Chapter 108
The inspection team escorted Sun Jialiang and his lover back. Lin Hongna, who was sleeping in bed, suddenly woke up from a nightmare while holding her belly.
The autumn night was quiet. The quilt beside her was still empty. It had been more than a day or two since Sun Jialiang, the bastard, had stayed out all night. The baby in her belly was getting older. Lin Hongna held her breath and waited until the second baby was born before she could deal with the little bitch!
Lin Hongna got up to go to the toilet. The older the baby was, the more organs were pressed by the baby. She had to get up several times a night. She went back to the bedroom and poured a glass of boiled water. Crows were croaking in the yard outside.
Lin Hongna frowned. In the middle of the night, crows were calling in the yard. This was not a good sign. As the old saying goes, when crows call in the middle of the night, bad things are about to happen. Could it be that something unlucky has happened ?
Before Lin Hongna could figure it out, the door of Sun's house was banged. The "bang bang bang" sound of banging on the door made people's hearts jump.
"Director Sun, Director Sun, something happened, something happened!"
"Director Sun, are you home?"
After a while, the grandparents next door were awakened by the banging on the door.
"Grandson, who's shouting outside?"
"I don't know, go out and take a look."
Grandfather Sun thought that there was a malfunction in the light bulb factory's machinery and equipment and someone from the factory came to call him, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to open the door. Grandmother Sun followed behind him, mumbling something, complaining that the workers in the factory were ignorant and had disturbed the leader's house in the middle of the night, "We'll teach them a lesson in the future!"
Grandfather Sun told Grandmother Sun to stay in their proper place, as all the previous factory directors had experienced the same. At the time of liberation, the first factory director even lived and ate in the factory, drawing blueprints during the day and fighting the Chiang Kai-shek bandits with comrades from the security department with machetes at night. It was the hard work of the previous generations of comrades that led to the light bulb factory of today.
Sun's mother said impatiently, "Why are you talking about those trivial things? Why don't you go open the door!"
What's wrong with showing off your mouth?
Sun's father shook his head and walked out of the house wearing a Zhongshan suit.
As soon as the door of Sun's house was opened, two young men in work clothes ran in, panting and shouting.
"It's terrible, Sun's son is in trouble, Director Sun, please go and have a look!"
"What's the matter? What happened to my son?"
When Sun's mother heard that her precious son was in trouble, she immediately rushed over with a red face. There was no longer the arrogant attitude of not caring about it just now.
"Sun's son..."
"What's wrong with my son? Are you dumb or haven't eaten enough? Tell me! If you don't, I'll teach you a lesson!"
Sun's mother spoke in a very aggressive tone.
The two young men looked at each other, and one of them took a deep breath and shouted, "Sun's official was looking for a lover outside, and he was reported to be a hooligan when he checked into a hotel. The inspection team caught him and sent him to a farm for labor reform!"
Sun's mother: "!!!"
A thunderclap sounded out of nowhere, shocking Sun's mother for a long time.
Sun's father felt dizzy, holding his chest and staggering, about to fall, and tears flowed in an instant, "It's unfortunate for our family, it's unfortunate for our family, how could our Sun family have such a beast who disgraces our family!"
Sun's mother was dumbfounded, paralyzed on the ground, and howled "My son!" Unable to bear the blow any longer, her eyes bulged and she passed out.
The two young men were panicking. One of them was holding up his grandfather who was about to fall and had lifeless eyes. The other ran outside to call for help. Neither of them noticed Lin Hongna, who was pregnant and pale in the house.
"………"
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The autumn sunset had not yet completely set, but the sound of insects could be heard from both sides of the alley.
Lin Yao came back from Guihua Hutong and went home to make hawthorn cakes without stopping.
Uncle Zhang sent half a basket of hawthorns, each of which was bright red and plump, and looked to be at least three or four pounds. Wash the hawthorns in batches with salt water, dig out the top with a knife, cut them in half and remove the seeds, remove the small stalks of the fruits, cut the hawthorns into small pieces, and steam them in a pot.
Steam the hawthorns and put them in a large bowl. Use a large spoon to press them into a fine hawthorn paste. Add appropriate amounts of glutinous rice flour and sugar and mix well. Then put the hawthorn cakes in the large bowl into the pot and steam them for ten minutes. When white mist comes out of the pot, turn to low heat and simmer for five minutes. When the hawthorns turn into a bright and beautiful red color, they are ready to be served. Take a spoonful and put it in your mouth. It is soft, sour and sweet.
Lin Yao took out the canned fruit bottles at home, boiled them to disinfect them, and filled a large glass bottle with three pounds of hawthorn cakes. She was about to put them in a basket and send them to Gu Chunmei.
Before leaving the house, Gu Shidong came into the house with a sweat on his head like a dog, holding a string of sparrows strung together with a hemp rope in his hand.
As soon as the brat came in, he went to the kitchen to find food.
It was not time for dinner yet, so there was no food in the kitchen.
Gu Shidong rushed out in a hurry, "Sister-in-law, where are the three-fresh buns at home? Give me one to have a bite."
Lin Yao stopped what she was doing, wiped her hands on her apron, and took the gourd ladle to scoop
noodles. "There is no more dough, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
"Okay, I'll eat whatever sister-in-law cooks."
The brat is not picky.
Lin Yao smiled, cut a fresh green onion, put some meat slices on it, fried it with pork fat, scooped a small bowl of cornmeal and mixed it with a little white flour, and made a pot of noodles.
The noodles were fried with pork fat, and they were greasy and fragrant.
Gu Shidong held the bowl and ate it up in big mouthfuls, leaving nothing behind, and licked his lips with satisfaction.
"It smells so good, sister-in-law, what's in the basket?"
