The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Zhu Xiaomin: "..."

It turned out that Lu Yi was holding these small wooden blocks to imitate what Lu Mingzheng said about fighting.

This kid is so easy to talk to.

He reached out and rubbed his sons' heads, let the two brothers play, and went to help Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang hadn't seen her son for more than two years. She was indescribably excited at the thought that she would see him soon. After doing something for a while, she went to look at the door.

Zhu Xiaomin was helpless and said with a smile: "Mrs. Jiang, the train will not arrive until tonight, and it will be late when Mingzheng brings him back. Let's eat first and save some for them."

Mrs. Jiang nodded repeatedly, sighed, and whispered, "When I left, he was not even as tall as my waist. I don't know if he has grown taller now. He is also studying, and no one is supervising him. I don't know how he is doing."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "He is only ten years old. Even if his grades were not good enough before, we will be able to catch up if we teach him well later."

Mrs. Jiang immediately perked up and looked at her expectantly: "Xiaomin, can you help him with his homework?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and pouted outside: "I am not the only one living in our yard. Otherwise, there will be a large group coming tomorrow. Not to mention your one son, ten sons can make up for it."

At this time, Xie Chengzhi and Miao Shiwen had just walked in.

Well, she is good at conscripting men!

Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but chuckle when she thought of the large group of young men who obeyed her orders, and she felt less worried.

As Zhu Xiaomin was talking, she prepared the seasonings, chopped the chicken into pieces and stewed it. She left the rest to Mrs. Jiang and came out to talk to the two of them.

After saying a few words, I heard the sound of a car outside and soon someone knocked on the door.

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Why did Mingzheng come back at this time?" She went to open the door, only to see a young soldier. He saluted her and said awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, Captain Lu asked us to send some things over. He said he would pick someone up in the evening and would be back later."

"What is that?" Zhu Xiaomin was a little surprised. She looked down and saw little Xie Jing running out. She grabbed him and patted him on the butt and said, "Little guy, don't run out casually."

The young soldier hurried over to greet his companions. Soon, the fence of the truck bed was lowered, and several other young soldiers began to move the square tables from the truck.

Zhu Xiaomin saw it and understood it instantly. She quickly opened the two doors and said to Miao Shiwen, "Carry the child away, don't let him get hit."

Xie Chengzhi also picked up Lu Yi and came over to take a look. He saw at least six or seven tables at a glance and said with a smile, "Ming Zheng works really fast."

The table had evidently just been made, being made entirely of willow wood and given a bright lacquer.

The tables were lined up against the west wall, ten in total, and then forty stools were brought in.

Seeing the tables and chairs put in place, Zhu Xiaomin thought that everything had been moved in. Just as he was about to invite the soldiers to drink some water, he saw a lot of bricks and wood being moved in from the back, followed by a few bags of cement and sand.

Zhu Xiaomin was stunned and handed a glass of water to the young soldier who knocked on the door first: "Did your company commander say anything?"

The young soldier hurriedly took the cup and said, "Sister-in-law, please don't bother. We are not thirsty. The company commander didn't say anything. He just asked us to bring the food over."

Xie Chengzhi said: "Before, he said he was going to build a big stove. I guess he was preparing materials for the stove."

Miao Shiwen asked: "Where's the wood? It's not for burning, right?"

Although those pieces of wood are not considered big, they are at least as thick as a bowl. Who would use them to make fire?

Zhu Xiaomin glanced at the pile of bricks and felt that it was a bit too much, unless a row of bricks was built for a big stove.

The young soldier couldn't say anything, so he unloaded his things and left.

Zhu Xiaomin walked around the west wall, looked at the place, then looked at the pile of things, and understood: "Ming Zheng wants to build a roof here so that we don't have to hide inside to eat when it rains."

The west wall is just outside the door of the large warehouse. The wall is far away from the door, and a horizontal roof is built. A table and a stove are placed underneath, which does not affect the opening and closing of the warehouse door at all.

After Xie Chengzhi heard what she said and looked at the wood, he nodded repeatedly.

These bricks are used to build the stove and raise the west wall, and the wood is used to make the roof and pillars.

Miao Shiwen couldn't help laughing: "Ming Zheng knew that they would come to celebrate the birthday tomorrow, so he rushed to send it today so that he could work better tomorrow."

That's really what happened.

The other two also found it funny. Zhu Xiaomin praised: "Mingzheng is really smart. He knows how to make good use of his time."

Take advantage of everyone's time.

Xie Chengzhi couldn't help laughing.

Mrs. Jiang came out from behind and reminded: "Watch the children, don't climb up and down on those things, be careful not to fall."

Xie Chengzhi looked down and saw Lu Yi climbing up the wood. He quickly grabbed him and patted him on the butt: "You little bastard, you are so brave even though you kept silent."

Zhu Xiaomin had already found a rag to wipe a table and a few stools, and said with a smile: "When the weather gets warmer, we can eat in the yard in the future."

Miao Shiwen came over to sit down, and then looked at the rows of tables, and sighed: "It looks a bit like our educated youth camp, but it's much more comfortable to sit in than our educated youth camp."

The table at the educated youth center was also long, but it was very low and people sat on benches.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "Things have to get better and better." Although she said this, she still felt a little nostalgic when she thought of the yard at the educated youth site.

By dusk, the aroma of stewed chicken had filled the air. Zhu Xiaomin then mixed in potato cubes and stewed the chicken until it was well-cooked.

Leave two chicken legs and enough for half the chicken and potatoes in the pot, and keep the rest of the meal warm in the steamer.

After the four of them had their meal, Mrs. Jiang and Zhu Xiaomin went to clean up the kitchen. Miao Shiwen and Xie Chengzhi played with the two children for a while, then used hot water to wash them.

Late at night, the two children were already drowsy, and the sound of a car was finally heard outside the door.

"I'm back!" Zhu Xiaomin shouted first, jumped up and ran to open the door. Mrs. Jiang followed behind her, looking out the door nervously.

The door opened and Lu Mingzheng came in with a few people. He put his hand on the shoulder of a thin boy with a schoolbag on his back. Behind him were two men wearing military uniforms like him.

"Xiaochen!" Mrs. Jiang called out softly, rushed over, pulled the boy over and hugged him in her arms, and shouted excitedly, "Xiaochen, Mom has been waiting for you."

Jiang Xiaochen was a little stunned. He let her hold him, and after a while he whispered, "Mom."

"Hey!" Jiang's wife agreed, pulling her son out of her arms, bending over to look at him carefully, and said with tears in her eyes, "You've grown taller, but you're still so thin."

Jiang Xiaochen pursed his lips, looked at his mother with a strange look, and said nothing.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "Let's all go in and talk."

Lu Mingzheng called the two people behind him in and introduced them to both parties: "Xiaomin, this is Zhou Ziheng, Platoon Leader Zhou, and this is Xiao Zhang, the driver of our company." He pointed to Zhu Xiaomin and said, "My wife, Zhu Xiaomin."

"sister in law!"

"sister in law!"

The two of them greeted each other hurriedly.

Lu Mingzheng introduced Xie Chengzhi and Miao Shiwen, and then said, "Platoon Leader Zhou is from the Northwest Field Army, and he specially sent Xiaochen here this time."