The Pei family's yard is not small, with the front yard and back yard totaling about two hundred square meters. Excluding the flush toilet that has just been renovated and the newly built woodshed and bathroom, there is still a lot of vacant land that is not used.

Lu Nong stayed up late to draw up the design drawings and began to renovate the garden according to the drawings.

The first thing to do is to build the garden path. From the front door to the back door, the whole way is dirt. Recently, the weeds in the yard have been pulled out and the soil has been renovated. If a stone path is not made, it will be very muddy on rainy days and my shoes will be covered with mud.

For the sake of shoes, Lu Nong sent Pei Jinan outside to find flat stone slabs, and then designed a curved path, dug the soil along the path, and buried the irregular stone slabs.

Bury the stones and backfill with soil, and sprinkle the seeds of paving plants in the gaps between the stone slabs.

I heard from the old farmer who sells flower seeds that this bag of seeds is mixed with thyme, sunflower and alfalfa. When the flowering season comes, large patches of purple, white, pink and red flowers will bloom, covering the ground. They can not only stabilize the soil but also serve as a beautifying effect.

Lavender, hydrangea and white chrysanthemum seeds are scattered at intervals on both sides of the path. The stems of these three plants are much taller than the paving plants, and when they bloom, they are staggered and perfect.

She brought the lavender seeds from Beijing. This thing is hard to find. It was only introduced to China from foreign countries a few years ago. It has not been planted on a large scale yet and is not common.

After paving the path, Lu Nong and Pei Jinan built a swing near the house. Next to the swing, they inserted a grape rack and a wisteria rack and planted grape seeds.

As for wisteria, Lu Nong really likes his uncle's garden. When he came here, he specially collected a lot of flower seeds. Unfortunately, the roots of wisteria flowers are too big to carry, so he had to leave them empty for the time being and plant them again when he has the chance to find them in the future. The wisteria trellis was used to make a rose trellis.

At the end of the path, in front of the living room, Lu Nong built a small terrace with wooden boards. In the summer, you can move the mat outside and lie on the terrace to watch the stars.

The gate and the wall are made of wooden fences. Lu Nong planted climbing roses and Chinese roses beside the gate and the wall. When the branches and leaves of the roses climb all over the fence, they can serve as a barrier.

When the flowers bloom, clusters of pink and white flowers dot the lush green branches like a pink waterfall.

Lemon trees, peach trees, and apricot trees are planted in the corners. These trees were dug by Lu Nong when he went up the mountain. He also dug up wild lilies and gardenia trees, as well as large areas of Phalaenopsis orchids.

Roses are indispensable in the secret garden, and large tracts of roses are planted in the front and backyard gardens.

An oval vegetable plot was built near the woodshed, with fruit trees and strawberry and watermelon seeds planted around it, replicating the layout of the Li Garden's backyard.

Lu Nong buried the Epiphyllum seeds she brought in a dark place. When she was a child, she and her cousins ​​had waited for the Epiphyllum to bloom, which brought her a wonderful experience. So she also wanted her children to experience this wonderful feeling.

Unfortunately, Epiphyllum is not suitable for planting seeds, so we can only try our luck by planting it.

The garden where the flower seeds were sown needed irrigation and watering, so Pei Jinan used a bamboo pipe to lead the mountain spring water to Lu Nong's secret garden, which also made it convenient for water use at home. In this way, even if Pei Jinan was not at home, Lu Nong and Wu Ma would not have to go to the river to fetch water.

By the time the garden was taking shape, the time had come for the troops to set out.

At three o'clock in the morning, Pei Jinan put on his military uniform and came to the bedside, but he couldn't bear to wake up the sleeping Lu Nong. He brushed away the messy hair on Lu Nong's cheek, gently kissed her smooth and white forehead, then walked to the crib, leaned over and kissed little Xia.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiazi woke up. He stared at Pei Ji'an with his black grape eyes and yawned loudly. Pei Ji'an tapped Xiao Xiazi with his index finger and said, "Be good. Mom is sleeping."

Little Xia tilted his head, looked at his father without crying or making a fuss. After ten seconds or so, probably because he was bored of looking at his father, he yawned again, turned his head away, and felt drowsy.

Pei Ji'an finally tucked in the quilt for his daughter, stood up, straightened his military uniform, put on his hat, and left the bedroom.

