Early in the morning of the Lantern Festival, Lu Shiyi returned home with a layer of snow covering the shoulders of his coat. Zong Li would clean the snow on the roof and yard of his house before morning training every day.
Lu Shiyi stood at the door and shook off the snow on his body. He took the key, opened the door and went home.
"Uncle Lu, is my dad feeling better?" Lin Lei and Lin Yan were doing their homework. When they saw Lu Shiyi coming back, they immediately surrounded him.
"It's getting better, but you won't be back until the end of the month. You two brothers should stay in the guest room and are not allowed to go home." Lu Shiyi passed by the Lin family on his way home and found that the road was covered with thick ice. It would be bad if Lin Lei and Lin Yan fell on the way back.
Lin Lei looked at Lu Shiyi helplessly: "Uncle Lu, we live here, and some family members are gossiping!"
"No, your parents told you to stay home and help Aunt Jin look after Hanhan." Lu Shiyi will be going out frequently during this period. "You two brothers are grown-up kids now. Uncle Lu is often away from home on missions. Can you help me take care of the house?"
"Uncle Lu, don't worry, we can definitely help you take good care of Aunt Jin." Lin Lei assured.
Su Jin came out of the small kitchen with breakfast. She specially took out soup dumplings and shepherd's purse buns from the space and steamed them. Lin Lei and Lin Yan stayed in the living room doing homework, so she did whatever she wanted.
She was glad that she had bought a lot of buns made of whole grains in modern times. Otherwise, if she took out white buns, the two brothers would definitely find out that there was something wrong.
"Wife, I'm back!" Lu Shiyi looked at Hanhan and walked to Su Jin's side. "I can stay at home with you for two days."
"I'll go steam some more buns. Luckily, I made them ahead of time and they were frozen outside," Su Jin shoved the porcelain bowl of buns into his hands. "You accompany the children to eat first!"
Lu Shiyi put the porcelain basin on the table: "Put away your homework books, we will eat soon."
Lin Lei and Lin Yan hurriedly packed up their things. Lu Shiyi entered the small kitchen and hugged her from behind.
"Wife, just steam 5 more big shepherd's purse buns!" Lu Shiyi looked at the buns and knew that Su Jin took them out from there, so he leaned over and said in her ear.
The soup dumplings were not very big, and although they were made of white flour, they were still affordable for Lu Shiyi.
"Ayi, I'm glad you're okay." Su Jin put the buns in the pot and told him to quickly get the mixed cold dishes. "How are Political Commissar Lin and his sister-in-law? Do you want me to make chicken soup for him?"
"No need!" Lu Shiyi shook his head: "My sister-in-law eats in the cafeteria, and gives extra money and tickets to the kitchen staff every day to make chicken soup."
Yunfeng’s cooking skills are not good, so she can only spend more money to hire the kitchen staff to do it.
"When you get back, bring me some chicken soup." Su Jin said hurriedly, "Put some herbs in the chicken soup to replenish the blood."
Lu Shiyi just told Su Jin about Lin Zitao's injuries. Not only were they burned, but they were also bleeding excessively.
The two brought breakfast to the table, and Lin Lei and Lin Yan sat obediently on the chairs waiting for the meal to start.
As Lu Shiyi gave the order to start eating, the two brothers took the big buns at the same time.
"The small buns are soup dumplings with meat filling, and the big buns are filled with shepherd's purse." Lu Shiyi watched the two children dislike the soup dumplings because they were too small.
"Uncle Lu, you can have the meat buns, and I'll just have the shepherd's purse buns, which also have meat in them." Lin Lei shook his head and refused, "I think this bun is more satisfying."
Lu Shiyi picked up one for each of the two brothers and said, "This is a soup dumpling, different from the meat dumplings you eat."
Lin Lei and Lin Yan picked it up and stuffed it directly into their mouths, crying out in pain from the burn.
"I told you to eat slowly. Who told you to eat it directly? It's hot." Before Lu Shiyi could tell them, the two children ate it.
After Lin Lei finished eating, he looked at Lu Shiyi with wet eyes.
"Uncle Lu, I don't think they are as delicious as the big buns." Lin Lei doesn't like soup dumplings because the meat filling is a bit sweet.
Su Jin looked at the two children with a smile on her face: "If you like eating shepherd's purse buns, eat more. Don't listen to your uncle Lu."
The soup dumplings were bought from the south and taste sweeter. Lu Shiyi likes them, but others may not.
Lin Yan weakly refuted Lin Lei's words: "I like to eat soup dumplings, brother, give yours to me."
"Wife, there are still people who know what's good." Lu Shiyi said proudly, "If Xiaolei doesn't like it, just eat less. We will have soup dumplings in our breakfast these days."
Lin Yan cheered, but Lin Lei looked listless, wishing he could eat less.
"It's not as delicious as the big meat buns." Lin Lei muttered softly.
Lu Shiyi laughed when he heard this: "You might have to go on a mission in the south in the future, so you'll have to adapt to all the cuisines in the country. These soup dumplings are the most famous dumplings in the south. Since you're pretending to be from the south, you have to eat them."
Lin Lei listened carefully to Lu Shiyi's words. His reaction just now would definitely be noticed and criticized.
"Uncle Lu, I get it. I won't do this again." Lin Lei smiled bitterly. "Whatever Aunt Jin does next, I will break my own food preferences."
Lin Lei is a very picky eater at home. Some of the dishes cooked by Su Jin do not suit his appetite, so he rarely eats them.
"That's right. You may not be able to eat it for the time being, so you still need to adapt yourself." Lu Shiyi reminded.
Lin Zitao values his eldest son and hopes that Lin Lei can serve in the Divine Sword. In order to lay a good foundation for Lin Lei, Lu Shiyi can only make arrangements in advance.
Lin Lei sighed and said, "I rarely eat spicy food. Not everyone in Sichuan can handle spicy food."
"But this will become your weakness. If you expose it, the other party will find out what you don't like to eat and use this thing to test its authenticity. If the enemy succeeds in the test, he will not be merciful." Lu Shiyi and Lin Lei said.
Su Jin was taking care of Lin Yan while he was eating. Watching their interaction, she felt like she was seeing Lu Shiyi and Hanhan many years later.
"Uncle Lu, maybe it's all a coincidence?" Lin Lei argued.
"Too many coincidences means there's something wrong!" Su Jin interrupted, "Xiao Lei, the enemy Uncle Lu and your father are facing is Tadpole, a cautious murderer. They will verify it again and again. They would rather kill the wrong person than let anyone go."
Lin Lei ate breakfast in silence. Lin Zitao often talked about the team members' missions at home. Some of them were happily doing things they didn't like, eating food they didn't like, and doing things that were completely opposite to their own nature.
"Aunt Jin, I know. Dad told us about it at home before." Lin Lei stretched out his chopsticks and ate the carrots directly.
At home, Lin Lei and Lin Yan didn't like eating carrots, but after Lu Shiyi and Su Jin's persuasion, the two brothers actually started eating them.
The young couple looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes.
"Start changing from the smallest things, and strive to have no weaknesses before entering the military camp." Su Jin used serving chopsticks to serve food to the two of them. "From now on, you should use serving chopsticks more rigorously. This is common sense for some people out there."
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