Chapter IV

There were several boats parked on the dock, and one of them was almost full, and when he saw them coming, the boatman hurriedly greeted the people and asked, "Do you want to sit?" If you sit, you will leave immediately. ”

Jiang Mingchuan took Jin Xiuzhu up and gave the money, after the family of three sat down, the boatman slowly sailed away with a pole, and most of the people sitting around were going out to visit relatives, chatting with each other, speaking in local dialect, which Jin Xiuzhu couldn't understand.

When the boat arrived in town, the family of three changed boats, which were much smaller and could only accommodate four or five people.

Jiang Mingchuan explained to Jin Xiuzhu, "There are many waterways here, and most of the people who go out take a boat, so it's not convenient to come out." If you want to buy something, you can tell the people in the army supply and marketing cooperative, and they can help you bring it when they buy it. ”

He used to be alone, but now it's different, a family needs to be fed.

Thinking of this, he felt like he had an extra burden on his shoulders, but it also gave him a little more belonging.

The boat stopped on the water for most of the hour, and the place where the boat got off was simply paved with a few large stone slabs, Jiang Mingchuan first carried the child down, and then turned around and hugged Jin Xiuzhu down, pinched her armpits with both hands, and hugged the person down with a light move.

Jin Xiuzhu can deal with all this without changing her face now, but she is still a little embarrassed, so she didn't speak on the way.

This side is a mountain road, the road is very narrow, but there should be a lot of people walking recently, and the snow and yellow mud under your feet are mixed and muddy.

Jiang Mingchuan walked in front and said, "It's coming soon." ”

However, he said it quickly and walked a lot, and when he arrived at the place, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Jin Xiuzhu's back.

The little soldier guarding the gate knew Jiang Mingchuan, and after saluting him, he opened the gate and let them in.

I can't see it from the outside, and when I walked in, Jin Xiuzhu found that there was a cave, the inside was very large, and the rows of houses were like chess pieces on a chessboard, neatly arranged, and the surrounding grass and trees were all revealing orderliness.

She also saw a long group of people walking past not far away, shouting "one, two, one", which was magnificent.

Jiang Mingchuan took her to the family building behind, the more she walked inside, the stronger the breath of life became, and even saw several women talking together on the way, seeing them, with curiosity and concern in their eyes.

Jiang Mingchuan didn't know them, so he didn't say hello and went directly to his residence.

In front of the family building are two rows of five-story buildings, but they have not been built, only a small number of people have moved in, and behind them are bungalows one by one, which are relatively old, and Jiang Mingchuan led the old houses in the back, near the foot of the mountain.

Jin Xiuzhu became more and more congested as she walked, until she saw Jiang Mingchuan stop and open the door, she looked at the dilapidated house in front of her, and felt that it was dark in front of her, didn't the second sister of "Jin Xiuzhu" say that she would go to the city to live a good life?

It doesn't look like much.

Jiang Mingchuan saw that no one was following, he glanced back, seemed to sense her emotions, thought about it, and explained: "After the family building was built the year before last, many family members came, I lived in a dormitory at the time, and I applied for a house after adopting He Yan, so that's all I was left with." ”

However, he is usually busy, and sometimes he doesn't come back for ten days and half a month when he trains for ten days, so he puts He Yan next door, and he doesn't stay at home for a long time, so he looks a little messy.

He originally thought that he would go back to his adoptive parents' house for the Chinese New Year this year, tell them about his plans to get married, and then come back and determine the marriage time with the person introduced by his sister-in-law, and the family building should be almost completed in the second half of next year, and they can also move in directly.

It's just that I didn't expect that there was an accident this time, and my sister-in-law had to apologize.

However, since he promised to marry Kim so-joo, he will definitely do it.

Jiang Mingchuan asked Jin Xiuzhu and the child to rest for a while, and he picked up the broom at the door and began to clean.

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Next door in front of a yard.

Qian Yufeng hurriedly came in with a basket of vegetables, and when she saw her mother-in-law picking vegetables at the door, she hurriedly said: "Mom, I heard that Camp Chief Jiang came back with a woman and child, look at it, it doesn't look like an ordinary relationship." ”

Her mother's house is in a nearby village, she usually walks around a lot, and vegetables are expensive in winter, so she runs more diligently, and almost every two days she goes home to play an autumn breeze, but her brother and daughter-in-law won't say anything, and she will also bring some back to her parents' house if the man gives a subsidy or something.

Originally, she still felt bored recently, several good military wives went back to their hometown for the New Year, and no one spoke, how did she know that on the way back, she was stopped and said this, her man and Jiang Mingchuan are good brothers, and they usually have close contacts, so they all came to ask her.

How did she know what the situation was, she hadn't even seen the appearance of a person, wasn't Jiang Mingchuan introduced by the regiment leader's wife? She'd seen that man twice, and he was so pretty.

