Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Lin Zhengrong is back.

Jiang Qiuyue sat in the middle opening the letter, while Lin Beibei and the others sat on the sides, forming a circle.

She looked at the contents of the letter, and Lin Beibei urged her to read it anxiously.

"The letter said that when we received it, your father would be home in about three days." Jiang Qiuyue handed the letter to her mother-in-law, "He said he had bought New Year gifts and was on his way. He also said he missed us."

Sun Fengying looked at the letter sent back by her son, reading it over and over again. In three days, she would be able to see her son again, and tears flowed unconsciously.

Seeing her grandmother crying, Lin Nannan handed her a handkerchief. Sun Fengying smiled and patted her granddaughter on the back, "Grandma, you are so happy. It's great that you can see your father soon. Does Nannan miss your father?"

"I do." Lin Nannan was still taciturn. She was not as good at expressing her thoughts as Lin Beibei, but when others asked her questions, she would answer them seriously.

"I miss him, too." Sun Fengying hugged her granddaughter, then came over and hugged her grandson as well.

Jiang Qiuyue stood up and patted her trouser legs. Thinking that Lin Zhengrong was finally coming back, she was looking forward to it in her heart.

I haven't seen him for a long time. I miss him so much.

"Mom, I'm going to cook. You take Beibei and the others to wash the seafood we picked up today. Wash the kelp and dry it. Wash the conch several times and blanch it later."

Jiang Qiuyue went to the kitchen after she finished speaking. She didn't go shopping today and there were some dried fish at home, so she took them out and soaked them in water.

In the summer, two rows of peppers are planted in the yard. The red ones are dried in the sun. I will grab a handful and chop them up, and use them to stir-fry dried fish later.

The radishes and cabbages in the yard were growing well. Jiang Qiuyue picked two radishes and one cabbage. She also picked a few garlic sprouts to use for cooking later.

Add rapeseed oil to the pot, when the oil is hot, add garlic and ginger, then pour in the soaked dried fish and dried chilies.

Dried fish is salty in itself, so there is no need to add salt to season it. All you need is some soy sauce and cooking wine. After spitting out the aroma, Jiang Qiuyue quickly pushed open the window on the stove.

Wu Shuangshuang, who came in with rice cakes, was choked by the smell of chili in Jiang Qiuyue's cooking and burst into tears. "Your cooking is spicier than mine. How much chili did you add?"

"Not much, just the chili flavor." Jiang Qiuyue looked at the rice cake and said with a smile, "Your rice cake is just in time. I don't have much food at home. I'll stir-fry it later."

"Every family has vegetables, including yours. You have the best food in the entire compound." Wu Shuangshuang smiled and prepared to eat. Jiang Qiuyue filled half a basket of clams for her, "You didn't go fishing today, so you can steam this."

Wu Shuangshuang's mother has already gone home. She has to take care of the children and has no time to go to the sea. Jiang Qiuyue put the basket in Wu Shuangshuang's hand and said, "If you have nothing to do in the afternoon, bring Si Ya and the others over to play. I have many children at home now, so I can help you take care of them."

"Okay, then I won't be polite with you." Not long after Wu Shuangshuang left with the basket, Daya came to return the basket.

The vegetables in the yard were all frosted and tasted especially sweet. Jiang Qiuyue stir-fried the Chinese cabbage. The radishes were used to make soup. There were no spare ribs today, so she added two slices of ham to make it more flavorful. When the pot of soup was served on the table, Chen Weiguo was drooling before he even ate it.

Seeing her brother impatiently picking up his chopsticks, Chen Weilan patted his hand and said, "Auntie hasn't come to the table yet. If you don't want to help, then forget it. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Their mother always taught them that they should be tactful when visiting someone else and not act arbitrarily. The better their aunt treated them, the more considerate they would be to her.

"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong. The food smells so good." Chen Weiguo put down his chopsticks and ran to the kitchen to ask if he could help.

