Lou Yanan has always known that the environment where his brother serves in the army is rather harsh. It is said that during the coldest times, the temperature can reach minus thirty or forty degrees Celsius.
Beijing is also cold, but it is usually around minus ten degrees Celsius, and it is rarely colder.
However, what she didn't expect was that the weather here in August was bad in another way.
As soon as she got off the train, Lou Yannan was surrounded by a swarm of mosquitoes. Before she could reach out to chase them away, everything went dark again, and her entire head, face and exposed arms were all covered by her clothes.
She was startled and just as she was about to tear off her clothes, she heard a familiar voice outside: "Sister Nan, I'm Jianshe. You can't take my clothes. Follow me and walk faster. There are a lot of mosquitoes and horseflies in this place."
Recognizing Jianshe's voice, Lou Yannan felt a little relieved. He did not even bother to ask him how he got here. He followed his force, stared at the ground, and began to run, stumbling.
It was not until she ran to the street and heard Jianshe say it was okay that she lifted up her clothes with a light breath.
Zhou Jianshe was quickly slapping away the mosquitoes that had hit him while running. Seeing this, he quickly reached out to take the clothes and shook them vigorously for more than ten times. After making sure that there were no more mosquitoes, he opened the passenger door and helped the person get in the car.
After both of them got in the car, Lou Yannan wiped his forehead and saw that Jianshe was wearing neatly-dressed clothes. It was obvious that the clothes he wore just now were specially prepared for her. "Are there so many mosquitoes here? In the army too?"
I heard that the spring here is very short, the summer is like this, and the winter is very cold. So only autumn is left? The key is that autumn is coming soon, right
Zhou Jianshe started the car, and after the jeep drove out, he explained with a smile: "It's not that serious. The main reason is that the area around the railway station is full of trees and meadows, which attract mosquitoes. It's not so bad in our army."
That means there are also many mosquitoes in the army.
Lou Yannan didn't know what to say for a moment, so he turned his head to look at the tall man next to him.
It seems like I haven't seen Zhou Jianshe for several years? Except for his still bright smile, his facial features look a little unfamiliar.
Zhou Jianshe's palms were sweating from being stared at, and his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously. He didn't look at anyone, but stared straight ahead, stuttering and asking, "Sister Nannan? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just suddenly felt like I haven't seen you for several years and I don't recognize you."
Hearing this, Zhou Jianshe secretly heaved a sigh of relief and subconsciously put on a nonchalant smile on his face: "It's okay. When we met for the last year, I was already 23 years old. Men are already fully grown at the age of 23. How could there be any change? If there is any change, it will be rougher."
After saying this, Lou Yannan suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the day of her wedding. Jianshe, as Lu Hui's friend and the younger brother of a family acquaintance, attended her wedding banquet.
After that, he and Lu Hui took the initiative to apply to join the 836th Unit.
In the blink of an eye, 7 years have passed. Time flies.
"Sister Nan?" Zhou Jianshe couldn't help but glance at her when he noticed that the person suddenly stopped talking.
However, when my eyes met her still cool and picturesque eyebrows, I felt deeply moved. After not seeing her for a few years, she seemed to have changed and become more beautiful.
Lou Yannan came back to her senses and curled her red lips lightly: "Did Huihui ask you to come pick me up?"
Zhou Jianshe glanced at her again and saw that she was obviously trying to change the subject, so he didn't try to get to the bottom of it. "Yes, Sister Nan, you know that my sister-in-law just gave birth and is still in confinement. Old Lou is worried because we still have two children to take care of. We have to stay in a guesthouse in the city for one night, so he asked me to go there."
Hearing this, Lou Yannan lowered his eyes and smiled: "I just didn't want him to pick me up. I'm not a child. I can take the tractor by myself. I've asked the educated youth who were traveling with me before, and they are willing to give me a ride."
"It's a bit painful to ride a tractor in this weather. There are mosquitoes all over the road, and there are more of them at night. It's better for me to go there. Besides, you don't have to be polite to me, Sister Nan. You gave me a lot of delicious food when I was little."
