Just as Ms. Zhong Yuxiu said, when the group was registering at the door.
After receiving the news, Lou Zhan was already standing at the gate, waiting anxiously.
Although his expression was the same as usual, the fact that he looked at his watch several times in a short period of time betrayed his anxiety.
The guard Xiao Fang suggested: "Commander, how about we go to the front to greet them?"
Hearing this, Lou Zhan hesitated for a few seconds and then nodded.
But before leaving, he went back to the house and took two toys from the pile of toys prepared for his grandchildren, then hurried to the front door to greet them.
I didn't expect that I had just walked out of my small villa and turned a corner. I didn't see the children, but met an old friend who was strolling with his hands behind his back.
The two looked at each other for a while. The serious soldier on the other side looked at the leader holding the toy and asked curiously, "Lao Lou, what's going on with you?"
Lou Zhan was delighted: "Old Zeng, I won't tell you anymore. My grandchildren are here. Go and greet them."
Having said that, without waiting for anyone to reply, he strode away.
Xiao Fang, who was following closely behind him, saluted and said, "Chief of Staff!"
Zeng Guangmao waved his hand, signaling him to go and get busy.
But after everyone left, he stood there and watched for a while. He was curious about what the commander's baby looked like.
Thinking of this, Zeng Guangmao waved to the guard standing not far away.
One of the guards trotted over and asked, "Commander?"
"Go back and get me some red envelopes."
The guard, who understood his intention, twitched his lips and said, "Sir, the commander's child has just arrived. Would it be a bad idea for us to go there right away? Or, should we wait for two days?"
Zeng Guangmao laughed: "What do you know, kid? I'm just taking the initiative. Otherwise, when Old Lou recovers, he will definitely come to me to show off. If I don't annoy him first, wouldn't I be doing myself a disservice? Who told him to have grandchildren?"
Zeng Guangmao couldn't help but feel a little sour when he said this. He had four sons and two daughters, the oldest of whom was 26 years old, but none of them had a family. It was really infuriating. "By the way, tell Lao Chen and Lao Han, and we'll go together."
Security guard.
Lou Zhan had no idea that his old friend was secretly doing something bad. He walked more than a hundred meters away and saw a car coming.
Lou Luhui in the car also saw his father. When Xiao Zhang stopped the car, he immediately got out of the passenger seat and said, "Dad!"
Lou Zhan looked him up and down with satisfaction. After not seeing him for a few years, he looked more mature. He patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Not bad!"
He was very satisfied with his son. If it were in the past, he would definitely want to chat with him more.
But at this moment he was more concerned about his grandson whom he had never met, so he patted his son again, opened the passenger door and sat directly in.
Lou Luhui was left behind.
Tian Mi saw everything and prepared to get off the bus with the children in her arms.
Zhong Yuxiu didn't think too much about it. She had been holding her granddaughter on her lap. When she saw her husband, she smiled from ear to ear: "Old Lou, look at how well our grandchildren are being raised by our daughter-in-law."
Tian Mi was holding Bei Bei on her lap. She was not embarrassed at all when she saw her father-in-law. She called out to him openly, "Dad, why are you here?"
Lou Zhan smiled and said, "How about coming out to greet them? Did you have a smooth journey?"
Tian Mi smiled and nodded: "It went smoothly. Hui Hui is here. He is basically the one running around."
"He's a husband, this is what he should do." As he spoke, his eyes lingered on the two children. Although he liked them, he did not rashly reach out to hug them. Instead, he handed the toys in his hand to the back seat.
Beibei is a boy after all, so he couldn't take his eyes off the airplane-shaped toys.
I want it, but I’m a little shy.
After all, no matter how gentle the old man appears, he has been in a high position for so many years that his aura is overwhelming.
In the end, the little guy didn't dare to reach out to take it. Instead, he turned his body around and buried his face in his mother's arms.
Seeing this, Tian Mi hugged her son and shook him: "Don't be afraid, Beibei, this is grandpa, have you forgotten? Grandpa sent you a lot of delicious food and toys."
Hearing this, Beibei immediately turned around, staring at the stranger who was still handing toys to him with his big black eyes, and called out curiously, "Grandpa?"
Lou Zhanlang smiled: "Yes, I am grandpa, look! This is the gift grandpa prepared for you."
