Chapter 85 Visiting Comrades 1

Unexpectedly, Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu were not at home, Feng Qingxue and Lu Jiang could only leave with regret and go to find Lu Jiang's comrade-in-arms.

Lu Jiang's comrade-in-arms was named Chen Ming, who was ten years older than Lu Jiang and was once Lu Jiang's old squad leader.

Now, Chen Ming lives in the county town, and his home is not far from Aunt Zhao's home.

On the way to find him, Lu Jiang told Feng Qingxue about Chen Ming's deeds.

Eight years ago, a battle caused Chen Ming to lose an arm and had to retire. After demobilization, he was assigned to work at the Grain Management Office with his military merits on the battlefield, and he was the director.

This is a lucrative job known to everyone, and he is respected by people in the surrounding area.

Chen Ming's parents died in the troubled times. He grew up eating food from hundreds of families. He was smart and clever since he was a child. Lu's father met him by chance and admired him very much, so he sponsored him to go to school. Chen Ming joined the army at the age of 18. A few years later, someone introduced him to a revolutionary partner, but he did not agree. Instead, he asked for leave when the army passed by his hometown and went back home to marry Xiaohong, the granddaughter of the old couple who often gave him food.

When he married Xiaohong, Lu's father also gave her a generous gift.

Shortly after the marriage, because the situation was tense at the time, Chen Ming followed the army again. Xiaohong waited for him at home for five years until he was injured and retired. Only then did they live a stable life. Now the couple has two sons, one seven years old and the other three years old.

Lu's father was kind to Chen Ming, and Chen Ming was grateful. In recent years, Wanglou Brigade has always been much easier to pay public grain than other brigades.

Feng Qingxue listened and said only one sentence: "A family that accumulates good will surely have more blessings."

If it weren't for the kindness of the Lu family back then, there would be no Wang Zhengguo and Chen Ming and others now. Without the latter's protection, the lives of Lu's father and his two grandsons would only be more difficult.

Lu Jiang smiled slightly, "There are many people who are grateful, and there are also many people who are ungrateful."

After saying this, they happened to pass by a state-owned restaurant. Lu Jiang went in to get food coupons and money to buy a few pounds of noodles.

The restaurant made two batches of two-piece flour pancakes today, which were limited in supply. Lu Jiang bought ten.

"It's almost eleven o'clock now. The old squad leader will definitely invite us to have lunch. Although the old squad leader is the director of the grain management office and will not be unable to entertain us, we still have to bring our own rations. Besides, the old squad leader's family depends on the old squad leader's salary alone, and they have to support two boys. That little supply may not be enough to live on. We don't need to let them squeeze food out of their teeth."

After hearing this, Feng Qingxue smiled and said, "It should be."

She said this, but she was very surprised in her heart. It turns out that in this era, guests need to bring their own rations!

Thinking of this, Feng Qingxue secretly felt lucky that she used to carry a backpack when she went out, but now she carried the military green canvas shoulder bag that Lu Jiang gave her, and she used to put some food in the bag. So when she arrived at Chen Ming's house, in addition to the noodles, sesame cakes, and trough cakes that Lu Jiang carried, she took out two apples of poor quality, a bag of spiced peanuts, and a bag of broad bean flowers from the shoulder bag.

The things she took when she went to the Lu family to recognize the door, now taking them out would only make people think that she still had these things in her hands.

Lu Jiang raised his eyebrows, always feeling that his wife was so mysterious that he wanted to explore more.

"Stinky boy, it's enough for people to come, why do you take so many things?" Chen Ming patted Lu Jiang's shoulder with his left hand, and his square face was full of a bright smile.

It can be seen that Chen Ming was very happy to see Lu Jiang, and his eyes narrowed into a slit.