Ji Yang said, "I asked, and my mother said that all the money in our family is mine, and no one can ask for it. Anyone who asks for it is just asking for money. I also told my mother that I want to make money to support her in her old age like Lu Haici, and then my mother cried. Oh..." Ji Yang sighed and continued, "Really, my mother cried for a long time like a little kid, even more than me. My father said that lesbians tend to cry more, so gay men should be nice to lesbians, so that lesbians will not cry."
Ji Yang's words revealed important news, but the kids didn't understand.
When Qin Ming heard Ji Yang's words, he also said: "My mother won't cry, my father listens to my mother."
Lu Haici thought about how his father picked him up yesterday and was stopped by his mother. He also agreed with Qin Ming's words: "My father also listens to my mother. My mother is the eldest in our family." Next is his father. He is the third child. But he knows that as long as he follows his mother, he doesn't have to be afraid of his father.
Qin Ming laughed: "I am the eldest in my family, my mother is the second, and my father is the third."
Ji Yang looked at Qin Ming with envy: "You are so amazing."
Chen Zhou listened to them and said, "In our family, my father is the eldest, I am the second, my sister is the third, and my mother is the fourth." Chen Zhou has an older sister who is nine years old and in elementary school. "My mother doesn't want my sister to go to school, but my father wants my sister to go to school. My father glared at her and my mother didn't dare to say anything. But I know that behind my back, my mother always told my sister not to go to school, saying that it was a waste of money for a girl to go to school, and it would be better to honor my grandmother. But my father said that it was good to go to school, and if a girl went to school, she could become a literary soldier and make money in the future. What do you think, is my father right or my mother right?" The troubles of kindergarten children, when what their father says is different from what their mother says, who should they listen to
Lu Haici said: "Whatever my mother says is right, I will definitely listen to her." He almost didn't hesitate.
Another person who did not hesitate was Qin Ming: "I will definitely listen to my grandma. Everyone in our family has to listen to my grandma, but my grandma loves me the most." Even a little kid knows who is the head of the family.
Ji Yang said: "My father listens to my mother, and I... I listen to Lu Haici."
Lu Hai Ci: "…"
Chen Zhou: “…”
Qin Ming: “…”
Lu Haici: "Why should you listen to me?" He is not Ji Yang's father or mother.
Ji Yang: "Because we are good friends." In fact, what Ji Yang wanted to express was that because he listened to Lu Haici, he could eat the food cooked by Lu Haici's mother.
Lu Haici: "Well, do you still want to go to the cafeteria for lunch?"
Qin Ming: "I'll go, and my grandparents will go too. They're so annoying. They ate the food I brought home yesterday, and they're going today too. But I'm not going with them, I'm going with you."
"I'm going today too." Chen Zhou said, "I brought my father's canteen ration book and told my father about it. My father told me to go eat with you. My father said that real men should be with real men."
Ji Yang: "Lu Haici, what did your mother cook today?"
"Yes, I want to eat it too." Qin Ming sucked his saliva.
Chen Zhou also looked at Lu Haici.
Lu Haici said honestly: "I don't know either. My mother didn't tell me. But I had seafood porridge in the morning. It was very delicious."
Qin Ming: "What is seafood porridge? I've eaten rice porridge and sweet potato porridge, but I've never eaten seafood porridge."
Lu Haici: "It's rice porridge and meat, white meat."
Qin Ming: "Isn't that meat porridge?"
Lu Haici: “…but my mother said it was seafood porridge.”
Qin Ming: "That's seafood porridge, your mother must be right."
Ji Yang: "Yes, what Lu Haici's mother said must be right."
In the hearts of the little ones, whatever their mother says is right if she cooks delicious meals.
Then the kids chatted for a while, and when it was time to get out of school at noon, they picked up their lunch boxes and canteen ration books and rushed to the third company's kitchen. They didn't run like they did yesterday, because Lin Qingqing told them that no one would eat in the canteen at this time, so she asked them to walk slowly.
Four little kids walking side by side was quite a spectacle. Someone met them on the road. Ji Yang, Lu Haici and Qin Ming were quite famous in the family compound. Qin Ming was the naughty kid in the family compound, and he was famous because he was the grandson of Commander Qin. Ji Yang became famous because of Xu Huijuan, who was once a famous virtuous stepmother in the family compound. Lu Haici became famous because of the battle between Lin Qingqing and Yang Mailian. After a few days of fermentation, this matter became known to everyone.
But even if everyone knew about it, no one said anything to Lin Qingqing. Even Yang Mailian was defeated by her, and Zhang Hongping didn't say anything. What's more, Lu Cheng was the deputy head of the group, so naturally others didn't dare to inquire about it.
