Chapter 131: Hands-on Teaching
Chen Xiuping and Lu Chun'e were naturally familiar with each other. After all, according to seniority, she had to call her aunt!
"You won't meet anyone like that."
Lu Chun'e said with great conviction, "Sister-in-law, you are smarter than Chen Xiuping. You know how to make your life easier and better. You are not Chen Xiuping. You will not be as unlucky as her, nor will you endure the suffering like her."
She felt that even if Wen Wan was unconscious and met someone like Jian Zhaodi, she would not allow herself to be treated so badly.
Wen Wan opened her mouth for a long time before saying, "Ah, that seems to be the case."
She would not be so blind as to fall in love with such a family. Even if her eyes were temporarily covered with shit, she would never let herself suffer such injustice.
There is no comparison.
As he was speaking, Lu Dongping's voice came from the entrance of the yard: "What are you talking about? Why are you so serious?"
He didn't even notice that he was in the yard.
Wen Wan turned around and said, "I was talking to Chun'e about pickled vegetables. Why are you here so early?"
Lu Dongping's face was sunburned, with beads of sweat hanging on his forehead and nose. It was very annoying to walk under the sun at this time.
He climbed up the eaves in a few steps and reached the shade, where he felt a little more comfortable.
"There's nothing going on at the commune right now. Some production teams have already started the autumn harvest, so I came back early. I don't need to go early tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'll help my uncle get the first battle of the autumn harvest started first." In fact, considering that he was newly married and there was nothing to do in the armed forces, Lin Chenghai relaxed a little on him and let him come home early to be with his wife. After all, they had just gotten married, and they would be busy from then on. The young couple would be very busy from then on.
"Are you going to work with everyone tomorrow?"
Lu Dongping nodded. "Autumn harvest is even more frustrating than summer harvest. We have to compete with the heavens for food. The weather here never gets better around this time of year. Look, it hasn't rained for almost a month! It's all been accumulating!"
Wen Wan got up and went to the kitchen to scoop some water for him: "Wash your face, it's all sweaty."
Lu Dongping looked at her and smiled, then took the towel and squatted on the edge of the eaves to splash water on his face.
After washing with cold water, I felt much cooler instantly. I looked around and asked, "Where's Dad? He's not home?"
Lu Chun'e said, "We're clearing the land in our private plot. They say that if the weather is sunny for a long time, it will rain. We should hurry up and clear the land. If we get busy later, we won't have time. If it rains, we can plant right away."
Lu Dongping stood up and said, "Then you guys continue, I'll go take a look inside the field."
Zhang Hongying had just packed another basket of vegetables. This time, besides beans, there were some slightly larger, half-green, half-red tomatoes, some twisted cucumbers and eggplants, and some green peppers.
Seeing Lu Dongping coming over, he called out to him, "That's perfect. Take it back. Eat what you can eat in the next few days, and put away what you can keep."
Before Lu Dongping left with the basket, Zhang Hongying reminded him, "There are two old cucumbers at the bottom. They are for seeds. Take them out and hang them on the palm hair to dry. Chun'e won't do that."
"I understand."
Zhang Hongying reminded him again, "The beans in this basket are old. There aren't many left to eat. Ask Chun'e to clean them up, peel them, and dry them in the sun for seeds."
Lu Dongping responded again and walked away with the basket.
Wen Wan and Lu Chun'e took the cowpeas out of the water and drained them. Lu Chun'e went to the kitchen. Wen Wan stood up and wiped the water off her hands with a towel. Just as she was about to go into the house, Lu Dongping, who had just gone out, came back with a basket.
Another full basket.
"So many?"
Lu Dongping placed the basket beside the pillar and said, "This is the most abundant time of the year. In just a few days, there will be a shortage."
Wen Wan brought him a bench and said, "You can't finish all of this for now!" Cowpeas can be pickled and dried, but what about cucumbers and tomatoes?
"Hurry up! There are six of us, so we need to eat something. Chun'e, get out a vegetable basket!"
Lu Chun'e responded and quickly came out of the kitchen. She took a look at what he had brought back and said, "There aren't many beans left, and they're all so old. Can they be saved for seeds?"
Lu Dongping nodded: "Yes, we need to save them for seeds. These can't be eaten." As Lu Dongping said this, he picked up the eggplants, cucumbers and other vegetables and put them into the vegetable basket.
Wen Wan also took a small stool and sat beside her.
Lu Chun'e glanced at the two of them, smiled, and went to the kitchen to scoop the water from the pot into the pig feed bucket. After cleaning the stove, she left the yard and went to the private plot, leaving the place to Lu Dongping and his wife.
Wen Wan looked at him picking and choosing and asked, "Is everything in this basket reserved for food?"
"Well, what I have left here are seeds. I'll dry them and store them, and then plant them around Qingming Festival next year."
As Lu Dongping spoke, he reached out to touch the knife for chopping pig grass. Wen Wan looked at the two large cucumbers with old and cracked skin that he took out from the bottom of the basket and cut them directly in half.
I got up and went into the house to pull out two pieces of palm leaves, picked out the seeds from the cucumber and spread them evenly on the palm leaves.
