Chapter 24 Captain Lu is a pauper
Lu Zhanlin and Chu Yue looked at each other. After what they had just said, the young couple who had just been together felt inexplicably embarrassed and their breathing was hot.
"Go change your clothes quickly to avoid catching a cold. Wear socks too." Lu Zhanlin thought of the thin, white ankles and reminded her, "I'll tidy up the table and chairs and wait for you to come out for dinner."
"good."
Chu Yue picked up her backpack and went into the room to change clothes.
When she came out again, Lu Zhanlin had already cleared the cobwebs on the roof and wiped the table clean. Lu Yuanbao was wiping the stools with a rag. Everything was spotless. Perhaps he could see that the girl loved cleanliness, so he paid special attention to it.
Chu Yue returned the military jacket to Lu Zhanlin. After Lu Zhanlin put it on, he did not forget to take Lu Yuanbao to wash his hands. After washing, he came back and sat down before taking out the lunch box.
There are three lunch boxes in total.
Two of them were opened and filled with half white rice and half steamed buns. The rice was full and some dried pickles were pressed on top. Lu Zhanlin placed them in front of Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao respectively and handed them chopsticks.
When I opened the other box, it turned out to be a box of fragrant and shiny braised pork belly.
This pork belly must have been fried with sugar color. The color is very moist and shiny. It looks delicious at first glance. The vegetables stuffed next to the pork belly are also emerald green.
Gurgle gurgle——
As soon as the pork belly was opened, Lu Yuanbao's stomach began to growl.
His face turned slightly red, and he couldn't control his body's reaction at all. He swallowed secretly and stared at the pork belly.
On the way back from the army canteen, Lu Yuanbao smelled the fragrance all the way, and his stomach was already rumbling with greed.
Lu Zhanlin placed the pork belly in front of Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao, "You've been hungry for so long at noon, eat quickly."
Lu Yuanbao grabbed the chopsticks, swallowed his saliva, and didn't move his chopsticks immediately. Instead, he looked at Chu Yue.
Chu Yue picked up a piece of pork belly with chopsticks and put it into Lu Yuanbao's lunch box. Lu Yuanbao finally started eating it in big mouthfuls.
She looked at Lu Zhanlin strangely, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"I've eaten before. I asked the soldiers in the kitchen to prepare this meal specially for you and Yuanbao. It's using the rations registered in my name, so feel free to eat."
Since Lu Zhanlin said so, Chu Yue stopped trying to persuade him. She had only eaten one steamed bun since morning, and her stomach was empty and she was very hungry.
The room was quiet, with only the sound of Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao's chopsticks as they ate.
Lu Zhanlin sat quietly on the side, watching them eat. Lu Yuanbao had never eaten braised pork before. This was his first time eating it, and he could eat so much at one time. He ate like a little tiger, mouthfuls wide, and couldn't stop, with his whole face buried in the lunch box.
The cooking skills of the soldiers in the kitchen squad were really good. The braised pork belly was soft and chewy. Chu Yue was not a greedy person, but she ate several pieces in a row.
After a while, Chu Yue put down her chopsticks. She was full.
It’s not that Chu Yue herself has a small appetite, but the original owner of this body could only eat a little bit of food every day when he was in the Chu family. Over time, his appetite became smaller and he could feel full after just a few bites.
It’s a pity that there was still half a steamed bun and one-third of white rice in the lunch box in front of her.
It's shameful to waste food. You can heat it up at night and continue eating it.
Chu Yue was thinking this when Lu Zhanlin, who was standing by, took a look and asked, "There's still some meat left. Aren't you going to eat it?"
"I don't want to eat anymore. I'm full." Chu Yue shook her head.
"Well," Lu Zhanlin didn't say anything, but just reminded, "I brought some biscuits and apples. If you're hungry later, you can eat those."
As he spoke, Lu Zhanlin reached out and took Chu Yue's lunch box.
Chu Yue thought he was going to cover the lunch box, but she saw Lu Zhanlin picked up her chopsticks again, and then he... started eating with big mouthfuls.
