It wasn't just Lin Wei who wanted to celebrate. Yang Yi had sent her mother-in-law and brother-in-law away, and Zhao Li was moving into a new home, so they all wanted to celebrate.
But the three of them celebrated in different ways. Lin Wei only planned to have fun within the family, Yang Yi was secretly happy and at most told her friends how happy she was. She still had to be reserved in front of Qi Tao, after all, she was his biological mother. Zhao Li didn't have so many concerns and planned to hold a big banquet, oh no, to invite close friends to have a meal.
Seeing that everyone had their own happy events, Liu Dan suggested, "Since everyone is so happy, why don't we get together and have some fun?"
"Why are you so happy?" Yang Yi asked.
"What else can we do? Let's have a meal together. You can bring your family members." Liu Dan thought this was a good idea. "We have known each other for several months and have met each other's husbands and children, but the family members don't know each other yet."
When everyone thought about it, it was true. Zong Shao and Zhou Jianhai were in the same battalion, so they had known each other for a long time. Xing Dong and Qi Tao had lived in the same courtyard for several years, so they were also familiar with each other. However, Lao Zhang from Zhao Li's family was neither in the same regiment nor a neighbor of the others, so he was not familiar with anyone. When they occasionally met on the road, they would just nod to each other at most and could not exchange greetings.
This is the case for men, not to mention children. They are of different ages and have their own circles, so they basically cannot play together.
Of course, it’s okay if the family members are not familiar with each other, and it doesn’t affect their interactions, but... she just wants to find a reason to get together and have some fun.
Everyone had no objection, but... Lin Wei asked: "When do we eat?"
"It depends on everyone's schedule. Are you going to take a day off this Sunday?" Liu Dan asked Deng Xiangyun and Zhao Li. The supply and marketing cooperative and the hospital pharmacy have rotation days off and do not have fixed Sundays off.
Deng Xiangyun nodded, while Zhao Li shook her head and said, "I have a moving party in the second half of the month, so I'll move my rest time to the second half of the month."
The supply and marketing cooperative has more freedom in rest than other units. You can choose to take one day off a week, or save up the holidays to take a rest together. Zhao Li usually has one day off a week, but she was afraid that she would be too busy with moving and hosting banquets, so she asked her leader to arrange her rest for the two days off a week in the second half of the month.
Deng Xiangyun said, "You guys decide on the time, and I can discuss taking a day off with my colleagues."
"Sister Zhao, aren't you going to host a banquet to celebrate the move? You may not have time," Yang Yi asked.
Lin Wei reminded, "And since we are bringing family members, don't we have to check their men's schedules?"
Zhao Li felt it was troublesome and said, "Why don't we schedule it at the end of the month and have it at our house? You can bring your family members along if their schedules can accommodate."
Liu Dan said: "My old Xing is fine, but won't there be too many people?"
"You're all right. I was only planning to invite you, plus Lao Zhang's comrades, and at most the neighbors in the yard." There were only six salespeople in the supply and marketing cooperative, and their breaks were completely separate. They couldn't get together during their breaks, so naturally they couldn't come together for a drink. So Zhao Li only planned to buy some candies and then take them to the unit to share with them.
But Zhao Li had a new idea: "Why don't we eat separately? We originally planned to invite him to drink in the evening. If you gather at my house, we will eat at noon and invite his comrades and neighbors in the evening."
"This method works, but can you handle setting up two banquets a day?" Liu Dan asked.
Lin Wei said: "I can help prepare the dishes."
"I can also prepare a few dishes." said Deng Xiangyun.
Yang Yi also said that she could help. Liu Dan thought about it and said, "In that case, let's each prepare a few dishes. After we finish eating, we can clean up together, which will save you the trouble."
When Zhao Li had mentioned treating Lin Wei to a meal before, Lin Wei had said she would bring food. Now she was calm and didn't bother to be polite with everyone. She just asked, "Does your family have time to come?"
Deng Xiangyun and Yang Yi both said it was no problem. After asking around, it turned out that only Lin Wei didn't know whether Zong Shao was free that day. She did ask Zong Shao if he would go out to sea at the end of the month, but she was not sure which day he would have a day off.
