Lu Haici ran to the next door first: "Ji Yang... Ji Yang, are you there?"
"Yes." Ji Yang ran out of the house. He now has comic books, so he doesn't have to go to Lu's house every day to read them. "Lu Haici, what are you doing?" Ji Yang ran out of the bed. It was winter and very cold. Ji Yang liked to lie in bed and read books. But because Lu Haici called him, he ran out wearing cotton trousers. The trousers had patches, and the patches were of different colors, which were very eye-catching. It's not that Ji Yang doesn't have good cotton trousers, but Ji Yang likes to wear patched cotton trousers, because these old trousers that are often worn are the most comfortable to wear.
Lu Haici said: "We have a big cleaning today. I want to clean my room, but I can't do it alone. Come and help me. I'll treat you to some buns at the state-owned restaurant." Lu Haici's words were very impressive.
Ji Yang: "Okay, I'll go back and get dressed, you have to wait for me."
Lu Haici: "Hurry up, I'll go call Qin Ming."
Ji Yang: “I know.”
Lu Haici ran out of Ji Yang's house and ran to Qin Ming's house, but found Qin Ming coming out of his house in frustration. When he saw Lu Haici, he hurried over and said, "Lu Haici, I was just about to come find you." He was still carrying his schoolbag. "Lu Haici, can I stay at your house?"
Lu Haici was stunned, and he blinked in confusion: "Of course, come on. What's wrong with you? Where's Grandma Qin?"
Qin Ming said: "My grandparents went back to their hometown early in the morning. My great-grandmother died."
"Ah?" Lu Haici was stunned. "Your great-grandmother died, so you won't go back to your hometown?"
Qin Ming said, "I don't need to." His great-grandmother is his grandmother's mother, his father's grandmother, and he is the great-grandson, so he doesn't need to go. The main reason is that the weather is too cold, and his grandmother is worried that he will get sick. "My grandmother told me to live in the county town with my parents, but I don't want to go to my parents' house."
Lu Haici didn’t understand: “Why?” He just liked being with his parents.
Qin Ming: "My mother is pregnant and can't take care of me. My grandmother said I was too naughty and would bump into my mother, so she asked me to live here and go to my grandmother's house for dinner every day. The food my grandmother cooks is terrible. My grandmother said it's like pig food."
After hearing this, Lu Haici realized that Qin Ming's grandmother didn't allow him to live in the county town.
Qin Ming didn't think so much about it. He had lived in a military family compound with his grandparents since he was a child, and he really didn't want to live with his parents, but he would feel lonely living alone at home, so he wanted to live with Lu Haici.
When the two of them walked to Lu's house, Ji Yang was already in the yard. When he saw them coming, Ji Yang complained, "You guys are so slow."
Qin Ming grinned and immediately became happy again: "I will live in Lu Haici's house from today on."
"Why?" Ji Yang was puzzled. He had never lived in Lu Haici's house.
Lin Qingqing came out with a basin with a rag and water in it. She was going to clean the windows outside. Hearing Lu Haici's words, Lin Qingqing was also a little surprised: "Did Qin Ming have a fight with grandma?" She did not refuse, but asked gently.
"No, aunt. My great-grandmother passed away, and my grandma and grandpa rushed back to their hometown early this morning. My grandma asked me to go to the county town to live with my parents, but I don't like going to the county town. My grandma also said that my mother was pregnant and couldn't take care of me, so she asked me to live in the staff quarters and go to my grandma's house for dinner every day. But my grandma's cooking is terrible, and I don't want to live alone at home, so I want to come and live with Lu Haici." Qin Ming repeated what he had just said, and then asked carefully, "Aunt, can I live here with Lu Haici? I will bring the food, and when my grandma comes back, I will pay you for the vegetables."
Lin Qingqing certainly wouldn't refuse Lu Haici, but whether there's food or not, she'll talk about it after Qin Ming's grandmother comes back. She just had some thoughts about what Yang Cailian said. Wouldn't it hurt Qin Ming's young heart to say these words in front of him? "Okay, then you can live here, so you can have a company with Lu Haici, but you can't delay your winter vacation homework. In our house, you have to do homework every day."
Qin Ming patted his chest to assure himself: "Don't worry, Auntie, I brought all my homework."
Primary school students of this era don’t have much homework, and some may even have no homework at all, unlike students in later generations who have endless homework to do every day. When Lin Qingqing was still a student, she had to do her homework obediently. When she was no longer a student, she saw people complaining about too much homework on the Internet. She sometimes wondered, what’s the point of teachers assigning so much homework every day? Some students work until late at night and go to bed at midnight. They are exhausted and can’t absorb the knowledge of the day at all.
