Shen Lie introduced them to the two, "This Mrs. Luo is the lover of our regiment's political commissar."
"You can just call me Sister Luo," Sister Luo said. She asked Ning Tang and Ning Xue, "Are you the lovers of Captain Shen and Section Chief Su?"
The fact that Chen Lie and Su Junyan asked for leave to go back for a blind date and submitted a marriage report was no secret on the island. What's more, Mrs. Luo's husband was the political commissar, and any marriage report submitted had to be approved by the political commissar first. Ning Tang and Ning Xue followed them closely on the left and right. Anyone with a discerning eye could see it, so Mrs. Luo asked even though she knew the answer.
Ning Xue felt a little seasick and wanted to go back to rest, but was stopped by Mrs. Luo. She was already feeling a little dissatisfied. Moreover, although Mrs. Luo was the lover of the political commissar of Chen Lie's regiment, her temperament and appearance were rather plain, so Ning Xue looked down on her.
So when Mrs. Luo asked, she just responded coldly, "Yeah."
Ning Tang said calmly, "Yes, my name is Ning Tang, you can just call me Xiao Ning."
Ning Tang glanced at the bucket that Luo's wife had been carrying. The red plastic bucket was filled with small snails with dark gray shells that looked like Buddha's hands. He asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you holding?"
Seeing Ning Tang showing interest in the thing she had been tinkering with all afternoon, Mrs. Luo also started chatting. "Xiao Ning, you're from the inland, so you probably haven't seen this before. This is called a barnacle, and it's edible."
Ning Tang took a few more glances and realized he had never seen it before. "This thing looks quite strange. Is it cooked or fried?"
"Anything is fine." Mrs. Luo immediately became talkative and talked to Ning Tang for a long time, introducing in detail how to eat this barnacle. Finally, she forced a bag on Ning Tang before letting her go.
Ning Tang wiped her sweat. This Mrs. Luo was too enthusiastic. If the sun hadn't set and it wasn't getting late, Mrs. Luo would probably have kept her chatting.
After saying goodbye to Mrs. Luo, the four of them went to the military family compound where they lived.
Su Junyan kept introducing the island, saying, "Hailang Island isn't very large, but it has all the basic facilities, such as a health center, a school, and a grain and oil station. It's small but has everything."
"Are we living here?" Ning Xue pointed to some bungalows they passed by.
Su Junyan smiled and said, "These are the houses of the residents on the island. Chen Lie and I both live in the military compound built by the army. It's a little further inside, and there are guards at the door."
Military family compound? Guards on guard?!
It sounded very noble, and a trace of greed flashed across Ning Xue's eyes. This was something she had never imagined. She couldn't help but look at Su Junyan with admiration.
Su Junyan enjoyed Ning Xue's admiring gaze and curled the corners of his mouth.
As they were talking, they arrived at the military family compound that Su Junyan mentioned. Sure enough, there were guards in blue and white military uniforms standing guard at the gate.
Seeing Chen Lie and Su Junyan, the guard saluted them.
Chen Lie and Su Junyan showed their ID to the guards, and introduced the identities of Ning Tang and Ning Xue to them. The guards checked and confirmed that they were correct before letting the four in.
As soon as she entered the military compound, Ning Xue was shocked.
Compared with the tiled houses in Shangang Village and the bungalows they had just passed by, the white two-story townhouses in front of them looked like large villas where foreigners lived.
Ning Tang was better off. After all, he had seen much more beautiful skyscrapers in his previous life, so he was only surprised for a moment.
Ning Xue was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. She said in astonishment, "We, we will live in a house like this in the future?" Even her accent came out.
Su Junyan put his hands behind his back and said proudly, "Yes, this is our future home. It's much more fashionable than the house in your Shangang Village."
Chen Lie wasn't as arrogant as Su Junyan. He told Ning Tang everything, "Strictly speaking, this house isn't ours. We only have the right to live in it. The property rights still belong to the army."
Ning Tang praised, "That's great. If you weren't at a high level, you probably wouldn't have gotten one."
Hearing Ning Tang's words, Shen Lie curled up the corners of his mouth slightly.
However, it was dark and his skin was dark, so Ning Tang didn't notice it at all.
When Chen Lie said that the property rights of the two-story building belonged to the army, he did not hide it from others, so Ning Xue naturally heard it, but she just ignored it and thought in her mind that it would be hers if she lived there.
Continuing forward, Chen Lie stopped in front of a two-story building with ivy covering the walls and said to Ning Tang, "This is our home."
Su Junyan also pointed to the two-story building opposite Shen Lie's house and said to Ning Xue, "Our house is here."
It was also a coincidence that Ning Tang and Ning Xue, the cousins, married close to each other and their families lived close to each other, just right to live opposite each other.
