Lin Tao thought she missed her father too much and saw it wrongly. She couldn't help but wipe her eyes with her hand and looked again. She still thought they looked very similar.

No, he not only looks like me, he's exactly like my dad!

Lin Tao's fair face was flushed with excitement. Her dark eyes sparkled brightly. She pulled Li Chengxi's arm and asked hurriedly, "Chengxi, Chengxi, is that man your father? Is that your father?"

He was so excited that his voice even cracked when he spoke.

But Lin Taosi didn't realize it at all. At this moment, her heart was filled with joy, so much joy that it was about to overflow from her chest.

Seeing Lin Tao so happy, Li Chengxi's lips curled up slightly and he felt happy.

But seeing Lin Tao's expression of wanting to jump up, he felt helpless. He reached out to support Lin Tao, tilted his head, and whispered in Lin Tao's ear: "You are pregnant, stay steady, don't fall."

After hearing this, Lin Tao's face turned red and she felt a little embarrassed.

She hid in her scarf and quietly stuck out her tongue, thinking back to her actions just now. It seemed that she was not very stable.

However, it is normal to feel unstable occasionally amidst her joy of having her father come to see her.

Lin Tao smiled at Li Chengxi and asked him, "Did you ask Dad to come over?"

Li Chengxi nodded: "Well, seeing you so sad because you couldn't go back home for the New Year because you were pregnant, I couldn't bear to leave you. The next day, I wrote to Dad, asking him if he could come to the island to celebrate the New Year with us. Dad couldn't bear to leave you either, and after receiving the letter, he immediately replied that he was willing to come. Didn't you ask where Xiaoning was before? Xiaoning's mission was to go to Xiangcheng to pick up our dad. Now that our dad is here, his mission has been gloriously completed."

Lin Tao felt very happy when she heard this, but she snorted and muttered, "You are really amazing. You hid it so well. I didn't even know about it."

Seeing her like this, Li Chengxi smiled dotingly and replied without any humility, "That's right, I'm not the head of the group for nothing."

Seeing this man holding his tail up proudly, Lin Tao puffed out her cheeks and reached out to gently pinch Li Chengxi's waist.

Lin Tao said angrily, "You are still raising your tail."

Her movements were very gentle, and she was reluctant to use any force. Li Chengqi felt that it was just like being pecked by a cat.

He did not resist. Instead, he reached out and grabbed Lin Tao's hand, holding her slender wrist. He watched the boat get closer and closer to them until it finally reached the shore.

Lin Changhai got off the boat carrying a bag. Although he was almost fifty years old, he had served in the army in his early years and was strong and in good physical condition. He did not feel dizzy from riding on the boat, and his steps were steady when he got off the boat carrying the bag.

Xiao Ning followed closely behind, carrying a particularly large bag.

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi took a few steps forward to greet him. Seeing her father whom she hadn't seen for more than half a year, Lin Tao couldn't help but tear up and called out in a hoarse voice, "Dad..."

Li Chengxi also called out "Dad".

"Hey." Lin Changhai responded, noticing that Lin Tao's eyes were red and she was choking, but he still showed his father's authority and said, "Shouldn't you be happy to see your father? Why do you look like you're about to cry, silly child? You are teasing the child now, crying is not good for the child."

Li Chengxi said quickly, "Dad, Tao was blown by the wind. The wind is strong at the dock, let's get in the car and go back first."

Lin Tao glanced at Li Chengxi and knew that he was trying to smooth things over for her. She also understood that she was pregnant now and it was not good for her to cry.

Besides, it was a good thing that her father came to see her, and the New Year was approaching, so she should be happy and really shouldn't cry.

Lin Tao sniffed and smiled at Lin Changhai, and the father and daughter got into the back seat of the car together.

Xiao Ning put away his luggage and was about to drive. Li Chengxi glanced at him. This back and forth took half a month, and the boy looked a little tired.

Li Chengxi said, "Xiaoning, you sit in the passenger seat and I'll drive."

Xiao Ning looked at Li Chengxi, at a loss as to what to do. As Captain Li's bodyguard, how could he have the nerve to let the captain drive while he sat as the passenger?

