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"This is Comrade Su Zhuzhu, she just came to our family compound, and she is the girlfriend of Deputy Commander He of our Old Qiao Second Regiment!"

"Yes! It's He Qiaojin. Who else doesn't know him?"

"Deputy Captain He's marriage report has been approved. He is not on a mission. They live in the innermost courtyard of our row. Xiao He has already prepared everything and is waiting for Comrade Su to come!"

"From now on, everyone will live in a family compound. Comrade Su is new here and is unfamiliar with many things. Everyone should help Comrade Su more in the future."

As expected of someone who works with family members, Mrs. Qin never stopped talking along the way. Su Zhuzhu absolutely believed that after this trip to the supply and marketing cooperative, everyone in the family compound would know that He Qiaojin's girlfriend was here.

Some of the eyes that stared at Su Zhuzhu were filled with amazement, some were sizing her up, some had a sense of superiority and looked down on her, and there were also some that were jealous.

Su Zhuzhu was too lazy to care about these things and didn't want to waste a lot of time on ineffective social interactions, so often after Mrs. Qin finished introducing people, she would immediately smile at them to express her goodwill. As for those who were jealous, she simply ignored them.

Mrs. Qin didn't have much to buy herself, so she helped Su Zhuzhu with the shopping, from oil, salt, sauce, vinegar to rice and flour, from pork and eggs to vegetables and carrots.

In addition to kitchen supplies, there are also some daily necessities. Su Zhuzhu also tore some cloth to make curtains. Anyway, her feet still hurt and she was bored here, so she might as well buy some cloth to make curtains. Su Zhuzhu saw a sewing machine at Mrs. Qin's house last night and she would borrow it when the time comes.

After a big shopping spree, the two returned with their hands full. Just like when they went there, Mrs. Qin kept introducing Su Zhuzhu to them all the way.

When they got back to He Qiaojin's house, they both took a deep breath. It was not easy! They smiled at each other.

"It's good to be here today. Everyone is here. Let's take this opportunity to get to know you, so that the family members won't be mumbling behind us. It's quite annoying."

"By the way, the family of Deputy Commander Qiu from the Third Regiment lives next door to you. Deputy Commander Qiu's mother, wife and children all live here together. Deputy Commander Qiu has three children in total. The oldest is fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest is seven or eight years old. All the houses in this row have three bedrooms, so their family is not very spacious right now. The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good either, and they often quarrel. Fortunately, your courtyard is a little far from their home, otherwise they would suffer greatly."

Seeing that it was almost noon, Mrs. Qin stood up and went back to make lunch for Captain Qiao.

Su Zhuzhu saw the people out, and by the way asked Mrs. Qin to borrow her sewing machine for the next two days. Then she began to organize the things she bought today and put them in order. After finishing, Su Zhuzhu walked around the house and felt that she had bought most of the things.

At noon, Su Zhuzhu had a simple meal, taking out the dumplings she packed at the state-owned restaurant and a few other dishes. It still tasted familiar, so Su Zhuzhu cleared the plate immediately.

After finishing the meal, I boiled a pot of water and poured it into the thermos. Mrs. Qin introduced herself to so many people in the morning, and there might be more visitors in the afternoon. I didn't prepare anything for the meal, so I had to prepare a glass of water for everyone.

While boiling water, Su Zhuzhu washed and hung up the new water cups and other things she had bought, sorted out the vegetables, rice and noodles, and went back to the bedroom. She lay down to take a nap. She had not been able to fall asleep since she was woken up in the morning, so she could only make up for her sleep at noon.

In the afternoon, Su Zhuzhu took the newly bought fabric and went to Mrs. Qin's house, intending to finish the curtains that afternoon.

Su Zhuzhu prepared white and gray-blue fabrics to decorate all three rooms, which was a lot of work. In addition to curtains, Su Zhuzhu also planned to make a tablecloth, some pillows and so on. This would be her home in the future, so she had to arrange it beautifully.

The fabric was cut according to the size measured in advance. Su Zhuzhu used gray-blue fabric for the main part, and white and gray-blue fabric for the curtain heads to create a layered effect.

After the fabrics were cut, Su Zhuzhu tried the sewing machine. Under the guidance of Mrs. Qin, she quickly got the hang of it.

The sewing machine is much faster than hand sewing. Soon, three curtains that look neat and not monotonous are ready.

Su Zhuzhu did not stop. According to her established goal, she planned to install the same style in all the furniture in her home, so she couldn't stop at all.

