Chapter 226 New Sideline Job

Lin Shu was very surprised, "How did he get electrocuted?"

There were not many electrical appliances these days, and the wires were newly pulled so they would not age. As long as they did not touch the high-voltage wires, they would not be electrocuted to death.

Panpan, Tiantian and Hou Wei heard it and ran over, "Who got electrocuted?"

Lin Shu touched Tiantian's head, "Go play with your brothers and sisters."

Children should not listen to these scary things.

Seeing that their mother would not let them listen, Panpan dragged Tiantian and Hou Wei to find Hou Bo and Lu An, but they went to the brigade to help Lu Ping settle the account, and then went back to find Sister Xiuxiu and Hou Ying.

Lu Xiuxiu happened to use a larger piece of cloth to make new overalls for the children. In winter, cotton jackets cannot be washed all the time, so she made a few more overalls for the children to replace.

Hou Ying also made some new hair ornaments and took them to try them out.

Panpan and the others asked how Zhao Laosan was electrocuted.

Lu Xiuxiu and Hou Ying didn't know, "Electrocuted?"

They were girls, and Fang Dihua didn't let the adults tell them because she didn't want to scare them. They were also addicted to handicrafts, so they really didn't know.

Daya and Erya, who had been quietly making hair flowers next to them, looked at each other. Daya whispered, "I heard that Zhao Laosan wanted to steal electricity."

"Steal electricity?"

"How?"

Daya whispered, "He wanted to secretly pull a wire from the outside power line into his house, so that he wouldn't have to pay the electricity bill."

The children opened their mouths wide, "He is not an electrician, how dare he do that?"

Daya: "So he was electrocuted."

She whispered, "There were also people who were electrocuted in other villages. Someone brought an electric stove home from the city and used it to cook and boil water. It seemed that the electric stove consumed a lot of electricity and it was easy to burn the fuse or something. So they replaced it with a thicker fuse, and as a result, the electric stove caught fire, and someone's house was burned down."

Panpan and Tiantian looked at each other and learned a lot.

Tiantian quickly took out a small notebook and pencil from her coat pocket, took off the cap and began to record.

She also collected several ways of human death, including death from old age, death from illness, death from difficult births, death from falling, drowning, choking, etc. She wrote down everything she heard, and now added death from electrocution and burns.

Daya and Erya can't read, and they are very envious of her for being able to write and draw at such a young age.

Lin Shu and Sister Lin were also talking about this issue in the main hall.

Sister Lin said that the city installed electricity circuits early, so basically each unit has one meter per building, and everyone shares the electricity bill.

However, the citizens who live in their own houses have their own electricity meters. Some people have racked their brains to steal electricity. They will fiddle with the meter, hoping that the meter will run slower, and some people will steal electricity by pulling the wires.

I didn't expect that some people in the countryside have learned to steal electricity in such a short time after the electricity was connected.

Of course, it is impossible to install an electricity meter in every house in the countryside. Basically, one is installed in each house, and then everyone will share the electricity bill.

Anyway, every household only installs two or three electric lights, the wattage of the bulbs is the same, and the time of turning on the lights is almost the same, so there is no big problem in sharing the bill.

Lin Shu's family is special. They installed the electricity meter themselves, and they don't need to share the bill even if they use a lot of electricity.

For some people, if they don't take advantage of it or think crookedly, they will suffer a loss. It is said that some residents with tap water will use the drip method to collect water, and it is said that the water meter will not move.

Fang Dihua said, "There are people in our village who have evil ideas. When the branch secretary found out, he took them out and scolded them, and also deducted their work points. If there are people who have evil ideas in the future, their food will be deducted directly."

Lin Shu now knew why the branch secretary's voice was angry when the loudspeaker was notified.

Most of the houses in the countryside are made of mud and grass, connected together. If one house catches fire and rescue is not timely, several houses will burn down.

Even if there is no fire, it is terrible to electrocute people, which will affect the performance of the brigade cadres and the reputation of the brigade.

It is estimated that the brigade leader and the brigade secretary of Linjiatun are furious.

Because of these things, the county revolutionary committee, the commune revolutionary committee, and the revolutionary committees of each brigade are like facing a big enemy, and they can't wait to grab every member and loudly publicize: Use electricity safely! Stealing electricity is not allowed!

Some brigades even put up the slogan "One person steals electricity, the whole village will be without electricity."

Hearing this slogan, Lin Shu always felt that it was inexplicably familiar.

Her family's electricity has always been safe, so Lin Shu didn't care.

