Chapter 205 Passion

The yard was still hot, and there was no shade from the trees. After Lin Shu and her elder sister went to the west room, Xiuxiu and Hou Ying and the other children followed.

Hou Jianwen and his technical team were taken over by various brigades and communes in turn, so they were basically not at home.

Soon Xu Xiaoyou and Lu Hehuan came together, Xu Xiaoyou carrying a basket and Lu Hehuan holding his son.

They did not try to steal the limelight when they came in, but went directly to the west room to find Lin Shu and elder sister Lin.

Panpan and Tiantian led Hou Wei to pick sweet and pink tomatoes and fresh and refreshing cucumbers in the vegetable garden, washed them and sent one bowl to Uncle Lu and his family to eat, and took another bowl to the west room for their mother and her family to eat.

These are the tomatoes and cucumbers that Lin Shu planted. They are early to bear fruit, while other people's fruits are just buds at this time and cannot be eaten at all.

Because they haven't seen each other for a while, the children are particularly close to Lin Shu. They rub against her and hug and kiss her. It's especially sweet.

Girls are sentimental and delicate. Now you can see the obvious difference between them and Panpan.

Although her hair is fine, she still sits in Lin Shu's arms and lets her mother braid her hair again.

Lin Shu braids her hair into a beautiful fishbone braid, then turns it back behind her head and ties it up with the hair flower made by Xiuxiu and Houying. It's refreshing and beautiful.

The girl has long, smooth black hair with a pleasant amount of hair. She looks especially good with ancient-style hair. She is really a sweet and cute little beauty.

Hou Wei and Pan Pan were stunned, "Wow, Tiantian, you are so pretty."

Tiantian smiled happily, and then posed for a photo, "Yeah~"

Pan Pan pulled Xu Xiaoyou over and asked her mother to comb her hair for Xiaoyou.

Xu Xiaoyou was a little embarrassed, "I haven't washed my hair yet."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll comb your hair into a flower bud bun."

She turned to Lu Xiuxiu and Hou Ying and said, "The hair flowers you two made are very beautiful. Go back and get some gauze materials, make hair flowers and sell them to save some pocket money."

The two girls were very happy, especially Hou Ying, she could also make money!

It's great to follow the third aunt to make money and eat meat!

Lin Shu combed Xu Xiaoyou into a flower bud bun, wrapped a handkerchief in the middle, and tied a bow at the end, which looked very beautiful.

Everyone praised how beautiful it was. Xiuxiu and Houying followed suit, and then they combed each other's hair and put flowers in it.

When it got dark, Panpan turned on the light in the room and praised again, "Ah, electric light! So nice!"

Sister Lin said to Lin Shu, "Third sister, let's go and see how they cook dinner? I wonder what they like to eat?"

Lin Shu, "Home cooking is fine. They know our family's situation. What special food can they have?"

At this time, Hu Xiaole ran over and shouted to Lin Shu, "You, hurry up and make me some egg custard!"

Swish!

Panpan, Tiantian, Hou Wei, Xu Xiaoyou and others immediately glared at Hu Xiaole. Who do you think you are?

How dare you ask my mother to make you egg custard!

You're a fool!

"Wow~" Hu Xiaole couldn't stand being stared at by Panpan and started crying.

Seeing him crying, Panpan laughed, this is just a paper tiger!

Panpan immediately took out two candies and gave them to him, "Don't cry! You are ugly! Eat candy!"

Although Hu Xiaole's family is well-off, children can't eat candy casually. After all, candy has no nutrition and is bad for teeth. Children from poor families can rarely eat a piece, and rich families have to prevent their children from eating too much.

He took the candy and immediately burst into laughter, and didn't want the egg custard.

He just wanted to play with Panpan and others, not for the egg custard.

Seeing that he wanted to stay here and play together, Tiantian said loudly: "Apologize to my mother!"

Hu Xiaole didn't refuse. Children don't have such a strong self-esteem. As long as they are happy, they can do anything.

He immediately apologized to Lin Shu, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so fierce."

Lin Shu naturally wouldn't stand for him.

Let the children play by themselves, Lin Shu and Sister Lin went out, just when Yan Ping was distributing candy to the villagers who came to the house to greet them, and

everyone was saying all kinds of festive words.

