Chapter 103 Kindergarten
Lin Yueka arrived at the right time. Zhang Yuandong came back with a few people just as the meal was ready. Both sides of the corridor were filled with furniture. With a few grown men standing there, it suddenly looked very crowded.
Captain Gu of the Third Regiment was also among them. As soon as he entered the house, he saw his wife sitting in the living room of Captain Xiao Zhang's house. Next to her sat a chubby white baby, holding a skinny baby in her arms. Surrounding her were two twins who looked very similar, and they were teaching her seriously the correct way to hold a baby.
His wife, who usually looked cold and proud, stood up in a panic when she saw him coming in, almost knocking over the stool. She was holding a soft little meat ball in her arms, and she didn't know whether to put it down or hold it. She looked guilty, but she had to stand there pretending to be calm and pretending to be calm.
It was rare for Captain Gu to see his wife like this, and a smile unconsciously appeared in his eyes.
Lin Yue's eyes lit up when he saw Captain Gu. He looked to be under 30 years old, with a clean and handsome appearance and a graceful demeanor.
When Lin Yue came to this world, everyone he met had experienced hardships. Even a nobleman from the old times like Xu's father had traces of vicissitudes. But this person didn't. He was more like a young master who had been raised in peacetime with plenty of food and clothing. If it weren't for the military uniform, it would be hard to associate him with a soldier.
Gu Qingping noticed Lin Yue's gaze and smiled politely. Just as he was about to speak, he was pushed into the living room by the people behind him. Several people behind him laughed and said, "Captain Gu, why are you blocking the door? We can smell the fragrance of the food outside the door. You are not blocking us on purpose to keep it all for yourself!"
Almost instantly, four or five strong men came in from outside the door. The oldest of them looked less than 40 years old, and the youngest looked to be in his twenties. A group of people entered the house with laughter, and when they saw Lin Yue and Wang Tingting, two beautiful women with their own unique features, they immediately fell silent and became reserved.
Moreover, isn't this woman holding the child the wife of Headmaster Gu? How come she is also at Headmaster Xiao Zhang's house, holding his child? Several people were confused and looked stunned.
Zhang Yuandong was the last one to come in. He asked curiously, "What are you doing? Why do you all look like quails?" Then he introduced everyone, "This is my wife, Lin Yue!" and introduced a few more people to Lin Yue.
The oldest was the political commissar of the first regiment, Hou Baodong, and his wife was Yang Yan. The head of the second regiment was Chen Jianqiang, who was not tall, but looked very energetic. The husband of Xu Xiaodi from next door also came. He was a battalion commander of the third regiment. He looked to be in his twenties and a bit lazy.
There were two other people, one was the head of the Third Regiment, Gu, and the other was Sun Tao, who had the best relationship with Zhang Yuandong. He was now an instructor in the artillery battalion. Although he had never spoken to Lin Yue, he had the experience of following Zhang Yuandong around and eating and drinking for free. He felt very close to Lin Yue when he saw him. He was the first to react and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, I finally see you. During the days when you were not here, Zhang Yuandong cried every day holding your photo!"
Zhang Yuandong's face turned dark instantly, but the others gradually relaxed and laughed and joked a few words.
Lin Yue smiled and said, "Come in and sit down, don't stand at the door!" He also reminded the children, "Wanli, Lingling, call someone!"
Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan called people one by one, still surrounding Wang Tingting. Zhang Linghan held something in his hand and skillfully stuffed it into Wang Tingting's mouth.
She covered her face with her greasy hands and begged, "Auntie Tingting, please have dinner here tonight. I want to hear you talk about your time in the countryside. Please tell me more!"
Wang Tingting jumped up as if a needle had been pricked in the buttocks, and stammered, "I, I'm not eating here, I'm going back!" After that, she stuffed little Sisi in her arms into Zhang Linghan's hands and ran away in a hurry.
Everyone in the room was confused as to why Wang Tingting suddenly became unhappy. Only Gu Qingping knew that she had such an awkward personality and she must have felt embarrassed just now.
Lin Yue asked everyone to sit down, and took out two jars of sorghum wine that she brewed herself and filled them up.
Lin Yue's cooking skills were good, and everyone enjoyed the food and kept praising him. Lin Yue smiled, took the dishes he had divided and went to the next door to deliver them to Wang Tingting.
When they came back, they heard a few people bragging. Sun Tao patted Zhang Yuandong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't know how annoying Captain Zhang was before!"
At that time, Zhang Yuandong had just learned of his feelings, and he had no place to vent his inner thoughts. He kept asking him stupid questions, which annoyed Sun Tao so much that he scolded him, "If you are really free, can you turn left and go play in the mud instead of bothering me here?"
