Chapter 79

Feng Mei arrived three days later. The day she arrived happened to be Sunday, so she could catch up with Lu Yu to rest.

Lu Yu drove the military district car to take Jiang Nian to the train station to pick her up. The two stood at the exit of the train station and stared inside. Jiang Nian was short, and he could only see the crowded heads even when he stood on tiptoe. Lu Yu was tall and had long legs, and he saw Feng Mei at a glance, carrying a large military green backpack, holding Song Xiangdong with her left hand and Song Xianghong with her right hand, walking towards the exit, squeezing the people next to her as she walked.

Lu Yu said, "Sister-in-law Feng is here."

"Where is she?"

Jiang Nian stood on tiptoe to look, and just happened to see Feng Mei squeezing out of the crowd.

Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong also saw Jiang Nian, and they said with a smile, "Aunt Jiang, Uncle Lu."

"Jiang Nian--"

Feng Mei saw Jiang Nian and looked like she had seen a relative. She ran over and hugged Jiang Nian and said, "I missed you so much. You said we have only been separated for two months, but I feel like we have been separated for a long time."

Jiang Nian's heart trembled. She was stunned for a while and then hugged Feng Mei back. She thought Feng Mei would be distant with her and would ask her what she was thinking, but she didn't expect her to say anything and still hugged her so affectionately.

"Sister Feng, I miss you too."

Jiang Nian smiled. Feng Mei's bag was very heavy, so Lu Yu took it and held it in his hand. He picked up Song Xianghong with one hand and asked, "Where's your father?"

Song Xianghong said, "My father went to a meeting. Let my mother bring us here."

He spoke more fluently than in the previous two years. Song Xiangdong followed Lu Yu and looked up at the tall and strong Lu Yu: "Uncle Lu, my father also brought you a bottle of good wine, which is in my mother's bag."

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Let's go back and see it."

Feng Mei and Jiang Nian walked behind. After the excitement of the initial meeting subsided, Feng Mei pulled Jiang Nian's sleeve, looked at Lu Yu's back, smacked her lips, and turned to look at Jiang Nian: "When Lu Yu sent us a telegram saying that you two were getting married, I thought Lao Song had mispronounced the word, and Lao Song also thought that the telegraph operator had made a mistake. He also sent a telegram to ask again before he dared to confirm that you two were really married."

Jiang Nian lowered his head and smiled: "It's true."

"You two--"

Feng Mei paused, not knowing where to start. After thinking for a long time, she said, "When did you two fall in love with each other? We have lived together for so long, but I didn't notice it at all. The last time you and Lu Yu came to Dong City, I saw that you were still uncle and sister-in-law. How come you got married after not seeing each other for two months?"

Feng Mei said a lot of things, all of which were doubts.

She was really curious. Lu Yu and Jiang Nian were not uncle and sister-in-law. There was nothing wrong with them being together, but the question was when were they together? They didn't even notice any conflicts.

Jiang Nian glanced at Lu Yu who was walking in front, hesitated, and decided to kick the ball to Lu Yu: "Sister-in-law Feng, ask Lu Yu carefully when we go back later."

After that, he grabbed her and ran to the car.

Feng Mei: ...

Hey, why don't you tell her?

Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong sat in the back of the car. Song Xianghong said happily, "I'm riding in a car just like my dad."

Regiment Commander Song is now the deputy brigade commander. Sometimes when he goes out, a driver will come to pick him up. Song Xianghong and his friends have seen Regiment Commander Song riding in a car many times. After a long time, they also want to ride in a car. But when going out for business, you can't just sit in the military district car casually. The two children have been looking forward to it for a long time. Even Feng Mei was happy to touch the seat.

"I didn't expect that I didn't get any benefit from Old Song, but got some benefit from Captain Lu."

Lu Yu glanced at Feng Mei in the rearview mirror and asked, "How is Deputy Brigade Commander Song these days?"

Feng Mei said, "He's still the same."

"Oh, right." Feng Mei suddenly remembered something and moved forward a little and said to Lu Yu, "There's something I have to thank you for. If you hadn't called Old Song away when you went to the mountains to hunt last time, he would have gone to Donggou County. Maybe he would be dead now."

Feng Mei felt scared when she mentioned this.

Lu Yu turned the steering wheel and looked at the road ahead: "What happened in Donggou County?"

Jiang Nian looked up at Lu Yu, then turned to look at Feng Mei, also with a curious look: "What happened there?"

