Chapter 170 The father and daughter who made things worse
Shu Qihua couldn't help but smile at her husband's excitement. "Jiang Haitang is a talented person. It's a pity that she's now attending a workers', peasants' and soldiers' university. If she had received systematic instruction ten years ago, who knows what she would have achieved."
"As long as you have the ability, you can shine at any time. I believe that Haitang will achieve great things in the future."
Shu Qihua said confidently while packing up the things Jiang Haitang brought.
"I always feel that this child is destined to be with us. Many of the ideas she proposed are similar to yours and mine, and we even feel that they are of the same origin." Shu Qihua pondered.
In fact, he had this feeling since the first time he came into contact with Jiang Haitang, but it was not very obvious at the time. Now, this feeling is even stronger.
After Gu Yundi reminded him of this, Shu Qihua also felt the same way.
"You know what, it's really true. This kid understands our thinking better than the students we personally taught."
"Perhaps, this is our fate with her, and also our luck!"
Gu Yundi looked at his wife, whose complexion was obviously much better than last year, and his heart was filled with gratitude.
Jiang Haitang is not only the lucky star of the two factories, but also the benefactor of the couple!
"You're right. The most important thing is that this child is kind-hearted. If it weren't for her, we would have suffered a lot in such a cold weather."
In the past few years, the two people lived in that straw shack, life worse than death. It was Jiang Haitang and Factory Directors Hu, Lu and Mao who gave them a chance for a new life.
"Old Gu, we have to work even harder to be worthy of the help given to us by Haitang, Director Lu, and Director Mao, and the risks they took for us."
When I got home, Lu Liangchen had just walked in.
"Liangchen, I'm cooking, can you help me?"
Lu Liangchen smiled and pinched her ear and said, "Are you still so polite to me?"
"You are the director of our textile factory. How can I be impolite?" Jiang Haitang said mischievously.
"As the factory director, I have to listen to you at home, right?" Lu Liangchen smiled, and the doting between his eyes and brows was real.
Jiang Haitang told Lu Liangchen that she wanted to send the sock machine to the machinery factory, and he agreed immediately.
"I'll have Xiao Wu drive over later. This will be a great bargain for Director Mao. This is a blessing from heaven."
"I'm getting a salary from the machinery factory." Jiang Haitang was quite understanding and didn't feel that the machinery factory was taking advantage of him.
"Speaking of salary, the Finance Department came over today to report that starting next month, you'll be paid the 17th-level salary."
"Will this be a bad thing?" Jiang Haitang hesitated and asked, "Will this kind of relationship of ours cause dissatisfaction among other people in the factory?"
"This was not decided by me. It was decided by Director Hu." Lu Liangchen didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Jiang Haitang cannot take advantage of someone just because he is her boyfriend, but she also cannot suffer any loss just because he is her boyfriend.
Moreover, he behaved uprightly and was not afraid at all.
Jiang Haitang did not continue to object, as this was indeed what she should do.
Lu Liangchen suddenly remembered something and said, "Speaking of this, I have to remind Director Mao that our textile factory has already given you a raise. Shouldn't the machinery factory also give you a raise?"
Jiang Haitang glared at him unhappily: "How dare you say that?"
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Forget about anything else. Just the jacquard machine alone, how much benefit did the machinery factory get? Now they're giving them a hosiery machine. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to give my wife a raise?"
Lu Liangchen didn't think there was anything unreasonable about this. He felt good about receiving the salary he earned based on his own ability.
After dinner in the evening, Lu Liangchen delivered the sock knitting machine to the machinery factory and went to see Director Mao.
When I came back, Jiang Haitang was busy frying black sesame seeds.
"What are you doing?" Lu Liangchen asked curiously.
"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. I plan to make some glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice is almost soaked, and I'll fry some black sesame seeds."
"How do you crush the glutinous rice?" Lu Liangchen asked.
"I just went to Director Liu's house and borrowed their stone mill." Jiang Haitang pointed to the small bluestone mill on the chopping board.
"Just help me clean the millstone and it will be ready for grinding."
Lu Liangchen picked up the thermos and poured boiling water into the groove of the millstone to scald it. Jiang Haitang's sesame seeds were already out of the pot.
She poured the soaked glutinous rice into the grinding hole little by little, while Lu Liangchen slowly pushed the grinding handle beside her.
The milky white rice slurry flows along the stone trough into the cloth bag underneath, emitting a sweet aroma.
Little Taozi heard her parents talking in the kitchen and ran over to find them.
"Dad, Mom said we'll have tangyuan tomorrow."
"Little greedy cat!" Lu Liangchen said with a smile.
Soon, the glutinous rice was ground and the rice slurry was put into bags. Jiang Haitang hung the bags under the beams and placed a large wooden basin under the bags. Turbid water drops fell down with a "patter" sound.
Xiao Taozi and Xiao Juan squatted beside the basin and looked at it curiously: "Mom, the noodles are leaking out."
"It's okay. Once the water is drained, we can make Yuanxiao. Little Peach, can you accompany your mother to make Yuanxiao at noon tomorrow?"
Little Taozi was so happy that she kept shouting, "It's time to eat Yuanxiao, it's time to eat Yuanxiao!"
