Chapter 3

"Sister-in-law, just say what you want to say."

Lu Yu put the bucket on the ground, picked up another bucket and poured it into the big pot. The splashing sound of water broke the tranquility of the night. He put down the bucket and turned to look at Jiang Nian standing outside the door.

"Can we stay for a few more days?" She thought of an excuse temporarily: "I have a headache."

Lu Yu said: "Be patient, the conditions in the village are limited, we will return to the army as soon as possible, and I will take you to the hospital in the army for a thorough examination and recuperation. In addition, this time the leader specially cared about me and approved me for five days of leave. I can't go back later."

Lu Yu had said so much, she couldn't say anything else, and nodded gently: "Then I'll listen to you."

Jiang Nian returned to the house, sat on a small stool, looked at the kerosene lamp and sighed.

There were footsteps outside the door. She looked up and saw Lu Yu walking in with the original owner's usual bathtub in one hand and a hot water bucket in the other. He glanced at Jiang Nian, looked away uncomfortably, put the basin on the ground, picked up the bucket and poured water. He went back and forth twice and poured more than half of the basin of hot water.

"Try the water temperature. If it's not hot enough, I'll add some more hot water."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, moved her buttocks with the bench to the front of the bathtub, stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and the temperature was just right. She fiddled with the water, lowered her head and said, "The water temperature is just right." She

bit her lower lip again and uttered three words: "Thank you."

Lu Yu hurried out with the bucket, closing the door when he went out.

Jiang Nian got up and locked the door, then walked to the bathtub, looking at the large basin of water, she wanted to cry but had no tears. There was a kerosene lamp in the room, and the water was as calm as a mirror. She bent down and looked at the reflection in the basin, and found that the original owner's face was exactly the same as hers, the only difference was that the original owner was too thin.

After the original owner married into the Xu family, she didn't have to work hard every day like she did in the Jiang family, and her skin became white in a few years.

Jiang Nian felt refreshed after taking a bath. She changed into a clean dress, and just as she opened the door and walked out, she saw Lu Yu walking in from outside the gate. He took off his military uniform, wearing a white shirt inside, and military green pants on the lower body, holding a bolt in his hand and inserting it on the door.

Seeing Jiang Nian standing outside, Lu Yu strode into Jiang Nian's room, rolled up his sleeves, bent down, picked up the bathtub with both hands and walked out. He carried the half-basin of water effortlessly, which made Jiang Nian admire him.

The difference in strength between men and women is too big.

If it were her, she would have to scoop it out little by little with a basin.

Lu Yu splashed the water in the yard, turned his back to Jiang Nian, and said in a somewhat unnatural voice: "It's getting late, go to bed quickly, the doctor said your injury needs rest."

Jiang Nian said: "Okay."

She turned and walked into the house, closed the door and lay down on the bed to sleep.

It was the hottest day in July. Jiang Nian slept with the window open at night, listening to the insects and frogs outside, turning his head to look at the sky full of stars outside the window, and unexpectedly felt that this moment was particularly peaceful and beautiful.

She almost slept for a day and a night, and now she is not sleepy. She has been thinking about the plot in the book. The hero is now the deputy commander of the army. After taking care of the original owner's funeral, he took the train back to the army and happened to meet the heroine who was reporting to the army hospital with a letter of introduction. The two chatted speculatively and found that they were in the same county, which made them more fond of each other.

But now the hero has to go back early, so the plot of meeting the heroine will definitely be gone.

However, the heroine works in the hospital. When the hero goes to the army, if the two meet, maybe the plot will gradually get on the right track again, and she also has to find a way to go back.

She missed her soft bed, her cell phone, the air conditioner, and takeout...

Jiang Nian fell asleep gradually. In the middle of the night, she heard the sound of water splashing. She thought it was raining, so she raised her upper body and leaned over the window to look out. Suddenly, she saw Lu Yu standing by the well, with his upper body naked, pouring a bucket of cold water over his head, and wiping his head with a towel after he was done.

He had his back to the window, and it was pitch black, but Jiang Nian still saw the muscle lines on Lu Yu's back, which were smooth and tight, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, exactly the same as the most perfect figure she had seen on her cell phone.

