On the third day of the train's journey, the sickly girl finally recovered her energy. After three days of getting along, she had become familiar with Ming Leyao and called her "Auntie" affectionately.

"Auntie, look outside, there is a bird's nest on that tree. This is the tenth bird's nest I have seen."

"Xiaobao can count? Do you know which number this is?"

"Yes, yes, my mother taught me that."

"You kid."

Lin Yuzhen touched her child's soft head lovingly and let her lie in her arms and act coquettishly.

......

Fu Wencheng walked all over the streets and alleys of Baihe County for three days. Finally, with the help of Wan Xin, an old hand, he found a relatively clean and tidy yard, but the rent of this yard was fifteen yuan.

"Captain, you are awesome... You rent it for 15 yuan a month?"

"Everything is available here, and the courtyard is quiet and clean. It is also opposite the Public Security Bureau, so safety is guaranteed."

Wan Xin thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

Although the yard he rented was big, it was overgrown with weeds. Although the house would not collapse at the slightest touch of the wind, it was not very sturdy either. Fortunately, his wife and daughter would only stay there for half a month at most, so he could just make do with it. The most important thing was to save money, which was only five dollars a month.

When the two men returned to the army, Fu Wencheng immediately called Captain Shangjiaqiao's office and received shocking news.

His wife...

Already came to find him.

Surprise, worry, touching, overwhelmed...

All kinds of emotions mixed together, and Fu Wencheng didn't know how to digest them.

Then it suddenly occurred to me that my wife had been out for several days, but she hadn’t arrived yet. What was going on? ? ?

All emotions turned into panic, and Fu Wencheng began to think about how to get the information that his wife got on the car.

An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he remembered that Pang Jianyuan had just mentioned that his wife was going to Cui's house. He quickly picked up the phone and dialed the relay number, which was transferred all the way to the office of the mayor of Nanxing City.

"Hello, I'm Cui Baoguo."

"Grandpa Cui, I'm Wen Cheng."

"Wen Cheng? Why did you think of calling me? Is there something wrong?"

Mr. Cui's hearty laughter came through the microphone and accurately reached Fu Wencheng's ears, making Fu Wencheng couldn't help but laugh along.

"The old man looks very energetic, and it seems he is in good health."

"Hahaha, you kid, but what you said is right. If it weren't for Le Yao, I wouldn't have made it this far. By the way, speaking of Le Yao, she said she would come to find you and give you a surprise. The little interest you two have in each other's hearts really makes an old guy like me envious."

Hearing the old man mention his wife, Fu Wencheng quickly asked, "Grandpa Cui, which day did Le Yao take the bus?"

"Oh, it's the one from three days ago. My eldest son bought her the ticket. She should be arriving the day after tomorrow."

"the day after tomorrow..."

Isn’t this the same day as Wan Xin’s wife’s?

He had heard from the boy before that he was worried that the mother and daughter would suffer on the road, so he saved money for several months and bought a hard sleeper to mail to them...

If the Cui family bought a ticket for their daughter-in-law, it must be a sleeper car.

"I understand, Grandpa Cui, I will go to the station on time to pick up Le Yao the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, go ahead, but make sure you take good care of that girl. If even a hair is missing, you'll see how I'll deal with you when I get back."

"good."

After Fu Wencheng hung up the phone, he found Wan Xin, went back to change into casual clothes, and took him to the supply and marketing cooperative in Baihe County to buy the things they needed.

Pots, pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt, as well as a brand new quilt and several new sets of clothes. Wan Xin was stimulated by the crazy shopping spree of his own team leader.

I spent twenty dollars to buy a new piece of clothing for my wife and child.

There’s nothing I can do if my foundation isn’t strong enough.

After shopping, Fu Wencheng went to the black market to buy some coal, chicken, and red clay stove.

Then he spent the whole day cleaning the house, chopped the firewood neatly and placed it in the woodshed, and asked someone to install a stove with a chimney in the house.

Since the weather in Jiangbei City is not as cold as in the north, basically few people use kangs. Only the production teams at the bottom, which are close to the mountains and convenient for collecting firewood, will build a few kangs for their families to use during the winter.

No matter how powerful he was, it was impossible for him to build a kang in a day. He could only use the coal stove to warm the cool room.

After finishing, Fu Wencheng returned to the army late at night.

I simply packed some things for myself and lay on the bed, combing my sheep in silence.

I was so excited that I didn't even want to sleep.

I tossed and turned until the second half of the night and finally fell into a drowsy sleep. But it was not a good sleep. I got up every once in a while to look at the watch, as if I was afraid of missing the time.

At five o'clock in the morning, the morning horn echoed over the troops. Fu Wencheng's tightly closed eyes opened instantly, and he got up quickly, dressed and washed.

Five minutes later, I went out and rushed to the training ground.

The routine daily morning exercises started on the wide training ground.

We practiced for two hours before disbanding.

Wan Xin then approached his own leader and asked quietly, "Leader, have you asked for leave?"

"No.."

"Ah? You didn't ask for leave, how are you going to pick up your sister-in-law?"

"......"

Could he say he was so excited that he forgot?

Fu Wencheng said calmly, "It's the same now."

"Why?"

Wan Xin touched the back of his head, he really couldn't understand his leader's train of thought, hadn't he received the news long ago? And he had prepared so many things, why didn't he take the day off?

Knowing that his brain was not suited to thinking about such complicated things, Wan Xin quickly put this question behind him, ran back to the dormitory, packed his things and went to pick up his wife and daughter.

Fu Wencheng didn't even have time to eat breakfast. He went back to the office and wrote a note for leave. Knowing that the political commissar must not be at work, he knocked on his door with the note.

"Wen Cheng is here?"

Tan Shu, the wife of Political Commissar Jian, opened the door and saw Fu Wencheng standing outside. Her smile suddenly became much warmer. She invited him into the house, and the first person she called was not her husband, but her daughter who was washing up.

"Shanshan, your brother Fu is here."

"Hey, here I come."

Jian Shanshan, who was still washing slowly, quickened her movements, wiped her face, combed her hair, and finally looked in the mirror to make sure that there was nothing wrong with her. She grinned gently and walked gracefully to her mother. She raised her eyes and quietly looked at the handsome and tall Fu Wencheng, and immediately blushed and lowered her head.

Tan Shu saw his daughter's expression clearly, and couldn't help but joked, "You keep talking about your brother Fu's good and bad every day, but now that he's here, you're speechless."

Fu Wencheng stood aside, and when he saw the reactions of the mother and daughter, his expression became even colder.