Chapter 121

Zhao Fenfang smiled and didn't say anything more about it.

She couldn't behave too abnormally in front of anyone, so she just mentioned the matter concerning Li Chengxi.

At this moment, Yueyue's crisp voice came from outside: "Dad, you're back!"

Li Chengxi went to a meeting outside the island these days and just came back today. Before he left, he said he would bring some delicious food for Yueyue when he came back. Yueyue had been looking forward to her father's return since this morning, but she didn't expect that Li Chengxi was delayed by something, so he came back a little late.

But he did bring Yueyue something delicious - Tanghulu, which is filled with sweet and sour hawthorn and coated with sugar. Li Chengxi bought four Tanghulu in total, one for Yueyue, Xiao Qingming, Zheng Hongxing and Zheng Xiangyang. There are four children in each family, just enough for each of them.

Li Chengxi had already asked Wang Yuanliang to take the one for Xiao Qingming in advance, and he happened to meet him on the road.

Yueyue took one and couldn't wait to ask Lin Tao to tear off the outer layer for her. She couldn't wait to eat it. There were five hawthorns on one candied hawthorn. Lin Tao said, "We'll have dinner soon. You can only eat one now. You can eat the rest after dinner. Otherwise, mom won't let dad bring you delicious food in the future."

Although Yueyue wanted to eat all the delicious food right away, she nodded obediently: "Well, I'll just eat one, and eat the rest after dinner."

Lin Tao said "how good of a boy" and took Yueyue and Li Chengxi to Chen Shuifen's house to give the candied haws to them.

The gate of Chen Shuifen's house was not locked. After all, it was broad daylight, so Lin Tao still called out from outside: "Big sister, are you there?"

"Yes, yes, come in." Chen Shuifen responded. Seeing Lin Tao open the door and Li Chengxi was there, she said to Zhao Fenfang, "Look, that's Deputy Brigade Commander Li. What do you think? They are a good match for Teacher Lin, right?"

Zhao Fenfang noticed Li Chengxi, who had handsome features, broad shoulders, a narrow waist and long legs, and looked very good.

As spies, they have to approach whoever the organization arranges them to approach. If the other party is a bald general with a big belly, they can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

Li Chengxi was in his thirties and good-looking, which made Zhao Fenfang very satisfied.

As a soldier, Li Chengxi was extremely sensitive. He noticed Zhao Fenfang's strange look and glanced at her with a sharp gaze.

Zhao Fenfang was so frightened that she immediately lowered her eyes and dealt with her emotions. Then she changed her expression and raised her head again, smiling at Lin Tao and Yueyue: "Teacher Lin, Yueyue, do you still remember me? I am Aunt Zhao."

Yueyue glanced at her and called out, "Auntie Xiao Zhao."

Then she took the other two candied haws from Li Chengxi's hand, walked over to Chen Shuifen, and said, "Auntie, these are the candied haws my father bought. They are so sweet and delicious. When Brother Hongxing and Brother Xiangyang come back, you can give them some."

"No, no, Hongxing and Xiangyang are big kids now, leave these for Yueyue." Chen Shuifen said.

Yueyue shook her head and insisted on giving the candied haws to Chen Shuifen. She blinked her black grape eyes and said seriously, "Brother Hongxing and Brother Xiangyang also gave me delicious food, so I want to give them delicious food too. Auntie, you take it."

"This child is so well behaved. Teacher Lin taught her so well." Chen Shuifen took the candied haws and stroked Yueyue's little head. She smiled and said, "Oh, I wish my Hongxing was as sensible as Yueyue."

"Boys are always a little naughty, and that's normal." Lin Tao said, "Well, sister, we'll go back first. Dinner hasn't started yet."

"Okay, go ahead. It's almost time for me to clean up and make dinner." Chen Shuifen said.

When Lin Tao left, Zhao Fenfang also nodded. Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting both sympathized with Zhao Fenfang because of what she had gone through, and were very kind to her. Needless to say, Chen Shuifen was always thinking about finding a partner for Zhao Fenfang, and she cared about it more than her own sister. Of course, she didn't have a sister...

Xu Yuting, on the other hand, has always been tough on the outside but soft on the inside. After she knew all about Zhao Fenfang, she sent her something just two days after she knew her.

Lin Tao, on the other hand, was actually a warm-hearted and kind person, but for some reason, she was not that close to Zhao Fenfang. I couldn't tell why, and I felt quite sorry for her, but I didn't feel like becoming good friends with Zhao Fenfang.

