"Go to school? Do you mean that the recommended quota for going to college this time has come down?" A few days ago, because he was busy harvesting late rice, Lu Yingchun listened to those three aunts and six mothers-in-law in the village talking about this matter there. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info It is said that every town in Luliang Township, Yaoshan County has a recommended quota, in addition to the name of the university, there are also places to go to the township, and even the county's state-owned factories as workers.

Lu Yingchun also heard that because there are very few university places this time, only one in each town, one university place can be exchanged for several workers' places. Today's workers are still very popular, belonging to the iron rice bowl, the first year of apprenticeship, almost more than 20 yuan per month, of course, there are other living material subsidies. After graduating from college, most of them will be assigned to work in government agencies, and the treatment is naturally better than being a worker.

"Not to mention the quota for going to college, I'm afraid that the quota for workers won't be our turn. Lu Yingchun obviously misunderstood what Zhao Qingru meant.

"Just tell me if you want to go back to school. ”

"I want to dream about it!" Lu Yingchun pursed his lips and was silent for a long time, "My mother told me, 'Tibetan writing and ink in the chest are like valleys, and there is poetry and books in the belly'." Girls read more books and learn more knowledge, so that they can distinguish between right and wrong. So no matter how poor and difficult my family was, my mother gritted her teeth and insisted on sending me to school. ”

"As long as you have a dream. Zhao Qingru put the seasonings bought from the grocery store on the stove one by one, and took advantage of the gap between processing the pork belly, Zhao Qingru looked at the sky outside, and said, "Let's get dinner first." Zuo But there is nothing to do today, it is better to finish eating early, and I didn't eat well at noon. ”

"Hey. ”

When Zhao Qingshan and Tian Xue returned home one after another, the outermost cauldron in the earthen stove was exuding the unique fragrance of potato stewed pork ribs, and the small pot inside was white rice mixed with sweet potatoes, which was almost burned at this time.

"It smells so good. Smelling the fragrance of food, Tian Xue, who only nibbled on a multigrain steamed bun at noon, only felt that he was even hungrier.

"It's fragrant, the dishes cooked by Xiaoru are fragrant, and I've been hungry since just now. Lu Yingchun, who was sitting in front of the hearth and was in charge of lighting the fire, smiled, "Just now Xiao Ru was still saying that we didn't eat much at noon, and it was recommended to eat early in the evening." ”

"That's fine. Then eat it early. Zhao Qingshan saw that the water in the water tank was almost used, so he picked up the small wooden bucket and went directly to the front yard to carry water.

The house where Zhao Qingshan now lives belongs to the small wing room behind the Shen family temple, and the front hall is said to have originally enshrined the clay sculptures of the ancestors of the Shen family and the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties. At this moment, these things were long gone, and only the statue of the chairman hung in the center of the main hall.

The Shen Family Temple is located at the end of Xiawa Village, and it is a long walk to the nearest well. It is also thanks to the fact that there is a well behind the main hall of the family temple, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort just to fetch water every day.

Just as Zhao Qingru brought the only dish of the night, a large bowl of potato roast steaks, to the wooden table, Lu Yingchun didn't have time to serve the sweet potato rice when he heard a call from the main hall.

"Is Brother Qingshan at home?"

The four speakers, Zhao Qingru, are quite familiar.

Because he was too familiar, Zhao Qingru raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Yingchun, then picked up the big bowl on the wooden table, moved back to the stove at the speed of light, poured the bowl full of potato roast steaks back into the cauldron, and then picked up most of the steaks very neatly and put them into the rice bowl on the stove. Lu Yingchun, who was on the side, quickly covered the white rice in the sweet potato rice in the pot on top of the chops, and finally covered the sweet potatoes on the top layer.

The two of them worked together very skillfully, as if they had rehearsed thousands of times in advance. Zhao Qingshan and Tian Xue, who were on the side, just didn't see this small action of the two. Even Zhao Qingshan cooperated to leave the house and go to the courtyard to block people a little.

"Aunt Lan, what's the matter with you coming over today?"

