Chapter 232 Sweet Talk

The Lu family warmly welcomed Chen Yanming, especially Panpan Tiantian.

"Godfather, I haven't seen you for a long time. Where did you get a job?"

"Godfather, godfather, why did you come to visit us just now?"

The two children recently followed Lin Shu to read books. The books were not revolutionary books, but old books from the past, most of which were written in book language.

The two children put what they learned into practice, but they didn't use it properly.

They didn't know that they only thought that using written language was respect, the greatest respect for their godfather.

Chen Yanming smiled so much that he picked them up one by one, "Godfather misses you too. Did you receive the gifts I bought for you?"

Tiantian immediately pulled out a long pearl necklace, "Look!"

Panpan also took out the small wooden sword and wooden basket that he carried with him.

He often brought these weapons to play with his friends. Now that it snows, they can play with them and slide. They also took out the tricycle and rocking horse that grandma made for them.

Lin Shu and others were also very warm and close to Chen Yanming. Although he was busy with work and didn't come often, they didn't treat him as an outsider.

Fang Dihua greeted him with a smile, "Yanming, it's been a while since we last met."

Chen Yanming: "Auntie, is grandma okay?"

Fang Dihua said happily, "She's fine. Now she can eat a big bowl of rice and her ears and eyes are sharp."

Chen Yanming was also happy.

Lin Shu: "Yanming, come and have a bowl of hot soup to warm yourself up."

Lu Shaotang, who came in with things in his hands, looked at his mother, wife, and children who were all showing great courtesy to Chen Yanming, feeling a little helpless.

It's fine if mother and Panpan are sweet and fond of each other, but what's the point of your fondness for Chen Yanming, wife?

Lu Shaotang, who had always been suppressing Chen Yanming in terms of grades since they met in the military academy, felt a little jealous and doubted his own charm. Could it be that Chen Yanming had a charming charm that he didn't know about?

He lowered his eyes to look at his wife, and coughed quietly. Why didn't she come to welcome him?

Lin Shu smiled at him and went forward to help him get his things. "Why don't you wear a coat? Are you cold?"

Lu Shaotang didn't let her take it. The things were heavy. He whispered, "It was a bit cold at first, but not now."

He is not cold when his wife cares about him, but he is cold when she doesn't.

Lin Shu: "Uncle and aunt are here. They are in the house."

Lu Shaotang hurriedly put down the things and asked his eldest brother Lu Ping and others to move the rest in.

He and Chen Yanming went into the house to greet Uncle Lu and others.

Uncle Lu was their instructor when they were in the military academy, so Chen Yanming also admired Uncle Lu very much.

Uncle Lu naturally knew him.

Uncle Lu looked at the two of them, and his previous worries were swept away. He smiled happily, "Great, young and promising!"

When Uncle Lu spoke, Lu Shaotang usually listened, and would not take the initiative to say anything unless asked.

Chen Yanming said seriously, "You are kind, Chief. We are far inferior to you. You are our role model. We will definitely continue to work hard with you as our goal!"

Lu Shaotang: "..."

Why didn't I know that Chen Yanming would flatter before?

Uncle Lu was so happy that he asked them to go to the kang to chat.

Lu Shaotang secretly pushed Chen Yanming on the back and pushed Chen Yanming onto the kang. He said, "Uncle, Dad, you guys chat, I'll go pack my things."

Uncle Lu told him to just be busy.

Chen Yanming: "..."

Lu Shaotang is still so cunning, always asking me to take the blame when the chief scolds him.

Lu Shaotang turned around and went to find his wife.

Panpan and Tiantian hugged his thighs on the left and right, looked up at him and smiled sweetly: "Dad, I miss you so much."

Lu Shaotang lowered his black eyes, "Really? How come Dad doesn't feel it?"

The two kids nodded vigorously, their big eyes blinking to confuse him, "Dad, it's real, more real than pearls."

Lu Shaotang curled the corners of his lips, lowered his arms to let them climb up, and he lifted the two children up with one force, letting them hang on him on the left and right like when they were little.

Lin Shu was pouring mutton soup for them to drink. She boiled a lot yesterday, and there was meat and mutton at the bottom of the soup. She added water and continued to boil it today. It can be drunk for a whole day.