Since she returned home, Lu Xiuxiu and Lu Dasao quickly handed over the power of the kitchen to her.

Although Lu Xiuxiu is good at handicrafts, she is a descendant of Lu Dasao in cooking skills, and her cooking is so-so. Now that Lin Shu is back, the family has become picky about food, and they all miss her very much when she is not at home.

Especially Brother Lu, who goes out every day to run business and deliver goods, and doesn't eat very well. He can't even get a good meal when he wants to go home. Now that Lin Shu is back, he feels like it's the New Year.

Lin Shu brought back some bacon, pork and mutton, and made mutton sauerkraut noodles for everyone.

Because the yellow sheep were raised locally and castrated, the mutton did not have any fishy smell, but it had the unique aroma of mutton. It was made into sauerkraut and poured on the noodles. Even if the noodles were made with coarse and fine grains, everyone would eat a big bowl of it.

The children could eat a big bowl, their bellies were full, and then they would run to the street to walk to digest the food, and then make Hu Zi, Hua Hua, Hong Hong and other children cry, and the value of the sauerkraut noodles would rise to a higher level.

For several days, Lin Shu either took Lu Dasao and Fang Dihua to make sauerkraut dumplings or sauerkraut buns, and also fried meatballs, finally feeding the family and making them look rosy again. Lin

Shu naturally did not forget the children, and made a lot of snacks for Lu Ping and his family. The family had its own date trees, so red date cakes and hawthorn cakes were often eaten. The family also had various beans, so red bean cakes, green bean cakes, and pea yellow cakes were also made.

Of course, Xu Xiaoyou and Kuai Kuai were not left out. If there was something delicious at home, they would always send a portion to Sister Xiaoyou.

Lin Shu even asked Lu An and Hou Bo to send food to Old Lady Jie twice. The old lady was also very pitiful. She could not get off the kang and had not recovered yet.

But now her temper is even worse. She scolds people at home every day, and she scolds them in all the vicious ways, so that the eldest son and the eldest grandson dare not approach.

Panpan had to contribute candy to make so many snacks, which made him feel very painful. In the end, he couldn't help but ask Lu Ping, Hou Bo and Lu An for candy money.

Lu Ping is now doing the accounting for the brigade while attending school. The original salary of Lu's elder brother was given to him, and with the money from his family, his wallet is also very bulging.

Lu Ping was generous and often bought snacks from the supply and marketing cooperative for his brothers and sisters, so when Panpan asked him for candy money, he gave it generously.

Seeing him pay, Lu An was reluctant but also paid a few cents, and Hou Bo was naturally not stingy.

Panpan thought the snacks were fragrant and sweet after receiving the money!

He couldn't help but drag Tiantian and Hou Wei to the street to show off.

Panpan didn't ask Xu Xiaoyou for money, because he didn't ask his sisters at home for money, right?

He was generous to the girls in his family, and he was more generous to the girls among his friends outside than to the boys. Huahua and the others always followed his sweet words, but Hu Zi had to cry three times before he could eat once, and he had to scold boys not to be too greedy, otherwise they would not be able to get a wife in the future.

The weather was freezing cold in the winter solstice. After two snowfalls, there was no work to do in the fields. The work of making manure and repairing canals also stopped.

The members with good skills began to weave mats and baskets for the brigade, while the women tried to feed their own rabbits.

There was no grass in the winter, and they were reluctant to feed all the rabbits with grain, so they chopped up old cabbage, chopped up grass from the sun in the fall, mixed it in, and then added some sweet potato flour or bran or cornmeal, which could feed the rabbits well.

Because there was no grass and insects in the winter, the prices of eggs, chicken, and rabbit meat also increased, and the members made more money than in the summer, so most of the members raised rabbits at home.

Other brigades and production teams also came to Lujiazhuang to buy rabbits, because they knew that the rabbits in Lin Shu's family were particularly healthy, so they still ran to her house to buy.

Lin Shu and her family made a lot of money from selling rabbits, so they never sold meat rabbits or the like. Even if they wanted to eat rabbit meat, they would buy it from their neighbors so that they could also make some extra money.

This day, Lin Yue brought Baoer to deliver two big black fish and a big grass carp. Lin Shu let them stay overnight and made boiled fish and pickled fish for everyone. Lin Yue and Baoer ate so much that they didn't want to

leave. Panpan and Tiantian let Baoer stay for a few days and let the uncle go back by himself.

Lin Yue felt quite injured, "Why don't you let your uncle stay for a few more days?"

