Chapter 175: No. 8 Courtyard

After returning home, Lin Shu talked to the brigade cadres, and then she started to pack up.

Tiantian and Panpan were busier than their parents. The housekeeper was not in vain. They had to entrust Tutu to their brothers and sisters, and prepare eggs. They were going to Qizhou to cook tea eggs!

Lin Shu told them vigorously that Dad’s car couldn’t fit in, and at most it could fit two or three hundred eggs. The two kids didn’t believe it. They thought that the car could fit three hundred eggs, and two long and short rattan baskets could be tied on the roof of the car, and thousands of eggs could be put in them!

Good guys, there are not enough eggs at home.

Old Man Lu is the most used to his children. As long as his son says so, he will strongly support it. It's just a basket of eggs, isn't it? There is no murder or arson!

Besides, there are so many people in Qizhou, Sister Lin's family, Yan Ming and San'er's team members, don't they all have to eat eggs?

Old Man Lu went out to say something again, and Zhang Peijin is now his assistant and lackey. Zhiyiner immediately went to collect eggs.

5.5 cents a piece, just like the supply and marketing cooperative, and it saves everyone from running errands.

Of course, the members were willing to give 5 cents a piece to Old Man Lu, but Old Man Lu disagreed.

We can't take advantage of everyone.

If someone else collected eggs like this, someone would definitely say something sour, saying that they were speculating. But when Old Man Lu collected eggs for Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang, everyone thought it was reasonable.

Things in the city are so expensive! Even

drinking water costs money! Not to mention rice, flour, eggs, and vegetables. So they collected thousands of eggs in one day! Lin Shu was... stunned. How could she carry all this? Wouldn't the whole car be broken? Thinking about the egg white and yolk flowing down from the top of the jeep, Lin Shu felt terrible. Panpan and Tiantian were very experienced, and Xu Xiaoyou comforted her, "Aunt, no, we use wheat bran and bran to cushion the eggs, and the eggs will not break no matter how bumpy they are." Wheat bran is the shell that wraps the wheat grains, which is hollow and elastic. Bran is the brown layer of wheat that is crushed, which is elastic and soft. Because he brought so many eggs, Lu Shaotang didn't dare to drive fast. As long as he stepped on the accelerator a little more, the two children would remind him from behind: "Dad, slow down, eggs!" No matter how awesome the Lu officers were and how dazzling their driving skills were, they could only use the jeep as a tractor in front of the two children. Lin Shu sat in the passenger seat, unable to hold back her laughter. This is really like salt water and tofu, one thing conquers another. Originally, we could drive the jeep all the way to Qizhou, but now we have to eat on the road. We can't eat cold food in such a cold weather, it's troublesome to make a fire on the road, and it's not convenient to go to the village to eat. Of course, this is not a problem for Lu Shaotang, after all, they often survive in the wild. Lin Shu and the children were hungry, so he turned the car into a side road, made a fire by a small river, and directly used the lunch box to heat the water in the kettle he brought with him, and then soaked the cakes and eggs to eat. Panpan and Tiantian didn't think there was anything wrong with eating outside in the winter. Instead, they felt it was fresh, and it felt like a picnic as Brother Hou Bo said. They really like to go out and play with their parents, hehe. Panpan lay on Lu Shaotang's shoulder and fed him White Rabbit candy. He was always generous to his father, "Dad, can you take us and mom out for picnics more often in the future?" Lu Shaotang enjoyed the feeding from his child, "Okay." The two children's happiness doubled. Lin Shu couldn't help but sigh that children's happiness was too simple, she wanted to learn from her children. Thinking of this, she was also very happy. It was really the blessing of the God of Destiny that she traveled to this era. She didn't travel to the war era, didn't travel to the famine era, didn't travel to a bad family, and didn't give her a scum husband... She liked to grow flowers and vegetables in her previous life, and now she has a big yard for her to design as she likes. She liked to do handicrafts in her previous life, and now her husband has a high salary, her parents-in-law are reasonable, and her children are sensible and worry-free. She can do whatever she likes. In this era, people are full of energy, easy to satisfy and happy, and not so arrogant because of the scarcity of materials and shallow knowledge. The two children are smart and studious. Lu Shaotang has laid a good economic foundation for them. They only need to learn the knowledge they like, learn to be good at it, and achieve success. She doesn't need a chicken baby. Thank you! Be content! Along the way, she and Panpan sang and told stories happily, just like a family on a trip, and they didn't feel tired at all. For the first time, Lu Shaotang felt that driving and rushing could be so interesting. In the afternoon, they arrived at the Qizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee Family Compound. As soon as the jeep turned into that road, they saw Hou Bo, Hou Ying and little Hou Wei running towards them while waving. From the second day after Lu Shaotang returned home, they came to the intersection every evening to wait and see. Lu Shaotang slowly stopped the car and let Lin Shu and the children get off first, and he slowly drove the car in. Five children gathered together, just like fifty adults, so lively, the employees who were off work couldn't help but look at them and asked whose children were so beautiful. Tiantian wore a red plaid cotton jacket, black striped velvet pants, red cotton shoes, and a beautiful cotton hat. Panpan wore a blue plaid cotton jacket, blue cotton shoes, and a tiger-head hat. The two children had no chapped faces, no blue frostbite, and no runny noses. Their faces were white and rosy, and their eyes were dark. When they stood on the street, they were cleaner and prettier than the children in the city. Passersby asked whose children they were. Someone was well-informed, "The family of Director Lu in the yard No. 8, brought his wife and children here today." "Oh, really? How is his wife? I haven't seen her yet." "She's so pretty, like a star in the movies, fair and pretty, with big dark and clear eyes." "Come on, let's go and take a look." As soon as Lin Shu entered the yard, she was greeted by Sister Lin, and the two sisters went to the yard No. 8 together. Now Lu Shaotang has withdrawn the guards on duty at the family compound. At first, it was out of habit. They were used to field sentry duty and felt uneasy without guard duty. They also habitually arranged guard duty at the family compound. After getting familiar with them for a while, Lu Shaotang asked them to stop guard duty and devote their time to serious work.

