Chapter 22: Home, did he bully you?
Suddenly, there was a creaking sound of the door opening.
Lu Yuanbao, who was standing in the yard, had no intention of eating the steamed buns. When he heard the sound, he immediately turned around to look.
The tightly closed door was opened, and Lu Zhanlin, dressed in military uniform, walked out from inside. He took big strides with his long legs, and his face looked hurried and even a little anxious.
It was just because, after Chu Yue said "I want to live a good life with you", a different emotion was stirred up in Lu Zhanlin's heart, but she didn't give him any time to calm down and accept it.
Chu Yue quickly added, "Lu Zhanlin, I smell of blood and am so dirty I want to take a shower first. Please arrange it for me."
In the family compound, most houses do not have independent restrooms and toilets, and they use the shared water rooms, bathhouses, and toilets of the compound.
But Lu Zhanlin's identity was not ordinary after all, so the house he was assigned was different. There was a separate small bathroom at the back of the house where he could take a simple shower and go to the toilet, which would provide a lot of convenience for Chu Yue in the future.
However, this house had not been occupied for a long time, it had not been cleaned, and there was no hot water. It was quite difficult for Chu Yue to take a shower.
Lu Zhanlin went out in a hurry just to help his wife find hot water for bathing.
As soon as Lu Zhanlin left, Lu Yuanbao immediately walked into the room and looked up at Chu Yue with uneasiness in his eyes, "Did he bully you?"
After all, he was just a child and had been bullied by too many people. He couldn't tell whether Lu Zhanlin was good or bad in a short time like Chu Yue.
Worried about my future life, and also worried about...Chu Yue.
Chu Yue raised her hand and touched Lu Yuanbao's head, revealing her first smile of the day.
"No one will bully me. Yuanbao, this will be our home from now on."
Lu Yuanbao was obviously stunned. "Our home?"
"Yes, our home." Chu Yue smiled and nodded, her words gentle and firm, "A home that can shelter us from the wind and rain, a home that won't drive us out. From now on, we are family."
Since it's a home, you have to clean it inside and out.
Chu Yue is a young girl after all, especially as a doctor, she has occupational diseases and loves cleanliness and has some mysophobia.
She had endured for so long before, and now that she had finally changed her environment, of course she wanted to live a brand new life.
Chu Yue looked around and sent Lu Yuanbao to pull weeds in the yard. Pulling weeds can exercise the body and allow children to get some sun and absorb vitamin D, which is suitable for them.
As for the interior of the house, she first took a general look at the layout. There were two bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Each room was small, with a total area of about 50 square meters, which was just right for a family of three.
The front room is the living room and the back room is the kitchen. There are no pots, pans, or utensils in the kitchen, only a big iron pot and a large and wide stove.
Cooking in daily life requires making a fire, which is not a difficult task for Chu Yue.
There is running water in the kitchen and the bathroom, which is already a pretty good condition.
Chu Yue first cleaned the bathroom she was going to use inside and out, and found a brush to scrub the walls, making it spotless.
Not long after, Lu Zhanlin came back.
The man was carrying three thermoses in one hand and a basin with red gentian in the other.
He listened to the sound of running water and walked to the bathroom, just in time to see Chu Yue rolling up her sleeves and trouser legs, revealing her slender wrists and calves, and sweeping the floor.
Her skin was white, and her exposed wrists were even whiter, like a glowing light bulb, except that they turned a little red after being washed by cold water.
Lu Zhanlin glanced at it several times, put the things down, and said softly, "The hot water and washbasin are here. Do you have a towel? Do you want soap?"
Chu Yue first took a look at the basin with bright red lavender flowers. It was very characteristic of the 1970s and very festive. She must buy one when getting married.
She put down the brush and said to Lu Zhanlin, "I've brought the towel and soap. Leave them there first. You go out first."
"Okay, I'm right outside the door. If you need anything, just call me. I can hear you."
Lu Zhanlin gave worried instructions, but finally walked out of the house and closed the door gently.
outside the house.
