At 12:30 noon, a military bugle sounded in the wooden house. Lu Shiyi walked into the kitchen and picked up the washed lunch box.
The stove in the middle of the yard has started cooking, and the sisters-in-law with good cooking skills are preparing big pot meals. When the family members gather together, everyone will have a meal in the yard.
"Today is the day for everyone to gather. After the gathering, Team One and Team Two will take turns going into the mountains for training. Officers with families can participate in the training as appropriate..." Wu Jun stood up and began his annual hunting speech. Wu Jun's words were the same every year. "Comrade Su Jin is participating in a hunt for the first time. I hope everyone can take good care of her."
Lu Shiyi held Su Jin's hand and told her not to get up. Wu Jun was just speaking out of routine.
"Captain Lu, you're not alone anymore, so be careful." Wu Jun was worried that Lu Shiyi might get used to not going down the mountain after training with the team. "Your wife is still waiting for you to come home."
"Yes!" Lu Shiyi stood up and answered.
The officers present burst into laughter after hearing this, and promised Wu Jun that they would supervise Lu Shiyi to go down the mountain tomorrow.
Lu Shiyi ignored the laughter and picked up some food for Su Jin to eat.
Most soldiers eat very quickly, but it is rare for them to eat with their families, so their eating speed also slows down.
After lunch, Su Jin integrated into the group of sisters-in-law, while Lu Shiyi became more of a foil. Before leaving, Su Jin made an appointment with several sisters-in-law to go into the mountains to dig traps together.
On the way home, children gathered in groups of three or four to play, and greeted the two of them when they passed by.
Lu Shiyi had a smile on his face, but the children were very well-behaved when they saw him.
"Uncle Lu, is it really my aunt?" The brave boy looked at the beautiful Su Jin and felt sorry for her, wondering why she was caught by the devil Lu Shiyi.
"Well, auntie will live in the courtyard in the future, so you have to help her more." Lu Shiyi looked at the children and gave them instructions.
"Uncle Lu, we will definitely do as you say. Could you please not scold our dad so harshly?" The little fat boy looked at him seriously. "Auntie is very beautiful. You should be more gentle."
Phew!
Su Jin laughed unkindly, and Lu Shiyi glared at her angrily. The fat boy and his friends behind him shuddered.
"Wife, won't you say a few words for me?" Lu Shiyi complained. The little fat boy and the others looked at Lu Shiyi in surprise. "In order for you to have a father, I can only continue to train them hard. You will understand when you grow up."
Su Jin reached out and took two handfuls of candy: "Your uncle Lu is right. Auntie is on your uncle Lu's side. If you don't train well, you might lose your father."
The little fat boy and the children were surprised by Su Jin's answer. They took the candies and went home to ask their parents.
Su Jin took two steps forward and took Lu Shiyi's hand.
"More tears in training, less blood in battle," Su Jin recalled a line from the internet. "Ayi, you're doing the right thing."
Lu Shiyi felt warm in his heart. Many military wives complained about Lu Shiyi, but even when he heard the dissatisfied voices, he looked at her with moist eyes. He had never made excuses for himself, but she could understand his painstaking efforts.
"Wife, let's go home!" Lu Shiyi took Su Jin back to the wooden house.
Lu Shiyi took her to visit the house. The house was a two-bedroom, one-living room house similar to modern ones. The kitchen was connected to the room on the left, the living room was in the middle as soon as the entrance was made, and the bedroom for two was on the right. He opened a door on the right wall of the bedroom, and a toilet similar to that in a modern home appeared.
"Honey, does every house have a bathroom like this?" Su Jin thought that coming to the cabin meant going to the bathroom in the wild.
"It's designed like the restrooms in the imperial capital. This is in the wild, after all, and it's easy to run into wild animals if you go out rashly." Lu Shiyi explained, "After some negotiation, we got the architectural drawings from the imperial capital, and it was completed before moving in before the New Year."
The Northeast Provincial Armed Forces Department had more funds this year than in previous years. After everyone's consultation, two-thirds of the funds were used to purchase additional food, and the remaining one-third was used to renovate wooden houses.
During the annual New Year training, participants would encounter danger when going to the toilet.
"We have an extra large boiler here, so we have hot water for showers 24 hours a day." Lu Shiyi introduced the cabin camp. Su Jin found it quieter here than in the yard. "We go into the mountains for training almost every month."
"Ayi, it's so quiet here!" Su Jin looked down at her watch. It was just 2:30 in the afternoon and the lighting in the dense forest was not good. Lu Shiyi had even turned on the bedroom light.
"Xiao Jin, when the sun is not shining, turn on the lights." Lu Shiyi turned on the light, and the whole room was bright. "It's the same here as down the mountain. Everyone pays for their own electricity."
Su Jin took out two sets of clothes from the space: one set of casual clothes, the other set of formal clothes. She also took out a box of underwear.
"I put them all in the drawer. You must change into one before training every day." Lu Shiyi usually wore the boxer briefs issued to him, and she found that they had turned white due to washing.
"Okay." Lu Shiyi's mouth curled up slightly, "My comrades all made it with their wives, and there are almost no ones sold outside."
Lu Shiyi took the box of underwear and put it into the drawer. Su Jin looked at the empty closet and took out two coats.
"I'll try to wear training clothes in the mountains. I guess I'll have to use the space washing machine to wash them." Lu Shiyi could hardly wash clothes during training in the mountains, so if the problem was serious, he would leave it to her.
Most of the military wives washed their clothes by hand using wooden basins. The team members often rolled in the mud during training, and the training uniforms they changed out every day were covered in mud. If they were not soaked in water quickly, the uniforms would become very stiff.
Lu Shiyi was folding the clothes spread out on the bed, and Su Jin took them and put them in the closet. She stretched out her hand to take them for a long time, but found that he did not move. She turned her head and saw that he was holding her underwear box and looking at it.
Su Jin immediately stepped forward to grab it, staring at her with red cheeks.
"I washed it clean for you last time." Lu Shiyi looked at Su Jin and laughed.
After Su Jin finished packing her clothes, Lu Shiyi reached out and hugged her.
"Take some rest while there's no one around during the Spring Festival. I guess people will come to visit again after the Spring Festival." Lu Shiyi hoped Su Jin could relax a little. The 10 dishes and one soup on New Year's Eve earned him face, but also made her tired.
After they washed up, Lu Shiyi held her and rolled into bed. Just as he covered them with the quilt, the emergency assembly call was heard in the yard.
Lu Shiyi immediately leaned on her shoulder and breathed heavily, trying to calm down.
"You go to sleep first, don't wait for me." Lu Shiyi didn't know what was going on, so he let Su Jin rest first.
"Should I leave the door open for you?" Su Jin asked without stiffening her body, wrapped in the quilt.
"No need, I can come in." Lu Shiyi kissed her forehead, took clothes from the closet, and ran out as fast as he could.
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