The taste of mashed potatoes and chopped boiled eggs mixed together is very special, mainly because the taste of the egg yolk is very delicate. This taste is very popular even among modern children who are used to eating good food, not to mention children who have never eaten any exotic food in this era.
So Lu Haici's eyes lit up when he took the first bite. "Mom, this is delicious." He ate the mashed potatoes in small bites with a spoon, and occasionally when he ate the cucumber, he could make a crisp sound.
Lin said softly, "If you like it, I'll make it for you tomorrow." Anyway, it's very convenient to make this, and she won't get tired of eating it for two days in a row. If I can buy meat or carrots today, the mashed potatoes I make tomorrow will be even more delicious.
"I like it." Lu Haici said loudly.
Lin smiled softly.
After lunch, the two worked together, Lin Qingqing washed the dishes, and Lu Haici wiped the table with a rag. Although he was a child, the table wiped by Lu Haici was still quite clean.
After finishing these, Lin Qingqing said, "You should go to kindergarten."
"Oh." Lu Haici responded a little hollowly. Although he promised his mother to go to kindergarten, he didn't want to go to kindergarten privately. He liked to be with his mother more than going to kindergarten. However, he was a little man, and he promised his mother to go to kindergarten, and he couldn't go back on his word. Lu Haici returned to the room and put on his small schoolbag. His small schoolbag was a Jiefang bag, which was actually a modern shoulder bag made of canvas. However, his schoolbag was made by himself, using military green cloth. The Jiefang bags bought from the supply and marketing cooperative or department store were a bit too big for a kid like him, so his aunt made one for him when he was about to go to kindergarten.
The schoolbag was made exactly like the Jiefang bag, with a red five-pointed star on the front. The schoolbag contained a notebook and an old tin pencil case. There was a colorful pattern on the front of the pencil case, showing three little pandas playing in a bamboo forest.
After putting on the schoolbag, Lu Haici reluctantly said, "Mom, I'm going to kindergarten." Although he said this, his eyes were fixed on Lin Qingqing, and his face showed that he didn't want to go.
Lin Qingqing stretched out her hand to him: "Come on, I'll take you there." The child hasn't been to school for half a month, and she should talk to the kindergarten teacher about it. Moreover, Lu Haici mentioned that the children in his aunt's hometown laughed at him for having no parents. Lin Qingqing could understand the hurt his young heart had suffered. If even the children of his relatives laughed at him, then what about the children in the kindergarten? Regardless of whether there were any, Lin Qingqing wanted to wrap up his heart. At least before she and Lu Cheng separated, she wanted to take good care of this child.
"Send...send me to school?" Lu Haici was stunned there, his little mouth opened, and even his voice stuttered.
"Well, take our little Haici to school." Lin Qingqing took his hand.
"Hey." Lu Haici responded heavily, but his voice was hoarse. Feeling his tears flowing out, he quickly wiped them away with his other hand, then raised the corners of his mouth, revealing his white teeth, and smiled like a little fool. But after a while, the tears flowed out again, and he continued to wipe them.
Lin Qingqing lowered her eyes and looked at him, and her heart ached when she saw him crying and laughing. When she was young, she envied other children who were held and protected by their parents. When she grew up, she envied her second sister who could act coquettishly to her parents. And now...what happened to her can never be compensated, but she can compensate for another child. Lin Qingqing thinks this is good.
After leaving the yard, he heard Ji Yang's voice from next door: "Lu Haici, are you going to school today?"
Lin Qingqing looked next door and saw Xu Huijuan holding Ji Yang's hand and just going out.
Lu Haici said proudly: "Yes, my mother sent me to school today." That little tone was extremely proud.
Ji Yang was used to his mother sending him to school, so he couldn't understand his friend's happiness. However: "Lu Haici, you have a mother too." He was also happy for his friend. Once, neither of them had a mother, and they envied others together and licked their wounds together. Later, he had a mother, but he was still young and didn't know that his little friend was standing behind him, envious of him and licking his wounds. But he knew one thing, that is, his little friend wanted a mother, and now that his little friend had a mother, he was of course happy.
Lu Haici held his mother's hand and shook it unconsciously, his little body stood straight, like a heroic little yellow chicken. "My mother made me mashed potatoes today, and they were delicious." The meaning of showing off in his voice was quite obvious, as if he wanted everyone to know that he was a child who was loved by his mother.
"What is mashed potatoes?" Ji Yang asked curiously, "Is it potatoes and mud? Can mud be eaten?"
Lu Haici gave him a look that said you are really ignorant: "Of course not, three-year-olds know that mud can't be eaten."
Ji Yang: "Then what kind of mud is mashed potatoes?"
Lu Haici: "..." He didn't know what kind of mud was mashed potatoes, but "mashed potatoes are edible mashed potatoes, with potatoes, eggs, and cucumbers, which is different from inedible mud."
Listening to their childish conversation, Lin Qingqing shook her head and greeted Xu Huijuan: "Good morning, Ji Yang's mother."
