After Lin Lan's family moved to the county town, they were busy with work, school, and laboratory, and time passed by very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was the cold winter of the second year. It had just snowed and the temperature dropped drastically. The north wind was whistling like a knife into my face.

There was a stove burning in the laboratory, and the room was warm. Lin Lan buried a few sweet potatoes and potatoes in the stove, and roasted some steamed bread on top. Soon, a fragrant aroma was emitted.

Engineer Wu showed Lin Lan the sapphire they had just processed, "Team Leader, you see, the quality is better this time."

Lin Lan took it and took a look at it with a spotlight. The light transmittance was better than last time, and there were fewer impurities inside, but the color was still a little dull and could not be considered top quality. This was a test piece, and the main focus was on the craftsmanship, so naturally, they were reluctant to cut the top quality raw stone.

Last year, Sanwang accidentally brought back a gemstone design book, which helped Lin Lan and his team a lot. They absorbed a lot of useful knowledge from it and accelerated the progress of their sapphire research room.

Lin Lan, Engineers Li and Wu studied it further and felt that the cut surface of the gemstone needed to be more natural and smooth.

When the children were getting out of school, Mai Sui and Er Wang brought Xiao Wang over. After school, Da Wang went to the Public Security Bureau to learn things from Liu Jianyun.

"Mom, it's snowing again." Xiaowang ran into the house, stamped his feet, and took off his fur hat.

Lin Lan quickly asked them to warm themselves by the fire and drink some hot water. She reached out to rub Xiaowang's face and said with concern: "Go home after school and don't come over. It's so cold and the road is long." The school is quite far from here.

Xiaowang smiled and said, "We miss you." Since Sanwang left home, the children have also had the idea of ​​cherishing the time with their family.

Moreover, Erwang and Mai Sui are coming here to help. They have learned a lot from Engineer Wu and Engineer Li, and are now designing and researching gemstone processing together.

As soon as they entered the house, they took off their coats, washed their hands, drank some hot water, and began to work with the two teachers.

After they came, Lin Lan felt much more relaxed. It is said that human potential is unlimited, and she has realized it. These children can always give her unexpected surprises. Now, when it comes to gemstone design, Mai Sui is the most talented.

Lin Lan only relies on the knowledge accumulated in her previous life and has no new insights, so she seldom makes decisions. Instead, she prefers democracy and brainstorming.

After a while, Lin Lan dug out the sweet potatoes and potatoes, threw them on the ground to peel off the skin, and a fragrance wafted into her nose along with the hot air.

"Everyone, come and eat roasted sweet potatoes."

Mai Sui and Er Wang were so busy that they had no time to eat. They loved learning more and more and were simply hungry for knowledge. Once they were exposed to new knowledge, they would study it day and night, so Lin Lan always had to remind them from time to time to take care of their health and rest.

Although these two children are only in the first year of high school, they have actually completed the knowledge of two years of high school and have begun to take some courses in higher education, especially science knowledge.

Mai Sui said, "I think we should increase the crown grinding and add a few more symmetrical facets. This will increase light transmittance. The more light transmittance, the brighter the gem will look, and the better the quality will be."

The two teachers had no knowledge of gemstones. After all, they had only worked with coal, copper, and iron mines. The craftsmen had never worked with gemstones either. We were really crossing the river by feeling the stones. The finished products were a mess at the beginning, but now they finally have the style of modern gemstones.

These are the results of their joint research and efforts, and the children have made an indelible contribution.

The sweet potatoes brought from the countryside are harvested after the Descent of Frost. They are not very big, but they contain a lot of sugar. After being baked, they have orange-yellow flesh and taste very sweet.

In comparison, potatoes taste much worse, but potatoes are more filling than sweet potatoes, and adults are also happy to eat a few to fill their stomachs.

"Mom, your roasted sweet potatoes are so delicious, fragrant and sweet, and not mushy." Mai Sui praised Lin Lan while eating.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "As you guys become more and more capable, I will step back and become a chef."

Erwang: "Mom's cooking has really become more and more delicious recently, especially the barbecue skewers she makes with Dad."

The children missed the feeling of that barbecue, and they ate it several more times later. Han Qingsong's cooking skills became better and better, and Lin Lan felt that she could make a fortune by setting up a mutton kebab stall.

These children have learned how to praise her, and now they praise her all day long. If this continues, their old mother will be proud.

