Chapter 178 (1)

Haicheng.

Xu Wen stared in amazement at the animals that were wrapped in bandages and were still recovering.

Li Daoming, the "veterinarian" that Lu Yuanzheng always mentions, is worthy of the title this time.

For Xu Wen, all she knew was that she had come up with a feasible method for 3D-printed bone transplants.

But for Li Daoming and his friends, this is a risk to their personal safety.

Out of respect and caution for the patients’ lives, they need to conduct repeated experiments before they dare to transplant the printed bones directly into the patients.

These days, Tan Changlin and Luo Zemin have been staying in Haicheng to cooperate with each other.

Tan Changlin is responsible for the printer program, and Luo Zemin is responsible for printer-related matters.

Li Daoming is responsible for treating the animals.

The smallest is of course the white mouse commonly used in laboratories.

But the mice were too small and the experimental data was seriously insufficient.

Li Daoming found a stray dog ​​on the street.

The dog originally had only its two front legs left to drag itself along, and its two hind legs were incomplete.

Every time Li Daoming saw it after get off work, he would feed it something.

This time, Li Daoming took this opportunity to get it back and used the printer to replace its two hind legs.

One is a broken bone and the other is a prosthesis.

Of course, Li Daoming is not a real veterinarian after all, and the surgery was performed with the help of a real veterinarian.

So far, the stray dog ​​has recovered well and we can feel that it is gradually gaining ground.

The other experimental subject was larger and more valuable.

It is a donkey from a nearby production team.

This donkey was in its prime, but because it gave birth to a baby, it became lame for unknown reasons.

But the mentality of the production team members was ruined.

The production team is still collectively owned, and this donkey is more useful than several strong laborers when doing farm work.

It's lame as soon as you say it is lame. You can't sell it and you can't do any work.

The reason why Li Daoming knew about this donkey was because the people in the production team were desperate and dragged the donkey to the hospital for treatment.

There was quite a commotion at the hospital entrance, and Li Daoming also went to watch the excitement.

Later, I was persuaded to go to a veterinary hospital.

Now that Guo Jianye's case lacked more experimental subjects, Li Daoming thought of the donkey and kept asking the production team.

The donkey is still limping.

Li Daoming bought the donkey back.

I also had surgery and it looks good.

In addition, there are other mammals large and small.

Li Daoming pointed at these and said, "So far, there are indeed no major problems with 3D printed bone transplants. The animals have recovered better than we thought. All the experimental samples we could find are here.

We have repeatedly recorded and verified any minor problems that may occur during the operation. The next step is clinical trials.”

In other words, it has to be tried on humans.

If successful, Guo Jianye will be able to walk again and 3D bone printing will become famous around the world.

If he fails, it will be unknown whether Guo Jianye can survive.

Xu Wen chatted with Li Daoming for a few words and asked him: "Are you particularly nervous?"

"If your man had asked me this, I would have said I was not nervous even if I was beaten to death. But since you asked, frankly, I am a little nervous!" Li Daoming turned his head and looked at Xu Wen and said, "Sometimes, I don't know how to evaluate you! If you hadn't brought up this idea, Guo Jianye would have lived a peaceful life, and I would have continued to be my doctor peacefully.

But you gave me such a solution. It gave Guo Jianye hope to stand up, and also gave me a new direction.

Whether this thing succeeds or not may not have a big impact on you.

But regardless of success or failure, it has a huge impact on Guo Jianye and me."

Xu Wen nodded, taking it very seriously. "Should I say sorry for causing you all this trouble?"

Li Daoming waved his hands repeatedly, "No! I can't afford it. I'm just complaining a little bit because we've become familiar with each other. I must be thanking you from the bottom of my heart! Really.

You don't know, over the years, I have seen so many young men like Guo Jianye leave the hospital. They were all seriously injured while protecting the country and the people. They are in their middle age, but suffer from disabilities.

There are many people who need to be taken care of even at the end of their lives. There are also many people who are blind and deaf.

