Lu Che has indeed been promoted, from a team leader to a large team leader, responsible for leading several teams to do research.
He originally wanted to give Jiang Yao a surprise, of course, asking her for a "reward" was the main purpose, but she had already debunked his conspiracy and exposed it at dinner at night He is old.
Lu Che suddenly felt that it was a serious mistake to invite Zhang Dong and Zhu Xia to dinner tonight, but now, he can only admit it.
It is always a very happy thing for the young couple to get promoted together. Zhang Dong and Zhu Xia will also be promoted because they are with the right boss.
The meal didn't end until almost nine o'clock in the evening. The four young people talked about work, life and ideals. The old lady brought brother and sister and Zhu Xia's daughter Tongtong to the side to play.
Changchang and Xiaolu grew up together, they don't lack company and don't feel lonely, but when they see doll younger than themselves, they are still full of curiosity and love.
They, who were usually sleepy at 8:00, were in good spirits tonight, and they just played with Tongtong as a toy.
When Tongtong left, they were still pulling her, reluctant to part.
Tonight there are a lot of meals and a lot of tableware to wash. Of course Lu Che took over the heavy work and asked Jiang Yao to bathe the two little guys.
It's cold now, and the children's bathing place has changed from a patio to a room.
Jiang Yao closed the doors and windows tightly, and the two brother and sister sat in a large wooden basin filled with warm water, washing very happily.
Lu Che was worried that the water would cool down quickly, so he prepared half a bucket of hot water next to him.
As soon as the water temperature dropped, Jiang Yao would add some hot water to the wooden basin.
When Lu Che finished washing the dishes, Jiang Yao also washed the two children and put them into warm cotton sleeping bags.
The two took turns taking care of the children, until they took a bath and climbed into the big bed, Chang Chang and the Xiaolu still did not sleep.
Children are like this, if they don't fall asleep after their biological clock, they will not be able to sleep.
Lu Che was thinking about asking his wife for "rewards", pretending to be a puppy, but here his children just didn't sleep until he said,
"Don't you like sister Tongtong very much? How about mom and dad giving you a sister?"
As soon as the voice fell, the eyes of the brother and sister shone, they nodded like chicken as if pecking at the rice, and Chang Chang couldn't speak, shouting "Ya ya ya", Xiaolu said
"Okay, Sister, want, sister"
Changchang and Xiaolu crawl and roll back to the crib, sleep directly on pillow, and close their eyes.
Soon, they fell asleep.
Lu Che was relieved and turned to look at Jiang Yao,
"Wife..."
He was interrupted by Jiang Yao before he could say anything. She frowned and said,
"Why did you tell the children that you want to have a sister for them? Didn't we say we won't have one?"
"I'll just talk about it. The matter of having a child is all about fate. If we can't have it, they can't blame us." Big Boss Lu said.
"..."
Jiang Yao rolled her eyes silently
"Don't you mean that you are lying to children?"
"Of course not."
After dawdling for a long time tonight, Lu Che couldn't bear it any longer, and hugged Jiang Yao directly,
"The matter of having a child is random, but the process of making a child can be enjoyed first...dont you think so."
Yaoyao : “…”
Wait for the end of a hearty exercise, it is already late at night.
She don't know if it's because she was too happy with the promotion, or because she didn't feel tired when she was free from his clutches , Jiang Yao didn't feel sleepy afterwards. Since she can't sleep, let's have a sleepover.
"Next year when you become a team leader, will you be very busy at work?" Jiang Yao asked.
"It should be."
Lu Che said apologetically,
"At that time, I can't allocate much time to the family, I will be responsible for the routine heavy work, and the rest will be hard for you and Grandma. .
This is a rare opportunity. In order to make our future life better and better, we can only do this for the time being. "
"It's okay, Changchang and Xiaolu are almost two years old, much better than when they were babies. You can rest assured that I have Grandma at home."
