Chapter 73 Chapter 73 “He didn’t know where he learned it from, last night…

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Qiuyue tried to be naughty and sat up a little bit, but was held in Lin Zhengrong's arms. "Oh, it's getting late, let's go to bed early."

"Haha." Lin Zhengrong would not let Jiang Qiuyue off easily, "You should go to bed early."

He turned off the lights, pulled out three birth control products from the drawer, and began to claim his reward for the night.

The next day, Jiang Qiuyue did not get up as usual. Lin Zhengrong cooked sweet potatoes and porridge, and took the children to eat the leftovers from last night, and then took the meat out to smoke.

As a result, he actually saw a few footprints on the vegetable field. They didn't look like those of adults. He wondered which family's greedy children they were.

The pine branches for smoked bacon had been prepared long ago. Lin Zhengrong lit the brazier and covered it with the pine branches. Then Wu Shuangshuang came to take over from him.

When Jiang Qiuyue got up, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. She had already bitten Lin Zhengrong several times last night, but when she saw the radio ticket on the table, she was no longer angry.

Forget it, it’s better to have a useful man than no man at all. Apart from being too tiring, she also felt good about it.

But being so slow, Wu Shuangshuang would inevitably make fun of her. Jiang Qiuyue was now shameless, "You make it sound like you and Lin Rong don't have a married life."

"How can we compare to you? Since my parents-in-law came, there are even fewer of us." Wu Shuangshuang said with a dry sigh, "The smoke is too pungent. Okay, you get up and just watch. I'm going home to cook. You keep a close eye. Deputy Head Lin said there are footprints in the yard. Someone must be eyeing these bacon and smoked fish."

Hearing that there really was a thief, Jiang Qiuyue called the two children and asked them to close the door while she went to cook.

She smoked half of the rabbit she bought from the black market and cut the other half into small pieces, fried them in a pan for a while, and then stir-fried them with dried chilies to make spicy rabbit cubes.

The villagers knew how to make rapeseed oil. Jiang Qiuyue used her sugar coupons to exchange for oil, and her family never lacked oil.

After the spicy rabbit cubes were cooked, Xiao Li came, but the door was closed. After calling him twice, Lin Beibei went to open the door.

"Sister-in-law, why are you closing the door?" Xiao Li asked.

"Didn't you see the bacon and smoked fish in the yard?" Jiang Qiuyue pouted. "Those are our New Year's goods. I have to keep a close eye on them. Thieves got into the yard last night. If I hadn't locked the meat at home, all the meat would have been stolen last night. By the way, I asked you to talk to Chief Yu about the New Year's event. Did you tell him?"

Xiao Li scratched his head and said, "I did, but the leader said that we should still celebrate the New Year at home. After all, it is not an ordinary holiday."

"What's so special about this? He's alone at home. Even if you're with him, can you cook? Or will he take something from me?"

Jiang Qiuyue thought for a moment, then looked at the two children in the yard. "In two days, you take these two children to invite him. If Chief Yu doesn't agree, just leave them at his house. On New Year's Day, I'll send the children to call people. I've been eating Chief Yu's food coupons for so long, I can't watch him celebrate the New Year alone. Besides, there are only four people in my family, and it will be more lively with two more of you."

Jiang Qiuyue glanced in the direction of the Bai family and said, "Besides, it will be convenient for you to come to my place, right?"

When talking about this, Xiao Li's face turned red, and he didn't even know how to take the lunch box that Jiang Qiuyue handed to him.

After a long while, he finally took the lunch box when it was stuffed into his hand, but he didn't leave. "Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something. What do you like? I gave you so many things, but why didn't Xiuxiu say she liked me?"

"You're stupid, how can you wait for the girl to say something like that?" Jiang Qiuyue said with a click of the tongue, "Listen to me, one day when you have a day off, ask Xiuxiu out to watch a movie, and then you take the initiative to say it. Xiuxiu is pretty and has a job now. I heard that many gay men are pursuing her."

"Really?" Xiao Li was anxious.

"Of course not, so you'd better hurry up. There are not many good girls. If you miss this village, there will be few girls better than Xiuxiu." Jiang Qiuyue has already reminded him. If Xiao Li still doesn't take action, then forget it.

