Chapter 79

Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand to take the plate from her and threw it on the table, then he picked up Xu Wen and threw him onto the bed.

As soon as Xu Wen was free, he complained to him: "The journey is long and I am hungry!"

Lu Yuanzheng put his right knee against the corner of the bed and took off his shoes in this position. He looked at her with a wicked smile and said, "Don't talk anymore, I'll feed you enough!"

Xu asked: "..."

She rolled away from the road and marched away, saying in disgust: "Bai Rixuan...!"

Lu Yuanzheng didn't care about her painless accusations. He calmly watched her roll to the other side of the bed. When she sat up and prepared to get out of bed, he reached out and grabbed her wrist and dragged her back to his arms. His hands restlessly groped through her clothes and he teased, "You really don't want it? Why do I see that you are reluctant to leave?"

"You are the one who can't bear to do it!"

"I just can't bear to do it." Lu Yuanzheng admitted with a smile, and as he spoke he had already rolled up the hem of her dress to below her collarbone.

He had a clear view, but her view was blocked by the pile of clothes.

Lu Yuanzheng also held both of his hands and fixed them above his head.

He not only used his hands but also his mouth.

Soon Xu Wen admitted defeat and said habitually: "Turn off the lights."

This is the most common sentence they say before they start.

Lu Yuanzheng reminded her: "It's daytime."

Xu asked: "..."

She softened her voice and asked again: "Then can you close the curtains?"

Lu Yuanzheng didn't say yes or no, he squinted his eyes and kissed her lips lightly, then reflected: "It seems that I am not working hard enough and I can distract you to think about other things! I will change."

Xu asked: "..."

Lu Yuanzheng is a man of action. After reflecting on himself, he quickly took action. As he wished, Xu Wen soon had no time to think about anything else, including the curtains.

There was an ice bucket constantly filling up the room, and a homemade fan squeaked overhead.

It should have been cool, but both people in the room were sweating.

Xu Wen closed his eyes. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose, and natural tears were flowing from the corners of his eyes.

From time to time, a faint moan would escape from between the teeth that were trying hard to close.

Lu Yuanzheng's voice was a little hoarse, and he chuckled and warned her: "A new sister-in-law has just moved in next door. This wooden house is not soundproof."

Xu asked: "..."

I thought that there might be someone taking a lunch break behind the thin wooden wall, and they might really hear it.

She was frightened and her whole body tensed up.

Lu Yuanzheng groaned and patted her cheek, which looked like it was about to bleed. "Relax!"

Xu Wen wanted to accuse him of being the culprit, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Yuanzheng's bottomless eyes filled with desire.

I forgot to speak for a moment.

Coincidentally, a drop of sweat dripped from the tip of his nose onto Xu Wen's lips.

Xu Wen, who was unable to think, subconsciously stretched out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth.

Lu Yuanzheng's eyes deepened a little more, and he lowered his head and kissed her lips, his movements quick and urgent.

The wooden bed creaked, and I couldn't tell whether it was to add to the fun or to accuse me.

…

When Xu Wen came back from the bathroom, there was a cigarette butt in the ashtray on the bedside table.

As for the man who had just finished smoking a cigarette, he seemed to finally remember the reason why he took her home and went to make lunch at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Xu Wen felt sore in the waist and weak in the legs, and was hungry and sleepy. He wiped his hair until it was just dry, then threw the towel on the chair by the window and threw himself onto the bed.

Three seconds later, she jumped up from the bed and touched her lower back. Her fingertips felt not only a slight dampness but also a shameful stickiness. She looked down at the sheets in the middle of the bed, which were obviously darker than other places. She gritted her teeth and cursed Lu Yuanzheng: "Lu Yuanzheng! You beast in human clothing!"

Lu Yuanzheng just happened to come up and bring her food.

Afraid that she was hungry, he fried a few pieces of steamed bread wrapped with eggs and brought them to her. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Xu Wen standing by the bed, with his hands behind his waist, scolding him.

Lu Yuanzheng put the meal on the table, then leaned against the edge of the table and innocently explained: "You can't see me, so you miss me? I just went to cook you a meal."

