Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 732 - 704: Familiar People

"Hmm, why don’t we go check the house tomorrow, see what’s missing, then make a list, and go to the market to buy everything we need."

"Hmm."

Early the next day, the couple took their child and drove to the team where Han Yi was stationed. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

The team Han Yi was in was quite far from the city center, mostly in a plains area with wide open spaces. This military unit occupied quite a large area.

There were seven or eight buildings just in the military living quarters, housing hundreds of families altogether.

Han Yi took them to their apartment in the first row on the left as they entered the compound, on the third floor, east-facing unit of the second building. It was a two-bedroom, two-living room unit and seemed quite spacious. Besides a large balcony for drying clothes in the living room, both bedrooms also had large balconies.

Lin Wan discovered that the unit had already been uniformly renovated, and the kitchen not only had cabinets installed but also used natural gas. She wondered who designed this place, incorporating such advanced features like natural gas heating into the community.

Even the flooring had been laid. It’s understandable too, as if the military allocates housing, and you spend your own money to renovate, you might be transferred in less than two years, and all your renovation efforts would be wasted. Uniform renovation is quite rational.

The refrigerator she brought last time was already placed in the kitchen, and the washing machine was in the bathroom. The bedroom didn’t have any beds or cabinets, everything needed to be purchased by them.

Lin Wan and Han Yi measured the dimensions and took Little Star with them to the furniture market. There was a street in Z City with several stores specializing in furniture.

Lin Wan took a liking to a store’s furniture, with modern and beautiful sofa beds and wardrobes.

They ordered all their furniture from this store. A set of black leather sofas, with matching wood-colored and white mixed beds and wardrobes for the rest.

The whole set of furniture cost more than one thousand. It looked beautiful, but the price was quite "on point."

While Lin Wan and Han Yi were happily shopping, some unpleasant things were happening at another military area in Z City.

In G City, at Military Area Zhang, Lusheng, the commander is distributing welfare materials to the soldiers.

Just as the materials reached the soldiers, someone started reporting upwards, saying their clothes weren’t warm.

Although G City is in the south, southern winters are damp and cold, and when it’s cold, it can be unbearable.

Due to the significant number of complaints, Commander Zhang had people inspect the materials, discovering that the stuffing in this batch of coats wasn’t cotton but cotton wadding. The fabric wasn’t of high quality either, being substandard leftovers from several years ago when the team selected materials.

Scrimping on military use materials isn’t a trivial matter, so the G City military area organized a thorough investigation group, which surprisingly traced back to Mei Langchi.

Thus, people from the G City’s military court specially came today to take Mei Langchi for an inquiry.

Originally, Ye Qing had managed a batch of shoes from the factory and made a profit, planning to return to the Capital City with her husband to see their child.

They had packed everything and gifts, but unexpectedly such an incident occurred. Seeing the court people, Mei Langchi realized this wasn’t good and quickly signaled to Ye Qing.

The message was clear, asking her to quickly call home for help, as Mei Langchi knew this would likely be a tricky situation.

During the New Year, taking someone so openly like this startled many people in the compound, attracting quite an audience.

To talk about it, this family had just moved in, and though they hadn’t interacted much, it was somewhat known that both husband and wife came from prominent families in the Capital City.

Recently, there were some who wanted to get close to them and were quietly thankful they hadn’t spoken up; otherwise, they’d be in trouble too.

If it weren’t for committing an offense, why would people from the military court come to directly arrest someone?

Ye Qing couldn’t find out what was happening. The soldiers who came to arrest him wouldn’t let her follow; she only knew he was heading to G City.

So, Ye Qing could only watch Mei Langchi being taken away and hurriedly made a call to the Capital City.

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On the twenty-eighth of the lunar month, all their ordered furniture was delivered. Lin Wan spent a day organizing at home. While she stayed home with Little Star to tidy up, Han Yi drove to the city and brought back kitchenware, rice, flour, vegetables, and meat in one go.

