Chapter 130 Getting Started
After returning home, the two children were responsible for performing these things with Lin Shu.
Chen Yanming was like watching a play. How could the Lu family have a conspiracy when a relative came?
Lu Shaotang glanced at Lin Shu and explained the relationship between Mrs. Jie's family and Lin Shu in a few words. Chen
Yanming looked at Lin Shu who was building a scaffold in the vegetable garden, and suddenly felt that she was...especially tall.
She was obviously an ordinary working woman, at most beautiful and smart, but she had her own unique wisdom in life.
Most wives of men like them who were away from home all year round couldn't stand it and complained, and some even wanted to divorce.
But she could live a happy life without a man.
He felt that Lin Shu was very different from other women.
He had been to other people's houses before. Some women were shy and timid, afraid to look at him. They wanted to take out all the good things in the house to flatter him, fearing that they would lose face for the man. Others were on guard against him, fearing that he would borrow money or eat too much, and
they had to pretend to be generous even if they were stingy. She was different. She was very casual, as if they were old friends who had known each other for a long time. She was not deliberately flattering, and she was not on guard at all.
She gave him the feeling that she treated him as a member of the family, allowing him to relax and feel free.
Lao Lu was so lucky.
He couldn't help but think about himself. What would she do if she met in-laws like his parents? What would she do if she encountered the same situation in her family?
Her method of dealing with Mrs. Jie didn't work for his parents, because his parents would rather not eat it themselves and give it to his second brother.
His parents were the kind of people who, if they were hungry due to the famine, would cook everyone in their family for their second brother, and then cook themselves for him.
But her trick was actually useful. It didn't work for his parents, but it worked for his brothers and sisters.
One peach can kill three people.
The most fundamental reason was that he couldn't bring himself to kill his parents, just like Lin's mother couldn't bring herself to kill old lady Jie.
He had a feeling that no matter how powerful and successful he looked on the surface, he hadn't gotten over the child who was disliked by his parents but racked his brains to please them. It's
just that he pretended very well, so no one else knew it.
The two kids were still reporting to Lin Shu.
Panpan: "Mom, don't worry, my second uncle and grandma will help my grandma plant all the private plots."
In the spring, the land was reclaimed and the land was planted after the Qingming Festival. Uncle Jie didn't even need Lin's father to ask, and he took his wife to turn the land and plant the land after work.
He didn't even want to go to Lin's mother's house for dinner.
However, someone in Linjiatun saw it and told Lin's mother immediately. Lin's mother immediately cooked and sent it to the field so that her second brother and sister-in-law could eat their fill.
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Who can't like relatives who help each other like this? If they just want to take advantage without giving anything in return, then no one will welcome it."
Tiantian and Panpan pointed to Lu Shaocai's house in the east and laughed.
Chen Yanming lowered his eyes. He really envied Lao Lu, even... a little jealous.
It was really strange. He was not jealous of Lao Lu’s higher salary, faster promotion, more awards and popularity. But when he saw that Lao Lu had such a good wife and children, he actually felt a little...uncontrollably jealous.
Of course, this jealousy would not hurt their brotherhood.
This feeling of jealousy would only make him understand one thing: his family, including himself, might be selfish at heart.
He sent money back home, but his parents, brothers and sisters did not welcome him back, nor did they think he was that good, because they asked him to help arrange a job and help bring their nephews into the army, but he did not agree.
Lao Lu’s family was so good to him, but he was not completely grateful. Instead, he felt a little jealous.
He was indeed his parents’ son, with the same bad habits.
He ridiculed himself severely, thinking that as a grandfather, he should not complain about himself, but seek change!
He decided to buy more delicious and fun things for Panpan and Tiantian in the future.
In the past two days, Father Lu has focused most of his attention on Chen Yanming. He went to the county to get a lot of expensive herbs. He wanted to prepare plasters and soups for Chen Yanming to help him recover as soon as possible.
