Chapter 29 Catching Bugs

"Not a sister?"

Song Ning looked at Jing Xian suspiciously, bent down and took out the things in his hands with great effort, and called to Jing Xian: "Big sister, come over and help me quickly. I can't lift this thing."

Jing Xian: “…”

She stepped forward and picked up the bag with one hand, then turned around and asked Song Ning, "Where should I send it to you?"

"Ah?" Song Ning stared at Jing Xian in amazement, and reached out to touch her face, "Are you really a girl? You are so strong!"

“…”

Jingxian has never been so speechless in her life.

"By the way, I heard that Shang Nanchen is married? His wife is not at home? Are you his sister-in-law? No, sister-in-law is also a girl?" Song Ning is good-looking, but unfortunately, his mouth really ruins his image.

He is simply a chatterbox.

Jing Xian hadn't said a word yet, but she had already started talking a lot.

"I am Shang Nanchen's lover." After Jing Xian said this, she saw Song Ning's mouth open so wide that an egg could be stuffed in.

"You... no... How did Shang Nanchen trick you here? You don't look that old! Did he deceive you? Let me tell you, he is married for the second time and has two sons. You have such good conditions, why are you still rushing to be his stepmother?"

This woman's words are really unpleasant.

Thanks to her good looks, she didn't look disdainful, only puzzled. Otherwise, she would definitely be beaten.

Jing Xian said expressionlessly: "Maybe it's because after I saw Comrade Shang Nanchen, I wanted to form a revolutionary family with him and make progress together!"

Song Ning: “…”

She was stunned for a while, and then said, "Is there such a fool?"

Big fool Jing Xian: "..."

Can she kick someone away with one kick?

"May I ask what you want to see Shang Nanchen about?"

Jing Xian knew what Song Ning was talking about as soon as she heard him speak. If Song Ning spoke, she would not want to know the answer. Judging from Song Ning's speaking style, he would not be able to get to the point even after 800 years.

Song Ning then remembered that he had not yet told everyone why he was there.

"My brother Song Zheng and Shang Nanchen are schoolmates and comrades-in-arms. My brother knew that I was assigned to the art troupe of your military region, so he asked me to bring something to Shang Nanchen. You..."

Song Ning looked at Jing Xian, who was younger than herself, and couldn't really call her sister-in-law. She didn't even know her name, so she suddenly had an idea and shouted, "Little sister-in-law, these are small gifts from my brother, please take them in quickly!"

At this moment, there are people outside looking in.

Jing Xian gritted her teeth and forced a smile: "My name is Jing Xian, you can call me by my name, Comrade Song Ning."

Song Ning didn't hear the disgust in Jing Xian's words at all, and said happily: "Comrade Jing Xian, your name is really nice."

"Your name is nice too." Jing Xian walked into the yard and Song Ning followed.

"My name is not nice. If you put my brother's name and my name together, you will know how ugly my name is." Song Ning said resentfully, "I am not that good-looking! But I am not fierce either. I really don't know what our old man thinks!"

Jing Xian: “…”

She really wanted to ask Song Ning if he had never been beaten since he was a child?

Have you never been put in a sack?

"Is your name like the character 獰 in 猙獰?" Jing Xian asked.

Song Ning said: "That's definitely not the case. It's tranquility, the tranquility of peace."

"That's a good name. Your brother is definitely not a bad guy."

"He is the most outstanding person in the world."

Jing Xian opened the door curtain with one hand, and saw Song Ning's envious eyes from the corner of her eyes. Her voice was rarely gentle: "The past was a turbulent time, and today is peaceful and tranquil. What a good meaning this is."

"Hearing you say that, it's really good. Are you educated?" Song Ning didn't wait for Jing Xian to answer and continued self-centeredly, "You said you are educated and you are also an ambitious revolutionary young woman. Why are you so stubborn and insist on being someone's stepmother?"

So this matter can’t be resolved, right? ! !

Jing Xian clenched her fists, and Song Ning said, "I really don't understand what's wrong with you pretty girls. I'm telling you.

