Chapter 64

Aunt Wang heard the noise at the door, opened the door holding her granddaughter, and saw the knife of pork in her daughter-in-law's hand.

The pork was tied with a straw rope, with even fat and lean parts, and looked bouncy. As Jian Lu walked in, the pork swayed slightly, forming an alluring arc.

"Lulu, did you really win a prize?" Aunt Wang knew that Jian Lu had registered and submitted her manuscript, so she was ready to give it a try, but she didn't expect to really win a prize, and even first place!

"Yes, Mom, we'll eat it tonight!"

Jian Lu walked with a light step while carrying the pound of pork. The pound of pork that she bought herself was so delicious!

Cheng Zheng watched from the side and thought his wife was truly amazing.

"Mom, our Lulu is amazing. I heard Song Lu mention it today. He said that many people participated in the essay solicitation activity organized by Director Qian, and the family members were very enthusiastic about participating. It is not easy to be ranked first."

"That's definitely not easy!" Aunt Wang felt that her daughter-in-law was very promising. More than two years ago, she heard that she had participated in an anti-illiteracy class run by educated youth in the production team. Now, she can even write articles!

Jian Lu was worried that the mother and son were exaggerating too much, so she hurried to the kitchen to fight!

"Mom, what are you going to do with this meat? Do you want to eat anything?"

Aunt Wang has been on the island for nearly a year. She has gotten used to the living here and has gradually adapted to the food there, but she still misses the food at home from time to time.

"Let me do it today and make a pot of pork!"

Mother-in-law wanted to cook her specialty dish, so Jian Lu naturally had no objection and just waited to eat!

After giving the pork to her mother-in-law, Jian Lu took over Shuangshuang and strolled around the kitchen with her daughter in her arms. Shuangshuang was curious about everything at that age and liked to look around.

"Come, let's watch grandma make pot-stuffed pork."

"ekdjjd～" Shuangshuang now loves to imitate the way people at home speak, but their speech is unclear and sticky.

"Call me mommy~" Jian Lu took advantage of the opportunity to teach her daughter to call me mommy. In two months, she will probably be able to speak!

"dknd～" Shuangshuang followed suit and learned in a sticky manner.

Cheng Zheng approached the lady and followed suit, "Come on, Shuangshuang, call me daddy!"

"djndjd～"

Good guy, I don’t understand what the child is saying. Cheng Zheng touched the girl’s face and suspected that she had invented a new language.

Aunt Wang cut off the pork skin with a smile, and looked at the evenly fat and lean pork meat from hand to hand, her heart filled with joy.

"I heard that the pork was taken from the army to supplement the soldiers. Director Qian wanted to apply for it, so he applied for a pound of pork. However, he couldn't pick the best one, so the fattest one couldn't be taken. In the end, he had to go through a lot of trouble to get a pound of tenderloin."

When Jian Lu talked about the whole story, she secretly felt lucky that she still liked to eat food with a balanced mix of fat and lean meat.

"It's already good!" Aunt Wang is contented. Although it is said that everyone likes fatty meat these days, and a piece of it is full of oil and water, it is better to have something than nothing!

She washed one pound of pork, cut the meat into 2 to 3 cm slices, and marinated it with soy flour and salt.

Heat oil in a wok. When the oil is 50% hot, fry the meat slices for the first time. When the surface is coated with batter, pick them up and set them in shape.

The second time, the oil temperature is higher, and the meat slices are fried until golden and crispy and placed in a winnowing basket for later use.

The meat slices are already fragrant just by being fried. If you take a bite, it will definitely be crispy and tender.

However, Aunt Wang did not allow them to take action in advance.

Cut ginger, scallion and carrot into shreds. Aunt Wang uses the remaining oil to stir-fry the three shreds and minced garlic. Add half a spoonful of white vinegar and half a spoonful of white sugar, and stir-fry continuously. When the sugar becomes slightly sticky, add the fried meat slices. After stir-frying slightly, the meat slices and condiments are coated with the sweet and sour sauce.

