After firing the first shot, Lu Nong seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians. He kept Pei Ji'an's words in mind and only had his eyes on the target in front of him. Another shot.
When Lu Nong was working seriously, his expression was cold and cruel, like a rose with thorns. Even Pei Zheng couldn't help but look sideways.
Roses are delicate and proud. Some people are afraid of being pricked by the roses when they are picked, while others are afraid of disturbing the roses, so they approach them cautiously and hold the roses in their arms step by step.
——With a tiger in your heart, you can still smell the roses.
Squad leader Lao Wang exclaimed, and gave Lu Nong a thumbs up. "Great, sister-in-law. This is the first time I've seen a female comrade holding a gun without fear and still so steady. She's calm and resolute. You're indeed a member of the old Pei family. Tsk, I say you two are a family that sticks out like a sock."
Looking back at Pei Zheng, he is not much behind and is a good candidate for the army. This is the first time that Squad Leader Lao Wang is really jealous. This kid Pei Ji'an is too lucky. How many good things did he do in his previous life?
Not only does his daughter-in-law look like a fairy, but the key is that she is also kind and charming. Just looking at her makes people happy. It would be fine if he had a daughter-in-law with a good personality, but don’t you think it’s annoying that he also has a good son!
Thinking about his own prodigal son and then looking at Pei Zheng, Squad Leader Old Wang wished he could snatch Pei Zheng away to be his son.
Feeling jealous, squad leader Old Wang decided to drag Pei Ji'an to compete.
But the result was a bit terrible... we lost 10-10.
It's not that Squad Leader Lao Wang's shooting skills are bad. After all, he likes to come here to practice when he has nothing to do. He has maintained his shooting feel for many years, and his shooting speed and shooting skills are very good.
However, the person he was competing with was Pei Ji'an. Just as Squad Leader Lao Wang himself said, when Pei Ji'an was known as the shooting god in the military region, no one dared to compete with him in shooting, and the record he held was not broken until five years later.
This is very sad. Squad Leader Lao Wang had just aimed with his third shot when Pei Jinan loaded his fifth shot, aimed, and fired quickly and cleanly. It was only after Pei Jinan had fired ten bullets that Squad Leader Lao Wang was about to fire the sixth shot. It was very sad.
But he is addicted. As the saying goes, he is both incompetent and playful. If others saw him being so persistent, they might let him win this time.
Pei Jinan didn't. He seemed like he didn't see the way squad leader Lao Wang shook his head after losing. He insisted on winning him. He didn't show any joy even after winning. His serious expression made it difficult to tell his true colors and made people feel a little itchy.
Lu Nong glanced to the side, somehow sensing some sinister intent. Could it be that Pei Jinan did this on purpose?
Finally, squad leader Lao Wang gave up and said angrily, "You little bastard, did you do this on purpose? You don't even know how to give way to me. I am your squad leader after all, and you are going to embarrass me in front of your wife and son like this?"
A smile flashed across Pei Jinan's face.
Lu Nong: ...It's confirmed. Who can stand up to this sinister boss?
Lu Nong only learned for a short while before quitting. His arms felt numb from the recoil of the gun. In contrast, Pei Zheng became more and more excited, which made Lu Nong envious.
The only good thing is that she mastered the skills within an effective time, so it was not a complete failure.
Pei Zheng became more and more stable as he practiced. He might have inherited his father's talent. He was not afraid or panicked, his shooting was excellent, and every shot hit the target. Noticing that Lu Nong was looking at him, he turned around and gave Lu Nong a smug smile.
Lu Nong: “…” Damn, it’s so annoying.jpg.
She was too lazy to bother with Pei Zheng and walked out of the shooting range, intending to walk around and breathe some fresh air.
Pei Ji'an called her, "Where are you going?"
"I want to go and see the ginkgo tree outside." Lu Nong said honestly.
Squad leader Lao Wang was a very interesting person. Seeing this, he said jokingly, "Brother, we don't need you here anymore. What are you doing standing there? Why don't you go walk with your sister-in-law? I'll take care of your son for you."
Squad leader Old Wang winked at Pei Zheng. Pei Zheng was very understanding and supported his father's love and career. "Yes, yes, yes, Dad, I have learned everything you taught me. Don't worry, Uncle Wang is watching you. You won't get hurt by any accident."
Squad leader Lao Wang smiled and patted Pei Zheng on the head. This boy really doesn't look like Pei Ji'an's son. Pei Ji'an is like an ice cube every day, but this boy is cheerful and open-minded. He knows how to adapt to circumstances and is a good person. It's a pity that he is not his son.
Lu Nong was not shy at all when he heard the joke from squad leader Lao Wang. He blinked and walked slowly out of the shooting range, acting normally as if he was not the one being teased.
Pei Ji'an became calmer and followed Lu Nong at a moderate pace.
