"Honey, you went next door to deliver vegetables, why did you come back looking like that?"

Gu Ye looked at Bao Ni as she entered, his expression shifting in a complex way.

"Gu Ye, I have something good to tell you."

Bonnie pulled Gu Ye into the bedroom. They had to keep it quiet; the news hadn't spread yet, and she couldn't become the first to spread gossip.

Gu Ye looked at his mysterious wife. What was wrong with her?

“I heard from Sister-in-law Wei Hong that someone in the Yang family, the family of Wenze’s biological father, is sick, and it’s a serious illness.”

Gu Ye was stunned for a moment, not expecting this kind of news; it was good news nonetheless.

Do you know who is sick?

"It's not confirmed yet, but according to Sister-in-law Wei Hong's analysis, it should be one of the two sons."

Bonnie shared the conclusions of their analysis and research, so there shouldn't be any problems.

"Okay, you two are really something. I'll subtly find out who's sick and what's wrong when I get to work tomorrow."

Gu Ye had a plan in mind. Wen Ze was a doctor, a very skilled surgeon, and also proficient in traditional Chinese medicine. He was his master's last disciple.

Wenze's teacher was very famous in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, but he has now retired and no longer sees patients.

This matter is still unresolved; we'll discuss it further later.

In the following period, no news about the Yang family came out of the compound. Bao Ni didn't hear anything, and there was no news about Sister-in-law Wei Hong either.

Bonnie was so busy pickling sauerkraut and salted vegetables that she didn't have time to think about anything else.

The story of pickling sauerkraut has also been full of twists and turns.

Bonnie didn't know how to pickle sauerkraut or salted vegetables, so she wrote a letter to Aunt Zhang in advance; Aunt Zhang was from Northeast China.

The letter took a long time to reach the south, and by the time Bonnie received the letter, the autumn vegetables had already been harvested.

Bonnie read the letter and realized it must have been written by her second daughter, since Sister Zhang couldn't read, let alone write.

This recipe, dictated by Zhang's wife and written down by her daughter, was a bit confusing, with many colloquialisms and homophones. Bonnie didn't quite understand it.

"Sanqi, take a look, can you understand it?"

Sanqi took the letter his mother handed him, which contained instructions on how to pickle sauerkraut.

Sanqi read it once, but didn't quite understand it.

"I don't understand the meaning of many words, Mom. Why don't you ask other aunties from Northeast China and put together a simple and easy-to-understand recipe and process?"

Your son is smart, but he hasn't reached the level of a genius.

Sanqi said some irritating things in a serious tone, which made Liujiu and Xuanyi laugh.

Comrade Gu Xuanming is constantly teetering on the edge of getting beaten up, testing the waters. Who knows when he'll slip up and twist his ankle? That would be interesting.

Bonnie had no choice but to put away the papers and ask Gu Ye for help. Since she came here, she hadn't really gotten to know many military wives, and she wasn't very familiar with anyone upstairs or downstairs.

Gu Ye received his wife's task and solved the problem for her in just two days.

"Go to the five-story building on the west side, unit 3, apartment 101, and find Xu Meifeng. She's from Northeast China."

Gu Ye found a squad leader in their brigade whose wife had come to join him in the military last year.

Bonnie got the information and stopped worrying. She'll ask after get off work tomorrow; she can only pickle sauerkraut on a day off.

When Bonnie met Xu Meifeng, she was quite surprised.

Xu Meifeng was in her twenties, with an average appearance—neither ugly nor beautiful, just an ordinary person. To Bao Ni's surprise, she had a leg disability and walked with a slight limp.

"Sister-in-law, come in. My husband has already spoken to me."

"I'm so sorry, I asked my sister-in-law whom I knew before. The letter she wrote to me contained a lot of colloquialisms, which I didn't quite understand."

Bonnie followed her into the house, a one-bedroom apartment, which was spotless.

"Can I take a look? Sometimes, our local dialect is a bit hard to understand."

Bonnie handed over the paper, and Xu Meifeng took it and saw that it contained quite a few dialects.

Xu Meifeng found paper and pen, rewrote it, and handed it to Bao Ni to see if she could understand it.

Bonnie took it; the handwriting was neat and the language concise, which she could understand.

"Thank you so much, Meifeng, for being able to understand. My name is Lin Baoni. You can call me Baoni or sister-in-law. I'm a few years older than you."

You can come visit me later; I live in the building on the east side.

I haven't been here long and don't know many people yet. When I'm less busy, you can come visit me.

Bonnie wasn't good at small talk, and since it was their first meeting, she said a few more words because she felt the face was familiar.

"I know, sister-in-law. I haven't been here long and I don't know many people."

Xu Meifeng's eyes looked somewhat forlorn, and it was unclear why.

Bonnie took the paper home; she'll bring some groceries over later.

Bonnie handed the paper to Sanqi and the others, asking them to study it.

"Gu Ye, do you know what happened to Xu Meifeng's leg?"

"What legs?"

Gu Ye really didn't know, and he had never met Xu Meifeng.

He asked the political commissar, and learned that his comrade's family member came from Northeast China. The political commissar helped them find their squad leader, Zhang Shan, but as for what happened to his wife, he really didn't know.

"Xu Meifeng has a limp, I don't know how it happened."

Bonnie felt that their unit leaders didn't take good enough care of military spouses and didn't know much about them.

"I really don't know, I'll ask tomorrow."

"Gu Ye, you should take stock of the family situations of the soldiers in the team."

We should find out if the family members are married or unmarried, and if they have any difficulties. Also, we should find out if the family members who come to accompany the military have jobs and if they are being ostracized in the family compound.

Every military spouse has a tough life; they deserve our care and support.

Bonnie was speaking from the heart. Over the past ten years, she has had a pretty smooth life, thanks to her mother and grandmother who helped take care of the children.

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