Chapter 26

Jiang Nian's face flushed.

She struggled with her ankle, which was held by Lu Yu, and buried her head in the pillow. A low voice came out from the pillow: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I turned over in my sleep and I didn't know I would touch you..."

The little foot struggled a few times in Lu Yu's hand. The woman's skin was delicate and warm.

But the heat was like a thousand vines, piercing Lu Yu's fingers, and permeating all over his limbs along the blood vessels. His steady breathing suddenly became a little disordered, and it seemed that there was a ferocious beast hidden in his body, waiting to break out at any time.

Lu Yu swallowed a few times, looking at the half of Jiang Nian's arm leaning against the bed.

White and slender, he could hold it with half of his hand.

Just like at this moment, the ankle he held in his hand.

Lu Yu's fingertips pressed on Jiang Nian's foot bones, and a faint bloodshot appeared in his dark eyes. He suppressed the sudden evil thought of wanting to hold the jade foot in his hand, and almost let go of his hand in an instant, turned over, turned his back to the bed, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "It's late, go to bed."

Jiang Nian retracted his feet, crawled into the quilt, rolled to the bed by the window, and patted his chest in fear.

He wanted to cry but had no tears.

She also had a bad sleeping posture. Who knew she would roll to the edge of the bed and bump into Lu Yu's that, that place...

After this farce, not only did Jiang Nian not sleep much that night, but Lu Yu also did not sleep a wink.

Lu Yu got up at dawn the next day. He folded the cloth and looked at Jiang Nian who was suffocating in the quilt. Thinking that he had had inappropriate thoughts about Jiang Nian last night, he put the cloth into a large cloth bag and opened the door to go out first.

Lu Yu went outside to wash up and then left the guesthouse. He rubbed his face with both hands and turned back to look at the window on the third floor of the guesthouse.

The evil thoughts that suddenly came to him last night kept him awake all night. When he woke up early this morning and looked at the sky that was about to get light, he felt that he was just like an animal, actually thinking about his eldest brother's wife.

That was his sister-in-law, someone he should respect.

After Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian finally crawled out of the quilt. She glanced at the closed door, breathed a sigh of relief, got up, quickly put on her clothes, and went outside to wash up. Just as she got herself ready, Lu Yu came back from outside and bought a few meat buns from the state-owned hotel.

Jiang Nian sat on the bed, lowered her head and took a small bite of the meat bun, raised her head and glanced at Lu Yu secretly. He stood by the table, holding a thermos and pouring water into the kettle. She swallowed the meat bun and coughed lightly. She felt it necessary to explain to Lu Yu, lest he misunderstand her as the kind of restless woman.

"What happened last night..."

"Drink some water."

Lu Yu handed the kettle to Jiang Nian, and before Jiang Nian wanted to speak, he continued: "What happened last night is in the past. I know that my sister-in-law didn't mean it, and I didn't take it to heart."

Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good.

She took the kettle and drank a few sips. After dinner, Lu Yu packed up everything and took Jiang Nian away from the guesthouse.

Jiang Nian thought for a while, and then told Lu Yu what Feng's wife said. After she finished speaking, she added in a low voice: "I want to go to the state-owned embroidery house."

Lu Yu said: "I'll take my sister-in-law there."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Yes."

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's bright eyes, coughed lightly, looked away, and took her to the state-owned embroidery house.

The state-owned embroidery house was not big, and it was also an old-fashioned building. There was a sign outside the door with the words "State-owned Embroidery House" written on it. Lu Yu waited outside, and Jiang Nian walked in by herself. The lights were on inside, and the embroidery paintings on the wall were framed.

There was a red painted wooden counter on the left, and behind the counter sat a woman with half her hair uncovered, wearing a polka dot plaid dress and trousers, embroidering with needle and thread on an embroidery pattern.

The man heard the footsteps and looked up.

The person who came in was a woman. Although her clothes were not very westernized, she did not look like a peasant either. Her hair was tied at the back of her head, with scattered bangs in front of her forehead. She was fair and pretty. She thought she was here to buy embroidery, so she put down the embroidery in her hand, stood up, walked over and asked, "Lady, do you want to buy embroidery?"

Jiang Nian shook her head lightly and said, "My neighbor said that last time she was in the hospital with her child, the director of the state-owned embroidery shop saw the embroidery I sewed on Xiangdong's schoolbag, so she asked the neighbor to come back and tell me that if I am interested, I can come to the state-owned embroidery shop to find her."