Zong Shao just came out of the bathroom after bathing the two children, and Lin Wei asked directly: "Are you going to take a day off on Sunday or Saturday at the end of the month?"
Zong Shao walked to the dining table, poured out some old water, drank a sip and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Li often came to Lin Wei's house and was very familiar with Zong Shao, so she smiled and interrupted: "We are talking about a dinner party at the end of the month, the kind that will bring family members, Comrade Zong, are you going?"
Zong Shao said without hesitation: "Go!"
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Deputy Regiment Leader Cao and his family left the island on the 18th. The next day was Saturday, and Zhao Li and her husband were both on vacation, so Lao Zhang hired someone to help them move.
In fact, it was relatively easy for them to move, because when Zhao Li moved into her current house with the army, the large furniture such as beds and wardrobes were all in good condition, so they did not buy any new ones.
However, Deputy Captain Cao's hometown is far away and the journey is inconvenient, so the luggage he can bring is very limited. In addition, he had a good relationship with Lao Zhang, so he left all the furniture to them.
All the furniture he left behind were good ones, including the bed in the master bedroom, which he had made a few years ago. The bed frame was made of the finest mahogany, with a mattress pad in the middle, making it much more comfortable to sleep on than an ordinary wooden bed.
In Zhao Li's words: "I can lie in bed all day."
Lin Wei asked, "Then why did you get out of bed today?"
"How can I not get out of bed? I just moved into a new house and have to pack everything up," said Zhao Li.
"Have you finished moving your stuff?"
"We finished moving yesterday. We didn't have much stuff to begin with. The furniture in the master bedroom was mostly left by the previous owner, as was the second bedroom. My daughter's bed was added later. Downstairs there was a chest of drawers, two benches, and a rattan chair that we added ourselves. The rest was clothes, bedding, pots, pans, and other things. He found two young guys and they finished moving in two or three trips."
Zhao Li said as she pointed in the direction of the Zhao family: "They are moving too, right?"
Lin Wei shook her head: "It seems that they started packing two days ago. I don't know when they will move."
"Maybe we'll move in the afternoon." Zhao Li said that moving is usually done on weekends when she has free time and can find someone to help.
Lin Wei said: "Maybe."
What Zhao Li predicted turned out to be exactly right. At around three or four in the afternoon, there was movement next door. Zhao Feng borrowed a tricycle from the state-owned hotel and rode into the yard. He and Gao Xiu Lian carried things out one trip at a time.
It was rare for the Zhao Xuebing brothers to be at home, but there was no one to help. The eldest brother got on the tricycle, pedaled, bent down with difficulty to hold the handlebars, trying to ride the tricycle. The third brother watched for a while and climbed onto the truck bed to get a ride.
I saw it clearly, so I moved a stool from home and leaned against the wall to watch. Seeing the scene, I really wanted to go over and join in the fun.
It’s just that Mingming and Zhao Xuebing don’t have a very good relationship, not because of their parents’ discord or the big age gap. In fact, until last month, the two were just unfamiliar neighbors.
Until one Sunday in the middle of last month, Zhao Xuebing had a quarrel with his usual playmates. When he was walking home alone, he saw Mingming, Ruirui and Xiao Shitou building a house on the beach, so he joined them.
Although he obviously didn't like playing with the older kids on the island because he was easily ignored, Zhao Xuebing was alone while there were three of them, so his leadership position was secure. So Mingming generously allowed Zhao Xuebing to join.
As for the other two people in the small group, Ruirui didn't care much about who the new playmate was. Xiao Shitou had already recognized Mingming as the leader, and after he nodded, Zhao Xuebing started playing with everyone.
At the beginning, everyone was having a good time, digging in the sand with great joy. But later, the two houses were built closer and closer, and finally they bumped into each other. No one was willing to give in, so they started arguing.
Fortunately, Lin Wei was at home at the time and heard the noise outside. She went out in time to stop it, so the two did not fight.
After Lin Wei persuaded the children to calm down, she drew a line between the 38th parallel for them. After that, the two of them built their own houses. It seemed that they no longer quarreled, but their relationship was completely strained.