Aunt Wu frowned when she heard this, and felt that she was babbling, "Don't talk nonsense, how upright a person is Camp Commander Jiang, how can he do something out of tune, there must be a reason." ”

Qian Yufeng didn't care, "What can be the reason?" They all took people directly to their homes. ”

Aunt Wu glanced at her suspiciously, if it was really wrong to take people home, who would dare to do such a thing these days? Not afraid of drowning in spit? After thinking about it, he asked cautiously, "Did you read it wrong?" Is it the object of the same view? The two of them are inseparable from ten, and it is nothing to have a meal at home. ”

"Oh, I wouldn't be so surprised if it was really her, I didn't see it, but Zhang Zhihua saw it a few times, and said that the woman had long hair and dark skin, and at first glance she was from the countryside, and Jiang Mingchuan was still holding a two- or three-year-old girl in her arms."

Aunt Wu was silent when she heard it, she remembered that it was Qian Yufeng who heard the news and came back and said that Jiang Mingchuan's object was as white as tofu, spoke softly and gently, and kept a □□ head, not at all like she had been married and had a baby, but like a capitalist lady, and was scolded by her at that time, she spoke without proportion, and if she was heard, it would be okay.

Qian Yufeng didn't think about it so much, but she felt a little uncomfortable, "Didn't you say that you would come back in half a month, and now that you come back, do you want to return half of the money?" ”

And rice and oil, she took them back to her mother's house.

Before Jiang Mingchuan left, he put He Yan at their house and gave them a lot of things, which was very generous.

As soon as Aunt Wu heard this, her face sank, "Don't keep your eyes on this kind of trivial matter, Battalion Commander Jiang has never lost our family, and our small army, when he was playing by the river and almost drowned, Battalion Commander Jiang saw and rescued him, and he is still the benefactor of our family." ”

Qian Yufeng, who said this, didn't dare to talk back, and lowered her head without saying a word.

Aunt Wu got angry when she saw her like that, "What others say is someone else's business, don't make a fuss in it, at least don't get involved in Camp Chief Jiang's affairs, you still have to have a conscience." ”

Qian Yufeng retorted in a low voice, "I didn't say it." ”

Aunt Wu didn't believe a word, when her son wanted to marry her, she was not very happy, her mouth was too broken, she stared at other people's homes every day, and she said that the blessings of the family were gone.

Qian Yufeng was a little afraid of her mother-in-law, and saved: "Aren't I also afraid that He Yan's child will suffer, how good the person Camp Chief Jiang looked at before, he smiled at everyone, he liked it at a glance, and I don't know how to ...... this."

Seeing her mother-in-law looking at her with a dark face, her voice became quieter and quieter, and she didn't understand where she was wrong.

Aunt Wu didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she waved her hand and asked her to hurry up, and she was upset when she saw her.

What kind of brain, the one who laughs is a good person?

Qian Yufeng consciously carried the vegetable basket to the small kitchen next to him, but as soon as he entered, he saw a six or seven-year-old boy wiping the stove with a rag, and the little man was tiptoeing.

His face instantly became embarrassed, and he smiled reluctantly, "Xiao Yan is also here, what about Xiao Jun?" Why didn't you hang out with him? ”

He Yan looked back at her, shook his head, and said obediently: "Xiaojun went out with them, I don't like to play." ”

Aunt Wu outside heard it, and sighed in her heart, what don't you like to play, it's that this kid is too sensible, obviously two years younger than their Xiaojun, and she knows how to help work and do things.

Qian Yufeng didn't think about it so much, and when she saw that the boy was well-behaved, she couldn't help but smile and said, "You're going to have a stepmother in the future, aren't you happy?" ”

After speaking, he deliberately teased him, "Your stepmother is going to give you a baby, and your father won't hurt you." ”

When the old lady outside heard this, her face turned dark, and she scolded angrily at the kitchen: "What are you telling him to do this? I don't know what's going on, you're just chewing your tongue right here. ”

I think she's really a pig brain, and she will say anything.

Qian Yufeng shrank her shoulders in fright, knowing that she had said the wrong thing again, so she hurriedly remedied the boy, "Auntie is talking nonsense, don't you mind." ”

He Yan shook his head, a smile on his face, "I know." ”

Qian Yufeng breathed a sigh of relief, quickly put down the basket, picked up the bucket and walked out.

Outside, Aunt Wu was too lazy to look at her, and said to the kitchen: "Xiaoyan, don't listen to your aunt's nonsense, your father is good, even if he gets married, he won't hurt you." ”

Qian Yufeng walked to the well to press the water, and echoed while pressing, "Yes, yes, your father hurts you." ”

Aunt Wu breathed a sigh of relief, pulled her face and said to her: "Make two more dishes at noon, and I'll take the child to send them over later." ”

Qian Yufeng was busy.

