Chapter 49
Mrs. Liu notified everyone and then went back to mend her clothes, leaving the rest of the military dependents to discuss the small building on the second floor.
The military family quarters were built by rezoning a piece of land last year to build a two-story single-family building. The location is a little remote, several hundred meters further inward than the current family compound buildings.
The two-story building is an independent building with a courtyard. Each building is four or five meters apart. There are ten buildings on one side, for a total of twenty buildings.
Cui Yuhe looked out from the corridor on the third floor and could see the small blue brick building not far away. "It really is under construction again. It looks like it will be finished soon."
Feng Xiuhui had just heard about it, and looked at the blue brick building, "Yes, I heard that it started recently. Now there are more and more soldiers coming to the courtyard, and sooner or later there will not be enough to live in, so we have to repair more."
"If you ask me, it's boring to live there. It's better for us all to live together. We'll be neighbors wherever we go. It's so convenient." Cui Yuhe didn't like the single-family house very much. Although it was much more spacious, it was too far away. There was a distance of several meters between each building, which made it not intimate.
Some of the sisters-in-law in the family compound have the same idea. What's the difference between living there and living in a bungalow in the countryside?
Living in a building makes you feel like a city dweller. Factories in the city all build small buildings like this, with several floors, and multiple families living on each floor. There are public bathrooms and toilets. Most of the military families come from the countryside and are reluctant to leave these buildings that look like those only for city dwellers to live in. They look very impressive.
The building we all live in now is a red brick building, and the two-story building is made of green bricks. It does not look as grand as a four-story building.
However, there are pros and cons. Some people think the two-story building is spacious, while others think it is too far away and too similar to the old country houses, which is not grand enough.
Jian Lu was one of those rare people whose eyes lit up when she heard about the second-floor building.
"Sister Xiuhui, Sister Yuhe, don't you want to move?"
"Do you want to go?" Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe had not made up their minds yet. After thinking about it, they really couldn't tell which one was better.
But looking at Jian Lu, it seems like she's planning to move out.
"Of course I do!" Jian Lu looked at the two-story building in the distance, her eyes twinkling, "That place is so spacious, and it's convenient to live in. It has a separate toilet and bathroom, isn't that good?"
In the 1970s, having an independent toilet was the happiest thing! Compared with it, any other shortcomings were nothing.
"It's good, but when you live there, don't you feel like you're living in the countryside? It just has one more floor than a house in the countryside, but everything else is the same." Feng Xiuhui's hometown is the same as Jian Lu's. As someone who really came from the countryside, she was a little hesitant, but deep down she still liked this magnificent four-story building.
Cui Yuhe was mainly looking for excitement. "Look, if you move there, you will be so far away from your neighbors. It's not as convenient as it is now. You can run into each other just by opening the door."
"But the place is big, sister Yuhe, and your child Yuanyuan will grow up too. When the time comes, one will be Hengheng and the other will be Yuanyuan. It will be very tiring for two children to run around in this 50-60 square meter house."
When Cui Yuhe heard this, she felt a little excited again. It would definitely be different for two adults and two children to live in the current house and in a two-story building.
"Wait for our old Xu to come back, and I'll discuss it with him."
Feng Xiuhui also nodded, "I'll talk to Lao Liang and see what he thinks."
Jian Lu felt that her man would definitely have no objection. He was the type of man who would have no objection no matter where you let him live.
Sure enough, at dinner time, when Cheng Zheng heard his wife talking about wanting to apply for a place in the small building being built behind the family compound, his hand holding the chopsticks did not stop.
He just ate his food and asked casually, "Where do you want to live?"
"Yeah." Jian Lu repeated what she had said to her two sisters-in-law in the afternoon. She really wanted to live in this "big villa". It was so spacious!
Cheng Zheng had no objection. To him, living here was no different from living in a two-story building. "Okay, let's go sign up."
"You really don't have any opinions?" Jian Lu looked at him curiously, "Don't you think that the two-story building is not impressive enough? Or do you think this place is not spacious enough?"
"They are all about the same." Cheng Zheng thought about it. He had lived in places as small as a piece of land or as shabby as a house before.
"Tsk tsk, you have such a good attitude. But in other words, aren't you too undemanding? At least you have a hobby." Jian Lu suspected that this person really had no desires.
"It's up to you if you like it. If you like living in that small single-family house, we'll move there."
This sentence was pleasing to the ear, and Jian Lu was very satisfied.
