After the child fell asleep from crying himself tired, Chen Xi also saw the slap marks on the child's cheek. His gloomy and cold face never got better, and a low pressure surrounded his body, making people dare not breathe.
He wanted to say something but stopped himself, but the child was asleep and he didn't dare to ask more questions.
Shuying took the child from her husband's arms, put the child on the bed in the room, and let the child sleep first.
Chen Xi waited anxiously at the door. When the shadow of the tree covered the door, he immediately asked what happened? Where did the slap mark on the child's face come from?
"It's almost time for dinner at home. If we don't want the food to get cold, let's sit down and talk while we eat. Let the kids go to sleep first!" Anyway, she had almost vented her anger, and she was in a better mood than her husband.
However, she still glared at the man, feeling a little dissatisfied with him for having just assumed that the child was causing trouble.
Sometimes she feels like she is the biological mother and the other person is like the stepfather.
Chen Xi was so focused on his children that he had no appetite for dinner.
Shuying was afraid that the child would have nothing to eat when he woke up, so she put a lot of crispy on the outside and tender on the inside small yellow croaker and vegetables on a plate and put it in the cupboard.
Serve the dishes on the table, serve the rice and sit down.
Chen Xi tidied the desk.
The couple had a simple dinner, one vegetable and one fried yellow croaker. The fried yellow croaker was particularly fragrant and a rare delicacy. Chen Xi didn't pick up his chopsticks and asked her in a deep voice what happened today? Who hit Chen Yi?
It can be seen that her husband is really worried about the child.
"Don't you suspect that I was the one who beat the child?" Shuying asked curiously, resting his chin on his hand.
"Impossible!" Chen Xi had never doubted his wife and didn't even think about denying it. He was a reconnaissance soldier and thought he had some ability to judge people. He knew very well how good his wife was to the child, otherwise he wouldn't have preconceived that the child was naughty and causing trouble.
Shuying was quite satisfied that her man had never doubted her, so she didn't keep anyone in suspense. She simply told them what happened at school and said that she had slapped Cao Rou and broke one of her fingers. She was currently in the infirmary, and her family would probably have to pay for the medical expenses.
As Shuying spoke, she looked up at her man's face while picking up some food.
However, the man sitting across the table was a thoughtful person, and he always looked unhappy. Shuying glanced at him a few more times but couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
Shuying was afraid that the man would take her to the infirmary to apologize the next day or the day after tomorrow. She said, "I don't regret hitting her at all. The only thing I regret now is that I didn't slap her a few more times, so that she would be full of shit and dare to say anything!"
Shuying used to think Xia Lina was annoying enough, but after comparing her to Cao Rou, today he finally understood what viciousness and hypocrisy meant.
She had a conflict with Xia Lina, but at least she was directly targeting her and not a five or six-year-old child.
People like Cao Rou may chat and laugh with you in public, but do such sinister things behind your back.
It's none of her business if she teaches her own child the wrong things, but it's really vicious that she slanders her own child and makes false accusations against him.
Shuying knew very well that such words and rumors could kill people in this era, let alone a child?
When Shuying talked about this now, his heart and lungs were still so angry that they almost exploded, and the flames in his heart were flickering and burning more and more vigorously.
She continued angrily, "If you want me to go to the infirmary tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to apologize, I can pay you some money, but it's absolutely impossible for me to apologize."
"I'll take care of this!" Chen Xi didn't say much at last. He just looked at her a few more times and said in a deep voice.
"become!"
In a place as large as the military district, gossip, rumors, and conflicts are easy to spread. In just one night, the news that Cao Rou had her fingers broken by Shu Ying and was sent to the infirmary to pay compensation spread to everyone in the military district. Of course, there were also rumors that Chen Yi was involved in the transfer of Chen Tuan from Kyoto, which spread everywhere.
Xia Lina went out early in the morning and heard the bad gossip about the Chen family next door. She was very gloating. After returning to Fang's house, she even gloated to Fang's mother who was farming in the yard about the Chen family being implicated and having to pay compensation!
"Why did Chen Tuan marry such a bad wife? He broke a finger of Captain Lu's family. He must have to pay a lot of money!"
"Oh, by the way, Mom, when Xiaobao comes back, tell him to play less with the kids from the Chen family next door. What if he gets dragged down by them?"
Xia Lina was very jealous when she learned that Yang Shuying's man had made great achievements, but the other man was capable and better looking than her man, so it was useless for her to be dissatisfied. Now she learned that Yang Shuying's man was transferred here because of that bastard Chen Yi, and she felt particularly gratified.
Yang Shuying: So what if a man has the ability to accomplish meritorious service?
If you have a nephew like that, he will be dragged down to death in the future. What future can you have for advancement?
She wanted to see if Yang Shuying, the fox, vulture, and spirit, could still pretend to love the child.
But if she dares to send the child away, won’t her true colors be exposed immediately?
When Xia Lina was gloating over the misfortune, Fang's mother was a little dissatisfied. Why was she so happy when something happened to the Chen family?
Fang's mother had a very good impression of the young daughter-in-law of the Chen family next door, and had a very average impression of her own daughter-in-law. Hearing her gloating about these things, she was a little speechless.
During these days of getting along, she saw through her daughter-in-law, who was ambitious but incompetent and not a down-to-earth person.
She is so lazy that she won’t even help to pick up the fallen oil bottle, let alone cook.
