"Why are you going up the mountain to hunt again? Didn't you just go a few days ago?" At dinner time, only Chen Gang came back alone. After Tian Yu asked, he found out that his brother-in-law had taken people into the mountains and had not returned to the army yet.
Tian Mi also frowned and subconsciously looked at the sky outside through the window.
The nights are long in winter. It is not even six o'clock yet, but the sky has already turned dusk and is not far from being completely dark.
Chen Gang washed his face and covered his face with the remaining warmth of the towel. He took it off when he felt his frozen skin begin to heat up. He heaved a sigh of relief: "The farm down below needs to build a water conservancy project, so the demand for meat has exceeded the budget. We can't let the soldiers eat cabbage stalks stewed in salt water every day. We have to think of a solution."
As he spoke, he washed the towel in the washbasin, hung it on a bamboo pole, poured some water, and then walked out of the bathroom.
Seeing that his wife and second sister were both worried, he chuckled and comforted them: "It's okay, Lao Lou is very skilled, I guess he was delayed by hunting a big fish, let's eat first, and leave a portion for him."
Hearing this, Tian Yu rolled her eyes at her husband, thinking he was too careless. It was almost dark, how could it be the same as daytime? The mountains were dangerous to begin with, let alone at night
If she wasn't afraid that her sister would get more worried if she said too much, she would have wanted to scratch her husband. She ordered, "Mi girl, go to the kitchen and get an empty bowl."
After the second sister entered the kitchen, she frowned and said, "There is a shortage of food every winter, especially in recent years. I don't know when it will end. I will go to the town with the purchasing car to buy some food for storage in the next two days. By the way, I will take Mi girl to the market to familiarize herself with the environment."
"Go, bring more money and notes. New Year's Day is coming soon, and you can buy a set of clothes for you and your younger sister." When the second sister came, she bought a lot of things for him, and as her brother-in-law, he remembered them all.
"I don't need any clothes. Buy them for Mi girl. She's getting married, so I need to make two more sets."
"My second sister, buy one for yourself. Do you have no more tickets? I'll go find my comrades to exchange them."
"No, I have tickets. My second sister bought me two new pieces of clothes in Shanghai. I've still got them saved and haven't worn them yet. What do I need so many clothes for?" Tian Yu glared at her husband with amusement. This man always thought that he was either hungry or cold day after day, and he was always worried about her.
Chen Gang chuckled: "Some people think there are too many clothes."
"It's better to exchange the money for some food coupons and buy more food to store." Tian Yu took the empty bowl handed over by his second sister, picked up the spoon to scoop vegetables from the vegetable bowl, and complained again: "I don't know when we will no longer be short of food."
Chen Gang also sighed: "It will be fine, it will get better and better."
Tian Mi pursed her lips and said nothing, but agreed in her heart, yes, the country will get better and better and will stand at the top of the world.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat."
After leaving some for Lou Luhui, the family sat down together, picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
But I didn't expect that after I had only taken a few bites, I heard the noisy and bustling sounds outside.
Chen Gang was the first to react. He put down his bowl, smiled and stood up: "Looks like we'll have a great harvest today."
As he spoke, he wrapped himself in a military coat and walked out quickly.
Seeing this, Tian Mi and her sister looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
Went out the door.
Tian Mi then realized that most of the military dependents in the family quarters had come out.
Tian Yu pulled his sister, and the two of them quickly joined the main group.
"I just heard someone say that the soldiers brought back a lot of wild boars. Oh my god, did they disturb the wild boar den?"
"It doesn't matter if it's stabbed or not, as long as we can get a share of the meat."
"That's right. I also heard that the leader this time is Lou Tuan. Tsk, tsk, tsk, have you noticed? Whenever Lou Tuan leads the team, they catch more prey every time."
"Do you even need to tell me? Who doesn't know it?"
"If you ask me, if you want to find a man, you should look for someone like Lou Tuan, who is handsome and capable. Look at his strength. Hehe, his young wife will be blessed in the future. If he were my man, I would be on the kang."
"Bah! What are you talking about? The girl from the Rentian family is here."
Someone reminded the outspoken woman, and she realized that the two sisters from the Tian family were following them without her knowing.
The woman didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said. Instead, when she met the gaze of the pretty girl from the Tian family, she rolled her eyes and smiled more ambiguously: "Hey, sister-in-law's words are rough but true. After you get married, you will know whether sister-in-law is right or not."
There are always people who like to make jokes that they think are humorous. Tian Mi held the elder sister's arm, looked back at the unknown elder sister openly, and smiled: "Thank you for your compliment. I will convey your compliment to Comrade Lou Luhui without missing a word."
