However, Xiao Jiu froze the moment she turned her head.
The scars, big and small, were one thing, but there were also long marks that looked like knife cuts.
She instinctively reached out her hand, and the moment she touched him, she felt his warm body tremble.
Before I knew it, my eyes were already red: "Just how many injuries have you suffered?"
When she was hospitalized before, she thought it was just a soft tissue contusion, since the serious injury was in the brainstem. Little did she know...
Even his body has suffered such severe damage. "In this condition, you wouldn't be too much to rest for a year. How dare you?"
Zhou Yue felt hot all over from her small hands touching him, and he grabbed her hand in return. The touch was incredibly smooth and her skin was very white.
"My wife takes such good care of herself; this is the first time I've openly touched your hand."
As the pervert lowered his head and grinned foolishly, Xiao Jiu's tears, which were about to burst forth, were abruptly 'shocked' back by his reaction.
Unable to resist, she suddenly clenched her fist and pushed him in the chest.
"How can you be like this? I'm about to cry, and you still have the mind to think about these things?"
Hearing her coquettish complaints, Zhou Yue sighed and pulled her into his arms.
"Fool, what else can we do? Since it has already happened, we can only accept it."
Actually, I feel extremely uncomfortable in this position, and it shouldn't even be mine.
After all, age and experience, even with the help of foreign countries, cannot compensate for it.
The reason I agreed was because the military has become severely corrupt in recent years.
Some people, after only a few years of peaceful life, have lost sight of who they are.
The higher-ups assigned me to this position partly as a deterrent, and partly as an opportunity to issue a warning.
I am now a double-edged sword. If I use it well, everyone will be happy. If I use it poorly, the only one who will suffer is the blade itself.
Actually, I didn't want to drag you into this, but we've both invested too much. I'm almost forty, and I really can't wait any longer.
Having spent most of his life in solitude, and having dedicated nearly twenty years to his country, he no longer wanted to drift aimlessly without a fixed abode.
He wanted a home, he wanted someone to care about him.
Xiao Jiu gently cupped his face with a touch of tenderness, stroking the spots and craters that had appeared from years of hard work and selfless dedication.
She looked at him solemnly and said, "You have a family now, and you have parents too. We will always be there for you."
Overwhelmed with emotion, Zhou Yue gazed intently at her rosy lips: "You said it yourself, I want to have three children too."
Xiao Jiu's eyes widened suddenly. Just as she was about to refuse, she was swallowed up by his boundless tenderness...
When she woke up the next day, the warmth of the man beside her was gone. She sat up and, through the plastic film outside the window, could vaguely see her father sweeping snow, and occasionally she could hear him scolding Heir.
As soon as she got back yesterday, she put the hardworking Blackwing into her space and released the lively and active Hale.
They get incredibly excited at the sight of snow, and they dislike being confined in a space, preferring the freedom and exuberance of the snowy world outside.
Although my body is very sore and tired, I must not slack off while my parents are here.
She quietly entered the space and took a hot bath; the hot water was from a hot spring she had collected from Japan.
Although the temperature can be maintained indefinitely, it is limited, so she has to sneak off to collect it once a year.
This water can also be purified, added to a cleaning tablet, and then heated before use.
Of course, it can only be used twice, never three times, that's the limit of her tolerance.
After taking a shower, she dropped in a water purifier tablet, which she had brought from the United States, and it worked quite well.
At the very least, she has already conducted experiments and found that small amounts will not cause any harm to the body; it is commonly used in swimming pools and other similar venues.
After washing up, she changed into comfortable underwear, put on the floral cotton-padded jacket and blue cotton-padded pants that her mother had made for her, and combed her two braids that hung down to her chest, instantly transforming into a village girl's outfit.
"Oh, old maid, you're up. There's still some food warming up in the pot for you. Hurry up and wash up."
My mother accepted it well; now she's picked up the Northeastern dialect, and her "old maid" sounds like a "young girl" from Henan province.
Looking at the time, it was already 10 a.m. She can really sleep.
Seeing her mother rolling out noodles, she asked, "Noodles for lunch?"
"Dumplings before boarding, noodles upon arrival, right? This is our first proper meal, so I'm planning to make you some braised noodles."
"I love your noodles the most! They're so chewy and smooth, absolutely delicious! What's for breakfast? Or should I wait and have lunch with you?"
After his father cleared the snow from outside, he said...
"I didn't cook much this morning, just steamed some sweet potatoes and potatoes, and boiled a few eggs. You can make do with this."
"Eh? That's alright." Not bad, very good. Her parents are now familiar with her three meals a day and have arranged them very well.
"Chicken stewing in the pot? It smells so good!" Mother glanced at it. "It's the chicken, duck, fish and meat that we buried in the snow when we left. Your sister and the others didn't eat much of it. I was thinking of making a few more kinds of braised dishes today, and then using chicken broth to make noodles. The flavor will be even richer."
Oh right, there's also Eighth Sister and her family of five. She was eating a sweet potato when she heard this, and immediately wolfed it down.
Before she could even rush to find them, the five of them strolled over, and Xiao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
“Great! Eighth Sister, I was just saying I was going to come find you. Come in quickly, Yiyi, Yingying, Chuchu, Tingting.”
The oldest of the four girls, Tang Yiyi, is eight years old; Tang Yingying is six; Tang Chuchu is five; and the youngest, Tingting, is over three years old.
"Putting everything else aside, all four girls have very nice names, especially after they changed their surnames, they sound even better."
The willows sway gently, the autumn waters shimmer, the air is filled with grace and charm, and the figure stands tall and elegant.
Tang Cuilan smiled wryly, "When he was naming his daughter, that was probably the most responsible moment of his life as a father. But I didn't see him put much effort into it. He just thought that reduplicated words were suitable for girls and casually used a few idioms to get rid of her."
"Sister, even so, our little girl deserves these names. Look how beautiful and sensible they are!"
Let me tell you, you're incredibly lucky. There are plenty of people lining up behind you, so don't worry, time will tell.
"I have to go back to work after the fifteenth. You can stay at the guesthouse for now, and I'll find you a place to live when I get back."
The army is not a place for long-term stays, and the children need to go to school, so leaving them in the village is not suitable either. Her situation is different from that of her fourth sister.
So if you can live in the city, you should still live in the city.
In a few years, when commercial housing becomes available and people can buy houses, she will help her and her five children find a new home.
Tang Cuilan was still unfamiliar with the situation and a little shy and hesitant. Hearing this, she obediently nodded and said, "Okay, I'll follow your instructions, sister."
This was what her sisters told her before they left: to follow Xiaojiu's arrangements and not worry about anything else, just take good care of the children.
Seeing that she was still in low spirits, Xiaojiu comforted her, "Everything is difficult at the beginning, sister. Don't think too much about it. Once you get through this period, you'll find that it's nothing. There are many ups and downs in life. Just get over them, and you'll be fine."
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