I wondered, is this guy in love? Waiting for a package from his partner? Every day I come here, I see him standing there waiting, as if we, the postman, have life-saving medicine in our hands.
"Then if there's a package for me, please deliver it to me quickly. Please, please!"
Lu Jun let go of the postman's bicycle with a look of disappointment, and pondered as he walked:
"Why hasn't it arrived yet? We're all in Kyoto, so packages shouldn't be this slow."
At this moment, a sunny and handsome young man patted him from behind, bringing him back to reality. "What are you thinking about? You're about to fall into the ditch!"
"I'm thinking about the instant noodles I mentioned to you. I don't know when I can eat it again!" Lu Jun licked his tongue as he recalled the taste.
"Look at how greedy you are. Is that thing really as delicious as you say?"
"When I receive it, I'll let you have a taste!" Lu Jun promised in a self-righteous manner.
"Tsk, it's just one bite, and you have the nerve to say that!" The male educated youth ran forward disdainfully and ignored him.
"If it weren't for the fact that we are good brothers, I wouldn't want to give it a single bite!" Lu Jun muttered softly.
After returning home, Wen Guoer suddenly remembered that she had not yet mailed anything to Lu Jun and Tang's mother, so she got up and wanted to go to the post office.
"Wife, I'll go with you." Ever since Tang Zhan knew that his wife was pregnant, he wanted to stay with her all the time.
Wen Guoer was naturally happy to have him accompany her.
In the spring sunshine, Tang Zhan rode a bicycle with his young wife on the back seat. The two of them crossed the courtyard and drove towards the post office.
"They say Deputy Commander Tang's marriage was arranged by his family, but seeing how inseparable they are, it doesn't seem like that."
Several military wives sat under a tree in the compound, watching the two men walk by and chatting.
"You didn't see it, but just two days ago, Deputy Colonel Tang's wife's family sent us a truckload of goodies." Another military wife said with envy on her face.
"Who would be willing to give such a large dowry to a money-loser? Most likely her parents gave it to curry favor with Deputy Commander Tang." Sun Guihua said disdainfully.
"If you ask me, this thing has no real power. The daughter of the division commander is no better than Wen Guoer! Deputy Regimental Commander Tang is also blind!" Captain Li's wife Wang Zhaodi argued.
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Wen Guoer and Tang Zhan were unaware of the gossip behind their backs. They chatted and laughed as they sent the items away, then returned slowly.
Passing by a scrap yard, Wen Guoer looked inside and found that the scrap yard was quite large, as big as two football fields.
Thinking about the fact that many books and cultural relics were damaged during this period, and quite a few were treated as waste and destroyed, Wen Guoer wanted to go in and take a look.
"Let's go inside and take a look to see if there are any old textbooks. Besides, our yard is empty, and I see there are a lot of old furniture in here that might be useful." Wen Guoer stopped Tang Zhan and pulled him to the scrap yard.
"Wife, we can buy a new one." Tang Zhan didn't want to let her down.
"Let's go, I want to go and take a look." Wen Guoer shook his arm.
Seeing that his wife wanted to go so much and looked aggrieved, Tang Zhan couldn't bear to refuse her, so he had to obey.
Standing guard at the door of the scrap yard was a tall, bearded man in his 30s, who was looking at them gloomily.
"Comrade, we are from the military family compound up ahead. We just moved here and have nothing at home. We want to go in and look for some old furniture."
Just as Wen Guoer finished speaking, she heard a clang in the yard. A woman accidentally kicked over a scrap metal basin and was frantically bending over to pick it up.
The man looked inside and scolded:
"Are those eyes for eating or something? You're so clumsy when doing things. If you don't want to do it, get out of here!"
After shouting, he turned around and said to them impatiently:
"There's a fee for scrap furniture too, so if you want to pick it up for free, get out of here!"
When Tang Zhan heard him speak unkindly to his young wife, a cold aura instantly spread around him. Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Wen Guoer. She said:
"Okay, it's cheaper than new."
"Pick your choice and settle at the door!" After hearing that she was willing to pay, the man dragged one leg to make way.
Only then did Wen Guoer notice that the man had a lame leg.
After entering the yard, Tang Zhan went to look at the old furniture. She walked to the area with old books and squatted down to look through them.
There are many kinds of books here. She also saw many foreign books, but most of them were damaged beyond recognition and piled up in a mess.
She found a wooden stick and rummaged through the pile of books, and finally found some valuable manuscripts and comic books.
She continued searching and found a book as thick as a dictionary. The cover was torn and there were traces of burns around it. She was about to pry it open with a stick when she found that the pages in the middle were closed together and could not be opened.
Seeing that there was no one around, she quickly put it into the space, and walked to Tang Zhan with a pile of useful and useless books.
Tang Zhan had pieced together some tables and chairs. Wen Guoer looked over and thought that this man had really good taste!
The tables and chairs piled next to him are all made of top-grade Huanghuali wood, and the carving craftsmanship is very high.
She rummaged through the bookshelf and found a small-leaf red sandalwood desk. Apart from the severe wear on the exterior, it should be as good as new after polishing.
Just as she was about to continue looking, she felt a chill.
Turning around, she saw the woman standing behind the old wardrobe, looking at her with a gloomy gaze.
"This cabinet is nice," she said.
Wen Guoer walked over to take a look. The wood was also rosewood. Apart from being a little damaged, it could be used as a bookcase or to store miscellaneous items after some repairs. It was indeed a good cabinet.
"Thank you." She smiled and thanked her, but the woman left without looking back.
Wen Guoer couldn't help but feel that this woman was a little weird.
Seeing that they had almost finished their search, the two of them moved all the things they had found to the door.
"Give me five dollars." The man took a look and quoted a price.
The two of them didn't argue much and just took out five dollars and handed it to him.
"Put the things here first, we'll find a car to pick them up later." Tang Zhan gave the instructions directly without asking the gatekeeper whether he agreed or not!
The man glanced him up and down and nodded as a sign of agreement.
Tang Zhan sent Wen Guoer home and called Xiao Gao to go to the scrap yard to pick up things.
Wen Guoer thought of the book, closed the doors and windows, and slipped into the space.
This shouldn't be considered a book. The pages on both sides are probably used as covers. There is a box in the middle, and the edges are sealed with glue.
She cut it open with a knife and found a compartment inside. Inside, two ancient books lay quietly.
She took it out gently, opened it and looked through it. After only a few pages, she was shocked by the content.
This is an ancient book of elixir recipes, which contains many lost elixir formulas.
She carefully studied these formulas and found that many of them were as effective as those in later generations, and were even much better.
She couldn't wait to open another one.
Oh my god! It's actually rejuvenation acupuncture!
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