You don't know how excited I was when I heard your idea that day! If it really succeeds, fighters like Guo Jianye can at least live like ordinary people even if they take off their military uniforms!"

You don't feel the pain unless the knife cuts your body.

Those warriors, they were not afraid to cut open their heads and spill their blood.

They also do not regret the injuries and disabilities they suffered.

However, they are all in their twenties and thirties, and they have to endure several decades of hardship until they grow old. The torture involved is no less than the pain during training.

Xu Wen said softly: "I understand!"

Li Daoming stood up straight, smoothed his white coat, and bowed respectfully to Xu Wen, "Sister-in-law, no matter what the result is this time, I thank you on behalf of Guo Jianye and the other fighters!"

Xu Wen had never seen Li Daoming so serious before. He was stunned for a moment, then he quickly went to help him. "You are embarrassing me! You said that these soldiers are here to protect the country and the people. As one of the people being protected, it is only right for me to do my best."

The two chatted for a while, and Li Daoming sighed, "It's a pain to stick your head out, and it's also a pain to shrink your head. Guo Jianye should have surgery tomorrow. This is the key to success."

Early the next morning, Xu Wen arrived at the hospital.

Luo Zemin and Tan Changlin probably didn't get much sleep. They repeatedly checked the final printed skeleton to make sure it was OK before handing it over to medical staff for disinfection.

Xu Wen handed them the breakfast he had bought and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Luo Zemin shook his head. "I'm fine. After all, besides saving lives, this is also very beneficial to our business."

If Guo Jianye succeeds, it is conceivable that 3D printing will once again take the country by storm.

This will definitely be of great help to their business.

Tan Changlin didn't say anything. He just ate a candy bag silently before speaking: "If his leg can be healed, it will be worth it!"

He had no interests here, he just dropped his current project and came here because Xu Wen asked for help.

However, Tan Changlin also lived on Rainbow Island for a period of time and knew the sacrifices these warriors made. As a man, who doesn't have a bit of blood in his bones? !

So for Tan Changlin, as long as Guo Jianye's operation is successful, his trip will be worth it.

Xu Wen thought for a moment and said to Tan Changlin, "If Guo Jianye's surgery is successful, there may be one more thing I need to trouble you with."

Tan Changlin looked at Xu with a mixture of excitement and caution and asked, "What?"

Xu Wen raised his hand and pointed to the light on the operating room door. "Let's talk after the operation is over."

After a while, Lu Yuanzheng also came over.

He was hurrying, and although his steps were still steady and his rapid breathing could not be heard, Xu Wen knew that he was in a hurry.

She first handed him the cup of water in her hand, then took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"The operation will take a long time. There's no need to rush."

Lu Yuanzheng glanced at the operating light that was on at the door and nodded.

Amid the long shouts and sighs from Tan Changlin and Luo Zemin, he raised his neck and took a few sips of water.

Xu Wen turned a deaf ear and looked up at the distant road.

He drank a little quickly, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

This man is so bad even when drinking water!

Lu Yuanzheng tightened the lid on the cup and carried it himself before speaking: "I just had a meeting at the headquarters and I was worried, so I wanted to come over and take a look."

Guo Jianye can be considered a soldier he trained.

It's almost the same as my own brother. It would be a lie to say that I'm not in a hurry.

Xu Wen knew that he was definitely not as calm in his heart as he appeared on his face, so he patted his hand gently to comfort him: "Don't worry, everything will be fine!"

It will be fine!

After all, it will be considered a fairly mature surgery in the future.

Even if the current medical equipment is a little lacking, it should be no problem with Li Daoming's skills, right? !

Waiting is often the most painful thing.

At first, the four people stood at the door and chatted for a while.

As time passed, each of the four people became more silent.

There was a row of chairs in front of the door, but no one had the intention to sit down. They just stared at the clock on the wall without blinking.

Xu Wen was wearing a pair of shoes with heels, and his feet hurt after standing for a long time.

She moved her feet and frowned imperceptibly.

Lu Yuanzheng noticed Xu Wen's abnormality immediately. He pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit on the bench in the corridor. He also sat down beside her and held her fingers.

