"Xiao Qin, you guys are back?!"

They haven't been back much in the past two or three years. The soldiers standing guard outside the family compound are like fresh leeks, and they have been replaced again. It is always the young green brother who comes to stand guard.

The family members in the family compound have also been replaced in batches. There are many old people, and there are also many new people. Every year, there are people who are transferred and discharged from the army, and every year there will be fresh blood joining.

Qin Rou and his wife brought their children back to the yard where they lived before. Lu Yan originally belonged to the Qiongzhou Island Base. When he was studying outside, he still belonged to the unit on the island, so the family house on the island has been kept.

After three years of no maintenance, their yard has become... a desolate yard... Not really, the flowers and plants that needed careful care have all died, and the wild passion fruits have taken up most of the space. Qin Rou didn't care about them, and they grew wildly year after year. The

small lawn in the yard is now overgrown with weeds, and the original thatched shed has fallen into disrepair, succumbing to last year's typhoon. In addition to the passion fruit, the lychee trees, green kumquats and yellow peppers are still alive.

The small tomatoes that used to bear fruit every year in the vegetable garden have long disappeared.

"It's like a terrible typhoon passing through. Comrade Lu, four little comrades Lu, our yard needs to be properly repaired."

Compared with the Zhang family next door, the contrast is too terrible. The yard of the Zhang family next door is very beautiful, with a newly built thatched umbrella. Zhang Chengbei, the head of the Zhang family, oh no, now the head of a logistics department, likes to tidy up the vegetable garden. The jade-colored small bitter melons he planted are beautifully hanging under the vines. These bitter melons are very beautiful, just like jade.

There are scattered flowers in his yard, and there are some strange pits that have been dug.

"Received the order from the leader!"

"Received the order from the leader!"

...

Several children responded together.

After opening the door, Qin Rou found that it was still too early to tidy up the yard. They had to tidy up the house first.

First, clean the house.

There are six people in their family. Zhou Zhou and Dumpling are both nine years old and can take care of themselves. They cleaned the house quickly. After finishing the basic cleaning work, they began to put various furniture.

Qin Rou put away all the photo frames in the house before, and hung them on the wall again. Not only the black and white photos in the past, but also many color photos.

A TV and a double-layer green refrigerator were placed in the living room, and a washing machine was installed next to the bathroom. In 1980, the water pipes were connected to the house, and many families in the family compound bought refrigerators.

Living on the island, refrigerators are very important appliances. Not only refrigerators, but also freezers are needed. After all, they need to freeze a lot of salted fish, no, frozen seafood. Frozen seafood and fruits can be stored for a longer time.

The old freezer in their home has been scrapped, so they got a new one and put it in the corner of the living room.

"Mom, turn on the TV, Mom, turn on the TV!"

"Don't turn on the TV yet, let's tidy up the house."

...

All kinds of furniture and appliances in the house are placed, the stove is on, and everyone takes turns to take a bath. Comrade Lu Yan takes the first bath. Men's battle baths are always fast. After taking a bath, they go to the kitchen to get busy.

Today was the first day back at the family compound. They wanted to order food from the cafeteria, but Lu Yan and the children didn't want to eat in the cafeteria, so they cooked at home.

They bought a lot of seafood when they got off the boat. Lu Yan washed it and steamed it directly.

Qin Rou took a shower, wrapped her hair, and went to the kitchen to work. There was a small oven in their kitchen, and there was a lot of fresh pork. Qin Rou planned to make salted egg yolk baked barbecued pork. She picked up a piece of tenderloin, poked a big hole in the middle, stuffed duck egg yolks into the meat, and sealed the opening with a toothpick to prevent the yolk from falling out.

Qin Rou put ginger, scallions, soy sauce and other sauces to marinate the pork. She put the pork in the refrigerator for one night and put it in the oven tomorrow.

They ate fresh steamed seafood tonight.

Qin Rou loved crabs. Lu Yan steamed a lot of blue crabs for her. Qin Rou looked at these blue crabs and missed eating summer butter crabs. The butter crabs are the best crabs. They are special blue crabs whose bodies change after being exposed to the sun. Their crab roe melts into golden oil and flows all over their bodies.

Even if it is just steamed butter crabs, they are delicious. Once the crab shell is opened, the rich crab oil smells fragrant and is full of golden crab roe. It is not only a visual stimulation, but also a stimulation for the taste buds.

When I was studying in Guangzhou, I had butter crab once, and I couldn't forget it.

A large pot of steamed blue crabs was placed on the table, as well as steamed oysters, pepper and salt shrimp, oyster vermicelli, shrimp scrambled eggs, and steamed grouper. In addition to these seafood, Qin Rou also roasted a passion fruit ribs.

Although this passion fruit ribs sounds like a dark dish like lychee shrimp, it actually tastes good. The roasted ribs are put into the passion fruit with honey added. The ribs are tender and fragrant, wrapped in the sweet and sour passion fruit on the outside, a bit like sweet and sour ribs, but with a strange sour fragrance.

There are too many passion fruits at home, so naturally I have to eat more.

Qin Rou also made passion fruit juice as a drink for the children, but Doudou and Rongrong preferred coconut juice. The two little guys held a green coconut and drank coconut juice happily.

Lu Yan helped Qin Rou peel crabs. His crab peeling skills were getting better and better. Qin Rou was very satisfied with the crabs. He ate a few bites himself and shared some with the sisters Tian Dourong. As for the two brothers Zhou Zhou Dumpling, they were more comfortable eating blue crabs and mantis shrimps. Peel crabs with your hands? Impossible, just use your mouth to eat!