"When little brother San comes back, we'll have some barbecue. We have plenty of charcoal at home." But the mutton is not that good. You need to rely on luck to find out where a sheep is slaughtered and where you can buy it. Then you can get it.

Sanwang called a while ago and said he was going to Guangzhou to participate in a competition and would come back later.

It gets dark early in winter, and because it’s cloudy, it’s already dark outside at around five o’clock.

Lin Lan looked at it and said, "Let's go home and cook."

There were no buses in the county town, so she rode a bicycle to and from get off work, and Mai Sui and her three children ran to get there.

At this time, the sound of an engine was heard outside, and Xiaowang said happily, "Mom, your driver is here."

Lin Lan smiled and took his hand, "Second brother, you ride the bicycle, and we'll ride the motorcycle."

Han Qingsong was riding his sidecar motorcycle, wearing a military coat and a matching cotton hat, with his long legs sticking out from under the coat and stepping on the ground.

He had just come back from the commune down below. The economy had improved, and some of the lazy hooligans had reappeared this winter. He had been busy for several days in a row, and only had time to come back today.

There was a layer of snow on the top of his hat, his thick eyelashes were covered with frost, and white steam was constantly coming out of the corners of his mouth.

Lin Lan let Mai Sui and Xiao Wang sit in the backpack, and she sat behind Han Qingsong. "Third brother." She patted his back.

Han Qingsong turned around and looked at her.

Lin Lan motioned him to lower his head. She climbed onto his shoulders and pressed her lips against his. She blew warm air into his eyes, turning the frost into air. "It's really cold today."

Xiao Wang spread his fingers and covered his eyes, smiling at Lin Lan, "Mom, I didn't see anything."

Lin Lan leaned over and put his cotton hat on, and said with a smile: "What are you looking at? Look, I'm melting your father's frozen eyelashes."

Xiao Wang stood up immediately, "Sister, are your eyelashes frozen? Do you want me to help you melt them?"

Mai Sui shook his shoulders and smiled: "Don't be silly, we just came out, how can we be frozen?"

At this time Han Qingsong started the motorcycle, and Oil Tiger immediately ran out, and Xiaowang staggered and fell into Mai Sui's arms.

Xiao Wang stuck out his tongue and winked at Mai Sui, as if to say, "Look at Director Han, he's so petty."

They went to the Revolutionary Committee first, and Han Qingsong parked the car in the office building to avoid the gas tank being frozen by the snow outside.

Da Wang was sparring with several policemen there, punching and kicking with great force. He punched very quickly, fiercely and accurately, with his punches and kicks coordinated well, and his body was as agile as a cheetah, full of the beauty of power.

Lin Lan was stunned. Her eldest son was so great!

Since moving here, Da Wang has been here whenever he is not in class. He also follows Liu Jianyun in handling cases and has made several contributions of varying degrees.

There were two gangs of immature people in the county town, who would fight from time to time, and the police were too lazy to intervene. As a result, Da Wang happened to see them attacking elderly people and female students on the street. He left them all alone and threatened to force those who did not study hard and only played with cats and dogs all day to go back to the countryside.

Fighting with him in martial arts was a common occurrence, and he almost always won. The police here, unless they were retired soldiers, all those who came up through other means had neglected to practice martial arts.

To put it bluntly, Da Wang can beat two or three of them, and only Liu Jianyun can still compete with him.

Seeing Lin Lan and the others coming, Liu Jianyun signaled Da Wang to stop.

It was a cold day, and Liu Jianyun was sweating from being tired by Da Wang. He said to Lin Lan, "Sister-in-law, I don't have any advantage over Da Wang now."

Lin Lan laughed, "Jianyun, you are also very powerful. You were able to fight with our eldest son for such a long time."

Liu Jianyun: ...I'm sorry sister-in-law, I wasn't comforted.

Xiao Wang: "My elder brother rarely shoots."

Liu Jianyun sighed, "You don't know, your elder brother rarely has the opportunity to play with guns, but he has good accuracy."

Da Wang's accuracy is purely a combination of talent, hobby and hard work. He played with slingshots when he was young and later threw throwing knives. A while ago, the Public Security Bureau went to practice shooting, and Da Wang followed along and easily won first place. This humiliated the police officers in the Public Security Bureau so much that they all wanted to go back to school and start over.

