It's winter, and the temperature outside is getting colder.

Because of the marriage, Gu Qinglin took a few days off to accompany her.

In the past few days, he brought back some firewood, chopped it, and placed it neatly in the woodshed.

In winter, sitting by the firewood and warming yourself is the most comfortable thing. You can put a few watermelons on the firewood pile and eat them while warming yourself by the fire. That life will definitely be comfortable.

When it was cold, Shen Man didn't like to go out every day. When she ate, Gu Qinglin either got food from the canteen or he cooked it himself.

These days she lived quite well, except for one thing.

That is, there is no independent toilet in this yard, so you can only go to the public toilet outside.

It was fine once or twice, but if it happened too often, she couldn't stand queuing in public toilets every time.

So after finishing it that night.

Shen Man snuggled in the man's arms, rubbing her head against his strong chest, "I want an independent toilet. Can you help me build one in this yard?"

The public toilet was far away and crowded. With so many family members in the family compound all crowding in that direction, she really couldn't stand it.

Gu Qinglin rubbed Shen Man's head and said, "Okay, but I'm afraid we won't be able to get bricks and cement for a while. Let's wait for a while and ask someone first."

He hadn't considered this before, and he had really wronged her.

Shen Man raised her head and kissed him on the chin, "Thank you for your hard work. This is a reward for you."

Just as she was about to step back after the kiss, a hot big hand grasped her slender waist and pulled her into the quilt. Then the strong and intense masculine breath surrounded Shen Man tightly.

The deep, hoarse voice sounded again, "Wife, this is not how rewards are given. I'll teach you."

His vacation time is short and he has a busy mission coming up. It is estimated that the two of them will not be able to see each other for a long time in the future.

…

It was said that they would wait for a while, but after a few days, Gu Qinglin came back from outside and brought a lot of bricks and cement.

When Shen Man heard the noise coming from the yard, she went out wrapped in her thick and warm military coat and was stunned for a moment.

Gu Qinglin had already started working in a corner of the yard, his head lowered. A layer of white frost had already fallen on the leaves outside, and the air was dry and cold.

He held bricks and bricklaying tools in his hands, and lowered his head to do his work seriously.

The first thing Shen Man saw when she looked up was Gu Qinglin's handsome profile, high nose bridge, and his tall stature.

Even if he was building a wall, his noble temperament would make people unable to help but look at him frequently.

At this time, Gu Qinglin also noticed that Shen Man came out of the house. He continued to build the wall and said to her.

"Go back to the house first. It's cold outside. The firewood in the house is already burning. There's a roasted melon inside."

"Go back to the house and eat the melon. You'll be well soon."

He could finish this job in less than an afternoon.

Shen Man thought about it and decided that she couldn't help much here and would just sit there in the cold, so she might as well go inside and rest.

Anyway, it was he who took the initiative to let her into the house.

She blinked and smiled, "Okay, then go in first. I'll leave the melon for you. When you finish your work, we can share it in half."

After hearing "half and half", Gu Qinglin's eyes darkened slightly. He raised his head to look at Shen Man, just in time to see her figure returning to the room and the ambiguous red mark behind her ear.

His throat rolled unconsciously, a lingering sensation from last night.

Less than one month.

The independent toilet in the small courtyard has been repaired.

Sister Yunxiang, who heard the noise next door, leaned over the wall between the two houses and took a look. When she saw the new toilet, she turned around and ran back into the house and said to the man who was eating.

"The manager next door is really caring. Look, he's only been married for a few years, but he even built a private toilet for his wife."

"Why don't you learn from the head of the family and build a toilet in this yard for our family, so that we don't have to run to the public toilet outside in the middle of winter."

Wang Daxiao frowned, picked up a piece of vegetable, put it in his mouth and started eating, ignoring Guo Yunxiang.

Guo Yunxiang was furious when she saw his dead look. "I'm talking to you, but you just eat."

Ever since she gave birth to five children in a row, this man has gradually become indifferent to her. When they were just married, he used to cling to her, but now he rarely touches her even if she takes the initiative.

She was obviously not even ten years old, but sometimes she woke up in the middle of the night and looked at the man who was far away from her. She always felt that she was already in her seventies or eighties.

Wang Daxiao slammed his chopsticks on the table. "How old are you? Why are you still comparing yourself with young people? Every day's training is tiring enough. Can you save some energy for me?"

"Don't stare at newlyweds all day long. They live their lives, and we live our lives."

"Is this not possible?"

The five or six children sitting in front of the dining table were too quiet to make a sound and could only concentrate on drinking the porridge in their bowls.

This was not the first time they had seen such a scene and they were already used to it.

Guo Yunxiang was also startled by the man's sudden action, and her chest heaved violently, but when she realized the meaning of the man's words, she couldn't help but sneer.

"What's wrong? Do you think I'm too old, or do you think I'm from the countryside and can't compare to the city wives your comrades-in-arms married, and you're embarrassed by me?"

Wang Daxiao's brows furrowed even more tightly. "Even if you think so, there's nothing I can do."

After saying this, he picked up his coat and put it on, then turned around and pushed the door open to go out.

The moment the door opened, the cold air from outside rushed in, so cold that it bit my bones.

Guo Yunxiang's face turned slightly pale, her body trembling uncontrollably, and she stared blankly at the man leaving.

…

Shen Man was sitting by the fire, warming herself by the fire and eating a delicious roasted melon when she suddenly heard a commotion next door. She was stunned for a moment.

"It seems... that the sound came from Sister Yunxiang's house next door?"

But she heard that Sister Yunxiang and her husband had been childhood sweethearts, and their relationship was considered pretty good in the entire family compound.

The sound just now was clearly two people arguing.

Gu Qinglin took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the black corners of her mouth. "Yes, it's the sound from next door."

He unexpectedly learned that Lu Zhengguo had applied for another empty yard near theirs and they would move in in two days. He estimated that they would meet each other again in the future.

Gu Qinglin thought about it and decided to tell Shen Man about this in advance.

"I recently heard that Lu Zhengguo's mother has joined the army."