Lu Lin was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look down at the injured area.
"I'm going out for a run, it's okay."
Jiang Manyue still disagreed, "It's so hot, how can you not sweat while running? What if the wound gets infected and inflamed?"
Lu Lin originally didn't take this minor injury seriously, but Jiang Manyue insisted not to let him go, so he had to give up.
"When I change your dressing and find that your wound is completely healed, you can go for a morning run again. No one will stop you."
Jiang Manyue pushed him to the bed and said, "Go back and rest. I'm going to the yard to read."
After saying that, Jiang Manyue picked up the Russian textbook, opened the door and walked out.
Sitting on the bed, Lu Lin couldn't help but think of his former comrades complaining about their wives being too strict. He didn't expect that he would be treated like this now.
After a morning run and taking a bath, Lu Lin didn't want to stay in the room, so he went to the yard to stretch his muscles.
Jiang Manyue saw that he was just exercising and not doing any strenuous exercise, so she ignored him.
After Lu Qingyou and Lu Junan got up and the family had breakfast together, Jiang Manyue prepared to go to the county town.
She hadn't been to the black market during the summer harvest and had lost a lot of money.
Because she didn't want to reveal her true identity, Jiang Manyue never told Zhou Laosan where she was from, and it was even more impossible for her to tell him that she didn't go to the black market because the team was busy with the summer harvest.
Last time she just said that she had something to do and might not come for a few days, but she didn't say how long. Now it's been almost a month. I guess Zhou Laosan would think she was arrested.
Jiang Manyue said goodbye to her family and went out with her small basket for shopping.
After arriving in the county town, Jiang Manyue went straight to the black market and found Zhou Laosan.
"Sister An Ran? You're finally here! I have a business deal that's so urgent, if you don't come soon, I'm going to be in dire straits!"
Zhou Laosan was indeed extremely anxious. As soon as he saw Jiang Manyue, he immediately threw an urgent order to her.
"What's so urgent? What do you want?"
"Compressed biscuits and canned meat. I wanted to ask if you could get some compressed biscuits. If not, you can give me the canned meat first. I'll think of a way to get the compressed biscuits later."
Jiang Manyue thought about it and realized that there were indeed compressed biscuits in the supermarket. What was more convenient was that this type of compressed biscuits came in a two-in-one package with all the packaging stickers on the outer packaging. Just open it and you can get two large pieces of compressed biscuits without any labels.
This thing is less labor-intensive than canned meat. All she has to do is tear open the packaging bag, and she doesn't have to spend time tearing off the packaging sticker.
"I have a way to get compressed biscuits, but I'll have to wait about four or five days. Canned meat will take about the same amount of time. I'll come to you as soon as they arrive."
Zhou Laosan was overjoyed. He knew that the "Sister An Ran" in front of him had many connections and could even get very scarce goods such as compressed biscuits and canned meat so easily.
But Jiang Manyue changed the subject and started talking about the price. "You're asking for it too urgently. I'm afraid the price won't be too low. What can you offer?"
Zhou Laosan quickly said, "Two dollars a bag. If that's not enough, the maximum is no more than two dollars and fifty cents."
Jiang Manyue thought for a few seconds and said sincerely, "Third brother, we really need it urgently this time. We need to deliver the goods in the next few days. If others know how urgent we are, they will definitely not be able to lower the price. I estimate that the lowest price will be 2.5 yuan, not much lower."
Zhou Laosan didn't care. Even if it was only two dollars and fifty cents, he would still make a profit. The most important thing now was to make this deal as soon as possible.
"Okay, Third Brother, I'll try to get as much stuff as I can for you, including canned meat. I'll try to get as much as I can, but you know, these goods are in short supply, so I'll take as much as I can get. Don't be disgusted."
Jiang Manyue gave Zhou Laosan a heads-up in advance. Since Lu Lin was at home, it would be inconvenient for her to stay in the county town all the time, so the quantity of delivery this time might be smaller.
Zhou Laosan also understood. After all, he needed the goods urgently, and it was good enough that the other party could mobilize some goods. How could he dare to complain about the small quantity of goods?
After the two of them had discussed it, Jiang Manyue left the black market directly and went to the courtyard she rented.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early today, Jiang Manyue took out a lot of compressed biscuits from the space, tore open the packaging of all of them and put them away. She left only when it was almost time to go home.
On the way back, Jiang Manyue put a chicken in the basket. She originally wanted to put a pigeon in it, as it would be more nutritious for stewing soup, but then she thought that the state-owned butcher shop didn't seem to sell pigeons, so she gave up.
After bringing the chicken home, Jiang Manyue quickly stewed it.
Usually she likes to braise half of it and stew the other half, but Lu Lin is a wounded soldier and needs a light diet, so she stewed it all. Stewed chicken is delicious anyway.
Jiang Manyue was busy in the kitchen when Lu Lin walked in. "Is there anything I can help with?"
Originally, Jiang Manyue wanted him to go out and rest, but then she thought that watching a fire was not a hard job, and sitting there and moving his hands was no different from resting, so she let him in to help watch the fire.
Lu Lin sat down obediently and fiddled with the fire tongs without saying much. The two of them prepared lunch in silence without saying a word.
During lunch, Lu Jun'an suddenly said, "Brother Jiang Hong said that in the fall, except for Jiang Lang and Jiang Yan, they will all go to school. I want to go to school too."
Li Guifen didn't react at all. She picked up a piece of food for him with her chopsticks and said, "Your brother Jiang Hong and the others are already old enough. How old are you? The school won't accept children as young as you."
In fact, Lu Jun'an is already six years old, but the first-grade students in the commune primary school are basically around eight or nine years old, and some are even older. Children around six years old are generally not sent to school.
The first reason is that six-year-old children have relatively poor self-care abilities and may not be able to keep up with the older children. The second reason is that the children in the team have to start earning work points when they are old enough to work in the fields. Starting school a few years later can save a few years of tuition.
If illiteracy was not a goal nowadays, children would at least learn to write their own names, recognize food stamps and do math. I'm afraid many families would still be unwilling to send their children to school.
After all, tuition fees are not cheap. It costs at least a few dollars a year. Add to that the miscellaneous fees and book fees, and it is also a considerable expense.
Lu Jun'an was a little disappointed, but Jiang Lang and Jiang Yan, who were of the same age as him, did not go to school either, so he could accept this fact.
Lu Lin looked at Lu Jun'an thoughtfully, because in the primary school affiliated with the military district, six years old was the right age to enter the first grade.
The primary school affiliated with the military region is definitely much better than the commune primary school. Lu Lin has thought about his nephew's future. Even if the college entrance examination is not resumed, he will have the opportunity to go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.
Before Lu Lin received the divorce telegram, he had thought that if he and Jiang Manyue were successfully divorced, he would apply to the army and let the old couple take Jun'an with them, so that Jun'an could be sent to the primary school affiliated with the military region.
Thinking of this, Lu Lin couldn't help but glance at Jiang Manyue, thinking about the possibility of the whole family joining the army.
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