At around four o'clock, Han Qingsong filled up the tank at the Revolutionary Committee, then took the initiative to get into the sidecar and continued to let Lin Lan drive.

Everyone in the Revolutionary Committee couldn't bear to watch. Was Han using his wife as a man, or what? Officer Lin was too capable. Even men had trouble riding motorcycles here. Their hands were numb from the thumping.

She is indeed a heroine who dares to challenge Miao Hongying alone!

Lin Lan didn't know that she had been promoted again. She rode her Changjiang 750, eating dust, facing the big sun in the west, and pulled her man home in a loud voice.

The first thing I do when I get home is to rinse my hair and change into clean clothes. After all this walking, I feel like a clay figurine.

While Han Qingsong was washing, she took the basket to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. Just then Xiaowang came back with Wangwang and Xiaobai. He whistled in the tune of a cowherd boy. The sound was smooth and mellow, and surprisingly nice to hear.

When Xiaowang came home from school, he saw the door open and knew his mother was home. He heard his father taking a shower in the bathroom. He looked around but didn't see Lin Lan, so he realized she was in the vegetable garden.

"Mom, I played shuttlecock with my classmates today, and I was able to kick more than thirty of them." In the past, he could only kick a few, at most ten.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "So amazing? Are your calves tired?"

Xiao Wang ran barefoot into the vegetable garden to help Lin Lan. "I'm not tired. I kicked the shuttlecock too high before, so I couldn't find it. Haha."

Lin Lan touched his head and picked the biggest and reddest tomato for him to eat while she went to catch bugs. Her own vegetable garden was not sprayed with pesticides, so there were more bugs.

The children even caught frogs and toads and tied their legs to them and put them here, hoping that they would catch more insects, but those creatures were very resilient and ran away in a blink of an eye.

Han Qingsong came over with a bucket and went to the river to fetch water to water the vegetables.

Lin Lan: "It hasn't rained for a while, and the crops are curling up. I guess if it doesn't rain again, the secretary will have to ask people to fetch water to irrigate the fields."

After eating the tomatoes, Xiao Wang went to help pull the weeds. He smiled and said, "Mom, we think it's going to rain soon after a while."

"Children are the smartest ones. I'll borrow your words to pray for a good rain in the next few days to quench the thirst of the crops."

Lin Lan took Xiao Wang home to cook first. "Third brother, the curtain here is broken. Please fix it later. I don't know if it was a calf that got in."

Han Qingsong agreed, took a look and went to the riverside to break off some branches to make the curtain. Some of the fresh branches would survive if inserted into the tree, and were more useful than dead branches.

Tomorrow is the hottest day of the year. The weather is so hot that it feels like a fire, which is a bit unbearable. Lin Lan decided to change the taste for her child.

She took out the sweet potato flour to make glaze. Xiaowang helped to light the fire while she scooped the glaze, put it aside to cool, and then cut it into finger-wide strips.

Smash cucumber, chopped coriander, minced garlic, chopped green onion, sesame seeds, fried peanuts, then marinate with soy sauce, farm sauce, salt, sugar, and vinegar, then mix in the chopped jelly. To make it more fragrant, fry some chili oil and make a small bowl for children who like spicy food.

Because there were a lot of vegetables, she mixed them in an enamel basin. Fearing that it might not be enough, she rolled out another bowl of hand-rolled noodles, boiled them, and made cold noodles.

The children now have big appetites, and they eat a lot when they see something that suits their taste, especially Da Wang. She seems to eat more than Han Qingsong, and she really suspects that her eldest son has a bottomless pit, otherwise he would not be so lean even if he eats so much.

When the three children came back, Lin Lan told them, "Buy a dictionary."

Mai Sui ran into the house and took out the dictionary. "Mom, you are so kind. You always support us."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Because you are your parents' most obedient children."

It was too hot to cook, and Lin Lan's face was covered in sweat, and the back of her cotton short-sleeved shirt was wet. Mai Sui quickly took a towel to wipe her sweat and wiped her back as well.

Da Wang and Er Wang cleaned the yard, moved the dining table to the patio, and then went to the vegetable garden to help Han Qingsong.

