Chapter 38
Lin Qingqing replied in a daze: "Sleep for another half an hour, get up at 4:30."
Lu Cheng did not continue to call her and left the room again. He had nothing to do, so he went to fetch water. The three of them took a bath yesterday, and now they have boiled hot water, and the wooden bucket is empty.
When Lu Cheng came back with the water, it was almost 4:30, and he called her again: "Qingqing, it's 4:30, get up."
Because the light was on, Lin Qingqing did not sleep as deeply as before, so she did not stay in bed. As soon as Lu Cheng called her, she got up. Today she was wearing newly bought clothes, a blue and white striped sailor shirt, and beige trousers. Because she had to go to the cafeteria and might be very busy, she tied her hair into a bun, otherwise it would be inconvenient to work with her hair.
Lu Cheng brought four boiled eggs to the table and watched her go in and out. Her sailor shirt and off-white trousers made her look even more energetic.
After Lin Qingqing finished packing, Lu Cheng said, "These are freshly boiled eggs. You can eat some to fill your stomach on the way."
"You cooked them?" A man who can make breakfast, that's great, isn't it?
Lu Cheng: "Yes."
Lin Qingqing took the two boiled eggs: "Thank you, I'll go first." She put the two boiled eggs in her bag and went to pick up the boiled halogens.
"I'll take you there." This big bucket of halogens is not light.
"Okay." Lin Qingqing didn't refuse, because she just lifted it and it was really heavy.
Lu Cheng sent Lin Qingqing to the door and went back. There was a little kid sleeping at home, and he was worried.
While waiting at the door, Lin Qingqing finished two boiled eggs. After a while, she saw a car coming.
"Comrade Lin..." Qi Shao waved at her, "Comrade Lin, will you get in the car?"
Lin Qingqing: "Yes, I've been in the car when Lu Cheng drove it, but you have to get off and help me carry this wooden barrel to the car."
Qi Shao heard it and hurried down: "This is the halved pig intestines and pig heads? Comrade Lin, what are you going to do with them?"
Lin Qingqing: "Take it to the county supply and marketing cooperative..." After getting in the car, she explained the halogen thing. Anyway, the people in the family compound will know it sooner or later, so why not tell it now.
"Comrade Lin is amazing." The salary of the deputy regiment commander is high, and Comrade Lin still makes money like this, which is really amazing.
Lin Qingqing smiled, and the two chatted all the way to the county town. Originally, every time they went to purchase, the two comrades went together, and Qi Shao would bring another person. Now that Lin Qingqing came, Qi Shao did not bring anyone. Qi Shao talked to Lin Qingqing about the purchase. In fact, it is more convenient for the army to purchase, because their troops are in the suburbs of the county town. If those troops are in remote places or on islands, they may have to drive for several days to purchase, but in their case, the country and the local government will communicate well, and they only need to go to the county town to purchase.
From the grain station, to the non-staple food factory, to the vegetable market, Lin Qingqing has witnessed the entire process of purchasing. Qi Shao took out the troops' documents, and someone would load the things into the car. Everyone was familiar with the operating procedures. The purchase at the vegetable market was the most eye-opening for Lin Qingqing. Maybe because she came early, the dishes were very rich. From vegetables to meat to seafood, there was everything. But even if there was everything, not all of it was for the troops.
After the purchase was completed, it was almost half past seven, and they had to go back.
On the way back, Qi Shao stopped at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Lin Qingqing wanted to carry the wooden barrel over, but it was a bit heavy, so Qi Shao helped her carry it directly into the supply and marketing cooperative.
Ten minutes later, Lin Qingqing and Director Ma came out together. Director Ma was carrying a wooden barrel, which naturally contained today's pig intestines and pig heads.
When the procurement vehicle arrived at the gate of the army, it was almost eight o'clock. Lin Qingqing hadn't gotten off the car yet, but she saw a kid squatting at the gate of the army, holding a bowl and chopsticks.
"Squad leader, stop at the gate for a while, my son is at the gate." Lin Qingqing said. Isn't that kid Lu Haici?
Qi Shao said: "Let Haici get on the car later, and he can go with us."
Lin Qingqing: "Don't be so polite, let's walk over."
Qi Shao didn't force it: "Okay."
As the procurement vehicle arrived at the gate of the army, Lu Haici, who was squatting, stood up and looked at him curiously. When he saw his mother getting off the bus, he excitedly shouted, "Mom..."
"Hey." Lin Qingqing closed the door.
