Chapter 132
How could Lu Yuanzheng dare to respond to such a big charge?
Especially with Xu Wen’s pitiful expression, there was no way he wouldn’t soften his heart, even if he knew she was acting
Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly, “How can I? Who else could I love besides you?”
“You’ve been trying to coax me with nice words Also said what to share difficulties! I am not even difficult to cure is to let you kiss me under you are not willing!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Of course I’m willing to kiss you! But this flavor
Obviously brush a tooth can be resolved, she did not, clearly want to clean up his
The road expedition pinched the nose to her in front of
Of course Xu Man was not happy, “Lu Yuanzheng!”
As soon as she said this, her tears flowed down her face
She was full and sleepy
Xu Man burped
The rich smell of durian poured right into Lu Yuanzheng
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He begged for mercy, “Daughter-in-law, why don’t I just go kneel on the durian skin!”
“So you’d rather kneel on durian skin than kiss me? You just don’t love me anymore!” Xu Wen beamed
Frankly speaking, this kind of tea talk especially tested the quality of the heart
Xu Man can’t pretend any longer, and if she continues to pretend, she feels like she’s going to be sick to her stomach, or at the very least, she’s going to laugh
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t dare to talk any more nonsense, closed his eyes and kissed Xu Man’s lips, during which he didn’t dare to change his breath
It was good that they often moved around in the sea, and they tended to keep their breaths closed for longer than the average person
As one of the best of the best, Lu Yuanzheng had once won even the frogman of the amphibious team in a competition
A kiss is nothing
But, but, but, this kind of thing like flavor can also be transmitted through the cavity besides the tip of the nose
Lu Yuanzheng couldn’t hold back and turned pale at the touch
Xu Wen also stifled her laughter, and feigned anger: “You’d better go kneel on the durian skin!”
She also pointed out the location of the durian skin to Lu Yuanzheng, fearing that he wouldn’t be able to find it
Lu Yuanzheng’s face twitched, and he honestly took out the durian skin, and really knelt on both knees
In his heart, he sighed: why is today Saturday? He didn’t even have an excuse to avoid going to the battalion headquarters
Xu Wen tsked
The image of a tough guy kneeling on a durian is actually quite comical
It was said that Lu Ying, who didn’t change his face even when all kinds of torture instruments were applied to him, was grimacing at the moment, which really didn’t make Xu Wen sympathize
She felt that the pain might be real, but it was definitely not as painful as Lu Yuanzheng had shown
Because visually, there was still a gap between his knee and the durian skin
This man was cheating on the basis of his physical strength!
However, the durian skin also had a flavor
Xu Wen didn’t bother to pay attention to his “cautionary tactics” and yawned as he got up to go upstairs After walking up two steps, he turned back and pointed at Lu Yuanzheng, who was just about to get up, and said: “Don’t get up! Before I wake up from my sleep, you will kneel here and reflect on yourself!”
Lu Yuanzheng let out a long sigh, “There is an evil wife in the family!”
But he obediently knelt back down
Xu Wen couldn’t hold back a snort of laughter, “It’s good to know! See if you dare to mess with me in the future!”
When Xu Man went upstairs, Lu Yuanzheng stood up
He wasn’t stupid, Xu Man was just messing with him, making things difficult for him
He’d be a fool to kneel honestly for an hour or two
He cleaned up the table and threw out Xu Man’s leftover durian along with the durian skin that made him suffer
Only then did he gingerly go upstairs
The bedroom door was slammed shut from the inside
Lu Yuanzheng thought for a moment, took off his folding knife from his belt, and chose one to gently pick the pins apart
He thought of coming to Xu Man to comfort his wounded body and mind
Who knew that Xu Man really was asleep
She had changed her clothes and should have brushed her teeth and washed her face
Lu Yuanzheng frowned and looked at the wall clock
It wasn’t even half past eight
Sleeping so early?
