Chapter 412: Guanyin
The bright moonlight in summer filled the yard. Lu Zhanlin felt very relieved as he looked at Lu Yuanbao who was smiling happily.
He walked over, touched Lu Yuanbao's head and said, "Yuanbao, when you grow up a little bit, Daddy will teach you how to ride a bike."
"Really? Dad, really?"
When Lu Yuanbao heard that he could learn to ride a bicycle in the future, he became even happier, and laughter could be heard from the father and son from time to time.
When Chu Yue came out, she happened to see a scene of a loving father and a filial son.
She was originally in the house dealing with the "special gift" sent by Xu Feng. The thing didn't look very good and had a strange smell, so neither Lu Zhanlin nor Lu Yuanbao saw it.
When Lu Yuanbao saw Chu Yue coming out, he immediately walked towards her with his crutches and said happily, "Mom, look, I can walk again! When can I go back to school?"
The poor student Chen Dazhuang wishes that school would never open because he doesn't have to go to school and has no homework.
Lu Yuanbao had only rested for a few days, and as soon as he was able to walk, he was anxious to go to school.
That’s a good question…
Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan acted very quickly. Just two days after they decided to use the money to invest in the school... or rather, to use the money to support poor children, Song Hongmei organized all the sisters-in-law in the military compound to gather at her house for a meeting.
It is a briefing meeting and also a Dragon Boat Festival greeting.
Song Hongmei was the women's director from the compound. As soon as she said she wanted to hold a meeting, everyone came. In addition, the children of each family were at home. Several sisters-in-law had three or four children, and they all came with their families. The scene was quite lively.
It was the first time that Chu Yue had seen such a lively scene since she moved into the family compound. Even during the Chinese New Year, there were never so many people gathered.
Among them, Wang Xiulan is the one that everyone pays the most attention to. After all, she has not been pregnant for so many years after marriage. Now she is more than three months pregnant, and it has been made public to the entire compound.
The sisters-in-law were all surprised. "She's pregnant? Really? Didn't she say she couldn't get pregnant before? How did she get pregnant all of a sudden? How did she get pregnant? Tell me quickly, my niece in the countryside has been married for two years and still hasn't gotten pregnant. I'm so worried. What did she do?"
There were a lot of sisters-in-law around who were listening attentively, all curious about how Wang Xiulan got pregnant.
In order to save her husband's face, Wang Xiulan could not tell the truth, but she mentioned one of the points with pride.
"It was Sister Chu who helped me check it out. As soon as she looked at me, I was pregnant."
"Wang Xiulan, you're making Chu Meizi sound like the Goddess of Childbirth."
The sisters-in-law were joking happily, but many of them had already made up their minds and wanted to find Chu Yue to take a look.
The outspoken sister-in-law said directly, "What do you think? If I also ask Sister Chu to see me, will I be able to have a second child? I also want to have another son."
"What son or daughter? If you can still have one, just be happy. As long as it's a child, it's all good. This is a new society, we can't have sons over daughters."
"Tsk, I just want two sons, isn't that enough? But then again, Sister Chu has been with the army for over half a year, why isn't her belly getting bigger? She's so amazing that she can even get Wang Xiulan pregnant, so it's impossible that she can't get pregnant herself, right?"
"Sister Chu is so young, why is she so anxious about this? Besides, Captain Lu has a son, and both of them treat Lu Yuanbao like a treasure. I guess they are not anxious."
"Lu Yuanbao is a good kid, well-behaved and sensible, and always tops the grade. But no matter how good he is, he's not Miss Chu's biological child. If he were Miss Chu's biological child, it would definitely be different."
When sisters-in-law get together, the topic that never stops is children.
As they were talking, someone noticed a figure outside the door and quickly reminded them.
"Stop talking now, Miss Chu is here, Xiu Li is here too, everyone, stop talking now."
Everyone looked up and saw Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao walking to the door.
Lu Yuanbao is already quite skilled at walking with a cane, and his walking speed is not slow at all.
Chu Yue said, "Yuanbao, you and Dazhuang can play in the yard. Mom will come out after the meeting."
"Okay." Lu Yuanbao nodded.
Fang Xiuli brought Tan Rourou with her. Tan Rourou was still sitting in the wheelchair, staring curiously at the crutch in Lu Yuanbao's hand.
Chen Dazhuang squeezed in between the two of them and said happily, "It's great that we don't have to go to school today! Rourou, I made a new friend at Yuanbao's house a few days ago. He's a little boy, but he's just as cute as a little girl."
Tan Rourou asked curiously, "What's his name?"
Chen Dazhuang scratched his hair and couldn't remember anything. He only remembered that Pei Tianci was good-looking.
Lu Yuanbao said, "His name is Pei Tianci, and he's a boy."
Tan Rourou wrinkled her nose and said, "Tianci... This name sounds like a boy's name. Girls don't like this kind of name."
Chu Yue and Fang Xiuli walked into the room together, and the sisters-in-law stood up one after another.
"Sister Chu, Xiu Li, here, here—" Chen Fengying waved towards them, "I've reserved a seat for you, come and sit down quickly."
Normally, Fang Xiuli didn't like this kind of occasion, as she always felt that the sisters-in-law were too noisy and quarrelsome.
However, what happened in recent months was a new experience for Fang Xiuli. For example, when Tan Rourou disappeared, the sisters-in-law in the compound put down what they were doing and helped look for the child as soon as they heard that the child was missing.
Later, Tan Rourou was found, and her sisters-in-law came to visit one by one to inquire about the child's situation. One family gave a few eggs, and another family gave a handful of vegetable noodles. Those were things that Fang Xiuli used to look down upon, but now she felt the warmth.
Gradually, Fang Xiuli's thoughts changed.
She is still the same arrogant young lady, but she understands more about ordinary happiness.
I finally understood why Chu Yue, who obviously knew so much, was still willing to get along happily with her illiterate sisters-in-law.
Because the feelings between people cannot be bought no matter how much money is spent.
Not long after Chu Yue and Fang Xiuli sat down, Song Hongmei came.
Song Hongmei greeted everyone with a smile, "Is everyone here?"
"Everyone is ready, Director Song, please get started."
"Okay, let me make it short. First of all, I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival. It's not easy for every household, especially in this remote place. The organization knows your efforts and recognizes them. We have all contributed to keeping peace here.
Today, the army cafeteria made rice dumplings and mugwort leaves. Everyone will have a portion. After the meeting, remember to pick one up. It's a token of the organization's care for us, the military families accompanying us."
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