Chapter 114

Dongsheng blinked and denied: "I didn't say anything!"

Xu Wen didn't believe it.

No matter how she asked Dongsheng, he just wouldn't say anything.

Xu Wen had just asked casually, but the longer he kept silent, the more Xu Wen wanted to know.

Because Dongsheng is the one with whom he can least keep secrets, and he usually tells her all his secrets.

Xu Wen rolled her eyes and called Doudou, "Doudou! Can auntie ask you something?"

"Ask Auntie!"

"Are you tired?"

Doudou nodded honestly, "Tired."

"Then why don't you go home and insist on working here?"

The little girl was young and her face was red from the sun.

Doudou glanced at Dongsheng before answering, "I want to accompany Dongsheng! I won't leave until he leaves."

Xu asked: "..."

She never expected this answer.

He looked at Dongsheng and then at Doudou with a speechless look, clicked his tongue, shook his head, and went back to work.

In order to look after the children, they finished work a little early in the evening.

The wasteland is not only full of lush vegetation but also full of mosquitoes. Moreover, the mosquitoes here are particularly fierce and one bite will leave a big bump.

This time when Xu Wen got home he couldn't just lie down on the sofa and be done with it. He had to drag his tired body to prepare a bath for Dongsheng.

After he takes a shower and changes his clothes, I have to cook for him.

After thinking for a while, he asked Dongsheng: "Do you still have the strength?"

Having been a mother and son for almost two years, Dongsheng understood Xu Wen. He looked up and asked her, "Mom, do you want me to go to the cafeteria to get food?"

Xu asked: "..."

She hesitated for three seconds, torn between doing it herself and asking Dongsheng to get the meal.

In fact, I prefer the latter, but as an adult, I can't bear to bully children.

Dongsheng sighed like an adult, "Okay, I'll go get some food! Who said you're the only woman in our family? You have to take good care of yourself. You take a rest! I'll be back soon."

After saying this, he stood up and walked out, shaking his head.

Xu asked: "..."

"You little brat, who did you learn this from?!"

After Dongsheng left, Xu Wen took a shower and changed into home clothes.

When she went downstairs, the food was already on the tea table.

Lu Yuanzheng was also there, bending down to pick out thorns for Dongsheng.

Dongsheng accidentally got a thorn stuck in his hand while working during the day.

After Lu Yuanzheng picked out the thorn, Dongsheng looked at his hand again and again, "Eh? It really doesn't hurt anymore!"

"Why would I lie to you?" Lu Yuanzheng said as he put the needle back on the candle to burn it.

Xu Wen touched his head and said, "Thank you for your hard work!" Then he sat down next to Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng stretched out his hand to Xu Wen.

Xu asked but didn't understand, so he looked at him blankly, "What do you want?"

"It's your turn! Let me see your hands!"

Xu Wen said "oh" and opened his palm.

I got another row of blisters today.

Lu Yuanzheng frowned, opened his mouth, but in the end he just sighed and said nothing.

He didn't say anything, so Xu Wen had something to say, so he asked him, "What did you say to Dongsheng?"

"What did you say?"

"How did you convince those kids to work?"

"Nothing. Just a fight."

Xu Wen frowned, "You used force to force the child to work?"

That's a bit too much.

"How could that be? He secretly asked me why you didn't pay much attention to him these past few days and didn't coax him to sleep at night. Did he do something wrong? Or is it because you're pregnant and you can't take care of him anymore?"

Xu Wen was stunned and subconsciously looked at Dongsheng.

Dongsheng lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong and apologized softly: "Mom, I'm sorry!"

No wonder he refused to say anything when I asked him this afternoon.

She always thought she had given Dongsheng enough sense of security, but she didn't expect him to be so sensitive.

"It's okay." Xu Wen still glared at Lu Yuanzheng, "Then just talk it out. Why fight?"

"You should definitely be beaten for asking such a ridiculous question. I've explained it to him before. He's suspicious of me for the slightest neglect. How can he be so petty like a man?"

Xu asked: "..."

