As expected, Lu Ting did not come back for the New Year, so Su Yan lived in the courtyard with her four children.
Lu Ting was not at home because he was on a mission, and his friends could not find him. Su Yan naturally did not go to Jin City either. She kept all the supplies in the space and did not sell them.
The child's father was not at home, so Su Yan did not kill a pig or a cow for the New Year this year. She only killed a sheep, two chickens, two ducks, and two fish. She went out to queue up to buy five pounds of pork, three pounds of ribs, and a pair of pig intestines. She did not buy any pig trotters or pig stomachs.
The only New Year's dishes she gave to the Lu and Su families were chicken, duck, fish, eggs, and some dried seafood. She was reluctant to give them mutton. The four children were big eaters, and a slaughtered sheep would only produce more than 30 kilograms of meat, which was not enough for them.
However, she asked Lu Yiming to send their family 20 kilograms of apples and 30 kilograms of candied oranges.
On the first day of the new year, Lu Fengnian went to the Lu family to pay New Year's greetings. Lu Fengnian grabbed Lu Yiming and took him back to his room to play chess and chat. Lu Fengnian asked him about his plans after graduating from high school.
Lu Yiming told him that he didn't want to be a soldier, and he said that if he could go to college in the future, he would like to go to college.
He didn't mention that he wanted to make money when he grew up. If he had said that, he would definitely have been scolded by his grandfather.
When Lu Fengnian heard that his grandson wanted to go to college, he expressed his understanding and said that he would try to recommend him to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University.
Seeing that Lu Yiming did not refute, Lu Fengnian said that he would wait until he graduated from university before joining the army.
On the second night of the New Year, Lu Yiming told his mother about this. Su Yan knew that her father-in-law was doing this for her son's good, so she wanted to wait for Lu Ting to come back and ask him to persuade her father-in-law.
With so many grandchildren at home, there is no reason for her to keep targeting the eldest son.
After the Lantern Festival, Lu Ting still hadn't returned, so Su Yan left Lu Yiming in the city to go to school and took the triplets back to the military compound. On their way back, they even moved the TV back to their house in the military compound.
Su Yan waited and waited until May Day, when she finally received the news that Lu Ting would be back next month. Her uneasy heart finally settled down.
Lu Ting came back in mid-June. When he came back, he had become two shades darker. Su Yan finally knew where he had gone to carry out his mission. He had originally gone undercover in the Golden Triangle.
When the two of them were making love in the same room, Su Yan discovered that Lu Ting had several more knife wounds on his body. Su Yan was glad that he had returned alive and safe.
When the lovemaking stopped, Lu Ting hugged Su Yan tightly. Su Yan asked him what he had experienced in the past year, but Lu Ting avoided the important issues and refused to talk about the dangerous things.
"Lu Ting, I know your mission must have been very difficult, otherwise you wouldn't have returned so late. Are those little black spots on your ankles leech bites?"
"There are a lot of poisonous insects and leeches in the border forests. Even though we were very careful, some still got into our trouser legs. Luckily, I brought medicine. Don't worry, Yanyan. I'm back, aren't I?"
Lu Ting did not mention that this mission was a life-or-death experience, and that some of his comrades had died during the mission. This time, two undercover agents in their unit were killed.
Su Yan leaned in Lu Ting's arms with red eyes, and she didn't know what to say.
Seeing that Su Yan was in a bad mood, Lu Ting continued, "My name will be on the list of the July 1st commendation meeting again. Maybe I can really get promoted to the next level.
By the way, Yiming is about to graduate from high school, what are his plans? "
“Your father wanted your son to join the army before, but your son said he wanted to go to college, so your father is probably trying to get him a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers School.
You know there are so many outstanding young men in our military region, but there are only two or three spots available. And you're waiting for a promotion spot. I don't want Yiming to compete for that spot. You should have a good talk with your father about this."
The college entrance examination will be resumed next year, and anyone can take the exam for university. There is no need to compete with those people for a place in the workers, peasants and soldiers program. It might even affect her husband's promotion.
It would be better if I didn’t know the progress of history. If I knew, I wouldn’t make such a choice.
But Lu Ting had no idea about it. Instead, he thought it was a good thing.
"If this recommendation really gets to our son, it would be a great thing. My promotion is inevitable, two years earlier or later. It doesn't matter. Our son's future is what matters most."
"I want Yiming to take a year off after graduation so he can slowly think about what he wants to do in the future. It's true that it's difficult to get a recommendation for admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, but I don't want to affect your work.
Don’t you realize that the situation is getting better and better? Maybe the college entrance examination will be resumed in a year or two?"
"Is it possible? If the college entrance examination can really be restored, I can let Yiming wait for two more years. Although that kid is taller than me, he is only fourteen years old on New Year's Day. It's not suitable for him to join the army and go to the countryside."
Su Yan glared at Lu Ting. This bastard wanted her son to go to the countryside. "I've cleared a two-meter-wide and three-meter-long plot of land in the backyard of our courtyard house. I had Yiming plant a few tomato plants, a dozen pepper plants, and a patch of water spinach. It's better not to send him to the countryside. Your son has never done farm work."
Lu Ting knew that his wife loved their son very much and didn't say anything else. After the July 1st commendation meeting, at around 3:00 a.m. on July 27th, a major earthquake suddenly occurred somewhere, and the tremors were strongly felt in Beijing.
That night, Su Yan and Lu Ting happened to be sleeping in their own room. Suddenly, they felt the house shaking in their sleep. Su Yan woke up with a start and burst into tears. She knew history but was powerless to change it.
On the 10th, newspapers and radio reported that there were abnormal behaviors among birds, beasts and fish. Some people had suspected that an earthquake was coming, but not many people took it seriously. After all, they could not predict when the earthquake would occur.
Su Yan wanted to tell them, but she was afraid that she would be caught and sliced up for research, and history would still be impossible to change.
She suddenly remembered an earthquake memorial somewhere that read: "Ten days after the earthquake, the railway was open to traffic; within a month, schools reopened, factories resumed production, and shops gradually opened. Before winter, over a million makeshift houses were built from the ruins, ensuring that none of the victims suffered from cold or hunger. After the disaster, disease declined and plagues were prevented. This is truly a miracle in the history of disaster relief."
"Yan Yan, there's an earthquake. Let's wake the children up quickly."
Su Yan knew that there would be no earthquake in Beijing, but since everyone was getting up, she should still wake up the children.
The next morning, the radio reported that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred somewhere at three in the morning. At around ten o'clock, Lu Ting ran back and told Su Yan that he was going to participate in the rescue work.
Su Yan also wanted to go. After all, she had worked as an orthopedic surgeon for several years before, and she wanted to sign up as a medical volunteer to participate in the rescue.
As soon as Lu Ting left, she went to the hospital to find her father, but her father had already taken people to the disaster area to participate in the rescue.
She went back to the army to look for her father-in-law, but found that he was not there either. She told her mother-in-law about her idea. Her mother-in-law understood her approach. She said that the children were grown up and she hardly needed to take care of them. She could ask them to go to her mother-in-law's house for dinner.
After her mother-in-law agreed, Su Yan went back to the military hospital to find the leader. The first group of volunteers had already left, and she wanted to go with the second group of volunteers.
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