Lin Yiyi pushed the cart behind him: "Mom is here, Xiaoyi is awake."

The family housing of the troops is arranged according to the rank. Those above the deputy company rank can follow the troops, and those above the battalion rank can live in an independent small courtyard. Xiao Yu is at the regimental rank, so naturally he also lives in an independent small courtyard.

Xiao Yu has lived in the small courtyard for a year. There is everything in it. The layout of the small courtyard is somewhat similar to that of their home, but there are also some differences. First of all, the layout of the small courtyard is a suite plus an independent house. The suite has three bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom, and the toilet is in the backyard. There are two rooms outside, one on the left side of the suite and one on the right side of the suite. The one on the left is the kitchen, which is a bit small and can only be used for cooking. If you want to eat, the dining table has to be placed in the living room of the suite. In fact, it is a bit similar to the layout of a tube building. Many kitchens in tube buildings are also outside. There is only one stove in the kitchen, and you have to cook one by one. Lin Yiyi knew all this in advance, so when they came back this time, they brought a stove.

There is also a utility room, where coal and firewood are stored. The troops burn coal and firewood, depending on their needs. However, you have to buy both coal and firewood with your own money. The difference is that you don’t need tickets. However, each household has a fixed amount of coal and firewood, and they will not sell you more than the limit. In fact, this amount is the same as the amount of coal and firewood for urban household welfare.

Lin Yiyi looked outside the house. Xiao Yu had already turned the vacated space in the yard into a field, where he planted vegetables, including onions and leeks. However, the field was relatively small, so not much was planted.

Walking into the suite, it was also clean. Lin Yiyi was a little surprised: "These furniture are the same as those in our own home. Did you ask someone to make them?" Xiao Yu had never told him this before, and he didn't expect such a surprise.

The dining table and benches in the living room, the simple wooden bed, wardrobe, bedside cabinet, and clothes hangers in the bedroom were all the same as their home in the brigade. She drew them and asked the carpenter to make them. Even the wall cabinets used to store things were made by Xiao Yu based on the home in the brigade.

Xiao Yu: "There are carpenters in the village here. Because the transportation in the village is inconvenient, people rarely go out. Therefore, many needs in the village are self-sufficient, so some people have good carpentry skills."

Lin Yiyi: "So that's what happened. You didn't even tell me."

Xiao Yu: "Do you like it?" He drew these every time he went home, hoping to surprise her when she joined the army.

She said that women like men to give them surprises.

Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.”

There are three rooms in the suite, one is their bedroom with Eleven, one is a study, and one is Lin Wudi's room. Now the child is still young, so he sleeps with them. When the child grows up, he will share a room with Lin Wudi. Lin Yiyi asked Lin Wudi to play with Eleven while she started to organize things. Actually, there was not much, just some clothes and quilts, and she put the food in the kitchen.

They came here by boat at 7am, and it was already 10am. Lin Yiyi said, "Brother Yu, there is no water here. Go get some water and I'll cook."

Xiao-Woo: "Hey, okay."

There was no running water in the army, they all used well water, so Xiao Yu had to go fetch water from the well, while Lin Yiyi prepared food at home. After a busy morning, she was a little tired, so she prepared very simple food, just making noodles with pickled vegetables, bacon and shredded potatoes.

At 11 o'clock, the dumplings were ready. It seemed like a simple meal to her, but it was a very good meal to others.

Lin Yiyi let Xiao Yu and Lin Wudi eat first, and she held the baby to feed him. The eight-month-old baby had a big appetite, and Lin Yiyi's milk was not enough for him, so in addition to feeding him milk, Lin Yiyi also gave him milk powder and rice noodles as snacks every day.

After being fed, little Eleven was full of energy, lying in his mother's arms, his little eyes moving around lively, as if he was very curious about this new place.

Xiao Yu ate the noodles in two or three bites, then said to Lin Yiyi: "I'll hold the baby, you go eat."

Lin Yiyi gave the child to him.

As soon as Xiao Shiyi arrived in Xiao Yu's arms, his eyes became brighter, as if he knew that this father would hold him high. So, he looked at Xiao Yu, with a smile on his face. However, he had just drunk milk, so how could Xiao Yu hold him high?

Little Eleven blinked his eyes, his long eyelashes moving, and he didn't quite understand why his father didn't lift him up high.

Xiao Yu was also very happy when he saw his son's lively appearance. However, he rarely showed his expression, so he and his son, two similar faces, one big and one small, just stared at each other.

After dinner, Lin Yiyi played with her son for a while, and then coaxed him to take a nap. However, he had slept all the way in bed, and he was in good spirits and didn't want to sleep at all. Especially when Lin Yiyi was quiet, he opened his eyes and looked at his mother innocently, and when Lin Yiyi sang nursery rhymes to coax him, he closed his eyes. This cycle almost made Lin Yiyi cry.

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Yu couldn't bear it any longer, so he picked up his son who was lying on the bed and said, "You go to sleep, I'll hold him and go for a walk."

