Chapter 111 Succession

Ding Guohua glanced at the west room, a little disappointed, then smiled and went out with the other brothers.

Tiantian and Panpan also wanted to invite Xu Xiaoyou, so they followed.

Ding Guohua picked up Tiantian, "Come on, big brother will carry you and walk faster, so you won't fall on the road."

Tiantian shook her head: "No, no, my mother's shoes are non-slip."

She held up the non-slip soles that Lin Shu specially made for her and Panpan to show them.

Everyone saw that there were some small bumps on the soles of their shoes, and they didn't know whether they were ironed or sewn.

The eldest brother-in-law came over, and Lu Shaocai from next door heard the noise and wanted to come over to join in the fun and have a meal and drink, but his accountant position was snatched away by his eldest brother Lu, and he felt ashamed and was afraid that the eldest brother-in-law would laugh at him, so he sighed at home.

Father Lu didn't think too much about it. He still had to call them, so he asked Second Brother Lu to call them personally.

Lu Shaocai didn't come after all. He thought about waiting until Big Sister Lu and her family left before finishing their meal, so as not to be laughed at and embarrassed.

It would be better if he didn't come.

Lu Hehuan and Xu Xiaoyou came, but Xu Shihua didn't come either.

Lu Hehuan said he went to pay New Year's greetings to an old gentleman.

Xu Xiaoyou pulled Lin Shu to the west room and whispered to her, "My dad was at home a while ago. When he heard the voices of Tiantian and Panpan, he hid immediately. He didn't come on purpose."

Lin Shu laughed softly, "It's better not to come, so as not to ruin the atmosphere. We can just be happy on our own."

Xu Xiaoyou nodded vigorously, "I think so too. Hey, I don't know why, I just think my grandma and my dad are born pessimists. They get upset when anything good comes to their mouths."

She came to Grandma Lu's house to eat slaughtered pork, stayed overnight, and went home happily the next day. Her grandma said to her as soon as she saw her, "Is it a good person just because I give you a meal of meat? Don't be so shallow."

Xu Xiaoyou thinks that eating a meal of meat is not a good person?

Who is willing to give others meat these days?

Anyway, her grandma would never let her eat a meal of meat at home!

Lin Shu put a new headband on her head, "This is made by sister Xiuxiu, it looks better."

Xu Xiaoyou tiptoed to look in the mirror, "Thank you, little aunt, thank you sister, they all look good, I like them so much!"

Lu Xiuxiu has a good basic skill in sewing, and the skill of making buttons is used to make headbands, which are particularly beautiful.

Lin Shu took a piece of fine yarn and asked her to make it herself, but she refused.

Lu Xiuxiu likes to make it, but doesn't like to wear it on her head.

"Xiuxiu, stop doing it, go and play with everyone." Lin Shu hopes she can play more.

Why does a girl like a flower keep working?

Lu Xiuxiu hesitated a little, and looked outside. Ding Guohua was playing in the yard with several brothers, sisters and brothers.

He happened to look over through the middle glass of the window and smiled at her.

Lu Xiuxiu lowered her head and continued to work.

Lin Shu always felt that Ding Guohua's eyes looking at Lu Xiuxiu were a little ambiguous, and then she saw that Lu Xiuxiu didn't seem to have anything special to him, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

While watching Lu Xiuxiu making clothes, she casually chatted about Guo Caixiu's things, his family members, his children, and his grandchildren.

Lu Xiuxiu told her that Guo Caixiu actually wanted to train his own children, but his children were not interested in making clothes, and his grandchildren were not interested either. It's not that they were not interested at all, but Guo Caixiu found that they were not cut out for making clothes.

People of this generation have little knowledge and narrow horizons. Many people can't open their mouths to speak when they meet outsiders, and their thinking is very rigid.

She looks stupid and has a hard time learning.

Lu Xiuxiu and another female apprentice were selected by Guo Tailor as having a promising future.

Lin Shu: "Xiuxiu, when you were with Guo Tailor, did he give you a hand-board?"

Lu Xiuxiu blushed and nodded.

Lin Shu: "Do you still want to go?"

Lu Xiuxiu: "If I don't go, my tuition for two years was wasted. He still hasn't taught me a lot. There's no tuition for the third year, and he'll teach me more."

Lin Shu: "Do you want to go? Or are you afraid of wasting the money from the first two years and the things you didn't learn?" Lu

Xiuxiu: "Master said that you have to learn from beginning to end."

