Chapter 157 Little Grey Dog

After Qingming Festival, people in my hometown have taken off their cotton jackets and started farming, but it is still very cold here. There was even a heavy snow yesterday.

In the past few days, military families have returned one after another, and the family quarters have suddenly become lively. Every day you can hear the sounds of children playing in the streets.

Lin Yue borrowed a telephone from the army and called the Luohe Brigade. The Luohe Brigade had just installed a telephone last year, and it had always been a decoration. It might be the first time that they had received so many calls. As soon as the call was picked up, the person on the other end shouted, "Are you looking for Zhang Zhigang's house?" The voice was so loud that Lin Yue's ears were buzzing.

Lin Yue said politely: "Yes, uncle, thank you for your help."

The man who answered the phone said loudly, "Wait a moment, I'll call you and get back to you shortly!"

The person on the other end probably didn't expect that Lin Yue could hear clearly. Before hanging up the phone, he muttered to others: "This relative of Zhang Zhigang's is really rich. He has been calling me every day these past two days. I don't know what kind of official he is!"

A female voice on the other end replied to him, "Hang up now. The phone bill is so expensive! Didn't you hear that he is a soldier? His position should be high, and his wife and children are with him!"

Lin Yue waited for a long time before the phone rang. It was Wanli who answered the phone. He was panting and asked, "Mom, why are you calling today? Isn't it always Dad who calls?"

The child has been staying at his grandfather's house for a few days and has completely forgotten his mother.

"Mom can't even call you? Tomorrow is Saturday. Pack your things tonight and let your dad pick you up."

Wanli was very anxious and said hurriedly: "Mom, can we, can we stay here for a few more days? Grandpa said there will be iron flower making in a few days..."

Lin Yue was surprised and asked, "It's not a festival, where did this person who made iron flowers come from?"

Wanli said carefully, "Grandma Chen gave birth to a boy, and Grandpa Chen said he wanted to celebrate. He even invited me to go, and said he would give us candies. Mom, can I go?"

Lin Yue didn't know who Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen were, and Uncle Zhang's family were all outsiders. Logically, they didn't need to be divided according to their generation in the village. Wanli called each other grandpa and grandma, so they must be quite old.

However, the phone call was expensive, so Lin Yue couldn't explain it to him in detail on the phone. He could only say, "You can't make this decision by yourself. Discuss it with your brothers and sisters. If they all agree, ask your grandparents or a few uncles to call your father's office. But they must all agree!"

Wanli agreed immediately, and before Lin Yue could say anything more, he hung up the phone. Lin Yue felt angry and amused, paid the phone bill to the attendant, and went home.

On the way, she met Wang Fang again. She still looked weak and pitiful, but this time her face was obviously injured. The corner of her mouth was broken, obviously she was beaten by someone.

Lin Yue was about to step forward to ask what happened when a few teenage kids walked by, spat on the ground, and whispered, "Bah, the eldest daughter of a capitalist family!"

Lin Yue paused for a moment before he stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Sister Wang, what happened to you? Is it serious? I'll go to the hospital with you!"

Wang Fang looked up at Lin Yue, her face showing no fear, only sadness. She ignored Lin Yue, still looking like Lin Daiyu, as if she was immersed in her own world, as if no one understood her.

Lin Yue felt a little embarrassed, but he called out a few more times. Seeing that Wang Fang still didn't talk to him, he gave up.

Wang Tingting's health was getting worse, so the hospital began to let her work only half a day to take care of her. When Lin Yue got home, she had already returned.

Her belly was growing fast, and it was becoming increasingly inconvenient for her to go to the toilet. Because it was too cold, Lin Yue didn't have time to build a toilet, so he just used a small space in the yard enclosed by wooden boards to serve as a toilet. When Lin Yue came back, he saw her struggling to get out of the toilet, holding onto the wall with one hand, looking clumsy.

Lin Yue suddenly thought that she was now too pregnant and it was difficult for her to squat or stand up. She helped her into the house and thought about how to make her an auxiliary tool for going to the toilet.

In the afternoon, she borrowed a saw, moved a sturdy chair, and started working.

Her idea was to hollow out the middle of the chair and put a urine bucket underneath, which would be a simple toilet. But in reality, it was not as easy as she thought. The chair was very hard, made of solid wood, and it was very troublesome to saw it open. Fortunately, Lin Yue was very strong, so this was not a big deal for him. The trouble was not just to saw it open, but to dig a hole in the middle of the chair.

Lin Yue took a machete and violently cut a gap in the middle, then used a saw to saw it open, which was surprisingly smooth. After the middle was dug out, she cleaned up the burrs and sewed a pad. In this way, it became a portable toilet that is common in later generations.

There were some old wood in the house, and Lin Yue used the wood to build a new toilet next to the toilet, which was specially for Wang Tingting to use.

Wang Tingting went to the toilet after taking a nap, and was led into this place by Lin Yue. She felt a little embarrassed to see such a strange thing, but she knew that this was Lin Yue's good intention, so she blushed and thanked him.

