CHAPTER 30
The train was full of people and very lively. The three little children, who were tied around the waist and held hands, crowded into the train with the crowd. Xie Jingming was carrying two large luggage bags in front.
After putting away the luggage bag, he walked to his seat. The three little children were arranged inside. Lin Chuxia and Xie Jingming sat facing each other.
The three little children were no longer in the mood to talk to their parents. They looked outside the train window and lay there, saying “Wow” constantly, as if they had seen some different sight.
In fact, there are just a lot of people.
The market economy is not yet opened up. There is no one selling food outside, and all the people coming and going are people rushing to catch the train.
Lin Chuxia looked at them lying next to the window sill and sighed, “Be careful and hold on steady. It’s time to start the train in a while. Sit down quickly. Are you hungry? Do you want some dried meat?”
At this time, Xie Jingming was wearing his military uniform. When they got into the train, except for the occasional hunger on the way and wanting to go to the toilet, there really weren’t any accidents.
Also human traffickers… Even if they think these three little guys are fat and cute, they have no intention of provoking a man in uniform like Xie Jingming.
When they arrived in Jincheng, as soon as they got off the train station, there were already people waiting there.
When the comrade saw Xie Jingming, he immediately stood up straight and gave a military salute, “Hello, deputy commander!”
“Okay.” Xie Jingming asked him to put the two bags of luggage in the trunk, then he untied the three children and stuffed them into the back seats one by one, and then let Lin Chuxia sit with them.
Of course, Xie Jingming sat in the co-pilot’s seat and talked to Xiao Chen in the driver’s seat about things in the army. The key was about his dormitory building.
It was the first time for the three little cubs to travel far away, the first time to take a train, and the first time to take a car. They pointed outside in surprise and were very curious. They asked about everything to Lin Chuxia in a milky voice. According to Lin Chuxia’s future experience, of course she understood everything, and she also coaxed the three babies in a tone that children could understand.
Xiao Chen, who was driving, listened to the voices behind him. When the deputy commander said he was taking his wife and children back to the military camp, an image of a rural woman with a yellow face appeared in his mind. After all, she took care of the children at home and farmed in the fields. Or something, and it’s impossible to raise the children and herself to be white and tender, right?
Who knows, the image he thought was shattered as soon as they met. It turns out… the deputy commander likes this little wife, who is also delicate and soft, and not dark or not particularly fair anyway, but much fairer than rough guys like them.
Within the narrow scope of his knowledge, he could only use two words to describe the deputy commander’s wife: delicate and beautiful!
She also understands a lot of things and principles and seems to be able to explain them clearly to her children, all at once. Xiao Chen has a higher opinion of the deputy commander’s wife.
Finally, they arrived at their camp.
The car drove to the military building in the camp. After getting out of the car, looking at the military buildings, Lin Chuxia held her three little cubs and said, “Hey, darling, this is where we will live in the future.”
High-rise buildings can also be four or five stories high, with one staircase and two households. The house Xie Jingming applied for is on the second floor, which is not high.
Walking up and opening the door, Lin Chuxia finally felt a little bright and happy because she immediately went to see if there was any problem with the toilet!
Wuwu…
Seeing a happy smile on Lin Chuxia’s face, Xie Jingming knew that Lin Chuxia was very satisfied with the dormitory assigned to him, so that was good.
“Tomorrow we will go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy anything we need.” Xie Jingming put down the two big bags and started to unpack them up. “By the way, I bought rice and grain before I came home, but there is no meat or vegetables.”
“It doesn’t matter; let’s just have a meal first and buy some when we go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow.” Lin Chuxia also discovered that there is electricity in their military building!!! That’s great. Finally, she can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy an electric fan.
These days, there should be electric fans for sale in their supply and marketing cooperatives in the army. They didn’t have electricity yet in the villages, so there were no electric fans for sale at all.
“I want to go with you tomorrow.” Lin Chuxia made the first request. If she didn’t go with him for such an important matter, she would be furious.
“Dad, I’m going too.” Dazai responded immediately. Although he was tired from the long trip, he was very happy.
“Dad, me too.” Erzai raised his paw. He had only been to the supply and marketing cooperative once.
“I’ll go too.” Sanzai remembered that when he and his mother went to the supply and marketing cooperative before, his mother bought them half a catty of pastries, which were delicious.
“Okay, okay, let’s all go together.” He was on leave for about a month. He thought that he would have to clean up when he returned to the camp, so he came back two-three days early.
While Xie Jingming was helping to wash the house with buckets of water, there was a knock on the door. Lin Chuxia raised her eyebrows and glanced at Xie Jingming, who was still cleaning the windows. She walked over and opened the door.
