Chapter 90

“It’s good that you can think that way.”

Lu Huai’li knew that changing one’s background was a difficult thing. As long as Third sister-in-law lived a good life with Third brother, it was already a good thing.

The two sisters-in-law were silent again. Later, Tang Wan invited Lu Huai’li to stay for dinner.

Lu Huai’li declined, “The child is waiting for me at home, I’ll go back first.”

She turned to leave, and Tang Wan took out a bunch of grapes, wrapped them up, and handed them to her.

“Take these back for the child to eat.”

She also accepted her apples. Tang Wan was always the kind of person who wouldn’t take advantage of others if they were kind to her.

Seeing Tang Wan’s sincere expression, not like a polite formality, Lu Huai’li accepted them and left.

Just after seeing Lu Huai’li off, it was already late. Tang Wan saw Cheng Yingzhang returning.

A moment later, a heated argument erupted from across the way.

She could faintly hear Cheng Yingzhang’s reprimanding voice and Cheng Xiaoyue’s roaring voice.

A few minutes passed, and she watched in astonishment as Cheng Xiaoyue stormed out of the courtyard.

This woman was really a handful.

With Lu Huaijing away, Tang Wan was living a carefree and comfortable life, and she didn’t have to worry about being exposed.

She occasionally went out, and every day she took Tang Zhou to eat meat and rice.

Over a week passed, and Tang Zhou visibly plumped up, no longer looking as skinny as before.

The same was true for Tang Wan. The scar on her forehead had even disappeared, leaving her skin smooth and white.

These days, she had been gradually getting orange trees, pear trees, apple trees, persimmon trees, and pomelo trees from the villagers in the neighboring brigade.

Some were branches, and some were seeds she had planted. She even transplanted wild chestnut saplings from the mountains into her space.

She also caught two chicks for Tang Zhou to raise. The vegetables and onions, ginger, and garlic she had planted earlier had also grown.

Everything at home was thriving, and Tang Wan and Tang Zhou were living a happy life.

One evening, she was collecting dried beans and diced radishes.

She happened to see Cheng Xiaoyue coming back, arm in arm with a man.

The man was in his thirties, perhaps due to his time in the army, he had a tall and straight figure.

He wasn’t handsome, but he wasn’t bad either.

Perhaps noticing Tang Wan’s observation, Duan Yingzhang and Cheng Xiaoyue both turned to look at her.

“This seems to be the deputy regiment leader’s house?”

Duan Yingzhang’s eyes lit up slightly. Cheng Xiaoyue, who had been smiling just a moment ago, instantly pulled a face.

“Yes, Lao Duan, let’s go inside, I can’t keep my brother waiting.”

Duan Yingzhang wasn’t as handsome as the deputy regiment leader, nor did he have a high position, so Cheng Xiaoyue didn’t want him to interact with Tang Wan.

She was afraid that Tang Wan would laugh at him.

However, Duan Yingzhang said, “Let’s go over and say hello to her.”

This was the deputy regiment leader’s wife, Duan Yingzhang felt that it was important to build a good relationship with her.

The smile on Cheng Xiaoyue’s face froze. She irritably opened her mouth to refuse.

But when she met Tang Wan’s indifferent gaze from a distance, she felt a littleDisastified (unconvinced) in her heart.

“We’re getting married, we just need to tell my brother, why do we need to tell her?”

“She’s the deputy regiment leader’s wife, it’s a good thing to build a good relationship with her.”

Duan Yingzhang stared suspiciously at Cheng Xiaoyue, “You live right across from each other, did you offend her?”

“How could I?”

Cheng Xiaoyue shouted in her heart, but she was afraid that the man she had already locked down would dislike her, so she said:

“She just came to the army to join her husband not long ago, we’re not familiar with each other.”

“It’s good that you haven’t fallen out with her.”

Duan Yingzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Cheng Xiaoyue in a low voice, “Yueyue, we’re going to get married. I hope that after you get married, you can handle the relationships in the courtyard for me, make friends with the military wives, and don’t easily offend anyone.”

