When the food was served, Lu Ting sat next to Su Yan and served her dumplings and some of her favorite dishes.
Lu Yiming pursed his lips and said, "Huh, Dad is so stingy. He only has eyes for Mom and not me."
Lu Ting glared at Lu Yiming and said calmly, "When I was your age, I could wash my own clothes and put them in the bowl myself!"
Seeing this, Lu Yu picked up his nephew's bowl and filled him with five pieces of rice, coaxing him: "Yiming, your uncle loves you, eat quickly!"
"Thank you, uncle. You're the best. Uncle, please don't get married. I'll be your son from now on."
Lu Yu suppressed the smile on his face and asked, "Why can't I get married?"
Lu Yiming took a big bite of a dumpling and sighed, "When my uncle gets married, he'll definitely be like my dad, with only her in his eyes. Alas, I'm just a little weed that no one cares about. How pitiful!"
Lu Yu felt that his nephew would be more interesting as he grew older, so he decided to tease him. "Okay, uncle won't marry a wife in the future, and our Yiming won't marry a wife when he grows up. In this way, we uncle and nephew will be bachelors together."
Hua Min looked at Lu Yu with a frown, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Yiming is young and naive, but you're almost 20, why are you still as outspoken as before?"
"Grandma, don't be angry. My uncle is just joking with us. He's so handsome that he must marry three wives and give grandma eight grandchildren."
Lu Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, nephew thinks highly of his uncle, how many wives will you marry when you grow up?"
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said seriously, "Two is enough. I can't afford more."
When Lu Ting heard his son's dirty talk, he picked up his chopsticks and hit his arm hard. "Eat your dumplings, and stop talking nonsense. I'll teach you a lesson when we get back."
"Dad, Dad, I was just kidding. Don't hit the child during the New Year, or the baby in my belly will be scared."
Seeing that her son had almost finished the dumplings in his bowl, Su Yan scooped out a few more for him and said, "Yiming, eat your dumplings well and stop making trouble."
Looking at Yilan and then at her son, Su Yan felt that it would be better to have a daughter. Yilan was so well-behaved, eating quietly without saying a word.
As soon as Su Yan spoke, Lu Yiming immediately shut up and ate his dumplings obediently. After eating the dumplings, he took the initiative to get a bowl of rice.
After dinner, Hua Min took Chen Yuhe to clean up the dishes, while Lu Fengnian and his sons gathered around the fire and talked about their lives over the past year and a half.
Of course, this was a state secret, so the two brothers didn't discuss it. Lu Yu was already a reserve pilot, and after the Lunar New Year, he might be sent to another province to train with other reserve pilots. He didn't know where or how long the training would take.
Lu Chen was even simpler, he just said that he was working as an assistant to someone else, but he didn't say a word about what he was doing.
Lu Fengnian asked Lu Chen, "Xiaochen, how many days of leave will you take this time?"
"Ten days off."
"Will you go home for the Dragon Boat Festival next year?"
"Dad, I might not be able to come back. I might not be able to come back in the next two years. I don't even know when I'll be back next time."
"Then what about your marriage? After the New Year, you will be twenty and twenty-two years old."
Lu Fengnian is worried. Xiaoyu will be 20 years old after the Chinese New Year, and Xiaochen will be 22. Neither of them even has a partner now, and the time of their next return home is uncertain. If they continue like this, do they have to wait until they are 30 to get married?
Lu Chen said, "Dad, my teacher introduced his daughter to me. I came back this time to solve my personal problems."
"Then why didn't you bring your partner back?"
"Dad, if you agree, we will go to our teacher's house in the third year of junior high school to propose marriage."
Lu Fengnian was even more depressed now. He didn't even know who Lu Chen's teacher was or what kind of child his daughter was. How could he agree to this?
Seeing his father's gloomy face, Lu Yu smiled and coaxed him, "Dad, the girl that Third Brother is dating is pretty good. You'll definitely like her when you meet her."
"What about you, brat? Isn't it time for you to find a partner too?"
"Dad, I'll only date someone after I become a full-fledged pilot. Don't bother looking for a partner for me anymore. I'll find one myself."
"None of you are worry-free. You all have big ideas. Okay, I'll take out all the money on the third day of the New Year, and you can handle the wedding yourself."
"Dad, you're the one who decides Shanshan and I's marriage. We'll go to the Zhong family to propose on the third day of junior high school. I'll file a marriage report when we get back. After we get married, I'll leave with my teacher in June."
"Where are you going?"
“We don’t know that either…”
Su Yan guessed that Lu Chen might be going to a secret base with those researchers to conduct research, and she didn't know when they would be able to come back.
The atmosphere became increasingly heavy. Lu Ting suddenly stood up and said, "Dad, I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the market. I'll take Yanyan and Yiming back first."
"Haven't you prepared all the New Year's goods and dishes?"
"Tomorrow I'll buy some celery, garlic, and cilantro, as well as some dried tofu and puffed tofu."
"Your mom bought the tofu, dried tofu, and tofu puffs. She also bought celery and garlic. If you go to the market, find a way to buy some lard to make this."
"Lard is hard to buy during the New Year. I'll bring you a bucket of tea seed oil tomorrow. I still have two buckets of tea seed oil at home that I haven't used yet."
"It's cold, so you should go back first. Come back early tomorrow to help your mother prepare lunch."
"knew."
After Lu Ting left with his wife and children, Lu Fengnian pulled Lu Chen and Lu Yu back to the room. No one else knew what the three of them were talking about.
Lu Jin didn't ask. His daughter Lanlan was dozing off, so he quickly got up and poured hot water for his daughter to wash her face and feet.
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