Lu Shishen's face finally showed some emotion, and he frowned and said, "Yang Huiying and I have never met each other, and there is no substantive relationship. Nian Nian is not my sister-in-law, she is my legal wife."

Lu Guozhi felt a pain in his chest because of anger. He didn’t know how his son got together with Yang Niannian, and the reason was not important.

He only knew that Yang Niannian had not received much education, while Yang Huiying was a college student, which was a huge gap.

"I spent a lot of money to arrange your marriage because I saw that Yang Huiying was educated. After she graduates from university, the government will assign her a job. Even if you retire from the army, you will still have a good life. Why did you make such a fool of yourself?"

"Niannian is no worse than Yang Huiying, and Yang Huiying and I may not be suitable for each other." Lu Shishen had a blank expression on his face, and he didn't feel that marrying Yang Niannian would be a loss at all. "It's a foregone conclusion. Niannian will be my wife from now on."

Lu Guozhi raised his hand angrily and wanted to hit Lu Shishen, but after his hand was raised, he did not hit him.

He sighed heavily and said, "Go talk to your mother."

After saying that, he turned and went into the main room.

Yang Niannian was sitting next to Ma Xiuzhu with a calm expression. Her mother-in-law didn't say anything, so she didn't say anything either.

She would not go and ask for trouble, so she left it to Lu Shishen to handle.

They are father and son, mother and son, and they are still a family no matter how angry they are.

She is an outsider, and if she says something wrong, she will be criticized and resentful.

Seeing that she was sitting there quietly, Lu Shishen thought she was afraid and didn't dare to say anything.

She was usually very cheerful, but now she was so reserved. Lu Shishen was a little uncomfortable with it, and even felt a little... distressed...

"Go to the kitchen and cook something."

Yang Niannian guessed that Lu Shishen deliberately sent her away, perhaps intending to play a high-end game. After all, in a normal family, the mother-in-law is more difficult to deal with than the father-in-law.

She gave Lu Shishen an encouraging look, then carried her things to the kitchen.

Less than two minutes later, Ma Xiuzhu's sharp voice was heard from the main room.

"Huang Guihua is so calculating. She first used her daughter who was in college as bait, and then used her daughter who was good for nothing to confuse you. Now her younger daughter is hooking up with you and living a good life, and her older daughter is continuing to study at college. She will be able to find a good man when she is assigned a job in the future. Her family got all the benefits, and our family became the unlucky ones. We are really unlucky for eight lifetimes."

"No, I'm going back now. I'm going to go to their village and shout, letting everyone know what kind of people her family is..."

Yang Niannian listened with great interest in the kitchen. Huang Guihua had schemed against the Lu family and the original owner, so she deserved to be scolded.

But... after scolding Huang Guihua, I can’t scold her anymore.

In the main room, Huang Guihua cursed and complained for a while, then pulled Lu Shishen and wanted him to divorce her.

"You have to divorce her, otherwise I won't be able to accept this. After the divorce, I will find you a good one. We will find a college student."

My son is very good-looking and he is a soldier. Many good girls would be eager to marry him.

If it really doesn't work, even if I marry her...

Oh, forget it. If her husband knew what she was thinking, he would definitely scold her again.

"We will not get divorced." Lu Shishen stated his attitude in a deep voice, "Nian Nian is living with me. If you don't like her, I will take her back less often."

"You talk to your mother like that?" Ma Xiuzhu stared at him in disbelief. She simply couldn't believe that these words came from her youngest son's mouth.

She accused with trembling lips, "No wonder people say that a man forgets his mother after marrying a wife. I never thought that the son I gave birth to after risking my life and going through a near-death experience could actually say such words. I, I..."

Ma Xiuzhu was so excited that she couldn't catch her breath, her eyes rolled back and she almost fainted.

Lu Shishen helped her into the house to rest. It took a long time for Ma Xiuzhu to recover. She sat on the bed and sighed, as if she was about to die of anger.

Lu Guozhi advised her with a stern face, "Now that things have come to this, don't be angry. Shi Shen is a soldier, and divorce will affect his future."

He never suggested that his son divorce, partly because he was worried about affecting his son's future, and partly because of traditional ideas.

In his mind, divorce is a shameful thing.

(Note: It is not that the author looks down on divorce, it is simply the thinking of the character Lu Guozhi in the article.)

“…”

Ma Xiuzhu had a sad face and didn't say anything. How could she really want her son to get divorced?

It's just a temper tantrum.

She just couldn't swallow this humiliation. Everyone in the village knew that her younger daughter-in-law was a college student, and when they saw her, they praised her for being blessed and having a good life.

Look at what a mess this is.

This hurt more than a few slaps to her face.

Yang Niannian didn't expect that she would really make Ma Xiuzhu faint from anger. She ran over and leaned against the door to eavesdrop on what was said, but as soon as her ear touched the door, Lu Shishen opened it.

She almost stuck to Lu Shishen's chest. She was caught eavesdropping, so she quickly pretended to care about Ma Xiuzhu.

"Is mom okay? I heard that she seemed to have fainted from anger, so I came to check on her."

Lu Shishen closed the door and said, "Just take a rest."

Yang Niannian secretly made a face and hurried back to the kitchen to cook, with Lu Shishen helping her.

At noon, Yang Niannian bought a pound of lean pork, cut it all up, made a plate of stir-fried pork with peppers, two vegetarian dishes, a tomato and egg soup, and cooked half a pot of white rice.

The fragrance filled the entire yard, and Ma Xiuzhu could smell it even from inside the house.

"What's this cooking? Why does it smell so good?"

Lu Guozhi had been hungry all the way, and his stomach was rumbling. He was drooling at the smell.

“It tastes a bit like fried pork.”

Ma Xiuzhu felt bad. "We worked so hard to raise our son, and all the money we earned went to support Yang Niannian. Look how well she looks. The clothes she wears cost at least 30 yuan, and the electric fan in the living room cost more than 100 yuan."

It hurts to think about it. There are seven or eight people in my family, big and small, and the annual living expenses are only over one hundred yuan.

It was so hot in the summer that I broke out in rashes all over my body, but I still couldn't bear to install an electric fan.

Yang Niannian was living a very comfortable life. She lived in such a nice house in the staff compound and used such an expensive electric fan. She lived like a queen. The only thing she needed was a nanny.

"You can't say that. Didn't Shi Shen send all his allowance back home?" Lu Guozhi was also a half-understanding person. "Without Shi Shen, we can't build a house at home."

"He must have hidden some private money." Ma Xiuzhu pondered, "When we have dinner later, you can bring up the matter of buying the calf. Take advantage of the fact that they are in the wrong now and get the money. Now that he has a family, he probably won't want to send his allowance home in the future."

My son hasn't been home for three years. I had always given all my allowance to his family, but this month I suddenly stopped giving it to him.

The couple was worried about their son, afraid that something had happened to him, so they came to check on him and also thought of asking him for some money to buy a calf.

Who knew that I would find something so infuriating.

"As a father, how can I ask for money in front of my daughter-in-law?" Lu Guozhi was unwilling to speak.

"Okay, okay, you're the only one who can be the good guy, and I'll be the bad guy."

Ma Xiuzhu got out of bed. She wanted to see what this spendthrift daughter-in-law was doing in the kitchen.