"Mom, you took a bus." Although Lu Haici had taken a bus and a train before, in the eyes of the little boy, taking a bus was a magical thing.
"Yes, Mom went to work today and went to work with the uncle in the cafeteria. Why are you here?" Lin Qingqing picked him up. Since knowing his life experience, Lin Qingqing has been more sympathetic to him. She liked him originally, and when you like someone, his advantages will be infinitely magnified. Now Lu Haici is the best boy in her eyes.
Lu Haici held his mother's hand and chattered about what happened today: "I didn't see my mother when I got up today. Dad said that my mother went out to buy vegetables with the uncles in the cafeteria..." The baby couldn't understand what was going on, so Lu Cheng used the simple and straightforward explanation of buying vegetables, "Dad told me to wait for him here. When he finishes training in the morning, he will pick me up and we will go to the cafeteria where mom works for breakfast. Mom, what are we going to eat today?"
Lin Qingqing thought of him squatting here all the time, which was really pitiful and ridiculous: "I don't know what to eat, the uncles in the cafeteria have already prepared it." Fortunately, his summer vacation is coming soon, and he can go to the cafeteria with her in the future.
When Lu Haici heard what the uncle in the cafeteria prepared, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's definitely not as delicious as what my mother made." Who asked him to go to the cafeteria to get food and vegetables at such a young age? This is already an experience.
Lin Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, mainly because the little boy's tone was too funny.
Of course, breakfast in the cafeteria of the third company's kitchen squad was already ready, and the comrades in the kitchen squad had already eaten. They were just waiting for the company's people to come and eat.
Breakfast was sweet potato porridge with mixed flour steamed buns. The mixed flour at this time was not the mixed flour of later generations, but the kind of flour that was not cleaned up and still had wheat husks, so it would taste a bit rough on the throat.
Lin Qingqing made sweet potato porridge for the little boy, put him in a corner, and made some sweet potato porridge for herself.
"Mom, I'll give you eggs." The little boy took out two boiled eggs from his schoolbag. "Dad cooked them."
Lin Qingqing thought of the two boiled eggs she had eaten in the morning, and a touch of emotion flashed through her heart. She was in a hurry in the morning and didn't think much about it. Now seeing the boiled eggs, she couldn't help but think of Lu Cheng's thoughtfulness. It's just... "You eat it, I've eaten it, and your dad also boiled two boiled eggs for me this morning."
Hearing that his mother had eaten eggs, Lu Haici put another one in the schoolbag.
Lu Haici eats slowly, as children usually do. Lin Qingqing was anxious to start work at eight o'clock, so she finished her sweet potato porridge in a few mouthfuls. In addition, she was not hungry to begin with, so she ate two eggs. After finishing her porridge, Lin Qingqing said softly, "Haici, Mom is working inside. If you want to find Mom, come inside."
Lu Haici said obediently, "I know, Mom, go to work without worry."
Lin gently patted his head.
At eight o'clock, the army blew the horn for breakfast.
Lu Cheng ran out as soon as the time came because his son was waiting at the door. As a result, when he arrived at the door, he did not see his son. Lu Cheng asked the soldier on guard: "Comrade, have you seen my son?" Because Lu Haici often waited for Lu Cheng at the door, the guards on guard here all knew Lu Haici. In the past, when they were just father and son, Lu Haici often waited here for Lu Cheng to eat together.
"Deputy Regiment Lu, Lu Haici and your wife left together." The soldier said.
Lu Cheng: "..." He was worried that his son was waiting, but in the end, the two of them had already left him behind. "Thank you."
As soon as Lu Cheng walked into the dining hall of the third company's kitchen squad, he looked around and soon saw the little bastard sitting in the corner eating breakfast, and Lu Cheng strode over.
Feeling a shadow looming over him, Lu Haici slowly raised his head: "Dad?"
Lu Cheng was really angry and helpless: "Is this my bowl?" He was asking about the bowl placed next to the little bastard.
Lu Haici: "Yes, Dad, Mom is working inside."
Lu Cheng: "I know, don't disturb her."
Lu Haici: "I won't." He is the cutest, most obedient and best baby in the world. How could he disturb his mother at work?
Lu Cheng: "Then you eat slowly, I'll go get the food."
Lu Cheng came to the window to line up for food, looked into the window, and didn't see Lin Qingqing.
"Deputy Regiment Lu, are you here to eat today too?" A soldier greeted him and asked.
Lu Cheng seldom comes to the canteen of the Third Company's kitchen squad to eat. Before Lin Qingqing came, he basically ate in the big canteen. But it's not that he is picky, but the food in the big canteen is indeed better, and he has to prepare some delicious food for Lu Haici.
