Xu Ning sat in the back and asked Lu Xiaotang who was riding a bicycle, "Brother Lu, three of those educated youths are from Beijing. Do you know them?"
Lu Xiaotang said, "I don't remember. Maybe I have seen him before."
Xu Ning thought for a moment and said, "Be careful when you go to the bullpen these days and avoid people."
She wasn't worried about the other people, because knowing Lu Xiaotang's identity, they would just stay away from him.
But Lin Miao is different. She knows that these people will return to the city in the future. If they keep coming over, it will be very inconvenient for them to do anything in the future.
Lu Xiaotang paused when he heard Xu Ning's words and said, "Okay, I will pay attention."
When they returned home, Xu Ning said to Lu Xiaotang, "Brother Lu, drink some water and rest for a while. I'll go tell Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu. Otherwise, they will be surprised when they hear from Grandpa Chen that you are here."
He also took out half of the daily necessities, pork and fine grains from the backpack and took them to the cowshed.
Xu Ning walked to the cowshed, thinking that Old Chen would be back soon, he cut to the chase, "Uncle Lu, Brother Lu is here. It's not convenient for him to come over now, so he'll come to see you in the evening. I bought some meat and fine grains, you can cook them and don't wait for Brother Lu to eat in the evening, he'll eat over there first before coming back."
They also told a few people about the people from the Youth Hostel they met on the road, and how someone recognized Brother Lu.
Uncle Lu said, "Xiaoning, tell Xiaotang not to come here so early in the evening. It's not cold yet. Some educated youth like to come here to fetch water after dinner."
Xu Ning nodded and took Xu Mo back. Before they reached the door, Xu Mo let go of Xu Ning's hand and ran into the house.
Lu Xiaotang had just washed his face and was about to take the water out of the basin when he saw a little kid rushing towards him from outside the door. He hurriedly held the basin in one hand and caught the kid with the other.
Xu Mo said, "Brother Lu, you are here. I missed you so much." Then he stared at Lu Xiaotang with his bright eyes.
Xu Ning came in to see Lu Xiaotang, holding a basin in one hand and Xu Mo in the other. He quickly took the basin and said, "Xiao Mo, come down quickly and let Brother Lu have a rest."
Lu Xiaotang said, "It's okay, I'm not tired."
Xu Mo obediently got off Lu Xiaotang and said, "Brother Lu, do you still remember what you said to me when you left? You told me to be obedient, and I was very good. Are you asking my sister?"
Xu Ning was speechless when he saw him like this. He was thinking about the bullet head again. He really didn't know what was so fun about that thing.
Lu Xiaotang looked at his cute appearance and laughed, "Your sister said that Xiao Mo is very well behaved. Brother Lu didn't forget what he promised you. This time he brought a bullet for Xiao Mo."
Xu Mo said happily, "Thank you, Brother Lu. Brother Lu, please sit down and have a rest. I'll go get you some water."
After school, Xu An and Lu Xiaotang were intimate again.
Lu Xiaotang opened the package that Old Chen had just brought over and put the bullet-shaped necklaces around the necks of the two men.
He took out the malted milk, canned meat, candy, snacks and wool from his bag and said to Xu Ning, "This is the wool I brought from Nanshi. Knit two sweaters for yourself."
Xu An and Xu Mo also remembered that their sister had never knitted a sweater for them, and they looked at her with guilt and distress.
Xu Ning looked at the wool on the table and the expressions of the people, and thought to herself, boys, don't get me wrong, I really don't like to wear knitted sweaters.
That thing is bulky and uncomfortable to wear, so I wear thermal underwear underneath. If thermal underwear wasn’t produced yet, I would have made two sets for each of you.
Xu Ning said to the others, "I don't like to wear knitted sweaters. I feel uncomfortable wearing them, so I didn't knit them."
Xu An said with red eyes, "The sweater is so warm to wear. It's not that I don't like to wear it, it's obvious that I can't bear to buy it for myself."
Xu Mo also stretched out his two small hands, hugged her thighs and said, "Sister, I just can't bear to part with it. I already have two sweaters, but Sister doesn't have any."
Lu Xiaotang was also silent, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Xu Ning looked at them speechlessly. She was really not that great, but she didn't explain anything further. She took the wool on the table and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu. The color of this wool is very beautiful. I will knit one for myself later."
