Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Plan

After returning home from the cafeteria, Meng Yufei said to the two children, "Qinqin's father will be back in a while, so let's have dinner a little later. Can I get some biscuits for you to fill your stomachs first?"

Lu Yannan nodded: "Okay."

When Xia Qinqin heard about biscuits, her eyes lit up and she nodded her head repeatedly: "Okay, eat biscuits!"

She trotted to the closet next to the sofa and waved to Lu Yannan who was standing in the living room: "Brother Yannan, come quickly. My cookies are delicious. They were sent to us by my grandparents."

Lu Yannan stood there without moving.

Meng Yufei smiled and said to her daughter, "Then you can take it yourself, but you can only eat two pieces. Give two pieces to Yannan as well."

Xia Qinqin nodded and asked, "Mom, can I still have a piece of chocolate?"

Meng Yufei put the lunch box on the table and refused without thinking: "No. Didn't you eat candy in the afternoon? You also had candy in the morning."

"But I didn't eat chocolate." Xia Qinqin pouted.

Meng Yufei said: "Sugar and chocolate are both sweet. Eating too much will cause toothache. Can we eat chocolate tomorrow morning?"

"All right."

Xia Qinqin opened the drawer of the chest of drawers, opened the lid of the biscuit box, took out two biscuits, and ran over to hand them to Lu Yannan. "No, Brother Yannan, try them and see if they are delicious."

Lu Yannan took the biscuit and said, "Thank you."

"Hehe, you're welcome."

Xia Qinqin turned around and trotted back to get herself two biscuits, covered the tin box, and closed the drawer.

Lu Yannan took off his shoulder bag and placed it on the sofa, then sat down upright with a biscuit in his hand.

Xia Qinqin also ran to sit next to him, holding the biscuit in both hands and eating it in small bites. She turned her head and saw Lu Yannan staring at the biscuit, and urged him, "Brother Yannan, eat it quickly, it's delicious."

Meng Yufei poured two glasses of water and placed them on the tea table. "You must be thirsty. Drink some water."

Lu Yannan nodded lightly, picked up the cup and drank a sip of water. After putting the cup down, he ate the biscuit slowly.

Meng Yufei looked at Lu Yannan who was sitting upright with his back straight, and then looked at her daughter who was eating a biscuit with both hands and shaking her head, with her schoolbag still on her shoulders.

Yeah, they're all cute.

"Qinqin, why are you still carrying your schoolbag? Are you tired?" Meng Yufei took off her daughter's schoolbag with a smile.

"Oh, I forgot." Xia Qinqin said with a smile.

Meng Yufei opened her schoolbag and took out the water bottle. There was still some water left in it, so Meng Yufei took it out and poured it out.

The two biscuits were quickly eaten. Xia Qinqin clapped her hands, got up, and went to the small room to get out the chess set. "Brother Yannan, let's play chess together. I'll teach you how to recognize the chess pieces."

Lu Yannan looked at the chess and said, "I know it."

Xia Qinqin poured all the chess pieces on the tea table and asked him, "You know all of these, but do you know where they are?"

"Yes, I know." Lu Yannan spread out the paper chessboard, took out the chess pieces and placed them on it one by one. His hands did not stop for a moment, and he looked very skilled. After a while, all the chess pieces were placed on the chessboard. He said lightly, "Okay."

Xia Qinqin was surprised and said, "Wow, Brother Yannan, you are so awesome!"

Lu Yannan raised his lips slightly and said modestly, "It's okay, it's quite simple."

He pointed to the chess pieces on the board and asked, "Do you know the rules of chess?"

Xia Qinqin touched her head and said, "Well... Mom said that horses move in the shape of a sun, elephants fly in a field, and cars move in a straight line..."

She memorized the formula that Meng Yufei taught her. Lu Yannan nodded and said, "Then let's play the next game."

"Huh? But I haven't been there before."

"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Since you already know the rules, you will be able to play two more games." Lu Yannan said seriously.

Xia Qinqin blinked, "Okay."

The two began to play chess.

A minute later, Lu Yannan's handsome eyebrows wrinkled, and he asked through gritted teeth: "Didn't you just say Xiang Feitian?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, that's what my mother said."

Lu Yannan pointed at Xia Qinqin's red elephant and said, "Then how did you suddenly get onto my chessboard?"

"Because it can fly." Xia Qinqin said seriously.

