Good Man Operation Guide

by Usui Takumii

not mine, Dragon tea ink and wuxia world.

2. 11 to 20

The bus quickly drove to the military base, and Lin Shiheng opened the window so that his wife could see what was going on outside.

After all, he Xuezhu is going to live here in the future. He Xuezhu looks out nervously. She happens to see a young soldier walking forward with a wooden basin in his arms. When the soldier saw the parked bus, he looked curiously at Lin Shiheng. His smile suddenly grew bigger and he saluted with one hand, holding the basin in the other: "Good day, Commander Sir!"

"Xiao Zhang, are you on vacation today?"

"Yes, Commander. My mother-in-law came to see us, and I asked for leave."

"Good, go ahead, and treat your mother-in-law well."

"Yes! Good-bye Commander!"

This was the first time He Xuezhu saw Lin Shiheng with such a look. He is clearly smiling gently, but still has the dignity of a superior; which can be seen from the nervous look of the young soldier.

The movement here also notified some people who were moving in the yard, and they immediately looked at them curiously.

Seeing Lin Shiheng get out of the car and open a door to let a woman with an unfamiliar face down, and then go back to get her luggage with that kind of expression on his face. They gradually began to gossip.

Right now, was military training time. So, except for some soldiers on vacation, there were many military wives and children in the housing courtyard.

Usually, everyone gathers around this courtyard. Every day sewing clothes and making soles is boring, they also like to get together and talk about gossip or something. Lin Shiheng; this young Commander was their gossip protagonist some time ago.

Now, the protagonist of their gossip was that unfamiliar woman.

Just as everyone's eyes fell on the three, Lin Shiheng went to the dormitory, too.

His dormitory is naturally quite large, and its contents have been properly furnished long before his departure. Bright rooms, neatly stacked quilts on the bed, and books and pens on the desk are all delightful for He Xuezhu to see.

Lin Shiheng stood beside her with tender eyes and asked in a gentle voice, "Do you like it? This will be our home in the future."

" Like! I like it."

He Xuezhu turned to her husband with shining eyes. Her beautiful face was full of joy.

He Xiaobao was also happy to enter the city, his face was in full awe as someone from a small village. He put his bag on the ground. "Brother-in-law, will we live here in the future?"

" Xiaobao."

In front of He Xuezhu, Lin Shiheng's tone was still mild: "This is where I live with your sister, you are a recruit, of course you have to live in the new recruit camp."

"Don't worry. Brother-in-law will take you there in person, and Deputy Zhang will take care of you. You go outside and wait. I'll change my clothes."

On hearing that Deputy Zhang would take care of him, He Xiaobao; who didn't want to go, immediately relaxed and happily carried his luggage outside and waited.

There is someone above him. What is he afraid of?

Watching He Xiaobao go out, Lin Shiheng changed his clothes and began to unpack his luggage. He told Xuezhu, "Usually I don't come back for a whole day, only to sleep at night. So, it's a bit messy here."

"What mess? It's clean."

He Xuezhu answered with a smile, but her heart he was somewhat disappointed to know that her husband hardly returned during the day.

Fortunately, she quickly adjusted her disappointment. After all, even in the village, men seldom stay at home during the day, let alone Shiheng; who was a soldier, it was normal.

She was taking out a messy dress to be folded carefully. Suddenly, her waist was embraced by two hands. Then, the light soap fragrance that came from her husband.

The man's magnetic voice with a slightly satisfied tone, whispered in her ear: "but later, I can come back as soon as I have time."

" Xuezhu, having you with me… suddenly my mind seems to be at ease."

He Xuezhu face blushed red. The disappointment in her heart has long flown away.

She turned slightly and carefully helped her husband with his collar. "I feel at ease being with you too. "

"Come out… come out…"

"Do you want to greet them?"

"That's Commander Lin. The men in our family are very careful when talking to him. You dare to come up to him…"

"What do you mean 'careful'? Commander Lin is not like Deputy Zhang. Last time my son was injured in training. But, Commander Lin always took care before and after training, and then he brought supplements to see him."

Several women sitting under the tree to sewing soles for shoes chattered for a while and finally greeted Lin Shiheng as he passed by with Xiaobao.

"Yes, I just came back from my hometown."

"By the way, ladies, please do me a favor." The handsome man in military uniform said with a smile." My wife came to the base with me this time. She is gentle and shy. She is probably too embarrassed to take the initiative to talk to you. Please, take the initiative to look for her."

As soon as this was said, several women promised.

"Ah, why put it that way? Don't worry. We've been idle. You can rest assured, Commander Lin."

"Well, thank you ladies. I'll take my brother to the new recruits' barracks. I'll come back to thank you again."

Waiting for the slender figure to leave with He Xiaobao, several military wives immediately gathered together.

"I can see it. Commander Lin still loves his wife. When I first came over and nobody knew me, I didn't even dare to step out of the door way, my family never asked anyone else to come and talk to me."

"Me too, when I first came, I was too thin-skinned to talk to anyone myself. The boredom made me ask my family's Lao Zhang, to help to talk to his comrades. He also rejected the idea, for fear of being humiliated, and refused to do so."

"Certainly is. It's good that Commander Lin thought about it. He usually speaks politely and love his wife so much. Commander Lin's wife is really blessed."

After two hours, they were almost done with the work in their hands. They were talking and laughing and collecting their things, and they were going to go together to talk to the new Commander's wife. From outside the gate, came a little wife who came back with a bag. Several laughing military wives suddenly stiffly smiled and looked uncomfortable.

"Where are you going?"

The little wife didn't notice there was something wrong. Seeing them go there together, she asked casually.

Several military wives looked at each other, and eventually a woman who was always called Li-jie opened his mouth: "Commander Lin's wife came, and he asked us to speak with her."

As soon as she heard it, the expression on the little military wife; Zhou Qianqian face didn't look good: "He asked you? Why didn't he accompany her himself?"

"Commander Lin went to the new recruits' barrack on business, so he …"

"Oh!"

Zhou Qianqian giggled: "Come on, I think he just doesn't want to see his wife."

"Don't say that. Commander Lin loves his wife. Just now, he said that his wife is shy…"

"Can't her temperament be bad? After all, being left at home by her husband for three years, he didn't even want to take her after being appointed as a Commander. If I were her, I would have made a fuss at the Commander!"

"No, Qianqian, Chief Lin is really good, and it looks like he is really good to his wife. You can't always believe in those rumors. "

Speaking of this Zhou Qianqian; she once went to a hospital to see a doctor and met Miao Xing, they gradually became good sisters. When Miao Xing chased Lin Shiheng, Zhou Qianqian did a lot of things. She thought that her sister would get what she wanted soon. As a result, in this new world, everything came too fast. Lin Shiheng told everyone that he had a wife, Miao Xing has changed from a new age woman who pursues love boldly to a guy who 'eats a bowl and looks at the pot'.

(吃着碗里的看着锅里的 [ Chīzhe wǎn lǐ de kànzhe guō lǐ de] = to eat what's in her bowl while eyeing the pot; unfaithful and insatiable.)

Zhou Qianqian doesn't believe this. In her eyes, Miao Xing is the kindest. How could she pursue Lin Shiheng even if she knew he had a family!

So, it's all Lin Shiheng 's fault. It's his own failure to tell Miao Xing that he had a wife. When rumors spread some time ago, Zhou Qianqian spared no effort in helping Miao Xing defend herself.

"What rumor!? Everything turned out like this because Miao Xing-jie believed Commander Lin too much. How can such a person love his wife dearly!?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Qianqian added a layer of sneer on her face: "Look, he can't even mention his wife for three years. Even if Commander Lin brought his wife here, there might not be any good days."

Li-jie just felt it was too troublesome: "Don't be so arbitrary, what if Commander Lin is good to his wife?"

"Good? How is that possible? Let's put it this way, if Commander Lin buys a new dress for his wife within a month without you telling him to. I will eat this plastic bag in my hand!"

Her voice came out crisp and resolute!

As the voice fell, she turned to leave, but behind her came Lin Shiheng's mild voice: "Li-jie, I just went to the city and bought some clothes for my wife. One of them looks good, but the sleeves are a little too big. You are good at craftsmanship. Can you help me adjust it?"

Several people looked behind her. Lin Shiheng, who had just returned, was indeed holding a beautiful skirt in his hand and several bags in his other hand. Judging by the situation, it most likely was filled with clothes too.

Their eyes went from the clothes, to the bags.

And finally, they all moved to Zhou Qianqian's stiff face.

Lin Shiheng did not seem to notice the strange atmosphere between these several women. While holding the clothes in his hand, he asked, "Li-jie?"

"Oh, no problem. Leave it to me."

Li-jie was older and calmer. Without mentioning what Zhou Qianqian had said just now, she smiled and picked up the clothes. "This is good material," she said, admiring it.

"I don't understand clothes, it's what the sales person recommended. Then, please Li-jie if you will. My wife is still at home, I'll go back first. Tomorrow, I take some good wine to your family's son-in-law."

"Hey, come on… why bring wine?"

Zhou Qianqian looked stiff, holding the plastic bag in her hand without saying a word. She looked at Lin Shiheng and Li-jie politely exchanging words and leaving with a smile.

As soon as he left, a military wife who normally disliked her immediately opened her mouth: "What did someone say just now? Eat a plastic bag?"

"Ah! Don't talk so much…"

Li-jie quickly grabbed her and said, "Qianqian is young and ignorant. She had never had contact with Commander Lin, so she misunderstood him. If the misunderstanding is over, then it's over. Okay, it's getting late. Let's go now."

She deliberately gave her a way out, but Zhou Qianqian refused to lower her head. Her face was livid and he threw the plastic bag in her hand to the ground. "Who knows if she would wear it or not? You'll see! He's been pretending all day, but he won't keep pretending!"

"Sooner or later, you will realize who's at fault!"

After she finished speaking, she left angrily, leaving the laughing military wives. "Has she gone crazy?"

"She's a little girl, who knows what she's thinking."

Besides, when she said 'if Commander Lin buys his wife a new dress, she would eat that plastic bag'. If she is right, she didn't have to add that they aren't allowed to tell Commander Lin. With this sentence added, as soon as Commander Lin buys clothes, despite someone telling him or not, Zhou Qianqian could say that someone did.

Unfortunately, even God didn't help her. As soon as this sentence was said, Commander Lin came back with new clothes.

"Okay, stop talking. It's late. Hurry back."

"Li-jie, don't be such a good person anymore. Didn't you see that Zhou Qianqian didn't appreciate it at all? Look, she has lost face today. In the future, I'm sure she would go around and spread rumors about Commander Lin."

"I really don't know what to think. We all came to the army base. Can't she live a good life with her husband? Commander Lin is in charge of her man. Isn't she afraid to make trouble for her family by making such a fool of herself?"

"It's because of Commander Lin's good temper, he wouldn't use his position to get even for a private grudge. Let's leave it alone. Li-jie, Ah Qiao is right. Zhou Qianqian is too much. She blames you for helping her. And as I see it, she'll talk nonsense in the future. She'll offend Commander Lin again. Look how well you treat her and how she hates you. All the men in our family are still working under Commander Lin, it's better to stay away from her."

They took turns persuading Li-jie. Although she did not think that Commander Lin was a hateful man, she was still worried about it affecting her own man. "Okay, I know, I will pay attention to it later."

She thought that if Commander Lin had bought his wife such beautiful new clothes, Zhou Qianqian would never be so brainless and gossip around, would she?

Zhou Qianqian had no brains.

She lost her face this time and all her resentment and humiliation were put on Lin Shiheng's head.

He must have done it intentionally, otherwise how could he have not mentioned his wife for three years and suddenly brought her to the base and buy new clothes?

There is also Miao Xing-jie. Zhou Qianqian felt distressed when she remembered the sadness on her face when she saw her last time. If Lin Shiheng doesn't cherish the good Miao-jie, she can just spread some false rumors.

Miao Xing is a new age woman. She is Qianqian's most admired person. How could she pursue Lin Shiheng when she knew she had a wife?

Zhou Qianqian became even more angry. She even wanted to meet Lin Shiheng's dear wife. Just thinking of her losing so much face, and how she would be ridiculed when going outside; she could only sit back angrily.

She was not foolish either. She knew that she would be laughed at these days, she stayed in the house for several days before coming out.

With so many people in the courtyard, it's no big deal to not get along with those people.

Zhou Qianqian went to do the laundry with a washbasin in her arms. She saw a woman in her forties bending over to wash clothes. Her eyes immediately lit up.

This is Zhang-sao, a person who normally likes to pass on gossip the most.

(嫂 [sǎo] = elder madam/ elder sister-in-law/ serviceman's wife; wives of military personnel)

Zhou Qianqian put the basin next to her, said hello, and began to lead the topic to Lin Shiheng stealthily.

"What? He didn't mention his wife for three years? No way…"

Zhang-sao had a surprised expression. "Qianqian, have you not been out these days? In the past two days, some soldiers came to the courtyard to see Commander Lin's wife. They said that Commander Lin always mentioned his wife to them, always boasting about her. When the person came, they could hardly wait to see her."

Zhou Qianqian was taken by surprise when she heard the answer. She clearly remembered that not many people knew about Lin Shiheng's wife.

"No one knew!"

Zhang-sao kindly explained: "Commander Lin loves his wife dearly. As long as he isn't training, he won't leave his wife's side. Look, since his wife came, he accompanied her whenever he was free. A few days ago, he bought pots, bowls and pans, and so on. We also talked a bit, he said that when his wife would cook, he felt bad."

"Commander Lin said; it's because his wife was practicing writing recently and was still tired after making clothes for him. He said that he would not let his wife start cooking. Every day, he would wave a spatula to cook!"

Zhou Qianqian listened with a startled face. "How can that be possible? If he really loves his wife, he wouldn't let her stay in his hometown for three years."

"You, this child… you didn't ask? When he was young, Commander Lin lost his father and was brought up by his mother alone. He was an only son. If he went to the army and took his wife with him, wont his mother be alone at home? "

"This time, they are making a new house at their hometown. Commander Lin's wife came along with him because it's inconvenient for her pregnancy. She has been taking care of her mother-in-law at home for three years, but it's not like how you said it was. You can't spread that round. It's a good thing you said this to me, if it was someone else, people would say that you made these rumors on purpose."

"Okay, I'm done. I'll go first."

Zhou Qianqian dazedly watched Zhang-sao leave.

How was it possible?

Didn't Miao-jie say that Lin Shiheng never mentioned his wife to her at all? How come Zhang-sao say that a lot of people knew about it now?

No, no, Miao Xing won't lie to her.

Lin Shiheng is just pretending to be good, and she wants to know how he could leave his newly married wife when he just got married.

She didn't believe it. Everyone in the army said that Lin Shiheng was good.

Zhou Qianqian did not wash her clothes. While holding the washtub, she went back. After only a few steps, she saw a young man with a bitter face, quivering with each step. The dusty young man swayed weakly.

Curiously, she grabbed a woman who was sitting on a bench mending her insoles and asked, "Who is that? I've never seen him."

"Him? The brother of Commander Lin's wife."

The woman bit off the string and casually replied, "It's too bad. He was fined 50 laps on the field just now. After stopping, he added 10 laps. In addition to training these days, he just watched him run on the field."

Zhou Qianqian's eyes lit up a little.

She thought that she had found evidence that Commander Lin hated his wife!

If you love someone, how can you treat her brother like this?

When Lin Shiheng came back, He Xiaobao; whose body was covered with medicinal wine, stood by the pot expectantly and looked at the dumplings with his neck stretched and his face full of yearning.

He coughed and called out, "Xiaobao."

He Xiaobao immediately reacted, he stood up straight, and in a standard military posture appeared in front of Lin Shiheng.

"Yes, it seems that Deputy Zhang has a good command of recruits. It's only a few days, and you look like a decent one."

How could he not be decent?

He Xiaobao's face is bitter. If he doesn't stand well; while others go to rest, he must continue to stand. Otherwise, he has to run around. Even if his legs feel soft, he has to run. He is tired half to death, he could hardly finish running. If he does stand well, while people go back to their dormitory to eat, he has to go back to their dormitory, and stand there with sore legs and cook!

Worst of all, when he returns to his dormitory, he couldn't live in peace. It was so good at home, he only has to put his hand out or open his mouth to eat. Do whatever he wanted to do… Now he lives with a group of soldiers. His clothes must be clean, even his quilt must be folded into neat tofu pieces.

(tofu pieces = clean neat square white fluffy. 😊 )

The most outrageous thing is that he doesn't like to wash his feet which smells like his old bedding. But the people in the dormitory insisted that he washed his feet and wiped his body, they even forced him to use soap.

(TNnote: eeewwww….. that's nasty!)

Thinking of these hardships, He Xiaobao didn't dare to complain about the ferocious Deputy Zhang and his roommates to Lin Shiheng.

He thought his brother-in-law would help stop those 'wonderful' roommates who forced him to take a bath and wash his feet. But, he didn't expect Lin Shiheng to nod and smile after listening, with a feeling of relief he said: "You seem to get along well with them."

He Xiaobao choked on the blood in his heart, and his face looked oppressed.

After a long time, he asked, "When can I go home, brother-in-law?"

Lin Shiheng laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "When you become like brother-in-law, you can go home."

He Xiaobao looked down at his soft squishy arms and then at his slender brother-in-law standing in front of him in a neat military uniform.

… He's not going to be able to do that all his life.

Suddenly, he sees He Xuezhu coming back from buying vinegar outside. He immediately moved toward her with a face full of grievance. Even if he had eight galls, He Xiaobao still didn't dare to tell on Lin Shiheng, he can only scurry around like a little monkey towards her. He didn't look up in the process, too scared to look at his brother-in-law.