Feeling that Lu Yu was about to turn his head, Jiang Nian was so scared that she quickly lay back, turned over and faced the window with her back, her eyes closed tightly.

He kept repeating to himself: I didn't peek on purpose...

In the yard, Lu Yu wiped himself casually, put on his clothes, picked up the kerosene lamp and walked back to the house. When he left, he glanced at the wide-open window of Jiang Nian's house, frowned, and felt that he was overthinking.

It was the middle of the night, and his sister-in-law was fast asleep.

He chose this time to draw water from the well and wash casually with cool water, avoiding taking a bath with her one after the other to avoid embarrassment for the two of them. Jiang Nian was basically half asleep and half awake in the second half of the night

.

When it was dawn, she heard footsteps coming from outside, sometimes going out and sometimes coming in. She knew it was Lu Yu without thinking.

Jiang Nian relied on the fact that she was a patient and stayed in bed for a while before getting up.

After she brushed her teeth and washed her face, Lu Yu's breakfast was ready. He made a plate of stir-fried cabbage with meat, a plate of stir-fried potatoes with meat, porridge, and hot white flour steamed buns. She had the original owner's memory and knew that meat was expensive now, and that it was not available without meat coupons. Also, many people could not eat white flour steamed buns. The meat and white flour in the two meals last night and this morning cost a lot of money.

She still remembered that two years ago, the male protagonist came back to take care of Xu Cheng's father's funeral, and brought a bag of white flour and some meat, as well as peach cakes that could only be eaten in the county. He told the original owner, "Don't save it, I will send subsidies back on time every month." The original owner knew in her heart that the male protagonist was good to her because she was taking care of Xu Cheng.

But after the male protagonist left, Jiang's mother came to Lu's house and took away all the things the male protagonist bought.

Jiang Nian sat down to eat. She found that Lu Yu only ate vegetables and no meat. Just like last night, he waited for her to finish eating before eating all the leftovers on the plate. She felt that if Lu Yu was placed in the modern era of the new century, he would be a pretty good man.

He was responsible, responsible, and most importantly, handsome. He really had all the advantages that a male protagonist in a book should have.

Jiang Nian put down her chopsticks after she was full. After a while, when Lu Yu finished eating the food on the table, she wanted to take the initiative to clean up the dishes, but he got there first: "Sister-in-law, go back to your room and lie down first. Doctor Zhang will come over to change your dressing later."

"Okay."

She replied.

Seeing Lu Yu carrying the dishes and chopsticks into the stove, Jiang Nian got up and went back to her room.

After a while, Doctor Zhang came over with an old-fashioned wooden medicine box to change Jiang Nian's medicine. Doctor Zhang was 40 years old and the only doctor in the team. Anyone who had a fall or a headache would go to Doctor Zhang.

After changing the medicine, Doctor Zhang wrapped a new gauze around Jiang Nian, gave a few instructions, and left.

Lu

Yu made lunch and dinner.

Noodles for lunch and porridge for dinner. Noodles were a rare type of noodles in this era.

Jiang Nian returned to the house after dinner and put the few clothes that the original owner could wear into the cloth bag. There was nothing else to take.

Lu Yu came in from outside and glanced at the cloth bag next to Jiang Nian: "Is that all?"

Jiang Nian pursed his lips and nodded.

Lu Yu said nothing more, walked over and stuffed a small ball of cloth bags into his big bag: "Go to bed early, we will leave early tomorrow morning."

After that, he carried his big bag out of the house and closed the door for Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian was not sleepy. He stared at the kerosene lamp on the table and sighed. He was still worrying about how to put on his clothes. He didn't fall asleep until almost midnight. It felt like he hadn't slept for long when there was a knock on the door: "Sister-in-law, are you up?"

"I'm up."

Jiang Nian responded quickly.

Lu Yu's deep and powerful voice came from outside the door: "Breakfast is ready. We will leave after breakfast. The train is at 4 pm. We have to leave quickly."

Jiang Nian said: "Okay."

She got up, put on her clothes, washed her face and brushed her teeth. She tied two small braids according to the original owner's habit and went out to eat. She had the original owner's memory, so she knew that it would take three hours to get from the village to the county, and it would take another two hours to take a bus from the county to the city. It would take five hours to go around in circles. If you dawdle on the way, you might miss the train.

