Before boarding the supply ship from Yangcheng to Yazhou Island, Lin Wei never thought that she would get seasick.
Her family lives by the river. When she was a child, she often took a boat with her mother to play on the other side of the river. At first, her mother would buy a piece of seasickness medicine before getting on the boat, but she never used it and stopped buying it later.
Moreover, they also took a half-day ferry ride when they came here. It was faster to take the river route from Shicheng to the provincial capital. She was fine at the time and was able to hold the child after getting off the boat.
Who would have thought that not long after the boat started in the morning, Lin Wei started vomiting. She hadn't eaten much for lunch or dinner. Now she was lying on the bed listlessly, with her hands and feet weak.
Thinking that she could not get ashore until tomorrow afternoon, Lin Wei couldn't help but sigh.
"Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" asked Zong Shao, who came in from outside with two lunch boxes.
Lin Wei shook her head: "It's fine, where have you been?"
Zong Shao walked to the bunk bed where Lin Wei was lying, opened the lid of the aluminum lunch box and said, "I saw that you didn't eat much for dinner, so I borrowed a pot from the kitchen staff to cook some porridge."
They were on a military supply ship. The troops had strict military discipline and no food was provided other than three meals unless there were special circumstances. They were not allowed to cook their own meals.
But Lin Wei was just a military dependent, and it was her first time going out to sea, so she was very seasick. Zong Shao lending her the pot to cook for her was not considered discrimination.
Lin Wei was indeed hungry. She had been vomiting all day and all she vomited out was acid. There was nothing in her stomach. But she had no appetite and looked over there lazily.
Zong Shao knew that she was feeling uncomfortable, so he opened the lid and brought the lunch box to her, showing her the porridge and pickled cucumber strips inside, hoping to whet her appetite.
The porridge is ordinary white porridge, not thick, but not watery either. The pickled cucumber strips are green with a hint of yellow, and are dotted with a little red pepper.
"Where are the pickled cucumber sticks?"
People in the Lingnan region generally have light tastes, and the food served on the supply ship also follows local tastes. She didn't see any chili at all for lunch and dinner.
"It's also taken from the kitchen. It's usually mixed with porridge in the morning." Seeing that Lin Wei was interested, Zong Shao took out a spoon from the table next to him and handed it to her along with the lunch box.
Lin Wei didn't act pretentiously. She reached out to take the lunch box and spoon and started eating.
After the porridge is cooked, let it cool for a while. Now it is just the right temperature to drink and very soft. The cucumber strips were just as sour, spicy and crispy as Lin Wei had imagined. In two words, they went great with porridge.
While she was drinking the porridge, Zong Shao turned to look at the two brothers lying on the other bed.
Although the two brothers are young, this is their first time on a boat. They are more competitive than their mother. None of the seasickness pills prepared for them were used, and all went into Lin Wei's stomach.
And because there were PLA uncles on the boat, the two brothers were in an excited state after getting on board. They fell sleepy after dinner at night and did not need anyone to supervise them, which was very convenient.
After tucking the quilt into the two brothers, Zong Shao sat back down beside Lin Wei's bed, but made no move to speak.
They got married in the early 1970s, and it has been four years and three months since then. It is not a short time, and they have two children. Logically, they should have a deep relationship, but in fact, they are not very familiar with each other.
Theirs was an arranged marriage and they had only met twice before getting married, the first time was a blind date and the second time was the engagement.
They didn't live together for long after marriage. In four years, he returned to Shicheng twice, once when she gave birth to two brothers and once when his mother died. And adding up these two times, he didn't even stay at home for a month.
This is also the reason why Lin Wei came to join the army. Although she didn't have much expectation for love and didn't mind living a life of respect with Zong Shao, there is still a difference between treating each other with respect and being strangers.
Most couples who respect each other can live a good life, but the marriage of strangers is difficult to last.
But Lin Wei didn't expect that even if they became familiar with each other, her marriage with Zong Shao would not last long, because in addition to separation in life, there is also separation in death.
Three days ago, on the train from the provincial capital to Yangcheng, Lin Wei had a dream.
It was also through that dream that she realized that she was actually living in a period novel.
But she is neither the heroine nor the supporting female role, and she doesn't even have a formal appearance in the novel. But she is not unknown, because her husband Zong Shao is the white moonlight that the heroine desires but cannot get, and she——
It is the white moonlight of the white moonlight.
She and Zong Shao were engaged at birth and lived a loving life together. However, after her early death, he missed her all his life and never remarried.
The above is the introduction of Lin Wei in the original work.
When Lin Wei just woke up from the dream, she wanted to cry every time she thought of these words, not because she was moved, but because she was scared. No one would feel good if they woke up and found out they only had one year to live.
But three days later, she had calmed down.
Firstly, although this dream seems very real, its truth is unknown. Anyway, Lin Wei feels that the first half of the description of her in the novel is wrong. She doesn’t know how much she and Zong Shao will love each other in the next year. At least in the four years since they got married, she hasn’t felt that they are very loving as a couple.
Secondly, if the dream was true, she would really be dying. Lin Wei felt that since God allowed her to glimpse the secrets of heaven, she might not be able to find opportunities to change her fate and live in the future.
Thirdly, a day is one of happiness, and a day of fear and sadness is also a day. If she must die, she also hopes that the last memory she leaves for her children will be a happy one.
This was just her rational feeling; emotionally, Lin Wei found it hard to be happy.
Seeing her sighing again while eating, Zong Shao said, "There is limited food on the boat. We can wait until we get off the boat tomorrow."
Lin Wei came back to her senses and realized that Zong Shao had misunderstood. She shook her head and said, "That's not why I sighed."