Jian Lu and Cheng Zheng signed up quickly, but Feng Xiuhui was in a dilemma. "Lao Liang, do you think we should move?"
Liang Haisheng actually doesn't have high requirements for the location of the house, but he is annoyed by the fact that he has to move.
"Forget it, why bother?" Moving requires packing everything inside and out, and after moving everything in, you have to rearrange and arrange everything again. Just thinking about it makes me tired. "It doesn't matter where we live, so don't make things difficult for yourself."
"I haven't made up my mind yet, but I see that Lulu is going to move. She has already told Team Leader Cheng about it."
"Ah?!" Liang Haisheng was upset when he heard this, "Old Cheng is moving over there?!"
"Yes, sister Lulu likes that small building very much, and she even wanted to persuade me to move in with her."
"This guy didn't even tell me he was moving!" Liang Haisheng felt that Cheng Zheng was not a good enough brother!
"Not only them, Yuhe also said she signed up. I heard that Chief of Staff Xu thought about it for a while and felt that the current house was too crowded to raise two children, and it would be better to have a more spacious one."
When Liang Haisheng heard this, his eyes widened even more.
"That guy, Old Xu! He didn't even inform me!"
"Everyone has discussed this with their wife, why would they tell you?" Feng Xiuhui felt that this man acted on impulse.
"Then let's sign up too! Let's move!"
Feng Xiuhui: "..."
"You are such a fool. Just now you heard that Commander Cheng and Chief of Staff Xu were going, and you changed your mind?"
Liang Haisheng chuckled, "It's good that everyone has a companion. It's good to live in a spacious place."
"Okay, then let's move too." Feng Xiuhui was actually tempted when she heard Jian Lu and Cui Yuhe were leaving, but she was a little hesitant. Now that her man had made the decision, she also made up her mind, "Then I'll go find Sister Liu to sign up."
In the entire military family compound, there were not many people willing to sign up, especially in the other family compounds, where several military wives were trying to persuade people to do so.
"I heard that the single-family building is spacious, but it's very inconvenient to get water. We have a public water room on each floor, but how can we get water there? We still have to carry a bucket and walk two miles outside to get water every day."
"Really? Never mind. I wanted to go, but it's exhausting to live like this."
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Mrs. Liu helped collect registration information. The two-story building in the family compound was almost completed. In recent days, people came to register and wanted to move there, but not many.
"Xiu Hui, do you want to sign up?"
"Yes!" Feng Xiuhui rushed over to take a look. There were many words on the registration form in Mrs. Liu's hand. She couldn't read, but she knew that there must be several families who came to register. "Mrs. Liu, who are the people who came to register?"
"Here, Captain Cheng's house, Chief of Staff Xu's house, Chief of Staff Wu's house, Captain Chen's house..." Mrs. Liu held the pen and prepared to write. She could barely write. Although her writing was not good, it was legible. "I wrote your house down, didn't I?"
"Hey, write it!" Feng Xiuhui remembered what she had just said, "Chief of Staff Wu's family has also signed up?"
"Yes, I guess Chief of Staff Wu wants to move to another place. His family has had trouble and is getting divorced. The kids in the yard are not very careful with their mouths, so they might start to make a fuss. It would be good to move to another place."
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Since there were few applicants at this time, Jian Lu and her friends could still choose the house by themselves. Jian Lu took Cheng Zheng for a walk after dinner and looked at each one. Finally, they decided on a two-story building in the middle and back position. It faced south and the bedroom window faced the sea. From a distance, they could see the azure blue sea.
"Then this one." Cheng Zheng looked around and thought it was not bad. The only thing he was worried about was that when his wife got pregnant, it would be inconvenient for her to go up and down the stairs.
Jian Lu didn't care about this. "If the belly is too big, you can live on the first floor. There is still one room."
"Okay." Cheng Zheng realized that his wife really wanted to move in. The desire was so strong that he could even notice it now.
"We can grow vegetables here." Jian Lu walked to the yard in front of the second-story building. There was a small yard on each side, about seven or eight square meters. Now it was a wasteland with no one taking care of it, but in her eyes it had grown into a forest of fruits and vegetables.
It is healthy and convenient to eat the vegetables you grow yourself.
"This is totally irrelevant. Are you thinking about growing plants?" Cheng Zheng didn't know what was fun in this.
"Then you won't eat the things I grow!?"
Cheng Zheng: "..."
