Chapter 35

"What? You don't like any of them?" Captain Zhao laughed angrily, "Then who do you want to find? Tell me, who do you want to find?"

"Your mother entrusted you to me so that I could find you a husband."

Captain Zhao remembered that Lin Xixi might have some feelings for Yan Lei, a married man, so he tightened his face and said, "I tell you, you came to me just to get married. Your uncle has brought the best young men he could find to you, so don't tell me you don't like them."

He warned her, "Either I close my eyes and choose one for you, and you marry whoever I let you marry. Otherwise, you pick someone you like."

"Or, I'll buy you a ticket and you go home quickly. It's not fun for a girl like you to stay at your uncle's house. "Uncle won't be able to explain to your mother if anything happens."

Lin Xixi was startled, and when she looked up, she saw that Captain Zhao's expression was very stern and serious.

She couldn't be driven back. If she was driven back, she would have no chance.

She lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and said, "Driver Zhang is okay."

Captain Zhao was happy: "You also think that Xiao Zhang is good. Zhang, like us, is from the north, and we won't fight over meals in the future. He loves the cakes you make, and he kept praising them today."

"Then I'll talk to him tomorrow, and you two can get along."

Let's get along, anyway, she won't marry him, and her uncle can't really arrange a marriage for her. After all, her uncle is a cadre, and he can't do this, otherwise if she makes trouble in the army, he will also be criticized.

After all, if this kind of thing had been left unsolved for ten years, she would have been labeled a feudal remnant and paraded through the streets in a shackle. So what?

It just so happened that she needed to find Driver Zhang to talk.

After dealing with Captain Zhao, Lin Xixi came out of the house and saw Gangzi and Yingzi each holding a square wooden stool and about to go out. She asked, "Where are you going?" Gangzi said, "Return the stool. It's Uncle Yan's." Lin Xixi wore the skirt she dreamed of when she was a girl today. This skirt was definitely not popular in the 1990s, but it is the most fashionable clothing in this era. Yan Lei only took a look at it today. Lin Xixi was unwilling to accept this. She had two greatest assets, one was her virtue and the other was her beauty. Maybe tomorrow her sister-in-law would not let her wear it, and she might put it away and keep it for Yingzi. She had to let Yan Lei take another look at her. Men all like young and beautiful women. Even if the wife at home is beautiful, there is no such thing as a wild flower. This is not a chance that falls from the sky. She immediately stepped forward and took them from her brother and sister one by one: "Okay, I'll go, you two go play." Yan Lei came back from work today, got off the jeep and hurried to his home. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a square area on the ground that had been turned over. "I'm back." Yan Lei shouted into the house, his eyes lit up, "Have you turned the soil?" Yan Xiang was the first to greet him as usual, running over. He lifted her up and was anxious to show off: "Mom and I loosened the soil this morning. Xiang Xiang also worked! She also caught earthworms! Earthworms don't give birth to babies, but if an earthworm is cut in half, it will become two earthworms!" After not seeing her father for a day, she wanted to tell him all the new knowledge she had gained that day in one breath. Qiao Wei came out of the house: "You came back early today." "It's Saturday." Yan Lei said. He observed that Qiao Wei looked very good today, and she didn't look as sluggish as she did yesterday or the day before yesterday. He said, "You turned the soil over?" Yan Xiang took credit again: "And me, my mother and I did it together!" "Yes, yes, Xiangxiang is awesome, capable." Yan Lei rubbed Yan Xiang's head, looked around, and asked, "Are you eating now?" "Noodles today, we'll cook it whenever you want to eat." Qiao Wei asked, "If you're hungry, I'll cook it for you now. We're not hungry yet, it's a little early." Yan Lei immediately said, "I'm not hungry either. I'm just going out for a while, I'll cook it when I come back!" Qiao Wei: "?" "Well, what..." Yan Lei said, "Didn't we agree that I'll go to the beach to get some silt..." As the head of the group, he sounded weak while talking, and even stole a glance at Qiao Wei's face. He was like a teenager who had finished his homework but was still nervous when his parents found out that he was playing games. "..." Qiao Wei crossed her arms. "Monday!" Yan Lei said, "I've told the electrician that he'll come over to install the toilet light on Monday morning!" "The carpenter will come over on Tuesday afternoon to install your wooden laundry rack!" "I've arranged everything." Yan Lei tried to straighten his chest. Look, he's done everything she asked him to do. So now... Qiao Wei chuckled: "Go ahead." Yan Lei was overjoyed and immediately took off his uniform, found the biggest bucket, and took a shovel. Yan Xiang quickly ran to get his shovel: "I want to go too, Dad, I want to go too!" Yan Lei was beaming: "Let's go, let's go dig mud together!" Qiao Wei was nervous: "Don't let him get close to the river." "Don't worry, the river beach is big, I'll keep an eye on him." Yan Lei promised, "I'm a good swimmer, I can dive under the ice in winter. Don't worry." He was afraid that Qiao Wei would regret and change her mind and not let him and Yan Xiang go, so he winked at Yan Xiang, and the father and son hurried out the door. Qiao Wei shouted from behind: "How long will it take?" "It won't take an hour!" When the voice came back, the person had disappeared. As soon as he was promised to farm, the Chinese blood was boiling, right? He couldn't wait a moment. The gene of farming is engraved in his bones. Qiao Wei really didn't wrongly accuse Yan Lei. Yan Lei was really happy at this moment. He carried a bucket, a shovel, and took his son. The father and son set out to the beach in high spirits. Not long after they went out, they ran into Captain Zhao and several young men who were also going to Captain Zhao's house in high spirits. They greeted each other. "Why are you going here?" "I have cleaned up a piece of land at home and plan to grow some vegetables. I am going to dig some mud on the beach." "Hey, little Qiao, are you letting me go?" "What are you talking about? How can I not let you go?"