He had been busy lately and hadn’t noticed the trouble Cheng Xiaoyue had caused, otherwise, he wouldn’t have said that.

Hearing this, the smile on Cheng Xiaoyue’s face froze again. She nodded slightly.

“I understand.”

“Come on, let’s go over and say hello to your sister-in-law.”

Duan Yingzhang took Cheng Xiaoyue towards Tang Wan’s house.

Tang Wan was putting the dried radishes into a separate bag, carefully filling it up.

Duan Yingzhang smiled at her friendly, “Sister-in-law, hello, I’m Cheng Xiaoyue’s comrade.”

“Hello.”

Tang Wan nodded slightly, her gaze subtly falling on Cheng Xiaoyue’s face. She didn’t know what she was thinking.

Did she think they were good friends?

Cheng Xiaoyue’s expression was slightly awkward. In front of Duan Yingzhang, she still called Tang Wan sweetly:

“Sister-in-law, my brother agreed to let me get married, so I brought Lao Duan over to sit for a while.”

Actually, it wasn’t really an agreement. Tang Wan could clearly hear that they had been arguing constantly lately.

Cheng Yingzhang was worn down and wanted to break up with Cheng Xiaoyue, but she was still stubborn.

“Hmm.” Tang Wan nodded faintly, her attitude wasn’t warm, making Cheng Xiaoyue a little embarrassed.

Duan Yingzhang was a man and didn’t notice this. He still said happily to Tang Wan:

“When I get married to Xiaoyue, please come and have a drink with us.”

“If you invite me, I can.”

Tang Wan looked at Cheng Xiaoyue with a smile, she probably wouldn’t want to invite her, right?

Sure enough, Cheng Xiaoyue’s face didn’t look good, but she still followed Duan Yingzhang’s words:

“Of course we’ll invite you.”

Her hand, hanging by her side, clenched into a fist, her fingertips digging into her palm without feeling any pain.

It was clear that she knew Lu Huaijing first, why was Tang Wan so smug?

Duan Yingzhang turned his head and noticed Cheng Xiaoyue’s pursed lips. He asked in confusion:

“What’s wrong, are you feeling unwell?”

He was a rough man and didn’t notice Cheng Xiaoyue’s discomfort. He thought she was suddenly feeling unwell.

“No, my brother must be waiting.”

Cheng Xiaoyue didn’t want to stay at Tang Wan’s doorstep for a second. She always felt that if it wasn’t for Tang Wan, she would be the one marrying Lu Huaijing. The more she thought about it, the more Disastified (unconvinced) she felt.

“Okay.”

Duan Yingzhang nodded generously and said goodbye to Tang Wan, “Sister-in-law, goodbye.”

“Take care.”

Tang Wan’s lips curled into a slight smile. This marriage was something Cheng Xiaoyue had begged for, she hoped it was what she wanted.

Before they had gone far, a postman rode his bicycle over.

A look of joy appeared on Cheng Xiaoyue’s face. It must be a letter from her mother.

She was getting married, maybe her family even sent her a dowry.

“Is Tang Wan here?”

The postman stopped his bicycle, his eyes scanning the scene, looking at Tang Wan and Cheng Xiaoyue.

Cheng Xiaoyue’s smile froze, feeling a little embarrassed. She lifted her leg to leave.

Tang Wan had already opened the courtyard door and came out, “Comrade, hello, I’m Tang Wan.”

“You have a letter.”

The postman handed the letter to Tang Wan, and said with a smile, “It seems to be from the newspaper office.”

“Okay, thank you, comrade.”

As Tang Wan nodded with a smile, Cheng Xiaoyue’s footsteps stopped. She looked curiously at Tang Wan.

As the postman rode away on his bicycle, Tang Wan looked at the letter in her hand with joy.

“Sister-in-law, do you have relatives at the newspaper office?”

Cheng Xiaoyue couldn’t resist her curiosity, and her eyes kept glancing over.