Chapter 8

Jiang Nian was tempted by the fragrance and smiled. When she heard Lu Yu's voice, she immediately pursed her lips and whispered, "It's time to eat."

"I'll go wash my face."

Lu Yu said and went to the well. Jiang Nian heard the sound of water splashing outside from the kitchen.

She picked up two bowls of mixed noodles and walked out. As soon as she reached the door of the kitchen, the bowls were caught by two beautiful hands with slender joints. The heat from Lu Yu's body also splashed on her face. The man said, "I'll take it."

Seeing the mixed noodles, he seemed to smile: "The mixed noodles made by sister-in-law look delicious."

Jiang Nian lowered her head and retracted her hand: "Thank you." Her

mouth was faster than her brain. She reacted after she finished speaking. The original owner rarely said such polite words. She said it in front of Aunt Feng, and tried not to say it in front of Lu Yu in the future.

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite to me."

After speaking, he walked out first with the bowl.

Jiang Nian took two pairs of chopsticks, carried the fried tomato and eggs, walked to the yard and sat down, holding the bowl of noodles. The aroma of salami mixed with the aroma of noodles stimulated Jiang Nian's taste buds. She glanced at Lu Yu who was eating noodles across from her, and saw him pick up the plate and pour some fried tomato and eggs into her bowl, mix it and continue eating.

Jiang Nian picked up the noodles with chopsticks, smiling in her heart, with no expression on her face, looking down at the noodles and asked: "Is it delicious?"

Lu Yu paused in eating noodles, raised his eyes to look at Jiang Nian who was eating noodles quietly, and said: "It's delicious."

It was not a compliment without any intention.

He had eaten mixed sauce noodles with the political commissar in a state-owned hotel once before, and the taste was indeed not as good as that made by his sister-in-law.

Lu Yu also verified what he said about the delicious food. He ate three bowls of noodles, drank a bowl of noodle soup after eating, and washed his face with well water in the yard. Seeing that there was not much water in the kitchen vat, he fetched three buckets of water and brought them into the kitchen.

After eating, Jiang Nian collected the dishes and went into the kitchen. She saw Lu Yu carrying a bucket and pouring water into the vat.

She put the dishes in the pot and was about to take a rag to wash the dishes. The person next to her took the rag first and said to her, "You go and take a rest, I'll wash it."

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Lu Yu standing by the stove.

The man was tall and had long legs, which made the stove look very low. The midday sun shone through the wide-open windows, shining on the man's handsome features and projecting on the earthen wall beside him.

He lowered his head to wash the dishes, and the curve of his chin was cold and hard.

Jiang Nian found that Lu Yu was not only handsome, but also very efficient.

The place bitten by mosquitoes couldn't stop itching. Jiang Nian couldn't help but nudge him again and told him about going to the private plot today: "Today, Sister Feng showed me the private plot. I will clean up the plot in the next few days and buy some vegetable seeds to plant in a few days."

Lu Yu put the bowl with water in the cabinet. It was called a cabinet, but it was just a simple square wooden cabinet. He turned around to pick up chopsticks and saw that Jiang Nian had several mosquito bites on her wrists and forearms.

He looked up and saw that there were also several on her neck.

"I'll take time to do the farm work at noon and in the afternoon. You can plant vegetables after the soil is turned over."

Jiang Nian looked down at the firewood on the ground and nodded: "Okay." After

Lu Yu washed the pots and bowls and swept the floor, he glanced at the gauze on Jiang Nian's head, picked up his clothes and said, "I'm leaving."

"Okay."

Jiang Nian walked to the door of the stove room obediently and leaned against it, watching Lu Yu walk out of the yard.

When Lu Yu closed the yard door, he accidentally looked up and saw this scene. An unspeakable bitterness surged in his heart. Two years ago, when he left home, Jiang Nian also stood outside the door and watched him go.

Lu Yu lowered his eyes, closed the yard door and left.

After Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian boiled a pot of hot water to wash her hair. As soon as she sat down with the warm water, the gate was pushed open. Feng Mei picked two eggplants and four peppers from the field and brought them to her.

She thought that Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law was not talkative, but her temper was to her liking.

Seeing that Jiang Nian wanted to wash her hair, Feng Mei put the dishes on the table and ran over to stop her: "The wound on your head hasn't healed yet. It will be troublesome if it gets wet again."

Jiang Nian grabbed her hair and smiled: "It's okay."

"Why isn't it okay!"

Feng Mei picked up the basin and said to her: "Come on, come on, lie on the bed and put your head outside the bed. I will wash you, so that the water can't touch the wound."

Without giving Jiang Nian a chance to refuse, she had already carried the basin into the first room on the east side.

Jiang Nian: …

She thought Mrs. Feng was too enthusiastic.

Jiang Nian went into the room and lay on the bed, facing the roof beam. Feng Mei moved a bench next to the bed, put the basin on the bench and began to wash Jiang Nian's hair, chatting with her while washing.

"You don't know, I thought about it for a long time after I got home at noon, and told Lao Song about the matter between Captain Liu and Zheng Hong. Guess what Lao Song said?"

Jiang Nian followed her words and asked, "What did Captain Song say?"

Feng Mei snorted, "She said I was stupid and only saw the problem. He also told me to stay out of other people's family affairs, so as not to be a nobody in the end."

After hearing this, Jiang Nian pursed her lips to prevent herself from laughing.

She was surprised that Captain Song would speak so directly.

