Chapter 91: Digging a Trap

It was Lu Shaotang.

Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief. Are you really a dog? There was no movement at all.

And, do you have to come back in the middle of the night?

Lu Shaotang confirmed that she was no longer afraid, let go of her hand, and whispered: "Take some time to come back to see the child."

and his wife.

He and Chen Yanming rushed from Qizhou to Qingxian. When they passed the national highway south of Lujiazhuang, Chen Yanming dropped him off and said he would pick him up tomorrow morning.

Lin Shu whispered, "You're too busy. What time is it?" Lu Shaotang

: "11:08 p.m."

Lin Shu: "How many days?"

Lu Shaotang: "How many hours."

Lin Shu: "..."

She went into the room and lit the kerosene lamp. She thought that he had a big appetite and consumed food quickly, so he would probably be hungry even after dinner. She poured boiling water from the thermos and made him some egg drop soup to soak the pancakes. The

water was just boiled in the evening and was still boiling.

She also brought a plate of pickled vegetables and a salted duck egg.

Fang Dihua in the east room was a light sleeper and heard the noise. "What's wrong? Is the child uncomfortable?"

Fang Dihua thought the child got up at night, but she heard Lin Shu opening the dining cabinet to get something.

Lin Shu whispered: "Mom, his father is back."

Fang Dihua: "Oh, it's okay, you can do yourselves."

As long as her son is not in danger, Fang Dihua's attitude is: stay away and don't bother me. I don't have time to be kind to your mother and your son.

I have finished having fun during the day, and now I am sleepy.

Lu Shaotang washed his hands and ate.

Lin Shu felt uncomfortable standing in front of the kang with him.

The room was not spacious to begin with, so he occupied the entire space as soon as he entered.

A kang took up half of the area. In front of the kang, a large black wooden cabinet was placed on the west side of the north wall, and a black rectangular table with teeth was placed on the east side.

He didn't sit down either, he just leaned against the wooden cabinet and ate from a big bowl.

Lin Shu was wondering, when the old men in the village went out with their bowls and chatted while eating, they had to squat or lean somewhere, which was really very rustic.

He was like this too, why did he look... so good-looking?

Just look at the way he leaned there while eating, it was really pleasing to the eye.

Lu Shaotang had no control over his meal, he ate with big mouthfuls so that his cheeks were puffed up, but he closed his mouth and chewed without smacking his lips.

He saw Lin Shu staring at him, swallowed it, and asked softly: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Lin Shu: "I'm not hungry. Put it on the table after you finish eating, and sleep on the kang for a while."

She took out a quilt from the kang cabinet and let Lu Shaotang sleep outside Pan Zai'er, and the two of them slept in the same quilt.

After making a blanket for him, she went back and lay down with her sweet and soft daughter in her quilt. "By the way, mom and dad told everyone about your return today."

Lu Shaotang: "Sure."

Lin Shu: "Then do you want to walk around the village tomorrow morning and let everyone see you?"

Lu Shaotang was puzzled. "Why?"

Lin Shu: "Let them know you are back."

"Didn't mom and dad say that?"

Lin Shu: "..."

That's right, could it be that she wanted to drag him out to show off?

After eating, Lu Shaotang put away the dishes and went to the main room to rinse his mouth and wash his feet. Then he came back quietly, undressed, blew out the light, and went to the kang. He lay down and held his son's soft body in his arms.

His wife's quilt was not open to him, so he had to squeeze in with his son.

Panpan was used to sleeping freely and was not used to being restrained. She leaned into his arms and felt that there was a wall blocking her from expressing herself, so she stretched out her hands and feet, "Down with Nan Batian!"

Lu Shaotang: "..."

After turning off the lights, the room was too dark and too quiet, and Lin Shu couldn't fall asleep for a while.

It was really that someone's presence was too strong that made her... unable to sleep.

She could even hear Panpan's breathing, and the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the plants outside the window, but she couldn't hear Lu Shaotang's breathing.

Did he want to say something to her?

Lu Shaotang's deep voice echoed in the darkness, "Can't sleep?"

Lin Shu immediately pretended to sleep, but heard him chuckle.

Lin Shu: "..."

Lu Shaotang: "The dumplings are really delicious, all three flavors are delicious."