"Mom, I want some too." Doudou held a big blue crab and ate it directly.

"You are young, are you so ambitious?" The eldest brother Lu Weizhou broke open an oyster, picked out the oyster meat and put it in his sister's small bowl.

"Rongrong wants some too!"

"I want some Huang Huang!"

Lu Weize threw a steamed blue crab in front of Lu Weizhou: "Brother, help me peel it."

"Don't you have hands? You need your brother to do it."

"Brother, I'm doing this for your own good. Look, you help me peel it and practice your crab peeling skills so that you can peel crabs for your future wife."

"Let dad teach you by example."

Qin Rou smiled and said, "Little Dumpling, you are really a smart kid."

Lu Yan: "There are two sons in the family, and the two brothers are very different."

Lu Weizhou said, "He is a lazy worm."

"Dumpling, you should learn more yourself."

"Peel the crabs for your sisters first."

Rongrong: "Don't let your brother peel them, they're ugly."

"Dad peels them prettier."

"You're complaining about throwing away something you already have? You two bad sisters."

...

After a simple dinner, the family went to bed early. The next day, Qin Rou got up, baked the barbecued pork with salted egg yolk, and cut it into beautiful slices. The tender barbecued pork wrapped with the egg yolk in the middle was like a little sun. Qin Rou divided it into several portions and gave some to her former friends and neighbors.

"Xiao Qin, your old Lu has returned from further studies."

"He's now the Chief of Staff!"

Li Qinghua brought her daughter Tiaotiao to her house and gave her a big pineapple honey. Tiaotiao is now seven or eight years old. She wears shorts and shorts, has short hair, tanned skin, and a pair of black eyes that are particularly bright, like a playful tomboy.

"Auntie Xiao Qin!"

"Tiaotiao."

"I'm giving you some thorny fruit."

Tiaotiao saw the sweet bean sisters of the Lu family and immediately showed off: "I'll do somersaults for you to see!"

She did several somersaults in the yard, and finally stood steadily, "Hehehehe" and made a few awesome poses. Li Qinghua sighed and stood aside.

She had never thought about why her daughter would become like this.

"Wow!! Handsome brother!"

Doudou and Rongrong were very supportive and clapped their hands happily.

"That's amazing! If anyone bullies you in the future, just call out your name, Sister Tiaotiao!"

Liu Yaoyao, nicknamed Tiaotiao, has been lively and active since she was a child, climbing up the roof to tear off the tiles and smashing the bowls on the ground.

Li Qinghua said helplessly to Qin Rou, "She was competing with Dun Dun in handstand yesterday."

"Our child is tough and can handle falls."

"It's good to be tough, she's not timid."

Li Qinghua pursed her lips, "Old Liu and I are worried that she won't be able to get married in the future."

"Girls change a lot when they grow up. Tiaotiao is so young and you're already thinking about the future."

Teacher Huang from next door came over, "Xiao Qin, after you graduate next year will you stay on the island or go back to Guangzhou?"

"On the island."

"That's good, so that our yard next door won't be left deserted all the time. I really can't get used to it."

Huang Xinying came over, and her three sons also came over. Her eldest son, Zhang Yichao, is almost sixteen years old, half a head taller than Huang Xinying, and wears glasses.

Zhang Erheng, also known as Zhang Dundun, is eight years old now. He doesn't quite match his name. He is dark and thin, like a monkey child. He and Tiaotiao are good friends who can wear the same pants. After seeing Tiaotiao, the two brothers of the same age immediately put their arms around each other's shoulders.

There is also a four-year-old son who is standing by his mother's legs. This little guy is called "Zhang Sanyou".

So the three brothers of their Zhang family are Zhang Yichao, Zhang Erheng, and Zhang Sanyou.

Sanyou means everything.

The short and stout Sanyou is a quiet and shy little guy, hiding by his mother's legs.

Qin Rou was very surprised to see the three brothers, "Your Yichao is going to take the college entrance examination soon, right?"

In the past three years, Zhang Yichao has grown very fast. He was not that tall before, but now he is really a young man.

"Yes, they will take the college entrance examination next year." Huang Xinying looked at her three sons, who were ranked from tall to short, and tried to turn her eyes away from the two sisters Tian Dourong who were wearing light yellow skirts beside Qin Rou's legs.

These two little Dourongs were different from Tiaotiao. They wore beautiful skirts, their exposed arms were white and tender, and they had beautiful braids on their heads and swaying butterfly hairpins.

When she spoke, her voice was sweet: "Aunt Huang."

- She was the little lady she had always dreamed of.

"This is Sanyou's younger brother."

"Zhang Sanyou." When naming Zhang Sanyou, Zhang Chengbei and his wife had a headache. After all, they had one Chao and two Heng. If the third child's name didn't have more threes, outsiders would not sound like their Zhang family's biological children. They had to be called Zhang Sanx, so that people would think, oh, it's your Zhang family's child, and the names of three brothers from the same family are very compatible.

Zhang Sanqiang, Zhang Sanhao, Zhang Sanjia... They thought of all these names, and finally felt that Zhang Sanyou was the most perfect.

He had everything he could have, and he also had everything he couldn't have. He was Zhang Sanyou.

"Brother!"

"Another brother!"