Chapter 111
"Mom, grandma, I'm going to the county town." Lu Haici had to go buy a meeting gift for his sister today, so he got up very early. He made an appointment with Qin Ming and Ji Yang to go together. The three boys walked to the county town and had to hurry up.
They were all third graders, so Lin Qingqing was not worried about them. These children were very smart. However, the necessary instructions could not be missed: "If you encounter any problems, you must go to the police station to find the police comrades. You can't solve it yourself, understand?"
Lu Haici nodded obediently and said, "I know, don't worry, mom."
Lin Qingqing said again: "If you encounter other people's problems, don't rush up. As I said, leave everything to the police comrades." I'm afraid that these children will have "chivalrous hearts." They grew up in the army, surrounded by brave military comrades, so they also have heroic dreams.
Lu Haici: "I know, I will listen to my mother." Every time they go to the county, their mother will remind him like this, Lu Haici does not feel annoyed, because he knows that this is because his mother loves him.
Lin Qingqing said again: "There is one last thing, don't talk to strangers, be wary of strangers."
Lu Haici: "Yes, I will keep my mother's words in mind."
After listening to his mother's words, Lu Haici put on his schoolbag and went to find Qin Ming and Ji Yang. It takes half an hour to drive the three boys from the family compound to the county, and they walked for two hours. Fortunately, they set out early, at seven o'clock, and arrived at the county town at nine o'clock.
At the same time, Yu Xiuyao finished her housework and went to Lu Cheng's house to tell Lin Qingqing about Lu Haici's self-criticism. When they talked, Lin's mother was there. Hearing this, she couldn't help but mutter: "These people's mouths are just like the women in our country. They are always busy."
Yu Xiuyao also said: "That's right, according to what I said, children should also be taught a lesson, otherwise they will be in trouble when they grow up. So don't blame Haici for this matter." Lin
's mother: "That's definitely not the case. He should be beaten."
Of course, this is also said at home.
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After Lu Haici, Qin Ming and Ji Yang arrived in the county town, they went straight to the department store.
"Let's go to see the skirts first, let's go to see the skirts first." Lu Haici said.
"The skirt is on the second floor." Ji Yang said, "My mother and I have been here before, and my mother went to the second floor to buy cloth."
"I know." Lu Haici said, "My mother and I have been here too." Moreover, he has been here many times. Every month after their mother gets her salary, she will come to the county town to celebrate, so he has been here many times.
The three boys ran directly to the second floor and came to the counter for buying clothes and cloth: "Sister, I want to buy a skirt." Lu Haici said to the salesperson. My mother said that when you meet a young lesbian, you should call her sister.
The salesperson saw that the customer was a boy who looked very young, and asked in confusion: "Little brother, what skirt do you want to buy?"
Lu Haici said: "I want to buy a skirt for my sister. My sister was just born six days ago."
The salesperson: "..." He was speechless, "Little brother, we don't have skirts for such young children here. Either you buy a bigger skirt and have it altered to be smaller, or you buy fabric and ask your family to make it." However, such a young boy would buy a skirt for his sister. He is really a good brother.
Lu Haici: "Ah?" He had never bought a baby skirt before, so he didn't know that there were no baby skirts here. "Then..." He looked at Qin Ming and Ji Yang, "What should I do?" "
Then buy some cloth." Ji Yang suggested, "Auntie is so good at making clothes, you can buy some cloth and let her make a skirt for your sister."
Lu Haici imagined that it was also possible: "Then what kind of cloth should we buy?"
Qin Ming said: "Ask this big sister...sister, what kind of cloth should we buy for our sister?"
The salesperson thought for a while and said: "It's the end of September now, and the weather is going to get cold soon. It's better to buy thicker cloth, buy corduroy cloth. However, you need cloth coupons to buy cloth. Do you have cloth coupons?"
"Yes, yes." Qin Ming took out the cloth coupons.
"I have some too." Ji Yang also took out the cloth coupons.
Lu Haici didn't want his mother to know that he bought a skirt for his sister. He wanted to give his sister a surprise, so he didn't ask his mother for cloth coupons. Fortunately, he had two friends who were in good condition. The two friends plundered the cloth coupons at home. Especially after Xu Huijuan and Zhang Hongping knew the purpose of their cloth coupons, they gave them without saying a word, and promised to keep it a secret and not tell Lin Qingqing.
After getting the cloth coupons, Lu Haici bought corduroy fabric. The salesperson was very responsible. Knowing that it was bought for the newborn baby, she also asked Lu Haici to buy more, because newborn babies grow very fast. If the cloth is bought too little, the clothes will be made too small and it will be wasted easily.
After buying the cloth, Lu Haici still felt a little annoyed about not having bought a finished skirt. He said, "I want to buy a red hair tie for my sister."
