Looking at the tweed coat next to her that had all been modified in size and had been simply changed in style, Gu Yanyang stood up with her support on the table, pressed her waist with her hand, and on tiptoe divided this row of clothes into several trips and moved to the first floor, and shouted to the middle-aged woman on the first floor of the factory who was checking each modified set of clothing:

"Aunt Yunrou, Uncle Zhang told me yesterday that I would give you these clothes, so that you can compare the clothes of each size number according to the same style of clothes in this as a template, so as to avoid errors in the modified size."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Yanyang, where do you put it first?"

Yun Rou nodded at Gu Yanyang, reached out and touched Gu Yanyang's head by the way, and gave her a piece of halva as if rewarding a child.

Gu Yanyang put the candy in her pocket, thanked Yun Juju, turned around and staggered upstairs.

She helped change her clothes for an extra afternoon in the office, and put the paper bag containing the money in her arms into the office drawer before leaving.

Taking advantage of the fact that the female workers were all going to rest and eat, there was no one in the factory, Gu Yanyang did not go home directly after going downstairs, but quietly counted the number of unfinished and unmodified clothes left, and determined that the number was enough to complete it quickly in the remaining time, so he steadily put down the big stone in his heart, and prepared to go home with a miserable face.

……

When Gu Yanyang came back, Chen Rui was cooking in the kitchen, she heard the door opening outside, poked her head out of the kitchen window, and shouted at Gu Yanyang:

"Coming back? Yanyang, where did you go to play with your classmates all day today? Hurry up and wash your hands and come over to serve rice, today we have delicious food, your Uncle Mu's factory has distributed rice and oil, let's eat rice directly, no need to eat tortillas. ”

"Oh" Gu Yanyang covered her drowsy head and responded, walked into the kitchen with weak steps and served the meal out, Mu Jinjin asked while picking up vegetables: "Yanyang, where have you gone to play?" Did you sleep well at your classmate last night? ”

"Well, it's okay" Gu Yanyang didn't have much appetite, she just felt dizzy, she just took a few mouthfuls of food and sat there rubbing her eyes, and she didn't have an appetite to eat anymore.

Mu Yaojun looked away from the newspaper: "What about the little flowers?" Where did this girl go? Yeonyang, you go to the back room and call her out."

"Okay" Gu Yanyang stood up, reached out and knocked on the door of the inner room: "Little Hua'er, are you there?" ”

There was no response in the inner room, Gu Yanyang quietly opened the door and took a look, only to see Xiao Hua'er sitting upright at the desk, writing something stroke by stroke, and next to it were all the Mu family's photo albums.

Inside the garbage basket, there seem to be several photos crumpled into paper balls.

Gu Yanyang didn't look at it, but coughed in a low voice: "Xiaohua'er, Uncle Mu asked me to call you to eat, you can be busy later." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Hua'er came back to her senses, and saw that the person who shouted that she was eating was Gu Yanyang, so she hurriedly put away her things and hid them in the drawer, responded in a panic, followed Gu Yanyang out of the house, took the lead in sitting in the warmest position on the kang, picked up chopsticks and a bowl of rice, and ate it herself.

"Braised fish and braised pork, kelp pig's feet and potatoes and eggplant, today's meal is so rich, so many meat dishes."

Mu Jinjin sat at the table with a smile and picked up his share of rice, Chen Rui said while serving the soup:

"Isn't this seeing that it's going to be New Year's Day, your dad and I bought some frozen meat in the vegetable market and put it in the cellar, I originally thought that it would be enough to buy five catties, but I didn't expect your dad to send another catty of meat and a fish over there, I thought that this fish can't be put anyway, and the meat is enough to eat, so I just made a few more"

"Well, it's delicious" Xiao Hua'er praised while picking up rice: "It's the first time I've eaten so many meat dishes, Aunt Mu, it's so delicious to cook vegetables."

"Eat more if it's delicious, there's still something in the pot" Seeing that Xiaohuaer and Mu Jinjin were eating happily, Chen Rui was also happy, and she was vigorously picking up vegetables for everyone.

