Chapter 24

The scalding temperature suddenly rushed into the cold embrace, Lu Yu frowned uncomfortably, but Jiang Nian shivered with coldness, her eyes unconsciously opened slowly, looking at the warm yellow room, she felt the external force on her shoulder, she turned her head weakly, and saw a "slender" hand holding her shoulder.

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, and slowly turned her head to the other side, raised her head and looked at Lu Yu who was sitting on the side of the bed, half covering her. The man's clothes were already soaked, and there were water droplets on his neat short hair, and the water droplets slid down his sharp eyebrows to his chin.

When he saw Jiang Nian wake up, an unnatural look flashed across his face. He took the antipyretic medicine with his other hand and handed it to her: "You have a fever, take the medicine first, I will take you to the hospital tomorrow."

The temperature in his arms was so hot that Lu Yu resisted the strange feeling in his heart and looked at the half-open door.

Jiang Nian raised her hand with great effort, but her hand lost its strength halfway and fell softly on the quilt. She looked at the hand stretched out in front of her, moved her head forward a little, and rolled the pill held in the man's fingers with the tip of her tongue.

The tip of her tongue was cooled by the cold temperature, and before she could recover, her mouth was filled with a strong bitter taste. Jiang Nian frowned uncomfortably: "It's so bitter, water..."

Lu Yu was stunned.

The scalding temperature quickly passed through his fingertips, and the breath of Jiang Nian was still lingering on his fingertips.

He pursed his thin lips, and his ears quickly turned red.

Hearing Jiang Nian's uncomfortable request for water, Lu Yu came to his senses and handed the enamel pot to her. Jiang Nian said weakly, "I don't have the strength."

The pills quickly spread in her mouth, and the bitter taste rushed straight into her throat.

When Lu Yu handed the enamel pot to her mouth, Jiang Nian lowered her head and drank several sips, but there was still a faint bitterness in her mouth, which was not very comfortable. Lu

Yu was afraid that the coldness on his body would be passed on to Jiang Nian again, and he also felt awkward and uncomfortable with the two of them getting along at the moment, so after Jiang Nian finished drinking the water, he helped her lie back on the bed, and then got up and walked out.

"Lu Yu."

Jiang Nian looked at the figure who walked to the door and whispered, "I want to eat a candy."

She coughed twice and continued, "The candy is in the cabinet."

Lu Yu said, "Yes."

He turned around and opened the cabinet. There were three candies in the corner of the cabinet. He took one and walked to the window. He lowered his eyes to look at the weak Jiang Nian, looking at her red cheeks and wet eyelashes due to high fever, and finally he took off the candy wrapper and handed it to her mouth.

Jiang Nian rolled the candy into her mouth, and the sweet taste instantly covered the bitterness in her mouth.

She coughed a few more times and asked, "Why are you back? Has the bridge in the village been repaired?"

Lu Yu held the candy paper in his palm and replied, "Yeah."

Then he turned around and walked out of the house quickly. When he closed the door for Jiang Nian, he said, "I'm going to make some porridge."

The door was closed, and Jiang Nian closed his eyes. His mind was in a mess.

According to the plot, shouldn't it take two days to rescue?

How could it be solved in one day?

If she couldn't figure it out, she simply didn't think about it. Anyway, the plot was already distorted, and she couldn't go back. Thinking more would only cause trouble for herself.

Lu Yu made some porridge, fried some green vegetables, and steamed a bowl of egg custard. After it was done, he brought it to Jiang Nian's room. Jiang Nian felt better after taking the antipyretic medicine. She weakly propped herself up and sat against the head of the bed, with a pillow behind her back and the back of her head against the earthen wall covered with newspapers.

The aroma of food spread in the room, and Jiang Nian was indeed a little hungry.

She took the egg custard brought by Lu Yu, scooped a little with a spoon and ate it, raised her head and looked at Lu Yu standing by the bed. He was still wearing the wet clothes, which stuck to his body, outlining his well-proportioned muscles, and his arms hanging by his legs looked tight and strong.

Jiang Nian quickly lowered her eyes, staring at the egg custard in the bowl, and whispered: "Go back to the house and change into clean clothes, be careful not to catch a cold."

Lu Yu said: "I'm fine."

He was strong and had trained in the army. He was fine training in the snow with his bare chest in the winter.

Lu Yu turned around and brought the fried vegetables and porridge to the small wooden table at the head of the bed: "You eat first, I'll come and collect it later."

Jiang Nian said "hmm".

After Lu Yu turned around and walked out of the house, she breathed a sigh of relief. She

kept repeating in her heart: Don't look at anything inappropriate.

Otherwise, if Lu Yu found out about her little thoughts, it would be so embarrassing for the two of them to be alone in the future.

Jiang Nian didn't eat much. She was full after a bowl of egg custard and a few bites of green vegetables. She lay back on the bed, listening to the sound of rain outside. Soon, she heard footsteps coming from outside. She turned her head and saw Lu Yu coming in.

He glanced at the bowl of porridge and most of the dishes on the table, and frowned slightly: "Sister-in-law, have you eaten well?"

Jiang Nian nodded gently: "Yes."

Lu Yu: ...

