When Xu Ning returned home, Lu Xiaotang had already prepared the meal, including rice, braised rabbit meat, and stir-fried vegetables.
Seeing her come back, Xu Ning immediately served the rice. He tasted it and it tasted pretty good. Although it was not as good as Xiao An's, for someone who did not cook often, it was already very good.
Xu Ning praised him, and Lu Xiaotang handed her a piece of rabbit meat and said, "My parents were very busy with work when I was very young, and we ate in the army cafeteria. My sister and I went to the cafeteria to get food after school. Later, when my sister was a little older, we cooked at home."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Sister Xiao Ran must be an excellent cook."
"Better than me," he said, and gave her a few more pieces of meat.
Lu Xiaotang looked at the girl eating opposite him. He would be returning to the army the day after tomorrow, and the next time they would meet would be at least a year later. He felt very reluctant.
But he has to go back. He can't stay with her now. He must make himself stronger to protect the family behind him.
After they had finished their meal, Xu Ning asked Lu Xiaotang to help light the fire, and she roasted some dried meat for him to take away.
Lu Xiaotang didn't plan to bring anything, wanting them to keep some for themselves, but he knew his objection was useless, so he just helped her in the kitchen.
While roasting the dried meat, Xu Ning said, "Wei Lanlan is pregnant. I plan to send her half a pheasant tonight to help her replenish her body."
"Take one and go. They are a nice couple. I will go to the mountain again tomorrow."
Xu Ning hurriedly said, "Don't go up the mountain again. There is so much meat at home, enough to last until next year. Just take a good rest at home tomorrow and don't go anywhere."
Lu Xiaotang looked at her gently and said with a smile, "Okay, then I won't go. I'll stay at home with you tomorrow."
Xu Ning...is this what she meant?
Because of the roasted meat jerky, dinner was a little dark. After dinner, Xu Ning took out a pheasant, wrapped it up, and prepared to go see Wei Lanlan. Lu Xiaotang sent him to the gate of the Youth League Home and then went to the cowshed.
Chen Xiangdong and Wei Lanlan had just finished their meal. When they saw Xu Ning coming over in the evening, they thought she had something to do.
Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I heard that Lanlan is pregnant. It just so happened that my cousin shot two pheasants yesterday, so I gave one to Wei Lanlan to nourish her body."
Chen Xiangdong quickly declined, "Xu Ning, how can this be so embarrassing? Take it back and eat it!"
Seeing that he was still being polite, Xu Ning put the chicken on the table and said, "I'm giving this to Wei Lanlan to nourish her body. Given my relationship with her, what's wrong with giving her a chicken? Put it away quickly. Make some soup for her tomorrow and add some mushrooms or something. It will be nutritious this way."
Wei Lanlan smiled and said, "Xiangdong, take it, take it. Why are you being polite to her? I'll stew it for your son tomorrow."
Then he teased Xu Ning, "Why are you still calling your boyfriend your cousin? How long do you want him to be your cousin?"
Xu Ning coughed lightly and said, "No, you are pregnant. Why do you feel like you have become more shameless?"
“I just learned it from you.”
"What did you learn from her?" Yang Xiaomei's voice sounded at the door.
Xu Xiangdong hurriedly asked Yang Xiaomei to come in and sit down, and then said to them, "You guys talk here, I'll go see Sun Hao."
Wei Lanlan smiled at Yang Xiaomei and said, "Xu Ning said that I have become thick-skinned, and I said that I learned it from her. Xiaomei, do you think I am right?"
Yang Xiaomei touched Xu Ning's face and said with a smile, "It's a bit thick."
Xu Ning was about to pinch her, so she quickly hid behind Wei Lanlan and said with a smile, "Don't come over here, don't come over here, there's a pregnant woman here."
The three of them chatted happily here. Xu Ning looked at the time and it was already nine o'clock, so he said he wanted to go back. Wei Lanlan asked Chen Xiangdong to see her off.
Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "No need to send me off. It's only a few steps away. I can run back in two minutes."
Before Chen Xiangdong came out, she had already walked to the door. As soon as she opened the door of the Youth League Home, Lu Xiaotang was standing on the side of the road waiting for her. When he saw her come out, he immediately came over and took her hand.
