Chapter 21
Jiang Suihan was amazed, shook her head with emotion and said: "Young people love to make trouble."
Xu Zhao turned his head and glanced at Jiang Huihan. Such a mature and pretentious tone sounded a bit strange, and it was totally inconsistent with her pretty and lively face.
I felt that time passed very slowly in the car. There was a clanging sound in my ears every day. There was nothing to entertain myself in the car. I barely got through the first day by reading a book. On the second day, I didn't want to read anymore and just wanted to sleep. I slept during the day and at night.
Xu Zhao looked at Jiang Huihan's lazy and listless appearance, and was worried that she was sick. He reached out to feel the temperature of her forehead, and found that she did not have a fever.
Jiang Suihan yawned again: "I'm really fine, I like to sleep when I'm on the bus, remember to call me when we get to the station, I'll sleep a little longer."
The corners of Xu Zhao's mouth twitched involuntarily. It was the first time he saw someone who loved to sleep so much on the train. From the time she got on the train till now, except for eating and occasionally teaching her brother to read and write on the first day, she had been sleeping the rest of the time and would not wake up automatically unless she was called at mealtime.
Could it be that this girl was the reincarnation of the god of sleep in her previous life?
Xu Zhao suspected that if she was allowed to take the train alone, with her innocent nature and ignorance of the dangers of the outside world, and her eye-catching face, there was a great possibility that she would be targeted and deceived.
He secretly decided that he would never let her ride alone in a car again, as he was worried.
After two days and two nights, we finally arrived at our destination.
Xu Zhao was carrying a lot of bags on his back, holding the luggage in one hand and holding Jiang Suihan's wrist with the other. Jiang Suihan held Jiang Leyun's hand tightly. The station was crowded and it was easy to be separated by the crowd if one was not careful.
Like a wilted flower, Jiang Suihan couldn't muster any energy. When her feet stepped on the solid ground, the dizziness felt a little better, but she could still hear the clanging sound of the train ringing in her ears.
Jiang Leyun felt very excited on the first day on the train. As a child, he had never been on a train before, so everything he saw was new to him. The second day was fine. He studied and read, and sometimes asked about things in Xu Zhao's army. That was how the day went. On the third day, the child became listless, but better than Jiang Suihan. He was full of energy again after getting off the train.
There was a military green car parked not far from the station. Xu Zhao walked over and knocked on the door.
"Why are you here? Don't you have to train today?"
Zhang Xiangqian chuckled, "Dahe and the others are busy and can't leave, but I happen to be free, so I'll come pick you up in person. Isn't that very loyal? I got up at around five o'clock and rushed over just in case you got impatient. I'm not even this nice to my wife."
He looked up and saw Jiang Suihan standing quietly on the side. His eyes lit up, and he put his arm around Xu Zhao's shoulders, smiling a little obscenely: "I was wondering why you left in such a hurry last week. I was worried that something had happened. It turns out that you went to pick up your young wife. Good fellow, old man eating young grass, is that girl eighteen years old? Did you trick her into coming from somewhere?"
Looking around the army, nine out of ten are bachelors. Xu Zhao has a good family background, and his looks and ability are impeccable. However, this guy is in his twenties and has never found a partner. Even when his family members urge him, he still looks calm and composed, and continues to do his own thing.
There were many people in the family compound who had taken a fancy to Xu Zhao. Just two months ago, a sister-in-law secretly came to his house and wanted to ask his wife to introduce her sister to Xu Zhao. When Zhang Xiangqian heard this, he dared not do it. With Xu Zhao's temper, who could force him to submit by pressing his head? There was no need to even mention it. He just refused it directly.
Afterwards, the sister-in-law saw that his nose was not a nose and his mouth was not a mouth, and felt that he was not honest. How could she know that Xu Zhao would refuse before they had even discussed the matter and had even met the person?
The sister-in-law was also very proud and didn't want to stop Xu Zhao from asking, so she found someone else for help. Later, she heard that Xu Zhao rejected the introducer in person before he could even finish his words.
Zhang Xiangqian just wanted to laugh. There were so many beautiful girls in the art troupe, but Xu Zhaoduo never even glanced at her. Could it be that your sister is as beautiful as a fairy? Any man would have his eyes shining when seeing her.
According to him, is the girl in front of you pretty?
There are not many people he admires in his life, and Xu Zhao can barely be considered one of them. This guy's vision is still as sharp as ever. Look at his luck. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked for someone, but after he did, he brought back a beautiful girl.
Xu Zhao had a blank expression on his face, and gave Zhang Xiangqian a look that urged him to be careful with his words: "Put away those dirty thoughts in your head, and don't talk nonsense to me."
Am I that old, he thought?
A man of thirty is not considered old, let alone he is less than twenty-five. This is called youthful vigor. A twenty-four-year-old battalion commander with such ability and skill, whoever hears it will nod in praise.
Zhang Xiangqian winked at Xu Zhao, "Tsk tsk, you're here to protect me right away. You're worthy of being called Captain Xu. No, you should be called Deputy Regimental Commander Xu. Good fellow, you've made a splash. It's only been a few days, and you've brought back such a beautiful young wife. I admire you."
"I tried my best to introduce you to someone before, because I was worried that you would be alone and helpless in the future. You didn't even tell me that you had a partner in advance, which wasted my feelings for nothing."
