23 Military Wives of the Eighties (22)
After Lu Xuan's birthday, it didn't take long for the Spring Festival to come.
Lu Zheng did not have family leave, and the family of three could only stay in the army for the New Year. Lin Xiaoxiao knew that she couldn't go back, so she prepared all kinds of dry goods in advance and sent them back to her hometown. She prepares for both parents, two things that are exactly the same, and no one is partial.
Although the Lin family has a son who has not married for two years, life is getting better day by day. Last time, Lu Zheng went home to find a job for Dahu and Xiaohudu, working as a temporary worker in the canteen of a state-owned enterprise, and he couldn't have a salary but could still give a hand to the master.
Dahu wants to learn to be a chef, and now there is no master who is willing to take apprentices specifically, so going to the factory canteen is the best way. In those factory canteens with tens of thousands of people, the master chef who cooks in it is not simple, and the skills of the master who really fry the small stove are no worse than the chefs who opened restaurants in later generations.
The two strong guys in the family can enter the factory as temporary workers, and Lin's father and mother Lin farm in the village, and there is no idler in the family, so it is naturally easier to save money. Mother Lin wrote a letter to her, and she was already looking at her daughter-in-law to the big tiger and little tiger brothers, but the brothers don't like to find a partner now.
Mother Lin wrote a letter mentioning this matter or wanted Lin Xiaoxiao to help persuade the little brothers, these two children have listened to their sister since they were young. Lin Xiaoxiao thinks that the two younger brothers are young, and getting married later is more mature, and people with a sense of responsibility can better deal with family problems. Not only did she not persuade, but wrote a letter to persuade Mother Lin not to urge, it doesn't matter if she gets married two years later, she may be able to find a girl in the city when the family conditions are better.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know what the effect of persuasion was, but she only knew that Lin's mother no longer wrote letters mentioning the marriage of her two sons.
Lu Zheng not only did not have family leave, but also had to be on duty in the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Lin Xiaoxiao was not dissatisfied, and it was not in her hometown, and many of the old rules of ritual were not carefully elaborated. Lu Zheng was on duty, and she and Lu Xuan lay on the sofa watching TV after eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
The TV at home is a new big addition this year, or I bought it back on New Year's Day. Lin Xiaoxiao said no, but Lu Xuan pestered Lu Zheng for a long time before agreeing to buy it. The little girl kept talking after watching TV at her friend's house, Lu Zheng felt sorry for his daughter, and he was curious, so he took the TV home without waiting for Lin Xiaoxiao to agree.
If you buy it back, what else can Lin Xiaoxiao do, she can only give Lu Xuan a time to watch TV. Lu Xuan is also very content, and only watches cartoons every day, after all, she has too many things to learn. There isn't much homework in school, but Lin Xiaoxiao still teaches some things in private.
The TV at home is a 12-inch black and white TV, and Lin Xiaoxiao is not used to it at all when she looks at the small screen. Although the Spring Festival Gala has only been popular for a few years, and TV sets are not popular, radio stations have also released these news before.
These family members of the army do not have televisions at home, but they certainly have radios. talked about the Spring Festival Gala early before the day came, and Lin Xiaoxiao's new TV set was added to her home, which naturally became the center of their topic.
Lin Xiaoxiao also knew what they meant, she just wanted to take the opportunity to come to her home to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Usually, the TV at home is watched by Lu Zheng's father and daughter, but she rarely watches it. When the family members saw that she didn't watch TV, it was not easy to knock on the door and watch TV.
Lu Zheng came back in the evening to watch the meeting, but when Lu Xuan went to sleep, Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to accompany him to tell the story, leaving Lu Zheng and a big man sitting in the living room, and they were embarrassed to stay longer.
During the Chinese New Year, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't disappoint everyone, so before the party started, the house was full of people. There are not enough chairs in the house when there are many people, and those who come late can only bring their own chairs. Lin Xiaoxiao was busy preparing brown sugar water for everyone, and took out the melon seeds and peanuts prepared at home for tasting, and the children also got extra fruit hard candy.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't expect the Spring Festival Gala to be so attractive, if it weren't for the small place, more people could be squeezed in. She wasn't interested in the party, and focused on the sweater in her hand.
After winter, she had nothing to do, and stayed at home every day to knit sweaters. The sweaters of the family of three were all renewed, and she continued to buy wool to knit for the elderly in the family. My hometown is colder than Yuncheng, and I am not afraid of a few more sweaters. After weaving, the old man has two younger brothers, all of whom can be crocheted and crocheted clothes, shoes, and the like.
She can find something to do for herself, otherwise she will stay at home all day and have no chat to find a chat with, she will have to drive herself crazy. In fact, there are still many family members in the family home who have not gone to work, but Lin Xiaoxiao can't even talk to Zhou Juanjuan, so how can she casually find someone to chat.
The affairs of the army are complicated and need to be kept secret, she is afraid that if she says something wrong, it will be misunderstood or made out of nothing, affecting Lu Zheng's future. Lin Xiaoxiao didn't make any friends to make, so she usually spent her time doing all kinds of crafts.
She is afraid that she will be sent to an era with worse conditions by the system in the future, and it doesn't hurt to learn more skills, maybe she can use it to save her life one day.
When Lu Zheng came back, the house was still crowded, and Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't stay up and sat on the sofa with her eyes closed. She wanted to go to sleep, but Lu Zheng hadn't come back yet, Lu Xuan was reluctant to sleep, and there were still so many people at home, so she couldn't leave it alone and go to sleep.
Lu Zheng looked at the pile of melon seeds and peanut shells on the ground at home, and couldn't help but say: "You guys are lively, this is to watch the Spring Festival Gala?" ”
"Yo, Company Commander Lu is back!"
"Company Commander Lu, is the celebration you organized over?"
"Company Commander Lu, has my man come back?"
“……”
A group of people were gossiping, and Lu Zheng didn't know whose question to answer. Fortunately, this group of women didn't have to have an answer, their question was equivalent to greeting, and they shifted their attention to the TV show without waiting for Lu Zheng to answer.
Lin Xiaoxiao leaned on the sofa and didn't sleep steadily, the singing of the TV plus the laughter of so many people, it was strange that she could fall asleep. Hearing Lu Zheng's movement, she opened her eyes and said, "Are you back?" I'm going to cook you supper. ”
Lin Xiaoxiao wrapped hundreds of dumplings in advance and put them in the kitchen, and in order to cater to the tastes of the father and daughter, the fillings she used were all meat.
"Cook more." Lu Zheng was busy all night, and he was really hungry.
"Mom, I'm going to eat it too." Lu Xuan's mouth didn't stop all night, but when she saw Lu Zheng eating her, she also shouted that she was hungry. She is not hungry in her stomach, but hungry in her eyes.
Lin Xiaoxiao went into the kitchen and turned on the coal stove, but it took ten minutes to cook the dumplings. She brought it out on a tray, and the father and daughter each had a bowl, one large and one small.
When the others saw that the Lu family had started to eat supper, they realized that it was not too early. One after another, people took the initiative to leave, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't stop, the wall clock was almost pointing to 12 o'clock, they should also leave.
The people who left, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't say anything politely, and the rest of the people were reluctant to leave.