Chapter 269 Forever Friends

Children in the city don’t have autumn holidays, so winter holidays start early, from the ninth day of the first lunar month to the twentieth day of the first lunar month of the following year.

Since Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming were not at home and the wedding had been postponed, Lin Shu packed up and waited for her eldest brother to come and go back to her hometown together.

The children were very happy. They first called their second aunt and second uncle to ask them to send Grandma Jiang and Mianmian to Lu’s village, and then called Zhan Jiali to invite her to go to the countryside to play.

Because Big Brother Lu would come in two days, Lin Shu asked Big Sister to take the children back to Hou’s house to stay for two days and tell Grandma that she and Big Brother-in-law would go back to Qizhou to celebrate the New Year.

Big Sister Lin took Hou Bo and the other two, plus Panpan and Tiantian, to the ordnance factory’s family compound, while Lu Ping and Lu An stayed at home to accompany Lin Shu.

Although the Hou family welcomes them all, Lu Ping is unwilling to go with them every time. First, Third Aunt also needs help here, and second, he is too old to be like a child and go to relatives to get New Year's money. It is etiquette to visit relatives during festivals, but not to go often unless it is important.

Although Lu An doesn't like to use his brain, he listens to his brother, so he doesn't always go with them.

They will go back to the countryside in two days, so they will help Lin Shu pack her luggage at home and put away the things at home to avoid dust.

Lu Ping is very sensitive to Lin Shu's low mood and she will be distracted when doing things, which is different from the reaction of Third Uncle on business trips in the past.

In the past, when Third Uncle was on a business trip, Third Aunt acted as if nothing had happened. But this time...

He felt it was irritating to see Lu An laughing and joking without noticing anything, and couldn't help but wink at his brother.

Lu An didn't receive the signal at first, and was still singing the song out of tune, which was too unpleasant.

Lu Ping couldn't help it, and slapped his brother, "Be quiet for a while."

Lu An was startled, "Brother, what's wrong? I didn't do anything either."

Isn't it the same as usual?

Usually they sing and chat, and as long as Third Aunt is not asleep or reading or writing, there is no need to keep quiet at home.

Lu Ping turned his head to look at Lin Shu, and found that Third Aunt didn't seem to pay any attention to them at all.

He said, "It's nothing, you sang too badly, learn to sing better in the future."

Lu An was not convinced: "Uncle Chen said that singing is all about momentum, no matter if it's in tune or not, as long as you have momentum, you win."

Lu Ping was stunned, who do you want to win by singing? And you win? Hou Bo sings much better than you.

That night, Zhan Jiali came to the No. 8 Courtyard with her multi-layered linen backpack and insisted on treating Lin Shu and the others to a meal. Lin Shu couldn't persuade her no matter what she said.

In the end, they went.

Zhan Jiali also invited them to watch a movie together in the evening. She got the tickets herself.

Mr. Shao was not interested in watching a movie. After dinner, he went home to prepare lessons and asked them to go to the cinema.

Zhan Jiali also noticed that Lin Shu was distracted. She had no appetite when eating at restaurants, and she was distracted when watching movies. She stared at the big screen, but her thoughts were wandering. Zhan Jiali talked to Lin Shu in the middle of the movie. She called her two or three times but she didn't hear. Zhan Jiali

quietly asked Lu Ping: "Little Sister Lin seems a little weird."

Lu Ping whispered: "I guess she's thinking about my uncle."

Zhan Jiali: "Was it like this when Director Lu was on a business trip before?"

Lu Ping shook his head, "No."

Zhan Jiali sighed. She was also worried. Although her sister pretended to be fine, she could see that she was worried.

But her sister had a job, and she needed to be very focused when working, so she wouldn't be too obvious.

After returning home and washing up at night, Lu Ping and his brother went to sleep in Panpan's room, and Zhan Jiali shared a bed with Lin Shu.

After lying down for a while, Zhan Jiali turned over, looked at Lin Shu's blurry back and whispered: "Xiao Lin sister, are my brother-in-law and Lu Ju... in danger?"

