Chapter 339 Ordinary Happiness

The next day, Xia Juanjuan was too lazy to get up.

Li Zhan put on his clothes and said with a smile, "Lie down for a while. I'll go make breakfast for mom. I'll call you to eat when it's ready."

Xia Juanjuan had already heard the noise outside.

Lin Yuru should be making breakfast in the kitchen, with Xiaowen and Beibei helping her.

Xiao Wu...as usual, got up early in the morning to finish the homework that he didn't finish last night.

Xia Shuangshan took the triplets to the yard to feed the chickens and tend to the small vegetable patch.

In the distance, you can hear the sound of the waves in the early morning.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly felt very happy.

There is a long-lost atmosphere of bustling fireworks, already... the happy feeling of a young lady acting coquettishly with her parents.

If Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan hadn't come, she would have naturally gotten up and made breakfast.

Only when they came could she be pampered and sleep in bed.

Li Zhan must have gone to the kitchen to help, but Lin Yuru chased him out just like she did when she was at home before:

"You have to go to the headquarters to work all day, you must be tired already, I'll prepare breakfast for you! You should get out of here quickly, or your uniform will be full of the smell of fireworks, won't you be laughed at by other people in your headquarters?"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing.

Think about it, Lizhan often reported to the headquarters wearing a military uniform soaked in the smell of fireworks.

It would be fine if there were no military dependents on this island, but if there were, all of them would act like big bosses at home, too lazy to lend a hand to help if an oil bottle fell over.

For example, fetching water from the well is strenuous work and should be done by the men in the family.

But apart from her family where Lizhan fetched water for them, in which other families wasn't it the women who fetched water panting exhaustedly?

There is spiritual spring water in Xia Juanjuan's space. In fact, she goes to the well to fetch water just for show. Every time she fetches water during a battle, she doesn't drink it, but directly waters the vegetable garden in the yard.

Although the work was not much, Li Zhan's attitude was unmistakable and he would always fetch the water without her saying anything.

Even though Liezhan took the initiative to fetch water and take care of the children, and occasionally came into the headquarters with a smell of fireworks, he was laughed at many times at the beginning by the men, who said he was afraid of his wife.

He also enthusiastically introduced to Lizhan how to conquer his wife.

Li Zhan was not annoyed, he just listened with a smile, but he stopped listening and did not put it into practice. The next day he still went into the office in a rage.

In the end everyone gave up.

As for the women who followed the army on the island, they were extremely jealous of Xia Juanjuan.

Tell me, where can you find a man with such good character?

He had made many military achievements at a young age and became the head of a regiment. I heard that if it weren't for some incident, he would have stayed in the Beijing Military District.

Moreover, it is not just the team leader. See how much he loves his wife? Have you ever let your wife do the heavy work of fetching water? I heard that he even helps his wife to coax the children, cook and wash dishes!

Even Zhou Qingqing, who had always been spoiled by her husband, had to fetch water because Deputy Battalion Commander Zheng was too proud!

Why is Xia Juanjuan so lucky?

People love to talk about these things after dinner.

From this we can see that Lizhan is very popular among women on the island.

When Xia Juanjuan thought of this, her heart felt as sweet as honey.

Now, my parents have come over too, and the whole family lives in one yard. It’s warm and lively, and it’s really nice.

It’s just that… these people haven’t gathered together yet.

Shen Wanxue and Rong Zhenbang were still in the northwest, Yang Qiushi was still in the commune of Qingshui Village. And the Fu family was also far away now, and they could not see each other for a year or two.

But...it will be soon.

In less than a year, she would return to Beijing. And next winter, the meeting that would go down in history would also be held. After that, Shen Wanxue, Rong Zhenbang, Yang Qiushi, and Yue Sizhu, the father-in-law and mother-in-law on Emerald Island, would all be able to return to the city one after another.

Yan Haotian is in the southern military region, and there is no sign that he will be transferred back to Beijing for the time being, so he is the farthest away.

