"Girl, this is the family compound. My house is the one on the far east side of the second row. Look at this house, it's much better than the mud house in my village."
Wang Shufen, holding Daya's hand, excitedly introduced the situation of the family compound.
Beside her, Lu Fangfang looked on curiously.
After returning to the guesthouse and putting down her old clothes, she went with Wang Shufen to the family compound east of the regiment headquarters.
The older sister is right. The row of small bungalows with courtyards in this residential compound is indeed more beautiful than the mud houses in the countryside.
...
"Who are these people? Did they just move in? I've never seen them before."
"It seems to be the wife of Political Commissar Xiao from the First Regiment. She just arrived today."
"Look, one big and one small, they've had two daughters. Political Commissar Xiao, you still don't have a son? My husband has a lower rank than her husband, but he has two sons..."
In front of the first row of houses not far away, several women were holding children and looking at Wang Shufen and her group with curiosity.
Following the gentle breeze, Lu Fangfang could vaguely hear the voices of several people talking.
I turned my head and glanced at them. In the distance, three women were all holding children in their arms.
The woman on the far right, wearing a blue floral cotton-padded jacket, was holding one child in her arms and leading another by the hand. There was another child sitting on the ground not far from her.
"..."
Lu Fangfang subconsciously rubbed her eyes.
However, considering this era, three children are not considered many.
She didn't care about the curious looks from the group.
Wang Shufen, standing nearby, was not happy about this. She immediately shouted, "Pah, what nonsense are you talking about? I have a son, and besides, this is my sister, not my daughter."
Forehead……
The two women opposite were quite embarrassed.
Holding their children, they immediately moved away from the woman in the blue floral cotton-padded jacket.
After thinking about it, they still felt it wasn't a good idea, so the women, each carrying a child, left.
The woman in the blue floral cotton-padded jacket seemed oblivious to what was happening. Instead, she took a few steps forward, holding the child, and asked curiously:
"Hey, your sister can come with you to the military? That's not in accordance with policy, is it? Comrade Xiao is the political commissar, do you think he'll agree to that?"
Wang Shufen: "..."
"My god-sister!"
Wang Shufen replied irritably and didn't want to talk to the woman anymore. She pulled Daya along and sped up.
Lu Fangfang quickly followed behind.
"Hey? Sister-in-law, why are you in such a hurry? Let's chat some more. My name is Yang Yufeng, what's your name? I happen to have some free time, how about I come over to your house to get acquainted with you?"
Yang Yufeng, holding the child, chased after them a few steps.
Noticing that her daughter hadn't followed, she turned around and called out twice.
The little girl sat on the ground playing by herself, completely ignoring Yang Yufeng, which made her stop in her tracks with regret.
"Sister-in-law, it's getting late. I'll go tomorrow."
...
"Who is this person? I've never seen anyone so shameless."
Wang Shufen muttered a few words, feeling somewhat annoyed; it was the first time she had ever encountered someone like this.
Upon reaching the second row of bungalows, she turned right and walked straight ahead.
She walked all the way to the easternmost house before stopping.
"Girl, this is my home."
Lu Fangfang looked around curiously.
There are six houses in this row of bungalows, and each house has a small vegetable garden in front of its yard. It's cold now, so nothing has been planted in the garden yet.
Seeing the vegetable garden, Lu Fangfang was very envious.
Even just having a small vegetable garden is better than living in the countryside.
"Come on, girl, come in quickly. Tie Dan was taken to take a bath by his dad, he shouldn't be back yet."
Wang Shufen pushed open the courtyard gate.
Lu Fangfang followed him inside out of curiosity.
The courtyard wasn't big, about twenty or thirty square meters. It was empty and there wasn't much there.
“This house used to be lived in by my husband alone, and it wasn’t furnished. I’m planning to build a chicken coop in a few days and raise a few hens.”
"Let's build another sheep pen to the south, raise a few sheep. There's plenty of grass outside our compound, so we won't lack food for the sheep..."
"By the way, I heard that the regiment encourages land reclamation. Some of the produce is given to the regiment, and the rest is yours. There aren't such good policies in the countryside. I plan to settle down and then go reclamate some land to farm."
“I come from the countryside and I can’t do anything else but farming.”
Wang Shufen chattered on excitedly.
Beside her, Lu Fangfang quietly listened.
She didn't find it annoying; on the contrary, she felt a little envious.
Listening to Wang Shufen talk about her plans for the future, she suddenly remembered a poem by Hai Zi: "Starting tomorrow, I will be a happy person."
"Feed the horses, chop wood, and travel the world."
...
"I have a house facing the sea, where spring is warm and flowers bloom."
Wang Shufen was taken aback. She picked at her ear and asked in confusion, "Girl, what did you say?"
Lu Fangfang said in a daze, "I have a house facing the sea, where spring is warm and flowers bloom!"
"Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming..."
Wang Shufen subconsciously repeated, "That sounds really nice, but, girl, we're a million miles away from the sea."
Lu Fangfang smiled and said, "Then let's face the grassland and enjoy the spring blossoms."
Beside her, Wang Shufen stared blankly at her.
The girl's smile captivated Wang Shufen.
After a while, she murmured, "Beautiful, so beautiful, girl, you look so pretty when you smile."
"Sister Shufen~"
Wang Shufen snapped out of her daze and quickly said, "I'm not talking nonsense, sister. You should smile more often in the future."
As she spoke, she pulled Lu Fangfang into the house.
The houses in the family compound are all the same, with two rooms per family, divided into inner and outer rooms, separated by a wall.
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