"Sister, are you going to cut garlic? Shall I cut it for you? I'll get this."

He Xuezhu smiled at her brother's helpfulness. Her eyes were full of happiness.

Lin Shiheng grabbed her shoulder and said warmly, "Let's go to the hospital together after dinner."

"What's the matter?" He Xuezhu's expression immediately became nervous. "What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's one of my soldiers who got his hand injured when he was clearing mines and stayed in the hospital for a few days. A couple of days ago, I went back home and was busy. I didn't get to visit him. He doesn't have a wife. I think he has been eating and drinking hospital food. I'll pack him a box of dumplings and let him see you; his sister-in-law, for once."

(TLnote: soldiers consider themselves as brothers, and it's natural to call a co-worker's wife as sister-in-law….)

When he mentioned this, He Xuezhu's face turned red, and she patted her husband's hand on her shoulder: "Don't always praise me to them. I'm very embarrassed."

"What's embarrassing about it?"

Lin Shiheng indulged and pinched his wife's tender face with a smile: "My family's Xuezhu is really excellent, they are all just begging for the medicated wine you made."

"By the way, how about the medical book I gave you? If you don't understand it, how about taking it to the hospital and asking the doctor to help you with your research?"

He Xuezhu shook her head, with bright eyes she said. "I can understand it, Shiheng. This book is too amazing. Qiu-jie, from next door, twisted her foot this morning. I tried a method according to the book. It was really affective."

"That powerful?" Lin Shiheng's face also showed a little surprise: "When I went to buy you clothes, I saw it at the bookstall. Thinking you would like it, I bought it. If it's that good, next time we go out to shop together we can buy more. I remember there are a few more books there."

"Let's go. Not to buy books. But let's choose nice clothes. I also stayed in the hospital for a few days, and the doctors and Nurses there took good care of me. We should greet them together later."

He Xiaobao felt bitter while cutting garlic. He watched his sister being taken away by his brother-in-law to choose clothes. He cut garlic while his mind was busy thinking.

His brother-in-law said that he had to become a man like him.

What about buying books and clothes for your wife?

When He Xuezhu arrived at the hospital wearing her new clothes with her husband, Zhou Qianqian looked like she had taken a hit for some reason.

At that time, when she stopped He Xiaobao, many people saw it. Although Zhou Qianqian's words were inaudible to others because of the volume of her speech, but He Xiaobao fell to the ground like a big prone horse and the cry of injustice while getting up was clearly heard.

Then He Xiaobao ran away while wiping away tears, leaving Zhou Qianqian alone with so many strange stares. Then she stomped her feet angrily and went back to her and her husband's house.

Zhou Qianqian left, but the gossip did not stop. Especially the last two days, people saw how she targeted Lin Shiheng's wife a few times.

When it happened, they were all sitting nearby knitting.

Watching Zhou Qianqian go, several people looked at each other and said, "Isn't that Xuezhu's brother?"

"No, she used to say bad things about Commander Lin, how can she still bully his brother?"

"It's not necessarily bullying. Maybe there's some misunderstanding between them. After all, they're young."

Upon hearing this, one of the military wives disagreed and said, "Could there be a misunderstanding? Didn't you see that the child fell to the ground? What I saw was Zhou Qianqian going up and stopping someone from saying something. She refused to let him go, and he cried after falling. The kid didn't seem to be picking on her or anything."

"Yes, I met that kid yesterday. A very good kid, Deputy Zhang, asked him to do whatever he wanted. The kid didn't dare say a word. Commander Lin is too decent, so no one took care of it. I guess, this kid was bullied by Deputy Zhang and didn't tell Commander Lin. Otherwise, Commander Lin would surely come out."

Speaking of this, several other military wives all looked somewhat disgusted.

Zhang Yanming has always been prideful and has been spoiled by his family since he was a child. He feels that he is aboveboard and straightforward, and doesn't need to cover up anything. So, he doesn't even bother looking for a reason to bully Xiaobao.

But the more he bullies, the more people wonder why he is targeting a new recruit like this. Gradually, even people who did not know about this before; all knew Deputy Zhang is targeting Commander Lin's brother-in-law because his new wife liked Commander Lin once before.

Then, it leads to how Deputy Zhang's newly-married wife's various statements in the past, regardless of Commander Lin having a family. In the end, when Commander Lin was unconscious for four days, she resolutely chose Deputy Zhang.

They had never heard of such a woman! Before all of this, people also said that maybe Deputy Zhang's brain was filled with water. But from seeing how things are these days, him harassing innocent recruits because of personal animosity, turns out that they were a perfect match.

"I don't know what Deputy Zhang is thinking. Everyone sees what he's doing. People are not deaf or blind. If he goes on like this, he'll be punished sooner or later."

"Don't you think the people who got to know the Nurse named Miao Xing from the hospital, are acting weird? Before, Deputy Zhang was a little difficult to get along with, but it wasn't as difficult as it is now. Besides that, Zhou Qianqian; who was a normal little wife, now always talks bad about Commander Lin. Not to mention that there isn't any problem with the Commander. Even if there is a problem, if she doesn't give Commander Lin some face, it's like wanting to kill her own man."

"Yes, it seems that is the case."

"I heard that Deputy Zhang had already applied for a marriage certificate. It's looks like, in time, that Miao Xing will live in our yard. In case we get involved with her …"

Although now everyone says that it's just feudal superstition, but in the end the age-old tradition has not passed. They still more or less believe some of it. At this moment, whether they believe it or not, they were determined to stay away from Miao Xing.

Miao Xing did not know that, even when she had not come yet. Zhou Qianqian had brought trouble from a group of people. It was break time, but she was being criticized by the Head Nurse.

"You have been working as a Nurse for several years. How can you make such a low-level mistake? That's a long tube of air. If I hadn't found it, you would have injected the air in!"

"This is to protect the wounded soldiers of our country. If something happens on your watch, can you afford it? Would your conscience bare it?"

The Head Nurse was also very angry. She was not satisfied with Miao Xing, who had made many mistakes in recent days. As a result, today, she almost injected a wounded soldier's body with a long tube of air, which would be fatal. If she hadn't prevented it in time, nobody knew what would happen.

Miao Xing held her head down, her hands were hanging on both sides.

It wasn't her fault. She just married Zhang Yanming. Even if she had pursued Lin Shiheng before, she didn't do anything wrong. As a result, the Nurses around her pointed at her and it made her uneasy. Otherwise, she wouldn't make these mistakes.

If she had made a mistake, since it did not cause great damage, it would have passed. But Miao Xing had no remorse on her face, the Head Nurses became even more angry.

She just had to open her mouth to criticize a few more words.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and she turned to look. It was Lin Shiheng in a stiff military uniform who was holding a beautiful girl beside him.

The Head Nurse was stunned: "Commander Lin?"

"Am I disturbing you?" Lin Shiheng's face was apologetic and embarrassed. "Umm, I came to see one of my soldiers today. Thinking of the care that everyone had given me before, I came to say hello and give you some candy while I'm here."

Saying so, he stepped forward, grabbed a handful of candy from the bag and handed it to the Head Nurse.

"ah, thank you. Who is this?"

Hearing the Head Nurse's question, Lin Shiheng looked sideways at the other person and warmly said, "This is my wife, He Xuezhu. She is pregnant. Our custom is to give candy to the people around us to spread happiness. All the boys in the army had gotten theirs, but it's not the same as people in the hospital. It's a thank you for saving me before."

When the handsome man in military uniform looks at his wife, everyone can see the tender, loving and happy look in his eyes. The Head Nurse immediately congratulates him. On the other hand, Miao Xing looks up with a dark expression. While looking at He Xuezhu; who was attached to her husband, a trace of disdain crossed her face.

However, she is a woman who is attached to a man. Apart from the child in her belly, she has nothing else!

As soon as the Head Nurse watched the two people leave, she turned around and saw the expression on Miao Xing's face. Her face sank down immediately. "What kind of look is that?"

"Nothing." Miao Xing blocked the fire in her heart and replied coldly. "My stomach hurts. I'm going to the toilet."

After that, she went straight out without looking at the Head Nurse's ugly expression.

Going to the toilet is naturally a lie, she was just taking the opportunity to go out.

Isn't it just a tube of air? Before that, she accidentally injected a little bit into the patient's body, but nothing happened!

The difference was that nobody noticed it at that time.

(TLnote: No! getting air in you vein can kill you or cause brain damage, if the air bubble cuts off the blood supply to your brain…. this woman should not be a nurse!)

Miao Xing was not grateful to the Head Nurse for stopping her, even a little resentful. If that woman hadn't found out, there wouldn't have been an accident; even if the air had been injected in. But now, everyone, including the wounded soldier, knows that Miao Xing had almost made a mistake. Almost injecting some air.

She washed her hands well, hid the anger from her face, and went back slowly.

As a result, when she went to the door. Before she opened it, she heard a crisp female voice inside.

"Does she look down on Commander Lin's wife?"

Miao Xing didn't make a move and stood at the door with a sullen face, listening to what was going on inside.

"Yes, I sat there and saw it clearly. Commander Lin also had a good temper and ignored her. If it was someone else, they would have been angry."

"Do you think she still has thoughts on Commander Lin? Otherwise, why would she use that kind of expression to look at someone's wife."

"Possibly. But let me say, Commander Lin's wife is gentle and beautiful. She has a better temperament than Miao Xing. No wonder Commander Lin didn't choose her."

"Yeah, I saw the clothes on Commander Lin's wife in that department store in the city last week. It's precious. I don't know if Commander Lin bought them… Just now I sat there and looked at Commander Lin's eyes. He looked at his wife so tenderly. They must have a very good relationship. Unlike Miao Xing, Deputy Zhang didn't come back to pick her up after they got married. Didn't she marry him? Every day she looks overconfident and conceited. Last time, it was clearly the work of the two of us, she didn't do it herself and kept saying I didn't do it well. It's really irritating."

"Okay… stop talking about that. You might as well go to the ward and see the patients." Although the Head Nurse also disliked Miao Xing; whose temper is getting more and more strange. She doesn't like to talk about people behind their backs. As she was saying that, she stood up and went out.

"Well, Miao Xing has been compared to Commander Lin's wife from head to toe. I think she clearly looked jealous."

The Head Nurse opened the door. Miao Xing; who was standing outside, was exposed to everyone.

The room was instantly quiet.

Miao Xing's body trembled with anger. The jealousy she had been trying to hide was torn open, she had snapped.

"I can't match her?!"

"I can't compare with a village woman who only attended primary school; has never worked, and cooped up at home since the day she got married?!"

"Do you think it's still the old society? When you marry a man, just enjoy the happiness at home! I'm at least a nurse. She is at best a village woman! She has no skills at all! She can't match me from head to toe!"

She had just finished saying this, when there was a sudden 'bang' outside. Everyone looked. There was a doctor in a white coat clutching his chest and twitching on the ground not far from the door.

The Head Nurse was surprised and rushed over: "Director Wang? Director Wang?!"

"Hurry up, hurry up! Call Doctor Liu and the others."

A Nurse hurriedly went to the doctor's office and came back with a full face of panic: "Dr. Liu and the others aren't here. I think they have gone to eat. I'll go downstairs and look for them."

The Head Nurse is trying hard to help Director Wang off the ground, "Get some equipment. He can't breathe."

"Er … er …"

Director Wang couldn't breathe at all. His face turned red, he fell to the ground with a full face of pain, his hands clutching his chest. There was a flurry of activity around him. The doctors were eating downstairs again. It was too late to wait until they were called up.

(TLNote: nope, this hospital should be inspected… this is not how it works, it's not how any of this works! Ugh… I just respect doctors and nurses… sorry)

People in the surrounding wards opened their doors to see what was happening. He Xuezhu was sitting next to her husband with a smile and listening to him talk about interesting things in the army. Lin Shiheng suddenly raised his head: "Is something happening out side?"

"I'll go and have a look."

He Xuezhu got up, opened the door and saw the busy scene.

She was surprised and suddenly remembered the medical book she had just read this morning. There was a symptom in it. It was exactly the same as this one. If this situation was not treated quickly, the other party would definitely suffocate.

Without paying attention to anything else, He Xuezhu hurriedly ran forward and pressed hard at a point according to the method in the medical book, and then hit him hard on the back.

"Cough cough cough …"

Director Wang coughed a few times and finally was able to breathe. His face gradually returned its color and his chest was strongly panting.

"All right, it's all right… Let him stand up and walk a little bit. The more he moves, the faster he gets better."

The Head Nurse hurriedly helped Director Wang to stand up. Before he could catch his breath, he was weak and thanked her, "Thank you, thank you …"

"It's okay, it's okay. Just walk back and forth in the corridor." He Xuezhu herself was too excited that she managed to do it. It was the first time that she saved someone with the ability she had learned. It was not a small thing like a twisted foot, but saving a life.

When she reacted, and wanted to stand up, she found her legs were weak.

"Come on." Behind her came a soft voice. He Xuezhu turned her head and saw that Lin Shiheng was gently lifting her up, looking at her eyes with surprise and pride: "Xuezhu, you're really amazing."

If He Xuezhu was a bit excited just now, after receiving her husband's praise, she felt warm inside.

Did she really save someone?

Standing there, the few Nurses who didn't need the equipment they were holding had bright and worshipful eyes while looking at He Xuezhu. "Are you a doctor? That was really awesome."

He Xuezhu blushed and waved, "No, no…"

"Yes, Xuezhu's father is a doctor. She's very smart, and she's learning everything quickly. Now she's reading a doctor's book and she's going to continue studying."

"Wow! Later, you would be a very outstanding doctor!"

"Yeah, yeah! That technique just now was very good."

"Would you come to our hospital to be a doctor in the future? It's also closer to Commander Lin!"

She was looked at by a group of Nurses with admiration and yearning. Listened to their chirping compliments, He Xuezhu was embarrassed by the inferiority in her bones. She looked up at her husband as if asking for help, but saw Lin Shiheng's face full of pride.

Shiheng… is proud of her?

She settled down and leaned back in her husband's arms.

Lin Shiheng grabbed his wife and smiled: "When the time comes, let's see Xuezhu's arrangement. I won't hold her back. This is no ordinary skill. It can save lives and we can't be careless."

Her skill's ….

"Why is this sentence so familiar?"

The sight of several nurses, if any, fell on the door.

At the door, Miao Xing who said Xuezhu didn't have any skills, stood with a pale face.

The most embarrassing thing for Miao Xing was that Lin Shiheng, who uttered this sentence, did not take a look at her from beginning to end. While He Xuezhu; who was well protected by him, seemed to have not noticed her at all.

How could you not notice? She just wants to embarrass her!

Miao Xing clenched her fists and forced her face to look calm. She would never show timidity in other people's eyes. Absolutely never!

She raised her head and stood up. She was about to greet Lin Shiheng in a natural and graceful way. However, she saw the handsome man in military uniform grabbing his wife's shoulder gently and holding her hand slightly. His voice was full of heartache: "Why are your hands red? Was it too hard just now? Let's go, go back to the ward and I'll get some hot water to soak your hands."

He Xuezhu herself did not notice her red hands. She nodded obediently and left with her husband after smiling and greeting several nurses.

From beginning to end, she didn't notice that someone was looking at her by the door.

Miao Xing; who was planning to go forward, had just stepped one foot out but froze in place.

Someone had slapped her lightly in the face, but he didn't notice her at all. In her opinion, there is nothing more embarrassing than this.

Especially at this moment, the voices of the Nurses were clear and full of admiration.

"Commander Lin is so kind to his wife. His voice is so gentle. His eyes are full of affection when he looks at her."

"If I were a man and I had such a gentle, good tempered, good-looking, and able to cure diseases; wife like her. I would also spoil her."

"Unlike somebody who has their nostrils up in the sky every day because of her husband's position…"

The Head Nurse helped Director Wang back and heard a few little Nurses talking in that weird way again. Then she went to see Miao Xing, who was already trembling with anger.

"You guys, if you have these skills, you might as well go do the rounds."

Looking at several Nurses leaving, Miao Xing still froze in place, her face looked resentful. The Head Nurse shook her head, at the bottom of her heart she was thinking that Miao Xing might not stay in the hospital for too long.

In the past, although Miao Xing was somewhat lofty, the Head Nurse didn't see anything wrong. Since Miao Xing married Deputy Zhang, she saw the whole thing started to go wrong.

The Head Nurse is older, and she also understands Miao Xing psychology. She is married to a Deputy Commander, so she feels superior.

However, this is a hospital. Even if she is married to a General, her position in the hospital is what it is. When she starts to dictate other people's work, more and more people will despise her.

The group of Nurses who didn't like Miao Xing are all young girls and they wouldn't hide their thoughts. Those who are really dissatisfied with Miao Xing are all elderly people who could hide their emotions.

For example, the Head Nurse herself.

If Miao Xing didn't make any mistakes, it was fine. But today, she almost injected air; that could likely kill, into someone's blood vessels. She didn't even show any remorse. She can't stay in the hospital for long.

Especially, when she stopped Miao Xing from injecting the air; other injured people and doctors saw it. It was so serious that it was very difficult to guarantee that they would not tell anyone.

At that time, Miao Xing will have to leave.

Thinking to that point, the Head Nurse called out: "Miao Xing, take the books in the drawer and recite them. You can only put them down after you memorized the precautions for injections."

She just hopes that when she inspects it, Miao Xing would be able to cope with it.

But even if she was fired, it would not be a serious matter for her. After all, she had a husband who was a Deputy.

