Raising Babies in the 70s

by Usui Takumii

not mine, wordrain69. Also at ao3.

3. 41 to 60

There were new people in the house nearby, and many people secretly observed the movements of the Lu family.

They first noticed Lu Yan who was going in and out. Such a tall and handsome man appeared in a family's courtyard. He was not a soldier but an officer. Many people felt regretful.

It would be great if they hadn't met him in a family's courtyard. Generally, the male officers in such a place had already married. Of course, it was also possible that a friend of an officer came to visit, but the possibility was very rare.

"He's the army officer who just moved in, Lu Yan, Rong Hongbin and his team's chief of staff."

"Is that so? How old is he? He still looks young."

"Twenty five."

"He's married so young?"

"Aren't you stupid? Why would he be in a family's courtyard if not for being married?"

…

Everyone talked a lot about the new army officer in private, mainly because it was strange to see that the new army officer was so good-looking that one couldn't help but want to gossip about him. The handsome people were always more noticeable.

Many people inquired about Lu Yan's situation in private.

After graduation, Lu Yan's classmates and friends were scattered all over the coastline. There were also a few people who knew him there. Some people even learned the story of the pair from the population of the Bencheng Advanced Education Class by phone.

It turned out that the two got married after they saw each other once!

A big trouble, a small pepper, both of them were violent!

Everyone: !

Oh dear, that was different.

Were they going to persuade them in the future?

"The army officer's house is next to Zhang Tuan's house, I remember that house…"

It turned out to be a house with bad "Feng Shui". (Luck)

Many people stopped talking, and even silently guessed in their hearts how long it would take for the couple to separate.

Yang Yufeng had been following the movements of the newly arrived Xiao Qin's family. At such a young age, Xiao Qin, who looked squeamish, was actually different from other girls. On the second day of her arrival, she was very active in saying that she wanted to grow vegetables.

Growing vegetables?

She also planned to plant a lot of vegetables and fruits, and bought a lot of vegetable seeds.

Yang Yufeng: "?"

The weather in Qiongzhou Island was different from that in her hometown. Even a good farmer in the field would be blind when he first went to Qiongzhou Island, not to mention the villagers at the time. In fact, they were not very good at growing vegetables.

It was good to have a mouthful of vegetables to eat. Generally, there were few types of vegetables grown in private plots, and there was not enough food.

As a result, Xiao Qin not only said that she wanted to grow vegetables, she also wanted to grow many types of vegetables. Would this young girl know how to grow vegetables?

She couldn't carry things on her shoulders, or pick them with her hands. Did she ever experience a typhoon? But she said she wanted to grow vegetables?!

Yang Yufeng didn't believe that she could produce a harvest, so she didn't give any thought.

Yang Yufeng looked at the beautiful and childlike fence of the Lu family's chickens. Yang Yufeng had never seen anyone do that, and it was a complete waste of energy. She clicked her tongue and was making fun of the new couple!

She wanted to see how long they would fool around.

To drag the blessing of the newcomer next door, Zhang Chengbei's family also had a good meal the previous night. Huang Xinying showed off her skills and went to cut pork to make Mapo tofu, spicy shrimp, boiled pork slices, double-cooked pork… Even if she thought about it, it made her drool.

It was not uncommon to eat seafood from the sea, but pork was rare and precious. Of course, chickens were the most valuable, and they were not willing to kill them.

When his wife, Huang Xinying, was cooking, the whole house was full of aroma, and it made him sneeze several times, but the person next door didn't even come to their house to ask about it.

The young newlyweds of the Lu family did not go to the cafeteria the previous night to get a meal, but cooked at home.

It was strange.

They were also experienced. Most of the new couples couldn't cook rice and vegetables. Even if they did, they came to a new place full of seafood. They were also clever women who couldn't cook without rice. Fishes were hard to make and delay caused them to stink. The younger girls were even more afraid of those sticky squid and octopus, and didn't want to touch it.

So these couples chose to eat a canteen meal.

As for the Zhang family next to them, the fragrance was overflowing, and it hooked them. Usually, these two young couples would come and knock on the door. At that time, for the sake of the friendship between the neighbors, the Zhang family would naturally share it generously. A bowl of their own dishes allowed them to experience Huang Xinying's craftsmanship, which was convenient for future matters.

Zhang Chengbei could get envious words from the male officers, while Huang Xinying could hear countless praises for her cooking.

However, the Lu family's husband and wife did not act according to common sense. Didn't they smell the fragrance of vegetables?

The house next door cooked their own food. Zhang Chengbei went around their house and didn't seem to smell any aroma, just a common smell of boiled seafood.

It seemed that the woman next door was not very good at craftsmanship.

Zhang Chengbei had a strong taste. He really didn't like steaming and boiling. In addition, the army canteen basically didn't put a few peppers in cooking. People needed to add chili sauce by themselves. The taste was not delicious.

The boiled seafood made Zhang Chengbei vomit.

Maybe the person next door was eating something fresh?

On the second day, Zhang Chengbei and his wife still focused on observing the newly arrived young couple next door. The two did nothing in the morning. They made dumplings at noon and banged in the yard in the afternoon, as if they were doing carpentry work.

How was this couple different from any other couple that had come before?

Some families who had never seen the sea hurriedly said they were going to see the sea the next day, but this one was different.

—They were making a fence to raise chickens?

Zhang Chengbei, who happened to take a half-day vacation, slipped to the Lu house next door, and found that Comrade Xiao Lu next door was plowing the ground. Lu Yan was really handsome. Of course, a man like Zhang Chengbei didn't care whether the young man looked good or not, his focus was on the handsome and powerful muscles of the other party.

He had a good figure, and Zhang Chengbei's eyes showed a little envy. The physical fitness requirements of the navy and the army were different. At his age, it was indeed easy to neglect exercise.

The little army officer was really young and promising.

Zhang Chengbei took the initiative to come up to talk to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan didn't know Zhang Chengbei, and he had never heard of his name in the previous circle of contacts. He looked at Zhang Chengbei a few times. He was of medium build, with a round face and an ordinary appearance. He smiled very kindly and seemed to be easy to get along with.

Knowing that Zhang Chengbei was the neighbor next door, Lu Yan was willing to communicate with him. The two of them would greet each other politely when they saw each other.

"You just moved in yesterday, did you get used to this place? My wife was not used to it when she first came here…"

…

Lu Yan was just chatting casually. Later, when he heard Zhang Chengbei saying "My wife" again and again, it was obvious that he was the person who always had his wife in his words, possibly a loving couple, so he kept his mind a little bit on the man.

He hadn't been able to learn a little about the experience of getting along with his wife as a husband from those old leaders of the group in the past, but now he could learn about it from his neighbors.

What was more, Zhang Chengbei didn't know him before, and he wouldn't drag him down.

Lu Yan decided to chat with him for a while. God had given him a good neighbor. Comrade Xiao Lu just married his wife, so he wanted to talk to the guy. Talking to someone with a wife was better than talking to the kind of person who didn't have a wife.

– Observing in secret.

Zhang Chengbei chatted with the new army officer, and the more he talked, the more he felt that this army officer was very good. His old friends no longer liked to listen to him talk about his wife pleasantly.

Zhang Chengbei pretended to complain, "Every time I come back from a mission, my wife always gets busy cooking me Mapo tofu, spicy shrimp, double-cooked pork… I always tell her, why bother, just cook whatever you want. But she refuses, and I can't persuade her, so she takes too much trouble."

"My love, she usually likes to cook, and she also said that she should take care of the family's stomach. If she doesn't serve, she will be negligent in her work."

"Yes, the kitchen is a woman's business. How is Xiao Qin's cooking skill? There are more things in the sea, but less meat so it takes more effort. If your Xiao Qin doesn't know how to cook, she can come to our house to learn from my wife," Zhang Chengbei pursed his lips and said, he couldn't wait to see the other's envious eyes.

Who knew that Lu Yan asked curiously, "Does your wife know how to make dumplings?"

Zhang Chengbei: "?!" Is something wrong with you?!

Huang Xinying really didn't know how to make dumplings. Zhang Chengbei's preference for dumplings was not much. He ate dumplings in the army. Huang Xinying was not interested in making dumplings either. Rolling the dough to make dumplings was too monotonous and cumbersome.

Not getting the reaction he wanted, Zhang Chengbei left the Lu family's courtyard in a particularly depressing mood.

When Lu Yan returned to the house, he saw Qin Rou put on an apron and was about to do a big job in the kitchen. She pushed Lu Yan out and said that she would cook dinner that night.

"Lu Yan, I'm here to make dinner today."

After hearing it, the army officer climbed up to the second floor, stood by the window and looked at the coconut trees in the distance. The gentle sea breeze blew on his face. Hearing the sound of the horn from the pier, he sighed faintly.

What Lu Yan thought was:

What should I do if she cooks Mapo tofu, spicy shrimp, and spicy oysters for me?

Qin Rou decided to have a big fight in the kitchen. They ate boiled food that day, and steamed food the day before. The diet was too healthy. They could eat a little unhealthy food at night, some fried ones.

Qiongzhou Island was not too short of oil, and there were more coconuts on the island, which meant more coconut oil. Coconut oil was an oil that was cheaper than soybean oil and rapeseed oil.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, coconut oil would be for the poor. In fact, in the 1970s and 1980s, for a long time, coconut oil belonged to the cheap oil that the poor family ate.

Just like papaya at the moment, before the business hype, the countryside often used to feed the pigs. At that time, the bananas in Qiongzhou Island were also used to feed the pigs.

Coarse grains, which were not welcomed to eat, were later sold more expensive than fine grains. It could be said that the times had changed.

At the moment, the oil that was the most precious, after several decades, would be disliked as a poor oil.

Qin Rou had also heard a few aunts recall the past, saying that the family was poor at first, so poor they could only eat coconut oil, but later, when she smelled coconut, she felt nauseous and resolutely did not eat anything related to coconut. But her daughter loved it. She sighed with emotion by drinking coconut water.

Coconuts were indeed good. Coconut juice was fragrant and sweet, and the coconut could be used to extract oil. However, when they traveled to the seaside, most people bought coconuts, but they just had to drink some coconut water. Few people thought that coconut only had coconut water, ignoring the layer of pulp in it.

The layer of pulp could also extract oil, and the coconut oil extracted was very fragrant, but it was indeed not suitable for consumption, because the coconut smell of this oil itself was too strong, and it was indeed incompetent when mixed in ordinary dishes. In addition, when it was used for frying things, the fumes were too large, and it also produced a lot of bubbles, which was not suitable for cooking.

But coconut oil smelled great, making it perfect for pastry oils and handmade soaps.

Coconut-flavored pastries were not obtrusive, coconut-scented handmade soaps were also very pleasant, and coconut oil could also be used for hair care.

There was a bottle of coconut oil in the kitchen, which was given to them by a neighbor. Every family always had a bottle of the oil. It was not a valuable thing.

Qin Rou opened it and smelled it, and felt that using it for cooking would be easy to waterloo if she was not careful. She would ask the local villagers in Qiongzhou Island for their experience in cooking before trying.

She bought some soybean oil in Guangcheng. Lu Yan cooked… No, he almost used no oil for steaming, so she could be a little more arrogant when cooking.

Of course, Qin Rou didn't dare to be too presumptuous. Oil was expensive, so she needed to be thrifty!

–She needed to make bricks without straw.

Except for the seafood, eggs, sausages, seaweed, Qin Rou was really lacking simple ingredients.

But luckily there was seafood.

