Chapter XXII: 1998 Flood Flag
Lu Hui felt that he had been forced to the edge of the cliff, and there were only two choices left: jumping down and moving forward......
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(Can you be so serious as a child?) )
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(Is that really good?) Rejected an 8-year-old child's marriage proposal...... )
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"Lu Hui, you are sick, sigh ten times after a meal, hurry up and finish the meal and watch TV together later." Ri Yeong-sook taught her daughter.
On the day of the confession of a primary school student, Lu Hui rejected the marriage proposal that was ridiculous at first, but then very serious, on the grounds that "I already have a boyfriend, I can't betray him". Having a boyfriend is a real thing, she thinks she didn't cheat on Xiao Limu, and she has rejected many people, but today she has somehow been restless, and she always sighs all day long.
(Do I regret it?) Regretted rejecting a courtship from a schoolboy?! She shook her head, quickly pushing the thought out of her mind.
"Ugh—" sighed again.
"I'm sad, my head is white." Lu Yujian read a sentence, and then urged: "Daughter, eat." ”
The Lu family - more precisely, it should be called the pear family, in fact, Lu Hui's grandfather is also surnamed pear like Grandpa Limu. It's just that Lu Hui's grandmother gave birth to two daughters, the so-called husband and husband, according to the village, their grandfather's "incense" to Lu Hui's mother's generation is cut off. Although Lu Yujian moved in at their house, he was not a son-in-law, and if he didn't want to make trouble, it was best not to let Lu Wei and Lu Hui change their surname to Pear.
Lu Hui's grandfather Li Shang and mother Li Si Shu actually hope to pass on the family name so that the Li family will not be cut off from their daughters and grandchildren, so they have always supported Lu Wei and Li Mu. If the two can get married and have children smoothly, then the great-grandson will turn back to the pear surname, and the ancestral tombs on both sides can also worship the ancestors by the way.
It may sound a bit feudal and incredible, but Pingnan Village is still an urban village after all, and every family in the village has its own field, and there are pigsties and fish ponds about a kilometer away from the back house of the pear family. Nearly half of the people still grow vegetables to make a living, and it is not uncommon for people to still live in mud houses, and the gap between the rich and the poor in a village of 2,000 people is fully visible. Like Limu and Lu Wei's family, who can get up early and rent two or three big houses, they can indeed be regarded as big families.
Although the two families are considered large families, the parenting style gradually shows differences.
Until the demolition of the Lu Hui family, they maintained the method of "eating a big pot of rice" and having dinner with their families. Whenever it's time for dinner, the family has to sit together at a three-meter-diameter table as long as there is nothing special to do. The huge family line includes Lu Hui's grandmother, sister-in-law and sister-in-law's boyfriend, parents and sister Lu Hui, and often some relatives who come to the city.
There may be one or two family dinners in Limu once or twice a year, but it's rare to have a dinner every night like this, but it does add to the cohesion of a family. This may be the reason why for a long time after the demolition, the gap between the lives of the Lu Hui family and the Limu family will widen.
But now Lu Hui is a little resistant to this kind of dinner, because if it sounds good, it is team building, and if it doesn't sound good, it is unhygienic to eat, and she is particularly concerned about this kind of detail.
The most troublesome thing is that when eating, you have to look at other people's faces when you eat fast and slowly. If you have a full meal soon, you have to wait at the table for someone else to eat; If you eat slowly, others will have to wait until you have eaten enough. The former will be boring, the latter will be very stressful for the eater, and it would be good if there was a topic to talk about with the family.
But like now—
"Why did Lu Hui sigh just now?"
If you are not careful, it will become the focus of discussion in the whole family. When they asked, they couldn't always say, "I'm bothered by a little kid's proposal."
(It's no wonder if they don't laugh to death!) )
If you are asked if it is a pear wood...... Ah, there is no need to ask at all, basically the little kid who has a deep relationship with Lu Hui has no one else except him, and you can guess who it is with a guess.
(How would Vivi feel if she found out?) Lu Hui didn't dare to think about it.
"You say, you don't say how we will know, and how can we help you solve it." Li Xishu helped Aunt Lu Hui and asked.
Four gangs of one hero! The starting point is good, but it's hard for Lu Hui, what else can she say except to bow her head, shake her head, and remain silent, but her actions have made her family more worried.
Just as the fire of sister-in-law's gossip was blazing, and she was about to ask further, a crisp cry came from outside the courtyard.
"Lu Wei—"
"Lu Hui—"
"Have you finished eating—"
"Is it going to walk the dog or go swimming tonight——?"
Riki is here!
Meet one of the special conditions of eating and leaving early!
