The next day, Lu Xiaolan calculated the time and waited at the entrance of the commune office building. When Li Yue'e appeared driving the donkey cart, she hurriedly greeted her.
Li Yue'e was surprised when she saw Lu Xiaolan, "Daughter, what's wrong?" It's not like the old godly woman bullied her daughter again.
Lu Xiaolan first handed a bag of steamed buns to Li Yue'e, "Mom, you can take the meat buns I bought back for me and the others to eat."
The commune canteen is open for three meals a day. Now there are more people and breakfast is richer. There happened to be meat buns today, so Lu Xiaolan bought a few and asked Li Yuee to take them back.
"Well, third sister-in-law, come home for lunch at noon." Lu Xiaolan said a little unnaturally.
"Why?" Li Yue'e asked first.
Food and gold are expensive these days, so it’s not a big deal, and it’s rare to invite people to dinner.
"Jing Ming's mother called me, saying that relatives should move around more."
Li Yue'e thought about it. When she went there that time, Fang Chunfang did say that she would go there for dinner. But then I thought about it, Fang Chunfang was always good at scheming, so if she suddenly invited her to dinner, she was afraid that something was wrong.
"Tell me honestly, is there something wrong?"
Lu Xiaolan lowered her voice and told Su Mo, "Third sister-in-law, let's go have a meal. Please ignore them and don't embarrass Secretary Geng."
Influenced by Lu Boming, Lu Xiaolan is also the kind of character who doesn't like to take advantage.
Li Yue'e was also in trouble. Logically speaking, she shouldn't go to such a purposeful invitation to dinner, but if she didn't go, she was afraid that her mother-in-law would tell her that she was too young.
"Xiao Mo, this..."
"Okay, I understand. I'll be there at noon." Su Mo said.
She didn't lack for that bite of food, but if she didn't go, Lu Xiaolan might be scolded by her mother-in-law. She liked Lu Xiaolan's sister-in-law very much and didn't want to embarrass her.
After the food was eaten, it was her business whether she could help or not, and she could not blame Lu Xiaolan.
She has been working in the commune for a month. According to her observation, Yang Jingming is still very serious and responsible in his work. As for her abilities, she doesn't have much contact with her, so it's hard to evaluate, but Uncle Geng definitely knows.
She can talk to Uncle Geng, but she won't let him show favoritism. She can just let him decide impartially.
"Okay, third sister-in-law, I'll pick you up at noon." Lu Xiaolan said gratefully. It takes seven or eight minutes by bike to get from the commune office building to Lu Xiaolan's mother-in-law's house.
"Then you have to be careful while riding. Don't bump your third sister-in-law, otherwise you can get down and push her away." Li Yue'e quickly explained that Xiao Mo was pregnant with twins.
Lu Xiaolan:......
Is she about to fall out of favor? Mother, I am your daughter!
Su Mo took a walk after lunch a few days ago and happened to go to the commune health center. Thinking that all future generations would need prenatal check-ups, she went in and had the doctor check her.
Although she can feel that the children are healthy, if they are too healthy, they will grow too big and it will be difficult to give birth to them, which will be troublesome.
After the doctor examined them, he told Su Mo that she was pregnant with twins, both of whom were healthy and had no problems.
Su Mo was also a little surprised. She thought that since there were no high-tech instruments at this time, she would not be able to find out that she was pregnant with twins so early. She didn't expect that this doctor's medical skills were so good.
Now that everything was found out, Su Mo told Li Yuee, but she was extremely happy.
However, the older generation was very particular and twins were rare. They were afraid that the children would be stingy, so they told Su Mo not to tell others if she was not satisfied with the three months.
Therefore, Lu Xiaolan didn't know yet that Su Mo was pregnant with twins.
At noon, Lu Xiaolan rode a bicycle and carefully carried Su Mo back, while Yang Jingming walked back by himself.
