Chapter 33 Then it was just a coincidence

Zhou Chenglei took Jiang Xia into the orchard.

The orchard owner was a man about the same age as Zhou Chenglei. His skin was tanned from years of tending the orchard. When he saw the two of them, he smiled in surprise, his teeth were particularly white. "Captain, what brings you here?"

He looked at Jiang Xia again and said with a smile, "Is this my sister-in-law? Hello, sister-in-law! You are so beautiful! Welcome, sister-in-law!"

As expected of the group leader, he married a beautiful wife!

More beautiful than flowers! Whiter than the clouds in the sky!

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Hello."

Zhou Chenglei said to Jiang Xia: "Jiang Yang, my former comrade-in-arms."

Jiang Xia: "Brother Jiang."

Jiang Yang was flattered and waved his hands vigorously: "No, no, sister-in-law, just call me Xiao Jiang."

Jiang Xia smiled.

Zhou Chenglei gave the wine and cigarettes to Jiang Yang.

Jiang Xia handed him half a sirloin and two pineapples.

Jiang Yang waved his hands vigorously to refuse, "No, why did the captain bring so many things, no need..."

At Zhou Chenglei's glance, he didn't dare to refuse. He took it obediently and stood very straight.

Jiang Xia found it funny and smiled with curved eyebrows.

Jiang Yang took one look, then looked at Zhou Chenglei, and thought they were a perfect match! Too perfect! Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Yang: "What fruit tree seedlings do you have now? Do you have any grape seedlings?"

Jiang Yang immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes... Many of my family's fruit trees have them. Even if my family doesn't have them, I can find them. What kind of fruit tree does the captain want?"

Zhou Chenglei looked at Jiang Xia and asked, "What kind of fruit trees do you want to plant?"

Jiang Yang: "Sister-in-law, what kind of fruit tree do you want to plant? I'll take you to see it. If you like it, you can take it back. I don't have any that you like at home, so I'll go find some somewhere else for you."

Jiang Yang enthusiastically took them into the orchard to visit his orchard.

He was a talkative person. As he walked, he introduced the "kingdom" he had built in the past few years since he retired from the army.

Jiang Yang contracted a lot of land and planted peaches, guavas, grapes, pomegranates, mangoes, bayberries and other fruits.

Except for grapes and mangoes, which will bear fruit this year, other fruits have not yet borne fruit and we have to wait a year or two.

But it can be seen that he has great love and expectations for each orchard he has planted.

Jiang Yang is a talkative man. He enthusiastically told Jiang Xia that many of these fruit tree seedlings were bought by him when he was in the army, after completing missions in various places, with great difficulty and trying every possible means to buy them.

Because his wife loves to eat fruits, he bought some and planted them, and he finally managed to grow them.

After walking in the orchard for more than an hour, Jiang Xia picked a pomegranate, a guava, a persimmon, a grape seedling and several strawberry seedlings.

Originally, Jiang Xia wanted a peach tree and a longan tree, but Jiang Yang said that no one planted peach trees in their yard because peach trees are prone to becoming spirits, and longans are prone to attract stink bugs.

Jiang Xia wanted to eat peaches and longans, so he would send them to her when the time came.

Jiang Xia didn’t understand those things, and he didn’t know what a stink bug was, so he just thought about it and let it go.

Grapes can survive by cuttings, but Jiang Yang has some well-cultivated grape seedlings that you can take home and plant directly. They will bear fruit in one or two years.

Jiang Xia likes to eat fruits and actually wants to grow a lot of them, but her yard is not big enough. So she decided to buy a big yard and plant more kinds of fruits.

In addition to fruit seedlings, Jiang Yang's wife Yang Mei also planted some roses of different colors, including roses, bougainvillea, cockscombs, zephyranthes, sunflowers and other flowers. Seeing that Jiang Xia liked them, she gave some of each to Jiang Xia to take back and plant.

Jiang Yang said with a look of disdain: "Sister-in-law, take more back if you like, don't take up the place where I grow fruits!"

Yang Mei glared at him and said, "My flowers are planted in the corner. How can they take up space? You take up the most space! Get out of here!"

