As soon as Luo Yan arrived home, Luo Shicheng lifted her off the bicycle and started asking her all sorts of questions about the drawings she had made.
When Luo Yan heard Luo Shicheng say that it wasn't that there were no certain materials, but that he simply didn't know what she was drawing, she finally realized that some of the materials that were readily available in the original world simply hadn't appeared in this era.
It seems that the plan to accelerate technological progress is not feasible and must be abandoned.
Fortunately, the breeding base is still expected to be completed.
Luo Yan took the drawing paper from Luo Shicheng's hand, tore it up, and threw it into the trash can.
Luo Shicheng understood Luo Yan's meaning and could only accept reality with a heavy heart.
"Commander Sun..." Kong Dahong's voice was loud as he walked into the living room from outside, stepped forward, grasped Sun Bailing's large hand, and choked with emotion.
Sun Bailing's expression was solemn as he grasped Kong Dahong's hand in return, saying, "Everyone experiences birth, aging, sickness, and death. Please accept my condolences..."
Upon hearing this, Kong Dahong hurriedly replied.
"No, my old lady is fine."
Sun Bailing was displeased, "Why are you howling like that for no reason?"
Kong Dahong was both crying and laughing. "I'm happy. By the way, where's Yanyan?"
Luo Shicheng carried Luo Yan down and greeted Kong Dahong.
Upon seeing Luo Yan, Kong Dahong immediately knelt down on both knees without saying a word, startling Sun Bailing and Chen Yuanshan, who rushed forward to help him up, managing to prevent Kong Dahong from actually kneeling.
Kong Dahong cried, "Without the medicine your Yanyan sent, my mother's kung fu would probably be gone by now..."
Before I got back, the old lady was already able to eat, and she ate half a bowl of porridge. This is all thanks to your daughter, Yan Yan.
"Yanyan is my savior, kneeling and kowtowing is only right for me, please don't stop me."
No one in the family knew about this, and they were all very surprised when they heard it.
"Yanyan, where did you get the medicine?" Hua Li asked Luo Yan.
Luo Yan raised her little hand and scratched the tuft of hair on her head, her bewildered expression as if she didn't understand anything.
Xiao Xiu immediately stepped forward to cover for her, "Aunt Hua, that medicine was given to me by my Chinese medicine master. There's only one pot, and it'll be gone once it's used up."
Luo Yan's pink water bottle was still on her shoulder when she left home this morning, but it's nowhere to be found now.
So, the medicine that Xiaoxiu supposedly received from the traditional Chinese medicine master was actually just the water from Luo Yan's kettle?
“I see…” Hua Li smoothly coordinated with Xiao Xiu, “Then I really should thank your master, but as for my Yan Yan, I don’t think that’s necessary.”
Hua Li was unwilling to admit that Luo Yan saved the person, and Xiao Xiu insisted on attributing the credit to her fictitious master. In fact, they were both protecting Luo Yan. Kong Dahong had worked for so many years, how could he not see what was really going on?
Kong Dahong went along with it, saying, "We should thank Xiaoxiu's master, but we should also thank Yanyan. Without Yanyan's little water bottle to carry the medicine, my old lady wouldn't have recovered so quickly."
As he spoke, he was about to hand a handbag to Luo Yan.
The tote bag wasn't big, but it looked heavy, so Sun Bailing immediately called out to Kong Dahong.
"We can't accept this gift no matter what. If you really want to thank us, then buy Yan Yan a new water bottle."
Kong Dahong insisted on giving it, saying, "Buying a kettle is no problem, but this gift must be accepted."
The adults were at an impasse when Luo Yan patted Kong Dahong with her little hand. When Kong Dahong looked over, she took out the gold lock she was wearing around her neck.
"Thank you, Grandma."
Even as she lay dying from her injuries, Grandma Kong did not forget to tell her and Xiao Xiu not to run towards the back mountain again. This act of kindness alone was enough to make her worthy of being saved.
