Chapter 79

After being apart for nearly a month, they both saw the blue sky, white clouds, coconut trees, and their own small green brick building again.

After being put on the ground by their mother, they rushed forward, clapping their little hands on the iron gate, making a slight sound, waiting for their father to open the door.

Several large packages were placed on the ground, Cheng Zheng opened the door, and the five of them walked in. The house had not been occupied for a long time, and it was very dusty, so it needed to be cleaned thoroughly. Therefore, the two were sent by their mother to the house of their brother Dunzi next door.

"Mom, jars!" When Shuangshuang left, she was still thinking about the glass jars filled with snow, oh no, now they were filled with water.

"You must be obedient when you go to Aunt Xiuhui's house. You must not cause trouble for Aunt Xiuhui and the others, okay?" Jian Lu handed the glass jar to the girl to hold, and took an oil paper bag to fill it with a few pieces of egg cakes and peach cakes for her. These were bought from the supply and marketing cooperative in the county after getting off the train, and they were very fresh.

"A few." Shuangshuang was carried over by her mother, holding the glass jar. As soon as she entered Aunt Xiuhui's house, she saw Brother Dunzi standing by the wall.

"What are you doing with all these pots and pans?"

"Shuangshuang! You're back!" Dunzi felt that he was saved and shouted into the house, "Mom, Aunt Lulu and the others are back!"

Feng Xiuhui heard the noise and came out of the kitchen. She saw Jian Lu holding her daughter standing at the door. She walked over excitedly and asked, "Lulu, you're back? When did you get here?"

"Just arrived." Jian Lu handed the oil paper bag to Sister Xiuhui and explained, "We need to clean up the house. I'll leave it at your house, Shuangshuang. These little things can be shared among the kids."

"Okay, you can leave Shuangshuang at my house without worry." Feng Xiuhui rubbed Shuangshuang's little face, looking at other people's well-behaved and cute girls with envy, and then looking at her own naughty and disobedient son, her face wrinkled with worry, "By the way, let's have dinner at my house! You just came back, don't bother."

"Okay, then we won't be polite! Political Commissar Liang also asked me to bring some things back from my home. We will pack them up and bring them to you later."

After settling on dinner, Jian Lu went home, not forgetting to remind Shuangshuang to listen to Aunt Xiuhui.

As soon as their mother left, Shuangshuang stared at their brother Dunzi, who was standing upright by the wall at the door, and said in a daze, "Dunjiguoguo, why are you still standing there?"

Standing strangely.

Wu Xiangchen came out of the living room, reached out and flicked the little ring on Shuangshuang's head, and saw that the little ring shook twice, which was very funny.

Shuangshuang pouted and raised her hands to protect her little Jiujiu, glared at brother Chenchen and snorted!

"You are punished for standing there because of a few pots and pans." Wu Xiangchen explained.

"Ah?" Shuangshuang forgot about being angry with Chenchen Guoguo after hearing this, "Sen is being punished to stand?"

"Unless Aunt Xiuhui gives the order, Dunzi cannot move at all and must stand here."

Dunzi was feeling miserable, and complained to a two-year-old baby, "Shuangshuang, brother is suffering, come on, feed me a bite of peach cake, your Aunt Xiuhui is so cruel!"

"Wow!" Both of them opened their eyes wide in surprise, "This is fun."

It's interesting that you can't move without talking.

"Come on, Sangsang, let's go to the living room to play. Don't disturb you standing here making pots and pans." Wu Xiangchen held hands and walked into the house. Before leaving, he patted Dunzi's shoulder and said, "Stand up straight, or Uncle Liang will see you when he comes back and will have to give you extra time."

"Wu Xiangchen! You are so disloyal!" Dunzi yelled into the house, "We are good brothers!"

"I also notified Dongdong and the others to come over and play together!"

"You're going to piss me off to death!"

They both sat on the sofa in the living room, and when all the children were present, they all started to flirt with her, saying they missed her. Dunzi couldn't even stand outside!

"Mom, it's about time, right? Look, both of us are back. I have to go play with my sister."

"I want you to play with me?" Feng Xiuhui glanced at the many children in the living room. "There are so many people here. It doesn't matter whether you are here or not."

