Shi Zhentang's arm has fully recovered. Now he not only leads the troops in special training, but also provides additional training for himself.
As expected, he didn’t come back for dinner.
Tian Yuzhu cooked some rice with soup and vegetables, and added the dishes given by sister-in-law Wang Xiudi. After she and Xiao Hei finished their meal, they started to prepare.
The small table was wiped clean and scented tea was specially brewed.
This time when I returned to my hometown, I picked some osmanthus flowers on the roadside, dried them, and brewed them with green tea. They had a faint fragrance.
There are also the melon seeds that the sisters-in-law like to eat the most.
Although everyone is quick and efficient when busy working, melon seeds are indispensable during the gossip stage before starting.
Not long after Tian Yuzhu was ready, Wang Xiudie and Zhao Cui arrived, and unexpectedly, Liu Xiaohui also came.
She is busy with school matters during the day and can only rest at night.
Since I had nothing else to do, I came along, thinking it would be a good thing to learn how to sew clothes.
The sisters-in-law sat down and took a sip of tea and began to praise: "It smells good. Let's learn to make it this way in the future."
Tian Yuzhu said: "In a few days I will teach my sisters-in-law how to make fruit tea, which is good for beauty and skin care."
"Okay, this is what we need most." Liu Xiaohui touched her face and said, "When I was young, I could just put on some vanishing cream and my skin would be smooth and hydrated. But now it's not the same. Look at all the spots I have."
"What about my face? It's not worth looking at at all." Wang Xiu Di said with a smile.
Zhao Cui touched her face and smiled with them without saying anything.
She came from the countryside. When she was in her hometown, let alone applying lotion, sometimes she didn't even have time to wash her face. Now her skin is the darkest.
Wang Xiudi quickly noticed Zhao Cui's embarrassment and said, "A Cui, don't think too much. That's the face of the working people. It's a symbol of hard work and it's glorious."
"Yes, we were just joking!" Liu Xiaohui also comforted her.
"Oh!" Zhao Cui smiled embarrassedly.
Tian Yuzhu: “…”
People's definition of beauty varies from era to era.
She quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, sister-in-law, when will you pick up your baby from your hometown?"
Zhao Cui's child is now of school age, and Sun Youcai had talked to her about taking the child over some time ago.
"Yes, why haven't you taken it over yet? Huang Xuehua has already brought her baby back!" Wang Xiu Di looked at Zhao Cui.
Zhao Cui said, "Yes, I will, but Youcai has been very busy in the army lately, and I don't dare take the train back and forth by myself. I have to wait until he has a day off."
"Then we can only wait. They've been very strict with their special training lately, so asking for leave is impossible."
Wang Xiu Di looked at their faces and found that their men were all from the same leadership team.
Besides, except for Sun Youcai, the man of Zhao Cui's family, who has a lower military rank, the other three are all heads of government regiments.
So he whispered with relief, "I heard that the Kingdom of Yue has started civil unrest. In order to prevent people from there from sneaking in, the troops' next mission will be even more difficult."
"Who told you that?" Zhao Cui's heart tightened. After she asked the question, she realized that everyone was looking at her.
I suddenly thought that this was nonsense. I must have heard it from the political commissar.
Wang Xiudi said, "A Cui, don't ask your husband when you get home. We shouldn't interfere in military affairs. It's like interfering in internal affairs. I'm only saying a few words now because there are only four of us here."
Zhao Cui nodded: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I never tell him what the four of us say."
Tian Yuzhu also began to feel a little worried.
As the deputy regiment commander, Shi Zhentang now has almost all the tasks of guarding the border on his shoulders. If anything happens, he will definitely be the first to rush to the front.
Just thinking about it makes me feel uneasy.
Vietnam and Myanmar are adjacent to each other and are both inconspicuous small countries.
The national situation is unstable, and civil unrest will occur in a few years, leading to riots among the people due to hunger.
In short, our border defense forces will also be affected.
"By the way, speaking of Huang Xuehua, I have some news."
Wang Xiudi really didn't treat them as outsiders and told them everything: "Her qualifications as a teacher have been rejected. She won't be able to pass the review at all."
"She deserves it. How can she be a teacher?" Liu Xiaohui knew about this a long time ago.
Zhao Cui clicked her tongue: "I heard she fell pretty hard and lost several teeth."
Liu Xiaohui still said, "Serves you right."
Wang Xiudi took a sip of tea and said, "Anyway, when she has some energy left and has something to make a scene, she'll definitely go to the army office and make a scene."
"Can she still cause trouble? She failed the political review. If she continues to make trouble, don't implicate He Ziqiang as well." Liu Xiaohui hated Huang Xuehua from the bottom of her heart.
It was no secret in the military district that the two of them had never gotten along.
As for Tian Yuzhu, she also hated Huang Xuehua, but as far as gossip was concerned she was too lazy to talk about this person.
It makes me feel sick just talking about it.
Now that I heard that she couldn't be a teacher, I felt happy: "Come on, let's do one and start making clothes."
"Come on, come on, have some tea and some wine." Wang Xiu Di said with a smile.
The four women clinked their teacups together and began to sew clothes.
Tian Yuzhu divided the work according to the quality of their needlework. In the end, Zhao Cui and Wang Xiudie sewed the main body and sleeves, while Liu Xiaohui was a little slower. Her job was to embroider the perfect match trademark pattern on the clothes.
Everyone chatted while sewing, and time passed quickly.
It was soon half past ten. If they hadn't been worried that Tian Yuzhu couldn't sit still because she was pregnant, they would have wanted to sew for a while longer.
In order to let her rest, everyone took the unfinished work home to sew.
After they left, Tian Yuzhu prepared to boil water to wash her feet.
At this time, Shi Zhentang had just returned from the army. He entered the room and quickly hung his military jacket behind the door. "Don't move. I'll do it."
He almost jogged back on the way because he was afraid that his wife would get sick and wash her feet and hands by herself.
Tian Yuzhu watched him get busy as soon as he entered the room, and wiped his face with a towel with concern: "Although your hand is healed, you still have to be careful during training and don't pull the old injury."
"Well, I know what I'm doing." Shi Zhentang touched her belly: "Go to bed early tomorrow night so you can take your time sewing the clothes."
Tian Yuzhu nodded: "..."
I wanted to ask him about the Kingdom of Yue, but then I remembered that he had been in special training for several days and hadn't told her because he was afraid that she would worry.
It would be better not to ask and pretend that you don’t know, so as to save him the psychological burden.
But Shi Zhentang was still keenly aware that his wife was in a bad mood, and he didn't say anything at first.
I poured her the footbath water and put her little feet in the basin before asking her, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Did someone say something bad about you again?"
Tian Yuzhu shook her head and smiled: "How can I be in a bad mood? Let me tell you, Manager Hu really called today, and Jin Ju came to bring him a message. I promised him that I would go to the provincial capital in three days."
"That……"
"You don't have to accompany me."
Tian Yuzhu knows what it means to be in the army.
Military orders are as heavy as a mountain, which is completely different from asking for leave casually in an ordinary unit.
She would definitely not hold him back, so she smiled and said, "I'll let Jin Ju go with me. There are buses, so you don't have to worry."
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