Thinking of his childhood, Lou Yanan couldn't help but bend his eyebrows even deeper.
Indeed, people are most fun when they are young. When they grow up, they really have a lot of troubles.
Zhou Jianshe has always been a man who can liven up the atmosphere. With just a few words, he not only eliminated the alienation between the two who hadn't seen each other for so many years, but also made the icy beauty smile frequently.
Later, perhaps because of the friendship they had grown up together, Lou Yannan, who had completely let go, showed her straightforward northern side: "Of course I won't be polite to you. You and Huihui have grown up under my nose since you were young. You are no different from my own brother."
"Yes, yes, I think so too." Zhou Jianshe's fingers turned white as he gripped the steering wheel, but he still had a playful smile on his face.
Lou Yannan didn't notice his abnormality and continued to ask curiously, "By the way, how are Huihui and Tiantian doing? Are they particularly good friends? I've only seen a few photos of Tiantian and we talked a few words on the phone, and I heard everything else from my parents."
Hearing this, Zhou Jianshe suppressed his complicated emotions and smiled: "The two of them can do a lot of fun things. Let me tell you, at the beginning, Lao Lou, that old cow..."
the next day.
The couple who were 'betrayed' by Zhou Jianshe were woken up by the wake-up call.
After Lou Luhui woke up, he turned around and looked at his wife. Seeing that she was half asleep and half awake, he raised his hand and gently patted her back a few times as if to comfort her. He whispered, "Sleep a little longer. The children are not awake yet."
The couple chose to take care of the child themselves. One reason was that the child needed to be fed every two hours, and it was inconvenient to let Aunt Gu take care of him.
Another thing is, we can't let Aunt Gu be on call 24 hours a day, right? She's already in her early 50s.
Of course, the most important thing is that they will only have these two children, and as parents, they naturally want to be involved in their growth from beginning to end.
Although getting up at night to change diapers, feed the baby is really tiring, but as long as they adjust their mindset, the couple now enjoys it.
Hearing her husband's voice, Tian Mi muttered something, turned over and lay down flat to continue sleeping.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she lay down, her expression froze.
Lou Luhui thought his wife was in pain, so he leaned over and asked, "What's wrong? Did you turn over too quickly just now?"
Tian Mi looked at the man with an expression that was hard to understand.
"What's wrong?"
"Just lie back in bed and I'll tell you."
Who is Lou Luhui? When he was in his early twenties, he had participated in secret missions. No matter how well his wife concealed it, he could see the cunning in her eyes.
However, seeing that she wanted to play and was not at all in the bad mood after giving birth as Dr. Mei told Mr. Cheng, he was naturally happy to cooperate as long as he could make her happy.
So the man lay back in bed with a calm face, thinking in his mind what his wife was going to do.
But before he could figure out what was going on, the quilt was covering his head.
In the darkness, Tian Mi half-pressed on her husband, laughing wildly: "Hahaha, I told you to say that I ate farts under the covers. I told you, it's called a gentleman's revenge is never too late. Now you've eaten it too, haha, I just farted again. Haha, you'll stink to death!"
She just gave birth, and her intestinal motility has been accelerating, so she farts more frequently.
According to her original plan, she and her husband would each have their own quilt and sleep in separate beds for the time being. Anyway, she didn't mind that she smelled bad.
However, the extra new quilts in the house were now placed in the eldest sister Lou Yannan's room, so the two of them could only continue to cover themselves with the same quilt, which gave Tian Mi an opportunity.
Lou Luhui was pressed down by his wife, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In fact, it was too easy for him to push the person away, but seeing that his wife was laughing so happily, he just let her do it, and at the same time put his big hand on her lower back to steady her body.
That's right. He really believed the saying that pregnancy makes women stupid for three years: "You're lying to me, but why do you have to come in and smell it too?"
Tian Mi was stunned for a moment, and her triumphant laughter was suddenly cut off.
Although he was driving his own car, he had to do something for the brigade commander on the way, so he was delayed. By the time Zhou Jianshe and his men reached the island, it was already time for lunch.
