Ruan Mingfu shook her head.
"The biological father married a stepmother, and the child became like this."
Gu Yilin has a toothache.
The man looked to be only six or seven years old, and his clothes were all turned into dried pickled mustard tubes, and it was unknown how long it had been since he had washed them.
"The army doesn't care?"
"How can I manage it?"
They were not the only family in the army. There were one or two hundred families in the family compound, which was more than the population of an average village. Tiezhu's stepmother had gone too far, and she had warned her. But she was a tough guy, and she kept saying "yes, yes, yes".
Looking back, it was the same as before.
Tiezhu's father wanted to intervene, but Tiezhu's mother was fat and strong, and she got so angry that she beat both father and son together.
His father has been on a mission recently and can't take care of him for the time being.
Tiezhu was able to eat sometimes hungry and sometimes full.
Ruan Mingfu was speechless.
Anyway, with so many family members, there are always a few weird ones.
She packed a few whole-grain buns that she had left over from the morning and took out a small piece of clothing.
Ruan Mingfu has recently been learning how to make clothes with Hu Wanning. It would be a pity to throw away these scraps of cloth, so she simply sewed them up. Unfortunately, there were not many scraps of cloth.
It's just right for him to wear it now.
Tiezhu worked very hard and pulled out the weeds quickly. Ruan Mingfu had only been in there for a short while when most of the weeds in the vegetable garden were gone. She was much better than the two half-grown losers, she and Gu Yilin.
yes!
Ruan Mingfu had a flash of inspiration.
Will she leave this kind of tedious and hand-damaging work to Tiezhu in the future?
She is such a genius!
"Tiezhu, you can come to my house and help me with the work in the future," Ruan Mingfu thought for a moment, "I will provide you with three meals a day, how about that?"
Tiezhu's eyes lit up.
This is much better than helping Aunt Liu with work.
Aunt Liu held him back today and wouldn't let him go unless he worked. He had only just finished his work and missed his meal... He had been hungry since morning.
Ruan Mingfu saw that Tiezhu's eyes were on the steamed bun in her hand, so she handed it to him.
"Here, eat it."
Tiezhu pursed his lips, hesitated for a while and finally took it. He took the steamed bun and started to eat it ravenously. Seeing his appearance, Gu Yilin frowned slightly.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
"Forget it," Ruan Mingfu walked in, "I'll go get him a glass of water."
Tiezhu felt a little embarrassed when he took the water.
"Thank you, auntie."
He ate three steamed buns in one go, probably because he was very hungry. After eating, Tiezhu had more strength and pulled out the grass quickly. Perhaps to thank Ruan Mingfu, the grass in the field was cleaned up in a short while.
Without the weeds to bother her, Ruan Mingfu found the neatly arranged radish seedlings pleasing to the eye.
"Iron Pillar, really good."
Gu Yilin was really happy.
She and her fake bestie spent a whole morning working, but the result was not as good as what the other person achieved in two or three hours, and they were adults.
"Zhu Zi, this dress is for you."
Tiezhu took one look and shook his head quickly, "Aunt, I can't accept it."
Just give steamed buns.
Clothes are so expensive, how can he wear new clothes...
Ruan Mingfu didn't understand his beating around the bush and said unhappily, "Just take it when I tell you to. Who else can wear this size except you? Hurry up."
Tiezhu took a look.
After hesitating for a moment, Ruan Mingfu stuffed his arms full.
"Take it, take it."
Tiezhu looked at the clothes in his arms and smelled the scent emanating from the cloth. He was very happy.
The voice was as thin as a mosquito: "...Thank you, auntie."
"Tiezhu, do you want more steamed buns?"
He stretched out his little hand and touched his round belly.
This was the first time he had eaten so much since he was a child. But his father said that one should not be too greedy.
Tiezhu shook his head.
"No thanks, auntie."
"Sister Ruan, are you there?"
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
Really, every time I hear this title, I feel like I'm getting older...
She looked at the person at the door and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Li Xiuxiu, the granddaughter of Commander Li."
The visitor was wearing a white shirt and had two black and shiny braids in front of her. She looked beautiful and bright, not at all like the mentally ill person Xie Yanzhao described.
