"What did you talk to Yao Dongmei that day?" Tian Yu, who had been taking the child out for a walk, asked curiously as he entered the room.
Tian Mi had just woken up from a nap that morning. When she heard her elder sister's words, she did not rush to answer, but asked back: "What do you mean, what happened to Yao Dongmei?"
Tian Yu poured himself a cup of tea and took several gulps. After quenching his thirst, he murmured, "Ah? That's not what you said? Could it be Political Commissar Liu?"
At this point, she slapped her thigh again and said, "It must be Political Commissar Liu. He is the best at doing ideological work for others."
Tian Mi raised her eyebrows, now she had roughly guessed what her elder sister meant.
So, Yao Dongmei has come to terms with it
Sure enough, the elder sister's next words confirmed her guess.
"Yao Dongmei's family just landed on the island. It was her parents, as well as her eldest brother and second brother. There were four of them in total. I went to take a look. It was obvious that the Yao family members loved their child, otherwise they wouldn't have sent so many people. The round-trip fare would be enormous. Alas. The whole family was crying pitifully. But I just saw that Yao Dongmei looked much better than she did two days ago. I also heard from Aunt Mei that she didn't make a fuss about wanting to commit suicide these days. She even took the initiative to say that she was hungry. It's okay if you let it go. It's okay if you let it go."
After listening to her elder sister's chatter, Tian Mi finally understood what had happened.
She didn't know whether Yao Dongmei's desire to survive had her own reasons, but it didn't matter. The most important thing at the moment was that she could think positively, which was better than anything else.
It was almost time for lunch, and Tian Mi went to the kitchen to see if Aunt Gu needed any help: "She will have to go back with her family in a few days, right?"
Tian Yu pushed his sleeping son to a position on the sofa where he would not be in the way, and followed with his sleeves rolled up. "Of course, no matter what, Zhou Dajun will not be able to come back. As a family member, Yao Dongmei will have to return to her hometown. But I heard that Brigade Commander Wang and Political Commissar Liu are reporting to their superiors, hoping to help Yao Dongmei find a formal job. No matter what, this is an unexpected disaster for them, and there may be some compensation. The officers should also donate money by then, so you should also show your appreciation."
Tian Mi sat by the stove to light the fire. Hearing this, she nodded to show her understanding.
This year, her family has participated in it several times, not much, just ten or eight yuan each time. However, with so many officers, especially the brigade commander and political commissar, giving more, it is not a small amount when accumulated, which can at least give some families in need some respite.
At this point, Tian Yu changed the subject and said cheerfully, "By the way, Political Commissar Liu just told me that after Yao Dongmei and her family leave the island, a meeting of the entire army will be held. It should be to summarize this spy incident. We may also be given a lesson and be strict. Most importantly, he also said that he will announce your reward in front of all the team members. This is the second time for you! Hey! You really make me proud!"
Hearing this, Tian Mi's eyes lit up. Not to mention her elder sister, she herself was also very happy. Who doesn't have some vanity
The Cold Dew has just passed and the temperature has dropped another degree.
Every household is busy preparing food supplies.
According to past experience, the first snow of this year should arrive in a few days.
So not only are the military families busy, but the troops are also preparing for the coming severe freeze.
For this reason, Lou Luhui had to go to the army and stay there for about half a day every day to take care of a wounded soldier.
Tian Mi was naturally no exception, but compared to others, she would still find time to go to the sea every afternoon after her confinement.
Then they would come back with more or less seafood, and I really envied their family members because that was all meat.
In the afternoon, after feeding the baby and putting the kids to sleep, the couple picked up their fishing nets and sacks and headed for the beach they often visited.
My elder sister-in-law will be arriving tomorrow morning, and Zhou Jianshe has already gone to the city to pick her up.
So Tian Mi planned to get some good things today to welcome Sister Nan and celebrate her divorce.
All the military families they met on the road greeted them warmly, and some even jokingly encouraged Tian Mi, hoping that she would catch something big.