Lin Shu: "Do I have to learn from him? Is there anything special he can teach me, besides how to put on collars and sleeves?"

Lu Xiuxiu thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he can teach me how to make cheongsams."

Lin Shu: "It's a skill, but I won't be able to use it for at least ten years."

Lu Xiuxiu thought to herself, not just ten years, maybe she won't be able to use it for a lifetime. Everyone wears similar clothes now. Who would dare to wear a cheongsam except for the spies and bad guys in the movies?

Lin Shu knew that Lu Xiuxiu didn't really want to go, but she had to go because her family had spent money. She had learned in the first two years, and the master would teach her real skills in the third year. What a loss if she didn't go?

Lin Shu didn't guarantee whether she would go or not, so as not to disappoint her child. She could discuss it with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law first. Let sister-in-law

Lu ask. If she doesn't want to go, then don't go. The money spent in the first two years was not wasted. She learned the basics and played very well.

In the third year, they didn't just teach her skills. They also used her as free labor, didn't they?

If you come back and make your own clothes, won't you make more money than the tuition?

Sister Lu came over, "Shaotang... Third sister-in-law, come quickly, talk together, don't stay here and work."

She kept calling Shaotang's wife Shaotang's wife, so Fang Dihua reminded her to change her words.

No one in the family calls her anymore.

Lin Shu smiled and asked Lu Xiuxiu to go with her.

Lin Shu discussed with Fang Dihua what to cook.

Fang Dihua: "There are still bones. Stew some sour cabbage and pork, stir-fry some leeks and eggs, and cut a plate of brined pork."

Although the brined pork is not as fragrant as it was when it was frozen and thawed, but nowadays no one eats enough meat, so it is fragrant even if it is not so fragrant. If it

can be stir-fried, it is a good dish because it has oil and water.

The eldest daughter-in-law often sends rice, flour and oil to the family, so when the daughters-in-law and sons-in-law come back, Fang Dihua will let them cook stir-fried dishes. Even if the stir-fried dishes are rich, they are not bad.

Especially scrambled eggs, which waste oil.

Seeing that there was still a piece of tenderloin left, Lin Shu fried another small meatball.

Frying meat doesn't actually consume a lot of oil, and most of the oil can be left over, or even more.

These days, people don't eat fried meat more than twice a year, so there's no need to worry about the unhealthiness of fried foods.

Since they're frying meatballs, why not fry some radish balls and tofu balls at the same time?

Fang Dihua, Lu Dasao, and Lu Ersao helped chop the meat and shred the radish.

The men were drinking tea and chatting in the house, while the women were busy in the main room stove.

Lu Dasao asked Lu Hehuan to help.

Lu Hehuan had some opinions about Lin Shu because she always humiliated Xu Shihua.

She pouted, "Third sister-in-law, can you be nicer to Xu Shihua? You are always like that, and he doesn't dare to come to our house."

Lin Shu was surprised, "What did I do? Did I scold him or hit him?"

Sister Lu: "What happened?"

Fang Dihua: "Nothing, don't be sad, hurry up and chop the stuffing."

Fang Dihua went into the house and asked Ding Runsheng if he wanted to eat dumplings or noodles in addition to the main dishes.

Ding Runsheng was a little spoiled, "Mom, don't be so troublesome, keep it simple, we can eat steamed buns or wodou buns."

Fang Dihua: "You only come two or three times a year, so you must eat some thin noodles."

Ding Runsheng: "Mom, just make some thin noodles for the children, we don't need it."

Fang Dihua took the decision and arranged it herself.

Roll out less noodles for the children, and the adults can still make pancakes.

Their family no longer likes to eat steamed buns, unless they are made with two kinds of flour. Pure corn flour and sweet potato flour are still delicious for pancakes.

Seeing Lin Shu's skillful cooking, Sister Lu praised: "Mom, the cooking skills of my third brother and sister-in-law are better than those of the chefs in the commune hotel."

Fang Dihua: "Of course, even the city hotels are just so-so."

Sister Lu: "Mom, you are really generous."

She found that her parents were really good to Lin Shu now, not just in words, but from the bottom of their hearts. That kind of appreciation can't be faked.

The children outside were riding a small tractor. Ding Guowen always wanted to get on the ice in the river. Panpan was reluctant to let him go, but Lu Ping didn't let him.

Ding Guowen said it was stingy, and Ding Guowu agreed, "Yes, why are you so stingy? You can skate much faster on the ice."