After distributing the candy, Yan Ping smiled and said, "Everyone, come and play when you have time."

The secretary immediately signaled to the villagers who wanted to join in the fun to disperse quickly. What was the reason for them to stay here for dinner?

Over there, Lu Shaocai and Zhao Meifeng were holding Uncle Lu and crying, expressing their longing for him and the difficulties of living in the countryside.

Judging from the couple's expressions, they didn't want to go home to cook for their own father and stepmother. They probably thought that the second wife should entertain Uncle Lu and they could have a meal at the same time. Judging from

Yan Ping's expression, she didn't want to go to Lu Shaocai's house for dinner. It seemed that she also took it for granted that the second wife should entertain.

The secretary and the team leader also saw it.

The first meal after Uncle Lu came back was a welcome dinner at home, so it was natural to eat something rich.

The secretary told his wife, "Catch a chicken."

There happened to be an old hen at home that didn't lay eggs.

The secretary's wife didn't gossip. The old man had followed the Lu family and got a lot of benefits. In the past two years, he was praised whenever he went to the commune meeting. His son would definitely take over his job.

How could one chicken feed so many people?

The team leader also told him to go home and catch one.

His wife was even more generous. Her son was still working with Big Brother Lu, not only earning work points and money, but also gaining knowledge. He even looked down on the idea of ​​him taking over the job of team leader.

Deng Da Laba asked Second Brother Lu and a few others to go to the river to catch some fish.

Their village was not like those with reservoirs that could raise fish all year round, but there were wild fish in the river, Pingtang and other water sources. If they found a broken net from previous years and went in to catch them, they would definitely catch a few.

The Lu family had no shortage of eggs, and vegetables were also readily available in season. Add chickens and fish and it would be a rich harvest.

Mrs. Lu and her team are very busy right now, harvesting wheat and tilling the land in the whole commune, so they can't go home every day. They eat at the assigned team in whichever team it's

their turn. Uncle Lu didn't come back just for her, so there was no need to call her back.

But Lin Shu would not forget her eldest sister-in-law when she made delicious food, so she quietly sent Lu An and Hou Bo to deliver food by bike.

It was hot in the summer, and no one wanted to go into the house and sleep on the kang, so they simply moved the dining table out and put it in the yard.

There were so many people that one dining table was not enough, so Lu Shaocai asked his son to go home and bring another one over, so

that everyone could sit together and talk more intimately. In addition to the branch secretary and the team leader, Deng Da Laba, the production team leader of Lujiazhuang, and Lu Changgong, the accountant, also came over, all with food, either a chicken, two bottles of wine, or a large bucket of flour.

The wheat had just been harvested, and the output was high this year. After paying the public grain, there was still some grain left, so 30 kilograms was distributed to each member.

It wasn't much, and we had to save it for big things.

Uncle Lu came home, and the Lu family invited guests. If not now, when should they send

gifts? So although this meal was hosted by the Lu family, they didn't have to pay much.

Lin Shu took Sister Lin, Second Sister Lu, and Lu Xiuxiu to cook, while Lu Cuicui hid aside, making an aloe and loofah water mask, and looked at Lu Shaocai and others with sarcasm.

Lu Shaocai and Zhao Meifeng seemed to be in love.

She was thinking that when the rich grandfather came home, Lu Shaocai would definitely get a share, so could she also get some money?

She was thinking about good things and went to get a facial massage.

Lin Shu glanced at Lu Cuicui's back and admired this little girl. She was thoughtful and hardworking in order to become beautiful.

There were many people in the family, so stewing chicken could not be done with just meat. Lin Shu added a lot of mushrooms, vermicelli, and bean curd.

It would have been nice to have potatoes, but unfortunately there was no place to buy them in the countryside. Her own potatoes were only the size of a fingertip at this season and she couldn't eat them.

She mixed a large pot of tiger vegetables with her own grown radish, chili peppers, and coriander. The vegetables were rich in flavor and whetted people's appetite.

She fried the peanuts herself, which were also fragrant and crispy.

In addition, there were white sugar-salted tomatoes, a pot of leek scrambled eggs, egg and pumpkin paste, and salted duck eggs. The amount of food was large and both tables were full.

The staple food is coarse grain pancakes and thin noodle rolls, after all, there is no time to make a separate staple food in the evening.

