Chapter 147 New Neighbor

The walls of the family quarters were very low, not even as high as Lin Yue. When standing up, one could see what was happening next door. This was not because of anything else. When the barracks were built, red bricks were scarce, so the family quarters did not have walls at first, and they were only added later with leftover materials.

The other party had no ill intentions. Lin Yue looked carefully and found that the person standing next to him was a woman in her early thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a heroic look. When the woman saw Lin Yue looking at her, she smiled and said, "My name is Zhou Aixiang, I live next door to you, and we will be neighbors from now on. You can come to me if you have any problems."

Lin Yue quickly thanked her and said politely, "It just so happens that I am not familiar with this place yet. I would like to thank Mrs. Zhou first. When we have cleaned up here, I will have to trouble you!"

Zhou Aixiang was not one to be polite. She simply walked out of her yard and entered Lin Yue's house. She leaned against the door, put her hands on her belly and said, "Your house has been uninhabited for a long time. You also need to clean up the ditch in the yard, otherwise it will be inconvenient to drain water when it rains."

Zhou Aixiang was dressed warmly, with the same short hair and leather coat, almost the same outfit as Aunt Xu and Aunt Li whom Lin Yue had met this morning. It made Lin Yue wonder if all military dependents had to wear the same uniform.

However, Zhou Aixiang was different from the other two in that she was not very tall, and she looked much fatter than the others when wrapped in a fur coat. Lin Yue took a closer look and realized that she must be pregnant, but it was not noticeable because she was wearing too thick clothes in winter.

Lin Yue quickly let the person in. The house was in a mess and a group of people were cleaning it up. She didn't dare let anyone in. She could only find a square stool that was still usable and let Zhou Aixiang sit on it.

Zhou Aixiang waved her hands and said, "Don't be so careful, I'm in good health! I just couldn't sit still at home, so I came to see you."

Lin Yue could see that she was a kind-hearted person, so he simply pulled her to sit in the yard and discussed things in the camp with her.

Unlike the previous large military regions, the regional division here is very simple, with only the headquarters, political department and family area. Except for a few military officers and their families who live in the headquarters, the rest of the military families live together in the family area. Because the barracks are inconvenient to travel and there are few vehicles, even the family yard has a special horse farm to facilitate the travel of military families. For example, if Zhang Yuandong can confirm the time when he takes office, the troops will have a special horse-drawn sleigh to pick them up.

Lin Yue was still very surprised about this. She had never seen horses in the army before because of the convenient transportation in the military area. She was still looking forward to traveling in a carriage in the future.

Not only was she looking forward to this, but several other children were also very excited when they heard there were horses here. Lingling and Wanli had never seen a horse before, and they couldn't wait to see one. Little Mushroom was infected by his brothers and sisters and kept imitating the neighing of a horse all night. The more people paid attention to him, the more excited he became, and his voice became louder and louder, and he couldn't stop. Only little Sisi sat quietly in Lin Yue's arms, watching the brothers and sisters having fun, and giggling with joy.

The new house took four days to be renovated before Lin Yue and her family moved in. Renovating the house in winter was hard, so she wanted to invite a few soldiers to dinner, but unfortunately they had training tasks and could not easily come to the family compound for dinner. Lin Yue thought about it and gave each of them a bottle of chili sauce.

The chili sauce uses a lot of oil, and the color is attractive. The chili inside is fragrant and crispy, and there are peanuts, diced meat, sesame and other things. One bite can make your tongue fall off. This bottle of chili sauce captured Sun Tao's taste buds before, and now it has also captured a large group of warriors. Even Zhuang Jie has become more popular than before. After a long time, he realized that these people wanted him to be a middleman and exchange chili sauce with Lin Yue.

On the first day of moving in, many people came to the house. Aunt Hua, who lived in front of her house, was the first to come. They had been staying in a guesthouse for the past few days and would often walk around in the yard during the day. The four siblings had become familiar with Aunt Hua's four grandchildren. At this moment, Aunt Hua was walking into the gate of her house with the four of them.

Among her four children, the youngest, Xiaoya, is already three years old this year. She shook off her brother's hand and ran into the house, shouting, "Sister Lingling, Xiaoya is here to play with you!" Unfortunately, before she could reach Lingling, she was hugged by Xiao Mushroom.

Maybe it's because children like to play with children who are older than themselves. Little Mushroom also likes Sister Xiaoya, who is a few months older than him. He has been holding her in his arms since the first time he saw her and refused to let go.

Xiaoya was also a hot-tempered person. She couldn't break free and was about to bite Xiao Mushroom's arm. Fortunately, Lingling arrived in time, stretched out her hand and lifted Xiao Mushroom off the girl, brought her aside, put her hands on her hips and scolded her: "Xiaoya doesn't like you hugging her like this, and you refused to listen. If you do this again next time, I will beat you!"

Little Mushroom was still unconvinced and pouted, "Why?"

Lingling snorted. This little brother always asked her 800 "whys" a day. If she really answered him, she would be a fool! She waved her fist in a threatening manner.

