When Pei Songbai returned at noon, Xia Wenhua had already prepared lunch.
She was still thinking about going to the market with her two sisters-in-law, so she didn't feel like cooking and just stir-fried some vegetables and made a bowl of noodles.
However, the two children were very respectful to Pei Songbai, not only eating all the food she made, but also adding "It's so delicious" every now and then, making Xia Wenhua smile from ear to ear.
Humans are inherently prone to boasting; they are naturally pleased when their work is recognized by others.
During a break from eating, Xia Wenhua told Pei Songbai about meeting two new friends that morning and that she was going to the market in the afternoon. Pei Songbai slowed down his eating.
"Great job, my wife! She's adapted to military life so quickly!"
It's no wonder Pei Songbai was surprised, after all, Xia Wenhua had lived in Hongshan Brigade for almost four years, and probably didn't even know all the members of the Pei family.
He had always thought that Xia Wenhua didn't like to socialize. The fact that she made friends so soon after arriving at the family compound seemed unreal to his fairy-like wife.
Xia Wenhua had no idea what Pei Songbai was thinking; she was excitedly counting down what she would buy that afternoon.
"Sister Huang said we can raise a few chickens. We can buy chicks at the market this afternoon and get a cage. I heard there are also many beautiful handicrafts made by the villagers at the market, I definitely want to buy a lot..."
In just a short while, Xia Wenhua had already mentioned many things that she absolutely needed to buy.
Pei Songbai recalled the bustling scene at the Department Store yesterday and suddenly felt a headache coming on.
It wasn't that he was worried about the money, but going shopping with a shopping fanatic was more tiring than carrying a five-kilometer load.
Fortunately, he didn't have to go today. As soon as this thought came to mind, his gaze shifted to the two children next to him.
"Are you taking the child with you when you go to the market?"
Upon hearing this, Pei Xiangchen and Pei Xiangguang raised their heads. The two were clearly unaware of their tragic fate and gave Pei Songbai a cute smile.
It was this smile that awakened Pei Songbai's already limited paternal love, and he immediately began to think about how to save the two children's lives.
"Sister-in-law Huang said that all her children have gone to school and there's no one at home to look after them, so I'll take them with me." This was arranged in the morning, so Xia Wenhua didn't hesitate.
Besides, she wouldn't feel comfortable letting someone else look after the child.
The world is so chaotic these days. She almost had her child kidnapped. Even though the army's defenses were very strict, there were mountains behind them, and you had no idea where a child could run off to.
Hearing that Xia Wenhua actually wanted to take the children shopping, Pei Songbai immediately spoke up: "Actually, I'm not very busy this afternoon, otherwise I could take both children with me?"
"Don't you have to go to work?" Xia Wenhua had just heard from her two sisters-in-law this morning that men don't even have days off, and she couldn't quite believe that Pei Songbai would have time to take care of the children.
There is no rest time, of course, but it hasn't been too busy lately. Training is in the morning, so there's not much to do in the afternoon. It won't affect Pei Songbai bringing his child to work.
Soldiers are already tired, and most of those who come to accompany them are young couples. When there are many children at home, the wives can't keep an eye on them all by themselves, so someone has to take them to the office from time to time.
As long as it doesn't affect work, no one will object.
Xia Wenhua was naturally more than happy to have someone look after the child so she could go shopping freely.
After confirming that it wouldn't affect Pei Songbai, she immediately nodded: "Okay, then the two children will stay with you this afternoon."
The two slow-reacting little ones didn't even have time to react before their parents decided who would be theirs for the afternoon.
Knowing that their mother was going to keep them, Pei Xiangchen and Pei Xiangguang looked at Xia Wenhua pitifully and asked, "Mom, don't you want us anymore?"
Children have the purest minds. Before, when their mothers didn't play with them, they didn't dare to approach them.
Now, no matter what Xia Wenhua is busy with every day, she always pays attention to them. They feel their mother's love and naturally start to act spoiled.
Xia Wenhua shrugged and gave a half-hearted, fake cry: "Baby, Mommy doesn't want to be separated from you either, but the market is too far away."
Daddy can't go, and Mommy can't hold both of you by herself. Why don't you wait for Mommy to come back with Daddy, okay?
She had no intention of deceiving the child at all. After all, a market that takes adults more than ten minutes to walk to is a long way for a child, and she wasn't wrong.
The elderly father, who was standing by, didn't explain, as he was only thinking of what was best for his children. So the two kids could only reluctantly go to work with Pei Songbai.
Xia Wenhua doesn't dislike children; in fact, she quite likes them to some extent. She's still very happy to have a chance to get rid of the two little ones and play by herself.
People who haven't had children simply don't understand the joy of this kind of vacation. Even though the Pei family's little ones are all angels, she, as an expectant mother, still needs this rare time of being single.
When he met up with Sister Huang and Sister Ye in the afternoon, they both praised him as soon as they learned that Pei Songbai had taken the child to work.
“Commander Pei is a real man, unlike my old Wang. Last time when I was pregnant with our third child, I asked him to look at our second child, but he insisted that no man would do that kind of work.”
"That's right, my husband Li is the same. He's never as capable as Commander Pei, but he still puts on airs."
The complaints from married women were the most damaging, and Xia Wenhua silently echoed them from the side, not saying a word more.
Fortunately, both of his sisters-in-law were used to it. No one is perfect. Apart from being a bit concerned about saving face, Commander Wang and Political Commissar Li didn't have any other bad habits. They would just complain a little and then move on.
The walk of ten minutes or so wasn't far, and they chatted and laughed as they arrived at the market in just a few minutes.
This place was specially approved by the authorities to allow farmers to sell their own produce. In the past two years, many markets have been sluggish, and people who dare not go to the black market mostly come to markets like this to buy something to eat.
As soon as the three entered the market, they headed straight for the grain stalls, just as they had agreed beforehand.
Farmers are having a hard time these days, and many are still struggling to feed themselves. Unless they are genuinely short of money, few people will put their grain out to sell, so there aren't many stalls selling grain.
Fortunately, the three of them were well-prepared and arrived early. The stalls hadn't started selling their goods yet, so each of them bought five jin of flour.
Sister Huang and Sister Ye were unaware of Xia Wenhua's remarkable achievements yesterday, but before coming, they had told Xia Wenhua about the unspoken rules here: you can buy anything that appears, but don't buy too much of anything, or you'll be stopped by the supervisors.
Xia Wenhua was naturally obedient since she was new to the place, but there were always some people who were unwilling to follow the rules.
They had just finished buying their food when a fight broke out at the stall next to them because someone insisted on buying all the grain.
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