However, their circles of friends did not overlap, and they had never played together much before, so no one noticed when they had a falling out. This incident did not cause any splash, and not many people knew about it.
But others didn't know, but Mingming remembered it very clearly. Therefore, although he was very tempted by the tricycle, he forced himself not to move.
But Zhao Xuebing, who was standing on the tricycle, saw Mingming looking at him eagerly, so he raised his lips with his fingers, grinned and stuck out his tongue at him and said boastfully: "La la la, this is my tricycle, you can't sit on it!"
As soon as he finished boasting, Zhao Feng came out carrying things. Seeing that the two brothers were not much taller than the tricycle and were riding without considering their own abilities, and one of them messed up the things and climbed onto the bed and made faces, he became furious and yelled at the two naughty kids to get off the car and gave them a good scolding.
Seeing Zhao Xuebing, who had just shown off to him, being scolded, Mingming laughed. When Zhao Xuebing heard it, he turned around and made a ferocious expression at Mingming.
But just as he finished making his expression, his father noticed his little move and shouted, "Zhao Xuebing, what are you doing!"
Zhao Xuebing pointed at Mingming who was lying on the wall and said, "He's making fun of me!"
Although he clearly mocked Zhao Xuebing rudely, he was still a little afraid of his father. He immediately leaned down upon hearing what he said. However, he did not pay attention to the angle and his chin hit the bricks of the wall directly, causing his upper and lower teeth to collide heavily and his tongue to be bitten.
Mingming groaned and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands.
Zhao Feng from next door saw him and said unhappily, "You are so much older than him, why are you arguing with him?" After scolding him, he assigned tasks to the two children. Isn't he just bored? That’s great, let’s get to work!
The Zhao Xuebing brothers were assigned a task and went home dejectedly. Mingming, who was originally lying on the wall, was not much better either. After he came down from the wall, he covered his mouth and bent over in pain.
When Lin Wei came out of the room, she saw Mingming sitting on a bench in a strange posture, with his elbows supporting his knees, his back bent and his head pounding between his calves. She asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"
Mingming heard this, raised his head with difficulty, and said with tears in his eyes: "It hurts..."
"Where does it hurt?"
Mingming didn't answer, but just blurted out word by word: "It hurts..."
Lin Wei's expression became serious. She quickly walked to Mingming's side, helped him sit up straight, and reached out to press his stomach. While pressing, she asked, "Does it hurt here?"
Mingming covered his mouth with tears in his eyes and shook his head.
Lin Wei changed the spot and continued pressing: "What about here? Does it hurt?"
Mingming continued to cover his mouth and shook his head.
Keep changing the location and keep pressing, and keep asking: "What about this place?"
Mingming still covered his mouth and shook his head.
After Lin Wei pressed Mingming's stomach, she couldn't help but ask, "Where does it hurt?"
Mingming finally recovered, opened his mouth, and said with a big tongue: "Oh, my mouth is frozen."
Lin Wei fell backwards in anger: "...You deserve it!"
But seeing the little guy's tearful appearance, she felt a little soft-hearted and asked, "Open your mouth and stick out your tongue to show me what's going on."
Mingming said "oh", opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue.
The tip of the tongue was a little broken, but it wasn't serious, there was no bleeding, and it wasn't swollen... something was wrong, Lin Wei asked: "Your tongue isn't swollen, why are you talking with a lisp?"
Mingming blinked his eyes and continued to talk with his tongue sticking out: "What about the big tongue?"
"You're just a big-tongued person."
Mingming looked up and asked, "How about the 40% discount?"
Lin Wei noticed something was wrong: "Did you do this on purpose?"
Mingming shook his head and said, "There's no oil! It's so noisy, mommy, is she sick?"
Lin Wei narrowed her eyes: "What do you want to do when you are sick?"
Bright star eyes: "I want some peach cake."
The pronunciation of the key words is quite accurate. Lin Wei thought about it, raised the corner of her lips and said, "No, and because your tongue is injured, you can only drink white porridge for the next three days. You can't eat the steamed sea fish and lobster in the evening."
Mingming: “…Ah?”
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