Wang Jingyi, with her sharp ears, overheard this and immediately retorted, "Pan Daniu, there's nothing to brag about with a little girl. Then brag about your son! He won't get any benefits from getting married, so your daughter won't need to get married in the future."
Pan Daniu was furious. "Wang Jingyi, you know perfectly well that I don't have a son, yet you still say such things. You're supposed to be the political commissar's wife, and you have no sense of propriety at all."
Wang Jingyi gave a mocking smile. "You think you're so enlightened? Listen to what you just said! You're a woman too, and a military family member. You think you're enlightened just because I'm not?"
Pan Daniu stood up abruptly. Since coming to join the army, the words she heard most often were from the women's director saying that she lacked awareness.
Now, hearing Wang Jingyi say that she lacked awareness, he couldn't stand it anymore and pointed at Wang Jingyi, shouting.
"Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're the political commissar's wife! If you've got the guts, come with me to the army base and we'll settle this!"
Wang Jingyi also stood up and retorted without backing down, "Fine, I'll go! Who's afraid of who! And please remember this: I've never thought that being the political commissar's wife is anything special. We're all serving the army, there's no difference!"
She was utterly fed up with these women. Every time she couldn't win an argument with them, they would drag Yang Guohua into it.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Yang Guohua had absolute power in the army.
Hao Chunhua stepped forward, carefully tugged at Pan Daniu's sleeve, and whispered, "Aren't you afraid your husband will divorce you if you take this to the army?"
She only occasionally took advantage of small things, and her husband wanted to divorce her.
Pan Danu doesn't have a son, so how can she have the audacity to make a scene in the army?
Besides, Wang Jingyi didn't say anything wrong.
She asked for it; others were just responding, and she started making a scene.
Pan Danu's excited expression froze instantly.
She was scared; how could she not be?
She couldn't have a son, and her husband didn't care at first.
He started to have complaints after she gave birth to three daughters in a row.
Her mother-in-law was even worse.
Once, when she returned to her hometown, her mother-in-law bluntly told her to divorce her son in front of her, adding that if she didn't want a divorce, she could stay at home and not go to the army.
Then her son announced in the military that he had divorced and was finding someone else outside.
He'll leave that woman after he has a son.
How could she possibly agree to something so absurd?
If she has another woman and a son, what business is it of hers?
Her husband actually considered it, so she threatened that if he really did it, she would report him to the military.
Let's see how he gets into the army now!
Although they were initially frightened, having only had three daughters at the time, their fourth child was also a daughter.
Her husband and mother-in-law were determined to divorce her.
Her mother also felt ashamed that she had given birth to four daughters.
Tell her to get a divorce, and then let her man marry her sister.
She said her husband was a military officer, and it wouldn't be right for him not to have a son.
It's better to marry your own sister than someone else; it'll save you from benefiting an outsider.
She had four daughters and was not entitled to postpartum confinement. She got out of bed the very next day to cook and do laundry for her family, which exhausted her health.
Once, she wasn't feeling well and secretly went to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor subtly tried to tell her that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant again.
She felt like the sky had fallen, and she kept it a secret from her husband after she got back.
If she makes a scene now, her husband will not only be angry, but he might also find out that she can't have children.
If she can't have children, tell her to go back home. If the man finds another woman outside to have a son, she will only end up getting a divorce.
She glared at Wang Jingyi, then picked up her crawling baby daughter and stormed off.
Three dirty-looking girls followed behind.
Some people shook their heads helplessly and sighed: "Pan Daniu takes care of her four children like they're fleeing a famine, and Battalion Commander Qiao doesn't even care when he sees his daughter like this."
A military wife who lived next door to Pan Dani said in a low voice, "They both favor sons over daughters. What are daughters? As long as they get food and don't starve, that's enough. The women's director came to talk to them, and they agreed. But as soon as the women's director left, Battalion Commander Qiao started yelling at his daughter, saying things like, 'You good-for-nothing, go wash the dishes!'"
"Oh, what a tragedy."
Wang Jingyi listened, her brows furrowing tightly.
When I see a few dirty kids, I usually assume they got dirty while playing outside.
Because when Yang Yimiao and Yang Yijing were little, they would come back from playing all day covered in dirt.
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