In the past, the father and son used ordinary soap to take a bath. It was colorless and odorless. Su Ting used scented soap. The smell was not strong, but there was a faint fragrance on her body after washing.

One time, He Yan smelled the scent on her body. After figuring out how it came about, he strongly requested that the soap be changed. He also wanted to smell fragrant.

In fact, scented soap is only a few cents more expensive than ordinary soap. Su Ting bought ordinary soap for the father and son not to save money, but out of inertia, thinking that men and boys might not like to have too much fragrance on their bodies.

Since He Yan strongly requested it and He Dongchuan had no objection, Su Ting would always choose scented soap when buying soap in the future.

Of course, the soap she used was always separate from that used by her father and son.

In fact, the most common thing in their bathroom is the soap box. The soap inside contains two types of soap, one for washing hair and one for taking a bath. There is one for taking a bath, one for her and one for her father and son, and one just for washing hands.

Moreover, if the father and son dared to use the soap incorrectly and Su Ting found out, she would severely criticize them, after all, this was related to physical health.

As time went by, both the father and the son knew about Su Ting's particularity and began to follow her lead.

For example, if he got drunk and this happened before he married Su Ting, He Dongchuan would have a good sleep. In the summer, he would take a shower as soon as he woke up, but in the autumn and winter, he might have to wait until the next morning. As for whether he would wash his hair or not, it depended on the weather and his mood at the time.

But now, he can't sleep well when he is drunk. As long as he can get up, no matter what season, what weather, or what mood he is in, he will rub his body from head to toe clean and brush his mouth twice from inside to outside.

Su Ting has a very sharp nose and can smell any strange smell. She is also very picky and will not let him touch her if he has any strange smell.

So after two years, He Dongchuan not only quit smoking completely - although he was not addicted to smoking, he would occasionally smoke one if someone shared a cigarette with him - he also stopped drinking much and his love for cleanliness also increased dramatically.

If the men in the compound were asked to compare personal hygiene, He Dongchuan would definitely be the first.

In order to wash off the smell of alcohol on his body, He Dongchuan stayed in the bathroom for half an hour, but the effect was remarkable. When he walked into the master bedroom again, he not only looked refreshed, but when he got closer and smelled, he could also smell a faint scent of soap.

Su Ting was very satisfied, so she let him get close to her, bite her lips and hook her tongue.

He Dongchuan is a good kisser. People with good bodies have advantages. No matter how long the kiss lasts, he won’t blush or get out of breath. Unlike Su Ting, she becomes completely exhausted every time he does it, and can only let him do whatever he wants.

Because of this, He Dongchuan is always patient when it comes to kissing.

After all, the last thing he lacked was patience. In their line of work, it was common to stay in one place for half a day or a whole day when on a mission and not be able to move. Those who were impatient had long been eliminated.

What's more, kissing itself is a kind of enjoyment for him, but except at night, they don't have much time for such intimate contact, and there are two "little policemen" at home.

Thinking of this, He Dongchuan couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, He Yan was the only one in the family who was careful and cautious, so it was relatively easy to guard against him. When he came home at night or when he was resting on Sundays, I could occasionally sneak a peek.

Now with the addition of Manman, those days are gone forever.

Because this child is really good at crawling. She has crawled under the bed and into the closet. You never know where she will suddenly appear from.

And gradually she was not as noisy as He Yan. She would make noise when someone was around, but when no one was around she would just sit there in a daze, not saying a word for a long time, with only the sound of her breathing making the sound.

But home is a place for people to relax, and He Dongchuan is not as vigilant at home as he is outside, so in most cases, he cannot discover Manman's presence in time.

This also resulted in him being frightened by sudden appearances when he was being intimate with Su Ting, outside of sleeping hours.

It's really hard to guard against.

This also caused Su Ting to be reluctant to be intimate with He Dongchuan outside of sleeping hours.

Just like now, although she was confused for a moment, when He Dongchuan moved down, Su Ting suddenly woke up, held his hand and said, "Where is Manman?"

"She was taken out to play by her brother."

"Are you sure?"

He Dongchuan propped himself up with his hands, looked at his daughter-in-law and said helplessly: "You told me this."

"Really?" Su Ting murmured, raised her eyes and asked, "They didn't come back?"

“No, I didn’t after I woke up.”

"Go and take a look." Su Ting's eyes fell on the closet.

He Dongchuan had no choice but to hold back his inner impulse, got up, opened the closet doors one by one, bent down to look under the bed, walked through the entire master bedroom, and said, "Really nothing."

