Chapter 32

Jiang Nian saw that he was holding a cold steamed bun in his hand, and took the bowl from his hand: "Don't eat it cold, I'll make you some hot dumpling soup."

Lu Yu clenched his fist and put it to his lips and coughed a few times: "No need to be so troublesome."

"It's okay."

Jiang Nian smiled with a good mood, and then raised his head to look at Lu Yu: "You go to my room first, it's warmer in my room."

The warm yellow light shone on Jiang Nian's smiling face, and Lu Yu's heart was filled with warmth. He held back the itchiness in his throat, suppressed a cough, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Sister-in-law looks very happy?"

Jiang Nian lowered his head and stuffed corn cobs into the stove. Hearing Lu Yu's words, she said, "Of course I'm happy that you're back." She

didn't think anything of it, and got up to get flour from the cupboard. Seeing Lu Yu still standing at the door of the stove, she frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Why are you still standing here? Go to my room and warm up for a while. When I finish cooking, I'll go to your room and light a brazier to cool down the room."

Lu Yu rarely saw Jiang Nian's cheerful and happy look, and was a little absent-minded for a moment. After coming to his senses, he said, "I'm not cold."

After that, he went to his room to light a brazier to cool down.

Jiang Nian shivered with cold, and seeing that Lu Yu was wearing less than her, she thought it was a lie to say that he was not cold.

While cooking, Jiang Nian heard Lu Yu coughing from time to time. She thought he might have caught a cold, so after cooking, she served the meal to Lu Yu and shouted outside, "The meal is ready."

She took the last piece of ginger from the cupboard. When Lu Yu walked into the kitchen, he saw her cutting vegetables on the chopping board: "What else are you doing?"

Jiang Nian said, "I'll boil some ginger and brown sugar water for you to drink, to drive away the cold."

Lu Yu felt warm in his heart, and he sat on the bench to eat the hot dumpling soup. This was the only hot meal he had in more than 20 days. The hot soup warmed his stomach and dispelled the accumulated coldness in his stomach.

He has been in the army for so many years. Every time he came back from a rescue mission, he only saw a cold dormitory and comrades who were joking with each other. This was the second time he came back in the middle of the night and ate hot soup and rice made by his sister-in-law.

Lu Yu ate three bowls of dumpling soup and washed the pots and bowls after eating. Jiang Nian went back to the room to get some brown sugar, boiled ginger and brown sugar water and poured it into a bowl for Lu Yu to drink. She only noticed that Lu Yu had lost weight again when she was

free. He had been away for two months before, and he had lost a lot of weight when he came back. This time he was away for only twenty days, and the weight he had gained back in the past few months was lost again, and his angular face looked even sharper.

Jiang Nian thought that she had to make more delicious food for Lu Yu.

The door was closed, but there was still air leaking from the gap. Jiang Nian shivered with cold. She put the remaining ginger in the cupboard: "What do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll make it for you."

"Ahem..."

Lu Yu coughed for a while after drinking the ginger soup. His face looked a little bad. Jiang Nian was a little worried. She walked over and touched his forehead. It was warm, and he didn't have a fever.

His eyes suddenly darkened, and a faint soap fragrance surged into his nose, the same fragrance he smelled every night when he went to Jiang Nian's room to pour bath water. Her hands were warm, and her slender fingers rested on his forehead for a few seconds and then moved away.

Maybe it was because of his illness, but Lu Yu wanted his sister-in-law to accompany him at this moment, and to stroke his forehead with her slender and warm hand.

He suddenly began to crave the feeling of being remembered by others.

During the twenty days of rescue work at the foot of the mountain, what he thought about the most was his sister-in-law who stayed at home. He wondered if she would encounter any troubles at home alone, and whether she would be secretly targeted by someone with ulterior motives and spread rumors about her.

"What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Nian saw that he lowered his eyebrows, remained silent, and his face turned pale, and couldn't help but worry.

Lu Yu came back to his senses and put the empty bowl on the table: "It's okay, it's late, sister-in-law, go to bed."

"Are you really okay?"

Jiang Nian was worried. His symptoms showed that he had a cold, but there was no medicine at home. She would go to the clinic to buy some medicine tomorrow.

Lu Yu said, "It's okay."

Seeing that he was really okay, Jiang Nian temporarily felt relieved. She went back to the house and crawled into the quilt again. Feeling the warmth from the quilt, her trembling body finally relaxed.

This day is too cold.

The more I think about it, the better it is in the new century. There is floor heating. I can stay at home in the winter wearing short sleeves and eating ice cream. Now I miss that feeling so much.

Having just woken up from being frozen, Jiang Nian was no longer sleepy. She looked at the dark beams and thought about the dream she had that night.

Since the heroine Sun Ying did not marry the hero, who did she marry?

Could it be Wu Youshan?

