Chapter 150 Zhao Cuilan felt a little more balanced
The several offices in the regiment headquarters seemed very busy.
Wang Ziru wanted to settle down in the family compound first, but what made her laugh and cry was that she couldn't get away from the regiment headquarters and was even tried by several staff members to keep her.
"I've got the key. I'll go downstairs and take my brother and the others back to the family compound to settle down. You can just go and attend the routine training before departure." Zhai Ximo got the key to the small suite allocated to their family in the family compound from the regiment headquarters, and went to the conference room next door and whispered to his wife.
Several staff members went to the next office to sort out forms and have not yet come to start the training.
Including Wang Ziru, a total of six military wives were free to move around in the conference room.
Wang Ziru quickly followed the man out of the conference room and reminded him, "After we settle down, we have to find a way to get a set of cookware. Otherwise, when both of us are not at home, Big Brother and Zhu Yan won't be able to cook with the children."
"I know." Zhai Ximo gently pressed his wife's shoulders with his warm hands and was about to go downstairs to pick up the child.
Just at this moment, Zhang Kang came out of the staff's office with a smile on his face, holding a sanitation certificate with the regiment's seal in his hand.
Meeting Zhai Ximo outside the door, Zhang Kang couldn't hide his joy on his face, "Sister-in-law is really capable. Look, here's the sanitation certificate issued by the regiment. With this, you can go to the cafeteria to get a meal later."
"You go to the cafeteria to get food. I'll take them to the family compound first."
"The canteen hasn't started serving food yet. There's still a quarter of an hour left. Let's hurry up and get the house ready."
Wang Ziru looked puzzled. So, she got herself a free meal ticket?
"Sister-in-law, this is your health worker ID card, but let me take it first, so I can get food in the cafeteria later." Zhang Kang handed a piece of cardboard with the official seal of the regiment headquarters to Wang Ziru and shook it in front of her eyes, then went downstairs with Zhai Ximo happily.
Zhai Ximo and Zhang Kang reached a fork in the road and called two other warriors to help. They all carried their luggage and went to the family compound together.
The family compound is located in the northwest of the army. There are two tube-style buildings, each with five floors, which are mostly occupied by cadres' families.
When we reached Building A, we went upstairs and stopped at the edge of the third floor.
"This is it. Wait a minute, I'll open the door with the key." Zhai Ximo walked in front and came to the door of the house in the corner and put down his luggage.
I used the key to unlock the door and opened it. The light in the room became a little dim.
"It looks okay." Zhai Ximo walked into the small living room carrying a suitcase, and the others followed closely with their luggage into the small suite.
"Blat!"
As Zhai Ximo turned on the light switch, the small living room suddenly became bright.
Zhu Yan was very happy, "Is there a light on?"
The square little living room contains a rattan chair, a small square table for dining, two benches, two chairs, and a small stool.
Zhai Ximo was quite surprised. He didn't expect that the house that the regiment had secured for them had everything.
"The bed boards in both bedrooms are still there. Hey, your small suite even has a small sink. I don't have to go out and squeeze with others when I cook or wash rice and vegetables. It's really enviable." Zhang Kang exclaimed in amazement after he couldn't wait to take a look at every room in the house.
Others followed to see that the small pool was installed in a small corridor behind the living room.
It's like a small indoor balcony with a window, but it's too small to be used as a stove room.
In the corridor there are iron pots, aluminum cooking pots, spatulas, a bamboo pot scrubber that has been used for who knows how long, a wooden steamer for steaming rice, a wooden scraper, a brazier, a lid, and a gourd ladle, all left behind by the previous owner of the house.
"Old Zhai! You really made a lot of money, I don't accept it!" Hearing Zhu Yan's exclamation behind him, Zhang Kang walked out of the small aisle beside the living room with his fat body, shouting loudly.
"With these things, things will be much easier." Zhai Ximo walked over, glanced at the cooks in the hallway, and turned back to say, "We have to pay the army three yuan a month to live in this house. If you don't agree, you pay the money and I'll let you live in the living room."
Zhang Kang's mouth twitched and he almost vomited to death.
There is no need to buy other cooking utensils for the time being, even the aluminum basins for washing and storing vegetables can be kept for them.
I think it was left behind by the old cadres who lived in this house before.
Zhai Ximo silently took stock of the furnishings in the house. To borrow Zhang Kang's words, he was also very satisfied with this small house. The interior was about 50 square meters, which was quite spacious.
Zhai Qingsong also went over to take a look. Zhuang Jiahan's down-to-earth nature made him go into the aisle to take inventory. When he came out, he showed a happy look on his face, "We have everything we need to cook. No need to buy anything."
"But we're not at home. Tomorrow you can follow the other military wives in the family compound to the nearby town to buy some rice, flour, oil and vegetables." Zhai Ximo took out money and bills from his pocket, took out fifteen yuan, raised his eyes and looked at his eldest brother and Zhu Yan, "Give it to Zhu Yan or to eldest brother?"
"Give it to Zhu Yan. Women know how to take care of household affairs." Zhai Qingsong said with a smile.
These days, he had been feeling nervous about his first time working in such a remote military unit. At this moment, he felt a little relieved.
"Okay, Zhu Yan, you take charge of the expenses. There are only two adults and a child in the family. The basic living standard must be maintained. The child is growing and cannot eat too poorly." Zhai Ximo said seriously as he handed the money and bills to Zhu Yan.
