The story of raising a baby in the 60th courtyard

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Chapter 16

◎Coming for you◎

Liu Susu originally planned to help Yu Hongying, but Yu Hongying asked her to rest, saying that her cooking skills were not very good, and the food was brought back from the canteen, as long as it was heated As long as it was hot, no help was needed. Liu Susu couldn't resist her, so she had to come out first.

As soon as I came out, I found Captain Zhang standing outside the yard. He remembered the method he had thought of using shoe glue to make pipes, so he hurriedly walked out. But before he got closer, he heard his name ringing, thinking that Mr. Zhong If he had anything to do with me, he would respond specifically.

Mr. Zhong was almost scared to death!

Sure enough, he was afraid of what he wanted. The more he didn't want to hear people asking about the results of Liu Susu's political review, the more people asked him. Now it wasn't just Han Lie who asked, even the leader of the group didn't know why he came to join in the fun.

Now it's good, not only the results of the political review, but also Liu Susu herself came over.

Mr. Zhong twitched his lips, thinking how unlucky he was today, "Xiao Liu, are you here? I have nothing to do with you, but I was a little surprised when I suddenly heard that Lao Zhang wanted you to undergo a political review."

Captain Zhang and Mr. Zhong We are comrades-in-arms. Although one became a civil servant and the other a military soldier later on, the relationship between them was still quite close, and they were not as particular as outsiders.

He waved his hand and said, "It's not a political review, but I plan to recruit Xiao Liu to work in our office."

"Yes...ah, what did you say?"

Mr. Zhong was stunned.

Just now, he was only focused on how to explain the political review and didn't hear clearly at all. Now he couldn't believe his ears: "You want to recruit Xiaoliu? But isn't there a shortage of people in your office?" He

asked this question Implicit, the actual meaning is that Liu Susu has what ability to enter the Military Affairs Office.

It's not that Commander Zhong doesn't like Liu Susu, but the work of the Military Affairs Office is too special. As long as you go to work, you are equivalent to being a member of the army, so you must ask carefully.

Captain Zhang was not afraid of him asking. He was worried that he had no place to show off. When Master Zhong asked, he immediately told Liu Susu the drip irrigation method he had thought of.

"...These are all things Xiaoliu has figured out, and her field has already started trials. You can see how good the results are just by going over there and taking a look. Do you think we should recruit Xiaoliu in?" Mr. Zhong

still has some questions. He didn't react: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Truer than real gold!"

Captain Zhang is not a braggart. If he dares to guarantee this, it means that it is absolutely true.

Then why should we ask? As long as drip irrigation can not only save water, but also increase crop yields, as they said, let alone recruiting Liu Susu to work, they will just set up another office and let Liu Susu be the boss. no problem!

Food is the most important thing for the people.

Especially in a place where there are so many people in the army, having food and drink is the biggest headache for Commander Zhong. Although they can farm here and everyone has land, due to insufficient production, they have to go out to buy a lot of grain every year. This alone requires a lot of expenditure, and it is all wasted money!

Where does this money come from? It is not allocated by the state.

Not to mention that Commander Zhang felt embarrassed when he reported production every year, and even Commander Zhong was particularly embarrassed when requesting funding. Every year, their military region's expenditures were among the top.

Soldiers have a strong sense of honor. Who doesn't want to save money for the country, but there is no other way. You can't starve the soldiers just for that little bit of face, right?

Mr. Zhong was in great pain!

But if we could increase production, wouldn't all these problems be solved? Not only would we be full, but we could also save military expenses. For a moment, Commander Zhong's eyes were shining when he looked at Liu Susu.

It's not an exaggeration, it's really shining.

It was exactly the same as when Captain Zhang first heard about it.

Liu Susu coughed slightly uncomfortably, thinking that for people nowadays, there is really nothing more important than food.

She nodded: "What Commander Zhang said is true. As long as this method can be implemented throughout the military region, the output can increase by at least 20%."

