Shuying, who was cooking dinner in the Chen family's yard, was unaware of the uproar his exam score had caused in the military district.
To her, this is not the college entrance examination, so it's no big deal.
The problem is that a high school degree is already a very impressive thing in this day and age, and her score in this recruitment exam is the highest ever.
Principal Zhou asked her to change from teaching in primary school to teaching in middle school. Everyone was talking about how capable Chen Tuanjia was, otherwise how could she teach in middle school?
With Xia Lina's instigation, more and more people started talking about her matter, which gradually caused a huge sensation and discussion in the military area.
Shuying was concentrating on making dinner at home.
For dinner, Shuying had already prepared two dishes, one was stewed eggplant with long beans, one was scrambled eggs with green peppers, and the last dish was steamed fish.
She cooked the fish that Mrs. Liang gave her. She heard some noise in the main room and saw Shuying placing the steamed fish on the stove nearby.
Turning around, she saw a tall man leaning against the door, staring at her intently. Without thinking much, Shuying asked the man to bring the other two dishes to the table in the main room.
While Chen Xi was serving the dishes, Shuying washed the chopping board, sprinkled the chopped coriander and green onions on the steamed fish, added oil to the hot pan, waited for the oil to heat up, and poured the hot oil to stimulate the aroma.
Shuying took a bite with her chopsticks and found it particularly fresh and delicious. She put down her chopsticks and was about to take the dish out.
The man's deep voice came from behind her: "I'll do it!"
Shuying picked up another piece of fish with chopsticks and fed it to the man, saying, "Try it and see how it tastes."
Chen Xi opened his mouth and ate the fish that his wife fed him. The fresh and fragrant fish was very tasty and tender, and was especially delicious.
He was also used to the taste of coriander. Chen Xi took a bite and found it tasted very good. He liked it.
"Are you used to it?" She was afraid that the man was not used to eating coriander, but steamed fish without coriander would be soulless. If the man was not used to eating coriander, she would not put coriander in it in the future.
"Delicious!" The man gave a thumbs up.
Shuying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as you like to eat it, it's fine."
While washing the pot, Shuying asked her husband to go next door and bring the child over for dinner. The child had just come home from school and was taken to the Gao family next door to play by the three Gao brothers.
After waiting for the man to pick up the children and wash the pot, Shuying went to wash her hair first.
Her hair is long and thick, which is very difficult to manage, so she simply washes her hair before meals and takes a shower after meals.
After putting half a drop of nectar in warm water, Shuying secretly used the shampoo she redeemed from the mall to wash her hair. Now that she had soap, she was not afraid of being caught.
When she came to join the army, she found soap for sale in a department store in Anping County. Nowadays, soap is imported from big cities and is very expensive and a rare commodity. A bar of soap costs several yuan, and very few people are willing to buy it.
Knowing that the department store had soap, she simply exchanged a bar of soap from the mall for her husband and children to take a bath.
Shuying's head was covered with bubbles from the shower. She heard her child talking to her husband and waited for the two, one big and one small, to enter the main room.
Chen Xi strode over and asked in a deep voice, "Are you washing your hair?"
Shuying was making bubbles and nodded, telling the two to eat first. She immediately washed her hair and came to have dinner.
“No rush!”
"Auntie!" Chen Yi's excited voice came, and he walked to the backyard door and talked to her while gesturing. Just now when he was playing in the Gao family yard, he smelled a special fragrance in the house.
The Gao brothers also asked him what he was going to cook for dinner.
Chen Yi said proudly: "I told them that we were having fish tonight, and Gao Yuan's mouth was watering! He even wanted to go home with me, but his mother spanked him!"
Mrs. Gao was very nice to her, and Shuying asked him to bring Gao Yuan home for dinner next time.
Chen Yi nodded.
"Aunt, our food is so delicious, much more delicious than Gao Yuan's. Gao Yuan said his father would sigh every day when he smelled the aroma of our food!" After a slight pause, Chen Yi quickly said in a baby voice, "But Gao Yuan said his mother also bought some meat today and wants to make steamed buns as delicious as ours last time."
It was obvious that Chen Yi had not forgotten the delicious taste of Roujiamo. He looked at her with sparkling eyes. Shuying said that she would make Roujiamo for him if she was free in the next two days.
Chen Yi's little face was filled with bright smiles as she jumped up and down.
