Chapter 94

"Pah"

Zhao Gang's chopsticks fell to the ground. He swallowed the food in his mouth in shock, smacked his lips, and didn't react for a long time. Aunt Zhao was also stunned, and kept looking at Lu Yu and Jiang Nian holding hands. It was Zhao Gang's wife who reacted first and smiled unnaturally: "Married?" "Yes

."

Lu Yu nodded: "Married for half a year."

Now the Zhao family members reacted.

Aunt Zhao: ...

She was looking for someone in front of Jiang Nian yesterday, persuading her to remarry, saying that the man's conditions are good, and now she is with Lu Lao Er, it's really not good.

Zhao Gang chuckled, rubbed his face, and said with a stammer, "This is a good thing."

Zhao Gang's wife said, "I heard Zhao Gang say that you two are uncle and sister-in-law, right?"

Lu Yu said, "Yes, my mother left me at Xu's house and went away."

Aunt Zhao also had a topic to talk about when this was mentioned. She got angry when she thought of what happened in the Lu family back then: "Your mother was too cruel. It's only been a year since your father died, and your mother left you at Xu's house and ran away. She hasn't come back to see you in all these years."

This was the first time Jiang Nian heard someone talk about Lu Yu's mother.

The book didn't mention his mother, except for a sentence at the beginning, that Lu Yu was left at Xu's house by his biological mother, and told Xu Cheng's father that she would come back to pick him up after a while, but she left for more than ten years without any news.

Jiang Nian noticed that Lu Yu was a little depressed, and thought that he might have grown up with others mocking him and looking forward to his mother's return. She held his hand with heartache, and Lu Yu raised his eyes to look at Jiang Nian, his tightly pursed thin lips loosened a little, and he smiled faintly, and held Jiang Nian's hand with his backhand.

Seeing the affectionate look in their eyes, Zhao Gang's wife smiled secretly. She didn't know much about the situation here, but she felt that Lu Yu and Jiang Nian were a good match. Besides, they were not uncle and sister-in-law, so there was nothing wrong with them being together.

Zhao Gang scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

Aunt Zhao glanced at Lu Yu and continued, "You only look like your mother in your eyes and eyebrows. Your facial features are like your father. Your father was very handsome when he was young. He was diligent and capable. He could even drive a tractor for the team. People from all the villages wanted to introduce their girls to your father. Later, someone brought your mother to our village. Your father fell in love with her at first sight, and they got married a few days later."

Lu Yu lowered his eyes and said nothing, as if he was unwilling to mention the past.

Aunt Zhao patted her legs and said, "Let's eat, let's not talk about those sad things."

The meal was almost finished, and Lu Yu said, "Aunt Zhao, we are leaving tomorrow."

Aunt Zhao was stunned: "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Lu Yu said, "My vacation is over, and I have to go back to the group."

Aunt Zhao said "Oh": "Of course I have to go back, so will you come back at the end of the year?"

Zhao Gang also asked, "Will you come back for the New Year?"

Lu Yu looked at them. She glanced at Jiang Nian, then said to Aunt Zhao, "I will come back alone during the New Year to see my eldest brother and Uncle Xu."

In the eyes of Aunt Zhao and Zhao Gang, the mother and son thought that Lu Yu did not let Jiang Nian come back because he was probably afraid that the villagers would know about their marriage. Jiang Nian could not stand the gossip of those people afterwards. In Lu Yu's eyes, these were only part of the reasons. The biggest factor was that he did not want Jiang Nian to be close to the house in his hometown.

Zhao Gang said, "That's good. It's still very cold running back and forth in the middle of winter."

The meal was quite quiet. When it was almost over, Aunt Zhao suddenly talked about the Jiang family in Tianxi Village. She looked at Jiang Nian and said, "Something big happened in your mother's family. It happened after the New Year. Did you know about it?"

Jiang Nian shook her head. She had not been in contact with the Jiang family since that time when she had a complete falling out with them.

Aunt Zhao said: "Your sister-in-law Lian Qin couldn't stand the hardship, so she left her child and ran away with a wild man. Your brother took his anger out on the child and almost beat the child to death. The whole family quarreled all day long because of this. This matter has spread from the neighboring village to our place. It has been half a year."