Qin Ming: "Then go buy it. Do you have any money? I brought some."
"I brought money too." Ji Yang took out his coin bag.
Lu Haici: "No, no, I still have some."
Then, the three boys went to buy a red hair tie together. After buying the hair tie, they went home.
Family Courtyard
"Mom, I'm back." It was already 12 o'clock when Lu Haici got home, and the family was preparing for lunch.
"You're back? Did you have fun playing outside?" Lin's mother had just finished lunch and was waiting for Lu Cheng to get home from work. She didn't expect Lu Haici to come back so soon. She thought the boy was going to eat outside before coming back.
"Happy, grandma, I bought cloth for my sister, made a skirt for her, and bought a red ribbon for her." As he said that, he ran into the house. Seeing Lin Qingqing teasing the baby, Lu Haici said again, "Mom, I bought cloth for my sister to make a skirt, and bought a red ribbon for my sister."
"Ah?" Lin Qingqing was very surprised, "Why did you think of buying cloth for your sister to make a skirt? Where did you get the cloth coupons?" She knew that the child had money. She had been counting the money in the piggy bank every day these two days, but she didn't know that the child had cloth coupons.
Lu Haici said, "Qin Ming and Ji Yang gave it to me. Mom, the department store doesn't have a skirt for my sister, and the saleswoman said she had to buy the cloth and make it herself. Mom, I bought cloth for my sister, can you help me make a skirt for her?"
Lin Qingqing didn't expect Lu Haici to be so capable, so of course she wouldn't refuse, "Okay, after the confinement period, I'll use this cloth to make a skirt for my sister, and make it bigger. When my sister grows up, tell her that this is the fabric that my brother bought for her, and the skirt she made of it."
"Okay." After Lu Haici took out the corduroy cloth, he took out a red hair rope, "When my sister has hair, use this to tie her hair."
"Wow, our Haici is really thoughtful. Thank you, Haici." Lin gently lifted the little baby's hand. "And our little baby wants to say thank you to the big baby. Say it quickly. Thank you, brother."
Lu Haici also reached out and held his sister's hand: "You're welcome, sister."
Lin's mother: "Lu Cheng is back... Haici, come out and eat." As she spoke, she served Lin Qingqing rice and vegetables and brought them in.
Lu Haici had walked back and forth for four hours today and was really hungry. He wolfed down the rice as soon as he picked up the bowl.
When the Lu family finished their meal and Lin's mother was cleaning up, a voice came from outside: "Is Comrade Lin here? Is Commander Lu here?"
Lu Cheng was taking a break. When he heard the voice, he went out to see that it was a soldier standing guard at the gate of the family compound. He asked: "What's the matter?"
The soldier said: "Hello, Commander Lu, it's like this, a few people came to the gate, saying that their children had friction with Lu Haici, Qin Ming and Ji Yang when they went to school yesterday, and they are now here to apologize to the three children. What do you think?"
There is also this matter? Lu Cheng said: "Please go and say hello first, we will go over right away."
The soldier: "Yes."
Lu Cheng replied: "Lu Haici..."
"Dad, what's the matter?" Lu Haici was watching his sister in the house.
"It seems to be Xiao Zheng's voice outside?" Lin Qingqing also followed. Xiao Zheng was the soldier standing guard.
Lu Cheng: "It was Xiao Zheng, he said..." He repeated what he said, then looked at Lu Haici, "Did you have a quarrel with your classmates at school yesterday?"
Speaking of this, Lu Haici's heart tightened, fearing that his mother would know about the letter of apology, but he didn't know. His father knew about it a long time ago.
"I...I..." Lu Haici pursed his lips. When he was a child, he was very brave and not afraid of his father at all, but as he grew older, he became a little afraid of his father.
"I know about this." Lin Qingqing said, "Sister Xiuyao came this morning..." She told this story again, and then said to Lu Haici, "Haici, boys can have their own secrets, but if the matter is serious, you must tell your parents."
Lu Haici nodded: "Mom, I know." In her heart, she scolded Qin Dawang again, Dawang said he would not tell his parents, Dawang is a lying dog.
Lin Qingqing did not say much, because privately, she also thought that her son was not to blame for this matter. But she could not say it directly. "Now that they've come to apologize, go meet them."
Lu Haici: "Hey, I'm going out now."
"I'll go too." Lin's mother said, "They've been to several people, what if Haici is bullied when he goes out alone? I'll go with you."
Lin Qingqing: "Mom said so, then mom will go with you."
When Lin's mother took Lu Haici out, Ji Yang also came with them. Ji Yang was also one of the parties involved, so the soldiers naturally called him. However, only Ji Yang came from Ji Yang's family, and Xu Huijuan was still working in the cafeteria.