Jiang Yao is actually not worried about this. , but his special channel, she tentatively discussed with him,
"If you can't be busy, you shouldn't go to the provincial capital to get the goods."
"Why? It's ok for me to go there when I'm on vacation." Lu Che said.
"I know, but I don't want you to work so hard. We are a dual-earner family. After this promotion, the salary and allowance should be doubled, and it will be more than 100 yuan a month. I think There is no need to make yourself too tired. The body is the capital of the revolution, and the road ahead is long."
Jiang Yao persuaded Lu Che like this, but she was worried in her heart.
As the saying goes,
"I often walk by the river without getting wet shoes"
Lu Che has been in this business for three years. Although he has been careful, it is inevitable that more and more people will recognize him. It's fine if others don't say it. If someone with a black heart will expose him one day, it's not just as simple as walking away because you can't eat, you'll have to go to jail any minute.
While they were making great progress at work, she wanted him to put the business aside.
"Okay."
Lu Che thought for a while, and said,
"Don't say whether I want to do it or not, when I get busy, it is very likely that I will work overtime during the holidays, and I may not have time if I want to go. But if you don't do it, you won't do it. It's difficult to explain to the cooperating people for a while. I have to give them some time to find a supplier again, otherwise it will appear unkind."
"Okay."
As long as he agrees, Jiang Yao is relieved, but she does not forget to remind him,
"You have to go as soon as possible, bring something to visit people after two days off, thank them for always As for the care since then, you told them about it by the way."
"No problem."
Lu Che said
"Then you have to make some snacks. Your craftsmanship is great, and gift giving is more face-saving."
"Humph...you just want to send me to work, so please give me a top hat."
"Of course not. If you feel disadvantaged, how about I serve you again, you won't be able to sleep anyway."
"Go away, I'm going to bed, I have to go to the New Year's store tomorrow, and when you are on holiday, go back to Qingyuan to celebrate the New Year, and it will be inconvenient to buy at that time."
The next day, when Jiang Yao got up, Lu Che had already gone to work.
Since the two brother and sister slept late last night, they haven't gotten up yet. The quilt was the most comfortable in the freezing cold, but Jiang Yao still woke them up, because if they went to sleep again, the diapers would not be able to hold, and the sleeping bag would be wet.
The two little guys were drowsy and a little nervous because they were woken up
Jiang Yao couldn't take care of that much, and while changing their diapers, she said,
"Mom will go to the supply and marketing agency and the department store to buy things for the New Year. I originally wanted to take you there, but now It looks like you want to sleep more."
Changchang and Xiaolu heard that they could go to the department store, and they suddenly became energetic, their eyes widened
Xiaolu, who had changed her diaper, sat up and shouted,
"Go, go."
"As long as you don't sleep in, I will take you there." Jiang Yao said,
"Now change your clothes."
“Change.”
The place where they live now is very close to the department store, and Jiang Yao no longer rides a bicycle. After all, it is inconvenient to carry two children by herself, so she put them directly on the stroller and pushed them out .
The old lady was making window grilles in the main room. When Jiang Yao saw this, she immediately said,
"Grandma, you can go with us. It's not good to stay at home all the time. It's fine to just walk around."
"Okay." The old lady didn't shirk. Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, the festival atmosphere is the strongest in the department store, and she feel very happy when she walk on the road. She said,
"I asked Lu Che Bring the small cart for you, so you can pull back the things you bought when the time comes."
"Good."
The two went out . They first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy food, meat, etc., and then went to the department store.
Festive atmosphere.
"Mom, this piece of cloth is good, you can make a top." When she walked to the cloth area, Jiang Yao heard a young woman say to an older woman.
"It's not bad."
The woman's mother said
: "Then buy this piece and make it look good later, and the blind date will be just right for the New Year."
After speaking, she said to the salesman,
"Trouble Help me wrap this cloth."
"Okay."
The salesperson responded and took the opportunity to ask
"We have a good piece of fabric here, just right for making pants for your girl."