Wanli was already standing with the three little boys. The four little boys were of different ages, but they all pretended to be mature and cool. Auntie Hua's eldest grandson was already nine years old. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and discussed with his brothers where to go to play. Wanli followed his example and put his hands in his pockets, but failed because his trousers had no pockets. He secretly looked around and saw that no one noticed his action just now, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

A group of children discussed the games they wanted to play and ran out in a swarm. Sisi was very anxious in Lin Yue's arms, but she was not even two years old, and all the children didn't want to play with her. She could only lean on her mother's arms alone, watching her brothers and sisters running away.

Lin Yue saw that the children had all run out, and the Lahua auntie came in and sat down, discussing: "Auntie, I'm new here and don't know anything. Should we treat everyone to a meal when we move in?"

Aunt Hua laughed and said, "Oh, that's impossible. There's not so much to say here. You just arrived at the barracks and don't have time to prepare anything. Who is so unreasonable as to insist on having a meal on the kang? But someone should come to our house today, so we still need to prepare some tea."

Lin Yue had prepared all these. She poured a bowl of tea for Aunt Hua and brought a plate of peanuts. She smiled and said, "That's easy. I happened to bring these things from my hometown, and they'll be used today!"

As they were talking, Zhou Aixiang from next door came into the yard with Aunt Li and Aunt Xu. Before they even entered the house, Zhou Aixiang's loud voice came in: "Aunt Hua is here? I saw those naughty boys went to your house, do you want to go back and take a look?"

Aunt Hua slapped her thigh and shouted, "I'll go back and see my daughter-in-law. She's still at home recuperating after giving birth. Don't disturb her." After saying that, she jumped off the kang and ran home.

Xu Zhijuan and Auntie Li each carried a large package in their hands. After they sat down, under Lin Yue's curious gaze, they opened the packages and took out several leather coats of different sizes. They smiled and said, "This is a little gift from our family compound to the military wives. Come and try them on!"

Lin Yue was dumbfounded. He was pushed forward by Zhou Aixiang. He didn't know what to say. He just said vigorously, "How can I accept this? It's too expensive!"

Auntie Li smiled and said, "This is made from the wild animals that our soldiers brought back. The men have military coats and don't need this, so we made coats for our women and children. There are still a lot left after the distribution, and now we are giving it to the new military dependents. The winter here is too harsh, and we can't let the military dependents freeze."

Xu Zhijuan also said: "Xiao Lin, just keep it if I give it to you. It will be cold here for at least another month, so you have to wear something thicker!"

Lin Yue could not refuse any more, and awkwardly took the largest fur coat from Auntie Li's hand, and was urged by several people to put it on. She did not deliberately ask what animal the fur was from, but it felt soft and smooth to the touch, and she had some guesses in her heart, but she did not say it out loud.

Aunt Hua came back and walked in with a few sisters-in-law and aunts. She smiled and said, "Young wives are different. Look, they look better in the same outfit!"

An auntie who looked to be in her sixties laughed and said, "That's not about being young. Comrade Xiaolin's good looks have nothing to do with age! If you were thirty or forty years younger, you still wouldn't be able to dress like him!"

Aunt Hua glanced at him and joked, "That's not necessarily true. I wasn't bad looking when I was young. If Xiaolin changed his hairstyle, people would think we were mother and daughter when we went out!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Lin Yue also realized that although these two people were bickering, their relationship was probably really good. She looked at the furs and short hair in the room and asked curiously, "Does our army have any requirements for hairstyles?"

Everyone looked at each other and laughed again. Zhou Aixiang laughed again and said, "You were in the military area before, right? You must have never been far away from the barracks. Life here is not convenient. If you want to buy something, you need to walk a long way to the city. The revolution in the city is fierce, and the requirements for women are also strict. This Lan Jietou is now the mainstream!"

Lin Yue suddenly realized. She had actually seen many women with this hairstyle, but she didn't take it too seriously. But when she came here, she saw that almost all the military families were dressed the same way, and she almost misunderstood something.

A group of people were talking and laughing when they heard the noise of children outside. They looked outside and saw a group of children running past their door. They didn't know where they were going. Unexpectedly, Dabao came back and ran to the yard and shouted, "A fight has started! The new captain Zhang and captain Shen are fighting! Captain Zhang is so powerful, he beat Captain Shen so hard that he is pissing and shitting. Everyone, go and see!"

Captain Shen's wife was also sitting in the room. When she heard this, she stood up and ran out in a hurry.

Lin Yue also stood up quickly and was about to run out, but was stopped by Xu Zhijuan, who comforted him, "Don't worry, there are rules in the army, and we can't just fight. Those old men know much more than us, and they won't really fight."

Lin Yue was still worried, and pointed at Captain Shen's wife who had already run away and asked, "Why is Sister Tao still so anxious?"

Zhou Aixiang interrupted, "That's because Captain Shen has that kind of personality. He's the one who always causes trouble. Don't worry. If Captain Zhang had a conflict with someone else, you would still have to worry about it. But with Captain Shen, you don't have to worry. There will definitely be nothing wrong!"