Lou Luhui didn't say much and just followed his wife quietly.
Seeing her stop from time to time to chat with others, I felt happy.
At least it can be seen that Tiantian has a very harmonious relationship with her neighbors. She is happy living here: "I still remember when you first came, you didn't like to go out very much."
Hearing this, Tian Mi looked at her husband with amusement: "When you first arrive in an unfamiliar environment, no matter how calm you appear, you will feel uneasy inside. It has been a long time now. Besides, when I first arrived, it happened to be the coldest time. It would have been great to stay in the house."
Lou Luhui raised his injured hand and touched his wife's head, and smiled: "Will you send seafood to the families later?"
"It depends on the situation. If I catch a lot today, I'll give some to everyone." When she was pregnant before, her neighbors often gave her wild vegetables and mushrooms.
So these days, she would also send some less conspicuous fish or smaller abalone to the military families.
It’s not that she is stingy, but she is afraid that people will think too much if she gives it to them because it is too eye-catching.
Because I am thinking about the two little ancestors at home.
So when they got to the beach, neither of them delayed for long.
Before going into the water, Tian Mi put the hat on his head despite her husband's protests.
Seeing him reaching out to take it off, she stepped on her feet and grabbed the man's ear, warning him fiercely: "Don't take it off, it's almost zero degrees, what's wrong with wearing a hat?"
These men really have a weird desire to win. They would rather fight hard than wear more clothes.
You have to know that this is the seaside, the wind is quite strong, and there is no decent shelter. And you can't come back in minutes after going into the sea. If you stay here for too long, no matter how healthy you are, you won't be able to bear it.
I've mentioned it several times, but I don't want to always go against my will in this regard.
So this time, when going out, Tian Mi simply put on a hat herself, and it happened to be on the man's head.
Lou Luhui touched his nose and thought, it’s only early October, and in this weather, Wang Lu was not cold enough to need a hat. Isn’t it a joke for a young man like him to be so weak in the cold
But... he didn't dare to say it.
Fortunately, this place is sparsely populated, and the bastards under his command cannot see his current embarrassing situation.
Tian Mi had no idea what her husband was thinking, so she tightened the scarf around the man's neck. Seeing that he stood there obediently and let her do whatever she wanted, she tiptoed with satisfaction and patted his handsome face twice.
Then he quickly took off his thick jacket, picked up the sack, and jumped into the sea wearing only a swimsuit.
the weather is nice today.
It was noon again, and the sun shone straight down through the sea level.
Tian Mi did not dive into the deep sea, but stopped at about 30 meters.
Autumn crabs are plump and delicious, and she has always been thinking about having a taste of them.
Although the Cold Dew has passed, late autumn is still autumn and at least we have caught the tail end of it.
So after wandering around in the sea for more than ten minutes, Tian Mi finally found a group of blue crabs among the layers of rippling green seaweed.
Before coming, knowing that she wanted to catch crabs today, Hui Hui specially prepared a pair of old thick leather gloves for her. Although they were not very convenient after getting wet, they were very safe for catching crabs.
Crabs are social animals, and they will form a nest when they find one.
Tian Mi was delighted. She put on gloves and picked the biggest crabs without hesitation.
Such a blatant act of not treating crabs as bean buns naturally alarmed the crab group.
But they were not as fast as me, and they ran away in a group, which was really stupid.
So Tian Mi followed them all the way, and from time to time he would walk around them and pick and choose. In just a few minutes, he had filled a whole sack.
It’s a pity that we let most of them go, but this thing is cold in nature and we won’t be able to eat it all even if we catch them all.
Especially now, she can only try one to satisfy her craving.
After catching the crab, Tian Mi first floated to the surface of the sea, handed it to her husband, and then dived back down.
In this way, he went back and forth four times, taking a total of one hour. Tian Mi touched six or seven kinds of seafood before he climbed ashore contentedly.
