Chapter 88
Xu asked, “”
Is this the way to teach a child?
She looked up, saw a blush on the tip of Lu Yuanzheng’s ear, and twitched the corner of her mouth
So he also knows how to be shy?
The! Let him beg for sex regardless of the occasion
They went into the bathroom before Xu Wen went upstairs
In the bedroom, he could still hear their father-son debate on the matter of “why can’t I take a bath with Ma Ma”
Xu Man couldn’t listen to it, and carried a basin of water to the living room to simply scrub it, and then cleaned the floor before going upstairs to the bedroom
After a while, Lu Yuanzheng pushed the door in, with only a towel made by Xu Man tied around his waist, and water droplets rolling down from his hair
“Dongsheng’s asleep”
Xu Man ignored him, turned on his side and closed his eyes, pretending to sleep
Lu Yuanzheng pulled off the towel and wiped his body, lying down next to Xu Man, his arm habitually resting on Xu Man’s waist
Xu Man grabbed his arm and threw it back
Only then did Lu Yuanzheng remember what he had just said to Xu Man in his anger
His hand climbed back up to Xu Man’s waist
Xu Man still wanted to take his arm away, and he made a force to keep her from moving
Xu Man raised her foot and kicked him back
It didn’t hurt, but Lu Yuanzheng hissed anyway, trying to make a bitter trick
Xu Wen certainly knew what strength she was kicking at, and it was clear that she wasn’t hurting him, but she just didn’t care about him
“Daughter-in-law, I was wrong!”
“You’re not wrong, I’m wrong! It’s all my fault I’m the stepmother’s fault, the pregnancy’s fault, and it’s my ‘loving mother’s’ fault for letting the child be aggrieved!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
“Really angry? I was in a fit of anger at the time and said whatever I wanted to say, I’m sorry! You know I really didn’t mean that”
Xu Wen abruptly sat up from the bed, pressing down his voice and yelling, “I didn’t know!”
If it wasn’t for the fear of waking Dongsheng up and the next door hearing her, she would have chosen to shout into Lu Yuanzheng’s ear!
It was the first time Lu Yuanzheng had seen Xu Man lose his temper
Touching the tip of his nose, he held on to her waist, not letting go no matter how much Xu asked to slap him
Xu Wen is really unhappy
After being tossed around by Dongsheng, she was scared for a whole night, and she was also furious with Mrs Huang
Now even Lu Yuanzheng said that she was a loving mother with many defeated children
It would have to be a Bodhisattva not to be angry
“I’m sorry” Lu Yuanzheng wrapped his arms around her and didn’t let go, apologizing while saying words of love
Saying it without saying it properly, his lips pressed against her ear, his lips brushing against the outline of her ear if at all
This was what Xu Man couldn’t stand the most
A layer of fine goosebumps instantly rose on her arms, and she couldn’t help but tense up at the small of her back as if she had been electrocuted
Lu Yuan still wanted to conquer an inch
By Xu Wen ruthlessly stomped a foot, “If you’re not honest again, you’ll go to the living room to sleep!”
Lu Yuanzheng saw this trick is not good, honestly lie down, embracing her, aggrieved Baba said, “Then I will not be able to sleep!”
Xu Wen rolled her eyes, not bothering with him
He has not always been in the family area, his turn on duty he is living in the camp office, and did not see him unable to sleep
However, after letting Lu Yuanzheng coax him for a while, Xu Man’s heart’s pain dissipated for a few minutes, plus he was tired and sleepy after tossing and turning all night, and fell asleep in a short while
The next day, Lu Yuanzheng came back at breakfast time, he was not alone, followed by Huang’s wife and Yang Yuzhu Yang, the commander of the first company, who is Huang’s wife’s husband
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t have much of an expression, after entering the house, he directly took his apron and went to cook, and left a sentence in Xu Man’s ear on his way out, “You don’t have to give me face!”
Xu Man’s eyebrows moved slightly, and he could roughly guess what these two couples had come for
“Sister-in-law” Squad Leader Yang spoke, “I’m sorry!”
He finished dryly bowing to Xu Man
When he got up, he saw Huang Yu hanging her head and squirming a bit, and pulled her a bit with a stern face
Only then did Huang Yu speak, “Sister-in-law, I’m sorry It’s all my fault for talking nonsense in front of the child and causing so much trouble for Chen Mo”
“Did Lu Yuanzheng send you guys here?”
Squad Leader Yang shook his head, “No I only heard my mother-in-law talk about this after I found Dongsheng home The fault lies with us, early in the morning we went to find the road team first, and the team said that you were the one most aggrieved by this
Sister-in-law, how can I say this is also our fault, causing trouble for you and the road battalion”
“It doesn’t matter about the adults, it’s mainly the children who are aggrieved” Xu Man saw that Yang Banchang sincerely apologized, and only then did he open his mouth to give up his seat, “Sit down first and talk!”
