Chapter 15
Lu Yuanzheng’s face changed and he rushed over
Gao Jiankai quickly ordered the group to rest in place
Shao Yue blinked and asked Li Yun in a low voice, who was also frozen on the side: “Sister Yun, we are right next to Xu Man, the instructor is so far away, how did he manage to catch Xu Man in front of us?”
She was right next to Xu Man, and she was the one who saw that Xu Man was not in the right state and screamed out
Li Yun, who was a little behind, also ran over at a faster pace
Xu Man’s fainting happened so suddenly that the two of them didn’t react at once, and when they reached out again, Lu Yuanzheng had already caught Xu Man one step ahead of them
Li Yun shook her head and sighed, “Instructor Lu runs really fast! Just like flying”
Shao Yue thought deeply, “This is not the speed that humans should have”
Lu Yuanzheng picks up Xu Man and puts her on the ground under the shade of a nearby tree, leaning against the tree trunk and waiting for the accompanying team doctor to come and check her
The team doctor was also a military doctor borrowed from the army The team doctor was also borrowed from the army, as he was more experienced than ordinary doctors in dealing with the physical conditions that could easily arise during the training exercise
He squatted in front of Xu Man, gave her a simple checkup, and said to Lu Yuanzheng, “There’s nothing serious about her, it’s just hypoglycemia caused by excessive starvation coupled with strenuous exercise”
“Excessive hunger?” Lu Yuanzheng frowned and looked down, sizing up Xu Man
Ever since he got to know Xu Man, it was the first time that Lu Yuanzheng had looked at her from such a close distance
Her palm-sized face was devoid of any blood color, and her originally fair skin vaguely revealed an unhealthy yellowish color
Her eyes are closed, and her red lips have no color
He had measured Xu Man’s waist with his own hands long ago
She seems to have lost a lot of weight compared to the first time he saw her
The team doctor gave Xu Man some fluids, hung the bottle on a tree branch, and discussed with Lu Yuanzheng, “She can’t train for a while like this This is a dirt road, and the drive is bumpy, so it’s not a good idea to move her while she’s getting her fluids Why don’t we wait here for her to wake up first?”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded and asked the team doctor to take care of Xu Man, and went to find Gao Jiankai, asking him to lead the army forward later, and stay behind to wait for Xu Man to wake up and send her back to the school before chasing after them
When Gao Jiankai heard this, he refused, “I’ll take care of Xu Man, you lead the army!”
Just kidding! Looking after students is easier than leading a group
He has to accompany the students when they walk dozens of kilometers, okay?
Lu Yuanzheng looked askance at Gao Jiankai and sneered, “What? You’ve been sitting in the office for a long time and you’re not even willing to suffer this much?”
“You say that!” Gao Jiankai stood up his neck, straight and strong, “Am I someone who is afraid of suffering? I’m afraid that you’re bored on vacation and sent these brats to you to pass the time!”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t bother to talk nonsense with him and directly gave up, “Don’t talk nonsense! This job was originally yours! Do you really treat me like a laborer?”
Gao Jiankai rubbed his nose, “Fine! I’ll give you some time off! First of all, you have to return to the team in the afternoon! You promised to help your buddies, you can’t give up halfway”
“Fuck off!”
Gao Jiankai knew that he had agreed to this, and rolled numbly
Separated from Gao Jiankai, Lu Yuanzheng called Li Yun and Shao Yue to one side and asked them if they knew about Xu Wen’s situation
Shao Yue was quick to speak up and grabbed the opportunity to say, “Xu Wen has never had a full meal since she started school Her family is not very well off She used to be frugal before, but this time she seems to be even more frugal than before In the morning, she only drinks a portion of batter, at noon, two taels of rice, and in the evening, she only eats a portion of vegetables or doesn’t eat at all These days we have a lot of training and labor after school, so she ”
The tip of Lu Yuanzheng’s eyebrows moved, nodded for them to return to the line, and didn’t say anything
Shao Yue turned back while walking, looking at Lu Yuanzheng who walked back under the tree to fan Xu Man, and asked Li Yun in a puzzled manner, “Is our instructor the so-called cold face with a hot heart? He has a cold face but takes such good care of Xu Man?”
Li Yun followed and looked back for a while, she was older and more sensitive to men and women than Shao Yue, and always felt that Instructor Lu’s attitude was too responsible
As soon as Xu Man opened his eyes, he saw Lu Yuanzheng’s enlarged face and was startled to stand up
“Don’t move!” Lu Yuanzheng held her down, “It will drum the needle”
Xu Man then remembered that she had just fainted, and apologized with particular embarrassment, “I’m sorry, Instructor Lu for causing you trouble!”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, seeing that her face finally had a hint of blood on it because of her blush, teasing her, “No one else is still pretending not to recognize you?”
In the past few days of military training, although Xu Man did not go so far as to avoid him, it was not an injustice to say that she pretended not to recognize him
Xu Man’s face turned even redder, lowering her head without saying anything
He was an instructor, she was a student
It always felt a bit very strange
Seeing her shy like this, Lu Yuanzheng didn’t force her any further, lifting his wrist to look at his watch, asking her, “When you finish your infusion, it’s almost time for lunch, so accompany me to have lunch later?”