While being protected by Hui Hui and getting dressed, Tian Mi was still trembling as she said that when the children were older and no longer needed breastfeeding, she would definitely dive into the deep sea to take a look.
Lou Luhui didn't rush to reply, but unbuttoned his shirt, pulled his wife into his arms, used his body temperature to warm her up, and then chuckled and said, "I heard there are many shipwrecks on the seabed, and there may be corpses. Aren't you afraid?"
Tian Mi nestled contentedly in her husband's arms, burying her slightly cold face in his neck and rubbing it, then she curved her eyebrows and smiled: "It's not my fault, why should you be afraid? Besides, I heard that the seabed is full of treasures. Huihui, if we can get a few good things down, we won't have to worry about our next life."
This guy is really too brave.
Seeing his wife's money-obsessed look, Lou Lu replied with a smile: "With our current savings, we don't have to worry about our next life."
Not always.
Although the two do have a lot of savings now, it can be said that it is definitely a huge sum of money in this era, but if it is put into the future, it can only buy an apartment in a third-tier city.
Besides, who would complain about having too much money
Of course, she also understood what her husband had not said. After a year of getting to know each other, falling in love, and getting married, she was able to understand Huihui's character.
He is an upright and patriotic soldier who deserves the uniform he wears.
So, after she got warmer, Tian Mi left her husband's arms, looked up and smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, I was just joking. Even if we can really find a sunken ship on the seabed in the future, I will report it to the relevant departments. Let's just take the bonus given by the state, okay?"
Tian Mi has always known that the underwater cultural relics belong to the country, and she would never do anything to break the law knowingly.
Moreover, the country is great and will never treat anyone unfairly.
Lou Luhui was stunned. He didn't expect his wife to be so understanding.
He knew very well that for his wife, the treasure on the seabed was as easy as taking something out of a bag.
After a while, the man raised his hand to smooth his wife's long eyebrows, took off the scarf from her neck, and asked softly, "Aren't you sad?"
Tian Mi raised her head and asked her husband to help her tie the scarf. She wrinkled her nose when she heard it: "How can I not feel bad? But these things originally belonged to our country, right?"
In her previous life, she learned diving and dabbled in this industry, so she actually knew something about these things.
Although she didn't know whether there were specific legal provisions in this era, she couldn't get over it in her heart.
Lou Luhui was amused by his wife's painful expression and at the same time he admired her very much.
He put the hat back on his wife's half-dry head, then bent down and touched her bright red lips, coaxing: "Didn't you say that the price of jade would probably go up in the future? My friend left the things at Chenglang Farm because he was on a temporary mission before and couldn't contact me. This time when Lao Zhou went to pick up my elder sister, I asked him to take a detour to bring back the jade. If you like it, we can buy some more."
Hearing this, Tian Mi's eyes lit up.
Yes, she almost forgot about it again.
Well, as a human being, you can’t be too greedy.
However, if all of them are good jade, she is already very rich, hehe
"What a good harvest today!" In order to take care of each other, the two families are now eating together. Tian Yu is chatting with Aunt Gu in the living room and peeling autumn chestnuts. When he sees his sister and brother-in-law coming back with four full sacks, he is so happy that he can't stop smiling.
After having fun, he urged his sister to take a bath first.
Tian Mi was indeed a little cold. After making sure that the children were still awake, she asked her husband to help get clean clothes, while she and her eldest sister went to the bathroom to fetch hot water.
While pouring water, Tian Yu asked curiously, "Your elder sister-in-law is coming here. Is she living with you guys?"
Tian Mi said as she took off her clothes: "Huihui said that Big Sister's level allows her to live in a single dormitory, and she won't live with us."
Tian Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, even though his sister-in-law was a good person.
But as time goes by, an aunt is equivalent to half a mother-in-law, and it is not impossible that there will be some friction when living together.
Teeth are so close to lips that they can be broken accidentally. If there is a conflict and the relationship is hurt, it is not beautiful.
It's best to stay like this, keeping a little distance.
