After four years of marriage, the military officer husband came back

After Lu Jingzhe walked away, Xia Qingning collected her thoughts and straightened her clothes. The clothes were very long and wide, wrapping up her slender body completely. She stood up and thanked everyone:

"Thank you all for today."

"It's okay, it's okay, go back quickly." The kind aunt continued:

"Be more careful when you walk next time, and don't fall into the river again."

Xia Qingning nodded and thanked everyone again. Seeing that she was not seriously injured, the crowd dispersed.

Xia Qingning followed the memory of her original body and walked towards "home".

She looked a little solemn. In this life, she was a junior student majoring in Fashion Design. Her parents were successful in business and had a wealthy family. She was the only daughter in the family and had been spoiled since childhood. She was a perfect white, rich and beautiful girl.

Anyone would feel depressed if they suddenly traveled from the materially abundant modern world to the 70s when people were short of food and clothing.

However, she has always been optimistic and soon figured it out. Since she has already come here and cannot go back for the time being, she might as well use this body and live well in this world. Maybe this is just a dream, and she will be back when she opens her eyes one day.

After figuring this out, Xia Qingning began to sort out the background of the story in the book:

In the book, Lu Baichuan, an intellectual who had studied abroad and returned to China, was the father of the male protagonist Lu Jingzhe. During the movement that year, he was sent to the countryside for reform because of inappropriate remarks. His wife at the time, Wang Mingfang, was afraid of being implicated, so after hearing the news, she immediately divorced him. In order to show her determination to draw a line between herself and him, she did not even take their one-year-old son Lu Lidong with her.

Lu Baichuan, who returned to his hometown with his child for reform, met the beautiful Su Hui. They had similar interests and fell in love, so they got married and soon gave birth to the male protagonist Lu Jingzhe.

The original body's father was the village chief of the village where Lu Baichuan was sent down. He helped the Lu family in distress a lot at that time, and later he even sacrificed his life to save Lu Lidong who fell into the water.

A few years later, Lu Baichuan took off his hat, resumed his work, and returned to the city with his wife and children. Before leaving, in order to repay the Xia family, he arranged a marriage between Lu Lidong and his original self.

After returning to the city, Su Hui gave birth to another daughter, but due to overwork and severe physical deterioration, she died within a few years.

Lu Baichuan brought her to the city when her original body was almost 16 years old, hoping that he and Lu Lidong could develop their relationship first and get married when they reached the right age.

The original body, who had just come from the countryside, was ugly and stupid, so Lu Lidong, who worked in a state-owned restaurant, naturally looked down on her, not to mention that he was secretly dating someone at the time.

He didn't want to marry her, but he also didn't want to cancel the engagement and be branded ungrateful, so his mother Wang Mingfang came up with an idea. She had Lu Lidong get Lu Jingzhe, who came home to visit his relatives, drunk, and designed the original body to sleep with him.

The next day, when Lu Jingzhe woke up from a hangover, he found his original body lying next to him. Naturally, he thought that she had climbed into bed with him while he was drunk. The original body was tongue-tied and didn't know how to explain, so he just kept crying.

Things turned out like this, and although Lu Jingzhe was very angry, he had no choice but to agree to marry the original body.

Afterwards, Lu Jingzhe quickly returned to the army. When his original self turned 18, he applied to the army and got a marriage certificate with his original self.

After sorting out all this, and looking at the current situation, the college entrance examination has not been resumed yet, so she cannot take the college entrance examination. She has to stay and work in the factory, but her leader has ill intentions towards her, so she goes into business and now there is a crackdown on speculation.

If she and Lu Jingzhe divorced now, she would have no choice but to return to her parents' home in the countryside.

The situation in the original body's mother's family was even worse, with a deceased father, a weak mother, a lame brother, and a young brother.

With this frail body, when he arrived in the countryside, he could not carry anything on his shoulders or hands. If he lived on work points, he would probably starve to death soon.

After much thought, it seems that the only way out is to cling to the male protagonist Lu Jingzhe. After all, he is already a regiment leader at a young age. He is capable, and his uncle, who is the commander of the military zone, can promote him. He will definitely have a bright future.

If I could go with him to join the army, I would find a civilian job in the army, then take the college entrance exam next year, and make some money after the reform and opening up. Then my life would definitely not be difficult in the future.

After making a plan, Xia Qingning felt at ease and continued walking forward. Soon she was almost home.

As she walked back, she was met with inquiring and scrutinizing looks. In that day and age, it was indeed somewhat surprising for a girl like her to walk on the street wearing men's clothes.

However, Xia Qingning didn't care too much about it. She had already put on the clothes, so instead of being timid, she might as well be open and let people look at it if they wanted to. She couldn't deceive others anyway.

After walking through an alley, they entered the compound where their original owner lived. It was almost dinner time and everyone was busy cooking. No one paid attention to Xia Qingning. Just as she was about to go home, a woman's scolding voice suddenly rang out by the pool:

"Hey, what are you wearing, second daughter-in-law of the Lu family?" The woman said, looking up and down at Xia Qingning, and said with a smile:

"Your outfit is quite trendy."

Xia Qingning glanced sideways and saw a woman in her forties standing by the faucet, washing vegetables and looking at her with a half-smile.

The woman's name was Zhao Cuilan. She worked as a salesperson in a department store. The man in her family also worked in a state-owned factory. They had a son and a daughter, and they lived a pretty good life.

Her voice was so loud that it quickly attracted the attention of the people around her, and everyone focused their eyes on Xia Qingning.

This was exactly the effect Zhao Cuilan wanted. Seeing everyone looking over, she continued:

"Oh, it's men's clothes. The style is nice. I haven't seen it in department stores. Where did you buy it?"

