the next day
After Lin Qingqing slept alone for a few days, they slept together again, and Lu Haici came back. Because it was summer and the weather was hot, there was only one electric fan at home, so Lu Haici and Lin Qingqing slept together, and the electric fan belonged to them. As for how Lu Cheng slept and whether he would be hot, it would definitely not be... because Lu Cheng's working hours have also changed, and he rests in the afternoon and works in the evening. However, although Lu Cheng does not have to work in the afternoon, he is usually in the army.
"Hai Ci, remember to call Ji Yang and Qin Ming when you come to the cafeteria for breakfast later." Lin Qingqing reminded, "The cafeteria has cooked mung bean soup today." Of course, the mung bean soup prepared by the third company's kitchen team is for the comrades to drink at noon, and the mung bean soup that Lin Qingqing mentioned in the morning is her own mung bean soup, which is added with sugar and loved by both adults and children.
"I know." Lu Haici responded loudly. It is a happy thing to be able to drink mung bean soup. Little Lu Haici hasn't had mung bean soup for a long time.
Of course, Lin Qingqing has been traveling through time for two months, and this is the first time she has cooked mung bean soup. Because the third company's kitchen has a refrigerator, she cooked a lot of mung bean soup this morning and put it in the refrigerator. It can still be drunk tomorrow. When Lin Qingqing cooked it, she added a lot of water and sugar. When the mung bean soup is frozen tomorrow, it will be very thirst-quenching to lick the sweet ice, and it can also be eaten as popsicles for children.
Lu Cheng heard it and couldn't help but ask: "Mung bean soup today?"
Lin Qingqing said: "The comrades arranged by the canteen to drink mung bean soup at noon. The mung bean soup was chilled, but there was no soup. It was just a snack for everyone, bought with the money from the wood ash. I cooked it with my own mung beans in the morning. I will cook more and put it in the freezer to make mung bean popsicles." Speaking of mung bean popsicles, Lin Qingqing said, "It's a pity that there is no mold. If there was a mold, it could really be made into mung bean popsicles."
Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What kind of mold do you want?"
Lin Qingqing listened to his question and looked at him with hopeful eyes: "Can you make it? It's in the shape of a popsicle, a rectangular mold will do. In the future, there will be many such molds, some made of stainless steel, some made of plastic... all kinds of shapes are available."
Lu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "I can do it, but I need to use wooden boards. I'll make a few this afternoon and see how they go."
Lin Qingqing gave him a thumbs up: "Lu Cheng, you are this."
Lu Cheng curled the corners of his mouth.
"In the future, men like you will be warm men, but they are better than many warm men." Lin Qingqing praised generously. In fact, she and Lu Cheng rarely met in private. Every time they met, Lu Haici was there. That is, when they got up early and walked from the cafeteria to the family compound after get off work in the evening. At other times, they really didn't have the opportunity to get along. Besides, they were very restrained and polite in their contact with each other.
Hearing Lin Qingqing mention the future, Lu Cheng suddenly wanted to ask a question: "In the future world, have you heard of my name?"
Of course not, you are a character in a novel. But Lin Qingqing couldn't say, "I'm not good at history, so I don't remember anything. Except for a few great leaders, I don't remember anyone."
Lu Cheng did not force her. In her future, he was either alive or dead. However, the possibility of death was higher, after all, the time between them was too far. However, Lu Cheng pointed at Lu Haici and said, "If you are gone in three years and I don't live to see that time, I will ask him to visit you."
Lin was startled and looked at Lu Haici who was washing his face and brushing his teeth. She was silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed: "Lu Cheng, if I leave three years later and she comes back, will you definitely divorce her?"
"Yes." Lu Cheng answered with a strong voice. His mother said that it was very sad for a woman to stay with a man who fell in love with someone else. So when that man fell in love with someone else, his mother chose to divorce. Now, he has someone else in his heart. If that girl comes back, he can't deceive himself, deceive her, and continue this marriage with her. Although, like that girl, he also made mistakes.
"Then you try your best to live. If you can live until June 20, 2025, I will wait for you." Lin Qingqing looked at him with a smile in her eyes.
Lu Cheng suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Really?"
Lin smiled gently and turned away. When she turned away, her eyes turned red. She said, "Well. Three years later, in 2025..."
"I will be 90 years old by then." He is a 90-year-old old man, and she is still a grown girl. He can be her grandfather.
"It's okay, I don't mind." But, this day will never come. Because they are from two different worlds.
"Okay." If she was determined to wait, then he would have the courage to be with her, even if he was already ninety by then.
"Mom, I'm done washing up." Lu Haici wiped his little face clean.
After his interruption, Lu Cheng calmed down: "I'm going to the army."
"Well, go ahead." Lin Qingqing said, "I'm going to the cafeteria too."
"Then I'll go find Ji Yang and Qin Ming." Lu Haici put on his small schoolbag.
Lin Qingqing: "Then let's go out together."
