I relied on my heart to play badly in front of my husband, an officer.

Bai Youyou and the others stayed at home for three days, and during these three days they finally persuaded Zhang Ru to go back to the army with them this time.

Seeing that Zhang Ru agreed to them, they began a new round of cleaning up useful and useless things in the house.

All the things that could not be taken away or left at home were packed together and Sheng Zeyan rode his bicycle to deliver them to Bai Youyou's parents' home.

Some of the things that could be taken away and eaten were also packed together and sent to Bai Youyou's home to be taken away when they returned to the army.

Zhang Ru was reluctant to even leave the jar of pickles at home gathering dust, and wanted to take it with him to the army.

"Oh, this jar was bought with the wages your father earned from working for someone for a month when he was still alive.

It has been working fine all the time and the vegetables I pickle with it are delicious too. It would be a shame to just leave it at home and not use it.”

Zhang Ru was wiping a large vegetable jar that was about half a meter high while speaking reluctantly.

Bai Youyou, who was washing dishes at the side, heard Zhang Ru's words, glanced at the pickle jar that looked quite old, thought for a moment, and said:

"Mom, if you really can't bear to part with this jar, we can take it back to the army. I also think the pickles pickled in the jar are delicious. It's just that this one is a bit big, so it might be a bit troublesome for us to carry it. We're on a long journey, and I'm afraid it might get bumped and broken by mistake, which would be a waste of time."

Zhang Ru was delighted for a moment. "Really? That's really great. Youyou, you don't know this, but I can make pickles. When we get there, I'll make them for you and make sure you enjoy as much as you can."

Bai Youyou looked at Zhang Ru's happy expression and felt that her decision was a good one. As for how to bring such a large jar back to the army, she would leave it to Sheng Zeyan, the son, to worry about! A daughter-in-law should have the consciousness of a daughter-in-law and not interfere in the affairs between them.

"Well, okay, Mom, I want to eat pickled white radish. You can pickle more when the time comes. It tastes good with rice. Mom, please don't pickle carrots! I don't eat carrots."

"Hey! Mom will pickle more white radishes instead of carrots.

Oh! No, I have to go find where I put the sealing cloth. I can't do this without it." After saying that, she threw away the rag in her hand and ran out of the door in a hurry to look for the things she had packed.

Bai Youyou looked at her happy expression, shook her head, smiled, and started working swiftly.

While Bai Youyou and Zhang Ru were cleaning up at home, Sheng Zeyan was not idle either. He went to the village chief's house and explained his purpose.

"Uncle, I came to you this time to discuss something with you. I wonder if you have time now."

The village chief, who was sitting under the eaves smoking a pipe, heard the voice and looked up to see that it was Sheng Zeyan. He quickly put down his cigarette and said,

"The Sheng family kid is here. Come in and sit down. I have time. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Sheng Zeyan followed the village chief into the house and placed some Beijing specialties they brought back on the table.

The village chief, who turned back to pour water, saw this and frowned, saying:

"Why are you bringing things to our house? You have to take them away when you leave. Do you hear me?"

Sheng Zeyan took the water from his hand and said gently, "Uncle, this is a specialty I brought from the army. It's not something expensive, I just gave it to you to try.

You have been taking good care of our family over the years, and this is just a token of my appreciation. Please don't refuse."

The village chief felt relieved to hear him say that, "You are being too polite, kid. Since your family is a member of the village, I, as the village chief, have the obligation to take care of you.

Besides, I haven’t done anything to help your family.”

"You can't say that. I always remember that when my father passed away, your help to our family prevented my mother and I from having our place divided up by our relatives.

I have always kept these in my heart.

Besides, the item isn't expensive. If you don't accept it, I won't be able to say what I'm going to say later."

The village chief glanced at Sheng Zeyan and said helplessly:

"You! I really don't know what to say to you. In that case, just tell me what you want from me."

After taking a sip of water, Sheng Zeyan placed the cup on the table and looked at the village chief and said:

"Uncle, this is the case. My mother is going to follow us to the army this time, so I want to discuss with you about my family's private plot and work points, and also ask you to write a letter of introduction for my mother.

