Yangcheng Military Region Family Compound.
Ana Shen looked at the quiet telephone on the coffee table and sighed softly.
Lu Xiangqian, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, frowned and said, "Can you stop making those 'tsk tsk tsk' sounds all the time? It hurts my ears."
Shen Nanzhen looked over and said angrily: "If you don't want to listen, you can choose not to listen. What are you yelling about? You are the only one who is nosy!"
Lu Xiangqian said, "Hey!" and retorted, "I'm not deaf. Can I pretend not to hear?"
He glanced at his wife's irritated face and really wanted to give her a cup of herbal tea.
Lu Xiangqian said again: "Alright, alright, I know you are waiting for that brat's call. I say, aren't you just worrying about nothing? The marriage report has been approved, can you still call him back?"
Hearing this, Ana Shen frowned even deeper, "When did I say I would call them back? Do I look like a wicked mother-in-law who is trying to break up a couple? I'm just mad that this stinky boy didn't even call back to tell me about such a big thing as getting married!"
In the past two years, she has been talking to Lu Wei about finding a partner.
Lu Wei was finally willing to talk, and she was so happy that she couldn't contain herself.
But I didn't expect Lu Wei to be so quick. He just found a partner and filed a marriage report directly.
Lu Xiangqian's attention was still on the newspaper, and he muttered, "It doesn't matter whether you are a wicked mother-in-law or not, it's enough that your son thinks you are."
"Besides, when has that brat ever listened to us?"
Lu Xiangqian concluded: "Your son is not an obedient person."
Back then, Lu Wei's family wanted him to stay in the northern army after graduation, but who would have thought that the next day he would apply to go to an island in the south, the southernmost place.
Ana Shen put her hands on her waist and snorted, “You old man, you dare to say that when you were promoted to the head of the group, you were your son. Now that you are disobedient, you have become my son alone, right?”
Lu Xiangqian felt that he had a hard time explaining himself, so he scratched the back of his head and said, "Comrade Shen, watch your attitude. What old man? I don't like to hear that!"
"What's my attitude? I'm your wife, not your subordinate, so stop interfering with me!"
Lu Xiangqian: "Look at you, with this kind of temper, can your son bring his wife to you?"
Ana Shen: “…”
Lu Xiangqian added, "I dare say that Lu Wei won't call you back tonight. He will probably contact you after the dust settles."
Ana Shen: “…”
"The marriage report has been filed, but it's not settled yet. When will it be settled?"
Lu Xiangqian smiled and said, "Let's wait until we get back to the island."
Shen Nanzhen sighed: "I think so." Then she winked at Lu Xiangqian: "How about you call the political commissar and ask?"
Lu Xiangqian: "I just love gossip!" He folded the newspaper in his hand and put it aside. Then he took a sip from the enamel cup on the coffee table and said, "As for me, I talked to the person over there on the phone today."
Who loves gossip anyway?
Lu Wei did not sleep that night. He got up when the sky turned pale.
After he washed up carefully, he slowly walked downstairs. By then, the front desk clerk at the guesthouse had been replaced.
Lu Wei ignored the phone number on the blackboard and walked out the door.
He knew the call was from his mother.
I just wanted to ask him about his marriage to Ye Zhi.
But now that he is married to Ye Zhi, it is useless to say anything. It would be more practical to bring the person to her directly.
Moreover, when Lu Weiyi thought about his parents' interactions, he couldn't help but rub his temples.
Because his father is a soldier and his mother is a military doctor, both of them have impatient and irritable tempers.
Talking is like quarreling.
In his impression, Ye Zhi is a typical Jiangnan woman.
She speaks the soft Wu dialect, so she must be a gentle and quiet type.
He felt a bit of a headache when he thought about whether Ye Zhi would be scared when she saw how his parents got along.
In that case, it would be better not to meet for the time being.
There was already a jeep waiting outside the door with a big red flower tied to the front of the car. Next to the car stood one of his comrades-in-arms, who had come from Shanghai yesterday to help deliver the betrothal gift.
When Lu Weiyi got on the car, his comrade handed him a big red flower and said, "Comrade Lu, congratulations on your wedding today. Mr. Lu asked me to prepare a big red flower for you. Tie it around your neck later."
Lu Wei glanced at the big red flower, which was the same size as the one tied to the jeep.
Almost as big as his head.
What would this look like if I hung it around my neck?
After he took the red flower, he quietly put it aside and said, "My wife said, keep everything simple."
When the comrades heard the word "wife", they felt a little annoyed.
He has known Lu Wei for several years. He used to think that he would remain single forever, but who knew that he could go on blind dates, fall in love, and get married in just two days.
He is good at making quick decisions.
A comrade joked, "We just got married, and you're listening to a woman so quickly. Aren't you afraid that she'll climb over your head?"
Lu Wei couldn't help but curl his lips: "If I don't let her climb on my head, do I let you climb on it?"
This may be what Li Weimin calls the interest between husband and wife.
He didn't understand it before, but now he seems to have some understanding of it.
"Forget it, you don't have a wife, you don't understand." Lu Wei said lightly and attacked again.
Comrade: “…”
He felt a little itchy. Didn’t Lu Wei just get married for one day?
What does he know?
The guesthouse was not far from the street where Ye Zhi lived, and it only took a few minutes to drive to her home.
But because the alley was narrow, the car couldn't drive in to Ye Zhi's house, so it could only stop at the entrance of the alley.
There are people everywhere now, and it seems that everyone knows that the Ye family is having a happy event today.
But before getting off the car, Lu Wei heard someone shouting, "Is the old girl from the Ye family going to the southern island with that officer?"
Then Li Ermei's voice came, saying sourly: "The officer married her just to take her with him to the army, otherwise why would he want an old girl like her!"
