Chapter 213: Not as Good as Sister-in-law

Li Juan's man had been a company commander for many years. Although his military title was removed by Commander Duan, he still had good popularity in the army.

After walking out of the family compound with Su Hong in their arms, the two of them called two other military wives to go to the kitchen together. After some persuasion, they persuaded the young comrades in the kitchen to drive a small truck specially used for purchasing vegetables and take them to the town to buy vegetables.

The car passed the Licun intersection. Cheng Xueru and Zhai Qingsong walked side by side on the side of the road, passing by the kitchen team's car.

"Look! That's Deputy Colonel Zhai. Why is he wrapped up with a young widow?" Li Juan shouted deliberately while sitting in the driver's seat.

Li Juan and Su Hong, two military wives, were in a very good mood and they spotted with their sharp eyes the backs of people hurrying on the road ahead.

The young comrade from the kitchen team was very familiar with Cheng Xueru, and also knew Deputy Commander Zhai. He stepped on the brakes, lowered the window, and asked loudly: "Sister-in-law, where are you going? If you are going to the town, I will take you with me."

The two people on the road were talking and laughing, and looked back at the faces in the driver's seat.

Zhai Qingsong glanced coldly at the two military wives, Su Hong and Li Juan, and smiled at the young comrade in the kitchen team, "We are going to the commune, not the town."

"Going to the commune?" The little warrior from the kitchen team looked at Cheng Xueru angrily, "Oh, then we'll go to the town to buy vegetables."

Li Juan folded her hands, looked down at Zhuang Jiahan, and said with a pout:

"Cheng Xueru doesn't take her own reputation seriously. Now that Deputy Colonel Zhai and his wife have returned to the army, she is still hanging out with Zhuang Jiahan from the Zhai family all day long. I really feel sorry for her dead man."

"You, why are you worrying about my widow's affairs?" Su Hong snorted in her heart and patted Li Juan with a smile, "What seafood can you cook? Go upstairs and teach me later, or you can have lunch at our house at noon and help me make two seafood dishes."

When Su Hong begged her, Li Juan immediately changed her expression, hooked her arm and said coquettishly: "Your Wen Yiting is so lucky! Sister Hong, your teacher Wen will definitely be promoted soon. We are good sisters, so don't forget to take care of me."

Su Hong really enjoyed being flattered by Li Juan.

In the past, Xu Changhe's woman always suppressed her and never gave her face.

Who could have imagined that the fortunes of the family compound would change over time, and now the Wen family is seeing their lives becoming more and more prosperous.

In the early summer morning, the breeze is not dry.

Zhai Qingsong hurriedly took a bus to the town in the morning to send his nephew to school. When he arrived at Li Village, Cheng Xueru had already fed the pigs, chickens, ducks and poultry at home and was waiting for him.

The two of them came out of Li Village and met many aunts and uncles from the village along the way.

They all knew that Miss Cheng was going to the commune with Zhai Qingsong to get her marriage certificate that day, so when they met them, they all greeted them with a smile and said a lot of nice things.

It takes about an hour to walk from Licun to the commune.

When they arrived at the commune, many comrades there knew Cheng Xueru and greeted them warmly. The two of them went straight to the office where they were going to get their marriage certificate and handed all the documents to the comrades in the commune.

Within half an hour, the commune issued them two marriage certificates with a big red seal.

"Congratulations, Comrade Zhai! Welcome to become a fellow villager of our commune."

"Thank you..."

Cheng Xueru carefully rolled up the two marriage certificates that looked like awards, and came out of the commune, shyly asking, "Should we go back to Li Village first, or go directly to see Sister Ziru?"

Zhuang Jiahan, who had been refreshed and wearing new clothes, was extremely excited.

Looking at his young and beautiful wife, he smiled and said, "From now on, you will be the sister-in-law, so you have to call her your sister-in-law."

Cheng Xueru still couldn't change the way she addressed her. She pursed her lips and showed a gentle smile on her pretty face. "I'll change it after the banquet in a few days. She's used to calling her sister-in-law now. She won't be used to calling her sister-in-law all of a sudden."