Feng Xiuhui now has a headache when she looks at her son.

Dunzi is ten years old this year and is already in the fifth grade. He will take the exam in June and can only go to junior high school if he passes the exam. The current school system is 5-2-2, with five years of elementary school, two years of junior high school, and two years of high school.

Feng Xiuhui, who has never been to school since childhood, really hopes that her son can study hard. If nothing else, he should at least persevere until he graduates from junior high school. However, Dunzi, who used to love studying and writing when he was young, has changed in the past two years. He no longer likes studying and only wants to play all day long. It is really worrying.

When Feng Xiuhui got angry with him, it was often like a punch hitting cotton, but this kid would just smile and get away with it.

The entrance examination is coming soon, but this kid didn't read a single day during the winter vacation. Feng Xiuhui was so angry that she exploded today and made him stand there as punishment to sober up.

Dunzi stood at the door, and his friends were chatting in the house. Everyone was speechless as they looked at the snow that Shuangshuang had brought back from the north.

Dongdong pointed at the light water stains in the glass jar and said in surprise, "Shuangshuang, is this snow?"

He had never seen snow, but he couldn't fool himself with water!

"Yes." Shuangshuang shook the glass jar and said decisively, "When it was put in, it was snow, white, like a flower. Later it melted and became like this!"

Wu Xiangchen heard Dunzi say, "It seems like it will melt."

"Yes!" Both of them nodded vigorously.

Juanjuan pointed at the pattern on the bottle and asked, "Sangsang, explain, what's this?"

They both took a look and realized that this was drawn by their mother!

On the train, Jian Lu took a pen and paper and drew a few snowflakes on it. She then tore them off bit by bit and stuck them on a glass jar, making it look like snowflakes were falling on it.

“This is what snow looks like.”

"Wow~" Juanjuan walked over and thought it was so beautiful. She didn't know such flowers could fall from the sky.

After the friends studied the snow for a while, Feng Xiuhui saw her son secretly looking into the house from the doorway, so she relented and let him in.

Dunzi was a man who knew the current situation and he immediately assured her, "Mom, I will definitely be admitted to junior high school! Don't worry!"

"You better take good care of yourself, or else Chenchen and Hengheng will both pass the exam while you fail!"

When Cheng Zheng's family cleaned the house and came over, Liang Haisheng just came back from the army.

"Hey, Old Cheng, you're finally back!" Liang Haisheng and Cheng Zheng walked into the house politely, saying that Xu Lang had taken his family to his father-in-law's house, and that the two families would have dinner together today.

"How's the army doing lately?"

Jian Lu followed behind and heard the two men in front talking about the army. Then she went to the living room to see some kids playing pinball.

Aunt Wang brought over the bacon and duck in sauce that the Liang family had brought for Liang Haisheng and put them all in the kitchen.

"It has to be the one my mom made that tastes this good!" Liang Haisheng took the duck with sauce and took a deep sniff. Only the one his mom made has the familiar taste he ate in his childhood!

Feng Xiuhui smiled and said, "Then cut half of it and eat it tonight!"

The dinner was sumptuous. Feng Xiuhui chopped half of the duck in sauce and put the small pieces of duck meat on a plate. She also cooked a piece of bacon, stir-fried two vegetarian dishes, and cooked clam and tofu soup.

The two families, plus Wu Xiangchen, who was staying at Liang Haisheng's house because Wu Feng was away on a mission, sat at the same table.

"Juanjuan has gone home?" Jian Lu looked around but didn't see anyone. She heard Shuangshuang say that the little girl was playing here just now.

Feng Xiuhui scooped up a mouthful of seafood soup and tasted it. It tasted really delicious. "I told her to stay for dinner, but Hehua insisted to bring her baby home for dinner. She was very polite."

Liang Haisheng asked a few people about the situation in his hometown. When he heard Cheng Zheng say that he had gone to the mountains to hunt, he suddenly felt itchy.

"The hunting is still more exciting over there!" Liang Haisheng wished he could go there too.

"What's wrong? Are your hands itchy?" Cheng Zheng glanced at him and urged him to go to the mountains to add some ingredients to the kitchen.

