Chapter 48
On the day when Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia were having a drink, Lu Che took an hour off for the first time and brought Jiang Yao back to Qingyuan at 4:30.
She originally thought that it was the street-smart gene in him that was acting up. He was afraid that if he arrived too late, the food would be eaten up by others, so he left early.
Who knew that he would take a shower as soon as he got home, and then put on his best clothes. Finally, he did not forget to instruct Jiang Yao, "Wife, you and the children should also change into the new clothes you will wear on New Year's Day."
Dressed up like this, Jiang Yao couldn't help but wonder, "Is this you marrying a wife or Zhao Pengfei marrying a wife?"
"Of course it's him. I have a wife, who cares about his wife?" Lu Che said as a matter of course.
Jiang Yao: "Then why are you dressed so nicely? If someone doesn't know, they would think you are getting married."
Lu Che was wearing a pair of trousers, a white shirt, a sweater vest knitted by Jiang Yao, and a pair of leather shoes. With his handsome face and good figure, he looked very elegant. If he went to the wedding like this, he would steal the limelight from the groom.
In fact, Boss Lu was going to show off today. He fastened the last button and looked at himself in the mirror again and again. After making sure that he was very handsome, he walked to Jiang Yao and said with a smile on his face, "I want everyone to know how wise it was for you to choose me instead of him."
"...Can you not be so childish?" Jiang Yao was speechless. She thought that it wasn't her who didn't choose Zhao Pengfei, but Zhao Pengfei who didn't choose her. However, she didn't dare to say this.
"Wife, stop talking so much. Change your clothes first. I'll go change Changchang and Xiaolu." Lu Che pushed her to the closet, and walked to the crib and started changing the children's clothes.
"..." Jiang Yao felt helpless, but still cooperated with him.
After Jiang Yao changed her clothes, she saw that Lu Che was almost done with his work, so she didn't go to help. She took out a red envelope from the drawer and said, "Zhu Xia and the others said that the share of money is 50 cents. I was planning to go with the main group, but now there are four of us. Do you think we should add a little? How about 80 cents?"
"No, just fifty cents." Lu Che said fussily, "How much can our son and daughter eat? We should be generous when we should be generous, and be stingy when we should be stingy."
"Okay." Jiang Yao did not insist, for fear that she would follow suit too much and put the other educated youth in a difficult position.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you last night." Lu Che suddenly said, "Isn't our brother coming back to visit in May? Take out the money he sent you in the past year or two, and add a little more. Then give it back as a gift. We can't let our sister-in-law feel that our brother is just subsidizing us."
"I understand. We'll keep the money he sent me somewhere else. I estimate there will be about 600 yuan by then. The tickets have an expiration date, and most of them have been spent. We'll give him an additional 200 yuan. What do you think?" Jiang Yao asked.
"Okay, do whatever you want. It's up to you." Lu Che said indifferently.
"..." He is indeed a famous double standard. He doesn't feel bad if his own people give him 200 yuan, but he is unhappy if others give him 30 cents more.
"What kind of person do you think my sister-in-law is?" Jiang Yao has been hanging since she read the letter Jiang Zhen sent last night. "Do you think she is considerate or straightforward? She shouldn't be a shrew, right?"
When she thought of this possibility, Jiang Yao's face fell. Lu Che found it funny and said, "What kind of look does our brother have? How can he look down on a shrew? Don't worry, a pot should match its lid. If it can catch our brother's eye, it will be good."
"That's true, I'm just afraid that he will be blind for a while." Jiang Yao was still worried.
Lu Che thought she was worrying too much. "My brother is already so old. Many people must have introduced him to potential partners over the years. If he wanted to go blind, he would have done it a long time ago. Why wait until today?"
"You speak as if you know my brother very well." Jiang Yao muttered softly.
"I just understand." Lu Che said as a matter of course, "He and I are the same kind of people. I don't care about anything until I meet someone I like."
