Chapter 92

After a while, Lu Yu came back with a kettle, sat beside her, unscrewed the lid, poured some hot water into the kettle and handed it to Jiang Nian: "Drink some to moisten your throat."

Jiang Nian took the kettle lid and drank two sips. She heard the little boy's laughter and looked up. Lu Yu also heard it and looked across. When he saw the little boy, his eyebrows, which were originally relaxed, suddenly wrinkled. Jiang Nian finished drinking the water and handed the kettle lid to Lu Yu. Seeing him frowning, he was stunned for a moment.

In Jiang Nian's eyes, Lu Yu rarely showed such emotions in public. Could it be

that he also thought the child opposite looked familiar?

"Do you want to drink more?"

Lu Yu retracted his gaze and took the lid of the kettle from Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian shook her head: "No, I'm not going to drink anymore."

After the train started, the carriage gradually became lively. The little boy fell asleep not long after getting on the train. Jiang Nian lay inside, looking at Lu Yu sitting next to him, and gently pulled his sleeve. The man noticed the pulling force, turned his head and lowered his eyes to look at Jiang Nian who was blinking. His heart softened, and he reached out and touched her cheek: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Nian glanced at the two women opposite. The middle-aged woman took the kettle and went out. The little boy's mother sat on the side eating glutinous rice. She seemed to notice Jiang Nian's gaze, When she looked up, she met Jiang Nian's eyes. After a moment's pause, she said, "Do you want to eat? I have a few more Wo Wo heads here."

Jiang Nian shook her head, "No, thank you."

She didn't answer Lu Yu either, but just said, "I'll sleep for a while."

Lu Yu said, "Okay."

Jiang Nian slept for four hours. It was completely dark outside. The sound of a little boy giggling came from the carriage. She opened her eyes drowsily and turned to look at the berth opposite. The little boy was playing with the ladder next to the berth. His smiling eyes made her feel as if she had seen him somewhere before.

Lu Yu took a pack of biscuits and cakes from her bag: "Eat something."

Jiang Nian nodded, got up and went out to wash her face before coming back. As soon as she sat on the berth, she saw the little boy eating a biscuit happily. When he saw Jiang Nian, he smiled with some bad intentions.

She ate some dinner and let Lu Yu sleep for a while. Lu Yu said: "I'm not sleepy." It takes

a whole night to take a train from Yuan City to her hometown. Jiang Nian fell asleep again in the second half of the night and was not awakened until dawn by Lu Yu. She waited for a while and waited for the train to stop before getting off with Lu Yu. Before Lu Yu left, he asked the mother and daughter to wait for him at the exit of the train station and he would come over later.

The mother and daughter didn't understand why, so they held the child and didn't say anything.

Lu Yu took Jiang Nian to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative and bought a lot of snacks, malted milk and milk powder. In addition to these, he also bought three pieces of clothes for the little boy. All the things were put into Jiang Nian's small cloth bag, which instantly became bulging. She watched Lu Yu take the small cloth bag in his hand and asked in confusion: "Are you buying all these for that child?"

Lu Yu nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Nian knew whether Lu Yu would do good deeds for no reason. She was worried, and she would not buy so many things for a strange child without any reason. Thinking of the child's familiar brow and nose, Jiang Nian vaguely guessed something and asked, "Do you know whose child that is?"

Lu Yu was silent for a moment: "It's Li Fangda and Wu Ying's child."

Jiang Nian's eyes widened in shock. Now she finally remembered that the child's brow and nose were very similar to Li Fangda's.

At that time, she and Lu Yu had taken care of this child. After more than a year, she calculated the age and found that the child was almost two years old. The age was right, but she remembered that the child was picked up by his grandmother and grandfather. The mother and daughter on the train were not the same people who came to pick up the child before.

Lu Yu saw her confusion and explained, "The mother and daughter are the child's aunt and her mother-in-law. Li Fangda's mother passed away a few years ago, and his father was the only one left in the family. He was too old to take care of the child. The child was the only blood of the Li family, so he was raised by his aunt."

So that's it.

Jiang Nian felt more and more that Li Fangda's family seemed to have come to this world to survive the disaster, but it was hard for the child. Both his parents died, and his grandmother also passed away. Fortunately, he still had an aunt who loved him. During the night they spent together on the train, she could see that his aunt was very good to the child.

His clothes were clean and tidy, and the child loved to laugh, and would hide behind her when he was shy.

At first, she thought that person was his mother.

Jiang Nian looked up at Lu Yu: "How do you know this?"

Lu Yu said: "When you were asleep, I asked you in a roundabout way."

She knew that Lu Yu was always sensitive. She felt that the child's features were very familiar at first sight, not to mention that Lu Yu had been with Li Fangda. She also wanted to ask Lu Yu after getting off the train, but she didn't expect that he had found out everything.

Jiang Nian asked: "Do you think they will be waiting outside the station?"

Lu Yu said: "Not sure."

But he felt that there was a better chance. On the train, he revealed some of his relationship with Li Fangda to the child's aunt.

The two just arrived at the station gate and saw them still waiting outside.

The middle-aged woman said to the young woman next to her, "Are they really Li Fangda's comrades-in-arms?"

The young woman said, "He can tell you the unit number and city of Fangda's previous unit. He also knows how Fangda was injured and died. He should be right."

While talking, Jiang Nian and Lu Yu came over. Lu Yu handed the heavy small cloth bag to the middle-aged woman: "This is for the child. Take it."

