Speaking angry words.
But after finishing the lively and sumptuous dinner, they washed up and went back to their rooms, applying lotion on their hands, faces and necks.
Thinking of his elder brother's amazing train of thought, Chen Nongmo was no longer angry, and was left with only a dilemma.
After applying the lotion on her hands and face and feeling that her skin was no longer so tight, she tightened the lid and got up to go to bed.
Chen Nongmo didn't rush into bed, but sat cross-legged on the bed and took out the red envelope given by his girlfriend.
There were words written on the red paper envelope in her familiar handwriting, writing in a flamboyant style: 'New Year's money for the little one'.
She pinched it in a good mood. It wasn't thick and didn't feel like money.
Despite being so suspicious, Chen Nongmo's hands moved quickly and he opened the red paper package in no time.
When she saw clearly what was inside, she blinked and was indeed a little surprised.
I never expected that the New Year's red envelope that Brother Shao Zheng gave me was actually a passbook.
When she opened the passbook and looked at the considerable amount of money in it, she was sure that it was not just New Year's money.
It should be Shao Zheng’s savings over the years.
This man is too impatient. Don't think she can't see that he wants to hand in his passbook.
Thinking of the way the man looked at him from time to time at the dinner table, and the way he looked back several times before leaving, Chen Nongmo turned over and buried his face in the pillow, laughing silently.
Hmm. I can see that the man misses me very much, just as I miss him.
Thinking of this, she turned over again with a frown on her face, and lay flat on the bed. She took the passbook and the red paper seal in front of her. Just as she was about to take another look, she heard a knock on the door: "Knock, knock, knock!"
Chen Nongmo's actions were faster than his brain. By the time he realized what was happening, the passbook and the red paper envelope had already been hidden under her pillow.
"Yuyu, are you asleep?"
"No." Chen Nongmo patted his face, suppressed the smile on his face, got out of bed, put on his shoes and opened the door.
Chen Wuwen was holding two glass bottles of saline wrapped in cloth bags. When he saw his sister open the door, he handed them to her and said, "Put them under the quilt. Don't remove the cloth bags. Be careful of the burns."
"Thank you, big brother." Chen Nongmo was not cold at all, but he did not refuse and reached out to take it.
"Really not cold?"
Chen Wuwen didn't go into the room. He watched his sister stuff the thermos into the quilt and asked again.
Chen Nongmo shook his head: "I'm really not cold, you should go back and accompany your sister-in-law, I'm sleepy too."
Hearing this, Chen Wuwen patted his sister's head and said, "Okay, I'll go to bed then."
After everyone left, Chen Nongmo closed the door and snuggled into bed.
But when her cool feet touched the warm thermos, her heart softened.
Forget it, just let it be. I’ll talk to my sister-in-law and Qiuhua’s mother tomorrow and tell my eldest brother that Shao Zheng and I are dating.
Thinking of this, and remembering the things that had just been randomly pressed under the pillow, Chen Nongmo got up again, put on his shoes and went downstairs again.
It’s better to keep things like passbooks in a safe place.
My brother and sister-in-law are very thoughtful. Not only are there cabinets in the room, but they also have locks.
She had locked all the money, bills and other items in a small drawer in the middle of the cupboard.
So I planned to put the passbook in as well.
Unexpectedly, before the man reached the cupboard, his steps stopped.
Just now, when she was about to wrap the passbook again with red paper, she found that there seemed to be words written on the back.
For some reason, even though he hadn't even seen clearly what was written on the paper, Chen Nongmo's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
When she slowly unfolded the paper and saw the words "Miss You" on the back, her long eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, and even the corners of her mouth curled up a little higher.
Then I felt a little amused and helpless.
If she violently tore the red paper, this person would most likely not be able to see it.
= The next day.
Chen Nongmo woke up to the wakeup call.
She thought that she didn't get up too early, but she shouldn't be the last one either.
Unexpectedly, after she had tidied herself and opened the bedroom door, she found Qiuhua's mother and him already in the kitchen. "Are you awake? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Considering her daughter-in-law who was still sleeping, Cao Qiuhua lowered her voice and asked her daughter.
Chen Nongmo responded in a low voice: "I slept well. When did you get up?"
"I just woke up too. Have you brushed your teeth and washed your face?"
"Not yet, Father Zong is still sleeping?"
"I'm not asleep. I followed your elder brother to do drills."