In order to prevent the skin from rotting due to constant use of the splint, Father Lu also took it off every other day to let it breathe, and then applied herbs mixed with the famous Panax notoginseng to reduce inflammation, relieve blood stasis, relieve pain, and promote tissue regeneration.
He usually tried to prescribe cheap medicines for the members, but he used whatever was useful for Chen Yanming.
Eucommia bark, ground mole worm, bone-crushing herb, etc., which can regenerate broken bones, were all given as long as they were suitable.
He also prescribed a prescription for replenishing blood and dispelling cold, and asked Lin Shu to make it for Chen Yanming every day.
In just two or three days, Chen Yanming's face became more and more rosy, and he looked like a bridegroom.
As a result, it was not just Lu Jinling, but other unengaged ladies in the village and female educated youth in the brigade all found excuses to run to Lu's house to see Chen Yanming.
What if he liked them?
Wouldn't they have a good match like Lu Shaotang?
Some of them asked Lin Shu to make clothes, some asked Lin Shu to ask for advice on growing vegetables, some asked Lin Shu for sunflower seeds, and some even chatted with Lin Shu when they had nothing to do, saying that they wanted to get in touch with the city's advanced individuals and the most beautiful military wives to be influenced by them.
What else did Lin Shu not understand?
She asked Aunt Li to help spread the word: Chen Yanming is not looking for a partner here.
Only then did it calm down.
Originally, the hospital asked Chen Yanming to go for a follow-up check in a few days, but now that there is Old Man Lu, a special family barefoot doctor, he is too lazy to go to the hospital.
He and Lu Shaotang are similar to people who become doctors after suffering from illness for a long time. They have developed a unique way of treating injuries and a unique way of sensing wounds because of constant injuries.
He knows that he has recovered well and does not need to go to the hospital.
The key is rehabilitation after the wound heals. He is not as perverted as Lu Shaotang, who can return to work before his body recovers and rehabilitate while performing tasks.
A complete pervert.
After the careful care of Lu Lao and Lin Shu, and the caring comfort of the two children, Chen Yanming's injuries recovered a lot in just eight or nine days.
Although he is not fully recovered, he can stop using crutches.
Father Lu: "It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Even if you are in good health, you must not be careless. You still have to take good care of yourself for ten or twenty days."
Because Father Lu said that Lu Shaotang could not take Chen Yanming with him when he went out on a mission, and he had to let him recover at home.
Lin Shu even made delicious food for Chen Yanming in various ways, and asked Zhou Weimin to buy black fish from the reservoir south of Linjiatun for him every now and then.
When Lu Shaotang went home, he saw that his wife was really good to Chen Yanming. Even his own brother might not have such treatment.
Comparing himself working with an injury and looking at the leisurely Chen Yanming, Lu Shaotang once again sighed: This guy is so lucky, how come he is favored by his wife?
Oh, I am a little jealous.
Now that spring planting is completely over, the raw materials for making incense are ready.
Lin Shu began to teach Fang Dihua and Lu Erge how to make incense.
Lin Shu's incense-making skills are not very professional.
In her previous life, she was in poor health and could not do strenuous exercise, so she developed a lot of interests in self-cultivation, such as flower arranging, sewing, making incense, cooking, baking, and growing vegetables on the balcony.
But she is very clear about the process of making incense.
Selecting ingredients, processing materials, grinding incense powder, mixing and kneading dough, letting the dough rise and knead, making and sorting incense, drying or baking, and annealing in cellars.
She mainly teaches skills and does the talking, allowing Fang Dihua and Lu Erge to learn while adding their own understanding and working out methods that suit them.
Xu Erzhu mainly helps.
Lu Shaotang was not at home these two days, but Chen Yanming was still recovering from his injury. He brought Panpan and Tiantian to help them.
Lin Shu did not mind their messiness and assigned them to help clean up the materials.
Xu Erzhu used a stone mill to grind the bark and branches into powder, and Chen Yanming and his two children used a medicine grinder to crush the small amounts. After that, they had to be sieved and the large particles continued to be ground.