Even if she couldn't stay in the hospital, her future wouldn't be worst off.

"The dumplings made by sister-in-law are delicious, Commander."

When Lin Shiheng came in, the young soldier with injured arms at the table had eaten all the dumplings they brought. When they came back, he laughed and boasted first, then asked curiously, "What happened outside?"

"There was a Doctor who had an acute disease flare up. Lin Shiheng looked proud: "Your sister-in-law saved him."

"Sister-in-law treated a Doctor?!"

The young soldier's face immediately showed surprise.

He Xuezhu felt uncomfortable when she was looked at by his admiring and surprised eyes. She always felt that she was not as good as they thought.

Moreover, it was just a disease that happened to be in the medical book. At best, it could only be counted as good luck. How could she be given all the credit?

But before she could speak, Lin Shiheng had once again answered with a proud face:

"Not really. Didn't I ask the men to bring you some medicated wine before? That is what your sister-in-law personally made. Every time I have a backache, wipe some on, it would be better the next day."

"The medicated wine was made by my sister-in-law?!"

The surprise and admiration of the young soldier was even greater. "Didn't I fall before? My back had a large bruise and I was in pain all the time. Later, I asked Zhang Zi and his family to help me with the medicated wine. The next day, the pain disappeared."

"Commander, your wife is so powerful, you are really lucky."

"Of course."

Three people in the room were talking. The door of the ward suddenly opened. Several young soldiers came in with laughter. "Liu Zi, we came to see you…"

After seeing Lin Shiheng's face turning around and looking at them, several of these faces froze with smiles and stood up straight in reflex then saluted, "Good day, Commander Lin, Sir!"

"Ng, you came to see Liu Zi, too? Come on, sit down."

Several people sat down nervously. Lin Shiheng saw that then laughed out loud: "What's with all your faces? It's not like I would eat you."

"All right, this is not the army, don't be so restrained. Come on, let me introduce you. This is my wife, He Xuezhu."

Although he said so, several young soldiers still couldn't relax. Lin Shiheng asked again, "How did you guys come here? Did you come by car or on foot?"

"Reporting Commander! We came by car."

"How many of you came together? Is there anyone else?"

On hearing this sentence, several soldiers looked at each other hesitantly and finally answered hesitantly, "Deputy Zhang is here too."

"Um. Lin Shiheng nodded: "Deputy Zhang is directly responsible for you all, Liu Zi is injured. It's normal for him to come and see."

Several people shrank their heads: "It looks like that Deputy Zhang will come after a little while."

Liu Zi asked curiously, and then they answered, "When we came over, we met Deputy Zhang's wife. It looked like she had been punished by the Head Nurse. Deputy Zhang went to inquire."

"Deputy Zhang's wife?"

"Yeah, we faintly heard. It seems that Madam Deputy Zhang almost injected air into an injured soldier's vein. Then she was stopped by the Head Nurse and punished to recite some text from memory."

Liu Zi's facial expression immediately became strange. Several young soldiers did not notice it. Lin Shiheng saw it and looked at him with his head tilted. "What's the matter?"

"The wounded soldier … was me."

"Ah? It's you!?"

"Don't you think this it too coincidental?"

Liu Zi is gradually fidgeting. Deputy Zhang's temper is inherently bad. What should he do if he hates him again for this?

"That… Why don't I just go and say I don't care about what happened? So, the Head Nurse won't punish her."

"All right, let us help you go over there."

"No need, no need. I hurt my hand, not my leg. I can still walk by myself."

Although he said so, several young soldiers weren't very assured when they watched Liu Zi go out on his own.

Of course, the other reason was because they were at a loss in front of a commanding officer.

"That… Commander Lin, we're going go out to have a look and help to talk."

Lin Shiheng didn't mind seeing them act like mice seeing a cat. He nodded and said, "Go ahead."

When they left, He Xuezhu asked curiously, "Shiheng, why do they look like they were afraid of you?"

"They're new recruits, too. I've trained them for a few days before. Lin Shiheng said with a smile: "Young people are full of youthful spirit. I punished them for their temper before. I think they are afraid of punishment."

He Xuezhu nodded: "I think they are quite well-behaved now."

"They look well-disciplined."

Lin Shiheng looked at the open door, his lip slightly curved, and his voice was mild: "In fact, each one is stubborn in their bones."

When they passed by, they happened to see a few people around the door, as if they were looking at something lively.

Sure enough, their fellow countrymen just like to join in the fun.

Several people didn't think much about it. They tried to squeeze in to intercede with the Head Nurse. As soon as they got to the door, they heard the Head Nurse's voice that had a tinge of anger: "She almost injected air into the body of a soldier, it could possibly have killed him!"

"Wasn't it stopped?" Zhang Yanming; with anger on his face, shielded Miao Xing, who was sobbing quietly behind him. "Even if it wasn't stop, you said it was 'possible', then he might have been okay."

After saying this, feeling Miao Xing's dependence behind him while grabbing his clothes, he thought about what Miao Xing said; That because of his indifference toward her these days, she was in a daze and made mistakes. Zhang Yanming's heart softened down. It was the opposite of the Head Nurse's cold-as-a-grave expression.

"It's still too much to let Miao Xing recite in front of so many people because of something that may be just fine."

The Head Nurse's face turned pale with anger. "Deputy Zhang, you are a Deputy Commander and there are many soldiers under you. You should know that most of the soldiers who came to our hospital were injured for the sake of our country. They are injured. When they come to our hospital, our medical staff should make a proper diagnosis and take good care of them."

"Miao Xing almost injected air into the wounded soldier's body. I didn't report it and she didn't lose her job. That was already good enough. You are a Deputy Commander; do you think that a soldier's life is not worth your wife reciting a few words from a book?"

Zhang Yanming laughed coldly and pulled Miao Xing into his arms. "For me, she is the most important thing."

Head Nurse: "…"

Liu Zi and the group were also shocked, especially when they knew that the wounded soldier was Liu Zi.

That is to say, in Zhang Yanming's mind; Liu Zi's life is not worth his wife memorizing a few books.

At this moment, 'chilling' wasn't enough to describe Liu Zi's mood.

Commander Lin; who was also an officer came to visit him with his wife and brought dumplings made by her own hands after learning of his injury. However, Deputy Zhang didn't even take his life seriously.

He wasn't killed by a landmine, but almost died in the hands of Deputy Zhang's wife.

Liu Zi looks pale, but before he could respond, one of the soldiers had already turned and left. Hurriedly followed up with by two other young soldiers.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to report! He is not worthy of being a Deputy Commander if he could say such things!"

When Lin Shiheng and He Xuezhu went back, they heard that Zhang Yanming was making a scene in the hospital, which led to dissatisfaction.

The army is a place of strict discipline, not only small soldiers, but also officers like Zhang Yanming should never make mistakes. He has a background, but in this day and age, his background still won't let him get away with the rumors in the army.

In the end; thanks to the support of his family, Zhang Yanming was only demoted from Deputy Commander to Platoon Leader.

Arguably, having made such a big mistake in the eyes of the public, especially at a time when the country is still sensitive to the temptations at the border, it is good to be able to keep a Platoon Leader position. But Zhang Yanming simply couldn't accept such a result.

In particular, he received a phone call from home, during which his grandfather severely scolded him.

"For the sake of a woman, you became a joke of the whole army, it's really a waste to spend so much effort on you. I've risked my face to let others take care of you."

"Let me say this. Be well-behaved in the army, and I'll keep the fact that you didn't tell the family about registering your marriage with that woman a secret. When the spotlight passes, divorce her immediately."

Zhang Yanming gritted his teeth; his face was full of defiance: "Grandpa, I love her."

"I don't give a rat's ass whether or not you love her! Remember, we Zhang family, don't need a woman who can't give you any support as a wife."

Zhang Yanming hung up the phone. His face looked gloomy as if he was going to eat someone. He was full of resentment over the elder's interference in his marriage.

But he will not give in. The more the family forces him to give up, the more he would not give up.

Zhang Yanming's stubbornness obviously did not soften his elders, but made them even more angry. Lin Shiheng soon received the news that the Zhang family had removed the protection given to Zhang Yanming.

He was not surprised. The Zhang family was originally a large family. It was precisely because it was a large family that 'one's loss is everyone's loss, one's glory is everyone's glory'. What Zhang Yanming said seemed to represent the meaning of the Zhang family. Even if those soldiers did not know that Zhang Yanming was a descendant of the Zhang family, it was clear to people with military positions such as Lin Shiheng.

Zhang Yanming is favored, but this favor cannot offset the influence of his words on the Zhang family.

If he bowed his head and apologized to his family, perhaps the elders would be soft-hearted. But how could he bow his head with such an unruly temper?

In the original plot, after Zhang Yanming left with Miao Xing, due to the influence of the original Lin Shiheng; the two did not disclose their relationship, but continued their secret love affair and enjoyed the excitement of sneaking around.

Because the departure of the original owner of the body, Zhang Yanming soon sat in the position of Commander. After that, under the mechanism of his family, he stood at a height that even the Zhang family could not underestimate.

He no longer needed any help from external forces. At that time, even if he declares that he wants to be with a girl without any family background, no one would express doubts and opposition.

But now Zhang Yanming; a fledgling, had a bad reputation in the army and had lost the support of his biggest backer.

In one night, he lost all the halo of being blessed, and if he wanted to stand on high, he can only work hard on his own.

According to Lin Shiheng's observation, Zhang Yanming doesn't seem to be the type of person that redoubles his efforts in the face of adversity.

He has long been used to the help of his family and to despising others. When the preferential treatment he once enjoyed is no longer there, he would only resent others for not giving him preferential treatment.

With the passage of time, Lin Shiheng's guess became a fact. Zhang Yanming seemed to become a drowning dog overnight. Once upon a time, the people above would exclude him out of the danger zone, and he was never given any dangerous tasks. Now, just like everyone else, Zhang Yanming got whatever task the other platoon leaders got.

Zhang Yanming is used to being pampered. He suffered a lot in a short period of time, but these injuries are not very serious. He didn't even need time off for healing, so he would continue to be sent to work.

Obviously, it's normal. He has never felt such cruelty, but he firmly believes that someone intentionally harmed him. For this reason, he went to the higher-ups and let the troops see a joke.

Lin Shiheng has also received a lot of attention. It was because, according to Zhang Yanming; the person who wanted to harm him was Lin Shiheng.

It is just that, according to their observation; how could Commander Lin teach him a lesson? The Commander has completed several tasks excellently, and had even performed a first-class meritorious service. Arguably, with this first-class merit, it's wasn't a problem to directly raise his position. But looking back at his own wishes, he wanted to wait.

Also, after all, Commander Lin is still too young. But such a talented person at such a young age, made many officers secretly nod in their hearts.

In particular, Lin Shiheng is not only strong in combat and leadership, but also quite decent. They heard that Zhang Yanming gave him plenty of trouble when he was a Deputy, and then slandered him several times. Although no one took it seriously, how angry would they be if they were him?

Before, the Zhang family was supporting him from behind, but now the Zhang family has left him. This was a good time to kick a man when he's down. Lin Shiheng surprised most people by not doing anything to Zhang Yanming, who had targeted him countless of times.

If he retaliates against Zhang Yanming with impulsive actions, it would not be too big in the eyes of the higher-ups, but it would also leave an impression of vengeance and recklessness. Now, he lets it go lightly. In the eyes of some old people, it was magnanimous and graceful.

At the end of the day, the news has been basically implemented. If there are no accidents, Lin Shiheng would be raised by at least two levels by the end of this year.

In the eyes of many people, Lin Shiheng; who should be proud of himself, is accompanying his wife for prenatal examination.

"Very healthy, the mother's body is also very good."

The man in the straight military uniform was obviously relieved. He carefully held his wife to stand up, and asked, "Doctor, is there any time limit for reading in a day in my wife's situation?"

The doctor in a white coat smiled and answered, "Just stop after feeling tired. Does your wife like reading very much?"

"Yes." speaking like this, Lin Shiheng looked helplessly and spoiledly at his wife. "Holding a book every day, even the school teacher said she was too serious."

He Xuezhu was a little embarrassed, blushed and whispered, "I'll rest as soon as I feel tired."

The doctor looked at the pregnant woman with a big belly in front of him and sighs.

They came diligently. In addition, before the firing of Miao Xing, he heard the gossip of her wanting to pursue Commander Lin even though he had a wife. The doctor is somewhat familiar with the couple.

From the first time they came until now, perhaps even He Xuezhu herself didn't know what had happened to her.

The general, the appearance of pregnant women would be uglier than before pregnancy. A bloated belly and various reactions during pregnancy, as well as the inevitable obesity. Obstetrics and gynecology doctors have also seen quite a few.

However, this is the first time they have seen that pregnancy would make someone look better and better.

During the first examination, He Xuezhu's face was still a little yellow, and she could not help but show timidity when looking at someone. Although she tried very hard to keep herself from showing it, it was still easily detected.

Looking at her now, her originally yellow and rough skin has become smooth and white, without any spots. Even the delicate and pretty facial features seem to have opened up in recent months. Clearly, she is still the same as before, but she looks gentle and attractive.

When looking at her, she looked full of natural gracefulness.

But, it's no wonder; who told her to have a good husband? Instead of asking her to take care of him in the courtyard, he sent her to school. Afraid of her working too hard, he hired other people in the courtyard to help with cooking for her pregnancy.

Of all the pregnant women's meal lists given by the obstetrics and gynecology department, Commander Lin was the first to seriously implement them.

Her husband loves her very much, and she has a favorite thing to do. She doesn't have to wash clothes and cook every day. She just needs to learn what she likes at ease. It is normal for her to look good.

Any one can see that He Xuezhu is in very good condition. Even so, Commander Lin is still not at ease and will accompany his wife to an examination as soon as it is time for it.

The Doctor also knew that He Xuezhu had entered medical school and was waiting for an exam in four months. Once she passes the exam, she would be able to become a formal doctor, so she worked very hard and would read whenever she had the chance.

No matter where they are, people who work hard will always be loved by everyone. He Xuezhu is gentle in character and quick in learning medical knowledge. She is sure to pass the examination. She and her husband have such a good relationship and can't be far away from each other. The hospitals that she might choose to work in are the military hospital and their hospital. Since she is likely to become their future colleague, the doctors and Nurses here don't mind making good relations with this future colleague early.

He Xuezhu is late into her pregnancy. If nothing unexpected happens, the due date should be next month. Although her condition is very good, the doctor also ordered a few precautions as usual. Looking at the handsome man in military uniform in front of him carefully writing down his observations, the more deeply he sighed.

How can there be such a perfect man in the world. He loves his wife, makes outstanding achievements, conscientious and right and proper?

He can't blame the group of young Nurses for their bright eyes when they saw him. When he left, there was even more chirping.

"I've written it down. Is there anything else to add?"

The doctor smiled and shook his head: "No, she is in good health and her child is healthy. It should be very smooth. If you don't feel relieved at that time, you can send her to the hospital a few days before her due date."

Lin Ying keeps the doctor's advice in mind and confirms it again. After that, the handsome face also showed a relaxed smile: "OK, we will. Thank you, Doctor."

After saying good-bye to the doctor, he helped his wife; who had a big belly and was not able to move easily, to go out, accompanied by warm sounding encouragements from time to time.

"Let's walk slowly, but we're not in a hurry. We'll just go shopping."

Speaking of this, He Xuezhu hurriedly said: "Don't buy me any more clothes. I'm so big now. Those clothes can't be worn until the baby is born. It's too wasteful."

"You're working so hard. You should be rewarded. Well, don't worry. I just got a bonus. I'm not broke."

He Xuezhu was moved and somewhat helpless at the same time: "I have all the money here. Of course, I know that the family has money. It's just that, those clothes won't last long. It's too wasteful. I can wear the old ones. Why should I especially buy new ones?"

Zhou Qianqian was walking their way with a check-up form, when she heard this sentence. Seeing the two talking and laughing, they were heading her way. She turned around and hid in a ward.

She was three months pregnant. It was the time when she had the most severe pregnancy symptoms and vomiting. She couldn't bear it. So, she had to come to the hospital to have a check-up. She calculated and planed because today was her husband's day off. But in the end, he didn't want to accompany her and slept in. Zhou Qianqian was really upset. She went to find Miao Xing to accompany her.

After all, Miao Xing has not worked since she was dismissed. She is free all day, but when she finds her, Miao Xing refuses because she wanted to read and study.

Zhou Qianqian couldn't help but go alone by bus. She could not help but vomit all over herself on the road. Although some kind-hearted people handed her tissue paper to wipe, the smell of vomiting would not go away.

Zhou Qianqian did not like Lin Shiheng at all, and later learned from Miao Xing that Zhang Yanming had been cold-shouldered by the army after Lin Shiheng came back to work. She always insisted on opposing Lin Shiheng and his wife. Naturally, she did not want them to see her mess.

She never doubted Miao Ying's words. She always believed that Lin Shiheng was a hypocrite and won't be good to his wife in real life. The gentleness they saw from him was deliberately staged by him to show them.

But now, Zhou Qianqian is hiding behind the door of the ward, listening to the gentle voice of the man outside, coaxing his wife like a child:

"Which pregnant woman would wear old clothes? Be good, listen to me. You're not buying a husband, what do you need to save all this money for?"

(TN: buying a husband = he is playing on the old tradition of saving money to buy a wife.)

"I also want to buy some small clothes for our baby. I heard that children's clothes need to be bought earlier. We need to have them soaked in boiling water and basked in the sun so our baby can wear them when they are loose and soft. It's not too early to buy them now."

He Xuezhu answered with a happy voice: "Ok, I'll buy you some clothes too."

