Yang Niannian waited for a long time, but An An didn't come back. Just as she was about to go look for him, she saw him slowly walking into the yard.

"Why did it take so long to deliver an egg? The food is almost cold."

An An put the bowl in the kitchen with a pursed mouth. After coming out, he lowered his head and said, "I won't go into the city with you. I want to do my homework at home."

It was so happy just now that it was about to take off, but now it is as wilted as an eggplant hit by frost. Something is obviously wrong.

Yang Niannian squatted down to look at him, only to notice that this guy's eyes were red and tears were welling up.

"You fell down because you ran too fast, or did someone bully you?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't asked. As soon as she did, An An couldn't hold it in anymore. She opened her mouth and burst into tears, admitting her fault while crying, "I won't be naughty anymore in the future. Please don't sell me, okay?"

Yang Niannian looked up at the sky in silence, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I'm not a human trafficker, why would I sell you? If I sold you, how would I explain to your father? Besides, you're skinny and you don't have much meat on you, who would buy you?"

When she heard that he was not going to be sold, An An stopped crying and sobbed, "Aunt Ye said you were going to sell me."

"This troublemaker is talking nonsense behind my back again."

Yang Niannian got angry, stood up, took An An's hand and said, "Don't cry, I'll take you to find her."

Ye Meijing was at home having a tantrum when a package was sent from her hometown. It was a folk remedy that Song's mother found from someone else. It was a large bag of herbs, weighing about two kilograms.

She got a headache when she saw these things. "You can drink it if you want. I won't drink it anyway. It smells like cow dung and your mother will torture me."

Song Qiancheng said sternly, "If you don't want to drink, then don't drink. Why are you yelling?"

The people living around here are all military families. If others hear what they say, they won’t know how to laugh at them behind their backs.

In the entire family compound, they quarreled the most, and were even called in by the political commissar for questioning.

"Do I want to roar?"

Ye Meijing was very angry. "I asked you to get checked, but you refused. Now everyone in the family thinks it's my fault. Last time I went back, your sister was very sarcastic, and your mother even said in some way that if I don't get pregnant again, she'll find you another one."

Having a child is not just her business, so why should the whole family blame her for not having a child?

Maybe my husband was injured while on a mission.

"I'm healthy, what's the problem?" Song Qiancheng retorted.

Just when Ye Meijing was about to raise the topic to a higher level, there was a knock on the door. She stood there with a sullen face, looking ready to fight at any time. Song Qiancheng walked over and opened the door.

Seeing Yang Niannian standing at the door, he was stunned, "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Logically speaking, he is older than Lu Shishen and should call Yang Niannian "sister-in-law" or by her name, but his rank is not as high as Lu Shishen and he is not familiar with Yang Niannian.

Calling her by her name or sister-in-law is not appropriate, so I just called her sister-in-law.

Song Qiancheng has an average appearance and dark skin. From his facial features, he looks like the stubborn and chauvinistic type.

Yang Niannian asked crisply, "Is Ye Meijing at home?"

"What do you want from me?"

Ye Meijing heard the sound and walked out of the house. Seeing that Yang Niannian was still holding An An's hand, she understood what was going on, but pretended to know nothing.

Yang Niannian got straight to the point and said, "I'm here to remind you not to talk nonsense in front of the children."

"What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child?" Song Qiancheng glared at Ye Meijing.

He knew that his wife had a foul mouth and liked to gossip. He had reminded her several times, but with little effect.

This made Yang Niannian so angry that she came here. She probably said something bad about him and it reached his ears.

When Ye Meijing heard this, she instantly got angry and asked loudly, "Do you know what's going on? Are you helping others yell at me?"

Which husband doesn't help his wife? But hers is different from others. She is so unlucky to marry such a man.

If people hadn't said that her husband had a stable job and needed a sedan chair to carry her, she wouldn't have married him.

Ye Meijing's shout startled all the neighbors, and they all ran out of their houses to watch the fun.

"What's the matter, Qiancheng? Did you two have a fight again?"

"Captain Lu's wife is here too?"

"What happened?"

Seeing Yang Niannian here, everyone's eyes were filled with gossip.

Even though Yang Niannian had only been in the family compound for a short time, everyone knew that she and Ye Meijing were not on good terms. However, they did not expect that they would have a head-on conflict so soon.

"You guys came at the right time. Please help us judge the case."

Seeing that there were more people around, Ye Meijing not only did not restrain herself, but became even more energetic. "I just told An An a joke, and she came to my house to cause trouble. Even if she is the wife of the head of the group, she can't bully me at my doorstep, right?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Yang Niannian. Although they didn't say anything, their eyes said everything.

Yang Niannian sneered, "You said bad things about me in front of An An before, but I didn't bother with you. Today you told An An that I was going to take him to the city to sell him, and scared him so much that he burst into tears. I came to remind him not to scare the child, and I thought I was wrong?"

Ye Meijing sneered, "I was just joking, is it necessary to scare him to tears? If he really cried, it only means that he is too timid. How can a soldier's child be so cowardly?"

Ye Meijing's neighbor was trying to mediate, "Captain Lu's wife, I also don't think this is a big deal. There's no need to quarrel over it."

The people watching nearby murmured in agreement, thinking that Yang Niannian was making a big deal out of nothing.

It's common for adults to tease children, but why does it escalate to the level of a quarrel when it comes to her?

Yang Niannian was not afraid of the dissatisfied looks from these people, and said in a loud voice: "An An is a child, he can't tell whether it is a joke or not. I am his stepmother, and he was originally worried that I would treat him badly. You are instigating it. At the very least, it is a joke, but at the most, it is instigating the relationship between military families."

She changed the subject and said with great emotion, "Everyone knows about An An's situation. You may not feel sorry for him, but you cannot hurt him. If you still think it's right, let's go find the political commissar to judge."

Originally, everyone thought that Yang Niannian was a bit of a bully, but after hearing what she said and looking at An An's red eyes, they felt that Ye Meijing's words were a bit too much.

Especially after considering that An An is the orphan of a martyr, I felt that something was wrong with Ye Mei.

The child is sensitive and suspicious, and is afraid of being abandoned. Ye Meijing even said these things in front of the child. If she really brings the matter to the political commissar, there will be no justice for her.

"Meijing, you should apologize to Captain Lu's wife."

"Yeah, kids don't understand jokes, so don't scare An An silly."

Upon hearing that everyone had just supported her but now sided with Yang Niannian like a fence-sitter, Ye Meijing's face turned uglier than cabbage rotten in the field, and she stiffened her neck and said nothing.

Asking her to apologize is impossible.

"Apologize." Seeing that she didn't move, Song Qiancheng roared.

"What are you yelling about?"

Ye Meijing was embarrassed and a little scared that her husband was leaning towards an outsider. She gritted her teeth and said, "I won't say it again in the future."

Song Qiancheng had a stern face and glared at me, "If you dare to say that again, I will definitely punish you."