"Driving the sea?!" Upon hearing this, the three little kids immediately cast their sparkling eyes towards Mrs. Luo.

"Oh, no." Mrs. Luo said, "Last time, your Captain Shen filed a complaint, and my old Zhao scolded me. How could I dare to take you with me? If you want to go, you have to wait for Captain Shen to come back."

When Ning Tang heard that they were not going to the sea, he immediately lost interest and said weakly, "Then what are we going to do?"

Mrs. Luo took her hand and walked out, "Just follow me. By the way, take two big bags."

Seeing how anxious Mrs. Luo was, Ning Tang took out two bags from the house, took them in her hands, and followed her out.

When Da Wa saw Ning Tang was about to leave, he quickly said, "Stepmother, wait for us. I'm going too."

Ning Tang glanced at Luo Sao Zi inquiringly, and Luo Sao Zi waved her hand, "Then follow us." She turned to Ning Tang and explained, "We're just on the island, not to the beach. It's okay for Da Wa and the others to follow us, and they can even help you with some things."

Ning Tang and the three children followed Luo's wife out. Luo's wife hurriedly explained to Ning Tang and the three children, "I called you because I want you to come with me to get something."

"Get something?" Ning Tang asked, "What do you want to get?"

Mrs. Luo said, "Xiao Ning, you just arrived and you don't know, but we have planted a lot of pineapple trees in our Military Family Courtyard. Every June and July when the pineapples are ripe, the staff of our Military Family Courtyard Women's Committee will organize people to pick the pineapples by hand, and then notify us military families to pick the pineapples. This year the pineapples are growing well, and I estimate that every household will be able to get a lot."

Mrs. Luo pointed to a large tree on the roadside that was more than 10 to 20 meters tall and had dark brown bark and said, "This is the pineapple honey tree."

Ning Tang looked in the direction that Mrs. Luo pointed, and a large tree with lush branches and leaves came into view. The outstretched branches showed signs of having been picked.

We arrived at the three-story office building located in the center of the Military Academy, where the Women's Committee is located.

A woman in her forties wearing yellow twill came up to Luo's wife as soon as she saw her. "Why did you come just now? All the good things have been taken away by others."

Mrs. Luo patted her hands and said, "It's okay. It happens every year. Come, let me introduce you. This is Ning Tang, the lover of Captain Shen of the First Group."

Ning Tang hurriedly said, "Hello, sister-in-law, just call me Xiao Ning."

The woman readily called her Xiao Ning, and then Sister Luo introduced her to Ning Tang, "This is Teacher Wang's lover, Ding Ronghua. Everyone calls her Sister Ding."

"Sister Ding?" Ning Tang pretended to be surprised. "Sister Ding is so young. Calling me sister-in-law makes me look old. Sister Ding, tell me the truth. Do others call you Xiao Ding, but only Sister Luo lied to me and called you Sister Ding?"

"Oh my, this little one is so sweet." Ding Ronghua was so amused by Ning Tang's clever words that she couldn't stop smiling. She patted Mrs. Luo and said, "Where did you find such a clever talker?"

Mrs. Luo was secretly happy to see Ning Tang had narrowed the distance between her and Ding Ronghua with just a few words, but she said, "A smooth talker? I don't think so. She calls you Xiao Ding and calls me Mrs. Luo. Doesn't that mean I look older than you?"

Ning Tang slapped her thigh and said, "Sister-in-law, you are wrongly accusing me. Do you remember that when I first came to the island, our Captain Shen and Section Chief Su asked me to call you Sister Luo, and I followed them. If you don't like it, I can call you Xiao Luo, and that's fine."

Mrs. Luo smiled and gently pushed Ning Tang, "You are the only one who is smooth-talking."

"Alright, alright, let's stop talking here." Ding Ronghua said, "Go get the pineapple first, and then we can talk slowly."

As she spoke, Ding Ronghua led Ning Tang and Luo Saozi to the back of a relatively small queue, and then gave them a few instructions, "Today, in addition to pineapple honey, you can also receive two kilograms of longan. The longan is grown by the villagers and will be sent to our military hospital after the harvest. It's not a lot, but it's a token of my appreciation."

After saying that, Ding Ronghua said goodbye to the two of them. She was the director of the Women's Committee, and distributing pineapples today was a big deal, and she couldn't be absent anywhere. It was a great thing for her to be able to chat with Mrs. Luo and Ning Tang for a while.

