Chapter 63

Jiang Nian said, "I didn't sleep much."

Lu Yu said, "Go back to the dormitory and take a nap. Come back after you've rested well."

Jiang Nian couldn't bear it any longer. She wanted to buy breakfast for Lu Yu and the others, but someone had already bought it. It was Chen Yao's comrade-in-arms. He bought several meat buns and soy milk and asked Jiang Nian to have breakfast before leaving. When Jiang Nian returned to the dormitory, Zhai Peipei and the others were also preparing to go out. After asking about Sun Yuan's situation, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Xiaojing said, "That bastard Zhao Lin didn't come back all night, he must have been scared away."

Zhai Peipei also said, "He can't run away. Without the letter of introduction, he can't even leave the city."

Jiang Nian didn't say that it was Sun Yuan who knocked the baby away. She was afraid that Sun Yuan would take her words to heart and have her own ideas. If she exposed herself, it would be over. As for the follow-up, she should wait for her to decide what to do.

Jiang Nian went back and had a good sleep. She slept soundly that day. Lu Xiaojing and the others came back for lunch at noon but didn't wake her up. She slept until the afternoon.

She changed into clean clothes and washed the blood off her clothes and pants. Sister Zhai and the others had already cleaned the blood at the door. Jiang Nian ate a few bites of the lunch that Lu Xiaojing had left for her, went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables and flour, and after making the meal, Lu Xiaojing went to the hospital with her.

Walking on the road, Lu Xiaojing pinched her arm: "Last night, I carried Sun Yuan on my back and walked. My arms and legs hurt when I got up this morning."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Thank you and Sister Zhai for your hard work."

Lu Xiaojing glared at her and said, "If you want to thank me, then introduce me to someone."

Jiang Nian: ...

Thank you, I take back what I said just now.

As soon as he arrived at the hospital gate, Jiang Nian saw Song Bai and Tang Ze coming together. Seeing Lu Xiaojing staring at Tang Ze, Jiang Nian touched her arm: "Don't think about it, he has a wife."

Lu Xiaojing:...

"Sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law."

Song Bai and Tang Ze called out.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Song Bai said, "I came to see Lu Yu."

He reached out to Jiang Nian and took the lunch box from her hand, looking at her fingers that were a little red from being squeezed: "Have you eaten?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I have eaten."

The lights were on in the hospital. It was lunchtime and there were many people. Lu Yu was leaning against the head of the bed, talking to Chen Yao and Zhou Ji and the others. When he saw Jiang Nian come in, a smile appeared on his cold and handsome face: "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian felt uncomfortable when she heard Lu Yu call her sister-in-law.

Song Bai and Tang Ze came in and distributed three aluminum lunch boxes to them. Lu Xiaojing tugged at Jiang Nian's hand: "Let's go see Sun Yuan."

"Yes."

Jiang Nian nodded. Just as he was about to leave, Tang Ze frowned and asked: "You just mentioned Sun Yuan?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Oh, she almost forgot that Sun Yuan is also Tang Ze's half sister.

She said: "Yes, Sun Yuan."

Tang Ze and Lu Yu said a few words, followed them in, and just as they walked to the door of the ward, they heard Sun Ying's voice from inside: "You deserve it. Who asked you to marry Zhao Lin? Even if you die, you can't blame my mother. You are just like your mother. You marry any man."

"Bang--" the sound of the enamel cup hitting the ground.

Sun Yuan had a cold face as she looked at Sun Ying and Ding Hua, mother and daughter. The two of them stood arrogantly in front of the bed, mocking and finding fault with her, bossing her around. Ever since her father married Ding Hua, this woman has never let the family have peace, especially this younger sister, who appears to be weak and obedient on the surface, but behind her back is more vicious than anyone else!

Sun Yuan said, "Sun Ying, don't think I don't know the shameful things you have done!"

Sun Ying's face changed, and Ding Hua's tone was even more sarcastic than before: "Don't splash dirty water on my daughter!? With your crooked thoughts and bad morals, I think you should have the same fate as the child in your belly."

"It's better for my child to die than for the bastard in your daughter's belly!" After

these words came out, everyone in the ward looked at Sun Ying.

Sun Ying's face changed, and she suddenly stepped forward and slapped Sun Yuan. Sun Yuan had just lost her child yesterday, and she was weak at this time, and there was no room for resistance.

Jiang Nian: !!!

She and Lu Xiaojing saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Jiang Nian instantly thought of the dream she had that night, the figures of Wu Youshan and Sun Ying rolling together in the bridal chamber. Could it be that even if the plot collapsed, it would happen in reality? She immediately looked up at Tang Ze, and saw Tang Ze pushing open the door and walking in with a gloomy face.

