Chapter 61

No one said it explicitly, but the look in their eyes when they looked at Jian Lu made it clear.

The meaning was very obvious, so obvious that Jian Lu was scared!

Now is the time to destroy the four olds, so don't put a label on me!

"No, no, it's just a coincidence." Jian Lu was very humble, but no matter how humble she was, she couldn't stop the obsession of some people.

Several sisters-in-law took Jian Lu's hands and talked to her aside, and some even wanted to invite her to sit in their homes for a while.

Jian Lu, who was promoted to "Guanyin who delivers children" in the eyes of the neighbors in the building where she lived, finally ran away. Ever since Cheng Hehua and Political Commissar Wei said that, not only the military wives who have not given birth to children, but also those who have given birth to one but not yet conceived a second child, all wanted to talk to Jian Lu, and some even wanted to go to Jian Lu's house to drink water.

In addition, Shuangshuang is really beautiful, and some people always want their own children to be as pretty as her. They also want to share in Jian Lu's happiness, and no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, it would be great if she can be as pretty as her.

Jian Lu was almost invited home by the enthusiastic military wife to sit and talk, but Cheng Zheng was so majestic and had a dignified demeanor in front of everyone, so he "rescued" his wife.

Of course, ever since he held Shuangshuang in his arms, the usually stern Captain Cheng has lost only 5% of his imposing manner. After all, no one would be much more serious if they have a baby in their hands.

"Is this being promoted to me?" Jian Lu and her husband and his daughter were walking home, and she even had two wild fruits stuffed into her hands by the military wives.

Cheng Zheng laughed dumbly. For the first time, he realized that his wife couldn't resist. "She didn't mean any harm. She just wanted to have a child."

"I know. But I don't have that ability." Jian Lu noticed that the lady had been looking at her in her father's arms. She walked up to the lady and touched her forehead. She was worried that the child was overheated. "Let's go back quickly, don't let both of us get overheated."

When she got home, Jian Lu reached out and touched the back of the child's clothes. It seemed that the child was sweating a little. Aunt Wang had already boiled water at home, and it was just right to give the child a bath at this moment when the water was neither too hot nor too cold.

Cheng Zheng carried the large wooden basin from home to the toilet, added boiling water into it, and scooped a few buckets of cold water into it. Jian Lu reached out to test the water temperature and asked him to add more cold water.

"Okay."

Shuangshuang, who was originally wearing pretty little clothes, was stripped of her clothes by her mother. She looked like a cute white ball and was held in a basin of warm water.

"Ah~" Shuangshuang is very different from the one next door. Cui Yuhe's second child was a headache to bathe. He didn't like water or baths. He would start making a fuss once in the bathtub, splashing water all over the floor. It took three people to rush around to bathe him.

They are both different. The little girl likes water and taking a bath. She sits obediently in the bathtub, being gently washed by her mother and grandmother. She also plays with water with her little hands. The warm water is of suitable temperature and her body feels warm and comfortable soaking in it. The little girl just laughs hard and feels the flow of water.

After taking a bath, when her father wrapped her in a towel and carried her back to bed, she looked at her bathtub reluctantly, with her little hands stretched out, as if she was really reluctant to leave.

"I've never seen anyone who loves taking a bath so much." Aunt Wang found her granddaughter to be very well-behaved.

"Yeah, maybe she'll be a great swimmer in the future." Jian Lu has already made up her mind that she will teach her daughter to swim when she grows up, because she is a child who grew up on an island.

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After Jian Lu finished her work for her daughter-in-law, she thought that the previous incident was over. However, she didn't expect that two or three military wives would come to visit her within a few days.

These were people she had met before but wasn't familiar with. She heard that they had been married for two or three years but hadn't conceived a child, so she had tried everything and came here to try her luck.

Since guests are welcome, there is no reason for Jian Lu to chase them away. Moreover, the guests are quite polite and brought some wild fruits and vegetables.

"Sister Jianlu, why can't we have children?"

"Yes, you... Cheng Hehua and Political Commissar Wei came to your house and sat for a while, and soon after, there was news of happy news at home. You are really capable."

Jian Lu smiled awkwardly, "It really has nothing to do with me. In fact, it is really uncertain whether the child will come or not. Some will come early, and some will come late. Don't be too nervous or worried. Relax a little and be in a good mood. Maybe there will be a surprise one day."

She is not a doctor, what else can Jian Lu say? She can only comfort a few people. Her voice is clear and gentle, and her words are reasonable, which really makes the military wives relax a little.