"Oh, I know. It's you."

The female comrade looked Jiang Nian up and down and said with a smile, "Sister Ge has been talking about you since she came back from the hospital last time. We all thought you..." She paused and said, "I thought you were an old master. I didn't expect you to be so skilled at such a young age."

After she finished speaking, she sighed again, "You came at an unfortunate time. Sister Ge went out of town to take care of her daughter yesterday. Her daughter just gave birth a few days ago. It is estimated that she will not be back for a month. How about you come back at the end of next month?"

Jiang Nian still felt a little disappointed. She smiled and said, "Then I will come back next month."

"Oh, by the way, female comrade, why don't you tell me your address? Sister Ge told me when she left that if she's not there when you come, she'll ask you to leave your address, and she'll come find you when she comes back."

Jiang Nian turned around and saw the woman smiling at her kindly. She pursed her lips and told her where Lu Yu was.

The woman was stunned and smiled, "So he's a military family member."

She glanced at Lu Yu standing outside the store. The man was carrying a lot of things in his hands, but even so, he still stood straight. Looking at his profile, he had clear edges and corners, and he was a handsome man.

The female comrade said, "Your man is really handsome."

Jiang Nian: ...

She thought about it, and still explained, "I'm his sister-in-law."

Female comrade: ???

Jiang Nian and Lu Yu left the state-owned embroidery house and went directly to the train station. There were many people returning to the county from the city today, but fortunately there was an empty seat. Jiang Nian sat on the seat. After Lu Yu put his things away, he stood beside Jiang Nian to block the crowds that were getting on the train.

Jiang Nian found that Lu Yu had not asked her a single question since she left the state-owned embroidery house.

He was very tactful in keeping a distance from her, not interfering too much in her private affairs, but also not standing idly by and watching her affairs.

Jiang Nian raised her head and looked at Lu Yu, and took the initiative to say: "The boss is not here, the female comrade said she will be back in a month."

Lu Yu looked out the window, and heard Jiang Nian's voice. He was stunned for a moment before lowering his eyes. He was a little surprised that she would take the initiative to say these to him: "It's okay."

These two short words inexplicably made Jiang Nian's heart more stable.

It was lunchtime when they got home. Lu Yu was carrying a lot of things in his hands. The passing military wives and aunts stared at him with wide eyes, and everyone looked at Jiang Nian who was walking behind with some thoughtful eyes.

I just feel that this woman really fell into a blessed nest, having a brother-in-law who is so good to her.

Feng Mei and her family were sitting in the yard eating. When they heard footsteps and voices outside, they turned their heads and saw that it was Lu Yu and Jiang Nian. They suddenly stood up and tried to go out to look for her. Captain Song tapped the bowl with his chopsticks and glared at her: "You ran over there when they just came back. Aren't you annoying? Sit down and eat first!"

Feng Mei snorted unhappily and sat on the bench and took a bite of corn cake.

Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong also turned their heads curiously and looked outside the door. They were scolded by Captain Song, who then asked Feng Mei, "By the way, how is Lu Zhijun?"

Feng Mei snorted, "Why don't you go and see him yourself?"

Captain Song glared at her, "Hey, you tiger woman, are you still angry with me?"

Feng Mei picked up the bowl and took a sip of porridge. She glanced at Captain Song along the edge of the bowl and muttered, "The doctor said he has to stay in the hospital for ten days for observation."

Song Xiangdong glanced at Captain Song cautiously, afraid that his father would scold him.

Captain Song noticed Song Xiangdong's eyes and smiled: "What are you afraid of? Dad won't scold you."

He looked outside the door again, and seeing that no one was passing by, he added in a low voice: "Whoever bullies you, you should fight back. You are my son, so you should behave yourself!"

He only said this in front of his family and could not say it outside. Song

Xiangdong nodded and said, "Dad, I know."

Song Xianghong also said, "I know too."

Back

in the courtyard, Lu Yu put the things on the wooden table in the courtyard: "Sister-in-law, watch and sort the things, I'll go cook."

Jiang Nian said, "Okay."

This time she bought a lot of things. She folded the clothes that Lu Yu bought for her and put them in the cabinet in the house, and put away some cloth. She planned to measure Lu Yu's size in the next few days and make some clothes for him personally.

