It was snowing again in the north city, much heavier than in Beijing. After falling for one night, a thick layer of snow had accumulated in the family yard.
Wen Nuan is still on vacation, and she cleaned up very late last night, so she stayed in bed for a long time the next day.
Lele also helped her clean up last night. The whole family went to bed late, and Lele is still sleeping soundly now.
Wen Nuan was lying lazily on the bed, and the sound of Gu Qinghan shoveling snow came to her ears.
After being away for a few days, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the roof of my house. If it wasn't shoveled away, the snow might collapse the roof.
Because the house was not big, Gu Qinghan quickly cleared the snow on the roof and then started cleaning the yard.
Wen Nuan couldn't lie still any longer, so she got up to put on her clothes. She had just buttoned up her cotton-padded jacket when Le Le, who was lying on the kang, suddenly turned over by herself, then lay on the kang and called out softly, "Mom."
Wen Nuan turned around and saw the little guy with messy hair lying on the kang, looking like he was still half asleep. She sat back and picked the child up: "Le Le, are you awake? Are you hungry?"
The little girl lay on her mother's shoulder, hummed lazily, and then asked, "Where's Dad?"
Wen Nuan stretched out a hand, took the child's down jacket from the shelf next to her, and put it on her, saying, "Your father is shoveling snow in the yard, do you want to go build a snowman?"
Children are not afraid of the cold if they have something to play with. Lele is even more so. When the first heavy snow fell in North City, she rolled on the snow.
If she has a companion to play with, she will have more fun, having snowball fights, making snowmen, and digging holes in the snow.
Originally, the little guy looked like he was still half asleep. When he heard Wen Nuan say that her father was shoveling snow in the yard, he slid off her before Wen Nuan could help him button his clothes, and then climbed off the kang by himself.
"Mom, I want to build a snowman!"
Wen Nuan quickly grabbed the child who was about to run out of the room, and helped her button up the last two buttons, "Why are you in such a hurry? Put your clothes in order first, and go get a small sleeve cover so that your sleeves don't get dirty."
Lele, who was impatient, would never listen to her and put on gloves. She rushed out as soon as Wen Nuan let her go.
Wen Nuan hurriedly shouted: "Be careful not to slip!"
Wen Nuan took the sleeves from the table unhappily and followed her out.
Gu Qinghan probably didn't have time to clean up the snow in the yard. There was a very thick pile of snow in the yard. The little guy had already taken a shovel to help, but it seemed like he was making things worse.
Wen Nuan walked over with the sleeves, pulled her up and put them on her, saying, "When you finish helping Dad shovel snow, come back and brush your teeth and drink milk."
During this trip to Beijing, Wen Nuan also bought two cans of milk powder there, and now the child only drinks it once in the morning and once in the evening.
Lele didn't even raise his head and just said "Oh".
Wen Nuan saw that she was enjoying shoveling, so she ignored her and looked at Gu Qinghan and asked him, "Have you not eaten yet? Do you want noodles or dumplings today?"
Gu Qinghan stopped what he was doing and quickly said, "Let's eat noodles."
We have been eating dumplings in Beijing these few days. Almost every staple meal has been dumplings. Gu Qinghan is a little tired of them and now wants to eat something soupy.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Okay, then you and the kids wait for a while. I'll go cook some noodles now. After breakfast, I'll help you shovel snow."
Just as he finished speaking, Gu Qinglan appeared in the yard, shouting loudly: "Sister-in-law, Lele, I miss you so much..."
"Please cook an extra portion of noodles when you cook them!"
Then he said to Gu Qinghan: "Happy New Year, big brother. Wish you good fortune and good luck."
Gu Qinghan did not criticize his sister this time, but said: "It's with your sister-in-law, ask her for it later."
"Hey, here you go, one is from your eldest brother, and the other is from me." Wen Nuan had already prepared red envelopes, some for the children, and of course the one for Gu Qinglan was especially big, different from the others.
Gu Qinglan walked in carelessly, took the two red envelopes from Wen Nuan's hand, and smiled: "Thank you, sister-in-law. I wish you become more and more beautiful, more and more wealthy, and happy every day."
