Chapter 100 The Hundredth Meeting

Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan have experienced too many "firsts in life" in the past few days: their first time traveling far away, their first time riding a train, their first time riding in a car, their first time seeing a military compound, and their first time living in a building.

The two men left Lin Yue far away, and as soon as they got out of the car, they grabbed Xiao Liu's hand and asked him to lead the way. They ran around "thump thump thump" all the way, and their excited voices could be heard throughout the compound.

By the time Lin Yue arrived home, many people already knew that Captain Zhang's wife and children had arrived.

It was already evening. Not long after Lin Yue came in, Zhang Yuandong hurried back. He opened the door and just as he called out "Wife", his smile froze on his face.

There were three middle-aged women sitting in the living room. When they heard the voice, they all turned their heads and looked over. When they saw that it was Captain Zhang, they immediately burst into laughter. The leader stood up and said, "Hey, the young couple finally got to meet each other. Let's stop being an eyesore. Let's go!"

The other two also stood up and joked, "That's right. Look at how sweaty Captain Xiao Zhang is. Could it be that he ran back? Captain Xiao Zhang, be careful or we'll catch you leaving early!"

Zhang Yuandong's face turned red with embarrassment and he chuckled twice.

Lin Yue heard the noise and ran out of the house, holding three jars in her hands. She hurriedly called out to the others, "Auntie Liu, don't leave so quickly, sit for a while!"

The leader laughed and said, "No, I won't sit down. If you sit down again, your captain Zhang will be furious!"

"That's right. My old Yu always said that Captain Zhang was too stable and old. Now he looks quite lively! It seems that it was because his wife was not around before. Look, he has become a different person since his wife came!"

The three of them burst into laughter.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "He is just like that, thin-skinned and can't talk. He is afraid of being laughed at by others, so he pretends to be mature! Ladies, sit down and rest for a while. I took the train to pass through City X and bought some local specialty snow pears. You can try them!"

Several people laughed and declined: "No, my family will be back soon, and it will be time for dinner. You have been on the train for two days and finally got home, so you should have a good rest!"

Lin Yue couldn't stay any longer, so he stuffed the three pottery jars in his hands into the hands of the three people and said, "These are some specialties I brought from home. They are not valuable. My two aunts and sister-in-law, take them home and try them!"

The youngest of the three smiled and said, "I've heard that you're very good at pickling salted vegetables. This time I can finally try it!"

Lin Yue smiled. It contained the mushroom and meat sauce that she had fried. So the man was not wrong.

After sending a few people away, Zhang Yuandong picked up Lin Yue and was about to get angry. Lin Yue gently pushed his face and said with a smile: "Why don't you ask where your children are?"

Zhang Yuandong really missed his three children, especially Little Mushroom, who was almost a year old and he had only seen him once. However, he was reluctant to waste the short time he had with his wife, so he pretended to be indifferent and said, "Leave them alone for now, you naughty kids. Do you know those three guys just now?"

Lin Yue nodded. The military region where Zhang Yuandong was located had a total of three divisions, one military artillery regiment, and one military anti-aircraft artillery regiment.

The leader of the three was the wife of Yang, the political commissar of the Third Division. Her surname was Liu. Because she was enthusiastic, she became the director of the women's department in the family compound. She usually took new military wives to familiarize themselves with the environment or mediate conflicts between neighbors. The other older auntie was the wife of Yu, the political commissar of the First Division where Zhang Yuandong was stationed. Everyone called her Auntie Jiang. The younger one was Yang Yan, the wife of Hou, the political commissar of the same regiment as Zhang Yuandong.

The two aunts are not so bad because their spouses are of higher status and live in a two-story villa behind the family building. Political Commissar Hou and his wife Yang Yan live in the same building as them, on the same floor. There will definitely be many opportunities for them to spend time together in the future.

She wanted to ask Zhang Yuandong more about the situation of these military wives, but unfortunately this man had rarely interacted with the family building before, and he himself had just moved in not long ago, so he knew almost nothing.

Lin Yue patted him unhappily, got off him, and urged, "Go in and take a look at the kids. There's a big surprise waiting for you!"

Zhang Yuandong walked in with a foggy face, and then came out with two little guys in his arms with a dark face. He was in the room listening to Zhang Linghan and Zhang Wanli selling him how good the little sister was, and at this moment, he could not feel any fatherly love.

There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Liu walked in carrying a lunch box. When he saw this scene, he remembered that Captain Zhang had an extra child for no reason. He suddenly felt his scalp tingling, put down his lunch box and ran away.

Lin Yue knew that the brother and sister could not explain the matter clearly, so he took his hand and told him the whole story. At the end, seeing that he still looked confused, knowing that it would be difficult for him to digest such a thing for a while, he kissed him lightly on the face and said with a smile: "Things have come to this, you should accept it quickly, this child will be your daughter from now on!"

Xiao Liu came back and saw this scene when he pushed the door open. He hurriedly picked up his lunch box and ran away again. This time he was considerate enough to help them close the door.

Zhang Yuandong came back to his senses and was a little confused. It was not that he could not accept this child, but it happened too suddenly and he could not react for a while.

He met the expectant eyes of his eldest son and eldest daughter, wiped his face, forced a smile, and joked, "That's great! I've been looking forward to having a daughter for a long time. Now my dream has finally come true. I'm so happy!"

Zhang Linghan was not happy: "Dad, don't you already have a daughter?"

Zhang Yuandong was surprised and said, "Yes, I forgot that I still have a daughter like you!"

Zhang Linghan was so angry that he jumped up and down, but Lin Yue was very happy and tried to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, let's eat first! Haven't you always wanted to know what your father eats in the army? Come and try it!"

