Chapter 62: Spring Festival in the Army

Chen Cui Juan and the others were also looking at the letter. When she heard that Shen Zhiyu wouldn’t be coming back for the New Year this year, Chen Cui Juan’s eyes immediately turned red, and the other three men in the family didn’t say anything.

Wang Xiu Lan was actually quite happy when she heard that her younger sister-in-law wasn’t coming back. But when she looked up and saw that her husband, in-laws, and even her two sons were all looking glum, she inexplicably became unhappy too. Although she disliked her younger sister-in-law, and her mother-in-law’s partiality annoyed her, she had to admit that the food at home was better when her younger sister-in-law was around.

She could also benefit from it and eat some meat. Besides eating meat……. Her younger sister-in-law’s mouth didn’t know how it was made, every time she said something, she would make Chen Cui Juan and Shen Da He laugh like fools. In the past six months, her younger sister-in-law hadn’t been home, and everyone in the family hadn’t been as happy as before. To tell the truth, she missed the days when her younger sister-in-law was at home. Realizing her thoughts, Wang Xiu Lan was startled, she wanted to slap herself. What was she thinking! It was really better far away than near, she actually started to miss that girl, Shen Zhiyu! Besides the letter, there was also ten-yuan, grain tickets, meat tickets, and cloth tickets! My goodness!

 There was so much! She had sent back half a month’s salary! The letter also said that this was Shen Zhiyu’s own salary and the grain tickets and meat tickets issued by her unit, and asked them to eat more meat during the New Year. Chen Cui Juan laughed when she saw this. “This girl, she even has her own money and tickets, look how capable she is.” Chen Cui Juan said this, but she was so happy in her heart, “See, I told you that our Yu Yu is capable, it hasn’t been long, and she’s already making money, learn from your aunt, you know?

” Tie Dan and Gou Dan nodded vigorously. Ten yuan! Tie Dan sniffed hard, his snot almost dripping from his mouth, he grinned and said, “Aunt is so amazing, grandma, are we going to eat meat for the New Year?” “When have you ever gone a New Year without meat!” Chen Cui Juan rolled her eyes at Tie Dan, “But we need to know that this meat is thanks to your aunt, we’re able to eat it because of her, we need to know how good she is, and we need to be filial to her when we grow up, okay?” Tie Dan and Gou Dan nodded vigorously. Wang Xiu Lan was a little unhappy. It was just a little meat.

Why should her sons be filial to her? Before she could roll her eyes, she suddenly felt a chill on her head, she looked up and met Chen Cui Juan’s warning gaze, and Wang Xiu Lan was so startled that she shuddered. Chen Cui Juan retracted her gaze, and she used the opportunity of educating her grandson to warn her, “That’s right, we can’t be ungrateful people who eat from the bowl and scold the mother who gave it to them!” After Wang Xiu Lan and the others left, Chen Cui Juan sat there, her heart couldn’t settle. How are those two children going to spend the New Year?

 Yuzo is still pregnant. No, she has to write a letter back, telling Yuzo to be careful. Chen Cui Juan squinted her eyes, and suddenly thought of the house that Yuzo and the others built after they went to the army. What if Yuzo and the others don’t come back for the New Year this year, what about the house? Wouldn’t anyone go and live there? No, she has to go there more often, to keep an eye on it! Chen Cui Juan’s worries were completely unnecessary, nearly 80% of the people in the army like them didn’t go back for the New Year.

Before the New Year even came, Chief Huang and several regimental commanders invited everyone to their homes to have a meal together and strengthen their relationships. Besides these private gatherings, the army also arranged programs and activities. On New Year’s Eve, the army arranged an art performance, and the canteen also arranged a New Year’s dinner, everyone watched the performance together, and then ate together after that. It was the first time Shen Zhiyu had watched a performance in the army, she was very excited, and she reminded Gu Ye to go early to get a seat in the front.

 Gu Ye didn’t know what was so good about being in the crowd, it was the same programs every year, he had seen them countless times. But seeing Shen Zhiyu so excited, he didn’t want to dampen her spirits. He obediently went out early to get her a seat. Before going out, he reminded her several times to wear more clothes, Shen Zhiyu was annoyed by him, she waved her hand and told him to go quickly and get a seat. After she finished, she went out to meet Fu Chunmei, and the two of them, carrying melon seeds and peanuts, hurried to the canteen.

 It was New Year’s Eve, the army was lively, everyone’s faces were full of joy, the New Year atmosphere was thicker than in the production team. Fu Chunmei saw the army coat on Shen Zhiyu, she was envious, “Your husband is still good, my husband sent all his army coats back home.” This thick army coat looked so warm. Shen Zhiyu knew that Fu Chunmei had been arguing with Vice Tuan Zhang Ma recently, she patted her back to comfort her, “Well, my husband was like that before, he sent them all back home, he didn’t send them back this year because he married me.”

 Fu Chunmei felt a little better. She turned her head and saw Shen Zhiyu’s rosy cheeks, she said enviously, “Your husband really knows how to take care of people, I’ve never seen anyone who looks more beautiful when they’re pregnant than before they were pregnant, you’re the first.” “Humph, I was born beautiful!” “You’re so shameless.” She scolded her, but Fu Chunmei laughed out loud, looking at her cute face, Fu Chunmei realized now that women could live a different kind of life, they didn’t have to do all the housework. There was snow on the road, and Shen Zhiyu was pregnant.

 They walked very slowly, and when they arrived, the canteen was already crowded with people. They found Gu Ye’s seat, Shen Zhiyu grabbed Fu Chunmei’s hand and squeezed forward to Gu Ye’s side, and sat down beside him. “Are you cold?” Gu Ye saw her rosy cheeks, he quickly asked her, “Do you want some water?” Shen Zhiyu shook her head, she was wrapped up tightly, she was almost sweating from walking.

 “Are you hungry, we can’t eat until after the performance, I brought you some food, eat something first?” Shen Zhiyu’s belly was getting bigger every day, it was only June, and Gu Ye was already worried. But Shen Zhiyu seemed to have forgotten that she was pregnant, she didn’t know how to be more restless and run around more. The woman at home was so carefree, Gu Ye could only worry more. Shen Zhiyu perfunctorily ate a peanut; she looked around curiously.

After looking around, they were now opposite the canteen’s food window, a simple stage was set up, and the performance would be there later. There were already many female soldiers from the art troupe standing there, waiting to perform. It was so cold, they were only wearing thin military uniforms, their faces were lightly made up, they had slender waists and long legs, they were beautiful, capable, and full of heroic spirit, Shen Zhiyu couldn’t help but look at them several times. “They’re so beautiful.”

 Fu Chunmei also nodded, “They were all selected from various places in the city, how could they not be beautiful?” She then looked at Shen Zhiyu’s reaction.

Among this group of female soldiers in front, there was one female comrade who had almost been arranged to meet Gu Ye, she didn’t know if Shen Zhiyu knew about this. But looking at Shen Zhiyu’s reaction, she probably didn’t know. Not wanting to upset Shen Zhiyu, Fu Chunmei chose to keep her mouth shut, pretending that she didn’t know either. Fu Chunmei was just thinking about this when Shen Zhiyu noticed that one of the female comrades in front seemed to be looking at her all the time.