Chapter 198
When Lu Yuanzheng came back for lunch, Dongsheng and Xiachu were also at home
The twins were at Zhu Meizhen’s place, so Xu Wen hadn’t gone to pick them up yet
As usual, when Xia Chu saw Lu Yuanzheng open the door, she greeted him
This time, she froze in the middle of her greeting, “Dad, why did your clothes change?”
“Does it look good?” Lu Yuanzheng asked
Little Xiachu nodded vigorously, “It looks good! It’s especially nice!”
Lu Yuanzheng bent down to pick up his little princess and put her on her special chair next to the dining table, “You eat first, dad washes his hands”
When Lu Yuanzheng came back, Xu Wen also happened to sit at the table and froze when she saw him, “Changed to a new uniform?”
Lu Yuanzheng turned around, “Does it look good?”
Xu Man politely said, “Good looking”
This was the 85-style military uniform
It also meant that the era of all green and three dots of red was over
The uniform was reclassified into three colors for the sea, land, and air
Although the collar badges hadn’t restored the rank system for the time being due to certain reasons, the difference could already be seen
The collar badges of the land, sea and air were different, land red, sea black and air blue
The collar badges of cadres and volunteers have a yellow border, but only three sides
The conscripts’ collar badges had the symbol of the military branch
From the point of view of an ordinary person, she thought the conscripts’ collar badges were the best looking
There was also a difference in the buttons of the officers and soldiers
Officers had metal buttons, cadres had metal round buttons, and soldiers had wooden round buttons
There were also many types of colors and materials used in the uniforms
For example, the same army cadres, division and battalion level cadres were not the same color, one light green and one dark green
On the other hand, Lu Yuanzheng’s uniform was not very different, with a white suit and dark blue pants
He wore a summer uniform and a fall/winter uniform There are long and short shirts
The difference between the fall and winter uniforms was in the hats
Xu Man had seen the 07 style, so aesthetically it wasn’t a grade and only felt okay
But for Lu Yuanzheng, this is a rare experience
Like a child, he ran to the restroom to look in the mirror and felt particularly handsome
He also realized for the first time that the clothes he wore to the wedding would really become his regular clothes
Of course, the one Xu Wen made for him during the Rainbow Island wedding was even better than the one he is wearing now
Lu Yuanzheng appreciated enough, took off his jacket and hung it back behind the door, sat down at the table, took his chopsticks, and first gave Xiao Xiachu some of the dishes that she liked, but her little arms weren’t long enough to reach, before he spoke, “I’ve reacted to the higher-ups, and the higher-ups meant to try to let him go to the center island to live in a house”
Xu Man’s chopsticks lurched
Afraid that she would be upset, Lu Yuanzheng busily explained, “You also know the situation on our island When we first came here, there was a shortage of people, and all kinds of benefits and money subsidized the sisters-in-law before they were willing to go to the island The officers and soldiers all had to be relocated to stay on the island You remember when you opened a tutoring class to attract people to the island! But, the situation is completely reversed now”
There were more and more officers and soldiers on Rainbow Island, and Rainbow Island had the lowest discharge rate, most of the fighters loved Rainbow Island and would continue to serve unless they could no longer stay
More and more discharged fighters stayed on the island
This led to an increase in the number of sisters-in-law accompanying the army
Even after the special benefits for officers, soldiers and their families on Rainbow Island were canceled, everyone was still willing to come
Without the subsidies, they all made a lot of money, and they were no longer short of “that little bit of money”
Although this money is still a lot of money for the people who used to live on the island or other islands, they are still willing to come
Now that the land has been subcontracted to households, it is no longer the era of the big rice bowl, and sisters-in-law can also come to work
With no shortage of money, who wouldn’t want a family reunion without separation?