Xu asked: ?
Lu Yuanzheng saw her staring at her big round eyes with a stunned face, and lightly added: “I promised Dongsheng to have lunch with him at noon”
Xu asked, “”
She sat up straight and looked around, this place could basically be considered deserted
The school was pretty much counted as being on the outskirts of the county, and they had been walking all the way to the middle of nowhere for almost an hour after leaving the school, and naturally, it was getting more and more desolate
Xu Wen didn’t know the way herself, and was too embarrassed to trouble Lu Yuanzheng to send her after the big group again, so she only agreed, “Sorry to trouble you again”
Lu Yuanzheng shrugged his shoulders, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth, “There’s no need to be polite in our relationship!”
Xu Wen was shaken by his bright smile, thinking to himself, “How can Lu Yuanzheng’s teeth still be so white when he smokes? Then he reacted to the meaning of his words and was confused, tilting his head to ask him, “Our relationship?”
What kind of relationship do they have? How could she, as the person involved, not know?
“Dongsheng calls me dad and calls you mom, what kind of relationship do you think we have?”
Xu asked, “”
Row!
It sounds like a great relationship, but in reality it’s not even close, what kind of relationship is it?
Lu Yuanzheng was amused by her bewildered expression
His low laughter passed through Xu Man’s eardrums and landed on her heart, causing a ripple
Xu Man’s cheeks burned and her face turned even redder Unconsciously, she licked the corners of her dry lips
“There’s finally a bit of blood on your face, just now it was sickly and kinda piercing” Lu Yuanzheng casually took his own water bottle and found Xu Man’s enamel cylinder from her backpack, pouring some water and handing it to her
Xu Wen thanked her and took the water and drank a little
Lu Yuanzheng stood up and dug into his pockets, fished out a piece of hard candy wrapped in floral paper and shoved it into Xu Man’s hand, “Eating some candy is good for hypoglycemia”
The candy was packed to coax Dongsheng, but I didn’t expect it to come in handy at this moment
When Xu Man finished drinking the water and holding the candy, Lu Yuanzheng looked down at the rising sun and the shrinking shade under the trees, and hesitantly asked her, “Do you still have the strength to walk now? I’m afraid it’ll get hotter if I walk later, you’re a bit weak now, don’t get heatstroke again”
Rather, he could hold her, what about the infusion?
Xu Man nodded and stood up holding onto the tree, “I’m fine, let’s go!”
Lu Yuanzheng held the infusion bottle in one hand and pushed the bicycle that the large troop had left for them back with the other
“Xu Wen”
“Uh-huh”
“How’s the consideration of what I told you last time?” Lu Yuanzheng opened his mouth
“Huh?” Xu Man blinked
“How has the matter of marrying me been considered?” Lu Yuanzheng directly singled out
Xu Man’s face, which had just cooled down a bit, abruptly burned up again and mumbled, “I’m sorry, I haven’t thought about it yet”
He had only just begun school after proposing, and he had been trained to fall asleep every day for the past few days, so how could he have time to think about this?
Besides, after leaving home and arriving at school, Xu Wen’s thoughts of wanting to marry faded again
Lu Yuanzheng nodded in understanding
The two of them were speechless for a while
Xu Man remembered that he had said that there was still a month left in the vacation, so it wouldn’t be too much time for her to think about it, and it wasn’t good for him to be so sincere that he kept dragging his feet without giving an answer
“Instructor Lu”
Lu Yuanzheng twisted his head to look at her
“You asked me to marry you and arranged my future, Dongsheng’s future What about you? What do you get when we get married?”
If Lu Yuanzheng was an ordinary person, of course he would gain a family by marrying her
But Lu Yuanzheng was not
None of his words when he proposed were asking Xu Wen to fulfill her duties as a wife
He hadn’t even included himself in the life he had planned for them
“Me?” Lu Yuanzheng shook his head and lost his smile, “I’ll be satisfied when I settle you guys down”
He said the same thing last time
Xu Man took a few quick steps, turned around and walked backwards to come face to face with Lu Yuan Zheng, “You want to marry me just for the responsibility you feel you owe me, and didn’t express your own needs Marriage is a matter for two people, even if you follow your proposal as if you were negotiating a deal What kind of wife do you need? What kind of family do you want to start? You talk about proposing, but it’s like arranging the aftermath I’m sorry”
Realizing that she was a bit tongue-tied, Xu Wen hurriedly apologized
She just felt that this was particularly unfair to Lu Yuanzheng
He didn’t need this marriage
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head to indicate that he didn’t mind, and after thinking about not directly answering Xu Man’s question, he spoke in a faint voice, “Before we go out on each mission, we will write a suicide note If we return safely, the suicide note can be torn up If you can’t come back, the suicide note is really a suicide note After writing more, it slowly became a habit Every time we decide to make arrangements for our families or dependents as far as possible, as for ourselves, we never think about the future”
I don’t dare to think about it
I don’t know which time there will be no future
Xu Man had an indescribable feeling in his heart, one of admiration and heartache He opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say
“There’s actually another reason for wanting to marry you” Lu Yuanzheng pondered a little, but decided to be honest, “It’s also because I think you’re different from the lesbians I’ve known or dealt with”
“Hmm?”
