Zhan Mingkang went to the countryside, and his younger brother Zhan Mingzhao retired from the army and joined the import and export branch here, which was actually working in a tea factory. When Zhan Mingzhao was released from the army, it was like being released from a prison cell, and he was extremely happy.
He had also been tanned a lot, with a wheat-colored complexion, sunny skin, and white teeth. His smile was very popular with girls, which made Gu Xiangyi jealous.
Gu Xiangyi said to Zhan Aiping: "If he dares to flirt with other women, sister-in-law, you must help me teach him a lesson!"
Zhan Aiping smiled: "He wouldn't dare."
Zhan Mingzhao has retired from the army and has more free time on weekdays. He is popular and gets off work early. The uncles and aunts in the unit all love him. Zhan Aiping gave Zhan Mingzhao the Phoenix brand bicycle at home and made him a loose sun-protective clothing. On weekdays during his holidays, Zhan Mingzhao would wear a straw hat with a wide brim, ride his bicycle, hold a piece of grass in his mouth, and ride on the mountain road.
He often went to the military hospital to visit Gu Xiangyi, brought her food, and chatted with her, which made Gu Xiangyi's colleagues envious.
Zhan Mingzhao's cooking skills are not as good as his brother-in-law Gu Sheng, but he is very good at making soup. In summer, there are many mushrooms on the mountain, so he picked a lot of wild mushrooms and made mushroom chicken soup to give to Gu Xiangyi.
Gu Xiangyi: "I was so blind. It would have been great if I had found you as my partner earlier. We have been together since we were little, and now we have three children."
Zhan Mingzhao was so scared that the grass in his mouth fell out: "... Three?"
He blinked his eyes: "It doesn't need to be that much."
"The kids are noisy."
Gu Xiangyi said: "Youyou and Yuanyuan are not quarreling."
Zhan Mingzhao: “…” But this doesn’t mean that their children don’t quarrel.
Gu Xiangyi is a nurse and is busy with work. When the time comes to raise a child... he will be the one to take care of the child.
Zhan Mingzhao said: "Let's just have one child. Family planning is advocated now."
Gu Xiangyi: "Two, like my sister-in-law's house, lively."
Zhan Mingzhao: "I'm afraid the child will be too noisy and I won't be able to control him."
Gu Xiangyi said, "My little brother is still here. My mother's uncle is the oldest, so the child has to listen to his uncle."
Zhan Mingzhao: "... uncle?"
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
"Let's not talk about this for now. Pregnancy is very hard. I'll go see my sister later." Every time he came to see Gu Xiangyi, Zhan Mingzhao would always stop by to see his own sister Zhan Aiping. Zhan Aiping was getting heavier and heavier, and he felt distressed when he saw her.
Recently, Zhan Mingzhao has become more and more displeased with his brother-in-law Gu Sheng.
Gu Sheng is a soldier. He is busy with work on weekdays and spends little time at home. No matter how considerate he is, the chores at home still fall on Zhan Aiping. It's okay for people like Zhan Aiping who follow the army, but for other military wives, living apart from their parents, what's the difference between that and being a widow
This is also the reason why Zhan Mingzhao does not want to stay in the army. He prefers to take care of his family.
Fortunately, there are two children with my sister, and they are obedient and sensible.
Zhan Aiping was in poor health, so Zhan Mingzhao often came to accompany her and help her with some physical work at home. Although she could not do the heavy work, there were soldiers to help, but there was always a difference between having relatives do the work and having outsiders do the work.
"Uncle! Uncle! Little uncle!" Sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls are always happy to see their uncle. Not only the elderly like lively occasions, but children also like lively occasions with many people around.
Zhan Mingzhao said: "You guys play by yourselves first."
He went to help with laundry and cooking. Zhan Aiping was polite to him at first, but later she found that her brother was really willing to help her with laundry, cooking and taking care of the children, so she let him do what he wanted.
Zhan Aiping said: "When your brother-in-law sees you like this, he will feel relieved to let his sister marry you."
Zhan Mingzhao said: "Looking at him like that, I still don't feel comfortable marrying my sister to him."
"Don't marry a soldier, no matter what. Good men don't want to be soldiers."
"You'll be wronged!"
Zhan Aiping: "... In fact, his salary and allowances are quite high, and they are all handed over to me."
Zhan Mingzhao said: "That's all he can do. Sister, don't be polite to him. Eat well, dress well, don't save."
"Don't make clothes for him. It's a waste of fabric. Let him wear his military uniform all year round, and save the fabric to make clothes for you and your children."
Zhan Aiping couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, teach Youyou and Yuanyuan when you wash the clothes."
The weather here is hot, and the clothes are thin and easy to wash. Children can play in the water and wash clothes without worrying about catching a cold or fever.
Synthetic fiber cloth is not easy to rot, but cotton cloth is easy to crack. Zhan Mingzhao also helped to sew clothes. His brother-in-law did not operate the sewing machine, but he was very skilled in using it.
