Chapter 11

Jiang Nian suddenly realized something and said, "Yesterday, Sister Feng and I went to see the private plots that the team had approved for us. On the way, we met Comrade Zheng Hong and her son coming back from the supply and marketing cooperative. She was holding a bag of peach cakes in her hand. She walked so fast that I thought she had healed from her sprained ankle the day before yesterday." She

specifically mentioned Sister Feng. If Liu Qiang wanted to ask, Sister Feng could also be considered a witness.

Liu Qiang closed his eyes and was silent for a while.

This morning, Zheng Hong stood at the door of her house and called him, gave him an aluminum lunch box, and asked him to help her get lunch from the canteen at noon. She had sprained her ankle the day before yesterday and it hadn't healed yet, so she troubled him. Only then did he agree to help.

Liu Qiang looked up at Jiang Nian and said nothing else, "The meal is ready, I'll go back first."

Jiang Nian nodded, and as she watched Liu Qiang running away, her eyes gradually turned cold.

This kind of husband is the most disgusting.

He doesn't know how to refuse, doesn't know how to avoid suspicion, and doesn't know how to put himself in his wife's shoes to think about things.

Jiang Nian felt disgusted when he passed by Zheng Hong's door.

It was the hottest time at noon.

Jiang Nian came to the private plot and saw stacked military uniforms on the ground at the edge of the field. Lu Yu was wearing a vest and military pants, with his back hunched, pulling weeds very quickly, grabbing a handful with his big hands. She had to use force to pull it out, but Lu Yu just pulled out a bunch of it casually.

There were two piles of weeds on the edge of the ridge, and the weeds in the two-mu field had been almost pulled out.

Jiang Nian was so hot all the way here that she stood under the shade of the tree and shouted to the distance: "Lu Yu, come over for dinner."

The man not far away heard a crisp shout, stood up and turned around, and saw Jiang Nian standing under the tree with a basket and a thermos,

with some surprise in his eyes. He thought Jiang Nian would not go out alone, and planned to go to the canteen to eat after pulling the weeds.

Lu Yu patted the dirt on his hands, strode to the shade of the tree, and saw Jiang Nian's face was a little red from the sun. Thinking of her walking all the way here under the scorching sun with these things, he suddenly felt that Jiang Nian should not be as afraid of going out as she was in the countryside.

"Are you thirsty? I brought some water."

Jiang Nian put the basket and the aluminum lunch box on the ground, picked up the thermos, looked at Lu Yu's hands, pursed her lips, and said, "Wash your hands first."

"Yeah."

Lu Yu stretched out his hands to receive the well water that Jiang Nian poured out. He was tall, so he had to bend down. After washing his hands, he washed his face with water in his hands, and then subconsciously grabbed the hem of his clothes and wiped the water off his face.

Jiang Nian was caught off guard and saw the tight abdominal muscles. The man's waist and abdomen looked very strong. The military pants under his waist and abdomen were tied with a black leather belt. He stood with his long legs apart, and a pool of well water was poured on the ground.

She quickly looked away, and her hand holding the handle of the thermos unconsciously tightened.

Lu Yu also reacted, quickly put down his clothes, squatted on the ground and found a topic: "What did you cook?"

Jiang Nian blinked uncomfortably, put down the thermos, squatted on the ground and lifted the cloth on the basket: "I stewed chicken soup, fried a plate of shredded potatoes, and heated up some white steamed buns."

She grabbed the aluminum lunch box and wanted to open the lid. She didn't know if she squeezed it too tightly before or her palms were sweaty, and she couldn't open it for a long time.

"Let me do it."

A low voice came from above, and the heat from Lu Yu rushed straight to her.

Jiang Nian nodded gently: "Okay."

She let go of her hand and put the basket at Lu Yu's feet. Seeing Lu Yu easily open the lunch box lid, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

The difference in strength between her and Lu Yu was too great.

