Chapter 55 Something Happened at Home
Lu Chen took off his coat and hung it on the hanger on the wall, then took the broom from Xu Nuo: "I'll do it, you take a rest."
"I'm not tired." Xu Nuo saw the beads of sweat on his forehead, "Go wash your face first to cool down. I've bought the food, and I'll make spicy hot pot for you when Wu Yue comes."
"No need." Lu Chen took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his sweat, saying, "Wu Yue won't be coming tonight."
"Ah? What's wrong?"
"There is a mission in the army, so he went on a mission." Lu Chen took the broom from her hand and finished the rest of the cleaning. "Sit down first, I have something to tell you."
His expression today is so serious, very different from usual.
Normally, there was almost no expression on his face, but it was more of a calmness, but not today.
"Did something happen? You don't look well..." she asked tentatively.
"There are indeed some things. Two things. The first is about you and Liao Hong. The second is something that happened at home. Let's talk about the first thing first."
"Oh." His tone and speaking attitude made Xu Nuo sit up straight, like a primary school student listening to his teacher's lecture.
Lu Chen seemed to realize this, his expression softened a little, and he tried to make his voice sound less cold: "Relax, I'm not holding a meeting for you. I just want to discuss two things with you."
Xu Nuo nodded repeatedly: "Well, okay, go ahead."
Although she agreed, Lu Chen still observed that her back was always straight.
This is not how she usually looks when she is relaxed.
Am I still too strict?
It seems that he needs to pay more attention to his emotional problems in the future. He must always remind himself that he is facing his wife, not his soldiers.
In fact, Xu Nuo was not what he thought.
She wasn't nervous or afraid.
The main reason was that Lu Chen was too serious, and he sat upright, as if he was going to hold a meeting. If he was too relaxed, wouldn't it seem a bit disrespectful to him?
"Xu Nuo, I'm sorry." Lu Chen apologized first. "I didn't know much about what happened between you and Liao Hong these days. And you went to the military hospital today to deal with the comic book issue. I only heard about it from other people. I am not a good husband."
As soon as he opened his mouth, it sounded like he was making a self-criticism, which really scared Xu Nuo.
"No, no, no." She waved her hands hastily. "This is not your fault. I didn't tell you. I think I can handle this matter well. There's no need to trouble you. There are many things to do in the army. You should focus your main energy there."
"Trouble?" Lu Chen grasped these two words, "Do you think you are bothering me?"
"Isn't it...isn't it?"
Lu Chen pursed his thin lips and said nothing.
The word "trouble" is only used between strangers. He is her husband, and they should support each other in life.
It's only natural that she relies on him.
She said thank you for the trouble, which proved that in her heart, he was still a relatively stranger.
Lu Chen adjusted his mood and continued, "I have already mentioned Liao Hong's matter to her brother. Expulsion and apology are both necessary. She will come over to apologize to you in person tonight!"
"Thank you!" Xu Nuo said with a slight smile on his face.
Lu Chen couldn't help but want to frown, but suddenly remembered that his serious expression just now had made her nervous, so she suppressed the impulse: "You and I are husband and wife, there is no need to be so polite between us."
"What about the other thing?" Xu Nuo asked.
Compared to this matter, she was more concerned about the second matter.
"There's something wrong with Zhang Qiang and Xu Shan's marriage."
Xu Nuo didn't really want to care about the affairs of Xu Laoer's family. However, since Lu Chen specifically brought up this matter, she knew there must be something wrong, and it was definitely not as simple as this sentence.
"What's the trouble?"
Lu Chen gave Xu Nuo a brief account of the whole story.
Xu Shan wanted to break up the marriage that Xu Nuo had promised, but failed. She was unwilling to go back to the village and live a life of hard work, so she secretly hooked up with Zhang Qiang.
What she wanted was that Zhang Qiang was a factory worker, earning several dozen yuan a month.
Furthermore, Zhang Qiang is Zhang Man’s brother, and Zhang Man is the daughter-in-law of the Lu family. In this way, Xu Shan is still related to the Lu family.
She fantasized that with the support of the Lu family, she would not only be able to live a good life, but also be able to show off in front of others.
After all, Lu Huaizheng is a big leader.
The two of them went to bed after only meeting a few times.
Zhang Qiang was simply greedy for Xu Shan's body. Although she was not very good-looking, she was young, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, so she must be very attractive.
Xu Shan's brain is filled with water and her heart is blinded by greed.
She was thinking that she had given her body to Zhang Qiang, and if she got pregnant again, Zhang Qiang would not be able to deny it even if he wanted to.
If Zhang Qiang dares to deny it, the Lu family will not let her off.
At first, Zhang Qiang also wanted to marry her.
He has a bad character. He is already thirty years old and is burdened by his bad reputation, so he cannot find a wife.
Now that Xu Shan is pregnant, it's a good opportunity for me to marry her and have a baby soon after marriage. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?
Zhang Man was very happy, and the old lady of the Zhang family was also very happy. They were happily preparing to get married.
But there was a problem with Xu Shan. The Xu brothers were too mischievous.
When Xu Nuo was sold, they got 500 yuan. The couple spent a lot of money on it. Director Xie kept coming to collect the debt, but the couple still refused to pay.
Xu Nuo once gave Director Xie an idea, asking him to move things to pay off the debt, or to let Xie Dabao live in Xu's house and return when he has made enough money.
After the move, Xu Laoer's house was completely empty, with only a big black pot left. Xie Dabao was also left behind.
As a result, after only a few days of living there, the second son and his wife of the Xu family failed to keep a close eye on the house, and Xie Dabao accidentally ate rat poison.
Xie Dabao almost died, luckily it was discovered early.
He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment for half a day and stayed in the hospital for another half a month, which cost a lot of money.
Naturally, this account will be counted on the Xu family, and Xu Laoer owes the family another debt for the famine.
When they heard that Xu Shan was getting married, the couple wanted to make a fortune and asked for a dowry of 500 yuan.
No matter what the Zhang family said, the bride price cannot be less than a penny.
Xu Laoer was relying on the baby in Xu Shan's belly to threaten the Zhang family, saying that if they didn't get the bride price, they wouldn't get married and wouldn't have the baby in her belly.
Zhang Qiang was annoyed.
In a fit of anger, he fell in love with a widow.
The widow was originally infertile, and she was with Zhang Qiang because her husband had been dead for more than ten years and she felt lonely.
The two of them had been having a passionate time together for a while when the widow suddenly started to vomit. She went to the hospital for a check-up and found out that she was pregnant.
The widow was willing to marry Zhang Qiang without paying a penny, and he even gave her a dowry and a house.
When Xu Laoer's family found out, they refused to accept the situation and went to find Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qiang couldn't find Zhang Man, so he went to the military compound to look for Zhang Man.
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