60s Splendid Life

It wasn't until the end of March that Lu Jin found time to visit their grandfather in the Anshan labor camp, and gave the old man some spring and autumn clothes and shoes as well as some food.This time, he and Wang Chenglin went together. The three children in the family were not brought along. The children in the family had to go to school, so he did not take the children on a long trip together.

He was relieved to see that everything was fine inside the old man.

When he left, he also gave some things and money to the guard guard, hoping that the people there could help take care of his grandpa.With his current ability, there is no way to get the old man out of there, so he can only wrong the old man to stay inside for the time being, and compared to the situation outside which is about to be turbulent, the old man may be more comfortable staying inside. Be safe.

The journey to Anshan was long, and it would take two days to go back and forth. They left early the morning before and returned home in the evening of the next day.

The three siblings at home heard the wheels ringing outside the door, as if hearing a signal, the three siblings rushed to the door, and Xiao Baoer followed closely behind the brothers and sisters in his small car. Not one bit behind.As soon as I opened the door and saw the mule cart parked in front of the house, and my brother sitting on the mule cart, the three siblings shouted, "Brother!"

"Hey, it's my brother who's back. Are you being good at home? Did you miss my brother?" Lu Jin got off the mule cart, put his arms around the three children who came running, and asked with a smile.

Almost without any pause, the three siblings replied without hesitation: "Thinking about it!"

Lu Jin let out a chuckle, and told the children, "Brother misses you too." What he said was true. During the two days he was away from home, what he thought about the most were the children at home. Did you eat well at home and go to school on time?In addition to the footprints found at home last time, no one has been caught so far, so he is not too relieved every time he goes out recently, for fear that someone will go to their house at night when he is not at home.

It wasn't until he got home and saw that the three children were well that Lu Jin let go of all the worries in his heart.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"have eaten."

"Did you cook it yourself or did you go to Damao's house to eat?"

"We made it ourselves at home."

"Oh, it's amazing!"

Seeing that the children were so active, Lu Jin was relieved knowing that they were not hungry at home, and stretched out his hand to stroke the three little heads.Seeing that the three children forgot to ask someone when they were talking to him, he reminded: "I forgot what my brother told you, what do you want to say when you see someone?"

"Hello, Uncle Cheng Lin." Lu Qinglian was the first to think of it, and hurried to say hello to the uncle who sent their brother back.

Chenchen and Xiao Baoer also greeted uncle.

"Hey, good, you are good too." Wang Chenglin has been to Lu Jin's house so many times, and he also knows that there are only four brothers and sisters in their family without parents, but the children are well taught, and every time he comes, he will be very affectionate Calling him uncle is more enthusiastic than his two nephews.

"Brother, Xiao Jin, you are back. Have you eaten yet? Come to our house for dinner." Wang Xiumei, who was at home, heard a voice from outside. When she came out, she saw that her brother had sent Lu Jin back. She came over and called for someone to come. They go to eat at home.

"No, no, no, we ate on the way, and I'm going home. We bought some peaches on the way, and this is for your family." Wang Chenglin said a few words to his sister, and saw his two nephews follow him Come, take a bag of fruit from the mule cart to the two nephews, which contains a large bag of peaches.

"Brother, why did you give them so much? Just give them two, and you can take the rest home." Seeing her brother bring down such a big bag of peaches, Wang Xiumei reached out and took some out for the children Ladies and gentlemen, the rest must be returned.

"Hold it, hold it. There's still a big bag here, so much that I can't finish it when I take it home." Wang Chenglin pushed his younger sister's hand, refusing to go back.

"I still have some here, not enough to get from me." Lu Jin opened his back basket, which was also filled with half a basket of peaches.

On the way back, I saw someone selling peaches, fist-sized peaches, crisp and sweet, and the two of them bought some after tasting it.There are very few peaches here, and some are small and astringent, which are not as delicious as the big peaches grown by others in other places.

Wang Xiumei had no choice but to hold the bag of peaches, and was about to chew them with her two sons, but she hurriedly stopped, "Wash and eat later."

Wang Chenglin pulled the mule and turned it around, but did not untie the mule, and was ready to go home.

Seeing this, Lu Jin asked: "Brother Cheng Lin, are you going back? If you don't come to our house for a while, will you go back after rest?"

"Yeah, I'm going back. It's going to be dark if I sit again. I'll go home and rest." Wang Chenglin was also thinking about his wife and children when he went out for two days. He also brought some things in the car. He thought Take it home and give it to your family.

Knowing that others accompanied him out for two days might be because he was thinking about his family, so Lu Jin didn't stay with Wang Chenglin anymore.

