Chapter 37 Unfortunately.

He Susu took out the bed sheets she brought from home, made the bed, put a pillowcase on the pillow, and then took out the thin quilt she was used to.

Because she had been on a train before, she simply changed her clothes, lay down on the bed, and covered herself with a quilt. She felt so comfortable.

After sitting for a whole day, even though she wasn't sleepy yet, He Susu chose to lie down and rest for a while.

The door of the room was closed. He Lianzhou and Su Yu saw it and knew that He Susu wanted to rest, so they subconsciously lowered their voices to avoid disturbing her.

Dabao and Erbao were very happy to see the room they were going to live in. In the past, whether at home or at grandma's house, they always slept with their parents. Now, even if the two brothers still sleep together, at least they have a separate room.

At this moment, the two brothers were rolling around on the bed, extremely excited.

Su Yu saw this and shook her head in amusement, not wanting to talk to them. She went back to her room and put the clothes she brought into the closet, then took the dry goods she brought to the kitchen and put them away.

This house was the one allocated to her in the previous life. Su Yu had lived here for many years. Even though there were still many things she hadn't bought, she was very familiar with it.

There was fresh meat and vegetables in the kitchen, and a deep basin filled with water with two crucian carps swimming in it.

He Lianzhou came in and explained, "We haven't cooked at home yet. I ate in the canteen before you came. I bought these in the county town this morning. They should be enough for ten days. You can buy whatever you want when the time comes."

The army's car made one trip back and forth in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the morning, he went to the county town to buy meat and vegetables for the next ten days, and in the afternoon he took a car to the station to pick up people.

Fortunately, he has a day off today, otherwise he would be too busy.

Su Yu smiled and said, "What you bought is very good. We also brought some mushrooms and fungus from home. They will be enough for ten days. By the way, my younger sister also bought two bottles of fermented bean curd and brought them here, saying they are for you."

As she spoke, she took out two bottles of fermented bean curd from the package. She didn't dare put them in the sack for fear that they would break.

He Lianzhou was touched when he saw it: "My little sister has always remembered that I love to eat fermented bean curd, and she sent it to me twice before. This fermented bean curd is delicious when paired with porridge, rice, or even sweet potatoes."

Su Yu hadn't eaten fermented bean curd for a long time. She smiled and said, "Then I have to find a chance to try it."

The couple simply started cleaning up the kitchen and put all the food in order.

He Lianzhou suggested: "Xiaoyu, let's go to the army canteen to eat tonight. I can show you the way to the canteen, and if you don't want to cook later, you can go to the canteen to eat. On the way back, I will show you some important places, and we can cook at home tomorrow."

Su Yu nodded in agreement. Although she was very familiar with the army, that was all in her past life, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to get to know it again now.

He Susu lay comfortably on the bed, and unexpectedly fell asleep. Fortunately, it was a light sleep, and she woke up in about an hour.

She didn't delay any longer, got up, went to the bathroom to wash her face, and then tied up her messy hair before coming out.

He Lianzhou said, "Little sister, wake up. Let's go to the cafeteria to eat tonight and I'll show you the way."

Dabao and Erbao have been waiting for a long time. Children love to eat food outside, so they are looking forward to it: "Great! Let's go!"

"Okay." He Susu agreed with a smile, changed her shoes and followed.

It takes about ten minutes to walk from the second family quarters to the cafeteria. On the way, I met many children playing, the smell of food wafted from the buildings, and there were soldiers in green training uniforms hurrying home.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, we saw a group of people wearing olive green clothes, all of them were busy eating. It was obvious that they were very hungry after the training.

He Lianzhou led them to the window to line up: "Xiaoyu, Xiaomei, you guys will see what you want to eat later."

The eldest and second child kept asking their father to pick them up so that they could see what delicious food there was.

The queue for food went by very quickly and it was their turn in no time.

He Susu and her third sister-in-law ordered fried bean curd with pork and fried eggs with dried shrimps before she asked for braised fish fillets.

Dabao and Erbao were picked up by He Lianzhou and looked at the dishes through the window. However, everything they wanted to eat had been ordered by their mother and sister-in-law, so they missed the chance to order.

He Lianzhou also ordered a dish of stir-fried macaroni with soybean sauce and eight taels of rice.

He put the two children down and took out money and food stamps to pay.