"Okay, let's eat at the same table, can you still hide from me?"
"I'll eat quietly by myself!" Jian Lu touched her bulging belly again, remembering something, "There's also a baby!"
Cheng Zheng smiled, took a few steps forward, stared at his wife's belly, and began to complain to the unborn child, "Baby, look at your mother. She has decided not to feed your father any vegetables."
"You are such a scoundrel and you are the first to complain!" Jian Lu slapped the man and glared at him with her beautiful peach blossom eyes. "Don't give me that. If you want to eat, help me turn the soil and plant vegetables."
"Okay, I'll listen to Comrade Jian Lu."
Jian Lu was satisfied after hearing this. She looked at the two yards and thought that just growing vegetables was too monotonous. Wouldn't it be beautiful if she planted some flowers? The green grass and the colorful flowers made the picture beautiful.
"How about this, we'll plant vegetables in this yard and flowers in this yard!"
Cheng Zheng frowned slightly when he heard this. "How can you grow flowers at home? Isn't that just pretending to be a capitalist?"
The petty-bourgeois lifestyle is now being strongly criticized. If you are not careful, you will be reported by the □□, which can be big or small.
Jian Lu really forgot about this. A profusion of flowers is indeed too romantic. If it is romantic, then life will become petty bourgeois!
"Forget it, let's just grow some vegetables." Jian Lu stuck out her tongue. It's better not to break the taboo!
The imagined life is beautiful. Jian Lu looked around this well-renovated house and became more and more satisfied.
Outside the house, the soldiers who were repairing the house were weeding nearby.
After listening to them, Jian Lu realized that coconut trees should be transplanted at the door of each building. This is a tradition of the military family compound. A row of coconut trees looks beautiful and vibrant.
It's more like standing guard in front of the door, very eye-catching.
Imagining the majestic coconut tree, Jian Lu could already imagine herself picking a coconut at her doorstep and drinking coconut juice. It was simply too beautiful!
"Are you tired? Why don't you go home and rest?"
After walking around, Cheng Zheng was still worried about his wife's health, especially since she was walking briskly with a five-month pregnant belly and looking around in the new home. He couldn't help but feel uneasy.
"Not tired!" Jian Lu was happy in her heart. She didn't feel hot or tired. She even wanted to go shopping for a while. However, there was still a long time to go. She would wait and see next time.
After returning home, Jian Lu took a pen and paper and started writing and drawing.
The new house has eight rooms in total. The first floor is the living room, which is very spacious, with a kitchen, bathroom and a guest room. The second floor has three rooms and a study. The master bedroom is the largest, and you can still see the sea view when you open the window. The second bedrooms are on both sides of the master bedroom, and the study is next to the second bedroom.
Cheng Zheng was surprised to find that his wife could paint!
I saw a simple two-story building appearing on the paper, with many lines on the plane, listing the location and function of each room.
Before Jian Lu traveled through time, she had worked hard for many years and finally bought a house. It was a small two-bedroom house with a good location along the subway line and a price of 18,000 yuan per square meter.
The decoration was left to air-condition for several months, and not long after I moved in, I was transported through time. It was truly like everything was gone before I could even enjoy it.
Now, a villa has fallen from the sky! She has to decorate it well? !
Thinking about the floor plans of houses in future generations, she drew a simple floor plan of a two-story building and exchanged ideas with Cheng Zheng.
"Brother Cheng, look, the living room is at the entrance of the first floor. I'm thinking of putting a sofa, a five-drawer cabinet, or a long cabinet there. It will also look good if I build another five-drawer cabinet in the back and place them symmetrically." Jian Lu drew the general appearance of the furniture in a box marked as the living room.
Then he continued, "The bathroom is the best! We can separate the dry and wet areas."
Cheng Zheng definitely didn't understand what dry and wet separation meant, so Jian Lu gave a brief explanation, "Let's separate the squat toilet and the shower area, and put a barrier in the middle."
In fact, she wanted to install a toilet, but forget it. It is only 71 years old now. It is not easy to have an independent bathroom. Don't challenge the petty bourgeoisie life.
Cheng Zheng had never heard of such a design, but he had the ability to distinguish and thought that his wife was right.
"How could you come up with this?"
Jian Lu instinctively prepared to push these things onto the educated youth, but as soon as she pronounced the word "educated youth", she noticed something was wrong in Comrade Cheng Zheng's eyes.
