Chapter 47 Heartbreak (Part 2) "You first or me?"...
Oranges were still a burden for grandma.
So should she go back or help lose weight?
While Ye Tan was hesitating, the grandmother opposite him had already sat back down. She took the orange from her arms and returned it to him with a hint of disdain. "Then... I'll take it."
It was obvious that the grandma didn't like people being too polite, so she didn't say thank you again.
I gave the oranges to Zhao Xiaoya, and she bent down to drag her canvas bag, wanting to express her gratitude, but her hands and feet became weak and she couldn't even drag it the first time.
Just as Chen Xudong was about to help, Gu Zhao walked in from the entrance.
Seeing Ye Tan's pale face, he immediately quickened his pace, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Xiaoya held the orange and said, "Xiao Tan is seasick."
Gu Zhao frowned slightly, walked to the other side of Ye Tan and sat down, touched her face, and looked worriedly: "How are you now?" He himself did not get seasick, but he knew how uncomfortable it was.
He hadn't thought it through before. He should have prepared something to prevent seasickness. Now...
Ye Tan smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I'm much better now, thanks to the oranges this lady gave me."
Oranges do have the effect of relieving seasickness for some people. Gu Zhao immediately looked across and found that the grandmother with a headscarf looked a little familiar. She seemed to be the old lady from his boss's family. However, before he could say anything, the other party recognized him first.
"This is Xiao Gu, why are you here?" After asking, she slapped her head and remembered something. "Oh my, I'm really getting old and my brain is not working anymore. Guoqiang said yesterday that you were getting married and would bring your new wife to the army. This must be your new wife, she's so beautiful, no wonder you were so anxious to get married."
She looked at Ye Tan with more enthusiasm in her eyes, and asked curiously: "How old are you? Where are you from? How did you meet Xiao Gu? Oh, you came here by train? Were you tired on the way?"
After asking, without waiting for Ye Tan to answer, he said to himself: "Now that we are on our island, we are home. Go back and have a good rest. When you have nothing to do in the future, let Xiao Gu take you home for dinner..." Click...
Ye Tan felt his grandmother's redoubled enthusiasm.
Gu Zhao introduced: "Xiao Tan, this is our teacher Zhou's mother. We usually call her Grandma Li, you can just call her that."
Ye Tan was surprised at the identity of the old lady in front of him. She was dressed very ordinary and her clothes were patched. He didn't expect that she was the mother of Commander Gu Zhao, and so kind and amiable.
It only took Ye Tan a moment to think about it, and then he followed Gu Zhao's introduction and said formally: "Hello, Grandma Li, my name is Ye Tan, and I am Gu Zhao's wife."
Grandma Li held Ye Tan's hand and nodded continuously: "Good, good, she is a good girl. Xiao Gu is so lucky to have married such a beautiful and generous wife. The baby you two will have in the future will definitely be a beautiful child. When do you plan to have a baby?"
Grandma Li asked directly. Ye Tan didn't expect the topic to change so suddenly and he didn't react for a while.
Gu Zhao smiled at Grandma Li and said, "Grandma Li, Xiao Tan is still young. We are not in a hurry to deal with the child's affairs right now."
Grandma Li said, "Oh, that's fine too. You young people should just enjoy a few more years of leisure. You won't be able to relax every day after you have children." After asking Gu Zhao and Ye Tan, she caught sight of Zhao Xiaoya and Chen Xudong standing beside them and asked, "You're newlyweds too, right?"
Zhao Xiaoya, "Yes."
Grandma Li: "Okay, okay, when we get to the island, you all come to my house for dinner."
Everyone was talking happily, and Ye Tan seemed to have forgotten about being seasick. It was not until he heard the sound of the boat approaching the shore that Ye Tan realized that he had stopped feeling seasick without knowing when.
After everyone got off the boat one by one, Gu Zhao first helped Grandma Li to the shore, then came back to help Ye Tan. Only then did Ye Tan remember to ask him what he had been doing before.
"I said a few words to the captain." Gu Zhao replied.
Ye Tan: "Do you know each other?"
Gu Zhao nodded: "Yes, I attended a study class before."
"Study class?"
"It's about explaining some ocean-related knowledge. It's also available now. All soldiers can attend if they have time."
Ye Tan asked, "Can the family members listen?"
Gu Zhao thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the course. Some open courses are acceptable."
