60s Splendid Life

There was no firewood at home, so brothers Lu Songguang and Lu Songtao went out to cut firewood early in the morning. The two brothers picked up two loads of firewood and returned home. When they saw how many bags were placed at the door of the house, Lu Songguang felt a little strange and asked: " Aunt, where did you get so many things?"

"Ah Guang, Ah Tao, you are back. Oh, this is what Xiaojin sent to us just now, come and help me take it into the house together." Wang Meili called her two sons to help.

The mother and son moved several large bags of things into the house together.

The two sisters, Lu Xiaomei and Lu Xiaohui, who were inside the room, heard the voice outside, and went out of the room. The two sisters had no thick clothes to wear in winter, and it was too cold to go outside. Their mother went out, and the two sisters could only hide in the house.

Seeing so many things at home now, Lu Xiaomei also asked a little strangely where they came from.

"Xiao Jin just sent it to us, saying that there are quilts and clothes, let's take them out and take a look." Wang Meili opened a package and found two quilts inside. The quilt is even better now, "This quilt is so good. With this quilt, we don't have to be afraid of the cold when we sleep in the future." It's not like she doesn't know how many children can't sleep because of the cold at night, but there are no quilts at home. There was nothing she could do about being anxious. It was difficult to borrow quilts from other people's homes at this time. I didn't expect my nephew to send them a few quilts today.

Sisters Lu Xiaomei and Lu Xiaohui hurried to help unpack the things when they heard this.

"Auntie, it's clothes!" Lu Xiaomei unpacked a bag of clothes, which contained a thick cotton padded jacket. She quickly put it on herself, and found another cotton padded jacket, which she gave to her younger sister to wear.

Looking at these clothes, Wang Meili looked familiar, and recognized that they were the clothes worn by Lu Jin's mother-in-law before. They had divided these clothes when they brought them back, but because Lu Jin went to make trouble at home, these clothes were returned I went back and gave some to Lu Jin's brothers and sisters, but I didn't expect Lu Jin to send them to them again today.

When she saw these familiar things, Wang Meili realized how wrong they had done to her nephews and nieces. Unexpectedly, her nephew ignored the past and sent these bedding and clothes to them. Tears fell down uncontrollably.

"Mother, why are you crying? Did that brat Lu Jin say something bad? I'm going to teach him a lesson!" When Lu Songguang saw his mother crying, he thought it was Lu Jin who said something when he brought something. If it's ugly, turn around and go to Lu Jin.

But before he could leave, his hand was grabbed by his mother.

"No, no, you misunderstood." Wang Meili hurriedly grabbed her son's hand, and told her sons and daughters about the guilt in her heart and the fact that she didn't dare to help her nephew and niece because she was afraid that her mother-in-law would misunderstand her.

Until today when something like this happened to them, she didn't know who was good to them and who was bad to them.Wang Meili wiped the red corners of her eyes and said to her children, "Xiaojin is a good boy. You and his brothers and sisters are cousins ​​and relatives. When you meet them in the village, you should take the initiative Go talk to them, your brothers and sisters are older than their brothers and sisters, if they need help, you should help them more."

"Well, I see." After hearing his mother's words, Lu Songguang felt guilty and embarrassed that he had misunderstood Lu Jin just now. It turned out that he had misunderstood Lu Jin all along. If Lu Jin's words hadn't reminded him of what he said, their family might still be inseparable now.

Lu Songtao, Lu Xiaomei and Lu Xiaohui saw so many things that their cousin sent to their home, and they also knew that this cousin was really nice, even their own father had never been to their place since he sent things here once.Their uncle said that they sent a carload of things, but in fact, all the things they sent were so old that there were not many of them that could be used. It just sounded like a good reputation.Unlike the things sent by my cousin, the quilts and clothes are good, and there are two big bags of food.

One by one, they all felt ashamed when they remembered that they were bullied by Lu Jin brothers and sisters and were bullied by Lu Xiaolan and Lu Xiaoxin sisters.

Wang Meili took several sons and daughters to unpack all the packages, asked the two daughters to move the women's clothes to the house where they lived, and asked the two sons to clean up the remaining men's clothes.

After unpacking the two large packages of food, they saw that there were not only dried vegetables, sweet potato powder and pickled vegetables, but also two large pieces of bacon and a cured duck.

"Auntie, there is meat! I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat." The youngest Lu Xiaoshan's eyes lit up when he saw the flesh.

Although Lu Songguang and Lu Songtao didn't speak, they were drooling looking at the meat.

When she saw these things, Wang Meili was stunned for a moment, her eyes were red again, she took out what she had eaten tonight, and asked her two daughters to help put the rest of the food in the rice bowl and put it away. I forgot to remind my daughter to close the lid, so as not to have mice stealing and eating at night.

"Aniang will cook you a good meal tonight." Wang Meili went outside with a handful of dried vegetables and a piece of meat.

After having thick clothes to keep out the cold, sisters Lu Xiaomei and Lu Xiaohui also went out to help their mother cook.

On this day, their family of six ate the best meal after separation. There were not only vegetables but also meat, and there was no one grabbing food at the dinner table. There is meat in the bowl.