However, everything has its pros and cons
Rainbow Island is just so big, the camp compound is already maximizing its use, and it’s only been three or four years, and rooms in the family building are already in especially short supply
There are already officers and soldiers who are qualified to accompany the army, but they can’t come to Rainbow Island for the time being because they don’t have a house
The family building is already overcrowded
Sister-in-laws who want to follow the army now, after completing the formalities, will have to wait until there are empty rooms before they can move in
Originally, there were quite a few empty houses in Xinri Village that could give the sisters-in-law a temporary place to settle down
However, the houses built after the typhoon had long since been filled with new villagers, and some of them had asked for foundations to build their own houses
So there was no place for the sisters-in-law to stay
The number of people who moved to Rainbow Island also increased, excluding the working people, and some high intellectuals
For example, there were once students of Xu Man’s Most of Xu Man’s students had already graduated
Most of Xu Man’s students had already graduated, but nearly ten girls, including Wang Fang, had chosen to give up their high-paying jobs and return to Rainbow Island
Their statements were amazingly consistent, stating that without Xu Man, they wouldn’t be where they were now If it wasn’t for Xu Man’s tutoring classes, it would have been impossible for them to get into college
For the rest of their lives, they also wanted to add to the island
These nine girls, some chose to become teachers, some chose to enter Xu Man’s business as management
Xu Man took the people in generously
It looked like she was the one taking advantage now, but in reality, other than graduates from prestigious universities like Wang Fang, most of the other tertiary or secondary school students would be entering state-run factories
It used to be an iron rice bowl all right, but soon it won’t necessarily be
Not two years away from a wave of layoffs, it might be better to follow her
All in all, there are people, but not enough houses
Factory workers, sister-in-laws with the army, administrative unit employees, everyone was waiting for a house
Xu Man nodded, ”I know That’s why I also want to discuss a matter with you”
“Other than divorce everything else is negotiable!” Lu Yuanzheng had a wary look on his face, afraid that she would get angry, but of course, there was also an element of joking
Xu Wen rolled her eyes, “Separate then! I’ll go live at Mom and Dad’s place, and you go live on the center island by yourself!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Just lifting a rock and smashing his own foot kinda hurts
Lu Yuanzheng was thinking about how to cajole Xu Man, and little Xiachu finally played a positive role for once as a sweet little coat
“No way! I want to live with daddy!” Little Xiachu still had rice grains around her mouth and was still chewing on her rice, her little arms were open and she was protecting her side in front of Lu Yuanzheng, just like a mother hen protecting her cubs
Lu Yuanzheng immediately borrowed the slope of the donkey, righteously said: “That is, the family must be together, which can be separated from each other?”
Xu Wen gave a short “heh” sound, rolling his eyes at this pair of father and son in disgust, and first admonished Xia Chu: “I’ve told you many times, you should swallow the rice in your mouth first before you speak” He also turns his face to mock Lu Yuanzheng, “You don’t even have a weak heart when you say this? Is there anyone who is separated from his family more often than you?”
Lu Yuanzheng touches his nose sheepishly
Dongsheng sighed softly like a young adult and said to Lu Yuanzheng, “Dad, my mom has already thought of a good solution! Just stop talking nonsense!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He pinched a peanut from his plate and threw it at Dongsheng, “How do you talk to your old man?”
And then he turned his face to look at Xu Qi with a flattering face, “Daughter-in-law, what solution have you come up with?”
Dongsheng: “”
Xu Wen: “”
Sichuan opera changing face is also this speed, right?
Xu Wen tore a piece of doughnut and soaked it into the white rice porridge, “Simple! Just build a house if you need one! It’s not like there’s no land on Rainbow Island! After the house is built, we’ll live over here, and you’ll run to work every day and live in the dormitory if you’re on duty”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
After a long moment of silence, he gave a thumbs up towards Xu Wen, “Daughter-in-law, I was wrong! I forgot that you’re a rich man!”
To the rich, any problem that could be solved by spending money wasn’t called a problem
What’s more, with the right time, place, and people all together, Rainbow Real Estate could be established
Xu Man drew paper and wiped his mouth and hands for the well-fed Xia Chu, “I’ll have someone hand over the relevant materials to the battalion ministry recently, and when the formalities are all done, we’ll start construction”
Lu Yuanzheng frowns, “Doing real estate but it takes a lot of money, the kind that counts by millions!”