Later, Qin Ming went to Lu's house for dinner, and Zhang Hongping also came to visit, so in the eyes of others, they had reconciled.
At this moment, someone saw four little kids walking side by side, holding lunch boxes together, and asked curiously: "Qin Ming, don't you go home to the cafeteria to get food after school?" Who would let little kids go to get food? What if they don't hold it firmly
The person who questioned Zhang Hongping was a military wife she knew.
Qin Ming said: "We are going to the cafeteria to eat."
The military wife was shocked: "Why are you going to the cafeteria to eat? I saw your grandma at home this morning."
Qin Ming: "Because Lu Haici's mother works in the canteen, her mother's cooking is delicious. Auntie, I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to eat." Then, he led his friends to jog. But after a few steps, they stopped and walked again.
When they arrived at the cafeteria door, a few children started shouting again.
"Mom, I'm here." Lu Haici jumped up and down, very happy.
"Aunt, I'm here too." Qin Ming followed closely, and was as happy as Lu Haici. This kid was not afraid of strangers, and because they had known each other for a few meals, he was particularly friendly when he saw Lin Qingqing, and it was estimated that this level of intimacy was even greater than seeing his biological mother.
"Hello, Auntie." Ji Yang's personality was actually lively, but compared to Qin Ming, he was much more disciplined. Ji Yang's attitude towards Lin Qingqing was completely like the attitude of his friends' parents, a little reserved.
The most polite one was Chen Zhou: "Hello, Auntie." It was the first time he saw Lin Qingqing, so he was a little overwhelmed. It was completely different from the time when he pushed Lu Haici down before. In other words, this was a little kid who was a bully at home but a coward outside of the nest.
Lin Qingqing didn't expect to see a new kid today, but she was naturally happy to see Lu Haici making more and more friends. "Hello, Lu Haici, Qin Ming, Ji Yang, line up. What's the name of this new friend?"
Chen Zhou said shyly, "My name is Chen Zhou." Is this Lu Haici's mother? She is so pretty and gentle. Lu Haici's mother is different from his own mother. Her smile is as bright as the sun, and she is fair-skinned, prettier than any other mother he has ever seen.
"Hello, little Chen Zhou, thank you for being friends with our Lu Haici. Today you will be at the back of the line and see how Lu Haici and the others get their meals. Would you like to learn from them?" Lin asked gently.
Chen Zhou: "Okay."
Lu Haici's meal today was still rice and seafood porridge, which was left over from the morning. Lin Qingqing couldn't just cook porridge for one meal in the morning. Lu Haici put the porridge in his small bowl, and Lin Qingqing put the vegetables in a big bowl for him. The vegetables were stir-fried cabbage with braised pig intestines. The braised food tasted very good after being stir-fried, especially after the braised juice was mixed into the cabbage, the cabbage became even more delicious.
After the Lu Hai Ci was typed, it was brought back to its original location and finished.
Next came Qin Ming and Ji Yang. Because there was a lot of rice and seafood porridge, Lin Qingqing filled a bowl for Qin Ming and Ji Yang respectively. Although rice was expensive, a small bowl of rice could make a lot of porridge, so a small bowl of porridge actually didn't have much rice.
Finally, it was Chen Zhou's turn. He did the same as the others. He prepared his meal and crossed out one day's meal on the canteen's ration book. Then he put the remaining food into a lunch box and asked him to take it home.
While the little one was eating, Lin Qingqing also served herself some food and ate with Qi Shao and the others. Lin Qingqing also liked the cabbage fried with braised pig intestines.
When Lin Qingqing and the others finished their meal, it was almost twelve o'clock. The soldiers from the third company had not arrived yet, but another guest had arrived.
"Grandma..." Qin Ming was sitting facing the door, so he saw Zhang Hongping.
Zhang Hongping came to get food and visit her grandson. She saw her grandson and three friends eating with gusto and was curious about what they were eating. She walked in and saw that it was pork intestines fried with cabbage. It looked like an ordinary dish, but the color was very beautiful. Zhang Hongping, who had eaten two meals, did not think that the cabbage was not delicious, because she knew that her grandson was very picky.
"Take your time to eat. Grandma will go get some food first. Your grandpa will be home soon." She got some food and took it back to the family compound to eat. There were too many people here, so she didn't want to eat here in a crowded place. In addition to the food, there was also rice porridge, she saw. She was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the people in the kitchen of the third company would also eat rice porridge.
