Chapter 2

“Is that the point?”

"Isn't it?"

This was the first time Shang Nanchen had no way to deal with the little girl. He explained the serious relationship clearly, but she just wouldn't listen.

"Are you not afraid that I can't be trusted?"

Jing Xian thought, so what if he is unreliable, she doesn’t rely on men.

Don't tell him that.

"You are a soldier who has defended your country and has been to the battlefield."

The little girl's voice was soft and sweet. She was not obedient at all. She was stubborn and insisted on her own opinion.

She doesn't fit the characteristics of girls from this area at all.

"What exactly are you dissatisfied with me for?" Jing Xian didn't quite understand.

Logically speaking, although she is thin, she is strong. Even if you go to the art troupe, you can't find a girl prettier than her. Her academic qualifications are not as good as those of college students, but not everyone can enter the pharmacy class of the First Hospital. Don't think that she is now working in a pharmaceutical factory and only gets 18 yuan in salary, that's because of the regulations. After a year, her salary will increase.

A full eighty yuan.

Didn't he know that too?

"I hope you will reconsider this." Shang Nanchen planned to leave again, but this time Jing Xian did not let him do so.

Having said that, if she lets him go again, she will really have no chance.

"You really don't like me, right? Then forget it."

Shang Nanchen wanted to nod and say yes, but when he saw Jing Xian sitting there quietly, he felt a dead silence all over his body, so he spoke impulsively: "It's not that I don't like it. I'm just afraid that you will regret it."

Jing Xian raised her head suddenly, with intense joy bursting from her eyes.

"I don't regret it, and I will never regret it. I'm just afraid that if I don't marry you, I will never see you again tomorrow."

People of this generation are the kind who would like to have ten people stand in the middle of the road when they are dating. Such straightforward words are really shocking. If Shang Nanchen's skin wasn't too dark, he would definitely notice that his face was as red as a monkey's butt.

"It's too late tonight. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

Shang Nanchen did not come here alone, he brought his two children with him, and the children lived with his grandmother. Now that he had met someone, he had to go back to accompany the children.

Jing Xian nodded obediently: "I will stay at my eldest sister's house today. When are we leaving?"

"After getting the marriage certificate, we still have to transfer your household registration. The train ticket is for the afternoon. Just go directly to the station when the time comes." Shang Nanchen took a few days off and couldn't come back after the New Year.

The last time he came back to get a divorce, the child’s grandmother said she would take care of the child and give him twenty yuan a month.

Half a year later, he came back from his mission and thought the children wanted to learn, so he planned to take them over. However, he found out that the two children were dark, skinny like monkeys, and showed no signs of improvement at all.

Only then did he submit a report to apply for marriage.

He came back this time for the purpose of getting married, but he didn't expect that his new wife would be a young girl.

Seeing that there were only two days left in the holiday, Shang Nanchen didn't waste any time and said it directly, then took out a few big reunion cards and gave them to Jing Xian.

"Take this money and buy something for yourself."

Shang Nanchen looked at the little girl's clothes. Although they were clean, they had a lot of patches on them.

Jing Xian was not polite either.

After Shang Nanchen left, she went out wrapped in a towel.

She first went to the factory manager to get a letter of introduction, which was necessary for them to get married. She also moved her household registration out before heading to the dormitory.

The bedding in the dormitory was very thin, but Jing Xian couldn't bear to throw it away, so she tied it up with a rope and held it lightly in her hand.

She stuffed her clothes and other things into a bundle with a sheet, put the milk tablets in a cloth bag, stuffed other things on top, and carried it to the hospital pharmacy.

She bought a lot of Chinese medicine at the pharmacy. The weather was cold, and Chinese medicine was warming and nourishing. Occasionally, eating a medicinal meal could also improve her health. Shang Nanchen was so thin that he looked unrecognizable. Although his body was definitely full of explosive muscles, she could also see that Shang Nanchen was weak inside.

Jing Xian wanted to repay the kindness given to her by those who rescued her from the sea of ​​suffering.