Lu Yuanzheng stopped walking, his eyes locked with Xu Man’s, “I think you look like a harmless animal, especially good to talk a soft nature, but in fact, the outside is soft and rigid inside, not so much care about other people’s eyes, and make a decision will not change easily”
Xu asked, “”
Not too sure to ask: “This is to praise me or scold me?”
“Compliment” Lu Yuanzheng laughed softly, “I didn’t have the heart to tell you everything last time We’re getting married without a license”
Xu asked, “???”
“This way, although we are married in everyone’s eyes, legally you are still free After a year, if you have a favorite, you can still get married”
Xu Wen spoke without thinking, “What about you?”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t answer, just smiled faintly
Xu Man looked at his smile and suddenly remembered that the last time he watched a movie, the production team said that Lu Yuanzheng hadn’t been back for five years
Why would someone who hadn’t been back to his hometown for five years suddenly take a vacation and come back to this hometown that he was no longer attached to?
He’s here to settle down with Dongsheng
To put it bluntly, he wasn’t on vacation but was arranging for the aftermath, coming back to consign an orphan
This thought made Xu Man’s heart skip a beat, stopping in his tracks to grab Lu Yuanzheng’s arm as he pursued him almost eagerly, “Are you going out on some dangerous mission?”
It must be unprecedentedly dangerous for him to send Dongsheng, who had been raised for several years, back home
“Tsk! You’re smarter than I thought!” Lu Yuanzheng sighed tersely and shook his head slightly apologetically, “I’m sorry, professional reasons require confidentiality, and I can’t tell you what I’ll be doing afterward”
Xu Wen wanted to say more, but Lu Yuanzheng didn’t intend to talk more about the topic, pointing to her infusion bottle, “It’s empty, I’ll remove it for you”
Lu Yuanzheng’s action of removing the needle was exceptionally skillful, and Xu Man surveyed him suspiciously, “You don’t know how to stick needles too, do you?”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t say he would or wouldn’t, holding the needle he had just removed from her hand and shaking it, “Do you want to try if I will?”
Xu asked, “”
To thank you
She waved her hand, “Rather, there’s no need to be so serious”
Lu Yuanzheng pinched off the needle and buried it in the soil, put the soft syringe and glass medicine bottle into the car basket, lifted his own long legs and straddled the bike, greeting Xu Man, “Come up!”
Xu Man jumped onto the back seat, somewhat embarrassed
The hem of his jacket was tied into his pants and stuck to his body, so she didn’t know how to help him
The dirt road was uneven, and when it bumped, Xu Man almost fell off the backseat, and let out a cry of surprise as she reached out and wrapped her hand around Lu Yuanzheng’s waist, and then the bike fell down again, and her whole body bumped into Lu Yuanzheng’s back due to inertia
Her whole body hit Lu Yuanzheng’s back again due to inertia His back was flat, straight and strong The warm touch was transmitted to her cheeks through her shirt, and her cheeks, which hadn’t subsided in heat, burned again
“Sorry” Xu Wen apologized in a small voice
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t need to look at her to guess Xu Man’s current embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly took the blame on himself, “It’s my riding skills that are bad But this is not something that can be changed in a while, so why don’t you hold me up first? If you don’t, I’ll be guilty if you fall off”
Xu Wen hesitated and gently put her hands on Lu Yuanzheng’s waist
Her heart was like a deer in the headlights
She had been living a life of fear and trepidation since she had traveled back from an era of freedom of speech and thought to the 1970s, where she needed to be careful with her words and actions
But beside Lu Yuanzheng, she felt solid
He gave her an unprecedented sense of security, and his marriage proposal promised the freedom she had longed for
Xu Wen admitted that she was shaken
Xu Wen insisted on finishing lunch and rushed back to the training base with Lu Yuanzheng, so Lu Yuanzheng found a restaurant nearby, borrowed a pay phone to call the old comrade unit to let people help send Dongsheng over
Lu Yuanzheng is sorry to always trouble people, originally also intended to settle down the students and then ride a bicycle back to bring Dongsheng to the training base
When Dongsheng arrived at the restaurant, the dishes ordered by Lu Yuanzheng were already on the table
As soon as Dongsheng saw Xu Wen, he was especially happy and jumped straight to her, “Ma Ma I miss you so much!”
Once he was born, he became familiar with her, and then he became accustomed to her
Xu Wen has already accepted the name “Ma Ma” well, and took the initiative to hold Dongsheng on her lap and rubbed her face against his small face: “I miss you too!”
Lu Yuanzheng was a bit upset
The little boy he raised for more than three years didn’t even give him a look when he entered the door
Lu Yuanzheng immediately hand a little itchy, hand reached halfway, under the vigilant gaze of Xu Man and put back his hand on the tip of the nose rubbed down, not too happy to call out to Dongsheng: “Little brat, you still have your old man in your eyes?”