Sun Ying was pregnant, with an arrogant look on her face, and the red mole under her right eye was also much more prominent. It was the first time that Tang Ze noticed Sun Ying's strangeness, and it was also the first time that he took off her disguise. She was so weak in front of others, but she didn't expect that she was so strong at home.

Tang Ze has been convincing himself for the past six months that he doesn't care who Sun Ying dated before marrying him, but he never expected that even the baby in her belly is not his!

Thinking about how the whole family has held her in the palm of their hands for the past six months, and how he has been waiting to become a father, it was all a disgusting joke in the end!

Jiang Nian looked at Tang Ze with sympathy, thinking that his marriage was really bumpy.

"Tang Ze?"

Sun Ying was stunned, she never expected Tang Ze to come to the hospital.

Two days ago, she told Tang Ze that she wanted to go back to her parents' home for a few days. Tang Ze brought her here at noon today and sent her back to her parents' home in the city. She came back this time to make things clear with Wu Youshan and ask him not to bother her anymore. She thought Tang Ze had gone back, but she didn't expect him to appear in the hospital. Fortunately, she saw this scene by chance. She didn't know if Tang Ze heard what Sun Yuan just said, and she couldn't help but panic in her heart.

Ding Hua's face changed when he saw Tang Ze.

Tang Ze glanced at Sun Ying, that look was full of disappointment and coldness. He looked at Sun Yuan lying on the hospital bed and said, "Sister, is there anything I can help you with?"

Sun Yuan did not expect Tang Ze to come over, so she shook her head: "No."

She glanced at Sun Ying, who had been so arrogant just now but was now biting her lip to pretend to be weak, her eyes full of mockery.

Tang Ze was so tall that she almost blocked the door of the ward. Sun Ying didn't see her until Jiang Nian and Lu Xiaojing squeezed in from outside the ward. She immediately widened her eyes and looked at Jiang Nian: "Why are you here?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "I'm here to take care of my uncle, what's wrong?" She

pretended to be ignorant.

Sun Ying was stunned and subconsciously looked at Tang Ze. Lu Yu is back, in the hospital?

Tang Ze didn't miss the bright color in Sun Ying's eyes. His face showed undisguised sarcasm. He felt that Sun Ying in front of him was extremely disgusting. He said to Sun Ying: "I will apply for the return of the family compound, and I will apply for divorce to the organization."

After that, he left. From beginning to end, he never asked Sun Ying whose child was in her belly, giving her enough face.

Tang Ze knew that there was a man named Wu Youshan in Sun Ying's family compound who liked her. The two grew up together. Even if Sun Ying married him, Wu Youshan never gave up. This child was most likely Wu Youshan's.

Tang Ze clenched his fists, his eyes were filled with cruelty.

Ding Hua pulled Sun Ying: "What are you still standing there for? Go chase him!"

If her daughter hadn't been clamoring to drink the day before her wedding, she wouldn't have gone out with Wu Youshan when she was drunk. She was afraid that Tang Ze would find out that Sun Ying was not a virgin and cause trouble for their family. They had been worried for half a year and nothing happened, but today all the windows were broken.

Sun Ying looked at Jiang Nian, and was so angry that she wanted to cut her body with a knife.

Listening to the discussions of other people in the ward, Sun Ying could not stay there any longer and turned around and ran out to chase Tang Ze. She chose to marry Tang Ze because of his good relationship with Lu Yu. Lu Yu had never seen her from the beginning to the end, and she had no choice but to try this method to get close to him. However, Lu Yu disappeared not long after she married Tang Ze, and he disappeared for nearly half a year. She felt that she had lost both the wife and the army.

Jiang Nian ignored Sun Ying. She brought some dinner to Sun Yuan and asked her to eat first. She sat down and talked with Sun Yao for a while before leaving. Before leaving, Sun Yuan stopped Jiang Nian: "Thank you, I thought a lot about what you said last night. Sometimes people just have to fight for their dignity."

She would no longer swallow her anger and allow Ding Hua and Sun Ying to bully her, nor would she be stupid enough to move out of her home and give it to Ding Hua and his daughter.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Let's eat."

When they walked out of the ward, Lu Xiaojing asked, "What did you tell her?"

Jiang Nian said, "She said that we women can hold up half the sky, and we can fight for ourselves, without being bound by the constraints of marriage and torturing ourselves."

Lu Xiaojing thought of Hu Zhongming, Qu Hua and Chen Peng, and saw Sun Yuan and Zhao Lin with her own eyes. She suddenly felt that marriage was not a particularly good thing.

She looked at Jiang Nian: "As expected of a married person, you know more than me."