“I know, that’s why I’m working with you guys Aren’t you guys allowed to do business and be self-sufficient now?”
The army earns its own pay
“That’s not quite enough Most of the first houses to be built will have to be welfare housing Otherwise it won’t be easy to explain”
“That won’t work! The first batch can only be commercial houses, and only after making a profit can we have money to build welfare houses”
The couple was at a standstill over this
Xu Man didn’t budge an inch, “If you don’t agree, then I won’t partner with you Anyway, your battalion has money now, so go build welfare houses on your own! I’ll set up my own real estate company”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He put down his chopsticks and pinched his brow, “Daughter-in-law, although most of our family’s money is earned by you, as far as I know, we’re still a long way from being millionaires”
In fact they were afraid that they couldn’t even get six figures out of their hands
Cell phone factories, communication companies, printer factories, diaper factories, amusement parks, commercial streets, and so on, all the companies that Xu Man was directly or indirectly involved in, the annual share to her hands at least six figures
But Xu asked the hand basically does not stay idle money, either continue to invest out or buy real estate
Wherever you go to buy, a buy is five sets, earn more money can not be shelved so buy
At first, Lu Yuanzheng thought that it was impossible to go to so many places in one’s life, and there was no need to do so
As a result, Xu Wen’s store, which is the first house that Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng spent two thousand dollars to buy, has doubled dozens of times after the demolition, and also gave a set of new stores
It was only then that Lu Yuanzheng remembered that Xu Man was an open-minded person, and that she didn’t buy the house just to live in
Lu Yuanzheng has risen all the way to the head of the regiment, and his allowance has risen, so long as he doesn’t use the speed at which Xu Man makes money as a reference, there is no problem at all in feeding a family, and he is relatively wealthy
At the very least, it could exceed the consumption level of most people in the country
Unfortunately, with Xu Man as a reference, his salary was about the standard of the family’s living expenses
Even then he suspected that it was because Xu Man had given him face and lowered his standard of living
In fact, to be honest, Xu Wen didn’t have much luxury, living in a small three-bedroom apartment that was particularly crowded with a family of five
It was less than eighty square feet in total
Just home appliances are now especially complete, every month light electricity bill is also a number
The children’s clothes are all of the kind that can’t be seen as luxurious but are actually quite valuable
Just because you can’t see the value of money, so Dongsheng as usual on the tree under the sea to get all muddy, Xiachu as usual to the princess skirt to the waist a tie like a little heroine
The twins as usual Oh, the twins’ clothes are all cheap goods that Xu asked to exchange
It’s not that Xu asked to hold a grudge and bully the twins, the main twins happen to be fast growing time period, the clothes change two yards a year, buy a good waste
Xu Man’s clothes, skin care products and cosmetics are also more and more high grade, shoes and bags are also more and more expensive
But, only expensive not more
Home is such a palm-sized place, buy more no place to put
So the speed of spending money always can’t catch up with the speed of Xu Man’s earning
Moreover, Xu Wen has a lot of time, and she is particularly thorough in decentralization, and she is not greedy
The dividend is how much others give how much
Guo Jianye once jokingly asked her, “Sister-in-law, aren’t you afraid that I’ll roll up all your money someday, or that your company will change ownership?”
Xu Wen shook her head, “No!”