Lin Yiyi: "Don't let him get in the sun."

Xiao Yu: “Yeah.” Actually, he thought there was nothing wrong with sunbathing. You know, in the countryside, when everyone has to go to work, no one takes care of the children who are a few months old, so they are all carried on their backs. How could the sun not be hot at that time? But he would not disobey his wife, otherwise it would be his turn to suffer. Xiao Yu put the child in the stroller. There was a tent on the stroller, which was where Lin Yiyi sat behind him. It could be fixed to block the sun. Then Xiao Yu pushed the stroller and took his son out. When he went out, he did not forget to bring the fishing hook and the small wooden bucket, as well as his son's bottle.

When the soldiers in the army were free, they would go fishing, but their fishing skills were not very good. However, Xiao Yu had good fishing skills. Before liberation, the ponds of Datang Production Brigade belonged to no one, and anyone could go fishing, so he often went there.

Xiao Yu was pushing the stroller outside when he ran into a neighbor returning home.

"Xiao Xiao, are you going fishing? Oh, what is this?" The man who spoke was probably in his early 40s, and looked older than Xiao Yu. He lived next door to Xiao Yu's house. His last name was Jiang, and everyone called him Political Commissar Jiang. He called Xiao Yu Xiao Xiao not because he was higher in rank than Xiao Yu, but because the Political Commissar and Xiao Yu belonged to different organizations and could not be compared. He was called Xiao Xiao because he was older.

Xiao Yu pointed at the stroller and said, "This one?"

Political Commissar Jiang: "Yes, this is new and I have never seen it before."

Xiao Yu: "My wife said this is called a baby stroller. My brother-in-law and his friends asked a carpenter to make it after my wife gave birth. This way, women won't be tired when taking care of babies."

Political Commissar Jiang: "Baby stroller? The name is quite appropriate. It has four wheels underneath. It's a stroller for babies. Not bad." A high-ranking official like Political Commissar Jiang knew that Xiao Yu was married, but that was because Political Commissar Jiang could see Xiao Yu's file. The file of a regimental-level cadre was not available to everyone. For example, a regimental-level cadre of the same level as Xiao Yu could not see his file. Speaking of which, the reason why Political Commissar Jiang looked at Xiao Yu's file was because of their niece. He had a niece who was about the same age. He thought Xiao Yu was a good person, so he wanted to introduce him to his niece. So he looked at Xiao Yu's file to avoid making a fool of himself. But when he saw that Xiao Yu was married, he gave up the idea. "Where are you going now? With a fishing rod? Going fishing?"

Xiao Yu:

It's alright, my wife likes to eat fish, I'll try my luck."

Political Commissar Jiang: "Okay, okay, go ahead."

Xiao Yu: "I'll bring you a big one if I catch one later."

Political Commissar Jiang: "Okay, I'll wait."

After Xiao Yu and Political Commissar Jiang separated, they also met other people. After everyone knew that this was his son, they were very surprised because they didn't know that Xiao Yu was married. The reason was still the same. A regimental-level cadre had no family accompanying him in the army, so everyone just thought he was unmarried. However, they didn't expect that he was not only married, but also had a son.

Lin Yiyi woke up at 2pm: "Brother Yu... Xiao Shiyi..." Not only did she not see her husband, she did not even see her son. Then she went to Lin Wudi's room. Lin Wudi was lying with his belly exposed. Lin Yiyi picked up a thin blanket and covered his belly. The weather at the end of May was neither too hot nor too cold, which was just right, but the belly was easily cold.

After covering Lin Wudi with a blanket, Lin Yiyi went out without closing the door. The child had just come here and was unfamiliar with the room. If he woke up in a closed room, he might be nervous. If the door was open, it could help him adjust his mood.

Although it was still early, Lin Yiyi decided to prepare the evening meal first. There were a lot of vegetables at home, all picked by her mother-in-law in the fields early in the morning because they were fresh in the morning.

Lin Yiyi grabbed a handful of celery, a few tomatoes, a pumpkin, and a handful of pickles to prepare. By the time she had washed and cut the vegetables, it was almost three o'clock. Then she took out the rice, washed it, and soaked it in the pot for a while.

It was almost four o'clock when Xiao Yu came back.

Lin Yiyi looked at Xiao Yu pushing the stroller and carrying the small wooden barrel, and was still a little confused. "Where have you been? And why are you carrying all these?"

When Xiao Shiyi heard his mother's voice, he burst into tears and stretched out his hands to his mother for a hug. He hadn't seen his mother for an afternoon, and he had cried twice when Xiao Yu was fishing. Each time, Xiao Yu used fish to comfort him. When Xiao Shiyi cried, he picked him up and showed him the fish in the bucket, and Xiao Shiyi stopped crying.

Lin Yiyi quickly picked up her son and said, "Little Eleven, be good. Don't cry. Did daddy bully you?"