, Xu Ning from your military hospital, she likes my brother, but my brother doesn't like her. She even asked Shang Nanchen for help. But Shang Nanchen couldn't remember her face at all, and didn't know her name. Xu Ning was so angry that she told her friends about it, and then many people knew that Shang Nanchen was a fool and not a good match. Otherwise, why do you think he let you take advantage of him?"

"Didn't you just say that I was not in a good mind and that's why I became someone's stepmother?" Jing Xian felt that she would be doing a disservice to Song Ning if she didn't confront her twice.

"Actually, being a stepmother is being a stepmother, and Shang Nanchen is still a capable person." Song Ning was not a fool. She realized belatedly that Jing Xian was angry, and explained carefully, "What I mean is that although you are someone else's stepmother, your choice is very good and you have good vision."

Jing Xian threw the things in her hands on the ground expressionlessly and said coldly: "Next time you can just say the last sentence directly."

Song Ning opened his mouth to speak, Jing Xian raised her hand and pointed a finger. Song Ning immediately fell silent and looked at Jing Xian in confusion.

Jing Xian said: "Think it through before you speak, and then say everything silently in your heart until the last sentence, and then just say it out loud."

Song Ning: “…”

Why am I suddenly so angry!!!

Song Ning lowered his head and opened the bag, took out two bottles of maltose from it, and took out a box of cigarette powder and handed it to Jing Xian: "This is for facial wipes, you can wipe it, and your face will be white after applying it."

As a result, her eyes fell on Jing Xian's delicate face, and she said sourly: "You are so white!"

It is white with a hint of red and pink, and must feel very good to the touch.

Jing Xian knew that it was because of her superpowers. After all, she had worked so hard to get them. So she said without hesitation, "It's innate."

"Is your skin so good?" Song Ning wanted to ask if it was because of something he did.

Jing Xian thought seriously about Jing Mingyue's expression and shook her head after a while: "No, I am the only one in our family."

"She is truly a natural beauty!"

Song Ning felt even more jealous.

She had dark skin since she was young, and she was pretty, but when she stood next to fair-skinned girls, she was not a black girl, but she was much darker than the others. Every time she went out, she would put on cigarette powder to make herself look whiter.

Jing Xian pretended not to hear the envy in Song Ning's tone and looked at the two children sitting on the kang.

Tiedan looked over here curiously. Fusheng was sitting upright next to him, and no one said anything.

Jing Xian took the opportunity to call the two children over: "This is Aunt Song Ning, you can just call her Aunt."

"Aunt."

The twins shouted in unison.

Song Ning then noticed that there were two children on the kang. They were not very fair-skinned, but their eyes were bright. They were not fat, nor thin, and they looked very energetic. Their facial features were also very good. They were sitting on the kang in clean clothes, looking at her curiously.

No one dislikes such a child.

"These two kids are so good-looking! They don't look like Shang Nanchen at all."

Jing Xian: “…”

It’s better to kick Song Ning out!

This stuff is so annoying.

"Do they look like their mother?" Song Ning didn't notice that the two kids were acting arrogantly, and asked Jing Xian.

Jing Xian felt that it was not easy for Song Ning to live to this age.

"I've never met their biological mother, how would I know?" Jing Xian looked at the two children's disgusted eyes, afraid that they would start to criticize Song Ning, so she changed the subject, "Are you staying here today?"

"I can't report until tomorrow. Can I stay at your house tonight?" Song Ning asked casually.

Jing Xian was so annoyed that she wanted to throw her out.

"Song Ning!"

"Um?"

"Will you shut up?"

"Isn't that just forcing people to do something?"

"But it's hard for you to speak."

“…”

Song Ning didn't want to shut up and wanted to speak again, but Jing Xian spoke before her:

"Shang Nanchen won't be back these few days, you can stay here tonight. If you speak up, you can also stay here, but you have to pay for meals and so on."

“That’s as it should be.”

Song Ning took out the food coupons and five yuan and stuffed them into Jing Xian's hand. "Since Shang Nanchen is not coming back, I will stay at your house for two days. My brother said that he and Shang Nanchen are friends who have lived together for life. From now on, we can treat each other as relatives."