When he was at home, Zong's father also had the habit of exercising. I didn't expect that he didn't slack off during the past few days in the army. Chen Nongmo secretly admired him for a few seconds, and then said, "Then come slowly. I'll wash up and prepare breakfast with you."
Cao Qiuhua said without even turning her head: "Why do I need your help? Just cook some porridge. Your eldest brother said to buy steamed buns from the canteen, so we don't have to make them. I just couldn't sleep, so I thought about making something delicious for your sister-in-law."
Chen Nongmo looked at the stove and found that it was a chicken that he had killed back home: "Do you want to make soup?"
"Yes, Laurel is still too thin."
"You can't take too much supplements. Take it slow. Otherwise, the baby will be too big and you will suffer during the birth."
Cao Qiuhua looked back at her daughter, smiled meaningfully and said, "You also understand this?"
Feeling that he was being teased again, Chen Nongmo decided to ignore his old mother's bad taste and turned around to go out to wash up.
After she had cleaned herself up, she took the used water, went out and turned right.
Throw water onto the snow-covered ground.
"Hey? Where are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"
It was only a few steps away. When Chen Nongmo came out, he was only wearing a small jacket, without a scarf or hat.
Just as I was about to rush into the house because of the cold, I heard the sound of water pouring, followed by a woman's curious voice.
Chen Nongmo turned around and found that it was a woman in her thirties who was about to speak.
The woman opposite her eyes lit up: "You are Yue Gui's sister-in-law, right?"
Calling the sister-in-law by her nickname, it was obvious that they had a good relationship. Chen Nongmo curved his eyebrows and called her obediently: "Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Chen Nongmo."
"Yes, yes, Yuegui said, this is my name. I am the relative of the third commander, Fang Ping, you can just call me Sister Ping. Oh, why did you come out wearing so little? You go back to the house first, and I will come to your house later when Yuegui gets up, and we can have a good chat." Seeing that the little girl was wearing thin clothes, no matter how curious Fang Ping was, she couldn't drag her away, and quickly asked her to go back to the house to prevent her from getting frozen.
Chen Nongmo was indeed cold, so he didn't hesitate and nodded with a smile: "It is indeed quite cold, Sister Ping, I will go back first then."
"Hey, go ahead!" Fang Ping smiled brightly. She didn't slap her thigh until she saw the little girl enter Chen Tuan's house. She picked up the wooden bucket and ran home, saying with emotion: "Wow, Yue Gui wasn't bragging. Her sister-in-law is really like a fairy who has come down to earth."
= The other side.
Whenever he thought about the little love coming to his side and being able to spend a few months with him day and night, he was so excited that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Shao Zheng got up in the middle of the night to do push-ups to consume his energy, but he got up in high spirits before the wake-up call sounded.
After tidying up my room, I went out for morning exercise early.
After the half-hour drill was over, he went straight to find Lao Chen.
Chen Wuwen looked at him in confusion: "What's the matter?"
Shao Zheng: "Let's go to your house for breakfast."
Thinking that he was going after his parents, Chen Wuwen smiled with his white teeth, and white mist lingered around his lips: "My parents love you, kid, it's no wonder. Come on, we have to go to the cafeteria for breakfast, so you can keep me company."
Chen Zong followed his eldest son silently, just glanced at the two of them without saying a word.
It’s not that I don’t want to say it, it’s that Qiuhua doesn’t allow me to say it.
Shao Zheng It’s the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the atmosphere of the New Year has not yet passed. The canteen prepared a fancy breakfast today.
Steamed cabbage and meat buns.
Regardless of the ratio of meat to vegetables, at least it tastes better than solid steamed buns.
As a result, after receiving the news, there were many more officers lining up than usual.
They all knew each other, so they gathered together and chatted while waiting. Due to this delay, when Chen Wuwen and Shao Zheng returned home with breakfast, it was almost seven o'clock.
Chen Wuwen: "Yes, are you greedy? Wait a minute, it will freeze again. We need to put it in the steamer and steam it again."
"Who's greedy? Do I need to be that greedy?" Originally, he didn't take his elder brother's teasing seriously, but when he saw that Brother Shao Zheng seemed to be thinking about something, he knew that this guy believed it, and he suddenly felt a little amused.
As she spoke, she reached out to take the bowl from her eldest brother's hand: "Give it to me, you go check on my sister-in-law, breakfast will be in about 20 minutes."
Chen Wuwen didn't bother to be polite with his sister and handed her a bowl of a dozen buns.
