"Needless to say, look, there's light in the yard, it must be Xiao Lu's family moving in."
A round-faced sister-in-law said firmly.
"Oh, what a kid Xiaolu is. He didn't even tell me he was moving. I have to hurry home to pick some cucumbers and vegetables from the vegetable garden and send them to Xiaolu's family as a meeting gift."
Captain Zhao's sister-in-law patted her thigh, carried the hoe and hurried home.
The remaining sisters-in-law also remembered that they had to prepare gifts for Xiao Lu's family as they had just moved in. Most of the military families were women from the countryside, and they were homebodies. The gifts they gave were mostly food and daily necessities. Besides, there was nothing else to give these days.
The sisters-in-law all went home in a hurry, took out the things they had prepared at home, and brought them to Lu's house.
At this time, in the Lu family's courtyard, Xiao Zhao and his friends were paving the road in the yard with the rain flower stones they had picked up, and Grandma Jiang and her family of three were still picking stones by the river. Several sisters-in-law pushed the door open and came in, startling the two boys. Xiao Zhao often ran around the military area, and he had long recognized all the sisters-in-law in the military area. He jumped up and saluted the sisters-in-law:
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
"Okay, okay, Xiao Zhao, you are a good talker."
Captain Zhao's sister-in-law said with a smile. Lu Lin and his wife, who were cooking in the kitchen, heard the noise outside and went out. Jiang Chunzao followed Lu Lin and was surrounded by his sister-in-law as soon as he went out.
"Oh, this must be Xiao Lu's daughter. She is so pretty and charming."
The round-faced sister-in-law in front said enthusiastically, and the other sisters-in-law nodded in agreement. Lu Lin smiled and introduced the person to his young wife:
"This is the sister-in-law of Captain Wang, this is the sister-in-law of Captain Zhao, this is the sister-in-law of Captain Li, this is the sister-in-law of Captain Fang, you must call her sister-in-law when you see her in the future."
"Hello, sisters-in-law. My name is Jiang Chunzao. I just moved to the military area from my hometown. This is Shitou and Jasmine."
After listening to Lu Lin's introduction, Jiang Chunzao called the children over to introduce them to her sisters-in-law and asked the children to call her sisters-in-law "auntie".
Shitou and Jasmine usually listen to their mother the most. When their mother asked them to call, they blinked their big eyes and called out obediently:
"Hello, Auntie."
"well."
The sisters-in-law in the military area are all mothers, but their children run back and forth to the mountains all day after school. This family, whether girls or boys, are all like wild kids, so wild. When the sisters-in-law saw the two well-behaved and cute children, they were so fond of them that they reached into their pockets to get some delicious food for the children.
The sisters-in-law searched for a long time but found nothing. They could only say embarrassedly:
"Look, we didn't prepare anything this time, and we didn't order any good food for the children."
Jiang Chunzao smiled and said:
"Sisters-in-law, please don't say that. You all have things in your hands. We are the ones who should be embarrassed. We are new here and haven't had time to prepare anything. Please don't be offended, sisters-in-law."
"No wonder, no wonder, there's nothing strange about this."
The sisters-in-law were all cheerful and outgoing. Seeing that Jiang Chunzao was also smart and talkative, they all praised Lu Lin for being lucky to marry a beautiful and smart wife. The sisters-in-law's words made Jiang Chunzao blush again. Lu Lin did not blush, but his handsome face was a little hot.
The sisters-in-law talked for a while at home. At first, they wanted to help the Lu family pack up things. But when they entered the house, they saw that everything had been packed up. Then they realized that Lu Lin's wife's parents and their family had also come. They all said that Lu Lin's family was really lucky, with a caring husband and loving parents. They also had a different understanding of Jiang Chunzao.
Especially Mrs. Fang. She had a fight with Captain Fang over Fang Man's matter and took her son back to her parents' home. Captain Fang went to his father-in-law's house several times, hoping to take his wife and son back, but ended up being scolded by his father-in-law and his mother-in-law didn't treat him well either.
It was not until Captain Fang kicked Fang Man out of the house that Mrs. Fang returned from her parents' home with her son. But Captain Fang's father-in-law was still worried, fearing that his daughter would suffer again after returning to her husband's home.
When Captain Fang came to pick up his wife and son, his father-in-law frowned and scolded him again, which made Captain Fang blush. He was so nice to his wife and son when he got home, and he was so cautious that Mrs. Fang wants to laugh when she thinks about it now.
Before Lu Lin's family came, Mrs. Fang had just an ordinary impression of Jiang Chunzao. Now that she knew that Jiang Chunzao, like her, was raised and loved by his parents, she felt a little closer to him.
The sisters-in-law talked for a while at Lu Lin's house, then said goodbye and went home as they had things to do at home.
Jiang Chunzao sent her sisters-in-law out the door, and when she came back she saw the vegetables and eggs they had brought her, and she smiled. When Lu Lin came out of the stove room to fetch firewood, she said:
"My family is just short of some vegetarian dishes, so the dishes my sisters-in-law sent me will come in handy."
Lu Lin also smiled and came over to help his wife wash the vegetables. The couple talked for a while. From Lu Lin, Jiang Chunzao learned that the families of the military region would be allocated a piece of land. According to the policy of the army, Lu Lin's family should be allocated more than one acre of land.