The wind was howling outside, and Jiang Nian was not sleepy until dawn. She simply did not sleep. After staying in the quilt for a while, she got up and put on her clothes, shivering as she put on her clothes. After putting on her clothes, she washed her face and brushed her teeth with the hot water in the kettle mixed with some cold water. After cleaning up, she went to the stove to prepare breakfast.

She was going to make some pumpkin porridge, a few kinds of cakes, two side dishes, and yesterday's glutinous rice cakes. But she still had to make some scallion cakes. She found that Lu Yu really liked them and always ate all the cakes.

The stove and Lu Yu's room were next to each other, separated by a wall. From time to time, coughs came from inside, which entered Jiang Nian's ears. She was really afraid that if she continued like this, she would cough and get pneumonia. She had run out of hot water, so she added some water to the pot and lit a fire to boil water.

After the hot water boiled and let it cool for a while, she filled a cup of water in an enamel cup and walked to Lu Yu's door: "Lu Yu, are you awake?"

"Yeah."

Lu Yu's voice came from the room, his throat was a little hoarse.

Jiang Nian pursed her lips: "Can I come in?"

The man inside was silent for a while, then replied: "Yes."

Jiang Nian tried to push open the door, and it slowly opened. It was daybreak, but the light in the house was still dim. With the light pouring in, she saw Lu Yu lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt. The man was wearing a thin white shirt. When he saw her come in, he sat up and leaned against the wall with newspapers on the head of the bed. His handsome face was a little sickly pale, and his thin lips were a little dry.

This was the first time Jiang Nian entered his house when Lu Yu was there.

Maybe it was because no one had lived there for more than 20 days, even after the brazier was burned, the house was still cool.

Jiang Nian pulled the light cord and saw Lu Yu's eyes closed for a moment, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, as if he was uncomfortable with the bright light. She walked to the bed with hot water and handed him the enamel cup: "Drink some hot water to moisten your throat. I'll make breakfast and go to the health center to buy you some medicine." "

Yeah."

His voice was hoarse than before.

Lu Yu reached out to take the enamel cup, and his fingers gently rubbed the back of Jiang Nian's snow-white hand. The back of her hand was very cold, and the coolness spread all the way from his fingertips to the bottom of his heart. Jiang Nian let go of his hand when he saw him take the enamel cup, and touched Lu Yu's forehead again with the hand that had just held the hot water cup. It was surprisingly hot.

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, then tried again. Looking at Lu Yu's gloomy face, he was instantly worried: "You have a fever."

"I'm fine."

He repeated the same sentence as always.

After Lu Yu finished drinking the hot water, he saw Jiang Nian turning away. At that moment, he had no idea what he was doing. He actually reached out and grabbed her wrist, and his fingertips rubbed the woman's smooth skin almost imperceptibly.

He said in a hoarse voice, "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian turned around: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yu's eyes were dark. The room was dark, and even the daylight could not shine into the man's dark eyes. He asked, "Where are you going, sister-in-law?"

Jiang Nian was a little dazed. He didn't understand what was wrong with Lu Yu, so he explained, "I'm going to the health center to see if they are open. But there should be night shifts in the health center, right?"

Lu Yu lowered his eyes, glanced at the slender wrist that he held in his palm, pursed his thin lips for a few seconds, suddenly let go of his hand, and said, "I want to drink some more hot water."

After that, he coughed violently a few times.

Jiang Nian said, "I'll go get you another cup."

She took the enamel cup and went to the kitchen to pour another cup of hot water, then took it to the next room and handed it to Lu Yu: "Drink it first, I'll go buy some antipyretic medicine."

Jiang Nian was extremely grateful that she was not sleepy and had discovered that Lu Yu had a fever early, otherwise she didn't know how long he would feel uncomfortable.

It was very windy outside. Jiang Nian went back to the house, put on the red scarf she had knitted, and ran to the clinic with her neck hunched. After running a few steps, she unexpectedly ran into Feng Mei on the road. She was stunned for a moment and shouted, "Sister Feng, where are you going?"

Feng Mei turned around and saw Jiang Nian. She had her hair tied behind her head, wearing a lotus pink cotton jacket and a bright red scarf. Her face was white and pretty. She didn't look like a young widow at all. The more she looked, the more she looked like a young girl waiting to be married: "Old Song has a fever. I went to the clinic to give him a fever. He said, "I'm going to buy some antipyretic medicine."

Jiang Nian was a little surprised: "Captain Song also has a fever?"

Feng Mei heard it and laughed: "What, Deputy Commander Lu also has a fever?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "I'm also going to the health center to buy antipyretic medicine, and also some cold and cough medicine."

Seeing Feng Mei's normal look, Jiang Nian couldn't help but ask curiously: "Do they get sick every time they come back from snow disaster rescue?"

The sky gradually brightened, but it was cloudy today and it still looked gloomy.