Lu Yu took a steamed bun and took a bite, then he realized that Jiang Nian had a pair of chopsticks. He handed the chopsticks to Jiang Nian: "You use the chopsticks, I'll just drink the soup with the steamed bun." "

I'll go home to eat."

Jiang Nian covered the thermos lid and squatted quietly under the tree roots: "I'm not used to eating outside."

Lu Yu didn't say anything else. He picked up the chopsticks and ate the rice in big mouthfuls. After a while, three steamed buns were gone. When he picked up the aluminum lunch box to drink the soup, he realized that Jiang Nian had picked up a lot of meat for him.

He felt a little warm in his heart, but he said, "Sister-in-law, I bought the chicken to nourish your body. I, a man, don't need it."

Jiang Nian lowered her head to look at the ant nest on the ground. A group of ants lined up in an orderly manner and entered the ant nest. Hearing Lu Yu's words, she raised her head and spoke softly, "I can't finish it all by myself. It's hot now and the meat can't be kept."

She lowered her head again, "You train every day to consume physical energy, so eat as much as you can." Eat something. My only job now is to take good care of you. When you get married and have children, the Lu family will have descendants. When Dad was alive, he often talked about you and your elder brother, saying that your elder brother's life was like this, and he was looking forward to you bringing a wife back. "

She said this to give Lu Yu a vaccination in advance so that he could be prepared. When he went to the hospital to see the heroine, she could also successfully match the hero and heroine and let the plot develop normally.

Lu Yu listened to Jiang Nian's words and felt a little uncomfortable.

She picked up the aluminum lunch box and finished the chicken and chicken soup. After eating, she put the food in the basket and stood up and said, "It's hot outside, sister-in-law, go back. I'll pull out the remaining weeds. Tomorrow I'll borrow a hoe from Aunt Feng to turn the soil over again. We can plant vegetables soon."

Jiang Nian also stood up with the basket in her hand. She looked at the field and saw that there was only a small patch of weeds left: "Thank you for your hard work."

She held the basket and lowered her head.

Lu Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves: "Not hard."

After walking two steps, he remembered something and turned to Jiang Nian and said, "Give me more hot corn cakes in the future. I'll eat that to resist hunger."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, and when she raised her head, she saw Lu Yu had already walked towards the field.

She understood what Lu Yu meant.

He wanted to save the white flour for her to eat.

White flour was a rarity in those days, and every household basically ate corn flour and sweet potato flour, especially in the countryside, where people could not eat white flour steamed buns once a year.

Jiang Nian returned home and washed the pots and bowls after lunch. There was still a lot of chicken soup left, which she saved for rolling noodles in the evening. She

was scared by Xu Yan last night, and she didn't sleep well in the second half of the night. She fell asleep as soon as she got into bed.

Jiang Nian slept deeply this time and got up when it was almost dark.

She went to the well to fetch water to wash her hands, went to the stove to knead the noodles, and planned to fry another tiger skin pepper in the evening. She heated the oil in the pan and stir-fried the pepper in the pan. When both sides were almost done, she sprinkled the seasoning and minced garlic.

She served the vegetables, washed the pot, poured the chicken soup into it, and started rolling the noodles.

It was already dark when Lu Yu came back.

He went to the well to fetch water to wash his face, and washed his arms and neck at the same time. The strong aroma of chicken soup and chili wafted out from the stove room, filling the yard with fragrance.

Even the homes of Captain Song and Captain Liu next door could smell it.

Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong had always had very good noses. When they smelled the meat, they excitedly ran around Feng Mei, shouting.

"Mom, it smells like chicken soup."

"It smells so good, Mom, is there any chicken soup left? I want to eat more!"

"Mom, I want to eat too."

Song Xianghong ran over and hugged Feng Mei's legs and shook them, pouting: "Mom, take out the chicken soup from the cabinet, I want to eat it."

