Chapter 219 Work

In Jiang Weiguo's memory, his elder brother had always been tolerant of him and had never lost his temper.

He never thought that his elder brother would be cold to him because of his second-married elder sister-in-law, and even said such cruel words, and turned around and left without giving him a chance. He

wanted to explain, but he felt that his elder brother valued his wife more than his brothers and mother, so it was useless for him to say anything.

When he was a child in the countryside, he saw many fathers and sons, and brothers fighting against each other. Although many people say that brothers are united, most brothers are not harmonious in reality.

Brothers from poor families can fight for who eats more food. The children of his eldest aunt's mother's family often fight for a mouthful of soup, but he and his elder brother don't.

From childhood to adulthood, his elder brother always gave in to him. He was given the best food, clothing and daily necessities, but he did more work.

He used to think that the elder brother was like a father. No matter what he did, his elder brother would always be good to him. His elder brother was always his elder brother. Even if

he got along well with Yue's family, even if he let his younger son take his father-in-law's surname, even if he didn't give his mother money for old-age care, his elder brother would never blame him.

He thought his elder brother would never be estranged from him.

Only now did he realize that he was too naive. His elder brother was just an ordinary man. What he cared about most was his wife and children.

Brother?

Haha.

Forget it. At worst, we can have less contact in the future. After all, he didn't want to take advantage of his elder brother. Let's live our own lives.

He went back and talked to Lu Yuan. The main idea was that we should live our own lives. We should not rely on our elder brother and we should not take advantage of our elder brother and his wife.

When mom is sick, you just spend money to hire someone to take care of her.

Lu Yuan is also a person who cares about face. He was very uncomfortable after being stabbed by Lin Shu, so he naturally agreed with Jiang Weiguo's decision.

We don't expect mother and elder brother to help us. We have to handle the difficulties ourselves.

Jiang Weidong thought that after he scolded his brother, he should call to explain in two days and come to see his mother, but the result... he thought too much.

Jiang Weidong didn't think about it anymore. His brother also had a family and a career, so he didn't have to be responsible.

He was busy with work and put Jiang Weiguo's affairs behind him.

Although Mrs. Jiang was angry with her youngest son, she didn't take it to heart at all because there was a group of cute kids around her. The main reason was that the old lady had learned to let it go after so many years.

On this day, Lin Shu and her elder sister were making bridal headpieces at home. They were free anyway, so they might as well make some handicrafts and earn a few bucks.

In winter, there were many people getting married in both the countryside and the city, so bridal items were easy to sell.

The main reason was that Han Yun helped them get a batch of scraps of high-end fabrics. In addition to various colored yarns, there were also some satins!

Satin!

Few people wore it in this era, even in the city.

I didn't expect Han Yun to be able to get scraps of fabric.

These scraps of fabric were as big as a palm, and as small as a thumb. They really had no other use. They

were just right for making head flowers.

While they were working, they roasted sweet potatoes and taro, and the fragrant smell filled the house.

Because the weather was getting cold, the stove was lit early in the room for Lin Xia's confinement.

When the sweet potatoes were boiled, Lin Shu used a long-handled spoon to scoop them for the children to eat, so that they would not get boiled and covered in sweet potatoes, especially Baoer!

Just as he was busy, he heard a voice calling Lin Shu and Master Lin from outside.

Panpan had sharp ears and ran out immediately to see who was calling. Seeing that it was Wei Ling, he immediately smiled and said, "Hello, Aunt Wei!"

Wei Ling smiled and touched his head, "Are your mother and second aunt at home?"

Panpan: "Yes, please come in."

He welcomed the guests into the house with a hospitality attitude.

Lin Shu and the others stood up and greeted her, "Reporter Wei, how did you find time to come?"

Wei Ling smiled and said, "I just happened to have some time these two days, so I came to see you, Master Lin, congratulations."

She brought gifts, basically nutritional supplements for mothers.

Lin Shu took the net bag over, and everyone invited her to come in to see the baby.

After a few pleasantries, Wei Ling took off the camera hanging around her neck and smiled, "It's just right, I'll take a picture of you and the baby."

Mian Mian woke up, but was not hungry yet, so everyone teased her for a while and then took a picture.

After taking the picture, Lin Xia fed her and listened to Wei Ling and Lin Shu talking.

In addition to congratulating her, Wei Ling came today mainly to interview Lin Shu. Lin Shu's advocacy book had a great influence. Now her article is used in the provincial propaganda materials and has been published in major newspapers.

She went to the Lujiazhuang Brigade and interviewed the brigade cadres, Lu Laodi, Lu Hehuan and others. Knowing that Lin Shu was coming to her second sister's home in the city, she found time to interview them.

