Chapter 86

“Yeah! I’ll be going back for my exams in a couple months” Xu asked, “It’s kinda hard to leave here”
“It’s not like I won’t be back after the New Year” Lu Yuanzheng touched Xu Man’s head, “Don’t you want to go home?”
Xu Man nodded, “Yes”
How could he not want to go home? Although the Xu family’s letters had never stopped, they traveled long distances, and the letters did not come back and forth even once a month
Although Xu Man and the Xu family time to get along with only two years, but genuinely treat them as relatives, in fact, even if the core is changed that there is also a blood relationship
She misses her grandmother, who was relatively open-minded because she had experienced a difficult life
She misses Xu Meizhen, who has a fiery temper like a firecracker
She misses Xu Qiushi, who is silent but always backs down from his principles for her
I miss Xu Wen, who would sometimes run her down, but was kind to her from the bottom of his heart
She also misses her elder sister Xu Wang, who is like a half mother
Even Sang Xiaoqing, who can be a bit wary at times, she also wants
She also misses her little nephew whom she has never met, and Xu Wen’s newly built house
When she thought about it, she couldn’t wait to go home
Xu Wen lamented, “It’s really fast! I’ve been away from home for almost a year”
Lu Yuanzheng rubbed the shell ring on her hand, “It’s quite fast It’s been more than a year since we got married”
“Camp Lu! Sister-in-law!”
A shout came from behind them
Both of them turned around at the same time, it was Song Xueqin’s correspondent
“Lu Battalion, sister-in-law, our regimental commander said that he wants you to come to the regimental headquarters, it’s urgent”
Lu Yuanzheng: “I just came back from the regiment headquarters not long ago I didn’t see what’s going on?”
When he went Song Xueqin was sipping tea and looking at the newspaper quite comfortably while guarding the ice bucket
“The head of the regiment also just received a telegram”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded and greeted Dongsheng, “Dongsheng, go back to your Uncle Song”
When they went to take the cow, the young man was still waiting at the same place, and when he saw them coming, he gave them the reins and pointed to the cow’s butt, “I brought a frame for it, so that it won’t poop and dirty the road”
Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng didn’t seem to be farmers, so he was afraid that they would find it dirty
Before they left, the young man also told them a few things they should know about raising cattle
Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng thanked him, and Dongsheng grabbed the cow, saying that he couldn’t wait to go back to the island to graze the cows, and named the cow Xiaobai
As soon as Song Xueqin saw Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man enter, he couldn’t wait to tell them the good news
He said that the wind power generation project has finally been approved Recently the construction team and raw materials will come to the island at the same time
However, only one island’s equipment will be used, so they will experiment first to see if it works, and if it does, then the whole archipelago will be popularized
Lu Yuanzheng guessed, “The first island is our island?”
“Yes! Because we only went to your Rainbow Island for research If you’re successful, you’ll implement it on the islands” Song Xueqin was even happier than winning the battle, and had to keep Lu Yuanzheng for lunch, “Let’s have a drink today”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head and refused, “I can’t drink when I’m on duty at night”
Song Xueqin didn’t even try to persuade him, “Then I’ll drink and you’ll watch”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Song Xueqin was really happy, and her eyebrows fluttered when she ate
Lu Yuanzheng chewed on peanuts and chatted with him
Every day, the boat from Center Island back to Rainbow Island was at three in the afternoon
Because Lu Yuanzheng and his wife got a cow, they can’t go back with the boat on the island After dinner, Song Xueqin arranged a big boat to send them back
Before leaving, he also said to Lu Yuanzheng: “You really live on the island?”
He even bought a cow!
Lu Yuanzheng told the story of how he bought the cow, “It’s as a favor to the old man Besides, this milk is good for children’s growth, so it’s not wrong to drink more Both adults and children can drink it”
“Then ask the battalion to pay for it, and then everyone will have something to drink”
“Don’t think one way or the other There are hundreds of people in our battalion! There’s only one cow, and even if it’s exhausted, it won’t be able to provide milk for so many people”
Song Xueqin threw a peanut at Lu Yuanzheng, “Then keep it yourself! Loser!”
Lu Yuanzheng looked smug: “It’s useless if you don’t like it, as long as my daughter-in-law doesn’t think I’m a loser”
It took a lot of effort to get Little White onto the boat
It didn’t like the rocking boat, and desperately tried to back away from it, but refused to get on
Seeing the bull’s nose ring near the red
Dongsheng heartbroken, protect Xiaobai to prevent them from pulling
In the end, there is no other way to find a dozen warriors together with the hard to lift Xiaobai on the boat
Don’t look at Xiaobai on the boat when all kinds of reluctance, when the boat is particularly fast Do not have to greet, a stop the boat, plop a sound jumped into the sea, followed by everyone to swim to the shore
Dongsheng clapped his hands in particular amazement: “Ma Ma look, Xiao Bai can swim!”