She stood at the door with a smile in her eyes, looking very much like a college student in fifty or sixty years.
Ruan Mingfu was a little confused, but the visitor was a guest.
"Comrade Li, you're welcome. Come in."
Only then did she notice that Li Xiuxiu was holding something in her hand.
"No," she seemed very sensible, "Grandma said you like to eat fish, so Grandpa went fishing today, and Uncle Wu and I caught a lot in the reservoir behind. It happened to be on the way, so I brought it to you."
“…I see.”
Ruan Mingfu breathed a sigh of relief. She thought the other party was here to spy on the enemy, but it turned out they were just delivering fish.
"Come in, I'll get the bucket."
Li Xiuxiu was very well behaved, she walked into the yard without looking around. She put down the things in her hand, lowered her eyes slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Ruan Mingfu came over with the bucket and saw her like this.
The fish is not big.
There was a grass carp, about one and a half pounds, and several palm-sized crucian carps, perfect for making soup.
Only then did Li Xiuxiu see Ruan Mingfu's appearance clearly, and a look of amazement flashed in her eyes.
This person was better looking than anyone she had ever seen, and even made the scumbag classmate look like a nobody. Li Xiuxiu's eyes lit up, and she caught the fish in the water herself, even though she had no intention of doing it.
Even if her clothes got wet because of the fish's struggle, she was not annoyed.
"Comrade Ruan, I'll be there!"
Ruan Mingfu, who was about to take action, said: …
Although I don't know what's wrong with her, she is quite satisfied that she doesn't have to dirty her hands.
"Comrade Ruan, my grandma asked me to tell you to go talk to her."
Li Xiuxiu took all the fish away and then straightened up.
"I see."
In the family compound, Wu Yunhua was the elder closest to her. The old lady was kind and gentle, and Ruan Mingfu liked her very much.
Li Xiuxiu was very sensible, "Then I'll leave first."
Ruan Mingfu escorted her out of the hospital.
They were not familiar with each other, so it would be awkward to stay. Besides, she didn't know the purpose of Li Xiuxiu's visit today.
…
After leaving the yard, Li Xiuxiu went back carrying the bucket in a good mood.
Ye Qiu had returned a long time ago, sitting at the table, listening to the radio and knitting. She might be a bit of a person, but her knitting skills were really amazing.
Her hands moved so fast that she had finished knitting a circle before people could even see clearly.
Seeing Li Xiuxiu coming back, she lazily opened her eyelids but her hands did not stop moving.
"You're back? How's it going?"
Li Xiuxiu paused and the smile on her face faded.
"What's up?"
"Don't fool me," Ye Qiu put the sweater aside, "What did your grandma say?"
She moved quickly and ran in front of Ye Qiu.
Li Xiuxiu rolled her eyes and said, "I didn't say that."
"Why didn't you tell me?" This disappearance was like a bolt from the blue to Ye Qiu. She frowned and said, "What did I tell you when I left? Why didn't you ask?"
“Shameful.”
Ye Qiu: “…”
Then came the rage.
"You stupid girl, why didn't you ask when I asked you to?!" She pinched Li Xiuxiu fiercely, "You still say it's embarrassing, isn't this for you?"
Li Xiuxiu avoided her hand.
"Mom, just talk, why bother with me when you're doing anything?"
Ye Qiu: "...You damn girl, do you want to piss me off to death?"
Although her favorite son-in-law was Xie Yanzhao, the couple lived a good life and she couldn't make trouble. Just when she was scratching her head, it was heard that the battalion commander next door, Gu, was getting a divorce.
Isn't this a match made in heaven?
Just because Wu Yunhua had warned her not to let her enter the military area, Ye Qiu was so anxious that his mouth was full of bubbles and he couldn't think of any solution, so he had to get Li Xiuxiu out.
Who knows...
"Mom, can you please be quiet for a while?" Li Xiuxiu said with a headache. "They are still getting divorced. I'm going to ask them now. Grandma, please don't look down on me."
So annoying!
They urged her to get married every day, as if they were afraid that she would rot at home.
Li Xiuxiu felt that she would go crazy sooner or later.
