Ruan Mingfu stood in the yard and took a curious look.
But they saw that those people had moved out all the furniture, and Old Lady Wang was standing aside with a few pieces of luggage at her feet, looking like a bereaved mother.
Finally, Wang Manman walked out of the house.
Old Lady Wang walked over and grabbed her cold hand distressedly, "Manman..."
Wang Manman didn't say anything, but her eyes stayed on Ruan Mingfu for several seconds when she saw her.
"sister in law?"
Suddenly there was a voice outside the door. Ruan Mingfu turned around and saw Li Xiaoyue holding the child standing not far away, with Captain Gu beside her.
"Come in quickly," Ruan Mingfu hurriedly greeted the two of them to come in, "It's so cold, why did you bring the child here?"
The warmth hit her face, making her nose itchy, and she couldn't help but sneeze.
Ruan Mingfu stretched out her hands to wrap the long military coat tightly around her body, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. When she looked up, she saw Xie Yanzhao, the stinky man, staring at her.
I don't know what's going on, but I suddenly feel guilty.
"Sit down," Ruan Mingfu turned away and didn't look at him, "Why are you here today?"
Li Xiaoyue glanced at the child and then smiled.
"I called you at the gate yesterday, but for some reason no one answered. Sister-in-law, were you out yesterday afternoon?"
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
Ah this... Thinking of what happened yesterday, she couldn't help but glare at the bad guy.
"Yes, I went out for something."
"So that's how it is," Li Xiaoyue didn't think much about it when she heard her say that. "My father-in-law made some pickled duck and brought half a duck for you to try."
She winked at Captain Gu standing beside her, and he immediately and obediently stuffed the duck into Xie Yanzhao's hands.
The pickled duck smelled very good. Ruan Mingfu could smell it even though she was standing quite far away. Moreover, judging from the appearance of the pickled duck, it must weigh at least two kilograms.
"No, I can't accept this."
"If you don't want to accept it, just take back the fifty yuan!"
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
She looked towards Xie Yanzhao, only to see that he had already taken the things.
He said slowly, "We also brought back some roast duck from the capital. Old Gu should also bring some back to try."
"this..."
Captain Gu hesitated and looked at Li Xiaoyue.
It can be seen that Captain Gu now puts Li Xiaoyue first in everything.
"Thank you for your kindness, sister-in-law," she agreed directly without any hesitation, "Sister-in-law, your place is still comfortable. The fire is so strong that even the neighbors feel hot to the touch. Unlike my house, the plumbing was not cleared when I moved in first."
At that time, Li Xiaoyue was pregnant, and Captain Gu was too busy with work to take care of her.
Gu's mother took on the task of renovating the house. But she was not from here and had not thought about winter. Li Xiaoyue's house was now filled with thick smoke when a fire broke out. No matter how long the fire burned or how big it was, the house was still cold.
"What should we do then?"
It's only early winter here. When the coldest days of winter really come, people will freeze to death.
"My father-in-law plans to take us back home," Li Xiaoyue said, looking at Gu Xi's sleeping face with a smile, "We'll come back when the weather gets warmer."
It's too late to take it out now.
This is a huge project and it will probably take more than ten days or half a month to complete.
Ruan Mingfu nodded: "That's fine too, we don't have to go back and forth, what about your mother-in-law?"
The two of them were talking in a whisper, while Captain Gu and Xie Yanzhao were also talking on the side, without disturbing each other. Ruan Mingfu didn't have to pay attention to anything when she said this.
"It's okay. She doesn't dare to do anything to me now."
What Mother Gu fears most is that Father Gu will divorce her.
For this reason, she now wished she could expose Gu Xi to the world and make Gu's father give up this terrible idea. How could he cause trouble for her and her daughter again?
"Then I'm relieved," Ruan Mingfu breathed a sigh of relief, "You've finally gotten through this. I'll make sure Captain Gu obeys your orders."
A smile appeared on Li Xiaoyue's face.
"See how he performs! By the way, sister-in-law, did you know that Wang Manman and Captain Qiao are divorced?"
