Lu Lin was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say, so he had to repeat what he had said to the strange man on the train.
Qi Xiangrong didn't say much after hearing this. Everyone's family situation was different, and the majority of military wives could not come to join the army.
"Write back to your wife quickly, don't keep her waiting anxiously."
Qi Xiangrong went back to his bunk with a smile on his face. Lu Lin calmed himself down and picked up a pen to write back to Jiang Manyue.
Lu Lin knew that Jiang Manyue would definitely show her parents the letter he wrote to her, so he wrote a few more words about his daily life in the army, asking them not to worry about him and that he would come home to see them when he was free.
But when Jiang Manyue received this letter, she was not very happy. She had agreed to work hard in the army and not worry about home, but why did he say he would come back when he was free right after returning to the army? It was really worrying to think about it.
Li Guifen was very satisfied with Lu Lin's reply, and she specifically told Jiang Manyue that next time she wrote to Lu Lin, she should tell him to go home more often when he had holidays.
Jiang Manyue agreed on the surface, but in fact, when she wrote to Lu Lin for the second time, she deliberately said that she would take her family to take photos and send them to Lu Lin when she was free next time. If she missed home, she could look at the photos and stop going back and forth, which was very tiring.
When Lu Lin received the second letter, it was almost time for summer harvest. When he replied, Jiang Manyue was too busy to reply because the summer harvest had already officially begun.
Both the old couple of the Lu family had to go to the fields. Lu Qingyou was responsible for harvesting the crops, and Li Guifen was responsible for bundling the harvested rice and wheat into piles, and then sending them to the threshing ground to be threshed into millet and dried.
Since Jiang Manyue didn't go out to work, she took on the responsibility of cooking three meals a day and doing housework.
I stopped studying Russian every morning because the educated youth also had to go to the fields. In addition, the summer harvest started early and it was hot at noon, so we basically started working at dawn.
During this special period, Jiang Manyue had no other thoughts and just wanted to finish the summer harvest as soon as possible.
Jiang Manyue also paid more attention to food. On the first day of the summer harvest, she got up in the dark and made breakfast by lighting a lamp.
The old couple of the Lu family went to the fields in the dark. In order to save time, the villagers did not eat breakfast at home, so someone was left at home to prepare the meal and deliver it to the fields.
Jiang Manyue prepared pork pies and malted milk for breakfast. The oily pies can provide more energy, and the malted milk can also supplement more nutrition to cope with the tiring summer harvest.
It was already bright and the sun had risen. Jiang Manyue went to the field carrying the prepared pork pies and the malted milk that had been prepared and cooled early.
The old couple of the Lu family were already starving. They started working at dawn and it has been quite a while now.
As soon as they saw Jiang Manyue coming with a basket, the old couple quickly stopped what they were doing and walked up to the edge of the field to prepare for dinner.
Jiang Manyue placed the basket under a shady tree and even brought a piece of cloth as a cushion for the old couple to sit on and eat.
There were also many villagers sitting under the trees eating breakfast. Basically, everyone had breakfast with oil in their hands. Faced with such an important moment as summer harvest, even the stingiest people dared not neglect it.
If they fall in the field due to poor diet and unable to bear the heavy work, thus delaying the summer harvest, they cannot bear the responsibility.
Jiang Manyue took out the pork pies and poured the malted milk she had brought into two empty bowls for the old couple, then sat aside and waited for them to finish eating.
Li Guifen and Lu Qingyou were really hungry, so they ate with great relish, and drank malted milk from time to time, feeling extremely satisfied.
Several villagers who were also having breakfast nearby came over to see what delicious food Jiang Manyue had brought them.
In fact, they also have the intention of competing with each other. When the villagers gather in the fields to eat during the summer harvest and autumn harvest, they like to compare their own meals, which is also a kind of fun.
Li Guifen raised the pork pie in her hand to show everyone, "Our pork pie is freshly fried on Man Yue, it's juicy and delicious."
The pie in her hand looked like it was fried in a lot of oil, and even her hands were covered in oil.
Looking again, the water in the old couple's bowls was not just water. Just by looking at the color, one could tell it was malted milk. Others could only look at them with envy.
Li Guifen was very proud. "Man Yue's cooking skills are top-notch. We are so lucky to have such a good daughter-in-law."
Lu Qingyou didn't say anything, but he was eating very hard beside him, and looked quite appetizing.
Li Guifen praised Jiang Manyue while eating, which made her feel embarrassed, but she did not say anything to stop her. She also knew that her mother-in-law was showing off her family's good living conditions.
This little incident during breakfast soon reached the ears of the Jiang family. Miao Xianghua was furious when he heard it. He kept praising his daughter for being filial and capable, and almost praised Jiang Manyue to the point of praising her like a flower.
Just as she was bragging, Jiang Manyue came to the field again with a basket. She made a pot of mung bean soup and sent some to her parents-in-law and her parents' home to help them cool down.
After Jiang Manyue made the mung bean soup, she put it in the space freezer for refrigeration. It felt cold to the touch, and it was perfect for relieving the heat at this time.
The other villagers looked at the Jiang family gathered together to drink mung bean soup, showing expressions of enjoyment while drinking, and they could only envy them.
After delivering the mung bean soup, Jiang Manyue was not idle either. She went back to make lunch.
Because the working hours for summer harvest are different from usual times, we start work before dawn and have breakfast early in the morning. We finish work around 11 o'clock when the sun is at its hottest, so we also have to eat lunch earlier.
It would be around four in the afternoon before we had to go back to work. We would have dinner in the fields and would not leave until it was too dark to see anything.
While Jiang Manyue was cooking mung bean soup, she stewed the braised pork in advance, simmered the rice, and then prepared two vegetarian dishes, cold cucumber and stir-fried lettuce, and then she could start eating.
After a tiring morning, Lu Qingyou and Li Guifen hurriedly finished their breakfast and went back to the house to rest. Lu Junan was very sensible and did not go into the house to disturb his grandparents' rest. He squatted by the well with Jiang Manyue to help her wash the dishes.
Jiang Manyue was responsible for washing the dishes, and he was responsible for scooping water from the bucket to help Jiang Manyue rinse the dishes. The two of them worked together and washed the dishes quickly.
The old couple had gone to bed long ago. Jiang Manyue took Lu Jun'an back to her room and took a nap together.
When Jiang Manyue woke up, Lu Jun'an was still sleeping. She didn't ask him to get up and left the room by herself.
It was still early and the old couple had not yet gone to work. Jiang Manyue had already thought about what meal to deliver in the evening, so she did not go to the kitchen to prepare it in advance.
She wanted to send over a deluxe version of fried rice in the evening, which had eggs, meat and vegetables. It was filling enough and perfect for a quick meal by the field before continuing to work.
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