"Comrade Zhou, are you feeling better?"

Sister-in-law Liu is very enthusiastic, and none of the military wives combined can talk as much as she does.

The young woman was not very enthusiastic and said: "Much better."

"Oh, the feeling of motion sickness is too uncomfortable. Let the instructor buy some delicious food to make up for it."

The young woman didn't say anything and was washing her clothes in silence. They were wearing a black dress with yellow flowers and black trousers.

Sister-in-law Liu doesn't care either, they talk about theirs.

"I want to go shopping in the city, which one of you will go?"

Most of the wives in the countryside who join the army have no jobs. The men earn money alone and spend it with the whole family. If they have three or two children, they send some to their hometowns. They are basically "money-shine people". There are also some who borrow money to live on.

They all go to the city every ten days or so every half month to buy some necessities. It's impossible to go there every three or two days.

Sister-in-law Liu's words were only echoed by Zhao Shuqin, a family member of the 1st company deputy company. She worked as a temporary worker in the canteen of the battalion headquarters and received a salary of 13 yuan a month, which made her a little richer than those without a job.

"Okay, Sister-in-law Liu, I'll go with you."

The young woman squatted next to Su Yian and suddenly asked: "Sister-in-law, I don't know how to fetch water, can I trouble you?"

Su Yian sighed secretly, how can you be so picky with your eyesight?

If she agreed, wouldn't she be using someone else's labor as a favor? She was the recipient of family ties; if she didn't agree, wouldn't it look stingy?

It was Sister-in-law Liu who came to the rescue, "Comrade Zhou, you have found the right person. Sister Su, like you, has never seen such a deep well and doesn't know how to draw water. Just use it and I'll draw it again when you're done."

Su Yian cleaned up, said goodbye to the military wives, and walked back with the washbasin.

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute."

Su Yian turned around and saw that it was Comrade Zhou.

"I heard that you also just came here and were you invited to participate in the event?"

"yes."

"My name is Zhou Jie, and I am Xin Yunting's fiancée. It's too boring to be alone. Can I come to your house to sit there?"

Su Yian is also bored. She is not a social cow, but she asked Sister-in-law Lin to hit her with a sap when she first came here.

"Okay, let's go."

Su Yian walked to the door of his small courtyard and opened the door with the key.

Zhou Jie said: "So you live here. We are only two houses apart. Hey, I live in the courtyard to the west."

"Living so close, it will be convenient for us to visit each other in the future."

"Would it bother you if I came to visit you every day?"

"No, except for Battalion Commander Chu, I don't know anyone else. I'm just as bored as you."

The clothesline was long enough, and Zhou Jie also hung her own clothes.

Zhou Jie looked at the small garden and sighed again, "When I saw that Battalion Commander Chu was going through life, he even finished the small garden. Xin Yunting let the grass grow in the small garden."

Su Yian knew that Xin Yunting came from a military family, which was different from Chu Wensong who came from a peasant family.

"Maybe...Instructor Xin doesn't know how to grow it."

"This is not a matter of whether you can learn it or not. It is a matter of attitude. He is too perfunctory."

Su Yian admitted that Zhou Jie had a clear view. Chu Wensong loved her and could do many, many things for her. Without love, guilt alone would not last long.

Su Yian opened the door of the main room. The room was not big, with a dining table, stools, a small cupboard nailed with wooden boards, and a sofa.

Although it was not new, it was neatly tidied, which made Zhou Jie feel more at ease. There was nothing there except a bed.

If you just say something, that person will give you a political lesson. You are not thrifty, pursue enjoyment, and have signs of petty bourgeois style.

Is it enjoyable to have fireworks?

Su Yian took out the things she brought from home for Zhou Jie to eat, such as dried sweet potatoes, candied peanuts, and walnuts, which Zhou Jie, a city dweller, doesn't often see.

"Are there so many delicious foods in your countryside?"

"Yes, come and visit me in the countryside if you have the chance."

Zhou Jie covered her mouth and said, "I don't mean to look down on rural people, I just think that because rural people don't earn wages, their lives should be worse, but the results are not bad at all."

Su Yian didn't feel offended. The gap between urban and rural people has existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. It exists objectively and it's not impossible to explain.

"Generally speaking, rural areas are still very poor. Our village is lucky to have a village-run factory. I work in the factory, and the economic conditions can be better."

After talking, we learned that Zhou Jie works in the second largest city in the province and is a primary school teacher. Zhou and Xin’s family are family friends. Their fathers served in the same military region. It is said that their marriage is to continue the revolutionary friendship of the older generation.

, to say the least is a political marriage.

Xin Yunting doesn't have deep feelings for Zhou Jie, or there isn't much love between men and women, but Zhou Jie is different. She really likes Xin Yunting. Unequal love will always make people worry about gains and losses.

At about eleven o'clock, Su Yian was ready to cook. Soak the dried ground vegetables in warm water, add some bacon and stir-fry a plate; stir-fry dried shepherd's purse with eggs, small fish sauce, and minced pork, which can make four.

Just waiting for Chu Wensong to bring the staple food.

Zhou Jie was about to leave, but Su Yian tried to persuade her to stay, so he poured her some fish sauce and some scrambled eggs with shepherd's purse.

Su Yian walked her to the door.

He happened to bump into Chu Wensong, and he was followed by someone, his old partner Xin Yunting.

"Zhou Jie, I brought you some food. You can take it back."

A portion of boiled pork belly with potato cubes and a steamed bun.

"What about you?" Since yesterday, Xin Yunting has sent her to the family home. The orderlies have given her three meals a day, and she hasn't been able to see him at all.

"I have something to discuss with Battalion Commander Chu."

Chu Wensong interrupted Xin Yunting and said, "Brothers and sisters, please stay and eat together. Yunting is here to eat delicious food. I will ask when your sister-in-law will come in the first few days."

Xin Yunting also contributed to the visit, in order to become a brother and satisfy his appetite. The side effect was that even Zhou Jie was invited, which caught him off guard.

Since Battalion Commander Chu said so and Su Yian tried his best to persuade him to stay, Zhou Jie stayed.

Chu Wensong ordered three portions of fried pork with potatoes, and Su Yian ordered four salted eggs, which counted as four dishes.

Xin Yunting was full of praise for Su Yian's cooking skills, and he spat out his compliments as if he was asking for no money. Chu Wensong stuffed a piece of steamed bun into his mouth, "I can't stop your mouth even if you eat."

He only needs to know whether his wife is good or not. When an outsider praises her for being a young, handsome and promising man, Chu Wensong becomes a little jealous.

Both women laughed, one to laugh at her man and the other to relieve her anger.

Soldiers eat as if they were in a war, and after the two men left, the two women continued to eat slowly.

"Yi'an, how old are you?"

"I'm twenty years old, so I'm not young anymore."

Zhou Jie said, "Aren't I getting old? I keep calling you sister-in-law, but now I realize it's wrong. You are younger than me."

"It's not wrong, Wensong is older than Instructor Xin."
Chapter completed!