Chapter 117

Xu Wen and Zhang Qinglong returned to Rainbow Island just in time for their lunch break

The reason why they arrived at the island so quickly this time was due in large part to Xiao Yu’s mom’s lightning-force behavior

Originally said to leave at dawn, but then Xiaoyu Ma Ma changed her mind, thinking that waiting a little longer Xiaoyu will be in greater danger, called her family car over to pick up their mother and daughter, saying that this way to the provincial capital to complete the hospitalization procedures just in time for the hospital to work

Zhang Qinglong did not open his mouth did not speak

Xu asked that the hospital should not give the early morning discharge procedures, right? But also think that since ancient times, some people are always different from ordinary people, ordinary people can not do things in some people there is never a problem

Sure enough, they were discharged without a hitch, even though it wasn’t business hours

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to catch the earliest boat back to the island

Xu Man thought, “It looks like you can get hospitalized in the provincial capital without having to wait for work

Xu Man and Zhang Qinglong still went back to Rainbow Island by boat from Center Island

When they arrived at the center island, they happened to meet Lu Yuanzheng, who was coming to the center island for a meeting

Xu Man thought that perhaps Lu Yuanzheng was looking for an excuse to pick her up

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stood at the pier in the middle of the day under the scorching sun

Xu Wen saw Lu Yuanzheng from afar, waving his hand at him from the side of the boat

Separated for only a day, about the tangled and difficult feelings between Xiao Yu and Zhang Qinglong, in addition to frequently thinking of Lu Yuanzheng, more feel happy

I’m glad that they got together so easily, I’m glad that they worked hard to get closer to each other, and that there were no misunderstandings or obstacles between them

At least compared to Zhang Qinglong’s parents, the Xu family’s pre-wedding opposition wasn’t really an obstruction, but at best an admonition or a warning

As soon as she stepped off the boat, Xu Man jumped into Lu Yuanzheng’s arms

Lu Yuanzheng subconsciously hugged her, then realized that it was not Xu Man’s style to throw herself in front of the public, looked down at her and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yuanzheng is not the only one who came to the island for the meeting, there are also a few comrades from other islands or reefs also came to the meeting, all tacit understanding of the hand against the lips and coughed lightly, don’t look away, obviously a face of gossip, but try to pretend to be not polite do not look at the gentleman

Including Zhang Qinglong, who was right behind Xu Man

Lu Yuanzheng can turn a deaf ear, Xu Wen still has a sense of shame

In this day and age, hugging in public is already considered to be quite spontaneous, and even couples are prone to gossip

The good thing is that the soldiers and officers on the island don’t care too much about this, just good-natured jokes can’t even be considered as jokes

These are either the same level as Lu Yuanzheng or one level lower than his comrades, there are not many speakers at most is curious to look at her

Xu Wen blushed and shook her head

Lu Yuanzheng’s clerk already had the good sense to drive the Rainbow Island boat over

Lu Yuanzheng helped Xu Man onto the boat, and Zhang Qinglong followed by himself

He waved goodbye to his other comrades

Arriving home just in time for the lunch break, Lu Yuanzheng held hands with Xu Man and went straight back to the cabin

In fact, Lu Yuanzheng wanted to go back to the battalion headquarters to work an extra shift, but noticed that Xu Man was not in the right mood, and decided to move the extra shift back to the evening

When the two entered, Dongsheng was not at home, about to take a lunch break at Doudou’s house

On the island, unless there are special circumstances like the last time Dongsheng ran away from home, there is usually no danger

Lu Yuanzheng washed his hands and went to make two bowls of yangchun noodles, carrying the bowls from the kitchen into the living room when Xu Man had only just finished his bath, and the whole person looked quite a bit more refreshed

Xu Man took the initiative to receive the noodle bowl and inhaled, “Smells good!”

“Didn’t even eat when you went out?”

“Well, I mainly didn’t have an appetite”

“What’s wrong?”

Xu Wen ate his noodles while telling the feelings between Xiao Yu and Zhang Qinglong

Seeing that Lu Yuanzheng was half-surprised, he asked him, “You knew about them earlier?”

Lu Yuanzheng nodded and shook his head again, “More or less I knew a little bit, after all, their marriage report was a bit special, the first half of it was approved in Haicheng, it was just wrapped up in Rainbow Island I noticed that something wasn’t right, so I asked about it”

Xu Man let out a long sigh, “To be honest, if it wasn’t for your profession being particularly positive, I would really criticize Zhang Qinglong as a scum, that is, a man who is even more detestable than a negative man”

Lu Yuanzheng’s chopsticks paused and spoke, “Soldiers are more of an industry than a profession There are many professions in this industry, and many people in each profession”

Xu Man blinked in confusion, a bit lost, “What does that mean?”

“It means that Zhang Qinglong is an excellent soldier, there’s no doubt about that If war comes, I can guarantee that he won’t be a deserter, and can bravely take up his share of duty, daring to go on and charge and die! But, emotionally, his profession cannot be equated with his character

When we recruit, we will conduct a physical examination to check whether a person’s age, physical condition, height, etc meets the basic requirements of a soldier The political examination also evaluates whether he and his family are politically clean and have no criminal record, and whether he can be a soldier who is ideologically loyal to the country and the people But there is no examination of the handling of male-female relationships”

This time Xu Man understood, “You mean, he’s wearing these clothes is not a guarantee of his character?!”

