Through the window, Lu Lu watched Ma Jinlong shaking his sleeves in embarrassment as he walked out of Chen Xiuqing's neatly-kept courtyard surrounded by wooden boards. He walked a foot deep along the snowy Tunzhong Road,
As he walked away, he felt inexplicably relieved.
Ma Jinlan also ran out and stood by the fence, leaning her head and shouting at Ma Jinlong several times. Seeing that Ma Jinlong didn't look back, she quickly walked into the house inexplicably: "Qingzi, what... what's going on?
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"You're asking me to borrow money!" Chen Xiuqing picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Did you borrow it? Your uncle can't lend him money..."
Obviously, Ma Jinlan also knew how miserable his younger brother was.
"It's been ten years. I haven't entered my house for ten years. It's hard to come here. Why don't you borrow it? I borrowed it!" Chen Xiuqing said seriously.
"How much did you borrow?" Ma Jinlan was a little anxious.
"One penny...but he doesn't seem to appreciate it!" Chen Xiuqing grinned.
Upon hearing this, Ma Jinlan couldn't hold back: "You little brat, why are you so bad at studying now?"
Lu Lu looked at Chen Xiuqing and said with a smile: "Qingzi, you have completely offended your uncle by doing this."
"If you offend, just offend. It doesn't matter. It would be better if we never interact with each other until we die." Chen Xiuqing said with an indifferent expression: "I think it's very simple. Brother Lu, you, Xiuyu and my mother are enough."
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"That's fine. I haven't been in this house for ten years. It's no different if I have a younger brother or not..." Ma Jinlan just said lightly, then went out to feed the two horses in the yard.
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Lu Luze turned his attention to the one-cent banknote on the kang table, picked it up and looked at it again and again.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Chen Xiuqing's arrangements today were quite good. He felt that he had been taught a lesson. If he had had such a choice in his previous life, he would have been less disgusted.
Looking at this usually silly uncle, even Chen Xiuyu would always call him an iron-clad and naive uncle. Today, his words were quite sharp. He was smiling clearly, but he was able to make people very angry, and he successfully solved the problem of relatives coming to borrow money.
Money problem, and doing it very well.
"Qingzi, I found that you have changed?"
Lu Lu's eyes moved from the penny to Chen Xiuqing's face, as if he saw a monster.
"Changed? No, Brother Lu! I was forced to do this. He never regarded me as a relative. I didn't directly kick him out in public. I already gave him a lot of face."
Chen Xiuqing thought Lu Lu was saying that he had gone too far.
"I'm not talking about this, I think you seem to have suddenly become smarter! You are completely different before and after you get married."
Lu Lu sighed: "Did you open up the Rendu and Du meridians in the bridal chamber last night and practice the three-flower gathering technique? Did you feel enlightened?"
"What?"
Chen Xiuqing was dumbfounded by Lu Lu's words. She didn't know a few Chinese characters. She was in the second line of Rendu and had three flowers gathered at the top. She didn't even know what was going on.
Lu Lu, however, collected the penny and put it in his pocket very seriously: "You lent me this penny, I have to keep it well!"
"Borrow money? Brother Lu, do you need money? How much do you need? I'll get it for you!"
Chen Xiuqing seemed not stingy towards Lu Lu. The key point was that he couldn't understand why Lu Lu was so interested in that penny.
"No, just borrow this penny. I've agreed in advance that I won't pay it back!"
After being disturbed like this, Lu Lu estimated that Ma Jinlong would never come to Chen Xiuqing's house again. As for his Caodianzi, if he still had the nerve to come, he would have the magic weapon to win.
Lu Lu's move made Chen Xiuqing look puzzled.
At this moment, Chen Xiuyu pulled Wang Yan out of the bedroom. She glared at Chen Xiuqing first, and then looked at Lu Lu: "Brother Lu, Yanzi wants to ask if he can find something for her to do next year."
Do?"
"Yes, why can't you? Yanzi is such a diligent and smart person, he must arrange something to do!"
During this year, although his family joined the farm early, Wang Dalong's main energy was almost all on building a house. The ones who work on the farm on weekdays are mainly Zhao Meiling, but Wang Yan, the contractor
I have done all the farm work and housework at home, and now that I am married to Chen Xiuqing, I have the pleasure of breathing fresh air.
In fact, Lu Lu also knew her thoughts. If he could find something to do on his own, he could make money.
This is curiosity and yearning for a new life.
A new beginning always makes it easy for people to become positive and enthusiastic.
"After we determine what we need to do next year, we will make arrangements for you!"
There will be more breeding projects next year, and it is also a time when reliable manpower is needed. When Wang Yan was building a house last year, when Lu Lu was building a house, Wang Yan was hardworking, didn't talk much, and was very willing to do anything. The key is that she is young.
, people are not stupid, they learn things quickly, and they are indeed very good people.
"Thank you, Brother Lu!" Wang Yan looked very happy when she heard Lu Lu agreed.
But Lu Lu laughed: "This time you can finally put the money you earned so hard in your pocket. Brother Wang's family will be very busy now without you as a powerful helper!"
Wang Yan smiled with a blushing face, but didn't dare to answer the question with her head down.
