A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Li Jianjun left home, feeling extremely frustrated.

Yesterday, during the second regiment's drill, he also had abrasions on his arms and legs, and the doctor instructed him to go for a dressing change today.

But just as he reached the fork in the road at the entrance of the family compound, a clear female voice called out to him.

"Build an army!"

Li Jianjun turned around and saw Zhou Haimei standing not far away, wearing a bright yellow dress, her curly hair making her face look clean and stylish.

She was also carrying a net bag containing two cans of malted milk powder.

"Sister Hai Mei?"

Li Jianjun was somewhat surprised and slowed his pace. "Where are you going?"

Zhou Haimei quickly stepped forward, her gaze falling on his arm, her tone filled with natural concern: "I heard from the Navy that you were injured, and I was thinking of buying some supplements to visit you, but I didn't expect to run into you here."

Are you going to change your dressing? I'll go with you and lend a hand.

"No need, Sister Hai Mei, I can handle this little thing myself."

Li Jianjun quickly waved his hand; he was already annoyed and had no energy to deal with people.

He knew his mother was trying to set him up with Kathy Chow.

But he's a married man!

Zhou Haimei seemed not to hear his refusal and stood directly beside him.

"Why are you being so polite with me? You're my superior in the Navy, it's only right that I take care of you."

Besides, it's inconvenient for a grown man like you to have nothing handed to you when you need to change your dressings.

Li Jianjun couldn't dissuade her, so he could only let her follow him.

As the two walked, Zhou Haiming kept talking, asking him if his arm hurt and complaining that the food in the military canteen didn't suit his taste. Her words were full of care and concern.

Zhou Haimei is the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. Half a year ago, her husband died in a car accident, and she came to the military region with her younger brother Zhou Haijun to relax.

Zhou Haijun was the deputy battalion commander in Li Jianjun's battalion. Ever since Zhou Haiming came to the military region, she had been keeping an eye on Li Jianjun.

In her eyes, Li Jianjun was the perfect remarriage partner.

He was tall and imposing, honest and steady in character, and it was said that he would never abandon his wife who couldn't have children.

If this happened back in their hometown, they would have chased away the barren wife long ago.

More importantly, he is a battalion commander with real power, and according to his younger brother, two regimental commanders came to visit him yesterday, which clearly shows that he is valued by his superiors.

In addition, he has been in the position of battalion commander for eight years, and he will be promoted sooner or later. When that happens, she will be the wife of a regimental commander, which is a much more respectable status than guarding her ex-husband's meager inheritance.

As for Lin Huizhi? Zhou Haimei didn't take her seriously at all.

She's just a cafeteria worker.

So what if her mother-in-law is difficult? She has plenty of money; the several hundred dollars in savings left by her ex-husband are enough for her to keep the old lady entertained.

Therefore, she was determined to poach Li Jianjun from the wall.

"Jianjun, does your mother have a lot of complaints about your wife?"

As they approached the hospital entrance, Zhou Haimei asked, seemingly casually, "I passed by your house yesterday and I think I heard them arguing inside."

Li Jianjun paused, realizing he really hadn't had a moment's peace!

"Well, it's just a small matter at home, please forgive me, Sister Hai Mei."

"This is no small matter."

Zhou Haimei sighed, her tone becoming even gentler, "Men are out there building their careers, and if things aren't harmonious at home, it really affects their mood."

If you had someone caring and considerate to help you with household chores, wouldn't you have less to worry about?

As she spoke, she stuffed the net bag and the can of malted milk powder into his hands, saying, "Take this and nourish yourself, don't overwork yourself."

Li Jianjun couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. He thought that his mother had cried so hard that morning, so he would be happy to receive two cans of malted milk powder.

"I'll keep it for now. I'll have the Navy come over for dinner in a couple of days. My wife makes pretty good braised pork."

"Sure, I'll try her cooking."

Oh, and I'll bring something with me too; I can't go empty-handed.

"it is good."

And so, the two agreed to meet.

Unbeknownst to Lin Yinyin, the material for her daily rants had returned.