Aunt Lan, whom Zhao Qingshan called in his mouth, lives in Shenjia Village, and it is about ten minutes' walk from Zhao Qingshan. Aunt Lan's family is prosperous, and Aunt Lan alone gave birth to two daughters and a son. The eldest daughter is eight years old this year, the second daughter is five years old, and the youngest son is only eight months old.

Zhao Qingshan is actually not very familiar with Aunt Lan. It's just that once, Aunt Lan carried her eight-month-old baby son up the mountain to cut pigweed, passing by the family temple, but the bamboo basket in her hand suddenly broke. Aunt Lan came to the door for help, and Zhao Qingshan, who was eating, kindly lent her bamboo basket to Aunt Lan.

As a result, Aunt Lan came to the door every now and then with her baby son on her back. Coincidentally, every time I come to visit the door, nine times out of ten, I catch up with Zhao Qingru to prepare or are about to eat. For the first time, because she didn't take precautions, Aunt Lan, who was self-cooked, took advantage of her son's greed to eat meat, and picked out all the diced meat in the bowl of fried pork with dried tofu and edamame. Xu was to prove that her son was really hungry for meat, Aunt Lan chewed the diced meat and fed it to the child in her arms to eat, seeing that Zhao Qingru and Lu Yingchun were directly sick to their stomachs and lost their appetite to continue eating.

Afterwards......

And so there is the opening scene.

Zhao Qingshan really failed to stop Aunt Lan. Fortunately, Zhao Qingru, who has been able to deal with this emergency skillfully, cooperated with Lu Yingchun quite seamlessly.

"Aunt Lan, is your little stone greedy again and wants to eat meat?" Lu Yingchun said unceremoniously.

Aunt Lan was only stunned for a moment, and there was not the slightest hint of ridicule on her face. Zhao Qingru was silent for a moment, then served a bowl of potato roast steak alone and put it in front of Aunt Lan.

"Aunt Lan, I didn't buy much meat when I went to the town this time. Auntie, don't be too little, take it back and give it to the orchid and lotus sister to taste. ”

At this moment, the smile on Aunt Lan's face froze suddenly.

"I ......"

"Auntie, if you feel embarrassed, go back and help each of the four of us make a padded jacket. Everyone is rumoring that Aunt Lan is the best at making clothes in Shenjiawa Village, and I heard that she can also embroider. Lu Yingchun turned around and found a small bamboo basket with a lid, carefully packed the bowl of potato roast steaks into it, and after closing the lid, it was directly stuffed into Aunt Lan's hand.

"Make a padded jacket......? I'll come over in a moment and measure you. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, it's too late to come over tomorrow. ”

Zhao Qingru personally sent Aunt Lan out of the house, and watched Aunt Lan leave happily with her son holding a small stone in one hand and a small bamboo basket in the other.

Zhao Qingshan on the side sighed: "Actually, Aunt Lan is not easy. ”

Speaking of which, Aunt Lan is also a capable and diligent person, but it's a pity that her in-laws have four brothers, four daughters, and eight children. is just the third daughter-in-law of the family, Aunt Lan, before giving birth to her baby son Xiaoshi, life was not easy. It's just a big family, but they don't have a family, so they are crowded in a small courtyard.

"I know. But I still can't stand Aunt Lan chewing the food every time and feeding it to the little stones, it's too unhygienic. Zhao Qingru pouted and complained softly.

Zhao Qingshan couldn't help but reach out and rub Zhao Qingru's head, and said with a smile: "Ru'er, when did you become so picky?"

Zhao Qingru glanced at Zhao Qingshan, she seemed to have always been so picky.

At this time, Zhao Qingru didn't realize that she and her mother-in-law were completely different in some living habits. What's more, there are some bad habits, and Zhao Qingru is also getting older, and he has only corrected them little by little after living in the city for many years.

In other words, Zhao Qingru in her teenage years has what kind of personality and what living habits, Zhao Qingshan, who is the eldest brother, is still very clear. It's just that Zhao Qingshan regarded the difference that his sister occasionally showed as a change after he left the Zhao family, because he was getting older, and he didn't care too much.