After Jiang Nian put everything away, she swept the yard and went to the vegetable garden to tidy up.

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. She plans to make some mooncakes and pastries tonight. She bought glutinous rice in the market yesterday and plans to make some brown sugar rice cakes and glutinous rice balls.

After all, this is her first festival here.

Lu Yu made noodles at noon. After lunch, he went to his private plot to clean up the vegetable garden. After Jiang Nian washed the pots and bowls, she began to wash her hands and knead the dough.

"Jiang Nian."

Feng Mei's voice was heard from a distance. Jiang Nian turned around and saw Feng Mei walking into the stove with her shoes sewn. She asked her excitedly, "What happened?"

Jiang Nian was a little confused: "What do you mean?"

Feng Mei rubbed her scalp with a needle and said, "It's about the state-owned embroidery shop. It's a good way to make money."

Jiang Nian rubbed his face and smiled, "I went there at an unlucky time. The director's daughter gave birth and she went to take care of her. She may not be back until the end of next month."

Feng Mei heard it and smacked her lips regretfully, "No, it's not a good thing. Just one month? We just need to wait another month."

Feng Mei sat on the bench at the entrance of the kitchen, sewing the soles of her shoes and chatting with Jiang Nian. At the end, she remembered something: "Do you know who is coming?"

Jiang Nian kneaded the dough and put it aside, and went to steam glutinous rice. Hearing this, she asked, "Who is coming?"

Feng Mei said, "Captain Lu's mother is coming. Today, Captain Lu applied to his superiors and asked his mother to come to the family compound. He said that Lu Zhijun broke his leg and Zheng Hong couldn't take care of him alone."

At this point, she laughed a few times with schadenfreude.

Jiang Nian guessed from her laughter that Zheng Hong's mother-in-law should not be a good person.

Zheng Hong's mother-in-law never appeared in the book, so she didn't know what kind of person her mother-in-law was.

Feng Mei curled her lips and continued, "When Captain Lu married Zheng Hong, I met her mother-in-law. That woman looked difficult to deal with. If the old lady came, Zheng Hong's hard days would come."

Jiang Nian smiled. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies, and Captain Lu, who was caught in the middle, was probably the most troublesome.

After the glutinous rice was steamed, Jiang Nian put it into an enamel basin and stirred it vigorously with a rolling pin. Feng Mei looked at it curiously and asked, "What are you making to eat?"

Jiang Nian said, "Make some brown sugar rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes and give them to Sister Feng to taste."

Feng Mei had never heard of these two delicious dishes before, and she immediately became excited. She went to the well to wash her hands, rolled up her sleeves and said to Jiang Nian, "You go over there, I'll stir it. I have plenty of strength."

Jiang Nian's arms and hands were tired, so he didn't refuse and went to do other things.

After a long time of stirring, Feng Mei asked, "How is it going?"

Jiang Nian was cracking walnut kernels, so she stood up, took a look, and said with a smile, "Sister Feng is really efficient. It's done so quickly."

Feng Mei just can't stand being praised. When people praise her, she sees work everywhere and wants to do everything. So she asked Jiang Nian how to do this? How to do that? Finally, after seeing that Jiang Nian had finished, she sat in front of the stove again and said, "I'll light the fire for you." The

dough needed to rise for a while, so Jiang Nian made brown sugar rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes first. She had just cracked walnuts and made some brown walnut crisps. The brown sugar she bought last time was quite a lot, so it was enough this time.

The sweet smell filled the kitchen. Feng Mei snorted hard and said, "Oh my god, this smells so good."

Jiang Nian said, "It tastes even better. The glutinous rice is soft and sticky. When you bite it, you can not only smell the fragrance of glutinous rice, but also the sweetness of brown sugar."

She said several ways to eat it, which made Feng Mei drool.

After the brown sugar glutinous rice cake, glutinous rice cake, and walnut crisps were made, Jiang Nian put some of each on a plate and handed it to Feng Mei: "Sister Feng, take it home for the two children and Captain Song to taste. This time, it's thanks to Sister Feng. If it were me alone, I would have to work until the evening."

He praised Feng Mei again.

Feng Mei smiled and said, "That's nothing. I have endless energy."

After taking the plate, she said, "Then I'll go back first."

Jiang Nian nodded and said, "Okay."

