Chapter 50

Captain Cheng almost thought he had misheard. He was about to ask another question when he saw Xiao Zhao looking embarrassed and approaching him with a little curiosity, "Captain, did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"

Xiao Zhao is young, and even though he is afraid of his leader, he is interested in this kind of thing. But he is the most powerful leader in his group!

Now he was being scolded by his wife! He was surprised and a little... happy, the joy of seeing such a lively atmosphere.

"Ahem." Cheng Zheng said with a wooden face, thinking that this boy was very courageous. "Did you go running?"

"Ah?" Xiao Zhao was confused.

"Go for a run and exercise."

"Ah?" Xiao Zhao wanted to cry but had no tears. He didn't mean it. "Captain!"

"In the public square." Cheng Zheng glanced at him. "Even if you are a serviceman, you can't neglect your training. Look at you, you are like a chicken. Do you think your arms and legs are strong? One, two, three, run!"

"Yes, Captain!" Xiao Zhao felt bitter in his heart. He pursed his lips and started running.

Cheng Zheng watched Xiao Zhao running away, and suddenly felt someone holding his shoulder.

"Old Cheng, what are you doing?" Xu Lang just came from the family compound. He is not the head of the group, unlike Cheng Zheng who came early in the morning to organize the soldiers to gather. As soon as he arrived at the competition venue, he saw Cheng Zheng's orderly running at this time. "Isn't the sports meeting about to start? Where is Xiao Zhao going?"

"Him." Cheng Zheng said seriously, "He lacks exercise. I asked him to run four kilometers."

"Hey, you're really strict. You don't let go of a day like today."

Xu Lang also signed up for an event this time, basketball. Cui Yuhe clamored to come and watch and brought her two children over. Hengheng and Dunzi ran fast, while Cui Yuhe was holding Yuanyuan and Feng Xiuhui and looking around.

"By the way, your wife..."

Cheng Zheng thought about how he was rejected, and then he saw Xu Lang's wife and Liang Haisheng's wife both coming to watch his man's competition. He felt sad, and said first, "My wife is at home. She's pregnant, so it's not suitable for her to come out to watch these competitions."

"Ah?" Xu Lang scratched his head, something was wrong. "Your wife and Qian Jingjing from the art troupe left earlier than us. They even said they wanted to come and watch the game. They really wanted to watch it!"

Cheng Zheng: "..."

I'm looking forward to it! Who are you looking forward to?

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On the other hand, Wu Xiangchen also got up early in the morning to prepare to watch the game with his father. Since Chen Qing and Liu Huayong left, Wu Feng found that his son had visibly relaxed a lot and no longer liked to be alone with his head down like before.

In just such a short period of time, Wu Feng has already noticed the changes in his son.

He was a little upset. If only he had discovered it earlier...

"Dad." Wu Xiangchen put on his clothes, brushed his teeth and washed his face without anyone helping him. He sat down at the square table and waited for dinner. "It's time to eat."

Wu Feng got up early in the morning and cooked porridge, steamed buns, and mixed some pickled vegetables.

Sitting at the table, he watched his son eating his meal. There was a whorl on the top of his dark hair. "Chenchen."

Wu Xiangchen was eating happily when he suddenly heard his father calling him and slowly looked up.

"Dad wants to tell you something."

"Yeah." Wu Xiangchen didn't know what his father was going to say, but he always felt that his father was very serious.

"Dad doesn't plan to remarry, but he has to go on missions from time to time. This is his duty. Your grandparents live far away and it's not convenient for them to come over. There are no adults at home..."

"I can be alone!" Wu Xiangchen didn't like having a stepmother in his family. Although he wanted to have a mother, she was not his own mother after all, but someone else's mother.

"Nonsense." It was at this moment that Wu Feng could feel that Chenchen still had a child's heart. "How old are you? How can you take care of yourself?"

Wu Xiangchen felt something was wrong again. He couldn't take care of himself, so his father would still find a stepmother.

