Chapter 53

Jing Xian turned around in surprise and saw Shang Nanchen looking exhausted, as if he had not had a good rest for a long time.

The flesh she had gained back was gone again, her face was covered with stubble, and there were dark circles under her eyes, which was heartbreaking to look at.

"Go into the room and lie down for a while. It's okay if you fall asleep. Don't rush to get up and eat. I've wrapped the dumplings and left them here. I'll cook them when you wake up." Jing Xian felt that what she said was not considerate enough. She had a lot of questions to ask and a lot of things to say, but she couldn't say them.

She just wanted him to rest now.

"Okay, I'll take a nap then."

Shang Nanchen was indeed very tired, so he didn't hesitate to wash his face and hands, then lay down on the kang and fell asleep.

Jing Xian took the time to go in and take a look, then covered him with his military coat.

Come out and tell the kids to keep their voices down.

The house was quiet, and the children were gathered in the outer room. It was no different from the previous few days, but there was something different. Her anxious heart was relieved, and the unintentional sadness faded away. The children were no longer uneasy, and the smiles on their faces were real and sincere, no longer cautious.

Da Mao and Xiao Mao were worried that Jing Xian would send them away.

Tiedan and Fusheng were equally scared.

They were not afraid of being sent away, they were only afraid that they would never be able to live with Jingxian again.

Once you have had the best, you will never want to settle for anything less.

After eating their dumplings, the children sneaked to the next door, looked at their sleeping father, and happily ran out to play.

There are many children in the family, so it is impossible for each of them to have a rolling hoop, but we have two.

The four children took turns playing, and their screams and laughter could be heard throughout the house.

Suddenly, Jing Xian heard Tiedan say in a bossy voice: "Keep your voice down, don't disturb my dad's sleep!"

The other children immediately quieted down and waited for Jingxian to go to the door to see. The children went to play at the intersection.

She went back into the house, found some rags, sewed them into a small square pocket, left an opening, turned it over, and put the sorghum husks in it.

A few days ago, when she came home from get off work, she saw a few children watching others throwing sandbags with envy. They also wanted to join in, but the girls wouldn't play with children as young as them. Da Mao could go, but he wouldn't leave his brothers behind, so he brought them back.

The children were sensible and although they clearly wanted it, they didn't tell her.

She was worried that Shang Nanchen had no interest in doing anything else. Now that Shang Nanchen was back, she planned to give the children a little surprise.

Shang Nanchen slept until the afternoon.

He opened his eyes and Jing Xian discovered it.

"I'll go make you some dumplings." Jing Xian had just finished sewing the sandbag and placed it on the edge of the kang. She was about to get out of bed when someone suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her over, causing her to fall into a strong man's arms.

Shang Nanchen's hoarse voice came to my ears when he just woke up: "Don't move, let me hold you for a while."

He nearly lost his life on this trip.

At that time, I thought that if I could come back alive, I would definitely hug her tightly and tell her that if I died in the future, she could remarry and the organization would make arrangements for the children.

Jing Xian heard the noise outside and tried to sit up by supporting his chest. When she heard Shang Nanchen let out a muffled groan, her face suddenly changed.

She has good hearing and a great sense of smell.

After sniffing carefully, Jing Xian smelled a bit of blood. She immediately sat up and asked, "Are you injured?"

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious." Shang Nanchen didn't want to make her worry, so he looked at her red eyes, changed the subject, and said pitifully, "Wife, I'm hungry, do you have any dumplings? I want to eat some."

Jing Xian didn't move for a while, then suddenly turned around and said, "I'll go boil some water and make you some dumplings."

The water in the pot is not cold yet.

Jing Xian lit the fire, stuffed firewood into it, turned around and went into the house, saying with a stern face, "Take off your clothes and let me see the wound."

"No need, the doctor has bandaged it for me."

Shang Nanchen didn't dare to show it to Jing Xian, but under Jing Xian's cold gaze, he had to take off his clothes and let her see the wound. The wound was on his shoulder, and she had accidentally pressed it just now, and it was bleeding.

Come on.

"It's okay, don't worry." Shang Nanchen said guiltily.

Jing Xian glared at him fiercely: "This is called nothing happened, then what is a problem? Does it mean nothing will happen if you are not lying in a coffin?"

Shang Nanchen didn't dare to say a word.

Jing Xian said unhappily, "Wait."

She turned and went to the east room cupboard to look for gauze.

The last time Zhang Huijuan suffered a head injury, she bought a lot of them from the hospital, and they are just in time to be used now.

Jing Xian untied the gauze on his body. There were layers of blood inside. The wound was a knife wound, and it was very deep. Judging from Shang Nanchen's appearance, his muscles and bones were not injured. Jing Xian replaced the innermost gauze for him and tied it up again.

It's not that she didn't want to use her supernatural powers to treat Shang Nanchen's wounds. Shang Nanchen was too sensitive and could feel even the slightest changes.