"You're just a chatterbox, but thank you for your blessing." Wen Nuan was also happy, so she smiled and said, "I was thinking of going to see you later, now it's good, I don't have to go all the way. I'm going to cook noodles now, please wait for a while."
Gu Qinglan had arranged to work during the Chinese New Year a long time ago, intending to take a holiday after the Chinese New Year. It looks like she will have a holiday today.
"It's because I thought about you guys coming home that I came here to eat and drink. Hahaha..." Then, Gu Qinglan walked over and picked up Lele who was digging with a small shovel. She kissed her several times and asked her: "Lele, do you miss your aunt?"
The little girl was so interested in digging snow that she didn't care about her dear aunt at all. She struggled hard to get down to the field, crying, "Aunt, put me down. I want to get down to the field!"
Gu Qinglan gave a wicked smile and refused to let her get off the ground. She said, "Answer me first, do you miss your aunt?"
"I miss my aunt!" The boy was smart. He knew that Gu Qinglan just wanted to hear nice words, so he kissed her on the cheek and said, "Aunt, let's build a snowman together."
Gu Qinglan had been busy for several days and was ready to work. She rolled up her sleeves and said, "Okay, Auntie will build a snowman with you now!"
*
Gu Qinghan saw his sister playing with the children, so he stopped shoveling the snow for the time being and walked back to the kitchen to see if his wife needed any help.
Wen Nuan had just finished brushing her teeth. Seeing the man washing his hands, she asked, "Aren't you going to shovel the snow?"
"Let's wait for Qinglan and Lele to play for a while before cleaning up. There aren't many left anyway." Gu Qinghan walked over to the stove, picked up the big iron pot, then took a loofah brush, quickly scrubbed it clean, and then put it back into the stove.
Wen Nuan saw the man's quick movements and smiled, "You light the fire, I'll cook the noodles."
These noodles are quick-frozen noodles made in the kitchen before. Even if you want to eat them, you don’t have to get up early in the morning to make the noodles. You can cook them directly.
Moreover, she had saved some seasoning packets, which could be used now.
It was already past ten o'clock when the family finished eating noodles. Maybe because he had played for a while early in the morning, Lele ate a big bowl of noodles this time and drank all the soup.
After eating and drinking, they cleaned up the snow in the yard together.
Wen Nuan packed up several portions of the things grandpa had prepared for them last night, intending to send some to sisters Juxiang and Guihua. Although they said last night that they were reluctant to give them to others, when they actually packed up, they realized that there were several portions of various things grandpa had prepared for them, probably because he wanted them to give some to their relatives and friends.
Gu Qinghan couldn't sit still, and seeing Wen Nuan preparing to deliver something, he said, "I'll go back to the group and wish everyone a happy new year."
In previous years, Gu Qinghan spent the New Year in the army, and would have dinner with his subordinates or attend the Spring Festival Gala every year. This year he went to Beijing, and he couldn't sit still as soon as he came back.
Wen Nuan was sorting out the food, then she looked at the man who was putting on his coat and said, "I have a lot of food here, how about bringing some to the soldiers in the regiment?"
Gu Qinghan buttoned up his coat and said, "No need. Many people in the group didn't go home for the New Year, and there aren't enough of these things to share. I'll just go back and take a look."
After hearing what he said, Wen Nuan stopped cleaning and took the vanishing cream on the table. She walked towards the man and said, "The weather is dry and cold. Put something on before going out."
Gu Qinghan looked at the fragrant vanishing cream in Wen Nuan's hand, frowned, and said with embarrassment: "Wife, this smells so good..."
He bought these for her and the children when he stopped by Wangfujing on his way back to North City. Thinking that the winter in North City is long, he bought several boxes at once.
Wen Nuan smelled it and it was indeed fragrant. She thought that a grown man like Gu Qinghan would not be able to accept the strong fragrance when he returned to the group, so she changed to a box of pearl cream and said, "Then put on some of this?"
Gu Qinghan added: "This one smells good too..."
Lele, who was standing by, came over with a smile, pulled Wen Nuan's arm that was holding the pearl cream, and shouted, "Mom, let me put it on, I want to smell good!"
Seeing this, Gu Qinghan quickly said, "Then apply it to Lele."