At five o'clock, Lu Nong woke up with a start. After getting up, she found that there was no one around her. She threw back the quilt and got out of bed, and her luggage was gone.

Pei Ji'an didn't wake her up when he left.

Lu Nong brushed her hair and went downstairs. Mother Wu knew Pei Ji'an was leaving today, so she got up early and prepared a meal and put it on the table. When she saw Lu Nong coming downstairs, she whispered, "Where's Aunt? I made noodles specially because I knew he was leaving today."

Lu Nong: "Let's go."

"What?" Mother Wu's eyes widened.

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

Lu Nong lowered his eyes, "I don't know when he left. It's very likely that the troops required us to assemble early, and he left on his own in the morning to avoid waking us up."

Mother Wu sighed and said, "What a pity for this noodle. How about we eat it together?"

All the soldiers left, and for a moment the whole mountain seemed to be quiet. The wives of the soldiers who loved playing games and gossiping also became quiet, with worried looks on their faces.

At first, Lu Nong felt only a little sad, but when she went to bed at night, she subconsciously rolled to the side, but she did not roll into the broad and thick chest, but fell into nothing.

Habit is a terrible thing. The longing and loneliness brought by habit will attack the human brain from time to time.

One month after Pei Jinan left, all the custom-made furniture was ready. Pei Jinan informed the logistics department before leaving, and Lu Nong went to the logistics department to borrow a car to bring the furniture back. Several soldiers from the logistics department were very helpful and helped Lu Nong move the furniture into the house and put it away.

Xie Laosan's cooking skills are very good. Everything he makes meets Lu Nong's expectations. Some things even exceed expectations, which really surprises Lu Nong.

You should know that these furniture are all handmade, and their value would be higher in modern times.

With these additions, the house looks brand new.

The living room is divided into two parts: the sofa reception area and the dining room. Install the sofa cushion, put on the cloth cover, and put the pillows in place, and a soft and comfortable sofa is ready.

The dining table was replaced with a rectangular one, which can accommodate more people for meals. After arranging the chairs, it can basically restore the seating space for everyone in Jingshi's home.

The replaced square table was disassembled into two halves and moved into the kitchen and placed against the wall, becoming a storage rack for condiments, pots, bowls, and spoons.

What surprised Lu Nong the most were the two beds with desks underneath. Since Lu Nong did not draw them, Xie Lao San gave it his free rein and turned the side near the stairs into a storage cabinet, and then added a few bookshelf panels to the desk.

In addition to the bed and the desk, each of them also has a wardrobe, placed symmetrically. In this way, Xiao Huai and Pei Zheng's room is divided into two, which is clean and tidy, and at the same time maximizes the use of space.

The Pei family's house was newly renovated, and several military wives who were familiar with Lu Nong came to visit. Director Leng was the most active one. She had accompanied Lu Nong to Xie Lao San's house. She had always wanted to see what kind of furniture Lu Nong had drawn that made the miser Xie Lao San spend money to buy the drawings.

From the moment we walked through the door, everyone's mouths were open.

"Oh my goodness, this is both a grape trellis and a swing trellis, you didn't make them yourself, did you?" Director Leng teased Lu Nong.

Ever since Pei Jinan went to pick up Lu Nong who had returned from the military, Pei Jinan's reputation of doting on his wife spread throughout the military region, and everyone was paying more attention to the Pei family. This was not a big deal.

Good guy, it turns out that taking his wife home is just a small thing for Pei Ji'an.

Carrying water, chopping wood, washing diapers, fixing the toilet for my wife...

Pei Jinan was the only one who did all the dirty and heavy work, and the women of the Pei family had no hand in it at all.

"A swing is nothing. Sister Leng, don't forget the tap water. Our Deputy Commander Pei is worried that Comrade Lu will be tired of carrying water, so he brought the spring water directly from the mountain to the house."

Liu Erniu was full of emotion and continued, "Although Deputy Commander Pei usually has a cold face, he says less and does more. If my old Zhao can be half as considerate as Deputy Commander Pei, I will be satisfied."

Director Leng continued, "Speaking of mountain spring water, we have to thank Xiao Pei. If he hadn't led the soldiers up and down the mountain to find the springs and dug a channel to bring the spring water down, we would still be going to the river to fetch water to drink every day."

