The next day, Fan Xi was awakened by the army's reveille. She opened her eyes and looked around blankly. It took her a long time to realize that she had come to join the army. Looking next to her, she saw that Zhao Yilu had already gotten up and the bed was cold.
When Fan Xi heard the door open, he stood up, put on his clothes and went out to see. He saw Zhao Yilu bringing in some food in a lunch box.
"Wife, I've put breakfast on the table. Now that you're awake, eat it while it's hot. I'm going to go to the army for training.
"Oh, I just got promoted to company commander and have a few days off. I plan to have lunch with my company buddies in the army cafeteria tomorrow, so I won't be here. You and Aunt Chu can take the kids for a walk around the area to get familiar with the area if you have nothing to do during the day," Zhao Yilu instructed as he set breakfast on the table.
Fan Xi nodded and said, "Hey, go and do your work. Don't worry about us!"
Zhao Yilu smiled and walked forward to kiss Fan Xi's forehead, then turned around and hurried back to the troops.
Not long after Zhao Yilu arrived, Captain Jiang's wife, Zhang Jihong, came with her one-and-a-half-year-old son.
Fan Xi hurriedly welcomed the person in. This was the wife of her husband's direct superior, so she had to be polite to her!
"Mrs. Zhang, please come in and sit down!" Fan Xi greeted enthusiastically.
Zhang Jihong didn't hesitate and followed Fan Xi into the house with a smile. Seeing Yuanyuan and Xiaoxiao playing in the living room, she put down her youngest son, who was only half a year older than Yuanxiao and his sister, and said, "Erbao, come play with your brothers and sisters!"
Seeing the children come over and join Yuanxiao's siblings, she turned around and smiled: "If it weren't for these two children, one looks like Captain Zhao and the other looks like you, I really can't believe that you two are so young and have children. You still look like a little girl, but you don't look like a mother at all!"
Fan Xi poured a glass of water for Zhang Jihong and handed it to her before smiling and saying, "I heard that Sister Zhang's eldest child is already eight years old. Sister Zhang looks very young too. She doesn't look like someone who has an eight-year-old child!"
Zhang Jihong's face lit up with smiles when she heard Fan Xi's compliments. "I'm already 31, not young anymore. I can't compare to you young girls! I'm so happy you're moving in. Your two kids are about the same age as my family, so they can play together all the time!"
When Fan Xi heard the child's name, he was stunned for a moment. The name "Jianghu" was very memorable, and he couldn't help but say, "Yes, we can let them play together often in the future. Sister Zhang, is your second child named Jianghu? What's the name of your eldest child?"
Zhang Jihong's face lit up with smiles when she mentioned her two children's names. "My eldest is named Jiang He, and my second is Jiang Hu. Actually, I want a third child who's a little bigger than Jiang. I've already thought of a name, and I plan to call him Jiang Hai..."
Zhang Jihong's tone grew a bit melancholy as she spoke of this. "But the government suddenly tightened the family planning policy last year. I don't know if we'll be able to have a third child in the future!"
Fan Xi thought to himself that family planning has only become stricter since the 1980s, and your family might not even have enough rivers, lakes, and seas!
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