Su Ting let out a long breath, relaxed her body and lay down on the bed.

He Dongchuan pressed on her, bit her lips gently and said, "Your expression just now looked like we were having an affair."

Although the two of them were intimate quite frequently, there were not many ways of doing it. He Dongchuan was born in this era and had little contact with people. The most outrageous thing he could think of was to change the place, such as going to the bathroom, but it has not worked out so far.

Su Ting knows a lot, but she is thin-skinned and can't let go. In bed, she is a giant in thought but a dwarf in action.

But there is a saying that goes "talk too fast". If you think too much, this kind of situation is inevitable. Su Ting is like this now. When she heard He Dongchuan's words, she immediately remembered the erotic articles she had read. She wanted to perform and said in pain: "Since you don't want to marry me, why did you come to me? And, why did you drag me to do this!"

After the performance, he looked up and glanced at He Dongchuan.

He Dongchuan felt hot under her gaze and said in a low voice, "Be good, make me feel comfortable. When I feel comfortable, I will consider marrying you home."

"You still want to consider it?" Su Ting was extremely angry. "Go away! Go away! I will never trust you again! I will kill you with a knife..."

“Tsk——”

He Dongchuan stretched out his finger and pressed it on Su Ting's lips. He turned his head to look at the closed door and whispered in her ear, "It seems that your parents are back. Speak softly so that they don't hear you." He automatically completed the scene.

Su Ting asked in a playful manner: "Then, what should we do?"

"It's okay, I'll do it gently, just don't make any noise." He Dongchuan said as he unbuttoned Su Ting's coat.

Su Ting continued to act: "No, they will hear it, you have to hide, if they find out..."

But before she could finish her words, He Dongchuan blocked her mouth. After a kiss, he leaned close to her ear and whispered coaxingly: "It's okay, as long as you keep your voice down, they won't notice. You will be quiet, right?"

In just a few sentences, He Dongchuan portrayed the image of a scumbag vividly and profoundly, so much so that after the end, when he asked Su Ting about her feelings, he only got a complicated look and: "You are such a scumbag."

He Dongchuan: “…” Wasn’t he just acting according to the information given?

…

On their last day on Pingchuan Island, they lived their lives as usual.

The only difference is that today is a working day, and He Dongchuan and He Yan have already completed the formalities, so one does not have to go to the barracks and the other does not have to go to school.

But they all got up very early. When Su Ting woke up, milk was already on the living room dining table, and buns were steaming on the stove. From time to time, she could hear some humming and laughing coming from the yard. When she walked over, she saw that it was indeed the father and his son doing boxing.

After the Chinese New Year, He Dongchuan often took He Yan to practice boxing, but the time was never long. He went out too early in the morning and came back too late, so it was good enough for him to spare 20 minutes every day to teach his son.

Maybe it was a genetic thing, after more than half a year, He Yan had mastered the moves quite well.

Although he still couldn't get past his dad if he fought seriously, it was effortless for him to knock down kids of the same age who were taller and stronger than him.

Therefore, He Dongchuan has recently been considering treating this as a long-term task.

Although he and his father were both soldiers, he had never seriously considered He Yan's future career direction before, as the child was still young. He taught He Yan boxing mainly to amuse him, and He Dongchuan never thought about letting him achieve any results.

But after training for more than half a year, He Dongchuan felt that He Yan was quite talented and it would be a pity to let his talent go to waste, so he mentioned this to Su Ting.

Su Ting has always thought that it is a good thing for children to learn more things, but there are no cram schools in those days. She can draw and has tried to teach He Yan, but he really has no talent. After practicing for more than a month, he is still at the family portrait stage.

Moreover, He Yan had no interest in painting. He would be happy to play with it occasionally, but after a long time, he could not sit still.

As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet, and learning a specialty also depends on interest. He Yan had no interest, and Su Ting could not force him to learn, so the matter came to nothing.

Now that He Dongchuan said he wanted to teach He Yan martial arts, he was also interested. Su Ting naturally had no objection and only said, "You can practice, but don't practice too hard."

"What is too cruel?" He Dongchuan asked.

Su Ting didn't know what was considered cruel, so she hesitated and said, "Don't hinder his growth."

In her previous life, she had a favorite child star who practiced martial arts since he was young. He was very cute when he was little. Although his facial features did not change much when he grew up, he could not grow taller due to years of martial arts training, and his shoulders looked heavy. In addition, due to various reasons, he gradually became silent.

In addition, the older generation of martial artists are not very tall, so there has been a rumor on the Internet that practicing martial arts will affect one's height. Although Su Ting cannot explain the reason, she firmly believes it.

