Chapter 121 Glorious Image
Zhou Huaiyi invited Huang Ling and her daughter and Song Ying's family to his home for the weekend.
He told Huang Ling in advance that several comrades would be going, and only made the arrangements after asking for her opinion and getting her consent.
Song Ying was a little nervous when she entered the military compound. She took Huang Ling's arm and whispered:
"This is my first time here! There are so many guards at the door, it's a bit scary."
"You don't do anything bad, so what are you afraid of?"
"Hahaha! That's right! Lin Dongzhe, stop running around!"
"I know!" Lin Dongzhe turned around and answered.
He and Xiaoting followed Zhou Huaiyi on either side. No one knew what they were talking about, but they were very happy.
Zhou Huaiyi seems to be taciturn, but he is very good at dealing with children and has a lot of topics to talk about with them.
After a while, Lin Gong also joined in.
The two adults and two children studied the tree for a while and then the house.
When they arrived in front of the Zhou family's courtyard, Song Ying exclaimed "Oh wow" and whispered to Huang Ling:
"This open space is so big that we can add three more rooms!"
"Why would we need to add such a large room? We already have three main rooms and one side room."
In the yard, Ma Zhiqiang and two other comrades were processing chickens and ducks.
Zhou Huaiyi introduced them to each other, and the two of them sensibly called her "Sister Ling".
Zhou Huailan ran out of the house, and then an aunt came out of the house.
Zhou Huaiyi was anxious: "Aunt, why are you here?"
"Your uncle and I went to the city to do some shopping, and I thought you'd have a day off today, so I came to see you."
He turned around and looked at Huang Ling again: "Xiaoling, I..."
He wanted to explain that this was not a deliberately arranged meeting with the parents.
Unexpectedly, before the introductions even started, my aunt, Huang Ling and Song Ying were all stunned when they looked at each other.
"It's you"
"It's you"
Zhou Huaiyi and Zhou Huailan looked at them and asked, "Why, have you seen them?"
Huang Ling smiled bitterly and said, "I have seen him before, but he didn't look very good."
"Why...why is it not so good?" Zhou Huaiyi asked timidly.
He felt uneasy. He knew his aunt's temper. She was also an invincible person who could not resist the world. Had these two been together before?
It’s over.
My aunt laughed and said, "What do you mean by 'bad image'? It's a truly glorious image! Look, they're the two comrades who helped me in that argument at the state-owned store!"
Hearing his aunt say this, Zhou Huaiyi tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth and not let himself laugh out loud.
That day, I was helping Huang Ling and the others build a road. When I got home that night, Zhou Huaiyi heard his aunt talk about this matter. At that time, I was thinking, why does it sound so familiar?
It turns out that feeling is right.
Huang Ling glared at him.
"Glorious, glorious." Zhou Huaiyi tilted his head to one side.
"What are you laughing at!" Aunt slapped him, took Huang Ling's hand and led her into the house.
"Auntie, I'll go help them..."
"No need. It's the men who do the work in our family. Your uncle went to buy fish. Xiaolan said that our Xiaoting likes to eat fresh fish." Aunt looked at Xiaoting.
It seems that Zhou Huailan has told her aunt everything.
They didn't want to eat originally, but now they have to eat.
"Hello, grandma." Xiaoting called obediently.
"Oh my god, you're so cute and pretty, come inside and have a popsicle!"
"Popsicle! Can I have one, grandma?" Lin Dongzhe was having fun in the yard and came over when he heard about the popsicle.
"Auntie, this is my naughty boy, Lin Dongzhe." Song Ying introduced.
"Dongzhe, of course you can eat. Eat as much as you want. Your Uncle Zhou has frozen a lot," his aunt patted his head. "This child is tough. Xiaoting is too thin. She needs to eat more!"
"This little brat is eating me up. He has to take on three people, Xiaoting and me. It's a real headache." Song Ying said helplessly.
"This ration is really a headache. Xiaoyi has many comrades, and we have to entertain several waves a year. We also have to find a way to exchange for food. Even if we have money, we can't buy it."
Midway through her speech, my aunt looked at Huang Ling and added, "But he has his own way to solve it."