“Character is still basically reliable, male-female relationships are not necessarily”

“So you also think he’s an irresponsible scum”

Lu Yuanzheng cried and laughed, putting the chopsticks down, “I didn’t say that Relationships are between two people, and there are no everyday rules If everyone adheres to a certain standard to find a partner, then where in this world are the spiteful spouses? I’m just saying that just because someone is in the military doesn’t mean they can fall in love blindly and unconditionally, and if one day their relationship breaks down or they get hurt in the relationship, they shouldn’t put the blame on the collective reputation of the “military” It’s not fair to most of us”

“Also” Xu asked, nodding, “Then do you think the two of them can be happy?”

“It’s hard to say” Lu Yuanzheng shook his head

In fact, he didn’t think well of this pair, but he just didn’t want to throw cold water on it when he saw that Xu Man was looking forward to them being happy

Sometimes love isn’t true love the harder it is tossed around

Maybe the feelings of the tossing will be gone or tasteless

The feelings are the most difficult to use rational prediction

He felt that he and Xu Man were the best, everyday, plain but sweet and cozy

This is marriage

Song Baoying didn’t take a break because Xu Man took a vacation, and the school was still being built on schedule

Although Xiao Yu can’t come back for a while, she still has to take a small month after her surgery

However, the drawings for the school had already been completed by Xiaoyu, and were now in Xu Man’s hands, so if there was a slight need for modification, Xu Man would be able to complete them with the help of the Magic Mirror

Everyone divided the wood needed one by one according to the drawings

During the weekend, when Lu Yuanzheng and the others were resting, he took a day off to give Xu Man and the girls a hand

Sometimes one had to admit that there was indeed a difference between women and men when it came to physical strength

After laying the foundation, the stones and slabs had to be laid below, and the large amount of stone mining and transportation made the sisters-in-law suffer

That’s why this time Xu Wen didn’t try to be brave and took the initiative to ask Lu Yuanzheng for their help

After the heaviest hard work was done, the process of constructing the school building went much faster

In just a few days, the framework of the second floor was erected

Those few sisters-in-law who said they knew how to do carpentry really weren’t generally good at it!

The carpentry work was done exceptionally beautifully

The two young men from the Electricity Bureau did all the hard work

Without realizing it, the “school building” of the elementary school was built

On the day the roof was put up, all the sisters-in-law were so happy that their cheers spread far and wide

That night they threw a spontaneous pajama party to celebrate the completion of the school

Although the school was not actually finished, there was still the playground, the courtyard wall, and some other equipment and facilities to be built

But according to the custom in many places, when the beams and roof are put up, the house is finished and the rest is nothing

Most of the sisters-in-law have no problem with it, so they went ahead with it

At three or four o’clock in the afternoon, Song Baoying, Jiang Yiyi and DouDou’s mom, helped Xu Man make some desserts, and got some cold drinks to send to the school classroom

The classroom also made ice buckets in advance so that the desserts, fruits, and cold drinks could all be chilled

The sisters-in-law decided to enjoy the fruits of their labor before the kids, so they changed the location of this party to the elementary school classroom

The three of them delivered their stuff and each went home to change and shower, well it was called a pajama party, so they couldn’t wear their everyday clothes, could they?

Besides, it was still early in the day, and the pajama party would have to start after dinner at the very least

Tomorrow we have to work and can’t talk until the early hours of the morning like last time, so everyone decided to eat dinner and come over early to start their party

Xu Wen arrived home to see Dongsheng holding up an envelope and looking at it over and over

“What are you looking at?”

Dongsheng was startled and subconsciously put his hands behind his back, then took it out again and handed the letter to Xu Man, “A letter from Second Uncle It’s so thick, did Second Uncle buy me a toy?”

Xu asked, “”

She took the letter and rubbed a hand on Dongsheng’s head, “Silly son, you can’t put toys in an envelope”

The letter was indeed thick

Xu Wen also wondered, did Xu Wen have so much to say to himself?

She sat in front of the coffee table and opened the envelope, the letterhead was only a thin sheet, the rest was money

Xu Wen: “”

Is this how money is mailed?

Not afraid of losing it?

Shouldn’t it be a wire transfer?