"Okay, wife, are you done talking? We will go home when we are almost done. I have to make some preparations. After Qingzi leads Wang Yan back home, we are going to go into the mountains. It will take a long time to go there.
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Lu Lu said, handing the sleeping child to Chen Xiuyu, then got off the kang and put on his shoes.
Before leaving, he patted Chen Xiuqing and said: "Qingzi, Yanzi is married now, so you have to treat her well. Although you won't be beaten by your mother-in-law if you take her to the mountain to pick mushrooms... But you should still take it easy.
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As soon as he saw the young couple, Lu Lu couldn't help but think of Chen Xiuqing bumping into Wang Yan on the mountain. She was chased and beaten by Zhao Meiling and didn't have a chance to explain. She was all happy.
After saying that, he put on his coat, and regardless of the embarrassment on the young couple's faces, he handed the child to Chen Xiuyu, who woke up immediately, took it, and went out first.
Chen Xiuyu also came out immediately.
Today I just came here to eat. It was snowing and I couldn't do much, so I just walked to Xiushantun. I thought it was a walk.
The couple left the yard of Chen Xiuqing's house, and along the way, they picked up the fluffy snow that had not been stepped on and was as fluffy as cotton, and walked back slowly.
"Why were you glaring at your brother just now?" Lu Lu asked with interest.
"What could be going on? My brother doesn't know how to show mercy at all..." Chen Xiuyu suppressed a smile on her face.
After saying this, Lu Lu understood immediately: "Three times!"
"How did you know!" Chen Xiuyu didn't expect that Lu Lu had already inquired about such a private matter.
Lu Lu said cheerfully: "Your brother said it himself. Not only do I know it, but Brother Feng and the others also know it!"
Chen Xiuyu also laughed out loud: "This iron-clad idiot!"
"Your brother is not stupid. Don't look at him and make him look stupid, but in his heart, things are clear."
Lu Lu immediately explained how Chen Xiuqing rejected Ma Jinlong, and commented: "It is not an exaggeration to say that he is as wise as a fool."
After hearing this, Chen Xiuyu nodded approvingly and said very considerately: "This is really a beautiful thing. If you dare to find our house, I will do the same."
Lu Lu immediately took out the penny in his pocket and handed it to Chen Xiuyu: "This is the magic weapon I borrowed from your brother, keep it!"
Chen Xiuyu borrowed the money, looked through it, and carefully put it in his pocket: "You have to keep it! When I go back, I will put it in the dictionary...Brother Lu, it's been a long time since you bought the dictionary."
, when are you going to teach me how to read? Let me know a few more words so that I can help you in the future!"
He had already planned to teach Chen Xiuyu how to read. He bought dictionaries, exercise books, and pencils. However, Lu Lu was so busy with all kinds of things one after another that he forgot about this matter.
"I'll teach you tonight!"
Now that Chen Xiuyu mentioned it now, Lu Lu also felt that he should take the matter seriously.
It would not hurt Chen Xiuyu to learn more about culture. Knowing more would indeed help a lot.
"Do you know Chinese Pinyin?" Lu Lu asked.
"When I was in night school, I was taught how to read by an old accountant from Huilongtun. He didn't know the Chinese pinyin. He just wrote a word on the blackboard and asked everyone to read it. Later, a primary school was opened in the village.
When it was cloudy and rainy, I would secretly go to the elementary school to listen to some of it when I had free time. I only listened to it intermittently and didn’t have many opportunities... I still haven’t been able to figure it out!”
Chinese Pinyin has been widely used since 1955. The older generation really doesn’t understand it. When teaching it, it is more of a direct force-feeding, so that they can remember how to read and write the word and that’s it.
Moreover, there are only about a hundred households in Xiushan Tun, and there is only one primary school that can educate students to the third grade. In the fourth grade, including those in Huilong Tun, they have to go to Linchang Primary School, and, except for the principal, all other teachers are private
teacher.
It's really hard to learn.
"Then let's start learning Pinyin tonight. Once you understand Pinyin, you can read it yourself by following the dictionary!"
Lu Lu knew that he had to start from the basics in order to get twice the result with half the effort.
"Yeah!"
Chen Xiuyu nodded happily and naturally held Lu Lu's arm. The family was so warm and sweet, walking slowly through Xiushan Village and towards their own meadow.
When he got home, the first thing Lu Lu did was to take out his wooden horse and ski poles from the warehouse and repair them. Then he took out the two semi-automatics, disassembled them, and carefully maintained them.
The next step is to take care of the hunting equipment.
I was busy until the evening, taking care of everything that needed to be prepared.
Even the shoes were covered with urala grass early on.
After dinner, and after feeding Yuan Bao and his three dogs, Lu Lu took out a skinned greyhound, cut some meat strips, and trained Bai Yu to continue to familiarize him with the commands.
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Then I called back Zhui Feng and green onions, added some fodder and fed them. After finishing all this, it was already dark.
After clearing away the dishes, wiping the kang mat and table, and sweeping the floor, Chen Xiuyu helped add coal to the kang stove. Then she urged Lu Lu to wash her feet and face, and went to the bedroom to seize the time to teach her pinyin.
So, in the still night, a very strange sound came from the room with the flickering oil lamp light: "Ah...oh..."