Chapter 80: Eavesdropping
"Want to make clothes for me?"
Wen Wan subconsciously looked at the hand around her waist and nodded hesitantly: "Here, I'll make clothes for you."
Lu Dongping buried his head in the crook of her neck and chuckled, "Wanwan, you're shaking. What are you shaking for? Do I eat people?"
Wen Wan didn’t know why she was shaking. It’s not like she had never held the baby before, but her body just wouldn’t listen and kept shaking, and she felt helpless!
"Lu. Lu Dongping, let go quickly, Chun'e and Donglin are still outside!" The window is open, the door is open, and someone outside may come in at any time -
When the love is strong, they wish they could stick together every second and do the intimate things that their hearts desire. Lu Dongping has endured for so long, and finally came back early. When he found the opportunity, he was reluctant to let go.
He coaxed the little girl in a low voice, turned her over, held her head up with his hands and kissed her.
Lu Donglin popped his head out of the doorway, his eyes wide open. He'd been trying to cut the fish, so he'd come back to get a pair of scissors. Who knew he'd see two people kissing quietly in the room? He was in such a difficult situation. If he made any noise, he might be murdered.
His brother was biting Sister Wenwan's mouth.
When Zhang Hongying and Lu Mingjiang came back from work, the yard was quiet. Lu Chun'e was doing her homework in the yard during daylight.
"Chun'e, where is Donglin?"
Lu Chun'e said, "Oh, my brother caught some fish and went to the bamboo forest to cut them up."
Zhang Hongying handed the hoe to Lu Mingjiang and asked him to help return it. Then she walked towards the kitchen: "Is your brother back? Did you get him some hot water?"
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Lu Chun'e to speak, she asked again: "Where is Wen Wan? She is still at the educated youth site and hasn't come over yet?" Speaking of the educated youth site, she remembered the miserable situation in the field today. The new educated youth, the male comrades were okay, but those three women, wow, they were simply incomparable.
Zhang Hongying remembered very clearly what Wen Wan's first day was like. She was not used to it and got blisters on her hands from holding the rake. But she turned around, threw away the rake and went to pick up stones. Although she was slow, anyone could see that she was trying hard. Unlike these three now, they just sat down on the ground and couldn't get up.
If it weren't for the fact that work points and food rations were involved, the food situation would have already changed, and you might not even get to the end of the workday if you slacked off.
Lu Chun'e called her, lowered her voice and pointed: "My brother and I are in the room!"
Zhang Hongying was stunned for a moment, and then a smile spread across her face.
What can two people in a relationship do quietly in the room?
She went into the kitchen with a smile.
When Wen Wan heard Zhang Hongying's voice, she tried to push Lu Dongping. Unfortunately, her strength was not enough. It seemed as if all her strength had been drained away, so she couldn't push him away.
"Lu, Lu Dongping, my aunt is back."
"You, don't be like this, why are you like this?" Is this how it is when you're dating? That's not right. When she was in the compound, she saw older brothers and sisters dating, and both of them looked very shy. How could this be possible?
Lu Dongping kissed and bit her earlobe, panting and trying his best to suppress the anger running through his body.
He was very restrained, okay? He didn't even dare to kiss her properly, just touched her lightly a few times, for fear of making her cry.
"Go out, go out." After saying that, there was a clang sound at the door.
Lu Donglin, who was hiding there in a dilemma and had to peek, heard two people coming out and quickly retreated. As a result, he turned too quickly and knocked over the hoe placed at the foot of the wall next to the door. The sound scared him so much that his heart almost jumped out, and he ran away before the people in the house came out.
Lu Chun'e's voice came from outside: "Lu Donglin, why are you running? Didn't you go to cut up the fish? Why are you still in the house?"
Lu Donglin is peeking outside?
Wen Wan wished she could dig a hole and bury herself there.
He reached out and grabbed Lu Dongping fiercely: "It's all your fault!"
Lu Dongping stood there and let her pull him: "Yeah, blame me. It's okay, I'll deal with him later, he won't say anything nonsense."
"You, don't hit him."
Lu Dongping was not too nice in front of her, just like a fool: "Well, if you say you don't want to fight, then don't fight."
"Then, then you are not allowed to do that again!"
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows: "What?" Like just now? Not allowed in the future? That's absolutely impossible. Not only must it be done that way in the future, but it must be done properly.
He pretended to be stupid, and Wen Wan didn't bother with him anymore. She pushed him away and ran out.
Lu Chun'e was still writing there. She looked up at her and smiled. Wen Wan felt guilty and thought that smile was meaningful, so she quickly went into the kitchen.
"Aunt!" she called out, obediently going behind the stove to help light the fire. "Just now, the day before yesterday, I went to the county town with Lu Dongping to mail something, and then we happened to see someone selling defective goods at the department store. No tickets were needed, so I bought some cloth. I brought it back and forgot where I put it, so I just went in to sort it out." Yes, that's right. She was just going to sort things out, she didn't do anything bad.
Zhang Hongying paused with the wooden ladle in her hand. "Don't you want the cloth?" She then threw the ladle into the bucket. "Let me see what it looks like."
Wen Wan had just sat down and stood up again and walked out with her.
Lu Dongping went to wash his pants, and Lu Chun'e was outside.
"Chun'e, when you finish writing, go check the fire. The soup and pancakes from this morning are still there. They need to be heated up with some other dishes. Add some water on the side. We need to make fish soup."