Jiang Nian: ...

The Jiang family still owes her and Lu Yu 300 yuan. The term of this money is five years. Now the Jiang family has not paid a penny in the past two and a half years.

The jokes about the Jiang family spread throughout Tianxi Village. Everyone said that the Jiang family was retribution. They deserved to treat their daughter like that. Now their daughter lives with her brother-in-law who is an official. Don't mention how comfortable their life is.

These words have spread from Tianxi Village, and Aunt Zhao and the others know it.

Now Aunt Zhao saw that what they said was not wrong. Jiang Nian was really enjoying life with Lu Lao Er.

After dinner, Aunt Zhao and her family left. Lu Yu put the dishes in the kitchen, washed them, and swept the yard. When he held Jiang Nian in his arms at night, he still didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that if he fell asleep, Jiang Nian would do the same as last night. It was not until dawn that Lu Yu took a nap for two hours.

When Jiang Nian woke up, Lu Yu was still sleeping. After three years of being together, this was the first time that Jiang Nian woke up earlier than Lu Yu.

She turned over and lay in Lu Yu's arms. Her fingers touched Lu Yu's eyelashes, and her fingertips slowly moved down the man's nose bridge and touched his lips. Listening to Lu Yu's even breathing, Jiang Nian pursed her lips, and her fingertips moved along the jaw to the protruding Adam's apple and pressed down lightly. The hand that was about to do something evil was suddenly grabbed, and Lu Yu's low and hoarse voice came from above her head: "Do you have to torture me?"

Jiang Nian: ???

She raised her head and bumped into Lu Yu's bloodshot eyes, blinking in surprise: "Are you awake?"

"Just woke up."

Lu Yu grabbed Jiang Nian's slender waist and picked her up: "Move around."

Jiang Nian: !!!

She shouldn't have provoked Lu Yu so early in the morning.

Jiang Nian's hands had no focus, so she could only be controlled by Lu Yu's strength. Until she was paralyzed in Lu Yu's arms, she couldn't get his sympathy, but made him stronger.

She looked at the man who was so close to her with tears in her eyes, and was picked up by him again and walked off the kang.

In the end, Jiang Nian's consciousness was in a daze, and she felt tired even when she lifted her fingers. Lu Yu put her on the kang and kissed her wet eyelashes: "I'll go get some hot water for you to wash."

After that, he went out refreshed.

Jiang Nian: ...

How can you have so much energy, you bastard?

Lu Yu boiled some hot water to help Jiang Nian clean up. Jiang Nian dragged her tired body to the yard to wash up. Lu Yu made breakfast, cleaned the bedroom after eating, folded up the bedding in the room and wrapped it with a sheet, locked the door with a big bag, and left with Jiang Nian. Zhao Gang knew that Lu Yu and his friends were leaving early this morning, so he borrowed a donkey car to take them.

After arriving in the county, Lu Yu took Jiang Nian on the bus. The road was bumpy. Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's hand and squinted for a while on the seat. When the bus arrived at the station, Jiang Nian found that Lu Yu's eyes were red again.

She was startled and held Lu Yu's hand tightly: "What's wrong with you?"

Lu Yu pinched both sides of his forehead: "I didn't sleep well last night, and I just closed my eyes for a while."

Lu Yu had hardly slept in the past two nights since returning to his hometown. He was afraid that Jiang Nian would make another mistake after he fell asleep. Now he came out. Sitting here, he felt tired and closed his eyes for a while.

After getting off the train, the two went to the train station. Lu Yu bought two berths for the 4pm train. At 1:30pm, they went to the state-owned hotel for lunch and then went to the waiting room of the train station. The waiting room was crowded, so Lu Yu found an empty seat for Jiang Nian to sit down. Jiang Nian felt sorry for him and didn't want to sit down, but Lu Yu forced him to sit down.

He smiled and said, "When I was on a mission, it was common for me to not sleep for three days."

An old lady was sitting next to them. Seeing this, she smiled and said, "You two young people have a really good relationship."

Jiang Nian smiled and said a few words to the old lady.