Zhang Kang said unhappily, "Just go back to work. I'm not a stepmother and I won't abuse your son."
"I told you not to talk nonsense." Zhu Yan slapped Zhang Kang shyly.
After assigning the bedrooms, Zhai Ximo asked them to clean up by themselves. He looked at the time on his watch and said, "The canteen is open for lunch. We'll go get some food now. You guys clean up a bit."
Open the duffel bag and find the military lunch box inside.
Zhang Kang held the lunch box, walked to the door and then turned back, "Don't worry, Yan'er, when we come back, we will definitely find you a nice house."
"Go and get some food quickly. Baoer must be hungry." Zhu Yan urged with a red face.
Baoer had already climbed onto the rattan chair and was leaning against it, swinging his two short legs in a very carefree manner.
I didn't feel the slightest bit of strangeness here.
Zhai Ximo took four lunch boxes and walked to the rattan chair before leaving. He pinched the boy's face and said, "Don't run around. Dad will get you lunch."
"Okay, when will mom be back?"
"Maybe later."
The military wife who lived next door saw that a new cadre had finally moved into the best suite in the compound.
As soon as she came back from picking up the child, she hurried over to look and happened to run into Zhai Ximo who was going out.
"Huh? It's Deputy Commander Zhai?!"
Zhai Ximo also recognized the wife with curly hair who suddenly appeared outside the door. She was the wife of a company commander named Zhang. "Well, we just returned to the army this afternoon."
"I'm glad you're back. Where's your wife? Is she cleaning up the house?"
"My wife is still in the regiment training sanitation workers. This time, she will go out with us..." Zhai Ximo said part of the sentence, then nodded and hurried downstairs to the cafeteria to get food.
Before Zhao Cuilan could come to her senses, she heard the sound of people tidying up things in the small suite.
"Didn't you say you were still in the regiment?"
Zhao Cuilan turned around quickly and walked to the door of the small suite, just in time to see a very pretty girl coming out of the master bedroom...
Young wife?
"Hey! Hello, I'm Zhao Cuilan who lives next door. Girl, are you the wife of Deputy Colonel Zhai?"
Zhu Yan was stunned, blushing and shaking her head, "No, my husband is Zhang Kang."
"Ah? Oh! So you are the wife that Captain Zhang just got married to?" Zhao Cuilan walked into the small living room familiarly, and then she saw a thin little boy sitting on a rattan chair. She was stunned, "Is he the son of Deputy Colonel Zhai?"
"Ah, call me Baoer."
Baoer had never seen this auntie before. Just a moment ago, she was leisurely taking out a picture book from her pocket and looking at the black and white pictures attentively.
Suddenly hearing someone talking about him, the boy raised his pretty face from the comic book and said, "Hello, Auntie."
"So well behaved! Not shy at all." Zhao Cuilan thought that children from the country were shy and didn't know manners, but this child was not shy at all and was reading the picture book with great interest. He was indeed the son of Deputy Colonel Zhai.
Zhao Cuilan was startled when she saw a man coming out of the small room next door. After Zhu Yan's introduction, she learned that Deputy Commander Zhai not only brought his wife and children back this time, but also brought his eldest brother back.
I was originally quite envious of their family because they moved into the best house as soon as they arrived at the family compound.
However, seeing their large family, Zhao Cuilan felt much more balanced and not jealous at all.
Zhu Yan heard that the middle-aged woman in front of her had lived in the family compound for more than ten years and must be very familiar with it, so she stood at the door and chatted with her for a few more words, asking everyone how to cook and, most importantly, where the toilet was.
"There are toilets on each floor, but they are at the end. If your child has the habit of getting up at night, you adults should buy a night pot for your child for convenience."
"Does every family have a night pot?" Zhu Yan didn't know if Zhao Cuilan would laugh at her if she said this, so she bit her lip.
Zhao Cuilan smiled and said, "That should be the case. Sometimes we adults have to get up at night and sleep in a daze. Who would be willing to run so far to relieve themselves?"
"Oh, are you going to town tomorrow? If you go to town, can you take us with you? I want to buy something."
"You can come with me tomorrow and take the army's car to send the children to school and go to the town together," said Zhao Cuilan.
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The regiment meeting room at this moment.
Three officers took turns to explain the military's safety tips to six military wives.
Wang Ziru thought this was pre-job training, but it turned out to be some personal safety details of marching and fighting, as well as division of responsibilities at work, etc.
"Finally, we have just received a notice from above. At 7:30 p.m., the six of you sanitation workers should bring your own bedding and backpacks and gather downstairs. We will follow the second group of teams tonight and set off for Baiteng Town." Officer Liu said loudly.
"Now that you are done with the meeting, go back and have dinner and get ready for your departure."
The other five military wives all had curly hair and were dressed fashionably. They all wore sweaters, a collared dacron shirt underneath, and a fashionable coat on the outside.
Only Wang Ziru had two black braids and her dress made it obvious that she was a young wife from the country.
When they heard Officer Liu announce that the meeting could be adjourned, those military wives stood up from their stools as if they were wearing jumpsuits, took a few leaflets distributed by the regiment, and walked out of the meeting room laughing. No one wanted to talk to Wang Ziru at all.
Wang Ziru sat on a stool and watched the figures of the military wives gradually disappearing outside the door. She smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It seems that I am not welcome."
Seeing that Wang Ziru was not in a hurry to go back home, several staff members asked, "Comrade Ziru, is there anything else you don't understand?"