The Pretty Military Wife

The whole family was so happy that their son, who had been missing for ten years, came back.

The eldest daughter-in-law stopped pretending and quickly went to the main room to light a kerosene lamp. The Zhou family sat in the room to talk.

Zhou Dezhu looked at his son wearing a clean white shirt, looking so neat and tidy that he liked him. He thought his son was good-looking and looked like a cadre.

Liu Jinxiu held Zhou Guoliang's hand and sat on a bench, crying and asking:

"Where have you been all these years? We couldn't find you anywhere and thought you were gone."

Zhou Guoliang smiled slightly:

"I joined the army. I went to the county town that year, and the armed forces department happened to be recruiting soldiers, so I went to try it out. You know I was good at playing with slingshots when I was a kid, so the recruiting leader let me try it out and then took me away."

Zhou Dezhu took a puff of his pipe:

"That's not right. We are military dependents, and no one comes to talk to us."

Zhou Guoliang said:

"The Armed Forces Department has records, but the soldier I am going to be is a secret soldier, which cannot be disclosed to the public, so I have never told anyone about it."

Zhou Dezhu had attended several meetings in the commune, and as soon as he heard that it was a secret matter, he knew that he couldn't ask about it. He had some knowledge.

"Then why did you come back in the middle of the night?"

"I was transferred out of my original unit and was working in another unit. This time I came back because we were recruiting soldiers in the neighboring Dayang County. I followed them to pick up soldiers because I thought it was closer to home. I asked my leader and he agreed to give me one day, so I had to rush back overnight."

"Only one day?"

Liu Jinxiu was anxious. She hadn't seen her son for ten years, and he had to leave again the next day after he came back.

Zhou Dezhu took a long puff of his cigarette:

"His mother, go kill the chicken and stew it for your son."

Liu Jinxiu hummed, turned around and shouted:

"Liang Xinyue, go kill a chicken."

When the family reunited in the main room, Liang Xinyue was stunned.

She was still squatting in the yard.

My mind was churning: What should I do? Isn't she a widow? And now her husband is still alive? What does this mean?

However, this might be an opportunity to avoid being beaten again.

Liang Xinyue was struggling over what choice to make when she heard Liu Jinxiu's voice.

Zhou Guoliang also looked back at the girl squatting in the yard. The name was quite nice. It turned out to be Liang Xinyue.

"Wait a moment."

Zhou Guoliang stood up, walked into the yard and stood in front of Liang Xinyue.

Liang Xinyue also stood up slowly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know they did this to you when I wasn't home."

Liu Jinxiu followed out and heard what her son said.

He became angry immediately and reached out his hand to push Liang Xinyue, causing her to stagger.

"What do you mean sorry, son? She is not a good person. I thought you were gone and wanted to give you a wife so that you could have a family, so I let her in.

You are not a good person, you are stealing people. You are running out in the middle of the night. My son is back now, you are not worthy of my son, he is a soldier. I will deal with you later, you go kill the chicken first. "

Zhou Guoliang knew everything that happened when he was at the reservoir, and he knew that what his family did was wrong.

And since I'm not at home, it's impossible to get a marriage certificate. It should be like in the countryside where the elders agree to the marriage and hold a wedding banquet, and then you are considered a member of the family.

But this is not fair to the girl.

Zhou Guoliang turned around and said to Liu Jinxiu:

"Mother, you shouldn't have given me a wife. This has ruined her life. You even beat and scolded her, which is wrong. We are in a new society now, and the old feudal ways are no longer acceptable."

Liu Jinxiu didn't want to quarrel with her son, she knew it clearly in her heart.

Since her son is still alive and serving as a soldier, this woman is not worthy of following her son. She should just retreat when the time comes.

"Okay, I won't do that. Mother will send her back to the Liang family. We didn't beat or scold her. It's just a coincidence that you came back today. She ran out to have an affair in the middle of the night. Tell me whether I should punish her or not. This has brought shame to our Zhou family."

Zhou Guoliang didn't know why, but the girl's dazed look as she stared at the reservoir left a deep impression on him.

People say that after three years of military service, a sow becomes as beautiful as Diao Chan.

He had indeed lived in the mountains and forests for ten years and had not seen a woman, but this woman gave him a different feeling.

I don’t know if it’s because he feels that this is his own wife that he has a preconceived feeling about her.

But Zhou Guoliang had seen her injuries by the reservoir, and just now he witnessed with his own eyes how her family treated her, and he felt really guilty.

"Mom, don't talk nonsense. Do you know what she did outside? She couldn't stand being beaten by you guys, so she jumped into the reservoir. I just happened to come back and rescued her. You see, her clothes and hair are still wet. My wet clothes are still outside. Oh, and my luggage is still outside the door."

As he spoke, Zhou Guoliang went out and brought in his luggage, then took out a set of wet clothes and said:

"Look, I just changed my clothes. Mom, look at the wound on her arm. Do you dare to say that you didn't beat her? There's no hair on her head. Didn't you pull it out? This is not right."

Uh……

Liu Jinxiu didn't expect that her son just saved the man who was about to commit suicide.

"Bah! If you want to die, why don't you just hang yourself with a rope? Why don't you jump into the reservoir? If you harm my son, I will skin you alive."

Liu Jinxiu never felt that what she did was wrong.

He turned around and glared at Liang Xinyue:

"You don't have ears, why don't you go kill the chicken!"

Zhang Lianhua was unhappy.

There are only two chickens in the house. They are both hens that lay eggs. Because I am pregnant, I can sometimes eat an egg. But if I kill them, there will only be one hen left, and I won’t be able to eat the eggs she lays. I will have to sell them for salt.

Moreover, it was agreed that these two chickens would be fed to me during the period of confinement after giving birth. I thought that in a few months, I would be able to eat chicken. But now I have to kill them for my newly returned brother-in-law.

Zhang Lianhua then walked over with her hands on her waist and belly and said:

"Mom, didn't you say that I should eat the chicken during my confinement? We've already agreed that this child will be given to the third child to establish a house after it's born. When the time comes..."

"What are you talking about? My third son is still alive. If he wants a son, he can give birth to one himself. You just need to raise the one you gave birth to. You still want to eat chicken? Why don't you want to fly?"

Liu Jinxiu, who was content with having a son, was dissatisfied with all her wives.

Let’s see who will dare to scold her and say that her third brother died as a bandit (a dialect term referring to a bandit, also known as a local robber). Now the third brother is back and is serving the country as a soldier. How glorious!

Zhou Guoliang didn't know what to say to his mother, so he could only look at the family and say:

"It's late at night, go to bed, and we can talk about it tomorrow. Tomorrow I have to go to the commune again. There's no need to kill the chickens, because I might not be back for dinner tomorrow. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."