Lin Lan was a little bit unbelievable, "Brother, are you really that good at shooting?"

Da Wang: “Average.” In the team’s sharpshooter team, his performance is nothing special. He still has a long way to go if he wants to become a sharpshooter.

Liu Jianyun: ...Brother, please give me some face.

At this time, Miao Hongying ran in from outside. Seeing Lin Lan, she immediately wanted to come up and say a few words. It was winter now, and she lived in a building with heating, which was very comfortable. She no longer had to light the stove like before. She felt comfortable, and she thought Lin Lan was really stupid to live in a shabby bungalow. Now she would be choked to death by the stove.

Little did she know that Lin Lan didn't even give her a chance and just turned around and left with the children.

Lin Lan: I’m afraid of your 40-meter sword.

Han Qingsong went to report his work to Director Qin, and Lin Lan and others were waiting in the office.

Lin Lan glanced at Da Wang and asked, "Brother, are you cold?" In the middle of winter, everyone was wearing cotton padded jackets and had to wear a coat when going out. Anyway, the family was not poor now, so Lin Lan did not let the children down at all and kept them warm.

But Da Wang never wears a coat.

Lin Lan was afraid that he was young and didn’t know anything, and if it got frozen, he would get arthritis when he got older.

Da Wang: “It’s not cold.”

Lin Lan stretched out her hand to him, and Da Wang extended his hand to her and shook it. It was indeed warm.

Xiao Wang smiled and said, "Mom, my elder brother is not afraid of the cold."

It seems that he takes after his father. He carries a stove on his body all year round. He wears thin clothes, but you can feel his body is hot through his clothes. Lin Lan sometimes wonders if he has a fever.

When Han Qingsong came back, Lin Lan whispered, "Third brother, please give the farm a call."

Han Qingsong turned his head and looked at her for two seconds, then he knew what was going on. He nodded, then dialed the number and asked the operator to transfer the call.

He chatted with the farm manager for a few words, and the manager said with a smile: "We just slaughtered a batch of sheep. Can you leave a leg for Han?"

Han Qingsong: "Leave half for me, I'll give you the money tomorrow."

"How can we ask Han Qingsong to deliver it? I'll send someone to deliver it tomorrow." They were also used to Han Qingsong never eating for free. In the past, they always gave him meat and other things when they needed Han Qingsong's help. Now that Han Qingsong was promoted and the farm was considered to be his work, he was no longer a helper, so he refused to take things from the farm for free.

Han Qingsong: “Thank you.”

Lin Lan and Xiao Wang high-fived, and there was barbecue to eat. Xiao Wang whispered to Lin Lan, "Mom, being a farm manager is pretty good, and there's meat to eat."

The farm is an oversized brigade, mainly used to detain people undergoing labor reform. The government also allocates funds, and the workers pay part of the grain they grow and use most of it themselves. There are no restrictions on raising poultry and livestock, and they do not need to complete any tasks, so the farm is actually doing quite well.

After Han Qingsong finished his work, they followed the path directly to the family compound at the back. The children were chatting and laughing in front, while Lin Lan and Han Qingsong walked slowly side by side at the back.

It was cold in winter, so she wore more clothes and the ground was slippery with ice, so she couldn't walk fast. His steps were three times bigger than hers, so he had to slow down to accommodate her. Just like that, when Lin Lan crossed the corner door on the wall, she slipped and almost fell.

Han Qingsong stretched out his arms and caught her, sighing slightly, seeming a little helpless.

Lin Lan let out a sigh, thinking back to when she first moved here last year and was a little unfamiliar with the place. She slipped and fell several times during the cold winter months.

She smiled and said, "It's not my fault. The ground in the city is too flat. It's slippery if there's any frost or ice."

The countryside is full of mud, which is uneven when stepped on, increasing friction, so it's not that slippery even if it's frozen. There's an icy area ahead, and I guess someone poured a bucket of water on it, so the kids were sliding around there, having a lot of fun.

Han Qingsong always took action before speaking, so he simply carried her horizontally to avoid her being so cautious and making him nervous. Now that he was with her, he was very comfortable with this kind of intimate thing, and the children were used to it. It was dark, the street lights were dim, and passers-by didn't pay much attention. If they saw him, they would think that Officer Lin was dizzy again, anemic again, or something like that.

Lin Lan leaned in his arms, the cold wind was blocked outside, and she felt very warm. She hooked her arm around his neck and said softly, "Third brother, you are so good to me. I can't get used to being without you."

