After returning from Xiaodongshan, Zhou Lanxiang made up her mind to reject Zhao Jianguo.

She retrieved his picture and prepared to return it to him, and wrote a short letter.

Tell him that she has a lot of work at home, that she will not have time to communicate with him in the future, that his pickles are very good, and that she has nothing to teach. In the end, after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't say much, and only added four words: "Thank you." Best wishes. "I stopped writing.

Thank you, although I didn't accept it, I really thank him, she can feel his sincerity.

I hope he is doing well in the future.

Zhou Lanxiang didn't look at the heroic military uniform photo again, took a piece of paper that Xiao Jin found for her to draw patterns, carefully wrapped the photo, put it in an envelope, and prepared to send it out tomorrow.

It's been a few days since the letter arrived in her hands, and with the time delayed at the Zhiqing Point, it can't be delayed any longer. For this kind of thing, it's better to reply as soon as possible.

But the next day, before she could go to the commune to send the letter, the postman Yu Xi brought her a parcel.

Zhou Lanxiang knew what was in the mailbox, so she didn't plan to open it, and wanted to send it back directly, but Yu Xi reminded her: "There should be a letter in the mailbox, don't cut it when you cut the bag!" "The army sent it, there may be military tickets or something, and if they are cut, they can't be used.

She hesitated, but opened the packet. The letter hasn't been sent yet, at least it's not rude to know what he said again.

Zhao Jianguo's letter this time was longer than the last time, holding the heavy and thick envelope, and before he opened it, Zhou Lanxiang's heart was already sour.

Compared with the previous one, this letter begins with eagerness and apprehension.

"Xiaoxiang, today is the 20th day since I sent you the photos, and I still haven't received a reply from you. In the past few days, I have been going to the company headquarters and waiting for a correspondent every day, hoping to receive a reply from you, but I am also a little worried that you will reject me. ”

"You don't know, I was looking forward to this day on my first day in the army nine years ago. At that time, I kept telling myself, I performed well in the army, and I tried to be promoted after three years, when you were only nineteen years old, I went to propose, and Old Man Han might think that you were too young to agree, so I would wait for another year or two, three or four years! At that time, I made a show in the army, you are also a big girl, and Old Man Han is willing to let you get married. ”

"Three years later, I finally became the squad leader, and I rushed home to visit relatives, but I heard that Mr. Han had passed away and you were married."

"I climbed into the courtyard of the Han family's old house in the middle of the night and sat there for a whole night."

"You say how stupid I am, I actually forgot, you are not the granddaughter of Old Man Han, your surname is Zhou. Your relatives, Old Man Han, can't be the master. ”

"I have been reluctant to go home all these years, and if my father hadn't lied to me for the Chinese New Year this year, I would not have gone back if my mother was critically ill. Thankfully, I went back! Or I'll miss you again! ”

"Xiaoxiang, I think this is fate, no matter how bad it is, the person who should be destined will meet again after all!"

"I know you'll have concerns, but I want you to trust me, and I'll arrange everything so that you don't have any grievances. I have already inquired with the people in the political work department, and if your situation is within the scope of the army's political examination, you can apply for marriage by going through the normal procedures without encountering any difficulties or obstacles.

And I am already a big difficulty in our company's marriage, from the company commander to the political commissar to the comrades-in-arms, as long as I apply, they will be eager to give me a wedding immediately, they must be more anxious than me! ”

"You don't have to worry about it at home, as long as you nod your head, I will persuade my parents to propose, and they will definitely come to the door happily like any daughter-in-law. I will also say hello to the army and my family in advance, and my family will join the army after I get married. The climate here is very good, the station is only two kilometers from the city, and behind the family area is a small vegetable garden and farmland, and a military wife like you who is ingenious and educated, whether she wants to grow vegetables and raise chickens at home or want to work in the logistics department will be very popular. ”

Later, she talked a lot about the arrangements and prospects for the future, and Zhou Lanxiang read it page by page, and her eyes began to blur slowly, and finally she had to quickly turn over these pages.

Later, there is an explanation of the large package he sent, not only the lotus root flour and dried longan that he said last time, but also jujubes and brown sugar, and even a bag of milk powder and two bags of compressed biscuits.

"You keep the milk powder to replenish your body, the compressed biscuits are issued by the army, which are different from those sold in the store, give Xiaoshan and Jinzi a taste, they are all good boys, I like them very much, and I hope they don't get angry with me, after all, I am here to rob my sister from them."

Next, he talked about his recent training and life, Zhou Lanxiang didn't dare to look at it carefully, and hurriedly browsed through it without anything important, so she loaded the letter back.

He's fine. It's really good. But she was destined to live up to his heart.

She couldn't go to the army with him now, she couldn't stay in her hometown after marrying him, and either way she and her two younger brothers couldn't live the life they wanted.

Especially Xiao Jin, she couldn't throw him down again for anyone.

Even for oneself.

Zhou Lanxiang put the letter back into the parcel, took out the needle and thread and a clean cloth pocket to re-sew the parcel. A needle and a thread are carefully and finely sewn densely.

After sewing, she took the parcel to the commune post office, and when she sent the parcel, the post office staff asked her to write the sender's name, Zhou Lanxiang's pen paused, and wrote the words "Zhou Qingshan".

He's about to be promoted, so it's not good for people to see that the package they just sent out has been returned, and there are so many people who have a heart, they can guess something by looking at the name.

Zhou Lanxiang came back from the commune, and the ten-mile journey was enough for her to tidy up her mood and go home to manage the lives of the three of them!

The weather has warmed up a lot, and I can't wear a jacket at noon, so Zhou Lanxiang went to subtract a layer of quilts from the ducklings and geese that were about to come out of the shell, and went to see the vegetable seedlings that were growing very well.

All of them have grown to the height of a palm, some of them have been planted in the vegetable garden, and the rest will be planted soon.

There is also the soybean sauce made last year that has been almost fermented, and it is about to be dried in the sun, and it will soon be Qingming, and the soybean sauce will be under on April 18, and it will not be a few days.

Zhou Lanxiang was busy working in and out of the house, and Xiao Hei was howling on the kang, and she had to let her touch her head and coax her to stop.

Put it at home in the morning, it slept on the kang by itself, and stayed honestly, but as soon as she heard that Zhou Lanxiang was back, she screamed and refused to stay by herself, and tried to jump off the kang several times to find someone, Zhou Lanxiang had no choice but to find a small basket to make a nest, and take it wherever she went.

was drying the sauce with Xiao Hei, and Da Leng's sister-in-law hurriedly ran in, "Xiao Xiang! Go check it out! I saw Jinzi blocking the old Wang's family in Tuntou, and the few people didn't know what to do, and they also confronted Liu Shishi, who escorted them over! Is he going to fight? That Liu Shishi is ruthless, and he still has the militia, you go and persuade Jinzi, don't suffer a loss! ”