She shook her head. "What happened next?"

"Later I told him that you were too busy to take care of him because you were building a school for him! I also told him that if he had time to be so petty, he might as well help you with some work! He left in a huff. I didn't expect him to actually do the work!"

After Lu Yuanzheng pricked the blisters on Xu Wen's palms one by one, she squatted in front of Dongsheng, who had been lowering his head, and hugged him, "Dongsheng, in the future, if you are unhappy or confused, you can ask me directly. Also, haven't I always said that you are my son! No matter what others say, no matter whether there will be more little brothers or sisters in the family, you are my eldest son. I was too busy these days and didn't take care of you. It was my negligence, but like your father, I also hope that you will trust us more."

Dongsheng hugged her neck and cried softly, "I'm sorry, Mom!"

"You don't need to apologize. And you did a great job today! From now on, let's work together and trust each other a little more, okay?"

"Okay! Woohoo!"

On the third day of building the school, there were still sisters-in-law who took leave, but some of them who had taken leave before also came back, making a total of about fifty people.

However, all the Boy Scouts were there, and they were dressed in a very formal manner, holding small shovels or something like that for playing house. They didn't have to do much work, but they were quite capable.

On the way to the wasteland of the school, Xu asked Dongsheng, "Weren't you complaining about pain all over your body at home this morning? Why is it happening again?"

"Dad told Uncle Shi Lei that building a house is the job of the grandpas! In our family, dad and I are the grandpas and you are the woman. Dad is busy, so I will accompany you!"

Putting aside the words "grandfather's son" and "woman's son", Xu Wen was still very moved and touched Dongsheng's head, "You are still too young!"

Dongsheng sighed like a little adult, "That's right! I'm just asking you to 'help' because you're too young. I'm going to grow up, and I'll do it myself. You just need to wait and drink milk tea on the side!"

Xu asked: "..."

I'm not that lazy!

The sister-in-law nearby heard this and praised Dongsheng: "This child is really sensible!"

"Yes! Sister-in-law Xu Wen taught well."

“…”

We walked and chatted and soon arrived at the place where the school was to be built.

Dozens of sisters-in-law fell silent at the same time, looking at each other, all with confused expressions.

Someone quickly came to his senses and pointed at the empty wasteland and asked Xu Wen: "Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

When we finished work yesterday, at least half of the weeds were still there.

All the weeds in front of the door disappeared overnight, leaving only clean land.

Xu Wen didn't know either, so he guessed, "It must have been done by those officers and soldiers!"

Xu Wen went to bed early and really didn’t know what time Lu Yuanzheng would return home.

However, they cleared the weeds so neatly and efficiently, and even did the post-work meticulously. Xu Wen couldn't think of anyone else except Lu Yuanzheng and his team.

Song Baoying whispered, "But Lao Shi and his friends have been really busy lately. Sometimes they don't even have time to eat or sleep for a few hours. How do they do that?"

"I think it's them. I got up to go to the bathroom last night, and it was already 2 a.m., but my husband hadn't come back yet. This morning I saw fallen dirt and grass on the floor of my house, and I thought I didn't clean it up properly yesterday."

Xu Wen didn't say anything.

She went home for two consecutive days and her hands were covered with blisters, one of which was bloody.

Lu Yuanzheng, this is heartbreaking!

Xu Wen felt a little sad. This man was always like this. He would never show his affection or kindness in words.

Xu Wen blinked his eyes, brushing away the sadness in his eyes, and said: "That should be them! They worked so hard to help us, so we should work harder! Since we don't have to do the cleanup work, let's divide the work today. Some sisters-in-law will stay to level the land, and some sisters-in-law will go to cut trees for building the house."

There was no need to draw lots to decide this. Felling trees and transporting wood were both hard work, so Wang Lingling and a team of sisters-in-law volunteered to do it.

Xu Wen took the remaining sisters-in-law to level the land.

Such a large area is uneven, and the soil needs to be transported from the highlands to the low-lying areas.

This job is a little easier than weeding.

