Chapter 198 Chapter 198 Zhang Yuhui

The black market is too cold in winter, the cost of raising poultry and livestock is too high, and the source of meat is scarce. Apart from occasionally hunting a few roe deer and pheasants in the mountains, the rest of the meat source basically depends on ice fishing.

Having seen it so many times, Lin Yue was not as surprised as he was at the beginning, but everyone's enthusiasm remained unabated. In the early morning, before the ice surface had been dug up much, many people had already come to watch the excitement.

Zhou Aixiang ran to Lin Yue's house before dawn. She has a little son at home. It was freezing outside, and she couldn't go out for too long with the child. She hadn't been able to join in this lively party for a long time.

Lin Yue had already visited several times, and the novelty had long worn off, so he didn't really want to go. He had originally thought of just chatting with Zhou Aixiang at home, and taking care of Xixi at the same time, but the group of children at home didn't want to do that, as they were looking forward to joining in the fun.

Seeing this, Wang Tingting took Xixi over and said with a smile, "The hospital is not busy today, I'll take care of him!"

How could the hospital not be busy? Many of the soldiers who came down from the border this time were injured. The hospital is almost too busy!

Lin Yue didn't believe her lies. He grabbed the child and rushed to work.

Lingling and the others saw Lin Yue's reaction and knew that today's plan was ruined. Since Lin Yue couldn't go, they certainly couldn't go out either. Each child was more disappointed than the other.

Lin Yue found it funny. "Why can't you go out? As long as you don't go to the river or the back hill, you can go anywhere in the family compound!"

A few children said "Oh" listlessly. Lingling had no idea what she was thinking about. She winked at the others, turned around and ran out.

Lin Yue recalled the time they secretly went ice skating a few months ago, and was afraid that these kids would go to some dangerous place again, so he quickly shouted from behind: "If you dare to go to a dangerous place, be careful or your dad will come back and beat you up!"

Lingling turned around, smiled, made a face, and ran away. The other children followed suit and turned around and made faces.

Lin Yue was both angry and amused, and pretended to be fierce. Those naughty monkeys pretended to be scared, screamed "Ah", and ran away laughing.

Zhou Aixiang said enviously: "You have so many children at home, it's really lively!"

Lin Yue did not deny this, "Sometimes they are quite lively, but sometimes they are naughty and quite worrying."

The two chatted for a long time, and suddenly Lin Yue heard someone calling from outside. She went out to check, and just as she walked into the yard, she heard someone calling "Mrs. Zhou".

She instinctively wanted to turn around and call Zhou Aixiang, but suddenly she remembered the identity of this person and stopped talking subconsciously. This should be Zhang Yulan's "sister".

Lin Yue walked quickly to the gate and opened it, just in time to see a woman standing at the gate next to him. She was wearing a cotton jacket that didn't fit her well, and she was still wearing the dog-skin hat. She was Zhang Yulan's "sister".

The man was knocking on the door, but when he heard Lin Yue open the door, his body stiffened, he turned his back, lowered his head and hurried away.

Lin Yue stared at the figure without blinking, until she turned into the door of Zhang Yulan's house.

Zhou Aixiang asked loudly through the window: "Lin Yue, what's wrong?"

Lin Yue closed the door, entered the house, and explained, "I just heard some noise outside, and saw the new girl next door. She seemed to be looking for you. I don't know what's going on. Do you want to go back and take a look?"

"Oh, is that Zhang Yuhui? Nothing, she just came to chat with me."

"Zhang Yuhui?" With this name, is the person really not Zhang Xiaohui?

"Yes, it seems that the four daughters of his family were named after something elegant and graceful."

Lin Yue nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that their parents are quite educated."

"That's right. She was just unlucky to marry a bad man. He is a worthless person. His family is full of wolves and tigers. She finally escaped. Her sister is a smiling tiger. She treats her well on the surface, but she is secretly taking advantage of her."

Lin Yue looked at Zhou Aixiang in surprise. A few days ago, when she heard about the two sisters, she was so eager to eat melon while cracking melon seeds. But now, only a few days have passed, and her attitude has changed so quickly.

Zhou Aixiang felt a little embarrassed by her stare, and touched her ear uncomfortably, saying awkwardly: "Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, I'm just curious. When did you become so familiar with her? I think she's usually quite timid."

Zhou Aixiang smiled and said, "She is a little timid, but she will get better over time. She is also a good talker. She even asked about you a few days ago!"

Lin Yue thought of something and her eyes flickered. She wanted to remind Zhou Aixiang, but the words took a detour and became: "Ask about me? Why would she ask about me? I haven't even talked to her!"

"I'm just curious. I'm not saying nice things to you, but if you ask who is the prettiest person in our courtyard, it's you. Who wouldn't remember you vividly? I want to ask you a few more questions!"

Lin Yue smiled and said nonchalantly: "I am also very curious about her. What did she ask me?"

"I didn't ask anything else. I just asked when you came, how many children you have, where you're from, and other casual questions."