"It's the hawthorn cake I made for your second sister. She can't eat anything because she's pregnant, so eat some hawthorn cake to whet her appetite."
Gu Shidong said "Oh", and after eating, he jumped up from the bench.
"Sister-in-law, you are busy, I will send it to my second sister."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
"Hehe, sister-in-law, I caught sparrows, can you fry them and eat them tonight?"
Lin Yao laughed a lot, it turned out that this brat was craving for fried sparrows, and waved his hand to agree.
Gu Shidong went out with the basket of hawthorn cakes.
The grand campaign to eliminate the four pests lasted until October. As the weather got colder, the mosquitoes and flies among the four pests disappeared, and the mice also hid and were difficult to catch. Only the stupid sparrows were left on the electric poles.
With the reduction of the other three pests, sparrows became the focus of people's elimination.
During the day, members of the commune used homemade guns and nets to intercept and chase the sparrows. At night, adults held torches and flashlights, and children at home knocked on iron buckets and enamel washbasins, "bang, bang, bang" under the trees. Some sparrows were timid and fell from their nests in shock and died.
The children picked them up, tied them up with ropes, and took them to the Four Pests Elimination Office to exchange for money. A sparrow was worth two cents, and the silly sparrows were in trouble.
The weather has been cool these days, and the county militia has started training again. Lin Yao accidentally sprained his ankle when he was walking down the stairs, which was a blessing in disguise. He didn't have to participate in the training for the time being.
Lin Yao was at home with nothing to do, so she cooked different kinds of food every day. Last night, she had tomato noodles with salt, dried tofu, black fungus, tomatoes, eggs, and finally a few drops of sesame oil and old vinegar, and a plate of basil garlic. It tasted so delicious.
Gu Shian ate two big bowls of noodles in one breath, and Gu Doudou's eyes widened. He looked at his own small bowl, then at his father's big bowl, and quietly expressed his worries to his mother at night.
"Mom, Dad eats such a big bowl of rice. Sigh, Grandpa can't afford to support Dad."
Deputy Director Gu, who had already eaten and was washing dishes in the kitchen, said: "..."
Before going to bed, Gu Doudou drank a bottle of milk. Seeing that the little fat boy kept burping, Lin Yao complained to Deputy Director Gu, wondering if he would wet the bed tomorrow.
The next morning, the little bed
was really wet. "He really wet the bed."
Lin Yao sighed.
It seems that the little fat boy should not drink too much water at night.
Gu Shian came out of the room, "Did the little guy wet the bed?"
"Yeah."
Lin Yao touched the little quilt, which was wet and flooded, but the little guy could still sleep soundly.
Admiration!
Gu Shian went to the kitchen and brought a thermos and a wooden basin. One of the couple fetched water while the other held the kid, took off his pants and washed his butt.
He was still sleeping soundly, wrapped in a towel.
The wet quilt and dirty clothes were soaked in soapy water, scrubbed, washed, wrung and hung out to dry. Looking at the clock, it was almost six o'clock, and it was time to prepare breakfast.
This morning, he was in a hurry and had no time to prepare. Lin Yao prepared a simple breakfast - fried steamed bun slices.
A few days ago, the family steamed a pot of corn flour steamed buns, and there were a few left, just right to fry into steamed bun slices for breakfast.
Cut the steamed buns into even slices, crack the eggs into a bowl and stir, rinse in light salt water so that it is less greasy, coat the steamed buns with egg liquid, put them in a pan, pour in pork fat, heat it up and put in the steamed buns .
Fry them on low heat until both sides are golden brown, and they taste crispy. She also fried a plate of leek and eggs, and cooked a refreshing salted meat porridge.
The whole garden was filled with fragrance, and the children next door were all crying.
Just kidding, the children next door didn't cry, but my own children were.
After dinner, Deputy Director Gu took Dongzi to training as usual, and the younger one was still sleeping.
Lin Yao was sewing and mending at home. With the guidance of Comrade Cuilan, the quilts at home were almost untied. There were only a few small quilts left, and she could finish them.
Although it was her first time to untied a quilt, her needlework was not as delicate as her sisters-in-law, but she was also diligent and eager to learn.
After a few days of guidance from her mother-in-law, the stitches that were originally not straight became much neater and more beautiful. After winding up the last stitch, Lin Yao stood up and stretched her waist. She gently moved her ankle. Her foot didn't hurt so much anymore, and it seemed that it would soon heal.
It was really not easy. She sewed these five or six quilts from morning to night, and it took more than a week.
The quilts were stacked and placed in the cupboard.
Just wait until the weather gets cold, then take it out and cover it.
In a few days it will be Gu Mancang's 55th birthday. After Gu Mancang's birthday, it will be Zhang Cuilan's birthday. Well, the old couple's birthdays have to be celebrated together.
Last year was not a good year, and the old couple simply had a bowl of longevity noodles for their birthdays.
This year we must give them a good birthday.
In the evening, Gu Shi'an got off work, washed his hands and went back to the house. He saw his wife with a wrinkled face and a worried look, and said, "What's wrong?"
"Tell me, what gift should we bring back to our parents."
After all, there was nothing good at home.
Gu Shian tapped the table twice for this question, and thought of his wife's parents, and raised his lips, "Dad likes to drink, there is a bottle of Moutai at home, give it to dad, mom..." The table was knocked, "Mom is an old lady who loves beauty, I remember you can make clothes?"
"Yeah, there is a piece of Hangyi and a piece of Haijun at home, it's just right to make clothes for dad and mom?"
Lin Yao's eyes lit up, and smiled at Gu Huaian, "Let's do it!"
Lin Yao was busy making clothes, and at the same time, the verdict of Sun Jialiang came down.
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