Chapter 81

The sky is only a touch of orange, without the heat of the day, half dark, can still see clearly

On the beach, the hustle and bustle, the sound of people is very lively

Xu Man holding Dongsheng barefoot in the sun exposure of the day still residual temperature on the beach

In addition to the mother and son, there were also many sisters-in-law and children who had just arrived on the island and were full of novelty

As for the morning sisters-in-law who were already immune to the island, they spontaneously went to the upper part of the island to help put on the skewers and grill the meat

“Ma-ma, can I go play with those kids?” Toshio pointed to the small children who were role-playing not far away

“Of course” Xu Wen let go of her hand, “Be sure to be safe Also, try not to let them go into the sea, what if they drown?”

Dongsheng answered, running over quickly

Xu Man went upwards to look for Lu Yuanzheng

In order to avoid a large number of people not well taken care of, or company as a unit in a circle, each company to take care of themselves

Battalion headquarters is a separate circle, in addition to Lu Yuanzheng Shi Lei and their respective clerks, communication soldiers, health company, driver class and other logistics support to the battalion headquarters

Because they are few

A few bricks a circle inside laying charcoal, on top of the grill net grill, five or six people in a group, you can begin to roast

The battalion bought two live pigs and sheep, slaughtered and cut them up, and the meat was fresh

Each company’s cooking class division of labor, there are killing pigs and sheep to go out to sea to fish, there are to go to the vegetable field to pick vegetables can be used for barbecue, such as mushrooms, eggplants, leeks and so on

Xu Wen also made some gluten to bring over, Dongsheng likes to eat

The gluten was washed by herself

When Xu Wen found Lu Yuanzheng, he was already sitting by the charcoal fire, guarding the rack and starting to work

She sat down next to him and asked, “Why are you so free?”

Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows in confusion

Xu Wen lifted her chin, “You don’t need to take care of so many people?”

Lu Yuanzheng laughed, “What kind of organization do you think we are? They don’t need me to teach them by hand Each of them knows what they should and shouldn’t do Besides, it’s break time, as long as they don’t get drunk or fight or make trouble, what do I care about them? I’m not a kindergarten teacher”

Xu Man is now a real kindergarten teacher, giving the children lessons every day, sniffing him and pinching him on the thigh: “What’s wrong with being a kindergarten teacher? I even teach your soldiers!”

Lu Yuanzheng’s legs are full of muscles, hard and she did not pinch

Lu Yuanzheng especially cooperated and let out an ouch

Xu Wen glared at him

The oil from the roasted fat meat dripped down the cracks of the grill net onto the charcoal, making a zipping sound, and then the scarlet charcoal reignited

Lu Yuanzheng lifted the roasted meat up high and nourished the flames with the prepared water He handed the grilled meat skewer to Xu Man, “Don’t be angry, have a meat skewer to suppress the fire and taste the flavor, okay?”

Xu Man took the meat skewer and bit into it viciously, then hissed as it was scalded

Lu Yuanzheng had no choice but to say, “Eat slowly”

After a while, people basically all arrived, Dongsheng also found over to sit between Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen

Next to their family of three is Shi Lei, next to Shi Lei is the health company’s commander and his wife

He looked left and right and sighed: “Suddenly I feel that this meat does not smell good?”

When will his wife come?

Lu Yuanzheng and his partner for so long, directly demolished: “Do not eat you put down”

Dongsheng interjected, “Uncle Shi, I can eat it for you”

Shi Lei hammered Dongsheng on the top of his head in a bad mood, “I’ll use you as a substitute!”

Lu Yuanzheng remembered something and asked him, “What number do you plan to go out?”

The National Day vacation can can be a break

According to the regulations, each squad could have two or three going out slots every day during the rest period

The chief officers could also take turns resting

There was a special boat responsible for transporting the outgoing officers and soldiers and their sisters-in-law to the center island to play

It leaves at eight thirty and returns at three

Shi Lei knew that Lu Yuanzheng was going out as soon as he heard it, and was especially dejected, “Beg me!”

Lu Yuanzheng’s answer was to stretch his legs and kick him

He is still begging him? He is spoiled

After a while, Shi Lei cleared his throat and said the main thing: “Anyway, not tomorrow The cultural performance is coming! The first stop is our island The stage is not ready yet! You keep an eye on them to make the stage, I have to help entertain and settle those actors on the island, I heard that not only the army cultural troupe, but also students from an art school are also coming over”

Lu Yuanzheng thought about it, “Okay! Then let’s wait for this to pass”

While eating and chatting, the new sisters-in-law gradually became less formal

Some of the companies had already reached the talent show stage, and when Xu Wen heard a round of applause, he looked up to see a sister-in-law dancing in the middle of their company’s circle, while the other companies were also very lively, singing and playing games

Only their side of the battalion had come to eat in name only

Shi Lei’s meat skewer pointed at the driver’s squad, “Pointing at you guys being lively! Don’t just focus on eating!”

