Chapter 45
Don’t look at Li Daoming and Lu Yuanzheng meet on the pinch, poor up to feel the mind than Dongsheng not much stronger
But he is still quite reliable when it comes to getting things done
Soon arranged for Lu Yuanzheng to be discharged from the hospital
I also got a stretcher and let the people to carry Lu Yuanzheng on the car
Originally, Lu Yuanzheng was too undignified to refuse, Li Daoming also did not persuade, do not know where to get a camera, said to Lu Yuanzheng: “OK, you go! You go! I’m not going to do anything today, I’m just going to follow you and take some pictures, and then I’m going to wash them and send them to your comrades to show you how great you look”
Lu Yuanzheng eyes threatening, Li Daoming shrugged his shoulders, and not afraid of him, owed whooshing: “If you have the ability to rob ah!”
Now let Lu Yuanzheng 500 meters, than a thousand meters is also his win
Xu Wen, unable to laugh and cry, advised Lu Yuanzheng: “Don’t toss and turn, if you toss and turn again, it will be the first day of the Lunar New Year Even if you don’t need a stretcher to carry you, you won’t be able to walk, so why bother with yourself? A man can bend, but he can also stretch, right?”
Lu Yuanzheng glanced at Xu Wen and said to Li Daoming, “Alright! Listen to my daughter-in-law”
Li Daoming: “”
Do you know what it means to follow medical advice?
Li Daoming finally didn’t hold back and spat out a dialect: “Rake ears!”
“Ha!” Lu Yuanzheng was carried to the ambulance also fooled a sentence: “Want to rake ears also need to have a daughter-in-law first, you have?”
Li Daoming: “”
Poverty after poverty, Li Daoming still pulled back to get on the car Xu Man, carefully instructed some precautions
“Take your medicine on time”
“Don’t let him drink”
“Let him rest in bed as much as possible”
“He’ll have to come back after the first day of the Lunar New Year”
Xu Man memorized them one by one and thanked, “Thank you! Dr Li”
The car drove to the organization first, and picked up Dongsheng
Xu Man also went back to the guest house to get some things
She wanted to take all her luggage, but Lu Yuanzheng said no, he had to go back to the hospital on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Xu Man had to go back to the guesthouse to stay
Xu Man only took a few changes of clothes for herself and Dongsheng
Dongsheng was especially happy to hear that he had to go back, and when he got into the car, he sat on the bench next to it and twisted around
Xu Wen stroked Dongsheng’s head, “You want to go back so much?”
Dongsheng nodded vigorously, “I want Uncle Lian, I want Uncle Gu, Uncle Li, Brother Xue, Uncle Wang ”
Xu Wen glanced at Lu Yuanzheng
Every time Dongsheng reported a name, Lu Yuanzheng’s face became a little worse, and in the end that face Xu Wen could no longer think of a suitable adjective
The destination was reached in half an hour’s drive
Lu Yuanzheng is located in the station is a bit remote, said remote are polite, in fact, counted in front of the village behind the store
After checking the documents, the gatekeeper opened the gate and let them through
On New Year’s Eve, the troops were also on vacation
Everyone is busy putting up window decals, spring scrolls, and pulling flowers, which is also a joyful atmosphere
After a while, a group of people swarmed to the end of the road
Xu Man heard them shout, “Lu Lian is back!”
She peered out the window and saw a group of soldiers in soul shirts hooting and hollering
The ambulance pulled up in front of the family building, and when the doors opened from the back, Xu Man clearly noticed that the air was quiet for a moment
Immediately, the head of the group was happy, “Yell! Lu Lian, your outfit is quite chic!”
“Yes, it saves clothes”
“It’s just a bit costly for gauze”
Lu Yuanzheng only returned one word: “Get lost!”
“Uncle Li, Uncle Song, Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhang ,” Dongsheng called out to people one by one
Xu Wen let go of Dongsheng, who ran to the door of the car and was picked up by the gang
“Aigoo! Half a year has not seen Dongsheng you heavier quite a lot ah! Wasn’t it particularly comfortable in the old home?”
The others nimbly carried the stretcher down
“Lu Lian, are you going back to your room or to the family building?”
“The family building, my daughter-in-law is behind me!”
“Ah!” The crowd turned back to look at Xu Wen in unison, as if they had practiced, and spoke together, “Hello sister-in-law!”
“Hello, you guys” Xu Man was very formal
The one holding Dongsheng tsked, “So this is sister-in-law! I thought the hospital had come to drop you off as a nurse No wonder you’re taking a vacation to be happy and not even coming back without summoning”
Lu Yuanzheng tilted his head in arrears, “So what if it is? Look at your jealous face!”
