"You have made great progress since you went to the border. You know how to respect your sister-in-law."

Lu Ye laughed after hearing this. He thought these two idiots would just sit there and wait to die.

He had been to the border several times, and even though he was physically strong, he still found the hardships there a bit unbearable.

In the same place, there are snow-capped mountains over 4,000 meters high and tropical rainforests. Leeches are like snakes and suck blood from living things. There are also countless poisonous snakes and insects. Soldiers who go there not only have to endure the harsh climate, but also have to guard against attacks from poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts.

Lu Ye originally thought that after the Lu Jiefang brothers left, they would come back crying or wait for death passively, but he didn't expect that these two fools were so actively trying to find solutions and they have indeed made a lot of progress.

"Is it possible that they are not that bad after all?"

Ruan Qiqi suddenly thought of a possibility.

Compared with Lu Ye, the Lu Jiefang brothers are definitely weak, but Lu Ye is not an ordinary person. At least 99% of the people in the country cannot compare to him.

These two brothers have been bullied by Lu Ye since they were young. Apart from anything else, their ability to withstand blows is definitely good, and their physical fitness is definitely no problem. If we look for other references, maybe these two idiots are not that bad.

After reaching the border, the two brothers had no way out and no one to protect them. The adversity actually brought out their potential.

After all, Lu Desheng is a powerful general. As his son, no matter how bad he is, he won't be that bad.

Lu Ye blinked and said half-doubtfully, "They couldn't even get past me, aren't they weak?"

"How many people can survive your attack?"

Ruan Qiqi said angrily.

"That's true. Let's not talk about them anymore and continue!"

Lu Ye was in high spirits again and didn't want to spoil the fun by mentioning the two idiots.

The two of them started to make love again, enjoying the springtime pleasures all night long. The next day, they stayed up until noon. Lu Ye went to the cafeteria to get lunch, as Ruan Qiqi was too lazy to move.

After lunch, Lu Ye had to go to the unit to report on the completion of the task, while Ruan Qiqi went to the department store to ask for money.

Ruan Qiqi carried her bag and walked downstairs slowly. As usual, a group of military wives were chatting downstairs, working. Sang Qingfeng was also there. She was currently teaching math to two fourth grade classes. The workload was not heavy, and she could go home early when she had no classes. It was much more comfortable than being at home.

Sang Qingfeng was mending their pants. Captain Xu's two sons were very active, and their buttocks and knees were often rubbed, so they had to be mended every now and then.

There were a few children playing nearby, the oldest was five or six years old, and the youngest was two or three years old. Some were throwing sandbags, some were playing hopscotch, and they were sweating profusely.

"Sister Ruan is going out!"

Everyone greeted them warmly, especially Wang Cuihua, who shouted the loudest with a fawning smile on her face.

Because she had a grand plan to make money and had put in the effort, she wanted to improve her wine-making skills so that Ruan Qiqi and his wife would be dependent on the glutinous rice wine she brewed from then on, just like people in the past who would crave Fu Shou Gao if they didn't smoke it for a day.

If Ruan Qiqi and his wife don't drink the wine she brews for a day, they will feel hungry. In the future, she will be able to make a lot of money by brewing wine.

Twenty kilograms of rice costs five yuan, so at least two hundred kilograms of rice can be brewed in a year. This data is not made up by Wang Cuihua. She has calculated it carefully. The last time, Ruan Qiqi's family drank ten kilograms of glutinous rice wine for less than a week. At this rate, they will have to drink at least five or six hundred kilograms of wine a year.

Therefore, as long as she curry favor with Ruan Qiqi, she can earn fifty yuan just by brewing wine.

"Well, I'm going to run some errands."

Ruan Qiqi smiled and nodded.

"Sister Ruan, your glutinous rice wine will be ready for drinking in a week. This time it will definitely taste better than the last time, I guarantee it."

Wang Cuihua patted her chest and assured him with full confidence.

"If it tastes good, I'll let you brew more."

Ruan Qiqi is also very easy to talk to, and the wine brewed by Wang Cuihua is indeed good.

"Don't worry, it will definitely taste good!"