Sister-in-law usually doesn't eat much, and she doesn't eat much. I didn't expect that she eats even less after she got sick.

What's the difference between this and eating chicken?

Lu Yu saw that her face was not as red as before, and knew that the fever had subsided.

"Sister-in-law, sleep a little longer. I'll take you to the hospital when it's daybreak."

Jiang Nian said, "Okay."

She watched Lu Yu pick up the plates and bowls and walk out of the house, and considerately helped her close the door.

Jiang Nian slept again, and it was almost noon when she woke up.

Lu Yu came in twice during this time and touched her forehead. He felt warm all the time, so he didn't wake her up.

Jiang Nian got up, put on her clothes, washed up, drank some porridge, and followed Lu Yu to the hospital.

The heavy rain had stopped, and now it was drizzling. She wore a patched coat, held an umbrella and followed Lu Yu, following his footsteps. His feet were big, and the places he walked on were not bad, not places where mud had turned into beaches.

As soon as he walked out of the troops, Jiang Nian heard footsteps and cursing voices coming from behind him.

"You son of a bitch, you caused my son to break his leg. When I get over there, I will break your son's leg!"

"You don't even know what's so good about stealing a broken schoolbag!"

Jiang Nian was very familiar with this voice. It was Zheng Hong.

She turned her head to look at Zheng Hong, who was holding a cloth bag and had a gloomy face, running in the mud puddles with her head down.

Zheng Hong also saw the people walking in front of her. The first person she saw was Jiang Nian. She snorted and wanted to say something bad to Jiang Nian, but then she saw Deputy Commander Lu walking in front of her, so she swallowed the words before she said them.

Jiang Nian saw it, and the mockery in his eyes was not concealed at all. He was

just a coward who only bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Zheng Hong ignored them and ran very fast with the cloth bag in her arms. There were spots of mud on her trousers and legs.

Lu Yu just glanced at Zheng Hong's back and then looked away.

He knew what happened yesterday afternoon last night. It was the soldiers in the regiment who told him that Song Xiangdong had a fever and fell ill in his previous life, which left him with a weak body. In this life, in order to prevent Song Xiangdong from repeating the same mistake, he asked Zhu Jun to send a few children home in advance.

But he didn't expect that Lu Zhijun would have a conflict with Song Xiangdong because of Song Xiangdong's schoolbag.

Lu Yu thought of the embroidery on Song Xiangdong's schoolbag that he saw yesterday morning, and asked about it. Song Xiangdong told him that it was embroidered by Aunt Jiang.

He never knew that his sister-in-law had this skill.

The two walked on the path in the shade of the trees. There was a big puddle in front of them. There was muddy water on both sides. There were many footprints on it. Jiang Nian looked down at her cloth shoes and thought that if she walked through here, the mud would probably make both feet muddy.

She stopped and hesitated which foot to put out first. Suddenly, a person squatted in front of her. Lu Yu said in a deep and powerful voice: "Sister-in-law, I'll carry you over."

Jiang Nian held the handle of the umbrella tightly and whispered: "Okay."

She resisted the urge to curl up her lips. She felt that she didn't need to dirty her feet, and she felt that Lu Yu was really considerate. When he gets married in the future, she will definitely give him a good wedding.

A big and good one.

Lu Yu's clothes were a little wet, but luckily Jiang Nian was wearing a coat to block out the moisture.

She lay on Lu Yu's back and put her arms around his neck. When the man stood up, her line of sight was also separated from the ground for a moment. It was the first time she realized that her perspective of looking at the ground was different from Lu Yu's.

It was quite high.

After walking along this long muddy road, Lu Yu put her down and took her to the hospital.

It was Director Wang who examined her last time. When Director Wang saw Jiang Nian, he was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Why are you here again?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Of course I'm here to see a doctor.

Who else likes to go to the hospital for no reason?

Lu Yu said, "She had a fever last night and took a fever pill."

Director Wang nodded, examined Jiang Nian, and asked where she felt uncomfortable. Director Wang asked one question and Jiang Nian answered one. At the end of the examination, Director Wang wrote a prescription to Lu Yu: "She caught a cold and fever due to the cold wind from the rain, and her throat is red, swollen and inflamed. She needs to be hospitalized for two days with an IV drip. That will be enough."

Lu Yu nodded, "Yeah."

Director Wang continued, "She has a long-term malnutrition, which has also caused her to be weak and get sick when she gets a little cold. Give her more supplements. If she takes good care of herself, she will be fine in a few years."

After that, he glanced at Jiang Nian's forehead. There was a very small scar above her brow, but it was not noticeable unless you looked carefully.

Lu Yu said, "Thank you, Director

Wang." Director Wang shouted outside, "Cai Jing, take this patient to the ward and arrange a bed for her."

"She's here."

A nurse in an old-fashioned white coat came in, with two small braids and a small red mole under her right eye. Director Wang was stunned for a moment: "Where is Cai Jing?"

Sun Ying smiled and said, "She went to eat, I'll take her shift."

Director Wang nodded and pointed in the direction of Jiang Nian: "Take this patient to the ward."

Then he handed her a list.

