The rain, heavy and light, lasted for a week. During that week, just as she had said, Ruan Ruan didn't step outside the yard. All the groceries and supplies the family needed that week were bought by Huo Haocheng through his comrades in the logistics department. This contrasted sharply with their family, which included elderly members.
Their family is harmonious and happy every day. The young couple discusses things together and works together peacefully. Huo Haocheng also dotes on his wife excessively, which makes his wife, who has a mother-in-law, very jealous. Every day, the mother-in-law has nothing to do at home, so she finds fault with her daughter-in-law. The sentence she says most often is, "Can you compare to the Huo family's daughters-in-law? You're not lucky enough."
That day, the sky cleared up, and Ruan Ruan was almost finished translating her book. She thought she'd visit her aunt, but after walking halfway there, she overheard Aunt Niu scolding her daughter-in-law, "You lazy, good-for-nothing slut! All you do is eat meat! How come you haven't eaten yourself to death? My son risked his life to eat so little, it all went into your belly! You eat so much meat, but your belly hasn't done anything for you, giving me a grandson, only two worthless things!"
Aunt Niu stood outside the courtyard gate, cursing at her daughter-in-law inside. Anyone who knew her would think she was cursing someone else's family. Her daughter-in-law had always been submissive because she hadn't given the Zhu family a son. No matter how harsh her mother-in-law's words were, she endured them without ever retaliating. However, afterwards, she would beat or scold her two daughters, feeling that it was all because of them that she had been dragged down.
Aunt Niu was tired of cursing and was standing to rest when she saw Ruan Ruan walking over. Then she raised her voice and scolded her daughter-in-law again, "Someone like you, who wants to be like Battalion Commander Huo's wife, having everything done for her? Let me tell you, you're not destined for that. Which wife doesn't stay at home doing laundry, cooking, serving her in-laws, and taking care of her husband and children? Which wife sleeps until noon every day?"
When the onlookers saw Ruan Ruan arrive, they understood why Aunt Niu had suddenly raised her voice. They all looked at Ruan Ruan. Some of the women who weren't familiar with Huo Haocheng felt that Huo Haocheng was incredibly unlucky to have married such a woman, and their gazes towards her changed.
As she approached, Ruan Ruan noticed everyone staring at her, their gazes a mix of emotions. Her lips twitched, and she asked, "What's all this commotion about? I could hear Aunt Niu's voice from far away, but why did she stop talking as soon as I got closer?"
She naturally heard Aunt Niu's voice, and she wanted to see if this person would dare to say it again in front of her, and see if she would tolerate it.
Aunt Niu naturally didn't have the guts. She dared to say that before because Ruan Ruanyuan was young, and even if she got close, she could argue that she misheard. But now that she was being told to her face, she didn't dare. She always remembered what her son had told her, to stop causing trouble for Huo Haocheng's family.
But she didn't dare; someone else did. Anyway, it wasn't her who said it. "Commander Huo's wife, Aunt Niu just said you're waited on hand and foot, is that right? Do you really sleep until noon every day? Don't you really have to serve your Commander Huo or take care of your in-laws?"
Ruan Ruan looked at this person, searched her memory, and, confirming she didn't recognize him, asked, "Who are you?"
Seeing that the other person didn't recognize her, she was a little unhappy. They lived in the same residential compound and saw each other every day, so how could they not recognize her? But what she didn't know was that Ruan Ruan was lazy and didn't like to go out much. The few times she did go out, she was with Huo Haocheng, who always drove her. Who could remember a fleeting figure?
"I was called by Battalion Commander Xiao. My name is Wang Qiuxia. You can call me Sister Qiuxia," Wang Qiuxia said, not very happy.
"It's Battalion Commander Xiao's son! Hello, sister-in-law!" Ruan Ruan said to Wang Qiuxia with a look of sudden realization. In fact, she was thinking to herself, who is Battalion Commander Xiao? She had never heard her husband, Huo Haocheng, mention him. Battalion Commander Xiao's name is Xiao Bo. He is the second battalion commander of the second regiment. He doesn't usually interact with Huo Haocheng. He is an average person with mediocre talent. He is already over thirty years old and is just getting by in the army. If he doesn't get promoted, he will have to transfer back to his hometown.
"Sister-in-law Xiao, what you just asked about is true, but there's nothing I can do. Our Battalion Commander Huo said that since there's nothing to do at home, I can sleep in a little longer. Sigh, you know, it's so good to have a reasonable mother-in-law at home. My mother-in-law, when I was still at home, wouldn't let me do anything, and she would cook delicious food for me every day in different ways."
My father-in-law would go to the river to catch fish whenever he had time to supplement my nutrition. My grandparents doted on me like their own granddaughter. They not only sent me to school but also found a master to teach me all sorts of skills! Tell me, what a blessing it is to have such a wonderful in-law family!
If I were to encounter a mother-in-law who is utterly useless, only capable of causing trouble for her daughter-in-law all day long, constantly resorting to beatings and verbal abuse to flaunt her superiority as a mother-in-law, how could we possibly live like that? I'm spoiled rotten by my family, and she hasn't spent a single penny on me or eaten a single grain of rice, yet she dares to treat me like this? I'll make sure this family is never at peace, that her son loses his job, and that we all go back to our hometown to farm. I'll even take their surname. Since you're all making my life miserable anyway, why should I want you to be happy? I'll only be happy when everyone is miserable!"
Ruan Ruan spoke to the older women at the beginning, but for the rest of her speech, she deliberately took a few steps forward so that Liu Zhaodi, the daughter-in-law of Aunt Niu, could see her and hear her.
When Liu Zhaodi was at her parents' home, her family favored boys over girls. Her mother had given birth to three daughters before having a son, and she doted on this youngest son. From a young age, she said that when he grew up, everything her sisters had would belong to him. So even though she was lucky enough to get married and come to the military with this man, she still sends her savings back to her parents' home every month. This is also why her mother-in-law came to the military base with her.
She didn't come at first, but later, something happened at home and she urgently needed money. Commander Zhu then discovered that all the money she had worked so hard to earn had been secretly given to her family. They almost got divorced at that time. After that, Aunt Niu came to take care of her. At first, the women in the family compound thought Liu Zhaodi was going too far. But after Aunt Niu came for a while, she found that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were really evenly matched. They heard her scolding her daughter-in-law every day, and everyone just treated it as a joke.
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