Dongsheng turned his head from Xu Wen’s arms to look at Lu Yuanzheng, blinking innocently, “Dad, didn’t you say you couldn’t eat with me at noon, and that you’d come back to pick me up in the evening?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
You might as well not say anything
Xu Wen was stunned and looked at Lu Yuanzheng in dismay
Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head to study the menu
Xu Wen raised an eyebrow, the tips of her reddened ears betraying him, clearly he wasn’t as calm as he showed
She pursed her lips and snickered, lowering her head to Dongsheng, “Because I’m sick, dad stayed behind to take care of me, and came to pick you up on the way”
Dongsheng instantly forgot to pursue the matter of Lu Yuanzheng, jumping down from Xu Man’s arms, picking her up and looking left and right, eagerly pulling her, “What’s wrong with you, Ma Ma? What’s wrong with you? Let’s go to the hospital?”
Xu Man’s heart warmed and stopped him, “Dongsheng, I’m fine Don’t you worry!” She showed Dongsheng the back of her hand that had the eye of a needle, “I’ve already had the injection”
Dongsheng’s small face wrinkled as he blew hard on the back of Xu Man’s hand, “Hoo hoo, does Ma Ma still hurt?”
Xu Man was touched to the core and hugged him into his arms, “I’m fine, it stopped hurting a long time ago, thanks to our little Dongsheng!”
Lu Yuanzheng leaned against the back of the chair, his arm resting on the armrests of the chair, sitting idly watching these two halfway fake mother and son interaction, his eyes slowly flooded with warmth
After dinner, Lu Yuanzheng carried Dongsheng in the front of his bicycle and Xu Wen in the back, riding towards the training base
In fact, the training base is in the new school site The new school site is only ten kilometers from the school
Of course, the practice can’t be only more than ten kilometers, at least fifty kilometers
The large group was taken around in a circle, and the circle was not a blind one, they had to go to the river to fetch water, go to the mountain to collect firewood, and finally they would return to the new school site
Lu Yuanzheng rode his bicycle directly to the new school site, saving a lot of time
When he was almost at his destination, Lu Yuanzheng suddenly opened his mouth and called out to Dongsheng: “Dongsheng, from now on you can’t call out to Xu Wen’s mom anymore”
“Why?” Dongsheng protested in dissatisfaction, “Ask Mamma is Mamma”
Xu Man in the backseat was also very curious
“Because Xu Man is still a student, if you call her classmates brother and sister and call her mama, wouldn’t that make her look old? Besides if you were to call her mama, her classmates would laugh at her because none of her classmates have children yet Do you want her to be laughed at?”
Dongsheng shook his head, “Alright then! I’ll hold back from calling”
Xu Wen was still worried about this, but when she saw that Lu Yuanzheng communicated with Dongsheng in a few words, she was relieved
She wasn’t afraid of other students gossiping, she was just afraid that Lu Yuanzheng wouldn’t be able to lead the military training normally
His son calling her mom would definitely cause offense, and some of the students who had a problem with him because of his strictness would make a big deal out of it, giving him a bad influence
Of course, her situation would also be very embarrassing
Although the Road Expedition Xu Wen was delayed a little, he didn’t have to go around far and arrived at the new school site at about the same time as the army
The new school site covered an area of more than twenty acres, the terrain was generally quite flat, but there were inevitably some potholes, and there was even a not-so-small puddle in the center that needed to be filled in
This is a piece of uncultivated wasteland, which is overgrown with thorns and thistles, and there are all kinds of weeds and wild vegetables that need to be cleaned up
Lu Yuanzheng bent his index finger and rubbed it on the end of his eyes, lamenting, “This is not a small project for you guys!”
“Yeah! Labor reform is nothing more than that”
“What did you say?”
Xu Wen blinked, “I said labor is the most glorious!”
Lu Yuanzheng looked at her with a wry smile
He had followed the school leaders and Gao Jiankai to survey the land in advance and knew where it was suitable for setting up camp
After a short break, Lu Yuanzheng called each instructor to a small meeting to assign tasks
Each class divided the area to clear the weeds, and then set up their own tents
In order to make it easier to pull out the camp at any time, the tents were not very big, just living open eight people
Xu Man’s class shared a tent with eight girls
In terms of hands-on ability, there is still a relative difference between female and male students
Among the eight girls, only Xu Man grew up doing farm work, while the other girls were not said to be pampered, but certainly have never set up their own tents
One by one, they looked at each other and didn’t know how to start
Liu Rulan even pouted her lips with a look of disgust: “How can we live in the middle of nowhere? And this tent is dirty! It will dirty my new clothes”
Shao Yue rolled her eyes, “Who’s to blame for you wearing white pants and white sneakers?”
“The gathering was so sudden I didn’t know that I’d come to such a faraway place when I said I’d leave? I didn’t even wear a mask, I’m sure I’ll get a tan when I go back!” Liu Rulan stomped her feet, a face of indignation
“Don’t even know why you want to go to high school when you’re so stinky!” Shao Yue skimmed her mouth, disgusted plainly, “Isn’t it good for you to be your Missy at home?” What’s the point of coming out to wreak havoc on us?
