Chapter 166 Chapter 166 Invitation

Lin Yue looked at the back that had already stumbled away, and thought to himself that it was time to find some time to have a good talk with the other party's parents.

She wasn't worried that her children would be bullied, but the fights between children were ultimately out of control. If one day her children hurt someone, she would have a hard time explaining it. Besides, it wasn't good for Xu Jianshe to always cause trouble. She couldn't let him keep targeting the children.

She took the children back to sleep, and Zhang Yuandong happened to come back with a load of water, and was going to make adobe bricks outside. Lin Yue called him over and asked him to go to Aunt Hua's house to buy another chicken so that he could make chicken soup for Wang Tingting tonight.

After Sun Xilai became pregnant, Aunt Hua raised a lot of chickens before the New Year to provide her with nourishment. She kept them secretly in the chicken coop when the weather was cold. She had a good relationship with several nearby neighbors, so no one reported it or came to investigate, allowing her to raise chickens safely throughout the winter.

However, as the weather has warmed up, those chickens will have problems if they stay in the chicken coop, so Auntie Hua is anxious to get rid of them. Fortunately, several of their neighbors have had good news one after another. Zhou Aixiang bought several chickens from her family when she was in confinement. Now that Wang Tingting has given birth, she can help her get rid of some of them.

Zhang Yuandong also knew about this matter. He responded and left.

When Zhang Yuandong came back, Lin Yue had already finished washing the clothes. She asked, "Why did you take so long? Isn't Aunt Hua at home?"

Zhang Yuandong showed the chicken to Lin Yue and said helplessly, "No, it was Aunt Hua who said that she had just boiled hot water at home and insisted on plucking the feathers before giving them to me. Oh, and she also asked me to ask you, tomorrow is the Zhangzhuang fair, she knows you can't go, and asked if you have anything for her to bring."

Lin Yue was a little tempted. Zhangzhuang was not far from the camp, and it would take at most half an hour to get there by horse carriage. However, it was too cold in winter, so the market had not been held until the snow melted a while ago.

Lin Yue naturally wanted to go to the market by herself. She asked others to bring her everything, so everyone knew what was in the house. It was not convenient for her to take something out of the space. It was not that she could not eat secretly, but it was not easy to explain.

Unfortunately, Wang Tingting and several children still need to be taken care of at home. Zhang Yuandong will be at home tomorrow, but it is indeed not convenient for him to take care of Wang Tingting.

Lin Yue gave up the idea of ​​going to the market, but turned his gaze to Zhang Yuandong and said with a smile: "You have a day off tomorrow, why don't you take these three big ones with you? You can also buy more things. I heard that many people have gone into the mountains to pick mushrooms recently. There should be a lot of them for sale at the market. If you can come across them, you can buy some and bring them back."

Because Liu Ying did not disclose Zhang Yuandong's presence here, the troops did not send Zhang Yuandong to participate in the task of capturing enemy spies in order to ensure that the news would not be leaked so quickly. They also specifically reminded the two to reduce the frequency of entering the city. Both knew that they could not enter the city in the near future, but it should be no problem to rush to the nearby villages.

Zhang Yuandong nodded, then thought of something and continued, "Oh, by the way, Aunt Hua said there should be chickens for sale at the market. Now that the weather is warm, we can raise a few in the yard. It will be convenient for us to eat eggs and other things in the future."

Lin Yue nodded, but she didn't quite trust Zhang Yuandong's vision for catching chickens, so she said, "Okay, if it's convenient for her, please ask her to catch a few for us!"

Zhang Yuandong knew his own weight, nodded, and turned back to find Aunt Hua.

The next day, many people went to gather. The camp had to send out more than half of the horse-drawn carriages in the family area to make up for the shortage. Many people also went there on their own bicycles.

Lin Yue met the clerk of the carriage team in the morning and heard him complain a few times. He said that when the family compound is expanded this year and new military dependents arrive, there will definitely not be enough carriages.