People are scolded in the morning, and divorced in the afternoon. As the first couple to divorce in the family compound, the bored sister-in-law has been given plenty of gossip in the past few days.
"Really divorced?"
Ruan Mingfu was stunned.
Thinking about what happened yesterday and what I saw this morning, this divorce doesn't seem like a sudden thing.
"Divorced."
Although Li Xiaoyue also disliked Wang Manman, she still felt sad when this matter was mentioned.
"I heard that Captain Qiao gave all his money to Wang Manman," she said, her face full of gossip, "Old lady Wang wanted to keep her, but Captain Qiao's mother pushed her back. The old lady must also hate this mother and daughter."
"Although I sympathize with Captain Qiao, I feel sorry for Wang Manman when I see her like this."
Ruan Mingfu didn't say anything.
She doesn't have a good impression of Wang Manman.
Like a mad dog, sometimes Ruan Mingfu would be bitten by Wang Manman whenever she passed by her door.
"Let's not talk about her," she handed Li Xiaoyue the pea yellow made by Zhang Ma, "This is a specialty I brought back from there, would you like to try it?"
Li Xiaoyue took a look and took a piece of pea yellow. She took a bite and her eyes lit up.
"Sister-in-law, it's delicious."
"This was made by a master craftsman," Ruan Mingfu opened the box and handed it to Xie Yanzhao, "If you like it, take two boxes back."
Aunt Zhang made a lot, and she also brought some to Hu Wanning yesterday.
"Then I won't be polite to you."
Gu Xi in Li Xiaoyue's arms seemed to be inhaled by the sweet smell of pea yellow, opened her big round eyes, and looked curiously at the thing in her mother's hand. She stretched out her hand to explore, but found that her hand was too short to reach it.
Gu Xi's lips pouted and her eyes turned red.
"Is she hungry?"
Ruan Mingfu looked over curiously and asked Li Xiaoyue in confusion.
"No, I just fed her when I came here," she tapped Gu Xi's nose, "Are you greedy because you see your mother eating?"
When Gu Xi was about to cry, Li Xiaoyue pushed her into Captain Gu's arms.
"Hold your daughter yourself."
Captain Gu was startled, but he took Gu Xi very naturally. From the way he did it, it was obvious that he had held her many times.
When she was in her father's arms, she stopped crying, reached out her little hand to touch Captain Gu's face, and giggled.
Li Xiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, but then became a little dissatisfied.
"I took good care of her for several months, but it was not as good as her father hugging her," she shook her head, "This child is born to be close to her father."
When she said this, the resentment in her words seemed to swallow her whole.
Ruan Mingfu looked towards Captain Gu and asked, "How old is she to be able to recognize people?"
"Children are very smart," Li Xiaoyue exhaled slowly, "You'll know when my sister-in-law gives birth to a child."
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
How could a good chat end up bringing up the topic of childbirth?
On the other side, looking at Gu Xi in his arms, Captain Gu's heart immediately melted. He moved very carefully, fearing that he would hurt her accidentally.
Gu Xi opened his dark eyes and stared straight at Captain Gu.
Captain Gu's love is so overwhelming… He held the baby in his arms and looked proudly at Xie Yanzhao standing beside him.
"Thank you, Captain. This is my daughter."
That guy was so proud of him that he couldn't even bear to look at him!
Perhaps because she was nestled in Captain Gu's arms, Gu Xi's eyes were fixed on Xie Yanzhao again. She tilted her head, her eyes full of curiosity.
Xie Yanzhao paused.
"Thank you, Captain. Do you want a hug?"
Captain Gu's smug look was no different from the families showing off their children in their circle of friends fifty or sixty years later.
Xie Yanzhao's gaze fell on Gu Xi.
She had a pair of big eyes like black grapes, and her body was plump and tender. He was a little tempted, and moved his hands but was afraid of hurting her. But when his eyes met the little girl's, Xie Yanzhao swallowed the words of rejection that came to his lips.
"good."
Captain Gu: “…”
He was just being polite, why did you agree?
But seeing that Xie Yanzhao had already opened his mouth, and this was his opponent's territory, it would be a shame not to give it to him...