She also asked someone to buy two cans of malt extract and 20 kilograms of flour and returned to Liu Lijuan's home. When she passed by the seed company, she bought a lot of seeds.

The subsidiary didn’t have many seeds, but she bought all she could.

Her supernatural powers are still there, but they are very weak.

Without a crystal core, there is no way to cultivate, but you can slowly become stronger by promoting the growth of plants. This is a very slow process, but it is a good thing in the end.

When she returned to Liu Lijuan's home, Liu Lijuan was stunned.

"What are you doing? Don't tell me you even quit your job?" Liu Lijuan was stunned.

Jing Xian shook her head: "I sold my job to Mr. Li, the youngest son of the pharmacy owner. I have also completed all the formalities."

Otherwise where would she get the money to buy so many things?

Moreover, she would marry someone and move to a foreign place where she was unfamiliar with the place. She would go with him without any money and would not know how she died. How could she not be sober-minded? Even if the person was introduced by Liu Lijuan, she should be on guard against him.

Who left her with no one behind her.

"You are really helpful." Liu Lijuan let her live in the east room and helped her to make the mattress and quilt.

Jingxian was already working efficiently in the outer room.

She steamed a large pot of steamed buns, and took out a pound of pork belly, cut it into dices, and stir-fried it with salted vegetables. After serving a large bowl, she put the rest into cans. She was worried that this amount of food would not be enough, so she made some egg sauce. There was not much sauce, but many eggs. The weather was cold, so she was not afraid that it would go bad, so she put it in bottles after it was done.

Liu Lijuan helped out, and seeing Jing Xian working quickly and well, she couldn't help but persuade him: "Shang Nanchen is a big boss, and he has two children. Those troops are in a place where no one lives, and you will know that you will suffer when you go there. If you are worried that your family will come looking for you, you can find someone they dare not offend."

"Sister, you don't know them very well. They don't want me to live a good life. If they knew I was a student in the pharmacy class and that I would be promoted and have a salary increase in the future, they would definitely take all my salary and leave me at most five dollars. They would also sell me to others and make a fortune. Even if I married well, they wouldn't be happy for me. Maybe this marriage wouldn't even be mine."

Jing Xian didn't need to think about it to know how shameless the Jing family would be.

I never had any hope for the people in this family.

"Then you just leave like this, and you don't know how the Jing family will frame you." Liu Lijuan thought that those people outside would definitely not say anything good.

Jing Xian stopped what she was doing and said calmly, "We don't live for others to see. Whatever they say can't affect me."

"As long as you understand it in your heart, I'm just afraid that you care too much about what others think."

"No."

She doesn't care about that.

Liu Lijuan was relieved.

The next morning, Jing Xian got up before dawn and started kneading dough and making pancakes. She even sprinkled some sugar on the dough. She also cooked a dozen eggs. She left breakfast and packed the rest in a cloth bag.

Shang Nanchen came over and stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in.

"Comrade Shang?"

Jing Xian came over from the backyard and saw Shang Nanchen was stunned for a moment. She pretended not to notice his hesitation, walked over to greet him with a smile: "Have you eaten? I just made it, come in and have some. My elder sister and the others are at work and are not at home."

Shang Nanchen was going to refuse, but as soon as Jing Xian came in, she handed him a mille-feuille cake. The golden surface was greasy and it made people drool just by looking at it.

"Would you like something sweet or salty? Forget it, let's go with something sweet!"

Jing Xian stuffed the lasagna into his hands and served him a bowl of soup. The soup was made of salted vegetables and an egg was beaten into it. When they were having breakfast in the morning, Liu Lijuan and her husband were both very distressed.

He also said that Jingxian was having a hard time living.

Jing Xian watched Shang Nanchen take a bite before asking, "How does it taste?"

What can I do? Even with so much oil, everything cooked with pork tastes good.

"It's delicious." Shang Nanchen looked at the cake in his hand and didn't dare to speak so bluntly.