Uncle Lu is not picky about food. At most, Yan Ping may be dissatisfied because she has too many things to do, but Lin Shu doesn't care whether she is satisfied or not. I don't rely on you to make a living. I entertain you because of Lu Shaotang's kindness.

As for Yan Xin?

Who cares about her? She can eat it if she likes, and she can save it if she doesn't eat it.

There are two large tables full of food. Grandma Fang was invited by Uncle Lu to sit at the top, so Yan Ping and Fang Dihua also sat there.

Because Father Lu and Uncle Lu don't smoke, the party secretary and team leader who are addicted to smoking are also very tactful and hold back. If they really can't help it, they will use the excuse of going to the toilet to take a few puffs.

The other table was occupied by women and children.

However, Pan Pan and the other children had almost finished their meal while the meal was being cooked. They did not like to sit and eat with the adults, but urged Lu An, Hou Bo and the others to take them to find cicadas and monkeys.

There has been a lot of rain in the past two years, so the trees are lush and there are many cicadas.

The children did not care whether there were guests or gods at home. As long as they were not chased after to give them delicious food and fun things, it had nothing to do with them. Of course, they would go and do their own things, right?

Hu Xiaole and Pan Lili also wanted to go with them.

Yan Ping was worried about the safety and hygiene of the children, and wanted her grandson to play, so she sent Yan Bin to go and look after the children.

Yan Bin was a little unhappy. He was 18 years old and not a child. He was also a grown man. How could he look after children?

Besides, doesn’t the Lu family have grandchildren? They can all look after the children, right?

But since his aunt asked him to go, of course he had to go.

He even smiled at Lu Xiuxiu, “Let’s go, go catch cicadas with them.”

Lu Xiuxiu was immediately embarrassed. With so many people coming to the house today, she wanted to hide in her room and not come out. She kept eating, thinking that she would go back to the room with Hou Ying after eating.

Unexpectedly, Yan Bin actually took the initiative to talk to her!

She pretended not to see it and said to Lin Shu, “Auntie, I’m going back to make clothes.”

Lin Shu knew her personality and naturally would not restrain her. She let Hou Ying eat and go play with her sister.

Hou Ying, like Lu Xiuxiu, likes quietness. She doesn’t like to run around with her brothers and sisters to find cicadas and monkeys. She thinks it’s dirty outside and easy to be bitten by mosquitoes and insects. It’s not safe.

Lu Hehuan then handed his son to Lu Xiuxiu, asking them to help look after the child. She had enough to take care of the child, luckily Xiaoyou usually helped take care of the child.

Yanxin was also at the table. She ate the delicious meal, but deliberately found faults in her heart: This family is really unrefined. They use this enamel basin with the porcelain peeling off and revealing the black bottom to serve food to guests? They drink water directly from teacups and coarse porcelain bowls? They don't even give her a white porcelain tea bowl? And they actually gave her a bitter and slightly astringent pancake? They didn't even give her a white flour bun?

Aren't people in the countryside said to be simple, kind, warm and hospitable, and always take out the good things that they usually don't want to eat to entertain guests?

Is this how Lin Shu treats guests?

It's insincere at first glance.

Although she didn't say it, her actions showed a bit of disdain. She deliberately used her chopsticks to pick up the dishes but didn't pick them up. Instead, she withdrew her chopsticks and chewed the pancake dryly. She didn't bite it with her mouth, but tore it with her fingers and put it into her mouth, looking aggrieved.

Sister Lin was kind and thought that she had no appetite due to acclimatization, so she asked softly: "Sister Yan, do you have no appetite? Do you want me to make you a bowl of noodles?"

When she said this, everyone looked at Yan Xin.

Yan Xin was embarrassed and said hurriedly, "No, no, I had a full lunch and I'm a little carsick from the bumpy ride. I'm not that hungry now."

Sister Lin: "Then eat more tomatoes with sugar. This is a special variety, pink and sweet."

Yan Xin thanked her and quickly took two bites of tomatoes to eat.

But she felt even worse.

She came with the vision that Lu Shaotang would be unhappy after marriage and marry a rural, uneducated, vulgar and low-class woman. What

she wanted to see was that Lu Shaotang's parents disliked Lin Shu, the sisters-in-law squeezed Lin Shu, and the children didn't like her. It would be best if Lin Shu lived a miserable life at home without status.