Every time Chen Weilan came over, Jiang Qiuyue thought it was great for the children to have an older sister like her, who set an example and taught them the rules without her having to teach them.

She handed the dishes and chopsticks to Chen Weiguo and said, "Please take them over for me." Seeing her son and daughter coming over, Jiang Qiuyue asked them to help bring out the fried rice cakes.

Children need to be trained and taught from an early age. Jiang Qiuyue is not someone who spoils children.

Seeing Xiao Li coming, Jiang Qiuyue handed the lunch box over. Now she didn't have to cook for Xiao Li because Xiao Li got married and Bai Xiuxiu prepared meals for him every day.

"Sister-in-law, Commander Yu said he would go to the capital to attend a ceremony during the New Year this year. Thank you for your invitation. He still likes to celebrate the New Year with you." Xiao Li took the lunch box.

"It's good to go to the capital. Then we'll see each other after the New Year." Jiang Qiuyue sat down after seeing Xiao Li off. When she said it was time to eat, the children immediately started eating.

There is still half a month before the Chinese New Year, and the family has to start preparing for the New Year. After dinner, the children helped wash the dishes and clean up, while Jiang Qiuyue picked some radishes and prepared to dry them to make sauerkraut.

Sun Fengying helped pull out the weeds. She did this every day and now her physical strength has improved a lot. "You are really capable of making these children listen to you and work. Usually Weiguo goes out to play at home, while Weilan reads flowers and notebooks."

"They are all grown up, and it's time for them to share the housework with us. They can play as much as they want, but they also have to do what they need to do. We can't do everything by ourselves, which would make us suffer and make the children happy. I won't do that. We are all family members, and we have to work as well."

Jiang Qiuyue thought that it would be best if Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan learned how to cook in a few years, and she could just be the manager. Just thinking about that would make life comfortable.

After drying the covered vegetables, Jiang Qiuyue washed her hands, made a pot of tea, asked her mother-in-law to sit down with her, unwrapped the date mud cakes bought yesterday, sipped the tea, ate snacks, and waited comfortably for Lin Zhengrong to come back.

But that night, Jiang Qiuyue was still asleep when she suddenly felt the bed shaking. She woke up with a fright. After confirming that it was not an illusion, she quickly opened the door and turned on the light, "Mom, get up quickly, there is an earthquake!"

She ran into the room again, "Nanbeibeibei, Weiguo Weilan, get up quickly, there's an earthquake!"

The children were still asleep when Jiang Qiuyue stuffed clothes into them. Jiang Qiuyue first held Lin Nannan and then pulled Chen Weilan beside her and ran out.

After Sun Fengying reacted, she also pulled the children into the yard. Because they were so anxious, they didn't even wear shoes.

After running into the yard, Chen Weilan squatted down and vomited. Jiang Qiuyue went around to the back door to call Wu Shuangshuang's family.

At this time, other houses also turned on their lights one after another, and many people also ran out to the streets after feeling the earthquake. Bai Yong was not at home today, only Bai Zheng and her brother were there. The two children still ran out after hearing others shouting about the earthquake, and they were so scared that they kept crying.

Sun Fengying felt sorry for what happened, so she went over and patted Bai Zheng on the shoulder, and put her cotton coat on Bai Zheng, "Don't be afraid, we will be fine if we run to flat ground."

And since we can't feel the earthquake at this time, it must be that the earthquake is stronger somewhere nearby. But we can't take it lightly, so we'd better wait outside for a while.

Jiang Qiuyue called Wu Shuangshuang's family out. When she came back, she saw that her mother-in-law was not wearing a cotton coat, so she ran home to get a cotton coat and shoes. "Hurry up and put them on. It's the coldest now. Don't catch a cold."

Lin Beibei was still dazed, so Jiang Qiuyue helped him put on his clothes. Lin Nannan put on her cotton coat and shoes by herself, but Jiang Qiuyue still helped her tidy up.

Bai Zheng, who was standing aside, felt a little sad when she saw how Jiang Qiuyue was treating Lin Beibei and the other two so attentively. She thought it would be great if her mother could be so gentle.