Sun Ying took the list and glanced at Jiang Nian. The next moment, her eyes fell on her again.

I didn't expect to meet her again.

She looked at the man behind Jiang Nian. He was wearing the same military green uniform as last time. He looked down at the ground, his brows were cold and handsome, and he was holding a list in his hand. His fingers were long and beautiful. His aura was a little colder than last time.

Sun Ying's calm heart suddenly jumped a few times. Seeing this strange man again, she felt very familiar, as if she had seen him before, but she knew very well that she had never seen him before.

And the most she had seen him was only in dreams.

Since she last saw him, she dreamed of sitting face to face with him on a train. Then she dreamed of going to the hospital to report and he returned to the army. In the dream, it seemed like another world. In that world, she knew this person. He introduced himself to her and said his name was Lu Yu.

"Why are you still standing there?"

Director Wang saw that Sun Ying didn't move and looked up at her.

Sun Ying came back to her senses, her face flushed, and she quickly lowered her head and said, "Comrade, come with me."

Jiang Nian nodded gently, and before leaving, she turned her head to look at Lu Yu, and happened to meet his gaze.

Thus, the curiosity and doubt in her eyes fell into Lu Yu's eyes without warning. The man's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, thinking that she was still thinking about bringing him and Sun Ying together. His voice unconsciously became a little colder: "Sister-in-law, you go to the ward first, I'll go to pay the money."

"Oh."

Jiang Nian lowered her head and followed Sun Ying to the ward.

Her bed was in the middle. There were people living in the two beds near the window and the door. A woman in her thirties sat next to a ten-year-old child, who should be her daughter. The other bed was occupied by an old lady, and a middle-aged man sat next to her. The two had similar eyebrows and eyes, probably mother and son.

Sun Ying said, "This is your bed."

Jiang Nian thanked her and sat on the bed. The person at the end of the bed did not leave, but stood there. Jiang Nian raised her head curiously, and heard Sun Ying whispered to her, "Are you his sister-in-law?"

Jiang Nian: ???

She pursed her lips and nodded, "Yes."

Sun Ying smiled awkwardly and asked, "Is his name Lu Yu? The deputy commander of the military region regiment headquarters?"

Jiang Nian: ???

My good man, how did the heroine know?

Could it be that she went to the army to inquire about Lu Yu? !

She was in no mood to match the heroine and the hero. The plot had fallen apart, and she couldn't go back. Besides, Lu Yu didn't have that intention, and she didn't want to do something thankless and annoying.

Jiang Nian just nodded: "Yeah."

Out of a normal reaction, she pretended to be nosy and asked: "How did you know?"

Sun Ying hesitated, and a voice came from outside: "Nurse Sun--"

Sun Ying said: "I'll bring the medicine for you to inject later."

After that, she left.

Jiang Nian collected her thoughts and sat on the bed looking out the window. The hospital at that time was better than the one in the countryside. It was a brick house with green wood windows and six glass panels. The reflection of the glass reflected the people walking back and forth outside the window.

After a while, Lu Yu came back with two buns and a new bed sheet in his hand. The old-fashioned coarse cloth, he put the buns on the table and said to Jiang Nian, "I'll make the bed."

Jiang Nian understood what he meant. No one knew how many people had slept in the bed, and no one knew what disease the last patient had. The last time she was hospitalized, Lu Yu also bought a bed sheet to make the bed for her, and took the bed sheet with him when he left. Now the bed sheet is still pressed in her cabinet. After

Lu Yu made the bed, Jiang Nian took off her shoes and lay down on it.

The old lady in the next bed saw it, looked at Lu Yu, and smiled: "You are so good to your wife."

Lu Yu: ...

Jiang Nian: ...

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian who was leaning against the bed, and nodded to the old lady: "It's my duty."

Jiang Nian raised her head for a moment, and saw Lu Yu looking at the old lady, and he was indifferent to her gaze.

Jiang Nian: ???

Lu Yu bought a military green kettle and went to get her water. He didn't even look at her when he left.

In the ward, there was the sound of the old lady and the woman in the next bed chatting. Jiang Nian sat quietly on the bed, holding the buns that Lu Yu bought for her, and took a bite and tasted the strong meaty aroma.

The old lady sniffed the smell, and the woman leaning against the door of the bed also smelled it. Almost everyone in the ward looked at her at the same time, and they could see the greed for the meat in their eyes.

Jiang Nian: ...

The meat bun in her mouth was a little hard to swallow, so she put it in her cloth bag and said nothing more.

The old lady said: "Your husband is so good to you. I saw the clothes he was wearing. Is he a soldier?"

Lu Yu had admitted that they were husband and wife before, and she couldn't tear Lu Yu's stage. She could only bite the bullet and say: "Yeah."

The woman over there also said: "How many years have you and your husband been married? I see that you two are still young. Have you given birth to a baby? A boy or a girl?"

Jiang Nian: ...

She had a headache and responded casually: "We have been married for four years and still have no children."

The old lady immediately started gossiping . "You've been married for four years and still don't have a child?"

She looked at Jiang Nian's belly and asked curiously, "Is it your problem or your husband's problem?"