Lin Tao herself couldn't explain why she felt this way, but she thought that relationships between people were based on fate, just like she and Yang Aidang, Chen Shuifen, Xu Yuting could become good friends, but not with some people.

She didn't intend to force herself to do something she didn't like, but she didn't have any other opinions about Zhao Fenfang. She could understand that Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting were good to Zhao Fenfang, and she wouldn't be unhappy.

"The woman next to Sister Chen just now is called Zhao Fenfang. She is the long-lost daughter of Uncle Zhao. She was found at the beginning of this year. Not to mention, she looks quite like Uncle Zhao." Lin Tao explained.

When Zhao Fenfang came home two days ago, Li Chengxi was not at home and had never seen Zhao Fenfang.

After listening to this, Li Chengxi nodded casually and asked no more questions.

Regarding this matter, he was more concerned about what to eat for dinner today: "What are you cooking at home today? This time the meeting was so long, I haven't eaten your cooking for several days, I miss it so much."

"Let's have fish stewed with tofu. The snow has melted these days, and Dad has started fishing again. After I came back from school this afternoon, he went out fishing, and he will definitely be back with some fish soon. And didn't Manman bring us some bacon and bacon last time? Do you want bacon or bacon?"

The family of three walked into the house. While talking, Lin Tao walked into the bedroom and took out another military uniform and handed it to Li Chengxi, asking him to change into it. He did bring clothes with him when he went out for a meeting, but he only brought a change of clothes from a set. The coat was so big when folded together that it was inconvenient to carry.

I've worn this dress for a few days. It's time to wash it.

Li Chengxi changed his clothes, then picked up Yueyue, let her sit on his lap, and said, "Eat some sausage, Yueyue loves it."

"Don't you want to eat? Just tell me what you want to eat." Lin Tao said.

Li Chengxi: "I love to eat too."

Having not seen his daughter for a few days, Li Chengxi played with Yueyue for a while, missing her strangely. Before he got married and had no children, he would not feel this way no matter how long he was away on missions or in meetings. But now, whenever he does not see Lin Tao and the child for a few days, he misses her.

Lin Tao had just cut a section of basil when Lin Changhai came back with a big fish. The fish was quite big, weighing three or four pounds. As soon as Lin Changhai came in, he said, "Chengxi, look how big a fish I caught for you."

Li Chengxi came out holding Yueyue and saw a fish as big as his arm: "Wow, Dad, you are so lucky today."

Lin Changhai was smug: "That's right, among those who went fishing today, I caught the biggest fish."

"What a big fish!" Yueyue struggled to get out of Li Chengxi's arms, ran to Lin Changhai, reached out to touch the fish, and the fish immediately swung its tail.

A few drops of water immediately splashed onto Yueyue's pale face. Yueyue laughed like a silver bell and wiped the water off her face with her hand.

Yueyue: "Mom, grandpa caught a really big fish today. Mom, please make fish balls for me."

Lin Tao washed the rotten intestines, came out, and said, "Okay, Mom will make you fish balls and rotten intestines. You can eat them all."

The family of four inside the courtyard was full of laughter and joy. Outside the courtyard, Zhao Fenfang saw that it was almost time for her to go back, so she said goodbye to Chen Shuifen. She was called back by Zhao Bo, and in order to be a good daughter, she had to cook for him.

When she reached the door, she heard laughter coming from Lin Tao's house.

At this time, Zheng Xiangyang and Zheng Hongxing came back with their army green school bags slung across their shoulders. Zheng Xiangyang was still scolding Zheng Hongxing: "Zheng Hongxing, I warn you, if you are detained by the teacher again because you can't solve the questions, I will not wait for you."

Zheng Hongxing turned his face away and didn't intend to pay attention to his brother. It was because he asked his brother how to do a problem last night, but his brother was annoyed by him and refused to tell him, causing him to be scolded by the teacher. He wasn't even angry yet, but his brother scolded him already. Humph!

At this moment, Zheng Hongxing saw Zhao Fenfang at the door of Lin Tao's house and called out, "Aunt Zhao, why are you standing at the door of Aunt Lin's house? Do you have something to talk to Aunt Lin about?"

Zhao Fenfang came to her senses and quickly put on a smile, shaking her head and saying, "Xiangyang Hongxing is back. It's nothing. I just came out of your house and dropped something, so I'm standing here."

Zheng Hongxing ran over and said, "What did you lose? I'll help you find it. My eyesight is very good, better than my brother's."