Wen Nuan saw that he didn't want to put it on at all. If she didn't feel sorry for him, she wouldn't have paid any attention to him, so she said, "Forget it, it's up to you whether you want to put it on or not."
Just when Gu Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief, Wen Nuan said again: "Don't apply it during the day, you should apply a little at night."
Gu Qinghan took the military cap beside him and put it on, then said softly, "I'll go out first, you and Lele should be careful of the slippery road."
Seeing her father had gone out, Lele pulled Wen Nuan to ask her to help apply the oil. After she was done, she said conceitedly, "Mm, it smells good. Lele is a sweet baby."
*
Wen Nuan prepared some candies and biscuits and took Le Le to Sister Guihua's house.
When they returned to the family compound last night, Sister Guihua came over to check on them, but it was too cold at night, so Wen Nuan asked her to go home early.
When she came here today, Wen Nuan met Sister Guihua's biological mother, Aunt Liang. They looked a bit alike, both tall and plump.
Sister Guihua said that they went to Beijing before the New Year, and her mother came to the family compound right after.
When Aunt Liang saw Wen Nuan and Le Le coming over, she smiled and said, "This must be Comrade Wen Nuan and Le Le, right?"
"Oh, the little girl is really interesting. She looks just like her mother."
Wen Nuan greeted Aunt Liang with a smile: "Happy New Year, Aunt. This is a little gift my grandfather prepared for everyone. I'll put it here first." After that, she placed the gift on the dining table in their home.
Then Wen Nuan asked Le Le to follow her and shout, "Le Le, say Happy New Year."
Lele looked at Aunt Liang. Although he didn't know her, he still followed her and shouted obediently, "Happy New Year."
"Hey, happy new year." Aunt Liang saw Wen Nuan brought so many things over, and she stuffed the things back into her hands awkwardly, saying, "Why be so polite? You can just keep them for yourselves."
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Aunt Liang, you don't have to be so polite to me. Just keep it."
Seeing this, Sister Guihua said, "Mom, go pack some brown sugar fried dough twists and sesame crisps so that Xiao Nuan can taste our hometown specialties."
When Aunt Liang heard this, she said "Oh" twice, then turned around to get something.
Lele hadn't seen Sister Guihua for several days, so he ran straight to her and shouted with a smile, "Aunt, Happy New Year!"
Wen Nuan saw the child running around again, so she reached out and grabbed her collar to stop her, and scolded her: "I just told you not to run like this. Auntie has a baby in her belly. You will bump into the baby if you do this."
When Lele heard this, he immediately stopped running, slowed down his pace, walked over, and then stuffed a chocolate into Sister Guihua's hand.
Sister Guihua smiled and rubbed the child's head, "Thank you Lele."
Then she took Lele to sit on the sofa next to the stove and asked her, "Did Lele have a good time during the New Year? Where did you go?"
Lele then smiled and told Sister Guihua about the interesting things that happened during her trip to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. She told her where she went and how she played with firecrackers with her great-grandfather. Finally, she even talked about what TV series she watched.
Sister Guihua listened to her talk about the interesting things in Beijing with a smile, and then asked her: "Do you like your great-grandfather's side?"
Lele almost didn't think twice and said directly: "I like it!"
Sister-in-law Guihua: "Then Lele can come over more often in the future. Your great grandfather will definitely be very happy."
Soon, Aunt Liang came out with some candies and snacks to entertain them, and also packed a bag of things for them, saying that they were specialties from their place and asked them to take them back and try them.
Wen Nuan didn't bother to be polite with them and accepted Aunt Liang's specialty.
After sitting at Sister Guihua's house for a while, Wen Nuan took Lele to go to Sister Juxiang's house. Sister Guihua wanted to go with them, but Aunt Liang said that there was a lot of snow outside and she was afraid that she might accidentally fall, so she didn't let her go.
Sister-in-law Juxiang was also still on vacation. When she saw Wen Nuan and the others returning to North City, she came out to greet them with a smile.
Lele was even happier when he came to sister Juxiang's place, because Lele liked playing with sisters Xiaodong and Xiaomei the most. He also shared the candies and chocolates he had prepared with his sisters and brother.
Wen Nuan chatted with sister-in-law Juxiang, while the children played various games.