Guo Jianye was especially touched, “Sister-in-law I will definitely not fail your trust”
Xu Wen: “”
In fact, she just felt that money was all outside of her body, especially these dividends
Even if all the factories and companies stopped giving her dividends, there was still Lu Yuanzheng to back her up at the very least
If Xu Man doesn’t like to experience starting from scratch, then wait for another three to five years, all the a-share market, Xu Man can still become the richest overnight
She really doesn’t care
However, there are still a few years before the stock market opens, housing must be resolved now, otherwise the family will have to change to the center of the island to live
With a clear conscience, the islands are not doing too badly now
With the Rainbow Island that Lu Yuanzheng is in charge of, other islands and reefs will follow suit
As for the degree of learning, it depends on personal perception
After all, some people can test a hundred points and some people fail
So the same is the militarized management, each island whether it is the economy or development and construction of the degree of development is completely different
The center island as a regiment where the main officer is located, was more prosperous than the other islands, now although by the rainbow island this upstart than down, but the thin camel is bigger than a horse
Rainbow Island had gone from a desert island to the modern island it was now, similar to the boomers to a certain extent
Center Island is comparatively a powerful family that has been in business for generations Although it was once overtaken by the boomers, in many places the boomers were still inferior to the mansion families
It was just that Xu Wen and the others were too attached to Rainbow Island and didn’t want to leave
Otherwise the center island had a bit more of a future for development
Of course, Xu? salted fish? Wen, did not want a future
At this moment, but in order to get angry with Lu Yuanzheng, he said, “I can take out a loan!”
Where is the real estate developer who does not take out a loan?
Xu Wen shouted firmly, the momentum is also very sufficient, only the heart is false
She is not afraid to pay back the loan, but she does not want to suffer
Life in the world, most of the time pay and get is proportional
Real estate is good money, but also pay more
Need to mobilize a large number of people, there are business with the publicity of the construction team has sales and so on
But also at every turn to the relevant departments to run procedures
To always control the quality of construction, but also to ensure the safety of workers
Waiting for the opening of the disk, not sold out of worry, sold out of after-sales and problems
As the old saying goes, people are right and wrong
A large real estate company, even if Xu Man again salty fish to pay the hardship than open diaper factory time more
So Xu asked this heart does not want to be the boss, she only wants to be a partner in the advice
And Xu did not mean not to build dormitories, just think first build a batch of commercial housing, so that the road expedition they have profit, in order to build houses
Xu Man could then take the money and go on to her next project
She has thought about it, the first project she does not share the dividends
Lu Yuanzheng, on the other hand, was influenced by the rules and put the people before himself
When they went to the cafeteria, they would eat before the new recruits, and after the veterans, the soldiers before the cadres
The same goes for building a house, of course, since the regiment has money to build a house, naturally the family building, dormitory building, if there is money left over to consider the development of the house
Anyway, the military pay is not a worry for the time being
Seeing Xu Man bent on having his own way, Lu Yuanzheng let out a long sigh and suddenly lost the desire to eat
Dongsheng saw that the atmosphere was not right, he still had half a bowl of rice, it was a bit inappropriate to put down the bowl and run
Little adult like persuade: “You two even their next step where to live has not been resolved, but also for other people where to live quarrel? If I say I stand my mom Let’s not talk about anything else, there is still room to build the family building? Those uncles and aunts from the major offices have their own units, so why do you need to build dormitories for them at your expense?
Mom wants to build a house is also to solve the problem of those workers and farmers aunt and uncle have no place to live, you two are not the same purpose?”
Xu asked, “”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Xu Wen touched the top of Dongsheng’s head, “Dongsheng is right! Those offices have units, why does your regiment have to be responsible for building houses?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “They work on the island, it’s only right that we provide accommodation”
“Didn’t say it shouldn’t! The dormitory is also for the workers of those units, so why don’t you just ask their units for the money to build the dormitory? There are more than ten or twenty offices in that building, and a little bit from each unit would be enough for their dormitory!”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
It seems to be the same thing
In the end, it was Lu Yuanzheng who compromised and said he would go and coordinate
Song Baoying didn’t know that Xu Man’s two families were pondering how to stay on Rainbow Island, and thought that when Lu Yuanzheng left, Xu Man would follow him, oddly reluctant to give up on them, and prepared sumptuous dishes at home to invite the two of them to dinner
Xu Man didn’t think much of it, in the family building, everyone ate a meal together from time to time, especially habitual
So Lu Yuanzheng sent the twins to Zhu Meizhen’s side
Dongsheng went to Doudou’s house to dine
The two families only brought Xia Chu over
In fact, they don’t want to bring Xia Chu, but Xia Chu and Song Baoying’s family’s youngest son is particularly good relationship, non-messy with
Song Baoying’s second child had a son, older than Xu asked
Maybe because the two families a teacher and an instructor are doing the work of educating others, so that the son to teach the young and old, too literal
Xiao Xiachu is the complete opposite, as the only girl doll in the family, was spoiled lawlessness, the nature of the little devil is difficult to change, often teasing Song Baoying family’s youngest son, making him red in the face and ears
But he also extraordinarily likes to play with Xia Chou, no matter how Xia Chou teases him, he is not angry, and the next time he will still show a friendly smile towards Xia Chou
Xia Chu also likes this little brother who doesn’t get annoyed no matter how much he bullies him, and as soon as he heard that Xu Qian is going to Song Bao Ying’s house, he just farted around and had to follow
“Ooh!” As soon as Xu Man entered the door, he smelled the aroma coming from the kitchen, “What day is it today? Making such a big table of food?”
