Chapter 35

“Haoyang, how come you’re here?”

Li Haoyang had never been to the countryside before, and he was curious about everything.

He grinned, “My dad, mom, and Grandpa Fu came to celebrate with you and Auntie.”

“Really?” Xu Li looked at Song Shishi in surprise, wanting a definite answer.

Only when she saw Song Shishi nod did she excitedly shout and then follow them back.

Along the way, Li Haoyang kept asking what this was and what that was.

Xu Li was very patient and explained to him tirelessly.

In the afternoon, Song Shishi took Su Yaqin’s family to the vegetable patch, and they even took some back with them.

Because they had to rush back to the county, they left in the afternoon.

However, Su Yaqin brought her a lot of things this time.

Fruit, meat, mooncakes, and a rabbit figurine.

The rabbit figurine was a local Mid-Autumn Festival toy.

Although it was usually for children, it was also a unique gift for Song Shishi and Xu Li.

Because of the festival, everyone got off work early today.

Xu Li came back not long after, saying she was going to get the puppy from Jiang Shan’s house and went out.

She didn’t come back for a long time.

Song Shishi couldn’t help but feel a little worried.

She walked to the courtyard gate and looked towards Jiang Shan’s house. She saw Xu Li holding a puppy, walking towards her with Meng Xunzhou and Xu Qiang.

Looking at Xu Li’s happy expression, she really got what she wished for.

But it had only been two days since they last saw each other, and now seeing Meng Xunzhou, she felt a little melancholy for some reason, as if they hadn’t seen each other for many days.

Meng Xunzhou stopped in front of her, Xu Li and Xu Qiang were very perceptive and went into the house first.

“Before…”

“You…”

After a moment of silence, they both spoke at the same time, and then both stopped.

“You go first.” Song Shishi said softly.

Meng Xunzhou looked at her, his eyes deep, “Those two guys have been detained by the police, and I got your bicycle back.”

“Oh, that’s great, I was so scared last time, I haven’t had a chance to thank you.”

With Meng Xunzhou there, she didn’t have to worry about those two running away.

“It’s nothing, we’re close, you don’t have to say thank you all the time.” After that, they fell silent again.

Meng Xunzhou thought for a moment and broke the silence, “What were you about to say?”

“Oh, nothing, just surprised that you guys came today.”

As she spoke, Song Shishi remembered that she still had to cook dinner.

Although there was some leftover food from lunch, with Meng Xunzhou and Xu Qiang here, she couldn’t let them just eat leftovers.

There was some leftover braised pork from lunch, so Song Shishi simply processed it again, adding some chestnuts.

Xu Li had prepared some fish, and she took out two of them, planning to make a fish soup with tofu.

Add a few more vegetable dishes, and it would be enough for the four of them.

Meng Xunzhou and Xu Qiang probably ate a lot of coarse grains in the army, after all, it was a festival today, so let them eat something good.

It just so happened that there were some leftover dumpling wrappers from the ones Su Yaqin brought, so she went to make dumplings when the dishes were almost ready.

After returning from the vegetable patch in the afternoon, Su Yaqin was in a good mood, saying that Song Shishi was a good cook, and she insisted on making dumpling filling with her.

Before leaving, she also asked Su Yaqin to take some dumplings with her.

However, the remaining dumpling filling and wrappers were enough for the four of them.

There were meat dumplings and vegetable dumplings, and she made some of each.

Meng Xunzhou, who was still teasing the puppy with Xu Qiang and his sister, turned his head and saw Song Shishi standing there making dumplings through the kitchen window.

He suddenly felt a sense of peace.

“I’ll help you.” By the time he came to his senses, he was already standing beside Song Shishi.

Song Shishi looked at the sky outside, they really needed to hurry up, otherwise, the sun would be setting by the time they ate.

She nodded, “Okay, let’s hurry up, we need to eat early.”

It would be best if they could eat while it was still light, otherwise, they would have to use a kerosene lamp.

Looking at all the dishes on the table, Xu Qiang, with a dumpling in his mouth, gave Song Shishi a thumbs-up and said in a muffled voice, “Sister-in-law, your cooking is amazing.”

“What did you call me just now?” Song Shishi didn’t hear clearly.

Xu Qiang swallowed the dumpling forcefully and looked at Meng Xunzhou nervously, “What, I didn’t call you anything.”

“Oh, if you like it, eat more, we can make more if it’s not enough.”

Song Shishi didn’t probe further, it was just a casual question.

Meng Xunzhou kicked Xu Qiang when Song Shishi wasn’t paying attention.

This kid couldn’t keep his mouth shut, he needed to get some extra training when he got back.

“Enough, enough.” Xu Qiang didn’t dare say anything else, he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

Song Shishi’s eyes fell on the puppy that Xu Li brought back.

The puppy’s fur was very black and smooth, it looked very silly and cute.

The little guy looked only a month old, judging by the time, it must have been born when she asked Xu Li to ask Jiang Shan.

“Have you given the puppy a name?”

Meng Xunzhou’s eyes hardly left Song Shishi’s, and when he saw her teasing the puppy, he asked.

Song Shishi shook her head, “No, we just got it today.”

Xu Li looked like she wanted to say something, and Song Shishi noticed it.

She smiled and said, “Just say what you want to say, why are you acting like this?”

Xu Li blushed and chuckled, “I just thought it wouldn’t be good to interrupt you and Brother Meng.”

“Sister, it’s Mid-Autumn Festival today, let’s call the puppy Fifteen, how about that?”

“Fifteen?” Song Shishi nodded in agreement, “Okay, it’s a very unique name.”

Xu Li jumped for joy, making “Fifteen” jump and hop along with her.

Before it got completely dark, Meng Xunzhou and Xu Qiang rode their bicycles back to the army.

They had a very intense training session coming up, so Meng Xunzhou wouldn’t be able to come see her for a while.

When Meng Xunzhou said this, she didn’t think much of it, but as days passed, she felt a little empty inside.

…

Song Shishi thought that after Zhou Xingxue said those harsh words to her that day, she would definitely cause some trouble.

But a week had passed, and nothing happened.

Instead, the threshing ground became even livelier.

Today, Song Shishi was walking back from the vegetable patch, she deliberately passed by the threshing ground to see if Xu Li was done, and she saw two female educated youths arguing under a locust tree.

Song Shishi had some impression of these two female educated youths, they were all old educated youths who came with Chen Hui and the others.

The female educated youth with two braids, who was graceful and alluring, was named Wei Xiaoxuan.

The other female educated youth, who wasn’t considered beautiful and was slightly overweight, was named Shen Hongying. She was a person who liked to be meticulous, and people said behind her back that she was stingy.

The interesting thing about Shen Hongying was that when she was quiet and didn’t speak, you would think she was a gentle and virtuous educated youth.

But once she opened her mouth, you would know how formidable she was.

She was the kind of person who would fight with anyone without hesitation, and her grip was incredibly strong.

Wei Xiaoxuan played with her hair, looking down at Shen Hongying with disdain, “I’m just beautiful, Shanhe likes me, what’s wrong with that?”

Wei Xiaoxuan’s fearless attitude completely enraged Shen Hongying.

“You shameless vixen, I’ll make you pay, I’ll make you regret this…” Shen Hongying yelled, lunging forward, grabbing Wei Xiaoxuan’s hair with one hand and her clothes with the other.

She seemed determined to tear Wei Xiaoxuan’s clothes off.

This wasn’t the first time they had fought like this, and no one dared to step in and stop them.