Chapter 39

Lu Yu looked at the road ahead, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It's a little late today. If we rush to the city, we won't be able to catch the six o'clock train. Let's leave early tomorrow and arrive at the army on the eighth day of the first lunar month."

Jiang Nian nodded, "Okay."

When they were almost at the door of their home, Lu Yu said, "You go back first. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some money. After lunch, we'll go see my brother and the others."

Jiang Nian opened the door and smiled, "Okay."

She walked into the kitchen and took a look. Lu Yu hadn't eaten the cornmeal he bought yesterday. She baked the cornmeal into scallion pancakes and saved a little cornmeal to make hand-rolled noodles in the evening. After lunch was ready, Lu Yu came back.

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the two finished their meal, they went to the grave to see Xu Cheng and his father-in-law.

The two graves were in the same place, with some weeds on top. Lu Yu cleaned the graves. Jiang Nian knelt in front of the graves and burned paper for the two. She talked about her past six months, saying that she was doing well in the army and Lu Yu also took good care of her.

After saying this, he looked up at Lu Yu who was filling the holes with a shovel, then lowered his head and said sincerely to Xu Cheng's grave: "We have got back all the money that my mother and others robbed. You and father are doing well down there. Lu Yu is doing well here too. He has been promoted to deputy head of the regiment, and I believe he will be promoted even higher in the future."

Lu Yu raised his eyes to glance at Jiang Nian who was lowering his head. After Jiang Nian finished speaking, he also burned some paper for Xu Cheng and Uncle Xu. Looking at the graves of the two, his low voice became a little heavier: "Brother, uncle, I will take good care of my sister-in-law."

He lowered his eyes and looked at the burning flames. When he made this promise, some inappropriate thoughts suddenly arose in his heart.

Sister-in-law is the eldest brother's wife, and she is an elder whom he should respect.

Thinking of the strange thoughts and dirty actions he had developed towards Jiang Nian during this period, Lu Yu closed his dark eyes a few times, suppressed all the thoughts in his heart, and kowtowed three times to Xu Cheng and Uncle Xu.

He would do his duty and take good care of his sister-in-law.

On the way back, Jiang Nian found that Lu Yu seemed to be much quieter than when he came, and thought that he should be missing Xu Cheng and his father-in-law.

Along the way, they met people who were passing by. Everyone knew about the changes of Xu's wife, but few people greeted Jiang Nian. They all asked Lu Yu: "Lu Laoer, when are you going back?"

Lu Yu said: "Tomorrow."

After a few words, the two went home. The first thing Lu Yu did when he got home was to go up to the roof and clean the snow on the roof and clean the yard. It was dark when he finished.

Jiang Nian was cooking in the kitchen. Through the window of the kitchen, he saw that in the dark sky, Lu Yu went to Xu Cheng's room with bedding. The mattress in Xu Cheng's room was still wet, and only a small part of it could be slept.

Is he going to sleep in Xu Cheng's room tonight?

Jiang Nian retracted her gaze and put the noodles into the pot. She heard footsteps behind her but didn't ask any more questions.

After the meal was ready and the two of them had eaten, Lu Yu said, "I'll sleep in my brother's room tonight."

Jiang Nian lowered her head to clean up the dishes for tomorrow morning. She pursed her lips and replied, "Okay."

She thought it might be because she slept too badly that caused Lu Yu to have a bad sleep.

After washing the pots and bowls and tidying up the stove, it was already dark. Jiang Nian entered the room with a kerosene lamp. When she lay on the kang to sleep, she unexpectedly found that she had insomnia.

She turned over and looked out the window. The thin light shrouded by black clouds gradually became absent-minded.

She found that her mood had completely changed after returning to the Xu family after half a year.

Jiang Nian turned over again and rolled around on the kang boredly. She felt that it was so comfortable to sleep alone on such a big kang. She slept

until dawn. When she got up, Lu Yu had already prepared breakfast. There was still a potato and a carrot left at home. She fried a dish and had breakfast with scallion pancakes. Just then, Zhao Gang came and knocked on the door. He quickly sent them to the county town.

On the way, Zhao Gang asked, "Lu Laoer, will you come back at the end of this year?"

Lu Yu said, "It depends."

He planned to come back in the summer to renovate the house.

Zhao Gang glanced at Jiang Nian who was looking around, and knew that she was different now, so he asked: "Xu's wife, how are you doing in the army?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said: "Very well."