In fact, some people have no other choice. They haven't been pregnant for several years and have tried all kinds of traditional remedies. Now they can only try their best.

The conversation ranged from having children to eating to cooking, and the more they talked, the more excited they became. During the conversation, they did not forget to drink a sip of the water that Jian Lu poured.

When pouring the water, Jian Lu was still a little nervous. She wouldn't really come to her house to sit and talk and drink water, only to find out she was pregnant when she got home, right?

If this is true, will she be able to get rid of the image in everyone's mind!

While talking, Jian Lu also paid attention to the situation of several people. She looked left and right, and it didn't look like she was pregnant. After pouring the water, they continued to chat. Although they were not familiar with each other, they all lived in the family compound, so they had common topics. As they chatted, they heard about a hillside behind the island. It was said that there were wild yellow peppers there, which were particularly spicy, so spicy that they couldn't stand it.

Hearing about chili peppers, Jian Lu became interested. In the hot summer, eating something spicy can stimulate the taste buds and make you sweat.

She had heard of yellow lantern peppers in her previous life, but had never had the chance to eat them. She planned to find a chance to pick some and try them.

However, the next day, Jian Lu paid more attention to what was happening in the family compound. She heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that everything was calm outside and no one had discovered that she was pregnant.

Otherwise, if she is confirmed to be the "Guanyin who delivers children", and your home becomes a check-in point for everyone, who can bear it!

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Picking a day when the sun was not so hot, Jian Lu asked Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe to go to the back hillside to pick the legendary yellow lantern peppers.

There is a small hill behind the island. The slope is not high, but there are a lot of things inside. I heard that nearby fishermen also come here to look for food.

There were many wild vegetables on the mountain. Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe knew a lot of them. They took Jian Lu to pick a basket of them. They were perfect for stir-frying or salad in summer. However, the three of them had not found the yellow lantern peppers that the military wives had mentioned. The mountain was not big, but not small either. There were bushes everywhere, so it was really hard to find short peppers.

After walking for half an hour, Jian Lu decided to give up and the three of them prepared to leave from another road. As they walked, Jian Lu found a fruit tree. The root of the tree was as big as a bowl, and oval yellow frost-colored fruits were hanging on the tree. Jian Lu recognized it at a glance. It was a mango! Looking at the color, she knew it was fully ripe.

Unexpectedly, today I didn’t find any yellow lantern chili peppers, but I happened to come across a mango tree.

"There are fruits!" Jian Lu didn't say the name directly. She didn't know whether the other two knew it, so she decided to pretend.

"Oh, this one, I remember it's called mango!" Cui Yuhe was also surprised. She reached out and picked one, and enthusiastically introduced it to Feng Xiuhui and Jian Lu. "My brother encountered it in the mountains before. At first, he didn't know what it was. He took a bite and it was surprisingly sweet. This mango is delicious, really sweet. Just peel the skin and you can eat it."

Feng Xiuhui had never seen any fruits on the island, and Jian Lu pretended not to know them. Both of them followed Cui Yuhe's example, peeling the mango and eating the flesh.

Wild mangoes have thin skin and thick, sweet flesh that smells delicious at first glance.

The three of them ate one each in a short while. It was Feng Xiuhui's first time eating mango, and she praised the oval fruit highly, "Let's pick some and take them home to eat."

There was still some space in the backpack, so the three of them picked more than ten mangoes and took them home, which made the backpack heavier.

I originally went up the mountain to look for yellow lantern chili peppers, but I didn't find any. Instead, I brought back a basket of wild vegetables and mangoes.

Aunt Wang looked at the handful of wild vegetables and four or five yellow oval fruits brought back by her daughter-in-law, and could only sigh that there were still so many things in this place.

That night, the family had a meal of cold wild vegetables and mangoes.

Jian Lu cut the mango in half, dividing it into two portions along the core, and used a knife to draw a tic-tac-toe pattern on the two portions of flesh with skin. Finally, she broke it hard in the middle, and the square pieces of mango flesh were separated. She then used a knife to scrape them into a bowl and ate them with a toothpick.

The mango flesh is sweet and delicious. Aunt Wang and Cheng Zheng also ate a lot, except Shuangshuang.

Seeing everyone in the family eating the yellow fruit pulp, she became anxious, opened her little mouth and screamed, and even wanted to reach out to grab the fruit pulp on the toothpick in her father's hand.

"You can't eat this." The doting old father resisted the cute attack of his daughter, moved his hand slightly and put the mango flesh into his mouth.

