The troops were very busy before the New Year. Even though some soldiers were still on missions, the military compound was also very lively with lights and ribbons everywhere.

Those who could afford it bought fresh meat, those who couldn't afford it ate bacon, and the poorer ones ate until they were 70% full. Every household had shed the gray and dusty appearance of the famine and greeted each other with a smile.

Qiao Yu made dumplings.

In addition to dumplings, we also made fried meatballs, bacon with salted vegetables, bacon with rabbit, and various sweets, such as sweet potato cakes, taro cakes, and melted toffee popsicles.

After eating their greasy mouths, the children wandered around with their milk candy popsicles in their mouths, set off firecrackers, and played bamboo rings...

In the past, children used to roll on iron hoops, which were made of expensive iron. But after the Great Steelmaking Era, iron products became scarce, and the iron hoops that children used to roll on became bamboo hoops that their fathers made themselves.

The girls played shuttlecock and skipping rope.

Qiao Yu was reading in the yard when he heard some noise in the main house and poured a glass of water for it.

After putting the enamel pot down, I was about to go back to the yard, but then I heard another cough.

Qiao Yu was puzzled: "Does your throat feel uncomfortable?"

"I have something to tell you."

"Oh..." Qiao Yu pulled a stool and sat down, looking well-behaved and obedient.

Zhou Ze'an: ...

I really don't know how to start.

After a while, seeing that she looked impatient, he asked, "Do you want a child?"

Um?

Aren’t there five children in the family?

Didn't he also promise not to adopt any more children?

Go back on your word?

Qiao Yu questioned his character: "You want to adopt a child again?"

"no……"

"What is that? Raising it, but not transferring the ownership to your name?" Qiao Yu thought of this possibility and said, "No! Since you've raised it, you have to transfer the ownership! Otherwise, it's like raising it for nothing!"

“Not really…”

"What is that?"

I saw that her eyes were clear, without any distracting thoughts.

The old man, feeling upset, became deflated.

The girl either didn't understand or didn't want to be with him. She just wanted to live with him and be a couple in name only...

She has been married, how could she not understand?

It must be the latter.

A bitter taste appeared in Zhou Ze'an's mouth.

When he first met her, he was willing to marry her, give her a legal status, and accept two strange children. Wasn't he thinking of living together?

How come I was fully prepared at the beginning, but now the gloom keeps spreading, and I feel that my thoughts at that time were very confused and too naive?

Is this his own fault?

"...It's nothing. Let's talk about it after you get into university."

Qiao Yu muttered in his heart: Neurotic.

Disturbing her reading.

Qiao Yu didn't notice the man's dejected look and returned to the yard...

Well, if you can’t concentrate on reading the book, then just do some exercises.

The children came back and saw Qiao Yu working on his homework from a distance through the gate. Not only did the children stop talking, but they also slowed down their steps.

Seeing that she was absorbed in doing the exercises, Zhou Jun quietly brought Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu to the kitchen and started cooking.

Qiao Yu felt hungry in her stomach and smelled a fragrance in her nose. Only then did she raise her head from the paper.

The kitchen door was open.

During Chinese New Year, every household has more or less the smell of meat, so there is no need to hide it.

Qiao Yu saw Zhou Jun busy among them.

She quickly collected the test papers and shouted, "Military boy, let me help you!"

Neighbor: ...

An adult helping a child?!

During the famine, food was scarce, and with the supervision of the adults at home, the children were sensible and did not go out to visit other people. Even if there were a few ignorant ones at home, they would not go out because of the future of their sons/lovers.

As soon as the new year passed, the newspaper sent a reply to Qiao Yu.

The fee is not much, just five yuan.

After all, this is my first submission.

However, in the eyes of other sisters-in-law in the military compound, it is worthy of admiration.

That's five dollars!

Mrs. Zhou did not hide it: "I asked Sister Qiao, she spent three days writing it."

Three days!

Isn't that more cost-effective than the jobs they found?

"Only scholars with brains can make money by just lying at home and writing."

"Sister Qiao is not lying down. She is reading and doing exercises."

"What is practice?"

"It's just doing the college entrance examination papers from previous years."

“Ohhhh.”

"She is worthy of being the daughter-in-law that Zhou Tuan has chosen. She is much more capable than the previous one."

"Who says it's not true? One person who submitted an article to a newspaper was taken to a newspaper for questioning, while another person who only had a junior high school diploma had his article accepted and received payment."

"Didn't Xiaoyu get his high school diploma this year?"

"It's summer time."

"Xiaoyu is sure to get his high school diploma. I know a lot of high school students, and if one out of a hundred people submits an essay and it's good enough to get one accepted."

"Is it that difficult?"

"It's not difficult, isn't it? Everyone has seen the consequences of Dayu's actions, right?"

Lu's mother, who had just landed on the island, passed by carrying some dried seafood on her back. She felt embarrassed when she heard all this and hurried away from the scene.

When I got home, I saw that the door of the master bedroom was open. Bai Yu was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring out the window, no one knew what she was thinking, and the child was lying on the bed crying loudly.

Mother Lu quickly picked up the child and rocked him while scolding Bai Yu: "Look at him, he also submitted his first article, and it was accepted on the first one, and he's still a junior high school student. Look at you, if you go to the canteen to help out in the kitchen, you can bring back some food every day and get a salary, which is better than what you have now.

I stay at home every day and do nothing. My son is the only one who takes care of everything..."

"Junior high school student? Your first time applying for a newspaper was accepted? Old lady, don't brag."

Knowing the old lady's character, she can't stand me, but can I stand her?

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When Lu Hongjun was away, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law found fault with each other and neither of them would give in.

Mother Lu didn't know that because of marrying Bai Yu, her son couldn't even go to military school.

Lu Hongjun also deliberately kept it a secret, otherwise the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would only become more severe.

For the sake of her precious grandson, Mother Lu was relatively restrained towards Bai Yu.

"Who is bragging? I heard it on the way back. Some of the military family members called her Qiao Mei, while others called her Xiao Yu."

It’s Qiao Yu again!

Bai Yu quietly clenched her fists.

Why is she everywhere?

Marrying Qiao Yu is the variable for Zhou Ze'an!

Bai Yu stiffened his back and said, "So what? What does this mean?"

"What does that mean? I make five dollars in three days! Thirty days in a month means fifty dollars! This is almost as much as a level four clerk's salary! I still have to go to college in the future!

University! You will be assigned a job after graduation!"

"This is impossible! How is it possible that he only has a primary school diploma and grew up in the countryside, and he got a junior high school and high school diploma in less than a year? And he was able to get into college..."

Unless, unless.

Is Qiao Yu the same as me?

Bai Yu figured it out all of a sudden.

She asked why everything was not going as she wished, and it turned out that Qiao Yu was also reborn.

So, it was no coincidence that Qiao Yu revealed his life story?

Bai Yu felt it necessary to test the other party.

Since we are all reborn...

We are all lucky people favored by God, can we shake hands and make peace?

They are on different tracks, is it necessary to oppose them in every way?

Bai Yu dressed neatly and took out a few ounces of brown sugar that she had left over from her confinement period and prepared to go out.

"Where are you going?!"

"I'll go out and check the door."

"Come back! How am I going to cook if you leave?! Take the kids with you!"

Taking kids out is so inconvenient.

Bai Yu pretended not to hear and quickened her pace.