"I'm going to open the door for Riki!" Lu Hui was relieved to hear Limu's voice, and ran out of the living room without waiting for his grandparents to answer.
Naturally, swimmers will not go to the Green River, although it was once the winter swimming place of Grandpa Mao, the great founder of the country, and the people of Nanhua often go to the place where he went into the water to swim, but Li Mu and Lu Hui Dadi still like to go to the gymnasium on Jiangbin Road to swim. The ticket is not very expensive, and it is national, and the pool water hygiene is more guaranteed.
Moreover...... The Green River has already begun to rise.
Heavy rains began to fall in the upper reaches of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, causing the water levels of the two rivers to soar.
Inevitably being suspected of himself, Riki didn't even read the relevant news.
The email address he sent to the email was never used again.
But excessive avoidance can also arouse suspicion, for example, when Lu Wei's family happened to be watching the news of the rainstorm, it was impossible for Limu to refuse to watch TV with them when Lu Hui was taken into the house. It's just that while watching TV, he worries about whether the people living in the dangerous areas have spontaneously evacuated, and whether the state has repaired the dangerous and unfinished dikes.
[Is there a sandbag inside the embankment?] 】
[Is there a steel bar in the fractured place?] 】
Prime Minister Zhu asked very direct and piercing questions at that time.
When Riki saw his face on other news, he immediately felt that the impression at that time was actually very deep, and the memories of that time came back to his mind.
Lu Wei's family has now had three rounds of dinner, and at this time, they are turning on the TV in the large living room on the first floor, sitting around the dinner table and discussing the content of the news.
"It's raining so hard for a week, and it looks like it's going to be flooded over there."
"Looking at the local news, the Green River has become flooded! It's up more than three meters! ”
"Is it big? I just went up the embankment yesterday to see it, and it was a little higher than usual. ”
"This time it's different, the water is rising very fast, and I can't see it draining." Grandpa Lu Wei is very experienced.
"The price of rice, vegetables, melons and fruits will definitely rise, buy more tomorrow and save it back......" Grandma is also very experienced and said to Lu Wei's mother.
Limu suddenly discovered another reason why Lu Hui's family was easy to soar.
They look at the same news, but they can ask different questions, and they seem to be just chatting non-stop, but they inadvertently make a slight insight into national events. When the flood comes, it is difficult to transport melons and fruits to Nanhua City, and it is imperative that the price of rice and melons and fruits rise. Pingnan Village originally produced vegetables for the city, so there is no need to worry about the supply of vegetables, all that needs to be stocked up is melons and fruits.
If they were a little more aggressive and seek benefits from disasters, they might be able to summarize the "disaster economics" of later generations. Of course, Riki does not approve of "disaster economics", but this kind of economics does play its role, and under the regulation of the state, it can make it a win-win situation for both businesses and disaster victims.
Limu and Lu Huijia are just ordinary citizens, who have no other meaning about the flood, and do not want to make a fortune with strange goods. Moreover, they did not expect the river to be so fierce that the small tofu dregs that could have withstood ordinary floods were exposed. Small citizens have the duty of small citizens, and they just want to spend less money when the water is big.
Listening to the family's discussions, Riki's thoughts also warmed up.
- Fruits are spared, this flood lasted a long time, and it was not possible to save a few dollars.
- I should ask my mother to fill the rice jar, and in the next two months, the state is estimated to regulate the price of grain, and open a warehouse to release grain.
There is no need to pretend not to know these things that have been speculated by the Lu family, and Limu can boldly go back and tell the family what to do.
When a family gets together, they are full of power, they can work together to figure out something, and if they encounter a good opportunity, they can call on the energy of the whole family after discussing it properly, and the lifestyle of the Lu family is really envied by Limu.
"Lu Hui, why are you sighing today?" The sister-in-law's words brought the attention of the whole family, and they shot at the ignorant girl who was eighteen years old.
There's no doubt about it – the power of a family to act together is enormous.
It seems that from Aunt Lu Wei, I heard Lu Hui's predicament today......
"It won't be because I-" Limu deliberately dragged out a long voice, which made Lu Hui nervous, "You made the questions you couldn't do, which made you feel depressed, right?" ”
Call~
Lu Hui exhaled, knocked his head, and said secretly: Why didn't I think of such a simple reason. It's a painless lie - no, it's not the end of clarifying the "facts".
(Look at Lu Hui's performance...... Seems to be true? The Lu family's eyes became more and more strange when they looked at Limu
(He can do a high school student's question at such a young age?!) The three of Grandpa Lu, Grandma Lu, and Mother Lu became more and more determined to recruit Limu as a son-in-law.