Chapter 233 The Powerful Lin Qi
After returning from Weng Song's house, the children's mood did not seem to be affected. In the evening, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao roasted rabbit, chicken and fish for the children. They called Zhao Shu and the family drank homemade juice and had a great time.
When they went to Mu Huaishan's house the second weekend, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao brought not only wine and fruits, but also vegetables. Xu Hexiao went to the state-owned restaurant and packed a braised pork, a braised fish and a roast chicken.
Seeing Xu Hexiao carrying so many dishes over, Mu Huaishan sighed, "I heard about what happened last week. The old man is here today too. He said he wanted to come and apologize to the kids."
Xu Hexiao looked at the dish in his hand and fell silent.
"Come on, don't think too much, just talk it out." Mu Huaishan patted Xu Hexiao's shoulder, "The kids probably forgot about it, but we adults care about too many things and people, and sometimes we can't let it go."
Xu Hexiao did not comment. "Since it is the children's business, let the children talk about it."
The seven children followed Mu Huaishan to the study. No one knew what they talked about with the two old people in the study. When they came out, they were as close and open-minded as ever again.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao were sitting in the living room, accompanied by Mu Qian's children. Mu Qian and Mu Heng were in the kitchen.
Mu Qian's three children were shy, especially when facing Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi, who looked only a few years older than them but were actually already thirty years old. They felt extremely restrained.
Lin Qi was responsible for drinking tea, and Xu Hexiao was responsible for finding topics. They had all been in the countryside, so Xu Hexiao talked to them about things in the countryside, about climbing trees to look for bird eggs, going to the river to catch fish, and going into the mountains to find food... The person being talked about was Lin Qi.
"Is auntie so awesome? We also went to look for bird eggs and catch fish, but we couldn't catch any." Mu Qian's son said, staring at Lin Qi with sparkling eyes, full of admiration.
Xu Zhonghui, who had just come out of the study, heard someone questioning his mother and immediately said, "Of course she is amazing. Next summer, I will take you to the suburbs and let you see my mother's ability."
"Why in the summer? Why not now?"
"No, it's too cold to go into the water and catch fish now."
The meal prepared by the Mu family was already very sumptuous, and with the addition of the several dishes brought by Xu Hexiao, there were a total of sixteen dishes, and each dish was very generous in portion.
Two tables were put together to form a big table, and more than a dozen people sat around it, eating and chatting.
"Uncle Xu, can you tell me more about your hunting experience?" Mu Qian's second son begged.
The others looked at Xu Hexiao, silently indicating that they wanted to listen too.
Xu Hexiao looked at Lin Qi and said helplessly, "When it comes to fishing and hunting, I'm never the best, it's Qi Qi. She's in our team, she's this one."
Xu Hexiao gave a thumbs up.
Weng Song and Mu Huaishan were a little surprised. Having known each other for several years, they had no idea that Lin Qi had such an ability.
"Qiqi, they don't believe it. Show them one." Xu Hexiao got up from his seat, picked up a fist-sized stone from the yard and handed it to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi's eyes flashed with helplessness, "Why?"
"I have to show everyone how powerful you are." When he was in the Anliang Brigade, everyone followed his Qiqi's lead. He couldn't come here and be regarded as a mother who only knew how to take care of her children at home.
Lin Qi didn't know what Xu Hexiao was thinking. She put down her bowl and chopsticks, took the stone from Xu Hexiao's hand, walked a few steps away from the table, and under everyone's gaze, she tightened her slender hands slightly.
Snap——
The fist-sized stone broke into countless pieces.
"Mom, turn into powder! Turn into powder!" shouted the second child Xu Zhonghui.
Lin Qi looked at her child lovingly, and tightened her five fingers again. The small stones turned into powder and fell from the gaps between Lin Qi's fingers.
Wow--
Everyone forgot to eat and stared at the scene in amazement.
After a long while, Mu Huaishan murmured, "I thought the children were able to enter the special training camp because of He Xiao's physique. Now it seems that it was Qiqi's credit."
At the Weng family, Li Yuan was playing chess out of boredom. "Wife, when do you think Dad will arrange jobs for us?"
Second Sister Weng shook her head. "There are so many people returning to the city now, and it's hard to find a job. Dad said we might have to wait until next year. It's the end of the year now, and there are only a few months left until next year, so let's wait a little longer."
"Dad seems to want to arrange for us to go to school, but I'm not good at studying. Why should I go to school? To guard the gate?" Li Yuan said in a muffled voice, "As for us children, I think they are not good at studying either. Why don't we stop them from studying and send them to the army? Aren't the Xu family's children in some special training camp? Let them introduce our children in as well."
"What is that special training camp for?" Mrs. Weng appeared from somewhere.
Li Yuan looked at his sister-in-law, his eyes rolled, and he thought that if he could get his sister-in-law involved, the chances of success would definitely increase. So, he said seriously, "Special training camp, it's probably similar to being in the army. But when you hear the word special training, it sounds very powerful. Sister-in-law, do you want your child to go? Not only is it dangerous to go to school for the next few years, but there is no great future. It's better to be a soldier."