He didn't say anything to comfort her, Xu Wen understood better than him.

Besides, anything I say now will be meaningless.

There was nothing they could do except wait.

After a long while, Lu Yuanzheng suddenly spoke in a low voice: "Wife, this is actually the feeling I hate the most. There is nothing I can do but wait for others to make the decision!"

His voice is very low and soft.

So much so that when he first opened his mouth, Xu Wen hadn't reacted yet. After hearing it clearly, he sighed and said, "No one likes this feeling."

A hospital is a place where people are saved and the sick are healed, but it is also a place that is hard to like.

There is always the smell of various potions here.

Separation of life and death is always possible.

Luo Zemin and Tan Changlin had no objection to this.

"So, there is a saying among the common people: 'If you have anything, don't be sick! If you don't have anything, don't be poor!' What is more difficult to accept than being poor is being sick," said Tan Changlin.

Xu Wen was very surprised that he had such an opinion, because this was Tan Changlin's character.

Tan Changlin opened his mouth, wanting to say something but in the end nothing came out.

Just then, the lights in the operating room finally went out.

The four people who were waiting stood up at the same time, staring intently at the two doors that had turned yellow due to their age.

On the glass door, there were two large characters on each side: Hand and Surgery.

At this moment, the two words were opened from the inside out.

First came two nurses, then two senior experts who took the lead, followed by Li Daoming and others, pushing the hospital bed out.

Lu Yuanzheng took a step forward and saluted the old expert.

The doctors here are all military doctors, and the veteran experts are all veteran cadres. If we really talk about military rank, they are no less capable than Lu Yuanzheng.

The old expert nodded and signaled to Li Daoming behind him: "You are all young people, so it is easy to communicate. Go ahead and chat!"

After saying this, Xiaosha left.

Li Daoming waited until his master walked away, then he slumped his shoulders, leaned against the wall in an especially unruly manner, and called Lu Yuanzheng: "Come and give me a massage! I'm so tired!"

Xu Wen was also anxious and couldn't help asking, "How was the surgery?"

These old experts are all more patient than each other, and it is impossible to tell whether they are happy or angry from their faces.

The nurses were rather strict and just pushed the patients forward.

As for Guo Jianye, he was in a coma at the moment, with dense bandages around his waist and legs.

The only one who could speak and reveal the secrets was Li Daoming, who looked so attractive that one would want to punch him.

"Ah! I don't have the strength to speak if I don't press it once!" Li Daoming said weakly, "Oh my! This surgery took nearly seven hours!"

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head and whispered in Xu Wen's ear: "Don't worry, it's done!" Then he walked towards Li Daoming with a playful smile, "That's really hard work! Come, let me give you a massage!"

Xu Wen was startled, and when he looked up again, he saw Lu Yuanzheng holding Li Daoming's wrist with one hand and clamping Li Daoming's shoulder with the other.

She even thought she heard two crackling sounds of bones.

The reason for doubt is that Li Daoming's scream was too loud.

"Lu Yuanzheng! How can you be so kind to your savior?"

"I didn't ask you to save my life!"

"The ones I saved before are no longer saved? I said you have no conscience! I don't expect you to repay me, but you can't forget so cleanly, right?"

"Are you trying to remind me to settle the score with you for the experiments you performed on me?"

“…”

The two men, who were in their sixties between them, exchanged sharp words for quite a while.

In the end, Li Daoming was defeated.

"Okay, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Guo Jianye's surgery..." Li Daoming's bright eyes swept across the people present and announced, "It was a great success!"

Luo Zemin and Tan Changlin high-fived each other subconsciously.

Xu Wen asked Lu Yuanzheng curiously, "How do you know the operation was successful?"

Li Daoming didn't say anything at that time.

"He can't keep his secrets to himself. The expression on his face that looks like he's waiting to be praised proves it. Besides, don't look at him like this, he's a bitch inside! If the operation really fails, he won't even walk out of this door. He will definitely cry more miserably than Guo Jianye in there."

