Chapter 4: Uncle comes to the house to divide the family (begging for a golden ticket)
After Chen Jintao felt better, the two left the state-owned restaurant. The girl sighed to her colleague, "It would be great if I could find a partner who was a soldier. People say that soldiers are rough, but I think they are very careful."
This made all the colleagues laugh, and they said that this girl was shameless and dared to say anything.
Chen Jintao was brought to the department store in the county town by Huo Beichuan, and the two began to choose things for their wedding.
Candies and snacks are indispensable items. Although weddings are simple in this era, Huo Beichuan still bought a lot of them, saying that he wanted everyone to share in the good fortune.
Chen Jintao felt more and more that her dream was unreal. In the dream, when Chen Chunmiao and Huo Beichuan got married, all these matters were handled by Liu Guifen, but there was no news that he personally brought Chen Chunmiao to buy things.
"I have another watch ticket here. It may be too late to prepare it now. I will buy you a watch first. When you go to the army, I will make up for it for you."
After buying those miscellaneous small items, Huo Beichuan led the person to the watch counter.
But Shen Jintao's focus was not here, "You want to take me with you to join the army?"
"You are my wife, so of course you have to follow the army." Huo Beichuan answered without even thinking.
Chen Jintao was silent. In her dream, Chen Chunmiao was not with the army. It seemed that everything was different. But the dream was so real that she could still remember the heart-wrenching feeling when she discovered the truth. She was a little confused.
She didn't like being a soldier before, thinking that he was not as educated as the educated youth. But after just half a day of contact, Shen Jintao unexpectedly felt that this man was quite good.
Even though Shen Jintao repeatedly said that there was no need to buy a watch, Huo Beichuan still forcefully bought her one and put it on her directly, not allowing her to take it off.
The two of them bought a lot of things and went home. Before they even got home, an enthusiastic aunt shouted at Chen Jintao, "Tao'er, go home quickly. Your uncle and his friends are here, and they're about to fight with your second uncle and his friends!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jintao rushed home.
Huo Beichuan also hurriedly followed behind him, not even bothering to put his things back home.
"You are a family of black-hearted and rotten-assed people. Do you really think that there is no one left in our Xu family? Today I will see who dares to bully my niece!"
When Chen Jintao got home, she saw that all three uncles and aunts had come. The first one to come was her eldest aunt Zhang Qin, who was pulling Xie Lanzhi's hair at the moment, "Call that black-hearted girl of yours to come out. She pushed my Taozi with that hand, and I'm going to cut off her arm today!"
Xu Xuemei was extremely satisfied with her sister-in-law's fighting ability. She folded her arms and watched the show from the side, adding fuel to the fire. "That's right. If Taozi hadn't woken up and said that she pushed it, and that there were footprints by the river, that damn girl would not admit it!"
Upon hearing what her sister-in-law said, Zhang Qin used even more force in her hands, almost tearing Xie Lanzhi's scalp off.
"Let go! Let go now!"
"That girl isn't at home, don't take your anger out on me!"
Xie Lanzhi was about to cry, but her husband was caught by the arms by the three rough men from Old Xu's family and could not save himself.
"Old man, what are you doing?" Wang Lanxiu looked at Xu Xuemei with a sullen face.
"Mom, don't blame me for this. You've seen it too. The second brother's family never treated us as brothers. Chen Chunmiao, that damn girl, could do something like that. We don't dare live together anymore. We might get killed one day."
Xu Xuemei got straight to the point.
"So you want to split up the family?" Wang Xiulan's face turned dark. When it comes to work, no one in this family is better than Xu Xuemei and Shen Jianmin. Even Shen Jidong, who is only 13 years old, is a good worker.
If they really separated, the second brother's family would not have such an easy life.
"Yes, we must separate the family!"
Xu Xuemei was very calm. Now that the matter had been exposed, no one could accuse them of anything wrong.
"Where's the boss? You just let your wife make such a fuss?"
When Shen Jianmin heard his mother mention his name, he also expressed his opinion, "We usually live together, and I don't care who works more and who works less, but Chen Chunmiao clearly wants to kill me, Taozi. This family must be divided."
Chen Jintao was somewhat touched. Her parents would do this for her. Thinking of their fate in the dream, even if it was just a dream, she felt a pang of pain.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh. I have something to do at home. Why don't you go back first?" Chen Jintao looked at Huo Beichuan.
Huo Beichuan shook his head. "We're getting married soon. You don't have to be so clear with me. What do you think about Chen Chunmiao?"
Shen Jintao understood what he meant. In fact, Shen Chunmiao was just stupid. There were people walking by the river every day. Even if there were footprints, it would be impossible to check them one by one, so the possibility of conviction was not high.
But she showed her cowardice, which was enough for Shen Jintao. She just wanted others to believe her. She was not afraid even if the police came and said there was insufficient evidence. Shen Chunmiao's guilty conscience explained everything.
"In fact, even if we really call the police, they may not be able to convict her. There are so many people by the river, and their footprints would have been wiped out long ago. Of course I just blew her up, but I didn't expect her psychological quality to be so poor." Chen Jintao smiled. She didn't want to let Huo Beichuan waste his energy because of her own affairs. The most important thing was that he was a soldier. If he used his connections to send someone in, it might have an impact on him.
Huo Beichuan thought about it and decided to respect Shen Jintao's decision. "I will report back to the army immediately. I will come back to pick you up after the housing application is approved."
Let her continue to live in the team. Even though she is being watched by parents from both sides, I still feel uneasy.
The fighting power of the three uncles and aunt of the Xu family is really not to be underestimated. After Shen Jianmin also made his position clear, Wang Lanxiu had no other choice but to ask for help from her husband, hoping that he could say something to prevent the family from being divided like this.
Mr. Shen's words do carry weight. Even Xu Xuemei respects this father-in-law very much, but it is only because he knows what he is doing.
Mr. Shen sighed and said, "Let's divide it!"
He knew that the family could not be separated. If they continued to live together, even brothers would become enemies.
There have been a lot of new things happening in the Shen family these past two days. Soon, the news of the Shen family's division spread among the aunties in the village. For a while, the Shen family's affairs dominated the "entertainment headlines" of the Huaxi Brigade.
There was actually nothing much to divide in this house, so several respected elders in the village were invited to act as witnesses, and the household belongings, except for what belonged to the old couple, were divided equally into two parts.
But Xu Xuemei didn't want the house anymore, and she wanted to take an extra 50 yuan when the money was divided. After Chen Jintao and Huo Beichuan got married, she would find a piece of land and build her own house.
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