Chapter 88

Lu Yu said, "Come back and take a look around, and meet up with some of your comrades."

The old lady smiled and said, "Come back and take a look around."

Xu Yan missed Jiang Nian very much. Sometimes she would sit alone in the yard and stare at the yard next door in a daze. When she thought about Jiang Nian, she, Jiang Nian, and Feng Mei were together. It was lively and happy.

Zhu Jun now lives in Jiang Nian's yard, and Feng Mei's yard has also moved in.

Xu Yan walked with Jiang Nian and talked to her about the past six months. When she mentioned Liu Qiang, Xu Yan said that Liu Qiang rarely came back in the past six months. When he came back, he would leave some money at home and leave. Liu Jianye almost stopped calling him dad, and Liu Jianwu was a little pregnant when he saw Liu Qiang.

Speaking of Liu Qiang, Xu Yan's expression has become a little numb. She sneered and continued, "I don't have any hope for him now. He can give us three people a bite to eat. I don't expect anything else."

Jiang Nian held Xu Yan's hand and didn't know what to say.

She had tried before to make Xu Yan's life better, but no matter how hard she tried, the story line of Xu Yan and Liu Qiang always followed the plot of the novel and could never develop in a good direction. Obviously, Captain Song and his family were all good, why couldn't Xu Yan do the same?

Xu Yanhui held Jiang Nian's hand and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine now."

Back at the army, the wives of the soldiers walking along the tree-lined path greeted Jiang Nian when they saw her. When they saw Lu Yu, they smiled and said, "Hey, Commander Lu is back."

Lu Yu nodded and smiled, "Yeah."

Several people came forward, one of them was Kang Xiu. Kang Xiu was followed by her daughter, who should be twelve years old now. She still looked thin and small, and followed behind Kang Xiu with her shoulders hunched. Instead, her son He Shu grew very strong. In two years, from six to eight years old, he looked like Kang Xiu. He Hua looked a lot like Captain He.

It is said that daughters who resemble their fathers are blessed, but Jiang Nian did not see any blessing in He Hua, and only saw grievances and suffering.

Next to Kang Xiu was a pregnant woman who looked somewhat similar to Kang Xiu, and her belly looked like she was about five months pregnant.

Kang Xiu also saw Jiang Nian, and she was originally talking to the people next to her with a smile, but suddenly she frowned and walked away quickly.

Jiang Nian: ...

Xu Yan was too lazy to pay attention to Kang Xiu, and said to Jiang Nian: "Two months ago, Kang Xiu became famous in our courtyard. He was scolded so much that he couldn't even lift his head."

Jiang Nian was curious: "What happened?"

Xu Yan said: "The son-in-law is very biased, and He Hua is either beaten or scolded. That day, she beat He Hua so hard at home that the child fainted. She was afraid that Captain He would scold her, so she picked up He Hua and threw her into the house. The child was unconscious for a day and a night, and it was not until Captain He came back and found something wrong that he sent the child to the hospital. I don't know how this matter got out. She was almost drowned by the spit of the military wives during that time. "

When it comes to this matter, the old lady said: "Kang Xiu, this daughter-in-law, is doing evil."

Xu Yan said: "Isn't she doing evil? She is not afraid of retribution. That's her own daughter. He Shu follows Kang Xiu's example and bullies He Hua at home. It's really unfortunate that this child was born in the He family."

Jiang Nian just looked at He Hua's appearance. Although he felt distressed, he knew that he could do nothing.

Xu Yan turned around and looked at Kang Xiu and the others, and said to Jiang Nian: "Do you remember the woman next to Kang Xiu?"

Jiang Nian shook his head and felt that she was somewhat similar to Kang Xiu.

Xu Yan whispered, "Kang Nan, Kang Xiu's sister, wanted to meet Captain Lu before, but Captain Lu ignored her. She asked Kang Xiu to go to Feng's house to be a matchmaker, wanting to meet Song Bai, but Feng's wife kicked her out."

Jiang Nian remembered instantly, it was her.