Xu asked: "..."

This description makes me not know how to complain for a moment.

Li Daoming himself was of course not convinced, "You cried more miserably than Guo Jianye! If the operation fails, Guo Jianye won't have the chance to cry!"

Tan Changlin flew back to Beijing that day.

He is the project manager and it is not easy for him to be absent all the time.

In the 1980s, airplanes were under the control of the military, so Lu Yuanzheng found someone to let him fly.

Luo Zemin returned to Pengcheng that day.

He had previously run errands for Xu Wen to go abroad to buy equipment, and after returning he immediately came to Haicheng and stayed there for some time. His own business had been left there, and he was also anxious.

Only Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen were left, and they stayed for one more day.

He waited until Guo Jianye woke up before leaving.

Military hospitals are different from local hospitals. Generally, there is no need for a dedicated bedside care provider, and the nurses will take good care of them.

If a particularly seriously ill patient needs a bedside companion, the unit will send one.

For them, it's just a change of location while still being in the army.

People in local areas are relatively free when they are hospitalized. They can come and go as they please, and they are not afraid of ward rounds if their medical expenses are not reimbursed.

But the soldiers cannot do that, they are under the care of the hospital.

Patients with mild symptoms are only allowed to go out for half an hour every day and are not allowed to leave the ward at will at other times.

Not only that.

Local people who come to the hospital for surgery need their family members' signatures.

Often, a conversation will be organized with the patient’s family before the operation to inform them of some precautions during the operation.

But the military hospital does not have this system. To be more precise, the military hospital does not have this system for officers and soldiers.

The entire treatment process does not require the approval of family members.

The same thing happened during our last expedition.

Otherwise, the rumor of his sacrifice would not have spread back to the village.

Xu Wen walked out of the hospital, stood at the gate, looked back at the tall building of the inpatient department and sighed: "Do you think this is humane management or inhumane management?"

Lu Yuanzheng knew that she was thinking about the unpleasant things in the past, so he took the initiative to hold her hand and said, "For us, saving lives comes first, and everything else comes second. Many times, we don't care about the rules!"

Xu Wen nodded, his voice a little muffled: "I never want to come to this place again!"

Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly: "I don't want to see that veterinarian again!"

After returning from Haicheng, the time spent on the expedition seemed to be longer. I was able to go to work and leave work on time.

In Xu Wen's opinion, his daily work is either beating the boat or beating the ground.

The ship is the Yangtze River.

Ma Liang's disciples would go to test the boat after they finished repairing a part, and Lu Yuanzheng would also follow them.

Apart from that, he and Shi Lei are just like captains of two production teams.

Shi Lei carries a notebook with him every day, and Lu Yuanzheng holds a tape measure.

Following behind him were the clerk, the deputy battalion commander, and a few other people.

Just circle around the few areas on the island that are suitable for farming.

The policy of subcontracting land to households has not yet been promoted nationwide, but some areas have begun to pilot it.

But Rainbow Island is a special place, and some things can be treated specially.

For example, the land here can be called arable land or wasteland.

Wasteland reclaimed by individuals can be cultivated for a period of time before being handed over to the public.

There are already quite a few islanders on the island now.

For ordinary people, nothing is more solid than having land to farm.

But how to divide this land is a problem.

For the time being, the island's land resources are definitely more than enough for these ethnic groups.

However, Rainbow Island is not home to only these islanders.

Just like when my sisters-in-law came to the island before, there will be a flow of people.

Unlike the sisters-in-law, no matter how much they move around, there are only so many married warriors and so much land.

But the islanders are different. More and more people will come to the island, and this variable is unpredictable.

Lu Yuanzheng discussed it with Shi Lei and decided to divide the property first and then divide it again next year when there are more people.

However, there is still one issue that has not been resolved yet.

There are no indigenous people on Rainbow Island. If there are any, they are Mrs. Li and her group.

Mrs. Li and her squad leader Zhao, as well as the islanders who stayed on Rainbow Island after retiring from the army in the same year as squad leader Zhao.