When the family sat down to eat, Lin Lan smiled at Han Qingsong opposite her and announced the good news, "Children, we have another good news."

The children immediately sat up straight and listened attentively.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Your father got a promotion."

"Dad is so great!" Mai Sui and Xiao Wang shouted and took the lead in clapping. Er Wang followed suit and Da Wang also clapped twice.

Lin Lan held Xiao Wang's hand and said, "Okay, why are you hitting me so hard? You've hurt my hand."

"There is also second good news."

"Mom, let me guess." Mai Sui pressed Lin Lan's arm to signal her not to say anything.

Lin Lan smiled and let them guess.

Xiao Wang: "Little Third Brother sent me a letter."

Lin Lan smiled slightly but didn't nod. Sanwang's letter was a normal and necessary event and couldn't be regarded as extra good news.

Mai Sui: "My dad got a promotion..." While she was still thinking, Er Wang smiled and said, "Mom, did my dad get a promotion and go to work in the county?"

Mai Sui was reminded by him and immediately understood what was going on. He clapped his hands and said, "I know. My dad has divided up the house. Haha."

Lin Lan laughed, "You guys are so smart!"

Xiaowang: "Mom, are we going to move there?" He was a little reluctant to leave, as he was living very well at home.

Lin Lan said, "Let's not move now. My eldest brother, sister and second brother will graduate from junior high school next year. We will go there when they go to high school."

At that time, the quality of education in the countryside and the county town was not much different, and her children mostly relied on self-study. Moreover, she had not yet found a job, and had to work in the commune, so it was impossible for her to go there every day.

Da Wang breathed a sigh of relief with a barely perceptible sense. If he moved, it would be about fifty miles from the county, and it would be even farther to the district.

Mai Sui was very happy: "If we have a house in the county, it will be convenient for Dad to go to work, and Xiao San brother will have a place to rest when he comes back."

Erwang: "Mom, when are we going to clean up?"

"Waiting for you to rest." It is not popular for local children to take a weekend off. Basically, they have a day off if they have something to do, and go to class if they don't. Or they are led by the teacher to work, talk about family history, and reminisce about the good and bad times. The concentrated holidays are during the busy farming season or the Chinese New Year.

Da Wang: "We'll go to the commune brigade for training the day after tomorrow."

The so-called stretching is actually just helping out with work, under the euphemistic name of training students.

Lin Lan: "Then I'll go the day after tomorrow." I'm going to work for someone else anyway, so I might as well go home and clean up the house. Haha.

After dinner, Mai Sui and Er Wang used a dictionary to learn English. They were embarrassed to find that many of the things they said before were wrong! Fortunately, no one else in the family understood and laughed. The two smiled at each other and Mai Sui stuck out his tongue.

Erwang: "Did I remember it wrong? Why do I feel like the teacher taught something different?"

Mai Sui: "Let's just stick to the dictionary."

Lin Lan turned to look at Da Wang, hoping that he would learn English with his younger brothers and sisters.

Da Wang immediately said to Xiao Wang: "Looking for the cicada turtle?"

Xiaowang responded naturally, "Okay." He took his brother's hand and walked away happily.

Lin Lan: ………How afraid is her eldest son that she will ask him to learn English?

Lin Lan took out the newly bought wool and planned to continue knitting sweaters. Han Qingsong, Mai Sui, and Sanwang all had their own sweaters. Xiaowang's previous sweater was small, so Lin Mei gave him a big one. Dawang and Erwang didn't have any yet.

This time, because of the watch issue, Lin Lan used the least amount of industrial coupons to buy three pounds of wool yarn, plus the more than one pound she had saved before, which was enough to knit sweaters for her two sons.

The colors accumulated after several attempts were a bit mixed, so Lin Lan took a pen to mark them and see how to design them. She had to use all the wool and match the colors well.

Da Wang has a strong body and high body heat, so he doesn’t like to wear high-necked clothes. He can just wear a small collar and the main color should be dark green.

Erwang has a refined temperament and is particularly suited to wearing lapel shirts. Lin Lan decided to make him a few fake shirt collars to put on his sweaters like the people in the city, with the main color being navy blue.