A plate of fried pork wrapped in pot is done, the golden meat slices are stacked up in layers, stained with light brown sweet and sour sauce, surrounded by carrots, green onions and ginger, adding rich colors. It is really delicious.

Pick up the pot-wrapped meat slices with chopsticks and take a light bite. You can only hear the crisp sound of biting through the shell. The shell is fried to crispy, and the inside is tender meat. The taste is sour with a hint of sweetness, and a little sour in the sweetness. The sour and sweet tastes are perfectly combined.

At dinner time, the family buried their heads in eating sweet potato rice, taking a bite of rice and a bite of meat, accompanied by boiled radish and pork skin soup.

Aunt Wang burnt the bottom of the pig skin, then scraped off the burnt color, cut it into small pieces and cooked it with radish. The pig skin was boiled to release oil, and small dots of oil floated on the surface of the radish soup, which was very tempting.

Shuangshuang also had meat to eat today. A small piece of meat was cut from the pound of pork and chopped up for the children as usual and cooked into porridge. The porridge with meat tasted different, and Shuangshuang enjoyed it even more than usual.

But the children were still thinking about what the adults were eating. The yellow frost-covered flesh exuded a sweet and sour taste. They stared at it with their eyes and kept eating with their little mouths.

Jian Lu watched and promised the girl, "I'll give it to you when you grow up!"

Cheng Zheng ate meat in big mouthfuls and recalled carefully, "Lulu, how many dishes did you say you would give to Shuangshuang when she grows up? I'm remembering it for her."

"Remember this." Jian Lu touched the lady's face, "Mom keeps her word and will definitely give us both lots of delicious food!"

Shuangshuang didn't know whether she understood or not, and laughed again.

After dinner, the family was busy washing dishes and cleaning the house. Shuangshuang sat alone on the small wooden bed, looking at her mother, father, and grandmother, playing with herself, eating for a while, and then grabbing the wooden bed railing and struggling.

Jian Lu walked past Shuangshuang holding a coconut shell. She was talking to Cheng Zheng and didn't notice the girl screaming.

"mia mia!"

Shuangshuang imitated the pronunciation that her mother taught her, but it was still not very standard. As her mother and father walked away, Shuangshuang started sucking her fingers again.

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On the island, Jian Lu's family had a rare chance to eat pork, which made many people jealous.

Everyone wants pork, the fat in it cannot be replaced by any other meat.

This is especially true for the educated youth who have just arrived on the island.

"I feel uncomfortable eating it every day."

"I really want to eat meat. Those things from the sea don't taste good either."

After being on the island for some time, the educated youth gradually lost interest in developing the countryside.

A group of people are all city dwellers. Even if there are many people in their family, their living conditions and wages are better than those in the countryside. Moreover, in the city they are all students, workers, or vagrants. Why do they need to work every day to earn work points?

Complaints arose everywhere, and each and every eggplant turned from a juicy eggplant into a frost-bitten eggplant.

"Brother Gang, let me lie here for a while." Chen Kai fell headfirst onto his roommate Chen Huagang's bed.

There were originally 9 educated youths in the educated youth station of Weihong Production Brigade of Chuanliu Commune. This time, 8 more came, and the place was suddenly crowded. The large dormitory for male educated youths housed 6 people, the small dormitory housed 4 people, and the large dormitory for female educated youths housed 7 people.

The place we lived in was very crowded, even more crowded than the tube-shaped buildings in the city, and everyone felt even more uncomfortable.

"Just lie down."

Chen Hua just looked at Chen Kai who was lying on his back. They were of the same surname, but they just met. However, because of this, they became familiar with each other the earliest, and Chen Kai even called him brother.

"Life is so hard these days! Why did I come to the countryside?"

"You can choose not to come if you don't want to, right?"

"Yes, I don't want to come yet, if I have a job in the city, why in the country?"

This is the current policy in the city. All unemployed young people must go to the countryside, except for those with only one child.

But these days, how can there be a family with only one child? Most families have several children, and they take turns to go to the countryside!

