Chapter 243 Poor

Two days later, Lin Yue and Lu Dasao drove a tractor and brought Uncle Lin, Lin Ju and other 20 strong men to Qizhou.

Lin Shu personally called Yang Shumin's cousin to arrange for them to pick up the workers and take them directly to the construction site.

Although Yang Shumin's cousin helped Lin Shu's fellow villager to find a job, Lin Shu actually helped him a lot. After all, there were not enough construction workers in the unit, and many construction projects were lined up and could not be completed on time, so they would also be held accountable.

So he took the initiative to arrange for people to pick up temporary workers, arrange accommodation, meals, etc., so Lin Shu didn't need to worry about it.

Originally, Lin Shu wanted Lin Yue and her sister-in-law to bring her uncle and Lin Ju to meet them, so that they could come and tell them if they had any problems in the future. However, Uncle Lin was afraid of causing trouble, so he said that they should come after they were familiar with the city.

They had just arrived in Qizhou, and the country bumpkins were completely clueless when they came to the city. They were so nervous that their legs were shaking, not to mention going to the family compound of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, which was simply terrifying.

Lin Yue did not force it, so he and Sister Lu drove the tractor to the family compound.

This year, the family had a bumper wheat harvest. After the harvest, in addition to the public grain, the brigade also distributed some to the members, and each person received more than ten kilograms more than in previous years.

Fang Dihua ground a bag of new flour. In addition to making new cakes to worship the heavens, the earth and the ancestors, the rest was brought to Lin Shu by Sister Lu, and there were also new vegetables from the vegetable garden.

It was still early, so fruits and vegetables were not available, but leaves and stems were edible, such as small green vegetables, lettuce, coriander, tender celery...

In fact, there was no shortage of flour in No. 8 Courtyard, but she did not refuse when her mother-in-law asked her to bring it over. That afternoon, she and Sister-in-law Lu baked dozens of scallion pancakes. Sister-in- law

Lu helped to knead the dough. She was strong, and she could press the pancakes with her palms without using a rolling pin.

The two chatted affectionately while baking the pancakes.

Sister-in-law Lu also brought 30 sun hats for Lin Shu. It was hot now, so sun hats were selling well. Yang Shumin and Zheng Jie could not sell as many as they received, and they all made a lot of extra money together.

Mrs. Lu was very happy when she talked about it. "How come Xiuxiu is so capable? She keeps silent all day long, and you can't tell."

Mrs. Lu was very proud of her daughter.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "This is just the beginning."

This is just the beginning.

Mrs. Lu told her about her family members. Now, old ladies like Mrs. Qiu, Mrs. Wang, Jin Ping'er, and Aunt Li who can't go to the fields have taken time to help make hats. They are responsible for the early skeleton. After they are done, they will be handed over to Daya and Erya for acceptance. If they are qualified, they will be paid. Then the young girls will do the subsequent processing. The cooperation is very good.

In the past, old ladies and young girls could not work to earn work points, but now they all earn a lot, and everyone in the family looks up to them.

"The old ladies in other production teams are also jealous and are looking for our mother to use the back door."

Lin Shu felt that the current quantity was about right and there was no need to ship too much. First, the fabric was limited, and second, the brigade's sideline business also had a scale limit. Too much would easily attract attention.

While the two sisters-in-law were making pancakes, Lin Yue was helping to build racks for cucumbers, lentils and other climbing vegetables in the yard downstairs. He classified the thin bamboo poles, long sticks and sturdy poles and buried them in the vegetable patch and tied them with hemp rope.

Many children outside were looking around, curious about the two tractors parked outside the yard.

Li Li, Huang Han, Guan Ze and several other children came over and asked, "Tiantian and Panpan are not here yet?"

Lin Yue turned his head and looked, "They are at home studying."

Li Li: "Uncle, can you help me bring a letter to them? I have some picture books to give them."

Lin Yue nodded, "Okay."

He was proud that Tiantian and Panpan were remembered by others. These two children really made people remember them wherever they went.