As he spoke, he handed another tin bear toy to his granddaughter who was also staring at him curiously, and said lovingly: "Pearl, this is what Grandpa prepared for you. Do you like it?"
Pearl was very brave. After her mother nodded, she reached out and hugged the little bear in her arms, saying in a baby voice, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Beibei followed her sister and shouted, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Lou Zhan's eyes were gentle and he couldn't help but reach out and touch the children's heads.
Tian Mi glanced at her husband standing outside the car, then handed her son to her mother-in-law: "Mom, let Dad hold Zhenzhu, and you hold Beibei. I'll go down and walk Huihui home."
Pearl got her grandfather's toy. After listening to her mother, she reached out to the old man in the front row to hug him. She was very smart.
Lou Zhan didn't expect that his granddaughter looked weak but was actually very brave. He immediately reached out and hugged her in his arms.
But before his daughter-in-law got out of the car, he hugged his granddaughter with a satisfied look and said, "Let's go down together. It's not far away."
Let my son and daughter-in-law walk back by themselves. I don’t know what those gossipers will think if they see them.
So, Xiao Zhang drove back with an empty car, while Lou Zhan held his granddaughter, Zhong Yuxiu held his grandson, and followed by their son and daughter-in-law, they walked slowly towards home.
It is only a hundred or two hundred meters away, but it has attracted a lot of people's attention.
There are no secrets in the military compound.
Lou Zhan and his wife never concealed the fact that their son was married, or was vague about the family background of their daughter-in-law.
So everyone in the entire family compound knew that Commander Lou’s daughter-in-law was a rural girl.
At the beginning, there were people who were puzzled. After all, Commander Lou had only one son, and Lou Luhui had been a child of someone else's family since he was young. He was considered a perfect son-in-law in the eyes of many people, but who would have thought that he would end up marrying a rural girl.
Of course, some people think that this is a smart move by the Lou family. After all, people now sing the praises of working people as the most glorious. Marrying a rural girl with a good family background is at least safe, and being ordinary also has its advantages.
But, to everyone's surprise, the rural girl who seemed ordinary to everyone immediately made a contribution after marrying into the Lou family.
For people like them, it is not difficult to find out about donating gold.
Later, regardless of her own safety, she jumped into the ice hole to rescue Lou Luhui. Lou Zhan never concealed this fact from people close to him. It could even be said that he was intentionally trying to save face for his daughter-in-law.
At that time, many people felt that the Lou family was very particular about choosing a daughter-in-law.
It’s just that people don’t look at family background or birth, but they do look at one in a million in terms of character.
By this time, not many people were criticizing the Lou family for choosing a daughter-in-law who was not up to standard.
Later, the girl gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, for the Lou family, which made all her colleagues envious.
Twins, boy and girl, are a symbol of good fortune no matter what era it is.
Of course, this envy reached its peak after learning that the No. 1 leader personally presented him with a calligraphy work.
Is that just plain writing
That's a talisman!!
It can be said frankly that as long as they have that piece of calligraphy, in this special era, the Lou family will not be afraid of being tripped up by villains!
At this point, it doesn’t matter whether she is from the countryside or not, because her abilities are enough for others to look up to her.
Now, Tian Mi finally appeared in the family area, and many people came out to take a look at her curiously.
Only then did I realize that she was not only talented, but also had an uncommonly good-looking appearance.
Especially the twin boy and girl held in the arms of the commander and his wife. They were like little fairies. I couldn't help but walk up to them and take a look at them.
This delay took us a total of more than ten minutes to walk a distance of only one or two hundred meters.
I finally arrived at my doorstep and met Lao Zeng, Lao Zhang and Lao Han who were waiting there.
The three of them exchanged a few words with Lou Luhui and the young couple Tian Mi, then put on their attitude as kind grandfathers and started teasing the children.
People were vying to take care of the child, and Tian Mi suddenly felt extremely relieved.
After entering the house, she ignored the elders who were obsessed with the children and sat down on the sofa.
Although you can either lie down or sit on the train, it is inconvenient to eat and sleep, and you still feel a little tired.
Lou Luhui poured a glass of water for his wife, handed it to her, and sat down and asked, "Are you hungry?"
"A little bit." When he said this, Tian Mi suddenly seemed to remember something and looked around.
"What are you looking at?"
"Where is the kitchen? I haven't seen Aunt Gu for a long time."