Lu Chun'e responded and went into the house.
The light in the room grew dimmer. Zhang Hongying stared at the cloth on the bed with her eyes wide open. She had never seen so much cloth in her home in her entire life.
"This, this doesn't even require a ticket? It's very expensive, right?"
"It's a little bit expensive, but it's a good deal without the ticket. It's not easy to come across. If it weren't limited, I would like to buy some more."
"This, this—" Zhang Hongying was so excited that she couldn't speak. "How much is it? I'll give it to you."
After saying that, he came back to his senses and said, "Look at me, I'm confused. You have to take out what you need, and give me the rest."
Wen Wan gestured with the cloth and said, "Let's not talk about the money for now. Just keep it. I don't have any place to put it, so I'll put it with Lu Dongping first. When I have some free time, I want to make him some clothes."
Zhang Hongying smiled and nodded: "Then put it aside. You can use it when you are free." How could she not be happy to make clothes for her son? She was very happy.
No matter people or things, they all fear comparison; once compared, you can tell the good from the bad. There were three young women from the educated youth camp, and the more she looked at Wen Wan, the more she liked her. It didn't matter if she didn't know anything; the little girl was smart, willing to learn everything, and mastered it quickly. She also had a good temper and was a bit picky, but she wasn't overly picky.
Zhang Hongying went to cook. She was in a very good mood. Not only did she have a smile on her face, but she was also humming a rare tune that she couldn't even remember where she had heard it from.
Lu Mingjiang came in from outside and was stunned for a moment: "Oh, did you find a treasure? Why are you so happy?" They have been together for so many years, and life has been hard. He can't remember the last time his wife was so happy.
Zhang Hongying smiled and said, "It's like I've found a treasure. So, I'm really happy."
Lu Mingjiang sat behind the stove, helping her to boil the pot while taking a break: "Tell me anything happy that makes me happy too."
Zhang Hongying glanced outside: "It's still Dongping and Wenwan——"
As he was speaking, Lu Donglin's excited shout came from the main hall: "Ah, chicken, pheasant, brother, you caught a pheasant? How come you are so awesome? You caught another one."
The wonderful thing Lu Dongping had told Wen Wan about at noon, Wen Wan finally saw it. It was a pheasant covered in a bamboo basket. It was incredibly beautiful, with a very long tail and layers of bright colors all over its body. Wen Wan stared at it with her eyes wide open: "It's really beautiful!"
It looks good, but for Lu Donglin, good looks cannot compete with deliciousness: "Sister, you can kill it and stew it tomorrow. If you stew it thoroughly and add some potatoes, it will be very fragrant." No, he is drooling just thinking about it.
Wen Wan was reluctant to let it go, and she emphasized again: "But it's so beautiful, it would be a shame to kill it and eat its meat."
Lu Chun'e came over too. She also thought it looked pretty and was reluctant to part with it, but no matter how pretty it was, reality had to succumb. "Sister, we can't keep this. We already have two chickens at home. If someone finds out about it, it'll be terrible. Besides, this thing is very wild. We can't keep it alive. It's different from that rabbit. When I picked it up, it was still young and didn't have any wildness."
Then you can only eat it.
Lu Chun'e said, "When my brother kills me later, I'll pluck the hair off and keep it."
Wenwan nodded, it really looks good.
"The colorful feathers on the neck can be made into shuttlecocks, chicken feather shuttlecocks. Sister, can you kick them?"
Wen Wan shook her head.
Lu Chun'e's eyes sparkled: "I know how to do it. I'll teach you."
After confirming that she couldn't raise the chicken, Wen Wan could only bear the pain and stop thinking about it. She forced herself to think about the taste of chicken. She hadn't eaten chicken for a long time, and the taste was indeed very delicious.
Zhang Hongying in the kitchen asked Lu Mingjiang, "Why did you two run off to the mountains so early in the morning? And you only have one chicken?"
Lu Mingjiang glanced outside and saw that there was no one around. He lowered his voice and said, "How could it be possible? It's just a pheasant. How could he come back and call me? It's a big one. I got it down with him and hid it. We'll get it away when it's dark and everyone's asleep."
This wasn't the first time the father and son had done something like this, and Zhang Hongying knew a thing or two: "Try to do it as late as possible so no one gets caught." The wild animals in these mountains belonged to the collective. A small, lucky catch wasn't a big deal, but a large one had to be turned in. If they didn't, and someone found out, they'd definitely get angry and cause trouble.
But who would be willing to give away what they have already obtained? Lujiazui is surrounded by mountains, so it depends on one's own ability to get anything.
If it weren't for Lu Dongping's courage and hard work, dragging things back from the mountains every now and then, their family wouldn't have been able to maintain such a stable situation. No one knew how Lu Dongping managed it, but he didn't say anything, and the carefree couple never asked.
Lu Mingjiang nodded: "I know what's going on."
The fish soup in the pot was simmering until it was pale white. It had just a little salt and ginger, with a few chopped green onions floating in it. There wasn't much milky white broth, but each of the group could share half a bowl. Zhang Hongying and her husband didn't even touch the small fish that hadn't fallen apart, sharing it all with Wen Wan, Lu Donglin, and Lu Chun'e. The addition of fish soup to dinner made the day feel particularly nourishing. She was someone who didn't want to compromise herself, and she was also someone who was easily satisfied.
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