Right Lan pursed his mouth, glanced at Ji Fengyao dissatisfied, and before he could speak, Ji Fengyao suddenly straightened up from Wei Lan's arms and struggled back to sit back in the chair.

"Youlan didn't bully me."

Ji Fengyao's expression was firm and he said good things for Youlan, for fear that Wei Lan would reprimand Youlan again.

"I don't play with crying bags!" Youlan snorted coldly, hugged the oiled paper bag and turned his back, not appreciating.

Ji Fengyao's mouth was deflated, looking like he wanted to cry, and the next second he pursed his lips and tried to raise his smile, he gently pinched the corner of Youlan's clothes, and explained in a low voice, "I, I don't cry, I didn't cry." ”

"Humph!" Youlan held back a smile, but deliberately didn't look at him, pretended to be still angry, and said angrily: "Then you call my sister!"

Grandpa Ji and Sister Lan both said that she was older than him, so he should call her sister!

Ji Fengyao hesitated, but Youlan kept his back to him, afraid that Youlan would be really angry, he pursed his mouth and shouted "sister" in an aggrieved whisper.

Youlan immediately turned around, smiled and stuffed a piece of pea yellow into Ji Fengyao's mouth, "I will protect you in the future, Sister Lan will give me delicious food, and I will share it with you!" ”

The two little ones, who were still awkward just now, sat together affectionately in the blink of an eye, eating a bag of pastries.

Wei Lan witnessed the change in this scene, and her gaze paused on Ji Fengyao for an extremely long time, but soon, she shook her head again, reached out and knocked on her head.

What do you think? Can such a young child understand what liking is?

It happened that Gu Chao brought food into the house, Wei Lan hurriedly took out two more packets of snacks from the box and put them together with Yanyi's box, "These are from Yanyi, you can see in a while, do you have time to send them?" ”

"Okay." Gu Chao nodded, "Eat first." ”

Youlan interjected: "That Director Yan, I have come every day for the past two days, it seems that I am sending things to the brigade, and the snakeskin bags are big." I should be here today. ”

Wei Lan and Gu Chao looked at each other.

After the New Year, it is the beginning of spring, and sending things over at this time should be all about the sunflower project.

This season, the only thing that will be used soon is the seeds.

"Let's go to the team later." Wei Lan sat down at the table and ate the rice in his hand.

She didn't eat much, Gu Chao estimated her amount of food, and specially used a small bowl to serve it, and used a separate bowl to bring some of every dish in the kitchen.

In this way, a small bowl of rice was barely eaten at the back, and there was still half a bowl of food left.

Wei Lan was embarrassed to touch her stomach, "Don't give it to me alone in the future, eat together, it's lively." ”

Sit down at the table and eat together, and the dishes are left, and you can still eat them when you turn around.

This was served to her alone, and she didn't finish it, and no matter how hot it was, it would become someone else's leftovers.

"It's okay, if you can't finish eating, I'll eat." Gu Chao said, taking Wei Lan's used chopsticks, he finished the dishes in the bowl in two bites, and he really didn't dislike it at all.

It's okay when the two of them are alone, it's still in front of the children!

Wei Lan's cheeks were unnaturally red, deliberately ignoring Gu Chao's existence and not looking at him, turned around and took out two more bags of pastries.

One pack for Youlan and one pack for Ji Fengyao, "Send this to Brother Yang's house, take this back and let Technician Ji taste it." ”

Ji Fengyao shook his head and refused, Wei Lan smiled and pinched his little face, "This is for Technician Ji, if you want to refuse, Technician Ji refuses, you are not allowed to refuse." ”

Ji Fengyao was successfully wound into the pit by Wei Lan, and was pulled out of the door by Youlan with an oiled paper bag.

Just now, he was afraid that Ji Feng would not accept it, so Wei Lan took one for Youlan and asked him to send it to Gu Yang's house.

According to the close relationship between the two families, one pack is definitely missing.

Wei Lan took out two packs of each of them, and picked out some of the small things that Wei's mother had prepared, and finally packed up a big bag.

took the bamboo basket and put it away separately, Wei Lan didn't look back and said, "When it gets dark, you can send them to Brother Yang's house!" Let them try the pastries, milk powder, malt milk essence, I also packed a little, and let Brother Yang brew it for Fang Xia and the child to drink, which is good for the body. ”

Gu Chao didn't know when he stood behind her, she put it in the bamboo basket, and he took it out, "It's okay to take one or two packets of pastries, just milk powder and malt milk essence, you give too much, they can't feel at ease, they have to find a way to return it." ”

The malt milk essence supply and marketing cooperatives can still buy it, a can of five yuan, and it is not easy to get non-staple food rolls, and there are few ordinary families who can afford to drink it, so the Wei family has such conditions, and they are willing to spend money, so they bought a few cans for Wei Lan to use for some relationships.

