The pessimism of every family in the world is not the same.
Some are cold and lonely, and sad.
Some are lively and joyful.
During this Spring Festival, the Duan family in Heishui Village, the younger ones gathered together and had fun every day, the older ones gathered together and were busy every day, and the old ones just had to laugh happily.
Pasting couplets, cutting window decorations, making lanterns, frying twisted dough sticks, steaming buns, making dumplings...
Shen Xiaobei and Gao Hongmian came back from Beijing City. Every day with their children and mother-in-law, they always had something different to do.
The whole family is having a great time.
Duan Beihai joined the army after graduating from high school two years ago and has been unable to return.
When he was a child, Duan Beihai's wish was to be an air force officer like his second brother Duan Xichuan.
However, as he grew older, his wishes later changed.
He said that his family already had an air force officer and didn't need another one, so he changed his wish to become a navy officer.
Two years ago, he got his wish and is now serving on Coconut Island in the south.
Looking at the photo he sent back of himself wearing his navy uniform, he looked resolute, handsome, and youthful.
Shen Xiaobei took the photo and teased Duan Xichuan, "Beihai is now even more handsome than his elder brother, and he is much more handsome than you, the second brother!"
Duan Xichuan felt a little jealous when he heard her say this.
His eyes were ambiguous, and he said in a deep voice, "From what my wife said, are you dissatisfied with your husband's charm not as good as before?"
"Hehe, I'm afraid it's a little bit."
"Okay, then it seems that during this time at home, the husband has to show off his charm to his wife. I hope that the wife won't think that the husband's charm is too great for her to bear."
"Hateful, smooth talker, I'll wait and see!"
Shen Xiaobei also replied with an ambiguous look in his eyes.
Because she had many children, she did not take her children to visit relatives in the army during the summer vacation. It was not good to leave the children alone.
So, I can only get together with Duan Xichuan once a year.
This rare gathering is in my hometown, without any work entanglements, and I feel relaxed.
The desire they both had for each other was written all over their eyes when they looked at each other.
However, during the day, the house was bustling with people coming and going, and it was very noisy. Even if the two of them wanted to be intimate occasionally, they felt it was inconvenient and could only hold back.
Fortunately, the children are older now and are not so clingy to their parents at night, and can go to sleep by themselves.
At night, it is the time for the couple to be alone.
Both of them are over 30 years old, at the legendary age of being as fierce as wolves and tigers.
It's just an ordinary life. I'm in the army and lead a strict and regular life every day.
Although one lives a free life, he has to travel back and forth between several cities every month and has a lot of affairs to deal with.
I am so busy every day that I forget about my married life and don’t think about it much.
But now, in their former wedding room, the two of them were pressed together, feeling the warmth of each other's bodies.
Shen Xiaobei discovered that from the inside out, every inch of her skin missed Duan Xichuan so much.
And Duan Xichuan seemed to be even stronger than her.
Each of them felt the other's thoughts and desires that were about to burst out.
On the first night we were together, we talked again and again until the roosters crowed in the yard, without any distinction between us.
The field of love has been fully irrigated and it immediately becomes as beautiful as spring.
The next morning, when Gao Hongmian saw Shen Xiaobei with a rosy face, she couldn't help but smile mischievously and teased her, "Xiaobei, as soon as Xichuan came back, you immediately regained your youth!"
"Sister-in-law, you're so annoying. How can it be so obvious?"
"Yes, it really is! If you don't believe me, go to your room and look in the mirror to see if what my sister-in-law said is an exaggeration? Hehehe!"
"Stinky sister-in-law, I'm not going to take a photo!"
As soon as Shen Xiaobei got up in the morning, he saw Duan Xichuan's eyes.
In his bright black eyes, she saw a pretty face that was so beautiful that it could shame the moon and flowers, and she was hesitant to speak.
This made Duan Xichuan cling to her for a while before he was willing to let her get out of bed.
This Spring Festival, the two of them spent the day working and playing with the elderly and children, and happily visited relatives and friends.
After returning to their rooms to rest at night, they both wished they could make up for the days when they couldn't be together and love each other.
Shen Xiaobei's complexion, also moisturized by Duan Xichuan with great care, was indeed visibly smoother than if she didn't apply powder every day.
Even without makeup, she looks beautiful.
When she went to the commune to pay New Year's greetings to Fan Huifang, even Fan Huifang teased her in an ambiguous way.
It is said that her face is as beautiful as a peach and her eyes are full of spring, which makes any woman unable to help but linger on her.
My imagination runs wild.
Shen Xiaobei also wanted to praise Fan Huifang's charm as a young woman.
However, looking at Fan Huifang's face, she could see fine lines at the corners of her eyes, obvious dark circles, and dull cheeks and lips.
The face looked so haggard that it looked like it was many years older than her, and she was suddenly unable to express her praise.
I just felt a pang of heartache and bitterness.
How come Fan Huifang ages so quickly?
You can often tell whether a woman is living a good life by looking at her eyes and complexion.
Obviously, she hasn't had a good life in recent years.
Ever since Ye Zhicheng was assigned to Shuanghe County as a teacher, Fan Huifang gritted her teeth and chose to follow her husband.
He closed the breakfast shop in the commune and went to the county town with his two children.
She still runs a breakfast shop in the county town.
However, although the breakfast shops in the county town seem to be doing well, there are many competitors and the competition is fierce. There are often several breakfast shops on one street.
Moreover, there is one more major expense compared to when I was in the commune: store rent.
Even the vegetables we eat on a daily basis have to be bought, unlike when we were in the commune, where we could open a vegetable garden behind our home to be self-sufficient.
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