Xu Wen ignored his teasing and reached out, pointing his index finger at the dark color in the middle of the bed. He looked at him sideways and said, "Wash the sheets!"

Lu Yuanzheng touched the tip of his nose and obediently took out new sheets from the top of the closet to change them. As he changed them, he muttered, "Who let... so much... water."

He seemed to be whispering, his voice was very low, Xu Wen didn't hear one or two words clearly, but it didn't stop her from blushing with embarrassment. She picked up the pillow and threw it at him, "Blame me?"

Lu Yuanzheng put away the dirty sheets and put new ones on top, saying, "Blame me! Blame me!"

After finishing the work, I asked Xu Wen for his opinion, "So do you want to sleep first or eat first?"

Xu Wen rolled his eyes at him and sat down at the table.

Thanks to Lu Yuanzheng, she got up late this morning and skipped breakfast to go to the beach to watch the game. Also thanks to Lu Yuanzheng, she had lunch almost at dinner time and was already starving.

However, she had a small appetite and felt full after just a few bites. She ignored Lu Yuanzheng, put down her chopsticks and went to bed.

It felt like I hadn't slept for long when I was woken up by Dongsheng.

Wake her up for dinner.

Xu Wen rubbed her eyes and sat up, and saw Dongsheng bringing back the canteen's dishes and placing them on the table for her.

She asked out of habit: "Where's your father?"

"Dad was called away by Uncle Song. He said he had a meeting."

Lu Yuanzheng has at least ten meetings a week. Xu Wen is not surprised and gets out of bed to have dinner with Dongsheng.

Xu Wen suddenly remembered something and asked Dongsheng, "Shouldn't you call them Uncle Song and Uncle Lian? Why do you call them Uncle?"

And Lu Yuanzheng called Song Xueqin "uncle" and Lian Zhenxing "uncle".

Normally, they seldom saw each other, and Lu Yuanzheng usually addressed them by their positions, so he never paid attention to this point.

After asking, I felt that I should ask Lu Yuanzheng about this matter. How could Dongsheng know when he was so young?

Who knew Dongsheng would say "oh" and actually give the answer: "Uncle Song and Uncle Lian said that they are not old and do not want to be grandfathers. They told me to discuss things with my father and just call them uncles."

Xu asked: "..."

Xu Wen shook his head and sang softly.

After dinner, Xu Wen washed the dishes and asked Dongsheng to take them back to the kitchen. He then went to the lake to wash clothes with the changed sheets.

Because the lake is not full of running water, people are reluctant to pollute it. Even when washing clothes by the lake, they fetch water from the lake and wash them on the shore.

I go to the lake to wash just because it is close to the water.

When Xu Wen arrived at the lake, several other sisters-in-law were washing clothes there.

She immediately felt regretful.

We are all adults, and when we see her only washing one bed sheet, we can guess why.

Xu Wen was about to turn around when Mrs. Xu called him enthusiastically, "Sister-in-law Wenwen, are you here to wash clothes too? It's just right. I've finished washing and have a bucket of water left. You don't have to go down to fetch water again."

Xu Wen couldn't refuse the kindness, so he walked over and sat down next to Mrs. Xu. He put the big basin on the ground, picked up Mrs. Xu's bucket and poured the water into his own big basin.

Then, Xu Wen noticed that everyone's eyes were on her basin, and they looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Of course, maybe Xu Wen felt guilty about his crime, and after all, none of his sisters-in-law said anything.

There are six sisters-in-law doing laundry here, four familiar faces and two new faces.

Including Xu Wen, there are seven people in total.

They all huddled together, chatting and laughing while they worked.

Everyone was surrounding the two sisters-in-law who had just arrived on the island and asking them all sorts of questions. After all, they hadn't had any contact with the outside world for half a year, so it was inevitable that they would be curious and start gossiping when they saw two sisters-in-law coming to the island from outside.