Wang Cuihua's face was full of smiles, as if she saw beautiful banknotes flying towards her.

Ruan Qiqi smiled and went to the parking shed to get her bicycle. A stone was thrown at her and she quickly dodged to the side to avoid the stone.

The stone fell to the ground and rolled a few times.

"Bad woman!"

A boy's angry voice rang out. Ruan Qiqi looked over and found that he looked familiar. It was Ji Xianglian's youngest son. He had scolded her before and was slapped by her. He then behaved well for a while.

It seems that the beating was not hard enough.

Everyone else held their breath, their eyes filled with anticipation. They were sure to get another slap in the face this time, right?

Ruan Qiqi was beaten badly last time, and she also had a big fight with Ji Xianglian.

Now that Ji Xianglian is gone, Sang Qingfeng has become her stepmother. She will definitely not stand up for her stepson. I heard that she even sent a basket of food to Ruan Qiqi to curry favor with her last time!

Sang Qingfeng stood up without changing her expression, walked straight to her stepson, and slapped him hard, leaving half of the boy's face swollen.

"Apologize to Aunt Ruan, come here!"

After slapping him, Sang Qingfeng dragged the crying boy to Ruan Qiqi and pressed him down to apologize.

"I don't want it. She is a bad woman. You are all bad people. I want my mother... wuwu..."

The boy cried sadly. He heard people say that his mother was forced away by Ruan Qiqi. It was this bad woman who caused him to lose his mother. And Sang Qingfeng, even if she could cook delicious food, he would not recognize her as his mother. He only had one mother.

“Bang!”

Sang Qingfeng slapped her stepson's butt hard, several times in a row, without showing any mercy.

The boy felt hurt and wronged, and didn't dare to cry, but his eyes were full of hatred.

"This child is untreatable!"

Ruan Qiqi didn't slap him, but just said something lightly and rode away on his bike.

Sang Qingfeng looked thoughtful. Ji Xianglian inherited her father's badness, which meant that bad traits were hereditary. The older stepson was like his father in temperament and personality, and was quite respectful to her, but the younger one was like Ji Xianglian.

After she got married, she took great care of the food and clothing of the two children, and did no worse than Ji Xianglian. But the child still called her a bad person. She was not heartbroken, but she just lacked patience. She didn't think it was necessary to work so hard for a son who was not her own.

From then on, she knew what to do. She would pay more attention to the eldest son, and she didn't need to worry too much about the younger one as long as he was well fed and warmly clothed.

It’s a pity that she can’t give birth to a child. How can a stepson be as good as a biological one!

After Ruan Qiqi left, Sang Qingfeng dragged her stepson home, and the military wives immediately started talking about it.

"A stepmother is a stepmother. She beats the child so hard that his face is swollen!" someone said.

"That child deserves a beating. He was corrupted by Ji Xianglian!" Liu Dani felt that Sang Qingfeng was right and spoke up for her.

"Sang Qingfeng is willing to beat the child because she is truly doing it for the good of the child. If she were to be more sweet-hearted and turn the child into a good-for-nothing, that would be cruel!" Wang Shuhua said slowly.

"There is such a stepmother in my hometown. Her two sons are lazy and good-for-nothing, and they can't even find a wife. But her own son is a good student and willing to endure hardships. He passed the job recruitment exam for the county's state-owned factory and is now eating the government's food!"

A military wife gave an example, and everyone agreed that Sang Qingfeng was indeed very dedicated and a good stepmother.

Ruan Qiqi had already arrived at the department store. She first went to chat with the nearby trees. After the last incident in the department store, she instructed the nearby trees to keep a special eye on Xu Lina.

I haven't been here for a while, and there is indeed a lot of new news.

For example, Xu Lina only swept the toilet for half a month and then went back to work at the shoe closet.

Also, a few days after Lu Jiefang went to the border, Xu Lina learned that Lu Desheng was in trouble, and she immediately got together with the son of a minor leader who was pursuing her, and completely forgot about Lu Jiefang.

Lu Jiefang was so homesick at the border that he called to ease the homesickness, but what he heard was the sad news of their breakup. No wonder he wrote the letter in tears.