However, Li Xiulan felt that Gu Xingdong didn't listen at all, and was just perfunctory with her. On the way home, he also nagged Chen Lishu: "No matter how old the child is, a mother has to worry about it. Alas, what's the use of having so many children?"
It’s the mind.”
Chen Lishu's face kept rising along the way. She was very happy to receive a call from Gu Xingdong during the Chinese New Year.
The two of them arrived at home all the way. When Li Xiulan opened the lid and looked at most of the water in the pot, she was so angry that she wanted to slap Gu Xingping twice on the body.
"Don't you usually see other people cooking?"
Gu Xingping was very aggrieved: "It's usually done by a few sisters-in-law, shouldn't I also have this opportunity?"
Li Xiulan suddenly raised her eyebrows angrily: "How dare you talk back, even if you don't look at it, you have to be smart when adding water, right? How much firewood can be used to boil such a large pot of water to dry up the water? How about drinking chicken soup?"
Gu Xingping didn't dare to answer the conversation, but when Li Xiulan turned around, she whispered to Chen Lishu: "Sister-in-law, is our mother going through menopause?"
Li Xiulan is almost 60 this year, so she will definitely go through menopause long ago.
"Mom is right, you should really learn to do it more."
"What's the use of me knowing how to cook? Anyway, we have you and my sister-in-law at home."
"I can always use it when I get married in the future."
Thinking of what someone said to her, Gu Xingping couldn't help but feel a little hot on her face, and muttered in a low voice: "Maybe someone is rushing to do it."
…
Today is New Year's Eve and he is not at home. Zhou Liang guessed that Zhao Jing would definitely go back to her parents' home with the child in her arms.
Sure enough, when the call was made, it was Zhao Jing who answered the phone. The two chatted for a few words, and she suddenly said she had something to do and hung up the phone in a hurry.
Zhou Liang felt a little regretful that he could not hear his son's voice, but his trip was not in vain if he could hear Zhao Jing's voice.
Not long after getting in the car with Gu Xingdong, Jiang Yuning also came back from a street intersection, carrying a lot of things in his hands, including chicken, duck, fish and eggs.
Gu Xingdong and Zhou Liang hurriedly got out of the car to help pick them up.
"Today is New Year's Eve. Although the conditions are difficult, we still have to try our best to improve the food. I will cook dinner tonight. Can you come and eat together?"
"Okay." Zhou Liang agreed happily: "Dr. Jiang, you are so thoughtful. I will give you a good meal tonight."
"You go ahead, I won't go. There are only Li Weimin and two other soldiers at the other end of the investigation station. I'm a little uneasy, so I just want to send them some food."
Although the enemy has withdrawn from the border, there will still be small-scale harassment if they still refuse to give up. They must remain vigilant at all times and cannot relax.
"No matter how anxious you are, it won't be until this day." Zhou Liang wanted to persuade him again, but when he saw that Gu Xingdong stopped talking, knowing that he had already made up his mind, he wisely stopped talking.
The three of them arrived at the camp in silence. As soon as they got out of the car, they heard boiling cheers from the other end of the temporary training ground.
Gu Xingdong and Zhou Liang locked the car doors, raised their hands and called a young soldier to help take Jiang Yuning back to his dormitory, and then walked curiously toward the training ground.
Seeing the two people walking away, Jiang Yuning bit his lip and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
When Gu Xingdong and Zhou Liang arrived at the training ground, they saw two soldiers holding a piece of wood about four meters long and half a meter thick with the head and tail cut off on their shoulders. They were standing in a pre-drawn circle and competing with each other.
"Come here, if you want to bet, come to me and guess who will win. Whoever chooses will put the note with his name on it into the box marked with the serial number. Liu Ershun No. 1 carton, Li Tieniu No. 2 carton
."
"What's the stakes?"
The little soldier didn't look back when he heard the question: "Of course I have to do housework for a week, and all the dirty clothes and smelly socks have to be paid for, hehe."
I just made a hey, and then I realized that there was something wrong with the sound. Thinking of some possibility, my back instantly stiffened, I turned my neck and looked back, when I saw Gu Xingdong and Zhou Liang smiling but not smiling.
When I stood behind him, my legs were so frightened that I almost didn't sit on the ground.
"Gu Ying, Zhou Ying."
Gu Xingdong raised his eyebrows: "Go on, we're just going to take a look."
"Gu Ying, it's New Year's Eve today. Let's have fun together. No, we don't gather to gamble."
Gu Xingdong nodded calmly: "I know, I'm just doing housework. Send these two boxes of notes to my table later."
The little warrior suddenly showed an expression that was uglier than crying, and said with a slumped head: "Yes."
"Didn't you eat?"
The little warrior immediately stood up straight, stretched his neck and shouted: "Yes!"
…
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, even if most of the whole year has passed, the shops will open, and the villagers who farm the land will start to set up, repair and polish hoe tools, and buy seeds, fertilizers, urea, and the like.
The Gu family is no exception. Especially this year when the household quota is guaranteed, they are particularly cautious in selecting seeds.
"How about planting sorghum and corn? It's easy to work with and has strong skin, so you can have a good harvest regardless of drought or flood."
After everyone unanimously agreed, Gu Shoufu and his three sons drove a carriage to the seed station in the town. Chen Lishu also followed and bought some melon seeds and beet seeds.
As for the potatoes, she bought five-strip bags directly from the village. Before planting, she just cut them into pieces and mixed them with plant ash to sprout.
After returning home, Chen Lishu went to the mountain again. Almost half of the road had been repaired, and it was estimated that it would be fully repaired in a short time.
"Uncle Hu and Uncle Lin, I called you here today to make detailed arrangements for the first half of the year."
When the two of them heard her words, they couldn't help but sit up a lot straighter, and their expressions became serious.
"Currently, the only people I have available are the two of you. You are also considered the first batch of employees on Qingshan. As long as you work hard for me, I will definitely benefit from you in the future."
"As for the benefits, let me emphasize to you again that in addition to the existing basic salary of 30 yuan, there will be additional bonuses, but the benefits are tied to the quality and output of the product, that is, how much output value can my mountainous area have?
, whether you can answer the standard value I estimate will determine whether your pockets can be bulging at the end of the year."
Through this road construction, Hu Si'er and Lin Dazhong knew that Chen Lishu was not a stingy person. On the contrary, she was very generous, but she was definitely not someone who was easy to fool.
"Don't worry, eldest niece, Lao Lin and I will do our best to help you."
Chen Lishu nodded: "Although I have great trust in the two of you, let's talk ugly ahead of time. I can't tolerate sand in my eyes. Although I'm not around at ordinary times, my family is still there. If I find anything that touches my bottom line,
Problem, I’m sorry, no matter who I am, I have to leave.”
"Yes, yes." The two of them nodded, indicating that they understood.
Chen Lishu: "The place you lived in before was too simple. It was just a temporary wooden house. Now that the weather is a little warmer, let's find someone to build the house first. I will go to the brick factory tomorrow to check the situation and pull the bricks back.
Let’s build ten houses first so that you can work on the mountain later.”