In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Qin Huairu's house.
Because they didn't have any leftovers brought back by He Yuzhu, Jia Zhangshi and the stick had lost a lot of weight from hunger.
"How are we going to live these days? There's no oil in the food every day. It's okay if I don't eat, but the children can't not eat.”Jia Zhangshi cried in front of Qin Huairu.
If He Yusheng was here, he would definitely spit on her face. You always eat the most.
"Mom, my salary is only so much. I still have to give you three yuan a month. How can I have the money to buy meat for the children?”Qin Huairu's face was filled with worry. Her heart ached when she saw that the stick had lost weight from hunger.
"Can't you think of another way?”Jia Zhangshi hinted.
"I've thought of all the ways I can think of. I went to look for Silly Zhu to ask him for help, but he refused no matter what.”Qin Huairu said.
She also felt that it was strange. Usually, as long as she pretended to be pitiful in front of Shazhu, Shazhu would immediately agree. However, these few times, she cried like a tearful person, and Shazhu was indifferent.
"Silly Zhu lacks a wife the most now. Don't you have a cousin in the countryside? If you introduce her to Silly Zhu, how can he not help our family?”Jia Zhangshi said.
When Qin Huairu heard this, her first reaction was to disagree. She still wanted to stamp her name on this long-term meal ticket. How could she give it to someone else?
However, since Jia Zhangshi had spoken, she couldn't refuse her outright, otherwise her intentions would be too obvious.
"It just so happens that I'm on holiday tomorrow. I'll go to the countryside and bring Jingru over.”Qin Huairu nodded. She thought to herself,'When the time comes, I'll secretly find an opportunity to ruin the deal and make it impossible for the two of them to negotiate.'
This way, Silly Zhu would be grateful and would not push this long-term meal ticket to others.
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In the backyard.
At Xu Damao's house.
Now, Xu Damao's parents had not moved out to live with Xu Damao.
"Mom, I'm back."
Xu Damao came back from a movie in the countryside with a bag of local specialties in his hand. This was a gift from his fellow villagers when he went to the countryside to play a movie.
Rather than saying that it was a gift, it was more like extortion.
If his fellow countrymen didn't give him anything, he would find all kinds of excuses to avoid showing the movie.
"Son, you're back."
Mother Xu heard her son's voice and came out of the house. She happily took the local specialties from Xu Damao's hands.
"Mom, get me something to eat. I'm starving.”Xu Damao said. He didn't have a bicycle now. He had to rely on his legs to travel more than ten miles.
"I'll make you a bowl of noodles to fill your stomach first. When your dad comes back tonight, I'll make a few dishes for the family to have a good meal.”Mother Xu smiled happily.
"Hurry up." Xu Damao said.
After a while, a bowl of oil splashed knife sliced noodles was ready.
"Son, I've been saying good things about you in front of your Aunt Tan recently. In a few days, I'll tell her about you and her daughter.”Mother Xu said.
"Is her family really as good as you say?”Xu Damao asked. He was already twenty-four this year, only one year younger than He Yuzhu. He was also very anxious about getting married.
"Not only is her family well-off, but her daughter is also very good-looking.”Mother Xu smiled.
"Mom, then you have to put in more effort and get this done for me.”Xu Damao's eyes lit up, thinking that after he married his wife, he must show off in front of Silly Zhu.
"How can I not put in my heart when it comes to my own son?”Mother Xu said unhappily.
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Lou Xiao'e's house.
Lou Cheng's mother was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. In this era where entertainment facilities were scarce, reading the newspaper was one of the few ways to kill time.
Lou Xiao'e sat beside her mother, but she was not interested in reading the newspaper.
"Mom, stop looking. Let's go out for a walk.”Lou Xiao'e suggested.
"It's almost mealtime. Why are you still going out?”Mother Lou said.
"I'm just bored." Lou Xiao'e said. She stayed at home all day and had nothing to do. She was almost bored to death.
"If you're bored at home, then hurry up and find a good family to marry. Your Auntie Xu's son is not bad. You can consider him.”Mother Lou said.
"I don't want to marry myself off so quickly.”Lou Xiao'e pouted.
At this moment, Lou Cheng's father came downstairs and said to the two of them,""Manager Yang of the Red Star Rolling Mill is treating us to a meal tomorrow.”
"I can finally go out." Lou Xiao'e smiled happily.
"You child." Lou Cheng's mother glared at her angrily.
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In this half a month, He Yusheng had already upgraded his physics, chemistry, politics, language, and Russian subjects to L2. There was no problem for him to take the college entrance examination.
"Two bicycle tickets, two watch tickets, one radio ticket, and one sewing ticket. These are all good things.”He Yusheng thought to himself.
A bicycle, a watch, a sewing machine, and a radio. These four things were known as three revolutions and one sound in this era. If a family could gather all of them, it would basically be no problem for them to get married.
"I'll prepare one for big brother when the time comes.”
He had the tickets and enough money. He would find a suitable opportunity to buy the things back.
At dinner time, He Yusheng had just finished cooking when He Yuzhu came back.
"Yusheng, your cooking skills are improving really fast. In a few years, you'll be able to catch up to me.”He Yuzhu smelled the fragrance and knew how good He Yusheng's cooking was.
"Big brother, there's still a big gap between my cooking skills and yours.”He Yusheng smiled. His cooking skills were not even L2, but He Yuzhu was already L3.
"How long have you been learning? I've been practicing since I was young.”He Yuzhu said.
"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, stop flattering each other. Let's eat quickly.”He Yushui complained. Smelling the fragrance of the food, she was about to crave for worms.
"Alright, let's eat." He Yusheng said.
The three of them sat at the dining table. He Yuzhu said,"By the way, let me tell you something. Our factory is showing a movie tomorrow. If you have time, you can go over and take a look.”
"We have time." He Yushui spoke first.
Movies were very attractive in this era. In the countryside, many people would walk more than ten miles in the middle of the night just to watch a movie.
Sensing He Yusheng's sharp gaze, He Yusheng said weakly,""Second brother, you said that we should balance work and rest in our studies. We've already recovered for half a month, so let's take a day off tomorrow.”
"Alright." He Yusheng nodded.
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