Chapter 7: Zhou Xueli's Visit



Yang Niannian was a little surprised, "The house was approved so quickly?"

Yang Fengyi answered confidently, "It's approved. The logistics department knows you're coming and has already prepared the house. They're just waiting for the head of the group to bring it up."

Knowing that the army was busy, Yang Niannian did not waste time. There were not many trivial things at home. She didn't know whether the tables, chairs and benches were provided by the army or bought by Lu Shishen. She could only let Yang Fengyi move the wooden boxes first.

"Let's move the wooden boxes from the room first. The quilts and other things are relatively light, so I can move them myself."

"Sister-in-law, just tell me what needs to be moved and I'll do it. You don't have to do anything."

Yang Fengyi was very strong. He walked into the house, carried the large wooden box on his shoulders and walked out. Yang Niannian was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the kettle and basin and followed him.

Yang Fengyi walked very quickly and was moving a large wooden box at lightning speed. In the yard, he met a few military wives who were weeding in the vegetable garden. They all knew Li Fengyi and took the initiative to greet him.

"Xiao Li, what are you doing moving a big box?"

Yang Fengyi replied with a smile, "I'm helping my sister-in-law move."

The eyes of several military wives instantly fell on Yang Niannian, and they looked her up and down like searchlights, "Oh, this is Captain Lu's wife. I heard that she looks like a fairy, and it's true."

Yang Niannian smiled shyly, "Sister-in-law, you flatter me too much."

A military wife in a flowery gown said sourly, "How can I flatter you? If you weren't good-looking, would Captain Lu be so anxious to move to a bigger house?"

This sounded a bit awkward. Before Yang Niannian could think about it, another military wife holding a child changed the subject and said, "Okay, okay, don't tease her. She is young and shy."

The wife in the flowered jacket curled her lips and said nothing more, but Yang Niannian began to have doubts in her heart, always feeling that there was something else behind her words.

After following Yang Fengyi for a while and reaching the other side of the building, Yang Niannian discovered that there was a different world here. On the side of the building were several small courtyards with red bricks and green tiles. The layout of each courtyard was similar, and there was a small kitchen next to the three houses.

Most of these small courtyards had clothes hanging out to dry, indicating that there were people living there. Yang Fengyi took her to the middle courtyard where there was no clothes hanging out to dry, pushed open the door and put the wooden box on the ground. Dust flew everywhere, choking Yang Niannian and causing her to cough a few times.

Yang Fengyi touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, I forgot that no one has lived here for a long time. It needs to be cleaned up."

Yang Niannian was still thinking about the matter of the military wife in the flowered jacket. After hearing his words, she came back to her senses and said in a muffled voice, "It doesn't matter. I don't have anything to do anyway. I can just clean it up myself later."

There was nothing in the small courtyard. Yang Niannian guessed that the things in the house over there should have been bought by Lu Shishen. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to clean the house.

Li Fengyi's eyes were also quite sharp. Seeing that Yang Niannian's expression was not right, he guessed that it might be the words of those sisters-in-law that affected her.

"These sisters-in-law have nothing to do all day long, so they like to talk about nonsense. Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. If you don't like getting along with them, just ignore them."

Yang Niannian asked, "In your eyes, what kind of person is your leader?"

Hearing her ask this question, Li Fengyi instantly perked up and proudly praised Lu Shishen, "Sister-in-law, the captain's character and appearance are the best in the whole team. He is brave, resourceful, young and promising. He has no second thoughts about the country and the people. He also took advantage of his free time to read books and study and was admitted to university..."

As he was praising, the topic changed. "The old chief was very optimistic about the regiment commander and wanted to introduce him to a girl. The regiment commander is already 26 years old this year. The old chief was worried that he had not married yet. Later, the regiment commander said that his family had introduced him to a girl and had filed a marriage report. Only then did the old chief feel relieved."

“…”

Seeing that Li Fengyi admired Lu Shishen so much, Yang Niannian couldn't find out any more information. She wisely agreed, "Your leader is quite nice."

"That's for sure." Li Fengyi laughed, "Sister-in-law, you can live with the commander without worrying about it. He will definitely be loyal to you as he is to the country. The commander is a serious person. No matter how beautiful the women outside are, he will never look at them twice."

In the past, he had suspected whether the captain had a problem with his sexual orientation, but after meeting Yang Niannian, he finally understood. The captain's wife was so beautiful, he must not be interested in those mediocre women out there.

Yang Niannian: She doesn’t know whether he has other intentions or not, but she plans to get along well with Lu Shishen anyway.

Originally, he thought there was not much stuff at home, but when he really started moving, he felt that there were quite a lot of things. Li Fengyi went back and forth several times and moved all the tables and benches and other things over. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely.

There were no extra cups at home, so Yang Niannian had no idea how to pour him a glass of water. Finally, she had an idea and used the cap of a kettle to pour him some cold boiled water.

"Don't mind if there's no cup at home."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Fengyi was not shy either. He took the lid of the tea bottle and gulped down the water. He wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for cleaning up. I will go back to the army first."

"good."

Yang Niannian cleaned the house inside and out by herself, and then used all her strength to move all the tables and benches into the house and put them in order. The originally dirty house, after she tidied it up, really became warm and comfortable, and looked a bit like home.

I don’t know how Lu Shishen would react when he came back and saw that the house was tidied up by her.

"Captain Lu, are you home?" A clear voice came from the gate of the courtyard.

Yang Niannian walked out of the house and saw a girl in her early twenties standing at the gate of the yard. She was holding a little boy of five or six years old by the hand. Yang Niannian knew the little boy. He was the one she rescued at the river yesterday. The boy seemed to recognize her as well and instantly hid behind the girl.

"Who are you?"

Zhou Xueli looked Yang Niannian up and down, her eyes full of confusion, as if revealing something strange.

"I am the wife of Captain Lu. He is in the army."

Yang Niannian was also looking at the girl in front of her. She had willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, thin lips, a slim figure, and a delicate and pretty appearance. However, her dress was a little strange. She wore a floral dress with sandals and socks, which made her look neither Western nor rustic.

"Captain Lu's lover?" Zhou Xueli was shocked. "When did Captain Lu get married?"

Without waiting for Yang Niannian to answer, she turned around and asked the little boy anxiously, "An'an, is your dad married? Is she your stepmother?"

Lu Anan glanced at Yang Niannian and recognized that his stepmother was the woman who beat him yesterday. He pursed his lips and almost cried, "Well, she just came to the army yesterday."


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