"Yes, thank you, Deputy Commander Pei." Wang Xiuzhi said quickly.

Lu Nong blushed when she was teased by several people, and at the same time, she was sweating inside. In her opinion, what Pei Jian did was normal as a husband. Did Director Leng and the others think it was so exaggerated?

"Let's go inside quickly." Lu Nong said. She was afraid that if she continued watching, she would be spread into even more outrageous stories.

After entering the house, Liu Erniu stopped moving. It turned out that the floor of Pei's house was too smooth and clean, so clean that people dared not walk around casually. Lu Nong changed into slippers as soon as he entered the door, which confirmed her idea.

Liu Erniu: "Oh, Comrade Lu, your family is really particular. We have to change shoes when we enter the house. Do we have to change too?"

There weren't that many slippers at home, so Lu Nong said, "No need, no need, everyone just come in directly."

Liu Erniu was really surprised, she usually thought she was very clean and her house was tidy, but compared with Pei's house, her house was nothing, too rough.

Moreover, the Pei family is not only clean, but also meticulous and exquisite. Liu Erniu has never seen a family more exquisite than the Pei family or Lu Nong in her entire life. Even Director Leng's family cannot compare to them.

Director Leng herself was also surprised. She came from a scholarly family, and most of the wives in the military compound were from peasant families and had risen up along with their husbands.

It can be said that Director Leng's aesthetic level is top-notch in the entire military region. Compared with other military wives who just put furniture in their homes, her home is very elegantly decorated.

But now compared with Lu Nong, he is nothing but a dwarf.

Director Leng was completely amazed. The decoration of this house was so beautiful. No wonder Xie Lao San insisted on buying Lu Nong's drawings. After seeing them, she also wanted to change her home to such a style.

"What is this?" Wang Xiuzhi pinched the sofa, looked up and asked Lu Nong, "It's soft, is it a bed?"

Director Leng said, "This is called a sofa, which is equivalent to our chairs. Try sitting on it."

Wang Xiuzhi, Hu Mei and Liu Erniu quickly sat down.

"It's so comfortable," Liu Erniu moved her body, "It's so comfortable, I don't want to move anymore."

"Why do you have cups on this cabinet? Is this in the wrong place?" Hu Mei asked curiously while looking at the cups in the cabinet in the dining area.

"I like collecting cups, but I have no place to put them, so I have to put them on the cabinet." Lu Nong smiled, thinking that his cups were much more important than the cabinet.

"I see two more beds have been moved in. Where are they? I want to go and take a look?" Director Leng asked Lu Nong.

"Upstairs. I made it for my sons. It's called a bedside table."

Lu Nong led everyone to Pei Zheng and Xiao Huai's room. When they opened the door, not only Director Leng, but also Liu Erniu and Wang Xiuzhi exclaimed, "Oh my God, this bed is so good, it saves space."

Both of her families have many children, and two or three children sleep in one room, which is very crowded. The children quarrel all day long over whose space is bigger, and they make a lot of noise when they quarrel. But it can't be blamed entirely on the children, because it's their fault that there is so little space in the house.

If we could have beds like the ones in Comrade Lu's home, not only could we have three people living in one room, we could put four beds in there and accommodate four people.

Liu Erniu thought, "Comrade Lu, can we make a few beds like yours? I also want to give my children beds like this."

"Of course you can. Whoever of you wants it can go find Xie Lao San and tell him that you want Pei's bed and desk, and he will know." Lu Nong said.

"Okay." Liu Erniu and Wang Xiuzhi were delighted.

In fact, every piece of furniture in Lu Nong's house is beautiful, but it would be too expensive for them to redecorate their home like Lu Nong did and buy a bunch of furniture, so they couldn't bear it.

"Are you preparing this for your eldest son and Xiao Huai? Your eldest son is coming over too?"

Director Leng knew that Pei Jinan and Lu Nong were remarried, and that Pei Jinan also had an older son who was studying in Beijing, whose name seemed to be Pei Zheng.

Seeing that Lu Nong had not forgotten her stepson Pei Zheng when arranging the house, Director Leng nodded secretly. Lu Nong was a kind person, which was consistent with the image she had always given herself.