Lu Cheng said: "My wife works here, and she will come here often to eat in the future." Maybe every day.
"Sister-in-law works here?" The soldiers who heard it were also surprised.
Lu Cheng called the word "wife" with confidence. In Lu Cheng's eyes, Lin Qingqing pursued him, and he responded to her, so they were real objects. Then, they got the certificate, so they were real husband and wife. So, isn't Lin Qingqing his wife? He was embarrassed to admit it before, and he was also a little embarrassed when the chief of staff and others teased him. Now that they have communicated their feelings, he doesn't feel awkward anymore.
"Yes, Qi Shao got in through the interview." Lu Cheng didn't want others to misunderstand that it was Lin Qingqing's fault.
"Why don't I see my sister-in-law?"
Someone heard Lu Cheng's words and looked inside. Some people even almost climbed into the window.
"What are you doing? Do you still want to eat? Line up properly." Qi Shao said loudly, waving a spoon.
"Squad leader Qi, we want to see my sister-in-law. Where is she?"
"Yes, yes. We heard from Deputy Regiment Commander Lu that my sister-in-law works here. We are all curious." "
Comrade Lin is busy. You should line up properly. Otherwise, I won't give you food after a while."
"I know, I know. Squad leader Qi is still the same."
"That's right. Your temper is still so bad."
It was finally Lu Cheng's turn. He leaned half of his body closer and looked inside. There was no trace of her here.
Qi Shao said, "Comrade Lin is in the back, arranging the dishes for lunch."
Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said nothing. He left with the sweet potato soup and mixed noodle steamed buns.
Lin Qingqing was indeed busy in front of the warehouse in the back. A lot of vegetables were purchased today. The canteen purchases once every three or four days, so so many vegetables must be put away. Then we have to arrange what to eat every day. According to the previous habits of the Third Company's kitchen squad, all they had to do was stew and eat it. What can't these big guys eat? They have iron stomachs.
Lin Qingqing registered every dish and then arranged the menu according to the name of the dish. With Lin Qingqing was a woman, a vegetable washer recruited by the Third Company's kitchen squad and also the wife of a company commander. This military wife is called Liu Honghua, she is 24 years old this year and came from the countryside. When she was in the countryside, she was used to doing rough work. This time, she got the qualification to follow the army as her husband was promoted. After arriving here, it happened that the Third Company's kitchen squad was recruiting people, and she passed the interview and was selected.
Liu Honghua knew Lin Qingqing, and Qi Shao introduced Lin Qingqing to her after she passed the interview. This morning, Lin Qingqing and Qi Shao went to purchase, so she didn't see them. When she saw Lin Qingqing when she came back just now, she couldn't believe that this was the wife of Deputy Tuan Lu.
Although Liu Honghua had never met Deputy Tuan Lu, after knowing that Lin Qingqing was her colleague and the wife of Deputy Tuan Lu, she also asked her husband about it. So she knew that Deputy Tuan Lu was 28 years old this year.
So Liu Honghua thought, Deputy Tuan Lu was 28 years old, and his wife should not be much younger. But how could this Lin Qingqing look like she was 30 years old? She looked only about 20 years old. Moreover, her skin was as white as a white flour bun, and it was obvious that she was well-fed.
So Deputy Tuan Lu was a man who doted on his wife very much.
Liu Honghua thought so.
There weren't many dishes in this era, so Lin Qingqing quickly arranged the menu. "Sister Liu, this is our dish today, pig intestines, onions and tomatoes. Let's go to the stove and get some wood ash, and use the wood ash to wash the pig intestines clean." These pig intestines were ordered early yesterday morning after Qi Shao ate Lin Qingqing's pig intestines the day before yesterday, so there were pig intestines when we went to buy them this morning.
Liu Honghua: "Hey."
When Lin Qingqing and Liu Honghua were washing the pig intestines, Lu Cheng came over. Seeing that she was busy, he didn't disturb her, but watched for a while and went out. When he went out, he ran into Qi Shao and others.
"Deputy Colonel Lu, don't you want to come in and sit for a while?" Qi Shao said.
Lu Cheng: "I won't bother you anymore." Lu Cheng went out and saw his son coming over. Lu Cheng said, "I'll take you to kindergarten."
Lu Haici: "I want to say goodbye to my mother."
Lu Cheng: "Okay, I'll wait for you here."
