Chapter 25

The military region is a complete collective society that covers everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation. Soldiers at the battalion level and above can also apply for military dependents to accompany them. With so many people, conflicts are naturally prone to occur.

The mother of the second battalion commander Li Nianhe gave birth to six children, but only raised four of them. Li Nianhe was the eldest in the family and also the most ambitious one. He was promoted to battalion commander through military campaigns and battles.

Seeing that her son had a promising future, Aunt Wei quickly packed her bags and went to join the army with her daughter-in-law.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along well in the past when they lived in the countryside. At that time, Li Nianhe was an ordinary soldier. But as he rose from a soldier to a platoon leader, then to a deputy battalion commander, and finally to a battalion commander, Li's mother also started to put on airs.

In her opinion, there is a big difference between the soldier's mother and the battalion commander's mother.

"Captain, you don't know because you're not married. My mother went back to her hometown last year, and Hehua and I spent more than half a year living comfortably. But when my sister's child grew up, my mother came back and found fault with Hehua all day long, saying that Hehua was wrong here and there. Hehua endured it most of the time, but sometimes she couldn't stand it anymore and had a quarrel with my mother. My mother asked me to come out and judge. That time I had just got off the boat and had been drifting on the sea for half a month. I was looking forward to going home to have a warm day, but when I went back, I heard them quarreling. I was really upset. Sometimes, I would rather drift on the sea forever..."

Cheng Zheng had heard about Li Nianhe's family affairs. He often went to the homes of Political Commissar Liang or Chief of Staff Xu for dinner. Li Nianhe lived on the first floor, and everyone in the building knew that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not get along well.

"So what are you going to do? There's no point in avoiding your own family affairs. Your mother and your wife are quarreling at home, and you hide outside?"

"It's a difficult thing for me. Whenever I mention my mother, she starts complaining about how difficult it was to raise us siblings. She cries and snots, and it makes me sad. If I tell my wife that Hehua was such a beautiful girl when she was with me, and was spoiled by everyone in my family, but now she is scolded by my mother every day, I won't have the heart to do that." Li Nianhe grabbed his hair, feeling distressed. His palms and backs are all made of flesh!

Cheng Zheng glanced at his subordinates. Although he was not married and did not have the conflicts between his mother and wife at home, all conflicts and wars were similar.

"You have been to the battlefield and received political and military education from the organization. Now the contradiction is in front of you. Have you analyzed what the main contradiction is?"

"Ah?" Li Nianhe was startled by the fierce shout of the bandaged leader and focused his attention. The main contradiction? "My mother likes to find fault with my wife."

"So how are you going to solve it?"

"This...can't be solved. I can't stop my mother, and I can't bear to do that to my wife." Li Nianhe's dark face turned bitter, and he was worried every day and every night.

"If you can't solve the conflict, then don't let it happen." Cheng Zheng patted Li Nianhe's shoulder and turned away. "Now that we're on the shore, remember, it's useless to avoid the problem. As a gentleman, you have to take responsibility."

Prevent conflicts from happening?

Li Nianhe kept muttering these words, and his eyes suddenly lit up!

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On the other side, the family members on the floor finally persuaded the quarreling mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to stop.

Jian Lu followed Feng Xiuhui and talked with Cheng Hehua.

Cheng Hehua is only 23 years old this year. She is a beautiful lesbian. However, after the fight just now, her hair was messy and there were tear marks on her face. She looked a little pitiful.

"Hehua, don't cry. Your mother-in-law has a sharp tongue, but she actually has a kind heart." Aunt Liu fetched some water for her to wipe her face. In fact, she was also a little annoyed with Aunt Wei.

Aunt Wei was particularly nosy in her family's building. She would criticize other wives even if it was not her family's business. She even started to criticize the wife of a group leader, saying that she did not serve the group leader well.

Later, she calmed down when she found out that the person was the regiment commander's wife. The old lady knew that her son was a battalion commander and had a lower rank than the regiment commander.

