Chapter 10

Jiang Nian took a bite of egg custard and cried, "I miss your brother."

Lu Yu didn't say anything else. He quickly finished his meal, went back to his room and put on his military uniform. When he passed by Jiang Nian, he said, "Sister-in-law, you have to look forward." When he

walked out of the door, Lu Yu's voice came again: "I'm going to weed the private plot at noon, and I won't be back."

The gate closed and the footsteps faded away.

The sound of the horn rang in the army, which was very inspiring.

Jiang Nian wiped away her tears and was not in the mood to eat. But thinking that food was very precious in this era, she picked up the bowl and finished the egg custard, and took the bowl and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them.

On the chopping board was a red enamel basin, which contained the well water ice chicken that Lu Yu had just poured.

She decided to stew chicken soup for Lu Yu at noon and send it to the field.

Jiang Nian chopped the chicken on the chopping board and washed the meat in well water.

Don't say it, although it is summer, the water in the well is really cold.

When she put the chopped chicken in the red enamel basin and prepared the seasoning, she heard Feng Mei's voice coming from outside.

"Jiang Nian--"

Jiang Nian turned around and shouted to the window: "I'm in the kitchen."

Feng Mei came in and saw the chicken in the red enamel basin. She widened her eyes in surprise: "Oh my God, this chicken must have cost a lot of money, right?"

This question stumped Jiang Nian.

This was bought by Lu Yu, and she didn't know.

But chicken meat should not be cheap in this era, so she nodded: "Lu Yu bought it last night."

Feng Mei's eyes were a little greedy, but she would not shamelessly rub other people's meat: "Vice-Chairman Lu is really good to your sister-in-law. He is not young anymore, and it's time to get married. You are also half his sister-in-law, so you have to worry about Vice-Chairman Lu's marriage."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I will definitely do it."

The hero in the book belongs to the heroine. She calculated the time and the heroine should report to the hospital soon. When the time comes, she will pretend to be sick and let Lu Yu take her to the hospital. As long as the two meet, the plot will be back on track.

She will have a chance to go back then.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nian's gloomy mood in the morning finally improved.

She put the ingredients in bowls, turned her head and saw Feng Mei looking at the chicken in the red enamel basin from time to time, so she said, "Auntie Feng, when I stew the chicken at noon, I will serve some to you and let the two children have some too."

Feng Mei's eyes lit up when she heard it.

But she shook her head and said embarrassedly, "How can I take your things every time? No, no."

Jiang Nian shook the water off her hands and smiled, "We are all neighbors. Auntie Feng also said that we are all military wives, so there is no need to be estranged. So are you rejecting me to be estranged from me?"

"No, no." Feng Mei heard her say so and did not refuse, but she still felt bad.

She only gave the Lu family a humble meal and eggplants and peppers, but they gave her real good things, so she felt that Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law was a friend she could continue to be friends with.

Unlike Kang Xiu, every time he came to their house, he would think of taking something away, but never thought of giving it back to her.

Feng Mei said, "There is a market in the village next to the army today, t? Don't you want to grow vegetables? It's a good opportunity to buy some vegetable seeds."

Jiang Nian had never seen a market in the 1970s: "Then Sister Feng, wait for me for a while, I'll change my clothes."

She went back to the house, changed into a clean dress, took money and bills from the iron box, and went to the market with Feng Mei.

The two met Xu Yan on the way. This was also the second time Jiang Nian met Xu Yan.

Xu Yan also saw Jiang Nian and Aunt Feng, but she just looked up and then lowered her head. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She walked past them with a cold face. Jiang Nian saw the long-accumulated exhaustion on her face.

The book did not describe Xu Yan, a supporting character, in detail. There was only one sentence saying that she had a pair of dimples when she smiled, but looking at her like this, I'm afraid she hasn't smiled for a long time.

Feng Mei was furious when she thought of what happened last night: "You didn't sleep and cried outside the door late at night, disturbing everyone's peace."

Jiang Nian said nothing.

It takes an hour to get to the market from the family building. The market is very simple. Basically, there are people selling vegetables, and there are also chicken and duck seedlings. Jiang Nian bought several kinds of vegetable seedlings.

Feng Mei asked her, "Don't you want to buy some chicks? When the chickens grow up and lay eggs, you won't have to spend money to buy eggs."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I'll see."

She didn't plan so far ahead for now. Buying seedlings to grow vegetables was also a way to save money for the original owner and Lu Yu.

She didn't want to give up the idea of ​​going back in time, and wanted to try various things.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nian touched the wound on her forehead. She couldn't feel the pain unless she frowned and pulled the skin hard. When the wound was no longer painful, she would try hitting her head against the wall.

What if she was lucky enough to go back in time?