Xu Wen nodded, “Very impressive indeed”
The compliment was a bit off the mark
She hadn’t been herding sheep and cattle in the production team for more than a couple of times, and had seen it long ago
Generally cows were not willing to go into the water, but they would go down if necessary
For example, there is grass in the water that it likes to eat
For example, Xiaobai hates to take the boat
There is another problem when you buy a cow, how to keep it and where to keep it is also a problem
Lu Yuanzheng turned around twice in the same place and clapped his hands, “Put it with the battalion’s cows first, and I’ll build a barn for it later”
In the last few days of the National Day, Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng didn’t go anywhere
Xu Wen continued to make batteries, Lu Yuanzheng built a cattle shed, and Dongsheng went to herd cattle
Dongsheng raised Xiaobai as a big pet, brushed its fur, took it to graze, and learned to milk the cows
Some of the milk is boiled and drunk by Xu Man, while the rest is used to make desserts
After work, Xu Man also tried to make light cream and cheese
The method of making light cream given by the Magic Mirror only required three things, milk, sugar and gilletine
Ghiridin is edible gelatin that can be extracted from the bones and skin of animals
It was found in fish, and there was no shortage of fish on the island, but it was a bit of a hassle
It took a lot of work for Xu to extract it successfully
The fish scales were first decalcified with an acid solution, and then the skin was degreased with an alkaline solution
The defatted fish skin and decalcified fish scales were mixed, water was added and heated to obtain fish gelatin extract
The method is simple and the steps are clear Do it but not so easy, the cost of a few fish not to mention, even get a few days of fish, Xu asked the fishy smell on the hands can not wash off, and now see the fish on the stomach
Fortunately, fish gelatin is not fishy
The method of making light cream is not difficult, is a little time-consuming and laborious
First of all, the milk and sugar heating heating melting, do not boil, and so on to not hot to add gelatin cooled, frozen
Although there is no refrigerator, but making ice is not difficult for Xu Man
Freeze for a while to continue whipping, no whisk too test hands, two chopsticks can stir to hand cramps
Lu Yuanzheng saw her constantly flinging her wrists, inevitably heartbroken, after listening to Xu’s description of the egg beater to make one for her
It’s not that difficult to find a thin wire, divided into twenty cents or so a, cross each other folded, and then use the wire and a thicker wire tied together, and then get a small motor to make it turn up
A simple egg beater is made
With the whisk, whipping cream is significantly more efficient
Repeat the frozen whipping step until the cream is formed
This cream tastes refreshing because it has a lot less fat, but it just doesn’t have as much flavor
It’s not really a cream, it’s a mousse
Even so, in this day and age on this island, it is already a rare thing
Xu Wen made a few fruit bowls, similar to the fruit box kind of layer of cream layer of fruit
Lu Yuanzheng wasn’t very interested in this, but when Xu Man made it, he ate a bowl of it
After all, this is not the real light cream, can not be overnight, let Dongsheng to go on their own to share with the children
Because of the limited number of things, who do you want to give to Dongsheng to decide for themselves
But I did not expect this sharing, to Lu Yuanzheng and Xu asked to add a huge trouble
Dongsheng went out and never came back
Every night at nine o’clock in the evening Lu Yuanzheng, they will be on roll call, so Lu Yuanzheng also have to go to the battalion, and occasionally Dongsheng play late to follow him back
This day, Lu Yuanzheng was back, but Dongsheng hadn’t come back yet
“Where’s Dongsheng?” Xu Wen probed behind Lu Yuanzheng
“I don’t see him He didn’t come back?”
“No!”
Both men instantly blushed a little
Xu Man was anxious: “Where did Dongsheng go? He hasn’t come back this late before, and he never runs around”
Lu Yuanzheng was also worried, but even if he was worried, he couldn’t mess up at this time, comforting Xu Man, “Don’t be anxious Maybe he’s just playing around, let’s go look for him first”
Xu went from house to house in the family area, asking if he had seen Dongsheng
Lu Yuanzheng went to the battalion area and called people to the island to look for him
However, everyone said they had not seen Dongsheng I can’t say I haven’t seen him, but the children who received Dongsheng’s gifts did see him, and then they even played together on the beach, and then they all went back to their own homes
Xu Man has never experienced such a feeling, tears like a broken line, how can not stop
Her heart was panicking and her hands were shaking
She also ran towards the island, calling out Dongsheng’s name as she ran
Sister-in-law Li and the others followed her out to look for her, and when she saw Xu Man panicking like this, she comforted her: “Maybe you just forgot to play Little boys are all skinny, so don’t worry about it”
Xu Man wiped her eyes carelessly, shone the flashlight around, and choked, “But Dongsheng is a good boy! He wouldn’t not come home for no reason”
Although Dongsheng was young, he really knew what he was doing, and he almost never did anything that made Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man’s blood pressure soar
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let Dongsheng run around on his own for fun so much
Moreover, Xu Man had just asked from house to house, and all the small children were at home except for Dongsheng
He was the only one missing
Lu Yuanzheng was really anxious at this moment, and arranged for people to go and look for him
The entire battalion, except for the soldiers on guard duty, all mobilized and began a carpet search on the island
All the searchlights were turned on, lighting up the whole island
The island is not big enough to catch up with a small commune, so many people have been looking for a few hours, but still did not find Dongsheng
Time passes, Xu Wen nearly collapse, the brain is full of bad imagination
Dongsheng will not fall into the sea?
