When he arrived at the military base, it was lunchtime, so Xiao Zhang drove the car to the family compound before slowly stopping.
He turned his head and said, "Commander, your wife has arrived."
Su Yue got out of the car and the first thing she saw was the quiet little courtyard in front of her. Then her gaze swept over the rows of five-story buildings not far away.
She tilted her head slightly, gazing at the building with amazement in her eyes.
I couldn't help but think to myself, this place is much more impressive than the military base in Bincheng.
Ping An quickly walked to Su Yue's side, her eyes sparkling, and said, "Mom, there are so many buildings here! Do we live in an apartment building too?"
Su Yue looked down at him, a smile playing on her lips, and said, "You'll have to ask your dad about that. It's your first time here too, Mom and you."
Fu Shen deftly picked up their luggage from the trunk and said calmly, "We won't stay in an apartment building; we'll stay in the courtyard."
Seeing that Fu Shen had taken the luggage, Xiao Zhang drove away.
Ping An looked at Fu Shen with a face full of surprise, her voice brimming with excitement: "Dad, really? We're not living in an apartment building?"
Fu Shen freed one hand and affectionately patted his head, saying gently, "Really, when has Dad ever lied to you? Or do you want to stay here?"
Ping An shook her head vigorously, her tone resolute: "I don't want to."
He disliked climbing stairs at all, and the air in the stairwell was so stuffy that it barely circulated.
Back in his old unit, Ping An had visited the home of a friend who lived in an apartment building. Everyone in that building cooked in the narrow corridors.
When the weather is hot, the grease that accumulates on the walls emits a pungent and unpleasant smell.
They also have great inconvenience in taking showers and using the toilet. There are only a few households on each floor, and there is only a small, separate toilet at the bottom of the stairs.
Ping An went there once, and never went back again.
Su Yue never expected that they could live in a separate courtyard. To be honest, she would rather live in a mud house than in an apartment building.
There are too many inconveniences in apartment buildings. If you're cooking a dish, the neighbors will come over to watch out of curiosity. Most importantly, the sound insulation is also very poor.
She also has a secret space where the water has lost its effect, but the meat and fruit inside... remain unchanged. If you take one away, another will immediately appear.
If the neighbors find out that they have meat and all kinds of fruit to eat every few days, that would be troublesome.
Fu Shen handed the key to Su Yue, "Yueyue, open our door."
Su Yue took the key with a smile on her face, opened the door, and her eyes were full of surprise: "It's exactly the same as our courtyard in Bincheng."
As she spoke, she turned around and looked at Fu Shen with a questioning look in her eyes, asking, "How did you get this courtyard?"
Having been a military family member for several years, she was well aware of the conditions under which the military allocated housing to soldiers.
Once the application is approved, you get the house you're assigned; there's no opportunity to change it.
Besides, they just arrived, so how could they be allocated a small courtyard?
Fu Shen explained, "I swapped with someone else. The mother of Battalion Commander Liu, who originally lived here, had always wanted to live in an apartment building, but there were limited spots. That day, I came with the car carrying our luggage, and he asked me. I thought about it, and since you and Ping An don't like living in apartments, I agreed."
Upon hearing this, Ping An looked up at Fu Shen with curiosity in her eyes and said, "Dad, how do you know I don't like living in an apartment building? I haven't told you or Mom."
Fu Shen glanced at him lightly, "You didn't tell me or your mother, but you went to the apartment building to play with your friends that day, and when you came back you were muttering to yourself by the water tank. It's hard not to know."
Ping An felt a little embarrassed and gently shook Fu Shen's hand, knowing that he was being a bit too clean.
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