An old sister-in-law stood at the door, with a kind and sincere smile on her face. “You are… Jingming’s wife; I am XX from the next door house. I know that it’s your first day back, and you didn’t prepare anything to eat, so I just cooked a plate of noodles for you. Don’t dislike it.”
“Thank you, sister-in-law. To tell you the truth, we were worried about this. It’s great. Come on in and sit down.” She took the plate from the old sister-in-law’s hand and said with a smile.
The old sister-in-law saw at a glance that they were still cleaning inside and waved her hand, “No, no, I have to prepare dinner over there, so I won’t disturb you.”
She doesn’t want to cause trouble here, and the plate will be returned to her tomorrow. So she then left.
When Lin Chuxia put the plate on the table, she spoke to Xie Jingming, and then Xie Jingming introduced the person just now to Lin Chuxia, the political commissar’s wife.
Oh, the wife of the political commissar is no small person.
After cleaning up, none of the three children ate more than a bowl of the large plate of noodles; Lin Chuxia ate two bowls, and Xie Jingming ate the rest.
After eating and taking a shower, the house has a total of four bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The dining room and the living room are connected. The three little children have a room each. However, when sleeping at night, the second and third sons still have to share the same room and cling to Dazai to sleep.
Although Xie Jingming didn’t plan to do anything to Lin Chuxia now, it didn’t mean he wanted to sleep in a separate room with Lin Chuxia.
However, after taking the train for a day, everyone was tired. As soon as they lay down, they had no intention of thinking about other things and slept soundly.
The next day, Xie Jingming took the four people who had already gotten up and washed up and went downstairs, drove out, and went to a state-owned hotel for breakfast ( to eat meat buns). On the way, he met other people in the military camp.
Lin Chuxia didn’t recognize anyone, and she had a gentle and sweet smile on her face. She was a little delicate and pitiful, and she didn’t look like she came from the countryside at all.
Wearing black trousers and a white top, she was so simple that she made her frail face look very pitiful.
The overflowing smile was filled with friendliness and tranquility. Others did not know Lin Chuxia, but they knew Xie Jingming. They saw Xie Jingming holding a child, and the soft and graceful woman beside him held two children, and they were so cute and chubby.
“Thank you, Commander; is this your wife and children?” Hey, he looks so good-looking and is fat and healthy. I like him at first sight.”
Nowadays, when military wives call someone, they usually remove the ‘deputy’ of the other person because some people don’t like it, so as not to be hated by others for saying hello.
“Yes, Aunt Zhang, this is my wife Lin Chuxia, and these are my three children. Chuxia, this is Aunt Zhang; call her aunt.” After the introduction, he lowered his head and let the three children call.
The three little cubs raised their heads, their big, bright eyes sparkling, and they said in unison, “Hello, Auntie.”
Lin Chuxia also raised her voice, “Aunt Zhang, good morning.”
Aunt Zhang smiled happily and nodded, exchanged a few words, and knew that they were going out to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy daily necessities, so she did not block their time and said goodbye to them.
The three little cubs sat in the back seat. All three cubs laid their eyes on the window, eagerly looking at the scenery outside. Occasionally, they said a few words and made gesticulating sounds.
Lin Chuxia, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was not very curious about the scenery outside. Instead, she started chatting with Xie Jingming about the things she wanted to buy later. She might not have a mattress these days, but she had to buy a bed, a quilt, food, and if there was electricity, she would buy one fan.
Xie Jingming, who was driving, was responsible for being a yes-man. He would buy whatever his wife said she wanted to buy. It was not his turn as a grown man to talk nonsense.
“Okay. It’s up to you, whatever you want.”
Xie Jingming nodded. Lin Chuxia was quite satisfied; she had worked hard for more than two months, so she had to comfort her little heart after working hard to raise the children.
Then, they went to a state-owned restaurant first. The meat buns in the morning were still very fragrant.
The meat buns of today are not like those of later generations. The meat buns of later generations have only a few bits of meat filling inside a thick layer of white flour, while the meat buns in state-owned restaurants have a big ball of meat filling wrapped in a pink-colored thin layer.
One bite is full of a meaty aroma.
The three little children looked around and choked. Lin Chuxia quickly asked the waiter to bring a bowl of clear soup and took a sip to avoid choking to death.
After having breakfast, they went to the meat-selling place first. They were afraid that others would buy up all the meat. And it won’t be a problem to visit the supply and marketing cooperative later.
Pork costs three to five kilograms at a time. Under Xie Jingming’s aura, there is no need to talk at all. The pork guy just gave half-fat and lean pork, and most of it is fat. This is a preferential treatment that no one else can even ask for.
Lin Chuxia looked at the half-fat meat and was silent for a few seconds. She actually preferred the half-fat and thin ones to the big fat ones.