"Then we'll go get the certificate after you finish eating. I went to the factory last night to get a letter of introduction, sold my job, and moved my household registration out."

Shang Nanchen, who was eating, paused and suddenly felt that the cake in his hand was not fragrant.

He looked at Jing Xian in shock, thinking that this girl was really courageous.

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He subconsciously asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will regret it?"

Jing Xian smiled: "That can only mean that I have a bad fate."

Come on, he has no choice but to get married.

Jing Xian didn't want to give him the feeling that he was being forced into marriage, so she said in a calm tone, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to get married. There are still many people who want to marry me. You don't need to feel psychologically burdened."

"No, just don't be so stupid in the future. Before things are settled, anything can change." After Shang Nanchen said this, he was worried that the little girl would have wild thoughts, so he froze his face and explained seriously, "I don't regret it."

"I know."

Jing Xian smiled sweetly.

Shang Nanchen's lips tightened more seriously, and he ate faster.

There were still things to be cleaned up in the house, so Jing Xian didn't stay here to have dinner with Shang Nanchen and went straight into the house.

Shang Nanchen ate very quickly. After he finished, he looked at Jing Xian's luggage piled on the kang and paused: "So many things?"

"If you have bedding, you don't have to bring it."

Shang Nanchen nodded: "Then don't bring it."

There were many people on the train, and they had to take care of two children. He would be able to take care of the children but not her. If she took less stuff, she could carry the rest by herself after he took it, which would be easier.

"good."

Jing Xian put her luggage aside, picked up a red scarf and wrapped it around her head, leaving only her eyes exposed: "Let's go."

There were not many people applying for the certificate, and the procedure was not complicated and was completed quickly.

Shang Nanchen didn't expect that he would get married so soon, and his wife was an 18-year-old girl.

"What time is the train? Are you going to pick up the kids?" Jing Xian put away the marriage certificate and looked up at Shang Nanchen.

Shang Nanchen: "The train at 1pm."

"How about this? You go pick up the kids, I'll go buy some things for my eldest sister and the others, then I'll pick up the luggage and meet up with you?" This would save time and is a good idea.

Shang Nanchen naturally agreed: "Then let's meet near the train station."

"good."

The two separated, and Jing Xian went directly to the Revolutionary Committee and stuffed the report letter in her hand into the mailbox.

She is not that magnanimous. Even if she chooses a new life, she does not want to let go of the people who hurt her. The Jing family hurt her so badly in the last life, so let them reform honestly in this life!

They will never be able to climb up by stepping on her in this life.

You could call her cold-blooded or selfish, but all she wanted in her life was to live her own life.

After Jing Xian finished this matter, she went to the black market.

Someone was selling eggs on the black market. She bought fifty and was about to leave when she saw instant noodles and thought she was seeing things.

“How much is this?”

The young man in a torn black cotton jacket and a thunderbolt hat glanced to the side with a sly look and whispered, "Two cents a bag, no tickets needed."

So expensive!

But this thing can be drunk as soup by soaking it in hot water. There is nothing more suitable to eat on the train than this.

"Give me ten packs."

After experiencing the end of the world, Jing Xian no longer saves on food.

When the young man heard this, he stuffed the basket in his hand to her: "That's exactly ten bags, two yuan, and I'll give you the basket too."

"Thank you."

Jingxian bought the things and walked out of the alley quickly.

The north wind blew, and it hurt my face.

The snow on the roadside hasn't melted yet and is very hard to walk on. It's easy to slip if you're not careful.

Jing Xian carried two baskets on her arms and walked very carefully. If she fell, the fifty eggs would be wasted. It was also possible that the eggs were frozen and the shells could be broken and eaten.

Thinking of this, she arrived at Liu Lijuan's home.

Liu Lijuan and her husband would not be back until the afternoon. She put the eggs on the kang, stuffed the instant noodles into a food bag, put it in a cloth bag and slung it over her arm, then went out with the rest of her luggage.