He pursed his lips and lowered his head, and the smile that he had managed to put on over the past few days disappeared again.

"What are you thinking about?" Wu Feng called his son, "You think your dad is still going to find a stepmother for you, right?"

Because of the death of his daughter-in-law and the incident with Chen Qing and Liu Huayong, his son's temperament has indeed changed a lot. Wu Feng feels heartbroken when he sees his son's silence now. He hasn't slept well these past few days and always feels sorry for his daughter-in-law.

He thought that Chen Qing would be able to take good care of the child. As he saw on the surface, it seemed that the child's food and clothing were well taken care of. But who knew that there was another story behind the scenes.

He hated himself for discovering it so late, and also hated himself for not talking to his son earlier and not listening to what he was thinking.

Fortunately, the child has shown some improvement and will get better.

"Yeah." Wu Xiangchen glanced at his father, waiting for him to say that he wanted to bring back a stepmother.

"Your father keeps his word. If he says he won't find you a stepmother, then he won't." Wu Feng was also afraid. He knew a person's face but not his heart. His son was still young and couldn't stand another torture. "But you are still young. When your father goes out on a mission, he must be worried about you being alone at home. I have made an agreement with your uncle Liang. You can stay at his house when the time comes. Is that okay?"

Last time in the hospital, Captain Cheng’s daughter-in-law pried open her son’s mouth and told him that he should learn to be friends with children and treat them as equal adults, so that children will be willing to talk to him.

Wu Feng had never heard such words before. It sounded ridiculous at first, but when he looked at his son's situation, he thought it might be useful.

So, the matter had actually already been discussed, but he still pretended to ask.

This was the first time that Wu Xiangchen enjoyed such treatment. After all, his father did not ask him if he could do it when he brought his stepmother back last time.

"Okay." He was willing. Uncle Liang's house was also nice. He had been there before.

"Okay." Wu Feng was relieved after he got the job done. He rubbed his son's head and said, "Let's eat. After dinner, Dad will take you to watch the sports meet. The games are exciting."

Wu Xiangchen's face broke into a huge smile, his eyes sparkling, and he immediately started to wolf down the food.

"Why are you eating so fast? Don't choke!" Wu Feng smiled when he saw his son acting silly for once. Now he was like a six-year-old kid.

The father and son packed up and went out, preparing to go to the military sports venue, but they had only taken a few steps when they ran into Jian Lu and Qian Jingjing.

The two lesbians were talking about something, but they were slightly bent with laughter.

"Aunt Lulu." Wu Xiangchen was very polite. He remembered the aunt who gave him the shells and took the initiative to greet her.

"Hey, Chenchen." Jian Lu smiled at Wu Xiangchen, then looked at Wu Feng, "Chief of Staff Wu, are you and your son going to watch the sports meet?"

"Yes, Chenchen hasn't been there yet. Let's take him there to join in the fun."

"That's great, you guys have fun."

Jian Lu spoke a few words to the father and son, and when she saw them walking away, she looked at Comrade Qian Jingjing again.

"Jingjing, listen to my advice. Don't hang on to Qian Hongzhuo. There are so many outstanding single soldiers at the sports meet today. You should find someone else."

Qian Jingjing didn't know why Comrade Jian Lu always had opinions about Qian Hongzhuo, which was really frustrating. "Just wait and see, Comrade Qian Hongzhuo will get first place soon! You will change your mind about him. He just doesn't look as strong as others, but he is very capable."

"What project is he participating in?" Jian Lu asked curiously.

"Five kilometers of heavy running." Qian Jingjing was a little proud when she said this, "Comrade Qian Hongzhuo said that he was the first in this project in his original military region."

Well, Jian Lu knew that this running was very difficult, so she just prayed silently in her heart, hoping that she could beat Qian Hongzhuo and make this villain look bad in front of Comrade Qian Jingjing!

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The troops' five-kilometer heavy-duty sprint has always been a regular training, and it is the best way to train the soldiers' willpower and combat capabilities.