Cao Qiuhua was ready to come over and take what Xiao Shao was holding.
Shao Zheng made way: "Aunt, Yu Yu and I will come, you sit and wait for a while."
Chen Wuwen, who had already walked to the bedroom door, turned back and said, "Yes, Mom, don't be so polite. Lao Shao is one of our family members. He will feel uncomfortable if you take care of him everywhere. You can just treat him as your own son and give him instructions. Only then will Lao Shao feel comfortable."
Cao Qiuhua glanced at his silly son, didn't insist any more, and went to clean the table with a rag.
= "When is the best time for us to confess to my eldest brother?" After entering the kitchen, Chen Nongmo was arranged by his partner to sit on a stool, and he rested his chin on his hand and watched him busy.
Shao Zheng scooped half a pot of water into the pot, added a steamer, and placed the buns inside before he covered the lid and sat in the stove to light the fire.
Hearing this, he looked at the little girl who was a little far away from him. He did not answer immediately, but waved at her: "Sit next to me."
Feeling guilty, Chen Nongmo subconsciously looked back in the direction of the living room, hesitated for three seconds between closing the door and not closing it, and finally decided to leave the door open before moving to his object with a small stool.
Shao Zheng raised his left palm upwards and stared at people with gentle eyes.
Chen Nongmo pursed her lips, suppressed the upward curve, and pretended to be calm as she put her hand into the man's palm.
Shao Zheng immediately grasped the soft jade tightly, dragged it to his legs and put it on his legs before saying with satisfaction: "As soon as possible, how about tonight?"
In fact, he was eager to say it now, but there was a commendation meeting in the army this afternoon.
Based on his understanding of his friend, he was sure that he would suffer bad consequences if he confessed that he liked Yu Yu.
In addition, because of the deliberate concealment before, if Old Chen gets angry, he won't be able to fight back, and it is very likely that he will be beaten black and blue.
As the head of a delegation who was going to attend the conference and give a speech, Shao Zheng felt that it would be more appropriate to wait until after the commendation meeting in the afternoon before confessing.
Chen Nongmo had been planning to tell her earlier, but after hearing this, he nodded in agreement: "Evening is also good. When you go to the army, I will tell my sister-in-law about our affairs. This way, when my brother is angry, my sister-in-law can speak well of us."
In fact, Shao Zheng was not afraid of being beaten. He had been naughty since he was a child and had fought many times.
Although he has become more restrained after growing up, he still used swords and guns a lot during the wars a few years ago, and he still fights a lot during training now.
Getting punched is nothing.
As long as I can be with his little girl openly, I would be happy to be beaten up ten times.
Thinking of this, Shao Zheng tightened his hands, curled his eyes, and asked in a good mood, "Can't bear to see me get beaten?"
There was nothing to be ashamed of admitting. Chen Nongmo nodded: "Yeah, I can't bear to part with it."
Unexpectedly, the little girl admitted it so directly. Shao Zheng, who was just teasing her, was stunned.
He lowered his eyes to look at the people and found that yesterday was not an illusion. After not seeing him for a few months, his little girl had indeed become more beautiful.
Thinking of what she had just said, Shao Zheng chuckled, his voice was warm and pleasant, "Did you open the New Year's money I gave you yesterday?"
"I've seen it. Isn't it too early to give me the passbook now?" Chen Nongmo was not being pretentious. He just felt it was too fast.
Shao Zheng added a handful of firewood to the stove with one hand, and fiddled with it a few times with the tongs before replying, "The passbook is just a token of my sincerity. Yu Yu doesn't need to feel pressured. You are still young, and I can wait for marriage."
Chen Nongmo was a little embarrassed when marriage was suddenly mentioned, but he had to make it clear no matter how embarrassed he was: "I won't consider getting married before I'm 20."
Shao Zheng squeezed the little hand in his palm again and comforted her: "Well, don't worry, you have the final say on this matter."
Chen Nongmo blinked. He liked what he said but didn't know what to say in response.
Finally, when her eyes fell on the two people's clasped hands, she moved her hands, and after the man loosened his hands a little, she took the initiative to clasp his fingers together.
Shao Zheng didn't understand this kind of intimacy between lovers, but subconsciously preferred this way of holding hands. His eyes were full of smiles, and he asked again: "Did you see the words on the red envelope?"
Hearing this, Chen Nongmo thought of the two words on the other side, and a cunning look flashed through his eyes: "See, 'lucky money for the little one', right?"
“That’s all you saw?”