"I just need to wear my military uniform. I don't need to buy any."

"You can't always wear a military uniform. Look at you. You've bought so many clothes for me, but you never remember to buy any for yourself. Didn't you say you were saving your vacation days? You can't wear your military uniform on a holiday."

She complained sweetly: "Don't patronize me, think about yourself too."

Obviously, he was a Commander, but the man who was also very dignified gave a deep laugh. His magnetic voice was full of doting: "Yes, I'll obey the order of the chief."

Zhou Qianqian hides behind the door, listening to their movements gradually moving away, and her hand unconsciously buckles the door.

She lowered her head and looked at the clothes she had been wearing for a year. Her face was blue and white.

No, she can't compare with He Xuezhu.

However, Miao Xing-jie told her, that He Xuezhu only relied on that stomach.

However hard she tried to comfort herself in her heart, Zhou Qianqian could not ignore that her husband was unwilling to accompany her to the hospital even though she felt uncomfortable. Yet, He Xuezhu was not uncomfortable at all, but Lin Shiheng accompanied her to the hospital time and time again.

Her husband is reluctant to buy her a new dress. Even if she is pregnant and has cravings for fruit, he refuses to buy it for her.

However, Lin Shiheng would buy He Xuezhu whatever she wanted to eat. Even if she never visited He Xuezhu, people in the courtyard would often mention how lucky she is.

She didn't have to do any work. Even if she wanted to do the laundry, she would be stopped by Lin Shiheng. He usually does the work when he is at home. When she goes out to do some work, he would spend money to ask others to help her do it. Even cooking is the same.

The last time Zhou Qianqian accidentally saw He Xuezhu, she caught a glimpse of her fingers. She had no calluses in her hands when she first met her. At first glance, she knew that she had never done any work.

At that time, while others envied Lin Shiheng; she was still mocking him for wasting money, having a wife who also spent money on housework, and burning his money.

But now, when she was in the most uncomfortable and awkward situation, she was jealous of He Xuezhu.

Why would she?

They were all from the countryside. How could she live so well?

Why is she liked by the whole courtyard? Why did she ignore her and Miao Xing with those people?

Zhou Qianqian's mind became more and more clogged with thoughts. The saddest thing was that she had been so uncomfortable; but He Xuezhu, who was once looked down upon by herself, had a favorable wind.

Her face was pale, her stomach churned again, and she vomited a few times. Thinking that if she didn't leave now, she would miss the cheap bus and hurriedly opened the door and walked out.

Lin Shiheng indulged his pregnant wife. They walked slowly. Zhou Qianqian didn't take more than two steps before she saw them going downstairs. Two young Nurses who were going upstairs just saw them. Because of the frequent visits, they were familiar with the couple who had a very good relationship. After greeting each other, the man in military uniform continued to protect his wife going downstairs.

Zhou Qianqian pursed her lips. She is also pregnant, but who did Xuezhu want to show off to by walking slowly? She was about to go downstairs when she saw the Nurses go up the stairs in a hurry, looking at Lin Shiheng, who carefully and gently helped his wife.

"Commander Lin is very kind to He Xuezhu. If I can find one like him later… No, it's already good to find one who is half as good as him."

She halted her footsteps, and listen to another Nurse say:

"What kind of beautiful dream do you want to see? We have been working in the gynecology and obstetrics department for a year. All the good men we meet are coming here with someone in hand. It's even more difficult to find them even if you search with a torchlight. Even the Head Nurse said that she had only seen Commander Lin who was so considerate as a husband."

(TN: Searching with a torchlight = feeling your way through the dark; impossible to find.)

"That's right." The expression on the face of the young Nurse who spoke first suddenly fell.

Nowadays, people who get married are generally young. Even if they can get a marriage license because of their age, they still can't have alcohol. However, several young Nurses in the obstetrics and gynecology department are not married. In the end, they are still scared off by some men they see in obstetrics and gynecology.

A wife would come to the hospital with a big belly to prepare for childbirth, but she still had to do it all alone. Her stomach ache was unbearable, but her husband only cared about his sleep and was even unwilling to call the doctor.

Besides that, when everything was fine, the husband would look after and care for the childbirth carefully. But, when the child was born and he found out that it was a girl, he turned against her immediately. As if the wife did something unforgivable, when she did nothing wrong. The child cried out but got ignored. The Nurses would help but he would dislike them for being a busy-body.

After seeing so many of such situations, they all have no hope for marriage. This is not the old society. The Chairman said that boys and girls are the same, but those men just want boys.

(TN: The Chairman = The President of China at the time was called The Chairman. The term "President" usually used to describe him in English. Ex: /1112638/xi-jinping-title-xi-jinping-is-not-the-president-of-china/ )

A few days ago, another man brought his wife to the hospital to give birth to a child, only to find out that she was giving birth to a girl. He went straight away, leaving the woman unattended. It was only after the hospital contacted the public security that they found the person and he came back.

Just looking at his black face and unwillingness to take home his wife and child, they could predict that that the both of them would still have a hard time in the future.

"The woman who gave birth yesterday was the one who hid in bed crying when we went to change medicine in the morning. Do you still remember?"

"I remember, her child cried the loudest. I could hear it in the other room."

Hearing her saying, the young Nurse pursed her mouth and said: "I heard the Head Nurse say that the baby cried because she had urinated. The diaper was not comfortable when it was wet. As a result, the child cried for half an hour at the top of her lungs. No one changed the diaper when she cried until she fell asleep. The Head Nurse found out and she changed it."

"Ah?"

The other Nurse was shocked. "Nobody's came to help the baby for half an hour?"

"Who would care? You didn't see it. When her mother-in-law and husband heard that it was a girl, she was livid. It didn't take long after she had just given birth, that morning; she cried so much that her husband chose to sleep-in and was slapped by her mother-in-law. Otherwise, why should she hide in the bed and cry?"

"Her own mother doesn't care?"

"How could she? Didn't you see that no one from the maternal family came? I also heard her mother-in-law chatting with other people, saying that she thought that her daughter-in-law had a grandson in her belly and paid for her to be sent to the hospital. If she knew it was a girl, she would have told her to give birth at home."

"Don't you think that as woman herself, that she wouldn't be that cruel? That's her granddaughter…"

"So, what if it was her granddaughter? Let me tell you, the older the woman, the more she likes a male baby, girls are not the same thing. My mother told me that when I was a child there was a family in the village gave birth to a girl, the mother-in-law didn't like it, they directly drowned her. Even now, such a thing isn't rare. But now that drowning their own child is illegal, those people just do it secretly."

Zhou Qianqian's face turned pale after listening to them, and her originally uncomfortable stomach became even worse. Her mother-in-law didn't like girls, including her own mother. After the news of Zhou Qianqian's pregnancy was sent back, the replying letters were all written to express how much she must give birth to a boy without mentioning the possibility of giving birth to a girl.

Even Zhou Qianqian herself hoped that this was a boy in her belly. When a girl gets married later, she will belong to someone else's family.

But if she gives birth to a daughter …

She was panicking, and one of her Nurses suddenly said with her back to her: "Tell me, if that was a girl in He Xuezhu's stomach, would Commander Lin have a problem with it?"

Another Nurse hesitated and replied, "I don't think so. Commander Lin loves He Xuezhu so much. And every time he comes for the exams, he never asks the doctor if he can find out whether it was a boy or a girl. I heard that Commander Lin's military performance is very good. He should obey the Chairman's words, thinking that boys and girls are the same."

"I don't think so. Look at the other woman. When she came, her husband took good care of her. They said they were childhood sweethearts. But in the end, after having a daughter, he changed his face after a lifetime together. He used to wash her feet attentively. Now he doesn't even care about his child soaked in urine, and he just watches the old woman beating his wife."

" I heard the Head Nurse say she wanted to help, but his mother stopped her. It's seems that the son wouldn't get angry at the old lady. Also, between the old woman who raised him, and the woman he married for only a few years, he would definitely choose his mother."

After she said this, the Nurse who felt Lin Shiheng would not change hesitated, "I remember, Commander Lin has a mother in his hometown."

"Yes, they said it last time when they came for an examination. They said that she planned to come here to help before the He Xuezhu gives birth. I don't know if this old lady also likes boys better…"

"Well, let's not worry about other people's affairs. Come in quickly. It's very cold on a day like today."

The two said so and turned around. Zhou Qianqian, who was listening, hurriedly bowed her head with a guilty conscience and made a hasty turn towards the stairs.

Although her steps were rapid, her heart felt a little better.

Yes ah!

It's not that she alone has a mother-in-law, He Xuezhu also has a mother-in-law!

Perhaps, she truly dislikes He Xuezhu.

At the bottom of her heart, Zhou Qianqian even had a bit of malicious hope that He Xuezhu would give birth to a girl and be rejected by her patriarchal mother-in-law. Commander Lin's attitude would change again, it would be better.

At that time, let's see how she still carries that attitude of a happy little woman!

Just think like this, the self-abasement after comparing He Xuezhu's shining life and her own tired and uncomfortableness, immediately disappeared. Even her upset stomach didn't hurt her so much anymore.

Zhou Qianqian didn't catch the cheap bus either. She took another bus back. She was dazed and dizzy when sitting on it but she still wanted to inquire about Lin Shiheng's mother.

If the old woman thought that men are more important than women, there will be a lot to see!

When the bus arrived, Zhou Qianqian got out of the bus and retched a few times and pressed down her own nausea. She had a pale face, but her eyes were full of excitement while she walked.

She vaguely remembers that the little girl who sells clothes in the shopping mall seems to be from the same village as Lin Shiheng. They were quite close, she's been working there for two years. When she went out with the other military wives, she heard that the girl was looking for a husband and planned to marry here.

The reason is very simple. She is a girl who is not valued by her family. She worked hard to earn money. Her parents also asked her for money, to build a house for her brother. They also wanted to marry her to a cripple. Since then, the girl has never returned home.

She and the commander are from the same village. This girl was not loved, it's very likely that the whole village disliked girls. After all, this was the case with her mother-in-law.

She soon found the place where the girl sold clothes according to her memory. At first, the girl refused to say anything. Zhou Qianqian gritted her teeth and paid for one of her clothes, so she asked again.

"Aunt Li?"

Speaking of Li Chunhua, the girl with signs of hardships on her face at a young age; the corners of her eyes twitched, showing a toothache like grimace: "She likes boys better."

"When I left, Shiheng had been married for a year, and Aunt Li kept talking about waiting until he got married and have a big fat baby grandson. Those days, she would quarrel with people and cursed each other's daughter and son to give birth to a baby girl."

Zhou's eyes became brighter. "What about character? How is her character?"

It's no use if you only like boys but you can't resist a daughter-in-law's temperament.

"Character …"

The girl's expression was even more complicated. "Not easy to provoke. When I was a child, I often saw her chasing others to scold. I heard that Shiheng's grandparents wouldn't even dare to provoke her, everyone in the village knew that."

"What about the daughter-in-law?"

The girl tried to recall and shook her head: "She doesn't like Shiheng's wife. She always says that she is a hen that doesn't lay eggs. She always scolds her, but I have never seen it before. Anyway, she doesn't like her very much. Look, this dress of mine is also quite good. If you touch this material, it is quite suitable for you. Do you want to try it out? I'll give you a 10% discount."

Zhou Qianqian didn't listen to her promotion at all. Lin Shiheng's mother doesn't like He Xuezhu at the moment, it was such a pleasant surprise that made her waist not sore and her stomach not hurt anymore.

It turns out that He Xuezhu, like her, is not liked by her mother-in-law.

But, she still put on that doted on appearance all the time! Shameless!

After finding out, seeing that it was going to get dark soon, Zhou Qianqian hurried on the bus, and painfully paid to get home.

As soon as she got back to the courtyard, she didn't even go back to her home. She couldn't wait to find Miao Xing and tell her the good news.

Miao Xing was reading a book at home because she was going to take an examination from another hospital. However, even if she thought it was quite good, her heart could not settle down so she couldn't read a word.

At first, she didn't worry at all after being expelled. Zhang Yanming is a Deputy Commander anyway. His salary is more than enough for two people to live. Moreover, in his position, he; more or less, had some contacts, which can definitely help her find a job again.

That was what Miao Xing thought before she moved into the courtyard.

When she moved to the courtyard, she found that Zhang Yanming's salary was higher than that of ordinary soldiers, but he spent more, ate, drank, dressed and used the best, so his monthly income was just enough for him to live alone. Not to mention after he was demoted, the salary dropped sharply. Zhang Yanming couldn't change his extravagant spending habits. The two spent a hard time living together, they were very short of money, and finally, Miao Xing took some money from her savings to get through.

Not to mention the contacts she hoped for, Zhang Yanming has always acted on his high horse. People use to accommodate him because of the Zhang family's face. Now that the Zhang family abandoned him; because he had offended too many people before, it was good enough that no body decided to ambush him. How can they be willing to help him arrange something for her?

Moreover, Zhang Yanming doesn't let Miao Xing work. According to him, Miao Xing only needs to stay at home in peace, wash clothes and cook for him, settle down in the household, have three or four children, and then be responsible in bringing up the children.

Of course, his original words were: 'you don't have to work, I will provide for you'.

If he can afford it, Miao Xing doesn't mind letting him, but the problem is that Zhang Yanming can't afford to provide for her at all.

Zhang Yanming didn't tell Miao Xing about his falling out with his family, because he thought that as a good husband; he shouldn't say things that would upset his wife.

Naturally, he did not tell Miao Xing the fact, that he used to be the youngest son of the Zhang family either.

Used to be.

In Miao Xing's eyes, the man who once made her heart beat in a daze and couldn't help but fall for him; became a waste with little ability, and still had the face to prevent her from working.

Or, a good-for-nothing that could spend money.

The love that still blooms in Zhang Yan's heart, had been wiped out by the trifles of daily life and shriveled wallet, in Miao Xing's.

She was most relaxed, when Zhang Yanming was sent out to do dangerous tasks.

Because only at this time, the man who once made her bored with being stuck in his arms all the time would not ask her to stick by his side like a child.

If he is still the Zhang Yanming, who used to be domineering, mysterious and always able to buy expensive gifts that suits her heart, Miao Xing would be willing get bored with him.

But when she started to live in this courtyard, Miao Xing found that Zhang Ying was only bullish.

She was disgusted, but she couldn't leave.

Everyone knows that Zhang Yanming was demoted for her sake, and she also put too much energy into this man. She can't leave empty handed.

Moreover, even if her appearance is the same as before, it is difficult to find a man she liked.

With all these troubles in mind, how can Miao Ying calm down? Especially in the courtyard, where there is always a story about how Lin Shiheng dotes on his wife.

That should have been her.

If it wasn't for Zhang Yanming kissing her in front of Lin Shiheng, Lin Shiheng would definitely divorce He Xuezhu and choose to be with her.

Miao Xing regrets it countless of times in the bottom of her heart. If she is given another chance to choose, she will not be greedy for the excitement and happiness brought by Zhang Yanming. Her work, Lin Shiheng's love, and the envy of others. All of these would have been hers.

"Are you sure?"

After listening to Zhou Qianqian telling her everything, Miao Xing stood up from her chair, there was joy in her eyes. "Does Shiheng's mother really dislike He Xuezhu?"

"Really! I have found out clearly, and she also favors boys over girls. If He Xuezhu gives birth to a girl, she will definitely be rejected."

Zhou Qianqian didn't find anything wrong with her friend's expression. She was busy in her own imagination and smiling. "Sister Miao Xing, the person from the same village as Commander Lin also said that Commander Lin was very filial. He grew up with his mother and must listen to her."

She knew this very well herself. Even if her husband, whom she worked hard to serve, was pleasant, she would still have to stand aside in front of her mother-in-law.

In Zhou Qianqian's view, all men in the world are like this.

Miao Xing's eyes twinkled, "Okay, I know. Thank you, Qian Qian, it's so late, you should go first."

"Er… then I'll go first. When He Xuezhu gave birth to the baby girl, let's see a joke together."

Zhou Qianqian automatically and spontaneously ruled out He Xuezhu's option of giving birth to a boy. The discomfort of pregnancy and her husband's indifference made her urgently need to comfort herself through other people's misery.

In the house, Miao Xing seemed to see a new hope. After she was disappointed with Zhang Yanming, she always thought of Lin Shiheng. It was only because he distanced himself from her and dote on his wife all the time that she didn't get to humiliate herself again.

But if Lin Shiheng's mother doesn't like her daughter-in-law, won't her relationship with her husband have a gap?

Miao Xing's focus fell on her abdomen. Since Zhang Yanming was demoted, she has been taking birth control pills, so she hasn't been pregnant.

If He Xuezhu gives birth to a daughter, and she 'accidentally' conceives Lin Shiheng's child…

Her eyes brightened a little bit.

Li Chunhua is very warm to these women who; according to her son, have taken care of her daughter-in-law. Although the little girl in front of her looks strange, she doesn't take it to heart, she just keeps holding on to her hand and starts talking.

"I wanted to come with them before. After all, Shiheng is busy. Xuezhu is pregnant for the first time and has no experience. It's because someone needed to watch the building of the new house at home. In addition, I have to rent a house to live here. Originally, I said that Xuezhu should stay in our hometown, but I was afraid that she would get sick when we were building the house with all the dust and sand moving back and forth. Finally, Shiheng said that there was nothing lacking in the army and the hospital here, so I was relieved."

"In recent months, when I was at home, I couldn't eat or sleep well. I was afraid that Shiheng couldn't take good care of Xuezhu. So, as soon as the house was finished, I came here in a hurry."