When Lin Shu heard the voice, she called the children in and gave them some pancakes.

When Lin Shu went downstairs to give the children food, Lu Shaotang came back with big strides. Smelling the fragrant scallion pancakes, he couldn't help but look at her with a frown.

Lin Shu knew what he meant, so she tore off a piece of cake and fed it to him, "Where's Yanming? Did he go on a date?"

Lu Shaotang: "Yes."

And he left early!

Zhan Qiuran got a few tickets for the troupe and asked Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang if they wanted to go, but they were not very interested and declined.

Chen Yanming then left early with a clear conscience to go watch a musical with his girlfriend. His reason was very sufficient: My girlfriend is usually so busy, and she finally has time to invite me to watch a musical, how can I refuse?

The more you chew the golden and fragrant scallion pancake, the more delicious it becomes. Lu Shaotang felt a lot more balanced that Chen Yanming couldn't eat it.

Lin Shu sent the children away, raised her two greasy hands and walked home, and told him that his sister-in-law and Lin Yue had sent the temporary workers over.

Lu Shaotang was just about to say that it was fine and let them play for two days, but he heard his wife say that she would go back with them, and he was not so happy anymore.

He said, "Why don't you bring the children here to go to school?"

Lin Shu: "They may not be happy about it."

Tiantian and Panpan have been raised by their grandparents since they were young. Although they wanted to see their father very much when Lu Shaotang "sacrificed", they will naturally do whatever they want now that their father is fine.

In addition, Lu Shaotang is usually busy and is not at home every now and then. Most of the time, they still play with their grandparents and friends. So the two children are not so happy to let them leave everything in their hometown and settle down in Qizhou.

The main reason is that the friends in their hometown are more numerous and more fun than those in Qizhou, and they are reluctant to leave.

Lu Shaotang once again felt that he had no status at home. It would be fine if his wife lived here all the time, but his wife always wanted to go home. She

stayed longer during this period of time, and she still complained to him at night. You can say that she complained about the children's parents, but she specifically complained: How are my flowers, my green manure pit...

Because Comrade Lao Lu had some thoughts in his mind, his expression became more and more calm, and when he saw Lin Yue, he was very nervous for Lin Yue.

Brother-in-law looks a little serious?

Lin Shu asked Lin Yue to go upstairs for dinner.

Lin Yue: "There is still a little, I will go after I finish it."

Lu Shaotang rolled up his sleeves and tidied with him.

Lin Yue: "Brother-in-law, don't come in and step on the mud. I'll be done in a moment."

Lu Shaotang took off his shoes and went in to help.

Lin Shu and Lu Dasao put the dinner on the table and called them to eat from the balcony.

After Lu Shaotang and Lin Yue finished, they went to the faucet to wash their feet and went upstairs, and asked him when the wedding date was set.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "After plowing the land and planting corn, we will make some preparations. It will be June 14th at the latest."

Lu Shaotang thought for a moment, "On the Army Day."

Lin Yue nodded and said happily, "Yes, I picked this day specially. Brother-in-law, do you have time to come?"

Although it was his second marriage, Lin Yue was still very happy. After all, his first marriage was a conspiracy and his family was unhappy. Everyone was awkward and uncomfortable. This time, everyone was happy. He wanted to do it as if it was his first time.

Lu Shaotang smiled, "As long as there is no emergency, I will definitely go."

Lin Yue: "That will make me proud."

Lu Shaotang patted his shoulder, "You should make yourself proud, you don't need others to make you proud."

Lin Yue was very happy to receive the compliment from his brother-in-law.

After dinner, Lu Shaotang took the initiative to arrange for Xiaozhuang to take Lu Dasao and Lin Yue to see a movie.

Lin Yue and Lu Dasao seldom watched movies in their hometown. Only on special occasions, when the county was carrying out some kind of publicity, would they send a projection team to the countryside to show open-air movies, and most of them were old movies.

Once a year was good, but sometimes it didn't happen for two years.