Jiang Nian drank too much water at noon, and she got up to go to the toilet. Lu Yu was worried about her being alone, so he followed her. He was waiting outside the toilet, and when he turned around, he saw a familiar figure. The man was wearing a military green summer uniform, carrying a big bag in his hand, and a young woman was following him. The two were talking and laughing. If others didn't know, they would think they were a couple.

"I'm fine."

Jiang Nian came out of the toilet and saw Lu Yu turned around and looked into the distance, his cold eyebrows wrinkled, so she followed his gaze and looked over. A familiar figure appeared in the crowded crowd. The man was protecting a woman and walking to the waiting room. The way he cared for her was like protecting his own wife.

Jiang Nian never expected to meet Liu Qiang here.

She and Lu Yu saw him having an affair with another woman!

Xu Yan was raising two children at home alone, and suffered the cold stares from some military wives and old ladies. Liu Qiang only gave her a pitiful salary every month, which was just enough to feed the three of them. This time when she went back, she heard from Xu Yan that Liu Qiang had not been home for several months. She thought Liu Qiang had been busy training soldiers outside.

But now she saw that this was not training soldiers! He was clearly

keeping a woman outside!

Jiang Nian got angry and ran over to settle the score with Liu Qiang. Lu Yu saw a small figure running past him.

Lu Yu: ...

He followed with big strides, helping Jiang Nian block the crowd.

Jiang Nian passed through the crowd and saw Liu Qiang protecting the woman sitting on the seat. After putting the big bag on the ground, he asked her if she was hungry. The woman nodded, and then Liu Qiang took out a bag of biscuits and peach cakes from the big bag and asked her which one she wanted!

Not to mention Jiang Nian, Lu Yu's face became a little colder.

Jiang Nian shouted, "Liu Qiang!"

When Liu Qiang stood up and looked at her, Jiang Nian trotted over and slapped Liu Qiang without hesitation, angrily saying, "Are you worthy of Xu Yan? Xu Yan gave birth to two sons for you, and you and the children have to eat coarse food in the family yard every day, while you take other women out and act so chic, buying biscuits and peach cakes for her. When have you ever bought anything for Xu Yan and the children? Are you worthy of being a husband? Are you worthy of being a man!"

Jiang Nian's voice was almost a roar, and everyone in the noisy waiting bus looked over here.

Many people had looks of anticipation on their faces, especially when they saw the military uniform on Liu Qiang. Some people began to point fingers at Liu Qiang and the woman. The woman's face immediately turned cold, and she stood up and scolded Jiang Nian: "Who are you? You're like a shrew. Why are you hitting people?"

"I'm Liu Qiang's neighbor! I'm a relative of his wife!"

Jiang Nian retorted bluntly. Liu Qiang finally came to his senses, and without caring about the finger marks on his face, he said to the woman behind him: "Sit down first. I have something to say to them."

Liu Qiang couldn't stand the gazes from all around, and looked at Jiang Nian with pleading eyes: "Let's talk for a moment."

Jiang Nian did not give in: "What can't be said in person? Say it here!"

She was determined to do it today . Seeing that Jiang Nian didn't want to give Liu Qiang face, Liu Qiang looked up at Lu Yu behind Jiang Nian. Lu Yu frowned slightly, and there was a bit of coldness in his eyes. He said coldly: "If you haven't done anything wrong, just say it here."

Liu Qiang choked, rubbed his face, turned his head to look at the woman, and said to Jiang Nian and Lu Yu: "This is my comrade-in-arms's sister. He asked me to help send her back to her hometown. It's not what you think. I have a clean record with her."

Clean record again!

Although he didn't do anything when he was arguing with Zheng Hong, that behavior was even more disgusting. He didn't take Xu Yan seriously at all. Now he is doing this again. Jiang Nian is so angry that she wants to slap Liu Qiang again. She asked coldly: "Have you rested these days?"

Liu Qiang shook his head: "No, I asked for leave."

Jiang Nian sneered sarcastically: "You have time to take leave to see the woman you are seeing off back to her hometown, but you don't have time to go back to see your own wife and children? You haven't been home for several months, have you forgotten that you have a wife and children waiting for you at home!"