Jiang Nian: ...

The two walked to the door of Lu Yu's ward. As soon as Jiang Nian stepped in, she heard Lu Xiaojing say a few more words: "So Jiang Nian, you don't plan to get married again in the future? But, I think you are right. We women can hold up half the sky ourselves and don't need to rely on men." The

few people who were originally chatting fell silent in an instant after hearing Lu Xiaojing's words.

The eyes of several people in the ward fell on Jiang Nian, and Jiang Nian turned around and met Lu Yu's eyes.

Song Bai stood by the window and glanced at Jiang Nian with some surprise.

Jiang Nian: ...

Sister Lu, thank you so much!

Lu Yu and his friends had finished dinner. Lu Xiaojing went over to put away the lunch box. Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian and said, "Sister-in-law."

There was a hint of coldness in these two words.

Jiang Nian: ...

There are so many people here, she couldn't explain to Lu Yu what Lu Xiaojing just said, and she didn't dare to look up at Lu Yu. After all, she had just promised to marry Lu Yu last night, but today there was such a mess. She could only bite the bullet and smile stiffly: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian with her head drooping, and laughed angrily, but still instructed: "Let Song Bai take you back."

Jiang Nian didn't dare to look up: "Okay, you rest first, I'll come over tomorrow morning."

After that, he dragged Lu Xiaojing away.

Lu Yu: ...

Those two little legs walked quite crisply.

Walking out of the hospital, the biting wind blew on the face, freezing the face a little stiff. Jiang Nian rubbed his face and glanced at Lu Xiaojing unhappily. Although he was angry, he knew that he could not blame Lu Xiaojing. If he had to blame someone, he should blame herself.

Song Bai walked beside her, keeping two steps away from her.

The road in the city was a little dark, but fortunately Song Bai was there. Jiang Nian and Lu Xiaojing returned to the dormitory safely. Lu Xiaojing pushed Jiang Nian, and Jiang Nian was not able to defend himself and staggered to the side two steps. Song Bai quickly reached out to hold Jiang Nian's arm. Even through the cotton coat, he could feel the slender and fragile arm under his palm.

Jiang Nian: …

She stood up and glared at Lu Xiaojing. Who knew that Lu Xiaojing smiled and said, “You two can talk. I’m going back to the dormitory first.”

Then she turned around and ran away.

Jiang Nian: …

She was just playing a random song.

Jiang Nian smiled awkwardly and rubbed her arms. Song Bai reacted and let go of her, saying, "Sister-in-law, go in."

Jiang Nian nodded, and when she ran back to the second floor of the dormitory, she saw Song Bai still standing at the dormitory door, so she asked, "Are you staying at Lu Yu's place tonight?"

Song Bai said, "In the guesthouse, and will leave early tomorrow morning."

Jiang Nian said "Oh" and closed the dormitory door. Seeing her come back so soon, Lu Xiaojing was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't you say more?"

Jiang Nian sat on the edge of the bed, holding back her anger, and said patiently: "Sister Lu, I want to discuss something with you."

Zhai Peipei and Zhang Xiao also sat up, curious about what Jiang Nian was going to say, especially Zhang Xiao, who leaned against the wall, stroking her pregnant belly, looking at Jiang Nian with a smile.

Lu Xiaojing also came and asked curiously: "What's the matter?"

Jiang Nian said seriously: "Sister Lu, please stop talking nonsense to me. Song Bai only takes extra care of me because of my late husband and Lu Yu. The relationship between him and me is the purest comradeship, not what you think."

Zhai Peipei saw Jiang Nian's seriousness and said to Lu Xiaojing: "Remember, don't talk nonsense next time."

Zhang Xiao also said: "Yes, Deputy Captain Song also said last time that if we don't take good care of Sister Jiang, Deputy Captain Lu will train her again. Sister Lu, you can't mess around."

Lu Xiaojing: ...

Jiang Nian continued: "Also, I have someone I like."

These words instantly made everyone in the dormitory explode. Lu Xiaojing and Zhang Xiao kept tickling Jiang Nian, asking her who she liked. Jiang Nian begged: "I'll tell you when the time comes." "Here we are. I'll bring him here for you to see."

Lu Xiaoyan asked a crucial question quietly: "Do we know each other?"

Jiang Nian shook his head without hesitation: "No."

The next morning, Jiang Nian got up early on purpose, made some cakes, boiled sweet potato porridge, fried some vegetables and put them in an aluminum lunch box. Zhai Peipei and the others were awakened by the aroma. When the three of them got up, they saw Jiang Nian carrying the aluminum lunch box away. After

knowing each other for so long, it was the first time to see Jiang Nian get up so early on his own initiative.

