inspire-indiana Chapter 255 Someone gave her strawberries
Chapter 255 Someone gave her strawberries
The next day was Saturday, the day Song Cenyue and Qian Jingdong had agreed on. At around ten o'clock in the morning, Qian Jingdong appeared at the door of Song Cenyue's house.
"Sister-in-law, this is for you." As soon as Qian Jingdong saw Song Cenyue, he placed the small basket in his hand in front of Song Cenyue.
"Strawberries!" Song Cenyue looked at the big red strawberries in the basket in front of her, feeling a little surprised and delighted.
Strawberries are her favorite fruit, but she has never eaten strawberries since she came here, let alone eaten them. She has never even seen them.
"Where did they come from? Fruit shops probably don't sell strawberries. Strawberries are quite rare and hard to see!" Song Cenyue curiously asked Qian Jingdong about the origin of the strawberries.
In modern times, strawberries are a common fruit that can be found everywhere and are nothing special. But at that time, they were rare and precious, and seldom seen. They were not sold in fruit stores, not even in fruit stores that specialized in selling fruits, and naturally not in supply and marketing cooperatives.
At this time, strawberries should be special tribute fruits, which means you will not see them sold on the market. They are specially provided for officials to eat.
"This strawberry was sent to me by someone below me. I thought girls all like to eat fruits. The girls in our compound particularly like strawberries among fruits. I thought you would definitely like strawberries, so I brought them to you." Qian Jingdong replied.
"Thank you. I really like eating strawberries, so I'll take it without hesitation." Song Cenyue smiled and reached out to take the basket of strawberries.
It seems that this gift is very much to her liking, and it can be seen that she is very happy. Great, this gift is the right one, Qian Jingdong thought to himself.
"Brother Qian, come in." Song Cenyue invited him in.
"Sister-in-law, how are the drawings and lists? Are they all completed?" After Qian Jingdong followed Song Cenyue into the main room and sat down, he asked about the things he cared about the most.
"I'm glad I did what I was asked to do. I've finished everything." Song Cenyue said with a smile. "I'll go wash some strawberries first and give you the pictures and list later. Is that okay?"
The strawberries looked bright red, fresh and very tempting. She hadn't eaten strawberries for a long time and couldn't help but feel greedy. She wanted to wash the strawberries and eat them right away.
Qian Jingdong raised the corner of his lips, nodded and smiled: "Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not in a hurry for you to show it to me right away, it's okay, just give it to me slowly. You wash the strawberries first... Do you want me to help you wash the strawberries?"
"No need, I can wash it myself. You sit here and wait for me, I'll be back soon." Song Cenyue said as she left the main room with the strawberries and went to the kitchen to find a basin and water to wash the strawberries.
Because she was afraid of leeches in the strawberries, Song Cenyue put some salt in the water when washing the strawberries, and let the strawberries soak in the salt water. If there were leeches or other small insects in the strawberries, the salt water would allow the leeches and other small insects to crawl out by themselves.
Some strawberries are clean, without leeches or other small insects, but some strawberries have leeches and other small insects crawling into them, but they cannot be seen from the outside, so it is best to soak the strawberries in salt water before eating them, which is safer.
Song Cenyue calculated the time. After soaking for ten minutes, no leeches or other small insects came out of the strawberries, which meant that the strawberries were clean and could be eaten without worry. She took the strawberries out of the salt water, washed them twice with clean water, and then found a large bowl to put them in.
Looking at the strawberries in the bowl that were covered with moisture and sparkling in the sunlight, looking even more tempting, Song Cenyue couldn't help but take one and put it in her mouth to taste.
"So sweet! So delicious!" Song Cenyue's beautiful eyes lit up. After finishing the strawberry in her mouth, she immediately took another strawberry and put it into her mouth.
The strawberries are very sweet and taste even better because they are fresh!
Song Cenyue thought that she had stayed in the kitchen for too long and had to find Qian Jingdong quickly. She left the kitchen and walked towards the main room.
"Brother Qian, I'm sorry. I soaked the strawberries in salt water when washing them. I wanted to see if there were any leeches or other small insects crawling out of the strawberries. I was delayed for some time, so I just washed the strawberries now. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." After Song Cenyue entered the main room with the strawberries, she politely apologized to Qian Jingdong.
"It's okay, it didn't take long... Fortunately, you thought of soaking the strawberries in salt water when washing them. On the way to find you, I was thinking of telling you to soak the strawberries in salt water before eating them, but I forgot when I saw you." Qian Jingdong waved his hand and smiled. "How is it? Did you find leeches and other small insects in the strawberries?"
"No, after soaking the strawberries in salt water, I was afraid of the salty taste, so I washed them several times with clean water, so you can eat them without worry." Song Cenyue shook her head, put the strawberries on the table in front of Qian Jingdong, and said, "Brother Qian, eat the strawberries. These strawberries are delicious and very sweet. I ate two when I washed them earlier."