Mrs. Luo said, "Oh, there are longan trees, that's great." She asked Ning Tang, "Xiao Ning, do you grow longan trees there?"

"My home is in a mountain village in the north. We mainly grow rice, potatoes and other crops. We don't grow longan because the climate is not suitable." Ning Tang said.

Come to think of it, Ning Tang hadn't eaten longan for a long time. Thinking of the sweet taste of longan, she couldn't help licking the corners of her dry mouth.

"Then I'll give you one pound later. You can eat more and taste it." Mrs. Luo said.

Ning Tang waved his hands, "No need, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Luo said, "Don't be polite with me. If you don't eat it, your three little ones will want to eat it. We are the only ones with me and Lao Zhao. My daughter doesn't like to eat fruit. If we take it back and leave it there, no one will eat it."

It was hard to refuse Mrs. Luo's kindness, so Ning Tang had no choice but to accept it.

It was just after work in the afternoon, and there were three long lines in front of the three-story building of the Women's Committee. They were all there to get pineapple honey and longan. Although the line led by Ningtang was relatively shorter, there were still 20 to 30 people in front.

There were longan and pineapple honey hanging in front of the baby, and the three children were all standing around the baby obediently, not doing anything mischievous.

They queued for almost half an hour, and there were only five people left until their turn.

Ning Tang's legs were sore from standing so long. "It's finally our turn."

"Yes." Mrs. Luo responded.

Ning Tang stood on tiptoe and looked at the area where the pineapple honey was separated. "I wonder if the bag I brought is big enough."

"That should be enough," said Mrs. Luo. "If it's not enough, you can ask Da Wa or Er Niu to help you look after the pineapple honey, and you can go home one more time."

As the two were talking, a rude and harsh female voice suddenly came to their ears, "Make way!"

Then, a figure appeared in front of Ningtang.

Ning Tang looked at the woman in front of her who was a head shorter than her and raised her eyebrows. Is this someone cutting in line?

Mrs. Luo said angrily, "Wang Di is here, what are you doing? You are cutting in line."

Wang Di glared at him, "Luo Chunxia, ​​I didn't cut in on your team, why are you yelling?"

Mrs. Luo was in front of her, Ningtang was behind her, and this Wang Di came in front of Ningtang. Strictly speaking, she didn't really cut in front of Mrs. Luo.

"Hey." Mrs. Luo rolled up her sleeves, "You still think you're right?"

The people queuing around saw the two people clashing and immediately cast gossipy glances at them. Even the clerk in charge of distributing pineapples and longans slowed down his movements, waiting to see the show.

Wang Di has always been domineering and notorious in the military academy. If she can get better, everyone will be happy to see it happen.

Seeing that things were about to get out of hand, Ning Tang patted Luo's hand, signaling her to calm down, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll talk to her."

Mrs. Luo hummed and reminded Ning Tang in a low voice, "Wang Di has a bad temper and is shameless. If she makes trouble, she will do anything. Don't bother with her. At most, just let her cut in line once and treat it as stepping on dog shit."

It seems that Mrs. Luo didn't want to suffer too much from Wang Di, so she reminded Ning Tang like this.

Ning Tang raised his eyebrows. He never expected that Wang Di would be such a tough nut to crack.

After all, she was thin and small, probably just over 1.5 meters tall, with high cheekbones, droopy eyes, a downward-turned mouth, and a bitter face. She didn't look like a strong person. I didn't expect the contrast to be so great.

As the saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of the aggressive. Wang Dilai is an aggressive person, no wonder everyone is afraid of her.

Ning Tang curled his lips, "Wang Di is Wang's sister, right? You think I'm unfamiliar and I'm easy to bully because I'm new here, so you want to cut in on my team, right?"

This is what Wang Dilai thought. Although she is arrogant, she is not stupid.

She didn't dare to bully those prestigious, popular and familiar military wives, but she could not bully Ning Tang, a stranger with a pure and beautiful appearance who was so embarrassing that she couldn't bring herself to do so at first sight.

This was not the first time Wang Di had done this. She knew everyone in the compound well. She knew which ones were aggressive and difficult to deal with, and which ones were soft and easy to bully. She had her own plan in mind.

Ning Tang, a newcomer who has no friends and looks weak, is the first one to be bullied. If Wang Di doesn't join her team, whose team should she join?

But she didn't expect that Mrs. Luo would stand up for her. This was beyond Wang Di's expectations, but she was not afraid.

