The two looked at each other.
There was an ambiguous atmosphere in the air.
"Ahem, you...why are you back?" Jiang Yuzhu hurriedly climbed down from Xu Lei.
The feeling of being unable to avoid it made Xu Lei's eyes darken.
"I'm sorry... before."
"I had a temporary mission." Xu Lei explained.
"Yeah." Jiang Yuzhu nodded.
Then the room fell silent.
I really can't stand this atmosphere.
Jiang Yuzhu felt that there was not enough oxygen in the room.
Being in the same room with a man you don't know very well.
Naturally, it was very cramped.
"Um... have you... eaten?"
After saying this, Jiang Yuzhu really wanted to bite off her tongue.
What an idiotic question.
It’s already so late, why haven’t you eaten?
Besides, even if he didn’t eat, where could he get food in the middle of the night?
There is no food in the kitchen.
Even mice would cry if they went in.
The Xu family’s food has long been under the control of Old Lady Xu.
Don’t even think about getting involved with the daughters-in-law.
Every time she cooked, Mrs. Xu would give out a fixed amount of food.
Even sweet potatoes have a certain limit.
One per person, with one or two left over
The reason why she was able to eat two sweet potatoes at night was because she didn't drink the wild vegetable porridge.
That's why Mrs. Xu didn't make trouble.
Xu Lei saw the look of regret on Jiang Yuzhu's face after she finished speaking.
Somehow, I really want to tease her.
“No.”
"ah?"
"No... I haven't eaten yet, then..." Jiang Yuzhu looked around and thought about her stock.
Although I am reluctant to give them up, they are my breadwinners.
What kind of life you can live depends on others.
She was new here and didn't have the skills that other people had.
Besides, she didn't dare to stand out too much at this time, as that would be courting death.
She didn't dare go to the black market to do business, otherwise she wouldn't even know how she died.
I took out the last piece of egg cake from the cupboard and also took two pieces of peach cake.
"Here, eat this first. There's nothing to eat in the kitchen, and... the food is all at mother's."
Jiang Yuzhu brought the food to Xu Lei.
Xu Lei stared at the egg cake and peach cake in Jiang Yuzhu's hands.
It may sound funny, but he has never tasted this expensive thing.
He is the third child in the family.
I have a respected eldest son and elder brother.
There is a lively younger brother, the fourth
There is also an only girl, my younger sister Xu Meili.
He is stuck in the middle.
I can't even get one fifth of your love.
No parent can truly treat their children equally.
Human hearts are biased, so how can we be completely fair?
From childhood to adulthood, he and his second brother never got any good things.
You'll get used to it over time.
There's no point in making a fuss, you'll end up getting beaten and scolded.
Maybe he felt wronged when he was a child, but he is an adult now.
Don't desire things that are unrealistic and do not belong to you.
Even now, he is a battalion commander.
The allowance was eighty-one dollars and fifty cents.
But he still hadn't eaten these things.
Mother would write to him and tell him...what his sister needed to buy, what his nephews needed, and what the family needed.
I just don't know what he needs.
He wanted to take care of his family, send money home, and repay them for raising him.
But precisely because of this, Xu Lei has been a successful person since he was young.
Over the years, his allowance has increased to more than 80.
But he never told his family.
My parents always thought that their allowance was still 36 yuan.
He has to deduct food money every month.
Forty-five cents per person per day, that’s fourteen dollars a month.
Keep some on hand as a backup.
So he would send ten dollars home every month.
Even so, my mother often wrote to him, asking him to send more money and tickets.
Don't be silly, you've given it all to outsiders.
The more I can get from him, the better.
Something about my sister needing to buy some seasonal clothes, and we haven't eaten meat at home in a while...
It was the first time that someone gave him something precious.
Xu Lei could see that the egg cake and peach cake were also Jiang Yuzhu's favorites.
But she still gave it to herself.
A warm current surged from my heart.
"I'm... not hungry yet, you can keep it for yourself."
"Hey, don't waste time. Just buy it for me next time." Jiang Yuzhu stuffed the thing into Xu Lei's hand.
Then he got down and brought his big teacup.
There is boiled boiled water in it.
She was afraid that she would be thirsty and have no water to drink at night, so she picked it up.
"Just eat it with water. It's better than going on an empty stomach." Jiang Yuzhu is a foodie and naturally knows how uncomfortable it is to be hungry.
It was pure torture both physically and mentally.
It's so uncomfortable to be hungry.
"Thank you." Xu Lei didn't hesitate and finished the food in a few bites.
"That……"
"Shh... There's someone here!" Xu Lei covered Jiang Yuzhu with the quilt.
Old Mrs. Xu outside quietly walked to Jiang Yuzhu's window.
She always felt that there was movement in the house.
I was so angry today that I couldn't sleep.
I feel more energetic now, so I get up and take a look.
After listening for a long time, there was no sound again.
Could it be a mouse?
But...it doesn't look like it.
Did I hear it wrong?
Old Mrs. Xu stood there for more than ten minutes, but there was still no movement.
Then he returned to his room.
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