Chapter 95

Jiang Nian walked to the door, and Lu Yu's voice had disappeared. She pushed the door open and saw Lu Yu sitting on the bed, his thumb and middle finger separately rubbing/pressing the temples on both sides, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and his whole breath was inexplicably depressed.

"What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Nian walked over and reached out to touch Lu Yu's forehead, but Lu Yu grabbed her hand as soon as she stretched it out. The man turned his head to look at Jiang Nian, his dark eyes were like a cold pool in the abyss, making it impossible to see the emotions hidden inside, only a dark and thick fog.

After a while, Lu Yu said, "I'm fine."

He got up from the bed and went straight to the bathroom. He poured cold water into the basin and rubbed his face. Thinking of what he had just dreamed, his breathing became heavier. It was the first time in three years that he dreamed of his own death. The real pain and powerless struggle made him almost unable to distinguish between reality and dreams. When the bullet pierced his heart, what emerged in front of him was not the struggle and resistance against the plot in the book in those years, but the scene of Jiang Nian hitting the wall and falling to the ground in his hometown. There

were footsteps outside the house. Lu Yu wiped his face and turned to look at Jiang Nian who walked out of the house.

She was not wearing the patched black coat in the dream, and her snow-white face was not haggard and gray. Her eyes were filled with worry for him, and they were not the numb and weak eyes in the dream. Lu Yu walked forward and hugged Jiang Nian tightly. Jiang Nian almost fell into his arms. Her head was forced to look up. Her hands hanging at her sides froze for a moment, then she raised her arms to hug Lu Yu and whispered, "What's wrong with you?"

Lu Yu didn't say anything.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the smell on Jiang Nian's body.

From beginning to end, he was most afraid that Jiang Nian in front of him would disappear, and he was even more afraid that his death would happen again.

"I had a bad dream."

Lu Yu kissed Jiang Nian's head and continued, "Did you make noodles with sauce?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "How do you know?"

Lu Yu chuckled, "I smelled it."

Jiang Nian didn't ask Lu Yu what he dreamed about. During the meal, Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu's eyes and found that the red bloodshot in his eyes was much less. Jiang Nian originally wanted to let Lu Yu sleep for a while after dinner, but Lu Yu said that he had slept well and would report to the group in the afternoon and come back later to cook dinner with her. After dinner,

Lu Yu washed the pots and bowls, and Jiang Nian went back to the room to embroider. The embroidery delayed her for nearly ten days, so she had to make up for it in time.

In the afternoon, Guan Lu and Yue Qiao came over. Guan Lu had lost weight again, but Yue Qiao's face was noticeably rounder. Seeing Jiang Nian staring at her face, Yue Qiao pretended to be angry and glared at her. She patted her face and said, "I didn't gain any weight on my body, but all the weight went to my face. Lao Lei joked with me last night, saying that other people's pregnant belly was a big belly, but mine was a big face."

Jiang Nian and Guan Lu couldn't help laughing.

"How was your trip?"

Guan Lu sat on the bench and drank two sips of the malted milk that Jiang Nian prepared for her.

Jiang Nian said, "Not bad."

Seeing that Guan Lu looked better than before she left, and thinking of what Deputy Head Luo said when they met today, she asked, "I heard from Deputy Head Luo that you have been much better in the past two days. You are not vomiting anymore, right?"

Guan Lu smiled and said, "Better. As long as I don't smell the greasy smell, I will be fine."

The three of them chatted for a long time, and Guan Lu and Yue Qiao didn't leave until dusk. Not long after, Lu Yu came back with a bag of grapes. Jiang Nian picked a small bunch, washed it, and sat on the bed. While eating grapes, he smiled with a curved eyebrow: "Where did you pick them from?"

Lu Yu smiled and said, "In the village."

Lu Yu cut the meat and vegetables, and Jiang Nian was in charge of frying. Dinner was just ready when Gu Shizhou and Chen Yao came. They came with maltose and snacks. No one was empty-handed. Jiang Nian felt embarrassed because there were so many things. At the dinner table, Chen Yao took a bite of the fish, smacked his lips and said, "It still tastes the same!"

Chen Yao took a bottle of wine, and the three of them drank a few glasses of wine.

Lu Yu briefly mentioned Professor Ling, saying that he was doing well now and didn't have to do any heavy work. Gu Shizhou picked up his glass and clinked it with Lu Yu's, then drank it in one gulp. When he put down the glass, he looked at Jiang Nian and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you've worked hard."

Jiang Nian shook her head, "Not hard."

She knew that Gu Shizhou was nice to her because she had taken care of Professor Ling and he was grateful to her. Chen Yao talked about him and Shu Xue, and Jiang Nian asked, "When are you going to set a date with Shu Xue?"

Chen Yao scratched his head and said, "I'll go see her this Sunday when she's off and ask her what she thinks. I'm thinking of getting it done this year."

Speaking of this, Chen Yao talked about his family affairs.

He is the oldest son in the family. His parents died two years ago. There is only one aunt left in the family. If he and Shu Xue are settled, he will send a telegram back to tell his aunt and ask her to come over. As for the situation of Shu Xue's family, Shu Xue also told Chen Yao.

Shu Xue's grandfather fought against the Japanese in the early years, and her family is also of good family background. Her grandparents died a few years ago. Her parents are still alive. She has two older brothers who are married. The eldest brother was also a soldier in the early years. Later, he changed his job and worked in the county. The second brother has been living in the countryside. He has a different path from the eldest brother.

It can be said that the situation of Shu Xue's family is much better than that of Chen Yao's family.