"Why is that?"
Although Lin Wei really wanted to find someone to discuss why she had that dream, she didn't know where to start. The main reason was that it was too bizarre and it would seem stupid for her to sigh about it.
So she swallowed the porridge in her mouth and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little uncomfortable after staying on the boat for so long. What time will we arrive tomorrow?"
"Probably around two or three in the afternoon."
"How far is it from the pier to where we live?"
"It will take about ten minutes to walk," Zong Shao paused for a moment, remembering Lin Wei's walking speed, and said, "It may take a little longer to take Mingming with him. It will probably take more than half an hour."
Thinking of her son's short legs, Lin Wei nodded: "That's not far."
Obviously, Lin Wei did not realize Zong Shao's tactfulness. It was not that she was not aware of it, but that she never felt that she walked slowly. Although she doesn't walk as fast as Zong Shao, there is a height difference after all. When she goes out to play with her colleagues at work, she always walks the fastest.
Lin Wei ate two mouthfuls of porridge and asked again: "What is our home like? Can we see the sea from the yard?"
Zong Shao nodded first, then said, "It's just an ordinary brick house with two floors. There are two rooms upstairs, a living room and bathroom downstairs, and the kitchen and toilet are outside. Well, there is a balcony on the top of the kitchen. I pulled two ropes before I came back so I can hang clothes."
Lin Wei thought that this house was not ordinary at all.
Her home is in the countryside. The house is not small, but there is no separate kitchen. There is only a stove outside. Not to mention the toilet, it is a public toilet, so she has to go outside.
After marrying Zong Shao, she moved to her mother-in-law's house. The living space was a bit more spacious, but the toilet was still shared, not to mention a private bathroom, which was out of the question.
Therefore, just by listening to Zong Shao's description, Lin Wei felt that the house was nice and couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.
But then she remembered that Zong Shao had said that the kitchen and toilet were both added on, so she smiled and said, "You must have put a lot of thought into building this house, right?"
The Sanlin Base was established in the early 1950s. In the early days, there were few people and not many family members accompanying the troops.
Now, twenty years have passed, and not only has the number of soldiers in the fleet doubled, but the number of family members of officers of sufficient rank to accompany the troops has also increased several times, which has led to the repeated expansion of the family quarters.
Currently, there are basically three types of houses in the family quarters. One type is the old houses built in the early 1950s. These houses are basically located behind the family quarters and are not very convenient to access, but they are located by the sea and are single-family houses with yards.
One type is the row houses that were built in batches in the late 1950s, with two to four households sharing one yard. However, they were well planned, with a kitchen in the house and a toilet in the yard, and it was convenient to enter and exit the family area.
The last type was also built in batches in the late 1950s, but it is also a single-family house with a large house and a yard. Most of them are close to the sea with good scenery, but this house is for leaders and there are level requirements for moving in.
Therefore, for someone like Zong Shao who is just qualified to accompany the army, the only houses he can choose are the first two.
Among the first two types of houses, townhouses are more popular. After all, they are newer and more comfortable to live in. So when Zong Shao applied for a house, the townhouses were already full, and the only house he could choose was the old house.
Of course, the army does not provide no compensation to the officers living in old houses. After the houses are completed, they will receive a subsidy for house repairs.
After all, the house is old. It might be fine if the previous owner took good care of it, but if the previous owner didn’t take good care of it, it would be questionable whether the house can be lived in.
However, the officers who moved into the old houses either thought that they might be transferred to other jobs in the future, or planned to move in when the townhouses became vacant. Most people did not want to spend too much money to renovate the houses. Therefore, the most they did was to paint the main house white and repair the broken windows, as long as it was livable.
But Zong Shao thought that since they were going to live there, he might as well make it better so that his family would feel more comfortable. So he painted the house inside and out, changed the original kitchen into a bathroom, and then built a kitchen and toilet in the yard.
Because of this, Zong Shao went back to pick up Lin Wei two months later after he had applied to join the army.
However, Zong Shao was not the type of person who wanted to make his achievements known to everyone, so he just said calmly, "Not bad."
Lin Wei said "oh" and asked casually: "How much did it cost to build this house? I'll write down the bill after I get off the boat." This is an important matter.
When she first got married to Zong Shao, he was already a deputy company commander, and he received subsidies for going to sea in the navy, which added up to more than sixty yuan a month. During these four years, he was promoted from deputy company commander to deputy battalion commander, and his salary increased from over 60 to around 100.
He had few expenses in the army, so he sent most of his salary back home. He saved the rest that he didn't spend, which was considered his private money. This was something the couple tacitly agreed upon.
Although Lin Wei unconditionally stood by her mother when she strictly forbade her father to hide private money, after getting married, Lin Wei felt that this matter needed special treatment under special circumstances.
Apart from other aspects of Zong Shao, his character is very reliable and he is not the kind of person who spends money lavishly, so she is very lenient with his private money.
...She would never admit that she was too lax. Zong Shao had a high salary, and the couple lived apart, so his salary was not transparent to her. She was afraid that if she was too strict, she would push him too far and end up with nothing.
As it turned out, Zong Shao was indeed a reliable person. He had saved his own private money and did not spend it recklessly. Apart from the subsidy from the army, the rest of the money for building the house came from Zong Shao's private money.
However, although the money did not come from Lin Wei, it is still necessary to record it in the account so that she can have an idea of it.
Zong Shao didn't intend to hide it and told him a number.
Lin Wei was stunned: "In total?"
Zong Shao: “Expenditures after deducting subsidies.”
Lin Wei: “…”
Her mother is right, men shouldn't have private money! :)
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