Not to mention milk powder, it is a rare commodity, and it is expensive to ask for milk powder tickets.

Gu Chao originally wanted to say that a can of malt milk essence would do, but he was afraid that Wei Lan would not give up, so he brought milk powder.

Wei Lan pondered for a moment, feeling that what Gu Chao said made sense, "In this way, each pastry is packed with a pack, a can of malt milk essence, and a bag of milk powder, is this okay?" Will it be too little? ”

Wei Lan twisted her eyebrows and fell into a dilemma.

I want to take more things, but I am afraid that it will cause pressure on Gu Yang when the time comes, as Gu Chao said, and I will return the favor with an equivalent gift or something......

She didn't think there were any of these things, but for Gu Yang and them, both in terms of meaning and price, they were not trivial.

The little girl's dark and slender brows frowned, full of sorrow, and Gu Chao's fingertips tapped on the center of her eyebrows, "Four packets of pastries, a can of malt milk essence, or a single bag of milk powder." ”

"Just one serving of milk powder? This, how can this work? Wei Lan frowned and exclaimed.

Gu Chao's voice was faint, and he couldn't refuse, "Then four packs of pastries, a can of malt cream, and keep the rest for you to drink, if there are still people who want to send things, I will go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy some brown sugar." ”

The implication is that these things, except for Wei Lan, who keep them for himself to eat and drink, are not allowed to give them to others.

"How can there be someone like you? Wrapped in or not wrapped out, stingy ghost! Stingy! Wei Lan's peach blossom eyes were round, her teeth and claws were dancing, and she couldn't wait to scratch Gu Chao's face twice.

This silly girl, there should not be a second person in the world, who will push all the good things to others without reservation, without soft-heartedness, and with remembrance.

Gu Chao twisted his eyebrows, solemnly encircled the person in his arms, and reasoned seriously, "It's not stingy, we have to be tight to ourselves, and then take care of others when we have spare energy, so that we are good for ourselves and others, you know?" ”

Helping is a gesture between family members, but blindly helping is not good.

It may weaken family affection, lead to deterioration of the relationship, and also limit the growth and progress of the other person.

Wei Lan quieted down, a little understanding what Gu Chao meant, but she still couldn't help muttering, "Then I'm not...... Doesn't it look like Brother Yang's family has a good relationship with his family...... They're having a hard time, and I want to help them. ”

"I know." Gu Chao sighed and stroked the top of her hair, "I always know." ”

Wei Lan thought, he understood.

The hard chin was against Wei Lan's neck and gently rubbed and coaxed, "It's already changing." ”

The batch of fabrics brought back a year ago was basically all taken off, and Gu Yang helped him buy it, and took seventy or eighty yuan from the dividend.

Seventy or eighty yuan doesn't seem like much, but in these years, a large family of strong workers work hard, only work and don't eat, and they may not be able to save so much money in a year or two.

At present, the living conditions of Gu Yang's family have changed qualitatively.

This is only for now, and it will be better in the future.

Wei Lan was silent, and Gu Chao said again: "In a few days, I have to go to the sea market again."

"Again?" Wei Lan's eyes widened in disbelief and straightened up from his arms.

Gu Chao nodded and said lightly: "Well, before spring ploughing."

Spring plowing and farming are special periods, as long as it is not a dead person's business, even if the commune comes to raise people, or gets married and has children, Gu Sande may not be willing to let people go.

Especially this year, I have to do that sunflower project, but I am afraid that time and manpower will be tighter.

He also had to hurry up and get things done.

At noon, someone from the county public security bureau drove a car over, Gu Chao glanced at it from a distance, Yanyi was also among them, and then turned back to get something.

One box, two packs of snacks.

Everything was handed over to Gu Chao, afraid that he would have another conflict with Yanyi, Wei Lan pursed his lips and added a sentence, "Come back early, I, I still have work for you to do." ”

"Okay, I'll go back."

……

There is sun outside the house, and when there is no wind, sit in the courtyard and bask in the sun.

Wei Lan stretched and threw the changed cotton jacket into the basin, soaking the cold well water with the hot water boiling from the small stove.

The soap that had just been brought from the house to wash clothes was put down, Wei Lan just squatted down, picked up the sleeves of the absorbent cotton jacket and didn't start rubbing it, and a shadow pressed over his head.

She wrinkled her eyebrows and raised her head, Gu Chao, who had just gone out for a while, had already returned.

In addition, at the door of the kitchen in the backyard, there was a tall man standing, dressed in a capable blue military uniform, with a bronze belt buckle that bound the waist thinly, and the strong waist was perfectly displayed.

Wei Lan unconsciously let out a "uh" and hesitantly cast his gaze on Gu Chao.

