Chapter 38: The male protagonist, who is traveling across the ocean, asked me to introduce him to a potential partner.
"Back then, I auditioned for the regional music troupe with Xu Ruwei from next door. The Xu family even pulled strings to get in." Qin Xiangxiang revealed the neighbor's family's affairs to her husband. In short, they were no good people.
In the past, Qin Xiang would keep these things to herself, not daring to talk about them. If she did, people would laugh at her for being jealous. But now that she has this deadbeat husband in front of her, it's different. If she tells him, and he dares to criticize her, she'll kick him.
"But my mother was very perceptive; she saw long ago that the music troupe director was no good, and his treatment was even worse than that of a textile factory worker."
“I’m not envious of her, she’s jealous of me. Every time I go into the kitchen, Xu Ruwei watches me intently as I cook something delicious, just like a beggar on the street waiting for me to finish. Tsk tsk.”
Once Qin Xiangxiang started talking, she couldn't stop. She whispered to Li Jianzhi about the neighbors next door. When she was little, her mother always taught her to be an upright person and not to talk about people behind their backs.
But I felt so angry inside, and I felt much better after I talked it out.
Previously, the phrase "can only act, not speak" was also a source of great frustration.
After speaking, Qin Xiangxiang turned her gaze to the man beside her and asked with her eyes: What are your thoughts?
Li Jianzhi: "It turns out that every time I went into the kitchen, they would be watching me from the doorway, all to beg for things. I didn't give them anything."
"No wonder they always criticize me indirectly; they're upset that I'm stingy and didn't let them get the better of me."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
The little drama queen almost choked on her breath. She wanted to say, "You're really giving yourself too much credit. Go and reflect on your crucian carp and tofu soup first, before you complain about how others are envious of what you make."
Her husband also likes to cook so-called healthy meals. What is healthy? First, boiled; second, steamed.
He doesn't even put oil in his soup!
No wonder Qin Xiangxiang always felt that the soup he made tasted strange. Even when making caramel sugar, you should put oil in before adding rock sugar, but he just put the rock sugar in directly. Oh well, he's good at it, he's willing to put in meat.
Li Jianzhi's problem isn't that big, because if the ingredients are fresh, steaming or boiling actually preserves the original flavor of the food. Even if it's not delicious, it won't be too bad.
Qin Xiangxiang's father, Qin Wutong, has inconsistent cooking skills. Some of his dishes are worse than steamed or boiled ones, and they taste terrible! At least steaming and boiling won't burn them.
"I think the problem with you in the Xu family's eyes is that they think you waste too much water, electricity, and gas..."
“There’s nothing wrong with me.” Li Jianzhi said without any change in expression: “No matter what happens, you have to learn to look for problems in others first.”
Qin Xiangxiang laughed out loud. She thought to herself, "You're such a jerk." She snuggled into Li Jianzhi's arms and said, "Li Jianzhi, I'm tired. Carry me to the bed."
"It's my pleasure." Li Jianzhi picked up the woman in front of him and kissed her on the cheek. "Wife, you're so amazing. You even got into the music troupe before."
"It is my greatest fortune to have married you."
Qin Xiangxiang really wanted to cover her ears; this damned man had inexplicably learned to use sweet talk.
"You have good taste."
It would have been fine if we hadn't moved, but once we did, we found we had so much stuff to pack, especially since Li Jianzhi had mentioned preparing a warehouse, so Qin Xiangxiang wanted to bring all sorts of things with her.
Li Jianzhi's house is 60 or 70 square meters, while her family's three rooms are only about 45 square meters. The new house has expanded the living area and can accommodate both.
"You... brought this? You brought this too? You even brought the pickles?" Zhou Aodong was truly exasperated with his daughter and son-in-law. This trip was not just a long journey, it was practically an ocean crossing. They brought all sorts of unimportant junk, even the "pickles."
“Do you think you’re Robinson Crusoe? This isn’t a desert island. We can buy whatever we need. If we’re missing anything, your parents will have someone bring it to you.” As the items that their daughter and grandson had used disappeared one by one, Zhou Aodong and his wife felt extremely reluctant.
"Should we bring the stroller that Xiaobao used to use?"
Qin Xiangxiang glanced at it and decided to bring it along. There were many children in the family compound. Even if she didn't need it herself, she could lend it to other military wives. She wouldn't be able to collect rent, but she could get some oil coupons, grain coupons, or other local specialties. There would always be some benefit.
Before she could speak, her father, Qin Wutong, immediately said, "Of course you have to bring it. You can use it when you have children in the future."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
"The stroller the child used before?" Li Jianzhi's heart softened when he heard his father-in-law's words. If his wife gave birth to another daughter, they would have both a son and a daughter. But was it too stingy to use the stroller his son had used for his daughter?
"Can this thing hold up? Won't it become flimsy?"
Qin Wutong said, "Don't worry, this thing can still be used for several decades. If it breaks, we can find someone to fix it and pass it down to our grandchildren."
This left Li Jianzhi speechless. It turned out that not only his future daughter could use it, but his future grandson could too. Things from this era were far too sturdy.
Li Jianzhi: "How much did you buy this for?"
Zhou Aodong and Qin Wutong remained silent.
Qin Xiangxiang snorted: "I bought it for fifty-eight yuan."
Li Jianzhi was taken aback for a moment, then suppressed a laugh: "This thing is worth two hundred cans of tomatoes?"
"I bought it, do you have a problem with that?"
"No objection, my wife bought it, of course I have to bring it."
