Chapter 231 Family Outing
After Geng Changqing left, Su Mo looked at the red envelope in her hand and opened it. She was given 100 yuan, and the two children were given 50 yuan each.
Uncle Geng's salary was about the same as Lu Changzheng's, and this time, two months' salary was gone. Fortunately, he has not yet started a family, otherwise his wife would have come here with a big knife to kill him.
Sometimes, when there are too many debts, you can only lie down and pay them back when you have the ability in the future.
Su Mo put away the red envelopes and separated the two children. Unexpectedly, the two children, who were less than eight months old, had a savings of 135 yuan each by receiving red envelopes.
She heard a saying in the future - small wealth depends on hard work, and great wealth depends on elders and luck.
It really makes sense.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, except for the eldest wife who went back to her parents' home to visit relatives and Lu Xiaolan who went to work, the rest of the Lu family stayed at home.
Because of Zhao Jiuxiang's incident, Lu Guihua did not go back to her parents' home. If Lu Guihua did not mention going, Lu Weiguo would naturally not say that he would go. Instead, Lu Fubao carried some things and went to visit relatives at the second wife's home, as if they were siblings.
In the evening, when Lu Xiaolan came over, Su Mo saw that she seemed to be worried, so she asked her, and she said she was fine.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Xiaolan rested. Li Yue'e thought that it was a rare New Year and no one had to go to work, so she thought about going for a walk in the county as a family.
Since Lu Changzheng took her to the city last year, Li Yue'e has become more relaxed. She has worked hard all her life, and now that she is old, she still has the opportunity to go out and walk around, open her eyes, and see the world.
Because there are so many people and it is not convenient to ride a car, everyone decided to rent a tractor from the brigade, take them to the county, and take them back in the evening. It
is not a short trip to the county town, and the tractor is a fuel-burning one, so the brigade charged 2 yuan for the use of the tractor.
This money was paid by the army. He attracted a lot of deposits last year, and the credit union gave him a bonus of more than 80 yuan at the end of the year.
Except for Lu Fengqin, who had been to the county once with her father two years ago, the others had never been there. When they heard that they were going to the county, they all jumped for joy.
Seeing that everyone was so happy, Su Mo brought her camera with her so that she could take some photos for everyone.
The tractor was not slow, and it took about 40 minutes to reach the county. If you ride a bicycle, it would take more than an hour.
The one driving the tractor was Lu Baoguo's youngest son. After telling everyone to meet at the door of the bathhouse at around 4 pm, he took the bathing ticket and went into the bathhouse to take a bath.
Qingxi County is not big, and there are actually no attractions to visit, but the children still exclaimed. Because they have never seen so many buildings.
In the brigade, the houses are all bungalows. The only building in Hongqi Commune is the commune office building.
"Aunt, is it very comfortable to live in this building?" Lu Fengqin asked Su Mo. In their family, only Aunt was from the city.
Su Mo shook her head and smiled, "No, our house is more comfortable. We have a kang in winter. You can't heat the kang in the building, it's very cold in winter."
At that time, there was no heating in small places. People living in the building relied on coal stoves to keep warm in winter, which was naturally not as comfortable as burning kangs.
"Oh, you can't heat the kang? Then you won't be able to sleep at night?" The yearning for the building that had just risen in the children's hearts was instantly suppressed by Su Mo.
This building looks decent, but if it means freezing, it's better not to live in it.
A group of people went to the supply and marketing cooperative first. The children looked around and found everything very novel.
The supply and marketing cooperative in the county was at least three or four times larger than the one in the commune, and the variety of goods was much richer.
Since they were all out to play, Li Yue'e did not skimp and bought egg cakes, candies, and frozen pears for the children.
Su Mo looked around and didn't see Sister Liu. She probably thought she was on vacation. Then she went to buy film rolls. At that time, film rolls were two for one, and you could take 16 photos. Su Mo bought three rolls directly.
After buying things, the family strolled around the county. Su Mo took a lot of photos for everyone, both group photos and individual photos.
At noon, the whole family went to the state-owned hotel for lunch. It was too extravagant to order so many dishes, so they all had noodles and buns, which were paid for by Lu Bo Ming.
After lunch, the whole family went to the cinema to watch a movie.
It was the era of the Eight Model Operas, and most of the movies shown were those that had been seen a long time ago, but it was the first time to watch them in the cinema, so everyone was still very excited.
The movie tickets were 1 cent each, and Lu Weiguo bought them, while Lu Xiaolan bought soda and popcorn for everyone.
Little Lele was excited all day, but when he arrived at the cinema, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep.
An An watched it carefully for a while, and it was also the first time for her to see such things.
Although the pictures in this so-called movie are not as good as the photo stone she took at that time, the photo time is still quite long, but the people in it are very dull.
After watching the movie, it was almost time, so everyone went to the entrance of the bathhouse and took the tractor back.
On the way, Li Yue'e and Su Mo sighed, "The department stores in the city are still better. The ones in the county are still nothing to see."
It's a pity that if you don't have a car, it's too far to go to the city.
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Year passed in a flash, and everyone returned to work.
In late February, Su Mo received a call from Geng Changqing, asking her to go to his office to get the translation test questions.
When Su Mo passed by, she asked about Cao Yatou. She thought that before leaving, she should apply for Cao Yatou's reward, so that her life would be easier in the future.
This matter involved a complicated matter. There were two parties looking for the so-called treasure. One was foreign forces, and the other involved certain people. Therefore, Luo Yuan's matter was still at a stalemate.
"It's still a long way to go. If you want to apply for her reward before you leave, you can only find another reason." Geng Changqing said.
Su Mo nodded. It seemed that she had to think of another way.
After returning, Su Mo spent two days translating the translation test questions sent by Yangcheng. They were all letters of inquiry and some reports on new products.
This was not difficult for Su Mo, so she quickly translated it and sent it back to the address given by Geng Changqing.
In mid-March, Su Mo received a reply from Yangcheng, which affirmed her foreign language ability. At the same time, she was invited to Yangcheng to take a recruitment exam at the end of April.
Su Mo naturally went to this recruitment exam.
But since Lu Changzheng made the phone call in mid-January, there has been no news. Su Mo went to the post office and called the communication room of Lu Changzheng's new unit. Sure enough, Lu Changzheng was still attending the training and had not returned.
Su Mo:...
It seems that I can only rely on myself.
After Su Mo returned to the brigade, she called Tao Peisheng, told him the situation, and asked him if he could contact the division commander.
Lu Changzheng was not there, so she could only ask the leader to complete the procedures for accompanying the army and transfer the food relations. Otherwise, when she got there, she would have no housing and no food. Wouldn't she become an illegal resident?
When Tao Peisheng heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised to help her get it done and asked her to wait for his news.