Feng Mei patted her chest and said: "There was an earthquake there the next day, and I don't know what the situation is. Anyway, I heard from others that it was quite a big commotion. If Old Song went there, I was afraid that he would not come back. Old Song also told me that this was destined by heaven and God would not let him go through this."

Jiang Nian smiled and looked at the road ahead.

After a while, she looked at Lu Yu who was driving the car again, and suddenly a question popped up in her heart. Whether Sun Ying was reborn or not, she knew something about her past life, although she didn't know how she knew it.

Then what about Lu Yu?

As the male protagonist, does he have any memories of his past life?

Jiang Nian wanted to laugh at her own absurd idea. If Lu Yu had memories of his past life, he would have gone with the original female protagonist Sun Ying long ago. How could she have anything to do with him?

"Jiang Nian, your eyes are almost glued to Captain Lu."

Feng Mei pushed Jiang Nian's shoulder. Seeing her stunned, she felt a little embarrassed for Jiang Nian. Even if she was married, she couldn't stare at her man like this. There were outsiders around.

Song Xianghong looked at Jiang Nian and covered her mouth with her hands and laughed: "Auntie Jiang is peeking at Uncle Lu."

Lu Yu laughed out loud.

Jiang Nian blushed, quickly retracted her gaze, and changed the subject to talk about something else.

After returning to the troops, Lu Yu sent Jiang Nian and the others upstairs, and drove back.

Feng Mei opened her bag as soon as she entered the house, and took out a lot of things from it: "This fungus was picked by Old Song and his men from the mountain, and there are also peppercorns, mushrooms..." She took out a lot of things, and finally a bottle of wine. Judging from the color, it didn't look like white wine. Song Xiangdong ran over and hugged the bottle and said: "This is a gift from my father to Uncle Lu."

"What do you know, you little brat." Feng Mei pushed Song Xiangdong, snatched the bottle of wine and put it on the table: "Give it to Captain Lu when he comes back, and don't break it, or your father will beat you."

Song Xiangdong said "Oh", and walked around the house with Song Xianghong. The two looked at each other, but did not touch the things on the table or the cabinet.

Feng Mei was sweating all over. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "It's warm here. What I'm wearing is too thick. I'm so hot."

After that, she took off her coat and hung it on a hook on the wall.

He Yue heard the noise and ran over. When she saw Feng Mei, she was stunned. After asking Jiang Nian, she found out that they were visiting relatives. He Yue's son was one year older than Song Xiangdong, and the two families lived across from each other. Fang Guo heard the voices of Song Xiangdong and his brother and ran over to play.

Lu Yu came back when it was almost dark. He cut a pound of meat, bought a fish and some vegetables. He Yue took the child back. Dinner was cooked by Jiang Nian, and Feng Mei helped. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Feng, you sit down. I'll do it."

Feng Mei said, "I can't sit still. I might as well come here and talk to you. Hey, do you remember the couple across from my house?"

Jiang Nian said, "I remember. The man can't have children."

Feng Mei snorted, "The two are divorced now." Seeing Jiang Nian stunned Then she continued, "The woman doesn't want to live with her man anymore. She said she can't be a mother with him for the rest of her life, so she quarreled and wanted a divorce. They have been divorced for half a month."

After the meal was ready, several people sat at the table. Feng Mei then asked Lu Yu, "When did you and Jiang Nian get together?"

Jiang Nian paused in picking up the dishes, and looked up at Lu Yu vaguely. She didn't dare to say it, for fear that if she said it too early, Feng Mei would think that she and Lu Yu had teamed up to deceive all of them. At that time, Feng Mei was still thinking about bringing her together with Song Bai.

Lu Yu also thought of this and said to Feng Mei, "During the Chinese New Year in the hospital."

This time was neither too early nor too late. It was just the time when Lu Yu came back after leaving for half a year. Feng Mei was stunned for a moment, and then ate a piece of meat quietly. Song Xianghong didn't understand what he meant, but Song Xiangdong understood. He lowered his head and said nothing. After a while, Feng Mei patted her thigh, raised her hand and pushed Jiang Nian: "You dead girl are so unreasonable. Why didn't you tell me so early? You didn't tell me in advance about the marriage. I'm late now. Where can I drink the wedding wine?" Jiang

Nian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's not too late to drink now."

"Here's some wine."

This time it was Song Xianghong who took the wine from the cabinet and stuffed it into Jiang Nian's hand. Jiang Nian took a look at the bottle and frowned in confusion. Feng Mei said, "Old Song knew that you two were getting married, so he gave it to you specially."

She was looking at Lu Yu and said, "Deer penis wine, very valuable."

