Under the gaze of Shen Yangye and his granddaughter, Chen Ming slowly said,""Political committee, I plan to marry Xiaoxue, but not in the near future. I'm now the commander of the special forces, and I'm so busy with all kinds of things.”
When Shen Xue heard that Chen Ming was planning to marry her, she felt so sweet that her heart almost melted. She looked at Chen Ming affectionately.
As for delaying the wedding date, she could completely accept it.
In her opinion, Chen Ming was on the rise in his career. If he suddenly got married at this time, it would affect his work.
It wouldn't be too late to get married after Chen Ming's career stabilized.
Moreover, although she and Chen Ming were in love, this was the second time they met. It was not good to progress too quickly.
Shen Yang was also very satisfied with Chen Ming's reply. He smiled and said,""I was in a hurry to get the two of you married. You're really busy now and can't find the time. Then you and Snowy can stay together for a while. When you bring the special forces out, we can talk about marriage.”
Chen Ming heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Shen Yang's words.
Shen Xue was indeed the best candidate for a wife in his heart.
She was the granddaughter of the political committee. Like his family, she had been in the army for three generations. They were a good match.
Moreover, Shen Xue had a good personality. She was gentle, gentle, virtuous, and sensible.
The most important thing was that she was very beautiful. Although she was dressed a little plainly, she was born in a high-ranking cadre family. She did not need to be exposed to the wind and rain outside. Her skin was fair and tender, and her figure was good.
Even so, Chen Ming still planned to delay the wedding.
He was not mentally prepared. As someone who had transmigrated thirty years later, his thoughts were not as simple as those of this era. It was easy to think too much.
As the saying goes, marriage is the grave of love.
Chen Ming planned to date Shen Xue for a while and spend some time together before getting married.
His mind was filled with thoughts. As he thought about these things, he ate the porridge. After a while, the bowl of porridge was finished by Chen Ming.
"Brother Ming, do you want another bowl for you?”Shen Xue walked over and asked.
"No need, I'm full!" Chen Ming smiled." Let's go out!”
"Good!"
"Political committee, I'll take Shen Xue out for a walk first!”Chen Ming greeted Shen Yang.
"You guys go ahead and have fun!”Shen Yang waved his hand with a smile.
Chen Ming nodded and brought Shen Xue out of the house.
"Brother Ming, where are we going?" Shen Xue tilted her head and looked at Chen Ming curiously.
"It's autumn now, and all kinds of loaches and eels are jumping around in the paddy fields. I'll bring you to the countryside to catch some to make soup!”Chen Ming replied.
"Are loaches and eels edible?" Shen Xue asked in confusion.
"You haven't eaten it before?" Chen Ming was a little surprised.
Shen Xue shook her head.
Her family had never lacked chicken, duck, or fish since she was young. After all, she was from a high-ranking cadre family. She ate commodity grain, and meat was supplied every day. Occasionally, she could even eat biscuits, canned food, chocolate, and so on.
However, she had never eaten eels and loaches, which dug holes in paddy fields and ditches.
Chen Ming raised his eyebrows and said," Since you haven't tried it before, I'll let you have a taste today. Although these things have a lot of bones and not much meat, they are definitely more delicious than fish soup when used to make soup."”
Shen Xue's eyes were filled with curiosity. She was eager to know what the eel and loach that Chen Ming was talking about looked like.
"Get in the car!" Chen Ming got into the jeep and reached out his hand to Shen Xue.
Shen Xue placed her fair little hand on Chen Ming's palm. Chen Ming held it gently and pulled her into the car.
Shen Xue sat in the front passenger seat. Her hand was still warm from Chen Ming's palm, and her face was a little red.
"Let's go!" Chen Ming stepped on the gas pedal and the jeep began to speed along the direction of the military gate.
After leaving the army, Chen Ming found a yellow road that led to the countryside and drove straight.
The road was very bumpy. It was not like 30 years later when all kinds of cement roads were built to various towns. The jeep drove on the yellow soil road, shaking.
Fortunately, the jeep's chassis was high. Otherwise, it might get stuck halfway.
After driving for nearly two hours, when it was close to noon, the two of them arrived at a ridge in the countryside.
At a glance, large areas of farmland were arranged in a stair-like manner.
It was the autumn harvest. Many farmers were wearing straw hats, rolling up their sleeves and trouser legs, bending down to cut the rice with sickles. There was also a large group of children chasing and playing in the paddy fields after the rice was cut.
"Let's get out of the car!" Chen Ming parked the car and brought Shen Xue out.
Shen Xue had never been to the countryside before, so she could not help but smile when she saw the empty and distant scenery in the countryside." Brother Ming, the scenery here is really good!”