However, Tian Yu had kept all these little thoughts in his heart and had not said them out loud.
Now that they no longer live together, there is even less need to say anything.
So when she heard her brother-in-law coming over with clothes, she kept quiet and walked out with the empty bucket.
Compared with the quantity in the previous few days, the amount of seafood caught this time is really a lot.
After Tian Mi had tidied herself, she found that her elder sister and Aunt Gu had already poured the abalone from the sack into the large vegetable washing basin.
Seeing this, Tian Mi went to the kitchen and took out two small basins.
Then he opened all the bags and picked out two small basins.
We each put in crabs, octopus, abalone, conch and other items, and after shaking them, we felt that the weight was about the same, about four or five kilograms each.
She asked her husband to pack the two pots into bags and send them to Political Commissar Liu and Traveler Wang's homes respectively.
When he heard that they were to be given to the leader, Tian Yu subconsciously said, "How about picking two bigger ones?"
How can you choose a gift that won't get lost
Tian Mi waved her hand and said, "No, these are not small anymore." They are too big and will be eye-catching.
Besides, the ones she picked out were just a little smaller than the largest ones, but they were still much larger than those available on the market.
On this side, Lu Hui had already taken out two small bags from the cabinet and walked over. After packing them, he walked out with them.
Tian Mi shouted at his back: "Don't use your right hand!"
Lou Lu replied: “I understand.”
"Remember to bring the bag back!"
"good!"
Seeing that her sister pointed to wherever her brother-in-law hit, Tian Yuxi smiled happily and felt happy again that she had a talent for matchmaking.
Tian Mi was unaware of her elder sister's feelings, so she quickly went to the kitchen, took out a vegetable bowl, and picked out all the largest seafood from the pile.
The remaining items were not in order, some were big and some were small, so they were taken directly to the door, and I planned to ask my eldest sister to call the neighbors to come and get them.
Of course, there are no crabs in it, which most people think has no meat.
It’s not that she is stingy and doesn’t want to give the largest size as a gift. It’s mainly because the food she eats at home is too eye-catching. Tian Mi never underestimates other people’s jealousy.
Another reason is that she is worried that others will think these things are easy to come by and will follow her example and go into the sea, and then encounter danger, which will be a real pity.
So, after careful consideration, she felt that something slightly larger than those sold in the market would be best as a gift.
Tian Yu felt distressed when he saw that there were about thirty or forty kilograms of fish in the basin, but they were all brought back by his younger sister, Daleng Tianxiahai, with great effort.
Seeing her elder sister like this, Tian Mi smiled and said, "Earlier, we were all pregnant, and everyone sent us food. The wild vegetables, mushrooms, and wild fruits were sent almost every two or three days. This seafood is one share for every 20 families, and each family only adds a plate of food. It's not worth much. Besides, it's not sent every day. It's only right to send it once or twice occasionally. Just consider it as repaying the favor."
Since what his sister said made sense, Tian Yu didn't say anything else.
He didn't even go back to wash his hands, but just wiped them casually on his apron and went to call people in the salty and fishy smell of seafood.
This year, as the military environment became better and better, several more family members came to accompany the troops.
Except for Tang Dajun in the provincial capital, and the families of Brigade Commander Wang and Political Commissar Liu who had already received separate shipments, each of the remaining families could get about two kilograms.
After hearing Tian Yu's loud greeting, everyone felt a little embarrassed, but everyone had a happy look on their face.
Two pounds is not a lot, but it can add another delicious dish to the table.
Even while picking out the seafood, the women were already enthusiastically studying how to eat it.
Some say braise it, some say steam it and dip it in sauce, and some are more particular. If there happens to be fish at home, they will decide to stew a pot of seafood soup.
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately received a lot of responses.
There was a bold and forthright military family member who said in a loud voice that she would go to the stingy quartermaster to get a fish and stew a big pot of seafood soup. When her husband came back in the evening, she would heat up two taels of wine and have a delicious meal.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter.