"Hahahahahahaha."

After they walked past each other, Yan Lei turned around and pointed at the young officers who were a few years younger than him: "Come on, all of you! Whether you can get married or not depends on today!"

Everyone laughed. Those who straightened their hats, buttoned their windbreakers, and tried to "come on".

"Especially you and you!" Yan Lei pointed at two people in particular, "Fight for me!"

These two were Yan Lei's men. The

two of them complained: "It depends on what the girl thinks, it's not up to us to do whatever we want."

"Stop talking nonsense, if she doesn't like you, it means you are not good enough. Go back and give me 200 pull-ups!"

Everyone laughed.

One side went to Captain Zhao's house, and the other side went to the beach.

Arriving at the beach, Yan Lei told Yan Xiang: "Don't go into the river. Dad will take you swimming some other day. Don't go in the water today."

Yan Xiang was very obedient. He didn't go into the water when he was told not to. He followed his father to dig mud on the beach.

The father used a big shovel and the son used a small shovel, digging hard.

Soon a bucket was full.

Yan Lei used Yan Xiang's small shovel to stir the bucket and pick out as much debris as possible, such as stones. If it was done at the beach, there was no need to go home to do it.

In fact, he still fooled Qiao Wei a little bit. The silt would no longer have any smell after being exposed to the sun for a few days, but it still had a bit of smell when it was just dug out.

"Oh, mom won't let us throw it back." The father was frowning.

The son followed with a gloomy face: "What should I do?"

Mud is so fun.

"Then it depends on you." The father is shameless and lets the child take on the responsibility.

There was a whisper of conspiracy.

Sure enough, when they got home, Qiao Wei pinched her nose and questioned Yan Lei with her eyes.

Yan Lei said: "It's like this when you just dug it out. It won't smell after it dries. Really, I'm not lying to you."

Yan Xiang hugged Qiao Wei's legs and shouted: "Mom, mom, mud is fun, don't let dad throw it back!"

The exaggerated tone of voice made it clear that someone had taught him in advance.

Yan Lei laughed.

The father and son had mud on their faces, legs and arms, and waited for Qiao Wei to speak pitifully.