He Dongchuan said, "I want him to get up half an hour earlier every day to run, and then take him to do horse stance and boxing in the evening. I'll do this first, and then add more time and adjust the training method according to the situation."

He Yan was asked to run because his physical fitness was not good enough.

Although at his age, he loves running and exercising, he would be seen every day when he was not watched, and he ran and jumped a lot. However, during the process, He Yan's posture was very relaxed and casual, and he did not do any targeted breathing training. After six months of training, He Dongchuan found that his lung capacity was not good, and he began to wheeze after a short while.

He Dongchuan planned to take He Yan for a run on Sunday, so as to correct his breathing method during the process. Normally, he would let him practice on his own, with Su Ting watching him at most.

The reason for the horse stance is that his lower body is unstable.

When practicing for fun, it doesn't matter whether his lower body is stable or not, but if he wants to practice seriously, he must take a horse stance, otherwise he won't be able to stand still, so how can he fight with others?

As for growing taller... He Dongchuan said: "I will control the amount of training, but he has long legs, so as long as his nutrition can keep up, he shouldn't be too short in the future." But he is not sure whether he can be as tall as him.

Su Ting didn't know that he was flattering himself in his heart, so she nodded and said, "As long as it doesn't affect my height, you can arrange it as you like. Do I have to start practicing now?"

He Dongchuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it when we get to Shanghai and have some free time."

They were about to move, and He Dongchuan was too lazy to bother. Besides, he would be busy for a while after arriving in Shanghai, so he might not have time to teach He Yan how to box.

As the saying goes, "over and over again, and the third time is enough", this saying is also very suitable to describe practicing martial arts. The result of practicing intermittently is often that there is no progress in practice, so it is better to wait until he is free.

Therefore, this morning, He Dongchuan still just took He Yan out to play, and the latter didn't take it too seriously, and had a smile on his face while boxing.

After noticing Su Ting, he fought even harder, his fists flying, his mouth humming non-stop, and after finishing a set of moves, he asked for praise: "Mom, how was my fight just now?"

"Very good," Su Ting praised, and then added after thinking, "Very impressive."

He Yan's tail instantly fluttered: "Hehe."

Seeing his son's boastful look, He Dongchuan felt his hands itching again. He reached out and gave his son a chestnut, saying, "Amateurs only see the excitement, while experts see the ins and outs. What's the point of asking your mother?"

He Yan covered his head and muttered, "Why is it useless? I'm not a professional." He himself is an amateur.

Hearing this, He Dongchuan opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was going to give him a good discipline, but he held the words back when they came to his lips. Forget it, just let him have fun for a while.

When we really start practicing, he will start to cry out loudly.

He Yan didn't know what his father was going to do, so he asked cheerfully, "Mom, when did you wake up? Have you eaten?"

Su Ting said: "I just woke up and haven't brushed my teeth yet."

"Then go brush your teeth. I'll get up slowly." He Dongchuan said. His wife had already gotten up, so he didn't have the heart to continue practicing.

Su Ting nodded and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

After Su Ting finished washing up, she slowly woke up. Her father helped her put on her clothes, and then she went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, yawning.

In fact, nowadays, many children of Manman’s age don’t brush their teeth. Su Ting herself started brushing her teeth when she was three or four years old.

But Su Ting had seen some relevant popular science when she was watching videos in her previous life, which roughly meant that as long as children have teeth, they should be cleaned to avoid cavities.

Therefore, Su Ting always paid great attention to the oral hygiene of her young lady, and when she started to eat with them, she began to brush her teeth.

It’s just that there were no special toothbrushes for children at that time, and adult toothbrushes were too big for me, so I didn’t brush very carefully at the beginning. The situation only got better in the past two months.

Su Ting wanted to have breakfast, so the task of brushing her teeth was given to He Dongchuan.

He Dongchuan didn't do this often. First, he had been very busy in the past six months and didn't have much time. Second, he couldn't help getting nervous when brushing his lady's teeth. He was afraid that he would hurt her if he brushed too hard, and he was also afraid that he would not brush well if he brushed too lightly. Nervousness brought hesitation, and hesitation caused him to want to brush again after brushing once.

But Manman is a sensitive person. She will get tired if she keeps her mouth open for a long time, and she will feel uncomfortable when she is tired. In addition, He Dongchuan's hands are indeed heavy sometimes, and the toothbrush will occasionally poke Manman's mouth, which is very painful.

As time went by, she gradually became less willing to let her father brush her teeth, as her mother preferred it to be more gentle.