Zhao Gang felt that Xu's wife had changed a lot. He thought of the cakes that Xu's wife had sent over twice. His family thought they were very delicious. It can be said that they had never eaten such delicious cakes. Even

if they went to the supply and marketing cooperative, they couldn't buy them.

Besides, his wife was pregnant and her mouth was greedy. After eating the cakes made by Xu's wife, she was greedy all night last night. He wanted to ask Xu's wife how to make the cakes so that he could go home and let his mother learn it, but he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

It's better not to ask.

After arriving at the county town, Lu Yu bought a bus ticket, and the two took a bus to the city. They just bought a train ticket for 6 pm. Although feudal superstition is advocated now, many people still adhere to the custom of not going out on July 7 and not going in on August 8, so the train was not too crowded today. After

a day's journey, Jiang Nian lay down next to the bed.

Lu Yu carried a thermos and glanced at Jiang Nian who was looking out the window. "There are some scallion pancakes left over from this morning in my backpack. If you're hungry, have some."

Jiang Nian nodded, "Okay."

Listening to the rumble of the train, Jiang Nian closed his eyes and fell asleep. After Lu Yu came back, he glanced at the two men sitting in the aisle seat. They looked like they were working people in the city. One of the young men looked at Jiang Nian from time to time.

Lu Yu frowned slightly, put the thermos on the table, pulled the quilt over Jiang Nian, and then sat on the corner of Jiang Nian's bed. He raised his eyes and looked at the young man who was looking over here again. The young man was stunned for a moment, then retracted his gaze and continued talking to the person opposite him.

When he first sat down, he thought the lesbian on the bed came up alone.

She was very beautiful, looked quiet and clean. He wanted to say hello and ask her where she was going, but he saw the man coming back from fetching water.

Judging from their relationship, they should be a couple.

The young man coughed awkwardly, stood up and said to his companion, "I'll go get some hot water."

His companion said, "I'll go too."

The scenery outside the train window was receding very quickly. Lu Yu looked out the window for a long time. He heard someone turning over next to him. He lowered his eyes and looked at Jiang Nian, who turned over and put her feet on his legs.

Lu Yu's body suddenly tensed up. He pursed his lips, coughed lightly, looked out the window, held Jiang Nian's ankle and tilted it outward, and his ears were abnormally red. It

was nine o'clock the next morning when they arrived in the city.

Jiang Nian didn't eat a single bite that night and slept until dawn. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, washed her face, and followed Lu Yu out of the train. The two went to the state-owned hotel for breakfast first, and finally went to the state-owned embroidery house.

Ge Mei said that she would go there first when she returned to the city.

This time, the cooperation with the boss of Gangcheng was reached, and she had a stable job. In this era, she could support herself with her craft.

When they arrived at the state-owned embroidery shop, Ge Mei was not there, but the female comrade from last time. Zhang Xiao saw Jiang Nian and Lu Yu, and immediately stood up and said with a smile: "You are finally here. Sister Ge waited for you all day yesterday."

Jiang Nian said: "I was delayed by something. Where is Sister Ge now?"

Zhang Xiao said: "She went to check the embroidery. She will be back around lunch time. Why don't you sit down and wait for a while?"

This is the only way for now.

She nodded: "Okay."

The area of ​​the state-owned embroidery shop is not particularly large, but it has two rooms. There are embroidery paintings on the outside and on the walls. There is a partition against the corner of the wall. There is a door curtain with the words "State-owned Embroidery Shop" on it. The door curtain is half-broken, and you can see the embroidery legs inside through the gap at the bottom.

That should be the embroidery room.

They sat by the window, with an old-fashioned table and stools. On the table was a bouquet of artificial flowers, the same old-fashioned bouquets she had seen in her mother's photo album when she was a child. Zhang Xiao placed two white enamel cups on the table and said, "Drink some water first."

It was almost eleven o'clock, and there were many people on the road.

Jiang Nian picked up the enamel cup to warm her hands and looked at Lu Yu: "You played all day today, are you okay?"

Lu Yu said, "I'll go back and explain the situation to the group, it's okay."

Jiang Nian was relieved and took a sip of hot water from the enamel cup.

