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

With such a commotion at the family compound, Sister Zhu naturally found out as well. Her own window had been smashed before, but the matter was left unresolved because her child had run away from home, which had already left Sister Zhu feeling quite resentful. Now, hearing that the Xiao family's nanny was taking the child out for lavish meals every day, how could she possibly feel happy? She was seething with hatred.

That night, she had a big argument with Political Commissar Ma and learned some of the details. She immediately wanted to demand compensation for the broken glass, but Political Commissar Ma persuaded her to stay. However, she was only temporarily persuaded. She held back her temper and waited until dawn to go to the Xiao family to ask for the money.

"You want money from me?" Zhou Chuan had just finished cooking breakfast and was feeding the chickens in the yard when a strange woman ran up to her asking for money. Although her reason was perfectly legitimate—Xiao Ran had smashed the windows in her house—she had no obligation to do so. "I'm just a maid. If you want money, go ask someone else's father. You won't find me."

That day, I heard from Political Commissar Ma that his window had been smashed by Xiao Ran. I never expected to see his wife today. She looked to be in her late fifties, but she was probably younger. She was not tall, with almond-shaped eyes and a round face. If it weren't for her decent clothes, she would look no different from an old woman from the countryside.

Commissar Ma doesn't look very old, maybe around forty. At that age, he'd be in high demand if he wanted to find a wife, but he hasn't. So, Commissar Ma is quite conscientious. However, this woman doesn't seem like someone easy to talk to.

"I didn't ask you for money. Didn't Sister Tian return a few dozen yuan to you? You can use that money to compensate me." Yesterday, she heard that Commander Xiao had given Sister Tian a few dozen yuan for food expenses before leaving, but this nanny had asked for it back. So she took it to heart and came over to ask for the money after breakfast.

“We’ve given you all that money, we’re not going to make a living,” Zhou Chuan said, scattering all the rice he was holding to the chickens. “Don’t worry, as the saying goes, you can run away but you can’t hide. Commander Xiao lives here, he can’t possibly default on your debts.”

Seeing that she couldn't get the money, Sister Zhu became a little arrogant: "You have the nerve to say you have no money? You think you can eat whatever you want every day? I've heard that you two eat chicken at home every day. The aroma can be smelled throughout the entire compound. You live a life more comfortable than a landlord's. And you still have the nerve to say you have no money! Who are you trying to fool? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and pay up!"

The window of the room where the couple lived was also smashed, and they had to find something to block it before going to bed at night, which was extremely troublesome. She had to get the money for the broken glass today.

"Commander Xiao hasn't taken care of his child for over ten years and feels very guilty, so he specifically asked us to buy some good supplements for the child. What's it to you? Why are you so nosy!" Zhou Chuan saw that she was a little red-faced and her neck was thick, so he also made his attitude clear and firmly refused, "Don't try to argue with me here. I'm just a nanny and I can't make any decisions."

Sister Zhu's attitude was also very firm: "I can't control how much Commander Xiao cares about his son, but his son smashed my window, so he has to pay for it."

Zhou Chuan felt that this woman was really unreasonable: "Who said we wouldn't compensate? It's just that when Commander Xiao comes back, you can ask him for compensation. We only have a little living allowance on hand. If we give it all to you, how will we live?"

Sister Zhu stood in the yard and refused to leave, still demanding compensation: "You must pay now. I still need money to pull strings to buy more glass. Besides, you have a few dozen yuan on hand, can't you save some?"

Seeing that nothing he said could get through to them, Zhou Chuan got a little angry: "Is your family so poor that you can't even afford to replace a few panes of glass? You can pay for it yourself first, and we'll give you the money when Xiao Ran's father comes back. Why are you pressuring us like this?"

Sister Zhu's eyes flickered: "You guys make money eating chicken every day, but you don't have money to pay for my broken glass?"

According to her husband, all they need is a token amount. If she makes a fuss later, she won't have any grounds to argue. It's better to take advantage of the nanny having some money and get the compensation.

“The child is so thin… Forget it, I’m not talking to you. I’m going straight to Commander Yang,” Zhou Chuan said, walking out of the courtyard. “They really think I’m easy to bully. This is a problem that could be solved by waiting for the child’s father to come back, but they insist on taking our living expenses now. They don’t want the child to live…”

Sister Zhu grabbed Zhou Chuan: "What are you doing? Xiao Ran smashed my window, it's only right that I ask him for compensation, why are you going to the division commander?"

Zhou Chuan shoved her away: "Can't you understand human language? I didn't say I wouldn't compensate you, I just said I'd have your child's father compensate you. I can't reason with you, I have to go find Commander Yang to settle this. Coming to my house first thing in the morning demanding money..."