Except for Yan Haotian, the whole family will be together by then.

By the way...there are also Li Jie and Zhou Qiuhe. During the few times she went back, she heard Zhou Qiuhe say that Li Jie learned to drive a truck from Luo Cheng, and now he goes out to haul goods in his spare time. He can earn thirty yuan a month, and occasionally Luo Cheng will give him bonuses of dozens or even hundreds of yuan.

Add to that the 18 yuan salary she earned every month at the supply and marketing cooperative, and their family is probably the richest in the village, except for that of her fourth brother.

However, neither Zhou Qiuhe nor Li Jie spent their money, and the houses in the village were not renovated.

They all listened to Xia Juanjuan's advice and are saving money, planning to buy a house in the county town and move there when the time comes!

Xia Juanjuan half-jokingly said: "Actually, you can consider moving further away and directly to Beijing."

Zhou Qiuhe and Li Jie don't even dare to think about this now.

Xia Juanjuan did not force herself, and took it slow, one step at a time.

First, they should lay a foundation in the county town and gain a firm foothold, and then move to Beijing. Anyway, they have already walked ahead of many people, and there is no need to rush to take another step ahead.

In addition to Li Jie's family, Aunt Wu's youngest son Wu Feng also made a lot of money.

Wu Feng first worked for Li Jie, and later for Luo Cheng. He is now also driving a truck and receives money every month.

Now, all the houses in the family have been renovated, and the house where Aunt Wu and Uncle Wu lived was also demolished and rebuilt. The inner room was painted with lime to make it bright. Aunt Wu was very happy and praised her youngest son for his filial piety to everyone she met.

Aunt Wu's eldest son and daughter-in-law wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to ask for money, but they were scolded back by Aunt Wu every time.

At first, he felt that Wu Feng and the others were taking advantage of him, so he insisted on separating from the family and living on his own. Now he wants to come back and ask for money. That's too good to be true!

Secretary Zhao still led everyone to grow medicinal herbs in the mountains.

In addition to the ginseng that Xia Juanjuan asked them to plant three years ago, they later planted a lot of other medicinal herbs under the guidance of Yang Qiushi.

Now the villagers all respect Yang Qiushi. They also know that he used to be a doctor. Xia Juanjuan learned Chinese medicine from him. It must be true that a good teacher produces a good student! If the student is so good, Yang Qiushi must be even better.

Therefore, whenever anyone had a minor illness or injury, they would go to Yang Qiushi for a checkup, and they would affectionately call Yang Qiushi "Doctor Yang."

Yang Qiushi was also very happy. After all, what he had learned over the years could help others, and his previous depressed mood had also improved a lot.

In addition to the medicinal herbs with a short growth cycle, we planted another batch of ginseng last spring. In this way, after the first batch of ginseng is sold in two years, the second batch of ginseng can be planted.

In fact, it was Xia Juanjuan who secretly sold the ginseng seeds and other medicinal seeds to the black market through Luocheng.

When she went back last year with the triplets and Yue Sizhu, she heard that the villagers were planning to buy medicinal herb seeds, so she simply supplied some to Luocheng.

In addition to ginseng and other medicinal seeds, there are also food, wood, cotton, medicine, etc.

After the last disaster relief effort to collect food and other supplies, Luo Cheng was no longer surprised at what Xia Juanjuan could come up with.

Anyway, Xia Juanjuan is like a bottomless treasure chest, she has everything she wants.

The primary schools built by the communes were also running in full swing.

Even those villages that did not belong to the same brigade were willing to pay to send their children to school in the surrounding villages because they were close and the teachers were all educated youth from the city. Zhu Xiaopeng had even gone to college in Beijing.

As more and more children went to school, Zhu Xiaopeng had no choice but to recruit another group of educated youth to be teachers in the school.

Zhu Xiaopeng also dated one of the female educated youth and they got married last summer.

I heard from Lin Yuru that when she and Xia Shuangshan set out for the island, the educated youth was almost due to give birth!