Tiantian said righteously, "If you are not at home, who will fetch water? My grandma is old, and the roads are slippery in winter. What if she falls?"

Baoer giggled. She was not like when she was a child who couldn't leave home and grandma. Now she wanted to play with her brothers and sisters, so she was particularly happy to stay.

When Lin Shu was packing up the return gift for Lin Yue, Fang Dihua pointed to several large barrels of medicinal wine on the jar in the house and said, "Your father has been soaking it for quite a while, and now it's ready to drink. You can pack a few bottles for your in-laws."

Lin Shu went to take a look and saw that there were actually several barrels. Some were for women to replenish qi and blood and nourish the skin, some were for men to strengthen the body and have the effect of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, and some were for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, removing dampness, and dispersing wind and cold, and there was also a small barrel of medicinal wine for trauma.

Lin Shu went to find a few one-jin bottles of wine to pack some for her parents.

In addition, she packed some for Uncle Jie and Aunt Jie to treat rheumatism. They had a problem with sitting in their early years, and their joints would ache in winter. It is said that they couldn't sleep when the pain was severe.

At this moment, they were reluctant to spend money on injections and medication, so they just endured it. If they couldn't stand it, they would use hot water to scald and apply it. Lin Shu had bought some plasters from her father-in-law for them before, and the effect was good. If it was combined with the medicinal wine for internal use, the effect would definitely be better.

She asked Tiantian to write a note and stick it on the bottle.

Panpan: "Uncle, don't rub it off."

Lin Yue: "I'm so old, how can I not do this?"

I can fix the tractor in a meeting, right?

It's useless. Ever since they knew about Sun Xiaohong's matter, Panpan and Tiantian felt that their uncle was so childish, a child who never grew up. They had to remind him several times before they felt relieved.

After Lin Yue left, when Old Man Lu came back in the evening, Lin Shu discussed the matter of the medicinal wine with him.

"Dad, can you make a few more barrels?"

Father Lu said, "Okay, but we don't have that much wine."

He mobilized Doctor Yan, the Party Secretary, and Brother Lu to buy these barrels of wine.

Grain was limited these days, and wine was brewed from grain, so it was naturally more expensive.

Lin Shu thought for a moment and said, "I'll buy some wine."

In fact, she thought the brigade could brew a moderate amount of wine.

They had a good harvest in the past two years, and the members ate corn, millet, sweet potatoes, bean flour, and some wheat. As for sorghum, it was basically used to feed livestock.

Livestock couldn't eat that much, and there would be some left over. The brigade also sold some surplus grain.

It would be better to use the sorghum to brew wine, and then make medicinal wine.

The government does not allow private brewing, but barefoot doctors can apply to the county hospital for permission to make medicine. After all, wine is needed to prepare medicinal materials, and they can brew wine after getting the approval slip.

When Lin Shu told Old Man Lu about this, he was happy. The third daughter-in-law really has a trick, and she deserves to learn from Teacher Ma.

In fact, Old Man Lu also thought about this, but he was embarrassed to ask the team for it. He always felt a little guilty and worried that he would make mistakes.

He has always been a cautious person. Whether he was helping his father manage the family business when he was a teenager or secretly transporting food for the anti-Japanese team, and then there were various movements. In order to keep his family safe, he was naturally more cautious.

This habit is engraved in his bones. Even though he is safe at home now, he is still very careful.

Even as a barefoot doctor, he never took any medicine from the clinic privately, and he had to pay for the medicine at home.

Of course, he didn't dare to actively bring up things like encouraging the team to brew their own wine.

Lin Shu: "I'll discuss it with the secretary later."

But brewing wine takes time, and she will contact her second brother-in-law and Zheng Jie to buy some wine for the next few days.

It's very convenient to contact people now that there is a phone at home.

When Tiantian and Panpan heard this, they immediately took on the role of telephone administrators and ran to help her call her second uncle.

Jiang Weidong was preparing to send his wife to work in the next two days, and then send his mother and daughter to live at his wife's house for a month.

After all, Mrs. Jiang is old, and he is too busy at work to help her at the end of the year. He is afraid that she can't take care of the child by herself, so he sends the child to Lin's house for Lin's mother to help take care of it.

The main reason is that Lin Xia still has a job in Qing County, so she can go to Linjiatun every day to feed her daughter.

After receiving the call from Panpan and Tiantian, Jiang Weidong said that he would go to buy wine and bring it directly in a barrel.

Panpan and Tiantian started to call Zheng Jie again.

