Chapter 104 Eat Meat

Ding Jiachang naturally did not miss the opportunity to add icing on the cake for his in-laws, and immediately congratulated Fang Dihua and others.

"My in-laws, you are amazing, you are really the most glorious person in our commune."

Fang Dihua said modestly: "What? We just live a normal life. It is the leader who promoted us."

She also thanked Ding Jiachang for the food and oil he sent.

Ding Jiachang: "No, Secretary, please invite your in-laws to go quickly. I will have time to go and have a drink with Brother Lu later."

As soon as they met, Fang Dihua said that she wanted to return the pension to the government.

This was what they had agreed on long ago. When Lu Shaotang came back, they would return the 800 yuan pension to the government.

After listening to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Director Qin and the others were all stunned. They didn't expect that there were people who were so selfless and didn't care about money. They could give out the huge amount of money they got. They

are indeed an advanced family. They are so conscious!

Director Qin said, "Comrade Lu's documents have been issued, but there is no explanation about the pension."

The deputy director suggested calling the county to ask.

Director Qin called the county revolutionary committee on the spot.

After a while, the call was connected, and the leaders there quickly found a few leaders to discuss together. In the end, they gave an answer: the pension will be changed to a bonus, and it will still be given to Lu Shaotang's family.

Director Qin conveyed this idea to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, this is a bonus, not a pension, but a reward for the family. You and Shaotang's wife have worked hard."

After saying this, he took the lead in saluting the two.

Fang Dihua and Lin Shu quickly returned the salute.

Fang Dihua couldn't hide the smile on her face and almost laughed out loud.

Her son was fine, and he also received a reward of 800 yuan. Haha, this is a great thing, how can I not be happy?

Director Qin and others thanked Lin Shu for their efforts in purchasing tractors for the commune.

It seems that Lin Shu and Sister-in-law Lu have an insignificant relationship with the tractor factory, but in fact, Director Guo helped them because of this relationship. Other communes failed to pass the review with two platforms, but they passed the review with four platforms. If

this is not help, what is it?

Director Qin would not really think that he was so arrogant that he approved the application in one go.

Giving him a bicycle as a reward was too light.

Lin Shu was so humble. This was all thanks to the leaders and the majority of members. If they had not actively paid their public rations, how could they have applied for a tractor?

As they were chatting, Secretary Jing hurried over on a bicycle, with pork hanging all over the back seat and the front of the car.

Today, the commune slaughterhouse was killing pigs and distributing the meat. Director Qin asked the secretary to bring some over as a reward for the Lu family.

Five pounds of pork belly, half a rib, ten pounds of pork, and some offal.

Including bones and meat, it was almost forty pounds in total.

Fang Dihua was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. As long as it was not obtained illegally, she would be happy with any reward.

Fang Dihua called Brother Lu and Sister-in-law Lu to come over and carry the meat. Brother

Lu was a little reluctant to carry it, fearing that it would affect his demeanor and make him look cheap.

Fang Dihua glared at him, and he obediently took the bag and carried the meat on his shoulders.

Before leaving, Lin Shu couldn't help asking Secretary Jing, "Why didn't my father and brother from Linjiatun get selected as advanced individuals?"

Everyone came to the commune to see the excitement, and many people from Linjiatun also came. She also greeted Zhou Weimin and others, but didn't see her own family.

Secretary Jing whispered, "Sister-in-law, actually it was originally selected, but some leaders felt that... well, Lin Yue's divorce, uh, how should I put it, they felt that the impact might not be good, so they couldn't select advanced families and individuals. But sister-in-law, don't worry, they have a lot of prizes. After all, tractor operators have made great efforts in the autumn harvest, and the commune has rewards."

Hearing that there were prizes, Lin Shu didn't care. Since she didn't have to take the civil service exam, the false name didn't matter. The key was the practical benefits .

She thanked Secretary Jing.

Secretary Jing even deliberately straightened his chest, "Sister-in-law, look at my clothes, I look particularly energetic in them."

This was just made by Lin Shu the day before yesterday, of course it looked energetic.

Lin Shu gave a thumbs up, "Secretary Jing, I hope to attend your wedding next spring."

