"Comrade Su is back?"

As soon as she walked outside the courtyard of Building 66, Su Ting heard Wang Lixia, who was sitting in the courtyard next door, ask, "You have so many bags, did you buy a lot of things?"

Su Ting turned her head and saw Wang Lixia sitting with Duan Xiaoying and Chen Lin from Building 65. They all stretched their necks to look at her hands. She waved her hand and said, "I bought some books and food. I have things to do, so I won't chat with you any more."

After saying this, without waiting for the three people to say a word, he stepped into the yard.

Most people who meet their neighbors, if they have a good relationship with them and are not in a hurry to do something, will always stop and chat for a while, instead of just saying something and leaving like Su Ting did.

Although Su Ting also explained it, everyone lives next to each other, so who doesn’t know who?

First, she has no job, and second, she eats in the cafeteria all day long, and doesn't have to light the fire or do housework. These days, she either lies at home or goes out for a stroll. Is she in a hurry to do something? Who would believe it?

Anyway, Wang Lixia didn't believe it. When she saw her enter the house, she pinched her voice and imitated her: "I have something else to do. I won't talk to you any more. If you don't know, you would think I'm a busy person!"

Duan Xiaoying also felt that Su Ting was not worldly-wise. Most people, when they move to a new place, always visit their neighbors to keep in touch with them. As the old saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative!

But Su Ting has been on the island for nearly half a month, and she has not visited anyone's house yet. When she sees her neighbors, she just ignores them and looks up at them.

It would be fine if she ignored others, but after all, she is He Yan’s head teacher!

But it was not easy to say this to others, so he said calmly: "Maybe she really has something to do when she returns."

"What could it be? I think she should just go back to sleep!" Wang Lixia pouted. "Did you see the things she picked up? She must have spent a lot of money going to the market today. I heard that she spent more than ten yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday. Today she bought so many things. She really doesn't know how to feel sorry if she doesn't make money herself!"

Chen Lin thought for a moment and said, "It seems like what she mentioned is really books and food."

"So what? Do you think she looks like a scholar? The books she bought must be some kind of miscellaneous books!" Wang Lixia said, crossing her arms. "And books are so expensive. She bought so many books at once, it must have cost a lot of money! Besides, she didn't even want to take He Yan with her when she went to the market. Can we expect her to bring food for the child?"

Wang Lixia thought that Su Ting must have bought the food because she was greedy, and He Yan was lucky to have some snacks. She frowned and said, "I really don't know what Captain He was thinking. He picked such a person after all the selection."

Although He Dongchuan has been married once and has a son, he is still very well off!

The military officers in the family compound all looked very energetic in their military uniforms, but not many of them were as tall and handsome as He Dongchuan, who could catch people's eyes.

Not to mention that he was a graduate of a military academy. Nowadays, most soldiers are illiterate and few are educated. Many of the officers who were promoted learned to read after joining the army, and later on were promoted to officers and received further studies to barely catch up with their academic qualifications.

But there is a fundamental difference between the academic qualifications gained upon joining the army and the high academic qualifications gained before joining the army. In terms of promotion, He Dongchuan rose faster than many officers of the same age.

This was certainly due to his successive achievements, but due to his insufficient academic qualifications, his promotion was inevitably blocked due to his years of service. In this regard, He Dongchuan encountered much less resistance.

He is only 26 years old this year, but he is already at the battalion level and has a promising future that is obvious to the naked eye.

In the past few years, many military wives wanted to introduce potential partners to He Dongchuan. The candidates ranged from nurses in the health center to employees in the city's state-owned factories, and later developed into the belle of the art troupe at the headquarters.

Tuanhua is a nickname, but the girl is really good-looking, with a slim figure and a graceful body. She is particularly eye-catching when dancing. She also has a good voice, so she is the protagonist in every performance.

Among the soldiers stationed on Pingchuan Island, many were interested in her, but few dared to take action. First, the art troupe was in Zhejiang Province, far away, and if they really wanted to get along with her, they would only see her a few times a year. Second, the other person had such good conditions, and if their own conditions were not good, they would inevitably feel ashamed of themselves.

Every time the troupe girl came to perform, she never showed any particular interest in anyone, so when someone wanted to set her up with He Dongchuan, it surprised a lot of people.

Later, He Dongchuan declined to meet with others, which again surprised many people.

People who heard about this started to grumble, if he can't even like Tuanhua, then what kind of person is he looking for?

As a result, he found a country girl.

If Su Ting was a good person, outsiders like them wouldn't bother to say anything, but this person is really...

I can't figure it out.

Chen Lin, however, felt that there was nothing to be confused about, and snorted softly, saying, "Why do you worry about what others are thinking? Who knows, he might be feeling very happy in his heart and think that his wife is the most beautiful."

"She's as skinny as a bamboo pole, what's so beautiful about her! I don't think she can even compare to a single hair of Comrade Feng!" Wang Lixia pouted and looked to the left for help, "Xiaoying, don't you agree?"