"My cousin went to the north to work in the countryside. I think that place is good. I guess there are wild roe deer and mushrooms in the mountains!" Chen Huagang felt very upset. Why was he assigned to the south?

It's still terribly hot here. It's almost November and I can still sweat while working.

"Your cousin is lucky. There is a lot to eat in the north! Unlike here, the food from the sea smells fishy. I don't even want to eat it!"

The brigade canteen was run roughly, the food was prepared carelessly, and they were reluctant to use oil. Seafood tends to have a fishy smell, so the taste was naturally mediocre.

"If I had known earlier, you should have gone with your cousin." Chen Kai stretched out his hands and danced around on Chen Huagang's bed, trying to stretch his muscles. As he stretched out his hands, he touched a sharp corner that poked his hands.

"Hey, what's this? Brother Gang, do you have any letters?" Chen Kai took the culprit that was poking him and saw that it was an envelope.

"What letter?"

Chen Huagang took it and looked at it, then he remembered that he still had things to do, "Oh, this is what my cousin sent back from the north before I went to the countryside. He sent some dried wild mushrooms home and asked me to bring a letter. He said that the daughter of an old man where he was sent to work married to this island. She hasn't been in touch with her family for many years, so I can't send a letter. I only know that the man she married is the commander of a regiment in the army over there. He knew that I would be assigned here, so he asked me to think of a way to deliver the letter."

"Oh, I see." Chen Kai leaned over to take a look at the yellow envelope. "The recipient is Jian Lu. Then you can ask around later. Maybe the military officer will thank us and send us some food!"

"You are so beautiful!"

——

"Lulu, there's a letter for you!"

In the family compound, Feng Xiuhui had just returned from outside and saw a letter for Jian Lu, so she brought it back. Looking at the return address on the envelope, it was from her hometown.

Jian Lu took the letter and thanked him, then walked into the house while opening the envelope.

The letter was still sent by my third sister Jian Xin.

"Has your third sister sent another letter?" Aunt Wang was sewing shoe soles in the yard. She wanted to do some needlework while it was still light, so she could save on electricity bills at night.

"Yes." Jian Lu read ten lines at a glance. In the past few years, she had been exchanging letters with her third sister. Of course, the one who wrote was her third sister's husband, and the third sister dictated.

As usual, the third sister talked about her three sisters. She got pregnant with her second child last year and now has a son and a daughter. They are living a good life. The eldest sister is doing well at her husband's house, but recently the sisters-in-law are fighting over the division of the family property. It's very lively, and Jian Xin even went to see the excitement. The second sister is living a comfortable life in another production brigade, the third sister said in the letter.

"My second sister is really amazing. My second sister's husband has several brothers and they all live together. But guess what? Her mother-in-law broke her leg recently and has to stay in bed for two months. She actually gave the power of the family to my second sister!"

You know, the man that my second sister Jian Meng married is the third oldest in the family, with two older brothers. The qualifications of the eldest and second sisters-in-law are definitely higher than Jian Meng's.

The letter also said, "My second sister is really capable. I don't know how she can make her mother-in-law like her! Not to mention her mother-in-law, my mother-in-law also praises her. The last time I met her in town, my mother-in-law was even more friendly to me when she came back."

Jian Lu smiled as she read the letter. She had had a brief contact with her second sister Jian Meng before, and she had discovered that this person was capable, had clear goals, and was good at speaking. He could say different things to different people.

At the end of the page of letter, Jian Xin missed her sister who married far away very much. It has been more than two years and she didn't know when she could see her again.

Jian Lu actually wanted to go back to see her three sisters, but firstly, her children were too young, and secondly, she didn't want to see Jian Hualin. But sooner or later, this kind of thing could not be avoided, after all, Cheng Zheng was from the same place, and her husband's family and her parents' family were in the same production team, so it was impossible for her not to go back.

We can only wait until the child is older.