He was on a blind date.

Secretary Jing smiled and said, "Thank you for your good wishes."

After leaving the commune compound, they saw the members rushing to the market and the supply and marketing cooperative to buy New Year's goods.

The market was okay, there were no rare things, at most black goods, clay pots, clay jars, baskets, mats and the like, at most some people would quietly exchange eggs, grains and the like, and most of the New Year's goods had to be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative was so crowded at the moment!

It was said that many people lined up from morning to noon but still couldn't buy the cloth they wanted. Fang Dihua was secretly happy when she heard this.

She had expected this to happen, so she had long ago exchanged the tickets for as many things as possible, and just bought a few miscellaneous things during the month of June.

They came here on foot, but they returned with a brand new bicycle.

Not a ticket, but a bicycle! A

rideable one!

The wind was chilly, but the Lu family was in high spirits.

The whole family unanimously let Fang Dihua ride the bicycle, with Panpan sitting on the front beam, and Tiantian and Xu Xiaoyou sitting in the back.

The three kids were sitting on the bicycle, but they acted like they were riding a jeep, howling non-stop.

Fang Dihua reminded Panpan: "You've got a stomach full of wind, so you'll have a stomachache."

Lu Hehuan discussed with Fang Dihua whether she should share the meat rewarded by the commune with her.

After all, mother had just given it all to the eldest sister's family.

Mother gave the eldest sister's family three ribs and a piece of meat, which made the eldest sister's father-in-law very happy.

If she also brought a piece of meat home, her mother-in-law and Xu Shihua would be happy.

Fang Dihua said: What do you want?

Your elder sister sends food and oil to the family every month, what do you send to your parents' home?

Of course, she didn't want to give meat to her daughter-in-law, but she didn't forbid her daughter-in-law to bring Xu Xiaoyou back to eat, and she also hinted that Xu Xiaoyou could bring Lu Hehuan to eat meat these days.

Zhang Peijin also attended the commendation meeting, but he was not selected as an advanced person.

He used to think that it was very difficult to be selected as an advanced person, especially for the barefoot doctor advanced person, because he would not be selected even if he worked himself to death.

So he never thought about it, and when others asked him about it, he said it was very difficult to be selected, very difficult, unless you had connections, you would not be selected.

As a result, Old Man Lu was selected after only half a year, and he was given so many rewards.

He felt very bad when he returned to the village with the Lu family.

He was very envious of Old Man Lu, and at the same time he admired him very much, of course there was also sour jealousy.

But in the end, it was mostly envy and admiration.

He originally had no medical skills, and during the training he learned the knowledge of diagnosing common diseases and prescribing medicines, which made him feel... quite guilty.

His uncle, Lao Changtou, always brags about his miracle doctor and how awesome he is. He doesn't know how to stand up when he is being bullied.

When he gets along with Old Man Lu, he finds that he is very elder-like, tactful, and doesn't take advantage of others. He also gives him advice without making a sound.

Once, he prescribed the wrong medicine for someone, and Doctor Lu heard it and quietly reminded him.

Although this medicine wouldn't kill people, and the members didn't understand it, Zhang Peijin still felt guilty, and later he took the initiative to learn from Old Man Lu.

Old Man Lu is a kind and generous person. As long as Zhang Peijin asks, he will teach, and he never hides anything.

Today, Zhang Peijin's medical skills have greatly improved compared to before.

A doctor doesn't need to be omnipotent. He only needs to be good at treating one type of disease to be very good.

Zhang Peijin felt that he should continue to learn from Old Man Lu and strive to be recognized as an advanced doctor based on his own strength.

When they returned to the village, they happened to meet Old Man Lu returning home.

Seeing so many awards, Old Man Lu was also laughing.

He immediately took a teacup from his grandson and handed it to Zhang Peijin, saying with a smile: "Doctor Zhang, we are colleagues. You also contributed to my recognition as an advanced doctor. This teacup is for you."

Zhang Peijin was flattered. How could he be so worthy of this?

Usually, he helped Old Man Lu to see some patients, and Old Man Lu would share the registration fee with him.