I also want to ask you if the village has any ideas."

After listening to Sheng Zeyan's words, the village chief pondered for a moment and then said, "Your mother's private plot can be managed by your neighbor, the Li family, and the harvest can be used as the management fee.

As for work points, they will be stopped according to regulations, and the previous work points will not be calculated for you until the end of the year.

As for the letter of introduction, it's easy to get. The village has no objection.

Xiaosheng, your mother has agreed to go to the army with you. Has your family discussed this?

Sheng Zeyan nodded in gratitude, "Thank you for your help, uncle, this arrangement is very good.

Don't worry, uncle! My mom and I have already discussed this, otherwise I wouldn't dare to come to you."

"That's good. Don't worry after you leave! I will help take care of your house and land." The village chief looked at Sheng Zeyan and assured.

"Thank you, uncle."

"Well, what are you thanking me for? Just think about when your family will leave so I can arrange these things and write the letter of introduction."

Sheng Zeyan calculated the time and said:

"Uncle, we may need another seven or eight days, but we want to arrange things here as soon as possible, then stay at my parents-in-law's house for a few days, and then we may leave directly from there to join the army. So uncle, I may have to trouble you to take care of it for us in the next two days."

The village chief pondered for a moment and said:

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you as soon as possible.

As for the time on the letter of introduction, I will also write a longer time for you, so that when you leave, you don’t have to come back again.”

Sheng Zeyan was satisfied, stood up and shook the village chief's hand, "Thank you, uncle, I'll leave our family's affairs in your hands.

I won't bother you if you're busy." After saying that, he turned and left the village chief's house.

After Sheng Zeyan left, the village head's wife came out of the room and looked at Sheng Zeyan's receding back and asked him:

"Hey! Why didn't you leave their private plot for us? It's quite a big piece! We can harvest a lot every year.

Besides, he has a lot of vegetables planted in his fields. Wouldn't it be a waste to give them to others?"

The village chief looked at his wife with a look of disappointment, "You know nothing about womanly kindness."

The village head's wife was not happy with what he said and started to yell:

"Why am I being so soft-hearted? Isn't that what everyone thinks? I don't understand. I'm just asking you.

If you don’t tell me, how can I understand?”

The village chief sighed and explained, "The Sheng family kid will definitely have a bright future in the army. If we help him today, who knows what he might need in the future.

Besides, after they leave, I have the final say on who gets the land, so what's the point of arguing about it now?"

The village chief's wife curled her lips after hearing what he said. "You think too much. Why don't you just tell me directly? Why are you still hiding things from me?"

"Of course it's that bad. You have such a big mouth. I told you that everything was exposed. I don't know you. You can't keep anything secret." The village chief looked at his wife and said.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Tell everything."

Although the village chief's wife disagreed with what he said, she did not argue anymore.

As for Sheng Zeyan, after returning, he told Zhang Ru and Bai Youyou the result. Although Zhang Ru was reluctant to give up the private plot, he felt relieved when he thought about joining the army.

The three of them were busy cleaning up at home for two days.

In the past two days, Sheng Zeyan has brought a lot of things to Bai Youyou's house.

Two days later, the village chief came to their house with a letter of introduction and said everything had been arranged.

On the day of departure, many villagers came to see us off.

Zhang Ru carefully placed the pickle jar on the bicycle and secured it securely. Bai Youyou also carried various luggage, while Sheng Zeyan was busy checking the bicycle chain for any damage.

After Zhang Ru said goodbye to everyone he knew, the car started slowly and the villagers waved goodbye.

Zhang Ru's eyes were red. After walking a long way, she turned back to look at the people who were still standing there watching them and shouted, "Don't worry, everyone. I'll come back when I have time! Go back! Don't watch there anymore."

After those people waved to them and left, Zhang Ru turned around and left with red eyes.

Along the way, Bai Youyou comforted her.

"Mom, don't worry. We will come back when we have time. Then we will let your sisters see how good your life is in the army and make them envy you."

