Chen Xi was a man of action. He said he would take action the next day after being given the task. On the evening before the New Year's Eve dinner, he asked his soldier Hongqi to inform her that they would have dinner at Political Commissar Ye's house that evening.
Although her husband was not at home for dinner, Shuying and her child Chen Yi still had a good meal.
For dinner, Shuying fed the baby and made Chen Yi's favorite dish, steamed pork with rice flour, fried pork ribs and mixed wild vegetables.
Chen Yi ate with a smile on her face, looking very satisfied: "Auntie, other people's food is not as good as ours."
The "other families" that Chen Yi was referring to this time were not the Gao family, but other families.
Shuying thought to herself that was true. She had always had big hands, otherwise her mother wouldn't have always scolded her. Besides, she had a shopping mall, and she never skimped on oil or cooking. Her family conditions were also good, so she didn't need to skimp. Her husband had no objection, so the family had always eaten well, which was definitely unique in the military compound.
Look, this child is getting heavier and heavier. Shuying pinched the little boy's chin, and Chen Yi smiled and dodged.
"Uncle definitely doesn't eat as well as we do at other people's homes! We have two meat dishes at home." Chen Yi said again.
In fact, the dishes of the Ye family are not as rich as those of the Chen family. There is only one dish of fried pork with peppers and three other vegetables.
Political Commissar Ye had a high salary, and the food in the military compound was considered good, but it was still not as good as the Chen family's. The Ye family usually had one meat dish and two vegetables.
There were guests today, and Liu Shujuan was reluctant to add more, so she just added a stir-fried cucumber.
Political Commissar Ye felt it was a loss of face.
Fortunately, the food was quite generous.
Chen Xi didn't have any objection. Political Commissar Ye was hospitable and happy. He even took out a bottle of wine from his collection. Normally, Chen Xi didn't drink alcohol because of training, but as he had a holiday starting tomorrow, Chen Xi didn't refuse to drink.
Liu Shujuan was busy in the kitchen, Ye Cen Ning had not returned yet, and there were only two of them at the table chatting casually.
Halfway through the drink, Political Commissar Ye suddenly asked tentatively, "Your eldest cousin Chen Wei has gone to work in the countryside in Shilitun, Axi, did you know? Was this your uncle's idea or her own?"
Chen Xi replied: "It was her own idea."
Political Commissar Ye has been through a lot, and he can guess what Chen Wei might be planning. Upon learning that she had brought things to see the tree shadows twice before, Political Commissar Ye guessed that Chen Wei wanted to rely on A Xi to return to the city.
However, if she really wants to go back to the city, Chen Wei is Commander Chen's niece after all, so she just needs to inform Commander Chen.
Unless the situation between Uncle Axi and Commander Chen's family is really out of control, he has already sent people to Kyoto to investigate.
Political Commissar Ye was smart, and Chen Xi was also thoughtful, so they guessed something. In order to prevent the two families from becoming enemies, they first gave a brief account of Chen Wei's ex-husband's family, saying that Chen Wei was suspected of being a spy, and her husband's family wanted to divorce her, and then the Fang family was reported, the family was broken up, and the whole family was sent to a farm.
As soon as Chen Xi finished speaking, not only did Political Commissar Ye's face change, but Liu Shujuan, who was busy in the kitchen, dropped the spatula in her hand in shock and rushed out: "What? Spy? The Fang family is destroyed and has moved to the farm? Oh my God, Old Ye, you must not marry this female educated youth boss."
Liu Shujuan was originally worried that Chen Wei would use her status to suppress her stepmother. Now that she knew about this, Liu Shujuan was also afraid of being implicated. She had no feelings for the Ye brothers and sisters, but she still had a good impression of Old Ye, so she was afraid that he would be implicated.
When Political Commissar Ye heard this, his face darkened. Fortunately, Chen Xi said that the spy was Su Qinhong and had nothing to do with Chen Wei. However, it was she who introduced Su Qinhong to his elder brother for some benefits, and he also suspected that she was the one behind the Fang family incident.
If Brother Ye still plans to get married, he has nothing to say, as his family has almost severed ties with his uncle's family.
Chen Xi didn't stay long at Ye's house. He sat for a while and then left.
As soon as Chen Xi left, Political Commissar Ye's face became even uglier and his forehead was bulging with veins. If he had said before that he would never agree but was actually a little softened in his heart, now he didn't want to agree at all and didn't want his boss to have any contact with Chen Wei.
Political Commissar Ye was not in the mood to eat. Before returning to his study, he just asked Liu Shujuan to wait for Ye Cen Ning to come back and let him into his study.
"Old Ye, you said that the big-character posters and letters posted on Comrade Song earlier could not have anything to do with Chen Wei, right?"
When Chen Xi came back, Shuying was sitting at Gao's house with Chen Yi, holding the child.
Today Shuying wore a knee-length red plush coat, and under the light, her skin looked particularly fair and tender. Her hair was trimmed and draped over her shoulders. She had a high head, a beautiful face, extremely delicate eyebrows and eyes, and slightly raised corners of her eyes. After giving birth, except that her figure had become a little fuller and her eyebrows had grown more charming and graceful, there was no other change, and she was particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
Chen Xi could hardly take his eyes off his wife, his thin lips curled up, his eyes full of tenderness and gentleness.
"Uncle!" Chen Yihong's puffy little face flew into Chen Xi's arms.
Chen Xi picked the child up and put him down again, walked into the main room, took the child from Shuying's arms, and took Shuying and her mother back home.
Shuying didn't want to go back so early, so Chen Xi had to talk to Gao Tuan.
Mrs. Gao was also gossiping with Shuying about the eldest son of the Ye family. Shuying held the child and listened patiently.
