Chapter 221 I don't think you will be content
Lin Qi waited at Lu's house until it was dark and dinner was ready. Then Mr. Lu came back with a group of people. In addition to Big Brother Lu, Lu Huazhang and Xu Hexiao, there were three more people Lin Qi didn't know. These three people were in military uniforms, in their thirties or forties, and had a fierce and imposing aura.
"These people are all the old man's subordinates." Mrs. Lu whispered in Lin Qi's ear.
Lin Qi also guessed it herself, but why did the three of them just walk and chat, but punch her Ah He with every step?
Xu Hexiao saw Lin Qi and walked towards her quickly, "I'm sorry to leave you here alone for a day."
"Why did you take so long?" Lin Qi asked.
"He Xiao sparred with them for a whole morning, claiming that he was invincible in the army. Everyone was not convinced and wanted to get back at him, so they dragged him to play shooting." Lu Huazhang answered before Xu Hexiao did, and exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, He Xiao is not only skilled, but also has an unparalleled talent for shooting. In just one afternoon, he was able to compete with the sharpshooters in the army. My grandfather said that if He Xiao wasn't too old, he would have taken He Xiao under his command."
"Actually, he's in his twenties, not that old." said one of the officers.
"That's right, he's in his twenties, a young man. With such skills, it would be a waste if he didn't join the army." The soldier king is far superior to them in terms of martial arts, and his marksmanship is not inferior to their sharpshooters. He is a good candidate for a sniper.
Xu Hexiao shook his head. "My four children are only one year old. They need care and company at this age. My wife can't handle it alone."
The three of them looked at the four children on the blanket. The four children were white and chubby, with big, round eyes and bright eyes. When they heard what their father said, they immediately turned their heads to look at their father, smiled and called "Dad", and showed their father the toys in their hands.
It’s really hard to give up four such adorable children.
The three of them understood Xu Hexiao's feelings. Not only did he have four lovely children, he also had a beautiful wife and a stable job. Under such conditions, he was indeed more inclined to live a stable life.
“It would be the same if you didn’t come and train the four children to serve the country in the future.”
"That's right. I see that these four children have extraordinary talents. A good father will have good sons. They will serve under me in the future."
"No, come to me, I will teach them step by step."
“.......”
The dinner was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests. After dinner, Lu Huazhang drove Lin Qi and her family home.
At night, Lin Qi was coaxing the children to sleep. Xu Hexiao, who had just finished taking a shower, came in shirtless. He touched Lin Qi's head and said, "Come here and help me apply the medicine."
Lin Qi suddenly opened her eyes, "Are you injured?"
"Don't worry, it's just some external injuries." The soldiers in the army were all experienced fighters. He was strong, but his actual combat experience was not as good as theirs. At the beginning, he was hit by his opponents a lot, but later, he got smoother and smoother, and he felt more and more comfortable with it, and it became easier and easier to win.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao went to the study. Xu Hexiao was only wearing a pair of shorts, and his purple clothes were particularly conspicuous under the light.
They were indeed just superficial injuries, but Lin Qi couldn't help but frowned, "Are those people very powerful?"
"In terms of combat capability, I'm not as good as them." He relied on his own strong strength.
Lin Qi pursed her lips and said, "Starting next year, I will fight you."
Xu Hexiao raised his eyebrows, "I couldn't ask for more."
He suspected that Qiqi thought he was too weak and that was why she had never fought with him.
It must be said that Xu Hexiao was the real deal. In Lin Qi's opinion, fighting with Xu Hexiao was bullying and really meaningless. It was just that Xu Hexiao had a lot of skills but lacked combat skills and experience, so he should practice.
From that day on, Lu Huazhang would come to visit from time to time, sometimes by himself, sometimes with Lu Siyu, and sometimes with Ye Ye and Ning Yu. They took away a lot of things from Lin Qi and also sent a lot of things over.
During this year, Lin Qi's family had eight deer instead of five, more than 20 rabbits instead of two pairs, and more than 20 chickens. During this year, they ate a lot of chickens and rabbits, but they didn't kill any deer.
At the end of the year, Lin Qi killed two deer, one for her family to eat, half of the other to the Lu family, and the remaining half was divided into two, one half to the Chu family and the other half to the Cao family.
