Chapter 110: Zhao Lan’s Worries

Chen Mingchuan felt a bit depressed.

The more time he spent with Li Xinyue, the more determined he became to never leave her.

If they didn’t leave, they would live together for the rest of their lives.

He didn’t want them to live like this, cold and distant, for the rest of their lives.

Though he didn’t understand what love was, he liked coming home every day to a smiling face, a woman who depended on him.

Li Jianshan’s wife was an arranged marriage, but they had a very good relationship.

Although Mrs. Xu wasn’t very educated, she was kind, generous, filial, and strongly supported Li Jianshan’s work.

Every day after work, he came home to a smiling face, hot meals, caring words, and bouncing children.

This was every man’s dream.

It seemed like he couldn’t realize this dream yet.

He must not be doing enough, unable to make her let go of the hurt and disappointment he had caused her in the past five years…

Take it slow, people are all made of flesh and blood, she’s a kind person, she’ll forgive me!

“Let’s go, let’s go pick out furniture.”

Li Xinyue didn’t say anything.

Locking the door, Chen Mingchuan lifted his son onto his shoulders, and the family of three headed towards the camp…

Speaking of which, Wu Xiaohe ran back, full of anger.

“Mom, I told you not to come, not to come, you just wouldn’t listen!”

“Brother Mingchuan listens to that woman’s every word, whatever she says, he does. He’s really so spineless!”

“See, I wasted another trip for nothing!”

Hearing this, Aunt Wu furrowed her brow: “He really listens to his wife so much?”

Wu Xiaohe nodded repeatedly: “Yeah, he completely listens to that woman, he’s really no man!”

“Don’t let Second Brother be like him, that’s no way for a man to be!”

Aunt Wu opened her mouth, tightly furrowed her brow, and fell into deep thought…

A man who listens to his wife about everything, can he still be called a man?

Her son, he absolutely cannot be like that!

The barracks were divided into blocks.

The volunteer soldiers’ barracks were in the same area as the camp-level officers, but there were still differences.

These two buildings were close to the mountain.

They were also older.

Most importantly, they weren’t suites.

The kitchen was in a small room opposite, and there were no bathrooms or anything.

Zhao Lan, Wu Weiguo’s wife, was sitting in the inner room. Hearing the conversation between her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she said nothing.

Her mother-in-law wasn’t that bad, it was just that her sister-in-law liked to cause trouble.

She didn’t think about what she looked like, thinking that because she had read a few more years of books, she could be worthy of Captain Chen.

Besides, her family’s living room was full of shops, where would people sit when they came over?

She had to send this little sister-in-law back as soon as possible, otherwise, she would definitely cause some trouble.

Uncomfortable sitting, Zhao Lan came out.

“Why are you alone?”

Her own wife was about to give birth, and her mother said she wanted to invite Chen Mingchuan and his wife for dinner today, so Wu Weiguo went to buy some meat.

“Weiguo, Captain Chen and his wife aren’t coming.”

Actually, Wu Weiguo didn’t agree with his mother inviting people over, she didn’t know what their situation was like?

His mother and sister came, but they didn’t bring any food.

His rations were in the camp, and they only had his wife’s 27 kilograms of rations at home.

Only 27 kilograms of rations a month, how could they possibly eat enough?

He didn’t plan to invite anyone, the family members of the military hospital only charged some medical costs for seeing a doctor or giving birth, which was actually quite convenient.

But they insisted on coming, so he couldn’t do anything about it.

“I figured he wouldn’t come, he just arrived yesterday, he needs to settle in.”

“Anyway, Sister-in-law has already joined the army, there will be plenty of opportunities to visit each other in the future.”

“Go inside, are you tired?”

Wu Weiguo wanted to help Zhao Lan inside, but she pulled him back.

She told him about the conversation between the mother and daughter.

“Brother Weiguo, I’m afraid this isn’t a good way to get along, and it might even lead to a feud.”

“Captain Chen is already married and his child is four years old. I’m worried that my younger sister-in-law might cause trouble.”

Wu Weiguo’s face darkened.

“I know what I’m doing. I’ll send her back home after you’ve given birth and the baby is a month old.”

She had only arrived yesterday, so it wouldn’t be good to make her leave immediately. Zhao Lan nodded in agreement.

She didn’t have a job and relied on doing some tailoring for the military wives to earn a few yuan. She couldn’t afford to support her younger sister-in-law.

Last year, she had brought her younger sister-in-law to join the army, and it had been a real headache.

It was even worse now, as they didn’t even have enough space, and the living room was already occupied.

“I wonder if Captain Chen’s wife is easy to get along with. There aren’t many people from the same county in the army, so I hope she’s easy to get along with.”

Wu Weiguo was remarried, while Zhao Lan was a first-time bride.

This was their first child, but Wu Weiguo had two sons from his previous marriage.

One was nine years old and the other was six years old, both of whom were living with their grandparents in their hometown.

His ex-wife couldn’t stand the loneliness and ran away with someone else five years ago. She later died in an accident.

Wu Weiguo was extremely satisfied with his current wife.

She was young, sensible, had a skill, and was beautiful. She was better than his ex-wife in every way.

“I heard that his younger sister-in-law is also from the countryside, so she should be easy to get along with.”

Yes, they were both from the countryside, so they should be easy to get along with.

After being in the army for over a year, Zhao Lan had come to understand the military wives. City dwellers looked down on people from the countryside.

Zhao Lan was the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, with many younger siblings.

She learned tailoring at thirteen and became a master at sixteen.

Her family was poor, and they relied on her to go to the countryside to sew clothes for farmers, earning seventy cents a day to support the family.

For the sake of her family, she didn’t get married until she was in her early twenties.

A girl in her early twenties was considered an old maid in this era.

It was not easy to find a good match at this age.

Wu Weiguo had a government job, which was good, but he had two children from his previous marriage, so it wasn’t easy for him to find someone either.

At the time, Zhao Lan hadn’t agreed to the marriage.

But Wu Weiguo had taken a liking to her and gave her family two hundred yuan as a gift. Zhao Lan’s parents insisted that she marry him.

After their marriage, Wu Weiguo was very good to her, and Zhao Lan was satisfied.

The only thing she wasn’t happy about was her younger sister-in-law, who was too strong-willed, too picky, and selfish.

While the couple were talking about Li Xinyue, she had already arrived at the barracks management office with Chen Mingchuan.

The barracks management office was located in the barracks, about a ten-minute walk to the right from the military service center.

“Sister-in-law, choose whatever you like. These are all old things that we’ve replaced and don’t need anymore.”

The warehouse was large, probably a few hundred square meters.

There were a lot of old things inside, piled up everywhere. But there were only a few old sofas.

Li Xin Yue liked a three-seater sofa, even though the fabric on top was very old, it wasn’t torn.

“Can I have this one?”

Xiao Zhang immediately nodded: “Yes, yes. There are two single sofas with this one, a whole set.”

In the corner, there were indeed two single sofas, in the same color scheme.

Li Xinyue felt a little regretful: “I don’t have enough space. I also need to put a table.”

“Xiao Zhang, keep these two for me. I’ll come back to get them when I have enough space.”

Xiao Zhang readily agreed: “No problem. Captain Chen’s family wants them, I’ll keep them for you!”

Sofa, small square table, wooden stools, small coffee table, small square stools, she chose two large carts full of things.

“Are you sure you’re not charging me?”

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “No charge. These aren’t bought, they’re old things.”

“Anyone who needs them can come and choose. Don’t feel embarrassed.”