Chapter 6: Be nice to your wife and children, or you’ll lose everything

Immersed in the joy of rebirth, Jiang Mingyue went to the vegetable market to buy chicken, duck, fish, meat, and a lot of vegetables.

During the reform and opening up, you didn’t need tickets to buy other things.

She couldn’t wait to show Xiaoxue all the skills she had learned in the orphanage in her previous life.

In this era, one dime could buy two catties of tomatoes. Now that the production responsibility system was in place, the industrial and commercial departments had also relaxed their control over speculation and profiteering.

There were more and more individual businesses, and the vegetables on the market were also very cheap, and people’s happiness index had also increased a lot.

After buying things, she took a bus directly back to the compound.

When she got off the bus with big and small bags, Luo Mingzhong was leading a group of young comrades to clean up the weeds at the entrance of the compound. His eyes only caught a glimpse of a red figure, but he didn’t think of his wife at all.

It was a young comrade who was cutting weeds next to him who exclaimed, his eyes widened.

“Wow, Sister-in-law looks really good in this dress, she’s simply a flower in our compound.”

“That’s right, Sister-in-law looks good in everything.”

She stood upright, with a smile on her face, raising her head and chest, looking energetic, as if there was something great happening at home.

Zhao Qiang, the commander of the Second Regiment next to him, saw Jiang Mingyue, smiled and leaned over and whispered: “Old Luo, is there anything happy happening in your family recently? Your wife rarely wears red dresses.”

Who?

Luo Mingzhong was shocked. When he suddenly turned his head, the April wind blew, and Jiang Mingyue’s clavicle hair was gently lifted, and the red dress danced in the wind, setting off her bright and moving appearance. She looked particularly good with light makeup, like a movie star in a pictorial.

Thump–

His heart jumped suddenly.

He opened his mouth again and again, just wanting to ask her what she was doing, but she looked ahead with no one in her eyes, treating him like air, and walked past him generously.

Luo Mingzhong: …

Zhao Qiang next to him was also full of doubts.

What was wrong with Jiang Mingyue today?

She actually ignored Old Luo.

Ignoring him was one thing, but the two of them were like strangers.

Also, the compound had been spreading rumors a few days ago that Jiang Mingyue was hospitalized for attempting suicide by cutting her wrists because of Wen Ning.

Looking at her mental outlook just now, she didn’t look like it at all.

Luo Mingzhong was in a super bad mood, pulling a face and staring coldly at Jiang Mingyue’s shrinking back.

The young comrades whispered, and Luo Mingzhong felt as uncomfortable as if something was blocking his heart.

“What are you looking at? Hurry up and work.”

Zhao Qiang was also surprised.

“Old Luo, did you quarrel with your wife? It’s the first time I’ve seen your wife ignore you.”

“No.”

He felt inexplicably irritable and uneasy in his heart.

Zhao Qiang was a smart person. He had also heard about what had happened these past two days. Seeing Luo Mingzhong’s tightly furrowed brows, he still kindly reminded him: “Old Luo, it’s not that I’m talking about you, but Old Wen entrusted his sister to you, but you don’t have to go to their house every three days.

Seriously, my wife often says in front of me that there are so many people in the compound, and they’re already very good to Wen Ning and her son.

It’s not just you who have the responsibility and obligation to them, we can help if we can, and do our best if we can’t.

To be honest, everyone is watching, your focus is on those two, no wonder your wife is angry with you.

You should be better to your wife and children, be careful not to lose both the chicken and the eggs.”

Luo Mingzhong didn’t like to hear these words, frowned and questioned coldly: “The regimental commander didn’t exist because he blocked a bullet for me, the regimental commander’s own sister is my own sister, if I don’t care about them, who will?

Old Zhao, I didn’t expect even you to think of me like this.”

Zhao Qiang looked embarrassed. This kid was just one-track-minded. The authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear. The relationship between the two of them was really worrying.