The people around him pointed fingers at Liu Qiang, and Liu Qiang felt embarrassed: "Anyway, there is nothing wrong between her and me, you can think whatever you want, I am training outside all day long, and I am too busy to go back. This time it was my comrade-in-arms who asked me to help, so I had to take leave."

He kept saying that he felt wronged.

Seeing this, the woman glanced at the nosy Jiang Nian angrily, and followed Liu Qiang's words and said: "My brother asked Captain Liu to send me home. If you want to find someone, go find my brother."

Liu Qiang didn't care about that anymore, and left a sentence: "Captain Lu, please excuse me for a moment."

After that, without asking for their consent, he turned around and went outside the train station.

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's hand and pinched her trembling fingertips: "Don't be so angry, be careful not to get yourself hurt by anger."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, holding back the heat in her eyes, looked up at Lu Yu, and her voice was a little choked: "I feel sorry for Xu Yan, it's not worth it for her."

Lu Yu said: "Go ask Liu Qiang for the specific situation first."

The two walked out of the train station. Liu Qiang was standing under the sign smoking. When he saw Jiang Nian and Lu Yu coming out, he put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "That really is my comrade's sister. He asked me to help send her back to her hometown." He looked at Jiang Nian and said, "I haven't done anything to let Xu Yan down. At least I'm wearing this clothes. I can't do such a wicked thing. Please don't tell Xu Yan about this, otherwise she and I will make a fuss again." He

was saying something bad about Xu Yan in his words. Jiang Nian couldn't bear it anymore and slapped Liu Qiang again.

The slap was very heavy, and Liu Qiang's face tilted. He frowned, wanting to settle accounts with Jiang Nian. Lu Yu stretched out his long arm to protect Jiang Nian in his arms, staring at Liu Qiang with a cold face: "It's not easy for Xu Yan to follow you. If you do something to let her down, I will tell the leaders about your situation truthfully."

Liu Qiang's face changed, and then said: "I am upright and have nothing to fear. I didn't do it, so I didn't do it."

He touched his hurt face and saw the intimate behavior of Lu Yu and Jiang Nian. "You two..."

Lu Yu said without hesitation, "We are married."

Liu Qiang was shocked. Jiang Nian raised her head and met Liu Qiang's gaze, saying word by word, "If you dare to betray Xu Yan, I will write a letter to report you. If you make Xu Yan suffer, I will make you suffer!"

Liu Qiang: ...

The four o'clock train was about to leave. Lu Yu took Jiang Nian away. Jiang Nian walked into the train station. When she turned around, she saw Liu Qiang rubbing his red and swollen face. His face was impatient and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled.

He was impatient?

She was still angry!

It was really unlucky to meet a scumbag like Liu Qiang!

Jiang Nian thought that Xu Yan, who was taking care of two children at home, did not eat as well as others. A woman was busy all the time.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Xu Yan. After getting on the train, Jiang Nian's anger gradually subsided. She sat next to the window. The train started to move. She looked at the scenery that was quickly receding. She felt very sorry for Xu Yan. Thinking that Zheng Hong continued the ending of Xu Yan's previous life, Jiang Nian was afraid that Xu Yan's path would be similar to her previous life. She leaned on her arms, her eyes red with discomfort.

There was a slight weight beside her, and her hand on the edge of the table was held. When Jiang Nian looked up, she met Lu Yu's dark eyes. Her nose was sour, and she didn't say anything. Lu Yu pinched her fingertips: "Liu Qiang will not abandon Xu Yan."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips: "How do you know?"

Lu Yu said: "He values ​​his future more. He will not be expelled from the army for another woman. As long as Xu Yan does not take the initiative to file for divorce, Liu Qiang will not open his mouth."

Jiang Nian: ...

She remembered that in the book, it seemed that Xu Yan could not stand Liu Qiang and Zheng Hong taking the initiative to file for divorce. Later, Xu Yan was married to an old bachelor in the village by her family.

People like Liu Qiang are the most disgusting.

No refusal, no responsibility, even if someone finds out, there is a reason to excuse.