Ye Tan understood and planned to go and listen when he had time. After all, he would be living on an island and might settle here for the rest of his life, so it would not hurt to learn more about the ocean.
As they were talking, everyone had already arrived at the ferry on the shore. There was a small military truck parked nearby, and a middle-aged man in military uniform was walking towards them quickly.
"mother!"
A sudden shout reached everyone's ears. For some reason, Ye Tan always felt that the voice contained a strong sense of sadness.
Ye Tan was just wondering who this man was when the old man came running over. His sharp eyes first scanned the old woman's body, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found nothing wrong. Then he held the old woman's hand and complained in a series of words: "Mom, you ran away again, and ran outside. Do you know how worried our family was when we found you missing? We searched the entire military area but couldn't find you. Finally, Li Yi said that he saw a figure that looked very much like you during his patrol this morning, and we learned that you had left the island by boat. Mom! How could you go out alone when you are 89 years old? You scared me to death."
Ye Tan sighed as he watched from the side. He looked like a burly and tough guy, but his eyes turned red when he saw his mother sneaking out of the house. It looked like he would have hugged Grandma Li and cried bitterly if there weren't so many people at the scene.
Unexpectedly, Grandma Li looked calm when facing her son who was almost crying. "You poor boy, why are you crying so hard? I'm back safely. Look, I bought some chicks. I'll raise them and lay eggs for you." Grandma Li lifted the cloth covering the basket and looked at her son proudly.
Commander Zhou...
"Mom, if you want a chicken, tell me and I'll go buy it for you. Why bother going all the way here? What if it gets bumped or bruised on the way? What would you do?"
Seeing that he had no good words for the chicks she bought, Grandma Li's face turned unhappy. She carried the basket and left, thinking that she would not give the eggs laid by the chickens to this poor boy in the future, but give them all to her daughter-in-law.
Commander Zhou held out his hand from behind, "Mom, please walk slower."
Grandma Li got angry, shook off her son's hand and walked away.
Now it was dark again, and Ye Tan was afraid that the old lady would fall, so he smiled and nodded to Teacher Zhou, then went over to support Grandma Li. This time Grandma Li did not refuse.
Ye Tan secretly asked her: "Is this your son, Commander Zhou?"
Grandma Li snorted, sounding dissatisfied. "That's right. I don't know if it's because she's used to managing the soldiers under her. She keeps meddling in everything all the time and won't let me go far away. Back home, I could go wherever I wanted."
Although she was complaining, how could Ye Tan not hear that Grandma Li was not really disgusted with her son's behavior? Perhaps this was the unique way the mother and son got along in their daily lives.
There is love in disgust.
Ye Tan carefully supported Grandma Li. After all, according to what Commander Zhou had just said, she was already 89 years old this year.
Commander Zhou's voice came over, "Hey, that little Gu family guy, right? Please send my mother to the car and let her sit properly."
Ye Tan turned around and looked at Commander Zhou who was standing and talking with Gu Zhao and Chen Xudong, "Okay."
"Grandma Li, let's take a rest in the car,"
Grandma Li: "No, I have my own legs and feet, so I won't take his car."
Ye Tan listened to the old woman's angry words and thought to herself that she was really a child. The older she got, the more petty her temper became. She pointed to the sky and said, "Grandma Li, look, the stars are out. It's not easy to walk in the dark. If she falls, Commander Zhou will be so sad."
Grandma Li's expression remained unchanged as she continued to pull the bus, but her pace slowed down a lot. Ye Tan knew that his words were effective, so he continued to persuade her and finally persuaded Grandma Li to get on the bus.
Ye Tan turned around and made a gesture to Gu Zhao to indicate that the task was completed.
Gu Zhao smiled at her.
Grandma Li was sitting in the car, still carefully taking care of the chicks in her basket. Seeing that they were all quietly nestling without making any noise, she waved to Ye Tan, "Xiao Tan, come up and sit with us. Let Xiao Ya come too. Let's go back first and leave those little brats alone."
Ye Tan: "This..." She turned her head to look at Gu Zhao, who was also looking at her. Grandma Li's voice was not low, and the three men heard it clearly.
Gu Zhao and Chen Xudong looked at Commander Zhou together, feeling that they were both completely implicated.
Commander Zhou glared at the two men who were looking at him and said, "Then let the women go back first. We'll leave later." He then gestured to the driver to take them back to the family compound and said, "Drive slowly on the road."