Zhang Xiao was sitting at the counter, holding an embroidery pattern in her hand. It was given to her by Ge Mei, asking her to learn it well. There were a few stitches that she just couldn't embroider properly, so she glanced at Jiang Nian who was sitting by the window looking out, and stood up and walked over: "Sister Jiang, can you help me take a look here? I tried two stitches and both didn't work." Jiang

Nian turned around and glanced at Zhang Xiao. The little girl had her hair parted and tied with a red rope at the end of her hair. She was wearing a gray and blue striped cotton coat. Seeing that she was not very young, she lowered her head to glance at the embroidery in the circular embroidery studio: "Let me try."

Zhang Xiao was embroidering a pattern of sparrows. The stitches were a little uneven, and the colors of the front and back embroidery were inconsistent. The front looked good, but the back was unsightly. She took the needle and changed a few stitches on the embroidery. Zhang Xiao bent down and tilted her head to look at it carefully. She didn't know how Jiang Nian did it, but the awkward and uneven places were straightened out all of a sudden, looking natural and beautiful.

In fact, she had doubted Jiang Nian's embroidery skills at first. Even Sister Zhai, who thought she was a good embroidery worker in the embroidery shop, thought that Sister Ge was exaggerating. But later, the boss of Gangcheng came to Sister Ge twice to cooperate. Sister Ge wanted to hand over the embroidery to Jiang Nian, and Sister Zhai made trouble twice.

After Jiang Nian handed over the embroidery, she was really impressed. Although Sister Zhai still disdained it, Zhang Xiao knew that she agreed in her heart.

Lu Yu turned his head and looked at Jiang Nian who was embroidering with her head down. The light from the window reflected on her face. Her skin was white and rosy, and the fine hairs on her skin could be seen.

Her mind was on embroidery, her eyebrows were slightly curved, and her fingers flexibly held the needle to embroider on the embroidery.

Lu Yu found that when his sister-in-law touched the embroidery, she had a kind of quiet and confident attraction, which was completely different from the way she used to look, lowering her head, grabbing the corner of her clothes, and speaking timidly.

Or, the shadow of the past appearance has gradually disappeared from his sister-in-law now.

"Thank you, Sister Jiang."

Zhang Xiao took the embroidery, touched the embroidery with his fingers, turned it over and took a look, and found that the patterns on the front and back of the stitches embroidered by Jiang Nian were exactly the same.

So he admired her even more.

"It's okay."

Jiang Nian smiled and held the small cloth bag in her arms again.

To others, this is just a small cloth bag with patches on it, but to Jiang Nian, it contains two thousand yuan, the more than one thousand yuan that Lu Yu gave her last time, the one hundred yuan she got back from the Jiang family this time, and Lu Yu's salary for the past few months, adding up to more than two thousand yuan.

In this era, it is also a considerable amount of money.

She knows that Lu Yu's salary of more than one thousand yuan this time may have been exchanged for his life. He lost a lot of weight in those two months, and it can be seen that he suffered a lot.

Jiang Nian pinched the money in the cloth bag, thinking that it was a good opportunity to deposit the money before Ge Mei came back. She wanted to ask Zhang Xiao, but after thinking about it, she turned around and asked Lu Yu: "Do you know where the bank is?"

Lu Yu glanced at the small cloth bag in her arms, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes: "I know."

Jiang Nian told Zhang Xiao that she was going out for a while and would be back soon, so she went to the bank with Lu Yu and deposited the money.

After going through the procedures and steps for a whole morning, it was time for lunch when they came out, so the two went to the state-owned hotel for lunch. When they returned to the state-owned embroidery manor, they happened to meet Ge Mei who was coming back with them.

Ge Mei put down her bag: "Jiang Nian, I finally waited for you."

She saw Lu Yu behind Jiang Nian and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Lu Yu nodded: "Yes."

Ge Mei picked up her bag again and said to Lu Yu: "Comrade, please sit for a while. Jiang Nian and I will talk about something inside."

With Lu Yu's approval, Ge Mei led Jiang Nian into the compartment behind the curtain, where there were two embroidery frames. One of them had half of the embroidery pattern finished, and the other was blank. The blank one was reserved for Jiang Nian.

Ge Mei took out a letter from her bag and said, "This is the payment for your last embroidery. It's 40 yuan. Keep it safe."

Jiang Nian took the letter and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Ge."

This was the second salary she had earned.

Ge Mei smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me. You deserve it."

She took out the drawing paper from the cabinet next to the wall and laid it flat on the table. "This time the embroidery is large in size and will take two months. Can you finish it?"

Jiang Nian glanced at the drawings and nodded: "No problem, I'll go back and pack my things and come as soon as possible the day after tomorrow."