Lin Shu was originally immersed in her own emotions. She tried to recall the original text, trying to stimulate new plot predictions, and repeatedly deduced how Lu Shaotang and his team launched the rescue plan.

According to the original plot, there should be several teams cooperating with each other.

One team is from the table tennis team. After the table tennis diplomacy in 1971, the two countries began to exchange, and last year they established foreign liaison offices in each other's capitals.

However, the two countries have not formally established diplomatic relations, so the exchanges are limited to culture, sports, and academics, and the situation is more sensitive.

They will hold public activities with the foreign liaison office there, and can only cooperate secretly to help inquire about and pass on information, and absolutely cannot participate in it.

Another team transited from Hong Kong to go overseas, and their ostensible identity was Hong Kong businessmen.

Another team set out from Southeast Asia, and they were still mainly engaged in business.

However, the original plot was vague, which means that there are other people hiding in the dark, who may mix into slums, Chinatown, pretend to be illegal immigrants, illegal workers, etc.

She didn't know which team Lu Shaotang belonged to, and what kind of hardships and setbacks he would suffer.

She couldn't help but bring herself into each team to deduce the rescue plan, but because she was not a professional and didn't understand the internal operations, she had to give up, which made her anxious and more worried. She

didn't know whether the information she wrote was useful or whether it would help them.

When she recalled the plot before, she paid special attention to the future of Tiantian and Panpan, so she secretly wrote down their benefactors and enemies.

She has set up a small account book since she came here.

When Tiantian grew up, she was an excellent medical student that many Mingdao competed for. Later, she got the opportunity to study abroad. She was deliberately placed under house arrest and killed abroad, but she was slandered as a traitor who abandoned her motherland. It was said that she had married a rich second-generation foreigner for a green card. Later, Xu Xiaoyou encountered a similar situation when she went abroad for exchange.

Xu Xiaoyou didn't believe that Tiantian was that kind of person, so she used all her strength, including asking her mentor, friends, and male protagonists to help her secretly look for Lu Tian abroad.

During this period, an Asian-American grandfather generously helped her.

The grandfather's ancestors traveled across the ocean to Europe, where he met his wife who was in the same situation. The two fell in love at first sight and became a couple. Later, at the invitation of a friend, he took his family property to the United States to develop and founded his own family business.

When he helped Xu Xiaoyou, he had already become a very influential figure in the local area, and he took the initiative to provide help.

Later, under the guidance of Xu Xiaoyou, the male protagonist and him started international trade cooperation. Both sides won and complemented each other, and both became the leading industry giants in the country.

However, he is still young now, and his career is not as big as it will be later. She is not sure whether he is willing to provide help now, and whether he has the ability to help others.

Lin Shu kept cheering herself up and said that he would definitely help, because he is a person with a sense of justice and humanitarianism and his heart is towards China.

As for worrying about exposing her secret, she didn't think about it or was afraid at the time. Now that she has done it, she naturally doesn't worry about it. Lu Shaotang and the others can come back alive, which is more important to her than anything else.

What's more, she believes that Lu Shaotang can handle this.

As for the explanation to him, as long as he can come back, it is not a problem.

Her greatest wish was for them to return safely. She would not allow herself to have the thought that Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming might be in danger. If the thought occurred, she would immediately strike them down like playing whack-a-mole.

Hearing Zhan Jiali's voice now, she denied it reflexively: "Of course not! Jiali, don't worry, and don't think too much, it's okay."

Zhan Jiali hummed softly, "Sister Xiaolin, don't think too much."

Lin Shu turned over to face her and smiled, "No, I'm thinking about going back to the countryside to slaughter pigs. The market is good this year, so we have to slaughter two pigs. Then we can stuff blood intestines, slaughter pig vegetables, make sausages, brined pork, crystal jelly, pork with preserved vegetables..."

Zhan Jiali slurped her saliva, "Sister Xiaolin, can we... go to sleep?"

She was hungry!

Lin Shu was also hungry. She whispered, "Are you hungry? How about we go and cook some egg noodles?"

