The next day, He Xiaoyun and Xu Lanxiang drove to the market to buy vegetables.
Because they left early and there were vacant seats in the car, the two sat side by side, with Wei Yuanhang and Wang Derong sitting on their laps.
The car drove all the way from the urban area to the suburbs, and the tidy streets were gradually replaced by low huts and fields. Along the way, Xu Lanxiang explained to He Xiaoyun the changes in the neighborhood over the past few years.
Seeing that she seemed to be familiar with this area, He Xiaoyun asked curiously: "How many years has my sister-in-law joined the army with Brother Wang?"
Xu Lanxiang said with a smile: "What do you call him Big Brother Wang? Just call him Old Wang. When he was promoted to deputy battalion commander, I came here. Four or five years ago, when Rongrong was still in his stomach, our building , I'm one of the first to join the army."
"It's been a long time." He Xiaoyun said.
"What about you? My sister-in-law is not afraid that you will get angry. In fact, many people have been asking us, Old Wang, to introduce a partner to Old Wei. You see, he is young, decent-looking, and has a bright future. Everyone knows that. There must be a good life after getting married to him. Who would have thought that Wei Qiao would get married in silence, if he hadn’t reported to the army, everyone would have been kept in the dark. At that time, I was thinking every day, what would this be like? You are only able to fascinate Old Wei because of your celestial appearance? You waited and waited until now, so why didn’t you come before?”
You came here before, why don't you fight every day? He Xiaoyun thought to herself.
Of course, she couldn't say that, so she could only say vaguely: "The child is still young, and the elders in the family see me young, so they don't feel at ease."
Xu Lanxiang nodded understandingly, "Yes, I think you are not very old, and you are still a little girl. By the way, how old are you?"
"twenty two."
"You're so young, seven or eight years younger than me. How did you meet Old Wei?"
He Xiaoyun continued to bite the bullet and make up nonsense: "We are in the same brigade, and we have known each other since we were young."
"So you're still a childhood sweetheart? No wonder the other little girls, Old Wei, didn't like any of them before." Xu Lanxiang said with a smile.
He Xiaoyun also smiled, and quickly changed the subject, "Where is my sister-in-law and Lao Wang? How did you know each other?"
"Me, I used to work in a quilt factory. The workshop director and Lao Wang's old boss were classmates. Later, our factory formed a friendship with the army."
"Then sister-in-law fell in love with him at first sight?" He Xiaoyun guessed.
Xu Lanxiang sneered and said, "How can I? I didn't like him at the time. Don't look at me now, I was also a flower in our factory back then. Although Lao Wang looks good, he is from the countryside. There are many people and complicated. I think if you are married, it will be so tiring. So I didn't think about him at first, because he was so shameless. Every time the army rested, he ran outside our factory to guard. This guard comes to guard Go, I don't know what to do, so I agreed in a daze."
He Xiaoyun joked: "Sister-in-law is such a smart person, how could she agree in a daze, she must be willing."
"I'm still smart, I'm the stupidest one."
The two chatted all the way, and not long after, they arrived at the market.
Xu Lanxiang skillfully picked vegetables and bargained with the vegetable farmers. He Xiaoyun basically just followed her to buy.
"By the way, what are you going to cook?" Xu Lanxiang asked her.
"A dish of braised elbow, sweet and sour pork ribs, pan-fried fish, and three vegetarian dishes, does my sister-in-law think this is okay?"
"How could it be okay? It's enough pomp and circumstance, you only need one stove, it will definitely not be enough to burn it up, and I will move the one in my house tomorrow."
"Okay, then I'll thank sister-in-law first."
The two bought a lot of fresh vegetables, bought a stick of malt candy for each of the two children, and headed home.
He Xiaoyun handed over the matter of inviting guests to Wei Jianwei when she went out in the morning. Seeing his reluctance, she wanted to laugh a little. She had a good relationship with those comrades, so why did she think of inviting them to dinner? Reluctant
Because it was the closest to Lin Yuefei's office, Wei Jianwei was the first to notify him.
After Lin Yuefei heard it, he plucked his ears exaggeratedly, "What? Old Wei, what are you talking about? Let me go to your house for dinner tomorrow?"
Wei Jianwei's face was full of knowingly asking questions.
Lin Yuefei thought about it, and quickly figured it out, and said with a smile, "It's what my siblings said, right? She asked you to come and invite us to dinner at home."
Now Wei Jianwei didn't even want to talk to him.
However, Lin Yuefei got excited and leaned beside him and said intentionally: "Why do I remember that two days ago, someone said that my food was not cooked at home. Old Wei, who do you think is that?"
