Song Qing still felt uneasy and couldn't help but complain about the man.
“If I really don’t come, the military will redistribute this house. The 7th Battalion Commander you verbally promised to give it to, isn’t that offending someone?”
What will other people think? It's not easy to find a good house that's vacant, so everyone will definitely hope to redistribute it.
Lu Yang lowered his head and let her scold him, knowing in his heart that Song Qing was right. More importantly, although he had a relatively good relationship with the Seventh Battalion Commander...
But this practically tied the two of them to the same boat.
Song Qing quickly went back to pick up An'an and then followed him to look at the house.
It's not a big deal. Anyway, they have to live in that red brick building, and it has nothing to do with the Seventh Battalion Commander's family.
Lu Yang led them to the new house. The newly built building was located in the new district, and the old district was separated from the new district by a river.
The military family compound was full of children and all sorts of family members, and they didn't seem out of place at all walking among them.
However, as they walked along, people still stared at them curiously, mainly because the whole family was so good-looking, but no one dared to go up and talk to them.
The man holding the child had a stern face and looked like he was not easy to get along with. His wife, who was with him, was pretty, but she also had a sense of distance. Even the baby in his arms had the same coldness about him.
It was quite a distance from the guesthouse to the new house. At first, An'an didn't want Lu Yang to carry her, but later she was afraid that it would be too tiring for her mother to carry her, so she had no choice but to condescend to Lu Yang and extend her hands.
Lu Yang was flattered. Ever since he frightened the child this morning and then angered her, she hadn't given him a single glance the whole way.
Others might think he looked serious, but that's a misconception. He was holding the child, racking his brains to think of something to say to her, his face full of conflicted emotions.
An'an had no idea what her father was thinking. Although she was in Lu Yang's arms, she didn't look at him at all. Instead, she kept her neck stiff and stared straight ahead.
Song Qing almost laughed, wondering where the child got his awkwardness from.
They soon arrived at the new district. The houses in the new district were much newer than those in the old district. The house they were allocated was one of the few that had just been built this year, located at the very back of a row of houses in the new district.
The row of six-story red buildings does look quite impressive.
The snow has been heavy these past few days, leaving a thick layer of snow on the ground. The red and white snow complement each other beautifully, just like a painting in a book.
Lu Yang led them to the building on the far side. When they got there, they found a family busily moving things. Song Qing thought they were their future neighbors and greeted them with a smile. However, the family ignored them and looked at them warily.
Song Qing looked completely bewildered and turned to look at the man, only to find him carrying the child and quickly going upstairs. She hurriedly followed, and the family at the door also followed in a large group.
When she climbed to the third floor, she found the man standing in front of room 304 with a livid face. Wasn't that the apartment they had been allocated?
But the door was wide open, and the whole family behind him hurriedly pushed past Song Qing, all standing at the door glaring at Lu Yang.
"What's going on? Isn't this our house?"
Song Qing wiped the smile off her face and stood coldly next to Lu Yang. An An, who was in Lu Yang's arms, also sensed her parents' emotions and looked at the group of people in front of her with a tense little face.
Song Qing was beautiful, and beautiful people usually give off a sense of distance. Her appearance was even colder, not to mention the man standing next to her.
This family of three standing together exudes an aura of "I'm not someone to mess with," and they look like they're here to cause trouble.
The large family at the door looked somewhat frightened, but they did not back down.
Song Qing glanced at them and realized they were just a group of children, the oldest being only thirteen or fourteen years old. The four children stood there facing the two adults, making it seem as if they were the ones bullying them.
Where are your parents?
The children remained silent. Just then, a woman carrying a toddler squeezed out and began to observe them.
"What do you want from me?"
"Comrade, are you sure you haven't made a mistake? This is our house."
The woman's expression changed, and she cautiously sized them up. "Are you Battalion Commander Lu?"
Her expression became hesitant as Lu Yang nodded, but then suddenly became firm.
"Didn't Commander Lu agree with my husband to swap houses? So we moved over right away."
The woman was Zhou Lian, Wang Minggui's wife. She had been resentful that her family couldn't live in an apartment building. Last night, when Battalion Commander Wang came home and mentioned this to her, she immediately took it to heart.
Fearing that things might go wrong if she waited too long, she quickly organized the children to pack up and move their belongings over as soon as it was light.
Once they've secured the area, even if Battalion Commander Lu's family wants to come and join the army, how could they possibly drive her out?
Song Qing's face also turned cold. What did she mean by "agreeing to exchange houses"? Did Lu Yang only suggest exchanging houses because he thought his family didn't need them anymore?
They're moving their stuff over here now, aren't they just waiting for us to swallow this bitter pill?
"Our Lao Lu never said that. Anyone with eyes can see that the houses here are better. We're not doing this out of boredom, why would we want to switch with you?"
The layout of the buildings here is such that there is a long corridor right at the top of the stairs, with more than ten households side by side on one side. Now two families have blocked the corridor, and the people next door are also peeking out to see what's going on.
Upon hearing Song Qing's words, everyone nodded in agreement. They were all very excited to be allocated a house here, knowing that it was the best among the houses in the same batch.
Most of the military dependents come from rural areas, and this is the first time they have lived in such nice red brick buildings.
Everyone came to join the army so they could move to the city and live in a big house. Who would be foolish enough to give up their own apartment to someone else?
"Who would give this house away to someone else? Are they trying to seize someone else's house?"
“This is a military unit, not a bandit camp.”
“They’ve already moved their things over, so they’ve definitely taken over the house first. If anyone dares to kick them out, they’ll make a scene and threaten suicide.”
Although this was Zhou Lian's plan, she still felt embarrassed when everyone said it out loud.
"Battalion Commander Lu said that since you weren't coming to join the army, he gave the house to our family."
"Didn't you just say they wanted to swap with you? Now you're saying they don't want it anymore?"
Zhou Lian's face flushed red and then turned pale. Wasn't it all the same thing? It meant that her family didn't want her anymore. Since she had already moved her things in, were they really going to throw her out?
At this point, Zhou Lian had long forgotten what Wang Guiming had said the night before: if the Lu family hadn't come to join the army, their family would have been able to live in a new house.
No matter what the people around her said, Zhou Lian had no intention of backing down, but Lu Yang couldn't argue with a woman like her, especially since she was obviously pregnant.
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