Jiang Nian went to the hospital and visited Sun Yuan first. When she arrived at the door of the ward, she saw her father Sun Chao was there and had left. So she went to Lu Yu's ward. The door was closed. Jiang Nian knocked on the door gently: "Lu Yu, are you awake?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Yu's low voice came from inside: "Come in."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips a little guilty, and pushed the door open with a lunch box. Chen Yao and Zhou Ji smiled and said, "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled: "I brought you lunch."

The lunch box was heavy, and Jiang Nian's fingers were slender, and they were strangled. The tip of Jiang Nian's hand turned red. Lu Yu reached out to take the lunch box and looked at Jiang Nian's red cheeks: "Why don't you wear a scarf?"

Jiang Nian touched her cold face: "I forgot."

It snowed in the city this morning, and snow could be seen on the window. Lu Yu said, "Sit here."

As a result, as soon as Jiang Nian sat down, her hands on her legs were pulled under the quilt by Lu Yu. The man's warm big hands wrapped around the cold little hands, and his dark eyebrows no longer had the coldness of last night: "I asked the doctor last night, and I will be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

"So soon?" Jiang Nian was a little surprised. This was a gunshot wound!

Lu Yu said, "I can recover at home, so it's just right for me to spend the New Year at home."

He didn't want Jiang Nian to run back and forth between the hospital and Xiuzhuang, and he didn't want her to walk back and forth in the city alone.

"Sister-in-law, did you make this?"

Chen Yao took a look at the exquisite pastries in the lunch box, took a bite, and it was soft and sticky in his mouth. He had never eaten such exquisite and delicious things in his life. Zhou Ji also took a bite greedily, and suddenly his appetite was big. The two of them began to drink sweet potato porridge and eat vegetables.

The two of them praised Jiang Nian while eating, which really made Jiang Nian feel bad.

"You eat too."

Jiang Nian shook her hand that was held by Lu Yu, but didn't let go.

The man looked at her: "Have you eaten yet?"

Jiang Nian knew she couldn't hide it from Lu Yu,

so she shook her head and said, "I'll go back to the dormitory to eat later." Lu Yu then let go of Jiang Nian, opened the lid, and handed Jiang Nian a piece of cake: "Eat something first to fill your stomach." Jiang

Nian took the cake: "Okay." In the past few days, Jiang Nian delivered meals to Lu Yu and the others in the morning and at noon, and stayed in the dormitory at night. She went to see Sun Yuan several times and heard from Sun Yuan that Zhao Lin was detained because of domestic violence that caused Sun Yuan to miscarry. Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment and said nothing more. She knew that Sun Yuan was going to start taking back what belonged to her. Today is the twenty-sixth day of the lunar year, and it is also the day when Lu Yu was discharged from the hospital. Chen Yao and Zhou Ji left early in the morning. When they left, they put twenty yuan and some food coupons on the table. During the six days of hospitalization, they ate the meals cooked by Lu Yu's sister-in-law every day. They couldn't eat for free. Moreover, they couldn't get such a good taste even if they took the twenty yuan to the state-owned hotel. At twelve o'clock in the morning, Zhu Jun and Song Bai drove the military jeep to come. Jiang Nian went back to the dormitory early in the morning and put her and Lu Yu's clothes into the military green backpack. She and Lu Xiaojing took it to the embroidery mansion and waited for Lu Yu and others to come. The jeep stopped at the gate of the embroidery mansion. Zhu Jun got out of the car and ran in to help Jiang Nian pick up the backpack. Then he talked to Zhang Xiao for a few words and bought some delicious food for Zhang Xiao. Zhang Xiao smiled and waved at Zhu Jun, then hugged Jiang Nian reluctantly and talked to her for a while before letting her go. Song Bai was driving, Zhu Jun was sitting in the passenger seat, Lu Yu was sitting in the back seat, and Jiang Nian also sat in the back. After getting in the car, he glanced at Lu Yu's hip. The man coughed lightly and whispered to Jiang Nian, "Don't look around." Jiang Nian:... She asked, "How is your injury?" Lu Yu said, "It's okay, just go back and recuperate." Several people went to the state-owned hotel to have lunch first, and then drove back. Jiang Nian still couldn't change her habit of falling asleep as soon as she sat in the car. She leaned against the window, her forehead was a little uncomfortable, and she felt someone pulling her over in a daze. Jiang Nian rubbed her head on Lu Yu's arm, and she slept more and more soundly. Lu Yu was afraid that she would be cold, so he put his winter military uniform on Jiang Nian. Under the uniform, they were holding hands. Song Bai looked at the back seat through the rearview mirror. Lu Yu was tall, and Jiang Nian was sleeping soundly on his arm. She was covered with a military jacket, revealing half of her face. As the wheels bumped, her hair fluttered on her eyelashes, and her eyes trembled from time to time. He noticed that Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian with doting in his eyes. That was not the look a brother-in-law should have for his sister-in-law. As a man, Song Bai was keenly aware of the difference in Lu Yu's attitude towards Jiang Nian. Thinking back to the time when they had dinner at Lu Yu's house, Lu Yu frequently picked up food for Jiang Nian. Also, on the day when Tang Ze got married, everyone was spreading rumors about him and Jiang Nian. That night, Lu Yu went back to the dormitory and dragged him to practice again. That day when Jiang Nian came to the hospital, Lu Yu tightly grasped Jiang Nian's wrist. That was not an excessive behavior that a brother-in-law should have towards his sister-in-law. Song Bai held the steering wheel tightly, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. Zhu Jun was talking incoherently beside him, so that the atmosphere in the car was not too quiet. Lu Yu stroked the back of Jiang Nian's hand with his fingertips, raised his eyes and glanced at the rearview mirror where Song Bai's sharp eyebrows were reflected, but he didn't say anything more. Song Bai drove the car directly into the family yard. Zhu Jun helped Lu Yu get out of the car and went back to the house. Song Bai helped Jiang Nian carry the things into the house. When leaving, he asked Jiang Nian, "Sister-in-law, can I come here for dinner on New Year's Eve?" "There's also Zhang Xiao and I." Zhu Jun also said something.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Sure, it's more lively with more people."