But there was no doubt about Li Chengxi's words. After he finished speaking, he sat directly in the driver's seat, and Xiao Ning had no choice but to become the co-driver.

The car started, and Lin Tao smiled at Xiao Ning: "Xiao Ning, you must have worked hard on this trip."

Xiao Ning's dark face turned red, and he touched the back of his head with his hand in embarrassment, saying, "Sister-in-law, please don't say that."

"Xiaoning is a good kid. He is very thoughtful and took good care of me along the way." Lin Changhai said from the side.

…………………………

When they got home, as soon as the car stopped, Xiao Ning quickly got out to get her luggage and moved it into the house.

Lin Changhai got out of the car and walked into the yard. While looking around the yard, he said, "It's really nice. It was cleaned up very well by Lin Tao and Li Chengxi, and they even planted vegetables there."

This time Lin Changhai brought a lot of luggage with him. If Xiao Ning hadn't been there, he wouldn't have been able to carry so much by himself.

Lin Changhai opened his luggage and found that it was mostly food, with sausage and bacon accounting for more than half. Lin Changhai took a piece of bacon and said to Xiaoning, "Xiaoning, this is our Xiangcheng specialty bacon, take a piece back."

This piece of bacon is quite large, weighing more than three pounds.

Xiao Ning quickly said, "Uncle, I don't want it. Leave it for the leader and sister-in-law!"

Lin Changhai was about to say something else when he heard Li Chengxi say, "Dad, Xiaoning lives in the dormitory and has no place to cook. He usually eats in the cafeteria. Giving him the bacon is useless."

Then he said to Xiaoning, "Xiaoning, come home for dinner tonight."

Xiao Ning was actually quite embarrassed, but when he thought of the last time he had eaten Lin Tao's cooking, it tasted so good that even though it had been a few months, he still had endless aftertastes. It was also because after eating the food cooked by Lin Tao, the food in the army cafeteria always felt tasteless and a pity to throw it away.

Xiao Ning didn't even bother to refuse, and responded immediately: "Yes, Captain!"

Seeing Xiao Ning like this, Lin Tao couldn't help but laugh.

Xiao Ning was also a little embarrassed: "Sister-in-law's cooking skills are really great, everyone who has eaten it says it's good."

"Okay, stop flattering me and go back to rest." Li Chengxi said.

Xiao Ning left quickly, he dared not disobey what Captain Li said. Although the captain has become more cheerful and easy to talk to since he married his sister-in-law, the nickname of "Lively Yan King" was not earned for nothing. As a guard, Xiao Ning was very aware of this.

After Xiao Ning left, Lin Tao made a cup of tea for Lin Changhai and handed it to him, with a look of concern and care for her father on her face: "Dad, you must be exhausted after the journey, right? Are you hungry? How about I make you a bowl of rice noodles first, and then cook a table of dishes in the evening so that you and Cheng Xi can have a drink together."

Lin Changhai shook his head. Although he was a little older, he was still very strong.

Lin Changhai: "It's OK. Chengxi got a sleeper ticket. I came here with no one. I'm not tired at all. I'm not hungry. We got off the train and had a meal. Comrade Xiaoning took care of everything very well."

"Then I'll go make the bed first, and you sleep in the guest room, Dad." Lin Tao said, preparing to stand up.

Li Chengxi said quickly, "A Tao, you stay and talk to Dad. I'll go make the bed."

After listening to this, Lin Tao nodded and said, "Well, take out the other thick quilt we just made. Dad has a chronic problem with cold legs, so he needs a thicker quilt in winter."

When Lin Changhai was young and serving in the army, he often had to spend the night outdoors to carry out his missions. One time, his lower body was soaked in water for a whole night, and he has had this problem ever since.

Li Chengxi responded and went in to make the bed, and packed up the two large bags that Lin Changhai brought. Most of the things in the bag were food, including bacon, bacon, blood sausage, some snacks from Xiangcheng, pickled bamboo shoots, and seeds. The preparation was particularly sufficient.

