Chapter 47 Happy Event
"Aunt Song has also changed?" Lin Nianyin looked at Aunt Yang curiously, and couldn't help but said: "I noticed some time ago that Aunt Song has been following you guys in and out. Her condition does seem to have improved, but why do I feel You mean she has changed a lot now?"
"Hey, let me tell you, it's too big!" Aunt Yang waved her hand and said: "In the beginning, Lao Song was really crying and crying, and he was not dragged out to work by us later, every day I was so tired that I couldn’t even remember to be pretentious, and then the situation gradually got better. Speaking of which, it was you, Xiaolin, who gave me the idea at the time, otherwise I wouldn’t know what Lao Song’s situation is now.”
"Not to mention this, I just mentioned it casually at the time, without thinking it would really have any effect." Lin Nianyin smiled, and then asked: "What happens next?"
Aunt Yang put down all the things in her hands, then found a place to sit down, and then said: "This is strange, seeing that Lao Song's condition is getting better now, we feel relieved. Her tone was definitely not good enough to be relaxed, so we still stared at her every day. Then we slowly found that her overall spirit seemed to be getting better and better, especially after our last batch of brown sugar left the factory. I distributed brown sugar to every employee, and then sold a lot of them. Later, I paid them a lot of salary all at once. Then I found that lao Song’s whole spirit suddenly changed. She even took the initiative to apologize to me two days ago."
Aunt Yang curled her lips and said with a smug look on her face: "Lao Song came to me and said that it was her fault before, that she had done something wrong before, and that she was at odds with me and asked me not to argue with her. I was still scared at that time. I jumped for a moment, thinking that was what she said right after, and had other thoughts in my mind. Who would have thought that I followed her up and observed her for several days, and found that she was different."
"Oh, yes, there's more!" Aunt Yang clapped her hands and said, "Old Song said that they will hold a wedding for their family's Chang Sheng in a while, and they will invite me over for a wedding banquet then. Tell me, Old Song This is a complete change!”
Su Yingxiu immediately snorted and said, "It's because of money."
Lin Nianyin also nodded, "Or to be precise, it should be that working in the brown sugar factory allowed her to find some other value in her original gloomy life. Work and money may have made her discover that the focus of life is not only men, but also other things. Yes, she can do better herself."
Su Yingxiu raised her eyebrows and stood up and said, "Absolutely. So, Xiaotian is also like this?"
Lin Nianyin glanced at Tian Guihua's door and said, "Probably. I hope the actual situation develops as we thought."
Su Yingxiu turned around and walked home, "I won't know whether it is true or not after a while."
"No...what are you two talking about?" Aunt Yang looked back and forth between Lin Nianyin and Su Yingxiu, "Why don't I understand what you two mean? What is other value? Men’s?”
Lin Nianyin smiled and said, "Nothing, just saying that they can get better, we are all happy."
Aunt Yang patted her legs and said, "That's not true. As long as everyone is harmonious from now on, we can live a comfortable life."
Lin Nianyin echoed a few words, and then took out a piece of bacon and some glutinous rice from home.
The glutinous rice for making zongzi needs to be soaked in advance, so everyone left their things at Su Yingxiu's house.
By that night, the glutinous rice had been soaked for a day and was ready to be used.
Lin Nianyin and the others gathered at Su Yingxiu's home and started making rice dumplings, while several children played beside them.
There are more than 100 packages of five different flavors, and each family has about 20 pieces.
Lin Nianyin looked at the rice dumplings that were distributed and said with a smile: "More than twenty, it seems like a lot now."
Aunt Yang waved her hand and said: "Not many, just about twenty. They won't last for three to five days for the time being. They can be eaten just right. They are just right."
Lin Nianyin didn't think she could handle twenty or so big rice dumplings in three to five days by herself, but she didn't say anything.
The next day is the Dragon Boat Festival.
After they separated, Lin Nianyin asked Principal Fang to bring Cen Wangsu over for the festival tomorrow, and Principal Fang agreed.
Early in the morning, Principal Fang and Cen Wangsu came over.
Lin Nianyin had boiled eggs with mugwort and tea leaves the night before. When she saw Principal Fang and Cen Wangsu, she gave them one each.
Principal Fang asked curiously: "What is this?"