Calling Qizhou is not as easy as calling the city. You have to wait in line for the line. After the call was connected, they politely greeted Aunt Zheng and Li Li, and then said that their mother wanted to talk to Aunt Zheng about something.

Zheng Jie was very curious, and he and Lin Shu praised her vigorously, and were extremely envious. "If our Li Li had half the cleverness of Panpan Tiantian, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

Lin Shu also praised Li Li a few times. Li Li was also a very lovable child, honest and simple.

After bragging about business for a while, Lin Shu talked about buying wine to make medicinal wine. "Isn't my father-in-law a barefoot doctor? He studies Chinese medicine and is also good at making medicinal wine."

Zheng Jie immediately said, "I'll buy you wine, and you can make two barrels for me. I'll tell you that we..."

Zheng Jie listed all the illnesses of her family members. Not to mention, most of the elderly in the family have rheumatism and arthritis. The main reason is that they had a hard life in the past. Everyone suffered grievances, and those grievances left marks on their bodies.

Lin Shu agreed to help her make rheumatism medicinal wine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and another barrel of qi and blood tonic.

Medicinal materials cost money.

Lu Shaotang was busy with work, so Lin Shu didn't bother him with these little things. She asked Zheng Jie to hand it over to Xiaozhuang, and when Lu Shaotang went home on vacation, Xiaozhuang would let him bring it back.

She went back to discuss it with the branch secretary and the team leader.

What a nice thing to say, "The price of the medicinal wine is not low. This is either from the county hospital or our brigade."

The branch secretary and the team leader's eyes lit up. It's another sideline business for the brigade!

Ever since the brigade had an incense factory, they have tasted the sweetness. If they pay more taxes to the public, some other crops that the brigade must grow can be reduced, such as the very tiring cotton task. Now the brigade also has economic crops such as jute and kenaf, which can be exchanged for fertilizer approval slips after they are handed in.

Last year, because of the money spent on installing the water turbine pump, the members did not receive a significant dividend, but this year every household has benefited.

The members of Lujiazhuang have earned more than 90 cents this year! This is much more than the other brigades that earn 30 cents. Director Qin and others from the commune were so happy that they reported the good news to the county in person. At the end-of-year summary meeting, they also praised the Lujiazhuang Brigade.

The certificate of the advanced brigade is hung on the wall.

Now that the Lu family is going to get a sideline business again, they are of course excited.

This medicinal wine can not only be sold, but also used by their own members, right?

The members of their own brigade are in good health, have fewer illnesses, and have more energy to work.

Every time the wheat harvest and autumn harvest come, there are always some laborers who can't work because of various illnesses, or fall ill directly afterwards, and the brigade cadres are also anxious.

It is better to prevent the disease in advance than to get injections and take medicine after falling ill.

The team leader was a little hesitant, "Should we apply to the commune first?"

The brigade's sideline businesses must be supervised and coordinated by the commune. Whether they can be opened and how large the scale is, it is all up to the commune.

This area is under the management of Song Bangyou, because he and Lu Jiazhuang are still in conflict over Song Youping's matter.

The branch secretary sipped on the tobacco pot and thought for a while, "Xiao Lin, give me a bottle of medicinal wine. I will go and talk to Secretary Qin tomorrow. Secretary Qin is far-sighted."

Lin Shu went home quickly and filled three bottles. Secretary Qin needs to take care of himself, right? Then Mrs. Qin can't be left behind, right? In addition, almost everyone who works in the fields all year round has rheumatism and pain, so we should also send a bottle, right?

The branch secretary felt a little distressed, "This wine is not cheap, and the medicinal materials are even more expensive. One bottle is enough, right?"

Lin Shu: "Uncle, you want Secretary Qin to say good things for us, you can't be stingy, we will not need this little bit when we make a batch in the future?"

The branch secretary thought about it and filled all three bottles with wine.

The branch secretary also has experience. Of course, he can't give gifts openly. Isn't that bribing cadres?

He said that Doctor Lu has been studying medicinal wine recently. Secretary Qin is knowledgeable and asked the secretary to help see how the effect is.

Secretary Qin was very interested when he heard it. He had tasted medicinal wine made by different people and knew that the effects of this thing were very different, so he helped the branch secretary taste it.

After tasting it, his eyes lit up and he boasted: "The medicinal flavor is strong, and the wine is mellow. It should be effective but not too overbearing."

Medicinal wine is something that different people make with different effects, even if the ingredients are the same. Some people make it with medicinal effects, but it is also toxic, a bit like a tiger and wolf medicine, and it has some side effects while curing diseases.

