Things have finally made some progress. Tomorrow, she still needs to inquire about the materials. Lying in bed, Ruan Ruan sighed deeply, looking at the ceiling.

Her sigh was heard by Huo Haocheng, who had just returned from washing up.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?" he asked as he walked over.

After he got into bed and lay down next to her, she turned over, hugged his waist, and murmured, "Didn't you say before that you were going to build family housing and a school? I thought, since we're already building them and will be living here for decades, we might as well build them properly. But I don't know where to order the materials we need. Uncle Chu asked me about this today, asking when we'll start. I told him to discuss it with Brother Xuyang and choose a location first. I'll design the building in the next couple of days and see how it's best to build it."

Looking back now, how could she have felt so bored during those two days of the Lunar New Year? If she had realized earlier that there were so many things to do, she would never have felt bored. Now look what happened, her joy turned to sorrow. It's only been a few days, and she already feels like she's been working like a dog.

"Don't rush. Let's sort things out one by one. First, you need to determine the materials. I think you can go to Secretary Lan. As the mayor's secretary, he should know the directors of the brick factory, the timber factory, the cement factory, and the steel factory. With his help on the front line, it will definitely be more convenient than you asking around everywhere.

Secondly, you need to determine the size of the residential buildings, the type of housing, the number of units, and the land area. You need to decide on all of these. Another thing is the construction team. If it's just the village building its own houses, then the villagers can build them themselves. But since you're building an apartment building, they definitely can't do it. So you'll need a professional construction team. As for that construction team, I know someone here who I can introduce you to.

"He was once a soldier, but later, when he returned home to visit his family, they schemed against him and forced him to marry a woman he didn't love under the pretext of being unfilial."

At this point, Huo Haocheng thought to himself, thankfully, his family was very open-minded, and his parents were not biased. He had asked for his own marriage, and they loved each other very much.

"And then what happened?" How come these human stories end after only a beginning?

"Later, he thought that since he was already married, he had to be responsible for her, so he brought her back. However, his wife divided his monthly salary into two parts, one for her family and the other for his older brother and sister-in-law. At first, he didn't notice. But every time he came home, his wife would only cook mixed grains and pickled vegetables for him. Seeing his increasingly thin body, we couldn't bear it, so every day at noon we would take him to eat in the cafeteria."

However, over time, this aroused his wife's dissatisfaction. She made a scene in the compound, saying that he only cared about eating well while leaving his wife at home to eat chaff and wild vegetables. She even made a scene in front of the political commissar and the commander. He had no choice but to tell her how they got married and what she had done. This made her despised by the women in the compound. After that, he stopped giving her his monthly allowance and stopped giving her his full salary.

This led to her family and in-laws constantly calling her, asking for money. When she couldn't provide any, she had a huge argument with him. Later, during a mission, he was injured due to exhaustion and lost feeling in his legs when he was taken to the hospital.

As he said this, Huo Haocheng looked at the person in his arms.

Upon hearing that someone had lost feeling in their leg, Ruan Ruan thought about the situation at the time and, considering what he was saying about his work, concluded that the person was definitely alright.

"You wouldn't have the doctor tell his wife that his leg can't be saved, would you?"

Huo Haocheng stared at her in astonishment. He hadn't expected his wife to be so clever. He had only said one sentence, and she had already made so many connections. He gave her a thumbs up for her intelligence.

Judging from his expression, she knew she had guessed correctly.

"Yes, many people know about his situation, including the doctor who treated him. So we thought we'd try and see how she would react to the news. If she still cared for him and was willing to stay with him in his condition, it meant there was still hope. But... unexpectedly, that afternoon, after hearing from the doctor that his leg was beyond saving, she immediately asked for a divorce. And, as if she was terrified he would cling to her, she went back and packed her things."

"They're already divorced, and his leg is fine, so why would he be discharged from the military?"

Ruan Ruan didn't understand. All the troubles had been resolved, so why was she being discharged from the military?

"When his wife left, she may have had a change of heart and told him why she married him."

Looking back now, Huo Haocheng still couldn't understand why, since they were all his own children, he would listen to his eldest son and daughter-in-law just because his younger son wasn't by his side, and try every means to tie him down and ruin his future.

At that time, Huo Haocheng had only been in the army for two years and was just a squad leader. Moreover, he had always been loved by his family. Even if there were biased families in the village, they only favored the younger son, occasionally giving him some good food or speaking well of him in front of outsiders. This was the first time he had ever seen someone ruin the younger son's future for the sake of the older son. After thinking about it, he realized that it was the older son's jealousy. He was just an ordinary person and didn't want his younger siblings to have an easy life.

"Before he went home to visit his family, he wrote a letter to them, telling them about his promotion. At that time, he was already a deputy battalion commander. So, his sister-in-law kept scolding him in front of his brother for being useless, and the couple held a grudge. His sister-in-law heard somewhere that the woman's family was going to marry her off to a widower."

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