Chapter 260 "Mom, open the door quickly. Look who's here."
Fu Xun was still busy at the regiment headquarters. When he learned that Han Suijing had arrived at the 9th Division, he hurried out to greet him.
"Han Bingtuan! You're so quick? When I called you yesterday, you were still in Guangzhou. You returned to Yunnan Province last night, right?"
Han Suijing's beautiful face was gentle, not as sharp as before, "I came here specially to pick them up. I was afraid that I would be late, so I set out from Kun District overnight..."
"You are too anxious. Actually, my sister-in-law and Bao Er are doing well. The cultural performance yesterday afternoon was very successful. I didn't expect that my sister-in-law can play the organ. The two programs she rehearsed were very popular among the warriors."
Thinking of the thunderous applause in the auditorium yesterday, Fu Xun couldn't help but express his deep admiration for Wang Ziru.
Fu Xun made a gesture of invitation as if reporting on work, and said with a smile: "Last night after the recital, I saw the TV station's production team and the cultural troupe surrounded my sister-in-law and asked her all sorts of questions, as if they wanted to sing the two songs she wrote."
Seeing how excited he was, Han Suijing did not interrupt Fu Xun. After a while, he heard Fu Xun say that he would go upstairs to the regiment headquarters first.
Han Suijing's dark eyes flashed, and he looked in the direction of the family compound, and said in a clear voice: "Send someone to the family compound to call them first. Today is Sunday, Baoer should be at home too."
"Oh! Look at me, what a fool I am. I knew you were here to pick up the mother and daughter, but I forgot to tell you that the eldest son of the Zhai family came to pick them up to go to Li Village to play in the morning." Fu Xun tapped his head and suddenly realized.
"You went to Li Village?"
"Yes, I saw my sister-in-law carrying some clothes to change into. She might have gone to her eldest sister-in-law's house in the village to take a bath and wash clothes. You know, there are many people in the family compound and the conditions are difficult. It is very inconvenient to wash clothes."
Without waiting for Fu Xun to finish his words, Han Suijing said urgently: "Please arrange a soldier to lead the way. I will go to Li Village now, and then come back to the regiment headquarters to see you to handle some formalities."
"Ah? Oh..."
Fu Xun's smile faded. Are there any more formalities to go through? Although my brother and sister-in-law are military dependents, it seems that there is no special procedure that needs to be done.
With doubts, Fu Xun immediately arranged for a soldier who was familiar with Licun to take Han Suijing to Licun.
Han Suijing told guard Song Tang, "Drive the car to the fork in the road and wait."
Here, Song Jian had been driving all night and hadn't even had a sip of water. He thought his boss was going to Licun to pick someone up and then heading back to Kun District, so he wanted to find out what was going on.
Han Suijing looked at his tired appearance and said, "Park the car there and go and rest."
"oh."
Song Jian watched his boss follow the young soldier out of the military gate and head straight to Li Village. He immediately let out a long breath towards the sky.
During the whole journey, the two men were so boring that they hardly talked to each other.
Although they took turns driving, the ride was bumpy and tiring, and they couldn't get a good rest.
However, the boss's excitement was so obvious that there was no need to ask any more questions. Commander Duan must have been kicked out by his sister-in-law.
That's why his boss looks so energetic and doesn't look tired at all.
It was a sunny weekend day, and Licun was quiet yet busy.
Zhai Qingsong had a rare day to rest at home. In the morning, he pushed his bicycle to pick up Baoer and his younger siblings to the village, and then he and Baoer oiled the bicycle chains in the yard.
After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, Baoer started to circle around his uncle.
Wang Ziru washed Baoer first, then rubbed his handkerchief and hung it on the rope under the tree to dry.
At this moment, Cheng Xueru came out of the main room with a bucket of pig food, walked straight to the chicken coop next to it, and poured it into the stone trough of the chicken coop. "Baoer, do you want to learn how to ride a bicycle? Let your uncle teach you."
Baoer squatted beside the uncle and looked up with a smile, "Uncle's bicycle is too big and the child's legs are too short."
