Chapter 39: Swallow repays favor?
At this time, Lu Qiaoling and Lu Xiaosi were both by his side.
Lu Qiaoling was shocked and asked, "Isn't this our Yan Zi?"
Lu Qiaoge made a hushing gesture to her and Xiao Si.
The two of them quickly shut up.
Naughty Swallow told Lu Qiaoge: [They are fishing for steel ingots in the center of the lake. The old turtle and the big carp went to the reed marsh. The old turtle said that this is white water bamboo. You can eat it once a week. There is no taboo. Just eat it directly. Xiao Si is young and should stop eating after eating eight or nine pieces. The old turtle also said that if it is inconvenient, let me take the white water bamboo away. Also, this white water grass smells so good. If it grew on the shore, it might have been eaten up long ago...]
Lu Qiaoge gently pinched the white water bamboo, and indeed, a sense of comfort spread to the palm of his hand.
After she understood what these little things were saying, she felt extremely mysterious.
Naughty Swallow flew into the air and chirped happily above the heads of the three siblings for a while, and then deliberately landed on Xiao Si's shoulder as Lu Qiaoge instructed.
Xiao Si was so happy that he didn't dare to move. He waited until the swallows flew away before he let out a long sigh of relief.
Lu Qiaoling squatted on the beach and called on the other two to squat down as well.
Lu Qiaoge deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard the story of the swallow repaying its gratitude?"
Lu Qiaoling and Lu Xiaosi both shook their heads.
Lu Qiaoge: "Once upon a time there was a poor scholar who saved a wounded swallow and took good care of it. After the swallow was able to fly, it brought him a seed. He planted the seed in the yard, and it soon grew into a flowering tree. During the day, the flowers were fragrant, and at night, the petals fell to the ground and turned into golden petals. From then on, the scholar lived a happy life."
Lu Xiaosi said in a pleasantly surprised voice: "Second sister, let's plant this seedling as well. I will take care of it and make sure it grows into a flowering tree that will drop gold every day."
Lu Qiaoling looked at the waterweed suspiciously, and suddenly said, "It feels like the knotweed that grows by the river in my hometown, but the color is different."
Lu Qiaoge: "Xiao Si, the swallow just landed on your shoulder, probably for you to eat it, but we are not in a hurry to eat it, let's go home and ask grandma and parents first."
Unexpectedly, Lu Xiaosi took the white bamboo from Lu Qiaoge's hand and put it directly into his mouth and started chewing.
Lu Qiaoge and Lu Qiaoling were both stunned.
While eating, Lu Xiaosi said, "Second sister, third sister, I have been taking medicine since I can remember. I have even eaten bird droppings. Why would I be afraid of the water plants brought by swallows?"
Lu Qiaoge and Lu Qiaoling looked at each other. They really didn’t know this.
Lu Xiaosi finished eating quickly and said happily: "It's so sweet and fragrant, much better than bird droppings and Chinese medicine soup."
Lu Qiaoge had no memory of eating bird shit.
I hurriedly asked, "Did you remember it wrongly? How could your parents let you eat bird shit?"
Even if it is a folk remedy, it should be similar.
Lu Xiaosi: "Bird shit is also called white lilac, which is the feces of sparrows..."
Lu Qiaoling hurriedly stopped him: "Stop talking.
Lu Qiaoge rubbed Xiaosi’s head, poor child.
In fact, this is normal. Nowadays, medical care is not well developed, and people believe in folk remedies to treat serious diseases.
Just at this time, Lu Qiaoge heard several grass carps talking.
[Why are they squatting? Aren't they here to catch fish? ]
[I don’t know. If they don’t come, the wheat ears won’t be able to be contained.]
[Today there are many humans in the center of the lake, and everyone has scattered. Even if we don't help, the human who can understand us will not be empty-handed.]
【Wow, she is so amazing! 】
Lu Qiaoge stood up and said, "Just eat the Baishuizhu. It's edible anyway."
