Chapter 357 Daily Trivia 1
Lu Jiang got out of bed angrily, dressed, opened the door, and went to make breakfast.
The little fat boy refused to leave his mother's arms. Whenever he saw Lu Jiang's dark face, he would cry loudly. He cried so hard that his tears flowed like a river, and his nose was full of bubbles.
The children who always went to bed and got up early were startled, and accused him at the same time: "Uncle (brother-in-law), how could you make Xibao cry?"
Yes! The little fat boy hiccuped.
"Yes, yes, he is my ancestor! My little ancestor!" Lu Jiang said unhappily, and ordered his two nephews to go to the kitchen to help him wash rice, wash vegetables, and cook porridge with dried sweet potatoes and brown rice. On the sieve, there were two-grain rolls made of cornmeal and white flour, and some old pickled cabbage lumps were fried with red peppers.
"Uncle, don't forget to steam eggs for Xibao! Xibao has to eat egg custard every morning." Lu Tianjun reminded.
Guan Cheng quickly handed Lu Jiang a white porcelain bowl with colorful patterns specially used by Xi Bao, and took out an egg, and taught him how to beat the egg into the bowl, how much water to add, and not to add any salt or seasoning, and then put the lid on the grate.
"With such a small bowl, you can only beat one egg. Can Xi Bao be full? He is so fat, and you can tell that he has a good appetite."
Lu Tianjun stuffed a few corn cobs into the stove, looked up at him, "Uncle, don't think that Xi Bao is a big eater like you. He is so young, of course he eats less!"
"Yes, yes, you are all right!" Lu Jiang admitted defeat, "I will fetch water, you watch the rice in the pot, don't let it overflow."
"Go!" Lu Tianjun and Guan Cheng waved at the same time.
Lu Jiang filled two tanks with water, boiled a pot of hot water, washed Xi Bao's clothes, diapers and his own clothes, hung them on the hemp rope in the house, and stepped on the snow to fetch water again, ready to fill the large water tank again.
On the way back, he met Wang Zhengguo who got up early and strolled around. He squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time before recognizing him. "I was wondering who this person was from Qingxue's house. It turned out to be you. Lu Jiang, why are you so thin? Not to mention being dark, you are also thin, as thin as a bamboo pole. Your Qingxue must be heartbroken when she sees you?"
"Uncle!" Lu Jiang smiled and put down the shoulder pole, took out a pack of Daqianmen from his pocket, and handed a cigarette to Wang Zhengguo.
At the same time, he took out a box of matches and lit a cigarette for Wang Zhengguo.
Wang Zhengguo took two puffs of his cigarette, "When did you come back? Did you just come down from the battlefield? Otherwise, your troops provide food and accommodation, and you wouldn't be so thin and have so many wounds on your face no matter how much you train."
Lu Jiang didn't deny, "I just got home yesterday. When I was not at home, Dad and Qingxue were taken care of by my uncle."
"Oh! You fought bravely on the front line. If I can't even protect the lives of your family, I, the branch secretary and team leader, will have to step down and let others take over!" Wang Zhengguo didn't want to take credit for it, and quickly changed the subject, "I went to the commune the other day and heard that they will start recruiting soldiers again in the spring of next year. Did you know about this?"
Lu Jiang smiled, "I just came back from the border and went straight home. I really didn't hear about the recruitment, but it starts on March 1st every year. Did my uncle ask about this to get a few conscription quotas for our production team?"
The living conditions in Wanglou Brigade are good, and the possibility of passing the physical examination is very high.
Wang Zhengguo shook his head. "Let it be. I will accept the quotas that are allocated to me. Besides, some young men are willing to join the army, but some may not."