She glanced at the three grandfathers and said, "You are the eldest, don't hold them, wash them quickly."

Lu Shaotang held them close to her and whispered to Tiantian, "Kiss mom for dad."

Tiantian giggled and reached out to touch Lin Shu's neck, leaned over to kiss her, and Panpan also kissed her.

Lin Shu used her elbow to nudge Lu Shaotang's belly, "Don't make trouble, I will give you mutton soup later."

The eldest and second brothers Lu led Lu Ping and Lu An to move the things tied in the jeep into the house and put them there for Lin Shu to sort out.

Mrs. Lu asked Panpan and Tiantian to go over and make snowmen. "There is so much snow in our yard that we can make a row of snowmen."

After Panpan and Tiantian had fun with their father, they ran out to make snowmen.

Lin Shu filled a few bowls of mutton soup and put them on a tea tray for Lu Shaotang to bring over.

Lu Shaotang turned his head and waved to Lu Ping who was helping his brothers and sisters make snowmen, asking Lu Ping to bring them into the house.

Lin Shu looked at him. This man was a little suspicious. Why was he hiding from his uncle?

But Lu Shaotang took the spoon from her hand, helped her fill the soup, and shook her hand. Hmm, it was warm, not cold.

It seems that the medicinal wine worked.

Lin Shu brought a large plate to cut the pork jelly and roast meat.

The pig's head, offal, and intestines were cooked and placed in a pot. When you want to eat them, you can cut them directly into a plate. They are also delicious when eaten cold.

There is also chicken jelly, which is made by boiling a big rooster in soup, and then cutting the chicken skin and chicken meat into small pieces and putting them in the soup. After cooling, it becomes meat jelly. Although it is not as solid as pig skin jelly, coriander is added when it is out of the pot, so it tastes better.

If Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming had not come, Lin Shu would have been reluctant to serve all three dishes at the same time if she was only entertaining Uncle Lu and his friends. Since there were

so many people, they still divided into two tables, one for the men to drink, and one for the women and children.

Lin Shu asked Lu Ping to invite the branch secretary and the team leader to come for dinner.

Lu Shaotang: "I'll go."

The branch secretary and the team leader also took good care of his family, so it

would be more formal for him to invite them. For people like the branch secretary and the team leader, face is more important than material things, and it would be more glorious for Lu Shaotang to invite them.

After all, in their eyes, Lu Shaotang is now a senior cadre and has a promising future.

They didn't expect Lu Shaotang to come in person to invite them, and they were very excited, "Why do you have to come in person when Lu Ping and Lu An can just call them?"

"Shaotang, how many days off do we have?"

"Shaotang, should our team walk on stilts and dance Yangko in the first month of this year?"

Lu Shaotang: "It's up to the team to decide?"

This has nothing to do with him, and he can't possibly dance Yangko.

The secretary said, "Okay, your uncle and you will both come back for the New Year this year, so we have to do it."

The team leader also supported it.

They all wanted to carry meat and noodles over, but were rejected by Lu Shaotang.

There was no shortage of food and wine at home during the New Year, so naturally they didn't need to carry anything.

This year, their team brewed wine with sorghum and made a lot of medicinal wine. During the New Year, members could spend a few cents or grain to buy wine.

At this time, the medicinal wine that Old Man Lu gave everyone to drink was the medicinal wine that replenished qi and blood.

He asked the secretary and the team leader to sit on the kang next to Uncle Lu. The team leader asked the secretary to go over, and he sat under the secretary.

Old Man Lu was on the other side of Uncle Lu, and Chen Yanming sat next to him.

Because of his hard work and great contributions, Big Brother Lu was also invited to sit on the kang next to the team leader.

Lu Shaotang asked his second brother to sit next to Chen Yanming.

This was a bit crowded, so he stood in front of the kang to help them pour water, serve meals, etc.

The secretary and the team leader still felt that he was wronged, and the second brother Lu also wanted him to sit.

Lu Shaotang pressed the second brother's shoulder, "Second brother, you sit."

In Lu Shaotang's mind, the eldest and second brothers took care of his parents at home and helped him take care of his wife and children. Their contributions were much greater than his. Besides, he was still the younger brother, so naturally he would not let his elder brother stand.