At the end, Jian Xin had finished what she wanted to say in the letter, but she squeezed in a paragraph of words in the blank space next to it. The handwriting was a little small, and Jian Lu tried hard to open her eyes to read it.

"Lulu, what are you looking at?" Aunt Wang noticed that her daughter-in-law was looking particularly carefully.

"My third sister said that my father wanted his adopted son to use Brother Cheng's connections to come here to serve in the army!" Jian Lu was furious after reading that.

Jian Xin probably embellished it a lot - "Lulu, Dad came to me last time and asked for your address. He said he wanted to send you a letter. The fifth son of the He family didn't want to work in the fields, and Dad also thought that working in the fields for a lifetime was a dead end. They both set their sights on you and your brother-in-law. They wanted your brother-in-law to arrange for the fifth son of the He family to serve in the army in your area."

In her heart, Jian Xin never acknowledged her parents' adopted son and always called him the fifth son of the He family.

"But don't worry, if I don't agree, just tell me I don't have your address. Anyway, even if you are found, don't agree. I am annoyed by that person. He is not from our family, but he lives a better life than us! It makes me so angry!"

"Your father is still planning this?" Aunt Wang knew that Jian Hualin was restless, but she didn't expect him to still focus on this matter. "He has a very effective plan."

"I won't pay attention to him." Jian Lu couldn't possibly build a bridge for such a person. Besides, as for Jian Hualin's matter, the more he wanted to accomplish something, the less likely he would succeed. That would be more satisfying.

"Anyway, it's far away and we can have some quiet time." Jian Lu thought about how this place was thousands of miles away from her hometown and was happy about her decision again.

If I had married a little closer to him then, I would have been caught by Jian Hualin and taken advantage of every now and then. It's not like now, where it's so good that there's no way anyone can get here!

Thinking of this, the depressed mood just now felt better.

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Chen Hua and Chen Kai had just finished the work assigned by the brigade to clean the fishing boat, and they were so tired that they could hardly straighten their backs.

The two of them beat their waists and kept complaining.

"Now I don't know whether it is more tiring to dig for food in the fields or to clean the fishing boat here."

“We’re all tired!”

"Take a break. The captain is not here right now. I'll go and deliver the letter." When Chen Zhigang first arrived on the island, he didn't even think about being asked to deliver a letter. It was only when Chen Kai took out the yellow envelope that he reminded him.

However, it was not easy for the troops to enter. The two registered and inquired at the gate, but were not allowed to pass.

"You can send the letter, we have someone to check it, you can't just go in and deliver the letter. If it really doesn't work, you can leave the letter there, we will check it and then hand it over to Team Leader Cheng."

Chen Hua was about to agree to the last option and leave the letter behind, but was stopped by Chen Kai.

Chen Kai pulled the man aside and whispered, "Brother Gang, you are stupid. How can you get any benefit from giving the letter without even meeting the person? You met with Captain Cheng and gave him the letter in person. He is the captain, so you should at least show some appreciation, right?"

When Chen Huagang heard it, it seemed to make sense.

"Comrade, can we go in and see Captain Cheng?"

"The troops cannot come in casually. You can register your names and come back in a few days."

The two hit a wall and didn't see the person at all, so they could only take the envelope back.

Cheng Zheng had gone out to sea a week ago. Far away at sea, he had no idea someone was looking for him. The orderly saw an unfamiliar name but didn't pay much attention. He only reported the name to Captain Cheng's wife, Jian Lu, and asked if they were relatives from their two families who came to visit.

Jian Lu had never heard of the names Chen Huagang and Chen Kai, and Aunt Wang had no impression of them either. The two of them just thought they were people Cheng Zheng knew, and asked the orderly to wait for Cheng Zheng to return from the sea and report.

Chen Huagang and Chen Kai went to the troops again four days later, but when they learned that there was no follow-up, they left dejectedly.

"Otherwise, just give the letter to the sentinel."

"No! Then you've sent the letter for nothing?" Chen Kai was so hungry that his belt was loose. He was hoping that this captain Cheng would give him some benefits, even a piece of meat. "At worst, we can come back and have a look after a while!"

