Yu Rujia took the person, gave him a quick rinse, and then used a pre-prepared dry towel to wipe him from head to toe. After dressing him in clean clothes, she placed him outside the bathroom and said, "Duofu, go and call Duolu over."
When Duolu arrived, Duoxi was already happily rolling around in the hot water basin next to Yu Rujia.
When it's hot, Gao Shujing can wash them all clean by himself, and Yu Rujia doesn't have to worry about anything.
It's getting cold, and bathing the kids is like a battle every time. I end up getting myself half-wet if I'm not careful.
However, according to their custom, no matter how cold it is, they can only go two or three days without taking a bath, and battles like this have to happen every two days.
At this moment, Yu Rujia really wanted Gao Guojing to come over. If he were here, she wouldn't have the chance to bathe the kids.
If Gao Guojing dares to refuse, plenty of people will beat him up.
This man couldn't stand being nagged. After cleaning up the kids and tidying himself up before leaving the bathroom, Captain Huang came over.
Captain Huang: "Gao Zhiqing, your mother just called and said that your brother Gao Guojing's train leaves at 5 pm tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, he will arrive in the city around 11 am the day after tomorrow. She wants you to pick him up."
On the first day after the telephone was installed, when Gao Shujing called back, Xia Taishun told him about Gao Guojing's upcoming visit. Captain Huang listened to the whole conversation.
Gao Shujing: "Thank you, Captain. I'd like to ask for a day off the day after tomorrow so I can go to the city as soon as possible. Could you please help me get a letter of introduction?"
Captain Huang handed over a piece of paper: "I knew you needed it, so I prepared it for you before I came over."
Gao Shujing: "It has to be the brigade leader. We haven't even said anything, and you've already thought about going to the front."
Captain Huang: "Alright, stop praising him. Will your brother go to the countryside in the future? Will he come to our area?"
He just asked casually. The Gao family is well-off and there's no mandatory requirement to go to the countryside. With the Gao family's abilities, they can definitely find Gao Guojing a job. Why would so many city people be willing to give up their city jobs and go to the countryside?
Gao Shujing: "My brother likes to be a soldier. Normally, he would enlist after finishing high school. However, the recruitment time for the army is not fixed every year. If he misses the recruitment time after graduating from high school, he will have to wait for the next recruitment."
"I don't know if he has any other plans during this free time. If not, he might come and stay with us for a while. If he does come with us, could he use this time to transition to military service for a year or two?"
After graduating from high school, Gao Guojing had two options if he didn't join the army: one was to find a job in the city, and the other was to come to Shangfen Brigade.
Gao Shujing gave Captain Huang a heads-up beforehand, so that if he really needed to ask in the future, he could speak up more naturally.
If it were anyone else, Captain Huang wouldn't be so willing, but Gao Shujing is his precious son, and he's well-behaved, hardworking, and conscientious. He thought it would be fine for Gao Shujing to come and stay for a year or two.
Another consideration was that Director Liu was clearly interested in poaching Gao Shujing. If he left his brother in Shangfen Brigade, it would be a favor, and Gao Shujing would still think about Shangfen Brigade even after he arrived at the commune.
Captain Huang: "It's possible, but you'll have to find the connections to get him back yourself. There's nothing I can do about it."
Gao Shujing: "Okay, I'll talk to him about it and see if he has any other plans. If he does, that would be great. If not, then we'll have to trouble the brigade leader."
The temperature today is a bit better than the previous two days, rising a few degrees.
Gao Shujing was going to the city to pick up Gao Guojing, which would take one or two hours by bus. To catch the bus, he left home very early in the morning.
Without Gao Shujing urging her to eat breakfast, Yu Rujia stayed curled up in bed, not wanting to get up. With four small stoves around, the bed was warm.
She could lie still, but the four little stoves couldn't. When they woke up and saw that Yu Rujia was not moving, the little stoves crawled around in the quilt, and the cold air made Yu Rujia feel colder and colder.
Yu Rujia had no choice but to get up, mix the hot water from the thermos with water, wash the little ones, and then waddle over to Gao Shujing with the four big penguins.
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Duofu spontaneously went to the stove and said, "Auntie, I'll start the fire."
Yu Rujia: "Okay, once Auntie has lit the fire, I'll trouble you to keep an eye on it for her."
Holding a match, she lit the fire, then added a few more pieces of firewood to make the fire burn brighter. Yu Rujia then poured a spoonful of water into the pot to boil.
I cracked eight eggs into another bowl, added some seasonings, stirred it well, and then put it in a pot to steam.
Duolu swayed over listlessly: "Auntie, I'm hungry."
Yu Rujia: "Okay, go have some fun, you'll have dinner soon."
Opening the pot he usually used to cook porridge, Gao Shujing had indeed prepared porridge, though it was a bit cold.
Yu Rujia took two pieces of firewood from the stove, which was burning brightly, and added a few more to heat up the porridge.
Duo Xi, drawn by the aroma, wriggled over and cried, "Food, food!"
Duoshou, familiar with the place, found his little wooden bowl and set it aside. When he turned around, he found that his brothers were gone. His big eyes darted around and he knew where they had gone, so he ran over to the kitchen as well.
Surrounded by several hungry little buns, Yu Rujia felt a surge of pressure: "Duofu, go set the bowls out, it's time to eat."
Duofu got up, pulling Duolu, who was touching everything in the east and west, with one hand, and Duoxi, who was rubbing against Yu Rujia's feet with the other: "Come on, let's go get a bowl and eat with your older brother."
Before Duoshou could even say a word, he quickly followed his brothers away.
Yu Rujia sat on the low stool that Duofu had just sat on, and turned the fire on both sides to make it burn brighter.
The little buns were crying loudly from hunger, which made her feel a little guilty. If Gao Shujing were here, they would have already finished breakfast.
Steamed eggs and hot porridge were ready in ten minutes. I brought them to the table one by one. First, I made a bowl of minced meat porridge for the twins to satisfy their drooling mouths.
Just as I was about to take Duofu's bowl to scoop out some porridge, he dodged me, saying, "Duoxi is hungry, Auntie will take care of his first."
If we don't do it soon, the little guy's drool will drip into their steamed eggs.
Yu Rujia gently pulled Duoxi off the table and sat him down on the stool: "Duoxi, be good, or you won't get any food."
Duoxi blinked her big, adorable eyes and said, "Good girl, time to eat."
A bowl filled with steamed eggs was handed over: "You like it."
Oh dear, Duofu is so kind. He always takes such good care of his younger brothers. Yu Rujia was so touched that she picked up the little guy and kissed him.
Yu Rujia praised, "Our Duofu family is wonderful."
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