The middle-aged man next to her glared at the old lady, "Mom, can you stop meddling in other people's business? You're like this at home and you're still like this outside. It's embarrassing for you, but I am."

The old lady glared at her son in anger, and didn't care about what her son said at all. She asked Jiang Nian again, as if she wouldn't stop until she got the answer.

The woman at the door of the ward also looked at Jiang Nian, with a hint of schadenfreude on her face. She also couldn't give birth to a son. She gave birth to three daughters in a row. This time she finally got pregnant again, but she almost had a miscarriage. Her mother-in-law and husband thought it must be a boy, so they let her be hospitalized.

Otherwise, she couldn't afford to go to this hospital in her life.

Jiang Nian felt that it was all Lu Yu who had caused all the trouble. If he had explained their relationship, why would he be asked so many questions?

She leaned on the quilt, her face a little gloomy, and made up a lie: "It's my man who is not good enough."

Lu Yu, who had just walked out of the ward, suddenly heard Jiang Nian's words, frowned, pursed her lips and walked into the ward with a water bottle.

Immediately, the old lady and the middle-aged woman's eyes all fell on Lu Yu, and their expressions were a little pity. Even the middle-aged man looked up at him with some sympathy in his eyes.

Lu Yu's eyebrows were wrinkled, thinking of what he had just heard Jiang Nian say when he walked out of the ward.

——It's my man who is not good enough.

When Jiang Nian saw Lu Yu, her heart skipped a beat. When he looked over, she lowered her head and didn't dare to breathe.

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian, whose head was drooping like a quail, and put the kettle on the table. Seeing that she was holding the cloth bag in her hand, he said, "The meat buns won't taste good if they get cold. It's better to eat them while they're hot." Jiang Nian

pursed her lips, looked at her fingers that were about to break like bamboo poles, and said "hmm" softly, holding back the embarrassment.

She swore that she would never say bad things about Lu Yu behind his back again!

It was embarrassing to sit there like this, but fortunately there were old ladies and women talking beside her.

Jiang Nian took out the meat bun and ate it in small bites. She never dared to look up at Lu Yu standing beside the bed. She only glanced at Lu Yu's slender and straight legs from time to time. She couldn't help but curse herself in her heart.

I should have known that it was her problem.

"Cough cough——"

Her throat was burning and painful. It hurt when she swallowed the food. She also felt itchy. She couldn't stop coughing a few times. A hand stretched out in front of her, holding a military green kettle lid. There was hot water in it, and steam was rising slowly.

Lu Yu's voice came from above: "Drink some water."

"Yeah."

Jiang Nian raised his head slightly, reached out to take the lid of the kettle and took a sip. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lu Yu's eyes looking towards the window, and he breathed

a sigh of relief. After drinking, he passed the lid of the kettle over. Sun Ying came over to give Jiang Nian an injection. She glanced at Lu Yu standing beside the bed, a little absent-minded. She

didn't understand why she dreamed of a man she had only met once?

"Hiss--"

Jiang Nian raised his head in pain, and blood oozed out of the needle hole on the back of his hand.

Sun Ying came to her senses and realized that the needle tip had gone off the mark. She was immediately startled: "Sorry, sorry."

Jiang Nian wanted to say that it was okay, but Lu Yu's low and deep voice suddenly came from above her head, and he took away the needle in Sun Ying's hand.

"I'll call another nurse."

The man walked out of the ward indifferently, without giving Sun Ying any chance to explain.

Jiang Nian was also stunned. He looked up blankly, looking at Sun Ying's pale and aggrieved face, pursed his lips, and finally said nothing, just lowered his head and pressed the needle hole on the back of his hand.

Two minutes later, Lu Yu led another nurse to give Jiang Nian an injection. Sun Ying looked at the handsome and indifferent face of the man, and then thought of the way he smiled and talked to her in his dream. Suddenly, she was a little confused and couldn't accept it.

She endured the embarrassment and whispered, "I didn't mean it just now, you don't have to be so angry."

Lu Yu watched another nurse successfully inject Jiang Nian, and said very coldly, "As a medical staff, your mistake may cause irreparable harm to the patient. If something really happens, it can't be solved by an apology."

Sun Ying's eyes were red with discomfort.

She was born in a good family. She was loved by her parents since she was a child, coaxed by her friends, and had never been criticized in public. She immediately pursed her lips in grievance, and her eyes were filled with tears. The pitiful look made the little red mole under her eyes more charming.

Jiang Nian looked at her like this and couldn't help but smack his lips in his heart.

As expected of the heroine, she looks like she wants to cry but can't. She is so charming that even a woman like her is softened.

The old lady's son also turned his head to look at Sun Ying, with a light flashing in his eyes. He looked at Lu Yu and said, "The nurse said it was not intentional. How can you be so stingy as a grown man?"

Lu Yu looked at the middle-aged man coldly and said, "It's not your mother who is hurt."

The middle-aged man wanted to retort, but was slapped on the back of his head by the old lady: "They are right. The nurse is doing a great job of curing diseases and saving lives. If someone is harmed, who will be responsible? You are so generous and capable!"

After being slapped, the middle-aged man immediately stopped.

