After the New Year, Qin Dongling returned to the team and was soon promoted to regiment leader.
The exchange ended after two months. It had been a series of confrontations and negotiations. After withdrawing to the rear, the troops gradually restored order.
Qin Dongling actually wanted Xu Mei to bring her half-year-old daughter to visit relatives here.
But Xu Mei had entered the critical period of graduation. By the time she took time out to join the army, Mu Hong had already been there for more than a month.
Mu Hong was overjoyed to see her, "Sister, you are finally here, Yunqi, Qingcheng, Qinghuai, hurry up and come out."
Xu Mei had long known that Zhuo Qinghuai was her youngest son. She had three sons in total, but knowing and seeing were two different things. When she actually saw the three boys standing in a row, she was still surprised.
The three boys were very different in height, and their clothes were covered in mud. It was obvious at first glance that they were very naughty.
But they obviously listened to their mother and called out to her politely.
When Xu Mei held Yu Man in her arms, wearing a beautiful little dress, she was originally very fair and looked like a lucky doll. They quickly fixed their eyes on this little sister.
"Is this Xiaoman?" Mu Hong couldn't hide her admiration. "She looks so much like you. She's so charming."
"Unlike our three mischievous kids, they're rarely quiet. Only the third one has a slightly better temper, but whenever he gets together with his two brothers, something bad is bound to happen."
Talking about her three sons gave her a headache.
"At least the child is grown up now, so I don't have to worry about him. Manman is still young, and she will have to work hard for a few more years." Xu Mei comforted her.
Mu Hong said, "Very fast. The little girl is well behaved and easy to take care of."
"My younger brother was well-behaved when he was young, but he became more and more naughty as he grew up." Zhuo Yunqi suddenly said.
The two little kids immediately glared at their brother.
Mu Hong was also annoyed. "Who asked you to be the eldest brother and set a good example? Your younger brothers all follow you."
Zhuo Yunqi pursed his lips and spoke.
Normally, if they were disliked by their mother, they would have run away to play, but today, because they were curious about their little sister, they did not move.
Mu Hong found it funny and was about to sigh when she suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped her head, "Oh, look at my memory, I forgot to give you something."
As he said this, he hurried into the house and quickly took out two dried fish.
"This is a good thing. If you soak it for a few hours, it will be delicious even when steamed."
The two dried fish looked small, like they were bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. Xu Mei said, "Sister Mu, keep these for yourself. You still have three..."
"Don't be so polite." Before she finished speaking, Mu Hong waved her hand and said, "These are all caught. There are many rivers where we live, and I brought a lot. If you came late, you can still eat fresh ones."
The three boys nodded and said, "My mom is really good at catching fish."
They all said so, and it would seem too nice of her to refuse any further, so Xu Mei had no choice but to accept it and gave some gifts in return.
She wanted to clean the house, which was very dusty, so Mu Hong helped her take care of her daughters. For the whole afternoon, the three boys played in the yard, and came to see Xiaoman from time to time.
"Her eyelashes are long and curved."
"You smell great too, and your clothes are so pretty."
"I think she's white, like a white steamed bun."
The three brothers talked to each other, and in the end, one of them began to dislike his own brother.
Why are there only boys and no girls in their family?
Mu Hong was amused by them and laughed many times, and was also happy to see them cherish Xiaoman.
But whenever she saw these naughty boys trying to touch Xiaoman, she would reach out to stop them.
Zhuo Qingcheng pointed at her hand and said, "Mom, you touch it, why should we touch it? This is fair."
Mu Hong wanted to beat this kid up, "Look at your hands, then look at mine."
The three brothers looked at each other and took the initiative to go wash their hands.
While I was washing my hands, Zhuo Dingying and Qin Dongling came back.
"Dad!" Zhuo Qingcheng and Zhuo Qinghuai ran over quickly.
Zhuo Yunqi ran to Mu Hong's side and looked at the little sister intently.
Zhuo Dingying was surrounded by his two little sons. He looked disgusted, but the corners of his mouth were raised high. He squatted down and held one in each hand. The two boys, like victorious generals, held their father's neck proudly, one on the left and one on the right.
The person he wanted to show off to was naturally the one next to Mu Hong. He seemed to be paying attention to the little sister, but in fact he was observing Zhuo Yunqi out of the corner of his eye.
"These two are so old now, and you still spoil them like this every day." Mu Hong was annoyed.
Zhuo Dingying chuckled. He usually listened to his wife on this matter, and still held his two sons tightly.
As soon as Qin Dongling entered the yard, he saw his precious daughter, but after looking around, he did not see his wife.
"I'm cleaning the house." Mu Hong saw his confusion and explained, "The house is too dusty, so I brought Xiaoman with me."
Qin Dongling immediately gave up the idea of taking his daughter's hand and went to help his wife.
The two boys of the Zhuo family, having received enough of their father's love, were finally willing to get down from Zhuo Dingying's arms and pull him over to see their little sister.
"She's so handsome. No wonder Dong Ling thinks about his daughter every day." Zhuo Dingying also felt warm in her heart.
While speaking, he looked at Mu Hong again.
Mu Hong rolled her eyes at him and said, "You already have three sons, you don't deserve it."
Zhuo Dingying touched his nose with an embarrassed expression.
The couple's attention was all focused on Xiaoman again, and no one paid any attention to Zhuo Yunqi at all.
Zhuo Yunqi's originally longing look gradually faded. He stood aside and did not participate in the discussion about his sister or his brothers.
Qin Dongling and Xu Mei packed up their things and came out to take their daughter over, then the two families went back to their rooms.
Xiaoman was pretty and well-behaved, almost the dream little sister of the Zhuo brothers. In the next few days, they would gather around her whenever they had free time.
Xu Mei gradually noticed that Zhuo Yunqi was being ignored.
She didn't point it out right away. It's often difficult for parents to realize they're biased, especially when there are so many children.
"I always see Yunqi envying his two younger brothers." She said it in a more euphemistic way.
Mu Hong was stunned, "Really?"
"Every time Brother Zhuo holds the little ones, he's always envious." Xu Mei said, "But you didn't notice. I saw him observing them several times."
They are all her own children. Mu Hong sighed and said, "This child is naughty, but why is he so stubborn about this kind of thing? He doesn't say anything."
She was a person who could reflect on her own parents. She told Zhuo Dingying about it in the evening, and Zhuo Dingying was also a little annoyed.
"Every time I saw the two little ones rushing over, I picked them up and didn't even notice this."
Both husband and wife felt a little guilty.
So the next day when Zhuo Dingying came back, he took the initiative to pick up his eldest son as well.
Zhuo Dingying said on the surface that he was going to go down, but his eyes were shining and his face was red, and he was obviously happy.
After a few days, he talked more and rarely made trouble on purpose.
Mu Hong was very moved by this and said to Xu Mei, "I really have to thank you very much this time. Of course, his father and I are two rough guys, how could we have expected this?"
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