Ge Mei smiled and said: "Okay."

She didn't ask Jiang Nian why the original date of the seventh day of the first lunar month was changed to the eighth day, but just asked her to get familiar with the embroidery frame first. Jiang Nian

glanced at the embroidery frame, which was the old-fashioned and heavy one. The legs at the bottom were connected and could not be disassembled. There was a small bench next to it. She sat on the bench to try the feel. The bench was a bit short, so she had to put a cushion under it.

Ge Mei put the two small embroidery tents on the table together and said, "There are two female comrades in our embroidery house who are both good at embroidery. One is Zhai Peipei."

She pointed to a half-finished embroidery and said, "This is what she embroidered."

Ge Mei hesitated for a moment, but still told the story of Zhai Peipei, "She is quite arrogant. When you are with her, don't take what she says to heart." Jiang

Nian smiled and said, "I won't make things difficult for Sister Ge."

She stayed in these two months to make money. She didn't care about the tempers of the people in the embroidery house. As long as they didn't make trouble in front of her, she would pretend to turn a blind eye.

Ge Mei smiled and said, "There is also a girl named Lu Xiaojing. She has an unstable temper and her embroidery skills are pretty good. She should be a few years older than you. I will introduce her to you when you come over."

"Okay."

After talking to Sister Ge, Jiang Nian left with Lu Yu.

There was a bus back to the county in the afternoon. They arrived early, and when they got on the bus, half of the seats were still empty. Jiang Nian and Lu Yu sat in the middle seat near the front. She was thinking about coming to Xiu Zhuang the day after tomorrow. A man's low and magnetic voice came from the side: "When are you coming? I'll take a leave to take you here."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Lu Yu, and shook her head lightly: "No, I know the way myself." After that, he continued: "Come the day after tomorrow."

Lu Yu said: "When I go back today, I will ask the military district if there is a car coming to the city to purchase the day after tomorrow. If there is, you can take the military district car. If not, I will take you."

Seeing that he insisted, Jiang Nian didn't say anything.

It was already past seven in the evening when they returned to the army. It was dark, and Jiang Nian followed Lu Yu quietly.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Lu."

Hearing the voice from the opposite side, Jiang Nian looked up and saw that it was Captain Tang, whom he met outside the army when he and Feng Mei went to the supply and marketing cooperative a few years ago. There were also several soldiers beside him. When they saw Jiang Nian and Lu Yu, they all shouted, "Deputy Regiment Commander Lu, sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled.

Tang Ze said, "Why did Deputy Colonel Lu come back only today?"

Lu Yu said, "Something delayed me." He asked again, "Where are you going?"

Tang Ze smiled and said, "Song Bai is at the training ground. I'm going to practice with him."

Lu Yu: ...

When Tang Ze left, he glanced at Jiang Nian who was lowering her head slightly, and looked at the two braids she was wearing, then followed a few soldiers and left. It was far away, he looked back again, the soldier next to him joked: "Captain Tang, what are you looking at?"

Tang Ze shook his head: "Nothing."

He was just curious. Before, his sister-in-law wanted to match him with the sister-in-law of Deputy Regiment Commander Lu, so he couldn't help but look a few more times, curious about what kind of person could win the eyes of his sister-in-law, but he didn't have that mind. For him, it's good like this now.

He hasn't been home for a few days, and the house is cold and gloomy.

Jiang Nian and Lu Yu first lit the brazier in the house to cool it down. Lu Yu swept the yard, and Jiang Nian went to the vegetable cellar to get vegetables to prepare dinner. There was a piece of meat in the cupboard. He didn't finish it last time, so he didn't worry about it going bad in winter.

Feng Mei ran over when she saw the lights in the next yard were on. Captain Song saw her and said, "You rush forward as soon as they come back. Are you annoyed?"

"No."

Feng Mei replied and ran to find Jiang Nian.

Lu Yu was pumping water into the vat. Jiang Nian was cooking in the kitchen, planning to make shredded pork noodles. Lu Yu and Jiang Nian were cutting vegetables. After cutting the vegetables, they started to light the fire. When they were heating the pot and preparing to cook, Feng Mei came in from outside. Before she came in, her voice came in first.

"Jiang Nian, I miss you so much!"

Jiang Nian: ...

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian, with a smile in his eyes: "I'll go back to the house to check on the brazier."

"Sister Feng."

