My Courtyard Refuge

: The Peninsula

In a blink of an eye, Friday came again, and the news of the flu outbreak finally appeared on TV. The official preventive measures were to go out as little as possible, wear masks and wash hands frequently.

As for disinfection measures, due to the shortage of supplies, they have not been promoted on a large scale.

After get off work, Xu Dong drove to the station to pick up Ma Lingling and her brother. They agreed that they would come over this weekend.

In the car, Xu Dong explained with a smile: “Lingling, Xiaoxu, your grandma can’t go there for the time being. I’ll take you to the new house, but they and grandpa both live here.”

“Uncle, my mother told us that the flu is very serious now, my cousin and the others really need to pay attention.” Ma Lingling expressed her understanding.

“Well, do many people in your school catch a cold?”

“Of course there are too many. I also caught a cold a few days ago, but after taking the medicine for two days, I was fine, and I didn’t even ask for sick leave.” Ma Lingling replied.

Xu Dong asked concerned: “Is there nothing wrong with your body?”

“Fortunately, it’s the same as the common cold, but it’s easy to sweat when you sleep at night.”

“Xiao Xu, how about you, are you not infected?”

Ma Xu proudly said: “I wear a mask every day, so I’m fine.”

Xu Dong smiled and said nothing.

In the densely populated environment of the school, it is useless to wear any mask. The eldest nephew probably got it earlier, and his body already has immunity.

Back in the Sanheyuan community, parked the car, and Xu Dong led the siblings directly into the door.

“Coco, Lele, who do you see coming?”

“Cousin, Xiaoxu, you are here.” Lele said in surprise.

Xu Dong corrected with a straight face: “Xiao Xu is older than the two of you, you two should be called ‘cousin’, how can you just call him by your nickname!”

“Biao Xu…Brother…”

At Xu Dong’s request, the twins cried out reluctantly.

Ma Xu looked excited.

“Lingling, watch them order for me, my uncle will go back and bring you dinner.” Before going out, Xu Dong ordered.

“Don’t worry, old uncle.” Ma Lingling agreed.

“By the way, cook the rice at half past six. There is rice in the kitchen. Two bowls of rice are enough.”

“got it.”

Xu Dong nodded and went out again.

When they came to the courtyard, Xu’s mother had already prepared the meals. Knowing that Ma Lingling’s sister and brother were coming, she specially prepared two hot pots for dinner.

One is seafood hot pot, the other is air-dried chicken hot pot, and there is a big bag of side dishes.

Back at the new house again, Ma Lingling had already cooked the rice, then started the hot pot again, and finally waited for Dad Xu to come back to start the meal.

In less than ten minutes, Dad Xu came back, and the family sat around the dining room for dinner.

“Lingling, Xiaoxu, this is tuna meat, you two should try it more.” Dad Xu gave the siblings a piece of fish with chopsticks.

Ma Lingling picked up a piece of fish and blew it, then put it in her mouth, “Hiss, it’s delicious, so tuna tastes like this.”

“Cousin, Dad bought a very big tuna back, and the head is as big as this.”

Lele opened his hands and drew a big circle.

“That must weigh several hundred catties?” Ma Lingling asked in surprise.

Ke Ke rushed to answer: “I know, I know, it’s four hundred and eighty catties, my father told me it himself.”

Knowing that there was no shortage of fish in her uncle’s house, Ma Lingling completely let go, and she cooked two large plates of fish fillets by herself, and she was almost full, and she didn’t even touch the fruit after the meal.

After the meal, Ma Lingling rushed to wash the dishes, and then everyone sat on the sofa, chatting about household chores and watching TV.

Recently, a big news happened in the world, that is, a civil war broke out in the developed country of Southern Dynasties, which shocked many people in the country.

But think about it carefully, the land area of ​​the Southern Dynasties is not large, but with 50 million citizens, the pressure is indeed not small.

In addition, the Southern Dynasties are still a country with extremely poor energy resources. There are almost no fossil energy reserves in its territory, and coal, oil and natural gas are all highly dependent on imports.However, the current international environment has made it difficult for countries like the Southern Dynasties. In many cases, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy energy.

Father Xu said with emotion: “The Southern Dynasty is in chaos, and the peninsula may really be unified.”

“Impossible.” Xu Dong shook his head and said, “Bei Chao can hardly take care of himself, how can he have the time to take care of Nan Chao?”

“Really, you said it’s fine, why is there a civil war?” Dad Xu was very puzzled.

Ma Lingling interrupted: “Grandpa, our history teacher just talked about this this morning. It seems that the plutocrats of the Southern Dynasty broke down with the authorities. Neither side is willing to make concessions. In the end, they can only fight each other.”

“Then did your teacher say that that side can win?” Xu Dong asked with a smile.

“The strengths of the two sides are similar. Our teacher guessed that it should be a stalemate, and neither can eliminate the other.”

Xu Dong praised: “I didn’t see it, your teacher is pretty good!”

According to the memories of his previous life, this civil war lasted for three or four years on and off. Finally, because of the establishment of the Asian League, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

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===Section 117===

Sister Ma Lingling stayed for a weekend and was about to go back. This time, they also brought a large bag of vegetables, 20 eggs and a piece of frozen fish weighing more than 20 kilograms.

After getting off the high-speed rail, a staff member at the station looked at the siblings with big bags and said enthusiastically:

“Lingling, Xiaoxu, are you going to your grandma’s house again?”

“Yeah!” Ma Lingling smiled and nodded, this is my mother’s colleague, “Aunt Lu, do you know where my mother is?”

“Come on, Auntie will take you through the staff passage.”

After going around and around, Ma Lingling and her brother finally saw their mother.

“Old Xu, your family Lingling and Xiaoxu have returned from Yanjing.” Sister Lu shouted loudly.

Xu Ting quickly thanked her, and at the same time, in order to express her gratitude, she took the luggage bag from her daughter, and then took out a handful of celery from the bag and stuffed it to the other party.

“Stir fry tonight.”

“What’s this for?” Sister Lu accepted it after pretending to decline, and kept muttering: “Forget it this time, but it can’t be like this next time.”

After dismissing Sister Lu, Xu Ting led a pair of children to the rest area.

Ma Xu asked puzzledly: “Mom, what you adults say doesn’t count. Aunt Lu obviously said the same thing last week. Why did you take our vegetables this time?”

“What do you know at a young age!”

“Brother, this is called human relationship.”

“Okay, how is your grandma’s house?” Xu Ting asked.

“Alright!” Ma Lingling whispered to her mother, “Mom, my brother-in-law got a five-hundred-jin tuna, and grandma gave us twenty catties. The fish is in my backpack.”

“Really?” Xu Ting’s eyes lit up, and she urged, “Show me quickly.”

Ma Lingling took off her backpack, and then gently opened the zipper. It took more than half an hour, but the fish hadn’t thawed much, and it was still hard.

Xu Ting reached out and touched it, with a happy smile on her face. Such a large piece of meat was enough for their family to eat for a month.