"I'll go see if the water is boiled." Jing Xian turned around and went out to put firewood into the stove.

Shang Nanchen came out and said, "I'll light the fire."

"No need, go back to your room." Shang Nanchen didn't go in, but stood in the outer room watching her busy.

Jingxian boiled the water, opened the lid of the pot, and put the dumplings in to cook.

Wait until the dumplings are cooked and serve them.

She asked, "Would you like some soy sauce and vinegar?"

"No need." Shang Nanchen just ate the dumplings.

Jing Xian served him a small bowl of dumpling soup and placed it on the table. She turned around, cleaned the pot, put some water in it, and started to light a fire.

There were soaked soybeans in the kitchen cabinet. She used her supernatural powers to make bean sprouts grow, put them in a pot, rinsed them with hot water, and then took them out. She sprinkled some salt and sesame oil, mixed them, and served them to him.

She sat opposite him, watching Shang Nanchen eat, and talked to him: "Wait until the private plot is cleared, and then plant some peanuts there. Then fry them for the children to eat, boil some peanuts as cold dishes, and salt some peanuts for the children to eat."

"It's up to you." Shang Nanchen had no opinion.

"The vegetables in the yard are basically enough for us to eat this summer." Jing Xian made careful arrangements, saying that she would need to go to the fields every day to plant potatoes, radishes, cabbages and so on.

She wanted to use her limited private plot of land to grow enough good vegetables to feed her family throughout the winter.

Shang Nanchen said: "Wait until I have a break, then I'll do it. Don't go by yourself."

"If you weren't injured, I would call you to go. You're like this now, unless the wound heals quickly, you'd better rest quietly." Jing Xian's words instantly calmed Shang Nanchen.

Shang Nanchen originally thought that Jing Xian was a person with her own ideas, but now he realizes that Jing Xian is not only opinionated, but also has a very bad temper.

Especially when he is at fault.

Jing Xian was very patient. After Shang Nanchen finished eating, she cleaned up the dishes and washed them. Then she scooped out the hot water from the pot and put it in a basin to wipe Shang Nanchen's body. Shang Nanchen couldn't do it himself and needed Jing Xian's help.

Jing Xian took the opportunity to ask, "Has Liu Cailan's problem been resolved?"

"Yes." Shang Nanchen said, "The diary you found is very important. It implicates many people. We used that diary to arrest many people. We were afraid that the news would leak out that day, so no one went home and went directly to carry out the order."

As for other things, Shang Nanchen couldn't say anything.

"Who is the person she cheated with?" After saying this, Jing Xian realized that this question might not be asked, so she added, "If you can't say it, don't say it."

"Not alone."

"What?"

Jing Xian thought she had seen the world, but she was dumbfounded at this moment.

If it's not just one person, then several people?

Jingxian's mind was full of messy things for a while, and she felt dirty.

"Several people were implicated."

Shang Nanchen couldn't tell me the specific details. The highest-ranking person involved was a widowed leader, and now that leader's career has almost come to an end. It is estimated that he will be arranged to change his career in a while.

It's not just about the inside of their army, but also outside of it, and there are many things involved.

It is hard to imagine how many people Liu Cailan came into contact with in half a year.

"She didn't pass it on.

Rest?" Jing Xian asked.

Shang Nanchen shook his head and said, "Those men didn't think she was a good woman. Besides, you can't just go out here casually. She wanted someone to take the news out, but they couldn't. At least, no one has taken it out yet. The most important thing is..."

"What is it?" Jing Xian asked curiously.

"Chen Baomin has done a great job! He didn't give Liu Cailan a penny. Even if Liu Cailan wanted to buy something, she couldn't."

This trick is really amazing.

Jing Xian wanted to clap her hands. Suddenly, she suddenly realized something and said, "I finally know why she reported me! It turned out that I showed off my wealth and made her hate the rich."

Shang Nanchen: “…”

He thinks Jingxian is really smart.

"Am I right?" Jing Xian felt that some people were really unreasonable. "She even said that she did this for Chen Baomin. Fortunately, no one else heard it, otherwise Chen Baomin would not be able to take off the hat on his head."

Shang Nanchen looked at Jing Xian with a complicated expression. If he didn't know that Jing Xian really knew nothing, he would have thought that Jing Xian was at the scene.

"You guessed it right. She really felt that you were rich and spent money lavishly, not like a young wife from the countryside at all, so she was jealous. When she came here, she really had no money. Chen Baomin didn't give her any money at all and asked her to prepare her own food. The few times you ran into her at the grocery store, she bought things with her own money."

"Is she happy that Chen Baomin eats the things she bought with his money?" Jing Xian felt that Liu Cailan should be unhappy.