Lu Yu met Feng Mei when he went out, greeted her and went back to the house. Feng Mei said: "It's good that you're back." Then she ran into the kitchen and patted Jiang Nian's shoulder: "I was so bored these two days when you and Xu Yan were away."

Jiang Nian knew that Feng Mei was a chatterbox.

She chatted with Feng Mei for a few words, and Feng Mei was not idle either. She sat in front of the stove and watched the fire, watching the fragrance of the meat when it was put into the pot, swallowing her saliva, she distracted her attention and talked about what happened in the family courtyard these days.

"Guess what's going on in the family compound these two days?"

Jiang Nian poured seasonings into the pot and asked while stir-frying, "What happened?"

Feng Mei used a fire hook to light the fire and said, "Zheng Hong ran back from her mother's house yesterday and made a fuss at the gate of the army. Even Old Song went there. Captain Lu couldn't stand it and went out. I thought Captain Lu would take Zheng Hong back, but Captain Lu's mother ran out like a rabbit, slapped Zheng Hong twice, and dragged her away. They left in the morning, and Captain Lu and his mother came back in the afternoon. I think they should have sent Zheng Hong back to her mother's house again."

Jiang Nian was not very interested, but still agreed with a few words.

Feng Mei snorted, "I almost didn't recognize Zheng Hong when I saw him yesterday. He was as black as a coal ball, and his clothes were all patched. He looked the same as when he first came to the family compound more than two years ago. I think he is nothing without Captain Lu."

Jiang Nian had expected what would happen to Zheng Hong, so the change in Zheng Hong was also within her expectations.

Feng Mei talked a lot, and finally talked about Xu Yan and Liu Qiang quarreling.

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why are they quarreling again?"

Feng Mei said, "I heard Liu Qiang say that Xu Yan cheated him, and said something wrong with the money, and what she wanted to do by hiding the money." She was also confused: "Anyway, they quarreled for a long time, and Jianwu was crying all the time."

Jiang Nian: ...

It's probably because Liu Qiang found out that Xu Yan hid the money.

"Oh, there's one more thing."

Feng Mei chuckled and looked at Jiang Nian: "I was busy during the New Year and you left in a hurry, so I didn't have time to ask you, what do you think of Song Bai after you met him?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Seeing that Feng Mei was eager to match her and Song Bai together, he wanted to dispel her idea: "Sister-in-law Feng, please don't worry about my affairs. I still can't let go of Xu Cheng in my heart, and I don't want to think about getting married anymore. " Boss, instead of wasting your time on me, why don't you look for girls in the military region who are of the right age for Song Bai and match them up."

Seeing that Feng Mei wanted to say something, Jiang Nian showed a little displeasure on her face: "Sister-in-law Feng, if you talk about matching me and Song Bai again, I will be really angry."

Feng Mei: ...

No, she really couldn't understand why Jiang Nian looked down on Song Bai?

Deputy Regiment Lu and Old Song were from the same regiment, and Song Bai and Lu Yu were comrades-in-arms. If Jiang Nian could marry Song Bai, it would be a close relationship, and everyone knew each other well. What was there to be unhappy about? Moreover,

Song Bai and Deputy Regiment Lu would be promoted together in the future, and the two could take care of each other.

Jiang Nian didn't want to make enemies for himself, nor did he want to have a rift with Feng Mei because of this, so he said, "Sister-in-law Feng, put yourself in his shoes. It's not that I'm cursing Captain Song. I'm saying that if Captain Song is gone, I'll find you a partner and urge you to get married. Would you be happy?"

The plot in the book says that after Captain Song passed away, Feng Mei raised two children alone. Her family found a partner for her, hoping that she would marry another man to make her life easier, but Feng Mei refused to do so and was willing to remain a widow for Captain Song.

Feng Mei: ...

She glared at Jiang Nian: "Bah, bah, bah, the New Year isn't over yet, don't curse my Old Song."

Jiang Nian: ...

She didn't know if Feng Mei took her words to heart, but after she said this, Feng Mei saw her several times until the next afternoon and she never mentioned letting her meet Song Bai again, it seemed that she really took her words to heart.

Jiang Nian was going to the state-owned embroidery shop tomorrow. She packed two sets of replacement clothes in the cloth bag at night. When she saw Lu Yu bringing her bath water, she pursed her lips and said, "You can eat in the cafeteria while I'm away. I'll be back in about two months."

Thinking of not seeing Lu Yu for two months, Jiang Nian felt inexplicably empty in her heart.