Song Bai finally smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

After Song Bai and the others left, Jiang Nian went to Lu Yu's room. He stayed at home while he was recovering from his injury. Jiang Nian lit a fire in the brazier to heat up the room. Lu Yu lay on the bed, tilted his head and looked at Jiang Nian. The orange flames flickered and reflected on his snow-white face.

"Jiang Nian."

A deep voice sounded.

Jiang Nian added more firewood, clapped his hands, and raised his head: "Are you hungry? I'll go cook."

Lu Yu looked at her and covered the wound with his hand: "It hurts here."

The man's face was calm, but his voice was slightly weak.

Hearing this, Jiang Nian hurried to the bedside, but before she could stand still, her wrist was grabbed and pulled. She fell into Lu Yu's arms without warning. The man held her waist tightly with his long arms and kissed her hard on the lips.

The breath was predatory and rough, and it broke through her teeth.

Jiang Nian was frightened, especially when she heard the footsteps passing by outside the courtyard door and the voices of the military wives. She felt like she was cast under a spell, her teeth clenched tightly, and Lu Yu's hand gently stroked the back of her neck to help her relax: "Don't be afraid."

"Jiang Nian."

Xu Yan's voice was just outside the door.

Jiang Nian finally came to her senses and struggled to get out of Lu Yu's arms. Her snow-white face turned red. Seeing the smile in Lu Yu's black eyes, her face turned even redder. Hearing Xu Yan's footsteps going to her room, Jiang Nian ran out quickly: "I'm here."

She lowered her head and ran into the kitchen, using the dark color of the afterglow to cover the strangeness on her face.

Xu Yan entered the stove room and sat down in front of the stove. Seeing Jiang Nian washing vegetables and cooking, she helped her light the fire: "What have you been doing these days?"

Jiang Nian lowered her head: "Lu Yu was injured, I went to the hospital to take care of him, and I just came back."

Xu Yan didn't notice Jiang Nian's abnormality, and added firewood to the stove. She didn't ask how Lu Yu was injured. In the army, these are military secrets. They just need to do their own things. So she talked about another thing: "The yard of your neighbor Battalion Commander Tang's house has been retracted. Sun Ying doesn't seem to live in the family yard anymore."

Jiang Nian didn't expect Tang Ze to be so fast and retract the yard in a few days.

So he should divorce Sun Ying soon?

Thinking of the baby in Sun Ying's belly, Jiang Nian couldn't help but sigh. It was probably Wu Youshan's.

Xu Yan said, "I don't know what happened to Captain Tang and Sun Ying."

Jiang Nian didn't say that she ran into Tang Ze and Sun Ying in the hospital. She was not maintaining Sun Ying's face, but Tang Ze's. She shook her head and said, "I have been running between the city hospital and Xiuzhuang these days. I don't know."

Xu Yan sat for a while and left. Jiang Nian stewed chicken soup and made brown sugar steamed cakes in the evening. After they were done, she brought them to Lu Yu's room. Now that she didn't have to embroider, she had plenty of time. Every day she thought about how to make good food for Lu Yu and make up for the weight he lost in the past six months.

