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 in step, she was extremely curious about everything.
Not far away she seemed to see the mast of a huge ship, which seemed to be almost towering into the clouds from her direction.
You can imagine how big that ship is!
The family compound is located in the northeast corner of the army and covers a large area.
After entering the courtyard, there are rows of houses. These houses are also divided into different sizes. Some are very large, with four or five rooms, or five or six rooms, while others are very small, with only one large bunk bed.
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, on the west side of the entire family compound.
When they arrived, Song Shiwei took a close look at the building in front of him. It was one of those old-fashioned stone houses with grey tiled roofs. All the houses were of the same shape, except some were bigger and some were smaller.
There are rows of them, with about a dozen sets in each row, and every four sets are separated by paths.
There is a distance of about ten meters between the two rows of houses, so some families have cultivated two small vegetable plots on both sides of the door.
Zhou Tingyue also planted a lot of vegetables in the house he exchanged with someone else. There were tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and so on. They were all ripe and looked more juicy than the vegetables grown in modern greenhouses!
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 inside, and the tables and chairs in the living room all looked newly made.
On the left side of the living room is the kitchen, and on the right side 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 much better than she had imagined!
She thought it was impossible to live in such a big house on the island!
Having such a big house and so many new furniture proves that the man in front of me has 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 ran 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 report for leave. I'll make dinner for you when I come back! If it's too late, I'll just go to the cafeteria and get you some food!"
Song Shiwei waved his hand quickly.
"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 quickly followed her in.
I didn't want to let her worry about anything. 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, pans, and utensils were prepared 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 further 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 is that rice and white flour were rare commodities in that era, and many families could not afford them. Everything else was coarse grains and mixed grains.
Old Mrs. Song at home is even more stingy and would never be willing to buy these fine grains.
For the staple food, you can have some cornmeal cakes, but there are not many 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 some cucumbers.
I happened to meet Sun Meimei who was going out to fetch 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? Are you so beautiful? Look at the little face and hands exposed outside the clothes, they seem to be glowing white!
He is not very old and looks like he 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 join 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, big 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 cadres above the level of battalion commander!
How come you are already in your thirties or forties, but not this young!
It seemed as if he had thought of something and suddenly his mind lit up. If he were to ask who among all these people was young and capable, it would naturally be Captain Zhou! Look at the house opposite the vegetable garden where she is. Isn’t that the new house that Zhou Tingyue moved into?
Could she be Zhou Tingyue’s new wife? ?
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 house in front of her is Captain Zhao’s house. His wife is Jian Qiu, and she 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. 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 didn't expect Zhou Tingyue to be 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 the family would not have time to prepare any food since she had just arrived.
Besides, Zhou Tingyue and her boyfriend just got married, so they have to show some respect to each other.
She gave her eggs and sugar, and Jian Qiu even gave her a piece of pork weighing more than one pound.
Song Shiwei was 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 children 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!"
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