Because it was not convenient to go out and get some fresh air during the confinement period, Tian Mi was stopped by her husband and could only wait anxiously in the living room.
Huihui had an envelope with several family photos inside, including both full family photos and individual photos.
Worried that the photos would stick together if left together for too long, he used clean paper to separate each photo.
He collected it very carefully, and from this small thing, we can see that he loves his family very much.
As a wife, Tian Mi had naturally seen the photos and knew that all the Huihui family members were good-looking. But she was still stunned when she saw her tall sister-in-law, who was at least 175 cm tall, with black hair tied in a simple low ponytail, walking in coldly.
This girl obviously has a gorgeous appearance, but because of those cold eyes, she is turned into an icy beauty.
How should I put it? Tian Mi felt that her elder sister-in-law must look like a queen when she smiled.
All kinds of random thoughts in my mind, but reality only lasted a few seconds. When someone walked in, she had already greeted them with a smile and said politely: "Big sister, did you have a smooth journey?"
Not only Tian Mi was amazed by her sister-in-law's appearance and temperament, but Lou Yannan was also a little surprised.
Although I have seen photos, they are always somewhat distorted and can only show 60% to 70% of the person's appearance at most. My sister-in-law is so delicate, like a sweet doll.
And she is too young, so tender and fresh, after all, she is only 21 years old.
Just thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at her brother again.
Jianshe is right, my younger brother is just an old cow biting on young grass.
"The journey was smooth, but I had to trouble Jianshe to pick me up." In front of his family, Lou Yanan would always soften unconsciously.
Now, seeing her brother whom she hadn't seen for three years and her sister-in-law whom she had always had a good impression of, she just laughed.
Hiss. As expected, she said, this is the top queen, why does she have such a cold expression, she looks so beautiful when she smiles.
Tian Mi's face flushed with laughter from her elder sister-in-law, so she quickly and enthusiastically asked people to put their luggage in the bedroom first: "Sister, lunch will take a few minutes, let's go put our luggage first."
Lou Yanan did not hesitate and turned around to take a small suitcase from Zhou Jianshe, then looked at his sister-in-law.
Tian Mi
Tian Mi looked at another particularly large package.
"Oh, that's a gift for you. I won't be staying for many days, so it's just a small bag."
The eldest sister is worthy of being the eldest sister. Tian Mi was a little amused. She led the way in front and said with a smile: "Sister, there is no shortage of food at home. Really, my parents and you send at least three large packages every month. How can we eat them all?"
Very good, her greed was indeed known to everyone. Tian Mi gave her husband a gentle smile, and did not look away until he touched his nose with laughter.
The only empty room is not big, but it has a bed, wardrobe and table.
Especially on the windows, Tian Mi instructed her husband to hang beautiful curtains, and placed two vases of flowers on the table.
Although the vase is still a can, she wrapped it with hemp rope and placed it on a table covered with a checkered tablecloth, which looks simple and warm.
Having lived with his younger brother for so many years, Lou Yanan knows his character very well and knows who decorated the room without even asking.
She put the small suitcase on the ground, looked at her sister-in-law and smiled, "Thank you, Tiantian. I like the room very much."
Tian Mi curved her eyebrows and said, "It's good that Big Sister likes it. It's not just my credit. I just moved my mouth, and it's basically all done by myself every time."
Hearing this, Lou Yanan glanced at his brother standing beside him. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the whimpering sound of a baby coming from the master bedroom.
There was no time to reminisce about the past, and the three of them strode straight to the master bedroom.
Twins are amazing, when one cries, the other cries too.
However, although they have been parents for only a few days, they are already very experienced and no longer panic when they see the two little ones crying.
Tian Mi picked up the little Beike who was crying loudly, and felt the diaper first, and found that it was not wet. Then she knew that it was hungry.
She replied to the one holding Pearl, "I'm hungry."
Hearing this, Lou Yannan, who had followed over to see the child, immediately retreated and considerately helped close the door.
The elder sister-in-law was so considerate that she was even more likable. When Tian Mi was sitting on the bed feeding the child, she couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything wrong, elder sister?"