She thinks that homework is necessary to review what is old and learn new things, but it should be done in moderation. It is not that children will remember too much homework. However, she only has a kindergarten teacher certificate and has not worked in the teaching industry, so she cannot be considered a teacher. Maybe the ideas of teachers are different from those of non-teachers like her. The teacher always has his reasons for assigning too much homework, which ordinary people like her cannot understand.
"Wow, Qin Ming lives here. Does Qin Ming and Lu Haici sleep together at night?" Ji Yang was extremely envious. He even wondered if he could come and sleep here too, so that he could sleep with them.
"Yes, Qin Ming sleeps with me." Lu Haici said as a matter of course, "We can also read together, talk together, eat together, and do homework together. It's great." This is the sorrow of an only child.
"Then let me come over too. Can I sleep with you?" Ji Yang asked.
Lin gently wet the rag and stood on the stool by the window. She cleaned the window from top to bottom. But when she heard Ji Yang's words, she smiled. It was actually quite lively to have many children at home, provided that the children were not taken care of by herself. Otherwise, it would be very tiring to take care of too many children.
"That won't work." Lu Haici refused.
"Why?" Ji Yang's eyes turned red. He felt wronged. Why could Qin Ming sleep with Lu Haici, but he couldn't
Lu Haici said as a matter of course: "Because my bed is too small, it can't accommodate three people."
Lu Haici's bed was a small bed, only about one meter wide. If there were two little boys, they could squeeze in, but if there were three, it would definitely not work.
"Then move my bed over here." Ji Yang said boldly.
Hmm… Lin Qingqing choked on her own saliva and started coughing. But after coughing a few times, she felt a little nauseous and started to dry heave while standing on the stool.
Lin Qingqing was standing on a stool at the moment. When she was dry-heaving, she was only concerned about herself and forgot where she was. As a result, she heaved too hard and accidentally fell off the stool.
Lu Chengzheng came back with a bucket of water. Today, they had to clean up the house and used a lot of water. As soon as he reached the gate, he saw Lin Qingqing covering her mouth and retching. He was startled and quickly put down the bucket and asked, "Qingqing, are you okay?"
Before Lin Qingqing could answer him, he saw Lin Qingqing fall off the stool.
Lu Cheng felt his heart was in his throat. He had never been so nervous in his life. He ran over at the speed of throwing a gun and hugged Lin Qingqing when she was about to fall to the ground: "Are you okay?" His voice was full of nervousness.
Lin Qingqing was also frightened. She took a deep breath and shook her head: "I'm fine." She was still a little dazed. When her body fell down just now, she was so scared that she forgot to react.
"You go and rest, I'll take care of the cleaning." Lu Cheng didn't want to watch her climb any higher, he felt his heart wasn't strong enough, so he walked straight into the house while holding her.
Outside the house, three boys who were wringing water to clean the windows on the other side were watching. They were also frightened by what had just happened.
Lu Cheng carried Lin Qingqing to the room and wanted to put her in the bed, but found that the bed was empty. Today was a big cleaning, and the quilt and mattress were hung outside to dry. The bed sheets and quilt covers were changed and soaked in the wooden tub. So, where did Lin Qingqing sleep
Lin Qingqing had come to her senses and found herself being hugged by Princess Lu Cheng. She said, "Put me down." She had never been hugged by a princess in her life. Being hugged by a princess was obviously a very romantic thing, but today she was only scared and not touched by the romance at all.
Lu Cheng had no choice but to let her go, but said, "Do you have a stomachache? I saw you retching when you were having breakfast this morning."
Lin Qingqing shook her head and said, "No. If you had eaten something bad, you would definitely have diarrhea, but I don't have diarrhea. I don't know why I felt nauseous this morning. I was choked by my saliva just now. You don't know, because Qin Ming came to sleep at our house, Ji Yang also wanted to come, but Hai Ci said that our bed was not big enough to sleep three people, so Ji Yang suggested moving their bed here..." Lin Qingqing recounted what had happened.
Lu Cheng said: "Then I'll go move another bed. Haici's bed is a bit crowded even for two children. It would be bad if they were squeezed to the ground and caught a cold in winter."
Lin Qingqing thought about it and felt that it made sense: "If Qin Ming catches a cold in our house, I won't be able to explain to his grandmother, so you should move the bed now."
Lu Cheng was still in shock: "I can move the bed, but don't clean the windows anymore. Clean other places first, and leave the windows to me when I come back."
Lin Qingqing: “Okay.” After what happened just now, she still had a shadow in her heart and didn’t want to climb up to clean the windows for the time being.
Instead of cleaning the windows, Lin Qingqing cleaned the floor in the room first. When she finished cleaning the floor, Lu Cheng came back pushing a bed on a cart.
"Dad, why did you move a bed back?" Lu Haici, who was cleaning the windows outside, asked in confusion.