"Haha, that's a great feeling. I just want them to envy me."

Zhang Ru was no longer so sad after being teased by Bai Youyou. He started to talk more along the way and pulled Bai Youyou aside to ask about life in the army and things to pay attention to.

They rode along the way and rested on the roadside when they were tired.

They encountered a steep slope on the way. Sheng Zeyan pedaled the bicycle with great effort, Bai Youyou helped push it from behind, and Zhang Ru held the pickle jar tightly for fear of breaking it.

After finally getting over the slope, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

When they arrived at Bai Youyou's family home, they were warmly welcomed. During the few days they stayed there, Zhang Ru took his mother-in-law to share his experience in pickling pickles every day, and also prepared a lot of ingredients to bring to the army to show off his skills.

Four days later, Sheng Zeyan took Bai Youyou to the city to buy tickets and meet her friend Lin Xiaolin and her elder and second brothers.

After they arrived in the city, they first bought tickets, then bought a pound of fruit candy at the supply and marketing cooperative and came to the gate of the electromechanical factory to wait for Bai Wen and the others.

They stood at the door and looked at the people who were coming out after get off work at noon, but there was no one they wanted to wait for. Bai Youyou became a little anxious.

Pulling Sheng Zeyan, he looked in front and then behind.

"Oh, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been afraid of wasting money and not calling them. I should have called them. That way, we wouldn't have been waiting at the door with no one around."

Sheng Zeyan noticed her frustration, raised his hand and touched her head to comfort her.

"It's okay, let's wait a little longer, maybe they will come out soon. We are fine now anyway, so it's okay to wait here."

Bai Youyou, who was in a bad mood, said helplessly: "Alas, this is the only way."

Just as they were talking, Bai Wen and Mao Xiaoling walked out of the factory while talking.

When he saw them, he ran towards them happily.

"Why are you here? You must have been waiting here for a long time. Why don't you send someone in to find us?"

Bai Youyou felt better after seeing them. "Brother, sister-in-law, why did you come out just now? You made us wait here for so long, we thought we had waited in vain today."

"We had to add some work to our workshop at the last minute, which caused some delays.

"Little sister, brother-in-law, you must have been waiting for a long time. Let's go to the state-owned restaurant today." Bai Wen looked at them apologetically.

Sheng Zeyan smiled and shook his head, then handed over the fruit candy.

Bai Youyou walked forward and took Mao Xiaoling's hand. After exchanging a few greetings, they walked towards the state-owned restaurant.

On the way, Bai Youyou asked Bai Wen to find someone to call Lin Xiaolin.

It was half an hour later when Lin Xiaolin got the news and rushed over.

"Ah! Ah! Youyou, you don't know, I missed you so much. I finally saw you again today."

As soon as Lin Xiaolin arrived, she hugged Bai Youyou and shouted.

Bai Youyou looked at Lin Xiaolin with a smile on her face. "Xiaolin, I miss you too. Are you okay at the factory? Did anything bad happen?"

Lin Xiaolin replied with a big smile:

"No, no, I'm doing well now. My parents don't want my salary, I keep it all for myself! What do you want to eat later? I'll treat you!"

Don't worry about eating it later, sister, I have money." After saying this, she patted her chest, looking very rich.

Bai Youyou looked at her and smiled. "Really? I'm not polite. I'm going to order more of my favorite food. I'm going to eat you out of money. Don't cry."

Lin Xiaolin said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, even if you order all the food from the state-owned restaurant, you won't go broke. I have money, several months' salary!"

"Hahahaha, okay, then I won't be polite." Bai Youyou hugged her and smiled.

"Hehe, don't be polite with me."

Mao Xiaoling just stood there smiling and watching them reminisce about the past.

Soon several women gathered together and chatted non-stop.

Bai Wen and Sheng Zeyan were talking about work and military matters.

None of them had remembered that Bai Wei was still missing. After all, Bai Wei didn't work in the same workshop as them! It was understandable that he was forgotten, wasn't it?