Chapter 186: Being Looked Down Upon

Wu Rong didn’t know much about the Sun family.

However, he knew that rural cadres all shared a common characteristic.

He nodded and said, “Life must be difficult, but I haven’t been to their house, so I don’t know the specifics.”

“Actually, most rural cadres come from poor families with many siblings, so there are many mouths to feed.”

“It’s not like our deputy battalion commander, whose parents both have jobs and are officials, and you only have two siblings.”

Of course!

Whose family could compare to theirs?

Wu Xiuzhi and Qi Yan were both happy to hear their husband (brother) being praised.

The car soon entered the military camp. After getting off, the two sisters-in-law were still in a good mood.

On the way home, Qi Yan was still thinking about Li Xin Yue.

“Sister-in-law, do you know who introduced her? They are not from the same place.”

Wu Xiuzhi was also puzzled.

Platoon Leader Sun’s family was from the north, far from here.

“I don’t know, maybe Platoon Leader Sun’s hometown has some connection with the Li family?”

“Just didn’t see it, she has a good life!”

Qi Yan laughed, “What good life?”

“That whole family relies on that little money, I think she’s destined to be a workhorse!”

That’s right.

With such a large family and so little money, how much could she get?

Wu Xiuzhi’s mood became better and better. Back then, she didn’t study as well as Li Xin Ye, and her parents often said that about her.

How about now?

She can read, she’s beautiful, so what?

Is her life better than mine?

Platoon leader!

Is it so easy to get promoted to deputy battalion commander?

At this moment, Wu Xiuzhi was certain: Li Xinyue was here to visit relatives!

“Yanzi, let’s go visit some old friends sometime?”

Qi Yan smiled, “Okay, okay, we’re not only old friends, but also classmates!”

“We’ll definitely wear new clothes then.”

Yes, yes, wear new clothes!

Li Xin Ye came to visit relatives, wearing a whole new outfit, but the fabric was really ordinary!

Wu Xiuzhi had a knowing look, “Let’s all wear that Lenin dress skirt, the fabric is not even available in the city.”

Hearing this, Qi Yan was even more excited, “Okay, that’s settled!”

“When we find out where she lives, we’ll go see her!”

The two sisters-in-law were gloating, while Li Xin Yue, led by Squad Leader Zhu, found a pond with a group of people.

The pond was not shallow and quite wide, formed by a whirlpool from a river branch.

Liu Qiang took a look and suggested, “Platoon leader, let’s go down and use a fish net to block it, you and your wife can pour the medicine upstream.”

Platoon Leader Sun nodded repeatedly, “Okay, hurry up. Wife, you rest over there, I’ll pour it.”

Li Xinyue stood by the pond, looking at the water, “There are a lot of fish, I wonder if this medicine is enough.”

Platoon Leader Sun chuckled, “Wife, as long as they get dizzy, I’m a fish-catching expert!”

Really?

Li Xinyue was curious, “Platoon Leader Sun, are you also from the countryside?”

Platoon Leader Sun immediately nodded, “Yes, from Northeast China.”

Ah?

Li Xinyue was even more surprised, “You’re from Northeast China, and you’re good at catching fish?”

“Hehe”

Platoon Leader Sun chuckled, “I learned to swim and catch fish from the battalion commander. I was a landlubber when I first joined the army.”

“But after a sea training, I became a sea child!”

“Wife, in my second year as a new recruit, the division formed a special training team based on the army, and I was selected.”

“I’m the battalion commander’s soldier, and he trained me personally.”

Li Xinyue had heard that when Chen Mingchuan first arrived at the A Division, he and Xiao Nan had spent a year training a very capable team.

The young people in that team were incredibly talented and often took on special missions. More than half of them were later promoted.

It turned out that Sergeant Sun was one of them.

This meant he was excellent!

As they spoke, the fish vine juice was poured into the water.

Less than ten minutes later, Liu Qiang’s excited voice rang out: “Look! Fish, fish! So many fish!”

The pond seemed to bloom.

Fish of all sizes, big and small, flipped over and were swept downstream by the current.

In an instant, the river was a frenzy of grabbing and netting.

The most common fish in the river were grouper and catfish.

There weren’t many crucian carp.

Unexpectedly, the river was teeming with shrimp.

After catching them all, there were at least two hundred kilograms, and two large iron buckets weren’t enough to hold them.

Thankfully, they were prepared.

Two large buckets of fish vine juice came, and two large buckets of fish went back.

Li Xinyue carried a bucket from her own home, containing twenty or thirty pounds of fish and shrimp.

She didn’t like eating crucian carp, as they had many bones, so she chose only grouper and catfish.

“Xiao Liu, remember to take those few crucian carp to Old Soldier Wu’s house first. His wife is still in her confinement period.”

Liu Qiang nodded quickly: “Understood, Sister-in-law, don’t worry.”

“I’ll send them to you after they’re all cooked.”

Li Xinyue had told Squad Leader Zhu how to make spicy fish chunks.

Every unit’s cook was professionally trained, so Li Xinyue just had to say it once, and Squad Leader Zhu remembered.

“I don’t want them, I have plenty of fish here, I’ll just cook them myself, you don’t need to send them over later.”

Alright, Liu Qiang agreed: “Okay, Sister-in-law, then we’ll go.”

“Okay.”

The group split up, and Li Xinyue walked towards her own living quarters.

To her surprise, she ran into Qi Yan as soon as she entered the family quarters.

“Oh, you went fishing with your man?”

“Li Xinyue, you’re amazing, you actually married a cadre!”

This person was truly annoying!

And she was so quick to find out about me?

Fishing with her man?

What did that mean?

Confused, Li Xinyue furrowed her brows: “Does it concern you?”

“Qi Yan, look at your face, full of jealousy and hatred. Did you marry a regular soldier?”

Qi Yan rolled her eyes: “You can marry a cadre, how am I any worse than you?”

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes at her: “Is marrying a soldier bad? Qi Yan, you have a problem with your thinking!”

“Whether they’re officers or soldiers, they all contribute to the country and protect the safety of the people.”

“They are all people worthy of our respect.”

“With your kind of thinking, you’re not fit to be a military wife!”

What?

She’s not fit to be a military wife?

Qi Yan was so angry she was about to spit blood!

But she knew she hadn’t spoken well just now!

She couldn’t continue, if it got out it wouldn’t be good!

“Li Xinyue, don’t talk nonsense, I never said anything bad about soldiers!”

“If soldiers were bad, I wouldn’t have come to be a military wife!”

“My husband was also a soldier before, he became a cadre through hard work! Don’t wrong me!”

“By the way, you’re living here, so you must have borrowed your company commander’s house, right?”

“I heard he’s not married yet!”

“You’re pretty amazing, you actually managed to marry a cadre!”

“Amazing! Now you’ve escaped from the countryside!”

“I’m not saying soldiers aren’t amazing, I’m just saying cadres are even more amazing!”