Chapter 13 Take a good look, how beautiful his wife is!
The dormitories for educated youth were terrible.
The large heated kang bed in the dormitory housed more than twenty female educated youths. When they came back from going to the toilet at night, their spot would be taken up by the crowd.
Compared to the male educated youth dormitory next door, this is considered good.
Their house was drafty and leaky, and at night all they could hear was the howling of the wind; those who were easily frightened were too scared to sleep.
"This house isn't even as clean as my kitchen, how could anyone live here?"
Wang Jun rolled his eyes when he heard Ning Xin's words. She was such a capitalist lady who didn't know the hardships of life. He pointed to the very edge of the room, indicating that it was her bed.
"Hurry up and pack your luggage. After we finish eating, we'll go down to the fields to work with everyone."
"Let me tell you, if you keep being picky, you can go back. Everyone here is a good comrade with high ideological awareness. Don't let your one rotten fish ruin the whole pot of soup!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room looked at Ning Xin with strange expressions.
The brigade secretary had never spoken so harshly before, and her attitude towards her was so bad. They should stay away from her in the future to avoid getting into trouble.
After giving his instructions, Wang Jun left.
Ning Xin approached and realized that her spot was on the very edge, next to a chamber pot. A pungent smell wafted up from the pot, making it hard to open her eyes.
She yelled in dissatisfaction, "It smells terrible here! How am I supposed to sleep tonight? Someone come out and switch places with me!"
Everyone was amused by her self-righteous attitude.
The oldest among them, Ren Min, stepped forward and said, "Comrade Ning, we've been here for almost half a year. Who among us didn't endure the dirtiest and most remote positions?"
"The chamber pot was placed here as agreed by everyone, it's close to everyone, why should we switch with you?"
Ning Xin's face flushed red and then turned pale as she was being talked about.
When has she ever been scolded like this by someone pointing their finger at her?
In her past life, who wouldn't have treated her with utmost respect?
The psychological gap since her rebirth was too great, and she couldn't help but retort: "I've never lived in a house like this before, even a pigsty is cleaner than this!"
“This is home, this is the countryside!” Ren Min interrupted coldly. “Even capitalists’ daughters aren’t as pampered as you. If you don’t want to stay here, go talk to the brigade secretary. But let me remind you, what Secretary Wang just said is that if you go to him again, you might get criticized!”
Seeing that others already suspected her of being a capitalist, Ning Xinqing stopped talking with a pale face.
Things are different now. Even if she were stupid, she would know that exposing her identity as a capitalist's daughter here would only make her life more and more difficult.
On her first day in the countryside, Ningxin didn't drink the sweet potato porridge because she thought it was too thin. After working all day, her hands and feet were blistered, and she cried in bed, feeling both pain and hunger.
She simply couldn't take it anymore.
No, she had to find a chance to sneak away and go to Shengjing to find Zhang Yanfei!
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The Xu family.
As soon as Grandma Xu and Grandpa Xu returned, Ning Tang came downstairs with her pregnancy test report.
After much anticipation, the elderly couple finally welcomed their great-grandson.
Even Ning Tang seemed more pleasing to the eye, and Grandma Xu even gave away her ancestral gold bracelet.
Thinking of the rumors circulating outside that the Xu family line had ended, her eyes flashed, and she said to her granddaughter-in-law:
"Tangtang, Aunt Zhang has something to do later and can't get away. Could you help her deliver food to Qiaofeng at the team?"
"Grandma, isn't there a cafeteria?" Ning Tang asked, puzzled.
Grandma Xu felt no guilt whatsoever when she met her granddaughter-in-law's clear eyes.
"Qiaofeng doesn't like the food in the cafeteria because he has a bad stomach. The food at home is better for his stomach."
"My grandfather and I are getting old and our legs aren't strong enough to walk properly, so we can only trouble you, young man, for help."
Grandpa Xu, who was standing nearby, could see what his wife was thinking. She wanted to use the excuse of bringing food to give the two children more opportunities to spend time together.
Ning Tang looked at the expectation in Grandma Xu's eyes and touched her belly, which was not yet showing.
She replied softly, "Okay, Grandma, I'll go and tidy up a bit."
Grandma Xu was overjoyed and quickly took out the new clothes she had bought for Ning Tang yesterday.
The pale yellow dress, with a circle of light-colored petals embroidered around the neckline, stood out against the backdrop of a group of blue-gray muslin fabrics.