These people truly like and understand Rainbow Island, so naturally their land is indispensable.

Then there are the people Xu Wen brought to the island. These people came here to work. They did not come to Rainbow Island to farm, so they did not need to divide the land.

Finally, they went on a journey to meet the fishermen they had rescued.

Fishermen are also civilians and will settle down on Rainbow Island in the future.

So here comes the question, the fishermen themselves can catch fish.

The fishing grounds within Rainbow Island have been opened to them.

If we give them another piece of land, wouldn't that be too generous a treatment?

Isn't that unfair to ordinary people like Xu Qiushi who only make a living by farming?

For this purpose, Lu Yuanzheng and his team even held a special meeting.

Oh, to be exact, Shi Lei and his team held a meeting, but Lu Yuanzheng did not attend to avoid suspicion.

After all, his father-in-law was among them.

Although Xu Qiushi has always wanted to return to Wei Zhuang, he is a farmer at heart, and living on an island without being given land to farm would make him very uncomfortable.

Shi Lei held the notebook and watched the people working on the ground with Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Shi Lei, then at the bright sun, hesitated for a moment, and moved a little to the side.

Even though it was only a little, it was enough for Shi Lei to react, and it represented Lu Yuanzheng's disgust.

Shi Lei: “…”

He rolled his eyes in annoyance, "I didn't provoke you today! What are you singing about?"

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips. "If I tell you that I just don't want people to think that I know the fool, will this statement make you more accepting? It's not my first time to be a father! Do you really need to worry about it?"

It's been several days!

Every day, Shi Lei's mouth corners were cracked all the way to his ears, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see it unless you squinted your eyes.

At first, Lu Yuanzheng didn't know about it, but out of caring for his disabled comrades, he expressed his condolences to him.

I just found out that Song Baoying is pregnant with her second child.

Then Shi Lei's symptoms of being a father persist to this day.

It's a hot day, but everyone is working hard!

Only Shi Lei was standing on the side of the road, holding a notebook and smiling like a dog-tail flower.

Shi Lei: “…”

"You don't know!" Shi Lei looked around and said in a low voice, "It's been several years since I had a second child. I'm under so much pressure! My parents put all the pressure on me because they were afraid that Baoying would feel pressured. They said I was too busy to take care of her. In the past two years, my parents have visited all the temples in our area. What's even more exaggerated is that they sent me two talismans for praying for a child two days ago."

“That won’t make you a fool, will it?” Lu Yuanzheng glanced at him, his disdain clearly expressed.

It’s not like he hasn’t been a father before!

Shi Lei: “…”

He dragged Lu Yuanzheng a few steps to the shade of the tree nearby, "I told you you have to keep it a secret!"

"You don't have to say it!" Lu Yuanzheng didn't want to listen.

"Last year when I went back from vacation, my parents took me to see a doctor!!!"

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Shi Lei in confusion, not quite understanding why he had such a big reaction to seeing a doctor? Who hasn't seen a doctor before?

Then I figured out what subject he was studying from his exaggerated body movements.

Lu Yuanzheng's lips trembled, he clenched his fist, put it to his mouth and coughed softly, "Just because my sister-in-law can get pregnant doesn't mean you are cured!"

Shi Lei: “…”

Shi Lei threw the notebook in his hand to Lu Yuanzheng, who grabbed it and walked back.

"Lu, just wait for me!"

"What am I waiting for? I don't have to go to the hospital!"

Shi Lei: “…”

The two men quarreled for a while, and the people below had almost finished measuring the land.

"Stop making a fuss! Seriously, why don't you ask your sister-in-law for her opinion on this matter?"

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, "We, the big bosses, can't figure out such a piece of land?"

"It's not that useless! I just always feel that every time my sister-in-law said something, she could solve our biggest problems."

"You said it was in the past! My wife has been too busy lately!" Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, handed the tape measure to his men, and waved to Shi Lei, "Thank you, Coach Shi, for trying harder!"

"Where are you going?"

"Go home and be with your wife!"