Zhan Jiali sat up and said, "Okay!"

The two of them got dressed and went to cook noodles. Lu Ping, who was sitting opposite, heard the noise and tiptoed to open the door to see what was going on. Hearing Third Aunt and Zhan Jiali whispering to each other while stirring the stove and adding water to cook noodles, he breathed a sigh of relief and trotted over. "Third Aunt, Sister Jiali, are you hungry? I'm hungry too!"

Zhan Jiali patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're taking advantage of me. Sister Lin made egg noodles for me because I was hungry." "I'm going to have a meal."

Lu Ping laughed, "Jia Li, you are a good person. Protect me in the future, and I will follow you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

Zhan Jia Li retorted again, surprised: "You can also be a glutton?"

Lu Ping smiled gently and frankly, "I'm telling the truth, Jia Li is beautiful and smart, and she will definitely be more practical than us in the future."

Zhan Jia Li was a little flattered by the compliment. Well, she is indeed quite capable. She is good at studying. She doesn't need to go to the countryside to farm. She will definitely be arranged for a good job, and she will be promoted. She won't be a small employee for the rest of her life.

Although Lin Shu said that they couldn't eat too greasy food in the middle of the night, and boiled noodles in water, added two drops of sesame oil, and two poached eggs per person, they still ate it with great relish.

Seeing the innocent smiles of the boy and girl, Lin Shu felt at ease. Thank you for your company and encouragement.

She was no longer anxious.

After eating the noodles, Lin Shu recovered as before, her smile was still relaxed and sweet. She also led Zhan Jiali and Lu Ping to do some simple activities in the house to digest the food, and finally went back to lie down and sleep until the sun was high.

Lu An was so hungry!

It was normal for the third aunt to sleep in, but how come the eldest brother also slept in? It would be fine

if he didn't go to training, but why didn't he make breakfast?

Are they waiting for him to do it?

He was not lazy, but his cooking skills were average. If they dared to ask him to do it, he would not refuse.

Finally, he took the money and tickets to the canteen to buy a bunch of steamed buns and soy milk. He ate one portion himself and heated the rest on the stove.

When Lin Shu and the others got up, the eldest sister came back with a few children.

Lin Shu was brushing her teeth, and her eyelids were a little swollen from eating noodles and drinking soup in the middle of the night. "Eldest sister, you are back so early?"

Elder sister Lin glanced at her, "The children are worried about you being alone at home, so you just told grandma and came back."

Lin Shu whispered to ask if grandma was unhappy?

Elder sister Lin said it was okay, she was very happy, and she even gave the children New Year's money.

Although Hou's mother was not very happy that her daughter-in-law and the children went to the countryside as soon as the holiday came, her son had not returned home yet, so it would be fine for them to go there and come back together.

The main thing was that her objection would not work, as it would make Hou Deming think she was meddling.

Because the Chinese New Year was coming, she gave each of the children two yuan as New Year's money, and told Panpan Tiantian that she would give them pocket money after the New Year, hoping that the children would come more often.

Of course, she didn't give the children two yuan every time. After all, there were so many children, and two yuan per person was a lot of money.

Besides, Lin Shu and Sister Lin didn't agree. Except for the first time, they didn't want or only wanted five cents or ten cents.

Hou's father asked his wife to give two cents.

For children, two cents is rare, and two cents is a lot of money, which can buy 20 pieces of colorful candies.

This time, Hou Bo also brought Lu Ping and Lu An the New Year's money given by Hou's mother.

Lin Shu thought that her parents-in-law would give Hou Bo a few in the future, so she asked Lu Ping and his brother to take it.

Because she was going home, Lin Shu called Wei Ling to let her know.

Wei Ling was helping her review her first biography, and at the same time urged her to sort out the second volume of Life Images for the children, which would be ready for printing in February next year.

Sometimes Wei Ling would come to talk to her in person, and Lin Shu was afraid that she would miss out.

After thinking for a while, she called Lu Hehuan again.

