"No matter how old you are, you are still my daughter. I would feel bad if you got burned." Mother Lu poured a bowl of brown sugar ginger water for herself and the old man, and glared at her daughter while drinking.

"Yes, yes, yes, you feel bad for me, so I don't want to burn myself." Lu Qingyan heard his mother's words and said coquettishly with a smile

"You." Mother Lu reached out and tapped her daughter. After drinking the brown sugar ginger water, she went to wash the wet clothes that the couple had changed.

"Mom, let's eat three meals a day from now on. Eat more in the morning and evening, and have a small bite at noon. It's better than going hungry." Lu Qingyan walked to the door of the toilet and said to her mother who was washing clothes there.

"Okay." Mother Lu thought, eat dry food in the morning and evening, and drink liquid food at noon. That way, a lot of food can be saved.

When Lu Qingyan heard her mother's agreement, she turned around with satisfaction and went back to her room to lie down, thinking urgently that she should get her body back into good health as soon as possible so that she could go to the city and see if there was any way to make money.

Section 37

Father Lu watched his daughter go back to the room to sleep, then he went forward and quietly half-closed the door. It was a hot day, but with the rain, the room became chilly.

After returning to the house, I lay on the bed and thought, it's chilly now, what will I do when winter comes? I will be so cold that I will shiver in the bed.

But no matter how much I thought about it, it was useless. This was not a bungalow where I could build a kang or a stove. I could only wait until it got cold.

"What are you doing here? Tossing and turning?" After Lu's mother finished washing the clothes, she came in and saw the old man tossing and turning in the bathroom, and wondered.

"I was thinking, now it's cold in the house when it rains, what will we do in autumn and winter?" Father Lu heard his wife's voice and sat up and said

"How should I know? Everyone here is like this. You can ask others when the time comes." Mother Lu shook her head and sat on the kang, thinking that she would have to ask carefully when the time comes, so that her daughter would not suffer from the cold weather in autumn.

"Okay, ask others so that we can prepare it in advance. Otherwise, the house will be cold on the day of preparation. If we prepare it now, we will have to endure the cold." What Father Lu didn't know was that this was the way it was in the city. In winter, except for using the coal stove to keep warm, the house was freezing cold at other times. It was not as good as the one in the brigade.

So the two of them chatted for a while, then lay down on the bed and dozed off. They had nothing to do that day, so they just felt sleepy.

Fortunately, she can still make diapers and small clothes for her grandson. Otherwise, she would be so weak from sitting there all day.

But there was a constant "boom, boom" of thunder outside, making it impossible for the two old people to fall asleep.

Mother Lu got up and took out cloth, needle and thread, and scissors from the cupboard, then sat down to make diapers.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

"Auntie, are you home? Open the door quickly, my house is flooded, you two are fine at home, come downstairs and help me move the things."

When Lu's mother and Lu's mother heard the voice, their brows furrowed. "You said you wanted us to move, couldn't you just talk to us nicely? What kind of attitude is this?"

It was as if they were staying at home on purpose and not helping her.

"If you don't want to open it, just pretend you didn't hear it. When others ask us to help, they are all nice and gentle. What about her? What's her attitude? I owe her what I owe her." When Lu's mother saw the old man was about to go to the field, she stopped him and said unwillingly

"Forget it. You live next door to your neighbor, and they came to visit you. You were sitting in the house pretending you didn't hear anything. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that you don't want to help. You won't be able to get along with them from now on." Father Lu said as he picked up his shoes and was about to leave

"Wait a moment. If this person calls us to leave immediately, we'll go down. If she keeps calling us here, I won't let you out no matter what." When Mother Lu heard the voice, she knew it was the person who reached out to steal things from the car when they moved in this morning.

I thought to myself: This guy must have seen them helping others move, so he came to find them.

Logically speaking, if someone comes to them for help, they should go and help.

But the man outside acted like, "If you don't open the door, I'll keep knocking," which made her very unhappy.

You say you have the time to do this, you would have already gone home to sort out some things, why are you just hanging around outside her house?

Lu Qingyan was awakened by the relentless knocking on the door. She sat up, smoothed her hair, picked up her shoes, opened the door and walked out. Standing at the door, she asked, "Who is it?"

After hearing such a young voice, Chang Xia was stunned for a moment when she was about to knock on the door, and then she shouted: "Big sister, I am downstairs from you. My house has been flooded, so I thought that you can ask your parents to stay at home and help me move."

"My parents caught a cold just now and can't go. You can go home and move by yourself." Lu Qingyan heard these irritating words, but she didn't get angry in her heart, so she said unhappily.

"Sister, you can't be like this. I just saw your parents helping Guo Yan move, why don't you help me now that it's my turn? Do you look down on me or something?" Chang Xia was immediately unhappy when she heard the people in the house say they would not help her move. She didn't care whether it was raining outside or not, and she started yelling.

"Chang Xia, I am not happy with what you said. My husband Zhou is out on a mission, and I had no choice but to find you.

I know your captain Li is at home, how dare you look for him?" Guo Yan heard someone talking outside the house. She just opened the door and was about to listen to what was being said outside when she heard Chang Xia's words. She said,

"My husband Li is at home, but we can't move in. The old couple stay in the house anyway, so what's wrong with them helping me with some work?" Chang Xia didn't feel anything about what she said. If others heard it, they didn't know whether to make a fuss or laugh.

When Lu's mother heard this in the room, she put on her shoes and came out. She helped her daughter sit on a stool, opened the door quickly, and said with a sullen face: "What's the matter? We are your father and mother, why should we help your family with housework?"

"Auntie, I'm not saying anything, but why do you and your uncle help Guo Yan with work and not me? We live next door to each other, and your family just moved in. Aren't you afraid that we won't be able to get along well?" Chang Xia continued to say with her thick face.

"Chang Xia, you really have the nerve to say such things. His son-in-law is a battalion commander, and yours is a company commander. Aren't you afraid of offending him? When Battalion Commander Gu comes back, he will cause trouble for your Sun Dayou?" Guo Yan said sarcastically.

"My daughter, you dare not say such things. Although my son-in-law is a battalion commander, he is not the kind of person who bullies others. Don't say such things again in the future. What if someone reports it?" Mother Lu was terrified when she heard this. She quickly stuck her head out and looked at Guo Yan and said

"Yes, yes, Auntie, you are right. Look at my broken mouth, Auntie. I was wrong this time. I will never dare to say that again." After Guo Yan came to the army, she had two days of quiet life and forgot about what happened outside. Now when she heard the word "report", she was so scared that her heart trembled.

"You are bullying me because my family is in a lower position. I will sue you..."