Chen Xiangdong also came out, and when he saw the two of them, he smiled and said, "Xu Ning, your boyfriend is here to pick you up, so I won't see you off. Take care, both of you!"
Xu Ning wanted to pull her hand out, but Lu Xiaotang didn't let go. She said embarrassedly, "Chen Xiangdong, go back quickly! Take good care of Wei Lanlan, we'll leave first."
Lu Xiaotang also nodded to him, and the two of them walked home hand in hand.
As soon as Chen Xiangdong returned to the house, Wei Lanlan asked, "Didn't I ask you to send Xu Ning off? Why are you back so soon?"
Chen Xiangdong smiled and said, "Her boyfriend is waiting for her at the door. Her boyfriend is really good, both talented and capable."
Wei Lanlan said, "Xu Ning is also very good, pretty and capable, and she is also very good at dealing with people. Few people in the village have anything bad to say about her."
Chen Xiangdong also nodded in agreement.
The two held hands and walked slowly towards home. Lu Xiaotang reminded them, "Xiaoning, Xiaoan has also gone to the city to study. Now you live here alone. Don't go out at night, understand?"
"Brother Lu, I know. I seldom go out at night."
Lu Xiaotang looked around again and said, "This place is too close to Daqing Mountain. When the mountain is covered with snow, wild animals can't find food and sometimes go down the mountain. I will reinforce the gate tomorrow."
Xu Ning suddenly stopped, turned around, hugged his waist, buried his face in his arms, and said, "Brother Lu, I'm fine. Don't worry about your family when you are outside. Be sure to pay attention to safety. We are all here waiting for you to come back."
Lu Xiaotang hugged her tightly and said, "Xiaoning, don't worry about me. As long as you are all well, I will feel at ease."
The next morning, Lu Xiaotang went up the mountain and cut down a lot of dead trees. He then went to the village carpenter's house to borrow tools, reinforced the gate, and looked at the wall surrounded by thorny saplings. Only then did he feel relieved.
After lunch, I went to the county town to get the photos back, two individual photos and two group photos.
She took a photo of Lu Xiaotang and the other person and a solo photo of Xu Ning and put them in her luggage bag first.
Xu Ning spent the whole day preparing food for him on the journey and things for him to take back home.
After school, Xu Mo put his schoolbag in the cowshed, then came over quietly and said he wanted to have a meal and chat with Brother Lu.
While eating, he stood in front of the table and said, "Brother Lu, you are leaving tomorrow. I am going to recite a poem to send you off today."
After that, he cleared his throat and began to recite:
The scenery of the north is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.
Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is only wilderness; looking up and down the great rivers, there is no longer any roaring sound.
The silver snakes dance on the mountains and the wax elephants gallop across the plains, trying to compete with the sky for height.
You need a sunny day to see the red and white clothes, which are particularly charming.
The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for it.
It is a pity that the Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han were slightly inferior in literary talent, and the Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song were slightly inferior in style and charm.
The great Genghis Khan only knew how to shoot eagles with a bow.
All the past is gone, and the heroes of today are still to be seen.
After reciting the porridge, he held the bowl and said to Lu Xiaotang, "Brother Lu, today I will offer you a bowl of porridge instead of wine. I wish you a triumphant return soon. I will drink first as a sign of respect."
After saying that, he took the rice porridge and poured it into his mouth. The rice porridge had just been taken out of the pot and was still a little hot. Before Xu Ning and Lu Xiaotang could stop him, they saw that he had already poured it into his mouth.
Xu Mo wanted to spit out the porridge in his mouth because it was too hot, but he felt it would be embarrassing to spit it out, and it was too hot to swallow it. His little face turned red.
Lu Xiaotang quickly pried open his mouth and made him spit out the porridge. Xu Ning went to bring him a bowl of cold water. Fortunately, the porridge was not too hot and it was fine after a while.
Xu Mo felt very embarrassed and said, "Sister, Brother Lu, I drank a little too much just now, and the rice porridge is a bit too much. You guys eat first, I'll drink some cold water to wake up."
The two of them couldn't help but burst out laughing.
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