He stared at her with a burning gaze, full of suggestion. Jiang Yao's heart was a little fluttered and her face was slightly hot.
"Okay, let's stop talking and get out of here. We're going to be late." Jiang Yao shyly looked away.
"Wife, why are you shy?" Lu Che suddenly pulled her into his arms, "I'm speaking from the heart."
"I understand. Changchang and Xiaolu are watching you. You better be careful." Jiang Yao pushed him.
Lu Che didn't care and said, "What does a child know?"
"...Children are much smarter than you think." Jiang Yao said righteously: "I'm telling you seriously, you have to be tactful in front of children in the future. They have a strong ability to imitate. If they do something shocking outside one day, we will be embarrassed."
"Okay, I get it. I'll hug and kiss them after they fall asleep next time."
“…”
Although they got off work early, they spent a long time at home getting dressed. When they arrived at the granary, it was already bustling with activity.
Originally, Lu Qianyuan was Zhao Pengfei's relative, and he was now staying at his house, so it was most appropriate to hold the wedding banquet nearby. But after Lu Zhisen's incident, many people looked down on Lu Qianyuan and Chen Shuanglian, and Zhao Pengfei invited quite a few people to the banquet this time, so it would be better to choose another place for such a festive day.
Finally, he asked Lu Dazhou to set up a stove and tables for the banquet in the open space outside the granary.
Because they had agreed with Zhu Xia in advance to sit at the same table, there would still be seats even if they arrived late.
At their table were several female educated youth and their families, all of whom were acquaintances, and they started chatting when they got together.
Of course, the most eye-catching person was Jiang Yao, because she went to work in the mechanical and electrical factory.
"Lu Che, you are so capable. You only worked in the mechanical and electrical factory for a year and you were able to get Yaoyao in." Zhou Qiong said enviously.
"This has nothing to do with me." Lu Che did not dare to take credit. "Yaoyao took good care of the two children. Our factory leader saw it, so he invited her to be the head of the childcare team."
"Team leader?" Wen Qian opened her eyes wide and asked softly, "Yaoyao, you are an official now, can you find a way for me to be a childcare worker?"
Zhou Qiong didn't dare to fall behind when he heard this, and immediately echoed: "And me, and me."
"It's not impossible, but there is a prerequisite." Jiang Yao said with a smile: "You must first become the family members of our mechanical and electrical factory employees? Or you can consider the single male employees of our mechanical and electrical factory?"
When Zhou Qiong and Wen Qian heard this, they were immediately shocked and muttered, "The best ones in the electromechanical factory are all owned by other people. Let's not talk about the rest."
"Pfft..." Everyone burst into laughter.
Although their words were a bit harsh, the brothers Zhang Dong invited that day, although not insignificant, were instantly outshined by Zhang Dong, not to mention Lu Che.
Just as everyone was laughing, tonight's protagonists Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia came over.
"Thank you all for your presence. I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. Please eat more later." Du Yuejia said to everyone shyly.
"Don't worry, I won't be polite to you."
Everyone stood up as they talked and handed them the red envelopes that had been prepared in advance.
Jiang Yao was holding the little deer, so she asked Lu Che to deliver the red envelope.
"Congratulations, and I wish you a happy marriage and a long life together." No matter how childish Boss Lu is at home, he behaves very normally outside.
"Thank you." Zhao Pengfei took the red envelope.
The two of them stared at each other without flinching, and there was an unknown smell of gunpowder between them.
However, it only took a few seconds before they all looked away at the same time.
Lu Che was about to sit down when his arm was suddenly patted, and then he heard a woman say, "Groom, congratulations..."
Before she finished her words, Lu Che had already turned his head. When she saw his face, she stopped talking and said, "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person."
The woman was old and her eyesight might not be good. Lu Che didn't bother with her and pointed to the side, "This is the groom."
The woman looked at the groom's boutonniere on Zhao Pengfei's left chest, and after making sure she would not mistake him for someone else, she handed over the red envelope and said, "Congratulations, and I wish you a son soon."