Seeing that she really wanted to find the division commander, Sister Zhu was a little scared, so she quickly ran over and pulled her away: "It's such a small matter, and you're going to find the division commander? You, do you know what you're doing? Forget it, I won't argue with you. I'll wait for Commander Xiao to come back and talk to him." With that, she ran off in a flash.

After everyone left, Zhou Chuan decided not to pursue the matter any further. If she kept bothering the old man, he would get annoyed too. She turned around and went back into the yard, where she saw Li Dazui from the neighboring yard: "Sigh, I knew I shouldn't have sold your chickens. I ended up with a debt collector instead of just a few chickens."

Li Dazui had come out when Sister Zhu came to collect the money, so she had heard everything. She quickly came over to comfort her, "They just can't stand to see others doing well. Don't be envious, you still have to eat. I've noticed Xiao Ran has gained a lot of weight recently. That child is lucky to have met such a kind person like you, hehehe..."

Zhou Chuan sighed, "I wonder when Commander Xiao will be back? I'm really afraid that woman will come to collect a debt every few days... Sigh!"

Li Dazui then shared what he knew: "It's hard to say. My husband said they're going to suppress bandits in another province this time. We don't know which province it is, maybe the neighboring province, maybe the southern province. But don't worry, if you run out of money, you can go to the political commissar, and they'll take care of you."

Zhou Chuan understood immediately when she heard it was about bandit suppression. It had only been two years since liberation, and the world was still not peaceful. She leaned closer to Li Dazui and asked, "Do you often suppress bandits? When I first arrived, I heard that they went on missions, and then a few days later they were suppressing bandits again. Are there really that many bandits?"

As an elderly resident of the family compound, Li Dazui was rarely asked this question. In fact, no one paid her any attention. But now, seeing Zhou Chuan asking her about something, she earnestly began to explain to him:

“A mission isn’t always about suppressing bandits. It could be fighting against Chiang Kai-shek, or it could be…” She looked around to make sure no one was watching before continuing, “spies, spies and stuff like that. Do you know what a spy is? A spy is… and a spy. Do you know what a spy is? It’s… actually, it’s pretty much the same as a spy. Anyway, you just need to know that they’re not good people… I’ve heard there are so many spies, you can’t catch them all.”

"Big sister, how do you know so much? Shouldn't this be a military secret?" Zhou Chuan was surprised that a country girl like her would know so much and found it very strange.

Li Dazui proudly raised his head: "I'm not bragging, but there's nothing in this army that I don't know!"

Zhou Chuan suddenly remembered Li Dazui's big mouth; no wonder he knew so much, his professional skills were just that strong. However, she still gave him a reminder:

"Big sister, you can't tell anyone about what I just said. These are military secrets. If you tell anyone, the head of the secret service will realize you're a talent and arrest you... subjecting you to severe torture... you won't have anywhere to run away!"

Li Dazui didn't pay much attention to the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the second half that he might be arrested and tortured, he immediately became scared and repeatedly promised that he wouldn't say anything: "I was just telling the girls, but they ignored me. Even if I wanted to tell them, I had nowhere to tell them."

As the two were chatting, Zhou Chuan saw Sister Zhu bring the little girl back, along with a small package: "Since this family has a nanny, why do I need to take care of the child? I'm already too busy, I only help out because of Commander Xiao. I take good care of her every day, and I never expected someone to smash my window..."

Zhou Chuan picked up the little girl, smelled her body, and thought she smelled alright, so he didn't say anything too harsh: "Alright, Commander Xiao isn't an unreasonable person. He must have paid you for your help. You're busy for money, so don't talk about saving face."

When Sister Zhu saw that the nanny had exposed all her secrets right away, she angrily threw the package on the ground and left with a "humph".

"What's with the arrogance? It's not like we worked for nothing," Li Dazui said after Sister Zhu had gone some distance, offering a belated comment for Zhou Chuan. "You were right, Commander Xiao isn't stingy with money." Li Dazui couldn't help but feel a little envious as he spoke of this.

"It's just that Commander Xiao doesn't believe me. If he did, he would let me take care of the child, and I guarantee I'll take good care of him. As the old saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. My eldest son went to the army, and there's only one baby left at home. It's not as good as Sister Zhu taking care of four or five little ones at the same time, but he just doesn't believe me..." What a waste of all that money.

"Aren't you afraid he'll scold you?" He said that Commander Xiao scolded her on their first meeting, and he's even thinking about making money off him. What is he thinking? Seeing that she was embarrassed and didn't say anything, Zhou Chuan took the child and went into the house.