With Wu Xia's help, Mengmeng couldn't wait to put on new clothes.
Wu Xia hugs her every day, so he knows Mengmeng's height relatively well, so he chooses clothes that are just the right size.
After changing Mengmeng, Wu Xia brought the mirror to Mengmeng and said to her, "Look at which family's little girl is so beautiful?"
Mengmeng looked at her little face in the mirror, which was flushed, and her eyes were shining brightly.
After a long time, she carefully touched the clothes with her hands a few times and said to Wu Xia: "Thank you, mom, mom is the best."
Xu Bing quietly watched this scene through the crack in the door, and secretly shook his head.
It seems that my sister has been won over by Wu Xia's benefits. Even if I remind her, she won't listen.
He would have to pay more attention in the future to prevent that woman from harming Mengmeng. Xu Bing was still frightened when he thought that he was almost betrayed.
Then, his eyes were full of hesitation again. He heard that Wu Xia went down to the river and rescued Mengmeng.
Are you pretending to be a good person and deceiving others by going into the water to save others regardless of your own safety?
Wu Xia didn't know what Xu Bing was thinking. She glanced at the door and saw Xu Bing looking at her eagerly. She secretly smiled in her heart: After all, she is a child and she also wants new clothes.
But he didn't have any new clothes today, and he had spent all his money on buying a schoolbag.
She said to Xu Bing: "Xu Bing, see if my sister's new clothes look good?"
Mengmeng turned around and saw her brother standing at the door. She smiled and ran towards him.
"Brother, brother, look, mom bought me new clothes!"
Xu Bing looked at his sister's clean little face and then at his new clothes, his eyes even more confused.
He didn't know how he should treat this woman, and he was even more afraid that after he let down his guard, she would give him and his sister a fatal blow.
Seeing Xu Bing standing there stupidly, Wu Xia thought he didn't have new clothes and felt bad.
So, she said to Xu Bing: "Auntie has also prepared something for you."
Only then did Xu Bing come back to his senses from his dazed state.
Although he repeatedly warned himself not to fall prey to sugar-coated bullets, he still couldn't help but look towards where Wu Xia put his things.
"Come and see what I have prepared for you?" Wu Xia waved to him.
Xu Bing walked into the room curiously and said arrogantly: "I'm not interested, I just...just give you face."
Seeing the kid's tough talk, Wu Xia suddenly threw the schoolbag in front of him: "See if you like it? If you don't like it, I'll give it away."
A dark blue thing suddenly appeared in front of Xu Bing's eyes, with two long straps hanging down from it.
He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look: "This, is this a schoolbag?"
Xu Bing made up his mind at first not to want anything from Wu Xia, but when he saw it was a schoolbag, he couldn't say no.
He went to the primary school in the town and carried the old schoolbag his father gave him every day. God knows how much he envied the new schoolbags of the children in the town.
There are also children in the school who have transferred from the city, and they can even carry a Little Sun schoolbag. There are several colors on the schoolbag, and he doesn't know how many times he has peeked at it.
A few days ago, he went to the Military Service Club. When he saw the Little Sun schoolbag, he rushed over excitedly. When he found out the price of the schoolbag, he was afraid: Fortunately, he didn't touch it with his hands, otherwise he would have damaged the other person's schoolbag and would have lost everything. Can't afford to pay.
As for the other schoolbags in the service club, he didn't dare to think about it. A schoolbag costs more than ten yuan. How much is dad's total allowance?
It already cost him a lot of money to support himself and his sister. How could he be willing to let his father buy him such an expensive schoolbag again?
And today, this woman actually bought him a new schoolbag!
Although Xu Bing wanted it very much, he knew that it was a large amount of money. Even if this woman took the money, he couldn't just ask for it.
Wu Xia saw his eyebrows furrowed and asked, "Don't you like it? I see that your schoolbag is so old that there are holes exposed. If you don't change it, the books may fall down along the holes one day."
As she spoke, she grabbed Xu Bing's arm, put the strap of the schoolbag on his shoulders, and muttered: "This is a backpack. It is much more comfortable to carry than a satchel."
The new schoolbag on Xu Bing's back made him feel as if he was in a dream.
He looked at himself in the mirror and thought to himself: This new schoolbag is so beautiful!
Looking at Wu Xia's smiling face, she couldn't say no.
After a long time, Xu Bing whispered: "I will return this money to you when I grow up."
Seeing the child's squirming appearance, Wu Xia couldn't help laughing.
"Sister-in-law, the platoon leader calls you to the canteen." A soldier ran over.
Wu Xia followed him to the door of the cafeteria, and after a while, Xu Guoping came out.
A smile appeared on his lips, and he held a lunch box in his hand and said to Wu Xia: "Tonight we will have an extra meal. Each person will be given a chicken drumstick, and you and the children will share it."
"What are you going to do?" Wu Xia now knows that chicken drumsticks are a rare thing here, and a person can only get one at most. Xu Guoping gave the drumstick to himself. What did he eat?
"Do you feel sorry for me?"
There was a hint of joy in Xu Guoping's eyes, and he couldn't help but reach out and tuck Wu Xia's wind-blown hair back.
Wu Xia couldn't help but look up at him. His little face looked particularly charming under the warm yellow light from the cafeteria window.
Xu Guoping touched her face as if by chance.
Slippery, like velvet.
Only then did he realize what he had done, and he took his hand back as if it was burned by fire.
Wu Xia was so embarrassed that she ran away with her lunch box in her arms. Looking at her back, Xu Guoping's heart beat violently.
After dinner, Xu Guoping didn't come back. At this time, the fat lady came to Wu Xia to visit again.
When he arrived at Fat Sister's house, Wu Xia found out that Fat Sister was actually the wife of Company Commander Cao, and there were already several military wives sitting in his house.
Fat Sister knew that Wu Xia had a bad reputation, so she specifically told everyone: "From now on, Wu Xia will be my biological sister, and you will do to her what you do to me."
With the support of the fat sister and Wu Xia's intention to integrate into this group, she gradually started talking to the military wives.
A thin-faced woman said to Wu Xia: "Brother and sister, Platoon Leader Xu has made several meritorious deeds. If he comes back this time, he might be promoted."
"What mission are they on?" Wu Xia was a little curious.
"You don't even know this?" The fat lady gave Wu Xia an orange and asked her to sit down.
The fat sister continued: "Their job is mainly to fight floods and provide disaster relief. Isn't that why they are going to put out wildfires today?"
Hearing what Fat Sister said, Wu Xia had some understanding of Xu Guoping's work. Their work was similar to that of the fire rescue brigade in his previous life. Wouldn't that be also dangerous?
After Wu Xia saw that after she asked, many military wives showed worried looks on their faces, she quickly changed the subject.
She brought the topic to buying a schoolbag for Xu Bing. I heard that the labor cloth schoolbag was so expensive, and many military wives also tutted: "You are really willing to spend money."
Wu Xia sighed: "It's easy to spend money but hard to make money."
Her words made everyone feel the same. Fat Sister glanced at everyone and said, "Xia Xia, how about you make money with us?"
