"I know." Chen Juan felt awkward when she heard her husband say that. She just said she knew.

Seeing that there was no sign of remorse on Chen Juan's face, Lu Qingshan turned around and went back to the main room to continue eating.

"Qingshan, don't quarrel in front of the two children. It's not good for the children." When Lu's mother was young, she and the old man always quarreled, but they never quarreled in front of the children, so the children thought they had a good relationship.

But if adults always quarrel in front of their children, the children will definitely be affected psychologically. Over time, it is hard to say what the children will become when they grow up.

"I understand, mother." Lu Qingshan nodded when he heard his mother's words, indicating that he understood.

So, after they finished their meal, they sat there and chatted for a while.

After Mother Lu cleaned up Lu Qingyan's room, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, Mother Lu got up early to prepare breakfast and some dry food for them on the road.

"Mom, this is the money I brought back. Please give it to my elder brother later." Gu Mingze got up in the morning, stretched himself, got dressed and went out to see his mother-in-law cooking.

He walked over, took out the money he had asked his wife for yesterday, handed it to his mother-in-law and said it was for his brother-in-law.

"What are you doing? Take it back now. You don't need to pay me." When Mrs. Lu saw Gu Mingze handing over the money, she directly returned it, saying that she didn't want it.

"Mom, we ate a lot of food from my eldest brother this time. Please give him the money and let him go out to buy some food." Gu Mingze stuffed the money into his mother-in-law's hand without saying anything, and turned back to the house.

"This child." Mother Lu sighed as she watched him walk back into the house. She casually put the money in her pocket, ready to give it to her eldest son when he came out.

Just at this moment, Lu Qingshan came out of his room, walked to the kitchen, looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, what time is your train? Do you want me to take you there?"

"You don't need to see us off. Just stay home and work hard. We didn't bring anything." Mother Lu shook her head, telling him not to see them off. She then handed over the money she had just put in her pocket and said, "This is from your younger sister and brother-in-law. They said we ate a lot of your food on our trip back, so they asked you to take the money and buy some more food when the time comes."

"No, I don't want it, you can give the money to my younger sister later.

They are all family. They come back to eat some of my food. How can I charge them money? "When Lu Qingshan heard what his mother said, he waved his hand and said no.

"Take it. You've eaten a lot of food this time. Consider it a token of your appreciation from your younger sisters." Mother Lu stuffed the money into her son's hand without hesitation, just like her son-in-law did before, and turned around to continue cooking.

"Mom, you guys treat me as an outsider, don't you?" Lu Qingshan felt the money in his hand was very hot. He looked at his mother in a low voice and said, "You just came back to eat some food, but you have to give me money. Isn't this treating me as an outsider?"

"No one treats you as an outsider. It's just that food is very scarce right now. We ate so much of you when we came back. Your younger sister and brother-in-law are also worried that you won't have enough food after we leave, so they gave you money and asked you to buy some more." Seeing her son like this, Mother Lu felt very uncomfortable, but she still spoke well of her daughters.

"Okay, I'll take it this time, but don't do it again next time you come back." Lu Qingshan had no choice but to put the money away when he heard his mother say that. But he still told his mother with a serious face that he was not allowed to do this again in the future.

"Well, it won't be like this next time you come back." After saying this, Mother Lu explained, "I gave you the money this time because food is too scarce right now. Otherwise, I wouldn't agree if your little sister and the others gave you the money."

After Lu's mother finished speaking, she stretched her head out to look around. Seeing that no one was outside, she took out some more money from her pocket and stuffed it into her son's hand, saying, "This is what mommy gives to the two children. Keep it to buy them some food later. Don't let your two younger brothers know about this, so as to avoid conflicts later."

"Mom, I don't want your money no matter what, just take it back." Seeing his mother stuffing money into his pocket again, Lu Qingshan hurriedly stuffed the money into her pocket and said, "Mom, I still have money here, you don't have to worry about us, you can keep this money for my dad and I to use slowly. When we go to my little sister's house, you will have to buy things in the future. It will be inconvenient if you don't have money in your hands."

"Okay, then don't give it up." Seeing that her son really didn't want it, Mother Lu stopped giving it to him. She also reminded him while cooking, "Take care of the two children in the future. If Chen Juan doesn't look after the children, you should look after them more often, so that the children won't grow up in the blink of an eye and blame you in your heart."

"Okay, I understand, mother, don't worry, I promise to take good care of the child when you come back next time." Lu Qingshan nodded and promised.

"Call your father out to eat." Mother Lu scooped out the porridge in her hand and asked her son to take it to the main room, and called his father out to eat.

After they finished their meal, they said goodbye to the two children who were reluctant to leave them, went to the village entrance, took a ox cart to the commune, and then took a bus to the county.

They took a bus to the city and then went to the train station to buy tickets, but they still couldn't buy sleeper tickets. They had to endure a day-and-night train ride to Heihe.

"Huh, I finally got off the train. This journey was so tough." Lu Qingyan stretched out her body after leaving the train station and said

"Is there anything else we want to buy?" Gu Mingze asked, holding the bag and looking at his wife and father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Let's go and have a look. I'll go to the bookstore to ask if there are any books for sale. I'll also go to the scrap yard to see if there are any books. I'll buy a few and bring them back to teach the kids." After hearing what her husband said, Lu Qingyan lowered her head and thought for a while before looking up at the others and saying,

"Okay, let's go to the scrap yard first, then to the bookstore, and then to the department store." Gu Mingze nodded and agreed, so the few of them carried their things and asked along the way to find the scrap yard.

"What are you doing?" The lady who opened the door of the scrap yard asked the people who were walking over with bags.

"Auntie, this is what I mean. I want to go in and see if there are any books or anything like that for my children. There are no teachers in the army, and I'm a high school graduate, so I want to come in and see if I can find any so I can go back and teach my children." Without waiting for her husband to speak, Lu Qingyan stepped forward and said with a smile and tenderness.

"Ah, you are from the army, then come in quickly, there are some things inside, but don't move some things around, or I will be blamed if something happens." When the aunt at the scrap yard heard that they were from the army, she hurriedly let them in and told them not to move things around.

"Don't worry, we promise not to move." Lu Qingyan said, and asked her parents to wait at the door with bags, while she and Gu Mingze went in to look for

"Then you should be careful." Mother Lu heard it again with concern.

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