Hearing this, the woman looked embarrassed. She didn't expect that her teasing would fail and she would be hit back.
Especially when I thought about the dirty words I just said, they would reach the ears of the evil head, Captain Lou.
She shuddered immediately, shrank her neck, lowered her head and stopped talking, muttering in her heart, how can a little girl be so powerful.
Not only her, but even the other military dependents were a little surprised.
It's really because this girl looks so non-aggressive. She just stands there and does nothing, but she makes people want to get close to her.
In addition, after joining the army, he has always been by his sister's side, very low-key, and I thought he was a gentle and honest person, but I didn't expect that.
He looks generous and calm, but with just a few words he can make people feel discouraged.
Well, she's a capable girl anyway, so I'll have to be more careful with her in the future.
Many people are like this. When they first meet someone, they always stretch out their tentative claws. However, when they find that the other person is not soft cotton but a thorn bush, they will honestly retract their claws.
To put it generally, it means bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Tian Yu, who was originally worried that the girl would be bullied, smiled when he saw this.
Her sister is awesome!
"That was Liu Xiujiu, the wife of Captain Zhu of the Second Regiment. She's a bit erratic and doesn't know how to talk. Pay less attention to her in the future." Although Tian Yu was proud that his sister was smart and not easy to bully, he still gave her a few reminders.
Tian Mi wondered: "How old is Captain Zhu?"
The military wife just now should be in her early forties. As far as she knows, the army seems to have age restrictions on officers. If they cannot be promoted after reaching a certain age, they have to retire.
This obviously aroused Tian Yu's desire to speak. She pulled her sister to slow down her pace, and when they were a distance away from the others, she whispered, "Captain Zhu is 33 years old this year, and Liu Xiuju is 39 years old. It can be said that Captain Zhu was tricked by his family to marry her."
Tian Mi feels that she used to be a little fairy who didn’t like gossip, but in this age of scarce entertainment, gossip is really great!
"Captain Zhu's family was poor, so he ran away to join the army when he was a teenager. He was brave and hardworking, and he actively learned literacy and knowledge. He finally climbed to the position of company commander, which was considered very promising. When he was looking for a partner, his family happened to write him a letter saying that they had found a good girl for him. Captain Zhu hadn't been home for many years, so he thought it would be nice to go home and marry a girl in the village who knew him well, so he agreed to go back and find one. Guess what happened next?"
Why is this still a mystery? Tian Mi was listening with great interest, and quickly asked, "What's going on? Is the good girl Mrs. Liu?"
"No way! If that's the case, I won't say anything. When Captain Zhu returned home, his family did find him a good girl, and they were both very satisfied with her. You know, the military's home leave only lasts a few days, excluding the journey, so it took a week from the date to the wedding. On the wedding day, Captain Zhu was drunk by his relatives and friends, and he slept with his head covered until the next day. The bride on the bed became Liu Xiuju."
"What's going on? Is Liu Xiujiu trying to steal the bride?" Tian Mi was stunned, and her mind began to imagine all kinds of melodramatic dramas.
Tian Yu raised his hand speechlessly and poked his sister's forehead: "If that's the case, I won't say Captain Zhu is unlucky. He was deceived by his family members."
Next, Tian Mi heard a true event that shattered her three views.
It is said that the beautiful girl that Captain Zhu was seeing at that time was Liu Xiujiu's married sister. Although Liu Xiujiu was not much worse than her sister, her husband had died and she was a widow with three children.
It’s hard to live alone these days, let alone with three children. It’s really not easy to remarry.
But it cannot be said that there are none at all, it’s just that Liu Xiujiu looks down on those who are of poor conditions or too ugly.
Later, she heard that the Zhu family was going to find a wife for their eldest son. Liu Xiujiu had met Captain Zhu in her early years when he was still a platoon leader, and remembered that he was handsome, so she had an idea in her mind.
But she also knew her situation. She was six years older than Captain Zhu, so it would be impossible for her to follow the normal procedures.
So she came up with an idea to ask her best sister who was already married to go on a blind date for her.
Of course, during this period, she gave 200 yuan of compensation she received after her ex-husband's death to the Zhu family.
Captain Zhu's family had no feelings for their son who had been away from home all year round. To them, the ten yuan a month given by their eldest son was too little. It would be a waste if they didn't give up two hundred yuan. It didn't matter who they married, as long as they could have a baby.
What's more, Liu Xiujiu also promised that not only will the pension not be cut off after marriage, but more will be given. It is better than marrying a new daughter-in-law. If a powerful new daughter-in-law comes into the family, there may not be even ten yuan left a month.