This is still a conservative estimate. After all, due to the lack of water, the fields had insufficient nutrients. Most of the crops can be grown in the previous season. Even if they can barely grow the second season, they will basically be empty shells if there is a drought.

Mr. Zhong clapped his hands suddenly: "That's great! Xiao Zhang, you and Xiao Liu should start working on this now. Before May, it's best to try to win another season after the double grab!"

"I do, but the bamboo pipe issue has not been resolved yet..." Before Captain Zhang finished speaking, Liu Susu's voice suddenly came over: "Captain, I came to you just to tell you about this matter. I've thought of a way to handle the matter."

"Have you thought of it? What way!" Captain Zhang asked quickly.

Liu Susu pointed down: "Look at your shoes."

Both of them lowered their heads involuntarily and stared at the shoes for a long time. It was nothing. Aren't they just the Jiefang shoes they usually wear most?

"Can shoes be made into water pipes?" Captain Zhang looked confused.

"It's not the shoes, it's the glue on the front of the shoes."

"Glue?"

Liu Susu nodded: "Yes, the glue is not only hard, but also cheap. You don't have to worry about the price." Part of the farmland belongs to the military, even if it has to be used throughout the entire For military region promotion, the military side must charge a fee. At this time, the price issue must be considered. If it is too expensive, many people will definitely be reluctant to part with it.

But how much does a pair of Jiefang shoes cost? This glue is not expensive no matter how much you think!

"That's right!" Captain Zhang suddenly realized, "Xiao Liu, you are so smart that you can think of this method!"

Master Zhong was also amazed. At first, he thought it was Captain Zhang who made the decision, but Liu Susu I was just helping him. Now it seems that what I thought was completely the opposite. Liu Susu was obviously the one who came up with the idea.

"As expected of a junior college student!" Mr. Zhong sighed sincerely.

Captain Zhang was surprised: "Xiao Liu, you are still a college student!"

"What college student? Xiao Liu is a college student, Lao Zhong, why didn't you tell me!" Yu Hongying was about to come out to call them to eat when she heard this sentence , was surprised at that time.

Liu Susu smiled helplessly. When she saw Han Lie coming over, she lowered her voice and said, "You are right." It

seemed that Han Lie was right not to tell her academic qualifications before. If this spread to everyone, , everyone will be surprised, then she really can't live quietly.

Han Lie understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone is talking about me only."

Liu Susu was about to ask what she meant, but the next second she saw Yu Hongying, who had figured out the cause and effect, patted Han Lie with a sigh: " Xiao Han, you are so lucky!"

Han Lie raised his eyebrows at Liu Susu, who couldn't help but laugh.

At the dinner table, several people talked about irrigation again. While talking and eating, it inevitably took a long time. After eating, they saw that several children were yawning, so Liu Susu and Han Lie took them back first. Anyway, I'm going to work tomorrow, we'll talk about it then.

They left first, but Captain Zhang stayed behind and was drinking with Master Zhong.

Commander Zhong sighed: "Old Zhang, I'm so happy. If the method Xiaoliu said can really work, then we will have food this year."

Captain Zhang took a sip of wine and squinted: "Who says it's not the case? ?"

He was also happy, and it wasn't just the two of them. If the news got out, everyone would definitely be happy.

"I thought it was unreliable that Xiao Han suddenly ran back to marry a wife. Now that I think about it, luckily I didn't stop him. If Xiao Liu hadn't come, how could such a good thing have happened?" Mr. Zhong

Yue said . The more I think about it, I think it's right, "You're lucky, too. You happened to find Xiao Liu and recruit her, otherwise you wouldn't have had the chance to accomplish this." "

That's not true. At that time, the chief of staff wanted to steal people from me. Fortunately, Xiao Liu himself I am willing."

Mr. Zhong nodded: "But Xiaoliu is a female comrade. She is young and a college student. It must be very hard to work in the fields. You have to increase the salary for others, but you can't treat them badly."