Han Qingsong paused for a moment and continued walking forward, "...Do you still want to be without me?"

Lin Lan laughed softly and rested her head on his neck. She was a little worried. She didn't know what it would be like if she traveled through time. Would she live with him till old age, or would she die and travel through time again? If she continued to travel through time, what about him? What would she do without him?

When she was not in love, she felt that a person could conquer the world and was not afraid of going anywhere. But once he cared for her and loved her deeply, she felt that she could never leave.

When they arrived at the door, the children opened it and Han Qingsong carried Lin Lan in. He lifted her up, tilted his head slightly, put his lips close to her ear, and said in a light voice: "Then I will treat you better."

Be better to you, make you unable to leave, and make it impossible for you to find better.

There was a sealed stove in the room. Da Wang went over to poke the stove open, then put a tin pot on the stove to boil water while Mai Sui and Er Wang cooked.

There are many people in the family, and everyone is hardworking and busy, and they do everything quickly.

In the evening, I cook pumpkin dumplings, add some potato cubes in it, stuff them with the previous dough rolls, stew cabbage and eggs, and mushroom farm sauce. It is easy to make and nutritious.

After dinner they each had something to do.

Mai Sui and Er Wang are very active in learning English. They have a dream of going out and seeing the world, so they must learn English well. They can now say common sentences and read English books with the help of a dictionary. Xiao Wang is mumbling music scores and playing imaginary piano keys with his little hands.

Da Wang was obsessed with fighting with others. Whenever Han Qingsong was in a good mood, he would go over to ask for advice, or if Er Wang was interested, he would teach Er Wang. He looked around and later found Han Qingsong sitting on a wooden chair under the south window of the east room. He had not seen him before because there was no light in the room.

"Dad." Da Wang called him.

Han Qingsong didn't know what he was thinking, and was a little lost in thought. When Dawang called him, he was startled, "Huh?"

Da Wang walked over and leaned against the door frame, "Why don't you turn on the light?"

Han Qingsong: "It consumes electricity."

Dawang: “…”

Han Qingsong: "Practice on your own."

Da Wang knew what he meant by that was, "Your father is not in the mood to deal with you today, go and have fun by yourself."

Da Wang turned and walked to the west room. Lin Lan was knitting a sweater on the kang while listening to Mai Sui and Er Wang speaking English. He glanced at Lin Lan.

Lin Lan leaned over to look at him. "Hmm? My eldest son, what's the matter?"

Da Wang hesitated for a moment, walked to the kang, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "My father...is not feeling well."

Lin Lan looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong?" She put down her sweater and went to put on her shoes, "I'll go take a look."

She went to the east room. It was still dark inside, but she could still see his outline. She laughed softly, "Third brother, what are you doing here?"

Han Qingsong: “No.”

Lin Lan walked over and raised her hand to touch his face, but he opened his arms and hugged her. Lin Lan's fingers stroked across his cheek and felt a little wetness.

ah?!!

What's going on?

He hugged her tighter, buried his face in her arms, and held her tighter and tighter.

Lin Lan felt like she was about to be strangled by him, thinking that he might be unhappy at work, just like the time with Xiao Yujiacun. She didn't say anything, but gently stroked the back of his neck, and then couldn't help but play with his earlobes. His earlobes were thick and fleshy, which was really fun.

Han Qingsong: "..." She always has a way to make him forget all his troubles in an instant.

After a long time, Han Qingsong stood up and said, "I'm just thinking about something. It's okay." His voice was a little hoarse.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "This is definitely a big problem. Have you figured it out?"

Han Qingsong was very frank: "No."

"Then you probably won't be able to figure it out. Don't waste your time." Lin Lan hugged him tenderly.

Xiao Wang ran over and asked, "Mom, why don't you turn on the lights?"

Lin Lan wanted to let him go, but Han Qingsong held her stubbornly.

Xiaowang reached out and touched it, then with a "click" he pulled the light cord open and smiled at the two of them, "Electric lights are really great." After saying that he ran away laughing.

Lin Lan: “…” This kid! There’s something wrong with him tonight.

At 9:30 in the evening, the family went to bed and turned off the lights.

Xiao Wang: "Second brother, there's something wrong with our father."

Erwang: "Isn't it our mother who is not right?"