But what did she see?

Old Man Lu and Fang Dihua praised their third daughter-in-law for her filial piety and ability. The brigade cadres also praised her for running the incense factory and hiring the technical team of the brigade. All the side businesses of the brigade that made money were due to her.

She even contributed a lot to the brigade's electricity supply and helped train excellent electricians.

Uncle Lu was even more generous with his praises for Lin Shu. Now he praised her for her good cooking skills, good taste in life, and her vigor, etc. He really praised her to the point of praising her to the point of being unhappy. Yan Ping was

really upset. She wanted to come with her aunt to see the mess that Lu Shaotang was in, not to see their loving couple.

She couldn't swallow her food, it tasted like wax. Her chopsticks poked the bottom of the bowl, and her eyes involuntarily glanced at the men's table.

She stole a glance at Lu Shaotang, then at her aunt and Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu was her uncle, but he seldom praised her. He was just as lukewarm as an ordinary relative. But in the past few days, he kept praising Lin Shu.

Isn't it infuriating?

Uncle Lu had a very good impression of Lin Shu, so he naturally admired her even more now, and felt that she and Lu Shaotang were a perfect match.

Originally, Lu Shaotang rejected the person he helped to find, but he turned around and married a country wife according to Fang Dihua. Uncle Lu was not very optimistic.

However, he was not that rigid. He did not want to pave the way for Lu Shaotang through a family marriage, but he felt that it would be much easier for Lu Shaotang if he married a daughter of a wealthy family.

Since Lu Shaotang married a country wife, he did not have much objection. After all, he chose his own path, so he had to walk it himself.

Marrying a country wife and marrying a wife from a wealthy family are definitely different paths, but each has its own way, and he would not interfere too much.

When his eldest son slept with the nanny's daughter, disrupting his original arrangement, didn't he say anything?

Since his son likes the nanny's daughter, then he should marry her. You should accept the wife you choose and walk the path you choose.

Now it seems that the daughter-in-law Fang Dihua chose for her son is not bad. Although the daughter-in-law Lu Shaocai chose himself is not that good, she is more than a match for him, a piece of shit.

Uncle Lu, Old Man Lu, and the Party Secretary drank a cup of wine, put down the cup and looked at Lu Shaocai, "You are the eldest, you should have the responsibility and responsibilities of the eldest, and you should lead your younger brothers to work hard."

Lu Shaocai sniffed, and he didn't cry at all that night. Uncle Lu didn't like him in the first place, and he was even more disgusted by his crying like a woman.

"Dad, of course I know, I'm also working hard. I originally wanted to work hard as an accountant, who knew..." He looked at Old Man Lu, the Party Secretary, and the team leader with dissatisfaction, and wanted to complain that they had taken his accounting position.

Uncle Lu snorted, "With your accounting skills, how can you be the brigade accountant? Wouldn't that delay the work of the entire brigade? You should just work hard and grow crops."

He had complained to Uncle Lu about the accounting of the Lu Shaocai Brigade in a letter, and Father Lu also wrote a letter to explain the whole story, so Uncle Lu naturally knew it.

He knew what level his son was at.

When he went to Beijing, he wanted to arrange a job for his son, but the requirements required a junior high school level, but in fact, he only needed to be able to read and write normally, but his son couldn't even meet such a simple requirement. If he

really wanted to force him to go in, it would be fine, but Uncle Lu couldn't get over it.

It is okay to arrange a job, but it must meet the basic threshold. If everyone has passed the threshold, there is nothing wrong with using you instead of others. But if you have not passed the threshold and squeeze out those who have passed the threshold, then you will feel guilty.

Because Lu Shaocai did not have enough education, he was not suitable for many jobs, so he was later asked to work as a security guard.

As a result, he met a group of bad friends in a few days. He did not work hard, and went out to fool around all day. He went out to fight and fight under the banner of the children of the compound, which caused trouble for him all day.

That was fine, but later he even stole materials from the unit and resold them with others, and also found gangsters on the street to rob and speculate together.

Not only did he not learn well, the next year he started to get together with his nanny's daughter, and even got her pregnant and had to get married, which made his mother so angry that she fell ill.

When he got married, he clamored for a divorce and wanted to marry someone else, which made his mother so angry that her illness worsened and he died the next year.