Qin Rou planned to make scallops with garlic vermicelli. The mung bean vermicelli was bought in Guangcheng, and the quantity was really small, so she had to eat it sparingly, and then make seaweed shrimp soup and fried oyster.

It would take a lot of work for her to do it by herself, so Qin Rou went upstairs to catch the strong man, and pulled back Lu Yan, who was driven out by her. She let him open oysters, while she took the two little kids to peel the shrimp.

These two children were naturally the viewing group of peeling shrimp.

Qin Rou's method of removing the shrimp shell was practiced. She didn't like to keep the shrimp head when she ate shrimp at home. She was also too lazy to pick the shrimp line. When the head was removed, one could take the shrimp line out.

Soon she peeled off a large bowl of shrimp, washed them all, chopped them into mashed shrimp, added egg, cooking wine and salt, stirred them, and finally added starch. After stirring evenly, the shrimp slips were almost done.

After rolling the shrimp slips into small balls, she made the seaweed shrimp slippery soup. She broke the remaining eggs, and the seaweed shrimp slippery soup was extraordinarily beautiful.

The soup was bright, the floating seaweed was purple-green, and the tangled egg yolk was bright yellow. Between the seaweed and the egg yolk, there were beautiful shrimp slippery balls with white powder.

Qin Rou was making big balls. After cooking the soup first, she took a small bowl and scooped a big shrimp slippery ball into the bowl for the two little kids.

She tasted one herself, and fed one to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan peeled a bowl of raw oyster meat and a bowl of scallop meat. Qin Rou took it away, and quickly made scallop vermicelli with garlic and a pot of oyster meat. The two kids ate very flagrantly, no oil was put in the shrimp slip soup. Eating a piece of oyster and sipping the soup was sweet and soothing.

Qin Rou originally thought that the childrens would prefer to eat oysters, but she didn't expect Lu Yan to eat more.

Because she was used to eating alone, Qin Rou also ate while cooking.

She was frying oysters, and the two childrens and man were waiting to eat. The table was spared, it was a bit unruly, but at home, one could eat whatever they wanted.

The children were still young, ate two shrimp slippery balls and some oysters, and happily went outside to play.

Lu Yan was the main eater in the family. Thinking that the guy ate so many big buns the previous day, Qin Rou didn't know how much she had to make to satisfy him.

In the end, Qin Rou made two simple claypot rice in the casserole. The rice cooked in the casserole was very fragrant. It was still cooked with lychee wood. Because the ingredients were simple, except for the rice, there was not much else added. There were only three or four pieces of roasted meat spread on the rice grains, decorated with two chubby shrimp balls, piled with scallop vermicelli, and a few strands of seaweed and egg yolk.

Even though the materials were simple, she made an effort to present them beautifully!

Qin Rou picked up a plate of sauce and poured a small half-turn on the two claypot rice, and asked Lu Yan to take out the claypot rice, and then went to call the two little childrens to eat.

Two pots of hot claypot rice, with a bowl of seaweed and shrimp soup on each side, and a plate of oysters were part of the meal.

A simple yet hearty dinner, at least two pots of claypot rice looked particularly attractive and beautifully presented. Lu Yan ate a large pot alone, and Qin Rou and the two children ate a pot.

Qin Rou smiled and said, "Try it. When I was buying the casserole, an old aunt taught me how to cook."

She even took the man and the children to Xinhua Bookstore to buy two cookbooks in Guangcheng.

Facing the big pot of claypot rice, Lu Yan was at a loss as to what to do. His wife was really a beautiful girl. The dishes she made, not to mention the taste, were very beautiful just by their appearance.

He, a rough man, had never eaten such a beautiful meal. The bottom was snow-white rice, covered with shrimp slippery balls, chinese sausage, and scallop vermicelli. The colors were bright and beautiful, which made his index finger move.

Qin Rou went to divide meals between her and the children, each with a big ball. The aroma of the garlic vermicelli was so overbearing, a lot of soup seeped into the rice, and the two children had the small bowls filled. The final highlight was the rice under the pot.

Qin Rou liked rice very much, and also knew how to cook rice in a claypot.

A person couldn't eat the food alone, and the good Guoba (crispy/sizzling rice) should be given to the children. Qin Rou reluctantly divided the Guoba into three and gave the two childrens. When Lu Yan saw the Guoba, he was very curious and wanted to share a piece of the pie, but Qin Rou knocked off his hand, "You have such a big pot yourself."

"Delicious!" Xia Mingxi was very happy eating the shrimp slippery balls, and no kid could refuse the charm of the balls.

"Auntie, I want soup."

Chen Jingyi drank the soup in small sips, and he was very happy to eat. Chen Jingyi liked rice and the soft rice cooked by Qin Rou was especially in line with his taste. He had a big appetite that night.

Lu Yan was at ease eating oysters. His wife didn't cook Mapo tofu and spicy shrimp for him…

He really found a treasure. His wife's cooking was so delicious! The only regret was that it would be better if there were steamed buns.

Qin Rou was drinking seaweed soup. Although the food tasted good these two days, it was a pity that there were no green vegetable leaves, so she could only stir-fry bean sprouts for a few days.

The family ate dinner warmly. After dinner, they watched the stars on the terrace on the second floor. The sky in Qiongzhou Island was exceptionally clean and clear. Lu Yan pulled the wire over and hung a small light bulb to illuminate it.

Xia Mingxi's little mouth was always babbling non-stop. With Chen Jingyi, a child of the same age beside him, he did not talk to adults, but asked Chen Jingyi to accompany him to talk.

"Jingyi, look at this painting!"

Chen Jingyi: "?"

…

Qin Rou and Lu Yan sat on the bench. She held a coconut in her arms and lowered her head to take two sips of coconut juice from time to time.

Qin Rou observed the coconut trees beside their house, then looked at the yard, and suggested that they should build a flower shed in the yard in the future, or make a small pavilion, and put a small swing.

Lu Yan looked at her with a smile, "Wait until my carpentry work gets better, okay?"

Qin Rou rested her chin on her hand, "I'll wait then."

Lu Yan's family was happy, but the Zhang family next door was miserable.

The previous night, they ate a lot, but they couldn't bear to eat like that every day. The landlord's house had no surplus. They had a good meal the previous night. So that night, they added some pickled vegetables and seafood.

A strange smell wafted into their house.

Especially when the aroma of the firewood-smelling rice came, it was even more fried, and the sliced roasted meat was steamed on the rice, and the smell wafted far away.

The Zhang family, who were sipping gruel, swallowed.

They went down for a walk, and they were sure that it was from the Lu family next door. They didn't know what kind of rice the army official's family was cooking. Why was it so fragrant?

"What is the house next door cooking?"

"They have been cooking for a long time."

"It's all spread to our house."

…

Zhang Chengbei asked tentatively, "Should we knock on the door and ask the Lu family what they're doing?"

Huang Xinying's face was not very good, "If you want to go it's up to you, I won't go with you."

Zhang Chengbei was just talking, he would not go even if he wanted to.

This kind of thing never happened to their house before, it was others knocking on their door, not them knocking on other people's door.

It seemed that the Lu family couple was quite good at cooking. They didn't show up the previous day, but the flavor of the food changed that day.

Zhang Chengbei swallowed, unable to sip the gruel in his mouth.

The burst of fragrance was really good. What dishes did they cook this evening?

The little wife of the Lu family was beautiful and seemed to be good at cooking?! This young couple was not like any young couple they had met before.

Huang Xinying felt a sense of crisis.

–Was there a better wife than her?

At night, Lu Yan coaxed the two little boys back to the room, Qin Rou changed into pajamas, and covered herself with a thin quilt.

Maybe she was uneasy the previous day, but that day Qin Rou was not uneasy. No, she was still very uneasy, but excited.

The sound of Lu Yan opening the door and coming in was like the rustling gas before the bomb exploded. Qin Rou wanted to pull a pillow to hide her face.

They were already husband and wife, there must be such a day.

"…Wife?"

Before Qin Rou could raise her head and open her eyes, she was already pressed. As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw a handsome face, with a smile on it and slanted eyebrows. Looking at his towering nose bridge up close, she could see a little mole on the bridge of his nose, with an indescribably se*y look.

He brushed his teeth just now, his lips were moist and smelled of mint, Qin Rou was tightly wrapped in his arms by him, and only felt like a great sage overwhelmed by a mountain.

No, she was a rabbit spirit. Mice would do too.

Qin Rou really wanted to drill a hole on the spot and slip away.

There was no way to escape, Qin Rou tried her best to turn her face sideways to avoid looking at him. Her body arched upward like a caterpillar, escaping the encirclement.

Lu Yan pulled on her waist, and the poor fox spirit was surrounded by him again. Those charming little fox eyes in the daytime were very timid at the moment, and they didn't dare to look at him. She lowered her eyes, pitiful as her eyelashes shook.

His action was like a cat catching a mouse, pressing the paw pad on the mouse's back, pretending to raise its paw inadvertently, when the mouse thought there was a chance to escape, another paw held her down and pulled her back.

Lu Yan originally thought that he would be very impatient. Anyone who came out of the military camp, knew the twists and turns between men and women. He used to be quick-tempered and impatient, but when facing her, he was like an extremely patient hunter.

"Don't be afraid, wife, I'll take it easy."

—Liar!

Know what a typhoon looked like?

Qin Rou felt that she had encountered a typhoon. It was not the calm waves when they crossed the strait by boat from Guangcheng, but the huge waves. The waves raised by the typhoon seemed to be able to engulf everything.

Everything was washed away.

The next day, Qin Rou opened her eyes. Her eyes were red and swollen, and the dry tears were mottled on her eyelashes. When she opened her eyes, she felt a slight tingling in her eyelids, and then her eyes sparkled again.

She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, and immediately regretted it.

Why did she want to cook him oysters? He still ate it for two days. She didn't know if it was because he ate it the previous night, or he was just like that…

She was more tired than watching a movie, and crying. The first time she saw him, she cried, and it was the same the previous night.

What scared Qin Rou even more was that the more she cried, the more excited the dog became.

"Woke up?"

Lu Yan, who woke up early in the morning, didn't go anywhere, and was just guarding his wife outside. He came in from time to time to take a look. Seeing that she was still asleep, he repeatedly warned the two little kids to keep silent.

"Don't disturb your little aunt."

Qin Rou said that she wanted to eat dumplings in the morning, and Lu Yan immediately went to cook dumplings for her.

Lu Yan, who had been satisfied, had a particularly good temper at the moment, and he still whistled lightly when he was doing things. The little fat kid followed him, wanting to whistle along, but he only made a squeak.

At the door of the room, he chased away the two unpleasant little guys, and Lu Yan entered the room with dumplings by himself.

As soon as he entered, he found that Qin Rou was still sitting on the bed stupidly.

"Not feeling well?" He put the dumplings on the bedside table, reached out to hold Qin Rou's hand, and hugged the person easily in his arms.

Such a posture made Qin Rou feel a little scared, and her waist was still sore.

"Don't make a fuss, I'm hungry."

As soon as Qin Rou spoke up, she realized that her voice was very nasal.

Vaguely, with a coquettish tone.

The voice startled herself. She was acting like a spoiled child with Lu Yan?

"Okay, I won't make trouble," Lu Yan let go of her and brought her dumplings.

Qin Rou ate a dumpling. At that time, she suddenly found that all the sheets on the bed had been changed, and there were two layers of thick quilts underneath. Qin Rou's face flushed, remembering that she said the bed was too soft the previous night. He just picked her up…

Qin Rou no longer wanted to recall what happened next.

