The next afternoon, Chu Jingqiu and Xiao Yihan packed up their things and took Jiang Jiang back to the military family compound.
The two of them cleaned the room thoroughly, made the bed, and then Xiao Yihan returned to the office.
Since they would be living in the staff quarters permanently, they couldn't always use the kerosene stove, so Chu Jingqiu picked up a coal briquette and planned to go to Zhang Pingping's house to exchange it for a burned one.
She locked the door and took Jiang Jiangheng through the archway to Zhang Pingping's house.
As soon as I entered the house, I found Zhang Pingping washing clothes in the room, and Xiao Zhuangzhuang was lying on the bed by himself, babbling and waving his arms while playing.
"Sister Pingping, I'm back. Come over and light some coal."
Zhang Pingping immediately stood up, wiped her hands, and said with a smile, "Jingqiu, I thought you might come over tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect you to come over this afternoon!"
Chu Jingqiu picked up the little Zhuangzhuang on the bed and teased him with a small rattle. "The family compound still needs to be cleaned up, and Yihan has some official business to attend to, so we came back early."
Zhang Pingping looked at the coal briquettes that Chu Jingqiu brought over and said angrily, "Why are you so polite? If the fire is out, you can just come and get some. Why are you bringing a piece of coal over here? You're so polite!"
I'll go to the kitchen and open the fire door to let it burn for a while, and then you can just take the top piece away."
Zhang Pingping turned and went to the kitchen. When she came out, she handed a net bag full of frozen pears to Chu Jingqiu.
"Here, his grandmother just sent it over from her hometown. I'll put it outside to freeze for you first, and then I'll bring it back for you and Yihan to try.
"Thank you, Sister Pingping. You know what, I really want to eat this now. I won't be polite then!"
Zhang Pingping sat down and continued to scrub the clothes in the basin. "Jingqiu, I've only been here a few days, and I'm unfamiliar with the place. It's often just the two of us in the house, and I feel so lonely. I've been looking forward to your return!"
Chu Jingqiu wiped the saliva from Zhuangzhuang's mouth and said, "When I first came here, I also felt uncomfortable in many ways. Fortunately, Yihan came to accompany me when he was free, so I didn't feel so lonely.
Today is the weekend, why doesn't your brother-in-law stay at home with you? "
Zhang Pingping smiled and said, "He hired a furniture maker and brought the wood over today. He wants to have the furniture in the house finished before the New Year. I always feel like the house is so empty."
"I remember there seemed to be a military wife with a child next door to you. Last time I saw her, she was carrying a little girl into this row of houses.
She definitely doesn't work, so if you're really bored, you can go hang out with her."
Zhang Pingping looked out the window and whispered, "This sister-in-law is Cao Yuefen, and she's the lover of Zheng Hongjun, the commander of the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment.
This child is her third child. He just joined the army last year. On the day I came, she asked her eldest son to bring her a bowl of dumplings.
He's a simple guy, also from the countryside. He can't sit still at home and likes to visit people and chat.
"I was wondering why I met her several times when I came to the family compound. She must have gone out to chat with someone." Chu Jingqiu said with a smile.
Zhang Pingping paused while washing clothes. "Yesterday, your neighbor Wang Yingying had a huge argument with Li Kunpeng. Li Kunpeng was so angry that he went back to the dormitory with his quilt."
Chu Jingqiu felt disgusted when she thought of this woman stripping naked in front of Xiao Yihan. She curled her lips and asked, "Why are they arguing?"
Zhang Pingping lowered her voice and said, "From what I heard, it seems like it's for the child."
"For the sake of the child. Although they have been married for more than a year, I haven't heard that Wang Yingying is pregnant and has given birth." Chu Jingqiu said puzzledly.
Zhang Pingping smiled and shook her head, "It's not their child, it's Li Kunpeng's child.
I heard from Yueming that Li Kunpeng is getting married for the second time. Didn’t he already have a son with his ex-wife?
I heard from Cao Yuefen next door that Wang Yingying complained yesterday that she couldn't get pregnant, while her classmates and friends who got married in the same year as her were getting pregnant and having children.
She planned to ask Li Kunpeng to accompany her to check and find out who was the reason why she couldn't get pregnant.
Li Kunpeng refused to go, saying there was nothing wrong with him and that Wang Yingying must be too fat to get pregnant.
Chu Jingqiu thought for a moment, "I think it must be Wang Yingying's fault! If there was something wrong with Li Kunpeng, how did he give birth to his previous son? Right!"
Zhang Pingping laughed when she heard this. "You think so too! Li Kunpeng thinks so too. This is the reason for the quarrel between the two."
Li Kunpeng said: "I tell you, there is nothing wrong with me. If I were, how could I have produced a black egg?
I even gave birth to a son, what else could be wrong with me?!"
Wang Yingying blurted out, "Who knows if Heidan is your biological son? You're not home all day, maybe that shrew of yours had him with some other bastard!"
Which man would like to hear that he is being cuckolded?
Li Kunpeng said angrily: "You are a dog that can't spit out ivory. I tell you, Wang Yingying, if you can't get pregnant, it's your fault.
Haven't you heard that a hen won't lay eggs if it's too fat? Look at how much fat you have on your belly. It's full of oil, how can you get pregnant?"
Wang Yingying was so angry that she started crying and started to scratch Li Kunpeng, but Li Kunpeng pushed her away.
Pushing her onto the sofa, Wang Yingying burst into tears and began to curse, "Li Kunpeng, you are a fucking bastard. You blame me for not being able to have children. Don't think I don't know anything. You are just a useless man.
If I count to you, if you can't count to ten, you're done. You're done before I even start.
How can I get pregnant? I asked you to see a doctor but you refused. You even called me a hen that doesn't lay eggs. You blame me for your own failures."
Li Kunpeng felt ashamed and angrily rolled up his bedding and walked out, saying as he walked, "Wang Yingying, you are slandering me just to save your own face.
"Okay! Okay! I knew you looked down on me. I'm leaving. I'm leaving now. Okay...!"
Li Kunpeng left after he finished speaking, and everyone later dispersed. It seemed that only her cousin, named Cuihua, stayed to accompany her.
Jingqiu, since you are married now, there is nothing taboo in our conversation.
I don't know if what Wang Yingying said is true. If it is true, then Li Kunpeng really has such a burly figure for nothing."
Chu Jingqiu paused and said, "I feel that what Wang Yingying said without thinking must be the truth. Sometimes angry words often reflect the true thoughts of the person.
Even if what Wang Yingying said is true, Li Kunpeng is not necessarily infertile! "
Zhang Pingping rinsed the clothes and wrung them dry. "Who cares? Wang Yingying isn't a good person anyway. You help me watch over Zhuangzhuang first. I'll go hang the clothes out in the yard."
After hanging up the clothes, Zhang Pingping went to the kitchen to take a look. "Jingqiu, the coal briquettes are ready. You can take them back first. You just moved in and haven't prepared anything yet. You and Yihan can have dinner at my house tonight!"
I just went to the service center and bought a piece of tofu. I plan to make some big buns with cabbage, tofu and vermicelli filling to eat in the evening.
Give some to Cao Yuefen as well, we can’t eat other people’s dumplings for free.”
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