"It's not bad. I feel so suffocated when she scolds me every day. This time, Li Nianhe went on a mission. For more than a week, she kept scolding me in the morning and at night. I don't want to live like this anymore. I can't stand it."

Tears began to flow again on his face, which had just been wiped clean, and everyone who saw it was moved.

Feng Xiuhui understood it very well. After all, they were the daughters-in-law of others. It was thanks to Liang Haisheng's mother that she was kind and gentle. "Hehua, Captain Li has nothing to say about you. How can you be so cruel to him?"

Speaking of Li Nianhe, Cheng Hehua's tears flowed even more freely. She knew her man best. He was very good to her and she and her husband had a good relationship. They had been married for three years and it was almost the same as when they first started dating. But he was caught between her and her mother-in-law and could not say a word.

Last time he couldn't bear it anymore and went to tell his mother a few words, but she started nagging him about how she was pregnant for ten months and how she gave her food to her son even though she almost died of starvation during the famine. After hearing this, Li Nianhe was speechless again.

In the room, several military wives were busy trying to persuade her, and Aunt Li was also taken to another room by them to do some ideological work.

Someone has already reported this to the Women's Director Qian Honglian. After all, this kind of thing affects unity, so the Women's Director is always needed to do ideological work.

Jian Lu looked at Cheng Hehua's eyes, which were red and swollen from crying, and then she remembered that the original book did write about her and Li Nianhe.

As a supporting character in the book, Li Nianhe's family lives in chaos because of the bad relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law. Cheng Hehua packed her things and prepared to go back to her parents' home, but she had an accident on the way and died under the wheels of a car.

Upon hearing the news, Li Nianhe has been in a trance ever since. He also had an accident while on a mission and became disabled in both legs.

The couple ended up with a miserable ending.

"Sisters-in-law, please stop trying to persuade me." Cheng Hehua wiped away her tears, picked up the package on the chair and was about to leave. "No matter what, I have to go back to my parents' home. I don't want to stay here now."

Seeing that Cheng Hehua was determined to leave, several military wives were also undecided. They thought that maybe it would be okay to go back to her parents' home to calm down and relax?

Only Jian Lu knew that if she left, Cheng Hehua would die!

"Sister Hehua!" Jian Lu stood up and grabbed the person, half pulling and half dragging her back to the bed. "I heard that the third regiment on the mission will be back today. You should wait for Captain Li."

"No need. He will be a taciturn man and won't be able to speak when he comes back." Cheng Hehua knew that it was difficult to be a man, but she didn't want to put herself in a difficult position.

"From what you said, he must be on your side, but on one side is his mother, and on the other side is his wife, and he didn't handle the relationship well."

Jian Lu remembered what was written in the book. They were originally a loving couple, but she didn't expect the final outcome to be so tragic.

"Actually, your problem is quite simple and not difficult to solve."

"Is it not difficult?" Cheng Hehua looked at Jian Lu with tears in her eyes. She felt that this girl was looking at her with a smile and speaking softly, like a breeze on her face, which made her heart gradually calm down.

"That's right, I'll go out with you to relax, let's talk outside." Jian Lu muttered softly, and she and Cheng Hehua walked to the coconut tree behind the family yard.

"Sister Hehua, think about it, what is the biggest problem in your family right now?"

"My mother-in-law doesn't like me."

"That's all, just make sure she can't see you."

Cheng Hehua:?

"Of course not. I'm just leaving today. I'd rather not see it than not see it!"

Jian Lu smiled and patted her hand to comfort her, "I mean to let your mother-in-law go back."

"That's impossible. My mother-in-law can't go back. She has a son who is a battalion commander and wants to stay here."

"In fact, your mother-in-law is just proud of having a son who is a battalion commander. If she wants to show off, you can let her go back to her hometown. She may not be as comfortable here as she is in her hometown, but she thinks that she is the mother of the battalion commander and must stay."

