On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Song Shuxi dressed herself up early in the morning and changed new clothes for her two children.
An An and Le Le were wearing red cotton-padded jackets with three dogs embroidered on them, namely Lightning Ink Shadow and Fortune Dot.
Song Shuxi did not make a new cotton-padded jacket for herself, but only embroidered a Tibetan mastiff on the cuffs of her old cotton-padded jacket.
Lele stood straight in front of his brother and said, "Brother, can you help me take a look? Does it look good?"
An An took his brother's hand and came to Song Shuqian's dressing mirror, "Look here."
He often thought that his younger brother was a little fool. They looked alike and wore the same clothes. What could they see when they looked at each other?
Lele stood in front of the mirror, looked to the left, then to the right, and changed his posture.
Thinking of something, he ran to Song Shuxi and said seriously, "Mom, there is no Dad on the clothes."
In Lele's cognition, lightning is his family, and embroidering lightning on his clothes is equivalent to embroidering his family.
Dad is also a family member, and we need to have a dad too.
Song Shuqian explained to them, "Dad's zodiac sign is dog. The dog on your clothes can represent Mo Ying and the others, as well as dad. There is also a dog on mom's clothes, which is dad's zodiac sign."
Lele looked at the majestic Tibetan mastiff on his mother's sleeve and blurted out, "Dad is a dog."
Song Shuqian held her forehead helplessly, what kind of brat is this. She corrected him, saying, "My father's zodiac sign is dog, so you can't be wrong about that."
Her attitude is very serious.
She could imagine how embarrassing it would be if she said the wrong thing.
An An helps his stupid brother out of trouble. He reminds his brother not to say the wrong thing, "Mom, what are our zodiac signs?"
"It's a chicken, the big rooster we raise." Song Shuqian has answered this question many times. She doesn't know why two children who have always been smart always lose their memory on this issue.
Song Shuqian squatted down and rubbed An An's head. "Did you forget? Mom told you before. She also gave each of you a hand-held ornament. It was a jade chick. It was very cute."
An An still remembers the jade, he liked it very much, "Mom, put the jade away."
"Yes. Mommy will keep the jade for now. Don't tell anyone else about it. When you two are ten years old, I will give it back to you. Remember, don't tell anyone else about the jade.
Also remember that Dad’s zodiac sign is dog. "
These two children are very sensible. As long as you tell them seriously that they cannot go out, they will definitely not say it on their own initiative.
Song Shuqian patted their little butts and said, "Now carry your little bags and go call Sihu, let's go and pay New Year's greetings."
According to their local custom, every year on New Year’s Eve or the first day of the new year, children go to visit their neighbors to wish them a happy new year and receive some candies, peanuts and other things.
Those who are closer will give red envelopes. There's only one cent in it, that's the idea, to make the child happy.
Sihu's clothes this year are a big black cotton-padded jacket, and he carries a tiger-shaped backpack. He looks very cute with a tiger head and a tiger-like appearance.
Song Shuqian couldn't help but talk nonsense.
Looking at the three short and stout kids running hand in hand in front, Song Shuqian and Tiantian just thought they were cute.
"Look at how stupid they are, staggering around like ducks. I'm worried they might fall."
Tiantian was a little worried because many people did not prepare New Year’s goods this year. She wondered if they would make others uncomfortable if they went there at this time.
Song Shuqian didn't care. "If there's nothing, we can go to another one. It's just an activity for children. It doesn't matter what we get. What matters is the process. After we finish paying New Year's greetings, we'll go to the service center to have a look."
I want to buy some firecrackers. I used to think that since Wei Jianguo was not there, no one would release him.
Now I think that even though the man is not around, our life still has to go on as usual, and we may even live better than when he was around. Only then can he feel at ease and concentrate on fighting the enemy. "
Tiantian said, "You are right, we should live our own lives."
The two of them took the children for a long walk.
Some young military wives did not prepare anything for the Spring Festival, and some, like Zheng Baiwei, did not even put up Spring Festival couplets.
Zheng Baiwei is in a trance now.
She asked her family, but they didn't know what the mission was. She only knew that they were in great danger this time and could lose their lives at any time.
She should have been happy.
Finally I can get rid of Zhang Hongjun.
She married him just to enjoy life, but she didn't expect that she would still need to work after marriage.
But now, after touching the baby in her belly, she couldn't bear to let it go.
Zhang Hongjun might not be the husband she imagined, who would not read poems to her or say sweet words.
But he is a husband who treats her very well and is willing to tolerate her.
He would give her half of his monthly allowance as soon as it was paid; when she was sick, he would take care of her day and night; she didn't want to have children, and although he disagreed, he never forced her.
Zheng Baiwei knows, she knows everything.
After several years of marriage, she was able to live the same life as before marriage, all thanks to Zhang Hongjun.
She just pretended not to know and lived subconsciously in her own thoughts.
This time, when he left, she realized that she also cared about him.
Looking through the window, Zheng Baiwei suddenly felt a little envious when she saw Song Shuxi taking her two children out to pay New Year's greetings.
If she had recognized her own heart earlier, their child would have grown up to be as happy as An An and Le Le.
No one knows Zheng Baiwei's inner monologue except herself.
When Song Shuxi came to pay New Year's greetings, she skipped her house and went directly to Mrs. Feng's house.
"Happy New Year, sister-in-law."
"Happy New Year, An'an Lele, come in quickly," Mrs. Feng said enthusiastically.
I took out the prepared melon seeds and candies and put them in the two children's pockets. I also took out two small red envelopes and gave them to them.
An An and Le Le thanked them sweetly, saying "thank you, beautiful aunt" on the left and "aunt will bring brother to my house to play" on the right, which made Sister Feng smile from ear to ear.
After sitting in Mrs. Feng's house for a while, when leaving, Song Shuqian noticed that Mrs. Feng, who always loved cleanliness, was wearing an apron under her cotton coat.
She must be worried too.
It’s just that as a military wife, I’m used to disguising my emotions with a smile. As a mother, I am used to pretending to be strong in front of my children.
As the pillar of the family, she cannot fall down.
Song Shuxi and Tiantian also noticed other military wives. Some of them kept their worries deep in their hearts like them; some of them kept finding work for themselves so busy that they had no time to think about their loved ones; and some of them secretly prayed for them in their rooms, hoping that they would return safely.
Wei Jianguo, who was far away in Bian Province, was also thinking about his wife. He was unable to come back this Spring Festival and wondered how she was doing.
Who helped her prepare the New Year's Eve dinner?
Do you miss him?
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