Xu Sui did not answer and put the egg yolk baked pumpkin into her mouth.

She cooked four meat and four vegetarian dishes today, for ten adults and six children, which was considered a very generous meal in that era.

Of course, you can make two more dishes, or a few more pickled vegetables, but if they stand out too much, you may be labeled as a waste.

A few grown men were having a great time drinking and eating, while the children were holding their own bowls, eating and playing in the yard.

Lu Chenghuai put down his chopsticks, as if he had been participating in their conversation, and said with a smile: "I want to respond to the country's call for 'late, sparse, and few'. Sui Sui is only 20 years old, and her body is still in the development stage. It doesn't matter if she is two years late."

In fact, family planning was proposed in the 1970s, and it was the first time that a population plan was proposed. However, due to national conditions, it was not enforced and was implemented step by step. Only this year did the "late, sparse, and few" policy come out.

Tan Hongmei smiled jokingly, "Is that so?"

But she still had some doubts in her heart. Captain Lu was already 30 years old. It was so easy for him to get married, so why was he in such a hurry to have a child? He wanted a young girl so that her body could recover quickly. If he had a few more children, his parents would definitely be happy and his life would be perfect.

But he said that this was proposed by the state, and Tan Hongmei didn't dare to say anything else. How could the state be wrong?

It is better for your future daughter-in-law to give birth early, while she is still young and can help take care of the grandchildren.

Xu Mian picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it into her sister's bowl, then changed the subject calmly, "Sui Sui, how did you cook these pork ribs? They smell so good."

Xu Sui explained the method in detail. This is a simple dish like braised pork in brown sauce. You just need to be careful when collecting the sauce.

Tan Hongmei was a little shocked after hearing this, how could it be delicious if both oil and sugar were added?

Xu Mian and Du Rantong remembered the recipe, saying that this dish requires few ingredients, but mainly because children love it, it is not a bad idea to make it occasionally to improve the diet.

After the meal, Xu Sui came in and the others cleaned up the dishes. Tan Hongmei and Xu Mian washed the dishes in the kitchen, while Du Rantong swept up the garbage outside and wiped the table clean.

Xu Sui and Lu Chenghuai sent them out. Lu Chenghuai closed the gate of the yard and was then grabbed by the neck by his own wife.

Xu Sui could smell the alcohol on Lu Chenghuai's body and wrinkled her nose. "Go take a shower."

"Together?" Lu Chenghuai didn't wait for her reply and picked her up directly.

In early spring in March, Xu Sui turned both sides of the yard into vegetable fields and sprinkled some flower seeds along the wall.

There are fewer and fewer courses in schools nowadays.

Even if Director Qin was unwilling, he had to do it, such as inviting the management team of the poor agricultural school to come to the school to give lectures to the students. However, their school's management team only had three people. Director Qin directly fixed a time and asked all students to go to the square to attend the lecture once a week.

In fact, they didn't know what to say on stage, so they simply changed it to a meeting to recall the bitter past and think about the sweet past, and cooked some wild vegetable porridge together.

But even so, students were exempted from doing farm work. Although it was much less than other schools and was controlled at a low level by Director Qin, it still took up a lot of time.

Xu Sui now reads and studies every day except for classes.

Lu Chenghuai knew that she liked mathematics, so he had people send books to her regularly. There was no bookstore on the island, but the books had already filled up the bookcase.

In her spare time, Xu Sui also made comfortable underwear.

She chose pure cotton material, and the elastic band was also wrapped in cotton cloth. In addition to making one for herself, she also asked Xu Mian to come over and measure her circumference so that she could make one for her as well.

Xu Mian really likes this new bra. Before she wore it, she didn't feel anything about those bras. They were just two pieces of cloth that could cover her breasts.

But after wearing this, I never want to wear it again. It is really comfortable and more convenient than before, and it is easier to do work.

Xu Mian asked curiously, "Sui Sui, how did you come up with this idea? What's so soft in here?"

"Sponge." Xu Sui explained, "I also imitated the styles of foreign countries and made it in the hope that it would be more comfortable."

In fact, domestic underwear is based on the Soviet style. The popular underwear abroad now is the cone-shaped, bullet-shaped underwear. Transparent bras were also popular before.

Perhaps more comfortable underwear has already appeared, but it is definitely not possible to introduce it into the country at present.

In rural areas, there are still many people who wear or wear bellybands.

Xu Mian knows that her sister likes to read. "She really has all kinds of books. I'm thinking about reading more books, so that when Tuantuan and Yuanyuan grow up, I won't have to answer all their questions."

After graduation, she seldom read books, and occasionally read newspapers with Xu Bing.

Xu Sui asked her to go to the study room. "I have a lot of math books here, but there are other books as well. You can pick a few and take them home to read. It can help you kill time, and it may even help you develop an interest in reading for Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan."

Xu Mian picked up a copy of Jiangtan Feng and said, "I'll read this one first, and then I'll take it back after I finish it."

The days passed very dullly until mid-April, when Tan Hongmei and Du Rantong came home at the same time.

Tan Hongmei and Du Rantong are used to each other. Tan Hongmei thinks Du Rantong is a petty capitalist, while Du Rantong thinks Tan Hongmei has some country folk bad habits.

But the two of them would come to Xu Sui's house from time to time.

Tan Hongmei was quick and helpful. Sometimes Xu Sui knew too much about how to plant the vegetables, so she would immediately come over to teach her, and sometimes she would come over to help, but she had no sense of boundaries and often felt that Xu Sui was too big and too cowardly in terms of how to live. However, she accepted everything Xu Sui gave her.

Du Rantong felt that Xu Sui was the same type of person as her. She didn't have many friends on the island, so it was inevitable that she would feel lonely sometimes, so she would come to Xu Sui to talk, and they could also chat about books and fashionable clothing styles. She was never free when she came, but Xu Sui was mostly doing her own things, so she would go out of her way to chat with her, and sometimes she would sulk, but she would be fine after a night.

In short, both of them have good and bad sides, and Xu Sui thinks she is not a perfect person. She just wants to treat them as neighbors and maintain a good relationship.

This was the first time the two met at the same time. The students had to work that day, and Xu Sui, who was the class teacher, was resting at home. Du Rantong brought a piece of blouse to ask Xu Sui for some advice.

Tan Hongmei glanced at the bra in her hand. She was used to such fancy clothes.

But she wouldn't say anything, not to mention there are more important things to do now.

It was a rare sunny day, so Xu Sui dried her quilt and sat in the yard reading a book.

The warm sunlight was not dazzling. Not long after, Tan Hongmei came briskly, followed by Du Rantong who walked leisurely.

Tan Hongmei didn't even sit down and said, "The condolence delegation is coming."