He began to praise her for the good stuffing, and praised her for making dumplings that look good and tasted even better.

Lin Shu: "I'll make them for you when you come home during the day."

After chatting for a few words, Lu Shaotang's voice was low and magnetic, with the magic of hypnosis, and she felt sleepy again.

Slowly, her eyelids became heavy, and she fell asleep unknowingly.

She didn't know how long it had been, and she felt someone beside her in a daze, and realized that Lu Shaotang had woken up.

She didn't even close her eyes, and mumbled, "Do you want breakfast?"

Although she asked this, she didn't mean to get up before dawn to cook for him.

Lu Shaotang whispered, "No, Chen Yanming will pick me up on the south road and will bring me steamed bread."

He kissed his son's face and the lady's...back of the head.

The lady and his wife were sleeping soundly with their heads touching.

He paused, rubbed Lin Shu's head with his big hands, lowered his head and kissed her ear, and whispered, "I'm leaving. I'll be back in a few days."

Lin Shu: "!!!!"

Her ear and half of her body went numb, as if she had been electrocuted. This man's voice was too lethal.

She felt hot all over and immediately fell into a state of fake sleep, pretending that she didn't hear anything. It was dark and she couldn't see clearly, so she wasn't embarrassed.

After Lu Shaotang left, she couldn't sleep.

This guy was too much. He blew her up before leaving.

After a while, she fell asleep again until the daylight illuminated the window.

Nowadays, the days are short and the nights are long, and the sun rises late. In the summer, it is 5 o'clock, but now it is 6 o'clock. Everyone gets up a little later accordingly.

However, the elderly do not need to sleep that long at night, and basically get up before 5 o'clock.

In order to let the younger generations sleep more, Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu usually lie down and chat for a while.

Old Mrs. Chang in the back doesn't care. As long as she wakes up, she gets up, and when she gets up, she must make a lot of noise. She

also has to wake up the whole family to work, and she can't bear to see others sleep more. Xu's mother gets up as soon as she wakes up, humming and busying outside her daughter-in-law's window. After waking up her daughter-in-law, she has to say, "Hey, you guys sleep, I'm going to do something or something", and then continues to make noises. Who can still fall asleep?

Lin Shu yawned and closed her eyes. Tiantian and Panpan also woke up.

Panpan sat up and said, "Mom, it's over. I wet the bed! Every day my little calf pees a lot after waking up, but not today!"

Lin Shu hurriedly touched him and said, "No, you haven't wet the bed for a long time."

Panpan said, "I wet the bed last night. I wet my bed in my dream and it was so comfortable."

Tiantian was so disgusted that she quickly got away from him.

Lin Shu: "No urine, the quilt is clean."

Panpan sniffed, "Hey, why does it smell like daddy? Mom, did my dad come back last night?"

Tiantian also smelled it, "Yeah, it's true."

Lin Shu didn't hide it from them and nodded, "Yes, he even hugged you to sleep."

Panpan: "It turns out that I didn't dream, it was daddy who really came back, haha. No wonder my little niuniu couldn't hold it in, it must be my daddy who peed me."

Lin Shu: "...That's for sure."

She fell asleep and didn't hear it. Lu Shaotang's voice was really soft, and Panzier slept really deeply.

The two children didn't get up, and wrapped themselves in the new quilt together to experience the feeling of sleeping in daddy's arms. They could also smell daddy's scent. Daddy and mom both have a good smell.

Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu got up.

The two children called them, Fang Dihua went into the house, "What's going on?"

Panpan asked mysteriously, "Grandma, did you know

what happened last night?" Fang Dihua: "How could I not know?"

Tiantian: "My dad is back, hehe, I'm so happy, there's the smell of dad in the quilt."

Big Brother Lu and Big Sister Lu also got up, and just happened to hear Tiantian's voice. Big

Sister Lu: "Did the third child come back last night? Did you hear it?"

Big Brother Lu: "I couldn't hear you snoring so loudly, how could I hear him? He walks like a dog since he was a kid, so quiet." Big Sister Lu

went into the house and teased the two children for a while.

Second Sister Lu heard it from the window, pouted, Lin Shu is really interesting, not letting her husband greet the family when he comes back, is it interesting to do it secretly?