Lu Yu prepared the bath water and glanced at Jiang Nian who was sitting on the bed: "I will take the military procurement car to the city to find you every once in a while."

Jiang Nian was stunned: "Ah?"

Lu Yu's dark eyes fell on her face full of doubts: "I am worried about my sister-in-law staying in the city alone. I saw there is a phone in the state-owned embroidery manor. If you encounter anything, you can also call the army and say you are looking for me. A police soldier will contact me."

Jiang Nian's heart skipped a beat, and her hand holding the small cloth bag tightened. After a pause, she smiled: "I'm such a big person, what can happen? What's more, I have Sister Ge to take care of me, I'll be fine."

Lu Yu still said: "It won't waste time for me to go to the city."

After that, he turned and went out.

He closed the door for Jiang Nian, and returned to his room to sit in front of the brazier, his slightly wrinkled brows never relaxed.

He had lived under the same roof with his sister-in-law for half a year. Every time he came back from training, he could smell the familiar aroma of food and see people walking back and forth in the yard. He had gradually become familiar with this kind of life. When he knew that Jiang Nian was going to live in the state-owned embroidery manor for two months, Lu Yu couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

When the horn sounded early the next morning, Jiang Nian got up from the bed.

Lu Yu went to ask yesterday, and found out that there were no military vehicles going to the city for shopping in the past few days. Lu Yu made an application and took another day off. He personally sent Jiang Nian to the city. After the two had breakfast, Jiang Nian confirmed that there was nothing missing and followed Lu Yu out the door.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Xu Yan walking towards him.

Xu Yan had dark circles under her eyes, and she looked like she hadn't slept well all night. Seeing the cloth bag in Jiang Nian's hand, she was stunned for a moment: "Are you leaving?"

Jiang Nian said: "Yes, to the state-owned embroidery shop."

Xu Yan smiled, but there was no light in her eyes: "When will you be back?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips: "About two months."

While Lu Yu was locking the door, she walked over and whispered: "I heard from Sister Feng about your matter How did Liu Qiang find out about the money? "

Xu Yan sighed: "I told my mother about hiding the money, and my mother let it slip in front of Liu Qiang. She came back and quarreled with me. She said that she would not give me my salary in the future. Jiang Nian, what do you think I should do? The money I had on me was also taken away by Liu Qiang. Now I only have fifty cents on me."

Jiang Nian: ...

She really suspected that Xu Yan was stupid.

She had already warned her about this matter, and no one should tell about the hidden money.

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, thinking that Zheng Hong was gone now, Liu Qiang and Xu Yan should not get to the point of divorce, and she didn't want to spend all her time to help Xu Yan plan. If she met teammates who didn't cooperate, no matter how good the plan was, it would fail.

So, she just said, "

Let it go." "It's time to go."

Lu Yu's voice came from not far away, Jiang Nian smiled at Xu Yan, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. You can take care of it at home."

Xu Yan didn't understand what Jiang Nian meant by this sentence. She wanted to ask a few more questions, but Jiang Nian had already walked away.

When he was about to walk outside the troop, he met Song Bai, who was wearing a green military uniform, running from the intersection and heading towards the entrance of the troop. He had two buttons of his shirt undone, revealing his protruding collarbone at the neck, and there was a little sweat on his head.

In the middle of winter, Jiang Nian felt that he seemed to be emitting visible heat.

Song Bai also saw Lu Yu and Jiang Nian. His eyes stayed on Jiang Nian's face for a few seconds, and he smiled at the corners of his lips: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled, not knowing whether it was because Feng Mei always tried to match her with Song Bai, which caused Jiang Nian to always want to avoid Song Bai when she saw him. On

the one hand, she felt embarrassed.

On the other hand, she thought it was better to keep a distance, so as not to let Feng Mei's thoughts, which had finally disappeared, rekindle.

Lu Yu asked, "Did you just come out of the training ground?"

Song Bai exhaled, "Well, I have to go to the city. I just received a call from the city police. There are some problems with the gang members I helped the police arrest. I'm going to check it out."

He asked again, "Where are you and your sister-in-law going?"

Lu Yu said, "We're also going to the city."

Song Bai smiled and said, "What a coincidence, let's go together."

When the three of them left the army, they met Captain Song and Captain Tang who had returned from outside. After a few words, they hurried to the county to take a bus. Jiang Nian didn't carry anything in her hands, so Lu Yu helped her hold the bag. When they got on the bus, there were still half of the seats empty, so they sat in the front row.