"Hello, Auntie." Lin Qingqing stood at the window, saw Zhang Hongping coming over, and greeted her, "Here is half a lunch box of Qin Ming's food." She handed over the lunch box.
Zhang Hongping knew from what she had seen yesterday that this was because her grandson couldn't finish the food, so Lin Qingqing packed it separately. She said, "Thank you for this, wife Lu Cheng. This child has caused you trouble these past two days."
Lin Qingqing said, "No, Qin Ming and Hai Ci are good friends. In my eyes, he is like my nephew. He is very well behaved. I like him so much that I can't wait to see him. How can I think he is a nuisance?" This is the truth. Even if Qin Ming and Lu Hai Ci had a fight, it is normal for kids to fight with each other. Even when she was a child, she had a fight with her classmates. After the fight, it was over. After that, they still played together. As long as adults don't interfere in the affairs of kids, they will forget about it after fighting.
Zhang Hongping didn't care whether Lin Qingqing's words were polite or sincere, she felt comfortable listening to them. In fact, as long as they were praising her grandson, she would treat the other person as kind as a flower, even if the person was her enemy. Now, Zhang Hongping no longer had the same opinion of Lin Qingqing as before. "Wife Lu Cheng, how did you make this dish? Our Xiao Ming doesn't like to eat vegetables. Although meat tastes good, he can't live without vegetables. He had a stomachache before, and the doctor told him to eat more vegetables, but he just didn't like them. But after he came home yesterday, he said that the dishes you cooked were delicious, and I saw that he enjoyed eating cabbage today."
Lin Qingqing didn't know what to say. She said, "I can't really say. Maybe the dishes I cook are more suitable for Qin Ming's taste. How about this, which dish is Auntie interested in? We can discuss it when we are free. The comrades from the third company will be here soon."
Zhang Hongping immediately said, "Yes, yes, it's not the right time now. I'll come to see you another day."
Lin Qingqing: "Of course no problem."
Zhang Hongping was in a good mood because she was easy to talk to. "Lu Cheng's wife, is this the only dish you have today? My old man said that your cooking is delicious, so we will come to the canteen to get our food from now on."
Lin Qingqing: "… Today, there is only one dish. Since the meat and vegetables are cooked together, the portion is larger."
Zhang Hongping: "Okay, give me one too."
Lin Qingqing: "You already have half a portion in your lunch box, would you like another portion?"
"Half a portion is not enough for me and my old man. I'll go to the cafeteria to get another one later." Zhang Hongping said. She thought there would be two dishes, but she didn't know there was only one, so she wanted to go to the cafeteria to get another dish.
Lin Qingqing: "Okay." She quickly made another portion for Zhang Hongping.
Zhang Hongping gave the money and went to the cafeteria again in a good mood.
Zhang Hongping had just walked out of the canteen door when she saw the comrades from the third company rushing in. To be honest, every time they ate in the canteen, these comrades were like going to the battlefield. The company canteen was better, and everyone had enough food, but the big canteen was different. If you went too late, when you came across the good food, it would be gone.
"Come on, come on, there's meat for lunch." The soldier running in the front saw the dishes in the window and immediately shouted to the people behind him.
In an instant, the soldiers ran very fast. The windows of the cafeteria were immediately crowded. If the windows were not separated, the comrades in the kitchen who were serving food would have no place to stand.
Someone ordered the dish and took a sip first: "It tastes good. Squad Leader Qi told us this morning that it was cabbage and didn't tell us there was meat. How could he hide this from us?"
Qi Shao: "I told you in advance that there would be no surprises. There will be meat and vegetables for two consecutive days. You should be satisfied."
"That's right. Having food to eat can't stop you from eating." Lin Bao said from the next window.
Another soldier asked, "Squad Leader Qi, is there any rice porridge today? I saw the children of Deputy Colonel Lu drinking rice porridge."
Qi Shao: "That was made by Comrade Lin for his own children. You have no share. What are you thinking? You still want to compete with the kids. Do you have any shame?"
"Hahahaha... As long as there's food to eat, I don't care about my dignity."
"That's right, how much is your face worth?"
…
After lunch, Lu Cheng and Lu Haici waited for Lin Qingqing to go home together.
On the way home, Lu Haici suddenly remembered something: "Mom, what is begging for money?"
Lin Qingqing raised her eyebrows. Why did Lu Haici ask this question for no reason? "Why would you ask about begging for money? Did anyone tell you about begging for money?" If a child could say this, then someone must have said it in front of him. Lin Qingqing was a little angry. Who on earth would say such nonsense in front of a child
Lu Cheng also looked at Lu Haici.
