Chapter 30 ……
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Jiang Lai hid in the black jade on Ye Anguo's clothes button and secretly observed outside. To be honest, she was a little curious about what Ye Anguo's room looked like.
Jiang Lai naturally assumed that she was in Ye Anguo's room. The cotton-padded coat she made for Ye Anguo was very warm, not the Zhongshan suit style of the time, but a cotton-padded coat style that was more like a windbreaker.
Of course, Jiang Lai didn't just make them for everyone; each member of the Jiang family also received one. Otherwise, Jiang Bolin, who favored girls over boys, would definitely not have been happy. In any case, it took Jiang Lai a long time, since there was just too much to do.
Jiang Lai was curious about what Ye Anguo's room looked like, so she secretly peeked out and suddenly met Ye Anguo's eyes, which startled her greatly.
"Oh my god, that scared me to death! Luckily, Ye Anguo can't hear the sounds inside this space, otherwise we would have been exposed." Jiang Lai patted her chest lightly, clearly quite frightened.
Peeking out again, she saw another side of Ye Anguo. Usually, Ye Anguo in front of Jiang Lai was either mature and steady or honest and simple. But now Jiang Lai saw a completely different side of Ye Anguo.
Ye Anguo was folding the clothes Jiang Lai had sent and putting them into the wardrobe one by one. He couldn't suppress his smile and even started singing happily.
Jiang Lai was very familiar with this song; she had grown up in a military compound. Ye Anguo was singing an army song.
"The Party flag flutters, the military flag soars, we are the Party's earliest armed forces. We won the battlefield for the liberation of the people, and we defeated the wolves for national independence..."
"...Our ranks march towards the sun, our feet firmly planted on the land of our motherland, bearing the hopes of our nation; we are an invincible force..."
It has to be said that Ye Anguo sang quite well, which was very exciting to listen to. However, Ye Anguo's expression was too happy, and his teeth were showing.
As Jiang Lai listened to Ye Anguo's singing, she looked around Ye Anguo's room. It was an extremely simple room, with only a bed and a wardrobe, plus a table by the window with some books and pens on it. It was clearly Ye Anguo's desk.
I miscalculated. I shouldn't have attached the black jade button to the clothes. Looking at Ye Anguo now, he seems to be keeping the clothes as a treasure and reluctant to wear them. Moreover, Ye Anguo hasn't even worn the sweater she knitted for him. It seems like he's still reluctant to part with it.
What a miscalculation! What a miscalculation! She had planned everything, but she hadn't expected him to be reluctant to wear it. Originally, Jiang Lai had planned to peek inside when Ye Anguo put on his clothes and went out, and then find a suitable place to set up the training ground in the space. Now it seems that the plan won't work.
However, Jiang Lai is helpless right now, because the black jade clasp that Jiang Lai is currently holding is sewn onto her clothes and is being folded up by Ye Anguo. It will soon be packed into a box and may never see the light of day again.
Fortunately, Jiang Lai was a woman with a cheat code. She had Jin Nian loosen the black jade button, so when Ye Anguo was about to put the cotton coat into the box, the button fell off the clothes with a crisp sound. Ye Anguo looked down and found a black button on the ground, which spun around and then slid to the foot of the bed.
Of course, the button that fell off was made of obsidian, while the black jade button had been hidden in Ye Anguo's coat pocket by Jin Nian.
Then Jiang Lai stayed in Ye Anguo's pocket and followed him to his current residence, a house with a very old feel. The cement floor was still smooth and clean. The house was quite large, and it was very tidy and organized, even quite clean. It seemed like he had OCD. In any case, Jiang Lai would never be able to make it this tidy if she did it herself.
It was quite similar to the soldiers who shoveled snow and piled it into squares that Jiang Lai had seen before. Jiang Lai really thought that Ye Anguo must have obsessive-compulsive disorder. In her opinion, this house was so clean that it could reflect light.
"Hiss... Could he really ask me to do the same?" Jiang Lai felt that this was a very bad sign.
Just then, Jiang Lai met Ye Wenyu, Ye Lixin, and Ye Zhangpeng again. The three children looked exactly like the photos Ye Anguo had sent before, but they were much cuter in person than in the photos.
Ye Anguo was preparing vegetables in the kitchen when Ye Wenyu, who had just returned from school, came back with Ye Lixin and Ye Zhangpeng: "Lixin, you go and do your homework first, and keep an eye on Zhangpeng while you're at it. I'll go help Dad prepare the vegetables."
