Chapter 118 Checking the Scars

Zhou Qiuhe was stunned: "Then...then why did you suddenly..."

Xia Juanjuan smiled shyly, then lowered her voice and told the story of the past two days.

Zhou Qiuhe widened her eyes and looked at her in disbelief: "Really? Really? Fourth brother really...?"

Xia Juanjuan glanced at her and nodded embarrassedly.

Zhou Qiuhe asked after realizing it belatedly, "Then... the other day the three brats said you were sleeping in the room with the door closed, and I said it was wrong to hear the noise in the room... but it was actually you and my fourth brother...?"

Xia Juanjuan's face turned red all the way to her ears: "...Oh, Third Sister-in-law, you're still talking!"

Zhou Qiuhe couldn't help but smile with joy: "Hey! Can't I just stop telling you? Oh! God has opened his eyes! You and your fourth brother are such good people, how could you be childless? That's good! In a few months, you may be able to give your three little guys a brother or sister!"

Xia Juanjuan was helpless. Didn't Zhou Qiuhe say she would not talk about it?

"Third sister-in-law, if you keep talking, I'm leaving!"

Zhou Qiuhe pulled her and said with a smile, "Don't go, don't go! I really won't say anything more!"

Xia Juanjuan blushed, thought for a moment, and asked, "Third sister-in-law, who was present at home when Secretary Zhao read the letter to you?"

Zhou Qiuhe thought for a moment and said, "Well... when Secretary Zhao read the letter, it should be only mother-in-law who was there. -- Didn't fourth brother always send back the remittance slip of the allowance with the letter? Mother-in-law usually read the letter herself before letting anyone in the family see it. We knew about this because mother-in-law told us about it later at home. I heard that mother-in-law, eldest brother, second brother, and your third brother, Qiaoqiao were there. The other daughters-in-law were not there, and I heard about it from your third brother when he came back."

Xia Juanjuan nodded. This was very much like Liu Lan's style.

However, Liu Lan wanted to find a country wife for Li Zhan who was easy to control and wanted a lot of allowances, so it was impossible for her to let this matter leak out.

Zhou Qiuhe glanced at Xia Juanjuan and asked, "Do you suspect that someone leaked it on purpose? I later thought about this with your third brother. Who in the whole commune would not admire Secretary Zhao's character? It certainly couldn't be him. But...how could such a thing be spread outside of the family? Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the family if it were spread out? Your third brother guessed that maybe when it was said, some kid in the family ran in and heard it, and didn't know better, so he went out and spread it..."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Yeah. I'm just asking casually. Li Zhan is fine anyway, so it doesn't matter who spread the news."

Of course it's not nothing. Lizhan served in the army for nine years and sent his allowance back to his family every month. Yet his family still spread rumors about him. Their conscience must have been eaten by dogs!

In fact, Xia Juanjuan could probably guess that Liu Lan had no motive and men were unlikely to go out and talk about such things, so it was either Wang Guixiang or Li Qiaoqiao, but she didn't know which one it was.

After chatting for a while, Xia Juanjuan came back.

That night, Zhou Qiuhe told Li Jie about this.

Li Jie was a man of few words, but it was obvious that he was very happy for his brother.

Xia Juanjuan returned home and prepared dinner. After eating, she put the three kids to bed and then made a big pot of brine, throwing a pig's head, four pig's trotters, and several large pieces of pork into it.

Then, he started packing Lizhan's luggage.

To say "clean up" just means to get him some food.

I wrapped a bag of the meat jerky I made last night, a bag of the peanuts I fried with the skin today, and a bag of the fried golden fish and shrimp.

There were also freshly steamed big meat buns. Xia Juanjuan remembered that Li Zhan said the last time that the buns with crab roe filling were delicious, so she took out two or three from the space and mixed them in for him.

Anyway, when he was confused after eating it, he was not at home and could not ask her. If he really had to ask, he could just say that it was steamed before.

I also canned some pickled vegetables mixed with dried radish and a bottle of rice sauce made from diced beef in fermented black beans.

Li Zhan felt helpless as he watched her packing bags and bottles into her bag.

"Look at you. I'm going to report to Beijing first when I return to the team. Then I'll know where my next mission is. It's not far. It's only five or six hours by train. You brought so much food. How can I finish it on the way?"

