Chapter 92

Qiu Cuiping was stared at by several pairs of eyes in the dormitory, and when she heard Jian Lu say that she wanted to go to the school hospital for a check-up with her class teacher, she immediately lost her temper.

Her illness would be exposed if it were not checked.

"Okay, I'll clean up and sweep, isn't that okay?" Although he lost the fight, he still insisted, "We're still roommates, and there's no spirit of friendship and helping each other."

Hao Yue no longer wanted to get used to it, "I'm afraid it's just one-sided help."

snort!

Qiu Cuiping felt disgusted when she looked at the leftover lunch box. She wrapped it in paper and took it to the public bathroom to wash without even opening the aluminum box lid.

In the dormitory, Song Guilan couldn't help but say, "Cui Ping just has a bad temper, but it's not a big deal."

Hao Yue was still looking at the book. "Gui Lan, are you still thinking about speaking for her? If you continue like this, she will become even more aggressive."

“Not really.”

Jian Lu climbed up to the upper bunk again. She didn't care that there was another roommate who loved to speak up for Qiu Cuiping. It was someone else's business anyway.

——

After this quarrel, the dormitory suddenly became harmonious in the following days. In fact, everyone was quite harmonious in the past, except Qiu Cuiping who liked to jump around and make trouble from time to time. Now she has restrained herself a little and everything is fine.

Jian Lu felt that life was manageable as long as everyone could spend a few years in college in peace.

"Xiaomei, do you want to eat cookies?"

"Sister Lulu, this cake is delicious!"

"Pass it on to Sister Hao Yue and the others."

A can of Golden Rooster Cookies was passed around the dormitory. The second to last one was passed to Song Guilan. She took a piece of the cookie and hesitated for a second whether to give it back to Jian Lu or pass it to the last one - Qiu Cuiping. After struggling for a few seconds, she finally gave it to Qiu Cuiping and whispered in her ear, "Remember to thank Lulu."

They were all in the same dormitory, and Song Guilan knew that Qiu Cuiping had a bad temper and was often unreliable, but after all, they lived under the same roof, so they couldn't make enemies. Moreover, after getting to know each other for a year, she knew that everyone was very nice, and as long as Qiu Cuiping gave in, they would still be good roommates.

After being scolded by Jian Lu last time, Qiu Cuiping and Hao Yue, the oldest in the dormitory, also fell out. She was always worried that they would catch her asking for sick leave. In the past, everyone spoiled her, but she became more and more arrogant. Everyone was not used to it, and Qiu Cuiping was like being hit by a stick and shrank back a lot. After a while, she didn't dare to ask anyone for a sick note, and her attitude softened a lot.

At that moment, he ate a cookie for the first time, put the cookie jar on Jian Lu's desk, and whispered, "Thank you, Sister Lulu."

Jian Lu didn't react. She always felt that this person was a troublemaker, but it was not easy to quarrel with him since they lived under the same roof. She just wanted to be a polite and distant roommate.

"Um."

Without even raising her head, Jian Lu continued writing.

Jian Lu had been reading a book for a while before she started eating from a can of golden rooster biscuits. The biscuits were made in the shape of golden roosters and looked very cute. They were Shuangshuang’s favorite. Eating the biscuits reminded her of her children.

Jian Lu took out a piece of letter paper and started writing a letter to her family.

A month had passed since the start of the school year, and Jian Lu missed home very much. Sometimes when she ate biscuits, she would think of her daughter, and when she had bad food in the cafeteria, she would think of Cheng Zheng.

If this person knew this, he would definitely want to starve himself to lose weight.

"Sister Lulu, are you writing to your family again?" Li Suihua also wrote a letter to her family, but had not yet bought envelopes and stamps.

"Yes, I'm going to mail it this afternoon." Jian Lu folded two pages of letter paper, took out an envelope, and put the letter paper in it. "Are you guys going out? I went to the post office to mail the letter and I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Me!" Sun Shangmei was the first to raise her hand. Today was a rare day off in the week, so it would be nice to go out for a walk.

As he was talking, the other three people in the dormitory also had things to buy or wanted to go out for a walk, so they all got ready to get up.