Zhao Cuilan was a snob who looked down upon rustic country people. She was the only one from the countryside in the compound, so she often ridiculed her.

But after this country girl came to the city, she became more and more beautiful, and she even got a job in a state-owned textile factory last year. Her husband used all his connections to get his daughter in, but still couldn't get her in. So the more he looked at her, the more he disliked her, and the more he felt that she had used some improper means to get into the factory.

The original body was a timid and cowardly person, so it was common for Zhao Cuilan to bully her.

Xia Qingning glanced at Zhao Cuilan who had bad intentions and ignored her. The clothes inside were cold and damp, sticking to her body and feeling uncomfortable. Now she just wanted to go back to her room quickly to change them and take a comfortable shower.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go." Seeing that she was about to leave, Zhao Cuilan hurriedly picked up the washed vegetables and blocked her way. Then, she said in surprise as if she had discovered a new world:

"Ah, why is your hair still wet..." After saying that, he suddenly laughed and said meaningfully:

"Haha... you're not going to play in the water with someone, are you?"

Her shouts attracted everyone in the house.

"Aunt Zhao doesn't like to talk nonsense. The Lu family are all decent people. They would never do such shameful things." Aunt Wu, who lived near the gate, said as she changed the coal briquettes in the stove.

"It's true that the other members of the Lu family are serious, but she..." Zhao Cuilan didn't say anything else. She just smiled and let out a mocking "hum" from her nose.

Facing Zhao Cuilan's rude words, Xia Qingning's expression gradually turned cold, and she looked over and asked:

"What's wrong with me?"

When Zhao Cuilan met her eyes, she was stunned for a moment. This girl used to be timid and never dared to look at her like this, but why did she suddenly become a different person today?

Zhao Cuilan was a little surprised, but she didn't hold back. She sneered and asked back:

"What's wrong? Haha, what decent wife would wear men's clothes and wander around the street?"

"Okay, Zhao Cuilan, please say less. Can't you see that she is all wet? What's wrong with borrowing a man's clothes? It's not against the law, so why do you care so much?" The speaker was Li Qiulian, the women's director who lived in the same courtyard.

Xia Qingning was a little surprised that she would speak up for herself, because Li Qiulian and Lu Jingzhe's mother were close friends and she had always been disgusted with her behavior of climbing into Lu Jingzhe's bed and had ignored her over the years.

"Director Li is right. Aunt Zhao, please stop talking and let Qingning go back and change her clothes first. She will catch a cold soon." Aunt Wu also helped.

"She dared to walk on the street in broad daylight wearing men's clothes, and she didn't allow others to say anything." Zhao Cuilan felt that she had been humiliated by everyone. She was very unhappy and started to speak without thinking: "What gay man? I think it's her wild man outside!"

Although Xia Qingning has a gentle personality, she is not a coward. Seeing Zhao Cuilan slandering her without any evidence, she asked back without showing any weakness:

"Wild man? Did you see him with your own eyes or catch him? You have to have evidence for everything. You just spread rumors without any basis and destroy his innocence. Aren't you afraid that I will sue you?"

Zhao Cuilan was just venting her anger for a moment, there was no evidence at all. She was used to bullying the original body, and the original body never resisted, so she spoke without restraint. Now, suddenly Xia Qingning rebuked her and she was speechless for a moment.

The situation suddenly turned around. Everyone was surprised to see Xia Qingning, who had always been cowardly, suddenly stand up. Li Qiulian looked at her with a rare hint of approval.

Zhao Cuilan had never suffered any loss from her original body before, so she could not stand this insult. After she realized what was happening, she immediately cursed:

"Humph, you shameless girl, you've been in the city for two days and you've lost your way, right? You want evidence, right? The clothes you're wearing are the evidence!"

At this point, she seemed to have grasped the point and said sarcastically, "If the clothes you are wearing don't belong to a wild man, how can they belong to your man? Ha, everyone knows that your man hasn't been back for more than four years, so where did you get the clothes to wear?"

Xia Qingning was about to open her mouth to refute when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a military green figure standing behind the crowd. She didn't know how long he had been there.

Everyone's attention was on her and Zhao Cuilan, and no one noticed him.

Xia Qingning suddenly had an idea in her mind. Since she decided to rely on him, she had to arouse his desire to protect her first, so she kept silent and did not explain any more.

Seeing that she didn't reply, Zhao Cuilan became even more excited and said arrogantly:

"Hey, why are you silent? Where did your confidence go?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and unceremoniously fiddled with Xia Qingning's clothes. She looked at the fabric inside and out with a sarcastic expression:

"Don't say you picked up such nice clothes on the street."

After hearing what Zhao Cuilan said, everyone looked at Xia Qingning, only to see her lowering her head, pursing her lips, with a look of grievance on her face, but she didn't explain a word.

Seeing her like this, Li Qiulian, who had just changed her opinion of her, felt a little disappointed and looked at her and asked:

"Whose clothes are you, why don't you tell me? Don't let people make up rumors for no reason and then keep silent."

"That's right, second daughter-in-law of the Lu family, where did this dress come from?" Aunt Wu also asked while standing aside.

Zhao Cuilan glanced at Xia Qingning, who was as submissive as always, and smiled with a smug look on her face:

"Yes, tell me. Don't let people think that I am wrongly accusing you. Whose clothes are these? What's their name? There must be someone who knows."

Xia Qingning, who was surrounded by everyone and constantly questioned, looked helpless and aggrieved. Just when she was about to give up, a cold and serious voice came over:

"its mine."