When Lin Yuru was chatting with Xia Juanjuan about family matters, she couldn't help but lament, "Alas... I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. I've come here, and no one in the village has sent me any news."

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing after hearing this. It's true that no matter what era it is, people's gossiping heart never dies.

Lin Yuru continued:

"But, I don't know about that second brother Li Zhan... Bah! Look at what I'm talking about. That Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang are really stingy. They even sting about their own sons and daughters.

Secretary Zhao also mentioned to them several times, asking them to send Li Sheng and Li Jiaojiao to school, saying that the previous school was in the town, which was not only far away, but the tuition was also expensive at four yuan per semester, so it would be fine if you didn't let your children go to school.

Now the school is in the village. After dinner, you can get to school in the blink of an eye. After school in the afternoon and evening, you can go home directly to help with farm work. Besides, the tuition fee is only two yuan per semester, which is not worth much. I don’t know what the couple is thinking, but they just can’t bear to spend it.

Now Lisheng is 14 years old, and Lijiaojiao is 12 years old, but they can’t read a single word, and can’t even write their own names! "

Xia Juanjuan was not surprised at all. Given the short-sightedness of Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang, they could have done this.

However, after counting the years, Lisheng and Li Jiaojiao are actually this old now. I haven't heard these names for a long time. I didn't see them when I returned to the village last year. Xia Juanjuan's impression of these two children is still that of a fat boy and a fat girl in their teens.

Thinking about it again, I couldn't help but laugh. Xiaowen will be turning eleven in two days, Xiaowu will be ten, and Beibei will be nine.

I've been watching them grow up, but I don't feel anything.

But when she looked back suddenly, five or six years had already passed since she traveled through time.

At this time, Xiaowen came in to look for something. As he opened the camphorwood box, he asked, "Mom, where is the military uniform you bought for me last year in Beijing? The school is going to raise the national flag tomorrow, so we should dress more formally."

夏涓涓擡頭一看，那樟木箱子是摞在另外一個上面的，箱子門差不多離地有一米高吧，小文已經能自己打開去找了。

夏涓涓也站起來過去幫着找：“這不就在這兒嗎？”

她一米六七，小文站在自己身邊，居然也有近到她脖子高了，看起來應該有一米五往上了。

想想自己才穿過來的時候，這孩子也就比自己小腿肚高沒多少吧，和小武貝貝一子排開，跟三個信號标識似的，而且還是矮矮的那種小不點。

夏涓涓把軍裝找出來給小文，笑道：“小文，你現在多高了？”

小文愣了一下，然後才有些不好意思地扭過頭去：“媽，你問這幹啥？”

“咋地？這還不能問了？以前沒注意，現在才發現你都長這麽高了！”

夏涓涓笑着，擡手揉了揉小文的頭發。

小文更難為情了：“哎呀，媽!我都是大人了，你別老摸我頭了。”

不過，還是有些小驕傲地小聲道：“我一米五四了，是我們班最高的了！”

一米五四，是不低了。後面個子估計還能竄起來。

厲傑個頭也有一米八了，小文他們的爹應該也不低，遺傳還是影響很大的。

相反厲強個子就不高，也就一米七吧，估計後面厲勝也不會太高。

夏涓涓笑道：“去年我買衣服的時候，記得你才一米四幾吧？這一下子就竄起來了，衣服估計要小了。”

這時小武也跑了進來，說道：“媽，我哥穿上小的話，正好給我穿！我那套估計也小了，就給貝貝穿吧。”

貝貝一臉嫌棄地走進來，傲嬌地道：“二哥，你別瞎安排，我才不穿你的髒衣服呢！”

夏涓涓笑道：“明天也來不及做新的了。你們還是各穿各的吧，等我後面弄些布，和你們外婆一起，再給你們每人做一套。”

正說着的時候，三胞胎也進來湊熱鬧了。

“媽媽，我們的小軍裝呢？我們也要穿！”

