Chen Shuifen suddenly appeared out of nowhere, shocking Lin Tao.

She patted her chest in shock and said helplessly, "Big sister, you are so elusive that I would have been scared to death by you a long time ago."

Chen Shuifen said shyly: "Then I will use a ladder next time. I'll remind you so as not to scare you. Was that person just now her?"

Lin Tao nodded: "It's her, what's wrong?"

Chen Shuifen didn't expect it was Xu Yuting, and muttered, "It's okay, I just didn't expect you to get together with her. You don't know, she has a very strange temper, and she doesn't really respond to you when you talk to her. Anyway, she looks difficult to get along with."

After that, he quickly explained: "Teacher Lin, I didn't mean to say bad things about her behind her back. If you don't believe me, go ask around. Many people out there think the same way."

Lin Tao remained silent. As for Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting, one thought Xu Yuting had a weird temper and was difficult to get along with, while the other thought Chen Shuifen talked too much like an old hen that was always clucking. She really had no idea what had happened between the two of them.

But she thinks that both Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting are pretty good. Chen Shuifen is enthusiastic, and Xu Yuting is not as difficult to get along with as Chen Shuifen said. In any case, it is not difficult for her to get along with them.

At most, Xu Yuting looks a little coquettish, and seems to be a city girl.

The two of them were not dealing with each other, and it was really awkward for Lin Tao to be the middleman.

She said something else and passed on the conversation without responding to Chen Shuifen's words. She was not the kind of person who would be nice to people on the surface but say bad things about them behind their backs. She never said bad things about Xu Yuting or Chen Shuifen in front of them.

Fortunately, Chen Shuifen was not such a serious person. Seeing that Lin Tao was talking about other things, she stopped talking about that matter.

After a few words, Zheng Hongxing woke up and Chen Shuifen went to take care of the child. Zheng Hongxing had to pee every time he woke up, and if he didn't pee in time, he would probably wet the mattress.

Seeing Chen Shuifen in such a hurry, Lin Tao smiled and looked away. She then looked at the two new gardenia trees in the yard and smelled them. They were really fragrant.

Lin Tao was cooking in the evening. Today she was making stir-fried cabbage with oil residue and stir-fried hairy clams.

The hairy clams were bought yesterday and kept at home with water for two days and one night. Lin Tao also dripped a drop of oil into the clams. Chen Shuifen said that this would help the clams spit out all the sand inside.

On the island

Seafood is cheap, and Lin Tao is almost falling in love with it.

As soon as Li Chengqi got home, he asked, "Teacher Lin, how was the class today?"

Lin Tao untied her apron, came out with the dishes, and said with a smile, "Not bad, the students listened very carefully, and the principal even praised me."

When he said the latter part, his tone unconsciously took on a hint of pride, and his voice rose slightly.

Li Chengxi said, "Then I will praise you too."

"How do you praise them?" Lin Tao asked, "A verbal commendation?"

"How can a verbal award be enough?" Li Chengxi deliberately kept the question a secret, and finally said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to buy a sewing machine? A few days ago, someone I know happened to go to the island for a meeting, and I asked him to bring it for me. This afternoon, he called me and said that he had bought it and would take the boat to the island tomorrow afternoon."

"I've bought the sewing machine." Lin Tao's tone became excited.

Li Chengxi looked at her and said, "How is it? This reward is not bad, right?"

Lin Tao nodded, with a smile in her eyes: "Very good."

When she thought about the sewing machine being ready, Lin Tao began to think about what she was going to do.

The first thing to do was to make the curtains, and then make two sets of clothes for Li Chengxi. The last time she sorted out Li Chengxi's clothes, she discovered that most of his clothes were military uniforms, and very few were casual clothes.

After having dinner in an excited mood, the two went out for a walk as usual to digest the food.

We went to the place where they watched the sea last time. There were few people there. But this time, there were a lot of cockroach-like things crawling around, which looked particularly creepy.

Lin Tao was a little scared and hid behind Li Chengxi: "Why are there so many cockroaches here?"

It was quite scary. If they weren't outside, she would be afraid of being seen by accident and would really want to jump onto Li Chengxi.