But Jiang Nian found that there was something wrong with the way Lu Yu looked at her these days.

There was a light on inside the room, and the bulb was dim yellow.

Jiang Nian sat opposite Lu Yu, took a bite of the brown sugar steamed cake, then looked up at Lu Yu. She wanted to ask him what was wrong, but didn't know where to start. Lu Yu saw her hesitation and looked at her: "Do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Nian bit her chopsticks and whispered: "What's wrong with you these days?"

Lu Yu asked knowingly: "What happened?"

Jiang Nian lowered her head and took a sip of meat soup. She couldn't tell, but she vaguely felt that Lu Yu was not quite right. Although he had a smile on his face, there was always some complexity in his eyes. Lu Yu was always deep and taciturn. If he didn't say it, Jiang Nian couldn't guess what he was thinking.

Seeing Jiang Nian lowering his head and being as dull and taciturn as before, the veins on Lu Yu's forehead tightened a little: "Does your promise to marry me still count?"

Jiang Nian: ???

She raised her head suddenly and bumped into Lu Yu's dark eyes. Only then did she realize that he was still angry about what Lu Xiaojing said in the hospital, so she nodded quickly: "It counts, it counts."

Seeing a smile in Lu Yu's eyes, Jiang Nian blushed. She felt that she was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, and she felt like she was eager to get married.

"Eat more meat."

Lu Yu put a few more pieces of meat into her bowl. Jiang Nian covered the rim of the bowl with her hands and shook her head anxiously: "I really can't eat any more."

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. Jiang Nian and Xu Yan went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought couplets and meat dishes. Lu Yu's injury had been healed for almost nine days and he could move freely, but the wound could not be subjected to too much force. There was a layer of snow in the yard. When Jiang Nian came back, Lu Yu was sweeping the snow. She put the things in the stove and ran over to snatch the broom in Lu Yu's hand.

The man held the back of her hand, and when no one was outside the yard, he kissed her red nose: "Frozen hands, I'll clean them."

Jiang Nian subconsciously glanced outside the door, and heard Lu Yu's low laughter: "No one." Hearing this

, Jiang Nian blushed and ran back to the kitchen to make paste to paste the couplets. Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's petite back and wanted to report to Yuan City as soon as possible, and wanted to hold Jiang Nian openly and declare to the outside world that this woman was his wife.

After Lu Yu finished sweeping the snow, he went out to paste the couplets, and returned to the kitchen to see Jiang Nian standing in front of the chopping board cutting vegetables with an apron on her. The apron outlined her slender waist. Even though she was wearing a cotton coat, her slender figure could be seen under the clothes.

He rubbed Jiang Nian's head and took the kitchen knife from her hand: "You go to the stove to warm yourself up, I'll do the rest."

"You still need to take good care of your injuries."

Jiang Nian was worried about his injuries and wanted him to go to the house to rest. Lu Yu lowered his head with a smile on his lips: "It's almost healed."

This injury is nothing to him. The injuries he suffered in the past six months were much more serious. Every time he gritted his teeth and endured it to continue hiding.

Jiang Nian sat in front of the stove, his elbows resting on his legs, looking at Lu Yu with his chin in his hand. He lowered his head. When he didn't smile, his eyebrows were sharp, and his eyes were cold and indifferent. Once he smiled, the sharpness between his eyebrows would fade a little.

Thinking of the first time she met Lu Yu, he held her shoulders very tactfully.

"Sister-in-law."

Lu Yu's low voice suddenly rang in her ears, and Jiang Nian was startled. Before her pupils could focus, she was picked up by Lu Yu with one hand and turned around. When she saw clearly, she was already sitting firmly on Lu Yu's legs. Jiang Nian widened her eyes in shock: "You——"

She was so uncomfortable that she couldn't catch her breath.

Lu Yu held her slender waist with his hands and looked at her with his dark eyes: "You were looking at me just now."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and her cheeks turned red.

"I can't help it."

Lu Yu lingered in her ear, his hot breath spitting into her earlobe. Jiang Nian's spine went numb, and she pushed and rubbed Lu Yu's solid chest with both hands. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked at the door of the kitchen again and again: "Someone will come."

"No one will come here."

Jiang Nian felt half of her body was numb. Lu Yu was tall and had long legs, and her feet could not touch the ground. Her legs were hanging in the air. She pursed her lips and lowered her head, not daring to look at the thick and scary dark color in Lu Yu's eyes. She only looked at her toes, her heart beating non-stop.

Lu Yu lowered his eyes and looked at Jiang Nian's slender waist.

Somewhat unexpectedly, she was really thin, thin and thin.