In order to obtain fine incense, the incense powder must be ground as finely as possible.
It took three days to select the materials, grind, mix the dough, let it rise, and knead the dough.
Then the incense had to be squeezed.
The incense squeezing tool she ordered had not arrived yet, so she temporarily used the discarded syringe she got from Lu's father.
Second Brother Lu was in charge of squeezing the incense, while Lin Shu led Fang Dihua to sort the incense, cut it into regular lengths, and then spread it out on the foil stitched between sorghum stalks to dry.
When it is half dry, the incense needs to be straightened.
However, they made it by hand, and the tools were not professional, so it was impossible to make it as straight as those made by machines. This required Second Brother Lu and Fang Dihua to use their brains and find ways to explore.
Lin Shu also asked them to make some thin coiled incense by hand.
Incense sticks, coiled incense, and different samples would be brought for customers to choose.
Making incense is easy to say, but it is very boring to do. Anyway, Lin Shu felt that she would get irritable if she did this every day, so she just taught Fang Dihua and Second Brother Lu, and she still concentrated on cooking.
But Lu Erge can sit there and squeeze incense all the time, repeating the same action over and over again without feeling bored, maybe he got the hang of it from doing farm work and weaving mats.
Xu Erzhu is just like the donkey in the production team, grinding the incense sticks in circles.
Lin Shu looked at them and thought that if they could really make money, she could ask the team to install a water mill on the other side of Xihe River, an automatic flour mill, to save manpower. Forget
about electric ones, because electric motors and electricity are expensive, and the team is reluctant to do it.
After a few busy days, they made some incense sticks, put them on the kang to dry after straightening them, and then stored them in a large vat.
When a certain amount is accumulated, they will send people out with samples to get orders.
Early in the morning, Lin Shu got up to cook, Lu Dasao went to fetch water, Lu Ersao tidied the vegetable garden, but Lu Dasao dragged Lu Dasao to tend the private plot.
Originally, Lu Dasao did less work in the fields after he became an accountant, but now because Fang Dihua and Lu Ersao were busy making incense, he also took on the work of an old farmer.
Lu Dasao felt wronged, but he dared not say anything for fear of being beaten.
Chen Yanming packed up his clothes and daily necessities.
Panpan was surprised and said, "Godfather, why are you packing?"
Chen Yanming smiled and said, "Godfather's injury is almost healed. Your father can't bear to see me idle, so I guess he will be dragged away to work today."
This time he was rested the longest due to his injury, which made him feel a little reluctant to leave.
He has also enjoyed a warm family.
Panpan and Tiantian are reluctant to leave him.
Lin Shu smiled and said, "It's okay, godfather will come again in the future."
Chen Yanming hurriedly said, "Yes, I will come when I am free."
When they were preparing to have breakfast, Lin Xia's crisp voice came from outside, "Panpan, Tiantian, guess who is here?"
The two children ran out crying, "Second aunt, second aunt!"
Jiang Weidong also came with Lin Xia.
Lin Shu saw Jiang Weidong coming with his second sister and joked, "Brother Jiang, are you on a business trip to Huang County?"
Jiang Weidong smiled, "This time I am on a business trip to Qing County. We need to have electricity here, and some parts require the cooperation of our branch factory, so I delivered them personally."
Of course, he brought them here to pursue his wife, otherwise why would he need to deliver the parts personally?
He took a wooden box off the jeep and said to Lin Shu, "The tools that Third Sister wanted are ready. I'll bring them over."
Lin Shu was surprised and said, "So fast? Thank you, Brother Jiang!"
There was no factory in the commune or the county that could make Lin Shu's incense squeezer. Some time ago, Lin Shu asked Lu Shaotang to take the drawings to find Jiang Weidong for help.
She originally thought it would take at least two months to complete it, but she got it in just over ten days.
Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "I was afraid that it would delay your use, so I went to Qizhou Machinery Factory to have someone look at it after I got the drawings. The engineers made some changes according to your requirements, which will make it more convenient to operate."