Shi Lei: “…”

"Fuck! My wife is still pregnant!"

He hasn't even been with his wife yet!

Having said that, Shi Lei still obediently led his men back to the camp.

Because, if he doesn't want to accompany her now, he can do it tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow. And Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen will be separated again.

When Lu Yuanzheng got home, Xu Wen had just taken off Xiao Xiachu's diaper and was studying it.

Diapers differ from sanitary napkins in many other ways besides their shape.

Children's skin is more tender and sensitive and needs more care.

As a subject of the diaper experiment, Xiao Xiachu was pampered and also suffered.

The first time I made a diaper, Xiao Xiachu actually had an allergic reaction to it, probably because of the material.

The little butt is red.

The second time, I was not allergic, but the amount of urine in Xia Chu, who was almost one year old, was definitely different from that of a baby. The urine was not absorbed fast enough, and the little guy wet his pants.

The third time, the fourth time, and until now.

The pull-up pants in Xu Wen's hand were already perfect.

In addition to Xiao Xiachu, other children on the island were also Xu Wen's experimental subjects.

Children of all ages, boys and girls, were tested one by one.

After repeated revisions based on the diaper-resistant sizes provided in the magic mirror, we were finally able to achieve the goal of mass production.

Xu Wen washed his hands, left Xia Chu with Zhu Meizhen, and went back to his family area with Lu Yuanzheng.

There were only the two of them, and they didn't bring any children with them.

"When are you leaving?" Lu Yuanzheng asked.

Xu asked sideways.

Lu Yuanzheng half lowered his head, and a ray of sunlight shone through the shadows of the trees onto the scarred half of his face, adding a touch of warmth.

It was as if the god of war who had descended to earth had become fiery.

Not hearing any answer, Lu Yuanzheng turned his head to look at Xu Wen, his handsome sword-like eyebrows slightly raised, as if he was a little confused.

Xu Wen raised his hand and made the sign of five, "Comrade Lu, I know you can't bear to leave me. But you have asked me this question five times since last night!"

Lu Yuanzheng stopped talking and pursed his thin lips.

"If you are so reluctant to leave me, why don't you just come with me!" Xu Wen hooked his finger at him.

Lu Yuanzheng sighed, "Of course I do. Isn't this beyond my control?"

Xu Wen laughed, stopped walking, and also stopped his expedition.

In Lu Yuanzheng's confused eyes, she stood on tiptoe, held Lu Yuanzheng's face with both hands, and rubbed it hard, "Comrade Lu, you are not right? What did I say when you run around the world every day? I just went back to school, and you look so bitter and resentful! If someone didn't know, they would think I eloped with another man!"

"Hiss!" Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand and flicked Xu Wen's smooth forehead. "How dare you say anything! Have I been too used to you lately?"

Xu Wen chuckled.

It's not that he has been too used to her recently, he has always been used to her.

I originally thought that Xu Wen would have to watch Lu Yuanzheng leave with the Chang Jiang.

Who knew that according to the time, she would have to leave the island first.

It's not a big deal. Her grade is the most special one since the resumption of the college entrance examination.

Other college entrance exams are all in summer, graduation season is also in summer, and thesis writing and other things are all in spring.

But Xu Wen's college entrance examination is the only winter college entrance examination.

The college entrance examination is in winter and school starts during the Spring Festival.

The time for this level is always different from that for other ages.

Others go to school during the summer vacation, but they have winter vacation.

In addition to preparing thesis, students often need to do internships in their last year of university.

This time Xu Wen went back, in addition to submitting his thesis, he also wanted to promote the urine-resistant product in his factory.

But her matter is not that urgent.

"I have to spend my daughter's birthday before I leave!"

The first birthday is still taken very seriously in Wei Zhuang.

Now, Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen are the only two elders among them, and they must follow their rules.

Lu Yuanzheng knew the answer and was neither surprised nor satisfied. He muttered, "It will only take two days!"

"How about this? Should I wait a few more days for you to leave first?"

Lu Yuanzheng thought about it and shook his head, "Forget it, I'll take you there!"