Both she and Yan Zi’s feelings were right.
There was no need for the old turtle who was about to become a spirit to lie to her.
The big grass carp is working so hard to help her drive the fish away, so she should cherish it.
So, Lu Qiaoge returned with his sister and brother with a full load.
Meng Xia was still very happy.
She asked Lu Qiaoling to bring one basin to Uncle Lu, and she put the rest into a large iron basin, which also contained palm-sized fish.
Lu Qiaoge picked some and originally wanted to dry them, but when she thought of the storm the day after tomorrow, she gave up the idea.
Wait until the storm passes.
Unexpectedly, the next day at work, Xiangyang Sub-district Office also received the instruction.
Be sure to prepare for and after the storm.
Especially some dilapidated bungalows and those in low-lying areas.
Lu Qiaoge knew Qin Heng’s letter.
Because Dad secretly told her last night that he told Qin Hengzhi everything she said in the name of him and Old Lady Lu.
So, the missing steel ingots, the mechanism at the bottom of the lake, and the bad guys were all solved.
Then Lu Qiaoge also knew that Qin Hengzhi would leave soon.
Director Hu also said, "The steel ingot case has been solved, and Representative Qin may leave soon. I heard that the factory is going to hold a farewell party for him, and our street office will also have a program."
Shao Le raised his hand: "I will sing We Workers Have Power."
Ren Xiaocui: "Our subdistrict office can compile a clapper tune to praise the new era."
Huang Juan said: "It's all good, but we have to take care of this storm first and make sure it doesn't get too badly damaged."
Lu Qiage naturally couldn't interrupt. She wiped the table neatly and listened to everyone talking with a smile on her face.
She liked the atmosphere of this era very much. Although there was a shortage of materials, the human touch was particularly strong, and even the cadres rarely acted superior.
She wiped the table and covered the drawer with newspapers to make it look clean. Then she put diaries, pens, pencils, lunch boxes, handkerchiefs, towels and other useful items into the drawer.
There was a white porcelain water jug on the table.
After cleaning up, Lu Qiage finally remembered the book with the banknotes inside.
She took the book and handed it to Director Hu in front of everyone.
"I went to the scrap collection station yesterday and bought a bunch of books and a broken bookcase. I didn't expect to find these things in this book. They must have been paid by a worker, but they were sold for some reason. Director, what do you think we should do about this?"
It is no exaggeration to say that the cadres of the street office all felt that Lu Qiaoge was right. It was a good deed to return the money lost, just like if I found a penny on the roadside I would hand it over to the police.
So this matter was very common, and Director Hu handed it over to Officer Liu of the Public Security Bureau: "Go and post a notice, and then have several neighborhood committees publicize it."
There is no need to remind me of anything else. Even a fool would know that if I don't tell them, the amount of money and the title of the book are all false.
As for praising Lu Qiaoge, there is no need to do so. This is what the street office cadres should do.
Lu Qiaoge cleaned up the table and the work over there had already been arranged.
Lu Qiaoge and Sister Qiao are responsible for the notification and investigation of the West District 1.
Basically they cooperated well and the work went smoothly.
However, at noon, we met a family called the Zheng family, which was quite difficult to deal with.
All the Zheng family members were there, including two young men, Old Zheng.
Lao Zheng said, "My family doesn't have time. You two are high-ranking officials. Please help us fix the roof. Yes, the ladder is there. But I don't have tiles. Please help us fix some."
Sister Qiao was very angry, but she hadn't figured out what to say.
Lu Qiaoge immediately took out his diary and pen and asked seriously, "The people we help are the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and those who have lost their ability to work. I want to register who among you is sick, disabled, or has lost their ability to work?"
Without waiting for Lao Zheng to speak, Lu Qiaoge said, "After registration, I will report it to the factory office. After verification, you can receive the subsidy."
The result was naturally that Old Zheng, with a red face, "politely" sent them out.
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