"Comrade Lin Shu, how did you think of writing such an advocacy letter? What inspired you?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Actually, I didn't think much about it. I just responded to the policy call. Looking at the situation of the villagers, I felt that this kind of thing is a reflection of the big picture. One village can reflect a commune, a county, and even a province, so I wanted to analyze it with everyone. Everyone knows that the literacy rate in our countryside is not high. Many people may not understand the policy. It is easy to make random assumptions."

After chatting for a while, Wei Ling recorded the interview in a notebook and took out a task list for Lin Shu to see.

This turned out to be a document from the Provincial Revolutionary Committee. The Health Bureau, the Cultural Bureau and several other departments took the lead in cooperation, and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and various newspapers and magazines jointly undertook to publish a series of eugenics propaganda films, comics, articles, etc.

Wei Ling smiled and said, "Comrade Lin Shu, you have good writing skills and can also draw. We want to ask you for an article."

Lin Shu thought for a while and said, "Reporter Wei, our brigade's teacher Lu is Lu Hehuan. She is quite good at writing articles. I think you can talk to her."

Lin Shu felt that she was not suitable for creating such political mission works. She was a free person in the 21st century, and there was a huge gap between her thoughts and those in the 1970s. Although she could pretend, she could not be flawless.

If she wrote this kind of assignment, it would be easy to reveal her true feelings. She could write a few short articles, but this kind of creation was not authentic enough, mainly because she didn't like it.

Lu Hehuan, who was born and raised in this area, had no problem. His work was in line with the characteristics of the times and was influenced by her ideas. It was slightly advanced but not too out of line.

Wei Ling was startled. She didn't expect Lin Shu to give such a good opportunity to someone else.

She had discovered before that Lin Shu was the biggest difference from the people around her, that is, she was strong without desire, and she was not constrained or tempted by others in what she did.

She would do what she wanted to do even if there was no reward, and she would not do what she did not want to do even if there were great benefits.

This was really... Wei Ling admired her very much, and felt that Lin Shu's thought had reached a certain height and had gotten rid of vulgar tastes.

She wrote this sentence in the interview manuscript.

Although Lin Shu recommended Lu Hehuan, she was also very interested in talking to Wei Ling about the concept of propaganda paintings, and provided Wei Ling with many very useful suggestions.

Wei Ling: "Then you can draw, or I recommend you to draw comic strips."

Wei Ling had seen Lin Shu's gouache paintings, although there were only some pastoral landscapes, but she thought the composition and color matching were very good.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Reporter Wei, I just doodled casually, just for fun. I definitely can't draw professional pictures, but..."

She hesitated.

Wei Ling: "What?"

Lin Shu turned her head and looked at Sister Lin next to her, "My sister can actually do it."

Sister Lin blushed when she heard it, and shook her head and waved her hands, "No, no, you can't do it, let alone me."

Lin Shu: "Sister, you can do it. When you were a child, you painted fine brushwork with your grandmother, and you never gave up. Now you practice brushwork from time to time." Lin Shu

saw the figure drawings drawn by her sister, and they were very vivid.

Several children playing with glass bullets looked at them and said that Sister Lin's drawings were beautiful.

Tiantian ran to take the small sketchbook she brought with her and showed it to Wei Ling.

This sketchbook is Tiantian's diary, with pictures and texts. There are their own drawings, drawings by Lin Shu and the eldest sister, and drawings by Lin Xia, Lin's mother, and Aunt Jiang.

Tiantian pointed out to Wei Ling one by one which one was drawn by whom.

Wei Ling took a look. Needless to say, it was really Sister Lin who drew the most exquisitely. Lin Shu's drawings were good, but they were all simple sketches and simple flowers, plants, and small animals. Tiantian was in the same vein as hers, and the others were just doodles.

Wei Ling looked at Sister Lin in amazement. She didn't expect that Sister Lin, who was always there doing her work quietly every time they met, could actually draw so well?

The old Lin family is full of talents!

Father Lin was able to pass the examination to join the agricultural machinery team with his son at an old age. The eldest sister is virtuous, gentle and good at painting. The second sister is sharp and capable and can be an electrician. The third sister is very capable but not greedy for fame and fortune.

It is really not easy.

Now they can break their heads for a job in private and sharpen their brains to go to the city. They... The eldest brother-in-law's family went to the countryside from Qizhou to help farmers, and they worked hard without any slackness or unwillingness. The second sister's family is also committed to helping the countryside to get electricity and develop side businesses. Lin Shu can obviously go to the city to work, but she would rather stay in the countryside to help the brigade with side businesses, promote eugenics, and improve the ideological awareness of the members.