“You think I want to come?” Liu Rulan’s eyes abruptly reddened, “I wouldn’t have come if my father hadn’t forced me If I don’t get into high school, he’ll send me to the farm back home!”
Li Yun also wondered, “Your parents favor you, why do they have to let you come to high school?”
High school at this time is not the same as the previous high school, there are a lot of daily labor and ideological education is truly not suitable for Liu Rulan such a pampered young lady
Liu Rulan commiserated, “My father said that the college entrance exams might be resumed at some point, so I can’t fall behind in my studies and prepare for the college entrance exams at any time”
A female student from another class chimed in, “My dad thinks the same way”
This time even Shao Yue didn’t sing the opposite tune, “My parents also have this kind of thought However, they know that they don’t have much hope, they just want me to learn more, so that they can find me a lighter job in the factory in the future”
Xu Man squatted on the ground to study how to set up this tent, and heard their grumbling conversation with a bit of emotion
No matter what era it was, parents with foresight would always try their best to pave all possible paths for their children
Next year, if they really get into college, they will surely be grateful to their parents in the future
But getting into college was for next year, and the immediate difficulty was setting up the tent
Xu Man clapped his hands and stood up to interrupt everyone’s discussion, “The topic about studying can be talked about later, but if the tent is not pitched, everyone can only stand under the sun to get a tan then feed the mosquitoes at night”
Liu Rulan frowned, very resistant, “I don’t want to dirty my clothes! Xu Man, your family is from the countryside surely you often do hard labor, will you do it for me?”
“No good!” Xu Man didn’t even lift his head, refusing dryly, “Who am I to help you?”
“Why are you like this?” Liu Rulan pouted and stomped her feet, “We’re all classmates helping each other, what’s wrong with that?”
Xu Wen stood up from the ground
She was taller than Liu Rulan and looked down at Liu Rulan, “Liu Rulan, it’s fine for classmates to help each other in trouble Do you have the focus? You don’t lack a lot of arms and legs, just because you don’t want to work because you are afraid of dirtying your clothes, this is not called helping each other, this is called instructing! I’m not your mom, why am I spoiling you?”
Liu Rulan choked, “I’ll pay you, okay? Can I give you a month’s meal ticket?”
“No”
Li Yun also advised Liu Rulan, “Rulan, you can’t do this You can’t do this In the smallest sense, it’s a bribe to your classmates, and in the largest sense, it’s a capitalist act of hiring”
This crime gave Liu Rulan three guts she didn’t dare to take Can only stomp his feet and complained Xu asked: “are classmates how you so unsympathetic? Such a lack of compassion deserves a poor family!”
Xu Man narrowed his eyes and let out a cold laugh, “Liu Rulan, you were born into a wealthy family, so it’s your good fortune to be reincarnated Did you earn a dime of your family’s money? That was the result of your parents and even your grandfather’s hard work What are you so proud of? Besides, just because I’m poor now doesn’t mean I’ll be poor in the future If you’re like this, I won’t even need you to lift my shoes in ten years!”
Shao Yue applauded, especially relieved, “Well said!”
“What are you guys chatting about if you don’t pitch your tents and gather here?” Lu Yuanzheng walked over
Except for Xu Wen, the rest of the girls reflexively stood up straight and shouted, “Good day, Instructor Lu”
Liu Rulan swallowed her saliva, her hands pressed tightly against the seams of her pants, and hung her head
She was afraid of Lu Yuanzheng, especially afraid
Lu Yuanzheng nodded and didn’t look at them, bending straight down to start taking the tools, “Don’t do it yet, are you really waiting to feed the mosquitoes at night?”
“So Instructor Lu you are here to help us?” Shao Yue was full of surprise
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically, “Could you guys build it by yourselves?”
Shao Yue was busy shaking her head, “Thank you Instructor Lu”
The other girls also thanked, “Thank you Instructor Lu”
Liu Rulan, no matter how reluctant she was, didn’t dare to be lazy under Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes, and worked with a crying face
Shao Yue saw this and poked Xu Wen, “Look at Liu Rulan’s face like she’s lost her mother! It’s so relieving!”
Xu Man raised his eyes to look at Liu Rulan, hooked his lips, and didn’t say anything
“Evil people have their own evil people to grind! The cure for a bad girl like Liu Rulan still has to be a big devil like Instructor Lu!”
Xu asked, “”
She glanced at Lu Yuanzheng, who was working seriously, and stopped Shao Yue, “Instructor Lu helped us set up the tent, how nice is he? And you’re still badmouthing people behind their backs?”
Shao Yue oddly looked to survey Xu Wen, “Ask, you’re not in the right situation?”
