However, she forgot that her body was out of shape. When she tried to step on it, her ankles couldn't support her body, and she wobbled and crashed into Shen Huaichuan's back.
Shen Huaichuan reacted extremely quickly, turning around with lightning speed and extending his strong arms to firmly embrace her.
Zhou Qiqi instantly fell into Shen Huaichuan's warm embrace, smelling the fresh soapy scent emanating from him, and listening to his melodious voice, like a clear spring, coming from above her head.
"Really, be careful."
Zhou Qiqi's mind was in a mess. She clearly didn't care what her sisters-in-law were saying, but for some reason, she suddenly pouted and mumbled something.
"You'd better think this through, this money is enough to marry two wives."
Her tone was sour, tinged with a strange sense of grievance, yet it sounded both charming and alluring, making Shen Huaichuan's chest burn. He involuntarily tightened his arms around her and spoke softly.
"I have a wife."
Thump...thump...thump...!
Zhou Qiqi suddenly heard a series of intermittent sounds. She thought it was because her heart was beating too fast and the sound was loud enough to be heard. In an instant, her cheeks felt like they were on fire, burning hot.
The next second, a timid voice came from outside the courtyard gate.
"Qiqi, it's me, Zhu... Zhu Yingying, are you... home?"
Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Qiqi quickly fled from Shen Huaichuan's embrace like a little rabbit.
“It’s Yingying who’s here. I’ll take this opportunity to talk to her.”
The young couple had already discussed it, but they hadn't asked Zhu Yingying yet.
She knocked on the door early in the morning, but no one was home.
I learned that Zhu Yingying is fluent in several foreign languages and usually works translating foreign language professional books and materials for the military region's publishing house. Today she went to the military region to deliver the materials.
In 1982, someone who could speak several foreign languages and, more importantly, translate professional documents was no ordinary person; they were considered a highly skilled individual.
I never expected Yingying to be so amazing, all of which is so unassuming.
Zhou Qiqi praised her a few times, but seeing that she blushed again, she stopped talking and instead pulled her into the house to explain the toilet construction in detail.
Actually, Zhu Yingying came to find Zhou Qiqi to talk about this very thing.
When she came back, she heard a lot of people talking about this outside.
"Qiqi, are you really going to build a toilet? Maybe we should forget it, they said such awful things..."
Zhou Qiqi looked at her timid and hesitant appearance with a sense of helplessness.
"What did I tell you before? Who cares what they say! You live your own life, don't worry about what others think!"
"All right."
Although Zhu Yingying felt that Zhou Qiqi's words made sense, her mindset couldn't be changed overnight, so she simply replied...
"I'll talk to Lao Wang about this, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning. There shouldn't be any problem."
"OK."
Zhou Qiqi nodded.
That evening, she and Shen Huaichuan sat at the table and carefully calculated the expenses.
The cost of building materials is the largest expense.
In terms of manpower, we can hire only skilled craftsmen.
As for the remaining tasks like digging ditches, there are plenty of people in the regiment; five or six capable people can be assigned to help.
This can significantly shorten the construction period.
Director Lin previously calculated the cost of the toilet to be 750 yuan and the cost of the shower room to be 250 yuan.
After careful calculation, a lot of money can be saved. The cost of the toilet is only 150 yuan more than if we hadn't taken the detour.
Zhou Qiqi felt much better immediately and thought the plan was feasible.
But she never expected that Zhu Yingying would give her a big surprise the next morning!
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