Old Man Lu even specially reserved the opportunity to see patients for him, so that he could run more and earn more.

He had been following Old Man Lu to get benefits, but when he became a leader, he didn't forget to share the prize with him.

He was very touched.

After the Lu family left, Old Chang scolded his nephew with a look of disapproval, "He bribed you, oppressed you, and humiliated you, and you still think he is doing a good thing?"

Zhang Peijin: "Uncle, he gave me a teacup and shared the money with me, how can that be called humiliating me? If that is called humiliating, then everyone in the world should come and humiliate me."

Giving money and things is still humiliating, he is not afraid, he likes it.

Old Chang was furious.

Lu Shaocai had been climbing the wall and watching. He immediately burst into tears when he saw what was happening, "Oh my god!"

The branch secretary who came over later cursed, "You're crying! Shut up!"

The team leader followed and yelled at Lu Shaocai to shut up.

Lu Shaocai was so angry that he almost fell down. He went back to the house and lied down. He asked Zhao Meifeng to send a telegram to the capital saying that he was going to die.

Lin Shu and others went home, all of them were beaming with joy.

Fang Dihua said to Lin Shu, "Let's cook and eat the meat instead of pickling it. We'll kill the New Year pig around the 20th of the lunar month. We can't do without meat during the New Year."

After a busy year, aren't we just looking forward to these few days?

Let the family eat to their heart's content!

The children cheered happily. Lu An rolled over on the ground, and Lu Ping was so scared that he quickly picked him up, and his clothes were all dirty.

Lin Shu quickly poured warm water to wash her hands, cut the meat into pieces, and froze part of the meat. The bones, ribs, and offal would be eaten in the next few days.

After the pig was slaughtered, some bacon and bacon would be made, which would be eaten until the wheat harvest next year.

Wheat harvest is too tiring, and it is best to bring some meat to the family.

Because every family has to slaughter the New Year pig at the end of the year, Fang Dihua did not let the daughters-in-law send meat to their parents' home, so they would use the meat as a reward for their own family. After

a year of hard work, they have to gain some weight.

Lu Ersao's eyes sparkled. Her family had big expenses this year and needed money. Her parents said that both pigs should be sold to the commune and they would not kill the New Year pigs. They asked the daughters to send more than 30 kilograms to her family when their husbands' families killed the New Year pigs.

This time, the commune distributed nearly 40 kilograms, and her family was given 8 or 10 kilograms... should that be okay?

She tried to test it several times in a roundabout way, "Mom, the commune is quite generous. We can't finish all the meat in one day."

Fang Dihua: "If we can't finish it in one day, then we can take five days. It's not enough to eat the New Year pigs we kill at home. I can eat another 50 kilograms!"

How could she not know what Lu Ersao was thinking? She

just deliberately didn't respond.

In the evening, Fang Dihua helped Lin Shu and cooked pork ribs stewed with kelp and potatoes, pig's trotters with fermented bean curd, which Lin Shu made herself. She also boiled spinach and mixed it with shrimp skin spinach.

Spinach and leeks can survive the winter in the local area, so now all other vegetables in the vegetable garden have disappeared, leaving only spinach and leeks.

However, they cannot be exposed to the winter directly. They have to be covered with corn stalks, wheat bran, etc. to help resist low temperatures and frost, and basically they will be fine.

In order to have vegetables to eat in the family in winter, Lin Shu planted a large area of ​​spinach and leeks in early autumn. In addition, she had planted a lot of green onions and garlic before, which grew in early winter and were all harvested.

Green onions were directly placed in bundles in the cabbage house, and garlic was tied up and hung on the door frame and wall. When the Chinese New Year comes, the garlic sprouts can be added to the table.

This year their dinner table will not be boring, as there will definitely be rich dishes that many city cadre families cannot eat.

Fang Dihua invited Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou to dinner.

Lu Hehuan asked Xu Xiaoyou to stay, but she shamelessly asked for a bowl to go home and eat with Xu's mother and Xu Shihua.

Xu Xiaoyou sighed, hey, the stepmother will definitely not be able to eat it.

