When Mu Xiaoting suffered from food poisoning, Luo Hao was not at home and was unable to take care of her immediately.
At that moment, she was experiencing severe abdominal cramps and desperately wanted Luo Hao to hold her and ease her pain and fear!
Fortunately, Lu Wanqing cooked mung bean soup for her, which helped her recover quickly. Now she no longer feels the pain she did back then, but she feels a little regretful that Luo Hao is not by her side.
As she was thinking, Lu Wanqing brought up the matter of poisoning.
"Maybe the green beans I cooked weren't cooked thoroughly, that's why I got food poisoning," Mu Xiaoting said.
That noon, she ate green beans, which she had never cooked before. She later learned that undercooked green beans can cause poisoning, and she did see a few undercooked green beans on the plate.
Actually, she was still a little puzzled. The green beans were put into the pot at the same time, so how come the others were cooked but a few were still uncooked? She attributed it to the fact that she hadn't cooked enough, so she didn't think much of it.
Lu Wanqing nodded after listening and instructed, "Be extra careful with anything you put in your mouth in the future. Don't leave it unattended while cooking."
Mu Xiaoting nodded slightly. If Luo Hao hadn't been away, she wouldn't have had to cook by herself; they usually cooked together.
She thought about it carefully. She had left for a few dozen seconds because she had to go out to pick some scallions. But what was wrong with leaving for a while? Did someone deliberately harm her while she was away?
She's only been married for a short time, and she hasn't made any enemies. Who would want to harm her?
She couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
Several families gathered together, chatted about everyday things, and after dinner, the men started discussing the construction team again.
Since this project requires start-up capital, Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing offered to provide the funding.
Luo Hao also said he could contribute a small amount, and asked Mu Xiaoting to name a number.
Chen Xiangxiu had earned over a thousand yuan in the past few months, which she handed over to Wang Guangming, letting him make his own decisions.
With this kind of pooling together, everyone managed to raise a total of 5,000 yuan as seed money.
Because Lin Ye contributed the most funds, everyone unanimously suggested that Lin Ye be the team leader.
Everyone agreed that Lin Ye was tall and strong, and capable. Making him the team leader would intimidate people and prevent other construction teams from causing trouble in the future.
Lin Ye did not refuse, but because Lu Wanqing was already pregnant with triplets, which was dangerous, he had to prioritize his family in many situations, which would inevitably delay some things. Therefore, he suggested appointing another deputy captain.
“I’m too busy with my own team to handle this, so it’s definitely not an option. At most, I can be an advisor and help with coordination with the commune. As for the specific business matters, let Luo Hao take care of them!” Wang Guangming suggested.
No one objected, and that was the decision.
Wang Xu and Luo Chunlei distributed the books they had bought to everyone, two copies for each person: one was "Basic Knowledge of Architecture" and the other was "Design and Construction of Self-Built Houses".
Lu Wanqing curiously picked it up and flipped through it, then suggested to Luo Chunlei, "Next time, you should buy another book on 'Industrial Drawing,' there are many places where you need to draw diagrams."
"Hmm." Luo Chunlei made a mental note of it.
There's so much to learn, from how to calculate the amount of earthwork, timber, and bricks needed to how many steps there are to learn.
From then on, they spent their days running around construction sites and their evenings studying at home. Every few days they would gather together for meetings, as if they had inexhaustible energy and their lives were full of fighting spirit.
That day, Lin Ye had already left home, but Lu Wanqing was still cutting fabric.
The postman brought her two letters.
One letter was written by Zhang Wei, telling her that Qi Wei's mother was a classmate of a deputy director of a soap factory in the county town. The deputy director was very influential in the county town, especially since his father-in-law had recently been promoted to a leadership position in the province. Out of consideration for their classmate relationship, he might be able to promote and transfer Qi Wei.
Qi Wei's departure is not a good thing, but she keenly noticed a piece of information: Lin Xiaocui was not hired by the soap factory, which was very likely due to Qi Wei's interference.
Unexpectedly, he still had to do something bad before he left.
The other letter was written by Liu Ying.
Last time, when Liu Ying asked her to make a cheongsam for her friend, Lin Xiaocui delivered it and mentioned that she had almost been hired by the soap factory.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ying took note and actually inquired. It turned out that it was indeed a man named Qi Wei who had spoken to the deputy factory director, which was why he refused Lin Xiaocui.
"Xiao Cui, it seems you've been implicated because of me. Qi Wei holds grudges; since he can't touch me, he's using you to cause trouble," Lu Wanqing said apologetically.
Lin Xiaocui, however, seemed unconcerned. "I feel like I've learned more from you. Soap factories are full of outdated ideas, while your thinking is more progressive."
Lu Wanqing smiled and said, "Thank you for your appreciation."
Anyway, the college entrance examination will be reinstated soon, so it doesn't matter whether I go to work in a factory or not.
After the college entrance examination is reinstated, Lin Xiaocui will definitely participate.
Wang Xu and Luo Chunlei will likely participate as well.
They are all recent graduates who have just finished their courses. They enrolled in October, studied for two months, and will have no problem getting into a university.
But she and Lin Ye hadn't touched textbooks in a long time; it was time to pick them up again.
Anyway, Lin Ye is studying architecture recently, so he might as well take the other courses as well.
For science and engineering exams, students need to take politics, Chinese, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. In the years before the resumption of the college entrance examination, English was not a compulsory subject. As long as you did not choose a major that required English, you could skip it.
After several nights of getting used to each other, the two of them finally stopped focusing on physical intimacy and began to engage in intellectual exchanges.
They each prepared several notebooks to take study notes, writing down anything they didn't understand, and then collecting them to ask Luo Chunlei for answers.
Luo Chunlei is a top student. With his abilities, getting into a good university shouldn't be difficult for him, and tutoring them would be a piece of cake.
Throughout August, they were immersed in busy work and a strong academic atmosphere.
When school started in September, Lin Ye stopped going to work and instead wrote a resignation letter to Du Wenbing.
Du Wenbing knew that Lin Ye loved his wife dearly, so he did not force him to stay.
Lu Wanqing's belly was already as big as a basketball, and they couldn't wait to go to the county town for a prenatal checkup.
This time, they actually saw three wriggling black shadows on the small black and white display screen.
The two were overjoyed, their heads clasped together, their eyes brimming with tears. The doctor was moved by their excitement and examined them with extra care. In truth, they couldn't understand the instructions, but when the doctor pointed to the screen and explained, "This is the head, this is the foot, this is the hand," they seemed to see three babies lying there, happily waving their arms and legs.
They came out of the obstetrics and gynecology department, still immersed in the happiness of becoming parents.
Just as they were about to leave the hospital, Lu Wanqing saw a familiar figure at the payment counter.
That fashionable curly hair in front of her forehead, that gorgeous dress, who else could it be but Yu Meifeng?
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