That afternoon, Liu Meiling came to Gu's house with a basket of vegetables.

"Girl, we are going to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables today. Do you want to go?"

There is a mountain behind the family compound and a river at the foot of the mountain, close to the Hongshan Brigade. The women often go together to wash clothes along the river.

Occasionally, if they are lucky, they can catch a few small fish the size of a palm. They have little meat and many bones, and no one wants to eat them. Ma Defu, the captain of the Hongshan Brigade, pretends not to see anything.

The river is not very deep, but whenever heavy rain comes, the water level in the riverbed will rise. The youngest son of Captain Liu Chengshi, who lived in the family compound, was playing mischievously by the river and fell into the river without paying attention.

Because the rescue was not timely, the person was already dead when he was rescued. Captain Liu and his wife had many quarrels about this matter. Thanks to Political Commissar Cao's ideological work, otherwise they would have filed for divorce long ago.

This situation continued until last year, when Captain Liu's wife gave birth to another boy, and it ended.

The reason why Shen Yunshu knew so much was thanks to Gu Jiuyan. When she just moved here with the army, Gu Jiuyan repeatedly emphasized in her ear that she must not run to the river.

Because Chen Yunshu is a landlubber, it was Gu Jiuyan who rescued him the last time he fell into the water. Because of that incident, the two of them went from being strangers to where they are now, and now they have six more cute little kids.

Shen Yunshu wanted to go, but she was worried that the little ones at home would be hungry. Just when she was wavering, Mother Gu saw through her thoughts.

"Shushu, go if you want. It's the same when you feed them milk powder after they wake up."

"Okay, I'll trouble you guys to take care of these brats. When I come back from digging wild vegetables, we'll steam some for dinner tonight."

After saying that, Shen Yunshu picked up the basket and followed Liu Meiling away with a hop and skip.

Mother Gu looked at her daughter-in-law's back as she left and sighed, "She's already a mother of six children, but she's still so slim, like an unmarried girl. I envy her."

Grandma Gu replied, "You are so pretty, but you don't look like Grandma Ying's type. Bai Zhou marrying you is a blessing he has accumulated over several lifetimes."

Mother Gu's ears turned red from her mother-in-law's teasing: "Mom, stop teasing me. Let's go back to the house quickly. Your good great-grandchildren will cry when they wake up and see no one."

Then, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came into the house talking and laughing, and Grandpa Shen went to the kitchen to warm up some water so that he could make milk powder for the kids later.

Shen Yunshu and Liu Meiling stopped in a small courtyard planted with creepers. Liu Meiling shouted through the gate:

"Mrs. Cao, are you okay?"

"It will be ready soon. Please come inside and sit for a while." A cheerful voice came.

Shen Yunshu came here with the army. Except for some eye-catching and unreasonable people who came around her, she was very vindictive and remembered those people clearly. As for the other people in the family compound, she really didn't know many of them.

Liu Meiling also knew this. The reason why she brought Shen Yunshu with her today was to let Shen Yunshu get to know more people so that if they encountered any problems in the future, they could help each other.

Liu Meiling said in a low voice:

"Sister Cao was the wife Political Commissar Cao married in his hometown. After the victory in the war, he brought her here to live. She had some problems from working in her early years and had trouble giving birth. For so many years, Political Commissar Cao and Sister Cao had no children.

This also became a source of worry for Mrs. Cao. Those people in the family compound who loved to gossip often talked about Mrs. Cao behind her back. Later, when Mrs. Cao found out, she stopped associating with those people.

However, Mrs. Cao is kind-hearted. As soon as Lao Jiang and Captain Gu were transferred here, they went out to perform a mission. At that time, the second child in the family suddenly had a high fever, so I took him to the health center to see a doctor.

I got lost as I was unfamiliar with the place. Fortunately, I met Mrs. Cao on the road who was picking up Political Commissar Cao from work. The two of them took me and my child to the health center.

Xiao Zhang from the clinic said that it was a good thing the child was brought in in time, otherwise he would have been burned to death.

Whenever this matter was mentioned, Liu Meiling felt very anxious. If something happened to the second child, she was afraid that she would never be able to forgive herself in this life.

Later, because of this incident, she and Mrs. Cao began to get closer. They knitted sweaters, made shoe soles, and went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables... they always went together.

She has a few good sisters-in-law in the family compound. They are good people and don't like to make trouble. I will introduce them to Sister Yunshu someday.

Shen Yunshu knew what Liu Meiling meant, so she took her arm and said affectionately, "Sister-in-law, thank you."

"You're still so polite to me. I don't know how much trouble our little girl has caused you. It's me and Lao Jiang who should be thanking her."

"Yaoyao is a cute girl, and everyone in the family likes her. How could she cause trouble for us?"

The two chatted and laughed at the door for a while, and then Mrs. Cao came out with a basket of vegetables on her arm.

Seeing the beautiful girl in front of her who looked like a painting, a hint of surprise flashed in Mrs. Cao's eyes.

Liu Meiling took the opportunity to introduce the two of them.

"Sister Cao, this is Captain Gu's wife, Shen Yunshu. She has been in confinement for the past few days and hasn't seen many people."

After that, he turned to Shen Yunshu and said, "Sister, this is Political Commissar Cao's wife, Sister Cao, who is an expert at making oil-fried fruit."

She was a very simple middle-aged woman. Although her clothes were patched again and again, they were clean and tidy, and her hair was combed neatly and tied up behind her head.

Shen Yunshu withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and said with a smile:

"Sister Cao, I love eating oily fruits the most. When I have the chance one day, I will definitely try your cooking."

When Mrs. Cao came to her senses and met those smiling eyes, her heart seemed to melt, and she immediately agreed.

She had heard from her husband a long time ago that Captain Gu had married a girl as beautiful as a fairy. When she saw her today, she was indeed a beauty like a fairy.

No wonder everyone in the family compound said that Captain Gu loved his wife to death. If she were a man, she would also want to hold her in the palm of her hand with all her heart.

Liu Meiling joked, "Let's talk on the way. If we don't go now, the wild vegetables in the mountains will be picked up by everyone."

Afterwards, the three of them went to the back mountain together, chatting and laughing.

On the way there, I met several sisters-in-law who lived in the same family compound. They also wanted to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

However, Shen Yunshu accidentally noticed that something was wrong with Sister Cao's expression, so he immediately took Sister Cao and Liu Meiling's arms and walked forward with big strides, leaving those sisters-in-law far behind.

"Why are you so arrogant? She'll cry for her six sons in the future."

"Even sows can't give birth to six piglets at once. How can Song's family still look good? I think Captain Gu might dislike her one day and even divorce her."

"So what if my father is a division commander and my mother is a regiment commander? Who would dare to marry a divorced woman?"

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