Wu Shuhua's eyes darted around, and she looked at Old Lady Niu beside her. "Mom, my brother is a battalion commander, and the neighbor is a regimental commander. Is the regimental commander a battalion commander or a regimental commander?"
“Of course it’s the commander.” Woodward rummaged through the dishes with his chopsticks, picking up the last piece of meat and putting it in his own bowl.
Upon hearing that the troupe leader was there, Wu Shuhua curled her lip and said, "Men who are so capable should stay at home and take care of their husbands and children. Why do they have to go out and show their faces? They really don't know how to enjoy life."
Song Yufeng didn't want to continue talking to them, so she put down her bowl and said, "I'm going to the hospital to deliver food to Lao Wu."
After saying that, he got up, grabbed his aluminum lunchbox, and left.
Wu Shuhua pointed at her back and said, "Look, she's giving us the cold shoulder. When I see my brother later, I'll tell him all about it!"
"Alright," Grandma Niu tapped her bowl with her chopsticks, "Hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, go to the hospital to see the eldest son."
Shipyard staff quarters.
With the help of Wu Huaiqing and Wu Wanying, Yu Yao dried a full seventy or eighty catties of mackerel.
She was worried that the mackerel wouldn't dry properly and planned to use fire to dry it, but the weather was exceptionally good on Sunday, with very bright sunshine. By the afternoon, the mackerel was basically dry.
Yu Yao kept twenty catties of the dried mackerel for herself, the Wu family kept twenty catties, and sent some of the rest to the Lu family's old house in Guangdong Province. She also sent some to Fang Qiaoqiao, and that was it.
That evening, Lu Ze borrowed a bicycle from Commander Lei's family to pick her up, with dried mackerel tied to the back seat.
Lu Ze braced his long legs on the ground, revealing his arms, and said, "Get on."
Yu Yao sat on the large pole with thick cotton padding strapped to it, and was driven back to the compound by Lu Ze.
In the middle of the night, the two were half asleep when they heard an urgent knocking on the door.
Lu Ze got up and put on his clothes. "You go to sleep first, I'll go out and take a look."
Yu Yao closed her eyes and hummed in response, then buried her face in the blanket and continued sleeping.
Not long after, Lu Ze returned to his room and began to get dressed.
Yu Yao yawned. "Are you going out?"
Lu Ze nodded. "The people we sent to keep an eye on Zhou Qiang and Wan Xiaozhen just sent word that the Black Shark smuggling gang is making a move."
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