After all, Mrs. Luo has a good temper. To put it bluntly, she won't argue with her. In the end, she will definitely let her cut in line.

The line for getting pineapple fruit and longan is so long. Wang Di arrived late. If she had queued normally, she probably wouldn't have gotten it before dark. Why not cut in line and get it earlier and leave?

Wang Dilai rolled her eyes and said, "It's none of your business. I just cut in on your team. What's the matter?"

Is she sure that Ning Tang won't dare to lose face and argue with her? Even if Ning Tang gets angry and attacks her, Wang Di is not afraid.

Although Wang Di looks thin and small, she is used to doing hard work and has plenty of strength in her hands, so she can easily deal with Fu Ningtang.

Seeing Wang Di's sticky look, Ning Tang laughed instead of getting angry and said, "No? What? If you want to cut in line, go ahead."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dilai showed a victorious smile on her face.

Regret also flashed in the eyes of the onlookers. Alas, this new military wife is so soft-tempered and gave in so easily. It's really boring.

Even Mrs. Luo breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want Ning Tang and Wang Di to have a conflict.

After all, Ning Tang had just arrived, and it was time for him to build good relationships with the people in the Military Academy. If he quarreled or fought with Wang Di, no matter whether he won or lost, it would leave a bad impression on others.

But if Ning Tang gave in now, it would seem that he was weak and could be bullied, even if Mrs. Luo helped him out.

Mrs. Luo gritted her teeth secretly, and felt even more disgusted with Wang Dilai in her heart. Why did Wang Dilai come to interfere with Ning Tang's team when there were so many other teams she could join?

Ning Tang scanned the area, taking in everyone's expressions.

She looked at Wang Dilai's smug face, curled her lips, and pretended to be regretful, "Sister Wang, although I really want to let you, but -"

She paused, then continued, "But if I let you go, I will have to wait one more person before I can get the pineapple and longan. Similarly, everyone behind me will have to wait one more person before they can get the pineapple and longan. So, your cutting in line affects not only me, but also everyone behind me. Don't you think this makes sense?"

"So? Ah——" Ning Tang stretched out his voice, and when Wang Di was caught off guard, he grabbed her elbow and pulled her out of the line, "So I have to ask Sister Wang to 'bear with it' and stop cutting in line." The word "bear with it" was emphasized.

By the time Wang Di reacted, she had already left the team.

She widened her eyes in disbelief and pointed at Ning Tang, "How dare you!"

Ning Tang lowered his head and looked at her out of the corner of his eye, his eyes full of mockery.

Wang Dilai had always been domineering in the military compound, and had never been treated like this. Her mind went blank and she was ready to ignore everything. She thought to herself, I must teach this little bitch Ning Tang a lesson today.

Ning Tang saw what she was thinking at a glance, took a step back, and raised his voice, "Hey, Wang sister-in-law, why don't you listen to advice and insist on cutting in line? I've already told you that I'm a good-tempered person. I let you do it, but I can't represent everyone in the queue behind me. You have to ask the people behind me whether they agree to let you cut in line."

Wang Dilai rolled up her sleeves and yelled, "I don't care if the people behind you agree or not!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that people were looking at her in a strange way.

It turned out that everyone was "enlightened" by Ning Tang's words.

Yes, if Wang Dilai successfully cuts in line with Ningtang, not only will Ningtang have to wait one more person, but all the people in line behind them will have to wait one more person!

Waiting in line is frustrating enough, and now everyone feels unhappy when they find out they have to wait a little longer, even if it's just for one seat.

Human nature is like this. When it does not affect their own interests, they all want to watch the excitement without any worries, and wash radishes without any fear of too much mud. Not only do they want to watch the excitement, they also want to fan the flames.

But once it affects one's own interests, no one would agree to it.

So, everyone cast unfriendly looks at Wang Dilai, as if they were going to work together to drag her out if she dared to cut in line.

Wang Dilai was no fool, her voice gradually weakened, "I, I..." She hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Ning Tang curled up the corners of his mouth and continued, "I know, Sister Wang, you are not unreasonable. You are just anxious for the moment, right?"

Wang Di didn't know why Ning Tang suddenly showed kindness, but she still accepted the excuse Ning Tang gave her, "Yes, I was just anxious for a moment."

Ning Tang, "But even if you are impatient, you still have to follow the rules. So, Wang sister-in-law, listen to my advice and line up at the end of the line."