" Do you need to say this?" Captain Zhang asked.

Yu Hongying and her son were cleaning up the dishes together. She rolled her eyes when they heard what they said: "Xiao Liu hasn't officially started working yet, and you guys have just negotiated your salary."

"That's right." The two of them were stunned, and Zhang Tuan He said, "Old Zhong, this is a problem for you. Please help me pass Xiaoliu's employment application as soon as possible."

Mr. Zhong: "..."

Doesn't he want to pass it quickly, but now the political review just can't be passed!

Mr. Zhong couldn't sit still anymore. He went to the office early the next morning and urged Political Commissar Zhao to call there again. They must send back the results of Liu Susu's political review as soon as possible. The sooner the better!

Seeing how anxious he was, Political Commissar Zhao couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Han is urging you again?"

"Now it's more serious than Xiao Han urging me!"

Han Lie urged him because he just wanted to report the marriage as soon as possible. Can this be done? Wait, after all, the two of them didn't testify, and no one except him knew.

But Liu Susu's work cannot be delayed any longer, as it is related to the future of the entire military region!

Mr. Zhong, can you not be anxious?

He called directly and asked the other party to complete all the political review matters for him within three days no matter what. The other party paused and then said: "Mr. Zhong, it's really not that we are putting off doing it, but that we are dragging it out. The investigation found that Comrade Liu Susu's father is still alive."

When the phone turned on, Master Zhong and Political Commissar Zhao were stunned.

"Is this confirmed?"

This was the reason Liu Susu's previous political review failed. Her file stated that her father had sacrificed her life in her early years, and she had been regarded as a child of martyrs for so many years. It was nothing at first, but after checking the results, Something went wrong.

Found it didn't match.

This meant that her father might still be alive, but he had never been sure before. This was the first time that Mr. Zhong heard them give such a definite answer.

"It's confirmed. But the information is still under investigation."

——Liu

Susu didn't know that Master Zhong and others were in trouble because of her. After sending several children to Chen Nan's house, she went to the Military Affairs Office and found them directly. Captain Zhang.

Captain Zhang is responsible for agricultural affairs in the entire military region. In addition to him, there are four people in the office, all clerks. Before Liu Susu went there, he had already introduced her to everyone, so as soon as she came in, she immediately gained something. I met four star-eyed colleagues.

"Comrade Liu, you are really amazing, you can think of such a good idea!" Xiao Wang was the first to speak.

"Yes, if it really works, then we won't have to worry when we submit food reports next year."

Liu Susu was still a little worried about the relationship between colleagues, but now she felt relieved. Captain Zhang said: "You The political review has not come down yet, and the job application has not been approved yet, so I am considered a temporary worker for the time being, but don't worry, the treatment and everything are the same as regular workers. Once the political review comes, the job will be approved immediately."

Liu Susu smiled and nodded. : "Okay!"

She wasn't worried about this at all.

After everyone chatted, they could get down to business.

"As for the rubber hose you mentioned, we can't find it now. I asked Xiaoqian and others to go to the rubber shoe factory this afternoon and communicate with them to see if they can produce it. As for the price, it can be easily negotiated. "Xiao Liu, you and Xiao Wang will be responsible for measuring the length and calculating the minimum distance we need to make the pipeline."

After all, Captain Zhang has been working for so many years and can quickly tell everything.

Liu Susu nodded.

Because they were not sure whether the military families would be willing to install water pipes, they planned to start with the measurements on the military fields and install them here first when the pipelines came. After the military families saw the effect, they would then decide whether to spend the money.

After spending a day measuring, when she returned at five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Susu saw a small figure at the door of Chen Nan's house from a long distance away. When she got closer, she found that it was indeed Han Jin.

The little guy was sitting on a small bench with a hat on his head, staring straight into the distance. The serious look on his face made Liu Susu feel sour.

