Shuying of course heard the quarrel in the Fang family next door, but considering her relationship with Xia Lina, she was too lazy to meddle in it. She thought that if she really went, the other party would think she had bad intentions. She didn't want to be a "holy mother"!
After clearing the dishes and taking a bath for the two children, Shuying took her own child into the house.
It was still early, and Chen Yi was writing the numbers she had just taught. She had already taught counting up to five hundred, addition and subtraction of single-digit numbers, and simple addition and subtraction of tens-digit numbers. The little boy was learning well, but he still couldn't write words or numbers. She had only taught him for a week.
While the child was reciting dictation, Shuying pulled a chair over and sat beside him, knitting his pants while watching the child recite the number up to one hundred.
Chen Yi used to write numbers stumblingly at first, but now he can write them quite neatly. If there were some wrong numbers, Shuying would point them out and Chen Yi would immediately erase them and rewrite them while Shuying sat next to him knitting woolen trousers.
The pair of sweaters in her hand belonged to her father. They were almost finished and she was closing the stitches. In the past month, apart from her father's pair, she had almost finished knitting sweaters and pants for her mother and parents-in-law, leaving only this pair of sweaters for her father.
Shuying rubbed his sore shoulders and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The sweater and trousers were packed, but she didn't know when her husband would come back. These days, Shuying missed her husband more and more. She no longer had the calmness she had when her husband left for the first few days. She was very worried, afraid that something might happen to her husband after not coming home for so long.
No wonder it is said that being a military wife is not easy.
Life was very hard, but there was nothing she could do even if she wanted to help. She could only take care of the house and the children and wait for her husband to come back.
Shuying looked out the dark window. The wind was howling loudly outside. Inside the house, her hands and feet were a little cold. Shuying touched the child's hand, which was also a little cold. She hurriedly asked the child if he had finished writing.
Chen Yi showed the 100 numbers he had written down to his aunt. Shuying checked them and made sure they were correct. Then she asked the child to go to bed. She took off his coat and trousers and immediately tucked him into the quilt.
There were a few hot water bags that Shuying had just put in the quilt. He had exchanged some old-fashioned hot water bags from the mall and put them in the quilt. Chen Yi just got into the quilt. The quilt was warm. The little guy kept rolling around in the quilt, turning from one end of the bed to the other. When he got out of the quilt, his cheeks were red and hot. He rolled around and patted the bed to let Shuying go to bed and sleep: "Auntie, our bed is so warm and comfortable! Do you want to come up and sleep? It's so comfortable!"
Shuying used a handkerchief to wipe the child's sweat. Chen Yi climbed up and leaned over to see his aunt wiping his sweat gently. Chen Yi giggled happily and blinked his big eyes at her.
Shuying didn’t know why this child was suddenly in such a good mood?
After wiping the sweat off her face, she went to the kitchen and brought a cup of warm milk for the child.
Ever since she ordered milk from the milk station, she would give the child a bowl of it every day. The milk tasted a bit fishy and was not sweet, so the child didn't like it very much. Shuying put a piece of rock sugar in it and coaxed the child to drink the milk, saying that after drinking it he would grow as tall as his uncle. Only then did the child reluctantly agree to drink it.
She had just brought the warm milk, and Chen Yi's face was full of confusion, showing that she didn't like it.
A few days ago, she was busy knitting sweaters and trousers and teaching, and had no time to make anything delicious for the child. Tomorrow she plans to make double-skin milk for the child to try.
After the child drank a bowl of hot milk with a wrinkled face, Shuying let him lie down to sleep.
"Auntie, I'll wait for you! Let's sleep together!" Chen Yi was not sleepy. She got up and watched her knitting with her big eyes. After a while, she said, "Auntie, I don't like drinking milk!"
"It's okay if you don't like drinking. Auntie won't force you!" Shuying put away the needle without stopping.
Chen Yi thought that his aunt would not agree, but when he heard that she agreed that he should not drink milk, Chen Yi's eyes widened with joy and excitement.
Shuying asked him again, "Are you really not going to drink milk anymore?"
Chen Yi nodded hastily, fearing that his aunt would regret it, and said hurriedly: "I can grow as tall as my uncle even if I don't drink milk!"
Her man is very tall. She asked her man and he is the tallest in the family. Her father-in-law and her man's brother are half a head shorter than him. It will not be easy for this boy to grow taller than her man if he doesn't drink milk.