You can only know the usefulness of this thing after you actually use it. It is really useful for pregnant women. Wang Tingting was no longer shy when she came out of the toilet. She smiled brighter. She hugged little Sisi who was squatting on the ground picking up stones and said with a smile, "I've been tortured to death by going to the toilet recently. You have a solution!"

Lin Yue had already started to cook dinner and hurried out to stop them: "You are about to give birth, you have to be careful and can't hold the baby anymore! Why didn't you tell me that it was inconvenient for you to go to the toilet? I didn't think of this problem before. If I had known earlier, we could have thought of a solution earlier."

Wang Tingting smiled but said nothing. Living with Lin Yue was already causing enough trouble for him, so how could she have the nerve to keep bringing up this and that?

Lin Yue was cooking when she heard a child crying and a dog barking outside the door. She went out to check and saw a child climbing up the persimmon tree in front of her house, holding a puppy in his arms. It looked like he couldn't get down and was crying. There were also a few half-grown children standing under the tree. They were laughing at him and throwing stones and snowballs at him. As soon as Lin Yue came out, the children all ran away.

The persimmon tree was not very short, so Lin Yue hurried to Auntie Hua's house to borrow a ladder. She put the ladder on the tree and wanted the little boy to step down the ladder, but maybe he was too scared, the little boy didn't dare to come down. Lin Yue had no choice but to climb up the ladder by himself and climb down holding him with one hand.

This little boy should be a family member who just returned recently. Lin Yue had never seen him before.

Seeing that the little boy was still very scared, she squatted down and asked, "Kid, where are you from?"

The little boy was so frightened that he just kept crying. Wang Tingting heard the noise outside the door had not died down yet, so she led Sisi out to see. Seeing that the child couldn't stop crying, she went into the house, poured him a glass of water and brought it over.

Lin Yue took the water and coaxed him to drink a little. The little boy drank the water and finally stopped crying, leaving only low sobs. Just as Lin Yue was about to ask again, he heard Erbao's voice behind him: "He is a crybaby from Captain Sun's family!"

When the little boy heard this, he cried again. Lin Yue tried to comfort him in a panic, but when he looked back, he saw that the little boy had shrunk his neck and disappeared.

Zhang Yuandong and a burly, dark-faced man came over. Seeing this, the dark-faced man ran over and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xiaojun, who offended you? Why are you crying again?"

This man is Sun Fangqing, the battalion commander of Zhang Yuandong's regiment. The child was just coaxed, but he started crying again, and his father saw him. Lin Yue was a little embarrassed and explained, "I don't know how he climbed up my persimmon tree. He might have been scared."

Captain Sun said in a loud voice: "Sister-in-law, I know that my child has been spoiled by my mother. He just likes to cry. You don't need to explain to him."

He is a rough man who thinks boys should be more masculine. He doesn't want his son to be delicate and weak, or a crybaby. This gives him a headache and makes him feel distressed.

The little boy cried so hard that he started to hiccup. Captain Sun felt sorry for his son and coaxed him in a low voice: "Stop crying. Dad will buy you some candy!"

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Once he did, the little boy cried even harder, yelling incoherently, "You don't keep your word. You said you would buy me candy, but you never buy me candy!"

Captain Sun was in a panic and was about to say something harsh when he saw a small hand suddenly stretched out in front of his son. The little child bared his sticky teeth and said in a baby voice, "Brother, Tangtang, don't cry."

Captain Sun looked down and saw the two-year-old girl from Captain Zhang's family with two small tufts on her head, big eyes flickering, and two small pear-shaped ridges on her cheeks. Captain Sun immediately felt that his life was about to end. If he could have such a girl, he would be able to do anything. Then he looked at his own son who had two snotty noses and couldn't even talk properly, and he felt like he was having a heart attack.

The little boy held the puppy in one hand and took the candy with the other. His crying stopped immediately. He took the candy and sniffed twice. Finding it was useless, he wiped his face with his sleeve and said with sobs, "Thank you, sister."

Sisi did not answer either. Her eyes had long been attracted by the dog in the little boy's arms. She carefully reached out her hand to touch the puppy, her eyes lit up, and she reached out to pull the puppy's fur. Seeing this, Lin Yue quickly pulled her hand back, held her hand and squeezed it to divert her attention.

The little boy was completely unaware of this, and he peeled off the candy wrapper neatly and put the candy into his mouth. Seeing that he was in a good mood, Lin Yue asked, "Kid, what's your name? Why did you climb up the tree?"

He seemed to recall the grievance he had just suffered, and said with red eyes: "My name is Sun Hongjun. Just now, Dazhuang and his men wanted to snatch my Xiaohui. I refused to give it to them, and they wanted to catch me. That's why I climbed up the tree."

Lin Yue looked at the chubby little grey dog ​​in his arms and was suddenly choked by his own saliva, starting to cough uncontrollably.

The people around didn't know what happened and looked at her worriedly. Wang Tingting kindly patted her on the back. Only Zhang Yuandong understood why she was like that. His ears hidden under his hat turned red.