Just like New Year’s Eve, there was a table full of chickens, ducks, fish and meat, and it looked like a big battle
Song Baoying waited for Lu Yuanzheng to come in with his child and then closed the door, asking Xu, “What day is it? Didn’t I hear that Lu Yuanzheng was promoted again? Knowing that you’re too lazy to cook, I’ve prepared a table to celebrate for Lu Yuanzheng, which is also a way of practicing for you
Although it’s not far away, it’s still a long way from Rainbow Island to Center Island! It’s not like we can meet anytime like now!”
Xu Wen let out an ah, looked at the table of food, then looked at Lu Yuanzheng, and asked him, “You didn’t tell Shi Lei that we don’t intend to leave Rainbow Island?”
Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “We haven’t even discussed it yet, what would I tell him?”
Xu asked, “”
“What we haven’t discussed is the matter of being on Rainbow Island! Isn’t staying at Rainbow Island a consensus?”
Lu Yuanzheng stopped talking
First, Xu Man was right
Second, if Xu Man was wrong, he had to listen according to what was right
Song Boying didn’t bother to study the two people’s eye lawsuits and froze, “You guys have no plans to leave?”
Xu Wen looked at her strangely, “Then do you want us to leave or don’t you want us to leave?”
Song Bo Young: “”
“Of course I can’t let you guys go! But, if you guys don’t leave, why am I bothering to prepare this table of food?” Saying that, he turned back towards the kitchen and shouted “Old Shi, don’t fry the rest of the dishes! Your top boss has decided not to leave Rainbow Island!”
Xu Wen: ”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Shi Lei: “”
Shi Lei stood at the kitchen door with a spatula in his hand and asked Lu Yuanzheng with a confused look on his face, “You’re not getting promoted?”
At the same time, Xu Wen opened his mouth and questioned Song Baoying, “What, you don’t care about this meal if we don’t leave?”
Lu Yuanzheng pinched his brow and cried, “Still have to work on Rainbow Island”
The subtext is that the official has to be promoted and Rainbow Island has to be lived in
Song Baoying couldn’t be bothered to study Lu Yuanzheng’s words and snapped at Xu asked, “That can’t be! It has to be managed! Even if you don’t leave, you have to celebrate the promotion of Lu Yuanzheng, don’t you?”
“That’s right!” Xu Man consciously pulled out a chair and sat down
Having dealt with Song Bo Ying for so many years, he certainly knew what kind of person she was, and was only joking on purpose
All four of them took their seats, and the two children went to their rooms to eat the dishes on separate plates
The eldest daughter went to her classmate’s house to do her homework not to come back to eat
“How do you mean?” Song Baoying pursued urgently, “Why are you still going and not going again?”
