Chapter 13
The air was so awkward that it felt like dead silence.
Jiang Yao didn't know why Lu Che lied to Jiang Chao, but considering that the boss had taken care of her in various ways, she couldn't just stand by and watch him die.
She said to Jiang Chao as if nothing had happened: "Where are we having dinner tonight? I have something else to do here, I'll come over when it's almost time."
Jiang Yao ignored Lu Che's lies, and Jiang Chao didn't want to hold on to them, otherwise he would look like a petty woman. Moreover, Lu Che had a great reputation, so he didn't dare to embarrass him too much, otherwise he would be retaliated against secretly.
"Around six o'clock tonight, we'll be in the yard of the old educated youth site, outdoors, and there's no need to worry about safety," said Jiang Chao.
"Okay, go back and do whatever you have to do. I'll come over when I'm done here." Jiang Yao drove him away calmly. Jiang Chao couldn't say anything else, so he gave him a few instructions and then left the Lu family, looking back three times.
As soon as Jiang Chao left, they were the only two left in the yard. Jiang Yao was not the one who lied, but she suddenly didn't know how to get along with Lu Che.
Fortunately, at this time Zhou Yang came to find Lu Che because of a fish regurgitation, and the stagnant atmosphere was broken.
Seeing that the brother and sister were accompanied by Lu Che, Jiang Yao decided not to join in the fun and returned to her room. Of course, this was also to give the boss some space and face.
She closed the door of the room, but could still hear the brother and sister yelling outside. She sat on the big bed, unable to stop wondering why the eldest brother said he was not there.
After thinking for a while, she couldn't figure it out, so she gave up. When she saw the package and envelope on the table, she remembered what Jiang Zhen had sent her.
She opened the package, which was filled with dried goods, such as black fungus, mushrooms, kelp, seaweed, etc. These should be the specialties of Jiang Zhen's military camp. In addition, there was a small bag of dried chili peppers.
People here have light tastes, and they rarely use spices that emphasize flavors when cooking. Chili peppers are even harder to find. This bag of dried chili peppers really gave her a timely change of taste.
After reading the package, she opened the envelope, took out the letter and opened it. What she saw was the powerful handwriting.
He gave her some advice like an elder, and said that he had made a contribution and received a bonus some time ago, so he sent her a hundred yuan and some tickets this month, and asked her to take care of herself.
Of course, the letter talked about a lot of trivial things about his life in the military camp. Although Jiang Yao had never met this brother, and most of the memories in the original owner were fragments of him before he joined the army, it was not difficult to see his love for her as a sister.
She had to admit that she was quite envious of the original owner for having a happy family, unlike her, who had been growing up in a repressive family environment.
She used to want to have a younger brother or sister to accompany her, but when she thought about letting them suffer with her in this family, it would be better not to have them.
After packing everything, it was time to go to the educated youth center. She didn't want to go empty-handed, so she soaked some dried kelp that Jiang Zhen had sent her and made a refreshing cold kelp dish to take over.
When she arrived at the educated youth point, everyone had already arrived, including Zhao Pengfei and the two sisters of the Du family.
Zhao Pengfei and Du Yuejia's relationship was already public, and now they were not hiding it in front of others, sitting together and chatting with everyone. As for Du Yuejiao, she sat obediently next to Du Yuejia, playing the role of a submissive sister.
Everyone saw her coming and greeted her, and she responded enthusiastically. As for Zhao Pengfei, he was unilaterally in a cold war with her, but she didn't care. She put down the cold seaweed and went to the kitchen to find Zhu Xia and the others.
Of course, she knew that Du Yuejiao had secretly glanced at her several times, but she turned a blind eye to it.
She arrived late, and when she got to the kitchen, Zhu Xia and the others had almost finished cooking.
Wen Qian yelled when she saw her, "Chef Jiang, we finally had fish to eat and were waiting for you to come over and tell us how to cook it, but you came only after dinner."
"You are wronging me. I came here just to make the cold seaweed salad." Jiang Yao said.
The women talked in the kitchen for a long time until the meal was ready. Then they divided the work and worked together to bring the meal out to the yard.
Although the educated youth group had only been disbanded a few days ago, everyone had already tasted the bitterness of living under someone else's roof. Everyone was complaining during the meal, except Jiang Yao.
"Jiang Yao, how are you doing at the Lu family?" Yuan Liang asked.
Jiang Yao smiled and said, "It's fine. The people in the Lu family are very nice."
This was the first person to say something good about the "landlord" tonight. Before everyone could go into the gossip, a discordant voice rang out.
"Okay? Don't be silly and let yourself be sold out and then count money for others." Zhao Pengfei said with a look of contempt.
"Don't worry about whether I will be sold or not." Jiang Yao sneered, "You should worry about whether your partner's food will be stolen by your cousin."
After saying this, Du Yuejia looked embarrassed.
She didn't dare tell Zhao Pengfei about Chen Shuanglian stealing her food, because that person was his aunt after all. But everyone was complaining about her just now, so she blurted it out.
Zhao Pengfei's face was already not good just now, and now Jiang Yao specifically brought it up. Du Yuejia secretly glanced at him and found that his face was completely black.
She put her hand under the table and tried to grab his hand secretly, but he shook it off. She didn't give up and grabbed it again, and this time he shook it back.
No one knew what happened under the table, but in order to avoid embarrassment, Zhu Xia changed the subject in time.
