Chapter 0114: Nobody’s a Fool

Wu Xiaohe understood.

Her mother was deliberately playing a trick to win favor, knowing that those two wouldn’t come.

“Mom, you’re really amazing.”

Aunt Wu looked proud: “Of course! If I wasn’t amazing, how could I raise a son as capable as your second brother and a high school student like you?”

“Follow me closely and learn how to handle people!”

Wu Xiaohe was deeply inspired: “Yes, yes, I will definitely learn!”

After the mother and daughter left, Li Xinyue laughed.

“That old lady really knows how to play you. She can even use empty promises to win favors.”

Chen Mingchuan was surprised: “What? You mean she didn’t actually cook for us?”

“Of course not. Wu Xiaohe’s face told me everything.”

Sigh!

Chen Mingchuan shook his head and sighed: “It’s tough for Weiguo to have a family like this.”

“Actually, Aunt Wu isn’t bad, it’s just that parents always want to be fair.”

“She thinks Wu Weiguo has everything he needs in the army and should support his family more.”

“But she doesn’t know that he only has twenty-four yuan left at the end of the month.”

“If the child gets sick, he has to send extra money for medical expenses.”

“If it weren’t for his wife helping the army families by making clothes and earning a few cents a day, their life would be even harder.”

Speaking of making clothes, Li Xinyue thought of her pile of fabric.

“How is Wu Weiguo’s wife?”

Wu Weiguo’s wife?

Chen Mingchuan thought for a moment: “Although I’ve been to their house for dinner a few times, I don’t know her very well.”

“But she’s very gentle and keeps her house clean. Weiguo is very happy with her.”

Diligent and unassuming.

Li Xinyue liked this kind of personality.

“Are you close to Wu Weiguo?”

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “We’re good friends. When I first came to the A Division, I was the deputy battalion commander in the artillery battalion.”

“I didn’t know anything when I first arrived, and he really helped me a lot.”

Wu Weiguo was a veteran of the A Division, and he had been in the artillery battalion for ten years, so he naturally knew everything about the battalion.

“Now Wu Weiguo’s wife is about to give birth, do you think I could rent her sewing tools?”

Now Chen Mingchuan was really curious: “You know how to sew?”

Since they were already here, far from the village, Li Xinyue wasn’t afraid of Chen Mingchuan finding out.

“Yes, I learned from the old lady in the village for two years.”

“I’ll rent her tools and do it myself. I’ll pay fifty cents a day for the needles, thread, chalk, etc., what do you think?”

Anyway, his wife had money.

And she was very good at making money!

Chen Mingchuan naturally didn’t object: “Okay, I’ll talk to Weiguo later.”

Men were better at dealing with other men, so Li Xinyue didn’t insist on talking to him herself.

“I heard Wu Weiguo’s wife is having twins. If he has two more sons, he’ll be exhausted.”

Chen Mingchuan laughed: “What’s wrong with having more sons? More sons mean more blessings.”

“It’s tiring when they’re young.”

“But when they grow up, you’ll be blessed.”

More sons, more blessings?

Li Xinyue’s face twitched, and the string beans she was holding in her hand were broken in two…

What kind of thinking is that!

“Your dad has quite a few sons, but I don’t see him enjoying many blessings.”

Chen Mingchuan was helping to remove the chili stems, and he looked up when he heard this.

“He’s only fifty-something, his time to enjoy blessings hasn’t come yet.”

Okay.

Li Xinyue didn’t argue anymore.

If people say they are blessed, then they are blessed. As for her, one son is enough!

“Good pups don’t need many!”

“It’s better to carefully raise a dragon than to spend effort raising a flock of sheep.”

There was no coal stove at home, so Chen Mingchuan lit the big stove.

“By the way, the bathroom is still unusable. You can take a shower at Xiao Nan’s tonight. He won’t be using it anyway.”

Xiao Nan has a dormitory?

Li Xinyue looked up, her face full of curiosity, “Where does he live?”

“Right here in this row, the easternmost one.”

Oh?

Xiao Nan lives in this row too?

Li Xinyue was a little curious, “Did his family members ever follow the army?”

“No, he went on a mission the day he got his marriage certificate.”

“This mission is long, it’s been over a year.”

“When he came back, his wife fell in love with someone else, and they divorced.”

“His house is the same as mine. We were both transferred to the special training team at that time.”

“Because this mission is long, the camp has reorganized and assigned a deputy camp commander.”

Chen Mingchuan only told Li Xinyue the general story about Xiao Nan.

After listening, Li Xinyue was even more curious.

“Did they fall in love freely?”

Chen Mingchuan shook his head, “No, it was the intention of both parents. But they did grow up together.”

Growing up together, and Xiao Nan was willing to marry that woman… Li Xinyue thought that someone like Xiao Nan wouldn’t be forced by anyone.

“He must be very heartbroken, right?”

Heartbroken?

Chen Mingchuan furrowed his brow, then shook his head, “I really don’t know. We men don’t talk about these things.”

“He doesn’t like people bringing it up, so don’t ask about it in the future.”

Why would I ask?

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes, “Am I that close to him?”

Angry?

Chen Mingchuan immediately explained, “That’s not what I meant. It’s just that he never brings this up, I’m afraid it will be awkward if you bring it up.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t be gossiping.”

Sigh!

Is she still angry?

“Xiao Nan’s family is very complicated. His mother died not long ago, and his father married his mother’s classmate’s younger sister.”

“This woman is seven or eight years younger than his father. She needs his father to coax her every day and doesn’t care about the family at all.”

“At that time, he was only five years old.”

“Once, he got sick and almost died. It was only because he called his uncle, the division commander, that he was sent to the hospital.”

“Later, he was taken to Beijing and grew up with his grandparents.”

“His grandfather was an old soldier, and he was very strict with his children. At that time, the old man had three other grandsons with him.”

“You know, when children are together, they compare.”

“His grandfather liked the most promising grandson. From childhood to adulthood, Xiao Nan grew up in a very strict environment.”

“So his personality is also very dull.”

“That year, I was transferred to the Special Forces Brigade by the military region, and he happened to be transferred from the military academy. We slept in bunks.”

“Maybe we are the same type of people. In those days, it was nothing but training.”

“Because we have experienced countless life and death together, we became the best brothers. That’s why I don’t want you to mention his private affairs.”

“Even the best brothers have secrets, and there is a part of their hearts that they don’t want to be disturbed!”

“I didn’t mean anything else.”

With such a good background, he also has this kind of growth experience that he doesn’t want to mention?

Li Xinyue was still surprised that Chen Mingchuan would say so much. He usually doesn’t like to talk.

“Don’t worry, I won’t bring it up.”

“I won’t be angry either. I was just curious about Xiao Nan’s affairs.”

“Yeah.”

Is it really believable?

Chen Mingchuan raised his eyes and looked at Li Xinyue: He shouldn’t be wrong about people, right?