Chen Yao rubbed his face and said to Jiang Nian, "I'm actually quite afraid that Shuxue's family will look down on me. After all, I'm an orphan with no one to rely on at home. It would be very tiring for Shuxue to follow me."

Jiang Nian said, "It depends on Shuxue. As long as she doesn't mind the problem, it's not a big deal. Life is made for two people. As long as Shuxue really likes you and wants to live with you, these are not a problem for her."

Chen Yao heard this and the heavy thought in his heart... A stone gradually fell to the ground. "I met Shuxue a few days ago and told her about my family. She told me that she didn't care."

Shuxue also told him that she had been staying in the embroidery farm for these years and had the ability to be independent. She said that she was brought up by her grandmother since she was a child and was not close to her parents. Her parents favored boys over girls and liked her two brothers more. But her grandparents loved her very much. Her grandfather told her about the history of fighting the Japanese invaders, and her grandmother taught her embroidery.

However, she was too stupid and didn't learn embroidery very well, but it was not a problem for her to support herself.

Chen Yao may have something on his mind, and he got drunk after a few drinks. His alcohol tolerance was totally different from before. He fell asleep on the table. Lu Yu and Gu Shizhou talked about something at the dinner table, which was basically about Professor Ling. Lu Yu told Gu Shizhou that Professor Ling knew that he took good care of his daughter. Gu Shizhou

took a sip from the wine glass and said, "Thank you."

When they left, Gu Shizhou carried Chen Yao back. Chen Yao was drunk and confused, but he still knew to say hello to Jiang Nian and Lu Yu, which made Jiang Nian laugh non-stop.

The next day, Jiang Nian went to Captain He's home and brought some local specialties to Captain He and Lan Huizi. She chatted with Lan Huizi for a while. During this period, Lan Hui still insisted on going to the literacy class. Now she can write a lot of words. She can even compose a few poems with Captain He at home. Her life was happy and fulfilling.

In the afternoon, Chen Ping came over and chatted with Jiang Nian for a while before leaving.

A few days ago, her sister Chen Fang sent her a telegram, telling her that Captain Lu and Jiang Nian were going back to hold a banquet. The troops on her side knew about the marriage between Captain Lu and his sister-in-law. Some agreed, but there were also many gossips. Fortunately, Captain Lu and his wife left early, otherwise they would have felt bad after hearing the unpleasant words those people said.

Jiang Nian has been embroidering at home these days, and has almost made up for the time she had vacant a few days ago.

This day, she had just put down her embroidery needles and went to the kitchen when she heard a noisy sound coming from outside. The noise came from the opposite side.

Jiang Nian opened the door and took a look. There were several people standing in the not very wide corridor. They looked like a family of four. The man was dark and strong, and the woman was thin, with dry and rough skin. There were two boys following behind. The older one was estimated to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, and the younger one should be about the same age as Fang Xia. His clothes were all patched and he was carrying a snakeskin bag. They heard the door open and looked towards Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian felt uncomfortable with the four people's scrutinizing eyes. She avoided their gazes and looked at He Yue who came out of the door. He Yue's face was stiff. She tried to force a smile and greeted Jiang Nian, saying, "This is the family of Old Ren's second uncle."

Jiang Nian nodded. Seeing the impatience in He Yue's eyes, she knew that she was very resistant to the family of Battalion Commander Ren's second uncle.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Battalion Commander Ren's home became more and more "lively". He Yue took Fang Xia and Fang Guo to the cafeteria to eat every day, or stayed at Jiang Nian's home, just not going back. It was just like what He Yue's mother-in-law said, Battalion Commander Ren's second uncle's family were all rogues. They

ate and drank at Battalion Commander Ren's house, and even wanted their family to pay for medical treatment. They treated Battalion Commander Ren as a sucker.

He Yue took her two children to stay at Jiang Nian's house and refused to go back. Captain Ren came back in the middle of the night and coaxed them back for a long time. This lasted for ten days. Captain Ren refused to submit an application form. Without the permission of the army to stay, Captain Ren's second uncle and his family had no choice but to leave in disgrace. He Yue's family finally had peace.

Captain Ren was also relieved. Jiang Nian saw him several times and found that Captain Ren looked much more haggard.

It seemed that he had been tortured by his second uncle and his family.

Time

flies and it is almost winter.

Chen Yao and Shu Xue's date was set on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. After the date was set, the two bought a lot of things and came to tell Lu Yu and Jiang Nian.

In the past six months, Jiang Nianmeng has seen the New Century home twice, but both times she returned to her room, she found that the door was locked, as if Jiang Nian deliberately did not let her enter the room. She could only sit in the living room and listen to her family chatting and waiting for herself to wake up naturally.

Early in the morning of this day, Fang Guo's happy voice came from outside: "It's snowing, it's snowing!"

This is the first snow since the beginning of winter this year.

Jiang Nian was about to get up from the bed when Lu Yu came in from outside and pressed her down on the bed. The man pecked her lips. Jiang Nian pushed his shoulders with both hands and said softly, just like she had just woken up: "I want to go out to see the snow."

Lu Yu took the sweater from the end of the bed and covered her head with it, smiling: "Let's go out after dinner."

Jiang Nian just put on her clothes when there was a knock on the door. Lu Yu got up to open the door. Jiang Nian put on her shoes and walked out. She saw a guard from the army standing outside the door. He saluted Lu Yu and said: "Captain Lu, there is a middle-aged man outside looking for you. He said he wants to see you." Jiang

Nian was a little curious. Who wanted to see Lu Yu?