“Lu Yuanzheng definitely wants to go to the center island to work, but we can’t bear to leave here, so we thought we’d still live over here and let him come back and forth every day”
Shi Lei looked at Lu Yuanzheng once he heard that he wanted to say something
Lu Yuanzheng sighed lightly, “I know what you want to say, I won’t occupy the house”
Shi Lei has a few points of embarrassment, although the former colleagues, but now Lu Yuanzheng has been his boss, some words are not convenient to say
Song Baoying is just a family member who doesn’t have so many scruples as Shi Lei, and asked directly, “Where do you go if you don’t live in the family building? You can’t go to your parents’ place, right? Although your parents still have a vacant room, put your family of five is not a little crowded? Besides, there’s still Xu Che and Yuan Bao, can you all live together?”
Xu Man spread his hands, “No”
According to the standards of the Peach Source Village in the past, it was definitely possible to live there
A large dirt kang could sleep eight people, let alone six rooms for ten or so people
Of course the latter was more lenient
But today has been the wind of reform and opening up has blown all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, doing business with fewer and fewer restrictions, the individual economy is becoming more and more popular
Can make money also do not have to pretend illiterate Xu Man how can still entrust themselves back to the beginning
“Then what do you think?” Song Boying looked anxious, “I haven’t seen you for a few days, how come you still have a problem with selling secrets?”
“It’s not that I’m trying to sell secrets, mainly now we haven’t figured out exactly how to do it The current idea is to build a house on Rainbow Island!”
Song Bo Ying’s eyes lit up and he slapped his head, “Right! Look at this brain of mine! Your family isn’t short on money, and there’s still barren land on the island, so you can ask for a home base or buy a piece of land and build it yourself!”
Xu Man bit the end of his chopsticks and gave Lu Yuanzheng a sidelong glance, “Sister-in-law, you’re especially right! I’ll buy a piece of land and build a villa myself!”
Why did she have to go through the trouble of getting a real estate company?
What’s it to her if other people don’t have a place to live?
The big deal was that she would wait two more years until the land could be traded and buy a piece of land to print two more rows of dormitories for her family workers
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He heard the implication of Xu Wen’s words
Seemingly inviting a sigh, he didn’t dare say a word
He knew that the reason why Xu Man tossed all this was because of him, otherwise like Song Baoying said, going to the village to ask for a piece of residential base to build a house would not be a big deal to Xu Man at all
Shi Lei also smacked out of the wrong, asked Xu, “Sister-in-law, do you have another good idea? I mean, the kind that everyone on the island will benefit from!”
“Bribery is okay? Don’t you guys have discipline?” Song Boying wondered
Xu asked, “”
A mouthful of who choked in her throat, coughing her heart out
Lu Yuanzheng hurriedly smoothed her back, “Slow down!”
Shi Lei explained towards Song Baoying with a speechless face, “It’s not the bribe of bribe! It’s a favorable favor Whenever sister-in-law wanted to do something, we didn’t follow her?”
Song Baoying then realized and agreed, “That’s true!” Then he turned to Xu Man, “Then, sister-in-law, what did you think of this time?”
Xu Wen had only calmed her breathing when she heard the door being knocked on
“Who could be here at this hour?” Song Boying said as she got up to open the door
The dining room was close enough to the entry door to be seen and heard
As soon as Song Baoying opened the door, she saw her sisters-in-law, led by Doudou’s mom and Wang Lingling, blocking the entire hallway
There were also some sisters-in-law who couldn’t even squeeze up the hallway, but could only stand on the stairs from a distance
Anyway, Song Baoying took a look at the stairs from her house to the next floor and they were all full of sisters-in-law
Song Baoying pondered in her mind the possibility of letting them all enter the house, but on her lips she said enthusiastically: ”Sister-in-laws, why are you all here together? Come, come, quickly enter the house!”
DouDouMa and the others knew very well that the family building was a sparrow’s nest no matter how many rooms there were, it was pitifully small and could not accommodate them
“No, sister-in-law, I heard that ask sister-in-law in your place?” DouDouMom smiled
Xu Wen was particularly puzzled to hear that she was here to find herself, and busily stood up to welcome her
Song Baoying moved to one side to make room for Xu Man, so that the sister-in-laws could all see her
“Sister-in-laws are all here to find me?” Xu Man looked toward the door and rounded her almond eyes in surprise
It was feared that more than half of the sister-in-laws in the family building had come
Wang Lingling nodded, “We heard that you and Lu Tuan are leaving Rainbow Island and having a practice meal here at Instructor Shi’s place, so we wanted to come over and add a dish!”