"Thank you, I appreciate your advice." Zhao Pengfei took the red envelope.
At this time, someone else came to give a gift. The woman was afraid that others would mistake him for the groom, so she immediately said to the newcomer, "The one wearing the flower is the groom. Don't make the same mistake as me and make a fool of myself by mistaking him for the groom."
"Auntie, how bad are your eyesight? You can even make such a mistake." Someone joked.
"I can't help it." The woman pointed at Lu Che and said, "Look at how smart and handsome he is dressed today. Even the groom can't compare to him. How can I not admit my mistake?"
“…”
Regardless of whether the woman's words were sincere or exaggerated, she successfully made Zhao Pengfei's face turn black.
As for Lu Che, he was so happy that he even said, "How can that be possible? No matter who it is today, it is impossible for the groom to be as handsome as him."
His veiled sarcasm made Zhao Pengfei's face even darker. In order not to ruin his own place, he held back and pulled Du Yuejia to another table where the educated youth were sitting.
After Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia had their dinner, the New Year was almost over and the Qingyuan Production Team was about to enter the busy farming season, when the first crop of rice was to be planted.
But before that, the newlyweds once again invited everyone to dinner because they were going back to the provincial capital.
Zhao Pengfei's going to the countryside was just a formality. With his parents' relationship in the provincial capital, it was impossible for him to stay in the countryside forever. In fact, after a year in the countryside, Yang Li wanted to take him back, but because of Du Yuejia, he was unwilling.
Now that Yang Li has made a big concession and agreed to their marriage, she will definitely take the opportunity to transfer Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia back together.
Zhao Pengfei was reluctant at first. He knew that he was not good at farm work and did not have any skills, so there was not much room for development in the countryside. But he just didn't want to leave.
Maybe deep down, I still feel that if I stay in the countryside, I can see Jiang Yao occasionally. If I go back to the city, I may not see her once a year.
Yang Li didn't know why her son was so stubborn, but since he insisted on marrying Du Yuejia, she used Du Yuejia to play the victim, saying things like you can suffer but you can't let your wife suffer with you, and that it would be very pitiful for your wife to do farm work when she gets pregnant in the future. Finally, she convinced Zhao Pengfei.
No one else was invited to this dinner except the educated youth.
From the original thirteen educated youth to only eight now, everyone can't help but feel a little emotional.
Everyone talked a lot that night, and the meal didn't end until almost nine o'clock.
Zhang Dong was waiting for Zhu Xia at Lu's house, so Jiang Yao and Zhu Xia went back together.
When they arrived at the Lu family, it was already late, so Jiang Yao and Lu Che did not keep the two of them any longer and asked them to go back early.
After seeing them off, Jiang Yao and Lu Che returned to the room and took showers separately. By the time they lay down on the bed, it was already ten o'clock.
Having already eaten meat last night, Lu Che was still quite conscious tonight. He just hugged his wife, kissed her for a while, and then let her go.
Jiang Yao nestled in his arms, just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard him say, "Wife, Zhang Dong said he found two houses for me tonight, let's find some time to go and take a look."
Hearing the word "house", Jiang Yao, who was originally sleepy, suddenly became alert. She turned around and faced him and asked, "Where is it? Can I see it tomorrow at noon?"
"Are you in such a hurry?" Lu Che said with a smile.
"It's not urgent." Jiang Yao said: "The preparations for the nursery are already on track, and we estimate that we will be able to start accepting infants and young children in May. If we can move out before then, it will be much more convenient to take Changchang and Xiaolu to the nursery every day."
"Besides, renting a house is just the first step. We still have to pack up and move. There will be a lot of work to do later. Do you think we can move in in a day or two?"
"Okay, okay, I'll ask Zhang Dong to arrange it when I go to work tomorrow morning." Lu Che said, "But I have to make it clear in advance that those houses are definitely not as big as ours, so don't have too high expectations."