"Forget it. There are not as many things here as in the mountains!"

The children were the happiest eaters of the meal, which was full of meat.

Dunzi ate voraciously, complaining that he had been standing for too long and had exhausted too much energy, and even ate two bowls of sweet potato rice.

"Dunzi is a smart kid, how could he fail to get into junior high school?" Cheng Zheng felt that Mr. and Mrs. Liang were worrying for nothing.

Just when Dunzi wanted to praise Uncle Cheng for his keen eyes, he saw his father glaring at him with a threatening look and he immediately became obedient.

"Old Cheng, you don't understand now because your kids are little! When Shuangshuang grows up, you will start to worry. Seeing Dunzi running outside every day gives me a headache!"

"Look at what you said, it's not that serious." Cheng Zheng tried to smooth things over for Dunzi, "Dunzi, sign a military warrant with your dad and ask if you can get into junior high school?"

"able!"

Dunzi suddenly roared, and Shuangshuang, who was holding the spoon, was so scared that she almost dropped her grip.

"Okay, everyone, today is a witness. If Dunzi fails to get into junior high school, he will not be allowed to go out to play in the future. His monthly pocket money will also be deducted, and he won't even get the New Year's money." Feng Xiuhui was ruthless and directly restricted him financially.

As expected, Dunzi was dumbfounded when he heard this series of rules, "Mom, you are too cruel."

"Why are you so cruel?" Liang Haisheng glared at his son again, "Just do as your mother says! When you have time, learn more from Chenchen. Look how well he learns."

Wu Xiangchen was eating in silence when he was suddenly called. He noticed that everyone was looking at him, so he said awkwardly, "Uncle Liang, Dunzi and I are equally matched."

"Chenchen, you are too modest! Your teacher has told you that you are a good student. When you have time, don't go out to play with Dunzi. Study more."

"Okay." Wu Xiangchen nodded.

Jian Lu watched her sister-in-law Xiuhui worrying about her child's studies, and suddenly wondered how her own daughter would turn out in the future, but it shouldn't be too bad.

When I turned around, I saw Shuangshuang was enjoying the chicken egg custard. The light yellow custard was soft and had some honeycombs on it. She drizzled a little soy sauce on it and sprinkled a small spoonful of pickled pork and chopped green onions on it. It looked delicious.

The little girl's mouth kept moving, making her eat more happily and carefree.

While eating, there was a sudden noise outside the house, and soon after, Wu Feng's voice was heard.

"Are you eating?"

"Dad!" Wu Xiangchen, who hadn't seen his father for half a month, stood up and rushed directly to Wu Feng in the yard, "You're back!"

"Yeah! I just arrived today!" Wu Feng hugged his son and touched his buzz cut, finding that the boy had shaved his hair short again. "Have you been obedient at your uncle Liang's house?"

"Be obedient!"

"Old Wu, can you smell the food and know that we're going to have a good meal tonight? Come on, sit down, today we're going to have all kinds of special dishes!" Liang Haisheng asked everyone to sit down, and he and his wife moved their seats to make room for everyone.

Feng Xiuhui got up and went to the kitchen to get a set of clean dishes and chopsticks.

"When did Old Cheng come back? I'm in for a treat today!"

“We just arrived today too.”

Wu Feng came back from completing his mission and joined the dinner. The three families talked for a long time during the meal.

They didn't put down their chopsticks until the sun set.

Feng Xiuhui went to the kitchen to clean up the dishes. While washing, she talked to Jian Lu about the recent events in the family compound.

Feng Xiuhui washed the first time, and Jian Lu washed the second time. The washed dishes were placed aside to dry, and the sound of water flowed along with the sound of conversation.

"Did you know that someone is going to move into the small building across from us?"

"Are you moving?" Jian Lu knew that a small building was being constructed on the vacant lot opposite, and it was also the two-story blue brick building where her family lived.

Last time it was repaired for the first time, not many people signed up. Now that everyone has realized it is a good idea, I heard that the second round of admission is almost full.

"Yes, there are more than ten households moving in one after another. Our area will also become lively." Feng Xiuhui likes visiting relatives and friends and enjoying the hustle and bustle.