There was a basketball game going on in the distance, but Jian Lu and Qian Jingjing stayed together at the starting point, which was also the end point, of the five-kilometer sprint, waiting to watch the exciting game.

Even Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe came, which made Chief of Staff Xu, who was participating in a basketball game, very dissatisfied!

"Lulu, your team leader Cheng wants to run too, right?" Cui Yuhe held her second son and looked around. After looking around, she felt that running was the most interesting thing. She had no interest in basketball.

"Ah?" Jian Lu was surprised to hear the news. She had asked Cheng Zheng some time ago, and this man said that he won many first places every year and had no interest in participating anymore. So, he thought that it was time to give young fighters some opportunities to show themselves.

So, he actually signed up secretly again?

"Get ready, get ready!" The warrior blew the whistle to quiet the spectators around him, and waved his hand to guide the participating warriors to stand at the starting line.

Jian Lu's heart immediately surged when she saw this. She loved watching sports competitions, especially fast and strong competitions like running. Although the army's five-kilometer weight-bearing run was different from the sprint competitions she had known before, it was enough to make her blood boil.

What was even more exaggerated was that there was a large group of military comrades surrounding them, shouting fiercely. All of them were young and energetic, with thunderous voices, and they were all cheering for their comrades in the regiment who were participating in the competition.

"Old Cheng! Don't lose!" Liang Haisheng was also in the crowd, shouting at Cheng Zheng who was about to set off, "Don't embarrass our group~"

"Captain! You must take first place!"

At this moment, even the warriors who were afraid of Cheng Zheng on weekdays became "disrespectful". Today, they didn't care about their level and position, they all came to the competition and said whatever they wanted.

Cheng Zheng listened to the soldiers in his regiment talking, each of them was so excited that he couldn't help laughing.

However...he searched the crowd and finally saw a familiar face in the corner.

The face that faces each other day and night, the bright eyes and white teeth.

Jian Lu also saw Cheng Zheng. She found that this man was wearing a green short-sleeved military uniform as a combat uniform. He went into battle lightly, revealing his strong and muscular arms. Veins were faintly visible on his tan skin.

However, she is still angry. This guy is so petty!

Jian Lu stuck out her nose at him, wrinkling the tip of her nose to express her dissatisfaction, but Cheng Zheng smiled at him. He thought his angry wife was cute, so he just waved his hand and made a "1" sign to her.

Confident and outspoken.

Jian Lu spoke to him silently, only lip-syncing without making any sound, "If you don't get first place, don't even think about entering the house."

Cheng Zheng seemed to understand. He curled his lips at his wife and nodded with a smile.

"Captain Cheng is also participating?"

"Um!"

Qian Jingjing looked to the other side and saw Qian Hongzhuo who was preparing to participate in the competition. Just as she was about to cheer him on, she discovered that next to Qian Hongzhuo was Hu Zhenghao!

The blind date that my parents wanted to arrange for me.

Hu Zhenghao glanced around and saw Qian Jingjing.

When Qian Jingjing was stared at by him, she immediately looked away. She only felt that the man was dark and scary.

"On your marks, set, go!"

The five-kilometer restart began, and a group of twelve contestants set off immediately, leaving the cheers and noise behind them in a short while.

"They run so fast with such heavy bags on their backs."

"Who do you think will take first place?"

Everyone was waiting to see who would come back first, and now they were chatting idly.

"Last year, Team Leader Cheng was the first, and I think he will be the first again this year." A military wife spoke up and congratulated Jian Lu, "Sister Jian Lu, your family will definitely get pork again this year."

Pork? What kind of pork?

Jian Lu's eyes suddenly lit up, "Could it be that the first prize is pork?"

"Yes!" Everyone laughed at her, not knowing that her husband was a strong contender for first place, "The first place winner gets ten kilograms of pork."

Jian Lu:!

There is such a good thing!

Originally, Cheng Zheng didn't plan to participate in the competition this year, so Jian Lu didn't pay attention to any rewards. She just came to watch the fun. Now, there is pork!