In short, the thick quilt was padded, and it was indeed a lot softer.

Qin Rou coughed. She also discovered something very important. Not only the sheets on the bed were changed, but also her clothes. After all, when she fell asleep the previous night, she was so tired that she lost consciousness. In the end, it was self-evident who changed her clothes.

Not only did he change clothes, but also washed them.

When she found out on the terrace on the second floor that the clothes from the previous night had dried, it was really the scene of the death of the society.

Qin Rou really wanted to say, "Master Lu, you don't have to be so considerate."

After feeding the chickens and watering the small seeds planted at home, Lu Yan kneaded big steamed buns at noon. Qin Rou could only eat the steamed buns honestly, and had no strength to resist. Comrade Xiao Lu, who was only good at steamed food, made steamed buns and dumplings.

Qin Rou and Lu Yan tidied up the house together.

In Qiongzhou Island, clothes dried very quickly. Qin Rou took the initiative to go to the terrace on the second floor to collect the clothes. In addition to her and the children's clothes, there were also men's clothes.

Incredible.

She really felt a bit like a wife now.

Realizing that, Qin Rou was at a loss, and was a little worried… How often did husband and wife do that kind of thing? How many times a month? How many times a week?

It was a pity that she didn't have a mobile phone at the moment to let her check online to learn about the specific experience of husband and wife getting along.

If there was too much, she would be overwhelmed, and if the frequency was too small, it would not work. Since they were partners living together, it was best to choose a moderate and appropriate frequency.

What was the moderate frequency? Twice a month, or three times?

While thinking about it, Qin Rou hung the collected clothes in the closet. Living there, although there was no washing machine, the washing of clothes was relatively simple. They were all light clothes in summer. They had to be changed every day and were easy to clean. There was cheap coconut oil there, so one could also try to make coconut oil handmade soap…

Two to three times a week.

Qin Rou felt that she should discuss that matter with him and set a fixed date.

But how could that kind of thing be said?

"I'm going back to the team tomorrow, and I'll be back in the future."

"Huh?!"

It turned out that the organization had already arranged a date for her.

Only then did Qin Rou know that Lu Yan wouldn't come home to his affiliation every night. He had to stay on the ship for training at other times. He could come back two or three times a week on break time.

– They would be separated the next day.

It happened to be Monday. He probably wouldn't be able to leave, so he had to wait until Wednesday, that was to say, she would not be able to see him for two days, and she would be at home alone with the two children.

"There is a kindergarten next to the base. I have already contacted them and we can send the children there tomorrow."

Well, even the children's place was arranged and she was the only one left.

"Why do you look like you're about to cry?"

"You read it wrong," Qin Rou tried her best to squeeze a smile. She didn't know how to describe her mood at that time.

"Can't bear being away from me?"

"No."

"But I can't bear it."

Lu Yan took Qin Rou into his arms, and finally understood why those who had families put on an ugly face every time they went back from vacation. He was also reluctant to leave his wife, he just wanted to hold her.

Qin Rou buried her face in his chest, trying to hold back her tears. It was really shameful. Why was her tear glands so bad? Even after two or three days apart, she could still cry.

– I am most afraid of loneliness after the hustle and bustle.

It was obvious that she had lived alone for so many years before, and she had long been used to being alone. It had only been a few days, but she was not used to it. As long as she thought of cooking alone, eating alone, and sleeping alone at night, it was as if she was being tortured, surrounded by an indescribable loneliness.

She had planned to decorate the yard with Lu Yan, to build a chicken coop for the chickens, to build a vegetable field, to lay slate on the road from the gate of the yard to the front of the house, and to build a flower stand. She wanted to go to the beach to watch the sunrise. In the evening, they had to go to the beach with a small bucket to pick up conch shells. She also wanted to bring her newly bought camera to take some pictures of the beach…

It had to be postponed.

Lu Yan bent down and lowered his head to kiss the corner of her eyes, licking the tears she shed. He had long wanted to do that when she was crying.

His wife really liked him!

She cried so much when he was leaving for two or three days.

Having such a squeamish wife was really a sweet trouble.

Qin Rou looked at him with tears in her eyes. She was really stupid at the beginning, and the man in front of her was really not a good person to live with.

He belonged to the sea.

Even licking her tears, it was not too salty, and yes, he must have drank too much sea water!

Lu Yan coaxed her softly for a long time. If someone who knew him before saw him like that, it would be hard to believe that he would be so gentle.

They couldn't believe it themselves.

"I'll bring a friend back for dinner in a few days."

"He really wants to come to our house to listen to the radio."

Qin Rou: "…?"

Lu Yan left early in the morning without waking her up. The previous night, Lu Yan made a lot of steamed buns and froze them in the freezer. Qin Rou was in a low mood and didn't stop him from making the steamed buns. She even turned over a bag of milk powder bought for the children and added sugar in it.

Not to mention, the steamed buns made by Lu Yan were indeed delicious. At first, she thought they were bland and tasteless, but after eating, she realized that they were really good.

Qin Rou had never eaten such steamed buns before. The steamed buns she had eaten were relatively fluffy, and they could be crushed when squeezed hard, and they tasted sweet. People didn't like ordinary white steamed buns. It was also rare to see big white steamed buns.

Although Lu Yan's steamed buns were delicious, Qin Rou wanted to taste the sweet steamed buns he would make.

At that time, Lu Yan frowned.

By adding sugar and milk powder, would the steamed bun still be edible?

– Of course it could!

At Qin Rou's insistence, Lu Yan helped her make a few small steamed buns with milk powder and sugar, not many, five or six, because Lu Yan couldn't bear adding sugar to all the steamed buns.

It was scary to think about.

Qin Rou got up and warmed up three steamed buns and a plate of pickles, and called the childrens over for breakfast. She boiled two extra eggs for the children and made them a cup of malted milk.

A simple breakfast couldn't be extravagant.

Qin Rou was eating steamed buns and missed the rice rolls she ate in Guangcheng. One day she would make rice rolls at home!

There was no such condition at that moment. Even the pickles on the table were given to Lu Yan when he first came to the house. There were few fresh vegetables at the moment, so it would be good to have a mouthful of pickles.

It was just that the pickle was really salty. To be honest, it was unpalatable, but people felt uncomfortable if they didn't eat some salty food.

Qin Rou planned to go to the villagers in the nearby village to buy some white radishes to make some sweet and sour appetizing diced radishes, or sun-dried pickled radishes.

She wanted to eat cucumbers, sweet and sour cucumbers.

These two children, Xia Mingxi and Chen Jingyi, were not picky eaters at the moment. They were short of food and clothing. They could only eat whatever the adults gave them. If they didn't eat, they could only starve.

Xia Mingxi took the steamed bun and bit it, and found out unexpectedly, "Little aunt, are the steamed buns sweet?"

Chen Jingyi repeated, "Sweet?!"

Qin Rou: "…Mistake."

It had a really "quirky" taste. If one ate a few more bites, they would feel tired and panic. It was better not to add sugar. There was no sweeter condensed milk at the time. If they dip it in, it would be sweet and better.

It could work with jam without condensed milk.

But they had nothing at home.

After breakfast, Qin Rou went to the chickens to pick up an egg. The feeling of surprise was indescribable. As expected of the hens she bought at a huge price, they were precious!

In the future, at least four or five hens raised would lay eggs every day.

She still didn't know the gender of the other little chickens for the time being. Qin Rou secretly prayed that they were all hens, all hens, all hens…

Tsk, the kind of feeling of waiting for the lottery.

After feeding the chickens, Qin Rou planned to send the two little childrens to the kindergarten. There was a large kindergarten near the base. Not only the children of the base, but also the children of the nearby farm cadres would send their kids to this kindergarten to study.

Since the 1950s and 1960s, kindergartens had blossomed everywhere in China, mainly to liberate women from labor. Most units had their own kindergartens for employees.

Qin Rou said to the two childrens, "Today I will send you two to kindergarten."

"Are you happy?"

Xia Mingxi and Chen Jingyi had never been to kindergarten before. Qin Rou used to be a kindergarten teacher, and saw many childrens going there for the first time. The "spectacular" situation of kids crying the first day away from their parents was seen by her

It was unknown how the two childrens would react.

"Happy!" Xia Mingxi jumped up with his hands up, very happy, as if he couldn't wait to go to kindergarten.

Chen Jingyi: "…"

Qin Rou pinched Xia Mingxi's face, thinking that this little fat child was really an optimist. For him, going to kindergarten to make new friends may be a return to his happy hometown.

This little optimist.

Qin Rou heard from Lu Yan about Xia Mingxi's life. He was the child of his third sister, and his third brother-in-law was no longer around. His father was also in the navy. He used to serve in the South China Sea.

The third brother-in-law's family was abusive. The family had a birthday and insisted on asking him to come back. If he didn't come back, he would miss the good times and the luck of his family… Later, he encountered a mountain disaster on the road.

The Lu family didn't communicate with his family anymore, and Xia Mingxi had been raised by the Lu family.

Qin Rou sighed in her heart, it was not easy.

"Auntie, for you," Chen Jingyi whispered while holding Qin Rou's legs.

Qin Rou looked down and found that the little guy was holding a drawing that he wanted to give her. There were three people in it, one was Lu Yan hammering nails, one was Qin Rou who was smiling, and another was the little chubby kid trying to catch the chicken, with three coconut trees on the side.

Although the drawing was very immature, it was also quite vivid. Qin Rou was a little surprised and praised, "Our little Jingyi is really good at drawing. When you come back, I will stick it on the wall."

"I will take it to kindergarten!" Xia Mingxi on the side said quickly.

Qin Rou: "…"

She looked at herself in the drawing, a rather abstract woman with a row of teeth when she smiled…

—There was always a bad premonition.

The two children went in the area's bus, while Qin Rou followed behind on a bicycle. It was the first time for her to send the children to the kindergarten. Anyway, she could also go to the kindergarten to see it. Fortunately, it wasn't too far away, and it took ten minutes.

She had never seen a kindergarten in the seventies with her own eyes.

After arriving, she found that the kindergarten was no different from an ordinary school. The school had a playground, classroom and canteen. Qin Rou parked the bicycle outside and followed into the iron gate.

Before she got in, she heard the loudspeaker on the playground playing:

"Little pine tree, grow up! Green leaves…"

"Children, grow up quickly! Like a pine tree, sprout…" The rhythm was catchy, the song was played for brainwashing and looped repeatedly again. Qin Rou was really familiar with the song.

The buildings there were not high, they were all two-story townhouses. The kindergarten was divided into several classes, all of which were divided according to age. There were many older children in the small kindergarten. Five to six year olds went to Class 4, four to five year olds went to Class 3, three to four year olds went to Class 2, two to three year olds went to Class 1, and there was a one- or two-year-old in Nursing Class.

When Qin Rou sent the children to Class 3, she saw a teacher, a young woman with a ponytail, dark skin, beautiful features, small nose and small eyes coaxing a child, and there were a dozen children around.

"Honey, don't cry!" The teacher's surname was Zhou. Listening to the child's crying, her tone was a little impatient.

Qin Rou observed the classroom, which was very simple. In addition to the desks, chairs and benches, there were sticker pictures and quotes from famous people on the walls.

Zhou Yuhua looked stunned when she saw Qin Rou. After learning that she was the parent who dropped two children, she immediately smiled apologetically to her, "Can you help me watch the children for a while? I have something to do."

Qin Rou nodded, and when Zhou Yuhua saw her promise, she immediately put down the crying child and turned to go out.

