Half an hour later, Gong Linglong came pushing the big 28-bar. There were two large sacks hanging on the back seat, and a basket of cotton shoes tied to the crossbar in front. It took a lot of effort to push it into the yard. .
"Grandma Dean, sister is here."
Xiaojiu had been standing by the wooden door waiting. When he saw her figure, he immediately went to report to the elders and ran very fast wearing the cotton shoes he just bought.
The dean opened the door and came out. Seeing that she had brought many things, he quickly came over to help, with a grateful face: "Little comrade, thank you very much."
"Director, let the children eat this food first so that the orphanage can get through this difficult time first. I will send you more next week."
Gong Linglong unloaded the sack as he spoke, and said to her: "A bag of rice, a bag of sweet potatoes and Chinese cabbage, it shouldn't be a problem for three or four days. I'll give you more in a few days." Come."
"Thank you, thank you. These can last more than a week. I thank you on behalf of the children." The dean thought that he would not have to worry about food for the next week, and the sadness on his face disappeared.
Looking at the group of children hiding by the window and peeking, Gong Linglong was deeply touched and waved to Xiaojiu, "Xiaojiu, come here, I bought shoes for everyone, take them over and put them on."
Xiaojiu was very happy. She was smiling when she ran over. She was not as timid and scared as before. She rushed into the house with the shoes she gave her.
After the dean moved all the food into the house, Gong Linglong put the money wrapped in newspapers in his pocket into her hand, "Dean, you can use this money for household use, add some daily necessities, and buy them I’ll go back first if I need some meat and vegetables to replenish my appetite.”
"Little comrade, you have given me too much."
Although it was wrapped in newspaper, the dean could tell by feeling the thickness that it was a lot of money. "Little comrade, you sent us food, saved the lives of these children, and helped me a lot. I can't charge so much money anymore." .”
"Dean, please keep it. The children are so young and they are growing up. Don't let them starve and freeze. Try to keep them fed and clothed as much as possible."
After Gong Linglong finished speaking, he glanced at the children in the room, waved to them, and then rode away on his bicycle.
When she returned to the family home carrying a bag of oranges, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. The sisters-in-law had not prepared dinner yet. They were all standing in front of Political Commissar Zhao's house talking, chattering non-stop.
"Deputy Commander Lu's family, you are back."
The first person to see her was the sister-in-law of the Second Regiment. Gong Linglong had seen her at the wedding banquet and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Ding, what are you talking about?"
"Isn't this something strange happening again? We are chatting here."
When the other party said this, she looked at the orange in her hand, and she was very greedy, "Where did you buy this orange? It looks so fresh."
"Bought in the city."
Gong Linglong grabbed five and gave them to Jiang Yaping, asking her to share them with everyone, and took the remaining five home.
There were quite a lot of people outside, including seven or eight children, and all the oranges were not enough to share one per person, so it was very generous to give half of them out.
There were some greedy people who wanted another one. One of them took advantage of the fact that she had three children at home and took the initiative to ask for one from Gong Linglong. As soon as she opened her mouth, Jiang Yaping pushed her back.
Now that Mrs. Qian and Chen Eryan, mother and daughter, are gone, the other family members of the first group are all good-natured. None of them are short-sighted and like to take advantage. Gong Linglong gets along well with them, and the three of the second group There is basically no contact with the family members of the regiment.
After putting away the oranges and brewing a cup of hot tea, Gong Linglong took two sips before asking: "Sister-in-law Yaping, what were you talking about just now?"
"We're not even a cultural troupe, and yet we have inexplicable convulsions and are causing trouble for us."
Jiang Yaping was usually quite amiable, but this time she looked very ugly and crackled: "I just made a sudden announcement. Because the incident between Meng Xiaoying and Xu Wei has affected the relationship and mutual impression between the art troupe and the military families, the art troupe proposed to contact the military families. To express our feelings, we invite military families to participate in the art performance next month, and they want to perform on the same stage with us and learn from each other."
"Performing on the same stage?" Gong Linglong was slightly stunned.
"That's right, what kind of bullshit are you performing on the same stage, connecting with each other, acting like a ghost to them? Isn't it just to see our jokes?"
Yang Xiaolan was full of resentment and said with a straight face: "Spring plowing will start the day after tomorrow, and there are still thirty or forty acres of land to be planted on the back hillside. Where do we have time to perform with them? I think they are deliberately looking for trouble. , maybe it was Meng Xiaoying who was instigating it behind the scenes."
"Who told you to provoke people from the cultural troupe?" A sister-in-law from the third troupe muttered in a low voice.
Her voice was not quiet, and both Yang Xiaolan and Gong Linglong heard it, and they both turned to look at each other.
Yang Xiaolan became furious on the spot: "Wang Huaihua, are you blind? It's obvious that they came to the family courtyard intentionally to meddle in other people's affairs. The political commissar and the art troupe criticized them. Now you are saying that we provoked them. Why, you are Do you think we were wrong and that the political commissar and the leaders of the cultural troupe are blind?"
"I never said this. The art troupe was provoked by your group and has nothing to do with us." Wang Huaihua immediately brought the conversation to the troupe level.
Seeing her say this, Jiang Yaping looked at her coldly and her attitude changed: "Wang Huaihua, can you represent the military wives of the Third Regiment?"
Wang Huaihua didn't dare to answer this question.
"No matter what the attitude of your three regiments is, the notice has been issued. The military wives will have to attend the art performance in a month's time."
"I think you military wives of the Third Regiment have your own ideas. We don't force you to arrange the program together. Whether you rehearse and perform and whether to participate in this performance is up to you, the Third Regiment."
"This time the art troupe comes to do something like this. No matter what the reason is, the military wives of our regiment will negotiate and deal with it. They will never lose the face of the men."
After Jiang Yaping finished speaking, she looked at the military wives of the Second Regiment and said, "For those of the Second Regiment, you should go back for a meeting and discuss it first. If you want to advance and retreat with the First Regiment, we raise our hands to welcome you. If you want to make separate arrangements, we will also respect it and we will come together then. Help each other learn.”
After she finished speaking, Yu Ximei cooperated: "It's getting late, it's time to cook dinner, let's go."
The family members of the second group all smiled and left with their children. The family members of the third group had weird expressions. The one with the ugliest expression was Wang Huaihua, but no one paid any attention to her. In the end, she acted childishly. Chong rushed away.
After they all left, Yu Ximei called a group of family members to come into the house to talk, "Come to my house, let's have a meeting first."
For them, it would be better for them to open up ten acres of land to hold this cultural performance. They were very upset when they thought that the cultural troupe used this method to deliberately create trouble for them.