This is true. Zheng Hongxing has very good eyesight. Every time Chen Shuifen wants to thread a needle, she will immediately call Zheng Hongxing over. He will take the needle and thread and can thread the needle immediately. If anything is lost at home, Zheng Hongxing can also find it.

Zhao Fenfang waved her hands: "No, no, I've found it. You guys should go back soon. Sister Shuifen is already cooking. It smells so good. I have to go back and cook too."

After saying this, Zhao Fenfang left.

Lin Tao's family of four had dinner. Yueyue thought the food was so delicious that she ate too much without realizing it. Lin Tao was rubbing her belly at the moment.

They ate too much, so the remaining hawthorns could no longer be eaten. Lin Tao wanted to put the candied haws away and give them to Yueyue tomorrow.

Yueyue followed closely beside her, watching Lin Tao put the candied haws into the bowl and swallowing her saliva secretly.

After Lin Tao noticed it, she couldn't help but smile, but she didn't give it to Yueyue. She said they would have it with wine tomorrow, and it was cold now anyway, so she wouldn't let it go.

Normally when Li Chengxi wanted to tell her a story, Yueyue would resist and ask Lin Tao to tell her a story. But Li Chengxi had been gone for a few days and the little girl missed her father, so today she took the initiative to ask her father to tell her a story.

Li Chengxi took a book from the bookcase and began to tell her a story. Yueyue slept on the small bed holding her rag doll.

Ten minutes later, Li Chengxi closed the book. Lin Tao asked in a low voice, "Falling asleep? So quickly?"

Li Chengxi nodded. Yueyue fell asleep quickly when listening to him telling stories. That was a habit she had developed since she was in Lin Tao's belly.

After the lights went out, Li Chengxi's body pressed up against Lin Tao's, and she knew what he was going to do. They had been separated for several days, and Li Chengxi missed her, and she missed him too.

When the couple planned to have another child, they stopped using condoms and let nature take its course to see when they could get pregnant again.

Wang Yuanliang was the happiest person because Li Chengxi hadn't come to him to get condoms for a while. Before, if Li Chengxi got them from him, he had to go to the clinic to get them. Every time he went, the doctor looked at him with horror.

He really couldn't explain it, he had endured too much in silence.

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Zhao Fenfang has been following Chen Shuifen to Lin Tao's house from time to time recently. Since she wants to complete the task as soon as possible, she has to take the initiative and find opportunities to get close to Li Chengxi.

Li Chengxi usually goes to work and goes home after get off work. Since Zhao Fenfang wants to find an opportunity to get close to Li Chengxi, she can only come to Lin Tao's house.

Who says you can't have sex with other women in front of your wife? Zhao Fenfang is still very confident about her appearance, and they have been trained since they were young.

Unfortunately, she was wrong. She came to Lin Tao's house for several days in a row, but Li Chengxi never even looked at her every time he came back. Not only that, as soon as Li Chengxi came home, he started to help Lin Tao pick and wash vegetables, or coax the children, and sometimes he even helped Lin Tao wash clothes.

"Teacher Lin, you are so lucky. Deputy Brigade Commander Li is still doing housework after coming back." Zhao Fenfang said.

Lin Tao smiled, and Chen Shuifen said, "That's not true. Deputy Brigade Commander Li really loves Teacher Lin. This is something we all know. We all know it!"

Xu Yuting said: "Sister, everyone has seen it."

"Yes, yes, that's it. I heard Xiangyang say it last time. I remembered it, but when I said it, I forgot it. Oh, my memory is really bad." Chen Shuifen said, "Vice-Leader Wang of Teacher Xu's family also loves his wife."

Xu Yuting glanced at Zhao Fenfang and said, "Next time, let your sister Shuifen find you someone who loves you."

Zhao Fenfang pursed her lips and smiled, looking shy, but she was thinking about other things in her heart.

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When the school was about to start, Xie Cong sent a letter to the school again, saying that his father was seriously ill and it would take some time before he could return to school.

If something happens at home, the school will naturally give you leave.

Lu Chengze happened to be there, so the principal arranged for Lu Chengze to teach Xie Cong's class.

There was a new teacher in the school, and everyone couldn't help but talk about him, especially because Lu Chengze was handsome and seemed to be someone who could please girls. Zhao Xiaoqin and Qin Ling couldn't help blushing when they saw him sometimes.

