Lu Lin's family reached a consensus to go to the county town to take a family photo and quickly finished their lunch.
After eating, Grandma Jiang tidied herself up and walked out of the house, saying with a smile:
"Well, I've thought about it and I won't go with you to the county town to take pictures this time. Your father isn't home right now, and I, an old woman, won't have the energy to go alone. I'll just stay home and wait for you to come back."
ah?
Jiang Chunzao, who had just changed his clothes and came out of the house, looked at Grandma Jiang in confusion:
"Mom, didn't we agree to go to the county town together to take pictures? Why don't you go now?"
Seeing her daughter like this, Aunt Jiang explained:
"Hi!
It’s all because of that stinky old man your father. Mom had changed her clothes after dinner, and I don’t know why she thought of that stinky old man your father!
Well, you know your father has a sour temper. If this stinky old man knew that his precious daughter took me, an old woman, to the county town to take family photos and left him alone, I don't know how he would get angry with mother.
"Ah, your father has such a bad temper that mother can't stand it."
Jiang Chunzao listened to Grandma Jiang's words and thought about how her father had to take her mother with him whenever he did anything since he was young. He even wanted to tie her mother to his side even when he went to the toilet, for fear that her mother would run away. She started laughing:
"Okay, Mom, it's okay if you don't want to go. Next time there's a chance, I'll ask Dad to take you two and Chunyu to the county town to take pictures."
"Okay, Mom is waiting."
When Mrs. Jiang heard the lady's agreement, and saw the way she was teasing her as an old woman, she felt a little embarrassed and hurried back into the house.
Jiang Chunzao smiled as she saw her mother feeling embarrassed, and she was very happy in her heart. Look, her father and mother have been together for more than 30 years, and her father is still so domineering towards her mother.
Lu Lin just came back from washing his face in the yard. He saw his young wife laughing secretly in the house, so he came over to ask what happened. Jiang Chunzao laughed and told him what happened. Lu Lin's black eyes also smiled. He lowered his eyes to look at his wife's charming profile, his heart boiling, and he stretched out his big hand to hold her small hand:
"Daughter-in-law, don't worry, I will stick to you for the rest of my life, just like my father does to my mother!"
puff!
Jiang Chunzao stared at Lu Lin with his eyes wide open, his eyes were burning with passion. Her face was burning with anger, but her heart was filled with uncontrollable pink bubbles. Her mouth curled up, and she was about to speak when suddenly two little guys, Little Stone and Little Jasmine, appeared out of nowhere. The two kids stared at their father and mother holding hands with their eyes wide open, and Little Jasmine's surprised voice rang out:
"Brother, Mom and Dad are holding hands! Holding hands!"
Little Stone also smiled secretly, and Jiang Chunzao, who was caught off guard by the two kids, hid back in the inner room with a red face like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
Lu Lin was left alone, looking awkwardly at the two little kids with bright faces:…
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The summer days were long, and the roses on the fence of the Lu family's courtyard were in full bloom. Grandma Jiang spread a mat in the yard, holding the two children on her left and right. She looked at the shy young lady who stayed in the house with amusement, and couldn't help shouting:
"Damn it! If we don't leave now, the sun will set."
After listening to her mother's words, Jiang Chunzao finally pretended that nothing had happened and came out of the house. As soon as she left the house, she yawned and looked like she had just woken up:
"Mom, the sun is so strong in the summer, it's really comfortable to sleep indoors."
"Comfortable, comfortable. Mother also knows that taking a nap is comfortable, but now is not the time to talk about that. The two kids have changed their clothes. These are the new clothes that mother prepared for them earlier. She was thinking of finding a chance to bring them home.
I took this opportunity to change them for my two young grandchildren.
You know what, when we two grandchildren put on these new clothes, they look as pretty as the fairy dolls in the paintings. Our grandmother is so happy to see them!"
After Grandma Jiang finished speaking, she kissed her two grandchildren on the face, making them giggle.
Jiang Chunzao looked at the new clothes on the two kids and no longer felt shy. She followed her mother's words and praised them for being beautiful. Just then, Lu Lin came out of the house wearing a clean military uniform. The couple each held a baby and went out.
Aunt Jiang saw them out, muttering behind them:
"Well, go early and come back early. Take good care of the two kids on the way. It's sunny outside, be careful not to expose the two children to the sun. Also, have you brought all the money, food coupons, etc.?"
Jiang Chunzao held little Jasmine in one hand and patted his backpack with the other, with the aura of a nouveau riche:
"Mom, don't worry, I've got everything ready!"
Okay, then don’t delay any longer and let’s go quickly.
Upon seeing this, Grandma Jiang opened the door with confidence and urged Lu Lin and his family to get on the road quickly.