Hearing this, Ye Anguo poked his head out from the kitchen and said, "Wen Yu, your Aunt Jiang sent you some things, and they've been placed in your room. Take your brother to see them."
"Dad, what did Aunt Jiang send us? What's so delicious?" Ye Zhangpeng, the youngest, was still small, so he was more concerned about the food.
"Aren't they nice clothes? Aunt Jiang mentioned in her letter last time that she was making cotton-padded jackets for us." The second son, Ye Lixin, already knew how to appreciate beauty. Hearing that Jiang Lai's letter had arrived, he immediately thought of the cotton-padded jackets Jiang Lai had mentioned.
"Dad, have you and Aunt Jiang made up?" Ye Wenyu, true to his reputation as the most sensible child, immediately assumed that Ye Anguo and Jiang Lai, who had been arguing, had reconciled. He wasn't excited about the gift; instead, he was happy because of this.
"Yes, Dad, have you and Aunt Jiang made up?" *2
“I already told you that Aunt Jiang and I are perfectly fine and there’s nothing wrong with us. She accidentally filled in the wrong mailing code in her last letter, and that’s why I received it.”
"Dad, when are you going to marry Aunt Jiang?" Little Tuanzi Ye Zhangpeng asked.
"What's the rush, kid? You'll find out when the time comes." Ye Anguo certainly wanted to marry Jiang Lai as soon as possible, but this didn't stop him from getting Jiang Lai's consent. Jiang Lai had accidentally filled in the wrong postal code in her reply, and the letter was returned. As a result, Ye Anguo didn't know what Jiang Lai's reply was, so he wasn't really sure when he said this.
"When exactly are you talking about when? You're almost 30, and Aunt Jiang is only 20. Like the uncles and elders say, you're like an old cow eating young grass. If you don't hurry up, Aunt Jiang might be snatched away by someone else."
Jiang Lai almost burst out laughing when she saw Ye Wenyu outside through Jin Nian, looking like she was worried sick about Ye Anguo. Oh my, it's the first time I've seen a good kid who isn't a brat so adorable.
"Cough cough, can't you wish me well for once? Didn't you all say you liked Aunt Jiang? Instead of trying to make her one of your own, you're making sarcastic remarks?" Ye Anguo glared at Ye Wenyu.
"Oh, I'm just worried about you. Aunt Jiang is so kind, beautiful, good at sewing and cooking, and so good to us. What will you do if you don't hurry up and take advantage of her?" Ye Wenyu said maturely, completely unfazed by Ye Anguo's threats.
"Pfft, hahaha..." Jiang Lai hid in the black jade clasp, laughing uncontrollably. This child was so funny, and with her quick wit, it seemed she had the potential to become a sharp-tongued master of witty comebacks.
Ye Anguo was speechless at Ye Wenyu's words: "Alright, you don't need to do this anymore. Hurry up and go inside to see the new clothes your Aunt Jiang sent you. There are several sets, from head to toe, clothes, shoes and socks. Try them on and see if they fit. Then go and write back to your Aunt Jiang."
"Really? I'll go right now." As soon as Ye Anguo finished speaking, Ye Wenyu and the other two rushed to their room. Even the most composed Ye Wenyu showed a bit more urgency, which showed how much they were looking forward to Jiang Lai's gift.
Jiang Lai also controlled the jade buckle to jump out of Ye Anguo's pocket, and rolled herself into the room of Ye Wenyu and the other two.
What happened next was actually quite simple. The three Ye brothers really liked the clothes, shoes, and hats that Jiang Lai sent them. They had a great time trying them on, and afterwards, each of them wrote several pages of letter paper, creating a thick letter for Jiang Lai.
After dinner, Ye Wenyu and the other two took a shower as soon as possible, and then couldn't wait to change into new clothes, from thermal underwear to sweaters to cotton-padded jackets.
They're going to wear it for others to see tomorrow, and see who dares to gossip or say anything bad about Aunt Jiang Lai afterward. Humph, even other people's own mothers aren't as good as Aunt Jiang Lai.
To be honest, Jiang Lai felt a warm feeling in her heart when she heard Ye Wenyu and the other two secretly talking about wearing new clothes to slap the faces of those gossipy people.