Kong Dahong recognized the gold lock Luo Yan was wearing; it was the same one the old lady had shown him before, the one she had made for her unborn child. Tears welled up in his eyes instantly.
"Your Grandma Kong really likes you, you're welcome."
Kong Dahong stopped insisting on giving Luo Yan a gift, and after thanking Sun Bailing repeatedly while holding his hand, he took his leave.
After Kong Dahong left, no one in the family asked Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu what had happened, and the matter of saving people was directly suppressed.
Since all the adults in the family were there, Xiao Xiu told them about Qian Zhaodi and his and Luo Yan's suspicions.
Chen Yuanshan said, "Qian Song is the deputy battalion commander of the Second Battalion. He's usually a decent person. He wouldn't be so stingy as to not even give his own daughter a full meal. It's probably a problem with his wife."
Sun Bailing said, "After you finish eating, you and Shicheng should go to the Qian family. Regardless of which of the two of them is in the right place, the child is indeed starving, and we still need to do some ideological work."
Kong Dahong is the only one capable of doing ideological work, but now that his mother is hospitalized, only the two of them can come.
After dinner, Luo Shicheng and Chen Yuanshan went to Qian Song's house, while Sun Bailing and Shen Suyin took Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu out to play.
When Yang Tie and Leng Jian saw Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu, they ran over to greet them warmly and invited them to play together.
Shen Suyin asked Sun Bailing whose children they were. Sun Bailing told her, and Shen Suyin immediately changed her expression and wanted to call the two little ones back.
Sun Bailing stopped Shen Suyin, saying, "Neither of the children mind, so we don't need to get involved."
Shen Suyin snorted coldly, "I think those two are like people who would eat a hundred beans without ever getting tired of them."
Sun Bailing laughed and said, "You're wrong about that. Our two kids are very clever."
Yang Tie and Leng Jian still remembered the kindness of Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu in treating them to meat, so they secretly took out the candy and dried meat hidden in their belts and stuffed them into Luo Yan and Xiao Xiu's hands.
The candy is fruit candy, and the jerky is homemade.
Yang Tie whispered, "Leng Jian and I left these for you two. Keep them and eat them slowly."
There were only three pieces of candy and one piece of jerky. It looked like a small amount, but it was actually all the good stuff the two of them had.
In front of the two of them, Luo Yan ate a piece of fruit candy with Xiao Xiu, put the remaining piece of candy and dried meat into her handbag, and then took out four boiled eggs from her handbag, giving two to Yang Tie and two to Leng Jian.
This is something Luo Yan sometimes throws into her spatial storage to keep fresh when the adults aren't looking, since she doesn't want to eat breakfast. It's still warm to the touch.
Yang Tie gets to eat boiled eggs every few days, but Leng Jian hasn't had any in a long time. Neither of them is polite; they peel off the eggs and eat them right away.
The four people stood behind the large ginkgo tree, unnoticed by anyone, but were spotted by Xu Yuanquan who had followed them.
Xu Yuan thought about how Luo Yan used to be willing to play with her, but now she was on good terms with those two silly boys, Yang Tie and Leng Jian, and even broke her watch. She completely resented Luo Yan.
Little did Luo Yan know that simply giving out four eggs would make Xu Yuan hate her to death. Seeing Yang Tie and Leng Jian choking on their eggs, she took out two tomatoes from her backpack and gave them to the two of them.
This was packed by Aunt Shi when we went into the mountains last time. She and Xiaoxiu hadn't eaten it, so it was perfect for the two of them.
Leng Jian munched on a sweet, juicy tomato, his eyes fixed on Luo Yan's backpack without blinking.
"Yanyan, is your bag a treasure trove? How come it has everything?"
If he had such a treasure trove, his mother wouldn't have to go hungry. How wonderful that would be.
Luo Yan pressed down on her deflated handbag with her small hand, "No..."
There's no such thing as a magic bag; it'll get empty eventually, you know.
Leng Jian looked apologetically at Yang Tie, secretly pondering how to make Luo Yan's handbag bulge again.
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