Then they took the food handed over by the lady serving the food, and Su Yu and He Susu also took some.

When passing by the window at the edge, He Lianzhou introduced: "This is Uncle Zhang. His family sent us mushroom meat sauce and bacon sausages, and he helped heat them up."

"Uncle Zhang, this is my wife and little sister. They just came to the family compound. I'm bringing them to the cafeteria for a meal."

Su Yu and He Susu smiled and said hello to Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang said with a cheerful smile: "Hello, with you guys here, Xiao He doesn't have to come to the cafeteria to eat every day. Oh, these two kids are so handsome, just like Xiao He!"

He Lianzhou chatted with Uncle Zhang for a few words before taking them to find a seat.

The food in the cafeteria is good, every dish is greasy, and the whole family starts eating.

The rice here is naturally not refined rice, as it is hard to feed such a large army of people. So they use 30% refined rice and 70% brown rice. Maybe because more water is added when cooking the rice, it is soft and tastes very good.

He Susu picked up some fried bean curd with meat. The meat was slices of meat with a layer of fat, which was salty and delicious. The bean curd was stewed until soft and tasty.

The best dish is the braised fish. The fish pieces are fried to a crispy edge, the sauce is generous and rich in flavor, the fish meat is very tender and smooth, and the sauce flows down the fish pieces onto the white rice. Every bite is delicious.

The stir-fried macaroni with soybean paste was unexpectedly delicious. The macaroni was stir-fried very soft, and because it was fried with lard, each piece of vegetable was covered with oil. The taste of soybean paste undoubtedly enhanced the flavor.

With such delicious dishes, He Susu quickly finished a bowl of rice and felt full.

She praised: "Third brother, the food in your cafeteria is really good!"

He Lianzhou explained: "The food in the canteen is good. Basically, there are one or two meat dishes for each meal, and vegetables can be fried with some lard to ensure that the soldiers can eat enough and have the strength to train. When I usually eat in the canteen, I basically order one meat and one vegetable."

Su Yu ate silently and thought the food in the canteen tasted good. In her previous life, she came to the family compound to follow the army. Sometimes when she didn't want to cook, she would take the money and come to the canteen to get food and eat it back.

The soldiers' food supply is in the canteen. They don't need to pay for food, but they have a fixed amount of food. For soldiers with family members, their food supply is transferred to their families. They are given a fixed amount of money every month, but the whole family needs to pay for food in the canteen.

Dabao and Erbao ate with gusto and praised: "I think the food here is better than that in state-owned restaurants!"

In fact, they have only eaten in state-owned restaurants a few times.

He Lianzhou was happy to see that his wife, younger sister and son were satisfied with the meal.

There were many people in the cafeteria, so it was inevitable to run into familiar comrades, and we all greeted them with a smile.

He Lianzhou also introduced them enthusiastically: "This is my wife and children, and this is my younger sister, who just came to the army today."

Comrades greeted him with smiles: "Hello sister-in-law, hello sister, your two children are so cute."

Not wanting to disturb the family’s meal, they said goodbye and left, but could not avoid a discussion.

"Old He is now finally living a good life with a wife and children!"

"Hasn't this the moment we've all been working so hard for? I'm also looking forward to bringing my wife and children over to the army."

"By the way, He's sister is really pretty. I've never seen such a pretty sister."

"What are you thinking, kid? If you really like her, just talk to your brother He."

He Lianzhou didn't know that one of his comrades seemed to have a crush on his little sister. After the family finished eating, he led them back and introduced everything about the army.

"This area belongs to the family area, you can move around freely. There is a red line ahead, blocked by a net, which is the military training area. You must not cross it."

"Although the bus only takes people from the family compound to the county town once every ten days, the canteen goes out to purchase food almost every other day. If you really have nothing to eat at home, you can write a note and ask the canteen's purchasing staff to buy some for you, but it will cost you some money."

"In front is the army's primary school. Children in the family quarters can go to school here when they are old enough. For junior high and high school, they have to go to the county town. When the eldest and second children are older, they can go to school here."

"The Women's Federation building is just ahead. If there are any problems in the family compound, you can come here and ask the Women's Federation for help."

He Susu watched and listened with great interest, and felt that the army had everything it needed.