Cao Zheng sent many gifts to Lin Qi's family this year, including sauerkraut and matches. Hearing that Lin Qi liked to grow things, he also found a lot of strange seeds and fruit tree seedlings for Lin Qi.
Nowadays, Lin Qi's family can eat not only northern fruits, but also most southern fruits, regardless of the season, and they can eat them whenever they want.
Lin Qi also dried a lot of fruits, which she usually uses to make soup or as snacks.
In the spring of 1971, Brother Tan, who had not been seen for nearly two years, came to the capital.
"This house has changed a lot!" Brother Tan sighed, "If I hadn't seen you two, I would have thought I was in the wrong place."
"Yes, some changes have been made. Are you transporting goods to the capital?" Xu Hexiao asked.
Brother Tan nodded, then shook his head, "Delivering the goods here is just a coincidence. I came here to look for you two."
"Looking for us?" Xu Hexiao frowned, "Private or official business?"
"Official business." Brother Tan smiled bitterly. "The people above have been in your planting area for two years and have developed some improved varieties of fruits and vegetables, but they are still far from what you just handed over to them."
Lin Qi's eyes lit up. "So, they want to return the planting area to us?"
"No. Don't even think about going back to Yao County. It's good in the capital, with a house and a stable job. In two years, the children will be going to school, and it's great to let them go to school here." Brother Tan really thought so. If he had the chance, he would like to bring his wife and children to the capital.
"Then what business have you come on?"
"The higher-ups want a batch of wine." said Brother Tan.
Lin Qi's mouth twitched, "Is it possible that the higher-ups have been monitoring us?"
"There is no surveillance. The superiors are sure that you are not so responsible." The task he received was to transport a truckload of wine from Lin Qi. As for whether Lin Qi really had wine, he was not sure. But the superiors were very sure.
Lin Qi disagreed. "We didn't cause any trouble. How can we not behave properly?"
"That's what the superiors said, not me. By the way, do you have any wine?" In fact, not only the superiors wanted to drink Lin Qi's wine, he himself also wanted to drink it.
"Yes, yes. Do you have money?" She is at home taking care of the children and makes wine whenever she has time. Now the basement of their house has been almost hollowed out and is filled with wine.
Hearing this, Brother Tan put a bag of money on the table and said, "Don't worry, it's not for nothing. Apart from the wine, I'll take everything else you have."
Lin Qi thought about it and realized that their cellar was too full and indeed needed to be cleaned out. Going to the black market was not as safe as selling it to Brother Tan. However, "Can your car hold so many things?"
Brother Tan shook his head. "It's not just me. There are ten of us. There are five cars in total. The cars of the other four people are bigger than mine."
That night, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao moved all the things from underground to the ground, leaving nothing behind.
There were five trucks, and one truck left after loading. When all five trucks were full, there was still about half a truck of goods left on the ground.
"In the next two days, should I go to the black market and deal with them?" Xu Hexiao asked.
Lin Qi agreed, "Keep the wine and sell everything else."
As long as the wine is properly stored, it can be kept for many years. This is one of the reasons why she likes to make wine. Another reason is that there is plenty of grain at home, and if it is not used to make wine, it will take up too much space.
After closing the door, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao went into the room to count the money.
They did not weigh or calculate the quantity of this batch of goods, so they had no idea whether the money in the canvas bag was too much or too little.
Lin Qi poured out all the money, and the couple began to count it, which took them a full twenty minutes.
"Twenty-one thousand yuan. Is it a profit or a loss?" Xu Hexiao asked.
"Of course I lost money. No amount of money is too much for my things."
"Indeed, it's a one-of-a-kind item. I'll take this money and save it tomorrow. How many years of fixed interest do you think I should save?"
"I won't be short of money in the near future, so I'll save it for five years."
In the autumn of 1972, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao sent their children to a military kindergarten. On the first day, the four siblings beat up all the other children in their class, and two of them suffered broken bones.
"There are 26 children in a class. They are four or five years old. How old is your child? He is just three years old, but he beat the whole class so badly that they have no chance to fight back!" Lu Huazhang exclaimed in amazement.
Lin Qi smiled bitterly, "I forgot to teach them how to control the strength."