Jiang Chunzao thought about it and remembered that when he was in Lujia Village, there was a production team in the village and each villager cultivated their own land. The land allocated by the military district was different. This one acre of land was their own, and when the grain was harvested, it would all belong to them!
This realization made Jiang Chunzao very excited. She immediately patted her chest and assured Lu Lin that when the army was allocated land, she would definitely go down to the fields to farm it and would not be afraid of hard work or fatigue.
As the couple was talking, Grandma Jiang and her family of three came back. Jiang Chunzao excitedly rushed out of the house to tell his parents the good news.
Lu Lin followed behind with a smile on his face.
When Grandma Jiang and his wife heard their daughter say that the army would distribute land to military families, they were very happy. Before, they were worried that their daughter and her family would not even have a piece of land after joining the army, and they would have to pay for food and drink in the future. How much would that cost?
This is good. In the future, the girl's family will have land, and their food and drink will be guaranteed.
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It was autumn now and it was still early outside. Granny Jiang washed her hands and helped her daughter-in-law and her husband cook.
Because he was inviting Lu Lin's comrade to dinner, Jiang Chunzao thought that they were all young men in the army, and they were at the age to eat, so the meal had to be prepared in abundance. The family had rice brought from home, as well as a small bag of ground flour. Jiang Chunzao simply washed all the rice and steamed it in a big pot. Grandma Jiang also took out the noodles she brought from home, saying that they would not have enough rice to eat later, so she cooked the noodles.
The mother and daughter cooked several dishes with the vegetables brought by the sisters-in-law, including scrambled eggs with tomatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, pickled Chinese cabbage, braised eggplant, two fish caught by Lu Lin earlier, and a piece of braised pork, filling up a large table.
When it got dark in the evening, the quiet courtyard of the Lu family became lively. Lu Lin's comrades-in-arms came to the house one after another, bringing things. There were more than ten people in total. There were not enough bowls and chopsticks at home, so Jiang Chunzao hurried to get some bowls and chopsticks from Battalion Commander Zhao, who lived closest to the house. Battalion Commander Zhao was also an old comrade-in-arms of Lu Lin, and he was also having dinner at the Lu family tonight.
Mrs. Zhao knew that Lu Lin's family would definitely not have enough bowls and chopsticks, so she prepared them long ago and enthusiastically helped Jiang Chunzao take the bowls and chopsticks home.
When Captain Zhao, with a rosy face after a feast in the evening, returned home, his wife-in-law was washing her feet at home. She smiled when she saw Captain Zhao coming home.
"It looks like you had a great meal today."
"That's right. Although Lu Lin's wife looks cute, she cooks delicious food and keeps the house nicely. She looks capable, just like you."
"That's right. The Chairman has said that women comrades hold up half the sky. Don't look down on us!"
Mrs. Zhao held her head high and stood up to pour water for washing her feet.
Captain Zhao smiled, spoke a few words to his wife, and went to the yard to wash up.
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The moonlight was bright and the autumn night was quiet. Lu Lin, who had been busy for most of the day, was washing dishes in the kitchen. Jiang Chunzao washed the two children's feet and watched them go to bed. He then went to his parents' room to take a look and saw that his parents and brother were all asleep.
Jiang Chunzao relaxed, fetched some water to wash himself, touched his aching waist and lay on the bed to relax, but he fell asleep soon after lying down.
After Lu Lin picked up the dishes and returned to the room, he saw his wife lying on the bed with a peaceful and beautiful sleeping face. He smiled, blew the air, and then held his wife to sleep.
After a good night's sleep, when Jiang Chunzao woke up the next day, the clock on the wall showed past eight o'clock. The room was quiet and Lu Lin had already gotten up and gone to the army.
Jiang Chunzao yawned and went out of the house wearing his shoes. Grandpa Jiang was paving the gravel road in the yard, and the two children were playing in the yard. Grandma Jiang had already prepared breakfast, which she had heated up, and when she saw her daughter got up, she brought the meal out.
We had almost finished all the rice and flour at home last night, but luckily there were still some dried noodles left. This morning, Grandma Jiang cooked the noodles for Lu Lin. She picked up the remaining rice at home and made a pot of porridge. She added the eggs that my sisters-in-law brought yesterday and cooked it all for the family as breakfast.
Jiang Chunzao ate hot rice porridge and two cooked eggs. He heard from Grandma Jiang that the family had run out of rice and flour, and not much oil or salt left. So he went to his sister-in-law's house next door to ask how to get to the nearby county town. He had to go to the county town today to buy more daily necessities.
Jiang Chunzao agreed with this. Now his family lived in the mountains, and it was not easy to go to the county town. He wanted to buy more things this time.
After Jiang Chunzao finished his meal and packed up, he took the mountain products from home and went to Mrs. Zhao's house. He learned that the nearby county town was called Rong County, which was not far from the military area and only took half an hour by car to the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Chunzao thanked Sister-in-law Zhao and went to the county town with Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang, leaving Jiang Chunyu at home to take care of the two children.
The family bought a lot of things in the county town, including rice, noodles, a lot of coarse grains, meat and so on, all for daily life. When they returned home, Jiang Chunzao was busy taking out the sheets and quilt covers at home, washing them, drying them, and only when the house was almost tidy did she take the time to take a closer look at this new home.
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