On a hot summer day, Ruan Ruan woke up to find it drizzling outside. The rain had washed away some of the soil from a small patch of land in the yard, making the already unsightly yard even worse. Ruan Ruan looked up at the sky, but instead of feeling cooler because of the rain, she felt annoyed because the yard was so dirty.
At this time, Huo Haocheng had already gone to work at the military headquarters. Ruan Ruan sat at the dining table, sullenly drinking her porridge. Huo Haocheng had gotten up that morning to cook it, just because Ruan Ruan had said she wanted to drink porridge before falling asleep the night before. Huo Haocheng's lovingly prepared white rice porridge made her feel a little bit happy.
After dinner, Ruan Ruan stood in front of the house, staring blankly outside. Then she went inside, took out a notebook and pen, and sat under the eaves, scribbling and drawing. In no time, she had arranged the yard. "Once the rain stops, I'll go find some stone slabs and pebbles. I don't believe I can't deal with you."
Looking at her own design, Ruan Ruan got up happily, put the design on her desk, picked up the translation book next to her, and continued translating.
As noon approached, Ruan Ruan remembered Huo Haocheng's words from the previous night. Fearing he would be unhappy if he saw her translating all the time when he returned, she got up and started cooking. When Huo Haocheng came home at noon, Ruan Ruan had already prepared the meal and was sitting under the eaves waiting for him.
"Why are you sitting here? What if the rain gets you wet?" Huo Haocheng saw his wife sitting with her hands supporting her head and her feet bobbing up and down as soon as he entered the courtyard. She seemed to be in a good mood.
"You're back! No way, I was watching where the wind was blowing. If it was blowing this way, I would definitely go inside. I'm not stupid." Ruan Ruan was very happy to see Huo Haocheng return. She replied with a little arrogance. Who would get caught in the rain and not know to go inside? She wasn't stupid.
"Yes, yes, you're not stupid, you're the smartest." Huo Haocheng walked closer, put down the umbrella in his hand, took her hand, and saw that her hand was warm before saying anything.
"Let's eat. I just finished cooking and went out for a little while to see if you were back yet," Ruan Ruan explained to Huo Haocheng as he led her into the house.
"Are you bored being home alone today?" As the two sat down to eat, Huo Haocheng thought that Ruan Ruan had never been home alone before when they were in their hometown. Was she sitting in the yard waiting for him today because she was all alone and bored? Should he find her a companion? She used to have 520 with her, but he didn't know when she would be able to come back.
"It's not boring at all. You know I get up late. After eating, I translated for a while and then cooked. The timing was just right," Ruan Ruan replied casually to Huo Haocheng while eating.
"It's good that you're not bored. Remember to take breaks while translating. If you get bored, go next door and chat with your sister-in-law and the others." Huo Haocheng didn't say much when he saw Ruan Ruan like this. After all, translating books was something the higher-ups wanted, and it was related to the country's development.
"Yeah, I'll come over if I get bored," Ruan Ruan nodded perfunctorily.
"By the way, did you call Grandpa today?" Ruan Ruan suddenly asked, remembering something.
“We’ve called. Grandpa said the people in Beijing have basically been brought under control. Now we just don’t know how they plan to steal the samples and data. Apart from Sun Yang, who was caught at the beginning, we haven’t found any other suspicious people among the people hiding around Qian Gong, so we haven’t taken any action yet. However, the sample production is now in its final stage, and they probably won’t be able to hold back for much longer.”
In Haicheng, Su Yunchen, the second uncle of the Su family, and Shao Lin are currently in charge. I heard that those who colluded with the Zheng family are being careful; they only know a few people so far, all small fry. They haven't even found Da Yu yet, so Grandpa's advice is not to rush. They will make arrangements. Now that the situation is confirmed, none of those people will be able to escape. Grandpa also told you to be extra careful and not to leave the military region unless absolutely necessary.
Huo Haocheng relayed Old Master Ruan's words verbatim. In fact, before those people were caught, he did not want Ruan Ruan to leave the military region. One reason was that he was quite busy during this period, and the other was that he was afraid that Ruan Ruan would get hurt under his nose, and then it would be too late for him to regret it.
Fortunately, it's raining now. He knows very well that Ruan Ruan hates rainy days the most. Generally, unless there's something special, she won't think about going out on a rainy day and will basically stay in bed all day.
"Alright, let me know when you get the results. This awful weather, I don't know when it will clear up. Once the rain stops, I'll go up the mountain to find some stone slabs and pave the whole yard. Seeing all these puddles makes me so annoyed." As she spoke, Ruan Ruan chopped at her rice bowl with her chopsticks to vent her bad mood.
"Okay, once the rain stops, I'll go find some stone slabs for you. You can decide how to pave them." Before, Huo Haocheng didn't think there was anything wrong with the potholes in the yard, since all yards are the same. But now that his wife is in charge, he figured it might be wrong, and she could change it however she wanted, as long as it was within his control.
After lunch, Ruan Ruan helped Huo Haocheng wash the dishes, and then the two of them went for a nap together. Huo Haocheng mainly stayed with Ruan Ruan. The two of them lay on the bed and chatted about all sorts of things. Ruan Ruan talked about the wild imaginations in her head.
She asked Huo Haocheng, "If the country were developed one day, with skyscrapers all over the country, trains becoming high-speed trains that could take you thousands of kilometers away in just a few hours, airplanes carrying people to various countries, and everyone able to buy a car, people would live in peace and prosperity. Every household could buy whatever they wanted as long as they had the money, without worrying about a bad harvest this year or going hungry next year, or losing their secure jobs. If that day came, where would Huo Haocheng most want to go?"
Huo Haocheng only said that he would go wherever Ruan Ruan went. He was just saying it casually. The world Ruan Ruan described was too wonderful. He didn't dare to think like that yet. But when that time really came, he would probably leave the army to be by her side.
Huo Haocheng stayed with Ruan Ruan in bed for a while, and after successfully coaxing her to sleep through her wild imagination, Huo Haocheng got up and went to the military region.
When Ruan Ruan woke up in the afternoon, Wang Xia came over to chat with her for a while, mainly talking about the gossip in the family compound these past few days. Ever since the video of Aunt Niu and the others in the family compound being roasted by Huo Haocheng went viral, they hadn't dared to appear in front of the couple for a while. They would even avoid Huo Haocheng if they saw him, for fear that they might accidentally say the wrong thing and Huo Haocheng would drag their son into another argument.
After that day, whenever Huo Haocheng had the chance at the military headquarters, he would spar with a few people, causing Commander Zhu and the others to return home injured every day. The old ladies, seeing their son covered in wounds, initially wanted to settle scores with Huo Haocheng, but after being scolded by their son, they dared not appear in front of Huo Haocheng again.
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