Because there were no guards, other neighbors dared to come here to poke their heads around, and even dared to go in to take a look and chat.

However, Lu Shaotang's team members were the same as him. Unless it was required by the mission, they didn't like to chat. Chatting was just to find out other people's information, and they rarely revealed their own information.

So after the neighbors from the Revolutionary Committee came over to chat a few times, Xiaozhuang and his friends knew the situation here very well, but others still didn't understand them.

Sister Lin originally wanted to take the children to help Lin Shu clean up the third floor, but Lu Shaotang liked to be clean, and there were service soldiers, so not only the floor but also the yard were cleaned up, so she didn't need to help at all.

The two sisters went upstairs, and Lu Shaotang also led a team member and the children to carry all the things upstairs.

Two baskets of eggs, bedding, luggage bags, hot pots, porcelain basins and so on, instantly filled the room.

Lin Shu quickly put everything back in order, and they would cook here in the evening. Sister Lin had already brought two pieces of meat over.

They shared the meat given by Director Qin, and the other technicians were very happy, and some even gave gifts in return.

Now there are shared water rooms and toilets, and no dedicated kitchens, so everyone cooks in the corridor. There is a shared balcony on this floor, so they set up the kitchen there.

Before, there was a coal stove, and Sister Lin got a beehive coal stove. The beehive coal stove is a great invention in this era. It saves energy, gathers heat, is very convenient to use, and can heat water and cook.

Soon Xiaozhuang sent over the red-hot coal balls to help light the stove. One person heated water first, and the other cooked pork noodles.

There are electric lights here, so they are not afraid even in the dark. The two sisters cooked while talking on the balcony.

Lu Shaotang wanted to help his wife, but he saw that his aunt and his wife were so affectionate that he couldn't get in, so he went outside to clean up.

Chen Yanming was not at the unit these two days. He took people on a business trip.

When the men in Kecheng heard that the captain's wife was coming, they found excuses to come over to deliver water, oil, and vegetables. Anyway, everyone delivered something and tried to get close to their sister-in-law.

Lin Shu always asked with a smile, "Have you had dinner?"

None of the people brought by Lu Shaotang were slow to react. They immediately said they hadn't eaten, even though they had already eaten the steamed buns and pickled vegetables brought back at noon.

Who would be willing to refuse the shredded pork noodles at Captain Lu's house?

Whoever says he has eaten is a fool!

You would definitely feel embarrassed if you went to someone else's house. Even if you didn't eat, you would have to say you had eaten. How could you feel embarrassed when you came to Captain Lu's house?

That's impossible. You are all so shameless.

Lin Shu smiled and told them to come over later to get some noodles.

The boys ran away happily, and they could clearly feel two cold gazes coming from behind. If they ran too slowly, they were afraid of being kicked by Lu.

They were busy upstairs, while Panpan and Tiantian had already followed Hou Bo and the other two to visit the No. 8 Courtyard.

All the team members who were not on duty ran to look at Lu's sons, who were also Captain Chen's godson and daughter.

They were so handsome, very similar to Lu, and their big eyes looked even more like sister-in-law.

They didn't dare to look at sister-in-law seriously, so they took a quick glance, and the most profound impression was that sister-in-law had a pair of big, black and bright eyes.

They looked for traces of their captain on the faces of the two boys very seriously, and laughed happily when they saw similarities here and there.

"I have a small wooden gun here, for you."

"I have a small wooden sword here!"

"I have a wooden knife!"

