Chapter 36

"Why are you here now?"

The couple got off work at about the same time, so he seldom came to pick her up at noon.

Huo Xiao first looked at his wife's face and saw that she was indeed tired. He felt a little regretful for being too harsh last night: "I was worried that you might not be feeling well." He wanted to carry her back, but there were students around, so he swallowed the words back.

Ruting could see that her husband was not satisfied, so she gave him a helpless look and said, "No need to recite it."

As he spoke, he looked around and realized that while the two were talking, Gu Fang had already walked some distance away.

It would be fine on normal days, but today I have to write a letter of apology to Liu Wenyan, so I can't let her attract all the attention alone.

So, while telling her husband what happened in the morning, she quickened her pace.

Gu Fang left early because she didn't want to disturb the couple, but she didn't expect him to catch up with her. She was a little speechless, but she guessed the reason: "It's just a letter. Do you really think Liu Wenyan is stupid? She has a good grasp of people's behavior."

Hearing this, Li Ting just smiled and took her hand: "It's on the way anyway."

Seeing her insistence, Gu Fang felt somewhat helpless, but more than that, she was happy. After all, she was the one who took on this offending job, and there was no need for Tingting to accompany her to suffer...

The family compound was previously housed separately outside, and was usually guarded by a security guard, so it was quite safe.

But starting from the year before last, the brigade commander noticed that the overall environment was becoming tense, and he immediately reported to the division headquarters about relocating the family compound.

Then, it only took more than a month, not only was the house built, but all the family members were also taken into the army and provided with tight protection.

Normally, a brigade-level officer could live in a small western-style building, but at that time time was tight and building materials were in short supply, so I didn't care so much and moved into a building with the rest of my family.

However, due to the difference in levels, neither Brigade Commander Wei nor Political Commissar Liu participated in the lottery and directly moved into the fourth floor, which was also the only house with four bedrooms.

Of course, the two top leaders did not live in the same building, so although Li Ting had been to Brigade Commander Wei's house many times, this was the first time he came to Political Commissar Liu's house.

When the three climbed to the fourth floor and were about to hand in their apologies and leave, they saw a charming middle-aged woman at the end of the corridor, waving at a young warrior with a look of disdain: "Quick, quick, stand in the corridor, look at your sweat dripping into my room..."

When a few people looked over, they saw that the young man, who was only about eighteen or nineteen years old, had a flushed face and raised his sleeves in embarrassment to wipe the sweat off his face. There were several boxes of coal piled at his feet and his hands were all dirty.

Tingting suddenly remembered that the troops had received a batch of honeycomb coal in the past two days.

Apparently, the young soldier was delivering coal to the brigade commander's home.

But I didn't expect that after all the hard work of moving everything to the fourth floor, I would be rejected.

After figuring out the whole story, the three of them looked sullen.

Huo Xiao took the unsatisfactory self-criticism letter from Gu Fang's hand, asked his wife and the others to go downstairs first, and then strode over alone.

Both Lu Ting and Gu Fang were in a bad mood at the moment, so they naturally didn't want to exchange pleasantries, so they cooperated and went downstairs.

But they didn't go far, they just stood on the stairs waiting for people.

At this time, Gu Fang came over and whispered sarcastically: "I didn't have much contact with Sister Wenhui before, but now I know who Liu Wenyan looks like. Her contemptuous face is exactly the same as her mother's."

Ruiting nodded in agreement.

After chatting for a few more words, Huo Xiao, who had delivered the letter of apology, came back.

With him was the little warrior whose eyes were red just now.

The young soldier was still a little embarrassed. He grinned, called out "Hello, sisters-in-law", saluted Huo Xiao, and ran away in a hurry.

Seeing this, Ruiting looked at the man who was going downstairs with him and asked, "What did you do?" How come the warrior was so happy in such a short time?

Huo Xiao's expression showed no emotion, he just said calmly: "Nothing, I personally helped the political commissar move a basket of coal, and then 'accidentally' left a lot of footprints in his house."

Hearing this, Rui Ting and Gu Fang looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Gu Fang also lived in an apartment, so they separated halfway.

When Ting Ting returned home chatting and laughing with her husband, little Tuanzi came towards them.

She subconsciously bent down to take it, but the man next to her was quicker and picked Miaomiao up.

Miaomiao was held by her father. She was dazed for a while, then she twisted her body and reached out to her mother, "I want you to hold me."

Huo Xiao held the child and changed direction, coaxing him gently: "Mom is tired today, can Dad hold the child?"

At this time, Hu Xiu also came out of the kitchen. Hearing this, he looked his daughter-in-law up and down and said, "You don't look well. What's wrong?"

While holding her daughter's hand, Ruiting walked into the house and briefly told her mother-in-law what happened in the morning. Hu Xiu frowned and sighed that there were all kinds of people in the world. She felt sorry for Fang Cuihua and thought about getting some floral cloth to make two sets of clothes for the children. They would be more decent than urea bags.

It was at this time that the couple entered the living room and saw Dong Ao, who was squatting on the ground playing the card game with Guoguo, with no manners at all.