"All right."

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It was early November and Cheng Zheng had not returned yet. Jian Lu didn't know if she could make it to her daughter's first birthday.

Regardless of whether dad can come back in time, Shuangshuang’s first birthday is a big event in the family!

The weather is getting cooler. Although it is not as cold as the north, it is cooler than the previous months.

Aunt Wang recalled that she hadn't worn a thick cotton jacket for more than a year. It was a novelty not to be blown by the biting cold wind. How could it be so much hotter here?

"Give us both new clothes!"

Aunt Wang had already made beautiful clothes for her granddaughter, including a thin white cotton shirt and trousers with floral patterns.

However, Jian Lu found that what she thought of as floral patterns was different from what her mother-in-law thought of as floral patterns.

Jian Lu thought the floral print was a fresh and rustic one, but her mother-in-law's was a large peony flower that was split into two parts, appearing in the front and back. When the shirt was unfolded, it was a complete peony flower, and it was a very large one.

The flowers are quite pretty, but they can barely be called fragments of words.

Shuangshuang obediently was dressed in new clothes by grandma. The fabric of the clothes was soft and not uncomfortable to wear. Shuangshuang loved them very much. He touched and stroked them left and right and jumped on the bed excitedly.

"Shuangshuang, come to grandma!" Aunt Wang walked over a few steps and clapped her hands to let her granddaughter walk.

Recently, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been teaching their daughter how to walk. The little girl can walk a few steps, but she is not very stable, which makes people worry.

Look, Shuangshuang was walking forward again as if her whole body was swaying, and after taking two steps, she was held in her grandmother's arms.

"Yo, we are both awesome!"

Shuangshuang is the fifth child raised by Aunt Wang. The first three were her own sons. The living conditions were extremely difficult at that time. Later, her husband passed away. It was a year of famine, so they were raised in a rough and free-range manner. They were lucky to be alive.

Later, when the second child gave birth to a baby, Aunt Wang took care of her grandchildren for the first time. She was excited and felt fresh about it, and she took care of them carefully and attentively.

Next came Shuangshuang. She originally took care of her grandson and two granddaughters, but the longer she lived here, the more she realized that her daughter-in-law was special.

How can you take care of a baby, especially a baby this big whose hair hasn't even grown out yet, and still talk to the child every day and praise him for no reason?

At first she felt that she didn't understand, but after a while she discovered that no matter how young Shuangshuang was, he seemed to be able to respond to what adults said from time to time.

The smartest thing about this girl is that she smiles every time she is praised. Aunt Wang seldom says corny and flattering words to her sons and grandchildren because she is too embarrassed to open her mouth. But when she is with her daughter-in-law, she can say anything.

When Shuangshuang heard her grandma praising her, she grinned so hard that her gums were exposed.

"Come, go find your mother. She's downstairs."

Jian Lu was quietly preparing for her baby's first birthday ceremony. It was her daughter's first birthday, so there were still some procedures to follow.

In the bedroom on the first floor, the bedding and pillows on the bed were put into the closet. A small sheet was spread on the spacious and clean bed, with many small things placed on it.

A pen, an abacus, a book, a candy...and the most practical thing, money!

There is also a big group photo in the corner, exuding the aroma of money.

"See if your mother is done?"

Aunt Wang carried Shuangshuang into the room and saw the bed was full of small things. Her eyes, like black grapes, lit up instantly, "zua~"

"Yes, let's catch her!" Jian Lu took the girl and put her in the center of the bed.

Shuangshuang was very excited, surrounded by a circle of little toys. She raised her two fleshy arms like lotus roots and listened to her mother talking.

"Come on, grab something, grab whatever you like!"

Shuangshuang could understand what her mother said and nodded, "Catch!"

He grabbed a pen in one hand.

Be steady and ruthless when you strike!

Jian Lu was surprised. Has the young lady decided to join the literary world?

