Chapter 50 (Sweet!) Starting to Live Together
the next day.
Shen Lieyang suddenly asked doubtfully:
"Captain, why don't you live with your sister-in-law now that you're married? It's so embarrassing to always leave her alone at home!"
"I've been busy with training lately." Jiang Yubai replied coldly, then quickened his pace and left.
Shen Lieyang didn't chase after him. Looking at his appearance of freezing to death, he became more convinced that his leader was driven out by his sister-in-law.
Jiang Yubai didn't have time to care about him, so he went to Chen Gang's office to report on his work.
But before he left, Chen Gang also started to scold him: "You and your wife just got married, what's the point of living in the dormitory all day?"
Before he could object, Chen Gang said earnestly, "We have leaders and foreign guests coming to visit us in a few days. Don't make it seem like there's a family feud."
Jiang Yubai's original excuse got stuck in his throat and he nodded stiffly.
Chen Gang hesitated for a moment, then said with a worried look on his face, "Oh, by the way, the higher-ups have given us instructions on the Yang Chuan matter. The results might not be satisfactory, so I'm giving you a heads up."
Jiang Yubai's face darkened. "Who?"
"I can't tell you. Don't ask." Chen Gang sighed. That kid was just lucky.
Jiang Yubai understood.
Yang Chuan hugged an incredible thigh.
"Don't worry, Political Commissar, I have no objection." His drooping eyelashes concealed the cold light in his eyes.
Chen Gang breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this and offered his compensation.
…
Ruan Yuntang slept until he woke up naturally.
After changing into some simple clothes, she planned to go out for a walk and then go to the vegetable market to buy some fresh vegetables.
As soon as I walked to the door, I ran into Hu Xiaoling who was also going out shopping, and the two of them made an appointment to go together.
When I passed by the notice board, I happened to see the punishment imposed by the army on Yang Chuan and his wife.
Yang Chuan was demoted from deputy regimental commander to battalion commander and was required to submit a 3,000-word written self-criticism.
Ruan Moli was given a public disciplinary punishment and a written self-criticism of 5,000 yuan.
Hu Xiaoling was puzzled. "Isn't the punishment given to Yang Chuan this time too light?"
Ruan Yuntang was also a little puzzled.
Hu Xiaoling quickly remembered something and said:
"And I also heard from my husband that there will be leaders and foreign officials visiting in the next few days, and it seems that this matter has been handed over to Captain Yang."
Hearing the voice, Ruan Yuntang's eyes flashed with deep thought.
Yang Chuan made a mistake, but not only was he not suspended, he was also assigned the task of receiving leaders. If he did a good job of receiving them, wouldn't he be promoted again?
Ruan Yuntang wanted to ask a few more questions, but Hu Xiaoling didn't know either.
When he arrived at the vegetable market in the city, Ruan Yuntang didn't dare to buy too much for fear of arousing suspicion.
She picked the vegetables carefully, discarding those with water in them, those that were peeled until only the core was left, and those with yellowed roots.
Hu Xiaoling was stunned watching from the side.
"I was originally planning to help you choose, but I didn't expect you to be more professional than me."
Ruan Yuntang met her surprised look and smiled, "Actually, picking vegetables is the same as picking flowers. I used to love growing flowers, and I could tell whether they were fresh or not just by looking at them."
"Wow, you're so amazing, you can even grow flowers!"
Hu Xiaoling was greatly shocked, her eyes were full of admiration, and she couldn't control her voice.
Everyone looked over at once, their eyes falling on Ruan Yuntang.
One of the middle-aged women with blonde hair and blue eyes also looked her up and down, and seeing that she was wearing an ordinary old cloth shirt and holding a bamboo basket in her hand, she looked away indifferently.
"What kind of flowers have you planted?"
Hu Xiaoling was extremely curious and chased after Ruan Yuntang to ask.
Seeing her rare childlike expression, Ruan Yuntang added a few words, "For example, roses, jasmine, tuberose, iris, frangipani..."