If you think about it carefully, even though Lu Yuanzheng was always away from home for a long time, she never sent him off.

Either the long journey or sneak away in the middle of the night while Xu Wen is asleep.

Or, just like he did during the Chinese New Year, he would send Xu Wen off the island and then leave on his own.

Because I knew that the feeling of farewell was too painful, I was reluctant to let Xu Wen experience this pain.

"In that case, just enjoy the present moment and stop dwelling on the separation! This isn't the first time we've separated."

"But we have spent too little time together this year!" Lu Yuanzheng sighed.

It was almost June of 1981, and the two of them had only been together for about a month. If they were separated again, it would probably be another half a year.

"If you keep thinking like that, you'll become an old man sooner or later. People should live in the present!" Xu Wen said as he walked around behind Lu Yuanzheng, leaped onto his back, and said coquettishly in a soft voice, "My feet hurt, carry me!"

Although Lu Yuanzheng was caught off guard, his lower body was exceptionally stable. He stood firmly in place, waiting for her to jump onto his back and wrap her long legs around his waist, then he reached out to support her from behind.

His hands restlessly pinched her buttocks twice, "Is yours a little big here?"

This caused Xu Wen to raise his hand and slap him, "Will everything be fine after having a baby?!"

This is common sense.

The road is long and the journey is full of laughter.

Xu Wen laughed so hard that he pulled his ears in the opposite direction with both hands.

The two of them walked home laughing.

Suddenly Lu Yuanzheng's expression changed and he only had time to throw Xu Wen aside.

When Xu Wen got up, he could no longer see Lu Yuanzheng.

"The journey is long! The journey is long!" Xu Wen stood up in a hurry and shouted everywhere.

"I'm fine." Lu Yuanzheng's voice came from below.

Xu asked: "..."

Is this a trap?

This realization calmed Xu Wen down a little.

After all, falling into a trap and disappearing are two different concepts.

She searched carefully on the ground before she found the mechanism.

After finally opening the lid, I saw Lu Yuanzheng with his hands on the dug hole, and there were sharp weapons underneath.

Xu Wen did not try to show off his bravery by going on a long expedition, so he quickly made way.

Lu Yuanzheng jumped up in two or three steps.

Xu Wen looked at him carefully and felt relieved since he didn't look injured.

"Who set the trap here?"

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head. "I don't know. The trap looks freshly dug. I don't know who on the island got bored and used it to catch wild animals or something."

"But there are so many children on the island, what will happen if they fall in?"

"I guess some of the fishermen want to hunt us." You stay here and watch while I call someone to handle it.

It is said that the journey is long, but the journey is not far.

He had a whistle around his neck. He blew it a few times, then put it away. He asked Xu Wen to wait and left.

After a while, a company commander came over with a team of soldiers.

Xu Wen told the whole story. The company commander led his men to defuse the trap and ordered his men to search the area to see if there were other traps.

Seeing that he could not help much, Xu Wen went back to the cabin.

Late May is the end of spring and the beginning of summer in northern cities, but it is already midsummer in Rainbow Island.

After this ordeal, Xu Wen was sweating profusely, so he went to take a shower first.

When she came out, Lu Yuanzheng had also returned, drinking water in front of the tea table with his back bare.

"Did you find out who did it?"

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, but his eyes never left Xu and asked around, "There are just a few naughty kids who want to experience hunting. You know them, they are the kids from the Lou family."

Xu asked: "..."

"Hunting?" What kind of primitive lifestyle is this?

Lu Yuanzheng gently stroked the corner of his eye with his index finger. "This ethnic group is indeed quite primitive. Many of their living habits are also primitive. Don't worry, I have already told their chieftain that this kind of situation will not happen again in the future."

Xu Wen sat on the sofa, raised his hand and wiped his hair with a towel, and said thoughtfully: "If we want to change this situation, we can't just rely on the clan leader to control them, we still have to change their mindsets. Simply put, we have to let the children go to school."

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, "We both have the same idea. However, it may not be easy to let them go to school."