Fang Dihua looked at the back of the young lady, and always felt that there were two big words written there: idiot.

She regretted inviting the young lady to dinner, she might as well have sent her away from the beginning and only kept Xu Xiaoyou, so that she wouldn't be angry now because of the loss of meat.

Lin Shu immediately persuaded her, "Mom, it's okay, we won't invite her to dinner next time."

Fang Dihua thought, that's right, there's nothing to be angry about, it's her business to give meat to her daughter, and it's her business if she doesn't eat it and gives it to a man.

It's OK as long as she has a clear conscience.

Big Brother Lu was eating with his mouth full of oil, very proud, "I wish I could have five meals a day every day, my sister-in-law's cooking skills are getting better and better."

He stretched his head and shouted to Fang Dihua, "Mom, you promised me that we will never separate in this life."

Fang Dihua: "..."

Why do I want to slap you so much.

While eating, Father Lu saw Panpan acting sneaky, so he whispered to him, "Why don't you eat the meat properly?"

Just now he saw Panpan running into the room with a bowl, which was very suspicious, after all, the two children were very good at eating and never distracted.

Panpan sighed, "My father didn't come back on such a happy day today. I missed the excitement."

Tiantian: "It's okay. I'll draw it."

Xu Xiaoyou also said, "Yes, yes, I have memorized your positions on the stage. I'll tell Tiantian later."

Panpan: "Hey..."

It would be great if Dad was there too. Dad would stand next to Mom and pick him and Tiantian up in one hand each. The whole commune would see it.

That would be so cool.

After dinner, Fang Dihua asked Lin Shu to bring out some roasted melon seeds. Some good neighbors would come over to visit and talk.

Today is such a good day for the Lu family. They will definitely come to congratulate.

Sure enough, Xu Laonian, Qiu Pozi, Li Auntie and others came to congratulate the second master and the second grandmother.

After chatting for a while and eating a handful of melon seeds, everyone said goodbye. No one felt embarrassed to waste other people's lamp oil.

A lot of prizes were given out today, and now there is a hot pot in each room.

Lu Cuicui ran into the house happily. In order to feel this joy, she went to her parents' room to get some water to drink.

"Dad, now there is a hot pot and a teacup in each room. It's great."

Lu Erge was also very happy. He didn't go because he didn't want to go. He also wanted to know the grand scene at that time, so he didn't say anything and listened carefully to the children.

He said, "It's cold, wash your feet with hot water every night."

Lu Cuicui was not that diligent. She thought that her third aunt was just pretending to be clean by washing her feet every day. She only needed to wash them once a week. But since her father said so, she happily agreed. After all, she had the final say on whether to wash or not.

Mrs. Lu curled her lips and said sarcastically, "Are you so happy about a hot pot? Other people have three in their house."

Lu Cuicui was chatting happily with her father and said, "They have three because they are capable. Why aren't you praised..."

Before she finished speaking, she knew she had said something wrong and was afraid that Mrs. Lu would hit her, so she turned pale.

Mrs. Lu raised her hand and slapped her.

Mr. Lu happened to be next to her and grabbed Mrs. Lu's arm, frowned and whispered, "Don't hit the children."

Lu Cuicui knew she had made someone angry, so she didn't even drink the water and ran back to her room, closed the door and went to sleep.

Mrs. Lu was very angry, "Why didn't you hit her when she said that to me?"

Mr. Lu said, "She was not wrong."

At about 8:30, Lin Shu and the children went to bed.

The two kids were so excited during the day, but now they are very sleepy.

Panpan is still climbing on the windowsill to look out. Will Dad come back tonight?

Lin Shu has three hot water bottles in the room now. Because she is very clean and likes to wash, her sister-in-law and Fang Dihua gave her the extra hot water bottles.

She not only pays attention to hygiene herself, but also to Tiantian and Panpan.

Wash their butts first and then soak their feet at night.

She tucks them into the quilt and blows out the light to go to sleep.

Today is the day when Lu Shaotang will come back. He mentioned it last time.

Lin Shu slept in a daze, and suddenly felt the cold wind coming in again, and she knew that Lu Shaotang was back.