Xu Wen opened the letter paper while casting aspersions

Xu Wen’s handwriting was just like his person, with a big grin and a playful demeanor that didn’t have many serious words

All in all, it was a family letter that reported the good news but not the bad

Xu Wen said that he and his second uncle had found a construction site to work for a month and discovered a business opportunity

Although the construction site also issued labor protection supplies, such as gloves and rubber shoes, but always insufficient

So Xu Wen moved the idea, want to go to wholesale some labor insurance products to sell on the site

Everyone in the construction site more work more pay, will not be able to afford to buy labor insurance supplies this small amount of money

So Xu Wen discussed with the second uncle, let the second uncle first stay on the construction site to support a bottom, he went into business In case he loses a bottom, two people not only have no place to live even the ticket home can not afford to buy

Xu Wen a person by car to the provincial capital, find wholesale to the individual place, got two big woven bags of labor insurance supplies, back to Pengcheng sell

Don’t look at all the worthless things, because of the large volume, a month can earn a lot of money

He sent home two hundred, gave Xu asked two hundred He also declared that this is not his debt to Xu Wen is not capital, just the first dividends

Xu Wen letter also said that there was a bad luck, not yet to Pengcheng road barricade check, scared him to throw the goods out of the window

Later realized that people are public security, in the arrest of a fugitive

He threw the stuff out because he was a thief and regretted it a lot After the checkpoint, he got off the car and came back to pick it up, but he didn’t find it

If not for the loss of that batch of goods, he earned more

While Xu Wen only felt sorry for the goods he lost, Xu Wen’s eyes were a little sore

In a few decades later, people mention the late seventies and early eighties, always say that this is a full of money in the era

But no matter what era, only a few people can make money

Opportunities are everywhere in this era, and danger is also everywhere

Doing business in this era in the end is just a gray area, although it is easy to get rich is also easy to accident

Don’t see Xu Wen did not mention the danger, Xu asked to know that the hundreds of dollars must not be easy to earn, many times are afraid to flee in a mess

Xu Wen replied to the letter repeatedly told Xu Wen must pay attention to safety Money can be earned slowly, after two years of popularization of the policy can again openly do He also told Xu Wen not to touch the smuggling business

Three exclamation points were added after this sentence to indicate her attitude and the seriousness of the matter

In fact, she had originally thought that Xu Wen could work for half a year to a year before doing business

A part-time job would be more lucrative than earning work credits at home, and after a year and a half, the Special Administrative Region would all be established, and by then trading would be officially permitted, so there was no need to hide like now

The end of the letter also repeatedly told Xu Wen do not have to send money to themselves, they can not spend any money here, in addition to sending money home do not send so remittances

This is not allowed to send and not safe, in case of loss more heartache, remittances also spend more than a few dollars do not lose big because of small losses

According to Xu asked to know, the envelope is not allowed to put cash directly, must be Xu Wen put good stamps secretly put in and sealed up

He used a kraft envelope, opaque, the mailman can not see what

After writing, let Dongsheng sent to the shore to the mailman, Xu Wen replied quickly, as long as it is not too late, usually the mailman will wait for her for a while

After Xu Man took a shower and went downstairs, Lu Yuanzheng rarely had time to come back, and was choosing vegetables to look like he was going to cook

“Why are you back so early today?” Xu Man was surprised

“It’s not because I saw that you guys closed the roof today and wanted to give you a celebration”

“So good?!”

“You make it sound like when I treated you harshly!”

“That’s not true”

Lu Yuanzheng looked sideways at Xu Man’s outfit and frowned, “Going out?”

“How did you know?” Xu Man was curious, she was clearly wearing pajamas

Lu Yuan Zheng let out a “heh”, “The last time you wore these pajamas was to that pajama party you got”

Women are more or less careful when it comes to beauty, and Xu Wen was no exception

All pajamas were also divided into three, six, nine classes

She originally liked to sleep without clothes, and after coming to this era she had never been in a condition to sleep without clothes, either living with the Xu family or with her classmates

Later, when she arrived on the island, after sharing a room with Dongsheng, she had the objective condition of not wearing clothes but not the subjective condition

Because Lu Yuanzheng is too much of a dog

Although she was comfortable without clothes, it was also convenient for Lu Yuanzheng to do whatever he wanted

So Xu Man had no choice but to go to the center of the island to buy a piece of satin to make a halter nightgown for himself

This kind of nightgown is silky smooth and especially comfortable to wear

After falling asleep, the nightgown is easy to slip up, half hidden, half exposed, more likely to cause fire

Later on, Xu Wen gave up on herself

Anyway, Lu Yuanzheng busy time, too late to come home also embarrassed to make trouble, except for the weekend, usually only every day or two mornings to come back, she can still accept

So sometimes she doesn’t wear it at home, and sometimes she just vacuums a halter dress

The set of pajamas Xu Wen wore was made of cotton thread fabric, breathable and sweat-absorbent, or split, with a sleeveless shirt and a pair of shorts underneath the upper half

It was specially made for the pajama party last time, and was indeed only worn that one time

“My man is just smart!” Xu Wen did not mince words in praising Lu Yuanzheng, “I’m still going to the pajama party this time too”

“You’re not going to eat at home?” Lu Yuanzheng asked

Noticing the inconspicuous loss in his tone, Xu Wen teased him, “What? Came back specifically to be a chef for me? Miss me?”

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t change his color, threw the finished vegetables into the dishwashing basket, lazily leaned back on the chair behind him, his two long legs not sparingly open, raised an eyebrow and looked at Xu Wen, not answering but asking, “What do you think?”

Xu Wen giggled, watching Lu Yuanzheng’s face get worse and worse, walked to him, sat down on one of his legs, circled his neck with both hands, and kissed him on the forehead, “I think ”

She deliberately lengthened her trailing voice, and gently dropped her lips in his stoic gaze, “I miss you!”