Lu An's face flushed. He already knew that being called stingy was not a good thing.

My aunt's family is an official, they are rich, and they live in the commune, which is more prestigious than living in the countryside.

Tiantian: "Didn't you see that the wheels of this car are non-slip? It's not suitable for skating!"

Ding Guohua laughed and said, "You are not as good as Tiantian, a little kid. Ice skaters have to wear skates specially, how can they just go skating?"

Seeing that his elder brother had spoken, Ding Guowen did not insist.

Ding Guowu wanted to play the game of catching thieves again. He asked Lu Ping and his brother to be human traffickers and kidnap Tiantian, Panpan and Xu Xiaoyou.

Lu An refused!

Who wants to be the bad guy?

Ding Guowu pointed at Lu Cuicui, "You, you are the most bad guy, you be the bad guy!"

Lu Cuicui's face turned even darker with anger, you are the bad guy, your whole family is bad guys!

Panpan: "The beggar is short and stocky, my second cousin is the most like him."

Ding Guowen turned 14 after the Chinese New Year, he ate a lot and was chubby, his face was already showing signs of growing, but his height was not yet developed, in Panpan's eyes, his body shape was very similar to that of the brazer.

Ding Guowen was angry, "I don't want to play anymore, it's boring!"

It was really boring, he wanted to find his uncle, but his uncle was not there.

Mother always asked them to come to her grandmother's house more often to get close to their cousins, and also asked them to come over to help with the work during the autumn harvest. If it weren't for grandma, how much suffering they would have to endure every year.

Other children graduate from high school and go to the countryside, and their parents try their best to arrange jobs for them. But his mother is so kind that she finds work for them and lets them work in the countryside.

If there were no work in the fields during the New Year and the pigsty was not so smelly in winter, he would not like to come to his grandmother's house.

The countryside is too dirty, too smelly and too dilapidated.

Although the commune is also considered a countryside, the central area of ​​the commune is paved with cement. His family does not farm or raise pigs, and the yard is paved with cement. It is clean and not smelly or dirty .

It is not like his grandmother's house at all. Look at so many vegetable fields. How much feces and urine must be watered?

How smelly it must be!

He sniffed subconsciously.

What he smelled was the fragrance that filled the whole house!

Lin Shu is frying meatballs!

As soon as the children were pushed into the house, "It smells so good!"

Lin Shu fed the three little ones one by one, and put some in bowls for the older children to eat.

Lu Hehuan ate two tender and fragrant meatballs and said with a smile: "Oh, so many, then I'll take a bowl back for me..."

Fang Dihua: "Then go back and eat it!"

Sister Lu immediately scolded Lu Hehuan and glared at her, "What's wrong with you? How can there be enough meatballs for so many people? You still take a bowl back for your mother-in-law and stepson to eat. How can you be so virtuous?"

Lu Hehuan put it down with grievance.

Sister Lu gave Fang Dihua another ten yuan, "Mom, this is for the New Year's money."

Fang Dihua: "I've given it twice before, forget it."

Sister Lu insisted, "Isn't it my duty to give my parents money for the holidays?"

Fang Dihua only took five yuan.

Lu Hehuan took a look, and realized that she didn't bring any money.

In the past few months, every time she got her salary, there was something going on at home. She either had to buy noodles or something else, or Xu Shihua had to buy books, and with the daily expenses at home, there was not much left.

She had to buy snacks for the children if she had one or two yuan.

Anyway, her parents were well-off, and this year her father and eldest brother and sister-in-law all made money. Third brother's salary was so high, so she didn't have to give it this year. She could give it next year when her salary increased.

Lu Hehuan comforted herself in this way.

Sister Lu frowned, "Hehuan, you don't give money to your mother?"

Lu Hehuan: "I don't have any. My salary is low. Shihua is going to see..."

"Okay, you don't have to give it to me."

Fang Dihua didn't want to hear anything about Xu Shihua. She was influenced by Lin Shu and had no good feelings towards Xu Shihua. After

being married for so long, this son-in-law has never paid a proper visit to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Anyway, all she asked was Xu Shihua and Xu's mother not to treat the young lady and Xu Xiaoyou badly. As for who gets the salary, she doesn't care.

She can't bear to see her children suffer while she is alive. When she closes her eyes, why would she care so much?

Watching the dishes being served, even though Ding Runsheng had eaten a lot in county restaurants, he was still surprised.