Anyway, after all this deception, the Zhu family, who had no knowledge and could not move when seeing money, cooperated in a show.
When Captain Zhu woke up from his drunkenness the next day, the matter had already been settled.
"This is too outrageous. Captain Zhu just admitted it like that?" After hearing the whole story, Tian Mi felt it was really outrageous. His mother opened the door to outrageousness. It was so outrageous that there was a big story in this small family compound.
"What if he doesn't acknowledge her? That was just the critical time for him to be promoted to battalion commander. If Liu Xiujiu made a scene, his future would be ruined. Battalion Commander Zhu is a rural soldier who came out of the mountains. He has risked his life countless times to get to this point. If he is asked to give up and go home to farm, he will definitely not be willing to do so. He can only hold his nose and acknowledge Liu Xiujiu, oh. and her three children." This kind of thing is actually not an isolated case. Soldiers are very popular these days, and it is hard to guard against them. Many of them have been successfully blamed.
"Then did Captain Zhu and Liu Xiuju have children after their marriage?"
When mentioning this, Tian Yu said meaningfully: "How do you think your sister knows these things so clearly?"
Tian Mi understood immediately: "Did Captain Zhu reveal it?"
"Who else could it be but him? He returned to the army alone, and only after he was promoted to battalion commander did he tell his regiment commander the whole story of the fraudulent marriage. Although there was no evidence to do anything to Liu Xiuju, he established himself as a victim of Lijia. So when Liu Xiuju came to seek refuge with her three children, Battalion Commander Zhu stayed in the single dormitory and didn't go home, but no one said anything."
"Captain Zhu should be waiting for an opportunity." Waiting for Liu Xiujiu to make a mistake, waiting for an opportunity to divorce.
Tian Yu deeply agreed: "Yes, everyone says so. Anyway, Captain Zhu is not a simple person to have climbed to his current position. Captain Zhu is also pitiful, just as unlucky as Sister Xiaoyun."
Tian Mi curled the corners of her mouth. If it was herself who was being plotted against, she guaranteed that she would be more scheming than Captain Zhu and would take revenge on her to death. If she didn't know how to take revenge, she would have to learn how to do it.
Liu Xiujiu seized the special period of recent years, otherwise things would not have been so easy.
One thing that is foreseeable is what her future will be.
Of course, Tian Mi didn't sympathize either.
The hunted prey must be sent to the kitchen team for processing.
But in order to make everyone happy, the soldiers would be informed when there was a good harvest.
Every time at this time, the kitchen would be crowded, and some experienced soldiers would help with the slaughtering and processing.
Boiling water, removing hair and skinning. Everyone's face was filled with the joy of a good harvest.
When Tian Mi and his team arrived, they saw such a thriving scene.
The kitchen was already surrounded by the crowd, and there was constant shouting and cheering.
Men are always competitive, and they even set up competitions to see who can kill a pig faster or chop the meat more accurately.
Tian Mi was worried about being stepped on, so she didn't push forward. She was also concerned about whether her partner was injured, so she turned her head around to look for anyone.
At this moment, dusk is falling, and the soldiers are holding torches in their hands. Under the dim light, the tall and straight man is still eye-catching.
When my sight caught sight of the person, he had a faint smile on his lips and lowered his eyes to listen to his comrades around him talking.
Tian Mi blinked and stared at the person. This was a side of him she had never seen before.
When I first met him, the man in the photo had a stern look on his face.
When they said goodbye, the man was more accurate in being cold and ruthless than in being stern.
He is handsome, but he looks too imposing and oppressive, and it is very difficult to approach him.
At that time, Tian Mi even sighed in her heart, saying that she never thought that she would not only travel through time and space, but also have a golden finger and a boyfriend who was a cool guy and a bit fierce.
However, after getting along with her, she found that the man only looked fierce and didn't like to smile, but he was actually considerate and generous.
However, today, she seemed to have seen another side of him.
Perhaps he felt her focused gaze, the man suddenly raised his head, and then looked straight in her direction without stopping.
When he saw clearly who was looking at him, the man was stunned for a few seconds and subconsciously smiled heartyly.
He was handsome to begin with, and now under the dim light of the fire, his three-dimensional facial features looked even more profound and charming, and inexplicably tinged with a hint of gentleness.
Tian Mi thought that it must be the fire that caused the disaster.
But my heart began to move out of control, "bang! bang! bang~" speeding up.
This was the first time she saw a man laugh so wantonly.
So cool!
No wonder some people spend a fortune just to win a smile from an icy beauty.