Captain Gu still handed Gu Xi over.
"Be careful, don't hurt my daughter."
He looked nervous and wished he could take his place.
Xie Yanzhao ignored Captain Gu's voice and held the child in his arms. Just as he thought, the three or four month old child was soft, like a piece of tender tofu, and people dared not use force.
Smelling the milky aroma coming from the other party, his heart seemed to calm down a lot.
Unexpectedly, Gu Xi actually smiled at Xie Yanzhao, revealing her toothless mouth. She waved her hands happily, and her body kept twisting. Xie Yanzhao almost didn't catch her, and was so scared that he broke out in a sweat on his forehead in the winter.
Her laughter attracted everyone's attention.
"Your old Xie looked cold," Li Xiaoyue glanced at him, then looked away and jokingly looked at Ruan Mingfu: "I didn't expect that he would be so popular with children?"
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
Isn't it your child who is brave?
There were children aged two or three in the family compound, and when they saw Xie Yanzhao, they ran even faster than Wangcai.
"Sister-in-law, don't you plan to have a baby?"
Ruan Mingfu's face turned red.
Seeing Li Xiaoyue looking at her, she hesitated and said, "This depends on fate. How can you just give birth to a child?"
She nodded. "That's true."
Compared with Li Xiaoyue, the biological mother, Captain Gu seems much more complicated. Then look at Gu Xi, who has ignored his old father since he came into Xie Yanzhao's arms.
He could barely hide his jealous face.
"Captain Xie, you like girls so much, let your sister-in-law give birth to one too."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiaoyue turned around and glared at Captain Gu.
He seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing, "Thank you, Captain. I...I didn't mean that."
"It doesn't matter. If she wants to have a baby, she can have one. If she doesn't want to have one, that's fine too." Xie Yangui didn't seem to take it to heart. "Besides, a daughter is cuter."
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
Grass!
Family members, who understands, when the dog man speaks, he is so handsome...
Oh oh oh ~
Looking at the relationship between the two, Li Xiaoyue felt a little envious.
…
Winter is coming, and it will be even colder on the farm than in Wancheng.
Huang Zhongren looked at the biting cold wind outside the door. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered something and called out a few times towards the house.
"Wife, wife?"
"What are you yelling for? You're yelling for your soul!"
A woman about the same age as Director Huang came out.
She was wearing a worn-out thick sweater and had a plump figure. She held a rolling pin in her hand, which was stained with a little corn flour. She looked uneasy and stared at Director Huang who was standing at the door in full armor.
"Wife," Director Huang smiled flatteringly, "I'm going to treat Old Ruan to dinner tonight, so you can get ready..."
"roll!"
She glared at Director Huang unhappily.
If I hadn't had cornmeal on my hands, I would have come up and twisted his ears to let him know what happened.
"Wife~"
Director Huang acted shy and stared at her intently.
Director Huang’s wife: “…”
He is already in his forties and still does this. It's really disgusting.
She looked disgusted and said, "You have almost taken away all the food in the house, where is there any food left?"
Director Huang is a man with ideals.
Therefore, his family had to suffer with him. Fortunately, Director Huang's wife also had a job, otherwise he would not know how he would get by.
"This is my pocket money," Director Huang took out a crumpled coin from his pocket, "Do you think it's enough?"
"Isn't this the money I gave you to buy breakfast?"
Director Huang’s wife was angry.
This time, he didn't care whether it was coated with cornmeal or not, he just walked up and twisted Director Huang's ear.
"Huang Zhongren, did you ignore my words?" She looked at Director Huang unhappily, "Tell me, did you save all the money I used to buy you breakfast?"
"Wife, it hurts..."
The bear-like Huang Zhongren looked particularly funny when his wife twisted his ears.
"Stop pretending to be nice to me and speak!"
Huang Zhongren glanced at his wife's face and had to tell the truth.
“…This, this…Sometimes I’m busy with work and by the time I get to the cafeteria, they’re gone…”
"Huang Zhongren! Are you trying to piss me off to death?" Director Huang's wife's eyes suddenly turned red. "Do you know that you have stomach problems and must eat on time?"
