Knowing that there was no hope for a temporary divorce, Zheng Baozhu couldn't sleep.
I saw the unopened letter on the table and picked it up out of boredom.
As expected, Zheng Baoyi described in the letter how good her husband and in-laws were to her after marriage.
Zheng Baozhu looked at the letter without any emotion.
You are really bored. Don't you know there is a saying that those who show off their affection will die sooner?
At the end of the letter, Zheng Baoyi said that when she saw the down jacket she gave to her grandfather, which was very light and warm, she wanted to buy one for her father-in-law as well. However, it was not available in Beijing, so she asked Zheng Baozhu to help buy one and send it back.
Haha, you asked someone to help you buy clothes but didn’t ask for money. It’s yours!
…
Zheng Baozhu didn't remember when she went to bed, but when she woke up, Song Sicheng was eating alone.
Seeing Zheng Baozhu wake up, Song Sicheng handed her a steamed bun and said, "Mom, you're awake. You must be hungry. Eat the steamed bun."
Zheng Baozhu took the steamed bun and asked, "Did your father make you some rice?"
"Dad was busy with something, so I went to call myself."
Song Sicheng said as he held a wooden box and handed it to Zheng Baozhu: "Mom, this is what Dad asked me to give to you."
After taking the wooden box and opening it, Zheng Baozhu saw a lot of money inside.
Song Sicheng said: "Dad said that this is all his savings, and he will give it all to you when he gets his salary in the future."
Not to mention that she has her own space and a whole villa, the dowry given to her by the Zheng family alone is also a lot. Zheng Baozhu doesn't care about Song Zhiting's money.
Accepting his money means that you want to continue to maintain a marital relationship with him.
Zheng Baozhu put the box on the table and said to Song Sicheng, "Return this to Dad tomorrow morning. Mom has money and doesn't need it."
Song Sicheng raised his little face and asked with some worry on his face: "Mom, are you angry with Dad?"
"No."
"But my aunt manages my uncle's money, and my grandpa's money is also managed by my grandma. If you're not angry, why don't you manage the family's money?"
Zheng Baozhu didn't know how to explain to a child, so she said, "This is an adult matter. Every family has its own way of getting along. You just need to study hard."
"Mom, I don't want to be a motherless child, please don't abandon me..."
Seeing tears welling up in Song Sicheng's eyes, Zheng Baozhu's eyes also became moist as she recalled how she had begged her parents in the same way when they passed away.
She stood up and held Song Sicheng in her arms: "Mom will not abandon you."
Song Sicheng quickly hooked Zheng Baozhu's little finger: "Pin it together and don't change it for a hundred years!"
…
Ding Peizhi came to visit and found that something was wrong with Zheng Baozhu.
"Baozhu, are you having sex?"
Zheng Baozhu shook her head.
"Are you angry that Captain Song comes home late every day?"
Zheng Baozhu shook her head again.
"Is it because the weather is too cold to go out to the market, and you feel bored staying indoors?"
Zheng Baozhu still shook her head.
She is usually a cheerful person, but now she looks listless. Ding Peizhi suspects that Zheng Baozhu is sick and wants to take her to the infirmary.
"Sister Ding, I'm not sick, I just suddenly lose hope for the future."
"How can you not see hope? Your marriage to Captain Song has just begun. You will have children in the future. You can educate them, let them grow up, study, and start a family. These are all hopes."
Zheng Baozhu remained silent.
…
When Song Sicheng came home from school, he saw Zheng Baozhu in a daze. He opened the stove, took out five vegetable buns and put them on the pot to steam.
Zheng Baozhu saw it and then realized: "Sicheng is back, mom forgot to cook, I'll go to the cafeteria to get food."
Song Sicheng pulled Zheng Baozhu who had stood up and said, "Mom, I just like the food you cook."
"But mom didn't cook."
"You don't need to eat vegetables when eating buns. I have two and mom has three. It's enough for us."
This child is too sensible. This is also the reason why Zheng Baozhu cannot make up his mind to leave the army immediately.
Zheng Baozhu took Song Sicheng's hand and asked tentatively: "Sicheng, if, I mean if, your father and I separate, would you be willing to live with me?"
Song Sicheng said without hesitation: "Of course I will be with my mother. A child with a mother is a treasure. I want to be my mother's baby."
It was so sentimental that Zheng Baozhu couldn't help but have tears in her eyes and hugged Song Sicheng in her arms.
"Just be your mommy's baby."
Once people have something to rely on, their mood will be different.
Zheng Baozhu now has a goal to strive for.
The room was heated by a stove, or you had to sit in bed. Being locked in the room every day was undoubtedly torture for an active person.
I had always thought that I would leave sooner or later, so I didn’t have any requirements for where I lived.
If they cannot divorce by the end of the year, she will have to stay in the army, and Zheng Baozhu is thinking about renovating her living place to make it more comfortable.
…
He went to the market, found a carpenter, and made a small bed one meter wide. He then found a blacksmith, gave him a blueprint, and asked the blacksmith to make a stove with an iron chimney.
Seeing Zheng Baozhu carrying a stove and someone behind her pulling a small bed on a flatbed, Ding Peizhi asked, "Don't you have all these at home? Why are you buying more?"
Zheng Baozhu said: "The crib is for Sicheng. I'll put it in my room first so he can learn to be independent. The stove is specially customized for cooking and heating. The long smoke pipe has a large heat dissipation area, which can make the temperature in the room higher."
After the installation was completed, coal briquettes were burned and the temperature in the room rose quickly.
When Ding Peizhi came over, she clearly felt that it was much warmer than her own room, and she could no longer wear her cotton jacket.
The wives of soldiers living in the family compound also learned the news. They went to Zheng Baozhu's room to experience it and all wanted to buy a stove like this.
Zheng Baozhu gave everyone the blacksmith's address.
Every family went to customize one, except Captain Zhou's family.
Seeing that everyone was installing heaters, Zhao Li muttered, "It's always cold in winter. It will pass if you just bear with it. It's a waste of money to buy a heater."
Zhou Xiaoming finished his homework at someone else's house and went home, shouting that it was cold at home.
"If you're cold, stay in bed."
"Xiao Qiang's house is warm even without a cotton-padded jacket, but our house is like an ice cave."
"Nonsense, there's a stove burning in the house too."
"If you don't believe me, go to Xiaoqiang's house and take a look."
Zhao Li didn't believe it, but when she arrived at Political Commissar Qiu's house, she was hit by a heat wave as soon as she entered the door.
When I returned home, it really felt like I had entered an ice cave.
Song Zhiting also has the same feeling.
When he came back in the middle of the night, Political Commissar Qiu called him to his home to drink a bowl of hot soup before going to bed. When he returned to his room, he found that there was not even an ordinary stove in his room. It was almost like one summer and one winter in Political Commissar Qiu's home.
Fortunately, he is a soldier with strong physique and resistance to cold, so he can sleep still wrapped in a quilt.
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