By the time we hurried to the train station it was already noon.

Shang Nanchen was waiting in the waiting hall with his two children. Jing Xian saw the two children and suspected that Shang Nanchen was not telling the truth.

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The two children were skinny, darker than Shang Nanchen, with large, prominent eyes, and looked even more miserable than the children in the apocalypse. She had never seen such pitiful children. If she said they were refugees, no one would doubt it.

The clothes on his body were so tattered that you couldn't tell their original color, and some parts were even greasy.

Especially when he looked at Jing Xian with a wary look, he looked like a little wolf cub.

Even though Jing Xian had seen many pitiful children in the apocalypse, they were no match for the two in front of her.

Shang Nanchen did not introduce Jingxian's identity to the two children. He only told her: "The one on the left is Shang Aiguo, the eldest, and the one on the right is Shang Aijun, the second oldest."

Children of this age know everything.

Jing Xian didn't know what to say, Hi, I'm your stepmother, and we're going to live together from now on.

Jing Xian sighed inwardly, nodded and said, "Let's go in first. It's too cold outside. Don't let the child get frozen."

"good."

Shang Nanchen noticed Jing Xian's gaze and felt uncomfortable.

They saw many children along the way, but none of them looked like this couple.

He held his two sons in his arms, but he didn't feel any weight at all. They felt so light and floating, as if he was holding dolls.

Jing Xian found a deserted place, put down the package on her back, took out two cotton-padded clothes from it and handed them to Shang Nanchen: "Change the children first, don't let others think you are a kidnapper or a trafficker."

Shang Nanchen: “…”

Looking at the two brand new navy blue cotton jackets, the two-meter-tall masters' eyes were red. Shang Nanchen took the clothes and said solemnly, "Thank you."

"We are all family, and this is a little gift from me as the stepmother." Jing Xian took out a large teacup, looked around, and said to Shang Nanchen, "I'll go get some hot water, you stay here and look after the children."

"good."

Shang Nanchen said nothing else, took off the torn cotton shirts of his two sons and put on new ones. The cotton shirts made by Jing Xian were not short like the ones nowadays, but very long, which could cover the children's thighs.

"Are you warm?" Shang Nanchen couldn't help but ask the two children.

"warm."

Shang Aiguo glanced at him and blurted out two words. Shang Aijun kept his mouth shut like a clam, and had no intention of paying any attention to Shang Nanchen.

The two children are not familiar with him, but at least they know he is their biological father. They are not so resistant, but they are not that close to him either.

The last time Shang Nanchen came back and saw his two sons, he wanted to shoot his ex-mother-in-law and ex-wife.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be in a hurry to get married. The purpose of getting married is to bring the children to be raised by one's side.

Even if he was away on a mission and didn't come back for ten days or half a month, there were other sisters-in-law in the family compound to help keep an eye on the children, and there was a cafeteria in the school, so the children would never go hungry.

Jing Xian came back with a jar of boiling water. In front of the father and his two sons, she took out a bag of instant noodles, put them in the jar to soak, and then covered it with a lid. Then she took out four boiled eggs and threw them into the jar.

The two children were swallowing.

When they noticed Jingxian looking at them, they immediately pretended nothing had happened.

Jing Xian looked at the two children and asked calmly, "Can you two help me?"

Shang Nanchen was even more nervous than Jing Xian. He looked down at the two children with a fierce look on his face, unable to utter a word to scold them.

The two little wolf cubs stared at Jing Xian warily, and no one said a word.

Jing Xian was not in a hurry. She thought back to the end of the world when she was more wary of everything in the outside world than the two of them. She even suspected that everyone around her was a bad person. She had seen people eating human flesh. At that time, there were superpowers, so she fed those beasts to the zombies. She also saw a couple push the other into a pile of zombies in times of crisis and escape for their own lives. She also saw a son being raised by his elderly father, and a sister being given to other superpowers in exchange for food.

Betrayal happens all the time.

Even the closest people can't believe it.

Trust is built bit by bit in life.

