Chapter 34 Chapter 34

Fang Chiye's engagement with Su Rui became the most glorious engagement in the area.

Half a month later, everyone was talking about this marriage.

The Su family's door was tightly closed, and no one knew whether they knew about this.

"The Communists only have these few weapons. If you're busy, I'll go there by myself." Su Hongpei is going to join the troops today.

Political Commissar Qin knew about the troubles that Su's family had encountered, and since many of the army's dormitories were empty, he simply approved a special permit to allow Su Hongpei to join the army and live in peace.

Chen Haiyan was tidying up the house he was assigned. The standard for being an army officer was that of a company-level officer. He was successfully promoted to deputy company commander, which was only half a level below the standard. It was estimated that he would be able to become a company commander in the next round of selection in three years.

He thought they were going to start living apart, but the unexpected surprise made him feel excited and happy.

Although the house is not big, it is a one-bedroom apartment on the first floor, but it has a small yard.

Su Hongpei was very happy after she knew this. She was used to being busy and was afraid of being idle all of a sudden. She could cultivate the small yard and use it as her own plot of land.

Su Rui picked up one of the packages and said happily, "I'll feel relieved if you go earlier."

Su Hongpei understood what Su Rui meant. The only person she was reluctant to let go was her mother-in-law.

Aunt Chen is kind and simple, but she is not the type to just accept things. She knows that her daughter-in-law has liked Su Hongpei for many years, and she strongly supports the couple living together so that she can have a granddaughter.

And if Su Yuqin dared to come over, she could just beat her out. They were all of the same generation, so it didn't matter who supported who or who served who.

She was still healthy and didn't need the younger generation around her in the next few years. If her daughter-in-law's family was plotting against her, she wasn't afraid of falling out.

"Take this money and deposit it in a savings bank under your own name."

Aunt Chen took out the 300 yuan betrothal gift money, put it in Su Hongpei's hand and said, "This is what your mother gave you. You should keep it for yourself in the future. It's not right for a mother-in-law to take the betrothal gift from her daughter-in-law. It's embarrassing if people tell others about it."

If Fang Chiye hadn't been so generous and directly offered a whopping 888 yuan as a betrothal gift, the 300 yuan given by Chen Haiyan's family would have been considered very high. Many marriages in the city only cost 120 yuan. In rural areas, 30 to 50 yuan is also common.

Su Hongpei had no choice but to take the betrothal money again. Su Rui stuffed it into her purse and patted it to make it firm.

Aunt Chen returned to her room and took out two pieces of pure-colored cloth. She said to Su Hongpei, "I had nothing to do in the past, so I made two sets of clothes for myself. You don't have to make them for Haiyan, because he is under the government's control. You just need to eat well and wear good clothes for yourself. Alas, when I was a girl, society was not so good. You should dress up now while you are young, so that you don't get wrinkles like me when you are old, and nothing looks good on you."

Su Hongpei blushed and didn't know what to say.

Su Rui knew that Su Hongpei was not good at talking, so she spoke for her, "Auntie, look at Hu Zi's mother and San's aunt, who are the same age as you, and whose face has more wrinkles than yours. They all envy you. When I go to the village to do business, if I see good fabrics, I will buy them for you, and let my elder sister make you clothes that will make you look energetic."

"That's great. When I wear it out, everyone will know that it was made by my daughter-in-law." Aunt Chen patted Su Hongpei's hand, glanced at the clock and said, "The bus is coming, you guys should go quickly. Otherwise, you'll have to wait another hour."

Su Hongpei stood up and said reluctantly: "We will come back to visit you when he is on vacation. If there is anything——"

Su Rui patted her chest and said, "We still have cadres!"

Aunt Chen held Su Rui's hand and said, "Yes, Aunt Chen can still count on you."

They both applied for the Agricultural Benefit Coupon. Su Rui applied for it for work and she was also very active. Su Hongpei applied for it specifically to go home and visit Aunt Chen.

There were not many people on the bus. Some were passing through Yiwang Village to see a doctor for their livestock, and some were visiting relatives in the army at the terminal station.

Su Rui and Su Hongpei each held a bag and staggered to the troops.

Before getting off the car, Su Rui saw Chen Haiyan and Fang Chiye standing there waiting through the window.

Su Rui waved frantically, and Fang Chiye smiled reservedly.

Su Rui was dissatisfied, and Fang Chiye waved his hand.

Su Xiaoganbu was satisfied.

Chen Haiyan is so powerful now that he can even arrange things for Fang Chiye: "I haven't finished cleaning up the house yet. Little sister, talk to Captain Fang. Come over to my house for lunch at noon."

Su Rui deliberately stood next to Fang Chiye, nodded and said, "Okay, brother-in-law, we will be there on time at twelve o'clock. You and my elder sister should pay attention to the time."

Su Hongpei blushed: "What do you mean by paying attention to the time?"

Su Rui said, "Cooking. My partner has to work in the afternoon."

