When Aunt Chu got up to make breakfast, she saw Lin Yuan practicing boxing with Zhao Huanhuan, and her face lit up with a big smile.

Zhao Huanhuan wanted to stop and help with the cooking, but Aunt Chu pushed her aside, saying, "While Lin Yuan is here, you should hurry up and learn. It's good for a girl to know some martial arts to protect herself when she's out and about."

There was nothing Zhao Huanhuan could do but continue studying.

Before dinner, the two finished practicing their boxing.

Looking at Zhao Huanhuan, who was covered in sweat, Lin Yuan smiled and praised her, "Your body is very flexible. You were able to keep up with my style, and your posture was also quite standard. It's just that your punches lacked power. In the future, as long as you work hard to remember the punches and practice more, your punches will become more and more powerful."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Lin Yuan!" Zhao Huanhuan said with a smile.

"You're welcome. Go wash up, it'll be time for breakfast soon." Lin Yuan looked at her approvingly.

I never expected this girl to be so strong. She played with him for an hour without ever complaining of being tired.

Judging from her appearance, she must exercise regularly in the mornings; she has excellent physical flexibility.

During breakfast, Aunt Chu looked at Zhao Huanhuan with the same affection she would show her as her own daughter, and kept putting food on her plate.

She also served food to Wenyan, but Wenyan felt that Aunt Chu serving her food was just a side dish.

She felt that Aunt Chu might also like Huanhuan as her daughter-in-law.

That's good.

After dinner, everyone went to work.

These past few days, a group of educated youths have been assigned to hoe the corn on ten acres of land south of the village.

Aunt Chu was in charge of the village's poultry area, which meant that the four women in their village were in charge of feeding the pigs and chickens. When these were slaughtered for the New Year, the chickens would be distributed to each household. They would also receive ten work points for each day they worked, so it was considered a lucrative job that all the women in the village wanted to do.

But Aunt Chu was chosen first because she was a military family member; the other three were all related to the battalion commander's family to some extent.

Lin's father and three others were in charge of managing the cattle and sheep in the team, and he also knew a little about raising cattle and sheep.

The Lin family ancestors were veterinarians, but by his father's generation, the skills were lost due to war, and he only remembered some words passed down from his ancestors.

These words earned Lin's father preferential treatment in the team, and coupled with his status as a military family member, he was able to perform his job very well.

Lin's father was also eager to learn. Whenever a veterinarian came to treat the livestock or deworm them, he would humbly ask for advice and learn something.

With his family all busy, Lin Yuan, who was always busy in the army, couldn't sit still. So he decided to go to the brigade to see if there was anything suitable for him to help with in the short term.

Contributing to the motherland is the same no matter where you are.

After his parents and Zhao Huanhuan left, Lin Yuan cleaned the yard again and tidied up his own room and his parents' room. After making sure everything was spotless and tidy, Lin Yuan put on his military uniform and walked towards the brigade.

When he encounters elderly villagers sitting at their doorsteps on the road, he will go up and greet them.

He grew up in the village and is now the most successful child back home. The elders all recognize him and greet him with smiles, asking him how he was doing in the army.

Lin Yuan always answered with a smile, "Okay, very good, excellent!"

Everything was really good in the military.

He had only been away for a few days, but he already missed the days of doing morning exercises and jogging with everyone every day.

It was an hour later when Lin Yuan arrived at the brigade.

However, before he could even knock on the door, he heard voices inside and could only wait patiently.

However, he could clearly hear the voices inside.

"Comrade Bai Meilan, it's really impossible for you to go work in the poultry section for the time being. Every comrade there is doing a great job, and I have no reason to transfer her to another place." It was the captain's stern voice.

"Oh, really? Battalion Commander, you take care of military families, but can't you take care of me, someone who has lost my pillar of support?" Bai Meilan said.

Lin Yuan frowned. How could he tell that this woman seemed to be flirting with the captain?

He thought he should go back first and come back tomorrow!

It wouldn't be good if I overheard something I shouldn't have.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Bai Meilan say dejectedly, "No, Captain! This won't work, that won't work either, but could you at least arrange a marriage for my son?"

Lin Yuan paused. Her son, wasn't that Hao Qiang?

He frowned again.

"Your son? Hao Qiang has a girl he likes?" the captain asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Qiangqiang said he liked the female educated youth who used to live in our house. When she came to our house, we took great care of her. We always gave her the best food. But she moved away for some reason. To be honest, neither Qiangqiang nor I know why. Qiangqiang has been so sad these past few days that he's even fallen ill!" Bai Meilan is quite the talker.

Lin Yuan clenched her fists. If Hao Qiang hadn't been loitering in front of her door every night in the middle of the night, harboring lustful thoughts, would the girl have been so afraid that she would have moved out?

With that in mind, he decided to push the door open and go inside.

To everyone's surprise, the brigade leader spoke up, "This isn't the old society where marriages could be arranged by parents and elders. I have to ask the girl if she agrees before I can act as matchmaker."

With her son's character, it's no wonder the girl would agree to it. She's been avoiding them ever since she moved out of his house.

“Okay, then the captain can ask for us. I’m willing to give the girl fifty yuan as a bride price so she can buy whatever she likes,” Bai Meilan said with a smile.

The team leader said indifferently, "She's a city girl, short of fifty yuan? Alright, go do your work first. If you keep dawdling, you'll lose work points."

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