Before leaving, Xiaomai, who often asked Qin Xiangxiang to make detachable collars, came to see Qin Xiangxiang. She really didn't want Qin Xiangxiang to leave.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "If you still want that thing, I can make a few more for you every month. Just tell my parents to bring them over, and you can put the items in there too."
"That's great! I was worried you wouldn't do it."
Xiaomai said, "If you want anything, I can buy it for you. Bartering is common now and it's not against the rules."
Qin Xiangxiang also planned to keep Xiaomai as a channel. If needed, it would be convenient for her to help procure things. For ordinary families, exchanging things privately is not against the law, but reselling industrial products is not allowed. Qin Xiangxiang does not do such things, but she can exchange with Xiaomai.
"Okay, then just replace it with something else."
"good."
Wheat: "You know I've always been fair and I never take advantage of others."
Qin Xiang thought to himself, "I don't believe you for a second," but Xiaomai was indeed an honest person.
After packing their things and saying goodbye to relatives and friends, the family was about to embark on a journey across the ocean by boat. They traveled on a passenger ship, while large items such as the piano were on another cargo ship.
I bought a first-class ticket, which is on the second deck above the main deck. The space is a bit more spacious, and I can even lie down and sleep.
Zhou Aodong and his wife saw them off at the port to catch a boat. It was already past six o'clock in the evening. Passenger ships usually depart at night because everyone has to work during the day, so it's convenient for family members to see them off at five or six o'clock at night.
The shore was already crowded with people. In the distance, the seawater was turbid and churning. The sun had set below the horizon, and the sky was a gloomy gray. The misty blue sky had no moon, and with the sea breeze blowing, you could smell a salty, fishy odor.
Little Li Qingfeng nestled in his grandfather's arms, crying and hiccuping: "Grandpa, I don't want to go, I want to stay, I want to go to kindergarten!"
"Sweetie, little one, you need to come with Mommy and Daddy."
"I want to go to kindergarten!"
A passerby exclaimed, "What a capable child! He loves going to kindergarten and has always been well-behaved, unlike our naughty child who is hard to manage."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Li Jianzhi took the chubby boy from his father-in-law's arms and said, "Don't cry. Your dad will love you from now on. Dad has prepared several math problems for you. You'll also have many good friends on the island. You can teach them how to do the problems together."
Little Fatty: "?"
"No, no, Grandpa and Grandma, I don't want to!"
The chubby boy was pulled onto the boat, crying and hiccuping. Political Commissar Wang, who was standing nearby, sighed, "This child has a really good relationship with his maternal grandparents."
Li Jianzhi: "I have a good relationship with this child. In just a few days, we have developed a deep father-son bond."
Political Commissar Wang nodded: "Of course, children all long for their fathers, and so do my children."
"Comrade Li, you look just like a good father."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
"Comrade Xiao Qin, you and Xiao Li should get along well in the future, and the two of you should be considerate of each other."
"Awoo awoo awoo... I'm so sad (who will understand me) waaaaah."
Li Jianzhi patted him on the back: "Don't cry. It's uncivilized to cry and make a scene in public. If you want to cry, do it quietly and let your tears flow silently. Don't bother others."
Political Commissar Wang: "..."
"If you really want to howl, Dad will teach you to recite the text."
Li Qingfeng sniffed. "I want my mom to hold me."
Qin Xiangxiang finally held the child in her arms, but she was such a bad mother; seeing his pitiful little face from crying, she couldn't help but want to laugh.
Little Fatty, study hard in the future! Qin Xiangxiang saw that her deadbeat husband had bought a lot of math problems for the child, some of which were old books that he had found somewhere.
She won't take the college entrance exam until it's reinstated in a few years; she'll wait for her son to take it and get into Tsinghua or Peking University so he can show off to his mother.
"Listen to your father, you should study hard from a young age." Qin Xiangxiang smiled and pinched his cheek.
This cargo-to-passenger ship is large, and the larger the ship, the more stable it is, with less turbulence. Ordinary people don't get seasick much, but looking at the gloomy sea outside the window, they feel a kind of fear of the deep sea.
Qin Xiangxiang leaned against Li Jianzhi and quickly fell asleep. This time, she was going to live a comfortable life with the army. Her mother would give her forty, her husband would give her fifty, and her great-aunt would give her twenty. She would have 110 pocket money a month. Even if she didn't eat and drink extravagantly, she would still live a very comfortable life.
Make some cotton pajamas when you have time, so you can stay home and lie down. You're too lazy to go out unless you're going beachcombing to pick some small seafood on the mudflats. In June, you'll also have to go pick big, big bayberries.
Let's also get some Putuoshan Buddhist tea—no, we can't call it Buddhist tea now, it's mountain tea—paired with some snacks, to calm the mind and nourish the salted fish.
The next day at dawn, the ship docked, and a group of people who had just woken up from their morning dream staggered off the ship. There were people who came to pick them up, dressed in military uniforms. Qin Xiangxiang was surprised to see a familiar face.
Isn't this the original male lead, Chen Ruifeng? Lin Xiuqin's husband, who lives next door to her in her dream.
Chen Ruifeng was also tall and strong, and looked very honest and kind to his wife. When he saw Qin Xiangxiang, he said, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Hello, hello.
Chen Ruifeng was shocked that Qin Xiangxiang was so beautiful. Like everyone else, he thought that Li Jianzhi had chosen a wife from Shanghai for the sake of his child's Shanghai hukou (household registration). But it turned out that this city wife was so beautiful.
"Comrade Li is so lucky to have married such a beautiful city wife. Why don't you introduce me to someone too, sister-in-law? Do you have any suitable classmates or friends?"
Qin Xiangxiang: Huh?!
The male lead asked me to introduce him to someone?
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