The reward sent by the military was a certificate unique to the military, fifty yuan, and some fruits specially supplied by the military.
Fu Laoda held the certificate with great delight. It expressed gratitude to Fu Laoda and his family for their outstanding contributions to national defense, and was stamped with the military's distinctive red seal at the end.
This is an honor!
Fu Laoda happily circled around the room several times before getting up to leave.
Ye Xiaocui was so dizzy from being turned around by him that she quickly called him to stop when she saw him about to leave again.
"It's almost lunchtime, where are you going?"
Fu Laoda couldn't stop smiling. "I'm going to my grandparents' graves to brag to them!"
As for his father, Fu Laodeng, who is buried next to him, let him be envious!
Ye Xiaocui was both amused and exasperated. "If you're going, you should go after you've finished eating. Don't you see that Xiaobai is still here? Your whole family will have to wait for you to eat."
Upon hearing this, Bai Qianzhou quickly waved his hand.
"Auntie, don't worry about me, let Uncle Fu go!"
Boss Fu had been watching him closely, but seeing how sensible the kid was, he let him go.
Don't think he didn't realize that this kid kept coming to his house with no ulterior motives. Look at the way he looks at his own daughter. Is he innocent?
Friends? Friends my ass!
However, Boss Fu was too lazy to expose him. After all, this was a matter between young people, and it wasn't his place to interfere.
Although Bai Qianzhou told him to do as he pleased, his wife Ye Xiaocui's gaze told him he couldn't do so.
In the end, Boss Fu gave in and said, "I'll go after I finish eating. I can brag about it all the way back and chat with the old couple a bit more!"
Since there were still quite a few fresh fish from the previous day, Ye Xiaocui took a few larger bamboo knife fish and went to Fu Dazhuang's house to exchange them for some pork ribs.
Fu Ling and Fu Wan loved braised pork ribs, and with Fu Mingxin's newly learned boiled fish slices, the group worked together to prepare a sumptuous lunch with fish, meat, vegetables, and fruits brought by Bai Qianzhou.
Fu Laoda was in a good mood today, so he took out his treasured liquor and drank two cups with Fu Mingye and Lin. Bai Qianzhou, who had to return to his unit in the afternoon, was disciplined and drank tea instead of alcohol, and also had several cups with them.
Fu Ling and Fu Yun ate happily. Bai Qianzhou looked at Fu Yun's features for a while and felt a sense of familiarity.
He had just arrived when Fu Ming boasted about how he and Fu Wan had rescued the child in the county, but now, looking at the child, especially when he smiled, he felt like he had seen him somewhere before.
"Little White, what are you looking at?"
Fu Ming tugged at his clothes, "Eat some vegetables, eat more, I cooked this!"
Bai Qianzhou smiled and agreed. Fu Yun noticed that the uncle opposite her had looked away, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
She was terrified; she never expected to run into her relative here!
Fu Yun glanced at Bai Qianzhou secretly to confirm that she was not mistaken. This uncle was the cousin that her mother had taken her to meet when she was a child.
My mother has been gone for two years, and I've grown up quite a bit. Luckily, he didn't recognize me!
Fu Wan noticed that Fu Yun had been stealing glances at Bai Qianzhou several times, and connecting this with the moment when Bai Qianzhou had been looking at Fu Yun in thought, she wondered if the two knew each other.
Then she rejected this conjecture, saying that the world is so big, how could two people possibly know each other?
...
After lunch, Bai Qianzhou said goodbye and went back to his unit. There had been a lot going on in the unit recently. Since he had returned from studying abroad, people not only sought him out for medical treatment, but also for translation.
Fu Wan watched him leave; it was finally time for him to go.
But who knew that when this person left, they didn't forget to tell her something.
"Remember to give me an answer when I come again next time."
"Reply? What reply?"
Fu Ming was confused, but Fu Wan laughed it off, "He said he wants to go out to sea with us!"
"is that so?"
Fu Ming turned to ask Bai Qianzhou, who smiled as well.
"If she says so, then it is."
"What more answer do you need? I'll take you there!"
Fu Ming had drunk some wine and was a little tipsy. He patted his chest and then put his arm around Bai Qianzhou as they went out together.
"I'll see you out!"
Fu Wan shook her head speechlessly. Ye Lin, who had a better alcohol tolerance, followed her out. He was really afraid that Fu Ming would get too drunk and fall into the field.
It's fine if he gets hurt, but it would be bad if the newly planted rice seedlings got hurt.
After walking quite a distance outside, Fu Ming pulled Bai Qianzhou aside and asked, "Kid, are you trying to make a move on my sister?"
Bai Qianzhou raised an eyebrow. "You noticed that?"
Fu Ming was smug. "Who am I? I'm so smart."
Then he said in a serious tone, "I believe in you, keep it up!"
"But if you dare to be like that brat Shen Dongsheng, I... I'll beat you to death!"
Even though Fu Ming was drunk, Bai Qianzhou didn't dare to be perfunctory. He earnestly promised, "Don't worry, that day will never come."
Fu Ming then patted him on the shoulder, "Then give it your all!"
Ye Lin, who was waiting nearby, couldn't stand it any longer and dragged Fu Ming home. "That's enough. Stop talking nonsense."
Then he urged Bai Qianzhou, "Comrade Bai, you should go first. Come visit our Qingshan Village again next time!"
Bai Qianzhou smiled and nodded in agreement, then rode his bicycle toward the encampment.
At the Fu family's house, Fu Wan, Ye Xiaocui, and Fu Laoda were tidying up the table when Fu San pushed open the door and came in with a happy expression.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, Awan, there's good news!"
Fu Laoda was just worried about having no one to brag to, and upon hearing this, his drunkenness got the better of him.
"How did you know my family had something good happen? Come, come, let me show you the new award my family received."
Fu San was confused; that wasn't what he meant to say.
Before he could react, Boss Fu pulled him aside and mysteriously took out his family's award certificate.
"Holy crap!"
"Big brother, that's impressive!"
Although Fu San was not highly educated, he still recognized a few characters.
For example, he recognized the large characters on this certificate.
"Oh my brother, this is truly a joyous occasion! It's an award certificate issued by the army. I bet there's only one like it in the whole village, no, the whole town, the whole county!"
Of course, Boss Fu was smug again.
The two brothers admired the certificate for a while longer, exchanging compliments until Ye Xiaocui finally couldn't stand it anymore and put it away, at which point they stopped.
"Oh dear, I almost forgot about the important matter!"
Fu Wan, the eldest brother, and Ye Xiaocui looked at him in confusion. Fu San first took out a large cloth bag and patted it.
"This is the money I made from that batch of fish a few days ago. I'm here to settle the accounts with you."
Fu Laoda turned to get the note, but Fu San stopped him again. "I have something important to do. Remember that Liu who runs a restaurant in the county? He just called me and said he's about to host a foreign tour group and specifically asked for baby lobster."
"So, Wan, do you see if you can get some from the sea? The price will satisfy you!"
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