Chapter 020 The sister-in-law from across the street comes to visit
Zhou Nanxu’s cooking skills are good. Rong Mei, who usually would be full with half a bowl, forced herself to finish a whole bowl.
After dinner, Zhou Nanxu was responsible for washing the dishes and cleaning up.
Rong Mei was walking around in the room to digest her food.
When my stomach was no longer bloated, I lay down on the sofa again.
I also cut some after-dinner fruit and put it in a fruit plate, which I brought to the low coffee table in front of the sofa.
This was the scene that Chen Chunlan saw when she stood at the door - Deputy Commander Zhou was mopping the floor in the kitchen, while his rumored country wife was half-lying on the sofa in the living room, with a pillow behind her back, one leg crossed over the other, and she was swinging leisurely in the air with her legs crossed.
There was a fan on diagonally opposite, and there were cut fruits on the coffee table. The country wife had a piece of fruit in her mouth and a picture book in her hand. In just a moment, her fingertips turned another page.
Rong Mei was watching so intently that she didn't even notice Chen Chunlan standing at the door for a while.
Chen Chunlan stood outside, not knowing whether to go in or not.
Rong Mei had her back to her, so she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but she had heard other sisters-in-law she had met in the courtyard talking about it in the morning. They said that Deputy Captain Zhou's country wife was extremely beautiful, like a fairy. Even those in the art troupe were far inferior to her.
She was also full of curiosity about this.
Thinking that they lived next door to each other and that Deputy Captain Zhou was her husband's leader, she wondered if she should make friends with the other man's wife.
Just as I opened the door and was about to go out, I saw that the door of Deputy Captain Zhou's house was open, so I thought it was a good opportunity to stop by and sit for a while.
Who could have thought that she would witness such an incredible thing.
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should envy Rong Mei's good fortune of finding a hardworking man, or sigh that Deputy Captain Zhou married a lazy wife.
"Mrs. Chen?"
While he was trying to decide the dilemma, Zhou Nanxu came out of the kitchen with a mop. He was about to clean it and then mop the living room when he looked up and saw Chen Chunlan standing at the door.
Seeing that someone finally noticed her, Chen Chunlan breathed a sigh of relief, pinched the corner of her clothes, and said with a smile, "Hey, Deputy Captain Zhou, you are mopping the floor."
Hearing the noise, Rong Mei sat up and looked towards the door.
Chen Chunlan happened to look over here, and their eyes met. Rong Mei immediately smiled at Chen Chunlan in a friendly manner.
Chen Chunlan: ...
After hearing the rumors, she was more or less mentally prepared that Deputy Captain Zhou's country wife would be beautiful, but this beauty still exceeded her imagination. She had lived for more than 30 years and had never seen anyone with such appearance. Even the heroine on TV was not as beautiful as her.
Chen Chunlan praised Rong Mei sincerely, "I guess this is Deputy Head Zhou's wife. She is so pretty. I have never seen anyone so pretty."
He even sighed in his heart, no wonder Deputy Captain Zhou was able to humble himself and take care of all the housework.
If she had such a face, her husband Zhu would have to take on at least two of the housework, if not all.
Rong Mei had already walked from the sofa to Chen Chunlan and took the initiative to introduce herself, "Sister-in-law, you can call me Rong Mei."
After saying that, he politely invited Chen Chunlan to come in and sit down.
"Okay, okay." Chen Chunlan responded with a smile and followed Rong Mei into the house.
He would glance at Rong Mei from time to time.
Rong Mei, who was very close to her, caused a greater visual impact on Chen Chunlan.
This year is her fourth year with the army. Coming from the countryside, she didn't dare to go out and socialize at first, for fear that she didn't know anything and might say or do something wrong and embarrass her man.
It was her husband, Mr. Zhu, who encouraged her, saying that most of the people who came with the army in the hospital were wives of soldiers from the countryside. The wives of soldiers in the city had jobs and most of them chose to work in their original places. They would visit their relatives a few times a year and stay for a while. Even if the others had jobs, they worked in the city and did not have time to be at home every day.
So the others who stayed at home were the same as her.
This allowed her to gradually step out of the room and walk around with people. Gradually, even if she met a military wife from the city, she would no longer be timid in front of others.
Over the years, she couldn't say that she was very comfortable in interacting with other military wives, but she wasn't nervous either.
But when she looked directly into Rong Mei's sparkling eyes, her heart really started beating fast.
Trying to calm down, she sat on the sofa and introduced herself to Rong Mei, "Sister, my last name is Chen, I live across from your house, my husband is in Deputy Commander Zhou's regiment, he's a deputy battalion commander, if you don't mind, you can come to my house later."
Rong Mei poured a glass of water, brought it over and placed it in front of Chen Chunlan, and said with a smile, "Okay, sister-in-law, you drink the water and have some fruit here, don't be polite."
"Hey hey." Chen Chunlan responded repeatedly and picked up the cup of water on the coffee table.
He didn't drink, but just used it to cover up his embarrassment.
Seeing the two chatting, Zhou Nanxu did not stay in the living room, but went into the bathroom with a mop to clean.
"Are you still used to living here?" Chen Chunlan tried to find a topic.
Rong Mei found a stool and sat down opposite Chen Chunlan. "It's quite good. It's warmer than Harbin. In Harbin, we have to wear cotton-padded jackets sooner or later."
"Girl, you have a really strong ability to adapt. I can't do that. When I first came here, the thing I couldn't get used to the most was the eating habits..."
Chen Chunlan became excited when she mentioned her hometown and started talking immediately.
Then the topic turned to Rong Mei's age.
When he learned that Rong Mei was eighteen, he sighed again, "When I was your age, she had already given birth to my first child. The next year, she gave birth to her second child, and three years later, she gave birth to her third child."
I thought the third child had come to an end, but Chen Chunlan continued, "The fourth child happened to be born at a good time. Not long after she was born, people began to advocate that a couple can only have one child."
Rong Mei: “…”
Chen Chunlan, "One child is lonely and alone, but it is definitely more economical than raising four. People say that a grown-up boy can eat his father out of money. With four mouths in our family, no matter how big or small, all of them can eat. His father's monthly salary will eat up more than half.
You only need to have one child in the future, so there is no need to rush to have a baby so early. But Deputy Captain Zhou is not young anymore, and your mother-in-law will probably urge you to have a grandchild, right?
When you have children in the future, you should change this house. This is also because Deputy Head Zhou is considerate of those of us with large families. Otherwise, according to his rank, why would he only allocate this one-bedroom apartment? It should be at least a two-bedroom apartment. But we, relying on the large number of people in our family, shamelessly asked for a two-bedroom apartment..."
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