Luckily, last time when they moved things, Lin Wan brought some items, so they didn’t need to buy thermoses and small pots.

After cleaning up, the family of three went back to Mom’s. This year, it was agreed they’d celebrate New Year at Grandpa’s house.

However, Liang Hongmei had prepared quite a lot of New Year’s food at home for her son and daughter—dumpling fillings, meat buns, and bean buns. The chicken, duck, and fish were all ready.

This year, both the elder and second sons and grandchildren were present, and with a house full of people, Mr. Lin Senior and Mrs. Lin didn’t stop talking the entire evening.

They handed out a large stack of red envelopes, giving them nonstop to the younger generation.

"Cousin, I’ve been to the team these days, but I haven’t seen you there," Lin Wan knew Wang Yuan had also been transferred to the team and was allocated a house.

"We’ve settled earlier, it’s just that my Wang Yuan isn’t on duty this year, so we didn’t go over. Our house is just behind yours."

"Too bad we weren’t assigned together, what a pity."

"What’s the difference, being together or not? Oh, I forgot to tell you, I got transferred to the military hospital in that area, and Yangyang will go to school there too."

"Has the school there already started classes?"

"Not yet, they said they would have unified enrollment next summer. Kindergarten, middle school, and high school too. But most of the people in our complex have already moved in, and although the new equipment is good, more people means more kids too."

Lin Wan nodded, "Next year is fine. If the kindergarten there is good, I’ll also let Little Star transfer."

"Are you sure you’ll stay here and not go to S City?"

"It’s impossible not to go, but we won’t go often."

After having a meal with the family on New Year’s Eve, they returned to Dad’s house. Little Star ran into the room with her red envelopes and began counting her money happily.

Little Bud could only recognize numbers up to ten, but was still quite adept at recognizing money. Not quite understanding her count, she was tangled up on the bed.

"Did you figure it out?" Han Yi asked as he lay beside her, squinting his eyes.

"I did, I did. I have three monies."

"How much is three monies?"

"Three monies can buy lots of candies."

Han Yi helplessly laughed, teaching her to count, "How much is this?"

"It’s fifty cents."

"How many?"

"Three."

"How much is this?"

"A dollar."

"How many?"

"Four."

Lin Wan returned from the bathroom and saw the father-daughter duo counting money on the bed.

Seeing this, Lin Wan quickly took out the gift prepared for Little Star, a piggy bank.

Lin Wan didn’t want the child to learn to spend extravagantly, so she prepared this especially for her.

"Mom, I want the piggy bank to help me keep it, so I can buy colored pencils when school starts."

"Of course, of course. You have to keep your money yourself, once you spend or lose it, you won’t have money to spend anymore. By that time, what you can buy will depend on Mom and Dad, if they want to buy it for you or not, and you can’t cry and fuss, got it?"

"Yes, yes, Xingxing has her own money, she can buy things herself."

"Yes, yes," Lin Wan smiled and didn’t burst her bubble. The next morning early, Xiao Chen came to pick up Mom and Dad. Once they left, Lin Wan took what Mom had prepared for them to their new home.

Han Yi took them around the team to get to know some places.

It happened that they met Commander Shen Tuan and Sister-in-law Jiang in the compound.

"Xiao Wan, it’s really you! This is great, we finally meet again," Sister-in-law Jiang said excitedly, holding Lin Wan’s hand when she saw her.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, Commander Shen Tuan has also been transferred here, right?"

"Yes, now we can be neighbors again."

"Yes, yes."

Only after talking did they realize Sister-in-law Jiang also lived in their building, right on the first floor.

What a coincidence, Lin Wan and Han Yi even took Little Star to sit at Sister-in-law Jiang’s place for a while. Only then did they learn that Commander Shen Tuan was now a commander in their team.

Now Lin Wan finally had someone she could talk to.

Because Commander Shen Tuan was on duty today? He came back late in the evening, otherwise, they could have met up today too.

The family spent the first night in their new house, with Little Star too excited to sleep, so Lin Wan played a cartoon for her.