She was not afraid of one or two cockroaches, but when she saw hundreds or thousands of them, she was really scared, so scared that she got goosebumps.

Li Chengxi explained to her: "This is a sea cockroach. The water level was low before the low tide, so there were no sea cockroaches here. The tide started to rise yesterday, so the sea cockroaches crawled here. Don't be afraid, they don't bite people."

Although she knew it wouldn't bite, Lin Tao still couldn't control the fear in her heart.

In the end, Li Chengxi carried her on his back. She was embarrassed at first, afraid of being seen. Li Chengxi said that there were usually no one else here, and she was afraid that the sea cockroach would really crawl onto her.

On the legs, then I agreed.

Fortunately, no one saw it.

When they reached a place without sea cockroaches, Lin Tao got off Li Chengxi's back.

The two held hands for a while when no one was around, and only let go when they were almost at the military area.

When they got home, Li Chengxi took the initiative to boil water, and Lin Tao couldn't wait to take a bath. Even if the sea cockroaches didn't really crawl onto her feet, she still had a shadow in her heart, and she couldn't sleep without taking a bath.

Every time they took a bath, they only had to burn Lin Tao's bath water, because Li Chengxi always took a bath with cold water.

After taking a shower, the two of them curled up in bed and read as usual.

Li Chengxi was reading the English book, while Lin Tao had just finished reading the previous book and found a new book after searching for a long time.

However, it is not easy to find a satisfactory book from Li Chengxi. Although Li Chengxi has many books, most of them are highly professional and readable, but a bit obscure.

She found it difficult to understand, so she decided to leave it for later and ask Li Chengxi to explain it to her.

When they saw that it was almost time to turn off the lights, they put the book back into the bookcase. Lin Tao thought of Xu Yuting and mentioned her to Li Chengxi.

Li Chengxi said: "When I first entered the house and saw the gardenias, I knew they were sent by Wang Yuanliang's family. On the entire island, they were the only family that didn't grow vegetables. All they planted in the yard were flowers."

Li Chengxi and Wang Yuanliang knew each other since military school. They were classmates and were later assigned here together, so their relationship was better than that of ordinary comrades-in-arms.

Li Chengxi knew something about Xu Yuting, but not a lot.

Xu Yuting was born into a capitalist family. When the movement started two years ago, their family was the first to suffer. The Wang family was poor and could not even afford to pay for Wang Yuanliang's education. At that time, Wang Yuanliang's mother was ill and the Wang family was desperate. Wang Yuanliang had no choice but to sell himself to save his mother. In the end, it was the Xu family who helped them.

He paid for Wang Yuanliang's mother's medical treatment and sponsored Wang Yuanliang's studies.

Later, when something happened to the Xu family, they contacted Wang Yuanliang first and asked him to protect Xu Yuting.

In order to protect Xu Yuting, Wang Yuanliang got married to her. However, it was also because of the Xu family that Wang Yuanliang was promoted to a regular battalion commander last year.

Wang Yuanliang had also made contributions, so logically, he should have been promoted to at least the deputy regimental commander level.

Lin Tao sighed after hearing this.

She lay on Li Chengxi's chest, pursed her lips and asked him: "If it were you, would you marry her?"

Li Chengxi answered seriously: "If it's you, I will marry you even if I have to start from the lowest level of soldier now. If it's someone else I don't like, I will think of other ways to protect her, but I won't marry her."

"What if you don't know me by then?" Lin Tao pursed her lips.

Li Chengxi held her in his arms: "Nothing can happen, Tao. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."

Lin Tao recalled the scene when the two met. At that time, she never thought that one day she would become Li Chengxi's wife and live with him on an island thousands of miles away.

When the two of them were in love, they stuck together again.

Lin Tao felt that the bed was shaking even more violently today than on the first night.

They don't have the habit of leaving leftovers at home. Lin Tao doesn't cook much each time, and Li Chengxi is a big eater, so they always finish the food on the same day.

Now that Lin Tao has a job, she also has to get up early. In order to let her sleep a little longer in the morning, Li Chengxi got up first and went to the army cafeteria to get breakfast, and then they ate together at home.

