Speaking of this, Ma Xiaohui's eyes turned red and she could no longer hold back her tears, which burst out.

Ning He took the paper and handed it to Ma Xiaohui: "Wipe it off."

Ma Xiaohui took it and wiped it carelessly. She choked up and said, "I really didn't know he would appear here. Three years have passed. I thought I would never see him again in my life."

Ning He felt mixed emotions, she didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment.

Not only to Ma Xiaohui, but also to the original body and the heroine.

They are all women of this era and can only obey their parents' arrangements. They have to marry whoever their parents want them to marry.

There was no room for them to resist at all.

Ning He exhaled heavily and asked softly, "Do you still have feelings for him?"

Ma Xiaohui shook her head and smiled bitterly: "What is love? I am already married, I am not worthy of talking about love."

Ning He felt as if his throat was blocked by something.

The words "inability to do something" and "forced to stop doing something" are synonymous with women of this era.

Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. Once you get married, you have to live an honest life and they will not tolerate any refusal.

Ma Xiaohui looked at Ning He and sighed, "Ning He, I'm actually quite envious of you."

"Envy me?" Ning He asked with a smile, "What do you envy me for?"

Ma Xiaohui recalled the scene during the day when He Shaochuan took the initiative to help. She slowly said, "I envy you and Captain He for being truly in love and having a happy and complete family."

"Unlike me..." She smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

Ning He shook his head: "Instead of envying others, it is better to live the way you want. If you feel that your current life is not satisfactory and not what you want, then pull yourself out of this bad life and start over."

"Pull out? Start over?" Ma Xiaohui murmured, falling into a trance.

She understood what Ning He meant, she was advising her to divorce.

But how can she, a woman who knows nothing, support herself after the divorce? She couldn't go back to her parents' home, nor could she stay here. She had no ability to support herself and would starve to death.

What's more, it is not easy to divorce a military marriage, and even if she wants to divorce, she has no say in it.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaohui shook her head and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

"No, I think it's good as it is now. Without hope, there will be no more expectations."

Ning He was touched by Ma Xiaohui's bitter smile, and she explained: "No, you still have hope. You and He Dazhuang don't have children now, so you can stop the loss in time!"

"Once you get pregnant with He Dazhuang's child, you will be tied to the child for the rest of your life, and you won't be able to escape it at all!"

When Ma Xiaohui heard the word "child", her whole body trembled uncontrollably as if by reflex.

Ning He noticed that Ma Xiaohui was acting strangely and quickly tried to calm her down.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"

Ma Xiaohui shook her head and burst into tears: "I'm not afraid, Ninghe. After talking to you, I feel very relaxed. The big stone pressing on my heart seems to have disappeared."

Ning He comforted her for a while and stopped talking to her, for fear of irritating Ma Xiaohui's emotions again.

Later, she asked Ma Xiaohui to go back and rest. The matter ended there and Ning He would not spread it.

Let the past go with the wind.

Ning He used the afternoon to draw the styles of the clothes on the drawings.

Setting up a snack stall can only earn some pocket money, which is naturally not as much as selling clothes. However, designing a set of clothes also takes a lot of time and energy.

It would be great if she could own a garment factory, with more workers and some machines to form a complete and mature assembly line.

With improved efficiency and increased output, orders are coming in continuously.

Ning He once again determined to work hard towards his dream.

But she thought of Jiang Minke's suggestion that she go to the army canteen.

There was nothing wrong with going to the army canteen, but once she agreed, she would have to find a reason to leave later.

Ning He didn't want to give up on either side, so she had to think of a good way to kill two birds with one stone!

The afternoon passed quickly and Ning He had already cut the fabric. After sewing it tomorrow afternoon, a set of clothes would be completed.

She stretched herself and saw that it was getting dark. Qianlin woke up and ran out of the room.

"Mom, why did I fall asleep?" He rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Ning He was touched by his cute look and reached out to hug him: "Silly boy, go to sleep if you are tired."

Qianlin shook his head and said firmly: "But I haven't counted the money I made today yet."

Ning He was amused by him: "Okay, okay, mommy will take them out and let you count them slowly!"

She turned around and took out the iron box, which was filled with the money she earned today.

Ning He handed the iron box to Qianlin, and poured a glass of cold white wine from an enamel pot and placed it in front of Qianlin.

"Drink the water first, and then count after you finish. Mom is going to cook."

Qianlin nodded, picked up the enamel pot obediently and started drinking in small sips.

All the things for today were sold out, there was nothing left. Ning He didn't want to cook those things anymore, so he simply cooked some porridge, but in the end he got stuck on how to cook.

What dish should I cook?

Her eyes rolled around and finally her sight fell on the basket of eggs. These were the eggs bought by He Shaochuan. Apart from the few eggs she fried every day to make rice balls and one egg for Qianlin every day, there was still more than half a basket left.

It is midsummer now, and eggs will easily go bad if they are not eaten quickly.

At this rate they are eating, they won’t be able to finish the eggs in a month or so.

Ning He thought about it and suddenly an idea came to him.

Since she can’t finish it, she can change the flavor and sell it.

Ning He recalled that in several period novels she had read, the heroine traveled through time and space and became rich by selling tea eggs.

Although she is not the heroine, she also traveled into the book.

Since others can do it, can she give it a try too?

Ning He did what she said. After washing the eggs, she put them in a pot and boiled them for a few minutes until they were 80% cooked. Then she soaked the eggs in cold water and cracked them. Finally, she added soy sauce, salt, sugar, pepper, star anise, bay leaves and tea leaves and simmered them for ten minutes. Then she let them soak for an hour until they were well-flavored.

After completing the whole process, Ning He simply fried a few side dishes for tonight's dinner.

…

As the sky gradually darkened, He Shaochuan finally got up and walked out of the office building.

I met He Dazhuang who was about to go back downstairs.

He Dazhuang quickly called out to He Shaochuan: "Captain He!"

He Shaochuan raised his eyes and saw that He Dazhuang was covered in sweat, all of which was the sweat left during the training and fighting just now.

"You did well today."

He Dazhuang chuckled and scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I have to thank Captain He for his guidance."

He Shaochuan's expression was calm, and did not change at all because of He Dazhuang's compliment.

"Da Zhuang, you know everything about your wife's work, right?"