After dinner, Lu Yu went to wash the dishes. There was a knock on the door. It was the voice of Zhao Gang, the son of Aunt Zhao next door: "Lu Laoer, it's getting late. We have to leave quickly."

"I'm here."

Lu Yu came out of the kitchen, locked the door, and said to Jiang Nian, "Think about if there's anything else you want to take?"

Jiang Nian thought about it and shook his head, "Nothing."

Lu Yu carried the army green bag and went out with Jiang Nian, locked the door, got on the donkey cart pulled by Zhao Gang and went to the county. Lu Yu and Zhao Gang sat in the front and talked, while Jiang Nian sat in the back and looked at the countryside in the 1970s, the bumpy dirt roads, and the mud houses everywhere, each of which revealed the poverty of the countryside in that era. People coming and going carried hoes and shovels and talked to Lu Yu.

"What are you doing, Lu Lao Er?"

Lu Yu said, "Back to the army."

"Take your sister-in-law with you?"

Lu Yu said, "She's alone at home and no one is taking care of her. I can take care of her in the army."

Jiang Nian kept her head down the whole time. At this moment, she was extremely grateful that the original owner was a dull and quiet person. People who came and went just looked at her and left. When the donkey cart left the village, Zhao Gang looked back at Jiang Nian who was looking down, and said to Lu Yu, "It's better to take your sister-in-law away. It's not easy for her to stay at home alone."

There were some other words he didn't say.

The Xu family's daughter-in-law was weak in nature. A widow at home, if she was targeted by some gangster again, or bullied by the Jiang family every now and then, I'm afraid she would be like Xu Cheng in a short time.

After sitting in a donkey cart for three hours, Jiang Nian felt like all the bones in her body were about to fall apart.

Lu Yu, carrying a bag, took her to buy a bus ticket from the county to the city. The seats were next to each other. After getting on the bus, Jiang Nian sat next to the window, squinting her eyes to rest, sighing in her heart, she wanted to put it back on

. The bus was moving slowly. Jiang Nian was a person who would fall asleep as soon as she sat on the bus. It was uncomfortable to lean her head against the window. She leaned on Lu Yu's arm in a daze, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep completely.

The moment Jiang Nian's head leaned over, Lu Yu tensed his body.

He pursed his thin lips, put his hands on his legs, his breathing became lighter, and the expression on his face was a little unnatural.

Although he knew that Jiang Nian didn't fall asleep on purpose, he couldn't remain indifferent.

Lu Yu endured for a while, stretched out his hand to straighten Jiang Nian's head, moved to the side, and just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Jiang Nian also moved over, leaned on his arm again, stretched out his hand and pulled his arm, muttered: "Don't move."

Lu Yu: ...

I didn't expect that she would have this side after falling asleep.

On the other side sat an old couple. The old lady turned her head and glanced at Lu Yu. Seeing that he had been avoiding Jiang Nian, she thought that they were a couple quarreling, and the man was angry with his wife, so she scolded Lu Yu: "You are a grown man, why are you so stingy? Your wife's head is broken, what's wrong with letting her lean on you to sleep?"

The old man next to him heard it and echoed: "Be a man, be more magnanimous."

Lu Yu: ...

He didn't hide anymore, sitting upright, but his body was still tense.

The car drove for two hours and Jiang Nian slept for two hours. When the car arrived at the station, the sound of people talking and brakes woke Jiang Nian up. She opened her eyes lazily and found that she was leaning on Lu Yu's arm. She was so scared that she sat down quickly.

Lu Yu stood up and took the large military green bag off the luggage rack.

Without Lu Yu's tall figure blocking her way, the old lady saw Jiang Nian sitting by the window at a glance. She had gauze wrapped around her head, her clothes were patched, she was skinny, and she lowered her head with a timid look. The old lady was immediately furious and shouted at Lu Yu: "Young man, you look like a decent person, but how can you be so cruel? Be nice to your wife in the future. Look at how thin she has become!"

Lu Yu put on his bag expressionlessly and replied: "Okay."

Jiang Nian: ??? t?

What's going on?

She just slept for a while, how come she became Lu Yu's wife when she woke up? !