Wen Wan asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Lu Dongping explained to her: "Dry the seeds. Cucumber seeds are covered with a layer of pulp. Spread it on the palm tree and let it air dry for a while, and it will stick to the palm tree and won't fall off. This thing is ventilated and breathable, and it won't fall off, so it's perfect for drying seeds."
Wen Wan felt that she had learned something new.
Lu Dongping packed up the seeds and hung them up, then washed his hands and went into the house.
I don't know when the cloudless sky suddenly darkened. It became dark as soon as it said it would.
We are eagerly waiting for the autumn harvest, and it seems that God is really starting to make plans again, preparing to cause trouble.
Wen Wan followed him into the house, muttering as she walked: "The sun disappeared just like that, but it feels even hotter than when the sun was still there."
Lu Dongping sighed, a rare occurrence. "It's definitely hot after not raining for so long. I don't know when this rain will stop. Lately, I really don't want it to rain. It's hot, but it's also good for harvesting crops."
"What if it breaks down? Where should I put the corn after I break it?"
Lu Dongping said, "If the weather's bad, we have to pile the corn into the warehouse. We break it up on the mountain and peel it here. Once it's peeled, we string it up and hang it on the roof ridge to dry slowly." But that's always a pain, and it's not as good as drying it directly in the sun. The corn kernels, once rubbed off, don't taste good and have a musty smell.
As Lu Dongping spoke, he reached out to pull her, grabbed her feet, and hooked the door to close it.
Wen Wan put her hand on his chest and pushed him: "What are you doing in broad daylight?"
Lu Dongping lowered his eyes to look at her: "I missed you. Did you miss me at home?"
Wen Wan shook her head decisively: "I didn't think about it."
What was she thinking about? She wanted to curse someone. She had been restless all night and had to sleep until that time in the morning.
Thinking of this, she felt unhappy and reached out to poke Lu Dongping: "Don't sleep with me tonight, move back and continue to sleep with Donglin." He was too restless when sleeping, and he didn't stay still all night. If she continued to toss and turn like this all night, how could she go to school tomorrow?
Lu Dongping reached out and grabbed her hand, squeezed it, and kissed it on his lips: "That won't work. Once you get married, you have to sleep together. You have to be together for the rest of your life."
Are you kidding me? You're leaving your sweet and soft wife to sleep with that brat Lu Donglin? That's absolutely impossible.
"Then I'll go sleep with Chun'e tonight."
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows: "Just sleep here obediently. I won't do anything to you tonight. Just sleep well." Even if he sleeps with Chun'e, he will get her back.
Last night, cough cough, I just couldn't help myself. It seems that I really went too far and pissed people off.
Wen Wan was skeptical: "Really? Liars are just puppies."
Lu Dongping nodded: "A liar is a dog." He tried his best to endure it. If he couldn't help it, he would just be a dog. His wife was too tempting. What could he do? He was a normal man. He had been holding back for more than 20 years. He had just started having sex. He couldn't guarantee that he could hold back.
Wen Wan believed him for the time being and reached out to push him away: "Go and do your own thing. Why are you hugging me in broad daylight? Are you hot?"
“It’s not hot!”
“But I’m hot!”
Lu Dongping laughed: "Okay, I won't hold her now. I'll hold her in the evening. I'm going to fetch some water and prepare to cook."
As soon as he went out, Wen Wan followed him out.
By the time he filled the water tank, it was already late.
It was hot, so he started the fire and taught Wen Wan how to add water. He deseeded, peeled, and chopped the old cucumbers and stewed them with beans and potatoes, then made pancakes.
Lu Dongping taught her how to mix the batter. With the kitchen door closed, he stood behind her and taught her step by step: "There's no rush to cook. There are people at home who can do it. You can learn slowly and master it slowly. Just try it out. That's it. The batter is almost done like this."
The batter is almost ready, it’s time to light the fire in the pot. Add some firewood and start making the pancakes.
Wen Wan stood in front of the stove holding a spatula. Lu Dongping stood behind her, hugging her and holding her hand to teach her how to scoop the batter: "Look, just like this, pour it from the edge of the pot, slowly pour it in a circle, and one spoonful is enough. Once it's poured, use the spatula to spread it tightly, and the thickness will be about right."
Wen Wan was a little nervous. The stove in front was hot, and the man behind her was also hot. She felt like a pie, about to be roasted.
She studied very seriously, but Lu Dongping taught her distractedly.
He didn't even look into the basin, but glanced at her face from time to time, then looked down and down again, and then pressed her directly against the wall and kissed her. If there wasn't a pancake baking in the pan, who knows how long they would have been kissing each other.
Wen Wan spent a long time learning how to make a pot of soup and a bowl of noodle sauce. She was embarrassed and annoyed when he rubbed her, and almost threw the bowl on his face.
How can he be so rude in broad daylight?
Behind a wall, Gao Xiulan was scolding her son.
She was a smart woman. She never gave her daughter-in-law a bad look after she came into the house. Whenever she was angry, she would scold her son and avoid seeing others.
Right now, she felt that her daughter-in-law Li Laiying needed to be taught a good lesson. How could she, with such a narrow mind, establish her own household in the future?
It is impossible for Lu Dongcheng and his wife to come back here. As for Lu Dongfu, it is hard to say what will happen to Lu Dongfu in the future. The only ones who can support the family are Lu Dongcai and his wife.
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