"Wei Fang is a girl and too young, so it's better for her to stay with her mother."
Shen Xiao looked determined to send Wei Dong away.
Qiao Baozhu was not as optimistic as he was. "This is just your idea. Have you asked for the mother's opinion? How can you be sure that Bai Hongmei will agree to you sending Wei Dong away?"
Shen Xiao glanced at Qiao Baozhu with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.
Qiao Baozhu didn't care about Shen Xiao's emotions and got straight to the point: "Bai Hongmei is already a widower, and she brought her three children to the family compound to look for you. I can't say what her plan is. But at least I can see that she has no one to rely on."
If her parents and brothers had help from her mother's family, would Bai Hongmei have come to find Chen Xiao with her whole family?
"Wei Dong's last name is Wei. Doesn't he have any other relatives in the Wei family besides Bai Hongmei? I heard the sisters-in-law in the family compound mention that Lao Hao and Wei Yanda are relatives? The Wei family doesn't have an explanation for her pregnancy?"
Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu with burning eyes, which were full of surprise, appreciation and approval.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Qiao Baozhu felt a little embarrassed when Shen Xiao looked at her, and she touched her face, thinking that there was something dirty on it.
"Baozhu, are you really only 19 years old?"
Shen Xiao felt that his young wife was full of mystery. On her tender and bright face, there are a pair of eyes that can see into people's hearts. She can always find the key to the problem easily, and she is gentle and easy to talk to. Most importantly, her emotions are particularly stable.
"Why do I look a little old? Don't I look like a 19-year-old?"
"I got sunburned on my face last year and I used several bottles of lotion. It's been almost a year since I got better. But now I still have fine lines and spots. Sigh..."
Qiao Baozhu turned her face away guiltily, not daring to look at Shen Xiao. Of course she understood that Shen Xiao was referring to her calmness beyond her age, so she pretended not to understand and deliberately changed the subject.
"When I first came to the farm, I was assigned to the vegetable field. It was the hottest time of the year, and everyone was busy weeding the fields. We got up at three o'clock, picked up our hoes and went to work in the fields."
"I worked for half a day and blisters formed on my hands. After about 20 days, a thick layer of calluses grew on the palms of my hands. When my parents came to see me, they found that I had only been in the countryside for less than two months. Not only had I become darker and thinner, but my face and neck were also sunburned."
When Qiao Baozhu said this, she looked at the expressionless Shen Xiao and laughed at herself.
"You must think I'm being hypocritical. All the educated youth who went to the countryside were like this. Since we have decided to build the Great Northern Wilderness, we should be prepared to endure hardships. Compared with you, the suffering I have endured is simply an exaggeration."
Shen Xiao didn't say anything, but silence was his answer.
He was a man who had experienced life and death on the battlefield. After returning, he did not rest on his laurels for military merits and enjoy good treatment, but plunged headfirst into the construction of the Corps.
Shen Xiao had no way to empathize with the hardships that Qiao Baozhu was talking about, because he had suffered much more.
"My mother cried at the time, and my father was also very distressed. The old couple found my uncle and used some tricks to transfer me to the canteen. My father thought that working in the canteen would be the best job for me, as I would not be exposed to the sun and wind and could have enough food."
Qiao Baozhu was guilty and deliberately brought the topic to her work. She was not afraid that Shen Xiao would think she was being pretentious. Anyway, two people are living together, there is no need to whitewash and beautify themselves.
Shen Xiao listened to Qiao Baozhu talking about these trivial matters and did not think she was being pretentious.
What he hates most is people who lack ability and do not think about improving their own abilities. Instead, they focus on building relationships, currying favor with leaders, and forming cliques.
But since this happened to his own wife, Shen Xiao felt that changing her job position would not affect Qiao Baozhu's dedication to serving the people.
"My family is worried about my job. Bai Hongmei is pregnant with Wei Yanda's posthumous child. How can the Wei family remain indifferent to such a big thing?"
Shen Xiao frowned and explained helplessly: "Yanda also has a stepmother, and the brothers and sisters born by the stepmother are not very old. When Bai Hongmei came, she told me that Yanda's pension was defrauded by her husband's family."
"Then have you gone to the Wei family to ask? For such a serious matter as the appropriation of the property of the martyr's family, your army didn't seek justice for her?"
"I don't have time. Old Hao took Bai Hongmei to the Wei family. The Wei family meant that Yan Da's father also had a portion of the money. They kept 150 yuan and returned the rest to Bai Hongmei."
Qiao Baozhu curled her lips and said, "For the same thing, people with different positions will say different things."
"Bai Hongmei has an extreme temper. If Old Hao were in her shoes, he would definitely think that the old man of the Wei family has bad intentions. For a mere 150 yuan, he even gave up his grandson."
Shen Xiao thought about it and realized that it was true. These people all stood on the perspective of Bai Hongmei and the children, and believed that Mr. Wei should not have taken the 150 yuan.
My son is gone, wouldn’t it be nice to leave the money to my grandchildren? Why should he let his grandchildren hate him just for that little bit of money?
"Since you want to send Wei Dong away, I suggest you discuss it with Old Man Wei. And you should also send a letter to Bai Hongmei's parents."
Shen Xiao was stunned. "Bai Hongmei's family? Her family ignored her, and her brother and sister-in-law also ignored her and the children. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to the army for help..."
Qiao Baozhu was extremely speechless. Well, the whole world bullied Bai Hongmei and was greedy for the money she had. Bai Hongmei dared to say this, and these rough guys in the military camp really believed it.
In this era, ordinary people value reputation the most.
Qiao Baozhu didn't believe that Bai Hongmei's family would dare to blatantly be greedy for money and blatantly bully their widowed daughter.
There must be something fishy here...
"Even if Bai Hongmei's family doesn't have a good relationship with her, she hasn't severed ties with her parents and brothers, right? Shouldn't she discuss such a big thing as giving birth and confinement with her family?"
"She is staying at Old Hao's house now. Does that mean she has to stay there for her confinement as well?"
"After giving birth, she has to go back to her own home to recuperate. You can help her with money, and can you also take care of her during the confinement period?"
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