"It's alright, it's alright. Keep an eye on the fire, the food is going to burn."
Lu Ronghui smiled and reminded her brother to be careful with the food in the pot.
Although Lu Yang was worried, she remained normal afterward, and what had just happened seemed like a minor incident.
Song Qing returned from Chen Yuehong's house, carrying An'an who had run off again.
"It's almost time to eat, and you're still going out. Look how dirty your sleeves are!"
Lu Ronghui usually washes her own clothes, while Lu Yang washes the clothes of Song Qing and her son.
This little girl doesn't care at all whether her father lives or dies; she makes clothes so worn out every day that they're unrecognizable.
The beautiful clothes that Song Qing made for her became unwearable after only a few wears.
If it weren't for the abundance of fabric at home, Song Qing would definitely have given her a good spanking.
"hey-hey"
An'an thrashed about, pleading for help from her father and aunt, but the two knew everything about her daily activities and didn't even glance at her.
As the weather got warmer, the family set up their dining table under the tree. Lu Yang had previously run an electrical cord from inside the house and installed a light bulb under the tree.
The family was eating under the tree. The breeze rustled the leaves, and An'an was often amused by them.
While she was eating, she secretly threw food under the table to the kitten, only stopping after Song Qing coughed lightly as a warning.
The kitten can eat solid food now. We usually feed it rice mixed with vegetable soup, but An'an and Lu Yang will secretly add extra vegetables to it from time to time.
Lu Yang firmly believes that cats should eat fish, and whenever he has a vacation, he takes An'an to the mountains and streams.
Since we always had to catch a lot of fish, we simply took another unused small tank from the side room and used it to raise fish.
The two animals in the house are like little devils. The kitten quickly realized that the fish in the small tank were for it. Lu Yang placed the tank in a shady corner of the wall, where there was something nearby for it to jump onto.
So every day the kitten would jump up to inspect its fish. Song Qing was always worried when she saw this. The kitten was so small; if it fell in and no one saw it, it would drown.
But its small body moved very steadily, and it walked around the edge of the tank twice with its head held high before jumping down.
"Cat-raccoon dog".
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An'an rolled around on the kang (a heated brick bed), but Song Qing objected to the kitten getting on the bed, so it could only jump around on the floor. An'an lay on the edge of the kang watching it and occasionally said a few words to it.
"Has Xiaohui been preoccupied with something these past few days?"
Lu Yang was still a little puzzled. Rong Hui must have something on her mind, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
Could it be a girl's crush? Lu Yang thought through all the men who had appeared around her, but then thought it was unlikely.
Girls really do cause a lot of worry when they grow up.
He looked at the silly-looking An'an and hoped that his daughter would stop causing him so much worry. It's okay if she's a little silly.
"Really?" Song Qing was drawing with a ruler and pen, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt it didn't quite look right.
"Is it because you have an exam next week and are feeling stressed?"
With so many educated youth in the city, there are only a few hundred spots available, and a large portion of those spots are reserved for staff recruited from other places and their families, so the competition is naturally fierce.
Lu Yang also knew that all he could do was to do a good job in logistics.
"Cat, jump!"
The cats and goslings in the house don't have names; they're just called by their breeds. But they're both very intelligent and can understand.
The two jumped around a few times, one on the kang (a heated brick bed) and the other on the ground. An'an wasn't satisfied, so she quickly climbed off the kang, grabbed her little pillow, and took the kitten to find Lu Ronghui.
My aunt allowed the kitten to climb onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and she wanted to sleep with the kitten in her arms.
Lu Yang was hoping no one would bother him. Song Qing was still drawing at her desk, so he moved over and sat down next to her without saying a word, just quietly watching her draw.
"How about it?"
Lu Yang couldn't understand them, but he felt that the diagrams were very neat and profound.
"Master Liu said I learned it quite well."
Master Liu is a technician who was sent over from the neighboring state-owned cotton mill. He has decades of experience and came here to train them.
The textile factory building was completed, and some machines began to move in. However, some workbenches were still missing, and Song Qing thought of the furniture factory in Lizicun.
She asked Master Liu to draw up some rough blueprints, and then gave them everything the furniture factory could do.
The furniture factory workers were very happy. This year, the city stores and supply and marketing cooperatives were ordering less goods, so almost no one expected the furniture factory to bring in much profit this year.
Unexpectedly, another large order came in.
As long as this order is completed, the whole village will have no worries about dividends this year, and they will also have money to buy a harvester for the village. Song Qing has helped them solve a big problem.
To express their gratitude to Song Qing, they made a large, exquisitely crafted chest of drawers that could be placed in the hall.
Song Qing was naturally unwilling to accept it, but they simply took it and placed it at the gatehouse.
Lu Yang couldn't understand the blueprints and didn't dare to disturb her. He just craned his neck and noticed that his wife's eyes would light up whenever she did what she wanted.
"Our leader even called me in today to praise the women in your textile factory for being bold and capable, and for doing something really good for our residential compound."
Lu Yang has received many accolades over the years and has developed a thick skin. This time, Song Qing was being praised, but he was also honored. He straightened his back and looked smug.
"Heh, I wasn't praising you, what are you so smug about!" The leader didn't expect him to become so arrogant instead.
“I am one of the unsung family members behind those female comrades, unconditionally supporting their work at home, and I naturally share in their honors.”
The boss was so angry that he kicked him in the butt. He had never seen such a shameless person.
"Director Zhang came over when I was at Chen Yuehong's house."
Song Qing stopped writing and looked up at Lu Yang.
"State-owned cotton mill in D province in the south".
Lu Yang immediately understood that this was the business trip training they had mentioned some time ago.
"...So far away."
Most of the equipment in the textile factory was built with Soviet assistance, while the Northern Factory now mostly uses machinery produced by the State Machinery Plant, and there are significant differences between the two.
"Zhao Qin's father introduced us to a state-owned cotton mill. That mill was large-scale and had Soviet equipment as well as Shanghai-branded Baiyu cotton mills."
Director Shen's idea was that our equipment would be used for several years, so we should first go and learn about Soviet-style equipment, and then update the technicians' knowledge when we switched to equipment from other machinery factories.
More importantly, the textile industry in the south is more developed.
It was all arranged by the factory, so Lu Yang naturally understood.
"how long?"
They had actually been mentally prepared for this, and they had even talked to An'an about it, but Lu Yang was still a little worried when he heard that they were going so far away.
"One month."
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