One by one, they presented gifts to the children.

Because they were all homemade handicrafts, they were not expensive gifts that could not be accepted, and the two children were very happy to receive them. Although

Tiantian is a girl, she also likes to read comic books about the War of Resistance and catching spies, right? Naturally, she also likes the box guns and other things in the comic books.

After coaxing the uncles for a while, the two children said goodbye, and they had to go to recognize the door of their aunt's house.

"It's great to have electricity!"

"The street lights are bright, brighter than the stars and the moon, and you don't have to worry about bumping into the wall or falling down when walking."

In fact, the street lights at that time were very dim, far worse than those in later generations, but the two children came from the countryside and naturally found them very rare.

After nightfall in the countryside, it is pitch black. You can't see your hand in front of you. Although there are moon and stars, you can only see the outlines. Sometimes, the light makes the shadows around even more terrifying.

Street lights are different!

They even stood under the street lights to salute.

When visiting the aunt's house, the two kids frowned.

"Is it so crowded in the big city?"

"The corridor is too narrow!"

"The room is too small. Let's go back to Lujiazhuang and sleep on the big kang."

Hou Bo and the other two also agreed wholeheartedly. They used to live in a small building in the arsenal. They didn't feel crowded because they had their own rooms. Later, they lived in a tube building and it was really crowded, just like a pigeon cage.

The two kids have also been to the second aunt's house in the city's steel mill, and they know that the tube-shaped buildings are very crowded. This is because they think Qizhou is much bigger than Rongcheng, and the Provincial Revolutionary Committee sounds very high-level, so it must be higher than the city, county, and commune.

They have been to the County Revolutionary Committee, and they still have a yard there, which looks very spacious. Why is Qizhou, a big city, so crowded?

I can't figure it out. Our Lujiazhuang is still better, and our house is still big.

Soon Hou Jianwen came back. He didn't go to buy meat, but he bought a few fish through his connections. He has been eating at the third sister's house these days!

Now that Lin Shu is here, he wants to eat the pickled fish made by Lin Shu.

It would be nice to eat some pickled cabbage and drink some sour fish soup.

Although it was dark, there were lights on. The kids played downstairs until Sister Lin popped her head out and called for dinner, then they ran upstairs.

Xiao Zhuang and Ke Cheng came over, picked up Pan Pan, Tian Tian and Xiao Hou Wei and rushed upstairs, "You are not active when eating, there is something wrong with your thinking!"

The three kids laughed so hard, Hou Bo and Hou Ying followed.

Lin Shu and Sister Lin had already made the noodles.

They cut a pound of meat into shreds, then heated the oil in a wok over high heat, sautéed the scallions, ginger and garlic, then stir-fried the shredded meat, added the cabbage and stir-fried until soft, added boiling water on the stove and boiled it, then put the spinach in and blanch it, then took it out, and cooked the noodles.

She brought a jar of chopped peppers and a jar of chili powder, but no chili oil, because the family was short of oil and she was reluctant to leave some for Brother Lu and the others.

"Sister-in-law!"

"Sister-in-law!"

Five or six guys rushed up, each of them full of energy, even the shortest one looked like a big eater.

Lin Shu and her eldest sister served them noodles.

They handed over their rice bowls one by one, "Thank you, sister-in-law, and another spoon of soup." "Sister-in-law,

I want to eat this chili."

"Sister-in-law, what does this chili powder taste like? I haven't eaten it before, I want to try it."

"Sister-in-law..."

In the end, Lin Shu found that these young people really can eat!

This has to be paid to the country, if they stay at home, their parents can't afford it!

Not only did they eat up all the noodles, they also drank up all the noodle soup, and even ate half of Lin Shu's chopped pepper and chili powder. Lin Shu had to fry a can of chili oil tomorrow to give these soldiers steamed buns and noodles to eat.

After eating, they rubbed their stomachs and said very modestly: "Sister-in-law, your cooking is so delicious. This is the first time in my life that I feel that eating is so delicious!"

Lin Shu: Lie, isn't your stewed meat more delicious than this?

She thinks that this flattery must not be learned from Lu Shaotang. He is so stupid, he must have learned it from Chen Yanming.

No. 8 Courtyard was bustling with excitement, and the other family buildings outside couldn't help but peek in.

Some people have long wanted to get close to Lu Shaotang and his family, but there are no female relatives here,

so it is not easy for them to get close. Now that they heard that Director Lu's wife is here, they can take the opportunity to get close. It's

too late tonight, so find time to say hello tomorrow, and then you can come and visit later.

Hou Jianwen's colleague Fang Anbang lives next door to his house.

Fang Anbang has always been a little jealous of Hou Jianwen, thinking that he just relies on his father and has no ability of his own.