"Wow, I've never heard of many of these, but you've actually grown them all!" Hu Xiaoling sighed inwardly with envy in her eyes.
Ruan Yuntang said with a casual smile: "Actually, I also planted these flowers for perfume making. Next time I will give you a few bottles of perfume made from these flowers."
"You can actually make perfume?" Hu Xiaoling was even more shocked. She had never even used perfume. At most, she had used floral water, and even floral water was very precious.
Ruan Yuntang modestly said that he taught himself by reading books.
The blonde woman in the distance looked at her again, and looked at her deeply for a few seconds, with curiosity and surprise flashing in her eyes.
"Hey, do you want to buy something?" The stall owner asked anxiously when he saw that the foreigner didn't say anything about buying something for a long time.
The woman nodded and ordered a few dishes with her hands.
The stall owner's eyes lit up and he quickly asked her how much she wanted.
She said a number in obscure Chinese with difficulty. The stall owner was old and hard of hearing, but he listened for a long time but still understood what she said.
"Ten or four?"
The woman also became anxious, "Four! Four!"
"What?"
"Four!"
"Speak human language, what does this mean?"
Both of them were extremely anxious, but the people on both sides couldn't understand what was going on and could do nothing to help.
At this time, a soft female voice came: "Grandma, she said four."
Hearing the sound, the old stall owner stretched out four fingers to the woman. The woman nodded quickly and looked at the little girl beside her with gratitude.
After seeing her appearance clearly, surprise flashed in his eyes, and he quickly thanked her.
"You're welcome." Ruan Yuntang replied in English as well.
The surprise in the woman's eyes became even stronger, and the two exchanged names before saying goodbye.
Hu Xiaoling was shocked again, and her admiration for him had not subsided on the way back.
When they were almost home, Ruan Yuntang asked her to wait outside the door for a while.
When she came back, she handed it over with a handful of incense and a bottle of perfume.
"This incense is for repelling mosquitoes. The perfume smells like roses. It's strong so it's best to use less."
Hu Xiaoling's eyes were full of surprise and she quickly took out the money, but her hand was held down by her.
"This is a gift from me to you. If you insist on giving me money, you don't consider me a friend." Ruan Yuntang said deliberately.
Hu Xiaoling secretly passed on information about Yang Chuan's movements over the past two days.
Hu Xiaoling had a hard time at home. Her husband was a mama's boy and her mother-in-law was a sharp-tongued snob. It was really not easy for her to help herself.
Hu Xiaoling waved her hands quickly, her face flushed with anxiety, "No... no, of course I treat you as a friend."
She couldn't even imagine that Ruan Yuntang actually treated her as a friend. Because her mother-in-law was annoying, she didn't have a single friend in the compound.
"Okay, just treat me as a friend so don't thank me."
Ruan Yuntang smiled and pushed back her hand that was holding the money, but a surprised male voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Sister-in-law, what smells so good!"
Ruan Yuntang looked at Shen Lieyang who was holding a bunch of tools, thought for a moment and said, "It's mosquito repellent incense. I'll get some for you later."
"Wow, sister-in-law, you are so nice. I am almost eaten by mosquitoes every day." Shen Lieyang said bitterly.
Ruan Yuntang waved goodbye to Hu Xiaoling in a funny way, then went into the house to get incense for Shen Lieyang.
They still have training tasks today, so they can only come to work after the training is over.
So Shen Lieyang took the incense and left with a smile.
When he came to the training ground again, he had a blue sachet hanging around his waist, and his whole body was filled with a fresh and pleasant fragrance.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, joking, "Where did you get such a sissy thing?"
Shen Lieyang glared at him fiercely, "What are you talking about, woman? This is a sachet, it repels mosquitoes!"
Those people looked away with disdain, but when they were bitten by mosquitoes all over their bodies during training, while Shen Lieyang was unharmed, they were deeply envious.
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