Chapter 423 My Favorite

Yang Xiu'e left before Xiao Feng returned.

Yu Qiaoqiao was terrified.

When Xiao Feng returned, he found that Yu Qiaoqiao was also gone.

Yu Qiaoqiao went to the government office to intercept Feng Gang.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, with so many people around, Yu Qiaoqiao could only whisper quickly to Feng Gang when no one was around: "Your wife came to see me before, and she knows. If you don't want anything to happen, don't come to see me again."

She left as soon as she finished speaking, giving Feng Gang no chance to react.

Feng Gang was both nervous and heartbroken.

He was heartbroken that he could no longer have any contact with Yu Qiaoqiao.

He couldn't bear to part with it!

He couldn't believe that Yu Qiaoqiao could say it so casually, when she was the one who approached him first.

When Feng Gang returned home at noon, as soon as he closed the door, Yang Xiu'e grabbed his clothes and slapped him.

"You've been messing around behind my back, haven't you? You even brought someone to the shoemaking workshop's yard. You almost got caught. If you had, I'd be wondering where you'd put your face!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Gang was shocked. He hadn't expected that Yang Xiu'e knew about what was happening in the shoemaking team.

Because she was afraid her neighbors would hear, Yang Xiu'e kept her voice very low, which sounded like she was gritting her teeth.

To be honest, Yang Xiu'e was indeed angry.

But I wasn't that angry.

She's just disgusting.

There was never any love between her and Feng Gang. She didn't even know what love was! All she knew was that she had to be good to her child and work with her husband to make their lives better and better. Only when the family was harmonious could she be happy.

After venting her anger by beating Feng Gang, Yang Xiue spat and said, "From now on, you can live wherever you want. I won't cook for you anymore. If you still try to interfere in my affairs, I'll make you and Yu Qiaoqiao famous. You two sluts can just wait to be paraded through the streets. You want to rise in rank? Dream on!"

After getting angry, Yang Xiue felt she couldn't continue like this.

Feng Gang did something wrong, so why should she be the one who's angry?

Yang Xiu'e went to cook by herself and ignored Feng Gang.

Feng Gang sat in the main room smoking, heartbroken by the current situation.

He was heartbroken; he would never have such a beautiful Xiao Yu again!

Song Lubai only found out the next day that Yang Xiue had taken the undergarment.

She felt that Yang Xiu'e must have found out.

When Song Lubai saw Yang Xiue again in the office, she greeted her as usual, and Yang Xiue was no different from before, so she felt at ease.

However, Yu Qiaoqiao never came to their office again. If they had to run into each other, Yu Qiaoqiao would look at Yang Xiue with evasive eyes, clearly indicating that she had something to hide.

Song Lubai didn't know why Yang Xiue was still letting Yu Qiaoqiao be so annoying right under her nose, but the two of them were talking, and Yu Qiaoqiao's name was never mentioned in their conversations, so she couldn't bring herself to say anything.

Time flew by and it was 1973. Song Lubai's two daughters were already four years old.

A four-year-old child can already let go of their hands.

Although they are only four years old, Song Lubai and Wei Yang have already sent their two children to kindergarten.

Song Lubai made a small cloth bag for each of her two daughters, filled with candy and school supplies.

Today was the two girls' first day of kindergarten, and they came back with Liu Zhigao at noon.

Although Song Lubai felt relieved that her child wasn't with her, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Upon hearing the child's voice, Song Lubai left the hospital and called out, "Wei Yihua, Wei Yiping."

When the little girls saw their mother, they ran to her and hugged Song Lubai's legs.

"Mommy, Mommy, we miss you so much. Do you miss us?"

Two pairs of bright, dark eyes stared at her, their smiling faces like blooming flowers. Song Lubai gently pinched their noses and said with a smile, "Mom misses you too."

Aunt Lu next door is still a little unaccustomed to it.

How can someone be so mushy! She could never say the word "want" to her child.

The regimental commander's wife is quite something; ever since the child could speak, she has been saying mushy things to the child.

You are Mommy's precious children, Mommy loves you the most, Mommy misses you when I don't see you, Mommy likes you even more when you are good and obedient children, you are so smart, the smartest children in the world...

There were many more such examples, and Aunt Lu shuddered just thinking about them.

How could you be so mushy! Look at you, you've taught your child to be so mushy!

The two daughters of the regimental commander are truly exceptionally beautiful. They are fair-skinned, clean-cut, and speak politely. They are adorable little girls.

Song Lubai took the child back to cook. The little girl hadn't seen her for a while, and when she came back, she circled around Song Lubai's legs.

The two children can drink steamed egg custard every day, and their size is normal compared to other children of the same age, showing no signs of malnutrition.

Chen Shaohua went to junior high school in the city and only comes back once a week; he's not home most of the time.

When Wei Zhao returned home with her son and daughter, she was still clutching a newspaper in her hand.

"Come here, look, our group is in the newspaper."

Among the many titles, Song Lubai spotted "Autumn in the 16th Regiment" at a glance.

The article appears to be describing the autumn scenery of the 16th Regiment, but upon reading the whole article, it praises the hardworking people of the 16th Regiment and also tells the story of the changes in the 16th Regiment over the years.

There are descriptions like, "Every year during the sweet potato harvest season, white smoke rises from the workshop every day..."

Song Lubai thought it was written by someone from the 16th Regiment. She wondered which cultured young person wrote it, and it was quite well done.

After reading this article, she felt that the 16th Regiment was a peaceful and harmonious yet thriving paradise.

Seeing that she had read it word by word, Wei Zhao asked in surprise, "You didn't write this?"

Song Lubai has also published articles, which were even read aloud at meetings within the group, and she was praised for them, but this particular article was definitely not written by her.

Song Lubai shook her head and said, "The pen name is not mine."

Wei Yihua stood in front of Song Lubai, pointed to two characters on the newspaper and said, "I recognize these two characters. They are pronounced 'qingti'. My aunt taught us about them."

"Qingti" was the pen name used when writing that article.

The case is solved.

Song Lubai and Wei Zhao exchanged a glance.

A short while later, Wei Yang returned, and the two girls rushed to him again.

Wei Yang squatted down and picked one up in each arm.

"Dad, we miss you so much..."

The two girls repeated the same thing twice.

Song Lubai asked, "So, do you like your dad or your mom the most?"

The little girls said in unison, "We all like it."

After dinner, Wei Yiping ran up to Song Lubai and whispered, "Mom, actually we like you the most. We like Dad, but we like Mom a little more than Dad."

Dad is often not home, so Mom sleeps with them most of the time. Mom is sweet, soft, and beautiful, and they love her the most!

Song Lubai found it amusing and pinched her little cheek.

After finishing their meal, the two sisters went to play nearby.

In recent years, the regiment headquarters has seen a significant increase in children, all born to young people who have settled in the 16th Regiment and formed families.

The 16th Regiment is quite peaceful. The regimental headquarters is only so big, and the children don't wander far. Song Lubai can see where they are playing just by walking a few more steps, so she is quite at ease.

When it was time for school in the afternoon, the two sisters went to school with Liu Zhigao again.

As Song Lubai watched the child walk away, she turned her head and saw Zhao Dongmei, who was as thin as a rake and carrying the child in her arms, heading towards the field with little energy.