Chapter 108: Their guess hits the nail on the head
Chen Jintao, as the center of topic, basically fell asleep as soon as she got in the car. She was indeed feeling sleepy easily recently. She had no idea that Gao Wu was about to praise her to bits.
"Taozi, wake up, we're here!"
She was awakened by Liu Guifen's gentle voice.
Chen Jintao opened her eyes dazedly and found that she had arrived at the family compound.
“We’re here so soon?”
Liu Guifen laughed, "Yeah, you fell asleep as soon as you got on the bus, and when you opened your eyes you were already there, wasn't that fast?"
Shen Jintao felt a little embarrassed.
When the family members saw Shen Jintao coming back from her hometown, they all greeted her, and of course they were also very curious about the two strangers behind her.
Shen Jintao took the initiative to introduce Liu Guifen and Huo Chenggong to everyone.
"Oh, so you are Deputy Captain Huo's parents. Are you planning to live in the family compound?"
Someone greeted me warmly.
Liu Guifen explained that she would live here for a while and her husband had sent her and her daughter-in-law here.
This surprised everyone. They felt that Deputy Captain Huo's father was really considerate. In their opinion, taking a train was a trivial matter and there was no need for someone to make a special trip to deliver it.
Qian Mingfang was also very happy when she knew that Chen Jintao had returned, and she almost immediately came to visit with some New Year's goods that she had prepared.
"You've been away for such a long time, I'm really not used to it." Qian Mingfang greeted the two elders with a smile, "Uncle and aunt, this is your first time here too, come to my house for dinner tonight, just consider it as my welcome party for you."
Chen Jintao also introduced Qian Mingfang to the old couple. They didn't expect that the daughter-in-law of their son's leader would be so enthusiastic. Liu Guifen waved her hand quickly.
"How can that be? We'll have dinner here tonight. I've already made an appointment with Xiao Gao. My daughter Taozi has been talking to us about you a lot. It's all thanks to your care during the time she came here. Otherwise, she would still be in the dark. Don't argue with me no matter what I say."
Qian Mingfang laughed and said, "Aunt, don't listen to my sister's exaggeration. She is very capable. Why does she need my help?"
"Why can't you help me? If you hadn't often sent me some fresh vegetables and other things when I first came here, how would I have eaten?" Chen Jintao also said with a smile.
On the way back, Liu Guifen asked Gao Wu to stop at the grocery store and buy a lot of food ingredients. It goes without saying that since her daughter-in-law was not with her son, the boy would definitely just make do with what he had, and there would probably not be much left at home.
Thanks to Liu Guifen's foresight, otherwise we would have been short of money to cook in the evening.
Qian Mingfang did not continue to argue with Liu Guifen. She just said that it was fine for today, but she had to go to her house for a meal tomorrow no matter what.
Qian Mingfang was also an experienced person. After all, she had given birth to three sons. But after a while she noticed something was wrong.
From Chen Jintao's subconscious actions of protecting her belly and Liu Guifen's concern, she basically guessed it. Her eyes lit up, "Sister, are you..."
She just stared at her belly, how could Shen Jintao not understand what she meant? He nodded slightly, with a happy smile on his face.
Qian Mingfang was really happy for her, "Does Xiao Huo know about this?"
Chen Jintao shook her head, "No, I plan to give him a surprise."
Gao Wu, who was just standing by, was confused. "Two sisters-in-law, what are you talking about?"
Both women smiled slightly and didn't tell him the truth.
Qian Mingfang is not a big talker. Since Miss Shen wants to give her man a surprise, how could she possibly shout it out in advance?
"Nothing, go pick up Hongying later, and we'll get together tonight. This is the first New Year that Beichuan and I have spent in the family compound, and I should have asked you to come over for a reunion dinner, but something happened at home, and I left in a hurry. I'll make it up tonight."
Gao Wu also missed the meals cooked by Chen Jintao, and so did Xiao Hongying. The two of them getting together could be considered a gathering of foodies. Sure enough, when Gao Wu went to call people, Xiao Hongying agreed immediately.
The soldiers under Huo Beichuan all knew that the deputy commander's wife had gone back to her hometown during this period, so Deputy Commander Huo was not in a hurry to go home and he would practice for a while longer every day.
But today, Deputy Captain Huo was a little strange. As soon as the training was over, Huo Beichuan asked them to disband.
So they began to speculate whether their sister-in-law had returned.
It has to be said that the soldiers under his command know him relatively well, and this guess is really to the point.
It has been a month since he last saw his wife. Huo Beichuan missed her so much that he wanted to rush to his wife immediately.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Huo Beichuan's eyes were fixed on Shen Jintao, who was sitting in the courtyard chatting with Qian Mingfang and Xiao Hongying, and he couldn't move his eyes away.
It was hard not to notice this burning gaze. Chen Jintao also looked at him. Their eyes met, and the longing in their eyes could not be melted.
Because there were other people present, Huo Beichuan did not follow his heart and carry his wife back to the room. He just called out softly, "Wife!"
So I went to talk to Liu Guifen and Huo Chenggong.
The two hadn't seen their son for some time and were very happy at this moment.
"Finally I get to meet you, little brat. Are you relieved that Taozi can go home alone? Why don't you go with her?" Liu Guifen asked in pretended anger.
Huo Beichuan was really worried about this, but since he chose this military uniform, he knew that he would have no choice in many cases.
His father-in-law had encountered such a big thing, and it was not that he didn't want to accompany Chen Jintao to deal with it.
I also want to celebrate the New Year with my family. What a wonderful memory that will be.
"Mom, don't talk about him. It's his turn to be on duty this time. It will be difficult for him to leave." Chen Jintao had no opinion on her man's profession. Although sometimes the mission took a long time, Chen Jintao understood.
She had no resistance to soldiers, not to mention that Huo Beichuan was a very handsome soldier.
At this time, of course she would speak up for her man without hesitation.
"Oh, you're still protecting me. I was right. He actually left you alone. It's a good thing that nothing happened on the train back home. If anything happened to you, I would have beaten him up."
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