The woman's mother heard this and said,
"Then show it to me. I thought the fabrics were all robbed at the end of the year, but I didn't expect there to be good things."
"Yes."
The salesperson said angrily
"You don't know, many items in our department store are out of stock this year."
"Impossible, when will there be such a shortage of things?"
The woman's mother said in surprise.
"It's not that there is no shortage."
The more the salesman said, the more angry he became,
"Everyone went to the alley to buy it, the price is not much more than ours, but there is no ticket, everyone runs away I bought it over there. It’s all my fault for those who are engaged in business, and all they make is unscrupulous money, let’s wait and see, they are going to be locked in.”
Jiang Yao couldn't help trembling when she heard this. She suddenly lost the desire to continue shopping, turned her head and said to the old lady,
"Grandma, there are too many people here and the air is not good. Let's go back."
"Okay, let's go then."
Jiang Yao turned the trolley around and pushed the brother and sister away. The salesperson behind her kept scolding until she left the fabric area and disappeared.
After returning home, Jiang Yao was still restless.
She couldn't sit still, so she left Changchang and Xiaolu to the old lady to take care of, while she went to the kitchen to make fried snacks with the flour, sugar, eggs and other ingredients she just bought.
Lu Che will leave work earlier these days. She has to make the snacks before he gets off work, and then ask him to send them to the partner.
In the afternoon, when Lu Che came home from get off work, Jiang Yao had already divided the prepared snacks into several bags, added a small bag of candy, and said to Lu Che,
"You go to give gifts now, and then talk to them... say them that you will quit in the future."
"Why so suddenly?" Lu Che asked in confusion.
"I'll explain it to you tonight, anyway, you're right to listen to me." Jiang Yao pushed him out, and Lu Che was an obedient wife, so he could only follow her request to do it.
When the Lu Che returned from sending 9gifts, it was completely dark.
Dinner is ready and he can eat it as soon as it comes to the table.
Changchang and Xiaolu ate happily, but Jiang Yao was not in a high mood, and Lu Che clearly felt it.
He guessed it had something to do with her rushing him to give gifts just now, so he hurriedly cleaned up the dishes after dinner, and when the child fell asleep, he asked,
"What happened?"
Jiang Yao told him about what she heard in the department store today,
"I think the business of the alley has seriously affected the business of the state-owned department store. Definitely not going to let it go.”
"You don't have to worry so much. Those people who cooperated with me have been working for longer than me. They are all staring at it. It's really turbulent. They must know, otherwise, why have these years been passed safely?"
Lu Che felt that she was making a fuss, but in order to appease her, he still promised
: "I will do it once or twice to get the goods owed to them in place, and I will wash my hands."
"Can you quit today?" Jiang Yao asked with a frown.
"Yaoyao, I have cooperated with them for so many years. If I say no, I will not do it, and I will not be very kind. If the word of mouth of my way of life spreads, it will be difficult in the future. Let others believe me." Lu Che said with some embarrassment.
Of course Jiang Yao understands this, but she still can't help worrying,
"Anyway, you should avoid the limelight recently. After the Spring Festival, everyone's demand will definitely drop, so don't be in a hurry."
"Okay, I see."
Lu Che said with relief
"Several partners were very happy to receive the snacks and candies you made just now. Although they were a little disappointed to hear that I didn't do it. , but i also said that it is not a peak period for goods, and everyone is not dissatisfied."
Selling and selling are both profitable and risky. Every year, many new people join, and many quit. It is human nature. As long as everyone is comfortable when working together, everyone will not say much.
"That's good."
In the early morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Jiang Yao was in a daze, Lu Che had already woken up, she vaguely heard him say that she was going out, she "um" With a bang, he fell asleep again.
She slept until Chang Chang and Xiao Lu called her up, and when she helped the two little guys get dressed, she led them out.
As soon as she walked to the main room, the old lady asked her
"Yaoyao, where did Lu Che go? It's almost New Year's Eve, and it's rare to have a holiday. Where is he messing around when he's not at home?"