Since Lu Hehuan went to the Provincial Writers Association to create, she has been so dedicated. She is either writing, looking for materials, reading books, or discussing writing with others. Even Xue Hanshan praised her concentration.

As a result, she naturally had no time to go home at the critical moment of creation.

"Sister-in-law, you guys go back first, I'll wait for a few days. Oh, by the way, sister-in-law, please tell Xu Shihua for me."

Lin Shu: "Can't you call him yourself?"

Lu Hehuan: "I'm busy, forget it, he knows anyway."

Lin Shu hung up the phone.

This couple is a natural match, no one should say who is who, although Lu Hehuan looked at love brain at first, her love brain is just a feeling, and love may disappear after the feeling passes, so she treats Xu Shihua the same as Xu Shihua treated her at the beginning.

It's the same, let them do whatever they want.

After Brother Lu finished delivering the goods, Lin Shu and Sister Lin took Doctor Shao and the children back to Lu's village.

Originally, Lin Shu wanted the old man to take the train, because he was too old to stand the bumpy ride, but the old man insisted on going with them.

Lin Shu put two more quilts in the back of the car, and everyone sat in the back of the car with mattresses and quilts, and went home on the rumbling tractor.

In the evening, they arrived at Lu's village. Grandma Fang had already brought Cuicui to help heat up the kang. The quilts in the house were also exposed to the sun on the balcony every now and then. The wheat straw and kang mat on the kang were all exposed and wiped clean.

Fang Dihua knew that Lin Shu was very tidy, so she would clean up the house herself every time. If she really left it there for her to come back and clean up, it would take half a night.

"Grandma, grandpa, we are back!"

"Grandpa Shao is here too!"

"I am Zhan Jiali too!" Zhan Jiali was quite loud, and she ran to the yard with Panpan and the others.

Everyone came out of the house to greet them, and greeted them warmly.

Second Brother Lu and the others also came out to greet Grandpa Shao and Sister Lin, and invited them to stay in the house to keep warm.

Fang Dihua asked Cuicui to call Old Lady Jiang, Xiuxiu and Hongdou back.

Jiang Weidong sent Old Lady Jiang and the maiden here yesterday.

Mrs. Lu went to the mill to help Mrs. Lu. Lu An and Hou Bo ran to call them home, as it would be time for dinner soon.

Granny Fang held Lin Shu's hand and said, "Come on to the kang and warm up. I've heated it up for you."

Lin Shu helped her into the house. Although Granny Fang still spoke loudly, her legs and feet were not so agile when she walked, and her crutches tapped the ground.

Soon Panpan and Hou Wei also brought back Old Man Lu, and handed Grandpa Shao over to Grandpa Shao to entertain, so Tiantian didn't have to be responsible.

Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu knew that Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming were on a long business trip, and they also knew that Chen Yanming's wedding date had been postponed. Although they felt a little regretful, they didn't say anything.

Good things come hard.

Fang Dihua called Zhao Meifeng and Lu Changfu over the wall to have dinner together.

Now that Lu Shaocai and Lu Jinling were not at home, Zhao Meifeng was busy feeding the pigs and cleaning the pigsty, and Lu Changfu was busy treating the livestock and helping his mother with work, but the two of them had never done anything naughty.

Of course, their dream of Lu Shaocai and Lu Jinling taking them over after they had established themselves in the capital was still far away.

Because Lu Jinling entered the textile factory and became a female screwdriver on the assembly line, working three shifts a day, and taking turns to work the night shift. It was more tiring and hard than when she was a primary school teacher in the countryside, and she had no time to do anything.

You need time to do something, right? Delay work? The team leader first warned her with a gun and a stick, and if she still didn't listen, he asked the director to reprimand her.

In front of so many female workers, how can you face it? You will definitely be embarrassed, and all the female workers in the workshop will spit on you for holding them back.

She is now an apprentice and earns 18 yuan a month. Even if she has money, she has no time to buy new clothes to dress up. She is so tired that her ears and head are buzzing every day.

The machines in the textile workshop are always running, and working in them for a long time will damage your hearing.

What about Lu Shaocai?