Xiao Wang: "What's wrong with mom? Mom is fine, it's dad who's a little bit wrong."

Mai Sui, who was in the inner room separated from them by a wall, said, "Our mother was not doing well for a long time, but she got better later. Our father started to be not doing well last year."

Erwang: "Brother?"

Da Wang: “…………There’s nothing wrong.”

Brothers and sisters: ...Big brother can lie too.

On the kang in the east room, Lin Lan nestled warmly in Han Qingsong's arms.

There is a fireplace on the outside wall, with charcoal fire burning at night, so the kang can always be warm, unlike in the countryside before, when it was extremely hot in the first half of the night and became a cold kang in the second half.

"Third brother." She felt that he was a little too silent. Although he didn't talk much in the past, he was not completely silent.

He bent down and kissed her, "Sleep." His voice had returned to normal, but the arm around her waist was still strong.

Lin Lan was a little surprised and smiled. He could actually hold it in for two days on his own initiative. It wasn't easy.

After a while, she still didn't fall asleep.

Han Qingsong: "Are you worried?"

Lin Lan: “No.”

Han Qingsong: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

Lin Lan: "...Well, let's have barbecue tomorrow."

Han Qingsong: “…”

Lin Lan actually has a problem, but she can't tell anyone. She has to think about how to say it. This matter is different from the Gem Mountain, and the way to deal with it is also different. Maybe she can't do anything about it, but she still wants to try.

What if I can help?

To be honest, she felt a little heavy in her heart, and had been carrying it for quite some time. But she was always able to hide things in her heart, no matter how big the matter was, she would always appear cheerful and optimistic, so others would not notice anything. But she did not expect that Han Qingsong would notice it.

She smiled and changed the subject, "I see that you are worried about something, Third Brother. Are you always in the countryside with village beauties or something... um..."

He blocked her joking words with his lips, "If you don't want to sleep, let's do something else?" His big hands began to move in an unruly manner.

Lin Lan: “Huff, huff, huff…”

I don't know when I fell asleep, but Lin Lan suddenly felt a strong shaking. She woke up suddenly and asked subconsciously: "Third brother? Is it an earthquake?"

The northern coastal area of ​​Province D is an earthquake zone. In 1969, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurred there. Fortunately, the epicenter was in the sea and there was not much damage on land.

Lin Lan, on the other hand, has memories from her previous life that are deeply ingrained in her bones.

It was already late when Han Qingsong fell asleep because he was worried. He was awakened by her shivering. Knowing that she was having a nightmare, he reached out and patted her. He heard her ask if it was an earthquake.

"not."

Lin Lan sighed, was she dreaming?

At this moment there was a loud thud in the yard, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.

Lin Lan: "Third brother, did you hear that?"

"Yeah, it's okay." Han Qingsong had no intention of getting up.

Lin Lan heard some slight noise coming from the west room. It seemed that Da Wang had woken up.

Lin Lan whispered, "Third brother, is he a thief?"

If someone dares to steal things from the director's house, he must be well prepared. Thinking back to the time when Zhao Jianshe went to steal things, she and Da Wang fought side by side, and then Han Qingsong just happened to come back, Lin Lan felt that a long time had passed in between, and it seemed like it was just yesterday.

It is inconvenient to keep a dog in the city, so Wangwang and Xiaobai were fostered at the daily chemical factory with Shen Yu. Without a dog, there would be a lack of someone to watch over the door late at night.

She couldn't lie still and wanted to get up to take a look. Da Wang was already hiding at the door of the main room.

Da Wang quietly unlocked the latch of the main room door, and heard someone tiptoeing up the courtyard, looking very sneaky...

The man outside walked quietly up the stone steps to the main room, reached out and pushed the door. With a "creak", the door opened.

The person who pushed the door was stunned: Oh, they don’t even close the door when they sleep?

At this moment, Dawang, who was in the dark shadow at the door, had already come up and grabbed both of his arms.

It happened silently and without any trace, leaving no time for resistance.

Just as Da Wang was about to exert force on his hands, the person in his arms cried out, "One of us!"

Da Wang turned on the light in the main room with a "click" and glared at San Wang, who was wrapped up like a bear. "Idiot." Da Wang had already figured it out after hearing the movement of San Wang going up the stairs and his stifled laughter.