Uncle Lu was very happy, "We are also a family with a large population, good, really good."

The secretary and the team leader naturally praised him and praised him very much. The wine was mellow and the food was fragrant, and everyone enjoyed the food and the food.

Chen Yanming accompanied them to drink three cups, then slipped out to find Panpan and Tiantian under the pretext of going to the restroom.

He liked to be at the children's table.

There were more people in Lin Shu's room. Yan Ping sat at the top seat, Yan Bin was next to her, and then Fang Dihua, the eldest and second sister-in-law Lu went on the kang, and then there were Panpan, Tiantian, Lu Cuicui and several other children.

Xiuxiu, Lu Ping and Lu An didn't like to go on the kang, so they ate downstairs and helped Lin Shu.

Anyway, the dishes were the same. When the family entertained guests, the third aunt never treated her own children unfairly. Otherwise, no one would eat, and as long as the guests ate, the children had to eat something.

Although Yan Ping and her niece were in a bad mood, they gradually felt better as they ate the delicious meal.

Yan Bin used to secretly look at Lin Shu, but now he doesn't dare to do so anymore. He is even afraid that Lin Shu will misunderstand that he looks down on him, and he is thinking about how to explain it to her.

But Lin Shu simply ignores him, and her eyes don't stay on his face, so he naturally has no chance to talk to her.

Yan Ping: "Xiao Lin is such a good cook and has such culture, it's a pity

that she doesn't go to the city." It's better to let Lin Shu go than to let Lu Jinling go to the city.

Lin Shu said perfunctorily that she can go to the city anytime she wants, so naturally she doesn't need Yan Ping's help.

Yan Ping also saw what she meant, and knew that it was meaningless to do something that was icing on the cake, and people wouldn't appreciate it.

She turned to Fang Dihua and said, "Our Yan Bin was really... screwed by that family."

Fang Dihua didn't respond, and urged her to eat the food, "Every family makes this jelly, but I think our third daughter-in-law's is the best."

Yan Ping naturally tasted it, but she was a little dissatisfied with Fang Dihua's evasive attitude.

She wanted to clear her nephew's name and let Fang Dihua and the others know that he was framed by Lu Jinling's family and was not really that shameless.

At this time, Chen Yanming came over from that room, greeted Yan Ping first, nodded to Yan Bin, and then reached out to hug his daughter.

Fang Dihua: "Come on, Yanming, sit down and eat something. I'll bring you steamed buns later."

Chen Yanming carried Tiantian over and motioned Panpan to come down. They went out to play in the snow. He smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm almost done. Let's drink for a while in that room and then I'll go over to eat."

He patted Lu An and Lu Ping and asked the two brothers to go out and play together.

Yan Ping looked at Chen Yanming's tall back and her mind was a little active.

Her daughter Lu Yingjie was also at the age to get married. It was just right for her to meet the children of other families in the compound.

But now some of them went to the countryside, some joined the army, and they were not free to go home, so it was not easy to find a blind date.

But she didn't want her daughter to find a partner in the army, for fear that she would find someone unsatisfactory.

Although Lao Lu said that it's OK as long as the child likes it, how can a little girl know what to like? She is so innocent, don't let others coax her with a few nice words, especially those poor and greedy rural soldiers who specifically target female soldiers with backgrounds like them.

She looked up and smiled at Lin Shu, "Yanming and Shaotang are about the same age, right?"

Lin Shu: "Two years older."

After the Chinese

New Year, Lu Shaotang was 27 years old and Chen Yanming was 29. However, Chen Yanming was younger, two years older and Lu Shaotang was one year older, so they were the same age in terms of age.

Yan Ping heard the sound of Chen Yanming playing with the children outside, turned her head and looked, in order to keep warm, the windows were nailed with plastic film, so she couldn't see outside.

She said, "Like Shaotang, he is a promising young man."

After chatting for a while, she asked tentatively, "Do you have a partner? Why don't you go home for the New Year?"

Lin Shu listened to the tone, and thought that he wanted to introduce a partner to Chen Yanming.

She smiled and said, "Brother Chen's parents are too controlling, and he doesn't have a partner yet." Chen Yanming's parents

were sent back and wanted to make a fuss, but Chen Erhu was assigned to repair the canal. He was tired and cold all day and was more miserable than a dog. The more they made a fuss, the more miserable Chen Erhu became. In the end, it was the secretary who gave a nod, and the old couple calmed down.