Squad Leader Yang glared at Huang Yu, then turned to Xu Wen, “Sister-in-law is right! It’s me who didn’t discipline my wife and child Blame me!”
Huang Yu hung her head and said nothing
Xu Wen poured water for Yang Ban Chang, so she just poured a cup, making it clear that she didn’t want to forgive Huang’s sister-in-law, “Yang Ban Chang, I just want to know what exactly did I do to end up with a ‘bad stepmother’? The matter has not even begun, and then said that I have a child and do not care about Dongsheng
If Dongsheng is really the child of Lu Yuanzheng and other women, I am not good to the child, there is still an argument
You should know better than anyone what Dongsheng’s real parents are like How unconscionable do I have to be to treat the child of a double martyr badly?”
Squad Leader Yang nodded repeatedly, “Sister-in-law is right! Sister-in-law, we’ve all seen how you’ve treated Dongsheng since you came to the island This matter is really our fault! I’ve also told her ”
He said half stopped his mouth, Huang Yu is his wife, the trouble is his wife broke, no matter how angry at home, out of their husband and wife as one, only to blame Huang Yu inappropriate, so changed his mouth, “No matter how to say, this matter is we are not right”
Huang Yu about can’t bear to see his own man so repeatedly apologized, couldn’t help but open his mouth, “This is not to blame Lao Yang, it’s all my fault, it’s my prejudice against ‘stepmother’, broken mouth Every time I told Old Yang about you he lectured me, it was me who didn’t believe me I’m sorry!”
Xu Man actually didn’t want to forgive Sister-in-law Huang yet, but Squad Leader Yang had a sincere attitude, and Xu Man believed that it really wasn’t Squad Leader Yang who was chewing on her
Besides, Lu Yuanzheng is a cadre, Yang Banzheng is a soldier, she is too difficult for fear that people will say that Lu Yuanzheng is holding the officer down
She was afraid that people would say that Lu Yuanzheng was using his official position to suppress others, which would make her unreasonable
She could only reluctantly say that she would not make an exception
Yang can see that Xu Wen is not truly forgiving his wife, sighed softly, pulled Huang Yu to get up and leave, “Sister-in-law, you can rest assured I’ve already taught Fuwa the lesson! He will come and apologize to Dongsheng later”
After Yang Ban Chang and Huang Yu left, Dongsheng also rubbed his eyes and came down from upstairs
“Ma Ma”
Xu Wen turned his head and greeted him with a hug at the stairway
“What are Uncle Yang and Auntie Huang doing here? Did they say something bad about you again?” Dongsheng hugged Xu Man back, “Ma Ma is not a bad stepmother!”
Xu Man stroked his head, “They came to apologize to you and me Later, Fuwa will also come to apologize to you Dongsheng, will you forgive him?”
Dongsheng nodded, “Yes!”
Xu Wen was curious, “Why? He said things yesterday that made you sad and even fought with you”
“But he’s my good friend!” Dongsheng hung his head, playing with the buttons on Xu Man’s collar, “Those words were what he heard, and they weren’t from his heart He ”
Dongsheng looked up at Xu Man, still deciding to tell the truth, “He also said that if you really don’t want me anymore, let me go to his house”
Xu Man was stunned and touched Dongsheng’s head, asking him, “So are you angry with Auntie Huang?”
Dongsheng’s little face wrinkled into a ball, couldn’t tell what kind of expression it was, nodding and shaking his head, in a very difficult tone, “I don’t like her saying that Ma Ma is bad, and I don’t like to hear Fuwa say it either But Auntie Huang is very good to me, and I want to forgive her without wanting to”
He tilted his head and looked at Xu and asked, “Then Ma Ma will you forgive Auntie Huang? I’ll forgive if you forgive, I won’t forgive if you’re angry with her”
Xu Man lowered his head, his face rubbed against Dongsheng’s face, and didn’t say anything
Lu Yuanzheng just brought in the rice, put the boiled milk and freshly fried doughnuts on the coffee table, and asked Xu and Dongsheng: “Have you two washed your faces and brushed your teeth? If you haven’t, then go finish washing and come to eat If you’ve finished washing, then sit over and eat Cuddling together won’t fill you up”
Xu Man finished washing up Dongsheng didn’t, he jumped off Xu Man’s knee and stomped around to wash his face and brush his teeth
Lu Yuanzheng poured milk into an enameled jar and placed it in front of Xu Man, glancing at her, “Still angry?”
