Chapter 62: Spring Festival in the Army

Chen Cuijuan and the others were also reading the letter.

When Chen Cuijuan heard that Shen Zhiyou would not be coming back for the New Year this year, her eyes immediately turned red, not to mention the other three men in the family, who all remained silent.

Wang Xiulan was originally very happy when she heard that her sister-in-law was not coming back.

When she turned around, she saw that her husband, her parents-in-law, and even her two sons all had sad faces, and she inexplicably became unhappy as well.

Although her sister-in-law was quite annoying, she was also unhappy with her mother-in-law's favoritism.

But I have to say, the food at home was better when my sister-in-law was at home.

She can also benefit from it and have some meat.

In addition to eating meat...

I don’t know what’s wrong with my sister-in-law’s mouth. Every time she says something, Chen Cuijuan and Shen Dahe laugh like fools.

My sister-in-law has not been at home for the past six months, and no one in the family is as happy as before.

Not to mention, she actually missed the days when her sister-in-law was at home.

Realizing what she was thinking, Wang Xiulan was shocked and wanted to slap herself twice.

What is she thinking!

It's true that things smell good from a distance but smell bad up close. She actually started to miss that girl Shen Zhiyou!

In addition to the letter, there was also ten yuan, food coupons, meat coupons, and cloth coupons sent over!

Oh my god! There are so many!

This means she has sent back half a month's salary!

The letter also said that this was the salary Shen Zhiyou earned herself and the food and meat coupons issued by her unit, so that they could eat more meat during the New Year.

Chen Cuijuan laughed again when she saw this.

"This girl, she even earned her own money and tickets. Look how capable she is."

Chen Cuijuan said this, but she was very happy in her heart, "See? I told you that our Youyou is capable. It hasn't been long since she started, but she's already making money. You should learn more from your aunt, okay?"

Tiedan Goudan nodded vigorously.

Ten dollars!

Tiedan sniffed hard at the snot that was about to flow into his mouth, and said with a silly smile: "Auntie is really awesome, grandma, are we going to eat meat for the New Year this year?"

"When will you be without a bite of meat during the New Year?"

Chen Cuijuan rolled her eyes at Tiedan, "But we should know that we can only eat this meat this year because of your aunt. You should know how good your aunt is and be filial to her when you grow up, okay?"

Tiedan Goudan nodded vigorously.

Wang Xiulan was a little unhappy.

Just a little meat.

Why should her own son be filial to her?

Before she could roll her eyes, she suddenly felt a chill on her head. She looked up and met Chen Cuijuan's warning eyes. Wang Xiulan was so scared that she trembled.

Chen Cuijuan retracted her gaze and used the opportunity of educating her grandson to criticize her: "That's right, we can't be ungrateful people who eat with a bowl in hand and curse their mothers when they put it down!"

After Wang Xiulan and the others left, Chen Cuijuan sat there, feeling uneasy.

How do these two kids celebrate the New Year outside?

Youyou is still pregnant.

No, she had to write a letter back and ask Youyou to be careful.

Chen Cuijuan narrowed her eyes and suddenly thought of the house that Youyou and the others built after they went to the army.

What if Youyou and the others don't come back for the New Year this year? Will someone live there?

No, she needs to walk around more often and keep an eye on them!

Chen Cuijuan's worries were completely unnecessary. Nearly 80% of the people in the army were like them and would not go home to celebrate the New Year.

Before the Chinese New Year, Commander Huang and several regiment commanders invited everyone to their homes for dinner and to strengthen their relationships.

In addition to private gatherings like this, the army also arranged programs and activities.

On the evening of New Year's Eve, the army arranged a cultural performance and a family reunion dinner in the canteen. Everyone watched the performance together and ate together after the performance.

It was Shen Zhiyou’s first time watching a military performance. She was extremely excited and reminded Gu Ye to go there early to get a front seat.

Gu Ye didn't know what was so good about joining in the fun. It was the same shows every year and he had watched them countless times.

But seeing how much Shen Zhiyou was looking forward to it, he didn't want to pour cold water on her.

Just go out early and save a seat for her.

He reminded her several times before going out to wear more clothes. Shen Zhiyou was annoyed by him and waved her hand, telling him to hurry up and take a seat.

After he finished, he went out and met up with Fu Chunmei. The two of them hurried to the cafeteria with melon seeds and peanuts in their pockets.

On New Year's Eve, the army was extremely lively, everyone had a beaming smile on their faces, and the New Year atmosphere was even stronger than that in the production team.

Fu Chunmei was so jealous when she saw the military coat on Shen Zhiyou, "Your husband is the best. My husband sent all his military coats back to me."

Such a thick military coat looks warm.

Shen Zhiyou knew that Fu Chunmei had quarreled with Deputy Head Ma recently, so she patted the back of her hand to comfort her: "Well, my family didn't do that before. We sent all the money back. We didn't send it back until we got married this year."

Fu Chunmei felt a little better.

Turning her head and seeing Shen Zhiyou's rosy face, she said enviously, "Your man is really caring. I have never seen anyone look better after pregnancy than before. You are the first."

"Humph, that's my natural beauty!"

"Shameless."

Although she was cursing, Fu Chunmei laughed out loud. Looking at her innocent face, Fu Chunmei realized only now that women also have another way to live, and not all housework has to be done by women.

There was snow on the road and Shen Zhiyou was pregnant.

The two of them walked very slowly, and by the time they arrived, the cafeteria was already crowded with people.

After finding Gu Ye's seat, Shen Zhiyou grabbed Fu Chunmei's hand and squeezed forward to Gu Ye's side and sat down next to him.

"Are you cold?"

Seeing her blushing face, Gu Ye quickly asked her, "Do you want some water?"

Shen Zhiyou shook her head. She covered herself tightly and was almost sweating as she walked over.

"Are you hungry? You can't eat until you finish watching the show. I brought you some food. Would you like to eat something first?"

Shen Zhiyou's belly is getting bigger day by day. It's only June, but Gu Ye is already worried.

But Shen Zhiyou herself seemed to have forgotten that she was a pregnant woman, and she didn't know how much she could run and move around.

The women at home are carefree, so Gu Ye can only worry more.

Shen Zhiyou ate a peanut perfunctorily and looked around curiously.

After looking around, I found that they were currently opposite the cafeteria's food window. A simple stage had been set up, where they would perform their show later.

There were already quite a few female soldiers from the art troupe standing nearby who were about to perform.

In such a cold day, they were wearing thin military uniforms, with light makeup on their faces, slim waists and long legs, and they were capable and heroically beautiful. Shen Zhiyou couldn't help but look at them several times.

“It’s really beautiful.”

Fu Chunmei also nodded. "They were all selected from various places in the city. How could they not be good-looking?"

After saying that, he looked at Shen Zhiyou's reaction.

Among the group of cultural and artistic soldiers in front, there was a female comrade who had almost met Gu Ye before, but she didn’t know whether Shen Zhiyou knew about it.

But judging from Shen Zhiyou's reaction, she probably doesn't know.

Not wanting to cause trouble for Shen Zhiyou, Fu Chunmei chose to shut up and pretend that she knew nothing.

Just as Fu Chunmei was thinking about this, Shen Zhiyou noticed that a female comrade in front of her seemed to be looking at her.