Lin Yue smiled and agreed with a few words. She felt that this setting in the army was very humane and brought a lot of convenience to the military families.

May is coming soon, and the warriors are extremely busy. Not only do they have to train and do their own jobs, but they also have to race against time to start planting.

The temperature was still very stable, so it was not possible to grow crops, but vegetables could be grown. The clerk of the carriage team chatted with Lin Yue for a while, then carried the hoe and went to the field.

Lin Yue looked in the direction he was going. The vegetable planting area was still within the camp and covered a large area, but it was still not enough to supply the soldiers in the entire camp, so the canteen still often needed to purchase from outside.

But she knew that outside the camp, there was a large area of ​​fertile land. The land was vast and sparsely populated, and the land was enough for the troops to grow crops, and the military families were also allocated a lot of land.

Last night, Xu Zhijuan went to see her and asked her if she had any plans to farm. Their family can be allocated 12 acres of land, and they can choose between paddy fields and dry fields.

Lin Yue naturally would not refuse, but twelve acres was too much. She could not cultivate so much land, so she only asked for two acres of paddy fields and two acres of dry fields, a total of four acres of land.

She had inquired and found out that spring ploughing could not start until late May. By then, Wang Tingting would be almost out of confinement and would be able to free up her hands to farm.

Lin Yue returned home with all his thoughts in mind, and saw Sun Xilai holding her little girl in Wang Tingting's room. She had her free hand holding an enamel cup, which she was handing to Wang Tingting.

Lin Yue walked in and said with a smile, "When did Sister-in-law Sun come? I was out for a while. I'm going to trouble you to take care of my sister again."

Sun Xilai glared at her and said, "You are so ignorant. I came here to talk to Nurse Wang. It's just a matter of delivering water. How can it be such a hassle?"

Lin Yue said a few more polite words and asked, "Where are my two little ones? We were told to take care of their aunt, so why did they run away again?"

The two children were only about two years old. She didn't ask them to take care of Wang Tingting, but more to restrain them and prevent them from running away on their own.

Sun Xilai said with a smile: "Your children are already very sensible. They are only two years old, but they can help to carry water and things! My naughty boy came to play with them. I was here anyway, so I let them go."

When Lin Yue heard that she was going with the three treasures, she felt relieved immediately. However, she and Sun Xilai did not spend much time together and were not as familiar with her as Aunt Hua. So she smiled and said a few polite words to her.

Sun Xilai said, "Why should you be so polite? I was just bored at home, so I came out with my child to find some company!"

As he spoke, he held his two-month-old daughter in his arms and leaned towards Xiao Xixi, saying, "Show our Momo her little brother Xixi!"

Lin Yue handed the telegram in his hand to Wang Tingting and said with a smile: "Here, this is the name his grandmother gave him."

Wang Tingting quickly took the telegram, which contained only a short sentence, "May your grandson be healthy and live a life without worries."

She rubbed the handwriting for a long time with her fingers, looked up and smiled at Lin Yue: "You are wrong, it is his grandfather."

Sun Xilai asked jokingly, "What name did you give the child?"

Wang Tingting pointed to her and said, "Look, Le Kang, Wang Le Kang."

Sun Xilai paused, then immediately smiled as if nothing had happened and said, "This is a good name. It means happiness and health!"

Wang Tingting noticed her reaction but didn't explain anything. She just nodded and said, "Yeah, I like it too."

Lin Yue didn't say anything. The other letter hidden in his pocket was so hot that it hurt.

Sun Xilai sat for a while, then stood up and was about to leave. Before leaving, he said to Lin Yue, "The snow in the mountains has melted now. I'm thinking of going to dig some wild vegetables and pick some mushrooms tomorrow morning. Do you want to go?"

Lin Yue has been here for two months. Before that, she only picked up some firewood near the camp and had never been into the mountains. She really wanted to see what plants there were on the mountain, but she really couldn't leave at the moment. She said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid I can't go in the morning. I can't leave my house."