After talking about family matters, sister-in-law Juxiang asked her, "What about Lele after the New Year? Should we send her to the kindergarten in the family compound first?"
Because before this, it was Sister Guihua who helped take care of Lele most of the time. Now Sister Guihua is pregnant, and she is an elderly mother. Aunt Liang and Captain Zhou in her family are very careful, fearing that she might get hurt by accident.
Wen Nuan glanced at Lele who was playing over there. Although the child was much more sensible now and had a certain degree of self-care ability, she was only less than two years old. She and Gu Qinghan were reluctant to send her to kindergarten at such a young age.
In order to take care of busy military comrades and their working families, the family homes have set up kindergartens that can provide full-time care. Some children go home once a week, and some even once a month.
When they were in Beijing before, Commander Lu had asked her if she wanted to send a nanny to help look after the children, but hiring a nanny was a very sensitive matter in this era, especially in a military compound.
Wen Nuan refused, thinking that since the child was old enough now, she could take him to the kitchen team, at least until the processing plant was built and put into operation.
Wen Nuan said, "Take the child to the kitchen first. I don't plan to take care of the kitchen now. I will just write the menu for the flight team every week and take a look at the processing plant."
When sister-in-law Juxiang heard this, she thought of many families who bring their children to work, "Le Le is so well behaved, and I've tried to bring him there before, so it should be OK."
Moreover, there is a farm-like place in the backyard of the kitchen, where vegetables and fruit trees are grown, and chickens, ducks, geese and pigs are raised, providing plenty of space for children to play.
Many family members who work in the kitchen simply abandon their children in the backyard and do not care much about them as long as they do not do anything sneaky.
I don't know if Lele heard the adults' conversation, but he came over and hugged Wen Nuan, stretched out his slightly cold little hand to touch Wen Nuan's face, and said, "Mom, I will be good."
Wen Nuan's heart almost melted when the child said that. She smiled and said, "Okay, but you must not make trouble then."
Lele nodded: "Lele doesn't make trouble."
*
After the New Year, time suddenly speeds up.
By the beginning of April, spring had returned to the north city. There was no more snow in the family yard, and the woods on the back hill were beginning to sprout green buds. The air was filled with the scent of spring.
Although it is spring in the north city, late spring cold still comes from time to time.
The warm winter clothes for the home are always prepared. After all, the temperature here can be over 10 or 20 degrees during the day, but it will drop below negative numbers at night, and the stove at home has to be lit from time to time.
That night, when Gu Qinghan returned from the flight team, Wen Nuan was already lying on the kang, drowsy with her child in her arms.
Hearing the noise coming from the yard, Wen Nuan glanced at Le Le who was already fast asleep, then got up from the kang, and walked out of the room, just in time to see the man pushing the door open.
Seeing that he was exhausted, Wen Nuan said, "There's water boiling in the pot, so don't take a cold shower."
The weather has warmed up recently and the flight team has resumed night flight missions. Gu Qinghan should have just finished his mission and returned home.
Gu Qinghan hung up his hat, then reached out to unbutton the outer buttons: "Okay, got it, you go back and lie down first, I'll take a shower and then go back."
Wen Nuan looked at her watch. It was just past nine o'clock. She probably didn't go to the cafeteria for dinner, so she said, "I'm not sleepy yet. Go take a shower first. I'll make you some noodles."
Hearing this, the man put his coat on a stool nearby, then walked towards his wife, kissed her on her bright red lips, and said with a smile, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Wen Nuan stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the face, saying, "It's not hard. Your clothes have been placed on the sofa. Go take a shower."
After a while, Gu Qinghan came out of the shower, looking refreshed.
Wen Nuan brought out a large bowl from the kitchen. Seeing that he had already finished his bath, she placed the bowl on the eight-immortal table and waved at him, "Qinghan, come and have some noodles."
Wen Nuan thought her man would take a quick shower, so she simply made some vegetable and egg noodles. Unexpectedly, Gu Qinghan came out just as the noodles were ready.
Gu Qinghan took the chopsticks handed to him by Wen Nuan, sat next to her, and started eating without fear of the heat. It seemed that he was really hungry.
Wen Nuan propped her chin with one hand and watched him eat noodles, then said, "Go to the cafeteria for dinner next time and come back. You look hungry."
