Transmigrated into a child bride, she punishes scumbags, raises children, and marries a soldier.

After leaving the military region, Cao Min was unwilling, but dared not provoke Xiao Beichen again.

Cao Min muttered under her breath, "Mother, what should we do? Just let it go like this?"

Zhang said with a bitter face, "What can we do now that it's over? Do you want to be shot or thrown in jail? That man is a regimental commander. He can just flick his finger and we won't even know if we're gone. Back home, I told you all that your eldest sister wouldn't acknowledge me as her mother, but none of you listened or took it seriously. You were all bewitched, thinking only of enjoying wealth and luxury, and you had to rush to curry favor with him... Now look what happened, all your efforts were in vain."

When she first heard about it, she was tempted, but she felt more guilty than anything else.

Now that they've caused this disturbance, Zhou Chuan must hate them even more. They've shattered even his hopes.

She didn't even have money for a train ticket back, and the thought of the mess she would have to deal with when she got back made Zhang feel dizzy.

Cao Min gritted her teeth and said unwillingly, "Mother, I really can't give up like this. We've come all this way and gotten nothing. How are we going to explain this to Father and Brother?"

Zhang sighed helplessly, "Then what else can we do? This is a military region, not to be trifled with. If we go there again, we might really be in deep trouble."

"I'm scared..."

Cao Min's eyes darted around. "But we don't even have the fare to go back. If Dad and the others find out that we didn't get the money and instead spent all the money they gave us... Why don't we beg you, eldest sister? You are her mother after all, you can't really just abandon her, can you?"

As they spoke, Cao Min pulled Zhang Shi and the other woman to a corner not far from the military district gate to hide, as they were also afraid of running into Xiao Beichen. They only dared to secretly stop passing military wives and ask them to pass on a message to Zhou Chuan, saying that Zhou Chuan's mother had arrived and was waiting at the gate for her to see her one last time.

Several military wives hesitated, looking at the two unfamiliar and somewhat disheveled women with wariness. But hearing their earnest words and hearing that they were Commander Xiao's wife's mother, they thought there might be a real reason, and some of them agreed.

Not long after, Zhou Chuan received the message. After thinking about it, she decided to go and see what kind of trouble these two were up to this time.

Zhou Chuan arrived at the entrance of the military region and saw Zhang and her daughter huddled pitifully in a corner in the distance. He asked in confusion:

"Why are you still here?"

Zhang raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears. "Chuanmei, we really have no other choice. We don't even have money for train tickets back. If your father and brother find out that we didn't get any money and have spent all the money we brought, they definitely won't let us off the hook."

Cao Min was also sobbing beside her: "Big sister, we know we were wrong, please help us again, just this once, we promise we won't bother you again."

"How did you manage to spend all the money?" Zhou Chuan asked, frowning.

Cao Min wiped away her tears and sobbed, "Big sister, when we came here, we thought we'd bring you and your husband some gifts, and we also bought some food and supplies for the journey. Before we knew it, we'd spent all our money. Now we're really desperate. Big sister, please help us."

Zhou Chuan sighed inwardly. She knew Cao Min's words were only half true, but looking at their pale faces and noticeably more haggard figures than when they first met, it was likely true that they were broke.

After all, Zhang was the original owner's biological mother, and she couldn't bring herself to abandon her. But if something happened to the two of them, it was hard to say.

"Get up first," Zhou Chuan said.

Cao Min quickly got up from the ground and looked at Zhou Chuan expectantly.

Zhou Chuan hesitated for a moment, then took out ten yuan from his bag and handed it to Cao Min: "This is the last bit of help I can give you. Take this money and buy your train tickets home. Don't come looking for me again."

Zhang nodded, reaching out to grab Zhou Chuan's hand, but grasped only air. Just like when Zhou Chuan tried to grab her hand as a child, and also grasped only air.

Zhang knew in her heart that she had completely lost this daughter.