Fang Chiye was very cooperative. Since the little object came to him, he was willing to do anything.

When Fang Chiye tricked his little girl into the single dormitory, he stopped pretending. The big-tailed wolf showed his true colors, making Su Xiaogan gasp for breath.

She sat on Fang Chiye's lap, hugged his neck and buried her head. The stove was not lit yet, but she was sweating.

"The marriage report has been submitted." Fang Chiye was much better than Su Rui, at least he didn't sweat. He kissed her fragrant neck and said, "Seeing you in pain makes me feel worse."

Su Rui climbed down in shame, sat on the bed, straightened her clothes and said, "You are the one who is uncomfortable, and you are deliberately making me uncomfortable."

Fang Chiye was only wearing a military vest, and Su Rui didn't dare to get any closer because of the hot skin she felt.

She looked down and said, "Good, Fang Chiye, you haven't yet."

Fang Chiye said restrainedly: "If that's the case, don't even think about going out today."

Some things were engraved in his bones. He wanted to get Su Rui on his wedding night, not to commit adultery in a temporary dormitory.

"You want to take a shower first?" Fang Chiye walked to the bathroom door, touched the water pipe and said, "There's hot water."

Su Rui had indeed been very busy during this period. Fang Chiye knew that she wanted to take a bath, so he got her a half-person-high bucket.

"Okay, then don't come in." Su Rui really liked the layout of his place with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom, as well as the walls full of military books and newspapers. She liked it the moment she saw it.

This is Fang Chiye's private territory, filled with his breath, and she came in.

Fang Chiye put the water in and went out to see Su Rui holding clothes like a little cat, pointing at him through the crack of the door and threatening him, "Don't come in."

Fang Chiye calmed himself down and said, "I promise you, I will stay in the living room and read."

The bathroom was in the bedroom and he was in the living room. Su Rui felt very safe.

When she woke up with her eyes closed, she suddenly heard a knock on the door. Then she heard Fang Chiye ask, "Who is this?"

The officer on duty who brought Wu Dan over stood at attention and said, "This is Secretary Wu from Qingnan Village. He wants to report to the commander."

Some time ago, Fang Chiye approached Wu Dan to do some cable work, and the officer on duty thought it was a similar matter so he brought him over.

Fang Chiye went to the bedroom first and closed the door. He turned around and glanced at Wu Dan and said, "Secretary Wu, what is it that you have to say today?"

Wu Dan was making up an excuse outside the door, but Su Rui didn't hear it clearly. Anyway, she shamelessly entered Fang Chiye's dormitory.

Su Rui put on her clothes, tiptoed to the door and listened.

Wu Dan said with a flattering smile: "Don't be offended, Commander Fang. I heard that our troops needed to relocate telephone lines. I saw someone out there buying telephones."

Fang Chiye let him in to find out what Wu Dan was up to. He glanced at the bedroom without leaving any trace, walked to the sofa, sat down and said, "What next?"

Wu Dan grinned so hard that his face was cramping: "Why don't you stop installing the equipment in Xiaoba Village and come to Qingnan Village first? I heard that you are this kind of person in the army..." He raised his thumb and shook it, then smiled and said, "We can't give all the benefits to Xiaoba Village."

Fang Chiye sneered and said, "When the electric cable was to be installed in your village, your whole village opposed it. Now that you know the benefits, you come to me again?"

Wu Dan said: "We are brother villages with Yiwang Village and Xiaoba Village. We are the only three poor villages in the county. You can't just give preferential treatment to others and not to us. After all, the poverty alleviation funds given by the county to the three villages are the same."

Cables are facilities that benefit the military first, and the people secondly. We can help them if we can, as poverty alleviation is the responsibility of the local and central governments, and the military is not responsible for this.

And without cables, even if Fang Chiye wanted to install telephone lines, he would have to set up a new communication base station. Leaving the cables alone would make technology regress 20 years?

Seeing that Fang Chiye remained silent, it seemed that he wanted Wu Dan to retreat on his own.

Wu Dan hurried to the door and took the gifts into the dormitory.

Fang Chiye lowered his voice and asked, "What does this mean?"

Wu Dan lowered his voice and said, "These are all good things. Look, this is twenty-year-old wild ginseng, eating it will prolong your life. This package is wolf meat, eating it will make your body strong. And this is a good thing, hey, Tianshan snow lotus, eating it will make you look like a child at the age of eighty!"

Fang Chiye was about to sternly refuse, but he heard a slight noise from the bathroom. He stood up and said to Wu Dan, "Take it back quickly."

When he arrived at the bathroom, he saw Su Rui had already dressed. She pointed outside the door angrily and said, "He wanted to intercept the phone in our Xiaoba Village!"

Fang Chiye laughed and said, "It's useless. I won't approve it."

Su Rui said, "Get out."

Fang Chiye smiled and said, "Okay, get out right away."