At that time, he was already busy with work, and his wife was gone. Without the supervision, Lu Shaocai went out to fool around.

Uncle Lu was extremely disappointed with him and regretted taking them to Beijing.

Originally, if he had not gone to Beijing, he would have been suppressed by his second brother in the countryside, and Lu Shaocai would have had few bad friends, so he would not have learned bad things so quickly.

This time, going to Beijing opened the door to the world of pleasure, and he came into contact with too many bad friends who were not doing their jobs properly. The speed at which he learned bad things was like a car with broken brakes, and he could not control it at all.

He decisively and quickly remarried.

He also had the idea of ​​raising two more children himself since he had no hope for his eldest son. The eldest son lived with his mother in his hometown when he was young, so it was inevitable that he was spoiled and useless. It would be different for the younger son and the youngest daughter to be raised by themselves.

Knowing the character of his son, he naturally chose to believe his second brother when Lu Shaocai and Lu Laodi wrote to him respectively.

Now that Zhao Meifeng can start raising pigs and earn enough work points, Lu Shaocai, the bastard, is still lying around and complaining, saying that everything is someone else's fault.

Uncle Lu was naturally annoyed.

His good mood these days was ruined by this bastard.

No matter how successful a person is, how noble his status is, or how much wealth he has accumulated, if his children are not promising, that is his stain, like a piece of very glaring dirt covering all his shining points, making him not so shining, and greatly reducing his pride and success.

On the other hand, although the second brother has no great prospects and has been farming at home all his life, his three sons are healthy and hardworking, and the brothers are friendly and respectful. The eldest and second brothers farm at home to support themselves in their old age, and the third brother works hard outside. The family is harmonious and happy, and they are more comfortable and free than him.

Uncle Lu was unwilling to stay in his hometown before. He couldn't stand the mediocre and unpromising life, and would rather risk being beheaded to make a career.

He felt that he inherited the passionate bloodline of his ancestors, unlike his second brother who was content with a small fortune and was happy with what he had.

But now that he was getting older and stepping down from his prominent position, looking at his incompetent eldest son, thinking of his youngest son who had not yet become a talent, and then looking at his contented second brother, his ambitious eldest nephew, his steady and capable second nephew, and the young and promising Lu Shaotang, Uncle Lu also felt sympathetic.

Fortunately, he was open-minded and not narrow-minded, so he treated Lu Shaotang as his own son and devoted himself to cultivating him, hoping that his nephew could inherit his legacy and continue the passionate bloodline passed down from his ancestors.

Facts have proved that he succeeded.

So he was proud and gratified, and it was also considered a mission of handover.

Uncle Lu was drunk due to various emotions.

The main purpose of Yan Ping's visit was to make sure Uncle Lu would not be dragged down by Lu Shaocai.

While she was thinking about the arrangements for Lu Shaocai's family, she was talking to Granny Fang on the right and Fang Dihua on the left, busy and reserved.

She wanted to test Fang Dihua's attitude, and reminded Fang Dihua in the greetings and getting close to her, "Uncle Lu plays a huge role in the happy life of the Lu family. I hope Fang Dihua and Father Lu will be grateful and continue to take care of Lu Shaocai's family, and don't let them go to the capital to cause trouble for her. After all, living in the city has its own difficulties."

"Everyone thinks that living in the capital will be a life of luxury, like a god's life. In fact, those of us who have lived in the city know that it is only for outsiders to see. You know how difficult life is yourself."

Granny Fang nodded with interest, "Yes, yes, yes."

Yan Ping: "People who don't know think we are so capable just because we have lived in the city. They ask us to arrange for them to go to university, work in factories, or join the army. It would be best if we arrange a job for them and then find them a partner. But in fact, we all know that it is not that easy, right?"

Granny Fang: "Ah, yes, yes, you are right. I don't think it would be easy for them to ask Shaotang to arrange it."

Yan Ping: "Auntie, you understand me."

After eating and drinking, everyone chatted again in the moonlight and electric lights.

It was almost time, and the branch secretary and others said goodbye one after another, "Brother Lu, come with us to the fields tomorrow to take a look at our water turbine pumps, pig farms, etc."

Uncle Lu agreed one by one, laughing, "Okay, okay, let's go and take a look."

After everyone left, Lin Shu served everyone sobering soup.