"Hey, you little guy, do you know your legs are not long enough?"
Wang Ziru hung up the handkerchief and held it with a bamboo clip. She turned around and saw Cheng Xueru pinching Baoer's little face lovingly. She was teasing Baoer and said, "Baoer, can you help your aunt to see if she will give birth to a brother or a sister next year?"
Suddenly, the couple looked up at Wang Ziru, and then they looked at each other.
My face turned red instantly.
Cheng Xueru puffed up her cheeks and said, "Bao'er, tell me."
"Aunt will give birth to a little brother next year." The boy looked at his aunt's belly and said childishly.
"Tsk tsk! It seems that uncle has to work hard to make money so that he can have a big fat boy next year." Wang Ziru laughed, and her elder brother Zhai Qingsong was too embarrassed to raise his head and smiled with his head down.
Wang Ziru came over, took a look at Cheng Xueru's belly, and continued to tease Baoer: "Baoer, let's come back to eat red eggs tomorrow."
"Why can we eat red eggs next year? Can't we eat them today?" The little guy hadn't eaten a whole boiled egg for several days, and he immediately licked his little lips, wanting to eat an egg.
"We have to wait until my aunt gives birth to my brother before we can cook red eggs to entertain the guests."
Zhai Qingsong looked at his nephew's greedy face, raised his head, and said to his wife, "Boil two eggs for Baoer."
"Well, Baoer, go to the kitchen with your aunt to cook eggs." Cheng Xueru was full of joy and readily took Baoer back to the kitchen to cook eggs.
Cheng Xueru helped to carry the boiled water to the side room behind the house, and then brought in a bucket of cold water. She turned back to the stove and stared at the two eggs in the wood-burning pot with Baoer.
The cooked eggs were chilled with cold water, and then Baoer gave one to his uncle.
The young boy ran out of the main room happily, holding an egg in one hand, and saw the uncle still using a bamboo stick dipped in black engine oil to fix the chain, "Uncle! Your egg."
"Uncle won't eat it. If you can't finish it, save it for your mother." Zhai Qingsong turned around to look at the young man and said with a smile.
"Okay, leave one egg for Mom. We haven't cooked eggs for many days. Mom must want to eat some." Baoer was very sensible and put the other egg on the chair under the eaves.
Baoer knew how to peel the eggshell by himself. He peeled the eggshell open in just a few seconds and took a bite.
Han Suijing and Zhan Tu went to the village to pick up their wives and children, their hearts filled with happiness. They walked into Li Village and crossed a straight mechanized dirt road. Soon, they arrived outside the Cheng family's fenced yard.
Not far away, Han Suijing saw a man squatting next to a bicycle in the farmyard, apparently repairing it, while Baoer was holding an egg in her hand, eating it while helping to deliver the parts.
"Brother Zhai!" The young warrior walked to the door of the fenced yard and shouted loudly.
Zhai Qingsong looked up and saw two soldiers in military uniforms. One of them, from what he had seen during his time in the army, had a strong aura and a firm gaze, and must be a senior officer.
He quickly stood up from his pony and greeted them warmly.
"This is Han Bingtuan, he came to the village specially to pick up my sister-in-law and Baoer..." The little soldier introduced him to Zhai Qingsong and said with joy.
As an ordinary soldier in the army, he has the opportunity to work with the Korean troops, and he can brag about it for the rest of his life after returning.
Suddenly, Zhai Qingsong realized that the strong man in front of him must be Baoer's biological father.
Baoer had just finished taking a shower, and her thick black hair was still a little wet in the sunlight.
He had already recognized Han Suijing, ran over, blinked his beautiful eyes, and said, "Uncle."
"Okay, are you eating eggs?" Han Suijing heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Baoer. He was on a business trip in Guangzhou these days, and when he had some free time, his mind was filled with the happy image of the little guy. He slowly squatted down and picked up Baoer, "Where's Mommy?"
"Mom is still taking a shower, I took one first."
