Seeing that Xu Yinglian didn't look like she was lying, Yang Niannian didn't ask any more questions. She took out the key and opened the door. The room was very clean and it was obvious that it had been tidied in advance. All the supplies were there.
Xu Yinglian put the things on the table and said familiarly.
"Niannian, have you had breakfast? Are you hungry? I have some dried dates in my room. I'll bring them up for you to try."
Yang Niannian refused without thinking, "Thank you, no need, I..."
Before she could finish her words, Xu Yinglian had already gone out to get something from the house. A short while later, she came back with a small cloth bag of dried dates.
A mysterious path.
"These red dates are so big and sweet. They are said to be a specialty from Xinjiang. We can't buy them here. They were sent by my brother from my mother's family. Come and try them."
Yang Niannian waved her hand to refuse, "I don't like dried dates. This is such a good thing, you can take it back and give it to the child!"
Xu Yinglian forced the medicine into Yang Niannian's hand, speaking as she did so.
"I still have some at home. If you don't want to eat it, you can give it to Master Lu. It's good for your health and replenishes your blood..."
Yang Niannian grasped the key point of Xu Yinglian's words and looked at her in astonishment, "Master Lu?"
Xu Yinglian was surprised when she saw Yang Niannian looked confused.
"Hey! You didn't know yet, did you? Captain Lu is now Division Commander Lu. Didn't he tell you about such a big thing?"
Yang Niannian, "..."
Lu Shishen only rested for half a month, and when he came back he became a commander?
How come she didn't get any information about such a big thing?
No wonder Xu Yinglian's attitude changed drastically.
She collected her thoughts and said, "Shi Shen has been quite busy recently, and I haven't come to visit, so I haven't received any news yet."
Xu Yinglian began to flatter Lu Shishen in various ways, and praised Yang Niannian for her beauty and good luck, but Yang Niannian didn't want to listen to her nagging, and politely ordered her to leave.
"I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while. You go back first!"
Xu Yinglian couldn't stay and wanted to put the food on the table. "You can keep it and eat it. My brother said that these dried dates are good for women."
"No need, I'll take it back and feed it to the child!" Yang Niannian was very determined and sent both the person and the food out the door.
The smile on Xu Yinglian's face disappeared, and she pouted and muttered.
"My husband is a division commander and still has a stern face. I've never seen anyone so pretentious. Forget it. I'll eat it myself."
She just turned around with the cloth bag in her hand and a sullen face, and saw another Tao Hua coming over with melon seeds in her hand. She quickly covered the cloth bag tightly and asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Hey, what are you so happy about? Why are you walking so fast?"
Tao Hua said, "I heard that Commander Lu's wife is here, so I came to see her."
Xu Yinglian curled her lips, "You have really sharp ears. You got wind of it just a few minutes after they arrived. You must be trying to curry favor with the new commander's wife."
Tao Hua glanced at the cloth bag in her hand and said, "Nian Nian and I have always had a good relationship. You can tell who is trying to curry favor with her by looking at what she is holding."
After saying that, he walked over and knocked on the door. Xu Yinglian felt bad when she saw Yang Niannian open the door and invite the person in with a nicer attitude than towards her.
She rolled her eyes, sent the dried dates back to the house, and went to find Lin Manzhi to complain.
"Commander Lu's wife is here. I don't know if it's intentional, but she always comes on New Year's Eve in recent years. You said she has no children, no elderly people at home to take care of her, and she's still young. She has the easiest life among our military wives, but she can't stand hardships the most."
Lin Manzhi has been in a bad mood these days. When she heard Xu Yinglian's words, she rolled her eyes and said unhappily.
"Do you really want to see her perform on the show?"
That year, Yang Niannian stole the limelight, which made her so angry that she didn't come to the army the next year. Who would have thought that Yang Niannian didn't participate in the show either.
If her husband hadn't deliberately concealed the fact from her and didn't tell her that Lu Shishen had become the division commander, she would never have come to the army.
Now that everyone is here, it would seem petty if she goes back, so she can only grit her teeth and swallow it.
When Xu Yinglian saw that Lin Manzhi was unhappy, she quickly changed her words.
"What can she perform? She's just taking shortcuts, doing the easiest things, and saying a few words on stage."
He took the opportunity to flatter Lin Manzhi, "You don't know how attentive Tao Hua is. I just saw her with a bulging pocket when she went to Yang Niannian. I don't know what's in her pocket, and she's covering it up so no one can see it."
Lin Manzhi was unhappy. "No matter what she pretends to be, I won't do such flattery. The army doesn't care about such things."
"That's right. I wouldn't do these things. We men all get promoted based on our own strength. People who do these little tricks behind the scenes can't show up in public." Xu Yinglian said.
"Knock knock knock" There was a sudden knock on the door outside. Xu Yinglian's heart skipped a beat and her face changed. Could it be Yang Niannian coming?
If Yang Niannian heard what I just said, she would definitely persuade me, right?
Lu Shishen is no longer the team leader now.
She bravely asked, "Who, who?"
Song Fen's voice rang out from outside, "Sister Xu, it's me."
Only after hearing Song Fen's voice did Xu Yinglian feel relieved. She opened the door and asked with a long face.
"Who is like you? You just knock on the door without saying anything. It's scary."
Song Fen was surprised. "Why are you so scared in broad daylight?"
Xu Yinglian choked and changed the subject.
"What are you doing here?"
Song Fen walked around her, looked at Lin Manzhi, and asked softly.
"I heard that Sister Yang is here. Do you want to go and see her together?"
In fact, she didn't want to call Lin Manzhi, but she lived next door to Lin Manzhi and felt it was not good for her to just go there, so she asked.
Although Yang Niannian is not very old, Commander Lu holds a high position. The highest rank here is commander. If you really calculate it, even Chief Du is not as high-ranking as Lu Shishen.
When Chief Du was transferred here, he was at the brigade level, but Lu Shishen was promoted to the division level with good reason.
He is young and promising, and his future achievements will be able to surpass Chief Du. This is one of the reasons why Chief Du has always been very nice to Lu Shishen after he was transferred here.
After all, this person is more powerful than Chief Du. It would not be good for him if he offended Lu Shishen.
When Lin Manzhi heard this, her face suddenly changed, but thinking of what her husband said last night, she calmed down and stood up.
"Let's go!"
If she didn't go, others would definitely talk about her being narrow-minded behind her back. Besides, everyone could see that Lu Shishen would achieve more in the future, and she was not a fool. Even if she didn't try to curry favor with him, she couldn't offend him.
Xu Yinglian thought Lin Manzhi would refuse, but she didn't expect her to agree. After being stunned for a moment, she said.
"Let's go together! It's almost time for dinner."
When the three of them went out, they saw other military wives also preparing to say hello to Yang Niannian.
To be honest, everyone felt bad. In terms of age, Yang Niannian was the youngest, but her husband had the highest rank, so there was really nothing they could do.