Feng Mei was reluctant to finish it in one or two bowls, but she couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she smelled the fragrance coming from the next yard.

To be honest, she was also greedy.

Song Zhiwei took a piece of salted vegetables with chopsticks and raised

his chin towards Feng Mei, saying, "It's too hot to keep it. If the kids want to eat it, take it out and eat it. Don't let it spoil and you can't eat it when you want to." Feng Mei asked Song Xianghong to spread her legs, saying, "You two should sit down. Mom will bring it over."

The two children of Captain Liu's family also smelled it.

They sat at the table and looked at their parents carefully while they ate. They had just had another fight. Mom didn't cook any hot dishes in the evening. She just ate with salted vegetables. It was tasteless.

Liu Qiang glanced at Xu Yan, frowned, and spoke in a softer voice than before: "Steam a bowl of egg cake for the two children tomorrow."

Xu Yan sneered and retorted unceremoniously: "You spent all the money on Zheng Hong, how can we have food? Now you know that your son doesn't have enough to eat or wear? What did you do before!"

"Xu Yan!"

Liu Qiang threw the chopsticks heavily on the table, staring at her with a sullen face: "I only borrowed fifty yuan from her, and she said that she would return the money to me when Captain Lu came back!"

Xu Yan was so angry that she threw the chopsticks on Liu Qiang's face: "Return, return! It sounds good, but it's been almost two years, has she paid it back? Why doesn't Captain Lu send money to me every time he comes back! Only you, Liu Qiang, You are so shameless and willing to be the sucker, willing to go to Zheng Hong. When you see her, you are as active as a fly seeing shit!"

Liu Qiang suddenly stood up and slapped her. Xu Yan staggered two steps, covering her face, staring at Liu Qiang with red eyes: "You hit me? You hit me for Zheng Hong, that shameless woman?"

Liu Qiang clenched his fingers, and knew that he was impulsive just now.

But Xu Yan's words were too touching, and he was also provoked by her, so he hit her in a moment of anger.

"I don't want to eat anymore."

Liu Qiang turned around and walked out of the house.

Liu Jianwu and Liu Jianye huddled at the table, their heads down, their eyes drooping. Liu Jianwu tugged at Liu Jianye's sleeve: "Brother, I want to eat egg custard."

They hadn't eaten egg custard for a year and had forgotten what it tasted like.

Xu Yan looked at the steamed buns in her two sons' hands and felt more and more annoyed.

Why should she spend her husband's money on Zheng Hong?

Why should Zheng Hong's son eat white flour steamed buns, but her son has to eat pickled vegetable steamed buns!

Xu Yan wiped away her tears and said to her two sons: "Mom will steam egg custard for you."

When Liu Jianwu heard this, his eyes suddenly sparkled.

On the contrary, Liu Jianye kept silent. After a while, he looked up in the direction where Liu Qiang left, with some resentment in his eyes.

When

Jiang Nian came out of the kitchen with a plate, she also heard the quarrel between Liu Qiang and Xu Yan. She

felt that Liu Qiang was a piece of shit.

The bowl of noodles was very hot, so Lu Yu asked her to take the plate and chopsticks out.

The two sat at a small table in the yard. Jiang Nian listened to the sound of Lu Yu eating noodles, and suddenly she felt a sense of pride.

How could she not be happy when the food she cooked was recognized and liked by others?

While eating, Lu Yu mentioned: "I will take half a day off tomorrow morning and take you to the hospital for a follow-up check."

Jiang Nian paused for a moment while eating noodles, lowered his head and picked up the noodles: "Let's finish turning the land in the next two days before going."

The heroine will report to the hospital in two days, and Lu Yu will just bump into the heroine in two days.

I don't know if it was Jiang Nian's illusion, but after she finished speaking, Lu Yu's face was faintly revealing some indescribable gloom.

Jiang Nian lowered his head and ate absent-mindedly, but couldn't help guessing in his heart.

What happened to him?