Jiang Xia smiled, and it can be seen that the couple has a good relationship.

At noon, the couple had lunch in the orchard.

The pineapple chicken made by Jiang Yang's wife was sour and sweet and very appetizing. Jiang Xia helped make braised spare ribs and basil goose, which were praised highly by the couple, making her feel embarrassed.

When they left, Jiang Yang gave them a big bag of fruit, including mangoes, grapes, two big watermelons, several cantaloupes, and two big geese.

The goose's head was particularly large, and Zhou Chenglei offered him money but refused to take it.

Jiang Xia gave each of the two children a red envelope of 10 yuan.

Fortunately, although the furniture takes up space, there are still plenty of gaps left, so fruit trees and fruits can be stuffed in, otherwise there would be no place to put them.

Jiang Yang and his wife watched the tractor leave.

Jiang Yang's wife is tall and her skin is a little dark from taking care of the orchard all year round.

She looked at the tractor going away and said, "Captain Zhou's wife is so beautiful. Captain Zhou has retired and returned to the village to fish for a living. He is no longer the captain, but he still married such a delicate wife. Can he support her?"

The villagers prefer to marry women who are strong and can eat well. Such women can work and take care of the family.

Jiang Xia looks too delicate and I'm afraid she can't endure the hardships in the village.

"The regiment commander's wife is the youngest daughter of our former division commander. She is also an old woman, so of course she is beautiful. My regiment commander is very capable, so how can he not support her?"

Yang Mei glanced at him and said, "Have you heard that your captain's wife eloped with another man and was caught by him?"

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*It was already past two in the afternoon when Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia returned to the village, which was the hottest time of the day.

Jiang Xia felt his skin was burning from the scalding air.

The gate of the yard was closed, so Zhou Chenglei jumped off the tractor and opened the door.

Zhou's mother heard the noise and came out. Seeing the tractor stuff, she was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy so much? You must have spent a lot of money, right?"

Grandma also heard the sound and came out from the next yard. She said with a smile: "Oh! You bought so many stools? It's better to buy more. Putting them in the house will make it feel like home."

When Zhou's mother thought about the long and empty living room, she felt that it seemed like she should buy some things.

Everything on the tractor was tied up with ropes. Jiang Xia untied the ropes and replied with a smile, "The living room is indeed too empty. Let's go buy some furniture today, which is market day."

Grandma smiled and said, "Yes, yes, an empty living room won't bring in money! It's time to buy some! Xiaoxia understands. No wonder Xiaoxia encountered a garfish as soon as she went out to sea!"

What else could Zhou's mother say? Everything had already been said by the two of them.

Jiang Xia tried to untie the rope, but she had never seen a knot like that before, and she couldn't untie it after trying for a long time.

Zhou's mother and great-grandmother were moving the fruit tree seedlings into the yard.

Zhou Chenglei also untied the other ropes and walked over to Jiang Xia: "I'll do it."

He tied the knot in the rope, and most people can't untie it.

Jiang Xia let go, moved aside, and let him come.

But when she moved aside, her shoulder rubbed against the back of a bamboo chair on the tractor. Several bamboo chairs were stacked on top of it. It was tied firmly with ropes, but it became loose after Zhou Chenglei untied the ropes.

When Jiang Xia bumped into them, several bamboo chairs fell down.

Jiang Xia subconsciously reached out to hold on to the bamboo chair, but another one fell down.

"Be careful!" Zhou Chenglei also subconsciously reached out to hold the bamboo chair, and held Jiang Xia's head with his other big hand to prevent her from being hit.

Jiang Xia only felt that her whole body was embraced by him, and her nose was filled with the fresh ocean scent on his body and the fragrance of soapberries on his sleeves.

Grandma and Zhou's mother hurriedly reached out to help hold the bamboo chair.

"Okay! Okay! I've got it!" said Zhou's mother.

Zhou Chenglei then put his hand down, and Jiang Xia looked back when he heard it.

Then, by coincidence, Zhou Chenglei's rolled-up sleeves brushed Jiang Xia's lips when he put them down.

(End of this chapter)