After hearing this, Xiao Li was very panicked. He went back and told Yu Guanghui that he wanted to take a leave today. When Yu Guanghui asked him the reason, he blushed and didn't say anything for a long time.

There was no choice but to let him go.

Xiao Li is a man of action. After taking leave, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for someone. When Bai Xiu Xiu heard Xiao Li calling her, she hurriedly ran and pulled the person out.

"You... why are you here?" Bai Xiu Xiu looked back, as her colleagues would definitely ask her a lot of questions later.

Xiao Li handed over the movie tickets and said, "Let's go to the movies tonight. I bought two tickets. Let's go together!"

He looked at Bai Xiu Xiu with bright eyes. His sister-in-law was right. He had to take the initiative and could not delay any longer.

"Why do you suddenly want to watch a movie?" Bai Xiuxiu had just asked when Xiao Li stuffed the movie ticket into her hand.

"You must come!" Xiao Li was afraid of being rejected, so he ran away like a flash.

When Bai Xiuxiu returned to her workstation, her colleagues came over to gossip, "Xiuxiu, who's your date? He's quite tall and handsome. Why haven't you mentioned him before?"

"No." Bai Xiuxiu gently pushed the person away, "Hurry up and do your work, or the master will scold you later."

"Well, I thought he was your partner. Such a handsome soldier, if I wasn't married, I would be attracted to him."

At this time, Xu Meili, who was sitting in front of them, turned around and said in a sarcastic tone, "Why are you so moved? Xiuxiu has to be liked by many people and she is beautiful."

Xu Meili got in through connections. Bai Xiuxiu tried her best to avoid conflicts with her before, but later she felt that Jiang Qiuyue was right. Everyone was out there to make a living, so there was no need to be bullied by others. "Yes, it's better to be pretty than ugly, don't you think so, Meili?"

Although Xu Meili's name is Meili, she has pockmarks on her face and buck teeth. She has failed in two blind dates because the other parties thought she was too ugly.

The main reason is that she has high standards and thinks that if she has a job, she should choose a young and promising military officer who is also good-looking. But if such a powerful man is really interested in her, how could he be interested in her?

Hearing the sarcasm in Bai Xiu Xiu's words, Xu Meili glared at Bai Xiu Xiu, then turned around and continued playing with her nails.

Bai Xiu Xiu was humming a song while working until the end of the get off work day. Thinking of the way Xiao Li gave her the movie tickets, she went to the cinema anyway.

Xiao Li had been waiting at the cinema entrance early in the morning, holding a candy biscuit he bought from the cafeteria. When he saw Bai Xiu Xiu, he smiled with all his teeth showing and trotted over.

Both of them were distracted during the movie. Jiang Qiuyue was also concerned about whether they went to see the movie.

When she didn't see Bai Xiu Xiu come home, she guessed that they went to the movies.

"I've told Xiuxiu that I'll cook for her after she finishes cooking." Jiang Qiuyue was taking out the money. "You can take a rest tomorrow. Go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a radio."

She had wanted to go today, but her legs were sore.

Lin Zhengrong hugged her from behind, "There's still half of last night left."

"How can there be another half time?" Jiang Qiuyue turned around and pinched Lin Zhengrong's arm. "Today is not enough. The New Year is coming soon, and we have to take care of hygiene at home. You really make me suffer. You do the housework?"

"Sure." Lin Zhengrong said no problem, "I will take care of the sanitation tomorrow. I will do whatever you ask me to do."

When he pronounced a word, he pronounced it with extra force.

Jiang Qiuyue: My life is in danger. Doesn’t this person know that indulging himself in temptation will only hurt himself?

Lin Zhengrong was much gentler that night. Since there was only one chance, he deliberately slowed down his progress.

Jiang Qiuyue once again felt that the ginseng at home could not be given to Lin Zhengrong.

Jiang Qiuyue didn't get up the next day. When she woke up, the radio had been bought back and the hygiene had been done.

Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan took rags and followed Lin Zhengrong to wipe the table and wash the stools.

"Good morning, Mom!" Lin Beibei saw her mother and immediately said, "Don't come over. Dad said you've been working hard, and we can do the cleaning. We can't tire you out anymore."

Speaking of being tired, Jiang Qiuyue glared at Lin Zhengrong, but since they were doing the cleaning, she didn't want to do anything and went back to the living room to play the radio.

