Chapter 20: One Night Out



Yu Xiangnian looked at Cheng Jingmo's silly look and started to blame him, "Cheng Jingmo, you only eat cucumber soup with rice. Do you think my cooking is not tasty?"

Cheng Jingmo: “…” How dare he despise it? !

Yu Xiangnian began to teach him, "We are a family. We should share joys and sorrows, eat together, and find solutions together when encountering problems. If you do this, Xiaojie will see it and he won't dare to eat. Do you think this is appropriate?"

"Besides, you are the pillar of the family. Xiaojie and I depend on you for support. If you collapse, what will we do?"

Cheng Jingmo said dryly, "I'm in good health."

Yu Xiangnian thought of his perfect muscles and swallowed, "I know you are very strong, but you must guard against arrogance and keep up the good work."

"Today, the three of us must finish all three dishes, otherwise I won't be happy! If I'm unhappy, the consequences will be serious! Do you want to try?"

These words were obviously threats, but Cheng Jingmo felt very comfortable listening to them.

He picked up two shrimps for Xiaojie and said, "Eat more. You are growing."

Yu Xiangnian nodded with satisfaction.

Cheng Jingmo was still humble and ate very little fish and shrimp, but Xiaojie ate to his heart's content, and the three of them eventually finished all three dishes.

Cheng Jingmo was washing dishes in the kitchen, while Yu Xiangnian was leisurely eating a banana in the main room.

She has been here for so many days and hasn't eaten any fruit yet!

These bananas that ripen naturally on the tree are more delicious than those ripened with chemicals. They are sweeter and more sticky.

In the evening, Yu Xiangnian took a shower, but selfishly did not wash his own clothes.

Washing clothes by hand is such a pain!

I returned to the bedroom and was drying my hair with a dry towel when I suddenly heard a bugle call.

There shouldn't be a bugle call at this time, and the bugle call this time is different from the ones I heard in the past few days.

Yu Xiangnian was about to leave the bedroom to ask what was going on when he saw Cheng Jingmo running to the bedroom door. He was dressed neatly in military uniform and holding a military cap in his hand. "Something happened in the army. I'm leaving now."

"What's going on?"

"I don't know." As he said this, Cheng Jingmo turned around and ran out the door.

Yu Xiangnian walked outside the house curiously and saw a large group of army green figures hurriedly running out of the family compound.

Some family members discussed:

"What happened?"

"How would I know?"

"It's almost time to go to bed, why are you being called away?"

"You want to sleep with your man!"

There was another burst of laughter from the women.

Yu Xiangnian went home, closed the door and went to sleep. The next day, he slept until the third bugle call before getting up.

In the past, Cheng Jingmo would have come back with breakfast at this time, but he was nowhere to be seen today.

She knocked on Xiaojie's bedroom door and told him to get up.

After Xiaojie opened the door, Yu Xiangnian looked inside and saw that Cheng Jingmo was not there either.

It seems that he didn't come back last night.

It was too late to make breakfast, so Yu Xiangnian and Xiao Jie ate some pastries with boiled water to get rid of their breakfast.

Yu Xiangnian went to work and didn't see anyone in military uniform along the way.

It should be the same. He left last night and never came back.

When I arrived at the logistics department, Bai Mei had already come to work. Her face was pale and it seemed that she had diarrhea quite badly.

Ding Yunfei came to her soon, "Niannian, do you know what happened last night?"

"What's up?"

"There are wolves in the bamboo forest on the back mountain!" Ding Yunfei said vividly, "They nearly killed several family members last night. Luckily, nearby villagers rushed over and saved them!"

bamboo forest!

Yu Xiangnian thought of Cheng Jingmo going to cut bamboo yesterday, and wondered if he went to that bamboo forest to cut it.

"What are those family members doing there so late at night?" she asked.

"Who knows!" Ding Yunfei said, "Last night, our 9th Army went to the mountains to capture wolves."

"Then why are you here?"

"We in the logistics department are responsible for the support, and we just need to do a good job of the support." When Ding Yunfei said this, he felt a little proud, as if it was such a proud thing not to have to face those dangerous things.

Yu Xiangnian looked down on them inwardly, but asked patiently, "Did you catch the wolves?"

"Ding Yunfei! Do you still have time to be lazy here? Everyone is so busy that they have no time to rest!" Logistics Department Director Yin Yuankai passed by the office door and saw Ding Yunfei chatting here, and couldn't help scolding.

"Hey! Minister, I'll get busy right away." Ding Yunfei said and went out.

With so many people going to capture the wolves, Yu Xiangnian was not worried that anything might happen to Cheng Jingmo.

She took out the things she had brought for Baimei and went to Baimei's office, waving her hands.

"Bai Mei, I heard you had diarrhea. Are you feeling better now?" Her tone was full of concern.

Bai Mei bit her lower lip, suppressing her anger and forcing a smile that was no different from her usual one, "Much better."

"That's good. I was planning to visit you yesterday. Brother Ding said it was just a minor illness, nothing serious."

She placed the soap and vanishing cream on Baimei's desk and said, "This is what you asked me to bring for you. It's two dollars and sixty cents in total."

Bai Mei was startled, "..."

Yu Xiangnian wanted to ask her for money! She had never thought of giving money!

Yu Xiangnian pretended not to see Bai Mei's surprise, and took out a few White Rabbit candies from his pocket and put them on the table. "I promised you, I bought you some candies. They are fragrant and sweet. Come and eat them."

Bai Mei thought of an excuse and quickly said, "Niannian, I don't have that much money today. I'll give it to you tomorrow, okay?"

Yu Xiangnian had expected her to use this excuse. "No need to wait until tomorrow! Did you forget we get paid today? We'll go get our wages together later, and you can just pay me back."

I want to see you get your salary with my own eyes, and then give me back the money!

Bai Mei's plan failed, and she came up with another one. "Niannian, it's like this. I'm a little short on money lately. Can you give me a few days?"

Based on Bai Mei's experience, Yu Xiangnian forgot about asking her for money after a few days.

Ha! Who doesn’t know how to pretend to be poor?

"Alas!" Yu Xiangnian pretended to be even more pitiful. "Bai Mei, I always understood your difficulties before, but not this time. I'm even tighter financially than you are. Look at me, I haven't been to a restaurant or bought clothes in a few days."

In the past, when Yu Xiangnian went out to eat or buy things, he would bring Baimei and Ding Yunfei with him. If he was in a good mood, he would buy them some things.

Baimei has been wondering these days why Yu Xiangnian doesn't go out to eat.

It turns out that he has no money!

"Niannian, Deputy Head Cheng has paid your salary today, so you'll have money again."

Yu Xiangnian really admired her shamelessness. She even wanted to take Cheng Jingmo's money!

"Don't mention him! I went back to my own house for dinner the day before yesterday, and my dad said that no one can give me money from now on. I have to be self-sufficient." Yu Xiangnian was too lazy to talk any more. "Bai Mei, you said so much, don't you want to pay me back?"

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