Li Fengyi ran back to the army happily. Lu Shishen was still sitting in the office reading a newspaper. The food on the table showed no signs of being touched.

He reported cheerfully, "Captain, the clothes are here. My sister-in-law has cooked lunch for you. She heard that you were not going back, so she asked me to bring the food. By the way, my sister-in-law also said to put all the dirty clothes aside for now. When you want to go back, you can take them back and she will wash them for you."

As he said this, he put his clothes on the stool behind him and put the lunch box on the table. "Captain, the food my sister-in-law cooked is delicious. I saw that when she packed the vegetables for you, she even picked out the meat for you."

Lu Shishen's eyes fell on the lunch box. He reached out and opened the lid. The aroma of meat wafted into his nose and he suddenly felt hungry.

He opened the other two boxes and saw soup and rice. An indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes.

He picked up the chopsticks, seemed to remember something, looked up at Li Fengyi, and said, "Go out."

Li Fengyi wanted to leave but didn't want to leave. He hesitated, smiled foolishly twice, and then spoke bravely.

"Captain, I actually think my sister-in-law is a very nice person, and she treats you very well. She is aggressive like a fighting cock when facing Yang Huiying, but she is very gentle to you. My sister-in-law must have you in her heart. Even a blind man would not look down on Fang Hengfei. I think you should have a good talk with my sister-in-law..."

Before he could finish his words, he shuddered at Lu Shishen's cold gaze and quickly covered his mouth, "Captain, I'm going out."

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran faster than a rabbit.

Lu Shishen lowered his eyes and looked at the food in the lunch box. It took him a long time before he started eating with his chopsticks.

The food on the table had not been finished yet when the old leader suddenly came over.

When he saw the lunch box on Lu Shishen's table, he knew at a glance that this was not food from the cafeteria.

"After getting married, my life is pretty comfortable."

Lu Shishen put down his chopsticks and stood up, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

The old commander put his hands behind his back and glanced at Lu Shishen's dark eyes. "I heard that you didn't go back to rest and came to the army again. I came to take a look."

Without waiting for Lu Shishen to speak, he said, "It's okay if you don't go back. Take some time to rest and come to my office after you rest."

"Okay." Lu Shishen nodded.

The old leader glanced at the food on the table again and said casually, "It's been too hot these past few days, and I haven't had much appetite. I remember Comrade Yang's celery dumplings were pretty good."

Lu Shishen pretended not to understand, "It's the beginning of autumn, the heat won't last long."

The old leader glared at him and walked away angrily.

…

Although Lu Shishen did not return home, Yang Niannian felt more at ease knowing that he returned from the mission without any injuries.

An An was very disappointed when he learned that his father did not come back. However, there was a TV to watch at home, and he was quickly attracted by the TV series.

After dinner in the evening, Yang Niannian took out her account book and passbook and looked at them. After buying the house, she only had a few hundred yuan in savings.

It’s not much, but it’s better than the lives of the sisters-in-law in the military family compound.

All the necessary electrical appliances have been purchased for the home. We will buy a house tomorrow and leave it there until it appreciates in value. In a few years when the economy is better, the house will definitely be demolished, and then there will definitely be a large sum of money or real estate to be allocated to her.

If I can get into Peking University this time and buy some real estate there, I won’t have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life.

Yang Niannian feels happy whenever she thinks of the prosperous future.

In her previous life, her parents got up early and went to bed late every day to do business. Although they lived a decent life, it was all hard-earned money. They lived frugally all their lives and were reluctant to spend money. They were very good to her and her brother, allowing her university life to be much more comfortable than those of her roommates.

Just as Yang Niannian was thinking about it, a bold idea suddenly popped into her mind.

It was 1983, and her parents seemed to be only three or four years old. Their life must have been very hard. Now that she had the ability, she could go and help them.

Yang Niannian was excited for a moment, but then became listless again.

Her parents were originally from Yicheng. Later, she followed her parents to Sucheng to work, settled there, and moved her household registration to Sucheng.

As for the specific location of her ancestral home, she had no idea. Finding two children in such a vast sea of ​​people was harder than climbing to the sky.

Then she thought that in another ten or twenty years, when she found Sucheng, she would have the chance to see her parents again, and her mood instantly improved.

After thinking about it for a while, she felt sleepy, so she closed the account book and climbed into bed to sleep.

In a daze at night, she felt as if someone was touching her face. She thought she was dreaming, her eyelids moved, and she fell asleep again.

After breakfast the next day, Yang Niannian took her passbook and prepared to take the shopping cart to the city. In the yard, several sisters-in-law were chatting in groups of three or five.

Seeing Yang Niannian coming over, a sister-in-law stopped her and asked, "Niannian, there's a car parked outside. Do you know what's going on?"

There are only so many people in the family compound, and they have all been neighbors for many years. They know everyone's situation. Yang Niannian is young and beautiful and often goes to the city, so everyone naturally thinks that the car parked outside may be related to her.

Yang Niannian's eyelids twitched. Could it be that Du Weili drove directly to pick her up?

She laughed it off and said, "Is there a car parked outside? I'll go check."

The military wives were all gossipy and quickly followed Yang Niannian, fearing that they would miss any important event.

As soon as Yang Niannian walked out of the yard, she saw a group of children surrounding a car and looking at it.

Du Weili, dressed in a suit and sunglasses, sat on the hood of the car and posed, enjoying the envious gazes of the children.

Seeing Yang Niannian coming out, Du Weili jumped down from the front of the car, took off his sunglasses, and grinned provocatively, "Didn't expect me to come pick you up, did you?"

Seeing Du Weili being so high-profile, Yang Niannian wanted to punch him through. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Why are you here?"

It's so hot, but he's still wearing a suit. He's really cool.

The sisters-in-law who followed over saw that Yang Niannian knew Du Weili and asked with strange eyes.

"Nian Nian, do you know each other? Who is this?"

Without waiting for Yang Niannian to answer, Du Weili touched his shiny hair, raised the collar of his suit and said, "I am a distant relative of hers, her cousin."

Several sisters-in-law didn't believe it. "From your accent, you must be from Haicheng, right? Nian Nian is from Ancheng, how can you be her cousin?"

"Otherwise, why call them distant relatives?" Du Weili said.

“…”

The military wives were unable to respond, but they didn't believe what Du Weili said.

What cousin?

My dear brother, that’s about right.

Since everyone had met her, it was hard for Yang Niannian not to show off, so she just got into the car with confidence.

Du Weili got in the passenger seat and drove away.

The military wives had such wonderful expressions on their faces as they watched the car going away.

"What cousin? Are you kidding me?"

"Captain Lu has only been on a mission for a few days, and she has already called people to the gate of the military family compound. She is really brave."

"No wonder they can afford a refrigerator, a TV, and everything else. They already have a car, but they still need this little money?"

Several military wives were acting weird and didn't say anything explicitly about the relationship between this man and Yang Niannian, but their expressions proved everything, and within ten minutes everyone in the military family compound knew about it.

No one dared to say it openly, but people were saying behind the scenes that Yang Niannian was being kept by a big boss in the city.

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