Chen Nongmo looked at the man in confusion, bewildered: "Anything else?"
Shao Zheng: "Did you really write something else? What did you write? I accidentally tore up the red paper and threw it away yesterday."
"I didn't write anything. I was just teasing you. It's just those few words." Although Shao Zheng was somewhat disappointed that his girlfriend didn't see what he was thinking, he didn't hold on to it but changed the subject.
While chatting with the man, Chen Nongmo studied his hands which were obviously much bigger than his own.
She always thought her hands were pretty, but Shao Zheng's hands were no less beautiful.
But compared to her own slender and delicate hands, his hands were obviously men's hands. Unlike his gentle face, his palms were very broad and powerful.
Just as the buns in the pot were emitting fragrance again, the two people sitting next to each other heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen.
Chen Nongmo pulled his hand out quickly, and at the same time moved the stool to the side.
Chen Wuwen: "Is breakfast ready?"
Shao Zheng coughed lightly and suppressed the smile that was made by his partner: "Let the buns simmer for another minute or two, and you can serve the porridge first."
"Okay, Yu Yu, come here and get the bowl." Chen Wuwen turned around and went to the kitchen cabinet to get the bowls and chopsticks.
"Okay." Chen Nongmo responded and was about to stand up when he saw his eldest brother turn around and face away from them.
She blinked, then immediately leaned close to her partner's ear and whispered, "I miss you, too."
After saying this, without even looking at the man's reaction, she quickly took the bowl from her eldest brother's hand.
Chen Wuwen raised the bowl in his hand and said helplessly, "Slow down, you said you're not greedy, but you're about to knock over the bowl."
Chen Nongmo: ".I was just careless."
Shao Zheng laughed and thought to himself what a little liar, he clearly saw what he wrote on the back of the red paper.
= After breakfast, Chen Wuwen and Shao Zheng put on their hats and thick military coats and went to the army.
When leaving the house, Shao Zheng nodded slightly to his little lover before walking out with Lao Chen.
"Did Old Shao nod to Sixth Sister just now? Is he going to take you out to play?" Bian Jiuxiang was sitting with her sister-in-law and noticed Shao Zheng's actions. Knowing that they had a good relationship, she didn't think much about it. She took a bite of the bun and asked casually.
Chen Nongmo was a slow eater, and now only she and her sister-in-law were left at the table.
Hearing this, thinking about the plan in his mind, he said bluntly: "No, I have something to tell my brother tonight."
Bian Jiuxiang didn't understand what was going on, so he drank another mouthful of porridge and asked, "What did you say?"
This time, Chen Nongmo waited until his sister-in-law had finished swallowing the porridge before he said, "Tell me about my relationship with Brother Shao Zheng."
"Oh? Ah? What? When did you two start dating? Doesn't Lao Shao have a girlfriend?" Bian Jiuxiang was glad that she had no food in her mouth at the moment, otherwise she would have been choked by the fright. But even so, she still widened her eyes in shock.
Seeing the big reaction of his sister-in-law, Chen Nongmo scratched his face in embarrassment and said, "Well, Brother Shao Zheng has always been with me. We have been together since September last year."
Bian Jiuxiang. Bian Jiuxiang was stunned for a long time before she digested her sister-in-law's words, and then subconsciously looked at her parents-in-law who were sitting on the sofa listening to the radio.
Cao Qiuhua nodded: "We all know."
"Is it just Lao Chen and I who don't know?"
Cao Qiuhua smiled: "That's not the case. Demao doesn't know either."
This time, Bian Jiuxiang really felt his mind was a little confused.
She really had never expected that the mysterious person who was looked down upon by her and her husband but treated as a treasure by Shao Zheng would be her sister-in-law.
No, the more I think about it, the more confused I am. Bian Jiuxiang propped up his dizzy head and said, "Yuyu, tell me in detail, what is going on?"
On the other side, Shao Zheng and Lao Chen had just walked a distance when they met the fourth single officer who was trying to inquire about Yu Yu's situation in some subtle ways. They were all so angry that they stood up.
After sending one away with a sullen face, Chen Wuwen couldn't help cursing: "No! I have to teach these little bastards a lesson. What are they thinking?"
Shao Zheng had already started to clench his fists and gritted his teeth, "I'll do it!"
Chen Wuwen patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "Good brother! Be loyal! Let's go together!"
Shao Zheng insisted coldly: "No need for you, I can do it!"
(End of this chapter)
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