Not long after Feng Mei left, Xu Yan came in with a basket. As soon as she entered the room, she smelled a sweet smell: "What delicious food are you making?"

Jiang Nian was kneading dough, planning to make moon cakes. He glanced at Xu Yan who came in and said, "Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's make some moon cakes. . "

She pointed to the plate on the stove, which contained some brown sugar rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes, as well as a few pieces of walnut cakes: "I packed some for you, take it back and let the children taste it."

Xu Yan walked to the stove happily, took a piece of glutinous rice cake and took a bite, and was immediately surprised by the sweet taste in her mouth: "Jiang Nian, how did you make it? It's so delicious!"

She had never eaten these foods since she was a child.

Xu Yan lifted the cloth in the basket, took out two pounds of pork and put it on the chopping board. Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, looked up at her: "Why are you giving me meat?"

Xu Yan couldn't help laughing, and whispered: "I cheated Liu Qiang of some money. The method you said is really useful."

During this period of time, she shamelessly used the method taught by Jiang Nian to deceive Liu Qiang with sugar-coated bullets. Unexpectedly, it really worked. Liu Qiang gave her fifty yuan, saying that it was the family savings in the first half of the year.

She told Jiang Nian all this, and then said, "You have helped me so much, but I have not helped you in any way. I have cut two pounds of meat for you, and you can eat it yourself."

She moved closer to Jiang Nian and whispered, "Don't tell Deputy Regiment Commander Lu that Liu Qiang is his soldier. What if they wear the same pair of pants?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, trying to hold back the smile.

She could see that Xu Yan didn't trust any man, so she nodded and said, "I promise not to tell."

She put the meat away, turned and looked at Xu Yan, "This is just the beginning. You continue to use this method to stabilize Liu Qiang. Let Liu Qiang give you his monthly salary. As long as the financial power is in your own hands, you will have the confidence to make any choice in the future."

Jiang Nian paused, "For example, divorce."

"Ah?"

Xu Yan was stunned, and opened her mouth in surprise, somewhat unbelievable: "I have never heard of getting a divorce after getting married. If I divorce Liu Qiang, where can I go? If I go back to my parents' home, my mother will definitely scold me to death, and I will also be criticized by the villagers."

Thinking of this, Xu Yan felt creepy.

At first, she just wanted Liu Qiang to stop associating with Zheng Hong and get back the money he lent to Zheng Hong, but she never thought about divorcing him.

Jiang Nian knew it was too early to tell Xu Yan this now. According to the plot, they would divorce in a few months, but now the plot has changed, and Xu Yan will not follow the old path in the plot.

Jiang Nian said: "Don't think about those things for now, just hold the financial power in your own hands for now."

Xu Yan nodded absentmindedly: "Yeah."

Dusk fell, and Jiang Nian pulled the light cord in the stove room.

After Xu Yan left, she kneaded the fermented dough into the shape of mooncakes, smeared a layer of oil on it and put it in the steamer. There was just one dough left, and she planned to make shredded pork dough. After kneading it twice, her arms and wrists were sore and tired.

Jiang Nian shook her arms, and just as she put her hands on the dough, a dark shadow pressed over her head. Before she could turn around, she heard Lu Yu's deep and powerful voice from behind: "I'll knead the dough."

He rolled up his sleeves and took the dough from Jiang Nian's hand: "I went to the private plot for a while in the afternoon, and then went to the team for a visit, so I came back late."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment before she realized that Lu Yu was explaining to her why he came back late.

She shook her head gently: "Nothing."

Lu Yu looked at the red enamel basin on the pot lid, which was half full of water and steam was coming out of the two sides of the pot lid: "Are you steaming steamed buns?"

Jiang Nian said: "No, I made moon cakes."

After that, she took out a plate of brown sugar glutinous rice cakes from the cabinet, took a piece and handed it to Lu Yu: "I also made this, you try it, is it delicious?"

Lu Yu's kneading action suddenly stopped, and he lowered his eyes to look at the brown sugar glutinous rice cake in front of his mouth. The hand in front of him was white and slender, so white that he could see the traces of blood vessels on the back of the hand.

Jiang Nian reacted and realized how stupid he had done.

She studied delicious food at home and would feed it to her parents to taste. Now that she was here, she also had this reaction to Lu Yu. She pursed her lips awkwardly. When she was hesitating whether to retract her hand, Lu Yu lowered his head and bit the brown sugar glutinous rice cake in her hand.