Everyone was used to it. Qiu Cuiping never participated in group actions, so no one called her. But this time she suddenly spoke up.

"I'll go with you."

Several people in the dormitory were a little surprised, but didn't say anything.

——

Jian Lu and Li Suihua bought stamps of the required amounts at the post office, affixed them to the letters, and mailed them. Then the group went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.

There is a supply and marketing cooperative near H University. Its storefront is not very big, about the size of three storefronts. Here, the best cloths usually sold in the supply and marketing cooperative become a background. After all, college students rarely spend money to buy cloth, and they don’t have the conditions to make their own clothes in college.

The supply and marketing cooperative here mainly sells paper, pens, food and daily necessities.

Sun Shangmei entered the supply and marketing cooperative and went straight to the daily necessities section, where she bought shampoo and tooth powder. However, she couldn't make up her mind about the scent. "Sister Lulu, can you help me ask whether to choose jasmine or orange?"

Jian Lu went over and smelled them one by one. "Jasmine."

"good!"

Hao Yue bought manuscript paper. Her family was poor, and now that the movement was over, the manuscript payment system for newspapers and magazines had been restored. She tried every means to earn some money and prepared to submit a manuscript to the largest daily newspaper in H City.

Jian Lu came and bought a bottle of ink. Her bottle of ink was almost empty, so she had to prepare some.

The others also looked around. Qiu Cuiping was the most generous. She weighed a pound of peach cakes and a pound of winter melon candies, and bought a bag of dried biscuits. She spent so much money that Sun Shangmei couldn't help but marvel at it.

It seems that her family is really well-off and treats her well. However, remembering that Qiu Cuiping had been an educated youth in the countryside for several years, Sun Shangmei couldn't understand why a family that loved their daughter so much would be willing to let her go to the countryside to join the production team.

"Qiu Cuiping, aren't you a bit unrestrained in spending money?" Hao Yue was a person who spent every penny carefully. She always felt that this person didn't know the cost of food and daily necessities, so she couldn't help but say something more.

But as soon as she said it, she regretted it. She thought that this person might get angry if she said anything to her.

Who would have thought that Qiu Cuiping was different this time. She smiled and explained, "It's okay. This is a month's supply. Eat it slowly."

It’s strange that Hao Yue actually thinks Qiu Cuiping is easy to talk to!

"Qiu Cuiping?"

As they were talking, a female comrade walked over closely and stared at Qiu Cuiping, with a hint of doubt and scrutiny in her eyes.

"Are you Qiu Cuiping?" The female comrade thought for a moment and then asked, "Have you ever been an educated youth in D City?"

Qiu Cuiping was stunned and didn't answer for a while. Instead, Song Guilan next to her answered for her, "Yes, Cuiping worked there for a few years."

Everyone knows about this, after all, it is written in the household registration and files.

"Is it really you?!" The female comrade immediately pulled her hand, but Qiu Cuiping dodged it instantly. An embarrassed look crept onto the female comrade's face, "Sister Cuiping, do you still remember me? I'm Ma Xiaoling! We met on the train ten years ago when we were sent to the countryside as educated youth."

Qiu Cuiping's eyes widened instantly, almost popping out of their sockets. She opened her mouth but said nothing. Her face turned red, and it was unclear whether she was excited or anxious.

"You've changed so much in these few years. I couldn't recognize you at all. If I hadn't heard that comrade calling your name just now, I wouldn't have believed that I could see you here!"

"Comrade, did you two know each other when you were educated youth?" Song Guilan came over and thought this fate was quite wonderful.

Sun Shangmei also liked to listen to stories, and she chimed in, "We'll see each other again after ten years?"

"Yes, we met once on the train, and then we went to different places as educated youth. I didn't expect to see you here!" Ma Xiaoling was excited, but looking at Qiu Cuiping's expression, it seemed that this person didn't recognize her. "You... I didn't recognize the wrong person, did I? You really don't remember me?"

Ma Xiaoling looked left and right, trying to reconcile the person with her memory of a brief encounter ten years ago, but her memory was fuzzy. "You are Qiu Cuiping, who went from City A to Songyuan County, City D, to work as an educated youth in the countryside, right?"