" The countryside can always make one feel peaceful. It's a good place to rest and relax!" Chen Ming said.”
"Let's go and find a fellow villager to buy a bucket to hold the eel and loach!”
As he spoke, Chen Ming brought Shen Xue to a paddy field.
"Fellow townsman!" Chen Ming called out amiably.
An old man who was harvesting rice straightened his back. When he turned around and saw Chen Ming in his military uniform, he was surprised and asked,"Comrade soldier, what's the matter?
"Fellow villager, we came here to catch some loaches and eels to make soup. We want to buy a bucket from you!”Chen Ming explained his intentions.
"I just happened to bring a bucket over. I'll bring it over now!”Sir System said and strode to the ridge, carrying a big red plastic bucket over.
After Chen Ming took the red bucket from the old man, he took out a ten-dollar bill from his wallet and handed it to the old man."Fellow villager, this is the money for the bucket!"
When First Master saw such a large bill, he immediately rejected it."I can't take it, I can't take it. How much is a bucket worth?”
"Fellow villager, keep it!" Chen Ming stuffed the money into the old man's pocket.
However, Sir System was very stubborn. He took out the money and placed it back in Chen Ming's palm. He said with a serious expression,"You soldiers protect your country. How can I accept your money? If I accept this money, I won't be able to live with my conscience!”
Chen Ming had no choice but to take the money back. However, an idea came to him. He took out a pack of freshly opened Hongtashan soft cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the old man."Fellow villager, since you don't want to accept the money, then you have to accept this cigarette. Otherwise, I won't be able to live with my conscience!”
"Alright, I'll take these cigarettes. If you need my help, just let me know!”The old man took the Hongtashan Soft Cigarette from Chen Ming's hand and rubbed it with his black palm. He put it in his pocket very carefully.
He was also an old smoking pipe, but he usually smoked cigarettes that cost a few cents per tael.
He had only smoked this kind of packaged soft cigarette once or twice, and it was given out by the village chief when he called the villagers to a meeting.
Although soft cigarettes were easy to smoke, they were not cheap. A pack cost one or two yuan, and Sir System was not willing to buy them.
"Xiao Xue, let's go catch loaches and eels!”Chen Ming carried the red bucket and brought Snowy to a muddy ridge. After looking around, he found a few eel holes.
He used a red bucket to fill some water in the ditch beside the ridge and poured it into the eel hole.
After a while, a few eels choked on water and came out of the cave in panic.
Snowy saw the slippery eel and took a step back in fear." Brother Ming, snake!”
" This isn't a snake, it's a eel!" Chen Ming smiled as he picked up the eel. The eel was still struggling in his hand.
He casually threw the eel into the bucket.
Country people didn't like to eat things like eels and loaches because there was little meat and it took a lot of oil to cook.
Moreover, the environment in this era had not been polluted by chemicals. All kinds of loaches, eels, and frogs were almost flooding the fields.
In a short while, Chen Ming had caught more than ten fish.
Snowy was a little scared at first, but under Chen Ming's encouragement, she also rolled up her sleeves and caught the eels together.
When she caught the first fish, the eel slipped out of her hands.
However, after getting used to it, the girl was very nimble. When she grabbed the eel and loach, she was almost able to catch them accurately.
As the two of them were busy, the children running around in the fields nearby surrounded them curiously and looked at Chen Ming with curious eyes.
Chen Ming looked very handsome in his military uniform.
It was the first time these children had seen a soldier, and they kept staring at Chen Ming.
After being surrounded and stared at by these brats, Chen Ming suddenly turned to them and asked,""Do you want to earn money?"
The children looked at each other, puzzled, but they still nodded.
"Then go and help me catch some green insects, grasshoppers, autumn cicadas, and earthworms. I'll charge you three cents for each of them.”Chen Ming said.
When the children heard Chen Ming's words, their eyes widened.
Three cents was enough to buy three popsicles.
Children like to catch insects to play with. Catching insects was not a problem for them at all.
"Do you really collect bugs?" A child king asked in confusion.
"Of course!" Chen Ming took out a five-dollar bill from his wallet and handed it to the child king." This is your deposit!”
The group of children stared at the money with wide eyes.
Five yuan was enough to buy five hundred popsicles!
The child king took the money with trembling hands and said,"Alright, let's go catch them now!"
He carefully put away the money and waved at the children." Follow me!”
Thus, the group of brats rushed off to catch the bugs.
Shen Xue wiped the sweat off her forehead and asked,""Brother Ming, what use do you have for bugs?”
"It's very useful in special forces training!" Chen Ming replied with a strange smile.”
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