Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter

Qin Rou was about to build a small greenhouse on the balcony, and even DIY drip irrigation, studied temperature, moisture and nutrition every day.

As kindergarten teachers, they were so sincere and full of hands-on ability.

She picked the big strawberries in the flower pot, and after eating a meal of strawberries, she felt like vomiting. Although the strawberries she planted were big and red, they were not very sweet, and they were hardly delicious.

Finally, after careful calculation, compared with the investment and the harvest, it was not enough to make ends meet. It could only be said that it satisfied the fun of planting, and it could also be taken to the kindergarten to make the children in awe, and praise Teacher Qin for the big and red strawberries she planted.

Afterward, she took all the children in the garden to experience the strawberry picking activity in the organic strawberry greenhouse. She ate too many strawberries in the end, and when she saw strawberries for a while, she had a psychological shadow.

Because the kindergarten needed to carry out planting experience activities for children, learning to plant various fruits and vegetables was a relevant knowledge that teachers needed to know. She had read many books on planting. Of course, the theory was more than practice.

After all, the purpose of teaching was only to bring children to experience planting, and it was impossible to live on the harvest like a farmer uncle.

In the past, she was able to support herself by collecting rent, and she had money to make a living. She could experience planting as much as she wanted, but now she had no money. In the future, she would really have to grow beans by herself and eat melons.

Thinking so was quite melancholy, but also a little exciting. There were gains and losses. In the future, an inch of land was worth a lot of money. Who could make room for her to plant fruit trees and a vegetable garden?

Deciding to go to Qiongzhou Island with Lu Yan, Qin Rou also thought about her future plans. The economy was tight. Anyway, Qin Rou didn’t have any business acumen. She couldn’t do business in the black market to make money. Her husband was a soldier, and at the time, it was not a good idea to do something illegal.

In the future, she could call her sister first, and after seven or eight years, she may be able to contract land to build a mango plantation, build a few sea-view rooms, build a sea-view or hot spring hotel, make a wedding photography center, and then buy a few sets of commercial housing in Shencheng or build a small building by herself…

Well, these were all too far away plans.

Better yet…

– She wanted to buy a camera.

At the time, the fish, shrimp and shellfish in the sea were not worth much. Of course, these were not worth much. Even though life was hard, people at the seaside could eat abalone and king shrimp with tears.

In the 1970s, no one went to the sea for vacation. The coconut forest beach, which had not been developed commercially, must be very beautiful. She would really feel sorry for not taking pictures.

What was more, she still had some subtle thoughts in her heart. She wanted Lu Yan’s photos. Now, if she had a black and white camera, she would take black and white photos, and later, a new camera would take colored photos.

Qin Rou mustered up her courage, but still opened her mouth to discuss with Lu Yan, “Lu Yan, I want to buy a camera.”

“You’ve been fiddling around for a long time, just buy it if you want, why be so petty?”

Lu Yan said that. After he said it, he regretted it a little, wondering if he had a bad tone just now.

When he saw Qin Rou’s hesitant face, he thought she was worried about something, which made him also worried. He thought that she didn’t want to go to Qiongzhou Island with him. Who knew that she just wanted to buy a camera.

–That was it?

So he couldn’t help but speak out.

But, Lu Yan, silence was gold.

Qin Rou: “…” I’m petty? You’ll know what a prodigal woman is when I spend the money. 

“Then I’ll buy it?”

Lu Yan touched his nose, coughed, and said succinctly, “Buy it.”

Afraid that Qin Rou would not dare to buy it, he added a few words, “When we get to the island, shipping will be cumbersome, and there are some things you can’t even buy there.”

“If you think you need it, buy anything you want, don’t save money.”

“If you buy it right now, we can send it to the dock. I will ask someone to put it on the boat, and there will be a truck to transport it back to the island. It must be so convenient, if you want to buy it, hurry up and buy it.” 

Lu Yan chose to board the boat at Guangcheng Wharf and head to Qiongzhou Island, why wouldn’t he let Qin Rou buy everything she needed in the big city of Guangcheng?

They couldn’t go to the island to live empty handed.

In the past, he was a bachelor and didn’t need to bring anything, but when he just got married, it was different..

Lu Yan didn’t know what Qin Rou needed, of course, so he gave her the money and let her choose herself.

“Then I can buy whatever I want?”

“Buy it, don’t think too much, don’t ask me when you buy something.” I can’t stand it.

Qin Rou: “…”

She suddenly found that Lu Yan’s tone seemed to have changed a bit, and it was different from the calm, down-to-earth and concise army officer. How could it sound so arrogant and even a little bit awkward?

She couldn’t help but want to fight back.

Buy it, that was what he said!

Qin Rou was no longer pretentious at the time. She understood that Lu Yan was right. Since she was going to live on the island, it was really unnecessary to be pretentious at the time.

The appliances and the daily necessities must be prepared in advance.

After changing her thinking, Qin Rou threw the two kids to Lu Yan, and started retaliatory consumption, no, but she thought about her future life and felt that she had to buy all kinds of things.

Not to mention the camera, didn’t she have to prepare other pots and pans, bedding and blankets? There were also sauces such as oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, star anise, pepper, and other sauces. She also thought of buying Liji LEBAO (Pickled Vegetable with Spicy Oil) which was unique to Guangdong Province at that time. She also wanted to buy a few small casserole and rice.

She took a lot of effort to buy normal rice and long thin rice, and accidentally got some lychee firewood. She even asked the chef of the state-run hotel to exchange some sausages and chili sauce in private.

She bought anything she could think of.

Lu Yan saw that she had bought a bunch of things, including all the pots, but she forgot to buy a rolling pin.

So he helped to buy a wooden rolling pin. After buying it, he thought that a beautiful woman like his wife might like a beautiful rolling pin, so he bought two jade rolling pins.