Chapter 251: Protect Me
Xiao Zhang ran for a whole day, went to a village in the south to buy some eggs from a farmer, and then went to the guesthouse in the town to buy grain, oil, rice and flour.
When they returned to the Xiao family courtyard, Zhu Yunying was standing at the door to greet them and served them tea.
"Xiao Zhang, thank you for your hard work."
Xiao Zhang was indeed thirsty, so he picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
"Sister-in-law, it's not hard!" He smiled innocently, but inexplicably felt something staring at the back of his head. A chill ran down his spine, and he subconsciously tried to make amends, "I prepared everything according to the list given by the group leader. Sister-in-law, take a look, is there anything I missed?"
Zhu Yunying looked at Xiao Zhang's nervous expression and burst out laughing.
She reached out and pulled Feng Shuo, who was standing behind Xiao Zhang, in front of everyone and cleared her throat lightly.
"Xiao Zhang worked so hard, and you didn't even praise him? He was in an unfamiliar place, but he went out for a while and came back safely."
Feng Shuo looked at Zhu Yunyao's earnest gaze, then at Xiao Zhang's embarrassed expression, and replied:
“Well done!”
"Report to the leader, this is what I should do!"
After receiving the praise, Xiao Zhang happily moved things and was no longer afraid of Feng Shuo.
Feeling that he had his sister-in-law's support, he became a little too proud of himself.
He suddenly lost his composure, took out two mining lamps, and handed them to Feng Shuo:
"Captain! This is the brightest lamp I could find. I'll keep it for you to use at night."
Snap, snap, two sounds.
Two mining lamps lit up, almost blinding Feng Shuo's eyes.
I only saw a flash of white light, and then everything was so foggy that I couldn't see anything clearly.
Feng Shuo subconsciously raised his hands to protect his eyes.
"Feng Shuo!"
Zhu Yunying nervously supported him, turned him around, and scolded Xiao Zhang, "Xiao Zhang, what are you doing? Such strong light is harmful to the eyes! Your leader has just recovered and can't stand this kind of light. Take it away quickly!"
“…I’m sorry, sister-in-law.”
Xiao Zhang was just being kind-hearted. He thought that the team leader couldn't see when it was dark, so if he turned on the lights in the room brighter, he wouldn't have this problem.
As a result, good intentions led to bad consequences.
I almost blurted out the reason for buying the lamp.
If I let my sister-in-law know about the captain's illness, I would have made another mistake.
He muttered to himself, put the miner's lamp aside, and felt sorry for the money he had spent.
He bought this mining lamp for the team leader using his own ticket.
"Xiao Zhang, dinner is almost time, where are you going?"
Aunt Xiao looked at the young man's dejected back and asked another question.
Xiao Zhang burst into tears, feeling aggrieved and not knowing what to say.
I could only sniff and make an excuse: "I seem to have missed a bag of rice, I have to go back and get it."
After saying that, he drove away in his jeep.
In the room, Zhu Yunying asked Feng Shuo to sit on a chair, and she stood, carefully looking into his eyes.
It really made me cry a lot.
The eyes that used to be cold and resolute were now misty.
"Tonight, you go back to my room and sleep. I have to watch you. If anything happens to my eyes, it's no joke."
Zhu Yunying felt heartbroken when she thought about his previous injury and blindness.
As they were talking, Aunt Xiao brought out the food and prepared for dinner.
"Why did you buy so much food? You won't be able to eat much if you stay for a few days. If the other families knew about this, they would blame me, an old woman, for deliberately extorting you!"
Aunt Xiao put the food down and said, "Eat quickly. I've saved Xiao Zhang's food, too. What happened just now? Did you criticize him? The little guy's eyes are full of tears."
“…”
Zhu Yunying didn't know what to say. She had just been praising Xiao Zhang, but the next moment he got into trouble.
She sighed softly, "He wasn't paying attention and used the big miner's lamp to flash Feng Shuo's eyes. Feng Shuo's eyes were injured a while ago..."
Following Zhu Yunying's words, Aunt Xiao looked at Feng Shuo, and saw Feng Shuo gently shaking his head at her.
"It's nothing serious. It's Yaoyao who's worried about me."
Feng Shuo chuckled, raised his hand and pinched Zhu Yunyao's cheek, and said proudly, "Yaoyao is protecting me."
"I'm not kidding." Zhu Yunyao dodged his mischievous hand and took a few steps towards her aunt, saying nervously, "Aunt, why don't you take Feng Shuo's pulse later? I'm a little worried. Also...can we stay together tonight? I'm worried he might feel uncomfortable at night."
"Aiaiai..." Feng Shuo called out, hugged Zhu Yunai from behind, tidied her hair, and looked at Aunt Xiao again, "Didn't we agree not to cause trouble for Aunt Xiao?"
"But……"
Zhu Yunyao was really worried about Feng Shuo.
She was still trying to argue, but Aunt Xiao just started laughing.
"Oh, young people are always clingy. Can't stand being apart for a day? Don't worry! You'll be fine if you stay with me. Look at my uncle. He was already a child more than ten years ago, but now he can still look after the house!"
Aunt Xiao was very proud.
My uncle also nodded and gave me a thumbs up: "That's amazing!"
The atmosphere finally eased.
After dinner, Aunt Xiao arranged for Zhu Yunying to take a medicinal bath.
There was also a lot of medicinal herbs spread on the water. She soaked in it and fell asleep soon.
After waking up, I lay back down on the bed.
What's going on?
She hurriedly got up and opened the door, but only her uncle was outside, holding shredded chicken porridge and saying with a smile, "Eat, eat!"
"Uncle, where is Feng Shuo? Have you seen him?"
Zhu Yunying took the porridge from his hand and asked casually.
I don’t know if my uncle didn’t understand or heard it wrongly, but he turned around, danced with his hands and shouted “bang bang bang”, and ran out.
Seeing this, Zhu Yunyao became a little worried and followed him out.
But he found that Xiao Zhang drove the jeep and did not come back all night.
Feng Shuo and Aunt Xiao were standing beside the courtyard gate, arguing about something. Feng Shuo's face was dark.
"What's wrong? Uncle just kept shouting bang bang bang, did something happen?"
Zhu Yunwei asked.
Are you worried that Xiao Zhang might have encountered something when he went out?
"There was thunder last night."
Aunt Xiao explained casually and asked Zhu Yunying if she had finished breakfast.
Zhu Yunying shook her head. She had come out to chase after her uncle, and the chicken porridge was left in the house and had not been eaten yet!
Aunt Xiao urged her to eat breakfast quickly and sent the person inside.
Turning around, she walked out again and pulled Feng Shuo to a more secluded place.
"Xiao Zhang, I gave you the address and asked you to go pick up your family and hurry back. If you're angry, take it out on me, an old woman, and don't even think about punishing Xiao Zhang! You were in that state yesterday, you were almost beyond saving!
"If my niece-in-law doesn't come back tomorrow, I'll give you acupuncture myself! I can't just watch you die in my house."
What Aunt Xiao said was scary.
Feng Shuo cleared his throat and said nothing.
The dull pain in his arm left him without the strength to even clench his fist.
After a long while, he finally compromised: "Don't let Yaoyao know."
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