The berth was full of people, and at dinner time in the evening, Lu Yu went to the water room to get some water and came back. When she was about to pour some water for Jiang Nian, Jiang Nian looked up and saw a person standing outside the berth compartment, staring at her closely with a frown.

Jiang Nian: …

She leaned towards Lu Yu, and Lu Yu handed her the kettle lid. She turned to look at the man outside the bunk compartment. He looked to be in his fifties or sixties, with white hair and wearing a gray-blue coat. When he saw Lu Yu looking at him, he did not avoid his gaze, but met his gaze openly. After staring at him for a few seconds, he nodded to Lu Yu and left.

Jiang Nian: ...

She asked curiously, "Do you know each other?"

Lu Yu said, "This is the first time I've met you."

Jiang Nian: ...

Afraid that Jiang Nian would be scared, Lu Yu said, "If you feel sleepy after dinner, go to bed first. I'm not sleepy yet, I'll watch over you at night."

Jiang Nian originally wanted to let Lu Yu go to bed first, but thinking that the man would not agree, she didn't waste any words. She ate a piece of cake and drank some hot water and lay down. It was getting dark outside, and Jiang Nian felt sleepy. Because Lu Yu was watching her, she slept very soundly this time. She rolled over several times in the middle of the night, but Lu Yu caught her and put her on the bed.

The middle-aged man sleeping on the upper bunk saw this scene, smacked his lips and said: "Comrade, it's very worrying to sleep in the same bed with your wife, right?"

Lu Yu laughed softly, with a bit of doting in his eyes: "Not bad."

Jiang Nian slept until the next morning, and Lu Yu sat at her feet, resting his head against the door frame. Hearing Jiang Nian get up, he opened his eyes and looked at her: "Did you sleep well?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "Yes."

She put on her shoes and saw the bloodshot in Lu Yu's eyes. Si, while everyone was still asleep, she held his hand with heartache, quickly lowered her head and kissed the man on the lips: "Get some sleep when you get home."

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's fluttering eyelashes, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "Okay."

Jiang Nian went to the toilet, washed up and returned to the carriage. People in the carriage got up one after another. Lu Yu took the things in his hand in advance, and when the train arrived, he led Jiang Nian out. As soon as the two walked out of the train station, they were stopped by the people behind them.

"Comrade, comrade."

It was the middle-aged man who had been staring at Lu Yu last night.

Jiang Nian leaned towards Lu Yu, staring at him cautiously. Lu Yu frowned slightly and asked, "What do you want?"

The middle-aged man was dressed neatly and had a somewhat handsome temperament. Jiang Nian rarely saw such a feeling on such an old man. She held Lu Yu's hand tightly, not knowing what he wanted to do.

"I don't mean any harm."

The middle-aged man had a kind smile on his face. He first glanced at Jiang Nian, then looked at Lu Yu and asked, "Is your last name Lu, Lu Yu?"

Jiang Nian frowned, not understanding how he knew.

She didn't call Lu Yu's name on the train, let alone be heard by others.

Lu Yu pursed his thin lips for a few minutes, and after a while he said, "Do you know me?"

He narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the middle-aged man lower his head and shook his head and smiled. There was a sigh and understanding in that smile, and then he raised his head and said to Lu Yu, "Can you tell me your address? Someone wants to see you."

Lu Yu didn't say anything, and his dark eyes stared coldly at the middle-aged man's face.

After a long time, he whispered his current address. The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said, "So promising."

Lu Yu pursed his thin lips suddenly, and his eyebrows and eyes also darkened a little.

Jiang Nian was confused by what she heard. After the middle-aged man said goodbye and left, she asked Lu Yu, "Who wants to see you?"

Lu Yu paused and held Jiang Nian's hand tightly, "I don't know."

When they arrived in Yuan City, Jiang Nian wanted to see Kuang Xiu, so Lu Yu accompanied her to Xiuzhuang, where they met Tian Mai and Kuang Xiu. Tian Mai was holding Kuang Xiu with a small cloth bag, and Kuang Xiu was wearing two small braids with two red ropes tied on them, which looked beautiful and festive.

When Tian Mai saw Jiang Nian, his eyes lit up and he said happily, "When did you come back?"

