Chapter 035 Chapter 35 Spicy Cabbage and Refuge

After Zhang Yuandong returned to the army, he felt very guilty about his wife's affairs and was decadent for a long time.

However, as a soldier who had been to the front line and had seen too many deaths and lives, he quickly adjusted his emotions. He knew that he could not make up for his wife, so he could only make up for it on his two children.

The instructor in the company is called Sun Tao. The two were soldiers of the same year and were classmates in the recruit company. Later, due to their respective development, they did not see each other for many years. At the end of last year, the border self-defense war ended, Zhang Yuandong was transferred back and temporarily replaced the current commander of the third company. Only then did they meet each other again. Because of the friendship during the recruit period, the two have a very deep relationship.

At dinner time, Sun Tao came uninvited again and reached for Zhang Yuandong's only bowl of spicy cabbage. That was prepared by Lin Yue at noon on the day before he left.

What he didn't know was that when she heard that he was going back to the army, Lin Yue was teased by several people in the morning, saying that she was not at home to help her husband pack his luggage, but rushed to work, and was a model worker in the village. Lin Yue blushed at the teasing, and was afraid that they would say something obscene again, so she hurried back at noon to symbolically pack his backpack, and the pot of spicy cabbage was put in for him at that time.

Sun Tao had been coming to him every day for this bite of spicy cabbage. Zhang Yuandong slapped his hand away, took a large chopstick and put it in his own bowl, and ate it with steamed bread in a few bites. He was reluctant to eat it before, but now it seems that if he doesn't eat it quickly, someone will help him solve the problem.

Sun Tao slapped him on the back and scolded him with a smile: "Look at how stingy you are! It's just a bite of salted vegetable, what's the big deal?"

Zhang Yuandong pretended to cover the altar: "Not really, then don't come to me every day!"

Sun Tao got anxious when he saw it, and quickly reached out to grab the pot and said, "I told you that you are stingy, and you really are that stingy! Didn't you doubt her identity before? How come you are not willing to share even your spicy cabbage with others now!"

Seeing that Zhang Yuandong was about to snatch it again, he quickly said, "Alright, alright, I really came to you because I have something to ask! If you don't believe me, look, what is this?"

Sun Tao pulled out a letter from his pocket. Zhang Yuandong's name was clearly written on it, and the address for the letter was his hometown.

Zhang Yuandong was quick-witted. He jumped up from his chair, grabbed the letters, and kicked Instructor Sun on the butt. After that, he laughed and ran to the side to read the letters.

Sun Tao was not angry. While he was not paying attention to him, he quickly opened the pot, picked up a large piece of spicy cabbage with chopsticks and put it in the bowl. He ate three steamed buns with the spicy cabbage in one breath, shaking his head and sighing: "You are such a jerk, but you still suspect others. Fortunately, she doesn't know that you secretly investigated her, otherwise her wife would have run away long ago!"

Zhang Yuandong didn't hear it. He read the letter in his hand carefully three times before putting it away carefully.

Lin Yue didn't write anything else in the letter. He just told him briefly about the recent situation at home and mentioned some interesting things that happened between the two kids.

Just such a thin piece of paper made Zhang Yuandong's heart feel at ease.

Sun Tao has been boasting about his twin children by Zhang Yuandong recently. Ever since he received the letter from his hometown, he has been talking about them every day. He has only been with the children for three days, but now he wants to mention them three times a day.

Although he never mentioned his wife, Sun Tao, a single man, could hear the shadow of his wife everywhere, which really annoyed him.

In fact, Sun Tao really wronged him. He kept talking about his two children because he suddenly had relatives that truly belonged to him and he was concerned about them. The experience of meeting Lin Yue was too magical, and it would be an unforgettable experience for anyone. However, this incident could not be shared with others, so Zhang Yuandong could only mention his two children more frequently to cover up his secret thoughts.

As for Lin Yue, at that moment he was convinced that she was some kind of deity, so how could he dare to have any improper thoughts about her!

Fortunately, Sun Tao was not annoyed by him for long. This annoying guy was sent out to carry out another mission soon. He was so happy that he almost held a farewell banquet for him.

Lin Yue was packing his luggage at home. During this period, the patrol team would focus on the situation at the reservoir, but the rain had been getting heavier in the past few days, and the water level was rising too fast. The team was afraid of danger and had stopped letting people go there, not even patrolling the mountains.

Yesterday, the captain came again to inform them to move quickly. Everyone knew that this was no joke and had already started preparing to move. Lin Yue had already sent the two children and their bedding over, and was now packing up the pots, bowls and food at home.

As the old saying goes, "A broken house is worth a thousand gold coins." Even though her house is only the size of a palm, it contains a lot of things. The things she packed are enough to fill three trips with a cart, not to mention the several jars in the house.

Lin Yue pushed the food towards Aunt Su's house and met Aunt Wang San and her family on the way.

Aunt Wang San and her husband have two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Zhang Shouxin and Liu Jianhua have no children yet, and the second son Zhang Shoucheng has not married yet, so her family is not too large. At this time, the whole family is wearing straw raincoats and straw hats, some are pushing carts, some are carrying things, but the youngest daughter Zhang Xiaohui is not there.