"It can be solved, it's not a big deal." Huang Ling didn't care.
At this time, my uncle came back, said hello and went to the kitchen to busy himself.
"Auntie, you are well maintained. If I didn't know that you are Director Zhou's aunt, I would call you sister when I see you on the street! It's different when you have a loved one who loves you." Song Ying said sweetly.
"Xiao Song is so good at talking, his mouth is like honey."
"Sister Ying is the announcer at our factory!" Zhou Huailan re-braided Xiaoting's hair. "Your mother knew she was coming, so she didn't braid your hair properly, right?"
"No, this is my mother's normal level." Xiaoting answered seriously while eating a popsicle.
"Well, I'm sorry! No one can know everything and be good at everything, right!" Huang Ling defended.
Everyone in the room laughed.
"I will braid Xiaoting's hair beautifully every day from now on." Zhou Huailan whispered in Xiaoting's ear.
Zhou Huaiyi was a little worried before. While he was busy in the kitchen, he made an excuse to go out and walk around the living room to see what was going on in the house.
Seeing that everyone was having fun inside, I felt relieved.
When his uncle saw him come back, he smiled and said, "He must be a good person to be able to get along with his neighbors like a family. Look at the child, he is well behaved and has been well-educated."
"Ah! Yes." Zhou Huaiyi replied.
It was originally to meet comrades, but it turned into meeting their parents.
But both parties are quite satisfied.
Huang Ling is pretty and generous.
The elders of the Zhou family are sensible, not pretentious, and kind. They treat their nephews and nieces as their own children after their sister and brother-in-law passed away. They are definitely good people.
Not to mention that Huang Ling and my aunt have similar personalities.
After dinner, the three comrades took on the task of washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen.
Song Ying took her two children to see the roses. The flowers were in full bloom. Seeing that she liked them very much, Zhou Huaiyi asked her to cut a few branches to take home. She was suffering from decision-making difficulties.
When Mr. Lin was about to start with the scissors, she shouted:
"Wait, wait! That one!"
Lin Gong changed one and was about to cut it when she called out again:
"Wait, it's the same one from before."
Mr. Lin asked, "Which branch was it just now?"
"Uh, I don't remember either..."
Xiaoting and Dongzhe stood aside, licking their popsicles and shaking their heads helplessly.
Huang Ling and the four members of the Zhou family stood in the yard.
Zhou Huaiyi pointed to the west wall and said, "I plan to build another house here."
He explained that there were three main rooms, one for them, one for Huailan, and one for Xiaoting.
Build another room so that my aunt and uncle can stay when they come, and Mr. and Mrs. Huang can also stay when they come.
The side room is small and damp, and we are worried that it will be bad for the health of the elders if they stay there, so we reserve it as a guest room for our comrades to stay for one or two nights.
"We've bought the bricks and tiles, but good beams are hard to come by. We'll have to wait."
It turns out that he was not just talking nonsense, but had already started doing it.
"Xiao Yi, the construction won't be completed in one day, and you guys have to go back to work. So, when you start building, tell me, and your aunt and I will come to help you look after it. Your aunt will supervise the work, and I'll help cook for the workers. Nowadays, the workers are provided with meals."
When my uncle heard that preparations had already begun, he quickly took over the conversation.
The forest worker came over and said, "Hey, I can't make up my mind. I've been working so hard for a long time and can't cut a single branch! Director Zhou, where did you buy these flower seedlings? I'll go buy a few and plant them for her at home!"
"Sister Ling, is that okay? I'll just use a small piece of space so it won't interfere with growing vegetables." Engineer Lin said to Huang Ling again.
"It's okay, just plant it! I like to see it too." Huang Ling nodded quickly.
Zhou Huaiyi immediately responded, "I'll get the seedlings for you. Mr. Lin will take care of them. Don't let Xiaoling take care of them. She doesn't have the temperament to do that. She'll definitely kill them."
"I know, I know, when have we ever let them get involved? They also help, stand aside, and offer their help! Hey, you do this, hey, you do that..."
As soon as Mr. Lin said this, everyone laughed.
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