She ran up to the second floor, hid in the corner and laughed. A familiar teacher saw her and immediately shook her head, "Aren't you making fun of people again?"

Zhou Yuhua liked to make fun of some young and beautiful women. She would walk away on purpose, throwing a bunch of children at them, which left these young women at a loss.

When a group of children made a fuss, and she couldn't stand it, she could only be laughed at.

Let her know how hard it was to take care of a bunch of kids.

Zhou Yuhua didn't like being a kindergarten teacher at all. She originally wanted to be a primary school teacher, but she didn't pass the exam, so she could only be a kindergarten teacher. Being a kindergarten teacher was hard, as she had to coax a bunch of bad children.

Zhou Yuhua covered her mouth and snickered a few times. The female she saw just now, had delicate skin and tender flesh, must have never raised a child. She should be about to cry because of that child at the moment.

She deserved it. Whoever made her look so demonic as she tried her best to seduce a man, probably the colony member of the army who came with her.

Zhou Yuhua would envy these colony members. The husband had a high salary and could support the whole family. As long as the wife took care of the children, did housework, and took care of the family, she would not have to worry about food or clothing.

She also wanted to find an officer husband to marry, but she couldn't find any. These colony members' wives, a small part of them, were young and beautiful, with jobs, teachers and nurses, and most of them brought native wives from their hometown.

Zhou Yuhua felt that she was not as young and beautiful as those young and beautiful ones, but she was much better than the rural wife and had a job, but unfortunately the men were blind and couldn't see her.

"She brought her nephews. Maybe she came here to be a stepmother, or someone's sister-in-law."

—To seduce her brother-in-law.

While Zhou Yuhua was speculating, she snorted disdainfully in her heart.

But at that moment, she heard someone calling her from behind, "Zhou Yuhua, why are you here?!"

Zhou Yuhua turned around and looked at her, and was immediately startled, "Principal."

The principal, Wu Min, was a short woman. She had round glasses on the bridge of her nose. Although she had short stature, she was not small. She had only been transferred to be the principal in the past two years. In the past ten years, the kindergarten had developed rapidly, and many problems had occurred.

Before Wu Min was transferred, she visited and researched a number of state-owned enterprise kindergartens. When she was transferred to Lucheng as the kindergarten director, she herself had the determination to reform.

Children were the flowers of the motherland, and early childhood education must not be ignored.

"You are so irresponsible!" Wu Min glared at Zhou Yuhua. The woman was her main focus. She had discovered several times that Zhou Yuhua was deliberately lazy and ignored the children. She also liked to make fun of beautiful women.

"If something goes wrong with the child, what would you do?! Go back to your class with me…"

Zhou Yuhua had been scolded countless times by her. She didn't take Wu Min's words to heart at all. The old woman just couldn't get along with her and

In her opinion, what did children of three or four years old know? Children of that age in the countryside were all free and ran in the mountains, not all of them could be supported. Parents did not need to take care of the older ones and the younger ones. What kind of kindergarten did they need to go to, and what could happen?

Zhou Yuhua followed Wu Min to Class 3. She was whispering to herself and walked to the door of Class 3. She thought to herself that all those bewitching women were pretty, and they were used to coaxing men. But when faced with a bear kid, they would have an ugly face.

She originally thought that she would hear the crying of the child and the scolding and impatient voice of the woman, but she didn't expect Class 3 to be extraordinarily quiet, and the quietness made her a little scared.

Wu Min raised her eyebrows and followed her in. She happened to see the children sitting obediently on two rows of small benches, with a beautiful young woman sitting in the front. The woman clapped her palms, and they all sang neatly, "Little pine tree, grow up…"

After singing, the children happily listened to the woman talking to them.

"I want to raise my hand, Sister Qin, look how good I am!"

"We are all good obedient children!"

"Sister Qin, come and be our teacher!"

…

"This is my little aunt!"

When Qin Rou turned around, she saw Wu Min, the principal of the kindergarten. Wu Min's eyes lit up as soon as she saw her, "You taught the children to sing well just now, everyone's attention is on you, what did you do?"

Wu Min saw the way she was talking to the child, her expression, her tone of voice, was just right.

Her voice was sweet, and her tone and rhythm were particularly pleasant, just as good as singing, which made people fascinated without realizing it.

"You used to be a teacher, right? A primary school teacher?"

Qin Rou smiled and shook her head, "I have never been a teacher. I used to sing in the art troupe."

"Ohh!" The principal said with emotion, "I think you are born to be a teacher in our kindergarten!"

Qin Rou: "…" No, it was acquired talent.

The principal Wu Min knew that Qin Rou was a new colony member nearby, and immediately invited her to come to the kindergarten as a teacher.

"There are few suitable teachers. We are short of teachers. Your qualifications are good. The children get along with you. To be a kindergarten teacher, one must have an affinity like yours."

Qin Rou hesitated and said that she would consider it.

– Was she really going to try to be a kindergarten teacher in the 1970s?

After she reached Qiongzhou Island, she had several options. The army could help her connect with local literary and art organizations to join the Lucheng local song and dance troupe as a singer, or transfer to become a primary school teacher, and there were also health nurses which required some studying. Qin Rou was literate. From the outsider's point of view, it was not difficult for her to change to nursing.

Qin Rou's sister married into a family of intellectuals. In the first two years, her brother-in-law was keen on literacy, and she was pressured to read for a few years.

But as her brother-in-law's books were all thrown into the cesspool, no one paid attention to studies those days.

Seeing that she didn't agree, Wu Min, the principal, immediately guessed, "You have such a good voice and standard Mandarin, are you planning to take the exam to be an announcer of the People's Broadcasting Station?"

Qin Rou was stunned for a moment, "Yes, yes."

Before she married Lu Yan, she did plan to change careers as an announcer in Liao Province, but she had just arrived at Qiongzhou Island and had yet to find out the specific situation. Unexpectedly, she learned that an announcer was being recruited there.

"I know they're recruiting people recently, sign up. If you don't pass the exam, come to our kindergarten and become a teacher."

Qin Rou came out of the kindergarten and went to find out which local Lucheng People's Broadcasting Station was nearby. She asked a few passers-by and found the address of Lucheng People's Broadcasting Station by bicycle.

The radio station was also recently split up and newly built, so it was about to recruit announcers, two announcers at a time.

Qin Rou went to sign up.

If she could become an announcer, it would be a good job. An announcer of the era, was the golden job that everyone envied. Compared with other physical work, it was just broadcasting in the room, which was very easy.

Qin Rou also considered going to work in the kindergarten, but she would be too tired after the day, and she wanted to manage the vegetable garden at home.

The first year she moved in, she had to tidy up the house and yard.

Qin Rou rode a bicycle and went to the nearby village to find the villagers to ask for a few kilograms of fresh white radishes in private. She also asked for some rotten fruit. It was just a fraction of a cent, and it was not speculative (unlawful), generally no one cared.

She rode back on the bicycle, put down the radishes first, and started to transplant a few seedlings in the yard.

The reason why Qin Rou went to the villagers to buy radishes was to learn more about the situation there. Of course, because of the local accent and language barrier, they could understand her words, but she was not able to understand them, so she could only barely communicate.

Thanks to her being a kindergarten teacher, she still had a lot of language talent, plus she had a talent of sign language, and she chatted with the aunt in the village.

The aunt heard that she was a new member of the military and was just married. She was very kind and gave her a yellow lantern pepper and a few small orange seedlings. She said that it was very good, but Qin Rou didn't understand the specifics.

Chili, it seemed to mean more children and more blessings.

Qin Rou scratched her head, but she had never seen yellow peppers before, so it probably wasn't that spicy. The redder the peppers, the spicier they were.

Although she had never seen this pepper, the aunt pointed to the orange planted by her door. She seemed to have seen it before, like a green kumquat. The aunt said that it could bear fruits within a year, it was very beautiful, and said that it could repel insects…

It sounded amazing anyway.

Qin Rou had only seen the fruit before when she was drinking fruit tea. She also found that the fruit was like a green fruit when eating grilled saury. When eating grilled fish, she cut the fruit in half and squeezed the juice into the grill making it very tasty, a perfect match!

She was still a little suspicious that the little fruit was a little lime.

Anyway, no matter what it was, she would plant it first! ! It would be fine if it looked good even if she could not eat it.

What was more, it could repel insects, and the sweet and sour fruits were refreshing and appetizing when they exuded their scent.

"I have an idea."

Qin Rou was designing the small yard in front of the house. The yard was neither small nor big, and it was overgrown with grass.

It was a rectangular yard. From the door of the house to the door of the courtyard, it was about seven meters in length, and about 11 or 12 meters horizontally. Qin Rou planned to divide the courtyard into two parts, and the middle to the door of the courtyard of two or three stone-paved roads led directly to the outside of the courtyard.

The left side of the yard was mainly used to raise chickens and grow vegetables, and the outermost layer was to be used as a chicken coop. Chickens had a strong smell. It was better to keep them away from the house. It was made into a small fence of one meter five wide and two meters long, and the chickens were kept in captivity. Next to the chicken coop was a vegetable field. Qin Rou didn't plan to build a large vegetable field at first, but planned a small vegetable field.

The vegetable field consisted of five ridges, and five rows were planted vertically. Then three bamboos were tied with ropes and inserted into the vegetable ridges like a tripod, which was convenient for plants to climb.

Two or three meters into the vegetable field, it would be close to the house, so Qin Rou planned to plant yellow lantern peppers and kumquats on the outside of the vegetable field. The kumquat had a sweet and sour smell, and it could also prevent insects and deodorize.

The yard on the left was planned like that for the time being. Qin Rou didn't plan to grow vegetables on the right side of the yard. Qin Rou planned to sow grass seeds. Rice's small lawn, one could play in the lawn if she had nothing to do, plant some potted flowers and plants around it, build a flower stand or pergola, put a deck chair and table at the bottom, and lie down and watch the childrens play on the lawn.

The imagination in her mind was beautiful, but the reality… was still at the first step.

All she had was a deserted and abandoned yard.

Qin Rou: "…"

Qin Rou decided to do everything slowly, first of all, to improve the soil composting for the vegetable field, and collect more rotten fruits, plant ashes, coconut, chicken manure, etc.

"It's a big project, but don't worry."

"Do it yourself, it's happiness from scratch!"

Qin Rou comforted herself, and decided to take her time. After she planted the pepper seedlings and two kumquat seedlings, she also planted another one. The green kumquats were put in the large wooden trough on the terrace on the second floor.

After finishing these, Qin Rou went to pack up the white radishes she bought. She washed all the white radishes, cut them into strips, spread them in the yard to dry, and made pickled radish childrenes after drying them.

The aunt in the village told her that black fish was delicious, and they ate it at the New Year's banquet in the village. Qin Rou remembered the name and planned to ask later.

At noon, Qin Rou was alone at home. She found two octopus from the freezer, thawed it, and fried the octopus in coconut oil.

She didn't have any onions either, so she added ginger and garlic to the octopus that had been marinated for a while, and she fried it directly in the pan.

She didn't know if there was something wrong with the quality of the coconut oil or if it was her craftsmanship, it sprinkled a lot!

Qin Rou covered her mouth and nose with a towel, thinking that steamed and boiled foods were the healthiest.

Putting the fried octopus on a plate, Qin Rou washed a small kumquats sent by a few aunts, cut it open, and poured the juice on the fried octopus.

It smelled sour and fishy.