The three of them went out, Lu Haici ran to Ji Yang's house, and Lin Qingqing and Lu Cheng left side by side. This was the first time they walked together. In the past, there was always Lu Haici in the middle, and there was a little kid holding their hands, but now it was just the two of them, and Lin Qingqing suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"You..." Lin opened his mouth softly.
"Hmm?" Lu Cheng looked at her. The morning sun was very bright, and there was some sweat on her forehead. Her face was red, and it was unclear whether it was because of the sun or because of her health.
In fact, neither of them was the case. Lin Qingqing was just a little nervous.
"You don't have any missions recently?" Lin Qingqing casually found a topic.
"No." Lu Cheng thought for a moment and added, "In fact, I don't go on missions very often. If a mission requires him as the deputy commander to do it, then the mission must be very serious. Otherwise, how could the entire army of thousands of people be able to dispatch him?"
"Is that so..." Lin Qingqing smiled awkwardly, "That's good."
Lu Cheng: "What's good about it?"
"Well... this way Lu Haici won't have to worry about you. He will definitely be worried when you are away from home." Lin Qingqing said.
Lu Cheng was not so easy to fool. If he went on a mission, the little bastard would probably celebrate with firecrackers. "When I go on a mission, I will try to be careful and cautious. Whether it's me or my teammates, I will try my best to bring them back." The little bastard would not worry about him, but he knew that she would worry. He still remembered that she said that for Lu Haici, his father who stood up for his grievances was his hero, not him who fought for the people.
"Well, I hope that every time you go on a mission, you can come back safely." She couldn't help him, so she could only pray.
The two men separated when they reached the fork, one walked towards the troops and the other walked towards the cafeteria.
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“Ji Yang… Ji Yang…” Lu Haici screamed in the yard of Ji Yang’s house.
Ji Changfeng and Xu Huijuan went to work, leaving Ji Yang alone at home. Hearing Lu Haici's call, Ji Yang came to open the door. "Lu Haici?" He stuck his head out of the door, his hair still curled up, and he was wearing only a small top with a yellow chicken embroidered on it.
"Ji Yang, my mother said that her canteen is making mung bean soup today, sweet mung bean soup, do you want to go and have some?" Lu Haici asked. His eyes were fixed on the ugly little yellow chicken on Ji Yang's chest.
"Okay, I want to drink it." Ji Yang ate in the cafeteria because Xu Huijuan worked there. Even though Lin Qingqing was in the cafeteria of the third company's cooking class, the food was not as rich as in the cafeteria. For children, eating it occasionally and feeling delicious, but eating it too much is no longer the case. So Ji Yang went back to the cafeteria. But today Lu Haici came to call him, and he also wanted to go drink mung bean soup.
"Then get up quickly. I'm going to call Qin Ming, and we'll go to my mother's cafeteria together later." Lu Haici said.
Ji Yang smiled foolishly and said, "Okay, I got it. I'll get up now."
Lu Haici informed Ji Yang and went to Qin Ming's house to find Qin Ming. Unlike the Ji family, there was someone at the Qin family, Zhang Hongping was still at home.
Lu Haici came to the door of Qin Ming's house, walked into the yard, and shouted: "Is Qin Ming here?"
Qin Ming was still sleeping and didn't respond to him. Zhang Hongping came out of the room and said, "It's Haici. Are you here to play with Qin Ming? Qin Ming hasn't gotten up yet."
"Hello, Grandma Qin Ming." Lu Haici called politely, "No, my mother's canteen cooked sweet mung bean soup today. I came to call Qin Ming to drink mung bean soup together."
"Oh, you are so thoughtful." Zhang Hongping didn't expect that this child could be so thoughtful. "Then come in and sit for a while. Grandma will go wake Qin Ming up."
"Yeah." Lu Haici followed him into the house.
Zhang Hongping took out two candies first: "Come to Haici, eat the candies slowly."
"Grandma, I have some candy. I don't need it anymore." Lu Haici took out some candy from his schoolbag and showed it to Zhang Hongping. There were few nutritional supplements in this era, so Lin Qingqing would give Lu Haici a candy every day to supplement his calcium and sugar. Lu Haici ate one candy a day and was very satisfied.
"You have it, yes you have it. This is given to you by your grandma. You can't refuse things given by elders." Zhang Hongping stuffed it into Lu Haici's hand forcefully. The fact that Lu Haici asked his grandson to drink mung bean soup together made Zhang Hongping have a good impression of this child.
Lu Haici and Qin Ming have been together for more than a month, especially now that they are on vacation, they often play together, so he is very familiar with Zhang Hongping and is not afraid of her. Seeing her put the candy in his hand, he did not refuse: "Thank you, grandma." He put two candies in his small schoolbag and peeled one of them to eat.
"Hey, you're welcome." Zhang Hongping didn't know why, but she felt sweet when she looked at him. This kid was really polite, unlike their kid who was very naughty.