Seeing her shivering brother, Bai Zheng also ran back to get her cotton coat and returned Sun Fengying's coat to her. "Thank you, Grandma Sun."

"You're welcome. You don't need to sleep tonight. If you're scared, come to our house and we'll make a fire and roast potatoes together." Sun Fengying knew a few things about Zhao Shufen, but her mother's affairs had nothing to do with her children. She usually thought that Bai Zheng's two children were quite polite. If she left them at home and something happened to them, she would feel bad.

There were still three hours before dawn. Some people went back to sleep, some did not dare to go to sleep, or some stayed behind to keep watch.

Jiang Qiuyue lit a fire in the yard. She was worried about going to sleep because the radio had just sounded, asking everyone to be careful tonight and that more soldiers had been dispatched to patrol.

Lin Beibei and Chen Weiguo were quite energetic, they were busy roasting potatoes, it was quite interesting. Lin Nannan was sleepy, Jiang Qiuyue let her sleep on her legs and brought a blanket from home.

Fortunately, after one night, they felt no more aftershocks.

After daybreak, Lin Beibei took Chen Weiguo out to inquire for news. Sun Fengying saw that Jiang Qiuyue was working hard, so she said that she would not make breakfast and go to the cafeteria to eat today.

Jiang Qiuyue took out the radio and learned from the new article that a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred 300 kilometers away from Haicheng. She frowned when she heard it, and it seemed that Lin Zhengrong was nearby.

After breakfast, Jiang Qiuyue went to find Political Commissar Wang.

Political Commissar Wang's office was bustling with people, and it was particularly busy today. "Qiuyue, it's you. You want to ask about Zhengrong, right? He can't come back for the time being, as he has to participate in disaster relief in Yu County. You should go back first, and take care of the children, as there may be aftershocks in the next two days."

Jiang Qiuyue's heart tightened after her thoughts were confirmed. "Political Commissar Wang, is Zhengrong okay?"

"Don't worry, he called me this morning to report on his work," said Political Commissar Wang.

Jiang Qiuyue was slightly relieved after hearing what Political Commissar Wang said. She went home and told her mother-in-law about it, but Sun Fengying still couldn't feel at ease.

"Juanjuan will definitely lead the rescue team. I am very nervous and always worried that something might happen." Sun Fengying is worried about her son and daughter. "I hope they are all safe."

Jiang Qiuyue was also praying silently in her heart. Ever since she joined the army, she had Lin Zhengrong in her heart. They were providing support on the front line, and she could not go to the front line, so she could only wait for them to come back at home.

But the next day, the Women's Federation knocked on the door and said that Yu County was short of supplies and the weather was cold, so they organized women to make cotton clothes together. Jiang Qiuyue signed up immediately. At this time, it was good to be able to help out. Otherwise, she would be restless at home and feel very anxious.

In addition to sewing cotton-padded clothes, the canteen also steamed wo wo tou, which would be delivered to us after being steamed. We could eat them after heating them up. Sometimes we were so hungry that we didn’t even have time to heat them up.

At this time, the entire family worked together, and after finishing their housework, everyone went to help.

Even children like Lin Beibei stopped going out to play and helped pick cotton seeds. A week passed like this, and batches of cotton clothes and cotton wool heads were delivered to Yu County. When Zhu Caixia announced that she no longer needed to do it, everyone thought that this matter was almost over.

Jiang Qiuyue also heard that some troops had withdrawn from Yu County. She was looking forward to Lin Zhengrong's return. She didn't even make bacon this year and had no time to buy meat.

Before Lin Zhengrong came back, Jiang Qiuyue received the package sent by Lin Zhengrong. In the package was a box of vanishing cream, a box of pearl powder, and three pieces of clothing, all of which were coats that were hard to buy in shopping malls.

Seeing the coat, Jiang Qiuyue couldn't help but tears up in her eyes. This man always bought coats for her and the children, but never bought one for himself.