"Why are you looking down on her?" Ye Qiu's chest rose and fell. "She is your biological mother, and she should have contributed to your affairs. Although Captain Gu is a little worse than Xiao Xie, he is more than enough for you. What else are you not satisfied with?"
Li Xiuxiu: “…”
Forget it, it's impossible to reason with her mother.
She turned around and sat on the sofa. "Anyway, I'm not going. You go if you want to go."
"If I could get into the family compound, I wouldn't need you," Ye Qiu suppressed his anger and walked over. "Tell me what you think of Captain Gu?"
Li Xiuxiu: “…”
She thinks the Jade Emperor is pretty good. Could her mother let her become the Queen Mother?
"Stop talking. Captain Gu hasn't even divorced yet..."
"It's okay if they haven't divorced yet. We're just preparing for a rainy day," Ye Qiu said, and the more he spoke, the more he felt that this made sense. "First get to know him, and if he thinks it's appropriate, he can marry you after he gets divorced."
"mom!"
Every time she talked to her mother, Li Xiuxiu always felt frustrated and powerless.
"Can you calm down a bit? It's not like I can't get married. Do you know what your behavior means? It's destroying military marriages and it's against the law!"
She was angry, and Ye Qiu was even angry.
"You've grown so powerful now that you dare to yell at me, your mother!"
Wu Xiuxiu closed her eyes and took a deep breath in annoyance.
"Why don't you go out and listen to your reputation?" Ye Qiu stood up, and the more he scolded, the more excited he became: "Who else would want you? A cadre fell in love with you before. He didn't mind you being unmarried with a child, but you, on the contrary, despise him for being too old."
"That young man from a while ago, he wasn't very old, was he? And you thought he was ugly."
"Li Xiuxiu, you are already an old maid. If you don't get married, can we still support you for the rest of your life? Your younger brother is still young. In the future, he will go to college, get married, and have children..."
Listening to Ye Qiu's long speech, Li Xiuxiu stood up suddenly.
“That’s enough!”
"You always use my reputation to scold me and suppress me. Who is responsible for my bad reputation outside?"
Ye Qiu felt guilty.
"You gossip about me to those nagging old ladies every day," Li Xiuxiu suppressed her anger. "When others say bad things about me, you don't refute them, but you agree with them. What kind of parents are like you?"
"Everyone else's fart smells good, but you think everything I do is wrong."
"I won't marry anyone! I have a job and I can support myself!!!"
Li Xiuxiu's eyes were bloodshot, and all the grievances that had been suppressed in her heart for the past few years burst out.
Ye Huo was stunned.
"You only care about your face every day," she said, getting angrier and angrier, and more aggrieved. "Face, face, just live with your face."
She rushed straight into the room, stuffed her things into the box, and opened the door while holding Xiaobao who was playing in the room.
□□ was just outside the door, and was slightly stunned when he saw his daughter carrying something in one hand and holding Xiaobao in the other.
"What's going on?"
“Get lost!” Ye Qiu threw a ball of wool at her, looking extremely angry. “Tell her to get lost, and I’ll pretend I never gave birth to her!”
□□: "This..."
The ball of wool hit Li Xiuxiu right on target, and it also wiped out the last bit of hesitation in her heart.
"Dad, I'll come see you later."
Li Xiuxiu held back her tears, carried her son and left.
"Wife, what's wrong again..."
Looking at Li Xiuxiu's back as she left without hesitation, Ye Qiu felt as if he had spit out a volcano.
"Shut up!"
This time it wasn't wool, but a porcelain cup, which hit □□'s face and fell down with a loud noise.
"Get lost! If you mention her in front of me again, you will get lost too!"
Looking at the deflated bottom of the jar, □□ suddenly felt a little relieved that he had survived a disaster. He carefully picked up the enamel jar and closed the door, only to see Ye Qiu sitting beside him wiping tears.
"She actually said I'm not worthy of being her mother..."
"I'm doing this for her own good!"
"You heartless little girl..."
Ye Qiu no longer had the toughness he showed in front of Wu Xiuxiu. His eyes were red and he looked extremely sad.
□□ didn't know what to say and could only sigh.
…
Although Ruan Mingfu was as nervous as a mouse seeing a cat when she saw Ms. Luan, she was still looking forward to their coming. On this day, Xie Yanzhao was just taking a rest, so she took him out.