“Huh?” Xu Man thought she saw something and hung his head sheepishly, “What’s not right”
“You don’t blame him for making you faint? I’m telling you, ask you can’t be so kind You can’t forgive him just because he accompanied you for a transfusion If it wasn’t for him training so hard could you have fainted? He is the culprit! You can’t be blinded by him”
Xu asked, “”
Half a moment later, Sincerity nodded, “You’re right”
Lu Yuanzheng, who didn’t miss a word: “”
I’m still here as a laborer for you guys, is it appropriate for you guys to make me up like this?
After the whole school had set up their tents, they had to put together their own beds
In the years when the slogan “women can hold up half the day” was so loud, no girl would be called a woman if she could just screw in a light bulb
The hammer and pliers were used with all kinds of tools
Only female students like Liu Rulan were an isolated minority
Everyone worked feverishly, and by the time they had packed up their lodgings and settled their luggage, the sun had already dipped in the west
Before Xu Wen and the girls could breathe a sigh of relief, the assembly whistle blew again
This time, even Li Yun sighed, “Instructor Lu is really a devil! Can’t you let us catch our breath?”
For some reason, the one who was scolded was Lu Yuanzheng, Xu Wen inexplicably felt a bit weak, rubbed his nose, and greeted the girls, “Everyone, be quick! If you’re late, you’ll be punished again”
Everyone sighed and gathered at turtle speed
It’s not that they’re not afraid of the road expedition punishment, but they just don’t have the strength to run
Started to go out before dawn, walked dozens of kilometers, and water and firewood At noon sat in the shade of a tree with salted vegetables and ate some cold dry food, this time early are hungry chest to back, legs with lead like lift can not lift up
Xu Wen is not much better
She only eats so little every day, and labor and training, the body has been overdrawn Although she had supplemented her glucose in the morning and also had a full meal, her stomach would become full after a little bit of food if she got used to being hungry In the afternoon work that moment has been digested, the stomach has called several times
Good thing that this time, Lu Yuanzheng announced good news: “Students, are you especially tired now?”
“Yes!” The voices of the four hundred people combined remained breathless
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t make them shout again and again like before, and then asked, “Do you want to eat?”
This time the collective voice was much louder and more excited: “Yes!”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded, “I also want to But ”
Upon hearing but, the crowd of students couldn’t help but wail out
“Did you make a report? Did I give you guys permission to speak? Who wants to speak, stand out”
Of course no one dared to stand out, each dared to hang their heads in anger
Lu Yuanzheng knew that everyone was exhausted and didn’t care, directly announcing, “The purpose of our training this time is to exercise everyone’s survival ability in the wilderness, as well as to complete part of the cleanup of the new school site That’s why the cafeteria won’t be serving food to everyone tonight like it did at noon”
There was another wail, and the students were even more emotional than earlier
It’s hard and tiring to work all day long, but it’s okay to not be allowed to eat?
Besides, the school meal is not free to supply, how can you pay for it yourself?
The instructors of each class have voiced to stop
Lu Yuanzheng picked up the iron whistle on his neck and blew a few times, “Have I finished? Whoever howls again won’t have to eat tonight”
He had already established enough authority in the past few days, and the students all stifled and shut their mouths
“If the cafeteria doesn’t serve food you need to feed yourselves Don’t you guys want to learn from us? It’s common for us to march and fight in the wilderness It’s also common to be cut off from supplies by the enemy What should we do then? You can take materials from the ground” Lu Yuanzheng pointed to the wilderness behind him, “There are all kinds of wild animals and plants in this land All of you students have also studied biology, I’m sure you can recognize what kind of plants and animals can be eaten and what kind of plants and animals are poisonous”
After saying that, Lu Yuanzheng looked at his watch, “There is still about an hour before it gets completely dark That means you guys still have an hour to find food for tonight Each class instructor will lead a group to split up and search, dismissed!”
Xu Man didn’t wait to leave, but was shouted at by Lu Yuanzheng, “Classmate Xu Man, please do me a favor”
Xu Man turned back to look at Lu Yuanzheng, Shao Yue and Li Yun followed suit and stopped in their tracks
“It s like this, at noon you met Dongsheng who is my son I would like to ask you to help me bring him for a while It’s inevitable that there are poisonous insects and such in the wilderness, so I have to be responsible for ensuring the safety of my classmates and can’t take care of him” Lu Yuanzheng explained, mainly for Shao Yue Li Yun and the others to hear
Xu Wen nodded
This reason was perfect
Shao Yue and Li Yun didn’t get suspicious
As soon as Dongsheng heard that he could follow Xu Man, he ran his ass to her, “Ma trouble”
Shao Yue heated, “This child is quite polite”
Xu Man: “” Who says otherwise
Xu Wen nodded towards Lu Yuanzheng, holding Dongsheng’s hand and walking towards the field
It was not until Lu Yuanzheng’s back was out of sight that Shao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, “Instructor Lu scared me to death by calling out your name just now”
Xu Wen cried and laughed, “What were you afraid of when he called out my name?”
“Instructor Lu is half-hearted Liu Rulan is so good at pampering, and he didn’t even show any mercy I’m afraid that he’ll make you make up for the dozens of kilometers you were missing during the day”
Xu asked, “” Well said
Li Yun lightly laughed and shook her head, “Ask are fainted, is sick Even if Instructor Lu is strict, he can’t be so inhumane However, why would he bring a child to train? How hard is it here? Where is the child’s mother?”