"Ahem--"

Jiang Nian choked after taking a sip of egg soup. He put the wine on the table and drank a glass of water.

Lu Yu: ...

He coughed lightly, stood up and put the wine in the cabinet: "Let's eat."

Lu Yu went back to the dormitory to sleep at night, and let Feng Mei and Jiang Nian sleep in one room, and the two children sleep in another room. It was already afternoon when Feng Mei arrived today, and it was dark when she came back to work. Knowing that Lan Hui and Captain He were here, Feng Mei had breakfast the next morning and asked Jiang Nian to take her to Lan's wife's house.

Lan's wife went to the blind class, and they got nothing.

Jiang Nian took Feng Mei to the blind class. Lan Saozi and Feng Mei had not seen each other for three or four years. They did not recognize each other at first. They happily went together after they said their names. They had lunch at Lan Hui's house. Lan Hui also had two sons, who were about the same age as Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong. The four children went back to play in the house, leaving Jiang Nian and her three children outside.

Lan Hui put on an apron and cut vegetables in the kitchen. She chatted with Hong Mei about these past few years, and then asked, "I see that you and Jiang Nian are quite familiar with each other. Did you two know each other before?"

Feng Mei:...

What should she say?

She subconsciously glanced at Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian's eyelids jumped, and he raised his head to look at Feng Mei, and heard Feng Mei say, "Ah, do you know each other or..." Don't know each other? She looked at Jiang Nian anxiously, wanting Jiang Nian to give her some advice as soon as possible.

Jiang Nian: ...

She took over Feng Mei's words and said, "I used to live there and would often visit Lu Yu in the army. As a result, I became familiar with Sister Feng."

Sister Lan smiled and said, "Is that so?"

Feng Mei nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, that's right." Then she looked at Jiang Nian, "You're right."

Jiang Nian: ...

We had lunch at Sister Lan's house. Fortunately, Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong didn't say much at the dinner table. They were playing with He Bing, He Ming and Feng Mei. Feng Mei told me about what happened in Dongshi in the past few months. After being in Dongshi for a few months, she even had an accent. Sister Lan laughed, "Feng Mei, you speak very nicely now." Feng

Mei was stunned for a moment, "What the hell?"

Jiang Nian couldn't help laughing.

There were only the three women and the child at lunch. Captain He and his men had not returned yet. After having lunch at Sister Lan's house, they ran into Chen Ping as soon as they returned to the family building. Chen Ping was stunned for a moment when she saw Feng Mei, but Feng Mei spoke first: "Chen Ping, do you remember me?" Chen

Ping smiled and said, "How can I not remember?" Then she asked, "Are you here to see Jiang Nian?"

Feng Mei said, " Yes, I didn't make it to her wedding with Captain Lu, but it's not too late to come now, I can still attend the wedding banquet."

Chen Ping understood after hearing Feng Mei say this. It seems that Captain Song already knows about Jiang Nian and Lu Yu. It has nothing to do with her, but she still feels a lot less pressured. She talked with Feng Mei and the others for a long time before going back.

Feng Mei asked in a low voice: "Don't the people here know that you and Captain Lu were uncle and sister-in-law before?"

Jiang Nian shook his head gently: "I don't know." Just when Feng Mei breathed a sigh of relief, she added: "Chen Ping knows."

Feng Mei:...

So what she just said in front of Chen Ping was all nonsense.

After returning home, Jiang Nian asked Song Xiangdong and his brother, "What do you two want to eat? Aunt Jiang will make it for you."

The two said in unison, "Brown sugar steamed cake."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay."

She went to the kitchen to knead the dough, and Feng Mei came in to help. She hesitated for a long time before asking, "Jiang Nian, you are married now, so tell me the truth. When I brought you and Song Bai together, I had some thoughts about you. ? Jiang Nian

shook his head without hesitation: "No, at that time I just wanted to not remarry." Feng Mei said: "

It seems that you two are really not destined to be together, but Captain Lu is quite good, handsome, and now he is a regiment leader. Like Lao Song said, Captain Lu will have a big future in the future, and you two know everything about him. You can't bear the pain of following him."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Thank you, Sister-in-law Feng. "

"Thank you for nothing. There is nothing to thank you for. " Feng Mei washed the enamel basin and replaced it with clean water. She looked at the faucet and shook her head: "Tell me why I don't have this over there." "

When Jiang Nian finished making the cakes, Feng Mei said one more thing: "Song Bai is gone. "

Jiang Nian said, "I know."