I heard that the flight team's night training is also very tiring, and Gu Qinghan said last week that the first batch of reserve pilots from last year's pilot selection will be decided soon, and they have also been undergoing various assessments recently.
Must be very busy.
Gu Qinghan smiled, blew on the noodles on the chopsticks, and passed them to his wife, "I just wanted to come home early."
After the winter, the electricity supply will be extended to 9:30. In order to take care of the soldiers who have to undergo night training, Gu Qinghan wanted to get home before the lights were turned off, so he did not even have time to go to the cafeteria to eat and went straight home.
Wen Nuan looked at the noodles in front of her, smiled and took a bite, then put her hand on the man's other hand, "Le Le has already fallen asleep, and I am ready to sleep too."
In fact, she was planning to wait for Gu Qinghan to come home before sleeping together, but just now, when she was hugging that little Lele, she felt so soft and gentle that she almost fell asleep with him.
Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, now that the weather is hot, the supplies for the institute may have to be delivered once a month. Quick-frozen dumplings and quick-frozen noodles in winter may not be suitable. Have you discussed with the quartermaster how to improve it?"
At the beginning of the month, Gu Qinghan went to deliver supplies again, but now the weather has improved and the things can no longer freeze, so many things are no longer suitable for delivery.
Gu Qinghan didn't know much about food, so it was all up to Wen Nuan to keep an eye on the supplies.
Wen Nuan nodded and told Gu Qinghan about the recent construction of the factory by their kitchen team.
After two months of preparation, the factory has been expanded, and my grandfather has also arranged for a laminator to come from Beijing.
Because the northern winter climate advantage is gone, those frozen foods are no longer suitable, so Wen Nuan plans to replace the frozen noodles with dried noodles, dry them directly, and pack them in bags and send them over.
As for meat, there was nothing we could do but send some live chickens, ducks, geese and sheep over and let them slaughter them themselves.
But it is relatively not a problem in spring and summer. In addition to making dried noodles, she can also make dehydrated vegetables and dried fruits.
Not only is it easy to store, but it can also be saved for eating in winter, so you don’t have to eat only cabbage and radish in winter.
After saying that, Wen Nuan lazily leaned against her husband and said with a smile, "Also, the dried seafood from Sister Guihua's father is also ready, and it will probably be delivered soon."
If it weren't for this batch of dried seafood, Sister Guihua's father would have come to the family compound to take care of her a long time ago. However, just to wait for this batch of dried seafood, he postponed it until now.
Hearing this, Gu Qinghan put down his chopsticks, put his arm around his wife, and said, "That's good. The comrades in the institute can eat more abundant ingredients."
Before, Liu Minghua had always wanted to follow him for a test flight, but the aviation doctor checked him again and again and still determined that he was malnourished and unsuitable for a test flight. Now the entire test flight team is very anxious. It seems that Liu Minghua can adjust his body this time.
Wen Nuan smiled: "That's really great."
The two began to talk about some interesting things in the family compound. After talking for a while, Wen Nuan yawned, and when Gu Qinghan spoke to her, she just hummed twice.
Gu Qinghan felt sorry for her, so he carried her back to the room.
*
Another month passed in the blink of an eye. Wen Nuan went back to work in the kitchen. The quartermaster stopped her and said, "Comrade Wen Nuan, you're back just in time. Zhang Guihua's father has arrived. The comrades in the kitchen are unloading the goods. You can go over and take a look later."
Wen Nuan happened not to bring Le Le to the kitchen today because Gu Qinglan was on vacation and said that she and Yang Xiaomei wanted to take the children to the town for a walk.
When Lele heard this, he was so happy that he took the small child seat, put it on the front bar of the bicycle, and shouted that he wanted to go with them.
Wen Nuan saw that the child hadn't gone out to play for a long time, so she asked Gu Qinglan to help take her out for a walk.
Hearing the quartermaster say this, Wen Nuan felt that today was just the right time: "Okay, I'll go over later."
Wen Nuan was about to go back to the kitchen to see if anyone could help, but after thinking for a moment, she turned back and said, "Chief Steward, you can call the Babao State-Owned Restaurant in Beijing and tell them that we have received a batch of dried seafood and ask them if they want any."
