After all, a thermos costs 6.5 yuan! It's almost as much as her monthly salary of 5 yuan!
Han Shuo offered to give it to him, only a fool would refuse!
Han Rou stamped her feet in protest, but she couldn't change Han Shuo's decision.
Zheng Wenjing took the six yuan and fifty cents and an industrial voucher that Han Shuo gave her as compensation, then turned around and went to the supply and marketing department at the village entrance and bought a brand new thermos. Han Rou was so angry that her face turned pale.
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The jeep drove all the way into the family area of the camp.
After passing the flat road lined with tall birch trees on both sides, the jeep stopped in front of a row of neatly arranged red brick and tile houses.
"We're home, everyone get out of the car."
Qin Zheng turned off the car and jumped out first.
He Tingjun followed closely behind, took the initiative to open the trunk door, and helped take the luggage home.
This was Yun Qiao's first time in the military family compound. She looked around and felt that the surroundings were both strange and familiar.
Seeing this, Qin Zheng smiled and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Yun Qiao said, "I didn't see anything, but I felt that this alley looked a little familiar."
"Have you been here before?" Feng Juan asked with a smile.
Yun Qiao nodded: "I've been here once."
Feng Juan couldn't help but feel curious when she heard Yun Qiao say that she had been to the family compound. "When did you come?"
"It's been over a year," Yun Qiao explained. "It was in 1968, when I first went to the countryside. Brother He happened to be back in Shanghai visiting relatives, so Uncle Ye asked Brother He to take care of me. We took the train all the way to the Great Northern Wilderness. I didn't have time to register at the farm that day, so Brother He took me to the staff quarters to stay overnight."
Yun Qiao pointed to the red brick and tile house behind him and said with a smile, "I remember that we lived in Zeng Qi's wife's house at that time. The house was similar to the ones behind us."
Qin Zheng said, "The houses in the family compound are all built in the same way, so they all look pretty much the same."
Yun Qiao: "Where is Sister Zeng Qi's house? The last time I came here, it was already dark, and I only stayed one night, so I don't even remember the exact location."
He Tingjun added, "Sister-in-law Zeng Qi's house is the third one in the two alleys ahead. It's very close, so it's very convenient to visit. I'll take you to visit Sister-in-law's house someday."
"Okay." Yun Qiao agreed with a smile.
Feng Juan couldn't help but say to Qin Zheng, "Yun Qiao has been to the family compound once before. How come you didn't recognize her when she came that time?"
Qin Zheng was also helpless about this: "The key is that I didn't know Tingjun well at the time. We only met occasionally and said hello. Who knew he would bring his sister back so early?"
Feng Juan said with emotion, "That's true. Knowing it earlier is priceless."
"That's right!" Qin Zheng sighed, "In fact, I also had a chance to see Yun Qiao in the spring of last year."
"At the time, Yun Qiao was seconded to the military hospital to help care for the wounded. I was clearly injured as well, but there was no hospital. I was just given a random bandage at the front line and then went back to the battlefield. If only I hadn't been so stubborn, maybe our family would have been reunited a year earlier."
With her daughter by her side, Feng Juan smiled contentedly and said, "It's up to fate. This is the best arrangement now."
After entering the house, He Tingjun helped Yun Qiao put his luggage away, and then he tactfully stopped disturbing their family reunion.
After Qin Zhengqi returned the car, Feng Juan took Yun Qiao around to visit the house.
The house is a bungalow with three main rooms side by side and a small courtyard. The middle is the main room, and there is a bedroom facing the sun on each side on the left. There are also two east wings in the courtyard, one of which is also a bedroom and the other is a kitchen. There is a door between the two rooms, and opening the door is the passage.
Qin Zheng was already living in the east room of the main hall, so Feng Juan gave the west room to Yun Qiao, and she, Aunt Feng, and Yuanyuan lived in the east wing together. The east wing had a large kang, two meters wide and three meters long, so even if three people lived together, it wouldn't be considered crowded.
Feng Juan pushed open the door to the west room of the main hall and said softly to Yun Qiao, "Yun Qiao, this is your room. From now on, this will be your home. If there's anything you don't like, just tell us."
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