He Lianzhou took them for a walk and introduced the little sister: "Little sister, this is the mail room. You can come here to pick up the parcels and letters you sent before. If you need anything, you can come here to send letters and parcels, and you can also send telegrams and make phone calls."

He Susu looked at this pavilion-like place and didn't expect it to have so many functions. She said, "Why don't we send a telegram to our parents to let them know we're safe."

He Lianzhou nodded: "Okay, let my parents feel more at ease."

So he walked to the mailroom, where a woman in military uniform was sitting in the window. He Lianzhou said, "Hello, comrade. We need to send a telegram."

He turned around and asked his little sister what she wanted to write.

"Just say 'I've arrived at the army, everything is fine, don't worry'." He Susu said. Telegrams are charged by the number of words. If you say too much, it will be a waste of money. My parents will be heartbroken when they receive the telegram.

It would be better to go back and write another letter and send it over.

He Lianzhou relayed this sentence and gave his home address. The staff in the mail room immediately started operating the machine and he paid the money neatly.

The family then walked back.

It was getting late and the lights along the road were turned on. They were not very bright but they were enough to illuminate the road.

He Susu was surprised to remember that the army had already had electricity, so there was no need to light kerosene lamps at home at night, and she didn't have to worry about hurting her eyes if she wanted to write articles at night.

When I got home, the lights came on as soon as I pressed the button, and everything looked much better.

Su Yu first went to the kitchen to boil some hot water, then asked the two children to take a bath, and then He Susu also went to take a bath.

The family took turns taking a bath, and it was already late at night. Without much chat, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep, after all, they were tired after sitting on the train all day.

He Susu returned to her room and lay on the bed. She habitually opened the shopping system to take a look, and her diligence value increased by 2 points.

1 o'clock was the reward for making the bed sheets and pillowcases in the afternoon, and 1 o'clock was the reward for washing clothes after taking a shower just now.

When she came here, her mother didn't help her wash clothes, and her brother and sister-in-law naturally wouldn't help her wash them either. He Susu herself was embarrassed. Fortunately, she had experience in washing clothes, so she didn't tear the clothes this time.

From this point of view, I will probably earn diligence points by washing my own clothes every day. And if the stories I submit are selected, I will get 1 diligence point for each submission.

He Susu was quite satisfied with the thought. She simply checked the items in the shopping system, turned off the screen, closed her eyes and went to sleep.

In the main room, He Lianzhou had just coaxed his two children to sleep and covered them with quilts when he came back and saw his wife sitting on the bed waiting for him. Her face was gentle under the dim light, which was the scene he had always expected to see after returning from training in the army.

He walked over and sat beside the bed: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "I was thinking of waiting for you to come over and sleep together."

She covered herself with the quilt and lay down, and the couple chatted: "The house is well decorated, thank you for your hard work."

"It's all due to the hard work. If I can't even do this, I'd be a failure." He Lianzhou also lay down.

Su Yu thought of the comrades she met at dinner in the evening: "By the way, should we invite your comrades to our house for a meal? It's called a warm-house feast, which will be lively and exciting."

I only invited you once in my previous life.

He Lianzhou nodded: "This is a custom in the army. See if you can cook a meal for us tomorrow with the meat and vegetables in the kitchen. If possible, I will invite them over one evening."

He thought of this when he was buying groceries and bought more on purpose.

"That's good. I'll take a look tomorrow." Su Yu said, remembering something important. "My little sister came here this time. Mom wanted us to help see if there is a suitable person to introduce her to. You have to pay more attention to this matter."

"Dad also agrees. If the conditions are good enough for the army to join the army, and the person has been reviewed by the organization and has no problems with his moral character and family, then he will be the perfect match. But I haven't told my little sister about this yet."

He Lianzhou was a little surprised, but then he thought it was good. The people he knew in the army were all pretty good, but as a brother, looking at his sister's husband, he always felt that the single men he knew were not good enough and not worthy of his sister.

Suddenly, a candidate emerged in my mind. Putting aside other things, just based on my younger sister's pretty face, only Cheng Shi's handsome appearance could match it. The two of them together would be a perfect match.

Just a little older.

He Lianzhou shook his head and thought it was funny. What kind of imaginary things were these? He replied, "I know about this. I'll keep an eye on it later."

"That's good." Su Yu nodded. Since she was responsible for this matter, she also wanted to help her sister-in-law find a good partner.

The couple talked for a while and soon fell asleep.