Lu Yu's breath fell on the tip of her nose. Jiang Nian felt her eyelashes burning. The fingers that pushed Lu Yu away could not help but curl up. The root of her tongue gradually became numb. Jiang Nian's eyelashes were wet, and the air in her lungs seemed to be taken away in an instant.

"Sister-in-law——"

"Sister Jiang"

Song Bai and Zhang Xiao's voices suddenly came from outside the courtyard. Jiang Nian shivered with fear, and suddenly found that Lu Yu's mouth was getting heavier, with a kind of violent and rough sound of a storm. Jiang Nian could not bear it. She raised her head and pushed Lu Yu away, sobbing and choking, pitiful.

Lu Yu did not let her go until footsteps stepped into the courtyard.

Jiang Nian's body went limp, and Lu Yu held her waist and lifted her up to stand on the ground. She held the stove and faced the stove. She picked up the kitchen knife with shaking hands to cut vegetables, and wiped the water stains on her mouth with the back of her hand.

Lu Yu sat in front of the stove leisurely, lighting the fire, and touched the place where Jiang Nian almost bit her.

"Sister-in-law, we are here to eat."

Jiang Nian did not dare to turn around. Her cheeks and lips were red, and if she was seen by someone, it would inevitably make people think too much. So when Song Bai and the others walked into the kitchen, Jiang Nian quickly took a small red pepper and put it in her mouth and took two bites. She was sweating on her forehead and tears came out.

Lu Yu: ...

"Jiang Jie, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Xiao saw Jiang Nian taking a deep breath and pulled her shoulder.

Jiang Nian held a half-sliced ​​chili in her hand, turned around and kept fanning her mouth, and said incoherently: "I want to try whether this chili is spicy or not. Who knows if it's spicy enough?"

Jiang Nian's head was dizzy from the spiciness, her nose was sweating, and her lips were red.

Song Bai was stunned for a moment, turned around to bring water to Jiang Nian, and saw Lu Yu coming in with an enamel cup. The man's tone was a little strange: "Drink some water slowly."

Jiang Nian picked up the cup and gulped it down.

Hiss...

It's still very spicy.

Zhang Xiaoxiao said, "Don't eat chili peppers next time. It's not good to hurt your stomach."

Jiang Nian drank three glasses of water in a row before she felt better. Then she handed the quilt to Lu Yu and looked at him with a complaint. Lu Yu took the cup and rubbed her palm with his fingertips to comfort her.

Zhu Jun and Zhang Xiao came over and brought milk, candy, and two kilograms of biscuits. Song Bai brought a slaughtered chicken, a fish, and a bag of chocolates and various candies. These things cost a lot of money.

Lu Yu said, "Next time you don't need to bring so many things, just come."

Song Bai raised his eyebrows, "I don't eat for free."

Jiang Nian wanted to make dumplings, and Lu Yu was chopping meat stuffing beside him. Song Bai sat in front of the stove and made a fire. Zhang Xiao leaned against the window and chatted with Jiang Nian while stroking his stomach. Zhu Jun had nothing to do, so he stood by and watched Jiang Nian knead the dough. Finally, Jiang Nian instructed him to peel the green onions, and Zhu Jun relaxed his body, "Finally, I'm not an idle person anymore."

The job of chopping green onions was handed over to Lu Yu. It was a bit eye-catching, so Jiang Nian moved to the side. With a smile on her face, she deliberately teased Lu Yu: "Did you cry?"

Lu Yu: ...

The man cut the green onions and went out to wash his face with cold water. Jiang Nian said, "There is hot water."

Lu Yu pressed some well water out: "The water in the well is not that cold in winter."

Jiang Nian rubbed her eyes and felt the green onions stung her eyes. Fortunately, Lu Yu had already mixed the green onions and meat filling together, so she only needed seasoning. Song Bai glanced at Jiang Nian. She lowered her head to roll out the dough. Her scattered hair brushed against her cheeks from time to time, and her long eyelashes were fluffy.

Song Bai coughed lightly and stood up: "I'll go out first."

Jiang Nian said: "You guys go to Lu Yu's room and stay, I'll make the dumplings in a while."

Zhang Xiao helped to make dumplings beside her. The dumplings looked different from hers. Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "Sister Jiang, yours are really good-looking."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Yours are not bad either."

Zhang Xiao said: "We rarely eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and even if we do, they are filled with radish and cabbage, and the flour is cornmeal. This is the first time I've eaten dumplings with pure meat, and it's all thanks to Sister Jiang."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Then eat more."

She glanced at Zhang Xiao's belly: "How many months?"

Zhang Xiao said: "More than four months."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and looked at her belly and smiled. Jiang Nian felt that her face was glowing with maternal love.

