Then, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said in a low voice, "You're still young. You don't understand. Although it's hard to be a soldier, it's still glorious."
Hearing that, Kang Xiaoqiao was stunned for a moment. Then, she tried her best to move her head. Then, she pulled Lu Yichen's hand off and glared at him. "Don't touch my head carelessly. You've messed up my hair style."
"I don't understand what you mean by 'although you're suffering, you're still glorious'. I only know that you've risked your lives. You can't eat good food, and you can't wear warm clothes. The moment you leave the mission, you're at the boundary between life and death..."
Lu Yichen looked at her quietly. There was warmth in his eyes. This was because she cared about him, worried about him, and couldn't bear to part with him?
She was really a little girl. Then, he reached out and touched Kang Xiaoqiao's little face. "Without a country, how can there be a home? And the country needs people like us to protect it. If I protect the country well, I can protect my home well, and I can protect you well--"
Lu Yichen spoke slowly and affectionately, while Kang Xiaoqiao's face and ears turned red as her heart pounded.
What kind of love words was this?
However, these words made Kang Xiaoqiao's heart beat abnormally and her face flushed red.
Lu Yichen looked at her and grabbed her little hand. Then, he said indifferently, "In the future, don't do such heavy work like this. Leave it to me."
Boom--
Kang Xiaoqiao's face turned red again. This time, she was too embarrassed to look at Lu Yichen. In the end, the next sentence--
"Say, with your thin and tender hands and your small body, how can a worker be long? Don't mention that such a heavy basket would smash you. It would make people laugh at you for no reason. At that time, you would cry and make a scene, and--"
Before he could finish speaking, Kang Xiaoqiao pulled her hand back and looked at Lu Yichen with a fierce expression. Pui--
Hmph, she shouldn't have had any hope for him. She thought that he had changed his personality and spoke so affectionately, but the result was good.
"Don't worry about it. I'm willing--"
"Is the corn good or not? Is it all nonsense? Hmph, I shouldn't have counted on you."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Yichen took out a roasted golden corn with a fragrant smell and a tempting color. Kang Xiaoqiao choked so hard that she couldn't speak.
Lu Yichen didn't understand either. Why was she angry again when she was just fine a moment ago?
Did I say something wrong?
But before Lu Yichen could wash his thoughts, Kang Xiaoqiao was like a little greedy cat. She carefully took the roasted corn in her hand with the corn leaves. Then, she reached out her fair and tender little hand and grabbed a piece. Unfortunately, it was too hot. It was so hot that she cried out.
However, she was still happy like a child. Lu Yichen's originally furrowed brows relaxed again.
Kang Xiaoqiao did not eat it all alone. She took another roasted corn and sent it to her sister.
"Sis, sis, you can cook it later. Come, have some roasted corn first. My Yichen roasted it. It's not bad."
Kang Daqiao looked at it and immediately said, "Aiya, you can go and eat it with brother-in-law. Why are you bringing it to me? I haven't finished my work yet."
Kang Xiaoqiao looked at the pile of cabbage that was finished and said, "Isn't it almost done?"
"Sis, how do you marinate the pickled cabbage? You have to wash the cabbage."
Kang Daqiao took the corn and took a bite. "Yes, we have to wash it and put it in the vat. You don't have to worry about it. I'll do it."
It was Kang Xiaoqiao's first time pickling pickled cabbage. At this moment, the family courtyard was busy with pickled cabbage. Every family was pickling pickled cabbage.
Kang Xiaoqiao finished eating the one-year-old corn and said, "Sister, don't use cold water. You don't have to use your hands. I'll boil some hot water."
The water was ready in a short while. After Kang Daqiao tried to stop her, Kang Xiaoqiao washed the vegetables and Lu Yichen filled the vat. Everyone had their own duties.
"Yichen, my sister said that this should be placed like this."
"Yes, yes, it should be placed side by side without any gaps. It should be placed properly and firmly. Yes, just like this--"
"Here, this is salt. My sister said that it should be coated with salt--"
"Yichen, this stone should be enough, it should be heavy enough--"
...
With the addition of the two of them, the speed of pickling the pickled vegetables obviously increased. Although Lu Yichen had never done it before, he was doing it in a decent manner. Even her sister, Kang Daqiao, who was so picky, could not say anything.
After placing the cabbage in the vat and finally sealing the vat with a big stone, the job was done.
Kang Daqiao hurriedly fetched some water and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, quickly drink some water. You guys go over there and rest first. I'll make lunch very quickly."
Lu Yichen nodded. After the people had gone far away, Kang Daqiao happily held Kang Xiaoqiao's hand and said, "Little sister, a good man like brother-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern. Which family's man cares about these things, but he dotes on you so much that it hurts like eyeballs."
"He's afraid that you'll be tired and carried the cabbage for you, and he roasted the corn for you, and now he's even helping us pickle pickles. Little sister, you have to cherish your fortune. Hurry up and marry a man and half a woman, so that you can stand firm."
=O=
She could still listen to the first part, but she could not listen to the second part. She could not listen.
Recently, for some reason, her sister had been mumbling in her ears, and it was not easy for her to pacify her sister, but when she turned her head, she saw Lu Yichen there, pursing his lips and smiling, making Kang Xiaoqiao blush again.
After glaring at Lu Yichen, she went back to what she was supposed to be busy with.
Autumn was a busy and harvest season.
Every family was busy, and Kang Xiaoqiao's family was no exception.
Kang Daqiao's dried food could be seen everywhere on the eaves of the house. There were strings of red peppers, strings of cooked sticky corn, dried sausages, and preserved meat...
There were also many beans and eggplants. These were the winter's reserve dishes. Now, there were new types of vegetables, cabbage, and green onions.
Yes, when autumn came, green onions were also required to be stored. Every family had to do so.
After working hard for the whole day, Kang Xiaoqiao took a comfortable bath at night. But when she climbed back into the house, the cold made her shiver.
It was cold. The weather at night was only a few degrees, and it was almost zero degrees Celsius. Kang Daqiao saw her coming back and quickly covered her with a thick quilt.
With a face full of reproach, she said, "Why don't you put it in the house and run back from the yard? It would be weird if you didn't get sick in such cold weather."
After Kang Xiaoqiao got into the warm bed, she instantly felt as if she had come back to life. She poked her little head out and said, "The house will get damp. It's okay, sister. I'll just wear more."
Kang Daqiao couldn't do anything to her. After covering her with the blanket, she went down to the bathroom and began to clean up.
Meanwhile, Kang Xiaoqiao fell asleep comfortably.
Kang Xiaoqiao slept on an earthen bed. Her sister had already warmed up early in the morning. However, Kang Xiaoqiao felt that the bed was especially hot today. In a daze, Kang Xiaoqiao lifted the blanket. When she opened her eyes, she found that there was another person in front of her.