After they washed the dishes and put them away in their respective categories, Feng Xiuhui started talking about work again.

“By the way, I also signed up for a job.”

"What kind of work?" Jian Lu didn't know. A lot of things had happened, one after another, since she had been away from here for a month.

"Our army wants to develop vegetable fields. In the past, we planted crops for the soldiers, not for their families. Now the family compound also wants to develop the fields. When the time comes, we can use it as a subsidy for our families."

"That's great!" It would be nice to have more fresh vegetables.

Feng Xiuhui signed up for farming this time. She had figured it out, since she was just sitting around doing nothing in the yard, she might as well go out and earn some money.

In addition, farming here is not like in the countryside, where you work on a large scale day and night. Here, the main purpose is to supply the families in the family compound, so the workload is not that heavy.

Feng Xiuhui thought it would be a good idea to earn some money to supplement the family income.

After eating at Liang's house, Jian Lu, Cheng Zheng and Aunt Wang took Shuangshuang home. The family of four walked under the coconut tree in the setting sun.

"Dad, give me some coconuts!" Shuangshuang hadn't seen a coconut tree for a long time and missed it very much.

"It's not cooked yet." Cheng Zheng looked up and touched the girl's head, "We have to wait a little longer."

"Oh." Shuangshuang looked at the coconut with regret, and suddenly remembered her coconut coin jar where she would put her money.

......

"One cent, two cents..." Jian Lu showed her New Year's money to the lady, "Okay, the total is 89 cents, do you want to put it in yourself or do you want your mother to put it in for you?"

"I'll leave it to myself." Shuangshuang couldn't wait to take the money and stuff it into the hole of the coconut piggy bank.

After stuffing it in, he looked inside and saw only darkness.

Cheng Zheng leaned against the door and saw Shuangshuang's appearance. "If you were any lower, you would fall in."

"Sangsang won't waste it!"

The coconut piggy bank was filled with money again. Shuangshuang was very happy. He supervised his mother to put the bank on the cabinet and then went out to play with his friends.

Cheng Zheng watched the figure of the young lady disappear at the door of the house, and then heard his mother holding their hands and walking away, and then he looked away.

Staring at his wife's wrist, Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Where's the gift I gave you? Why don't you take it out?"

Speaking of this, Jian Lu still felt a little strange.

"Where did you get the industrial coupons?" Jian Lu took out a square box from her bag, opened the lid and saw that it contained a lightweight watch. It was the Plum brand watch that Jian Lu had seen in the County Department Store in City C.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cheng Zheng stuffed it into her cotton-padded jacket pocket.

"Try it on." Cheng Zheng walked towards the bed, leaned over to pick up the watch box, took out the delicate ladies' watch and handed it to him. "I was wondering why you haven't worn it yet."

"That would be too conspicuous. If I were seen in my hometown, I would definitely be asked all kinds of questions." Jian Lu decided not to cause trouble for herself.

Wearing the watch now, her slender wrist makes the watch look delicate, and the deep red color of the watch makes her wrist look even whiter.

After playing with her watch for a while, Jian Lu adjusted the time and then turned to look at Cheng Zheng.

"I haven't told you yet. Where did you get the industrial vouchers?"

"Guess what."

As soon as Cheng Zheng finished speaking, he saw his wife glaring at him.

"How could I guess? We didn't even take the industrial coupons home, so how did you buy the watch?"

Cheng Zheng didn't beat around the bush with his wife and just told her the situation.

It turned out that the last time they entered the county town, after Jian Lu took a fancy to the watch, Cheng Zheng brought up the matter with Cheng Liang and asked if there was any way to exchange it for industrial coupons. Cheng Liang worked at the county grain station and knew a lot of people, so he did have a way.

But this method is neither difficult nor simple.

Some people in the county town wanted ginseng from the mountains and were willing to exchange it for industrial coupons.

Ginseng is a good thing, a tonic, but it is not easy to buy even in pharmaceutical company clinics. I heard that you need a doctor's prescription to get it.

Bartering does not involve speculation, and now that the policy has been relaxed, the commune does organize such barter markets.

Cheng Zheng went to the mountains with his second brother several times to dig ginseng.