Lu Yannan: “…”

When Xia Junshan returned home, he turned to Meng Yufei, who was washing lunch boxes in the kitchen, and said, "I'm back."

Meng Yufei said, "Let's eat, tell Qinqin and Yannan to stop playing, and take them to wash their hands."

Xia Junshan nodded: "Okay."

In the living room, Xia Qinqin, who was playing chess, heard Xia Junshan's voice, looked up and waved to him with a smile: "Dad, you're back."

Xia Junshan was infected by her smile and walked over to take a look at the chessboard. The 'Shuai' on the red side was no longer on the chessboard and was now placed next to Lu Yannan's hand.

"It's already raining, so let's go wash our hands and have dinner." Xia Junshan said with a smile.

Xia Qinqin said, "Not yet."

Xia Junshan laughed and said, "Your general is gone, how can you leave?"

Xia Qinqin tapped the chessboard with her hands, "I still have an elephant, a soldier, a knight... well, a scholar."

Xia Junshan laughed and said, "Well... you want to move all the pieces. So this is how you play chess."

Lu Yannan raised his head and said, "This is Xia Qinqin's chess rules."

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "Yes, that's my rule."

Xia Junshan said: "Then let's save it for after dinner. Let's eat first, okay?"

Xia Qinqin nodded, touched her belly and said, "Okay, the biscuits in my stomach have been digested."

Xia Junshan patted Lu Yannan on the shoulder and said, "Let's go wash our hands together. After dinner, uncle will play a round with you. How about using your rules?"

Lu Yannan stood up from the sofa and nodded, "Okay."

After dinner, Lu Yannan and Xia Qinqin finished the remaining games on the chessboard, and then Xia Junshan came on the court to play a game with Lu Yannan.

Lu Yannan's first three moves were very skilled, as if he was a skilled chess veteran with a vigorous style of play.

Xia Junshan was surprised and said, "Wow, I've met a master." He originally thought he was just playing with the child, but now he was serious.

Lu Yannan raised his lips and said, "I learned chess from my grandfather."

One of Grandpa Lu’s hobbies is playing chess. Lu Yannan learned a little bit of his chess style from him. The three moves of the old man are enough to deal with some beginners.

After the two of them played a few moves back and forth, Lu Yannan's chess pieces calmed down from their initial dominance, and he gradually fell into a disadvantage and fell into the opponent's trap step by step.

Lu Yannan looked down at the chessboard in front of him in deep thought, while Xia Junshan looked at him with a patient smile.

Meng Yufei was sitting on the sofa reading a book on economics. Xia Qinqin leaned on her mother's shoulder and curiously leaned over to read the densely written words on the book.

After a while, she turned aside to watch the chess game, and sat there with her hands on her chin. She turned her head to look at Lu Yannan who was thinking with his eyes lowered, and then turned her head to look at Xia Junshan who had a smile on his face.

From the expressions of the two people, smart Qinqin guessed that Dad was going to win!

After a moment, Lu Yannan raised his head and said, "I lost. But uncle, you don't need to let me win next time you play chess with me."

"Okay, you are very ambitious." Xia Junshan patted his head with a smile and praised him, "Your chess skills have surpassed many beginners. I didn't expect a kid of your age to be able to reach this level."

Lu Yannan couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm different from them."

Xia Junshan said: "Well, you are indeed very smart."

Xia Qinqin looked up and asked, "Dad, what about me? Am I smart?"

"Of course, Qinqin is also a smart child." Xia Junshan said with a smile.

Xia Qinqin was delighted to hear her father's praise. She turned around and said to the people beside her with a smile, "Brother Yannan, we are all smart kids."

Lu Yannan pursed his lips and said nothing.

Xia Junshan glanced out the window. It was getting dark. It would be dark soon. "Yannan, let me take you home. We can play chess together next time."

Meng Yufei closed the book and said, "Let's go together. It's a good opportunity to go out for a walk."

Xia Qinqin hurried over and hugged Meng Yufei's arm, "Mom, I want to go too!"

Meng Yufei smiled and tapped her forehead, "How could I forget you?"

Several people went out, and after dinner, many people in the family yard went out for a walk. When Meng Yufei passed the gate of the Han family yard, she was stopped by Han Jianhong in the yard.

"Aunt Meng, are you going out?"

Meng Yufei stopped and looked at Han Jianhong who was walking over. Seeing that she was looking at her with a smile in her eyes, she nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, let's go for a walk. Do you want to join us?"