When he turned his head, he saw the girl looking at him with her big wet eyes and her little mouth pouting, as if she was accusing her father.

"You can eat it when you grow up, okay?" Team Leader Cheng planned a bright future for his daughter. "You can eat as much as you want by then. If you really can't, Dad will plant a mango tree for you in the yard."

"How can she understand what you said?" Jian Lu gloated, "She only knows that her father doesn't give her anything to eat."

Cheng Zheng: "..."

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A few days later, Cui Yuhe remembered to send three yellow peppers to Jian Lu. They didn't find them last time when they went out. Cui Yuhe happened to go back to her parents' home and remembered this, so she asked for three peppers so that Jian Lu could have a good taste.

"You can just plant it in your yard and eat it anytime."

Feng Xiuhui and Jian Lu had never eaten this kind of pepper before. The peppers they had eaten before were green and red peppers. Cui Yuhe was very familiar with it.

“This is spicy, but delicious!”

"Okay, thank you, Sister Yuhe."

Jian Lu wanted to add more things to the yard, so she quickly transplanted three yellow lantern peppers into the soil. The yellow lantern peppers are golden in color and look like lanterns, which are very beautiful, embellishing the green vegetable garden and are very eye-catching.

Nowadays, Jian Lu's small yard is beautifully maintained.

On the left are loofahs, with vines climbing all over the racks, green and lush, with loofahs hanging down one by one, quite large in size, and more fruitful than last year. Next to them are cucumbers and a row of spring onions, lush and green, growing well.

Eggplants are planted in the yard on the right. The purple eggplants are hanging high and plump. They taste great when steamed. Eggplant juice is Aunt Wang’s favorite. It is sweet and delicious and can be drunk directly.

Next to the eggplants are the new cowpeas planted this year. The vines are crawling out of the ground. Cheng Zheng has inserted a rack into the ground, and the cowpeas are growing well. They are good whether fried or dried into dried cowpeas.

Jian Lu recently bought some tomato seedlings and planned to grow some tomatoes at home. Tomatoes are very versatile, whether you eat them as fruits, cook tomato scrambled eggs, make tomato egg drop soup, or make tomato sauce, which is popular in this era. However, she has not had time to buy them recently, so she can only put them aside for the time being.

Looking at the increasingly abundant vegetables in her own small yard, Jian Lu looked pleased. She went out to pick some green onions and went back to the house to cook.

When Cheng Zheng came back from the army, he noticed that the yard was different.

Some time ago, my wife and mother started planting cowpeas and cucumbers in the yard. They have now harvested, and the cowpeas have climbed up the racks and are hanging straight down.

The cucumbers are hidden among the large cucumber leaves and small yellow flowers.

However, today, the small yard was a little different. Several yellow lantern peppers under the green leaves and cucumbers attracted his attention.

He had accidentally eaten this thing once two years ago, and it was extremely spicy. How did this thing appear in his own vegetable garden?

"Lulu, Mom." Cheng Zheng walked into the house and saw his mother teasing Shuangshuang in the living room, "Mom, that chili..."

"Lulu just brought it back and planted it. Isn't it beautiful?" Aunt Wang had never eaten peppers like this before. "I think it tastes better than the ones I had before."

"Mom, this is spicy." Cheng Zheng advised kindly.

“How hotter can it be?” Although Aunt Wang was not one of those who could eat spicy food, she could at least eat some chili peppers. She thought her son was just trying to scare her.

"Brother Cheng, have you eaten it?" Jian Lu poked her head out from the kitchen.

"I've eaten it, Lulu, but you must not eat it." Cheng Zheng walked into the kitchen and wanted to persuade his wife.

But the daughter-in-law was as stubborn as her mother, and both of them were eager to give it a try.

"Let's give it a try. I've heard that this pepper is very spicy, so I want to see how spicy it is." Jian Lu can't handle spicy food, but she can't resist... No, she's just curious.

The yellow lantern peppers are here, how can I not try them? She has already picked seven or eight and brought them into the kitchen.

The golden pomfret is gutted and its internal organs removed, then cleaned and braised. The chili peppers are added with some yellow lantern chili peppers in addition to the previous green and red peppers.

Jian Lu, who was watching from the side, seemed to smell something overbearing and spicy.

Can this stuff really be that spicy?

When dinner was served, Cheng Zheng only ate the other three vegetarian dishes and did not touch the fish at all.

The braised golden pomfret has a bright color and rich soup. The fish meat has been soaked in the soup and is brown in color. It is garnished with a little bit of green onion, ginger, garlic and chili peppers. Just looking at it makes people's appetite whet.