Seeing that Lin Yue was interested, she was willing to gossip a little more: "She and Zhang Yulan are from the neighboring province, so marrying here is considered marrying far away. She originally thought that her elder sister was also here, so they could take care of each other. Who could have thought that the family was so bad. I saw that every time she mentioned her former husband's family, she cried sadly."

Lin Yue really looked very interested and agreed, "Last time I saw her, she was very weak and easily bullied by her in-laws. This character is quite similar to her sister. But she and her sister look very different. Just looking at their appearance, you can't tell that they are sisters at all."

Zhou Aixiang agreed: "I also think the two sisters look different. Zhang Yulan's face is so rough, unlike her sister, who has smooth and tender skin and looks like a delicate girl."

Now, "dandy girl" is not a compliment. She knew she had said something wrong and quickly said, "Not really. She is very hardworking, but not as good as you. She is naturally good-looking, efficient at work, and can handle everything around the house. Her hands are not rough at all."

Lin Yue fell into deep thought. Her skin didn't get worse because of the spiritual spring water. Then why did this "Zhang Yuhui" also have such good skin?

It wasn't that she thought too much. Housework in that era was very heavy. Washing clothes and cooking were all done by hand. In addition, they had to chop wood, fetch water, sew clothes, and weave straw sandals. All of these were jobs that were not friendly to the hands. If they lived in the countryside, they had to farm and earn work points. In that era, women were used like men.

According to "Zhang Yuhui", her life in her husband's house will only be more miserable, and she will have to do much harder work than men. Even so, she can still maintain fair and tender skin and "look like a delicate girl". She is really treating everyone as fools.

Zhou Aixiang is not stupid, but her knowledge is limited. And with the precedent of Lin Yue, she didn't think much about it.

Lin Yue became more and more curious about this "Zhang Yuhui", but this person seemed determined to avoid her and did not let her see what she looked like. Her family's relationship with Zhang Yulan was very strained, so she could not find an opportunity to see this person.

Zhang Yuandong is still on vacation today. He was called to a meeting in the morning and did not return until after lunch.

When he came back, he was holding a child in his hand. Lin Yue's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, thinking that those children had gotten into trouble again.

When I got closer, I saw that there was another child lying on his back and another hanging on his body. Little Mushroom and Sisi were hugging his neck tightly, and they were almost unable to be contained by a large piece of clothing. The four children were jumping on him and laughing, and they were very happy.

Lin Yue went over to help him untie the clothes tied around his body and took the child down. She tapped his little mushroom forehead and asked with a smile: "What are you doing? You didn't go home this morning. I guess you went to see your dad?"

Little Mushroom covered his head and laughed. Lingling said, "We didn't go to look for Dad. We went to the training ground with Brother Shuanzi to watch the uncles train. Captain Chen even praised us!"

"Captain Chen?"

He Aini liked to hang around her, always talking to herself, and looked like she had a good relationship with Lin Yue. Although it is said that you should not hit someone who smiles at you, Lin Yue really didn't like the couple and was always cold and indifferent to them.

Unexpectedly, not only did she not feel embarrassed, she has been even more attentive recently. Her children always follow Lingling and the others, and today they even went to the training ground together.

Lin Yue turned his gaze towards Zhang Yuandong. There were some places in the army where military dependents were not allowed to approach, not only because of confidentiality issues, but also for security reasons.

Therefore, the children in the family compound rarely dare to go to the camp. The same is true for the children at home. Occasionally, Zhang Yuandong will take them there when he is free, for example, he took Wanli and Lingling to ride horses yesterday. But usually, these children know their limits and never go there by themselves.

Zhang Yuandong nodded. "There is no shooting training today, so there is no danger. Captain Chen has informed the soldiers on duty in advance, and the children are relatively obedient and have not caused any trouble."

Otherwise he would have beaten him long ago.

The four children puffed up their chests together, looking proud. Lin Yue wanted to say a few more words, but seeing them like this, he didn't want to spoil their fun at this time, so he simply shut up.

Zhang Yuandong knew that she didn't like Captain Chen's family and was afraid that the children would get too close to his family and their personalities would be distorted.

He whispered, "The list of people who will be discharged from the army and transferred to civilian jobs after the new year is almost out, and Chen Deyuan's name is on it. Don't worry, his family will move out soon."

"Retired? Has he reached the age limit?"

Zhang Yuandong nodded. "Not really. He's not even 35 yet. But most of the new recruits in recent years have a high level of education and are promoted quickly. If he stays in this position, it's only a matter of time before he retires early."

In fact, it's not that Chen Deyuan has not made any contributions. On the contrary, if it weren't for his personal style, he would have been promoted long ago. Now he not only has to retire early, but the job he is given is not very good either.

Last time He Aini bullied a child like crazy, and the higher-ups didn't issue a disciplinary notice for a long time. Lin Yue thought that the matter was over, but he didn't expect that something bad was waiting for him here.