Mrs. Xu was the wife of the instructor of the third company. She was outgoing and always loved to laugh. She pointed at Xu Wen and introduced her to the new sister-in-law: "Look! This is the sister-in-law Xu Wen I just mentioned to you! Am I lying to you? Isn't sister-in-law Xu Wen very beautiful? She is the most beautiful sister-in-law on our island! Not only is she beautiful, she is also a talented woman! She is currently studying at a university in Beijing."

Xu Wen was slow to warm up, and felt a little embarrassed by what Mrs. Xu said, "Mrs. Xu, if you keep praising me like that, I'm embarrassed to stay here."

"How did I exaggerate you? I told you the truth. Let me introduce these two sisters-in-law to you." After Mrs. Xu finished talking to Xu Wen, she smiled and pointed at one of the fair-skinned girls in her early twenties and said, "This is the sister-in-law of Platoon Leader Li of the First Company. Her name is Jiang Yiyi."

He looked at Xu Wen and said, "This sister-in-law is as brave as you. She came to the island to find Platoon Leader Li without telling her family right after she graduated from technical secondary school."

Xu Wen seemed quite familiar with this platoon leader Li, his name was Li Mao.

I heard he's from a wealthy family.

Xu Wen was the first to extend his hand and greet: "Sister-in-law, hello."

Jiang Yiyi was obviously not used to being called sister-in-law everywhere. She reached out and shook hands with Xu Wen, and whispered in defense: "We are not married yet, and I am 22 years old."

The subtitles shouldn't call her sister-in-law.

Sister Xu was quick to explain to Jiang Yiyi before Xu Wen did: "Sister-in-law Wenwen is one year younger than you. Don't mind it. Sister-in-law is just a title. As long as you enter the compound, no, on the island, you are sister-in-law. Not only us, but other officers and soldiers, regardless of age, will call you sister-in-law when they see you."

Jiang Yiyi suddenly realized, "Is that so?"

Xu Wen recalled that during the Chinese New Year, he was also confused because he was called sister-in-law.

Mrs. Tian also popularized it in this way at that time.

Is this also considered a kind of inheritance?

Sister Li looked at another sister-in-law who was obviously very shy and asked Xu, "This is the wife of squad leader Wang of the third squad of the second company. Her name is Wang Ling."

Xu Wen took the initiative to extend his hand again: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Wang Ling was a little nervous. She looked up at Xu Wen first, then lowered her eyes, wiped her wet hands on her trousers before reaching out to shake hands with Xu Wen.

The skin on his hands was very rough, and there were thin scars on the palms, showing that he often did farm work.

Judging from his appearance, he looks to be around thirty years old.

But Xu Wen knew that people in the countryside worked on the farm all day and were exposed to the wind and sun, which made their skin dark and wrinkled, making them look old, so it was difficult to make an accurate estimate just by looking at their appearance.

Wang Ling nodded. Perhaps because she was nervous, she stuttered a little: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Her voice is as quiet as a mosquito's. She is completely different from the generous Jiang Yiyi.

Mrs. Xu whispered to Xu Wen the information she had just gathered: "Sister-in-law Wang Ling came here to ask for a child from Squad Leader Wang."

Xu Wen nodded to show his understanding.

In their profession, they can only take one vacation a year. When they are old enough to have children, if they can't afford the vacation, they can only come to visit their relatives.

Squad Leader Wang is not necessarily the squad leader. Veterans are also called Squad Leader X.

Wang Ling blushed visibly and lowered her head, obviously feeling very uncomfortable.

Xu Wen sighed lightly. Mrs. Xu is a nice person, but her emotional intelligence is a little low sometimes.

Everyone was familiar with each other and didn't care what they said, but it was obvious that sister-in-law Wang Ling was not used to it yet.

Xu Wen knew that villagers rarely left the small plot of land where they lived, so going to such a far place and meeting so many strangers would often make them shy, nervous and feel inferior.

Afraid of being rejected by others.

She smiled at Wang Ling in a friendly manner and changed the subject: "You have the same last name as squad leader Wang?"

Wang Ling obviously didn't expect Xu Wen to take the initiative to talk to her. She looked at Jiang Yiyi first. Before Xu Wen came, she was almost invisible. The other sisters-in-law were chatting around Jiang Yiyi, but Xu Wen's eyes were obviously on her. She pointed at herself uncertainly, "Me?"