Lin Yue heard from Liu Jianhua that Zhang Xiaohui went to work as a temporary worker in a county textile factory some time ago. Since today is not the weekend, she should still be at work.

She greeted the whole family. It was raining heavily and no one had time to stand on the road and greet each other. Everyone pushed their carts to the house where they wanted to stay the night.

A slim figure appeared at the intersection, holding a dark red oilcloth umbrella on her head. The brim of the umbrella was too big, so her face could not be seen clearly. Only two pigtails hanging down her chest could be vaguely seen. She was wearing a red and blue checkered blouse. The hem of her skirt had been wet by the rain and was now tightly attached to her calves, revealing a pair of scarlet plastic sandals on her feet.

The sudden appearance of this outfit here instantly brightened up this gray little village. Even though Lin Yue was used to seeing the couples in red and green in later generations, he couldn't help but be dazzled at this moment.

When Auntie Wang San saw the person coming, she exclaimed happily: "Oh my, it's my daughter who's back. Oh my daughter is so pretty!" Her voice was three times louder than usual, and even the rustling rain could not block her voice.

Lin Yue took a closer look and found that it was Zhang Xiaohui.

Zhang Xiaohui raised the oilcloth umbrella, walked over quickly, and asked in confusion: "Mom, what are you doing? Where are you carrying these things to?"

It was raining so heavily that Lin Yue didn't have the time to listen to their family's conversation in the rain. He just said hello and left.

Auntie Wang's voice was still clear behind me: "Hey, it's been raining, the team is afraid of a flood and we'll be submerged, so they asked us to move to the north end of the village."

Zhang Xiaohui seemed to be very shocked, as if she had lost her soul, and murmured: "Why hasn't there been a flood yet? This is not right, it should have happened a few days ago..."

She reacted suddenly and shut her mouth. She turned back to look at the direction Lin Yue had gone, and found that he had turned the corner and could no longer be seen, so she felt relieved.

The rain was so loud that Aunt Wang San didn't understand her daughter's whisper. She asked, "My dear, what did you just say? What happened a few days ago? I didn't hear you clearly. Tell me!"

Zhang Xiaohui glanced at her mother and said perfunctorily, "Nothing. I said I wanted to stay for a few days when I came back this time, but I didn't expect that our house couldn't be inhabited anymore."

Auntie Wang San thought that was not what she said, but she did not ask any more questions. She did not really want to know what her daughter said, but she just responded out of habit. The three men in the family did not care either. They had been dawdling in the rain for so long that they were impatient and urged her to leave quickly.

Liu Jianhua always felt that something was wrong with Zhang Xiaohui. Not only because of her vague whisper just now, but also because of her outfit. Although she seldom went to the city, she looked good. This outfit was not something a temporary factory worker could afford.

She stared at the pair of brand new sandals on her sister-in-law's feet for a long time, then looked down at the straw sandals on her own feet. She was definitely feeling jealous, but she was more confused. How long had Zhang Xiaohui started working? Where did she get the money to buy so many clothes?

However, she only dared to wonder in her heart, but she didn't dare to ask her sister-in-law. Her parents-in-law treated her as a lucky star, and the whole family had to worship her. Liu Jianhua didn't dare to easily offend her.

Zhang Xiaohui was immediately unhappy when she heard her mother say that they were going to live with Wang Zhihu in the north of the village. "Uncle Zhihu's house only has three mud houses, and there are more people in the family than ours, including several children. Where would we live if we went there? We can't sleep on the kang with them, right?"

Auntie Wang San hurriedly comforted her daughter, "No, no, your mother and your father will go to your Auntie Jin's house, and the four of you will go live at Zhihu's house. I will talk to your Uncle Zhihu later and ask him to let you and your sister-in-law live with his three daughters. You must not crowd them!"

Zhang Xiaohui was still not happy: "I won't go! You guys can go live by yourselves, I want to live at Uncle Zhiwei's house, I don't want to live with you!"

When Auntie Wang San heard this, she was unhappy. Sun Hongmei had had a bad reputation in the past two years, but Zhang Xiaohui was willing to stay close to her and would not listen to anything she said.

Just like now, before she could say anything, Zhang Xiaohui just walked away. Zhang Zhiye was not happy and cursed: "This girl is getting more and more irritable. She doesn't even know how to talk properly and just walks away!"

Although Auntie Wang San was not happy, she was unhappy again when she heard her husband nagging her daughter. She nudged her husband with her arm and said, "If she wants to go, let her go. It will definitely not be crowded if she lives in Zhiwei's house."

Then he turned to Liu Jianhua and said, "Why don't Jianhua go with your sister? There are many rooms in your uncle's house, so you don't have to squeeze with others if you go."

Liu Jianhua quickly refused: "Mom, I won't go. I'm not familiar with his family. I'd better go with you. We have already agreed on it."

Auntie Wang just said that. Seeing that Liu Jianhua was unwilling, she didn't force him. The family carried their belongings and walked farther and farther away in the rain.