Today, the army canteen had seafood porridge with a pickled vegetable for breakfast. After getting the dish, Li Chengxi was about to leave when he ran into Wang Yuanliang who was also getting the dish.

Wang Yuanliang: "Captain, you are here to serve food too? My sister-in-law is such a good cook, why doesn't she cook for you at home?"

Li Chengxi said, "We are both henchmen. Since you treat your family members so well, I cannot fall behind."

Wang Yuanliang was so choked that he didn't know what to say. He looked at Li Chengxi's back, shook his head helplessly and smiled.

After breakfast, Lin Tao and Li Chengxi went to work separately.

The states of having a job and not having a job are really different. Before Lin Tao was unemployed, although she had things to do at home, it was not as fulfilling as it is now.

Now as soon as she finishes class, she starts preparing for the next lesson.

Her desk and Xu Yuting's desk happened to be facing each other, and occasionally when they looked up from their busy schedules, they would smile at each other.

Xu Yuting also brought another vase from her home. As mentioned before, she asked the buyer to bring several vases, and she bought three by herself.

There were originally two vases in the house, one in the bedroom and one in the living room, but she took the one in the bedroom today.

, and placed it on Lin Tao's desk, and also picked a bunch of gardenias for Lin Tao.

The two agreed to go home together after get off work. Xu Yuting couldn't help asking Lin Tao, "Why are you so fair? What do you usually put on your face?"

Lin Tao couldn't help but touch her cheek after hearing what Xu Yuting said, and said strangely: "I didn't put anything on my face."

"You don't have anything on your face?" Xu Yuting showed a surprised expression and couldn't help but put her hand on Lin Tao's face twice.

Her face looked smooth and tender, but it looked as if she hadn't applied anything.

She sighed, "You're so fair even without any makeup. It's true that comparison is the thief of envy. You don't know that before you came to the island, I was already the fairest person on the island. But as soon as you came, you became the fairest person on the island. But you don't pay attention to this aspect. The sun on the island is different from that outside. If you don't pay attention to this, you'll be as dark as a fisherman in less than half a year."

After saying that, she quickly took out an exquisitely packaged box from the small bag on her back, opened the box, scooped out a lump of white cream with the tip of her ring finger, rubbed it on Lin Tao's face, and helped her apply it.

Lin Tao was a little surprised by Xu Yuting's intimate behavior. After all, the two had only known each other for about half a month. Given Lin Tao's personality, she would not do such seemingly intimate actions to each other.

However, in her interactions with Xu Yuting, she could also see that Xu Yuting was the type of person who, when you didn't really get in touch with her, you would think she was a little arrogant and seemed difficult to get along with, but once you got in touch with her, she would become very open-hearted.

So she didn't say much, and strangely, although she was a slow-tempered person, she didn't dislike Xu Yuting's behavior.

On the contrary, she found that she liked Xu Yuting more and more.

After Xu Yuting finished wiping, Lin Tao reached out and touched her cheeks and found that they seemed to be moisturized than before.

However, the box of cream in Xu Yuting's hand didn't look cheap at first glance, and it didn't look like it was bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. If there was any, Lin Tao would also like to buy a box.

Lin Tao asked: "Where did you buy this?"

Xu Yuting glanced at her and said, "My relative brought me here from abroad. Are you afraid? Lin Tao, you should have heard what your head, Li, told you. I was born into a capitalist family."

When Xu Yuting was speaking,

His eyes fell on Lin Tao's face, as if he wanted to see clearly Lin Tao's reaction after hearing these words.

After Lin Tao heard Li Chengxi talk about Xu Yuting's birth last night, she thought about this question carefully.

Just like what Li Chengxi said, Wang Yuanliang could have been promoted to deputy regiment commander, which shows that Wang Yuanliang was indeed affected. But Wang Yuanliang was promoted to battalion commander last year, which shows that there was an impact, but it was not as serious as imagined, and the organization still values ​​personal ability more.

Besides, Lin Tao has a good family background, so she has nothing to be afraid of.

In addition, she asked Li Chengxi whether it would affect him if she became good friends with Xu Yuting. After getting a negative answer, Lin Tao was completely relieved.

