Chapter 25 Living Alone

"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. Life is still long. There's a secret recipe back home that says men can easily get pregnant after taking it." Chen Zhu chose his words carefully: "Do you want to give it a try?"

Huo Jinzhi was not angry and spoke calmly.

"When I was desperate, I tried many prescriptions, but nothing worked."

This is different!

Chen Zhu wanted to persuade him again, but he didn't know how to start and felt a little anxious.

Huo Jinzhi saw that Chen Zhuyi had good intentions and did not want to disappoint him, so he hesitated for a moment and spoke in a gentle voice.

"No one can predict things like love. I'm just thinking on my own right now. If I meet someone I like in the future, and that person doesn't mind me, how about I try your family's secret recipe then? I can't try it now."

Chen Zhu felt relieved when he heard this.

Just be willing to accept it.

"Okay, then, it's a deal. When you meet someone you like and get together with them, you must try my secret recipe. Maybe it will work."

Huo Jinzhi curled his lips.

"I'll give you my good wishes."

When they were almost at the educated youth point, Chen Zhuyi suddenly remembered something else and looked up to ask.

"Captain Huo, I heard you've been serving here for several years. Do you know much about the villagers on the island?"

Huo Jinzhi thought seriously for a moment.

"I have a rough understanding of them. The people on the island are simple and honest. Most of them are nice and easy to get along with, except for a few troublemakers, such as Zhang Erma's family, Sheng Da's family, Liu Goudan's family... These families are a bit unreasonable and difficult to deal with."

Chen Zhuyi kept it in mind silently.

Huo Jinzhi thought Shen Zhuyi had a psychological trauma and comforted him.

"You don't have many opportunities to interact with them when you go to work every day, and they don't have the courage to do something like what they did today. At most, it's just some trivial matter."

Chen Zhuyi knew that Huo Jinzhi had misunderstood.

"I'm not worried. I'm planning to move out, but I don't know the villagers on the island very well, so I want to learn more about them in advance."

Huo Jinzhi was confused.

"Why do you want to live out there?"

Chen Zhuyi confessed, "The school is recruiting elementary school teachers, and I plan to apply. Teachers have different schedules and responsibilities than other teachers, so it's easy for us to have disagreements. Besides, it's more convenient for me to live on my own."

Primary school teacher?

Huo Jinzhi had never heard of this news. Listening to Chen Zhuyi's confident tone, he knew that it must have been Commander Lu who told him in advance.

"Have you found a house?"

Chen Zhu shook his head.

She had just heard the news and had just decided to move out, so she had no time to look at houses.

Huo Jinzhi pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"Most of the vacant houses on the island are very dilapidated. There is one blue brick house that has been repaired for many years and is quite good. It is very close to our army, but there are fewer people living around it. It is also farther from the primary school, and the rental price should be quite high."

A look of surprise flashed across Chen Zhu's eyes.

Being close to the military, it meant that it was safe and there were few people living around, so it wouldn't be easy to be discovered when taking things out of the space to cook.

As for the problems mentioned by Huo Jinzhi, Chen Zhuyi felt that they were not problems at all.

If the primary school is far away, then she can buy a bicycle. It doesn’t matter if the rent is high. The last thing she lacks now is money.

After finding out the location of the house, the two walked to the educated youth site. As soon as Chen Zhu entered the house, he took out the box given by An Yu and handed it to Huo Jinzhi.

Huo Jinzhi accepted it, nodded in greeting, and turned to leave.

As soon as Chen Zhu returned to the educated youth point, Ye Xumei brought him a cup.

"Drink some ginger soup."

Although it was summer, the sea water was icy cold. After soaking in it for a while, my hands and feet were still a little cold when I came out. After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, my stomach warmed up and my whole body felt much more comfortable.

Turning to look at Ye Xumei, Chen Zhuyi pulled her hand, but his expression was serious and his eyes were sincere.

"Thank you, Xumei."

Risking his life to go into the sea to save her, to be honest, even his own relatives could not do such a thing.

Ye Xumei smiled and hugged Chen Zhuyi.

"We are sisters. If anything happens to you, I will definitely save you."

Chen Zhuyi felt an indescribable bitterness in his chest. When he came to his senses, he was already in tears and choked with sobs as he hugged back even harder.

After calming down a little, Chen Zhuyi pulled Ye Xumei to sit down with red eyes. Liu Zhaodi went out to wash clothes. Now there were only two of them in the room, and Chen Zhuyi lowered his voice.

"Xu Mei, the island will be recruiting elementary school teachers soon. Do you want to apply? If so, we can prepare in advance."

Ye Xumei was a little surprised, but when she thought about the relationship behind Chen Zhuyi, she instantly understood that he was willing to tell her such a big thing in advance. Ye Xumei felt sweet in her heart, but quickly shook her head.

"I don't want to. I don't like children. I'll go crazy teaching them."

Chen Zhu thought about it and tried to persuade him again.

"Being a teacher means I don't have to work in the fields. It's not so tiring anymore."

Ye Xumei firmly refused.

"I really hate children. Whenever I see a child, I can't help but think of the brother and sister when they were young. In comparison, I even feel that the work in the fields is nothing. I won't do it." Ye Xumei leaned his head on Shen Zhuyi's shoulder.

"Oh, I really won't go. You go. You're weak, so teaching is a good option for you."

Seeing that Ye Xumei was not moved, Chen Zhu sighed and stopped trying to persuade him.

"Then do you want to move out with me?"

This was an idea that Chen Zhuyi had just thought about carefully.

If she moved out and lived alone, leaving Ye Xumei here, the two would have fewer opportunities to meet. If she was bullied, she wouldn't even know it. Living with her would improve the food and accommodation, and she wouldn't have to eat steamed buns every day.

You just need to be careful when using the space in the future, but it’s not a big problem.

Chen Zhuyi showed serious protective behavior towards her child. Ye Xumei was now her closest relative in her heart, so she wanted her to live a good life as well.

"You want to move out?" Ye Xumei was a little tempted, but after asking about the location, he shook his head decisively: "It's too far. I have to get up early to go to work. If I don't go, I can come visit you occasionally."

Chen Zhuyi hadn't thought about this problem before, but there were no other good houses, so he had no choice but to give up.

"Then come to me when you have nothing to do in the future."

"It's a deal."

In the military camp, Ma Yang was running with a group of brothers. When he saw Huo Jinzhi coming back, Ma Yang left the team and ran forward.

"Is Sister Zhuyi okay?"

Huo Jinzhi hummed, glanced around, quickly locked onto An Yu, and stepped forward.

As an injured player who had not yet recovered, An Yu was not required to participate in the training, but he was bored staying alone in the dormitory, so he found a shady spot under a tree and sat down to watch his brothers train.

Seeing Huo Jinzhi walking up to her, An Yu shuddered subconsciously and stood up with the help of a cane.

"Captain, I'm not being lazy. I..." An Yu saw that the box Huo Jinzhi was holding looked very familiar to him. "This box?"

Huo Jinzhi handed it over expressionlessly.

"During the period when you haven't submitted a report, you rashly left the team and harassed the female educated youth, causing them inconvenience. Write me a 3,000-word report, and then do 500 push-ups after you recover."