During the Chinese New Year, I went to the state-owned restaurant where Chen Meijiao worked. The manager of the restaurant said that he wanted to order a batch of meatballs from them. However, the quartermaster calculated that they could not make much money from the meatballs, and now that the weather is getting warmer, they have to find a way to preserve them.
But this batch of dried seafood is different. Maybe we can make more money and increase the income of the troops.
When the quartermaster heard this, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Okay, I'll call them right away."
Soon, Wen Nuan met Sister Guihua's father, a generous man. Before Wen Nuan could say anything, he thanked her for helping farmers increase their income.
Uncle Zhang said: "We used these things to feed chickens and pigs, but where can we find so many chickens, ducks and geese? Now, these things can also be used as food for the army, and we ordinary people will have something to do."
"Comrade Wen Nuan, thank you so much for this."
Wen Nuan ordered a lot of dried seafood this time, so Uncle Zhang took so long to come. No one wanted this stuff before, and he couldn't sell it himself.
So when Wen Nuan asked for a few thousand kilograms of something, Uncle Zhang thought he had heard it wrong, but later he realized that he had not heard it wrong, and Wen Nuan really wanted that much.
Uncle Zhang worked with the villagers for several months and finally collected a large truck.
Fortunately, they helped to solve the car issue, otherwise this deal would have been difficult to complete.
Wen Nuan listened to Uncle Zhang's long speech and smiled: "Uncle Zhang, you are too polite. We should thank you. You have worked hard these past few months. Our quartermaster asked you to go over and check the numbers with him. We can settle the payment after we have done that."
Uncle Zhang smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. I came here to visit my daughter Guihua. Her mother is here too. It won't be too late to reconcile the accounts after you finish counting the money."
Wen Nuan explained, "Sister Guihua lives next door to me. I'll go with you to see her after you've settled the bill. And our comrades in the kitchen have already counted the money. You just need to wait a moment."
Wen Nuan knew that Uncle Zhang was anxious to see Sister Guihua, so she didn't want to waste his time and joined in the work, trying to sort out the damaged items.
However, the batch of dried seafood that Uncle Zhang prepared for them were all of high quality, large in size and just the right degree of dryness. One could tell by looking at them that they had been dried recently, without any inferior goods being used to fill the gap.
So the quartermaster readily paid the bill and let Uncle Zhang go to the family compound to reunite with his family.
Uncle Zhang carefully hid the statement and then thanked the quartermaster solemnly.
Wen Nuan was waiting for Uncle Zhang outside the quartermaster's office. When she saw him come out, she said directly, "Uncle Zhang, I'll take you to the family compound now."
Uncle Zhang nodded: "Okay, then I'll trouble Comrade Wen Nuan."
Wen Nuan gave the bike to Gu Qinglan to ride to town, so she walked back to the family compound with Uncle Zhang.
On the way, Uncle Zhang asked Wen Nuan again: "Comrade Wen Nuan, why will the troops need those seafood in the future?"
Wen Nuan nodded: "Of course, you can tell the villagers to take advantage of the good summer weather and get more sun. We all want them."
Businessmen in this era are all honest people. You can tell by the dried seafood that Uncle Zhang brings. The quality is very good, and most importantly, the price is fair. Since they are close to the sea and live by the sea, this is a no-cost business, so Uncle Zhang charges a very low price.
Uncle Zhang nodded with a smile when he heard it: "That's great, I will definitely ask the villagers to prepare more when I go back!"
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Uncle Zhang was anxious and not curious about the family compound. He walked a little fast and Wen Nuan almost couldn't keep up.
Aunt Liang saw her husband from a distance, so she waved and called out, "Old Zhang, here, here."
Uncle Zhang saw his wife whom he hadn't seen for several months, and said to Wen Nuan: "Comrade Wen Nuan, I'll go first. Thank you for leading the way."
Wen Nuan: "You're welcome. Go over and have a good time with Auntie."
It was lunch time, and Sister Guihua asked Wen Nuan to have lunch with her, but Wen Nuan thought Qinglan would probably bring Lele home at this time, so she didn't go.
*
Wen Nuan went home and cooked, planning to wait for the children and Qinglan to come home before eating together.