"Did you go to the mountains to dig ginseng those times?" Jian Lu remembered that Cheng Zheng and his brother had indeed gone into the mountains a few times before the Chinese New Year, and they didn't go hunting, but just went to dig some herbs.

"Yeah, I dug some and exchanged them for industrial coupons."

Cheng Zheng said it easily, but Jian Lu knew that it was not easy to dig in this place, and she didn't know how they dug it.

"This watch is nice, and it looks even better on your hand." Cheng Zheng looked at his wife again. Her hands were slender and white, and they were really suitable for wearing a watch.

"It's really beautiful." Jian Lu shook her wrist, raised her hand to admire it, then looked at Cheng Zheng and softened her voice, "I'll give you a gift too!"

Cheng Zhengjian raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes gleaming, "What?"

"clothes!"

Thinking of the white shirt that Jian Lu gave him before they got married, Cheng Zheng smiled and said, "Okay! I like wearing the clothes you make for me. They are better than those sold outside."

Cheng Zheng was looking forward to the clothes made by his daughter-in-law. After a while, he often watched her working hard at the sewing machine. Because she hadn't made clothes for a long time, she had almost forgotten some of the techniques that Feng Xiuhui taught her, so she asked her mother-in-law how to make clothes.

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The busy Spring Festival ended with Jian Lu finding something to do for herself. She had a rare chance to relax. She would sew clothes and draw patterns on her sewing machine when she had time. It was good to celebrate the Spring Festival, but the whole day was either visiting relatives or chatting with children. The atmosphere of the Spring Festival was strong, but it was tiring.

Perhaps only children can unconditionally like the Chinese New Year, because they can receive New Year's money and play all day long.

Jian Lu spent an afternoon writing the manuscript for the Women's Federation after she came back. It mainly focused on how the military family members spent the New Year in the army. Although she returned to her hometown this year, she was there in previous years. After interviewing some family members, the manuscript was basically complete.

In the blink of an eye, it is April and the weather is getting hotter, especially in the southernmost part of the country, where it is almost as hot as June in the north.

The mother-in-law took Shuangshuang out to play, and Jian Lu took some time to think about her own affairs.

The cucumbers in the yard were hanging on the trellis, one by one. Jian Lu picked one, washed it, sliced ​​it, and put it on her face.

Stick it all the way down from the forehead to the chin, and prepare to make a cucumber mask for yourself.

There were also some pearls that Cai Xiujuan had given her before, about twenty or so. Jian Lu was thinking about whether she could make some pearl powder to help with skin care, but after trying two, she felt her hands were sore, so she decided to leave them alone and wait for the tool man to come back.

While I was applying the cucumber mask and playing with the pearls, someone came home. It was Cai Xiujuan who came again.

"Hey, Lulu, what's wrong with your face?" Cai Xiujuan was shocked when she saw Jian Lu's face full of yellow.

"No problem." Seeing the guests coming, Jian Lu took the cucumber slices off and put them aside, and saw Cai Xiujuan gave her more than 20 pearls. "This time the pearls are much more beautiful!"

The pearls that Cai Xiujuan brought this time were brighter and more colorful than before, and their quality was obviously much better.

"Yes!" Cai Xiujuan was excited when she mentioned this. "This is just as you said. We waited more than two years to open the clams to get the pearls. They are so beautiful! The color looks bright. The director of the medical company said it was a waste to grind them into powder."

"It's really a pity." Jian Lu picked up a few pearls and looked at them carefully. The pearls were round and full, with a faint pearlescent luster. If they were made into jewelry, they would definitely be very popular.

But now is not the right time and we have to wait a few more years.

"It's okay, Sister Xiujuan, just keep raising her like this. Maybe you'll have more opportunities in the future and can sell the pearls somewhere else."

"That's right!" Cai Xiujuan was also excited as she watched the pearls become better and better. "By the way, this is last year's money, a total of three thousand five hundred, you keep it."

When facing Jian Lu, Cai Xiujuan is open about everything and says whatever she wants to say.