Bacon, bacon and blood sausage cannot be covered like this, they have to be hung out to dry, otherwise they will easily go bad.

Li Chengxi walked into the kitchen. He had installed a bamboo pole in the kitchen some time ago, on which hung the pickled duck, salted meat and ham that he had sent from Shanghai last time.

If they also hung up the bacon, bacon and blood sausage that Lin Changhai brought this time, the bamboo poles would be filled with a row of them. I'm afraid that on the entire island, only their family could have such a "grand occasion".

There is so much meat that you can’t finish it even if you eat it for a whole year.

While Li Chengxi was busy, Lin Changhai and Lin Tao, father and daughter, were also chatting about him in the living room.

Lin Changhai saw that Li Chengxi was so diligent, helping to make the bed and pack the luggage, and his movements were particularly skillful. It was obvious that he did these things a lot at home.

Lin Changhai is also a man, so he naturally understands the bad qualities of men better.

Although there are good men in the world, they are still few. When he was in the army, there were also men who did nothing but yell at the guests. Later, when he went to work in a transportation plant, some of his colleagues who drank and boasted with him were henpecked, and some of them were domineering at home.

As a father, what I fear most is that my daughter will meet such a man.

Lin Changhai agreed to the marriage between Lin Tao and Li Chengxi because he thought that Li Chengxi was a decent man and was accommodating to Lin Tao. Now it seems that he really did not choose the wrong son-in-law.

Lin Changhai asked in a low voice: "A Tao, is Cheng Xi treating you well?"

Lin Tao glanced towards the kitchen and saw Li Chengxi busy in the kitchen through the half-open window. She raised her lips, revealing a happy and shy smile, and nodded, "Dad, you don't have to worry about me. Chengxi is very good to me."

After thinking for a while, he added: "You don't know, not long after I came to the island, someone changed Cheng Xi's nickname from 'Lively Yan Wang' to 'Hang Er'."

"Cheng Xi is good to you, so you should also feel sorry for him. The feelings between husband and wife are mutual. It's not easy for him outside." Lin Changhai said.

In an ordinary family, a father would definitely not say these things to his daughter. But their family is different. Lin Tao has been without a mother since she was a child. The relationship between Lin Changhai and Lin Tao is closer than that of an ordinary father and daughter, and the words they say are more heartfelt.

"I know." Lin Tao nodded quickly.

Lin Changhai smiled and said, "As long as Cheng Xi treats you well, Dad will be relieved."

At noon, Lin Tao cooked a pot of noodle dumpling soup and added some dried shrimp and seaweed to enhance the flavor.

When Lin Tao was a child, her father often made noodles for her. However, Lin Changhai's cooking skills were not very good, and the taste was very different from the noodles Lin Tao made now.

But in Lin Tao's memory, noodles were the most delicious thing she had ever eaten as a child.

When Lin Changhai saw the pot of noodles, he ate a big bowl of it even though he was not very hungry.

Lin Tao has developed the habit of taking a nap since she came to the island, especially after she became pregnant. If she doesn't take a nap at noon, she will feel a little sluggish.

Lin Tao was very happy that her father came over today, so she chatted with him for a while. But around one o'clock in the afternoon, her eyelids began to droop and she was panting.

When Li Chengxi saw this, he told her to go to bed quickly, while he continued to accompany Lin Changhai for a walk and visit the island.

At dinner, Li Chengxi specially invited Wang Yuanliang and Zheng Youde to come over to eat and have a few drinks with Lin Changhai. Lin Changhai is a retired soldier, and when they get together, there are many topics to talk about.

In the kitchen, Lin Tao was preparing today's dishes, and Chen Shuifen was helping her.

The current Lin Tao is no longer the Lin Tao who just arrived on the island. At that time, she was busy preparing meals for someone by herself, but now she is pregnant and has to pay attention to everything. In addition, after waking up from a nap, she does not have so much time.

So when Chen Shuifen came to help, she no longer refused like she did last time, but agreed immediately.

Of course, she and Chen Shuifen have known each other for a long time and have become good friends. Lin Tao is just like this, slow to warm up, and embarrassed to bother others when they are not familiar with each other, but it will be fine after getting to know each other.

