After a while, Captain Sun slammed the table and made a decision, "I will first ask the captains of the other three battalions in our company to see how the educated youth in their teams are doing. If there are also troublemakers, I will go to the regiment headquarters with the other captains to find the leaders..."
Captain Sun turned and was about to leave when Chu Tian hurriedly grabbed him. "Captain, I'd like to take my wife and children to the Changsheng Brigade to visit my parents-in-law in a couple of days. Could you please write a letter of introduction for our family of three?"
Now, if you want to leave the area where your corps is located, there will occasionally be militia inspections, so if Chu Tian wants to take Yao Xiujuan and her daughter back to her parents' home, he must get a letter of introduction in advance to avoid being caught by bad luck.
Captain Sun waved his hand and said, "I understand. If you decide on a day to leave, I'll open it for you later..."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Chu Tian turned around with satisfaction and was about to return to his seat to continue twisting the hemp rope. When he turned around, he saw Accountant Xu staring at him with a complicated expression. Chu Tian panicked and pretended to be calm and asked, "Accountant Xu? Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"
Accountant Xu shook his head. "I just think you've changed a lot since you were injured. Before, you kept silent if you could..."
Chu Tian's beautiful eyes curved, "Accountant Xu, just think of me as someone who has survived a great disaster and will have good fortune in the future. Think everything through!"
Accountant Xu knew what Chu Tian had been through in the old Chu family. He patted Chu Tian on the shoulder and sighed heavily, "Life will get better and better..."
Chu Tian nodded firmly, "I also believe that our country will get better and better!"
When Chu Tian got home, he went to the kitchen first, took out half a chicken from the pot, started chopping it and was about to walk towards the main room. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask Daya to bring the chicken soup in a large basin.
Daya simmered the chicken for the entire afternoon. The chicken soup was incredibly fragrant, and the chicken was exceptionally tender. Chu Tian put the chicken legs in Liu Zhaodi's bowl without a second thought, and gave the chicken wings to his daughter next to him. He then divided the meatier chicken breasts among Yao Xiujuan, Daya, and Chu Jun. As for the bones, which had little meat, Chu Tian didn't bother with them anymore.
He didn't want to eat the old hen, so he served a bowl of chicken soup to Yao Xiujuan and Daya, then filled a full bowl for himself and savored it carefully. He thought it was indeed stewed with firewood, and it was even more delicious than the one stewed with a gas stove in the future...
Ma Cuihua, her mother, and her two children, who were sitting opposite, were furious when they saw Chu Tian didn't give them any meat. However, even though they were angry, they didn't dare to provoke Chu Tian anymore. They could only watch with grievance as Chu Tian distributed meat and soup to everyone before they dared to eat...
As for Chu Jun and Daya, after Chu Tian distributed the meat and soup to them, they immediately started eating the meat in their bowls. They were afraid that they would not eat it, so they asked Ma Cuihua to distribute the meat to Erzhu and Erya later.
Liu Zhaodi, sitting at the main seat, looked at the large chicken drumstick in her bowl with a complicated expression. She couldn't understand why Chu Tian would give her a chicken drumstick after they had been in such a strife. Also, the same thing happened when they made big bone soup last time, and the one he gave her was the bone with the most meat on it...
Chu Tian didn't have her complicated thoughts, nor did he have any deep mother-son relationship with Liu Zhaodi! He simply felt that Liu Zhaodi was the elder. Since he had decided to take out the meat and share it with everyone, he naturally had to give the elders the best! No matter how harshly Liu Zhaodi had treated the original body before!
Of course, it’s only limited to food!
Alas, there's nothing we can do about it. Who can blame him for being a kind and filial older single woman at heart?
It was just half a chicken and a pot of chicken soup, but there were nine people in the family. Even though that half chicken was not much smaller than the common chicken nowadays, it was still not enough to fill them up.
Chu Tian's family of three ate a few pieces of meat and drank a bowl of soup, then put down their bowls and chopsticks and ate nothing else.
Chu Jun looked at Chu Tian with a puzzled look while holding the pancake, "Tian, you don't want to eat the pancake?"
Chu Tian smiled slightly and put the pancakes belonging to their family of three into the bowls of Chu Jun and Daya, "Brother, you and Daya can eat it. I just drank two bowls of soup and I'm full..."
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Chu Jun and Daya thought their fourth brother/uncle was talking nonsense. He was full after drinking a bowl of chicken soup. However, they were naturally quiet, so even though they were confused, they didn't ask any more questions.
Chu Tian really wanted to eat noodles cooked in chicken soup, so he planned to take his wife and daughter back home right away, and was about to stand up and say goodbye.
Liu Zhaodi put down her bowl and chopsticks and slowly said, "Fourth Brother, your third brother asked someone from Team Three to tell you today that their school will be closed for the holiday tomorrow. He plans to bring San Ya and Si Zhu back in two days. Your third sister-in-law can come back after the regiment cafeteria closes for the holiday."
Chu Tian was puzzled. "Just come back if you want. Why tell me? I'm not his father!"
Liu Zhaodi was so angry that she wanted to slam the table, but thinking of Chu Tian's recent temper, she forced herself to hold it in. She took a deep breath and said in a gentle voice, "It will be difficult for your third brother to walk more than ten kilometers with the two children. When the time comes, you can borrow a carriage from the brigade headquarters to pick up your third brother and the others."
Upon hearing this, Chu Jun quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Mom, isn't it always me who picks up Third Brother? How about I pick him up this time?"
Ma Cuihua muttered to herself, "Are you stupid? You want to take on all the work yourself..."
Liu Zhaodi glanced at Ma Cuihua who was grumbling and immediately denied it, "No, this time Chu Tian will go to pick her up..."
Chu Tian looked at the extremely persistent Liu Zhaodi and said with a half-smile, "Mom, just tell me the truth. You definitely don't just want me to pick up my third brother and his son, right?"
Liu Zhaodi was guessed by Chu Tian, but she was not ashamed. She said calmly, "Mom saw that you were able to get meat both times. This time when you go to pick up your third brother and his family, you can also bring back some meat for your third brother and his family."
Chu Tian scoffed and, facing Liu Zhaodi's displeased expression, said, "Mom, don't you know I wish I could immediately remove my third brother from his position as a teacher at Tuanchang Primary School? And you even want me to buy him meat?"
"Are you dreaming? Or are you dreaming?"
Hearing Chu Tian's laughter, everyone present fell silent. Liu Zhaodi's old face turned black and red, and then red and black again. She opened her mouth for a long time but couldn't utter a word.
Chu Tian smiled disdainfully, helped Yao Xiujuan to stand up, and picked up Wu Ya, who was gnawing on chicken wings with a greasy face. He turned and walked towards the door. When he reached the door, Chu Tian stopped and turned sideways to Liu Zhaodi and said, "By the way, mother, I forgot to tell you, I will take Xiujuan and Wu Ya to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law in the next two days..."
After saying that, he walked away leisurely, leaving behind Liu Zhaodi and the eldest wife's family with a grim face.
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