Gu Yilin curled his lips as he looked at their backs.
snort!
She didn't want to be a light bulb and went to play with Hu Wanning.
Sitting in the car, Ruan Mingfu held the list in her hand and chattered with Xie Yanzhao.
"My parents will definitely live with me, so the utility room will be vacated... and the bed sheets, Ms. Luan likes silk..."
It's not available for purchase now, but luckily a representative from the silk factory gave her some at the last Shanghai Fair.
I'll cut it into sheets when I get back...
Ruan Mingfu thought for a moment and said, "Oh, by the way, Ms. Luan is very particular. She wants the scent of the room to be that fresh and elegant woody scent."
There are no incense sticks to buy right now. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative later to see if they have any oranges.
And the curtains, the bed and the pillows...
I bought a lot of things.
While Xie Yanzhao was driving, he kept an eye on her expression.
"Don't be nervous."
Ruan Mingfu looked at him, "Aren't you nervous?"
That's Ms. Luan.
She admitted that she was a coward.
Xie Yanzhao: …
It would be a lie for a prospective son-in-law to say he wasn't nervous when he met his mother-in-law for the first time.
"By the way, I have to buy you two more sets of clothes."
Ruan Mingfu said this with some disgust.
All day long, he was either wearing a military uniform or an old man's vest. The military uniform was better, but the old man's vest gave her a heart attack. When she got home today, she was going to throw away the old man's vest!
"I have clothes, buy some more."
To be honest, it's really hard to be attracted to a man like this.
Oh, her face turned a little red.
"No," Ruan Mingfu refused. "If you don't clean up, you'll look even older. What if Ms. Luan finds you an eyesore and tries to break up the couple?"
Xie Yanzhao narrowed his eyes.
How many times has this been the time she's said he's old?
He gripped the steering wheel with a little force and said through gritted teeth: "Buy!"
Ruan Mingfu nodded.
That's right.
If a man dresses well, he will feel proud when he goes out.
She took a pen and wrote and drew in her little notebook. She lowered her head slightly and didn't even know where the car was going.
When Ruan Mingfu felt the car below stopped, she looked around.
"Where is this? Isn't it the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Xie Yanzhao got out of the car, and Ruan Mingfu followed him out.
Standing outside the car, she could see the surroundings more clearly. She asked curiously, "What are you doing here? Do you have something to do?"
Xie Yanzhao felt a lump in his throat.
"We still have some things to do."
Ruan Mingfu was about to speak when Xie Yanzhao pulled her in.
It looks simple from the outside, but it’s a different world inside.
She looked up at the dog man leading the way in front of her, with a smile on his pretty face. Tsk, I wondered what he was going to do.
It's so mysterious, it's just the wedding photos that haven't been taken before.
The dog man still has some romantic cells.
Ruan Mingfu tried her best to control the corners of her mouth and not let it turn up.
The owner of the photo studio was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. When he saw them, his eyes lit up and he said, "Comrades, would you like to take a photo?"
"Photograph."
"she is……"
"My love."
"So that's how it is," the boss nodded, "I understand, comrade, follow me."
The boss took them upstairs.
At that time, it was not as fancy as in later times. Even the clothes were not changed. The hair could be combed again, but that was all. The boss asked the two to sit in front of a wall with red cloth hanging on it, and the photo was taken in a few strokes.
The two of them sat separately, which was less intimate than in later generations.
The boss looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Since you are here, do you want to take a few photos yourself?"
"good."
Ruan Mingfu had a very good time these days with Tiezhu working for her. Every day she would chat with Hu Wanning and the others about the latest happenings in the family, and then play with Wangcai.
She has no worries and her little face is as tender as a freshly peeled egg.
Her complexion improved and Ruan Mingfu looked more beautiful than before.
Even without makeup, she can instantly outshine those heavily made-up female stars of later generations. She stood alone in front of the red cloth, her whole body so white that it seemed to glow.
The boss tried several times and finally said, "Wait a minute, I'll adjust the exposure."
Ruan Mingfu agreed and walked to the side and grabbed the corner of Xie Yanzhao's clothes.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I didn't even have my eyebrows trimmed or my clothes changed..."
