Yang Niannian never expected the woman to say this. The little boy was only about two or three years old and very skinny. It would take at least two or three years for him to wear this kind of clothes.

She was thinking about how to answer the woman's words when An An couldn't help but speak. He snatched the clothes back from the woman's hands and hugged the clothes tightly.

"My mother bought this dress for me. I haven't worn it yet, so I won't let anyone else wear it."

He didn't like this woman, she stole his clothes and wanted to take them away.

The woman pouted awkwardly and complained to Yang Niannian.

"You kid is pretty fierce, you need to control him. I just wanted to see his clothes, but I don't want his. Look how scared he is."

Yang Niannian no longer wanted to talk to the woman any more. She felt that her way of thinking was a little strange.

"The child is young and might take your words seriously. Don't scare him."

The woman was unhappy because her complaint was unsuccessful and she shut her mouth and said nothing.

There were more people in the car, so Yang Niannian didn't continue chatting with Lu Shishen.

The car was shaking on the mortar road. She felt a little sleepy and was about to take a nap when someone suddenly kicked the back of the chair, which drove away all her sleepiness.

She thought the woman had accidentally raised her leg and hit her, so she didn't take it seriously. But within a few seconds, she was kicked again, this time with greater force, and it was obviously intentional.

She frowned, looked back, and her head split open.

The woman's two or three-year-old son was lying in her arms drinking breast milk, but his feet were still restless and he kicked back every once in a while.

The woman also noticed Yang Niannian's gaze, and she spoke in a boastful tone.

"Everything is expensive on the train. Luckily, I didn't wean my baby off breast milk, otherwise he would have been starving after sitting on the train for 20 hours. It's okay for adults to be hungry, but you can't let your baby go hungry. Don't books say that babies are the flowers of the motherland? My husband is capable, and my baby will definitely be good in the future. He is the only child in our family. If I let him go hungry, his father will definitely yell at me."

"It was fortunate that I was conceived at the right time. The policy came into effect not long after he was born. If it had been later, my family would have been extinct."

When Lu Shi heard this, he frowned slightly, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Yang Niannian stared, "He is more than two years old, right?"

“He’ll be three next month,” the woman said.

Yang Niannian was shocked. "Now that all the teeth have grown, can I stop breastfeeding?"

"Why give up?" The woman said proudly, "If the child wants to eat, let him eat. There is a child in our village who eats until he is five years old. Children are smart when they drink breast milk. Some people want to feed their children, but they don't have enough milk yet."

Yang Niannian, "..."

Let’s not talk about whether it is smart or not to feed the baby with breast milk. But it is not appropriate to feed the baby this old, right?

Forget it, she should stop interfering in other people's affairs!

An An felt a little embarrassed when she saw the boy drinking breast milk. Although he is still a child, he already knows how to be shy.

Seeing that the little boy was still sticking his butt out to drink breast milk, he stuck out his tongue and muttered softly.

"You're still breastfeeding at this age, shame on you."

As soon as he said this, the child in the woman's arms started howling at the top of its voice as if a floodgate had been opened, making Yang Niannian's head throb with pain.

The woman glared at An An unhappily, but because Yang Niannian and Lu Shishen were there, she resisted the urge to blame An An. She hugged the boy and coaxed him softly for a long time until she said she would buy him some candy, and the boy finally calmed down.

An An also felt that the little boy's crying was a bit annoying, so she turned her head and looked out the window and ignored him.

The car soon arrived at the military gate. Lu Shishen stopped the car, but the woman was unwilling to get out.

"Why did you stop? Just drive the car in! I have two kids and so much stuff with me. I can't carry them all."

Lu Shishen had a blank expression on his face. "The housing Wang Kun applied for has been approved. You wait here for a while, and he will come out to pick you up."

Yang Niannian: So he already knew that Wang Kun’s family would join the army?

When the woman heard what Lu Shishen said, she got out of the car reluctantly.

While Lu Shishen was helping the woman get her things, Yang Niannian also got out of the car.

"You drive the car into the army! An An and I can just walk back with the stuff. It's just a few clothes and shoes, so it's not too heavy to carry."

Lu Shishen glanced at the time on his watch and nodded.

"Don't cook my dinner. Go to bed early. I'll be back late tonight."

Yang Niannian nodded, and together with An An, they carried the things and walked towards the military family compound. As soon as they reached the gate of the compound, Zhou Haiyang and his brothers ran over, vying to help carry the things.

When he heard An An say that Yang Niannian bought him new clothes, he was so envious.

"An An, Aunt Yang is so nice to you."

An An secretly glanced at Yang Niannian, pursed her lips and said shyly but happily, "I've changed my name to mom!"

His voice was neither loud nor soft, and happened to be heard by Yu Hongli, who was sitting under a big tree sewing shoe soles. She curled her lips and pretended not to see Yang Niannian walking past her.

She was about to get up and go home when she saw Wang Kun holding a child in each hand and happily walking into the yard, followed by a woman.

Probably because she has been doing farm work in her hometown all year round, the woman looks dark, thin, and a little hunchbacked.

She greeted him loudly, "Captain Wang, are your wife and children here to join the army?"

"Sister-in-law, this is my wife, Hu Qiaomei. She just arrived here and doesn't know anything. I'll need your help to take care of her in the future." Wang Kun said with a smile.

"Of course." Yu Hongli said to Hu Qiaomei with a smile, "Big sister, if you need any help in the future, come and find me. I live in the small yard in front."

Hu Qiaomei's eyes darted around as she looked at the house with red bricks and green tiles, and she was so happy.

She still lives in a mud house at home.

My father-in-law died early and my mother-in-law fell seriously ill, and we spent a lot of money on medicine over the years.

After her mother-in-law passed away, she handed over the family land to relatives to manage and brought her children here.

Being used to farming in the countryside, when she came here, she immediately set her eyes on the small vegetable gardens in the yard.

"Is there a small vegetable garden over there like mine?"

Yu Hongli curled her lips and was about to answer when Wang Kun spoke first.

"Yes, I know you like farming, so I applied to the team. Captain Song's former vegetable plot is now yours to farm."

Hu Qiaomei didn’t know who Captain Song was, but as long as he had a vegetable garden, it was fine.

Yu Hongli was unhappy. She was planning to turn the soil in Zhang Meijing's vegetable garden and plant some carrots.

Fortunately, she has been lazy these two days and hasn't done anything yet, otherwise, wouldn't it have been done by others?

The house that Wang Kun applied for was right next door to Yang Niannian's house. Originally, the two houses were only separated by a fence, but because Yang Niannian built a bathroom and toilet in her yard, the two yards were completely separated.

When Hu Qiaomei passed by Yang Niannian's yard, she couldn't help but stop and look at it, "Why is there so many small houses in this yard?"

"This is the toilet and bathroom that Captain Lu built for his wife using his own allowance," said Wang Kun.