It was almost time for dinner when she got home. Fortunately, she had prepared all the seasonings and chopped the chicken before going to the market. Jiang Nian used straw to start the fire, and then added firewood when the fire was big. Finally, she washed her hands and started to heat the oil in the pot. In

this era, every household uses less oil when cooking. She heard her grandmother talk about their childhood. Every time they cooked, they used chopsticks to dip a little oil to cook, and the dishes they cooked were not fragrant at all.

Jiang Nian's grandmother is 85 years old this year. She was born in 1938 and has truly come from a poor life. Every time she talks about the past, she can talk to Jiang Nian for a long time.

Grandma learned embroidery from a female master in the village when she was young. She learned a good craft. In those days, she made money with this craft to support her family. She wanted to pass it on to the next generation, but after she married Grandpa and gave birth to two sons, the craft had to be discontinued.

Later, after Jiang Nian was born, Grandma picked up the craft and passed it on to her.

Jiang Nian felt sad when she thought of the past. Grandpa and grandma were old, and she didn't know if they would cry again after learning that she had an accident.

At noon, she stewed half a pot of chicken soup, fried a portion of hot and sour potato shreds, and heated up a few white flour steamed buns. Just as the meal was ready, Feng Mei's voice came from outside: "I can smell the fragrance next door. My two boys know that Aunt Jiang is going to give them chicken soup, so they are making a fuss at home and don't eat lunch."

As she spoke, she walked in.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I was thinking of calling Sister Feng."

Feng Mei put six eggs and five tomatoes in a basket and put them in a woven basket next to the stove, saying, "Eggs laid by my own chickens."

Jiang Nian did not refuse.

She thought that it was good to have give and take. If she kept giving, people would gossip about her if she stopped giving one day.

She filled a bowl of chicken soup in a small khaki enamel basin and scooped out several pieces of meat. The good stuff made Feng Mei feel warm in her heart. She thought that if she made something good at home in the future

, she would have to bring it to others. Otherwise, she would feel embarrassed to always eat other people's food.

After Feng Mei left, Jiang Nian put the chicken soup and chicken into an aluminum lunch box, tightened the lid, took a small basket, wiped it clean, put a plate of shredded potatoes and a plate of steamed buns in, and covered them with a clean cloth.

Thinking that Lu Yu might not have water to drink or wash his hands with, he fetched a thermos of water from the well and walked towards his own private plot.

It was lunchtime at noon, and the aroma of food filled the air in the courtyard.

Jiang Nian walked under the trees, listening to the cicadas and birds chirping in the trees, humming a song in his heart, and smelling the summer breeze that carried the scent of leaves and grass.

It was so comfortable.

But before he could feel comfortable for long, he saw the third house in front of the courtyard. Zheng Hong was standing at the door of her house. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt on her upper body and a skirt on her lower body. She was still wearing those brown rubber sandals on her feet. She had two braids tied with a red rope, and was looking at the tree path ahead.

Jiang Nian looked in the direction she was going, and saw Liu Qiang running over with a lunch box, his head covered in sweat, and he handed the lunch box to Zheng Hong with a smile.

Zheng Hong took the aluminum lunch box, smiled sweetly at Liu Qiang, and said softly: "Captain Liu, you are so kind, thank you, if it weren't for your help, my child and I would have been hungry at noon today."

Liu Qiang scratched his head: "It's okay, it's just a matter of convenience, I'll go home first."

Zheng Hong nodded: "Okay."

After that, when she turned around with the lunch box and went home, she saw Jiang Nian standing not far away, and saw the undisguised mockery on Jiang Nian's face.

Zheng Hong's face changed, and since Aunt Feng was not there, she was too lazy to say hello to her, and she limped back slowly.

Jiang Nian: ...

Tsk.

Pretending to be lame again?

Captain Liu also saw Jiang Nian. Thinking of how Xu Yan scared her last night, he felt a little guilty towards Jiang Nian. Seeing her holding a basket with a meaty aroma, he greeted her first out of courtesy: "Where are you going, Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law?"

Jiang Nian looked at the bloody marks on Liu Qiang's face where Xu Yan had pinched him. They had already scabbed over. She smiled with cold eyes: "Lu Yu is weeding in the field. I'm going to bring him food."

After saying that, she tugged at the corner of her clothes and deliberately looked at Zheng Hong's yard curiously in front of Liu Qiang. She pursed her lips, looking like she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Liu Qiang was afraid that she would misunderstand him, and that Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law would have a bad impression of him.

After all, she and Deputy Regiment Commander Lu saw him and Xu Yan quarreling the first time they came here, and last night Xu Yan scared someone. If she misunderstood that there was something going on between him and Zheng Hong, it would be pointed out.

If the news got out, it would be troublesome for the political commissar to talk to him again.

Liu Qiang quickly explained: "Comrade Zheng Hong sprained her ankle, and I was on my way, so I helped her get food from the cafeteria and brought it here."

Jiang Nian said "Huh": "Comrade Zheng Hong's ankle was twisted again?"

Liu Qiang was startled, not understanding why she said again?

So he asked: "What do you mean?"