Military marriage, the last big man married the soldier king, the stronger the stronger

The old couple were both sensible people. They were surprised at Jiang Yan's excellence, which was unexpectedly excellent.

I have never heard of a married woman going to college, let alone a military school.

"Well, you can stay here tonight. The kang is warm. You can stay in the same room with your aunt, and I'll go to the west room to squeeze in with the second and third brothers."

Fortunately, Bao Fang took Xiaobao to live with her grandmother, otherwise there might not be enough space.

"I'll go back to my place and sleep."

"Oh, that house has been unoccupied for a long time, and it hasn't been cleaned up. It's dusty and not warm. What if you get sick living there? If we had known you were coming back, we would have cleaned it up."

"It's okay, auntie, you don't know me yet, I'm not that delicate."

She insisted on going back, and the two men couldn't stop her, so they had to hold the lantern and go back with her.

"Uncle, aunt, it's cold outside, you don't have to go, I can do it myself."

"Oh, how can I feel at ease if I don't go and take a look?"

Jiang Yan couldn't persuade them and could only follow them back to the courtyard.

The lock on the gate was covered with a piece of leather. Jiang Yan opened the door while listening to Bao Zhiguo muttering, "This year there has been enough rain and a lot of snow. I was afraid that the lock would rust, so I put a piece of leather on it."

When I pushed open the gate, there was no messy scene. The yard was clean and tidy. There were a lot of snow piles next to it. It seemed that the Bao family often came to clean up.

Going further in, the coal shed has changed its appearance. It was originally just a simple shed that simply kept out rain and snow, but now it has been tidied up very neatly. It not only has a roof, but also a fence door and even a lock on the door.

When she left, she didn't move anything in the house, even the coal and firewood she bought were piled up in the shed. Unexpectedly, the Bao family renovated the shed and locked it, apparently to prevent someone from stealing the coal.

"Uncle, aunt, thank you for your trouble."

"Why bother? I just come over to clean up occasionally. It's a nice house. It would be a shame to rush into it."

There wasn't much dust in the room, and there was a familiar smell everywhere, as if the owner of the house had just gone out and didn't go far.

Jiang Yan also has a little affection for this place. Although she hasn't lived here for long, this is the house she built herself after all.

Like the new house in the military compound, it is her home and her safe haven in this era.

Li Caiying accompanied Jiang Yan in wiping the dust and sweeping the kang.

Bao Zhiguo ran around to light the stove, add coal and boil water.

"This room has not been heated for a while, so it's a little damp. If I had known you were coming back, I would have covered the window cracks with newspapers, which would have made it much warmer."

"Not bad." Jiang Yan said, "Uncle, I'm not that delicate. I'll just take out the quilt and put it on the kang to warm it up."

Li Caifeng said, "About half a month ago, the sun was good and I got some sunbathing once! It was no big deal."

The two of them quickly cleaned up the east room. Since no one lived in that room, there was no need to clean it for the time being. Jiang Yan left after less than two days.

"Look at your cabinet and your box. They are all made of good materials. What a pity."

They said it was a pity to lose the thing, but in fact they hoped that Jiang Yan could stay here. However, they also knew that this idea was unrealistic. For Jiang Yan, of course marrying Si Lu would give her a better future and a wider world.

The couple helped Jiang Yan clean up the house. Sometimes they asked her to add more coal to avoid getting cold, and sometimes they asked her to open the window a little to avoid being choked by the coal smoke. They were still worried.

Jiang Yan agreed to all of them.

After seeing the old couple off, Jiang Yan stood alone in the room, sighing with melancholy.

She originally wanted to pretend, wouldn't it be more comfortable to rest in the space for two days? But for some reason, looking at the small house in her memory and thinking about how the old couple of the Bao family carefully helped her clean up just now, she suddenly didn't want to sleep in the space.

"If I had known earlier, I would have brought the dog back so that it could also look back on its memories."

Jiang Yan put the quilt she took out of the cabinet into the space, took out a new one from the space, washed up simply, put some coal into the stove, and got into bed.

There was a howling north wind outside the window. Although the window gaps were not sealed, the thick curtains could still block out the cold wind.

The kang was heated and the thick quilt pressed against my body, giving me the long-lost sense of security.

Jiang Yan closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.

The next day, what woke Jiang Yan up was not the wake-up call or the shouting of exercise, but the crowing of the rooster.

The long-lost rural atmosphere made Jiang Yan feel very comfortable.

This season is the time for hibernation. In order to save some food, the members basically don't get up too early in the morning. They all want to sleep a little longer in bed so that they won't be hungry.

In the winter when there was no work, every household had only two meals a day. Families in a more difficult situation sometimes could not even afford to eat. Although it was already the end of 1974, there were still many people in China who lived frugally.

Jiang Yan turned over and wanted to take a nap, but the room was too cold.

As soon as the fire went out, the room became like an ice cellar, and all the warmth was confined to the quilt.

Jiang Yan got up quickly, put on his military coat, poked the stove again, made it burn brightly, added more coal, and then went back to bed.

At this time, the Bao family had already risen.

Lee Chae-young is making dumplings!

Jiang Yan had not been able to eat dumplings last night, and she had been feeling unhappy. She hadn’t slept well the entire night because she was thinking about it.

She thought that Jiang Yan couldn't possibly get up too early, so she just wrapped it up first, and when she woke up, she could have a bite of hot food.

Bao Tielu was so greedy that he couldn't help but mutter as he smelled the fragrance in the house, "Mom is biased. She treats the educated youth Xiao Jiang as her own daughter. We are just adopted children."

"If you have the ability, I will love you too. Look at you, not only are you dark, but you are also short, lazy, and greedy!!!"

The three consecutive blows made Bao Tielu feel hopeless.

"Look at the educated youth Xiao Jiang. She is capable. Our village is doing well now because of her! Look at the Qinghe Brigade. How did they treat us before? How do they treat us now? It's only because the educated youth Xiao Jiang returned to the city to get married. Otherwise, the matchmaker would have trampled a hole under her doorstep."

"Are you exaggerating too much?"

"Exaggerated?" Li Caiying was furious when she saw her youngest son. "Your eldest brother and Xiaobao's lives were saved by Jiang Zhiqing. Your second brother is now helping the Qinghe Brigade with breeding. Not to mention that he has money, how many people have come to propose marriage to him in the past six months?"

This is true and cannot be refuted.

The second son, Bao Yuanchao, failed to join the army, which became a pain in Li Caiying's heart. Seeing that her son is getting better and better now, the regret at the beginning has been made up.

"Just for this reason, I'd be happy to make dumplings for the educated youth Xiao Jiang every day."