Chapter 89: Comparing Heights

“Leaving her alone in the army, are you worried she won’t be used to it?”

Wu Xiaohe, listening to this, felt a pang of jealousy in her heart, deeply struck: “Do you like her that much? You’re so considerate of her!”

Heaven is so unfair!

 Why? I graduated from high school, I look pretty good, yet I can’t find a man as good as him!

Seeing the jealousy on Wu Xiaohe’s face, Li Xinyue glanced at Chen Mingchuan, her lips curling slightly.

Chen Mingchuan, upon seeing this, felt a pang of sourness in his teeth.

He really didn’t want to say anything to Wu Xiaohe, so he stood up: “Wife, the train is leaving, I’m going to wash the towel.”

“You’re all sweaty, I’ll wash it and wipe it for you.”

Wife… hehe, this man is also quite interesting…

It’s just a different way of addressing someone, and they are legally married now, so it’s not wrong to call her that.

“Okay.”

Chen Mingchuan got up.

Li Xinyue was wiping the sweat off her little one, completely ignoring her, and Wu Xiaohe suddenly found herself speechless.

Chen Mingchuan came out of the bathroom and ran into someone standing in the aisle. He chatted with the person.

The Wu mother and daughter had no one to chat with. The lady by the window sat with Wu’s mother, and the two elderly ladies quickly warmed up to each other.

Wu’s mother was a talkative person. Along the way, the two old ladies talked about their families and the army.

From past to present, they chatted more and more intimately, as if they were sisters.

Li Xinyue didn’t like talking to strangers.

Chen Mingchuan, a grown man, didn’t like it either. He chatted briefly with the person and returned, sitting down and picking up a book.

But Wu’s mother seemed oblivious to his dislike of her incessant chatter.

“My Wu family has never had anyone who works for the government for generations. Now, finally, we have one, and it’s thanks to the new society!”

“Chief Chen, your family doesn’t have anyone who works for the government, does it?”

Chen Mingchuan, suppressing his displeasure, smiled and replied: “No, we’re from the countryside, we’re all farmers.”

Wu’s mother sighed: “Your parents are so lucky. You’re so successful, they must be proud of you.”

“Having such an outstanding son at home, you must be the first in the village.”

Proud?

Chen’s parents wouldn’t be proud, especially now, they probably wish their son would just die!

Chen Mingchuan chuckled twice in response. Li Xinyue curled her lips and continued to guide Chen Yiheng in recognizing numbers.

“You write 1, I write 1, what does the number 1 look like?”

“Like a piece of chalk!”

“You write 2, I write 2, what does the number 2 look like?”

“Like a duck!”

The mother and son’s voices were not loud, especially in the noisy green train carriage, almost negligible.

But at this moment, Wu Xiaohe suddenly asked: “Comrade Li, you graduated from high school, right?”

Li Xinyue glanced at Wu Xiaohe calmly: “I think you should call me sister-in-law!”

Wu Xiaohe: “Sis…ter-in-law…”

Li Xinyue’s voice was still very calm: “I didn’t go to high school, I only graduated from junior high.”

“But I believe that a person’s ability is not determined by their diploma.”

“Just because you’ve been in school longer doesn’t mean you’ve learned more.”

What does that mean?

Is she saying she hasn’t learned anything?

Wu Xiaohe was furious!

Although she really didn’t learn much, she did go to high school, right?

And what about her?

Just a junior high school graduate!

Wu Xiaohe felt an indescribable jealousy towards Li Xinyue because she knew how capable Chen Mingchuan was.

In the entire A division, he was one of the most outstanding young officers.

Her brother was just a soldier, while he was the most outstanding cadre in the entire division.

How could this woman marry him?

Heaven was so unfair!

Of course, although Wu Xiaohe admired Chen Mingchuan, she didn’t dare to dream of marrying him.

Firstly, she didn’t have any outstanding looks, and secondly, she had no job or hukou (household registration).

Not to mention that Wu Weiguo was just a soldier, just talking about Chen Mingchuan’s reputation in the A Division, he wasn’t someone she dared to think about.

It was just that she heard that Li Xinyue was also from the countryside, so she was truly jealous.

And from the bottom of her heart, she thought that Li Xinyue was not worthy of her idol.

What others were thinking, Li Xinyue didn’t bother to care about.

No matter how powerful Chen Mingchuan was, to her, he was just ordinary.

Not wanting to say anything more to Wu Xiaohe, she lowered her head and continued to teach her son to recognize characters: “Come on, Yi’er, let’s continue: you write 3, I write 3…”

“Write the number 3, it’s curvy!”

“You write 4, I write 4.”

“Write the number 4, it looks like a flag!”

“You write 5, I write 5, write the number 5…”

Soon, Chen Yiheng memorized the ten-digit multiplication table.

“Mom, I’ve memorized it all!”

Li Xinyue was genuinely surprised and couldn’t help but kiss him: “Yeah, my baby is so smart!”

“He memorized it after only two repetitions! Amazing! Come, give me a kiss!”

The mother and son kissed each other, while Chen Mingchuan felt a little jealous on the side…

“Little Li really spoils her child!”

Wu Daniu sighed, but Wu Xiaohe said: “Boys can’t be spoiled, if you spoil them, they’ll be ruined.”

“A son not taught is like a donkey, a daughter not taught is like a pig, that’s what the old saying goes.”

“Brother Mingchuan, don’t you think so?”

Chen Mingchuan really disliked Wu Xiaohe calling him that.

Not to mention that he was ten years older than her, just the way she called him made him a bit disgusted.

But there were so many people in the car, and his relationship with Wu Weiguo was indeed pretty good, so he held back from saying anything.

Raising his eyes, he glanced at Wu Xiaohe coldly: “Sister Wu, you’ve read a lot of books, you should be right.”

Wu Xiaohe seemed not to notice Chen Mingchuan’s coldness, and said with a smug look: “This is what’s written in the book, not what I said!”

“So, people should read more books.”

Li Xinyue didn’t respond because she disdained to.

 Chen Yiheng wanted to pee and threw himself into his father’s arms: “Dad, I need to pee!”

The father and son got up, and the space became larger.

Li Xinyue stood up and stretched, then sat down and picked up Chen Mingchuan’s book and took a look: such professional stuff.

“Sister-in-law, do you understand this?”

Probably unwilling to admit that her idol was also married, Wu Xiaohe could only call her that.

Li Xinyue shook her head: “I don’t understand, do you, Miss Wu?”

Wu Xiaohe immediately said: “Can I take a look?”

Li Xinyue handed her the book: “Yeah.”

Wu Xiaohe didn’t hesitate, took the book and looked at it: “Wow, Brother Mingchuan’s handwriting is so beautiful!”

Li Xinyue: “…”

In your heart, there’s nothing bad about Chen Mingchuan!

Actually, Chen Mingchuan’s handwriting was pretty good.

But if you were to judge it by calligraphy standards, it wouldn’t be considered great!

He must have practiced it himself, not according to the styles of famous calligraphers, so it was just average.

But Wu Xiaohe’s expression made it seem like Chen Mingchuan’s handwriting was better than Wang Xizhi’s!

“It’s good, do you understand the content of this book, Miss Wu?”

Wu Xiaohe lowered her head, looking serious: “I understand, there are these things in high school physics, just not as professional as this.”

High school physics, with professional knowledge about artillery?

Heh, this girl was bullying her for not having attended high school, right?

Wu Xiaohe, I really envy your skin, it’s so thick!