"It's her, it's her!" Song Guilan and Sun Shangmei were obviously more excited than the person involved. The name and the place matched. They loved watching such reunion scenes after many years.

Qiu Cuiping's face was pale, and her lips were trembling. "Yes, Xiaoling, I... I just didn't remember it for a while, but now I remember it. After all, it's been too many years."

"Yes, it's been so many years. Did you get into college? Me too!"

Old friends met again, and the others were also excited. Jian Lu looked at Qiu Cuiping's face and felt that she looked more sick than usual, and her face was a little pale.

Meeting old friends, is this too exciting?

Originally, they thought Qiu Cuiping wanted to talk more with Ma Xiaoling or go out for dinner. After Jian Lu and the others finished their shopping and prepared to go back first, but who knew that Qiu Cuiping actually asked to leave.

"We still have to go back to study, so we'll leave first."

Ma Xiaoling, who was studying at the Normal University next door, said with some regret, "Okay, I'll make an appointment to reminisce next time."

Jian Lu and Sun Shangmei looked at each other after hearing this. They felt that the sun was rising from the west. Qiu Cuiping actually said she wanted to study? !

Of course Qiu Cuiping did not go back to study. She returned to the dormitory, locked the food she bought in the cupboard, and then packed up and went out.

Sun Shangmei thought this was right, this was the Qiu Cuiping she knew.

However, Qiu Cuiping no longer caused trouble, and the people in the dormitory felt that life was better, and slowly the harmonious atmosphere was restored.

——

After the midterm exam, the school had an extra half-day holiday on Saturday afternoon, so Jian Lu, Sun Shangmei, and Song Guilan went to participate in the poetry club's activities.

This year, poetry societies from two universities in H City organized an exchange activity. Each person prepared at least one poem to share with each other.

Jian Lu saw many scenes here that later generations could not see. Many classmates closed their eyes and recited their poems slowly, with ups and downs and rich emotions. Other comrades applauded loudly when they heard them.

After reciting the poem, some people will also share their creative experience. Most people have rich life experience and write poems based on their emotions.

The man who was reciting poetry in the middle of the crowd at this moment was a gay man wearing black-framed glasses. He was in his thirties and had been an educated youth in the countryside for six years. After the college entrance examination was resumed, he was admitted to university and finally returned to the city. His black hair was already mixed with a few gray hairs.

"I wrote this poem when I was a sent-down youth. I still remember that it was my first year in the countryside. It was the autumn harvest season. The fields were full of people working in the middle of the night. I had never seen such a battle before. I was so tired after a month of harvesting that I couldn't even straighten my back. I couldn't even have a full meal when I returned to the sent-down youth home. I still remember that day..."

He stared ahead, not sure whether he was staring at the classroom wall or looking through the wall back to his days as an educated youth.

"That day, the sky was dark and the moon was very round, just hanging in the sky. We rushed to work until around 9 or 10 at night. We only ate two cornmeal steamed buns the whole day. We were tired and hungry. It was at that time that everything was done. I sat paralyzed on the ground, with rice in front and behind me. Looking up was the night and the bright moon, and looking down was the fields. I wrote this poem "Homesickness". Now I can go to college, have enough food to eat, and I can still remember what that day looked like."

Many of the college students of the class of 1977 were educated youth who returned to the city. They could relate to this. It seemed that through this classmate’s description, they had returned to the past years of working in the countryside, surrounded by tears and dust.

Jian Lu followed suit and applauded. She didn't have much interest in the poetry club before, and it was Sun Shangmei who dragged her to join. She just participated in every activity casually, but at this moment, she was also drawn into the poetry of this classmate. Although it was a period she had not experienced, she seemed to be able to understand the feelings.

"It's really not easy." Sun Shangmei sighed as she sat next to Jian Lu, while Song Guilan next to her had red eyes, obviously recalling the past.

"Sister Guilan..." Jian Lu took out her handkerchief and handed it to her, motioning for her to wipe the corners of her eyes.

When Song Guilan thought about her days as an educated youth, she had mixed emotions. Now that she had finally passed the exam and was able to return to the city and attend university, she felt deeply grateful.