"Xiao Jin." Liu Susu walked over. When Han Jin heard the familiar voice, he immediately turned his head. His eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't care about his little bench and ran towards Liu Susu quickly. .

If it was Han Qian or Han Cheng, he would have jumped on her and hugged her tightly, but Han Jin didn't dare. He just opened his big clear eyes, looked at Liu Susu happily, stretched out his little Holding her fingers tightly, Liu Susu shyly shouted: "Auntie."

Liu Susu's heart almost melted, she held him in her arms and kissed the little guy loudly on the face: "How are you? Do you miss your aunt?"

Han Jin nodded vigorously without thinking.

"Mom! You're back!" Han Cheng, who was playing in the yard, also discovered Liu Susu and ran out quickly. As soon as he came, the remaining children also chased him out. After a while, Liu Susu had several hanging on her body. A child.

"Sister-in-law, you're back so early." Chen Nan also came out with her youngest son in her arms.

"It's late. I don't have time to come back at noon today. Thank you for your hard work today. They didn't make any noise, did they?" Liu Susu said with a smile.

"Why are they so noisy? They are all well-behaved." Chen Nan said with a smile, "I can handle it even if you put them here to sleep tonight." "

That's not possible, Aunt Chen, although I like you and I like Tie very much." Brother Dan, my mother is my favorite. We haven't seen each other for a day, so don't separate us." Han Cheng said immediately.

Chen Nan was amused by him and kept laughing. Liu Susu pinched his little face and said, "Don't worry, you are so good at eating. Aunt Chen is willing to ask me for it. I'm embarrassed."

Liu Susu originally planned to go back directly, but after thinking about it, she said : "I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, do you want to go with me?"

"Okay, let's go." Chen Nan didn't have dinner so early. After being bored at home all day, Chen Nan really wanted to go for a walk.

The two set off with their children. Liu Susu wanted to go buy meat. Now the little red stars of several children are full, especially Han Cheng, who has been clamoring to eat meat for several days. Today I have time, and the family has not eaten meat for a few days. It is a good time to take this opportunity. Opportunity to buy some.

There are many people in the military area, and the supply and marketing cooperative is also large. Although there is only one floor, there are all the things that should be inside. However, there is no pork to sell. They were all robbed early in the morning. Liu Susu saw the bucket. There was also a half-dead bass that was about to be killed.

"This is nothing new." Chen Nan said.

"I can't help it. The children are clamoring for meat." Liu Susu paid for it. Fish is also meat, and it should taste good if it is cooked well.

Chen Nan winked at her, and Liu Susu followed her suspiciously. As soon as she leaned against the shelf, a round-faced salesperson came over. After chatting with Chen Nan for a few words, she said, pigs will be slaughtered in the slaughterhouse tomorrow. If you want fresh pork, come here early, I'm sure there's fat left to buy.

Liu Susu realized that this must be Chen Nan's sister-in-law. It seems that working in a supply and marketing cooperative is a good thing, as you can know all the news in advance.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Chen Nan thanked her before the two of them went back.

When she got home, Liu Susu did not deal with the fish immediately, but waved several children over.

Han Cheng already knew what his mother was going to do, so he ran over to him most actively and said, "Mom, are you going to hold an award ceremony?"

Liu Susu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't expect that he would still remember what he said casually. He smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's the award ceremony. Now that all your stars are full, except for Xiaojin, do you three want to change the stars?"

Han Qian thought more comprehensively and asked first He said: "What will happen if you change everything? Mom."

"If you change the mother, the little red star will be torn off. If you want to realize any wish, you have to save it from scratch."

Han Qian stared at his name, There was a row of little stars behind it, which looked really nice. If they were all torn off, they would be bare, but he wanted money very much...

When Han Qian was entangled, Han Cheng said directly without thinking: "Mom, I I want to change, I want to eat meat!"

"Okay, but I only bought fish tonight."

