Liu Fusheng opened his eyes and looked at Wang Xiaolan in front of him: "There is nothing wrong with you. You are good in every way, but we are cousins ​​and cannot get married. If you must marry a soldier, I can introduce you to my comrades."

"Really?" Wang Xiaolan's eyes lit up. "Cousin! I won't marry you as long as you introduce me to a fellow soldier."

"Okay, I'll introduce her to you." Liu Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Wang Xiaolan didn't stick to him, everything would be fine.

There are so many comrades-in-arms. If this one doesn’t work, then that one will. There’s always one that suits her.

Wang Xiangying immediately refused: "No, Xiaolan can only marry you. Is it appropriate for her to marry someone else? She is your wife."

Liu Degui also objected: "Your mother is right, Xiaolan is your wife, you can't marry someone else."

Wang Xiaolan was a person with her own ideas. She laughed and retorted, "Aunt! It doesn't matter if my cousin and I are not suitable. I don't have to marry him. As long as I can marry a soldier, it doesn't matter who it is."

Chen Chuchu, who was secretly observing the family at the door, was completely stunned. This girl had a clear goal. She wanted a military husband and was not picky about other things. She was really easy to talk to.

Wang Xiangying was so angry that she yelled, "You little girl, do you have any shame? You are Fusheng's daughter-in-law, how can you marry someone else? What are you afraid of if Fusheng doesn't marry you? Don't you still have me and your uncle? If you don't marry me, how can we get your dowry?"

Wang Xiaolan was so aggrieved that she burst into tears: "Aunt! You let my cousin marry me just for my dowry? If I didn't have 80 yuan of dowry, would you not agree to my cousin marrying me?"

Liu Degui said, "Of course. You look so ugly, and without 80 yuan as a dowry, why would my Fusheng marry you?"

Seeing that his parents were getting more and more unreasonable, Liu Fusheng quickly comforted Wang Xiaolan: "Don't listen to what my parents say. You stay and take care of me. My comrades will come to visit me in a few days. If you like someone, tell me secretly. When I recover from my injury, I will be your matchmaker."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolan felt better and suddenly felt very sympathetic towards her cousin. It was really unlucky for him to have such parents.

"Dad! Mom! Now that you've come to see me, please go back! Isn't there something waiting for you at home?" Liu Fusheng's wound was very painful, and he didn't have the energy to greet them, so he asked them to go back and finish the job as soon as possible.

He knew from a young age that his parents didn't like him very much. Although he was their son, he didn't receive much love from them. They just seemed to be okay on the surface.

She said she came to visit him. She was so badly injured that she couldn't even bear to catch a chicken, so she just brought a few eggs. Forget it. He didn't follow their arrangement to marry Wang Xiaolan. His parents were unhappy and it was normal for them to dislike him.

I send twelve dollars home every month, which I think is my way of repaying their kindness in raising me.

Liu Degui looked at Wang Xiaolan and asked inquiringly, "Have you thought it over? Are you really not going to be our daughter-in-law?"

Wang Xiaolan lowered her head and nodded slightly: "My cousin said he would introduce me to someone, I will listen to him."

Wang Xiangying stretched out her hand and said, "Give me five yuan. We need to take a bus and eat when we get home. This is what we deserve for sending you here."

"Aunt! Where do I get the money? I only have two dollars on me. Grandma knew I was coming to see my cousin this morning, so she asked me to buy some sugar for him." Wang Xiaolan took out two banknotes from her pocket and handed them to Wang Xiangying. "If you want it, take it."

Liu Degui didn't believe it and glanced at her trouser pockets: "Your parents didn't give you money to visit our Fusheng? Your brother and sister-in-law didn't give you money either?"

"No." Wang Xiaolan shook her head. "They said they would kill a chicken for my cousin when he gets home."

"My Liu family needs that chicken from your Wang family? Humph! You stingy beast. Your nephew is so badly injured, but you don't take a penny. What kind of uncle are you? Is there any elder who behaves like this?" Liu Degui roared at Wang Xiaolan angrily.

Then he turned to look at his wife, pointed at her nose and cursed at her.

"You are a dead man. You can't do anything right. You can't control your son, and your nieces don't listen to you. You still have the nerve to make promises to me, saying that there will be 80 yuan of dowry. I think your brother is just fooling around with you, a brainless person."

Chen Chuchu felt like cursing after hearing this. Her son was so badly injured, but he didn't take it seriously and kept making noises when he came. If this continued, how could the patient rest?

But this was someone else's family affair. If she rushed in to stop it, she would definitely be scolded. But she really couldn't bear to see Liu Fusheng being forced by his parents.

"Can you please speak more quietly? This is a hospital, not a vegetable market. Please keep quiet so as not to disturb other patients' rest."

As soon as Chen Chuchu finished speaking, Liu Fusheng struggled to apologize: "I'm sorry! Doctor Chen! I'll make them quiet down right away."

Wang Xiangying and Liu Degui were both from the countryside and had little knowledge. After being reminded by Chen Chuchu, they dared not shout anymore and sat aside sulking.

Wang Xiaolan's tears fell down. Today she finally understood what her aunt and uncle were thinking. It turned out that they didn't like her at all. What they liked was the dowry her parents saved for her.

In fact, the dowry was not that much, her father told her.

"I will take fifteen yuan as a betrothal gift, and the work points you earned will be counted as money, which is thirty-five yuan. That's fifty yuan. I'll give you ten yuan for the rest, your brother and sister-in-law said they would give you ten yuan, and your grandmother also said they would give you ten yuan, so the total is eighty yuan.

With these in your pocket, you will have confidence when you go to your husband's house. You won't begrudging for a little money. Fusheng is a good boy, and you are not real cousins. He is not your aunt's biological son."

"What?" She was extremely shocked by this. "My cousin is not my aunt's son? Then where did he come from?"

Dad looked around and told her secretly, "It's good that you know this, don't go out and tell anyone. Fusheng was stolen by your aunt from Xisi Town Hospital. She was born with a daughter, and she was switched. Fusheng doesn't know, so don't let it slip."

Now looking at my aunt and uncle's attitude towards my cousin, it is clear as day. If she were their own daughter, why would they force someone to marry her?

My son was injured, so I have to show some concern for him, right? When I heard that if I didn't marry my cousin, the 80 yuan dowry would be gone, I was so anxious that I jumped up and down. If I really married into such a family, I could imagine what my future would be like.

Even if it is your own aunt, conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are inevitable.

"Aunt! Take these two dollars! My cousin is in the hospital and needs to rest. If you have anything else, wait until he gets better. Don't worry! I will do my best to take good care of my cousin."

Wang Xiangying glanced at the groggy Liu Fusheng, took the money, and left without saying anything. Liu Degui followed her with his hands behind his back, cursing all the way.

But the voice was not loud, and no one could hear what he was saying, and I guess it was not something nice.