“Rent out the work?”
Qiao Baozhu's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.
"This is a good way to increase income. Even if I keep one-third of her salary, it will improve her life."
"I'm afraid she won't agree, and crying and making a fuss will only cause more trouble."
Qiao Baozhu didn't believe that this idea was something Shen Xiao came up with on a whim. Bai Hongmei didn't agree before, so will she agree now?
"The situation has changed now. She can't be willful. You were right before. It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Giving her money blindly will make her develop a habit. When she returns to the city in the future, her life will only become more difficult."
Bai Hongmei was able to beat Wei Hong into the hospital today. Her life will be even more difficult when she returns to the city. She doesn’t know how much trouble she will cause.
With this in mind, we have to speed up the process of arranging for Wei Dong to study away from home.
"You should go to bed early. I'm going back to the barracks and won't be back tonight. Lock the door after I leave."
Shen Xiao is a man of action. Once he makes up his mind, he will act quickly. After saying a few words, the man walked out.
He walked out of the house, glanced at the stove, took three or four steps outside, and then turned back.
Standing in front of the stove, I reached out and touched the lid of the pot and found that it was cold. He squatted down again and found that the fire in the stove had been extinguished long ago.
Shen Xiao guessed that Qiao Baozhu came out in a hurry and didn't have time to add firewood to the stove. With the little fire that was burned during the day, the kang would become cold within two hours.
When Shen Xiao thought about Qiao Baozhu being dragged into this for no reason, he felt hot on his face.
He added half a pot of water into the pot and added more firewood to heat the kang. While the fire was burning, Shen Xiao thought for a moment and threw three more potatoes into the fire.
Qiao Baozhu had heard the noise in the kitchen a long time ago, but she pretended not to hear it and continued knitting woolen trousers for her adoptive father.
When Shen Xiao brought in a plate of roasted potatoes, Qiao Baozhu looked at him in surprise: "You haven't left yet?"
Shen Xiao nodded slightly embarrassedly: "I was afraid that the kang would be too cold, so I added more fire. I'll eat the potatoes later and then go to sleep. There's food in my stomach, so my body won't be cold."
Qiao Baozhu put down her woolen pants and thanked him with a smile: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu and found that she had nothing else to say to him. After standing for a while, he said angrily, "Then I'm leaving?"
Qiao Baozhu said "hmm", and when she saw Shen Xiao turned around and left, she followed him off the kang.
Shen Xiao stepped out of the door and caught a glimpse of Qiao Baozhu getting off the kang.
He secretly guessed in his heart that Qiao Baozhu was curious about what her husband was doing outside. After all, they are newlyweds, and this is the time when they are most curious about their partner.
Thinking of his comrades-in-arms usually talking about how strictly their wives controlled them, Shen Xiao was actually looking forward to it.
He slowed down his pace as he walked out, fearing that he was walking too fast and Qiao Baozhu would not be able to catch up.
Shen Xiao walked out of the room and deliberately stood at the door for more than ten seconds. When he heard the footsteps behind him, he didn't even notice that the corners of his mouth curled up in joy.
“Bang!”
The door was slammed shut.
“Crack!”
The door bolt slid open with a crisp sound.
Shen Xiao's breath was choked, and he finally left the house in disappointment and embarrassment.
Inside the house, Qiao Baozhu, who knew nothing, soaked her feet in hot water. I ate two delicious baked potatoes, turned off the lights and went to bed feeling satisfied.
The next day, Qiao Baozhu was awakened by voices outside the window. In a trance, she seemed to hear her next-door neighbor Aunt Qian talking to Shen Xiao.
"Captain Shen, why are you getting up so early to practice boxing? Aren't you still on your wedding leave? Why are you getting up so early?"
Qiao Baozhu heard Shen Xiao's distant and indifferent voice and replied: "I can't fall asleep after the wake-up call. Aunt Qian, you get up early too."
Aunt Qian said in a teasing tone, "I'm old, I can't sleep as much as you young people. I think you soldiers are in better shape. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, you have so much energy, I don't know where to put it, and you even have time to practice boxing."
Qiao Baozhu could no longer lie still.
Shen Xiao came back early in the morning, and would rather practice boxing outside than wake her up.
Qiao Baozhu quickly got up, opened the door and asked Shen Xiao to come in to warm himself up.
Shen Xiao originally wanted to practice in the yard for a while longer, but he couldn’t stand Aunt Qian’s playful expression.
He quickly followed Qiao Baozhu into the house.
"Why didn't you call me when you came back? It's very cold outside this morning. If this happens again, feel free to knock on the window and call me."
"We usually do morning exercises at this time. I'm used to it and don't feel cold anymore."
Shen Xiao entered the house and walked around inside and outside, as if he was looking for something.
Qiao Baozhu couldn't help but be curious: "What are you looking for?"
Shen Xiao said seriously: "Empty the urine bucket? Why don't you see the urine bucket? Don't you need it at night?"
He has to empty his own urine bucket as soon as he enters the house?
Qiao Baozhu was a little shy, but more shocked.
In her previous life, during the first year of her marriage to Zhao Haiyang, the two of them always quarreled over emptying the urine bucket.
In the first two months of their marriage, the young couple had a good relationship, and Zhao Haiyang was willing to coax her and go along with her. Whether it is foot washing water or urine bucket, Zhao Haiyang is always proactive.
Unfortunately, he didn't hold on for long and began to complain that Qiao Baozhu didn't give him face. It is said that there is no man who would empty the urine bucket every day.
Qiao Baozhu had no habit of getting up at night. She felt that she would not need the urine bucket so she was unwilling to empty it and even less willing to brush it. After Zhao Haiyang had quarreled with her several times, he took advantage of the time when he returned to his parents' home during the Chinese New Year to brazenly report the matter to her parents.
From then on, Qiao Baozhu emptied the urine bucket for Zhao Haiyang every day until they moved into an apartment building.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Xiao saw Qiao Baozhu with her face downcast and looking listless and silent, and thought she was sick.
He reached out and touched her forehead: "Are you sick?"
The cold palm brought Qiao Baozhu back from her memories. She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously avoided Shen Xiao's touch.
"No, I'm still dazed."
"Oh, by the way, we have to cover the house today, so the people who help us will come early."
"I have to hurry and pack it up, or it will be too late."
Qiao Baozhu lowered her head in panic and walked away from Shen Xiao.
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