Qiao Wei was speechless.

"You'd better make sure that the sunbathing doesn't smell."

"Really!"

"... Go ahead, don't do it here."

"Thank you, wife and mother!" The two men cheered at the same time, carrying a bucket of mud and going over.

Qiao Wei was under the eaves watching the father and son squatting there playing with the mud.

At this moment, I could feel Yan Lei's age.

Twenty-six or twenty-seven, in the future, he is still a big boy, and many things have to be called to the parents first. But Yan Lei has always been a solid pillar.

Until this moment, he showed a different look - a young father. Although he is already a father, he still has a childish side.

Suddenly, it seems that I am several years younger.

No, no, I was too old before.

Qiao Wei smiled and said, "I'll cook noodles. There are two kinds, one is dry noodles with tomato meat sauce, and the other is ordinary cold noodles. Xiangxiang wants to eat the one with tomato sauce, which one do you want?"

Yan Lei raised his head and said, "I'll eat both!"

There was black mud on her jaw, but her teeth were very white. Her eyes were bright and lively.

She looked really good. Who doesn't like to live with a handsome guy? Qiao Wei went to cook noodles happily.

The noodles with tomato meat sauce received warm praise from Yan Lei.

Yan Xiang said, "Really! It's delicious! I told my mom I'd have it for dinner!"

Yan Xiang asked for dinner after lunch.

Qiao Wei was not very willing to eat the same thing for two meals in a row, but Yan Xiang said, "How can you get tired of it? It's impossible! It's so delicious."

Thinking that supplies were scarce at that time, Qiao Wei might not get tired of eating it for two meals in a row, so she agreed to it.

Yan Lei finished the noodles with tomato meat sauce, and then ate ordinary cold noodles.

Qiao Wei's seasoning used green onions, ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers fried with lard, and then added vinegar, soy sauce, salt, and sugar, and mixed them together.

The noodles were soaked in cold water from a hand-pressed well, and then sprinkled with seasoning. It was so comfortable to eat in summer.

Yan Lei said, "This is delicious too!"

Yan Lei ate four large bowls of noodles and a poached egg, but he still felt unsatisfied.

After eating, he washed the dishes and hung them up to dry.

Qiao Wei looked out of the study window and saw him standing in front of the vegetable patch with his hands on his hips.

It was dark but there was still sunlight, dark gold, slanting, making the man's arm muscles as bright and dark as in a comic. Was

he standing there thinking about how to take care of that small vegetable patch?

He loved farming so much.

Qiao Wei was about to go out and talk to Yan Lei about digging a sand pit for the children when someone suddenly spoke in the yard. She

looked out the window and saw Lin Xixi was here.

She was wearing the skirt she had given away.

Qiao Wei didn't move for a moment, wanting to hear what Lin Xixi was going to do next. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move.

Eh? Just return the stool, why are you spinning in circles?

"Captain Yan, do you think I look good in this?" Lin Xixi smiled brightly.

She is a middle-aged person.

She is not even a middle-aged person in the future Internet era, she is a middle-aged

person in the 1990s. She is not actually a mother's generation, she is a grandmother's generation.

The thinking of middle-aged and elderly people has been fixed, and it is too difficult to change. Lin Xixi's body has only become younger, and her mind will not change with her body.

She firmly believes that no man can get past the beauty test.

She still thinks that only little girls should dress up, and married women with children should take care of their husbands and children and take care of the stove.

She is a little girl, and Qiao Wei is a woman.

Qiao Wei held her breath, wanting to hear how Yan Lei would answer.

She was actually curious, because this was a world in a book, Yan Lei was the hero, and Lin Xixi was the heroine.

If the two of them were to collide alone, would they develop feelings that they couldn't control?

Yan Lei always felt that Captain Zhao's niece wasn't very smart. Did this little girl go crazy on a blind date today? Did she run up to him and spin around?

She really didn't make friends with him, did she treat him as her uncle?

In that case, he wouldn't be polite to her.