Chen Yanming did not treat them badly and still gave his parents ten yuan every month.

Ten yuan was a lot in the countryside, enough for the old couple to live on, and besides, there was also Brother Chen's family to support them in their old age.

Yan Ping glanced at Lin Shu, trying to judge whether what Lin Shu said was true or she was just kidding.

If it was true, then Chen Yanming's parents seemed difficult to deal with, and the girl would be wronged if she married into the family.

However, she tried to ask, "Yanming is in Qizhou, his parents won't follow him, right?"

Mainly because she had heard Lao Lu say that before, it seemed that Lu Shaotang would be transferred back to the capital in the future.

Then as his partner, Chen Yanming would definitely go back with him, right?

Yan Ping naturally wanted the daughter to marry by her side, so that she could take care of the daughter when she was young, and the daughter would take care of her when she was older.

As for the rural parents-in-law being difficult, she thought it was okay. There were rural parents-in-law in the compound, and most of them would get along well. The few who could make trouble would eventually be sent back to their hometown.

After all, if the trouble was not good, the leader would intervene to mediate.

She wanted to find an opportunity to test Chen Yanming, she didn't trust Lin Shu.

Chen Yanming led a few children to play snowballs outside. He asked the children to wear big cotton coats and cotton gloves so that they would not feel cold when playing snowballs.

After Hou Bo left, Lu An hadn't been so crazy for a long time. He fought alone and beat everyone. In the end, he was beaten by Lu Ping, Pan Pan and Tian Tian together. He ran out crying.

The children who came out to play in the snow after dinner joined in.

For a while, the alley was very lively.

Yan Ping smiled and said, "Yan Ming seems to like children very much. It's good that he still has a childlike heart at such a big age."

Such a man knows how to care for others.

She whispered to Fang Dihua again, wondering what kind of person he likes.

The men drank and chatted, and when they didn't eat until the evening, they had dinner directly.

In winter, it is common for guests to eat a meal for the whole afternoon.

Although the women and children's table did not eat that late, they were not hungry at night, so Lin Shu gave them fried melon seeds and peanuts.

The next day, Uncle Lu asked Lu Shaocai and his son to invite his aunt and uncle to come for a gathering, because he would have to go back to the capital after the Chinese New Year. It

was rare to see these old relatives, so he had to see them if he could.

Lu Shaocai was naturally happy to do so. He wanted his second uncle's family to help entertain them, so he said, "My third brother's wife cooks delicious food, why don't we let my aunt and uncle go to my second uncle's house?"

Uncle Lu said angrily, "You let others entertain your uncle?"

Lu Shaocai muttered, "Then isn't my aunt also my second uncle's sister?"

Although they don't have the same mother.

Uncle Lu was so angry that he wanted to kick him.

Lu Shaocai hurried away.

When Lu Shaotang came back, he naturally had to bring his wife and children to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law. He was afraid that Chen Yanming would be bored at home, so he took them to visit relatives.

He didn't want his wife to help cook for his eldest cousin's family!

Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming brought back a lot of New Year's goods, including frozen meat, frozen fish, and frozen pears.

Lin Shu packed a bag of frozen pears, a few hairtails and large yellow croakers for her parents' home, all frozen hard.

The Lin family also slaughtered pigs, so naturally there was no need to bring meat.

The jeep entered Linjiatun. The snow on the road here was not shoveled. Few people went out in the cold weather. There were only a few scattered black footprints on the road.

Panpan and Tiantian leaned against the window to look out. On the outer wall of one house, there was a slogan painted with white lime: For the sake of revolutionary eugenics.

Lin Shu saw a slogan painted with red paint on the outer wall of a house: Use electricity safely, it will not turn into coke.

Another house: If you don't use electricity safely, you will die.

There is another one: if one family steals electricity, the whole village will be shut down.

Lin Shu: "..."

The alley in front of the Lin family's house was swept clean, and the ice was shoveled away, so they would not slip when walking.

After getting off the car, Panpan and Tiantian ran to their grandmother's house shouting.