In her eyes, she, Hao Yue, and Qiu Cuiping were the same kind of people, all of whom had experienced long years as educated youth. In her heart, she drew a closer distinction between the two.

The poetry club was halfway through its process when everyone started to move around freely again. Three or four, five or six people sat together to appreciate the poetry collection, and the large classroom was divided into several areas.

"Hey, Sister Lulu, take a look, isn't that someone Sister Cuiping knows, that, that... Ma..."

Jian Lu reminded her, "Ma Xiaoling."

"Yes!" Sun Shangmei remembered.

Ma Xiaoling noticed the gaze not far away, and also saw a few people through the bustling crowd.

"You are Cuiping's roommates, right?" Ma Xiaoling came over to greet them with a smile on her face.

"Yes." Jian Lu announced the names of the three people, and everyone officially got to know each other. "Xiaoling, are you also a member of your school's poetry club?"

"Yes, our school is coming to your school for an exchange meeting today. I also said that I would talk to Cuiping when the time comes."

Sun Shangmei thought the two had a good relationship, so she asked her curiously, "Sister Xiaoling, you and Sister Cuiping met on the train ten years ago, and it seemed like you had a good relationship."

Speaking of this, Jian Lu was also quite confused. Ma Xiaoling really wanted to be closer to Qiu Cuiping.

However, Qiu Cuiping's attitude is hard to understand.

"Of course. Sister Cuiping is the best person I have ever met. She is helpful and selfless. She took care of us during the two days we were on the train. So I will always remember her."

ah?

Jian Lu and Sun Shangmei looked at each other. Even Song Guilan, who had a special close relationship with the educated youth, was surprised. These words did not sound like Qiu Cuiping.

"I still remember that I was young at that time. It was very hard to be an educated youth in the countryside. I was so scared that I felt uncomfortable on the train and fell ill. I didn't know anyone at that time. Sister Cuiping gave me water to drink and often touched my forehead to see if I had a fever. She took care of me for two days! Not only me, but other people also asked her to get water for help. She was very enthusiastic. I felt dizzy during those two days. I was so sorry for her. It was a pity that I had to go to another place as an educated youth and got off the train before her. Later, the place was far away, and I haven't seen her for ten years."

Sun Shangmei sighed, "So Sister Cuiping used to be like this?"

"But maybe it's been so many years, I can't remember clearly, I always feel that Sister Cuiping has changed a lot, if I hadn't heard you call her name, and confirmed where she went to the countryside, I wouldn't have dared to recognize it was her. She used to be similar to me, very simple. When we chatted at that time, she said that her family was poor and had many people, and she relied on her father's salary as a second-level worker in a home appliance factory to support them. Life was tight, and her clothes were all patched up. She was also very frugal and didn't want to spend money at all."

Jian Lu understood that Qiu Cuiping was quite bold in her dressing now. The clothes she bought were fashionable in style and made of good fabrics. They were definitely different from her simple style back then.

"Cuiping is reluctant to spend money?" Song Guilan thought, Cuiping applies lotion every day and buys good clothes, it seems that her family is wealthy.

After they talked for a while, Ma Xiaoling wanted to find Qiu Cuiping to reminisce, so she followed Jian Lu and the other two to the dormitory.

"Sister Cuiping, look who's here! Your old acquaintance!" After listening to Ma Xiaoling's words, Sun Shangmei suddenly changed her opinion of Qiu Cuiping. She used to be such a good person, but it must be because the days as an educated youth were too hard and difficult that she seemed like a different person.

Qiu Cuiping was gesturing at a newly bought bra. When she heard the voice, she turned around and her face froze instantly, and the muscles at the corners of her mouth twitched.

"you..."

"Sister Cuiping, I came here with our school poetry club. Are you free later? Let's have a meal and talk."

Pursing her lips, Qiu Cuiping's eyes sparkled, "I'm sorry, I'm busy."

"Is that so?" Ma Xiaoling couldn't force it. "How about next Sunday?"

"Something's happened."

"Next?"

Qiu Cuiping was impatient and her voice got louder. "Everything is arranged. I'll come find you when I'm free."