"Yeah." A warm smile appeared on Zhuang Jiahan's masculine face.

Finally, the marriage was sealed. The two were so excited that they couldn't describe it. Cheng Xueru couldn't hide her joy and glanced at her husband who was walking beside her from time to time. "Brother Zhai, we have a banquet and invited guests. I still have to buy you a pair of leather shoes."

These past few nights, Cheng Xueru wanted to make a pair of cloth shoes for her husband, but she was short on time and had a lot of things to do at home during the day, so she couldn't do it.

Zhai Qingsong looked down at the Jiefang shoes he had just bought and said, "Leather shoes are expensive, right?"

"I'll buy it for you. Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative in town tomorrow to buy it."

“……” Zhai Qingsong felt very sorry.

Although the Cheng family did not make any excessive demands on him when he married Cheng Xueru, he still had a simple wish and wanted to see his wife wear new clothes.

Zhai Qingsong pondered it in his heart and went back home to discuss it with his younger brother and sister-in-law.

The bride should not be asked to pay for her new clothes herself.

The two were worried about losing their marriage certificate, so they decided to send it home first, put it in a big red dowry box and lock it up, then picked a basket of cucumbers, beans and pumpkins and took it to the military compound.

The corridor outside the Wen family's door on the fifth floor is very lively.

The radio was playing a news program with a loud host.

Li Juan and others went to the town to buy vegetables. They took the kitchen team's car to and from the town and returned to the army just after ten o'clock.

Huang Chunmei, Song Ling and Lin Xiaowan, the close friends of Li Juan, all made excuses to go to the Wen family to help with cooking when they saw how close Li Juan and Su Hong were.

Su Hong laughed a lot.

Wen Yiting changed into a white dress with red flowers and wore small leather shoes with high heels. She spun lightly in the room, dancing the swan dance.

Downstairs, Cheng Xueru followed Zhai Qingsong to the family compound and heard the military wives in the compound being so noisy.

I couldn't help but ask, "Are there any activities in the army today? Are they all gathering at Wen's house?"

Since he learned that the third child might have really been involved with the girl from the Wen family, Zhai Qingsong now hates the "Wen family" very much. His brows furrowed immediately. "When I sent Baoer out this morning, I hadn't heard about any activities today."

One of the military wives who were cooking in the corridor outside the Wen family's house on the fifth floor discovered Cheng Xueru.

Someone immediately patted the other military wives and said in a weird tone, "Hey! Why is Cheng Xueru coming to the compound again?"

The smiles on the faces of several military wives faded, and they all stretched their heads to look downstairs.

Huang Chunmei sneered: "Have you noticed that Cheng Xueru has been with the men of the Zhai family every time she comes to the compound recently?"

"What's the big deal? Your man is dead and you can't stand the loneliness. Instead of looking for Zhuang Jiahan from the Zhai family, you are going to look for your husband?" Li Juan glanced at the figure downstairs with deep contempt in her eyes.

Lin Xiaowan looked at the two figures following each other closely downstairs with her standard round face, "Maybe they are planning to get married."

"Ah? No way? Who told you that?" Song Ling said in surprise.

Su Hong came out of the living room, holding a plate of green apples as big as ping-pong balls, and smiled faintly, "What kind of waves can a young widow like her make? Stop looking, Commander Wen will be off work soon. If we can invite Commander Duan to dinner today, it will be your credit."

Commander Duan is such a high-ranking cadre that he can walk around in any unit in Yun Province and come to the family compound at any time.

Last night when they came back from watching a movie, they heard that the Zhai couple had a fight, which alarmed Commander Duan.

"Chunmei, hurry up and prepare the shrimps. Commander Duan might really come to have dinner with Dean Wen!" Li Juan immediately perked up her nerves.

After saying that, Li Juan took a piece of steamed rice cloth, wrapped the lid of the pot, and carefully checked whether the fish in the steamer was cooked. She was busy like a top.

Several other military wives were also happy to help her.

Zhai Qingsong carried a small bamboo basket and walked to the door of the third floor. He saw Zhao Cuilan already fiddling with the stove and seemed to be preparing lunch.