Lin Nianyin said: "The custom in our hometown is to boil some eggs with mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival, and each person eats one to ward off evil spirits and ensure safety."
Principal Fang said: "Is there still such a custom? I remember that people usually eat duck eggs."
Lin Nianyin smiled and said: "Our country is so big, it is normal for these folk customs to change when they are passed down. You should eat them quickly."
Principal Fang smiled and shook his head, and ate the eggs with Cen Wangsu.
Then, Lin Nianyin stuffed a small purse into each of them, "It also contains mugwort, calamus and other insect-repellent things. I sewed them myself. You can take them with you."
Principal Fang saw that Lin Nianyin and the little girl had both on them, so he also helped Cen Wangsu put them on first, and then said: "This is the same as the custom I know, but those activities that I have been doing over the years are a bit overkill, and there are many traditional festivals I can’t even live a good life, it’s not just some kind of feudal superstition, it can really cause trouble.”
Principal Fang pinched the purse in his hand and sighed: "I remember a few years ago, before the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets and alleys were selling these kinds of purses to ward off evil spirits, as well as all kinds of fruit cakes, lion dances, etc. Dragon boat rowers, opera singers, storytellers, all kinds of things, no matter what, they all look good. I am not good at craftsmanship, so I like to buy some things back during festivals, and I will also do it during the Dragon Boat Festival. I bought these exorcism purses and many different pastries. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen them once in these years. The purse you gave me now is the first one I have received in the past few years. It feels like it is from a previous life. Something happened."
Lin Nianyin said: "We don't care about the outside world, we live our own lives. Besides, don't be too pessimistic, life will always get better day by day."
Principal Fang also shook his head, "Look at me, it's such a big holiday, why are you saying these spoiler words at this time? By the way, whatever you want to do later, I'll come and help you."
Lin Nianyin said: "We have a small number of people, so we don't need to make things too complicated. I think there are a lot of fish for sale at the food factory during this period. Otherwise, I can buy some fish later and just eat fish today."
Principal Fang nodded, "I have no objection. You also know that my skills are not very good, so I will listen to you."
Lin Nianyin smiled, then looked at Cen Wangsu and said, "Su Su, let's eat fish today. Auntie will buy the kind with less thorns and make it more delicious, okay?"
Cen Wangsu was still playing with his purse. When he heard this, he looked at Lin Nianyin with a smile and nodded, "Auntie, I know how to eat fish. I'm not afraid of the thorns. Besides, whatever Auntie does is delicious."
"Look at how sweet that little mouth is." Lin Nianyin pinched Cen Wangsu's little face.
After discussing it, Lin Nianyin and the others began to prepare to go out.
It just so happened that everyone was going out to buy groceries at this time, so we happened to be together.
After arriving at the place, the little girl insisted on getting down and walking as soon as she saw the crowd. When Lin Nianyin refused, she started to get angry with Lin Nianyin.
Lin Nianyin lightly patted the butt of the little girl who had stood up in the car, and said, "You just know how to join in the fun. There are so many people now. If you insist on walking, I'll see what you do if you fall down." .”
The little girl pointed to the ground, "Go...go!"
Lin Nianyin couldn't be bothered to deal with this little kid who couldn't even understand what he said.
She pushed the little girl back and said, "If you don't want to leave, go home before leaving."
The little girl shouted at Lin Nianyin: "Go...go!"
Lin Nianyin shook her head, turned around and continued pushing the cart.
The little girl stood up again, then twisted around and stared at Lin Nianyin with a frown.
Lin Nianyin laughed angrily and said, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
The little girl pouted and said, "Let's go...Mom is bad! Bad!"
Lin Nianyin said: "Now you can understand what I say again."
The little girl shouted to Lin Nianyin with all her heart: "Bad! Mom is bad!"
Lin Nianyin said, "Then just think of me as bad. Anyway, I won't let you walk now."
The little girl became angry when her mouth dropped. Cen Wangsu, who was standing next to her, immediately stuffed a wooden pony into the little girl's hand, "Sister, this is for you to play with."
The little girl lowered her head and looked at the things in her hands, then looked at Cen Wangsu. She raised her hand and threw away the wooden horse. She reached out to Cen Wangsu and shouted: "Brother, let's go... let's go!"
