Lu Ting asked Lu Fengnian, "Dad, what do you think of this newly transferred political commissar? What kind of person is he?"
"The new guy is a good person, but he's very methodical, unlike the previous one who was cunning and deceitful."
"What is his ladylike character?"
"I've met him once or twice. He seems like an obedient boy. He'll be nineteen at the end of the year."
"Your son is already 25, Lanlan will be four by the end of the year, and Comrade Chen is only 19. Isn't this like an old cow eating young grass?"
Lu Fengnian put down the watermelon peel and glanced at Lu Ting. "You married your wife when you were 23 years old. Xiaoyan was only 18 years old at that time. Who is the old cow eating the young grass?"
"Yanyan and I are both first-time brides. Lu Jin is now second-time brides, but the Chen family girl is first-time brides. Why would they be willing to marry this girl to your son?"
"Aside from being married once, what's wrong with your brother? Not only is he good-looking, he's also gentle and has a stable job after graduating from university."
"He has a child from his ex-wife, is old and has a dull temper. Could it be that Miss Chen has no status in his family?"
"She has an older sister and an older brother, and a younger sister."
"Political Commissar Chen's family has three daughters and one son?"
"Well, Old Chen's son was in the Jinshi Army and didn't get transferred here. His eldest daughter also got married there. He brought his two little daughters to our army."
As soon as her parents-in-law left, Su Yan began to bathe her son. The weather was hot and she couldn't bring the child into the space to sleep, so she could only secretly put a few basins of ice cubes under the bamboo bed where he slept and fan him with a fan.
After the child fell asleep, Su Yan pulled Lu Ting and said, "Lu Ting, the weather is so hot, let's buy a ceiling fan."
"I'll take some time to go to the department store and buy one if it's available."
In the 1960s, floor fans were almost unheard of. Ceiling fans were available, but they were hard to come by. She had an air-conditioning fan in her space, but it was hard to use it, lest the child wake up in the middle of the night to pee and find it.
If you buy a ceiling fan, install it in the living room and let your children sleep in the living room at night.
"Lu Ting, Lu Jin is going to remarry, why do you object?"
"I didn't object. I just analyzed the current situation with my dad. My dad wants Lu Jin to find someone quickly. Once he gets married, Lu Chen should also find a partner."
"Lu Chen is 21 years old. If he doesn't find one this year, he should find one next year or the year after."
"Yan Yan, how about we have one baby by the end of the year and a second one next summer?"
"Why did you suddenly think of having a second child?"
"If Lu Jin gets married this year and has a baby next year, and we manage to have the baby before them, Mom will have to take care of the baby for us. She's retiring next summer anyway."
"What about Lu Jin's wife?"
"He can take care of it with his mother-in-law. Political Commissar Chen's son is in Jinshi and hasn't been transferred here. His eldest daughter is also married in Jinshi."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Your father said that Chen Yuhe doesn't have a job. She can take care of the baby by herself after giving birth. With her mother by her side, there's no need for her to go back to her parents' home to find someone to help take care of the baby."
"Should we have another child in the next two years? I'll be almost 30 years old if we don't."
"Give birth, of course not, but before giving birth we need to take care of our bodies. I'll ask my dad to take our pulses someday to see if we're deficient in Qi and blood."
"Okay, I'll go to the hospital for a checkup when I have time."
Su Yan brought Lu Ting into the space, and taking advantage of her good mood today, she took out all the treasures she had looted from the mountain.
"Lu Ting, take a look at the treasure in the jar."
"Why are they all silver dollars?"
"Two jars of silver dollars, one jar of small yellow croaker, and one jar of jewelry and jade."
"Not a single piece of antique porcelain?"
"It's probably in those three boxes. The boxes are locked and I don't have the key. You should find a way to remove the lock!"
Lu Ting went back to the utility room, took out an electric saw, and directly sawed off the three locks on the box.
Su Yan looked surprised, "Don't you know how to pick locks?"
"This lock is difficult to remove. Open the box quickly so we can go to bed early tonight."
Lu Ting opened the three boxes one by one, and Su Yan finally saw what was inside. A pile of vases, bowls, dishes, and ornaments wrapped in newspaper.
Su Yan picked up a vase from the box, tore off the newspaper on it, and looked at it from left to right, but couldn't tell whether the vase was an antique or not.
"Lu Ting, do you think this vase is real?"
"It's hard to say. These were all confiscated from wealthy families by that group of people."
"It's a pity that we two don't know how to appraise treasures. If we did, we would at least know the prices of these antiques."
"Don't worry about whether these things are real or fake for now. Take them out when you have the chance. I believe there will always be someone who can appreciate the treasure."
Su Yan thought, since they don’t know how to appreciate it, then just put these things away for now. This is the only way for now.
I hope the treasures in this box are all genuine. When the time comes, any one of them can be exchanged for a house. Then I will make a fortune.
Su Yan took the boxes and jars back to the warehouse where the treasures were kept and put labels on them.
Seeing Su Yan coming out of the warehouse, Lu Ting was in a low mood, so he smiled and coaxed her, "It's easy for Yanyan to want antique vases. I will find a way to get some back when the time comes."
"How?"
"You've forgotten my friend in Jinshi. He can even get matches, not to mention these antique vases."
"Your friend wasn't arrested?"
"For the past two years, he has been working honestly, leaving the black market business to his subordinates, who are very cunning.
I plan to sell him some grain before the New Year, and I'll exchange it for some gold and antiques for you."
"Nothing will go wrong, right? I think we should just forget it!"
“If we don’t sell the grain this year, we’ll have to sell it next year.”
"Then I'll sell it next year. The situation will be slightly better next year, and schools will slowly start to reopen."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
…
Because she was going to treat the Chen family to lunch at noon, Su Yan did not go back to her parents' home for lunch after get off work. After get off work, she and Lu Jin each rode their bicycles back to Lu's house.
Less than two minutes after arriving at the house, Chen Jizhong and his wife Liang Jie came in with cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and their second daughter Chen Yuhe and youngest daughter Chen Yuhua.
When the Chen family came to visit, Lu Fengnian hurriedly pulled Lu Jin out to greet them. Although it was a hot day and it was the first time for the Chen family to visit, Su Yan still had to prepare a cup of hot tea for each of them.
Lu Ting also hurriedly stood up to greet the guests. Lu Yilan had heard from her grandmother last night that she had found a new mother for her. Looking at the two aunties with pigtails, she didn't know which one was the new mother, so she pulled Lu Yiming and asked, "Brother Yiming, which one is my mother?"
"I think it should be the one with her head down, because she saw that her uncle was a little shy. Only brides are shy."
As soon as Lu Yiming finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at him, and Chen Jizhong's wife Liang Jie smiled at Lu Yiming.
"Master Lu, is this your grandson? He's such a clever kid!"
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