The person who ran down was Liu Ercui who lived upstairs.

When she saw Qin Hanshu, she rushed over and hid behind Qin Hanshu.

Following Liu Ercui was a short man. Although he was small, he still had the toughness of a soldier.

The man pointed at Liu Ercui and shouted angrily: "Who hit you if you keep talking nonsense, you bitch?!"

The man was Liu Ercui's husband, Zhang Lei.

"You! It's you! Look at how ferocious you are. If I hadn't run away, I would have been beaten to death by you!" Liu Ercui's voice made Qin Hanshu's ears buzz.

Qin Hanshu rubbed his ears and moved to the side.

She looked at Liu Ercui and saw that she didn't have any signs of being beaten, so she said, "Sister-in-law Ercui, if you have anything to say, just talk it out. There's nothing that can't be said between husband and wife."

Zhang Lei suppressed his anger and said to Qin Hanshu, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I'll take her back right away so as not to disturb everyone."

Liu Ercui said, "I won't go back. I have something to say to Xiao Qin."

Zhang Lei's anger flared up again and he wanted to reach out and pull Liu Ercui, but Liu Ercui was holding on to Qin Hanshu tightly and he couldn't move.

Zhang Lei glared at Liu Ercui for a while, but seeing that she was determined not to go back with him, he turned away angrily.

Liu Ercui looked at Zhang Lei's back as he strode up the stairs and snorted.

Qin Hanshu was somewhat helpless and pulled out his arm that was being held by Liu Ercui, "Sister-in-law, would you like to go home and sit for a while?"

"Come to my house. Sister Er Cui would like to have dinner together." Cao Jing heard the noise outside. She had already opened the door and stood at the door for a while. She spoke at the right time.

Liu Ercui felt very strange about Cao Jing's initiative to invite her. She felt that Cao Jing was so kind now that she didn't seem like the same person as before...

Qin Hanshu was already hungry, so he ignored the suspicion in Liu Ercui's eyes and pulled her into Cao Jing's house.

After entering, Liu Ercui was shocked to see that it was Qin Feiyang busy in the kitchen. "Mom, why is a grown man cooking?"

Qin Feiyang heard the voice, turned around, and greeted with a smile.

Cao Jing asked Liu Ercui to sit down and asked with concern: "Sister-in-law, did you have a quarrel with Captain Zhang? He didn't hit you, did he?"

Liu Ercui had an argument with the fake Cao Jing before, but there was no deep hatred between them, so she didn't take it to heart. She quickly accepted the new look of Cao Jing.

And seeing that Cao Jing was gentle and amiable, he felt a strong desire to talk. He immediately wiped his eyes, which were not crying, and started talking rapidly.

"Although he didn't hit me, I know he was just afraid of the bad influence. If it were in our countryside, I would have been beaten countless times."

Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing looked at each other and both felt that this statement was a bit exaggerated, because apart from some controversial reputation in marriage, Zhang Lei received mostly positive reviews in other aspects.

Of course, this has nothing to do with whether or not you beat your wife.

After all, in rural areas at that time, beating wives was as common as beating children, and there was no concept of domestic violence. If a man didn't beat his wife, he would probably be praised as a merit.

Qin Hanshu asked: "Then why are you quarreling?"

Speaking of this, Liu Ercui became excited. "He wanted to adopt the daughter of a comrade-in-arms. I disagreed, so he yelled at me!"

"It is said that the child's parents died, and entrusted the child to him before they died."

"But I just don't want to raise a child for someone else! You all know my family's financial situation. Every month, half of my salary is remitted back home, and the remaining money is only enough for the family to live on."

"Besides, my three kids are growing up and they want to eat more every day. How can I afford to feed one more mouth?"

"I said, does that child have no other relatives? Is it time to entrust the child to a comrade-in-arms who has no blood relationship with him? Somehow this made him angry, and he immediately glared at me, and the veins on his neck popped out!"

Liu Ercui felt really wronged.

Although a baby girl can't eat much, and her excuse that her family is poor and can't afford to raise a baby is just an excuse, but she just doesn't want to raise someone else's baby, she wants to have a daughter of her own.

She is the mistress of this family, and she has no right to speak on such matters?

It's simply that the man dislikes her and doesn't treat her as his wife at all.

Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing were not in a position to express any opinions on such family matters. They just said a few words of advice such as "Let's discuss it properly if there is anything."

Liu Ercui's purpose of confessing was not to get coping methods from others, but just to vent her emotions and forget about it after that.

Qin Hanshu pricked up his ears, then quickly ran to open the door and said to Zhou Weiguang who had just come upstairs: "Are you back? Come to my house for dinner."

Zhou Weiguang was stunned and asked reluctantly: "Why are you eating at his house again?"

Qin Hanshu said: "I came back too late from get off work and was too lazy to cook."

Zhou Weiguang said: "Then you can just take a rest and wait for me to come back and do it, right?"

Liu Ercui happened to hear these words, and was even more frightened than when she saw Qin Feiyang cooking just now.

After all, Qin Feiyang looks gentle and considerate, so it makes sense for him to help with the housework at home.

But Zhou Weiguang is a dark-faced devil. It is impossible to imagine him standing in front of the stove wearing an apron.

Liu Ercui was very envious.

She would be thankful if her husband could help her out when the oil bottle fell, let alone cook.

Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry!

Liu Ercui just wanted to complain to someone and had no intention of staying at Cao Jing's house for dinner. When she saw the food being served on the table, she stood up and left.

Qin Hanshu and Cao Jing tried their best to keep her but failed.

These days everyone has a ration of food, so it is indeed not convenient to just stay at someone else's house for a meal.

Thinking of this, Qin Hanshu thought that since he often ate at his brother and sister-in-law's house, it would be time to send some food over.

At the dinner table, Cao Jing asked, "Has any of your comrades passed away? Battalion Commander Zhang upstairs said he wants to adopt a child of a deceased comrade."

Qin Feiyang thought about it and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it. Maybe he is a retired comrade? So many people come and go every year, and we may not know the people he knows."

Cao Jing said no more about this matter.