Shuying had just splashed the water from washing, and the man used a ladle to scoop hot water and poured it into the basin.
Putting the melon gourd aside, Chen Xi didn't rush to eat. He washed his wife's hair and let Chen Yi eat first.
Shuying didn't want this man to wash her hair at all. She was just rinsing it for the second time and let him eat it.
There was fish on the table, and she was worried that the child would eat the fish bones by himself, so she asked him to accompany the child to eat.
Chen Yi was very greedy, but he said, "Auntie, I'll wait for you to eat!"
As he spoke, the boy also wanted to join in the fun and wash Shuying's hair, and play with water at the same time, but Chen Xi quickly grabbed his hand.
Chen Xi's face darkened, and his cold brows revealed majesty. Chen Yi, who wanted to play in the water, was immediately molested by his uncle's cold glance and immediately obeyed.
Shuying had to rinse her hair faster and wrapped it with a dry towel. Chen Xi poured off the water, and Shuying took the child and the man to the main room to have dinner.
The dinner was still delicious, the fish was still hot, and Shuying picked out the tender, boneless fish meat for the children.
Chen Yi's cheeks were bulging as he ate a mouthful of rice and a mouthful of fish, and he was enjoying the meal so much.
Chen Xi looked at his wife with a serious gaze, but unfortunately Shuying's attention was on the child. After a while, the man's eyes never left her face.
Shuying quickly put a piece of fish into the man's bowl. Chen Xi ate it. Chen Yi said proudly in a baby voice, "Auntie likes me more!"
Chen Xi ignored the boy and kept his eyes on her. His gaze was so hot that he heard the man ask in a deep voice, "Don't you have anything to say?"
Shuying: “…” What should she say?
"Are you tired from training today?" Shuying casually found a topic while eating.
Chen Xi didn't reply, but asked, "Have you been staying at home since the exam today?"
Shuying nodded: "There's some weeds growing in the vegetable garden at home, we have to pull them out!"
"How did the recruitment exam go?" Chen Xi asked.
"Not bad! Principal Zhou asked me to go to school to teach next Monday!" Shuying nodded.
The original intention of Shuying recruitment is not the college entrance examination, there is no need to make it known to everyone.
"All right? I heard from the sisters-in-law that you got full marks in both subjects?" Chen Xi's thin lips finally curled up, and his cold and hard features made the question sound exceptionally gentle.
Shuying only thought that it was Sister Gao who spread the news to her. She wanted to cover her face: "Many sisters-in-law know about it?" How come even her husband knows about it?
Isn't Mrs. Gao really good at publicity?
She didn't think much of her having scored 100 in the entrance exam. After all, it was too unreasonable for her, a graduate of a key university, to not even do well in the junior high school exam.
After a slight pause, Shuying simply said that the eldest daughter-in-law of Political Commissar Liang had taken the wrong junior high school test paper today. She happened to have done well in the test, so Principal Zhou asked her to teach junior high school from elementary school.
In addition, the monthly salary was 35 yuan plus 38 kilograms of food coupons.
The salary was quite high, so she agreed: "What do you think of me teaching in junior high school?"
To be honest, Chen Xi was really surprised by his wife's test results. He had never thought she could get such a high score.
Just as his sisters-in-law outside said, if the college entrance examination had not been cancelled, his wife would have most likely been admitted to university, and it would not be so easy for him to get married.
Chen Xi was in a very good mood: "Whether you want to teach or stay at home is up to you!"
Shuying nodded: "Okay!"
"You can go out for a walk when you have time!" By this time his wife had become famous in the military area.
Shuying didn't think much about it, she just thought that the other party wanted her to hang out more with the sisters-in-law in the military district, so she nodded.
But during the meal, she found that the man's eyes fell on her from time to time, and the way his eyes looked at her revealed other meanings that she could not understand!
Tree Shadow: “…”
After dinner, the man went to wash the dishes.
Shuying took the child to wash his hair and take a bath.
Washed the child's hair, gave him a bath and changed his clothes.
Shuying let the child play in the front yard and went to the bedroom to get clothes. Just as she was about to take a shower, there was a knock on the door.
Not long after, Chen Yi's voice was heard: "Auntie, a bad woman is here!"
Shuying hurried out. Political Commissar Ye laughed out loud at Chen Yi's call of "bad woman", and Liu Shujuan looked particularly unhappy.