Zhao Cuilan turned around and saw Cheng Xueru, the young widow, coming to the family compound again, bringing a basket of vegetables to the Zhai family. She couldn't help but envy and said, "The countryside is still good. If you want to eat any vegetables, you just go to the fields and pick them."

If this had happened in the past, Cheng Xueru would have definitely greeted the military wives enthusiastically.

After the last incident of borrowing coal from the beehive, Cheng Xueru followed Zhai Qingsong to the door of Zhai's house and talked to them for no reason. She had no intention of paying any attention to Zhao Cuilan.

Zhai Qingsong gently opened the door and asked Cheng Xueru to knock on the door to check on his sister-in-law.

I carried a basket of vegetables to the small living room, planning to eat them at noon.

"Sister Ziru, are you feeling better?"

In the small master bedroom, Wang Ziru lay on her side on the bed with her knees bent. Her dysmenorrhea was not relieved. She even suspected that the original owner might have died from the pain.

Cheng Xueru's voice reached her ears. Wang Ziru turned around with difficulty and looked at the closed door. "Come in."

Cheng Xueru opened the door and came in, only to see Wang Ziru lying on the bed, breathing weakly. She looked very uncomfortable and her face was pale.

The smart girl noticed at a glance that Wang Ziru was lying on the bed in a posture that looked like she was holding her stomach tightly.

"Sister Ziru, do you have a stomachache? Why are you holding your stomach?"

Wang Ziru turned her face and smiled weakly, "It's my period, it's dysmenorrhea, it will be gone in a few days."

The girl understood and hurriedly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, touching Wang Ziru's cold forehead with the back of her hand. It was still a little wet, obviously she was sweating.

"Brother Zhai said you were feeling uncomfortable last night..." Cheng Xueru tried to help Wang Ziru up, but Wang Ziru had no strength at all. "It seems that you can't get better without taking medicine. I'll go to the army to find a car and take you to the town health center for a checkup. You're sweating."

"It's not that troublesome. I just need my elder brother to go to town to pick Bao Er up from school in the afternoon."

"We know! You don't have to worry about things at home. I'll go find a car." Cheng Xueru was a woman of great courage and decisiveness. She intuitively felt that Wang Ziru was seriously ill and could not be delayed. She went out and told Zhai Qingsong, then hurried to the army to find a car.

Cheng Xueru was very familiar with all the departments of the army and hurried out of the family compound.

Just then she saw a Dongfeng truck parked in front of the gate. She trotted over and saw that it was a truck carrying supplies from Kunqu District. She asked the driver, "Comrade, are you leaving soon?"

The driver was also a frequent transporter of supplies to the Ninth Division. He looked familiar with Cheng Xueru. "Yes, aren't you Comrade Cheng Xueru? What's up?"

"That's great! How long do you have left? If someone is sick in the family home, we will take your car to the town health center."

"Ah? But we have to wait until after lunch before we set off back to Kun District. If any military wife is sick, send her to the health staff for a check-up first." The driver suggested.

When Cheng Xueru heard that they had to wait until after lunch before setting off, she waved her hands and said anxiously, "My sister-in-law is sick. She felt uncomfortable since yesterday and has been lying down without eating anything until now! I'll go ask if other cars can go to the town..."

"Who is your brother's wife? No, your man Peng Zhengyu doesn't seem to have any brothers."

Several soldiers who were carrying supplies off the vehicle looked at Cheng Xueru with suspicion.

Cheng Xueru's cheeks instantly turned red, and she looked around with joy in her eyes. "My brother's wife is Deputy Colonel Zhai's wife. Oh, don't ask me. Just come to our house for the wedding banquet in a few days."

"What did you say? You are getting married again..." Several soldiers who were transporting supplies were shocked.

Someone immediately pulled Cheng Xueru aside to ask her questions carefully.

At this time, Commander Duan and Han Suijing were riding in a jeep, supervising the company's training outside and returning to the troops.

Commander Duan, who was sitting in the back seat, accidentally caught a glimpse of a soldier pulling a female comrade. The rough man's face suddenly darkened, "Han Suijing, take a look at yourself, is the atmosphere in the Ninth Division so bad?"