Zhan Aiping watched with an embarrassed look on her face as her brother helped her two children mend clothes. The children were naughty and Zhan Aiping only dressed them in cotton cloth, so the clothes were easily torn and always needed to be mended. She was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to use a sewing machine, so now the sewing machine in the house belonged to her brother Zhan Mingzhao.
Not to mention that if the clothes have holes, Zhan Mingzhao can also add little tiger and little rabbit patterns on them, which looks much better than patches.
The sweet and sour pork and the small glutinous rice balls were both wearing beautiful clothes mended by their uncle, and the clothes became more beautiful the more they were mended.
Zhan Aiping wondered what was wrong with the men in their family. Why was Gu Sheng such a good cook, and his younger brother Zhan Mingzhao could sew better than a woman? The men in their family were so virtuous!
The men in their family are virtuous, and their dogs are also virtuous.
The mixed-race German Shepherd little Zongzi is now a big Zongzi. Gu Sheng has taught him to be very obedient. He doesn't make noises, bark, or bite people. He also knows how to take care of children.
Little Tangyuan likes to skip rubber rope, and her brother refuses to admit defeat, so he plays with her. The two of them skip rubber rope at home. Zongzi can also act as a tool dog, using his two legs to help pull the rubber rope. It is very steady, more stable than a stool, which makes Shen Liqing's Sweet and Sour Fish envious. He wants to get a big dog too.
Shen Liqing was helpless: "Mom is exhausted from raising you, how can she afford to raise a dog?"
Shen Liqing is a lazy person. She has become much more hardworking since she had two children. In the past, when she first married Wang Youli, Wang Youli was not at home and she was too lazy to even feed herself, let alone feed the dogs and rabbits.
The rabbits and dogs she raised also had to follow her in their eating and hunger shifts.
Shen Liqing thought that she was a good and responsible mother. At least her child was not hungry. Mrs. Zhou's family treated her son as a treasure and chased after him to feed him. But for Shen Liqing, if the child didn't eat, he wouldn't eat. If he didn't eat, he would be hungry. She was too lazy to feed herself, let alone the child.
Captain Luo and his wife, who lived next door to Zhan Aiping, also spoiled their only son.
"Sister, don't do anything. I'll cook the food later."
Zhan Aiping said cheekily: "I didn't plan to cook for myself when you came."
Although not as good as Gu Sheng, her brother's cooking is also delicious. At least better than hers, and better than the big pot meals in the cafeteria.
Little Tangyuan and sweet and sour pork were happy to see their uncle coming, and they also wanted to eat the food his uncle cooked.
Zhan Aiping didn't bother to be polite with him: "Go wash the vegetables and cook."
Zhan Mingzhao: “…”
Brother Zhan went to work honestly.
Zhan Aiping looked at her brother's tall back and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of her mouth. Although they were siblings, they did not spend much time together before. Now that her brother has retired from the army and often comes home, they meet more often.
She was attending military school, while her younger brother went to work in the countryside... They didn't have many memories of their youth together, but when she met Zhan Mingzhao now, Zhan Aiping recalled their childhood memories.
When he was a child, Zhan Mingzhao stuck to her. He would cry when his sister left, and follow her with his short legs. He would go wherever his sister went and play whatever his sister played. Zhan Aiping disliked him for being too young and ignorant, and didn't like to play with him. She always wanted to get rid of her clingy younger brother at home and run away to be the leader.
She is not a good sister.
Gu Sheng complained about this: "Are you not a good sister? You are the one who protects me. He is increasingly looking down on me and is trying to sow discord between us every day. It's so annoying."
She kept saying that she shouldn't marry a soldier, that he didn't care about the family and made women suffer... If he hadn't protected her, he would have been beaten to death in this military family compound.
Zhan Aiping: “…”
Every family has its own problems. Her brother-in-law and nephew just can't get along, and she feels uncomfortable being caught in the middle.
Zhan Aiping sighed and thought to herself that she shouldn't be so ungrateful after getting an advantage.
She is happy. Now in this world, the men she cares about most are by her side.
"Dean Zhan, why are you sighing?" Ever since Zhan Aiping became the dean, Zhang Lirong next door has called her Dean Zhan instead of Doctor Zhan.
Hearing Zhan Aiping sighing while touching her belly, Zhang Lirong guessed that she must be pregnant with a daughter. What a disappointment.
Captain Luo was concerned about the only child in the family, which made Zhang Lirong extremely proud. She also felt like a prince's mother, which gave her many privileges and made her start to see things from a man's perspective. Now she liked to stare at other people's pregnant bellies and ask them if they had given birth to a boy.
Zhang Lirong and Captain Luo speculated that the family next door already had a son and a daughter, and would continue to have more children, and would definitely want to have more boys. If she gave birth to a daughter, it would be difficult to report to the authorities. The couple were waiting to see how Gu Sheng's face would change when Zhan Aiping gave birth to a daughter.
Zhan Aiping said: "It's nothing, just some family disagreements. Every family has its own problems."
Zhang Lirong: “…” Zhan Aiping said it so frankly that Zhang Lirong didn’t know how to react for a moment.
She was very excited.
Zhan Aiping has a family conflict? If Director Li, who gave birth to four sons, is brought in, will it hurt her even more
(End of this chapter)