Sun Xilai smiled and said, "I know this. Nurse Wang can't leave home without someone. This is what my mother-in-law wanted. She asked me to ask you. If you want to go, she will come over early tomorrow morning to help you look after Nurse Wang!"

Wang Tingting quickly waved her hand to refuse: "No, no, it's just one morning, I can do it myself, there's no need for Aunt Hua to come and take care of me!"

Lin Yue also declined, saying, "You have many children, so how can you trouble Aunt Hua any more?"

"Hey, that's nothing. The older ones at home don't need her to take care of them anyway. She can just carry Momo over when the time comes! Besides, I heard that you are very strong and quick to react. If we go into the mountains together, who knows who will take care of whom!"

Lin Yue and Wang Tingting looked at each other, and seeing that she had no objection, they agreed.

When Zhang Yuandong came back with the children, he ran into them in the yard. Lingling, Wanli and Xiao Shitou each held a string of candied haws in their hands, while Xiao Mushroom and Sisi followed behind their three brothers and sisters, eagerly reaching out to eat.

Lingling held out the candied haws in her hand in front of the two of them. Just as they were about to reach out to grab them, she suddenly pulled her hand back and teased her two younger brothers and sisters into the yard.

When Little Mushroom saw Lin Yue, he ran over to complain, "Mom, Little Mushroom ate candied haws!"

Lingling took out two candied haws from her father's backpack, put one hand on her waist, raised the other hand to show Little Mushroom, and said fiercely: "If you complain again, you will really have no share! I told you not to provoke Xu Jianshe when we are not around, and you still went! Fortunately, Brother Dabao is here, otherwise no one would stand up for you if you were bullied!"

Little Mushroom didn't understand what he said, he just smiled and reached out to take the candied haws, saying sweetly, "Sister is so nice!"

Ling Ling was angry and asked, "You definitely didn't listen to what I said just now, right?"

Little Mushroom tilted his head to look at his sister, then turned around to look for his brother with grievance, not understanding why she still didn't give him the candied haws. Little Sisi ran over, hugged Lingling's legs and shouted, "Sisi won't look for bad people, Sisi will eat!"

Ling Ling patted Xiao Sisi's head in praise, and gave her a string of candied haws, and carefully broke off the top pointy part. When Little Mushroom saw this, he immediately started to cry again, and threw himself into Lin Yue's arms in grievance, howling: "Little Mushroom is very powerful, he can beat the bad guys!"

Lin Yue and Sun Xilai were looking through the wild vegetables and mushrooms that Zhang Yuandong had bought. They managed to listen to the conversation between the children. After hearing what they said, they patted him soothingly and pushed Little Mushroom out without saying that they would settle the lawsuit for them. They smiled and said, "Go talk to your sister yourself!"

She knew that she could take care of the children, so she stopped caring about their affairs and talked to Sun Xilai about going up the mountain tomorrow.

Sun Xilai pointed at the water shepherd's purse that Zhang Yuandong had bought and said with a smile, "This is a good thing. Let's go look for it tomorrow and dig up more so we can make dumplings with it when we come back!"

Lin Yue smiled and nodded, then Sun Xilai reminded him, "You'd better wear Captain Zhang's rain boots tomorrow. There's a lot of dew in the mountains early in the morning, be careful not to get your shoes and socks wet."

Lin Yue also has water shoes because she often uses them in the space. She nodded and said, "Okay, I will remember it tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuandong heard the two talking about going up the mountain and asked, "Are you going into the mountain tomorrow?"

Lin Yue nodded and told him the plan for tomorrow morning. Zhang Yuandong listened and frowned, "Then don't go inside tomorrow, and don't go to the training area. It's just the beginning of spring, and the mountains are not very peaceful recently. You must be careful when you go into the mountains."

Seeing his serious expression, Lin Yue couldn't help but become worried. She had heard that there were many ferocious animals in the mountains here. In order to ensure the safety of nearby residents, the troops would go into the mountains to clear them out every once in a while.