She looked at the track ahead and muttered to herself, I was just joking with him, but now it's real. If I don't get first place, I'll go home tonight! Humph!

"But I heard that the newly transferred Political Commissar Qian is also very powerful. He has won first place in their military region."

"Really? No, Sister Li, how come you even know about the new transfer? How come you've already inquired about him so quickly? Are you planning to introduce him to someone?"

"Hahahaha, look at what you said. It's rare to find an unmarried officer. You have to seize the opportunity, right? I've asked around. Political Commissar Renqian is unmarried and has no partner!"

When Jian Lu heard this, she immediately turned her head to look at Qian Jingjing, and Qian Jingjing also looked at Jian Lu.

She has had less contact with Qian Hongzhuo recently, but this time, Qian Hongzhuo wrote to invite her to come and watch the military sports meet.

“Here it comes!”

As they were talking, time passed by unknowingly, and a figure turning back appeared in front of them.

A small black dot appeared in everyone's sight.

"Who? Who?"

"I haven't seen it yet!"

Jian Lu opened her eyes wide and leaned forward to look. She felt that the figure in the distance was somewhat familiar, as if it was...

"It's our Captain Cheng!"

Jian Lu was the first to recognize the familiar man, and her clear voice was filled with joy and pride.

The others hadn't seen it clearly yet and were only half-believing and half-doubting. After more than ten seconds, someone finally saw Cheng Zheng's face clearly.

"It's really Captain Cheng!!"

"Captain Cheng is first!!"

"Congratulations, Lulu, you get to eat pork!"

Jian Lu looked ahead and saw Cheng Zheng, wearing a green combat uniform and carrying a weight bag, running forward with all his might. With every movement of running, smooth lines of the muscles in his hands and legs appeared.

My man is the first in the five-kilometer heavy-duty run! Jian Lu walked to the finish line with a proud face, and looked at Cheng Zheng who was surrounded by the three regiments of soldiers celebrating, with a smile on her face.

She was not short, but she still didn't stand out among the soldiers, so she could only have fun outside.

"Report to the captain, your wife is here!!!" Little Zhao had sharp eyes and reported loudly.

Cheng Zheng was surrounded by a group of people. He didn't even bother to look outside and couldn't even get out of the circle.

Hearing what Xiao Zhao said, he laughed and shouted, "Be quiet! Your noise is giving me a headache! I never see you guys being so active in training normally?"

"Hahahahaha Captain! Isn't this going to make everyone happy?"

"Captain, eat the pork! We are waiting!"

In the past few years, Cheng Zheng won first place, and the pork he won was taken to the cafeteria, where the kitchen staff cooked it into a dish and everyone ate it together.

He was a lone man, so there was no reason for him to eat the ten kilograms of pork alone.

"You're just thinking about that little bit of meat, right?" Cheng Zheng raised his lips, finally seeing his wife in the gap of the crowd, "Spread out! You've blocked my wife outside, you guys are really capable!!"

A group of warriors reacted immediately, spreading out to both sides to make way for their leader and his wife.

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Sister-in-law, isn't the leader awesome?!"

Jane Lu's ears turned red from hearing the deafening speech about her sister-in-law. The soldiers were simple and enthusiastic, so she was too embarrassed to respond and just nodded.

Cheng Zheng was still emitting heat. He walked over to his wife and asked how she was doing. He was relieved when he saw Jian Lu nod.

After caring about his wife, Captain Cheng looked at the soldiers again, "Want to eat pork? Ask your sister-in-law. She makes the decisions on all matters in our family."

Jian Lu glanced at the man, looked at the dozens of pairs of expectant eyes, and immediately agreed, "Let's eat dumplings together, pork and Spanish mackerel dumplings."

"Okay! Thank you, Captain! Thank you, sister-in-law!"

