Chapter 143: Self-deprecating After Visiting the Leader’s Home

Xu Hongqin’s face frightened everyone.

A military wife stepped forward: “Sister Xu, it’s not someone gossiping, it’s that Kangkang’s mom and a few others saw them carrying gifts to the commander’s compound.”

Her again?

This woman, she really has a big mouth!

Xu Hongqin was furious: “They went to the division commander’s house for dinner!”

“My old Li said that the division commander ordered Chief Chen to bring Xinyue to see him.”

“What kind of people are these, they just love to spread rumors, I’m going to the division commander’s office to report her today!”

What?

Sister Xu is going to report Wang Lijuan?

The person who passed the message was dumbfounded!

Just as Xu Hongqin was furious, Qian Sanni came out.

“Sister, what’s going on? Who are you angry with?”

Xu Hongqin repeated what she had just said: “You tell me, what kind of people are these!”

“At noon, the division commander sent someone over to tell Chief Chen to bring Xinyue to see him.”

“Look at them, they twisted the story into something else!”

“People with small minds, they just can’t stand seeing others do well!”

Chen Mingchuan is the division commander’s favorite, and he and Xiao Nan are the ones the division commander insisted on getting from the military region.

If they go to the division commander’s house… whether they send gifts or not, it doesn’t really matter!

The division commander treats Battalion Commander Chen like his own son, why would he need gifts?

Qian Sanni took a deep breath and shook her head: “People, their thoughts are as dirty as their hearts!”

“Sister, Xinyue won’t care about these things, don’t bother with those shallow-minded people.”

“Your Li Deputy Battalion Commander Li’s term is about to end in three years, he’ll definitely get promoted at the end of the year.”

“Don’t mind those people, be careful it affects Brother Li.”

Xu Hongqin is a hot-tempered person.

Qian Sanni’s words made sense, so she didn’t get angry anymore.

After all, everyone knows, does Chen Mingchuan need to rely on gifts to get promoted?

That’s ridiculous!

This man is not only the division commander’s favorite, but also a talented person with outstanding military achievements, why would he need to send gifts?

“Sanni, I don’t know where these military wives got their manners!”

“They gossip all day long, they’re worse than the shrewish women in our village!”

Yes, these are all military wives.

How come their manners are so bad?

It seems that we need to be careful when interacting with them in the future!

Qian Sanni pondered…

At this moment, Li Xinyue didn’t know that the family compound was buzzing with rumors about them sending gifts.

They had already arrived at the commander’s compound.

The commander’s compound is different from the battalion’s family building, it has a wall and a round archway.

After entering the round archway, it is divided into left and right sides, separated by a wall, with a concrete path in the middle.

The road is clean and tidy, there’s not even a single leaf on the ground.

On both sides of the road, along the wall, are tall cypress trees.

“The left side is the division commander’s dormitory, the right side is the dormitory of the logistics minister and the various departments of the headquarters, politics, and logistics.”

So that’s how it is.

Listening to Chen Mingchuan’s introduction, Li Xinyue had a better understanding.

They walked towards the round archway on the left, the courtyard was equally clean, rows of two-room dormitories, arranged like the battalion’s family building.

Except that, each row of houses seems to only have five doors.

In other words, only five families live in each row.

Another difference is that each family here has a backyard and a front yard.

There is at least sixty meters between the front and back rows of houses.

Also, the backyard walls are very high, standing in the front yard, you can’t see anyone else’s backyard, you can only see the trees outside the yard.

The trees are all evergreen cypress trees that don’t shed their leaves.

The courtyard is quiet and tidy, completely different from the noisy battalion’s family compound.

This place is so good!

If one day I can live here, I would be satisfied!

Commander Xiao’s house was the first one in the third row. To get there, you didn’t have to pass any other houses, just turn onto the road in front of the gate.

The courtyard gate wasn’t closed. Chen Mingchuan, leading his wife and son, went straight in, as familiar as if entering his own home.

“Ma Yi, this is my wife, Li Xinyue, and my son, Chen Yiheng.”

“Xinyue, this is Xiao Nan’s third aunt, you can call her Auntie Ma. Yiheng, call her grandma.”

Li Xinyue and Chen Yiheng immediately greeted her.

Ma Suying became a grandmother at the age of forty-five.

Although she was only in her early fifties now, she already had a six-year-old grandson and a four-year-old granddaughter.

She also had a five-year-old grandson.

She had heard about Chen Mingchuan’s marriage.

She had also heard about his sudden application to join the army.

Regarding this beloved soldier of her husband, who had married a rural wife but had been reluctant to let her join the army, Ma Suying had many thoughts in her mind.

She guessed that Chen Mingchuan’s wife must be a rural girl, a girl who was tightly controlled by his parents!

Why did Ma Suying have this thought?

Because she knew it wasn’t easy for a rural family to have a son who became an official.

A son who had been out in the world since the age of fifteen or sixteen probably didn’t have many memories of home.

If they didn’t hold onto his wife and children tightly, his biased parents would worry that he wouldn’t care for his family.

And she, she considered Chen Mingchuan as her own nephew.

But what surprised her was that his wife was not only beautiful, but also generous and polite!

Her clothes weren’t expensive, but they fit well.

Although she was a rural girl, she gave off a scholarly vibe.

Had she read many books?

Otherwise, how could she give off a more cultured feeling than her niece, who studied art?

And this child, although born and raised in the countryside.

But this little appearance.

This outfit.

And those bright, intelligent eyes.

He wouldn’t be any worse than her own grandson!

Also, the meat she had brought today, she heard was made by the cooking class leader, taught by her!

That meat was truly delicious!

Chen Mingchuan’s parents had actually found him such a capable and beautiful wife…

This… was a bit different from what she had imagined!

Her contemplation only lasted a moment.

Seeing them approach, Ma Suying spoke with a hearty voice: “Oh, come in, come in!”

“Little Li, you’re so beautiful.”

“Yesterday, Old Xiao kept talking about Mingchuan’s marriage, I was so curious about you!”

“I didn’t expect you to be so beautiful!”

She was indeed beautiful.

But being praised like this, Li Xinyue’s face still felt a little hot.

She knew that Ma Suying had been scrutinizing her just now, and these words were just polite.

However, she didn’t mind, after all, it was their first meeting.

And she, had forced herself upon Commander Xiao as Chen Mingchuan’s half-niece.

“Auntie Ma, you make me blush!”

“With my looks, I’m just a trumpet flower in the fields, I don’t dare to accept your praise!”

Ma Suying was also from the countryside, with a straightforward personality.

Plus, Chen Mingchuan was her husband’s beloved soldier, even if she didn’t approve of Li Xinyue, she still acted very enthusiastically.

As soon as she said this, she was amused and burst into laughter: “Hahaha, hahaha…”

“Not praise, not praise! I really wasn’t praising you!”

“Little Li, if you’re just a trumpet flower, then I was just a dogtail flower in my youth!”

“Seriously, if Old Xiao hadn’t said you were from the countryside, I wouldn’t believe it!”

“I was wondering what kind of person you were.”

“Hearing you say that, I feel at ease, good, good, good!”