It takes more than one day for three feet of ice to form, and people’s hearts don’t cool down in a day.

As soon as she came back, Jiang Mingyue went into the kitchen and started busy.

She made minced meat fried eggs that Xiaoxue loved to eat. She beat six eggs into a bowl, added twice the amount of warm water, stirred well, skimmed off the foam, added the stir-fried minced meat, and steamed it in a pot for fifteen minutes.

She also made pan-fried potato pork chops, oyster sauce lettuce, eggplant rolls with minced meat. She cut the eggplant into thin slices, mixed the minced meat with seasonings, spread it evenly on the cut eggplant, coated it with starch and fried it until golden brown.

In addition, she also made shiitake mushroom minced meat stewed tofu, sweet and sour fish and tomato egg drop soup.

She liked children very much. In this life, she could still see her Xiaoxue. How much good fortune had she accumulated in her previous life?

Therefore, she now couldn’t wait to put everything she knew and that the child loved to eat on the table.

The old lady was very angry today because of the two of them. Jiang Mingyue scooped out some for the old lady and took it to her room.

These dishes looked colorful, and they were steaming hot, and they smelled so good. Xiaoxue’s eyes were straight.

Before the food was on the table, Zhao Qiang’s wife next door saw Jiang Mingyue busy for a while, looking smiling, and felt that she was different from usual.

The stoves in the two kitchens were only separated by a brick wall of fifty centimeters. Ma Xiaolian tiptoed and took a look, and said incredulously: “Xiaoxue’s mom, what kind of dishes are you making? They smell so good.”

She took a plate and gave Ma Xiaolian a little of each. Ma Xiaolian tasted it with a smile, and her eyes widened.

“Xiaoxue’s mom, your cooking is too good, even better than the chefs in state-run restaurants. Teach me next time you have time.”

Ma Xiaolian looked at Jiang Mingyue a few more times. They were neighbors, and the two of them quarreled every now and then. Fortunately, Jiang Mingyue had a good temper and could endure it. If the matter between Captain Luo and Wen Ning happened to her, she might have already cursed in the streets like a shrew.

She usually asked Zhao Qiang to persuade Luo Mingzhong, but it didn’t seem to be of much use.

A few days ago, Jiang Mingyue still looked empty-eyed and dull, but after going to the hospital, she was radiant, and she just felt that something was different.

Could it be that this girl had figured it out?

When the food was on the table, Jiang Mingyue put a lot of dishes in Xiaoxue’s bowl, and Xiaoxue ate with relish, her mouth full of oil.

As soon as Lin Jinghua sat down, she swallowed, looking at the table full of dishes, but she still didn’t forget to pull a face and take out the airs of a mother-in-law to preach.

“I said Mingyue, you can’t live your life like this. My son gets up early and works late every day to earn money to support you two outsiders, and you don’t know how to save a little money.

Look at how capable Wen Ning is, she raises her children well, and she takes care of the family well.

Look at you again, you’ve brought everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water to the table in one meal, and you’ve also bought yourself a red dress.

I said you’re a married person, dressing up like a fox spirit, who are you planning to seduce?”

Jiang Mingyue sneered and put a lot of dishes in Xiaoxue’s bowl again. She said unhurriedly: “Mom, people have a good life, their mother-in-law died early, and their husband didn’t die early. They don’t have to go to work to earn money, and someone will give them money to support the family. Don’t say I’m also envious.

I know you like her. When I divorce your son tomorrow morning, you can arrange for your son to marry her with great fanfare. You will definitely be a role model for good mother-in-law’s and daughters-in-law in the compound.”

Lin Jinghua’s face turned livid with anger, and she pointed at Jiang Mingyue with trembling fingers, gnashing her teeth.

“You, you dare to curse me to die?”

She was very angry, and just about to burst into a scolding, Luo Mingzhong and Luo Zhizhi, who had finished school, came back together.