Chapter 20 I don’t know if she can bear the life here!
It was her first time in the army, and everything she saw was new to her, whether it was the armored vehicles passing by from time to time, or the soldiers in navy uniforms marching by, she was extremely curious about them all.
Not far away she seemed to see the mast of a huge ship, which seemed to reach the sky from her direction.
You can imagine how big that ship is!
The family compound is located in the northeast corner of the unit and occupies a large area.
After entering the courtyard, there are rows of row houses. These row houses are also divided into different sizes. Some are very large, with four or five rooms, five or six rooms, and some are very small, with only a large shop.
Zhou Tingyue took her to the bigger house that he had agreed to move to before leaving.
This house is located on the second row to the west of the entire compound.
When they arrived, Song Shi took a careful look at the building in front of him. It was one of those old-fashioned stone houses with gray tile roofs. All the houses were of the same shape, except some were bigger and some were smaller.
There are rows of them, with each row having about a dozen sets, and every four sets are separated by paths.
The two rows of houses are about ten meters apart, so some families have built two small vegetable plots on both sides of the door.
Zhou Tingyue also planted a lot of vegetables in the house that she exchanged with someone else. There were tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and so on. They were all ripe and looked more juicy than the modern greenhouse vegetables!
Song Shiwei was quite surprised.
When she pushed the door open, she was surprised by the layout of the house. There was a living room right in front of her. The tables and chairs in the living room all looked new.
To the left of the living room is the kitchen, and to the right is a room of more than ten square meters.
Inside the living room, there is a smaller room, about ten square meters.
The beds and cabinets in both rooms are new!
Zhou Tingyue put his luggage in the big room inside.
He felt a little embarrassed when facing Song Shiwei's curious gaze.
"I just exchanged this house with another comrade before I came here. The furniture is all new! Do you need anything else? Just tell me!"
Song Shi smiled and shook his head.
"No, it's fine!"
This was better than she had imagined!
She thought it was impossible to live in such a big house on the island!
Such a big house and so many new furniture prove that the man in front of me put a lot of thought into it.
She looked around, as if she had thought of something.
"By the way, don't you have four more children? Why didn't I see them?"
Zhou Tingyue also looked around.
"Maybe he went out to play? He hasn't come back yet!"
He checked the time: "Weiwei, you take a rest first. I have to go to the team to cancel my leave. I will make dinner for you when I come back! If it's too late, I will just go to the cafeteria and get you some food!"
Song Shiwei waved his hands hurriedly.
"No, no, I'll do it! It'll be ready for you and the kids to eat when they get back!"
As she said that, she rolled up her sleeves and walked towards the kitchen.
Zhou Tingyue followed her in quickly.
I didn't want to make her worry. After all, she had been busy all day and I thought she must be tired.
But seeing how excited she was, Zhou Tingyue had no choice but to give up. In the kitchen, all the pots, bowls, and pans were put in place before he left.
There is a stove, but it has never been turned on.
He gave those little guys money and tickets so that they could go to the cafeteria to eat!
Fortunately, he bought a lot of coal before leaving.
He lit it with a match, helped her fix the stove, told her in detail where to put the rice, flour, and seasonings, and gave her some detailed instructions before leaving.
Song Shiwei looked at the things in the kitchen and thought about it.
With white flour, cornmeal and rice, she can cook rice porridge. It has been a long time since she had the fragrant and sweet rice porridge cooked by herself.
The main reason was that rice and flour were rare commodities in that era and many families could not afford them. Everything else was coarse grains and miscellaneous grains.
Old Mrs. Song at home is even more stingy and would never be willing to buy these fine grains.
For the staple food, we could have some cornmeal cakes, but we didn't have much vegetables at home.
Song Shiwei thought of the small vegetable garden at the door.
She smiled immediately.
Those juicy cucumbers, tomatoes and beans outside are all ready to be eaten.
So he went out and picked a handful of beans and a few cucumbers.
I happened to meet Sun Meimei who was out fetching water from next door. She also followed her husband to join the army. She has been here for about four or five years. Her child is about the same age as the third child in Zhou Tingyue's family, about ten years old!
When she saw Song Shiwei, she was stunned for a moment and couldn't react.
I wondered whose daughter-in-law this was? How beautiful she was! Look at her little face and hands outside her clothes, they seemed to be glowing white!
She is not very old and looks like she has just reached adulthood!
At this time, Song Shiwei also saw her and immediately smiled at her.
"Hello, sister-in-law. I just came here to follow the army today. My name is Song Shiwei!"
After hearing her words, Sun Meimei finally reacted and greeted her with a smile.
"No wonder I haven't seen you before, sister, who is your man?"
I don’t know who is so lucky to marry such a young and beautiful wife.
You know, those who can accompany the army must be officers above the rank of battalion commander!
How come you are already in your thirties or forties, but you are not that young!
It seemed that she had thought of something and suddenly her mind lit up. If she were to ask who among these people was young and capable, it would naturally be Captain Zhou! Then she looked at the house opposite the vegetable garden where she was, wasn't it the one that Zhou Tingyue had just moved into?
Could she be the new wife that Zhou Tingyue married? ?
Just when I thought of this, I heard Song Shi say with a smile: "My man is Zhou Tingyue!"
Coincidentally, the two families next door heard the noise and came out as well.
Song Shiwei's house is the second one in this row. The first one in front of her is the home of Captain Zhao. His wife is Jian Qiu, who is 36 years old this year! The three children in the family are all grown up!
He walked out with a smile and greeted Song Shiwei.
She has a gentle personality and speaks slowly and calmly. She wears black-framed glasses and has a Liu Hulan hairstyle, and looks like an intellectual.
Sun Meimei is the third family next to Song Shiwei's, and her husband is Captain Zheng.
The fourth family is that of Deputy Head Qian. His wife is Wang Chunxiang, the oldest among them, almost forty!
People are also very kind!
Everyone was surprised to see Song Shiwei!
I never thought that Zhou Tingyue was so lucky to marry such a beautiful wife!
Since it was the first time they met, the sisters-in-law were very enthusiastic and worried that her family would not be able to prepare anything to eat since she had just arrived.
Besides, Zhou Tingyue and her husband just got married, so they had to show some respect.
Some gave her eggs and some sugar, and Jian Qiu even gave her a piece of pork weighing more than one pound.
Song Shiwei felt very embarrassed and tried to refuse it, but he could not resist the enthusiasm of his sisters-in-law, so he had to accept it, thinking that he would return it when he had the chance in the future.
Watching her go back to the house to cook, the three sisters-in-law looked at her back with some reluctance.
"I don't know if she can stand the life here!"
Wang Chunxiang even glanced at the gate of the courtyard: "Those four kids are not easy to deal with! They have all grown up! I heard the third child muttering the other day that he didn't want Zhou Tingyue to find a new mother for them!"