This is not something Jian Lu said casually. After her daughter-in-law died tragically and her son became paralyzed, Aunt Li burst into tears and spoke out her true thoughts. She felt that she didn't know many people after following the army. It would be better to be in the countryside, where neighbors are people she has known for a lifetime. It's just that she is too proud to be here, and she always feels ashamed that her son is a battalion commander while she is still in the countryside!

"When the time comes, you should send her money every month, not a penny less. Also, buy some gifts from time to time and send them to her. These gifts don't have to be expensive, but they are easier to see than money. They can help her show off in front of her fellow villagers and let everyone know that her battalion commander's son has a promising future."

The more Cheng Hehua listened, the calmer she became. Thinking of what her mother-in-law often said, she realized that she really cared about saving face in front of her fellow villagers.

As the two were talking, the coconut trees above their heads rose high into the sky, and the emerald green coconut leaves swayed in the air. Under the coconut grove, no one noticed that a corner of a pure white military uniform appeared.

Jian Lu continued to give Cheng Hehua advice, "Sister Hehua, what Aunt Wei cares about most is Captain Li, especially Captain Li's future. Sometimes you should not force it on her. Just let her know that a disharmony in the family will also affect Captain Li's impression in the leader's mind and affect Captain Li's future. Aunt Wei may quickly know how to restrain herself."

This was something Cheng Hehua had never thought about. She didn't understand what was going on in the army. She only knew that her man had been promoted to battalion commander based on his military achievements, which was not easy.

“Will it really have an impact?”

Jian Lu had no idea, but this method was more than enough to scare Aunt Li. "Really? Go and try it."

"I see." Cheng Hehua thought of the relationship between Jian Lu and the Liang family, and the relationship between her husband, the regiment leader Cheng, and Political Commissar Liang. "Did you hear that from regiment leader Cheng?"

Cheng Zheng, who was behind the coconut grove, was unexpectedly called out.

He had just finished advising Li Nianhe and was originally planning to go back to his single dormitory, but then he changed his mind and decided to go to Lao Liang's house. As a result, as soon as he walked into the family compound, he heard that there was a commotion inside and they were quarreling. It would definitely not be convenient for him to get involved, so it would be better to let the women's director solve it.

When he turned to leave, he heard a familiar voice while walking. The voice was crisp, with some soft whispers, which made him stop.

"That's right." Jian Lu took the opportunity to admit it immediately, "I heard from Captain Cheng that he despises families that are not harmonious and united the most."

Cheng Zheng: “…?”

When did he say that!

But listening to Jian Lu's decisive tone, it seemed as if I had really said these words to her and just forgot.

This girl seemed a little different. She didn't even stutter when she told lies. She was actually using herself to bully others.

However, it is a good idea to say it or not, and it may really scare Aunt Li.

The weather was sunny today, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. The golden sunlight shone through the green branches and spread all over the ground. Jian Lu's eyes and eyebrows were tinged with honey, and her red lips moved. She was particularly enthusiastic about giving advice to Cheng Hehua.

For the first time, Cheng Zheng discovered that the person he was supposed to be marrying had this side of him. Her every frown and smile was lively and vivid, like a spring swallow that could fly anywhere.

......

Cheng Hehua was in a good mood, and suddenly felt that life was full of hope! She couldn't bear to leave her man. There was no problem in their relationship, but her mother-in-law made her unable to live a peaceful life. She immediately smiled brightly.

"Comrade Jian Lu, thank you for your sincere efforts to find a solution for me." She remembered what several people in the courtyard had said a while ago. This girl should be a distant relative of Feng Xiuhui. She came to visit her relatives and planned to find a military officer to stay with her.

Thinking of this, she also had the idea of ​​repaying the person, "When I'm done with this, I will definitely introduce you to someone! Don't worry, you are so good-looking and smart, you will definitely find a good partner."

Under the coconut grove, the man in white military uniform suddenly straightened his back and looked at Cheng Hehua with an unconscious frown.

As Cheng Hehua finished speaking, she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She looked up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly and it was quite a warm day. What was going on?