Sun Ying looked at Lu Yu's indifferent expression, covered her mouth and cried and ran out.

Another nurse carefully injected Jiang Nian and hurried out.

In the corridor, Wu Youshan came out of Director Wang's ward and saw Sun Ying crying in the corner at the end of the corridor. He ran after her worriedly, listened to her sobbing and aggrieved cry, and asked, "Who bullied you?"

Sun Ying cried and said, "I accidentally injected the needle in the wrong place, and was scolded by the patient's family."

Wu Youshan said angrily, "It's true that poor people produce unruly people. People in this broken county are always troublesome. Who hasn't made a mistake?" The drip was running slowly. Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu, who was sitting at the end of the bed, dispensing medicine to her.

It was Director Wang who prescribed it for her. The drip lasted until dark. Jiang Nian fell asleep in the middle of the process. Lu Yu would look at the drip from time to time, and then reach out to touch Jiang Nian's forehead. The old ladies and middle-aged women next to him saw this and felt envious and pitiful for their husband. He was not good in that aspect, which meant that he would never have any offspring in this life. Alas, it was a pity for such a handsome guy. When Jiang Nian woke up, Lu Yu had just come from the state-owned hotel. He bought a bowl of millet porridge and a bowl of noodles. After dinner, Jiang Nian went to the toilet. When he came out, he saw a man and a woman walking together in the corridor. The woman was Sun Ying, and she was heard to call the man next to her Wu Youshan. Sun Ying saw Jiang Nian, hesitated for a moment, nodded to her politely, and left. Jiang Nian's eyes fell on Wu Youshan's back. The book mentioned Wu Youshan a lot. He and Sun Ying lived in a compound. They were childhood sweethearts. Wu Youshan liked Sun Ying since he was a child. After Sun Ying got together with the male protagonist, Wu Youshan was still unwilling to give up and pestered Sun Ying every now and then. She returned to the ward and saw Lu Yu sitting at the end of the bed. When he saw her come back, he stood up and lifted the quilt to let her lie down. Jiang Nian was really spoiled by his thoughtful care in all aspects. .In the city hospital. Zheng Hong had a quarrel with Feng Mei as soon as she arrived. If Lu Guosheng hadn't stopped her, Zheng Hong would have gone up to fight with Feng Mei. She cursed with a fierce face, "Captain Song, you can control my man but not me. If it weren't for your son, would my Zhijun have broken his leg?!" Feng Mei stood in front of Song Xiangdong, glared at Zheng Hong with a fierce face, and cursed, "It was your son who shamelessly snatched our Xiangdong's schoolbag. He was jealous that Deputy Commander Lu's sister-in-law embroidered a little boy on our Xiangdong's schoolbag, so he wanted to snatch it. I don't know how you taught Zhijun all these years to make him like this?!" She talked a lot, and Zheng Hong couldn't get a word in. Xu Yan is a straightforward person, and although she is okay with cursing and fighting, she is far inferior to Feng Mei. Feng Mei is not good at playing tricks, but she can curse so much that Zheng Hong is speechless. Captain Lu was annoyed by what he heard. He pulled Zheng Hong over and said with a sullen face, "If you want to make trouble again, go back. This is a hospital, not home. Don't embarrass me in front of me!" Zheng Hong's eyes turned red with anger, "What do you have the right to say that to me?" She pointed at Feng Mei, "It was Song Xiangdong who caused our son to break his leg. You didn't protect Zhijun, but protected Song Xiangdong instead. Who is your son?!" "Enough!" Lu Guosheng's face was gloomy, "If you make trouble again, just go back to your parents' home. I can lead Zhijun by myself." After that, he turned around and left the ward. Just these one sentence put out all of Zheng Hong's arrogance. What she feared most was going back to her parents' home. Seeing Lu Zhijun crying and calling her mother with a clenched mouth, Zheng Hong felt distressed and angry. She turned her head and glared angrily at Feng Mei who was taking pleasure in other people's misfortune. Song Xiangdong sat on the hospital bed, holding a cloth bag in his hand. He rubbed the little boy's eyes with his fingers, trying to wipe off the mud. Feng Mei turned around and rubbed his head: "It's okay, mom will wash it for you when you get home." Song Xiangdong nodded: "Okay." A middle-aged woman was lying on the bed against the wall. She looked like a city girl from her dress. She came here the day before yesterday. She was the only one in the ward, and it was quiet. But two families came at once last night. There was no quarrel at first, but since the mother of the child with a broken leg came, this ward has never been quiet. The woman turned her head and looked at Song Xiangdong in the next bed. She saw that he always held a schoolbag made of black cloth, so she sat up curiously and took a closer look. Her eyes were immediately glued to the little boy in military uniform embroidered on the bag. Although it was stained with mud and dirty, it was not difficult to see that this person's embroidery skills were excellent.

She said softly, "Little boy, can I have a look at your schoolbag?"

Song Xiangdong turned to look at her, nodded, and handed the schoolbag over.

The woman traced the embroidery on the schoolbag with her fingers, and then looked up at Song Xiangdong. Song Xiangdong smiled shyly, with one of his front teeth missing, just like the little boy on the schoolbag.

She became curious and asked, "Who embroidered this?"