After the dumplings were wrapped, Lu Yu came over to help Jiang Nian cook. Zhang Xiao sat in front of the stove to light the fire. Lu Yu was in charge of chopping chicken and fish, and Jiang Nian was in charge of cooking. When it was dark, the New Year's Eve dinner was finally ready. Several people crowded into Lu Yu's room. Zhu Jun even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy three catties of wine. They had a holiday during the New Year, and drinking a little wine could also relieve their hunger. Zhu Jun

also poured a sip of white wine for Jiang Nian and said, "Sister-in-law, let's clink glasses. You take one sip. It's okay to drink to warm your body."

To be honest, Jiang Nian had never touched alcohol since she was a child. At most, she had drunk fruit wine with a low alcohol content.

She picked up the enamel cup and took a look. The liquor of this era was made from pure grains and tasted good. Jiang Nian sniffed it but still felt it was a bit pungent. Lu Yu turned to look at her and said, "If you don't like it, pour it for me."

Jiang Nian shook her head and said, "It's okay."

Zhang Xiao also took a sip. They clinked their cups and Zhang Xiao said happily, "Happy New Year."

Jiang Nian also said, "Happy New Year."

After saying that, she tilted her head back and drank the white wine. It was just one sip, but Jiang Nian still felt a burning sensation in her throat. She coughed for a while after drinking it, and quickly ate a few mouthfuls of vegetables to suppress it. She drank half a bowl of chicken soup before she felt better. Zhang Xiao turned to look at Jiang Nian, stunned for a moment: "Sister Jiang, your face is so red."

"Red?"

Jiang Nian touched her face, and at this moment she only felt her cheeks were a little hot.

Zhu Jun glanced at her face, nodded and smiled: "It's a little red, sister-in-law, have you never touched alcohol?"

Jiang Nian felt a little dizzy, but she could still see clearly: "No."

Zhu Jun smiled: "No wonder."

Song Bai sat opposite Jiang Nian, and when he looked up, he saw her little face was red, her eyelashes were blinking, and he didn't know if it was because of the alcohol, her lips were wet, moist and red, and the whole person was soft in an instant, a look that he had never had before.

He was absent-minded for a few seconds, then quickly lowered his head and poured himself another glass of wine.

Lu Yu glanced at Song Bai, his brows wrinkled slightly, and he scooped another half bowl of chicken soup for Jiang Nian. He moved closer to her, and his breath lingered on her forehead: "Drink some chicken soup to calm you down."

Jiang Nian nodded, feeling a little dizzy.

Maybe she drank too much chicken soup and wanted to go to the restroom. Seeing her confused look, Lu Yu knew that she was probably drunk. When Jiang Nian got up to go to the restroom, Lu Yu also got up and followed. Zhu Jun was stunned: "Deputy Captain Lu, where are you going?"

Lu Yu said: "Watch out for my sister-in-law, she must be drunk."

Zhu Jun suddenly felt a little apologetic: "I should have known not to pour wine for my sister-in-law."

Song Bai held the enamel cup, turned his head to look at the two people who walked out of the door one after the other, and drank the half cup of white wine in the cup, with his eyes full of tears. Scarlet blood gradually appeared, and the veins on his forehead were tense. Zhu Jun asked, "Deputy Colonel Song, have you drunk too much?"

Song Bai stretched out his palms and pinched both sides of his forehead: "A little."

Zhu Jun said, "Then let's not drink anymore."

The lights were on outside the yard. It started snowing again in the afternoon. There was a thin layer of snow on the ground. Jiang Nian walked to the toilet on the snow. Her head was a little dizzy, and she was drunk. She held on to the wall and felt that the courtyard wall in front of her was tilted to one side.

Jiang Nian shook her head, came out of the toilet, and walked slowly, holding on to the wall, for fear that she would fall into the pit.

She didn't want to be rumored that Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law fell into the pit on the first day of the New Year.

A black shadow covered her eyes. Jiang Nian blinked, raised her head and looked at Lu Yu who was a little blurry. She smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Then she let go of her hand and walked forward. She staggered and was supported by Lu Yu's arm: "Are you drunk?"

Jiang Nian's reaction was a little slow and her brain couldn't keep up with the rhythm, especially after being supported by Lu Yu. She seemed to have found the key point and fell straight onto him. Lu Yu caught Jiang Nian, turned his head to look at the window, picked her up, carried her into the room and put her on the bed. Jiang Nian hugged Lu Yu's neck and refused to let go.

The man put one hand on her head and the other on her lower back, leaning against her. His dark eyes stared into Jiang Nian's eyes: "Sister-in-law, tell me, who are you?"