Chapter 48

“Old Xu, why are you running?”

Xia Qing caught up and grabbed the flustered Commander Xu.

“Although your mother just arrived, I’ve experienced her temper, things are definitely not as she said.”

“What do you mean?”

Commander Xu was immediately unhappy, was she saying his mother was lying?

“I didn’t say anything, why are you getting angry?”

Xia Qing rolled her eyes at him, “This is the first time I’ve met your mother, I just wanted to eat some meat.

It’s not just me eating, the whole family is eating, look at her.

You’re in such a hurry to go to their house to cause trouble, what if things are different from what your mother said, I wonder how you’ll handle it!”

“So you’re going to let my son be beaten up?”

Commander Lu had achieved his current position through his own abilities, Xia Qing naturally knew how hard he had worked.

“Alright, I’ll go and find out.”

After Xia Qing’s few words, Commander Lu calmed down a bit. His mother did have a bad temper and loved to take advantage of others.

Tang Wan and the others finished their meal, it was still early, Lu Huaijing got up and said, “I’ll be out for a while.”

“Okay.”

Tang Wan didn’t think much of it, she took the bowls and chopsticks to wash them, Tang Zhou followed behind her, “Sister, I’ll help you.”

“No need, it’s just a few bowls.”

Tang Wan thought of Tang Zhou’s fighting posture earlier, and whispered to him, “There are a lot of gossiping people in the courtyard.

Keep a low profile, don’t let anyone know about your strength.”

Everyone knows how to play dumb, you can’t give the other party a chance to take advantage of you.

“Okay.”

Tang Zhou was very obedient, he did whatever Tang Wan said. Seeing his small face tense, Tang Wan felt a little heartbroken.

“Zhou Zhou, when we settle down, we’ll go and see Mom and Dad secretly.”

“Really?”

A glimmer of light appeared in Tang Zhou’s eyes, this child was thinking about his parents.

“Of course it’s true, but we’ve just arrived, we can’t be in a hurry.”

Tang Wan lowered her voice, “Your brother-in-law has asked someone to take care of them, they should be fine.”

“Hmm hmm.”

Tang Zhou nodded obediently, the siblings whispered for a while, and they clearly heard the sound of the courtyard door opening.

It turned out to be Lu Huaijing, he was carrying a load of bricks back, Tang Wan was a little stunned.

“Lu Huaijing, what is this?”

“To build you a separate bathroom.”

Lu Huaijing’s wheat-colored face was filled with a silly grin, “You go about your business, I can handle it myself.”

“Thank you!”

Tang Wan’s heart felt warm, this man didn’t say much, but he always moved her with his actions.

But she couldn’t let him do everything.

“I’ll help you.”

“Alright, if you and Zhou Zhou aren’t busy, tidy up the storage room, the bathroom will be built there.

I still need to get some yellow soil and lime, I’ll try to finish it tonight.”

Lu Huaijing put the bricks behind the storage room, then quickly left carrying the load again.

“Sister, brother-in-law is so good to you.”

Tang Zhou was still young, although he didn’t understand love, he could see that his brother-in-law was very good to his sister.

“Learn from your brother-in-law in the future, be good to your wife.”

Tang Wan’s lips curled up, she didn’t blush or feel flustered. There wasn’t much in the storage room, but Tang Wan still cleaned it carefully.

Soon Lu Huaijing came back, he mixed the lime and yellow soil with water.

Although Tang Wan didn’t understand these things, she could tell that it was like cement.

Sure enough, after asking Tang Wan’s opinion, Lu Huaijing circled a small corner in the storage room.

He built four layers of bricks, so that the water wouldn’t splash all over the room when they washed up, then he dug a very small hole in the corner of the wall.

So the water from washing could flow out of the hole to the outside.

“When I have time, I’ll go to the mountains and cut some bamboo to make bamboo curtains to hang here.”

Lu Huaijing was busy and sweating profusely on his wheat-colored neck.

Tang Wan took out a square towel and gently wiped it for him. Their eyes met, his gaze made her cheeks flush.

Fortunately, it was almost dark, so her complexion shouldn’t be noticeable. She nodded lightly.

“Okay.”

“You can’t wash here today, it needs to dry.”

Lu Huaijing moved swiftly, his serious demeanor made Tang Wan’s heart stir.

Her voice softened, “You’ve been resting for so long, you’ll be busy next, I’ll take care of everything at home.”

She’d go out more often, like a little hamster, slowly filling their home.

“I can’t let you do everything by yourself.”

Lu Huaijing took the towel from her hand and wiped his sweat, “Right, Zhou Zhou is the right age to go to school.

When I went to cancel my leave, I asked the leader, after summer vacation, we’ll send him to the military-civilian school next door.”

“You’ve thought it through.” Tang Wan looked at the man with new admiration, he really thought of everything for her.

“We’re family, it’s always good to study.”

Lu Huaijing didn’t read much himself, he dropped out of high school a year before graduation to join the army.

But he often read books himself in the army, and he knew the benefits of reading.

“You’re right.”

Tang Wan sighed, the original owner also graduated from high school, but unfortunately, the college entrance exam was suspended at that time.

If she wanted to go to college, she would have to be recommended by workers, peasants, and soldiers, or wait for the college entrance exam to be restored.

Probably seeing the thoughts in her eyes, Lu Huaijing thought for a moment and asked her, “Wife, do you want to go to school?”

“I already graduated from high school.”

Tang Wan shook her head, the original owner graduated from high school and worked as a clerk in a cotton spinning factory for two years.

“If you want to find a job, I’ll ask someone.”

Lu Huaijing tidied up his things, his wife was a high school graduate, such a good person to marry him, it was his good fortune.

“No need, let’s talk about it after we’ve taken care of everything at home.”

Tang Wan didn’t want to rely on Lu Huaijing’s connections too much, even though good jobs were hard to come by these days.

But Tang Wan believed in her abilities, as long as she wanted to, she could take part in a few recruitment exams and get a job.

“Okay, let’s talk about it later.”

Lu Huaijing borrowed the load from someone else, he went to return it, Tang Wan prepared her change of clothes.

Lu Huaijing took Tang Zhou to the bathhouse to wash, Tang Wan really wasn’t used to going to the bathhouse, so she boiled some hot water herself.

While they were out, she went into the space to wash up.

When she came out, she washed her clothes with a bucket, by the time they came back, Tang Wan had already hung the clothes up.

“Bring your clothes, I’ll wash them.”

“No need, we’ve already washed them.”

Lu Huaijing took the clothes out of the basin and hung them up, leaving Tang Wan stunned.

Tang Zhou explained with a chuckle, “Brother-in-law said he can’t let sister be too tired, so we washed our clothes right after we took a bath.”

Tang Wan: …

Once again, she felt like she had found a treasure, what should she do?

“It’s just a small thing.”

Lu Huaijing didn’t think it was anything special, he used to do it all by himself.

“Sister, I’m going back to my room to sleep.”

Tang Zhou hung his clothes on the makeshift bamboo pole and quickly ran back to his room.

Tang Wan had already made the bed for him, and they both went back to their own rooms.