"You don't know, that place used to be called Ghost Gate, where all kinds of criminals were exiled. I heard that it's not as good as our town, and people who go there are there to open up wasteland and plant trees. There are typhoons half of the year, and we can't even grow vegetables!"
One aunt said, "Oh my, can the girl from the Ye family endure such hardship?"
"Of course she can't eat it. How have those two people from the Ye family spoiled her?"
Li Ermei sneered: "Don't say that I look down on my own family. My niece is so delicate that she can't even carry two buckets of water! How can she live in such a hard life?"
"I think she will be despised and come back crying in less than three months!"
At this moment, a small figure walked up to Li Ermei, who had a sour look on her face.
She kicked the new shoes she had just made into the stream.
The thin Ye Xiaoding put one hand on his waist and pointed at Li Ermei and cursed: "If you say bad things about my aunt again, I will fight you!"
"Ouch, my shoes!" When Li Ermei saw her shoes kicked into the stream, she didn't care about arguing with Ye Xiaoding anymore. She ran towards the stream while cursing, "You bastard, I'll beat you to death later!"
Ye Xiaoding then kicked Li Ermei's straw hat and water bottle into the stream.
He added: "Go ahead and beat me up. I'll be standing right here waiting for you!"
Ye Xiaoding put his hands on his waist, pointed at a group of people sitting around the tree and cursed: "Listen to me, my aunt and uncle are going to the island to build the motherland. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will report you to the commune!"
"You bastard, just wait for me!" Li Ermei didn't care about anything else and dived directly into the stream, feeling the water to find her shoes and water bottle. "My kettle! If I don't beat you to death, I'll take your last name Ye!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Wei got out of the car first and walked to Ye Xiaoding's side.
He recognized the child.
When she met Ye Zhi on the first day, she specifically mentioned Ye Xiaoding.
Ye Xiaoding is not only a martyr's relative, but also a child raised by Ye Zhi herself.
Inexplicably, Lu Wei had a special sense of identification with him.
Lu Wei said: "Xiao Ding, come here and go back with your uncle."
Ye Xiaoding was stunned when he heard Lu Wei's voice.
Ye Xiaoding drooped his head and shoulders like a child who had done something wrong.
He walked up to Lu Wei, looking like he was waiting to be punished for his mistake.
He called out stiffly, "Uncle."
"I……"
This was the day when his aunt and uncle were having a banquet, and he shouldn't have come out to quarrel with others.
Well, it happened to be seen by his uncle.
I don’t know if it will affect my uncle’s impression of my aunt.
Lu Wei is the only child in the family and has not had many opportunities to interact with children.
At this moment, he subconsciously stretched out his hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Comrade Ye Xiaoding, you did a great job just now."
"You bravely protected your aunt."
Hearing this, Ye Xiaoding's eyes lit up, "Really?"
I thought Lu Wei would criticize him harshly, but unexpectedly he was praised.
Lu Wei nodded, his tone serious: "Of course, life on the island is hard, but in order to build the motherland, I think many people are willing to devote their blood. Your aunt is such a person. She should not be slandered, but deserves respect."
As soon as Lu Wei said this, those who were originally gathered around the tree and gossiping suddenly dispersed, still saying "congratulations" as they left.
Li Ermei only picked up one shoe and a straw hat. The other shoe and the water bottle had already sunk into the stream and could not be seen anymore.
When she saw Lu Wei standing next to Ye Xiaoding, she gritted her teeth and slipped away.
Seeing the crowd disperse, Lu Wei didn't want to waste time on unnecessary people, so he led Ye Xiaoding and his comrades to Ye Zhi's house.
Before reaching the door, Lu Wei heard some heated discussions and looked from afar, but did not see Ye Zhi.
For some reason, he had never been afraid of bullets and gunfire, but now he was so nervous that a thin layer of sweat appeared on his palms.
Ye Xiaoding smiled and said, "Uncle, my aunt is dressed up beautifully today, please don't get excited later."
Lu Wei said "hmm", and then walked into the Ye family at the invitation of everyone.
The comrade beside him laughed: "Little guy, your uncle will not be excited by such a scene. Don't you know that your uncle has a nickname?"
Ye Xiaoding asked with admiration: "What's your nickname?"
In his impression, soldiers are all mighty and domineering, and his uncle looks very mighty.
The comrade snorted and laughed: "Cold-faced sniper!"
Ye Xiaoding asked curiously: "What do you mean?"
A comrade said: "That is to say, no matter what dangerous situation he encounters, he can remain calm."
As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of laughter came from the Ye family.
Ye Zhi in the room was wearing a new red dress and sitting on the wooden bed in her parents' room, waiting for Lu Wei to arrive.
She was woken up by Zhang Xiaomei before dawn, and then had her hair combed by an aunt hired by her mother.
Her mother said that this aunt has both sons and daughters, and most of her children are either soldiers, doctors or teachers.
My aunt and her husband lived in harmony all their lives. All the married couples in the town wanted to ask her to do their hair.
Ye Zhi had her hair combed by the aunt before dawn, and she dazedly listened to the words she had heard on TV: "If you comb your hair thoroughly, you will be rich and prosperous..."
Because she got up early, Ye Zhi felt a little sleepy while sitting on the bed. However, her brother and sister-in-law kept talking outside the door, so she couldn't doze off even if she wanted to.
Fortunately, we are just having a meal together as a family today, otherwise I don’t know how I would have gotten through the whole day.
Once they arrive at the island, Ye Zhi will definitely not let Lu Wei hold another banquet.
Otherwise she will be exhausted to death!
Getting married is really tiring. Ye Zhi just wants to know now——
When can we eat?
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