Comrade Feng is the beauty of the art troupe and is of course good-looking, but if it weren't for the purpose of belittling Su Ting, Wang Lixia wouldn't have praised her so highly.

Correspondingly, although Su Ting is thin, she is undoubtedly beautiful, with a small face, willow-shaped eyebrows, and a pair of dark and bright eyes. Even if the current aesthetic preference is for fullness, it cannot be said that she is not good-looking.

But Duan Xiaoying felt that inner qualities were more important than appearances. He Dongchuan already had He Yan, so he shouldn't just consider himself when remarrying. It was wrong to pick and choose and finally find a vase that was only good in appearance.

But she was a smooth person and didn't start to blame anyone. She only said: "Captain He has children and high standards, so it is inevitable that he has fewer options to choose from."

"If he has high standards, wouldn't Comrade Shen be much better than Su Ting? Besides, Battalion Commander Han has three children, but he also married a wife like you, didn't he?"

Battalion Commander Han is Duan Xiaoying's husband Han Bin, who is also married for the second time. His first wife died when she gave birth to the third child. In terms of personal conditions, Wang Lixia thinks He Dongchuan is much better than Han Bin. After all, one has three children and the other has only one son.

However, the wives these two men married were completely different.

Wang Lixia said this because she thought Duan Xiaoying was a good person, but the person concerned was not very happy to hear it, thinking how could He Dongchuan be compared with Han Bin?

Han Bin was going to be the commander, but what about He Dongchuan? Anyway, she had never heard of this person when she came to Pingchuan Island to visit her relatives in her previous life.

The two children cannot be compared. Han Bin's three children will all have a bright future, but as for He Yan, she had never heard of this name in her previous life.

But it's not easy to tell this to outsiders, otherwise if people find out, they might misunderstand that she married Han Bin for his future success, or discover the secret of her rebirth.

Finally, Duan Xiaoying just lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "I just value the good of others."

…

When Su Ting returned home, He Yan was doing his Chinese homework in the room.

The homework is not difficult. Just follow the words in the textbook that the teacher asks you to draw during class. Just write two lines for each word, which adds up to two pages.

But the more He Yan wrote, the less fun he felt, as he didn't recognize many of the words.

Although the teacher explains the meaning of these words during class, each word has two characters, so the teacher will generally focus on the new characters and just briefly mention the characters that we have learned before, since everyone has learned them anyway.

But "everyone" does not include He Yan. He often looks confused when he attends class. He seems to understand what the teacher is saying, but he also seems not to understand everything. He seems to know all the words in the textbook, but he stutters when he reads.

Very boring.

He Yan threw away his pen and was about to lie down on the bed when he heard the sound of a door being pushed open. He quickly put on his shoes and walked out, shouting, "Who is it?"

"I."

Hearing Su Ting's voice, He Yan opened the door and walked out: "Why are you back so early?"

"I came back after finishing my work." Su Ting put the things on the dining table and asked, "How are you at home? Have you eaten lunch?"

He Yan thought she was worrying too much. He had brought her food a few days ago. How could he let himself go hungry when she was not here today? He raised his chin and said, "I ate. There are sweet and sour pork ribs in the cafeteria today."

"Wow, the food is so good today?"

He Yan nodded: "What did you eat for lunch?"

"You don't eat as well as I do," Su Ting ordered a fish, which tasted okay, but in coastal cities, pork is more expensive than fish. She opened the oil paper package she brought back and said, "But there are desserts after the meal. I brought you two. Do you want to try them?"

He Yan's eyes lit up, and he stretched his neck to move closer: "What dessert?"

"Ding ding ding!" Su Ting opened the oil paper package and showed the frozen dessert inside, "It's frozen bamboo shoots!"

Seeing what Su Ting was holding, He Yan leaned back reflexively, his face wrinkled: "What, what is this? Why is there a bug?"

Su Ting smiled and said, "As I just said, the bamboo shoot jelly is cooked with sandworms, but it tastes very good. Do you want to try it?"

He Yan took a few steps back: "I don't want to eat it!"

Su Ting pretended to be hurt: "You really don't want to eat it? I brought this specially for you."

He Yan felt a little soft-hearted, but he really didn't want to eat bugs, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

"Don't be fooled by its scary appearance, it actually tastes very good, smooth and refreshing like eating jelly," Su Ting said as she recalled, "Have you ever eaten jelly? It's soft and sweet, very delicious."

He Yan shook his head.

He had never eaten it, and looking at what was in Su Ting's hand, he couldn't imagine how delicious jelly was.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Su Ting asked again: "Don't you really want to try it?"

He Yan refused again: "No!"

Su Ting sighed: "Well, then I have to eat the two bamboo shoots I brought back myself." After saying that, she took a bite of the food in her hand and shook her head, saying, "It's delicious."

Looking at her enjoying expression, He Yan felt a little shaken.

But he soon came to his senses and decided that he absolutely, absolutely did not want to eat bugs!