Chapter 161: Taking Care of the Children

As soon as they saw them, Wu Weiguo’s face lit up with joy, and he immediately greeted them.

“Battalion Commander, Sister-in-law, why are you here?”

In the army, regardless of age, the family members of officers are called “Sister-in-law,” regardless of their age, as a sign of respect.

Chen Mingchuan had already explained, so Li Xinyue didn’t feel embarrassed and smiled, responding:

“Old Wu, congratulations!”

“Twins, that’s a blessing you can’t envy!”

Wu Weiguo’s face was beaming: “Thank you, thank you Sister-in-law! Come in and have a seat!”

“Xiaohe, go pour some tea, what are you standing there for!”

“Yes… yes, yes.”

Wu Xiaohe finally snapped out of her daze, blushing as she ran to the kitchen.

To be heard by the man she admired saying bad things about her sister-in-law, how embarrassing it was!

Wu’s living room was packed, and the once spacious room instantly felt small.

Especially with things piled everywhere on the floor, it felt even more cramped.

Chen Mingchuan placed the things on the table and handed the envelope containing the money directly to Wu Weiguo.

“Battalion Commander, I can’t accept this!”

Chen Mingchuan patted Wu Weiguo’s shoulder: “Take it, it’s a little token of our love.”

“You’ll have a heavier burden on your shoulders in the future, work hard, and strive to advance to the next level in technology by the end of the year!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Weiguo’s eyes lit up: “Thank you, Battalion Commander.”

Chen Mingchuan shook his head: “Thank you is useless, hard work is what matters! Pay more attention to the research project that your Battalion Commander is working on!”

Wu Weiguo nodded repeatedly: “Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!”

While the two men were talking, Li Xinyue took her son’s hand and went into the inner room.

“Xinyue, you… you… oh, the room is a mess…”

Seeing her, Zhao Lan, lying on the bed, was very embarrassed and didn’t know what to say.

Actually, the room wasn’t messy.

The things were neatly organized and arranged, a world apart from the living room.

Li Xinyue went up to her with an envious look: “Zhao Lan, congratulations!”

“Twins, that’s a blessing that only five women out of a thousand have!”

Zhao Lan was truly overjoyed to have given birth to a pair of twins.

“Thank you, thank you Xinyue, the movements you taught me that day really helped!”

Those movements were derived from centuries of experience, so they definitely had an effect.

However, Li Xinyue was too modest to take credit: “It’s still your good fortune, having a pair of children who love their mother.”

Is that so?

Yes, it must be because the two children love their mother that they were born so smoothly, right?

Of course, Zhao Lan loved to hear people say that her children were well-behaved.

Seeing Chen Yiheng staring at the two little ones without blinking, she immediately asked: “Yiheng, do you want to see your little brother and little sister?”

Chen Yiheng, the little boy, was genuinely curious about these little brothers and sisters, and answered without hesitation.

“Yes! Mom, I want to see my little brother and little sister.”

Li Xinyue smiled and nodded: “Go ahead, but just look, okay.”

“Okay, I won’t touch them, because they’re too small.”

“Right, right, my son is so smart!”

The children were very beautiful, although not chubby.

Double eyelids, big eyes, they looked like Zhao Lan.

Li Xinyue loved them: “They’ll be handsome and beautiful in the future.”

Zhao Lan laughed happily: “Xinyue, Yiheng is truly handsome.”

“Honestly, I haven’t seen any child in this compound who is better looking than him!”

Chen Yiheng was indeed handsome, inheriting the best qualities of his parents.

The only downside was that he was a little thin.

But he drank milk every day, and Li Xinyue was sure he would soon gain weight.

She wasn’t worried about his height, as the little guy’s calves were quite muscular.

Moreover, his parents are both tall, so he’s guaranteed to be a long-legged “oppa” in the future!

“Your son and daughter won’t be any different, take good care of yourself. A woman’s body can only recover if she takes good care of herself during her confinement period.”

“Okay, thank you, Sister Xinyue for your concern, I will!”

Just as they finished watching the child, Aunt Wu came out of the kitchen.

“You’re so thoughtful, thank you so much!”

As soon as she entered the room, she started to shout.

Chen Mingchuan politely said, “You’re welcome, Lao Wu and I are comrades-in-arms, brothers.”

“You just came back, we won’t disturb you anymore, we’ll come back for tea later.”

Seeing that they were about to leave, Aunt Wu enthusiastically tried to keep them: “No, no, this is your first time coming to my house with your wife and child, have some tea before you go!”

There’s no place to even put their feet, how can that woman drink tea?

“No, next time.”

After saying that, Chen Mingchuan took Chen Yiheng’s hand, turned sideways and let Li Xinyue go out first.

After they left, Aunt Wu picked up the piece of marinated wild boar meat: “It’s not light, at least three pounds.”

Wu Weiguo nodded: “It’s more than that, the battalion commander also gave this.”

After saying that, Wu Weiguo opened the envelope and poured out five yuan…

This gift is really not small.

Aunt Wu was surprised: “Weiguo, does Xiao Chen earn more than you?”

Wu Weiguo nodded: “Yeah, he gets a cadre’s salary, and his rank is higher, he earns twenty yuan more than me.”

Goodness, his salary is so high?

Not only was Aunt Wu shocked, even Wu Xiaohe was stunned.

Village elementary school teachers only earn twenty-five yuan a month,  Brother Mingchuan’s salary is more than double that!

That woman surnamed Li, why is she so lucky?

She’s not much worse than her, is she?

If she could also marry a military officer, what would she be waiting for back there, doing that elementary school teacher job?

Wu Xiaohe became more and more excited: “Brother, see if there are any suitable military officers for me, I don’t want to go back and marry a farmer.”

As soon as she said that, Aunt Wu’s mind suddenly lit up.

“Yes, yes, Weiguo, your sister is a high school graduate, we only have two in the whole brigade.”

“You look around and see if there are any suitable military officers for your sister.”

“If there are, you and your sister will have someone to rely on in the future!”

That’s possible.

Wu Weiguo is a veteran of special technology, and they will stay in the army for thirty years.

If his sister also marries into the army, his wife will have a companion when he goes out for training every year.

“I’ll look around.”

Wu Weiguo really took action, the next day he went back to the camp early in the morning to inquire.

However, this has nothing to do with Li Xinyue.

That night, Li Xinyue was awakened by a phone ringing in the middle of the night, Chen Mingchuan immediately got up to answer the phone.

“…Yes…Yes…Understood…”

After hearing his few words, Chen Mingchuan came in.

Li Xinyue looked at him: “Are you going on a mission?”

“Yeah.”

“Urgent mission?”

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “Yeah. I don’t know what the mission is, it’s a notice from the military: I have to leave immediately.”

“The ration book and money are in the drawer.”

“If you want to cook your own food, go to the military service center to buy it.”

“If they don’t have it, I’ll take you to the city when I come back.”

Li Xinyue knew that something big must have happened, and her heart suddenly started to beat fast.

However, she also knew that Chen Mingchuan was at least not in danger…

“Just go with peace of mind, I’m here, I’ll take care of the child.”

He didn’t know what the mission was, and even if he did, he couldn’t tell her. Chen Mingchuan looked at Li Xinyue quietly for a few seconds.

“I’ll come back, I’ll definitely come back.”