Sanwang jumped onto Dawang, but Dawang had already dodged past him. Sanwang fell to the ground with a thud, fortunately he was wearing thick clothes.

Everyone in the room heard his voice and got dressed and went to the ground. Lin Lan said, "Little Third Brother, why are you back so late at night?"

Sanwang: "Mom, this is just a coincidence." He walked into the east room and saw his father glaring at him coldly. He chuckled and said, "I want to test whether you can sleep alertly or not."

Erwang was wearing a cotton jacket, and they were also wearing cotton jackets. Xiaowang and Mai Sui ran over with their quilts and squeezed onto the kang. Only at this time could they come over and squeeze into their parents' quilts openly, hehe.

The kang was smaller than those in the countryside, and Han Qingsong didn't say anything. He sat up and leaned against the inner wall, pulled up his and Lin Lan's quilts to cover the two of them, and made room for the children to get on the kang as well.

Sanwang couldn't wait to take off his coat, trousers, cotton pants and cotton jacket, and got on the kang and crawled into Xiaowang's quilt.

Lin Lan scolded him, "You can't wait until tomorrow when you come back?"

Sanwang chuckled and said, "It was fine when I didn't come back, but once I said I wanted to go home, I couldn't stop and had to come back immediately."

"Then you should at least make a phone call and ask your father and eldest brother to pick you up."

Sanwang yawned and started to play a joke, "That won't work. I, the Flying Fish Hero, will never see the head of the dragon..." He received the stern gaze from his father and immediately smiled and shut up. Suddenly he remembered, "Oh, brother, my bag is still in the yard. Don't let it freeze."

Da Wang had already brought in his two black bags. They were so heavy that it was difficult for him to carry them by himself.

"No one sent you?"

Sanwang: "Yes, otherwise I could sneak to our door."

Mai Sui: "Look at you. Last year you came back to rob, and this year you came back to climb over the wall."

Sanwang chuckled and said, "Wait for me to think about how to come back next time."

He asked Xiaowang to search his bag, which contained delicious food and books for his brothers and sisters. It became his habit to visit bookstores wherever he went, which made the coach praise him for being a good student.

Lin Lan: "Are you sleepy? Go to sleep first and we'll talk tomorrow."

Sanwang lay down on her legs and said, "I'm so sleepy." Then he really closed his eyes. Now he was the only one who dared to sleep and act coquettishly in Lin Lan's arms. Xiaowang had no chance.

Da Wang wanted to be taken away by him, but Lin Lan waved her hand and let him sleep here.

So for the first time since he was born, Sanwang slept in the same quilt with his parents for half the night. He slept very soundly and peacefully. The amazing thing was that he didn’t even do any boxing!

In the morning, Lin Lan smiled and said, "Little Third Brother slept very well, he didn't do any boxing at all."

Da Wang thought about it seriously and thought that San Wang must be afraid of being beaten by his father, so he stayed still. It seemed that he was too kind to him!

Sanwang: "Brother, why are you staring at me like that? I will sleep with you tonight."

Da Wang snorted and went to do morning exercises as usual. Er Wang followed him. San Wang naturally didn't want to fall behind. Mai Sui was responsible for making breakfast for Lin Lan.

Xiaowang had the privilege of not having to do morning exercises in winter, so he helped to pack Sanwang's big black bag and laid out the things inside, including all kinds of food, clothes and fabrics.

In another bag, there was a woolen coat for Lin Lan. It was military green in color, long and fitted at the waist. It looked like the military uniform of a female art troupe cadre.

Sanwang: "They insisted on giving it to mom, so I accepted it reluctantly."

Lin Lan: “You have to pay.”

Sanwang: "Mom, this is the uniform your propaganda team wears." In his opinion, the art troupe is the propaganda team.

Lin Lan tried it on and called Mai Sui, "Sister Mai, let's take turns wearing it." Except for underwear, she can basically wear it with Mai Sui. After the Chinese New Year, Mai Sui will probably be taller than her.

Mai Sui: "If mom has suitable cloth in the future, I will make one for each of our family members as our family uniforms."

Lin Lan and Xiao Wang immediately looked forward to it.

During breakfast, everyone asked Sanwang about the past six months. Sanwang said he had just come from Guangzhou and participated in the National Swimming Competition. He won three first prizes, but it was so easy that he was too lazy to tell everyone, and he didn't bring back any gold medals. He said he was with his coach, but he didn't remember where he had lost it or who he had given it to.

