60s Splendid Life

It happened that there were still two empty tables in the back row of the classroom. Teacher Yang asked the two new students to sit down at an empty table in the last row for class.

"Hello students."

"Hello teacher."

"Let's go to the first grade class first. The first grade students take out the math textbook and turn to page XX, and then we will start the class." The teacher standing on the podium wore a pair of glasses, and his clothes were washed white Dressed in a thin, medium-sized figure, he stood on a three-foot podium to give lectures to the students, and turned to write on the blackboard with chalk.

After Lu Qinglian and Lu Haochen sat down in their seats, they looked out the window and saw their elder brother standing outside looking at them with his younger brother in his arms.

Meeting the gazes of the two children, Lu Jin temporarily suppressed the worry in his heart, and made a cheering gesture to the two children.Standing outside for a while, seeing that the teacher was giving lectures to the students, he stopped disturbing the children in class, left the school with their children in his arms, and walked back home.

On the way, little Bao'er twisted her little neck and looked back, anxiously grabbed her brother's clothes and called her sister.

"What's the matter, Xiaobao? We're going home. Your second sister and third brother are going to stay in school to attend classes, and they won't come back until after school. After your second sister and third brother go to school to study, the only one at home is Xiaobao is with brother, is it okay baby?" Lu Jin kissed the child, and saw that the child no longer dragged him back, so he continued to walk forward with the child in his arms.

Talk to the children on the way: "When Xiaobao grows up, he will go to study with his brothers and sisters, okay?"

Little Bao'er was thinking about this question seriously.

Lu Jin didn't bother him either, and let him think for himself. After a while, he heard the child give a soft hum, and put his two little hands around his neck tightly, as if he was his whole world. Full of dependence and trust.

Until many years later, Lu Jin still remembered the touch of a pair of small arms hugging him firmly.

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Yesterday, I asked Mrs. Qin where the old carpenter's house in their village lived. On the way home, Lu Jin stopped by the old carpenter's house. He even asked someone on the way to find the place.

The two brothers came to the door of a small courtyard and saw some logs and bamboos piled up in the courtyard. An old man was sitting on a stool under the eaves, knocking on the wood with a hammer in his hand.Knowing that the place he was looking for should be here, Lu Jin stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, "Knock——"

"Knock Knock Knock-"

Seeing that the people inside didn't hear it, Lu Jin knocked on the door twice again. The old man inside looked up at them and stopped what he was doing.He just walked in, stood in front of the old man and asked, "Hello, are you the third master? I want to ask you to make some furniture."

"I am, uh... you are?" Third Master Lu didn't quite recognize the two little dolls in front of him, he stood up from the stool he was sitting on and asked.

"My name is Lu Jin. I just moved back to the village not long ago. I'm short of some furniture. I want to ask you for help. Is it convenient for you to do it for me recently?" Lu Jin didn't mention Lu Laogen's name. To put it out, he, Lu Jin, is Lu Jin, and has nothing to do with the people in the Lu family's old house, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with that family in the future.

However, Lujia Village is only this big. Whether there are more or fewer people in the village, everyone in the village knows what happened.

Even if Lu Jin didn't mention his grandfather's name, Third Master Lu recognized them as the grandsons of Lu Laogen's family. He knew that they had just separated and moved out, and they probably came to him because they were in need of something. Said: "It can be done, what kind of furniture are you going to make?"

"Two wardrobes, two desks, four higher chairs, a few small stools, and a small table for eating, the kind that can be folded away. There are also two that can be placed on the kang for writing. The small table I used..." Lu Jin reported a series of lists, and when it was time to make furniture, he realized that his home needed quite a lot of furniture, but he didn't know how much it would cost to make so many things. If the money was too much, he would have to Consider reducing it a bit.

Three generations of Mr. Lu’s family were carpenters. His grandfather, his father, his father, and then his son all worked as carpenters. All his sons and daughters got married, two daughters got married, and the three sons all moved outside after they got married. Have a little time.Now that he is getting old, he doesn’t go to work in the fields. He just helps people in the village to make some money by doing woodwork, which is enough for him and his wife to live together. he.

Grandma Lu San who was in the house heard someone talking outside, stood at the door of the house and looked out, and saw a half-grown boy carrying a small doll to their house to do things, and recognized that it was Mrs. Lu The two grandsons of the Gen family.

"Oh, yes, I wonder if you can make another pair of crutches for me, for an older child like him." The two pairs of crutches are for little Bao'er, and they should be made according to the size of the child .When treating the child at Uncle Liu's before, Lu Jin talked to Uncle Liu about the child's situation. The child should have learned to walk at this age, but because the child's feet are not good, the family members also I don't have that much thought to pay attention to these things of him, so I have been delaying until now.