Sun Fengying went out to make a phone call and came back. Seeing Jiang Qiuyue quietly wiping away tears, she came over to comfort her, "I just called home and asked, Zhengrong's troops are on their way back. Juanjuan is a doctor and will continue to stay there."

As long as there are no aftershocks, there will be no danger. When the situation stabilizes, she should go home to visit. Originally, they had agreed to wait for Zhengrong to come back and go to Gao's house to celebrate the New Year, but now it is hard to say.

Jiang Qiuyue nodded, "Well, we just have to wait for him to come back."

She wiped her tears, waited for the children to come back, and let them try on the new clothes. Seeing the envy in the eyes of Chen Weilan and her brother, she smiled and touched their heads, "When I sent the package, your uncle didn't know that you were a family. Now that you are safe, I will take you to the city to buy new clothes."

Hearing this, Chen Weiguo's eyes lit up instantly, and Chen Weilan politely said that it was not a problem, and her parents would prepare new clothes for them.

"The meaning is different. What your parents bought is different from what we bought." Jiang Qiuyue touched the faces of several children, "Go wash your hands, the meal is ready."

After dinner, several children sat on the steps outside their home and listened to the radio. Because they were not sure whether the earthquake was over yet, the adults at home did not allow them to go out to play.

Jiang Qiuyue was thinking of Lin Zhengrong in her heart. For the first time, she felt that the days were passing by like years, and she counted the time on her fingers.

The next day, Wang Fang came first. Her husband Chen Guowei came home in the middle of the night. After dinner, Wang Fang came running over.

"Qiuyue, come out for a moment." She waved to Jiang Qiuyue in the yard.

Jiang Qiuyue walked to the door, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

"Didn't my Chen Guowei also go to Yu County? He came back last night." Wang Fang looked around, "He said that your Lin Zhengrong also arrived last night, but he was injured and didn't dare to tell his family. Chen Guowei didn't let me tell you, but I think I should tell you, we are all family, even if there are bumps and bruises, you can go and take care of it, right? But he didn't let me tell you, saying that your man has his own ways... Hey Qiuyue, where have you been?"

"You're going to the hospital, right? Don't tell me I said that, or my wife will say I'm a liar!"

"Okay, sister-in-law!" Jiang Qiuyue rode her bicycle and quickly went to the hospital.

She didn't sleep well last night, thinking about Lin Zhengrong. But when this man came back, he didn't even send anyone to tell her.

Wang Fang watched Jiang Qiuyue disappear at the intersection in a flash. When she got home, she saw her man sitting in the yard. She looked away guiltily and said, "I'm going to cook."

"We just had breakfast, what are you cooking?" Chen Guowei said unhappily, "Don't try to be cunning, I heard it all. With your loud voice, I could hear it even at the end of the street!"

He shouldn't have said that. "If a couple quarrels, it's all your fault!"

"I... I meant well. Qiuyue was so anxious and must be more concerned about me. Why would we have a quarrel?" Wang Fang felt that Lin Zhengrong was the wrong person. They were worried at home every day. Now that they have returned, they should at least send someone to report that they are safe. Even if something really happened, they couldn't avoid it.

Chen Guowei snorted, "I'm too lazy to talk to you."

"Wait a minute, you haven't told me what kind of injuries Lin Zhengrong suffered." Wang Fang saw Chen Guowei fall asleep last night and forgot to ask this morning. She just remembered it now.

At this point, Chen Guowei suddenly sighed, looked at Wang Fang's curious eyes, and deliberately said, "Wait for them to come back, and go find out for yourself. Can't you say that there is nothing you can't find out?"

"Chen Guowei, you are such a bad guy!" Wang Fang snorted and turned to go home. If he didn't want to tell her, she would know anyway. But Chen Guowei could still talk to her calmly here, so Lin Zhengrong's condition was probably not too serious, otherwise Chen Guowei would have been anxious and angry.

Lin Zhengrong's injuries were indeed not too serious, but one of the injured parts was a little sensitive, a layer of skin was scraped on the inner thigh, and his arm was bandaged.

