Chapter 152 When the drug was administered, a person suddenly appeared behind him
. "Dad." Looking at the old father who was eager to recruit talents, Principal Guo couldn't help laughing and said jokingly:
"Aren't you obviously trying to snatch people? Haha... I'm afraid that Jingxie will regret bringing his wife here."
At this time, Xiaoxiu came to call everyone to eat. When everyone walked out of the studio, Professor Guo still looked very regretful. It was a pity that he met such a good seedling but couldn't "recruit him".
After washing her hands and sitting at the table, Xia Qingli thought that there would be a few dishes cooked casually. After all, the hostess of this house didn't seem to like them as guests, but what she didn't expect was that the table was full of hard dishes, including prawns, steamed pork with rice flour, big elbows, braised pork... everything you can think of.
Maybe this teacher's wife didn't dislike Lu Jingchen as much as she showed, otherwise she wouldn't have specially prepared such a good meal to entertain them.
At the end of the meal, Lu Jingchen suddenly stood up, picked up the wine glass, looked at the three elders of the Guo family, and apologized very sincerely:
"Professor, Principal, Teacher's wife, I took Guo Peng to join the army but didn't bring him back. It was my fault. I'm really sorry!"
After saying that, he raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass.
Xia Qingying was a little surprised. She didn't expect that he didn't avoid this matter and took the initiative to apologize.
But after all, what was his fault in this matter? When Guo Peng joined the army, he was already 18 years old and an adult with his own independent thoughts. As a mother, Master's wife could not stop him from going, so how could she blame Lu Jingchen?
Besides, no one wanted him to go and never come back. Guns and cannons are blind on the battlefield. Lu Jingchen could not even guarantee his own life and death, so how could he guarantee others?
So this Master's wife blamed Lu Jingchen for not bringing her son back alive, which was really a bit far-fetched.
The woman who was eating nearby suddenly felt hot in her eyes after hearing what Lu Jingchen said, and soon her eyes were filled with tears.
"How can you be blamed for this? Peng Peng wanted to join the army on his own. We, as his parents, couldn't persuade him, let alone you." Principal Guo said in a deep voice.
It can be seen that he was also very sad, but he was very sensible and did not mean to blame Lu Jingchen.
"Why don't you blame him!" The woman suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Jingchen, and said very dissatisfiedly:
"If it weren't for his influence, how could Pengpeng become a soldier and be a hero..."
"Shumin..." Principal Guo interrupted her and said in a calm voice:
"Don't you know what kind of temper your son has? Can his thoughts be so easily influenced by others?"
Professor Guo on the side didn't want to make it so embarrassing, and looked at the woman and said:
"Okay, Shumin, stop talking and eat."
"Why can't I say it?" The woman said with tears in her eyes and choked:
"That's my son! My only son!"
Everyone at the table was silent, and the atmosphere became very solemn. Although they all knew that she was making trouble for no reason, as a mother, losing her only child whom she had raised for 18 years, this kind of pain of losing a child before her cannot but make people feel regretful and heartbroken.
"Master's wife, this is all my fault." Lu Jingchen filled the glass with wine:
"I'll apologize to you here!"
Lu Jingchen drank three more glasses in a row. Just when he was about to pour the fourth glass, the woman stopped him:
"Okay." She said with tears in her eyes:
"I know you can't be blamed for this, but I'm sad and depressed in my heart. How can I justify the tears I have shed over the years if I don't make things difficult for you?"
After that, the woman wiped away her tears and looked at Lu Jingchen. Her voice was still a little cold, but without the indirect criticism and arrogance just now:
"When you come back, you should come to see Lao Guo earlier. He has been looking forward to your visit every day. You are his most proud student. Now that he has no son, he can only hope that you students will come to see him more often."
"Yes, OK." Lu Jingchen responded seriously.
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Lu's family:
In the morning, Yao Hongmei was cooking at home. When it was almost noon, He Shanshan brought Liao Qiang back. When Liao Qiang saw that there was a woman at home, his face drooped.
He Shanshan whispered to him that this woman was her sister-in-law, who cooked for them. She would leave after eating. Liao Qiang's face looked better.
Yao Hongmei was cooking in the kitchen, and Liao Qiang restlessly touched He Shanshan several times. This "stealing" feeling made him feel quite excited, and he was even more looking forward to the next exercise.
Before dinner, He Shanshan put the drug into the chicken soup for Yao Hongmei and Liao Qiangsheng when she was scooping the chicken soup. In order not to attract attention, she also poured a bowl for herself and placed it next to her.
Liao Qiang finished the chicken soup quickly, but Yao Hongmei didn't move. He Shanshan was a little anxious, afraid that Yao Hongmei would notice something unusual. She looked at her and asked,
"Sister-in-law, why don't you drink the chicken soup? You are in such a bad health, you should drink more chicken soup to make up for it."
"Oh, I have a little gum inflammation these two days, I am afraid of getting angry, so I won't drink the chicken soup." Yao Hongmei looked at He Shanshan who was very attentive and smiled slightly.
"Hey, you have already scooped it, just drink it. How much can drinking a bowl cause you to get angry?" He Shanshan tried her best to persuade Yao Hongmei.
"That's right." Yao Hongmei nodded and picked up the bowl.
Seeing that she was willing to drink, He Shanshan was delighted, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously. But the next second, Yao Hongmei suddenly put the chicken soup in front of her and said:
"Shanshan, I'm really afraid of getting angry. How about you help me drink it? You see it's already scooped out. It's a waste if you don't drink it."
He Shanshan's face changed drastically, and she waved her hand and said:
"No, no, don't I have some here?" Then she lowered her head and drank a sip of the chicken soup in her bowl.
Yao Hongmei curled her lips, and didn't force it. She raised her hand to take the bowl back, but when she took the bowl, she accidentally knocked He Shanshan's chopsticks off. He Shanshan was very unhappy in her heart, but now she could only bear it, and bent down to pick up the chopsticks.
"I'm sorry, Shanshan." Yao Hongmei immediately apologized.
He Shanshan pulled the corner of her mouth and said stiffly, "It's okay," and then said to the two of them,
"You guys eat, I'll go to the kitchen to get a new pair."
After that, she stood up and walked straight into the kitchen.
As she walked, she kept thinking about how to get Yao Hongmei to drink the medicine quickly. When she arrived at the kitchen, she took a look at the tofu and vegetable soup left in the pot, and an idea suddenly occurred to her. She couldn't drink chicken soup, and the vegetable soup was so light, she couldn't find a reason to refuse it.
She immediately filled a bowl with the medicine Wang Mingfang gave her, and was about to walk out with it, but she found that someone had stood behind her and was looking at her.