After hesitating, he still didn’t disturb Xu Man and gently closed the door and went downstairs
He went to find Shi Lei to discuss what to do with the girls Xu Man had recruited
Although Xu Man was well-intentioned, for them, they had to make sure that the family backgrounds of these completely unknown girls were clean
Rainbow Island seemed safe now, but in the end, it was considered an isolated island
If they got mixed up with secret agents or something, they would be in big trouble
In addition, if it was true that someone had settled down here, as Xu Wen had said, then Rainbow Island would have its first ordinary people’s home
It also meant a heavier responsibility on their shoulders
To put it bluntly, in the past, if there was a strong attack by the enemy, they could strategically leave the island when there was a disparity in strength and weapons
But if the people are living in peace, they can’t take a step back unless there is a backup at the rear
Early Saturday morning, Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng drove the Rainbow to Pengcheng
He also brought along a few officers and soldiers who had gone out and his sister-in-law
In the past, everyone who went out on weekends to purchase necessities could only go to the center island
The choice was particularly small
Now there is one more option, you can take a boat to Pengcheng
However, Pengcheng is a special economic zone, and the control of people coming and going is relatively strict
It is only after the military coordinates with the local authorities that everyone is allowed to enter and exit
To the officers and soldiers of Rainbow Island and their sisters-in-law, Rainbow Island is becoming more and more like the name
It’s becoming a bit of a paradise here
Everyone on the island was basically self-sufficient, and if they were really stifled, they would follow the Rainbow to Pengcheng for a while
Supplies are not as poor as last year, after all, within the rapidly developing Peng City, you can buy things no less than the sea city
Just a little expensive
Once ashore, everyone disbanded sisters-in-law to split up, to go shopping to buy things
The soldiers who took leave to go out helped Uncle Two and Lu Yuanzheng unload the goods onto the ship before leaving
In order to facilitate the handover, the last time I left the island to make an appointment to come to Pengcheng, the second uncle just need to come at the right time to receive the goods
Xu Wen likewise went to Xu Wen’s place first to get the records to reconcile the accounts
“This week seems to be a lot better than last week’s business?” Xu asked
The numbers on the statements were the most intuitive
Second Uncle nodded, his happiness overflowing, “Right! Actually, new customers are still not increasing fast, but there are many repeat customers The main military wives are good at craftsmanship and use real materials We common people like a good price, right!”
For the same price, you can only buy shoddy products elsewhere, but the things you buy here are especially real
All are pickles, military wives do not adulterate, eaten once will come to buy a second time
We are all working people, who doesn’t have a few good relations with their fellow workers and hometowns?
One by one, Uncle Er’s side of the business is slowly picking up
“That’s great! If next week is going to be better, I’ll go back and discuss with my sisters-in-law, let’s rent a store and get the formalities for doing business done”
This wasn’t Xu Man’s business, she couldn’t engage in one-liners, and renting a store required a principal, which was quite a large amount, so there was a need to enlist the opinions of her sisters-in-law
Second uncle especially trusted Xu Man, smilingly said, “You see to it! I’ll do whatever I want, I’ll listen to you”
After taking care of business matters, Xu Man arrived at Xu Wen’s house
It was meal time again
This time, both Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing’s business was significantly better
“This is opening?” Lu Yuanzheng pointed to the large red couplet on the doorframe
“Right!” Xu Wen rubbed the back of his head, “I asked the workers I used to know on the construction site to help me pick an auspicious day to open Listening to your advice, during the opening period of discounts and gifts Don’t say, these days business is really good!”