Shao Yue didn’t think as much as Li Yun Rubbing her hands together, she smiled badly and said, “Whatever? The old man tortures us, we can bully the kid!”
When Dongsheng heard this, he hastily shrunk behind Xu Man and made a face at Shao Yue, “I’m not afraid of you! Old witch!”
Shao Yue pinched her waist, “I’ll put up with a witch, what does old witch mean? Sister me from eighteen! See if I don’t clean you up!”
She clenched her hands into claws and made a ghost face to scare Dongsheng
“Ma trouble ask sister to save me!”
This time, Li Yun was a bit surprised, “I didn’t expect Instructor Lu’s son to be so polite, asking for help is still so polite”
Xu Wen gently patted Dongsheng’s back to appease him, “She is Sister Yue Yue, teasing you” He also looks up to stop Shao Yue, “Let’s fool around later! When the sun goes down, we won’t be able to see to look for ingredients, and if we can’t find them, we’ll go hungry at night”
The three big and one small busy stop playing around and start looking for food
Li Yun grew up in the county, although not to the point of not being able to distinguish between the five grains, but also know some common crops and a few vegetables that are often planted or eaten in the school
Which wild vegetables are edible and which are poisonous, she can’t really tell
Biology class didn’t list all the plants and animals for comparison
Shao Yue grew up in a commune and is better than Li Yun
In this regard, the number of Xu asked the best, is the three of them know the most about the wilderness, but the first place in the group of four is Dongsheng
“Ma ask sister, this dish can be eaten” Dongsheng pointed to the horse-toothed water pipe and recommended, “It can also be wrapped in buns”
Xu Wen complimented him, “Dongsheng is so smart!”
Encouraged, Dongsheng searched harder and harder
“Ask sister, this wild fruit is especially sweet!”
Li Yun frowned, “Won’t such a small wild fruit be poisonous?”
Xu Wen shook her head, “No This is called wild eggplant This is called wild eggplant The green one is bitter and the purple one is sweet”
Shao Yue directly picked one and took a taste, “Hey! Really! It’s delicious” She gave a thumbs up towards Dongsheng, “Little Dongsheng you’re awesome! How do you know so much?”
“Dad taught me”
Xu Wen didn’t say anything and rubbed the top of Dongsheng’s head
Dongsheng had followed Lu Yuanzheng for a few years and was definitely not living in the days of a young master, and he was afraid that he had more experience in wilderness survival than all of them
It turned out that letting her take care of Dongsheng was fake, and letting Dongsheng take care of her was real
He this person
Xu Wen’s mouth curved up
Have to admit, Dongsheng really helped them a lot
Helping them point out many wild vegetables and fruits that Xu Man didn’t even recognize, and perfectly avoiding the poisonous wild vegetables and fruits
When it was dark, their harvest was the largest among the female students, even more than many of the male students
Of course, the male students are ambitious, not willing to eat wild vegetables and fruits, but also ran to fight some wild game back
There are small rivers and ditches to catch shrimp and fish, there are catching pheasants and rabbits
Lu Yuanzheng also brought someone to get a few non-poisonous vegetable green snakes back
After checking the number of people and all the students came back one by one, Lu Yuanzheng let each class instructor lead their own team to find a place to build a fire and cook
He himself was in charge of Xu Man’s class, so of course he had to lead them to build a fire and cook
Water and earth were the last things they needed in this area
Lu Yuanzheng found a few boys to get soil and water, and built a simple stove on the spot
The girls were responsible for washing vegetables and wild fruits, and handling fish and shrimp
Except for the pots and spices, which were uniformly distributed by the school, the other tools were all taken care of by themselves
Everyone’s washbasin can be used to wash vegetables and wild fruits, and it can also be used as a tool to hold drinking water
The enamel cylinder for brushing teeth could be washed and cleaned for drinking water and soup
If you don’t have chopsticks, you can pull a few thin twigs, peel off the skin and wash them
When the female students packed up the vegetables, wild fruits, fish and shrimp, Lu Yuanzheng also led the male students to build two cooking stoves of consecutive sizes
One to fry vegetables and cook rice and one to boil soup
Lu Yuanzheng wiped the sweat on his forehead and looked at the still active pheasants and rabbits with questioning eyes
The girls lowered their heads and didn’t dare to speak
Xu Wen whispered, “We don’t dare to kill it”
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows, nodded, said nothing, unclipped the folding knife from his belt, turned around and greeted a few male students who were watching, “What? Female students don’t dare to kill chickens and rabbits, you guys don’t dare too?”
Male students busy said: “Dare”
Do not dare to dare
Learning the army to learn the army can not just shout slogans
The duty of soldiers is to protect the country and kill the enemy
If you don’t even dare to kill rabbits, how can you kill the enemy?