Qian Jingdong reached out and took a strawberry and started eating it. "It's really sweet and delicious!" He quickly nodded and smiled.
Song Cenyue also reached out to take a strawberry and eat it, "Brother Qian, I wonder if the tractor factory is open today?"
Today is Saturday. Theoretically, the tractor factory should not be working and should be on holiday, but she hopes that the tractor factory is working today because she hopes Qian Jingdong can contact the tractor factory.
"I have all the drawings and information ready. If you can contact the tractor factory today, I would like to go there this afternoon to see the tractor workshop and production line to see if they have the ability to produce tanks. If not, what should we do?
I have already prepared the drawings and materials. As long as the tractor factory has no problems and can fully cooperate with me, we can start building the back half of the tank soon. I want to build the shell of the back half of the tank first." Song Cenyue expressed her thoughts.
“Today is Saturday, and the tractor factory is closed for the holiday, but I was able to contact the director of the tractor factory and asked him to take us to the tractor factory.
The night before, I had already gone to the home of the director of the tractor factory and told him about building tanks and borrowing his tractor factory for use. He agreed and said he would fully support and cooperate with us...
So after visiting the tractor factory this afternoon, if you think there is something missing or needed, and if you want the tractor factory to cooperate with you, just tell us." Qian Jingdong said, with his mouth raised high and his face full of smiles.
Thinking about the fact that Song Cenyue had visited the tractor factory this afternoon, and if everything went well, they might be able to start building the back half of the tank's shell tomorrow, he felt extremely happy and a little excited.
"That's great. After eating the strawberries, we will go into the city. Then you contact the director of the tractor factory and ask him to take us to the tractor factory in the afternoon." Song Cenyue also smiled happily.
Qian Jingdong has already contacted the director of the tractor factory and talked about making tanks, so things will be easier from then on.
"Yeah." Qian Jingdong nodded, and he and Song Cenyue ate strawberries while talking about tanks. Before they knew it, they had finished the whole bowl of strawberries.
Song Cenyue noticed that her and Qian Jingdong's fingers were red because they had eaten so many strawberries and were stained with strawberry juice.
"I'll go get some water for us to wash our hands. Our hands are all covered in strawberry juice." Song Cenyue said to Qian Jingdong.
"You don't need to fetch water specially. We can go to the well and get some water to wash." Qian Jingdong shook his hand and said with a smile: "I dare not ask you, my little sister-in-law, to fetch water for me to wash my hands. If Old Master knew about it, I'm afraid he would beat me."
Song Cenyue curled her lips and smiled, "Since you are so scared, let's go out together and wash at the well."
The two of them left the main room and went to the well in the yard. Before Song Cenyue could reach out to pick up the bucket by the well and throw it into the well to draw water, they saw Qian Jingdong had already started to throw the bucket into the well to draw water. In a moment, he had drawn a bucket of water and poured it into the basin beside him.
"Sister-in-law, you wash first." He said politely.
"Okay." Song Cenyue didn't hesitate and reached into the basin to wash her hands.
She finished washing quickly. After pouring out the water in the basin, she placed the basin in front of Qian Jingdong and said, "You wash it."
Qian Jingdong immediately poured water into the basin and started washing his hands. When he finished washing his hands, Song Cenyue had already wiped her hands and handed him a towel to wipe his hands.
After Qian Jingdong wiped his hands, Song Cenyue asked him to go into the main room first, and she went to the room to get some information.
After Qian Jingdong entered the main room and sat down, he soon saw Song Cenyue appear in front of him carrying two large bags of information.
Qian Jingdong looked at the two big bags in Song Cenyue's hands with a surprised expression.
"Oh my God, there are so many...are these all of them?" He was a little scared.
"These are all." Song Cenyue nodded. "There are quite a lot. Tanks are very complicated. Even the back half requires a lot of parts, so there is a lot of information."
"Are all these materials drawn or written? Can you draw and write so many things in two days?" Qian Jingdong showed a hint of doubt on his face.
"Of course I didn't draw or write all of them. I must be a god to draw and write so many things in two days. A small part of the pictures were drawn by me, and most of them were left by my relatives who taught me how to repair tanks. I took them...
After you sent me back that day, I suddenly remembered that my relative had a lot of information about American tanks, including the M26 Pershing heavy tank. The place where he hid it happened to be not very far from here, only about a hundred kilometers away. I drove to look for it overnight, found it successfully, and brought it back. "Song Cenyue shook her head and explained with a smile.
"What a coincidence! Your master actually has information on the M26 Pershing heavy tank!" Qian Jingdong was a little surprised, but more than surprised, he was delighted.
If we had the information about the M26 Pershing heavy tank left by Master Song Cenyue who studied in the United States, then we would be more confident in building the back half of the tank.
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. I think God is really helping us. We will definitely be able to successfully build the back half of the tank." Song Cenyue smiled and nodded.