"Good morning." Xu Huijuan has been looking at Lin Qingqing since just now. Yesterday, she once thought that Lin Qingqing was pretending, but when she saw Lin Qingqing this time, she overturned yesterday's idea. Lin Qingqing is very different from the Lin Qingqing in her previous life. In her previous life, she and Lin Qingqing had been friends for several years until Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng divorced, so she still understood Lin Qingqing's character. She is not like this at all. What mashed potatoes... Oh, and last night's dinner. In her previous life, Lin Qingqing was a complete novice and could not cook at all.
Suddenly, Xu Huijuan had an idea. Could it be that Lin Qingqing was also reborn like her?
Thinking about it this way, she felt that it was entirely possible. If she could be reborn, why couldn't others?
Therefore, the reason why Lin Qingqing can cook now must be that she learned it because her life was not going well after her divorce from Lu Cheng. She seems to be treating Lu Haici very well now. This must be because she regretted her unhappy life after divorcing Lu Cheng in her last life. So she doesn't want to divorce Lu Cheng in this life, so she treats Lu Haici well.
If this is the case, then she has to be careful in front of Lin Qingqing, lest she finds out that she has been reborn. There is one more thing. Originally, she planned to wait for Lu Cheng to come back and remind him about Lin Qingqing's bullying of Lu Haici, which would save Lu Haici. But now, if Lin Qingqing stops bullying Lu Haici for the sake of her marriage with Lu Cheng, then she won't remind him.
Anyway, let's wait and see.
But there is one thing she must pay attention to, that is, she can't expose it in front of Lin Qingqing. If she doesn't expose it in front of Lin Qingqing, she has to keep a distance from Lin Qingqing. But their two families lived next door to each other, how could they keep their distance?
When Old Ji came back, she had to convince him to move to another place. However, to convince Old Ji, she needed a reason, and she had to think about it carefully.
Lin Qingqing had no idea what Xu Huijuan was thinking, but because of Xu Huijuan's silence, she and Xu Huijuan only greeted each other at the beginning and didn't continue talking.
The kindergarten was originally in the family compound, so it only took a few minutes to walk there.
"Mom, I'm going in." After Lu Haici said goodbye to Lin Qingqing, he couldn't wait to run in with Ji Yang. He wanted to go in and tell the children that he had a mother, and it was his mother who sent him to school today.
Lin Qingqing was worried about falling when she saw the children running fast: "Don't run too fast, be careful of falling." You know, she also liked to run when she was a child, and she often fell, especially on her knees. There was a faint scar when she grew up.
"I know." Lu Haici, who was running very fast, heard her words and slowed down.
Lin Qingqing did not leave, but turned around to find the kindergarten teacher and explained to her that she was sick half a month ago, so Lu Haici did not come to school to take care of her. The teacher was a lesbian about 27 or 28 years old, who looked very gentle and easy to talk to. Because Lin Qingqing had to go shopping with Yu Xiuyao, she didn't talk much with the teacher, but she decided to ask the teacher about Lu Haici's situation in the kindergarten when she had time. After leaving
the kindergarten, Lin Qingqing went to Yu Xiuyao's house, where Yu Xiuyao was pushing her bicycle and preparing to go out.
After leaving the family compound, the two went to the carpenter's house that Yu Xiuyao knew. Lin Qingqing took out the drawings and ordered three five-drawer cabinets at a price of five yuan each, then ordered a shoe cabinet at a price of two yuan, and then ordered a wardrobe at a price of ten yuan. Of course, this price included the materials.
Then, Yu Xiuyao took Lin Qingqing to familiarize herself with the county town. They went from the supply and marketing cooperative to the department store and then to the vegetable market. They only went to three places and it took them a whole morning. When they came back, Lin Qingqing bought ten kilograms of rice, two kilograms of flour, ten kilograms of potatoes, ten kilograms of sweet potatoes, and also bought milk candy and biscuits. Lu Cheng gave the original owner a lot of tickets before he went on a mission, so even after buying these things, Lin Qingqing still had a lot of food tickets, candy tickets, and snack tickets left. This is the advantage of the tickets in the army. There is no expiration date and they will not expire. If it is a ticket from outside, it is a ticket for the current month.
What made Lin Qingqing most happy was that there were many dishes in the county vegetable market. Not to mention that the star anise and other condiments she wanted to buy were not lacking, even carrots were actually available.
In fact, few people buy food ingredients and seasonings in this era, and few people buy side dishes like carrots.
But because we went there late, we didn’t see any meat, fish, or eggs, but we did have tofu. In addition, we also bought Chinese cabbage, fried tofu, and kelp. Lin Qingqing didn’t buy much, she liked to buy fresh things.
When she returned to the family compound, it was already half past ten. Lin Qingqing was preparing to make lunch when she heard Xu Huijuan’s voice coming from next door: "Comrade Lin..."
Lin Qingqing came out of the kitchen: "Hello, Ji Yang's mother."
Xu Huijuan frowned and said, "Comrade Lin, Lu Haici had a fight with other kids in the kindergarten this morning. The teacher just called the parents, and you were not here."
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