"What really annoyed me was that they even had a banner hanging up saying that we shouldn't waste food," Lin Chaosheng said with a mocking laugh. "Isn't cooking food so badly a waste in itself?"
Zhao Shufang and the others nodded vigorously, "Isn't that right? Even if there's a shortage of food now, we can't make it taste that bad."
"It would be better to let our mother be the chef; she'd definitely fatten them all up!" Lin Shansheng laughed.
Liang Fu chuckled to herself, "Does Aunt Zhao really need to come out of retirement? I feel like I, as her apprentice, could do it myself."
Suddenly remembering something, Liang Mei asked, "By the way, where are you staying tonight?"
Lin Chaosheng got even angrier when he thought about this, "You've really brought up some painful memories!"
He took a deep breath and continued, "If Boss Lin hadn't introduced me to a guesthouse that night, I would have been sleeping under a bridge!"
Liang Mei looked at Lin Chaosheng with heartache and gently touched his hand, "You've really worked too hard!"
Lin Chaosheng waved his hand, "It's nothing, this little bit of hardship is nothing."
What he said was true, because in his previous life he slept under bridges every day. The guesthouse he slept in last night was much better than that; at least it wasn't so cold in winter.
"That night I stayed in a four-person room that cost 80 cents a room, but I was lucky because no one was staying there at the time, so I was the only one in the room."
"But that house was only slightly better than our old house. Later, I wanted to wash up, but they didn't have hot water at that time. Luckily it was summer, otherwise I might have frozen to death!"
"What kind of beds are in there?" Zhao Shufang frowned, looking at Lin Chaosheng with heartache.
"That's a metal bunk bed, and the sheets and stuff are really old. The bed creaks and groans when you lie on it at night."
This made Lin Shansheng somewhat hesitant. He thought life in the city would be better, but he didn't expect that he couldn't live comfortably or eat well.
Lin Chaosheng saw what he was thinking, so he comforted him, "But some buildings in the city are indeed more upscale than ours. Their supply and marketing cooperatives have more and more beautiful things, so you don't need to worry too much." Lin Chaosheng gently patted Lin Shansheng's shoulder, "I think Qiaozhen will have a house there by then, so you two can live together."
This immediately made Lin Shansheng blush deeply. "No, no, we're not married yet, how can we live together? It would be bad for her reputation if word got out!"
Zhao Shufang and the others agreed with Lin Shansheng's statement. The two people were not married yet, they were just dating, how could they live together? What if they got arrested?
Lin Chaosheng then realized that at this time, it was still not permissible for two unmarried people to live together, as this was considered extremely immoral by people today.
So he quickly said, "It's been so long since we got married that I completely forgot. It's okay, Sister Qiaozhen will definitely be able to help you find a suitable place to live."
Lin Shansheng nodded, but then his expression changed. "No, no, no, this is definitely going to be a huge problem. There aren't enough apartments available right now. Sister Qiaozhen is probably living in the staff dormitory. If I go there, I won't be able to find a job in a factory. What am I going to do?"
Lin Chaosheng said confidently, "Don't be in such a hurry. Let's take it one step at a time. Besides, your brother has plenty of ideas."
Lin Shansheng sighed, "I'll go see Sister Qiaozhen in a couple of days. I need to discuss these things with her as soon as possible."
"Alright, stop talking, let's cook dinner first." Zhao Shufang took out the vegetables she had just washed and put them in the kitchen.
Lin Shanhai had just returned from delivering goods and had a bunch of leftover seafood. "What should I do, old woman? I have a bunch of leftover seafood that will go bad soon. We have so much food every day that we can't finish it all. It makes me miss the days when we didn't have much to eat."
Zhao Shufang's eyes lit up. "Perfect! I'll make this into a seafood dipping sauce and give it to the workers later. They probably haven't tried these things before. Now that there's an extra, let them pack it up and take it home."
She took the seafood from Lin Shan Hai's hand, then turned and hummed a little tune as she went into the kitchen.
"What's going on? Didn't our workers already finish their work?" Lin Shanhai asked, looking puzzled.
Lin Chaosheng quickly explained to others that he had gone to the city to find a factory that collected rabbit fur, and the factory owner had asked his workers to come back and take the plucked fur back with them.
"As expected of my son, he can succeed at anything!" Lin Shanhai patted Lin Chaosheng on the shoulder happily.
Zhao Shufang shouted outside, "Stop talking nonsense and come in to get to work!"
"I just got back, and they're already making me work again. Do they think I'm the family's donkey?" Lin Shanhai grumbled, but his body still betrayed him as he went into the kitchen to help.
After Liang Mei helped prepare the dishes, she went inside and took out the clothing patterns she had drawn a few days ago, preparing to continue making clothes for her family.
Seeing this, Lin Chaosheng went in to help, saying, "Wife, how come your painting skills are so good?"
“Aren’t these things very simple? I was taught to learn them when I was a child, and later I learned from my mother for a while. Besides, these are styles that everyone wears every day. What’s so difficult about drawing them?” Liang Mei said, busy making them.
Lin Chaosheng carefully examined your designs. Although they are all basic styles, the patterns are drawn very finely, and they are not just ordinary flat designs.
"Why are you being so modest? You said you've had a baby, do you want to try designing clothes?"
Upon hearing this, Liang Mei stopped her work in disbelief. "Lin Chaosheng, I've noticed you're getting a bit too cocky. What skills could a country woman like me possibly have? To be a designer?"
Lin Chaosheng waved his hand, "You can't say that so soon, right? We should all have ambition. You wouldn't know how capable you are until you see it!"
Liang Mei didn't have time to chat with him, so she quickly pushed him out, saying, "If you're not going to help me out, then go out and help your mother. Stop bragging all day long."
Lin Chaosheng, who had been kicked out, stood at the door with a look of both laughter and tears. "Oh dear, when a woman gets busy, she doesn't even want to see her husband."
Liang Mei, who was inside, heard this. She suppressed a laugh but ignored Lin Chaosheng.
Before long, Zhao Shufang and her team had finished preparing dinner, and even served out bowls of freshly steamed rice.
"Chaosheng, go and call those workers to eat!"
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