The few people in the driver’s class were a bit bewildered

I don’t know how they became the top man

Their job was to drive all kinds of vehicles, big and small, like cranes, shovels, bulldozers, and long tractor-trailers, which were used to pull tanks

Everyone drove at least two kinds of vehicles

There was only one driver’s squad for the whole battalion, and usually they fired as a company, and a few of them went to dine and dabble

Whichever company made a favorite meal went there

Usually there are activities in the company also have nothing to do with them, a few people chatting more or less a little bit aggrieved, feel like no one wants a few of them

I did not expect that today finally do not have to rub the company’s meal also have their own place

Also did not expect the meat just swallowed on the name

Shi Lei’s intention of the so-called top pillar is nothing more than letting them perform

A few people looked at each other and bitterly, none of them would

“Instructor, we really don’t know how”

“Out of breath!”

Lu Yuanzheng’s gaze fell on Xu Wen and Dongsheng, stood up and patted the dirt on his butt, “With so many family members today, we can’t wimp out I’ll make a sample first”

He opened his mouth and sang a military song

The military song they all knew

Several people slowly followed along and started singing

The atmosphere was also slowly pulled up

After Lu Yuanzheng, the driver’s class and the sanitation company all sang along

Shi Lei patted Lu Yuanzheng’s shoulder and gestured his eyes towards the other companies: ”Let’s go! It’s a happy thing that so many family members have come to the island The two of us have to go over and say hello as well”

The two of them are the biggest officials on Rainbow Island, the soldiers respect them because of their superior and subordinate relationship, their sisters-in-law are not superior and subordinate to them but are the ones who silently support their work behind the scenes, so they deserve to go and greet them

Lu Yuanzheng nodded and got up, tapping Xu Man on the shoulder, “Wait for me for a while”

Xu Man nodded

Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei started from the first company, each company stood for a while to say a few words, and then came back after half an hour had passed

Xu Man took over Lu Yuanzheng’s work and roasted meat to feed Dongsheng first

Dongsheng ate and drank his fill and ran off to play as soon as he wiped his mouth

Xu Man also ate almost all of his own food, and roasted some meat and vegetables and put them aside, thinking that it would be convenient for Shi Lei and Lu Yuanzheng to eat when they came back

When Lu Yuanzheng came back, he also took a few grilled prawns from other companies and handed them to Xu Man: “This is good, try it”

Xu Man ate a skewer, it was delicious, but she was full

The other companies were still buzzing, but their battalion headquarters had quieted down

For one thing, Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei are the biggest officials on the island, and the others are all considered subordinates, so they eat with them, except for their sisters-in-law, who are more or less constrained

Secondly, there are few of them, and those who can sing and dance have already performed

Dongsheng all went up and sang three songs

Xu Wen looked at the hustle and bustle in the distance, thought about it, and got up, “I’ll sing a song too!”

She had specially learned the old seventies songs from the Magic Mirror

In fact, Xu Wen was very good at singing, and used to be a mic-man

After crossing over, she really hasn’t sung much, and even if the school organizes a cultural evening, she never dares to open her mouth for fear of singing something she shouldn’t taste

Now there is a magic mirror, generally can know what songs now, learned two songs

Xu asked the singing voice and people are not the same, especially crisp, not enchanting not milk sound is very quiet, let people listen to the heart especially comfortable

From the time Xu Man opened her mouth, Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes never left her, looking at her eyes more and more tender, more and more lingering

After Xu Man finished singing, everyone applauded enthusiastically

Compliments continued to flow

Just sitting down for a short while, Lu Yuanzheng found an excuse and pulled her away

“Where to?”

“Home”

“Home for what?”

“You guess”

Xu asked, “”

She didn’t want to guess

Nor did she want to go back

Were there many things two people could do when they went home at night?

It’s basically just that one option

Lu Yuanzheng persuaded again, “They can’t let go if we’re here If I leave with Shi Lei, they can still go to other companies to get high” He gestured to the guys from the Driver’s Banwei Company

Xu Man thought about it, and only then did he reluctantly follow Lu Yuanzheng away

What Lu Yuanzheng could think of Shi Lei could of course, and also found an excuse to leave

Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng held hands as they walked down the beach toward the wooden house, and halfway there, they saw a lone figure

Wang Ying

Wang Ying was sitting under a tree, crying

If there had been a second way home, Xu Man would have led Lu Yuanzheng back around

Unfortunately, there wasn’t There was only one way

Out of humanitarianism, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man couldn’t just ignore it

Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng looked at each other, and they let go of their clasped hands

Xu Man walked to Wang Ying, bent down and patted her, and at the same time uttered, “Wang sister in law, what happened to you?”