"Not bad, not bad, it's good to write articles!" Before Jian Lu finished her compliment, she saw the girl throwing the pen to her, saying she didn't want it anymore!

"What is this?" Jian Lu was puzzled. "You're not going to write it anymore?"

"mia mia yao!" Shuangshuang's pronunciation was not quite accurate, but Jian Lu could understand the general idea.

"Yes, mom. Learn from me, mama~"

"mia mia~" Shuangshuang studied seriously, her chubby cheeks looked like half a peach, pink.

Forget it, Jian Lu decided to continue teaching slowly, and she would eventually learn to say "Mom" in a standard way!

"Okay, Shuangshuang, keep catching. What else do you like?"

Shuangshuang bumped into another book, but she couldn't hold it, so she slapped it with her little hands.

"It's good to study. If the college entrance examination is resumed in the future, we can still go to university, right?" Jian Lu knew in her heart that in a few years the college entrance examination would be resumed, and her daughter would definitely be able to go to university in the future, which would not be bad either.

However, just as Jian Lu finished her words, the girl grabbed her mother's hand again and asked her to take the book.

"Give it to me again?"

They both nodded.

Aunt Wang was amused. "Other children are so eager to get the gifts themselves, but we gave them all to you! It seems that being a girl is the best. You always ask your mother for help in everything."

Jian Lu: “…”

But I'm not one year old!

Jian Lu, who had given up a little, decided to let the girl try again. She raised a finger and said to the girl, "Shuangshuang, can we get another thing?"

They both nodded, their little heads spinning, and finally they reached out and picked up the big reunion photo in the corner.

The two little hands each held one side of the big reunion, looked at it carefully, and laughed at their mother.

"For mom?" Jian Lu stretched out her hand, trying to continue the previous steps.

As a result, Shuangshuang clenched her hands and hid Da Tuanyuan behind her, only looking at her mother with her innocent and clear big eyes.

"Hahahaha, you react pretty quickly!" Jian Lu didn't expect that the little girl was still a money-grubber. She reached out and scratched her little nose.

Aunt Wang was also amused, "It seems you made the right decision to give her the coconut shell to save the money!"

Jian Lu also laughed. The girl was only one year old, but she was so obsessed with money. She said to her mother-in-law, "I'll put it in her piggy bank."

But Shuangshuang refused. Her mother wanted to take the money away from her. Shuangshuang held the money tightly and made qin qin sounds.

"Okay, okay, then I'll take your piggy bank over and put it there yourself, okay?" Jian Lu stood up and took the coconut piggy bank from the cabinet and taught the girl to put money in it. "This is a double piggy bank. Your money is placed here. Let's put these ten yuan in it."

Shuangshuang understood, and stretched out their hands to put the money in. Their little hands were strong enough to stuff the big bundle of money into the piggy bank.

"Not bad, I saved it well." Jian Lu looked inside and saw quite a few bills. Because of the investment of ten dollars, Shuangshuang suddenly became rich women with huge sums of money.

After carrying Shuangshuang to the small wooden bed in the living room, Jian Lu and her mother-in-law went to prepare lunch. Shuangshuang was the protagonist today, but it was a pity that Cheng Zheng had not come yet.

The two of them sat on the small wooden bed in the living room, watching their mother and grandmother busying around, clapping their little hands on the guardrail and babbling.

"mia mia~mia mia~" Shuangshuang was facing her mother's back, watching her cutting vegetables and then taking out a plate from the cupboard. Because they were some distance away and Shuangshuang's voice was not loud, Jian Lu did not hear the child calling her.

Shuangshuang realized that her mother ignored her, so she pouted and opened her mouth wide, shouting at the thin figure, "Mom~Mom~"

Jian Lu had just prepared the shrimp puree and was about to make shrimp meatballs for her daughter when she started to hear hallucinations.

She always felt as if she heard Shuangshuang calling her "Mom", very clearly and without any ambiguity.

Tilting her head, Jian Lu looked back at the lady and found that she was concentrating on playing with the rattle.