Lou Luhui shook his head and nodded again: "I'm not sure, she has been relatively calm since she was a child. As long as she doesn't want to say it, others can't tell. But she came to our place specially this time to see if the child is the same as yours. There must be other reasons. I guess it has something to do with my brother-in-law."
Speaking of his brother-in-law, Lou Luhui's eyes obviously turned cold.
He didn't care what happened between the two of them, but as a man, he couldn't stand the fact that his elder sister was unhappy for several years and the problem had not been resolved.
If you really like a woman, you won’t even be angry with her, let alone being on and off the court for several years.
Before this, Tian Mi had only heard her husband briefly mention that her brother-in-law was also a doctor and was a college classmate of her eldest sister, and that the two of them were dating on their own.
Seeing that her husband looked unhappy, she wanted to gossip a little, but thinking that her elder sister was still waiting outside, she swallowed the doubts.
After taking care of the two little ancestors, Tian Mi did not put them in the cradle immediately, but went out with her husband, each holding a baby. After all, she saw the look in her elder sister's eyes that showed she wanted to see the child.
Today is the fifth day since the baby was born. Although he is still a little wrinkled, he looks much better than when he was just born. At least he doesn’t look like a monkey anymore.
Tian Mi didn’t know whether other children also recovered so quickly, or whether it was because she was healthy and had good milk supply.
Anyway, she guessed that at this rate, the two wrinkled steamed buns would turn into big white steamed buns in a month at most.
"Oh! Is this Pearl? So cute, and looks like your sister-in-law." The Ice Beauty seemed unable to resist the attack of the human cub. Looking at her niece, the expression on her face instantly softened.
Tian Mi looked at the pair of double-eyes that were somewhat similar to Huihui's, and immediately patted her husband's arm and instructed: "Give Pearl to Big Sister to hold."
Sure enough, after hearing what I said, the smile on my elder sister's face became even more beautiful.
Lou Luhui glanced at his wife and said nothing, but still handed the child to his sister, but he did not forget to remind her: "Be careful, do you know how to hold it?"
Lou Yannan was speechless: "Don't I understand more than you?"
There is no clear obstetrics and gynecology department yet, and these doctors have to move wherever they are needed. In addition to the professional subjects learned in books, they really have to be proficient in all kinds of skills. At least she is 32 years old and is still learning new knowledge endlessly.
Lou Luhui was not angry when his elder sister gave him a cold look. He put his free hand around his wife's waist. Seeing that she was indeed very skilled in hugging him, he lowered his head and asked gently, "Tiantian, do you want to go back and lie down?"
Unable to fall asleep even lying down, Tian Mi shook her head: "I'll eat with you guys. The smell of the food will make me eat even better."
Lou Luhui felt sorry for her, so he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I'll secretly give you a piece of fish later."
His wife had been asking for a less salt and less oil diet for a long time, and he couldn't help, so he could only go and ask Mr. Cheng again. Finally, the old man said that if she was really greedy, she could occasionally eat a piece of delicious food.
Tiantian loves to eat, so this wave is really unfair to her.
Hearing this, Tian Mi's eyes lit up, half leaning against someone, and replied in a low voice: "Really?"
Lou Lu nodded and winked at his wife, meaning that they had to keep it a secret and not let Aunt Gu see it, otherwise she would gossip about it.
Tian Mi nodded happily while holding her son, but when her eyes met the child's already opened eyes, she changed her words sadly and said, "Rinse it with boiled water before eating."
Lou Luhui pursed his lips.
When the young couple had finished their discussion, they had already arrived at the table.
Seeing them holding the child, Zhou Jianshe also stood beside the couple and peeked in, looking extremely curious.
Tian Mi sat down on the cotton mat she had hurriedly made, and then said to Zhou Jianshe, "Do you want a hug?"
Zhou Jianshe quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "No, no."
I like him, but his hands and feet are clumsy, so it’s better not to hold such a soft little guy, so as not to hurt the child.
"It's time to eat." Aunt Gu walked into the living room carrying the dishes and shouted with a smile.