Dongsheng is not by the people who smuggled to the island plundered away?
The first thing I want to know is whether Dongsheng will be taken away by the wild animals?
The more Xu Wen thought about it, the more frightened he became
Lu Yuanzheng was also anxious, but in the end he was the commander, he couldn’t even panic on the battlefield, and even more so now, no matter how anxious he was
He arranged for people to get all the boats from the camp out to search the sea, and took Xu Man’s shoulder to comfort her, “Don’t panic! Dongsheng will be fine I will definitely find him and bring him to you You go home first, okay?”
Xu Man gripped Lu Yuanzheng’s arm with an involuntary force and shook her head, “I don’t want to! I won’t feel at ease if I can’t find him and go back”
“Xu Man, calm down! I know you’re anxious and I’m anxious too But if we mess up we’ll be even less able to find him, right? You go home first, in case he goes home?” Lu Yuanzheng held Xu Man’s shoulders, trying to calm her down a bit, even calling her by name
Xu Man bit her lip, nodded and turned around to run towards the cabin
When she was almost there, she saw a child similar to Dongsheng at the courtyard entrance, and Xu Man was so happy that she raised her voice and shouted, “Dongsheng! Dongsheng!”
The child did not respond
Xu Man accelerated his pace, running out of breath
When he saw the child’s face, his heart fell back to the bottom of the valley
It’s not Dongsheng, it’s a new little girl on the island, about the same age as Dongsheng, called Doudou
Xu Wen’s eyes darkened, but still barely managed to pull himself together, pulling out a smile, “Doudou, why are you here so late?”
The little girl was shivering, obviously scared to be here alone, but still insisted on waiting here, presumably for Dongsheng
Recently, Dongsheng and Doudou had been basically inseparable lately, saying that they were each other’s best friends
Seeing that Doudou didn’t say anything, Xu Man spoke again, “Doudou, are you here to find Dongsheng?”
Doudou nodded
Xu Wen’s heart was blocked, forced a smile and said, “He is not at home for a while Oh! Should I send you back first?”
Doudou’s parents should have gone to find Dongsheng as well, leaving Doudou alone at home
It was early in the morning at this moment, and she couldn’t let Doudou wander around alone again
“I know he’s not home” Doudou opened her mouth, tears in her eyes, “He went to look for his mom and dad”
Xu Wen thought she was talking about what Dongsheng had said when the two of them were separated, and shook her head, “I’ve been home with his dad! He didn’t come back”
Doudou glanced at Xu Man, opened her mouth and closed it again, not speaking
Xu Wen realized that Doudou should know something
She opened the door first and brought Doudou back to her room, squatting in front of Doudou, “Doudou, Dongsheng is missing right now, and Auntie is especially anxious If you know where Dongsheng has gone can you tell me?”
DouDou still shook his head, “I really don’t know where Dongsheng has gone, I want to find him too”
Xu Man let out a long sigh, letting Doudou take a seat on the sofa and bringing her some fruit He thought that her parents would come back later and send her back, otherwise it wouldn’t be safe for her to be alone at home
Doudou didn’t eat the fruit, and sat there anxiously, glancing at Xu Man from time to time
Xu Man couldn’t care less about Doudou, running his hands through his hair back, forcing himself to calm down and think about whether Dongsheng had any abnormal behavior
But no matter how he thought about it, there was none
Dongsheng had been circling around Xiao Bai for the past few days
Several children, including Doudou, followed him around
Dongsheng vaguely has the beginnings of a child king on the island, and everyone likes to play with him
Every day, he woke up on time, ate on time, herded the cows on time, and went home on time
Emotionally there is not much change
Children less than five years old can’t fake, and it’s clear whether they’re happy or not
No matter how hard Xu Man tried to think back, he couldn’t think of anything unusual about Dongsheng
The population of Rainbow Island is very simple, either soldiers or military families, so it is impossible to be abducted and sold
As for being sneaked onto the island to steal it is also impossible, the island’s guards can cover the whole island, twenty-four hour rotation guards, it is impossible for someone to quietly touch on the island and also silently take Dongsheng away
Then there is only one answer, Dongsheng is hiding himself, is the so-called runaway
Why? Xu Wen could not figure it out