After designing the ball of wool, she had to wrap it around the ball, so she asked Han Qingsong to help.

Han Qingsong picked up a small stool, took it out to wash and wipe it, brought it back and placed it upside down on the kang. He took the bundle of wool from Lin Lan's hand and propped it on the legs of the stool, and began to wind the ball of wool himself.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Third brother really has a way, this is faster."

She asked Han Qingsong to get another one, and the two of them got entangled faster.

Han Qingsong: "Take a rest."

Mai Sui and Er Wang had seen enough and came over, "Mom, let me help you."

Lin Lan: "Have you two finished your homework?"

Mai Sui smiled and said, "I finished writing it at school."

The teacher assigned homework in class. Some children waited until after school to finish it, but they finished it right after class and only needed to read books when they got home. As for Da Wang, his younger brothers and sisters had already finished their homework, so why should he bother? He always worked hard only for exams. He didn't care about daily exercise, thinking, daydreaming, or sleeping. It didn't matter to study anyway.

Lin Lan didn't want to keep her two children at home spinning wool for them when they were having fun, so she decided to go find the cicada turtle and go out to play with her friends.

The two wanted to help.

Han Qingsong: "Go."

The two children hurried away when their father gave the order. They thought that their father wanted to kick them out. So they went to the educated youth camp to see where Shen Yu had just come back. They chatted with him about learning English.

Seeing the two children running away, Lin Lan glanced at Han Qingsong and said, "Third brother, be gentle with the children."

Han Qingsong looked at her, "Am I fierce?"

Lin Lan immediately put on a serious expression and looked at him, "Do you think this is dangerous?"

Han Qingsong: "You look good no matter what you look like."

Lin Lan smiled sweetly, dazzling his eyes.

The two of them were talking without stopping, their hands were busy, and they were quite efficient.

Around nine o'clock, the children came back. Lin Lan had almost finished knitting the wool, so she asked the children to wash up and go to bed. Han Qingsong moved the stool and wool to the west room, and the two of them went to bed after knitting.

The next day, Han Qingsong took Lin Lan to the commune. As soon as they entered the commune compound, everyone congratulated them, "Congratulations to Director Han, congratulations to Officer Lin."

Now they are really convinced. At first they were jealous, but now they are no longer jealous, but just endless envy. Look at them. It took them ten years to do what they did, but it only took them a few years to go to the city and eat commodity food!

In their opinion, since Han Qingsong is now the deputy director and deputy director, and has been allocated a house in the city, Lin Lan's job will be solved sooner or later.

Finding a job in the city and eating commercial food is the most luxurious wish of country people!

The most heartbroken person is Deputy Director Yu Yang, who was afraid that Han Qingsong would take his position as commune director before, but he was relieved when Han Qingsong showed no interest in it. He then wanted to transfer to Qingshi Commune, but failed, and now Han Qingsong is being promoted to the county.

Alas, comparing oneself to others...he felt very disappointed.

The document from the county revolutionary committee arrived quickly, abolishing the public security of each commune, simplifying the functions of the armed forces, and placing the militia under the management of Han Qingsong, the county deputy director.

Han Qingsong will be able to take up his post at the county committee in a few days, and he needs to make some arrangements for Shanshui Commune. The Shanshui Commune Public Security Bureau was originally very small, with only a few people. Han Qingsong selected some from the militia. In addition to Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun, the two captains and deputy captains, there are about eight people under them, and most of them are semi-retired. Now that the Public Security Bureau has been abolished, these people are a little confused and don't know what to do.

Luo Haicheng didn't say anything. "Just go back to the militia company. We were originally in the militia company anyway."

Han Qingyun felt a little disappointed. He had followed his third brother, and now that his third brother had gone to the county, he could only stay in the militia company.

Han Qingsong gathered them together and said, "The Public Security Bureau has withdrawn, but we still need manpower to maintain public order."

According to his estimation, as long as the US and the Soviet Union do not come to attack and there is no war in the country, the militia will be useless and they will all return home to be farmers. Judging from the current situation, there will be no war for at least ten or twenty years, and the militia can only last for two or three years at most, and finally they will all return home to farm.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Han Qingsong said that security personnel were still needed.