When Wang Dilai heard that she was asked to line up at the end of the line, she immediately wanted to object.

But Ningtang glanced at her and then signaled her with his eyes to look at the crowd in the team behind.

Wang Dilai suppressed her anger and looked in the direction Ning Tang was looking.

At the back of the team were Commander Wu's daughter-in-law, Captain Zhou's lover... They all cast unfriendly glances at Wang Dilai.

Wang Dilai was suddenly startled. She forced a smile on her face, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth. "Okay, I'll go to the end of the line now."

Hearing this, Ning Tang smiled with satisfaction, "That's right."

She seemed to mutter something, but she said it in a voice that everyone could hear, "Ah, I don't know why Sister Wang had to make such a fuss. She should have lined up honestly earlier. Now it's her turn. I don't know what she was thinking. She doesn't look very smart."

"Puchi." I don't know who laughed first, and then everyone laughed one after another.

The shrill laughter made Wang Dilai's face turn blue and red. She wished there was a one-centimeter crack on the ground so that she could crawl into it.

San Wa looked left and right. He was still young and didn't understand much, but that didn't stop him from seeing that Ning Tang had 'won'. He exclaimed in a low voice, "Wow, stepmother is so amazing."

Da Wa and Er Niu nodded, "It's really amazing."

They didn't expect that the stepmother had this side. They both thought that Ning Tang could do nothing except eating and sleeping. They didn't expect that you can't judge a person by his appearance!!

The storm was resolved and the team arrived at Ningtang.

"Hello, comrade, I'm here to get pineapple honey and longan." Ning Tang said.

The person in charge of distributing the pineapple honey was a young female clerk. When she saw Ning Tang, she politely said, "Okay, I'll give it to you."

After that, the female clerk cut most of the pineapple honey with a knife, wrapped it in newspaper, and put two kilograms of longan in a bag. She gave both to Ningtang and said, "Here."

Ning Tang held a pineapple honey in one hand and a longan in the other, and said thank you.

Mrs. Luo had received her gifts before her and was standing by waiting for her.

Seeing her come out, the two of them walked out together.

Ning Tang weighed the pineapple honey and longan in his hand, then looked at what other people had in their hands, wondering, "Why do I feel like I have more than others?"

Mrs. Luo chuckled, "It should be Xiaoling who was in charge of distributing the pineapple honey and deliberately gave you more."

"Why?" Ning Tang blinked, "I don't think I know her."

"I guess it's because you gave Wang Dilai such a big head, and she's grateful to you." Mrs. Luo said, "Wang Dilai has been domineering in our military family courtyard for many years. She's too powerful to dare to offend. Those who are soft-hearted have been bullied by her. Xiaoling is just a doer. Last time, she almost made me cry."

Ning Tang was happy, "So that's how it is."

Mrs. Luo sighed, "After what happened to Wang Di, no one will dare to mess with you easily anymore."

Of course, after this battle, Ning Tang left a deep impression on the military families in the Military Family Academy.

Everyone thought that Ning Tang, who had just arrived, would be bullied by the unruly Wang Di, but the result was far beyond their expectations.

To deal with a shrew like Wang Dilai, Ning Tang did not pull himself to the same level as her. Instead, he reasoned with her and cleverly provoked her to oppose everyone. In the midst of conversation, he made Wang Dilai suffer a humiliation. She had no choice but to queue up at the back in shame, and was even humiliated in front of everyone.

And what about Ningtang?

In front of everyone, he only leaves the impression of being reasonable, eloquent, and not easy to bully.

It is estimated that Wang Di will not dare to offend Ning Tang easily after this, and will even avoid her when she sees her.

Mrs. Luo said slowly, "In fact, Wang Di came to bother you not only because you are a stranger."

After she finished speaking, she saw that Ning Tang didn't show any surprise on his face, so she knew that Ning Tang was so smart that he must have guessed it a long time ago.

So Mrs. Luo continued, "A few months after Da Wa's mother passed away, Wang Di came to matchmake for Captain Shen. She proposed her own cousin, an 18-year-old girl who was said to be pretty. But for some reason, Captain Shen didn't agree and rejected her."

"Later, you married Captain Shen. Wang Dilai probably thought that Captain Shen rejected her cousin because of you, so she was angry with you. In my opinion, Captain Shen probably disliked Wang Dilai and thought that Wang Dilai was not a good person and her cousin was not a good person either, so he rejected her." Mrs. Luo said.