Song Xiangdong said, "Auntie Jiang."

Seeing that she was quite interested, Feng Mei smiled and said, "My neighbor embroidered it. I'm not kidding, her embroidery is so beautiful. She embroidered this little boy on the schoolbag in an afternoon. Look at the nose and mouth, he really looks like my Xiangdong."

The woman smiled and said, "Yes, he looks alike."

She thought for a moment, raised her head and looked at Feng Mei, "Comrade, I'm the owner of the state-owned embroidery shop in our city. When you go back, tell that comrade that I have an embroidery picture that needs to be embroidered. If that comrade is willing, you can come to the state-owned embroidery shop to embroider it." "The embroidery shop asked me to do it for her. I embroidered the pattern for her and asked her to take it back and give it to me after it was finished."

Feng Mei widened her eyes in shock and asked, "Do you have money?"

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Of course there will be a reward."

Feng Mei clapped her thigh happily and said, "Okay, I'll tell her when I get back."

Zheng Hong turned her head and looked at the middle-aged woman's schoolbag, sneered, and muttered, "A broken schoolbag, who can't sew it? What's so rare about it."

Lu Zhijun whispered, "But it's really beautiful, mother, you also sew one for me, I want it."

Zheng Hong said impatiently, "I don't want to sew!" Jiang Nian was discharged from the hospital on the third morning

.

She followed Lu Yu to Director Wang's ward. Director Wang prescribed some medicine for Lu Yu, then looked at Jiang Nian and joked, "You've had your period three times in three months. Don't come next month. Take good care of yourself."

Jiang Nian: ...

She didn't want to come either.

Lu Yu took her out of the hospital. When they passed the staircase, they bumped into Sun Ying and Wu Youshan who were going up the stairs.

Wu Youshan stepped aside. Sun Ying bit her lower lip lightly, raised her head and looked at Lu Yu who was looking down at her. She wanted to say hello to him and talk to him, but she was angry again when she thought of his cold attitude the day before yesterday.

Lu Yu glanced at Sun Ying who was blocking the road, then glanced at Wu Youshan beside him with a cold gaze, and then looked at Sun Ying who was three steps away from him, his voice as cold as ever: "Please make way."

Wu Youshan tugged at Sun Ying's sleeve: "What's wrong with you?"

Sun Ying moved two steps to the side, watching her uncle and sister-in-law walking down the stairs one after another, looking at Lu Yu's back with tears in her eyes. She really couldn't connect the man in her dream with the cold and heartless man in reality.

Wu Youshan followed Sun Ying's gaze and looked at Lu Yu who disappeared around the corner. His face was cold for a moment. He stretched out his hand and pinched Sun Ying's slender wrist: "Don't look, the second floor is still busy."

Sun Ying nodded: "Okay."

After leaving the hospital, Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu holding a small cloth bag in his hand, which contained bed sheets and her clothes.

She finally understood that the hero and heroine were completely opposite.

Walking back to the troop, there were many people coming and going on the tree-lined path. When they reached a place with few people, Jiang Nian suddenly heard Lu Yu say, "Sister-in-law."

She turned her head and said, "Hmm?"

Lu Yu said, "I acknowledged that you and I are husband and wife in the hospital, but I don't want to explain it to them too much. Sister-in-law, don't misunderstand, and don't be upset in your heart."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment. Who was upset?

She lowered her head and thought for a while, wondering if it was because of what she said in the ward that Lu Yu thought she was angry?

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, looked at the road ahead, and asked tentatively: "Did you hear what I said in the ward that day?"

Lu Yu said: "Yes."

Jiang Nian: ... It was already noon when they returned to the family compound

.

Jiang Nian originally wanted to go to cook. Lu Yu put down his things, rolled up his sleeves and said: "You go and rest, I'll do it."

"Yes."

Jiang Nian ran back to the room obediently, then leaned on the window, looked at Lu Yu who was carrying water from the well to the stove room, patted his chest, and was really annoyed in his heart.

Saying that others are not good enough, and being heard by the person concerned.

I wonder if Lu Yu will think that she is a gossipy woman who is behind people's backs?

Lu Yu had tomato and egg noodles at noon. The noodles were dried noodles with some leafy vegetables sprinkled on top. After lunch, he washed the pots and bowls and went to the team. Jiang Nian stayed at home and took out the half-finished door curtain to continue embroidering.

Xu Yan knew that Jiang Nian was sick and hospitalized, and wanted to go to the hospital to see her, but Feng Mei hadn't returned. There were three children at home, so she didn't dare to leave. This morning, Feng Mei just came back and took Song Xianghong back. She brought her ten eggs to thank her for taking care of Song Xianghong.

The two had planned to go to the hospital to see Jiang Nian after lunch, but when they saw Lu Yu coming out of his house, they realized that they had returned.

Feng Mei came to Jiang Nian's house first, and Xu Yan came right after.

Jiang Nian sat on the bench under the tree, watching Feng Mei and Xu Yan talking to each other, both talking about Zheng Hong. Both of them couldn't stand Zheng Hong, so they talked about the same topic. Jiang Nian just listened quietly.