After they parted at the Red Star Hotel, Song Baiye said he was going to the border. Jiang Nian had always regarded Song Baiye as a friend like Zhu Jun and the others, and had never thought that Song Baiye would have feelings for her. When she turned around to cut vegetables, she heard Feng Mei say, "He left five days ago. Old Song and I personally sent him to the train. This time he's going to the border, and we don't know when we'll see each other again. Tell me about this kid, why can't he just stay still?" Why do you have to go to remote areas when you are in the army?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and said, "Everyone has different ideas."

She made a lot of cakes this time. When Lu Yu came back and had dinner in the evening, Jiang Nian went to the kitchen to put the cakes into an aluminum lunch box and asked him to take it to the dormitory for Gu Shizhou and Chen Yao to taste it. Her cheeks suddenly became hot. Jiang Nian turned her head and saw Lu Yu with his hands on the cabinets on both sides of her, holding her in his arms, leaning over and smiling at her.

Jiang Nian turned her head subconsciously and looked outside the kitchen. Lu Yu whispered in her ear, "Sister Feng, Xiangdong and the others went to sleep."

Jiang Nian was relieved, but then she thought, she and Lu Yu are a couple now, how can it be like having an affair?

Lu Yu kissed her lips, sucked the tip of her tongue, and then reluctantly let go: "I'm leaving."

Jiang Nian's cheeks were a little red: "Go slowly on the way."

After Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian washed up and went back to the room to lie down. Feng Mei came over after a while and said to Jiang Nian: "You should sleep well at night."

Jiang Nian: ...

Feng Mei said again: "You kicked me several times last night."

Jiang Nian: ...

"I'll try to sleep well."

She kicked Feng Mei, probably subconsciously mistaking the person next to her for Lu Yu. After sleeping with Lu Yu for a few nights, she found that she was held by Lu Yu every night and couldn't roll anywhere. Moreover, Lu Yu's body was like a stove. Even in the coldest weather, she didn't feel cold, but warm.

Feng Mei stayed here for three days. She left at noon on the second day. The train was at 6 pm. Lu Yu took half a day off and sent Feng Mei and her family of three to the train station with Jiang Nian. At this time, the train station could be entered to send people. Jiang Nian packed a lot of things for Feng Mei, and Lu Yu helped to carry them in. After a while, they came out.

When the train started, Feng Mei waved to Jiang Nian through the window glass, asking her and Lu Yu to come to Dong City to play during the holiday.

The

weather was getting warmer, but the temperature difference between morning and evening was a bit big.

The family building here was not like the family courtyards over there, where there was a small courtyard to grow vegetables. Here, there was a large private plot gathered together. Each family used to have two plots of land. Jiang Nian's plot was next to Tian Mai's. After breakfast that day, Tian Mai came to find Jiang Nian and asked her to go to the private plot together to loosen the soil. As a result, she ran into Lu Yu when she opened the door.

Tian Mai smiled and said, "Captain Lu, go to the regiment."

Lu Yu nodded, "Yes." He turned to Jiang Nian and said, "You can just go around. I'll take some time to loosen the soil at noon. Don't do these things."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay."

Tian Mai was so angry. After Lu Yu left, Tian Mai couldn't help but say, "Hey, people are so annoying when they compare themselves to others. Look at my husband. I have quarreled with his mother for so many years, but he always tries to smooth things over and never thinks of helping me."

Tian Mai gets angry when she mentions this. This morning, she went out and quarreled with her mother-in-law again because her mother-in-law beat Kuang Xiu last night and said that Kuang Xiu was disobedient. Why is her eldest daughter disobedient? She is scolded every day and doesn't even talk, but she still doesn't listen?

Deputy Head Kuang had a few words with his mother today about this matter, and the old lady started crying and making a scene, saying that she couldn't live at home anymore and that everyone, big or small, bullied her. Tian Mai was so angry that he ran out with a hoe. You

can't afford to offend the old lady now, but you can avoid her.

He Yue, who lived next door, knew that Jiang Nian and her family were going to work on the private plot, so she hurried over to join them. When they reached the stairs, Jiang Nian glanced at the two families next door. She had moved here for almost two months, but she seemed to have never seen these two families before, so she asked, "Sister-in-law He, who lives in these two families?"

He Yue said, "This family is occupied by Captain Lei and his wife from the Third Regiment. They just got married after the Chinese New Year, but a few days after the wedding, the father of the new wife broke his leg, so she ran back to take care of her father. Captain Lei lives in the dormitory first, and will move back when his wife comes back."