When they heard that it was time to eat, Lou Luhui and Zhou Jianshe, who had been starving for a long time, immediately turned around and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
Aunt Gu put the bowl on the table and smiled at everyone: "Yan Nan seems to have lost a lot of weight."
Aunt Gu has been in the Lou family for ten years, and they have long been like family. Lou Yannan was very happy to see her, and said playfully: "Eat more of the food you cook later, and you will grow back soon."
These words really sounded nice, and Aunt Gu was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling: "Okay, okay, eat more. Tiantian specially asked me to make your favorite flavor today."
After saying this, he went back to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
In fact, when she was working as a nanny in the Lou family, Lu Hui was already in college and they seldom saw each other. After he graduated, he joined the army directly and they had even fewer opportunities to meet. So she didn't know much about the leader's youngest son. She only had a general impression of him: he was cold and indifferent, didn't talk much, but was very polite.
On the contrary, after graduating from university, I saw him more often in Yannan, who lived in Beijing for many years.
A few months ago, when Yuxiu asked her to come here to help, she was not very willing.
After all, she had never traveled far in her life, and she had no idea what the chief's daughter-in-law's personality was like. What if it was difficult to get along with her
But after thinking about it for a night, she finally agreed. There was no special reason. She just had to have a conscience, and the leader's family had been good to her over the years.
Yuxiu, in particular, was really kind to the people she loved. Over the years, she had received a lot of benefits, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of respect in daily life.
People in their line of work have their own circles. In comparison, she is definitely the one who enjoys the most, so she just regards it as a way of repaying a favor.
I just didn't expect that after coming here with such a nervous mood, life would be no different from before.
The young couple were both cultured people, and were particularly polite and grateful to her. They always gave her a share of the delicious food.
Even her sister-in-law thinks of her in everything and doesn't treat her as an outsider. She has been living a very comfortable life over the past few months.
What she could do was to take good care of the person and speak well of the two sisters-in-law.
By the time dinner was served, the sleeping children had been sent back to their cribs.
Tian Mi pointed at the braised pork on the table and said, "Big sister, try this. My eldest sister knew you were coming over and specially cooked this. It's her specialty."
Unexpectedly, his sister-in-law's sister specially made a dish for him. Lou Yanan quickly stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.
It was soft and tender, rich but not greasy, and really great. She immediately gave me some sincere compliments.
But why did she remember that Sister Tian Yu seemed to be still in confinement after childbirth? This was too embarrassing.
Thinking so, she asked the same question.
Tian Mi was cooking fish in the fish soup. She nodded when she heard this. "My sister wanted to treat you, but she was worried that you would be embarrassed. After thinking about it, she decided to make a specialty dish. She is like a mother. She worries about me so much that I can't persuade her."
Seeing this, Lou Yannan's eyebrows softened: "After dinner, I will go to visit. I happened to bring gifts for the four children. Is this time convenient?"
"It's convenient. My sister is just like me now. She eats and sleeps every day. She'll be happy for us to go and see her."
"What are you thinking about? You're going? How are you going?" Lou Luhui raised his hand and poked his wife's head.
Tian Mi turned her head and looked at the person with a silly smile: "I said I was talking nonsense, didn't you say that I would be stupid for three years after pregnancy? After dinner, my family will send my eldest sister home. I won't go. Can I go to sleep?"
"You, you're playing dumb again." Lou Luhui shook his head in amusement. Every time he did something wrong, he would act like a spoiled child, and it always worked.
Just when the man was spitting on himself for a second, he saw Aunt Gu pick up the bowl and drink soup from the corner of his eye.
Suddenly, Lou Lu used his chopsticks as fast as lightning to pick up a piece of his wife's favorite fish belly meat, rinsed it in the bowl of boiled water that had been prepared on the side, and then without wasting a second, stuffed it into his wife's already open mouth.
The whole process took a total of three seconds, and it was done in one go with great tacit understanding.
Lou Yannan and Zhou Jianshe were both stunned by what they saw.
(End of this chapter)