Shuying took in the child's happy and excited face and thought to herself, let's see if she makes double skin milk tomorrow. This kid doesn't like it?
It would only take a while to finish stitching. After finishing the stitches, she finally breathed a sigh of relief as she finished her father's last pair of woolen trousers.
"Auntie, are these our grandma's woolen pants?" Chen Yi asked curiously.
Shuying was a little surprised. She had never told the child at all, so how did the child know?
As if knowing what Shuying was thinking, Chen Yi said in a baby voice, "I heard what you said to Xiaoyuan's mother! Grandma has new woolen pants, and I have them too, and mine look great!"
When Chen Yi was saying that he was going to the wooden closet to get his new sweater and trousers to show off, he was caught by the shadow of the tree, who told him to stay in the quilt as it was cool outside and not to run around. The tree shadow also did not correct the child's name, and the child could be called whatever he wanted. He put the woven trousers in the wooden closet, changed into pajamas and went to bed. When the big and small were sleeping, Chen Yi did not forget to proudly say that his new sweater and trousers were the first to be woven, and his aunt must like him the most.
Shuying gently pinched the cocky little boy's face, and Chen Yi asked him when he could wear her new sweater and trousers.
"Wear it in a few days when the weather gets cold!" Shuying tucked the quilt into the child.
Before Chen Yi fell asleep, he asked in a daze, "Aunt, when will uncle come back?"
Shuying thought to herself that she missed her man too, but she didn't know when he would be back, so she patted her child before he went to sleep to indicate that he would be back soon.
I don't know when the big and the small fell asleep.
The next day was Sunday, and there was nothing to do at home. It was very cold early in the morning, so she simply took a nap with the child and didn't get up until almost 7:30.
After dressing the child and letting him play in the front yard, she first boiled a handful of red beans in the morning, and then made two bowls of double-skin milk with milk, sugar and egg white.
The double skin milk is steamed and placed in the cupboard.
I started making porridge, fried two fried eggs, and stir-fried a bowl of mushrooms, and breakfast was almost ready.
After breakfast was ready, she added sugar to the red beans and spread a spoonful of the sweet red beans on the double skin milk. Shuying took a sip. The sweet and slightly sandy red beans paired with the smooth double skin milk tasted especially good. When she was making the double skin milk just now, she added some lemon juice so there was no milky smell.
It would taste better if it is cooled down a bit, but now that the weather is getting colder, she doesn't dare to feed her children cooled food.
The warm double skin milk is just right.
Chen Yi had already smelled the fragrance and went into the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
Shuying handed the child two simple plates and then brought the porridge and other dishes to the table.
When the adult and the child were having breakfast, Shuying did not rush to eat the porridge. Instead, she scooped a spoonful of white and tender double skin milk with red beans in front of the child.
Chen Yi took a bite of the fried egg with porridge. He had eaten a lot of fried eggs and porridge in recent days. His eyes fell curiously on the bowl of double skin milk in front of his aunt, as he had never eaten it before.
Seeing auntie eating double skin milk, Chen Yi drooled. He didn't even bother to eat his fried eggs and asked hurriedly, "Auntie, what are you eating?" He also wanted to eat.
Shuying scooped a spoonful of double skin milk with red beans and fed it to the child. Chen Yi immediately opened his mouth to eat. After tasting the double skin milk with red beans, he found that the sweet and tender taste of double skin milk with red beans was very much to Chen Yi's liking, even better than his favorite egg custard. As Chen Yi ate, his eyes became brighter and brighter, his eyes widened, and his little face showed an expression of surprise.
Shuying took in the child's expression and wanted to laugh, but she deliberately said, "This is made with milk from the milk station. Auntie knows you don't like milk, so I didn't make it for you! Since you don't like drinking milk, I won't force you to do it in the future!"
Chen Yi: “…”
Shuying ate the double skin milk while talking. She also loved the sweet double skin milk with the crunchy red beans. She fed her mouth one spoonful after another. Soon, the whole bowl of double skin milk was finished by Shuying. Chen Yi was a little confused at first, but when she saw that the auntie had almost finished the double skin milk, Chen Yi was so greedy that she was about to cry. She was so anxious that she hurriedly said, "Auntie, can I only eat this delicious food and not drink milk?"
"No!" Shuying hardened her heart and finished the double skin milk in the small bowl. She let the child finish his breakfast and go to the front yard to play.
After washing the dishes, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and Gao Dasao's loud voice came in: "Sister Yang, do you want to go to the back hill to pick chestnut balls?"