After breakfast, Lin Shu took the two children to the accounting office to do the accounting.

After Fang Dihua announced the news of Lu Shaotang's return yesterday, the villagers were all happy to see the Lu family.

"When will the child's father come back?"

Lin Shu smiled and replied, "He will come back when he is free."

"Then we have to give Tiantian and Panpan another brother or sister."

Lin Shu: "..." Has the urging of marriage and childbirth

been passed down since ancient times? When she arrived at the accounting office, she found that after a few days at her second sister's house, the accounts had been settled again.

Not only the accounts of the brigade, but also those of the production team below.

The accounting level of these people... is really hard to describe. No wonder they could delay the distribution of food and dividends until the end of the year, because the accounts are really... terrible.

In order to finish the liquidation earlier and get the dividends earlier, Lin Shu decided to gather the accountants of several production teams for a simple training when she was not busy.

Lu Shaocai disagreed, "You are not even a formal accountant, how can you train others?"

He disagreed, so he interfered.

He was sometimes stupid and sometimes smart.

He thought that it was okay for Lin Shu to be the only one who was good at accounting, and other accountants had little education and were sloppy or even worse than him, which was the best.

If others were better than him, wouldn't it make him look more useless?

Then could he be the accountant of the brigade for a long time?

He was the accountant of the brigade, and there was no point in him disagreeing.

Lin Shu did not compete with him, she decided to use her own method to squeeze out Lu Shaocai, the waste.

When she went home in the evening, she brought a discarded account book with her, intending to test the ability of Big Brother Lu.

Big Brother Lu always said that he was a cultured man, and so on.

Lin Shu had heard that he helped Lu Ping and his brother with their homework, and it seemed like that. Since they had culture, they should not waste it.

She really couldn't stand Lu Shaocai, a waste. His being the brigade accountant affected her experience of lying flat.

She herself didn't want to compete for the brigade accountant, because there were too many complicated things to do, and she didn't want to suffer for the rest of her life.

After dinner, Lin Shu asked Lu Ping and his brother to help her with the accounts.

Tiantian ran over when she heard it, "Mom, I'll help you with the calculation."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Let's go to my brother's place. I wonder who is better at calculating between you and uncle."

Her seemingly unintentional but actually deliberate words really irritated Big Brother Lu.

How could he not be better than three children?

He also went to Lu Ping's place to see who was better at calculating.

The father and son started to compete in calculating, with Tiantian and Panpan as referees.

Lin Shu observed from the side and found that Big Brother Lu was not bragging, he had some skills.

He calculated quickly and clearly, and he had a simple method, which he probably learned from his father Lu when he was a child. The two brothers Lu Ping were a little behind, not as good as Big Brother Lu . Lin Shu knew

what was going on. She thanked her brothers and asked Panpan, "Big brother and second brother, can you give me some candies as a reward for helping me settle the accounts?" Panpan: "Of course!"

He ran to open his own metal bucket and generously took out a handful of candy and gave it to his two brothers, "This is what my second aunt gave me, and there are more."

Panpan was thoughtful. Even though some of the candy was bought by grandpa, he said it was given by my second aunt, so that others would not be entitled to be jealous.

If he said that grandpa bought it, even if it was dad's money, people would not be happy.

Lu Ping has always been very sensible. Lu An used to be envious, but later he was a little more open-minded after being told by Lu Ping every day.

Lu Ping said: "Everyone has people who have particularly good relationships. Third uncle is filial and makes a lot of money, so grandpa loves him and his younger brothers and sisters, and it is reasonable. Mom and Dad don't love Third Uncle and his younger brothers and sisters the most, right?"

Lu An thinks that his mother and father have the best relationship, he has the best relationship with his eldest brother, and Tiantian Panpan has a good relationship with grandpa.

The main reason is that grandma doesn’t lose out on good things even if they have them. Tiantian and Panpan have good things because their father makes a lot of money and their aunts and aunts help them out.

And now that my mother makes money, she will buy them candies, and my aunt also asks her sister to buy them candies. The two brothers also have their own small boxes for snacks.

That box was not allowed to be touched by anyone else, only the two brothers.

Thinking of this, Lu An felt balanced.