Lin Shu was tidying up things at home.

Seeing that she was about to pack all the pajamas back, Lu Shaotang asked, "Don't you have any at home? If not, go home and make two more. Don't carry them around."

He put them in the drawer of the closet.

If she took back all the things she was used to, she would not miss them when she got comfortable.

Lu Shaotang had already gotten used to the life of having a wife when she got home.

Lin Shu was still a little reluctant to leave, because these two nightgowns were made of fine cotton cloth and were very comfortable to wear.

But there was cloth at home, so she could make two more.

Lu Shaotang told her to put all the thick clothes here and not take them back, saying that it was cumbersome to bring too many things, and that there was a large closet here that could hold them all.

Lin Shu only brought a box of manuscripts with her. She had been writing manuscripts during this period. She worked very slowly to achieve perfection, but she was not in a hurry.

At night, Lin Shu arranged for Lin Yue to live in Chen Yanming's room, and her sister-in-law lived in the next room.

Chen Yanming recently went to the hospital to live in a dormitory. Ahem, of course they didn't live together, but they were in the passionate stage and couldn't bear to be apart. They stayed together whenever they had time.

They called it experiencing the distance to work after marriage.

He felt that the No. 8 Courtyard was a bit far from the hospital, and he didn't want Zhan Qiuran to run back and forth every day. He wanted to live in the hospital so that he could rush to work.

Zhan Qiuran let him live with another male doctor to try.

Lin Shu said that they should hold the wedding as soon as possible, and Chen Yanming said seriously that there was no rush. It seemed that they enjoyed this feeling of love before marriage.

Originally, Lin Shu thought that she would be very tired from riding the bumpy tractor tomorrow, and wanted to go to bed early, but Lu Shaotang pestered her to communicate with her until midnight.

The next day, Lu Shaotang got up on time, worked out, and made breakfast for several people.

Lin Shu took advantage of her sister-in-law's inattention to secretly pinch Lu Shaotang's waist, but unfortunately there was no fat on his waist, and she pinched it tightly like an iron plate and couldn't pinch the soft flesh at all.

Lu Shaotang said seriously, "I have some news. Go back and tell your elder brother-in-law and the others."

Lin Shu: "What?"

Lu Shaotang: "Although there is no clear notice, I think it is almost certain that Mr. Hou's problem can be solved this year."

Lin Shu was surprised and said, "Really? Then can you come back before the New Year?"

It would be better to come back before winter and not spend the winter there.

I heard from my elder sister that Mr. Hou and his wife are not as comfortable there as they are in Lujiazhuang in winter. If Lu Shaotang hadn't asked someone to take care of them, the old couple would have suffered a lot.

In this way, my elder sister and the others went there in June to accompany them during the New Year, which was much more comfortable than the old couple spending the New Year alone.

Lu Shaotang: "If everything goes well, it's OK. Let my elder sister come over early to keep an eye on the news, and submit any documents as soon as possible."

Lin Shu nodded, "Okay, I'll tell my elder sister when I get home."

When the time comes, my elder sister's husband will stay in the countryside to develop agricultural technology, and my elder sister can come back with the children first.

There is plenty of time, and Lin Shu and the others are not in a hurry. After breakfast, they packed up and waited for Chen Yanming to come back and say hello before leaving.

Chen Yanming happened to bring back a box of biscuits, which were given by Zhan Qiuran.

She had saved a patient before, and the patient's family was so grateful that they insisted on giving her all kinds of good things. Zhan Qiuran couldn't refuse the kindness and picked a box of biscuits to give to Panpan and Tiantian. Chen

Yanming: "Sister-in-law, bring Panpan and Tiantian with you next time."

Lin Shu: "I'll try."

Chen Yanming: "It's okay, I'll call them and ask them."

Lin Shu smiled.

Lu Shaotang and Xiaozhuang Linyue had already moved the sewing machine onto the tractor. The sewing machine was fixed with a wooden crate and stuffed with things to prevent shock and collision, so it was not afraid of bumps on the road.

