Chapter 127
Lu Yuanzheng narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth smiling, looking down at Xu Man, “With whom did you go?”
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Xu Wen vaguely heard the sound of teeth grinding, so she laughed even more happily, turning a blind eye to his threat, “Other husbands!”
Like a child who has gotten away with a prank
Lu Yuanzheng nodded his head and asked directly, “Name” He wanted to see who was so bold
He wanted to see who was so bold
He is still alive! You want to steal his daughter-in-law?
“What? Do you want to beat him to death?”
“That depends on how much he really owes!” Lu Yuanzheng said in a faint voice
It wasn’t impossible for him to do something if he was pissed off
Xu Man carefully looked at his complexion, pale, she could not tell if he was really upset, or just teasing her
After thinking about it, she answered him: “Eat together? Sleeping together? It seems to have been done”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
This time Xu Wen clearly heard the sound of Lu Yuanzheng grinding his back teeth, “Comrade Xu Wen, if you’re not joking Then tell me his name”
Xu Wen replied rather painfully, “Li Zheng”
Lu Yuanzheng was stunned
Xu Man was afraid that his name wouldn’t match up with the person, so he added, “The nickname is Dongsheng Do you need me to tell you where he is now?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
A wave of annoyance turned into tears and laughter
Punishingly, he pinched Xu Man’s face, “You! So happy to be angry at me?”
Thanks to the fact that he was already thinking about what to do with the guy just now
“Where am I angry at you? Dongsheng grew up to be someone else’s husband for sure ah? Even Xu Wen is someone else’s husband!”
Lu Yuanzheng glanced at her slyly, “Second brother won’t share a bed with you”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so angry
As for Dongsheng, who would think of a three to five year old child?
Xu Wen thought about it and laughed even more happily
Lu Yuanzheng licked his lips, also laughed: “It seems that my training this month cold to you, let you to “other people’s husband” so unforgettable In that case, I think I have the responsibility to make up for you, and also teach you what is the husband’s program”
Xu Man looked at him warily, “What do you want?”
“Didn’t you always say that you wanted to swim with me and see my swimming style? I’ll satisfy you today”
Xu Wen: “?”
Without waiting for her to react, she was picked up from the chair by Lu Yuanzheng and thrown into the sea
This was a shallow area, and since both of them could swim, it wasn’t so bad that they drowned, but they did have to take a mouthful of water
Xu Man surfaced from the surface of the water, jerked a handful of salty seawater on his face and was embraced by Lu Yuanzheng
Xu Man: “”
Dongsheng’s wateriness Xu Man had seen before, and it felt like he was like a fish, especially flexible in the water
Lu Yuanzheng’s wateriness was obviously too much better than Dongsheng’s, and he went into the water like a part of the sea, without a sound
Xu Man didn’t even know how he got into the water, and apart from himself falling into the sea and splashing a large splash, there was no other movement at all
And it was clearly the middle of the sea, so Xu Man needed to pick at the side of the boat to keep himself out of the water
Lu Yuanzheng was able to stay upright in the water like he was going against the laws of nature, and still had the energy left to hook Xu Man’s hand
Feeling his hand hooking his pants waist underwater and pulling down, Xu Man was a bit anxious, “It’s outside! It’s not even dark yet!”
She had purposely worn a longer pair of pants in order to cover those marks on her knees, which had in turn become her own constraints at this moment
The pants were pulled down to her knees by Lu Yuanzheng, and she couldn’t move her legs One hand was still gripping the side of the boat, and the other was still clambering helplessly over him, with only a mouth left to resist in vain
“I know” Lu Yuanzheng also had some unsteady breath, one hand still making a mess underwater, “Don’t worry, they can’t see this place”
He knew best which place was a dead end
The two of them were at the back of the treehouse, the people on the island couldn’t see them, and he had made a gesture towards the watchtower to signal his presence, so they wouldn’t look here much even if they noticed any movement
Xu asked getting even more pissed off, “Is this a seeing or not seeing thing?”
This was outside!
Or in the sea, it felt too strange
She could feel like she was going to lose her grip on the side of the ship
Lu Yuanzheng stayed close to her, his slender fingers moving underwater as he whispered in her ear, “Do you think the sound of the water is the sound of the waves or the sound of your voice?”
