"Go to sleep quickly," Lu Ming was lost in thought for a while when he was woken up by the sound of Zhang Anan opening the door. Seeing her blushing face, he knew she was shy. Without saying anything else, he told her to lie down and then got up to turn off the oil lamp.
Zhang Anan's heart was beating so fast that she tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
The next day, the family of six went out early. Each person put one baby in a backpack and pulled another baby in each hand. They set off with high spirits.
"Mom and Dad, are we there yet?" Lu Chenlin asked confusedly, rubbing his eyes.
"Son, we're here. Come down and walk around. Your dad's arm is about to break," Lu Ming put him on the ground and rubbed his sore arm, feeling sorry for his misjudgment! The children were still too young to walk that far. Fortunately, he wasn't alone, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.
We can't just apply modern thinking to things; some of it doesn't meet current requirements! For example, he thought he could just hitchhike on the street.
"Wow, Dad, is this a commune or a county town?" Lu Chenyao looked at the tall building standing in front of her.
"Not yet. We still have to take a bus to the county town. Hurry up and don't get lost," Zhang Anan, who had been here twice, greeted them.
A group of six people arrived at the county town in a dizzying passenger bus.
"Huh, we're finally here," Lu Ming held one in each hand, pulled one in the other, and let out a long sigh.
"Oh, this is too uncomfortable to sit on. I don't want to sit on this when I go back," Zhang Anan squatted on the ground. If she hadn't been holding the two children in her hands, she would have sat on the ground without caring about her image.
Lu Ming didn't expect that the car was so difficult to ride at this time, but he thought too highly of it and underestimated how difficult it would be.
"Let's go!" After resting for a while, Lu Ming stood up. He heard the rumbling sound of the baby's stomach in his arms.
"I'm hungry. Take me to eat quickly," Zhang Anan recovered and felt a little hungry.
"Let's go! Go ask where the State-Owned Hotel is."
After asking someone, the few people, their stomachs rumbling, arrived at the door of the State-owned Hotel.
"Dad, this is so big!"
"Dad, it smells so good, let's go in quickly."
"Dad, I'm hungry."
"OK, go in"
A few hungry kids pulled them and rushed in.
"Hey, slow down, don't be in a hurry," Lu Ming quickly pulled them back for fear of bumping into others.
The family ate four large bowls of beef noodles and packed up several large meat buns. They all walked out of the door with their bellies bulging.
"Dad, where is this?"
"Brother, you're stupid. This is a supply and marketing cooperative! Look, there are words on it," Lu Chenyao pointed to a plaque and showed it to them.
"Our Yaoyao is awesome. She even recognized this. That's amazing. Keep it up!"
Lu Ming didn't expect his eldest daughter to be so amazing. He hadn't even taught her how to read yet, but she could already recognize so many words by herself.
"Hehe, mom taught me! I remember it."
Zhang Anan only remembered that she had only taught her once, but she didn't expect her memory to be so good.
Lu Ming and Zhang Anan had only one thought in mind at this moment, which was to train them well and not waste their talents.
"Let's go in and take a look. You can each choose a gift today, but it has to be within my ability," Lu Ming said with a wave of his hand.
"Do I have one too?" Zhang Anan leaned forward.
"You have it too, you can have whatever you want," Lu Ming said softly as he gently rubbed her head.
Zhang Anan felt embarrassed and hid for a moment, then pulled her two daughters inside.
"Daddy, let's go quickly, mom and sister are gone."
Lu Ming hurried to follow.
The supply and marketing cooperative was larger than the commune and had two floors, about 200 square meters, which was very similar to some small supermarkets in later generations.
There are many and varied things inside.
There is a salesperson at every counter. In this era, salesperson is a very attractive position. These staff members feel superior, have arrogant attitudes, and treat customers differently based on their taste.
Lu Ming has not met him yet.
"Dad, I want to buy this," Lu Chenlin came to a place where toys were sold, pointed at a toy car and looked up at Lu Ming.
"Okay, help your brother choose one too. Yaoyao and Xuanxuan, do you have anything you want?" Then he turned around and asked his two daughters.
"Yes, Xuan wants it," Lu Chenxuan pointed at a rag doll and shouted for it.
Lu Chenyao shook his head to indicate no.
A family of six walked slowly to the place where tools were sold.
"Dad, I want that, buy me that," Lu Chenyao pointed to a small hoe, which was a little big for her now. Lu Ming knew it was a medicine hoe.
"Are you sure? You can't change it once you buy it. Think it over carefully," Lu Ming was afraid that she was just in a whim and would ask for a change later.
"No, I want it. I want to use it to learn how to dig medicinal herbs from you," Lu Chenyao answered him seriously.
"Okay, okay! You are a very ambitious girl, not bad, not bad. You are also good, young man. I didn't expect you to have such a skill. Here, I will give it to you. I hope you can remember what you said today and study hard to become a useful person."
Suddenly an old man came out from behind the counter.
"Hello, grandpa," Zhang Anan gestured for them to say hello.
"Hello, old man. Thank you for your kindness. I will buy it for her. I can't call it a skill yet. I only know the basics. The child may want to learn it to help me reduce the burden." Lu Ming humbly refused. He didn't know the other person's character and was afraid of causing trouble for his family.
"Young man, it's good to be humble, but being too humble is arrogance. As an old man, I do have some ability to judge people. I spoke out because I thought the children were so cute. You were just doing it by the way."
Old Master Li raised his head and glanced at Lu Ming proudly.
Lu Ming was left in a state of confusion by this cute old man. He didn't expect that he was so arrogant.
"Okay, thank you for thinking highly of me, old man. It's my honor. Children, come and thank this old man," Lu Ming called on several children to express his gratitude.
"My last name is Li, call me Grandpa Li."
"Thank you, Grandpa Li," several children shouted in unison.
"Here, young man, take it. The family is very nice and treat them well. Let's go!"
Mr. Li walked behind the counter, picked up a package and handed it over along with the small hoe.
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment but still accepted it and took them to the next counter.
"Hey, I want that," Zhang Anan saw that Lu Ming was not in a good mood after meeting Mr. Li, so she pointed at something and called him.
"Ah, think carefully about what you want!"
"That's it," Zhang Anan pointed to something on the counter.
"You two have really good taste. This is a peep show that just arrived from Pengcheng. You can see there's a big "happiness" character on the back. You can give it to someone else or use it yourself. You can also put it like this," the salesperson explained with a smile and helped to demonstrate.
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