That look seemed to be saying, if you dare to say what the educated youth told you again, I’ll give it a try!
After swallowing the word "know", Jian Lu changed her words, "Last time, I went to Xinhua Bookstore with Sister Xiujuan. I learned this from reading a book. This is what happened in the Soviet Union."
At least it wasn't said by the educated youth, Cheng Zheng was satisfied and didn't ask any more questions.
"There's nothing in the kitchen. We can just move our pots and pans there. This bedroom on the first floor is usually used as a guest room. When my belly gets bigger, I'll live here. It won't be necessary to climb stairs and it's safe."
Cheng Zheng corrected her, "We live here."
Jian Lu changed her tone, "Okay, okay, it's us."
As he spoke, he drew another stick figure in the square frame of the guest room on the first floor, with the two figures standing side by side.
She also thoughtfully drew expressions. The mouth of the little man representing herself was an upward curved line, and the mouth of the little man representing Cheng Zheng was a straight line.
Jian Lu was very satisfied with her painting. "Look, it's very vivid. This is you, Captain Cheng, with a stern face."
Cheng Zheng did have a serious look on his face at this moment, but this was his usual look. It wasn't because he was angry or anything, he just had been a soldier for a long time and often looked serious.
After being laughed at by his wife for drawing a strange little man, he curled his lips and thought, it was actually quite lifelike.
"Ding ding ding, go to the second floor." Jian Lu climbed up with the tip of her pen, like a tour guide, taking Cheng Zheng to visit the house.
"Our master bedroom! Put a double bed and a desk in it. Oh, and I'm going to build a dressing table." In her current home, because the bedroom is not big enough, Jian Lu uses the desk as a dressing table.
"Okay, I'll ask Carpenter Lu to make it for you. Tell me what style you want." Looking at his wife's extraordinary painting skills, he added, "You can also draw it."
"I can go by myself."
Cheng Zheng directly refuted the opinion, "You don't have to go. It's a bumpy trip. I'll go there."
Jian Lu curled her lips and said, forget it, it’s for the good of the child.
"Then I'll give it to you in a few days."
"There is a small balcony in our master bedroom. Ask Carpenter Lu to make two wooden chairs. Don't make them too big, or they won't fit. You also need a small wooden table."
On the balcony, there is a gentle breeze and opposite is the boundless sea view. Sitting on a wooden chair, feeling the breeze, sipping the tea on the small wooden table from time to time, and having a few snacks, it is very comfortable just thinking about it!
Cheng Zheng wrote them down one by one. It was the first time he realized that his wife had so many ideas, and he was amazed.
"This bedroom is for the baby. I'll decorate it as a nursery for him. But I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, so I'll choose a neutral color first.
The study is for you. You are writing military documents, so they must be confidential."
Jian Lu planned carefully and felt that the wonderful villa life was beckoning to her. Because the two-story building was built with blue bricks, there was not much need for decoration. The interior was made up of layers of blue bricks, and only a layer of pure natural wood paint was applied. This is also the reason why many military families living in four-story buildings are reluctant to move, as they feel they are not grand enough.
Jian Lu doesn't plan to go through too much trouble for the time being, the original flavor is also good.
After putting away the simple floor plan of the house, she listed the furniture that needed to be made for Comrade Cheng Zheng, measured the dimensions of the balcony, and asked him to find Carpenter Lu.
The news that Jian Lu's family was moving to a two-story building soon reached the ears of several colleagues in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Qiu Sifeng thought she was really stupid.
"Comrade Jian Lu, you finally got out of the countryside, why do you live back here again?" While Qiu Sifeng was settling the bill for the guests, he talked to Jian Lu next to him, trying to persuade her again.
Qiu Sifeng was a person who was determined not to move away. In her eyes, the red brick building she lived in now was particularly majestic, with neat public water rooms and toilets, so orderly.
"I want a bigger place. The house is too small now and we can't hold activities." Jian Lu didn't force others to understand. Everyone really wanted different things.
This time, Li Jihong also agreed with Qiu Sifeng. She did not sign up either. It was not convenient to use water there. She heard that the water pipes were not connected, and she would have to go to the water room outside to get water in the future, which was very inconvenient.
Jian Lu laughed when she heard this. She didn't know where Sister Jihong heard this rumor. "Who said we should go to the water room outside to get water? Sister Jihong, did you hear it wrong? There is a water pipe in that building."