Listening to the soft Wu dialect coming from his ears, Xie Yanzhao's Adam's apple rolled and his eyes darkened slightly.
“It’s beautiful.”
Ruan Mingfu's face turned a little red.
Are the bad guys starting to say sweet words?
She tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of her mouth and looked at him suspiciously.
"real?"
Xie Yanzhao didn't say anything, but reached out to touch her head, but was grabbed by Ruan Mingfu.
She was a little annoyed. "We have to take pictures later. You messed up my hair and I have to comb it again."
The combs in the photo studio are shared, and I don’t know how many people have used them.
She doesn't want to use it.
Ruan Mingfu's voice was soft and lingering, and she didn't sound angry, but rather like she was acting coquettishly.
Xie Yanzhao's eyes became darker.
"Okay, we can start shooting," the boss looked at the handsome couple standing together and said with a smile, "You two have a good relationship."
Ruan Mingfu was very proud.
If she had a tail, it would have gone up to the sky long ago.
After taking the photos, it was Xie Yanzhao's turn.
The dog man has a different expression every year, so it's not hard to shoot him. Compared to shooting Ruan Mingfu, the boss seemed perfunctory. It was over in less than a minute after a few shots.
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
Good, very efficient.
"Comrade, that's three dollars."
Xie Yanzhao glanced at the large camera beside him and asked, "What about expedited delivery?"
"That's expensive. It's five dollars. Comrade, do you want to expedite it?"
Ruan Mingfu was also curious, "How long will it take to expedite it?"
"That will be quick," the boss thought for a moment, "two hours at most."
That's pretty fast.
Ruan Mingfu made the final decision, "Then hurry up."
This place is far away from the military area.
I have to go to the train station to pick up her parents in a few days, and I guess she won't have time to come back here, so it's better to pay a little more and save trouble.
"Well, we'll come back later."
Xie Yanzhao responded and paid the money.
After leaving the photo studio, the two went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
When the fat manager saw them, his eyes lit up, "Comrade Xie and Comrade Ruan are here."
"Manager Wang."
"You're welcome," the fat manager smiled, his small eyes narrowed into slits, "Comrade Ruan, I hope Yilin's daughter hasn't caused any trouble for you."
Gu's father and mother asked the fat manager to take care of Gu Yilin, and he certainly did not do it perfunctorily.
I brought some things to see her a few days ago, and the fat manager only then knew that the good friend Gu Yilin mentioned was actually an acquaintance.
"No way, Manager Wang is too polite."
"You came just in time. Fresh fruit has just arrived today and we haven't had time to distribute it yet. Please follow me."
The fat manager took the two to a place that looked like a warehouse.
When she walked in, she saw that it was filled with a lot of fruits. Ruan Mingfu took a quick look and even saw some bright red dates.
She has been craving for fruit for a long time.
In addition, there are big red peaches.
Ruan Mingfu couldn't help but buy a lot. This kind of thing is hard to come by, if you don't stock up, you don't know when you will be able to eat fruit next time.
"Manager Wang, thank you so much."
"What's there to thank you for? It's just a small favor." The fat manager looked at the two of them and said sensibly, "Then I won't bother you any more."
The couple put the shopping into the car, and Ruan Mingfu took out her little notebook at the right time.
He bought them one by one, and drew a cross on the notebook every time he bought one. By the time he had finished changing everything, Xie Yanzhao already had quite a lot of things in his hands.
Halfway through the journey, Ruan Mingfu stopped.
"You tell me, should we buy a few more chickens? I tell you, Ms. Luan's soup is amazing."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to support so many chain stores.
Thinking of that feeling, Ruan Mingfu couldn't help swallowing.
Xie Yanzhao looked at the supply and marketing cooperative and saw that there were no chickens for sale at the moment. He thought for a moment and said, "One day, I will go to the countryside to buy some chickens."
There are actually chickens raised in the family compound.
My sister-in-law who lives in a bungalow raises chickens in the yard, and those who live in a tube-shaped building also have a way. They use bamboos as tall as a person to enclose a piece of land near the vegetable garden so that the chickens cannot fly out and they can always have vegetable leaves to eat.