Tian Mi had been squatting aside chatting with everyone. Seeing that they were full of satisfaction because of the seafood meal, she felt happy in her heart.
She didn't know when she fell in love with the smell of fireworks.
It was not surprising that Tian Mi was just surprised.
Not long after the military families returned with the seafood, they began to send return gifts one after another.
She has a handful of vermicelli, you have a handful of fried dough sticks, or four or five eggs. In just a short while, the eight-immortals table at home is filled with things, including those sent from the homes of Brigade Commander Wang and Political Commissar Liu.
No matter how much Tian Mi refused, these people didn't care. When they pushed her hard, they just threw her at the door and ran away.
The incident made Tian Mi and her elder sister laugh and cry, and at the same time they were touched by the harmonious neighborhood.
In the evening, there was naturally a sumptuous seafood feast, including braised, steamed, and the seafood soup that everyone was talking about.
However, I also made a lamb dish to neutralize the cold nature of the seafood.
In the morning, Tian Mi asked Tian Xin to invite Mr. Cheng to come for dinner, but she was not surprised to see the third sister coming back alone.
A lot of bad things have happened to the old man, so it's normal for him to be alone.
So Tian Mi naturally wouldn't force it, but still asked her sister to pack three servings of seafood in an aluminum lunch box and send it over.
Fortunately, this time, the old man accepted it.
After waking up the next morning, Tian Mi did not go back to sleep.
Her husband's family treated her very well, so when her elder sister-in-law came back, she naturally took notice.
After her husband went to the army, she became busy with her elder sister and Aunt Gu.
Look, at 11 o'clock in the morning, when my sister-in-law appeared at home again, the house was already filled with fragrance.
So much so that the first thing Lou Yannan said when he entered the room was: "It smells so good!"
Tian Mi, who came out from the kitchen to greet him warmly, burst out laughing when she heard the words.
She took her elder sister-in-law's hand and led her to the sofa covered with cotton pads. She took a few glances at her. Hmm, she looked good, and her eyebrows and eyes were relaxed. It was obvious that she had left the scumbag and her life was comfortable. "I've been busy all morning and prepared a lot of delicious dishes. How can they not smell good? I'll be waiting for you. By the way, Sister Nan, how was it? Did you have a smooth journey?"
After making sure that his sister-in-law didn't see any dissatisfaction with her divorce, Lou Yannan was completely relieved and smiled, "It went smoothly. It's just that the temperature difference this time is a bit big. Beijing is nearly 20 degrees during the day, and it's freezing here. Fortunately, I prepared in advance and brought a lot of clothes."
As she spoke, she smiled and glanced at Zhou Jianshe who followed in. "I brought a lot of luggage with me. When Jianshe came to pick me up, he wouldn't let me move. He carried it from Hongchun Station to the street by himself. He ran back and forth twice. I felt embarrassed."
Hearing this, Tian Mi looked at Zhou Jianshe meaningfully, then said calmly, "This is as it should be."
Lou Yannan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, Jianshe is just like my brother. What I said is a bit too unorthodox."
Hearing this, Tian Mi sympathized with Zhou Jianshe for a second, but seeing that he looked calm, she stopped teasing him and only said with emotion: "Sister Nan is right, my brother..."
Lou Yanan always felt that what Tiantian said was strange, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed normal.
“Dinner is ready!”
Just when Miss Lou was puzzled, Aunt Gu, who was busy in the kitchen, shouted.
Suddenly, everyone stopped chatting and rushed to the dining table.
A large table of delicious dishes has been prepared today.
There was his family, his eldest sister's family, Zhou Jianshe and Sister Nan, plus Tian Xin who was called back to eat, a total of more than a dozen people, filling the two eight-person tables put together.
After everyone sat down, no one rushed to pick up their chopsticks, but instead drank tea instead of wine and clinked glasses together.
Congratulations to Sister Nan on her new life!
(End of this chapter)