Wei Jianwei turned and walked out, he still chased after him, and said meanly: "Old Wei, you don't have the attitude of inviting people, at least you need an invitation card, where is the invitation card?"
Seeing that Wei Jianwei ignored him, he smiled again and said: "There is no invitation card, you should at least say please, for example, 'Old Lin, please come to my house for dinner tomorrow.' That's the way it is."
Wei Jianwei finally had enough of him and reacted. After he stood still, he turned around and stared at him, and said, "I see, you won't be free tomorrow, so I'll go back and tell you that one less meal will be cooked tomorrow."
He left after speaking.
Lin Yuefei was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to recall the meaning of his words, and hurriedly chased after him, "Who says I'm not free tomorrow? I'm free! I'm very free. Old Wei? Old Wei! Don't let me Brother and sister don't cook for me! I made a mistake, Old Wei, don't be so stingy..."
In the afternoon, Wei Jianwei ran into Wang Liqiang, the commander of the first battalion, on the playground. Before he could speak, Wang Liqiang said, "I heard that your wife is going to invite us all to dinner tomorrow?"
Wei Jianwei responded slightly indifferently.
Wang Liqiang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why are you so unhappy? I have heard your sister-in-law say that after your younger brother and sister came, you cling to her every day. How can this work? Old Wei, a manly man, how can he love his children?"
"It really shouldn't be," Wei Jianwei nodded in agreement, and then changed the topic, "I suddenly remembered something, that lesbian in the art troupe... Do you think sister-in-law wants to know her?"
The smile on Wang Liqiang's face faltered, but he quickly counterattacked with a sinister smile, "When you said it, I remembered it too. There is a lesbian from an art troupe. It's time for my younger siblings to get to know each other."
The two were playing charades. In fact, there was no ulterior secret. It was just a few years ago that the art troupe had a friendship with their army. Wang Liqiang was interested in a lesbian at that time, and the friend of the other party fell in love with Wei Jianwei.
At that time, the leader intentionally matched the four of them into two pairs. Unfortunately, the lesbian had no interest in Wang Liqiang, and Wei Jianwei had no interest in her friend, so nothing happened.
Wang Liqiang told the people around him to death about this matter, and he was not allowed to tell Xu Lanxiang, whoever told it, he would train him to death.
The others were forced by his lust and prestige, only Wei Jianwei was not threatened, and before today, he thought that he had no reason to fall into the other party's hands. But now, when Wang Liqiang mentioned the female soldier who liked him back then, although he had a clear conscience, he subconsciously felt that He Xiaoyun should not let this matter know.
Now, the two men grabbed each other's pigtails, and neither of them tried to make fun of the other.
The two of them kept silent and looked at each other, with the words in their eyes: You are cruel.
Then, at the same time turned and left in disgust.
There was nothing to say all night, the next morning, He Xiaoyun got up early and rushed to the market, this time Wei Jianwei went with her.
Last time, because she couldn't carry it, she only bought enough rice and noodles for a few days. Now that she has free labor, she can buy more with peace of mind.
In addition to two pork knuckles, a small half rib, two fish, I also bought some fruit and sugar, which will be used to entertain the children. Vegetables and eggs are available at home, so I don’t need to buy them for the time being.
The two returned to the family building with big bags and small bags. Wei Yuanhang heard the movement and ran over from the next door: "Mom and Dad, you are back."
Fearing that there would be too many people in the market to take care of him, He Xiaoyun took him to Xu Lanxiang's place in the morning, said a lot of good things to coax him, and promised to come back to buy delicious food, so the child nodded obediently. It's a pity.
He Xiaoyun took out some candied haws, "You and Rongrong each have one, and you have to give Rongrong's brother and sister each a piece, go."
The child happily ran away holding the candied haws.
Not long after, Xu Lanxiang came over and said, "You can just buy it for Xiaohang. Those gluttonous monkeys in our family can't fill their stomachs no matter how much they eat."
"It won't cost much." He Xiaoyun said with a smile.
Xu Lanxiang shook her head, rolled up her sleeves to help, "Is this basin for washing vegetables?"
He Xiaoyun hurriedly said: "I can just come by myself. I'm not being polite to my sister-in-law. I've already thought about it. When the fire starts later, I'll call you to help me."
Xu Lanxiang waved his hand, "I'm idle at home, and I'd rather be quiet here than watch those monkeys make a fuss."
Seeing that she had already started working with a washbasin and vegetables, He Xiaoyun had no choice but to let her, "Sister-in-law should eat more later, otherwise I won't be able to repay the hard work."
"That's up to you to say."
The two of them washed vegetables, and Wei Jianwei carried a bucket to fetch water.