Just as Tian Mi was daydreaming and her mind was full of nonsense, the man had already squeezed out of the crowd and walked over.
Tian Mi blinked, hiding the surprise in her eyes, and looked him up and down: "Are you not hurt?"
Although Lou Luhui had stopped smiling, the corners of his mouth were still curled up. Hearing this, his heart softened: "I'm not hurt."
Even so, Tian Mi was still a little worried. However, since they were outside at the moment, she couldn't take a closer look, so she asked, "Can we go back now? We'll just be in time for dinner."
"Can."
"Then let's go back first?"
Hearing this, Lou Luhui subconsciously touched the bag on his back, felt the touch inside the bag, and then coughed lightly: "Hmm."
Seeing that he agreed, Tian Mi turned back to look for her elder sister, and then met a pair of smiling eyes.
Tian Mi stared back in silence
Tian Yu immediately turned around and pulled her husband away who was about to come over.
"My elder sister and brother-in-law may want to watch for a while longer, shall we go back first?" Tian Mi withdrew her gaze as if nothing had happened, and looked up at the man and asked.
Lou Luhui took out the flashlight from his pocket, shone the weak light at the target's feet, and then said, "Let's go."
“.”
It started snowing again.
The two walked side by side, and this time, with the help of darkness, there was no more space between the young lovers.
Everyone was just thinking about things, and the atmosphere was a little silent.
When the noise and joy behind him became quieter and quieter, and he completely stepped into the darkness, the man whose mind was successfully brainwashed by the word "shameless" reached out his hand.
He held the girl's thick and long sleeves of her military coat.
Tian Mi paused and turned her head to look at the man. Although she could hardly see anything because of the twilight, she could still feel the man's cautious probing.
She was silent for only a few seconds, then she struggled her hand out of her sleeve and held the man's hand.
Then, not surprisingly, it was held tightly in the large palm.
Tian Mi raised the corner of his mouth and took another step forward.
Stepping on the still lightly fallen snow, she murmured softly, "My hands are a little cold."
Lou Luhui immediately moved closer and put her little hands in her pockets. After a few breaths, she asked in a warm voice, "Are you still cold?"
"It's not cold anymore!"
Hearing this, Lou Luhui chuckled and tightened his grip on the person's hand.
He didn't know what other girls looked like, and he had no interest in knowing, but his little girl seemed to be soft everywhere, even Yi's voice was: "I brought you a gift."
Tian Mi was surprised: "You can bring gifts when you go up the mountain." Could it be something furry, like a rabbit or a squirrel
Thinking of this, she looked behind the man again.
She saw it just now. The man was carrying a green military bag. It was not big, but it was big enough to hide a rabbit.
Hmm. It doesn’t seem like that. The rabbit should make some noise.
What would that be
A little bit looking forward to it
At this time.
A faint light came on and entered the family area.
Lou Luhui let go of his hand, and when he entered the house and saw a bright light in front of him, he carefully took out the things he had been protecting all the way from his bag.
Seeing his serious expression, Tian Mi held her breath unconsciously. Then, she blinked.
So, the gift is... a bunch of slightly squashed plum blossoms
Lou Luhui never expected that the plum blossoms he had carefully protected all the way would still be deformed by pressure, even though he had clearly brought a backpack with him and had carefully placed them there.
There was a rare look of embarrassment on his face, and just as he was about to take the bouquet back, the girl took it away from him.
Tian Mi held the flower and looked at it. In fact, the flower would still be very beautiful if it was slightly trimmed.
So she smiled and was about to say a few words of comfort, but her face froze.
She looked at the thing in the middle of the bouquet with some disbelief. After confirming several times that she was not mistaken, she suddenly didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment.
Really, Tian Mi never thought that there was a ginseng wrapped in the center of this bunch of plum blossoms.
Yes, it is genuine ginseng, and it looks quite old.
If she hadn't bought one before, she might not have recognized it.
So, what kind of straight male aesthetic is this? Has anyone ever seen someone wrapping ginseng in a plum blossom as a gift to a date
The expression of doubt in his partner's life was too obvious, so Lou Luhui quickly explained: "My mother once said that girls like flowers, so in the early years, my father often bought her flowers. In recent years, the trend does not allow it, so my mother also raised two pots of cacti that my father gave her."
Tian Mi twitched his lips. The cactus was blooming, there was nothing wrong with it.
".I don't know much about flowers and I have no place to buy them, so I remembered the plum blossoms I encountered when I went into the mountains to hunt. I also felt that it would be insincere to just give her plum blossoms, so I wrapped the largest ginseng I had dug up before into the flower." However, he didn't expect that no matter how careful he was, the flower was still crushed beyond recognition. He originally thought that at most the flowers in the outer circle would be crushed, but he didn't expect the whole bunch to be deformed.