When Jiang Qiuyue arrived at the hospital, she didn't even park her bicycle. She just pushed it into the hospital to find out which ward Lin Zhengrong was in.

"You are talking about Deputy Captain Lin. Let me check for you. There were too many injured people last night. Don't worry." The nurse flipped through the medical records, found Lin Zhengrong's, and showed it to Jiang Qiuyue.

Jiang Qiuyue took one look and ran to the ward.

She pushed open the door of the ward and saw Lin Zhengrong sitting on the bed with a bandage on his right hand. She rushed over anxiously, "What's wrong with you? Let me see, are you injured anywhere else?"

Lin Zhengrong was stunned when he saw Jiang Qiuyue, "You...how come you came so quickly?"

"How dare you say that? You came back last night. Why didn't you send someone home to tell us?" Jiang Qiuyue scolded. She still remembered what Wang Fang said and did not betray her.

"It was past three in the morning when we got back last night. The hospital was very busy. I thought you were all asleep, so I didn't send anyone back. But I asked Xiao Zhou to go back and look for you. Didn't Xiao Zhou tell you so?" Seeing Jiang Qiuyue's red eyes, Lin Zhengrong's heart tightened. When he leaned over, he suddenly pulled his thigh, "hiss..."

Seeing Lin Zhengrong gasping and frowning, Jiang Qiuyue hurriedly asked what was wrong, "Does your arm hurt? Or does it hurt somewhere else?"

Seeing Lin Zhengrong lowering his head, she raised her hand to lift the quilt, but was held down tightly by Lin Zhengrong.

Lin Zhengrong's face was visibly flushed, "Don't... don't look at it, it's nothing."

Seeing Lin Zhengrong's face turn red, Jiang Qiuyue wanted to take a look, "How can you be fine? You are usually very patient, but today you are crying out in pain. Let me take a look, or I'll go ask a doctor."

"It's really okay! Just a little scratch!" Lin Zhengrong held Jiang Qiuyue's hand, but he couldn't move it now and had no strength, so he could only moan a few times and say it hurt, and Jiang Qiuyue sat down.

"I just scraped my thigh. It hurts, but it's nothing serious. Don't look at me. I'm not wearing any pants." Lin Zhengrong felt embarrassed when he said this. Because the wound was too close to there, it was difficult to treat the wound with pants on. The doctor cut off his color-blocked pants. He felt even more awkward when he thought about the doctor seeing his color-blocked pants.

Jiang Qiuyue was still worried, "Then let me take a look. We are not strangers. It's not like I haven't seen it before. What are you embarrassed about?"

Anyway, there was no one else in the ward, and she would feel uneasy if she didn't take a look.

Lin Zhengrong was still very persistent, "Go home and take a look."

None of his injuries were serious. He had a bandage on his arm and some fractures, but it was nothing serious.

"Why are you going home? There's no one here. Why weren't you so shy when you were at home before?"

Jiang Qiuyue saw Lin Zhengrong's chest rising and falling rapidly, so she deliberately turned away and pinched the tip of Lin Zhengrong's earlobe with one hand, "Your earlobe is burned."

"You...you did it on purpose." Lin Zhengrong said.

"Why am I doing this on purpose? This is in the hospital. Don't get the wrong idea. I just care about you." Jiang Qiuyue smiled innocently, and when Lin Zhengrong came to grab her hand, she pulled back the quilt. After all, Lin Zhengrong only had one hand to use at this time, but she had two hands.

The quilt was lifted, and Jiang Qiuyue saw at a glance Lin Zhengrong's penis, as well as the area on his thigh covered with gauze, which was half the size of her palm.

She was just about to ask if it hurt when Lin Zhengrong suddenly pulled the quilt over and the door was pushed open.

"Brother Zhengrong, I heard from Brother Chen that you were injured, so we..." Lu Dacheng was holding a can of yellow peaches in his hand, and Xiao Zhou, Chen Guowei and others were following him.

