Chapter 28 Dream of a Fierce Battle

Therefore, it is better to live farther away.

Of course, she didn't plan to live in this remote mountain valley for the rest of her life. She would definitely buy a house in a big city in the future. With so many things in her possession, she could only make a living in a big city.

However, her household registration is still in the countryside. It doesn’t matter if she goes to the town or county, but if she goes to the city, she may need a letter of introduction, so she can only live in the village for the time being.

When she came back from the mountain today, she had already found a piece of wasteland at the foot of the mountain, on the edge of the village, with a small river in front. It had good privacy and security, and was perfect for a residential site to build a new house.

However, this piece of land is of course public property, and she will have to figure out how to get the commune to grant it to her as a residential plot.

After thinking about all this, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but think of Li Zhan again.

Speaking of which, all the troubles caused by Liu Lan and Song Xiu Yue were caused by the fierce battle.

I don't know what the relationship between Song Xiuyue and Li Zhan is, and whether anything really happened between them...

As soon as she thought of this, Xia Juanjuan immediately shook her head. Although they had only known each other for less than a day, Li Zhan definitely could not fall for a stupid and ugly woman like Song Xiuyue...

Wait, what is she thinking about?

Who Li Zhan likes and who he falls in love with has nothing to do with her. Why should she care?

Although she married Li Zhan, it was just because she had no choice.

If Li Zhan really liked someone else, she would not be unwilling to divorce him.

So there is no need to think too much about him.

However, even though she thought so, she couldn't help but think of Li Zhan's unshaven but extremely handsome face and her first kiss that was taken away from her...

Hmm... I don't know what he is doing now...

*

At the same time, in an unknown valley somewhere, Li Zhan sneezed.

His good comrade Bai Zihan couldn't help but joked, "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold? Or is your new wife nagging you?"

Li Zhan rolled his eyes at Bai Zihan and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense."

Bai Zihan continued helplessly:

"You are such a fool. You are now a battalion commander, but I heard from the commander that you were not promoted because you are too young and your military achievements are not worth it! If you had not retired and continued to be promoted, you would have been able to become a military district commander, right? Why did you accept the wife your family married you blindly? There are so many educated and well-educated girls in our army, but you don't like a country girl who can't read a single word?"

Li Zhan remembered that when she registered at the commune, Xia Juanjuan corrected Secretary Zhao and said her name was "Juan, which means flowing water". Therefore, he said vaguely: "Who said she was an illiterate village girl..."

Come to think of it, I don't know how she and her three kids are doing at home, whether they are being bullied...

Bai Zihan laughed: "Hey hey! You've only been back for half a day, how come you've already been captured? It makes me curious about what kind of fairy-like person my new sister-in-law is! She can make our usually cold and ruthless battalion commander fall in an instant, and she still protects and pampers her so much...hahaha!"

Li Zhan glanced at Bai Zihan and gritted his teeth and said, "You haven't finished yet, have you? You have so much energy, why don't you do a hundred push-ups?"

Bai Zihan shrank his head. He was the deputy battalion commander, and his rank was not as high as that of the commander. He could not fight head-on, so he had to quickly give in: "Come on. Can't I just stop talking? This group of bandits is really harder to fight than we imagined. We have been surrounding them for several days, and there are ordinary people inside. We can't attack them by force..."

Lizhan frowned and said, "It's quite tricky. If we delay any further, we won't be able to keep up with the supplies. I have an idea..."

After hearing Li Zhan's idea, Bai Zihan widened his eyes and said in a lost voice: "You want to secretly..."

Frightened by his own voice, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "You want to sneak in, but you know that there are only remnants of the gangsters in there, and they are probably equipped with heavy weapons. Do you want to die?!"

Li Zhan was very determined and said, "This is the best plan that I have carefully considered. If we delay any further, there is no guarantee that the trapped bandits inside will not take the people hostage..."

*

Early the next morning, Xia Juanjuan woke up with her hair in a mess.

They say that if you think about something during the day, you will dream about it at night. She didn't think much about Li Zhan, so why did she dream about him all night? They weren't serious dreams. She was either pressed against the wall and forcefully kissed, or she rolled onto the kang for no apparent reason...

When Xia Juanjuan was speechless, there was a knock on the door.

"Is the fourth brother's wife awake?"

It was Zhou Qiuhe's voice.

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. Why was Zhou Qiuhe coming to knock on her door so early in the morning?

"Coming!" She quickly put on her clothes, got out of bed and opened the door.

Zhou Qiuhe smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, I thought you were already up and ready, so I came over to knock on the door. I didn't know you were still asleep, so I woke you up."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Prepare...what?"

Zhou Qiuhe was also stunned by the question, and said unconfidently: "Prepare... to go back to my parents' home... Today is the third morning, and the new daughter-in-law has to go back..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

...It seems that there is such a traditional custom.

But this was her first marriage and she didn’t even think about it!

Zhou Qiuhe handed the basket in her hand to Xia Juanjuan and said, "This is the steamed wild vegetable and mixed noodle steamed buns I made last night. If you don't mind, you can take some back to your parents' home."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously refused: "Third sister-in-law! How can this be! I can't accept it! Your family is so poor..."

Zhou Qiuhe insisted on pushing the basket to her, saying, "You keep it! The two bags of milk powder you gave to your third brother yesterday are more valuable than the ten baskets of jelly beans in my basket! I am embarrassed to take this as a return gift! If you don't accept it, I... I will be even more embarrassed!"

Seeing this, Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to accept it and thought about returning the favor later.

She smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, you are too polite. The milk powder yesterday was a thank you to Third brother for building the stove for me. It was not given for free."

Zhou Qiuhe said, "That's different! How can a stove he built be worth two bags of milk powder? Let's not talk about this. Have you prepared all the other things you want to bring back to your parents' home?"