He has even less freedom.

Uncle Lu is now retired and has time. He doesn't have to go to work. He holds several honorary positions and occasionally goes to some schools and units to give speeches. He is very free every day.

He not only keeps an eye on Lu Changshou, but also on Lu Shaocai.

Lu Shaocai, a middle-aged man in his forties, was beaten by his father on the playground of the military compound.

Uncle Lu is strong and agile, but he carries a cane all day long, which he uses to beat him.

So how can he have the time to make trouble?

Of course, Uncle Lu would not let Lu Shaocai do nothing but train all day like a kid, but he arranged some work for him.

There is a logistics department in the military region, and there are many miscellaneous tasks in the logistics department. The light ones are managing the warehouse, signing for shipments, and the heavy ones are helping to move supplies.

Uncle Lu would naturally not let Lu Shaocai manage the warehouse. Would it be convenient for him to monitor the warehouse and embarrass his father if he stole the goods?

Impossible!

Carrying a heavy load!

Lu Shaocai was helpless, and he couldn't even beg for mercy to go back to the countryside. Uncle

Lu said that he must be reformed, and he also sent his salary directly to Zhao Meifeng, and he took care of his son's meals.

This made Lu Shaocai very tired. He begged for mercy and said he was willing to guard the gate, but was scolded by Uncle Lu again.

Guard the gate? Do you think the gate is so beautiful?

How many gates can you see?

Twenty years ago, you were allowed to guard the gate because you were young and had a decent face. Now you are a middle-aged man with a wrinkled face and you are standing guard at the gate?

Standing guard for the leader is still a nuisance?

Go! Carry the heavy responsibility!

Of course, Uncle Lu's letter to Lu Laodi was a whitewash, exaggerating Lu Shaocai's great progress. Although he did not have a long life, he was also a compromise to reassure Lu Laodi.

The letter that Lu Changshou wrote to Zhao Meifeng was naturally also instructed by Uncle Lu, saying that his father and sister were busy with work every day and had no time to rest, so his mother and brother could rest assured.

Her father-in-law gave her the man's money every month, and Zhao Meifeng was relieved. Isn't the purpose of finding a job to have money every month?

As long as the man can gain a foothold there, he will definitely give it to her.

She felt more confident when she had money, and she was no longer fussy about it. She would bring cornmeal and meat when she came to eat.

She fed pigs in the farm and did a good job. The members of the commune saw it, and the secretary and the team leader also rewarded her. Every time they slaughtered pigs, they allowed her and her son to buy one pound each. She was reluctant to eat all the pigs at once and freeze them in the vat outside.

Today, she brought two kilograms of noodles and one kilogram of meat.

She felt proud of carrying such things, and she even had the confidence to speak loudly. Now her family is equivalent to two people eating and three people making money, which is better than most families. She is very proud of it.

She greeted Sister Lin, and then went over to greet Doctor Shao warmly, "Master Shao, you can live in our house steadily. If you need anything, just tell me."

Doctor Shao greeted her politely.

Zhao Meifeng: "Don't look at me as a pig feeder. My father-in-law is a retired leader of the capital."

Seeing that she was about to set up a dragon gate formation and brag, Fang Dihua quickly pulled her aside.

Let her go to the west room to see Lin Shu and the children.

Lin Shu is not at home, and Granny Fang sleeps in Lin Shu's room. Now Granny Jiang has come over with Mianmian to sleep there too.

At this time, Tiantian and Zhan Jiali are playing with Kuai Kuai and Mianmian. Children of this age are the most fun.

Mianmian's baby voice is particularly soft, sweet and cute. Granny Jiang has raised her like a spoiled little princess. She wipes the corners of her mouth after eating, and has to ask others to wipe her mouth after drinking. She likes all shiny ornaments, beautiful people and things. When

she sees Tiantian and Panpan, she lets them kiss and hug her. Hou Wei is also fine. Other brothers and sisters only let them hug but not kiss. As for Lu Changfu, she won't let them hug her. When she sees him coming, she frowns tightly, with an expression that says, "I'm so worried, get him out of here!"