Several big men crowded at the door and saw Lin Zhengrong holding the corner of the quilt tightly. Although Lin Zhengrong had bronze skin, they could see that his cheeks were red and he had an embarrassed look.

They went to look at Jiang Qiuyue again. She was sitting on the edge of the bed, one hand on Lin Zhengrong's chest and the other on the corner of the quilt. There seemed to be something unspeakable where she was pressing.

The younger Xiao Zhou turned his head away, while Chen Guowei started to tease, "We came at an unfortunate time. Did it affect your love for your spouse?"

Lin Zhengrong wanted to roll his eyes at her, but when he saw Jiang Qiuyue turned aside to hold back her laughter, he took a deep breath and said, "I'm fine. You can put your things down and go back."

"You are so cruel. We came here specially to see you, why are you letting us go back?" Chen Guowei walked into the ward with a smile, "Fortunately you are lucky. If the beam had been knocked a little, you would have..."

"Just what?" Seeing that Chen Guowei didn't say anything for a long time, Lu Dacheng asked curiously.

Chen Guowei smiled wickedly and said, "Then we will have one less brother and one more sister in the future, haha."

Lin Zhengrong took the pillow and threw it over, "Get lost, you're giving me a headache."

Chen Guowei caught the pillow. If Jiang Qiuyue hadn't been there, he would have made a good joke to Lin Zhengrong. "I see. Seeing you're still full of energy, I'm relieved. When you're discharged from the hospital, tell us. After all, you're not able to walk well now, so we'll carry you back."

Lin Zhengrong said no, and when Lu Dacheng and the others asked him how he was, he said it was nothing, and then they were pushed out by Chen Guowei.

"You are so tactless. Didn't you see that the couple was reminiscing about the past?" Chen Guowei pushed everyone to the door and winked at Lin Zhengrong before closing the door. "Be careful, this is a hospital."

After the door was closed, Jiang Qiuyue laughed softly. She had been clenching her hands just now. Fortunately, Chen Guowei and the others knew their limits and only teased Lin Zhengrong but did not mention her.

Now that everyone had left, she looked at Lin Zhengrong with a smile on her face, "You think they didn't see it just now?"

Lin Zhengrong showed a puzzled expression, but after meeting Jiang Qiuyue's smiling eyes, he immediately realized what was going on.

He took another deep breath and threatened, "When we get back, I'll see if you can still be so arrogant."

"Well..." Jiang Qiuyue looked at Lin Zhengrong's hand, then at his legs, "I think I can be more arrogant."

Knowing that Lin Zhengrong was fine, Jiang Qiuyue felt much more relaxed. "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. When I knew you were injured, my heart almost jumped out of my chest. I rode my bike all the way here like crazy. Oops! The bike is not locked! I'll go lock it first and come back later!"

Jiang Qiuyue ran out in panic. Fortunately, this was the family hospital. If she had been in the city, she would probably have been ridden away.

After locking her bike, she returned to the ward and saw Lin Zhengrong opening a can. She thought Lin Zhengrong wanted to eat something, but Lin Zhengrong actually fed her a yellow peach.

His fingertips touched her red lips, and Lin Zhengrong licked them before withdrawing his hand. "Very sweet."

Jiang Qiuyue's face turned red because of this man's teasing. She thought that they hadn't seen each other for such a long time. When Lin Zhengrong's leg healed, the scene would make her face turn yellow just thinking about it.

"You should eat too. I just had breakfast and I'm not hungry. Did the doctor say when I can be discharged from the hospital?" Jiang Qiuyue asked.

"The doctor said I need to stay in the hospital for a day for observation. If the wound doesn't get inflamed, I can go home." Lin Zhengrong said, "Where are Beibei and Nannan? Do they miss me?"

"I thought about it. After receiving your letter, they kept asking when you would come back."

Speaking of this, Jiang Qiuyue just thought of the recognition of her relatives, and excitedly held Lin Zhengrong's good hand, "Zhengrong, I have good news to tell you!"