Captain Cheng, who has great self-control, was able to hold it in!

"Brother Cheng, please have some." Seeing that Cheng Zheng was avoiding the fish, Jian Lu became even more curious about its taste.

"I won't eat anymore." Cheng Zheng finally persuaded the two of them, "You guys shouldn't eat either."

"It's okay, just try it."

Aunt Wang and Jian Lu each took a piece of fish. The fish was firm and tender, and the addition of spicier chili peppers seemed to give it a boost of excitement and freshness.

"It seems okay?" Jian Lu ate a piece of fish and seemed to be able to accept it.

Aunt Wang thought about it and said, "It's really okay."

Cheng Zheng wanted to say something but stopped himself. He just thought that his wife and mother were incredible and continued to eat his food in silence.

After finishing the fish, Jian Lu took one bite after another with chopsticks, unable to stop. The spiciness became stronger, and her tongue began to feel the spiciness, and then her entire mouth.

Cheng Zheng had foresight and prepared two cups of cooled hot water in advance. The two of them gulped down the water and still felt a strong spicy taste in their mouths.

"It's over. It's really hot."

None of us can eat spicy food very well, but we ate the braised fish with yellow chili peppers and ate quite a bit. Once the urge came, we couldn't stop and could only gulp.

Aunt Wang was convinced. "Forget it, forget it. Don't eat this chili anymore. It's too spicy."

Jian Lu was also curious. Curiosity really killed the cat. She was sweating on her forehead from the spicy food and could only swallow a few mouthfuls of rice to feel better.

Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't listen to his advice, Cheng Zheng had no choice but to open two coconuts. The coconuts were chilled in cool water by Jian Lu, and they tasted cool in the summer. At least the coconut milk could relieve some of the spiciness.

Aunt Wang and Jian Lu each held a coconut and gulped down most of it before they recovered.

"I did try to persuade you." Cheng Zheng felt that he had done enough to persuade them, but he still failed to stop his wife and mother from trying.

"Oh my, I can't eat this chili anymore." Aunt Wang was really scared. "It's too spicy."

"I won't eat it either." Jian Lu looked at Cheng Zheng who was laughing beside her and glared at him aggrievedly, "You should have stopped me from putting the peppers in the pot."

"I..." How dare Cheng Zheng? He would be humiliated. "Okay, next time if you make a mistake and put this yellow pepper in, I will definitely stop you."

After dinner, Jian Lu still felt a spicy taste in her mouth, so she opened another coconut and drank it. The family walked around in the yard. Aunt Wang felt dizzy when she looked at the three yellow lantern peppers that had just been transplanted in the afternoon.

Looking at it, it seems that my mouth is spicy, as if it is a conditioned reflex.

"Lulu, why don't you throw away these pepper plants? I feel uncomfortable having them growing here." It looks spicy.

Once you’ve tasted the spiciness of chili, you’ll be afraid of it for ten years. Aunt Wang has completely accepted it.

"It's okay if you don't plant it." Jian Lu just thought that this was a gift from Cui Yuhe, and it didn't seem right to just throw it away. "Otherwise I'll return it to Yuhe's sister-in-law. She's a local and is used to eating this. It's not good to just throw it away."

"That's fine, then send it to her."

They acted immediately. Aunt Wang didn't even want the yellow lantern peppers to stay in her yard overnight, so as not to make the soil spicy. The three of them dug the three peppers out of the soil and prepared to carry them to the next door.

As a result, as soon as the gate was opened, someone came in.

"Hey, Old Cheng, what are you doing?" Political Commissar Wei came to the door with a bag of wild fruits and ran into Cheng Zheng who was carrying three peppers. The yellow lantern peppers were beautiful in color and good in appearance, which immediately attracted Political Commissar Wei's attention.

"Oh, give this pepper away."

The roots of the yellow lantern peppers were still attached to the soil, and it was obvious that they had just been dug out of the ground. Political Commissar Wei asked, "Who are you giving it to? Can you give me some?"

"Ah?" Cheng Zheng looked at Lao Wei, wondering if this guy had never eaten it before or if there was something wrong with his brain. "Have you eaten it before? This pepper is very spicy!"

"Yes, Political Commissar Wei, if you have never tasted it, don't try it lightly."

"Victim No. 1" and "Victim No. 2" also echoed, "Political Commissar Wei, don't eat it, it's too spicy."

Political Commissar Wei couldn't eat spicy food very well and could only eat dishes cooked with ordinary peppers. But seeing the three members of the family all looking troubled, he became angry.

