That room was originally intended to be given to Gu Guizhi, but Qi Mengmeng preferred to live in the courtyard, so it was given to the new Deputy Political Commissar Yang.
Two days ago, when Gu Guizhi was having a dinner party, Deputy Political Commissar Yang also came, but Qi Mengmeng only greeted him and didn't say anything, so she didn't know much about his family situation.
"How many children does Deputy Political Commissar Yang have in his family?" Qi Mengmeng asked.
"I don't know. I didn't ask. I just heard Deputy Political Commissar Yang say it today. I thought we were partners, so it would be a good idea for you to go and see him. But Deputy Political Commissar Yang is older than me, and his wife is probably older too. You can just call her sister-in-law."
Gu Guizhi and Yang Zhitao have just been partners for a few days and are still in the adjustment stage. They are not familiar enough to talk about each other's private affairs.
Qi Mengmeng roughly understood what Gu Guizhi meant, and steamed a pot of dry food at home in the afternoon, including steamed buns, bean buns and sugar triangles.
She didn't know the specific situation of Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family, but it wouldn't be considered rude to bring three sugar triangles and two bean buns, as they were all made of white flour.
When Qi Mengmeng went out with her basket, she saw Li Laidi and Li Pandi coming back with things. She looked at the sky and wondered if they had just returned or had been out for the whole afternoon.
Li Lai Di enthusiastically asked Qi Meng Meng what she was going to do. Li Pan Di also lowered her head and shouted, with obvious shyness on her face.
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said that she was going to visit the home of the new Deputy Political Commissar Yang. Li Lai Di immediately came up and looked at the basket in Qi Mengmeng's hand: "The Deputy Political Commissar's family has arrived? I'll go see too. Mengmeng, what did you get?"
"I steamed some dry food at noon. I thought that Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family had just arrived and it might not be convenient to cook for her tonight, so I gave her some dry food." Qi Mengmeng lifted the cloth on the basket to let Li Laidie see.
Li Lai Di looked at the plump white buns inside and felt that what Qi Mengmeng gave was too expensive. Their family could not afford steamed buns on a regular basis. Then she thought that Gu Guizhi and Yang Zhitao were partners, so a few steamed buns given by her was not too much.
"Sister-in-law, you are tired too. Please go inside first. I'm leaving now." Seeing that Li Laidi seemed to be thinking about something, Qi Mengmeng greeted her and prepared to go out.
"I'll go with you. I just harvested all the vegetables in my yard a few days ago, and there are still some fresh ones. I'll send them to Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family so they can have some fresh vegetables."
Li Lai Di quickly made up her mind and asked Qi Mengmeng to wait for her while she went home to get the vegetables.
Li Pandi smiled shyly at Qi Mengmeng and went into the house with the paper bag in her hand.
If Qi Mengmeng saw correctly, there seemed to be cloth in the paper bag. It seemed that the two of them were making rapid progress and had even bought the cloth.
Li Lai Di came out quickly, carrying a basket in her hand, and went to the family building with Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng knocked on the door at the address Gu Guizhi gave her, and a boy came over to open the door.
"Who is it? Aunt Qi? Mom, Aunt Qi is here?" Yang Dahu shouted loudly into the house.
"What Aunt Qi?" Ye Tao came out of the house with a clatter. Seeing Qi Mengmeng, her eyes were full of surprise: "Mengmeng, why are you here?"
Li Lai Di looked at Ye Tao and then at Qi Mengmeng. She didn't expect that the two knew each other.
Qi Mengmeng was even more surprised. She didn't expect that Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family member was Ye Tao.
"Sister Taozi, my husband is Gu Guizhi. He said that Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family has arrived and asked me to come over to see him. I didn't expect it to be you?"
"Come in, come in." Ye Tao warmly invited Qi Mengmeng in.
"I just got here and the house is not clean yet. Please sit on the stool for a while."
Qi Mengmeng could also see two large buns on the floor at the door. She smiled and handed the basket to Ye Tao: "Sister Taozi, these are my steamed bean buns and sugar triangles. You can have some tonight."
Yang Erhu also came out of the house at this time, and greeted Qi Mengmeng enthusiastically when he saw her: "Aunt Qi."
Qi Mengmeng agreed with a smile, took out two pieces of fruit candy from her pocket and handed them to him, then asked, "Why don't you see Tiantian?"
Ye Tao glared at Yang Erhu who was eating candy before answering Qi Mengmeng, "Tiantian is tired from the car ride and is sleeping in the house."
Li Lai Di then spoke up: "Meng Meng, do you know each other?"
"Look at me. I haven't had time to introduce you. Sister Taozi, this is Li, the wife of Captain Xu Daming. She lives next door to me. Sister Li, this is Ye Tao, she is my neighbor."
Ye Tao also smiled and looked at Li Lai Di: "It turns out to be Sister Li."
Li Lai Di blushed and waved her hand quickly: "Sister Ye, just call me by my name. My old Xu may be younger than Deputy Political Commissar Yang."
Here, most people address men by their positions. Qi Mengmeng and Li Laidie knew each other earlier, so Qi Mengmeng called her sister-in-law at first, and they never changed the name later. However, Deputy Political Commissar Yang was about the same age as Xu Daming, so Li Laidie didn't have the nerve to let Ye Tao call her sister-in-law.
Ye Tao smiled but didn't say anything. She turned around, took Qi Mengmeng's hand and said, "I was worried that I wouldn't know anyone here. I feel relieved when you're here."
Qi Mengmeng also smiled and said, "Sister Taozi, my home is in the row of bungalows at the back. When you are free tomorrow, bring the children over to play."
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then Qi Mengmeng said goodbye. She could see the tiredness on Ye Tao's face, and she probably didn't have the energy to entertain her.
Ye Tao also knew that the house was in a mess, so she didn't keep Qi Mengmeng and sent her to the door.
When Li Lai Di and Qi Meng Meng returned, their faces were filled with indescribable envy: "I didn't expect Meng Meng to know the family of Deputy Political Commissar Yang?"
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "My mother's family and Sister Taozi's family are neighbors, but I only know that Deputy Political Commissar Yang is in the Beijing Military Region, and I don't know anything else. It was only when we went there today that I found out."
It’s said that this world is small. Qi Mengmeng never expected to meet Ye Tao under such circumstances.
Li Lai Di only knew that the relationship between Gu Guizhi and Deputy Political Commissar Yang would probably become even closer in the future.
In the evening, when Gu Guizhi learned that Qi Mengmeng and Ye Tao knew each other, he was also surprised.
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Deputy Political Commissar Yang's family member was Sister Taozi. I only knew that Sister Taozi's husband was in the Beijing Military Region."
Gu Guizhi nodded: "Deputy Political Commissar Yang was indeed transferred from the Beijing Military Region. I said at the time that your hometowns were the same and you might know each other, but I didn't expect such a coincidence that you are actually neighbors."
Qi Mengmeng also thought it was a coincidence. The most important thing was that she could still ask Ye Tao about her biological mother's situation. Although she could write a letter, it was not as convenient as talking in person.
Ye Tao made egg soup and cold cucumber salad for dinner, and added the dry food that Qi Mengmeng sent over, and that was her dinner.
After get off work, Yang Zhitao went to the cafeteria to buy dry food and a box of braised pork. When he saw the white flour red bean paste buns and sugar triangles, he asked, "Is this sent by Deputy Colonel Gu's family?"
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