After that, she glanced at the other family and whispered, "That family belongs to Deputy Captain Luo from the Fourth Regiment. His wife had a quarrel with him and ran back to She has been to her parents' home for almost two months. However, during the several times I went to the anti-blindness class, I heard from the wives of soldiers from the Fourth Regiment that Deputy Regiment Commander Luo went back to pick up his wife and he will probably be back in a few days." Speaking

of this, Tian Mai knew something. The three of them walked out of the family building, and she said to Jiang Nian and He Yue, "I heard that it was because Guan Lu wanted a child, but Deputy Regiment Commander Luo didn't. Deputy Regiment Commander Luo already had a daughter. It's probably that his daughter didn't want her father to have another child, for fear that Deputy Regiment Commander Luo would not love her anymore after having a second child."

Tian Mai paused and continued, "I heard that Guan Lu ran home this time because she was angry with Deputy Regiment Commander Luo's daughter."

Jiang Nian figured out that Deputy Regiment Commander Luo and Guan Lu had reorganized their family.

The private plot is not too far from the family building, but it takes at least ten minutes to walk. He Yue and Tian Mai saw the watch on Jiang Nian's wrist, and they were envious. They had been with their husbands for so many years, not to mention a watch, they didn't even have a pair of small leather shoes.

The more they looked at her, the more they felt that Jiang Nian was lucky.

Jiang Nian said she was coming to the private plot to take a look, it was impossible for her to do nothing but wait for Lu Yu. She pulled the weeds in the field and went back when it was almost noon. She washed and changed her clothes, and made the mixed sauce noodles that Lu Yu liked to eat at noon. After it was done, she put it in an aluminum lunch box and went back to the private plot.

There were many people at noon. People passing by greeted Jiang Nian and asked her what she was doing. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I'm delivering food to Lu Yu."

The tree branches had sprouted new buds. When you passed by them, you could see a green field.

It was hot at noon. Jiang Nian was wearing a white shirt she made last year, with red silk flowers embroidered on both sides of the collar, and mud-brown tapered pants. The hem of the shirt was tucked into the waist of the pants. Her waist was so thin that it seemed like it could be broken if you pinched it. She had a bun on her head and walked around the corner. To go to the private plot, she had to pass through the right door of the cafeteria. There were often people coming and going outside.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment saw Jiang Nian and immediately shouted to her, "Sister-

in-law—" Jiang Nian was startled by the noise. She turned her head and saw a lot of people standing at the faucet at the entrance of the cafeteria. They were all wearing army green clothes and smiled at her with their big white teeth. Jiang Nian curved her eyebrows and smiled at them, "Hello."

She had fair skin, curved eyebrows, and bright eyes. When she smiled, her eyes seemed to be filled with stars. Even the dry trees behind her looked full of spring. Jiang Nian was the most eye-catching in the family compound. It was rare to see such a young wife.

Not to mention the people from the third group, people from other groups couldn't help but take a second look at her.

When Gu Shizhou came out of the cafeteria, he saw Jiang Nian walking to the side of the cafeteria, so he strode over, looked at Jiang Nian's slender back, walked up to her and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you delivering lunch to Lu Yu?"

Jiang Nian turned around and saw Gu Shizhou, smiled and said, "Yeah."

Gu Shizhou said, "It's a good opportunity for you to bring this to Lu Yu. I'm going out now and will be back in two days."

Jiang Nian looked down at the brown paper bag in Gu Shizhou's hand, was stunned for a moment, raised her head, and blinked her clear eyes: "Isn't this a military secret?"

Is it appropriate for her to pass it on?

Gu Shizhou looked at Jiang Nian's curled eyelashes, and a smile appeared on his stern face: "It's just an ordinary document form. If it is a military secret, I won't let anyone have it."

"Oh."

Jiang Nian took the brown paper bag: "Then I'll give it to him."

After saying that, he left.

Gu Shizhou put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at Jiang Nian's brisk steps, lowered his eyes and smiled, turned and left. Chen Yao ran over from there and bumped into Gu Shizhou: "Political Commissar Gu, what do you want me to deliver to Commander Lu?"

He ran a little fast, and his forehead was sweaty.

Gu Shizhou said: "Someone has delivered it, it's okay."

The midday sun shone on his body, which was warm and comfortable for Jiang Nian.

She ran to the end of the field and saw Lu Yu loosening the soil in his private plot with his sleeves rolled up. The man had his back to her, and when he bent his waist, his arm muscles stretched, and the lines of his back slightly tightened and relaxed under his white shirt. Thinking of these arms often supporting her waist effortlessly, Jiang Nian's face suddenly flushed. She fanned herself with her hands and shouted, "Lu Yu, it's time to eat."