Shuying was surprised that Political Commissar Ye and Liu Shujuan came to her house so late.
Chen Yi hurriedly ran to Shuying and stretched out her arms to hug him. When Shuying picked him up, the boy immediately whispered in her ear, "I don't like this bad woman. This bad woman is in cahoots with that bad woman!"
Shuying guessed that the other bad woman the child was talking about should be Liu Jiao.
Chen Yi said that she complained secretly, but the voice of her complaint was quite loud, which made Political Commissar Ye even happier. However, Liu Shujuan was so angry that her face turned pale when Commander Chen's grandson kept calling her a "bad woman".
She thought the child was abnormal before, but now he seems a little more normal, what a vicious mouth!
No wonder this boy is so unpopular and abused by Su Qinhong, he deserves it!
Liu Shujuan immediately said, "Comrade Yang, how could you teach Commander Chen's grandson like this? This is unacceptable. Before I came here, Commander Chen and Madam Chen repeatedly asked me to help look after the child. If you teach the child like this, I, your aunt, can't explain to Commander Chen and Madam Chen on your behalf!"
Seeing that the other party was using her parents-in-law as a token of authority, Shuying responded calmly: "I think my child is fine! As for Comrade Liu, I really can't understand why she was so attentive to my child every day. I was married to my husband and got the marriage certificate, and I thought she wanted to use the child to destroy my military marriage with my husband!"
Liu Shujuan was speechless and felt guilty. Of course she couldn't admit it, for fear that her words would damage her niece's reputation.
Her niece was looking for a date recently, so she looked around and saw that there was no one around. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chen Tuan, don't say that. My niece is looking for a date recently. There is no way she can ruin your military marriage with Chen Tuan."
Shuying looked a little surprised. Chen Xi came out after washing the dishes. Liu Shujuan wanted to scold her harshly and complain to Chen Tuan, but Political Commissar Ye was there and knew everything. Liu Shujuan couldn't scold the female comrade in front of her for falsely accusing others.
Political Commissar Ye now knew that his daughter-in-law's niece had not given up on the married Chen Tuan, so his face darkened. He stopped Liu Shujuan from talking nonsense and asked her to apologize. He said to Shuying, "Chen's daughter-in-law, it was Uncle Ye who did not teach her well, and she caused trouble!"
Political Commissar Ye specifically said that this time he came to spread rumors of child abuse.
Political Commissar Ye said that Liu Shujuan felt ashamed, but as an elder, how could she be willing to apologize to a younger person?
Chen Xi had a strong aura. He walked up to Political Commissar Ye and nodded. His cold and sharp eyes fell on Liu Shujuan again.
Although the only son of Commander Chen was a whole generation younger than her, Liu Shujuan had always been afraid of him, thinking that he was too cold and difficult to get along with.
Seeing that Liu Shujuan had not apologized for a long time, Political Commissar Ye became impatient and threatened her coldly, asking her if she wanted to return to Kyoto.
Liu Shujuan forced a smile on her frightened face and whispered to Shuying, "Mrs. Chen, it's your fault. You shouldn't have spread rumors. You didn't mean it. My Shu Ning has always said that you have a very good temper. You will definitely forgive me!"
Shuying looked at the man beside her with sparkling eyes. Liu Jiao suddenly looked at someone else, and even Political Commissar Ye's wife came to apologize to her. It was obviously the work of the man beside her.
Political Commissar Ye and Liu Shujuan were there, so Shuying didn't dare to ask too much. However, the tone of Political Commissar Ye's wife was too bitchy. Not only did she not have any sincerity, she also didn't forget to bring up Ye Shuning.
She pretended not to know that Liu Jiao was trying to undermine her, and deliberately said in a surprised and unbelievable voice: "Auntie Ye, whether I have a good temper or not has nothing to do with you. I don't think I have any grudge against you. You are my elder, and I have always respected you. Before this, I never thought that you were the one making up the rumor about me. Auntie Ye, I just want to ask what grudge we have that made you make up the rumor about me?"
Liu Shujuan just wanted to resolve the matter immediately and put it behind her. She didn't want other people to know about it. She couldn't afford to lose face. However, Commander Chen's daughter-in-law's loud voice frightened Liu Shujuan so much that she turned pale and looked around hurriedly.