Feeling that her reaction was a bit too strong, Qiu Cuiping tried to soften her voice and said, "Okay?"

"Oh, okay." Ma Xiaoling was not stupid. She agreed with some disappointment, then said goodbye and left.

She could sense that when they met again ten years later, Sister Cuiping didn't seem to want to get close to her.

Qiu Cuiping watched Ma Xiaoling leave, her chest gasping heavily. It took a while for her to calm down. She turned around and saw Jian Lu looking at her.

Her eyes flashed a few times, and Qiu Cuiping smiled at Jian Lu for the first time.

=

Two months into the first semester of her sophomore year, there were no classes on Saturday afternoon, so Jian Lu took half a day off, making a total of two days off, and left on Friday afternoon to go home.

Tomorrow is my mother-in-law's 60th birthday, so there will be some fun at home.

Since Jian Lu entered the school, she has always been among the top students in her grade and actively participated in various activities. Her class teacher and teachers of various subjects all had a good impression of her, so it was very smooth for her to ask for leave.

Traveling light, Jian Lu carried a shoulder bag and boarded the green train, returning to Haiwu County at around eight o'clock in the evening.

However, there are no ferries back to the island at this time, so we can only wait and go to the island early tomorrow morning.

Cheng Zheng was wearing a white military uniform and standing straight on the platform of the train station.

"Brother Cheng!"

Jian Lu ran towards him in a good mood. It had been more than two months since they last saw each other. It was okay when they were studying, but on the train, when she thought that they would meet soon, her longing for him was like the silk a spider spins, and soon it intertwined to form a web. It was the taste of longing, intertwined and entangled, inseparable.

"Are you tired?"

Cheng Zheng came specially to pick someone up. His wife couldn't return to the island tonight, so he came to stay with her in the guesthouse for one night.

"Not tired! It's only a two-hour train ride." The rare weekend holiday is intoxicating. Jian Lu's smile is more dazzling than the moon in the sky.

"Let's go to the guesthouse and get a room first. If we get there late, there might not be enough space." Cheng Zheng asked his wife, "Are you hungry?"

"Yeah, I'm really hungry." Jian Lu was in a hurry and only realized she had forgotten to take food after getting on the train.

"Put it on the bed first." Cheng Zheng produced a piece of egg cake from somewhere and fed it to his wife, then explained, "I got it from Shuangshuang."

"Are you obedient, Shuangshuang? Do you miss me?" Jian Lu missed her daughter so much that she wished she could fly across the ocean back to the island right now.

However, the frequency of ferries from the pier to the island is limited. Unless a military member is on official business, they can request that the island send someone to pick them up. Other people do not have this right for other private matters.

"I did, but not as much as I thought."

Jian Lu blinked her eyes and found it funny. "You are so old, but you still rely on insulting Shuangshuang to show how great you are?"

Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu walked out of the train station and through the streets. In the night, Cheng Zheng's hand on his waist swayed and held Jian Lu's hand.

Jian Lu looked down and teased him, "Aren't you afraid of being seen? You are a soldier, can you hold hands outside?"

"What's the big deal? Can't you hold your wife's hand? Besides, no one can see."

When they reached the busy guesthouse, Cheng Zheng let go of her hand and walked straight to the front desk. "Comrade, let's get a room for you."

The clerk at the front desk raised his eyelids and looked at the two of them, "What is your relationship?"

"Marriage."

"Show me your marriage certificate."

Jian Lu watched Cheng Zheng take out their marriage certificate from somewhere and hand it over. The clerk looked at it and agreed to book a room.

After returning to the room to rest for a while, Jian Lu sat on a chair in the guesthouse and suddenly had an idea, "You said, if a man and a woman want to stay in the same room, they have to show their marriage certificate, and they are worried about the problems of men and women's sexual intercourse, which will be embarrassing. But if two men or two women come to stay, it will be very smooth to open a room?"

Cheng Zheng went out with the thermos in the guest house and got a bottle of hot water. When he heard his wife's words, he responded, "Of course."

"What if those two men or women are a couple, that is, an object."

Cheng Zheng: “...???”