One afternoon, Mrs. Qin heard the clacking sound of a sewing machine. Su Zhuzhu was so busy that she didn't even raise her head.

Finally, when Mrs. Qin was preparing to cook dinner, Su Zhuzhu finally stood up, stretched her body, and then rubbed her sore waist.

Mrs. Qin asked how the work was going, and Su Zhuzhu said that it was all done. The two began to clean up, folding and packing up the finished items to take away. There were still two pieces of cloth left, one gray-blue and one white.

"Sister-in-law, please take a look at these two pieces of cloth to see if they are useful to you. I don't have any more of them. If you can use them, take them. I saw that they are big enough to make two tops for the children, one white and one gray-blue."

I was thinking about making two sets of clothes for my child when he comes home from school, and the two pieces Su Zhuzhu gave me are just right.

Mrs. Qin was so happy that she took out the jar of pickled vegetables she had picked. She saw that Su Zhuzhu liked to eat them in the morning, so she packed more for her this time.

In order not to delay Mrs. Qin from preparing dinner, Su Zhuzhu packed up her things and returned to her own yard.

It took more than an hour to hang up the curtains. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha. After hanging up the curtains, the whole house felt different. Su Zhuzhu quickly packed up the tablecloths and other things. In this way, the simple family compound became colorful.

Su Zhuzhu had been sitting at the sewing machine without a break for the entire afternoon and her back and waist were already sore. She didn't care whether she had dinner or not and just lay down on the bed for a while.

More than an hour passed, and when Su Zhuzhu woke up, it was already dark. Su Zhuzhu simply went into the space and made herself a delicious Western meal. After eating, she washed her hair and took a shower, and threw her clothes into the washing machine. Perfect!

After quickly cleaning up the chores, it was another day of heavy workload. Su Zhuzhu lay down on the bed and fell asleep almost in the second.

At this time, He Qiaojin was on his way back from a mission. The mission was successfully completed, but the situation was a bit complicated, so he could only return to the army first and then ask his leader for instructions.

He could never imagine that Su Zhuzhu was already in the army and was living in the house he had carefully cleaned.

Su Zhuzhu, who had a good sleep, woke up early the next day. She stayed in bed for a while and carefully looked around the house that the man had cleaned. It was simple but clean, without even a single unnecessary thread.

Su Zhuzhu planned to clean up the place so that she could live comfortably even if she wasn't going to be staying for long.

We didn't even cook for breakfast. We just had bread, milk and a plate of strawberries. It was a delicious meal.

Because her feet still needed time to recover, Su Zhuzhu didn't plan to go out. She would rest at home for two days. The only thing she could do was to put things in order. She took out some inconspicuous little things from the space and put the high school textbooks, review materials, paper and pens she brought with her on the desk in the study. She took a few cushions in the same color as the curtains and put one on each chair. She also sorted out the daily clothes prepared for He Qiaojin and put them in the closet, side by side with her own clothes. Looking at the two neatly arranged rows of clothes, Su Zhuzhu felt a surge of happiness in her heart. She really couldn't imagine it. She thought she would be lonely in this era, but she didn't expect to find her other half so soon.

After wandering around the house leisurely for the whole morning, the house didn't seem to have changed much, but Su Zhuzhu's careful thoughts were revealed everywhere. Thinking that the several packages sent on the day of departure should arrive in two days, Su Zhuzhu decided to leave it at that for the time being and wait for other things to arrive.

I was eating alone at noon, so I simply made some cold noodles. I cut the cucumber into thin strips and fried a small plate of peanuts. After the noodles were cooked, I rinsed them with cold water, drained them, and put them into a bowl. I poured hot oil on the chili powder, and added salt, sugar, sauce, vinegar, peanuts, and cooked sesame seeds, mixed them evenly, and poured them on the noodles with cucumber shreds. A bowl of delicious cold noodles was ready.

Su Zhuzhu took out another watermelon from the space, cut it in half, and ate it with the noodles to relieve the spiciness, and left the remaining half for the evening.

Su Zhuzhu felt quite full after eating a big bowl of cold noodles. After washing the dishes, she took a walk in the bare yard to digest the food. Fortunately, the sun was not too strong yet, so she could still take a short walk.

After thinking around, Su Zhuzhu finally figured out what to do in the afternoon. The yard was about 100 square meters and there was nothing in it now. Even the weeds had been cleared away by He Qiaojin. Su Zhuzhu planned to draw a design in the afternoon and wait for He Qiaojin to come back to tidy up the yard. After making up her mind, she washed her face and went back to her room for a nap.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Su Zhuzhu got up, washed her face to wake herself up, and went into the study. She planned to draw the design of the yard today.