Jiang Nian sat with an old lady, and Lu Yu and Song Bai sat behind her.

The road was bumpy. Maybe it was because she had just eaten, Jiang Nian felt a little nauseous. Song Bai sat on the side and could see Jiang Nian's profile when he turned his head. He found that her face looked a little strange: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Nian

was stunned for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Song Bai: "Nothing."

Lu Yu opened the military green kettle and handed it to Jiang Nian: "Maybe you ate a little too much this morning. Drink some hot water to relieve it."

Jiang Nian took the kettle and took a sip to suppress the discomfort in his stomach. He handed the kettle to Lu Yu, leaned back in the seat, looked out the window dully, listened to Lu Yu and Song Bai chatting, and actually fell asleep in a daze.

Lu Yu had been paying attention to Jiang Nian's situation, and was relieved when he saw her fall asleep. While Song Bai was talking to Lu Yu, he would occasionally look at Jiang Nian, whose head was tilted. It actually slowly tilted onto the old lady's shoulder, and then he arched his head, found a comfortable position, and continued to sleep soundly. Song Bai

: ...

Sister-in-law, you sleep so deeply.

The old lady glanced at Jiang Nian who was leaning on her shoulder, and probably thought of her daughter. She had a kind smile on her face, and leaned a little closer to Jiang Nian, letting her pillow more comfortably. When the bus stopped at the station, the sound of the brakes was very loud, and there was also the noisy sound of people. Jiang Nian woke up in time, and the feeling of nausea was much better.

She glanced at the old lady who stood up, and smiled embarrassedly: "Auntie, I'm sorry."

The old lady was in good health and looked older than Aunt Zhao: "What's there to be sorry about, girl? I'll go first. I have to go to the hospital to take care of my daughter-in-law. She gave birth to a big fat boy."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Congratulations, auntie."

The old lady got off the car with the snakeskin bag on her back. Lu Yu walked behind Jiang Nian and lowered his eyes to glance at her slightly messy hair: "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Jiang Nian didn't turn around: "Much better."

After getting off the car, Song Bai glanced at Jiang Nian's hair that was stuck to her ears and half of her face was left with some red marks. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Sister-in-law, you slept so well all the way."

Jiang Nian:...

She pursed her lips and turned her head away embarrassedly, feeling a little ashamed.

Song Bai was anxious to go to the city police, so he said goodbye to Lu Yu and the others, and agreed to meet at the station in the afternoon and go back together.

Lu Yu and Jiang Nian went to the state-owned embroidery shop. Zhang Xiao was sitting in front of the counter. When she saw them come in, she stood up and said with a smile: "Jiang Jie, Ge Jie went home to accompany her son and daughter-in-law for dinner. She will be here soon. She said that if you come, you should get familiar with it for a while."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay."

There was a sound of a bench mopping the floor in the compartment. Jiang Nian saw a foot next to the embroidery frame through the bottom of the compartment curtain. It was wearing a cotton shoe with a red bottom and black dots, and the trousers were black trousers. It was unknown whether it was Zhai Peipei or Lu Xiaojing.

Lu Yu put the cloth bag on the bench by the window and said to Jiang Nian, "Call me if you have anything. I'm leaving now."

Jiang Nian nodded, "Okay."

Lu Yu left and two people came in, a man and a woman. The man had long hair and wore an old-fashioned gray-blue coat, a bit like the work clothes in the factory. The woman had a braid around her chest, short bangs, a rose-red top, double-layered glasses, and a white hand-woven scarf. Zhang Xiao greeted them, "Sister Lu, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten."

Lu Xiaojing glanced at the room and asked in a low voice, "Is Sister Zhai here?"

Zhang Xiao also whispered, "She just came from the cafeteria. I don't know what happened to her. She doesn't look well."

Lu Xiaojing curled her lips and said, "I think she never looks well."

"Xiaoxiao, what did you have for lunch?"

Hu Zhongming leaned on the counter, resting his arm on it, looking nonchalant. Zhang Xiao took a step back and leaned against the wall: "It's the same as usual."

After that, he picked up the embroidery on the table, looking like he didn't want to say anything more. Hu Zhongming seemed to have gotten used to it. He turned around and said a few words to Lu Xiaojing. When he turned around and left, he saw Jiang Nian sitting by the window. He was stunned for a moment and asked Lu Xiaojing: "Who is that?"