Lin Shu: "That's great."
Jiang Weidong helped her carry the boxes, and asked Tiantian and Panpan to carry the candies and fruits he brought, as well as the ten kilograms of rice that Old Lady Jiang gave to Lin Shu. Rice
is not produced locally, and this rice is a welfare for the leaders of the steel mill.
Old Lady Jiang thought that they were not used to eating it, so it was a waste, so she asked her son to give it to Lin Shu and the children.
Lin Shu saw her second sister carrying her tool bag, "Second sister, are you going to be busy in our commune next?"
Lin Xia smiled and said, "Yes."
Panpan and Tiantian were the happiest. Although electricity might only mean reading with a light for them
, it was fun for children to have new and fresh changes.
They were very happy.
When they got home, Lin Shu first introduced Jiang Weidong to her family, and then introduced Chen Yanming to her second sister and Jiang Weidong.
As a retired soldier, Jiang Weidong had a particularly cordial and respectful feeling towards active soldiers. Those
who can stay in the army for more than ten years without retiring are very promising and can continue to work in the army.
What's more, Chen Yanming is young and promising like Lu Shaotang.
The two had a pleasant conversation.
Although Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia said they had already had breakfast, Lin Shu still asked them to sit down and eat together.
They were not polite.
In their eyes, the breakfast made by Lin Shu was also very exquisite, unlike most people who just did it casually.
She cooked corn porridge, heated up pancakes, stewed eggs and pickled vegetables, and had several side dishes, boiled vegetables, cold pumpkin shreds with chili oil, and salted duck eggs. The table was full of red, green and yellow, and it was appetizing just by looking at it.
Even if you have eaten it, you can still drink two more big bowls of corn porridge.
While eating, Panpan looked at Jiang Weidong for a while, then looked at the second aunt, and suddenly asked: "Second aunt, are you and Uncle Jiang dating?"
"Poof" Chen Yanming almost spit out a mouthful of porridge.
How did Panpan see that? How could I not see that!
Everyone in the room, whether picking up food, chewing, or slurping porridge, stopped to look at Lin Xia and Jiang Weidong.
Mrs. Lu was the most gossipy, her dark eyes were about to sparkle. But
Lin Shu was very calm. Didn't she hear Jiang Weidong being particularly affectionate when he called her "third sister"? This showed that their relationship was growing steadily.
Jiang Weidong held the bowl and turned to look at Lin Xia. There was expectation in his eyes, but also hidden uneasiness. It didn't matter if she didn't admit it.
Lin Xia smiled and said frankly, "Yes, let's get along first."
Sister-in-law Lu loudly congratulated Lin Xia and Director Jiang, "You two look very compatible, and Aunt Jiang is a good mother-in-law. If it were me, I would also be happy..."
"Ahem!" Brother Lu interrupted her and pulled her, "What are you happy about? Are you happy? Are you happy about it? Where do you want me to be?" Sister
-in-law Lu smiled at Brother Lu, "I'm just making an analogy. You're the best."
Fang Dihua glared at them both. Don't be sour in front of the children.
She and Father Lu congratulated Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia, saying that they were a good match.
Jiang Weidong was so happy that he almost... felt like howling, but at least he still had his wits about him. He looked at Panpan with gratitude and said, "Thank you, nephew. I'll buy you something delicious later and give you and Tiantian big red envelopes every year!"
Tiantian didn't quite understand. Thinking of the fact that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl had two babies, she immediately whispered to Lin Xia: "Second Aunt, do you have a baby too?"
Lin Xia quickly said: "No. To have a baby, you must be married. Your Uncle Jiang and I are dating now, but we are not married yet."
Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. She also praised Jiang Weidong, "Uncle Jiang is better than the Cowherd. The Cowherd is a big gangster!"
Everyone: "...Uh."
Chen Yanming praised: "My daughter is sensible, and the Cowherd is a big gangster. If you see him in real life, stay away from him."
Dare to steal my daughter's clothes, he will be beaten to death!