"It's delicious."

Lu Yu turned his head to look at the dough in his hand. In a place where Jiang Nian couldn't see, a blush appeared on his ears.

Jiang Nian came back to his senses, pursed his lips and thought for a long time, then uttered: "If it tastes good, eat more."

A smile flashed across Lu Yu's eyes. He kneaded the dough and asked Jiang Nian: "What are you going to do with this dough?"

Jiang Nian said: "Make hand-rolled noodles."

After that, he took the rolling pin and rolled the noodles. This Lu Yu really didn't know how to do it. He went to the counter to get some vegetables, and saw a piece of meat in the back. He raised his eyebrows almost imperceptibly, took out the meat, cut it into strips, and glanced at Jiang Nian who was rolling the noodles vigorously: "Sister-in-law, who gave you this meat?"

Jiang Nian:...

His observation skills are too strong.

She pursed her lips, thought again and again, and whispered: "A female comrade gave it to me."

Fearing that Lu Yu would continue to ask, she added: "You know this female comrade, you can eat it without worry, the meat is not poisonous."

Lu Yu: ...

He cut the meat and vegetables, put the meat in the cabinet, turned around and saw Jiang Nian's head drooping for a moment, pursed his thin lips slightly, knowing that his sister-in-law was deliberately hiding it from him, and did not ask any more questions.

If he guessed correctly, the meat was probably given by Xu Yan.

But why did she give meat to her sister-in-law, he was puzzled.

After the moon cakes came out of the pot, Lu Yu laid them out one by one to dry, Jiang Nian tied an apron and cooked, the aroma of meat filled the kitchen, arousing people's appetite.

Lu Yu glanced at the moon cakes, then saw the brown sugar glutinous rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes on the cutting board, as well as a piece of walnut cake. He brought the food to the table in the courtyard. When she came back, Jiang Nian's dishes were also out of the pot. She added three ladles of water and waited for the water to boil before adding the noodles.

Lu Yu asked: "Where did my sister-in-law learn these things? How to make pastries?"

Jiang Nian's heart was filled with alarm. Lu Yu was not as easy to fool as Feng Mei and Xu Yan. She thought about everyone in the village and finally thought of a professor who used to live in the cowshed. The professor was old and in poor health. The original owner had met the professor once. At night when no one was around, she secretly ran over with two corn cakes and gave them to the professor.

She explained, "I saw an old man living in a cowshed in the countryside before. He looked pitiful, so I sent him corn cakes a few times. While he was eating the corn cakes, he told me some things he saw and ate in the city."

After Jiang Nian finished speaking, she tugged at the corner of her clothes, raised her head and looked at Lu Yu: "I felt very comfortable talking to the old man, so sometimes I would secretly give him corn cakes and listen to him talk about things in the city. He said that his wife liked to make some cakes, and I kept it in mind, but I didn't have the opportunity to learn at home. It happened that I came here with you, so I learned to make it."

In this era, many people were labeled as □□. It is only 1970 now, and it will take eight years before they can be gradually rehabilitated.

After his rebirth, Lu Yu understood all these things. Thinking of the old man mentioned by Jiang Nian, he didn't say much else. It's

true that his sister-in-law seldom interacts with people in her hometown, but he was surprised that she could talk to the old professor.

After dinner, Lu Yu boiled bath water and brought it to Jiang Nian: "Sister-in-law, there will be a movie in the group tomorrow night, starting at 8 o'clock in the evening. Bring a stool when you go."

Jiang Nian's eyes lit up: "Okay."

She hasn't seen movies of this era yet. She only heard from her mother that when they were young, there were movies in the village, and they would carry small stools and squeeze to the front, for fear that they would not be able to get a front seat if they went too late.

Lu Yu saw the bright light in Jiang Nian's eyes, and there was a little smile in his eyes.

Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, but Lu Yu still has to go to the group. Jiang Nian got up as soon as the horn sounded early in the morning. When she got dressed and went out, Lu Yu had already prepared breakfast and walked out in his army green military uniform.

Seeing Jiang Nian, she said, "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving first."

Jiang Nian said, "Wait a moment."

She ran to the stove, put some mooncakes in a small cloth bag, and ran out to hand them to Lu Yu, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, you take some mooncakes to the team and share them with Zhu Jun and others."