Lu Yuanzheng handed them the knife and made a gesture of please
By the time they finished handling the pheasants and rabbits with rusty movements, it was already completely dark
Luckily, the moon and starlight were still bright, plus the camp had multiple torches lit up, enough for everyone to see
Lu Yuanzheng left the cooking to everyone’s free play, and led a few instructors to sprinkle some medicinal powder that could disperse poisonous insects and flies along the edge of the cleaned camp
He also divided up the shifts and waited for the students to fall asleep and then took turns on night duty to stand guard
In the end, the ones they brought with them were not real soldiers, just students They had to ensure their personal safety
When Lu Yuanzheng set up the perimeter defense and returned to the first class, everyone had already prepared a meal and was waiting for him
Dongsheng pulled him to sit beside him, with Xu Wen on his left and Lu Yuanzheng on his right
He looked left and right and smiled with satisfaction
He finally had a mom and dad like the other kids
I don’t know if it was because they were overworked or because the food they cooked was extraordinarily flavorful, but everyone gobbled it up
Xu Man also ate very well
She had a small appetite and quickly ate her fill, looking at the crowd of students devouring their food, thinking that if she could open a barbecue stand here business must be very good
Shaking her head, she sighed lightly, “Born at the wrong time!”
Her voice is very small, Lu Yuanzheng ears so sharp did not quite hear, asked her, “What did you say?”
Xu Wen didn’t think he could even hear this, blinked and said, “I said Jun was born before I was born, and I was born when Jun was already old”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He raised his hand and touched his face, old?
It’s okay! Compared to Xu Wen, he is indeed old
It’s just that
Lu Yuanzheng looked askance at Xu Man, is she flirting with him?
Xu Wen did not look at him, lowered her head with a chagrined face, itching to bite off her tongue
Purely a mouthful
The first day everyone is very tired, Lu Yuanzheng also did not toss them, after eating let everyone scattered early rest
Dongsheng, however, refused to go back to their small tent with Lu Yuanzheng, and had to follow Xu Man to sleep together
No matter how much Lu Yuanzheng coerced and enticed him, he just wouldn’t go
He was so angry that Lu Yuanzheng tried to drag him away by force
Xu Man discussed with Lu Yuanzheng, “Why don’t you let Dongsheng sleep with me?”
Dongsheng is not yet four years old, not to the age of male and female defense Moreover, in the outdoor lodging, the female students also wore tight clothing when they slept
Lu Yuanzheng frowned: “A single bed, it will be crowded for the two of you to sleep, and Dongsheng’s bad sleeping style will prevent you from resting You need to rest even if you’ve fainted during the day”
Seeing that both father and son refused to compromise, Xu Man had no choice but to compromise: “Why don’t you wait for him to fall asleep and I’ll send you back?”
Lu Yuanzheng hesitantly nodded, “Then I’ll wait for you outside”
Xu Wen nodded and took Dongsheng back to the girls’ tent
Shao Yue tsked, “Little Dongsheng really doesn’t like you in general!”
Li Yun was also a bit surprised, “Indeed”
Little Dongsheng is very polite to everyone, his mouth is sweet and he calls his sister one by one He is also especially good at coaxing people, picking wildflowers in the field to send them, and praising them for their beauty
Just one for each of them, Xu Man is a large garland
He does not recognize life, but just like Xu Man’s little tail, where she goes, he follows
Xu Man smiled, using Dongsheng’s words back to them, “I smell like my mom”
Shao Yue sliced, “You’re a single, unmarried schoolgirl, where’s your mother’s scent”
Xu Wen smiled and didn’t say anything else
She didn’t even know how to reply to them?
Everyone is really tired this day, plus the two classes live together are a bit unable to let go is not good to chat more, are early to bed
Xu Wen took Dongsheng by the arm and fanned him with a banana leaf
In the end, Dongsheng is young, crazy running for half a day is not light, and soon grasped the corner of Xu Man’s clothes to sleep
Xu Man picked him up and gently left the tent
Lu Yuanzheng sat in the distance with his back to the tent, guarding the pile of mugwort leaves
He was still sitting with his back straight, and his broad shoulders looked as if nothing could weigh him down
Inexplicably, Xu Man looked a little distressed, and made a decision in his heart
Lu Yuanzheng turned around when he heard the commotion Seeing Xu Man, he hurriedly got up to welcome her and took Dongsheng from her hand, “Thank you! I’ve caused you a lot of trouble”
Xu Wen shook her head, “It’s my turn to thank you and Dongsheng Without Dongsheng, we wouldn’t have been able to find so many wild vegetables and wild fruits”
Lu Yuanzheng was stunned and hooked his lips into a smile, “You! It’s not good for a girl to be too smart, it’s easy to get tired”
Xu Wen pursed her lips and lowered her head
“Go back early and rest! Tired for the day” Lu Yuanzheng hugged Dongsheng and walked back
“Lu Yuanzheng”
Lu Yuanzheng turned back, looking surprised
Not shouting Instructor Lu anymore?
Xu Wen took a deep breath and spoke firmly, “I promise you”
“Hm?” Lu Yuanzheng didn’t react for a moment
“I said, I promise to marry you”