Han Qingsong: "The county public security bureau will send special public security commissioners to the commune to help maintain public order and patrol the various brigades. From now on, you are the special commissioners of the county public security bureau."

Everyone was immediately delighted, especially those who were halfway through their job. They had thought they would be sent home, but unexpectedly they became special commissioners. Their hearts were lifted from the bottom of the valley and they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. However, Han Qingsong threw another bomb and blew them up.

Han Qingsong: "Out of production."

"Wow!!!" Several police officers jumped up excitedly and punched each other, "Tuan Sheng, are you deaf?"

If they are laid off, they will become regular employees! How many people dream of this! They have been converted to regular employees!

Several police officers rushed over and knocked Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun to the ground. They excitedly piled on top of Luo Han and pressed them down, "Haha, get out of here!"

Han Qingsong: …

Sun Zhuowen and Huang Weizhong were very worried. They were both clerical staff, so what should they do?

Sun Zhuowen: "Korean Bureau?"

Han Qingsong glanced at them and said, "Special envoys also need to do political work."

Han Qingsong was in charge of the militia and public security of each commune, not the county town, and his work did not conflict with the other two deputy bureau chiefs' work. The special commissioners' wages, welfare, ideological and political work, etc. also needed someone to be responsible, and the two of them just happened to be his secretaries.

The two were so excited that they quickly saluted Han Qingsong: "Thank you, Director Han!"

Although he was the deputy director of the commune public security bureau before, it was just a title, it sounded good, and in reality the commune public security bureau could be abolished at any time. Before, they thought the best arrangement was to find a job in the commune, but they didn't expect that now they could participate in the county work, which is naturally better.

Han Qingsong divided them up according to their needs. The wages and benefits would be paid by the commune to which they were responsible. In addition, they had to apply to the county armed forces department to equip the special commissioners with bicycles and pistols. Ordinary special commissioners were equipped with 20-round muzzle pistols, while Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun could be equipped with 54 pistols.

The subsequent handover and trivial matters were handed over to Sun Zhuowen and Huang Weizhong, while Han Qingsong took Lin Lan and the children to the county to clean up the house. Although they did not move, the kang and stove had to be built in case of emergency.

Han Qingyun also borrowed a mule from the brigade, and took two people to the county to deliver adobe and bricks to help Han Qingsong repair his house.

When they went there, Han Qingsong rode a bicycle carrying Lin Lan, Da Wang rode a Changjiang 750 with Er Wang sitting in the back, and Mai Sui held Xiao Wang in his arms and the two of them sat in the sidecar.

When Han Qingsong brought Lin Lan to the city, they saw several children strolling on the roadside.

Mai Sui was covered in dust and dirt. She held her stomach and sat on the side of the road, feeling exhausted. Erwang stood beside her with a bottle of water.

Lin Lan asked: "Oh, what's going on?"

Erwang: "I was so dizzy that I vomited."

Lin Lan: "Brother, why don't you slow down?"

Da Wang looked innocent: "Not fast."

Mai Sui: "Not fast, too hot."

Sitting in the backpack under the scorching sun, with hot wind mixed with dust hitting her face, and the heat from the radiator, plus the bumps, it was really... she felt the legendary motion sickness.

After resting for a while and drinking some water, Mai Sui almost recovered. Lin Lan wanted her to ride a bicycle, but Mai Sui refused to give in, so she switched seats with Er Wang and sat on the back seat of the motorcycle.

This time it's much better.

They arrived at the family compound in one breath, and the children went in to take a look, "Mom, people in the city live so crowded, their houses are not as big as ours."

Lin Lan: "This is still considered good. Didn't you hear what Xiao San said? Some families living in tube-shaped buildings have five or six people squeezed into a room that's the size of a palm."

Xiao Wang blinked and asked in confusion: "Mom, why do they all want to come to the city?"

The educated youth don't like to go to the countryside and all want to go back to the city. However, the living conditions in the city are not good either and are not as good as those in the countryside. Why is that?

