Li Mei came closer and recognized it: "Jiu'an, who am I talking about? Why are you standing at the door and not going in?"
Meng Jiu'an still respected Li Mei very much. When he first arrived in the military region, she and Deputy Battalion Commander Wang took good care of him. When he saw her coming, he replied:
"Sister-in-law, I just came back and I'm looking for the keys."
Li Mei laughed at him: "Look, you old soldiers are homeless and can't even find the keys."
As he spoke, he slapped the door: "Changle, open the door quickly, your Lao Meng is back!"
The familiarity in his tone made Meng Jiu'an a little surprised. It turned out that Yu Changle was not one-sidedly pestering Sister-in-law Li as he thought. The relationship between the two seemed to be really good?
"Huh? Haven't you come back yet?"
Li Mei knocked a few times and saw no movement, and handed the plate she was holding to Meng Jiuan: "Take it, yesterday Changle said he wanted to eat pancakes, and I baked some more tonight, so you two can eat them together!"
Seeing that Meng Jiu'an was still stunned, Li Mei thought for a while and said:
"Jiu'an, it's rare to see you. My sister-in-law will just say a few words. Don't be offended."
Only then did Meng Jiuan come to his senses and quickly took the plate: "Sister-in-law, tell me, if we do something wrong, just tell us and we will definitely correct it."
Li Mei smiled and shook her head, and said seriously:
"You and Chang Le are both good boys. My sister-in-law originally had misunderstandings about Chang Le, but after really getting along with her, I realized that she also has many advantages."
"As for you, let alone your character and abilities! But there is one thing, my sister-in-law has to remind you, you are still too serious."
"You should be serious when leading troops, but should you be serious in life as well? Not necessarily."
Seeing that Meng Jiu'an seemed to be listening attentively, Li Mei also wanted to bring the young couple into a more harmonious relationship, so she continued:
"When a couple lives together, they can't just look at each other's shortcomings and not see the other's advantages. There are no perfect people in the world!"
"Look, in order to support the family, Changle has to go out early and come back late these days. It's not easier than your training. Doesn't she work so hard to share some of the pressure of supporting the family with you?"
"For example, some time ago, when she was trying to take an order for work clothes, she was so busy that she didn't even have time to return home one day. She stayed at the customer's house overnight and rushed to make sample clothes, and then she successfully got the order."
"Tell me, is this hard for a little girl? Is it easy?"
Li Mei persuaded her earnestly, but she didn't know that the words she mentioned unintentionally made Meng Jiu'an's heart suddenly light up.
It turned out that no one in the family was like this that time. I didn't know that she had done so many things during this period of time, and she didn't just talk about work.
He knew that those two talkative women Liu Fang and Song Chunlan were slandering Yu Changle. Didn't he see how much Sister-in-law Li liked her?
Although he knew that Yu Changle did not make money to supplement her family's income, this did not affect the fact that she was working very hard and seriously.
Even Meng Jiu'an didn't notice it. The corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly, and the joy in his heart was almost beyond words.
Suddenly a familiar voice came: "Sister-in-law Li? Are you...waiting for me at the door?"
While Meng Jiu'an was thinking about it, Yu Changle came back on the last bus.
Li Mei was happy when she saw Yu Changle: "Aren't we waiting for you? Your Lao Meng can't find the key. If you don't come back, he will have to stand still!"
Seeing Yu Changle looking over in confusion, Meng Jiuan was a little embarrassed: "This is a pancake given by my sister-in-law."
When Yu Changle saw it, it turned out to be the scallion pancake he mentioned casually yesterday, and he burst into laughter:
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Li. Now I have breakfast for tomorrow morning. The scallion pancakes are so fragrant. I've been thinking about them for days!"
Li Mei squeezed her affectionately: "I want you to come home to eat. What diet meal do you insist on eating? If I don't cook it for you, you will definitely save money."
Yu Changle pretended to be arrogant and said: "Sister-in-law Li, you are the biggest stumbling block in my weight loss journey!"
Seeing the two people's closeness, Meng Jiu'an felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. He thought everyone in the courtyard was annoying Yu Changle.
After seeing Li Mei off, the two of them entered the house carrying scallion pancakes.
Yu Changle didn't expect Meng Jiu'an to come back again. Just when he was feeling puzzled, he also found his idea a bit funny:
This is someone else’s home, and they can come back whenever they want. How can you, a renter, still allow you to question me?
It's just that there was suddenly one more person in the usually empty home, and it was a man, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Since he couldn't find anything to say, Yu Changle simply pretended that he didn't exist, went back to his room, changed his clothes, and went to the yard to start his daily half-hour exercise.
Although Meng Jiu'an pretended to be calm and composed, he sat at the desk and read a book, but he didn't turn a page of the book in his hand for a long time.
Out of the corner of his eye, he accidentally saw Yu Changle coming out of the room again, changing into a pair of short-sleeved shorts. Just when he was thinking about seeing no evil, she actually opened the door and went out? !
Meng Jiu'an stood up and followed him out of the house in two or three steps. She would inevitably be criticized again if she walked out like this.
As soon as he reached the door, he was stunned.
In the small courtyard with the closed door, the moonlight poured dimly all over the place. Yu Changle's exposed arms and legs were white and tender, glowing softly under the moonlight.
With her back to Meng Jiu'an, she was doing warm-up exercises seriously, turning sideways and squatting up, doing every movement gracefully.
Suddenly turning around, Yu Changle discovered that Meng Jiu'an was standing at the door at some point.
She stopped and asked calmly: "Do you have a problem with me?"
Meng Jiu'an felt his face turn red, and the fever-like discomfort came back again.
He pursed his dry lips, and his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously:
"...Your warm-up routine is a bit substandard."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately asked himself why he was answering the question. Could it be that answering Yu Changle's question made him nervous? !
What a joke!
Yu Changle frowned and thought for a while, maybe Meng Jiu'an was more professional than himself in this regard.
So he humbly asked for advice: "Really? Tell me which movements are not standard, and I can improve them."
Meng Jiu'an wasn't just talking nonsense. The angle of Yu Changle's side just now was not enough, the muscles on his side were not fully stretched, and he didn't squat low enough.
Of course, this was him nitpicking Yu Changle based on his requirements for soldiers, but otherwise, he didn't know how to resolve the current embarrassment.
Yu Changle thought he was right, so he did as he said and asked:
"Is this so? Is this enough?"
Facing Yu Changle's question, Meng Jiu'an felt that his mouth was long in vain. His mouth was dry and he didn't know how to speak clearly. He simply walked over and held her hand and waist with one hand and said:
"Try to keep your lower body as still as possible, straighten your hands, and reach as far away as possible. The farther the better!"
As soon as he reached a position he was satisfied with, Meng Jiuan suddenly realized that his two hands were nakedly supporting Yu Changle's arms and waist!
There was a greasy feeling in his palm that frightened him!
If a third person were there to see it at this moment, they would undoubtedly say that the two of them seemed to be hugging each other!
