It snowed last night. Although there was no accumulation of snow, as the sun came out, even the frost began to melt into water, so the yard was wet.
Some potholes gradually became filled with water.
Lu Yuanbao didn't know where he learned this method, but he picked up a bunch of small stones from every corner, filled the bumpy places with some soil, and then covered them with a layer of small stones.
This way, even if you step on it, your shoes won't get wet.
Lu Yuanbao put all his energy into doing these things, and he couldn't stop even though his hands were frozen red.
Chen Fengying happened to see this scene when she entered the yard.
"Yuanbao, are you busy? Hey, look at your hands, they are red. Why did Sister Chu let you do this?" Chen Fengying felt distressed and concerned.
Lu Yuanbao raised his head, stood up straight and said, "I wanted to do it myself."
"Even if you don't want to, I can't let you do this. Stop and rest, go back to the house and warm up. Where's Miss Chu? Where's Captain Lu? Are they home?"
Seeing that Chen Fengying was about to go inside, Lu Yuanbao walked over without saying a word and stood in front of Chen Fengying.
Lu Yuanbao didn't prevent Chen Fengying from going in. He knew that Chen Fengying was a good person. When Chu Yue was not around, this aunt often took care of him and gave him buns and dumplings to eat.
But today's situation is a bit special.
"Shh - Aunt Chen, please be gentler." Lu Yuanbao stretched out a finger and made a hushing gesture, blocking the sound of Chen Fengying's footsteps.
Chen Fengying blinked in confusion and whispered naturally, "What's going on? What's going on in the room?"
Lu Yuanbao looked serious and said solemnly, "They are sleeping."
When an adult hears this, the meaning is completely different.
In the middle of the day, a couple threw their child outside and slept alone in the room.
Can this sleep still be real sleep?
Lu Zhanlin: It’s really innocent, just sleeping with a blanket on.
Even if Lu Zhanlin said this, Chen Fengying would not believe it.
When Chen Fengying heard this, her smile changed immediately. She suddenly covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She pulled Lu Yuanbao and said, "Sleeping? You can't go in. I won't go in, and you don't go in either."
The two returned to the yard. Chen Fengying couldn't see Chu Yue, so she felt that her trip today was in vain.
Before leaving, Chen Fengying asked Lu Yuanbao if he wanted to go to their house to play, and Dazhuang could accompany him.
Lu Yuanbao shook his head and declined the invitation. He would rather stay at home and wait for Chu Yue to wake up.
Chen Fengying was really fond of and pleased with the child. She touched his face and said, "Yuanbao, why are you so well behaved? You are such a good child. It's no wonder that Sister Chu treats you so well. You stay at home well. Aunt Chen is leaving first. If your parents don't wake up until the afternoon, go knock on the door, okay? Don't push the door open, knock first."
"Yes, I understand."
Lu Yuanbao nodded, not quite understanding.
Chen Fengying stood up and left, muttering as she walked, "We've been arguing for a whole day, and Wang Chunling's family still hasn't come to a conclusion. Sister Chu is not here, what should I do..."
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The next day.
The New Year holiday does not exist for professional soldiers. Lu Zhanlin should not have taken a rest yesterday. It was a special situation, so he took an extra day off.
Early in the morning of that day, he went out early and reported to the military camp, and his life went on as usual.
After a day and a night of fermentation, the news of Li Jinhua's unscrupulous behavior had spread throughout the compound.
After all, it is really shocking that a grandmother "sold her granddaughter" for a hundred dollars.
All the sisters-in-law in the compound, without exception, stood on Wang Chunling's side. Even the most timid Xia Xiaolan couldn't help but spit at Li Jinhua.
What an old beast!
However, despite everyone's common hatred and Li Jinhua's crying, making a fuss and even threatening to hang herself, there was no result and they just wanted to let the matter go.
Not only could Wang Chunling not swallow this humiliation, even the sisters-in-law in the compound were dissatisfied.
"That old lady Li actually had the nerve to say that she was coerced! Did someone put a knife to her neck and force her to accept a hundred dollars and sell her own daughter? She is not afraid of getting her tongue blown away by the wind when she says such a thing."
"Sister Chu, you were not here yesterday, so you didn't see how Mrs. Li cried and made a fuss. One moment she said that Wang Chunling had stabbed her with a pair of scissors, and that her daughter-in-law wanted to kill her mother-in-law. The next moment she said that her chest, hands, and body ached. They were disgusted with her for still having to eat at her age, and they wanted to force her to die. She might as well just hit her head against a wall and die."
"Go ahead and hit her! Hit her! If Li Jinhua has the guts to crash herself to death, I will immediately pay for her funeral expenses and give her money as a gift!"
Chen Fengying, Zheng Yue'e, Xia Xiaolan, Huang Aifang... and other sisters-in-law came to Chu Yue's house early in the morning as agreed, and couldn't wait to share with Chu Yue what happened yesterday.
"Alas... Chunling had just given birth a few days ago, and she hasn't even finished her confinement yet. How could she bear it when the baby she found on New Year's Eve was missing? It's so pitiful. When I saw her yesterday, her face was pale, and she was sitting on the bed like a wooden man, holding the baby tightly in her hands and not letting go. She would get scared if I got close to her. I almost cried when I saw her like that."
Most of my sisters-in-law are married and have children. Mothers understand mothers best and can empathize with the importance of children.
They feel uncomfortable when they think about it.
After listening to the sisters-in-law's complaints, Chu Yue asked a very important question, "What about Captain Zhou? How did he handle it?"
When talking about this, the sisters-in-law became even angrier.
Chen Fengying blurted out, "How else can we deal with it? Of course, we should smooth things over!"
Huang Aifang was more gentle, not as direct and rude as Chen Fengying. She eased the atmosphere and said, "It's not easy for Captain Zhou to handle this matter. On one side is his wife, and on the other is her mother. If Li Jinhua is really forced to death, Captain Zhou will never be at peace for the rest of his life."
"What's wrong? He wants his mother but not his wife? Why should he get married? Let him live with Mrs. Li for the rest of his life and stop harming Chunling."
This is what happened, but the difficulty lies in the fact that even an honest judge finds it difficult to judge family affairs.
Zhou Zhijian couldn't offend his biological mother, nor could he protect his wife and children. He could only try his best to maintain a balance.
But is it really balanced?
If Zhou Zhijian was really a qualified son, he should have corrected Li Jinhua's idea of favoring boys over girls from the beginning, instead of letting the conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law evolve to the current irreversible point.
If he was a good husband, he should not have always let Wang Chunling compromise, but should have protected his wife and daughter. Previously, Wang Chunling almost died during childbirth. Isn't this a profound lesson?
Zhou Zhijian didn't suffer any pain or danger. He never realized how hard Wang Chunling had to go through. He was essentially a weak and incompetent man.
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-Character relationships: Zhou Zhijian (husband), Wang Chunling (wife), Li Jinhua (mother-in-law) [The three people have different surnames, but they are a family. ]
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