"Old Cheng, you can't eat it either?"

"I can't eat it!" Cheng Zheng was rarely afraid, and he rarely admitted defeat, but when faced with this yellow lantern chili, he was convinced.

"Then I can eat it!" Political Commissar Wei puffed out his chest with pride and held his head high, thinking that he had finally beaten Old Cheng. "Let me try it, and I'll plant another one at home. You can give me one, so that we can eat it often in the future!"

"Old Wei, you are such a great man." Cheng Zheng admired the man who could eat this chili pepper. "Don't even mention one, I'll give you all of them! Take them now!"

Political Commissar Wei was even more excited after hearing this. "Okay, let's reciprocate. I'm here to give you some wild fruits. My wife is pregnant and likes to eat sour food recently. I picked some fruits, they taste good, you can have them."

After sending out a bag of wild fruits, Political Commissar Wei returned home carrying three yellow lantern peppers.

Zhou Yan saw the conspicuous yellow pepper and wondered, "Old Wei, why did you go out to deliver wild fruits and bring something back?"

"What a coincidence." Political Commissar Wei was a man of action, and he immediately started digging the soil and planting peppers.

After some trouble, he planted three peppers in the ground, covered them with soil, and compacted them. He turned to his wife and said, "Old Cheng is useless. He can't even eat a little pepper. Tell me, this pepper is not as good as the red one. How spicy can the yellow one be? And it looks cute."

"Really?" Zhou Yan was someone who didn't like spicy food at all, but she always felt something was wrong. "Have you ever heard of a saying that looks can be deceiving? Maybe someone doesn't look spicy, but they are actually very spicy. Otherwise, why can't Captain Cheng just send it out?"

"Hey, I don't believe it yet. I'll use it to cook dinner tomorrow!"

......

After dinner the next day, Jian Lu's family took Shuangshuang out for a walk in the family yard. The little girl was in high spirits and especially loved looking at the green leaves in every yard.

Nowadays, many single-family houses have started growing vegetables, and a patch of green leaves can be seen along the walls of every yard. Shuangshuang saw the little hand of the neighbor next door pointing at the green leaves and chirping twice.

Jian Lu found that she was staring at the loofah rack in Political Commissar Wei's house.

Political Commissar Wei's family also grows loofahs, of course, as well as carrots and radishes. Now, Jian Lu's family still has a bag of radishes, all given by the generous Political Commissar Wei.

Cheng Zheng stopped walking because of the lady's noise. Looking at the vegetables in the yard, he remembered the yellow lantern peppers he gave to someone yesterday. "Let's go and see Old Wei."

The door of Political Commissar Wei's house was not closed, but just ajar. When Cheng Zheng pushed the door open, he shouted inside and heard a response.

"Old Wei, have you finished your meal?"

The voice that answered him was Zhou Yan's.

"Captain Cheng, you and your family seem to be in good spirits. Have you finished your meal?"

"I'm done eating, come over for a walk."

"Sister Zhou Yan, how are you doing recently?" Jian Lu was concerned about Zhou Yan's pregnancy, and together with Aunt Wang, they chatted about all things pregnancy.

Cheng Zheng went into the house to find Political Commissar Wei. He had eaten most of the meal in the dining room and could vaguely see pieces of yellow chili peppers. Seeing this color, Cheng Zheng felt it was spicy.

It seems that the family has already eaten tonight.

However, Political Commissar Wei was nowhere to be seen in the restaurant, so Cheng Zheng called out again, "Old Wei? Old Wei?"

After a while, a man came out of the kitchen. Who else could it be but Political Commissar Wei? His face was red, and there were water droplets all over his hair and face, as if they had been picked up from the water. Upon closer inspection, his mouth was also red.

"Old Wei, what's wrong with you?"

Political Commissar Wei hissed and said calmly, "It's okay. It's too hot. Wash your face to cool it down."

Wiping his face, Political Commissar Wei wiped off the water droplets. Facing Cheng Zheng's suspicious eyes, he took the initiative to say, "I just ate this yellow lantern chili, it's not spicy."

"Ah?" Cheng Zheng no longer cared about the strange look on his face. He had never thought that Old Wei could eat such spicy food! "You really don't think it's spicy?"

"Yes." Political Commissar Wei hissed again and said nonchalantly, "It's really not spicy. Old Cheng, you can't handle spicy food anymore. How can this be spicy? Believe it or not, I can still eat chili peppers!"

"I believe it." Cheng Zheng pointed at the chili condiment on the dish and said, "Try one and let me see."

