Xu was thinking about visiting his parents, but Shi Tingyu woke up early in the morning.
As soon as she moved, Lu Weiguo also woke up.
He checked the time and saw that it was only five o'clock. "Why is it so early? It's not yet dawn."
Shi Tingyu turned over, a little confused, "Is it only five o'clock? No wonder it's still dark outside."
Lu Weiguo hugged her into his arms and said, "You can sleep a little longer. I'll call you when the time comes."
Shi Tingyu couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
"I'd better get up, I can't sleep anymore," she said.
"It's cold outside. If you really can't sleep, stay in bed for a while." Lu Weiguo said, "You can't go back even if you get up now."
Shi Tingyu still didn't get out of bed in the end.
It takes more than an hour to ride a bicycle from the county seat to the Qianxi Brigade. There are buses, but there are not many buses at the moment, and they are all crowded.
If you're lucky, you'll meet someone in the former West Brigade who owns a large animal's carriage. You can pay some money to ride on it, but you won't always get a seat.
Most people from the former West Brigade travel between the county town and the village on two legs.
Shi Tingyu asked Lu Weiguo: "Should we take the bus back?"
Lu Weiguo's voice was a little confused, and he was obviously still sleepy, "Don't take the bus, drive there..."
Seeing him like this, Shi Tingyu stopped teasing him and asked him to sleep well for a while longer.
Now that he's not in the camp, he doesn't have to be so tight.
But when Shi Tingyu stopped talking, Lu Weiguo became sober.
In order to stay in bed with his wife for a while, he didn't rush to get up. He just told Shi Tingyu what he had thought about yesterday.
"I'll go out after breakfast later. I have a comrade at the County People's Armed Forces Department. I'll go to him to borrow a car."
Shi Tingyu was a little hesitant, "Is it a private car? Isn't it bad for us to still drive?"
Lu Weiguo chuckled, "Am I such a person?"
Seeing his wife's confusion, Lu Weiguo said: "My comrade is a car fan, and that car is his own."
At that time, his comrade Zuo Ping used a lot of allowances and bonuses to exchange for a jeep from the People's Armed Forces Ministry that was going to be eliminated. He was obsessed with cars and could repair them himself. In the end, he did a pretty good job on the car, at least. It's open now with no problem.
If it weren't for the life-and-death friendship between him and Zuo Ping on the battlefield, no one else would have had any chance of taking advantage of him.
Shi Tingyu felt relieved when she heard this. She was happy that her husband was treating her well, but she didn't want him to be so romantic that he had no principles or righteousness.
After having a hot breakfast, Lu Weiguo went to the Ministry of Human Resources and Armed Forces to find Zuo Ping.
Zuo Ping was extremely surprised when he saw Lu Weiguo. He happily stepped forward and patted his strong arm, "When did you come back? Why didn't you tell me in advance? I had to go to the station to pick you up, right?"
People from the People's Armed Forces Ministry looked at Lu Weiguo in surprise when they saw his appearance. Lu Weiguo was wearing a military coat, but many people now have military coats. It does not mean that people with military coats are soldiers.
It wasn't until Zuo Ping introduced Lu Weiguo to everyone that he was his comrade-in-arms that everyone looked back.
It turns out that they are really soldiers, and they are considered to be in the same system. No wonder the opponent's aura is so scary.
"Come on, come and sit in my office. We brothers have to get together tonight."
Lu Weiguo quickly stopped Zuo Ping, "Brother, I came here to see you for something. This family leave is relatively long, so we have plenty of time to get together."
Zuo Ping didn't force it. Anyone who served in the military knew how rare this family leave was. It was hard for him to force the other party if something happened.
"What's going on?" Zuo Ping asked.
Lu Weiguo said: "Is your car available? I can borrow it for a few days."
Zuo Ping snorted, "I thought it was such a big deal that you should take it so seriously."
Lu Weiguo smiled and said, "You value your car more than your wife. I have to tell you this solemnly."
"That's for someone else!" Zuo Ping glanced at him, "Our friendship was life-changing on the battlefield."
With that said, he went to the office and gave the car keys to Lu Weiguo, "Here, the keys are here. You should know about my car."
Lu Weiguo shook the key in his hand and said, "Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner next time."
Zuo Ping pointed at him, "I remember it. Let's have dinner together next time."
His wife was still waiting for him at home, so Lu Weiguo drove away without reminiscing with Zuo Ping.
Zuo Ping suddenly remembered that he had heard from the Lu family's aunt that this boy was married. He shouted in the direction of the car, "Next time, introduce your younger siblings to me!!"
The only person who answered him was Lu Weiguo's hand reaching out from the car window and waving.
Zuo Ping clicked his tongue, this kid!
When the car drove to the family building of the steel factory, many people gathered to watch. Seeing that the person getting out of the car was Lu Weiguo, everyone thought it was nothing.
After all, he is an officer in the army.
Lu Weiguo returned home and helped put the things he wanted to take back home into the car.
They are all gifts for the elders in the family, as well as nutritional supplements secretly prepared for my father and mother.
As for the cotton-padded clothes given to Shi's father and Shi's mother, they were first left at home and Lu's mother helped to modify them before sending them over.
Shi's father and Shi's mother had some clothes prepared by the Lu family, so they were not in a hurry to wear them yet.
But nutritional supplements still have to be brought to them, Shi Tingyu thought.
Their health is better than anything else. This time, I will find an opportunity to give them some spiritual spring water and keep it so that they can be healthy before returning to the city.
She didn't favor one over the other. Just last night, while she was chopping vegetables, she mixed some water in the kettle with the spiritual spring in the space so that both the elders of the Lu family could stay in good health.
The old man is in good health, which is a very lucky and happy thing for his children.
Otherwise, not to mention the worries of being a child, work and other things will be affected.
Lu's father and mother were good to her, and Wei Guo was good to her, and she didn't mind repaying them.
In addition to what Shi Tingyu and the others prepared, Lu's father and mother also prepared something. It was a new year's gift for the elderly in the family. While they had a car, they asked Lu Weiguo to take it back with them.
The car was almost filled to the brim with a load of things and a big dog like Sharp Sword.
The road leading to the former West Brigade is an uneven dirt road for a long time. Fortunately, the car has a high chassis, otherwise it would be difficult to drive.
Although it is already the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, farmers nowadays do not have holidays, and you can still see people working in the fields on the road.
Some places are better, like being able to rest until the sixth day during the Chinese New Year.
Some people can only rest in the morning on the first day of the new year, and have to go to a meeting in the afternoon, although work points are also recorded in the meeting.
Tingyu didn't know about this.
As the car drove into the Qianxi Brigade, Shi Tingyu saw more people working in the fields. She was a little surprised and asked, "Is there still work in the fields now?"
In future generations, there would have been no life on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Lu Weiguo took a look at the fields and said, "Even in the off-season, farmers still have to go to work. There is a popular saying that requires the land to be leveled and plowed deeply."
"What are you talking about?" Shi Tingyu was curious.
"Dang Sanjiu, let's start after eating the dumplings." After saying that, Lu Weiguo sighed.
The land was plowed deeply, but the yield did not increase much. On the contrary, some yields were reduced.
It’s just that now everyone is doing this in order to show the spirit of learning from Dazhai.
Shi Tingyu didn't expect such a day. Her impression of the 1970s was that of a large collective, where educated youths went to the mountains and countryside, and needed tickets everywhere. As for the details, such as when farmers took breaks, she didn't know.
Unexpectedly, farmers also have to work during the Chinese New Year.