Ning Tang listened and said jokingly, "I didn't expect Captain Shen to be so aggressive."

Mrs. Luo said, "Wang Dilai's parents and her cousins ​​have more than a dozen daughters, and Wang Dilai seems to be ranked in the middle. In their place, the bride price is high and it is not easy for girls to marry. Captain Shen is the captain, with a high salary and subsidies, so it's no wonder that she has her eyes on Captain Shen."

As they were talking, they arrived home. Before they parted, Mrs. Luo stuffed the pound of longan that she had promised to give to Ningtang into her hand.

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Luo, Ningtang went into the house and placed the pineapple honey and longan on the table.

The eldest child urged, "Stepmother, please peel the pineapple honey for us to eat."

Ning Tang glanced at him and said, "If you're in a hurry, just do it yourself."

The eldest child smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm not in a hurry. Stepmother, you take your time."

Hearing this, Ning Tang was surprised, "Shen Dawa, have you changed your personality today?"

Da Wa was complaining in his heart. Seeing Wang Di like that, who would dare to mess with you? But he said, "No way. I, Shen Da Wa, have always been very sensible. If you don't believe me, I will help you peel it."

Erniu raised her hand and said, "Erniu wants to help peel it too."

Ning Tang stuffed a handful of longan into her hand and said, "Go play somewhere else. Your brother is being very attentive to me. You should give him a chance to show his talents."

Da Wa was dumbfounded. He didn't want this opportunity to show off at all, but since he had agreed, he had no choice but to follow Ning Tang obediently and help her peel the pineapple honey.

On the way there, Mrs. Luo had already told her how to peel pineapple honey.

Ning Tang put some oil on his hands, then grabbed the pineapple honey and pulled it hard, and a piece of pineapple honey was pulled out.

Then separate the jackfruit flesh and seeds. Soak the yellow flesh in a bowl of salt water and put the grayish-white seeds in another small basket.

She peeled a few pineapple honeys and asked the eldest child, "Have you learned it?"

The eldest child nodded, "Learned it?"

Ningtang put some oil on Da Wa's hands, and then Da Wa started to fight with the pineapple honey.

Ning Tang continued to be busy peeling pineapple honey. She took the time to look at Da Wa. Although he didn't peel much, he still looked quite competent, so she ignored him.

After a while, the pineapple honey was peeled.

Ningtang tasted one piece. The pineapple honey tasted sweeter after being soaked in salt water. She couldn't help but eat another piece.

The eldest, second and third kids were already very hungry. They each pinched a piece of pineapple honey and put it in their mouths.

The eldest child exclaimed, "How sweet."

"It's just like soaking in honey." Erniu said.

Compared to the sweet pineapple honey, Sanwa prefers the sweet longan. He said to Ningtang, "I don't want to eat pineapple honey, I want to eat longan."

Ning Tang grabbed a handful for him and asked, "Can you spit out the core?"

Sanwa put his hands on his hips and said, "Stepmother, you underestimate me."

Ning Tang was amused, "No, no." But he still reminded her, "Comrade Shen Sanwa, remember to spit out the seeds."

Sanwa pouted, took a longan, peeled off the shell, put the flesh into his mouth, and then deliberately spat out the longan seed in front of Ningtang.

Ning Tang deliberately boasted, "Oh, our third child is really great. He can actually spit out longan seeds."

Sanwa puffed out his chest proudly and deliberately gathered all the longan seeds he spit out into one piece, to show that he "really spit out the seeds seriously"!

Ning Tang made him very amused.

Seeing the children eating half a pineapple honey and more than a pound of longan, Ning Tang quickly stopped them and said, "Eat so much now. You still need to eat later. Eat the pineapple honey after dinner. I'll put the longan away and eat it tomorrow."

After saying that, Ning Tang put Longyan into the chest of drawers. The three children could only look at Longyan reluctantly.

After eating the pineapple honey, Ningtang probably thought the three children wouldn’t be able to eat too much rice, so she just made some.

After dinner, Da Wa, Er Niu, and San Wa were ready to wash the dishes. Da Wa put away the dishes and chopsticks, and saw some pineapple seeds on the table. He asked Ning Tang, "Stepmother, did I throw away the pineapple seeds too?"

"Don't." Ning Tang stopped him, "Don't throw away the pineapple honey seeds. I still want to save them for eating."