"Teacher, Master's wife, the car is full, so I won't take you there today. I have Sunday off this week, and Linglong and I will visit you at the medicinal material base then."
Bai Shuixian saw them off to the car, then stuffed the money and medicine her daughter had prepared into their hands, instructing them, "Teacher, I prepared these two bottles of medicine for strengthening your body. Give them to your wife and Meirong first. I'll bring some more next time, and you can take them too."
"Take this money and buy some nutritious meat for Master's wife and the others. As for grain and vegetables, don't go out and buy them. Linglong has prepared two bags for you in the trunk. Eat them for the next few days. We'll send some more over on the weekend."
The Shui family only had a few dollars in savings, and they really needed money now, so they didn't bother to be pretentious with her.
Professor Shui took it with both hands, "Wantang, I won't be polite with you. I'll accept it first. You and Linglong must take good care of yourselves. You have suffered a lot these years. Eat well and take care of your health. If you are healthy, you will have nothing to worry about."
"Teacher, we will take care of ourselves."
Bai Shuixian helped him get into the car and sat down, then said to Shui Meirong, who was sitting on the other side, "Sister Meirong, you can just stay there and rest assured. We will send you food and daily necessities over at the weekend."
"Wantang, Linglong, thank you." Shui Meirong choked.
Lu Jingchuan had already stuffed all the luggage into the trunk and had Shui Hongjie and his brother squeeze into the front passenger seat. He said to the mother and daughter, "Mom, Linglong, you two should go eat. I'll take them there first."
"Okay. Jingchuan, drive slowly." Bai Shuixian reminded.
The two Shui brothers, who were squeezed into the passenger seat, looked out the window and thanked politely with red eyes: "Aunt Gong, Sister Linglong, thank you."
"You two brothers are both filial and capable children. Don't dwell on what happened before. I'll send you some textbooks later. Spend more time studying and catch up on your lessons."
The two brothers have basically not been to school in these years. They have not received normal education like other children. They rely entirely on their elders to teach them at home. They also have to find ways to make money to supplement the family income. They are so sensible and mature that it is heartbreaking.
The two children were eager to study, and they were very happy to think that their family would be stable in the future. The two brothers grinned and said, "Okay, thank you, Auntie."
"Mom, Linglong, we're leaving first." Lu Jingchuan had already started the car and was ready to go.
"Okay, let's go."
Bai Shuixian stepped back slightly, waved goodbye to them, and watched the car disappear at the end of the street before she looked away.
After settling them down, Bai Shuixian breathed a sigh of relief. "Linglong, let's go and have dinner first. After dinner, go find the Yao brothers and ask them to save half a pig for us. I won't be going to the sanatorium this afternoon. I'll boil some lard in my space and send some to the teachers on the weekend."
"good."
The mother and daughter each ordered a bowl of noodles at the state-owned restaurant. After the meal, Gong Linglong went to find the Yao brothers, while Bai Shuixian went to the state-owned store to buy things.
The Yao brothers slaughtered the five pigs they had collected in the morning, leaving her the pork fat and offal she wanted. When they saw the fifteen pigs delivered, they immediately asked someone to drive a tractor to pick them up, and without saying a word, they agreed to leave her half a pig, asking her to pick it up anytime in the afternoon.
Bai Shuixian was busy in the space in the afternoon. She fried lard, smoked fish, fed the chickens and ducks, harvested grain and fruits, cleaned the empty pigpen, and prepared a lot of medicine. When her daughter got off work, she found a chance to come out of the space.
She did not return to the nursing home at night. She only returned to the nursing home after sending her daughter to the commuter bus.
When Gong Linglong returned home, smoke was rising from the kitchen roof. Lu Jingchuan was already preparing dinner at home. He put down his backpack and went to the kitchen carrying the pork.
Seeing her come back with the meat, Lu Jingchuan smiled and said, "Mom took a day off today, why didn't you ask her to come back for dinner?"
"She said she would come back on Sunday. I cut a small piece of meat for her and asked her to take it back to the dormitory and stew it."
Gong Linglong told a little lie. In fact, the pork was stewed in the space. The mother and daughter had a meal in the space, and the mother took the rest back to the sanatorium to eat.
Lu Jingchuan took the meat, washed it, and immediately began to cut it. As he cut, he said, "Linglong, Professor Shui and the others have settled in. There are vacant dormitories at the base, and we've allocated three small rooms for them. Professor Shui's two elders will serve as technical instructors, and Aunt Shui knows how to handle medicinal herbs, so she'll be assigned to work in the pharmacy. Hongjie and his brother will mainly take care of the two elders and help with some minor chores."
"Brother Jing, thank you for your hard work."
Gong Linglong took the initiative to step forward and gave him a kiss. If it weren't for his help, the Shui family's affairs would definitely not have gone so smoothly.
“You are not allowed to say words like ‘thank you’ and ‘thank you for your hard work’.”
Lu Jingchuan reminded her seriously, pointing to his cheek, his eyes deep: "Gong Linglong, you made a mistake, you must accept the punishment, do it twice more."
"Oh..."
Gong Linglong smiled, held his head, and kissed him from his forehead all the way down, deliberately kissing his wet face.
Lu Jingchuan: "..."
His wife loves to flirt and provoke people. If he didn't have to teach her how to drive later, he would have wanted to drag her into the house now and let her know the consequences of provoking others.
The couple worked together and quickly cooked one meat dish and two vegetable dishes. After dinner, they immediately went out to arrange driving lessons.
Lu Jingchuan actually did what he had promised last night. When they arrived, Commander Zhu was already waiting in the parking lot, eating with a bowl in his hand and arguing with the guards while eating.
Gong Linglong could hear Commander Zhu's rich theoretical skills from a distance. She walked over with a stifled smile and handed the lunch box to them with a bright smile: "Commander Zhu, Comrade Xu, Deputy Regimental Commander Lu cooked this dish, twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts. Let's try it together."
When they heard that it was Lu Jingchuan who fried it, Commander Zhu and the other man became interested. They put the aluminum box on the hood of the car, opened it, and divided it equally between them.
The pork produced in the space is really delicious. The meat is fresh, sweet and oily. It is stir-fried in the ordinary home-style way without any seasoning except garlic sprouts and chili peppers. The taste is so good that people praise it again and again.
By the time they finished their meal, Gong Linglong had memorized all the parts. When Commander Zhu came over to teach her theoretical techniques, she listened carefully, took notes attentively, and asked many key questions at the right time. She studied very well and patiently for half an hour.
After memorizing everything, without Commander Zhu asking questions to test her, she fluently explained and repeated it herself, and asked, "Commander Zhu, did I get it right?"
“All correct.”
Commander Zhu looked pleased and praised her: "She is worthy of being the most educated military wife in the family compound."
Gong Linglong pursed her lips and smiled softly, then began to turn the key. "I've learned all the steps to drive. I think it's very simple. I've seen Brother Jing drive before, so I'll give it a try first."
"Okay, let Deputy Captain Lu teach you."
Commander Zhu did not get in the car, intending to stand there and see how she performed on the road.
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