As the group arrived at the parking lot and prepared to get into their car, someone called out from behind, "Miss Bai!"
"Young Master Zuo!"
Zuo Shao walked over with a woman and greeted Bai Shuang.
Bai Shuang asked him curiously, "You've found another girlfriend?"
This guy changes girlfriends frequently.
"What do you mean I found another girlfriend? I only have one girlfriend, okay?"
I just heard from my family that you found a boyfriend.
"I don't call him a boyfriend, I call him a fiancé, understand? He's after me with marriage in mind, I'm after him as a life partner, unlike you..."
"What's wrong with me?"
Zuo Shao interrupted Bai Shuang.
"I won't say anything more, you know the answer yourself."
Zuo Shao rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue, and walked up to Lu Yu, looking him up and down.
"Wow, you caught a big fish! I'm impressed."
Bai Shuang was worried that Lu Yu would get angry, so she quickly tried to appease him.
"Ignore him, he's got a screw loose, he's a lunatic."
With that, she pulled Lu Yu into the car and drove away.
"Hey, don't go! Who are you calling mentally unstable? Who's crazy?"
The only response he received was the sound of the wind. Zuo Shao angrily led his girlfriend back home.
Inside the car, Bai Shuang was still trying to calm Lu Yu down.
In fact, Lu Yu wasn't angry. Zuo Shao was an irrelevant person, but because of an irrelevant person, he was actually happy to hear Bai Shuang say so many caring words about him.
The reason he remained silent was simply because he wanted to hear Bai Shuang say a few nice things.
Bai Shuang and the others returned to Uncle Li's coal mine, where Aunt Li prepared a special type of noodle from Xishan—knife-cut noodles.
Bai Jiu: "Xishan knife-cut noodles are truly unparalleled in the world."
The knife-cut noodles made by Aunt Shi are shaved with a knife, with the noodles being thick in the middle and thin at the edges, with distinct ridges, and shaped like willow leaves.
It's smooth on the outside and chewy on the inside, soft but not sticky, and becomes more fragrant the more you chew.
Bai Shuang thought it was delicious. "Auntie, with your cooking skills, you could have opened a restaurant before the disaster."
Uncle Li: "Your aunt and uncle's family used to run a restaurant."
"No wonder Auntie Shi's cooking is so delicious."
That evening, Uncle Shi took Bai Shuang and Lu Yu to collect the accumulated smokeless coal.
"Uncle-Master, so many?"
"The anthracite coal hasn't been sold since you left last time."
He subconsciously kept it for Bai Shuang, worried that she wouldn't have any use for it.
"Can you manage to circulate your food supplies?"
"Sure, we already have savings, plus all that you left last time."
After collecting the coal, Bai Shuang left all the grain from the former illegal workshops, which amounted to about 700,000 to 800,000 jin, to Uncle Li.
Some fresh grains, meat, vegetables, and canned fruit were also left behind (fresh fruit cannot be left directly here; others would find it strange).
"Uncle-Master, keep these fresh grains for your family to eat, and use the rest for other purposes."
The next day, Bai Shuang and the others returned to the Kyoto base. Before leaving, Uncle Li spoke with Bai Shuang alone.
Regarding your marriage and love life, I want to tell you one thing: Don't wrong yourself.
If you can get along, then get along; if you can't, then separate. Never compromise yourself.
"I'll remember that, Uncle-Master."
Another reason I've stored so much coal is that I plan to open a hospital there after I return from Vantaa.
You and your mentor are here. If the coal mine can be opened, great; if not, go to the Kyoto base.
There are special types of houses there that are effective against natural disasters; you'll see when you get there.
With Uncle Li's qualifications, getting into the military base is no problem. The difficulty lies with Aunt Li; we'll have to figure out a way to do it then.
Lu Yu was also piloting the plane on its return flight; landing directly at the base airport would have been the safest option.
But if they did that, the plane wouldn't be able to be stored away, and Bai Shuang wasn't comfortable leaving it outside.
With resources dwindling in the apocalypse, she didn't want anything to happen to her mount.
The plane was still parked 50 miles away from the base. They then switched to the off-road vehicle they had used to get there and drove to the base.
The off-road vehicle moved slowly on the snow, and there were no further obstacles on the road. An hour later, it arrived at the base.
Bai Shuang first took Lu Yu to Lu's grandfather's office to report for duty.
"Grandpa, I brought your grandson back safe and sound. I didn't break my promise, did I?"
Old Lu, who was looking at the documents, glanced at them and continued working.
"On the road, will my grandson protect you, or will you protect him?"
"Of course I'll protect him."
Grandpa Lu glanced at his grandson and saw him smiling silently to the side. He thought to himself, "What a spineless son. He just does whatever his wife says and doesn't care about anything else."
"You don't have to say anything, we've already let you know we're safe, let's go."
"Wait a minute, that brat went all the way to West Mountain and didn't bring back anything good?"
"You mean this? Okay, here you go. This is Xishan knife-cut noodles that my aunt made. She kept it warm in a thermos the whole way. Try it, eat it while it's hot."
As she spoke, Bai Shuang took out a large bowl of noodles for him. When she lifted the lid, the aroma was irresistible. Grandpa Lu immediately put down his documents and began to eat.
After leaving Grandpa Lu's office, the two wanted to visit the army first. Bai Jiu told Bai Shuang that Mr. Wu had arrived.
The group returned to the Lu family home, where Wu Xian told Bai Shuang what he had learned during this time.
Bai Shuang and Lu Yu then learned that it was Madam Ling who had attempted to ambush and kill them a few days ago.
The anonymous letter on Mr. Ling's desk was placed there by Mr. Wu.
Mrs. Ling's storeroom was taken back by Mr. Ling, and his persistent nagging was to no avail. Meanwhile, the man in the long-brimmed hat continued to press for the remaining 5,000 catties of grain.
Left with no other choice, she borrowed grain from her elder brother, the Kang family, and paid them the grain.
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