Wang Xiumei said: "Brother, come back when you have time."

"Okay." Wang Chenglin waved to his sister, Lu Jin, and a few nephews. He stopped the mule cart when he passed the back door of his sister's house, said hello to his sister's family, and then drove the mule cart away.

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"Go inside and wash before eating. Sister-in-law Xiumei also come to our house to sit for a while."

Watching the mule cart disappear at the other end of the alley, Lu Jin carried the basket, brought his three children, and called Da Mao and Er Mao brothers to come to their house, and asked his sister to fetch a basin of water for washing peach.

Seeing that her two sons had gone to someone else's house, Wang Xiumei had no choice but to follow in. Seeing Lu Jin take out peaches from his back basket to wash, she also took a few peaches into the basin. How could she give back what she had? Does your child eat what others eat?

Lu Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this, and quickly rubbed the outer hair of the peaches with both hands. A child shared one and gave Wang Xiumei one: "Sister-in-law, you should try one too. It's delicious." The fruit of this year I didn't spray any pesticides to accelerate the ripening agent, and I can eat the flesh of the skin after washing it with water. I don't need to wash the fruit like the later generations and soak it for half a day. Lu Jin ate several on the way, but he still didn't wash it. Rub it on your clothes and eat it.

"Wow, what a big peach!"

"It's delicious, sweet."

Several children stood and gnawed in the yard holding a peach bigger than their fists, with happy smiles on their faces.

"It's the first time I've seen such a big peach, and it smells really sweet." The washed peaches were stained with water, the tops were red and pink, and smelled delicious. A little bit reluctant to eat.

"The peaches planted over there are better than ours. I don't know if the saplings from them can be planted here. If they can be planted, we will transport a few fruit seedlings over there next time when we have time to plant them here. .” If they were not rushing home on the road, they would go to the village of the old farmer who bought the fruit to get some saplings and come back

"If you can get saplings, you can try it. I don't know if this fruit core can be planted if it is buried." Wang Xiumei ate the middle, saw the fruit core in the middle, and thought in her heart whether this fruit core can be planted. Fruit seedlings come.

This...Lu Jin has never planted it before, so he doesn't know too well, "Let's bury some fruit pits in the ground after eating, and see if we can grow fruit seedlings."

"It's definitely possible!" Before the peach pits were planted in the ground, Wang Xiumei was already imagining that the peach trees they planted were also full of fruits.

Lu Jin went to find a clean towel to wipe his hands, went into the house and poured himself a glass of water. Seeing that his sister-in-law Xiumei was eating peaches, he stopped pouring water and moved two stools to Sit at the door.

This time they didn't follow her brother to visit grandpa because they had to go to school. Lu Qinglian was still thinking about her brother's visit to grandpa. Seeing her brother sitting down to rest, she walked over and asked, "Brother, will you meet?" Grandpa? Did grandpa ask about us?"

"I see, grandpa asked you if you are good at home and if you study hard." Lu Jin looked at the nervous look on the little girl's face, deliberately not finishing her sentence once.

"Then brother, how did you answer?" Lu Qinglian asked nervously.

Under the nervous expression of the little girl, Lu Jincai said with a smile: "Of course it means that you are very good at home, you study hard, and you also told grandpa how many points you scored in the final exam last time. You got No.1. Chenchen has also made progress, and our little treasure also goes to school with his brothers and sisters, he can write a lot, and he can also recite ancient poems and arithmetic, grandpa praised you all."

"Brother, how is grandpa?" Lu Qinglian didn't go to sit on the stool, but squatted beside her brother and asked.

"Okay, it looks a little better than when we first met."

"How is Uncle Sun?"

"Alright."

"..."

As the sun was setting, the neighbors who came to their house took their two children home. Lu Jin went to close the gate of the yard. Without his order, the children in the family boiled the hot water for bathing by themselves, and returned home. Learned to bathe with hot water by myself.

He was afraid that the children would accidentally burn him, so he went to help bring hot water out to bathe the two little boys. The older sister can take care of herself, so it doesn't need him to bother.

After going out the door and coming back, because I was really tired, I took a shower at night and didn't even wash the clothes. Lu Jin threw all the changed clothes into the basin outside the door, and planned to wash them tomorrow when I was free. The whole family went to bed early.

Sleeping until the middle of the night, the child next to him was moving, knowing that the child was about to pee, so he got up in a daze, carried the child and went outside to pee, and then returned to the house to lie down for a while. I heard a "click" sound from outside the yard, like the crisp sound of tiles falling to the ground.