Don't be fooled by his appearance that he can beat a bear to death, he is actually weak inside.
The day before yesterday, he had gastric bleeding and was hospitalized for half a month before he recovered. Knowing that he would forget to eat and sleep when he started working, Director Huang's wife even quit her job just to look after him.
Who would have thought that she was just taking care of her son with an injured leg, and he...
Seeing her like this, Huang Zhongren felt guilty and quickly admitted his mistake.
"Wife, I was wrong."
Director Huang's wife was so angry that she hit him several times with a rolling pin, so that his military coat was also stained with corn flour.
"Wife, hit me gently, I have to go out and meet people later..."
"Shut up!"
Director Huang's wife came into the room and soon brought back two hot eggs that were clearly fresh from the pan. She stuffed them viciously into Director Huang's arms and spoke in a bad mood.
"Next time I find you not eating on time, we will get divorced!"
"Wife, I know I was wrong."
Director Huang hurriedly put the two eggs into his arms, and did not take them out even though he was grimacing from the burns.
Seeing his dazed look, Director Huang's wife suddenly felt a lump in her throat.
"What are you looking at? Get out of here! I get angry when I see you."
Director Huang looked at her flatteringly, "Wife, today..."
"I know," she rolled her eyes at Director Huang, "Get lost!"
"Hey! Don't worry, wife. I will be back on time today."
Director Huang carefully opened a crack in the door and let herself out. She watched Director Huang standing in the snow, smiling foolishly at her and then turning away. Watching his back gradually going away, she couldn't help but take a step forward.
When she could no longer see Director Huang, she wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.
"Fools, all of them are fools."
Along the way, Director Huang came to the office in the snow and wind, carrying two hot eggs. As soon as he came in, he saw Ruan's father sitting next to him.
He shook off the snow on his body and said, "Brother Ruan, you are here so early?"
Mr. Ruan's condition seems to be much better than before.
He sat at the table, writing and drawing with a pen and paper. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the words, but just responded.
"Here," Director Huang handed over the egg in his hand, "I brought it all the way here, it's still hot."
The conditions on the farm are definitely not as good as those in Ruan Mingfu’s family compound.
Not only are there no fire pits here, but getting through the cold winter depends entirely on willpower and integrity.
Simply put, just bear with it!
This year was not so bad. In order to resist the cold, Ruan's father led people to repair the kang and renovate some houses. At least this year, not so many people will die.
"Give me an egg?" Father Ruan took out the lunch box beside him. "You kid, did you know that your sister-in-law made soup for me today, and brought it here specially for dinner?"
Director Huang sat aside, acting very indifferent to his guess.
"If you think so, then I can't help it."
Father Ruan: “…”
I always feel this sentence is a bit weird.
"Hurry up and share it. I brought it all the way here and it's still warm."
Director Huang was also envious after hearing this.
He once tasted the soup cooked by Ms. Luan, and he still couldn't forget the taste.
Director Huang stared at the soup and rubbed his hands expectantly.
"Brother Ruan, I won't be polite then."
Father Ruan: “…”
He made it sound like he was being too polite.
As soon as the lunch box was opened, the whole room was filled with fragrance. Director Huang leaned over to look at it, his face showing even more anxiety.
"Sister-in-law's cooking skills are getting better and better," he took the soup brought by Ruan's father and took a sip. "By the way, I handed in the report you wrote, and the leaders are very interested."
Director Huang has also read the report.
Damn, it’s absolutely amazing!
If the above plan is implemented, this place will definitely be a completely different world in less than twenty years.
"The leader above wants to see you."
“So soon?”
As soon as he said this, Father Ruan felt that he had said nonsense.
If this report was not important enough, it would not have attracted the attention of the leaders above.
"Of course the situation is developing quickly," Director Huang finished the soup and felt warm in his stomach. "Come to my house today and we can have a good chat."
"Okay..."
Mr. Ruan agreed immediately.
Director Huang wiped his mouth and struggled for a long time before speaking to Mr. Ruan again.
