"I'm going back."
"Why?"
Just as Wu Xia was about to say thank you, he saw Xu Guoping striding out.
She sighed in her heart: As expected of a soldier, she does everything vigorously and resolutely.
After eating, she did not continue to stay in the room. Wu Xia had planned before that she would work and rest in this life, so now was her exercise time.
Anyway, I didn’t finish walking around the courtyard before, so I continued to stroll around the courtyard today.
Wu Xia walked out of the door while thinking about it. After walking a few steps, he saw the fat military wife from yesterday again.
Knowing that people didn't want to see him, Wu Xia took the initiative to go around to the left.
"It's from Platoon Leader Xu's house, please wait." Seeing her walking in the opposite direction, the fat military wife called her directly.
Wu Xia stopped and asked, "Are you looking for me?"
"Yeah, I misunderstood you yesterday." The fat military wife said honestly.
"I didn't know you were going to cook for the child, I thought you were going to..." She was embarrassed to say that she thought Wu Xia was going to grab something to give to her parents.
She wanted to have a good talk with Wu Xia. Platoon Leader Xu was a nice person. If she could live a good life with him, it would be easier for the two of them to raise children. But when I saw Wu Xia's indifferent eyes, I didn't know where to start.
"Take these two sweet potatoes. Cut them into slices and fry them in oil. They will be delicious." The fat military wife took out the sweet potatoes from the nylon silk bag and insisted that Wu Xia hold them no matter what.
Wu Xia couldn't tear up the fat army wife, so she had to accept the sweet potatoes. This made the two of them much closer. Wu Xia also understood that the fat army wife was a simple and honest person, so she also wanted to chat with her, so that she could treat the courtyard better. Learn more about the people and things there.
"Sister, what should I call you?" Wu Xia asked.
The fat military wife was stunned for a moment and scratched her hair with her hands: "My name is Yanzi. People in the compound usually call me Fat Sister."
"Fat sister, how long have you been here?" Wu Xia shouted calmly.
"It's been five or six years. As soon as I got married to my man, I came here." When it comes to getting married, the fat lady's eyes light up.
"Sister, I heard that you are also from the countryside. We are really blessed to be able to enter the compound. We have food and clothing and don't have to do farm work. Although their allowance is not much, it is enough for the family to save a little."
Seeing Wu Xia looking at her with a smile, she tried to persuade her again: "Platoon Leader Xu is a nice person. Sister, if you live a good life with him in the future, he will treat you well."
Wu Xia smiled and nodded.
The divorce will be divorced in a few months. By then, the two of them will be considered strangers, and whether he is good or not will have nothing to do with her.
Seeing that she was silent, the fat sister thought she was concerned about Xu Guoping having a child.
If you think about it, as a woman, who would want to be a stepmother unless absolutely necessary?
"Sister, I wonder if Platoon Leader Xu told you that he adopted the two children." The fat sister planned to tell Wu Xia what she had heard.
As soon as he said this, Wu Xia was stunned.
She may have found this incident in the memory of the original owner, but Xu Guoping probably never told her at all.
Seeing Wu Xia's interest, Fat Sister was about to continue talking, but Wu Xia grabbed her and said, "Fat Sister, let's go under the shade of a tree so we can protect ourselves from the sun."
In the 1990s, there was no concept of sun protection. The fat lady looked at Wu Xia in confusion: "What is sun protection?"
After Wu Xia explained a few words, the fat sister looked at Wu Xia and laughed: "Sister, no wonder you are so handsome. Come on, let's go and talk under the big tree."
Wu Xia gave her another lesson on the importance of sun protection. The fat sister touched her face and said, "Sister, do you think my skin can also become whiter?"
"Yes, as long as you pay attention to sun protection, you will definitely be whiter than you are now." Wu Xia said while gesturing to the fat sister: "If you want your skin to become delicate, you must often apply some skin cream."
The fat lady laughed sheepishly: "We rural people are not so particular. Besides, buying skin cream also costs a lot of money."
Wu Xia knew that Fat Sister was reluctant to spend money, so she changed the subject and talked about something else. She asked Fat Sister, "Fat Sister, where should we take a shower?"
The fat sister said: "Our army has a big bathhouse right over there. Sister, I will take you there."
With that said, she enthusiastically dragged Wu Xia over there.
As he walked, he told Wu Xia that Xu Guoping had gone back to his hometown for a blind date, but when he came back, he brought the two children back with him, and the marriage that had been agreed upon had also ended.
They didn't know where the two children came from. They only knew that they were not Xu Guoping's biological children.
"Sister, when you and Platoon Leader Xu have your own child, things will be different..."
The fat sister opened up her chatterbox and talked endlessly, but Wu Xia couldn't get a word in at all.
"Sister, I think you have a weird personality." The fat sister said and slapped Wu Xia on the shoulder, startling her.
The fat sister continued: "Sister, when are you going to take a shower? Let's go together and I'll rub your back?"
Wu Xia smiled awkwardly and politely, and was thinking about how to reject the enthusiastic fat sister. Suddenly her eyes were attracted by the river not far from the bathhouse.
"This is?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, the fat sister followed Wu Xia's gaze. When she saw her looking at the river, she laughed and said, "Isn't there a river in your village? This river, we often come here to wash clothes, it's better than washing clothes in the courtyard." It’s much more exciting to take a bath in a basin.”
At this time, Wu Xia no longer cared about what the fat sister was saying. She covered the sun with her hands and walked forward quickly.
This river looked so familiar, it was clearly the one she had dreamed about last night!
If she remembered correctly, Mengmeng was pushed into the water at this position. Could it be that her dreams could predict recent events?
Wu Xia frowned. No matter whether her guess was correct or not, she still took some precautions first. It was best to be prepared.
Thinking of this, Wu Xia asked Fat Sister: "Fat Sister, how deep is the river?"
She pointed towards the spot where Mengmeng fell down.
The fat sister said: "Sister, don't underestimate this river. Someone drowned here last year, right at that location! It looks like the water is shallow, but there are whirlpools underneath. Usually we don't dare to go that way. .”
Wu Xia said: "Then why don't we put a warning sign there?"
"There's no one around here who doesn't know. There's no need." The fat lady laughed.
"By the way, many of our family members will come over to do laundry tomorrow, why don't you come too?"
"Okay." Wu Xia agreed, thinking that she would go back and find a way to get a swimming ring later.
In the evening, Xu Guoping came back. As soon as he entered the door, he heard a sweet voice: "Brother Guoping, are you back?"
Xu Guoping turned around and saw Sun Lan standing there in a white dress, smiling softly at him.
"What are you doing here?" Xu Guoping asked strangely.
He was here to deliver food to Wu Xia. Normally, he would wait until after the training in the evening to pick up the child from Li Xiulian's place.