Lu Xiaotang took out two more sets of military uniforms from his bag and said, "These two sets are ladies' uniforms that I brought. Try them on to see if they fit you. If they don't fit, find a tailor to alter them."
Xu Ning looked at the two sets of military uniforms, and joy flashed in his eyes. Nowadays, people are proud to own a set of green military uniforms.
Although she was a time traveler, her admiration for soldiers and her love for military uniforms are ingrained in her bones.
Xu Ning said happily, "Thank you, Brother Lu, I really like it."
Lu Xiaotang thought, this must be true love, it was completely different from the look in his eyes when he saw the wool just now.
I saw Xu An and Xu Mo next to me looking at the military uniform in their sister's hand with envy.
He smiled and said, "You two are still young, so there is nothing for you to wear. When you grow up a little, I will give each of you a set of clothes." The two of them laughed happily when they heard it.
Xu Ning saw that it was getting late and Xu An had to go to school in the afternoon, so she put the military uniform and wool in her room and went to cook.
Lu Xiaotang followed behind to help her, while Xu An and Xu Mo were fiddling with their bullet-shaped necklaces.
While cutting potatoes, Xu Ning asked, "Brother Lu, how long can you stay here this time?"
Lu Xiaotang put the firewood in his hand into the stove and said, "We have a month's vacation this time, and we will report to the military academy in twenty days."
Xu Ning said happily, "Then I can spend more time with Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu."
For lunch, I made braised potatoes with pork, stir-fried sour beans with minced meat, cold wild vegetables, egg drop soup, and two-grain flour pancakes.
Xu An went to school after dinner. Xu Ning washed the pot and Lu Xiaotang had already cleaned up the woodshed.
They haven't started chopping firewood this year, so there's still some leftover firewood from last year and some that Xu An picked up when he was cutting grass for pigs this year.
Xu Ning was also planning to clean up the woodshed and start chopping wood in the next two days.
Lu Xiaotang saw some unused coal briquettes in the corner and asked, "Did you make this last year?"
When Xu Ning saw the remaining coal briquettes, he thought of what happened last year.
She smiled and told him about how she failed in making coal briquettes last year and how she had asked Uncle Lu and her father to come over to help.
After listening to this, Lu Xiaotang said, "I will make more for you this year. The place here is too small to store everything. I see there is a little space between the woodshed and the small gate. I will go up the mountain to cut two trees and build a shed here to store the coal briquettes. Things that are not usually taken into the house can also be stored here."
Xu Ning also thought what he said was feasible, so he said, "Then I will go up the mountain with you to cut trees this afternoon."
"No, I can do it by myself. Just sweep the place and it will be set up in one afternoon," Lu Xiaotang said, and then he went to the kitchen to get a machete and went up the mountain.
The two of them spent an afternoon setting up the shed. Lu Xiaotang looked at the woodshed next to it and said to Xu Ning,
"I'll dig a cellar for you in the woodshed. Then you can store the vegetables in the cellar, and the house will be a little more empty.
Xu Ning's eyes lit up. Why didn't she think of digging a cellar? With a cellar, you can store cabbage, radishes, potatoes and other things in the cellar, so the room will not look so crowded.
He nodded and said to Lu Xiaotang, "Brother Lu, let's dig a cellar. I'll dig with you tomorrow."
Suddenly I remembered, "If I dig a cellar and put firewood on top, will it collapse?"
Lu Xiaotang smiled and said, "It won't collapse. Didn't Xiao An say that you guys are going to go into the mountains to pick up mountain products tomorrow? Go ahead. I can dig it out in two days by myself."
As soon as Xu An came home from school, Xu Mo pulled him aside and said, "Look, second brother, this is the shed built by Brother Lu to store our coal briquettes. Tomorrow Brother Lu will dig a cellar for us to store our vegetables."
Xu An looked at the shed and said happily, "That's great. It will be much more convenient to get coal briquettes in the winter, and it can also be used to store some things."
Then he asked Xu Mo, "Where are Brother Lu and Sister?"
Xu Mo said, "I'm making dumplings, second brother. We're going to have dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables and pork tonight," and then he slurped his saliva.
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