Jiang Haitang instructed Lu Liangchen to grind the black sesame seeds as well, and then cleaned the stone mill and put it aside.
"Little Peach, it's time to go back to bed."
Although little Taozi really wanted to see how these things turned into dumplings, her mother said it was time to go to bed, so it was time to go to bed.
The little girl took Jiang Haitang's hand and left the kitchen, looking back every few steps.
Back in the living room, Lu Liangchen took an envelope and handed it to Jiang Haitang.
Jiang Haitang asked curiously, "What is this?"
"This is a benefit from the textile factory. When they distribute the benefits, you're not at the factory, so Director Mao will exchange it for tickets for you."
Jiang Haitang touched the thick stack and opened it to see that there were not only tickets but also thirty yuan.
"How come there's still money?"
"You can't buy anything if you have a ticket but no money. Others buy physical objects, so it's reasonable for you to have money and a ticket."
Jiang Haitang smiled, patted his head and said, "I'm so busy that I'm confused."
"The benefits at the machinery factory are pretty good. You can go shopping without worrying about it by the weekend."
Lu Liangchen's look is definitely like "my wife is really capable, and I'm proud of being a gigolo."
"Director Mao said that your salary at the machinery factory next month will also be calculated based on your level 17. From now on, I'll be relying on you for support!"
Jiang Haitang yawned and said, "Did you really tell Director Mao about this?"
"Of course. How can we not say he's playing dumb?"
Lu Liangchen didn't want Jiang Haitang to suffer any loss. They were family, and he couldn't bear any loss at all.
"Haitang, you've been busy all day. Go to bed early tonight. Xiaotaozi has me."
When Xiao Taozi heard Lu Liangchen say this, she immediately said, "Good night, Mom. You should go to bed early. I'll play with Xiao Taozi tomorrow. Xiao Taozi is a big kid now, so you can sleep by yourself!"
Jiang Haitang picked up Xiao Taozi and kissed her before leaving. She was indeed tired today. She felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained. She needed a good sleep to replenish her energy.
At noon the next day, Jiang Haitang went home from the canteen to get food. After the family of three finished their meal, they started making dumplings.
The dried glutinous rice flour was snow-white and soft, and when poured into the enamel basin, it was as soft as new cotton wool. She took a bowl of warm sugar water and began to knead the dough.
"We're making sesame-filled ones today, and adding a little sugar rose sauce, it's sure to taste good."
Lu Liangchen and Xiao Taozi couldn't actually help much, but both of them were trying their best to help.
"Oh, don't pour so much water, it's too much..." Jiang Haitang stopped Lu Liangchen from making trouble and told Xiao Taozi to be obedient, fearing that the father and daughter would accidentally make things worse.
Finally, she gave the father and daughter a handful of walnuts and asked them to peel them. Only then did they calm down.
After kneading the dough, Jiang Haitang mixed sesame paste, chopped walnuts and chopped peanuts together, added a spoonful of lard and two spoonfuls of sugar, and finally poured rose-colored sugar rose sauce on it. The whole room was immediately filled with fragrance.
"Mom, it smells so good. Can we eat it now?" Little Taozi couldn't help but smacked her lips a few times as she watched Jiang Haitang stirring the stuffing with chopsticks.
Jiang Haitang looked at the cute little girl, smiled, dipped her chopsticks in the stuffing, and gave her a bite.
The little peach squinted its eyes because of the fragrance, like a sated kitten.
Then, Jiang Haitang divided the kneaded dough into small pieces and wrapped the fillings in them.
Lu Liangchen and Xiao Taozi wanted to take the initiative to participate, but were stopped by Jiang Haitang.
This father and daughter are helping each other, but they are making things worse!
Sure enough, when Jiang Haitang wasn't paying attention, Xiao Taozi's hands were already full of stuffing...
"Mom, Xiao Taozi was wrong!" The little girl was obedient and apologized immediately.
"Lu Liangchen, take good care of Xiao Taozi. If she doesn't, don't eat the glutinous rice balls!"
Lu Liangchen: ...
It wasn't him who put the filling in Xiao Taozi's hand, so why should he be punished by not being allowed to eat the dumplings?
"Haitang, you are biased!" Lu Liangchen said dissatisfiedly.
"Of course not. You're such a grown-up, but you can't even take care of a child!" Jiang Haitang said as she quickly wrapped the dumplings.
Xiao Taozi finally cleaned the stuffing off her hands and was about to move forward, but Lu Liangchen quickly grabbed her.
"Mom, why do we have to eat dumplings?" Although people couldn't get past, Xiao Taozi kept trying to make her presence felt.
"Old people say that when the Yuanxiao is full, life is sweet. After eating Yuanxiao, the family will be together for the whole year."
"Haitang, isn't this a bit too much? There are only three of us." Looking at the plump dumplings in the winnowing basket, Lu Liangchen asked.
As Jiang Haitang wrapped the glutinous rice balls, she calculated, "I need to send a few to Uncle Zhang. I haven't gotten around to giving him the gift I brought from the capital yet, so this is a good time to send them all together. I need to send a few to Director Liu's house next door, and some to Teacher Gu and Teacher Shu. I also need to invite Zhao Kai and Xiao Xia over to try some... This isn't much at all."
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