Originally, she didn't want her father to brush her teeth this morning, but her father repeatedly assured her that he would do it gently and quickly and would not make her uncomfortable, so she...well, reluctantly gave her father a chance to perform.

Two minutes later, I slowly regretted it.

Dad is a big liar!

It was agreed that he would brush his teeth quickly, but he only brushed for two minutes. He was going to brush her teeth again, and the head of the toothbrush hit her oral cavity wall twice, which made her feel sore, numb and painful.

So when He Dongchuan picked up the toothbrush and was about to brush her teeth again, she covered her mouth and said with tears in her eyes, "I don't want it anymore!"

He Dongchuan felt that he was in the wrong, and his voice was not confident: "This is the last time. Dad promises you that this time I will only brush my teeth!"

However, in this case, his credit had already gone bankrupt. She covered her mouth and shook her head firmly: "No!"

He Dongchuan couldn't persuade the girl, so he handed her the enamel cup and said, "Then rinse your mouth."

He slowly loosened his hands that were covering his mouth, took the enamel cup, took a sip of water, spit it out, then took another sip of water and continued to spit it out.

She didn't finish rinsing her mouth until she had spit out all the water in the enamel cup. Then He Dongchuan wet the towel and washed her face.

At this point, the long washing process finally came to an end.

He Dongchuan slowly let out a sigh. Seeing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you really not like your dad brushing your teeth?"

She nodded slowly and vigorously, uttering two words at a time: "I really, really, don't like it!!!" So, she hoped that her father could be more self-conscious and stop brushing her teeth in the future!

Due to my limited vocabulary, the second half of the sentence was just a vague thought and I didn't say it out loud.

Although she didn't say it, He Dongchuan had already sensed it from her affirmative eyes and resolute tone, and said helplessly: "I'll try my best."

While the father and daughter were brushing their teeth and talking in the bathroom, the mother and son were laughing in the living room. However, when they came out of the bathroom one after another, they stopped laughing and pretended that they heard nothing.

Su Ting handed a bun to Man Man as if nothing had happened, and said to He Dongchuan, "Should we go to the city today?"

Moving is really not easy these days, especially for people like them, moving from one province to another. Because of the inconvenient transportation and the fact that they are carrying children, they can't take anything with them on the road, but they can't leave anything behind at home.

Fifty years later, Su Ting will not want either the mattress or the quilt. The cost of cross-provincial mailing will be enough for her to buy two new ones online.

But in those days, buying cotton required coupons, and cotton coupons were hard to come by. The quilts they used in winter were not thick, so they had to find a way to get two thick quilts when they arrived in Shanghai. So no matter how worn out and old the quilts were, no matter how troublesome and expensive it was to mail them, she could only find a way to mail them to Shanghai.

Since they were going to send it by mail, Su Ting didn't want to just send bed sheets and quilts. She also wanted to send all the thin clothes for spring, summer and autumn, and those useful and non-fragile items at home, so that they wouldn't have to carry so many things on the journey.

The couple had discussed these matters long ago, so He Dongchuan didn't ask what was going on. He nodded and said, "I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to borrow a tricycle. You pack your things at home, and we'll go to the city after you're done."

He Yan interrupted and asked, "Can my sister and I go together?"

"Your mother and I are on some serious business and can't take care of you." The implication is that he won't bring you along.

He Yan was a little disappointed and asked, "What about me and my sister?"

The one with puffy cheeks from eating slowly raised his head and asked, "What should I do?"

He Dongchuan said, "You guys stay at home. Don't take your sister too far. Your mom and I will be back soon after we mail the things. We won't be late for lunch."

He Yan: "Okay then."

Slowly: "Okay."

After making the arrangements, He Dongchuan went out. Su Ting started to get busy after breakfast. She opened the closet, took out the clothes one by one, folded them and put them into the woven bag that had been prepared long ago.

Although each person in their family didn't seem to have many clothes, they actually packed up a lot. Her clothes alone filled an entire woven bag, and the father and son's clothes filled half a woven bag. As for Man Man's clothes, Su Ting was a little hesitant.

Because the brother and sister grow fast, they have to buy new clothes every season, so they only have two or three sets of clothes that they wear frequently in each season.

It’s just that He Yan’s clothes wear out quickly. Except for winter clothes, no matter how new the clothes are, they will definitely have holes in them within three months. So Su Ting doesn’t feel bad whether she throws them away or gives them to other children.

Gradually, because she was young and seldom went out to play, her clothes did not wear out that quickly. The clothes that she could no longer wear looked in good condition. Su Ting was reluctant to give them away, so she kept them all.

