1990s: Spring Water Family

Chapter 126 Childhood Memories: The Little Girl Who Tried Picking Mulberry Leaves...

"Eat, eat, I'm really going to starve to death if I don't eat."

Finally, it was time to eat. Everyone perked up and gathered around the table, drawn by the aroma of the food.

"Xi Yu, eat more vegetables."

"Braised pork knuckle is Xiao Zhou's specialty, it tastes really good. Xiao Bin has loved it since he was little. You should eat more too. Girls shouldn't diet, it's better to be a little chubby."

Grandma Fu was in high spirits and kept piling food onto Lin Xiyu's plate, which soon became a small mountain.

"belch."

Lin Xiyu felt embarrassed to refuse Grandma Fu's kindness, and sure enough, she ate until she was stuffed.

At the end of the meal, I covered my mouth and let out a satisfied burp.

"hehe."

Gu Bin looked at her blushing ears and embarrassed expression, and let out a pleasant laugh.

-

At 2 p.m., the officer in charge of distributing the pensions delivered the paper documents, and it was time for the group to say goodbye and leave.

Grandma Fu saw them off at the door, watching the young men and women ride their bicycles until they disappeared from sight before reluctantly turning her gaze away.

"Your grandparents are much easier to get along with than I expected."

Lin Xiyu couldn't help but sigh, "Before I came here, I thought your grandfather was a senior officer who had served in the army his whole life, so he must be very dignified. I didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to, which is completely different from his appearance."

That's for you.

Gu Bin didn't mind revealing his grandfather's secrets at all: "He's not like that with other people. Didn't you see that Liu Feng? He's like a mouse seeing a cat when he sees Grandpa. He's terrified of him from the bottom of his heart. That's how outsiders normally behave when they see the old man."

"It seems I still benefited from my father's influence."

Lin Xiyu's feelings at this moment were completely different from before. When she mentioned her father, she was no longer sad, but full of gratitude: "If I weren't the child of a martyr, I wouldn't have caught his eye so easily, and he would have valued me so much and been willing to support me."

"This is the fate."

Gu Bin earnestly tried to deceive people: "Sometimes you can't help but believe in fate. From the moment you're born, God has already arranged your destiny. You can't escape the fate that's destined for you."

"I have a question?"

Lin Xiyu suddenly turned the car around and moved closer to him, her big eyes blinking as she looked at him with great curiosity.

"What do you want to ask?"

Gu Bin's eyelids twitched; he felt a little uneasy under her gaze.

We're the same age, right?

Lin Xiyu smiled leisurely.

"Yes."

Gu Bin was baffled.

I don't know why she suddenly asked that?

“I lived here until I was eight years old.”

Lin Xiyu didn't let him guess, and continued, "You were also in the compound back then, did you see me?"

"hiss."

Gu Bin gasped, a rare hint of embarrassment creeping across his face.

I have seen it, I really have seen it.

Back then, she was thin and small, with dry and yellow hair, looking like an ugly duckling, and had no attractive charm whatsoever.

He really didn't care about her.

How to answer?
To be honest, I'll probably get beaten up!

He doesn't dare!
-

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing that he didn't react for a long time, Lin Xiyu glared at him with some dissatisfaction: "I've seen you, or I haven't. Is it that hard to answer?"

"I've seen it."

Gu Bin's brain cells raced, and he finally made a choice before his girlfriend lost her temper.

"You've really seen me before?"

Lin Xiyu's eyes lit up, and she instantly perked up: "When did this happen? Where did you see it?"

"You answer first, have you seen me before?"

Gu Bin cleverly countered, "I'll answer you again."

"Me?"

Lin Xiyu choked, then looked away guiltily.

She had naturally met him before; he was Old Master Fu's grandson, and had been the center of attention since childhood.

He's handsome and smart, like a spotlight with its own generator; it's hard not to notice him.

"Feeling guilty?"

Gu Bin saw through her little scheme at a glance, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that you had designs on me back then. You really are a cowardly little flirt. You've had a crush on me for so long, but you didn't dare to confess. You really wasted such a good opportunity that God gave you."

"You were quite arrogant back then."

Lin Xiyu recalled the past and found it funny: "I didn't actually like you, I just thought you were a bit special, smart and arrogant, and different from other kids."

"Intelligent people are all arrogant."

Gu Bin showed no sign of modesty whatsoever.

This person is truly exceptionally arrogant!
Lin Xiyu blinked, both amused and exasperated by the man's narcissism.

"I've already said I met you when I was a child. Now it's your turn to answer: have you ever met me or not?"

