Chapter 37: More trouble at night
Li Yue'e came over and saw her new daughter-in-law sitting in a daze in the house, and her old son was nowhere to be seen.
Su Mo saw Li Yue'e coming over with something, and quickly stood up: "Mom, you're here."
"Yeah." Li Yue'e nodded and put the things down, "Where's the third child?"
"He drank some wine and is sleeping now." Su Mo said.
"Did you cover him with a quilt?" The weather was cool now, and if a drunk person didn't cover himself with a quilt and slept like this, it would be easy to catch a cold.
"I covered him, and the kang was also padded with a mattress."
Li Yue'e nodded with satisfaction. It's okay to feel sorry for the man. Don't look at the third child throwing himself on the kang when he was drunk. This is not good.
Li Yue'e put half a bag of flour on the dining table, "This is the flour that the third child bought for the banquet. There is still half a bag left. You can put it away and eat it later."
Su Mo waved her hands, "Mom, no need to take it. Take it home and keep it for you."
Seeing that the old daughter-in-law was so filial, Li Yue'e felt relieved, "You can keep it. The grain will be distributed soon. Your father and I will not lack grain. But you will probably have to buy a lot of grain. When the time comes, buy some corn, grind it into cornmeal and mix it with flour to eat, which will last for a long time."
In the ten days that the old daughter-in-law worked, it was unknown whether she had 50 work points. After paying back the grain she borrowed from the brigade, how much would be left?
This half bag of flour was estimated to be 15 or 16 kilograms. Even if it was only mixed with the same weight of cornmeal, the old daughter-in-law could eat it for two months.
Su Mo was a little embarrassed. She really didn't have many work points, and she was supposed to buy food.
"Put it away quickly." Li Yue'e waved her hand.
"Okay." Su Mo put the things away, but she didn't know where to put them, so she had to put them on the wooden cabinet in the west room first.
It seems that she needs to make a wooden shelf and put it in the west room, so that she can put the food when she buys it.
"This iron bucket is a gift from your eldest brother and second brother's family to you." Li Yue'e pointed to the two iron buckets on the ground and said to Su Mo.
"Okay, thank you, eldest brother and second brother."
Li Yue'e took out a pair of pillow towels and pillowcases from the bucket, "These pillow towels and pillowcases are given to you by Xiaolan."
"Okay, please thank Xiaolan for me."
Li Yue'e waved her hand, meaning you're welcome.
"When the third son wakes up later, you and him will come home for dinner. We have left some dishes. Let's have a good meal tonight." She asked her daughter-in-law and her husband to stay,
so that the family could have a good gathering tonight. The third son married his wife in a hurry, and she might not recognize all the family members. She must recognize their faces. Don't let them not recognize their family members when they meet on the street. That would be a joke.
"Okay." Su Mo nodded quickly.
Li Yue'e didn't stay for long and went back.
There was still a lot of work to do at home. So many tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks had to be washed and returned.
After Li Yue'e left, Su Mo saw that her bamboo basket was placed in the corner of the main room, so she took out the daily necessities she had used and put them away, and carried the rest together with the bamboo basket to the west room.
Then she went to look inside the rooms. The big room contained some firewood and several large clay pots, which should be used to pickle sauerkraut. The small one was a toilet, a flush toilet, quite clean and not dirty.
Su Mo was quite satisfied with this. A few days ago, she went to the toilet at the educated youth camp and held her breath every time.
However, after looking around, she did not find a bathroom, and she did not know how to take a bath in the future. Would she use the big bathtub in the west room?
Su Mo walked around and prepared to go back to her room to pack her suitcase. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lu Changzheng suddenly sitting up from the kang and looking at her sharply.
Su Mo was frightened by Lu Changzheng's bloodthirsty eyes. At this moment, she clearly realized that Lu Changzheng was a soldier fighting on the front line.
Before, Lu Changzheng was gentle in front of her and never showed such a sharp side.
Lu Changzheng was also a little sleep deprived. He rarely slept in the afternoon. His combat instinct made him take a defensive posture as soon as he heard the sound.
Seeing that he seemed to have scared his wife, Lu Changzheng was a little annoyed.
His expression relaxed, Lu Changzheng stretched out his hand, "Wife, come here."
Su Mo walked over, thought about it, and put her hand in Lu Changzheng's outstretched palm.
Lu Changzheng pulled Su Mo into his arms with force and turned over to press her onto the kang.