She didn't like the gate of the courtyard very much, so she drew a design of it first. The current gate was made of several steel bars welded together. It was strong and durable, but it was a pity that it was not very good-looking. Su Zhu drew a simple and elegant style, a wooden fence style, but the style was very modern. She planned to let He Qiaojin paint it white and wrote all the requirements in detail under the drawing.

The yard is quite large, and Su Zhuzhu plans to divide it into three parts. The side near the toilet and bathroom on the west will be used to grow vegetables, the east side will be paved with stone slabs to create an activity space, and a pavilion will be built in the corner. The middle part will be designed as a flower bed for growing flowers. First, a one-and-a-half-meter-wide stone slab road will be paved from the gate to the living room, and the other areas will be divided into several flower beds for growing flowers.

The vegetable patch on the west side is designed to be three ridges. Su Zhuzhu plans to plant the commonly used onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, as well as common vegetables such as eggplants, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, peas, leeks, and spinach. She will also plant a pumpkin vine and a winter melon vine in the corner. Anyway, there are all kinds of seeds in the space, and as long as they are available in this era, they can be planted.

A three-meter-wide stone slab is laid on the east side, and the entire stone slab area becomes a leisure area. Put tables, chairs and benches on it, and you can drink tea and have a small barbecue. It’s so comfortable. A pavilion is built on the stone slab near the outside road, and a grape plant is planted in the corner. It’s a beautiful idea.

Su Zhuzhu didn't make a very complicated design for the flower bed area in the middle. Except for the stone path in and out, the other places were divided into several square flower beds with small stone paths. She planned to directly sow herbaceous flower seeds so that they would grow faster and the flowers would be seen blooming early. It would be great if He Qiaojin could get peach trees, pear trees, apricot trees, or crabapple or plum trees. It was not convenient for Su Zhuzhu to move these out of the space, so she could only rely on He Qiaojin.

Su Zhuzhu spent an entire afternoon drawing several design drawings for this yard. In addition to the designs, each drawing also included detailed notes and requirements.

Satisfied, she folded the design drawings and placed them neatly on the desk. She was responsible for the design and He Qiaojin was responsible for the construction. The division of labor was perfect. Not knowing when He Qiaojin would return to the army, Su Zhuzhu first took out the needed vegetable seeds and flower seeds and put them together with the design drawings. She would say that they were prepared in advance when the time comes.

After sitting for a whole afternoon, my back and waist felt a bit sore, so I closed the door, entered the space, sat in the massage chair to relax, and ate a box of ice cream before coming out of the space.

It was almost time for dinner. After having noodles for lunch, Su Zhuzhu planned to make something else in the evening. She took out a piece of pork belly and planned to make a bowl of braised pork to satisfy her craving. She hadn't eaten braised pork for a while. She took out the shredded potatoes that she had packed from the state-owned restaurant in the county. They were still steaming, so she didn't even need to heat them up. She also had some amaranth bought in the kitchen, so she simply fried a bowl of it. It was enough for one person to eat.

First, simmer the rice on the coal stove. It was still early, so I slowly started to prepare the side dishes. I cut the pork belly into pieces, peeled a few garlic cloves, cut a few slices of ginger, and took two star anises and two bay leaves. I pinched off the roots of the amaranth, leaving only the tender leaves and stems, and then washed them several times. The green amaranth that Su Zhuzhu bought can clear away heat and detoxify, and it is delicious when simply stir-fried. It is a vegetable that is often eaten in summer.

After the rice was cooked, Su Zhuzhu started to make the braised pork. First, put a little oil in a pan and stir-fry the sliced ​​pork belly. The pork belly also has a lot of fat, which will slowly boil out. There was too much oil, so Su Zhuzhu found a bowl to pour the oil into the bowl and save it for cooking later. When the pork belly is stir-fried until slightly browned, add ginger, garlic and star anise bay leaves and continue stir-frying. After the aroma comes out, add a spoonful of cooking wine, a spoonful of dark soy sauce and a spoonful of light soy sauce and stir-fry evenly. Finally, add boiling water to cover the meat, cover the pot and simmer. When the broth is stewed, add a little salt to taste, then serve it on a plate, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and a bowl of rich and oily braised pork is ready.

Wash the pot again and heat the oil, sauté the minced garlic, then add the amaranth and stir-fry for a few times, sprinkle with salt and mix evenly, and it will soon be ready, a plate of green and lush stir-fried amaranth.