He and Sang Xiaoqing woke up in the morning and started to prepare the ingredients, a busy day
By the time they closed the stall in the evening, their backs were too tired to stand straight, but their hearts were happy
Sang Xiaoqing served a plate of dumplings to the customer and smiled at his words, “We are really capable of asking! Any trick is so good”
Xu Wen smiled and didn’t say anything
She was too embarrassed to accept this compliment
This was the experience summarized by countless successful businessmen
She had only borrowed a little bit of it
For example, when a supermarket opened, in addition to all kinds of discounts, eggs must be given away
Membership card is also a necessity, there must also be ordinary membership card, platinum membership card, diamond membership card
Different membership cards different discounts
In addition, there are stored value cards
Charge one hundred complimentary fifty, not right, this era of one hundred too much, charge ten complimentary a piece or can be
Later, as Xu Wen’s business slowly grows bigger, she will mention a little bit
The first person planted trees, the next person to enjoy the cool
When the busiest part of the afternoon passed, Sang Xiaoqing fried a few home-cooked dishes and poured two glasses of wine
Lu Yuanzheng waved his hand, “I can’t drink”
Although he said that he didn’t have any official business today, he had brought the people on the island out, he was responsible for it
Xu Wen wasn’t the first day he knew Lu Yuanzheng, and when he said he wouldn’t drink, he didn’t advise him
“Try the green bean soup I made” Sang Xiaoqing brought up two bowls of chilled green bean soup
Xu Wen tasted it and smacked his lips
It was delicious, a little better than the green bean soup cooked by Sister Li, which seemed to have added some of the rest of the ingredients
Sang Xiaoqing gave Xu Man a thumbs up, ”Ask this mouth is still so powerful! I let you taste it right away I added a little bit of fire-clearing herbs and green tea
I see that besides their love of sweets, southerners also like to drink tea The store next door that sells herbal tea is especially popular But I don’t know how to make herbal tea Even if I could, I wouldn’t want to drink it That flavor ”
The uncle next door divided some of the unsold herbal tea between her and Xu Wen
Sang Xiaoqing still feels bitter on her tongue when she thinks about it, “Anyway, the stuff is no longer good enough for us I’ve thought about it, and besides herbal tea, there’s also sour plum soup, which is good for clearing heat and relieving summer fever I don’t know how to cook plum soup”
Sour plum soup also requires a recipe
“However, green tea is abundant on our side Green tea also has many benefits”
Xu Wen had a dazed look on her face, “No wonder there is a vague aroma of tea in this green bean soup”
She gave a thumbs up towards Sang Xiaoqing, “Sister-in-law, you’re too good!”
“It’s far inferior to you” Sang Xiaoqing smiled and shook her head
These words were sincere compliments
They hadn’t been aunts and sisters-in-law for more than a year or two, and in the past, Sang Xiaoqing had only thought that Xu Man was good at studying
Only now did she realize that Xu Man’s wisdom went far beyond academics
Xu Man lived a particularly transparent life, and vaguely had a kind of grandmother’s kind of life-baptized open-mindedness
After lunch, after helping Sang Xiaoqing and Xu Wen clean up the dishes, Xu Man yawned
Sang Xiaoqing asked Xu Man to rest upstairs for a while
Xu Man didn’t refuse, she was really sleepy, and once she put down the rice bowl, she felt like she couldn’t keep her eyes open
Sang Xiaoqing followed Xu Man upstairs, knowing that Xu Man loves cleanliness, gave her a new bed sheet, while spreading the bed sheet while asking Xu Man: “Ask, are you ”
“Hmm?” Xu Wen wiped some tears from the corners of her eyes that flowed because of her frequent yawning, and asked Sang Xiaoqing, who had only half spoken, “What am I?”
“Are you having one?”
“Huh?” Xu Wen blinked, her brain slightly sluggish from sleepiness reacting for a moment before realizing the meaning of having, she lowered her head and touched her belly, “No, right? I came good two days ago! It’s a week later than usual and it’s extraordinarily low”
A good thing meant a period
“That’s so!” Sang Xiaoqing nodded her head and opened the door for Xu Man to lie down, her gaze sweeping over her waist, “Then maybe you’ve gained a little bit of weight recently?”
