I arrived at the door of my house as a familiar person. Since I brought back only small things that could not be seen by others in my backpack, I didn’t attract anyone’s jealousy. I greeted my neighbors in the yard and entered the house.
Ding's mother also got up early today, tidied up her home, and prepared to entertain her new son-in-law.
Ding's father and Ding's mother heard the voices in the courtyard and knew that their daughter and son-in-law were back, so Ding's mother went to make tea for them.
Before anyone came in, the voice came first: "Mom, Dad, we are back."
Then he saw the door curtain opened and Ding Qiunan walked in first. Li Chu held up his bicycle and followed behind. When he entered the house, he said hello: "Mom and Dad, Qiunan and I are back."
When Ding's mother saw her daughter and son-in-law, her face was as happy as a flower: "Just come back. Come and sit here. I've poured the water for you. Drink some hot water to keep warm."
Li Chu went over and sat at the table, took the cigarette from Ding's father, and the two started chatting.
Ding Qiunan greeted her father and took her mother into the back room to talk.
Ding's mother looked at the woolen tickets handed over by her daughter, but did not take them. Instead, she asked: "Nannan, do you know that you gave so many tickets to your family?"
"I know, I told him, and he wanted to buy wool and take it back, but I didn't agree."
Only then did Ding's mother take the ticket: "It's right not to agree. You two, just live your own lives. Our family all eats rations and we don't lack anything. Don't mess around."
"I know mom, Li Chu and I said the same thing." After a pause, he asked again: "Has Jianguo gone to school? Has the boy been obedient these past two days?"
"Well, I went to school. I came back from school on Jianguo's day. I found out that you were getting married and you wouldn't come back often in the future. I didn't say anything. Your dad found him crying alone there at night." Ding Ma said with a smile.
Ding Qiunan made a small report.
Ding Qiunan was a little proud after hearing this: "Hey, that guy has a conscience and hasn't forgotten my sister."
After speaking, he took out a pen from his bag: "Li Chu gave this to Jianguo, let him study hard!"
Ding Ma took the pen and said, "He is only so old now that he doesn't need it yet."
"I'll use it sooner or later. It's a gift from my brother-in-law to my brother-in-law!" Miss Ding waved her hand nonchalantly.
Ding Ma stretched out her finger and tapped the girl's forehead: "You, please be more careful. You silly girl is also blessed. I think Xiao Chu is pretty good. You can live a good life with her."
Miss Xiao Ding pouted: "You know, Mom, I'm also very good, okay."
"By the way, Mom, you accompany me to the neighborhood committee and the police station. I'll transfer the household registration and grain book, and I'll bring the letter of introduction with me." Ding Qiunan thought about it.
"Then let's go quickly. We have to cook when we come back later." Ding Ma stood up and said.
After leaving the back room, Ding Qiunan said to the Weng and his son-in-law who were talking: "Dad, Li Chu, I will go to the neighborhood committee and the police station to transfer the household registration and grain book."
"Do you need me to accompany you?" Li Chu looked at the girl.
"No, I'll go with my mother."
"Xiao Chu, you sit with your dad, Nan Nan and I will go over."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mom." Li Chu stood up.
"Okay, you two, let's talk." Ding's mother waved her hand and went out with Ding Qiunan.
After the couple went out, Li Chu and his father-in-law sat and continued chatting.
Dad Ding said: "Xiao Chu, do you still remember Dagang? It's just Luo Dagang."
Li Chu nodded: "Remember, he took his wife to see a doctor at my place twice. I asked his wife to take the medicine prescribed for the second time for a period of time so that she wouldn't have to run again."
Dad Ding said with a smile: "Dagang told me a few days ago that he went to the hospital for a check-up and found that his wife is pregnant."
Li Chu smiled happily after hearing this. Seeing the patient regain a new life because of his medical skills, the satisfaction in his heart was indescribable.
After more than an hour, Ding Qiunan and Ding's mother came back. The procedures had been completed. They could just go to their neighborhood committee and police station when they got back.
After eating and sitting for a while, Li Chu took Ding Qiunan away with Ding Qiunan's instructions.
After returning home, Miss Ding saw that she still had time, so she hurriedly got on her bicycle and ran to go through the formalities without letting Li Chu accompany her.
After Miss Ding went out, Li Chu was not idle at home. He took out the briquette stove and cleaned it, took out the chimney, cleaned it, and set it up in the living room.
The coal shed built under the eaves of the entrance was also renovated.
Then he took out his coal book and went to the coal station to buy coal.
The price of briquettes is the same as that of briquettes, but because briquettes are not resistant to burning, very few people buy briquettes.
However, Li Chu felt that the honeycomb briquette stove was easy to seal. It would be great to put a pot of water on the stove at night and have hot water when you wake up in the morning.
I bought 200 kilograms of each type of coal. I found a shopkeeper at the door and sent them back for 60 cents including loading and unloading.
When I got home, the girl was already back.
"Daughter-in-law, are you back? Have you finished it?"
"It's done, what are you doing?"
"I went out to buy coal for us. I will tell you later and I will bring the coal back with the master."
Li Chu put away his bicycle and ran out to help move the coal.
After everything was sorted, he entered the room. As soon as Li Chu came in, he saw a pile of cloth on the sofa and a large bag of cotton.
"What are you doing?" Li Chu was a little curious.
"I just finished registering, and before I got off work, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cloth and cotton." Ding Qiunan said and picked up a piece: "This is for making a cushion for the sofa."
Then he picked up another piece with a print: "This is for me to make a cotton-padded jacket, and the other piece is for you to make clothes."
Li Chu picked up the large water jar and took a sip of water: "You haven't been out for a long time, and you have a lot to do!"
"I didn't wander around, I just thought of it. I bought it and left. Of course I won't waste time!" Ding Qiunan said matter-of-factly.
"By the way, Li Chu, let's go buy some cabbage for the winter tomorrow. The neighborhood committee has already issued the tickets today." The girl thought about her plan and then said: "I think we still have a lot of meat tickets.
I plan to buy some every day, then come back and marinate the meat to make bacon for us. And I also want to buy radishes and marinate some radishes for us..."
Li Chu looked at the girl's serious look, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Li Chu interrupted Miss Xiao Ding: "You don't have to queue up to buy meat every day. I'll give the ticket to Master Liu, who is in charge of purchasing in the hospital cafeteria, and ask him to buy it for us. We can buy more at one time."
There is no need to buy meat at all, there is still a lot of space, so you can just take it out when the time comes.
As for Master Liu, Li Chu had saved his life earlier. He was grateful to Li Chu and asked him to help buy some meat. There was nothing wrong with it.