Su Mo was startled, and when she looked up,
she met Lu Changzheng's hot and aggressive eyes, and her whole body was frozen. Lu Changzheng looked at his wife, who was stunned and had her mouth slightly open, and lowered his head to kiss her fiercely.
He had wanted to do this for a long time, and today he could finally do it openly.
Su Mo was shocked by Lu Changzheng's aggressiveness, and she could not slow down for a while, so she had to let him take over. It was not
until Lu Changzheng's hands started to get naughty that Su Mo woke up and started to struggle, "Chang... Changzheng, mother... mother said she'll come over for dinner tonight, you... you don't do anything rash."
Lu Changzheng calmed down by Su Mo's neck for a while, then smiled foolishly, "Wife, I won't do anything rash now, we'll do it tonight."
Su Mo's face was a little hot, and she pushed Lu Changzheng, "Get out. I still have to pack my things."
Although it was normal for men and women to make love, Su Mo had never experienced it before, so she was still a little shy.
Lu Changzheng stood up obediently and helped Su Mo up as well.
His wife was not a well-behaved little white rabbit, but a little kitten with sharp claws. If he pissed her off, he would probably have a bad night.
After Su Mo got up, she went to get a basin of water and wiped the closet. Then she took out the things in the two suitcases one by one, and put the clothes and supplies on the kang first, and put them back later. She found a place to put the shoes near the door.
Lu Changzheng also helped.
While Su Mo was packing, she also told Lu Changzheng that Li Yue'e had sent white flour and gifts.
After the closet was dry, Su Mo sorted and stacked the clothes and put them in the closet, and put the hairbands, vanishing cream and other things on the dressing table.
As a southerner, Su Mo still habitually ignored the kangqin, a piece of furniture that can also be used to store things.
After putting everything away, Su Mo closed the two suitcases and thought about finding a place to put them. Lu Changzheng had already reached out to take them and put them directly on top of the closet.
Su Mo: ...
It is indeed the way people of this era would put things. Although it may not look beautiful, it is not wrong to put things there.
"Wife, let's go over early, finish our meal early and come back to rest early." It was already five o'clock, and it would be dark around six o'clock now, so it would be okay to have dinner early.
Su Mo nodded, took the bag of White Rabbit candies that she had only eaten a few of last time, and gave them to the children when the time came.
When the two of them went over, Li Yue'e was preparing to send Lu Fengqin to call them over for dinner.
The food was ready, and it would not take much effort to heat it up. It gets dark early now, so while it is still light, we should eat early to avoid being dark later.
Seeing the two of them coming, Li Yue'e immediately called for dinner.
The family, with a total of 16 people, set up two tables, one for the adults and one for the five children.
Su Mo gave the White Rabbit milk candy to Li Yue'e and asked her to share it with everyone.
Li Yue'e gave two to each child and one to each adult, and kept the rest to give to the children later. The children were happier than eating meat after getting two milk candies each, and they shouted "Aunties" happily.
[PS. There are 90 pieces of White Rabbit milk candy in a pound, and the author bought a bag and counted them. There is no information on how many pieces there were at that time, so just use the modern number.]
Su Mo met many of Lu Changzheng's family members for the first time, and Lu Changzheng introduced them to Su Mo.
The eldest brother Lu Xingjun, the eldest sister-in-law Liu Yuzhi, the eldest niece Lu Fengqin
, the second niece Lu Aiqin, the youngest nephew Lu Guoqiang. The second brother Lu Weiguo, the second sister-in-law Lu Guihua, the eldest nephew Lu Guodong, the second nephew Lu Guoliang.
The younger brother-in-law Yang Jingming.
Su Mo remembered them one by one. As a top student, her memory is still amazing, so she is not afraid of making mistakes.
Today is Lu Changzheng's wedding, and the family is gathered again. Lu Boming is happy, so he looks good and eats half an extra steamed bun.
After dinner, the family sat in the main hall and chatted.
"Now that the third child has started a family, our duty as parents is considered complete." Lu Qing'an took the opportunity to speak up, "As the tree grows, the branches branch out. Our family does not have the rule of not dividing the family when the parents are around. While the whole family is together, we will divide the family tomorrow morning."
Because it was already agreed upon, everyone was very calm.
But the eldest brother Lu Xingjun spoke up, "Will it be bad to divide the family the next day after the third child got married?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. The third child can't stay at home for a few days. The sooner the family is divided, the easier it will be for him to settle down for his wife."
In this way, everyone agreed to divide the family tomorrow morning.
Because it was the wedding night today, everyone didn't keep the couple for long. They chatted for a while and sent them back.