Despite this, Zhang Yuandong still looked like a loser, just like a poor young wife abandoned by a heartless man, which annoyed him so much that he wanted to kick her out.
Finally, Sun Tao concluded: "I didn't bother with him because of my brother's wife, otherwise I would have thrown him out long ago!"
The crowd did not believe him and said, "You didn't even know your brother and sister-in-law at that time, so how could you go to save their face?"
Zhang Yuandong said calmly, "Well, he didn't do it for my wife's sake, but for the pickled vegetables she made. He ran to my dormitory every day just to grab food from me."
Everyone laughed out loud when they heard this. If this had been said in the past, everyone would have just treated it as a joke. But today, after tasting the food cooked by Lin Yue, they believed Zhang Yuandong's words firmly when he said this again.
Captain Gu had been here not long ago, and he had not deliberately socialized with anyone, so he was not very familiar with these people. This was his first time eating with them, and he quietly listened to their laughter, and unconsciously laughed along with them.
The meal lasted until 11 o'clock when the troops blew the lights-out signal and everyone dispersed.
The children had already gone to bed. Zhang Yuandong drank some wine. He didn't say much during the meal, but now he grabbed Lin Yue's hand and insisted on letting him touch his abdominal muscles. He buried his head in Lin Yue's arms and kept shouting "wife".
Lin Yue was helpless. He patted his head and patiently coaxed him for the sake of his abdominal muscles. Unexpectedly, he fell asleep quickly.
The next day, Lin Yue took Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan to school.
There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the military area. However, due to insufficient teaching staff, the primary school only teaches until the third grade, and the rest of the children have to be sent to schools outside the military area.
Zhang Linghan and Zhang Wanli were less than five years old, not yet old enough to go to primary school, so Lin Yue took them to the army kindergarten.
There aren't many students in the kindergarten, but the age range is very wide. The youngest is only about one year old, and the oldest is already seven or eight years old. As soon as the two siblings entered the classroom, they attracted everyone's attention. Not only because they are good-looking, but also because they are twins, which makes the children curious.
But arousing curiosity is not always a good thing. As soon as Lin Yue left, several little boys came over. The one in the lead, who looked about seven or eight years old, made faces and imitated the two boys' conversation: "Mom, where is my kettle? Lululu, you country bumpkin who can't even speak Mandarin!"
Zhang Linghan said bluntly: "Do your parents speak Mandarin? If not, your parents are also country bumpkins!"
The little boy was very angry. He slammed the table angrily and shouted, "Little girl, your parents are country bumpkins. They are ugly, short and fat!"
He was so angry that he started talking without thinking, saying what he heard adults say at home without even thinking about whether it was right or not.
Before Zhang Linghan could refute, Zhang Wanli grabbed him and said expressionlessly, "Yes, you are right. That's just how you look!"
The little boy was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and was about to fight, but he heard the teacher's voice behind him: "Zhang Jian, what are you doing? Are you bullying the new students again? Be careful or I'll tell your dad!"
Zhang Jian shrank back. He was not afraid of anything except a whip. When the little followers behind him heard that they were going to sue their parents, they also shrank their necks and quietly retreated.
The little boy named Zhang Jian did not give up. He was one of the biggest kids in kindergarten and was a bully. Everyone was afraid of him and he was quite proud. Now that two new siblings had come, not only did they attract everyone's attention, but they also made him lose face. How could he just let it go?
There were teachers watching in the kindergarten, so he couldn't do anything. As soon as the kindergarten was over, he stopped the siblings on the road. He knew he couldn't win the argument, so he simply stopped talking and took a few younger children to throw wet mud at the two of them.
The two siblings were unable to dodge, and some of the mud hit them without hesitation. Zhang Linghan picked up his clothes and smelled them, then shouted in despair: "Brother, it's stinky mud, it stinks!"
She rarely called Zhang Wanli "brother", unless she was in a very bad mood. Zhang Wanli knew that this was a sign that his sister was going to get angry. When his sister got angry, the consequences were very serious. The last time she was so angry, the result was that Da Mao from the neighboring house was beaten by her and cried for his parents. After that, he would run away from her every time he saw her.
Later, her mother chased her around the village three times with a fire poker, because she not only beat the boy, but also took off his pants and beat him.
This time, Zhang Jian had soiled her favorite new clothes, and the consequences would be serious. He wanted to step forward to stop him, but he was still a step too late.
Lin Yue was preparing lunch at home when she saw a little boy running over and telling her to go to school because Zhang Linghan had beaten someone up.
Lin Yue hurriedly put down the spatula and followed the little boy who came to report the news to the school.