The Soul Reborn

31. Accepting Duty

"Walk huh?" Zhu Haimei took the initiative to greet Zhang Zhonghai and Zhong Yan first.

"Gee, the boss has come home apparently." Zhong Yan's tone sounded extremely exaggerated. Zhang Zhonghai then tugged at Zhong Yan's clothes from behind to signal his wife not to start trouble. Meanwhile, Zhu Haimei chose not to mind Zhong Yan's tone just now.

(Boss is a term for people who sell, or store owners and so on)

"Yes." Yeah." Zhu Haimei replied with a smile. "I go upstairs first." Its effects.

Zhong Yan who saw Zhu Haimei had already turned into the corridor sneered at him from behind. "He really thinks he's a boss, just for making a little more money."

Zhang Zhonghai then frowned. "Why are you taking care of other people's business? Don't you have any other jobs?"

Zhong Yan then turned his face to look at her husband. "Why do you interfere when women are chatting?"

Zhang Zhonghai was silent and did not dare to respond to his wife's remark. Lately, his father-in-law had been trying hard to make a joint meal appointment with Great General Wu to discuss the matter of his post, but Great General Wu had always delayed it. In fact, Zhang Zhonghai himself also knew that he did not stand out and did not possess any military achievements. He was appointed Deputy Commander of the Company because Great General Wu saw the reputation of his father-in-law, but he always felt uncomfortable if he remained as Deputy Commander of the Company. Under the current circumstances, he did not dare to upset his wife's family. He also did not dare to refute Zhong Yan's words. Meanwhile, Shen Dongyuan would accept the task again as his name was at the top of the list. Company Commander Shen Dongyuan was a Company Commander who was respected and admired by everyone.

When Zhu Haimei opened the door, a light suddenly appeared that dazzled both of his eyes, but the light immediately disappeared in an instant. The appearance of the light really surprised him.

Zhu Haimei then looked at Shen Dongyuan who was sitting on the sofa, then he approached her. Shen Dongyuan was rubbing-usao knives using fine cotton cloth very carefully. The knife was not large, and it was about ten inches long. The handle is made of polished copper. Shen Dongyuan then twisted the blade and made the blade refract light into the surroundings. The light Zhu Haimei had seen just now was probably the light refracted by the blade.

Zhu Haimei then put the vegetables he had brought from his small house into the kitchen. After that, he returned to his room to change his clothes, then headed back to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles for himself.

As he stood at the kitchen door while waiting for the water to boil, Shen Dongyuan still rubbed his knife carefully, just like before. The knife already looked shiny, but why did Shen Dongyuan still continue to wipe it? Is he in a bad mood?

"Is your mood bad?" Asked Zhu Haimei who was shocked. And after saying that, Zhu Haimei was stunned.

"No. The day after tomorrow I'll be on duty, don't make trouble at home."

Initially Zhu Haimei did not expect Shen Dongyuan to say anything kind to him, but just as Zhu Haimei was about to refute Shen Dongyuan's remarks, he changed his mind as Shen Dongyuan was about to leave the house. Better forget it, Zhu Haimei thought. "What time did you leave? I'll make you dumplings for supplies."

"No need."

Zhu Haimei felt unaccepted by Shen Dongyuan's tone just now. She was actually angry, but still returned her husband's words. "Then, is there anything else you need?"

"Don't make trouble at home. Didn't you just hear that?"

Zhu Haimei's anger went up, he could not help it anymore. "What did you say? Don't make trouble? You take it easy, I won't."

After hearing that, Shen Dongyuan just raised his head to look at Zhu Haimei. "Xiao Dong told me that the apple Chunlan ate that day was the apple left there."

Xiao Dong is Chunlan's husband.

Zhu Haimei was shocked after hearing her husband's words just now.

Shen Dongyuan then continued, "If it's indeed left there, you shouldn't have spoken ill like that to Chunlan."

Zhu Haimei did not reply to her husband, preferring to go back to the kitchen and put noodles in boiling water. 'What did he say? Bad speech? When other people talk badly to me, why doesn't he defend me?' Inner Zhu Haimei while smiling coldly.

After dinner, he opened up his small savings, then took out all his money to count. It turned out that his savings had only collected 2,000 yuan more. Zhu Haimei's mind then glared far away. His old profession while in his previous life is still not in accordance with the development of the current era. So, what could he do with some of this money?

Zhu Haimei would not be able to feel at ease if he left his money at home, he better keep it first.