The next morning, He Susu woke up early because she went to bed early, but mainly because she felt embarrassed to sleep too late at her brother and sister-in-law's house the day before.

She got up, changed her clothes and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.

Su Yu was still surprised when she saw her. She had lived at home for a while before joining the army, and knew that her aunt always got up late, so her mother had to keep breakfast warm in the pot in the kitchen every time.

"Aunt, you can be like at home here. You can sleep in and get up whenever you want. Don't be constrained."

He Susu smiled and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'm not being polite to you. I just happened to wake up early today."

Su Yu smiled and said, "That's just in time for breakfast."

He Lianzhou had already eaten breakfast in advance and went to the army for training. Dabao and Erbao had just woken up and were now sitting together to eat breakfast, muttering: "It was so comfortable for the two of us to sleep in the same bed last night. We could roll around however we wanted."

Su Yu shook her head helplessly: "Then you have to be happy, from now on it's the two of you who will sleep together."

Breakfast is white porridge, egg custard and fermented bean curd.

Su Yu ate the fermented bean curd with a mouthful of porridge and exclaimed: "No wonder your brother likes to eat fermented bean curd, it really tastes delicious."

"It's great to drink with porridge, and it's also good to eat with rice." He Susu, who was also eating fermented bean curd, couldn't help but say.

Even Dabao and Erbao couldn't help but scoop a spoonful of fermented bean curd each after eating the egg custard.

This breakfast was very enjoyable. He Susu felt a little embarrassed to sit there doing nothing, so she offered, "Third sister-in-law, let me wash the dishes."

Su Yu shook her head: "No, just play with Dabao and Erbao."

My sister-in-law didn't do much work at home, and she didn't expect to help her with the work here. With this idea in mind, Su Yu treated it as if she was the only one working, and didn't have any extra thoughts.

He Susu had no choice but to sit in the living room.

Dabao and Erbao can't sit still. As soon as they finished breakfast, they were thinking about the milk lumps and came over to He Susu to act coquettishly.

"Aunt, can we each have a piece of milk pimple? We are craving for it."

"Yes, grandma said that the portion she gave to the three of us would go bad if left for too long, so we might as well eat it while it's fresh."

He Susu thought it made sense, so she got up and went back to her room to get it. Because she bought the milk lumps, and they were specifically for her and the two children, Su Yu asked her to keep them and make arrangements.

She gave one to Dabao and Erbao respectively, stuffed one into her mouth, and then took one to the kitchen for Su Yu: "Third sister-in-law, you have worked hard, you can have a taste too."

"Okay, I'll try this flavor too." Su Yu had just finished washing the dishes, so she took it and threw it into her mouth. It didn't take long for her to smell the rich milk flavor. It was soft and chewy, and the sweetness was just right.

"No wonder Dabao and Erbao always want to eat it, it tastes so good."

He Susu smiled and said, "Yes, it's mainly for nutritional purposes. Not only the children, but even my mother likes to eat it."

As soon as they sat down in the living room, they heard a knock on the door. Su Yu went to open the door, and then He Susu heard lively voices.

Su Yu walked over with two women and said, "Susu, these are Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang from across the street. They heard we were here and came to say hello."

"Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Wang, this is Lianzhou's younger sister, and my two children."

He Susu smiled and called out, "Hello, Sister Chen and Sister Wang."

Dabao and Erbao also shouted: "Hello, Auntie."

The slightly older Mrs. Chen smiled and nodded: "Hi, you guys, this girl is pretty, and the child is handsome, too, it's pleasing to the eyes."

Mrs. Wang, who was about thirty years old, also nodded and said, "Indeed, your whole family is good-looking."

Su Yu smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. Please sit down."

He Susu silently went to the kitchen to get the kettle and poured two glasses of water for the two of them to drink.

After thanking you, Mrs. Chen said, "I heard the noise yesterday, and thought you must be tired after just coming here, so I didn't disturb you. I don't have anything good at home, so I brought some pickled vegetables for you."

Mrs. Wang also said, "I brought you some radishes that I grew at home. Radishes are very sweet in this season and can be used to make soup or stir-fry vegetables."

"Sister-in-law, you are too polite." Su Yu smiled at the neighbors she was familiar with in her previous life.

Mrs. Chen waved her hand and said cheerfully, "We are all neighbors, it is normal for us to interact with each other."