“Your family Dongsheng said that you and Lu Tuan are having dinner at sister-in-law Baoying’s house so we spontaneously all came!” DouDouMom passed the plate she was holding in front of Xu Man, “Sister-in-law, don’t you like my braised lion’s head the best? I’ll add a dish for you! We’ve been together for so many years, so you have to have a bite of my food for this practice meal!”
“And me, I made chicken with pork belly!”
“I have braised pork!”
“Steamed fish!”
Starting from DouDou’s mom and Wang LingLing all the way down, the sound of sisters-in-law reporting the names of their dishes one after another resounded
Xu Wen was touched, especially touched
Song Baoying, as an onlooker, was watching with tears in her eyes
What Xu Man had done for Rainbow Island all these years was there for all to see
Like Shi Lei said just now, everyone was a beneficiary
Not to mention the fact that Xu Man and his wife were usually righteous, everyone really couldn’t bear to part with them
It was no wonder that these sisters-in-law had all made one of their own specialty dishes to send to Xu Man as soon as they heard the commotion
These dishes are the real “Hundreds of Rice”!
I guess this place in their home simply can’t hold it
Xu Man was silent for a moment, a little embarrassed: “I’m very grateful to all of you! I appreciate all of your thoughts But ”
Xu Wen took a deep breath, “We won’t be leaving Rainbow Island for the time being!”
Wang Lingling said, “Huh?” Wang Lingling let out a cry, “Isn’t the Road Corps going to be transferred to the Center Island? Isn’t sister-in-law Baoying practicing for you?”
Song Baoying nodded and shook her head, “I did want to give them the same as you guys! But they said they weren’t going We were just talking about this, and here you all are!”
The sisters-in-law outside the door cheered in unison
“Really? Sister-in-law you’re really not leaving?”
“That’s great! We can be together every day again!”
“Sister-in-law, I’m so relieved that you’re not leaving, ever since I realized that the road troupe would be promoted and transferred, and that you guys would be leaving with them, I’ve been feeling a sense of emptiness in my heart It feels like only with you guys around, we won’t panic at any time”
“Right, me too!”
“And me!”
Voices rose and fell in the hallway
It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t touched, and then again this wasn’t the place to talk, so Xu Man spoke, “Thank you all again! But Song Baoying’s sister-in-law’s family can’t accommodate this many of us! Why don’t we all go back first and find a new place for a slumber party some other day?”
“Why don’t we choose a day, today?”
I don’t know which sister-in-law shouted out
Xu asked, “”
“Exactly! We’re all carrying so many dishes! Why don’t we just make it a potluck!”
Xu Man glanced back at Lu Yuanzheng, who had followed him, and after hesitating, he still nodded, “Alright then!”
To this day, Rainbow Island no longer had a large enough indoor space for Xu Man and the girls to have a potluck or a pajama party
There was in the school, but it was just that the school was already in a whole lot of use, so it wasn’t appropriate for them to commandeer it for chatting and throwing a party
After half a day’s discussion, no one had a good idea where to go
In the end, it was Lu Yuanzheng who gave them an idea, letting them go camping
Everyone thought it was a good idea and agreed
So Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei went to the battalion headquarters and called a few people to help them set up two big tents on the beach
There were just too many sisters-in-law now
At the beginning of the slumber party, there were only twenty or so, then fifty or sixty, and now there are two hundred or so, so one tent can’t sleep at all
The two tents were all crowded together
Lu Yuanzheng also got two tables for Xu Wen and the girls to set up their “full banquet”
The “Full Han Banquet” only had 108 dishes Xu Man and the girls had more than 120 dishes
There might be duplicates, such as two plates of braised pork, but there would never be a single flavor
Because each sister-in-law had only brought one dish
Sister-in-law Song Baoying had all brought a dish in accordance with the local customs
When Xu Man saw her carry the dish out, he was a bit speechless for a moment, “Then do I have to go home and get a dish to bring with me as well?”