Lu Haici ran inside, and after a while, he came out: "Dad, you don't have to take me there. I know where the kindergarten is. I won't get lost." Then he ran away again.
Lu Cheng: “…” It’s so rare to send him to kindergarten, but he doesn’t even feel like it. In fact, when Lu Haici just joined the army, Lu Cheng also sent him several times. Later, Xiaozaizai and Ji Yang got along well, and the two often went to kindergarten together, so Lu Cheng stopped sending them. But he remembered Lin Qingqing’s words, who asked him to send Xiaozaizai to kindergarten more often if he was free.
So, Lu Cheng chased after her again.
Lu Haici was caught up by his father. He turned his head and looked at his father with confusion in his eyes.
Lu Cheng said, “I’ll send you to kindergarten.”
Lu Haici said helplessly, “Okay.” Dad is an adult, why does he still have to send him to kindergarten? Hey... the canteen of
the third company's cooking squad There
were four comrades in the organization, including Lin Qingqing and Liu Honghua. Even if six people washed the intestines together, it would take a while to wash a hundred pounds of pig intestines.
Lin Qingqing even suspected that Qi Shao had ordered all the pig intestines in the county. After all, pigs were relatively light in this era, and a pig only weighed twelve or thirteen pounds of pig intestines. It would take a lot of pigs to order these pig intestines.
After washing the pig intestines, everyone divided the work. Fifty pounds of pig intestines were used for red stew at noon, and fifty pounds of pig intestines were used for making salted dishes in the afternoon. The six people worked very quickly, and they finished cutting fifty pounds of pig intestines in less than half an hour. Then came onions and tomatoes.
"Squad leader, prepare 10 more eggs," Lin said softly, "beat them into egg liquid."
Although eggs were in short supply and one for each person was too extravagant, a few eggs were enough for the soup.
Everyone whistled in unison: "Okay."
After all the ingredients were ready, everyone began to divide the work. Lin gently directed the male comrades to braise the pig's large intestine, and she and Liu Honghua made tomato egg drop soup together. The sour tomato egg drop soup is a good appetizer and can reduce the greasy taste of the braised pig's large intestine. At the same time, the soldiers must be thirsty after a busy morning, so a bowl of soup at noon can quench their thirst and replenish salt.
A burst of fragrance came from the canteen of the Third Company's kitchen. Although there was another canteen next to them, the fragrance here could not be smelled there.
Kindergarten
As soon as Lu Haici arrived at the kindergarten, he was stopped by Ji Yang.
"Lu Haici, where have you been? Why didn't you come to the kindergarten with me today?" Ji Yang called Lu Haici's door several times, but there was no response. Xu Huijuan said that Lu Haici might have come to the kindergarten, which made Ji Yang a little unhappy. They all came to the kindergarten together, so how could Lu Haici not wait for him?
Lu Haici said, "I went to my mother's workplace to eat breakfast today, so I didn't go with you."
"Wow, your mother is amazing, she actually went to work." Having a job is something that is worthy of envy, and this is something that all the kids know.
"Yeah." Lu Haici said proudly, "My mother works in the cafeteria, and I will go to the cafeteria to eat in the future."
Cafeteria? Ji Yang lit up a new skill: "I will also go to the cafeteria to eat in the future." The kids also knew about going to the cafeteria to get food.
"Okay." Lu Haici was of course happy to eat with his little friends.
"Lu Haici, Ji Yang, what are you talking about?" Qin Ming heard them whispering and asked curiously.
Ji Yang said, "Lu Haici's mother went to work in the cafeteria, and he will also go to the cafeteria to eat in the future, so I went to the cafeteria with Lu Haici at noon." He wanted to eat the food cooked by Lu Haici's mother.
Ji Yang's words aroused Qin Ming's appetite. He also remembered that Lu Haici's mother cooked delicious food, so he joined their team: "Then I will go too."
Lu Haici: "Okay then."
So, as soon as school was over at noon, Ji Yang said to Lu Haici: "I'll go home to get a bowl, you wait for me at the door."
Qin Ming said, "Don't wait for us, you go to the queue first, what if the delicious dishes cooked by your mother are taken away by others?"
Lu Haici and Ji Yang heard it and thought it made sense.
So Lu Haici said, "Then I'll line up with you guys, I'll go first." Then he ran away.
Qin Ming was afraid that Lu Haici couldn't hear him, so he said loudly, "You have to run faster. If you are at the back of the line, you can lie on the ground and cry, and ask the people in front of you to give you a seat."
Lu Haici also answered loudly, "I know."
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