Chapter 76 Gossips could not stop Ma Siqing from moving forward.

"How could I possibly do such a thing? My father is the commander. Only those who are disliked by others need to worry about everything."

Zhang Xiangling's words made the military wives who originally stood on her side burst into anger.

In the military compound, the military wives came to Anling to take care of their lovers. The lovers could hardly help with housework, and it was all done by women.

There were also a few family members who were mothers of soldiers, such as Mao Xiaowang's family.

Mao Xiaowang's family only had his old mother left, so he applied for his mother to follow the army for easier care.

Zhang Xiangling was the eldest daughter of the commander's family, but the others were all from poor families.

"Sister Xiangling, most people in this world have the same background as me. It's not my fault that I got divorced. I have the right to pursue a new life."

"Besides, Shiyu didn't despise my second marriage, so what grounds do you have to say that to me? Who are you to Shiyu?"

The other military wives thought it made sense.

They have been watching these days, and Tong Shiyu was very nice to Ma Siqing.

He accompanied her wherever she went.

Chen Xiaowei had been eating at their house these days. It was said that Ma Siqing cooked delicious meals, and Tong Shiyu helped to cook and add fuel to the fire.

If it were the men in their family, they would lie on the kang when they got home, and even wanted to be fed.

However, there were one or two military wives who didn't get along well with others in the compound and stood on Zhang Xiangling's side and spoke for her.

"Captain Tong doesn't care. You might have drugged him."

A woman named Chen Xiaoli echoed Zhang Xiangling.

Her purpose was not simple. She wanted to take shortcuts to make her man look good in front of Commander Zhang and then mention it a few more times. Now her lover's allowance is not as good as Tong Shiyu's.

"She looks like a foxy woman." Another woman whose lover was much older than Tong Shiyu also spoke up.

Mao Xiaowang's mother just opened the door and heard several people gossiping here.

She walked to Ma Siqing and returned a bowl to her.

"Siqing, thank you for the steamed buns last night. How did you make them? They are so soft and sweet."

"I'll teach you tomorrow. I'm going to the forest farm to pick up some firewood now."

"My firewood is almost gone. Can I go with you?"

Mao Xiaowang's mother liked Ma Siqing very much. She thought this girl was decent when she saw her for the first time.

She was not like some military wives who would look up to the sky just because their lovers had some official positions.

"Oh, you found someone with similar interests so quickly? It seems that you can only keep company with the elderly, and no one else cares about you."

Zhang Xiangling's hostility came from nowhere.

Didn't Tong Shiyu say that he clearly rejected Zhang Xiangling? Besides, Commander Zhang had no intention of choosing Tong Shiyu as his son-in-law.

Was she kicked in the head by a donkey? She was so confused.

Ma Siqing did not reply to her. After waiting for a while for Mao Xiaowang's mother, the two of them chatted and laughed as they pulled a wooden cart to the forest farm.

The wooden cart was borrowed by Ma Siqing from Chen Xiaowei to carry firewood.

Seeing that Ma Siqing ignored her, Zhang

Xiangling stomped back to her home. At home, Commander Zhang saw Zhang Xiangling coming back in high spirits and asked her what happened.

Zhang Xiangling recounted what happened just now with exaggeration.

Mrs. Zhang stood aside and listened.

She thought her parents would stand on her side and discuss Ma Siqing's second marriage status, but Commander Zhang was furious. He

scolded Zhang Xiangling and said that she was a bad boy. Why did she go out and gossip about others when no one had provoked her?

Moreover, she was the commander's daughter. She was the first to say bad things about the lovers of her subordinates. This was a bad example. The atmosphere of the military compound was corrupted by her.

She was told to stay out of the house and help with housework at home. Otherwise, she would not know how to do anything after she got married and would be disliked by her in-laws.

As luck would have it, Mrs. Zhang also asked Zhang Xiangling to learn from Ma Siqing, to take care of the house and practice her cooking skills.

This further aroused Zhang Xiangling's rebelliousness.

She clenched her fists tightly, stood there, and looked at her parents in front of her with a firm and angry look.

Her heart was beating so fast that it seemed to jump out of her throat, but she did not retreat. Instead, she took a step forward.

"You can't say that to me!" Zhang Xiangling said loudly, with a hint of despair and anger in her voice.

"I am your daughter, not your puppet! You can't manipulate my life at will! I want to marry Brother Shiyu, and you guys won't agree no matter what. But my heart is with him, what do you want me to do?"

"You unfilial daughter!" Commander Zhang shouted, "I don't let you marry Shiyu because it's for your own good! Do you want to spend your whole life in this ice and snow?"

Tears welled up in Zhang Xiangling's eyes, but she didn't let them flow.

She raised her head, looked at Zhang's own father, and said:

"Do you think I will be grateful to you? Do you think I will listen to you just because you gave me life? Wrong! I hate you! I hate you, hate that you deprived me of my freedom and happiness!"

Zhang's father's face turned red with anger, he pointed at Zhang Xiangling:

"You ungrateful thing! I consider you everywhere, for your future, for the future of our family, I am walking on thin ice, but you hate me?"

Zhang Xiangling sneered:

"Do you think I should be grateful to you because you have raised me for so many years? Do you think I should be grateful to you because you gave me food and clothing?"

"You are wrong! You only gave me material things, but you deprived me of my freedom to like someone!"

Commander Zhang was so angry that he trembled after hearing this.

He raised his hand, wanting to slap Zhang Xiangling, but Zhang Xiangling did not retreat, but stepped forward.

"Go ahead!" Zhang Xiangling said, "Hit me! Anyway, my heart is dead with Brother Shi Yu."

Commander Zhang's hand stopped in the air, he looked at Zhang Xiangling, his heart filled with helplessness and pain.

He knew that if he slapped her, he would lose his daughter.

But he really couldn't let Zhang Xiangling marry Tong Shiyu.

Tong Shiyu was outstanding and a good soldier, but he couldn't leave the Northeast. He had no roots and no culture.

Commander Zhang originally wanted to support Tong Shiyu, but he saw that it was impossible with his current ability.

If his daughter married Tong Shiyu, she couldn't follow him back to Beijing.

Zhang Xiangling was his first child, and this child brought him the joy of being a father for the first time. He personally helped her learn to walk, taught her to call dad, taught her to write, and taught her to read.

He couldn't let Zhang Xiangling stay in this cold place for the rest of her life.

Commander Zhang adjusted his mood and planned to talk to Zhang Xiangling directly about marriage.