Jian Lu noticed that the expression on the man's face was changing unpredictably, as if he had received some huge shock, and she couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Forget it, I was just talking nonsense!" This is still too advanced, most people have never heard of it, let alone a straight man like Cheng Zheng.

Cheng Zheng looked at his wife suspiciously, "What are you teaching in college?"

For the first time, he began to doubt university education.

Jian Lu couldn't explain to him that it was because she had been online more often in the past and had gained a lot of knowledge.

After resting in the guesthouse, the two packed up and went out for dinner.

Speaking of which, this seemed to be the first time in Jian Lu's memory that she and Cheng Zheng had such a leisurely date. It was a bit like a date scene in later generations, walking casually on the road, finding a place to have dinner, leisurely and comfortable.

Along the way, Cheng Zheng asked Jian Lu about her time at school. He listened to her talk about the fun of playing volleyball and complained about the hard training. Cheng Zheng was about to say a few words of comfort when he heard her proudly showing off her excellent volleyball skills.

Cheng Zheng swallowed the words of comfort and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Also, the poetry club in our school is quite interesting. I didn't realize it before, but I realized it recently."

"What poem did you write?" Cheng Zheng stopped and said, "Show it to me?"

"No, it's not convenient to meet people yet." Jian Lu's cells in this area are not very developed, "Wait for me to practice more."

As they walked, Jian Lu realized that this road did not lead to the state-owned hotel.

"Where are we going to eat? Why not go to the state-owned hotel?"

Cheng Zheng laughed at her, "At this time, the state-owned hotel has already closed."

"Oh, I forgot about that. What should we do? Did you bring any dry food?"

"The state-owned hotel is closed, but the chef is still busy. Let's go to his restaurant for dinner!"

Jian Lu: “!!!”

Is this still possible?

Jian Lu followed Cheng Zheng through many twists and turns, and after passing through an alley, they finally arrived at a tube-shaped building. There were many households living on each floor of the tube-shaped building. It looked crowded, but also full of the atmosphere of fireworks.

"I have known Chef Guo for many years. I came here in advance to say hello and asked him to help me cook a meal."

"Come on, come on, come in!" Guo Aihua, who is now a chef at a state-owned hotel, welcomed the person in. "This must be my sister-in-law!"

"Hello, Master Guo."

"Hurry up and sit down!"

A table full of dishes was already placed on the dining table, including eight-treasure duck, braised pork with preserved vegetables, stir-fried celery with dried tofu, and braised eggplant with green beans.

Cheng Zheng and Master Guo are old acquaintances. Guo Aihua used to be a cook in the army. After retiring, he became a chef in a state-owned hotel. On the battlefield, Cheng Zheng once risked his life to carry the injured Guo Aihua back to the garrison, saving his life. The two have a close relationship.

Just recently, when I met him in the county town, I wanted to invite Cheng Zheng to dinner. Cheng Zheng thought about it and decided to bring his wife over for a meal and get to know him.

However, Cheng Zheng's trip was not in vain, as he brought half a duck in advance and also gave people a bottle of special liquor. Guo Aihua didn't want anything else but to drink it.

"My sister-in-law is a college student, that's amazing!" Guo Aihua didn't expect Cheng Zheng to find such an amazing wife. She also felt that it made sense that he had been too picky and had never talked about a partner.

"Lulu is quite amazing. She was admitted to university and is always among the top students in her grade." When Cheng Zheng said this, there was a hint of pride on his face, which made Jian Lu feel embarrassed.

She is not an elementary school student! Why does she look like an elder praising a child?!

Maybe both of them like this very much.

Guo Aihua and his wife were very supportive and praised Jian Lu harshly whenever they saw her, making Jian Lu concentrate on eating.

Guo Aihua has good skills. His ancestors were chefs in the palace. Later, most of the skills were lost and not much was inherited. After retiring from the army, Guo Aihua fell in love with research.

Many of the dishes on the table were of banquet quality, and Jian Lu ate them with relish. The pork with preserved vegetables was bright red in color, with a hint of sweetness in its salty aroma, fat but not greasy, soft and smooth, and melted in the mouth with a light sip. Paired with the refreshing dried preserved vegetables below and a mouthful of rice, it was truly a divine delicacy.