Gu Yanyang didn't have much appetite, she felt dizzy from before, she looked at the rice in the bowl, she barely moved, Mu Jinjin looked at her: "Why don't you eat?" Yeonyang, aren't you hungry? ”

"Hmm" Gu Yanyang rubbed her face: "I'm tired of going out to play today, and I've already eaten, so I'm not hungry, and I want to sleep now."

"Eh, don't sleep" Mu Jinjin hurriedly spoke: "This is seeing that it will be New Year's Day in two days, where is the haberdashery selling firecrackers these few nights, let's go buy hand-cranked flowers after eating?" ”

"I don't want to move" Gu Yanyang nested lazily in the corner, Mu Jinjin pulled her hand and shook it back and forth: "If you go, you can go, Xiaohua'er wants to nest at home to get her brother's gifts, my parents are too lazy to move at work tomorrow, if you don't go, I'll go alone."

"It's not all the same tomorrow and the day after tomorrow" Gu Yanyang turned around and lay on the kang, dizzy, Mu Jinjin patted her shoulder: "It's different!" How can you say the same? What if the fun is bought by someone else in advance? ”

Hearing this, Gu Yanyang lay on the kang and closed his eyes, and responded angrily: "Eh, if you buy it, he will continue to load the goods tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I beg you, let me rest for a while today, okay?" ”

She felt dizzy, her eyes were glazed, and she really couldn't lift her spirits to play with them.

But who knows, Mu Jinjin didn't speak for a long time after hearing this, Gu Yanyang got up weakly, turned his head to look, but saw Mu Jinjin pouting, whispering where to break:

"Forget it, forget it, if you like to go or not, I'll go by myself..."

Seeing this, Gu Yanyang sighed helplessly.

She stood up on her knees and began to put on her coat.

Mu Jinjin stared at her with excited little eyes, coughed dryly, don't look over, and asked angrily:

"What are you doing with your clothes?"

"I'll go with you to the haberdashery to buy hand-cranked flowers!"

Gu Yanyang sighed resignedly as she spoke, and slowly leaned against the wall at the door and waited for Mu Jinjin to go out.

Seeing this, Mu Jinjin immediately got up and ran to the house, changed his coat and pants, put on thick cotton boots, and turned his head and stretched out his hand to Mu Yaojun:

"Daddy, Daddy, give money, give money!"

Mu Yaojun held his glasses, looked away from the newspaper, and gave fifteen yuan, Mu Jinjin counted it, and shook his head: "Give five more yuan?" My brother is going to set off fireworks when he comes back, and I don't have any pocket money, so it's New Year's Day, so it's a welfare."

"Eh, this girl!"

Mu Yaojun slapped the five yuan on the table angrily, Mu Jinjin raised his eyebrows at Gu Yanyang, stuffed the money into his pocket, turned around and dragged Gu Yanyang's arm and ran out, Chen Rui hurriedly shouted at her back:

"Jinjin! You are old, walk carefully with Yeonyang, go and go back quickly, don't run around! Did you hear what I said? ”

"Ahh Got it! Mu Jinjin grabbed Gu Yanyang's arm and turned around, Xiao Hua'er watched the two of them go out, and also felt itchy in her heart, so she quickly got up and shouted, "Eh! You two will wait for me, and I will go too! ”

Mu Jinjin paused, stomped his feet in the yard, and yelled at Xiaohua'er, who was busy getting dressed in the house: "If you want to go together, then you will be numb!" Hurry up, hurry up! If it doesn't go over, it's too late, and it won't be sold by then, so it's pretty old and cold to go out for nothing."

"I see!"

Xiao Hua'er hurriedly put on her coat and walked out of the door with a mask, Chen Rui looked at Xiao Hua'er's back bouncing and running out, shook her head helplessly, Mu Yaojun on the side also took a look, and saw that the three of them were out of the yard, so he put down the newspaper and said:

"Mu Chen's school has called me, and I may come back many days early."