"Because you're poor?"

Lu Yuanzheng nodded and shook his head, "Not just because of the money. It's mainly because of the language differences and the cultural differences."

Poverty is definitely the biggest reason.

Even though primary schools on the island do not charge tuition, you still have to buy your own textbooks.

Of course, there are not too many fishermen now, and there are no more than 20 to 30 primary school students of school age, so it is not unaffordable to provide textbooks for free.

The problem is, even if they were given the opportunity, they wouldn’t let their children attend the classes.

Because even if children can go to school for free, they will still have to delay cooking and doing housework.

Bigger ones can go fishing in the sea.

Funding their education is something they are willing to do, and it may still be a burden for the fishermen.

In addition, as Lu Yuanzheng said, their language is a bit difficult. It is not a big problem to listen to Mandarin, but it is very difficult to speak and write.

As for Lou Jiayi, whom Xu Wen had met, she was obviously a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, but she might not be as good as Dongsheng in writing and reading.

Children like this cannot keep up with the class if they join a new class, and they are too old to start studying in the first grade.

"No matter what, you brought people back. They are now citizens of Rainbow Island. You still have to take responsibility."

Lu Yuanzheng hummed in a muffled voice, then curled his lips in self-mockery, "There are too many people I want to be responsible for! In the end, I couldn't even be responsible for my own wife and children."

Xu Wen threw the towel at him and said, "We agreed that you are not allowed to say such depressing words again! Cherish the present moment!"

Lu Yuanzheng nodded in agreement, "You are right! Since we are only fighting for our time, let me fulfill my responsibilities now!"

He pressed forward and asked Xu.

Xu Wen quickly stretched out his arms and pushed him: "No! You haven't showered yet!"

"Wash later!" He chuckled and untied Xu Wen's towel. "It's useless even if you wash. Why bother?"

Xu asked: "..."

The New Year's Eve banquet in early summer was held in Pengcheng.

To be exact, it happened twice in one day.

There is also another show at Rainbow Island in the evening.

In fact, what Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng had discussed was that they should try not to disturb other people and just have a meal together with the Xu family to liven things up.

For this matter, Xu Wen even closed the store for a day, picked a good hotel and asked for a private room as a host for his niece's first birthday celebration.

Xu Wang personally sewed a little princess dress for Xia Chu. It was pink and tender, with many layered details, which was particularly beautiful.

Xu Wen gave Xia Chu a bun and put a small crown on her head.

Xu Wang knows a lot of wealthy people in the women's clothing business, and he bought Xia Chu a large double-layer cake with a cream painting of Snow White on it.

Xu Qi, Yuanbao, Dongsheng and Chunsheng all looked at the cake eagerly.

Dongsheng is actually not very fond of cakes because Xu Wen used to make them often.

"Then why are you drooling!" Yuanbao laughed at Dongsheng.

"My mom is too busy and hasn't made desserts for a long time! She didn't even make one for Xia Chu's birthday this time." Dongsheng sighed like a little adult.

In the past, Xu Wen would make him a cake on his birthday.

It happened last winter as well.

I didn’t expect that there would be no cake when Xia Chu was only one year old.

I feel my sister is more pitiful than myself!

Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen were busy helping Xia Chu with her one-year-old ritual.

The highlight of the first birthday banquet is the grabbing of the first birthday.

The old couple didn't know where they collected so many things for the "Zhuazhou" ceremony.

Xu Wen saw the shuttles used by fishermen to weave nets.

Xu Wen poked his head in and took a look, also expressing his surprise: "Dad and Mom, did you two go to Rainbow Island to pick up junk?"

The place is full of all kinds of mess.

Most of them are obviously picked up.

Zhu Meizhen patted Xu Wen lightly, "What nonsense are you talking about?! Rainbow Island is short of this and that, your father and I have been saving these things for the first birthday for several months! If you had come to Pengcheng to celebrate your first birthday, we wouldn't have gone through so much trouble!"

Xu Wen immediately echoed Xu Wen's words.