The next day, the brigade held an autumn harvest summary meeting to commend the members who had outstanding performance in the autumn harvest and criticize those who failed to perform well.

The most outstanding family is naturally the Lu family.

Fang Dihua, Brother Lu, and Brother Lu received full work points.

(Part of Lu Da's work was done by Lu Er)

Lu Lao Di was a barefoot doctor who helped the members with their illnesses and problems.

Lu Dasao was a tractor operator with skilled skills. She was the leader every time the Lujiazhuang Brigade worked.

Although Lin Shu was at home taking care of the children and cooking, she was not idle and her contribution to the family and the brigade was also very outstanding.

She was commended by the Public Security Bureau twice, and she played an indispensable role in the recovery of Hu Zi and Chang Xiaogang! It was also her and Fang Dihua's credit that the Qing County Public Security Bureau caught the bad elements who had escaped the net. She also went to the tractor factory with her sister-in-law to take pictorials, which was highly appreciated by the tractor factory and the superiors, and promised to buy two more tractors for the Fendou Commune next year!

She also helps the brigade to do the accounting. Because of her help, the brigade was able to pay the public rations and distribute the food rations ahead of schedule this year, and will be able to distribute dividends in the future!

It's all thanks to her!

Speaking of this, the members applauded enthusiastically.

This is what really concerns them.

Then the eldest brother Lu and the second brother Lu were also singled out for praise.

Because when they led the team to check the harvest in the fall, they caught two groups of food thieves!

The two of us in the brigade led the way, and there were four people from the outside brigade. They didn't steal because they were hungry, but because they wanted to steal and sell it to others to make wine privately.

What a wicked idiot!

At that time, the cadres and members were very angry. They first beat the food thieves severely, then made their families pay for the food, and then sent them to the commune for sentencing.

The old branch secretary's voice was unusually stable and loud, "The Lu family is the first family in our Lujiazhuang Brigade to enter. No one objects, right?"

Xu Laonian, Qiu Pozi's son, Li Auntie's husband, Wang Mazi and others agreed loudly and clapped.

Zhang Peijin's hands turned red from clapping.

Since Lu Laodi became a barefoot doctor, he has benefited from it. He sees more patients and makes more money than before.

Well, he also gets a share of the eggs.

Old Changtou was sitting below, so jealous. Why did the Lu family get all the good things?

He tilted his head to look at Old Man Lu who was sitting in front of him, and curled his lips.

Humph, there is absolutely no way that the third son of the Lu family will come back! God would not let a family have so many good things in a row!

The brigade has limited resources, so they don’t give out prizes like teacups and washbasins, but in addition to verbal commendations, there are still other expressions of appreciation.

After the autumn harvest, the crop stalks are distributed, and the first households to enter can pick them first. After paying the public grain and leaving seeds, the remaining peanuts, soybeans, cotton, etc. will also be picked first.

In the past, people who raised pigs collectively could pick the pork first.

In addition, if there is a job recruitment or other good things, the first households to enter will be given the first chance.

There are many intangible benefits, such as the first households to enter the brigade have a better reputation and more prestige. When they have problems, everyone likes to ask them to mediate and judge. When they have conflicts with others, everyone tends to think that they are right, and ordinary people dare not provoke them.

After the autumn harvest and autumn planting, the members are relatively relaxed, but it is the busiest time for the accountant.

On the surface, Lin Shu is an assistant accountant, but in fact she is like the chief accountant. Not only does she calculate the accounts of the entire brigade, but she also takes charge of the accounts of each production team.

After all, the level of accountants in some production teams is not much better than Lu Shaocai.

Because rations and dividends are divided according to last year's work points, they have to calculate the work points of the year before last, the work points and rations, dividends of last year, and this year's rations and dividends.

Whoever got more points had to get it back, whoever got less points had to get it back, and those who owed money to the team had to keep the accounts.

She led people to make account forms for each production team, listing the work points, rations, dividends, etc. from the year before and last.

Then they were asked to fill in the blanks, and fill in the blanks after calculating them, so that it was clear at a glance.

In order to let the brigade secretary and the brigade leader know Brother Lu's ability, Lin Shu used the excuse that there were too many accounts and everyone was too busy, so she asked Brother Lu to help, and there was no need to give him extra work points and rations.

