Chapter 77: Buy More Bowls

This time, Lin Xiangnan’s luggage was surprisingly large for a trip away from home.

“You have to bring your blanket.”

“Bring your thick clothes too.”

“Your wash basin, enamel mug, lunchbox, thermos… bring them all.”

The luggage kept getting bigger.

Lin Xiangnan’s scalp tingled, “Stop packing! I won’t be able to carry it anymore. Take the essentials first, we can buy the rest when we get there.”

“You’re going to a new place, you won’t be familiar with it. It won’t be easy to buy things. Besides, you already have these things, buying more would be a waste of money.”

Hu Meili said, “We’ll send you to the train station first. When you get there, Gu Zhenhua will definitely pick you up. It’s no big deal.”

Lin Xiangdong chimed in, “Yeah, sending you a package, you never know when it will arrive. It’s more convenient to bring these things with you.”

“Gu Zhenhua said he’s already cleaned up the house. I just need to move in. They must have these things at home.” Lin Xiangnan picked and chose, leaving the thermos and washbasin behind.

Even so, she still managed to pack two bags bigger than herself.

But most people at the train station were like this, Lin Xiangnan’s luggage didn’t seem excessive.

Lin Xiangnan bought a sleeper ticket at a high price through someone in the railway bureau, but the travel experience wasn’t great.

After a day and night on the train, Lin Xiangnan felt uncomfortable everywhere when she got off.

Gu Zhenhua was tall and handsome, Lin Xiangnan saw him soon after getting off the train.

At the same time, Gu Zhenhua also spotted her and jogged over, “This train is on time. Are you hungry? I brought you something to eat.”

Seeing Gu Zhenhua, a handsome guy who was six feet tall, Lin Xiangnan didn’t have the expected anticipation and excitement. She just urged, “I don’t want to eat, I’m exhausted. Let’s go, let’s go, hurry back, I just want to get a good night’s sleep.”

Gu Zhenhua borrowed a car to pick her up, so the trip back wasn’t as tiring. Gu Zhenhua drove the car directly to their doorstep.

“This courtyard is our home. I’ve already cleaned it up a bit.”

Gu Zhenhua turned off the engine and got out to carry the luggage.

Lin Xiangnan had taken a nap in the car and had recovered. After getting off, she stood at the entrance of the courtyard and looked around.

The courtyard was built with care back then. It was a two-story building, but it had been a while, and the color of the exterior looked a bit old.

There were also two small vegetable patches in the courtyard, neatly planted with green vegetables. It seemed Gu Zhenhua wasn’t wrong, he had indeed cleaned up beforehand.

Seeing Gu Zhenhua come to carry the second batch of luggage, Lin Xiangnan was about to go inside with him, but before she could enter, she heard the door of the neighboring courtyard creak open.

A big orange cat pushed open the door and sat at the entrance, looking at her curiously.

Lin Xiangnan immediately stopped, “Meow, meow, meow.”

The orange cat ignored her.

Just as Lin Xiangnan was disappointed, she saw another big dog in the neighboring courtyard.

Lin Xiangnan instantly perked up, “Woof, woof, woof.”

The dog glanced at her and didn’t pay any attention.

“Wow, so cold!” Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but bark at the dog again.

The dog simply looked away.

Gu Zhenhua couldn’t stand it anymore and reminded, “Xiaotian is a retired military dog.”

Wow, it sounds even cooler! Lin Xiangnan excitedly said, “So what’s the situation at the neighboring house? I just arrived, should I go pay them a visit tomorrow?”

“The neighbor is Political Commissar Xu. That cat is raised by Political Commissar Xu’s mother. Aunt Hua should be fishing by the river, she’s not home. Political Commissar Xu’s wife is a nurse, and they have two daughters.”

Gu Zhenhua thought for a moment and added, “Political Commissar Xu is easy to talk to. I haven’t interacted much with his mother and wife, so I don’t know them well.”

“Then who lives on the right?”

“That’s Battalion Commander Wang. He has a son and a daughter, but his wife is a second marriage, they got married last year, and now she’s pregnant again.”

Lin Xiangnan curiously asked, “Is Battalion Commander Wang your leader?”

She remembered that Gu Zhenhua was a deputy battalion commander.

“No.” Gu Zhenhua said with a little pride, “I made some small contributions on this mission, I’ll be promoted soon.”

“Really? You’re so amazing!” Lin Xiangnan didn’t hold back her compliments and started praising him.

Although she had already reserved a script for herself to eat, drink, and play, and just lie flat, the more capable Gu Zhenhua was, the more comfortably she could lie flat.

Lin Xiangnan followed Gu Zhenhua’s steps into the courtyard and looked at each room.

The house was quite big for the two of them. There were four rooms in total, two upstairs and two downstairs.

If they lived in an apartment building, they could only get a three-bedroom apartment, and there wouldn’t be a courtyard.

But many people liked those five or six-story apartment buildings, they thought they were fashionable and grand, and it was something to brag about. This kind of traditional courtyard was considered outdated.

Lin Xiangnan could only say that fashion is a cycle.

She was very satisfied with the current courtyard, it was just too empty, she needed to furnish it slowly.

As Lin Xiangnan was slowly inspecting, she saw Gu Zhenhua turn on the faucet in the courtyard and directly cupped a handful of water to drink.

“You just drink it directly?”

“The water is clean. It’s drinkable.”

Gu Zhenhua didn’t care, after drinking the water, he directly washed his face with it, looked up at Lin Xiangnan and said, “You rest for a bit, I’ll go return the car, I’ll come back and clean up slowly.”

“Okay.”

After Gu Zhenhua left, Lin Xiangnan went to the kitchen.

When they got the house, Gu Zhenhua must have spent some money to furnish it.

The master bedroom had a bed and a wardrobe, the living room had a table and four chairs, the kitchen had a pot and bowls, the corner tank had rice and noodles, but there were only oil and salt on the stove.

The essentials were there, but nothing extra.

Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but wonder, “Didn’t Gu Zhenhua say he’s been living here for half a month? How did he live for half a month?”

When night came, Lin Xiangnan saw how Gu Zhenhua lived alone.

Perhaps he was used to being hungry when he was young, Gu Zhenhua’s requirements for quality of life were lower than Hu Meili’s, or even non-existent.

As long as the food was edible, he didn’t care about the taste.

As long as the bed could be slept on, he didn’t care if the bedboard was hard or soft.

Lin Xiangnan could understand all of this, but when she saw Gu Zhenhua using one basin to wash his face and then prepare to wash his feet.

She was completely shocked, “How can you do that!!”

“Ah? Isn’t that how it is in the army? Washing your face, soaking your feet, washing clothes, wrapping dumplings, mixing mud… we use it for everything, there are no other basins.”

Thinking back to her life in her old home, Gu Zhenhua understood, “Then tomorrow I’ll accompany you to buy basins. Buy more?”

Lin Xiangnan was firm, “Buy! We must buy!”