When Lin Shu got off the car, she felt that someone was staring at this place at the entrance of the alley, so she turned her head to look over.

There was a woman standing there, wrapped in a big cotton jacket, wearing a cotton hat and a scarf, her body was bulging, and it was impossible to recognize who it was for a while.

Lin's father, mother and Lin Yue had already come out and asked them to hurry into the house.

Lu Shaotang introduced Chen Yanming to them.

Lin's father and mother were very happy, and enthusiastically pulled Chen Yanming into the house, and shouted to Uncle Lin and his family through the wall.

Soon the Lin family became lively. Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin gathered around Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming to talk, while Lin Shu chatted with her eldest cousin's wife.

Seeing that her cousin's wife looked unhappy, she asked with concern, "Auntie, have you been feeling unwell lately?"

She smiled and said, "No, maybe it's too cold."

She helped Lin's mother cook, letting Lin Shu take a rest.

Lin Shu: "Let's keep it simple and just stew it in one pot." She

stewed the bones and meat slices together, added pickled cabbage, potatoes, and vermicelli, and it was hot and delicious.

Mother Lin whispered, "My son-in-law brought back his comrades. One dish is too shabby. Let's fry an egg. I saw you brought hairtail fish. Let's fry some hairtail fish. Cut a large plate of salsa, and cut two more plates of jelly and skin. Oh, and fry some peanuts."

She listed a lot of things, and she wanted to make a portion of all the delicious food at home, for fear of neglecting Lu Shaotang and his comrades.

Lin Shu: "Forget about the hairtail fish and eggs. We can eat them at home. Let's stew them."

The hairtail fish was kept for them to add to the New Year's Eve dish.

She brought several pieces. It was enough for my mother and my aunt's family to share one, and she could even give two to Zhou's mother.

When cooking, they had to chat about family matters. After a while, Sister Lin talked about Lin Yan'er.

She didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear that her mother-in-law would get angry if she heard, so she whispered: "She wants to plunder her mother's house all day long. She came here to ask for money when she knew your mother-in-law was cooking pig intestines and pig offal, and even cried for a few dollars. You said that we all give two dollars to our parents during the New Year, but she is different. Not only does she not give it, she also goes back to her mother's house to ask for it."

Lin Shu just listened and didn't express much opinion.

But Sister-in-law Lin wanted her to judge the matter, and it would be best if Lin Shu persuaded her mother-in-law. After all, Lin Shu's sisters are promising, and her mother-in-law now talks about them and her son-in-law.

Lin Shu: "Sister-in-law, my aunt must know who is important. At most, a few dollars to help my cousin is not too much."

Sister-in-law Lin: "It's not that I don't let my mother-in-law give her money. The main reason is that she goes too far. She has never been too much. If you don’t take anything from your mother’s house, it’s fine Tian went back to her parents’ house to ask for it. Oh, by the way, when I came back to ask for braised pork a few days ago, I brought back two pounds of moldy dried sweet potatoes. Do you think she is a daughter-in-law

? You, brother and sister-in-law won’t have any objections either.

But what does it mean that you spend all day plundering your parents’ family to subsidize your sister-in-law?

Sister Lin really couldn't understand Lin Yaner's brain circuit.

"By the way, didn't Lin Xia come back to breastfeed the baby? Lin Yan'er also wanted her to arrange a job for the event in the city. How can she be so shameless? Isn't she on good terms with her sister-in-law? Why didn't she let her Her sister-in-law arranged a job for her?"

Lin Shu had not heard her second sister talk about it, so she probably didn't take it seriously.

She asked, "Did her sister-in-law marry in the city?"

Sister-in-law Lin: "She married, and she also gave her a bicycle. Her parents' I borrowed money and owed her a debt to accompany her. Lin Yaner came back to find Lin Xia. I think it was her sister-in-law who instigated it. I don’t know why she trusted her so much. "

Lin Shu looked at Sister Lin. At this time, she was poor and there were not many people in every household . The amount of money that the aunt gave to Lin Yan'er was not small, which naturally made her daughter-in-law complain.

If the family had money, let alone a few dollars, even tens of dollars wouldn't matter. She was too lazy to get involved in Lin Yan'er's affairs, so she asked Sister Lin, "Sister Lin

, has your eldest cousin ever learned to be a bricklayer?"