The bacon I brought with me when I first arrived on the island was eaten up several months ago.

Now that Lin Changhai brought so much bacon and bacon intestines, Lin Tao was greedy at the sight, so she cut a piece of bacon. Today she planned to stir-fry bacon with wood ear and chili, so she cut another piece of bacon intestines.

The bacon and sausage are smoked with wood, so the outside is dark in color, so it takes some effort to wash them.

Fortunately, when Lin Tao woke up, she found that the bacon and sausage had been washed clean.

No need to guess, it must have been Li Chengxi who washed her while she was sleeping.

When frying the bacon, they added chili peppers, which made it a bit spicy. Chen Shuifen was so choked up in the kitchen that she even ran out of the kitchen twice.

Seeing that Lin Tao didn't react at all, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up: "Oh my god, you are really awesome. You don't even feel the pungent taste of this pepper?"

Lin Tao pursed her lips and smiled: "We Xiangcheng people have been eating chili peppers since we were young. We are used to the smell since we were young."

Chen Shuifen glanced at Lin Tao's slightly bulging belly and said, "You and Captain Li can both eat spicy food. It looks like the one in your belly will also be a small hot pepper."

Hearing this, Lin Tao reached out and touched her belly, revealing a gentle smile.

The chili is very pungent when it is first put into the pot, but after it is fried for a while, the pungent smell is not so severe. After the bacon is stir-fried, the whole kitchen is filled with the aroma of bacon.

Even the men in the living room who were eating fried peanuts and salted edamame as a snack couldn't help but look towards the kitchen after smelling the fragrance.

Li Chengxi and Lin Changhai, on the other hand, are Lin Tao's husband and father respectively, and both of them have eaten a lot of meals cooked by Lin Tao.

Wang Yuanliang, Zheng Youde, and Xiao Ning, who was having dinner with so many regiment commanders, battalion commanders, and the regiment commander's father-in-law for the first time, couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Zheng Youde: "Damn it, Li Chengxi, you are such a lucky guy."

Wang Yuanliang: "That's right, sister-in-law is such a good cook. It's really enviable that the leader can eat such delicious meals every day! No, we must go first. Come on, uncle, let's toast."

Several men were already drinking outside. When his father-in-law came over, Li Chengxi would not be stingy and would take out the wine from home to entertain him.

Lin Tao had just finished frying the bacon when Chen Shuifen peeked out through the window: "The aroma must have attracted all their greedy bugs. I'll take the dish out."

Chen Shuifen brought out a large bowl of fried bacon, and the men rushed over with their chopsticks.

After a while, the basil was also steamed. It was cut into slices and steamed together with the steamed buns. As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, the aroma filled the air.

When making the sauerkraut, a lot of seasonings are put into the meat, and it is ready to eat after steaming. The fat in the sauerkraut oozes out shiny oil, which makes people's appetite open.

In addition to bacon and bacon, Lin Tao also cooked a pot of crabs, clams with scallion oil, and stir-fried razor clams...

In addition to salted edamame and fried peanuts, there are also hot and sour kelp shreds, stir-fried cabbage with pork fat residue, and stir-fried radish shreds...

After cooking this meal, it can be said to be very rich.

Lin Tao asked Chen Shuifen to bring Zheng Xiangyang and Zheng Hongxing to eat together, but Chen Shuifen was not happy about it, saying that the two children would be too noisy. So Lin Tao gave Chen Shuifen a bowl of bacon and other seafood and asked her to take it over and eat with the children.

Chen Shuifen refused, but Lin Tao said that the men were outside chatting and drinking, and there was no point in her joining them for dinner, so they might as well go to Chen Shuifen's house to eat together. Only then did Chen Shuifen stop saying anything.

The two of them brought the dishes, asked the men to eat and drink, and then went to Chen Shuifen's house next door.

There is always a topic for the soldiers to talk about. As a soldier in the army, Lin Changhai can also chat with the four marines. When he talks about the fight against the Japanese invaders, there is a hint of pride on his face.

