When it was Chen Yun's turn, she said simply, "My name is Chen Yun, my wife is Liu Qiao, we just got married a few days ago, and I came here to follow the army."

Chen Dafen smiled and said, "Sister, my last name is Chen too. Maybe we will still be one family after five hundred years?"

Chen Dafen was the oldest among the three and had joined the army earlier than them, so she could barely serve as a guide for them in Longcheng. The three of them were not badly off financially, and none of them wanted to take advantage of the others. Chen Yun treated them to a bowl of noodles, and Chen Dafen immediately bought her a baked bun, and Zhu Xiaofang also weighed a small cake for her.

After eating ramen noodles that barely counted as breakfast, it was already noon. Chen Dafen went to the mall to buy two cans of milk powder. Afterwards, Chen Yun and Zhu Xiaofang went to buy furniture together. Zhu Xiaofang bought a desk and a three-layer wardrobe. Chen Yun ordered a lot more. She bought a big bed and a small bed because Liu Qiao's current bed was not big and not very comfortable. She also bought a combination cabinet, which had a wardrobe, a dressing mirror, a wooden box, and a desk. After Chen Yun wrote down the address, she paid and took the receipt.

The furniture store staff promised to deliver it in the afternoon, so she went to buy something else. Chen Dafen kindly reminded her: "Just buy a big bed. You can buy a small bed after the baby is born and grown up. If you buy it now, be careful when your family comes over."

She knew that Chen Dafen was reminding her out of kindness, but she couldn't say that her mother-in-law was particularly nice, as that would be like showing off in front of others, so she could only say, "I'm just too lazy to make another trip, so I've bought all these big items now, and I feel relieved."

Of course, furniture was not a necessity, because Liu Qiao only had a small stove, so Chen Yun bought a large stove, a pot, and kindling coal. Chen Dafen told her, "Someone will deliver the coal directly, so go to my place and use it first. I'll call you when someone delivers the coal in a few days."

Zhu Xiaofang wanted to buy a gas stove, but not only was it very expensive, she also needed to bring her household registration book. She had no choice but to do the same as Chen Yun.

From pots and pans to various seasonings, the women were almost exhausted from buying so many things. Chen Dafen wanted to buy only a few things, so the ladies were especially kind enough to help her and Zhu Xiaofang buy some.

Chen Yun looked at what she had bought and shook her head again: "There are still many things I haven't bought yet. I have to come again tomorrow."

Zhu Xiaofang also nodded.

It gets dark very early in Longcheng. When the three of them returned, it was almost dark. After Chen Dafen put down the milk powder can, she hurried to the kindergarten to pick up her son.

After Chen Yun took the things in, she heard the furniture dragger coming. It was an old master who quickly installed all the furniture. Chen Yun then arranged the cushions and quilts. She sorted out her thoughts. She must buy rice and vegetables. It would be best to buy a sewing machine in the future so that she could mend clothes and make dolls.

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Liu Qiao coming back. As soon as Liu Qiao came in, he found that the house was very different. There was a table and a bench in the small living room, and there was a large bed with a quilt, a bedside table, pillows and everything else in the bedroom where they slept.

He was surprised and asked, "Yunyun, did you buy all this today?"

Chen Yun nodded, still a little annoyed: "Yes, but I didn't buy a lot of things. I also forgot the coffee table, sewing machine, and clothes hanger..."

"That's great, Yunyun. You go home and have a rest tomorrow. I'll have time to go out with you in Xiao Zhang's car tomorrow at noon." Liu Qiao had a little understanding of Chen Yun's personality. She wanted to get everything done in one go.

With Liu Qiao around, she could buy even more things. Chen Yun exclaimed happily, "That's great. Oh, by the way, I forgot to distribute the wedding candy to everyone today. I'll take it out for you. You can bring it to the troops tomorrow to give it to everyone."

She showed Liu Qiao the things she bought today one by one, "Brother Liu Qiao, look at this bed I bought. My parents can sleep here when they come over. And I bought a coal stove and a pot. I can cook tomorrow..."

As she was talking, she heard the door ring again. When Chen Yun opened the door, she saw Chen Dafen coming in with a dustpan filled with beehive coal. She invited Chen Dafen in: "Thank you, sister-in-law. Come in and have a cup of tea?"

Liu Qiao also hurriedly called sister-in-law. This was also the third time Chen Dafen saw Liu Qiao. He was indeed a very energetic young man. Seeing Chen Yun's enthusiasm, she quickly refused: "No, no, my children are waiting at home. I just came to deliver coal."

Chen Yun took a handful of wedding candies from the box and gave them to her. "Look, sister-in-law, I've been busy all day. Take the wedding candies back and give them to the children."

Chen Dafen refused several times before accepting it.

Chen Yun went to the right and gave Zhu Xiaofang some wedding candy. Zhu Xiaofang gave her a bowl of stewed cucumber in return. As the saying goes, a neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Chen Yun carefully observed the two neighbors and found them to be very nice people. Chen Dafen was very good at managing the household and for some reason she looked very strong and persistent. I wonder what she had been through. What about Zhu Xiaofang? She was very knowledgeable. Her words did not match her background at all. Chen Yun thought they were all people worth learning from.

After she came back, she used a lighter to light the coals and lit the fire in the stove. Seeing that her eyes were about to close, Liu Qiao said distressedly: "Let me light the fire. You go sit on the bed. Are you uncomfortable because of the cold wind?"

"Yes, it hurts my eyes and nose." Chen Yun said to her husband in a coquettish manner.

Liu Qiao came over and carefully examined her, then touched her nose and said, "Why don't you make a list and I'll go buy them tomorrow, and you can just rest at home for a few days."

"No, we finally get to go out together, I still want to go with you." She was mainly worried that Liu Qiao wouldn't make a good purchase.

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Meanwhile, Chen Dafen prepared milk powder for her son. She was so stupid in her previous life that her son never ate anything. She gave all the milk to her brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Later, she saw that her brother-in-law's son was drinking milk, and her son could only eat pickled vegetables. If he ate more meat, his mother-in-law would scold him for a long time. In the end, her son died of oral cancer at the age of 16. According to the doctor's test, it was because he ate too much kimchi and pickled vegetables.

She doesn't care about those people in this life. She just takes good care of her son and keeps an eye on her husband.

She said to Hu Yongbing, "The girl next door is a nice person. It seems that her family is well-off and she is not as arrogant as Zhou Qin from the first battalion. The wife of our deputy battalion commander Gao is not bad either. We are from the same battalion and our floor is pretty good." She used to be scolded by her mother-in-law every day in the village, which made her very inferior. She was timid when she came to join the army, fearing that others would laugh at her. Now she knows that most people in other countries are much better than those at home.

At least the outsiders didn't take advantage of her. She gave them honeycomb coal, and Chen Yun said she would return it to her when she bought it. She also gave her son a handful of imported candy.