The lively and noisy military sports meeting ended and everyone was happy. Not only did Cheng Zheng from the Third Regiment get ten kilograms of pork, but Xu Lang also won second place in the basketball game and got five kilograms of pork. There were also some other awards, so a total of twenty-one kilograms of pork.

However, these more than 20 kilograms of pork were not enough for a large group of soldiers, so Cheng Zheng paid out of his own pocket and asked the kitchen staff to kill seven or eight Spanish mackerels and chop six large cabbages, and make pork and leek dumplings, Spanish mackerel dumplings, and cabbage vegetarian dumplings.

It was Jian Lu's first time to come to the army canteen. She made dumplings with the soldiers and their families, large thin-skin dumplings. However, there were too many people, so everyone had to remind each other.

"Make the buns smaller with less meat, or else you'll run out of filling after making more than a hundred!"

"Don't worry, I'll only wrap a small section of my little finger."

"That's too much!"

“Hahahahahahaha.”

Thousands of dumplings were put into the pot in batches, and the cafeteria was very lively.

"Come, try this dumpling." Cheng Zheng came back with his aluminum lunch box filled with steaming dumplings.

He never competed with the soldiers before, but today was different because his wife was here.

The two of them sat in a corner of the cafeteria, and the soldier next to them enthusiastically handed them a dish of vinegar, "Sister-in-law, try it, this vinegar is delicious!"

"Thank you." Jian Lu had never eaten a big pot of rice with so many people, and the cafeteria was packed with people.

There were more than ten dumplings in the lunch box. Cheng Zheng carefully picked out five with pork and leek filling, five with Spanish mackerel filling, and three with cabbage filling.

Jian Lu dipped the dumplings in vinegar. The aroma of vinegar, along with the juicy and tender pork and the fresh fragrance of leeks, the three flavors mixed together, full of aroma.

"It's delicious!" Jian Lu looked at Cheng Zheng with bright eyes, "You should try some too."

"Are you not angry anymore?" Cheng Zheng didn't take the chopsticks and prepared to coax his wife first.

Jian Lu chewed the delicious dumplings, her eyes flickering, "Don't give me that, you won first place today, you did a good job, I can let you off the hook for now. But I will remember this matter, and I will settle the score with you later."

"Okay." Cheng Zheng was relieved, "Then remember this clearly."

"Eat quickly." Jian Lu pushed the lunch box towards him.

"You eat first. I'm not hungry yet." Cheng Zheng watched his wife eat the dumplings in small bites. She blew on them before eating, worried that they would be burned. "The dumpling wrappers rolled by our kitchen squad leader are pretty good, right?"

"Better than you." Jian Lu replied vaguely.

Cheng Zheng smiled but didn't refute it. It was the fact.

"Did you see me running five kilometers with a heavy load just now?" Cheng Zheng ran more than ten seconds faster than usual today.

"I saw it, Captain Cheng, it's amazing!" Jian Lu was still very proud of her man. He looked so handsome when he came in first place in the race! But she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, who was the second place?"

She was only focused on meeting her man at the time and had no time to pay attention to anyone else. Could it be that Qian Hongzhuo?

When she was leaving, all the runners had returned. She wanted to meet Qian Jingjing to eat dumplings together, but she said she wanted to go to Song Lu's house for dinner.

"Why do you care about the second place?" Cheng Zheng was slightly stunned. "Care about the first place."

What's so great about being number one?

Jian Lu glanced at him and said, "Tell me quickly, Qian Hongzhuo won't be the second place, right? I heard he is quite good."

Cheng Zheng was annoyed by his wife so much that he could only tell her, "Qian Hongzhuo is third."

"Ah?" Jian Lu swallowed the dumpling in her mouth, a little surprised, "Then who is the second?"

"Hu Zhenghao."

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After Qian Jingjing finished the five-kilometer heavy-duty run, she met Qian Hongzhuo alone in front of the army's logistics building.

A young girl in love always has a lot on her mind.

"Comrade Qian Hongzhuo, don't be discouraged. You are already excellent."