Afraid that they couldn't sleep after drinking tea at night, she made hawthorn and plum tea.

The plums were pickled with apricot plums. Apricot plums are grafted by crossing plum trees with honey apricots. They are sourer than honey apricots, but more cold-resistant and insect-resistant, and have more fruits.

At this time, Mrs. Qiu and Xu Laonian and several other old men came with their children and grandchildren to greet Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu had a good memory and recognized them all. He smiled and said, "You are all fine. I am relieved to see that you are all fine. Work hard for the government and live a good life in the future." After

a few words of encouragement, he let them go back to rest.

After the outsiders left, the family sat together and talked more casually.

Uncle Lu asked the eldest brother Lu, the second brother Lu, and Lu Ping to come closer, "Come over and let me take a good look at you."

However, Lu Changfu and Lu Changshou did not get his favor. Lu Changshou did not feel anything, but Lu Changfu was angry.

Uncle Lu was disappointed with his eldest son and did not have much expectations for his eldest son's children. Looking at them... none of them looked smart and hardworking.

Men are always harder and more rational, and they act based on practical interests. Especially when Uncle Lu was young, he fought outside for many years. He didn't live with his first wife and eldest son for many days, so they didn't have a deep relationship.

Later, when they lived together for the first time, the eldest son was lazy, useless, and bad-tempered. He didn't have the patience to educate him and could only scold and beat him. Naturally, he was even more disappointed when he didn't educate him well.

In addition to disappointment, it was inevitable that such a poor and useless son was born. He didn't look like me at all. Forget it, there is no need to spend energy on him. Just feed him and don't cause trouble.

But Lu Shaocai is not a very honest and dutiful person. No matter what, he will only become more and more violent and make trouble.

Not only does he make trouble, but his son and daughter are also troublemakers when they grow up.

Yan Ping was furious all day long.

In her opinion, Lu Jinling was young but she was already flirting with the boys from the rich families.

Lu Changfu was still a half-grown child who refused to study and just fooled around with a bunch of naughty kids, stealing and fighting!

In Yan Ping's eyes, they were just like Lu Shaocai, a family of rotten and hopeless!

Yan Ping was so annoyed that she complained to Uncle Lu every day, "They have limited contact with people in their hometown, so no matter how bad they are, they can't be that bad. Here, there are all kinds of people on the ground, and they learn bad things too quickly, which can cause bigger troubles. What if your enemies do bad things one day and deliberately set a trap for them to cause big troubles that you can't handle? Then you will definitely be implicated!"

Not only will it implicate him, but also his younger daughter and son.

Lu Yingjie and Lu Shaoyu were well educated and had great prospects. They should not be implicated by their big brother.

Later, Lu Changfu was naughty and playful, and indirectly killed his second brother Lu Changshun. Yan Ping was completely furious and felt that Lu Changfu would be a disaster sooner or later.

Uncle Lu was also completely disappointed with his eldest son's family. In order to calm down the trouble and restore family peace, he finally sent his eldest son's family back to his hometown to participate in labor.

He felt that this decision was right. Lu Shaocai's family relied on him as their father to cause trouble all day long in the capital, which embarrassed him and affected the family's reputation. After returning to their hometown, they became much more honest and did not dare to cause trouble in the county or even the commune. At most, they would act like a traitor in the brigade.

It seems that his second brother is doing a good job for him, so he dare not act like a traitor in the brigade.

Originally, he thought that if he let his eldest son return to his hometown, he could give him 20 yuan a month to support his eldest son and his wife, while his grandchildren would have to work and earn work points.

Now look, the second brother has educated them well. Except for that bastard Lu Shaocai, everyone else can go to work and earn work points, which also solves his worries.

Thinking of this, Uncle Lu is more relieved about his eldest son's family and doesn't want to spend too much time on it.

Drinking sweet and sour fruit tea, Uncle Lu and Old Man Lu discussed the matters of burying their parents. Old

Man Lu also said to check the date. Uncle

Lu said: "Revolutionary fighters don't believe in ghosts and gods. Whatever date it is is the date. There is no need to check."

If you are particular about the date, then you can wait until the end of the year to worship your ancestors. Now he comes back because he suddenly misses his parents very much.

Old Man Lu said that he will go tomorrow, anyway, he has prepared yellow paper, candles and other things.