Shuying hurried out of the yard and opened the door. Mrs. Gao was standing outside the door. She was wearing a patched gray cotton coat and carrying a basket on her back. She looked like she was going out to work.
There were three little carrots standing next to Mrs. Gao.
Gao Zhigao called out to the three Gao Yuan brothers very politely: "Auntie Yang!"
The tree shadow responded and let the three children into the yard to play.
Gao Yuan went into the front yard first to play with Chen Yi, and Gao Zhigao followed the two brothers in.
Shuying was talking to Mrs. Gao at the gate of the courtyard, mainly asking her if she wanted to go to the back hill to pick chestnut balls.
Mrs. Gao tried the sugar-roasted chestnuts made by Miss Yang yesterday. They tasted really good and her children loved them. She kept telling her last night that her husband wanted to eat them too. She was free today, so she asked Miss Yang if she wanted to go.
Anyway, there was nothing to do, Shuying thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Sister-in-law, can you wait for me for a while? I'll go back to my room and change my clothes!"
How could Mrs. Gao not agree? She let her change slowly while she went back to the next yard to pack some more things.
Several children were playing in the yard while Shuying changed his clothes in the house.
Now, she remembered that she hadn’t drawn the lottery yet, and it was a rare opportunity to go to the back mountain. What if she got lucky again and caught a rabbit or a pheasant? She didn’t forget that her child had always wanted to eat spicy rabbit meat.
Shuying immediately clicked on her mall page and entered the lottery area. There were a total of eleven lottery opportunities.
The lottery page is a big lottery wheel with prizes ranging from low to high. The lower prizes are soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, etc. The higher prizes are lucky time, ranging from a few minutes to an hour.
Shuying just started drawing, and after three draws, she won two soaps and a bar of soap. She felt like crying but had no tears.
The prizes you win will be automatically stored in your account.
Shuying continued to draw prizes. She drew twice. This time, she was a little luckier. She won a four-piece quilt cover and a set of high-end skin care products.
After wasting so many lottery opportunities and only getting these, Shuying felt like crying, so he drew two more times and was rewarded with a packet of laundry detergent and a minute of good luck.
Shuying: “…” Her luck is really amazing.
The system's mechanical voice sounded: "Host has four more chances to win the lottery. The detergent has been automatically stored in the space. One minute of good luck bonus is stored or used immediately. Please choose now!"
Shuyingben was a little disappointed after winning a pack of laundry detergent and one minute of good luck. But then she suddenly remembered something and immediately chose to use the one minute of good luck.
Next, under the one-minute lucky draw, she won four consecutive draws, namely 'one-hour lucky draw', 'fifteen-minute lucky draw', 'half-hour lucky draw' and 'five-minute super lucky draw'.
The good luck of this lottery will be automatically stored in the system, and the host can choose when to distribute it.
Shuying was extremely surprised and quickly saved his lucky draw into the system.
She was very curious about the five-minute super luck. It was the first time she won the super luck.
"Auntie Yang, my mother asked if you are okay?" Gao Zhi asked outside the house.
Shuying hurriedly opened the door and told Gaozhi that she was fine. She took a basket from the yard and went out. The three Gao brothers went together, and Shuying simply took her own children with her.
Mrs. Gao was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, waiting for someone. They all went up the back hill together. The children were chasing each other in front, while Shuying and Mrs. Gao were chatting in the back.
Several children have been to the back mountain. Gao Zhi is older and more sensible, so he can take care of the younger ones, so Shuying and Gao's wife are not worried.
Mrs. Gao was currently telling Shuying the gossip about the quarrel at the Fang family last night.
"My husband Gao did a lot of work with Deputy Commander Fang a few days ago. It seems that the couple of Fang were fine a few days ago, but why did they quarrel again last night?" Mrs. Gao said as she walked how ugly Fang Boran's face was when he passed by her house last night. It was very likely that Xia Lina said something unpleasant. She added: "Sister Yang, you didn't see the ugly face of Deputy Commander Fang last night, and you don't know what Xia Lina said!"
Shuying had always kept her distance from Xia Lina and her husband. She only listened to Mrs. Gao's gossip and didn't comment much: "The couple's affairs are their own business, and we outsiders shouldn't interfere!"