Qian Hongzhuo had a difficult expression on his face, "Jingjing, I'm sorry, I let you down."

Qian Hongzhuo was not in a good mood because he only got the third place. He had boasted in the letter that he would let Qian Jingjing come to see him get the first place. Now his face seemed to be burning with pain.

"It doesn't matter, the third place is also amazing!" Qian Jingjing encouraged a few words, and then declined Qian Hongzhuo's invitation to dinner, "I still have to go to my uncle and aunt's house for dinner, I'm leaving first!"

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "When I return to the art troupe, we can write to each other again. Goodbye!"

Watching Qian Jingjing leave, Qian Hongzhuo stared at her back in a daze for a while, then just smiled and went out of the army again, all the way to the beach.

There were people coming and going on the beach. He looked around and continued walking inside until he reached a remote area, where he saw a girl with two braids and a plaid shirt - the educated youth Xia Lin.

"Comrade Charlene."

"Comrade Qian Hongzhuo!" Xia Lin asked him shyly about today's competition. When she learned that he lost in third place, she hurriedly comforted him.

"Comrade Qian Hongzhuo, don't be disappointed. Third place is also great."

"Comrade Xia Lin, with your encouragement, I will cheer up again."

The two talked for a while, and then they parted reluctantly, one with a smile on his face and the other shy and timid.

Qian Hongzhuo was about to leave and go back to the troops, but on the way he ran into Hu Zhenghao, the second place winner of today's five-kilometer sprint. There was a flash of displeasure in his eyes, but he was very polite.

"Comrade Hu Zhenghao, have you eaten?" Both of them were recently transferred to the 625th Unit.

Hu Zhenghao had a dark complexion but handsome features, but the look he gave Qian Hongzhuo was not very friendly.

"Qian Hongzhuo, stay away from Qian Jingjing." Hu Zhenghao recalled the scene he had just seen. Qian Hongzhuo was actually still entangled with the female educated youth.

Qian Hongzhuo didn't expect that the person who opened the conversation would be Qian Jingjing. Thinking of what Qian Jingjing had mentioned in the letter, he calmly said, "Jingjing and I got to know each other freely, through correspondence. No one can stop or hinder us."

Having said that, Qian Hongzhuo left triumphantly.

Hu Zhenghao watched Qian Hongzhuo's back for a moment as he left, then turned around and went back to the family compound. He was going to have dinner at Song Lu's house tonight.

.....

"Jingjing, come on, get ready, it's time for dinner." Qian Honglian cooked a table of dishes and asked Song Zhaokang to bring back two more dishes.

"Aunt, why are there four bowls?" Qian Jingjing had just placed three sets of bowls and chopsticks when her aunt took out another set.

Anyone else coming tonight?

Song Lu put away the newspaper and walked to the dining table, just in time to see Hu Zhenghao enter the room, "Look, here comes another one!"

Qian Jingjing turned around and saw that it was this person again!

At the dinner table, Qian Jingjing pretended to be silent, eating without saying a word, and mainly listened to her uncle and Hu Zhenghao chatting.

"Jingjing, do you still remember Xiao Hu?" Song Lu noticed that Comrade Qian Jingjing was a little silent today, so he took the initiative to speak, "He held you in his arms when you were a child."

Qian Jingjing's face froze, and she said with her neck stiff, "I don't remember."

Father Hu and Father Qian are old comrades-in-arms. They had met before when they visited relatives. At that time, Hu Zhenghao, who was only ten years old, was holding Qian Jingjing, who was only four years old. Later, when Hu Zhenghao grew up and joined the army, he happened to go to the military region where Father Qian was, and was promoted to the position of deputy regiment commander.

Qian's father was very optimistic about him and wanted to make him his son-in-law. However, Qian Jingjing reacted strongly and refused to listen to his parents.

Hu Zhenghao didn't care and continued chatting with Song Lu and Director Qian. The guests really enjoyed the conversation.

Except Qian Jingjing, she still ate alone.

