Su Yan held back her laughter. This Zhu Ting was a bit pretentious. She became the empress dowager even after getting pregnant. Now Lu Jin was in trouble.
After getting married, you still think you are at your parents' home. If the couple lives their own life behind closed doors, you can act a little bit as long as your husband can tolerate it.
If I live with my mother-in-law and do nothing but gossip about her, I will definitely be disliked. A kind word can warm you through the winter, but a harsh word can hurt you through the summer.
If you can't speak, it's better to speak less. If a dish doesn't taste good, you can eat a few bites less. There's no need to just say you don't like it and throw it away.
Su Yan suspected that Zhu Ting was unable to control her emotions due to the influence of progesterone after she became pregnant, and she began to feel a little sympathetic towards her.
In order to reduce conflicts, Su Yan tried not to go to the Lu family during meal times. She lived her own life behind closed doors.
On this day, Su Yan was proofreading a manuscript in the study when Lu Yu shouted at the door, "Sister-in-law, open the door quickly!"
When Su Yan opened the door, she saw Lu Yu standing at the door stupidly, holding half a bucket of snails with their butts cut off.
"Sister-in-law, I brought you some snails."
"When did you come back?"
"We came back this morning. My third brother and I brought back half a woven bag of snails from the countryside. We cleaned everything in the bucket. We knew your sister-in-law liked to eat fried snails, so we brought them over for you."
Su Yan took the small wooden barrel and said, "Thank you. Please sit here for a while! I'll make dinner later."
"Sister-in-law, my aunt is ready to cook. I have to go back and light the fire for her. We will also eat fried snails tonight, but my aunt's cooking is not as tasty as my sister-in-law's."
"If you have something to do, go back first. When I'm done, I'll ask your eldest brother to bring you a large bowl."
"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll be leaving now."
There is a pond in the space, but it has never been dried up. Su Yan doesn't dare to go into the water to touch it. She will definitely not be able to touch anything in such deep water.
He cast a net with his mind and caught all kinds of fish and shrimps, but didn't see any snails. Lu Ting said that the snails and clams were hiding in the mud.
In the countryside, snails are mostly used to feed ducks, so naturally no one sells them in the market. If you want to eat fried snails, you can only rely on Lu Chen and Lu Yu to go to the countryside to find them.
After Su Yan proofread the manuscript, she started preparing dinner. She cleaned the snails and made a large pot of stir-fried snails with perilla.
She killed a chicken to make Kung Pao Chicken, smashed two cucumbers for a cold salad, made a bowl of tomato and egg soup, and finally took out an ice watermelon from the space refrigerator and squeezed it into juice, waiting for Lu Ting to come back for dinner.
Lu Ting came back and saw a large bowl of fried snails on the table and asked, "Are Lu Yu and the others back?"
"Well, he knows I like to eat fried snails, so he specially sent me half a bucket of processed snails. You can go over and bring them a bowl later."
"Okay, I'll go over after dinner. Yanyan, do you think we should rent out our yard?"
"Of course we have to rent it. There are dozens of houses of all sizes in the four courtyards! If we rent it to just anybody, it would be bad if they built something in the yard just to take up space.
If you want to rent it, rent it one yard at a time. Don't rent the main yard. To prevent people from building kitchens randomly, we can build two more kitchens and two bathrooms in the backyard."
"I understand. The front and middle yards are indeed not suitable for random construction. I will take care of the matter regarding the quadrangle. Yanyan, I may have to go study abroad next month."
"Where are you going?"
"It will probably take half a year to go to Hai City. Maybe I can get promoted when I come back next time."
Su Ze looked at Lu Ting in surprise, "Are you going to be promoted to a full colonel?"
Lu Ting smiled and said, "Maybe! But I'll be away for a long time this time, so I might not be back until before the New Year."
"Go ahead. I'll take good care of the family. You can study abroad with peace of mind."
"Yan Yan, I'm going to be away for so long, don't you miss me?"
Su Yan couldn't help but teased, "Why don't you use magic to shrink me and put me in your pocket, so I can go wherever you go. Okay, let's eat quickly, and then tell your parents about this."
"I can't go to your brother's wedding."
"My brother will understand you, don't think too much."
After Lu Ting finished his meal, he started to help Su Yan clean up. After he finished cleaning up, he brought a big black-skinned watermelon weighing about ten pounds from home and went to Lu's house with a big bowl of fried snails.
The Lu family had just finished dinner. Hua Min was cleaning up in the kitchen, and Hua Jing was helping Lu Yiming take a bath in the backyard.
Lu Yu was watering the plants in front, Lu Chen was sweeping the floor in the back, Lu Jin was walking in the yard with Zhu Ting, and Lu Fengnian was holding Guangming Daily and reading the novel written by Su Yan.
Lu Ting placed the watermelon and the large bowl on the table, walked over to the wooden sofa and called out, "Dad!"
"Here you are, kid. I heard that this time they are selecting a group of young backbones to study at the Haishi Military Academy, and you are on the list."
"Well, I'll know in the afternoon."
"You've been on missions frequently in recent years, so it's time for you to move up. I was already in my thirties when I took the position of regimental commander, and you were promoted in your twenties. You're more capable than I was back then.
I've been in my current position for over ten years, and I should be promoted at the beginning of next year. If I don't, I'll retire."
Lu Ting knew that the reason his father was promoted slowly was because he had no connections and also because he had not made any political achievements over the years.
If you want to be promoted quickly, you must work hard and risk your life. Next year, you will be 26 years old, which is just the right age to be promoted from deputy regiment commander to regiment commander.
Seeing that Lu Chen and Lu Yu had cleaned up, Lu Ting asked them to cut the watermelon. Lu Yu saw the big bowl of fried snails on the table and asked, "Brother, did my sister-in-law ask you to bring this over?"
"Well, I was specially asked to bring it to you. Take your time to eat it."
Lu Yu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits. "Brother, remember to thank my sister-in-law for me. I don't think I had enough tonight, so I'll eat a little more now."
"Eat until you are full. If you don't eat, you will be sick tomorrow."
Lu Fengnian looked at Lu Ting and said, "You dote on Xiaoyu and the other one very much."
Lu Ting remained silent. After all, he grew up with Lu Chen and Lu Yu. Lu Jin used to be his cousin, and he only saw him once or twice a year at most. The relationship was developed through getting along with each other.
However, Lu Jin is his biological brother, so he naturally wouldn't bully him. If he encountered problems outside, he, as the eldest brother, would naturally protect him.
But he felt that his brother was a little bit stupid and his vision was not very good.
Not only did he marry someone who couldn't do any work, but she was also so picky. He was a little disgusted with his sister-in-law.
However, this was Lu Jin's business, so he couldn't interfere. If the two brothers argued over this, Lu Jin would definitely say, "One man's honey is another man's poison."
He doesn't get involved in their relationship. As long as Zhu Ting doesn't make too much trouble, he can pretend not to see it. After all, there are still parents in this family.
Zhu Ting walked around the yard a few times and saw Lu Chen cutting watermelon, so she took a piece.
Lu Jin took two pieces, one for Lu Fengnian and one for Lu Ting, "Dad, big brother, eat watermelon."
Lu Fengnian took the watermelon and asked Lu Ting, "How's the watermelon harvest on the mountain this year?"
"Today's watermelon varieties are not good, and the watermelons grown are not good-looking."
"What's going on?"
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