夏涓涓就把去年在京市，每人按比個頭大一碼的尺寸，給他們買的軍裝都弄了出來，讓他們統一都穿上了。

其他幾個都還好，小文這一年個子竄起來了，袖子褲腿多少有些短了的，不過還算湊合能穿。

六個孩子一字排開，清一色的白色海軍軍裝，一下子視覺沖擊力還是挺強的。

正在這時，厲戰從外面進來了，探頭一看，忍不住笑道：“這是幹什麽打算閱兵啊？”

厲戰穿着一身白色海軍軍裝，帶着白色大檐帽，英姿飒爽的。

夏涓涓突發奇想，笑道：“島上那家國營照相館開着呢吧？咱們去照一張全家福去！”

厲戰愣了一下：“這好端端的照啥全家福啊？你也是想一出是一出的。”

夏涓涓笑道：“我不管。反正今天就得照。以後咱們一年都得照一張。”

冷不防的，孩子們都長大了。

小文小武貝貝長成大小夥子大姑娘了，三胞胎也從說話都說不清，變成現在說得頭頭是道的小喇叭了。

倘若沒些照片來紀念，這時光歲月過得，是真的無聲無息。

厲戰寵溺地道：“好好好，都聽你的。下午就去照。”

吃過了午飯，就連夏雙山和林玉茹也換上了以前夏涓涓在京市給他們買的中山裝。

他們一直身不得穿，都是壓箱底保存着，現在拿出來，還跟新的似的。

夏涓涓就忍不住埋怨道：“這給你們買的衣服，你們就穿嗎，放在箱子裏，被老鼠給啃壞了更可惜，再說了，再過兩年，興許都不流行……不是，都不時興了。”

林玉茹和夏雙山被閨女說了，都有些讪讪的。

“我跟你媽都要下地幹活，穿着好衣服，弄髒了都。”

“是啊。現在到島上了，也不幹農活了，我們後面多拿出來穿就是了。”

夏涓涓聽了這話，才算笑道：“這還差不多。”

當下，兩人把給衣服穿好，連扣子都一絲不茍地扣到了最上面一顆，一家人，還把狼崽也帶上了，浩浩蕩蕩地去拍照片。

照相館也算是駐地部隊分館的，在那邊負責拍照的還是宣傳部的戰士。

見到厲戰過來，立刻立正敬禮，道：“團長好！”

厲戰笑道：“今天我們是家庭私人活動，不用那麽拘謹。”

那個戰士笑了笑，又朝夏涓涓看了一眼，有些臉紅地喊道：“嫂子好。”

厲戰：“……”

不讓你拘謹也不是讓你對着我媳婦臉紅啊……

夏涓涓笑着應着，又問道：“你們這邊拍照，是只有室內的，還是也可以室外拍？”

戰士愣了下：“只有室內的。”

這個年代，大家拍照都是後面有一副好看的風景幕布畫，然後人站在畫前幕布前，哢嚓一聲就拍了。

有些是公園，有些是京市着名的景點，有些是園林，不同地方也不一樣。

像島上的就是一副海灘白浪，海鷗群飛的幕布。

夏涓涓就笑道：“那我能不能申請你出個外勤，我們在外面拍？這拍照的錢，到時候我們多付些。”

這海島上有現成的真實美麗的海景，為啥要用幕布上的假海灘當背景呢？

戰士有些遲疑，不過最終還是笑道：“那行！嫂子，咱們到外面拍。”

說着，也不遲疑，就挎着相機出去了。

照相館的這個相機是滬市202型的，雖然有十多年的，但個頭不大，小巧耐用，比縣城那種還要躲到黑布後面看影兒的相機要現金多了。

夏涓涓挑了一處，背景正好是徐徐進退的海浪，天高雲闊，海鷗在頭頂悠閑地叫着，遠處海面上還有漁船或者巡邏船在移動。

“哢嚓哢嚓”幾聲，照片便拍好了。

除了全家福，夏涓涓和厲戰，夏雙山和林玉茹，都單獨拍了照片，六個小崽子也單獨照了一張。

負責拍照的戰士笑道：“嫂子，再過十來天照片就能洗出來了，等出來了之後，我在通知你過來拿。”