"I want fish too!" The fish soup made by his mother last time was so delicious. He was very greedy. Thinking of that delicious food Han Cheng couldn't help but ran over with his short legs and tore off all the little red stars. Just as he was about to hand it to Liu Susu, he suddenly thought of something and asked again: "Mom, I am the only one who can eat that meat." Or does everyone have it?"

"What you exchanged for the stars is of course yours. You can give it to whoever you want, even if you don't want to give it to yourself."

Han Cheng rolled his eyes smartly and ran to Han Xiuxiu. Next to her: "Sister, why don't you change today? I'll give you the fish to eat. When you use the little red star to exchange for meat next time, can you also share it with me?"

Liu Susu was slightly startled, then laughed. , I didn't expect that Han Cheng, who was stupid before, would now use his brain.

This is good. Although the child's carelessness means he lives a happy life, it is not good to be too careless. I think in the original work, he was just too single-minded, which is why he ended up like that.

Of course Han Xiuxiu agreed.

After Liu Susu took back Little Red Star, she went to cook. Han Jin followed her every step of the way, not even paying attention to the chickens outside.

Liu Susu knew that the child had not seen her for a day, and she was still a little worried, so she did not let him go out. Instead, she brought a small stool over and said, "Xiaojin will help auntie light the fire here, okay?" " Okay

."

There were relatively few, but the family was full of children. Liu Susu didn't dare to take risks, so she simply cut off the piece with less spines, processed the spines and made them into fish balls, and combined them with the pickled Chinese cabbage in the jar to make sour fish. Pill soup.

The back, which has more thorns, can be fried in oil and made into a braised dish, which she and Han Lie can eat.

While Liu Susu was cooking inside, Han Cheng was still doing business with Han Qian: "Brother, do you want to eat my fish? If you give me 15 cents, I will give you the meat."

Han Qian Of course he wants to eat meat, but money is his life! He couldn't bear to spend it himself. If he gave so much to Han Cheng, it would hurt his body to death!

The little money fan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Xiao Cheng, you are my brother. Don't brothers have to help each other? There are so many fishes that you can't finish by yourself, so it would be great for me to help you."

Han Cheng shook his head: "If you can't finish it, I can leave it and eat it tomorrow. I can also take it to Goudan to exchange marbles. Goudan is envious that I can eat the food cooked by my mother."

Since the last time, the meat floss After eating the cake, he became the most enviable child.

Han Qian: "..."

Brother, you have changed. You are no longer the easy fool.

He gritted his teeth: "Two cents, I'll give it to you."

Han Cheng waved his little hand: "One cent and four cents! This is the lowest price!"

"Three cents!",

"No, just four cents!"

The two were in a stalemate. Seeing that their mother's meal was about to be ready, if they continued arguing, one would not get the money and the other would not get the meat. The two became anxious and suddenly ran to Han Xiuxiu.

"Sister, what do you think we should do!"

Han Xiuxiu, who was feeding the chickens, was stunned and suddenly panicked. No one had ever asked her what she thought before. She always did what others told her. She was a little anxious. He pinched the corner of his clothes and was about to say that he didn't know when he suddenly met the expectant eyes of his two younger brothers.

"Ask me?" Han Xiuxiu felt a little unnatural.

Han Cheng nodded repeatedly and said matter-of-factly: "Of course, you are my sister and you must be smarter than us. You are right to ask!"

Han Qian also nodded.

Han Xiuxiu pursed her lips. She was anxious and felt that she was a sister and could not let her brother down. She thought about it and asked her aunt. She was so smart and must know everything.

She rushed into the kitchen quickly, and Liu Susu was frying fish. She put the fish into pieces into the oil pan, and there was a crackling sound. Han Xiuxiu called her aunt, and then she realized: "What's wrong with Xiuxiu?"

Han Xiuxiu came over: "Auntie, Xiao Cheng wanted to use his fish to exchange money with Xiao Qian, but the two of them had a fight. They asked me what to do, but I didn't know."