Xu Lanxiang saw it and joked: "Your old Wei is still considerate, no, it should be said that you taught Lao Wei well. It's not like our old Wang, who has to be shouted and shouted before he is willing to move. Like a stubborn bull in the field, he flicked his whip and took a step."
He Xiaoyun heard it funny, "Maybe, Lao Wang just likes to hear his sister-in-law call him."
"Bah, who wants him to like it." Xu Lanxiang spat with a smile.
After they washed for a while, two more women appeared at the door. They looked into the room with some hesitation, and when they saw Xu Lanxiang, they said with peace of mind, "I just said I was right, this is the home of Old Wei and his siblings."
Xu Lanxiang looked up to see the two of them, and said with a smile, "It's not too late for you to come. If you are really like a guest, when Xiaoyun and I go to invite you, then you can only drink the pot water."
The two walked in with a smile, "How dare you? We don't have such a big meeting."
Xu Lanxiang introduced them to He Xiaoyun. The two women who came were the lovers of Lao Zhao and Lao Zhang she mentioned yesterday. One was surnamed Huang, Huang Lizhen, and the other was Li Xijin.
The two looked at He Xiaoyun and couldn't stop praising her.
Huang Lizhen said: "Our old Zhang told me when he came home that Lao Lin met Lao Wei's daughter-in-law and said that she was more beautiful than the pillars of the art troupe. Very good."
Li Xijin also said: "The key is not only being beautiful, but also having a good figure. I don't know what kind of blessing this old Wei has cultivated to be able to marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law as his younger brother and sister."
He Xiaoyun blushed from their praise, and quickly asked them to sit down before pouring water.
Xu Lanxiang pulled her back and said, "There's no need for the few of us to be polite. The two of them came early. They definitely didn't come to drink water, but to work."
"Look at what you said, we have to do it even if we don't want to." Huang Lizhen said.
Xu Lanxiang snorted, "What are you doing if you don't work? Those men are coming late now. When they come later, they all have to work. They want to eat even if they don't work. It's a good idea!"
A word made several people laugh, Xu Lanxiang said again: "Let's not call sister-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-sister, brother-sister, brother-sister, brother-sister, we don't know who it is, just call it by name."
She is the oldest here, since she said so, others naturally agree.
The four women were working and chatting in the kitchen, not boring at all, but Wei Jianwei stood in the room for a few minutes after fetching water, probably all of them were women, which made him feel uncomfortable, and he hid out after a while.
After he left, Huang Lizhen smiled and said, "Did you see that? Just now, Old Wei's eyes turned towards Xiaoyun one after another. Oh, I want to avoid it."
"What do you need to say?" Xu Lanxiang said, "I found out two days ago. Old Wei, he can't wait to tie Xiaoyun on his belt when he goes to work."
"Tsk tsk, I can't see it at all."
"Xiaoyun is really good, give us some advice, how can we make Lao Wei so clingy to you?"
In the past, Xu Lanxiang would joke so much that He Xiaoyun couldn't stand it alone. This time, three of them came at once, and she couldn't take it anymore. She had no choice but to blushed and pretended to be angry: "If you continue to do this, I will get angry."
"Oh, don't be angry, don't be angry, what do you do if you get angry and invite Old Wei? We can't beat him."
Others spoke more cheerfully.
He Xiaoyun had no choice but to use hot water as an excuse to hide.
Wei Jianwei and Wang Liqiang were talking on the other side of the corridor. When they saw her walking downstairs with her head sullen, they followed her.
He Xiaoyun filled the water in the water room, turned around, almost bumped into him, patted her chest and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
"Why didn't you call me for the water?" Wei Jianwei was about to pick up the hot water bottle in her hand.
How dare He Xiaoyun give it to him? If you ask him to bring it back, they will laugh even harder in a while.
"It's all your fault," she said annoyed.
Why are you blaming him again? Wei Jianwei thought helplessly.
He Xiaoyun continued to mutter: "You'd better talk to Lao Wang and the others later, don't go back to the house, lest the sister-in-law and the others make jokes again."
Only then did Wei Jianwei roughly guess what happened. Seeing her embarrassing look, he thought for a while and said, "I will invite Lao Zhao and Lao Zhang to practice some other day."
It took a few seconds for He Xiaoyun to understand that what he said was to vent his anger on her.
Although it seems a little unkind to count Huang Lizhen and the others making fun of her on their men, but she still couldn't help asking with interest: "Have you trained them well?"
Wei Jianwei touched her head and said, "Don't worry."
"Then practice a little bit, don't go too far?" He Xiaoyun carefully suggested.
"I have a measure."
After she heard it, she felt a little sweet in her heart, and thought carefully, let you laugh at me, now, you men will be taught a lesson by my man!