Unable to endure the hardships of rural life, she returned home to arrange a marriage with a militar

After hesitating for a while, Shen Yuanshan asked, "You just mentioned Gu Jun, you said he's your comrade-in-arms, what kind of person is he?"

Upon hearing this, Director Yang smiled and gestured with his lips to a bag of fried crabs in Shen Yuanshan's package, saying, "These crabs look pretty good."

Shen Yuanshan said irritably, "Give me your hand."

He poured some into Director Yang's hand, "Is that alright?"

Looking at the few lonely little crabs in his hand, Director Yang said, "This isn't enough. Bring me some more."

Shen Yuanshan poured some more, and seeing that Director Yang was thinking of doing it himself, he quickly stuffed it next to his bed and glared at him, "That's all, take it or leave it."

"Alright, alright, alright, I've never seen such a stingy old man as you." As he spoke, Director Yang tossed a small crab into his mouth, crunching and tasting it.

“Gu Jun, I’ve known him for over ten years. He’s handsome, capable, and has a bright future. He’s also generous and magnanimous. Although he’s the youngest among the brothers, everyone respects him.”

Director Yang recalled the past and gave an example: "When our comrades were getting married or their wives were having babies, they needed industrial ration coupons or fabric. They could always get the coupons by asking Gu Jun. He never haggled over small things."

Shen Yuanshan snorted, but his expression softened considerably.

Director Yang continued, "You haven't seen him in person. He is indeed a talented young man. If I didn't have a younger sister, I would definitely introduce him to her. They are a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman."

Shen Yuanshan glanced at Director Yang's face. He was a big, burly man with thick eyebrows, like a bear. Shen Yuanshan didn't want to think about what it would look like on a woman's face.

His expression faltered for a moment as he adjusted his glasses, but Director Yang still noticed it keenly and said, not very pleased, "Old man, what's with that expression? I'm handsome and dashing too!"

As the two chatted and laughed, Shen Yuanshan's eyes lit up with a smile, finally no longer as lifeless as before.

After speaking for a while, Director Yang left because there were still many things waiting for him to handle at the farm.

Shen Yuanshan took out a letter from the bottom of the package, opened it, and stroked the handwriting, his eyes becoming slightly moist.

It rained all day in Haicheng, and it finally stopped around six or seven o'clock in the evening. But soon after, a light drizzle began to fall again, and it got dark earlier than usual.

Gu Jun has a habit of reading before bed. He was sitting on the edge of the bed and had just picked up a book when he saw Shu Yun slip into the covers with a whoosh, her back to Gu Jun, only the back of her head showing.

Gu Jun asked, "Ready to sleep?"

Shu Yun responded from under the covers.

Gu Jun refocused his attention on the book, but as soon as he opened it, he noticed something was wrong. There was an envelope tucked inside, with the words "Reply to Comrade Gu Jun, from your wife, Comrade Shu Yun" written on the cover.

Shu Yun hadn't slept; she had been listening intently. Her ears twitched, and she heard Gu Jun say, "The letter you gave me?"

Her tone was rising. Shu Yun didn't turn around, but buried half her face in the blanket, embarrassed. "You wrote me a reply too."

Gu Jun's fingers lingered on the words "wife," his eyes softening with tenderness. He carefully unwrapped the folded envelope, took out the letter inside, and found a few short sentences written in delicate handwriting:

Thank you so much for your valuable suggestions. Every single one of them has been very helpful to me. Thank you again.

At the end, I drew a puppy making a heart shape with a sketching pen. It was dark and looked silly. Could it be my new dog Ah-happy or that other dog?

Gu Jun looked at it again and again, even checking the back of the paper. After looking at it over and over, he could only see those few sentences. He couldn't help but lean closer to Shu Yun and shake the letter. "Just one sentence?"

Shu Yun was embarrassed and annoyed. It wasn't that she didn't want to write more, but once she started writing, she realized that her cultural level was probably limited. She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she only wrote a few sentences and drew a dog at the end to finish.

However, it's one thing to feel embarrassed, but it's another to be disliked by others. She glared at Gu Jun and reached out to snatch it back, saying, "If you don't want it, just give it back to me."

Gu Jun quickly pulled his hand back. "Who said I didn't want it? I think you wrote it very well. I'll take it out and look at it from time to time."

Shu Yun: ...

That's not necessarily true.

Shu Yun ignored him, but what Gu Jun said was indeed the truth. This was the first time she had received a letter from her lover, and she should cherish it.

He carefully refolded the letter, but he had torn open the envelope that Shu Yun had folded herself. Gu Jun tried several times but couldn't put it back together, so he had to ask Shu Yun for help, "Xiao Yun, can you help me refold this envelope?"

Shu Yun was puzzled. "You can just throw the envelope away. Why do you have to fold it again?" Even so, Shu Yun still folded the envelope and returned it to Gu Jun.

Gu Jun placed the letter inside and then put it back into the book.

He couldn't lose the envelope; he couldn't bear to throw it away just because of the big words on it!

The lights were turned off, and the room was dark. Shu Yun was about to fall asleep when she suddenly heard Gu Jun say from beside her, "Yiru, can you show me everything you've finished drawing? I'll write you a letter with my feedback, and you'll have to go back home, okay?"

Shu Yun thought about it and found it quite interesting. "Okay, you can still be my first reader."

The correspondence between the two of them is a little fun in married life, something novel and enjoyable.

It rained for several days in a row, the weather turned cool, the yard was still wet, and moss had grown in the corner of the wall.

These past few days, apart from occasionally moving a bamboo chair to sit on the eaves and enjoy the rain, Shu Yun has been holed up in her study continuing to improve her comic strip.

She stretched, blew away the eraser shavings from the drawing, picked up a cup of hot milk and took a sip. Looking out the window, she saw that the rain was gradually subsiding. Ah-happy poked her chubby little paws out of the doghouse, eager to try to go out.

Ever since Gu Jun dragged her to take a bath a few times, A-happy has become much more restrained on rainy days, since taking a bath is a very unpleasant experience.

However, it was just its nature. After only two days of quiet, it immediately had the urge to go out and run around again. Shu Yun called it from inside the house, and Ah Xi quickly withdrew its paws, curled up, and went back to its bed to sleep.

Shu Yun reached out and felt the air. It had stopped raining, but the sky hadn't cleared up. She didn't know when it would start raining again. The rain these past few days had been coming and going and wouldn't stop.

Shu Yun immediately took out the last page of the drawing, which was an emergency diagram for choking on a foreign object. She carefully wrapped it up, put it in her bag, grabbed her bicycle keys, and pushed her bicycle out.

Seeing this, Ah happy followed. Shu Yun waved to shoo it away, but the little guy wouldn't leave. It squatted at Shu Yun's feet, wagging its tail, wanting to go out and play too.

Shu Yun had no choice but to push its chubby little bottom and shoo it inside, saying, "I'll take you out to play when I get back."

It's not that Shu Yun doesn't want the puppy to run wild, it's just that it's still too young and its injuries have only recently healed. Shu Yun is afraid that it will be bullied by larger stray dogs.

Taking advantage of Ah happy's inattention, she immediately locked the gate and then rode away on her bicycle. This time, she was going to a field hospital not far from the military camp.