Before dawn the next day, Lu Yao felt someone helping her up and dressing her up. She felt sore all over, thinking it must be Duan Mingjie, so she ignored her and fell asleep again without opening her eyes.
Duan Mingjie smiled fondly, patiently put on her pants and sandals, bent down and took her arm, letting her wrap her arms around his neck, then picked her up like a child and walked out.
Lu Yao lay on Duan Mingjie's shoulder, sleeping particularly soundly.
At around five o'clock, Duan Mingjie carried Lu Yao to the foot of the Great Wall.
He patted Lu Yao's back and coaxed softly, "Daughter-in-law, we are here."
Lu Yao opened her eyes drowsily and found herself in a strange place. She panicked for a moment, but felt relieved when she saw Duan Mingjie.
She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, her voice a little sweet, "Where is this?"
Duan Mingjie looked not far away and said to her, "The Great Wall."
Hearing this, Lu Yao followed his gaze and her eyes lit up instantly.
It’s really the Great Wall!
Lu Yao patted his shoulder excitedly, "Put me down quickly."
Duan Mingjie looked at her with a smile, "Are you sure you can leave?"
After realizing what he meant, Lu Yao blushed and whispered.
"I can leave, please let me down."
Duan Mingjie slowly let her down and took her hand with his big hand.
Lu Yao looked at the winding Badaling Great Wall and her heart surged.
In her previous life, she rarely went out after following Duan Mingjie to the capital, because she was too weak and couldn't walk very far, but Duan Mingjie still carried her once.
Today is a return trip to the old place.
"Are you sure you can leave?" Duan Mingjie asked again.
Lu Yao looked at the backpack behind him, which they just bought yesterday, "You can't leave, and you can't carry me on your back."
Looking at the heavy backpack, I guess it contains a lot of things.
"I won't carry you, how did you get here?"
As long as you are willing to carry it, there is always a way.
Lu Yao shook his arm, "I don't want you to carry it, it only makes sense to climb up by yourself!"
With that said, he pulled Duan Mingjie and walked towards the Great Wall.
An hour later, Lu Yao sat down on the steps, grunting from exhaustion.
"I can't walk!"
Duan Mingjie squatted down next to her, opened his backpack, took out a piece of paper and placed it on the ground, "Sit here."
Lu Yao was too lazy to press her butt, but thinking about her pants, she moved over resignedly.
"Why didn't you put a dress on for me?"
After receiving his wife's complaint, Duan Mingjie pinched her face lovingly and said, "It's not convenient to wear a skirt while climbing the Great Wall. It's windy here. What should I do if my skirt blows up?"
Lu Yao said oh, obviously not very happy.
I didn’t dress beautifully when I went out to play.
But Duan Mingjie is right, it is indeed not suitable to wear skirts when climbing the Great Wall.
Duan Mingjie took out a small water glass, opened the cap and handed it to her, "Take a few sips first."
Lu Yao took it and drank several gulps.
Duan Mingjie's eyes moved, and he wanted to speak to stop him, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything.
After taking a few sips, I realized that they didn’t necessarily bring much water, and it was inconvenient to relieve themselves here.
Lu Yao quickly handed the water glass to Duan Mingjie, "Drink some too."
Duan Mingjie didn't drink, so he closed the lid tightly and was about to put it back.
Lu Yao held his hand and said, "Drink."
You must be thirsty after sweating so much.
Duan Mingjie smiled and said, "I'm not thirsty."
"That's nonsense. I'm dying of thirst. Take a few sips or I'll get angry."
Duan Mingjie was helpless, "Daughter-in-law, there is only so much tea, and it will be gone after drinking it. It's not even seven o'clock, so we have to save some for a while."
"Then you can't be thirsty. There will be a soda seller in a while. When you finish drinking, just buy a soda."
Duan Mingjie: "Is there really a soda shop?"
Lu Yao nodded, "Of course."
In the previous life, Duan Mingjie carried her up and down again. He was covered in sweat. They didn't prepare much water. Fortunately, they met a soda seller.