Qin Rou took a bite. It turned the fish very crispy and fragrant. The most wonderful thing was the kumquat juice poured on it. If eaten alone, the juice was too sour, but it was really sweet and sour when poured on the fish.

Delicious!

With the sour taste, even the pan-fried fish didn't feel so fiery.

Her desire to grow kumquats got a little stronger! !

It was delicious.

She wanted to let Lu Yan try it next time.

Qin Rou put the remaining six or seven small green kumquats in the freezer to freeze, kept three or four for herself, made a cup of green tea, threw the cut small green kumquats in, and added some sugar.

One must drink some fruit tea to defeat the fiery dish.

In the afternoon, Qin Rou sat in front of the house to enjoy the shade. She held an enamel jar in her hand, which contained green kumquat fruit tea. It was sweet, just like the fruit tea in the milk tea shop, which made her return to the commercial plaza in a flash. It was just that the enamel jar that held the fruit tea reminded her immediately where she was.

The big red flowers on the surface of the enamel jars bloomed festively and beautifully.

Qin Rou yawned, and the sea breeze was blowing slowly. She thought that everything was ready, and she needed a reclining chair. It was also sunny, so why not go to the beach to sleep?

Strangely when she came to the beach, she didn't have any interest in seeing the sea for the time being.

"Are you a new colony member?"

"I saw you when I dropped off my kid in the morning!"

"What are you drinking?"

Qin Rou looked out of the yard and saw that it was a young military sister. Looking in her twenties, she wore a blue dress. Her stature was short, and she looked a little cute.

She invited her in, poured her a cup of fruit tea, and the two of them went to the terrace on the second floor to enjoy the cool breeze.

They chatted for a while.

The little sister's surname was Li, and her voice did not match her appearance at all.

"You came from Bincheng, so let's be friends!"

Since visiting Qiongzhou Island, Li Qinghua felt that everyone was very friendly.

"I didn't want to go back when I came here. It's too far," Li Qinghua waved her hand. She took a sip of the fruit tea and found that the tea was sweet and sour.

She was most afraid that the strange new colony members would give her strange things to drink. The previous time, she accidentally drank coffee, and almost vomited to death.

The tea of the newly arrived colony member was sweet and sour, and it was especially delicious!

She looked beautiful and the tea was delicious. Li Qinghua had a good impression of her.

Li Qinghua and her man Liu Kai had been married at the age of fourteen or so in the countryside. The man was ten years older than her, and they didn't have a consummation. He had been serving as a soldier outside, leaving her alone in the village, fighting with her mother-in-law.

At the age of twenty, Li Qinghua gave birth to a boy, and followed him to the island to join the army.

It was a paradise.

Anyway, she was so far away, she wouldn't go back even if she was beaten to death!

He was a very motivated man and could endure hardship. He was a political commissar in the North Regiment of Zhangcheng. When she first came over, she made a lot of mistakes and embarrassed him. Li Qinghua also wanted to be a good wife at first, but she couldn't do it.

Li Qinghua was not educated and couldn't find a suitable job, but the salary of her man was okay, and many wives of colony members were not working.

But her man often scolded her and asked her to learn from Zhang Tuan's partner, Huang Xinying, saying how his wife was doing well.

Learn? Learn sh*t.

Li Qinghua didn't want to learn from Huang Xinying, and she couldn't learn it either. After quarreling with the man, she simply didn't do anything, and instead became more lazy.

Since she became lazy, Li Qinghua found out that it was really the life of an immortal!

Anyway, there were kindergartens and cafeterias there. She didn't do anything every day, and the days went by.

Huang Xinying was famous in the colony's courtyard as a good wife, and Li Qinghua was a well-known lazy wife.

As long as she didn't care about public opinions, Li Qinghua was quite happy.

It was very difficult to face her husband who often sighed.

Recently, her husband even broke up with her, and was about to get divorced.

Divorce was acceptable by her, but Li Qinghua didn't want to leave Qiongzhou Island. She loved the island more than the man.

The husband scolded her, "You can't live like you used to!"

Yes, in order to stay on the island, she had to save herself.

Li Qinghua looked at Qin Rou. The beautiful newly moved colony member was living next door to Huang Xinying, living in this house with bad "Feng Shui". She could imagine what her future would be like.

Seeing this little girl enjoying the cool air and drinking tea alone, she may be as lazy as her.

– She would probably be getting a divorce soon.

Li Qinghua followed the political commissar and heard a few words of the revolution. She felt that she might be able to form a divorce front alliance with Xiao Qin and become revolutionary comrades-in-arms.

"Your man only comes back two or three times a week?"

Li Qinghua blurted out, "That's really good…"

Her man was from the shore army, and he returned to the house quite frequently. Li Qinghua hoped that the man would come back a little less. Whenever he didn't come back, she would be happier, so as not to listen to his endless chatter.

Qin Rou: "…"

Something seemed wrong!

Li Qinghua seemed to realize that she had said something wrong, she covered her mouth, and then thought that she had formed an alliance with Xiao Qin so there was no need to hide from her.

"Xiao Qin, my man thinks about another woman, what else can I expect?"

"I'm telling you this, don't tell anyone else."

Li Qinghua felt that her man envied other people's wife, so he must have liked Huang Xinying, Xiao Qin's neighbor.

Qin Rou: "…"

This was really a big melon. (gossip)

She had only been there for a few days but heard such a melon.

"Okay, okay."

But Qin Rou didn't want to eat such a melon at all. She had just arrived at the place, so she didn't understand the situation.

Qin Rou was also reluctant to know more about other people's family affairs.

Li Qinghua didn't say who her man really liked, but she just believed that his heart was not with her.

Li Qinghua also knew that she had to make gradual progress and slowly associate with Xiao Qin, who was in her alliance. She hoped that Xiao Qin would fall in love with Qiongzhou Island as she did, and would stay there to work after the divorce.

Xiao Qin was beautiful and looked like a literate city person. Maybe she could give her some ideas to stay on the island and find a job in the future.

"This fruit tea is really delicious!"

"Next time you come to my house, I…"

Li Qinghua found that she really had nothing to entertain others with.

"I'll invite you to eat thorn fruit."

"I invite you to eat it now! I'll go home and get it!" With that, Li Qinghua hurriedly ran away.

After a while, she ran back with a "big fruit", and Qin Rou found that the thorn fruit she mentioned turned out to be… jackfruit? ! !

Li Qinghua was very lazy. She hardly took care of her yard and did not grow anything else. There was only a jackfruit tree in her yard, which had been in there since the start, but the jackfruit tree was very strange as she didn't need to care about it. Just watering it, it grew very well, and would bear fruits.

Li Qinghua said to Qin Rou seriously, "Xiao Qin, you just came here, you don't know, the trees here have their own ideas, its fruit would ripen when it wants to, and no one could guess when it would ripe."

"I pick one when it is ripe."

"It also has leaves. In autumn and winter, the leaves will not turn yellow, nor will they shed. It may be in March when they shed. I seem to have forgotten the fallen leaves, I have to shake it!"

Li Qinghua's speech was very funny. Qin Rou had been chatting with her for a long time without knowing it. She knew her child was also studying in kindergarten, so they could go to kindergarten to pick their children together.

The childrens were going to class for the first time. As a parent, Qin Rou thought that she must go to pick them up in person. It had a sense of ritual.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Anyway, Li Qinghua had nothing to do all day long, and she would do whatever Qin Rou asked.

Li Qinghua thought that the new little girl Qin was beautiful and easy to get along with. She didn't sneer at her coldly nor called her stupid.

Being with Xiao Qin was different. It was really like what the old cadre said – like a spring breeze.

Li Qinghua also had a bicycle, and the two rode the bicycle to the kindergarten to pick up the children.

The children were in the same class.

When Qin Rou arrived in the class, she found that the teacher she saw that morning was no longer there. She heard another teacher Xie say that the teacher with the surname Zhou was fired.

Principal Wu Min wanted to rectify the kindergarten teachers' morality, so she simply used her to kill the chickens to scare the monkey (making an example to threaten others). At present, there were many problems in the kindergarten, and it was necessary to recruit teachers again, and the in-service teachers also needed further study.

After listening to the principal, Qin Rou felt relieved about the kindergarten. Although the conditions were simple at present, no matter what era, there were responsible people.

She was a little shaken. If she didn't get admitted as an announcer, she might be able to become a kindergarten teacher in the era.

"Little aunt!"

"Little aunt!"

Qin Rou heard "little aunt" like a thunderbolt when she saw Xia Mingxi. Not only that, in such a place, these childrens kept chanting together, "Little aunt! Little aunt! Little aunt!"

In the morning, those few called her Sister Qin, but now they were led by Xia Mingxi to call her "little aunt".

In just one day, she got so many great nephews and nieces.

Children, you have found so many great nephews and nieces for your little aunt, does your uncle know?

"Liu Yue, your mom is here!" Li Qinghua shouted.

She continued to shout.

"Cow!"

"Cow!"

…

Qin Rou: "…"

Sure enough, she couldn't go back to work in kindergarten.

Li Qinghua's son was a lanky and tall little monkey spirit. His skin was so dark that he looked like a monkey. He had a very long neck and looked very clever

Qin Rou and Li Qinghua picked up the children together, of course, they took the school bus back, while Qin Rou and Li Qinghua rode the bicycle together.

Qin Rou saw that Li Qinghua and her son were getting along harmoniously, and she really couldn't see any family discord.

She mentioned that her man likes another woman, so Qin Rou asked her, "Is your husband's crush married?"

Li Qinghua nodded and said bluntly, "Yes."

No wonder… It turned out to be eating what was in his bowl while eyeing others' pots. The woman got married, her husband couldn't do anything if she wanted to cheat, but when the wife knew it, she couldn't stand it.

Qin Rou suddenly thought of herself.

She thought of herself who was suspected of being a stand-in, and thought of the existence of another "Tan Rou".

She could ignore this Tan Rou before, as she was getting more reluctant to deal with the matter. Was Lu Yan attracted to her because of Tan Rou?

From the beginning, Qin Rou felt that Tang Ruibai's statement was nonsense. Who would look to find a substitute with the same name? But what if?

Qin Rou bit her lip. She had realized that she was more interested in Lu Yan. Was it love? She didn't know, after all, they were married, he was her husband, and she would not share her husband with another woman.

What if she liked him?

It was obvious that she said before that they would live with each other.

But she seemed to regret it.

"It doesn't matter. When he comes back, I'll ask him directly about Tan Rou."

As for the answer of the question, they could talk about it later.

The matter weighed on her mind, as if it took away all her energy, and she had no interest in planning her "little yard". Maybe there was another real "hostess" of the yard.

That night, Liu Kai deliberately came back very late. He dragged a few comrades in arms to enjoy the sea breeze, and did not rush back home until after dark.

He slept in a separate room from his wife Li Qinghua for three days. Political commissar Liu thought he had taught Li Qinghua a lesson, and made her deeply realize the seriousness of the matter. As long as she gave in to him, he would move back to the big room and the matter would be over.

His wife was nearly ten years younger than him, and was very clingy at night. He was not used to it when they were separated as no one was bothering him.

For the past three days, Liu Kai coldly looked at Li Qinghua who was like an eggplant (useless), and his heart darkened. Facing this lazy wife, he finally revived his husband's ego.

"Dad, you're back!" His son, Liu Yue, called him.

Political commissar Liu looked like his son Liu Yue. They were both tall and thin, with long necks. He also wore elegant glasses, which his wife liked very much. She even secretly picked his glasses and wore them.

"Dad, why don't you talk?"