Incense is made by their own incense factory. In addition to sanitary incense, mosquito coils, and high-end incense, they now customize a batch of sacrificial incense according to some people's special requirements.

The materials of sacrificial incense are simpler, and the workmanship is not so fine. It only has one purpose, which is to burn incense.

Originally, Lu Shaocai was afraid that Lu Laodi would complain about his embarrassing experience at the grave, but he was relieved to see that Lu Laodi had no intention of doing so and even helped him and Changfu talk from time to time.

It was past nine o'clock, and Granny Fang went to bed first because she was tired.

She is now in the same room with Lu Xiuxiu and Hou Ying.

Yan Ping looked at Lu Shaocai and Zhao Meifeng, and then at Fang Dihua and Lin Shu, hoping that the second room could make room for her and Uncle Lu to sleep.

The second room was clean and smelled of flowers and plants. The first room?

Yan Ping could imagine without even looking that Lu Shaocai and his wife were lazy, so their home wouldn't be very clean.

However, Lu Shaocai had already invited his father to take credit, "Dad, in the past two years, my son and my wife have collected some cotton wool and fabrics and sewed two new quilts, waiting for you to come back and use them."

Uncle Lu said, "I have used all kinds of quilts. How can you be so delicate as to use new ones?"

However, he knew that Yan Ping was a nurse and had a bit of a cleanliness quirk, so she would definitely choose the quilts, and if there were new ones, it would be better.

Yan Xin lived with his daughter and Lu Jinling in one room, and Yan Bin lived with the two brothers Lu Changfu in one room. Anyway, summer is easier to deal with than winter.

In addition to the elderly, who also need quilts, young people can basically deal with a sheet.

There was sanitary incense at home, and Lu Shaocai would often ask for it through the wall. In any case, there would always be some defective and waste products in the process of making incense, and Fang Dihua would not be stingy and would give them to the neighbors to light up, as it was not a big deal for him.

Knowing that his father was coming back, Lu Shaocai was afraid that the house would smell of pig feces, so he asked Zhao Meifeng and his son to clean up the house inside and outside, and also fumigated it, thinking that there should be no smell.

Uncle Lu didn't care. He was a man who was careless and rough. Besides, he had farmed at home when he was young. After joining the army, he didn't care about the environment. So he didn't care about the smell of pig manure. He felt relieved that his eldest son's family had made progress and was not hopeless.

Yan Ping and Yan Xin couldn't stand it.

It was mainly because Lu Changfu and Zhao Meifeng dealt with pigs every day, Lu Changshou had to help from time to time, and Zhao Meifeng was also responsible for cooking and cleaning the house. Naturally, there was a smell in the house.

The two grew up in the capital since they were young, and they were a bit of a clean freak and had a keen sense of smell, so naturally... it was very uncomfortable.

They couldn't complain or give up even if they were uncomfortable.

Yan Ping knew Lao Lu's temper. If Lu Shaocai was having affairs or doing something unfaithful, he would be furious and would even beat him with a belt.

But if he did nothing wrong and she, his stepmother, disliked the smell of pig manure, Lao Lu would only blame her for being coquettish and finding faults, and would even have opinions about her.

She could only endure it.

On Lin Shu's side, Panpan and Tiantian sent Hou Wei to sleep with Sister Lin, but they insisted on sleeping on their parents' kang and kissing them.

After all, they hadn't seen each other for many days, so they didn't want to be sensible and sleep on the same kang with their parents.

Lin Shu didn't refuse. She was also tired these two days and didn't want to bother with Lu Shaotang. She wanted him to sleep with Brother Lu since Sister-in-law wasn't at home anyway.

Naturally, Lu Shaotang refused.

After taking a bath, the family of four lay flat on the kang.

Lu Shaotang and Lin Shusi were not affected by the eldest wife. They didn't care about the open and secret struggles between Lu Shaocai and Yan Ping, or whether Yan Ping was dissatisfied with her hometown. It had nothing to do with them. The young couple was in a good mood.

Panpan and Tiantian played with their father for a while.

Panpan lay on his father's hard chest, pinching it here and there curiously, and then pinching her own fleshy body, feeling very novel.

However, Tiantian thought that the muscles on her father's body were too hard, and she liked to lie on her mother, whose body was fragrant and soft, so nice.