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "Sister Jianhong, let's send Yannan home together. Yannan is my new friend."

Han Jianhong touched Xia Qinqin's head and said with a smile: "You guys go ahead. I have something else to do so I won't go." She said to Meng Yufei: "Um, Aunt Meng, I have something to tell you. Let's talk about it when you come back."

Meng Yufei's eyes moved slightly, and she turned to Xia Junshan beside her and said, "Junshan, you take the two children over. I'm taking Jianhong home, and I just happen to have something to give her."

Xia Junshan nodded and said, "Okay."

Xia Qinqin tugged at the corner of Meng Yufei's clothes and said reluctantly, "Mom, I want to be with you."

Meng Yufei lowered her head and said, "Qinqin, you and dad should go and send Yannan home. He is your friend and he came to our house to play. As the little master, you should send him home."

Xia Junshan picked up Xia Qinqin with one hand and said, "Would you please stay with Dad?"

Xia Qinqin then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with Dad."

Xia Junshan picked up Lu Yannan with his other hand. The sudden feeling of being in the air made Lu Yannan's wooden face flash with a trace of surprise. When he realized that he was being picked up, a trace of discomfort flashed across his face again.

"You must be tired from school. Can I carry you and walk with you?" Xia Junshan said.

"Great! Dad is so awesome~" Xia Qinqin clapped her hands and praised with a smile.

Turning her head to look at Lu Yannan who was in Xia Junshan's arms, Xia Qinqin said curiously with her big eyes: "Brother Yannan, we are so close, my dad is amazing, he can even hold both of us!"

"Yeah." Lu Yannan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.

Xia Junshan weighed the two children and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go."

He deliberately quickened his pace, causing Xia Qinqin to laugh.

Meng Yufei smiled as she watched their backs. When they walked away, she turned around and asked Han Jianhong, "Is Wei Shufang home?"

Han Jianhong shook his head and said, "No, he went to visit Captain Cao's house after dinner. He probably went to show off his new job."

Wei Shufang was in a very good mood after getting the job at the supply and marketing cooperative. She kept talking at home, and after dinner she couldn't help but go out to talk. The best place must be the home of Captain Cao where there were people all day long.

"Then come to my house, I have something to give you." Meng Yufei took Han Jianhong home.

"Sister Meng, what are you going to give me?" Han Jianhong asked puzzledly.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "I went to a department store a few days ago and bought a few hair ties. I wanted to give you one. When I went to your house after get off work yesterday, they said you were out."

Han Jianhong said: "I have been exercising these days, Aunt Meng, I have passed the militia assessment and will officially participate in militia training in a few days."

"Really?" Meng Yufei was surprised: "Why did you want to be a militiaman?"

Children from the family compound who wanted to join the army usually went directly to the army. Although Han Jianhong had a bad relationship with her father, her father was the head of the regiment after all. It would be easy for her to get a female soldier quota in two years when she was older.

Han Jianhong told Meng Yufei about how she and Qi Zhuzhu met and learned swimming, and how they worked together to form a women's militia in front of the teacher.

Before she could finish her words, they arrived home. Meng Yufei pulled Han Jianhong to sit on the sofa, poured her some water and gave her some candy, and continued to listen to her.

After listening to this, Meng Yufei exclaimed: "That's great, you girls are so brave!"

As she spoke, she went to the dressing table and took out two hair ties, handed them to her and said, "I also know that little girl Qi Zhuzhu. When I went to her house to ask her father to order furniture, she gave Qinqin a mango. It's just right, you can each take one of the two hair ties, and you can give one to her for me."

Han Jianhong said: "Aunt Meng, don't be so polite. You have helped me a lot. I don't know how to thank you."

Meng Yufei said: "You are being too formal with me when you say that. Since you call me aunt, this little gift is a gift to celebrate your joining the militia."

Han Jianhong took the two hair ties and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Meng!" She looked down at the hair ties in her hand and gently fiddled with the flowing scarf on them, "They look so beautiful!"

In her two lifetimes combined, she has never worn such a beautiful hairband.

However, looking back on the experiences during this period, I felt happier than in the previous decade or so.

Meng Yufei stroked her long braid and said, "We can love both military uniforms and makeup."

Han Jianhong smiled and nodded, and said in a cheerful tone: "I heard that the militia also receive subsidies. During training, they are concentrated in the town, and they also provide meals. I don't have to eat at home."