But the wine that Father Lu made, Secretary Qin has basically judged based on experience that it has good medicinal effects and few side effects, so it is naturally a top-grade wine.

Seeing him bragging, the branch secretary began to cry about his poverty, saying that although the brigade has side businesses, the expenses are also high, and so on and so forth, and that sorghum is used as reserve grain, and sometimes it is easy to stale, so why not brew wine to make medicinal wine?

Secretary Qin laughed. This old guy is getting more and more cunning. He was so honest in the past few years.

He said, "It's troublesome to brew wine by yourself. It's better to buy it directly from the winery."

The secretary and Lin Shu had calculated the price. It was expensive to buy from the winery, and the price of selling grain was very low. It would be better to use very cheap sorghum to brew expensive wine by yourself. Wouldn't it save money?

Secretary Qin saw that he had calculated it clearly, so he didn't refuse and immediately agreed to let them try.

The secretary was so happy that he rubbed his hands.

Secretary Qin said that he had some wine there, and gave the money to the secretary, asking him to go back and help make some more wine for treating rheumatism. He wanted to give it to his old leader.

Of course, the secretary agreed.

The matter was settled. The branch secretary rode his bicycle happily back to the village. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he quickly put away the smile on his face and restored his serious appearance, so that the bastards would not think that he was easy to talk to but difficult to manage.

The branch secretary knew about brewing wine. He was an apprentice in Hu's wine shop when he was a child.

He went to arrange brewing wine with the team leader.

Jiang Weidong also brought Lin Xia and the others to Lu's house. He first got close to everyone here. After lunch, he sent Lin Xia to the county first. In the evening, he came back to send Jiang Laotai, his daughter, and Baoer to his mother-in-law's house.

Old lady Jiang made a sleeping bag for her granddaughter, with a cotton-wrapped support on the top of her head. The cover on the top of the sleeping bag drooped down directly, which protected the child securely without suffocating her breath.

The cotton balls were particularly fun at this time, and Tiantian wanted to go to her grandmother's house with her.

Lin Shu asked her, Panpan and Hou Wei to stay there for a few days. Anyway, these three children were not noisy, and no one was needed to dress, sleep, eat, and wash. She could also help take care of the children, which was good.

Because Jiang Weidong brought a lot of wine, and old man Lu would continue to make wine, she poured half of the wine that had been made before to Jiang Weidong and asked him to take it back to give to others (promotion).

Old man Lu also quietly told Jiang Weidong: "Don't drink too much, No. 2."

Young people don't need to drink it. Besides, if your wife is not around, wouldn't it be a nuisance if you drink it?

But people like Director Hu, Secretary Li, and the director of the factory office can drink it. It's just right for their age.

Jiang Weidong understood and took the medicinal wine, sanitary incense, and rabbit back.

Secretary Li is also knowledgeable. He drinks medicinal wine every day. After getting the one given by Jiang Weidong, he found that it was better than what he usually drank!

He immediately had an idea and took out an old ginseng he got in the summer and asked Jiang Weidong to go back and help Old man Lu prepare and soak it in wine.

Jiang Weidong was thinking about Old Man Lu. This ginseng was good, much better than the sliced ​​ones in the pharmacy. "Wow, Secretary, where did you get such good ginseng? I've never seen such a good one."

Secretary Li said modestly, "It's OK. An old comrade-in-arms gave it to me. He's in the Northeast now."

Jiang Weidong discussed with him whether he could send more so that Old Man Lu could prepare more.

He praised Old Man Lu. There was no need to brag about him. After all, although Old Man Lu was old, he was very enthusiastic about his studies. He would read medical books and find people to exchange medical skills and study prescriptions together when he had free time.

Since he became a barefoot doctor, his medical skills have been changing with each passing day. To paraphrase Doctor Yan, "Today's Doctor Lu is no longer the Doctor Lu of yesterday."

The old ginseng was in his hands, so there would be absolutely no waste of whiskers.

Secretary Li agreed, but there was a condition, that he would ask someone to bring two buckets of ginseng to his old comrade-in-arms.

Jiang Weidong agreed on behalf of Old Man Lu, and he called Lin Shu to make it a deal.

Old Man Lu couldn't help but sighed: "It's more convenient to have a phone than not to have one!"

Not to mention contacting Factory Director Jiang and the third son, even if Big Brother Lu goes out to deliver goods and take orders, it's convenient to contact his family if there's something, and it's also convenient for him to contact Doctor Yan, Doctor Shen and other doctors. It's

really wonderful.