Lou Luhui put his arm around his wife's shoulders and said, "I'll take you there."
In fact, Tian Mi knew it even without her husband leading her, because the rich aroma of food had already wafted over.
The two walked into the kitchen and saw Aunt Gu serving the dishes.
Seeing the young couple, she immediately smiled: "I thought you guys should be here by now, are you hungry? Dinner will be served soon."
Tian Mi has lived under the same roof with Aunt Gu for about nine months, and she has never blushed once. She was really happy to see her now: "I'm not very hungry. Mom brought a lot of snacks when she came to pick us up."
Aunt Gu just heard the noise outside and asked, "Is there someone outside?"
Lou Luhui was serving soup in a small bowl: "Yes, it's Chief of Staff Zeng, Deputy Commander Han, and Deputy Commander Zhang."
"Oh! They are probably just curious about Zhenzhu and Beibei. Tiantian, you don't know, but people in the family area are very curious about you." Even after she came back from the island, many people asked her about it. Of course, she knew very well what to say and what not to say.
Of course she said yes, because Tiantian is indeed a good girl.
Even now, every time I send something back, I never forget to bring a separate copy for her, which is really comforting.
Thinking of this, Aunt Gu said, "The guests should be leaving soon. Tiantian, do you want to eat something to fill your stomach first?"
Before she had finished speaking, Lou Luhui had already brought a small bowl of pork rib soup and handed it to his wife.
Seeing this, Aunt Gu smiled again. Yes, as long as there is a way back, Tiantian will never be hungry. The relationship between the young couple is as good as ever.
Aunt Gu said it would be a while.
Tian Mi had just shared a small bowl of pork rib soup with her husband when her mother-in-law came over holding Zhenzhu and said that it was time to eat.
Tian Mi asked: "Aren't you going to invite Mr. Zeng and the others to have dinner?"
Zhong Yuxiu waved her hand: "No, they have already eaten. Let's eat. The children are hungry."
Pearl noticed the empty bowl that her father had put down, and immediately let go of her grandmother's hand, hugged her mother's legs and said, "Pearl, I want to eat too!"
My daughter not only looks like the fat girl Guoguo from my eldest sister's family, but she is also greedy.
Tian Mi would never admit that she was greedy because of her. She teased him on purpose and said innocently, "Why didn't you say so earlier? Mom has already finished eating."
The little girl thought it was really gone, so she tilted her head back and pouted in grievance.
Seeing this, Zhong Yuxiu couldn't stand it anymore. She patted her daughter-in-law, picked up her granddaughter and walked to the stove, pointing at the half-pot of pork ribs soup and coaxing her: "Yes, yes, mom is teasing you, look, is there more?"
Seeing what was in the pot, the little girl immediately started laughing again and hugged her grandmother's neck and acted coquettishly: "It's meat."
"Yes, it's meat. Grandma has plenty of meat. Our Pearl can eat it whenever she wants."
"Wow! Grandma is nice, but mom is bad!"
"Grandma Pooh, is this all right?"
"Hello, grandma!"
Tian Mi rolled her eyes, poked her daughter's chubby cheek and scolded her with a smile: "Little ungrateful bastard."
The little guy immediately giggled and buried his little face in his grandmother's neck to prevent his mother from poking him. However, this action directly melted Zhong Yuxiu's heart.
She quickly cooperated and turned around, avoiding the hand that her daughter-in-law stretched out again, and said with a smile: "I won't let you touch it."
Tian Mi went forward and took her mother-in-law’s arm, teasing her deliberately: “Mom, you weren’t like this before. You loved me the most before.”
Zhong Yuxiu nodded honestly: "I have changed my mind. Now I like my daughter Zhenzhu the most, and you are the second. Eh? Not really, there is also Beibei, so why don't you be the third."
As soon as he said this, he started laughing.
Lou Zhan, who had been waiting outside for a long time, heard his wife's rare hearty laughter and his eyes softened.
After dinner.
After eating and drinking, the little ones sat with their grandparents and played with toys for half an hour before starting to doze off.
Zhong Yuxiu quickly reached out to hug her granddaughter and coax her.
But the child can play around at other times, but when it comes to sleeping, he only wants mom and dad.
Pearl twisted her little body to avoid the hand extended by her grandmother, staggered to her mother's side, then buried her little face in the familiar arms and began to rub her eyes.