Facing Xu Yuting at this time, Lin Tao said very sincerely: "What do I have to be afraid of? Capitalists will not eat people. Besides, your Captain Wang is not afraid, so what do I have to be afraid of?"

After thinking for a while, he revealed his identity as a coffin man, and said in the same sighing tone: "Everyone in our village avoids me, saying that I am unlucky. Instead, you should not be scared by my identity."

Xu Yuting held Lin Tao's arm and said, "Do you think I would believe in these feudal superstitions? I don't believe a word of coffins and bad luck. I'm telling you, I liked you the moment I saw you for the first time. I thought in my heart, this is my good sister from my previous life!"

"That's it. You are not afraid of my background, and I am not afraid of yours. We are the same. For us, it is enough for us to do our best." Lin Tao said.

Xu Yuting laughed after hearing this.

After laughing, she sighed again: "You don't know, people are talking about me behind my back, saying that I am lucky to have met a good man like Wang Yuanliang. They also say that I don't know how to appreciate my blessings. I have been with the army for so long, but I didn't even cook for Wang Yuanliang, and I asked him to get me food every time in the cafeteria. In fact, I have tried to cook, but I am too stupid. The first time I cooked, I burned the vegetables and the pot caught fire."

Xu Yuting frowned in annoyance: "Lin Tao, am I really stupid?"

Lin Tao shook her head: "If you are stupid, then there are too few smart people in the world. You are good at drawing and can speak fluent English. You also said that you are the only English teacher in our school, which is enough to show that you are excellent.

Actually, cooking is not difficult. Practice makes perfect when it comes to taste. The reason you didn’t do it well before is just because no one taught you how to do it. If you want to learn, I can teach you. ”

"Really? That's great." Xu Yuting said.

Xu Yuting wanted to learn how to cook, mainly because she wanted to cook a meal for Wang Yuanliang on his birthday.

She knew that Wang Yuanliang treated her very well. Since she came to the island, Wang Yuanliang had basically done all the housework. She couldn't cook, so Wang Yuanliang said they would eat in the cafeteria and he would bring food back every day to eat with her.

Because of these, many people in the army joked behind Wang Yuanliang's back that he was a henpecked man.

The two of them lived together, and Xu Yuting also wanted to make some changes for Wang Yuanliang.

Xu Yuting knew that Li Chengxi would come back for lunch today, so she decided not to go to Lin Tao's house. The two of them parted at the fork in the road and went back to their own homes.

As usual, Wang Yuanliang went to the army canteen to get some food and went home to eat with Xu Yuting. During the meal, Xu Yuting mentioned Lin Tao to Wang Yuanliang, and her words were full of fondness.

Wang Yuanliang picked up a piece of chicken for Xu Yuting and said with a smile: "At that time, I told you that my sister-in-law was a good person and asked you to get along well with her, but you still blamed me."

Xu Yuting said, "I misunderstood then, don't laugh at me."

Wang Yuanliang quickly pursed his lips and stopped smiling, and then he admitted his mistake with a serious attitude: "Okay, I won't laugh. How dare I laugh at you?"

Although he said that, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

But for Wang Yuanliang, it is also a very happy thing that Xu Yuting can become good friends with Lin Tao.

It has been more than a year since Xu Yuting married him and came to the island. When she first arrived on the island, she did come into contact with Captain Zheng's family for a while, but the two of them had a quarrel over something and simply stopped communicating.

She hadn't made any close friends in the past year, and Wang Yuanliang couldn't spend much time with her. Although he didn't say it, he was actually afraid that Xu Yuting would feel lonely.

He finally felt relieved now that Xu Yuting had a good friend like Lin Tao.

Meanwhile, Lin Tao made some chive dumplings for lunch today. She steamed half of them and used the remaining half to make fried dumplings in a pan with a thin layer of hot oil.

Whether it is steamed dumplings or fried dumplings, they are inseparable from Lin Tao’s homemade chili oil.

Use chopsticks to pick up a dumpling and add the oil in the vinegar dish.

Dip the dumpling in chili and the white dumpling skin will be covered with chili, making it taste especially delicious.