Erwang laughed and said, "People in the city go to work and get a fixed salary every month, buy food, and get various coupons and tickets. People in the countryside go to work and earn work points, but they don't get much money in a year, let alone coupons and tickets."

Receiving wages and earning work points are completely different. Receiving wages is easy and respectable, while earning wages carries the taste of hard work and risking one's life.

Mai Sui also said, "We think the countryside is good because our parents are capable and our family is well off. Look at some families, they have shabby thatched houses that leak when it rains and when it blows. They have to borrow food from others all year round to save their lives."

Building a house in the countryside is something that people have been saving for since their ancestors. It is more difficult than in the city, where you can get a share. Even if you don’t live in a house in the city, you can still pay less than two yuan a month, which is already very cheap.

While they were chatting, Da Wang had already quickly inspected the house, inside and out, and was aware of every damaged spot, leaking point, and place that needed repair.

When the neighbors heard that the Han Bureau was moving in, they all came to congratulate them. They all worked in the same unit and were neighbors after work, so they naturally had to get along well. Lin Lan borrowed buckets, brooms and other household items from them to clean up, but she politely declined those neighbors who wanted to come over to help.

Han Qingsong brought Han Qingyun and a few others to renovate and arrange the house according to Lin Lan's request. The kang in the east room was also moved to the west room. Because they were not moving in for the time being, they did not arrange any furniture for the time being.

The house was renovated in two days, with a kang and a chimney, so it was no problem to make a fire and cook.

The ninth day of the first lunar month was Han Qingsong's birthday. Lin Lan went home early in the afternoon. She first tidied the house, then went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and came back to wash them.

In order to celebrate Han Qingsong's promotion, house allocation and birthday, she decided to kill a chicken to reward the whole family, but she didn't dare to kill the chicken and could only wait for Dawang and Erwang to come back.

She sat in the yard knitting a sweater for a while, and time passed by unknowingly.

"Mom, I'm back!" At about four o'clock, Xiaowang ran back home.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Why are you leaving school so early today?"

Xiaowang: "The teachers will let us go home after school if they have something to do." He put his schoolbag on the kang and ran out again, "Mom, I will help you pick vegetables."

Xiaowang fulfilled his responsibilities as an old son very seriously. He communicated with other classmates at school. The old son just wanted to support his parents in their old age and work hard at home.

He thought that his older brothers and sisters would have a hard time working in the future, and his youngest brother would have to go out and travel around, so he had to take good care of his parents.

Lin Lan looked at him from time to time. The old mother wore filters herself and thought the child was handsome and cute.

He wore navy blue cotton shorts and a white short-sleeved shirt made by Lin Lan. He didn't like belts in the summer, so she made suspenders for him. He squatted on the water platform and carefully picked and washed vegetables. His demeanor was no different from studying music scores. No matter what this child did, he was always serious and dedicated, and never perfunctory.

Seeing how serious he was, Lin Lan felt soft in her heart, "Kid, is there an old hen in our house that doesn't lay eggs anymore?"

Xiao Wang turned his head and looked at her, "Mom, should we kill it?"

Lin Lan teased him: "Mom doesn't dare to kill a chicken, do you dare?"

Xiao Wang's head shook like a wave drum, "I don't dare either."

Lin Lan: "Your father works so hard, and he got a promotion and a house, so mom wants to kill a chicken to reward him."

Xiaowang blinked his big eyes and had an idea, "Mom, I'll go see if my brother has finished school." In their family, it was usually Han Qingsong who killed the chickens. When he was not at home, Dawang and Erwang would do it.

He ran out and stood at the entrance of the village waiting. After a while, he heard the sound of a bicycle. Xiaowang was overjoyed, "Hi, I'm here!"

Da Wang was carrying Wheat Ear and Er Wang was riding Black Tiger. They became nervous when they saw Xiao Wang standing there.

Erwang: "Little brother, what are you doing here?"

Xiao Wang smiled sweetly, "Waiting for my brothers and sisters to finish school."

Erwang stopped the black tiger and let Xiaowang climb on it, and the four of them went home together.

As soon as he got home, Xiaowang jumped out and shouted happily: "Mom, my brother is back!"

Da Wang: ...Why do I have a bad feeling?