But before he could wait, Gu Qinghan came home first with a letter in his hand.
Wen Nuan saw him coming back at this time, so she went to greet him curiously: "Qinghan, why are you back at this time?"
Gu Qinghan washed his hands first, then walked over to Wen Nuan and said, "I had already gone to the cafeteria, but the quartermaster said you went home, so I came back."
Wen Nuan wiped her hands and said, "Sister Guihua's father is here. I thought he might not know the way, so I brought him back here."
"Oh, no wonder." Then, Gu Qinghan handed the letter to Wen Nuan and said, "This is a letter written to you by grandpa."
Since returning from Beijing last time for the New Year, Wen Nuan has occasionally called Commander Lu, but Commander Lu has been traveling everywhere in the past few months and has not spent much time in Beijing.
So her grandfather would often write to her, and the addresses were all sent from different places, but they were usually to let her know that she was safe. Many times, he told her not to reply, and even if he wrote a letter, he would send it to Beijing first.
Wen Nuan opened the letter directly and wanted to sit down and read it slowly, but the next second the man hugged her waist and pressed her directly on his legs.
Gu Qinghan leaned close to her and said, "Just watch it like this. I won't get in your way."
Wen Nuan thought that there was no one at home, so she let him hold her obediently. She found a comfortable sitting position and opened the letter by herself.
Grandpa said in the letter that he went to the south and saw that Wen Wenkang was reported for hooliganism and was directly sentenced to ten years of labor reform and was exiled to the frontier, which was the area under the jurisdiction of Deputy Commander Shen.
Wen's father and mother tried to defraud people of their money by using Commander Lu's name, but they were caught by Commander Lu on the spot.
Commander Lu didn't care about his face and directly took the man to the Public Security Bureau and asked Wen's father and mother to compensate for their losses.
He also took the opportunity to deliberately distance himself from everyone in the Wen family, saying that he was not familiar with anyone in the Wen family at all, and he also told the story of how the Wen family favored boys over girls and planned to sell their daughter.
Later, for some reason, people in his hometown started a rumor, saying that Wen's mother and Wen Wenkang went to Jingshi to "extort" Commander Lu during the Chinese New Year.
Commander Lu took advantage of the situation and staged a play.
As for what the play was, Commander Lu did not say in the letter, but he successfully sent Wen's father and mother to labor reform.
It's really gratifying.
Commander Lu said at the end of the letter that he had severed ties with the Wen family and told Wen Nuan not to have any contact with anyone in their family in the future.
Wen Nuan looked at the signature date above. It was already half a month ago. By this time, Wen Wenkang must have gone to the border area for labor reform. I heard that it might snow there in May.
Wen Wenkang has always been afraid of the cold, so every winter all the quilts in the family were given to him, and that place was just right for him.
Gu Qinghan had roughly guessed this result earlier. Seeing that Wen Nuan didn't say anything, he said softly, "Don't worry, they won't bother you again in the future."
Wen Nuan nodded. Wen Wenkang was playing with a female comrade like this. They were clearly engaged, but he thought he could become successful just because Commander Lu went to recognize him as his relative, so he abandoned her.
He deserved it, she didn't feel sorry for him at all.
Mr. and Mrs. Wen are also greedy people. They just want to gain benefits in various ways and even turn their attention to other people. This is the fate they deserve.
Wen Nuan put down the envelope, hugged the man's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about them, they deserve it."
"Thank you for your hard work, Grandpa. You are so busy but still have to take time out to deal with these trivial matters."
Gu Qinghan smiled and said, "Grandpa is worried about you, and the Wen family is a time bomb as long as they are not eliminated. Now they have all received the punishment they deserve, and this is what they asked for."
Wen Nuan nodded: "Yeah, let's not talk about them."
Then she kissed the man on the face and said, "Qinglan took Lele to town. She will probably come back after lunch. Let's have a snack at noon. What do you want to eat?"
Gu Qinghan raised his eyebrows, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and then he whispered something in Wen Nuan's ear.
Wen Nuan's fair cheeks were visibly red. She bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and looked at the man and couldn't help but scold him, "You..."
Before she could say anything, the man picked her up, walked to the door, and then locked the door madly.