"See, pass".

Under his girlfriend's death stare, Gu Bin had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"You've really seen it?"

Lin Xiyu's eyes lit up: "When did this happen? I don't remember it?"

Do you remember?

Gu Bin carefully chose his words: "When you were a child, you raised silkworms. You sneaked into a military restricted area to pick mulberry leaves, but the soldiers on duty spotted you. You were so scared that you fell off the mulberry tree, scraped your knee, and lay on the ground crying loudly."

"what?"

Lin Xiyu's ears turned red, and she subconsciously denied it: "Is that so? I don't remember it?"

“An officer happened to be passing by and drove you to the clinic.”

Gu Bin, mindful of her feelings, offered an excuse for her: "You were young then, and you were frightened. It's normal that you forgot about it afterward."

"I'd completely forgotten about something so embarrassing."

Lin Xiyu's ears turned bright red with embarrassment: "How did you know?"

"That officer is my father."

Gu Bin didn't give her any more chances to argue and bluntly revealed the truth: "I was also in that car at the time, sitting in the front. You were so busy crying that you didn't see me."

"quack"

Lin Xiyu was disillusioned, as a flock of crows flew overhead, screeching.

This was completely different from her imagined childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree.

She would rather he had never seen her than see her like this.

How embarrassing! If she had a time machine, she would definitely go back in time and tell her foolish self not to sneak into a military restricted area to steal a few mulberry leaves again.

Even if you get caught and fall from the tree, don't cry like a fool and make a fool of yourself.

-

"Actually, you look quite cute like that."

Gu Bin suppressed a laugh and deliberately comforted her: "Although you fell badly, you are a delicate little girl, crying with tears streaming down your face. You look so pitiful. My dad just felt sorry for you and didn't want to scold you anymore, so he drove you to the clinic."

"really?"

Lin Xiyu subconsciously believed his words, which made her feel somewhat better.

"real."

Gu Bin nodded seriously: "That's when I remembered you. I was very impressed with you."

How could I not remember the silly way she cried!

Lin Xiyu understood the underlying meaning from his fleeting, teasing gaze.

Extreme shame spurred her to take a gamble, almost like she was ready to throw caution to the wind: "To be able to make my appearance in this way, and to be remembered by the most admired genius boy, means my fall wasn't in vain."

"hehe."

Gu Bin was amused by her smug little expression, and a pleasant laugh escaped his throat.

The 13th Flight Squadron.

A fighter jet roared down from the sky, deployed its drag chute the instant it touched down, and glided rapidly across the tarmac for a distance before landing smoothly.

The fighter jet taxied to its parking position, the cockpit door opened, and Fu Zheng took off his helmet and climbed down the ladder.

"Wow, Zheng Ge is so handsome."

After returning from the shooting range, Wu Meng became a loyal fan of Fu Zheng.

Watching the handsome young man slowly approaching, gleaming in the sunlight as if plated with gold, I couldn't help but swoon.

Li Liang couldn't bear to look at her, so he subconsciously put some distance between himself and her, pretending not to know her.

"When I grow up, I want to be a pilot too."

Xu Yi also shouted in his small voice, and at this moment, his life's ideal had another option: becoming a pilot.

The little guy gets into every new job he tries, changing jobs three times a day.

Lin Xiyu was already used to it; she let it go in one ear and out the other, pretending she hadn't heard it.

"Big brother, haven't you ever thought about having your swan come to the tarmac to watch you train?"

When his older brother came closer, Gu Bin teased him with a smile: "You're at your most charming right now, bursting with hormones. Any woman would be completely captivated and unable to extricate herself. Propose now, and you'll be 100% successful."

"I wish she wouldn't come."

Fu Zheng remained silent for a few seconds, then smiled with relief: "Forget it, stop arguing with me. Let's go, I'll take you on a plane."

"Is it really possible?"

"I'm so excited."

"I want to sit in the cockpit."

"You sit in the cockpit, and Brother Zheng sits there?"

"You absolutely mustn't cause any trouble on the plane. Falling from the sky is no joke; it can really kill someone."

"Uh, I was just kidding. You really think I would dare? Once the plane takes off, I might get dizzy and throw up like crazy."

"Let's make this clear first: if you're going to throw up, then do it after you get off the plane. If you dare to throw up in the cabin, we'll throw you off the plane."

-

The boys and girls followed Fu Zheng to the backup helipad, and were chatting enthusiastically when a horrifying scream shattered the cheerful atmosphere.

"Ah, a snake!"