Today the canteen prepared fried tofu with shrimp sauce, stewed vegetables, stir-fried shredded potatoes and cucumber with tofu skin. Little Liu didn't know what the others liked, so he ordered half a portion of each and put them in two lunch boxes. It didn't look like much, but Lin Yue didn't have much appetite, and the other kids didn't eat much either. Zhang Yuandong, the main eater, wasn't paying attention to eating at all, and he didn't even finish the ten steamed buns and two lunch boxes of food.

After dinner, Zhang Yuandong took Lin Yue around the house.

The application for this house was obtained half a year ago, but Lin Yue felt that Little Mushroom was too young at the time, and was afraid that the child would not be able to bear taking him such a long journey, so he kept delaying it until now.

She had originally planned to wait until her child's first birthday before leaving, as the weather would be cooler by then and the train ride would be a little more comfortable. But when she thought of Zhang Yuandong spending the Mid-Autumn Festival here all alone, she felt a little reluctant and came here early.

This apartment is said to be a two-bedroom apartment, but in fact it is only about 50 square meters in total. There is no kitchen or toilet inside, but it still seems quite spacious.

Zhang Yuandong had already asked someone to prepare the furniture. There were several wooden chairs and a square table in the living room, which was the most common style at that time. Facing the door was a large bookshelf, which was basically empty now. There was a long desk under the bookshelf, which Zhang Yuandong had custom-made after hearing Lin Yue talk about it. There was also a dining table against the wall, which was just enough for the whole family to eat.

There are two bedrooms. One is the bedroom of the two siblings. There are two small beds in it. The beds are already covered with new bedding. Zhang Linghan and Zhang Wanli fell in love with this bedroom at first sight. They just stayed here. The other one is where Zhang Yuandong and Lin Yue live. There is a big bed in it and a crib next to it. It should be for Xiao Mushroom. Now it is in use.

Lin Yue put the child in the crib and dripped a small amount of spiritual spring water into the baby's crib every time he fed the baby. The baby's face was not as pale as it was at the beginning, but it was still thin and small, and it was impossible to tell how big the baby was.

Zhang Linghan touched the boy's tiny fingers, looked up and asked, "Mom, please give my sister a name!"

Lin Yue thought of the name on the barrel and said softly, "My sister has a name, Li Wusi."

Zhang Yuandong frowned and imitated Lin Yue's words, saying in a low voice: "Since we are going to adopt her in the future, let's just change her name. Li Wusi doesn't sound like a decent name at all."

Lin Yue looked up at him and said, "That's fine. This name doesn't have a good meaning. You can give her one."

Zhang Yuandong hesitated for a while, and before he could make up his mind, he heard Zhang Linghan speak first: "I picked up my sister before dawn, so her name is Zhang Weilan! Wei for future, and Lan... Lan for appendicitis!"

She and her brother Wanli have learned a lot from Father Xu in the past two years. However, the term "appendicitis" was not taught by Father Xu. It was because a child in Donglinjia Village suffered from appendicitis, which is considered a serious disease in the village and has been talked about by many people for a long time.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "You know your brother's full name is Zhang Chaoyang, right? You gave your sister such a difficult name to write. I'll have to ask you to teach her how to write her name in the future!"

Zhang Linghan thought about it and nodded heavily.

Zhang Yuandong also nodded and said, "Let's call her this name, it's pretty. Her nickname will be Sisi, and we won't call her by her original name for now. Let her decide for herself when she grows up."

On the way here, Lin Yue didn't dare to sleep on the train because she was afraid of encountering beggars. She hasn't slept for nearly two days. Now she finally got home and went to bed early at night. Zhang Yuandong knew that her journey was not easy, so he didn't bother her. He took care of the two little guys' eating, drinking, and going to the bathroom at night.

The next day, before dawn, Xu Xiaodi, the wife of Captain Lu next door, yawned as she entered the public kitchen and found Zhang Yuandong already busy in the kitchen.

Four families in their building share one kitchen. The kitchen is not too small, but once a big boss like Zhang stands inside, the whole space feels small. She smiled and said, "Zhang, you got up so early, are you in a hurry to cook for your wife?"

Zhang Yuandong smiled, not feeling embarrassed at all: "She has been traveling hard these days. I will make some breakfast so she can sleep a little longer in the morning."

Xu Xiaodi didn't expect him to answer so frankly. She was surprised for a moment, and a look of envy appeared in her eyes.

When the loud call was sounded in the camp, Lin Yue had not yet gotten up. Zhang Yuandong went out while instructing Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan: "I have prepared breakfast, it is on the table, you can eat first if you are hungry, don't bother your mother, let her sleep more. You two just came here, you are not familiar with it yet, don't run around by yourselves, go out and wait for your mother to wake up and go together."

As soon as he went out, he ran into another neighbor of his, Gu Qingping, the head of the Third Regiment. His wife, Wang Tingting, was lazily leaning against the door, seeing her husband off.

Gu Qingping was transferred from Beijing. He had a strong background and seemed to be separated from all the soldiers in this military region by a layer. When he saw Zhang Yuandong, he greeted him in a friendly manner and left first.

Wang Tingting did not enter the room immediately. She was wearing a light nightgown with a thin black coat on top. The coat slipped down accidentally, revealing half of her round shoulders. She stared at Zhang Yuandong, her legs as if rooted, unable to move.

Zhang Yuandong frowned and was about to leave when the two children in the room poked their heads out and muttered, "Dad, why haven't you left yet? Go quickly, we've remembered everything you said!"

Wang Tingting's face changed, she quickly pulled on her coat and slammed the door.