Lu Yuanbao was pulling weeds in the yard, using all his strength and concentration. In just a short while, some beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Lu Zhanlin walked over and called out, "Yuanbao."
Lu Yuanbao stood there, pursing his lips with a stubborn expression, and did not look up at Lu Zhanlin.
It seemed as if the little child was holding his breath.
Lu Zhanlin squatted down and looked into Lu Yuanbao's eyes. "Yuanbao, do you know who I am?"
Lu Yuanbao grabbed the weeds in his hand, squeezed them tightly, and nodded. "I know. Grandma said you are my uncle. Mom... Mom also said that my uncle is in the army. Mom also said that my uncle is very powerful. As long as he comes back, no one will bully us anymore."
The child's childish voice made Lu Zhanlin's heart ache.
When Lu Yuanbao's mother said these words, she had been driven crazy by the cruel reality.
In her crazy state, when she was rarely lucid, the only two people she recognized were Lu Yuanbao and Lu Zhanlin, her biological brother.
It was her only hope in her painful struggle. Like the faint flame of a firefly, she kept murmuring and repeating, "As long as A Zhan comes back, everything will be fine," "No one will dare to bully us as long as A Zhan is here," and "A Zhan has gone to the army and will be back in a few years."
But Lu Zhanlin left for ten years and never returned to the village. His contact with his sister during that time was all lies made up by his parents.
If it weren't for the fact that after his sister died, Lu Yuanbao was an orphan with no one to take care of him, and the village party secretary couldn't bear it and informed Lu Zhanlin, Lu Zhanlin would still be kept in the dark.
This was Lu Zhanlin's negligence. The debt he owed to his own sister was completely irreparable.
What I have to do now is to take good care of my sister’s only child, Lu Yuanbao.
"Yuanbao, I'm sorry that I took you in now and made you suffer so much before. Those things are in the past. From now on, I am your uncle and your father. We will live a good life together as a family, and no one will bully you anymore."
When Lu Yuanbao heard these words, his eyes clearly fluctuated.
He bit his lower lip tightly and asked in a hoarse voice, "Really?"
"Really, Daddy promises." Lu Zhanlin stared at Lu Yuanbao with his dark eyes and made a serious promise, "Did you have lunch at noon?"
"No... she was picking up the baby. The baby started crying, so she came out. Then we ate steamed buns." Lu Yuanbao said seriously.
Lu Zhanlin probably understood the situation. "I'm going to the army cafeteria to get food now. Do you want to come with me?"
That's the army!
No matter how young a child is, he or she will yearn to be a soldier.
Lu Yuanbao threw the weeds in his hand and nodded vigorously.
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The bathroom was filled with hot water. Chu Yue took a comfortable hot bath, soaping herself from head to toe and washing herself cleanly.
The original owner had never received such treatment in his previous home.
Even if you use a little more hot water, Li A'mei will nag you.
As for Chu Yue, although she often took baths in her portable space and soaked in the hot springs in Lingquan Creek, the feeling in the virtual space was completely different from the warm and comfortable feeling in the real world.
Finally I feel comfortable!
Chu Yue changed into clean clothes and pants, wiped her hair with a dry towel, pressed the moisture out of her hair, and just as she walked out of the bathroom, she heard a knock on the door.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
The knocking was heavy and urgent, as if something important was going on.
Could it be that Lu Zhanlin has something urgent to do? That shouldn't be the case.
Or is it that Wang Chunling's condition is unstable after giving birth and she is in danger again?
Chu Yue had just finished taking a shower and didn't have time to put on an extra coat, so she hurried to open the door.
As the door opened and the cold wind blew, Chu Yue saw a strange young girl outside the door.
The young girl was about twenty years old. She wore a military cap and a military uniform with a white coat on the outside. She had a red cross armband on her hand and a medicine box hanging on her right shoulder.
At first glance, this is what the medical staff in the army wear.
Even in the dead of winter, this young woman wore a skirt instead of pants, revealing her slender legs in skin-colored stockings. She really preferred style to warmth; it looked cold.
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