Cheng Zheng really didn't believe that there was such a capable person. He wanted to meet him today.

Political Commissar Wei: “…”

He said it himself. Political Commissar Wei pursed his slightly red lips, rummaged around in the plate with his chopsticks, and finally found the smallest piece of chili, which he stuffed into his mouth in one gulp.

His mouth moved violently, and he stopped chewing and swallowed it. "See, it's not spicy."

"Awesome." Cheng Zheng learned something today. There are always people better than you. "Old Wei, you are amazing! You can even eat this!"

Cheng Zheng called his wife and mother in, as if he had witnessed something extraordinary. "Old Wei just ate the chili peppers and didn't think they were spicy."

"Political Commissar Wei!" Jian Lu looked at Political Commissar Wei with admiration, "You are so amazing."

"I have to say, people are really different. How come you can eat such spicy food?" Aunt Wang admired.

Facing everyone's praise, the usually eloquent Political Commissar Wei was unusually "mute". He just smiled and nodded without saying a word.

Zhou Yan looked at her man and understood. "He's fine. He likes spicy food. By the way, you guys are going to take a walk. I just saw Sister Xiuhui say she wants to go to your house together."

"Okay, let's go first."

Cheng Zheng felt that the yellow lantern pepper was a gift to the right person. Before leaving, he took a look at the peppers planted in the yard of Political Commissar Wei's house, which were growing well. "Old Wei, these peppers are well grown. You like them."

Political Commissar Wei nodded, tears welling up in his eyes. When he saw the three people leaving his yard, he immediately turned around and ran to the kitchen, diving into the basin of cool water.

Ha~

Finally feeling a little better, he raised his head from the water. It was so spicy that it was hard for Political Commissar Wei to speak. "Damn, what kind of pepper is this? It's so spicy that it's killing me!!!"

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capital

After half a month of training, Qian Jingjing finally got a chance to get out and take a breath. She left the General Political Department Art Troupe and wandered around the alleys. At noon, she spent 30 yuan to eat a bowl of fried noodles with soybean paste at a state-owned hotel, and then went shopping in the capital's department stores.

The department stores in the capital have a lot of stuff, much richer and more fashionable than those in county towns, with trendy styles and beautiful colors. Of course, the prices are also more expensive.

As Qian Jingjing looked at them, she fell in love with a yellow plastic hairpin. The light yellow color did not make her look tacky, but instead had a gentle beauty. The hairpin was wavy in shape, which was very innovative and not old-fashioned.

The salesperson showed her the hairpin, and when she looked up, she saw a tall, dark soldier appear. Facing the soldier, the salesperson, who usually had a bit of arrogance, became much more polite.

"Comrade, what do you want to buy?"

"I'll just take a look first."

Qian Jingjing felt that the voice behind her was somewhat familiar. She turned around suddenly while holding a plastic hairpin in her hand and watching carefully. Who else could this person be but Hu Zhenghao!

"You...why are you here?" Qian Jingjing stuttered a little, she was just scared.

Qian Jingjing felt very embarrassed about the oolong incident half a month ago. She didn't dare to say anything to anyone after getting off the train and just ran away. Then she went on a half-month study trip to the General Political Department Art Troupe.

Today is my first time to go out with the General Political Department Art Troupe, and I actually encountered this?

Thinking that her previous question might have been impolite, Qian Jingjing added, "Comrade Hu Zhenghao."

Hu Zhenghao still had no expression on his face, and said solemnly, "My family leave is over, and I am about to return to the army. I came to buy some things for my family before I leave."

Not far away, Hu Zhenghao's nephews and nieces were shouting "Second Uncle" loudly and looking at him curiously.

Qian Jingjing blushed, telling herself that she must not be sentimental anymore, and nodded calmly, "Very good, well, Comrade Hu Zhenghao, I'm done shopping too, I'll leave first, bye!"

In the end, without giving anyone any time to react, Qian Jingjing placed the hairpin on the glass counter and said, "Comrade, put it back."

He left in a hurry and soon disappeared from Hu Zhenghao's sight.

"Oh." The salesperson was a little unhappy and muttered softly, "Just now he looked like he liked it and was ready to pay for it immediately, but now he doesn't want to buy it. If you don't want to buy it, don't look at it."

Complaining to herself, the salesperson picked up the hairpin and prepared to put it back on the counter.

"Comrade, how much is this hairpin?" Hu Zhenghao lowered his eyes and looked at the yellow plastic hairpin in her hand.

