After dinner is when the family compound becomes the busiest.

Especially the open space at the door, it seemed as if all the men and women in the family yard had come out, sitting or standing in circles, chatting and laughing together.

Children also gathered in groups, some swinging on the swings, playing with marbles, and kicking shuttlecocks. It looked very lively.

As soon as the three members of the He family entered the house, a man called He Dongchuan over to chat, and a child called He Yan over to play, but no one called Su Ting, so that she couldn't help but question her life.

The elder of the He family is cold, and the younger isn't very enthusiastic either. Of the three of them, she should be the most popular, right? Why is it that they all have people looking for them, but no one is looking after her?

Fortunately, Su Ting's popularity was not too bad. After He Dongchuan walked into the group of men and He Yan gathered around to watch the filming, someone finally called her name and asked her to come over for a chat.

The person who greeted her was Chen Shaomei, one of the first two military wives she met after she traveled through time.

As soon as Su Ting walked over, she heard Chen Shaomei ask, "When did Captain He come back?"

"afternoon."

Chen Shaomei said with a long "Oh" and said, "That's quite some time. Aren't you prepared to cook him a delicious meal?"

Su Ting felt that her words sounded strange, but the meaning behind them was different from Wang Lixia's gestures, so she said calmly, "The food in the cafeteria is delicious."

"It's not the first day we've known each other, don't try to put me off," Chen Shaomei bumped Su Ting's arm and asked in a low voice, "Tell me the truth, do you really think the food in the cafeteria is delicious, or are you all done with your work after Captain He came back and don't have time to cook?"

Su Ting thought that He Dongchuan had returned, so what did she have to do with him? Just as she was about to speak, she turned her head and saw Chen Shaomei's teasing eyes, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.

...What about the saying that people in the 1970s and 1980s had simple thoughts?

Su Ting said seriously, "I really think the food in the cafeteria is delicious, better than what I cook."

Obviously, Chen Shaomei didn't believe a word Su Ting said. She opened her mouth to speak, but she saw He Dongchuan walking over from the crowd of men and shouted, "Xiao Su."

To be honest, Su Ting didn't react at once.

Before she traveled through time, she worked in a foreign company. Everyone at work called her by her English name, and few people would call her Xiao Su. After traveling through time, most people she met called her Comrade Su. People who were more familiar with her might just call her by her name, but she had never heard anyone call her that.

Although she and He Dongchuan had met for several hours and had a brief chat in the meantime, they had never formally called each other, so when she suddenly heard him calling her like that, Su Ting was a little stunned, and she always felt that he was not calling her.

But she was only stunned for three or four seconds, then quickly turned aside and asked, "Are you going back?"

He Dongchuan said, "I have to go get my hair cut later, so I have to go back first."

"Cut your hair?" Su Ting looked at the top of his head reflexively, "Your hair doesn't look long?" It looked like a buzz cut.

"It needs to be pushed a little shorter."

Hearing this, Su Ting looked behind He Dongchuan. All the men in that circle had short hair, and their hair looked much shorter than his.

From this we can see that there is still a difference between a buzz cut and a shaved head.

Su Ting nodded and said, "Then you go back first?"

He Dongchuan hummed and said, "Keep an eye on Xiaoyan."

Su Ting turned her head and looked at the group of children playing marbles.

The rules of playing marbles are very simple. First, dig a small hole in the ground. Just use your marbles to knock other people's marbles into the hole, and the other party's marbles will become yours.

This is a ground game, so during the game, participants usually kneel on the ground to complete the collision, and sometimes even kneel on the ground the whole time if they get excited. Usually, the onlookers are similar, and when they get excited, they don't care about anything else.

So when Su Ting looked over, she saw that the group of children were kneeling on the ground, including He Yan.

It can be seen from this that no matter how mature and clean a child looks, he or she can easily become addicted to games.

Su Ting thought to herself, turned to He Dongchuan and said, "Okay."

After saying that, He Dongchuan took the lunch box and went back. However, he was tall and walked fast, so he came back not long after he went back. However, he did not speak to Su Ting. He just pointed at the gate of the family compound when she looked over, and then walked through the crowd.

…

The barber shop is located on the street outside the compound, sandwiched between the supply and marketing cooperative and the vegetable market, and its facade looks even smaller.

The space inside is not big, with only about ten bottles. There are two mirrors on the wall on the right hand side of the door. Under the mirrors is a long and narrow square table with various shaving tools on it.