Lu Yu took the small cloth bag and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to invite Sister Feng's family, Xu Yan's family, and Zhu Jun to have lunch together at noon today. I didn't have time to thank them last time I came back."

Jiang Nian said, "Okay, I'll prepare it later."

Lu Yu said, "I'll come back early at noon to help you."

Maybe

Lu Yu had told Xu Yan and Feng Mei before he left. Soon, Xu Yan and Feng Mei came running over and were ready to help her. The three women sat in the kitchen preparing the Mid-Autumn Festival lunch. Feng Mei had a loud voice and liked to shout a lot. Xu Yan would also shout a few times from time to time. The whole kitchen was filled with their voices.

Jiang Nian listened quietly and responded from time to time.

Suddenly talking about Xu Yan, Feng Mei's eyes widened with curiosity, and asked curiously: "Did Liu Qiang really give you his wages for safekeeping?"

Xu Yan stuffed a few firewood into the stove and nodded: "Yeah."

After that, she touched her clothes with a smile: "I went to the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday and bought some cloth. They plan to make me another nice dress."

Jiang Nian was right, women should be nicer to themselves, especially her, who should be doubly nice to herself to be worthy of the grievances she suffered from Liu Qiang over the years. She has already practiced the sugar-coated bullets during this time, and when she saw Liu Qiang handing her the wages, she was still very happy in her heart.

Feng Mei saw that Xu Yan's face was much whiter than before. Thinking of what Xu Yan said last time and looking at Xu Yan's recent changes, she felt a little itchy in her heart. She remembered that Xu Yan was very cold to Captain Liu at the beginning, and then gradually became like this.

She wanted to try the same as Xu Yan before, but her parents were busy at that time, so she took her children back to her parents' home to live for a while. After returning, she cooked for Lao Song for a few days and forgot about this matter.

Thinking of Lao Song scolding her for being stupid every day, Feng Mei felt angry in her heart, so she made up her mind to learn from Xu Yan.

There were not as many people today as that day, so she cooked two tables of dishes for lunch.

Lu Yu came back early at noon. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Mrs. Feng and Xu Yan in the kitchen, so he put down his sleeves and went to the well to fetch water. At lunch time, Captain Song and Captain Liu came back together, and Zhu Jun came back later.

Jiang Nian heard Captain Song's voice in the kitchen: "Lu Yu, the mooncakes made by your sister-in-law are really delicious. You are so lucky."

Captain Liu also smiled and said: "Deputy Captain Lu's sister-in-law is a good cook. The rice she cooks is really delicious."

After saying that, he glanced at Xu Yan who came out of the kitchen. She was carrying dishes and placed them on the table. Liu Qiang said: "Hurry up and get chopsticks for Captain Song and Deputy Captain Lu."

Xu Yan glanced at Liu Qiang, pursed her lips and turned away.

The dishes were served on the table. Lu Yu stayed in the kitchen and waited until Jiang Nian was done before he walked out of the kitchen with her. This time, the women sat at one table and the men sat at another. Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong sat with Captain Song, while Liu Jianye and Liu Jianwu sat at one table with Xu Yan and others.

Halfway through the meal, Song Xianghong said that he was full, so Captain Song shouted, "Meizi, take our son away. He is full."

After shouting, no one responded.

Jiang Nian blinked and looked up at Feng Mei beside her. She saw that she was eating a bite of vegetables and a bite of meat, and she ignored Captain Song's words.

Xu Yan also looked at Feng Mei, a little puzzled. Sister Feng seemed fine just now, why did she ignore Captain Song now?

Captain Song thought Feng Mei didn't hear him, so he called out again, "Son is full, take them over to sit."

Except for the voices of Lu Yu and Zhu Jun at the table, there was complete silence around them.

Captain Song: ...

Song Xiangdong saw that something was wrong and pulled up Song Xianghong, "Dad, I'm full too. I'll take my brother to play with Jianye and Jianwu."

Lu Yu and Zhu Jun glanced at Captain Song, then at Feng Mei who was sitting at the table next to them. Liu Qiang was also a little confused. Captain Song's good mood was gone now. He frowned and looked unhappy.

Xu Yan touched Feng Mei's arm and reminded her in a low voice, "Sister-in-law Feng, Captain Song is calling you."

Feng Mei picked up a piece of tofu and said, "I heard it."

