Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 7: Sparkles in the Reeds
Huang Juan was stunned for a moment, then said, "Most of the candidates this time are unmarried young people. If any of them are accepted, their future work will be very tedious, and there will be a lot of family matters. How about this, I'll go to the Lu family and take a look first."
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Lu Qiaoge felt that the street office would not care about Duan Xiaoxiang's words, but would probably take her grades into consideration.

But unexpectedly, she was given another test question.

She was looking at the information at this time.

Meng Xia, standing by, hesitated: "My Qiao Ge is a little girl. This exam is only suitable for boys."

Huang Juan asked Lu Qiaoge: "What do you think?"

Lu Qiaoge also finished reading the information in his hand.

This dispute is a family matter. Yao Kai and Qi Shuang, who work at Workshop 2, have been married for two years. Three days ago, Qi Shuang came to the neighborhood committee office, claiming that Yao Kai hadn't touched her since their wedding night, and they rarely spoke. She wanted a divorce, but Yao Kai disagreed and subsequently moved back to the company, refusing to return home. She wanted the neighborhood committee office to intervene and ask for a divorce if possible, or to explain why it wasn't.

Qi Shuang was determined to do it, otherwise her mother-in-law would scold her all day long as she was a hen that didn't lay eggs.

She didn't dare to say it before for the sake of face, but recently her mother-in-law forced her to drink bitter and disgusting medicine.

Moreover, Yao Kai also likes to use cold violence. Although he doesn't use violence, when the two of them quarrel fiercely, he can go half a year without saying a word to Qi Shuang.

As for Old Chen’s son being beaten, it was because he ran to ask Yao Kai if that thing was not working, and then suggested that he go to the hospital to see a doctor.

Yao Kai is now being educated in the security department.

However, Yao Kai did not say a word, and he refused to tell his leader the reason. Director Hu still wanted to visit Qi Shuang.

Because Qi Shuang, who was working in the workshop, was in a trance yesterday and almost had an accident.

Qi Shuang reported the divorce to the neighborhood office. If it wasn't resolved and something went wrong, everyone would be in trouble.

After all, after Qi Shuang made the revelations, Mrs. Yao hated her so much that it was said that she even beat Qi Shuang last night.

If mediation is possible, that would be best.

Lu Qiaoge put away the information and said, "Aunt Huang, I'll go find Qi Shuang tomorrow."

Huang Juan nodded, smiled, and said to Meng Xia, who was hesitant to speak, "Don't worry, I'm just going to talk to Qi Shuang to find out about the situation. I won't contact Yao Kai, so I'll be fine."

After Huang Juan left, the Lu family members in the yard looked at each other in confusion.

Meng Xia thought for a moment and said, "I'll go out and visit some people and see if I can help you find out something."

Su Hui hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then... do you want me to go with you tomorrow?"

Lu Qiaoge shook his head and said no.

If the Yao family hadn't forced Qi Shuang into a corner, Qi Shuang would not have told such a private matter, especially in this era.

Lu Da was tired after a day of work, so he gave Lu Qiaoge a few instructions and went to rest.

Lu Qiaoge felt that this day was too fulfilling, so fulfilling that he felt a sense of trance.

She also went into the bedroom to rest, without even having time to see what was in the room.

Unexpectedly, his younger brother Lu Xiaosi knocked on the door and came in. He pulled Lu Qiaoge's arm, blinked his big black eyes, looked up and begged in a low voice: "Second sister, I can go with you too."

Lu Qiaoge rubbed Xiao Si's head. The child was in poor health. He was already eleven years old, but he was so thin and small that he looked like an eight-year-old child.

Lu Qiaoge said, "No need to accompany me."

Xiao Si lowered his head in disappointment.

Lu Qiaoge thought for a moment and said, "How about I take you to Red Star Lake to fish tomorrow morning?"

Lu Xiaosi's eyes lit up: "Can I... go?"

Lu Qiaoge: "Of course."