Because some of the weeds are too tall, it is difficult to walk in them, they prick people, it is stuffy and hot, and there are mosquitoes and bugs.

After the weeds are cleared, you just need to use some effort to move the soil. It will be a little easier, but it requires effort.

Mrs. Li came to serve cooling soup at around 9:30 as usual.

"Let's change the taste today! I made sour plum soup! Come and try it!"

Xu asked them to put down their work and gather around.

The weather was too hot and the sisters-in-law sweated too much. In addition to being tired, each sister-in-law felt physically uncomfortable.

Dry mouth, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and occasional black spots in the eyes.

But not a single sister-in-law complained that day.

What else are you complaining about?

The officers and soldiers sacrificed their sleep time to help them with the work.

They have to continue training during the day.

Compared to this, their suffering is nothing.

Mrs. Li’s sour plum soup was particularly authentic, probably because she added a lot of rock sugar to take care of Xu Wen and the children.

The sisters-in-law praised Sister Li one after another.

Sister Li looked at the clean Fang Di with a complicated look in her eyes and said softly, "When Lao Lu was alive, he loved to drink it! Every time they came back from sea training, I would cook a big pot and let him take it to the class to share with the young comrades."

The young comrades she was talking about were the young officers and soldiers in the class.

Xu Wen patted Mrs. Li’s arm.

Mrs. Li shook her head, "I'm fine! Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work, I have to go back to the canteen."

Before Mrs. Li had walked far, two more helpers came to the field.

From a distance, he shouted to Xu Wen: "Sister-in-law Xu Wen!"

Xu Wen covered his forehead with his hands and squinted his eyes before he could see clearly that they were two young men from the Electricity Bureau who were left on duty on the island.

Xu Wen hurried forward and asked, "Why are you here? Is there something wrong with the wind power generation?"

"No, no! We were just free and wanted to come over to help!"

Before Xu Wen could say anything, his sister-in-law spoke up: "No way! You are all technicians and cultured people, how can we let you do such physical labor? No way!"

One of them, wearing glasses, pointed at Xu Wen and said, "Sister-in-law Xu Wen is much more capable than us. If she can do it, why can't we? Besides, when the island develops in the future, our power bureau will definitely increase the number of people stationed on the island. If they settle down here, their children will need to go to school here. So we want to do our part, too! Don't worry, we won't interfere with our work."

Xu Wen knew that their job was the kind that the less they did, the happier their boss would be.

Because if they need to work overtime, the whole island will probably suffer a power outage.

"I thank you on behalf of future elementary school students!"

"But aren't you both single?"

Xu Wen and the other sister-in-law spoke at the same time.

The young man with glasses blushed, "Yes, I don't have a partner. But will I have one in the future? Besides, even if we move to another island, won't there be other colleagues? It's boring to be idle all day, it's better to do something and sweat a little!"

Their unit, like Lu Yuanzheng's, takes turns to go to the island.

Those who have families definitely don't want to go to this isolated island, so it has been changed twice, and the people who come here are all young people who are single.

They said so, and of course they would not bother again.

With two more strong workers, efficiency has increased a little.

At night, Xu Wen tied a thin rope to the door handle behind the bedroom door, passed it through the door frame and tied it to her hand, in case Lu Yuanzheng came back quietly and she didn't know.

Whenever Lu Yuanzheng pushed the door, the rope would be pulled back, pulling Xu Wen's hand as well. The wider he opened the door, the greater the pulling force she would feel.

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his eyes and touched the thin rope tied in the half-open door: "..."

Given the security situation on the island, it shouldn't have gotten to this point, right?

Xu Wen was awakened by the pulling of a thin rope. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. He fumbled to turn on the light, untied the rope from his wrist, and came down to open the door for Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng probably understood what was going on at this point, and hugged her, "Are you waiting for me?"

Xu Wen hummed vaguely and buried his head in his arms. He smelled an earthy odor and suddenly sobered up a little. He turned his head to look at the alarm clock on the wall.

Three o'clock in the morning.