Xu Wen’s face was burning hot, she didn’t want to talk to him at all, and knowing that she couldn’t stop it, she simply closed her eyes
But closing her eyes the other senses became more and more obviously sensitive, she could even feel the shape of his fingers
Vaguely seemed to hear Lu Yuanzheng particularly asshole lament: “Relax, I can’t even move my fingers”
Xu Wen couldn’t listen any longer, and mainly probed and kissed his mouth that was mortifying to the core
She only felt that her body was like a wave in the ocean, completely out of control The only fulcrum was this man that her whole body was climbing on
The sun was setting, the sky was a flaming cloud, and the azure sea turned a particularly warm color from the orange haze
The feeling was peculiar
Being in the warm and cool sea water, but the depths of the body were hot
In his misty vision was the man’s rigid face, a drop of sweat rolling down along his lurid scar
Xu Wen swallowed and braced himself to kiss away the bead of sweat
Lu Yuanzheng first paused, and then the amplitude of his waist and abdominal movements increased a bit more
Xu Man tilted his head up and looked at the fading orange light
She thought to herself that this madness with Lu Yuanzheng would become a secret that she could not tell anyone for the rest of her life
It was already dark when the two of them returned to the boathouse
Xu Man finally saw the place where Lu Yuanzheng had really altered on this boat
He had made a particularly small bathroom, with a large bucket added at the back of the house to be able to simply take a shower, that is, to wash off all the seawater
Xu Wen changed his clothes and sat on the recliner, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got, “Lu Yuanzheng, you’re so well prepared, have you been wanting to plot against me for a long time”
Lu Yuanzheng finished his bath, only wearing a pair of flowery pants that Xu asked to bring back from Lijiang, holding a towel in one hand and rubbing it haphazardly on his head, sniffing and laughing softly, “Then you’ve wronged me This is to prevent you and Dongsheng down to play in the water after a bad bath”
Xu Wen just saw a basket hanging on the wall next to the bathroom, containing clean clothes for the family of three
Thinking that he was about not lying
The body is sore and weak heart extremely comfortable Xu Man closed his eyes, intends to generously let go of Lu Yuanzheng not to bother with him
As a result, after a few seconds Lu Yuanzheng himself opened his mouth again, “But that time when I watched you swim with Dongsheng, I had this idea It’s just that this time it was finally put into practice”
Xu asked, “”
“Lu Yuanzheng, you’re an animal”
Physically and mentally satisfied, Lu Yuanzheng smiled as he was scolded, threw the towel he had finished wiping his hair into the dirty clothes basket to the side, and then took a clean towel from the wall and walked behind Xu Man to wipe her hair
“Xu Wen”
Xu Wen gave a light hmmm
“Thank you!”
“Hmm?”
“You taught Dongsheng well”
The changes in Dongsheng, not to mention the other people on the island, even Lu Yuanzheng, who had spent time with him, could see the difference in him since he had followed Xu Man for over a year
Especially after following Xu Man out for the past month
In the past, Dongsheng was just an ordinary kid in the pile of children, unable to see anything special, with a very low recognizability
Now Dongsheng stood in a group of children, it is not too much to say that he stood out from the rest
In the morning, it was Lu Yuanzheng who called Dongsheng to get up, and after the two of them ate breakfast together, in order to prevent Dongsheng from disturbing Xu Wen’s sleep, Lu Yuanzheng directly brought Dongsheng to the battalion headquarters
As usual, he threw him to the battalion headquarters and went wherever he liked
The soldiers all had their own things to do, and only the people in the Health Company were a little bit free Dongsheng played in the hygiene company
After a while, Lu Yuanzheng looked up and saw a group of people from the Health Company surrounding Dongsheng, who stood in the center talking and gesturing
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and out of curiosity, he put down his pen and pinched his eyebrows and came over
Dongsheng was telling everyone the story of the “Ancient Tea Horse Road”
Lu Yuanzheng stood to the side and listened, but he was also surprised
No wonder the health company that the gang will be surrounded by a child, Dongsheng told a particularly interesting, has been from ancient to present also interspersed with the history of Lijiang humanities, piggybacking on the praise of Lijiang how beautiful!
Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes flashed, this must be Xu Wen taught
At the end of the speech, Dongsheng also shook his head with a regretful face: “Alas! If it wasn’t for Ma Ma always chanting about dad, we would still be going to Dali!”
Lu Yuanzheng hummed lightly
The people of the Health Company turned around and saw him scattering
It was similar to the reaction of office workers who were caught by their leaders groping for fish at work
Dongsheng tilted his head to look at Lu Yuanzheng
Lu Yuanzheng’s large palm slightly pressed lightly on his head, “Learned well! But I think you should start learning from the Disciple’s Rules!”
Or learn filial piety first
Dongsheng: “”
“That’s my son! There’s no need for you to thank him” Xu Wen shook his head
Nowadays, even without Lu Yuanzheng as an intermediary, Xu Man treated Dongsheng as his own son
“Thank you for his real parents Knowing that Dongsheng is being taught so well now, they’re at ease”
This time, Xu Man only said, “It should be”
Lu Yuanzheng carefully rubbed the ends of her hair, “Discussing a new deal with Second Brother again?”
Xu Wen gave a puzzled “Huh?” She gave a puzzled “Hmm?”, “How do you know?”