After the meal, Qian Honglian, who wanted to bring the two together, wanted Qian Jingjing to see the couple off, but was rejected again.

"Auntie, I have something to do and can't go."

Hu Zhenghao was considerate. "Director Qian, no need. I'll be back in a few steps."

"That's right!" Qian Jingjing nodded.

Qian Honglian had no choice but to give up, feeling that she really couldn't understand young people's affairs.

Seeing Qian Honglian leave, Qian Jingjing was about to go back to the house, but was stopped by Hu Zhenghao.

"Qian Hongzhuo is not a good target. Think carefully about it."

Suddenly someone slandered the person she liked, Qian Jingjing turned around and frowned, "How can you slander other comrades casually?"

"I'm not slandering him casually." Hu Zhenghao said calmly, "I saw him talking to a female educated youth."

Qian Jingjing was stunned and wanted to ask something, but the person had already left.

——

Not long after the military sports meet ended, the families who had reserved spots in the single-family houses began to prepare to move.

Jian Lu instructed Captain Cheng to pack up the seldom-used items at home so that they could be moved in slowly when the time came.

She also wanted to use her hands, but Cheng Zheng only allowed her to use her mouth.

"Lulu, your package has arrived. It's quite big." Feng Xiuhui came back from outside and just happened to carry the package over. "I guess it was sent by Aunt Wang."

"Thank you." Jian Lu happily took it and when she saw the sender information on it, she found it was indeed her mother-in-law.

"Mom sent something."

Cheng Zheng came out of the bedroom upon hearing the noise, put Dou Da's package on the table, and opened it in a short while.

"For the child." Cheng Zheng saw a pair of pants for a child, which were particularly short.

"It must have been made by my mother." Jian Lu took it out and saw that it was a set of clothes, a white cotton undershirt and trousers that looked to be baby size, and a pair of small shoes.

Cheng Zheng opened the letter and read it quickly. "Mom said that she would make another set of clothes for you if you come over two months before the birth, and the shoes can only be worn when the child is one year old. Oh, there are also pickled vegetables sent by your second sister in it."

There are a lot of things in the package. My mother-in-law usually sends it together with the three sisters of the Jane family, packing everyone's things together to save time and money.

Jian Lu always sends them things together, and they can just distribute them when the time comes.

"Then we have to put them away carefully for our baby." Jian Lu folded the clothes and put them in the closet. Looking at the small, short clothes, her heart and eyes were filled with joy.

Her belly was now quite big and walking was becoming increasingly difficult, so Team Leader Cheng also slowed down his pace.

For dinner tonight, Cheng Zheng made a special trip to ask his fellow villager to exchange an old hen for Jian Lu.

Half of the old hen is used to stew chicken soup, and some coconut meat and coconut water are added to add some fresh flavor.

Since Jian Lu became pregnant, except for the first three months when she had a poor appetite and even lost some weight, her appetite has increased greatly since then. Cheng Zheng is worried about his wife, so he wants to make sure she gets enough nourishment. After another three months, Jian Lu has gained weight and even gained a lot of flesh on her face.

But she was originally thin, and now she looks plumper. In Cheng Zheng's eyes, he thinks his wife is so adorable.

Especially when eating, it looks like a hamster on an island, with its little mouth chattering non-stop.

"Eat your chicken, why are you looking at me?" Jian Lu noticed a burning gaze from the side and glared at him.

"I'm eating, you should eat more too. There's also chicken soup. I'll go to the kitchen and get you a hot bowl." Cheng Zheng said as he was about to get up.

"I don't want to drink anymore." Jian Lu waved her hands and said with a hint of sadness, "If you drink any more, you'll turn into a pig."

"Nonsense." Cheng Zheng didn't know how someone could describe him like that, and he refuted her seriously.

After dinner, Cheng Zheng washed the dishes and prepared to go for a walk with his wife, taking a bag with him to their new home.

The key to his new home has already been given to him, and it has been ventilated and aired for a month. The only thing left to do is to clean up the area around the small building.