It’s not made of gold anyway!

Lin Lan was very happy. "Son, how long will you stay at home?"

Sanwang: "I'll stay until... after the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, I'll go back for training. There's a competition in Japan in the summer."

Lin Lan calculated, oh, that means I have to stay at home for at least two months. She was very happy, "Little San brother, it's great that you can come home, we are so happy. You should not be idle at home, go to study cultural courses with Brother Xiaowang during the day."

Sanwang: “!! Mom!!” I am your biological son.

Lin Lan caressed him with the loving eyes of an old mother, "Be good, you will keep learning until you die, and you must never slack off in your studies."

Sanwang: "Mom, my mind is full of water now, can I not study?"

Lin Lan: "Knowledge is the ocean, and your knowledge is just right. Be good, if you don't understand something, let Teacher Xiaowang teach you."

Xiaowang was smiling, while Sanwang was sighing.

Finally, Sanwang compromised and was willing to accompany Teacher Xiaowang to school. Although he ran fast, he could not escape the love and care of Teacher Xiaowang.

Lin Lan and Han Qingsong came to the County Revolutionary Committee, and each went to their own office to hold a meeting. There was a lot of work at the end of the year, so meetings had to be held every few days.

After the meeting, Lin Lan sat in the conference room without moving, she was thinking about something.

Jiang Chunxia saw her and wanted to say hello to her, but Lin Lan suddenly remembered something, stood up and walked out.

Jiang Chunxia was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Lin Lan was not usually so indifferent. Out of curiosity, she chased after him and called out, "Manager Lin?"

Lin Lan heard the voice, turned around to look at her, and said with a smile: "Jiang Jie, is there anything wrong?"

Jiang Chunxia shook her head. "Seeing you sitting there in a daze, I thought something was wrong."

Lin Lan saw Jiang Chunxia's eyes suddenly light up, and she ran back and said excitedly: "Jiang Jie, you are from the Earthquake Office."

The director of the county’s earthquake preparedness and civil defense office is Jiang Chunxia.

She nodded, "Yeah."

Lin Lan: "Well, in the past two years, is there a possibility of an earthquake here? Is there any forecast?"

Jiang Chunxia was confused. "No."

"What about other places?"

“I haven’t heard of that.”

Lin Lan asked again: "Have there been any earthquakes here in the past few years?"

Jiang Chunxia thought for a moment and said, "There was one in 1968 or 1969, but it's not that great here. The places in the north near the sea are great."

Lin Lan: "So... Sister Jiang, if there is an earthquake, is there anything that can be predicted?"

Jiang Chunxia looked puzzled and finally shook her head. "Actually, there is no good way. Earthquakes... I think they are unpredictable. Otherwise, why is there no way every time?"

Lin Lan frowned. "Is it really impossible to predict? Didn't the data say that there will be many abnormal phenomena during earthquakes?"

For example, many weasels behave abnormally, running around during the day, and chickens refuse to go back to their dens to sleep. The clear spring water suddenly becomes turbid, churning up mud, and insects that usually stay at the bottom of the water float on the surface and run back and forth.

Aren’t there a lot?

Jiang Chunxia was also surprised to see Lin Lan's serious expression, "Manager Lin, what's wrong with you? Are you too nervous?"

Lin Lan pinched her forehead, "Jiang Jie, I... dreamed of an earthquake last night and was scared."

Jiang Chunxia smiled and patted her shoulder. "Don't be afraid. There won't be a big earthquake here. You see, it was so strong last time. We are fine here. We just felt a little shaken, but nothing serious."

Ordinary people don’t understand earthquakes, they just call it “earth tremor”. They say that after waking up, they found that their houses were moved to a new position.

Lin Lan's mind moved: "Jiang Jie, we have to carry out publicity at the end of the year. I think we can also include earthquake prevention publicity? At least it can let the people know about it, so that they don't have to panic even if something happens."

If ordinary people were prepared and fled to earthquake-proof shelters or open areas when an earthquake occurred instead of being buried in buildings, the casualties could have been greatly reduced.

The great earthquake next year will be a trauma for the whole of China that will last for many years.

She thought, now that she knew, she should try her best to use her little strength.

Lin Lan was actually very curious. If there was an earthquake bureau, why did they say it was unpredictable? Then why did they have an earthquake bureau? If it was predictable, why didn't they take corresponding measures? She thought she could refer to the earthquake in Bohai a few years ago to see if it was predicted, what the number of casualties was, and so on.