Squad Leader Lao Wang: “…”
"I know your father is a hypocrite, but why is your father's wife like this too?" Squad leader Lao Wang turned to Pei Zheng in disbelief and asked.
Pei Zheng sighed, thinking of the days when he was dominated by his stepmother, and couldn't help singing the famous lyrics of "Sha Jia Bang":
"This woman is unusual!"
Squad Leader Lao Wang: “…”
Lu Nong walked up the slope outside the shooting range to the mountain. Not far away on the slope was a huge ginkgo tree. From a distance, the tree was full of golden yellow, which was magnificent. Lu Nong noticed it when he came.
A winding stream gurgles down from top to bottom. The stream is clear and pure, without any impurities or turbidity. Even the surrounding gravel gullies are clean, probably because they have been thoroughly washed by the stream water over the years. Occasionally, a fan-shaped golden ginkgo leaf flows down with the stream, making the stream water even clearer.
This stream was cleaner than the one in front of the cabin. Lu Nong liked it so much that she took off her socks.
Pei Ji'an obviously saw through Lu Nong's plan and looked at her disapprovingly, "Too cold."
Lu Nong said mischievously, stepping into the water, "But I want to."
In the early morning of early autumn, the sun had not yet risen completely, the stream water was cool, and Lu Nong smiled contentedly, "It's great."
Pei Ji'an didn't have time to stop her just now. Now he could do nothing but watch her walking upstream in the stream. The gurgling stream covered her white and tender feet.
The riverbed under the stream was eroded by the stream water into shallow gullies. There was no mud or sand, only rugged small rocks and stones. Lu Nong walked on it barefoot and unsteadily. Pei Jinan had no choice but to stretch out his arm to her.
Lu Nong gave him a flattering smile, held Pei Jinan's arm, and the two walked up the slope in silence.
After walking for most of the day, they finally reached the top of the slope. Lu Nong walked out of the stream and headed towards the sturdy ginkgo tree.
When we got closer, we found that the area around the ginkgo tree had been carefully maintained. A layer of fine stones was laid under the tree, which not only prevented the soil from being washed away by heavy rain, but also made it convenient for people to enjoy the cool under the tree. Yes, Lu Nong found many flat stone pillars around the ginkgo tree.
She walked to a clean stone block and sat down, looking up at the ripe ginkgo nuts on the tree, which were heavy and round. She wanted to eat them.
Lu Nong had a bold idea—she wanted to climb a tree.
But this ginkgo tree is so thick that even several adults may not be able to hug it together. The trunk is smooth and it is difficult to climb it simply by relying on skills. Fortunately, the trunk is not high and I should be able to climb to the bottom of the trunk by putting a few stones on it.
And you don't even need to wear shoes. The ginkgo trees have been exposed to the sun by nature and have long been covered with pulp. It is actually easier to climb without shoes.
Lu Nong acted immediately. He picked up a stone block and placed it under the ginkgo tree, then started to climb up by stepping on it.
Pei Ji’an: “…”
Pei Jinan rubbed his brows, as if yesterday was replaying again, and he saw the girl standing on the tree and laughing complacently.
Fortunately, this ginkgo tree is very old, with strong branches and trunk, and it is easily large enough for an adult man to stand on it. Lu Nong is lighter than an adult man, so if he can climb trees, the danger is not high.
He stood under the tree and kept an eye on Lu Nong.
Lu Nong hadn't climbed a tree for a long time. He climbed to the top of a branch and looked down into the distance. The sky was clear blue, and the mountains were hazy and misty, distant and majestic. He felt as if he had become one with nature, and his mind was empty.
Pei Ji'an, who was under the tree, looked at her quietly.
After a long time, Lu Nong came back to his senses, remembered his purpose, slurped his saliva, and shook the branch carefully. The fruit could not withstand the gravity and fell off the tree with a "crack".
Lu Nong was a greedy person. After shaking one branch, he moved on to another one and only returned to the bottom trunk when he was tired.
How to get down from the tree is a problem.
She was not wearing shoes, and when she climbed up she used the momentum to jump a short distance. It would have been difficult to jump down barefoot without bruising her feet.
"Come down." Pei Jinan stretched out his hands.
Lu Nong chuckled and jumped into Pei Jinan's arms without any hesitation. He held her up and she turned around in a small circle out of inertia.
After hugging Lu Nong, he did not let her go. Instead, he carried her to a stone pier, lifted up her little feet, and brushed away the fine mud on the soles of her feet.
First they walked in the stream and then climbed trees. Although Lu Nong's feet were dry, they were icy cold.
Pei Ji'an glanced at her with a hint of blame in his eyes. He squatted down and put his hands against Lu Nong's chest to hold her feet.
Lu Nong was shocked. He never thought he could do this. He was always very silent and did more than he said.