This trip has been very fruitful. It seems I won't have to worry about encountering naughty kids anymore. Ye Wenyu and the other two genuinely like her, and it's not just something they express in their letters.
Jiang Lai didn't stay at the Moyu Kou for very long. She went back around 9 p.m. Now she's not all alone; Jiang Bolin and Liu Aihua are at home too.
Jiang Bolin and Liu Aihua went to a relative's house for a wedding banquet today. Someone in the relative's family is getting married. Weddings here are usually held in the evening, otherwise Jiang Lai wouldn't have been able to stay here for several hours.
However, in this era, banquets usually end around 7 or 8 o'clock, and by the time they returned, it was already past 9 o'clock. Jiang Lai then controlled the black jade buckle to hide under Ye Anguo's bed again, planning to find a way to get out when she came back earlier tomorrow.
Jiang Lai emerged from the secret realm at an incredibly opportune moment. She had just come out of her room and was pretending to take out the food she had prepared in advance from the secret realm when the Jiang family's front door opened, and Jiang Bolin and Liu Aihua returned.
"Mom and Dad, why are you back so early? I thought you were going to stay there a little longer," Jiang Lai said after a moment of surprise.
However, after saying this, Jiang Lai hurriedly went to the kitchen, quickly grabbed a handful of pine needles, and lit a fire in the stove. The food she had just taken out of the secret space was still smoking, but the stove in the house was still cold. If either Jiang Bolin or Liu Aihua went into the kitchen at this moment, she wouldn't be able to explain herself.
Fortunately, there were pine needles that Jiang Lai had specially brought out from the secret space to start a fire. These things are particularly good at starting fires, and Jiang Lai had already started a fire before Liu Aihua entered the kitchen.
"Why do we need to light a fire? The food is already prepared on the table outside." Liu Aihua found it strange that Jiang Lai was lighting a fire now.
"It's not about cooking; I forgot to boil the bath water. I'll boil it now," Jiang Lai said.
"You're using an aluminum pot to boil water? Why are you using an iron wok for stir-frying?" Liu Aihua found Jiang Lai even stranger; Jiang Lai gave her a strange feeling today.
"Uh, there was still a fire in the stove where we were cooking, and I was thinking of moving the fire from here to the stove." As Jiang Lai spoke, she deliberately used fire tongs to pick up the already burning pine needles and put them into the aluminum pot stove that was used for boiling water.
"Go eat, I'll start the fire," Liu Aihua said, and started to come over.
Jiang Lai quickly stopped her: "Mom, no need. I've already started the fire. It'll be quick to set up some firewood. You should go out now; there's too much smoke in the kitchen."
Jiang Lai certainly couldn't let Liu Aihua come closer. If Liu Aihua came, she would see that there wasn't a single spark left in the stove by the wok, which would give her away.
"Okay, then hurry up, the food's getting cold." Fortunately, Liu Aihua left without thinking too much about it, and Jiang Lai got through the ordeal with a close call.
However, today was destined to be a very messed up day. Jiang Lai went to Ye Anguo's military region with Jin Nian's help, but before she could find a suitable place to put the training ground, Jiang Bolin and Liu Aihua dropped a bomb on her as soon as she came out of the kitchen. Jiang Bolin and Liu Aihua said that her wedding date with Ye Anguo had been set for December 20th of this year.
Fortunately, Jiang Lai is no longer opposed to getting married early, especially after seeing everything today; in fact, she's starting to look forward to it.
Everything quickly returned to normal at the Jiang family's place. After eating, Jiang Lai was supposed to rest first, as she was going to visit Ye Anguo the next day. However, Jiang Lai thought of another problem, so after washing up and lying in bed, she used the black jade buckle to go to Ye Anguo's place again.
Jiang Lai thought of something she had overheard on the subway once: two middle-aged women talking about their younger days. They said that before a woman gets married, she should figure out whether she can tolerate two flaws in a man: whether he has body odor and whether he snores when he sleeps.
Since these two shortcomings are things we have to face day and night and are directly related to our daily lives, Jiang Lai felt that it made a lot of sense. Now that she had the opportunity, Jiang Lai wanted to go and take a look.
Also, she had initially planned to find a location during the day, but now it seems that the quiet of the night and the darkness of the moon are more suitable for causing trouble.
Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Lai arrived there, she found a perfect opportunity.
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