Feng Mei snorted, "Zheng Hong still wants me to pay for her son's medical expenses. What should I give her? It was Lu Zhijun who beat Xiangdong first. I didn't ask her to pay for Xiangdong. She is so shameless. Fortunately, Captain Lu is a man who can handle things clearly."

Xu Yan said, "If you ask me, this is retribution."

The harder Zheng Hong's life is, the happier she is.

Feng Mei nodded. After she finished speaking, she saw Jiang Nian embroidering something. She stretched her neck curiously to see that the cloth was white and the thread she used was red. On it was embroidered a plum tree branch with several plum blossoms in full bloom. Although it was not finished yet, just a plum tree branch was enough to amaze people.

She exclaimed, "Who did you learn this skill from? How come your hands are so skillful?"

Xu Yan also took a look and exclaimed, "I thought the little boy you embroidered on Xiangdong's schoolbag was very beautiful, but I didn't expect the plum blossoms to be more beautiful."

Jiang Nian had thought of an excuse early on and smiled, "I have liked sewing and mending since I was a child. When I was at home, I practiced with torn clothes and gradually became proficient."

Feng Mei sighed, "I've been sewing clothes for so many years, why haven't I learned it yet?"

After saying that, she glanced at the patched clothes on Jiang Nian's body and couldn't help laughing, "You are so skilled, why do you sew your own clothes so ugly?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Xu Yan also laughed. She looked at Jiang Nian and found that she looked better than when she first came to the family courtyard. She was still so white, her face was a little rounder than before, and she was no longer so thin and ugly. Her eyebrows were curved and her eyes were bright. Especially when she smiled, her eyes seemed to be full of stars.

Xu Yan sat for a while and left, saying that it rained two days ago and some vegetables were soaked and spoiled, so she was going to pickle them.

Feng Mei sat for a while and was about to get up and leave when she suddenly remembered something important and slapped her forehead: "Look at my memory. I almost forgot something so important."

Jiang Nian looked up at her: "What is it?"

Feng Mei sat on the bench again and said mysteriously: "Guess who I met on this trip to the city hospital?"

Jiang Nian shook her head: "I don't know."

Feng Mei smiled and said: "Xiangdong's bed is next to a woman. The woman said that she was the owner of a state-owned embroidery shop in the city. She saw the boy in military uniform that you embroidered on Xiangdong's schoolbag and fell in love with him at first sight. She asked me to tell you that if you are interested, you can go to the state-owned embroidery shop in the city to find her. She will give you embroidery works and ask you to embroider them.

It is not in vain and you can make money. "After saying that, she said with a sigh, "I didn't expect that you can make money after embroidering. I really envy you."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Feng Mei was going to talk about this.

What you wish for comes true. She was originally thinking about how to make money, but she didn't expect that the business would come to her on its own initiative. Jiang Nian was also a little happy in her heart. She stood up and put the curtain on the table: "Sister Feng, wait for me."

After that, she ran back to the kitchen and took six eggs to give to Feng Mei.

Feng Mei was stunned for a moment: "What are you doing?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said: "Sister Feng gave me a way to make money, this is of course a hug in return."

Feng Mei was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She just gave away ten eggs today, and now she got six eggs in return. Don't say, she felt very happy.

Jiang Nian thought of Lu Zhijun and Song Xiangdong, so she asked, "How is Xiangdong?"

Feng Mei said, "He's fine, just a little scrape on his arm, but Lu Zhijun is in a terrible situation. The doctor said his left leg is broken, and he needs to take good care of it. I estimate that it will take more than a year or so to recover, and he won't have to go to school anymore."

Jiang Nian nodded. It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and the medical conditions in this era are backward compared to those in the new century, so it will probably take a long time to recover.

After Feng Mei left, Jiang Nian closed the curtains and prepared dinner.

Two days ago, Lu Yu said that he would take her to the city at the end of the month. It was just right for her to go to the state-owned embroidery house. If she could embroider for the state-owned embroidery house, she could also make some money. Since

she followed Lu Yu to the army, he had spent a lot of money. Just these two hospitalizations had cost him a lot of money. If she didn't make money, she wouldn't have the confidence to stay any longer. After all, deep down, she was not the real Jiang Nian, and she couldn't feel at ease enjoying the efforts of others for her.

Jiang Nian opened the cabinet in the kitchen and found a piece of tofu. She went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables and cooked two dishes in the evening, one was Mapo tofu and the other was stir-fried loofah. This time, she specially steamed rice and made two rice balls with some side dishes.

As dusk fell, there were footsteps outside.

The voices of Captain Song and Captain Liu talking also reached the courtyard. Jiang Nian brought the food to the table in the courtyard, and saw Lu Yu pushing the door open. He saw the two plates of food and rice balls on the table, and his eyebrows slightly raised. Now he felt hungry.

Lu Yu walked to the well to fetch water to wash his face, and the sound of water came from the courtyard.

Jiang Nian walked out of the kitchen with rice and chopsticks. Lu Yu had just finished washing his face. He turned around and took the bowl from Jiang Nian's hand and sat on the bench. He asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere today?"

Jiang Nian shook her head: "No, it's not uncomfortable anymore."