Pei Ji'an's chest was hot, just warming up Lu Nong's cool feet. She sighed in her heart and smiled at Pei Ji'an in a flattering way, "I'll treat you to some ginkgo nuts. They taste delicious when roasted."
When I was a child, my cousins brought me some Lu Nong. They roasted it over a fire and it was very fragrant.
Lu Nong stretched her legs in Pei Ji'an's arms, moving towards the warmer direction. It took a while. She suddenly became curious about Pei Ji'an's view on love. She tilted her head and asked him, "Pei...Ji'an, do you believe in love?"
This was the second time Lu Nong called his name when no one was around. He still felt a little awkward. Pei Ji'an said softly, "You can call me Xiangzhi. That's my courtesy name."
"We know each other..." Lu Nong was surprised and her face instantly turned red. Even if she was a social nerd, she couldn't help but whispered, "I'd better call you Pei Ji'an."
Pei Jinan was puzzled, but he respected Lu Nong's idea and nodded in agreement.
"You haven't answered my question yet?" Lu Nong quickly changed the subject, "Do you believe in love?"
Pei Ji paused for a moment, glanced at her, and shook his head, "I don't believe it."
He did not lie to Lu Nong. He always thought so.
Pei Ji'an is essentially a very arrogant person. He is extremely intelligent, can easily see through people's hearts, and has outstanding abilities. Even Gu Weiguo often pales in comparison to him.
From childhood to adolescence, he was abandoned by his parents in the countryside. Because he did not fit in with his peers in the village, he was rejected by almost everyone around him. In addition, the difficulties caused by his stepmother Gu Weiguo and the poverty of rural life made him constantly explore the spiritual world when the material world was scarce.
It just so happens that this kind of exploration also allows him to better understand human nature, recognize himself and the world, and the result of this recognition is disappointment.
Because of this, Pei Jinan was alone in his youth and planned to remain single for the rest of his life.
Lu Nong looked at him in surprise. In fact, the question she just asked had two meanings. The so-called belief in love presupposes that one knows clearly what love is.
Different from the rampant modern love.
Most people of this era are too shy to talk about sex and love. They confuse love with revolutionary friendship and believe that being like-minded is the right thing to do. Some people also think that getting married, having children and getting married is a natural thing and love is not involved in it. The so-called love seems to be just the intellectuals' whining.
I didn't expect that Pei Ji'an, a soldier, seemed to have studied love seriously. Stereotypes are really wrong.
However, this answer just hit Lu Nong's sore spot. As a sea king, Lu Nong just wanted to say one thing: Don't love me, there will be no result.
Lu Nong's attitude towards love is lame. It's lame in modern times and it was still lame in the 1960s. This is why, although she coveted Pei Jinan's body, she never dared to provoke him.
Although she envied her uncle and aunt's marriage, she had no confidence in others, and most importantly, she had no confidence in herself, for fear of hurting others' sincerity.
Pei Ji'an said he doesn't believe in love, which is good.
By then, they will each keep their true feelings and remain sober. Maybe after ten or twenty years, they will get tired of each other and separate. They can still develop a second spring in each other's lives without any emotional entanglements and break up without any worries.
It’s nice just thinking about it…
After thinking it over, Lu Nong smiled and lowered his head to approach Pei Ji'an: "Do you want to kiss me?"
Pei Ji'an was a little surprised. He didn't know what was going on in Lu Nong's little head. He pursed his lips. He was not used to doing such things in broad daylight.
After Lu Nong figured it out, he let go completely. When Pei Ji'an wasn't paying attention, he kissed him on the lips with a "chi" sound. After the kiss, he tilted his head to look at him. The tilted head posture was exactly the same as Gu Xiaohuai's, and it was extremely lethal.
Pei Ji’an: “…”
"You..." Pei Jinan's eyes moved down to look at Lu Nong's red lips, and his Adam's apple moved.
"Brother, won't you kiss me?" Lu Nong continued to tease Pei Jinan with a smile.
Pei Jin'an's eyes gradually deepened, and he calmed down. He let go of Lu Nong's two feet that had already warmed up, and put on her socks and shoes for her.
She stood up and held out her hand to him, "Get up."
Lu Nong looked at him angrily and said, "No way, no way, no way, you can't even do this." He complained loudly in his heart: You can't do this, Lao Pei!
"I don't want it. Your hands have touched my socks and feet." She snorted and stood up by herself.
After getting up, Lu Nong was worried. The ground was covered with ginkgo nuts covered with peels and smelled bad. Lu Nong didn't want to touch them at all. It was a pity that Pei Zheng was not there.
(Pei Zheng: ?? Thank you)
In the end, it was Pei Jinan who was reliable. He piled the ginkgo nuts together, rubbed off the skins with the soles of his shoes, then threw the peeled fruits into the stream to wash them clean. After washing, he took off his coat and put the fruits in his pocket.