Since they didn't say anything, Jing Xian took it as her consent and put the jar in Shang Aijun's arms: "Help me hold it for a while, and you can eat more noodles in it. If you get tired, let your brother hold it for a while."

A moment. "

The jug filled with hot water was heavy and hot.

This little weight was not a big deal for Shang Aijun. What was more important was that he would have something to eat soon. He had earned it through hard work, so he felt relieved when he ate it. The warm temperature passed through the cotton padded jacket and reached his stomach and legs, and he felt much more comfortable.

He glanced secretly at Jing Xian and handed the jar to his brother.

This one is not heavy and is warm. My brother can hold it for a while longer. It would be best if she could share an egg with him when it’s time to eat.

"Aijun, hold me."

Even though the two children are twins, Shang Aiguo is the older brother because he was born ten minutes earlier, so no matter what food he has, he always gives it to his younger brother first, and he also protects his younger brother outside.

Compared to his younger brother, he is even thinner and there is no room for him to lose any more weight.

Jing Xian took out another jar and placed four pairs of chopsticks in it.

The instant noodles of this era are different from the instant noodles she saw in the apocalypse. The noodles are thick and golden yellow, without any seasoning. I don't know what they taste like.

If something is so expensive, it must be delicious.

Jing Xian felt that it was almost done, so she took out two oil cakes from the bag and handed them to Shang Nanchen. The two children stared at the oil cakes so hard that their eyes almost fell on them.

They were both drooling but didn't ask for anything.

They are two strong-willed guys.

Jing Xian said to Shang Aijun, "Aijun, give me the jar! Thank you both for your help."

Shang Aijun handed the jar over, pursed his lips and said nothing.

She took out another large jar, divided the contents into two halves, and gave one jar to the two children.

"This is for both of you." She handed the other jar to Shang Nanchen, "Give one cake to each of them."

Shang Nanchen had a complicated expression. He obediently gave the cakes to the two children, but did not take the jar from her hand.

"I'll just eat the cake, you eat this."

Jing Xian raised her eyebrows. She knew Shang Nanchen was a nice guy, even a little silly, but she didn't expect him to be so sensible. Jing Xian didn't hesitate to drink two sips of soup and eat two mouthfuls of noodles. The noodles were salty, and eating the sweet cakes and drinking the soup made her stomach feel comfortable. The two children ate very happily. Although they ate very quickly, and could even be said to be wolfing down, they were not annoying.

She really enjoyed watching the two of them cherish their food.

Jing Xian ate another egg and didn't dare drink more soup, fearing that she would have to go to the toilet frequently in the car, so she handed the bowl to Shang Nanchen: "Do you want to eat?"

After staying in the apocalypse for a long time, everyone will eat everything, and some will even scramble to eat them.

Jingxian can't stand wasting food.

But she has a small stomach and can't eat too much.

Shang Nanchen looked at her, took it and started eating, without any dissatisfaction. Come to think of it, this era and the end of the world have one thing in common, that is, the shortage of supplies.

Food is the most precious thing.

Shang Nanchen had a big appetite, and Jing Xian was afraid that he was not full, so she took another cake for him. The cake she baked was very big and thick. She put it in a cloth bag and kept it wrapped in cotton clothes. It was not so cool and was still soft.

Drinking hot soup and eating sweet cookies is quite delicious.

The two children ate an egg each, half a cake, drank a lot of soup, and ate a few mouthfuls of instant noodles. Their stomachs were swollen.

They had never eaten so full in their lives.

Children are very sensitive and they can sense who is good to them.

Jingxian didn't talk much, but she made cotton clothes for them, fed them eggs, and noodles and fried cakes that they had never seen before. These were things they had only seen other people eat before, but they had never eaten themselves.

After dinner, Shang Nanchen took the initiative to wash the jar and came back to hand it to Jingxian.

Jingxian was ready and waiting to get on the bus.

Suddenly, Shang Aijun asked, "You will be my mother from now on, right?"