Today, the scale of the production team's pearl farm has been expanding. They earned 150,000 yuan from selling pearls before the New Year. Everyone's salary is increasing, and even the work points of the pearl-farming female workers have increased to five yuan each. Now it is calculated that one day's income has exceeded the monthly salary of the city workers, which has scared everyone.

"That's a good thing. Everyone will have enough to eat in the future."

"Yes! Now our team is engaged in pearl farming. Everyone is very motivated." Cai Xiujuan said with some worry, "Even now other communes have heard about it and are also engaged in pearl farming. The team leader is still worried, worried that our road will be blocked in the future."

"What's the big deal?" Jian Lukuan said, "You have to believe it. Our country is so big, with so many people. There is a huge demand for pearls, and the market is huge. It's not something that your commune or other communes can take over in one go. As long as the water quality is good, everyone can raise pearls. You just need to improve your core technology."

"You are right." Cai Xiujuan suddenly understood after hearing what Jian Lu said. She was indeed too narrow-minded. "In fact, it would be good for other communes to start doing this. I heard that the commune next door to us has even invited experts to provide guidance on the work."

"This is perfect. Why don't you try to cooperate with your commune and invite an expert to come over. After all, if an expert can give guidance to one company, it's also guidance to two companies."

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with the captain!"

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After seeing Cai Xiujuan off, Jian Lu continued to use the sewing machine while applying the cucumber facial mask. The dress she wanted to make had actually been made a long time ago, but she was never satisfied with the pattern on it. The inspiration came to her while she was chatting with Cai Xiujuan just now.

At this point, Jian Lu was busy, while Shuangshuang was playing with her brothers at Liang's house.

There was no one else in the house, the adults had gone shopping, and a few children were in the living room, starting their revolutionary work.

The Liang family is everyone's base, and Dunzi began to assign roles, "I'm the political commissar, you can just call me Political Commissar Liang."

Everyone felt something was wrong when he said this, and Dong Dong said directly, "I always feel like I'm calling you dad."

"It's normal for me to take over my father's job!" Dunzi waved his hand and decided, "Chenchen and Hengheng, who will be the head of the group and who will be the chief of staff? Both of your fathers are chiefs of staff, it's hard to divide them."

"I, I will be the team leader!" Hengheng was excited.

Chenchen had no objection, so he followed in his father's footsteps and became chief of staff.

"Okay." Dunzi looked around and saw who didn't have a position. "Dongdong is the company commander, Yuanyuan you will be the deputy company commander. Okay, it's all divided..."

"Where is Shuangshuang?" Yuanyuan asked, pointing at Shuangshuang who was eating a banana across from her.

Shuangshuang heard someone calling her name and looked over. She didn't know what everyone was talking about.

"Shuangshuang?" Dunzi looked at the little girl, who couldn't go to the war and could only stay at home. "She can be the leader. She can stay at home and doesn't have to go out to fight."

"Okay!" Everyone had no objection.

After eating the banana, Leader Shuangshuang sucked his fingers again. There was some banana on them, which he couldn't waste.

"Captain Shuangshuang, we are about to set off!"

"Promise to come back victorious!"

Five boys stood in a row, fully armed, some holding shovels, some holding pot lids, and some holding brooms, and saluted the two-year-old leader who was sucking his fingers, and both of them were stunned.

"What are you doing?" Shuangshuang felt her hands were still sticky after sucking her fingers. She stretched out her hands and looked for the nearest brother Hengheng, "I need to wash my hands."

Hengheng put down his "weapon" broom, took Shuangshuang to wash his hands and came back, "Report, Xu Chaoheng requests to join the team."

"Xu Chaoheng has returned!"

"yes!"

Dunzi began to mobilize the troops before the battle. "Today is a decisive battle between us and Liudong, no, it is the Sixth Regiment. Everyone must fight hard, not afraid of hardship or fatigue, not afraid of blood and sweat, and fight them!"

“Let’s fight!!!”

“Let’s fight!”

"Let's go!" Dunzi walked in front and set off with four comrades!

As they walked, Yuanyuan, who was sitting at the end of the row, noticed something was wrong and shouted, "Political Commissar Liang."

Dunzi held the shelf and shouted, "Report first!"

"Oh." Yuanyuan said again, "Report to Political Commissar Liang, the commander is right behind us."