Liu Susu thought for a while and moved towards her. Waved: "Look, here is the fish ball soup that my aunt made for Xiao Cheng. If you want to exchange money, what do you think it should be?"

Of course this question is nothing to Liu Susu, but she doesn't want to tell Han Xiu directly The answer is that the little girl lacks self-confidence for a long time. Tempting her to come up with a solution on her own will give her a greater sense of accomplishment. As time goes by, she will think about solving whatever problems she encounters by herself.

Han Xiuxiu bit her lip in distress, and suddenly her eyes lit up and she said: "The fish balls come one by one, Auntie, can you ask Xiao Qian to buy them from Xiao Cheng for two cents a piece? In this way, he is willing to pay You can eat as much as you want."

Liu Susu pretended to be surprised: "Of course! Xiuxiu is so smart, I didn't even think of this method. Go tell your brother."

The nervousness on Han Xiuxiu's face disappeared immediately, and she ran happily After going out, when it was time to eat, in addition to what he originally promised to share with her, Han Cheng also specially gave her some more fish balls, "Sister, this is the reward for helping me."

Biting the tender fish balls, the little girl The smile on his face became more obvious.

Han Lie, who came back late, was confused when he saw this scene, but he didn't need to ask any more questions. He handed the two children to Liu Susu, and he felt relieved.

After dinner, he washed the dishes as usual. Liu Susu was drawing drawings of the bathroom and toilet. She was thinking about trying to build a biogas tank outside the toilet.

There are many reasons for low crop yields. In addition to water, fertilizers can be improved.

Fertilizer is not cheap, and if you can build a biogas digester, you can get rid of the money.

This is what Liu Susu is good at, but this thing is much more difficult to make than a water pipe, and it may explode if you are not careful, so I will try it at home now. It happens that they have a vegetable garden. When the vegetables grow, it happens to be lack of fertilizer. when used.

While he was painting, Han Lie said: "Xiaojun and I have agreed that we will go to the brick factory tomorrow to pull bricks, and we will start work after work tomorrow."

Liu Susu nodded: "Okay, I will come back early tomorrow afternoon, and you can keep everyone at home. Want to have a meal? How many people are there?"

"Five." Yesterday I heard that their family was going to build a house, and many people offered to help. They were all soldiers, half-grown young men, and they had a lot to eat. They had to feed so many people, and he was afraid that Liu Susu would be tired. She asked, "Why don't you just go to the canteen and buy it?"

"No, I have a way." When she went to the field for exploration in the past, she could handle a team of more than a dozen people. Now that she has everything at home, she is not afraid of not having anything. Is this possible?

I happened to make an appointment with Chen Nan to buy meat early tomorrow morning, and Liu Susu got up early the next day.

I got up early today and got hungry easily. Liu Susu thought about it and finally decided to make cold noodles to appetize and relieve hunger.

We don't have Fuqiang flour at home, so we can only make it with cornmeal. The taste may not be as good, but now we don't have the conditions to pay so much attention.

Knead the flour into a dough. After it wakes up for a while, you can start washing the dough. You need more water to wash the dough, pot by pot, until the water is not turbid when the dough is put in.

The rest is the gluten, steam it in a pot, let it cool, and then boil water in the pot.

I don't have special tools for making cold noodles at home, but it is popular to make rice noodles in my hometown. It is a disc-shaped aluminum pot. Pour the flour water into it and steam it for a few minutes, and you will have a soft and smooth dough.

Liu Shurong was afraid that Liu Susu would not be able to eat well in the military area with her children, so she even brought this kind of disc with her, which would come in handy.

Wait until the dough is ready and cut into sections. Finally, add some red oil chili sauce and seasonings to taste. Stir the gluten and garlic shreds into it evenly. When Liu Susu took it out, several children's eyes almost fell into the bowl.

The hot color is the most likely to arouse appetite, especially for little ones who have been hungry all night. There is no need to think about how lethal the spicy and sour cold skin is.