"Let's go."
Pei Jinan held the ginkgo fruit in one hand and reached out to Lu Nong with the other.
Lu Nong was still angry at Pei Jian for not kissing her just now and wanted to slap his hand away, but after thinking it over, she decided to hold it.
Don't think that Lu Nong will be obedient just because she holds Pei Jinan's hand. Her little paws would dig into Pei Jinan's palm from time to time.
Pei Jinan was helpless and held her tightly to prevent her from making trouble again.
Back at the shooting range, Pei Zheng was still practicing. The sun had already risen. He lay on the ground, concentrating on aiming. Squad Leader Lao Wang kept teasing him with dogtail grass, "A good sniper must not be disturbed by the outside world. Well, not bad, hold on for a while."
The sweat on Pei Zheng's forehead was dripping down, but his eyes were extremely firm and motionless.
Lu Nong looked at Pei Jinan with a questioning look, "Have you progressed to sniper training?"
But to be honest, Pei Zheng's aura is still very scary when he is serious. No wonder he can be the male protagonist of the novel.
Pei Ji'an did not make any noise to interrupt him. For the first time, he took Pei Zheng's idea of joining the army seriously. Everyone has the path they want to take. Pei Ji'an would not stop Pei Zheng's decision, but if Pei Zheng did not have the corresponding strength, he would be overestimating his own capabilities.
"Okay, that's enough." Squad leader Lao Wang patted Pei Zheng and asked him to get up from the ground.
"Old man, your son is really good, a good seedling." Squad leader Lao Wang praised Pei Zheng generously.
Pei Zheng looked at Pei Ji'an. Everyone said that his father was a legend. Pei Zheng also thought so. Although his father was a cold person and not close to him, in Pei Zheng's heart, his father had always been a hero in his heart.
He didn't want others to say that his son was a good boy when they saw him.
So Pei Zheng has done everything to the best of his ability over the years. He wants his father to see it and know that he can do it.
And now, he is proving himself, proving that what he said was never empty talk.
Pei Ji'an nodded, "Not bad."
Pei Zheng was visibly delighted. He puffed out his chest towards Lu Nong with an expression of great pride.
Lu Nong: “???” Why are you showing off to me? I’m not your brother or sister who’s trying to grab dad’s attention.
On the way back, Pei Zheng seemed to have opened up a chatterbox, chatting with Squad Leader Lao Wang about various hot weapons and the international military situation (at Squad Leader Lao Wang's strong request, the jeep was given to him to drive).
Lu Nong and Pei Jinan sat in the back seat, holding hands all the time. Squad Leader Lao Wang and Pei Zheng, both grown men, turned a blind eye to this and did not even glance in that direction. They were indeed Pei Jinan's good comrades and good sons.
The car was shaking on the uneven muddy ground. Lu Nong thought of the day when Pei Jianan went to Li Yuan to pick her up, and the way their legs rubbed and collided when they bumped into each other.
She smiled slyly, secretly moved her buttocks, moved closer to Pei Jinan, rubbed his legs, and then left after the waves of heat passed through her clothes, staying like this and yet not being close enough.
Pei Jinan looked up at the two people in front of him, stretched out a hand and placed it on Lu Nong's leg to stop her from making trouble.
Lu Nong turned around, looked at him reproachfully, and mouthed, "Old, pervert, bitch."
Pei Ji’an: “…”
At this time, the squad leader Lao Wang who was driving the car suddenly smiled mysteriously at the rearview mirror and said, "Lao Pei, we don't have much other stuff here, but we have a lot of wild game. I'll prepare some more for you when you leave..."
"By the way, I also have a deer there. Deer antlers are good stuff. Hehe, there's also deer blood, which is a great tonic. Let's have a bowl each tonight."
Lu Nong: “…” Squad Leader Lao Wang, you may have hurt your brother’s heart.
In other words, why is it that I can always win the heart of Lao Pei wherever I go? This is definitely a question.
Pei Jinan slowly withdrew his hand from Lu Nong's thigh and said calmly, "No need to give it to me, keep it for yourself."
Squad leader Lao Wang was unwilling to give up. How could he keep it for himself? Good things should be shared with one's brothers. He would be embarrassed if his brothers did not accept them.
"If I give it to you, you should take it. If you don't take it, it means you are disrespecting me and not giving me face." He looked for an ally to Pei Zheng beside him. "Boy, don't you agree?"
After hearing this topic, Pei Zheng had a bad feeling and tried his best to reduce his presence: "..." Should I say yes or no?
Why am I always the one who gets hurt in the end!? Why is life so hard?
The author has something to say:
Pei Ji'an: I don't believe in love...
Lu Nong: Great, it's time to play Dio
Pei Jinan:? ?