Chapter 19: Old Man Chen Teaches His Wife

“Do you even need to ask?”

“That good-for-nothing boy took his wife and child and left. Do you think he’ll send money back?”

“Dream on!”

Grandma Chen immediately got out of bed. “Of course, we can’t let her go. Who’s going to do the housework if she leaves?”

“We’ll lose a worker. Who will earn the work points?”

“Come on, let’s go see!”

Grandma Chen came out just as Chen Mingchuan was coming in.

Li Xinyue refused to come in for dinner, and he couldn’t do anything about it.

But as soon as he entered the house, Grandma Chen rushed towards him.

“Third son, I’m telling you!”

“If you dare take your wife to the army, I’ll die right in front of you!”

Chen Mingchuan: “…”

Is this really his own mother? She always threatens to die!

Heh… It seems like his dream really has a secret!

What?

His son came back this time to arrange for his daughter-in-law to join the army?

Hearing this, Old Man Chen, who was smoking on the side, felt his heart pounding…

But seeing his son’s dark face and remembering the question he asked earlier, Old Man Chen immediately pulled Grandma Chen and scolded her.

“Old woman, what are you talking about?”

“Allowing family members to join the army is national policy, it’s a regulation of the army.”

“The country does this to stabilize morale and also to think of the soldiers. Stop talking nonsense, alright!”

What?

It’s a policy?

Grandma Chen, who couldn’t read, was taken aback, but she wasn’t easily fooled!

“Old man, don’t try to fool me!”

“How could the country have such a policy? I’ve never heard of it!”

If his third son hadn’t asked him about the long-life lock, Old Man Chen wouldn’t have been so flustered.

But now, he was panicking.

Seeing his wife still making a fuss, Old Man Chen’s face turned stern, and he roared, “You don’t understand anything!”

“You’re just an old woman, you’ve never received any ideological education. How would you know about national policy?”

“I advise you to stop chattering. Otherwise, you’ll go to the village office with the fourth son and his wife for ideological study tomorrow night!”

Grandma Chen: “…”

When did this old geezer become so politically aware?

I finally escaped going to study, and now you’re making me go?

Old man, have you taken some wrong medicine today?

As soon as Old Man Chen finished speaking, Ye Juan also had a crow on her face, so angry she wanted to cry: “…”

You old fart, why do you have to stab me in the heart?

You’re making me so mad!

Li Bendlu, you want to join the army? Dream on!

Humph! I won’t let you join the army. If you leave, where will I get my revenge?

“Dad, the army doesn’t force people to join, right?”

“As long as the family doesn’t agree, the army can’t force them, right?”

“Look, Mom is injured, and Big Sister-in-law is also injured. We’ve lost two workers at home.”

“If Third Sister-in-law leaves too, what will happen to our family?”

“We’ll lose three work points. We’ll be in debt by the end of the year!”

Grandma Chen seemed to have found an ally and immediately said, “That’s right, if all the daughters-in-law go to join the army, who will take care of their parents?”

“Old man, I disagree, I absolutely disagree!”

You disagree?

Does your disagreement matter?

Take care of?

Hearing these unreasonable words, Old Man Chen was even more anxious.

He scolded, “Old woman, stop talking nonsense! Do you think this is still the old society?”

“Your daughter-in-law comes into the family to take care of you?”

“Even if she has to take care of someone, it’s her husband!”

“Those soldiers are protecting our country outside. Do you know how hard they work?”

“They go out in the wind and rain every day, always worried about the safety of the border.”

“If even a wife and children to warm the bed can’t be hoped for, who wouldn’t be disheartened?”

“The country understands the hardship of soldiers protecting the country, that’s why there’s this policy of allowing family members to join the army!”

“This is a good policy, we should be grateful to the government and support the government!”

“I tell you, don’t mess around, if you dare to violate the policy, you’ll definitely have to go for ideological reform!”

Mrs. Chen was completely dumbfounded: “…”.

What’s wrong with this old man today?

Why is he so concerned about the third son and his wife? He wasn’t like this before!

Chen Mingchuan stood in the hall, his face impassive, as if he hadn’t heard any of this.

The more his father cared, the more guilty he felt!

What exactly is he hiding?

What secret does this long life lock hold?

Chen Mingchuan became even more curious…

“Ma, Dad is right, this is a new society.”

“You need to put away your old ways, otherwise if someone hears you, they’ll definitely drag you to the brigade headquarters for criticism.”

“The country allows family members to join the army for a reason. If you dare to oppose it, you’re a reactionary!”

Mrs. Chen: “…”.

She’s a reactionary?

Although Mrs. Chen was illiterate, she was one of the most active in the brigade during the criticism of reactionaries in the past few years!

Thinking about those who were labeled, she felt her scalp tingle!

She had done many things that people disliked, if she was dragged to the brigade headquarters as a reactionary, she wouldn’t die, but she would be skinned alive…

Finally, she shut up.

Meanwhile.

Thinking about Li Xinyue going to join the army and becoming a person who eats the country’s grain, everyone in the Chen family felt like the sky was falling, except for the second son and his wife who thought it was appropriate.

Chen Lifang felt the most sour in her heart.

She desperately wanted to go outside with her third brother.

She heard that there were concrete roads everywhere, unlike in the countryside where you stepped out the door and it was all mud.

She hated even more that Li Xinyue could go.

However, she couldn’t go, because she was the younger sister, not…

Suddenly, her eyes lit up: Li Xinyue, you want to go enjoy yourself?

Who will do the chores at home when you’re gone?

You don’t want to push all the work onto me, do you?

Humph, Humph, Join the army?

Dream on!

Let’s see if you can actually go!

“Fourth Sister-in-law!”

Ye Juan’s heart moved, she quietly went to the side: “What’s wrong?”

Chen Lifang showed a strange smile: “I have a plan!”

“What plan?”

Ye Juan’s eyes lit up!

Chen Lifang rolled her eyes: “I’ll tell you later.”

“Okay!”

Li Xinyue had no idea what everyone was thinking, let alone that they were trying to stop her from joining the army.

Even if she did know, she wouldn’t care.

The reason she wanted to join the army was because she was worried that people would discover she wasn’t the original owner.

People in this era were very feudal and superstitious.

So if she could go, she wanted to go.

She even thought, as long as she could go, she didn’t care where!

As for the divorce, she could take her time.

After all, she had a son, and she never planned to get married again in this life.

Sitting by the fire, Li Xinyue was thinking: Chen Mingchuan must have changed his mind about the divorce because of the child.

Once he had a lover, the child wouldn’t be so important anymore!

After all, a lover could also have children!

When the time came, she would give them more money, let them have as many children as they wanted!

That way, no one would compete with her for her son!

Haha… That’s how it’s going to be!

I won’t be a complete sucker, but I’m happy to be a ready-made mother.