夏涓涓付了錢，笑道：“那行。今天謝謝你了。”

日子依然波瀾不驚地過去。

很快到了五月。

厲戰要駕駛船去南邊海域，也到了出發的日子。

夏涓涓這些天都在家忙着收拾。不過，不是為了她和厲戰上船而收拾行李，船上啥都有，她還有随身空間，根本不用愁。

倒是家裏，就夏雙山和林玉茹帶着六個孩子，雖說小文小武和貝貝都大了，也能分擔家務，照顧三胞胎弟弟們。

不過，吃的用的，夏涓涓還是擔心。

春夏之交，也沒個冰箱的，她不在家，也沒法子時不時從空間裏拿出新鮮的肉啊魚的。

不過，糧食她還是往糧缸裏放了足夠的。這邊以吃大米為主，不過夏涓涓考慮到夏雙山和林玉茹的口味，面粉和小米也準備了充足的。

菜的話，院子裏的菜園子裏，黃瓜西紅柿豇豆，還有各種青菜莴筍南瓜青椒之類的，都是充足的，倒也不愁。

雞蛋的話養的雞每天三四個雞蛋地收，也夠了。

就是魚啦肉啦之類的怕不夠，還有挑水吃水的事情。

夏涓涓給他們留了足夠的錢和各種票，讓林玉茹去駐地的小市場去買。魚蝦貝殼之類的，日常都是有的。就是豬肉什麽的，每半個月才有一次補給，而且大家都想買，要是實在買不到，也只能讓他們忍這一個月了。

挑水的事情，駐地司令部也想着，派了個小戰士，每隔幾天就過來幫着挑一次水，也算是放下心來了。

都安排停當了，第二天就是出發的日子了。

厲戰回來，帶了一套女士的白色海軍服給夏涓涓，笑道：“船上是統一着裝，這套是部隊專門給你配的，你穿上試試。”

夏涓涓聽了，還是挺開心的。

小孩子們也就算了，管得沒那麽嚴。大人的話，她也不是當兵的，尋常是不能亂穿軍裝的。

當即就穿上給厲戰看了看。

厲戰也是眼前一亮。

夏涓涓本來就皮膚白皙，這白色軍裝一襯，愣是沒有被襯黑了，皮膚還是能滴出水似的那種透明感，明眸皓齒，簡直美得不可方物。

厲戰眼神灼灼。

他咳嗽兩聲，說道：“不過，還有個事兒，我得跟你打個商量。”

夏涓涓忍不住笑，道：“你說。”

厲戰嚴肅地道：“就是你私下不聽話沒事，這次在船上，你要一切服從命令，不準亂來。聽到沒有？”

夏涓涓也知道這次她上船，雖然是平民身份，但也屬於要執行任務的。軍人服從命令是天職，她既然同意了以醫生的身份上船，那就必須要聽命令的。

因此，她也嚴肅地點了點頭，道：“放心吧。我知道分寸，什麽該幹什麽不該幹，還是明白的。”

厲戰聽了媳婦的承諾，也就放下心來，笑道：“那就好。”

說着，就伸手把夏涓涓攬進了懷裏。

吓得夏涓涓忍不住驚叫：“唉！衣服該皺了……”

厲戰一邊耐心地解扣子，一邊忍不住埋怨：“你說你就穿上試試，至於把扣子都扣上嗎……”

夏涓涓：“……”

Why did she want to beat up this bastard so badly?

Early the next morning, the two of them secretly got up, put on their clothes, and set off while the triplets were still asleep.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were all given instructions yesterday. The triplets also told them to be obedient and promised to bring them some fun shells and delicious food when they return.

Everything was agreed yesterday.

However, if I woke them up this morning, I was afraid they would cry again, so I decided to leave quietly.