Cen Wangsu quickly looked at Lin Nianyin, "Aunt..."
Lin Nianyin couldn't laugh or cry.
She bent down to pick up Cen Wangsu's toy rocking horse and returned it to him, then picked up the little girl to prevent her from causing trouble, and then said to Cen Wangsu: "Leave her alone, she has just started to learn to walk now. It is the time when she is curious. The more people there are, the more curious she becomes and the more she wants to walk by herself. But now that there are so many people, she won’t be able to walk for long before she gets tired. Then she needs to be hugged again. You don’t need to worry about her and don’t give her toys. She simply can’t walk now. If you don’t understand these things and don’t know how to play, then your little wooden horse will be broken.”
Cen looked at little Su and sighed, "It would be great if my sister could grow up faster."
Lin Nianyin smiled and rubbed Cen Wangsu's little head, "No one will grow up all at once, they can only grow up slowly day by day."
Cen Wangsu sighed again.
Because of the little girl's commotion, Lin Nianyin's original plan of taking a nice stroll was cancelled.
She greeted Su Yingxiu and the others who came with them, and then left alone with Principal Fang and her children.
I just bought some fish, shrimp and some bean sprouts, tofu and other dishes that I didn't have at home, and then I hurried back.
After arriving home, the first thing Lin Nianyin did was to take the little girl out of the car and put her on the ground. "Okay, you can leave slowly now. You can walk how you want."
The little girl immediately stopped barking, stood on the ground with a smile, and then clucked her right and left feet like a wild duck. She thought she was so powerful and waved to Lin Nianyin, and said aggressively: "Let's go." !”
Lin Nianyin said: "You go alone, I won't leave."
The little girl glared at Lin Nianyin, then grabbed Cen Wangsu, "Let's go!"
Cen Wangsu didn't understand, so he couldn't help but look at Lin Nianyin and asked, "Auntie, what did my sister say?"
Lin Nianyin said: "She asked you to walk with her."
"Oh." Cen Wangsu immediately put down the toy in his hand and grabbed the little girl's hand, "Sister, I will walk with you."
After having Cen Wangsu, the little girl no longer wanted Lin Nianyin. She smiled and called Cen Wangsu "brother" and pulled Cen Wangsu to play a walking game with her.
Lin Nianyin looked at it for a while and then said: "Susu, just stay here and play with your sister. Auntie went to wash the vegetables. If my sister doesn't want to leave later and wants you to hug her, don't hug her. Just let her You can play on the mat by yourself, or you can call me, okay?"
Cen Wangsu nodded, "Okay."
Lin Nianyin then took the pile of things she had just bought to clean them.
Principal Fang followed him over. Lin Nianyin did not let her touch the fish and shrimp, but washed the vegetables on the side.
Principal Fang said while washing vegetables: "I see that Xiaoxiao is getting stronger and stronger now. Maybe in a few months, she will be able to walk steadily. It will be during the Chinese New Year, even if she wears thick clothes, she can still walk normally." , I don’t need you to hold me anymore, I’ll feel a lot more relaxed then.”
Lin Nianyin calculated in her mind and said, "It's almost the same. She will be almost two years old by then, so she should be very stable."
"Then, when Xiaoxiao gets a little older, do you and Xiaowei still plan to have children?" Principal Fang asked again.
Principal Fang was not Aunt Yang, so Lin Nianyin told her the truth, "Mingchuan and I don't plan to have children, we just need Xiaoxiao."
"Only one?" Principal Fang was surprised for a moment, and then looked at Lin Nianyin steadily for a while, "You and Xiao Wei decided together?"
Lin Nianyin nodded: "For the two of us, whether we are boys or girls, it is the same. Mingchuan has no so-called idea of carrying on the family line."
Principal Fang pondered for a while, "Logically speaking, everyone now emphasizes that having two children is a blessing. However, this is a new society. It is normal for you not to pay attention to this. If you have one child, you will be more relaxed in the future."
Lin Nianyin smiled and said, "That's what you think. When Aunt Yang and the others asked about this, I said let it go and we'll see when the time comes."
Principal Fang said: "Lao Yang is still a bit traditional in his heart. If you don't say it's just right, you won't have to worry about it."