Political commissar Liu had a straight face, but he didn't speak. He looked very serious, as if he was about to start reprimanding people in the next second.

He had to be serious and let Li Qinghua know that he was angry.

Seeing that he did not speak, Liu Yue also kept quiet.

There were three people in one room, all of them were extremely quiet, making the two-story building empty. Political commissar Liu went to take a shower, and as soon as he came out, he saw his wife holding her son's little hand, "Today, Mom will sleep with you!"

"Okay!" The child didn't understand the twists and turns between parents, and he was excited. She even picked him up from the kindergarten, and he even met the beautiful Aunt Qin. Liu Yue was very happy.

Liu Kai: "…"

Why didn't she come to beg him?

Rather, Li Qinghua had taken the initiative to accept the status quo of sleeping in separate rooms, and also said that she was going to sleep with her son.

In the past, Li Qinghua was lazy but was most afraid that he would sleep in a separate room and divorce her.

–Where was this going?

Liu Kai didn't know that his wife Li Qinghua was bubbling with beauty.

"I'll take my son to sleep."

Li Qinghua didn't even look at the man, and happily carried her son to sleep.

Li Qinghua already had a revolutionary comrade and ally. She was no longer alone, which meant that she got a backbone. Xiao Qin was such a good person. She invited her to drink sweet fruit tea and gave her fried fish steak, which made Li Qinghua feel hopeful for the future.

Even if she got divorced in the future, she still had a good sister. If they get divorced together, they would help each other and rely on each other.

Xiao Qin invited her to wait a few days to catch fish together. Li Qinghua was a land duck, and was afraid of water. Since she came to the island, she never went to catch fishes… But Xiao Qin invited her to the sea, so she agreed.

She wanted to get along with Xiao Qin carefully!

Fight for divorce but not leave the island.

Although Huang Xinying only briefly chatted with Qin Rou next door in the past two days, she had been paying attention to her movements. She was startled by her aggressive attitude at the beginning, thinking that she was really diligent.

It was not until the most lazy wife of the Liu family in the yard came into contact with Rou Qin, Huang Xinying was excited. What kind of diligent person could make do with that slacky Li Qinghua?

Sure enough, Xiao Qin became lazy the next day.

It was like going fishing for three days and drying the nets for two. (—lack perseverance!)

Huang Xinying smiled secretly in her heart. She had already figured out Xiao Qin's situation, and decided to go to her in a few days to chat.

After separating from his wife, Lu Yan felt as if he didn't see her for a year. Except for his daily work, he was thinking of his wife at all other times.

Before going to bed, he was thinking about his wife, and couldn't sleep alone.

After tossing and turning, he only regretted one thing, that was, not bringing his marriage certificate with him. He wanted to see his wife's photo.

On the ship, Lu Yan, as an officer, had his own dormitory and office, still two people slept in one room, two beds, and two desks. Another officer who stayed in the same room with him was surnamed Ma, and he was not old. He envied Lu Yan for being in this position at his age.

He didn't want to work on the ship, and he kept trying to find a way to transfer to the shore base to work.

So he thought about how to get promoted so he could get transferred all day long.

"Lu Yan, if you endure hardship for a few more years, you may become a leader in the future…"

Ma Baijun really wanted to have a good relationship with his roommate Lu Yan. The young man was capable and could do things, mainly because he was young. With a high level of education, excellent ability, proficient in English and Chinese, he could have a bright future.

It would be great if Lu Yan could take care of him in the future, but he was so much older than him, it was useless.

"Lu Yan, if only I were as old as you…" In his voice, Ma Baijun began to envy Lu Yan's youth and his promising future. As an experienced person, he analyzed the opportunities in the future with him, what he could strive for, and what he had.

He liked to talk to people about who and what used to be and what the leader did…

"The photo is of your wife and child?"

Lu Yan looked at Ma Baijun opposite. He was very envious of the family photo on his table. His own table was bare except for the documents.

He didn't even have a photo of his wife.

Although he bought a camera in Guangcheng and took a lot of photos, the time was too short, the film was not finished, and he didn't have time to develop it.

He couldn't even look at his wife in a photo, it was hard.

"Let me tell you, last year Zhang…" Ma Baijun was not interested in talking about his family, so he changed the subject and continued to talk about what happened to so-and-so.

The photos on his desk had accumulated a lot of dust, it was foggy, and people's faces could not be seen clearly, but there was still no one to wipe them clean.

"How long have you been married?"

"Marriage? People get married when they are old enough. Last year, Xiaowen in the Dazhou team got divorced, and he was transferred later…"

Lu Yan: "… …"

Lu Yan missed Leader Zhang who lived next door.

He missed Wang too.

Wang Yuanzheng stood on the deck.

The egret croaked and flew by, the bright sunlight seemed to penetrate the sea, illuminating the coral in the water, and on the shoal, the yellow sand was brilliant as gold, and the island was getting farther away from him.

He came to Qiongzhou Island before Lu Yan. After which he was arranged to go to Zhizhou Island to complete a task. He had returned to the base military port. He had to meet a friend at night. That friend was none other than Xiao Lu who formed a revolutionary friendship with him.

Comrade Xiao Lu really brought his newly married wife to Qiongzhou Island not far away three thousand miles, and settled down in the base family courtyard.

His heart was a little heavy.

Actually, Wang Yuanzheng was also happy to see Lu Yan's embarrassment, to see how fiery this guy was when he married a little pepper wife.

And when he arrived on Qiongzhou Island, he unexpectedly learned another thing.

Wang Yuanzheng met a person who knew Lu Yan, Zhou Wei, who grew up in the same college as Lu Yan. Zhou Wei was shocked when he heard that Lu Yan married Qin Rou, "Qin Rou? Didn't Tan Rou get married early?"

"She divorced Zhao Jianghong and married Lu Yan? They really did. No wonder Lu Yan didn't come when Lao Zhao got married. It's so tricky…"

Wang Yuanzheng was stunned at the time, "What did you say?"

"Which Qin Rou? Isn't that the little pepper? She never divorced."

She just almost went to be a stepmother.

The man was also stunned, "Which Tan Rou are you talking about?"

…

Wang Yuanzheng only knew that Lu Yan had a little green plum (childhood love) who grew up with him, called Tan Rou, who also married one of his friends, but when the friend invited him when he got married, he didn't go, and the two didn't even have any contact after that.

Wang Yuanzheng's face got weird. Why did it sound like the pair of good friends cut off their relationship for a woman.

– Was he really thinking too much?

He had married another Qin Rou. Was this a stage show with his friend? Wasn't it a bit too coincidental?

"He really married a person named Qin Rou? Qin? Qin Shihuang's Qin?"

Wang Yuanzheng: "…"

Qin Shihuang?

(:founder of Qin dynasty)

"How long has he known this Qin Rou and got married?"

…

The matter was not very simple, Wang Yuanzheng didn't know the specific situation, so he couldn't make a rash assertion. He had been with Lu Yan, the guy was obviously moved by Qin Rou.

But he didn't know if it had something to do with Tan Rou.

If it didn't matter, why didn't he go to his good friend's wedding and cut off the relationship?

Originally, the truth of the matter had nothing to do with Wang Yuanzheng, but he was upright, just like when he dated Xiaoma. He was very frank and didn't hide anything from her. What was the condition of Qiongzhou Island? What would happen after marriage in the future, he told her everything one by one.

Wang Yuanzheng struggled, then he decided when he went to Lu Yan's house for dinner later, he would ask Lu Yan about Tan Rou in front of Qin Rou. If it was a misunderstanding, then it would be best if the misunderstanding was resolved. If there was really some problem behind it, Lu Yan would tell his wife all these things in a down-to-earth manner.

Otherwise, the girl would not feel good if she heard these rumors from other places in the future.

These things should not have been hidden.

Wang Yuanzheng made that decision, and felt very guilty, inexplicably feeling like he was going to destroy other people's family.

Although he always said he wanted to see Lu Yan's post-marital embarrassment, he was still very happy for him. The husband and wife were married, and he always wanted them to live the best life.

Wang Yuanzheng got off the dock with his things, and saw Lu Yan not long after.

The man stood on the shore, dressed in a snow-white military uniform, with a shining red star on the military cap on his head, the clouds scattered on the sea level like broken gold, the seabirds flew behind him, and the sea breeze gently brushed his clothes. The handsome face was even more brilliant in the sunset.

When he saw Lu Yan, Wang Yuanzheng couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

The man definitely cleaned up his appearance. When they were studying in school before, they got along day and night. He knew how rough Comrade Xiao Lu was.

– Married men were different.

There was a stinky smell.

Seeing him, Lu Yan said eagerly, "Lao Wang!"

Lu Yan missed him very much. After comparing him with Comrade Lao Ma, he now enjoyed being with Lao Wang. He missed the man a lot. At school every day, the person talked about marrying a wife and dating.

He had a mind full of words and wanted to tell Lao Wang.

When the other party was overly enthusiastic, Wang Yuanzheng's heart skipped a beat.

Who the hell was Lao Wang?

So courteous, it was either a traitor or a thief.

He must have wanted to show off to him. Wang Yuanzheng looked at him with disgust, "You look like this, as if you are an honor guard."

(Honor guard receives dignitaries)

Lu Yan was in a good mood and didn't care about him. He hooked his arms on Wang Yuanzheng, shoulders, "Lao Wang, you are quite discerning, buddy, I really carried the flag in the school for a few years, and now in the principal's office, there is my photo posted on the bulletin board, the face of the school."

As soon as the man opened the chatterbox, he couldn't stop, "Lao Wang, let me tell you, this colony…"

"My wife doesn't know how to make dumplings, and neither does Zhang Tuan's wife next door…"

"If you move to the colony in the future, you will definitely have to remember…"

"My wife said she wanted to build a flower shed in the yard…"

Wang Yuanzheng: "…"

It had not been a long while since they met, so why was Comrade Lu Yan talking so much?

He suspected that Lu Yan did it on purpose.

But the guy had the word "sincere" written all over his face, and he just went on saying things about his wife.

"Let's go to my house," Lu Yan told him a lot, and was finally relieved.

After finishing speaking, he also sighed with emotion, "Lao Wang, I really want to go back to the days when I slept with you."

Wang Yuanzheng: "…Can you say such a thing?"

"What can't be said? I really miss…"

Wang Yuanzheng: "…"

Thinking of his decision when he came, Wang Yuanzheng originally felt a little guilty, but it all vanished.

Lao Wang thought to himself that he might not be human, but Lao Lu was a real dog.

Wang Yuanzheng was a guest at someone's house, so he brought things over. He couldn't go empty-handed, and he couldn't buy other things on the island, so what he brought were the specialties of Zhizhou Island, which was a bottle of wine, plus some frozen fresh sea fish and a big mango just picked from the island.

If nothing else, the fruits there were really sweet. Wang Yuanzheng had never eaten the stuff before, and he was addicted to it.

Lu Yan took a bag of things in his hand and said politely to him, "You've already come here, why bring these? We are friends, who are you acting polite with?"

"I'm not familiar with you."

"Lao Wang, you are really heartless."

…

Lu Yan entered his yard. After three days, the yard changed a little. There were a few green saplings, which must have been planted by his wife. Looking at the lights in the house, Lu Yan thought to himself, warm.

"This is planted by my wife."

Wang Yuanzheng chuckled, no need to say, who didn't know that it was planted by your wife. If not by her, could they be planted by him?