She lowered her head. She had not had time to change her clothes from the long journey, and her body was still covered in dirt.

Xu Wen sighed: "It really is you!"

Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows, bent down and picked her up, "The ground is cool. Are you waiting for me just for this?"

He didn't even ask Xu Wen why he said that, it was obviously them.

The "Snail Girls" on Rainbow Island.

Xu Wen nodded, "You can't do this!"

"Hmm? What?"

"I said you can't work day and night like this. You are already tired enough from training during the day, how can you lead people to help us build a school at night?"

Lu Yuanzheng laughed: "That's part of our job."

"That's not in your plan. You and the other warriors won't be able to bear it if you continue like this."

"It's okay! Our conditions were much worse during the war, but we managed to get through it, didn't we?"

"That's different! They were in danger of death. If we didn't fight, not only would we die, but the people behind us would also die. Building a school is different. We did it voluntarily. It shouldn't be forced on you."

Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a while, "I admit that I have selfish motives. I feel bad for you seeing you so tired every day. But I am not the only one who has the final say. Everyone volunteered to help at night. I did not give any orders."

They are all big bosses, how many of them would remain indifferent when seeing their wives coming home so tired?

The young and helpless officers and soldiers were simply inspired by Xu Wen and her women's spirit and volunteered to help.

He just didn't stop.

"Do you think I feel bad for you when you do this?" Xu Wen raised his hand and gently stroked the dark circles under Lu Yuanzheng's eyes.

He hasn't had a good rest for a long time.

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

He was afraid that she would feel sad, so he did it secretly.

Xu Wen rolled his eyes. "I'm not stupid. It's just a small island. If it weren't for you, who else could clear such a large area of ​​land in one night?!"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

"Anyway, you are not allowed to interfere in this matter anymore. We did not do as much work in three days as you did in one night. So tell me, did you build this school or did we build it?"

"Of course it's you." Lu Yuanzheng and his friends didn't want to steal the work.

"You guys do most of the work!"

"There's no need to be so clear about the differences between husband and wife."

"It's okay for the couple, but this is not our business! I'm waiting for you to tell you that starting tomorrow night, you are not allowed to help anymore!"

Lu Yuanzheng said nothing. He knew Xu Wen didn't really want to build a house for the sake of fame, but just felt sorry for him. But he was the same, he didn't want her to suffer.

"Lu Yuanzheng, I'm not discussing this with you! You really can't do this!"

Lu Yuanzheng still didn't say anything.

Stubborn!

Xu Wen complained in his heart, but softened his voice and tried to reason with him, "You also said that your future work focus will be defense and combat readiness! Then you are so exhausted all day long, wouldn't it be a big loss if there was a real war? Is it worth it to increase the sacrifice for a school?

If you can get through one or two days now and then, you're all fine. But this school won't be finished in two more days, right? We can't put the cart before the horse.

My hands are blistered because I don't do much work. I did similar work in our school before, but didn't I get blisters on my hands? You've seen it then.

This is what happened after I had nothing to do since I took the college entrance exam. You just have to get used to it.

And you see, our working hours are not long. Our intention is not to tire you out. We only work two hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, five hours a day, how tiring can it be? "

The original six hours were reduced to five hours in order to take care of the children.

Finally, Lu Yuanzheng agreed to stop staying up late to help.

He refused to let Xu Wen sleep, and not only did he not sleep himself, he also didn't let Xu Wen sleep.

He had never seen her so persistent before. She kept talking like Tang Monk and would not stop until she achieved her goal.

After Lu Yuanzheng nodded, Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief, lifted her white and tender feet and stepped on Lu Yuanzheng's knees, "Go and pour me a glass of water! I'm thirsty after teaching you so much!"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

I have to be scolded after helping for two nights, and then I have to serve her after the scolding?

He stood up, took the cup from the desk and handed it to Xu Wen, "Madam, please!"

Lu Yuanzheng looked down at her, his eyes moving up along her straight white legs, his Adam's apple rolling, "You have taught me a lesson, now it's my turn to teach you! I will teach you what a husband's rule is!"