Lin Nianyin couldn't accept this, so she smiled and said nothing.
After Principal Fang washed the vegetables, he wanted to come over to help Lin Nianyin, but Lin Nianyin refused.
Lin Nianyin said: "No, I'm almost ready. Don't let both of us get our hands full of fishy smell and it's hard to wash. Why don't you go back and help me look after the two children." "
Principal Fang thought so and went back first with other washed dishes.
When Lin Nianyin returned, she saw Principal Fang playing with two children.
As expected, the little girl was tired from walking, and now she was leaning on Cen Wangsu with her legs crossed.
Principal Fang had an apple and a spoon in his hand and was sitting on the side, scraping apple puree to feed the little girl.
The little girl didn't get up, she just leaned on Cen Wangsu and opened her mouth to take the food, just like an old man who was being served.
Lin Nianyin saw this scene as soon as she entered the door, and couldn't help crying or laughing: "You are too spoiled to her."
"Why are you so used to this?" Principal Fang pointed to the washbasin and said, "Don't worry about us. I gave you warm water. You can wash your hands with soap quickly."
Lin Nianyin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will fillet the fish later and it will inevitably touch it, so I won't wash it yet."
"By the way, let's cook a grilled fish for lunch, a fish head and tofu soup, slide some shrimps on it, and finally stir-fry some green vegetables. How about that?" Lin Nianyin said and asked again.
Principal Fang nodded, "I have no objection. I'll go help you now."
Lin Nianyin waved her hand, "No, today's dish is not difficult, just help me look after the two children."
Lin Nianyin went into the kitchen and started cooking.
She sliced two fish slices and saved them to make fish balls for the children in the afternoon. The remaining fish heads and bones were chopped and marinated for a while, then fried until golden brown on both sides and then stewed with tofu.
Then prepare the grilled fish.
Then slide the shrimp and stir-fry vegetables.
By the time the dishes are cooked, it's almost time to eat.
Lin Nianyin rejected Principal Fang's suggestion that she hold the little girl and play for a while while the others eat first. Instead, she said, "It doesn't matter. I can just hold her and eat together."
Principal Fang thought for a moment and nodded and said, "Then please pay attention, she is at this age when she likes to cook."
Lin Nianyin said: "I know, just take good care of Su Su."
Principal Fang said: "Su Su is good, there is no need for me to worry."
Cen Wangsu also pursed his lips and smiled and said, "I'm very good."
Lin Nianyin said: "Then you have to be careful. The fish you eat today is still somewhat thorny, so be careful."
Principal Fang said, "Okay, I'll pay attention."
Lin Nianyin took a bowl and spoon for the little girl alone, then put a few pieces of shrimp and tofu in it, handed the spoon to the little girl who was eager to eat, and said: "Okay, you can take it and toss it yourself." "
The little girl smiled and started poking her little bowl with the spoon.
Lin Nianyin would occasionally feed her some vegetables.
Lin Nianyin and the little girl were both used to this kind of scene, and the two of them cooperated happily to feed the little girl.
The little girl who had eaten and drank enough started to make a fuss about going down, so Lin Nianyin put her on the ground and let her play by herself.
After the rest of them had finished eating, Lin Nianyin asked Principal Fang to help look after the children while she washed the dishes.
When Lin Nianyin came out, Principal Fang was holding the little girl and coaxing her to sleep.
When Lin Nianyin saw this, she said, "Is she asleep?"
Principal Fang nodded, "You raised Xiaoxiao very well. Her schedule is very regular, and she gets sleepy when the time comes."
Lin Nianyin took the little girl, put her on the bed, turned on the fan and covered her with a thin quilt.
Not long after, Cen Wangsu also fell asleep.
Lin Nianyin said to Principal Fang, "How about you help me look after these two children? I just left two fans of fish meat unprocessed. I went to scrape the fish paste, and then prepared some fish balls for the children to eat. "
Principal Fang asked, "How about I help you."
Lin Nianyin shook her head and smiled, "No, I can do it myself."
Principal Fang insisted on saying, "It's okay, let me help you. Anyway, I have nothing to do now."
Lin Nianyin couldn't resist, so she had to tell Principal Fang how to shave fish paste.
Principal Fang found a knife and sat face to face with Lin Nianyin, and the two chatted casually.