It was just that Wang Yuanzheng took a closer look. Oh, it was not right. Wasn't it the yellow pepper seedling he had seen in his hometown? He also tasted a few mouthfuls of yellow chili sauce, the taste…

Thinking of the taste, Wang Yuanzheng couldn't help but take a breath.

– He had never eaten such spicy chilli!

Wang Yuanzheng, who ate chili peppers from childhood to adulthood, and did not change his face after eating chili bibimbap, was also defeated by the chili.

Once he felt that the taste was weak and wanted to add some chili peppers, the fellow smiled and took out the chili peppers and told him that the yellow chili peppers were very spicy, so he put them in the soup. Wang Yuanzheng did not believe in it. How spicy could it be? He thought that the fellow from Qiongzhou Island looked down on him, so he just took a big chopstick.

That taste almost ascended him to heaven.

He had to keep a smile on his face, and said, "I don't think—hiss—"

"It's really…yes… spicy!"

It had only been a few days since the guy moved in with his wife. The first thing she planted in the yard were chili peppers… worthy of marrying a fiery girl.

Qin Rou met the friend Lu Yan brought back.

He was wearing a white military uniform like Lu Yan, not so serious, with a pair of phoenix eyes, very gentle, a bit similar to her brother-in-law Chen Mian.

"Wife, this is my comrade-in-arms, Wang Yuanzheng, just call him Lao Wang."

"Hello, Comrade Wang."

"Hello."

As she was welcoming a guest, Qin Rou wore light blue wide-leg pants and white shirt. The clothes were made by tailors in Guangcheng, it was simple and elegant.

All her hair was pulled loosely behind her head, revealing a bright and beautiful face with a few strands of fine hair around her ears, which made her look a lot more gentle.

"Come in and sit, I'll bring the dishes out."

Qin Rou cooked the dishes ahead of time, and Lu Yan went to help her serve the dishes. She prepared eight or nine dishes. The dishes included shrimp cake, fried fish steaks, fried scallops, boiled shrimps, conch pot, steamed shrimps, vinegared bean sprouts, shrimp slipped tofu soup and a pot of sweet and sour radishes.

Seeing that the coloring and fragrance were great, she thought that it must be Delicious, but Qin Rou liked one of the sweet and sour radishes the most.

As for the others… It was hard to say.

Her stomach made a sound, and Qin Rou could understand why those people said that they ate abalone and king crab with tears.

Eating too much seafood was also worrying.

The sweet and sour radish was especially suitable for her taste. She used small white radish produced locally in Qiongzhou Island. It was small and had plenty of juice! ! She sliced the small white radish into pieces the size of a coin, marinated with salt for half an hour, then added sugar, green kumquat, millet spicy, light soy sauce, garlic and ginger to make a sauce, put the radish in the sweet and sour seasoning, and marinated it in the juice for three hours. The radish was sweet and sour, very appetizing!

After serving the dishes, Lu Yan picked up his sleeves and said, "Lao Wang brought some blue crabs, I'll steam them."

"Let me."

"Wife, don't, let me do these little things, be careful with your hand," Lu Yan glanced at her with a smile, then turned to go to the kitchen.

Qin Rou followed him to the kitchen door.

For the past two days, because Qin Rou was thinking about Tan Rou's affairs, she was very annoyed, and angry with him, but when she saw the man that evening, her body burst out with infinite joy, which made her own heartbeat panic.

Seeing him, she couldn't control the joy, just like the tears she had no control on, it became the instinct.

From the moment he stepped into the gate of Lu's house, Wang Yuanzheng was stunned. He was like stepping on a landmine. There was a rumbling sound all around him, and everything changed.

The wife Lu Yan married was really beautiful and she was definitely the dream lover in the minds of most men. No wonder Lu Yan wanted to marry her once he saw her.

Her voice of speech was clear and sweet, gentle and pleasant.

Not to mention her way of dealing with people, her temperament and charm, and the gentleness and sweetness with which she talked to the children.

She was the ideal wife of a man.

Wang Yuanzheng: I'm afraid this little pepper was not too spicy, was she? ? ? ? ? Lu Yan, who didn't eat spicy food, would love the peppers?

What made Wang Yuanzheng even more unbelievable was Comrade Lu Yan. He was particularly different. He didn't say anything on the shore. As soon as he entered the door, he thought Chief Staff Officer Lu would be a jerk.

But Lu Yan spoke softly and politely, like a good and motivated young man.

Wang Yuanzheng secretly tutted: It's not just from the honor guard, you Lao Lu came from the art troupe, right?

It was played in front of him.

Would this couple have agreed to sing and perform a play in front of him knowing that he was coming as a guest?

– I'll see how you act.

Wang Yuanzheng snorted in his heart. They acted as a loving couple in front of him, but he could figure it out.

Lu Yan opened a bottle of white wine, poured a glass for Wang Yuanzheng and himself, and drank and ate vegetables.

Qin Rou placed the steamed blue crab on the table. At the time, the two children were full and went to the room to draw together. It was said that they had homework to do.

Wang Yuanzheng asked Lu Yan, "I met Zhou Wei before, and I told him that you married, but he was surprised at the time. What a coincidence, you married Qin Rou, and he thought it was Tan Rou, the girl you grew up with in the same colony."

Qin Rou was going to go back to the kitchen to get the sauce, but was stunned on hearing it. She originally planned to ask Lu Yan about Tan Rou that night. But his comrade-in-arms asked him first.

She turned her head to look at Lu Yan, to see his reaction, but found him eating the snails with relish without raising his eyebrows.

What did he mean?

Even Wang Yuanzheng couldn't understand Lu Yan's reaction at the time. He didn't seem to understand what he said at all.

"Lu Yan, why don't you speak?"

"What? Hey, maybe I haven't seen Zhou Wei for a few years."

Was the focus now on Zhou Wei?

Wang Yuanzheng looked at Lu Yan with a look of mud that couldn't support the wall (m. stupid), "I told him about your marriage, but he actually guessed that you married Qin Rou because you wanted to compete with your former friend Zhao Jianghong. Have you ever liked Tan Rou before, the little girl who grew up in the same colony as you? After she married Zhao Jianghong, you didn't go to Zhao Jianghong's wedding, and you broke contact with him for a woman."

"What?!" Lu Yan threw the shell on the table, his handsome brows furrowed, "What are you talking about?"

"What am I talking about? Let's talk about the coincidences, all coincidences are mostly intentional," Wang Yuanzheng wasn't stupid either, those who were engaged in political work were observant. When he saw Lu Yan's reaction, he knew that there must be a misunderstanding behind it.

"Heck, this kind of coincidence, is it really a coincidence? Isn't Zhou Wei effin sick?"

"When did I fall in love with someone? This is the first time I have been tempted in twenty-five years!"

The sauce dish in Qin Rou's hand fell to the ground, and she quickly bent down to pick up the pieces.

"Don't move, be careful, it will cut your hands, I'll clean it up," Lu Yan came over and cleaned up the ground neatly.

"You suddenly talked in such a loud voice just now, which startled me," Qin Rou complained first, and quickly found a reason to suppress the panic in her heart.

—Lu Yan said that he was tempted for the first time in twenty-five years.

It was self-evident who the object of temptation was.

In front of outsiders, he said it so openly.

"I scared you, then I'll be quiet."

"Yeah," Qin Rou nodded. Her ears were so hot that it almost spread to her cheeks, and an inexplicable joy filled her heart.

"What were you talking about just now, who is Tan Rou?"

Lu Yan was very frank. He would answer whatever she asked, and there was nothing to hide, "It happened many years ago."

"Then why didn't you go to your friend's wedding?"

"To avoid suspicion."

There was indeed something else, Lu Yan didn't like Tan Rou, but she liked him, "When I was in the military academy, she wrote me many letters, but I didn't open any of them, I returned them all to her."

Even on the eve of her wedding, she tried her best to give him a call, saying that as long as he was willing, she would refuse to marry Zhao Jianghong.

It was inexplicable. Even if it was true that they grew up in the same colony, he had never had any contact with Tan Rou.

His relationship with Zhao Jianghong was even better.

Lu Yan went to Bincheng to attend a military academy, while Zhao Jianghong later stayed in a naval academy in Island. The two had no contact, and their relationship faded.

All of them went to military schools, closed management, and he didn't even see his family members let alone them.

Zhao Jianghong was going to marry Tan Rou, and when she called him, Lu Yan couldn't understand why she did even do that.

—He was on the sea as soon as he graduated, who cared about all the twists and turns of their lives?

Qin Rou: "…"

So that was the case.

She should have asked directly in the first place.

Lu Yan was amazed, "Tell me, does Zhou Wei have water in his brain?"

"Who am I? I'm Lu Yan, if I like any woman, I would definitely marry her."

"Wife, don't you think so?"

Qin Rou: "…" It's your a*s. Were you just flooded with water?

The first time she met him on a blind date where he didn't say a word, he went back to submit the marriage application directly. She thought that he was a man who had a hole in his head.

You were an idiot, is that how you look when you face someone you like?

That time she also nodded with an inscrutable look and agreed that the two of them would live together in the future, making her think that the guy only chose her to complete the marriage task.

Qin Rou: "…" Why did I fall in love with this fool?

Qin Rou closed her eyes, "Yes, you're right."

"That's right, come on, keep drinking."

"Wife, I'll peel crabs for you. I found out that you like crabs the most."

Lu Yan was still observant. Qin Rou really liked eating crabs. Lu Yan helped her peel a large bowl of crab meat. She ate a piece of snow-white crab meat and fed the largest piece of crab to Lu Yan's mouth.

"Don't you like to eat this?" Lu Yan wondered. He had seen that Qin Rou liked it before.

Qin Rou glanced at him with a smile. It's just because it's my favorite, so I'll give it to you, silly dog.

Although Lu Yan jokingly said that he "invited Wang Yuanzheng to come to his house to listen to the radio", he really couldn't do such a worthless thing. The radio was kept in the room, and he didn't mention it or take it out to deliberately disgust his friend.

It was Wang Yuanzheng who spoke first, "Take out your radio and let me listen to it."

Qin Rou: "…" Did you really come to our house to listen to the radio?

After a meal, Lu Yan and Wang Yuanzheng both drank a lot of wine, Qin Rou went to cook them a bowl of sober soup. Lu Yan didn't want to drink it, it was too sour, but finally he drank it honestly.

There were no entertainment activities in the evening. They turned on the radio. Lu Yan made hot tea, and Qin Rou went to find peanuts and melon seeds, as well as the shredded coconut sugar and coconut cakes she had made in the past two days for them to have tea and chat.

The two children had already slept. They were noisy during the day and went to bed early at night.

After tuning the channel, Qin Rou listened to the broadcast content on the radio attentively.

The radio brought by Lu Yan had excellent sound quality, and the loud voice of the male announcer could be heard from the loudspeaker, and it happened to be a nighttime art program.

The soundtrack of a movie was about to play.

When the voice came out, Qin Rou realized the coincidence. It was the movie she and Lu Yan watched that day.

In the era, there were few movies, and once a movie was released, the number of people who watched the movie would definitely surprise many people. The show was also on.

"Lu Yan, listen!"

Lu Yan heard it long ago, and said with a smile, "It's the movie we went to see that day."

Qin Ju said, "It's the song played in the middle. It's a good song."

The words Wang Yuanzheng was about to say were swallowed in his throat: "…"

— I also watched the movie.

"Lao Wang, this is the movie I watched when my wife and I met for the first time."

Wang Yuanzheng: "…So you guys went to the cinema."

Hehe, he didn't know whether to say it or not.

