Chapter 59 Do you want to join the army?

Lu Jingchen's hands were very big, almost completely wrapped around Xia Qingying's hands. His palms were warm and dry. Because of long-term training, there was a thin layer of silk on his fingertips, but it did not feel rough. Instead, it exuded infinite power, making people feel extremely at ease. They walked in silence

all the way. After walking that section of the road, Xia Qingying pulled her hand out of Lu Jingchen's hand and said gratefully:

"Thank you for helping me out."

She knew that Lu Jingchen just wanted to shut up those people who had just guessed their relationship and prevent them from looking down on her, so he held her hand, not because he liked her or anything else.

Lu Jingzhen's eyes flashed with sadness, but he quickly recovered and said in a deep voice:

"It's okay."

As soon as the two of them walked to the gate of the courtyard, they met Xia Qingcao who ran out quickly with an anxious look on her face.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Xia Qingcao seemed to be relieved suddenly, turned around and walked back into the house.

"I'm back." Guo Yumei came out and said to Xia Qingxi and the others, then looked at her little son who had passed by her:

"You're still being stubborn. Don't you care about your sister? Why are you running so fast?"

After saying that, he walked to Xia Qingxi, took her hand, smiled and whispered to her:

"I just lied to him and said that you had already returned to the city. Look how anxious he was. He immediately ran out to chase you. I couldn't stop him even if I called him. Haha..."

After hearing this, Xia Qingxi looked into the house and could no longer see Xia Qingcao.

This child is really stubborn and stubborn! I don't know if I can help him untie his knot and hear him call me sister before I leave.

Dinner was ready. On the table were white rice, pork vermicelli, braised rabbit meat, stir-fried sweet potato leaves...

It was even more sumptuous than what the Xia family ate during the Chinese New Year. Everyone sat at the table, and Guo Yumei called everyone to eat quickly.

Xia Qingcao sat far away from Xia Qingli, lowered his head and didn't look at her. There was a table full of delicious food, but he didn't take it. Instead, he raised his hand and took a coarse flour dumpling and ate it silently.

The flour dumpling was left over from lunch. It was hot now, and if it was not eaten in the evening, it would go bad by tomorrow, so it had to be thrown away. The Xia family never had the habit of throwing away food, so even if there was a large table of delicious food, Guo Yumei still brought it out and just placed it in front of herself.

"This child, why didn't he eat the table full of delicious food, but ate the dumplings as soon as he arrived?" Guo Yumei looked at her little son who was still angry and asked deliberately.

"The dumplings are delicious." Xia Qingcao replied stubbornly.

"Then I'll have one too." Xia Qingli said with a smile, obviously trying to get close to him. She raised her hand to take the last one on the plate, but before she could get it, Xia Qingcao took the plate away.

"Isn't it delicious? Why don't you give it to me?" Xia Qingli asked deliberately.

"That's why I don't give it to you because it's delicious." Xia Qingcao didn't look at her and ate both dumplings in a short while.

The dumplings were not made of pure white flour at all, but more than half of the second-bran rice was added to the flour. The second-bran rice is the broken rice with bran left when the rice grains are husked and turned into rice.

This kind of rice tastes bad, it is rough and prickly, this kind of rice is usually used to feed chickens, but the Xia family is really poor, they can't bear to feed this kind of rice to chickens, so they mix it with flour to make dumplings for themselves.

Xia Qingcao didn't want to give it to his sister, but he knew that the dumplings were really not delicious, so he said that on purpose.

Xia Qingshu on the side patted his brother's head. He knew his little thought but did not expose it. He smiled and said to Xia Qingliu:

"If he likes to eat it, let him eat it." Then he picked up a big rabbit leg with chopsticks and put it in Xia Qingliu's bowl:

"Xiaoliu, you eat rabbit meat. This is the rabbit raised by Qingcao. It is usually very precious to you. It was only after you came back that he was willing to let mom kill it and cook it for you."

"No, it's not." Xia Qingcao retorted in a low voice and said angrily: "It's the rabbit that is disobedient and always tells lies to deceive people."

Xia Qingliu felt a chill on her back after hearing this. It was obvious that he was going to kill the rabbit to warn his sister! She quickly said:

"Qingcao, I really know I was wrong. I will never lie to you again."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Although Xia Qingcao still lowered her head and was unwilling to speak, the corners of her lips had already risen secretly.

Guo Yumei, who was standing by, took advantage of the situation and joked:

"Qingcao, don't scare your sister. She won't even dare to eat rabbit meat in a while." After

dinner

, Lu returned to the room that Guo Yumei had specially cleaned up for them. Just as he was about to take off his military uniform, he saw a little head hiding behind the door, secretly looking into the room.

In fact, he had noticed that Xia Qingcao had been looking at him while eating. He stopped what he was doing, sat on a chair beside him, and called the child outside in a deep voice:

"Little boy, come in."

His voice was steady and intimidating, which was the result of years of training in the army. Hearing such a voice, Xia Qingcao, who was hiding behind the door, wanted to run subconsciously, but just as he turned around, he suddenly stopped.

The desire in his heart still defeated the uneasiness and embarrassment. He turned around and walked into the house carefully.

He was much younger than Lu Jingqie. When he was very young, Lu Jingqie's family left the village, so he had basically no impression of him.

But he also learned something about his sister from the conversation between his mother and brother. He knew that he was forced to marry his sister. So when facing this man who always had a cold face and looked difficult to get along with, he was a little scared.

He lowered his head and dared not look at Lu Jingchen. He called him softly:

"Brother-in-law."

Lu Jingchen's eyebrows twitched. It was obvious that he had not yet adapted to this title, but he did not correct him. He asked in a deep voice:

"What are you doing hiding there?"

Xia Qingcao buried his head even lower, as if he was worried. He was silent for a long time and did not answer.

"What are you hesitating about, man? Just say it if you have something to say." Lu Jingchen said in a calm voice. Although his voice was cold, it did not sound like a reproach, but rather like encouragement.

Maybe it was the word "manly" that stimulated Xia Qingcao, but he raised his head and looked at Lu Jingchen, and said bravely:

"Let me see your military uniform."

After hearing his words, Lu Jingchen's lips rarely showed a smile. After a moment, he raised his hand to take off the military uniform and handed it directly to Xia Qingcao.

Xia Qingcao was flattered and raised his hand to take it, but when he looked at his black and muddy hands, he put it back. Lu Jingchen didn't say anything and just put the clothes on him.

The military uniform was very long, and it looked very incongruous on a thin 12-year-old child, but somehow, as soon as the clothes were put on, Xia Qingcao's back straightened unconsciously.

Lu Jingchen's action silently protected the self-esteem of a child and gave him great encouragement!

"How old are you?"

"Twelve, almost thirteen."

"Want to join the army?" Lu Jingchen seemed to see through Xia Qingcao's thoughts and asked directly.

"Yes!" Xia Qingcao answered loudly without hesitation.

"Aren't you afraid of hardship?"

"No!"

Lu Jingchen listened to his sonorous and powerful answer, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice. Although the child was thin, his muscles were firm. When he was patted, his body couldn't bear the force and shook twice, but soon stood up straight again, revealing a kind of stubbornness and unyielding pride from his bones.

Lu Jingchen nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Come to the army in a few years and give you military uniforms."