"This one?" The salesperson held up the hairpin and when the soldier across from him nodded, he replied, "50 cents each."

The price is really expensive, but the color and style are also the most fashionable at the moment.

"Okay, I'll buy it."

Hu Zhenghao paid the money, took the hairpin handed to him by the salesperson and put it directly into his trouser pocket.

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Hu Zhenghao, who was in the capital, was buying things in a department store, while on the island, Cheng Zheng also went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.

In a few days it will be Jian Lu's birthday, and it is time for Comrade Cheng Zheng to visit the supply and marketing cooperative once a year.

The year before last, on Jian Lu's birthday, Cheng Zheng bought her a hair tie and a hairpin. They looked ordinary, the colors were average, not particularly eye-catching, but they were always good.

This year, Cheng Zheng was in trouble.

I can’t repeat the past two years, and I have to please my wife.

Team leader Cheng, who always does things promptly, was also in a dilemma. In the past two years, he consulted Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe, and asked Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang for birthday gifts for his daughter-in-law. His daughter-in-law was quite satisfied with the gifts.

This year, Cui Yuhe thought about it for a while and gave him an idea, which was to give him some vanishing cream.

Vanishing cream is expensive, but Cui Yuhe knows that Captain Cheng is a man who is willing to spend money on it, and Jian Lu will definitely like it if he gives it to her.

Qiu Sifeng looked at the tall Captain Cheng carefully selecting things for women, secretly marveled at it, then turned around and whispered to Li Jihong.

"I never thought that Captain Cheng would come here to buy things every year."

"That's right, he really knows how to love his wife."

How could the men of Li Jihong and Qiu Sifeng know all this? Not to mention sending them birthday gifts, it would be nice if they could just remember their birthdays.

"Captain Cheng, what are you going to see this time?"

"Falling cream." Before leaving the house this morning, Cheng Zheng picked up the vanishing cream on his wife's dressing table and took a look at it. He remembered the appearance and the brand name, which was Friendship brand.

However, he was caught by Jian Lu at that time and asked him what he was doing with her vanishing cream. Cheng Zheng calmly put the vanishing cream down and just said that it smelled good and he picked it up to have a look. This is how he got away with it.

Things like gift giving cannot be revealed in advance.

Sun Qiuyue was surprised. She didn't expect that Captain Cheng would be so willing to spend so much. After all, vanishing cream was not cheap.

Although he was surprised, he turned around quickly, took out a small iron box from the cabinet at the back and placed it in front of Cheng Zheng. There were three big words printed on the small iron box - Snow Cream.

That's what it looked like. Cheng Zheng picked up the vanishing cream and found that the brand on it was wrong. "Comrade Sun, do you have the Friendship brand of this vanishing cream?"

Do you know the brand?

At this point, Qiu Sifeng and Li Jihong, who were listening nearby, started to frown again. Qiu Sifeng whispered to the others, "Captain Cheng is really thoughtful. He understands all this."

"I remember that Lulu bought the Friendship brand of vanishing cream from us before?"

"Now that you mention it, it seems so!"

"This is the Friendship brand." Sun Qiuyue took out another box of vanishing cream and put it on the counter. "The Friendship brand is 15, and the Xiangyue brand is 11. The Friendship brand is 4 yuan more expensive."

4 yuan is not a small amount, and Sun Qiuyue always takes out the cheaper ones first.

Cheng Zheng was holding a bottle of Friendship brand vanishing cream and repeatedly checking whether it was exactly the same as the one on his wife's dressing table, while his sisters-in-law were making jokes in his ears.

"Captain Cheng, you really care about Lulu. You even remember what kind of vanishing cream she bought."

Qiu Sifeng remembered that Comrade Jian Lu was really good at spending money. She bought a lotion worth more than 10 yuan. Although it could be used for half a year, it was still expensive. She thought Jian Lu was a spendthrift!

But she didn't expect that her husband would allow her to squander the family money. Not only that, but he even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things for her!

"Captain Cheng, if you ask me, there are things more expensive than Friendship brand vanishing cream. It's better to use, smooth and fragrant, and it looks amazing on the face."

There is such a good thing? Cheng Zheng has no idea about this. He came to buy the vanishing cream today because of Cui Yuhe's suggestion. Now he heard Qiu Sifeng's words and became interested.

"Sister-in-law Sifeng, what is it?"

"Pechoin's Snow Cream!" Qiu Sifeng had never used it, but she had heard of it. "We don't have this here. It's only sold in department stores in the county. It's very expensive, and there aren't many of them in department stores. I heard that women in the capital and Shanghai like to use this now."