"Grandpa is coming out to apologize to them. Kindergarten may not be suitable for them. After two years, we can send them to a special training camp." Lu Huazhang suggested, "But it depends on you. If you can't bear to send them, it's fine if you don't want to."
Anyone who comes out of there is at least a regimental level official, of course, provided they survive.
Because of Mr. Lu's intervention, those parents were angry but did not criticize too much. Some mothers and grandmothers were so angry that they wanted to throw a tantrum, but were held back by the men in the family.
"They are outnumbered and can't beat four people younger than them. You have the nerve to blame them. I can't afford to lose face."
"It's fine that we can't beat them, but they just didn't make sense. Did I starve them on weekdays? Why did I let them steal other people's food? And I heard that they were given two lychees each, but they ate them all and went to ask for more. When they were not given any, they went to steal! They really made me lose face!"
"Even if the child is wrong, you can't break his bones!"
"Their children are only three years old. They can't control their strength. Can you blame them? I tell you, these four children will definitely be extraordinary in the future. If you go looking for trouble with them now, be careful that they will become rich and kill us in the future."
“........”
The children's trip to kindergarten lasted only one day. They did not go the next day. Lin Qi began to teach the children how to control the strength.
That night, Xu Hexiao delivered food and vegetables to Weng Song and Mu Huaishan, and asked them about the children's education.
Weng Song and Mu Huaishan had never taught such young children, but they had been thinking about this issue for two years since they decided to take in Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao's four children as their disciples.
After careful consideration, Weng Song said, "Bring some notebooks and pens tomorrow, and Lao Mu and I will compile some textbooks for the children. Your children should not only have extraordinary physical qualities, but also have very high IQs. Ordinary textbooks should not be suitable for them."
Xu Hexiao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Weng Song said. "The IQ of these children is indeed extraordinary. Their memory is outstanding and they can almost remember everything they see. In addition, they are also very good at drawing inferences from one instance. They are only three years old, but they are almost the same as ordinary five or six-year-old children."
"What do you and your wife think about the special training camp mentioned by Lu Huazhang?" Mu Huaishan asked.
"We probably need to consult the children." Xu Hexiao wasn't sure either.
"Once we go there, the children will be handed over to the country. I'm afraid we will be separated from each other in the future. It will be difficult to see each other." Mu Huaishan had seen a few children. It was Lin Qi who specially brought the children past them. Such a cute child, let alone the parents, they couldn't bear to part with it.
Xu Hexiao was silent for a while. "The children have their own lives. If they want to go, Qiqi and I will not stop them."
Weng Song and Mu Huaishan looked at each other and said, "In that case, let's increase the difficulty of the teaching materials and try to teach them more."
Xu Hexiao bowed to them carefully and said, "Then I'll leave it to you two."
"Don't be so polite. You have taken good care of us over the past few years. If you hadn't sent us food from time to time, Lao Mu and I might not be alive today."
"That's right. After eating your food and working hard every day, our bodies are getting better and better. Even if you don't tell us about the effects of those foods, we can all feel them."
A month later, Xu Hexiao got six "textbooks" from Weng Song and Mu Huaishan, including Chinese, mathematics, physics, biology, geography and chemistry.
In addition to some articles, Chinese also includes idioms, military stories, etc.; mathematics is mainly arithmetic; physics is just some superficial physical knowledge, mainly physical phenomena in life; biology is also written simply. The two teachers left the names of several biology encyclopedia books on the first page of the book, asking Xu Hexiao to borrow or buy it; geography is mainly national geography, telling about climate and weather changes.
Although these books seem simple, they cover all aspects and impart knowledge to readers in an interesting, simple and straightforward way.
"If it could be accompanied by pictures, it would be easier to understand and more attractive to children," said Weng Song.
"That's enough. If I were to teach, I could draw it for the children." Xu Hexiao said.
Weng Song became interested, "Are you good at painting?"
"Not bad." Xu Hexiao said modestly.
"It looks good. Show me your work when you have the chance."
“Bring it next time.”
"In addition to the drawings, bring some paper and pens. The teaching materials this time are only enough for three or four months. We will continue to compile them later."
"Aren't you worried that the children won't want to learn? If they don't learn, the textbooks won't be useful."
"If we don't need it, then we don't need it. Writing textbooks is also a way of reviewing what we have learned. Otherwise, as time goes by, we will forget everything in our heads."
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