Lu Zhanlin didn't eat the braised pork belly, but ate the remaining pickles and white rice in the lunch box. He finished them in a few bites, and then finished the remaining half of the steamed bun in one bite, without leaving a single grain of rice.
Chu Yue was stunned and dumbfounded.
That was... what she had eaten.
Although they were already husband and wife, they shared a bowl of rice, and even ate her leftovers, which seemed too intimate.
Chu Yue's mind was in a mess and her heart was beating like a deer.
But Lu Zhanlin remained calm throughout the whole process and didn't think it was a strange thing. After eating, he even put away his chopsticks and lunch box neatly.
This is a habit ingrained in a professional soldier.
On the side, Lu Yuanbao ate up the lunch box which was bigger than his face.
He had never eaten so full, nor had he ever felt so satisfied, so satisfied that he was about to overflow -
“Click!”
Lu Yuanbao burped loudly, his stomach felt round and bloated.
He licked the corner of his mouth and sucked the sauce on the pork belly. His mouth felt sweet and his heart felt warm. He jumped off the chair.
"Hey - I want to go out and pull weeds. I haven't finished the work I just did."
Lu Yuanbao said this to Chu Yue.
Chu Yue nodded, "Okay, go ahead, work hard to help digestion."
Lu Yuanbao touched his round belly, glanced at Lu Zhanlin cautiously, and then ran out.
As soon as the child left, only Chu Yue and Lu Zhanlin were left in the room.
Lu Zhanlin touched the inside pocket of his military jacket, took out a thick envelope and handed it to Chu Yue, "I just went to the military office and got this. I'll give it to you from now on."
Chu Yue took it doubtfully, opened the envelope and took a look.
The envelope contained some bills and money. Lu Zhanlin was handing over all his assets to her and letting her be the housekeeper.
There were a lot of notes, including rice notes, flour notes, oil notes, sugar notes, and cloth notes. The most valuable of them all was a bicycle note. Bicycles were hard to come by in those days and were very valuable.
As for money... it's just a few bits and pieces, one or two cents, fifty or one dollar, everything.
Chu Yue put all the money together and counted it briefly. It added up to about twenty yuan.
etc!
Chu Yue paused for a moment, blinked in disbelief, and counted the money again, one dollar, two dollars, three dollars... the exact amount was twenty-three dollars, fifty-eight cents.
No matter what, Lu Zhanlin is still a dignified regiment commander, but his entire net worth is only twenty-three dollars, fifty cents and eight cents?
Isn’t he just a pauper? He is not as rich as Chu Yue is now.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Zhanlin with an incredible look.
Lu Zhanlin has always been able to handle any situation with ease, but for the first time he showed a bit of embarrassment in Chu Yue's eyes.
"You don't need to count. That's all there is. No more."
Chu Yue was bewildered. "What about your money? You've been in the frontline troops, and you can't spend money there."
Lu Zhanlin replied, "I sent them all back."
"Send it back?"
"Well, my family and your family ask for money every month, sometimes they send it once every two weeks."
Chu Yue was stunned for a moment before she realized that Lu Zhanlin was talking about the Lu family, Li A'mei and Chu Yaoyao.
This means that Lu Zhanlin alone has to support two families, five or six people. No wonder he has no money.
This man concealed his military rank and identity, but still paid real money. I don't know whether he is smart or stupid.
Only a fool like Li A-mei would think about how he is just a platoon leader and where he gets so much money every month.
Discussing money in front of his wife, Lu Zhanlin felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose. "Now that you're here, you don't have to send any more money. As for my family, my sister is gone and my brother has started a family, so I don't need to give too much to my parents. From now on, I'll give all my monthly allowance to you. You're in charge of the money at home, so don't complain if it's too little."
Not long ago, Chu Yue said in person that she wanted to "live a good life with him", so at this moment, Lu Zhanlin responded to Chu Yue's words with his actual actions.
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