Ding Youtian saw Ma Fuquan talking to Huo Jincheng through the flowers. He hurried over and followed Jian Ning, saying, "Is this the way you talk to your man? Aren't you afraid I'll complain to the military?"
Jian Ning stopped, stood on tiptoe to glance at Ma Fuquan, then turned his head and glanced at Ding Youtian, "I'm not his soldier now. He has no control over me. Go ahead and complain if you want. It's up to you."
Ding Youtian nodded. "You're really getting cocky now. You even dare to look down on your leader. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll be completely ignorant of your own limitations."
As he spoke, he shook his sleeves a few times, then strode forward. When he passed by Jane Ning, he bumped into her with his shoulder, "Are you looking for death?" Jane Ning reached out to pull him, but the flower shadow moved, and suddenly a few clusters of branches blocked the way in front of her. No matter which way she dodged, there were always clusters of flowers in front of her.
At first she didn't believe it. She could hear the laughter of several children, which sounded very close to her. But when she looked up, all she could see were clusters of flower trees. She couldn't break through.
"Ding Youtian! That's enough! Get out of here!"
As a last resort, she had to call him loudly.
At the sound of Jian Ning's voice, everyone in the courtyard, both adults and children, turned to look at her. Seeing her spinning around in circles, Ma Fuquan frowned slightly, and Huo Jincheng also looked puzzled. Before they could ask, Ding Youtian laughed three times, shook his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and walked off to the hall, laughing loudly with his head held high.
"Mom!" Ah Man ran towards Jian Ning, and Erniu and Sanniu also ran towards her. For some reason, Erniu ran two steps and turned back to push Ma Xiaodou, then was tripped by Ma Xiaodou's foot. She fell to the ground, kicking her legs and crying loudly.
Ma Fuquan strode over, picked up Ma Xiaodou and slapped him on the buttocks twice, "What's wrong with you? Why are you bullying your sister? Admit your mistake now."
"Uncle, he called me pockmarked, wuwu..."
Shaoyao applied medicine to Erniu on time every day as Jian Ning instructed. She couldn't help but pick at the scabs, so the scabs on her face never healed. Ma Xiaodou made a face at her, "You have pockmarked face to begin with, it's so ugly!"
Jian Ning brought Ah Man and Sanniu over. She leaned over and picked up Erniu, looking at her face. "Do you scratch it with your hands every day?"
Erniu nodded with tears in her eyes, hugged Jian Ning's neck aggrievedly, and called her mother.
"Don't pick at it. Wait for it to fall off on its own. Otherwise, you'll really have pockmarks on your face."
"But I want to pick it."
"Are you afraid of becoming ugly?"
Erniu shook her head, then nodded, "I'm scared! Mom, I'll endure it and not pick it again from now on."
"Well, play in the yard with Sister Ah Man and your younger sister. Don't run out. Mom will make some dumplings to treat your uncle and his family."
"Mom!" Ah Man cried, "My dad also likes to eat the dumplings you make."
Jian Ning pinched her little face gently and said with a smile: "Mom knows, as long as he has food, there will be enough for him."
Ma Fuquan also knows how to make dumplings. When the special forces were stationed at the border, every weekend, he and the quartermaster came up with an idea to gather all the soldiers to make dumplings because they were worried that the soldiers would go into the city and cause trouble.
The reason was to improve the food, but in reality it was to restrain the hot-blooded young men.
At that time, most soldiers used a single basin, which served as a washbasin during the day and a footbath at night. After scrubbing their faces clean, they would scald their faces with boiling water in the hallway and use it to knead dough.
He volunteered to knead the dough. Huo Jincheng found it interesting and rolled up his sleeves to join in even though he had never done such things before.
The two of them kneaded the dough, Jian Ning was in charge of chopping the meat and preparing the filling, and when it came to wrapping the dumplings, it was just her and Ma Fuquan. Looking at the two of them wrapping the dumplings in the same skillful way, a hint of doubt flashed through Huo Jincheng's mind. It felt like these two people seemed to have known each other for many years?
The scene of the first time they sent Ma Fuquan back home came to his mind. At that time, Jian Ning seemed not to be so familiar with Ma Fuquan.
Was it just his illusion at that time?
"Old Huo, what are you staring at? Come on, if you want to learn, I'll teach you. It's not difficult. You'll be able to do it after making a few."
"Old Huo?" It was the first time that Jian Ning heard him call Huo Jincheng like that. She was worried that he had called him the wrong name and that it would arouse Huo Jincheng's suspicion, so she deliberately raised her eyebrows and pretended to be surprised and puzzled.
Huo Jincheng said: "He asked me to call him Lao Ma, so he called me Lao Huo."
"It's okay, it sounds new." He earnestly learned how to make dumplings from Ma Fuquan. After a while, he remembered Jian Ning's previous incident with the man spinning in circles, so he asked her again, "What happened to you before? Did Brother Ding set up some kind of magic trap for you?"
"Yes, since Old Huo didn't mention it, I forgot to ask you. You look like you are trapped. What's going on?" Ma Fuquan also asked.
"I get mad when you talk about this. I don't know where he learned some Qimen Dunjia techniques. Maybe his classmate Qin Yifan taught him. It doesn't work normally, but it works on me."
Because Huo Jincheng was there, Jian Ning deliberately didn't mention his master, Blind Liu. "Don't even think about eating the dumplings I made today. There's nothing for him to eat. He'll starve to death."
"You're starving to death, so I can remarry?" Ding Youtian walked over with a smile as she spoke. Seeing Huo Jincheng clumsily trying to make dumplings, he scratched his ears and chuckled. "I remember someone once said that cooking is a woman's job. Am I mistaken?"
Huo Jincheng's face sank, but he continued calmly, "Since you know you've made a mistake, why are you still talking nonsense? My daughter's mother said that if someone doesn't have a share, they'll starve to death."
"I'm not called someone, I don't change my name, I'm Ding Youtian!" He said, looking at Jian Ning with a smile, "Are you qualified to be her husband?"
Jian Ning glanced at Huo Jincheng, "Of course."
Huo Jincheng's face was filled with black lines, and Ma Fuquan laughed unkindly.
Ding Youtian washed his hands and joined in. Ma Fuquan asked him if he had confidence in the upcoming exam. He smiled and said, "My wife once told me that bragging is not taxable. So you must have confidence, right, my wife?"
"Don't get so excited." Jane Ning rolled her eyes at him.
Huo Jincheng said, "Did you consider this when planning for the current major epidemic in Beijing? If not, you might want to think about it carefully."
"Old Huo, is this your own guess or did you get the information from some secret channel?" Ma Fuquan looked up at him while holding the dumplings.
Huo Jincheng said, "Of course, that's my guess. I'm not the only one who has this guess. I'm afraid all the scholars who came to the capital to prepare for the exam would have thought of this. If you don't believe me, go out and see if they have the same guess."
Ding Youtian laughed and said, "If most people would guess this way, they would never come up with this strategy."
"Don't be careless." Jian Ning said, "Maybe you guessed it right? Regardless of whether it is true or not, it's always a good idea to make sufficient preparations and put in some effort. It's better than cramming at the last minute."
Ding Youtian was about to retort when Ah Man ran in and shouted, "Mom, do I have an uncle too? Is my maternal uncle also my uncle?"
Jian Ning was stunned for a moment, wondering if Duan Yu had come, when she saw him walking towards her, holding hands with Erniu and Sanniu, "Eldest sister, Aunt Min ran away."
"Run away?"
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