Lin Tao didn't expect this to happen and frowned.
No wonder Aunt Fang said in the letter that it was not something that could be explained in a few words, and she wanted to bring Lin Manman over. It seemed that this matter was really tricky. Lin Tao couldn't make up her mind now, and could only wait until Li Chengxi came back in the evening.
"But don't worry too much about this. Cheng Xi has many comrades-in-arms, he should be able to find a way." Seeing that Aunt Fang and Lin Manman were in a low mood and looked unhappy, Lin Tao comforted them.
"By the way, Cheng Xi's younger brother came to our house a few days ago and brought some rare fruit, I think it was called durian. I'll take some out for you to eat." Lin Tao went to the kitchen and took out the durian.
As soon as the durian was taken out, it smelled bad.
Aunt Fang and Lin Manman couldn't help but cover their noses and looked at the things on the plate in horror.
Aunt Fang: "A Tao, what is this? Why does it smell so bad?"
Lin Manman: "...I, I don't want to eat..."
However, the person who said he didn't want to eat it the previous second, finally began to accept this stinky thing after Lin Tao persuaded him to stuff a mouthful of durian into his mouth.
Aunt Fang, on the other hand, can’t quite eat durian. She took a bite and didn’t think it tasted that good.
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After Li Chengxi came back in the evening, he said that Xiao Mu, who was originally sent to pick up Aunt Fang and Lin Manman, had diarrhea when he arrived at the train station. Unexpectedly, he missed the train because he went to the toilet.
Aunt Fang asked, "Has Comrade Xiao Mu come back?"
Li Chengxi said, "There are no boats today. Stay at the pier guesthouse for one night and you can take the boat back tomorrow."
When the call was made, Xiao Mu was very anxious, thinking that the person didn't answer the phone and he couldn't report to the head of the group. He had been waiting at the train station since he came out of the toilet, and didn't dare to go anywhere. He didn't expect that he had missed the person long ago.
Aunt Fang cooked the dishes tonight. She cooked minced meat and sour beans, stir-fried blood sausage, seaweed egg soup, and stir-fried bamboo clams.
While eating, Li Chengxi said, "Aunt Fang's cooking is really good."
Aunt Fang smiled. Lin Tao picked up some dishes for Aunt Fang and Lin Manman and said, "Of course, I learned my cooking skills from Aunt Fang. As an apprentice, I will definitely be outdone in front of my master. And Aunt Fang's specialty is spicy chicken, and you haven't had it yet."
"If I don't prepare well today, I will kill a chicken tomorrow morning," said Li Chengxi.
Aunt Fang quickly said, "No, these dishes are enough. Save the chicken for Ah Tao to eat during her confinement. She needs more nutrition."
Lin Tao said, "Yes, we'll kill the chickens tomorrow. I can't eat so many chickens while I'm in confinement."
Li Chengxi agreed, "Well, after we finish eating, we can go to the fishermen to exchange a few for them. It's quite convenient."
Aunt Fang then stopped saying anything.
After dinner, Aunt Fang wanted to wash the dishes, but Li Chengxi rushed to wash the dishes first: "Aunt Fang, you are the guest, you must be very tired after sitting in the car for such a long time, I will wash the dishes."
Aunt Fang glanced at Lin Tao who was smiling at the side and said, "It seems that Cheng Xi has been reformed by you. He is really a good man."
Lin Tao said: "I didn't try to change him. He just realized it himself. He is a good man."
The water was boiled, and several people went to wash one after another.
Lin Tao told Aunt Fang and Lin Manman what time the lights would be turned off on the island and what time the wakeup call would be blown in the morning so that they could be prepared.
Aunt Fang and Lin Manman were so tired after sitting in the car for so long that they went to bed early before the lights were turned off.
Lin Manman wanted to read for a while, but she didn't sleep during the day and couldn't hold on any longer at night. Aunt Fang took the book from her hands, flattened the corners of the book, and placed it on the table.
On the other side, Lin Tao and Li Chengxi were still awake.
Lin Tao told Li Chengxi what Aunt Fang had told her before. After listening to it, Li Chengxi said that he would solve the matter and told Lin Tao not to worry about it.