Huo Xiao frowned: "Why are you here?"

As soon as Dong Xiao said this, before he could say anything, Hu Xiu slapped her son and said angrily, "What are you talking about? Little Dong sent me a lot of seafood, all good stuff, so what's wrong with you inviting me to dinner?"

Then he turned to look at the young man who was unexpectedly fond of children, and said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to the boy, Xiao Dong, come over every day in the future."

"Aunt Xiu is still nice to me, so I won't be polite." Dong Xiao smiled brightly. His home is near the sea, and the thing he has the most is seafood. When he was transferred to Huo Xiao this time, his parents sent him a lot of goods. He just received the package today, so he hurriedly delivered it and spent time with the children.

Hu Xiu liked such lively children, and immediately responded: "Why are you being polite? Not to mention that you brought your own dry food, even if you are related to Xiao Xiaozi, you don't have to be polite... I'll go cook the last dish, and the meal will be ready soon."

After hearing this, Dong Ao proudly raised his chin towards his good brother, with an expression that looked like he wanted to be punished.

Huo Xiao narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Tingting followed her mother-in-law to the kitchen to help.

Unexpectedly, after taking two steps, Hu Xiu in front of her turned around and said, "Tingting, if you are tired, just take a rest and let Xiao Xiaozi light two fires for me." The main thing is that leeks taste better when fried over a high fire, otherwise she can do it alone.

Hearing this, Dong Xiao got up first, picked up Guo Guo who was giggling, and followed very actively: "I'll do it, auntie, I'll help."

Seeing this, Ruiting shook her head in amusement, but she did not go back to rest. Instead, she took Miaomiao from her husband's arms and sat down on the sofa.

The sofa at home is made of pure wood, but after being modified by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a soft cushion made of homespun cloth has been placed on it, which is very comfortable to sit on.

Ruiting first settled the girl down before asking her what happened.

Miaomiao is very smart, but she doesn't like to make noise, and she is not a particularly clingy girl.

Especially after she turned 4, she felt like a little adult and seldom asked to be held. I couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering if she was being bullied.

Miaomiao was not bullied, but after hearing her mother's question, her expression obviously withered: "...Mom, I can't tell left from right."

Ting Ting was at a loss: "You are still young, there is no rush for this."

Miaomiao pursed her lips and said in a baby voice, "But...but the school has already taught it. Many children can do it, including Guoguo, but I can't."

Hearing this, Li Ting looked at her husband beside her and asked, "Have the middle class started teaching left and right?"

She had never paid much attention to preschool classes, but she roughly knew that these things would be taught in senior classes later on.

Huo Xiao was even more confused: "...It should be possible. Let's go back and ask the teacher."

"No need." Ruting looked at Miaomiao again and asked about what happened in detail.

Then I discovered that the little girl was not confused about left and right, but was just a beat slow to react in this regard.

Ruiting is quite experienced in this matter. She was slow to react when she was in school, and became famous for being lost after graduation.

So, she carried the little girl to the ground again and said, "Miaomiao, hold your left hand tightly."

Miaomiao didn't understand what was going on, but she still obediently clenched her left hand hanging at her side into a small fist.

Ruting squatted beside her, raised her hand and pointed at the little girl's hand, and said with a smile: "Now you have to remember that the clenched fist is the left hand, and the open one is the right hand. Later, when mom asks you to turn left, you turn to the direction of the little fist. So which direction do you turn to when you turn right?"

Miaomiao finally understood what her mother meant and smiled, raising her right hand: "Here!"

"What about the left?"

Miaomiao raised her little fist: "Here."

"What about the right side?"

Miaomiao immediately switched to her right hand.

This happened several times in a row, and the little girl's reaction became visibly faster.

"Mua! Mommy's little baby is so smart! How about we try turning left and right again?" The little girl was so cute that she couldn't help but kiss her and immediately encouraged her.

Miaomiao was so happy that her little teeth showed when she smiled. She replied in a baby voice, "Okay!"

"Here comes the mom... turn left!"

Miaomiao was stunned for a second, then the word "fist" appeared in her mind, and her little body instinctively turned to the left.

Ruiting clapped and praised at the right time: "Wow! Our Miaomiao is awesome! Then... turn left... yes, really great... turn right... turn left..."

She did this for more than ten times in a row without making any mistakes and was constantly encouraged and praised by her mother. Miaomiao's cheeks were now red with excitement and she suddenly didn't hate physical education class at all.

At the kitchen door, Dong Ao, who had seen all of this, finally put his last worry aside.

He said the old man was overthinking it. With how meticulous the Huo family was about the dragon and phoenix fetus, he was afraid that their biological children would be no different...

Huo Xiao, on the other hand, kept staring at his wife with a gentle look.

Tingting felt uncomfortable being stared at. After all, this was the living room and there were children. She rolled her eyes at her husband in annoyance and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Huo Xiao's mind was filled with images of his wife and daughter clenching their fists and turning them left and right. A smile was evident in his eyes. "Nothing much. I just think your method is good and you use it quite skillfully."

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