Chief? Where did the chief come from...Huh?

Dunzi, Chenchen, Dongdong and Hengheng looked back and saw that they both came out!

"Shuangshuang, why are you here? Go back quickly!" Dunzi urged the person to go back.

"The nest has to be cut too!"

"You can't go, this is a fight between us men!"

Shuangshuang didn't understand, she just thought it was fun. The brothers all took their own food, but brother Dunzi didn't give her a chance. He hugged her and ran back home. Soon they were home, and he put her in the living room, "You can play here."

Dunzi hurried back and the group continued on their journey.

As they walked, Yuanyuan noticed something was wrong again, "Report, the commander is following us again!"

Huh?

When they looked back again, they saw a little ball in the distance running towards them. It was none other than Shuangshuang!

"Dunji Guoguo, Chenchen Guoguo, Hengheng Guoguo, Dongdong Guoguo, even if it's Yuanyuan, I want to go to my home too!"

Several people felt bitter, sighed, and looked at each other, "What should we do?"

"Forget it, take it with you and find a place for Shuangshuang to sit."

Only Yuanyuan was very angry, asking why he didn't call her brother!

The combat group centered on Dunzi and the five boys aged seven or eight from Building 6 of the family building met face to face in the open space at the innermost part of the family compound.

Both sides were armed with weapons, either spatulas, pot lids, brooms, and chopsticks, ready for a big fight.

"Dunzi, what's the point of you taking a little baby with you to fight?"

The boys in Building 6 were very tired, especially when they saw the pair of breast-feeding girls across the street drinking water from a military water bottle, which made them even more exhausted.

"Don't bother!" Dunzi said confidently, "This is our leader, she's here to supervise the battle! I'll find a seat for her later. Oh, who of you can bring a chair over?"

"Damn it, we're fighting and I have to move a chair for you?!"

"I can't help it! This place is close to your building six. If I go back to move the stool, how much time will it take?"

Several boys in Building 6 were convinced. If they delayed any further, the adults would be back!

After a few minutes, someone brought a chair back and put it far away. Dunzi picked up Shuangshuang and sat her on the chair. "Shuangshuang, just sit here. We're going to fight later. You're not allowed to come over."

"Okay." Shuangshuang nodded obediently.

Back to the topic, the boy from Building 6 started to make harsh remarks.

"Dunzi, if we lose, this piece will belong to you, if we win, this piece will belong to us!"

"Okay! I'll admit defeat! No one is allowed to default on the debt!"

"Whoever cheats is a puppy!"

The war was about to break out. Both sides were children of military men, and were usually influenced by their families. They were very good at playing the role of soldiers and started fighting with their "weapons" in hand.

They played and played, sitting on the chairs together, as if they were watching a play, it was so much fun.

Waving his little fist, shouting, "Come on, come on!"

Drink some water again.

Halfway through the fight, both of them were sweating and panting. They switched to attack and defense. Chenchen and Dunzi whispered a few words and prepared to launch a sneak attack. The two of them moved forward in coordination and prepared to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and captured the leader of the opposing team...

"Morning hotpot!"

Chenchen was about to take action when he heard someone calling him. He ignored it and continued fighting.

“Morning hotpot...”

It was hard for Chenchen not to notice this time. He turned his head and saw the two of them jumping down from their chairs and walking towards him slowly. There were many people and the place was chaotic. Chenchen trotted over and asked, "What's going on?"

Shuangshuang pouted and puffed up her cheeks, "I want to spit."

Chenchen: “…”

"Cease-fire, cease-fire!" Chen Chen yelled, discussed with Political Commissar Liang, and finally announced, "Take a break before fighting again!"

"No, what for? They're fighting hard!"

Dunzi's face darkened. "Our leader needs to go to the bathroom. Chief of Staff Wu, please send him back to the bathroom!"

"good."

Several boys in Building 6: "..."

Wu Xiangchen ran all the way with Shuangshuang in his arms, constantly reminding her, "Shuangshuang, don't pee on me."

Shuangshuang tried hard to hold back her energy, "Okay, I'll try my best."

After quickly running to Cheng's house, Chenchen rushed into the house and called Aunt Lulu.