The secretary and the brigade leader agreed, it was a good thing to settle the accounts early and distribute dividends to the members early.

Lin Shu asked Brother Lu to go to the production team below to help first, so that the accountants of other production teams would know his ability!

Big Brother Lu had no resistance or aversion to Lin Shu's command. On the contrary, he was quite happy and felt that he had a place to use his skills.

Since Big Sister Lu became a tractor driver, Big Brother Lu's previous boasting habit has changed a lot.

In the past, he had a high opinion of himself and always felt that he was delayed by the times. If he had been in the past, he would be so and so, and he would definitely be better than his father.

He was quite dissatisfied that his mother married him a black and strong woman who was not pretty enough, so from time to time he would make fun of his wife for being black, ugly, and strong. If Big Sister Lu was not convinced and argued with him or got angry, he might be even more dissatisfied and do something weird.

But his wife cheerfully admitted that she was dark, strong, ugly and stupid, and she praised him for being pretty and smart all day long. Instead, he felt comfortable with the praise, and his original dissatisfaction became just talk, and he was not that dissatisfied in his heart.

Then he and Mrs. Lu went to learn to drive a tractor together. There was a large group of people learning together, and in front of everyone, Mrs. Lu was better than him.

He was a little unconvinced and uncomfortable at first, but later he was given a second chance, and he still didn't get selected, so he... accepted reality.

There was still a big gap between him and his wife, not as much as he thought.

He couldn't compare to his wife, and he couldn't compare to his brother's wife.

Lin Shu learned to drive a tractor faster than his wife, and was better at calculating than his father.

These women compared him so well... that he was embarrassed to brag and make fun of his wife at home.

Unconsciously, he was no longer sour, no longer jealous of his wife, no longer unconvinced, and no longer arrogant and thought that women were inferior to men.

Except for still being greedy, he became... humble.

Now Lin Shu asked him to help with the accounting, he was very grateful and felt that his sister-in-law was lifting him up.

He cherished the opportunity and worked hard. When he saw that the accountant of the production team below was not good enough, he did not laugh at him in person, but focused on being diligent.

The accountant and production team leader of the production team below praised him highly, praising him for being humble and dedicated, which was different from his usual chatting.

They all felt that they had known him again.

Zhao Meifeng also asked Lu Shaocai to be careful of Brother Lu, so as not to let him take his job. However, Lu Shaocai did not worry about Brother Lu. He was getting angry with Lin Shu day by day.

There was no need for Lin Shu to scold him or do anything, she just sat there and he felt uncomfortable. He

originally thought that the young widow was pretty and pleasing to the eyes.

Now?

What the hell!

Look at her red, puffy mouth that is designed to irritate people, look at her watery, hateful eyes, even the strands of hair that fluttered by her temples had irritating curves and light!

In order to squeeze out Lin Shu, he used all kinds of methods to pull the accountants of the production team below, especially Lu Changgong of the Lujiazhuang production team.

He sat there and brainwashed Lu Changgong vigorously, telling him this and that, which made Lu Changgong feel very nervous.

Lin Shu thought it was ridiculous, the pit I dug for you was clearly there, but you didn't care and instead went after Lu Changgong?

How stupid.

She got tired of sitting, so she took her teacup and went out for a stroll to see Tiantian, Panpan and the other kids.

They were performing the Red Women's Army in the brigade yard, with Huzi playing the role of Nan Batian, Panpan was the instructor of the Women's Army, and Tiantian was naturally Wu Qionghua.

Lu Shaocai's daughter Lu Jinling came to see him, "Dad, the election will be held after the autumn harvest, you should prepare for it as soon as possible."

Lu Shaocai didn't take it seriously, "What are you preparing for? Elections every year, so what?"

Lu Jinling glanced at Lu Changgong, and Lu Changgong went to the infirmary for a stroll.

Lu Jinling whispered, "Dad, didn't you hear it? People outside say that she is more suitable to be an accountant than you, and the secretary of the branch praised her as being better at accounting than the second master."

"What?" Although Lu Shaocai was thinking all day that Lin Shu would threaten him, it didn't happen in reality, so he was not really afraid.

Now that he heard his daughter say this, he immediately lost his composure.