"Ah?" Li Jihong looked over in confusion. "That day, Yin Chunhua, the wife of the deputy head of the Sixth Regiment in our building, said that. She said that the two-story building didn't look grand enough, and we had to go outside to get water. Unlike now, at least every floor has a shared water room, which can be reached by walking a few steps. If you live in a two-story building, you have to walk two miles to get water, which is tiring enough."
This is also one of the reasons why many people are reluctant to go there.
Jian Lu smiled and said, "No, I went to see the new house a few days ago and asked the warrior who was repairing the house. He said that there is running water in the new house."
When Li Jihong heard this, she immediately felt regretful. She didn't expect that she actually believed what he just said!
However, it is too late to regret now. The occupancy lists of the twenty two-story buildings have now been confirmed, and the subsequent allocation of the houses currently occupied by these twenty families has also been determined. They will be allocated to other soldiers who meet the conditions for accompanying the troops.
The house has been decided, and there is still more than a month before moving into the new home. Jian Lu is always concerned about the progress of the furniture, and is also planning on doing some decoration in the house. She wants to make sure it is not too petty to give others a handle, but also looks good at the same time.
However, just when everyone was busy preparing for the move, someone changed his mind.
The family of the deputy head of the Sixth Regiment in the building next door changed their minds and wanted to live in the second-floor building. They did not sign up at first, but now that the list has been confirmed, they heard that the second-floor building has tap water and can use water conveniently, so they want to move there again.
Yang Ming, deputy head of the Sixth Regiment, has a family of six: a couple and four children, all squeezed into a 60-square-meter house on the four floors.
This area is neither big nor small. Compared with the ten-square-meter houses in the city that are crammed with six or seven people, it is certainly spacious.
But this two-story single-family house is naturally narrow and closed.
Yang Ming's daughter-in-law Yin Chunhua prepared to go door to door to ask which family was willing to give up the single-family house and give it to her family.
After asking three families, none of them were willing, so she decided to go to the home of Team Leader Cheng.
She naturally didn't dare to ask questions to Captain Cheng. Cheng Zheng was quite famous in the army. He was notoriously scary, capable, and handsome, but his aura was too dignified. When those eyes stared at you, you couldn't even speak clearly, let alone ask someone to give up the house.
Yin Chunhua thought about it carefully. Other families have several children, so she really doesn't want to give them up now. But Chief of Staff Wu has the smallest family, and he has to take care of a child by himself. However, Chief of Staff Wu has just divorced, so she doesn't dare to provoke him. Anyone who can take his wife away must be a ruthless character.
Political Commissar Liang’s family also has few people, but the Liang family has to help Chief of Staff Wu’s family look after their children from time to time, so they also have two children.
Captain Cheng’s family is the most suitable. They don’t have any children, and if they do, they are still in Jian Lu’s belly.
With a small population, why would one live in a spacious single-family house? Besides, pregnant women are the best to talk.
Look, she came to my door carrying half a net bag of potatoes.
"Sister Jian Lu, right? Oh, she's so pretty." Yin Chunhua came uninvited and praised Jian Lu in the room. "People say there's a very pretty daughter-in-law in our family compound, but I didn't believe it. I only saw her from a distance before, but now I've seen her up close, and she's really different!"
Comrade Cheng Zheng was at the army today to instruct his soldiers on the upcoming military sports meet, so he would be back late. Jian Lu was alone at home, and seeing the sudden visitor, she didn't know him, but still politely welcomed him in.
"Which building does your sister-in-law live in? I don't think I've seen her very often."
"Of course I live in the courtyard next to yours. I'm the wife of Yang Ming, the deputy head of the Sixth Regiment. My last name is Yin, and my name is Yin Chunhua. We live quite far away from each other.
Yin Chunhua had a rough appearance, a slightly long face, triangular eyes that looked around, and thick lips that moved up and down. She praised Jian Lu from head to toe and became concerned about the baby in her belly.
"The baby is due in a few months, right?"
"Yes, the expected date is the end of the year." Speaking of the child, Jian Lu's eyebrows softened a lot.
"It will be soon. Time flies by." Yin Chunhua followed the child and talked about the house. "Sister-in-law, I heard that you signed up for that single-family house? How can you move when you are pregnant?"
"It's not a problem." Jian Lu answered easily. Cheng Zheng probably wouldn't let her participate anyway.
Yin Chunhua slapped her thigh and said, "No way! You're not doing good to the children. Moving is very laborious, with so many heavy things to carry back and forth."