After eating and drinking, the two thanked each other and left. It was already completely dark in the sky, and only the bright moon was hanging high in the sky, lighting the way back to the guesthouse.

Jian Lu looked at the man's shadow stretched out by the street lights, and walked forward quickly. After she passed him by a few steps, her shadow was taller than his.

Cheng Zheng did not expose his wife's trick and looked at her tenderly.

After washing up, Jian Lu lay down on the bed in the guesthouse and fell asleep soon. When Cheng Zheng came out after cleaning up, he saw his wife's peaceful and beautiful sleeping face, so he lay down too.

The next morning, the two took a boat to the island. Breathing the air that smelled of salty sea water, Jian Lu felt familiar and at ease.

Finally back!

"Mom!" Shuangshuang had been waiting at the door of the house. When he saw his mother appear from afar, he ran over and threw himself into his mother's arms.

"Oh, my baby." Jian Lu hugged her daughter and kissed her again and again, her heart soft against her soft face.

"Mom, I want to pick you up too, but Dad won't let me go!" Shuangshuang felt so aggrieved when she said this and complained to her mom about her dad's excessive behavior.

Jian Lu laughed, looked at Cheng Zheng and then at her daughter, "Dad is here to pick me up, you have to stay home with grandma, right? We can't leave grandma alone at home."

Shuangshuang listened and felt that it made sense, so she decided to forgive her father generously.

"You still have a way." Cheng Zheng sometimes has trouble with the young lady. When he left yesterday, the girl hugged his thigh and acted coquettishly, wanting to go with him. Cheng Zheng had to work hard to escape.

Captain Cheng left in a panic.

"Mom!" Jian Lu carried her daughter into the house and saw her mother-in-law busy in the kitchen.

"Are you back? Take a rest!" Aunt Wang was frying small yellow croaker and was concerned about her daughter-in-law. She felt relieved when she heard that she was in good health and studying well.

"Mom, let Brother Cheng do the blasting, you take a rest." Jian Lu couldn't bear to see the birthday boy do it himself, so she winked at Cheng Zheng. It's your mother's birthday, and you, as her son, shouldn't show some appreciation?

Cheng Zheng rolled up his sleeves and asked his mother to leave the kitchen. "Mom, I'll do it."

"What do you know? Don't fry the small yellow croaker dry." Aunt Wang wanted to speak again, but was stopped by her daughter-in-law.

Jian Lu knew that her mother-in-law was a worrier. "Mom, Brother Cheng is so amazing, how could he not know this?"

"That's right." Shuangshuang echoed.

Aunt Wang was amused by her granddaughter. She touched Shuangshuang's little face and handed the kitchen to her son. However, she was still worried and gave him a few instructions from time to time.

The family invited the families of Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe from next door to come over for lunch, and they had a great time together. Aunt Wang loved the fun and she smiled from ear to ear.

Especially when they both held a bowl of soup and pretended to offer soup to grandma, it made everyone laugh.

The little girl was holding a bowl with delicious fish soup in her hands. She bowed at a standard 90-degree angle and shouted, "Grandma, may you be blessed as much as the East Sea, live as long as the Southern Mountains, be healthy, and have everything go well."

"Oh, my sweet twins, grandma likes them!"

Dunzi and other children also congratulated Grandma Wang on her birthday, saying auspicious words for free with all their might, making the old lady laugh so happily that she was speechless.

Cheng Zheng is a man of few words, and he couldn't say anything sentimental to his old mother. He just told her to take care of herself. On the contrary, Jian Lu was eloquent. When she heard others, she just said, "Shuangshuang really takes after her mother."

"That's right." They both agreed.

Jian Lu could only stay at home for a day and a half. She cherished this rare time very much. She lay in her own bed at night. As expected, no place was as comfortable as her own bed. It was soft and cozy. She wanted to sleep after lying down for a while.

However, the man next to her was not very honest. He started to use force and Jian Lu restrained him.

"Don't bother me." Jian Lu yawned and, trying to resist sleepiness, told him about Qiu Cuiping in her dormitory, her roommate whom she didn't quite understand.

Cheng Zheng didn't expect that his wife would not do anything to promote the relationship between husband and wife late at night, but would chat about roommates. What kind of person is Qiu Cuiping!