Xu Yan: ...

Jiang Nian: ...

Her voice was not loud, but the two tables were close to each other and the yard was very quiet. Captain Song heard every word of Feng Mei. His temper flared up instantly. He threw his chopsticks heavily on the table and roared with a tiger face: "Hey, you tiger woman, did I provoke you? Are you trying to get away with it?"

The voice sounded like a training session in the regiment. Not only Feng Mei was startled, but Jiang Nian and Xu Yan were also startled.

Lu Yu saw Jiang Nian's thin body tremble slightly, and said to Captain Song: "Captain Song, today is Mid-Autumn Festival, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Captain Song still felt a little embarrassed that his wife had to embarrass him in front of others, but he didn't say anything else. He snorted coldly, picked up the chopsticks and talked to Lu Yu and the others about the group.

Jiang Nian was indeed startled by Captain Song's voice just now. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Feng Mei. She saw that Feng Mei also breathed a sigh of relief like her, then patted her chest and smiled at her and Xu Yan.

Jiang Nian: ...

Xu Yan: ...

Do they really not know what happened to Sister Feng?

After dinner, Feng Mei and Xu Yan helped Jiang Nian wash the dishes. Lu Yu and Captain Song went to the team first, leaving only three women at home. Xu Yan asked quickly, "Sister Feng, what happened to you just now?"

Feng Mei poured the dishwashing water into the enamel basin and said, "Nothing, I just don't want to talk to him."

She was embarrassed to say that she was imitating Xu Yan, fearing that they would laugh at her.

Jiang Nian saw it, she pursed her lips and smiled lightly, but didn't point it out.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xu Yan and Feng Mei went back to their parents' home and returned before 8pm. They took their children and Jiang Nian to the training ground. They arrived at 7:30pm. There were already many people sitting inside. Feng Mei led them to sit in the fourth row.

Jiang Nian looked at the background of the era in the movie, which overlapped with the current era. She suddenly felt a little dazed. She didn't know whether she was in the movie or in this era.

If she was in the movie, maybe she could go back after the movie ended?

When Jiang Nian was about to finish the movie, he said to Feng Mei, "I'm going to the toilet."

Feng Mei said, "Then you should go quickly and come back soon. This movie is really good. It would be a pity if you didn't finish it."

Jiang Nian was not in a good mood. He responded and got up and left.

There were many people watching the movie, including family members and soldiers. The family members and soldiers were separated on the left and right. Jiang Nian walked out from the gap in the middle, and the low voices of men came from the left.

"Where is Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law going?"

"I think my sister-in-law doesn't look well. Could she be sick?"

You whispered without saying a word, and finally heard Zhu Jun's ears. Zhu Jun bent over and ran from the group of soldiers to the regiment headquarters. Deputy Colonel Lu was talking with several battalion commanders. Seeing Zhu Jun coming, Battalion Commander Lu asked first, "What's wrong?"

The commander Song who was sitting there also looked over curiously.

Zhu Jun saluted several people, and after the salute, he ran to Lu Yu and whispered, "Deputy Colonel Lu, the soldiers in our regiment said that someone saw my sister-in-law crying and running away."

Lu Yu's eyebrows were furrowed, and he stood up and left the training ground.

Captain Lu, Captain Liu and several other captains looked at Zhu Jun in confusion. Captain Liu asked, "What happened? How did Deputy Regiment Commander Lu leave so peacefully?" Captain

Song also looked fierce, "Is there anything else we can't know?"

Zhu Jun scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "It's about Deputy Regiment Commander Lu's sister-in-law."

Now no one spoke.

The

moon on Mid-Autumn Festival was very round, and it was still a little chilly at night.

Jiang Nian walked on the tree-lined path, rubbed his arms, lowered his head and looked at the shadow on the ground, walked in a straight line on his toes, with a gloomy look on his face and tears in his eyes. The wet tears wet his eyelashes, and he pursed his lips tightly, as if he was trying hard not to cry.

It was supposed to be a good Mid-Autumn Festival, with the family reuniting and watching a movie together, but it was not like that for her.

Her home was not here, and she spent the Mid-Autumn Festival alone.

Thinking of the scene she saw after hitting the wall that time, she was covered with a white cloth and pushed out of the operating room. Her father, mother, grandpa and grandma were all there, and I don’t know how they are now?