When she finished speaking, she remembered Dongsheng, “Little traitor!”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “It’s really not him this time Second brother sent a letter that arrived three days ago with your name on it I opened it”
The more he said, the more he whispered, “I’m sorry You didn’t come back then, so I wanted to see if I’d heard from you”
From the letter, it could be seen that Xu Wen had been to Xu Wen’s place, but had left again
Now Lu Yuanzheng was even more anxious than the first time, fearing that Xu Man had an accident on the road
However, he didn’t dare to leave the island at all, fearing that Xu Man would come back one day and not be able to find him
This kind of waiting with worry everywhere was incomparably torturous
Every second is a year
It is impolite to open other people’s letters privately Even as a husband and wife, Lu Yuanzheng felt embarrassed
Xu Wen didn’t think about it that much and shook his head, “There’s nothing you can’t read in a letter to me What did Second Brother say?”
“He said that the family agreed But our parents aren’t comfortable with sister-in-law going out so far by herself They said to wait a little longer until you return home for the New Year before letting sister-in-law come back”
Xu Wen let out a sigh and asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Don’t you have two vacations this year? Can you take one off?
“We’re far away from Rainbow Island, and it’s almost half a month for a round trip I meant to fix both vacations together, like Shi Lei But if you’re willing to go back, I’ll go type up a vacation request report tomorrow”
Xu Man calculated, sixty days of vacation divided into two repairs, the road will take twenty days, too uneconomical After thinking about it, “Forget it You don’t have to make a report first, I’ll write a letter to my family Let’s see if there are any relatives over there who are willing to come over, and if there are, we can bring my sister-in-law over with us This way, the family is relieved”
“That’s fine If there aren’t, we’ll take a vacation, but the big deal is that the road will be slower, as if we’re traveling with you You don’t say, Dongsheng had fun with you and gained a lot of insight”
“But I’m not having fun” Xu Wen sighed softly, “When I see beautiful scenery, I always feel that there’s someone missing around me, and it’s a pity”
The corners of Lu’s mouth rose, the slightest bit of aggression in his heart as well as the torment he suffered these days seemed to disappear because of these words, hanging the towel back on the hook on the wall, promising, “Next time, I’ll try not to be absent”
“What else did brother say?” Xu Wen looked sideways at Lu Yuanzheng
Lu Yuanzheng took out his fishing rod and sat on the deck, his body leaning against the wall of the bamboo house, one leg draped over the edge of the boat, one leg bent, and returned to her, “He also said that even if sister-in-law Xiaoqing doesn’t show up, it won’t delay you and your sisters-in-law She told you to just send the things over directly So, what are you trying to toss with your sisters-in-law again?”
“Nothing much I just want to help my sisters-in-law increase their income You see, now that the reform and opening up has begun, the individual economy will slowly be allowed However, the spring wind of reform will not be able to blow on the island for a while
Although there are many people here, it’s too remote Small traders who want to make more money will definitely go to the big city first
I thought that our island’s many crafty sisters-in-law could do some handmade work When they’re done I’ll take it to second brother and have him sell it on their behalf”
Lu Yuanzheng thought for a moment, “It’s a good idea, but it’s also troublesome for you to send it to Second Brother”
“I’ve thought about this problem as well I want to buy a small fishing boat and row directly from this side This distance is actually not far, about an hour or so away”
“Buying a fishing boat is not a problem” Lu Yuanzheng frowned, “Safety is the problem”
Straight through the past are our territorial sea is not bad, but a small part of the location is relatively hidden, afraid that it is easy to meet pirates or smuggling gangs
Moreover, this section of the road is not an official road, no one has traveled this way yet, and there might be reefs
In case of a mistake is not good
Xu Man didn’t think of so much, and after listening to Lu Yuanzheng’s popularization, he realized that what he thought might be simpler, and asked him, “Then, is this road unavailable?”
Lu Yuanzheng pondered for a while, “That’s not so bad that it can’t be traveled, it would need to be opened up to an official road However, I don’t have that much authority, so I’ll have to make a report to the top Above agreed, I take people to escort you two times, trip out a road, also counted to tell those pirates whose ship this is Generally, they will avoid military ships”
Pirates only like to rob money will not want to get killed
“Huh?” Xu Man got up and got down from the recliner and walked over to sit beside Lu Yuanzheng, “Will this be too much trouble for you? Just will it be said that you use your power for personal gain or something?”
“You are not putting money into your own pocket what am I doing for personal gain? You are working for the welfare of your sisters-in-law Sister-in-laws are members of the military but they are also ordinary people It was only a matter of time before this sea lane was opened Now it can be beneficial to the common people, but it’s just a step ahead
If you can make a good start In the future, whether it’s Rainbow Island or Center Island or any other island or reef in our archipelago, your wife and the people will benefit
This is a good thing for the country and the people
As you just said, this place is too remote for businessmen But if we’re so close to the Special Administrative Region after this sea route opens, maybe our islands can take advantage of it first?!”