Listening to the "buzzing" sound of the radio, she changed the channel for a while and heard a news report. She took the radio to the corridor, basking in the warm sunshine while listening to the radio. It was so nice.

After sitting for a while, Bai Xiu Xiu came over. Jiang Qiuyue smiled when she saw her and took her into the room.

"Have you confirmed the relationship?" Jiang Qiuyue asked.

"Well, I don't know where he learned it from. He took the initiative last night." Thinking of the scene of the date last night, Bai Xiuxiu blushed. She didn't have any other best friends, so she endured it all morning and came to see Jiang Qiuyue after get off work at noon.

Jiang Qiuyue said proudly, "I taught him that. Men really need to be stimulated, otherwise they will just stay where they are. I told him that there are many people lining up to pursue you, and he got anxious when he heard that."

"Sister-in-law, why are you more anxious than me?" Bai Xiu Xiu looked at the teacup in her hand shyly.

"I'm here to help you because you haven't made any progress for a long time." Jiang Qiuyue said, "Just talk about it first, don't be too anxious to confirm other things. But you can talk to your uncle first, he is your uncle after all, if you really want to marry Xiao Li in the future, he will be your relative from your mother's side."

Bai Xiuxiu said she understood, "My uncle has been very busy these days, but he has been stricter with Bai Zheng and the others, especially my cousin Bai Hongyu. He is already sixteen years old, and I don't know if he can graduate smoothly."

One can join the army only after graduation. Without Zhao Shufen's instigation, the Bai family's life has become much more harmonious. However, Bai Hongyu's grades are mediocre, and he has to repeat a grade because of his bad luck.

Jiang Qiuyue didn't care about the Bai family's affairs, but after the last incident, Bai Zheng no longer glared at her fiercely when she saw her. It seemed that she didn't dislike her that much anymore.

"How's your aunt?" Jiang Qiuyue was more concerned about this, fearing that Bai Yong might have a brain injury one day and bring her back.

Bai Xiuxiu said she sent several letters, "First to my uncle, then to Bai Zheng and others, asking them to find a way to bring her back. After learning that the three children couldn't find a way, she asked them to go back to her hometown to see her, saying that she was having a very hard life, having to work in the fields every day and doing housework with my other aunts."

"She felt she was being abused, but that's how people in the countryside live, and she used to work that way. But then I came to the family compound and took over all the household chores, and she felt relieved for a few years, but then she couldn't adapt anymore."

Jiang Qiuyue said Zhao Shufen deserved it. "She had a good life but chose to stir up trouble. She doesn't deserve sympathy."

"Yes, fortunately my grandparents attach great importance to my uncle's future. They know that my aunt has offended many people in the family compound and they keep a close eye on her. They specifically told the captain not to issue a letter of introduction to my aunt." Without a letter of introduction, they can't buy a train ticket, Zhao Shufen can't sneak back, and Bai Xiuxiu and the others can feel at ease.

Hearing this, Jiang Qiuyue was relieved. "If she comes back, our lives will be in turmoil again. Fortunately, you have a job now. When you become a regular employee, you will have your own family and you don't have to worry about anything."

The two of them were whispering in the room until Wu Shuangshuang ran in and called Jiang Qiuyue's name, then they noticed that it was getting late.

"Qiuyue!" Wu Shuangshuang hugged Jiang Qiuyue excitedly, "I'm so happy. Xiuxiu is here too, you don't have to avoid her, this is good news, sister-in-law!"

"What's wrong? You're not pregnant, are you?" Jiang Qiuyue thought about it for a moment when she saw Wu Shuangshuang vomiting that day, but then she remembered that Wu Shuangshuang had given birth to three children and must be more experienced than her.

"Yes, I just went for a checkup. All my efforts to nourish Lin Rong's body have paid off." Wu Shuangshuang was very happy. "But you have to keep this a secret for me. Otherwise, if my parents-in-law find out, they will definitely say that they stayed until I gave birth in order to take care of me. I'm afraid they will find out, so I don't even plan to tell Lin Rong. I'll just bear with it for a while. They will be gone in half a month."

If her mother-in-law really stayed to serve her, Wu Shuangshuang would be vomiting, and she didn't want to stay with her mother-in-law for that long. But she needed someone to share her joy, so she could only come to Jiang Qiuyue.