It seemed like her waist had gotten a little thicker
It wasn’t fat, just slightly rounder than Xu Man herself
This point did not need Sang Xiaoqing to say, Xu Wen herself also felt, she sighed softly, “I actually don’t have a good appetite lately, and I don’t feel like I’ve eaten much But no matter if it’s the skirt or the waist of the pants, they are indeed slightly tighter”
Not only the waist, but the bust seemed to have grown a circle larger as well
Some of the tight clothes were inexplicably a bit smaller
“Even you can tell” Xu Man dissatisfiedly pinched the side of his waist, “Looks like I should lose weight”
Xu Man could not tell when he was standing, this lying down, his belly was slightly raised, Sang Xiaoqing looked at it and still suggested, “Why don’t you take the time to go to the hospital in the afternoon to have it checked out? It can’t be that there is really something, right?”
“How could it be?!” Xu Wen shook her head and said closing her eyes
She’d obviously had her period and had been on birth control
Just once there wasn’t
The crazy one in the sea
Normally, both Xu Wen’s families waited until the night market closed before closing
Because many night market stalls can not care about dinner, will come over to eat a little
This day, because they were in a hurry to follow Xu Wen to the island, they closed up and shut down after eight o’clock in the evening
The accompanying officers and soldiers and their sisters-in-law were waiting on the Rainbow early
All the way to Rainbow Island
Sang Xiaoqing is fine, but Xu Wen is seasick
Standing on the deck holding the railing do not dare to move
Stomach vomit empty, to the end can only vomit acidic water
For this reason, although Sang Xiaoqing did not forget to take care of him carefully, but also not less ridiculed him
Not to mention Xu Wen, even Xu Wen seemed to be a bit seasick
She didn’t throw up, only her stomach was a bit uncomfortable
“Strange!” Xu Wen couldn’t figure it out, “Obviously I was fine when I came in the morning”
“Maybe it’s because of the night” Lu Yuanzheng had seen many comrades with such symptoms
They were fine no matter how they rode the ship during the day, but they got seasick at night
“So?” Xu Wen didn’t think much about it and sat beside Lu Yuanzheng and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed
Halfway through the trip, Lu Yuanzheng suddenly opened his mouth and called out to her, “Xu Man, help me turn on the light on one side It’s on your right”
Xu Man subconsciously complied
After doing so, she suddenly realized that Lu called her “Xu Man”, not “daughter-in-law”
He rarely called her by her full name unless he was talking seriously or had a serious matter
She stood up and walked over to him, “What’s wrong?”
Lu Yuanzheng narrowed his eyes and looked through the glass at the distant sea
Xu Man followed suit and looked over, but saw nothing
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t reply to her, his expression remained serious as he instructed her, “Go and call all those officers and soldiers who took today’s leave of absence here for me, I have something to find them”
Xu Wen didn’t ask why this time
The seriousness of Lu Yuanzheng’s expression scared her
Such a Lu Yuanzheng was something she hadn’t seen before
The officers and soldiers were all well-trained and arrived very quickly once they heard that there was a serious matter
There were less than twenty people who were out on leave today
A company commander, two instructors, two platoon commanders, three squad leaders, and the rest were soldiers
“Camp Lu”
Lu Yuanzheng swept a glance at them and gave the rudder to one of the squad leaders he had brought out, “Still know how to sail a boat, right?”
The squad leader nodded
Lu Yuanzheng went up to the deck without saying anything, and the rest of them followed
Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand and pointed in a direction, “Can you all see?”
One of the platoon leaders, who was usually in charge of sniping and had slightly better eyesight than the others, was the first to see it and said in shock, “Battleship?”
Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips
The others also took on a serious expression upon hearing this, and made an effort to look over
It was best to unanimously unify their opinions
It was a camouflaged battleship belonging to another country
The company commander asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Do you think our watchtower can see it from such a distance?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “They have special materials coated on their hull I’m afraid our people can’t see it well”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t see it at first either, and it was only when he saw a flash of reflection in the middle that he realized something was wrong, along with his intuition that he had trained for years
“What now?”
The company commander asked
He was just asking for Lu Yuanzheng’s orders, his tone was not panicked
The other officers and soldiers were the same, they all swept into a ready position, but, no panic was visible on their faces
“They rushed over at this speed,” Lu Yuanzheng paused, “By the time our people see and react, it will already be too late The only way to stop them is if we crash into them at full speed”