Lu Haici said, "We talked about this as kids. Yesterday we talked about what we wanted to do when we grow up..." Lu Haici told the story again, "I forgot to ask mom yesterday."
So that's it. Lin Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but: "Haici, everyone has different views on everything. Their parents have their opinions, and I have mine, so my opinion may not be correct. But I want to tell you my opinion."
Lu Haici: "What mom said must be right."
Lin smiled gently and touched his ear: "I think there is nothing wrong with your child's mother being filial to his grandmother, but filial piety should be done within one's ability and also depends on the situation. For example, your mother raised you, so do you have to take care of her in her old age and be filial to her?"
Lu Haici vowed: "Of course I will. I want to provide for my mother in her old age."
"So, your kid's grandmother raised his mother, so his mother should be filial to her. Just like your grandmother, that is, my mother, my father, and my grandparents, they raised me, treated me well, and loved me very much, so I have to be filial to them. But this filial piety depends on how much ability you have. If I have one dollar, I can take out fifty cents to be filial to them." She couldn't explain it in too much detail, because the little kid didn't understand responsibilities and obligations, so the most direct way was to use money as an analogy, "But the premise is that I earned the money myself. If it was your father's money, I couldn't give it to your grandmother without permission. I would have to ask your father's opinion."
"I have no problem with that." Lu Cheng said immediately, "You decide on our family's money."
Hearing this, Lin Qingqing looked at him. However, when she met his eyes, she looked away awkwardly. Her heartbeat was a little faster because of Lu Cheng's words. She was not stupid. From the hair-drying incident that day to Lu Cheng's words now, as well as the little things they usually did together, they all revealed a problem that she had been ignoring, or didn't want to pay attention to.
That is... Lu Cheng really regarded her as his wife. Or, as he said that night, he was attracted to me and wanted to be my revolutionary partner.
What about herself? What was she thinking? Divorce Lu Cheng when conditions allowed in the future? Wouldn't that mean wasting a few years on Lu Cheng? But if she didn't divorce, she wasn't the original owner, and she couldn't feel at ease being a real couple with Lu Cheng.
Besides, does she like him
Maybe I have a good impression of him.
From the liking for his appearance to the recognition of his character. To be frank, who doesn't want a tall and handsome partner
"Mom, I'll give you the money too. We'll be filial to our grandparents and great-grandmother." Lu Haici actually liked his grandparents and great-grandmother quite a lot because his great-grandmother treated him very well.
Before Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng got married, Lu Cheng brought Lu Haici to visit, so he naturally met Grandma Lin. With Grandma Lin's shrewdness, she certainly wouldn't treat Lu Haici badly. On the contrary, she was very kind to Lu Haici. As a result, Lu Haici, who had never had any relatives from his mother's side, had a good impression of Grandma Lin and the Lin family.
Lin Qingqing came back to her senses because of Lu Haici's words: "Okay, when mom gets her salary, let's go to the department store together to pick out gifts for your great-grandmother, great-grandfather, aunt, and grandparents, okay?"
"Okay." Lu Haici was happy when he thought of this, but then he became worried again, "But mom, I don't have any money." Oh... he also wanted to make money, and wondered where children could go to make money.
Lin Qingqing listened to his sighs and found it quite interesting. "I have money. I can tell them that although I bought the gifts, they were all selected by you. They will definitely be happy if you carefully select the gifts for them."
Lu Haici's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course it's true."
"Why don't we go together then?" Lu Cheng took the opportunity to say. As a gay man, he was active at work and not the kind of person who would be reserved in life. "I haven't bought anything for my grandparents, father-in-law and mother-in-law yet, so I should show my filial piety."
Lin Qingqing couldn't say no: "If you are free by then, that would be great. You can carry things for us."
Lu Haici echoed: "Carry things, carry things..."
Lu Cheng glanced at his son and said, "As a little man, you can't even carry things. What should I say to you?"
Lu Haici was stunned, his eyes wide open, as if he couldn't believe that his father would say such a thing.
"Don't worry about your dad." Lin gently patted the little boy's back. "You are already amazing. You can even wash the dishes by yourself. And when I first came here, I was sick for half a month, but you took care of me. You made me meals and vegetables. Have you forgotten?"
Lu Cheng felt that he had received a fatal blow. During that half month, his wife was sick and almost burned to death. The one who took care of her was his five-year-old son, so... this bastard replaced his position in Lin Qingqing's heart
The more Lu Cheng thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. He even wondered, since he had been back for several days, and she hadn't asked for a wedding night, was she... still angry with him
No, we have to talk this out.