According to the agreement, Wang Ying could not get a divorce if she did not go to college

Zhao Gang also moved back to the wooden house and reapplied for a two room apartment

The relationship between the two people has slightly eased, and they don’t fight much anyway

But it was about the same as if it looked like they were sharing a room

Anyway, just don’t bother anyone else, everyone had gotten used to ignoring Wang Ying, and Wang Ying’s sense of existence had been getting lower and lower since she fell off the list

She was not a groupie, like today’s situation, everyone is lively and she is alone and happy, it is quite normal, I do not know how to still cry on

Wang Ying did not expect someone to come, startled, heard Xu Man’s voice raised his head, tearful eyes looked at Xu Man, hiccuped, hiccuped: “Zhao Gang wants to divorce me”

Xu Man turned back to look at Lu Yuanzheng

Lu Yuanzheng lightly shook his head, meaning that the divorce report hadn’t been delivered to him and he didn’t know yet

Xu Man’s eyes indicated that he knew, and he turned back to crouch in front of Wang Ying, asking her, “Then shouldn’t you be happy? Why are you crying?”

Wang Ying had previously been making a fuss not just about wanting a divorce, and now her heart’s desire had come true

“Oooh I don’t want to leave”

Xu Wen raised his eyebrows, finally more than a few points of interest, and asked her, “Why?”

Wang Ying happened to cry to the strength, a moment of braking, huffing and puffing: “I do not know what to do after the divorce”

Xu Wen understood

Divorced doesn’t mean she can go back to the city, her file is still on the farm

It was likely that she would still have to go back

She didn’t like the hard work on the farm, and she didn’t want to go back even more after two years of idleness with Zhao Gang

This is not worth sympathizing with, Xu Wen stood up again, leaving a sentence “Then you and Zhao Banchang to discuss, sitting here crying can not solve the problem” He wanted to leave

Wang Ying grabbed Xu Man, “Xu Man, can you help me?”

Xu Man struggled, not opening her hand

When Lu Yuanzheng saw this, he walked over with a frown on his face

Xu Man shook her head at him, signaling him not to intervene

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips and didn’t move after all, but was only a step away from them

At this distance, he was certain that he could protect Xu Man

Wang Ying didn’t mean to harm Xu Man, seeing that Xu Man didn’t answer, his tone became a few points more urgent, “Please, help me!”

Xu Man stopped struggling, only looking down and asking her, “Then how do you want me to help? Help you go and tell Zhao Banzai, ‘Oops! Don’t divorce Wang Ying! She still needs you now, but when she doesn’t need you anymore, she’ll kick you out’ Or tell him, ‘Don’t divorce Wang Ying, she doesn’t want to go back to the farm, she still wants you to support her After all, you don’t just get ten dollars a month for not working with the army!'”

Wang Ying cringed at Xu Man’s squeeze and mumbled, “I didn’t mean it like that either I know what I did before was wrong”

Xu Man was really shocked this time, wondering if there was something wrong with his ears, was Wang Ying admitting her mistake?

In sister-in-law Li’s words, red rain had to fall on that day

When Wang Ying saw that Xu Man wasn’t going to leave, she let go of her and hung her head, “In addition to not wanting me to take advantage of the army, Zhao Gang divorced me and also wanted me to go back and study hard for the university entrance exams next year He said that the conditions here are not good for studying and asked me to go back, he said that he would still provide for me for a year and let me take the exam test again next year”

Xu Man was even more surprised, “In that case, why are you crying?”

Zhao Gang class president how suitable this condition is for Wang Ying

“If he said this before my college entrance exam, I would have divorced him and left without a second thought But ” Wang Ying was silent for a while before she continued to speak, “I don’t know how to describe my thoughts I don’t know how to describe what I’m thinking In fact, after the examination, I know I didn’t do well, but I don’t die Every day, I look forward to the acceptance letter I felt that only when the acceptance letter came could my life change

I couldn’t wait, so I went and begged Zhao Gang to help me check my results”

This was something Xu Man remembered, that day Wang Ying didn’t get the letter and went to Zhao Gang, then Zhao Gang’s company commander begged to Lu Yuanzheng, or Lu Yuanzheng went to ask her

Wang Ying sniffled and smiled bitterly, “The moment I found out my score I kind of didn’t want to live I even put the rope on the beam, but the child did not know why he cried, hugged my legs and did not let go, and kept shouting “Ma Ma” My heart softened and I held him and cried for a long time In fact, he did not cry, I think I will not end up hanging himself, after all, I’m such a coward how could have the courage to die?

But, without dying I don’t also dare to go out I’m afraid you guys will laugh at me”

She wasn’t stupid, she had always been poorly liked

Before, when everyone was indifferent to her, she still gambled a breath, thinking that it would be fine when she got into college

But she never thought about what to do if she failed the exam

If she really failed, Wang Ying’s fear of everyone was far greater than the pain of failing the exam itself

She was afraid that people would laugh at her

She was afraid that she would have to live like this for the rest of her life