What a family of sentimental and noble souls!

If Lin Shu knew that she thought of herself so noble, she would be shocked. She really just didn't want to go to work.

Who would want to work if there were other ways to achieve financial freedom?

Wei Ling was very interested in Sister Lin's painting skills, and immediately took out a promotional picture book for Sister Lin to copy.

Sister Lin liked painting and embroidery, and also understood simple music, could play the flute, and had memorized a lot of poems, but her only interests that she could keep for a long time were painting and embroidery.

After having children, she had no time to play the flute, painting was simpler, and embroidery was mainly used to mend clothes.

Sister Lin looked at Lin Shu and a few others.

Everyone encouraged her to give it a try.

After she drew a few simple portraits, Wei Ling nodded with satisfaction, "Sister, your level is good enough. I will recommend you to the editor-in-chief when I return to the newspaper."

Sister Lin was a little embarrassed, "Then I'll trouble reporter Wei."

If she could make a living by painting, Sister Lin would certainly be happy.

Lin Shu invited Wei Ling to have lunch, and they chatted for a while in the afternoon before Wei Ling left.

Three days later, Wei Ling came to the Jiang family with a paper bag. She came down with the recommendation from the newspaper.

She brought Sister Lin the requirements for the promotional painting.

Sister Lin looked through it and found it was not difficult. She could definitely draw it.

In the past few years, when she was in the family compound of the ordnance factory, she did not work. In addition to doing housework and taking care of the children, she painted. She was particularly good at painting meticulous figures, flowers and birds, etc.

This kind of propaganda painting highlights the characters, and a simple background is enough around them.

Wei Ling told them, "After you finish this book, I can give you 30 yuan in labor fees."

Lin's mother and Mrs. Jiang were stunned, "30?"

My God, this is just like going to work.

Sister Lin and Lin Xia were also quite surprised. After all, different trades are like different mountains. They don't understand the ins and outs of it, and they think the money is really a lot.

Lin Shu said, "30 yuan is not bad. You have to paint this small picture book for a month, and working at a desk can easily cause problems with the cervical spine and lumbar spine. You still have to pay attention."

Wei Ling: "Yes, I write manuscripts every day, and my fingers hurt, but others think I have it easy. I don't have to go out under the scorching sun."

They talked about occupational diseases for a while, and then talked about painting propaganda paintings.

Wei Ling whispered, "If she were a professional illustrator in the unit, she could earn fifty or sixty yuan for each book. But the leader thinks it's too expensive and wants to find an amateur to try. As long as the quality of the pictures can be guaranteed, it's fine."

Although thirty yuan is much less than what others can earn, it's not Sister Lin's turn to draw at fifty or sixty yuan, so she is naturally happy.

Lin Shu: "Reporter Wei, will my sister go to the unit to draw?"

She knows that the publishing house will now assign writers to fixed offices to write, and she doesn't know if illustrators are needed.

Wei Ling: "Go there for a few days to communicate and run in. Once the style of the drawings is determined, you don't have to go again."

She wrote down the address and made an appointment with Sister Lin to meet there tomorrow. Then she would take her sister to communicate with the leader.

Sister Lin was not nervous and agreed.

With Wei Ling as a recommender and good communication, Sister Lin went there the next day smoothly.

The leader talked to her in person and was very satisfied with her. He hired her on the spot and gave her an advance of 15 yuan for her manuscript fee.

This was the first time Sister Lin had made money in her life, and she felt a little unreal when she left the unit.

She used to spend her father-in-law and husband’s money in the Qizhou factory family compound. Although they treated her very well, Hou Jianwen’s money was paid to her, and her father-in-law also gave her money every month, but... the feeling of earning money by yourself and the feeling of stretching out your hand and waiting for others to give you money are really different!

How to describe this feeling?

Sister Lin thought about it, and the moment she held the money, she seemed to have a sense of confidence.

This is what I earned!

When spending her father-in-law and husband’s money, she had to be thrifty, and most of it had to be spent on the family and children. If she spent a little more on herself, she would feel guilty.

And her mother-in-law would ask her how she spent money, what she bought, etc.

In fact, Hou Jianwen didn’t say anything to her, and asked her to buy more things for him, but she was just embarrassed.

Now she can actually make money on her own!

Of course, she won't buy anything for herself, but she feels particularly happy to use the money to buy meat and other things for her family.

So she went to the state-owned vegetable market after getting the money, secretly bought other people's meat coupons with the money, and then bought five pounds of meat to take home.

When she returned home in the evening, Lin Shu and Old Lady Jiang were cooking, and they were shocked to see her carrying two big pieces of meat home.

