Lin Lan dragged the car to the entrance of the courtyard, took a deep breath, and walked in with a smile on her face: "I'm back!"
"Oh...oh..." Xiaodouzi ran out cheering, "Mom is back, we can have barbecue."
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's have barbecue."
Xiaodouzi ran to the door, took a look, ran back and asked, "Mom, why isn't Uncle Xiangyang back?"
"Uncle Xiangyang has something to do and can't come back to have barbecue with us. We will eat together next time."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi looked at Lin Lan, "Mom, can I invite Brother Kai to have barbecue?"
Lin Lan smiled and rubbed his head: "Yes! You can call Sister Xiaoyun, and then go to the third aunt's house to call Xiaoli and Xiaoyun."
"Okay, I'll ask Brother Kai to go with us." Xiaodouzi cheered and ran away.
Qiaohui ran out and helped pack up the basket of cakes. She smiled and said, "Cousin, Sister Li at the station brought a message from my eldest cousin, saying that they would come back to Dongshi in a few days because they had something to do. Also, Brother Yong brought Yuezhen
My cousin went to his house to look at the house. The basket from yesterday was put on the oven and has already been dried."
Lin Lan nodded: "After scrubbing the white cloth inside, scald it with boiling water and then put it on the oven."
In winter, when the sky is overcast and the sun rarely shines, the bamboo baskets containing cakes are sewn with white cloth, and it takes two days to dry after cleaning.
Lin Lan prepared three sets of bamboo baskets for interchange, and later found that they were dried in one day by putting them on the oven.
"Cousin, the small intestines, pork belly, and mutton are all marinated. We washed the potatoes, radishes, leeks, and lettuce," Qiaohui said.
"Okay!" Lin Lan put the cart away, carried the cloth bag to the kitchen, looked at the vegetables that had been washed and put in the basket, and felt that there were too few.
After putting the cloth bag away, I went to the vegetable field with the sickle and pan, and cut a few lettuce and a large handful of leeks.
The leaves of lettuce are not as good as lettuce and have a slight bitter taste. They can also be used to wrap barbecued meats.
By the time Xiaodouzi returned home with her four children, Lin Lan and Qiaohui had already prepared the small intestines, pork belly... and the barbecue table.
…
When Li Jing returned home in the car, Chen Jingsheng glanced at her and asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you? You look so ugly?"
"I have a bit of a headache." Li Jing sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder, "Jingsheng, I miss the children."
Chen Jingsheng held Li Jing's hand and said softly: "When the holidays come, you go to the provincial capital to see them."
"Well!" Li Jing looked up at him, "Are you done with your work?"
Chen Jingsheng frowned: "No, many things are different from before. Everyone is doing it according to the documents from above. Some advocate for the same liberalization as the coastal areas, but some do not want to. They are all doing it for their own interests.
Intend."
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and asked: "Jingsheng, do you think it's better for Xiang Yang to continue doing his business, or go to the army to train and come back to find a job in a township or some other unit?"
Chen Jingsheng looked at Li Jing: "I remember Xiangyang hasn't graduated from junior high school, right?"
Li Jing nodded: "Second grade, there is still one year left..."
Chen Jingsheng looked at Li Jing: "The educational level is a bit low, and there won't be much room for improvement if you return to work and be assigned to a unit. Also, the management is stricter now than before. It will definitely be difficult for Xiangyang to join the army at his age. You'd better ask
His wishes, okay?"
Have Xiang Yang and his father-in-law forgiven Li Jing? Some time ago, the driver said that she cried when Xiang Yang scolded her?
Li Jing glanced at him and smiled bitterly: "I'm just asking. You also know that Xiangyang and his father still refuse to forgive me. I want to help them again. I feel better."
She paused and said, "Jingsheng, please help me find out what are the requirements for doing business after being released. I can also remind Xiang Yang to prevent him from making mistakes and getting into trouble."
"No need to ask about this, I can tell you now." Chen Jingsheng said slowly, "There are no restrictions on small businesses and stalls. To open a shop, you must first go to the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau to apply for a business license. If you do not have a license..."
Li Jing nodded: "Oh! I understand. I made small wontons, do you want to eat them?"
"I took it at work." Chen Jingsheng glanced at her, "Do you still have a headache? Do you want the driver to take you to see me and get some medicine?"
Li Jing shook her head: "I'll just take a hot bath."
"Go!" Chen Jingsheng picked up the newspaper on the coffee table and read it.
Li Jing entered the room and sat on the stool in front of the dressing table. She thought for a while before getting up and walking towards the bathroom.
…
Lin Lan took Xiaodouzi and sent the children home. The mother and son walked home slowly and leisurely.
Xiaodouzi washed up and went to bed. Lin Lan and the other three prepared the cakes to be distributed in the morning, washed up and went to the room.
Lin Lan took out his notepad and wrote down his thoughts. After sorting them out, he went to bed.
Early the next morning, Lin Lan finished handing out the cakes and rode to Li Xiangyang's house with the cakes and some pumpkin seeds. When she arrived at the door, she saw that the courtyard door was open and Lao Li was sitting on a chair listening to the radio.
Lin Lan got off the car and pushed the cart into the yard. Lao Li looked up and saw Lin Lan, and stood up happily: "Xiao Lin, come in and sit down."
"Uncle Li, I roasted some pumpkin seeds and brought you some kidney bean rolls." Lin Lan smiled and handed him the mesh bag.
Lao Li took it with a smile: "Xiang Yang sent the meat to the black market. He won't be back for a while. You sit down and wait."
"I'm not going to sit down anymore," Lin Lan pointed to Xu Dong's house across the street, "I'm going to Xiu Yun's house across the street and ask Dongzi where the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau is."
Lao Li nodded: "Go! Dongzi hasn't gone to work yet."
Lin Lan came out of Li Xiangyang's house and went straight to Xu Dong's house. When she arrived at the door of his courtyard, she saw Yao Xiuyun hanging clothes in the yard and said with a smile, "Whose family does such a diligent little daughter-in-law belong to?"
"Ouch! Please come in, rare guest." Yao Xiuyun stopped drying her clothes and stepped forward to take Lin Lan to the main room. "What's the matter with coming so early?"
"I came to ask Dongzi..." Lin Lan said.
Yao Xiuyun said: "I know that the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is on the street where the housing management office is. What you want to apply for is a self-employed license. Before you can apply for this license, you must first go to the brigade to issue a certificate, and then go to the police station to issue a letter of introduction before you can apply for self-employed business."
license."
"Oh! I understand. I will go back to the brigade to issue a certificate and a letter of introduction." Lin Lan then remembered that these days are not thirty or forty years later. Everything now requires proof and a letter of introduction.
"Don't panic!" Yao Xiuyun smiled and pulled her back to sit down. "Dongzi sent Xiaohai and the others to school. Why don't you let him talk to you in person? I think otherwise, go and get the letter of introduction and certificate.
Leave it to Xiangyang and let Dongzi handle it for you. He will be transferred to the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau next month."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Lin Lan pointed at her and smiled, "Dongzi has been promoted, please treat us to a meal someday!"
She remembered that the joint defense team was abolished after 2000, and it was much better to go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau than to join the joint defense team.