Complaining as he was, Cheng Zheng still leaned against the head of the bed and asked, "What's wrong with this guy? Tell me."

"Really? I have a pretty good intuition. I always feel like something is wrong. How can a person's actual appearance be so different from what she looked like ten years ago or what was described in the files?"

According to Qiu Cuiping's life experience, she should be a girl who grew up in an ordinary worker's family in the county town. Because there were many people in her family, life was not very good. Ten years ago, she went to the countryside to work as an educated youth. According to Ma Xiaoling's description, she should be gentle, easy-going and helpful. How could she be so different from the current Qiu Cuiping?

"Does that seem strange to you?"

After listening to his wife's description, Cheng Zheng held her in one hand and pinched the flesh on her arm. The skin was tender and smooth, but his words were stiff. He thought for a moment. "Could it be a spy?"

In the past decade or so, there have been many spies in the country, and Cheng Zheng has participated in the arrest of several of them. Some of them were people who had been instigated to defect and were unable to get off the pirate ship once they got on it.

Jian Lu pondered for a while and never expected Cheng Zheng to give this answer.

"That's not enough. Shouldn't spies be very low-key, afraid of being discovered? But Qiu Cuiping in our dormitory has a temper like a firecracker. It would be too much of a failure for spies to treat her like that."

Jian Lu doesn't think so.

"That's right." Cheng Zheng just casually responded to his wife, but now he thought it was not very reasonable. "But it's normal for people's personalities to change in ten years. Take another look. If there is really something wrong with this person, remember to tell me, or notify your school."

"It's not that serious." Jian Lu was worried that this person was overthinking. She just felt that this matter was a little strange, but she couldn't figure it out. "Forget it, go to sleep and don't think about it anymore."

"Are you really asleep?"

Cheng Zheng's deep voice rang in her ears.

Jian Lu: “…”

She understood immediately that this sleep was not the same as that sleep.

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On the second day, Jian Lu slept until she woke up naturally. When she woke up to the breeze from the sea, she felt refreshed. She stretched, changed her clothes, and went downstairs to wash up. She was a little hungry by now.

Downstairs, a group of children have come to see Shuangshuang and are playing games.

"mother."

"Aunt Lulu."

"Hey, hello, come and have fun. Feel free to offer food." Jian Lu put some candies and cakes for the children.

It’s no wonder she gets up later than the other kids, it’s all Cheng Zheng’s fault!

While brushing her teeth, Jian Lu walked to the living room to watch the children play games.

This time, unlike the previous group of people playing military roles such as commander, regiment commander, chief of staff and political commissar, this time, the children began to play each other.

Dunzi played Yuanyuan and started to shout hoarsely, "Brother~Brother~Wait for me~"

Yuanyuan loves to chase after his brother Hengheng all day long. This is his motto. Dunzi imitates it by pinching his throat because Yuanyuan is using a voice changer and has a duck-like voice.

"Hahahahahahaha." The two fell into sister Qingqing's arms with laughter. Lu Qing also smiled at Dunzi. He didn't expect that this guy was so funny.

Shuangshuang was acting as Dunzi's brother, "Xu Chaoheng, can you do it? Why are you running slower than your brother?!"

The lifelike performance made the whole audience laugh.

Dunzi scratched his head and asked, "Am I really that rude?"

Hengheng pointed at Shuangshuang and said, "You still dare to call me by my name?"

Shuangshuang grinned and held her little face, "Hehe!"

"Hey hey hey! Both of you have committed a foul, you're out!"

"Brother Dunzi wouldn't laugh like that, nor would he giggle like that. Shuangshuang forgot to act!"

"Ah?" Shuangshuang said with a depressed look on her face, "Oh, I just forgot that I am still playing Brother Dunzi. I have to remember that I am Brother Dunzi, I am Brother Dunzi, I am not Shuangshuang."

Jian Lu watched a group of children having fun, and she, as an adult, was also happy. As she watched and listened to her young lady's mumbling, Jian Lu suddenly realized something and her eyes widened.

Playing someone else? Impersonating someone else?

So your temperament has changed a lot?