He moved lightly, but when he opened the door, the cold wind blew in, and it invaded every corner of the house in an instant, even the east and west rooms were affected.

Women who have given birth are particularly sensitive to cold winds and can feel it immediately.

Lu Shaotang entered the house, tidied himself up in the main room first, took off his wind-proof military coat, rubbed his hands and then entered the house.

Lin Shu: "We stewed pork ribs tonight, do you want to eat some?"

Seeing that she was awake, Lu Shaotang smiled with clear black eyes, "Is it in the pot? I'll get it myself, don't get up."

Lin Shu sat up, put on a cotton jacket, and talked to him casually.

"Pan Pan is thinking about you, afraid that you can't eat meat, so I hid half a bowl of the best spare ribs for you in our room during dinner time."

Lu Shaotang came in with kelp spare ribs in one hand and two big steamed buns in the other. He put down the food and went over to kiss the daughter-in-law and son.

He wanted to take the opportunity to kiss his wife, but unfortunately she was sitting far away and couldn't kiss her. Pan Pan

: "Dad!" Lu Shaotang:

"Yes, it's me.

" Pan Pan: "Eat meat.

" Lu Shaotang: "I'm eating."

Lin Shu motioned to Lu Shaotang, "Hey, don't reply, he's talking in his sleep, he knows you're around."

Lu Shaotang laughed, this kid, he has the same problem as when he was a child.

When he was a child, he made mistakes and refused to admit them no matter what. Even when his parents beat him, he would not admit it. When he fell asleep, he talked in his sleep, so his parents interrogated him. He explained everything clearly, but he knew nothing about it. He

felt very wronged.

After chatting for a while, Lin Shu lay down. His waist was tired from sitting. She listened to Lu Shaotang washing up and brushing his teeth downstairs. Well, he is a hygienic man, not bad. In fact, Lu Shaotang only rinsed his mouth and did not brush his teeth at night. Lin Shu taught him that he should brush his teeth after eating, otherwise his teeth would rot. He did not object and just did it. His teeth are fine and neat, which is really rare. After all, it is easier to have good eyes, but few people have good mouths, and even fewer people have good teeth.

After lying down for a while, Lin Shu heard him whisper, "Chen Yanming and I went to the bathhouse today."

Lin Shu: "Ah? Did you enjoy the bath?"

Lu Shaotang: "Very good, I'll take you guys with me next time."

Lin Shu: "That's great, let's go once before the New Year to clean up everyone in the family."

No one spoke for a while.

Lin Shu felt sleepy, and heard Lu Shaotang say, "Can I switch places with the lady?"

Lin Shu was sleepy and confused, so she didn't hear what he said clearly, and muttered, "Sure."

Then Lu Shaotang sat up happily, carried the lady over to share a quilt with Panpan, tucked them in, and then happily got into his wife's quilt.

Lin Shu was confused when she fell into the hot chest. What happened?

The man's deep and magnetic voice echoed in her ears, "Wife, I bought that."

Lin Shu: "What?"

Then she felt it.

She remembered that Lu Shaotang wanted to have sex before, but she was afraid of pregnancy and refused to let him do it, and asked him to buy condoms.

At that time, he didn't even know about condoms!

Lin Shu regretted telling him a little, and now that he knew, she was in trouble. When

she woke up the next day, she had no idea when Lu Shaotang left!

Tiantian and Panpan were lying on the kang with their little butts sticking out, commenting on the few strokes Lu Shaotang added to their paintings.

Panpan: "Dad's paintings are so beautiful."

Tiantian: "Dad, how come your paintings are so straight? Did you use a ruler to compare?"

Turning around, they saw Lin Shu was awake, and the two children rushed over, "Mom, you slept so well today."

Lin Shu: "Did you drink too much water last night?"

"Ah, Mom's throat is hoarse, I have a cold!"

"I'll get some motherwort to make tea for you!"

Lin Shu's cheeks were hot, and she quickly pulled them together, whispering: "No, I ate too much chili and got a sore throat."

Listening to Fang Dihua making breakfast downstairs, Lin Shu thought that Lu Shaotang should not come back too often, once a month is not too much.