Wu Dan, who was still in the living room, waited for Fang Chiye to come in and breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected of the head of the army, he was so young but felt so oppressive. Facing such a leader, he was very nervous. He finally said what he had prepared, but when he heard Fang Chiye asking him to take the things away, he hurried out the door.

Fang Chiye saw that the gift was still in the living room, but the person had already left. He frowned and wanted to notify the security guard to stop him and bring him back.

Su Rui pulled his sleeve and shook it. Fang Chiye put down the phone and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Rui smiled and said, "Why don't I take you back? Isn't there a car to take me back?"

Fang Chiye thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

At twelve o'clock, Su Rui and Fang Chiye tasted Chen Haiyan's cooking together at noon.

How to say it.

Chen Haiyan’s name is right, the sauerkraut stew doesn’t taste sour at all, but rather very salty.

Before leaving, Su Rui patted her elder sister's arm and said, "You should go to the cafeteria to get food. Don't be reluctant. My brother-in-law can make money now. Don't regret it later if you get high blood pressure."

Chen Haiyan said sheepishly: "I told her not to do housework. I will practice hard."

Su Rui's eyes immediately turned to Fang Chiye, who rubbed her head and said, "Jealous?"

Su Rui nodded.

Fang Chiye: "Then continue to envy."

Su Rui: "... bastard."

After scolding her, she ran to the car, climbed in, slammed the door and started laughing.

Fang Chiye stood by the car door, holding the things Wu Dan had given him and said, "You're not going to return them?"

Su Rui rolled down the car window obediently: "I'm sorry, give it to me now."

Fang Chiye looked back and saw Chen Haiyan was still talking to Su Hongpei. He tapped his cheek and said, "Scent."

Su Rui poked her head out and smacked her lips.

Fang Chiye handed the things to her and waited until the car driver came over and told him to protect Su Rui. Then he stood by the roadside and watched her go home.

Wu Dan drove his donkey cart to the village committee. Today was his big birthday, and many people from the village committee gathered to celebrate for him.

Seeing that everyone is waiting for his news, wouldn't it be double happiness if it succeeds?

After he sat down, he boasted to several people in the village committee that the gift was appropriate and must be a good one. Didn't the leaders in the past get things done by taking things? What's more, some big unity was stuffed in it. Who would be willing to give back the big unity they got?

Who knew that just as the cow blew into the sky, a horn sounded outside the village committee.

A group of people who were drinking in the village committee came out one after another, and Wu Dan was still holding a glass of wine.

"Comrade Su Rui, what brings you here?" Wu Dan looked at Su Rui jumping down from the military vehicle in shock.

Su Rui said with a smile: "I know it's your birthday today, so I came here specially to celebrate."

Wu Dan laughed, turned around and raised his chin to the others.

Who is Su Rui? Sister Zhao's right-hand man, a well-known tough guy. Wu Dan feels honored when she comes.

Su Rui waited for him to finish laughing, then waved her hand and said, "Secretary Wu, I have a gift for you. Take a look."

Wu Dan said in a good mood: "You said you came, why do you bring anything? Look, I didn't invite you, it's really embarrassing."

As he said this, he called out to people, "Hurry up and arrange a seat for Officer Su, and have her sit at--" He pointed at the last table of leftovers, trying to give Su Rui a taste of her own medicine.

Su Rui turned around and pulled out a few bags from the back seat of the car. Wu Dan's smiling face froze: "What do you mean?"

These things were actually given to Captain Fang by him! How did they end up in her hands?

Su Rui forced a smile and imitated Wu Dan's movements, taking out the items one by one and saying, "These are all good things. Look, this is twenty-year-old wild ginseng, eating it will prolong your life. This one is wolf meat, eating it will make you healthy. And this one, Tianshan snow lotus, eating it will make you look like a child again when you are eighty years old!!!"

The whole place fell silent after he finished speaking. The men in Qingnan Village felt as if they had been slapped in the face.

Wu Dan took a long time to react: "How, how did you know that!" She actually said exactly what he and Captain Fang said!

Su Rui said with a smile: "We are engaged now, so naturally I have to take care of him."

"Y-You can't!"

Su Rui put her hands on her hips and said, "You sound like you might be able to do that. Hahahahaha."

Wu Dan was so angry at her hearty laughter that he pinched himself on the Ren Zhong point.

The driver in the jeep was afraid that Su Rui would be cheated, so he got out and stood in front of her and said, "Sister-in-law, we should go back."

"Okay, let them go." Before getting into the car, Su Rui looked back at them, but no one dared to look at her.

Sister-in-law? Call sister-in-law.

I'm afraid that Qingnan Village will be suppressed by Xiaoba Village in the future.

Wu Dan's hands were shaking, his body was shaking as well. His eyes rolled up, and he looked extremely angry.

Su Rui successfully ruined his birthday banquet, which relieved Xiaoba Village's anger. She waved in front of the car window and said, "Call me if you have anything. I'll be connected next week. Hehe."