Both steamed dumplings and fried dumplings taste good, but Lin Tao still thinks the fried dumplings taste better.

It’s a pity that she was reluctant to add oil when making the dumplings. If she had added a little more oil, the taste would have been more fragrant.

Lin Tao made a total of fifty dumplings, ate sixteen herself, and the remaining thirty-four all went into Li Chengxi's stomach.

If Lin Tao hadn't known how much Li Chengxi ate, she would have been shocked again.

But after the meal, when Li Chengxi was clearing the table, Lin Tao propped her chin up with both hands and stared at Li Chengxi's profile. She looked back and forth, and even reached out and gently touched his face.

He didn't notice that Li Chengxi's eyes darkened and his throat was rolling.

Lin Tao muttered, "You've been eating so much every day for the past few months, but you haven't gained any weight."

Li Chengxi: “…”

I was going to say this, but he thought...

Never mind, he was overthinking it.

After washing the dishes, Lin Tao looked at the time on her watch and saw that it was almost time.

Just then, Xiao Ning drove to the doorstep of the house, so Li Chengxi took Lin Tao to the dock to pick someone up, or rather, to pick up the sewing machine.

The wind was very strong at the pier. This was Lin Tao's second time here, except for the day she came to the island by boat a month ago.

The sea breeze was blowing so hard that she could even hear the rustling of her clothes.

The sun on the sea was also very big and dazzling. Lin Tao noticed that there were people waiting for the boat next to her. When they looked into the distance, their eyes were narrowed into small slits.

She was in the shadow of Li Chengxi's tall figure, and Li Chengxi perfectly blocked the ravages of the sun.

The boat arrived very quickly. Lin Tao had also seen the man who helped carry the sewing machine. He had also come on the day of the banquet.

Li Chengxi patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? If you really want to thank me, you might as well treat me to another meal." The man smiled at Lin Tao and said, "Sister-in-law, I have been thinking about the meal you cooked that day."

Lin Tao also smiled and said to him, "No problem, come to my house for dinner next time."

When they were at the dock, Lin Tao was too embarrassed to open the box to look at the sewing machine. It was not until they got home that Xiao Ning and Li Chengxi carried the sewing machine in together.

Lin Tao looked at the new sewing

I am so happy.

She has no classes in the afternoon, so she plans to start making curtains this afternoon.

"My mission is completed, so I'll go back first." Li Chengxi had to go back in the afternoon.

Lin Tao stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll measure your size."

She found the tape measure at home and used it to measure Li Chengxi's size.

Shoulder width, chest circumference, waist circumference, Lin Tao stood on tiptoe and measured them one by one. The two of them were a little intimate at this time, with Lin Tao's hands around Li Chengxi's waist.

Li Chengxi's nose was filled with the scent of Lin Tao's hair, and her soft hands touched his chest.

Li Chengxi's body couldn't help but react, and Lin Tao, who happened to be measuring Li Chengxi's waist, also noticed that the thing in Xiaoyuefu had suddenly become hard.

Her fair cheeks became hot.

He glanced at Li Chengxi, then stretched out his hand and pinched his waist: "Captain Li, it's broad daylight, why don't you think about other things? Aren't you ashamed?"

Li Chengxi didn't look like he had done anything wrong. He put his arms around Lin Tao's waist, bringing their bodies closer together.

Lin Tao cried out, stretched out her hand to push Li Chengxi's chest, and said angrily: "Don't do anything stupid, Xiao Ning is still waiting for you outside."

Li Chengxi let go of Lin Tao and whispered in her ear as he left: "Wait for me to come back in the evening."

Li Chengxi left the hospital gate, and Lin Tao soon heard the sound of a car starting and knew that they had left.

Her cheeks were still a little hot, so Lin Tao filled a basin with cold water and washed her face, and she felt much better.

Because of the arrival of the sewing machine, Lin Tao didn't take a nap today. After Li Chengxi left, she started to get busy.

She had put away all the cloth she bought last time and found a piece of cloth that was cheaper but had a nice pattern. She planned to use it to make curtains.