For example, braised pork is her favorite.
…….
When they went back home after buying what they required, Lin Chuxia held the three little cubs in hand, and feeling the coolness blown by the electric fan, the big fan whirred, and for a moment, Lin Chuxia was so moved that she almost cried.
Woohoo…finally, there are days with fans and toilets. This is how life should be lived.
Wuwuwu…
Lin Chuxia looked so moved that she cried. The three little cubs sat next to her and looked at Lin Chuxia with doubts on their faces. “Mom, is there dust in your eyes?”
“Mom, are you crying?”
Lin Chuxia wiped her tears with the back of her hand and choked, “Mom, is just so happy…”
“What are you happy about?” The eldest son didn’t quite understand the idiom of “tears of joy and tears” and thought that if you are happy, you should smile. Mom is crying like this; why is she dissatisfied?
“Mom is happy… I’m happy to be able to live with dad, and we can live a good life together.” Wuwuwu, I’m happy to have a fan and a toilet, but can she say that as she is a country bumpkin girl who has only lived in the countryside…
Xie Jingming, who had just carried other things upstairs and entered, paused when he heard Lin Chuxia’s words, lowered his eyes, and finally pretended not to hear anything. Move things in and unpack them away like that.
At noon, she cooked a plate of fragrant braised pork, and Lin Chuxia specially sent it to the sister-in-law next door, of whom they had eaten a meal of noodles yesterday.
After dinner, Xie Jingming went out to cancel his leave with the army. When he came back, he told Lin Chuxia that several comrades were coming over for dinner in the evening and asked her to prepare well.
Lin Chuxia:…
“What should I prepare? Aren’t you going to help me at home? Should I cook alone?” Lin Chuxia immediately frowned and stared at Xie Jingming suspiciously. She didn’t like that kind of attitude.
“Of course not. I just want to tell you that my comrades will come over for dinner tonight; of course I will help.” Xie Jingming looked serious. His comrades had never been guests in his dormitory before.
He was alone in the single dormitory, and most of the time he was invited there by others.
In addition, his wife and children were brought here, and those who are coming as guests are either deputy regiment leaders, regimental leaders of the same rank, or political commissars.
“By the way, there is an open space below that is allotted to us.” It is specially used for vegetables. As a vegetable grower, Xie Jingming had no intention of letting Lin Chuxia plow the ground to grow vegetables, but he still wanted to tell Lin Chuxia about this.
“Well, we have nothing to do that afternoon, so we can go to plow the land. By the way, there are no vegetables.” Lin Chuxia nodded and said she understood, but the heavy work of farming should be left to Xie Jingming.
Alas, she is tired.
After lunch at noon, Lin Chuxia went to the house next door. The political commissar’s wife might also have some free time. When she passed by, there were several sisters-in-law she didn’t know who were also there, presumably other family members in the military building.
“Hello, sisters-in-law.” Lin Chuxia didn’t know the age of these women, but it was always right to call them younger.
The wife of the political commissar introduced Lin Chuxia to several sisters-in-law with a smile: “This is the daughter-in-law of our deputy commander Xie, Lin Chuxia, Chuxia; this is our military dependent sister-in-law Li.”
After the introductions one by one, Lin Chuxia smiled sweetly. Dhe greeted them politely and expressed her intention to the old lady-in-law.
“Vegetables, oh, of course there are. Did I tell you when we divided the vegetable plot?” The old sister-in-law was a chatterbox. She grabbed Lin Chuxia and talked a lot about the unspoken rules between the families in their military building.
The four men (one man and three children) who were taking a lunch break at home heard from Lin Chuxia that she was going to borrow some vegetable seeds from next door. But… it has been an hour, and she still hasn’t come back.
The three little children could only look up at their father eagerly and asked him with doubtful eyes, When would their mother come back to plant vegetables?
Xie Jingming, who had already borrowed the hoe, also pursed his lips and said nothing and asked the eldest son to go to the house next door to see if something happened.
When the political commissar’s wife opened the door, she saw the cool eldest son with a chubby face and asked politely in a milky voice, “Hello, aunt, I’m looking for my mother.”
His mother said that when you see a beautiful girl, you should call her sister. Of course, as for men, the same instructions apply; call them brother, and sweet-tongued children can get away with it.
Although Lin Chuxia didn’t say more about this, and Dazai didn’t understand it either, he still listened to what Lin Chuxia said obediently.
The old sister-in-law laughed happily when she heard the eldest son calling her ‘aunt’, “Hahaha, the child came to see his mother. You are so good. However, I am not an aunt, but a grandma.”
The old sister-in-law is quite familiar with the people in the military building. The little boy in front of her who looks like four or five years old is probably the child from Xie Jingming’s family. He was raised to be chubby.
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