Many people over there raise their animals this way, and they are not afraid of being stolen.
However, Ruan Mingfu thought it was dirty and thought it was impossible to keep it.
"Okay," she agreed.
If someone in the family compound wants to have a baby, they will go to the countryside to buy chickens if they don't have enough to eat.
The troops also turned a blind eye.
Anyway, even if the G Committee had two guts, they wouldn't dare to come here to arrest people.
After putting all the stuff in the car, they went to the photo studio.
The boss had already prepared it. He took out a stack of photos and said with some regret, "If the photos were in color, you two would look even prettier together."
He looked at the photo of the two of them together.
The more I look at them, the more I think they are a perfect match, and the more beautiful they are.
Ruan Mingfu took it curiously and started to look through it one by one. When she saw one of the others, she couldn't help laughing.
"Look at you, why don't you smile? You have such a frown on your face, like an old man."
Xie Yanzhao: “…”
He gritted his teeth.
His eyes were involuntarily attracted to the other two photos. He reached out and took them and couldn't help but take a look at them. "Comrade, enlarge these two photos."
The boss looked at him teasingly, "I understand, I understand."
Two photos, one is a photo of the two of them.
One was tall and mighty, the other was delicate and beautiful. The two of them sat together and they were surprisingly harmonious.
The other one is a solo photo of Ruan Mingfu.
In the photo, she smiles like a flower, bright and dazzling. Her eyes are smiling, and they seem to contain thousands of stardust...
“It can be enlarged.”
Ruan Mingfu curiously leaned forward to see which two pictures Xie Yanzhao had chosen. But he was tall and long, so even if he stretched his head like a giraffe, he couldn't see anything.
snort!
She snorted in dissatisfaction.
Xie Yanzhao paid some more money and waited for a while before the two photo frames he specified were made.
Only then did Ruan Mingfu look at the true appearance of the two photos.
Don't say that. Don't say that.
This dog man has a very good eye.
Ruan Mingfu felt very happy in her heart, and the little depression she had felt before had long gone.
When we returned to the army, it was already dark.
Gu Yilin moved a stool and sat at the door, with a desperate Wangcai lying at his feet. Seeing Ruan Mingfu getting off the car, he said resentfully: "You still remember to come back."
Do you know how long she has been waiting here?
hateful!
Gu Yilin stood up suddenly.
She wanted to see what these two people bought after being out for so long!
"Come and help carry the things."
Gu Yilin: “…”
Still ordering her around, she's still full of resentment.
Damn woman!
Although he said so, Gu Yilin still walked over. When he saw the peaches inside, he was even more shocked.
Surprised, he lowered his voice and asked, "Oh my God, where did you get the fruit?"
Still peach.
This thing is even harder to buy.
Ruan Mingfu explained simply, "Stop talking nonsense and bring the things in quickly."
"oh."
Xie Yanzhao went to return the car, and Ruan Mingfu sat on the sofa, picking up the first thing.
"By the way, have you eaten?"
Gu Yilin: “…”
By the time Ruan Mingfu remembered, she had already starved to death.
She ate it at Hu Wanning's house.
Gu Yilin follows a loyal order.
As long as she is thick-skinned, everywhere can be her home.
When Xie Yanzhao came back, except for the lights in the living room, everything around was dark. Ruan Mingfu sat in front of the sofa, looking at him with a smile. Gu Yilin had been sent back to his room to sleep.
"You're back?"
Xie Yanzhao said, "When did my parents say they would come over?"
"No," Ruan Mingfu shook her head, "It should be these few days."
If they didn't tell her, could they be planning a surprise attack?
Very much like Ms. Luan's style.
But Ruan Mingfu was not in a hurry, the inspection here was strict. Without the guidance of soldiers or family members, they could not enter at all.
Ruan Mingfu was proud.
Suddenly she wanted to know the dumbfounded look on Ms. Luan's face when she was stopped outside. She had never seen it before.
"By the way, I made you a bowl of noodles, eat it quickly."
She took the lid off the table, and Xie Yanzhao saw that there was a bowl of steaming noodles underneath.
His Adam's apple rolled, but he saw her smiling like a flower.
"Happy birthday, Xie Yanzhao."
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