Shuying took in Liu Shujuan's frightened expression. He wanted to laugh, but he continued to speak loudly, "Everyone in the military region thought I was abusing children before. I've heard people scold me a lot. Auntie Ye, do you want me to just deny it with just a few words?"
Chen Xi took the child from his wife's arms. He originally wanted to make the decision for his wife, but he found that his wife was not inferior to Ye Zhengwei's wife. There was a little more smile in his eyes. Chen Yi looked at Shuying with shining eyes.
Political Commissar Ye felt very guilty at this moment. To be honest, if Chen Tuan's wife had not helped him keep his daughter, he didn't know how he would have persuaded his daughter to kiss him and let his sons get close to him.
Who would have thought that after Chen Tuan's wife helped him so much, his wife and niece actually wanted to steal his friendship and destroy his military marriage.
If Liu Jiao had not agreed to find a man and get married immediately, Political Commissar Ye would never have kept her in the military region.
However, since Liu Jiao agreed to get married, it would be inappropriate for Political Commissar Ye to expose the matter now and damage her reputation.
Liu Shujuan was extremely angry after hearing this, especially when Mrs. Gao from next door came out and asked what happened. Liu Shujuan was shocked.
Just as I was about to reply, I heard Commander Chen's daughter-in-law complain first: "Sister-in-law, I'm fine. I always thought it was Xia Lina who spread the rumor, but tonight I found out that it was Aunt Ye who spread the rumor about me first!"
Shuying looked very sad. After hearing her complain to others, Liu Shujuan saw that Mrs. Gao's eyes had changed when she looked at her. She was so angry that she felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Although Xia Lina had previously implicated Liu Shujuan, Liu Shujuan has always denied it, saying that she believed the rumors from others.
The other wives in the military region all believed it, and although they talked about her, it had little impact on her reputation.
But if it was Ye Zhengwei's wife who first spread the rumor about Yang Meizi, then this matter is completely different.
With Political Commissar Ye here, Shuying couldn't afford to be too disrespectful to Liu Shujuan, so he said to Sister Gao, "Isn't it Aunt Ye who came to apologize to me in person this time?"
Mrs. Gao's eyes flickered. Seeing that Political Commissar Ye was there, she didn't know what to say. But she couldn't hold back such a big piece of gossip, so she said to Shuying, "Sister Yang, I'm going to go outside for a walk first!"
On weekdays when the weather is good, everyone is used to going outside for a walk and gossiping after dinner.
Shuying didn't need to think too much to know that Mrs. Gao must have gone gossiping with other people in the military region.
Shuying could think of it, and Liu Shujuan could certainly think of it. After Mrs. Gao hurried away, thinking that Mrs. Gao might have spread the rumor about Commander Chen's daughter-in-law to everyone, the color on Liu Shujuan's face gradually faded, and she was shaking with anger, wishing she could faint immediately.
After this, Liu Shujuan really didn't dare to act like a troublemaker anymore and apologized honestly.
Thinking that Liu Shujuan would have no reputation after Mrs. Gao's announcement this evening, Shuying was very "generous" and didn't care: "Auntie Ye, although I have suffered a lot, I'm fine now!" The bitch rushed to Ye Zhengwei angrily and said: "Political Commissar Ye, please don't blame Auntie Ye!"
Political Commissar Ye felt more and more guilty.
Liu Shujuan was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood when she heard this familiar bitch-like tone. She now really felt that the daughter-in-law married by Commander Chen was too scheming and was better at pretending to be a good person than she was. She regretted very much that she had underestimated her just now.
Before the couple left, Political Commissar Ye thanked her again for helping to keep his daughter in the military district. He also talked about how his daughter had become enlightened after she persuaded her daughter to go to the military district, and how the two brothers who were persuaded were willing to be close to him.
Speaking of this, Political Commissar Ye's heart was filled with gratitude and amazement. If it weren't for the wrong timing and the excessive rumors his own wife had spread about Commander Chen's daughter-in-law, he would have wanted to ask her what she had said to his daughter.
Chen Xi looked at his wife frequently, as if he was thinking about something!
Political Commissar Ye is now very happy to let his daughter spend time with Commander Chen's daughter-in-law. He hopes that his daughter will become more sensible after spending more time with Commander Chen's daughter-in-law. He said enthusiastically: "Daughter-in-law of the Chen family, if you have time, you can go to my Shu Ning to spend more time. She has a stubborn temper, so you have to be more patient!"