Zhou Qianqian's face was stiff. She looked at the woman in front of her who was full of fondness when she looked at her. She even doubted whether she was dreaming.

She also has a mother-in-law. Before she joined her husband at the army base, she had never seen other people's mother-in-law get along with a daughter-in-law. In Zhou Qianqian's impression, as long as someone was a mother-in-law, she would be dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law at least a little.

When her mother was dissatisfied with her sister-in-law, her mother once said that there should always be a bow between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law. Her mother didn't want to be the one who bowed her head, so she had to subdue the person from the beginning.

Zhou Qianqian did notice her mother-in-law's faint dissatisfaction with herself after she got married. Instead of thinking about resistance, she chose to bow first, and was careful to please her.

After all, she also knew clearly that between herself and her mother-in-law, her husband would definitely choose his mother.

Therefore, if Lin Shiheng's mother did not like He Xuezhu, Zhou Qianqian only felt that she had anticipated it and did not doubt it at all.

But she never thought that when Lin Shiheng's mother got here, she showed more kindness than He Xuezhu's own mother.

Li Chunhua held her hand and spoke nonstop for a long while but receive no response. When she looked again, she could see Zhou Qianqian's expression was ugly.

How can this person be as stiff as a log and expect her to follow up on her own words?

She loosened her hand and shook hands with someone else.

This time, Zhang-jie, who is a good friend of He Xuezhu, was shaken by the hand. She sighed with great cooperation: "you are very kind to Xuezhu."

That's it!

This is what Li Chunhua was waiting for. She immediately held out her chest and raised her head with pride: "Xuezhu, I liked her before she married into my family. She was good in appearance, figure and temperament, and she worked neatly. As soon as I looked at her, I felt that this was my destined daughter-in-law!"

He Xuezhu was supported by Lin Shiheng and was somewhat confused when she heard her mother-in-law's words. All she knew at that time was that suddenly one day the mother told herself that the Lins' had liked her, and the bride price had been fixed, so she only needed to wait for her marriage with ease. She really didn't know that her mother-in-law had only mentioned it because she liked her.

Seeing that the expression on the old lady's face in front of her was not fake, she breathed a sigh of relief at the bottom of her heart. Why was He Xuezhu worried? Zhang-jie also smiled: "I feel the same. It's also a good blessing for Xuezhu to meet such a kind and loving mother-in-law."

As soon as Li Chunhua heard this, the smile on her face suddenly became even more friendly: "No, this child, Xuezhu had some hardship. Before, when Shiheng was in the army, she should have followed him to the base as a soldier's wife, but he didn't trust me, an old lady, being left alone. So, she accompanied me in the village for three years."

"Three years ago, I was greedy because I liked Xuezhu and wanted her to stay with me some more. But now, I couldn't always be so selfish, right? I just couldn't let her and Shiheng stay apart for such a long time."

He Xuezhu was lamenting that her mother-in-law liked her so much. Hearing Li Chunhua's remarks, she was deeply moved by her already emotional pregnancy.

Was it because her mother-in-law liked her that she was not allowed to follow Shiheng to the base?

Lin Shiheng timely said: "Mom, you like Xuezhu so much, just stay here. Let's buy a house here and live with the family in the future."

"No, that won't do. Your father's grave is still in the village. I have to watch over him." Li Chunhua went back to her son and explained to Zhang-jie, "my husband left early. Our family's sir, died before he was 30 years old. Unless we move the grave, our family must guard it. Otherwise, I'm are afraid he would haunt me."

Zhang-jie would naturally say that this was all a feudal superstition. But after listening to this, she also said, "it's hasn't been easy for you."

"It's okay. It used to be that I only wanted to bring up my child. Later, I didn't think that the child joined the army as soon as he was old enough. It's also good to have Xuezhu with me, which gives some comfort to this old woman's heart."

Li Chunhua's words are inseparable from He Xuezhu, the daughter-in-law. After chatting a few more words, she reluctantly let go of Zhang-jie's hand. "Then I'll go back first. In these past months, I specially selected some female chicks. I carefully wait on them every day to cultivate a big chicken. Each hen can lay eggs. This chicken soup from a hen that can lay eggs is the most nourishing. It's not easy to get. I brought them here, waiting to mend Xuezhu's body. They are all alive. I have to hurry to let them loose so they won't wilt."

"Ah, you go then."

After the meeting, some women were more or less surprised and had some envy in their eyes. Li Chunhua released her hand with satisfaction.

She started to think about all kinds of countermeasures when her son and daughter-in-law left.

First of all, Shiheng's loss of fertility must absolutely not be known by others, he even hid it from her; his own mother. Li Chunhua knows that her son is worried that she would be sad if she found out. She doesn't have the heart to expose it.

In fact, as long as Shiheng can keep a blood line and become a father; Not only will Li Chunhua be satisfied, when he gets old there would still be someone to show him filial piety.

But then she began to think about the child's gender.

To be honest, Li Chunhua certainly hopes that He Xuezhu has a big fat boy in her stomach. However, although she is a rural woman, she also knows that this kind of thing is not what she wants.

If it's a son its fine, in case it's a girl, the old Lin family alone would give her a headache.

Several months later, after trying to brainwash herself, Li Chunhua finally changed. Thinking about He Xuezhu who was suffering from chest tightness, shortness of breath and discomfort; that maybe 'If it's a girl, they should take good care her. A son is also good'.

In any case, as long as it is Shiheng's child, she will hold it in her arms. So what if it's a girl? The Chairman also said that giving birth to boys or girls are the same! Isn't she; Li Chunhua also a girl!?

Next, we should think about how to explain to others why we don't want to have a second child if we do have a girl…

Li Chunhua did not study for years, but somehow it smarter than He Xuezhu who said that she was sent to primary school. In fact, after Xuezhu got the free books, paper and pens; she was taken back home to continue working.

After months of thinking, she finally came up with a plan that would not allow others to doubt it, but would also allow her son to reveal the reasons why he could not give birth.

That is to let everyone think that she likes He Xuezhu very much.

Even if the baby is a girl, she wouldn't let them have a child again for the reason that she worries for this daughter-in-law's health.

Li Chunhua knew that if the baby was a girl, those trash that coveted Shiheng's things would still covet it, but at least she could make Shiheng think she didn't know that her son couldn't have another.

It could also make Shiheng feel less pressure.

Li Chunhua had planned to take good care of He Xuezhu long before, but was not comfortable when thinking how she became a mother-in-law but had to give in and take care of her daughter-in-law. But she forces herself to give in for her son.

However, Shiheng, the filial son who picked her up from the railway station, said in the car that he would let He Xuezhu cook and wash her clothes and take good care of her.

On the surface, Li Chunhua reprimanded her son. How he could let the pregnant Xuezhu do these things, but her heart could not help but be happy.

In her son's mind, she is more important when compared with his pregnant wife. As a mother, how can Li Chunhua be unhappy?

After feeling happy, her dissatisfaction on having to wait on He Xuezhu disappeared.

The child, she still doesn't know why in Shiheng heart, the wife can't compare to herself.

We can't let her know; pregnant people love to overthink. Fortunately, she told Shiheng not to let Xuezhu work, and also won't let him show the idea of leaning more towards mother between mother and wife.

At the thought of this, her back became straighter. She looked at her daughter-in-law who had a big belly and was looking at her with gratitude and admiration: "Xuezhu, how long have you been waiting? You this child ah, mother is not an outsider, you especially come out to wait on such a cold day, don't catch a cold again."

"Mom will stew chicken soup for you in a moment, and make up for it ah."

Seeing He Xuezhu's admiration become deeper, Li Chunhua felt a little comfortable and guilty at the same time.

How could this child be so easy to lie to? She actually believed what she said just now. She didn't doubt it one bit.

However, she didn't make up all those words. Before, she didn't know that her daughter-in-law; He Xuezhu had suffered at her own family.

Seeing her eyes full of admiration and dependence when looking at Lin Shiheng, Li Chunhua; as the mother-in-law who knew the 'truth' felt a little more pity.

Shiheng is not considerate. She can't be that kind of a mother.

She has to be a little better to Xuezhu and a little nicer.

Zhang-jie saw people off and looked at the family of three who were gradually leaving with Li Chunhua's kind and amiable questions. Her eyes were both envious and relaxed.

"I didn't expect that Commander Lin's mother liked Xuezhu so much."

"Yes, it's like she was her own daughter. It's really lucky to have such a good mother-in-law."

At some point, a woman who usually didn't deal with Zhou Qianqian very well; suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Zhou Qianqian, who was livid: "What did someone say before? Eat dirt?"

"Ah, but I didn't eat the plastic bag last time. I don't think I would have to eat it this time. Later, if I don't have a good eyesight, I won't say anything more. Anyway, what I said is similar to farting and will never be honored."

(Not having good eyesight = a hyperbole for 'being an idiot/not seeing something for what it is')

(similar to farting = noisy without any actual weight.)

Zhou Qianqian's face turned white as she stepped back. Subconsciously, she looked at Miao Xing. She wanted her to say a few words to defend her, but she saw that Miao Xing's face was not very good. When Miao Xing left, her delicate and beautiful make-up was a little dark. She didn't look at her at all.

And the woman who didn't like her was still sneering: "If you don't eat, hurry to go home and hide. Like last time, hide for ten and a half days. Isn't that your strength?"

"I'll eat it! You think I'm afraid of you!"

Zhou Qianqian couldn't stand taunts the most. When she heard that anger rushed to her brain, she actually lowered herself to grab a handful of soil. When she smelled the earthy smell on the tip of her nose, she didn't open her mouth.

How can she eat this disgusting thing?

But if she doesn't eat it, she would definitely be treated as a laughing stock and others would point at her.

(TNote: aren't you already one? XD )

Just as she was hesitating, she suddenly had an idea and rushed to the front of the tree with her stomach in her arms to hold the trunk and dry-heave.

Several people knew the news of her pregnancy. This scene gave them a shock. Even the woman who did not like her stopped and didn't dared to force her.

There is a human life in her belly. If anything goes wrong, it would be murder.

Seeing that they had indeed given up forcing her, Zhou Qianqian bent down to hold the trunk of the tree with a smirk on her lowered face.

She was proud of it, but suddenly something fell down on her head.

Zhou Qianqian subconsciously reaches up and wipes bird excrement.

In an instant, her facial expression was stiff and pale. Before she could respond, another lump fell from the sky and landed on her forehead. With a bad smell, it slowly slid down.

"Ah!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

Looking at her in such a mess, the little military wives that didn't like her laughed: "You deserve it! Who told you to spread rumors. God is punishing you!"

"Bull***t!"

Zhou Qianqian has lost her mind after a series of blows: "Do you really think her mother-in-law likes her? Isn't it just because of her stomach? As long as she has a girl, you will see!"

"Who would believe you now? You better hurry back and wash that bird poo off you face!"

"He Xuezhu will give birth next month."

"You'll see! Her mother-in-law favors boys over girls and will definitely turn against her!"

She still vowed, but this time, she didn't dare promise to eat anything, just in case she was wrong.

On this side, Li Chunhua followed her son and daughter-in-law to the house where they lived. When she pushed the door open, her eyes immediately turned red.

"Why is it so small?"

For Li Chunhua, who grew up in a village thought that 'the house can be broken, but it must not be small'. This time, when she built a new house, she built a big courtyard in it.

Even He Xuezhus' family's dilapidated house is bigger than this small house.

Lin Shiheng is putting down the things he is carrying, and answers with a smile: "Mom, this is a house given by the army. How can it be as big as ours?"

"It would be too big and inconvenient for just me and Xuezhu to live in."

Li Chunhua didn't listen to his comforting words at all and walked around the room with red eyes.

When Shiheng wrote back home, he only said that the army had arranged accommodation and everything was fine. She was aggrieved that her son and daughter-in-law had left her to live happily. But when she arrived, she found out that it was they who had to live in this narrow room, and let her; the mother, live in the big new family house.

She looked up again, He Xuezhu saw tears in her eyes, hurriedly handed her some tissue paper. "Mom, this room is really not small. Shiheng is an officer, the room is much larger than other people's rooms."

Li Chunhua looked at her daughter-in-law. She was gentle in appearance and had some worries in her expression. But her eyes showed that she did not feel like she suffered any hardships.

He Xuezhu really felt no injustice for living in such a small house with her son.

How can there be such a nice and considerate daughter-in-law?

She grabbed the hand of the person in front of her, her eyes red and she sigh with emotion: "Xuezhu, you were wronged. It's getting late today, when tomorrow comes, mom will take you to buy clothes!"

He Xuezhu looked confused.

What sort of grievance has she suffered?

Just before she could ask clearly, Li Chunhua had already valiantly head toward the chickens she had brought.

"Shiheng, get the knife!"

He Xuezhu knew at a glance that she was going to kill a chicken and hurriedly rolled up her sleeves to help.

"Xuezhu, you sit down. You can't see blood when you're pregnant. Mom will do it!"

Ahh, this child is pregnant and still wants to do things. She is much more sensible than those stupid daughters-in-law in the village. How could she not take good care of such a good daughter-in-law?

Seeing that the old lady had rubbed her hands and went out, Lin Shiheng took a kitchen knife and smiled at his puzzled wife and said, "Mom is distressed that you came with me to the army base with such a big belly."

He Xuezhu suddenly felt embarrassed: "I didn't help with anything after I came to the base…"

"What do you mean 'didn't help'?"

"Every time I go out on a mission, my heart settles down thinking I have you waiting for me at home."

He Xuezhu's face turned a little red and gave her husband a gentle push: "Ok, hurry up and go out, Mom is still waiting."

After the two got along day and night, she realized that Shiheng liked to say romantic words so solemnly. As a child who had lived in an environment where even people holding hands would be pointed at, she had been embarrassed and unable to answer those kinds of words from the beginning. She was shy but at the same time; unable to stop the sweetness in her heart.

Lin Shiheng smiled, stretched out his hand and touched her head. With a kitchen knife, he went out to Li Chunhua, who was bending over to look at the hens that had been tied together by the legs.

"Mom, which one do you want? I'll do it."

Li Chunhua didn't hold back. She chose one that looked more energetic. "Those ones. You kill the chickens and Mom will stew it for you. You'll have to send me to the guest house much later."

She didn't intend to live in the base. Before when her son first joined the army, Li Chunhua understood the rules of the army clearly. Soldiers can only be accompanied by military spouses or their children. She has never heard of a mother who could live with their child on the base. Similarly, of course, she can't live in the courtyard.

Moreover, such a small room only had one bed. If she stays here, she wouldn't be able to squeeze in.

After listening to the mother's words, the man in the military uniform was squatting down, and slit a hen's throat. "Mom, I can't accompany you tomorrow. I just received a notice before I picked you up. I have to stay in the army base for another day tomorrow."

"It's all right. I'll just take Xuezhu with me."

Li Chunhua was a bit frustrated, but soon adjusted.

She was going to tell her daughter-in-law not to get intimate with her son during pregnancy but Li Chunhua was in a trance thinking 'the son can't bear children' and 'fortunately, he left a single seedling before he became infertile' and they left in a hurry. When the two had left, she found that she forgot to tell them.

Saying such a thing isn't that easy, even in a letter. She would have to wait until tomorrow to talk to Xuezhu in person.

The chickens were killed quickly. The mother and son plucked their feathers together. Neither of them wanted to ask He Xuezhu in the room to help them. They plucked them up cleanly together.

The courtyard is so large, and they all live together. The movement here was also seen by a few people.

Miao Xing opens her door to pours out some water; looks at the mothers and child duo who were working hard on the opposite side. Her eyes flashed.

She didn't expect that He Xuezhu was such an unfilial person. On such a cold day, her mother-in-law was killing chickens outside, and even her husband came to help. But she, as a daughter-in-law, couldn't even come out of the house.

But that's good.

The more unfilial He Xuezhu is, the easier for her to slip in between the two.

It's just an old woman from the countryside. Aren't they easy to please?

Thinking about it, if He Xuezhu was laboriously pregnant, if her mother-in-law was very fond of another woman, and this woman might have had an affair with her husband.

If the baby in her stomach could be stimulated, there might be an accident.

Miao Xing stands by the door with the basin. The corners of her lips slowly rose.

Li Chunhua looked at the plucked chicken and stood up. She had just straightened up when he found a woman standing in front of a small room opposite them.

To wear so little clothes on such a cold day and stand for so long without shivering because of the cold… even smiling.

Is there something wrong with her brain?

Li Chunhua immediately thought of the madman in the village. She hurriedly inserted chopsticks like skewers into the chicken meat.

She has to tell Xuezhu to stay away from this kind of person, so she wouldn't stimulate the baby in her stomach.

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Shiheng put his wallet in his mother's hands and began to speak with her.

"Mom, take the money. Xuezhu knows how to get there. She also knows the phone number of the army base. There is a phone box on the side of the road. If there's any problem, you can call me."

"Don't touch people who sell makeup there. I heard that if pregnant women inhale these cosmetics, it's not good for their child's health. I don't know whether it is true or not, it's better to be careful anyway."

"Also, don't always buy for Xuezhu and me, buy something for yourself. After such a long time, you still haven't bought new clothes for yourself. I have money, and I'm not afraid of your spending. Mom, don't save it for me."

His tone is a little on the complaining side, but Li Chunhua was not angry at all.

Her son loves her!

Look, he's not letting her buy for Xuezhu, but let her buy stuff for herself.

Clearly, she was extremely happy, but Li Chunhua forced her face to stay leveled. "What are you saying? Don't you know how much I care about your wife?"

"Xuezhu is suffering from her pregnancy. What's wrong with buying her new clothes? I like to buy new clothes for her!"