When Lin's mother took Lu Haici and Ji Yang to the gate of the family compound, they saw Zhang Hongping and Qin Ming were there too. And there were several other people with them.
"Lu Haici, Ji Yang, you're here." Qin Ming waved when he saw them.
"We are here."
Qin Ming: "Zhang Youcai is here to apologize to Lu Haici, Lu Haici, come quickly."
Lu Haici: "I am here." Lu Haici came to them and looked at Zhang Youcai. Zhang Youcai was surrounded by his family members, standing behind him one by one. They were also a little nervous, after all, their son offended a military officer.
When she saw Lu Haici coming, Grandma Zhang said: "Youcai, go and apologize to them."
Zhang Youcai had no choice. He was a person who listened to his grandmother very much. Since his grandmother said so, he could only apologize: "Lu Haici, I'm sorry." Grandma said that when he arrived, she would buy him some candy.
"Lu Haici?" Qin Ming didn't hear Lu Haici's voice. He looked at Lu Haici and saw that Lu Haici was staring at Grandma Zhang. "Lu Haici, what's wrong with you?"
"Haici, what's wrong? The kid apologized to you, what do you think?" Mother Lin also looked at her grandson.
"Little boy, I'm so sorry, it's Youcai from our family who made the mistake, please forgive him." Seeing the other party looking at her, Grandma Zhang also said nervously. She is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong, and she is most afraid of offending powerful people.
Lu Haici shook his head: "I don't forgive him, I recognized you." Lu Haici pointed at Grandma Zhang, "It's you, and you..." After that, she pointed at Zhang's mother, "Last year during the Spring Festival, my family went to the market, and my mother and I met a grandmother and an aunt at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. The grandmother deliberately fell to the ground, and then said that my mother knocked her down, and asked us to pay for it. It was you, I recognized you." This incident had a profound impact on Lu Haici. At that time, he didn't know what to do. In addition, his mother was pregnant at that time, and he was very nervous. So he was deeply impressed by the old lady and the woman at that time.
However, Lu Haici never thought that he would meet these two people again today, and what he never expected was that these two people turned out to be Zhang Youcai's grandmother and mother.
This happened a long time ago, seven or eight months ago. Grandma Zhang and Zhang's mother had long forgotten what the mother and son looked like, but they never thought that they would be identified today, and what they never expected was that this person was Zhang Youcai's classmate.
Grandma Zhang immediately said, "No, no, you recognized the wrong person, it's not us." Although she said this, she was guilty, her eyes flickered, and she didn't have any confidence at all.
"Yes, yes, it's not us, it's not..." Zhang's mother also said, she swallowed her saliva, hid behind Zhang's father, and didn't dare to come forward.
When Lin's mother heard what Lu Haici said, she immediately believed him. When she heard that Grandma Zhang dared to cheat her daughter when she was pregnant, she was so angry that she rushed up and said, "You shameless woman, you dare to cheat my daughter, I will beat you to death." She was a country woman and was used to seeing all kinds of shrews. Although the Lin family was harmonious and the daughter-in-law of the Lin family had a good temper, it was because of the harmony of the Lin family that the daughter-in-law's character was not worn away. Therefore, when Lin's mother heard about this, she got angry and beat Grandma Zhang without saying a word.
Zhang Hongping was also a little surprised when she heard what Lu Haici said. Seeing that Lin's mother and Zhang's grandmother were fighting, she hurriedly said to Lu Haici, "Go and call for help." She was here to prevent the Zhang family from taking advantage of the crowd, but fortunately this was the gate of the family compound, and there were troops next to them,
so the Zhang family did not dare to take action. The soldiers at the gate saw them, but because no one called them, they did not come over.
Lu Haici immediately ran home.
Lu Cheng was watching his daughter. When he saw Lu Haici running over, he frowned and asked, "Why are you so flustered? Aren't you accepting your classmate's apology? Is it over?"
"No, no, grandma and Zhang Youcai's grandma had a fight." Lu Haici said in a panic, "Mom, Zhang Youcai's grandma and mom are the ones we met at the market during the Chinese New Year. The one who fell to the ground and said that mom knocked him down and wanted mom to pay for it. I recognized them when I saw them, and I told grandma, and then grandma and grandma Zhang had a fight."
Lin Qingqing heard this and subconsciously wanted to get out of bed, but was held down by Lu Cheng: "You are in confinement, I will go." A sharp flash flashed in his eyes. He always remembered that incident, but there were many people at the market at that time, so it was difficult to investigate this matter. He didn't expect that someone would bring it to his nose, "Hai Ci, come with me to take a look."
Lu Hai Ci: "Hey." With his father around, he must be relieved.
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