So Lin Shu lay at the end of the kang. It was warm to sleep at the head of the kang in winter, and cool to sleep at the end of the kang in summer. Lu Shaotang was treated like the one who slept at the head of the kang in summer.

Panpan lay on Lu Shaotang, listening to the steady heartbeat in his father's chest.

Tiantian leaned against Lin Shu, letting her fan her with a palm leaf fan.

The two little ones chattered to their parents about the things their grandma and great-grandma had brought back, how much of a sensation it had caused, what things their grandma had exchanged for whom, and how much cloth she had sold for whom.

"Many families come to buy soap!"

"There are also aunties who have just given birth to exchange for brown sugar."

"Haha, my great-grandmother has been the mascot of our team these days. She shows off her dentures, headphones and glasses in front of the big tree all day long."

"Mom, I will brush my teeth well and protect them. I can't wear dentures like my great-grandmother. She said that the food is tasteless and not fragrant. It's just that donkey dung eggs only show off to outsiders. She is willing to take off her dentures when eating meat."

The two children fell asleep in a few minutes after mumbling.

Lu Shaotang took the two children aside without hesitation, and then hugged his wife and kissed her.

Lin Shu felt that his chest was too hot, so he turned his back and leaned against his broad back to cool down.

When she fell asleep, Lu Shaotang turned over and hugged his wife to sleep.

The next day, Lin Shu got up early and was very proud!

She asked Fang Dihua, "Mom, where do my uncle and his family eat breakfast or do they come to our house?"

Fang Dihua: "Let's ask them to come to our house."

Fang Dihua's mood was not affected.

Uncle Lu came home only once in many years, and no matter how well they treated him, it would not be excessive. After all, without Uncle Lu, there would be no San'er today.

Lu Shaotang was a farm boy. No matter how outstanding he was, he could only join the army at the age of seventeen at most. It was impossible for him to enter the military academy at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Besides, Uncle Lu is the pride of Lujiazhuang. The city, the county and the commune all look up to Lujiazhuang because of Uncle Lu. They will think of Lujiazhuang first when there is something going on.

Lujiazhuang and the second branch of the family really benefited from Uncle Lu.

Especially now that she has reconciled with her mother, she has no regrets or complaints in her heart, and her mood is smooth and peaceful.

Regardless of whether she complained in the past, she is naturally grateful to Uncle Lu. When he comes back, she will naturally treat him with the best level.

As for the troubles brought by Lu Shaocai before, aren't they all in the past?

Now Zhao Meifeng and Lu Changfu are doing their jobs, and Lu Shaocai is not making trouble, so it's good.

Lin Shu and Sister Lin prepared breakfast. Even if Uncle Lu came to eat, she would not cook for them separately. They all ate the same thing.

Millet porridge, egg soup, boiled eggs, stewed salted vegetables, a basket of hot pancakes, and a pot of fresh green vegetables.

For farmers, this is a very rich breakfast.

Fang Dihua sent Lu Ping to call Uncle Lu and the others to come over for dinner.

Uncle Lu was talking to Yan Ping, thinking about eating at the eldest brother's place, because the second brother's family was busy and he didn't want to burden him.

Lu Ping came to call Yan Ping, and she agreed. After Lu Ping left, she went back to the room and said to Uncle Lu with a smile: "My second brother and his wife are so kind, we should not let them down. Besides, you always talk about my second brother, and now that he finally comes home, shouldn't we get closer to him?"

Uncle Lu thought the same.

He saw several bags piled on the kang and said to Yan Ping: "Share the gifts you brought."

He got about 400 kilograms of food coupons, preparing 200 kilograms for his second brother and 200 kilograms for his eldest son.

Although they had a fixed amount of food in the compound, they did not use food coupons and there was no limit on the amount. They ate

until they were full. In addition, meat, eggs, milk, sugar, etc. were also specially supplied, and any food that could not be finished would be given away.

Uncle Lu also asked them to pack a lot of gifts, including milk powder for his second brother and his wife and Shaotang's two children, as well as white sugar, brown sugar, and Daoxiangcun snacks, which were all rare items.

He thought that Yan Ping might not have had time to give them last night, so he could take them with him when he went to eat.

As for gifts, it is better to give them early, so that people will be happy and it will not be a burden to entertain them.