Chapter 35 Handing Over Wages
Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou's eyes were already filled with disgust.
Lin Xiaowei was furious. She was clearly innocent, but why were all these people siding with Chen Guilan? She really couldn't understand it.
When she got up today, she saw Chen Guilan had fallen down. She kindly helped Chen Guilan up, but Chen Guilan then blamed her for it.
Chen Guilan slammed the enamel mug on the table to the ground and exclaimed excitedly, "Go! Go now! Don't let me see you!"
Lin Xiaowei was eventually kicked out. She stared at Chen Guilan as if she had just met her for the first time. Her eyes were gloomy, no longer submissive as before, and a hint of malice flashed in them.
On the way back, Zhang Weihong kept chattering. She said, "Xiaowei is so pitiful. Deputy Commander Zhou gave all his salary to his widowed sister-in-law. Xiaowei has to pay for her own living expenses."
"But she's been holding back all this time. I don't think it was her who pushed Chen Guilan this time. If she wanted to push her, she would have done it long ago. Why would she wait until now?"
Shen Zhixia nodded.
Although she didn't say anything, she agreed with Zhang Weihong's words. Lin Xiaowei didn't seem like someone who would cause trouble, but the widow's sister-in-law didn't seem like a good person.
However, without evidence and without knowing the cause and effect of the matter, she could not draw any conclusions.
After returning home, Shen Zhixia told Huo Chenzhou about it. Her intention was simply to show that Lin Xiaowei had a hard time, but Huo Chenzhou's attention was elsewhere.
He suddenly stood up.
Shen Zhixia: "?"
She saw Huo Chenzhou bring over a bundle, and then take out a bankbook and some tickets from it: "These things should have been given to you a long time ago. I deposit a sum of money into it every month. There is four thousand in the bankbook now. From now on, I will give you my salary every month. In addition, there will be some subsidies sometimes. I don't have many places to spend money."
Shen Zhixia: "?"
She only said that Deputy Commander Zhou didn't give Lin Xiaowei her salary, and that Lin Xiaowei had a hard life, but she didn't expect Huo Chenzhou to actually give her his salary.
Huo Chenzhou took out some loose change, which looked to be a few hundred yuan: "I've spent some of this money, you can keep it too. If there's anything you want to eat, you can buy it yourself."
Huo Chenzhou had given her some money before, but she didn't buy things very often. Huo Chenzhou usually cooked, so he was the one who bought the vegetables and meat, and he spent more money on those things.
Shen Zhixia didn't answer. She frowned and asked, "Do you expect me to buy groceries and meat and cook every day?"
It's not so easy to buy meat these days. Meat isn't available every day; you have to queue up in advance. She, on the other hand, eats meat almost every day, and it's unclear where Huo Chenzhou gets it from.
Huo Chenzhou shook his head: "I'm just giving you the money; you can buy whatever you want."
He thought for a moment and said, "You can tell me what you want to eat and I'll buy it for you. You can eat at the cafeteria occasionally, but sometimes the food there isn't good, so that won't work. How about I hire a cook for you and have her cook for you?"
Shen Zhixia: "?"
She never expected Huo Chenzhou to say such a thing.
That must be a nanny. The original owner's family did hire a nanny, but that was a capitalist approach and would be criticized in the future. She has no plans to do that now.
She can't get special treatment at the military dependents' home, otherwise it wouldn't be good if there was a crackdown.
"You actually saved up so much money?" Shen Zhixia said.
The original owner was actually quite wealthy, but when she came to join the army, she only had a few hundred yuan with her. All the rest of her money was at home, and it was all embezzled by her scumbag father and stepmother.
Even so, four thousand is still a huge sum of money in this era.
Huo Chenzhou coughed and said, "This money is what I've saved over the years. I live in the army, so my food and clothing are all provided. Although it's not a lot of money, you can save it for yourself."
"My income isn't very good right now, but it will increase when I get promoted."
He was a little worried that Shen Zhixia would look down on the small amount of money, since Shen Zhixia came from a well-off family and probably wouldn't care about it.
Shen Zhixia smiled and said, "You're amazing. Others can't save any money, but you've saved so much. You're the most responsible person I've ever met, and you're also hardworking and down-to-earth. I'm so glad I married you."
That's the truth. Everyone's income is very low now. Huo Chenzhou's income is only a little over a hundred a month. It's really amazing that he can save so much money.
No wonder military officers had such high status in this era. She hadn't felt anything before, but now she thought marrying a military officer was absolutely wonderful.
Shen Zhixia is rich, but she doesn't have any money on her right now. She will go back and take all the money that belongs to her sooner or later. Now that Huo Chenzhou has given her such a large sum of money, she is now a little rich woman.
After hearing Shen Zhixia's words, Huo Chenzhou couldn't suppress the smile on his lips, and his earlobes turned slightly red: "Where am I that amazing? You can say that to me all you want, but don't let anyone else know."
Shen Zhixia threw herself into his arms, her voice sweet and coquettish: "No way! I have such an amazing husband, I want to tell other people, so they can know too."
She snuggled against him, making Huo Chenzhou's face turn red, before remembering something: "Do you have any money on you?"
Huo Chenzhou shook his head.
He just gave all his money to Shen Zhixia, and now he has no money left.
Shen Zhixia took out some change and handed it to Huo Chenzhou: "Take this money. I'll give you money every month from now on."
Huo Chenzhou's face was full of joy; his wife was really too good to him.
They even offered him money.
He used to be determined to make money so that his wife could have a better life.
Shen Zhixia said, "I want to eat braised eggplant and sweet and sour pork for dinner."
Huo Chenzhou's back view was full of joy: "Okay, I'll do it right away."
Seeing how happy he was, Shen Zhixia blinked.
He seems to really enjoy cooking.
That's good. She had actually tried cooking before, but she didn't really like this way of cooking, and the food she made wasn't very tasty...
So she would only cook rice occasionally, and Huo Chenzhou's cooking was delicious, even better than that of a five-star chef.
Days passed by slowly like this.
One day, Shen Zhixia suddenly heard a voice: "Is the child in Chen Guilan's belly yours?"
Shen Zhixia: "!"
Isn't that Lin Xiaowei's voice? Lin Xiaowei lives right next door, but she's usually very low-key and rarely speaks. This time, you can feel the anger in her voice.
She knew that Chen Guilan had been discharged from the hospital long ago and had been quietly recuperating. She had thought that the matter between them had been resolved internally, but now it seemed that it had not.
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