What's the situation?

It's not a matter of a day or two that these two men don't do it right, and if they don't do it against each other this time, it's ......

Unexpectedly, he brought people into the house?

"I heard that Deputy Bureau Yan is on his birthday today, seeing that he is a lonely old man and pitiful, please come to the family for a meal." The corners of Gu Chao's mouth bent, and he said the most poisonous words gently.

Lonely, lonely?

Old man?

Yan Yi's breath stagnated, and he glared at Gu Chao's back in front of him with a straight face, and the green tendons on his forehead were convex.

"Soak it first, I'll wash it later." Gu Chao didn't hear it, bowed down and took the padded jacket in Wei Lan's hand and threw it back into the basin, "What do you have to watch and do at home?" I had two drinks with him. ”

As he spoke, Gu Chao had already led Wei Lan to the house.

The kitchen door was so wide that Yan Yi stood there blocking most of the place, and there was only a small gap left.

Gu Chao leaned sideways, Wei Lan was led by him, and he also walked sideways.

Just casually raised his head, and under Shang Yanyi's deep eyebrows, those deep eyes that seemed to hide a thousand words, Wei Lan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly looked away.

Her intuition told her that the peace in front of her was not peace, but a battlefield without gunsmoke.

There are still a lot of dishes left over for the Chinese New Year, and there are still a lot of leftover fish and meat marinated in Grandma Gu's fish balls soaked in water.

Wei Lan neatly fried a few appetizers, remembering what Gu Chao said, today is Yanyi's birthday, she put a plate of dim sum on a separate plate and put it down in Yanyi's hand.

If you don't have cake, let's replace it with dim sum!

"Happy Birthday!"

Wei Lan pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes shattered with stars, exuding a warm halo.

"Hmm." Yan Yi's thin lips pursed lightly, and his throat rolled, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and his voice was extremely hoarse, "At home...... Are Chief Wei and Auntie all right? ”

"Mom and Dad."

"How is Comrade Wei Lin? Are you still in good health? ”

"My brother is also very good, and his health has improved significantly...... When I went back, he had just confirmed his relationship with Song Qi, and it shouldn't be long before the news of the marriage came out. ”

Speaking of the family in Beijing, Wei Lan's peach blossom eyes curled, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

After a while, she looked at Yanyi seriously, sincere in her words and deeds, "They all remember you." ”

Yanyi's body trembled slightly, and lowered his eyes.

Of course, he knew that Chief Wei and Mother Wei remembered him.

Wei Lin couldn't join the army due to physical reasons, Wei Xueliang pinned more effort and expectations on Yanyi, which is why Yanyi was so young at the beginning, but in just a few years, he was able to climb all the way to the position of cavalry company commander from a young recruit to the position of commander of a cavalry company, and even the current deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.

In the army, Yanyi is not the only one who has strength, his strength can only occupy a small part, and more is luck and Wei Xueliang's support.

It took a lot of effort, and sometimes, he was even treated like a parent......

How is it possible not to be concerned?

It's just that Yan Yi can't leave the bureau because of something on the one hand, and on the other hand, because of the matter with Wei Lan, he hasn't thought about how to face the Wei family.

Like him, they all love the squeamish girl they once were.

How would you feel if you knew that the person in front of you was not your own daughter?

Yan Yi wouldn't be ruthless enough to tell the truth and make everyone suffer with him, but he couldn't do it with his eyes open and see the Wei family treating the current Wei Lan as a treasure, and that once squeamish girl, silently, disappeared from this world when no one knew......

Yan Yi glanced at Wei Lan deeply and lowered his head without saying a word.

But what did she do wrong?

No one wants to be replaced, and no one wants to be a substitute for someone else.

The kitchen fell silent, Wei Lan looked at Yan Yi at a loss, and then turned his head to look at Gu Chao, his eyes full of hesitation, not understanding which of his words was wrong.

Gu Chao shook his head lightly to signal that she didn't care, stretched out his big hand, and filled the wine cup for Yanyi, "Eat and drink at the same time." ”

"Hmm." Yan Yi said as if he didn't respond, pinched the small wine cup and drank it all.

At the end, with a "bang", Yanyi still put down the wine cup and said with a smile: "Thirteen pieces of Jingkou Daqu? You're willing to do it. ”

Gu Chaojian stretched his eyebrows and said with a light smile: "There are rare guests at home, and it is not okay if you are reluctant."

After that, he filled the Yanyi wine cup again.

This time, he didn't drink like the first cup, but took a sip, his serious expression eased, and he also showed a little cheerful smile, and glanced at Gu Chao obliquely, "Don't pull the shrimp skin for me, if I catch your handle one day, I will still catch you squatting." ”

(End of chapter)