"Mom, it's going to rain again outside." Lu Qingyan looked at the lightning and thunder outside, and then looked at the busy parents outside and asked

"Yes, it looks like it's going to rain quite hard." Mother Lu nodded and said, "Luckily we bought a lot of things when we came here, otherwise, if it rains, we don't know when we can go shopping again."

"Is the honeycomb coal enough? And you don't need to prepare so much food for me in the future. Just enough for each meal." Lu Qingyan was afraid that there would really be a famine, so she decided to save food.

"The honeycomb coal is enough, but when Mingze comes back in the evening, I'd better ask him if he can buy some more. It's better to prepare more." After saying this, Mother Lu thought about asking her son-in-law when he comes back if he can buy some more food. As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you won't be worried.

"Old lady, let's put these grains away, and hide these food, leaving only a little for the noodles." Father Lu thought of what the neighbor next door said, and thought about hiding the things quickly, in case someone came to visit and saw these things.

"I know everything. I haven't had time to clean it up yet." Mother Lu rolled her eyes and said after hearing what the old man said.

"I look at the sky and feel extremely panicked." Father Lu stood at the door and looked at the dark sky. He felt as if he was suffocating.

"Don't worry about it. We got through those three years. Why are you afraid of this?" Mother Lu thought about the three difficult years. It was so difficult to get through. What's more, there is so much food and water at home now. What's there to be afraid of?

"We are not afraid anymore, but what about the people in the teams? They are all related to us, how can we not worry about them?" After saying this, Father Lu turned around and sat on the stool without thinking about it anymore. Everyone has their own life, and it is useless for him to worry about them.

"What's the point of worrying about them? You can still give them your own food." Mother Lu said that, but it would be a lie to say that she wasn't worried about them. However, the rain hasn't even started yet and they are already worrying about this and that. It's really unnecessary.

"Okay, hurry up and clean up. There's also the unused rice bowl. Fill the washbasin with water and get ready." As soon as Father Lu finished speaking, there was a thunderous roar and heavy rain began to fall.

"I'll go make some food first. Are you hungry?" After cleaning up, Mother Lu came out and looked at the old man and his daughter and asked

"I'm not hungry. There's nothing to do in the future. Besides my daughter, let's just have two meals. There's nothing to do all day." Father Lu touched his hungry stomach and said.

"Mom, cook, I'm hungry too." Seeing her father like that, Lu Qingyan couldn't help but shout

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll make it right away." After hearing what her daughter said, Mother Lu hurried to cook. She didn't prepare anything else. She just steamed some rice and fried some potatoes and meat slices.

"Mom and Dad, you only made this much, what are you two going to eat?" Lu Qingyan came out to eat, and seeing that there was only her portion on the table, she couldn't help but feel sad.

"Mom and Dad are not hungry, you can eat by yourself." Mother Lu said with a smile

"I'm not hungry at all. If you guys are like this, I won't eat either." Lu Qingyan said as she picked up her bowl of rice, poured it into the pot and added water.

"Hey, what are you doing? I said I'm not hungry anymore." Mother Lu was so angry when she saw her daughter's actions.

"Let's cook some porridge together so we can all fill our stomachs." Lu Qingyan said as she asked for the matches to light the honeycomb coal.

"Hurry up and get up. I'll do it myself." When Mother Lu heard her daughter say that, she was no longer angry. She immediately helped her daughter out and fiddled with it herself.

Just then, Gu Mingze, wearing a raincoat and holding an umbrella, pushed the door open and walked in, followed by Zhang Maolin holding honeycomb coal.

"It's raining heavily, aren't you in a hurry these few days?" Seeing the man's face was wet, Lu Qingyan went to the bathroom to get a towel and handed it to him.

"I'm giving you an umbrella. I just gave it to you. I also brought back the honeycomb coal that was distributed this month." Gu Mingze said as he put the umbrella aside and turned to move the honeycomb coal.

"I'll go with you too." Father Lu said as he was about to leave.

"Uncle, you'd better stay in the house. The battalion commander and I are wearing raincoats, so we won't get wet." After Zhang Maolin arranged the honeycomb coal, he did not let Father Lu go out, but opened the door and walked out.

"Old lady, please cook more food so that they can eat at home before leaving." Seeing that he was not needed, Father Lu called on his wife to cook more food.

"Got it." After agreeing, Mother Lu scooped out the porridge from the pot, scooped out two bowls of cornmeal, mixed them together, and put the steamed buns in the pot. By the time Gu Mingze and the others were done, they were almost done.

"Aze, mom has prepared dinner. You two can eat at home later before leaving." Lu Qingyan waited for the two to finish their work and handed over the two bowls of water she had just poured.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhang Maolin took the bowl, drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his hand and said, "Battalion Commander, I'm going back first."

"Don't go back. There's nothing to do later in the evening. Eat here and then go back." Gu Mingze held the man and pushed him to the toilet to wash up and then eat.

"Then I won't be polite." Zhang Maolin was not embarrassed. After his battalion commander said that, he agreed immediately.

"Eat first, I'll go cook some vegetables." Mother Lu put the steamed cornbread on the table, turned around and went to the kitchen to get out half a piece of bacon, cut it into thick slices, and then fried the cabbage.

"Auntie, please don't bother, this dish is enough." Zhang Maolin saw his battalion commander's mother-in-law cooking again, and hurriedly tried to stop her.

"Comrade Zhang, please sit down quickly. Just treat this place as your own home and wait patiently for your aunt to finish cooking." Father Lu pressed Zhang Maolin down on the stool and did not let him get up.

Seeing this, Zhang Maolin had no choice but to sit on the stool obediently and chat with Lu's father.

"Wife, how do you feel today? Is your stomach still uncomfortable?" Gu Mingze came out of the bathroom after washing his face, and walked into the room, looking at Lu Qingyan and asking with concern.

"I'm not uncomfortable. I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me. Is it okay for you to come back so early?" Lu Qingyan felt that Gu Mingze was a very free guy. Otherwise, why would he come back just a few hours after leaving?

"Well, wife, I have to go on a mission tonight, so I came back so early." Gu Mingze didn't expect that he would be sent out just after he came back, so he came back early to say hello to his wife.

"Then be careful. Did you say when you will be back?" Lu Qingyan asked with a smile, suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

"Not sure." Gu Mingze shook his head and waited for his mother-in-law to call for dinner before helping his wife out to eat.

"Xiao Zhang, eat more meat. We just arrived here and we are unfamiliar with the place. Come over often to eat when you have nothing to do. Auntie will make delicious food for you." Mother Lu picked up a piece of bacon with her chopsticks and put it in Zhang Maolin's bowl.

"That's enough, Auntie, you eat too. I've had enough." Zhang Maolin watched the old lady almost put all the meat on the plate into his bowl, and hurriedly picked up the bowl to stop her.

"Mom, you should eat too. Let Maolin eat by himself." After Gu Mingze persuaded her, Lu's mother stopped serving her food.

After the meal, Gu Mingze gave a few instructions to the others, then he and Zhang Maolin pushed the door and walked out.