When he returned home in the evening, Lu Shiyi poured Su Jin a glass of warm water. He stepped on the package with scissors. He saw that the package contained things for Su Jin and the children. When he opened the skirt, he found a remittance slip.
"My family sent me 1,000 yuan, and I will withdraw it and save it tomorrow." The four elders in Lu Shiyi's family all receive allowances, and they rarely buy anything except food.
"I remember Ke Ying is going back to Beijing the day after tomorrow morning. Why not ask him to help bring some back?" Su Jin asked Lu Shiyi. Ke Ying was Lu Shiyi's comrade-in-arms. "Ke Ying is right. It's safer to have someone help bring some back home."
The Qiu family’s experience made Su Jin alert and she hoped that her family would be safe and sound.
Lu Shiyi pondered for a long time. He invited Ke Ying to his house for dinner tonight, and she needed to arrange dinner in advance.
"Ayi, while I'm cooking, you can discuss the package with Ke Ying. I'm preparing chili sauce for Grandpa Ke, what else do you think we should prepare?" Su Jin asked Lu Shiyi.
"Grandpa Ke's taste is similar to grandpa's, so just prepare it according to grandpa's." Lu Shiyi said, rubbing his temple. "And prepare some snacks for Grandma Ke, with a stronger milk flavor."
Su Jin kept this in mind: "I'll go prepare dinner first."
Lu Shiyi looked at Su Jin's back and sighed heavily. The Lu family had been supporting the elderly too much, and they were being targeted. Fortunately, Lu Bairen's position was high enough, and his descendants were also ambitious. Otherwise, they would be in a worse situation than the Qiu family.
He picked up the water beside him and drank it, then got up and went to the kitchen to help Su Jin cook.
"Wife, just make four dishes. Prepare all vegetarian dishes, no meat at all." Lu Shiyi instructed Su Jin. "Too much stuff was mailed to the imperial capital. Ke Ying hinted that someone was secretly investigating."
Su Jin nodded, turned around and put away the bacon and pork belly, leaving only a piece of bacon weighing about 2 pounds in the kitchen.
"Is this okay?" Su Jin tidied up the kitchen and even put the lard into the space, leaving only half a bottle of soybean oil.
Lu Shiyi checked again and found no flaws before sitting on the bench to help her wash the vegetables.
As night fell, Ke Ying came in with a bulging cloth bag in his right hand, which was prepared by Grandma Lu and Grandma Ke.
"Grandma Lu and grandma discussed it and prepared these for you separately. My sister-in-law is pregnant, which is a big event for both families." Ke Ying walked into the yard and reached out to close the gate.
"Don't go back to the guesthouse today. Stay here for two days. You can go to work directly from home tomorrow." Lu Shiyi saw someone staring outside the yard and tried to keep Ke Ying outside.
"Isn't this... bad?" Ke Ying didn't want to stay in the guesthouse either. Two people shared a room, and he lived with a colleague he didn't get along with.
Seeing Ke Ying's expression, Lu Shiyi immediately raised his voice: "Now that you're at my house, I'm still letting you live outside. Grandpa will scold me later."
He reached out and patted Ke Ying's shoulder: "Zong Li, go to the guesthouse and get all the things Ke Ying brought."
Zong Li was chopping firewood in the corner of the yard. When he heard Lu Shiyi's order, he hurried over.
"Thank you for your help," Ke Ying said gratefully. "There should be someone else in the guesthouse room. When you go there, knock on the door before entering."
"Don't worry, Chief. I understand." Zong Li stood up and saluted.
The people who were stalking outside the courtyard immediately rushed back to the guesthouse. The people at the front desk saw the abnormal behavior and reported to Zong Li in a low voice when they saw him coming over.
Zong Li raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Keep a close eye on their every move and report in real time.
"Zong Li, I saw those people follow them out," the receptionist complained. "They came here together. They seemed to be chatting and laughing, but they were actually scheming against each other."
After Zong Li said a few words to her, he went to the door and knocked.
Not long after the people in the room went back, he heard intermittent conversations. Fortunately, the lady at the front desk helped to block them out.
"Come in!" The person in the room was sitting on the bed, as if he had just gotten up.
"Chief, I'm here to pick up Chief Ke's luggage. Our chief is the deputy minister here and would like to invite Chief Ke to live at his home." Zong Li stood up straight and reported.
The other party nodded at Zong Li and said, "Lao Ke's luggage is in the cabinet. You can take it yourself."
Zong Li took a look at the other person's shoes and quickly went to the cabinet to get his luggage.
After the door was closed, the people in the room relaxed. He was still wearing pants under the quilt. When Zong Li knocked on the door, he only had time to take off his shirt.
After returning to the yard, Zong Li stood in the living room to report what happened in the room, and mentioned that there was red mud under the other person's shoes. The red mud was dug by Lin Lei from the vegetable garden at home.
"My sister-in-law got the red mud from somewhere else to grow flowers. There is definitely no red mud in the yard." Lu Shiyi told Ke Ying, and Su Jin came in with the food.
Ke Ying stared at the food on the table and immediately warned Lu Shiyi: "I will stay at your house for three days. Don't let me eat all the food. You will have to eat coarse food this month."
"No, they're all vegetarian." Lu Shiyi spread his hands. "It's Qingming Festival this month, so I won't eat any meat. Xiaojin is pregnant, so she eats meat three times a week."
Ke Ying didn't believe it, so Zong Li helped Su Jin bring the food over. Finally, he came in with a pot of slope pork in his left hand and his own lunch box in his right hand.
"Commander, I'll go back quickly after getting the meal. I still have training tonight." Zong Li said goodbye to Lu Shiyi and Ke Ying.
After Zong Li left, Su Jin picked up the chopsticks and found that Ke Ying was just staring at the food in a daze.
"I made vegetarian dishes, and I didn't even use any animal oil." Su Jin explained with a smile, "Ayi, hurry up and get Ke Ying to eat."
Lu Shiyi picked up the food first, and Ke Ying's eyes widened when he took the first bite.
"Sister-in-law, what you cooked is really delicious." Ke Ying had eaten a lot of delicious food in the imperial capital. "Even vegetarian food is not as delicious as your cooking."
Phew!
Su Jin said happily: "Jiangzhe's vegetarian food is better than mine. The chefs in the imperial capital learned it from the chefs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Ke Ying's eyes lit up as he ate, and he envied Lu Shiyi for marrying a good wife.
"Shi Yi, your sister-in-law is really good, you are so lucky." The women in the Ke family cooked terrible meals, so Ke Ying would rather eat in the cafeteria all year round than go home for three meals a day.
"When we return to the capital, you can come and eat with us every day." Lu Shiyi agreed. "When you go back the day after tomorrow, help take care of the family. Will those people stop us?"
"It's okay, I went back with an empty car." Ke Ying shook his head, "Sister-in-law, give me a few more bottles of chili sauce. Grandpa and grandma like it, and I like it too..."
Lu Shiyi looked at him with a frown: "I haven't made chili sauce this year. I made this before the New Year."
"Which month can it be done?!" Ke Ying was planning to go on a business trip at that time and would come by to pick it up.
"Next month!" Lu Shiyi was thinking about intercropping wheat next month, so he might as well ask Ke Ying to come over and help. "If you come over to help, I'll give you an extra bottle of sauce."
Ke Ying agreed immediately and silently arranged the time in his mind.
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