Lu Xiaojing was stunned for a moment, followed his gaze and looked over. When she saw Jiang Nian, she frowned: "I don't know either."

So she turned around and asked Zhang Xiao: "Who is she?"

Zhang Xiao said: "She is Jiang Nian. What do you think? She looks young and pretty, right? This is someone that Sister Ge specially invited."

Lu Xiaojing nodded: "She is pretty."

Hu Zhongming's eyes lingered on Jiang Nian's face wantonly. Jiang Nian frowned and turned away to look out the window uncomfortably. Lu Xiaojing saw Hu Zhongming staring at Jiang Nian and kicked him: "Why are you staring at others?" Hu Zhongming

saw that Lu Xiaojing pouted and looked unhappy, so he immediately looked away: "There is a new face in Xiuzhuang, I am also curious to take a few more glances, are you jealous?"

Lu Xiaojing snorted coldly.

Zhang Xiao secretly raised her eyes to look at Hu Zhongming. She didn't know what Sister Lu liked about Hu Zhongming?

Hu Zhongming is not handsome, but he has a good job as a team leader in a cotton weaving factory, with high salary and good benefits. Moreover, his family is from the city, and his parents both have jobs. When they lived in the dormitory at night, Zhang Xiao heard Sister Lu talk about Hu Zhongming.

It seems that Hu Zhongming's job was bought by his parents. The Hu family can spend money to buy a job for Hu Zhongming, which shows that the family has a strong foundation. Lu Xiaojing should be attracted by Hu Zhongming's family background. Zhang Xiao heard Lu Xiaojing say that she wanted to marry a city person. Maybe it was because of this that she could tolerate Hu Zhongming's lazy behavior.

Hu Zhongming said, "You have a new comrade in Xiuzhuang, why don't you go and say hello?"

Lu Xiaojing glared at Hu Zhongming, warning him not to have any bad thoughts, and then walked towards Jiang Nian. Seeing this, Hu Zhongming followed.

"Comrade Jiang, my name is Lu Xiaojing."

As soon as Lu Xiaojing's butt touched the bench, Hu Zhongming sat down before her. It seemed that he had no intention of leaving, but greeted him in a familiar way: "Comrade Jiang, I am Lu Xiaojing's date, my name is Hu Zhongming."

Jiang Nian glanced at Hu Zhongming coldly, then looked at Lu Xiao. Jingshi's face showed a smile: "My name is Jiang Nian."

"Hey, comrade, why are you back?"

Zhang Xiao's voice made the three of them laugh. Everyone looked up and saw a man wearing a green military uniform walking in, holding a small bag in his hand, and walked to their table. Hu Zhongming also looked over curiously, and saw the man walking towards Jiang. When Nian stopped beside him, his eyes couldn't help but deepen.

Lu Yu put the small bag on the table and looked down at Jiang Nian, who raised his head and looked at him with a smile: "I bought you some snacks. You can have some to relieve your boredom during the night."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment. , looking at the bag on the table, my heart skipped a beat.

She thought Lu Yu had left, but he bought some snacks for her. Jiang Nian looked up and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"Comrade Jiang, why don't you introduce me?"

Lu Xiao looked at Lu quietly. Yu was stunned by the handsome features of the man. Hu Zhongming was inferior to her in both appearance and status. But for her, as long as she could marry Hu Zhongming, she could live in the city. Even though she could embroider, Sister Ge always criticized her, thinking that she could only embroider small pictures and would not be able to embroider large pictures. Bang.

Lu Xiaojing is not young anymore, and will be 30 in a year.

She felt that she could support herself with her embroidery craft, so she had high requirements for her partner. She wanted him to be from the city, have a good job, and have a good family background. That’s why she has been waiting until now.

Hu Zhongming was a second marriage. His first wife divorced him. Later, he met Lu Xiaojing and started dating her.

Lu Xiaojing was a little uncomfortable with Hu Zhongming's second marriage, but when she thought about his work, she ? and? family backgrounds were not offensive, and she was almost 30 years old, so even if she wanted to get married, she couldn't find a suitable man.

Jiang Nian introduced him as "my late husband's comrade-in-arms."

She didn't want to be in front of so many people. ? Make it clear what the relationship between her and Lu Yu is, and there is no need to bring any rumors about her and Lu Yu.

Lu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Jiang Nian's fluttering eyelashes, and the corners of his lips seemed to have a smile.