"I see. How can you just have a mansion like this?" Jiang Yao said, "All I ask for is that it's clean, well-lit, and big enough for us to live in."
Lawyer Jiang’s request sounded simple, but it was not easy to find such a house. They looked for half a month before they found a satisfactory one.
Even though the rent was 20% higher than expected, Boss Lu agreed without blinking an eye.
"Why don't you bargain over the price with the landlord?" Jiang Yao asked after the landlord left.
"Money can't buy what you love. If you like this house, it doesn't matter if it's a little expensive." Big Boss Lu said generously, "When I went to the provincial capital, I brought back a few more things and made up for the money."
"Okay, but this house is really good." Jiang Yao said with satisfaction: "The patio is big enough, Changchang and Xiaolu can play outside when they are at home, and there are enough rooms, so when my brother and sister-in-law come to visit, they will also have rooms to sleep in."
When it comes to Jiang Zhen coming back to visit his family, Lu Che said, "Let's work harder and try to move in before our brother and his family come back."
"Well, starting from tomorrow, we will start to arrange it little by little."
Although they said they were arranging things together, Jiang Yao was actually just acting as a military advisor, and Lu Che was the one doing all the running errands. Firstly, he didn't want her to work so hard, and secondly, he was also busy with work at the nursery.
Jiang Yao was busy for half a month just to recruit people through layers of screening. After the new employees joined the company, she had to be busy training them.
She has fully prepared the training content, ranging from basic parenting knowledge to taking care of children's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and has completed every step of the training before the childcare workers take up their posts.
In addition, in order to encourage caregivers to actively learn, she also established a last-in-first-out system.
The nursery originally planned to recruit 20 people, but she accepted 22 people. Then they were evaluated based on their performance during the training. The last two people in the evaluation would be eliminated directly, and the remaining 20 people would become formal employees of the nursery.
In doing so, she not only prevented people from taking advantage of the situation, but also stopped others from accusing her of "favoritism". After all, anyone who was admitted was admitted because of their ability.
Because of this, she had to wait until the training was over before she had time to go and check on the house.
Mr. Lu's execution ability was indeed very strong. In addition to decorating the house according to her requirements, he always gave her surprises everywhere. For example, he made a wooden horse for the brother and sister, and he had already reclaimed land in the yard and planted various vegetables.
Looking at the new home that has gradually taken shape, Jiang Yao happily leaned into Lu Che's arms, "Our new home is great, thank you for your hard work during this period."
"It's not hard." Lu Che smiled and said, "Building a nest for my wife and children is not hard, but happiness."
"You're so sweet." Jiang Yao looked up at him, "Thank you for your hard work."
Lu Che lowered his eyes and looked at her, "You're just saying thank you?"
"Not only that, you need to move your mouth too." Jiang Yao raised her hands to hug his neck, stood on tiptoes and gave him a kiss.
It was rare for her to initiate a kiss, so of course Lu Che had to enjoy it slowly, allowing her to take the initiative without any rules. After a long time, he finally took the initiative and attacked forcefully.
When the kiss ended, she leaned in his arms to catch her breath, and asked him, "When will the new bed be delivered?"
"The day after tomorrow." Lu Che said with a wicked smile: "What's wrong? Do you want to be here now?"
"I'm serious." Jiang Yao reached out and patted him, saying, "Once the new bed is moved in, we'll start moving. We've got a lot of new furniture this time, so we can move fewer big pieces, but there's a lot of miscellaneous stuff."
"Well, let's move the things that we don't use often over here little by little in the next few days. When they are almost done, we can use a bullock cart to move them two or three times, and it will probably be fine." Lu Che said, "You just need to pack the things according to the stages, and leave the rest to me."
"Okay, it's about time, let's go back to work."
"Will you not kiss me for a while before you leave?"
"If we kiss again, we'll be late, and this place isn't very close to the electromechanical plant."