"I like it very much! Girls really like flowers." Tian Mi feels that if her partner gives her a gift, she should express her appreciation, whether she likes it or not. After all, she is still counting on the next time, and she has to give encouragement so that there can be long-term development. What's more, she really likes flowers.
To show that what she said was true, she brought the plum blossom close to her nose and smelled it. Hmm, it smelled like ginseng.
Seeing that the man was still a little unconvinced, she immediately got up and went to the kitchen, dug out the plastic bubble gum jar that she had used to store lobsters, scooped half of the water into it, then dug out a pair of scissors, took out a few plum blossoms and carefully trimmed them.
Lou Luhui followed her in and saw the girl tending to the flowers in her hands with a gentle look on her face. His heart suddenly softened.
Even if the gift I prepared with all my heart is in a tattered state, it is treated with care and attention. The sense of satisfaction I feel is something I have never experienced before.
It even made him want to immediately prepare eight or ten gifts for his partner.
This is somewhat unlike him, but he doesn't hate it.
He walked in and stood only a fist away from the girl. He didn't say a word, but just looked down at her with gentle eyes.
Tian Mi seemed to be tired of standing, so he turned slightly to the side and leaned most of his weight on the object.
Lou Luhui was not prepared for her to make this move. All the muscles in his body tensed up instantly. After a few breaths, he slowly relaxed again, even his breathing, for fear of startling anyone.
"By the way, call me Tiantian or Tianmei in private." Tian Mi seemed not to notice the momentary stiffness of her partner. She inserted the first trimmed flower into the bubble gum jar, picked up the second one, and spoke as if nothing had happened.
“Sweet!”
Lou Luhui's voice is deep and very recognizable, and to put it more sentimentally, it is very magnetic.
At first, Tian Mi just thought that since they were a couple and were about to enter the marriage hall, it was normal to call each other intimately in private. However, she did not expect that these two words, which were not special, inexplicably took on a charming flavor when spoken by the man at this moment.
This made Tian Mi, who was very tough at heart, feel a little embarrassed.
So she buried her head and continued to prune the branches.
“Crack! Crack!”
After a few minutes, all the trimmed plum blossoms were placed in the pot.
Tian Mi adjusted the angle and held it up, looking up at the man and smiling: "How is it? Is it very beautiful now?"
Lou Luhui's eyes fell on the girl's smiling face and he curled his lips: "Very beautiful."
People are more beautiful than flowers!
Tian Mi
Tian Mi's eyes drifted away, and she placed the flowers on the stove again, and whispered again: "I like flowers very much, and I will cherish them."
Lou Lu recalled that if he liked him, he could go pick it when he had time, and there was no need to be so careful.
But before he could finish his words, he heard the girl lower her head and say, "I will go to the market with my elder sister the day after tomorrow."
"I'll give you money!" the man replied subconsciously.
"Pfft." Tian Mi burst out laughing, but this time she didn't refuse, she just looked at him and said playfully: "I will prepare a gift for you too."
Lou Luhui also smiled. She understood that the little girl knew about his temptation and accepted it. At this moment, he felt his chest heaving violently. After adjusting for a long time, he replied in a hoarse voice: "Okay, I'm looking forward to it, but don't be too tired. Don't do things like knitting." It's a strain on your eyes.
"So you like whatever I give you?"
"Yeah, I like them all." After saying this, Lou Luhui suddenly understood what the little girl had just said. He thought that no matter what gift the little girl gave him, he would cherish it.
Of course, it would be best if the gift could be passed down to grandchildren (to show off).
"Tomorrow, when I get home tonight, I'll apply for a marriage certificate, okay?"
".good."
"Then I'll take a few days off to take you downtown to buy things, okay?"
"good."
"So. We're getting married?!"
Tian Mi kept her eyes bent as she stared at the man. She nodded affirmatively when she heard him say, "Let's get married!"
It turns out that being thick-skinned really works! Lou Luhui was so excited that he was immediately enraged.
After his passion was ignited, he could no longer control his brain. He instinctively raised his sweaty hands that had been hanging by his side, wiped them quickly on his pants, and then held the girl's waist tightly.
Then, he bent down and slowly approached the bright red tentatively.
Close
The man's palms began to sweat again. He was about to kiss those tempting lips.
"Hey? Didn't Mi girl and her brother-in-law come back?"
"boom!"
".hiss."
(End of this chapter)