"That's expensive, and hard to buy." Li Jihong didn't know why Qiu Sifeng mentioned this. A box of Pechoin Cream costs 23, which is equivalent to a city worker's monthly salary. Not to mention that you have to take a boat to the county town to buy it.

Who can buy it?

"Is that so?" Cheng Zheng thought about it and decided that it would not be a bad idea to buy something good for his wife. She had already used this vanishing cream, so it wouldn't be a big surprise if he bought another box of the same one. Since there was a better one, he must give his wife the better one!

"Then I'll go to the county town to have a look. Thank you."

Looking at Cheng Zheng's departing back, Qiu Sifeng frowned, "It's over. One spendthrift wife is fine in this family, but how come there are also spendthrift husbands!"

Qiu Sifeng is worried about Captain Cheng's family.

Cheng Zheng returned home, thinking that he still had one day off, so he might as well use it tomorrow so that he could catch the boat to the county town.

Lying in bed at night, he mentioned this to his wife, but the reason was not this, "I'm going to the department store to buy a Daqianmen tomorrow."

Cheng Zheng gets cigarette coupons every month, and he often collects them and buys them together, but in the past he always bought them at the supply and marketing cooperatives.

"Why do we have to go to the county town? If that's too troublesome, just buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative." Jian Lu leaned against the head of the bed, patting her daughter gently with one hand, coaxing her to sleep.

"The supply and marketing cooperative has sold out. They said they have no stock recently. We can only go to the department store in the county town."

"Oh." Jian Lu thought about it and decided to go to the county town. She also had things she wanted to buy. "Then let's go together. I want to take a look at some clothes for Shuangshuang. Are there any beautiful ones, ready-made ones?"

"No! Don't go." Cheng Zheng blurted out. Seeing his wife frowning at him, he explained, "No, I mean, Shuangshuang can't live without you. You don't have to go. If you want to buy anything, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."

Jian Lu stared at the man carefully and felt that something was wrong. This man actually refused to let her go with him?

It shouldn't be!

Shouldn't he be happy to go to the county town with her? They could go shopping together and have a meal. What a perfect date opportunity.

This is not Cheng Zheng's style! It's obviously wrong!

Jian Lu was a thoughtful person. When her man suddenly wanted to go to the county department store alone and insisted on going alone, combined with her birthday being soon, she understood the situation immediately.

In all likelihood, this person wants to buy himself a birthday present.

Thinking back again, he took his vanishing cream and looked at it for no reason this morning. The thing he wanted to buy might be the vanishing cream, but Friendship brand vanishing cream could also be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.

What kind of facial cleanser can’t be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative and must be purchased at the county department store?

Jian Lu thought about it and figured it out. She guessed it was Pechoin Vanishing Cream!

Pechoin Vanishing Cream is the most expensive among all brands of vanishing cream. It is not sold in supply and marketing cooperatives. Only department stores in county towns have a small amount of it. Because it is too expensive, not many people are willing to buy it. I heard that it is very useful and better than the Friendship brand that I am using now.

She was just too lazy to go to the county town to buy it, thinking that they were all vanishing creams and the Friendship brand was not bad either.

I didn't expect that Comrade Cheng Zheng had this awareness and knew to choose such an expensive gift for himself and was willing to take a boat to buy it.

After figuring it out, she didn't hesitate and immediately changed the subject, "That's fine, go by yourself and come back early after buying the things."

Seeing that his wife didn't bother about it anymore, Cheng Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He almost didn't know how to stop his wife. If she insisted on going, he really wouldn't have any choice.

Jian Lu coaxed her daughter to sleep, then got up and sat in front of the dressing table at the end of the bed, and began to apply cold cream, which was her daily beauty routine before going to bed.

But today was different. Thinking about the fact that Pechoin had a vanishing cream with a lighter texture and a more delicate scent, she had to give some hints.

"Oh, it's been really hot lately." Jian Lu applied the vanishing cream on her face and complained softly, "The vanishing cream I apply every day is a bit thick. It feels a bit stuffy when applied on my face. It would be better if the vanishing cream could be thinner and more refreshing. And the smell is okay in winter, but it smells a bit greasy in summer. It would be better if it had a light fragrance."

Cheng Zheng didn't know why his wife suddenly started to criticize the shortcomings of the vanishing cream, but she criticized it very well! He just listened quietly and kept it in mind.

It should be refreshing, not too thick, and the fragrance should not be too strong. A light fragrance is best.