The middle-aged woman hesitated before reaching out to take it. She was surprised by the weight of the small cloth bag. She didn't know what was in it. It was so heavy to carry. The young woman held the child and said thank you. The child smiled at Jiang Nian, which made Jiang Nian's heart soften.

She said, "Can I hold the child?"

The young woman smiled and said, "Sure."

She handed the child to Jiang Nian. The child smiled with bad intentions in Jiang Nian's arms. The two-year-old child seemed quite heavy in his arms. Jiang Nian held back the bitterness in his eyes and asked, "What's the child's name?"

The other party said, "Let's call him Li Ping'an. We don't want anything. We just hope that the child grows up safely."

Jiang Nian could see that this aunt really cared about the child. She handed the child over and said with a smile, "This is a good name." The

mother and daughter had to transfer at the train station, and they were anxious to buy tickets for the next train at the train station, so they left first.

Lu Yu and Jiang Nian took the bus back to the county town. When they got to the county, they happened to meet Zhao Gang who was taking the bus back from the county town. Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment when he saw Lu Yu and Jiang Nian. He never expected to meet them here. Lu Yu smiled and said, "Don't you know each other?"

Zhao Gang said, "I thought you two would come back after the Chinese New Year. Why did you come back so early this year?"

Lu Yu said, "I came back to repair the house."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Didn't you bring your wife and children with you?"

Zhao Gang said, "I'm busy at home and don't have time to come. I also went to the county to bring some things to the educated youth from the brigade. Let's go back together." . "

Jiang Nian got on the donkey cart and watched the old streets getting farther and farther away from his sight. Lu Yu and Zhao Gang chatted about what happened in the village this year. He asked him where the brick factory was. After an hour, they finally returned to the village. It was lunchtime. The villagers were carrying hoes and walking back from the brigade's land. When they saw Lu Yu and Jiang Nian, they greeted them.

"Lu Laoer, why are you back?"

"How are you and your sister-in-law out there?"

They chatted back and forth, and Lu Yu nodded in response. Jiang Nian listened to the villagers calling him brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and felt a little uncomfortable for a while. In the past six months, he and Lu Yu had always been treating each other as husband and wife, but when he returned to the village, their relationship suddenly turned into uncle and sister-in-law, which was a little awkward.

Zhao Gang said, "You and your sister-in-law can just come to my house for lunch. Your house has not been occupied for half a year, and it is full of dust."

Lu Yu said, "Okay."

They got off the donkey cart, and Lu Yu took Jiang Nian to the brigade to buy some food and came to Zhao Gang's house. When Aunt Zhao saw Jiang Nian, she pulled her aside to talk and asked her how she had been living outside for the past six months. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Very well."

Aunt Zhao saw that Jiang Nian was getting more and more beautiful every year, and glanced at Lu Yu who was talking to Zhao Gang in the yard. Seeing that he was not looking at them, she She whispered, "Xu Chengdu is dead, and you are still young. Have you ever thought about finding another one? Let me tell you, you can't be so foolish as to remain a widow all your life. In the end, you will only hurt yourself. I see that Lu Laoer is not young anymore. I heard that he is a high-ranking officer in the army now. I guess there are a lot of girls who want to introduce him to you. Have those people ever said that you are a burden if you follow your brother-in-law?"

Jiang Nian was a little choked up, not knowing whether she should tell Aunt Zhao's wife about her marriage to Lu Yu.

Seeing Jiang Nian paused and said nothing, Auntie Zhao thought that all the girls who had met Lu Yu had rejected her, so she snorted, "It's okay. You have a pretty face and you don't have a child. It will not be bad to find another one. Don't worry about what those people think of you."

She also watched Jiang Nian go through difficulties over the years. Now she is getting better and better, and she is happy for her from the bottom of her heart.

Besides, she is still young, and there is nothing wrong with finding another one.

Jiang Nian smiled, and just when she didn't know what to say, Zhao Gang's wife came in from outside holding the child, and said to Aunt Zhao, "Mom, the child is making a fuss looking for you."

Aunt Zhao was delighted to see her grandson. She took the child and rocked him in her arms. She said to Jiang Nian, "My grandson is very well-behaved. He goes to sleep after eating and doesn't make a fuss."

Jiang Nian looked at the child giggling, revealing his white little teeth. He looked younger than Li Fangda's child, probably about one year old.

"Are you Sister Jiang?"

A voice came from the side. Jiang Nian turned her head to meet the kind eyes of Zhao Gang's wife, and smiled: "Well, my name is Jiang Nian."

Zhao Gang's wife smiled and said, "I've heard Gangzi and mother-in-law mention you this morning, but I haven't met you yet. I saw you today and you're really beautiful."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "You are also very beautiful."

Aunt Zhao said, "Jiang Nian, the son of the captain of the team in the next village is also a soldier. He retired a few years ago and works in the police station in our county. It's a good job. I heard that his previous wife died, and now many people are running over to see her. If you are interested, Auntie will help you ask tomorrow."

"Ask what?"

Zhao Gang and Lu Yu came in from outside the house, and Zhao Gang asked curiously.

Zhao Gang's wife told her mother-in-law that she wanted to find a boyfriend for Jiang Nian, and then continued, "I heard that he is now an instructor at the police station and a high-ranking official. If Jiang's wife can get together with him, she will be a city dweller."

Jiang Nian was startled and looked at Lu Yu almost subconsciously.