Political Commissar Ye also told her to come to him directly if she had any problems in the future. At the same time, he kept telling Chen Xi that he had married a really good wife and kept praising Chen Xi for his good taste. He also told Shuying that he had already sent several telegrams to Commander Chen and his wife to praise and thank her.
Shuying was stunned.
As for Liu Shujuan, she was shocked. She never dreamed that her own father Ye's closeness with his two sons was the work of his daughter-in-law, Commander Chen. She also heard that Political Commissar Ye had sent several telegrams to Commander Chen and his wife praising his daughter-in-law.
Just now she was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, but now she was really angry and her heart ached. A rusty smell was stuck in her throat and couldn't go up or down. Her heart ached in waves, her face turned ashen, and her whole body was shaking.
But soon after the two left, Political Commissar Ye praised: "Commander Chen's daughter-in-law was really the right one! She is educated and broad-minded! This daughter-in-law is really a good one. She also kept Shu Ning in the military region for me. I just happen to have a few pounds of meat at home. You can give a few pounds of meat to the Chen family tomorrow! I will send a telegram to Commander Chen's family to ask how Commander Chen and his wife have such good taste? Chen Tuan is so lucky to marry such an educated, broad-minded and generous daughter-in-law! Otherwise, how could she forgive you just now without any complaints!"
Liu Shujuan was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted from anger.
Liu Shujuan fainted, and Political Commissar Ye was startled and hurriedly sent someone to the military district infirmary.
In the Chen family yard, after having some bad intentions towards Liu Shujuan, Shuying felt good. She turned around and saw a pair of people, one big and one small, staring at her intently.
The young guy looked at her with sparkling eyes, while the gaze of the man in front of him was complicated and deep.
Shuying suddenly remembered that he was comparing Bai Lian and Dao Xing with Ye Zhengwei's wife, and forgot to pretend for a moment.
Political Commissar Ye couldn't see through her methods, but this man must have seen through that she was trying to cheat on Political Commissar Ye's wife. Oh, her image.
Shuying didn't dare to meet the man's gaze, and simply pinched the boy's cheeks and said, "Why are you staring so wide-eyed? Can you understand what I just said?"
Chen Yi shook his head in confusion, then said happily: "Auntie, you made that bad woman angry and she left! She even apologized to you! I understand this!"
Having been in the compound for so many years, he was very clear about Liu Shujuan's scheming and tactics. If she hadn't been capable, the three siblings of the Ye family would never have been swept out of the compound by Liu Shujuan.
So when he heard the voices of Political Commissar Ye and Liu Shujuan in the kitchen just now, Chen Xi was afraid that his wife would suffer a loss, so he hurried out. But he didn't expect that she would not suffer a loss at all, and not only did she cheat others, but also made them look angry.
To be honest, he already knew that Ye Shuning was persuaded by his wife to stay in the military district, but he never had much curiosity about other people's affairs. The reason he became a little curious last night was because the eldest son of the Ye family sent a telegram to thank his wife personally.
But after tonight, Chen Xi was really curious about what his wife had said to Ye Shuning, how she had kept him in the military area, and how she had convinced the three stubborn donkey-like siblings of the Ye family to get close to Political Commissar Ye.
No wonder Political Commissar Ye is so grateful to his wife!
No matter whether it was the matter of getting a perfect score in the recruitment exam or changing the three siblings of the Ye family's attitude towards Political Commissar Ye, Chen Xi realized that he had greatly underestimated his wife in the past.
The man's eyes were so scorching that Shuying quickly found an excuse to take a shower.
Shuying went to take a bath, Chenxi went to shower, and the child lay on the bed and played by himself.
When the couple returned to their room, Shuying saw the child sleeping horizontally on the bed, so there was no need to open the watermelon tonight.
Shuying sat beside the bed and corrected the child's sleeping position, then he lifted the quilt and went to bed to sleep beside him. The man then lifted the quilt and went to bed.
Shuying was not sleeping well, and asked, "What good things did Political Commissar Ye say about me in the telegram to our parents?" He paused for a moment, and then asked the man next to him with sparkling eyes, "What did you say to Political Commissar Ye? Was it you who caused the apology of Political Commissar Ye's wife and the marriage of Comrade Liu to take place?"