The barbers were two veterans. Since there was no one to stay in their hometown, they stayed in Pingchuan Island after demobilization and were gradually arranged to work in the barber shop.

The barber shop's customers are mainly military personnel from the base, so apart from the new recruits arriving, the two barbers are relatively busy on holidays. Occasionally, there are people coming in between dinner and closing time.

He Dongchuan arrived at a fortunate time, and there was no one in the shop. Two chefs were there, one arranging the dried towels that had been hung out to dry, and the other sweeping up the loose hair on the floor.

The two of them had been in the store all day and were not that well-informed. When they saw He Dongchuan, they did not recognize him at first. It was not until he spoke that Master He asked hesitantly, "Captain He?"

He Dongchuan said: "It's me."

Master He quickly put down the towel in his hand, came forward and asked, "Are you back from your mission?"

"I just got back today." At the invitation of Master He, He Dongchuan sat in front of one of the mirrors.

Master He walked up to him, picked out the tools he needed from the ones on the table, and asked, "Can you take a few days off after coming back this time?"

"Two days off."

"That's great." Master He asked as he picked up his tools, "Or do you want to cut it the same as before?"

He Dongchuan hummed, paused for a moment and said, "Help me shave my beard later."

Master He joked, "Why? Was your wife rejecting you when you got home?"

He Dongchuan thought of Su Ting. When he saw him in the afternoon, she did not show obvious disgust, but judging from her unfamiliar expression, she obviously did not recognize him. She said lightly, "She was rejected by her son."

He originally planned to have a good chat with his son in the afternoon to strengthen their father-son relationship, but because He Yan paid too much attention to the changes in his appearance, he had to postpone this matter.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to maintain the image of a loving father during the greetings.

Master He laughed: "Just wait, I will definitely trim your beard neatly!"

…

Whenever Su Ting watched TV series before, she always felt it was awkward to see the scene where a girl changed her clothes to become a swan. It was just a change of hairstyle and clothes, was the change that big?

In the non-mainstream era, everyone is killing Matt, but it doesn’t affect everyone’s discovery of beautiful women and handsome men!

But now, Su Ting feels that existence is reasonable.

Although she had never seen an ugly duckling turn into a beauty after changing clothes, she saw with her own eyes today how he could become a handsome man after shaving his beard.

Actually, this description is not quite correct, because He Dongchuan did not look ugly before shaving his beard. He had well-shaped brow bones, which contrasted with his sunken eye sockets. His eyebrows were sword-like, and his eyes looked passionate and ruthless. His nose was also very straight, neither too big nor too small. Every part of him looked just right.

It's just that she really can't appreciate men with big beards, so even though she knows in theory that he should be good-looking, it's difficult for her to accept it emotionally, let alone be attracted to him.

But because of the contrast between before and after, watching him shave his beard and walk slowly towards her with the light behind him in the twilight, Su Ting swallowed her saliva uncomfortably, with only one thought left in her mind -

Danger!

Alarm bells rang in Su Ting's mind, but the other military wives looked at her with envy.

It’s not that I have any feelings towards He Dongchuan, but everyone loves beauty, and who doesn’t want their partner to be tall, handsome and unrestrained?

In fact, the men standing in the open space at the door were not short, and most of them had regular facial features. However, there is a difference between regular facial features and being handsome, and there were only a handful of men as tall as He Dongchuan.

With He Dongchuan's height and appearance, he would always be the most eye-catching one wherever he goes.

Especially since he had a scruffy beard before he went to get a haircut, after coming back he not only looked fresher, but also looked several years younger, which impressed many military wives.

Chen Shaomei nudged Su Ting with her shoulder and asked jokingly, "Are you stunned?"

Su Ting came back to her senses: "No!"

She is stupid.

She was wondering before, he was just a man, why did the original body rush so fast.

Now she understood the original body a little bit. Of course, this did not mean that she supported what the original body did, but she understood why the original body loved the brain so much.

At the same time, she doubted whether she could resist the temptation in the next three years.

Thinking of this, Su Ting couldn't help but sigh, and walked over to ask, "Did you shave your beard too?"

"I shaved it while getting my hair cut."

Su Ting said "oh", looked up at He Dongchuan, and quickly turned her head away.

Noticing her movements, He Dongchuan couldn't help but touch his chin: "Is it inappropriate to shave?"

"No, it suits you very well." Su Ting shook her head quickly, and then added with a purpose that was not so pure, "I just think you look good with a beard."

He Dongchuan: “…”

He discovered that his wife was quite good at telling lies with her eyes open.