***

Lin Yinyin and her sister arrived at her workplace.

As soon as I entered, I bumped into Aunt Zhuang cleaning up the food serving window. "Yinyin, you've come to see me!"

Here, Auntie will make you a bowl of porridge, and I'll add two extra dates to it.

Two jujubes? Lin Yinyin's lips twitched—that's quite a lot!

However, a group has more than a thousand people, and if each person gets one, it would take nearly a thousand. The fact that Aunt Zhuang could secretly save two for her shows that she was exceptionally fond of her.

She smiled and agreed, but her hand casually reached into her handbag, actually grabbing a handful of dried red dates from inside. "Auntie, look how in sync we are!"

I also brought you some dates; eat more of them to replenish your energy and blood!

"Haha, you silly child!"

Aunt Zhuang beamed with joy. "Eat first, and I'll tell you something after I finish this work."

Lin Yinyin didn't stand on ceremony and added two steamed buns and an egg to her plate, along with a dish of pickled vegetables, eating with great satisfaction.

After Aunt Zhuang finished her work, she pulled her aside and whispered, "Girl, you like dates too?"

"Yes, Auntie, what's wrong?" Lin Yinyin vaguely guessed what was going on.

"There's a wild jujube grove on the back hill!"

Aunt Zhuang lowered her voice and said, "It's that mountain behind our military region. A lot of people used to go there to pick them."

People from our compound have been allocated quite a bit of land at the foot of the mountain, and some of us often go up the mountain. If you're interested, you can come with us to take a look later.

"That's great!" Lin Yinyin was very interested.

She had planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon to pick out some seeds, and then try her luck to buy some chickens and ducks to raise in her space. But now that they were coming for free, how could she not be happy?

"Auntie, I want to go! I really want to go."

"Okay, then wait for me here. I'll go home to get a hoe. I'll meet you at the gate of the compound in half an hour."

"Okay!"

Lin Yinyin nodded hurriedly and turned to walk towards Li Jianjun's house, saying, "Then I'll go back and get my tools too."

As soon as Lin Yinyin entered the courtyard, she heard laughter coming from the main room. Besides Old Lady Li, there was also Old Lady Zhou, who seemed to have spoken up for her yesterday.

She couldn't be bothered with it; whoever it was, it had nothing to do with her.

My sister planted cabbage, radish, potato, green bean, pepper, and eggplant in her yard. She quickly picked out three of the strongest plants of each and dug them up by the roots to put in space.

She then went back to her room.

There was no other way; it would be too terrifying for a living person to suddenly disappear. She didn't want to be sliced ​​up.

Upon entering the space, I saw the cabbage I had planted yesterday. Its leaves were emerald green and even more tender than those in the yard, clearly indicating that the soil and water in the space were exceptionally good for nurturing things.

After planting the other vegetables, she went straight to the meeting point.

Lin Yinyin, carrying a basket and a small hoe, had just stopped when she saw Aunt Zhuang coming over with several people, including Old Lady Zhang, who had helped her confront Old Lady Li yesterday.

"Hello, ladies!"

My name is Lin Huiyin, and my nickname is Yinyin. I'm new to the military region and don't know anything, so I hope you ladies will take good care of me.

He pretended to take mooncakes out of the basket. "These are brown sugar mooncakes I brought from home, everyone please have a taste!"

"Wow, this is good stuff!"

Grandma Zhang's eyes lit up. "I heard from Aunt Wang that your brown sugar mooncakes are delicious, sweet and fragrant but not greasy!"

"That's right, I heard about it too. That old lady Li even cut back on our mooncakes!"

"Hey, don't mention her! She's so stingy, not a penny spared, and her mouth stinks like a latrine. Unlike our Yinyin, who's so generous! Auntie will accept these mooncakes without hesitation!"

"If anything happens in the compound from now on, just tell your aunt! Your aunt will definitely stand by you!"

The other aunties echoed this sentiment.

Lin Yinyin's eyes lit up; these brown sugar mooncakes were such a good deal!