In the real world, is she really dead?

Walking alone in the moonlight, all the loneliness and negative emotions rushed into her heart. Jiang Nian pursed her lips tightly, tiptoed and walked step by step on the shadow, letting the tears roll out of her eyes.

"Sister-in-law——"

Lu Yu's voice suddenly came from behind. His usually steady and powerful voice now sounded a little anxious.

Jiang Nian was startled by the sudden voice. The tip of her foot just landed on the ground and suddenly she turned outward. Then she heard a light crack and a sharp pain came from her ankle. She jumped on tiptoe twice in pain, and then her arm was firmly supported by a strong hand.

The palm of that hand was warm and hot, and it seeped into the pores of her skin.

Jiang Nian felt that her arm was a little hot. When she was about to raise her head to look at Lu Yu, he grabbed her hand and supported it on his shoulder, then squatted down and held her sprained ankle.

"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts..."

Jiang Nian frowned in pain, holding Lu Yu's shoulders instead of holding on to him, but the man's muscles were tight, and her fingers were a little sore, and her crying voice was more pleading and coquettish.

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's hand for a moment and felt the grip on his shoulder. Hearing Jiang Nian's cry, he uncomfortably let go of the ankle in his palm and stood up. He held Jiang Nian's arm and inadvertently bumped into a pair of eyes wet with tears.

He coughed lightly: "The tendons are injured. You need to pinch them well to put them back in place."

Looking at Jiang Nian's wet eyes, Lu Yu turned away and said cruelly: "Although it hurts to put the tendons back in place, the pain will go away after a while. If you leave it alone, your ankle will become seriously injured."

Thinking of the sharp pain just now, Jiang Nian felt her scalp tingling.

She sniffed, lowered her head and said nothing, hesitating between enduring the pain for a while and leaving the injury behind.

Lu Yu released the hand that was holding Jiang Nian, moved it to her waist, bent down, and put his other hand on her knees, picked her up and walked towards the family courtyard. The sudden flying made Jiang Nian almost scream, and she subconsciously reached out and climbed onto Lu Yu's neck.

Lu Yu looked ahead and said in a low voice: "I'll take my sister-in-law back first."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, loosened her hands that were holding Lu Yu's neck, and turned back, not daring to breathe.

To be honest, she had forgotten the pain in her ankle at that moment.

Now that she was relaxed, the pain in her ankle came back clearly, and half of her leg was throbbing with pain. Fortunately, it was evening and the movie had not ended yet. Everyone was watching the movie at the training ground, and the road was deserted.

Lu Yu said, "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian's voice was a little nasal: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yu looked ahead, his palms pressing on Jiang Nian's waist and knees kept getting hot. He shifted his attention and asked, "I heard from Zhu Jun that sister-in-law ran out of the training ground crying."

He paused: "Why did she cry for no reason?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and tugged at the corner of her clothes with her fingers. All her little movements were caught in Lu Yu's peripheral vision: "I just thought about this time last year, when your eldest brother smiled and told me about him and you in the army. This year we are separated by fate, so I want to go out for a walk alone and be quiet for a while."

Lu Yu pursed his thin lips and said nothing more.

After returning home, Lu Yu put Jiang Nian on the bed, squatted down and took off her shoes and socks. Jiang Nian shuddered in pain and wanted to reach out to stop him, but Lu Yu pinched her feet first and pressed his fingers on her ankles. Suddenly, severe pain hit her brain. Her calves couldn't help but tremble, her toes were tense, and her hands were grasping the sheets hard. She was sweating on her head because of the pain.

Lu Yu grabbed Jiang Nian's feet and stepped on his knees, kneading and pressing her ankles with his fingers. Seeing Jiang Nian crying in pain, his forehead was covered with sweat. He leaned forward and almost held Jiang Nian's entire foot in his arms.

Lu Yu's dark eyes looked at Jiang Nian, his sight paused for a few seconds on the woman's teeth biting her lower lip, and he spoke in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian frowned, panting because of the severe pain, opened her eyes and saw Lu Yu close at hand, loosened her lips under her teeth, and said in a weak voice: "Okay, okay?"

When she spoke, hot air invaded Lu Yu's breath.

The man breathed tightly, looked at the tears on her eyelashes, pressed her ankles with his fingers, and lowered his voice: "Sister-in-law, can you forget about your elder brother?"