Zhu Haimei then lay down on the bed, but he could not sleep and simply flipped his body on the bed. Isn't Shen Dongyuan going to be on duty? Where's he going? Zhu Haimei did not know when he fell asleep after dissolving into his mind thinking about various things. And when he woke up, the clock was already showing at nine in the morning. He felt his whole body become very comfortable, it seemed that occasionally lazing around was not a bad thing.

Let's just say that this time Zhu Haimei was clearing himself time for a vacation.

At about ten o'clock, he took a shovel and went downstairs to go to the vegetable field.

It just so happened that Brother Huang brought Qiang Qiang to some vegetables. And as soon as Qiang Qiang saw Zhu Haimei, he immediately shouted. "Auntie, Auntie!"

Zhu Haimei responded to Qiang Qiang's call with a smile. His relationship with Qiang Qiang was excellent.

It seems, Children are indeed the most innocent and know who the good people are.

"Why are you here?" Said Brother Huang who was surprised when he saw Zhu Haimei in the field.

"Yes, my business failed. I want to rest first."

"Failed? How could it fail? Teacher Zhong said that your sales are very selling?" Reply Brother Huang who felt surprised.

Teacher Zhong? Zhong Yan's? How could he know about Zhu Haimei's business state? But, come to think of it as well he would not say anything good about Zhu Haimei. Zhu Haimei then smiled and shifted the subject. "Sister Huang, what are you going to plant this season?"

"Nothing, just white mustard and radish. The weather is cold, so no other vegetable can grow well. What are you planning to plant?"

"I think the same thing about you." Zhu Haimei replied and squatted down to clean up the weeds in his vegetable field.

Not long after, Brother Huang walked up to him and said, "Haimei, is your husband going off duty?"

Zhu Haimei nodded his head to answer the question just now, "He said, he will leave tomorrow."

Brother Huang then said in admiration. "In the entire military area your husband is a very extraordinary figure. You're really lucky."

"Sister Huang, everyone is saying the same thing as you."

"Have you prepared anything for your husband?"

Zhu Haimei did not know what he should prepare for Shen Dongyuan who was about to leave for duty. "I haven't prepared anything yet. What should I prepare, Brother Huang?"

Brother Huang sighed and replied, "Don't you need to prepare more shoes and socks?"

Not likely. Does Zhu Haimei still need to prepare it?

When it was late afternoon, Zhu Haimei went to the city. He did not go there to buy Shen Dongyuan shoes and socks, but he bought two boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs and a bottle of expensive Yunnan Baiyao, because he would not be able to buy those two medicines at such a cheap price. He was willing to spend 40 yuan just to buy two drugs.

(Yunnan Baiyao also known as Yunnan Paiyao, is one of the drugs discovered by Dr. Qu Huangzhang in 1902 in Yunnan, China. This traditional Chinese medicine is very effective for treating wounds, pain and bleeding on the body.)

Although Zhu Haimei did not know what task Shen Dongyuan had received, it was impossible if the task was not dangerous. Zhu Haimei deliberately bought anti-inflammatory drugs so that if Shen Dongyuan was injured, the wound would not be life-threatening.

When Zhu Haimei arrived at his home, he first wrote down the method of use and dosage of the medicine, then waited for Shen Dongyuan to give the medicine to him. However, Shen Dongyuan did not return home even though it was late at night. Zhu Haimei chose to put the drugs on the small table in the living room and went to bed first.

The next day, Zhu Haimei's ears could hear a yel-yel sound. He then woke up excited and hurriedly put on sandals and ran to the living room. The medicine on the small table was no longer there. He was truly afraid that Shen Dongyuan would not take it. To be honest, he had absolutely no intention of taking Shen Dongyuan's heart anymore. Zhu Haimei then bowed to the window to look at the training ground below.

Everything still looks as usual. His yel-yel sound was very loud and the soldiers stood up straight like pine trees. Their movements seemed so fast, as fast as a gust of wind.

Shen Dongyuan should have already departed, Zhu Haimei thought.

In fact, Shen Dongyuan had only returned to his house early in the morning. Before returning home, he answered the phone for more than two hours to understand the mission and work out his operational policies.

Lately, his house had always been clean, there were no items scattered on the floor, which was why Shen Dongyuan could clearly see the medicine box placed on the small table. At first he did not want to take it, but when he saw Zhu Haimei's message on it, he changed his mind and decided to take it.

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