But Lin Tao couldn't help but feel a little worried, and asked, "Captain Xiang is no longer in the Xiangcheng Public Security Bureau. Can you still help with this matter?"
Don't look at how she behaved in front of Aunt Fang and Lin Manman; she was actually quite nervous inside.
Seeing Lin Tao's worried look, Li Chengxi frowned and said in a low voice, "Well, this matter is indeed a bit tricky."
"Ah, what should I do?" Lin Tao's little face suddenly wrinkled into a ball.
Seeing this, Li Chengxi chuckled and reached out to pinch her face. It was smooth and soft and felt very good.
Since Lin Tao became pregnant, her face has become rounder than before. Lin Tao said that she had gained weight, but Li Chengxi said that this was just right because she was too thin before.
Lin Tao saw Li Chengxi smile, and then she realized that Li Chengxi might be teasing her. She bit her lip and looked at Li Chengxi: "Okay, you lied to me."
She reached out to pinch Li Chengxi's face, and the two of them made a noise. Lin Tao was hugged by Li Chengxi.
Lin Tao felt like she had touched something, and after a moment she understood. She blushed and struggled to get out of Li Chengxi's arms.
"A Tao, can you help me?" Li Chengxi asked in a hoarse voice.
Lin Tao's heart trembled: "How can I help?"
"Like this..." Li Chengxi guided Lin Tao to put her hand there, just like he did last night.
He wrapped his broad and slender hands around Lin Tao's slender and soft hands, and patiently taught her what to do.
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The next morning, Lin Tao took Lin Manman with him when he went to school.
Lin Manman was on the island for the first time, and everything she saw was strange. She saw people catching fish on the beach from a distance, so she pulled Lin Tao aside and asked, "Sister Tao, what are they doing?"
"In Guhai, if you want to go, you can go with my sister-in-law next door next time. I've been there before and it's really fun, but it's not convenient now that my belly is big." Lin Tao said.
When Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing saw Lin Manman, they both praised her for her beauty and quietness. Xu Yuting took Lin Manman's hand and looked at her, and asked Lin Tao if all the girls in Xiangcheng had such fair and delicate skin.
On the other hand, the list of students admitted to the Artillery School was released, and Shen Guobin was not on it as expected.
After Shen Guobin looked at the list, his face looked very ugly, especially when he saw people who were not as good as him on it, he really wanted to tear up the list.
After all, it was all caused by Old Lady Huang and Lin Hui that day.
Feeling depressed, on the way back home at night, Shen Guobin happened to see a few people in front of him, who were Lin Tao, Xu Yuting and Lin Manman.
The three of them walked together, talking about something funny. Lin Tao started laughing, and the wind blew, fluttering her skirt.
Although she was pregnant and about to give birth, her figure was still light and she did not look as heavy as other pregnant women. When you looked at her from behind, you could not tell that she was pregnant.
Shen Guobin stood there blankly, his hands clenched into fists. Countless times he wanted to go back to the day when his mother said she wanted to marry him in an arranged marriage. If he had not agreed at that time, then what happened now would not have happened.
Shen Jiahao is now in the first grade. On the way back, he saw Shen Guobin and called out, "Dad!"
The father and son went back together. When they got home, Shen Guobin was dissatisfied with Lin Hui no matter how he looked at her. He would scold her if he was not satisfied with her.
The next day, there was a team training test.
Those soldiers still remember what Li Chengxi said last time, that the top 20 in the training test can eat the rice dumplings made by their sister-in-law, so they have to work hard.
They have been training very hard these past few months. Although if you make it to the top 20, you can only eat a zongzi, but when you think about it being made by my sister-in-law, it really makes a difference.
If you work so hard for someone else's dumplings, you might have to consider whether it's worth it, but if you work so hard for your sister-in-law's dumplings, it must be worth it.
One by one, the results obtained in this training test were much better than before.
The soldiers who had achieved good results came to Li Chengxi to remind him about the rice dumplings. Li Chengxi glanced at them and said that they would definitely be needed.
Wang Yuanliang joked, "And there's me, Captain. I can't be left out either."
Li Chengxi glanced at him and said, "Let's do target practice later. You have to beat me first before we talk."
At this moment, Shen Guobin came over and said, "Captain, I want to compete with you in shooting."