He also took a piece of white cotton cloth of good quality and planned to make a vest and a short-sleeved shirt for Li Chengxi, so that he would be more comfortable to wear when sleeping.

As for herself, she made two sets of small vest-style bras.

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Last time, Lin Hui was almost beaten by Shen Guobin because she went to find Yang Ai Dang without permission.

Lin Hui was a little afraid in her heart, so even though she threatened in front of Lin Tao last time that she would let everyone on the island know Lin Tao's identity as the coffin man, after she went home and thought carefully about the interests involved, she didn't dare to do it again.

Coffins and other things are feudal superstitions, and only the country folk in Taohua Village believe in them.

The troops are all soldiers, and the Chairman is now advocating the destruction of the four olds and fighting feudal superstition. If she openly promotes this kind of thing in the army, and Yang Ai Dang finds out, he will definitely tell Shen Guobin.

No wonder Lin Tao was not in a hurry at all when she said she wanted to publicize this matter.

She must have known that if she told anyone, she would be in trouble!

After thinking all this over, Lin Hui cursed Lin Tao in her heart, but she did not dare to act rashly.

And since the last time, she hasn't looked for Lin Tao again.

She treated Shen Jiahao and his family better and devoted herself to the family. She no longer thought about whether it was tiring or not. She just wanted the child to be close to her as soon as possible. She wanted to show Lin Tao how happy she was!

Lin Tao seems to be living better than her now, but this is only temporary. Who can predict what will happen in the future?

But her future has already been determined. Her children will be very successful and will be very filial to her!

After thinking about this clearly, Lin Hui felt much better.

However, Huang Aidi's arrival made her feel uncomfortable because Huang Aidi loved to talk about other people's family affairs, and her favorite topic was Li Chengxi's family affairs.

They said that Captain Li was so good to Lin Tao, buying her this today and that tomorrow. Before Lin Hui didn't know that person was Lin Tao, she was actually jealous in her heart, but since she knew that person was Lin Tao, she couldn't stand hearing these words anymore.

For example, today, Huang Aidi came again.

Huang Aidi: "Guess what I saw at the dock today? I saw Captain Li and her family. Captain Li bought her a sewing machine. I think it was some brand, but it was the most expensive and best brand. Let me tell you, Captain Li's family is really lucky, unlike the two of us..."

Before she could finish her words, Lin Hui's face fell. What she hated most was that Huang Aidi would always include her when she said she had a bad fate.

Why is her fate so bad? She will have endless blessings in the future!

But Lin Hui couldn't and had no way of telling Huang Aidi about these future events. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Aidi, do you know about coffins?"

"Coffin child? I've heard the elders in my family talk about it. It's about people who were born in coffins." Huang Aidi was curious about why Lin Hui

Suddenly told her this.

"Yes, I heard that this kind of person is particularly unlucky, and whoever gets close to him will be unlucky." Seeing that Huang Aidi listened seriously, Lin Hui sneered in her heart. Although she didn't dare to go out and publicize it, she could still tell Huang Aidi alone to see if Huang Aidi would say that Lin Tao had a good life in front of her in the future.

"There's something you don't know, right? I know Captain Li's family. She's my cousin. She's the coffin girl. She brought bad luck to her mother. And you know, when she was born..."

Lin Hui exaggerated and made up a story: "Anyway, people in our village are afraid to have contact with her."

Huang Aidi shuddered in broad daylight when she heard this: "It's so weird! I'll have to stay away from her in the future! Did she cast some kind of witchcraft on Captain Li? Otherwise, why would he marry someone like her?"

After hearing what Lin Hui said, Huang Aidi no longer envied Lin Tao as before. Instead, she reminded Lin Hui to be careful with Lin Tao, lest she be taken advantage of by Lin Tao at any time.

What about the person who came out of the coffin? Maybe he was a reincarnated ghost.

Lin Hui let her talk, occasionally agreeing with her, and felt very comfortable in her heart.

If she had known this would happen, she should have told Huang Aidi earlier. It felt really good to have someone joining her in scolding Lin Tao.

But she was happy too early. She didn't expect that telling Huang Aidi about this matter alone would still cause trouble.