Recently, Father Lu has been in a heated correspondence with an old Chinese medicine doctor in another county. The doctor sent him a medical book and notes stored at home for him to copy. There are not only some difficult pulse cases in it, but also many prescriptions, and even a recipe for making facial medicine in the past.

This facial medicine can treat acne and also has the effect of moisturizing and whitening the skin. He thinks it is just right for his daughter-in-law and granddaughters.

The method is not difficult, so he did not make it himself. He just prepared the herbs for Lin Shu and let her play with the children.

Of course, he did not have pearl powder, so Lin Shu had to make it herself. In fact, it was okay not to put it in, and the other effects were also very good.

So when Lu Shaotang came back at the end of the month, he found that his wife was at home with Lu Cuicui and Hou Ying to boil herbs and make ointments, and his precious daughter and son were not at home.

Lu Shaotang also brought back a lot of wine, some of which Zheng Jie helped to buy, and some of which Lu Shaotang made. He directly talked to several old and retired leaders of the military region about the medicinal wine.

The old leaders thought that Lu Shaotang was an honest kid, never lied, and never did things that he was not sure of. If he said the medicinal wine was good, then it must be good.

So they contacted a batch of high-proof liquor and a batch of Shaoxing yellow wine, and asked Lu Shaotang to bring them back to make medicinal wine.

After deducting the money from the wine, all was sold to the military region.

There were many people in the military camp who suffered from rheumatism, trauma, and other diseases, and they needed such good medicinal wine.

Lin Shu handed the shovel to Lu Cuicui, "Keep stirring, don't let it get mushy, or it will be useless."

Lu Cuicui's eyes were bright, and she was very concerned about anything that could make her beautiful: "Don't worry, Third Auntie."

Lin Shu went to help Lu Shaotang get things.

Seeing that she was going to carry the wine barrel, Lu Shaotang said, "It's very heavy, just leave it to me, there's a bag for you on the passenger seat."

Lin Shu walked around the driver's room and saw a high-end-looking paper bag on the seat, with the name of a shopping mall printed on it.

She smiled, "Where did you go on a business trip? Did you buy me a gift?"

Lu Shaotang: "I went to see Chen Yanming."

Go to handle work and comfort Chen Yanming.

Although he thought that they were all men and Chen Yanming would not be in any trouble, he thought that one's parents' likes and dislikes were a big thing in one's heart, and even if one did not express it, one would definitely feel uncomfortable, so he comforted Chen Yanming in a rather clumsy way.

The effect was quite good. Although Chen Yanming did not express anything before, he obviously felt much more relaxed after his comfort.

So Chen Yanming continued to carry out his mission outside the province.

Lin Shu took out a camel-colored cashmere scarf, which was soft and warm. It was obviously a high-end product, very expensive.

She glanced at Lu Shaotang and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that Yanming bought this?"

Chen Yanming always bought her high-end gifts.

It’s not that Lu Shaotang didn’t buy anything, but his money was all with her. She was afraid that the gift Lu Shaotang bought wouldn’t suit her taste, so she always told him not to buy anything and that she would buy it herself if she needed it.

So Lu Shaotang usually bought her small items like vanishing cream, and then some leather shoes.

Lu Shaotang: “Of course I bought it.”

Lin Shu: “Do you hide your own pocket money?”

This scarf is so expensive.

Lu Shaotang: “No, I bought it with my business trip allowance.”

They would get allowances on business trips, as well as transportation subsidies, etc. He would always find ways to save.

Lin Shu felt sorry for him and wondered if he was mistreating her outside. How much money would he have to save to buy a scarf?

I have to talk to him in the evening about not mistreating myself outside, lest it damages my health.

Chen Yanming actually prepared a gift for her. Where he was staying, several brigades jointly developed a sideline business, artificially cultivating pearls with clams. At the beginning, they did not have much experience, and the pearls produced were not of good quality, so they were basically given to the county pharmacy as medicine.

Chen Yanming bought some slightly better pearls and asked her to let Tiantian wear them for fun. He also bought some crooked pearls for her to grind into pearl powder.

Although he didn't understand, the technicians at the brigade said that pearl powder can whiten the skin, and it used to be a sacred product in the palace.

He immediately bought a bunch for Lin Shu.

Seeing his wife smiling so sweetly at a large bag of irregularly shaped pearls, Lu Shaotang couldn't help but feel jealous again.

How come Chen Yanming is so good at giving gifts?