He Xuezhu just cleaned up and came out of the room to hear this sentence. She was immediately moved.

Why is her mother-in-law so nice?

As soon as Li Chunhua saw her daughter-in-law's admiring sight, her back became straighter.

Lin Shiheng smiled helplessly. "Xuezhu has new clothes. A while ago, she had a big belly and couldn't wear the previous clothes. I just bought them for her."

"So what if you just bought some? Xuezhu is so young, she should wear more beautiful clothes." Li Chunhua didn't take his sentence seriously at all. Not only is the room small, but even the wardrobe is so small, so small that it can only hold several clothes.

"Listen to Mom."

Lin Shiheng turned to look at his wife and said "Did you hear that? Mom also advocates buying new clothes for you. Next time I take you to the mall, don't say no to everything."

"Mom, then I'll go. Remember, buy some for yourself."

Li Chunhua felt relieved and waved: "I know. Hurry up."

Her son is so filial!

She turns around happily, holding her daughter-in-law's arm in a good mood: "Xuezhu, let's go."

"Today Mom will buy you some good ones…"

Just then, the opposite room suddenly opened. Miao Xing, who was dressed beautifully and had light makeup on her face, came out and waved: "Xuezhu!"

He Xuezhu turned doubtfully and looked at Miao Xing coming up while grinning. She then smiled and looked at Li Chunhua: "Is this is Commander Lin's mother? How are you, Aunty? My name is Miao Xing and I live in the opposite room."

She is beautifully dressed, with a kind smile and a natural and graceful attitude, which is arguably enough to make any village woman have a certain amount of goodwill.

However, Li Chunhua has not forgotten the person she saw last time and doubted that this woman had something wrong in the head.

She subconsciously felt anxious and pulled her daughter-in-law closer to her. She also smiled, "Hello."

"Let's talk another time. I'm taking Xuezhu to the mall to buy clothes."

The surprise on Miao Xing's face suddenly deepened: "I was just about to go too, how about we go together?"

Li Chunhua eyebrows trembled slightly. She turned to look at her daughter-in-law, but her face was also full of incomprehension. Clearly, she was not familiar with this Miao Xing.

She went shopping with her daughter-in-law to have a private conversation. Three is a crowd!

Miao Xing should not see the old lady's unwillingness in front of her, but she calculated clearly that women from rural areas like this had low self-esteem.

Even if they aren't happy about it, they will definitely be too embarrassed to refuse her.

Sure enough, Li Chunhua hesitated for a few seconds, but still said: "That's okay, then we…"

Pausing, she suddenly started to say, "What's the red stuff on your mouth?"

"Oh, it's lipstick."

Miao Xing smiled very tenderly: "This is cosmetics. Auntie, if you like, I'll buy one for you at the mall later."

She came closer, but Li Chunhua took a big step back, pulling her daughter-in-law.

Her son said that cosmetics are harmful to children in pregnant women's stomachs!

"No, I can't. I suddenly remembered some personal matters, so we can't go together."

"Well, Miao Yue, you should go shopping by yourself. It's unfortunate… Xu Xuezhu, come on, hurry up and follow your mother!"

Li Chunhua pulled her daughter-in-law to retreat quickly, looking like she had to escape.

Miao Xing stood in the same place, with a stiff smile on her face.

Her name is Miao Xing!

When Li Chunhua pulled her daughter-in-law out of the courtyard, she began to tell her: "Xuezhu, you have to stay away from her. She's wearing makeup. If it's too close, it will affect the child in your stomach."

He Xuezhu nodded obediently: "Okay, I'll stay away from her. We're not familiar with each other anyway."

"But Mom, her name is Miao Xing."

"It's fine, it's fine… Aren't the stars and the moon all in the same sky. The moon is bigger than the stars."

(Miao Xing [苗星] = seedling star; Miao Yue [苗月] = seedling moon)

Seeing her daughter-in-law's clever response, Li Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief. She waved her hand to skip the name topic, and happily took her to wait for the bus.

As soon as they got on the bus, Li Chunhua inadvertently turned back and saw the little military wife named Miao standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking toward them.

She was shocked, the woman looked like a female ghost.

She looks pretty, but what is she wearing? It's so thin! It's okay when your young, but you would get rheumatism when your older.

They all live in a big courtyard. She has to tell Xuezhu to stay away from that Miao-something-or-whatever woman, and don't wear so little in winter. What would happen when you get frozen?

Miao Xing gritted her teeth and stood watching the car leave. She had never been rejected like that before. Although all the women in the courtyard more or less knew about the matter between her and Lin Shiheng, they would never say it face to face. They were also too embarrassed to refuse when she took an initiative.

It's just that she didn't bother to show her kindness before. They were a group of housewives, who couldn't do anything but mend clothes and insoles; and cooked every day.

Originally, village women like Lin Shiheng's mother should be easy to please. But, how did it turn out like this?

She refused to admit that she was the problem. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He Xuezhu might have said something to the old lady.

Since she came to the courtyard, she has never been in contact with He Xuezhu. However, Miao Xing always thought that He Xuezhu knew about her and Lin Shiheng. After all, the rumors spread so much that; as Commander Lin's wife, how could she not know?

What a surprise; It turns out that He Xuezhu had such skills.

The only 'gap' is not willing to get close to her now. In the morning, when she saw Lin Shiheng coming back with something, she greeted, but he wouldn't say a word to her. The more Miao Xing thought about it, the angrier she became.

Did he really think she only had one choice?

Zhang Yanming is extravagant, but he is also a Platoon Leader. She is also the wife of a Platoon Leader. Why should she be avoided like this?

Just when she was thinking of this, a small soldier suddenly ran up the path outside. When he saw Miao Xing, he hurriedly came up to her. "Sister-in-law, Platoon Leader Zhang is injured and has been sent to the hospital. He wants to see you now."

When Miao Xing arrived at the hospital, Zhang Yanming was lying on his side with his eyes closed tightly. He was pale, looking as if he was going to die.

Her face also paled, holding the wall, she was barely able to stand on her feet. Her quivering voice asked, "how is … he?"

The doctor on the side has heard about the story of Miao Xing; the dismissed nurse. Before, he said that both of them were stupid. Now, seeing that the man was injured, and the woman worried for him, he can't help but feel ashamed for the thoughts in his heart.

"He was injured on the right leg, but I don't know why he went into a coma. At present, it's recommended to get treatment in the hospital first."

Miao Xing slowly walked to her husband. Supported by the wall, she looked at the tiny scar on his right face. "Didn't he want to see me?"

"Yes." The doctor replied, "Platoon Leader Zhang was still awake when he came to the hospital and asked for his wife to come to the hospital to take care of him."

Miao Xing's face grew paler.

Seeing her like this, the doctor sighed and walked out of the ward.

It's true that one's misfortune tests other's sincerity. Just looking at the miserable appearance of Miao Xing. The doctor thinks the couple had deep feelings.

In the ward, only Miao Xing and Zhang Yanming were left.

Miao Xing held out her hand and wanted to lift the quilt to see how Zhang Yanming's leg was doing, but she withdrew her hand before touching the quilt.

A coma is unlikely to be caused by a leg injury, he was more likely to be hit on the head.

She went to check her husband's head again. Zhang Yanming's clothes had been changed, but his head bandages had not been changed. As soon as Miao Xing reached out, she touched some paste-like matter and immediately took her hand back in disgust.

She didn't expect that Zhang Yanming had an accident in this period of time. If he was healthy and on a mission, Miao Xing could do things conveniently. If he died, Miao Xing could also become a justifiable free man, and inherit the military's compensation for Zhang Yanming.

But he came back half dead.

Miao Xing has seen a lot of injured people. As a family member, she is most afraid of being like Zhang Yanming. Staying in a vegetative state.

As people know, lying for a few days is called coma. If you lie for more than a few days, it's called a vegetative state.

Vegetative people need family members to take care of them, and because Zhang Yanming was a soldier and protected by the military marriage law; even if he becomes a vegetative person, Miao Xing cannot get a divorce.

Otherwise, when Lin Shiheng was in a coma, and Miao Xing would not have turned from her previous refusal of Zhang Yang, to feigning reluctance to push him to make more effort.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shiheng woke up alive and well, while Zhang Yanming became such a curse.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she was. She thought about all the money Zhang Yanming had gave her before he left that had been spent. She clapped her hands and hit her husband directly on the head. She turned and left the ward.

Miao Xing felt that she needed to calm down and think about how to get through this difficulty.

She is still so young; how can she be tied to a cripple and wait on him all her life?

The next second after the ward door was closed, on the bed, Zhang Yanming opened his eyes. His eyes were bloodshot and he looked at the closed door; puzzled and suspicious.

Yes, Zhang Yanming was not in a coma at all.

The only place where he was seriously injured was his leg. To be precise, even his leg was not so seriously injured. It was just the soldier next to him who was injured and the blood spattered on him. Zhang Yanming was scared by the blood, so his legs were unable to move. The people who came to rescue him mistook him for being seriously injured and sent to the hospital.

When he was lying on the stretcher, the doctor gave him a quick examination. Zhang Yanming asked nervously how it was and the doctor comforted him:

"It's no big deal. You can get back to work again in two months."

What sort of comfort was that?!

Zhang Yanming is really scared this time. Since his birth, it has always been a smooth journey. His previous work was ordinary, not life-threatening and easily promoted.

But since he lost the Zhang family's shelter, he began to get more and more dangerous missions. This time, the other side actually threw a grenade over. If he didn't quickly push the soldier next to him to block the blast, he didn't know whether he would survive or not.

(Tnote: Seriously… how much of a scum are you? This was supposed to be the ML of this world?! ugh…)

He regretted it, but he didn't want to bow to his family.

It's better to get injured more seriously, so he could stop doing dangerous tasks, and also make your family feel distressed and pity.

And most importantly, Zhang Yanming pushed the seriously wounded soldier out to stop the blast. If the man survived and told the story, he would not have to work in the army anymore.

Thinking about that, he first told the doctor to inform his wife to come to the hospital, then closed his eyes and fell into a 'coma'.

When he was a child, he pretended to sleep countless times in order to skip school. In this aspect, he did a perfect job. At least in such a chaotic situation, he was also a wounded soldier. The doctor did not think that he was pretending.

Zhang Yanming planned very well. Miao Xing is a nurse. She knows about these things, and they were a couple. He would pretend to be comatose, and Miao Xing would cover for him. When his parents feel sorry for him and forgive him, he will naturally 'wake up'.

This was Zhang Yanming's original plan, but when he was about to open his eyes and tell Miao Xing the truth, he got a slap on the head.

This time, Zhang Yanming was stunned.

He did not open his eyes until the door of the ward was closed.

Miao Xing is such a gentle person. He was injured right now, how could she slap him?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yanming decided to stay put and not open his eyes until he can tell Miao Xing his plan and see the situation.

The next thing, however, made Zhang Yanming's anger grow deeper and deeper.

When the nurse came to help him, who was in a coma; she planned to change the clothes he didn't change, because they were full of mud and dark red blood, dirty and smelly. They could not lift Zhang Yanming and asked for help from his wife, but Miao Xing refused with no hesitation.

He is her husband, and now he is seriously injured and in a coma; but she isn't even willing to help him change clothes.

Zhang Yanming's face is pale, his eyes are closed, but his heart is suppressing his anger.

At first, he began to wonder what his 'little wife' really thought of him.

Zhang Yanming just pretended to go on like this, no one could answer him. He remained unconscious with his eyes closed.

Normally he wouldn't be able to stand it after a few days, but who made Miao Xing; who took care of him, take no notice. When he moved and got up at night. Miao Xing didn't find out at all.

Zhang Yanming is not at all happy about not being found out. In his heart, Miao Xing has always loved him, and he also loves Miao Xing. The two will always be together, and Miao Xing showed that before.

But since his coma, Miao Xing has been good in front of others. But when there was no one around, her attitude towards him is very different.

As the suspicion in Zhang Yuan's heart grew deeper and deeper, the news that he had been in a coma for several days without waking up also spread through the courtyard.

"I heard that was he was injured on the leg… Doctors haven't found the reason for the coma."

Today, as usual, everyone made insoles together, and a group of women talked about it.

Only a hint of sadness was on the surface.

They didn't worry about Zhang Yanming; that bad guy, but because they were thinking of their own men.

This looked like a peaceful era, but there is constant friction between the countries at the border. People heard before that there were small skirmishes, how could you come back after losing a leg?

This time it's Zhang Yanming; what if next time it was their men?

Because of these worries, everyone's tone was very quiet: "one of my little sisters is a nurse in the hospital. She said that Miao Xing is taking care of Platoon Leader Zhang in the hospital."

"Er, no wonder I haven't seen her these days."

People in the courtyard have never liked Miao Xing very much because of previous rumors and Zhou Qianqian. After this incident happened, they all felt differently about her.

Everyone is sympathetic, especially when Miao Xing; who was still so young, had to take care of her unconscious husband day and night in the hospital.

"I didn't expect Miao Xing to be so sensible, this must be very difficult for her. She has been married to Platoon Leader Zhang for almost half a year. They don't even have a child yet, but this happened."

"It's not easy. Let's make an appointment and go to the hospital to have a look. Then we can send some things for her."

If something happened to Zhou Qianqian's family member, they would still hesitate. However, although Miao Xing always made people want to distance themselves, she wasn't as horrible as Zhou Qianqian.

Everyone sympathized with her, and the previous exclusion dissipated because she took good care of her husband.

While they were discussing going to visit Zhang Yanming and Miao Xing, Lin Shiheng had already came to the hospital.

He went to visit Zhang Yanming; other people were not surprised. Lin Shiheng was always a person that beard no grudges. After all, before Zhang Yanming's accident, many people who didn't like him watched on the sidelines. Only Lin Shiheng, who had been targeted all the time, had the opportunity to attack, but had never done so.

Before, some people laughed at Lin Shiheng's 'weak' temperament behind his back. He was targeted several times by Zhang Yanming. This time, Zhang Yanming really had an accident. All those who had done so were scared and worried that the Zhang family would pity this son and looked for them to settle the matter afterwards. When Lin Shiheng; who had done nothing, not worry at all, no one laughed at his temperament again.

What's more, some people secretly thought that Lin Shiheng has long guessed that Zhang Yanming would have this day, and never wanted to touch him.

Lin Shiheng did expect this day long ago. From the day the Zhang family ceased their shelter on Zhang Yanming, his arrogant and haughty temper was doomed to be ruined.

But he also knew that those people acted in a proper way. After all, Zhang Yanming was still a bloodline of the big Zhang family, and no one dared to start a serious attack.

Holding a box of milk in his hand, he stood at the door of the ward and knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, there came the voice of Miao Xing, who was panicking but trying to calm down, "Coming!"

When the door opened, Miao Xing who looked haggard after a few days there; appeared in front of Lin Shiheng.

She was stunned to see him.

The handsome man in military uniform walked into the ward naturally with milk, and put the box of milk on the bedside table. His voice was bland. "How is Platoon Leader Zhang?"

Miao Xing hesitated to close the door and replied, "not so good. The doctor hasn't found out the cause of his coma."

Lin Shiheng nodded. "I've seen him. I'm leaving now."

With that, he was about to walk to the door. Miao Xing suddenly reached out and blocked the door. She called out, "Shiheng!"

After calling out, she found that her nervous heart had been pounding. After all, her husband was still in bed.

But there was no other way. Lin Shiheng stays with He Xuezhu all day long. She has no chance at all to get close to him alone. And Zhang Yanming depended on her, she can't get away even for a moment.

Most of all, she found herself pregnant.

Obviously, she took birth control, but she still got pregnant. If Zhang Yanming was still healthy, maybe Miao Xing would hesitate a few times. But now, Zhang Yanming is half-dead, her pregnancy is definitely unwanted news.

Thinking like this, Miao Xing bit her lips, walked forward two steps, stood in front of the man who didn't show any sort of expression. Before the words came out, tears fell all over her face, her voice choked. "At first, he forced me."

On the sickbed, Zhang Yanming's hands, which were lying flat in the quilt, clenched tightly, and his pale face was even more blueish white.

Then, he heard Lin Shiheng's voice: "Miss Miao, I thought what I said was very clear."

"No matter what kind of relationship it is between Platoon Leader Zhang and you, I have a wife. I will never promise anything to you."

Zhang Yanming's face was even worse. At the beginning, Miao Xing clearly told him that Lin Shiheng had to give up because of their relationship. Later, she sobbed and cried all the time. He was full of heartache.

After that, he was targeted, and Zhang Yanming always suspected Lin Shiheng. After all, if it hadn't been for him, Lin Shiheng would have gone home with a beautiful woman in his arms.

But according to what Lin Shiheng said now, he never promised anything to Miao Xing from the beginning to end.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go first."

"Shiheng! Don't go!"

Miao Xing is anxious to grab on to Lin Shiheng, but before she could reach him, the man in a straight uniform has quickly dodged her, leaving her empty handed.

Her face was ugly for a moment, and then she looked up, still very pitiful. "Actually, I have never forgotten you. After I married Zhang Yanming, when I went to bed with him, I thought about you in my mind."

"Shiheng, now that Zhang Yanming couldn't wake up. There is no obstacle between us. I know you love He Xuezhu, and I won't be a problem between you."

Miao Xing said this, her expression became more pitiful. "Originally, I wanted to divorce him, but I didn't expect that… I would always be Zhang Yanming's wife, waiting for you silently. I would never say anything bad to others."

Although her words were obscure, Zhang Yanming soon understood the meaning.

She means that she is still Zhang Yanming's wife on the surface, but behind the scenes, she could be Lin Shiheng's mistress and wouldn't tell others.