This eldest brother is not only ugly, but also smells bad!

That was the smell of livestock, and it might not be clean even after washing, not to mention that he didn't like washing that much.

The other children also smelled it, but they were too embarrassed to show it, and at most they would hide from it. Mianmian didn't care, and immediately frowned and shouted anxiously: "Cousin! Cousin! Please open it!" She

was in a hurry and didn't care to speak slowly.

Lu Changfu went to hold Kuai Kuai, he wanted to marry a wife and have children.

But his mother said to wait a little longer, maybe his father would stand firm in the capital and give him to them, and then he could find a wife in the city?

At home, he could only find a girl with rough hands and big feet, but not as delicate and pretty as the girls in the city.

Dinner was served soon.

It was cold, so they ate at two tables on the kang. The adults drank and talked in the east room, and the children and their brothers and sisters were in the west room.

Xu Shihua and Xu Xiaoyou just came, carrying a bottle of wine and two packs of snacks.

Xu Xiaoyou originally lived here. Some time ago, when Xu's mother was washing her feet at night, she splashed the water outside the door. As a result, she fell down when she got up in the morning.

Elderly people will basically break bones when they fall down. Father Lu took a look and found that he had to stay in bed.

There was no one to cook at home, so Xu Shihua called his daughter back to help.

Today, Panpan and Hou Wei went to Houtun to call them.

The young friends were very affectionate when they met.

They told Xu Xiaoyou interesting things in the family compound and school, as well as the embarrassing things that Guan Ze and Lili did during morning exercises.

Lili likes to cry. In the freezing cold of June, her tears froze on her eyelashes and face. Finally, they formed several teardrops of different sizes on her eyelashes, which surprised the children.

Panpan plucked one out of curiosity and also plucked one of Lili's eyelashes.

The children spent a long time studying the crystal clear teardrop and an eyelash.

They also talked about what movies, plays, amusement parks and zoos they had watched.

Xu Xiaoyou found it very interesting, but she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

She was different from Panpan Tiantian. They studied in the city and went back to the countryside to play. Maybe in a few years, she would be left far behind and could never catch up.

By then, she didn't understand the topics, books, and games that Panpan and Tiantian talked about.

She would be left behind.

She suddenly felt a little flustered, and her heart ached for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Panpan saw that she lowered her head slightly, holding the steamed bun in her hand but not eating or picking up any dishes. He gently pushed her, "Sister Xiaoyou, hurry up and grab whatever you want to eat, or they will grab it all in a while."

Lu An and Hou Bo missed their hometown food for a long time, and were competing to grab the plate of spicy rabbit meat.

Xu Xiaoyou smiled at him, "I miss my mom, why doesn't she come back?"

Tiantian picked up a piece of fish meat for Mianmian, and picked out all the bones. She learned this from her grandfather. When she was a child, her grandfather picked for her like this, and she would pick for her sister after seeing it.

She turned to Xu Xiaoyou and smiled, "Sister Xiaoyou, my third aunt is very busy. She usually doesn't have time to come to my house for dinner. I think she won't be back until the New Year." She

invited Xu Xiaoyou to sleep here at night.

Xu Xiaoyou hesitated, "My grandma fell down." When

Xu's mother yelled at her, she yelled louder than Xu's mother, but Xu's mother fell down and couldn't move, so she had to take care of her

. Even if she didn't want to, she couldn't, because no one else would take care of her, and her father had to go to work.

And she felt sorry for her grandma, thinking that the old lady fell down.

During this time, she lived in the Lu family. Although she was very happy, Panpan and Tiantian were not at home for a few days, so she and Lu Cuicui couldn't play together, and the adults were busy. She found that she couldn't find anyone to talk to.

Great-grandmother was very good and would chat with her, but she couldn't chat with her.

There are some things that are hard to say, and I don’t know how to say them, but she will feel much better after chatting with Panpan and Tiantian.

But now she can’t keep up with Panpan and Tiantian’s footsteps.