Before, she just casually told Shuying about the eldest brother of the Ye family and Chen Zhiqing.
Now she knew something. She was just complaining that it turned out that both the military doctor Song and the educated youth Chen had their eyes on the eldest brother of the Ye family and had been fighting openly and secretly for a long time.
At the beginning, the eldest son of the Ye family didn't favor anyone.
Later, somehow the eldest son of the Ye family became closer and closer to the educated youth Chen. Military doctor Song was jealous and posted big-character posters against the educated youth Chen. However, military doctor Song never thought that one day she would also be posted with big-character posters, and someone would send a report to the county to report her moral corruption.
Isn't this the retribution I'm getting now?
"Wait, sister-in-law, was it Comrade Song who first posted a big-character poster on the educated youth Chen?" Although Shuying didn't like Song Minglan, she always felt that she wouldn't be stupid enough to go to the educated youth site and post a big-character poster on Chen Wei.
"How could it be false? So people should not do bad things. Once they do bad things, they will be punished. Isn't Comrade Song the one who did it?"
Shuying still felt something was wrong. Here, Song Minglan was posting big-character posters to Chen Wei, and over there, Zhang Mingming, who was beside Tian Lanhua, was posting big-character posters and writing letters of accusation to Song Minglan on behalf of Tian Lanhua?
Shuying did not forget what Tian Lanhua said about Zhang Mingming getting along well with everyone at the educated youth center, including his relationship with Chen Wei.
Moreover, at present, her eldest cousin has benefited the most. According to Mrs. Gao, it is most likely because of this incident that her reputation has been ruined. The eldest cousin of the Ye family has to take responsibility.
Tree Shadow: “…”
Before going home, Gao Dasao was joking with Chen Yi: "How is it, now that you have a younger brother, does your aunt still love you as much? How about sending your younger brother to my house? My younger brother will sleep at my house tonight!"
Gao Zhigao and Gao Yuan agreed to it, but Chen Yi refused without hesitation: "No, he's my brother, no one else will give it to him!"
He also said that his aunt was very nice to him. They had meat dishes in the evening and he ate almost three bowls of rice.
This made Gao Tuan and Gao Dasao laugh out loud, but Gao Tuan and Gao Dasao could also see that Yang Meizi (brother's wife) really loved the child.
Before he had children, he loved his children quite well. But after having his own child, he still loves Chen Yi so much. It is not something that ordinary people can do. It is very rare.
As for the three brothers Gao Yuan, Gao Xiang and Gao Zhi, they were just jealous.
They all saw how Aunt Yang treated Chen Yi. She treated them better than their mother did. Moreover, they had pickled vegetables and pickled radishes for dinner. The pickled radishes were better, with a salty and spicy taste. As for the pickled vegetables, their mother was reluctant to add oil, so they were not tasty at all.
The two families talked about how to celebrate the New Year tomorrow and what dishes to cook. You know, the New Year atmosphere is very strong now.
Mrs. Gao, who was good at sewing, sewed new clothes for each of the three brothers. However, they did not have new clothes every year, so they would sew and patch up the old clothes every three years.
Most of the time, the clothes that the eldest brother can no longer wear are given to the second brother, and the second brother’s clothes are given to the third brother, and so on.
Chen Yi also chattered with the three Gao brothers about tomorrow's New Year's fun and new clothes. Shuying had already made Chen Yi's new clothes, and the three Gao brothers, who had new clothes this time, were envious and jealous.
After the two families had a conversation, Chen Xi took his children and his wife back home.
When entering the courtyard gate, the man suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Are you so curious about Ye Cen Ning?"
Shuying pursed her lips: "I just want to hear some gossip!"
Back in the house, Chen Yi took the initiative to sleep with the young couple. Chen Xi did not refuse, but after he fell asleep, he quickly carried him to the next room and let him sleep alone.
Tree Shadow: “…”
After the young couple went to bed, Shuying was still curious about whether the eldest brother of the Ye family and Chen Wei were really dating?
"I'm not sure, but I'm afraid good things are about to happen!" Chen Xi hugged her and sat her on his lap. He put one hand around her waist, half leaning against the backrest of the bed, and said coldly.
To be honest, she had a better impression of Song Minglan than Chen Wei. Soon, Chen Xi said, "Don't worry, she can't marry into the Ye family unless Political Commissar Ye is blind."
He guessed that even if Political Commissar Ye knew about those things, he would never agree to them, but his eldest cousin was used to using any means necessary to achieve her goals.
Are you blind?
So serious?
So, Chen Xi briefly explained how her ex-husband's family was destroyed, indicating that she was not as simple as she appeared to be. She also told her that if Chen Wei came to see her in the future, she should give her face and not pay much attention to her.
When she heard what her husband said, she was almost certain that posting big-character posters and writing letters of denunciation to Song Minglan had something to do with her cousin, and her husband probably guessed the same.
Shuying narrowed her eyes. If this was true, then her eldest cousin must be extremely scheming. She took advantage of everyone and got away with it, and even made the female educated youth Zhang Mingming willingly serve as her gun.
This thought is indeed deep and profound.
Look, Shuying is silently lighting candles for the eldest brother of the Ye family.
Chen Xi didn't want his wife to worry about other men, so he pinched her chin, lowered his head and kissed her fiercely. As soon as he kissed her, Shuying smelled alcohol. She didn't like the smell of alcohol, so she pushed him away in disgust. The man didn't let her dislike him, saying that he had only drunk a little. He kissed her and said, "Sympathize with Ye Cen Ning?"
"He has poorer taste than I do!"
Tree Shadow: “…”
The man is not bragging, he really thinks he has good taste, so the wife he married is particularly good.