He was so angry that his chest heaved a little bit. Miao Xing couldn't see it because she had her back to him, but Lin Shiheng could see it clearly.

"Sorry, like I said, my wife will only be Xuezhu."

"You doing this…" As he said this, he looked up at Zhang Yanming on the bed and slightly raised his lips. "Isn't respecting Platoon Leader Zhang very much."

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Shiheng!"

"Shiheng!"

Lin Shiheng went out and the door was gently closed.

Miao Xing slouches and turns around. She was preparing to sit down, but a pair of cold chilling eyes was looking at her.

"Bitch! I was fooled by you!"

Zhang Yanming's eyes were bloodshot red, like a madman, he slowly got up from the bed and looked around for something to hit people with. "Do you want to divorce me? I won't let you go!"

"In this life, you can only be by my side!"

The rumors in the courtyard soon changed.

Platoon Leader Zhang woke up from a coma, but it seemed that he had changed. Someone else could see the scars on Miao Xing.

But soon, Platoon Leader Zhang was removed from his post and expelled from the army because he pushed his comrade to block a blast, and Miao Xing just disappeared.

One morning, when there were no people around; Li Chunhua was about to enter the hospital with chicken soup in hand. Suddenly a woman came out and hugged her leg, which scared the old lady enough to stretch her leg and kick the person.

"Aunty! Aunty it's me, Aunty!"

Miao Xing raised her face; her mouth was blue and purple, her face was red, her hair was messy like a madman, and she rushed to Li Chunhua like she was grasping the last life-saving straw.

"Aunty! Please help me! I'm Shiheng's lover. I have his baby in my stomach, Aunty!"

"My husband wants to kill me because of this child. Please help me and hide me. I have Shiheng's child in my stomach!"

Li Chunhua was confused for several seconds. "You, what did you say? You have Shiheng baby in your stomach?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Seeing her attitude softened, Miao Xing said, "Aunty, please help me. I can give the Lin family a big fat boy, I can give you a grandson!"

Li Chunhua looked up and down at her. "How many months old is the child in your stomach?"

"Four months! Four months!"

As soon as Miao Xing finished, she saw the expression on the old lady change, "who are you kidding?! Shiheng's child?! Do you really think you can cheat me?"

"Scram! Scam! My daughter-in-law is going to have a baby. I don't have time to worry about you. Next time, you dare to pester us, I'll call the public security directly!"

Miao Xing sat there in a daze, watching Li Chunhua swearing and carefully carrying chicken soup into the ward.

How could she have concluded that the child was not Lin Shiheng's?

Does she believe Lin Shiheng's relationship with He Xuezhu that much?

Li Chunhua came into the ward with chicken soup and smiles. She takes it out for He Xuezhu, who was on the bed. "Drink it slowly, don't burn yourself."

Lin Shiheng is sitting at the end of the bed, massaging her swollen legs; because of her pregnancy. "Mom, why are you panting."

"I'll get angry if I say it!"

Li Chunhua sneered: "I met a madman downstairs. She made up a lie and lied to me, and she didn't see who I was!"

She even lied to her that it was Shiheng's child!

Also said she was Shiheng's mistress!

That'll be the day!

Shiheng can't have children!

Not! Any! More!

Bah!

Li Chunhua is angry, but she doesn't say what the crazy woman said to her just now.

She is not stupid. If such a thing is said out, whether it is true or not, the listeners would certainly have an impression in their hearts. Xuezhu is still pregnant. What if she is stimulated?

Thinking this way, Li Chunhua complains and stops the topic, reaching out to pull out the other dishes from the bag.

"Yesterday didn't you say you had shrimp cravings? Today, mom happened to meet a shrimp seller. When I bought it, it was still alive and fresh. So, drink the soup and eat shrimp."

He Xuezhu drank some chicken soup and nodded gratefully, "thank you Mom."

"You don't have to thank me."

Li Chunhua waved her hand with a smile and went to fetch water. Lin Shiheng stood up and said, "Mom, I'll do it."

"What are you going to do? Can't you see Xuezhu's swollen legs? Hurry up, and continue to help message them. Mom can get the water."

Saying this she secretly lamented that her son was still too young. He didn't know that it was important for him to cover up his bias toward his mother in front of his wife.

Pregnant women tend to overthink things.

Her son sat back down, and Li Chunhua went to fetch water with the kettle in her hand. He Xuezhu's legs were swollen badly, and soaking her feet was good for her.

The pregnant women in the beds next to them saw their happy family. Their daughter-in-law was filial, their mother-in-law was considerate, even their husband was gentle, and was willing to help his wife massage her legs; which made them envious.

But, as people say 'comparing is odious'. Since He Xuezhu came here, the pregnant women in several wards around her have envied her.

It's said that her husband is an officer. In order to be able to accompany her who is about to give birth, He saved a half years' worth of holidays before he could save enough time. Their husbands couldn't match this idea alone.

Of course, you need money to stay in a hospital ward. Many pregnant women dislike expensive wards, and stayed at home. Even if they are willing to come to the hospital to give birth, it is absolutely impossible for them to stay in the hospital before giving birth just to make sure. At most, they would stay a couple of days in the hospital after giving birth.

Look at He Xuezhu; She came to the hospital several days before her due date. Her husband and mother-in-law were cautious. They waited on her every day. Even in the evening, she was held carefully to walk downstairs by a handsome man. He was not wearing his military uniform but still had a strapping figure.

Every time they see Lin Shiheng with a gentle smile, gentle movements and careful support of his wife, they envied again.

Envy is envy, but no one had any negative thoughts, because He Xuezhu, who was treated so well, is indeed a good woman.

It's because of this that everyone was even more envious.

Look at this family; People with good temper getting along with each other. Such a wonderful life.

There are also many young women who took care of the pregnant women, most of whom are the pregnant women's sister-in-law or elder sister. They envy He Xuezhu for being pampered by her husband's mother-in-law. They can't help but talk about it with others when they were walking around on their free time.

Nowadays, most of the people are simple and can talk freely with each other when they meet. In addition, they were taking care of the pregnant women and have common topics with each other. It was pleasant to talk with each other. It's just that what's the most talked about topic is the dream like life of the pregnant He Xuezhu.

Zhou Qianqian had to stay in the hospital because of her unstable pregnancy and blood flow, for several days. She was sent here last night because of too much blood loss and was not familiar with the people around her. Right now, she is lying in bed quietly and listening to the gossip between a visiting woman and another woman.

"Eight bed's mother-in-law specially went to boil chicken soup again, the smell made me hungry. I heard that she specially raised the chicken when she knew her daughter-in-law was pregnant. The best chicken feed and water, it at least can lay an egg every day. When she gave her daughter-in-law the soup, I could see it very clearly, the soup is golden yellow. From the smell, I knew it was stewed for a long time, very delicious, not to mention how sweet it was."

"An old hen is worth a lot of money, she is really willing to give it up?"

"It's true, I really saw it. She sends a variety of delicious food to her daughter-in-law every day. I also talked with that mother-in-law. If the Doctor didn't say that we couldn't eat supplements blindly, she would stew a chicken every day."

You could hear the drooling in their voices. It was an old hen! Although the living conditions of the people are much better than before, they have not reached the luxury of 'a chicken a day'.

That's an old hen, it's oily and juicy. Not to mention pregnant woman, even an ordinary person would greedily devour it.

Even Zhou Qianqian, who was lying in bed, couldn't help but swallow her saliva. Although her husband's salary was not that high, it was definitely much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. But he never gave it to Zhou Qianqian for safekeeping. The food after her pregnancy and the food before her pregnancy are usually the same. She still had to wash clothes and cook for her husband, while holding her big belly.

Although others do the same, at least their men love them and are willing to hand over their salary.

"There's more!" The woman who came to gossip seemed to be afraid that the people listening were not sufficiently stimulated, and added: "Yesterday, the pregnant woman on bed eight casually mentioned to her husband that she didn't know why, but she felt a craving for river shrimps. It was really casual. I was there at that time, and it wasn't even discussed seriously."

The woman who was listening chimed in: "It's winter now. Regardless of how expensive the shrimp are, it's not easy to buy them even if you have money. Even if she wants to eat them, she certainly won't get them."

"No!"

The other woman answered back, more vigorously, "she was just mentioning that. Early this morning, her mother-in-law came here with some river shrimp. She said that it was a 'coincidence'. How could that be a coincidence? Didn't she heard her daughter-in-law say she wanted to eat that and went searching and bought it."

The next woman listened with surprise: "Is there really such a good mother-in-law in the world? I think you got it wrong, that must be her own mother!"

"No! When they came on the first day, I inquired about her mother-in-law clearly. Besides, I told you that her husband was a soldier, he cares for his wife dearly. The woman on bed eight's legs were swollen, so he sat beside the bed and massaged it. When I came, he had been massaging it for an hour, and the husband of the woman on bed nine laughed at him. Do you know what he said?"

The other woman was curiously excited in suspense. She repeatedly urged: "What did he say? Ah, quickly! Say it!"

The woman who came to gossip saw that she was excited and repeated Lin Shiheng's words, "this is my wife, and pregnancy has been hard on her. I am her husband. Helping her massage is normal."

"Aiyo!"

(TNote: Aiyo! = Ouch! / Omg! / Wow! /Ugh! etc. etc. etc. Very common in Chinese)

As soon as these words came out, all the people listening to it uttered an exclamation, "This man really loves his wife."

"Yes, not only does her man love her dearly, her mother-in-law too. Such a blessing!"

"Why didn't I get such a good mother-in-law? This time, my sister gave birth to a child, her husband's family didn't have time to take care of her. I have nothing to do at home, and want to take care of her. But I still had to beg humbly. My mother-in-law's daughter gave birth to a baby before this, but she asked my sister-in-law to take care of it without even caring about me."

"Hey, how can a daughter-in-law be the same as a daughter? It was nice enough for her to let you come."

"Bed eight has such good luck, getting such a good mother-in-law."

Zhou Qianqian was lying in bed, listening to them say that the husband of the woman in bed eight is a soldier. She felt uncomfortable when her own man was so inconsiderate.

Her mother-in-law also came, but she only came to see her son. The baby she was carrying was unstable, and she was afraid. She wanted her mother-in-law to help her. But she was rejected because of her poor health and the unstable child in her belly.

Originally, the husband said that he would come to the hospital to accompany her, but because her mother-in-law came, he asked for a few days' leave to take his mother-in-law around town. They did not think that there was a daughter-in-law lying in the hospital.

Zhou Qianqian protested, but when she heard that her mother-in-law say that the fortune teller in the village had told her fortune before she came; saying that she was destined to have a daughter in this birth, she suddenly lost her temper.

How could it be a daughter? She clearly forced herself to eat more sour things every day, it should be a son!

Now, she is alone in the hospital bed and has no money to eat some good food. Bed eight next door is spoiled by her husband and mother-in-law. Her man was also a soldier!

Why!?

A few women nearby are still chattering about how bed eight is taken care of meticulously and how gentle she was. When talking about how her mother-in-law was willing to get her water to wash her feet, Zhou Qianqian suddenly thought of her stomachache yesterday, and how her mother-in-law still asked her to go out and boil water to wash her feet.

She is also a daughter-in-law, and her man is also a soldier. Why are their treatment so different?

When several people were discussing it, Zhou Qianqian directly butted in: "Does her mother-in-law think that she has a son in her belly?"

The cheerful woman paused, "No, I haven't heard them mention the gender of the child since I came here."

"I think the mother-in-law probably thinks that the daughter-in-law will give birth to a son, that's why she's eagerly attentive."

At this point, Zhou Qianqian thought of He Xuezhu again.

People said that her man has made outstanding achievements repeatedly, and has directly paid cash to buy a house with the money and moved in with his wife and mother. She has not seen her for more than a month.

Counting the days; it would be time for her to give birth.

Even though Li Chunhua showed people how much she liked her daughter-in-law, Zhou Qianqian still believed that she was right. Li Chunhua liked boys and must have thought that He Xuezhu had a boy in her belly, that's why she is so kind to her.

She refused to think that Li Chunhua really took He Xuezhu as her dear daughter. This was the only way she could feel better knowing Xuezhu had it worst.

She was certain that Li Chunhua treated He Xuezhu well because she wanted a grandson. Zhou Qianqian thought maliciously in her heart, hoping that Xuezhu would have a daughter and taste the feeling of falling down from such heights.

"No, I don't think her mother-in-law is the kind of person who only likes boys …"

The woman was answering he, but suddenly heard Li Chunhua's worried voice shouting outside. "Nurse! Doctor! My daughter-in-law has a stomachache! Is she going to have the baby!? Doctor!"

She was shocked, she recognized the voice of the mother-in-law of bed eight, and immediately got up and looked out: "Bed eight seem to be giving birth … really, it's true! The doctor just came."

Zhou Qianqian's eyebrows were wrinkled, and she felt that the voice was very familiar. Suddenly, she had a suspicion in her heart and asked, "What is the name of a pregnant woman in bed eight?"

"Seems to be called Xuezhu, her husband and mother-in-law call her that."

It really is He Xuezhu!

What a coincidence.

Zhou Qianqian endured the pain in her lower abdomen and was about to go out. Just as she lifted the quilt, a nurse came in and looked surprised. "Er, bed fifteen. Didn't the doctor say that you should stay in bed, and not get off?"

"Your baby looks unstable now and you need a good rest."

Zhou Qianqian didn't listen at all. She couldn't wait to find out whether He Xuezhu gave birth to a boy or a girl.

"It's okay. My stomach is fine. I don't want to walk around. I just want to sit outside."

"Eh…"

The nurse couldn't stop her. She turned to the doctor with a headache.

When Zhou Qianqian went out, He Xuezhu was being pushed out of the ward with a pale face, beside her were the familiar Li Chunhua and Lin Shiheng.

At the moment, the handsome man was holding his wife's hand tightly in his hand, and kept encouraging her: "Don't worry, it will be okay soon. I will accompany you."

He Xuezhu cried softly in pain, but she still insisted: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt very much."

"Don't be afraid, Mom is watching you outside…" Li Chunhua looked at her daughter-in-law's pain and was a little flustered. She hurriedly asked the Doctor in front of her: "Doctor, how is my daughter-in-law's baby? If it's bad, do a caesarean section. Don't let her hurt so much."

"Rest assure, at present everything looks normal."

The Doctor had only heard of mothers-in-law asking daughters-in-law to give birth smoothly even if they could die from pain for the sake of their child's intelligence. He has never seen some one asking for a caesarean section for fear of the daughter-in-law's pain. After the warm response, he pushed He Xuezhu in.

Lin Shiheng had already obtained permission to enter, and went in after him.

Li Chunhua was in no hurry, pacing around outside. From time to time she would clutch her hands and mumble about God's blessing.

Zhou Qianqian looked at her worry for her daughter-in-law, thinking about her own mother-in-law who heard that she was bleeding but didn't even blink. Her heart felt even more resentful.

If only He Xuezhu would die in childbirth, it would be better if the mother and child didn't survive.

(TNote: Omg… this woman is vicious! the fck is wrong with you?!)

He Xuezhu gave birth a little faster than everyone imagined. Just over an hour later, the door opened.

The nurse held the child crying softly to the anxiously waiting Li Chunhua. "Congratulations, it's a girl and very healthy."

Li Chunhua froze in shock, not reacting.

Zhou Qianqian, who had been waiting for a long time, was delighted.

Sure enough, He Xuezhu's mother-in-law values a son over a daughter!

Obviously, the nurse also had met grandmothers who didn't like girls and gently urged, "girls and boys are all the same. They will continue to be filial when they grow up."

"Eh, I know."

Li Chunhua held the child with trembling hands and looked at the baby who had her eyes closed. Her eyes, nose and mouth were small, and Li Chunhua's eyes turned red.

"I, I am just too happy."

From knowing that her son can no longer have children to her daughter-in-law's confirmed pregnancy; Her heart always felt worried, fearing that something unexpected might happen and that the child wouldn't survive.

But now Shiheng's child; her granddaughter, has been born safely.

Such a small child is Shiheng's only child.

Li Chunhua carefully held the child in her arms, "lovely little darling, grandma's dear, grandma will take good care of you."

"Nurse, how is my daughter-in-law? Can I go in and see her now?"

Zhou Qianqian sat stiffly on the bench, looking at He Xuezhu's mother-in-law as if she were holding some precious treasure. She carefully held the baby in her arms and asked him if Xuezhu was okay.

She couldn't hear the nurse's reply, at the moment her heart is full of confusion.

How did this happen? How did this happen?

He Xuezhu really gave birth to a daughter, but why is her mother-in-law not abandoning her at all, and still cared about her so much …

Does she really love He Xuezhu and really like daughters?

What about her?

By contrast, what is she?

Zhou Qianqian, who has always insisted that when He Xuezhu gives birth to a daughter, she will be treated poorly by her mother-in-law just like she is; was at a loss.

Her mood fluctuated up and down, and the dull pain in her lower abdomen suddenly turned into stinging pain.

Zhou Qianqian bowed her head blankly and saw blood oozing slowly from under her bench.

After He Xuezhu gave birth to the child, her whole body fell into a kind of emptiness. She was sweating all over, and it took a long time for her to hear the voice around her. She weakly asked her husband who had been encouraging her: "is it a son or a daughter?"

"It's a daughter."

Lin Shiheng gently holds her hand and spoke softly.

"Thank you for bringing this baby to the world."

"I swear, I will keep you both safe and happy."

Lin Shiheng has always been committed.

For the rest of his life, he also tried his best to make his wife and daughter happy as he has vowed.