She took a bite of rice, looked up at Lu Yu, and asked in a low voice, "Are we going to the city at the end of the month?"

Lu Yu raised his eyes to look at Jiang Nian. She She bit the chopsticks gently and looked at him, with a little hope in her clear eyes, so she said, "Go."

Jiang Nian smiled happily, "Yes."

She looked very beautiful when she smiled, her eyebrows were curved, her light pink lips were slightly parted, revealing her snow-white teeth, two braids hanging on both sides of her slender neck, and her black hair swept across her fair skin, making her skin seem more delicate and white.

Lu Yu was distracted by her smile for a few seconds, and quickly came back to his senses, lowered his eyebrows and eyes to eat, and where Jiang Nian couldn't see, a faint red color climbed up to his ears.

He had always thought that his sister-in-law was dull and taciturn. She always kept her head down no matter what she did, so he had never paid close attention to her appearance. But these few times, he discovered that his sister-in-law was very pretty.

Especially when she smiled, the dull feeling on her body instantly faded.

.Since

Lu Yu said he would go to the city at the end of the month, Jiang Nian has been counting the days. After twelve days, it was finally the end of the month. Lu Yu came back from the team at night and said to Jiang Nian while eating: "I probably won't be back tomorrow. I may have to stay in the guesthouse for one night. I will go to write a letter of introduction tomorrow morning."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Okay."

After dinner, Lu Yu washed the pots and bowls and boiled hot water for Jiang Nian to take a bath. Now the weather has turned cooler. It's already autumn. It's still a little cold at night. Jiang Nian wiped himself with hot water and went to bed.

The next morning, Jiang Nian woke up before the horn sounded.

She got up, washed her face and brushed her teeth, then went to the kitchen to cook. Lu Yu got up early in the morning and went to open the introduction letter. He also came back after breakfast was ready. After breakfast, Lu Yu went to wash the pot. Jiang Nian went back to the house, took out the clothes that Lu Yu had bought for her from the cupboard and put them on. She walked to the mirror hanging on the wall, combed her dark hair, and finally tied it into a bun with a hair tie. Her

forehead was covered with fine bangs, which could cover a little scar on her forehead. She smiled at the mirror, took out a cloth bag from the cupboard and put it on her shoulder, and took out some money and bills from the tin box and put them in, and then walked out of the house.

Lu Yu waited in the yard after he finished his work.

Hearing footsteps, he turned to look at Jiang Nian who was walking towards him. He saw that his sister-in-law, who always wore two braids, had tied her hair behind her head, revealing her slender white neck. She was wearing the clothes he had bought for her before, and her steps were lighter than before.

When Jiang Nian walked towards him, he suddenly had a sense of misconception.

The person in front of him didn't seem to be his sister-in-law...

"Let's go."

Jiang Nian smiled and walked towards the courtyard door first.

Lu Yu looked at the petite and slender figure and said, "Okay."

They had to go to the county first, and then take a bus from the county to the city. The bus was not as fast as the jeep, and by the time they arrived in the city, it would probably be afternoon.

The two of them walked in the family compound. The military wives passing by greeted Lu Yu familiarly, and then several of them walked together, frequently turning their heads to look at Jiang Nian, and whispered, "Why is she different from when she first came?"

"Yeah, she looks really pretty, she doesn't look like a widow at all."

"I think so too. Hey, but look carefully, do Deputy Colonel Lu and his sister-in-law look like a couple?"

Another military wife patted her on the shoulder, "Don't say that nonsense, be careful that Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law will ask you to go door to door and give speeches to people like Kang Xiu."

Hearing this, several military wives couldn't help laughing. Now Kang Xiu had become a joke in the family compound.

After arriving at the county town, Lu Yu and Jiang Nian waited for half an hour before they got a bus. There were many people going to the city at this time, and the bus was also crowded. There was not even an empty seat. The buses of this era were not comparable to those of the new century.

Jiang Nian followed Lu Yu onto the bus. Lu Yu paid for the ticket and took her to the middle seat to stand. The seats were full of people, and there were also many people standing in the aisle. Jiang Nian was short and could not hold the handrail above, so she could only hold the seat back with both hands for support.

Lu Yu stood by, holding the upper support bar tightly with one hand, and lowered his eyes to look at the petite Jiang Nian beside him.

The car started to move. Jiang Nian was shaken a bit. Before she could steady herself, a hand grabbed her steadily. After she stood up, she looked at the hand holding her arm, raised her head and whispered to Lu Yu: "I'm fine."

"Yeah."

Lu Yu took back his hand and turned to look at the road ahead.

The car passed several places, and many people got on. The aisle became more and more crowded. Jiang Nian was next to the seat. An old man was sitting on the seat, sleeping with his head drooping. Behind him, she didn't know who was squeezing her hard.

She looked back and saw a young man. When he saw her looking at him, he smiled maliciously, then stretched out his hand to grab the support bar above, so that he could take advantage of Jiang Nian.

But before he could grab the support pole, the man next to him grabbed his wrist. The man's strength was amazing. He frowned in pain and cried out, "Who are you? Why are you meddling in other people's business? Let go! If you don't let go, I'll beat you up!"