Chapter 119: The New Military Wife
"Mom, when did Beichuan leave?" Chen Jintao was eating dumplings, feeling a little unhappy.
Liu Guifen noticed her emotions and comforted her, "He left early in the morning. He was afraid that you wouldn't sleep well, so he didn't call you."
"Hmm!" Shen Jintao responded sullenly.
Liu Guifen also knew that her daughter-in-law was unhappy. After all, no one would be happy about this. The baby was due in three or four months, and her husband had gone out on a mission.
I felt insecure at that moment, but Liu Guifen didn't have a good solution.
Fortunately, Shen Jintao's attention was quickly diverted. A new military wife came to the family compound. She was also from the countryside and was said to be quite beautiful.
Just as they didn't have to go to school today, Qian Mingfang came over and asked Chen Jintao to go talk to Huang Xiuru.
After a while, Xiao Hongying also came. After all, she and Gao Wu were about to get married, so it was necessary to build good relationships with the family members in advance.
The difficulty of this mission should be quite high. Even Qian Mingfang's man led the team personally, as did the deputy regiment leader Huo Beichuan. Gao Wu and Huang Xiuru's men also went out. Almost all the elites in the regiment went, and several women were also feeling uneasy.
However, they also remembered that Chen Jintao was pregnant. She had not been with the army for a year yet. Talking about men at this time would definitely affect her, so they all tacitly did not mention it.
"I just saw the new military wife. She's really good-looking. Although her clothes aren't very good, if she dresses up properly, she'll be no worse than those in the city."
Huang Xiuru talked about the new military wife.
"Really? I haven't seen her yet, but everyone says she's pretty!" Qian Mingfang said with a smile, "The military's family compound is still being expanded, and more wives will follow the troops in the future. That's great. When I first got together with my husband, I could only stay in my hometown. He wasn't the regiment commander at the time, so he would be on a mission for a long time, and I could only get in touch with him once every one or two months."
"It's really good now. In the future, more and more military wives will be able to accompany the troops, so they can take better care of the soldiers."
“Knock, knock, knock!”
As he was speaking, a strange figure appeared at the door.
"Hello, I'm the new military wife from Gu Yuan's family. My name is Zheng Meilan."
Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Chen Jintao and the other three all looked towards the door.
She was indeed a pretty woman. She was wearing a very common floral cotton shirt, pure black pants, a pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes, two black braids falling on both sides of her shoulders, and two shallow dimples on her face when she smiled. Although she was not stunning at first glance, she was indeed a very attractive girl next door type. Such a woman could easily make others like her.
Since they have come to the door, Huang Xiuru, as the host, certainly can't let them just stand there. "It's you. I've been hearing that there is a new, beautiful military wife in our yard. I only saw her from a distance this morning. Now that I'm closer, I see that she is really pretty. Come in and sit down!"
Zheng Meilan nodded and walked into the house.
"Hello, everyone. I heard that the captain and the deputy captain's wives are both here with you, Sister Huang. I thought since everyone is here, I'd just come over to get to know them."
Huang Xiuru frowned slightly when she heard this. It sounded as if she wouldn't have come if the leaders' wives were not at home.
Chen Jintao and Qian Mingfang looked at each other and said nothing, just waiting to see what Zheng Meilan was going to do. They had a good first impression of her, after all, she had a very friendly face, but who knew that when she opened her mouth, she made people feel a little uncomfortable.
Zheng Meilan seemed not to notice at all and took out the things she had prepared with a smile.
"This is the salted fish I dried myself. It's delicious. It can be used as a snack when you have nothing to do. Sister-in-law, you all should try it!"
Zheng Meilan opened the bag and placed it in the middle of the table.
Chen Jintao smelled a strong salty and fishy smell. In fact, at this month, she was no longer so picky about food and no longer felt nauseous, but that was only limited to normal food.
This salted fish must have been stored for a long time. It has become more and more flavorful, but Chen Jintao still finds it a little hard to accept.
Xiao Hongying immediately noticed Shen Jintao's discomfort and asked quickly, "Jintao, can't you stand this smell?"
Xiao Hongying has a carefree personality, so she just said it directly.
"Hey, is this the sister-in-law of Deputy Captain Huo? Don't be fooled by the fact that this salted fish doesn't look or smell good. Take a bite and you'll know. It tastes really good!"
I don’t know what she was thinking, but Zheng Meilan actually picked up a dried fish with her hand and handed it to Shen Jintao’s mouth, staring at Shen Jintao with a pair of innocent big eyes, as if she was looking forward to sharing the delicious food with her.
The smell of dried salted fish hit her in the face, and the smell became stronger as she got closer. Shen Jintao quickly covered her mouth, stood up and went towards the toilet.
Zheng Meilan was a little confused, "What's going on? I didn't poison this dried fish? Why did Sister Shen react so strongly?"
Looking at her expression, she seemed a little unhappy.
Xiao Hongying couldn't help but said, "Didn't you see that Jin Tao was pregnant? Since you know who she is and what her last name is, you must have asked about it before you came, right? You know that this dried fish doesn't smell good. Even though I haven't given birth to a child, I know that pregnant women are more repulsive to things with such a strong fishy smell. Although you brought the food here with good intentions, Jin Tao has clearly expressed discomfort, so why did you still pass it to her mouth? Isn't this forcing someone to do something?"
Xiao Hongying really didn't want to be so rude to the new military wife. She was going to be a military wife in the future too. Only when the military wives were united could the men in the rear concentrate on their careers. But for some reason, she just didn't like Zheng Meilan very much. She felt like she was a bit stupid.
Zheng Meilan blushed, "I didn't know she would have such a big reaction. I didn't mean it. Besides, I took great pains to make this dried fish. I couldn't bear to eat it myself, so I thought we could try it together. Am I wrong?"
Qian Mingfang glanced at Zheng Meilan and said to Huang Xiuru, "Go and see how little Miss Shen is doing."
"Yeah!" Huang Xiuru was thinking this and quickly got up and went over.
Qian Mingfang was speechless, and she didn't expect Zheng Meilan to point the finger at her. "Sister Qian, please judge for yourself. What did I do wrong? I just thought that since this was my first time meeting everyone, bringing something was a token of my appreciation. Why did this comrade say that? I felt like I had done something terrible?"
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