He Xuezhu's month of confinement was done very well, which has a little to do with Li Chunhua. Her husband has been promoted again and even promoted to two levels, both in terms of salary and resources.

(TNote: month of confinement = the first month after giving birth, usually new mothers aren't allowed to go out or touch cold things, or even feel the cold wind on her body. It's said that these things could take root and cause harm to the body during this period.)

After giving birth, she didn't need to worry about how she would do housework with her mother-in-law at home. When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still very close and good to each other, Lin Shiheng quickly hired a babysitter. Although both of them thought it was a bit expensive, they had to agree that with the babysitter around, neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law had to work hard, so there was no reason to quarrel.

The treasure in Li Chunhua's heart had become her little granddaughter since He Xuezhu was in her 'month of confinement' period.

If it had been in the past, she might have expected her son and daughter-in-law to have another grandson, but now she knows that her son can no longer have children.

This child will be Lin Shiheng's only bloodline.

Lin Shiheng specially invited an old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, who was highly praised among officers, to make a diagnosis and give treatment when He Xuezhu was taken home. Although she had not suffered any hardship since she came to the army base, and she also had a good nourished body, but she worked hard in her early years. The old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine said that she should take the opportunity of this confinement month to take good care of her body.

Li Chunhua immediately volunteered to take care of her granddaughter.

At first, Lin Shiheng advised her that she should just enjoy her elder days, and that children were always noisy, so it would be better to let the babysitter take care of her. But Li Chunhua firmly believed that babysitters only did things because they were paid, certainly not as meticulous as she would be.

Fortunately, they later found that the child is really very good, besides being hungry or wetting herself, she almost didn't cry. Seeing Li Chunhua didn't get tired because of the child, but became even more radiant than before, and every day her spirit grew stronger; Lin Shiheng didn't stop her.

People have soft hearts. If Li Chunhua took good care of her at first because she was 'the only child her son has' and 'the only granddaughter'; then when she took care of her for more than a month, she loved her granddaughter who was beautiful, delicate, tender, and clever.

The baby girl, nicknamed Leyang, looks really good. According to Li Chunhua, the child is clever and mischievous. She would grow up beautiful and filial to her parents.

When the child had a full moon banquet, almost all the military wives in the courtyard came, including Zhou Qianqian.

She looked gloomy and stood at a distance, looking pale. With a round face and a warm and happy smile, she knew at a glance that He Xuezhu was well taken care of.

Her mother-in-law is holding the little baby and showing her to others with a face full of love. Her tone is full of pride. "My family's darling is very good. She never makes any one angry. Only cries when she's hungry."

"Look at this little face. It looks so good."

The baby is in swaddling clothes. Zhou Qianqian can see that when the baby is closing her eyes, her long eyelashes are slightly curved, beautiful and thick, and her small and delicate features would make her a beauty when she grows up.

Zhou Qianqian never thought it was a good thing for a girl to be too beautiful before. Isn't it because of beauty that her neighbor was liked by a fat and ugly rich man, and the girl's family married her off for the money?

Even if the rich man is nice to her, but he is still a wife-beater when he was drunk. Zhou Qianqian has never been jealous of her neighbor's daughter's beauty before. After this happened, her jealousy was completely gone.

After all, if she had such beauty and someone came to their door with money to ask for her hand in marriage; her parents would certainly be eager to send her off.

In Zhou Qianqian's mind, no one would love girls.

But today, this idea has been completely overturned.

She looked at someone who saw the baby girl's lovely snow-jade-like face, holding out her hand to touch the face. Li Chunhua quickly evaded while holding the baby, "Her face is tender, still small, it would hurt."

Some people laughed at how she cares about her granddaughter so much, but she also justifies it by saying, "my family Xuezhu is so nice. Having a granddaughter like her, I would certainly love her dearly."

He Xuezhu wore a beautiful pearl necklace around her neck. Some people jokingly asked her if Lin Shiheng bought it, and why he didn't buy gold. The man who greeted the guests outside came in with a smile on his face. "Xuezhu's skin is white, the gold doesn't suit her, and she has made several gold bracelets, but she didn't like it because she thought it was heavy."

Someone heard it and asked Li Chunhua with a smile. Her son bought a pearl necklace and a gold bracelet for her daughter-in-law, but didn't he buy some for his mother?

Li Chunhua smiled and raised her neck to show them "what are you asking? See here?"

She didn't show it on her face, but she was very proud in her heart. At first, Shiheng only wanted to buy one for his mother, saying that he felt sorry for her hard work in taking care of the child. But Li Chunhua opened her own mouth, asking, how could he buy one for her for taking care of his child, but not buy one for He Xuezhu who actually gave birth to the child? Only then did her son think of buying one for his wife.

Every time she sees her son and daughter-in-law standing together with good feelings, Li Chunhua always sighs in her heart. This is thanks to her credit, otherwise Shiheng; this stupid silly boy, wouldn't be able to coax Xuezhu to be this happy.

Holding her cherished granddaughter in her arms, Li Chunhua's heart was filled with satisfaction. She glanced over and suddenly noticed Zhou Qianqian standing far away with a gloomy expression. Her eyebrows jumped immediately.

This is a happy event in their family. Why is someone still showing a sad face? Isn't this a bit of a bother?

When it was almost time to start, Li Chunhua could not help but pull Sister Zhang's hand and asked.

Sister Zhang sighed and looked back at Zhou Qianqian. "She probably had a hard time too. Recently she had a miscarriage and lost a baby boy. Before her body recovered, she was scolded by her mother-in-law and husband, pointing to her nose."

Li Chunhua's disgruntled expression turned into sympathy. "She had a miscarriage; how did it happen?"

Sister Zhang shook her head. "Originally, this baby was not stable. She went to the hospital, just to calm the fetus. But, I did not know why, she went to the corridor to get some air. It seems that she got stimulated, and couldn't keep the child."

As she said that, she sighed again, "not keeping it is also a good thing for her. Her husband is going to divorce her. It's really hard to do that with a child."

"Divorce?"

Li Chunhua was even more surprised. Although she had been instilled with a lot of ideas by Lin Shiheng, she still felt in her heart that a woman would be a husband's family member all her life after she got married. If she were divorced, how would she live her life?

She sighed and said, "because she lost a child they are getting a divorce, it's not like she couldn't get pregnant again later…"

"No." Sister Zhang shook her head. After all, it was other people's family business; she wasn't too embarrassed to tell her even more.

If she hated Zhou Qianqian because she was stirring up trouble, she felt a little sympathetic after learning the reasons for her divorce.

Zhou Qianqian as a person may have many shortcomings, but she was very concerned about her only friend, Miao Xing. Miao Xing was subjected to domestic violence by Zhang Yanming. She finally escaped and hid, and she didn't know what Miao Xing was thinking. Instead of going to the police, she had to hide.

Miao Xing found Zhou Qianqian, Zhou Qianqian who just had a miscarriage was depressed, and her mother-in-law didn't care about her body and went straight back to her hometown. Her husband often went out to work and did not return home. After being asked by Miao Xing, she took her in.

During the day, Miao Xing hid in her and her husband's home and didn't show up, and people in the courtyard usually had a normal relationship with Zhou Qianqian, but no one found out.

Later, they learned that Miao Xing had been hiding in Zhou Qianqian's home. It was because Zhou Qianqian, who always only talked about other people; chased out and beat Miao Xing with a broom.

After being stopped, she cried and said that she was kind enough to take Miao Xing in, but she hooked up with Zhou Qianqian's husband.

In addition, she also heard that the two were discussing divorce and then get married to each other.

Zhou Qianqian needed her husband's care when she had just miscarried, but when she was at her most vulnerable, the sister she thought was her best friend gave her a fatal blow.

She didn't think of it until now; The reason why she targeted Lin Shiheng at the beginning was because she believed that Miao Xing would never pester him when she knew he had a wife.

Because of this, she has been targeting Lin Shiheng, then He Xuezhu. And finally, she was rejected by the whole yard and even lost her baby.

At the beginning, the wronged woman complained that she would never have anything to do with a married man. Lin Shiheng was the one that lied to Miao Xing. Now, when she had just miscarried and needed to recuperate, this woman rolled into bed with her husband.

Who could she blame? Who told her to believe Miao Xing? And personally bring the woman into her own home?

Zhou Qianqian directly took a broom and chased the naked Miao Xing all over the courtyard.

She did it to ruin the one thing that Miao Xing cared about most; reputation.

Finally, the farce stopped when her husband slapped her on the face and announced that he would divorce her.

Zhou Qianqian did not cry as her husband thought she would. Instead, she threw down her broom and said exactly what Miao Xing had said to her.

Only then did the people in the courtyard know why Zhou Qianqian had been targeting Lin Shiheng.

It's not just about injustice for a sister, but she was cheated by Miao Xing, who was full of lies.

Sister Zhang wanted to persuade them, but: first, it was someone else's family business, and secondly, Zhou Qianqian had disappeared since then. They only met again at the Lin's baby's full moon banquet.

Zhou Qianqian's expression was wrong, and it was difficult for everyone to drag her to talk about those things at a banquet. After getting busy, they found that she was gone.

He Xuezhu, who had no impression of Zhou Qianqian, was pulled along by a good friend to talk about it, and she told her to be careful. Zhou Qianqian has been targeting her all the time. Now that she is homeless and is hit by this kind of thing, there was no guarantee that she would not do anything to her.

When the banquet was over and only the couple were left, He Xuezhu told Lin Shiheng about it.

While talking about it, she was still a little confused. If someone hadn't told her today, Xuezhu wouldn't even know that Zhou Qianqian had been targeting her.

Her impression of this person is only that she is an unsociable little military-wife.

Lin Shiheng spoke with a smile, "she will only speak ill of you behind your back. She doesn't have the guts to come to you face to face."

"However, the military department knows all about her husband. It looks like her husband wouldn't be an officer for long."

If such a thing happened anywhere else, the man could still continue to work if he had a thick-skin and withstand the pressure of people pointing at him. But this is the army, representing the face of the country; with the strictest regulations. If they secretly divorce and get marriage, no one would say anything; but Zhou Qianqian angrily exposed the matter to the public.

The man was ruined, but Miao Xing, who was exposed by Zhou Qianqian and was chased all over the yard, was no better.

Don't forget that when she was having an affair with a man, she was Zhang Yanming's wife and was even pregnant with Zhang Yanming's child.

Although the belly is only slightly raised because she was still in her first trimester, there is still a child inside, and most couples are afraid to sleep together if the wife is pregnant in the early stages of pregnancy. But Miao Xing had slept with someone else with her husband's child inside. She's a complete disgrace.

Lin Shiheng didn't say much about the fate of these people. For him, the names of these people would only pollute his wife's ears.

In the eyes of outsiders, it was Zhou Qianqian's husband who was dismissed. After he disappeared for some time, he came back and divorced her and disappeared again. Zhang Yanming took Miao Xing back and never appeared in front of them again.

Lin Shiheng knows that Zhang Yanming took her back to the Zhang family.

Before leaving for the army, Zhang Yanming was the most favored descendant of the Zhang family. Even if he acted arrogantly, he was very popular with the elders. Even if he went to the army, the elders were proud to mention it outside.

But since he decided to marry Miao Xing, everything has changed.

If Miao Xing didn't do anything, Zhang family wouldn't dislike her like this. It was because of that air injection incident, and it affecting Zhang Yanming's career.

The Zhang family has many descendants. Even though Zhang Yanming is the one who is liked by most, he is by no means indispensable.

After Zhang Yanming's grandfather got angry, the Zhang family quickly took back the resources that had been put on Zhang Yanming. If Zhang Yanming could fly to the sky without these resources, maybe the Zhang family would look up at him.

But he didn't.

After losing the Zhang family's protection, look at what he has done…

He refused to go to dangerous places, repeatedly contradicted his superiors and punished his subordinates for no reason. What was most excessive was that when facing danger, he pushed out the person beside him to block the blast and pretended to be unconscious in order to avoid punishment.

The Zhang family was almost ashamed to admit that such a person was one of their own.

Especially someone who pushes a person beside him to block a blast. With such a person, who could safely work for the country? Who knows if one day while you were seriously working, suddenly a teammate beside you pushes you to death?

What annoys the Zhang family most is that they are also suspected of having problems because of Zhang Yanming's series of issues.

The reason is easy to find. Isn't Zhang Yanming favored? If it wasn't their idea, why spoil him?

He is the child of your Zhang family. It must be your Zhang family's bad style of parenting to be brought up like this.

What a person does, affects the whole family, or has a negative impact. This is the most terrible.

Naturally, the Zhang family won't give up. Although Zhang Yanming is a descendant of this family, he is not that bad.

There must be someone behind this.

As a result of the investigation, many people contributed to the problem, but all of them were minor ones. Lin Shiheng was the only one who was suspected to have a grudge against Zhang Yanming. But it happened that he had never done so from the beginning to end.

Zhang Yanming's parents still refused to believe that their son was doing stupid things at this moment, and focused their eyes on Lin Shiheng for various investigations; trying to find the evidence that their son was framed.

But soon, they were directly warned by the people above.

The reason for warning is that Lin Shiheng is the pillar of the country, and their Zhang family is trying to reach too far.

At this time, the Zhang family found that Lin Shiheng unexpectedly upgraded to another position at the speed of a rocket, but the reason for this promotion was not said; only that he had made a great contribution to the country.

Unlike Lin Shiheng's gradual rise, the Zhang family began to show its decline.

After Zhang Yanming came back, his parents were still reluctant to leave their son. Although they were no longer as proud of him as before, they still deliver money to his house so that he could live a good life.

However, some of Zhang Yanming's family members, who were involved in rumors created by Zhang Yanming, were dissatisfied. They worked hard all their lives. They had a hard time getting into a position on their own. It was only because Zhang Yanming was involved, they had to endured whispers from others. However, the culprit could still enjoy the riches and honor of the Zhang family as if he had done nothing!

Why?!

The hearts of the Zhang family broke completely.

When Lin Shiheng was awarded the title of General and successfully became the youngest General in the country; the Zhang family, a large family that had been able to bring protection to its descendants, fell apart and Zhang Yanming was deprived of everything.

Once upon a time, he used to rely on his family's resources; After losing these resources, he had to lower his head and learn to live like an ordinary person.

Until one day, he was in a car accident on his way to work and was paralyzed; Just like the former owner of Shiheng's body.

Miao Xing is having a bad time. She didn't know who Zhang Yanming was until she was brought home by Zhang Yanming.

However, it is too late to regret at this time. She always wanted to cry. The child she wanted to keep after returning to the Zhang family was lost because of a beating from Zhang Yanming.

After beating her for more than five years, Zhang Yanming finally got tired of it, but Miao Xing didn't want to get a divorce. She coveted the power of the Zhang family.

As a result, she had no children and no beauty because she had been tortured for a long time. She had no choice but to stay in this home that had nothing; feeling the cold response from her husband, who was playing around everywhere, and even brought women home.

She thought that as long as she survived, as long as she had a child, she could taste the power of the Zhang family.

But soon, Zhang Yanming was kicked out.

Miao Xing has nothing left. She wants a divorce, but at this time Zhang Yanming started to beat her again.

Finally, she created an accident.

Zhang Yanming became a paraplegic. But Miao Xing did not hide her doing; the public security found her, and she was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

40 years, for a someone in their twenties, is almost the equivalent of a lifetime in prison.

Miao Xing came out alive in her 60s.

She became an old woman who picked up rubbish, bending over every day and doing jobs she looked down upon before.

One day in the park, she suddenly heard a gentle voice calling out "Xuezhu".

Miao Xing looked up and saw Lin Shiheng, who was old but still looked strapping, walking with a smile and putting a small flower between his wife's white hair who was sitting on the bench.

"Does it look good?"

He Xuezhu smiled and held out her hand to touch the flowers, tilting her head while asking her husband.

"Very nice."

Lin Shiheng helped her up with a smile. "I just saw some children flying kites over there. Let's go and have a look."

"Leyang likes these, how old is she now? You still have to ask for leave next week to fly kites with us. Let's go first, take photos to show her, make her envy."

"How can you be so childish when you're this old?"

Just looking at their backs, you can see that the two were very happy together.

Miao Xing was still stunned. Only after she was released from prison did she know that Lin Shiheng is now a great man. Although he only has one daughter in his life, she was not weaker than any man. She inherited her father's force and is an outstanding soldier.

He Xuezhu, whom she looked down upon at the beginning, was studying medicine and was respected all her life.

What people like to talk about most is that the husband and wife have never looked elsewhere in their whole lives. Husband and wife affectionately attached to each other.

She thought, that this was all fake.

Miao Xing bent down, looked at their back, then looked at her own dirty hands and wept aloud.

That night, Miao Xing died in a shabby and narrow rented house.

When other people heard it, they sighed. This old lady is so pitiful.

Two years later, General Lin Shiheng and his wife, He Xuezhu, who had made many contributions to medicine; died on the same day.

Lin Leyang, their daughter was at their bedside.

According to her memoirs, her father was still holding her mother's hand before he left.

Saying, "my happiness is to give you happiness."

Later, her mother left with a smile and her father followed.

Lin Leyang also wrote that he was a good son, husband and father.

She was proud of him all her life.

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Lin Shiheng stood in front of the pure white mirror, blurring the memory of the world.

When he opened his eyes again, he was also in front of a mirror. A young man is helping him to apply makeup.

"Lin-ge, after all, she is a girl. Don't go too far. It's not good for your reputation."

Lin Shiheng looked at the nearly perfect face in the mirror, at the widely known face and gently raised his eyebrows.

"I know."

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