Can I refuse?

Jing Xian was very resistant in her heart, but it wasn't because she really hated it. Instead, she felt that talking to Song Ning could really improve a person's temper and tolerance.

Such a heartless girl who always speaks in a sarcastic way is actually not annoying at all.

"When did you have breakfast?" Jing Xian didn't want Song Ning to take the lead in the conversation, lest Song Ning say something upsetting again.

Song Ning touched his stomach and said, "That was early. I got up at five. My brother asked someone to bring me here. I just ate a few bites in the morning and then went out."

"Let's cook now."

Before she finished speaking, Jing Xian saw Song Ning's eyes sparkling.

Well, no one can say no to a puppy begging for food.

There were guests at home, and Jing Xian didn't cook anything else. She made steamed cakes. She cut potatoes into slices and cut some meat to make stir-fried potato slices with meat. She also stewed radish and oyster soup, took out green onions, and prepared to make sea cucumber with green onions. She also took out shrimps and prepared them for use. This was a must-have food for the two kids at every meal.

After the steamed cakes came out, she started to cook the shrimps.

Followed by fried potato slices, and finally sea cucumber.

Three dishes and one soup.

Very abundant.

Song Ning was stunned by what he saw.

"Oh my goodness, this is better than what we eat at home. Also, is this shrimp?" Song Ning is not a local, so she has some experience. "I heard from my cousin that the short guys across the street like to eat this. But we don't recognize it here. Most people eat the shrimp skin at most. This is my first time eating shrimp."

"Try it and see how it tastes." Jing Xian didn't use her own chopsticks to pick up food for her. It was obvious that Song Ning was a city person and must be very particular.

Song Ning doesn't know how to eat shrimp and was a little nervous. She secretly watched the two children's actions and also learned from them to peel a shrimp and put it in her mouth to taste it slowly.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Sister-in-law, this is so delicious and a little sweet!" Song Ning was as happy as a child.

It can be seen that he was brought up being pampered at home.

But he has good upbringing and is not a bad person.

"You like to eat more. We have a lot of this stuff, it's cheap, and you don't need a ticket. You just saw how it's made. Go to the market and buy some, cook it yourself, and eat as much as you want. And you won't get fat if you eat this."

Song Ning is a dancer and pays the most attention to her figure.

After hearing the last sentence, she jumped for joy like a little girl who had never seen the world.

"Try this. Even though it looks black, it's actually good stuff. It's all from the sea." Jing Xian blocked Song Ning's mouth with food.

Song Ning ate this, tasted that, and finally drank soup, ate radishes, and ate oysters for the first time. She felt that she was late. She should have come here earlier.

Jing Xian heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Song Ning was too busy eating to speak.

She was still a little worried about Song Ning's mouth.

After dinner, Song Ning was quite perceptive and took the initiative to help with the work.

"Sister-in-law..."

"Call me Jingxian." Jingxian really didn't want to hear the word "little".

Song Ning said, "Jingxian, you are such a great cook. Compared to you, my mother's cooking is just pig food. My mother is really useless except for her good looks. She has a bad temper and is very picky. If she cooks for us, she will either poison us to death or starve us to death."

Jing Xianmo.

Song Ning's mouth really attacks indiscriminately, even his own mother is not spared.

"Who cooks in your family?" Jing Xian asked curiously.

"Let's eat in the cafeteria." Song Ning said eagerly, "Jing Xian, if you were my sister-in-law,

How wonderful it is to have a son. I can eat whatever I want in the future. I don’t have to suffer my mother’s cooking skills anymore.”

Jing Xian: “…”

She doesn't want to be a babysitter.

The reason why Shang Nanchen was chosen was mainly because his biological mother had passed away and his stepmother had a bad relationship with him. If she married him, she would not be bullied by her mother-in-law. Moreover, Shang Nanchen was in the army, and if he retired, he might not be close to his biological father.

Apart from the fact that he had been married once and had two children, he was truly a perfect choice.