Mrs. Weng was convinced. As Li Yuan said, in the past few years, going to school was indeed unsafe, and teachers were not safe either. The only way to be a soldier was the most promising and glorious.
But she was a little hesitant, "Can I go to that special training camp whenever I want?"
"If you have connections, you can go. All four children of the Xu family have gone. Are our children worse than those of the Lin family?" In the eyes of parents, their own children are always the best.
Mrs. Weng thought so and nodded, "Father went to the Mu family for dinner today. I will ask him when he comes back in the evening."
In the evening, as soon as Weng Song got home, he was surrounded by Weng Dasao, Weng Ermei and Li Yuan. When he heard them propose to use the Xu family's connections to get the children into a special training camp, a hint of disappointment flashed in Weng Song's eyes.
He did not respond to these people directly, but called Weng Yong.
Weng Yong was in the corner, and he only just now learned about the plans of his wife, sister and brother-in-law.
His face was gloomy, and when his father called him, he couldn't help but apologize first, "Father, I didn't know their plan, I'm sorry."
"Brother, why are you apologizing? Don't you think the special training camp is a way out?" Li Yuan was puzzled.
"It is a way out, but it is not a way out for our children." Weng Yong looked at Li Yuan solemnly, then at his sister, and finally at his wife. "The special training camp is a process of selection. Ordinary people don't even have the opportunity to participate in the selection. And our children are just ordinary people."
"Why do you say that about our child?" Mrs. Weng was not convinced.
"The Xu family's children get up at six in the morning, do boxing, and run. Oh, now they can run ten kilometers without getting red in the face or out of breath. Can your children do it?" Weng Song sneered, "The commander's grandson took the assessment, and he couldn't enter the special training camp if he didn't meet the standards. Why do you think our children can go?"
After saying this, Weng Song didn't look at the faces of these people and strode towards the study.
In the corner, a few children gathered together, looking lonely, with a hint of unwillingness in their loneliness.
"Brother, grandpa just looks down on us, right?"
"But grandpa said that even the commander's grandson couldn't enter that special training camp. Maybe it's very difficult? Brother, do you want to go to that training camp?"
"We didn't take the test, so how did Grandpa know that we couldn't get in?"
"Grandpa only likes the Xu family's kids. Obviously, we are his biological grandchildren."
“........”
In the blink of an eye, it was the summer of 1977. In July, the three children successfully passed the assessment of the training camp.
"All seven children are going to the training camp?" Zhao Shu's old leader was a little surprised. The current situation is relatively peaceful, but the border is not peaceful and war may break out at any time. If all seven children go, aren't they afraid that some of them will never come back and none of them will be left?
Zhao Shu sighed, "The children all want to go. I have tried to persuade them, but it's no use."
"Their parents just let them do whatever they want?" The old leader raised his eyebrows. Aren't their parents worried?
"The parents let them make their own decisions." The godson and daughter-in-law are unusually open-minded. Fortunately, the children are smart and sensible, otherwise who knows what they would become if they were spoiled by them.
"Or you can persuade them to have another child, and then have three or four more. Their children are so outstanding, it would be a waste not to have more children." The old leader said. The four children of the Xu family almost took all the first places in every assessment and broke the military records more than a dozen times. Now they have entered the sight of the higher-ups and their future is limitless.
Zhao Shu shook his head, "My godson doesn't want his wife to suffer any more, so he doesn't plan to have another baby."
The old boss felt a little regretful after hearing this, but then he changed his mind and said, "It's okay if she doesn't have a child. Just ask her to make more wine and I'll take it all."
"Don't drink too much alcohol." Zhao Shu said.
"I'm sending some to some of my old comrades. They have a lot of problems, too."
"Many old leaders need to quit drinking. I'll give you some medicine, such as dendrobium, wolfberry, angelica, codonopsis and the like. Soak them in water and drink them, and the effect will be the same."
"Okay, give it to me, and I'll give you money and tickets. It won't count as profiteering."
"There is ginseng that can save lives. Do you want it?"
"If you want it, you need it. If you want it, you need it."
"This is expensive. I'll give you one first."
"Is your godson short of money? You have hidden these goodies for so long, why are you suddenly taking them out?"
"Well, they want to buy a house for their children. Do you have any good houses?"
"I haven't noticed it. Let me ask you."
After the three children went to the special training camp, the house was empty and Lin Qi was completely free. She either brewed wine, pounded rice, or ground wheat flour every day. At night, she went to the black market to sell food, fruits and other things.
Now that the management is not so strict, Lin Qi no longer controls the number of animals at home. The chickens have multiplied to more than 20, and the rabbits are even more, about 60 or 70. In addition to raising fish in the rice fields behind, ducks were also raised in March. Now the ducks weigh more than 10 kilograms.
On Saturdays and weekends, when the children go home, Lin Qi kills chickens, ducks, rabbits, and fish for the children, except for breakfast. When the weather is cold, she also kills deer for them.
There are many animals at home and a lot of feces. Lin Qi controls the vines to clean them every morning and evening. After cleaning, she buries them underground as fertilizer for the plants.
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