Old Lady Jiang: "Her elder sister, which unit still distributes meat?"

Elder sister Lin smiled and said, "Auntie, it's not distributed, I bought it with an advance on my royalties! It was also a coincidence that there was an elder sister who wanted to use the meat coupons to exchange for money to buy milk powder, so I bought hers."

Several children gathered around, clamoring to order food.

"We want to eat braised pork!"

"Boiled pork slices!" "Fried meatballs

!" " Steamed pork with rice flour!" With Panpan's sweet lead, Bao'er, who was originally clumsy and not so lively, became very lively. Lin Shu tapped their noses and foreheads one by one, and said with a smile: "You little naughty kids, you talk as if you don't have meat to eat these days." Although they didn't eat so much meat at one time, they had eggs every day and made various snacks. Panpan: "Mom, but we haven't eaten braised pork for a long time." Unless you kill a pig or buy a lot of meat, you don't have many opportunities to eat braised pork. After all, it's not worth stewing if there is not enough meat. Lin Shu: "Didn't my second uncle get meat from the canteen yesterday?" The children shouted one after another: "That's potato braised meat, not as delicious as what mom/third aunt/young aunt makes!" They were justified. Lin Shu: "Who told me in the morning when we were eating the date mud cake, 'It's delicious, delicious, really delicious. I don't feel hungry after eating this snack.'" The children started to spin around her, laughing non-stop. When they laughed, Mianmian, who was sleeping on the kang, woke up and laughed without crying. At this time, Jiang Weidong and Lu Shaotang came in from outside. Jiang Weidong: "Look, who's here!" Tiantian and Panpan turned their heads and saw Lu Shaotang. They were so surprised that their eyes sparkled, "Dad, Dad! I missed you so much!" Lu Shaotang was picked up by his daughter and rocked. Lin Shu found that these children were becoming more and more dramatic. Lu Shaotang had just come a few days ago and took them to stay in the guesthouse. Jiang Weidong saw that his daughter had woken up, so he also picked her up and sat on the sofa to chat with Lu Shaotang, mainly to show off his daughter. Tiantian climbed on Lu Shaotang, took out a hair flower and put it on him, "Dad, I made it for you, it's so beautiful." She pressed Lu Shaotang's hand, "Dad, don't move, don't take it off!" Lu Shaotang, whose hair was a little long and hadn't had time to cut it yet: "..." Jiang Weidong hugged his daughter and laughed very loudly. The children tilted their heads to look at her and nodded: "It looks good!" Tiantian was very proud. Lu Shaotang touched the daughter's head and pointed to a big red flower, "Your second uncle wants to wear it too." Jiang Weidong hurriedly refused, but it didn't work. Several children rushed forward, and Tiantian successfully put the biggest red sash on her second uncle. Lin Shu and Lin Xia were having a great time, and Lin's mother quietly poked them, whispering, "Don't be so accommodating to the children." How could a room full of people watch her son-in-law laugh? It was disrespectful. Sister Lin held back her laughter and motioned Tiantian to take it off for her second uncle and father. In the evening, she made sweet roast pork, which was the children's favorite. Jiang Weidong, with the red sash on his head, went to get some wine and wanted to have a drink with his brother-in-law. Lin Shu poured them a large teapot of boiling water and asked them to boil it and drink it, "Don't drink cold wine on a cold day." During the meal, Sister Lin told them about her experience of finalizing the draft, "I'm still a bit dreaming." Mrs. Jiang said: "Come, let's raise a glass and celebrate together!" Mother Lin was also particularly fond of it ! She was happy, "The eldest sister will also make money in the future, so her life will be easier." She knew that the eldest daughter's family had to subsidize her parents-in-law on a regular basis. Although Hou Jianwen's salary was not low, his life was relatively tight. Fortunately, the younger daughter had help with food and clothing. If he was in the city, he would not be so well-off. The sisters have a good relationship and help each other. She, the mother, is the happiest. Sister Lin raised her wine glass and clinked it with Lin Shu's, "Third sister, I have to thank you again this time." If it weren't for the third sister and her husband, her parents-in-law would have suffered a lot, Hou Jianwen would have been frustrated, and she and her children would have been even less comfortable. Now that the third sister introduced her to a job, she was grateful to the third sister's family. Lin Shu leaned against her eldest sister and smiled, "Sister, why are you so polite? We are sisters. When you become a great painter, I, your younger sister, will be very proud." Lin Xia: "Sister, you can also paint New Year pictures in the future, and we will help you sell them." Sister Lin said modestly, "Oh, don't flatter me, I'm embarrassed, I'll just paint promotional pictures for others first." The whole family chatted happily, and they didn't leave until after nine o'clock when the children were so sleepy that they fell asleep. Lu Shaotang booked a room in the guesthouse and asked Lin Shu to go there with him. Lin Shu told her mother and the others. The two sisters teased her, "Go quickly!" Lin Xia even wrapped her own military coat around her, "It's cold at night, wear more."