Now that he has taken over, Lu Jin feels that he has to take good care of the children. The most important thing is to take care of the children's feet first. Teaching the children how to walk with a cane is better than crawling on the ground all the time.

"The closet and desk are not in a hurry, I may have to trouble you to help me with a small pair of crutches first." This one is more urgent.

"This is fine, no problem." Lu Sanye looked at the child who was held in Lu Jin's arms, and saw that the child's eyebrows were beautiful. He had never seen such a good-looking child in the country for so many years, but it was a pity. One foot has been bad since birth. When he saw the child being held by his elder brother, he guessed that the child's foot could not walk.

Many children like this are thrown away by their parents as soon as they are born in the countryside. This child can be raised because the parents at home are soft-hearted and not willing to throw it away.

Mr. Lu has lived to this age and has never seen anything. He has a clear mind and a clear eye, and he always has the word "kindness" in his heart. He is kind to his neighbors, harmonious with his wife, and gentle with his children.He liked the pair of handsome and clean brothers in front of him very much, and immediately agreed to help Lu Jin make a crutch first, took off the ruler hanging from his waist, and said to Lu Jin, "Put the child away." Come down and let me measure how tall he is."

"Come down, little treasure, let grandpa measure you." Lu Jin asked the child what he meant, then put the child down, asked the carpenter to measure the child's height, and discussed with the carpenter what to do with the child's crutches Do.

Grandma Lu San came out of the house and gave the child a piece of wax gourd candy in her hand.

"Xiaobao, say thank you to grandma." Lu Jin asked the child to take the things given by the elders, and asked the child to thank the old lady.Probably because they lived with Grandma Shen for a while, this time the child did not reject the approach of the old lady, and obediently thanked the old lady after receiving the things: "Thank you, grandma."

"So cute." Grandma Lu San was very fond of this beautiful little baby, and even brought two stools for Lu Jin brothers to sit on.

Lu Jin took the stool, thanked the old lady, and sat down to talk to Mr. Lu.

The two people in the back discussed how much furniture to make, what size and style, and he made some suggestions for the style of the wardrobe. Instead of making the current old-fashioned wardrobe, it should be made into a larger one that can hold things in future generations. That kind doesn't need too many grids inside, just a cabinet with two partitions and a horizontal bar to hang clothes, which is much simpler than the current old-fashioned wardrobe.

"Yeah, yes." Lu Sanye had never seen such a wardrobe, but from what Lu Jin said, he probably knew how to do it.

After the two discussed and decided on the style and quantity of the furniture, Lu Jin didn't forget that he still had to pay, and asked, "Third Grandfather, calculate how much it is, and I will pay you the deposit first."

After a while, Mr. Lu calculated the price and reported a number: "Just give me 28 yuan. I won't count the money for a few small stools as yours. I'll see if I'm done. As much unused wood is left, I will make a few small stools for you."

"Then I would like to thank the third grandpa. I will give you a deposit of ten yuan first, and I will pay you the balance after the rest is finished and given to me." Lu Jin was a little surprised when he heard the report. , He did so many things for so little money?And it is because the price of two wardrobes and two tables is relatively high, and the prices of other small things are very low.

Maybe the price of these things is so low because he doesn't choose any good wood. He asked Mr. Lu to use whatever wood he has, as long as he can make it. He doesn't have too high requirements for this .Of course, he also knows that furniture made of good wood is more durable, but now they don't need furniture that has been used for hundreds of years, they only need to last for three to five years, because he knows that if they have a chance to leave here in the future, He won't stay in this place forever, the furniture is too good to take away, maybe it's left for others to use.

Lu Sanye originally thought that the other party would just give a deposit of two or three yuan, but he didn't expect that the other party would give ten yuan as soon as he asked, so he naturally had no objection, "It's okay."

"Then please trouble the third grandpa. I don't know when the crutches will be given to me at the earliest?" Lu Jin took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to the third master Lu, and asked what he cared about most by the way.

"Tomorrow, it should be ready tomorrow afternoon, and you can come and get it then." Third Master Lu got the money and passed it on to the old lady, "The rest may take some time, about half a month at the earliest, and at the slowest." Around January, when it's done, I'll send my son to your home."

Grandma Lu San took the money and put it in her pocket with a smile.

"Okay, thank you Third Grandpa. I'll come over to pick up the crutches after dinner tomorrow afternoon. You can do the rest slowly. Don't worry. No one is at home, so let's go back first." Lu Jin sat up in his arms The child on the small stool asked the child to say goodbye to the two elders, and he also said goodbye to the two elders, and went out with their child in his arms.

Third Grandma Lu looked at the two brothers who went out from their courtyard, sighed, and said, "What a wonderful child, it's just a pity..."