"Then we'll kiss each other again when we get home tonight."
“…”
While having dinner at home in the evening, Jiang Yao told the old lady about the move. "Grandma, when you have time, pack up your things. Just small things like clothes. We won't move the big things."
"No one is moving? Not even moving the bed?" the old lady asked in surprise.
"We're not moving. We'll make new furniture for all of them." Jiang Yao was worried that the old lady would accuse them of being wasteful, so she added, "This house isn't completely idle. We can come back and stay for a night on Sundays. Otherwise, the house will always be empty and we won't know if someone else crawls in and steals things."
"I see." The old lady nodded and asked, "Is the rented house far away?"
Her voice sounded somewhat nervous. Although it didn't matter where she lived with the young people, she had lived in this old house for most of her life and now she was going to move out, so she felt a little nervous.
"Not far away, near the county department store." Jiang Yao said.
In fact, what attracted me to this house was not only its good hardware conditions, but also its convenience. It was also some distance away from the mechanical and electrical plant, so it would be difficult to run into acquaintances there. After all, I rented it secretly.
It had been a long time since the last time they went to the department store, but the old lady still remembered where it was. She was still a little worried and asked, "Will we be discovered if we move there suddenly?"
"It's okay, grandma. The landlord is also an old lady. Her son works in the Revolutionary Committee, and she wants to use this vacant house to make some pocket money. With them protecting us, we don't have to worry. And it just so happens that their last name is Lu. If anyone asks, we can just say we are their relatives."
After Jiang Yao's detailed explanation, the old lady finally felt relieved. However, after leaving Qingyuan, the old neighbors who had lived around her for decades would no longer be around, and Changchang and Xiaolu would go to the nursery again, so she would definitely feel lonely at home alone.
But as long as her descendants are healthy, she doesn't care about this imperfection.
As they continued to move things, word of the Lu family's move gradually spread throughout Qingyuan Village. However, they had made up a reason in advance for moving to the dormitory of the electromechanical factory, so some people couldn't say anything no matter how jealous they felt.
Finally, at the end of April, they moved into their new home.
The weather was already getting hot. Lu Che had bought an electric fan from the county town last time. On the first day of moving into his new home, he could enjoy the coolness brought by electricity.
The brother and sister were full of curiosity about this big thing that could blow cool air, and they stretched out their hands to get it. Fortunately, Jiang Yao asked Lu Che to put the fan high in advance, otherwise if they put their little hands in it, the consequences would be disastrous.
I wanted to invite Zhang Dong and Zhu Xia to dinner tonight to celebrate and thank Zhang Dong for his help. If he hadn't asked around, how could he have rented such a good house? However, because today was a working day, the old lady was alone at home taking care of the two children and had no time to prepare a sumptuous meal.
"Next week is Changchang and Xiaolu's first birthday. Let's celebrate their birthdays properly and invite Zhang Dong and Zhu Xia over as well," suggested the old lady.
"Okay." Jiang Yao raised both hands in agreement, "That day is Sunday, we all have a day off, I can cook, and grandma doesn't have to work so hard."
"Okay, I'll buy some more meat then," Lu Che said.
"By the way, Yaoyao, if you are free these two days, tell Lu Qing, Lu Yuan and your brother our new address and ask them to send their letters here in the future." The old lady reminded.
"Grandma, don't worry about this." Jiang Yao said, "After renting the house, I told them the new address. I guess next time I go to the post office to pick up the letter, I'll write this address when I mail it."
"That's good. Yaoyao, you really make people feel at ease with your work."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.
"Who is it?" Everyone looked at each other, "We just moved here, no one should be back."
"Is it Zhu Xia and the others?" Jiang Yao asked.
"It's possible." Lu Che said, "I'll go open the door and take a look."
Having said that, he stood up, turned around and walked out.
After a while, Lu Che's voice came from outside, "Yaoyao, come out quickly, our brother and sister-in-law are back."
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