Mother, I tell you, you will be even more envious when you go to Kyoto."
Sanmao gestured with his hands as he spoke, "My eldest brother and his family live in a quadrangle courtyard. It has two entrances, each with more than ten rooms. There's a vegetable garden in the backyard, a pavilion, and a lotus pond. There's even a fish in the pond, specially kept for Little Star and Little Chenchen to play with..."
Zhao Chunlan's features were distorted with jealousy: "So many rooms?"
Sanmao nodded heavily: "Yes, the floor is made of Tanglian tiles, they look very nice, like beautiful paintings.
It's not like the rammed earth here, which is so uneven that if you get a little water on the ground, you'll slide a long way."
Shen Dazhu was just puzzled: "Don't you live in the staff housing complex? How can you have such a nice house?"
Sanmao said proudly, "That's because my sister-in-law is amazing. I heard she won a national award."
Shen Dazhu questioned, "Your elder brother served in the army for many years, but the government didn't give him a house. How long has Xu Jiajia been there? Is there something wrong?"
Sanmao couldn't stand anyone questioning Xu Jiajia's ability, even if that person was her biological father: "My sister-in-law is capable. If she wasn't, why would the government give her a house?
Don't be sour, it's useless."
Shen Dazhu was so angry. He just asked one more question, but this bastard said a lot of things.
He now somewhat understood how his wife felt when her own son scolded her: "Shut up, I don't want to hear you."
Sanmao put her hands on her hips and said, "I don't want to talk about it yet!"
Shen Dazhu suppressed his anger and looked at Chen Zhou: "What's going on with that house?"
Chen Zhou: "How should I know!"
Shen Dazhu choked: "..."
Damn, this is even more infuriating!
Zhao Chunlan felt a lot better when she saw Shen Dazhu getting humiliated. She raised her eyebrows and said, "They only criticized me before, but now they're criticizing you too. I have company now, so I'm not lonely anymore."
Shen Dazhu looked at Zhao Chunlan: "..."
Is there something wrong with this person?
…
The Chen family in town.
When Chen Ji's father received the letter, he smiled and said, "Good, good, this kid is great, he has done something great again."
Chen's mother was not so optimistic: "Do you think it's so easy to make a contribution? I don't know what he has been through this time?
I haven't seen him since he joined the army, and I don't know what he looks like now!"
Father Chen's eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of something: "I'm going to the Kyoto Machinery Factory to study for a month. Are you going?"
This proposal made Chen's mother very excited: "Can I?"
Father Chen thought it was no problem: "Why not? But you have to take a month and a half off."
Study for one month.
The round trip by train takes ten days.
Keep five days of backup so that you don’t have to rush in case of emergencies.
Regarding the leave request, Chen's mother came up with an idea: "I'll find someone to cover for me. Li Chengye's mother is unemployed, so I'll let her take over. I think she'll be happy to do so."
Just as Chen's mother said, Li's mother was indeed happy to do so. She even patted her chest and promised, "Don't worry, I will do my best."
Finally, Li's mother asked curiously, "Where are you going after such a long stay?"
Chen's mother knew that Li Chengye was in the same unit as her son, so she didn't hide it from her: "I went to Kyoto to visit my relatives in the army. I haven't seen my youngest son for three years. I don't know what he has become. I want to go to Kyoto to see him."
This touched Li's mother deeply. With red eyes, she choked up and said, "It's the same with my son Chengye. He's already in his twenties and still doesn't have a partner.
When are you going? I'll go home and prepare some things, and you can help me bring them."
Chen's mother gave a specific time: "The train is the day after tomorrow. Bring your things over tomorrow night. I'll be waiting for you at home."
Li's mother and Chen's mother were not familiar with each other before, but they had common topics after their children joined the army.
After a few interactions, we became familiar with each other.
"Okay, okay, I'll go back and prepare now."
Li's mother hurried back home, took out ten yuan, and ran to her husband's factory.
She asked the security department to call her man.
Her man came out soon.
She pulled her man aside and said, "Mrs. Chen Jita is going to Kyoto to see him. I want to bring something for Cheng Ye. Didn't you say before that one of your colleagues has a dried rabbit at home?
Buy a few from him."
Mother Li stuffed ten yuan into Father Li's hand.
Father Li was stunned for a moment: "Ten yuan, isn't it too little? Give him another ten yuan and buy him some eggs or something."
Mother Li was reluctant to give it away: "It's quite a bit, isn't it?"
Father Li: "Young Master, go back and get the money."
Mother Li couldn't persuade Father Li, so she ran back to get the money.
Get the money.
Father Li walked into the workshop and found He Tao. He lowered his voice and asked, "Comrade He, I heard you say last time that you have dried rabbits. Can you sell me a few?"
He Tao wasn't very familiar with Father Li. He looked at the work badge hanging on his chest, hesitated, and asked, "How many do you want?"
"Three seems a bit too little. How about five? And give me a hundred eggs. If you have anything in the countryside that I can take with me on this trip, please recommend it to me."
He Tao thought for a moment and said, "There are peanuts, mushrooms, and bean paste. There's a comrade in our village who makes delicious bean paste. It's 30 cents a bottle."
Father Li gritted his teeth and said, "Give me ten bottles and ten kilograms of dried mushrooms."
He Tao nodded: "Okay, when do you want it?"
Father Li: "Tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll bring it to you tomorrow morning when I go to work."
Seeing that no one was looking at him, Father Li secretly gave He Tao twenty yuan: "More money, less money."
Private transactions are not allowed now, so He Tao carefully put the money into his pocket: "Okay..."
He Tao happily rode his newly bought second-hand bicycle home.
This car is very old.
The paint is peeling in many places.
But after all, it was the first car in his life, so he was extremely nervous. He held the handlebars tightly with both hands, his heart hanging high, for fear that he would hit a rock and damage the car.
A second-hand bike is really hard to ride. The chain fell off after I had ridden it for less than five minutes.
He Tao got off the bike, fixed the chain, and continued riding.
The chain was just fixed here, and the brakes over there failed again.
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