust store and was eventually bought by Yang Binghua on behalf of Jian Lu for 350 yuan.

Jian Lu was very satisfied with the camera. Price was not an issue for her since she had her own private stash.

The body of this camera is square, and there are almost no flaws visible to the naked eye. It is said to be 90% new, and I estimate it to be about 95% new. It is not easy to find such a good treasure in a trust store.

"Lulu, what is this for?"

Aunt Wang had never taken a photo in her life, let alone seen a camera like this.

"Mom, a photographer." Jian Lu bought film in advance. Taking photos these days is difficult and expensive. Not only are cameras expensive and hard to buy, but film is also expensive. A box of film at three yuan can only take about twenty photos at most. This price is tantamount to a sky-high price for people today.

After taking the photos, you cannot get them immediately. You have to send them to a photo studio and pay a technician to develop them for you. It is not an easy task.

"Come, Mom, hold Shuangshuang and look here. I'll take a picture of you." After a quick study, Jian Lu knew how to use it.

Auntie Wang was a little nervous and excited when she learned that she was going to take a photo. She sat up straight while holding Shuangshuang in her arms. When she saw that there was still no movement, she wanted to straighten her clothes again, "Should I... comb my hair again?"

"No, Mom, this is fine." Jian Lu held the camera and shouted three, two, one.

The mother-in-law was nervous, but Shuangshuang didn't seem nervous at all as it was her first time taking photos. She just smiled brightly and sweetly at the camera.

"Mom, I want to see the nest!" Shuangshuang stretched out his hand and wanted to see.

"I can't see them. I have to wait for my mom to send the film to the photo studio and ask the photographer to develop the photos before I can see them." Jian Lu planned to take a few photos first and send them over later.

The new camera was one of the few "toys" that Jian Lu couldn't let go of in this era. After a while, she took individual photos of her mother-in-law and Shuangshuang.

Then I taught my mother-in-law how to use the camera and asked her to take a solo photo of me, and then a mother-daughter photo of me and Shuangshuang.

The three of them spent two hours playing with their cameras at home, and no one was willing to leave.

Cheng Zheng had just returned from the army. He pushed open the half-open door, and a ray of sunlight broke the gloom in the room.

Click.

Jian Lu was holding a camera and captured the man who just pushed the door open and entered the room.

The rosewood door was pushed open, and the sunlight that had been blocked by the half-closed door shone in again, pouring down and extending inside along with the man's footsteps.

The man in the camera is tall and straight, wearing a white military uniform, which makes him look energetic. There is a rare gentleness in his eyes when he looks at his wife.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Zheng narrowed his eyes reflexively, and saw his wife holding a black thing, "Where's the camera?"

Jian Lu did not tell Cheng Zheng in advance that she had asked someone to buy a camera, just to give him a surprise, "I bought the camera!"

"Wow, so amazing?" Cheng Zheng was not surprised that his wife had money to buy a camera. Whether it was the family's money or the money she got from the pearl farm, it was all considerable. But cameras were not easy to buy.

Hearing that she had asked everyone to go to the Capital Trust Store, Cheng Zheng looked at his wife again and said, "Lulu, the interpersonal relationships you have developed are really amazing."

"That's what we call there are always more solutions than problems!"

Cheng Zheng thought about it and found it made sense.

That day, Jian Lu took eight photos, four people in the family lined up to take photos, and also took a group photo. After the photos were taken, they sent them to the photo studio and spent ten cents to ask the photo studio to develop them.

It was five days later when Jian Lu received the eight photos.

A family was admiring photos in the house. The colors could not be seen clearly in the black and white photos. Everyone's nice clothes were similar. Only the curve of the smile, the eyebrows and the outline were clear.

"Wow~" They both looked at the paper in amazement. There was an image of themselves, their parents and their grandmother on it. How could it be so magical?

She pestered her mother to tell her why she ran to the paper. Jian Lu was pestered by the child and had no choice but to pretend that she didn't know. After all, her mother-in-law and her husband were there. If she even knew the principles of the camera, it would be too embarrassing for her.

"Mom doesn't know either. I'll go to Xinhua Bookstore next time to see if there are any books on this subject. I'll tell you when I learn it."

When Shuangshuang heard her mother say she didn't know, she immediately patted her chest and made a bold statement, "Mom, Sangsang will study in the future. I will tell you!"

"Okay." Jian Lu didn't expect that this could motivate her children to study! "Then mom is waiting. Let's make a deal."

"Hook~"

Jian Lu picked out the photo that she accidentally captured of Cheng Zheng pushing the door open. The man in the photo was handsome and tall, with a tough temperament, but there was a hint of tenderness between his brows. She was most satisfied with this photo.

He tucked it into the notebook he usually used. Turning around, he found that Cheng Zheng had also put the family photo into his trouser pocket.

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At the end of midsummer, Cheng Zheng, who had just finished his busy military training at sea, finally had time to take Shuangshuang out to play.

The family was playing at the beach. Shuangshuang, now almost three years old and able to run more steadily, ran around the beach in plastic sandals and insisted on playing hide-and-seek with his brothers.

When he gets tired of playing, he lies in his father or mother's arms, panting with his little face flushed.

"Look at what you've been doing. Do you want to take a break?" Jian Lu wiped the sweat off the girl's face and took a few photos of her running along the beach with her camera. What a lovely little baby.

"No!" Shuangshuang refused, she wanted to play more!

He ran towards his brothers again. A group of people were running along the beach, all of them hiding from Brother Chenchen who was arresting people.

This time it was Wu Xiangchen's turn to catch people. The others ran fast and slipped away like a fish in the sea. Only Shuangshuang was left standing by, who thought he was running very hard but was running backwards with his short legs, which was not worth watching in the eyes of the older kids.

Wu Xiangchen simply ignored her and didn't reach out to her. His target was still Dunzi and the others.

"Oh no!" But Shuangshuang felt that they were in great danger, as they were the closest to Chenchen Guoguo. Seeing that Chenchen Guoguo was speeding up, Shuangshuang ran with all his might, clenching his fists.

Pop.

His legs didn't turn over and he fell face down.

There was a lot of sand on the beach, so it didn't hurt too much, but Shuangshuang was still young and burst into tears.

Wu Xiangchen was the first to react. He picked her up and saw that both her face and body were covered with sand. He quickly brushed the sand off her face.

"Wuwuwuwu~Wuwuwuwuwu~" Shuangshuang started crying, her little face wrinkled, her bean-sized eyeballs fell out, the corners of her eyes and nose turned red, "It hurts~"

"Where does it hurt?" Wu Xiangchen shouted at the front, "Dunzi! Go get Aunt Lulu!"

The older boys who had run far ahead turned around and found Shuangshuang lying in Chenchen's arms crying. Dunzi immediately went to find Aunt Lulu.

When Jian Lu heard that the young lady had fallen, she immediately rushed over to check.

When I got closer, I saw that the girl had a lot of sand on her body. They were going to the beach today, and I knew she wanted to have fun, so I specially made her wear short-sleeved shirts and long pants. Now they were all dirty, and her little face was dirty too. Chenchen was using his hands to dip the clean water in the military water bottle to wipe the sand off her face.

"Mom, it hurts, Sangsang."

Shuangshuang was sobbing and felt even more aggrieved when she saw her mother coming. She pulled the hem of Chenchen Guoguo's shirt and wiped her tears and snot, then reached out to her mother with red eyes.