Even Han Jin ate everything in the bowl, and Han Lie even ate two big bowls. Fortunately, Liu Susu knew that he had a big appetite and cooked enough, otherwise he wouldn't have enough to eat.

His stomach was full, and Han Lie was in a good mood. In other words, he had never been hungry since Liu Susu came. It seemed that no matter what was in her hands, it would become particularly delicious.

Just as he was about to go out, Liu Susu stopped him again: "It's early to eat today, and you have to go to the county. Take a bite when you're hungry."

Han Lie looked at the peach cake wrapped in oil paper, feeling extremely happy. He lowered his eyes and looked at Liu Susu who was looking up at him. He felt his heart was warm and wanted to say something. But when he thought of the marriage report that had not been approved yet, he could only slide his Adam's apple and speak. Swallowed it back.

"Okay, I'm leaving first."

"Be safe." Liu Susu waved to him, went back to the house and counted some money, then asked the children to stay at home and went to find Chen Nan.

They got up too early today. After eating, it was dark outside. There was only a hazy skylight in the distance. Liu Susu estimated that it was just before six o'clock. It was so dark that it was naturally inconvenient to bring the children out.

After waiting at the door for a while, Chen Nan came out, still carrying Tiedan on his back.

Liu Susu was startled: "Why don't you just leave him at home?"

"There's no way. There's no guarantee that the child will wake up. He'll have to take care of him as soon as he wakes up. I can't count on Niudan and Xiaotian." The

four or five-year-old child is indeed There was no hope, so Liu Susu helped her pull down Tiedan's hat and protect the child's face: "Why don't you let your mother-in-law take care of you for a while."

Tiedan is still so young, and the three children of Lu Lingzhi's family Even though they are so old, my mother-in-law is still here.

Chen Nan sighed: "I was in confinement before, and my mother took care of me."

Liu Susu understood, and seeing that she didn't want to say more, she changed the subject: "By the way, Xiao Nan, this money is for you. Several children are at your home. I don't know if the meal is enough, so you can make a note of it from now on, and we'll get married once a week."

Chen Nan helped her take care of the children, and sometimes even had to eat. It was a big help, and she definitely couldn't do nothing.

Liu Susu began to think about whether to give something as a gift, but she felt that there was no real money to give anything. She didn't know how much she should give, so she specifically asked Han Lie about the standards for eating in the cafeteria and then looked at what was given.

Chen Nan quickly said no. Han Lie had saved Xing Xiaojun when he went on a mission. If it hadn't been for him, Xing Xiaojun would have been injured and transferred to another job. How could he still stay in the army?

"They are them, we are us, brothers have to settle accounts clearly, you must not be polite in this regard, I will not dare to ask you for help if I don't give it to you." Liu Susu must give it.

Chen Nan had trouble holding the child, so she stuffed it into her pocket. In the end, she could only sigh and answer: "Okay, thank you sister-in-law."

"I should be the one to say thank you." Liu Susu Afraid that she would continue to refuse, he said something else, "This is too dark. Do you have to buy meat so early in the future?"

Chen Nan smiled and said, "You will understand when you go to the supply and marketing cooperative later."

Liu Susu didn't know what she meant at first, but when she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, her steps suddenly froze.

Good guy, this is not called a supply and marketing cooperative, it should be called a vegetable market! No, it's simply more lively than the vegetable market.

I saw three heads of pork on the shelf, still steaming. A large number of people crowded forward, waving tickets in their hands, shouting at the top of their lungs how many kilograms of meat and oil they wanted, for fear that the salesperson wouldn't listen. To the same.

It was too noisy and couldn't go on like this. The salesman put down his knife and shouted: "Hurry up and line up, no one can buy it unless you line up!" The

salesmen these days have such a great power, but no one can buy it! Don't dare offend yet.

When the crowd calmed down a little, Liu Susu and the others squeezed in. She breathed a sigh of relief: "Are you so crazy about buying meat?"