Lu Lin smiled, said goodbye to Grandma Jiang, and went to the village with his wife, two children, and their family of four.
Lujia Village is located in the mountains, and the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to travel on. It is not easy for villagers to go to the city to buy things.
In the past, if the villagers wanted to go to the city, they had to get up early in the morning before dawn, carry baskets on their backs and walk dozens of miles along the mountain road to the county town. After finishing their work in the county town, they would walk back to the village carrying the empty baskets.
Not only did they waste most of their day on the road, but every time the villagers came back from the county, when they washed their feet in the evening, they would find blisters on their feet, which they had to prick with pins.
Seeing that it was so difficult for villagers to go to the county town, the team leader simply asked Erzhu, the villager who could drive a tractor, to wait on the main road at the entrance of the village on a regular basis every weekend morning and afternoon. If any villager wanted to go to the county town for work, they could go during the weekend.
Today was the weekend, and Lu Lin's family of four were walking towards the village entrance on the winding village road. The ground was hot from the sunlight outside. Jiang Chunzao had been delicate and afraid of the sun since he was a child. He was walking on the road with his daughter, who had gained some weight recently, in his arms. Her snow-white face was reddened by the sun.
Just as Jiang Chunzao was walking ahead with his daughter in his arms, a pair of big hands suddenly reached out to touch her head, and then a deep and magnetic voice rang in her ears:
"Are you tired? Let me hold you, Jasmine."
After saying that, Lu Lin took little Jasmine away from her arms. The man's rough big hands accidentally touched Jiang Chunzao's plump breasts, and the couple blushed at the same time when they felt the strangeness.
Jiang Chunzao jumped away with a red face and walked in front. Lu Lin coughed, then followed with big strides, holding the two children. The couple arrived at the village entrance one after the other.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they just caught up with Erzhu driving a tractor out of the village. Several women in the village were also waiting on the roadside carrying bamboo baskets full of goods. They saw the dainty daughter-in-law of the old Lu family coming slowly in a figure-hugging skirt, followed by Lu Lin holding the two children.
A group of women looked at Jiang Chunzao, who was dressed in a relaxed manner, with jealousy and envy. They felt disdain in their hearts because everyone in the village knew that the third daughter-in-law of the old Lu family was a lazy daughter-in-law who was docile and could do nothing. However, they couldn't help but feel jealous that Jiang Chunzao had a caring man who loved her.
Jiang Chunzao had no idea that a group of women in the village were jealous of her. She was just waiting to get on the tractor and go to the county town for some shopping. She had made up her mind for this trip to the county town. Once in the county town, she was going to buy ten kilograms of flour, some rice, and some breathable cotton cloth, waiting to take them home and cut them into face towels.
People in the countryside didn’t have living coupons to buy towels, so they would go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some cotton cloth and go home to cut it for their family members.
While Jiang Chunzao was thinking about it, Erzhu drove a tractor and stopped at the entrance of the village. The villagers got on the car in order. Lu Lin held the two children and helped her get on the car, which made a group of old women in the village jealous.
Erzhu, who was driving the tractor, saw that everyone was in the tractor. He turned around and reminded everyone to get ready, then drove the tractor to the county town.
Lu Lin's family of four bumped around on the tractor for more than an hour. By the time they arrived at the county town, the two kids had fallen asleep in their parents' arms.
The tractor stopped at the gate of the county town, and the family got off the car. Jiang Chunzao took the lead and started shopping with his family. They first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the cloth and cotton they wanted, and then bought daily necessities, grains and rice needed for the family, and also bought snacks for the two children.
When the family returned home with a full load, they passed by a meat and vegetable stall and saw that the uncle selling meat still had some beef and beef bones on his stall. Jiang Chunzao remembered the delicious beef soup from his previous life, so he waved his hand and rushed over to book the whole stall.
The uncle selling meat saw Jiang Chunzao carrying large and small bags, and the tall and handsome man behind him also had his hands full. The man looked at the young wife who was buying meat with a doting look on his face. The uncle couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart that the young wife's man really knew how to love his wife.
Yes, such spendthrift young wives are all caused by men.
Thinking so, the uncle neatly packed up the remaining beef bones and minced beef and handed them to Jiang Chunzao. Jiang Chunzao took them with a smile and handed them to Lu Lin behind him. He then took the two kids to the photo studio to take pictures.
By the time the family finished taking photos and came out, the sun had already set. They hurried to the gate of the county town and finally caught up with the tractor back to the village.
The whole family got into the car carrying large and small bags, and this scene shocked the group of old women in the village again.
My god, the third daughter-in-law of the old Lu family is such a spendthrift. Look at all these bags, she must have bought all the things from the supply and marketing cooperative in the county and brought them home!
What a waste!
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