Jiang Nian thought for a moment and comforted her, "Sister-in-law Feng, don't blame Captain Song. Captain Song said that for your own good."

"Why is he doing this for my own good?" Feng Mei soaped Jiang Nian's hair and rubbed it carefully, "He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't scold me a few words." "

Then you misunderstood Captain Song."

Jiang Nian analyzed for her, "As the saying goes, even a fair judge finds it difficult to judge family affairs. Captain Song is worried that you will try to take care of the affairs of two families out of kindness, but end up getting no thanks and being blamed. Captain Song just feels sorry for you."

After hearing this, Feng Mei paused, came closer to her and asked, "Really?"

Jiang Nian looked at the head that suddenly stretched out in front of her, and nodded quickly, "Really, some men are just good at saving face, and they just care about their wives in different ways."

Don't say.

After Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law said this, Feng Mei felt much better. She changed a basin of clean water and asked, "Deputy Colonel Lu's sister-in-law, how do you know all this? I saw that you were young and didn't like to talk at first sight, but I didn't expect that you would make people feel comfortable when you opened your mouth."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Auntie Feng, have you forgotten that I was also married."

Feng Mei said, "You are right."

She came over again and whispered, "You are still young, have you ever thought about finding another one? If you have that intention, I will let Lao Song and Deputy Regiment Lu find a suitable one for you in the team."

Jiang Nian: ...

She shook her head lightly, looking sad: "I am responsible for taking good care of my Lu Yu now, and you can talk about me after he gets married and has children."

She said this to dispel Feng Mei's kindness.

Feng Mei sat back on the bench and wiped Jiang Nian's hair: "That's right, you can take care of him, and he doesn't have to run to the cafeteria every day."

Jiang Nian changed the subject: "Sister-in-law Feng, I am younger than you, you can just call me Jiang Nian in the future."

Feng Mei smiled and said, "That's fine."

After washing her hair, she felt a lot lighter.

Jiang Nian was sitting in the yard, drying her hair in the midday sun, when she heard the sound of quarreling coming from the wall on the right.

Captain Liu shouted impatiently, "I don't have time to quarrel with you. If we can get over it, we can get over it. If we can't, forget it!"

Xu Yan shouted angrily, "Liu Qiang! You conscienceless dog, I was really blind to follow you. If I had known that you and Zheng Hong had met before you got married, I would never marry you even if I killed you!"

Along with the sound of the door slamming, footsteps were heard in front of Jiang Nian's courtyard gate.

She and Feng Mei turned to look at the half-open courtyard gate, and saw Liu Qiang walking over with a sullen face.

Feng Mei heard Xu Yan still cursing.

Thinking of what Jiang Nian said in front of her and Zheng Hong today, she suddenly felt that Zheng Hong was too ignorant of avoiding suspicion. In fact, if she were in his place, she would not be able to stand her husband, Song, running to Zheng Hong every now and then to help that woman.

They were all from the same family compound. Zheng Hong usually smiled and spoke softly to everyone she met. She also told them that she was embarrassed to find Captain Liu, but there was nothing she could do. If Captain Lu was at home, she would not have to ask for help. At that time,

everyone felt that she had a hard time and that Xu Yan was unreasonable. Now think about it, if this continues, there will definitely be a lot of rumors, and Xu Yan and Captain Liu may not be able to live together.

Feng Mei sat for a while and was about to leave, saying that she had a pile of clothes to wash at home.

Jiang Nian said, "Sister Feng, wait for me."

She went into the house and took out four milk candies and four peach cakes for Feng Mei. Feng Mei was shocked. She knew that milk candies and peach cakes were very expensive. Although Lao Song was the head of the group and his monthly salary was not bad, he had to send money to his mother-in-law's family every month after his salary was paid. He also had to support his mother's family and had two sons who could eat and drink at home.

After calculating the money he got, there was not much left, and he had to save money for his two sons to go to school and get married in the future. Therefore, his family could only eat these milk candies and peach cakes three or four times a year to satisfy their cravings.

Jiang Nian gave so much at once, and Feng Mei felt sorry for her.

Seeing that Feng Mei was embarrassed, Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Sister Feng, don't be polite with me. I just came here yesterday, and you brought us dinner and dishes, and even washed my hair. If you don't take it, I won't accept anything you give me in the future."

Hearing her say this, Feng Mei also took it generously: "Then I'll accept it."

When Feng Mei returned home, her two sons had just woken up from their nap. When they saw her enter the house with peach cakes and milk candies, their eyes suddenly lit up and they all got up.

Song Xiangdong is the oldest, seven years old this year, and will go to school in a village near the army in the second half of the year. He crawled on the bed, licking his lips and shouting, "Mom, where did you get the milk candy and peach cake?"

The second child, Song Xianghong, also leaned against the eldest, crying and reaching out, "Mom, I want milk candy, I want milk candy, the last time I ate milk candy was during the Chinese New Year, I have forgotten what milk candy tastes like."

Feng Mei gave each of the two children a milk candy, and seeing that they were still staring at the peach cake, she glared at them and said, "I'll lock the rest in the cupboard and eat one every other day."

After hearing this, Song Xiangdong and Song Xianghong shouted excitedly, "Great, we have milk candy and peach cake to eat these days!"

At night.

It was pitch black.

Jiang Nian waited for a long time but Lu Yu didn't come back. The next door commander Song and the battalion commander Liu had been back for a long time.

She waited for a while but saw no one, so she went to the kitchen to cook. The sound of the vegetables being put into the wok and stir-fried covered the footsteps coming in from outside