As the two of them walked under the tree, Feng Mei said, "It's not like this every year. The snow in the past few years was even heavier than this year. The soldiers who went out for rescue basically fell ill when they came back, and the health center was overwhelmed. Think about it, although each of them is strong, they have been in the snow in winter for more than 20 days, and they don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes every day. They still eat cold dry food and drink snow water. The clothes and shoes they wear are soaked by the snow water, and there is no replacement. Even the strongest body can't stand it. It would be strange if they don't get sick. Old Song said that a group of patients came back a few days ago, and they were the last batch to come back."

Jiang Nian thought of Lu Yu's hard work in the past 20 days, and felt even more that it was not easy for the people's soldiers.

She touched her face coldly: "Then I have to take good care of Lu Yu."

Feng Mei smiled and said, "You are a really good sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled and said nothing. She went to the clinic with Feng Mei. Many people were sick in the past few days. The people in the clinic took turns on duty. They all had dark circles under their eyes. But when they saw soldiers or military family members coming, they would carefully inquire about the situation and then prescribe medicine according to the symptoms.

Jiang Nian told Lu Yu about his symptoms. After the nurse from the health center brought the medicine, Jiang Nian and Feng Mei walked back together. On the way back, they met Chen Fang and several military wives. After the last time Chen Fang and Feng Mei helped Jiang Nian find a partner, they disliked each other when they met. Either you glared at her or she glared at you.

After Chen Fang walked away, Feng Mei snorted: "It seems that Captain Tang is also sick."

As soon as they reached the door of the house, they saw Xu Yan coming out wearing a thick cotton jacket. When she saw Jiang Mian and Feng Mei, she was also stunned: "Where did you go?"

Feng Mei said: "Buying medicine."

Xu Yan smiled and said: "It's just right, me too."

Feng Mei asked: "Are your second uncle and his family still making trouble?"

Xu Yan's face was not good when she mentioned them. She snorted coldly: "They saw Liu Qiang coming back and lost their momentum. Let them go at dawn today. If they stay any longer, I can't stand it."

Jiang Nian sympathized with Xu Yan. She met such a bad relative.

Zheng Hong just left, and then Er Niang came.

The three of them chatted for a few words, and Xu Yan went to the clinic. Jiang Nian and Feng Mei went home. As soon as they got home, Jiang Nian took a fever-reducing pill and went to Lu Yu's room, and gave him another cup of hot water: "Take the fever-reducing pill first, I'll cook, and then take the cold medicine after dinner."

This was the first time that Lu Yu was taken care of carefully after joining the army.

He nodded: "Yes."

His voice was still very hoarse.

Jiang Nian went to the kitchen to make some pumpkin porridge, fried two dishes, heated up some white flour steamed buns and glutinous rice cakes, and when the meal was ready, he brought it to Lu Yu's room and placed it on the small wooden table next to his bed: "It's cold outside, so don't get out of bed, just eat in bed, and I'll clean up after you finish eating."

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian who was busying around, and his eyes were a little hot.

He was not so fragile that he needed such meticulous care. Even if he had a fever, he could go to the team, and training was not a problem. But seeing Jiang Nian who treated him as a fragile patient, Lu Yu had a dirty idea for the first time and wanted to lie in bed for two more days.

Jiang Nian went to the kitchen to get some dry firewood and came to Lu Yu's room to make a fire. She poked the brazier, used the sparks from the kitchen to start the fire, stuffed more firewood in, and burned it vigorously for a while. The room finally became warm. She looked at Lu Yu and saw that he had finished eating. She asked, "Do you want some more porridge?"

Lu Yu said, "Yes."

So Jiang Nian ran to the kitchen and got a bowl of porridge for Lu Yu. She ate a few mouthfuls in the kitchen and swept up the fallen leaves in the yard. After all the work, she felt warm and not cold at all.

After a while after Lu Yu finished his meal, Jiang Nian gave him the cold and cough medicine. After watching him finish his meal, she took the dishes to the kitchen to wash them.

Jiang Nian sat by the stove and warmed herself by the fire. She thought about how Lu Yu had taken care of her when she was sick before, and even took better care of her than she did. She thought for a while and decided to go to the food station at noon to buy a pound of meat and make mixed noodles for Lu Yu at noon.

Thinking of this, she went back to the house, wrapped her red scarf around her neck, and said to Lu Yu's window: "I'm going to the food station and will be back soon."

Lu Yu's voice came from the house: "I'll go."

He was still sick, why would he go out in such a cold weather?

"No, you lie down and rest, I'll be back soon."

Jiang Nian had just finished speaking when she heard footsteps from the house, and then the door opened. Lu Yu was wearing a winter military uniform, his hair was a little longer than before, and there was some blue stubble on his face. He was less serious and cold than before, and had a rare wildness.