"I don't know either." Jiang Yao tried her best to recall, but she still couldn't remember what Lu Che told her in the morning,
"Maybe go out for a while, and she should be back by lunchtime. ."
"It should be."
The old lady said
"He has been working very hard recently. I am going to make soup and let him drink two more bowls later."
"Thank you for breastfeeding."
"Wherever it's hard work, you can drink more later. If you don't go to work or take children all day, you won't grow any more fat."
The old lady went to stew the soup, but when the soup was cooked and lunch was served, Lu Che still didn't come back.
Jiang Yao's heart was a little flustered for no reason. After the nap, she excused her brother and sister to visit Zhu Xia's house. In fact, she wanted to find Zhang Dong to see if he knew where Lu Che was going.
"Why isn't your Zhang Dong at home?" Jiang Yao asked as soon as he entered the door without seeing Zhang Dong.
"He went back to Lao Zhang's house and said that the roof of the house was leaking and asked him to go back and mend it." Zhu Xia said.
Without Zhang Dong, where can Lu Che go alone? The more Jiang Yao thought about it, the more nervous her heart became. Fortunately, Zhu Xia kept chatting with her, and the children were making trouble beside her, so her attention was distracted.
It was almost five o'clock in Zhu Xia's place before Jiang Yao got up and went home.
At this time, Zhang Dong came back from the outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he said
: "Zhu Xia, something big has happened. As soon as my relatives who were engaged in private business were arrested when they were connecting with the supplier, listen to me. Said to arrest a lot of people."
When Jiang Yao heard this, she fell on the chair as soon as her feet softened.
"Yaoyao, are you alright? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Zhu Xia asked worriedly when she saw Jiang Yao suddenly sit down with a pale face.
"I...I'm fine." Jiang Yao came back to her senses and forced herself to stand up,
"I'll go back first."
Jiang has seen strong winds and waves, but this may involve Lu Che, which made her panic for a while. The more nervous she is, the more she needs to cheer up.
If Lu Che is really caught, the family will depend on her to support her.
It is very serious to be caught buying and selling without permission these days. If it was a human loot, no matter how powerful Jiang's mouth is, it would be impossible to fish Lu Che out of it....
She put the siblings on the cart and said goodbye to Zhu Xia. Zhu Xia was a little uneasy about her and wanted to send her back, but she refused,
"I'm really fine, I probably didn't eat much at noon, and now I'm so hungry that I'm dizzy, I'll be fine tonight if I'm full. "
"Why aren't you full at noon?" Zhu Xia was distressed and angry, she took a piece of candy and handed it to her,
"Hurry up and eat it, or you will faint and no one will know. ."
"Okay." Jiang Yao took off the wrapping paper and stuffed the candy into her mouth. Only then did Zhu Xia let her go back.
People like to eat sugar these days, and the sugar is also very sweet. After a while, the rich sweetness filled her mouth, but she tasted a bitter taste.
She is not sure whether Lu Che has been arrested or not. Jiang Yao wants to confirm, she must go to the police station first. If he was really caught, she would have to find a way to reduce his sentence as much as possible.
She pushed her brother and sister to the house while thinking, until she heard the clear voice of the deer
: "Dad, Daddy..."
Jiang Yao raised her head abruptly, and saw Lu Che riding a bicycle towards them from not far away.
"Xiaolu, Changchang Wife , lets go home for dinner."
Lu Che waved at them while riding, until he stopped in front of them, only to find that Jiang Yao's face was very bad.
"Wife, are you sick?" Lu Che frowned and asked anxiously.
"No..." Jiang Yao reacted, grabbed Lu Che's arm and asked,
"Are you all right? Where did you go all day today?"
"What can I do?"
Lu Che looked puzzled,
"I went back to Qingyuan to find a master, and there was a problem that bothered me for a long time, so I went to ask him. I... I told you when I went out in the morning, did you forget?"
"So...you have been in Qingyuan all day today, haven't you gone anywhere?"