It was getting late, and the four of them exchanged a few words at the door before parting ways.
In front of the white two-story building of Chen Lie's house was a yard surrounded by a fence, and there was a green mailbox at the gate. Ning Tang stood on tiptoe to take a look. Perhaps because Chen Lie had not been back for a while, no one took care of the yard and a lot of weeds had grown.
Chen Lie led Ning Tang to push open the wooden door at the entrance of the courtyard. The two walked through the courtyard and entered the house. As soon as they opened the door, they heard a childish voice coming from inside the house, "Dad!"
A "small cannon. Bullet" rushed out and came to a sudden stop in front of Shen Lie and Ning Tang.
Ning Tang looked down and saw a little boy with a shaved head, who looked about seven points like Chen Lie, about seven years old, with slightly dark skin. He was staring at her with round eyes and a bad look on his face.
Oh, Ning Tang glared back unwillingly.
Don’t think I won’t beat you just because you’re little!
Chen Lie coughed and was about to speak when two more 'small cannonballs' rushed out.
One was a little girl with two pigtails, one of which was crooked, and the other was a three-year-old kid who could not stand steadily.
The little girl has a pair of phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, and heroic facial features.
The three-year-old child is quite cute, with fair skin, a round face, and big eyes like black grapes.
The two children may have rushed too fast, but the little girl was older, so she was fine. She swayed twice before standing firm.
The three-year-old boy was not in such a good situation. He braked suddenly and hit the little boy directly. The little boy staggered and the three-year-old boy almost fell over. Fortunately, the little girl was quick to pull him up, otherwise he would have fallen over.
The little girl only had a pair of hands to support the three-year-old child, but she didn't have time to help the staggering little boy.
The little boy had no one to support him. He staggered two steps, his feet tilted, his knees bent, and he knelt in front of Ning Tang.
Ning Tang was dumbfounded: There is no need for such a grand ceremony.
The little boy was stunned for a moment, his eyes instantly turned red. He was glaring at people just now, but now he was giving them a big bow. How could you bully people like this?
Chen Lie turned his head and closed his eyes. He really didn't want to admit that this child was his.
He helped the little boy up, patted the dirt off his clothes, coughed, and introduced him to Ning Tang, "These are my three little bastards."
He pointed at the little boy and said, "My eldest son, his full name is Chen Zhanping, his nickname is Dawa, he is seven years old this year."
The eldest boy folded his hands over his chest and sulked, turning his face away, and the air he exhaled through his nostrils almost turned into substance.
Chen Lie pointed at the little girl again, "My second daughter, her full name is Chen Ya, her nickname is Er Niu, and she is five years old this year."
Erniu pulled the crooked pigtail on her head, and imitated Da Wa, turning her face away and not looking at Ning Tang.
Finally, there was the three-year-old kid, "My youngest son, full name Shen Xiangdong, nicknamed Sanwa, is three years old this year."
The third child looked at the eldest child, then at the second child, and followed their example by crossing his arms across his chest.
But he is young and his belly is still round, so this action makes him look quite cute.
Chen Lie had no choice but to introduce Ning Tang to the three children and said, "This is your new mother."
Ning Tang didn't bother with the three kids. He waved his hand and said "Hi".
Unexpectedly, the three children did not buy her words at all. The eldest child's eyes were red, and he pointed at Ning Tang and shouted, "My mother is dead, I don't have a new mother."
"Brother is right!" Erniu continued.
Sanwa also made a few noises to express his opposition.
The three children were making a lot of noise, and the little ones' voices were so sharp and shrill that it was like a broken gong or drum beating in Ning Tang's ears.
Ning Tang was convinced and quickly covered his ears. He said to Chen Lie, "You handle it yourself." Then he ran away.
Chen Lie took a deep breath and said to himself, I gave birth to this, I gave birth to this.
After preparing himself mentally, he pulled the three children aside. He didn't know what they said, but after about half an hour, the three children reluctantly came to Ning Tang's side and called out to her in a low voice, like a kitten's meow, "Stepmother."
Ning Tang scratched his ear, "What did you say?"
The eldest child looked at the second and third children, pursed their lips, and raised their voices, "Stepmother!"
"Hey." Ning Tang responded.
Chen Lie walked over and said a little embarrassedly, "I explained the situation to them, but they only want to call you..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Ning Tang, "It's okay, stepmother is stepmother, I'm not their biological mother anyway, so it's fine to call me that."
It would be great to call her stepmother. If I really call Ning Tang "mom", she would refuse.
The title of "mom" is not a pleasant one. If you accept it, you have to take responsibility.
Ning Tang felt that being called a stepmother was nice. With her biological father, Chen Lie, there was always someone to take care of things, and she could just sit back and relax.
Anyway, she has thought it through. At worst, she can just treat it as living with three children. She has always been very open-minded.
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