Mrs. Wang said, "Su Yu, if you are free, we will take you to see the vegetable garden some other day. Every household that comes with the army here has a vegetable garden. If you grow your own vegetables, you can save a lot of money on weekdays."

Su Yu smiled and agreed: "If I have time, I will go with you to take a look."

She is not aloof. If she has land to grow vegetables, she will definitely work hard to grow them and save a lot of money.

They sat and chatted for a while. When they were about to leave, Su Yu went to the kitchen and took out some mushrooms and fungus from home for them: "They are all mountain products from our area. They are not worth much. You can take them back and try them."

Seeing that the two sisters-in-law were about to refuse, she blocked their words: "Just now the sisters-in-law said that we should reciprocate, why are you unwilling to accept it now?"

Only then did Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang accept it.

Not long after seeing off this wave of guests and sitting down, someone knocked on the door again. Su Yu went to open the door and found that it was the fat military wife whom she met in the car yesterday. She said she lived downstairs.

The fat military wife was named Zhang Qinfang. She smiled and said, "I thought I'd come up to say hello to you. If you need anything in the future, feel free to come down and ask me."

He Susu went to pour a glass of water for the sister-in-law. She sat aside and seemed to be listening to what was being said, but in fact she was looking at something on the shopping system.

She found that she actually had 2 extra diligence points. When she looked at the details, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. Pouring water for customers could actually be considered as labor, and it could be earned repeatedly.

These 2 points of diligence are easy to earn.

Zhang Qinfang naturally came over empty-handed: "These two bunches of cherries were picked by my children in the mountains. They taste quite sweet. I brought them here for you to try."

Su Yu didn't say anything polite this time: "Thank you very much, sister-in-law. We haven't eaten these cherries yet. We'll try them later."

They chatted for a while, and then Zhang Qinfang went back home on the pretext of having to cook.

Su Yu took two bunches of cherries to wash. The red cherries looked very pleasing to the eye. She took them out and placed them on the coffee table: "Everyone, try these cherries."

He Susu took one and put it in her mouth. Juice oozes out when she bites it. It is not sour at all, but sweet. Even the flesh is soft. It tastes really good.

She subconsciously reached out and took another one to eat.

Dabao and Erbao also liked the taste and ate them one after another, saying, "This is the most delicious fruit we have ever eaten."

Su Yu also thought it was very good after eating it. She was thinking about her husband who was going to training. Seeing that her sister-in-law had stopped eating, she hurriedly stopped the two children who wanted to reach out for the food and said, "Leave a few for your father to eat when he comes back."

The eldest and second child still missed their dad, so they endured it even though they wanted to eat more.

Su Yu estimated the time and went to the kitchen to make lunch. She wanted to save some meat and fish for the warm-up banquet to entertain the guests, so she simply cut a small piece of meat and stir-fried mushrooms, some vegetables, and cooked some rice as a meal.

He Lianzhou came back near dinner time, his training suit soaked with sweat, and said, "You guys eat first, I'll take a shower and then eat."

Su Yu had no choice but to say, "Then you guys eat first, little aunt."

He Susu shook her head: "Wait for Third Brother, I'm not hungry yet."

Dabao and Erbao also shook their heads and said they were not hungry, and everyone decided to gather together before eating.

After dinner, He Lianzhou didn't say much and hurried back to his room to sleep.

When he woke up and was about to go out, Su Yu said, "There are enough meat and vegetables at home to entertain the guests. I'll write a note and ask the canteen to bring some food back. Ask your comrades if they can have dinner tomorrow night."

He Lianzhou agreed with a smile.

He went to training in the afternoon, and when he met a good comrade, he would call him to come to his house for a warm-up dinner the next night. In the army, warm-up dinners are for close comrades to come to, and food is more precious these days, so ordinary people would not come to join in the fun.

He Lianzhou called eight people in total. After the training, he happened to meet Cheng Shi. Thinking of the idea that came to his mind last night, he said, "Cheng Shi, my wife and younger sister came over yesterday. We'll treat you to a house-warming feast tomorrow night. You can come and join in the fun."

"Congratulations." Cheng Shi smiled and shook his head. "I have a mission tomorrow, so I can't join in the fun."

He Lianzhou secretly thought it was a pity and said, "Okay, let's get together next time when we are free."