The wife took the baby to live with the military commander, and the commander washed diapers every d

"My wife works hard breastfeeding too. The child will grow up eventually, and I can't let my wife breastfeed forever," Qin Xiang'an said matter-of-factly.

Commander Wang was speechless at his words.

"You really dote on your wife, kid."

"Okay, I'll try to find a way, but this milk powder is hard to buy. Even if I help you, I'm afraid I can only get one or two bags."

"Then I'll give you the money later."

"That's all, Brigade Commander. You can continue with your work. I'll be leaving now."

Qin Xiang'an quickly slipped away after finishing his sentence.

"You brat, you ran away right after saying that, you really have no manners at all."

Commander Wang chuckled and muttered a few curses under his breath before returning to his desk with his hands behind his back and continuing his work.

Qin Xiang'an went to the dormitory and found Lao Fang and the others. They were off for the past two days, so he took them over to help him build the toilet.

Old Fang and the others were still asleep when Qin Xiang'an pulled them out of bed.

"Hey Lao Qin, you finally get two days off, what are you doing?"

Old Chen yawned, his eyes still half-closed, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

"That's right, your wife is still in her postpartum period, so go and take care of her when you have free time."

Qin Xiang'an: "Wake up, all of you! I came here to ask you for a favor."

"After I help you with this, I'll treat you to something delicious next time."

The group then regained some energy.

"What kind of help?"

Half an hour later...

Qin Xiang'an led them to a nearby farmer's house where bricks were made to move bricks.

Old Chen's eyes widened: "No, Old Qin, you woke us up just to move bricks?"

Old Fang: "What do you need so many bricks for?"

Qin Xiang'an: "I plan to build a toilet in the yard."

Old Lu was also dragged over by Qin Xiang'an. Upon hearing his words, his hands, which were moving bricks, stopped moving.

"What the heck?"

"Old Qin, you're building a toilet in the yard? Don't you think it'll smell awful?"

Qin Xiang'an rolled her eyes at him. "I want to build a flush toilet. Who said we wanted to build a dry toilet?"

Old Zhu: "Old Qin, why are you making a toilet? Why don't you just use the outside?"

Old Fang: "Old Qin, did your wife make you do this?"

Not wanting people to misunderstand his wife, Qin Xiang'an said, "No, she's in her postpartum period, so it's inconvenient for her to go out. I was thinking of building a toilet for her in the yard, which would be more convenient."

Old Chen joked, "Wow, having a wife really changes things. She's busy building a toilet the day after she came back."

Qin Xiang'an carried bricks onto the cart they had brought, urging, "Stop arguing, hurry up and get it done. The toilet needs to be finished in the next two days."

Old Lu, carrying a pile of bricks, said with some dissatisfaction, "Old Qin, you're really something. We finally got two days of rest after coming back, and you've arranged everything for us."

Qin Xiang'an: "You guys are my good brothers, who else would I turn to if not you?"

Qin Xiang'an wasn't embarrassed at all. He had never asked them for help before, except for this time.

"I'll treat you to a meal after you're done moving. Hurry up, don't dawdle."

The group resigned themselves to their fate and began loading the bricks onto the cart.

They brought two handcarts, and only took them back after the handcarts were full.

After hauling the bricks back, we still need to dig a cesspool.

Qin Xiang'an placed the cesspool directly at the back of the yard. There were houses on both sides, but only the back, which was against the mountain, had a vacant lot where he could dig.

Shen Jingyue heard the noise from inside the house.

Qin Xiang'an pulled the bricks back and went inside to tell his wife.

"Honey, I've already had a toilet built. It'll be a bit noisy these next couple of days."

"It's okay, how long will it take you to fix it?" Shen Jingyue wanted to go to the bathroom as soon as possible.

"It will take at least two days, and we'll also have to dig a cesspool in the back."

"Okay, there are tea leaves on the table. Take them and make tea for everyone."

Shen Jingyue found this tea from her spatial storage; she couldn't just have the tea leaves served to her when she asked for help.

Qin Xiang'an then noticed that there was indeed a package on the table, wrapped in oil paper.

The tea was originally packed in a tin box, but she couldn't take the tin box out, so she wrapped some in oil paper.

Qin Xiang'an took the tea leaves and went out.

Sister Wang had just returned from the vegetable garden when she heard a commotion next door, along with the sound of many people talking.

Everyone in this residential compound gets a small plot of land for vegetables. As soon as Sister Wang arrived, she planted vegetables in her plot and has harvested them several times.

She put the shovel back in her yard and then walked to the neighbor's yard.

As soon as I entered, I saw several grown men wearing vests working in a corner of the yard.

Seeing Qin Xiang'an there, she asked curiously, "Deputy Commander Qin, what are you all doing?"

Qin Xiang'an saw her too, so he quickly put down what he was doing and came over.

"Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"

"I see a lot of people here, what are you all doing?"

There are still bricks here; are they going to build something?

"We're building toilets."

"The toilet?" Sister Wang asked in surprise. She glanced at the place where they were busy and asked doubtfully, "Isn't that the outhouse? Doesn't it smell bad if the outhouse is built in the yard?"

It's no wonder Sister Wang asked that question; most of the toilets used here are dry toilets.

Flushing toilets are only available in certain areas of the city; some other places don't even have them.

Not to mention Sister Wang, she came from the countryside, where there were only outhouses, and she had never seen an outhouse with flushing water.

Qin Xiang'an explained with a smile, "It's not an outhouse, it's a toilet. It has flushing capabilities, unlike the outhouses outside."

"What? This outhouse can flush water?" Sister Wang had never seen anything like it before.

"Okay, if there's nothing else, sister-in-law, I'll go take care of my work now."

He wanted to get the toilet fixed as soon as possible.

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll go in and check on Shen and the child."

Sister Wang went inside.

Shen Jingyue had just put her child to sleep and was writing an article she was going to send to the newspaper at the kang table.

This door isn't soundproof either, so she'll still know when Sister Wang comes.

Sister Wang pushed open the door and came in. She saw Shen Jingyue sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), with a kang table in front of her and paper and pen on it.

"Sister Wang is here." Shen Jingyue stopped what she was doing and sat up straight.

"Hmm, what are you writing?" Sister Wang walked over, dragged a stool over, sat down, and asked curiously.

"I didn't write anything, Sister Wang, what brings you here?"

"I noticed your family was quite large and it was lively, so I came over out of curiosity."

"I just heard Deputy Regiment Commander Qin say that you're going to build flush toilets in the yard. Is that true?"

Because the child was asleep, Ms. Wang didn't speak very loudly.

"Yes, it's quite troublesome to have to go outside every time I need to use the restroom, so I had him build a toilet in the yard, which will be much more convenient."

Shen Jingyue felt there was nothing wrong with saying this.

If she hadn't wanted to avoid troubling others, she would have done it long ago.

"You're so lucky. Look at your Deputy Regiment Commander Qin, he's willing to do anything."

"Unlike my husband, he just sits and waits for food as soon as he gets home, and he doesn't help me with any chores." Sister Wang said, sounding a little envious.

Shen Jingyue didn't want to interfere in other people's family affairs, even though Sister Wang was complaining.

But there wasn't a hint of complaint on his face.

"Oh, by the way, Sister Wang, I have something for you."

Shen Jingyue took a small box from the side of her kang (heated brick bed).

"What is it?" Sister Wang asked curiously.

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