The meal lasted until after eight o'clock. Jiang Chao, Wen Qian and Jiang Yao all lived at the end of the village and were traveling together, so the task of escorting the female comrades home safely fell on Jiang Chao.
The farmer's house where Wen Qian stayed was closest to the educated youth point. When she was sent there, Jiang Chao and Jiang Yao were the only ones left.
Jiang Chao endured it all night, and when he was about to reach the door of the Lu family, he finally couldn't help but speak, "Yaoyao, I don't like to talk about people behind their backs, but Lu Che's behavior this afternoon is really worrying. I advise you to move out of the Lu family as soon as possible."
"It's not as serious as you say." Jiang Yao said with a frown.
"It's already very serious, okay?" Jiang Chao said, "Can't you see that Lu Che likes you? He's a hot-blooded man. If he really wants to do something in his house, you'll be in danger. As the saying goes, if the father is a hero, the son will be a hero; if the father is a bastard, the son will be a bastard. Don't forget, his father is a gangster..."
"Jiang Chao." Jiang Yao scolded him coldly, "Lu Che is Lu Che, his father is his father, why should he be blamed for his father's mistakes? What did he do wrong? He just wants to work hard to live, why is it so difficult?"
Jiang Yao became more and more excited as she spoke, and when she came to her senses, she did not regret it. She snorted coldly, ignored Jiang Chao, and ran back to Lu's house, no matter how he shouted, it was useless.
"Yaoyao, wait for me..."
Jiang Chao was about to chase after him when a man suddenly emerged from the bushes nearby, scaring him so much that he almost screamed.
"You... why are you... here?" When Jiang Chao saw that the person was Lu Che, he began to tremble as he spoke.
"Pee." Lu Che glanced at Jiang Chao sharply and strode towards the running figure.
Jiang Chao was very frightened, firstly because Lu Che suddenly ran out, and secondly because he must have heard the bad things said about him.
It took him a while to recover. Although no one else saw him, he still felt embarrassed. Seeing Lu Che walking away, he whispered to his back, "You're crazy. Your house is right in front of you. Why don't you go back to pee but hide inside? You're such a vulgar country bumpkin."
Jiang Yao felt very angry. She didn't know what she was angry about. But being angry also had its advantages. It was that her strength would explode and she wouldn't feel heavy when she carried water into the room to take a shower.
After taking a shower, she lay down on the bed, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. She felt very irritable, thinking it was premenstrual syndrome, so she simply got up and did her menstrual work.
She had never made menstrual cloth before, but she had strong handicraft skills, so she had no problem copying it.
In fact, she learned this handicraft when her parents divorced. She was very depressed and locked herself in her room to play with needlework. As she played, she also practiced a craft.
Jiang Yao didn't buy much fabric today, so she only made five pieces. Since they were already made, she simply washed them and hung them on the window of the room. They would probably be dry by the time she woke up.
After doing all this, she yawned loudly, climbed onto the bed, and quickly fell asleep.
Because she slept late last night, she got up late the next day as well. She went around Lu's house and found no one at home. Then she remembered that Lu Qing had mentioned to her yesterday that they were going to the next door commune to attend a wedding today. A relative from Mrs. Lu's family was getting married.
Since there was no one at home, Jiang Yao went to the paper factory to see if there were any handmade raw materials to be collected. However, she went too late today and the raw materials had already been distributed.
Working online for three days and doing nothing for two days is not a good idea. Now that she has moved into the Lu family, she needs to think carefully about how to develop a side business.
She walked back while thinking about it, but the more she walked, the more she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. When she returned to Lu's house and went into her room, she found that her period had come.
It was the first time that Jiang Yao used the menstrual cloth. As she was unfamiliar with the technique, she spent a long time trying to figure it out before finally lying down on the bed in despair.
She had never experienced menstrual pain in her previous life, and she didn't know how to deal with it. She just felt that putting her palms on her lower abdomen would make her feel better.
She seemed to have fallen asleep drowsily, but a knock on the door woke her up.
She got up and opened the door. Seeing Lu Che standing outside, she asked, "Why are you still here? Aren't you going to a wedding?"
"I'm not going." Seeing her pale face, Lu Che frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"It's nothing, just... my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I'll be fine after lying down for a while." Jiang Yao said.
Seeing her hand covering her lower abdomen, Lu Che just said, "Take a rest, call me if you need anything," and left.
Jiang Yao went back and lay down again, and she fell asleep right away.
She didn't know how long she had slept when there was another knock on the door. This time she was too lazy to get up and shouted straight to the door: "The door is not locked, come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and Lu Che came in with a bowl in one hand and said, "Get up and eat something first."
Jiang Yao got up from the bed and walked to the table. Lu Che had already put down two bowls. She took a look and saw that they were a bowl of white porridge and a bowl of brown sugar water.
"Drink the brown sugar water first and then the porridge." After saying this, Lu Che walked out with a blank expression.
She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Jiang Yao always felt that his pace was anxious and a little flustered.
After he left the room, she reached out and picked up the brown sugar water, but just after taking a sip, she suddenly had an idea.
Isn't this brown sugar water something that women drink when they have period pain? How...how did he know that she had her period?
The author has something to say:
Xiaomi: How do you know Yaoyao is having her period?
Lu Che: Guess.
Xiaomi: ...
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