Over fifty years old, without children, she cared for her aging parents. After seeing them to their end, and with a bit of savings in hand, a mysterious space suddenly appeared.
What was ther...
"Dad, so this is what you meant? I already knew what happened."
The kids who play well with my sister are nothing like what she described. Although their family situations are not as good as ours, they are not bad either.
That is, their grandparents, or maternal grandparents, looked down on girls.
But their parents didn't have any of that. The reason they said that to their younger sister was simply because they envied her for having grandparents who doted on her.
Are you sure?
"I'm sure. I've been observing this with my younger brothers for several days now. Otherwise, those little girls would have already gone home to play with their little sister."
Instead, I'm planning to separate them from my younger sister soon, because they're likely to corrupt her.
"In that case, you should separate your sister from the other kids as soon as possible. These kinds of children are not suitable for playing with your sister."
Your sister is younger than others, and even if she's smart, she's not as cunning as them.
"I know, Dad, don't worry! I know what to do."
"That's good."
Seeing that his eldest son knew what was going on, he no longer needed to worry about whether his son had been transferred back to Beijing for work.
There are some things that are really beyond our control. However, with our eldest son around, who has been smart and steady since childhood, it's much better for him to step in than for me to do it myself.
Even if someone says something, it's just a child's business, but we still need to be more careful in private.
We can't do nothing at all, but there's no need to worry the child's mother; her studies are already quite demanding.
Besides, he has a few days off this time since he's back in Beijing for a meeting, so he can just keep an eye on things in private.
After dealing with my daughter's issue, there's no need to change anything else, since I'm busy with work.
But no matter how busy he is, he can't be busier than his wife's job. She hasn't even graduated from university yet, but because of the relaxation of economic policies, she was the first to file a complaint.
Although she only sold some roasted nuts and seeds during the Spring Festival, she earned almost half a year's worth of money in one day.
To be honest, if I weren't uninterested in doing business, I would have wanted to leave the army immediately; the money just came too quickly.
Fortunately, I know what I like, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation.
Unexpectedly, she even called on some of the older children in the family to help. But as long as they didn't cause trouble, it was fine for them to go out and broaden their horizons.
It's all thanks to this great opportunity; otherwise, no one else would even dream of it.
However, as his wife's business grew bigger and bigger, despite the high regard of the leaders above, the families in the military compound began to take advantage of her.
Despite their constant help in resolving work issues, they started engaging in underhanded tactics, ultimately leading to the entire family moving from our residential compound to a hutong (alleyway).
But to my surprise, there were even people coming to my house to cause trouble, and there was nothing I could do about it.
But things we haven't done before, we'll definitely do this time, to show them what real power is.
Within two days, I heard many people talking about it there.
"This Shen Xi is really something. He quietly outshone all the top fighters in our military region."
Rather, they excel in every single aspect; if this were a military region-wide skills competition, they would surely win first place in every category.
"You know what, that's not necessarily true. Judging from his moves, he's obviously a trained fighter, unlike us who only know military boxing."
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have paid any attention. But now that you've brought it up, I do remember that back when their family lived in the family compound."
The boys in their family get up early every morning to run, and after they finish running, they practice boxing in their yard.
Now that I think about it, those moves were exactly the same moves that Shen Xi used just now.
But I've never heard of Chief Shen knowing this.
Does anyone know where it is?
"Don't look at me, I don't know."
"I don't know either."
"Why are you looking at me like that? I may know a little, but it's not comprehensive."
You know?
"Yes! I know a little."
"Since you know, why don't you hurry up and tell us?"
"that is."
"Actually, not only do I know about this, but some of the old leaders in our military region also know about it. Otherwise, they wouldn't have kept transferring Shen Xi from the Northeast."
"No, what do you mean?"
"yes?"
"Don't be in such a hurry. Listen to me slowly."
"Fine, go ahead and tell me your story. I want to see what other skills Shen Xi has besides these few tricks."
"that is."
I don’t know if he has any other skills, but I do know that he studied under Doctor Liu, who is also his lover’s mother.
Not only Shen Xi himself, but also the four siblings of the Shen family were all disciples taught by the same master.
Despite having trained in martial arts under Doctor Liu since childhood, the one who truly addressed them was the former Chief Li, who was also his wife's father.
"Who are Chief Li and Doctor Liu?"
"If you don't know any widows, or don't understand any of them, you can go to our archives and look at their information."
"No need, I remember. But we can't just transfer Shen Xi here because of this, and instead, he'll be given such a high position right from the start."
"It's true that it shouldn't be like this, but don't forget that he's a top student who graduated from military academy, and one of the few people with real combat experience."
Someone like him is cultured, capable, and most importantly, young. What leader wouldn't like someone like him?
"That's true. Don't be fooled by those guys. They all seem so impressive, but when it comes to education, they're really not as good as Chen Xi."
"Not only them, but we can't compare to them either."
If one day we need to raise the overall cultural level, those with lower levels of education will definitely be eliminated.
"That's really hard to say. Now that the college entrance examination has been reinstated, the country is paying more and more attention to cultural education. We can't stay stagnant forever."
"That's right."
Some people, upon hearing this, would secretly work harder, since they didn't want to take off their clothes.
Some people scoff at the idea of widowhood when they hear it, thinking it's impossible. But when that day actually comes, they regret it deeply.
Meanwhile, some people here, upon seeing their husbands, sons, or sons-in-law return covered in injuries, started cursing and swearing.
"He's a damn bastard. If it's a competition, why go to such extremes?"
Anyone who didn't know better would think you had a grudge against him.