She felt extremely relieved at the thought of leaving home.

Meng Yufei said: "Jianhong, I have something to ask you."

"What is it?"

"When you caught a snake to save Qinqin, did you later wonder who released the snake?"

Han Jianhong looked at Meng Yufei and said, "Actually, I suspected Qi Huiying, after all, she was there at the time. But when I think of how she was frightened when she saw the snake that day, I feel that it wasn't her."

Meng Yufei said: "After I came back, I told your uncle Xia about this. He speculated that the snake must have been caught by the lake. He also went to the nearest lake to investigate and found a footprint."

"Footprints?"

Meng Yufei nodded: "Yes, your uncle Xia deduced from the footprints that the owner of the footprints was about 1.6 meters tall, walked with his feet turned outward, and wore rubber shoes."

"Who in our family compound do you think fits the bill?"

Hearing this question, Han Jianhong lowered his head and thought, 1.6 meters, this height is most likely a girl. Except for the children, all the men in the family compound are in the army, and there were height requirements when they first joined the army.

Walking with your feet turned outward, walking with your feet turned outward...

Han Jianhong froze, she remembered who walked with his feet turned outward.

"It's Wei Shufang!" Han Jianhong said gritting his teeth.

It turned out to be her!

In her previous life, she was pushed into the sea. After struggling, she vaguely felt something biting her foot, probably a snake.

After her rebirth, she caught the snake, learned to swim, and now seems to have found the murderer.

Han Jianhong raised his head, staring at Meng Yufei with his dark eyes, and said with certainty: "She walks with her feet turned outward, and her sister-in-law works in a shoe and hat factory. She has several pairs of rubber shoes, and she wears them most of the time."

At this point, she paused for two seconds and asked in confusion: "Then she should have used the snake to harm me, why would she harm Qinqin?"

Meng Yufei was just about to explain to her about the job of the elementary school teacher when Han Jianhong also thought of it. Previously, she thought it was Qi Huiying who harmed Qinqin for the job of the elementary school teacher, but now it seems that it was someone else.

"It's for my previous job as an elementary school teacher." Han Jianhong said.

Meng Yufei was a little surprised: "You also know this?"

Han Jianhong nodded, lowered her eyes and said, "Because she had always said at home that she wanted to be a primary school teacher."

Meng Yufei suddenly asked her: "Jianhong, I want to know, what do you think of Wei Shufang?"

"How do you see her?"

"Yes, what do you think of her?"

Han Jianhong clenched her palms and said, "I hate her!"

Meng Yufei's eyes moved slightly, and she held her hand and whispered in her ear, "So, do you want to drive her off the island?"

Han Jianhong looked at Meng Yufei fiercely, and seeing that she looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, he nodded vigorously and said, "I do!"

Then she asked, "What should we do?"

Meng Yufei said: "I need you to do me a favor."

Han Jianhong nodded directly: "Okay!"

She agreed without even knowing what Meng Yufei asked her to do. Firstly, her hatred for Wei Shufang was too strong, and secondly, she trusted Meng Yufei.

Meng Yufei asked, "Can you help me catch a snake safely? A slightly poisonous snake will do."

Han Jianhong said: "I can catch cobras or five-step snakes. If you are bitten by these snakes and don't get medical treatment in time, you will die."

Meng Yufei patted her hands and said, "Murder is against the law! Besides, the purpose of catching the snake is not to harm her. Our purpose is just to drive her away. Most importantly, this matter cannot have anything to do with us. Will you listen to me?"

As she spoke, Meng Yufei whispered her plan into Han Jianhong's ear.

Han Jianhong nodded and said, "Okay. I'll go catch it tomorrow. Don't worry, I've been catching snakes in the mountains since I was a child. I'll be able to catch it quickly."

"There's no rush. The most important thing is to be safe!" Meng Yufei instructed.

"Yeah, I know." I haven't seen Wei Shufang's retribution yet, so she won't let anything happen to me.

After the two reached a cooperation agreement, Han Jianhong went home with two hair ties in her hand. She was in a very good mood and couldn't hide the smile on her face.

When Han Jianping saw her coming back, her face immediately fell. She noticed the silk scarf in her hand and asked, "Where did you get it?"

Han Jianhong was in a good mood today and didn't bother to pay attention to her. He went straight into his little room and closed the door.