As expected, as soon as he entered the room, Lin Lan came up to him with a smile, "You are back."

Da Wang: "Mom, what's the matter?" He smiled so...

Erwang took one look at Lin Lan and knew what she meant. "Mom, that Luhua chicken lays an egg every three days, and the Sanhuang chicken hasn't laid eggs for a while. I always want to have a nest, so let's pick it."

Da Wang: ...I knew it.

He had killed chickens before, so there was nothing to be afraid of. To Da Wang, he dared to catch snakes and was not afraid of mad wild dogs, let alone killing chickens.

Erwang handed his schoolbag to Mai Sui and went to catch chickens.

Da Wang went to sharpen his knife.

The kitchen knives at home are all cast iron with steel blades, which will rust and become blunt after a period of use and need to be sharpened. After Da Wang started playing with knives, in addition to taking care of his own daggers, he would also sharpen Lin Lan's kitchen knives every few days.

Their family had a piece of blue stone that the children had brought back from the river. It was quite fine and perfect for using as a whetstone.

Da Wang sat on a small chair and used his feet to fix the whetstone, sharpening the knife with a swish swish swish sound, sprinkling water on it as he sharpened. It is said that you don't need to look when sharpening a knife, just sweat, and it will be sharpened almost. It is not so hard to sharpen a knife, Da Wang finished it easily with about a hundred times, and the blade was shining.

He picked up the knife and scraped it lightly with his fingers. It was quite sharp. The light of the knife shone into his eyes, making his eyebrows and eyes look a little cold.

Xiao Wang squeezed in between Lin Lan and Mai Sui, grabbed the corners of Lin Lan and Mai Sui's clothes, and whispered, "Mom, my eldest brother is so scary."

He felt that the way his elder brother held the knife looked cold and not like his elder brother.

Erwang couldn't help but laugh when he saw their expressions. He walked over and handed the chicken to Lin Lan, "Come and pray for the soul to be reborn."

Ever since Xiaowang expressed his apology for killing the chickens and ducks at home, Lin Lan went to the old man to learn a trick, which was to say something before killing the chickens. Actually, it was redundant to say anything after eating the chickens, but it was just to comfort the children, and the chickens couldn't understand anyway.

Xiao Wang imitated Lin Lan and muttered, "Don't blame me, hen. You are a dish in the human world. Spring goes and autumn comes three years. I will buy you back next year."

He was mumbling very seriously as if the chicken could understand him. Lin Lan patted his head. Xiao Wang was fine with eating pork, and chickens and ducks brought back from outside were also fine. He didn't eat much beef now because he thought that cattle worked very hard to plow the land, and he never ate dog meat. For example, if someone's dog died and they cooked a pot and sent a bowl to Lin Lan's house, Xiao Wang wouldn't eat a single bite.

After Xiaowang finished talking, Erwang handed the chicken to Dawang and went to get a big bowl to catch the chicken blood.

Mai Sui helped to boil water, boil the chicken and pluck its feathers. The feathers were kept to dry and used to make bellows and feather whisks. Nothing could be wasted.

Two-year-old hens are not tender enough when stir-fried, but they are OK when stewed, and the best way to cook them is to stew them in soup. The hens raised at home are big enough, so Lin Lan wants to have two ways of cooking with one chicken. The chicken feet, chicken heads, chicken wing tips, and parts without meat are used to make soup, and the parts with meat are used to stew mushroom vermicelli.

At this time, the chickens have eaten grains and there is not so much dirt. Just rinse them with clean water and put them in the pot. There is no need to blanch them in boiling water to avoid wasting nutrients.

Use a clay pot to stew the soup, add red dates, wolfberries, a handful of soaked mushrooms, and scallions, bring to a boil and then simmer over low heat. Heat another large pot, stir-fry the chicken with a little white wine, add scallions, ginger, and water, throw in the soaked pine mushrooms, add soy sauce for coloring, add the vermicelli after half an hour, cover the pot and simmer.

By the time Han Qingsong got home from get off work, the chicken soup and chicken stewed with mushrooms were almost ready.