Mrs. Gao particularly agreed with what Yang Meizi said, and mentioned that Xia Lina and Liu Jiao had been getting closer and closer these days. She just saw Liu Jiao coming to see Xia Lina again, and she also mentioned that Liu Jiao had obtained a marriage certificate with an educated youth from Shilitun, so why did she bring her man to Political Commissar Ye's house every day?
After all, Liu Jiao is only the niece of Political Commissar Ye's wife, not his own daughter. How can she have the nerve to bring her man to Political Commissar Ye's house for free meals every day?
Mrs. Gao also commented on the male educated youth that Liu Jiao had found. He looked gentle, not very tall, and good-looking. But how could he be so blind as to fall for the female comrade named Liu who had a bad character?
There was no one around, so Mrs. Gao just muttered it out. However, Shuying thought in her heart that Liu Jiao was not a good person, and that male educated youth Zhang Dai was not a good person either.
These days, she had heard Sister Ye say many times that in addition to shamelessly coming to eat for free every day, the two also wanted Political Commissar Ye to find an easy and simple job for Zhang Dai in the military region.
In her opinion, Zhang Dai was willing to marry Liu Jiao, most likely because he was attracted by Ye Zhengwei's status and had other plans in mind.
Mrs. Gao was discussing Liu Jiao and Xia Lina. At the Fang family, Xia Lina was crying with Liu Jiao, complaining that Yang Shuying, this vixen, had seduced her man and was shameless. She also said that her man was treating her so badly now.
Since Liu Jiao got married to Zhang Dai, her life has not been as good as she had imagined. After marrying Zhang Dai, she had to go to the educated youth center with him, but she couldn't stand it after just one day and went back to the military area.
Also, she found that Zhang Dai was extremely poor. He only ate coarse grains in Shilitun and was not full. He also had little money and had to borrow her private money.
If Zhang Dai hadn't been coaxing her and treating her well recently, she would have regretted getting married and certified with Zhang Dai so early.
These days, she had heard Xia Lina talk about how well Yang Shuying was doing, and she felt particularly unbalanced. When she heard Xia Lina crying, Liu Jiao immediately became angry and said, "She was so shameless to seduce your man, why didn't you report her?"
When it comes to "reporting", Xia Lina's eyes flicker and she feels a little guilty. After the lesson from last time, she dares not make a random report again. Besides, she has no evidence and is just talking.
Xia Lina was stupid once before, how could she be stupid again? What if it implicates her man? Xia Lina said hurriedly: "My man doesn't care about her. It has nothing to do with her. It's just that after Chen Tuan went on a mission, didn't you see that Yang Shuying dressed up every day? If not to seduce men, what else could it be?"
Seeing that Xia Lina had no intention of reporting and had no evidence, Liu Jiao was a little disappointed. Then she heard Xia Lina say that Yang Shuying had recently worn a particularly expensive wool coat.
Not only Xia Lina was extremely jealous, but Liu Jiao was also extremely jealous.
Nowadays, a woolen coat is very expensive, at least more than ten dollars. In places like Haishi Kyoto, a woolen coat can cost more than dozens of dollars.
How could Yang Shuying afford such a country girl? It must be Hua Chentuan’s salary.
Xia Lina was jealous. No matter how generous she was before or how good her man was to her, he had never bought her a woolen coat.
However, Liu Jiao remembered that Chen Tuan's biological father was Commander Chen, and such a good thing as a woolen coat was either sent from Kyoto or bought by that woman Yang Shuying with Chen Tuan's money.
She married into the family of Commander Chen in Kyoto. What good things did she not get? She heard from her aunt that Commander Chen's family was very wealthy.
The more Liu Jiao thought about it, the more jealous she became, and her eyes turned red.
If that woman Yang Shuying hadn't competed with her for Chen Tuan, wouldn't the good life she is living now be hers, wouldn't all those things be hers?
The more Liu Jiao thought about it, the more hateful she became, and she dug her nails into her flesh.
Xia Lina sighed and said, "Why did Chen Tuan find such a restless wife?" She squinted her eyes and said nonsense, "Jiao Jiao, you don't know that since Chen Tuan left for the mission, that woman has been looking at men with a hook in her eyes every day. I guess she thinks about men every night. Chen Tuan will regret it sooner or later for falling for such a restless woman!"
Liu Jiao's eyes flashed, and she suddenly had a good idea.
As they were talking, Xia Lina learned from Liu Jiao that Yang Shuying and Gao Dasao had just gone to the back mountain. Xia Lina and Liu Jiao cursed Yang Shuying in their hearts for having bad luck and not being able to pick up anything.