“Ha! I am quite jealous Jealous that you can’t take care of yourself and have to be carried upstairs”
Xu asked, “”
Still not quite able to get used to the way they got along
There were still quite a few empty rooms in the family building, and for the sake of convenience Lu Yuanzheng found them a first floor
“The first floor is a bit damp, so you’ll be fine for a day I’ll take Dongsheng away first, you and your sister-in-law will rest for a while, and I’ll have someone send food over later Same old rules for the night”
Lu Yuanzheng took the key from the hand of the one holding Dongsheng hmmm
It was the same modest one-room apartment, but there was an extra kitchen next to the bathroom
The overall conditions were a bit worse than the guest house of the organization
Seeing Xu Man looking back and forth at the room, Lu Yuanzheng spoke, “I’m sorry you’re staying here with me”
Xu Man shook his head, “It’s quite good here”
Indeed, it was quite good
If she had just come here, she might have disliked it, but the current Xu Man had lived through poorer days and was very used to it
Not to mention that apart from being smaller, this place was really quite good and had everything
From the time he was discharged from the hospital to the time he came back and settled in, this tossing of the book came at noon
Lu Yuanzheng’s soldiers gave them both meals from the canteen to send over
Four dishes and one soup
“You guys have pretty good food here”
“It’s New Year’s Eve today, improving life Usually it’s slightly worse than this”
Xu Wen ate some herself before feeding Lu Yuanzheng
She wanted to feed Lu Yuanzheng first, but he didn’t agree
After eating, Lu Yuanzheng was obviously not in good spirits
He had only just woken up, and he was probably tired after tossing around for half a day
“Why don’t you take a nap first?” Xu Wen placed a pillow for him
Lu Yuanzheng patted the spot beside him, “Together?”
“Huh?” Xu Man abruptly reddened, somewhat at a loss for words
“Don’t worry, won’t take advantage of you”
Xu Man didn’t say anything only her face turned even redder
It was difficult for Lu Yuanzheng to roll over like this now, but Xu Man wasn’t afraid of him taking advantage of her
Lu Yuanzheng was different from Dongsheng, Dongsheng was next to him, Xu Man could sleep unaffected
But Lu Yuanzheng is such a big man, even if he does not do anything, and the two of them are lying on the same bed, it is difficult for Xu Man not to be restrained
This couple of theirs wasn’t even considered plastic
The sudden sound of a knock on the door duly eased Xu Man’s embarrassment
“I’ll go open the door first” Xu Man turned and ran after saying that
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and smiled
The person who came was a military doctor from the camp’s health room, coming over to give Lu Yuanzheng an infusion and change his medicine
Only as soon as the gauze on Lu Yuanzheng’s chest was uncovered, Xu Man’s face went white, abruptly twisting his head away not daring to look
According to them, Lu Yuanzheng had been in a coma for most of the month, and most of the small wounds on his body had actually healed
But some of the more serious ones or the serious wounds from those twenty-three surgeries in Li Daoming’s mouth hadn’t healed much
Plus the surgical stitches, the wounds were tightened by the surgical thread crumpled and squeezed together, will be good yet look particularly hideous and scary
Xu asked not because of fear, just that the location of the wound is too close to death
Li Daoming’s words were not exaggerated
Seeing Xu Man’s face look bad, Lu Yuanzheng spoke, “Help me get a glass of water, will you?”
Xu Man nodded and went to the living room, his hands shaking a little as he poured the water
The room wasn’t very soundproof, and one could still faintly hear the deliberately lowered chatter of the two men in the room
“Lighten up! You’re even less skilled than that quack Li Daoming, you’re a veterinarian, right?”
“Tsk! You’re still afraid of pain? I’m not a veterinarian when I deal with you every day”
“What do you know? I’m afraid that my daughter-in-law will feel pain Didn’t you see her face turn white with fear just now?”
Xu Man’s eyes soured as he listened
Only after the doctor left did Xu Man return to the bedroom
Lu Yuanzheng wasn’t really drinking water anyway
Lu Yuanzheng’s face was pale and bloodless, and his head was covered in fine sweat
This time, I think he really wants to drink water
Xu Wen passed the cup of water to his mouth, let him drink some water, and went to wring a wet towel to wipe Lu Yuanzheng’s face
Just when Xu Man thought that Lu Yuanzheng was asleep, he suddenly spoke, “Xu Man”
“In”
“I promised you to come back alive”
“Uh-huh!” Xu Man opened his mouth with a nasal tone
Because of such a light sentence from him, tears flowed uncontrollably
“Don’t cry” Lu Yuanzheng opened his eyes, raised his left hand that could move, and used his fingertips to wipe away Xu Man’s tears, “Crying again isn’t pretty anymore”
Lu Yuanzheng had the breath to scare her
“It’s fine, anyway, it’s already married off and gone”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
For a while, he actually didn’t know how to retort
He smiled in the middle of the day, “Well It’s my good fortune”
“You sleep for a while! Don’t talk”
“Good, you rest for a while too Later they might come and ask for your help”
“Huh? Me? What can I do?”
“Make dumplings”
“Ah! But I don’t know how!”