Not long after, Principal Fang suddenly said: "Xiao Wei has been out on a mission for some time, right?"
Lin Nianyin nodded, "Yes, he left in March, and now it's May, almost two months ago."
Principal Fang pondered for a while and then said: "The length of time they go out to perform tasks is uncertain, but it usually lasts from three months to half a year. I estimate that he may be able to come back after a while."
Lin Nianyin was not sure about this, so she could only say: "I hope, but it's hard to talk about this kind of thing."
Principal Fang said: "It should be true unless there is a big accident. When Xiao Wei comes back, at least he will have half a month's vacation."
This is true. Lin Nianyin nodded, but couldn't help but frown.
There is no reason. What is Principal Fang talking to her about?
Just as she was thinking about it, Lin Nianyin heard Principal Fang say: "I plan to take Su Su back to my hometown during this summer vacation. After all, he has been out for almost a year. It's time to go back and let people at home see what he is like now so that they can rest assured.”
Lin Nianyin was shocked and understood instantly.
Principal Fang asked them if they wanted to follow him and take a look.
Lin Nianyin thought about Wei Mingchuan's situation and thought that he might be willing, but even if he was not at home now, Lin Nianyin would not be able to agree immediately.
Besides, it's not certain when Wei Mingchuan will come back.
Lin Nianyin paused and said, "Mingchuan still has to wait and see when he can come back before deciding. But if you take Su Su alone, will it be unsafe on the road?"
Principal Fang shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Su Su is sensible and obedient, and I usually buy a sleeper berth when I travel, and I try to dress as simple and plain as possible, so relatively speaking, nothing will happen."
Lin Nianyin nodded, glanced at Principal Fang's smiling eyes, and smiled too.
She said: "Actually, I originally planned to wait until Xiaoxiao gets a little older and then find an opportunity to take her out with Mingchuan."
Principal Fang's eyebrows relaxed, "It's still chaotic outside now, and Xiaoxiao's age will still be young in a few years, but it's okay for you and Mingchuan to take her out together."
Lin Nianyin nodded, "Yes."
At around two o'clock, the little girl and Su Su both woke up.
Lin Nianyin asked Principal Fang to help look after the child, and she started to do the rest.
When the fish balls were ready, Lin Nianyin cooked some on the spot, and the four of them added an impromptu meal.
When Principal Fang and Cen Wangsu went back in the evening, Lin Nianyin divided half of the prepared fish balls between them and asked Principal Fang to cook some for Cen Wangsu to eat when he had nothing to do.
By the way, he also handed over the purse he had sewn for Political Commissar Yang.
When Principal Fang returned home, she first took care of Cen Wangsu and went to bed, then waited for Political Commissar Yang at home.
It was already late at night when Political Commissar Yang came back.
Seeing Principal Fang, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why aren't you asleep yet? Are you waiting for me?"
Principal Fang first handed over the purse that Lin Nianyin had sewn, and then said, "You can keep Xiao Lin's kindness."
Political Commissar Yang took it and looked at it and was happy, "Hey, I haven't seen this thing for many years. I didn't expect that when Xiao Lin came over, you would run into it again. Could it be that you asked Xiao Lin to do it? ?”
Principal Fang glared at Political Commissar Yang angrily, "Am I that kind of person?"
Political Commissar Yang looked at it over and over for a while, "You can't say for sure. If you have something to do, you can take Su Su to Xiao Lin's house to hang out, and eat at other people's houses from time to time. It's almost like your own home."
Principal Fang said: "I wish I could have my own home. Xiaolin is good at literature and martial arts. I basically don't have to do anything when I go there. I just wait for food. This saves me from having to wait on you every day when I go home."
Political Commissar Yang immediately raised his hand and begged for mercy, "Okay, okay, I said something wrong, President Fang, please forgive me."
Political Commissar Yang put down his purse, straightened his face and said, "Why are you waiting for me so late to tell me something?"
Principal Fang told what happened at Lin Nianyin's house just now.
Political Commissar Yang frowned for a moment, "Why didn't you discuss this matter with me before?"
Principal Fang said: "I just had an impromptu idea and asked as soon as I remembered."