Sister-in-law: "Yes, he learned it from your uncle. People in the village would ask them to build houses. Their skills are quite good. In fact, your uncle learned to be a bricklayer and your father learned to be a carpenter. However, carpentry is difficult to learn and the master was reluctant to let them do it. "It's too late to teach, and you won't learn much in a short time."

Lin's father's carpentry work is mediocre, and he can only repair farm tools and furniture, which is far from Tan's carpentry.

But now Lin's father has learned to repair tractors, so carpentry is not a big deal. .

Lin Shu: "Sister-in-law, many units in the city are busy building houses now. If brother has good skills, let him try it out."

Sister-in-law Lin was delighted, "Third sister, building houses in the city? Your brother Can it work?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "As long as the skills are good enough, it will definitely work. Let my brother try it first, and if it works, we can find a few more people to form a team to go together."

Sister Lin was happy to hear this, but then she sighed: No, we countrymen have to work and cultivate the land. If we delay, the brigade will not allow us to do so and will deduct our food rations."

Lin Shu: "Then I can go when I am free. There is a long time between the spring wheat planting and the autumn harvest. "

The temperature is low in the local winter. It is impossible to build a house in the winter solstice and the last month of the lunar calendar because the cement will freeze. However, it is still possible in September and October.

If you go out for three or four months a year, you can also make a lot of money.

Lin Shu had also heard from Yang Shumin and others that the city is now too densely populated and there are not enough houses to live in. The government and various units are building large-scale homes. This kind of building is usually built by a construction company .

They have construction workers, but when there is too much work and they can't handle it, they will recruit some migrant workers from nearby or unemployed people in the city

. They would recruit outsiders, but not everyone could go. Someone had to introduce them as a guarantor.

Lin Shu felt that the men in the Lin family were honest and did not cheat or play dirty. As long as they were not afraid of hardship and could do the job of building construction, they would be able to join the team. If it's a laborer's job, you can still go.

The construction workers had high rations and high wages, but the extra recruits did not receive rations, and could only get one to one and a half yuan a day.

Mrs. Lin was very tempted when she heard this, and she wanted to pull her man over immediately to tell him.

If she could get one yuan a day, it would be better than working in the brigade . Ah, it doesn't matter if she doesn't work.

Lin Shu told her not to worry, because it would take until the first month of next year.

Sister Lin suppressed her excitement and once again felt that it was right to be on good terms with her second uncle's family. She didn't ask for anything to do with them.

Daguang, it's good to tell your family about this good thing and give them a chance.

Panpan and Tiantian coaxed grandma and the others in the east room for a while, then took Baoer out to play.

Lin's mother: Don’t play with Xue’er, it will freeze your hands.”

Panpan: “Grandma, let’s go sliding.”

They even used a rope to pull it.

There was no snow in the alley, so they went to play on the village road.

The three children were having a blast playing there, sliding around.

Suddenly, a woman on the side of the road came up, picked up Baoer and was about to run away.

Baoer was so scared that he cried out, "You beggar, you beggar!"

Sun Xiaohong hurriedly coaxed him, "Baoer, it's mother, it's mother, not a beggar."

But Baoer didn't recognize her and cried out in fear.

Panpan and Tiantian reacted quickly, turned around and slid over, and the rope got caught under Sun Xiaohong's feet.

Sun Xiaohong was running in a hurry, but she was tripped and fell.

Baoer was struggling all the time, and he slipped to the ground as soon as she loosened her grip . Crawl to one side.

Panpan and Tiantian thought they were beggars, so they dragged Baoer home, shouting, "Human trafficker, human trafficker!"

Sun Xiaohong was behind them calling Baoer.

Lin Shu, Lin's mother and others heard it and ran out quickly . .

Lin Yue and Lin Ju even picked up shovels and ran out, "Where is the human trafficker?"

Pan Pan and Tian Tian pointed to the intersection.

Bao Er hid on Lin's mother's lap, "Grandma, she said it was me Mother."

Lin's mother picked up Bao'er and turned to go home. "It's very cold outside, let's go back to the house to warm up."

Although she didn't know why Sun Xiaohong came to Linjiatun after remarrying, she didn't want to see her. The other party.