Although their ranks were higher than Lin Changhai's, they were still very young. The Japanese had already been driven away when they were in the army, so they had no chance to fight against them. But now when they heard Lin Changhai talk about it, they were quite interested.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the group was ready to leave.

Wang Yuanliang was thinking about Xu Yuting. Although he seemed to have drunk a lot, he was actually not drunk at all.

On the way back, Lin Tao stuffed an aluminum lunch box into his arms and said, "These are some dishes I packed for Yuting. Take them back and let Yuting eat them."

"Okay, then thank you, sister-in-law." Wang Yuanliang was not polite and accepted it without hesitation.

Given the relationship between their two families, there's no point in refusing.

Moreover, Xu Yuting's appetite has not been very good recently. She eats whenever she feels hungry, not at mealtime. Xu Yuting had eaten a little more than an hour before he came to eat, but she didn't eat much.

If he went back now, he would catch Xu Yuting hungry and give her a snack.

After all the guests had left, Lin Tao glanced at Lin Changhai who was sitting on the sofa. His face was a little red, and it was unknown how much he had drunk.

Lin Tao seldom saw Lin Changhai drink since she was a child. Except for the day of her wedding when Lin Changhai drank a little more, in her memory, her father did not drink much.

But what she didn't know was that it wasn't that Lin Changhai didn't drink. In fact, his colleagues at the transportation factory often suggested getting together for dinner and drinks after work, but Lin Changhai never went because he was worried about his daughter who was alone at home and just wanted to get off work early to be with her.

"How much did Dad drink?" Lin Tao asked in a low voice to Li Chengxi who was cleaning the table.

Li Chengxi said: "It's OK. During the meal, Captain Zheng and Wang Yuanliang urged us to drink a few times, but it wasn't too much..."

Before he finished speaking, his wife beside him became a little anxious and pouted, "You don't know how to persuade him. Dad can't drink very well."

Li Chengqi felt that he was really wronged. Just now at the table, he heard his father-in-law say that he could drink a lot, so he didn't stop others from persuading him to drink...

"Then go and see how Dad is doing. Do you want me to make him some sobering soup? I'll clear the table and wash the dishes." Li Chengxi said.

He was about to wash the dishes when he heard Lin Changhai say, "Chengxi, stop working and let A Tao do it..."

His voice was a little muffled, and I didn't know if he was really drunk.

Li Chengxi glanced at Lin Tao and said, "Dad, this is the rule in our family. My cooking is not good, so Tao cooks and I wash the dishes. There is no order without rules, so Dad, I can't listen to you."

After saying that, he said to Lin Tao, "A Tao, go see dad. I'll go wash the dishes."

Lin Tao nodded, walked to Lin Changhai and called out, "Dad..."

Don't think that Lin Changhai just said that, in fact, he was deliberately testing what Li Chengxi would do. Li Chengxi said this, although Lin Changhai didn't say anything on the surface, he was actually secretly happy in his heart.

Seeing Lin Tao, Lin Changhai felt uncomfortable again.

His face was a little red, his eyes were a little blurry, and he couldn't see people clearly, but his mind was clear and he was in a state of being drunk but not drunk.

"A Tao, do you blame your father? Do you blame him for not wanting to come and live with you?" Lin Changhai's voice was a little hoarse. If his daughter hadn't grown up, he really wanted to reach out and touch her cheek again, just like when she was a child.

In fact, when he wrote that letter, he felt very conflicted.

But...Alas...

Seeing Lin Changhai like this, Lin Tao couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, and the corners of her eyes became moist.

She shook her head hurriedly: "Dad, what are you talking about when you are drunk? How can I blame you? I understand what you said. I am just worried that you are alone at home and I am not by your side. I am afraid..."

Lin Changhai sighed, "Don't worry about Dad. Dad is fine. Dad is still young, can do things, and is in good health. What can happen? As long as you and Cheng Xi live a good life, Dad will be relieved."

After saying that, he glanced at Lin Tao's belly and smiled: "I still remember how small you were when you were born, just like a kitten. I was really afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep you alive. I never thought that my daughter is going to be a mother and I'm going to be a grandfather. Time flies so fast..."