"What's wrong, Chenchen?" Jian Lu had just finished dressing and came out of the house, looking at Chenchen, who was sweating profusely.

"Aunt Lulu, Shuangshuang needs to pee."

"Oh, thank you, go and play. I'll take her."

Chenchen finally got some time and hurried back with his long legs, ready to go back to fight. Shuangshuang was left in the arms of her mother to go to the toilet to pee.

After using the toilet, Shuangshuang felt relaxed and happily told his mother that he had become the leader.

Jian Lu fiddled with her clothes and thought the young lady was being silly. Kids nowadays are not role-playing as parents, but as leaders?

"Okay, stop showing off and look at the clothes mom made for you! They are suitable for our family."

Shuangshuang didn't understand, so she looked up and asked, "What do you think of your outfit?"

“We’re dressed the same.”

"Oh." Shuangshuang seemed to understand. She looked at the clothes and liked them so much!

Cheng Zheng came back from the army. As soon as he entered the house, he heard his mother say that the clothes Lulu had made for him were ready. A smile instantly broke out on his face.

But when the clothes were delivered to him, Cheng Zheng was dumbfounded.

"This...this dress?" Captain Cheng stuttered for once in a rare while. It was still a simple white dress, very formal, but the pattern on it was not quite formal.

Jian Lu turned around and looked at him, "What's wrong?"

She specially made these parent-child outfits!

"Look, there's another one. Yours is a larger version of the double pair."

Jian Lu shook out a small white lapel shirt with four cartoon dolls embroidered on the lower left side of the shirt, representing a family of four. She also wanted to make one for herself and her mother-in-law, but she didn't have enough time. To be more precise, she didn't have enough cloth!

Because she hadn't made clothes for a long time, her skills were not very good and she wasted some fabric, resulting in not enough clothes for her and her mother-in-law. However, the wasted fabric was not wasted. She quickly made a small cross-body bag for Shuangshuang and embroidered two cherries on it.

"You're wearing the big one, and you're both wearing the small one. How attractive it is to walk on the street! People will definitely think that this father and daughter are an interesting couple!"

Cheng Zheng: "..."

Cheng Zheng lowered his head and took another look at the four cute little people on his white shirt. They were cute, but how was he supposed to wear it?!

A tough guy like Cheng Zheng has a lot of pain in his heart that he can't express.

"What? You don't like the clothes I made?" Jian Lu noticed that her man's expression was not right. He looked so upset.

"Not really..." Cheng Zheng pointed at himself, then at his clothes, "Do you think this is suitable for me?"

Jian Lu looked at Cheng Zheng. He had a handsome face, a short haircut that made him look more sturdy. He was tall and had long legs. He was a strong and muscular man without being too bulky.

Look at the clothes embroidered with cartoon dolls, aren’t they pretty?

Tough guys also have a soft side!

"Would you like to try it?"

Cheng Zheng took a step back and said, "Let's just forget it for now."

Jian Lu: “…”

"Captain Cheng, we should be brave enough to try new things." Jian Lu tried to persuade him to give it a try, "Maybe it will make a difference when you put it on."

Who knew that Cheng Zheng's face became even darker.

Both of them love their little clothes so much that they can't wait to sleep in them.

"Mom, I'm dizzy!"

"Good girl, you really understand mom. Unlike some people, you don't know how to appreciate the fruits of mom's labor." Jian Lu hugged her daughter and kissed her, then glanced at Cheng Zheng.

Cheng Zheng smiled helplessly, "Lulu, if I were two years old now, I would like it too."

Jian Lu: “…”

Jian Lu looked at the clothes she had made in disbelief. The fabric was good and felt soft and comfortable. The style was also quite standard, except for a few cartoon characters. Cheng Zheng was not allowed to wear it when he was in the army, so why would he be so resistant to wearing it on his weekdays or vacation?

She still didn't believe it.

"If you were asked to choose between eating yellow lantern peppers and wearing this dress," Jian Lu emphasized again and again, "you must choose one, which one would you choose?"

Cheng Zheng didn't hesitate at all and blurted out, "I'd rather eat chili peppers."

Jian Lu: !!!