He went home and showered in the bathroom first. After washing himself clean and changing his clothes, he saw Lin Lan was about to take the casserole and went over to take it. "The commune has decided to make you a regular employee."

"Really?" Lin Lan frowned, "Then I'm a formal employee."

Once you become a formal employee, it will be easy to transfer your household registration to the county town in the future.

Han Qingsong glanced at her and said, "This is what you deserve." The implication was, I didn't help you get in through the back door.

Of course Lin Lan also knew that although he did not use any connections, without him, no matter how capable she was, she could only work as a part-time propaganda worker in the commune, and it would be very difficult to become a regular employee.

Because of his status and her ability, the county revolutionary committee and the commune would consider it.

She was very happy. "Today's chicken dinner was not in vain. It celebrates so many things."

Xiaowang was counting on his fingers, "My third brother went to the provincial sports school, was selected to go to the capital, and went to participate in the Asian Games. Three great things happened to my third brother. Dad got a promotion, a house, and a special car, and mom got a permanent job. My eldest brother got first place in running, high jump, and long jump at the sports meet. My older sister and second brother always get first place in exams. Haha, so many great things."

Mai Sui and Er Wang laughed when they thought about the sports meet.

Mai Sui: "You don't know, if my eldest brother participates in the sports meet, it won't matter to other students."

The school held a joint sports meet for the three communes. Da Wang was tall and had long legs. He could take two steps ahead of the others. He only ran more than half of the 100-meter race, and he had not even run half of the 800-meter race. Teachers and students from other schools protested that if he participated in all events, it would be boring for other schools. Therefore, the school jointly stipulated that in future sports meets, Da Wang could only sign up for three events at most.

This incident will make the commune middle school famous for several years.

Lin Lan: "You are a great kid, too. You often help the publicity team perform for the members. Everyone likes you."

Lin Lan and the children started a business-like mutual flattery mode without any awkwardness. Han Qingsong sat opposite Lin Lan with his eyebrows motionless. Da Wang and Xiao Wang sat on the side, appearing calm but almost losing control in their hearts, with the corners of their mouths curled up several times.

Finally, a few people stopped talking, feeling unsatisfied. Lin Lan said, “Let’s eat.”

She opened the lid of the clay pot, and a sweet aroma filled her nose. The golden chicken soup was topped with green onions and coriander, and the red dates and wolfberries were almost cooked. The chickens at this time were free-range and fed grains, so they were very clean and the chicken meat was elastic. The most obvious thing was the smooth chicken skin, which was shiny after being boiled and curled up in pieces. It was soft, chewy and chewy, with a full and sweet taste, and was particularly satisfying.

The stewed chicken with mushroom and vermicelli skin is even more special. The soup is just right and the sauce is rich in color. Not only does the chicken exude an alluring aroma, but the vermicelli skin is also transparent and shiny, absorbing the aroma of the gravy. It tastes rich, mellow, glutinous and smooth.

It can be said that all the essence of the pot is absorbed by the vermicelli, making it the most delicious.

Because it was not popular to celebrate birthdays at that time, and Lin Lan and the children did not celebrate it, Han Qingsong naturally did not let Lin Lan mention her birthday.

There are enough good things to brag about in business.

The whole family ate very well and drank up all the chicken soup.

When she went to bed at night, Lin Lan took out the watch and gave it to Han Qingsong, "Happy birthday, third brother."

This was the first time Han Qingsong heard the words "Happy Birthday". It sounded a bit strange, but it sounded very nice when it came out of her mouth.

He looked at her, "I don't want a watch."

Lin Lan: "Then what do you want?" He already has a bicycle and a radio, and he's not a foodie, so there's really nothing good to buy.

Han Qingsong looked at her deeply, "You."

Lin Lan immediately covered her face. The third brother of the old couple was acting like a hooligan. How shameless!

…

Capital Gymnasium.

Sanwang now trains for four hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, and has two hours of cultural classes in the evening.

He was not afraid of training, because he wanted to swim, but why did he have to take cultural courses to participate in the Asian Games? Who could tell him why?

After dinner he was about to run to the dormitory, but was caught by the athlete that Coach Bian had assigned to supervise his class.

