Chapter 36: The Awareness of a Military Wife

Zhou Yubai listened to his little wife’s soft, tender voice filled with concern, his heart trembled, and his heart almost melted.

He gently patted his wife’s back, coaxing her, “Wife, don’t worry, those are old scars. Now our country is becoming more and more stable, and there are no longer any dangerous missions.”

Shen Chuning knew the man was comforting her.

Even she, a commoner, knew that many spies who were trying to sabotage the country were still lurking.

Those spies were all desperadoes.

And capturing those spies was one of the tasks of frontline soldiers like Zhou Yubai and her third brother. How could there be no danger?

But she also knew that she had married a soldier, and she was now a military wife.

Stabilizing the rear for her husband and facing danger with him was also her mission as a military wife.

She sniffed, her eyes filled with tears, and nodded, “Mm, then you must be careful when you go on missions, don’t forget that I’m still waiting for you at home.”

“Got it.”

Zhou Yubai felt a warmth in his heart, couldn’t help but raise the corners of his lips, and touched her soft hair again, changing the subject, “Wife, you didn’t use an abacus or pen and paper just now, how did you calculate so quickly that my salary and my savings didn’t match?”

Shen Chuning, having known her husband for so many years, saw her husband smile for the first time.

Although this man usually looked fierce, when he smiled, he was really handsome, so handsome that people couldn’t take their eyes off him.

She came to her senses after hearing the man’s question, and raised her chin a little proudly, “I’m very good at math! When I was in high school, I always got the top score in math!”

She was the only girl in the entire Ci Hang Brigade who had attended high school.

She only went for a year.

Because the current emphasis was on education through labor, students generally attended half-day classes and worked in the fields for half a day.

She liked sitting in the classroom, but how could she, who was pampered, endure working in the fields?

Because working in the fields for half a day was too tiring, and thinking that even if she finished high school, she wouldn’t be able to go to university, she simply stopped studying.

However, she remembered that in her dream, the college entrance examination would be restored in the second half of next year.

Perhaps she could pick up her books again and take the college entrance examination next year. If she went to university and got a job, she would be worthy of Brother Yubai.

Zhou Yubai didn’t know Shen Chuning’s thoughts.

He was now concentrating on removing the bones from the stewed chicken and putting it into Shen Chuning’s bowl.

He had fed Shen Chuning this way yesterday, and Shen Chuning didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, and ate it with peace of mind.

At that moment, Sun Fengjiao, Zhou’s eldest sister-in-law, came.

Seeing Shen Chuning eating chicken, she needed Zhou Yubai to remove the bones and put them in her bowl before she would eat, her eyes almost popped out.

Zhou Yubai saw Sun Fengjiao and resumed his usual unsmiling demeanor, “Sister-in-law, what’s the matter with you coming here now?”

Sun Fengjiao came to her senses and said with a smile, “Third Uncle and his wife have such a good relationship.”

“Actually, there’s nothing serious. It’s the slack season, and there’s not much work in the production team. Father and mother said that since the whole family is at home, they want you to come over, they have something to say.”

When Sun Fengjiao said this, the smile on her face was a little forced.

Anyone with a brain knew that Zhou’s parents were probably planning to divide the family.

Once the family was divided, only their family had no jobs and could only farm.

She had recently heard that the city was implementing family planning, not allowing people to have many children, but she had only given birth to three daughters and no son to carry on the family line.

She was planning to make another effort with Mr. Zhou, to quickly have a son before the policy reached them.

Now, if the family was divided, it wouldn’t be difficult for the couple to make a living by working points to support three daughters, but if they wanted to have a son, it wouldn’t be as easy as it was when they were pregnant and giving birth before.

“Okay, Ningning and I will go over after we finish eating.” Zhou Yubai said to Sun Fengjiao.

Sun Fengjiao went first, and after Zhou Yubai and Shen Chuning finished eating, they also went over.

It was a rest day, and the children weren’t in school.

Before going out, Shen Chuning specially grabbed a handful of fruit candies and put them in her pocket.

When they arrived next door, the six children called them “Third Uncle” and “Third Aunt,” Shen Chuning took out the candy and gave each of them two pieces.

The six children immediately cheered and ran off to play.

The youngest, Zhou Xiaolian, tilted her little head and looked up at Shen Chuning, “Third Aunt, you’re so pretty, just like a fairy sister.”

Zhou Xiaolian was only four years old, well-fed by the Zhou family, with chubby cheeks and baby fat.

Shen Chuning couldn’t help but pinch her little face, “Thank you, Xiaolian, you’re pretty too.”

As soon as Shen Chuning finished speaking, Sun Fengjiao quickly rushed out of the house, picked up Zhou Xiaolian, and slapped her hard on the butt, “You little girl, what are you talking about! Can you just say such things casually?”

“Wah—”

Immediately, Zhou Xiaolian’s cries echoed throughout the courtyard.

Shen Chuning also realized that calling someone a fairy was feudal superstition. If someone with ulterior motives heard it and reported it, the whole Zhou family would suffer.

After beating the child, Sun Fengjiao looked at Shen Chuning with displeasure, “Ningning, Xiaolian is young and doesn’t understand, but you’re so old, don’t you understand? Can you respond to her like that?”