"Brother Ruan, I don't know whether I should say this or not..."
"Then don't talk about it."
Director Huang: “…”
Why don't you follow the routine?
He was also entrusted by someone...it would be bad for him not to speak up.
"Brother Ruan, what's the situation with your niece?"
Father Ruan paused and looked at him with a frown.
"No, no, no, I don't mean anything else," Director Huang explained stiffly, "It's just that someone has taken a fancy to your niece and wants to drag me into mediation."
After saying this, he even laughed embarrassedly.
"who?"
"You know that person," Director Huang said with a flattering smile, "He's my eldest nephew. He's handsome and has a good job. Would you consider it? We are relatives."
Father Ruan narrowed his eyes.
I also have some impression of the nephew mentioned by Director Huang.
It is exactly as Director Huang said, except...
Father Ruan shook his head, "No."
"Why?"
Director Huang was shocked.
"My nephew is so well-off, and his parents are open-minded. They will never interfere in the affairs of the young couple in the future." He put his arm around Ruan's father's shoulders and squinted at him: "Old Ruan, I didn't expect you to have such a good eye."
Father Ruan: “…”
You know shit!
It is even more impossible because the conditions are good.
"I'm right about this," Father Ruan didn't say anything final. "My wife has to see it first. Besides, marriage is a matter between young couples, so they have to like each other."
Director Huang nodded, "That's true. I'll go back and let my nephew get in touch with your niece first."
Father Ruan: “…”
My goodness, Director Huang has no moral principles!
That's what he meant?!
But looking at Director Huang's excited face, Mr. Ruan didn't know how to refuse.
Forget it, let them do whatever they want.
…
After the first snowfall, perhaps the Ren and Du meridians were opened up. In the following days, there was continuous heavy snow.
Ruan Mingfu also went from being excited at the beginning to being numb now.
It's nothing, I just caught a cold unfortunately.
Ruan Mingfu sat on the sofa, holding a hot water bottle in her hand and a thick blanket on her body. She looked at the heavy snow outside and sneezed.
"See if you're still going out to play in the snow. Do you have a cold?"
Hu Wanning sat aside and laughed very loudly.
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
hateful!
She gathered the blanket around her body and asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you here today?"
Because of the cold, Ruan Mingfu's voice also changed a little.
"Well, it's your old man Xie. He was afraid that you would get sick and no one would take care of you, so he asked me to come and accompany you."
Ruan Mingfu: "..."
"You don't know that you are now the most envied sister-in-law in the entire family compound," Hu Wanning looked at her mischievously, "all those sisters-in-law are talking about is you."
Ruan Mingfu's face turned red.
The word of the bastard man spread out, and the sisters-in-law in the family compound were talking about it.
They all said that they were blind and didn't see that Xie Yanzhao was a good man. Don't even mention the regret.
The family compound has changed now, and I am half envious and half jealous.
"Where is that?"
Although Ruan Mingfu denied it, she was very proud in her heart.
The man who counts dogs has good eyesight!
Just when I was feeling half-satisfied, my nose started to itch and I sneezed again.
She sniffed and felt a little depressed.
"I think your condition is quite serious," Hu Wanning frowned and looked at her, "Have you been to the hospital?"
Ruan Mingfu shook her head.
"It's just a sneeze, no cough or fever, so let's not bother."
The dog man also asked her to go to the hospital, but looking at the snow outside the house...hiss——
So cold!
Stepping on the snow, I feel cold.
"No," Hu Wanning reached out and touched Ruan Mingfu's forehead, "Hurry up and put on your clothes and come with me."
How long has she been here?
Ruan Mingfu sneezed several times in succession.
She sniffed and looked at Hu Wanning's determined expression before agreeing.
To be honest, sneezing is pretty annoying.
The two of them braved the wind and snow to go to the military hospital. Ruan Mingfu touched her forehead and said, "Sister-in-law, why do I feel my head is a little hot?"
Hu Wanning touched it.
Before they could say anything, the doctor came over, looked at the two of them seriously, and asked, "Who is Ruan Mingfu?"
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