In the kitchen, He Yan lowered his head, his eyes were slightly red, he actually knew everything, his father died, his mother didn't want him, his uncle and aunt didn't give him food, if Uncle Jiang didn't like him anymore, no one would like him, and he was a little afraid that Uncle Jiang would marry someone else.

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Jiang Mingchuan cleaned the house inside and out, barely looked clean, and then went out to buy some daily necessities, and went to the canteen to get a meal and came back, "I have something to go out, come back and bring you dinner, you eat slowly." ”

Didn't say much, put down his things and left.

The room was a little dark, so Kim so-joo moved a stool and brought the lunch box to the door to eat.

She takes a bite and then feeds the baby.

The child is also well-behaved, feed her and open her mouth obediently, she will not cry or make trouble.

Halfway through the meal, Aunt Wu came over with He Yan, holding two bowls of vegetables in her hands.

I was slightly stunned when I saw the mother and daughter squatting at the door, but soon introduced with a smile: "I live next door to you, my son's name is Wu Erzhu, and he is a comrade-in-arms with Camp Commander Jiang. ”

Jin Xiuzhu stood up, and when she heard that she knew Jiang Mingchuan, she also had a little smile on her face, "It's so polite, come in and sit." ”

I wanted to call someone to bring tea and pour water, but as soon as the words reached my mouth, I quickly pressed it down, and turned around to get a stool.

"No, no, there are still things at home, so I won't trouble you, I'm just bringing you food, I'm afraid you won't have food to eat at noon."

As she spoke, she put the dish on the stool, and when she approached, He Yan tightly grabbed the corner of Aunt Wu's clothes and followed behind.

Fu Yanyan, who was standing next to the stool, saw him, subconsciously took a step back, lowered her head and bit her lip hard.

Although Jin Xiuzhu is also polite, she will not really not take it, she not only took it, but also wiped it with a rag, and then put it at the door for her to sit, and said helplessly on her face: "I just came, there is no hot water at home, and the hospitality is not good." ”

Aunt Wu smiled a little more on her face, and hurriedly waved her hand, "I know, you eat first, the main reason is that this kid heard a voice here and hurriedly came over to see his father." ”

Saying that, he pushed He Yan out, He Yan glanced at Jin Xiuzhu, and quickly lowered his head.

Aunt Wu still felt a little sorry for this child, so at the risk of offending people, she deliberately brought He Yan over to find out.

To tell the truth, she is actually not very optimistic about the object that Jiang Mingchuan looked at before, and it is not that the person is bad or anything, after all, she has never really seen anyone, she has heard from others, but everyone said that the woman was good, and also said that after the death of the woman's husband, how could her in-laws bully her, how pitiful she was, but she was able to take the job of her husband's textile factory among a large number of evil relatives and became a regular worker, and now she doesn't know how to catch the line of the head of the regiment's daughter-in-law, and wants to introduce her to the young and promising Jiang Mingchuan, no matter how she looks at it, she doesn't look like a heartless person.

When Jin Xiuzhu heard this, she looked at He Yan, and the smile on her face remained unchanged, "I heard Mingchuan say on the way, saying that this kid is sensible and well-behaved, so I will hurt him more in the future." ”

After speaking, he looked at Aunt Wu, "Seeing that my aunt is a warm-hearted person, I will say a few more words, my child and I are also hard-working people, if it weren't for Camp Chief Jiang, our mother and daughter would not know how to live in the future, and we may have to trouble my aunt to take care of it in the future." ”

There were a lot of meanings revealed in just a few words, and He Yan heard that this aunt and sister were rescued by Uncle Jiang just like him, and he was inexplicably relieved, as if he had found a comrade-in-arms.

And Aunt Wu can hear that this mother and daughter will become a family with Jiang Mingchuan and He Yan in the future. However, these words were not disgusted in my ears, but I felt that she was treated as my own family.

In other words, the daughter-in-law really guessed correctly, but seeing that Jin Xiuzhu had said this, she couldn't test anything anymore, so she could only follow the words: "Your family of four is also destined, Mingchuan and Xiaoyan are good children, and life is definitely getting better and better." ”

Jin Xiuzhu smiled and nodded, "I will borrow your auspicious words." ”

After eating, she sent people away, Kim so-joo let the two children play, and she took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to clean.

When Jin Xiuzhu left, He Yan relaxed a little, he looked at Fu Yanyan, who didn't say a word, thinking that she was timid, and after thinking about it, he took the initiative to speak, "Hello sister, my name is He Yan, you can call me brother in the future." ”

Fu Yanyan, who was silent, heard this, and held her hand tightly, she didn't expect that she would see him so soon, her titular brother.