Chapter 185 Neighbors

Huhu's eyes lit up, but he still held up the pig's trotter and asked carefully, slurping his saliva, "So if Huhu calls me Aunt Yu from now on, can I eat meat?"

Jiang Hao patted Huhu's head and said, "That's right, so Huhu, eat the meat quickly. Daddy will get you more after you finish eating."

Liu Cuihua sighed as she watched Huhu chewing the pig's trotter obediently, and said to Jiang Hao, "Don't feed him any more after he finishes this piece. He's small and has a weak stomach. Plus, he hasn't eaten meat for a long time. You can't feed him too much at once. He'll be done with rice and other dishes later."

Jiang Hao watched Huhu nibble on the pig's trotter and eat a mouthful of egg custard mixed with rice before he felt at ease to pick up the chopsticks and eat by himself.

Dongdong ate the fragrant and oily fried hairtail with a happy face. "This fish is really delicious and has few bones."

Jiang Hai picked up another piece of hairtail for Jiang Dong. His attitude was gentle, but his words were very cold. "If it tastes good, eat more. Come with me to the army later. I'll find someone to teach you how to drive. Try to learn and be proficient in it within the next two days."

There is no boy who is not interested in cars, and Jiang Dong is no exception. He immediately agreed happily.

Liu Cuihua looked at Jiang Hao thoughtfully. "Haohao, do you and Luoluo want to learn how to drive with Dongdong? Even though you can drive our team's tractor, cars and tractors are very different. It's always good to learn more. These days, this skill is very popular."

Jiang Hao shook his head. "I don't need to learn. I learned it with my third brother before. I can drive. My third brother even helped me get a driver's license. Oh, and my second and fourth brothers also have one."

Shi Luo peeled the prawns slowly. "I don't need to. When I was fourteen, my grandfather asked a master craftsman from the machinery factory to teach me. I also have a driver's license."

Liu Cuihua was about to speak when she was startled by a clanging sound at the door. The prawns she had just picked up with her chopsticks fell onto the plate. "What's that noise? It came out of nowhere and scared me. Who lives next door to you?"

Jiang Hai ate quickly, putting down his chopsticks. He poured himself a bowl of egg soup and drank it slowly. He said, "Captain Meng, his mother came here last month, and this kind of noise has been happening in their house every now and then."

Jiang Hao put the fish with the bones removed into Huhu's bowl. Seeing Huhu eating the fish with a spoon, he smiled and said, "Captain Meng, does he have a daughter named Meng Meng? This old lady is making a fuss because she doesn't want her grandson to go to the countryside."

Jiang Hai nodded. "How did you know?"

Liu Cuihua: "We ran into that girl at the department store a couple of days ago. I overheard her conversation with someone."

Jiang Hai sighed, "The old lady loves her grandson and is afraid that he will suffer. Captain Meng's wife loves her daughter and is afraid that something bad will happen to her while she's in the countryside. This is going to cause a lot of trouble. Captain Meng is in a difficult position in the middle."

Jiang Hao: "When going to the countryside, girls are more likely to suffer than boys. Even our brigade, which has a relatively good atmosphere, has experienced something like Su Niannian, let alone other brigades. Although Su Niannian's incident was entirely her own fault, Er Laizi is not completely innocent either. So, the saying that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people is not just talk."

Seeing that Huhu was full, Shi Luo wiped his mouth with a piece of paper. "I heard the noise next door is getting louder and louder. Is there a fight? Big brother, your room is well soundproofed and you can hear it so clearly. I hope there is no trouble with such loud noises. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Liu Cuihua trotted to the door and pressed herself against it.

"I want to take a look. Oh, your building is not as good as the bungalows and courtyards. We don't have to worry about being discovered when we climb over the wall to watch the fun. We can just stretch our heads and see.

Look at this, if you want to watch the fun, you not only have to open your own door, but also other people's doors. It's so inconvenient. Oh, what are they arguing about? Why can't I hear them clearly now? Why can't they just shout out?

Jiang Hai: "Mom, don't listen. I'm going to see if anyone can come out to mediate. I don't know if Captain Meng will be back at noon."

As soon as Jiang Hai opened the door, he saw Meng Xiang rushing out with someone in his arms, and quickly said, "Meng Tuan, do you need help?"

Meng Xiang ran towards the stairs without looking back, holding the person in his arms. "No, no, it's just an old problem. I just took some medicine. I just need to go to the clinic for a checkup."

When Liu Cuihua came out, two people came out from next door, one in his thirties and the other in his sixties.

Liu Cuihua stared at the two of them, then walked up to the older woman and asked with a smile,

"Big sister, do you know what's wrong with Captain Meng's wife? I just saw her face and it was so pale."

The older one didn't say anything yet. The younger one next to him took a bite of the steamed bread in his hand and said casually,

"I know. Almost everyone in our compound knows about this. They say it's some kind of asthma, a condition they've had since they were little. It was because of this condition that the old lady of the Meng family was always reluctant to let anyone in. In the end, she couldn't resist her son's insistence on marrying him, so she just had to accept him."

The older lady also took a bite of the steamed bread in her hand, with a look of disdain on her face.

"This problem is difficult to treat. Not only is it incurable, but it will flare up at the slightest stimulation. Oh, and I heard that even just staying still can cause it to flare up. If I were Old Lady Meng, I wouldn't want to marry such a sickly daughter-in-law."

Liu Cuihua nodded secretly. Indeed, no one wants to marry a sickly wife.

The younger woman came to her senses and turned to look at Liu Cuihua.

"Auntie, you're Commander Jiang's mother, right? I heard you were coming last night, but I didn't go to visit you because I was worried you were busy. I was planning to go this afternoon. By the way, my name is Liu Mei, my husband is Tang Kai, an officer in the logistics department, and this is my mother, her surname is Bai."

Liu Cuihua smiled and replied, "Oh, what are you visiting? We're all neighbors, so I came to visit when I have nothing to do. My daughter-in-law will be here later and I need you to take good care of her. You haven't finished your meal yet, right? Go back and eat, or it will get cold soon."

Liu Mei was worried about the two children in the house, nodded, and pulled Old Mrs. Bai into the house.