“It’s okay, we Northerners can fool around better than they can”
“Okay”
Lu Yuanzheng said as his voice lowered
Xu Man thought for a moment, took off his shoes and climbed up from the end of the bed and lay down against the wall
Last night, some of the bed recognition did not sleep well, and in the morning, he got up early and was really a bit sleepy at this moment
Coupled with the sense of aggression of the sleeping Lu Yuanzheng is not so strong, Xu Man body close to the wall also fell asleep
Lu Yuanzheng’s battalion was next to the family building, separated only by a main aisle
Each company was a separate row of two-story buildings, and from the north gate to the end of the road to the south was their battalion’s territory, with the other battalion’s territory a little further to the left at the end of the road
Xu Man listened attentively to Dongsheng’s introduction, thinking that if she was allowed to, she would definitely take a good turn around this place
She saw when she arrived that there was no fence at the southeast corner of this yard, and that the sea was below
It was a particularly clear and spectacular kind of sea
Mother and son talked to the company’s canteen
There were a lot of people crowded in front of the cooking class, all of them came to the cooking class to help
Some of them were soldiers on leave and some of them were sisters-in-law who seemed to be accompanying their families
They were gathering around a makeshift table made of two long tables and working together to make dumplings
There were also some small children playing in the small square in front of the company
Dongsheng led Xu Man toward the crowd and whispered to him, “Ma Ma, when you wrap the dumplings later, secretly mark them so I won’t eat them by mistake”
Xu Man laughed, “Why? Aren’t all dumplings the same? Why do you have to eat the ones I made?”
Dongsheng shook his head, “The dumplings you made are better than those made by the uncles”
Xu Man, who had been called in by Dongsheng to help, although he felt that it was just Dongsheng’s subjective evaluation, he still gained a lot of confidence and nodded his head and promised, “Good”
Xu Man’s first time to the compound this special environment, do not know what to do, is thinking should be greeted to do self-introduction or directly on the hands of work? When he heard Dongsheng pinching his waist and shouting, “Make way, my ma ma is here! My mom’s dumplings are the best”
Xu asked, “”
She took a deep breath and prepared for the large social death scene
Everyone turned around to look at Xu Man, and no one minded Dongsheng’s provocative braggadocio, greeting her with a smile, “Good day, sister-in-law”
There was no flirtation descending from Xu Man’s imagination, everyone was particularly self-conscious, calling her sister-in-law in a very cordial tone
Xu Man let out a slight sigh of relief
“Hello guys, is there anything I can do?” Xu Wen took the initiative to open her mouth, and after a pause, she added, “I also know how to make dumplings, but I’m not as good as Dongsheng said”
“That’s great! You come to my rescue” A sister-in-law particularly naturally shoved a rolling pin at Xu Man, “This thing is so hard!”
Xu Man lowered his head, the sister-in-law’s rolling of the dumpling skin was indeed a bit of a disaster, and from the sound of her accent, she should be from the vicinity of the Yangtze River basin
Looking at their finished dumplings, Xu Man straightened her back and inexplicably gained a lot of confidence
At home, she can’t make dumplings any better than Sang Xiaoqing or even Zhu Meizhen, so she’s really a novice
But judging by the standard of the finished dumplings, Xu felt that she should be one of the best dumpling makers here
Sure enough, after rolling out a few dumpling skins, Xu Man was highly praised
“Sister-in-law, you’re really good! The dumpling skins you rolled out are surprisingly round”
“Nonsense! Dumpling skins are originally round only the one you rolled out is four different However, your sister-in-law does roll out the skin very well, and it’s especially good for wrapping”
The sister-in-law who rolled out the dough for Xu Man was in her thirties and had a cheerful personality, taking the initiative to talk to Xu Man, “You’re really good, sister-in-law, I’ve been following them for four to five years and I still haven’t learned how to make dumplings This is your first time in the compound, right?”
Xu Wen hmmmed
“No wonder you’re still so thin-skinned, you’ll be fine if you come here a few more times I’ve been living here with the army Usually except for a few of us can not see a few women, all day bored in the courtyard almost stupid It’s only when more people come to visit relatives at New Year that the courtyard becomes more lively Sister-in-law, you’re here to visit your family too, right? Where’s your family from?”
Xu Wen nodded and hmmmed again, giving the name of a province
“Oh northerners! No wonder you’re so good at making dumplings But the north is far from here, right? Did you come alone, sister-in-law? Actually, there are a lot fewer people this year, and it’s not as lively as previous years This time alone their company sacrificed seventeen or eighteen alas!” Sister-in-law said shaking her head
“Ah?” Xu Wen exclaimed
“Hush” The sister-in-law put up her index finger than in the mouth to indicate Xu Man whispered, she raised her chin to indicate the same skills rusty in the busy wrapping dumplings a few soldiers brother, “Do not look at them smiling, in fact, can be very sad it! It’s just that they don’t want to talk about it on New Year’s Eve This is also thanks to their Road Company is great! If it wasn’t for their Lu Company sacrificing themselves to protect them, their company would have been wiped out”
Sister-in-law said with a long sigh, “It’s their company commander himself who suffered a lot, and I heard that he’s still lying unconscious in the hospital You won’t be able to see him He’s not very good-looking but he’s really a good guy, I hope God blesses her to wake up sooner”
Xu Wen just wanted to say that Lu Yuanzheng has woken up now, but his sister-in-law waved her hand again, “Let’s not talk about that in the New Year By the way, I haven’t asked you yet, sister-in-law which is your family’s man?”