Duoduo was held in Shen Li's arms, feeling the familiar body temperature of the beautiful aunt and the faint scent of flowers on her body. She raised her stiff little arms and wrapped them tightly around Shen Li's neck, wrapping them so tightly that she felt a little safe.
The moment Lu Minghui saw Lu Jingchuan, the dark circles around his eyes slowly turned red.
He knew that Father Lu and the beautiful woman would definitely come back, but he still felt uneasy during these seven days, as if he was being abandoned and became all alone, with only himself and his sister left in the world.
This feeling made him panic and uneasy.
"Your father and I have already obtained the marriage certificate. From now on, I will be your stepmother. I will take good care of you in the future." Shen Li stroked Duoduo's hair gently and said softly.
"Duoduo, be good. Let's go home." Shen Li picked up the thin Duoduo from the ground and held her in her arms. She held Duoduo, waved goodbye to the dean to express her gratitude, then got up and left.
Lu Jingchuan held Lu Minghui's hand and accompanied Shen Li to go home.
After returning home, Lu Jingchuan packed his luggage and changed into a military uniform. He wore a military green short T-shirt with a belt underneath, which tucked half of the short T-shirt into his waist. He also wore long camouflage trousers and a pair of combat boots.
The man's arms were full of bulging muscles, showing his full strength. His legs were long and powerful. He looked very capable and vigorous, full of male hormones.
"Li Li, I have to report back to the team. I'll have to trouble you to take care of the house."
"Well, go ahead." Shen Li saw Lu Jingchuan off.
After watching the man leave, Shen Li returned to the house, "Duoduo, Minghui, have you had dinner?"
The two children blinked their big eyes and nodded.
"This is the Northwestern specialty that your grandparents asked us to bring back, beef jerky." Shen Li took out a small transparent bottle from the package. There were some long, dark black pieces of beef jerky in the bottle.
These beef jerky are specially made with the freshest beef brine. In this era, there are no additives or preservatives, so they are safer and healthier to eat.
The two children stared at the plastic bottles and jars.
Shen Li opened the jar and handed it to Duoduo. Duoduo swallowed, stretched out her hand eagerly, and took one. Then Shen Li handed the jar to Lu Minghui.
Lu Minghui pursed his lips tightly, his face tense, "I don't want to eat."
"Duoduo is a child and can't eat that much. If you don't eat it, it will go bad and it will be a waste." Shen Li knew that Lu Minghui was a little awkward, and she didn't intend to let the child accept her so quickly. She smiled and said, "This is all dried beef. This small bottle of beef jerky took more than five kilograms of dried beef. If you don't eat it, it will waste a lot of money. If you waste things, your grandpa and grandma will also be hurt."
After hearing this, Lu Minghui was no longer bothered. "In this case, I can't let the food go to waste."
He stretched out his little hand and took one to eat.
Shen Li also brought some milk and goat milk from the northwest in her package. These were made by compressing cow's and goat's milk, and the ingredients were also very clean and hygienic. Of course, they were all left by her parents-in-law before they left.
After Shen Li gave the cheese to the two children, she began to pack up.
This time she went to Beijing to get married, she bought a lot of clothes, and she hung them one by one on the wardrobe. She also bought a small sachet and hung it in the corner of the closet, so that the clothes would have a fragrant scent.
She divided the closet into three sections: men's clothing, women's clothing, and children's clothing.
After sorting each other's clothes, she went to sort out Duoduo and Minghui's clothes, and put their clothes in order in an orderly manner.
After doing all this, Shen Li came to the living room.
At this time, Minghui was eating beef jerky and watching TV, while Duoduo was holding beef jerky in one hand and drawing with the other.
Shen Li looked out the window. It was already 7 o'clock in the evening, but it was not completely dark yet. The sky was shrouded in a golden and red sunset glow. The sky was full of red light. Not far from the window, there were large coconut trees with lush branches and leaves. The sea breeze was blowing, and it was refreshing.
"Duoduo, Minghui, would you like to go out and play with me?" During the time Shen Li came to the island, apart from going to the sea once, she had not really explored the island.
Duoduo immediately put down the paintbrush in her hand and nodded heavily, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.
Lu Minghui was also looking forward to it. Although he and his sister lived on the island, they would stay at home with Li Cuicui after school. Li Cuicui would not allow them to go out. Sometimes, Li Cuicui would go out by herself and often lock them at home.
He wants to go out and play, too.
"In that case, I'll take you out to play, okay?" Shen Li smiled.
Duoduo stood up happily and nodded excitedly.
Just like that, Shen Li took the two children out.
The island is dotted with tall coconut trees with thick branches and emerald green leaves that cast shallow shadows on the ground.
Shen Li walked with the two children for a while and saw a shorter coconut tree. Although the tree was shorter, it was loaded with heavy coconuts.
This round coconut contains pure natural coconut milk, which should be delicious.
Shen Li stared at the coconut and swallowed.
"Do you want to drink coconut juice?" Lu Minghui's dark eyes fell on Shen Li. He just saw the beautiful woman swallowing her saliva at the coconut. She must have looked very greedy.
How can a beautiful woman be more greedy than a child?
"Yeah. It should be very happy to hold a coconut and drink its juice in the hot summer." Shen Li nodded, "In addition to coconut juice, coconut meat is also delicious. Coconut juice can also be made into Yangzhi Ganlu."
"What is Yangzhi Ganlu?" Lu Minghui's dark eyes were somewhat puzzled.
"It's a small dessert made with coconut juice and mango. It's delicious!" Shen Li was talking, and suddenly realized that this was the first time that Lu Minghui took the initiative to talk to her. Is this considered a major achievement in the process of conquering the baby?
After all, Lu Minghui used to be very cool.
"If you want to eat, then you wait." Lu Minghui said, he walked step by step to the coconut tree, then, with a kick of his calves, he actually hugged the coconut tree and climbed up easily!
"Minghui, it's dangerous up there, come here!" Shen Li said anxiously.
Although this coconut tree is short, it would be bad if something fell from it!
"Brother often secretly climbs up the coconut tree and picks coconuts for me to drink." Duoduo gently pulled the hem of Shen Li's skirt with her little hand and said in a baby voice.
In the past, Li Cuicui worked as a nanny at home, but she and her brother often withheld their meals. When she and her brother had no food to eat and felt dizzy from hunger, her brother would climb up the coconut tree to pick coconuts, smash the coconut shells open with stones, and give her the coconut juice inside to drink, and eat the coconut meat inside with his hands.
When the wild mangoes and cherries on the island were ripe, her brother would pick them for her to eat.
In this way, she and her brother grew up to this day.