Later, when Lu Xiaomei thought about the meal she ate today, she even felt that this meal was the best meal she had eaten since she grew up. Futon clothes and food come cousin.

Of course, Lu Jin, who was at home at this time, didn't know that someone was grateful to him.

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As soon as he opened the gate of the yard the next day, Lu Jin saw two large bundles of firewood at the gate. He glanced left and right, but saw no one. So, this firewood was for him?

But who gave it to him?There was a faint guess in his heart.

Although the firewood at home was enough for this winter, but someone brought firewood to the door, of course he... accepted it with a smile.

Lu Qinglian, who was squatting in front of the stove and setting fire, saw her brother come back with a bundle of firewood, and asked a little strangely: "Brother, you are looking for someone to buy firewood again. Isn't our firewood used up?" Lu Qinglian is probably the only one who knows a lot of things. She knows that her brother made money from doing business outside, that her brother brought a lot of food at home, and that the firewood at home was bought with money. So she usually saves firewood, and this is all bought with money!

"I didn't buy it, it was given by someone else." The firewood hadn't dried yet. Lu Jin threw the firewood into the yard outside, and then went out to bring in another bundle. Their little girl wanted to help, so he asked the little girl go away.

Lu Qinglian, who is usually very obedient, naturally didn't listen to her brother at this time, and helped her brother move the firewood to the yard, babbled, and asked her brother: "Is this firewood given to us by someone else? Who gave it so kindly?" Let’s use firewood?” Is there such a good person in the village?How did she never know?There was innocence and doubt in the little girl's eyes.

"Hey, guess what." Lu Jin looked at the smart little girl in their family, but didn't explain.

Lu Haochen, who heard voices outside the house, also ran out, saw his sister standing there with a thoughtful face, pushed her, and asked, "Sister, are you stupid? What are you doing standing here so stupid? "

"...You are stupid!" Lu Qinglian raised her hand and slapped the stupid brother's head.

"Sister, you hit me again!" Lu Haochen held his hat that was almost photographed, moved away from his sister, ran to his brother's side, and said to his sister: "Sister, you are so fierce, no one will dare Marry your wife!"

"...Lu Haochen, you are courting death!"

Lu Qinglian took out a branch from the two bundles of firewood and chased after her younger brother to beat them. The two brothers and sisters started arguing inside, one hitting and the other hiding.Lu Jin, who was caught in the middle, quickly raised his hands to stop the two children, "You two go outside and have a showdown, don't tear down the kitchen here."

Lu Haochen looked at his brother in disbelief, and asked, "Brother, are you still my brother? Aww..." But as soon as he stopped, he was whipped twice by his own sister, almost crying.

Lu Qinglian raised her chin when she hit someone, and waved the stick twice with a proud face, meaning that if you dare to provoke me again, I will continue to teach you a lesson.

Lu Jin doesn't care much about the children's fights at home. As long as the fights are not too excessive and within the scope of his permission, he can make as many fights as he likes, but if the fights go too far, the two They all have to be punished together.But regarding what the younger brother said, when his elder sister came into the house later, he still taught the stinky boy. The content of the education was "the elder sister is the only little girl in their family. Protect my sister", "Even if my sister really can't get married, no one will dare to marry her, at worst they can just keep them at home" and so on.

On this day, Lu Haochen had a lot of epiphanies from his brother's words of education, and since then, he never dared to say such things in front of his sister.

The Spring Festival holiday ended unexpectedly.

After the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, their tofu shop reopened to make tofu on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. Naturally, these employees had to go back to work.However, the time to go to work has returned to the previous eight o'clock, and there is no need to make tofu at four or five in the morning like that time ago.

So they started working so late, and the tofu shop didn't care about breakfast. They could have breakfast at home before going to work.

Early in the morning, Lu Jin made breakfast at home, and after breakfast, he was ready to go out to start work.The primary school in the village will not start for a few days, and the three children in the family don't have to go to school, so he let the three children stay at home to play.

"Brother has gone to work, you stay at home and play obediently. If you want to go out, you can go to Mrs. Qin's house to play with Da Mao and Er Mao and then come back."

"Brother, why don't we go with you."

"You don't need to follow me. It's too cold outside. You can only stay outside and blow the cold wind."

Lu Jin refused to let the children follow him, and told his elder sister to take care of his two younger brothers at home, and then he went out.As soon as the door of the yard was opened, I looked at each other in dismay with the big hall brother who had just put the firewood at the door of their house.

The two looked at each other, and the young man who had just bent over to put firewood outside also saw him with a look of astonishment.

There was a bright smile on Lu Jin's face, and he smiled at the lobby brother who secretly delivered firewood to their door and said: "Lord brother, thank you for bringing firewood to our house these few days."

"No, you're welcome." Lu Songguang obviously didn't expect that he would be caught on the spot for doing good deeds, so he turned his head and left with a guilty conscience.But before he could take a few steps, he was stopped by someone behind him.The cousin who walked up to him still had a smile on his face, and said to him: "I happen to be going to the tofu shop, let's go together."