"Han Wangmin, where are you going? It's time for class."

Sanwang immediately frowned and covered his stomach, "Sister Lili, my stomach hurts."

Tao Lili stepped forward to look at him and snorted, "Come on, I'll take you to get a painkiller injection."

Sanwang: "...No, no need, I, I'll lie down for a while...Hey, what are you doing!"

Tao Lili grabbed his arm and walked away. "The coach said, if you skip class, I'll make an X on you, and you won't be able to participate in the Asian Games."

Sanwang said proudly: "The names of the athletes have been reported. Hehe, they can't threaten me."

"Wrong!" Tao Lili sneered, "It will be delivered on August 1st."

Sanwang's expression changed: "Really?"

"Let's go." Tao Lili dragged him.

Sanwang had a look of despair on his face. It was so hard to be a sportsman, and he also had to study cultural subjects.

I've been taking English classes lately. All athletes and staff who are going to the Asian Games have to take two classes a day. Anyway, we can't train from morning to night, so we have to have some entertainment and leisure time, so we might as well learn while we're at it.

English is an international language. You may need to use it all the time when you go abroad. Even if you don't want to learn it anymore, you still need to remember common expressions, sentences, and a few important addresses and names.

Sanwang wanted to get out of the way after he entered the door, but Tao Lili grabbed him. One of Sanwang's roommates, the diving star Li Zheng, waved at them, "Come here."

Sanwang: “!!”

The other athletes all greeted him warmly, and most of them liked him very much. This kid was simple-minded, and all he did was eat and swim. He followed the coach's instructions, was polite to the staff, and had a very sweet mouth.

Especially to the staff who cook in the cafeteria, his words were like honey, and within two days, his relationship with them became close.

Apart from sending every penny of his allowance and ration coupons back home, if he got something delicious in the cafeteria, he would share it with others without any stinginess.

Take swimming for example. Although he squeezed out several swimming teams as soon as he arrived, they were not convinced at first, but after the actual competition, they were all convinced.

As expected of Flying Duck!

They called the Flying Fish Boy a Flying Duck.

After all, this is a matter of winning glory for the country, and winning medals is the best, so naturally we should let the best athletes participate in the competition, and they have nothing to be jealous of.

In order to allow Sanwang to train well, they all cooperated well. With them competing against each other, Sanwang's performance improved a lot compared to before. Coach Bian secretly told Sanwang that if others were better than him, he would not be able to go to the Asian Games. In order to earn more wages and food coupons, Sanwang was very willing to do anything. The two brothers should be good brothers, and he left them behind without any hesitation during the competition.

Although now they say friendship comes first and competition comes second, he has a family to support!

"Sanwang, you must study English well. Then you will be able to speak a few words to people in Iran, so that you won't be talking to each other." Li Zheng encouraged him.

Sanwang smiled, looking very well behaved, "Don't worry, I'm learning well."

After one class, Sanwang felt like his bones were rusting. Sitting at the front row, he couldn't sway around and had to observe proper manners and discipline. It was pure torture.

After the class was finally over, he rushed out with a shout, "Let's go have a midnight snack."

He consumes calories quickly, so he always has to have a midnight snack. His coach agrees with this, so he doesn't feel wronged at all.

He forgot to take his books with him when he left, so he just left them there.

The foreign language teacher specially invited from Peking University by the General Administration of Sports came down to take a look, picked up Sanwang's book, and found that it was filled with densely written Chinese characters.

He refused to learn phonetic symbols and insisted on marking all the pronunciations in Chinese. He also wrote in large letters that I am Chinese and not Japanese or Korean.

He was also interested in food and money, and would ask others to mark out things that the teacher didn't mention.

Teacher Dong's face darkened as he read on, and then he read what was written in the book:

money means 彵泥 (money), ese (Chinese) means 叉挨你治 - 治 is the dialect pronunciation.

Teacher Dong suddenly felt stars in his eyes.

Author's words: What's my secret to learning English? It's simple. It's called "no matter how you change, you still stick to the basics"! If you learn Chinese, you won't be afraid to travel around the world! Whether it's English, Soviet or Japanese, I have one trick for all.