The family compound that Gu Guizhi applied for is at the very edge. Clothes are drying in the yard on the right, and can be seen from the 1.5-meter-high wall.
When Qi Mengmeng saw the wall, her lips trembled. If she did anything in the yard, others could see her.
Li Zhuang opened the door and handed the key to Qi Mengmeng: "Sister-in-law, we have already cleaned the room, and the battalion commander's things have been placed on the bed in the inner room. See if there is anything you need, and I will go and prepare it."
Qi Mengmeng didn't look around the courtyard for long. She just walked into the house and took a look. There was a bed, a wardrobe, and a table. As for the other things, she didn't need them tonight.
"It's well tidy here, thank you very much." Qi Mengmeng grabbed a handful of White Rabbit candies from her bag and handed them to Li Zhuang.
Li Zhuang waved his hand and said no, Qi Mengmeng pretended to let go: "It's just a few pieces of candy. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would be able to finish cleaning tonight."
Li Zhuang was about to say something, but Qi Mengmeng had already noticed the neighbor next door peeking over the wall, so she immediately let go.
Li Zhuang also saw his neighbor next door. He put the candy in his pocket and looked around: "Sister-in-law, do you think there is any work? I will help you now."
"No need. I can do the remaining small tasks myself." Qi Mengmeng is not the type of person who likes to order others around. Li Zhuang is just a soldier under Gu Guizhi. How can she always ask him to do work for her?
Seeing that Qi Mengmeng really didn't need him to work, Li Zhuang reminded Qi Mengmeng to remember to go to the cafeteria to buy food, as there would be no food left in the cafeteria soon.
When he came just now, Li Zhuang had already pointed the direction of the cafeteria to Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng nodded and expressed her gratitude again, but she was not going to the cafeteria. She still had a lot of food in her space, so she could just take some out. The most urgent thing now was to clean the house.
Li Zhuang didn't want to stay any longer, so when he saw Qi Mengmeng's expression that everything was fine, he prepared to leave.
After walking out two steps, Li Zhuang walked back and said, "Sister-in-law, there will be a bus to the military hospital at the entrance of the family compound at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. You can go there to take the bus."
Qi Mengmeng's eyes lit up. It would be great to have a car. This way she wouldn't have to wait for Li Zhuang to pick her up. She could go back and forth to the military hospital by herself. Her personality was such that she wouldn't bother others if she could do it herself.
"We'll treat you to dinner when your battalion commander gets better."
Qi Mengmeng still conveyed a message to Li Zhuang before he left, although it would probably take some time for Gu Guizhi to fully recover.
After Li Zhuang left, Qi Mengmeng closed the door. The woman next door poked her head over the wall, and when she saw that Qi Mengmeng had no intention of talking to her, she curled her lips and went back to the house.
Qi Mengmeng looked at the faucet outside the house and her eyes lit up. She was really afraid that the family compound would still need to fetch water, which was not an easy job.
She first went back to the house, found Gu Guizhi's basin, filled it with water, and wiped the bed, wardrobe, and table in the house. After feeling free of dust, she swept the floor again.
The furniture in the room was nice, and it only took her half an hour to clean and tidy it up.
She turned over Gu Guizhi's bedding. They were all single ones. When placed on the double bed, they were obviously too short. She did have a two-meter-long mattress and quilt in her space, but it was not easy to take them out now. She could only make do with them for now and wait until dark when it was time to go to bed.
Qi Mengmeng searched around the space before finding a piece of unscented soap, which she placed outside for washing her hands.
"Mengmeng, are you home?" Qi Zhijun's loud voice came from outside.
Qi Mengmeng quickly looked around the house. Fortunately, she had not taken out the things in the space yet.
"Mengmeng." Another shout came from outside.
"Coming." Qi Mengmeng looked again carefully and opened the door when she found no problem. Standing outside were Qi Zhijun with an excited look on his face and Zheng Meili with an expressionless face.
"I was packing up just now and didn't hear you talking. Come in and sit down." Qi Mengmeng really couldn't call Qi Zhijun "Dad", so she just called him "You". Qi Zhijun had no objection for the time being anyway.
"Why didn't you call us when you were packing? It's so tiring to do it by yourself." Qi Zhijun was holding a big bag in his hand: "Mengmeng, where should I put this quilt?"
Qi Mengmeng had already noticed the quilt in Qi Zhijun's hand. She glanced at Zheng Meili before asking, "What is this quilt?"
"This is the wedding quilt I prepared for Yingying. Your father said that you just moved in and you definitely don't have a quilt to use, so we brought it to you first." Zheng Meili was still very unhappy when she thought about it. She prepared the quilt for her niece, but she didn't expect to give it to Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng did not take the quilt, but took a step back: "My mother prepared a quilt for me, it will probably arrive tomorrow. You can take this quilt back, it would be bad if it delays Zheng Yingying's wedding."
Qi Zhijun immediately became anxious: "Hasn't the quilt your mother prepared been sent yet? How are you going to sleep tonight? This quilt is filled with new cotton. It will definitely be comfortable if you spread it on the bed."
"I am your biological father, and this is the dowry I prepared for you. You can't refuse it."
Immediately, a cry of surprise came from the side: "Ah!"
It turned out to be the woman next door. When she saw Qi Zhijun and his wife coming over with bags, she crouched down under the wall. Unexpectedly, she heard Qi Zhijun say that she was the biological father of the newly moved Qi Mengmeng?
Qi Mengmeng didn't even look at the person next to her. She had never intended to disown Qi Zhijun. It was only a matter of time before people knew about their relationship.
Although Zheng Meili was unhappy, she had come with Qi Zhijun to deliver the gifts, which also announced Qi Mengmeng's identity.
Qi Zhijun didn't care about these things at all. He was still holding the quilt in his hand: "Mengmeng, you see, it's not good for me to hold the quilt all the time."
Although Qi Meng could accept the money and things given by Qi Zhijun, this quilt was obviously made by Zheng Meili for her niece Zheng Yingying. Cotton is hard to buy now. If there are any problems with Zheng Yingying's marriage, they will put the blame on her, and she will die unjustly.
So she is not interested in these things that she already has and are not very rare.
No matter what Qi Zhijun said, Qi Mengmeng refused to accept the quilt.
Qi Zhijun left with a gloomy face. When Zheng Meili left the house, her expression was indescribable. She originally thought that the quilt must be given away, but she didn't expect Qi Mengmeng to not want it.
Qi Mengmeng ignored their feelings. She first locked the courtyard gate, then went into the house, locked the door, and closed the window. She immediately felt sweat pouring down her forehead.
She immediately entered the space and took out two rechargeable small fans, and also took out a self-heating hot pot, braised eggs, and sausage.
The self-heating hotpot has a strong smell and is not convenient to eat outside, but eating it in the space is no problem at all. At most, she can brush her teeth and take a shower after eating to ensure that others will not smell it.
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