Song Ning's brother is a first-time bride, but it's not hard to get along with this family. It's OK to be friends, but if she becomes a daughter-in-law, life will be very difficult.

A marriage between people from unequal social backgrounds will never have a good outcome.

"Weren't you in this military region's art troupe before?" Jing Xian calmly changed the subject.

Song Ning said: "I was not from this military region before. I came here twice before. Now I have been officially transferred here, and I will be in the art troupe here from now on."

"Oh, I see."

Jing Xian was very perfunctory.

But Song Ning didn't notice.

Song Ning felt that Jing Xian cared about her, so she whispered to Jing Xian from the bottom of her heart: "Let me tell you, things are very chaotic outside right now. The female comrades in the city's art troupe are not having a good time either. Some time ago, a little leader of the Revolutionary Committee approached a female comrade in our troupe, hoping to develop a revolutionary friendship with her. The female comrade didn't want to, but I don't know how it ended up happening. My family was afraid that something might happen to me, so they brought me here."

Jing Xian looked at Song Ning in confusion.

This girl is really stupid!

No wonder they sent people over here.

Thinking of what she heard from Song Ning, she also knew that Song Zheng entrusted his sister to Shang Nanchen because of absolute trust.

Jing Xian sighed inwardly and said, "Well, when you are here, come to my house often. If you don't mind the food at home, you can come and eat."

"Jingxian, what you said is really unscrupulous. How can your meal be bad? Then what I ate before was all pig food?" Song Ning touched his round belly, sighed, and said with a lingering feeling, "I really want to eat like this for the rest of my life."

"Then study hard and I can teach you." Jing Xian met Song Ning's resentful eyes after she said that.

Song Ning said frankly: "Sister-in-law, that's not what I meant."

"What you said is impossible to achieve." Jing Xian refused coldly.

"Hey, why aren't you my sister-in-law?" Song Ning lamented for the one hundred and first time.

Jing Xian burst her dream: "You can say this in front of Shang Nanchen. Besides, even if I am your sister-in-law, you can't stay single for the rest of your life."

"That's right."

Song Ning gave up.

"Tiedan, Fusheng, come out!"

At the door, Li Yu shouted loudly.

Tiedan didn't respond and went to see Jingxian first. Jingxian nodded and said, "Don't run too far, just stay outside the door. Don't go out and harass others, and don't fight with others casually."

"I know!"

After the two children agreed, they put on their shoes and hats in tacit understanding and ran out.

Song Ning waited until the two children left, then approached Jing Xian and said, "These two children are quite obedient to you, aren't they?"

"The two children don't just listen to me, they are just very sensible. If you hadn't come, they wouldn't go out to play. They help light the fire during mealtimes, sweep the house and water it every day. When I grow vegetables at home, they help water them." Jing Xian felt that even if she had her own children, they might not be as obedient as these two.

"If you treat them well now, you will definitely favor your own child when you have one. What if they are unhappy and bully your son?" Song Ning's words were very realistic.

Although it is very unpleasant.

Jing Xian said frankly: "I can't guarantee that I am not biased. After all, they are my own children. But I can guarantee that I will not treat these two children harshly. This is the most basic principle of being a human being."

Song Ning said with a complicated expression: "You are an okay person. You are different from other stepmothers."

"Some stepmothers will even abuse their own children in order to please the children left by the original wife." Jing Xian read a lot of such books at the end of the world. She didn't quite understand what those mothers were thinking.

Could it be that the water in the brain can be used to travel on a boat?

"Don't pay attention to that kind of idiot. People who don't treat their own children or are harsh to other people's children are not good people." Song Ning has a pretty positive outlook.

Jing Xian smiled.

Song Ning suddenly said, "You look pretty when you smile."

Jing Xian's smile faded.

"You're pretty even when you're not smiling."

Jing Xian: “…”

"It's a pity that you married Shang Nanchen. You deserve better." Song Ning said sincerely.

Jingxian also wants to marry someone better.

Unmarried, childless, someone who could take her away from Sheng City.

But at that time, she couldn't and couldn't wait.

