Chapter 41: Arrival at the Family Courtyard
Gao Wu never thought that Huo Beichuan's wife would be such a beautiful woman. After all, everyone knew that Huo Beichuan married a country woman. In everyone's imagination, she should be a shabby woman who didn't know how to dress up and had little culture.
But Shen Jintao gave him a very different feeling.
You can tell from the way she speaks that she is very polite and not at all stage-frightened.
"Old Huo, sister-in-law, get in the car quickly."
"Thank you for your help, Comrade Gao Wu!" Shen Jintao said with a smile.
"It's no trouble. I've finally got you here." Gao Wu waved his hands quickly.
Gao Wu came in a military pickup truck, and their luggage didn't feel crowded at all.
The luggage that was sent by mail was almost arrived, so I went to the city post office to pick up the package.
"Sister-in-law, we are close to the sea, so the road behind us may not be easy to walk on. Please bear with me."
Gao Wu drove towards the troops while talking to Shen Jintao.
"It's okay."
In Shen Jintao's opinion, no matter how difficult the road is to walk, it is not as uncomfortable as taking the bus, right?
This was indeed the case. Although the road ahead was bumpy, it was completely within her tolerance.
It took about another hour and a half to get from the city to the military base.
Finally, I saw a group of family members gathered together.
"Old Huo, the division commander specially asked me to come pick you up today. Your house has been allocated. I will take you there to have a look. You should know that after you completed your last mission, your position will be promoted again, so this time the house is allocated to you according to the specifications of a regimental-level cadre. This is a double blessing for you."
Gao Wu talked a lot and kept telling them what happened in the army along the way.
However, he did not mention Liu Wanzhi. After all, he didn't know whether Old Huo had told his sister-in-law. What if he said something and it affected their relationship?
"Okay!" It was indeed a happy news to get this news. Although he himself did not attach so much importance to the position, he had always done his job well and let things take their course. But if he moved up a level, the allowance would be higher, the house would be better, and his wife would not suffer so much if she came with him.
Cars are not allowed to drive into the family compound, so Gao Wu stopped the car at the gate.
There were obviously a lot of things, but the two grown men seemed to have endless energy. Each of them took a little, and they had almost taken all the things. Chen Jintao only needs to carry some light things.
Their appearance in the family compound did cause quite a stir. After all, before Huo Beichuan clarified the matter, everyone thought that he and Liu Wanzhi were a couple.
"Captain Huo, is this your wife? She's so beautiful."
"You are Xiao Huo's wife, right? Come visit us when you have time."
"No wonder Captain Huo despises Liu Wanzhi. Look at how pretty his wife is. I think she's prettier than the most beautiful girl in our army."
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I met a lot of people along the way, all of them were family members living in the family compound.
Huo Beichuan greeted people he knew, and smiled and nodded to those he didn't know.
Chen Jintao also followed behind him and answered all kinds of questions from people. Of course, she only thought about answering those that she could answer, and just pretended not to hear those that she didn't want to answer.
Finally, they arrived at the house assigned to them by the army. It was a separate courtyard located relatively inner, with a large front, and the house was made of blue bricks and cement.
But it looks different from the big blue brick and tile houses in their hometown.
Huo Beichuan explained to his wife, "We are resistant to cold weather here, and sometimes there are strong winds, so we put a lot of effort into the construction of these houses in the family compound. You can rest assured that living in them is absolutely safe."
After hearing this, Chen Jintao was very satisfied with the house. The high safety performance was enough for them now, and there was no need to pursue aesthetics or anything.
Besides, the house looks pretty good. What satisfies Chen Jintao the most is the large yard. Although it looks like no one has lived in the house for a while and the yard is overgrown with weeds and needs to be cleaned up, it will not be bad if it is tidied up properly.
She knew that it was difficult to buy supplies here, after all, it was a coastal area.
It is difficult to buy food and vegetables, but it is very convenient if you grow some in your yard.
The most important thing is that you don’t have to worry about seafood here.
Perhaps many people in this era do not understand the true way to eat sea cucumbers and often waste them.
But Chen Jintao knew how to make food delicious, and she didn’t worry about wasting the ingredients at all.
So although the conditions here seem more difficult to outsiders, in Shen Jintao's eyes, living here, as long as you are not lazy, you will never go hungry.
"Old Huo, you two sisters-in-law, please sit down and have a rest. I'm going to return the car to the army, and then call a few brothers over to help clean up the yard." Gao Wu said hello and handed the house key to Huo Beichuan, then ran away in a hurry.
The two walked in and stood in the yard looking at their future home.
Just at this moment, a head climbed up the wall of the next yard.
"Xiao Huo! Is this your wife?"
The couple looked towards the source of the sound and found it was a very friendly-looking sister-in-law.
"Sister Qian!"
Huo Beichuan quickly greeted them, and then introduced her to his wife beside him, "This is our group leader's wife, Sister Qian."
Shen Jintao knew in her heart that Huo Beichuan would be promoted this time, from a battalion-level cadre to a regimental-level cadre, but it should be deputy regimental level. After all, it was almost impossible for him to be promoted twice in a row at his age.
Therefore, this Mrs. Qian should be the wife of the regiment commander, and she is Huo Beichuan's direct leader.
"Hello, Sister Qian." Chen Jintao greeted the woman lying on the wall with a smile.
"Hello, girl, you are so beautiful. I have lived for so many years, but I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you." Qian Mingfang was a person who spoke her mind, so she said immediately.
Shen Jintao smiled shyly, "It's not that exaggerated, sister-in-law, please don't laugh at me."
"How could I be making fun of you? You look better than the most beautiful pillar of our art troupe..." Qian Mingfang suddenly got stuck here, thinking of the uproarious incident before, and realized that she seemed to have said something wrong, so she quickly changed the subject, "Your house still needs to be cleaned up, and the naughty kids at home are out playing, so I'll come over to help you."
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