In addition, he also prepared two stoves for Lin Shu as requested.

Lu Shaotang jumped out of the car and carried Lin Shu to the driver's seat of the tractor to sit with his sister-in-law.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya also came to see her off, "Xiao Lin, come back soon."

Lin Shu waved her hands, "Of course, I have to give you hats."

Looking at the back of the tractor leaving, Chen Yanming patted Lu Shaotang on the shoulder and said, "Old Lu, come on!"

Try to let your wife and children come to you as soon as possible.

Lu Shaotang knocked his hand down, and you have someone to show off.

The two went to the unit together, but on the way they met Xue Hanshan and Wei Ling who were riding in the other direction.

Wei Ling knew Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming, and Xue Hanshan, as a frequent visitor to the family compound, naturally knew the two of them.

Wei Ling: "Director Lu, Director Chen, is Comrade Lin Shu at home?"

Lu Shaotang: "She just took a tractor back to Lujiazhuang."

Wei Ling: "Oh, what a coincidence?"

Chen Yanming: "Reporter Wei, is there anything urgent?"

If there is something urgent, let Lao Lu drive his wife back.

Wei Ling smiled and said, "Something happened, but it's not urgent. I'll go to Lujiazhuang by myself later."

Lu Shaotang didn't chat with her. He said goodbye and left with Chen Yanming.

Xue Hanshan smiled at Wei Ling and said, "It's such a pity. She has lived here for a long time, but she left when you came today. This is called no fate."

Wei Ling: "You poets and writers are so weird. You always attribute everything to fate. It's not like I can't go find her. What's there to regret?"

Xue Hanshan: "You don't believe in fate?"

Wei Ling: "I believe in legs."

Xue Hanshan laughed, "It's a coincidence that we two met. You are going to find Lin Shu, and I am going to find my sister. If you don't find Lin Shu and want to go to Lujiazhuang, I am also going to Qing County to collect folk songs. Let's continue to walk together."

Wei Ling: "I'm not in a hurry. I can go in two days."

Xue Hanshan: "Since you're here, why don't you come to my office and have a visit? A while ago, Mai Shou and I went to the countryside to collect folk songs and took some nice photos and painted a few pictures. I was inspired to write two articles and a few poems. They are in the style you like."

Wei Ling: "Okay, let's go and take a look."

Xue Hanshan rode out with her, "How is your brother's business? Do you want me to talk to him?"

Wei Ling shook her head, "What's the point of talking to him?"

Xue Hanshan glanced at her, "Men understand men best. How do you know it's useless if you don't try?"

Wei Ling thought about it and it was true. Anyway, there was nothing to hide about Wei Lan. Xue Hanshan was good at dealing with people and persuading people, so why not let him try.

She and Xue Hanshan have known each other for several years, and their relationship has always been close. Recently, there was a project that overlapped with him, and they had more contact.

She and Xue Hanshan were both students who were supposed to take the college entrance examination in 1966 but were delayed. When most students went to the countryside, she got into the People's Liberation Army Newspaper because of her father's connections, while Xue Hanshan got into the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Writers Association through his organizational connections. He also worked at Qizhou City Newspaper, but he was more free and lazy and didn't want to be bound, so he never went to work and always wrote articles.

Her younger brother Wei Lan admired Xue Hanshan's works and praised them at the literary and art symposium.

Wei Lan had been acting crazy recently and actually fell in love with a divorced female teacher with children.

Wei Ling thought it was nothing, as long as the woman had no problem with her character and it was not illegal to be divorced with children, but her mother strongly opposed it.

Wei's mother was against it, and Wei Lan was rebellious and insisted on being with the other party. Wei's mother was so angry that she forced Wei's father and Wei Ling to lecture Wei Lan in turn, and even her elder brother who was far away in the army was harassed.

Wei Ling wanted to persuade her mother at first, but she was scolded instead, forcing her to stop Wei Lan.

Wei's mother was angry with her son and scolded the girl for not getting married yet.