Lu Yu turned his head to look at Jiang Nian, put down the hoe and walked over. There was a well of water nearby. , Lu Yu washed his face and hands with water, then took the lunch box handed to him by Jiang Nian and asked her: "Have you eaten?"

Jiang Nian said: "I will eat at home."

Then he handed him the document: "This is what Political Commissar Gu asked me to pass on to you."

Lu Yu's eyebrows raised slightly: "Gu Shizhou asked you to give it to me?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "He knew I came to bring you food, so he asked me to help deliver it."

Lu Yu said: "Did he say anything?"

"He said he's leaving now and won't be back for two days."

Lu Yu's eyes flashed and he understood. No wonder Jiang Nian was sent over. Gu Shizhou was leaving now. He was going out in the afternoon and would not be in the group. He had to hand the documents to him right now and wait for him to hand them in today.

Jiang Nian did not ask what was in the documents. He waited for Lu Yu to finish his meal and then took the lunch box back.

Lu Yu grabbed her hand, quickly kissed her on the lips, rubbed her head and said, "Go back and have dinner."

Jiang Nian: ...

She touched Liu Hai and smiled, "Got it."

Lu Yu had been loosening the soil in the private plot these two days, and Jiang Nian was embroidering at home. The embroidery of the family of three was almost finished today. Ge Mei would come over tomorrow to get the embroidery. Jiang Nian packed up the embroidery and handed it to Ge Mei when she came over the next day.

The remaining embroidery was not in a hurry, and the soil in the private plot had been exposed to the sun for several days. He Yue came to Jiang Nian early in the morning to buy vegetable seedlings at the market to plant vegetables. Tian Mai also went with him. Tian Mai brought her two daughters this time. Kuang Xiu and Kuang Qian followed behind Tian Mai obediently.

Jiang Nian glanced at Kuang Xiu and found that she kept her head down. She would tremble with fear at the slightest movement around her. Jiang Nian had not seen Kuang Xiu much in the past two months, but every time he saw her, he found that the child's condition was getting worse.

The market here is close to several communes. There is only one big market every week, and it is the season for buying vegetable seedlings, so there are a lot of people coming and going.

Jiang Nian, carrying a backpack, was almost dragged to the stall by He Yue and grabbed several vegetable seedlings. Tian Mai was also trying hard to grab them beside him, for fear that he would buy them too late and have to rush to the next market. There is still a difference between planting vegetables seven days earlier and seven days later. As a result, just after buying the seedlings, he heard his little daughter Kuang Qian say that her sister was missing.

Tian Mai was stunned, his hands holding the backpack were stiff: "What did you say?"

Kuang Qian cried with red eyes: "Sister was here just now, we were squeezed by someone and she disappeared."

Tian Mai was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet. Jiang Nian said anxiously: "Let's split up to look for her."

The four people split into two groups to look for her separately. He Yue wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Where do you think this child could have gone?"

Jiang Nian learned from He Yue that Kuang Xiu was also lost three years ago. The group searched for two days and found her in a small mound next to the canal. The child was lying on the mound and fainted from hunger. It took several days for her to recover after returning home.

There were many people at the market today, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was crowded.

Jiang Nian and her friends came out in the morning and searched until noon. They still didn't see Kuang Xiu after lunch. Tian Mai sat on the street in the market and cried, with tears and sniffles. Kuang Qian was beside her crying with her.

Tian Mai cried and cursed: "If it weren't for that damn old lady who always scolded Xiu'er and Qian'er, would I have kept these two children with me all the time? This way they wouldn't be lost. My Xiu'er, where are you? If you have any problems again, how can I live?"

People passing by looked at this place. Some kind-hearted people came to ask what the child looked like. He Yue quickly told everyone the color of Kuang Xiu's clothes and the hairstyle she had. Many people began to look for her in and around the market.

Jiang Nian was carrying a backpack and walking through the crowd. Her wrist suddenly tightened and she was suddenly delighted, thinking that someone had found Kuang Xiu or that Kuang Xiu had come to find her. She turned around happily and saw Lu Yu with a stern face. The man went against the flow of people, held her hand tightly, and said in a low voice with some panting: "Why are you running so fast? Is someone chasing you?" At

this moment Jiang Nian saw a chill in Lu Yu's eyes.

She had no doubt at all. If anyone dared to say that someone was looking for trouble with her, Lu Yu would be able to turn around and take down that person, so she quickly shook her head: "No one is chasing me, it's Kuang Xiu who is missing, and we are all looking for her."

Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding Jiang Nian's wrist bone tightened. He took off the backpack on Jiang Nian's back, raised his hand to hold her thin shoulders, and walked to the side of the street to protect her: "I'll take you home, and then I'll go find Deputy Head Kuang to ask people to come out to look for her."

Jiang Nian was worried about Tian Mai, and wanted to let Lu Yu go back to call for help. Lu Yu seemed to see what she meant, and held her tighter, frowning: "I'll take you home first."

He didn't want Jiang Nian to keep wandering around in such a crowd, for fear that something might happen to her again.

The last two incidents with Hu Zhongming and his son made him feel that it was safest for Jiang Nian to stay by his side.

Seeing that he insisted, Jiang Nian didn't know what to say.

Everyone was worried when Kuang Xiu got lost. Lu Yu walked very fast and Jiang Nian had to jog to catch up with him. She took a breath and asked, "How did you know I was here?"

When she left in the morning, Lu Yu had already gone to the tour group. Lu Yu slowed down his pace and said, "Mrs. He's children said you went to the market. I saw you hadn't come back at noon, so I came to see you."

Jiang Nian said, "Kuang Xiu is missing."

Lu Yu sent her back to the family building. Jiang Nian asked him again, "Is Kuang Xiu okay?"

Lu Yu pondered for a moment before saying, "We have to find her first."

He asked Jiang Nian to go back first and turned to find Deputy Head Kuang. On the way, he met Chen Yao and asked him to ask someone to go to the market to find Kuang Xiu.

Jiang Nian returned home and put the seedlings away. She originally wanted to go embroider, but when she thought of Kuang Xiu's matter, she couldn't sit still on the bench. She went to the kitchen to make some lunch, but she couldn't eat after two bites. After a while, there was a knock on the door. She went to open the door and was surprised to find that it was Fang Xia and Fang Guo.

The two men shouted, "Aunt Jiang."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Come in."

Fang Xia was older, she was twelve years old today, and Fang Guo was ten years old this year. The two men sat on the bench and looked at Jiang Nian cautiously. Seeing that they were not talking, Jiang Nian smiled and asked, "Is there anything you want to talk to Aunt Jiang about?"

Fang Guo first looked at Fang Xia. Fang Xia paused and said, "Aunt Jiang, people just said outside that Kuang Xiu was missing. Is that true?"

When she asked this, her face was full of worry.

Jiang Nian nodded: "She got separated from us, but everyone is looking for her, we will find her soon."

Fang Xia pursed her lips, lowered her head and said unhappily: "Grandma Wu must have beaten Xiu'er again!"

Hearing this, Jiang Nian looked at Fang Xia and asked softly: "Why?"

Before Fang Xia could say anything, Fang Guo said: "The last time Kuang Xiu got lost was because Grandma Wu beat her. When my father and others found Kuang Xiu, she was so hungry that she fainted. Grandma Wu Grandma also asked why Kuang Xiu didn't starve to death, and she even ran away from home. Auntie Tian and Grandma Wu had a fight over this.

Fang Xia said, "This time, it must be Grandma Wu who beat Xiu'er, so Xiu'er ran away."

Jiang Nian frowned slightly, thinking of the time when she went to Tian Mai's house and happened to meet Tian Mai and her mother-in-law quarreling, the old lady's hot temper that never suffered any loss, and then thinking about Kuang Xiu's current temper, she felt that if this continued, the child would be in big trouble.

Fang Xia and his sister stayed here for a while and then left. They had to go to school in the afternoon, so they left quickly after dinner.

Jiang Nian waited at home until it was dark, but Lu Yu didn't come back. Neither did He Yue from the opposite side. Jiang Nian cooked a little more dinner and called Fang Xia and Fang Guo to come over to eat. The two felt a little embarrassed. When they sat on the bench and looked at the delicious food, they couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

How could they eat such delicious food at home? The dishes smelled of oil. They were obviously corn cakes, but the corn cakes at Jiang's place were better than those at home, and there was also a plate of scrambled eggs.

After Fang Xia and Fang Guo finished dinner, they insisted on helping Jiang Nian wash the pots and bowls before they left.

After Jiang Nian saw them off and was about to close the door, she heard footsteps coming from the corridor. She thought it was Lu Yu who had returned. She ran over happily but saw a strange face. The man was wearing a military uniform and looked to be in his thirties. He looked a little tired. She was stunned for a moment, thinking it would not be a good idea to turn around and leave, so she nodded as a greeting.

The man smiled and said, "Is it Captain Lu's lover?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Yes."