The driver was an experienced driver who had driven for Commander Zhou for many years, so he was naturally very steady.
They left as soon as they arrived, and didn't call for a taxi. They just took a truck and took a short detour on the way.
When they arrived at the gate of the family compound, Ye Tan and Zhao Xiaoya were waiting for them.
Originally, Grandma Li really wanted them to go directly to her house, but Ye Tan and Zhao Xiaoya felt that it was too informal for their first visit, so they rejected Grandma Li's kindness and only said that they would visit her formally another day after they settled down.
Grandma Li thought they were shy young girls who were too embarrassed to come empty-handed, so she didn't say much. She just felt it wasn't nice to leave a girl who had just arrived with the army at the gate, so she wanted to stay and keep her company. In the end, she was persuaded to leave by the two men.
After the people left, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Grandma Li was so enthusiastic that it was a bit difficult to handle.
The two waited at the gate of the family compound for a while. Fortunately, it was already dark and it was dinner time, so there were not many people outside and no one noticed them.
After Gu Zhao and the others came back, they got off the car at the gate of the family compound. Commander Zhou also talked to the two of them on the way, and told them directly that a suitable house had been reserved for them in the family compound, and asked them to renovate it tonight and go back tomorrow to see if there was anything else they needed.
Ye Tan: "Then where are we staying tonight?"
Gu Zhao: "There is a guesthouse not far from the base that is specially used to accommodate military families. Let's stay there for one night."
Ye Tan looked at the luggage at his feet. It seemed like they would have to walk back with all the luggage.
"What a mistake. We should have stopped at the gate." We are not close to the gate yet.
"I forgot to tell you."
Gu Zhao carried a snakeskin bag and held one in his hand, and said to Ye Tan, "Wait for me here."
Ye Tan picked up his canvas bag and said, "Let's go together."
The next moment, Xiao Li snatched Ye Tan's bag away and said with a smile, "Why do you need sister-in-law? I'll do it."
On the other side, Chen Xudong and Zhao Xiaoya had one less bag than Ye Tan and Gu Zhao, so they could easily carry the baggage for two people. However, Xiao Li seemed to be reluctant to see the female comrade suffer, so he took Zhao Xiaoya's luggage away as well.
The three men walked in front with bags of all sizes. Ye Tan and Zhao Xiaoya looked at each other, smiled, and followed them.
After arriving at the guesthouse and checking in, Xiao Li took me to the room on the second floor. After putting down my luggage, I wiped the sweat off my face and went to help get some hot water.
While Ye Tan was packing up, he ran to get food again without knowing when, and also brought a portion for Chen Xudong and his wife, whose communicator was currently nowhere to be seen.
Ye Tan looked at the still hot meal and sincerely thanked Xiao Li. Before leaving, he gave him a can of beef sauce from his bag.
When Zhao Xiaoya saw this, she immediately went back and got him a can of mushroom and meat sauce. Xiao Li then ran away with two cans of sauce, smiling.
As soon as I returned to the dormitory, I was surrounded by people.
"Quick, Little Li, tell me what our leader's lover looks like? Is she easy to get along with?"
Xiao Li sat down at the table and placed the glass jars tucked under his arms on the table.
"What's it like? Only the celestial beings know? It's pretty much the same."
Everyone sighed immediately, thinking that Xiao Li's answer was not serious.
What do you mean by almost like a fairy? They also need to know what a fairy looks like.
Someone directly said: "I haven't seen a fairy either, how can I compare?"
Xiao Li: "Then you'll know what a fairy looks like when you meet our leader's wife."
Xiao Li's words sounded like he was trying to fool people, but looking at his expression he didn't seem like he was deliberately bragging, which made everyone even more curious.
What does it look like for a celestial being who makes their leader have mortal desires?
The so-called fairy here is picking her feet.
She looked disgusted.
Gu Zhao also took off his shoes and cooled his big feet while looking at Ye Tan's small and translucent pink feet: "Yours is pretty, mine is like a rough plank."
Gu Zhao said this to comfort Ye Tan. When he looked at his feet again, he suddenly didn't feel so disgusted anymore.
She is not a god. It is normal for her feet to smell a little if she hasn't washed them properly for two or three days.
Gu Zhao took off his shirt, stood on the floor barefoot and shirtless, and smiled: "Don't look at it, it will smell good after washing."
"You first or me?"
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