After that, she took something out of the drawer and stuffed it into Lin Shu's hand, "Go quickly."

Lin Shu: "What?" She

looked down and immediately blushed with embarrassment. The second sister is really getting more and more naughty.

Lu Shaotang knew that she refused to have another child and had been paying attention to contraception. It was impossible for her not to bring the baby herself, so why did she need the second sister to give it to her!

Lin Shu jumped up and tickled the second sister twice before running away.

The next day, Lin Shu woke up and it was bright outside. She saw that Lu Shaotang had not left yet, and was surprised; "You are resting today?"

Lu Shaotang: "I want to discuss something with you."

Lin Shu looked at him puzzledly, "Big thing?" Why did she think Lu Shaotang's face was a little solemn?

Did something bad happen?

That's not right. If something bad happened, you would have...

"It's not our family's business, is it?"

Lu Shaotang nodded, "It's Chen Yanming."

Lin Shu's heart tightened, and her voice became tense, "What happened to Yanming?"

In the original plot, because Lu Shaotang sacrificed him to lead the team alone to carry out the mission, he lost his tacit cooperation with his comrades and was ambushed by the enemy and lost a leg. Wouldn't he... not escape this disaster?

Lu Shaotang saw that his wife looked anxious when she heard Chen Yanming's name, and her little face wrinkled with worry, and he was jealous.

This is not even the second time I have seen him, why is my wife so concerned about Chen Yanming!

Lin Shu looked at Lu Shaotang's expression, why is he getting more and more serious?

Is Chen Yanming critically ill?

No, no, no!

Lu Shaotang is not a person who forgets his friends for the sake of beauty. It is impossible that Chen Yanming is dying and he is still having a wild time with his wife, right?

Lin Shu believes in Lu Shaotang's character, "What's wrong with him?"

Lu Shaotang said lightly, "Maybe he will get married?"

After that, he looked at her deeply.

Lin Shu looked at him in surprise and smiled, "Really? That's a good thing, a great thing!"

In the original plot, Chen Yanming is an old bachelor!

Lu Shaotang went forward to kiss her and hugged her to sit up, "Wife, No. 8 Courtyard needs you to take charge of the overall situation."

Lin Shu: "Arrange a wedding for Chen Yanming? No problem, it's a piece of cake."

Lu Shaotang: "Not that."

Lin Shu frowned slightly, "Lu Shaotang, you are not right?"

This man has never been so fussy, why is he hesitant today? This is not like him.

Lu Shaotang: "Chen Yanming's parents are here, and they brought the marriage partner they had chosen for him."

Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand to pinch his cheek, "Why are you hesitating about such a small thing? You scared me!" Then she realized something was wrong, "Chen Yanming's parents never cared about him, so why did they suddenly bring a marriage partner for him? Then this marriage definitely can't be concluded?"

Lu Shaotang grabbed her hand and kissed it, "Well, Chen Yanming went out of town on a mission a few days ago. We thought they would leave after staying for two days, but they wanted to stay forever."

No. 8 Courtyard can't chase them away, nor can it deal with them, because they are Chen Yanming's parents after all.

They were not afraid of any cunning enemy, but they had no way to deal with such cunning relatives. After all, this was an internal conflict among the people, and it was not convenient for them to take action.

Lu Shaotang felt that if he wanted to ruin the marriage and send them away, his wife had to do it.

Lin Shu agreed very readily: "Okay, then let's make a quick decision and don't delay attending the long-awaited full-moon wine."

She got up, washed, and went to her second sister's house for dinner with Lu Shaotang, and told her about going to Qizhou to stay for a few days.

Sister Lin asked concernedly, "Is there something wrong? Can I go with you?"

Lin Shu: "Nothing serious, Chen Yanming's parents are here."

She simply stated the objective facts and did not say anything bad about Chen's parents. Chen Yanming never said anything about his parents, so she could not say too much.

The matter of Chen Yanming's parents must be handled carefully, otherwise it will be easy for him to be blamed and accused of being unfilial to his parents.

Tiantian and Panpan immediately took her hand, "Mom, we want to go too! My godfather's parents are my godfather and grandmother, we have to entertain them!"

Lin Shu originally did not want to bring the child, after all, she was doing business with the child... so

she should bring him!