Seeing Ning Tang go back to change her clothes, Grandma Xu started plotting something.
Since his granddaughter-in-law was pregnant, he had to dress up in a bright and eye-catching way so that everyone in the village could see how lucky the Xu family was to have gotten pregnant on the first try!
Let that brat Qiaofeng see how beautiful his wife is, and give him a sense of competition!
Grandma Xu gave Aunt Zhang a look: "Go and stew the stuff I just brought back for Qiaofeng tonight."
"Grandma...this isn't quite right."
"What's wrong with that? If I didn't use some tricks, I wouldn't be able to die in peace knowing how these two kids are always dawdling!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang stopped talking and turned to go into the kitchen to start preparing the things she had brought back.
After changing into the dress, Ning Tang felt a little awkward. The dress was beautiful, but among a sea of men, it was too conspicuous.
But seeing Grandma Xu's smiling face, he could only swallow his words.
Aunt Zhang handed over the lunchbox. It wasn't heavy; it contained two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, along with a large box full of rice. Afraid that Xu Qiaofeng wouldn't have enough to eat, she also packed two steamed buns for him.
Not long after leaving the house, Ning Tang ran into Zhang Yanfei at the entrance of the compound.
"Sister-in-law, why are you out for a stroll all by yourself?"
"Grandma asked me to deliver food to Xu Qiaofeng," Ning Tang said with a polite smile.
Zhang Yanfei's eyes swept over her, a flash of amazement crossing them. Then, as if struck by a thought, she smiled and said:
“That’s perfect. I’m going to the team too. Why don’t you ride in my car, sister-in-law?”
Ning Tang felt it wasn't appropriate, as it was just a lone man and woman, and was about to refuse when she heard Zhang Yanfei say something else.
“It takes almost an hour to drive to the team, how long are you going to walk there by yourself, sister-in-law?”
"Thank you for your help."
A wise person knows when to yield. Ning Tang didn't want her feet to get blistered, so she thanked him sincerely and got into the car.
Not long after the car drove away, Aunt Zhang stood bewildered at the empty doorway.
She was just about to tell Ning Tang that Grandma Xu's car would be arriving soon, but where was this person?
Hearing from the guard at the gate that Captain Zhang Yanfei had taken him away, I felt relieved knowing that he and Qiaofeng were on good terms.
Zhang Yanfei chatted with Ning Tang the whole way.
The questions were all about everyday things; though they were long-winded, they didn't feel offensive.
But Ning Tang didn't want to answer; she felt that this person was a bit strange.
After finally making it to the entrance of the military base, she thanked them again and got out of the car. The guards at the gate saw her getting out of Zhang Yanfei's car but didn't stop her and let her in.
It's very big inside; the playground alone is packed with people training.
At the prime of their youth, as the saying goes, "After two years in the team, even a sow would look as beautiful as Diao Chan."
When a group of young men in camouflage saw Ning Tang, their training movements slowed down considerably.
Someone couldn't help but mutter, "Who is this? She's really good-looking and dressed so stylishly."
"My goodness, she's even prettier than the Soviet actresses I've seen in the movie theater."
"I saw her get out of Captain Zhang's car, is she his girlfriend?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Didn't you see her heading towards the training ground? She's probably looking for some cadre."
Ning Tang searched for a long time but couldn't find Xu Qiaofeng. In the end, someone came up to her and took her to look for him.
Just then, Xu Qiaofeng, who was finishing a meeting in the conference room on the second floor, was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when his deputy Pang Bo excitedly patted his arm as if he had seen a ghost.
"Captain, Captain!"
"I think I see love waving at me!"
Xu Qiaofeng frowned, "Are you having a mental breakdown?"
Following Pang Bo's gaze, one immediately sees Ning Tang. The wind blows her wisps of hair across her forehead, revealing her fair profile, which looks soft and obedient.
The people next to me were still chattering away.
"Wow, this girl is really pretty, even prettier than the performers at the last talent show we saw. Who is she here to see?"
"I wonder if I have a boyfriend or girlfriend. If I don't, then I'll..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Qiaofeng had already strode downstairs.
His handsome face inexplicably tensed.
When Xu Qiaofeng arrived downstairs, everyone who was secretly observing Ning Tang stared wide-eyed!
How did their stern-faced Captain Xu get away?!
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