"Yes." Lu Che was really getting more and more dizzy by her troubles,
"Wife, tell me quickly if something happened to you, I'm hanging on to it."
"It's okay." Jiang Yao finally smiled and said,
"Let's go home, I'll tell you something after dinner."
There are residential houses around to prevent the partition wall from having ears, and private business cannot be said outside.
Lu Che was full of curiosity, but Jiang Yao didn't say that there must be her reason, and he didn't force it.
When the two children fell asleep at night, Lu Che asked, "What happened?"
"Zhang's relative who was involved in private business was arrested today when he was in contact with the source. It is estimated that it was a big operation. I heard that a lot of people were arrested."
"I was too sleepy in the morning, and I didn't hear you say to go back to Qingyuan. When you went out, the Grandma went to buy food, so I didn't know where you were going, so I thought you went to the provincial capital to pick up the goods today. "
"Fool, I've been going to the provincial capital by car recently. When you see that my bicycle is not at home, you know that I'm not going to pick up the goods." Lu Che said helplessly and indulgently.
"If I don't care about it, it will be messed up?"
Jiang Yao was ashamed,
"Anyway, you are lucky to escape this time, but you can't have luck, let's not do it in the future, okay? Otherwise, I will be worried day by day, will I be able to live this day?"
"Okay, I promise you, I won't touch this in the future." Lu Che said with emotion
"Wife.., it's really thanks to you that I can escape this disaster this time. If you hadn't reminded you in advance Me, I might actually go to the provincial capital today."
Jiang Yao did not dare to take credit and said,
"It should be God who favors us, and we must cherish it. I think the trend of sports will pick up again after the new year, so we can keep a low profile if we can."
"I think this trend will pass sooner or later, but before that, we can't be caught with a whip, otherwise it will be doomed. Accumulated and thin hair."
"Okay."
Lu Che nodded in response
"Today, the master also said something to me, and the effect is similar to yours. There is also good news to tell you, he has been rehabilitated."
"Really?"
Jiang Yao's eyes were full of surprises,
"When did it happen? Is he going back?"
Lu Che: "Really, he told me today that he received a notice last week that he would return to the original unit in the capital after the year. But he didn't make a sound. Now, except for Lu Dazhou, everyone in the production team is do not know."
"It's great."
Jiang Yao was really happy for old Yue. After so many years, she finally got through. However, she still didn't understand,
"Why didn't Mr. Yue tell the news of his vindication, so that at least he wouldn't have to be bullied by others."
"The master said that the situation is still very serious now. Although he worked hard in Qingyuan, it was a shelter for him. When he went back, he could not tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing." Lu Che
"He said that he should try his best to keep a low profile after he go back, and if he really can't, just pretend to be sick and stay at home first, and talk about the future things later."
"Elder Yue really sees clearly."
Jiang Yao said,
"After he returns this time, I don't know when we will meet in the future. Let's go back to Qingyuan for the New Year. For the past few days, your master and apprentice will be well Get together."
"I know, when the New Year's Eve dinner comes, he will be called as usual."
This year is doomed to be an uneasy year because of the surprise private sale.
After this day, as soon as Jiang Yao went out, she could hear people discussing this matter, and Lu Che also heard people talking about it all the time when he was working in the mechanical and electrical power plant.
As for Zhang Dong's relative, even if he spends money to get rid of the relationship, he will definitely not escape if he is sentenced to labor reform.
Jiang Yao and Lu Che remained silent on the matter and did not make any remarks. He secretly went to inquire with his former partners and said that the few people he cooperated with rarely cooperated with the source of the arrest, so they all escaped.
"We have been in this business for so many years, although we are secretive, but we are still loyal and trustworthy people, otherwise we will not be able to do it for so long."
The partner said
: "I have cooperated with you for a few times, you haven't treated us badly, it's unlucky to say that one day whoever of us is locked up will not confess the others."
"Thank you." Lu Che sincerely thanked.