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you can't finish it, share it with your comrades. Last time, Bai Zihan took good care of you when you were injured. You are going home to visit your relatives. Do you have the nerve to go back empty-handed?"

When Li Zhan heard Xia Juanjuan talking about Bai Zihan, his tone was sour: "Bai Zihan? You've only met him once, right? How come you remember his name so clearly? My wife made the food for me, why should I share it with others!"

Xia Juanjuan turned around and smiled at him, "I just remembered her name, right? Are you jealous? Have you forgotten that she is your savior? If she hadn't arrived in time on Tianyun Mountain last time, would you still be standing here?"

After hearing what Xia Juanjuan said, Li Zhan was stunned for a moment.

I always feel like something is wrong, but I can't tell exactly what it is.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, take off your padded jacket and show it to me."

Li Zhan was interrupted by her and stopped thinking about it. He smiled and said, "Why are you so proactive all of a sudden? Didn't you refuse to do it in the afternoon? Are you thinking about it again now?"

Xia Juanjuan was embarrassed and angry and hit him: "You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth! Who has the same thing in their mind as you? I told you to get rid of it, get rid of it quickly!"

Li Zhan grabbed her wrist, stopped his daughter-in-law's violence, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay. Can't I take it off?"

Lizhan has been exercising all year round and has a pretty good figure without any fat. His biceps are bulging, his pectoral muscles are broad and thick, and his six-pack abs are well-defined. He is the type who looks thin when dressed and has muscles when undressed.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help blushing again when she saw this.

Although she had seen it more thoroughly in the past few days, she was being manipulated so much at that time that how could she have the mind to appreciate it?

She actually wanted to see if the injury from the battle had healed. She had touched it a few days ago and felt a small groove, which must be the scar.

I just took another quick look and it is indeed healed.

However, in addition to the wound there, Lizhan also has many other scars on his body, including one near his chest, which also looks like a gunshot wound.

Just looking at these scars that have healed, Xia Juanjuan feels her heart pounding...

In fact, she had vaguely sensed that, unlike other troops with fixed bases, the one to which Lizhan belonged was obviously of a more confidential nature, and the missions they carried out were more dangerous. Most people followed the missions, and it didn't even have a fixed base.

Therefore, in the future, Li Zhan may still suffer serious injuries like the last time on Tianyun Mountain...

There was a coal stove burning in the room, so it wasn't too cold, but with my bare chest, I still felt a little cold.

Li Zhan couldn't help but remind her: "Wife, please say something after you finish reading. It's very cold."

Xia Juanjuan finally came to her senses and coughed twice in shame, still stubbornly saying, "Who... who wants to look at you!"

Xia Juanjuan turned around, pulled out a sweater from the box, and said, "Try it on."

That was the sweater she knitted for Li Zhan years ago. The yarn she used was the finest wool yarn she got from the space, so even though it was hand-woven, it felt soft and light to the touch.

Lizhan's dark eyes were clear, and he asked softly, "You knitted it for me? Why didn't you give it to me earlier?"

If you had given it to him earlier, he would have put it on long ago!

Xia Juanjuan said vaguely: "I was too busy during the New Year and forgot..."

In fact, I was too embarrassed to take it out.

I originally thought of putting it secretly in his luggage, and then he would find out when he returned to the team.

Now that I have said those tough words just now, I have to find an excuse to explain why I asked someone to take off their clothes.

Lizhan tried it on and found it fit him well.

"The sweaters knitted by my wife are still warmer, warmer than cotton jackets." Lizhan grinned.

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him: "Virtue!"

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but said, "When you carry out missions in the future... be careful and don't get hurt..."

Luckily he somehow managed to get into her space last time, and she was able to help.

If I get injured in a life-threatening situation again, and I don't know if my space will go crazy again, wouldn't I be very anxious?

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, guessing that she must have seen the scars on his body, and even his eyes softened. He pulled Xia Juanjuan to sit down beside the kang and said softly: "Don't worry. For you and the three little guys, I will be very careful and try not to add more scars to my body!"

As he spoke, he smiled and said teasingly, "Of course, if someone bites people like a wild cat every time and leaves scars, it's none of my business!"