"The cooking skills of my third sister-in-law have improved by leaps and bounds!"

Fang Dihua: "She just loves to learn and think."

Ding Runsheng said with a smile: "I'm really not lucky enough without my brother-in-law."

Looking at the delicious brined pork, sausage, pickled cabbage and white meat, and fried meatballs, Lu Hehuan wanted Xu Shihua to come and have a meal. If he was conquered by his sister-in-law's cooking skills, maybe he would like to come to her parents' home more often after the relationship eased?

There were many people in the house, the men smoked and drank in the east room, and the women and children went to the west room to set up another table.

As the little hosts, Tiantian and Panpan naturally had to bring out the sweet soup made by Lin Shu to entertain the guests.

Ding Guohua was 17 years old after the Chinese New Year, which was an adult in the countryside, so he was allowed to sit at the adult table and drink a few cups.

He will graduate from high school next year, and he will have to consider employment. Either he can go to the countryside or his family will arrange a job for him.

Brother Lu asked.

Ding Runsheng took a sip of wine and said, "His grandfather said that there are many people waiting for jobs in the past two years, and there is no suitable one at the moment. Next year, let's see if we can go to the county textile factory or grain management office. If we can't get a number, we will wait for my father to retire and let Guohua take over."

His father said that by then he would be promoted to be a stationmaster, or at least a deputy stationmaster, and then the other two sons would also be able to enter the grain management office, and when he retires, Guohua would be the stationmaster.

Anyway, no matter how poor their family is, they can arrange jobs in the grain management office.

Of course, if the stationmaster has fewer children and takes up fewer positions, then their family can arrange for more.

His father also said there was a better way. It would be time for Lu Shaotang to be promoted when he gets older in a few years. His own children are still young and there is no need to arrange jobs. It would be better to let him help his nephew go to the army.

Both Guowen and Guowu can go to the army, and with their uncle protecting them, it won't be a problem to arrange for a communications corps or something.

Not tired, not dangerous, and the benefits and wages are great.

The only problem is that Lu Ping is not young and will have to arrange work in two years. He will probably compete with Guowen for opportunities.

But if Lu Shaotang has the ability, it shouldn't be a problem to arrange three or five people.

Big brother Lu smiled and said, "It's good to have a job. When you retire, your family can take over. I heard that the workers in the city are like this."

Ding Runsheng taught him, "Big brother, you should do the same. When Lu Ping graduates from junior high school, let him be the accountant of the production team first, and when you retire, let him be the accountant of the brigade. Lu An can follow Uncle San to join the army, or follow our father to learn to be a doctor. You have to know how to manage. Others can take over jobs in the city, so why can't we?"

He remembered something, "Oh, by the way, big brother's wife drives a tractor, so let Lu An take over the job. It's OK to drive a tractor. Anyway, there will always be a job arranged for him."

Mrs. Lu, who just came out to get some water, heard this and said, "That won't work. The tractor operators in the commune have to be selected, and you can't take over."

Ding Runsheng smiled and said, "Which unit doesn't have to do that? But you are in your position, so you know a lot more than others. When the time comes, you will naturally find a way to get your children admitted while others can't. This is also a kind of succession."

Mrs. Lu curled her lips. The first and third wives in the family all have jobs. Panpan and Tiantian will definitely follow their father to join the army. Only the second wife will be left alone.

She said, "Sister-in-law, you can take Cuicui with you in the future and let her take over your job."

Fang Dihua: "Okay, it's a matter of a few years, and we don't need to worry about government affairs."

Mrs. Lu was so angry that her nose was crooked again. Why did her mother-in-law confront her no matter what she said? Didn't she let her speak? Didn't she have a status in this family?

When she gets angry, I insist!

She added: "If that doesn't work, let Cuicui learn to make clothes with her sister and the third aunt. They can earn one yuan and seventy-eight cents for a set of clothes."

She wanted to say that Lin Shu made this money, and everyone helped her with the work, so did she keep the money for herself or give it to the public?

Fang Dihua glanced at Lu Cuicui who was hiding behind Xu Xiaoyou on the kang and secretly scooping up big mouthfuls of jam with a spoon, "She is not at home all day long, how can she sit still and learn to make clothes?"

You really dare to think. Second

Sister Lu was really about to cry with anger, so she had to confront whatever she said?

Her eyes turned red, and she turned around and went back to her room without eating.

Big Sister Lu: "Second sister, where are you going? You are eating."

Fang Dihua: "Eat yours."