—What happened to you, Lao Lu, who watches a movie on blind date and then gets married a few days later?

Thinking about Lu Yan's performance that day…it turned out to be the case.

Lao Lu, Lao Lu, you are really amazing.

Wang Yuanzheng was drinking tea. He looked at the radio and couldn't hear anything. He only felt that the tea in his mouth became more bitter.

He must always remember the radio, remember the lessons of the past.

"Lao Lu, I have to learn from you in the future," Wang Yuanzheng looked at Lu Yan, and said this very seriously.

As soon as he entered the door, he thought that the couple was acting in front of him, but he understood that they didn't need to act, they didn't even need to say a word, the tacit understanding and eyes naturally revealed in their actions and behaviors were exactly the warm family he yearned for in life.

There was no need for promises but only to integrate the bits and pieces of life into the actions.

No matter how much one promised, it was better to do it directly. Comrade Lu had done a good job.

Lu Yan: "?" What do you need to learn from me, Lao Wang?

"You, Lao Wang, why don't you tell me what the leader of the group told you when we were studying?"

Lu Yan wanted to take the opportunity to learn from the past. He was studying those every day, studying the way husband and wife got along, studying how to be a man to coordinate the conflicts between mother and wife, what was going on at home, what was going on between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law in the future, how the husband and wife would raise their children…

Lu Yan didn't listen to the leader's story in the past at all.

It was good to hear it.

"Huh? It was nothing much," Wang Yuanzheng waved his hand, as now he felt that those were useless.

If it was useful, why wasn't he the one with a wife and children?

"Lao Lu, give me some advice in the future."

Lu Yan: "…" You are wrong!

Wang Yuanzheng rested in the guest room on the first floor at night, Lu Yan pretended to let him experience the taste of living there in advance.

Wang Yuanzheng really did research and made adequate preparations in advance.

Although he came under the moonlight, he also carefully saw the situation in the Lu family's yard. A strange wooden fence surrounding the chickens, and a few lonely little seedlings looked… really barren.

He was also a farmer's child, and he felt itchy whenever he saw a deserted land. If he also had a family in the future and moved into the family's courtyard… Wang Yuanzheng's heart was full of enthusiasm.

To raise chickens and grow vegetables, he needed to grow more yellow peppers than the Lu family!

Lu Yan had said before that he wanted to ask him for chili sauce, but he seemed to have forgotten about it. It must be because he had already planted yellow chili peppers at home.

Maybe Wang Yuanzheng could go to his house to ask for some yellow chili sauce in the future.

That yellow pepper was spicy, but delicious, especially in soup… If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't take the people's seedlings, Wang Yuanzheng really wanted the yellow peppers from his fellow.

Lu Yan, who didn't eat spicy food, also had a swaying pepper seedling.

God was really generous to some.

Wang Yuanzheng sighed quietly.

When would he be able to have family members?

Wang Yuanzheng was bitter.

He had to ask Comrade Lu to help him to find a partner as soon as possible.

Originally, Qin Rou planned to ask about Tan Rou at night, but Lu Yan's comrade helped her solve a big problem.

She couldn't help but have a good impression of Wang Yuanzheng.

Just from the conversation, one could tell that he was a very reliable person, and was much more reliable than Comrade Lu.

Qin Rou heard about him and Xiaoma, and it was the correct matchmaking route in the era.

Unlike Comrade Lu's weid method, so weird, that she couldn't understand his brain circuit.

Qin Rou lay relaxed on the bed, Lu Yan held her in his arms, and went to touch her hair, wrapping her index finger around her hair, probably because of his short hair, he had a great deal of interest for her long hair.

She didn't need to ask about Tan Rou's affairs, so there was nothing to talk about. The couple spent the night together, not just talking .

There were no sentences about love, affection, etc. They were not the hero and heroine of TV dramas, who confessed to each other every day.

They wanted to talk about life-like things. In fact, Qin Rou had been curious about one thing these days. She pulled the corner of his shirt and asked, "Lu Yan, do you want to eat pancake rolls with green onions?"

Lu Yan: "…What?"

He looked at Qin Rou.

She blushed at the sight of him, as if she had said something strange. Obviously it was a very real life question, but in the room with a man and woman lying in the same bed, it should be wierd. Ummm… and her body was curled up in a quilt…

What green onions rolled in the pancake?

Hiss…why didn't it sound right?

Qin Rou found that, in fact, the bed was not a suitable place for talking about life-oriented issues. There, life-oriented issues became less pure.

She really meant green onions! She had only seen green onions that were taller than humans on the Internet. Was there really such green onions in reality? Or was it a new variety that hadn't been developed yet?

When Qin Rou was about to plant some green onions, she thought about it.

"I don't want to eat it."

Qin Rou: "…" I know you love steamed buns the most. Turns out I was the only one thinking too dirty.

An army officer must also be an honest army officer.

Qin Rou turned over and spread it out into a pancake, deeply disgusting herself. She must have seen too many comments from modern sand sculpture (stupid) netizens. She needed to add a stain remover in her mind.

Look at Comrade Lu, who was so handsome, how pure his thoughts were and how upright he was.

"Do you want to eat it?"

"Do you have any?"

"I saw it in my fellow villagers. If you want to eat it, wait for me to take you back to my hometown—"

"No." Qin Rou shook her head, "I don't want to."

"I'm going to eat a huge prawn!"

The more they chatted, the more outrageous it became. Qin Rou clutched the corner of her clothes uncomfortably. When she followed Lu Yan all the way to Qiongzhou Island, she didn't feel anything, after all, it was a place she was familiar with.

As for going back to his hometown with him, she had to meet his parents, siblings…

So she felt terrified.

From a young age, her parents divorced. She didn't know what life in a normal family was like, and she was even more afraid of seeing his parents. She could avoid it before, but since she wanted to live with Lu Yan, she couldn't avoid it.

What kind of people were his father, mother, brothers and sister?

Lu Yan was too silent before, and she didn't know how he told his family about their marriage. How did he describe her in front of his parents?

"You'll know when you see them," Lu Yan smiled and kissed her hair.

"I will take you back to my hometown on vacation at the end of the year."

Lu Yan was thinking beautifully in his heart. He thought that it would be really nice to bring his wife home.

"Do you have a photo of your family?"

"I'll ask my parents to send one, and send them yours as well."

"Yeah," Qin Rou nodded, the ugly daughter-in-law still had to see her in-laws, prepare in advance, and then meet. There was still time before Lu Yan's vacation.

He rolled over and pressed her under him. Qin Rou didn't expect that he would ask for it that night. She heard that a man couldn't get up after drinking too much? The drunken one-night stands in novels were all fake.

Lu Yan drank a lot that night. But… the man seemed to be drinking fake wine.

She didn't know how the sound insulation of the house was. Anyway, Qin Rou didn't dare to make a sound. The action was much gentler.

Afterwards, both of them felt a little uncomfortable.

The next day, Lu Yan went out with Wang Yuanzheng early in the morning. He put on a hat, had a handsome face, but looked dissatisfied.

It was so embarrassing. He was in the prime of life, and had just tasted it. They couldn't wait to stick together all the time, and they got only a night like that after a few days…

Lu Yan glanced at Wang Yuanzheng. He happily invited him to come to his house but at that moment he thought: Don't come to my house.

No one is welcome to listen to the radio.

He disturbed his harmonious and happy married life.

"Lao Lu, I'll come to your house to visit you more in the future."

Lu Yan, who was brushing his teeth, spat out a mouthful of water. He wiped the foam from his mouth, "You want to see me too much, right?"

Wang Yuanzheng wanted to put his arm on his shoulders, but couldn't put it, so he had to reply, "What are we? Best friends"

Lu Yan: "Go away."

"Lao Lu, you are so heartless."

"Did they go to the island?"

"This child didn't even call home…"

After retirement, Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping grew vegetables and flowers every day, and chatted with Lao Wang next door, played chess, and the days went by.

Although their youngest son Lu Yan married a "fiery" girl, they were deeply surprised and worried for him.

At their age, they all came from that gloomy era. It was not easy to live to that day. They had seen big storms. Wasn't it just that their son married a hot-tempered girl? It was a small matter.

One characteristic that the couple had in common was that they were big-hearted.

Of course, it could also be called the revolutionary spirit of optimism. If the couple was not optimistic, they would not have been able to live to the present.

Optimistic, must be optimistic!

Since he got married, then he should live his life well.

The Lu family was not a very strict family. They didn't have to be particular about it in the past. What else should they pay attention to when they are struggling on the line of life and death? In the past, it was not easy to get married during the most difficult times. Only a regiment-level cadre or above could qualify for marriage. When the family was established the children and grandchildren had a good time.

Jiang Ping was watering the flowers, but Lu Zongyi hurriedly stopped her, "Don't kill my flowers."

Jiang Ping gave him a disgusting look, "Old men who have retired all grow vegetables at the door of the house, but you lousy old man, grow flowers."

"It's good to grow flowers, look how beautiful they are." Lu Zongyi whispered to himself, "It's better to grow flowers than vegetables."

Lu Zongyi was afraid of the vegetables his wife grew. They were terrible. His wife couldn't take care of fruits and vegetables at all, and he didn't know how she had been a doctor for a long time. The vegetables she grew smelled like medicine.

"The vegetables you grow are so bitter."

The children were not around, only the old man ate it. He was in pain, and he didn't know if it was because he married Jiang Ping, a military doctor.

Cooking was like boiling medicine.

"I should have cooked more sweet rice for you, but you can't even eat bitterness now."

"Did you forget when you used to eat tree bark and grass roots?"

Once that happened, he was really in tears. The leaders above didn't tell him in advance, they came to visit quietly, tasted his family's food, and repeatedly praised the two of them as really good comrades.

Lu Zongyi: "…"

Was he willing?

It was not easy for him to raise his grandson to be a chubby boy. Fortunately, the child was worthy of being born to his daughter. He was very optimistic and ate everything.

He thought the little guy was noisy when he was around, but missed him very much when he was gone. Maybe he would lose weight after going to Qiongzhou Island with his uncle and aunt.

Luckily, it was at the seaside. The things in the sea could be eaten immediately after steaming and boiling.

Lu Zongyi called his youngest son Lu Yan and asked him how he was doing in Qiongzhou Island. His son said calmly that everything was normal.

This kid could really play with him.

"Where's Mingxi?"

"Happy."

Lu Zongyi: "…"

The word was really correct. His little grandson was happy wherever he was.

Optimism inherited from his grandparents.

"Since you're married, just live a good life. Don't do anything stupid. We don't want you to get divorced, I warn you, don't mess around… This is the wife you picked yourself, not me. I didn't force you." Whatever you should suffer is your fault.

Lu Zongyi snorted coldly.

The old man had deeply realized that the essence of marriage was that two people tortured each other until their heads turned white.

He was at the end of it, and his son was just getting started.

Lu Yan let out an "um", and the ending sound rose a little happily, "Dad, I really have to thank you." Otherwise, where would he find such a wife?

"Next time I come back, please invite Uncle Jiang to have a meal at home."

He would like to thank the people who made the marriage connection.

Lu Zongyi: "…"

For a while, he couldn't tell if his son was speaking ironically or not.

Was he waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?

"You have to invite Uncle Wang as well."

If it wasn't for the encouragement of Uncle Wang next door, his father would not have been stimulated to force him to find a partner.

Lu Zongyi: "…"

Do you want to take revenge all at once?

"Forget it. I, as someone who had experience, let me remind you…"

"Yes."

"Don't let your wife grow vegetables."