Chen Nan nodded: "There is no way, there is less meat, and everyone wants more. Once If there is meat on any day, it will be absolutely packed."

Nowadays, you need a ticket to buy meat. If you don't need a ticket, you probably won't even see the meat foam.

Although there were many people, they arrived early. In the end, they not only weighed two kilograms of meat, but also bought three kilograms of fat. The white oil was perfect for refining lard.

However, this trip also directly spent all the meat tickets at home for a month.

Han Lie is the deputy leader. He can get four kilograms of meat tickets every month, and there is still one kilogram saved from before. Chen Nan's family is even worse, with only two kilograms. She wants to buy all the meat, but the meat is gone as soon as she eats it. So I had to make up my mind to buy another pound of oil and refine it into lard. At least it would have a meaty flavor when frying the vegetables.

Liu Susu also bought two chickens. There was no ticket to buy the chickens, but they were expensive. She didn't buy them to eat, but to lay eggs.

The four chickens at home are still too young. I don't know if I can raise two pounds of meat during the Chinese New Year. Eggs are not cheap, so I just gritted my teeth and bought old hens.

But if there are too many chickens, there will definitely not be enough earthworms to eat, and there are only three-thirds of the vegetable garden, and several children have almost finished digging it. Liu Susu thought for a while and asked Chen Nan if he wanted to dig wild vegetables in the mountains.

Now is the season when there are a lot of wild vegetables. If they taste good, you can eat them yourself, and if they don't taste good, you can use them to feed the chickens.

"Okay, let's go tomorrow?"

Tomorrow is the weekend and Liu Susu has time since she doesn't have to go to work.

The two agreed, and Liu Susu was going to boil lard when they got home and treat people to dinner in the evening. Rapeseed oil alone would definitely not work. The lard was fragrant and more sincere.

As soon as she entered the yard, she was suddenly stunned.

After returning from the "battle" at the supply and marketing cooperative, it was already dawn. Several children were feeding chickens in the yard. There was a woman standing in front of them, teasing Han Cheng with candy.

Han Cheng, the snack foodie, was ready to take the candy when he saw it. Liu Susu frowned: "Han Cheng."

"Mom? You're back." When several children saw Liu Susu coming back, they all ran over, but Han Cheng was still standing there, introducing her enthusiastically: "Mom, this is the aunt upstairs. Today Just came back."

The aunt upstairs?

Liu Susu guessed that she was Aunt Cai's daughter without even thinking about it. This might not have been a big deal when she first came here, but since the last time she heard Lu Lingzhi say that Aunt Cai had been trying to match up her daughter with Han Lie, she had I couldn't help but become more cautious.

"Comrade Liu Susu, hello, my name is Cai Tao."

Liu Susu raised her eyebrows. This title was quite new. After coming to the military region, those with lower rankings than Han Lie or those who were older called her Xiaoliu, while the rest Just call her sister-in-law. This is the first time someone calls her that.

She smiled: "Hello, Comrade Cai Tao, calling me by name is too unfamiliar. Why don't you call me sister-in-law? We are close to each other anyway." As

expected, the smile on Cai Tao's face faltered as soon as she finished speaking.

Liu Susu heard from Lu Lingzhi that Cai Tao was from a cultural troupe. She went to perform with the troupe before and she must have just come back.

Liu Susu didn't believe that someone like Aunt Cai would not tell her about the grievances between the two families. Under such circumstances, Cai Tao could run to their house as soon as she came back, which was obviously not a good intention.

She still had a lot of things to do, so she didn't bother to deal with her, so she just called a few children into the house.

Anyway, this person is here for Han Lie, so let Han Lie solve it by himself, it has nothing to do with her.

Even though his mother was calling for help, Han Cheng didn't dare to take the candy anymore, so he could only smile at Cai Tao and run away quickly.

Cai Tao was left alone with a pale face.

In fact, Liu Susu guessed wrong this time, and Cai Tao really came after her.