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Chapter 30
“Yes, let’s report it to the police. We need to teach these gossipy women a lesson, or they will think that our daughter is easy to bully.”
That night, no one knew what had happened but everything was normal in the Bai family, and the Zhou family was also in a happy mood.
When Zhou Hongyu came back from the army that day, Qi Lianxiang greeted him, “You’re back. The meal is almost ready. Let’s have some watermelon first. The watermelon that Ruanruan brought is really delicious. I thought the watermelon wouldn’t be so sweet at this time of year, but I didn’t expect it to be this sweet.”
Zhou Hongyu raised his eyebrows, “Is it sweet? My wife said it was sweet before.”
When the watermelon was delivered two days ago, their family had already had dinner. Yesterday, Zhou Hongyu went to carry out a small mission and only returned to the army today. This gave him the opportunity to taste the watermelon sent by his wife.
Qi Lianxiang cut a piece of watermelon and handed it to Zhou Hongyu. Zhou Hongyu lowered his head and started eating. He felt that the taste was indeed good. It was sweeter than the watermelons he had eaten in the summer before, and it was very juicy.
“After dinner, take the remaining watermelon to your grandparents and let them have a taste.”
Zhou Hongyu’s grandparents also live in the military compound. Their family is a military family. Both his father and grandfather served in the military and now live not far away.
Zhou Hongyu nodded and after dinner, he sent the remaining watermelon to his grandparents, so that the two old people could also taste how delicious the watermelon sent by his granddaughter-in-law was.
That night, before going to bed, Bai Ruanruan received a call from Zhou Hongyu. Fu Shiting answered the phone and shouted, “Ruanruan, it’s Xiao Zhou calling, come and answer it.”
Bai Ruanruan came out of the room and picked up the phone. “Hello~ Comrade Zhou Hongyu, is there anything I can do for your wife?”
Zhou Hongyu on the other end of the phone couldn’t help but smile when he heard her voice. He felt that his wife was so cute when she spoke in such a tone. He smiled and said, “Wife, the watermelons you sent to me a few days ago were delicious. My grandparents liked them too. Do you see that old man still setting up the stall there? Are there any watermelons left? If so, I want to buy some.”
“That old man is still selling things at the stall, but he only does it for a short time. And you should be in the army. If you want to eat watermelon, I’ll go buy it for you. The old man has a cart and can help me deliver it to the downstairs of your house. You can pick it up when the time comes.”
“Okay, then buy me a few more.”
The next afternoon, Bai Ruanruan and Zhou Hongyu agreed that they would come to her place at four o’clock that afternoon to get the watermelon.
When it was almost four o’clock, Bai Ruanruan borrowed a cart from a nearby store, went to the house, and took out 12 watermelons from the space when no one was coming in or out.
After Zhou Hongyu arrived, he got out of the car. He originally thought that Bai Ruanruan would buy at most five or six melons, but he saw that there were more than ten. He was immediately stunned, “Wife, you bought so many. We can’t finish them. Oh, you also bought some for your parents, right? I’ll help you carry them upstairs?”
“No, no, I won’t move them upstairs. These are prepared for you. You can take them all back and your father, mother, grandparents can eat them. If you can’t finish them, you can take them to the army and share them with your brothers in the army.”
When Zhou Hongyu heard this, he immediately showed a silly smile, “Wife, you are so virtuous. You still worry about my interpersonal relationships and help me send watermelons to my brothers.”
Bai Ruanruan was embarrassed and blushed. “I’m not worried about your interpersonal relationships. Hurry up and load the watermelons in the car. The old man’s watermelons are almost sold out. I saw that there were only a dozen left today, so I bought them all at once. I kept three for myself, and you can take the rest.”
Zhou Hongyu happily helped him carry the watermelons to the back seat of the car, and then asked: “Wife, how much did these watermelons cost? I’ll give them to you.”
“No, no, it’s not much. We’re married anyway, so your money is mine and mine is still mine. If you give it to me now, it’s just like putting money from your left pocket into your right pocket. There’s no need.”
“Yes, then, wife, do you want to buy something?” Zhou Hongyu said as he wanted to stuff the money into his hand.
Bai Ruanruan took it without hesitation and said, “Okay, I’ll go buy some snacks.”
Hehehe, her cheap husband is quite generous.
Each transaction cost ten yuan, which was very valuable in the 1970s and was half a month’s salary for many people.
“Then I’ll be leaving.” Zhou Hongyu looked at her reluctantly, his eyes full of hints.
Bai Ruanruan didn’t understand at first, but after he stared at her for a while, she understood and thought that this husband-in-law was quite clingy.
He leaned over, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the cheek. The “smack” sound was very obvious.
Zhou Hongyu blushed, “Wife, you are so nice, I’m leaving now.”
“Let’s go.” Bai Ruanruan waved her hand, watched him get in the car and drive away, then went back.
The next day, the training in the army ended around noon. After lunch, the brothers in the army basically had a lunch break, but the lunch break was not long. Everyone basically did not go back to take a nap, but stayed together to chat and fool around.
Just then, Qi Lianxiang came over pushing a cart filled with watermelons. Zhou Hongyu hurried forward to help, and then cut and divided the watermelons with everyone.
Zhou Hongyu said: “This is the watermelon my wife invited me to. You can all try it. It’s so sweet.”
“Ah, this, is this the watermelon that my future sister-in-law bought for me? My sister-in-law is really generous. Zhou Tuan, you are so lucky, right?”
“This watermelon is so sweet. There are still such sweet watermelons at this time of year. Our sister-in-law is really good at choosing.”
“I was saying that Zhou Tuan has been different since he got married. Even before his sister-in-law joined the army, he has already shown his affection in front of us. If his sister-in-law joins the army in the future, Zhou Tuan will definitely call her his wife all the time. Do you believe it?”
Zhou Hongyu accepted all the teasing from his brothers and did not deny it. Because he felt that what his brothers said was true, he was blessed to have a beautiful and virtuous wife who was very good to him and even knew to buy watermelons for his brothers.
Every day when he is in the army, he can’t help thinking about his wife. He wonders when he can get a house, hold a wedding with his wife, and bring his wife to live with the army. He wishes his wife could stay with him every day and night, and he could hang his wife on his belt and take her with him wherever he goes.
The single men under him would never understand this feeling.
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