He usually appears to be friendly in the unit, but he is often sinister in secret. However, when Hou Jianwen's family was in trouble, he was a little complicated. Deep down, he felt a little gloating, but on second thought, he felt sympathetic and even spoke for Hou Jianwen in the unit.

Later, Hou Jianwen took the initiative to ask to go to the countryside, but he felt it was a pity and sincerely advised Hou Jianwen not to be stupid. What future can he have by going to the countryside? Even if you have made some achievements, they are not your achievements, but those of the grassroots people in the countryside.

After Hou Jianwen really went to the countryside, he laughed at Hou Jianwen and admired him a little.

In short, he was a typical colleague, sympathizing with him and jealous at the same time, hoping that the other party would not be too unlucky and hoping that the other party would not have an easier time than himself.

Hou Jianwen and his wife came back from the countryside with their children, escorting a large truck of brand new furniture and a large pile of pork, which made him very jealous.

He thought that Lao Hou was going to turn things around. Could it be that going to the countryside to plate gold was so useful? It made him want to try it.

Later, he found out that Lao Hou was actually the brother-in-law of Lu Ju of Courtyard No. 8. Damn it, how could he be so good at making connections? Why is his sister-in-law so unpromising?

When he didn't see the Hou family coming back during dinner, he asked his wife Huang Wei, "Where is the old Hou family?"

Huang Wei: "The sister-in-law came from the countryside today and we are having dinner together there. It's so lively and noisy, just like the New Year in the military camp. It's really different from the atmosphere in our agency."

In Fang Anbang's view, it's not just different, the No. 8 Courtyard is simply incompatible with them.

The agency and the army are simply two different species, with different ways of doing things, different habits of solving problems, and it's like they are not talking on the same track. It's a waste of effort!

Huang Wei: "I didn't expect that Lao Hou has such good relatives. I think you are all wrong."

Fang Anbang: "What's wrong?"

Huang Wei: "You all say that Lao Hou is a firecracker and has no heart, but in fact I think he has a lot of heart. This time he went to the countryside and got in touch with the No. 8 Courtyard. I guarantee that he will be promoted faster than you. Who knows, in two years, when you see Lao Hou, you will have to bow and nod to ask the leader if he has eaten?"

Fang Anbang's face darkened instantly. He dared not think about the picture. It was too heartbreaking.

It would be more exciting if he got promoted himself and Lao Hou and others bowed and nod to him and said good morning.

At around nine o'clock, they heard Hou Jianwen's voice coming from the corridor. Fang Anbang immediately ran behind the door, and his movements were faster than a rabbit.

He stood behind the door, listening to the footsteps approaching, and then pretended to open the door casually. Seeing Hou Jianwei and Sister Lin outside, he smiled and said, "Hey, you smell so drunk, Old Hou, have you been to the restaurant?"

Hou Jianwen: "No."

Fang Anbang cursed in his heart, what are you doing so late? Where are the children?"

Sister Lin smiled and said, "My third sister is here, and the children are there with their younger brothers and sisters."

Fang Anbang smiled and said, "It must be lively, Old Hou, your sister-in-law is here, why don't you arrange a treat? I have two bottles of good wine here, when the time comes..."

Hou Jianwen had already opened the door, entered the room, and said bluntly, "You should keep it for yourself."

After that, he closed the door.

Fang Anbang, who was smiling at the opposite side, was slapped with a cold face, and was almost out of breath.

Damn, this old monkey is so successful!

Lin Shu is arranging beds

for the children. Chen Yanming has been away for the past few days, and his room has been unlocked. In addition, bunk beds are installed in the room next to him, which was originally intended for the children to sleep in.

There is heating in the room, which is more comfortable than sleeping in the old house.

Hou Bo's five children will sleep there.

Hou Ying and Tiantian sleep on the upper bunk, and Hou Bo and his two younger brothers sleep on the big bed below.

For the safety of the children, the guardrails of the upper bunk are relatively high, and Lin Shu is relieved.

The kids are very excited, and they are chattering there even though they are obviously sleepy.

Lin Shu walked over in the cotton slippers she made, said good night to them, and turned off the lights.

Panpan: "Mom, have you made the tea egg?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "There is no tea here, I will make some tomorrow."

Lu Shaotang usually doesn't drink tea, but Chen Yanming has some, but he doesn't have the good tea to make tea egg whites, so I will buy some broken tea leaves tomorrow.

After turning off the lights for the children, Lin Shu left the room and closed the door, but was picked up by a strong arm.

Lin Shu hit him gently and whispered, "Stop making trouble!"

Back in the house, Lu Shaotang whispered with a little grievance, "I'm not full!"

Not only did he not eat enough noodles, he didn't even get to drink the noodle soup!

This guy... is a foodie!

Lin Shu really thought he was not full, "Then I'll cook for you... Lu Shaotang!"