"How did Lin Zhizhi get our house key?" Ye Zhaoyu was a little annoyed that someone had their eyes on her things.
"How could she possibly have a key to our house?" Qin Zichuan immediately retorted upon hearing this.
"She opened the door and said she would come over every day to clean your room and cook for you, that she was family and I was an outsider. She treated me like a guest as soon as I came in." Ye Zhaoyu recounted Lin Zhizhi's words to Qin Zichuan.
"How could she possibly have a key to our house? She probably tricked the soldier out of it with some excuse. I heard you were coming, and a soldier said you sent him to get the key, so I gave it to her and went to get my food." Qin Zichuan quickly guessed what had happened and explained calmly.
"As for the other things she mentioned, that's even more impossible. I swear, no one else has ever been in the house except me," Qin Zichuan swore.
"Alright, what are you planning to do about the fact that she drugged you?" Ye Zhaoyu asked.
"I spoke to their regimental commander and gave her a major demerit. If she tries to sabotage our relationship again, we can sue her for disrupting a military marriage. In that case, she'll have no choice but to retire and go home." Qin Zichuan was simply handling the matter formally.
"It's alright. Since you're still quite sober, I'll forgive you this time." After clarifying the matter, Ye Zhaoyu didn't dwell on it.
With only two days to spare, getting along well is the most important thing.
"Let's go eat. The cafeteria has braised pork and tofu today, I got them both." Seeing that Ye Zhaoyu wasn't angry, Qin Zichuan immediately boasted about what he had gotten.
"Really? Then I've come at the perfect time, to be able to eat braised pork as soon as I arrive." Ye Zhaoyu gave Qin Zichuan a big kiss on the cheek, showing him special courtesy.
Neither of them can cook, so neither of them should look down on the other.
After a pleasant meal, Qin Zichuan washed the lunchbox and the two went out for a walk to digest their food.
"Commander Qin, this is your wife. She's a real beauty."
"Commander Qin, your wife has come to join the army."
"Commander Qin, you are so lucky, your wife is really beautiful."
As the two walked through the residential compound, she heard many people greeting her as they passed by.
Qin Zichuan introduced Ye Zhaoyu to each family, explaining which family he was close to, whose aunt was a good cook, whose aunt was very hospitable, and whose family was the most troublesome.
As the sun sets, the warm, golden sunlight casts a gentle glow over the residential compound.
Laughing children, women working under the trees, and men chatting in twos and threes.
What a happy scene.
"I'll take you to our deputy regimental commander's house. You'll definitely get along with his wife." Qin Zichuan led Ye Zhaoyu through the buildings, past a vegetable garden, and to a row of mud houses.
"Really? Then I'll see what kind of woman makes you think I can definitely get along with her." Ye Zhaoyu was quite curious when she heard Qin Zichuan's confident tone.
"I'll know when I see you. By the way, do you want to live in an apartment building or a mud house with a separate courtyard like this?" Qin Zichuan asked Ye Zhaoyu.
Ye Zhaoyu glanced at the mud house; she had only lived there for a little over a month during her time in the countryside.
This type of house has good insulation.
"It's an earthen house, it's very private, can we change it?" Ye Zhaoyu looked at the courtyards on both sides, where flowers, vegetables and grapes were planted, it looked much better than an apartment building.
"Sure, if you like it, I'll change it for you tomorrow." Qin Zichuan held Ye Zhaoyu's hand, a smile playing on his lips, so wide it was almost impossible to suppress.
Ye Zhaoyu was happy to hear that a change was possible.
Ye Zhaoyu was unaware that most family members preferred to live in apartment buildings, and very few people wanted to live in mud houses.
"We've arrived." Qin Zichuan raised his hand and knocked on the door.
The people in the mud house heard the knocking and a tall, handsome man, over 1.8 meters tall, came out.
The person who came saw the person at the door and smiled, "Brother Chuan, you've brought your wife? Come in and have a seat."
"Yes, my wife has come with me to the army. I brought her over to visit and introduce her to everyone." Qin Zichuan's voice was filled with joy and pride as he spoke. "Wife, this is my deputy regimental commander, Huo Yan. Huo Yan, this is my wife, Ye Zhaoyu. You can just call her sister-in-law."
After Qin Zichuan finished his introduction, he was all smiles.
"Hello, sister-in-law, please come in and sit down." Huo Yan invited them to sit at the stone table in the courtyard.
"Okay, thank you, Huo Yan," Ye Zhaoyu said gratefully, following Qin Zichuan inside.
Ye Zhaoyu looked around the courtyard. There was a pebble-paved path, with vegetables planted on one side and a grape trellis on the other. Stone tables and chairs were set up under the trellis.
The courtyard has a very warm and inviting feel.
When Huo Yan came out of the house again, a beautiful woman was following behind him, carrying tea and snacks. "Sister-in-law, this is my wife, Wen Nuan. Wife, this is Brother Chuan's wife, Ye Zhaoyu."
"Hello, warmth."
Hello, sister-in-law.
Ye Zhaoyu and Wen Nuan spoke at the same time.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Ye Zhaoyu said, "You can just call me Xiaoyuer. Sister-in-law is what they call me. We're about the same age, so we can just call each other by our names."
"Sure, come sit down and have some tea with me. Try these pastries I've carefully made." Wen Nuan said warmly, looking at Ye Zhaoyu with anticipation in her eyes.
Ye Zhaoyu carefully examined the pastries on the table. Indeed, as she had said, their red and white, green and white colors were exceptionally beautiful, like exquisite works of art.
Ye Zhaoyu reached out and picked up a piece of mung bean and yam cake. "Wow, it looks so exquisite. It looks delicious."
After Ye Zhaoyu finished speaking, she took a small bite of the pastry, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes. "This texture is so soft, sweet, and delicious, it's just right! It's so good!"
He kept nodding and praising it while eating.
Seeing Ye Zhaoyu eating with such relish, Wen Nuan smiled slightly and said, "Eat as much as you like, don't be shy."
The four sat around a grapevine, sunlight filtering through the leaves and casting a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere on them.
The two men were chatting not far away, not paying attention to them. Only then did Wen Nuan dare to secretly ask Ye Zhaoyu, "I heard from Brother Chuan that you two are planning to have a child in two years."
"Well, we got married unexpectedly, and our relationship is unstable. It's not good to have children too early. But how did you know?" Ye Zhaoyu said honestly.
“I heard it from my man. Huo Yan and I got married through a blind date, and we also agreed that we couldn’t have children right away,” Wen Nuan explained, a slight smile playing on her lips. It was the first time she had met a woman with the same views. “Now they feel a bit of sympathy for each other and often sit together to discuss how to get us to agree to have children sooner.”
"Really? When Zichuan brought me here, he said I would definitely get along with you. Now that I think about it, we might actually get along." Ye Zhaoyu's eyes lit up when she heard Wen Nuan's explanation.
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