Jiang Nian said, "We just got off the train." He asked, "Sister-in-law Tian, ​​are you taking Kuang Xiu back?"

Tian Mai said, "Teacher Ji is leaving and will not be back until next month. Let me take Xiu'er back first. Are you coming back? We are traveling together."

Jiang Nian said, "Yes." They

happened to arrive at Xiu Manor, and Jiang Nian went in to take a look. As soon as Su Na saw Jiang Nian, she joked with him. Yu Xia and Fan Shan also chatted happily with Jiang Nian, and Dong Shu occasionally interjected a few words. The atmosphere in Xiu Manor was more harmonious than before. Jia Yuan asked for leave today, saying that he was dealing with the matter between him and Tong Gang. Tong Gang did not learn his lesson after being beaten, and came to find Jia Yuan again.

As soon as Shu Xue saw Jiang Nian coming in, she ran to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a bunch of delicious food for Jiang Nian, forcing her to take it back. Jiang Nian knew that the matter with Chen Yao was almost over. She didn't expect that she had been gone for seven or eight days and the progress here was so fast.

Jiang Nian asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of Chen Yao?"

Shu Xue felt a little embarrassed, so she pulled Jiang Nian to sit on the bench by the window and whispered: "No, he doesn't look that fierce." Then she asked: "How was your trip back? Is it hot in your hometown?"

Jiang Nian said: "It's about the same temperature as here."

"Jiang Nian."

Shu Xue took Jiang Nian's hand and held it tightly, smiled and said, "Thank you."

This thank you still made Jiang Nian embarrassed. She smiled and asked, "Have you set a date with Chen Yao?"

Shu Xue shook her head, "Not yet. Wait until the next time Chen Yao is on vacation to tell me about this."

Jiang Nian stayed in the embroidery factory for half an hour but didn't see Ge Mei. She thought she went to the textile factory to check the embroidery. Shu Xue said that Director Ge's daughter-in-law came to see her. The two of them went out in the morning and haven't returned yet.

Jiang Nian came out of the embroidery shop. Lu Yu took the things from her hand and asked, "Who bought them?"

Jiang Nian said, "Shu Xue bought them. She and Chen Yao are done."

Shu Xue bought a lot of things. Jiang Nian took a quick look and estimated that it cost Shu Xue the salary of a large embroidery painting. Several people got on the bus. Jiang Nian took out a handful of candies from his pocket and handed them to Tian Mai, "Give them to the children."

Jiang Nian helped them a lot. Tian Mai was really embarrassed to take the candy. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Give it to Xiu Xue." Er'er and Qian'er's."

When Kuangxiu heard her name mentioned, she boldly turned around and looked at Jiang Nian. Although she hadn't said anything yet, it seemed to be a little more effective than before. Tian Mai took the candy, handed one to Kuangxiu, and said, "This is given to you by your Aunt Jiang." Kuangxiu lowered her head

, and after a long while, she reached out to take the candy, then raised her head and said to Jiang Nian, "Thank you, Aunt Jiang."

After that, she quickly lowered her head, tightly grasped the candy and didn't say anything else.

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, and Tian Mai happily touched Kuang Xiu's head: "When I picked up Xiu'er today, Teacher Ji said that Xiu'er can now speak a few words to people, which is a good start. She will come once a month in the future to take care of Xiu'er more often."

Lao Kuang has a salary every month. In addition to sending some money back to his mother, the remaining money can also be squeezed into paying Xiu'er's tuition. As long as Xiu'er can get better and better, she and Lao Kuang are willing to eat coarse food.

The bus arrived at the county town in an hour and a half. Tian Mai wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, and Lu Yu and Jiang Nian went back first.

As soon as the two walked to the army, they saw Gu Shizhou and Chen Yao coming out of the regiment.

"Sister-

in-law." "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Are you going out?"

Gu Shizhou nodded: "I have something to go out for."

He looked at Jiang Nian, and his cold eyebrows were tinged with a smile: "Did sister-in-law have a good time this time?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "Yeah, not bad."

This time she went back to make the matter of her marriage with Lu Yu public. When she goes back next time, she will inevitably hear some gossip.

