Battalion Commander Qin had no choice but to instruct, "From now on, you should go and help out next door more often. Regiment Commander Zhou's wife is from the city, so she probably won't be used to doing housework."

“Then you’re wrong,” Sister Qin said with a smug look. “Little Feng is different from the Wang family in the west. He can start a fire and boil water without me having to lift a finger in the kitchen. He even asked me which vegetables on the island are easy to grow. It’s clear he knows how to take care of the land.”

Battalion Commander Qin was somewhat surprised to hear this. Just now at the gate of the courtyard, he only glanced at the woman from Regiment Commander Zhou's family and felt that her appearance and temperament were no less than those of Chief of Staff Wang's wife from the west. She looked several years younger than him, so he thought she was also a pampered person.

Unexpectedly, he judged people by their appearance and guessed wrong.

Yan Jiayi, from the west courtyard, also felt she had guessed wrong.

When she saw her Chief of Staff Wang return, Yan Jiayi pouted and said, "I thought the guy next door was from the city and that we could chat. Who knew he was just a country bumpkin? He immediately hit it off with Sister Qin from the east and even invited her to his house for tea, as if no one else had a cup of tea."

Chief of Staff Wang frowned: "What kind of strange talk is this? Nobody is short of tea, but they can invite Sister Qin but not you. You should reflect on yourself."

Yan Jiayi was stunned for a moment after being scolded, then her eyes welled up with tears of grievance: "Why should I reflect on myself? What did I do wrong?"

“You made a mistake by not getting along well with Commander Zhou’s sister-in-law.”

"Well, I didn't get along well with Sister-in-law Qin either, why didn't you say anything?"

"Commander Zhou is my direct superior, don't you think?"