Jian Lu looked at this sudden visitor and gradually felt that something was wrong. Why did this person keep persuading her not to move? He even kept praising his own home and said it would be a pity to move away.
Yin Chunhua said a few words, then stood up and walked around the house, praising Jian Lu for how well she managed the house. She looked from the living room to the kitchen, and wanted to touch the walls and tabletops, and even wanted to go into Jian Lu and Cheng Zheng's bedroom without permission.
"Look at your house. It's so well maintained. It's clean and tidy. It's pleasing to the eye. What's hanging on the wall? It's so beautiful. You're really thoughtful. Unlike my house, which is a mess because of the many children."
"Sister Yin, that's our room, why are you going in?" Jian Lu frowned, thinking that this man had no sense of boundaries. How could he be so bold as to go into someone else's bedroom?
And he was touching his own furniture everywhere.
"Oh, then I won't go." Yin Chunhua had her hands around Jian Lu's bedroom before she stepped back, her eyes still looking through the crack of the bedroom door, wishing she could see through it.
"Sister Yin, what exactly do you want to say by coming here today?" Jian Lu was too lazy to play tricks on him, as it was obvious that this person came to her house for something.
"Oh, you are quite clever." Yin Chunhua did not hide anything and directly stated her purpose. "I want to ask you if you can give my family the quota of your single-family house. You know, we have a large family and only four children. It is really crowded to live here. I see that you have a small family, just you and Captain Cheng, and one of you is not even born yet. There is really no need to live in such a big house. It is a waste of space."
"cannot."
Jian Lu refused directly, and Yin Chunhua was stunned. How could she answer so quickly? It's always a good idea to be polite to guests. This answer is too direct.
"Big sister..." Yin Chunhua licked her dry lips.
"Sister Yin, the quota has been confirmed, so it cannot be changed. Besides, the registration period was quite long, and it was not fully booked at the beginning. You did not register, so there is no reason for you to come to us now to give up your quota."
"No, we didn't sign up because we hadn't thought it through. But why do you live in such a big house? There are only two of us. Even if you have children, there will only be three. There are six people in our family!"
Jian Lu found this person quite funny. He kept saying that there was not enough room for six people in his family and insisted on giving up his place. "Sister Yin, your family has four children. Did I force you to have them?"
ah...
Yin Chunhua didn't know why Jian Lu asked that, so she shook her head and said, "No."
"So your family didn't sign up. Was it me who forced you not to sign up?"
“No.”
"That's it?" Jian Lu put away her smile, and felt that her ears were hurt by this person's noise. "I didn't force you to do it, so don't come to me. Besides, we can live in any house we want, and the quota has been reserved, so don't think about my house."
Seeing that Yin Chunhua wanted to say something, Jian Lu continued, "You chose to come here today when my husband is not at home. You don't dare to mention this in front of him, right?"
Yin Chunhua was shocked by Jian Lu's comments and said, "Captain Cheng, he..."
"If you really can't get over this, go talk to my man if you have the guts."
Jian Lu just didn't believe it. Facing Cheng Zheng's fierce aura, how could this person say that?
After being lectured by Jian Lu, Yin Chunhua was finally speechless and could only leave angrily.
When I was leaving, I looked back and regretted not signing up at that time!
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Jian Lu mentioned Yin Chunhua's matter to Cheng Zheng as a joke when he came back that night. The main reason was that she had never seen such a shameless person. She didn't sign up at first, but now she wanted a spot, so she came directly to her house to let her take the spot. Oh, she also brought gifts, four or five wilted potatoes, and when she left, she went back to pick them up.
"Anyway, I didn't agree, so why should we give in?" Jian Lu was lying on the bed, muttering to Cheng Zheng who was changing clothes about what happened in the evening.
Cheng Zheng glanced at his wife, fearing that she would get angry and have a miscarriage. "Yang Ming's wife is still confused. Just ignore her. If she comes to harass you again, I'll go talk to Yang Ming."
We are all comrades in the same army and have a deep revolutionary friendship, but if someone in your family bullies someone in my family, Cheng Zheng will not care and will just say what needs to be said.
Jian Lu straightened up and said to him, "What have you got into this with our women? People will accuse you of bullying women! Don't worry, I can handle it myself. I'll get her out of here today. If she still has a bit of nerve, she won't come to me again."
Cheng Zheng could hear the pride in his wife's words, and his eyes seemed to be shining, "My wife is quite amazing."