Xu Man sighed softly, “You said both are sisters-in-law, why are they so different? See how righteous Mrs Li is? Sister-in-law Huang is better, chewing on people behind their backs”
“People! They all have their strengths and weaknesses This Sister-in-law Huang is actually not a bad person, and her personality is quite good, but sometimes she is a bit stubborn and has a broken mouth I’m not speaking for her, she’s really not targeting you
She used to ramble on every time someone tried to match me in the compound She would talk about how I’m going to get a date and how I’m not going to be good for Dongsheng”
Xu Man was speechless, “So she wants you to be a bachelor for the rest of your life?”
“That’s not so bad She just suggested that I get married and give Dongsheng to her to raise”
“She loves Dongsheng so much, why didn’t you agree?”
“How do you know I didn’t agree?”
“If you had agreed, you wouldn’t have sent Dongsheng back home in the first place”
“Although Mrs Huang is not a bad person, she is stubborn and teaches her children ” from the thought of upbringing, Lu Yuanzheng is not too fond of commenting on people behind their backs, and only said, “Anyway, it’s not very suitable in all aspects!”
“I finished washing” Dongsheng trotted over and moved a matzah himself to sit next to Xu Man
He didn’t sit on the sofa because it wasn’t good for him to eat if he sat up high
Lu Yuanzheng pushed both the doughnuts and milk in front of him and instructed, “Be careful with the heat”
He then asked Xu, “Yang Banchang and Li Huainian had a very good relationship, and they often ate together in the family building at that time, and even their two sisters-in-law had a good relationship”
Lu Yuanzheng spoke in a cryptic manner, but Xu Man understood
Huang Yu’s relationship with Dongsheng’s mother is also quite good, and she can’t raise Dongsheng herself, but she always prevents Lu Yuanzheng’s wife from abusing Dongsheng
Xu Man rolled his eyes, “What a person!”
“Don’t be angry!”
Xu Man thought about it and reluctantly nodded, “I got my revenge anyway I slapped and kicked her last night”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Giving a thumbs up towards Xu Qi, “Daughter-in-law is mighty”
After the National Day, Lu Yuanzheng put them back into the tight road repair
Xu Wen’s homemade electric car did help them a lot, faster than people picking more loads
So Lu Yuanzheng specially picked a group of people who know electrician and welding, and rushed to make a few electric cars of the same type
Greatly improved the efficiency of stone transportation
The red marks on Lu Yuanzheng’s shoulders finally stopped bruising
Xu Wen was very happy
The road was finally finished at the end of the month, and an asphalt road intertwined vertically and horizontally, cutting the island into pieces
After repairing the road, the harbor had to be built
But this job had to be done by workers who knew how to build, and the higher-ups were arranging it
Lu Yuanzheng and his men gradually shifted their focus back to training
Their first and foremost duty is to guard the island
Of course, it’s not like they’re going to let go of the island completely
This island will be under military control for some time to come, which means that even if there are ordinary people living here, it will still be up to Lu Yuanzheng and his men
From the pure guardian of Rainbow Island to the manager of the island, Lu Yuanzheng is under a lot of pressure
He’s never lost a battle, and he’s never been afraid to kill an enemy in battle, but developing an island and exercising some of the administrative powers is unfamiliar territory for him, so it’s a bit difficult
Of course, the most difficult one was Shi Lei, as he was the instructor
Xu Wen returned to his bedroom after putting Dongsheng to bed, and in a rare sight, he saw Lu Yuanzheng sitting at his writing desk and working
He had also just taken a shower, and his hair was still wet and dripping water
From Xu Man’s point of view, he could only see the half of his face that was not scarred, and there were even a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose
It was the first time Xu Man had ever seen him wearing glasses, and it was rare for him to go home and work
Hearing the commotion, Lu Yuanzheng turned his head sideways
Xu Man let out an ooh
Previously, he had only heard that Lu Yuanzheng was a nobleman, and some details in his life could also be characterized, but most of the time he was considered a brown man
He didn’t expect that once the glasses were on, the noble gentleman’s kind of svelte strength came out
“Are you nearsighted?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, “There was a time when I fought in a war, and I was hit in the eyes by the grass dust that was blown up Normally it’s fine, but at night my vision will be blurred when I read and write This mirror was fitted to me by that veterinarian Li Daoming”
Xu Man walked over to the writing desk, picked up the glasses and looked at them, and said on his lips, “Don’t keep calling that Dr Li a veterinarian Don’t even think about who he’s treating all day long Are you scolding him? Or are you cursing yourself?”
Lu Yuanzheng hugged her waist from behind, his head buried in her back, almost muttering to himself, “I don’t know why, but I always feel that it’s still the fastest time to fight in the war, even though I get injured from time to time”
Xu Wen stroked Lu Yuanzheng’s head, her tone compassionate, “Poor child! Been hard to get like this lately?”
Lu Yuanzheng also didn’t mind Xu Wen verbally taking advantage of him, and asked her in a particularly cooperative manner, “Mother, do you have milk to eat?” His hands also restlessly stroked upwards, with the intention of finding milk for himself
Xu Wen touched his head hand slapped down, red-faced pout: “Do you still want some face?”