Turning back to continue cooking, she squeezed the shrimp paste into balls between her thumb and index finger and added it to the vegetable and minced meat soup to cook. The minced meat was a pound of pork that Jian Lu won in the second month of participating in the writing competition, but this time the quality was worse, half a pound was pork fat, and half a pound was 50% fat and 50% lean pork. Qian Honglian would go to Song Zhaokang every month to apply for a pound of pork to support the work of the family home. The quality of the pork she got each time was uneven, and it was hard to tell which part it was, but it didn't matter to Jian Lu, as long as it was meat!

Half a pound of pork fat is put into the pot and boiled into lard. Although the amount is small, it is very fragrant. As the pork fat is boiled into small pieces of lard residue, the golden and transparent lard also covers the bottom of the pot.

Aunt Wang looked at this little bit of lard with great care. She poured it into the enamel cup and held the handle of the pot and kept dripping it for a long time. When no more lard could drip out of the pot, she stopped.

Vegetables cooked with lard smell delicious, especially when there is no meat at home, frying vegetables with lard can also add a hint of meaty smell.

Jian Lu took a spoon and stirred the shrimp meatballs in the pot. The shrimp meatballs were white with a hint of red, and the color was beautiful. With the floating cabbage leaves and minced meat on the side, the white, red, yellow and green colors gathered together, which was the color that Shuangshuang would like.

The shrimp meatballs and vegetable minced meat soup were served first. When Jian Lu brought it to the table, she glanced at the young lady, who was looking back at her with her little head tilted back.

A pot of fresh soup is served on the table, emitting thick steam, and the aroma of shrimp, pork and vegetables wafts in the steam, which is really tempting.

"Mom~Mom~" She tilted her head back and opened her mouth, uttering words one by one.

Just as Jian Lu was about to turn around and go back to the kitchen, she was suddenly stunned. She looked down at her daughter and first saw the child's soft, black hair, which was soft and beautiful.

But at this moment, nothing is more important than the two words I just heard.

She taught the girl many times, but she never learned it.

"Mom!" Jian Lu called her mother-in-law in the kitchen, "Shuangshuang called me! Really!"

Aunt Wang wiped her hands on her apron and walked into the living room with a smile on her face. "Really? Oh, we can both talk now!"

As if wanting to praise grandma again, Shuangshuang looked at mom again, kissed her lips, and said in a baby voice, "mua mua~"

"My baby!" Jian Lu felt that she had never heard such a beautiful voice. No beautiful words could be as heartwarming as the call of "Mom of my little baby".

Jian Lu picked up Shuangshuang and held the girl in her arms, happily kissing the little girl on both cheeks.

"Shuangshuang, call me mom again!"

"Mom!...Mom!" Shuangshuang cooperated with her mother very well. She seemed to realize that her mother would be very happy to hear her say this, so she kept repeating the pronunciation.

Jian Lu looked at the lady, looked at her eyes as clear as water, as if she was being looked into the heart of an innocent child who knew nothing about the world. Facing such a pair of eyes, who could resist?

He immediately put his face close to the girl and flirted with her.

Shuangshuang's first birthday passed with Jian Lu happily hearing her call "Mom" again and again. The only regret was that Dad didn't come back in time.

At night, Jian Lu coaxed her daughter to sleep and then lay on the bed, counting on her fingers. It had been thirteen days since Cheng Zheng went out to sea.

Gently patting her daughter's belly, Jian Lu muttered, "Your father should be back soon."

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Cheng Zheng was supposed to return home on the tenth day of his patrol mission. However, just as he was about to return, the scouts suddenly discovered traces of foreign warships active near the South China Sea.

Cheng Zheng immediately frowned with relief, put aside his desire to go home and see his family, and ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of foreign ships.

In recent years, foreign warships have been approaching the South China Sea from time to time, with their advanced weapons often working without anyone noticing. In the past few years, the G Party also attempted to send spies into the country by sea and airdrop, and the naval soldiers stationed on the islands have always been on high alert.