Tian Mi took her little hand away, picked her up and patted her back to coax her to sleep.
Worried that her mother-in-law would be embarrassed, she smiled and explained, "Mom, the children recognize people when they sleep. They will be more familiar with you in a few days."
Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuxiu didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, she said cheerfully, "As expected of my granddaughter, she is so smart that she even knows to look for her mother when she goes to sleep."
It seems that all Tian Mi children are like this. How thick is the filter that the mother-in-law uses
The couple's room is on the second floor.
Open the door and you will see a spacious interior with excellent lighting.
The house is clean and tidy, with everything including beds, cabinets and tables.
Not to mention the milk powder, snacks and other things in the cupboard, even the thin quilt on the bed looked brand new, and it was obvious that my mother-in-law had prepared it carefully.
Tian Mi gently put her daughter on the bed, took her son from her husband's arms and put them together, then quietly thanked her mother-in-law: "Mom, the room is beautiful, thank you for your hard work."
Hearing this, Zhong Yuxiu glared at her daughter-in-law, but she felt relieved in her heart.
This is why she likes Tiantian so much. This girl is not only generous and polite, but also sweet and good at talking. Most importantly, she can see the good in others: "You guys take a break too. Mom will go out first."
Tian Mi quickly grabbed her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, wait a minute. I have something for you."
As he said this, he squatted down and took out a small bag from the suitcase.
Zhong Yuxiu also squatted down and asked curiously: "What is this?"
Tian Mi opened the small bag and poured dozens of large, round pearls inside onto the bed.
People like pearls when they get older, especially Dongzhu pearls of such good quality, which are rare. Zhong Yuxiu fell in love with it at once.
She reached out and picked one up to look at it carefully: "Why is this Dongzhu so big? How much does it cost?"
Tian Mi waved her hand: "No money, I just fished in the water myself."
This time when I come to Beijing, I can't just bring a sack of dried seafood.
There are many good things under the sea, but she doesn't dare to move them home these days.
So I brought here the big Dongzhu that I had collected over the past two years.
She arranged the pearls with a yellow luster in a row: "There are so many of them, enough for you to make a necklace and a bracelet. Maybe you can also make some earrings or earrings. They should be beautiful too."
"Did you pick all these up?" Although I always knew that my daughter-in-law was a good swimmer, this was too much. How many clams would have to be opened to collect so much
"Well, there are still quite a few small ones that I didn't bring. If you like them, I'll keep them all for you." Actually, Tian Mi went there for the conch pearls in the first place, but the three families ate hundreds of large conch pearls without seeing a single pearl.
Only then did she realize that conch pearls did not seem to be produced in China.
Of course, Dongzhu is also good, after all, it is a treasure used by the Qing Dynasty royal family.
During that period, she was obsessed with opening blind boxes. She didn't know how many clams she had opened, and all the ones she couldn't finish were given to the military families.
Everyone was happy at the beginning, but ended up being terrified of clams. There was no other way. Who could stand eating them for two or three months straight
However, after a few months, she had saved up a considerable amount of Dongzhu.
Part of it has been given to my eldest sister and my southern sister.
Tian Xin wanted to give it to her too, but that girl didn't like these things and felt that they were a burden to carry with her at work: "Mom, put it aside for now. After two years, when the environment is better, we can find a craftsman to make it into jewelry."
"I understand! Don't worry!" Zhong Yuxiu happily picked up the Dongzhu one by one and looked at them. When she was thinking about how to make them look better, she suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "Wait a minute, Mom has something for you too."
Having said that, he went out in a hurry.
Knowing that the conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would not end soon, Lou Luhui patted his wife's head and said, "I'm going to talk to Dad. If you're tired, take a nap."
"Well, go ahead."
Not long after her husband left, Tian Mi had just put the Dongzhu back into the bag when her mother-in-law came back with a small box: "Here, I wanted to give it to you when you got married, but it was inconvenient to bring it with you."
The box was not big, and seemed to be made of mahogany. It was very delicate, and had hollow carvings on it. It looked like the antique furniture seen in videos in later generations.
Tian Mi felt the weight and found it was quite heavy.
As she opened the box, she asked curiously, "Mom, what is this?"
grass!
A box of gold, jade and jewelry
After seeing what was inside, Tian Mi's eyes widened.
The box is not big, but it has drawers and a small door, and the drawers have three layers.
