Chapter 157 Returning to the County Town
Because the store cannot be closed, lunch meals are served in batches.
Lin Gang prepared the meal, leaving half of it in the steamer to warm, and putting the other half on the table to invite Gu Jiu and Lin Shu to eat.
A few people sat down to eat, and Lin Shucai found out through chatting that Lin Gang's partner was called Fang Hong, a colleague who worked in the same unit as Lin Gang, and was the eldest son of the family. He also had a younger brother and two younger sisters.
Fang Hong is a girl from the countryside near the power station. Because the land of their village was occupied by the construction of the power station, the power station gave their village ten places, and Fang Hong took one of them.
At first, Fang Hong heard Lin Gang say that Lin Shu was a rural girl. She had a job but Lin Shu did not. She still had a sense of superiority in her heart.
It was only when they met today that she realized that although Lin Shu was a rural girl, her dress and temperament were more urban than those from the city.
She has a flamboyant appearance and a calm temperament. Compared with Lin Gang, she has the demeanor of an eldest sister.
Her dress was too fashionable, and Fang Hong felt ashamed in front of her.
After dinner, Lin Gang took Fang Hong to the front store and exchanged the eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and Dongfa back.
"Hey, little sister, your belly is so big?" The sister-in-law noticed the changes in Lin Shu's belly as soon as she walked in. "Have you two eaten?"
"We have eaten." Lin Shu looked at it The sister-in-law was about to boil water to make tea and quickly stopped her, "Sister-in-law , don’t be busy, hurry up and eat.”
The elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law took out the dishes and sat down to eat, “Okay, let’s chat while we eat.”
“Sister-in-law, uncle. ." Dongfa came in carrying a bag of golden oranges.
The oranges were placed on the table. Lin Shu took one, peeled it, and took a bite. It tasted pretty good, relatively sweet.
"Dongfa, I think the business in the store is pretty good. Are the goods in the warehouse fully stocked?"
Lin Dongfa sat down and took a sip of the hot water his mother poured for him. "I had it a month ago. I have enough supplies. I sent the New Year’s goods to the county canteen two days ago. Are you planning to go back after the Chinese New Year this time?"
Lin Shu nodded, "Well, we plan to celebrate the Chinese New Year in the county town and then go over to the provincial capital."
As for that. When will I return to the provincial capital after the Chinese New Year? The specific date has not yet been determined.
“That’s great, but our business will definitely have business during the Chinese New Year. Are we going to be closed during the Chinese New Year?”
"I've been busy for a few months, and it's okay to take a few days off. In order to make money for these few days, I can't not go home during the New Year."
To be honest, making money is important. Lin Dongfa thinks it is more meaningful to reunite the family during the New Year. "Then I'll listen to you. We have a holiday on the 29th."
After chatting with Dongfa about some business matters, Lin Shu turned to look at the two sisters-in-law who were eating.
"You all came to the city. How did you arrange the pigs, chickens and ducks raised at home? Have they been sold?"
Second sister-in-law Lu Yinhua: "Sister-in-law has been here for more than a month. I It was only after Xiaoyu Xiaoshuang and the others were on winter vacation that they came to help. They also took advantage of this month to sell the two pigs at home and bring the unsold chickens and ducks to their parents’ place for them to eat.”
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"Xiaoyu and his three siblings are in the county seat?"
"Well, my parents help me take care of them. We are so busy in the city every day that we don't have time to take care of them." Lu Yinhua nodded.
The main reason is that the county has hired many people. Lin Dashan and Liu Xiao'e are relatively free and can help take care of their three children.
Lin Shu glanced at his watch. It was getting late and they had to rush back to the county town. "Okay, since everything is fine in the store, let's take the bus back to the county town first."
Several people who were eating stood up immediately.
Lin Dongfa asked: "Sister-in-law, are you going back now? I want to show you the account book after dinner."
Lin Shu waved his hand, "I will wait for you to bring the account book when you go home for the New Year. Go back, as for the money, it will be stored in the trading company. As the business grows, the money can be used as working capital."
Lin Dongfa took a few bites to eat all the rice in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and helped carry the luggage to see Lin Shu and Gu off. I went to the bus station opposite to take a bus. The elder sister-in-law He Caiyun and the second sister-in-law Lu Yinhua also put down their dishes and saw them off.
“Little sister, please walk slowly. Please tell your parents that we won’t have time to go back until we are twenty-nine,”
"Okay, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, we don't need to send you away. You can go back and eat quickly." Lin Shu waved to her and followed Gu Jiu and Lin Dong out the side door.
Sitting in the car returning to the county seat, Lin Shu asked: "Have you told Xu Ming and them this time when you came back?"
Gu Jiu: "No."
Lin Shu nodded. No wonder he didn't see that boy driving over to pick him up. It turned out he didn't know about it.
“When we have a day off to recover, we will ask them to come over and get together. I haven’t seen them for a long time, and I miss them.”
"Okay."
Back in the county town, Lin Shu and Gu Jiu did not go to the canteen, but returned home immediately.
Although I won’t have morning sickness when I come back this time, it takes nearly ten hours by train and nearly two hours by car. It’s really tiring to sit in the car for more than ten hours.
She urgently needed to go home and have a good rest.
The two returned home and put down their luggage. Gu Jiu immediately went to fetch water, wipe the bedroom clean, and make the bed.
Lin Shuze immediately used a firewood stove to boil water. When the water was hot, he washed from head to toe. He took a hot bath and warmed his whole body.
"It's really hard to ride in a car in this weather. It's better to take a train. The sleeper has a quilt cover. Taking a car is just a matter of shaking your legs."
Gu Jiu came over to help her with a towel. Wiping my hair, "I can't help it, the car doesn't have heating. , I can only stand hard, what do you want to eat tonight?”
“There seems to be nothing at home, what to eat?” Lin Shu put a cotton coat on his body and entered the kitchen with wet hair. Sitting in front of the stove, lighting the fire and drying my hair.
Gu Jiu followed her into the kitchen with a towel, stood behind her, wiped her hair again and combed it.
"It's not even five o'clock yet. Just tell me what you want to eat and I'll buy it." Gu Jiu didn't want to settle for just one meal at night. Now that he was the oldest pregnant woman in the family, he had better not settle for plain water without nutrition.
"Then go and buy it. I want to eat pickled fish. Is there any fish for sale in the market at this time?"
"I'll go and have a look. If not, then it's okay. , buy whatever you see."
Gu Jiu rolled up his sleeves, washed and steamed the rice, and then told Lin Shu not to go to bed before his hair was dry. After getting Lin Shu's assurance, he rode his bicycle out.
As soon as I pushed my bicycle to the alley, I ran into my next door neighbor, Aunt Cui.
"Gu boy, you're back. Where have you two been during this time?"
"Aunt Cui." Gu Jiu was stopped in front by Aunt Cui and had to stop, "Let's go back to the provincial capital. How many months have you been here? Have you just come back from the vegetable market?”
Aunt Cui’s vegetable basket contained some onions, garlic, and a Chinese cabbage, with two pieces of tofu on top.
“No, his brother-in-law came to the house in the afternoon. There were no vegetables at home, so I thought about going to the market to buy some more. But in the end, there was no vegetables at all and I only grabbed two pieces of tofu. ”
“Are there no fish left? ”
"Oh, it's already afternoon. Where can there be any fish for sale? If you go early in the morning, you might be able to grab one. At this time, you can't even get one even if you remove the hair."
The corner of Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, "Then I’ll go buy some vegetables and come back.”
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(End of this chapter)