Why is Ren Ying not included? Because Ren Ying started dating someone at the end of last year. The other person is a platoon leader of the 12th Regiment, and the two of them are planning to get married this year.

Xu Yuting also said, "A Tao, this teacher Lu is from Beijing Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. The students in your class are really lucky. When Teacher Xie had some family matters, another top student immediately took over."

Lin Tao is not as optimistic as Xu Yuting.

Lin Tao didn't have a very good impression of Lu Chengze. She originally thought that Lu Chengze would be arranged to teach in elementary school. This was the last semester for their class, and they would be taking the high school entrance exam, which was also the most important semester.

Although Lu Chengze graduated from Beijing Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, Lin Tao was really a little worried.

Fortunately, although Lu Chengze may seem lazy and afraid of hard work, he is actually quite good in class. After Lin Tao sat in on a few of his classes, she felt relieved.

Starting from the next day, Lin Tao stopped attending classes. She felt much more relieved about Lu Chengze. Although he looked lazy, she had to admit that he taught well in class. As long as he attended the class well, it would be fine.

Time flies, and Lu Chengze has been a teacher in the school for more than a month.

"Student Zhao Bin, your shoes are quite unique." After class, Lu Chengze walked up to Zhao Bin.

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Bin's dark face flushed with blush, and his skin turned black and red. His family's conditions were not good to begin with. His mother had fallen ill a while ago, and the family was short of money. His shoes were worn out and had a hole in the front. In order not to burden the family, he did not tell his father that his shoes were broken.

He just thought that saving a little is a good thing, and the shoes were a little torn, just showing the big toe, and they were still wearable. But after all, he was so old and had his self-esteem, so he didn't move around much in the classroom, just sat at his desk, so that more people would not find out that his shoes were so torn.

But I didn’t expect that Teacher Lu would actually say it in front of so many people…

Zhao Bin lowered his head, feeling so inferior that he wanted to bury his head in his desk.

At this time, Lu Chengze took off his shoes and said, "Such unique shoes, let's exchange a pair. My shoes are a bit big. See if you can wear them."

A pair of brand new leather boots were placed in front of Zhao Bin, who was stunned. Seeing him in a daze, Lu Chengze could not wait any longer: "Don't leave me barefoot."

Zhao Bin took off his shoes under the urging, and watched Lu Chengze put on his shoes. He also asked others if they looked good. The students in the class came over and said they looked good. He put on Mr. Lu's boots, and they were so warm inside. They were the best and most comfortable shoes he had ever worn...

Lin Tao, who was in the next class, saw this and was quite surprised. She had never thought that Lu Chengze would be like this.

Lu Chengze not only exchanged shoes with the students, but also went to the cafeteria to get a large portion of braised pork when he saw that the food brought by the students in the class was too bad, and ate it with everyone.

When Xu Yuting mentioned Lu Chengze again, Lin Tao no longer had the bad impression of him as she did at the beginning. Instead, she praised him a few times. Xu Yuting said it was really strange.

Lin Tao smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? I didn't know him before, but now I really think Mr. Lu is a nice person."

She is a pragmatic person, and she takes things as they are. As the dean of studies, she is very happy that their school has another good teacher.

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Shengshan School was founded on April 2, 1954. This year is the 20th anniversary of Shengshan School. The principal suggested holding a school celebration on April 2 to make it lively.

Lin Tao had experience in the National Day performance last time, so the important task of rehearsing the program for the students naturally fell on her again. However, the current Shengshan School is no longer the "grassroots team" as before. Now there are several college students. Not only Lin Tao can rehearse the program, but also several teachers like Ren Ying can rehearse the program.

Lu Chengze can play the organ, which can be used as accompaniment for their class chorus.

The school issued a notice asking parents to come to the school to watch the performance on April 2nd.

The day before the school celebration, Chen Shuifen happily went to Zhao Fenfang's house and had good news to tell Zhao Fenfang. She had found a very good candidate for Zhao Fenfang, who was guaranteed to be a perfect match for her in every way!

Chen Shuifen didn't have the habit of knocking on the door. Plus, she was familiar with Zhao Fenfang, so she didn't care about it. She just pushed the door open and walked in, calling out as she walked, "Sister Fenfang, Sister Fenfang——"

When Zhao Fenfang heard the sound, she wanted to hide the notebook in her hand, but it was too late. She could only turn to another page to cover the page she was writing. The page she turned to was a poem she had copied casually, which served as a cover.

"Sister Shuifen, why are you here?" Zhao Fenfang smiled with a fake smile.