He had worried before that his wife was younger than most of the other military wives in the family compound and that she would be treated unfairly. But now it seemed that he had underestimated her.
But it's good this way, it can also make him feel more at ease.
As Cheng Zheng was talking to Jian Lu, he changed out of his white military uniform and put on the pajamas that Jian Lu had made for him, which were loose cotton long-sleeved and long-pants pajamas.
In just a moment of changing clothes, Jian Lu saw the man's eight tight and strong abdominal muscles, which were the result of years of exercise.
However, Comrade Cheng Zheng is not used to his wife staring at his figure, and he still maintains his previous conservative style.
"Captain Cheng."
Jian Lu admired someone's figure and couldn't help wondering, "Are all of you military personnel in such good shape?"
Cheng Zheng: “…?”
"What do you mean?" Cheng Zheng lay down on the bed and put a pillow under his wife's waist to make her more comfortable.
"Isn't the military sports meet about to start?" Jian Lu remembered Dunzi introducing it to her enthusiastically. This military sports meet is mainly to promote sports and exercise. The competition events are not key military events. The emphasis is on participation, including weighted running, high jump, push-ups, swimming, basketball, etc. It is almost the same nature as the sports meets held in state-owned factories nowadays. Family members can also go to watch such sports meets.
Dunzi went there last year and was thrilled by the show.
"Dunzi said it was really fun! It was all you soldiers competing against each other, it was really amazing." Jian Lu thought about the scene of a group of soldiers in military uniforms competing, it must be very handsome and pleasing to the eye.
She is not stingy in appreciating beautiful things. It is human nature to love beauty. Although she is married, it is still okay for her to appreciate the beauty of a handsome man.
"Do you want to see other soldiers' bodies?" Cheng Zheng pieced together his wife's words and came to a conclusion.
"Why do you talk so superficially?" Jian Lu was really bored. She wanted to cry if she had the chance to watch a performance by the art troupe and then a chance to watch a sports meet!
How could this man understand the pain of the young people of the 21st century in this age without entertainment activities!
"At most, I just took a look."
Cheng Zheng felt a headache after listening to this. This guy!
"No, family members can't watch it."
"You!" Jian Lu didn't expect this man to be so petty. He was clearly abusing his power for personal gain. "Why can't you watch it? Dunzi said that his family members went in as spectators last year."
"Last year is last year, and this year is this year." Cheng Zheng was impartial.
Jian Lu looked at Cheng Zheng angrily, or more precisely, glared at him. She thought this man was so annoying. "Comrade Cheng Zheng, why are you so petty? I just asked if other people have good figures. You are in the army and train every day, so you must have good figures."
"No matter how good you are, you are not as good as me. Stop staring at other people."
"Tsk, you must be worried about being outdone." Jian Lu didn't want to pay attention to this person! Jealous! No, a jealous person!
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Three days later, the army sports meeting began. Cheng Zheng went to the army early in the morning. Today, everyone was treated equally regardless of level.
During these three days, his wife still complained about him from time to time. Cheng Zheng felt helpless. Looking at the crowded competition venue, many family members had already entered.
"Xiao Zhao." Cheng Zheng called his orderly and gave him a task, "Go and pick up my wife and tell her that I invited her to watch the game."
Cheng Zheng originally did not plan to participate in the competition this year. After all, he used to win the first place by taking all the places, and he was tired and exhausted. It would be better to give more opportunities for young people to perform.
But his wife's appearance these days deeply stimulated him, so he temporarily signed up for the five-kilometer heavy-duty run, ready to show off his skills to his wife.
"Yes, Captain!" Xiao Zhao received the task and trotted to the family compound.
Not long after, Xiao Zhao came back jogging. Looking at the team leader with expectation in his eyes, he was unable to open his mouth.
"Report, Captain."
"What's wrong?" Cheng Zheng looked behind Xiao Zhao. Where is he? "Where's my wife?"
"Captain..." Xiao Zhao didn't know how to open his mouth.
"Just say what you want to say! Don't dilly-dally." Cheng Zheng couldn't stand soldiers who procrastinated, so he immediately lowered his voice.
"Yes! Captain!" Xiao Zhao was angry and shouted, "Captain, your wife said she didn't want to come and didn't want to see your face..."
When he said the last few words, Xiao Zhao still felt guilty and his voice gradually softened.
Because he saw his leader's face froze.
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