Political Commissar Yang said: "What about the reason? You can take Su Su back. The reason is legitimate and sufficient. No one will think twice about it. But if you want Xiao Lin and Xiao Wei to take their children with you, I'm afraid it's hard to explain. Bah"
Principal Fang said: "The reason can always be found. Besides, Xiao Wei is not at home now, so it is useless to think so much. What I said is that if Xiao Wei comes back then, I will take them over to see. After all, they are the blood of the family." , I must be thinking about it all the time in my heart.”
Political Commissar Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this for now. No matter what, we'll talk about it after Xiao Wei comes back."
Principal Fang nodded.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Nianyin resumed her normal daily routine of commuting to and from get off work and taking care of her children.
At the end of May, Lin Nianyin came back from get off work and saw Aunt Yang happily coming to the door. She said, "Xiao Lin, I have a big happy event to tell you."
Lin Nianyin asked while unlocking the door: "What happy event makes you so happy? Has your Honglian promised to have arrange marriage?"
Aunt Yang waved her hand and said, "Hey, don't mention this wretched child to me. When will she agree to this? I can wake up laughing even in the middle of the night."
Aunt Yang sighed, "This happy event does not belong to our family."
"Whose happy event can make you so happy?" Lin Nianyin opened the door and Aunt Yang entered the house, and hugged the little girl in the car.
As soon as the little girl came up, she started running around in the house. Lin Nianyin was paying attention to her from the corner of her eye, and at the same time, she heard Aunt Yang say: "It's not from our family, it's from the old Song family."
Aunt Yang sat down and then said: "During the Dragon Boat Festival, didn't I tell you that Lao Song and I wanted to hold a happy event for their family's Chang Sheng? Now the date has been set, it will be June 15th , that day was a good day.”
"So fast?" Lin Nianyin really didn't expect that it was from Aunt Song's house, and couldn't help but ask: "Their previous wedding in February was cancelled. Is it starting over, or is it looking for someone new?" ah?"
Aunt Yang said: "Everything happened before is gone, so we must have renewed our engagement and found a new person."
Lin Nianyin raised her eyebrows, "Although not everyone knows about the things about their family, everyone in our family area knows about Aunt Song's suicide before. In just a few months, we can find another one." , are you going to get married now?"
Aunt Yang shook her head, "The person is not from our family area, but seems to be from their hometown. They just came here to get married."
"Come here to get married?" Lin Nianyin poured a glass of water for Aunt Yang and handed it to her, then said, "Why do I feel a little strange about what you mean? What do you mean by coming here to get married? Could it be that you have to go back after getting married?"
Aunt Yang was immediately shocked, "You don't know yet?"
Lin Nianyin frowned, "What do I want to know?"
"That's right. Xiao Wei is not at home now and no one has told you. It's normal that you don't know!" Aunt Yang clapped her hands and said quickly: "That Old Liu from Old Song's family. Prepare to Return."
Lin Nianyin was shocked: "Retreat?"
When there was trouble before, Wei Mingchuan also told Lin Nianyin that he speculated that the army might have other arrangements for the old commander Liu, saying that he might be transferred to another job. But he also said that he would take Aunt Song's situation into consideration before making a decision.
But it had been so long and there was no news. Lin Nianyin had almost forgotten about it. She didn't expect to hear it again today.
But changing jobs and retiring are two different things!
Lin Nianyin said: "Are you sure you are retiring? Captain Liu should not be old enough to retire. How could this happen suddenly?"
Shaking her head again, Aunt Yang organized her words before speaking again: "I'm wrong. Old Liu has changed his job. I heard that a job will be arranged for him in the local area this time, I will take advantage of him before he changes his job." , let’s arrange Chang Sheng’s marriage here first.”
Lin Nianyin shook her head and smiled bitterly: "What you said was so shocking, I almost thought Captain Liu was going to retire!"
Aunt Yang smiled sheepishly, "I just bit my tongue."
Lin Nianyin thought for a while and then asked: "Captain Liu has changed his career. What about Aunt Song? Is there anything to say?"
Aunt Song is just getting better now. Now that Captain Liu is suddenly asked to change his job, it is not impossible that Aunt Song will lose her job and income and continue to fall into the same messy emotions as before.