Jiang Chunxia said: "Well, go to our data room and take a look."

Jiang Chunxia accompanied Lin Lan there. The data of the Bohai earthquake on July 18, 1969 can still be found. Unfortunately, there was no clear document indicating what was predicted at the time, at least no one paid attention. Fortunately, because the epicenter was in the sea, there were not many casualties.

Lin Lan thought about it and called the local seismic station to ask. This time, she got some useful information. It is said that the earth's resistivity can be used to predict an earthquake a few days before it occurs. If the earth's resistivity changes significantly, it means there is a big problem.

Lin Lan breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. As long as there was scientific data to make predictions, courageous leaders would take it seriously.

A heavy burden in her heart suddenly fell away, and she felt relieved.

Jiang Chunxia clearly felt as if something had been taken away from her body. She relaxed and said with a smile, "Lin Lan, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Lan was delighted. "We, Lao Han, bought half a sheep from the farm and gave Sister Jiang two pounds of mutton."

Jiang Chunxia said happily: "That's great, it's just right, I'll give you the money later."

Lin Lan has always followed Han Qingsong's footsteps and made clear accounts with her colleagues. She never took advantage of others or let others take advantage of her, so as not to cause conflicts. On the contrary, everyone felt more comfortable when they made clear accounts.

Lin Lan was happy, so she rode her bike to the laboratory and chatted with Engineers Wu and Li.

Engineer Li also gave Lin Lan some basic knowledge about several earthquake zones in China.

Lin Lan was surprised when she heard this: "Oh, then is the Tianjin and Tangshan area in the Bohai earthquake zone?"

Engineer Li went to get the map and said with a smile, "Team Leader Lin is very knowledgeable." She had never been far away from home, and if she didn't read geography books and maps, she would have no idea what was going on.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "You teachers and children are here to take care of me. I'm working very hard, often reading until eleven or twelve at night."

Wu Gong laughed and said, "Then the Korean Bureau must have some opinions."

Lin Lan had a calm expression and smiled, "The work of the Han Bureau is even harder, and it often takes until the middle of the night."

But I felt a little confused. He could stay up late the most when he was not at work...

After looking at the map for a while, several people were sure that Lin Lan's guess was correct.

Engineer Wu said, "That's not such a coincidence. Earthquakes are hard to predict, just like volcanoes. But there haven't been any major earthquakes in recent years, so Team Leader Lin can rest easy."

He smiled kindly and described Lin Lan with a non-derogatory sense of worrying about nothing.

Lin Lan didn't say anything else, fearing that a disaster would suddenly happen when she was completely unaware. There were instruments that could predict it, so there was scientific evidence, so it was all good.

They chatted about work for a while, and Lin Lan went to take a look at the workshop. She thought that by the end of the year, she would be able to get a satisfactory gemstone shape to send to Commander Chen.

Han Qingsong came to pick her up at four o'clock, and there was also half a lamb sent by the farm. Lin Lan cut a few pounds for the Gem Research Laboratory, and gave the rest to Director Qin, the old director, and Deputy Director Gao.

Forget about Deputy Director Li, because Miao Hongying won’t give him money!!!

This is a benefit given to colleagues at a fair price, not a bribe to them, so of course it cannot be given.

Because Sanwang came back, no one went anywhere else, and those who got off school or get off work went straight home.

Dawang, Maisui and Erwang would go pick up Xiaowang first after school and then go home together. The junior high school was not far from the family compound, but the elementary school was a little far from the textile factory, so you had to go around the junior high school and high school to get there.

Da Wang asked Mai Sui and Er Wang to wait in the classroom to do their homework while he went to pick up Xiao Wang.

As a result, just as I walked to the gate of the elementary school, I heard a voice coming from the entrance: “Ahhhhh, ahhhh there’s someone… run~~”

Da Wang frowned, then looked at San Wang holding Xiao Wang's schoolbag. The two brothers ran desperately, and a group of students behind them desperately chased them, "Ahhh, chase him quickly, don't let him run away..."

Da Wang: ...What's going on?

The author has something to say:

Sanwang: I have to think about how to be more cool every time I appear. I am really dedicated to making my family happy. I work harder than swimming.

Da Wang: ...You deserve a beating.