Chapter 112: He Doesn’t Find Me Attractive

Everyone wanted a bite of this big piece of fat, Chen Mingchuan. Thinking about it, Li Xinyue felt a little amused.

Such an excellent man, could he possibly find anyone, human or ghost, attractive?

Being cultured is good, but is that enough?

She really has no self-awareness!

“Sanni, Chen Mingchuan’s taste isn’t that bad, he has high standards!”

“Pfft!”

Qian Sanni also laughed: “You’re right! In our hometown, we also say: flowers match flowers, willows match willows, broken baskets match broken brooms!”

“See, you know how good our Battalion Commander Chen’s taste is!”

Siss~~~

Li Xinyue’s teeth ached.

He didn’t find the original owner attractive!

Actually, Li Xinyue, who hadn’t married, was truly good: pretty, cheerful, and hardworking.

Back then, there were countless young men in the village who wanted to marry her.

Unfortunately, she fell victim to Chen Mingchuan!

“You’re really good at flattering me! I’m not bad, but he doesn’t find me attractive.”

What?

Qian Sanni looked bewildered: “Xinyue, what are you saying?”

Li Xinyue chuckled: “I’m saying Chen Mingchuan doesn’t find me attractive, it’s me who finds him attractive!”

Qian Sanni: “…You’re not joking, are you?”

You can’t hide the truth.

She’s going to get a divorce in the future.

Li Xinyue still smiled: “Why would I joke? He’s such an excellent man, he must have plenty of options.”

“But I only graduated from junior high school, and my parents are both dead.”

“Although I know a little bit about traditional medicine, and I have a face that’s considered passable, what else do I have?”

“It’s not unusual for him not to find me attractive, right?”

Qian Sanni: “…”

Your husband doesn’t find you attractive, and you’re still so happy?

“Xinyue, aren’t you worried?”

Li Xinyue spread her hands: “Worried about what? I’m married to him now, aren’t I?”

“For the future, worrying won’t help.”

“If he’s meant to be with me, he’ll spend his life with me. If he’s not destined to be my lifelong partner, will worrying do any good?”

It seems to make sense!

That’s how it is.

But how many people in the world can think so clearly?

Qian Sanni looked at Li Xinyue with a complex expression: “Xinyue, you’re really good, I believe Battalion Commander Chen can see your good qualities.”

Of course she’s good!

She’s excellent in every way!

But Li Xinyue didn’t expect Chen Mingchuan to find her attractive: being beautiful alone isn’t scary, without a man, she can focus on her career!

Thinking about her past life, Li Xinyue had no expectations for men!

She didn’t want to say more, there were so many pieces of furniture that needed cleaning.

Li Xinyue chuckled: “You’re flattering me so much, you’ll make me proud!”

“I’m not going to chat with you today, I have to get busy.”

She was almost three months pregnant, and she was easily tired.

Qian Sanni knew she had to clean up this mess, and nodded: “Go ahead, I’ll go to sleep after a while.”

Just as they finished speaking, Chen Mingchuan came out with a basin and a bucket.

The things were lined up on the ground.

He filled the basin with water, squeezed a cloth, and the couple started working hard, with Little Yi playing with water beside them.

“It’s so dirty! I’m afraid this cloth won’t be clean enough.”

Seeing her sweating profusely, Chen Mingchuan said: “I’ll do this, you go and rest with Yi for a while.”

The water basin was under a few big trees, with thick leaves.

Although the sun was very strong at noon, it was relatively cooler under the big trees.

Li Xinyue didn’t want to work either, but there was so much stuff to clean, it would take a long time.

“No need, just wash it quickly, and we’ll dry it in the sun later.”

Especially the sofa, the fabric was like burlap, it would be difficult to dry if it got wet.

Chen Mingchuan’s eyes flickered when he heard this: “Wait, go sit there for a while and play with your son.”

He ran off, leaving his things behind.

Where did he go?

The midday heat was stifling. Chen Mingchuan had disappeared, so Li Xinyue sat down in the shade of a tree.

A few minutes later, he came running back, drenched in sweat.

“Where did you go?”

“Made a phone call.”

“?”

Why would he suddenly make a phone call?

Without saying anything more, Li Xinyue didn’t ask further.

“Take Y’er to buy popsicles. The military service center sells them, five cents each.”

Popsicles here?

Li Xinyue was genuinely curious. What did popsicles from this era look like and taste like?

“Yier, let’s go buy popsicles.”

Chen Yiheng’s big eyes lit up like stars at the mention of popsicles.

Growing up, Chen Yiheng had only tasted a popsicle once, and that was when his neighbor, Liangzi, let him take a bite.

It was so delicious!

Private businesses were not allowed, so there were no popsicles sold in the countryside.

The little guy had only tasted popsicles in June when he went to the commune with his neighbors.

Liangzi’s family was also of modest means.

That time, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative, and he cried for a popsicle. His mother had no choice but to buy him one.

Now, his mother said she would take him to buy popsicles, and Chen Yiheng’s little heart was about to burst out of his chest.

“Mom, popsicles are expensive, I can just eat half.”

Who eats half a popsicle?

Li Xinyue laughed. The little guy was worried about money at such a young age?

She stroked his head affectionately, her face full of confidence.

“We have money. If you want to eat, eat a whole one.”

“But eating too much will give you diarrhea, so you can’t eat too many.”

“You eat one, and Mom eats one.”

Can he eat a whole one?

That’s great.

Chen Yiheng’s eyes shone even brighter.

He would never forget the taste of that one bite of popsicle.

She was about to take her son and leave, but seeing the man working hard, Li Xinyue stopped.

“Yier, wait a minute, Mom will get something.”

“Okay, Mom.”

Li Xinyue took a lunch box and a warm towel: “Let’s go.”

The dormitory was not close to the military service center, it was about a ten-minute walk. Fortunately, there were trees along the way.

Mother and son soon arrived at the military service center.

Popsicles didn’t require tickets, but there was only one kind: sugar water popsicles.

They were literally made with cold boiled water and sugar, and it was said that they were made by the logistics department of the division.

They weren’t stored in a freezer, but in a wooden box.

The box was wrapped in layers of blankets. When it was opened, a wave of cold air rushed out.

So comfortable!

Li Xinyue secretly sighed: When would air conditioning come out?

“Comrade, how many do you want?”

The saleswoman came over.

Li Xinyue immediately said: “Three.”

“Five cents each, that’s fifteen cents in total.”

“Okay.”

The saleswoman was also a military wife.

It was said that the military wives who worked here were all family members of officers at the regimental level or above.

This military wife had a slightly long face and was probably in her early forties.

She didn’t have the typical big-haired look of the older women, but instead had two long braids that were coiled up at the back of her head.

She looked pretty good, but her expression was a bit stiff. I wonder whose wife she was!

Did she dislike me?