Aunt Yang shook her head, "No, Lao Song seems to be quite normal. We were worried that she would make trouble at first, but later we found that she was fine at all. She also said that it was good to change her career. She also asked me before if she would look back. If I ask you to apologize, will you accept it?"
"Me?" Lin Nianyin raised her eyebrows, "Why is she asking me to apologize?"
"It's not the nonsense I talked about in front of you before." Aunt Yang looked at Lin Nianyin and said: "It's not just this one. Didn't you also help her? She also said that she wanted to thank you, and by the way, she also said that she had something to ask you for help."
Now when Lin Nianyin hears that someone asks her for help, especially those who like to make trouble, she instinctively resists.
Lin Nianyin frowned and said, "How can I help her? The relationship between the two of us is not good, and we are even a little tense. There is nothing that I can be done to help her, right?"
Aunt Yang immediately pulled Lin Nianyin and said, "You kid, why are you nervous? Either I want you to do something big or bad, or..."
"Mom, Guoguo." Before Aunt Yang could say anything, she was interrupted by the little girl walking over.
Lin Nianyin pressed her eyebrows, and then said to Aunt Yang, "Sit down first, and I'll get Xiaoxiao some fruit."
Aunt Yang said, "I'll go with you."
Nowadays, there are many fruits ripe in the mountains, and there are also many for sale at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Although Lin Nianyin did not grow up in the mountains, she was not short of money. She could buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative. Plus Aunt Yang and the others would bring her a lot when they went up the mountains occasionally, so there was always no shortage of fruit at home.
Lin Nianyin washed a few fruits, cut them into pieces and put them into the little girl's bowl. After coaxing the little girl, she gave some to Aunt Yang, and then said: "Aunt Yang, please continue talking."
Aunt Yang said, "Look, what scared you just now is really not a big deal. It's just about the brown sugar factory. Lao Song said that when she goes back, she also wants to build a brown sugar factory in their hometown, and she doesn't want to join us." No matter how much she sold, she just wanted to be idle and make some money. But she was a monk halfway and didn't know much, so she came over and asked me about specific things like juicing and sugar boiling. "
"But to be honest, I don't understand all these things. Besides, you brought this up from the beginning to the end. I only have a reputation, and boiling sugar is somewhat of a craft, so I can't do it casually. I'll just tell you, right? I have to ask you. As for Lao Song, I was a little worried about your emotions at first. After all, you two didn't get along very happily before, so I asked me to go first. Ask her about your attitude."
Lin Nianyin breathed a sigh of relief at this point.
As long as it's not some weird requests or things, that's fine.
However, Aunt Song suddenly took a step too far!
Lin Nianyin couldn't help but ask: "Is it really Aunt Song's idea to open a brown sugar factory?"
Aunt Yang frowned, "What's wrong? It must have been her own idea. I haven't heard of anything else."
Lin Nianyin shook her head, "It's okay."
Forget it, it doesn't matter whether it was her own idea or whether someone was giving her advice behind her back.
Lin Nianyin said: "Teach Aunt Song how to boil sugar later. Didn't I give you the drawings before? Just give them to her directly. Later, when she returns to her hometown, she will find someone to make things according to the drawings." Just come out, I have nothing else to say."
Aunt Yang shook her head, "What I said doesn't count. You should wait until you talk to her later. Speaking of which, no matter how much I say, I can't stand up to a word from you scholars."
Lin Nianyin thought for a while and nodded.
As long as Aunt Song doesn't do other things, she is very welcome.
A few days after talking to Aunt Yang, Lin Nianyin welcomed Aunt Song and...Liu Changsheng during her Sunday break.
As soon as Aunt Song entered the door, she smiled sheepishly and said, "Teacher Lin... is at home."
Lin Nianyin nodded, said hello, moved chairs over to the two of them, and said, "You guys sit down first, and I'll pour you some water."
Aunt Song waved her hands quickly, "That's it... no need, we're not thirsty."
Lin Nianyin said, "It's okay. You can sit down first. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later."
Aunt Song responded dryly, then licked her lips and subconsciously looked at Liu Changsheng.
Liu Changsheng shook Aunt Song's shoulder and nodded.
Aunt Song took a deep breath before sitting down.
Lin Nianyin put the water in front of Aunt Song and Liu Changsheng, and then said: "Aunt Song, and Chang Sheng, what are you doing here today?"