Wei Ling was really confused.

Why did she get close to Xue Hanshan these days?

Because she wanted to avoid her mother.

She would come out to interview and write whenever she got the chance. Besides, her interview with Lujiazhuang was a long one. After the wheat harvest, it was time to interview the members, the team leaders, Lin Shu and others, so she came to find Lin Shu.

Two days later, Wei Ling and Xue Hanshan went to Lujiazhuang together.

Xue Hanshan was originally going to Qingxian, but he was friends with Lu Hehuan from Lujiazhuang, so they went together.

They arrived in the afternoon, and Lin Shu was at home making delicious food with the children.

This time, Lu Shaotang brought back two stoves for Lin Shu, a beehive coal stove, which is very convenient for heating water and cooking rice, and a cast iron stove, which is relatively large and can be connected to a chimney for heating, and can also be used to heat water and cook rice. There is also an upper furnace that can be used to make baked cakes and pancakes.

Today, Lin Shu will make salted vegetable and minced meat pancakes for everyone to eat, and she can also bake some small peach cakes.

Panpan and Tiantian really miss their parents. Since Lin Shu came back, they have been sticking to her, hugging and kissing her, and asking her if she is thirsty or hungry.

Today, Lin Shu made pancakes, and they followed behind to help.

Kuai Kuai, the little tail, also followed and cried, causing Hou Wei and Xu Xiaoyou to scold him vigorously.

Kuai Kuai finally evolved from crawling to walking on two legs. This was because he was impatient. Just like when he was lying on the kang blowing bubbles and suddenly turned over and sat up to scare himself, he stood up in the same way. He

used to crawl on the ground to chase the chicks, but the chicks could jump and fly, so he stood up from the ground and cried to chase them. From then on, he refused to be a reptile again. Unfortunately

, he was too impatient and wanted to run before he could walk steadily. So he often ran while walking, and his heavy head fell forward after only two steps, and his head made close contact with the ground with a bang.

Now the child often has a pigeon egg-sized bump on his forehead. At first, everyone felt distressed and anxious, and tried to prevent him from falling, but later they found it was useless.

So, let him fall.

At this moment, Lin Shu was leading the children to make steamed cakes, and he also excitedly rushed forward to join in the fun. Xu Xiaoyou, Hou Ying, Hou Wei and others were responsible for forming a human wall around the stove to block him, so that he would not fall headfirst into the stove.

Originally, Granny Fang wanted to keep an eye on him, but she couldn't do it at all.

The old lady was no match for him at all, and the children had to keep an eye on him.

Looking at everyone eating the delicious steamed cakes there, he jumped up anxiously, shouting: "Yeah yeah de de, get up..."

Translated, it means sister and brother, eat.

Tiantian: "You can't do that. You can't chew it well. It will get stuck."

Panpan: "Yes, eat your porridge."

Although he already has more than ten baby teeth, he still chews things in pieces. Fang Dihua still lets him eat porridge and hard pot cakes for him to grind his teeth.

Kuai Kuai: "Puff puff..."

He doesn't want to eat porridge, but wants to eat big steamed cakes.

Lin Shu put the steamed cakes in a basket for the children to eat by themselves, and asked Cuicui to call Xiuxiu sister and Lu Ping, Hou Bo, Lu An and others to come back to eat.

There are many people making hats now. In addition to the girls who make the skeletons at home, there are also many other girls who do the post-processing. Naturally, the Lu family can't accommodate so many people, so the secretary and the team leader cleaned up two rooms in the team headquarters for Xiuxiu and others to use.

Now Lu Xiuxiu also goes to work at the brigade every day.

Hongdou and Gaoliang come as soon as the wheat harvest is over. Hongdou follows Xiuxiu, and Gaoliang follows Fang Dihua.

During the wheat harvest, Lu Ping had a holiday, but he still helped in the brigade's accounting office. Now that the wheat harvest holiday is over, he goes to school in the morning, and comes back from school at 3 pm to continue helping in the brigade.