"I live on the same floor as you two. My name is Luo Chengyi." Luo Chengyi walked up and pointed to the family next to the staircase: "I live there."

Jiang Nian smiled, said a few words casually and went home.

I have lived here for almost two months, but this is the first time I have seen a person from that family return alone.

She washed up and lay in bed that night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She waited until the second half of the night, when the sound of the door opening finally came from the quiet room.

Jiang Nian put on her coat and ran out, and saw Lu Yu walking in. The man had his coat draped over his arm, and two buttons of his white shirt were unbuttoned. Hearing footsteps, he looked at Jiang Nian who was running up to him, and raised his hand to tuck the small strands of hair on her temples behind her ears: "Are you still awake?"

"I can't sleep."

Jiang Nian asked again: "Have you found Kuang Xiu?"

Lu Yu said: "Yes."

He took Jiang Nian's hand and let her sit on the cushioned stool, and asked: "Have you had dinner?"

Jiang Nian said: "I have."

She was worried about Kuang Xiu. Seeing this, Lu Yu rubbed her head, his eyes filled with doting: "She is staying at a youth educated youth center in the brigade of the nearby commune. Several youth educated youths are talking to her. When they asked her where she was from, she didn't tell them. The youth educated youths asked the people in the brigade to tell her. We just rushed over because we had dealt with this matter."

Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

Seeing Lu Yu shaking his head, Jiang Nian got up to go to the kitchen to cook. Just after taking two steps, Lu Yu grabbed her shoulders and took her into the house: "You go to bed, I'll do it myself."

Without giving Jiang Nian a chance to react, Lu Yu pressed her to lie on the bed and kissed her on the lips: "Go to bed early, I'll go to the private plot to grow vegetables tomorrow at noon."

Jiang Nian:...

This really doesn't let her do any work.

Jiang Nian took off her coat and lay down in bed. Surprisingly, she was not sleepy anymore. The curtains were drawn in the room, and the thin moonlight shone through the window. She could only see the furnishings in the room with a little light. In the quiet night, Jiang Nian could hear Lu Yu's light footsteps coming from outside the room.

He walked lightly, as if he was afraid of disturbing her.

Jiang Nian turned over and closed her eyes for a while before she heard the door open. She secretly buried her head in the quilt and waited for Lu Yu to lift the quilt and lie on the bed. When his long arms just wrapped around her waist, she suddenly turned over and threw herself into his arms, looking at Lu Yu's chin and smiled: "I'm not asleep yet."

Lu Yu smiled: "I know."

Jiang Nian was stunned: "How did you know?"

After he came in, she didn't move.

Lu Yu hugged her and said, "Your breathing is different. When you fall asleep, your breathing is even and smooth."

Jiang Nian: ...

As expected of a soldier, your sensitivity is better than that of ordinary people.

She rested her head on Lu Yu's arm, her hands on Lu Yu's thin waist/abdomen and upper body, raised her chin and kissed him on the chin. The man's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and he lowered his eyes to look at Jiang Nian's bright and beautiful eyes. He grabbed the restless little hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Be good and sleep."

Jiang Nian had a bad idea and raised her chin to bite his lips. Before she could move away, Lu Yu grabbed the back of his neck to intensify the bite.

The burning breath and breath were between their nostrils, carrying the long-lost thoughts of love.

Since she came out of the hospital last time, Lu Yu seldom touched her. Even when they had sex, he took care of her the whole time, fearing that he would hurt her again. She knew that Lu Yu was still feeling guilty about what happened last time.

They were husband and wife, and Lu Yu took care of her body and mind, fearing that she was not happy here, and that she would have another minor illness. As a wife, she didn't want to see Lu Yu being wronged because of this.

Moreover, she also liked him, liked Lu Yu, and liked his obsession and madness when they were in love.

Lu Yu rubbed her neck and kissed Jiang Nian's ear. The hot breath from the fire spoon made Jiang Nian's body numb. Tears welled up in her eyes, which looked a little pitiful. Lu Yu's throat tightened. The man suppressed the rage

in his blood, closed his eyes, kissed Jiang Nian on the eyes, pulled the quilt over her back, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's getting late, go to bed quickly."

Jiang Nian: ???

The arrow is on the string, how can he still be so patient?

Jiang Nian bit her lower lip tightly, raised her head from Lu Yu's arms, and looked at the blue veins on his forehead throbbing. She was angry and held back the shame in her heart. She grabbed Lu Yu's shoulders and turned over.

Lu Yu's eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he opened his eyelids, looking at Jiang Nian with a dark gaze above him, whose cheeks were red.