Chapter 66: Zhaocai will wait for you with me
In one afternoon, all the water-scarce brigades flocked to the commune, creating a chaotic and noisy scene.
Su Heng and Pu Fengliang were also invited to the nearby brigade to check on the growth of the crops.
After working hard for an entire afternoon, I finally figured out a plan for this matter.
The most important thing is that Su Heng also heard the captain of one of the brigades say that they once bought water from the brigade at the foot of the mountain to irrigate the land, saying that it was water stored in the pond.
Su Heng's eyes flashed when he heard that, and he immediately thought of why the man surnamed Lu felt distressed when he heard that he had to ask all the teams to come and pump water.
It's really irrelevant.
So Su Heng gave them an idea: "If you have any further questions, you can come directly to the Red Star Brigade to find me, or go to the city and write a letter to the Revolutionary Committee Office. As long as you have any difficulties in farming, the higher-ups will definitely pay attention to it."
Although there is no citizen hotline these days, you can still write letters to provide feedback.
The brigades expressed their gratitude repeatedly after hearing this. In the past, they only knew to go to the commune when something happened.
Many people have never been to the city in their entire lives, so how would they know which way the government gate faces?
However, there are always young people in the team who know more ways to petition, so they won’t just sit and wait when they encounter this situation next time.
It was already late after finishing the things here, and Su Heng had no time to go home and sit for a while, so she had to ask Su Ming to tell her family that he would go back after he finished his work.
After parting with Pu Fengliang at the intersection, he had to go back to the city, while Su Heng rushed back home.
When he returned home, the last rays of sunset had already fallen to the ground. The gate was not closed, so Lu Mingchuan sat under a tree holding Xiao Zhaocai and waited.
As soon as he heard the voice, he came out and didn't ask anything else, just said: "You must be tired, I boiled some water for you, do you want to take a shower first or eat something?"
"What did you cook?" Su Heng thought of Lu Mingchuan's cooking skills. "Forget it, I'd better take a shower first."
Su Heng ran outside all day and sweated a lot. There was a lot of dust on the ground, and it was so itchy when it stuck to his body.
"I baked two sweet potatoes and kneaded the dough. I tried pulling out the noodles. It should be okay this time."
As Lu Mingchuan spoke, he went to the kitchen stove, took out a sweet potato and handed it to Su Heng: "Eat this first to fill your stomach. I'll go get you some water."
The sweet potatoes were roasted to perfection, and Su Heng was indeed hungry. It must be said that Lu Mingchuan was really thoughtful.
Knowing that his cooking was not tasty, he made preparations in advance. When Su Heng came back and was hungry, he could just cook noodles. It was convenient and quick.
Su Heng was sitting on the steps at the kitchen door peeling sweet potatoes and eating them. Little Zhaocai also curiously stretched out his paws and stepped on her legs to look at her.
The sweet potatoes are not big, and I can only fill my stomach after eating one.
Seeing Zhaocai peeking towards her and acting coquettishly, Su Heng broke off a piece of food and fed it to it. Unexpectedly, it actually ate it.
Although it is still a small orange cat, it has already begun to show the style of a big orange cat. It can eat a lot and is not picky about food.
Su Heng: "Eat it, and then catch all the mice for me, okay?"
Attract wealth: "Meow~"
It's just a small clip, and it makes a baby sound when it's clipped.
"The water is ready, go wash." Lu Mingchuan walked over and said.
Just as they finished eating the sweet potatoes, Su Heng clapped her hands, stood up and went into the house to take a shower.
This day was indeed tiring. Su Heng simply made a bowl of clear soup noodles and scrambled the noodles in the kitchen by the light of the kerosene lamp. The noodles were kneaded quite well.
Seeing her eating and rubbing her shoulders, Lu Mingchuan asked, "Are you going tomorrow?"
Su Heng nodded: "We have to go to the other two communes tomorrow to check."
Pu Fengliang had not received any news from those two communes, so he still needed to find out more.
In those days, leaders didn’t have special cars to go to the countryside like in later generations. They all rode bicycles and ran around so much that their legs were broken.
"You've been riding your bike all day. Your shoulders and legs will probably be sore tomorrow. Let me give you a massage."
Technician Lu’s massage technique was very good, and Su Heng was shamefully moved.
"OK."
Seeing this, Lu Mingchuan chuckled and said, "Then wait until you finish eating."
"Yeah." Su Heng saw that he was still talking about her, so she asked, "What did you do at home today?"
"I cut some grass to feed the rabbits. The new rabbit seemed to have integrated into the new family. Then I weeded the vegetable garden in the backyard and let the chickens, ducks and geese out for a walk..."
Lu Mingchuan slowly recounted what he had done that afternoon. Under the dim light, his profile seemed a little softer and his eyes were gentle.
"Then I sat in the yard waiting for you to come back, and Zhaocai jumped onto my lap and waited for you with me."
His tone was still calm, without any deliberate sensationalism, he just described his daily life in a simple and ordinary way.
But Su Heng's heart softened for a moment.
She coughed lightly and said, "It will be fine after these two busy days. Once the experimental base is built in our brigade, I will be working right next to my home."
"Yeah." Lu Mingchuan chuckled. "From now on, I'll call him Expert Su. He's amazing. I have to improve quickly, or I won't be able to keep up with him."
"Stop teasing me. By the way, your transfer notice hasn't arrived yet? That's strange."
Su Heng said she was going to wash the dishes, and Lu Mingchuan took over.
He said as he washed the dishes, "Something must have happened. I reported it to the political commissar before I came back, and he said the work would be arranged soon."
Su Heng held up her face and watched Lu Mingchuan wash the dishes, unable to understand: "What could possibly happen?"
"Since Secretary Zou has already sent the telegram, let's wait for the reply."
Lu Mingchuan also felt that something was wrong. This kind of change had happened to him a year ago when he had the opportunity to be transferred to the capital.
But in order not to worry Su Heng, he didn't say much.
"Come on, let's go to your room."
Su Heng felt that this sounded a bit strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
After washing the dishes, Lu Mingchuan also washed his hands with soap.
Su Heng lay on the bed. In the quiet space, the faint scent of soapberry on his hands became extremely obvious.
The big hands with distinct joints pressed against the soft skin through the thin cloth, relaxing the muscles and bones that had been tired all day.
Su Heng felt that if Lu Mingchuan didn't have a job, he would definitely be able to make a living by becoming a professional technician in the future.
Thinking of this, I soon couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.
Lu Mingchuan noticed it and gradually slowed down his movements, but he still continued to massage Su Heng to prevent her from feeling uncomfortable tomorrow.
Looking at her defenseless sleeping face, Lu Mingchuan didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
Even though she knew his feelings, she could still sleep so peacefully. Did she trust him too much or underestimate her own charm?
With a light sigh, Lu Mingchuan helped Su Heng put down the mosquito net, then tiptoed out with the kerosene lamp in hand.
The next day, the sunlight shone through the mosquito net onto Su Heng's face, and she got up sleepily.
I took my toothbrush to the yard to brush my teeth, but saw the clothes I wore yesterday neatly hanging on the clothesline.
"Lu Mingchuan, did you help me wash clothes?"
She was a little touched, but the first thing she did was to think back and confirm whether she had rubbed her underwear last night.
Lu Mingchuan walked out from the backyard and said, "I saw you soaking in the pool, so I took a shower."
"You...why didn't you say anything?" Fortunately, I rubbed my underwear yesterday.
Otherwise, Lu Mingchuan washing her underwear would be too beautiful a scene for Su Heng to even think about.
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