But she will grow taller and taller, and she can't wear these clothes now, let alone in the future. Su Ting doesn't plan to have another child, so even if she brings these clothes to Shanghai, they will probably just be stored in the bottom of the box in the future.

So when He Dongchuan came back, Su Ting asked, "Man Man, do you think you should give these clothes away?"

"Who?"

"Ask who in the compound needs the clothes," Su Ting said thoughtfully. "If no one wants them, I'll ask Teacher He if she can help deliver the clothes to people in the surrounding brigades who need them."

Most families in the Navy compound lived decently, and even if some had newborn children, they might not necessarily want their daughter's hand-me-down clothes.

The members of the surrounding brigades were different. They had rural household registration and no industrial coupons. If they wanted to make clothes, they could only rely on the few feet of cloth coupons issued annually. There must be many families in need of baby clothes.

He Dongchuan had no objection and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's do it this way."

"Then I won't put in all those old clothes."

In this way, they gradually no longer had to send clothes by mail, because express parcels would take about a week to arrive, and they could reach Shanghai in less than two days by train, so they had to bring their most frequently worn clothes with them, otherwise they would have nothing to change into when they took a shower.

After packing clothes and quilts, Su Ting felt a little worried: "Now that we have sent the quilts away, what are we going to do at night?" They bought train tickets for tomorrow morning.

He Dongchuan said: "I will talk to Shi Cheng tonight and we can stay overnight at their home or at a guest house."

"Let's stay in a guesthouse to avoid trouble." Shi Cheng's family also has a two-bedroom apartment. If their whole family moved in, Shi Cheng and his wife would definitely have to squeeze in with their children for one night.

"Then I'll go to the guesthouse and get a room after I get back from the post office."

"OK."

As they discussed, the two of them packed their things. In less than half an hour, they had filled three woven bags and two snakeskin bags. When they were done, Su Ting couldn't help but sigh, "I usually don't realize how much stuff we have at home. How come there are so many when we pack them up?"

If they were not both able to earn money, the postage alone for sending so many things from Rong City to Shanghai might have bankrupted their small family.

Sending it by mail will go bankrupt, and throwing it away and buying new ones will also go bankrupt. All in all, the loss from the former is smaller. Thinking of this, Su Ting felt much more comfortable.

He Dongchuan rode a tricycle, carrying Su Ting and a load of stuff to the post office. After weighing the items, they found that the postage was indeed not cheap. The staff couldn't help but confirm with them again: "Are you sure you want to mail everything?"

If I don't spend this money now, I'll still have to save it when I get to Shanghai, Su Ting told herself in her heart, took a deep breath and said, "Yes!"

After that, she took out the prepared big group from her pocket and began to count the money with a painful look on her face. Fortunately, she had prepared in advance and brought enough money, otherwise she would have to worry about how to go back to get the money.

Su Ting thought about it with a smile on her face and handed the money over with her eyes closed.

So heartbreaking!

After paying the bill and opening her eyes, Su Ting saw He Dongchuan's expression of trying not to laugh. She immediately became very upset. So after getting the receipt and getting on the tricycle, she started to question him: "What were you laughing at just now?"

He Dongchuan seemed to have amnesia. He stamped his feet and turned his head to ask, "When did I laugh?"

"When I paid!" Su Ting snorted, and before he could speak, she said, "Don't try to be cunning, you must have laughed. Comrade Lao He, I tell you, I am very dissatisfied with your attitude just now! Although you don't care about money, you should know that you are also a member of the family. The money I paid for the postage just now is essentially your money, don't you understand?"

He Dongchuan nodded and said, "I know."

Su Ting sat on the pony, leaning against the car, looked up at He Dongchuan's profile and joked: "Then tell me, we just spent a lot of money, what do you think now?"

He Dongchuan said seriously: "I am very sad and uncomfortable, so I decided to work harder in the future and strive to increase my salary and make a lot of money as soon as possible."

Su Ting laughed out loud.

But she changed her mind and thought that if He Dongchuan continued to stay in the army in the future, it would be fine for him to make a small fortune, but if he wanted to make a lot of money... she was afraid that he would cry in despair, so it would be better to rely on He Yan.

Or if she bought a few more houses in Shanghai after the reform and opening up and got rich through demolition, it would be more reliable than relying on him.

After laughing, Su Ting patted He Dongchuan on the shoulder and said very considerately: "It's okay to work hard and it's okay to want a salary increase, but when it comes to making big money, you still have to count on me."

He Dongchuan: “…”