Chapter 138: Spinach seeds distributed, the daughter sent away

At noon, she knocked on every door, holding boiled spinach seeds in her hand and distributed some to every household.

Everyone was still confused about what to do, so He Shulan said, "Since Sang Ning has grown spinach seedlings, let's give it a try."

She provided the seeds and everyone else was just responsible for planting them. If the vegetables really grew, they would own them, and the army would also reward them with two kilograms of pork.

As soon as this matter was made public, the whole building was in an uproar.

"Sister Shulan, are you telling the truth?"

"As long as we can grow it, we'll give you two pounds of pork?"

Everyone didn't believe it and gathered around He Shulan to ask for a promise. He Shulan patted her chest and said, "Since I said so, it must be true. As long as it can be grown, we will exchange it for pork."

She was impartial and gave more than a dozen seeds to every household, even knocking on the door of the family who had just arrived two days ago to visit.

He Shulan stood at the door. When she opened the door, she saw an old lady with triangular eyes, looking at her cautiously. "Who are you?"

"I'm here to deliver seeds to your family. As long as you plant these spinach seeds and let them germinate, you can get two kilograms of pork."

"Really?" The old lady still didn't believe it. She snatched the seeds from He Shulan's hand and asked half-doubtfully.

While the two of them were talking, the woman who was at home came out. Seeing He Shulan, she hurried forward and whispered to her mother-in-law, "Mom, this is the daughter-in-law of the leader of the army."

"Leader, she is the leader of my army?" The old lady curled her lips in disdain and looked down on He Shulan.

Her army is very powerful. He became an officer at the age of thirty and has a group of people under him. Who can manage her army?

The old lady didn't know that the woman had met He Shulan at Captain Bai's house a few days ago. Seeing her mother-in-law's attitude, she quickly pulled her arm and whispered, "Her husband is the captain. All promotions in the army must be approved by the captain."

Oh, upon hearing this, the old lady's heart instantly rose. As the daughter-in-law of a military leader, her pillow talk should not be underestimated.

The old lady immediately put on a kind face and pretended to invite He Shulan to come in and sit down. "Come on, let's talk inside. I'll pour you some water."

He Shulan smiled politely and left. She saw the scene in the woman's home through the crack in the door and couldn't help but frown and recall it carefully.

This guy looks familiar. Could he be the platoon leader of the fourth platoon of the first company? He is the only one named Dajun, so he can't run away.

He Shulan had also met Dajun before. He was honest and down-to-earth. But why was his family like this?

After He Shulan left, the old lady's expression changed instantly. She frowned and sneered at the man who was grabbing the flesh on her daughter-in-law's arm, complaining in a bitter way: "Why didn't you say it earlier? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

If the leader's wife got angry because of what she had just said, she would definitely skin her own daughter-in-law alive.

The woman was also weak in character. She didn't dare to fight back when she was bullied by her mother-in-law. She lowered her head like a poor little thing, crying softly and not daring to retort.

"Why are you crying? I've only been here for a few days, and you're already crying."

"If you hadn't failed to take good care of my grandson, would I have come all the way here? It's all your fault. You can't even take care of a child."

Seeing that the woman was still silent and could not be beaten, the old lady rolled her eyes at her and said proudly, "Okay, you take good care of my golden eggs in the future. As for the little girl, your sister has a widow in the village who wants to adopt a child to take care of her in her old age. I will give the child to her when I go back this time."

There are clearly two children in the family, the eldest is a daughter and the second is a son. The woman heard from the old lady that she wanted to give her own daughter to a widow?

There are always a lot of gossips around a widow, and what's more, she is just a little girl of five or six years old. What can she raise? In the end, she will be given away by the old man. If it were other things, the woman would agree if she gave in a little, but this time she didn't agree.

"Mom, Ni'er is still young. If you send her away, I won't live either."

The woman looked at the timid daughter standing at the door of the house, and for the first time bravely resisted her mother-in-law. As a result, she was beaten. Although the old lady was in her sixties or seventies, she was in good health and seemed to live another fifty years.

He picked up the stick at hand and hit his daughter-in-law, scolding her: "You dare to talk back to me now."

"It's the army that made you do this. You can't take good care of my grandson, and you dare to talk back. I'll beat you to death. I'll beat you to death."

One was chasing the other, and the woman's sobbing voice could be heard throughout the whole building. There were always a few people with bad tempers who immediately knocked on the woman's door.

He shouted loudly: "Why are you crying? What are you making a fuss about?"

It was the first time the old lady came to the family compound and she just saw the daughter-in-law of her military leader. She opened the door, gave her a smile, closed the door and continued beating her, and this time she did not allow her daughter-in-law to cry out loud.

The little girl was standing at the door holding a dirty baby and watching. Suddenly she ran up and hugged the old lady's legs, shouting in a baby voice, "You are not allowed to hit my mother, you bad guy."

"Okay, you little bastard, I'll kill you too."

The room was in chaos. After a while, a boy came out. He was fat and dark, like a coal-black egg. He rubbed his eyes and said angrily, "Why are you making so much noise? I want to sleep."

When the old lady saw her grandson, she was as happy as a dung collector seeing feces. She said, "My great grandson, Jindan is still asleep. Grandma will take Jindan back to the house to sleep."

In the messy house, the woman was crying silently while holding her daughter who was not crying or making a fuss. The girl wiped her mother's tears sensibly, "Mom, don't cry, Ni'er won't feel any pain."

Just now, the old lady kicked her daughter out with one foot. How could it not hurt? The woman had no choice but to cry bitterly, calling herself a useless person.

"Don't worry, Nier. Mom won't give you away."

He Shulan had no idea that such a thing happened in Dajun's family after she left. When Qiao Xiangye came back in the evening, she asked about Dajun's affairs.

Qiao Xiangye was also curious, and asked for no reason what the army did.

"I'm just asking casually, have any of the military family come to visit recently?"

"Yes," Qiao Xiangye nodded, "He's been here for a few days. It seems the child is sick, so his mother came to take care of him for a few days."

"It's amazing that an illiterate old lady came here by herself."

Qiao Xiangye had no idea that his casual compliment turned out to be actually accurate. Not only was he a great person, he was also great at talking and doing things.