The moment the door opened, an elegant scent of jasmine hit her. The white gauze curtains were fluttering. On the table facing the door, a pot of jasmine was blooming just right.
The fragrance of flowers...it turns out to be coming from there.
Lu Weiguo walked into a woman's room for the first time. It was different from the masculine atmosphere in the male soldiers' dormitory.
Shi Tingyu's room was filled with exquisiteness and fragrance, as if she belonged to her.
Lu Weiguo did not sit down by her bed, but pulled out the chair in front of the desk and sat down facing her.
A week ago, they were strangers who met for the first time. A week later, they became a family in the household registration book.
This change made the two people feel inexplicably different and indescribably subtle.
The two sides just sat there, speechless for a while.
Lu Weiguo felt that he had to say something. His eyes fell on the plaster head on the desk, and he was curious for a moment.
"Is this a foreigner?"
Shi Tingyu was stunned for a moment and almost didn't react.
Let’s not talk about the plaster head of David that became popular in later generations. Basically, everyone who studied art has seen it. The three-meter-high stone sculpture of David can often be seen on some things.
When Lu Weiguo asked her, she remembered what era it was now.
At this time, not to mention the statue without clothes, few people have seen this head sculpture.
"This is a sculpture by David, um, Michelangelo."
Lu Weiguo was a little confused.
Shi Tingyu thought for a moment and said, "It's a prop I use when painting."
Now Lu Weiguo understood.
"Can you draw?" He quickly found the starting point of the topic.
The people he came into contact with who could draw were basically people from the propaganda office. They could write big-character posters and draw propaganda posters on the walls.
The paintings are all of people with red faces wearing military uniforms or workers' clothing, with a great image.
"Well, painting is my profession."
Lu Weiguo never thought that Tingyu's profession was painting. Could it be that he was a painter?
Many thoughts flashed through his mind.
What she knows is the beauty of spring and snow, but what he knows is how to lead troops to fight.
Two people who don't get along are just tied together. Will there be any problems in getting along in the future?
Perhaps Lu Weiguo didn't speak for a long time. Shi Tingyu thought about the interaction between the two just now and had a guess in his mind.
"Painting is something to do before returning to China. If I have time, I will paint a portrait for you."
For some reason, Lu Weiguo felt relaxed immediately.
What if the hobby and occupation are not related? Some of his comrades-in-arms are married to female soldiers from the art troupe, and some are married to teachers or hospital doctors and nurses. Their professions are not related and they also live a good life.
Seeing Lu Weiguo nodding, his face seemed to relax a lot, Shi Tingyu expressed his opinion: "The husband and wife are good in different fields, and they will have a sense of admiration for each other, which is conducive to..."
She wanted to say that it was conducive to emotional harmony.
But thinking about the current trend, she shut up.
Even though she didn't say it, Lu Weiguo heard the meaning of her words. The confusion on his face flashed away, but Shi Tingyu looked at her straight.
She doesn't say that she can see through people's hearts like a student of psychology, but she likes to observe others.
Painting creation is not done behind closed doors. In modern times, she likes to go to crowded parks or streets and watch people coming and going.
At that time, I felt that one flower and one world, one tree and one universe, and that people of all shapes and sizes all had lives in which they were the protagonists.
The joys and sorrows, the ups and downs, are happening every moment.
Therefore, her figure paintings are very vivid and smart.
She also likes to observe animals and plants, as well as landscapes and weather. As long as she can draw them, she likes to stare at and study them.
Knowing that the other party was uncomfortable, Shi Tingyu talked about other topics.
"Do we need to go back to your parents' place?"
When talking about his family, Lu Weiguo's expression became softer, "I don't have much vacation right now. I don't have enough time, so I won't go back now."
"Do you have annual leave this year?" Shi Tingyu asked, "If so, we can go back during the New Year."
"It depends on the arrangements for the end of the year." Lu Weiguo said, then he reached into his pocket and took out something.
Shi Tingyu took a closer look and saw that it was actually a bankbook.
Lu Weiguo handed her the bankbook, "This is the money I saved from joining the army over the years. In addition to the 120 yuan I give to my parents every year, there is also the money left for you as a gift and the settlement expenses for buying things. The rest is It’s all here.”
Shi Tingyu took it without pretense, opened it and was shocked by the numbers on it.
There are actually as many as eight thousand.
Their family was able to save so much money because three people earned it, and both parents had high wages, but the other party did not.
Based on his monthly salary of 101 yuan, it would be more than 12,000 yuan in ten years, but he was not at the battalion level from the beginning.
I learned from previous chats that he was promoted to battalion level three years ago.
To be honest, Shi Tingyu was surprised that Lu Weiguo could save all this money.
The two families did not discuss the amount of the bride price or dowry at all.
The father and the mother gave all their belongings to their daughter to take away, and all the money was left to her daughter.
They were not short of money, and they didn't care about the size of the betrothal gift, so they naturally didn't open their mouths.
But Lu Weiguo remembered it.
He didn't know much about these wedding customs and procedures, but he still knew about the bride price and the things he had to buy before the wedding.
Recently, one of his comrades-in-arms was getting married, and he heard them talk about it three times and one ring every day. He thought that he had the ability to provide these, and naturally he would not let Shi Tingyu go without.
"Do you have time later? The army's house came with the wedding report. I will take you to see it later. You can see what needs to be added and I will take you to buy it."
When Shi Tingyu heard the house coming down, his eyes lit up.
"What kind of room are you applying for?"
"Two bedrooms and one living room with a courtyard." Lu Weiguo added, "I could have been assigned to a building, but I have to wait for the building."
Shi Tingyu was extremely satisfied, "The small yard is nice, the space is spacious, you can grow some vegetables in the yard, you don't have to share the toilet with others, and the kitchen doesn't have to be cramped at the door of your corridor, it's really nice of."
Nowadays, the corridors of Tongzi Building are all the way to the end. Everyone likes to put the coal stove at the door of their house. If you look at each family looking at the same stove, when cooking, you can't turn around in the corridor.
Not to mention the public washroom at the end of the corridor, which is a shared cleaning place on the entire floor. It is normal to queue up to wash up in the morning, and you have to queue up to use the toilet.
After Lu Weiguo heard what she said, his eyebrows relaxed a little.
He was worried that she would like to live in a building like other military wives.
The two of them had finished chatting, and then set off to the military area family home.
The research institute's family home is not far from the military region's family home. The weapons research institute where Shi's father works is under the Jinling Military Region and is right next to the military region. Naturally, the family home is not far away.
It took the two of them about twenty minutes to walk there.