Xu Man tsked, “Worthy of being a Road Battalion, this awareness is high! It’s my pattern that’s small I was only thinking about my sisters-in-law on Rainbow Island You’ve arranged for the people of the islands here!”
After saying that, he even gave a thumbs up to Lu Yuanzheng
The words were good, but Xu Wen’s expression and tone of voice made it more of a compliment than a flirtation
This caused Lu Yuanzheng to squint at her, “Xu Man, are you in trouble again?”
Xu Man giggled
After laughing for a while, Xu Man sighed softly, “Lu Yuanzheng”
“In”
“After a month outside, no matter how lively the surroundings were, I always felt that there was a corner of my heart that was empty Only when I came back and saw you did my heart feel solid”
“Me too” Lu Yuanzheng was fishing like Jiang Taigong, not even hanging the bait, just throwing a fishing rod hanging there, hearing Xu Man’s words, he looked at her sideways
Xu Wen looked uncomfortable and coughed lightly
Only then did Lu Yuanzheng open his mouth, ”Me too During that month of our training, we were actually too busy to sleep, but I always thought of you”
Entering the door full of expectations only to see an empty room, the feeling of disappointment and despair of not being able to see her nearly made him lose control
If it wasn’t for the ink-stained paper, he might have lost control
Xu Wen measured her head and took the initiative to offer her lips to kiss his
Lu Yuanzheng put one hand on her waist and deepened the kiss
Lu Yuanzheng called the report upwards, and Xu Man gathered his sisters-in-law for a meeting
Now the sisters-in-law on the island especially recognize the “pajama party”, even if Xu Man was not on the island that month they also held a party by themselves
By default, it’s already once a month
This time, Xu Man would be having it again for the second time this month, but all the sisters-in-law knew that something big would happen once Xu Man opened the door So they were particularly active in attending the event
When Xu Wen left home to go to school, Lu Yuanzheng was obviously unhappy with his face
After not seeing each other for more than a month, the two of them only stayed alone for two nights before Xu Man ran away again How could he possibly be willing?
Xu Wen didn’t care what his face looked like
She didn’t even have half a life for two nights, and getting together with her sisters-in-law was also considered a night of rest
Overindulgence is not a good thing
While eating and drinking, Xu Man told her sisters-in-law what she wanted to do
The sisters-in-law cheered
DouDou’s mom, who usually talks the least, was also particularly happy, “Can you really make money doing handicrafts?”
This time, I went back and found that my parents and in-laws weren’t in very good health, so I could only pick up light work to earn work credits
The money they earn is not much, and they have to subsidize the two of them
The in-laws mean to let DouDouMa stay at home, they take care of the children, and let DouDouMa go to earn work
This is not a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for DouDouMa In the village, everyone is like that
In the past, Doudou Mom would have stayed at home, but Doudou Mom, who has seen the world a little bit, is not the same as before, and has no opinion
Doudou mom disagreed, she insisted on going back to the island
She insisted that she wanted to go back to the island, so Doudou’s father convinced the old man to bring the mother and daughter back
But Doudou mom always felt that this was a bit selfish of her It was as if she had come to the island to avoid earning work credits
If she could also earn some money to subsidize the old man, it would be almost as good as earning her own work credits, and she wouldn’t have to separate her family
“Not sure how much I can earn But definitely won’t let everyone do it for nothing” Xu Wen promised
“Anything?” Wang Lingling was a little apprehensive, “I don’t know how to make pretty things, I can only use grass ropes to weave some futons, small stools and the like”
“Of course” Xu Wen nodded without hesitation
“Then I can do carpentry, wooden tables and chairs, matzahs and everything, okay?”
“Yes, anything will do! As long as it’s for everyday needs”
“I can make children’s tiger shoes and coats”
“I can make fans”
“I can only draw?”
“If you can’t do anything, you won’t have a chance?” A northeastern sister-in-law was a bit disappointed, “I seem to be good at pickling sauerkraut!”
Xu Man encouraged her, “Sauerkraut is fine! Maybe there are some northeastern folks in DC who like to eat it”
“That’s okay? Then I can make sausage”
“I’ll make a big sauce My fried sauce is especially good”
“I can make soup My stew is especially good”
Xu Man raised his hand in a pause gesture, “Sister-in-law, soup won’t do In such a hot day, the soup might go bad by the time it reaches the Special Administrative Region If people like to make food, they must make something that’s easy to store”
Most of the sister-in-laws were more or less talented, and the only one who had best not signed up was Wang Ying
Xu asked to see her