Chapter 28

The guard was sitting alone in the yard. When he saw Tang Huan coming out of the kitchen, he stood up suddenly and gave a standard military salute.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will have to stay with Captain Meng in the future, and he must make a good impression on Captain Meng’s family at the beginning.

Tang Huan was startled. She was holding the pot water in her hand…

Smiling at the guard, she carried the basin to the edge of the vegetable garden and poured water into it.

The guard realized that he had not introduced himself. After Tang Huan came back with the water, he stood up and saluted. “Hello, my name is Xu Qian, and I am the guard of Captain Meng.”

“Hello… I’m… his… sister-in-law.” Tang Huan introduced himself awkwardly and quickly went back to the kitchen.

Xing Cui had almost finished making the fried dumplings, and she stuffed one into Tang Huan’s mouth when she passed by.

By the time she put all the fried dumplings into the lunch box, Tang Huan had finished washing the dishes, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked out of the kitchen one after the other.

Xu Qian performed the same action on Xing Cui again. Xing Cui smiled and said several “OK”s, then asked Xu Qian to sit down quickly.

This time Meng Zeyan was beside him, and he was caught off guard by Xu Qian’s actions. This kid is a fool.

Xing Cui was afraid that Meng Zeyan had forgotten something, so she went back to the room to check again.

Meng Zeyan patted Xu Qian’s arm and said, “Help me get the things to the car first.”

Xu Qian replied in a serious tone: “Okay, Captain!”

Follow him into the house to get something.

Meng Zeyan and Tang Huan were the only ones left in the yard. Tang Huan looked around and squeezed out a sentence: “Brother, drive slowly and be careful.”

After saying this, he blinked a little awkwardly. Was this a bit too polite?

Otherwise, go back to the house quickly!

“Tang Huan, if there is anything at home that cannot be solved, call me. The number is right next to the phone.” Meng Zeyan sent Xu Qian away with only a few words to say, “If there is any danger, go and ask the deputy director we met yesterday for help.”

“Okay.” Tang Huan nodded and promised, “I will take good care of my parents.”

She seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, so Meng Zeyan added: “Not only take good care of them, but also… take good care of yourself.”

Tang Huan’s eyebrows curved, “Yeah.”

Xu Qian came out of the house carrying something, and Tang Huan turned around and went back to help.

Some things were placed on the sofa outside, and some were placed in Meng Zeyan’s room.

The things on the sofa were all big bags. Tang Huan didn’t have the money to buy them, so she stood at the door of Meng Zeyan’s room and looked inside. There were quite a few things, but they were not too heavy.

This was her first time approaching Meng Zeyan’s room and also her first time entering his room.

If I had to describe it in one word, it would probably be neat. Everything was neatly placed, and the quilts and pillows were stacked according to military standards.

There were no decorative items, and the only thing that could be considered a display was probably a photo frame on his bedside table.

The photo frame contained a photo of him and Meng Zeyu before he joined the army. Both of them looked very young in the photo, especially Meng Zeyu, who looked a bit like a child.

Tang Huan’s gaze lingered on the photo frame for a few seconds. Meng Zeyan’s smile in the photo was different from Meng Zeyan’s smile now. Back then, his smile made people want to beat him up, but now his smile made people feel guilty.

Meng Zeyan had entered the room at some point. Hearing footsteps, Tang Huan looked away and walked out holding a small bag.

After entering the room, Meng Zeyan was also looking at the photo. He walked to the bedside, put away the photo frame, and stuffed it into a bag.

After several trips back and forth, all the things were moved. Xing Cui put the fried dumplings in the car for him and urged Meng Zeyan to get in. “Okay~ Let’s go! We still have to clean up the house when we get there, it’s troublesome~”

Meng Zeyan sat in the back seat obediently, “Mom is not the same as before. You can come and see me anytime you want. You can stay for a while.”

Xing Cui agreed readily: “I’ll go when Xiao Huan has winter vacation.”

“······” Tang Huan stood behind her mother-in-law, wondering what the sign was that she was on winter vacation?

Are you planning to take her with you?

She won’t go!

“Okay, you guys go back! I’m leaving.” Meng Zeyan nodded and patted the back of the front seat.

Xu Qian understood and started the car quickly. The alley here was not wide, so the car had to back out of the alley.

Reluctant to leave her son behind, the car moved backwards and Xing Cui followed a little.

Tang Huan couldn’t turn around and go home by herself, so she followed her mother-in-law out.

Meng Zeyan sat in the car, looking out the window with a smile. Xing Cui waved to him, and Tang Huan waved back.

On the seat next to him was the bag containing the photo frame. With his right hand on the bag, he seemed to be able to feel the shape of the photo frame.

The car backed out of the alley and turned itself right.

Meng Zeyan waved at the two of them and said, “Go back.”

The car drove away and the glass on the window slowly rose.

Tang Huan walked back holding her mother-in-law’s arm. Fearing that she would be sad, he counseled her: “Now that we have a phone at home, it will be convenient to contact us. I will teach you how to use it later.”

She wasn’t too sad, but she was inevitably sad. Xing Cui nodded, “Okay, let’s give him a call in two hours to see if he’s arrived yet?”

“OK!”

After coming back from outside, Tang Huan did not go back to the house. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat on the sofa in the main room watching TV and waited for a call two hours later.

“The Legend of the Condor Heroes” was playing on TV. Tang Huan had never seen such an old movie. Although the costumes and makeup were not as exquisite as those of later movies, the actors’ acting skills were really amazing.

More than two hours flashed by in the TV series.

Tang Huan taught her mother-in-law how to dial a number and how to judge whether the other party has answered the call based on the voice in the receiver.

Meng Zeyan left two phone numbers, one for his residence and the other for his office.

After Xing Cui learned how to dial a number, she tried it herself and dialed the number of Meng Zeyan’s residence.

After only two rings, the phone was picked up.

Xing Cui held the receiver and asked her son how the journey went. How about the house allocated to him? ···

After making sure that he had dialed the right number and that the person on the other end was his uncle, Tang Huan sat back on the sofa and continued watching TV. The series started again.

Meng Zeyan patiently answered all the questions Xing Cui had asked one by one. Everything was fine on the road, and the house was a building…

Only after she was completely relieved did Xing Cui reluctantly hang up the phone and put the receiver back on the phone. This little gadget is pretty good. She used to think it was useless.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stayed in the house and watched TV series for the whole afternoon. The way of broadcasting at that time was more enjoyable, unlike the later TV series which were broadcast one or two episodes a day.

Meng Qinghe knew that Meng Zeyan was leaving today, so he didn’t think it was strange not to see him when he got home from get off work. Instead, he was surprised to see the phone he had just installed.

Tang Huan taught her father-in-law the same process she had taught her mother-in-law in the afternoon. Meng Qinghe also called Meng Zeyan to try.

It has been a week since Meng Zeyan came back, which doesn’t seem like a long time, but Tang Huan feels that he has done a lot.

As soon as he left, the house became deserted.

During dinner, there was only one person missing from the table, but the place seemed much emptier. Sometimes when Tang Huan glanced over there inadvertently, he would feel like something was missing.