Xu Wen nodded.

Wang Ling hummed, then added: "We are not related."

Mrs. Xu spoke quickly and added, "That's great! You don't have to worry about whose surname your child will take! When you fight, you can just say, 'If you do this and that, I'll take your surname!' You don't have to be afraid of cursing or swearing, how great is that?!"

Wang Ling exclaimed, looking puzzled: "Why worry about this? The child will definitely take his last name."

Mrs. Xu: “…”

Xu Wen laughed, lowered his head and began to rub the sheets.

Although there was only a small area of ​​the bed sheet that was dirty, Xu Wen still scrubbed it from head to toe to prevent others from noticing.

Mrs. Xu had given up communicating with Wang Ling and turned to chat with Jiang Yiyi.

The other sisters-in-law echoed from time to time.

Jiang Yiyi was particularly interested in Li Mao's daily life and asked about it.

She pouted and complained: "When we wrote to each other before, he would say nothing. When I asked him something, he would either say this or that. He would not reply to my letters and would disappear for a long time. I was so anxious that I often quarreled with him. But I came to see him right after I graduated."

The sisters-in-law tried to comfort her, saying that they were all like this and she just had to get used to it.

Although Xu Wen didn't say anything, he understood Jiang Yiyi very well and was also very grateful.

I'm thankful that Lu Yuanzheng and I have never separated since we truly expressed our feelings to each other.

She also noticed that although Wang Ling was washing clothes with her head down, her ears were erected, and she would nod unconsciously whenever she heard something that empathized with her.

Jiang Yiyi listened to everyone's comfort and smiled sweetly: "I know it's not easy for him. Now that I'm here on the island, I can understand his difficulties even more. Moreover, I also feel that we have become much closer since I came here. Although there are still many things he can't tell me, I can see him every day and eat with him, and I feel much more at ease."

She blushed a little shyly as she spoke, and it was obvious that her steadiness came from more than just what she called eating together.

Such intimacy often occurs between men and women only after they have established a real relationship.

We were all experienced people, so we understood why she was shy. After a few words, we talked about her men.

Jiang Yiyi and Li Mao were probably still in the passionate love period. When they mentioned each other's names, their eyes would light up and their faces would be full of happiness.

Mrs. Xu listened and said sourly: "All the good men belong to other people. Look at the one in my family, he is just a piece of wood! Of course, we are older and cannot compare with you young people, but we were young once too. You don't know how dull he is! After we got engaged, I went to visit him in the compound once. At night, we shared a quilt, and this idiot put a pillow between us, then huddled up on the edge of the bed and slept with half of his body hanging in the air. I was so angry!

You said they were an engaged couple, and in their profession, they only have one vacation a year. They said they were an engaged couple, but he just needed to take the vacation to get married. I went to the compound to get married with him, and we had already filed a marriage report, but he still did this?

I was so ashamed and angry at the time that I wanted to punch him twice. Isn't it obvious that a young girl like me slept under the same blanket with him? "

The other sisters-in-law also echoed: "All men are like this, they are wooden. But isn't your instructor Liu exaggerating too much?"

Mrs. Xu sighed, "I was embarrassed but still very happy at that time. I thought he respected me and it was a good thing. Who would have known that on our wedding night, when we turned off the lights and lay on the kang, this idiot asked me, 'Xiaohong, can I kiss you? Don't you think it's infuriating?"

Mrs. Xu's full name is Xu Xiaohong.

Mrs. Xu and instructor Liu have been married for seven or eight years, but she still looks angry when she talks about this.

The other sisters-in-law were also a little speechless, "Is this true? Instructor Liu doesn't seem to be so dull."

"I also hope it's fake. Although we women hope to find an honest man, who doesn't want their man to be braver after the lights are turned off?"

The sisters-in-law all agreed.

"But my husband Liu wouldn't move unless I spoke. He couldn't just sit there on our wedding night. I just said 'hmm', and then he asked me 'Can I get on top of you?' Can you imagine how I felt at that time?"