Lu Yu said, "Come to my house for dinner tonight. I'll go buy some food later."

Chen Yao was the first to be happy when he heard that: "Then I'll have a treat again tonight. I can eat the food cooked by my sister-in-law!"

Gu Shizhou patted Lu Yu on the shoulder: "You've been running around for seven days. Go home and have a rest. I've applied for your two-day holiday that you were late for, and it's been approved."

Lu Yu: "Thank you."

No one had lived at home for several days. As soon as Jiang Nian returned home, she opened the windows for ventilation. She asked Lu Yu to have a good sleep first. He hadn't slept much since he returned to his hometown. He didn't sleep much on the train either. Even a strong man couldn't stand it.

After Lu Yu washed up and changed his clothes, he hugged Jiang Nian from behind, resting his chin on her neck: "I'll go buy groceries in the afternoon, you should take a rest too."

Jiang Nian nodded gently: "Yes."

She had slept all night on the train and was not sleepy at all. She pushed Lu Yu into the house and was hugged and kissed by him for a while before going to sleep.

He Yue was the first to know that Jiang Nian had returned. She ran over happily and knocked on the door. Jiang Nian was afraid of waking up Lu Yu, so she ran over to open the door. As soon as the door was opened, He Yue hugged her tightly: "Jiang Nian, I missed you so much."

Jiang Nian: ...

If you don't know, you would think that the couple is reunited after a short separation.

She patted He Yue's shoulder and said with a smile: "Loosen up, I'm going to be strangled to death by you."

He Yue happily let go of Jiang Nian and asked her how she had been playing these days. The two chatted in the corridor for a while, and heard footsteps coming from the stairs. They turned their heads and saw Deputy Head Luo coming up with a pound of meat. He greeted He Yue, then looked at Jiang Nian and smiled: "You're back."

Jiang Nian nodded: "How is Guan Lu?"

Deputy Head Luo said: "She should be better in the next two days. She won't vomit so badly."

He Yue asked Jiang Nian if she wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. She wanted to buy some sugar. Jiang Nian was just about to buy some meat and seasonings. Gu Shizhou and his friends were coming over for dinner in the evening. Jiang Nian closed the door and went to the supply and marketing cooperative with He Yue. On the way, He Yue complained to her, "In a few days, Lao Fang's second uncle and his family will come over. They said they came to Yuan City for medical treatment and wanted to stay with us. Lao Fang applied for them to stay for ten days first. We'll see if they can apply again."

Seeing He Yue He Yue looked a little impatient. Jiang Nian felt something was wrong and asked indirectly, "Are all of them coming?"

He Yue said, "Of course not. I heard from my mother-in-law that his second uncle's family is a bunch of scoundrels. But after I married Lao Fang, I have been following the army and have never met them. I don't know if they are really as scoundrels as my mother-in-law said."

Jiang Nian thought of the scoundrels who came from Xu Yan's family that year, and immediately looked at He Yue with sympathy.

He Yue went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pound of sugar, Jiang Nian bought a bottle of wine, bought some seasonings, and went to the food station to buy a fish and cut two pounds of meat. When they got home, they met Fang Xia and Fang Guo who had just returned from school. The two children called him Aunt Jiang obediently.

Jiang Nian looked at Fang Xia. She looked like He Yue, with almost the same eyes and eyebrows as He Yue, but she had fair skin and looked much prettier than her mother. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "He Yue is twelve years old this year, right?"

He Yue said, "Yes, I'm a grown-up girl."

Fang Xia said, "I'm not a grown-up girl, I'm still a little girl."

He Yue smiled and scolded, "Okay, okay, okay, little girl."

Jiang Nian carried the things back to the house, washed her hands and went to the kitchen. After rinsing the pots and bowls with clean water, she started to cook lunch. It was not convenient to cook during the few days away, so Jiang Nian specially made the mixed sauce noodles that Lu Yu liked.

She put the noodles into a bowl, sprinkled brined meat on it, and brought it to the table outside. When she was about to call Lu Yu, Lu Yu's deep roar suddenly came from the room: "Jiang Nian——"