Without waiting for Xu Zhao to speak, he approached Jiang Huihan with a smile and said, "Hello, my name is Zhang Xiangqian, Xu Zhao's good brother, the kind who has been through life and death together and fought against enemies together. Um, may I ask, what is the relationship between the two of you? It's not the kind of relationship I think it is, right?"
Zhang Xiangqian stretched out his left and right index fingers and touched them lightly, staring straight at Jiang Huihan.
Jiang Huihan blushed and pretended to be stupid, "What's the relationship? I don't quite understand."
Seeing Xu Zhao's cool and calm appearance, I didn't expect that his friends would be like this. He has a quirky personality and doesn't look like a soldier.
Zhang Xiangqian suspected that Jiang Suihan was playing a trick on him, but he had no evidence: "Then I'll be more direct. Does he like you?"
It was so straightforward that Jiang Suihan almost choked on her saliva and coughed: "Guess."
Zhang Xiangqian stroked his chin, looked at Xu Zhao, and then looked at Jiang Huihan: "I guess the relationship between you two must be complicated. This is the first time I see him so close to a young girl. You and him are indeed from the same family. One of you speaks in an irritating way, and the other speaks in a roundabout way."
He couldn't help but complain to Jiang Suihan: "Comrade Jiang, you don't know how bad this guy's character was before. Of course, it's still the same now. Last year, a girl from the art troupe stopped him on the road and wanted to treat him to a meal, saying that she wanted to thank him for helping her last time. This guy replied coldly, "No need." The girl was so angry that she almost cried on the spot."
"The girl refused to give up and said she had no other intentions and just wanted to express her gratitude. He was still unmoved and said it was just a matter of convenience and there was no need to thank her specially. Then he left the girl and her eyes were red. I felt a little sorry watching from the side, but Comrade Xu Zhao's heart was as hard as a rock and could not be pried open."
Zhang Xiangqian and Xu Zhao have known each other for many years. This guy kept it a secret and never leaked any information to anyone. No wonder he was not in a hurry. It turns out that he already had a partner but just didn't announce it to the public.
The most popular single man in the army is already taken. If this news gets out, I wonder how many girls will cry sadly.
Jiang Huihan turned her head and glanced at Xu Zhao, her expression unchanged: "Oh."
What does oh mean?
No, this girl is too calm.
When you heard that another girl was eyeing your boyfriend, you looked so calm, wasn't that wrong?
Zhang Xiangqian's suspicious eyes moved back and forth between Jiang Huihan and Xu Zhao, thinking, am I overthinking, and are these two people innocent?
He leaned close to Xu Zhao's ear and said, "What's wrong with you? Is it because you can't handle Comrade Jiang? If you don't understand, just ask our experienced brothers for advice. It's not easy to get such a beautiful girl here. If you don't act quickly, be careful that someone else gets there first, and you won't even have a place to cry when the time comes."
Two grown men standing so close to each other, it was so sticky.
Xu Zhao pushed Zhang Xiangqian away with disdain: "Go wherever is cooler."
This guy's mouth is never idle, and he always says things that can cause misunderstandings.
Zhang Xiangqian was driving, Xu Zhao was sitting in the front passenger seat, and Jiang Suihan and Jiang Leyun were sitting in the back.
Xu Zhao glanced back and wanted to explain to Jiang Suihan what Zhang Xiangqian had said, but Zhang Xiangqian, a loudmouth, was in the car, and it was not appropriate to say it in front of the children.
The state-owned restaurant was already open at this time and there were quite a lot of people in the restaurant.
Jiang Suihan was not actually hungry, she was just tired from the journey. Now she just wanted to go back quickly, take a shower, and then go to bed and sleep soundly. No one wanted to disturb her.
Even if she is not hungry, it does not mean that others are not hungry. There is a child among the four people. Adults can not eat, but children cannot because they are still growing.
Shangyun County is a small county town, dilapidated and old, with uneven roads and low buildings on both sides of the road.
Sitting in the car, Jiang Huihan felt a little dizzy, her face didn't look very good, and her lips were pale.
After sitting on the train for two days and two nights, she was covered in dust and her whole body ached. Even if a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was placed in front of her, she had no appetite.
I opened the car window a little and let the wind blow into the car, which made me feel a little better.
Zhang Xiangqian said as he drove: "Comrade Jiang, you can't stand this little road. The roads in the county are pretty good. The road we'll take back to the army later will be so bumpy that it'll kill you. You'll have to endure it."
Just by looking at Jiang Suihan's appearance, one can guess that she is a girl who grew up in the city. She is fair and delicate, and she probably has not suffered any hardship since she was a child. I don't know where Xu Zhao found this girl. The conditions in the army are difficult, and they are a world of difference compared to those in the city.
It's not that he was worrying too much. The little girl might not be able to bear the hardship of being a soldier's wife. She might cry and ask to go back after staying for a few days.
This kind of thing has happened in the family compound before. The wife of the deputy battalion commander of the third battalion had been in the army for less than two months when she started clamoring to go back to her hometown and not want to stay there anymore. The deputy battalion commander tried to coax his wife but failed to keep her. He sent her back to her hometown with a bitter face, and she started living a lonely life in the army again.
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