The setting sun was slanting down on the horizon, as if it was guiding people as they walked, stretching the shadows of Jian Lu and Cheng Zheng long and closely together.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it's still not cool even in the evening.

"It will be here soon. Just sit still and don't move." Cheng Zheng saw a thin layer of sweat on his wife's face and a hint of red on her cheeks, as if they were plucked from the sunset.

"I know. It's hot today. You want me to move, but I don't want to move." She missed the air conditioner so much. If she didn't have one, an electric fan would be fine.

However, there was only a palm-leaf fan and the hot evening breeze beside me.

Cheng Zheng moved quickly, putting the things in his new house and preparing to leave without much delay. However, just as he was about to leave, he ran into someone who came to transplant a coconut tree in front of his house.

In front of a small single-family building, there are two coconut trees on each side. Several warriors who are repairing the house are carrying sturdy coconut trees and are preparing to dig the soil and transplant the plants.

Several people knew Cheng Zheng and greeted Captain Cheng warmly. Jian Lu simply stopped to take a look and discussed the location of the coconut tree with a few people.

There are many coconut trees planted in the army, and there are also some other wild trees scattered around. Jian Lu talked to others and asked if other trees could be planted. As a result, several soldiers told her that there were other trees as well.

"Sister-in-law, what kind of tree do you want? We have a few other trees in the front yard that grow particularly large fruits, but the skin is too thick, but the fruit is sweet, very sweet."

"When you break it open, you'll see tiny little yellow fruits inside. They're really sweet."

Jian Lu listened to this, thought about it in her mind, and immediately understood, is this pineapple honey? !

"Can they really be planted here? I want to change two trees."

"Sure, you can exchange them if you want." They are all trees anyway, and there is no difference in the eyes of the warriors.

It was inconvenient for Jian Lu to go over as she was pregnant, so she carefully inquired about the appearance of the large fruit and confirmed again that it should be a pineapple honey. She immediately asked Team Leader Cheng to help her change two trees.

The two coconut trees and two pineapple trees were eventually transplanted outside the yard of Jian Lu's new home.

Cheng Zheng had never eaten pineapple honey, but he became curious when he heard his wife talking about how delicious it was.

"Just wait, we'll be able to eat it in a few months!" Jian Lu seemed to have seen a wonderful life in the future where she could pick fruits right in front of her own yard.

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We are moving in half a month, and we have already started packing up the things in the house, even moving some large items that we rarely use.

Cheng Zheng went to Carpenter Lu's house again, bringing a few comrades to help move the furniture that he had asked him to make last time to his new home.

This time he confirmed it again and again, so don't move the wrong one again.

"Captain, this furniture in your house looks really nice."

"What a spacious room!"

"Captain, where do you put your dressing table?"

The soldiers carried the newly made furniture into the house and enthusiastically helped put it in place, confirming each piece of furniture with the team leader.

"Put it in the room on the second floor. Come, I'll carry it up. We have to go to the second floor."

"It's okay, it's easy." Two soldiers carried the dressing table to the second floor, and placed the dressing table against the wall according to the captain's instructions. Opposite the dressing table was the reserved double bed.

When you move house in half a month, you can move big items like beds and wardrobes over.

After everything was done, Cheng Zheng gave each soldier a cigarette and asked them to go to his house for dinner. "Xiao Zhao, take my food coupons and go to the canteen to get five or six dishes."

Seeing that Xiao Zhao was about to leave, Cheng Zheng spoke again, "By the way, remember to see if there is any braised pork. If there is, be sure to order one portion. As for the others, you can choose the one you like."

A few days ago, he heard from the kitchen staff that a batch of pork would be arriving soon. Thinking of Lulu's love for braised pork, Cheng Zheng would go to the canteen to see if there was any braised pork before leaving the army to go home every day.

As for Xiao Zhao, when he was surrounded by a group of warriors just now, he loudly announced that his wife was coming, which deserves praise.