I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 60: Military Uniform

After the song was finished, Captain Li nodded. "Very good."

He genuinely praised her. To a professional like him, Yuan Xiu's singing wasn't particularly good, at least not amazing, but her timbre was nice, clean, and simple.

Singing with emotion is what truly touches people.

"Let's do it once with the music."

Yuan Xiu let out a soft breath and nodded.

Yuan Xiu's rehearsal time was not long. After being corrected and sung several times, Captain Li said, "That's enough for today. Go back and practice according to today's rhythm. Come again the day after tomorrow, around this time."

"Thank you all for your help." Yuan Xiu said goodbye.

The music started playing again in the rehearsal room. Yuan Xiu peeked through the glass and saw the dancers gracefully moving to the music.

"It's so beautiful."

Yuan Xiu smiled, looked away, and strode away.

She didn't have time to watch people dance; she had to go back and finish her studies for the day.

In the following period, Yuan Xiu went to the cultural troupe twice more.

In mid-December, the band began to make time to rehearse in the Parents' Committee's rehearsal room.

"Yuan Juan, can you hurry up a bit? Everyone else has already jumped to the next beat, but you're still dawdling over the previous one!"

Wang Ting frowned and said loudly that she would directly and bluntly point out who danced poorly.

Yuan Juan was dancing perfectly fine, but as soon as she saw Yuan Xiu, she couldn't help but look in Yuan Xiu's direction, and her body naturally stopped keeping up with the rhythm.

I heard that Officer Wu even took Yuan Xiu to the cultural troupe for rehearsals, and it was Chairman Gu who personally suggested it.

During the break in the dance program, it was Yuan Xiu's turn to rehearse.

Yuan Juan and everyone else slumped to the ground. As she listened to the people around her praising Yuan Xiu's singing, she said, "I heard that Yuan Xiu has been to the art troupe for rehearsals several times. No wonder she sings so well."

Hearing this, everyone glanced at her. "So what?"

"What I mean is, if we could go to the performing arts troupe to rehearse, we would definitely be able to dance well today."

Someone said, "We all danced quite well today, but Comrade Wang Ting only scolded you."

Someone else said, "Yuan Xiu knew it from the beginning, while we all learned it from scratch. She sings better than us because she rehearsed with the troupe beforehand. Isn't that normal? Are you trying to sow discord by saying this?"

Yuan Juan suddenly became famous!

If anyone else had said this, no one would have thought much of it, and they might even have made some comments, like Yuan Xiu giving her special treatment.

Unfortunately, it was Yuan Juan who said these words. She already had a bad impression on the military families, and when she was learning to dance, she always liked to show off, as if she was afraid that others would not know how good she was. Everyone disliked her even more.

To this day, Yuan Juan doesn't even have a single friend she can talk to in the family compound.

She originally thought she could get close to Wang Ting, but who knew that after Wang Ting found out about her and Yuan Xiu, she couldn't even be bothered to talk to her.

Seeing everyone's mocking looks, Yuan Juan felt uncomfortable and anxious.

It's all Yuan Xiu's fault. If she hadn't been so calculating, her life wouldn't be so difficult now.

She glared angrily at Yuan Xiu, who was chatting and laughing with the band members.

……

The New Year's Day performance was scheduled for the afternoon of January 1st.

Yuan Xiu and the others rehearsed the night before.

Jiang Zhou had originally planned to go with her, but something came up and he went to do something else.

When he returned after finishing his business, Yuan Xiu had already finished rehearsing.

She was holding the costume she would wear for tomorrow's performance.

Jiang Zhou took it and hugged it to his chest. "Is it a military uniform?"

Yuan Xiu nodded excitedly, "Yes! Chairman Gu borrowed it from the logistics department; my performance outfit is a military uniform!"

She had never worn a military uniform. Back in her school days, if someone had a green military uniform, the whole school would envy them!

When you walk down the street, people will stare at you.

Like all teenagers of that era, Yuan Xiu had a dream of wearing a military uniform when she was young.

Unfortunately, she didn't have the money to buy it, nor did she have the cloth coupons to buy the same color cloth to make it, so she could only watch others wear it with envy.

Jiang Zhou couldn't help but laugh. "You like it that much?"

"certainly!"

"Then next time you pick up your clothes, I'll get you a set."

Yuan Xiu exclaimed in surprise, "I can receive it too?"

Jiang Zhou laughed and said, "Just exchange mine for yours and you can take it. Anyway, I have plenty of clothes, so I won't miss this one."

Yuan Xiu was so happy that she couldn't help but stand on tiptoe.

She wanted to jump up.

As soon as she got home, Yuan Xiu closed the bedroom door and went inside to try on clothes.

It was already quite late when Jiang Zhou went to the kitchen. There was a pot of boiling water warming on the honeycomb briquette stove. He carried the water to the living room.

The weather was getting colder, and the washbasin stand had been moved indoors. As Jiang Zhou washed his face, Yuan Xiu came out and stood nervously in front of him. "How is it? Is it strange?"

Jiang Zhou's face was still wet with water droplets, and he shook his head before even wiping his face. "It's not strange, it looks great."

Jiang Zhou has one particularly good quality: when he thinks something is good, he won't hesitate to praise it for any other reason.

If you don't like something, the things you say can be infuriating.

Yuan Xiu's military uniform fit her perfectly, with a belt around her waist that accentuated her slender figure.

It really was only a handful, Jiang Zhou pinched it.

Wearing a military cap, with a braid hanging down her chest and leather shoes, Jiang Zhou thought his wife was even prettier than the female soldiers in the cultural troupe!

Yuan Xiu kicked the ground with her toe and whispered, "I think it looks good too."

Jiang Zhou cleared his slightly tense throat. "Hurry up and wash up, it's already very late."

Yuan Xiu turned around and went into the house to change her clothes.

Jiang Zhou grabbed her arm. "Don't you find it troublesome to take your clothes off like that? You can wash your face without getting your clothes dirty."

Yuan Xiu rolled up her sleeves. "Then I'll be careful."

After she finished washing up and went inside, Yuan Xiu finally understood why he hadn't let her change her clothes first.

Because he wanted to take it off for her himself!

If you were to ask her what aspect of her married life she was not satisfied with during her time with Jiang Zhou, she would say it was...

That is, after they slept together, Jiang Zhou... was too diligent.

Her diligence was almost overwhelming for her.

I often wake up late because I can't wake up properly.

The breakfasts at home, which she used to make, were now made by Jiang Zhou, or they would be bought from the cafeteria.

The quilt on the bed had long been replaced with a thick quilt, made with newly bought cotton and a newly made thick quilt, weighing ten pounds, which felt heavy on my body.

However, it wasn't as heavy as the weight Jiang Zhou was pressing down on her.

Yuan Xiu remembered the sweater she had just finished knitting that afternoon.

"Wait a moment……"

Jiang Zhou paused in his movements, slightly propping himself up to look at her. "What's wrong?"

My period only ended a few days ago, didn't it?

Yuan Xiu's cheeks were flushed from the heat. "I knitted you a sweater; it's in the closet. Do you want to try it on?"

Jiang Zhou let out a heavy sigh. "That's it?"

Yuan Xiu placed her hands against his chest and blinked her eyes. The lights were off, so he couldn't see her.

"Yes, that's it."

"..."

Jiang Zhou reached behind him with his right hand and pulled the blanket over them both. "We'll talk about it tomorrow..."