A few days ago, she just found out that the couple used to have their meals served by the youngest daughter in the canteen. This daughter-in-law didn't do any housework at all, but she knew how to spend money.
If she had known that her youngest son would marry such a woman, she would not have agreed even though she was a city girl.
Last night she heard Xiuxiu tell her that her daughter-in-law secretly asked about her father's compensation, and Fang's mother was very alert.
She had been wondering why her daughter-in-law suddenly changed her attitude towards her and the children. Now she thought that maybe her daughter-in-law was eyeing the compensation money from the father of the two children.
Fang's mother would never give the compensation to her daughter-in-law. If this daughter-in-law was a good person like the young daughter-in-law of the Chen family, she would feel at ease to give the compensation to her. However, this daughter-in-law was obviously cunning. Her attitude towards her and the two children was average. She was really average in the first few days, but later she changed and her attitude became much better. However, it was just empty talk. If she and the two children really had some troubles, this daughter-in-law would definitely be unreliable.
Fang's mother now hopes that her daughter-in-law will have some shame and not really think about taking the compensation for the two children.
Fang's mother couldn't stand the way her daughter-in-law was taking pleasure in misfortune, so she told her to stop talking nonsense and said, "What can't children play with?" She asked her not to believe in rumors.
Xia Lina cursed the old man in her heart, why did she say such nonsense?
Xia Lina was in a good mood and didn't bother to argue with Fang's mother. She was anxious to see Yang Shuying's jokes next door, so she smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not worried that my man will be implicated, right? Now the rumor in the military district is that the kid is involved with Chen Tuan, and everyone knows about it. It's fine if we don't know about it, but if we know about it, we must be careful!"
Xia Lina thought to herself that she knew the child was a bastard the moment she laid eyes on him, but she said, "But the Chen family is our neighbor after all. I'll go next door and take a look at them first!"
With Xia's mother's advice, Xia Lina became better at pretending than before, at least her words sounded nicer.
Today is Saturday, and Chen Yi is still a little depressed. She purses her lips and doesn't talk much.
After one night, the redness and swelling on the right side of the child's face had almost disappeared. In order to cheer the child up, Shuying made sachima for him.
When doing Shaqima, Chen Yi followed Shuying closely like a little follower. Shuying knew that the child was insecure, so he didn't say much.
The soft and crispy shaqima sprinkled with sesame seeds was particularly fragrant. Chen Yi did not ask for it as usual, but waited for Shuying to cut it into pieces and hand it to him before he ate it.
The tree shadow was cut into pieces and a few pieces were given to the child, who was asked to take some pieces to let the three Gao brothers taste them.
Chen Yi nodded.
When Shuying sent the child out, Xia Lina was standing at her door, so Shuying asked the child to go next door.
When Xia Lina saw what Chen Yi had in her hand, she despised her for still pretending. It was no wonder her mother said that if she had a little bit of the scheming of Yang Shuying, her reputation would not have been so bad before. She was really good at pretending.
Xia Lina was thinking and looking at the person. Seeing that she was as fair and beautiful as usual, without any wolfish look, Xia Lina felt uncomfortable and pretended to be worried and said, "Chen Tuan's family, are you okay? I heard that you had a conflict with Captain Lu's family. Captain Lu's family wanted you to pay for the child who was admitted to the infirmary? It must be a lot of money, right?"
Shuying didn't believe that Xia Lina came to her house just to show concern for her. She was most likely joking because of her. She was speechless, but after seeing Cao Rou, who was inconsistent on the inside and outside, Shuying was somewhat fond of Xia Lina, who was consistent on the outside and inside.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xia Lina deliberately continued to poke her heart: "Mr. Chen Tuan, was your husband really transferred from Kyoto because of that kid Chen Yi? What will happen to your husband's future? I just heard that your husband had made some achievements a few days ago, and I wanted to congratulate you! Who would have thought that your family would be so unlucky?"
When saying this, Xia Lina couldn't hide the gloating smile on her face, and asked her why she didn't reply, and whether she was deliberately not replying!
Seeing that Xia Lina was a pervert, Shu Ying could no longer bear it: "Deputy Captain Fang, you are full all day and you have nothing to do but worry about my family affairs. What does it have to do with you? I didn't bother to pay attention to you just now to give Deputy Captain Fang face. Don't rush to give face and be shameless. What's wrong? Do you want to fight with me? Do you want to go to the infirmary? Anyway, my husband told me last night that my family doesn't need the compensation money!"
The shadow of the tree was about to attack, and Xia Lina was so scared that her face turned green and she ran away in a hurry.
She knew very well that the unfortunate Captain Lu was sent to the infirmary because Yang Shuying, the vixen, had broken a finger. She felt so painful just thinking about it.
Shuying had just closed the door and went to dry the quilt when she heard another knock on the door. Shuying thought Xia Lina had come to her house to cause trouble again, so she opened the door with an expressionless face.
When I opened the door, I saw Tian Chunhua, Captain Wang's wife, standing at the door. She was carrying a small basket of plums.
Shuying hurriedly invited everyone to come in and sit down, and told Captain Wang's family not to be so polite, as they were just visiting and didn't need to bring anything!
It was also Tian Chunhua's first time to visit the Chen family. Shuying poured her a glass of water. Tian Chunhua said, "This plum was given to me by my sister a while ago. It's not worth much. Let the child taste it!"