A small green snake, about ten feet long, emerged from the grass, its body arched, and brazenly crossed the tarmac, crawling towards the grass on the other side.

Wu Meng was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost jumped up from the ground.

"Are there really snakes in the grass?"

Lin Xiyu looked at Gu Bin with shock and disbelief.

How daring must this person have been as a child to run into the grass alone to catch grasshoppers and have barbecue?

"What's so scary about a little green snake?"

Gu Bin didn't take it seriously. He bent down, grabbed the snake's tail with lightning speed, swung it around in his hand a few times, and threw it away.

The little green snake was so dizzy from being swung around that it convulsed violently a few times before collapsing limply to the ground.

"Is it dead?"

Wu Meng rubbed her arms a few times, shaking off goosebumps.

"No, she fainted."

Li Liang walked over, grabbed the little green snake by its neck, and lifted it up.

"What are you doing? It's disgusting, throw it away."

Wu Meng was so frightened that she jumped three feet away and kept her distance from him.

"Brother Zheng, what should we do with this snake?"

Wang Fan jokingly asked, "Simmer or braise?"

"Let's leave it to the logistics support staff."

Fu Zheng pointed to the staff patrolling the tarmac in pickup trucks.

"That gun is for shooting birds, right?"

Seeing the gun mounted on the vehicle, Li Liang guessed the pickup truck's purpose.

"Ah."

Wang Fan joked with a smile, "Those two guys are in for a treat; they'll have snake soup for dinner tonight."

"This little bit of meat isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap."

Li Liang threw the snake with all his might towards the pickup truck.

The pickup truck driver and he worked in perfect harmony, accelerating as they drove in and performing a beautiful drift, swinging the truck bed so that his colleague in the back, who was in charge of shooting birds, was caught in the crossfire.

His colleague caught the snake, tossed it into a sack, tied the sack shut, and saluted Fu Zheng.

Fu Zheng waved his hand dismissively and returned the salute.

"Wow, Zheng Ge is so handsome."

Unable to contain herself, Wu Meng's eyes sparkled again.

"Let's go, you won't look handsome in a minute."

Li Liang couldn't stand it anymore and dragged the person into the cabin: "If you can still be this energetic and infatuated when we get off the plane, you're something else."

"What do you mean? Don't look down on me, I definitely won't faint."

Wu Meng was unconvinced and grumbled in protest.

Soon, she ran out of energy to whimper.

Ideals are beautiful, and reality is very skinny.

The noise and turbulence of the Y-5 aircraft exceeded her expectations. Every turn in the air made her dizzy.

The initial excitement upon leaving the ground vanished; her face grew paler and paler, and her expression became increasingly listless.

As Li Liang had predicted, after getting off the plane, he rushed into the grass and vomited profusely.

"I never want to fly again."

Xu Yi was in a similar situation to her; her calves wobbled, and she could barely stand.

My dream of becoming a pilot was shattered after I only flew a few laps in the sky.

"I'm a little dizzy too."

Lin Xiyu was both amused and exasperated: "I really admire Brother Zheng. The physical fitness of pilots is truly unmatched by ordinary people."

"That's nothing compared to what's truly terrifying when you see them training."

Gu Bin pointed to the training ground: "See that windmill-like turntable over there? People stand on it, head up and feet down, and it spins around and around. It's incredibly fast, it makes you dizzy just watching it."

"what?"

Lin Xiyu exclaimed in surprise, "Standing on that and spinning around? Won't you fall?"

"Hurry up and you won't get away with it."

Gu Bin smiled jokingly: "But it has to be under the condition that you don't get dizzy."

"Oh my God."

Lin Xiyu's face changed color: "It's terrifying to even think about."

"We've rested enough, it's time to go."

Gu Bin smiled and said, "Didn't you want to catch cicadas? It's already past three o'clock. If we don't leave now, it will be too late, and we won't be able to get home before dark."

"I want to catch cicadas."

Xu Yi was suffering from severe motion sickness and desperately needed a cicada's throat to soothe his poor little heart.

"I can go now."

Not wanting to hold anyone back, Wu Meng forced herself to swallow back the mouthful of acid she was about to spit out, suppressing her nausea.

"Can you do it?"

Li Liang expressed his doubts: "Don't force yourself. Let them go first, and I'll stay with you and rest a little longer."

"No."

Wu Meng didn't want to be looked down upon, so she stubbornly insisted, "I'm fine now."

Before he could finish his sentence, he spat out another mouthful of acidic water.

Li Liang was caught off guard and was vomited all over by her.

Now that's bad, they can't leave even if they want to.