She opened it layer by layer and saw it was filled with all kinds of jewelry.
What kind of box is this? It's just a makeup box, right
After roughly looking through all the things, Tian Mi looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Mom! Are these all for me?"
"Yes, Nan Nan also has a share. They are all left by my family. There were a lot in the past, but most of them were donated to the country. Don't think it's too little." Zhong Yuxiu said this sincerely. You know, when she was young, her family really had a lot of these gold, silver, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. This small box is really nothing.
Tian Mi knew that her mother-in-law came from a scholarly family.
But no one in my family has ever been abroad, and we are not a very wealthy family.
Another thing is that Zhong’s parents passed away early, and before they died, they announced to the public that all their money had been donated.
By the way, my mother-in-law once had a brother who was a comrade-in-arms of my father-in-law, but he later died on the battlefield.
This is probably why she can still be safe and sound in today's environment.
"It's a lot. They will be very valuable if the environment is good." Tian Mi took a quick look at the jade bracelets. Each one had very good water content. This small box alone was worth more than her net worth in future lives.
How come you suddenly became rich
However, after Tian Mi was distracted for a while, his mind calmed down.
She put the box back into her mother-in-law's hands, and then smiled at Ms. Zhong's puzzled look: "I'm not being polite to you, it's just that if you give it to me now, it's not convenient for me to take it away, so it's better to leave it with you for now."
Hearing this, Zhong Yuxiu thought the same thing and said, "Okay, leave it with me first. I'll give it to you when Huihui is transferred back to Beijing."
“.”
When her husband came back, Tian Mi was almost asleep.
When she saw someone, she asked, "Are you done talking? What did you talk about?"
Lou Luhui changed into comfortable shorts and a vest, and hugged his wife as he lay down: "Well, we talked about some work matters, and by the way, we talked about the future transfer."
Tian Mi looked up at him: "Recently?"
Lou Luhui shook his head: "Maybe it will take a few years. I don't have a good position now, and it's easy to offend others. Besides, it's not easy to be promoted at my age. It's safer to stay in the 836th Army for a few more years."
At this point, the man sighed: "I just feel a little sorry for my parents. I haven't seen them for a few years. They have aged a lot."
Hearing this, Tian Mi didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, she patted her husband and coaxed him, "Be patient, it will get better and better. Maybe we can come back in a few years. Let's spend more time with our parents recently."
Lou Luhui patted his wife and said, "Well, go to sleep!"
What he didn't say was that based on his and his father's analysis, this turmoil should soon be over.
It's almost dawn.
On the other side, Zhong Yuxiu returned to her bedroom holding the jewelry box and the Dongzhu.
Looking at her husband who was sitting on a recliner reading a newspaper, her eyes were full of smiles, and she couldn't help but sigh again: "Tiantian is a good child, and she brought me a gift. By the way, she raised the children well."
Lou Zhan was very satisfied with his daughter-in-law, but as a father-in-law, he couldn't get too close to her, so he pulled his wife to sit next to him and said, "Take the children out for a walk tomorrow. Bring more money. My daughter called me and told me that the children didn't bring any clothes this time."
"Don't worry, I'm ready. We'll set off after they've rested."
“.”
At the dinner table.
Zhong Yuxiu proposed to take Tian Mi and others out to play, and asked her where she wanted to go.
Tian Mi did go to Beijing in later generations, but due to the gap of several decades, many things were different.
Besides, according to her original life trajectory, she should have no idea about Beijing, so in the end Tian Mi just smiled and said, "I can go anywhere. You know I have never been to Beijing. You decide."
Zhong Yuxiu was not surprised by this. She waved her hand and said, "There are so many fun places. Let's go to all of them. I guarantee that there will be no repeat in the twenty days."
Hearing this, Tian Mi's scalp felt numb. She spent all 20 days playing outside? Isn't her mother-in-law too energetic
But when she saw Ms. Zhong's expectant and excited expression, she curved her eyebrows and said, "Okay, leave it to mom to arrange everything. I'll run behind you. By the way, let's take the children to the zoo when the time comes."
"That's great. I didn't even think of it just now. How about we go tomorrow morning?"
"That's fine, but before going to the zoo, I want to go see my third sister first." I wonder if my third sister is scared in a strange place? Has she not been bullied
Zhong Yuxiu definitely treats her sister as her own daughter, right
(End of this chapter)