The Jing family would definitely make trouble for her if they lost their jobs. As long as they knew where she was, they would definitely come to her. Sheng City is big, but also small. You never know when you might run into someone you know.

She didn't want to live in fear all her life.

With such an ending in the previous life and the end of the world being so difficult, it is already difficult to live.

In this life, she just wants to live a happier life.

In the evening, Jingxian made noodles.

The noodles are served and poured into the big bone soup, which also contains shrimps and fresh vegetables. Each person gets a big bowl of noodles.

If you want to eat chili, there is also chili oil.

Noodles served with pig ears.

Song Ning was so hungry that she wished she could be Jing Xian's concubine.

The next morning, Jing Xian had to go to work, and Song Ning also had to report.

They had the leftover noodles and steamed cakes from last night for breakfast. Jing Xian fried a small bowl of potato chips, and everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

"Jingxian, where do you work?"

After walking out of the door, Song Ning realized that he still didn't know where Jing Xian went to work.

Jing Xian said, "I work in the hospital. If you want to see me, just go to the pharmacy on the first floor."

“You actually work in a hospital?”

Song Ning really didn't realize that it was such a waste to allocate such conditions to Shang Nanchen.

There were quite a few people outside, and Jing Xian was afraid that Song Ning would say something outrageous again, so she hurriedly said, "Go and report! If you don't have to go to work today, you should clean up your dormitory first. Come over for lunch at noon."

"knew."

Song Ning is gone.

Ma Shufen just came out of the house and trotted after Jing Xian and asked, "Who is that girl? Is she a relative of Shang Nanchen?"

Jing Xian looked at the people around her who were listening attentively and felt that it was necessary to explain.

Such misunderstandings can be fatal.

"She is the sister of comrade Shang Nanchen. She has just been transferred to work in our art troupe." Jing Xian looked at Ma Shufen carrying a water bucket and knew what was going on. She asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing so early in the morning?"

"Let's go buy some seafood." Ma Shufen was quite embarrassed at first, but now she said openly, "My boss Zhang said that the troops all say seafood is good. He encourages every household to eat it."

"fine."

Jing Xian didn't mean to laugh.

Ma Shufen also breathed a sigh of relief: "We are just rural people and don't know much. If this thing is good, the fishermen won't worry about not having enough food to eat."

"It's still better in our military area. What's happening outside is considered speculation." Jing Xian whispered, "We used to have markets here, but where are they now? Whatever we eat is grown in small quantities at the doorstep, and we dare not sell it. If we want to buy anything, we have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. If the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have it, we can't eat it. In the past, crabs were used to treat diseases. And shrimp skins, what other seafood have we eaten besides this?"

Ma Shufen nodded in agreement and said in a low voice: "This seafood is good stuff, but I don't know when people outside will know about it."

"These things have to be alive. We can't transport them out now.

. "

"Too."

The two separated at the intersection, and Ma Shufen went to buy seafood from the fishermen.

After walking a few steps, I ran into Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu had been here for two days and was familiar with the neighbors. Especially Ma Shufen. They were both at home and did not have to go to work. They got up early every morning and went to buy seafood together.

Jing Xian was unaware of the subtle changes she had brought about.

She brought her two children to the hospital. There were many people getting medicine in the morning.

I heard that someone was injured and hospitalized.

Jing Xian didn't run into Lin Qingwen at noon, so she went to the grocery store again before going home. She thought Song Ning would definitely come over for lunch, so she wanted to buy something else to take back. Unexpectedly, she arrived at the right time and found that there was still a pig's head left.

Jing Xian's eyes lit up immediately: "How much is this pig head?"

When Shang Nanchen comes back, this pig head will be enough to feed him for several days. It will be just the right thing to replenish his diet.

"The same price as offal, no ticket required." The people selling pork are all familiar with Jing Xian.

No tickets are needed!

Jing Xian carried the pig's head, bought some tofu, and led the two children home.

When I reached the intersection, I saw two young girls standing at the door of the house.

Song Ning was shocked and asked, "Why did you buy this? Is this something for human consumption?"