She once saw a sentence in a book of her father: Friends are close and then distant, gradually drifting away as time goes by, and then meeting new friends and starting new interactions.

She was so sad to think that she might lose good friends like Tiantian and Panpan.

Her biological mother died after not being with her for a few years.

Her stepmother said she would always be good to her, but she ignored her for a long time.

Everything a person has is actually for loss, right?

She almost cried just thinking about it.

Tiantian felt that Xiaoyou was crying, so she rolled up her sleeves and said loudly: "Sister Xiaoyou, did your grandma bully you again? Did she hit you or scold you?"

Xu Xiaoyou wiped away her tears quickly, "No, no, she doesn't dare to hit me now. If she hits me, who will cook for her?"

Panpan: "Is that Xu Yaoyao?"

Xu Xiaoyou smiled and said, "My eldest brother doesn't dare to hit me. He gets scared and hides when I glare at him."

Xu Yaoyao is much better when Kuai Kuai is not at home, but he is still jealous and hostile to Kuai Kuai in his words, and Xu Xiaoyou beats him every day.

Hou Wei put down his chopsticks, "I'm full!"

He ran downstairs and took out two picture books from the bag on the north bench, then ran back and handed them to Xu Xiaoyou, "Sister Xiaoyou, these are from me, my third aunt, and Panpan and Tiantian."

Panpan: "Hou Xiaowei, what can I do for you?"

Hou Wei chuckled.

Xu Xiaoyou was stunned for a moment and looked at Tiantian.

Tiantian took it and stuffed it into her hand, smiling, "There are also the flowers and the big rooster you drew for me."

Xu Xiaoyou was almost full, she put down her chopsticks and couldn't wait to flip through it.

Kuai Kuai and Mian Mian also came over to take a look.

The drawings that Lin Shu revised for the children were more realistic. When Tiantian was young, her brushstrokes were immature and she drew mostly based on her own feelings, so the characters in the front and back are different.

Lin Shu unified them for her, and Tiantian, Panpan, and Xiaoyou were all clearly distinguished, and even the ducks at home were different from those at Aunt Li's.

The first volume mainly features the friends of Lujiazhuang, including Huahua, Honghong, Juanjuan, Huzi, and of course Chang Xiaogang...

Xu Xiaoyou saw herself appearing frequently in the picture. At first, she was skinny, holding firewood or carrying grass, and then she started to interact with her stepmother, Panpan and Tiantian.

When she saw Xiaoyou and Panpan and Tiantian squatting on the ground playing the stone catching game in the picture, she couldn't hold back her tears.

They drew her and will remember her.

She wiped her tears and said with emotion: "You draw really well."

Tiantian: "You drew better than me at that time."

Tiantian took Xu Xiaoyou's hand and touched the coil at the base of her finger, "Sister Xiaoyou, we will always be good friends. You are in the second and third volumes, and you will be in every volume in the future."

Xu Xiaoyou burst into laughter, "I'm so happy."

Zhan Jiali also came over and smiled, "Am I included?"

Tiantian: "Of course not..." She paused, seeing that Zhan Jiali was about to be sad, she laughed: "No way! Sister Jiali must be included."

The children asked her for the opportunity to be included in the painting, and Lu An even asked them to draw him more handsome.

Tiantian of course generously agreed, because now it was mainly Panpan who was painting.

Haha.

The adults in the east room were also very happy to hear the joyful voices of the children in the west room.

Father Lu invited Doctor Shao to go with him to experience the brigade clinic tomorrow. Doctor Shao did not mind at all and happily agreed.

Xu Shihua accompanied him to drink two glasses of wine. Lin Shu just told him that Lu Hehuan was very busy and would probably go home by the end of the year.

He felt a little upset.

During the days when Lu Hehuan went to Qizhou, she never wrote to her family, rarely called, and never even called him.

She went to a wider world and met more people, didn't she...

She obviously annoyed him when she pestered him before, and he even looked down on her, thinking that she was just a shell without substance, and that she said she liked literature but was superficial and vulgar.

Now...

he is unwilling to accept this.