After searching the sea for several days, Cheng Zheng initially determined that there had indeed been foreign warships lingering in the South China Sea some time ago, but they should have retreated by now.

In the cabin, Cheng Zheng was writing a report at his desk. This matter needed to be reported to his superiors immediately after returning to the island.

In the past, soldiers often went to the battlefield to fight. Now, improving military literacy and researching and upgrading military weapons are of utmost importance.

After writing the report, the team finally returned after being delayed for four days.

On the deck, the salty sea breeze howled, blowing across the national flag on the mast, and a touch of red fluttered in the wind.

"Damn it, they're staring at us all day long." Liang Haisheng felt uncomfortable when he thought of the foreign warships he had just detected starting to move again. "Don't let me see these bastards next time, or I'll kill them with one shot!"

"What can we use to bomb them?" Cheng Zheng asked indifferently, and sighed when he thought of the torpedoes currently used by the troops.

"Damn it, don't say such bad words!" Liang Haisheng spat again and got angry himself, "Hey, our torpedoes are slower than human submarines!"

In recent years, after the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union, the import of naval torpedoes was cut off, and the country could only develop torpedoes independently. However, it started late, lacked core technology, and the overall development progress was slow. Now its most advanced Torpedo No. 1 is considered backward internationally.

"I want to bomb him, too." Cheng Zheng looked at the boundless blue sea and felt a surge of confidence. "One day, I'm going to bomb him to death."

Cheng Zheng and Liang Haisheng, who dreamed of owning the most advanced weapons, calmed down after a gust of sea breeze.

"Forget it, just play it safe. I'll report this matter back first."

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After the return journey was more than halfway through, the soldiers were getting restless. They would be back to the army in two days. Thinking of missing their daughter's first birthday, Cheng Zheng felt a little regretful and thought about what gift to prepare for the child...

"Report to the leader!"

The warrior reported loudly, and Cheng Zheng said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

"We found a fishing boat ahead, it was parked on the sea without any movement. We don't know if there is an emergency."

When the navy goes out to sea, they often encounter some fishing boats going out to sea for fishing. The fishermen live on the sea and come and go in the wind and waves. The sea is ruthless and the waves are turbulent. They often encounter critical moments and the soldiers will come to the rescue.

"Let's go check out the situation."

At this time, on a fishing boat two nautical miles away from the ship, a group of fishermen were shouting excitedly.

Because they just pulled a big guy out of the sea.

"What the hell is this? It's too heavy."

"This new fishing net has been torn apart! How many pounds must it weigh?"

The huge and sturdy fishing nets made by the fishermen are specially used at sea and have a good load-bearing capacity. But today they met an opponent, and it took seven or eight fishermen to work together and it took a lot of effort to pull up the heavy net.

Several corners of the fishing net were broken, but the whole gang was still lying quietly on the deck.

This was a large black thing about two or three meters long, and it looked like a cannon. The fishermen circled around it, staring at the dense scribbles on it, but they couldn't understand them.

"What is this? It can't be a bomb!"

"Will it explode?"

When these words came out, several fishermen were shocked. However, they had been fishing at sea for a long time and had experienced many storms. They managed to calm themselves down and said, "Not really. It has been stranded in the sea for a long time. How can it explode?"

"But it looks like a war thing to me!"

"I think so too." The leading fisherman Yang Laoer made a decision, "Take it back and have a look at the Marines... Hey, isn't that a Marine?"

The fishermen were excited when they saw the navy boat approaching not far away. Several of them knew Cheng Zheng. Two years ago, the wind and waves were too strong and the fishing boat was overturned. It was Cheng Zheng who saved them on a mission.

"Captain Cheng!" Yang Lao Er saw Cheng Zheng standing on the deck, waving a colorful flag, waving it three times to the left, twice to the right, and finally to the bottom, and shouted, "We caught a big guy, a big iron fish!"

Cheng Zheng looked intently and saw that there was indeed a big guy on the fishing boat, but there was no big iron fish in there. It was clearly a new type of torpedo from Country M!