Afraid that he wouldn't believe it, Lu Yao said, "My uncle has been here before, he told me so."
Duan Mingjie: "Then wait until you see the soda seller. What I got is an apple. Eating an apple is the same."
With that said, Duan Mingjie took out two washed apples and handed one to Lu Yao.
Looking at the clean apples, Lu Yao suddenly felt that Duan Mingjie had the potential to be a father. She would probably not be too tired if they had children in the future.
After eating the apple, Duan Mingjie brought her another bag of instant noodles.
Lu Yao couldn't laugh or cry, "How many things did you take?"
It's like magic.
"I brought the remaining four bags of instant noodles and some snacks. You shouldn't be hungry."
It was his first time to climb the Great Wall, and he didn't know if there were any restaurants nearby. It didn't matter if he was hungry all day, but he couldn't starve his wife.
Lu Yao unpacked the instant noodles, broke them in half and handed them to Duan Mingjie, "I can't finish it by myself, let's eat it together."
Just when Duan Mingjie said that he was not hungry, Lu Yao stuffed instant noodles into his mouth.
The two of them finished eating and rested for a while before continuing to move forward.
After eight o'clock, there were gradually more and more people, including people climbing the Great Wall, selling soda drinks, selling chicken cakes, and selling candied haws.
Duan Mingjie bought five bags of soda and drank two bags in a short while.
Lu Yao pursed her lips, but she didn't open her mouth to say anything.
Because there is no point in saying it, he always takes care of her first and then himself.
When he was full, Lu Yao pointed to the candied haws seller not far away, "Duan Mingjie, I want to eat that."
"Okay, you wait for me here, I'll buy it."
Lu Yao nodded obediently, "Okay."
Duan Mingjie bought three candied haws and gave her two. Lu Yao took one in each hand. It was sour and sweet, "It's delicious."
Duan Mingjie wiped the syrup from the corner of her mouth, "If it's delicious, eat more. I'll buy you two more when I go back soon."
The two of them ate and drank all the way, and they only made it three-quarters of the way up at around ten o'clock.
Lu Yao couldn't walk any more, so the two of them sat down to rest. Duan Mingjie took out a piece of cardboard from his bag and fanned the two of them.
Lu Yao tilted her head and looked at Duan Mingjie, "Do you know Queen Mother Xuan?"
Duan Mingjie stopped fanning and raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yao held her small face with her fair hands and winked at Duan Mingjie, "I heard that Queen Mother Xuan flirted with men on the Great Wall. I don't know whether it's true or not."
Duan Mingjie wanted to laugh, but held back, "Daughter-in-law, do you want to imitate Queen Mother Xuan?"
Lu Yao put down her hand, "That's not true. Queen Mother Xuan has many men. I only want you."
Duan Mingjie picked up his fan and tapped her head gently, "Naughty."
Lu Yao shook her head, very happy.
After a while, Lu Yao asked, "Duan Mingjie, must we have made more than five thousand this time."
Duan Mingjie nodded, "More than 5,100. Excluding our recent consumption, we still have about 5,500 in hand."
Lu Yao looked at him, "I want to discuss something with you."
"What's going on?"
"I want to buy a house in the capital."
Hearing this, Duan Mingjie was stunned.
"Daughter-in-law, you, you mean, buy it in the capital?"
Lu Yao nodded, "I think the development prospects in Beijing are better."
She couldn't tell Duan Mingjie that housing and land prices in Beijing would skyrocket in the future.
Duan Mingjie frowned, "Daughter-in-law, it's not that I don't want to, I just think that what can we do if we are here?"
In Duanjia Village, they are members of the commune and have work points, so they will not starve to death.
But in the capital, it’s useless no matter how much money they make, because food, clothing, housing and transportation require stamps. The food stamps they use for meals these days are national food stamps sent by their daughter-in-law’s family, which can support them in the short term and long-term. Time just doesn’t work.