Zhai Qingsong saw how much Han Suijing doted on his nephew, and hurriedly explained, "It's not very convenient to take a shower in the military compound, so my wife asked them to come home to take a shower and wash their clothes at the same time. The yard here is wide and they can dry their clothes quickly."
The usually taciturn man could not say anything else and invited the guests to sit in the main hall.
Cheng Xueru was busy in the kitchen when she heard what seemed to be strangers talking in the yard outside. She hurried out. She still remembered Han Suijing.
At the last condolence meeting for Peng Zhengyu, it was Han Suijing who personally expressed his condolences.
"Is it the Korean Army?!"
"It's you?!"
Cheng Xueru came out of the main room and saw that Han Suijing was particularly friendly. She smiled and said, "Ziru is still taking a bath. You two can sit under the eaves for a while. I'll go make some tea."
There are a few new chairs under the eaves.
Han Suijing held Baoer in his arms and sat under the eaves.
The Zhai couple became busy for a while, some were making tea, some were looking for cigarettes in the drawer in the house.
They took out a newly bought enamel tea tray from their new house, placed the incense burner and enamel pot on the tray, and then brought a stool and placed it under the eaves.
At the edge of the yard, there were still dozens of pears on the two pear trees.
Zhai Qingsong hurriedly picked a few green-skinned pears, took them into the stove room, washed them with clean water, and then brought them out with a simple smile, "I don't have anything good to treat you at home, so please don't be polite..."
"Okay!" Han Suijing nodded slightly, already feeling the warm and simple hospitality of the villagers.
Following the young warrior who came to show the way, he saw Zhai Qingsong applying oil to the chain of a bicycle. He was bored, so he walked over and sat down. In a few seconds, he applied oil to the entire chain.
After riding the bicycle around the yard twice, Baoer clapped his hands excitedly.
Cheng Xueru came out with a pot of tea, poured it for the guest, and said with a smile, "Have some tea, Han Bingtuan. Ziru will be done washing in a while."
The gentle and jade-like man sitting under the eaves was slightly stunned. It seemed that they knew about Baoer's affairs.
Baoer turned around, and her beautiful eyes, which looked like her uncle's, kept looking at her handsome uncle. She asked, "Uncle, do you want to say hello to mom?"
Without waiting for Han Suijing to answer, he grabbed the enamel pot, drank a few sips of tea, swallowed the egg, and clapped his little fingers, "Let's go, I'll take you to find mom."
Cheng Xueru covered her mouth and chuckled. Baoer was quite considerate.
Following Baoer's instructions, Han Suijing carried the child through the main room and the kitchen door and came to the door of a closed side room at the back of the house. The sound of someone taking a bath could be heard from inside.
Han Suijing's face suddenly felt a little hot. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Bao Er banged on the door and yelled, "Mom, open the door quickly. Look who's here."
"Baby, you came at the right time. Mommy wanted to see you for something. How come your aunt hasn't come for a long time..." Wang Ziru realized that she had her period when she was taking a shower. But she didn't bring her menstrual belt, so she could only borrow Cheng Xueru's.
She hurried to the door, bent over, opened the door a crack, and appeared at the door with a rosy face, "Bao'er, go and call my aunt over..."
Before she finished speaking, she found Baoer looking at her with a smile, and standing outside the door was not only Baoer, but also Han Suijing!
"No, Han, Han Suijing, why are you here suddenly?" Wang Ziru was so scared that she stepped back quickly, showing a pair of wet eyes and her cheeks burning.
Seeing his wife so shy, Han Suijing smiled and said, "I just arrived in the village too. Do you need anything?"
He remembered that Wang Ziru had just asked Baoer to go find his aunt.
Wang Ziru patted her hot cheeks, poked out her eyes, bit her lip and said, "Then help me call her in. I just found out that I have my period, and I didn't bring that thing..."
The strong man standing outside the door was thinking to himself that a month had passed.
"Wait a moment, I'll go call her in." Holding Baoer, Han Suijing hurriedly turned around and went out to call Cheng Xueru.