Chen Rui was originally eating, but when she heard Mu Yaojun say this, her eyes immediately widened, and she didn't even notice that the chopsticks had fallen to the ground, and her voice trembled with excitement: "Ahead of schedule?" When? How can you say such an important thing! ”

"Huh! Isn't it that I'm tired and dizzy from sharing benefits today, and I'm busy forgetting it?"

Mu Yaojun said as he reached out and took out a few ten-yuan bills from his pocket and handed them over:

"Mu Chen told me on the phone that his ticket is set at the second number, and he will be back after the New Year's Day party, which is three days away, you use the money to buy more food tomorrow, and his room has to be sorted out... After all, it's a long vacation. ”

"Hmm" Chen Rui nodded, and after accepting the money, he suddenly raised his head: "By the way, our factory has started to raise funds again. ”

"Jinjin still has to go to high school, it would be good if she went directly to choose a literary soldier, but if she didn't get selected, she would have to continue to study in high school, and the tuition fee would be a lot." Mu Yaojun said while smoking a cigarette: "Let's talk about the increase in area later."

"Later?"

Chen Rui repeated, with a regretful expression on her face:

"I don't know if I'll be able to come across such a good opportunity in the future... It is said that this fund-raising house is close to the city, and the environment is very good, at least better than this... Everyone in the Gu family has participated, and when everyone in our village moves to a big house, will we nest in this small place? And I think that if Jinjin really can't be selected as a literary soldier, then instead of letting her go to high school, it is better to let her apply for the technical secondary school directly, after all, this secondary school can graduate early, even if she wants to be a college secondary school, it will only take four years, but if Jinjin goes to high school, let alone whether she can pass the exam or not, do you think she can enter the university like Mu Chen in the future?"

"Applying for a secondary school?"

Mu Yaojun repeated, and Chen Rui nodded:

"Yes, apply for secondary school, I see that many students in the Jinjin class have applied for secondary school, the difficulty of this secondary school is lower than that of high school, and it is only two years, after two years, the package is distributed, and it is appropriate to eat public meals!"

"Let's talk about it then"

Hearing Chen Rui's explanation, Mu Yaojun took two puffs of cigarette:

"What you want to do is Jinjin's business, we can't decide for her, as for the fund-raising house you said... I don't think it's okay, think about it, now is the time for us to use money, how important is it for us to live? Now there is not only Jinjin, but also Yanyang and Xiaohuaer, and the house can be lived. ”

Chen Rui nodded, and got up wordlessly to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, she knew that what Mu Yaojun said was right, but the fundraising room was such a good thing, she really didn't want to miss it like this.

Mu Yaojun saw that Chen Rui was unhappy, sighed, stretched out his hand to hug Chen Rui from behind, and comforted him:

"You bear with me, when Mu Chen finishes his studies in national defense science and technology, if he can be sent to graduate school, then he will have a great future in the army, and then Jinjin will also be able to take his own path, and we will be able to take a rest."

"Hmm" Chen Rui nodded, I don't know why, her eyes were red, she reached out to wipe her eyes, turned around and hugged Mu Yaojun: "Our life will be better in the future, right?" Right? ”

"Hmm" Mu Yaojun nodded, hugged Chen Rui tightly in his arms, and wiped her tears with his rough big hands: "Don't cry, my son is coming back, we should be happy as a family."

"Nonsense" Chen Rui stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes, and the corners of her mouth raised: "By the way, the three bear children will come back in a while, don't tell them about it, and when the time comes, when Mu Chen comes back in the evening, give them a surprise"

"Okay" Mu Yaojun nodded and put his chin on Chen Rui's head: "Listen to you"

Chen Rui nodded, and the two of them were just about to clean up the kitchen and lock the kitchen door, but when they turned around, they saw a slender and tall figure slowly walking in outside the courtyard gate.

Mu Yaojun stood there in a daze, Chen Rui stared at the person in front of him, the hand holding the lock, suddenly let go, and the iron lock fell to the ground with a clatter.

She covered her mouth with a look of disbelief on her face:

"Mu, Mu Chen?"