Song Boying shook her head, “You’re the main character where do you need to get any dishes!”
Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei set up their tents and were ready to retreat back to drink
Before leaving, Lu Yuanzheng made a phone call gesture towards Xu Wen
It meant for her to call out to him when something happened
Xu Wen nodded
Song Baoying lamented, “The two of you can still be as close to each other as if you were young after so many years, it’s really enviable!”
DouDou’s mom agreed: “That’s right! Obviously you have four children, but you’re still like a newlywed couple!”
Wang Lingling, on the other hand, looked toward the real newlyweds in the corner and shook her head, “Maybe many newlyweds don’t ask their sisters-in-law and Lu Tuan like that!”
Wang Ying passed by and interjected, “That’s not true It’s Lu Tuan and Xu Wen’s sister-in-law that people envy! They have love, children, money and talent!”
Xu Man was too busy to stop, “We’ve been tossing and turning for half a day, so we’re all hungry, aren’t we? Let’s talk while we eat!”
There were so many dishes and so many people that it could only be changed to a buffet
All the dishes were laid out on a few tables, and all the sisters-in-law circled around the table with bowls and chopsticks in their hands, pinching whatever they wanted to eat
Everyone ate and chatted
As we talked, it became a thank you party for Xu Wen
To be exact, it was a thank you party for Xu Wen
Everyone thanked Xu Wen one after another
Wang Ying started it off, she brought two cups of juice and handed Xu Man a cup: “Sister-in-law, thank you! Without you, I wouldn’t be where I am today!”
Xu Man: “”
This sounded particularly doggerel, feeling like a fake modeling philanthropist
Wang Ying saw it and explained, “I’m not talking to you in polite terms!”
She turned around and pointed to a few of the first batch of sisters-in-law who came to the island, “They all know about my past! At that time, I wasn’t popular with everyone, and I almost ruined my marriage Later on, you scolded me and woke me up! I got into a junior college and came back to Rainbow Island to become a teacher In short, because of you I have the happy days Zhao Gang and I have now!”
“Me too!” Jiang Yi Yi jumped out
Xu asked, “”
She waved her hand in rejection, “What are you? I’m not helping you with anything!”
“Why not? I almost broke up with our family, Li Mao, back in the day! It was because of that slumber party where my sisters-in-law told so many stories about themselves that I realized where I went wrong!”
“Then that’s due to the other sister-in-laws! I didn’t tell you any stories” Xu Wen shook her head, at that time she was also a new army sister-in-law, but she hadn’t experienced this yet
“Even though you didn’t tell me any stories, you were the one who organized the pajama party! Besides, if it wasn’t for you tutoring me, I wouldn’t have gotten into college After all, I still have to thank you, don’t I?”
Xu asked, “”
“Alright! If you say so!” Xu Man also gently clinked glasses with Jiang Yi Yi
Inexplicably remembering Jiang Yi Yi’s “push-up” stunt, he looked down and laughed lightly
Wang Lingling also came over
Xu Wen waved his hand, “Chatting is fine, forget the drinks, I’m having a hard time holding up”
One cup per person, there were over a hundred people here, she really couldn’t handle it
Most of the sisters-in-law made their own remarks thanking Xu Man
There were those who had a good life because of her, those who had gone to school or gotten married because of her
Xu Man listened to them one by one, somewhat in a trance, wondering if the person in her sisters-in-law’s mouth was herself
She had always thought that she was a salted fish lying flat
After all, as far as her golden finger was concerned, any other person would probably be the richest person in the world by now, but she was still a full-time housewife
She doesn’t work much, and most of the time, she leads her four children to play blindly
But it turned out that, without realizing it, she had done so many things
Only, this night’s slumber party didn’t end well after all