Shang Nanchen said: "He basically doesn't eat at home. He always finds an excuse to slip away. He eats at the army and comes back to observe secretly. This time he asked his eldest sister to come over because he wanted her to see if Liu Cailan was the Liu Cailan he wanted to marry in the beginning."

"Chen Baomin is a talented person." Jing Xian felt that if a man like Chen Baomin didn't move up, he would be unworthy of his head. "Then is Liu Cailan the real person?"

"Yes, but her real name should be Liu Caiying. She and Liu Cailan are twins, and they were taken away when they were young. In fact, they were trained as spies. Over the years, she has been secretly observing Liu Cailan. Liu Cailan was able to have such a good marriage because of Liu Caiying's secret efforts."

Shang Nanchen said in a low voice: "Just pretend you haven't heard of this matter, and be more careful in the future."

"I promise that I won't show off my wealth again. But there are many people in our family, and the seafood we buy once can't last us for several days." At most, she could buy some every day, or let the children go and buy it themselves.

Her salary, plus Shang Nanchen's, was enough to support the children. If they didn't buy expensive things, they could still save some money.

"You should buy it when you need to. Don't be too careful. There aren't so many spies. The common people here are still very simple and don't have so many dark thoughts." Shang Nanchen was worried that Jing Xian would be scared.

"I feel relieved when you say that." Jing Xian smiled.

Just then a few children came in and Jingxian threw the sandbags to them. The four little guys happily hugged Jingxian and called her "Mom".

Fusheng said in a baby voice: "Mom, you are my favorite mom!"

"Mom, you are my real mother!" Xiao Mao rushed forward unwillingly.

Tiedan, who was robbed of the speech, said: "Your mother, you are my mother forever!"

Da Mao was more reserved, but he also smiled very happily: "Mom, I will help you light the fire every day from now on."

Shang Nanchen, who was ignored: "..."

"Okay, okay, you're not needed here. Go out and play. Remember to come back for dinner later." Jing Xian shooed the children away, and the children immediately jumped out to play.

When we walked outside, we could still hear Tiedan shouting, "Fusheng, let me see the sandbag."

When Shang Nanchen saw the children's happy backs, he no longer wanted to say thank you to Jing Xian.

For the rest of his life, he would use his actions to prove to her that marrying him was the right thing to do.

She will never regret her choice.

The next day was still a weekend and a holiday.

Jingxian went to the market to buy meat and a lot of eggs. Six eggs every morning. Eating chicken is more expensive than eating meat. Meat cannot be eaten every day, and eggs must be eaten one every day.

Jingxian thinks the family should raise some chickens.

This way, you can save some money when the chickens lay eggs.

By then, she would secretly produce more corn, enough to feed the chickens.

Jing Xian did what she said. After breakfast, she took the children out to buy chickens. She actually bought four chickens. Da Mao took his brothers to build a chicken coop for the chickens. Although Shang Nanchen was injured, he could still command the little guys.

The father and his two sons worked for a whole morning and finally finished making a chicken coop.

Cover it with wooden boards, and cover the wooden boards with torn sacks to prevent water leakage when it rains.

After she finished her work here, she heard voices coming from next door.

Zhao Xiuzhi had a really loud voice. She cursed angrily, "Liu Cailan, this filthy, rotten-hearted bitch, why don't you just kill her? She talks nonsense all day long. She is the only one in the world who has a mouth. What a piece of shit!"

Jing Xian was suspicious: "What happened?"

She pointed to the next room and asked Shang Nanchen in a low voice.

Shang Nanchen said: "Those who were close to Liu Cailan were taken back for questioning. Also Chen Dongxia and that Yang Guanglin. They were all brought back."

"I see."

This matter is really serious.

Jing Xian thought it was serious, but she didn't expect it to be even more serious than this.

A few afternoons later, on Friday, Xu Ning came over by herself, and Song Ning was throwing sandbags with the children outside.

Xu Ning chatted with Jing Xian in a low voice: "Do you still remember Chen Dongping?"

"Remember." Jing Xian had an impression of this man. He looked okay, but was a bit frivolous and always liked to get involved with women.

Xu Ning looked around and lowered her voice to an almost inaudible level. "My classmate was taken away for questioning a few days ago. She was taken away for several days and was only released yesterday. She looked like she was possessed by a demon. I heard that it was related to Chen Dongping."

"Chen Dongping?"

"I heard that Chen Dongping was a spy." Xu Ning knew something. "My classmate was bewitched and thought Chen Dongping was a good person. They were about to get married. When Chen Dongping got into trouble, she found out that Chen Dongping had relationships with several women. She saw all the letters between those women and Chen Dongping. Those women were also brought here."

Jing Xian was shocked: "Isn't this too indecent?"

"That classmate of mine is finished. Now he regrets not listening to me and dating Chen Dongping behind my back. Now everything is ruined." Xu Ning sighed.

Jing Xian thought that Chen Dongping was probably not a spy, but one of Liu Cailan's lovers.