Aunt Song immediately stuttered again, "I...we are here...is..."
She was grabbing her hands and swallowing her saliva, her eyes were wandering, her breathing was rapid, she looked nervous, and she couldn't say a complete sentence.
Lin Nianyin simply looked at Liu Changsheng. Liu Changsheng clenched his fists and said hesitantly: "Teacher Lin, I...my mother and I came here today to...want to ask you about the brown sugar factory."
One of them is in his fifties, and the other is a young man. Both of them are thin-skinned. Lin Nianyin did not deliberately make things difficult and said: "I heard Aunt Yang say it. At first, I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to actually do it." I’m quite happy for you to have this idea.”
Aunt Song pulled her face dryly, "Well...I just...just..."
Lin Nianyin did not force Aunt Song to say anything, and said: "It's okay, I quite support you. You can learn from Aunt Yang and the others how to boil sugar. As for the juicer, I just happened to draw the blueprint again in the past two days. Chang Sheng You have also learned mechanical knowledge from me for almost a year, so you should be able to understand the assembly of this simple juicer."
With that said, Lin Nianyin took out the newly drawn drawings made in the past two days from the bookcase on one side and handed them to Liu Changsheng, "These are two kinds of drawings, one is the old-fashioned stone grinding device currently used in our family area, and the other is It’s just mechanical, divided into two types: human power and electricity. You can take both, maybe you’ll be able to use them sometime.”
In fact, it was because Aunt Yang later asked Lin Nianyin whether it was Aunt Song's idea to open the brown sugar factory or someone who prompted her, and she was told that it was Liu Changsheng who suggested it, so Lin Nianyin specially drew an extra mechanical drawing.
Liu Changsheng immediately took it, stood up and said, "Teacher Lin, I...I don't know what to say, anyway, thank you!"
He suddenly bowed deeply to Lin Nianyin.
Aunt Song also stood up and bowed to Lin Nianyin.
Lin Nianyin was startled and said quickly: "What are you doing? This is not a big deal. There is no need for you to be like this."
Lin Nianyin quickly helped the two people up. If she really wanted them to bow to him, she was afraid that her life would be shortened.
Liu Changsheng said hesitantly: "But I...my mother...also said that to you before."
Lin Nianyin looked at Liu Changsheng and said, "It's really not a big deal, and I didn't take it to heart. Your Aunt Yang also told me the details. She said it was you who first proposed building a brown sugar factory in her hometown. Since you have plan you have to think about it, just work hard. You are still young, so don’t forget to study and supplement your knowledge. Maybe you can make the brown sugar factory bigger and stronger in the future."
Liu Changsheng nodded immediately, "Teacher Lin, I'll listen to you."
Lin Nianyin said: "Then you go back and learn first. Anyway, you still have time now. If you have any questions, come over and ask me. If you don't understand, come over and ask me."
Liu Changsheng nodded repeatedly and thanked Lin Nianyin again.
When the words were almost finished, Aunt Song next to her spoke again.
"Um, Lin...Teacher Lin, I...I'm sorry for what I said about you before..." I guess it was because she didn't embarrass Liu Changsheng on her side, and Aunt Song also spoke a little more eloquently.
Lin Nianyin heard what Aunt Song said: "I... I used to have a bad temper. I always like... like to think about things. And... I still listen to wind and rain. It's really not right to say those words in front of you... I can't help it, I...I figured it out later, and...I'm too embarrassed to come to you to apologize, you...don't be angry!"
Lin Nianyin shook her head, "It's okay, it's all over."
"And... there is something you can do to help me," Aunt Song said quickly: "I heard from Lao Yang that it was your idea to say that I was like that... otherwise I... I might really not be able to think about it anymore. , I didn’t know what was going on at that time, I just... I just wanted to die, I..."
"It's okay, don't worry about it, really." Lin Nianyin saw the difficulties Aunt Song said and didn't want to expose her scars at this time.
Aunt Song shook her head quickly, "I still... I still want to thank you, thank you!"
Then she immediately started pouring things out with the basket in hand, and said quickly: "I'll give these for you to eat. I'll get them again later and give them to you."
He grabbed Liu Changsheng and left.
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