There is a lot of work in the fields this season.
All the young and strong laborers went to work in the fields.
Those who are busy in the orchards are mostly weak laborers who are elderly or have certain physical disabilities.
Lu Miao was among them, sometimes helping out in whatever way he could.
Sometimes I would bring my camera on a whim and take some photos of fruit trees or busy people.
We are afraid that weeds will compete with the fruit trees for nutrients, and the garden is regularly cleaned, so there is no danger.
Under normal circumstances, Lu Miao would just let Bai Chuan run around and play.
Baichuan was naughty, always catching a small bug here and poking an ant nest there.
I won’t eat the peaches and plums I brought after washing. Occasionally, when I encounter a branch bent by the fruits, I will stand on my tiptoes, trembling, and stretch my neck to look for the fruits and gnaw them one by one.
That little mouth is simply more powerful than those tits.
Lu Miao felt embarrassed all the time.
He picked the fruit with small tooth marks and refused despite everyone's teasing, costing the village several cents.
The boy is naughty and tough when he is awake, but he is very honest when he is asleep.
Lu Miao put a gown in the basket under the shade of the tree and put Bai Chuan in it. Bai Chuan could sleep peacefully for two or three hours...
Time moved slowly, and it quickly entered early July.
The watermelons that He Hongjin had previously refused to pick at the edge of the vegetable field have also entered the picking period.
Lu Miao dislikes going out because of the heavy dew in the morning.
I always go there at midnight, or in the afternoon when the sun is about to set.
Of course, there are always two "tails" trailing behind him every time, one big and one small.
But when it comes to watermelon, Lu Miao thinks of Shi An.
Shi'an doesn't eat watermelon, but counting the days, it's Shi'an's birthday in the middle of the month.
Lu Miao pretended to be an expert in melon selection and picked a watermelon and handed it to Fu Jingyou.
In more than a month since she came back, she brought up the topic of return date for the first time:
"It's Shi An's birthday in the middle of the month. Should we go back before then? Or stay for a while?"
Fu Jingyou took the watermelon and patted it. It felt a little raw, so he patted the melon along the vine and picked another one.
He held a melon in one hand and held a melon in the other. He raised his chin and coaxed his wife and children to walk in front and said:
"I've been back for a while. Do you want to go back? If you want to go back, you can buy a ticket at any time."
"Well..."
Lu Miao nodded, thought about it for a moment and said:
"Go back, I haven't known what's going on in the factory yard for so long, and I want to experiment early to see if those cochineal scabs can still be used..."
Having said this, Lu Miao thought for a moment and suddenly realized that there would be quite a lot in the next two months.
One is that the children are going on summer vacation.
The second is the yard on South Street.
After so long, the smell of paint should have almost dissipated...
Then this time when I go back, I have to consider moving.
I'm going to attend Geng Xiaoyun's wedding in August. Gu Ying should be giving birth at about the same time, and there will be full moon wine by then...
Lu Miao knows a lot of people, but her social circle is really not that big.
But in such a small circle, there are a lot of things going on.
She sighed slightly, and Fu Jingyou responded:
"I'll tell my uncle and aunt tonight and I'll go to the county to check the tickets tomorrow."
Lu Miao nodded, but looked back at him and said:
“You don’t have to be in a hurry to just leave. You can plan your visit and it doesn’t matter if you stay for two more days.”
"Well, let's go and take a look tomorrow. We may not be able to buy the tickets for the upcoming date."
"Okay."
The couple reached a consensus and walked back while walking the baby.
It turned out to be a good idea, but after dinner, in the dim light of the evening, when Fu Jingyou and He Hongjin were threshing rice in the threshing floor next to the house, they heard the sound of a bicycle approaching quickly from a distance.
Looking back, it turned out that Hu Zhiyuan was coming. "Brother Fu!"
When Hu Zhiyuan saw Fu Jingyou, he started shouting from a distance.
Fu Jingyou dusted himself off, walked out of the threshing floor and asked:
"What's wrong? Why did you come here at this point?"
With a dry throat, Hu Zhiyuan jumped off the bicycle at the bottom of the slope.
After setting up his bicycle casually, he took out an envelope from his bag and gasped:
"I should have come here in the afternoon, but I delayed it until now because I was waiting for this telegram! Where is Sister Xiaobao? Brother Fu, the people in Beijing told her to go back quickly!"
When He Hongjin heard the noise, he dropped the rice ears in his hands and walked over:
"News from Beijingbei? Xiaoliu, did something happen?"
Fu Jingyou frowned slightly and shook his head.
Lu Miao was taking a shower in the room, so he took out the telegram from the envelope and looked at it.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Not only are telegrams charged per word, but the number of words is also linked to transmission efficiency and accuracy.
Therefore, when sending a telegram, it is generally required to refine the content, simplify it and simplify it again.
This telegram sent from northern Beijing contains only two lines and five words in total:
Comrade Yu.
Come home quickly.
This telegram was transcoded and translated by comrades in the county.
Others may not understand it, but Fu Jingyou can figure out the whole story at a glance.
Yu Hong was Lu Miao’s former assistant at Guoying News Agency.
After Lu Miao resigned, Yu Hong often came to her home to deliver news.
Now if you want to go back quickly, it must be the news from Guoying News Agency that Lu Miao's reinstatement has been confirmed...
Hu Zhiyuan panted for a long time, then calmed down and said:
"The phone call I received first in the afternoon, I guess there was some special situation in Beijing. Uncle Lu couldn't explain it clearly, and he was afraid that I wouldn't deliver the message properly, so he asked me to wait for the telegram to arrive before coming over."
Hu Zhiyuan took a breath, scratched his head and asked:
"Brother Fu, what happened? Is it serious?"
Telegram envelopes are in cash.
Hu Zhiyuan did not mean the contents of the telegram, it was just a glance anyway...
In short, Hu Zhiyuan had read it, but he didn't understand the meaning at all.
Fu Jingyou shook his head slightly, put the telegram back into the envelope twice and said:
"It's nothing, it's just that Miaomiao may have new arrangements at work."
"Huh?"
Hu Zhiyuan was a little confused.
Didn’t you say they all resigned?
Why do you have any work arrangements again?
Fu Jingyou didn't look at him again, but looked at He Hongjin.
"Uncle."
Fu Jingyou said as he and He Hongjin walked to the door of their house:
"Originally, Miaomiao and I discussed staying in my hometown for a few more days, but now it seems that I have to leave in these two days."
He Hongjin's eyebrows were deep, and he nodded with a worried expression:
"Is it really about work or something else? Does it matter?"
"It's just about work."
Fu Jingyou handed him the telegram and asked him to hand it to Lu Miao later:
"Didn't I say that last time? Miaomiao's superiors have been working on this matter, and now it's time to find out more about it before letting her go back... When Miaomiao comes out in a while, you ask her to pack her things. I'll go to the county to take a look first. Look at the ticket.”(End of Chapter)