“What face do I want with my own daughter-in-law?”
Xu Wen ignored him, her line of sight falling on the desk
“What’s this? You stayed up all night just to draw?”
“Yes! I don’t need my people to do the hard work to build the harbor, but I can’t be idle either There’s always the need to plan out every aspect of this island” Lu Yuanzheng sighed, his head arching over the side of Xu Man’s waist again, his hand not quite resting on its laurels as he kneaded her thin waist
Xu Man picked up the drawing and studied it carefully, realizing that Lu Yuanzheng’s drawing was very interesting
It was a Rainbow Island floor plan as well as a planning map
Xu Man had always thought that so many paths were for the convenience of pedestrians, but on this diagram, he realized that every road had a role for every road
The most important thing was that the grids cut into different sizes and shapes by the roads were all useful
Lu Yuanzheng used a pencil to mark all the grids with the usefulness of that grid
For example, schools, village houses, hospitals, and so on
Xu Man pointed to one of the ones labeled Homestead and asked him, “What’s this one for?”
Lu Yuanzheng raised his head and glanced toward the place she pointed to, “Oh, this place is a bit close to the military restricted area, and the plot is small, so it’s not very suitable for the people But the soil quality of that piece of land is not bad suitable for growing food and vegetables I discussed with Shi Lei about the battalion staying”
“But it’s not in the battalion area! And doesn’t the battalion have a piece of land for self-sufficiency?” It’s enough for these officers and soldiers on the island to be self-sufficient
“Uh-huh The land goes to the battalion, but the right to use it is intended for the families”
“Do I also have a share?”
Lu Yuanzheng nodded, “Those who accompany the army have a share Although there is a cooking class, and you can also get food from the cooking class But in the final analysis, it’s still not up to you to say what you eat every day For example, if today’s dish is cabbage, the cooking class will make cabbage soup, and the sisters-in-law will take it home and make vinegared cabbage If you divide up the land, you can grow whatever you like, and you don’t have to stick to the cooking class’s offerings There’s also a fence to raise some chickens and ducks and poultry and livestock”
“This is good!” Xu Man lowered his head and kissed the corner of Lu Yuanzheng’s forehead, “Then Dongsheng is happy! Our Little White has his own nest”
Lu Yuanzheng raised one eyebrow, “Rewarded so perfunctorily?”
“Then what do you want?”
Lu Yuanzheng picked up Xu Man and threw him onto the bed, following suit himself, “I want this ”
The construction team repairing the harbor arrived on the island first
They didn’t live in a campground and built the suggested plasterboard houses on the shore on their own
Having only just settled these construction workers, the wind power generation equipment also arrived
From a distance, it looked fine, but when we got closer, we realized that each blade was so long and taller than a man
There were also a few experts who had to guide the installation work
Specific hard work, or have to Lu Yuanzheng their people to come
Lu Yuanzheng deployed two companies to come over to be busy
First, they installed and fixed the tall and thick poles at suitable locations, and then used cranes to lift the blades up
The driver’s class, which had been useless, finally came to show their talents
Xu Man also had to follow, once these big windmills were set up and running, they still had to be maintained by the people on the island themselves, unless something went terribly wrong
After all, Rainbow Island is too far away, and it’s too difficult for experts to make a trip
Here is military control, there is no place for them to work, at least not for the time being
So in addition to Xu Man, Lu Yuanzheng also picked two electricians in the battalion with higher cultural level to follow along
At the same time, we also have to build a machine room that is not afraid of the wind and rain
The only resources available on the island that could meet the standard were stones
Xu Man’s homemade trolley came in handy again
While some people are busy, others are idle
Take your sisters-in-law for example
After the novelty of being on the island had worn off, everyone became bored
There were sixty women here, a lineup that wouldn’t fit in a TV drama
There’s nothing new to talk about, nothing to do, and they’re either idly beating their children or picking on their own men
There are also people, especially young couples, at every turn, shouting for divorce over trivial matters, making trouble in the company and the battalion
The company and the battalion are so worried that a group of instructors and instructors have been avoiding their sisters-in-law lately
Saturday rest, Shi Lei on duty, almost to the meal time, from the commissary hit the wine to buy a drink to buy some snacks for Dongsheng ran to the road expedition home to find him drinking
“You’re on duty, you can’t drink” Lu Yuanzheng reminded him
Shi Lei waved his hand, “I don’t drink, I’ll buy you a drink”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “I refuse”
“Why?”
“I’m afraid you don’t drink this wine for nothing”
Shi Lei snorted, “We’re all comrades and brothers in arms, how do you talk? Don’t worry about drinking, I’m definitely not looking for you!” Then he turned his head to look at Xu Wen, “I just have a little thing I want to trouble sister-in-law”