When Fang Chunfang saw Su Mo coming, her smile was bright. Lunch was also very sumptuous, including chicken soup, braised pork, fish, and pure white rice.
After the meal, Fang Chunfang cut the apple again, which was so considerate.
The corner of Su Mo's mouth twitched when she saw it. If nothing else, this man was begging for help. He really had a begging attitude.
Seeing that it was almost time, Fang Chunfang motioned to Lu Xiaolan to talk about the matter.
Lu Xiaolan hesitated and hesitated to speak.
Su Mo saw this and said, "Aunt Fang, Xiaolan told me about this."
"I will mention it to Uncle Geng, but I can't control the specific outcome. Whether he can get it or not may depend more on Jing Ming's ability."
Su Mo was disappointed with Yang Jingming.
He didn't take part in his own affairs, but let me and his wife beg for help from the front.
At best, it means being honest and not causing trouble; at worst, it means being selfish and irresponsible.
If it works out, he benefits; if it doesn't work out, he doesn't do anything anyway.
With such a timid appearance, he is not suitable to be a secretary. Who among the secretaries is not smart and knows how to get things done?
"Okay, eldest nephew-in-law, you can ask if you want." Fang Chunfang said with a smile.
After saying hello here, the old man will take Jing Ming with him to Secretary Geng's place to walk around, and this matter will probably be settled.
On the way back, Lu Xiaolan thanked Su Mo: "Third sister-in-law, thank you."
"Xiaolan, do you think Jing Ming is suitable to be the secretary of the party committee?" Su Mo thought for a while and asked.
"I met Fu Ming several times when he was Uncle Geng's secretary. In addition to being helpful at work, he is also very helpful to Uncle Geng in life. I see him being very proactive in doing things. .”
Lu Xiaolan was silent. When talking about a partner in the past, she had a halo around her and felt that this person would be good everywhere.
But after being married for a year, she also knew that Yang Jingming was not a particularly proactive person. Basically, everything was arranged by others, and he just had to do it seriously.
When she was approaching the door of the office building, Lu Xiaolan replied: "Sister-in-law, he is not suitable."
"Third sister-in-law, don't tell Secretary Geng, you'll save him trouble."
Su Mo didn't answer. She originally planned to say it herself before, but with Yang Jingming's behavior just now, she was not ready to speak on her own.
When Lu Changzheng comes back, she will tell him about this. It is up to him to decide whether to help or how to exchange benefits.
Anyway, he had more contact with Geng Changqing than she did.
Su Mo was also ready to get busy. Geng Changqing gave her some suggestions on the work plan she had written before, but because of Gong Ye's arrival, Geng Changqing asked her to put it aside for the time being. Now that Gong Ye is gone, her work has to start.
In the afternoon, Su Mo went to the collective workshop to find Director Qi. She remembered that he worked with him to customize a wooden frame for growing vegetables.
During the winter, she planned to collect some data on growing vegetables in the greenhouse.
When Lu Changzheng came back last time, he bought her a camera. I didn’t have a ticket myself, so I asked someone to buy it, which cost more than 160 yuan in total.
After Director Qi heard Su Mo's intention, he took her home. His home was nearby, only a few minutes' walk away.
"Researcher Su, don't tell me, your method is indeed good. This vegetable has really grown, although it is not as good as the ones in the ground and it is a bit yellow." Director Qi said.
However, it only costs a little money for house and firewood.
His wife was afraid that the vegetables would freeze to death, so the fire wall burned very frequently.
Su Mo arrived at Director Qi's house and took some photos. She could only see the general growth, but the color couldn't be seen. They were all black and white photos, so she could only describe them in words.
"The yellow color of this vegetable is due to the lack of photosynthesis. Just turn on more lights." The commune is connected to electricity, and Director Qi's house also has electric lights.
Director Qi chuckled and did not answer.
The electricity bill is 22 cents per kilowatt hour, how much are vegetables worth? He couldn't bear it!