Hou Bo and Lu An also went to the brigade to help him after school.

Because they helped the brigade keep accounts, several children were very good at arithmetic.

They all know how to use an abacus now, Lu Ping is particularly proficient, but Hou Bo's mental arithmetic is even better.

Everyone was eating steamed buns in a lively and noisy manner when Wei Ling and Xue Hanshan arrived.

Lin Shu was very happy to see Wei Ling, "Reporter Wei, come quickly, we are eating steamed buns."

Seeing Xue Hanshan next to her, she was stunned for a moment, "Writer Xue, why... are you here?"

Xue Hanshan saw the unwelcome look in Lin Shu's eyes, but pretended not to see it, and smiled: "I came down to collect folk songs, and it happened to be on the same route as Wei Ling. I thought we were old acquaintances, so I came to visit. How come, you are not unwelcome, right?"

Lin Shu thought to herself: You know I don't welcome you, but you still come!

A smile appeared on his face, "How could that be? Come and eat the steamed buns together. They are hot and delicious."

The old people and children were all eating the delicious steamed buns. He just looked at this and that. Everyone else had them but he didn't.

He wanted to cry, but he knew it was useless.

Although he was young, he also knew it was useless to cry here.

With tears in his eyes, he showed a pitiful expression in front of Grandma Fang, and his big tears were about to fall, trying to win sympathy.

Grandma Fang was kind-hearted, but she knew that the child was in a hurry to eat, and if he swallowed half a piece in one gulp, it would get stuck, so she hardened her heart and refused to give him the bun.

Kuai Kuai walked around the older brothers and sisters again, his mouth twitching, his hands trembling, and he looked pitiful, asking the older brothers and sisters to please give him a bite of the steamed bun.

Wei Ling and Lin Shu were chatting enthusiastically, while Xue Hanshan was surrounded by the children. He saw a child over a year old wandering around in the crowd pitifully, and couldn't help but reach out to tease him, "Do you want to eat steamed buns?"

Kuai Kuai sniffed the smell and turned around to get close to him. This new uncle is promising!

Xue Hanshan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw him, and he thought it was very interesting, so he turned his steamed bun over and handed the unbitten part to Kuai Kuai.

A few children nearby saw it and shouted, "Don't give it to me..."

It was too late. Kuai Kuai's shadowless hand quickly made a move, "whoosh" grabbed the steamed bun and opened his mouth to bite it.

Xue Hanshan was startled and looked at his empty hands in astonishment. The biscuit was snatched away by the child!!!

Kuai Kuai grabbed the biscuit and shoved it into his mouth.

It smells so good!

Xu Xiaoyou quickly grabbed him and ordered: "Let go!"

Kuai Kuai's tears were as big as beans, but his mouth was not open at all, and his two cheeks were stuffed.

Xu Xiaoyou: "Okay, don't even think about drinking milk powder anymore!"

Huh?

Kuai Kuai turned his head to look at his sister's little face, and then reluctantly let go.

Xu Xiaoyou took the biscuit back and asked him to open his mouth. Panpan came over with Kuai Kuai's enamel bowl to help him catch it.

Xu Xiaoyou asked Kuai Kuai to spit the biscuit in his mouth into the bowl.

He only had front teeth and no molars at the back to grind the food. He could not swallow it in pieces, and even if he swallowed it, it would get stuck.

Xu Xiaoyou asked him to open his mouth, used a small spoon to dig it out, poured warm water into the bowl, stirred it to soften the cake, and fed it to him. Kuai

Kuai turned his head away in disgust and cried even more sadly.

Others were eating and drinking and ignored him, so he went to Xue Hanshan and made noises, "Woo woo..."

Xue Hanshan looked away and dared not look at him.

He was good at dealing with women, but not children. He was deceived by Kuai Kuai just now and did not dare to respond.

Kuai Kuai moved his feet and went to him again, staring at him, "Woo woo..."

New uncle, please save me.

Xue Hanshan: "..."