Red Star Lake, I’m going to take my tabby cat to see it tomorrow.

Lu Xiaosi's eyes sparkled as he considerately helped his second sister pull the curtains and close the door, then left happily.

At this time, the night had filled the entire sky.

The light from the distant streetlights seemed even less bright than the fireflies in the wild. But tonight the moon was large and round, gently shining into the bedroom through the gaps in the curtains.

Lu Qiaoge didn't wait for Meng Xia to come back. He lay down and fell asleep quickly.
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The next morning, some of the Lu family members went to work, while others looked for odd jobs. Meng Xia didn't get any useful information last night. She told Xiao Si not to go out to play and then hurried out.

Lu Qiaoge carried Old Lu's homemade fishing rod and a fishing net, with a tabby cat beside him. Lu Xiaosi carried a small iron bucket, and the two of them wore straw hats and went to fish at the place where Lu Qiaoge fell into the water yesterday.

This is the west side of the lake, and there is a large pine forest in the distance.

Because we arrived early, we didn't see anyone.

Lu Xiaosi asked Lu Qiaoge in surprise: "Second sister, why does this cat keep following us?"

Lu Qiaoge: "I gave it dried fish and steamed buns yesterday, so maybe it recognized me as its master."

Lu Xiaosi let out an "oh".

He didn't take it to heart because he was very excited. It was the first time that his brothers and sisters took him out to play. The only difference was that he couldn't make paper boxes today.

He suddenly remembered something and said nervously, "Second sister, I went to the neighborhood committee yesterday to get 200 cardboard boxes. I'm still short of 80. This is a tight deadline, and if I don't finish it, I'll be fined."

Lu Qiaoge stopped and turned to look at Lu Xiaosi, who wanted to play but also wanted to go back to paste paper boxes.

Pasting paper boxes was a job Meng Xia took on from the neighborhood committee, and Lu Qiaoge and Xiao Si, who were staying at home, also helped in pasting them.

The labor cost for five paper boxes is only one cent.

However, the original owner always found excuses to go out and play, and only Xiao Si followed Meng Xia diligently to make paper boxes.

Meng Xia couldn't control Lu Qiaoge either. After all, they were engaged and would be married soon, so she could just be lazy.

At this time, Lu Qiaoge touched his pocket, which was empty, without a penny at all.

If I can't find a job, Meng Xia will definitely force me to make paper boxes.

Lu Qiaoge patted his head and said proudly, "It's okay, we'll hang out together this afternoon."

Only then did Lu Xiaosi feel relieved.

Without Lu Qiaoge's instructions, Lu Xiaosi chose a safe place by himself and told Lu Qiaoge to stay away from the water.

Seeing that Lu Xiaosi had a strong sense of safety, Lu Qiaoge felt relieved.

She asked the tabby cat to look for water rats nearby, while she stood by the lake and listened carefully to the sounds in the lake.

[A piece of my scale was scraped off. It hurts so much.]

There are round, shiny things in the reeds. You can get one and stick it on there.

But the scattered glitters were all taken by the crabs, so the iron boxes can't be opened.

I wanted to bask in the sun, but that drowned human is back, making it so hard for me, an old man, to even move my muscles.

[She also brought a skinny little boy.]

[He must be trying to catch some fish to nourish him.]

[I'll remind everyone later: don't be fooled.]

[Alas, the little boy is very weak. I wish my master were still alive.]

Lu Qiaoge didn't hear them talking about the steel billets at the bottom of the lake. They must have gotten used to it and it was no longer a topic of conversation.

But she knew that there were several iron boxes in the reeds to the east, and there were shiny things inside.

Is it a silver coin or something else good?

Lu Qiaoge suppressed his eagerness to try and could only go and take a look after the steel billet was fished out from the bottom of the lake.

Also, the one who wanted to bask in the sun was an old turtle, actually over a hundred years old, and its previous owner was an old Chinese doctor...

(End of this chapter)