Fortunately, there are many rooms in the house and few children. Han Jianbao still lives in the master bedroom with his parents, Han Jianping lives in the second bedroom next door, and Han Jianhong lives in a small room facing north.

When she first came, Wei Shufang hypocritically said that they lived in the second bedroom because Han Jianping had arrived a long time ago, and if she minded, she would help them change rooms.

Han Jianhong, who had just arrived on the island, came to her new home with great trepidation. Faced with her stepmother's words, she naturally said that she didn't mind.

She used to wonder, if Han Jianbao grows up in a few years, how will the rooms in the house be allocated? Will she still live alone in this small room?

But now it doesn't matter anymore. She has decided to leave this house and she doesn't care whether she has her own room in this house.

…

Xia Junshan came to Commander Li's house carrying his two children. The door was open. Commander Li had just arrived home and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea.

After knocking on the door twice, Xia Junshan asked, "Commander, have you had dinner?"

Commander Li looked towards the door and said with a smile, "You guys are here. Come in and sit down. I just had lunch in the army cafeteria. Please take care of Yannan today."

Xia Junshan brought the two children into the house and poured himself a glass of water in a familiar manner.

Commander Li said, "Junshan, there is something I want to discuss with you. Yannan is a child, he needs to eat on time, he can't be like us adults who eat every now and then. I am worried about him eating in the cafeteria alone."

Xia Junshan understood and said with a smile: "You and Dr. Huang are so busy, let Yannan eat at my house from now on. But you have to let me know in advance that you have to eat in the cafeteria when you go to my house."

Teacher Li smiled and said, "At my house, we eat in the cafeteria, mainly because he has someone to keep him company, especially someone his age in your house."

Then he looked at Xia Qinqin who was sitting next to Xia Junshan and said with a friendly smile: "Qinqin, can Brother Yannan come to your house for dinner in the future?"

Xia Qinqin nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Yannan is my good friend, I like to have meals with him."

Lu Yannan said, "Uncle, uncle, I'll go back to my room first."

Teacher Li nodded and said, "Okay, take sister Qinqin to play with you. Your uncle Xia and I will play a game of chess."

Lu Yannan turned and walked towards the guest room. After two steps, he stopped and turned back to Xia Qinqin and said, "You, you're not leaving?"

Xia Junshan patted his daughter on the shoulder and said, "Go and play. Dad will play chess here. We will go home later."

Xia Qinqin said to him: "Dad, remember to call me when you leave."

"Yes, I will definitely call you." Xia Junshan promised.

After hearing this, Xia Qinqin happily got up from the sofa, ran to Lu Yannan, took his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Yannan, let's go play together."

The two entered Lu Yannan's room, and Xia Qinqin said, "Wow, Brother Yannan, your room is similar to my room. Your cabinet is the same as my wardrobe. And your desk is the same as mine."

Lu Yannan took off the bag and put it on the desk, saying calmly: "This is not my home."

Xia Qinqin asked doubtfully: "Where is your home then?"

"My home is in Beijing." Lu Yannan said in a low voice.

Xia Qinqin thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yannan, this is your new home. I also have two homes, one in Haishi and one new home here."

Lu Yannan walked to the corner of the room and said as he opened his suitcase: "My family is not here. I am just staying here temporarily."

He took out a wooden board from his suitcase with several small squares with numbers written on them.

"Let's play this." Lu Yannan didn't want to continue the previous topic.

Xia Qinqin looked at the new toy and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Lu Yannan said: "This is the Digital Huarong Road."

"What is Huarong Dao?"

Lu Yannan put the wooden board on the table and said, "Come here, I'll teach you how to play."

"Oh, okay." Xia Qinqin walked to the table and lay on it to watch him explain how to play.

"Look, there are numbers from 1 to 15 here. We move them and arrange them in order from 1 to 15..."

When Xia Junshan called her to leave, Xia Qinqin had already successfully arranged the first two rows of numbers. When she heard her father's voice, she didn't want to go home yet.

Lu Yannan said: "I will take it to the kindergarten for you to play with tomorrow. You can go home and sleep. Children need more sleep, otherwise it will affect their intellectual development."

Xia Qinqin was dissatisfied and said, "Aren't you also a child?"

Lu Yannan nodded: "Yes, so I'm going to sleep too."

Xia Qinqin snorted and turned to go to the living room to find her father.

Lu Yannan looked at her back, lowered his head and put the Huarong Dao wooden board into his bag.