Kang Xiu had been targeting her openly and covertly because Feng Mei had brought her and Song Bai together. That time at the market, Zheng Hong and Feng Mei deliberately made trouble for her because of this incident. Jiang Nian felt that both Kang Xiu and her sister had problems.

Xu Yan continued, "I only found out last month that Kang Nan got married. She married a divorced man with a son. The man is the son of the captain of their brigade. I didn't expect that she would pick and choose such a divorced man. I heard that she came to the army to see Kang Xiu this time because she was not happy with her husband's family and her parents' home is close to her husband's family, so she stayed with Kang Xiu for a while." After

returning to the family compound, Lu Yu followed Zhu Jun back to the yard. After saying goodbye to the old lady, Jiang Nian followed Xu Yan to her home. Jiang Nian didn't see Liu Jianye. Xu Yan said that Liu Jianye went to school and would be back in the afternoon. Xu Yan's house was still the same. She chatted with Xu Yan for a while before returning to Zhu Jun's house.

Jiang Nian returned to Zhu Jun's house, looking at the familiar courtyard, thinking of the first time she came here with Lu Yu, she smiled and saw Zhu Jun coming out of the stove with water, and smiled at her: "Sister-in-law, you and Captain Lu live in this room."

He pointed to the first room in the east, which was the room she had been staying in before.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Okay."

She walked into the room. The room was still furnished the same, and there was no change. There were footsteps behind her, and she turned around. It was Lu Yu who came in. The man was against the sunlight, and she couldn't see the curve of his face.

Lu Yu asked, "Are you tired?"

Jiang Nian shook her head, sat on the bed, swayed her legs on the bed, then raised her head to look at the tall and long-legged Lu Yu, thinking of Xu Yan, and whispered, "Lu Yu..."

She paused, not knowing how to continue.

Lu Yu seemed to know what she was going to say, walked to her side and sat down, stretched out his hand and held hers: "Thinking about Xu Yan?"

Jiang Nian nodded gently, pinched Lu Yu's fingers with his fingertips: "I don't know how to help her."

Lu Yu said, "Compared to before, Xu Yan is doing very well now." He looked at Jiang Nian: "You have done what you can for her, and the rest of the road depends on her."

Jiang Nian also understood this, but she still felt sorry for Xu Yan in her heart.

But compared to the ending in the novel, her life is indeed much better now.

Lu Yu said, "You stay at home first. If you get bored, go talk to Xu Yan. After lunch, Zhu Jun will go to the company. I will go and inform some old comrades about our marriage. The banquet will be held at Zhu Jun's house."

Jiang Nian said, "Okay." After a pause, he continued, "When will we hold the banquet?"

Lu Yu: "The day after tomorrow."

At noon, Zhu Jun went to the canteen to get lunch. After lunch, Zhu Jun went to the company, while Lu Yu went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. They were preparing to visit the homes of Captain Tang and Chief of Staff Tao and several other comrades. Jiang Nian washed her hands, opened the door and went to Xu Yan's home. Unexpectedly

, she ran into two women who had just returned from outside when she walked out of the door. The woman in front was an old lady, and the woman behind looked like a young wife. The old lady had an ugly face, as if someone owed her money. Her eyebrows were wrinkled and she kept saying ugly words. The woman behind also had a cold face, and she would raise her head from time to time to refute a few words, which made the old lady so angry that she turned her head and kept cursing.

Jiang Nian: ...

You can really meet gossip wherever you go.

From their conversation, Jiang Nian learned that they were mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. He watched the two of them enter the next yard one after the other, which was Feng Mei's house. He could still hear their quarrel through the wall. They were quarreling about the young daughter-in-law's younger brother. Jiang Nian didn't stay long and turned to Xu Yan's house next door. Xu Yan and Liu Jianwu were sitting at a small table in the yard eating. When they saw Jiang Nian come in, Liu Jianwu jumped up happily: "Auntie Jiang."

"Jiang Nian."

Xu Yan put down the bowl and stood up when she saw Jiang Nian, and said with a smile: "I'll pour you a glass of water."

"I don't want to drink it."

Jiang Nian said with a smile.

Xu Yan had finished her lunch and put the dishes in the kitchen. Liu Jianye was playing in the yard. Jiang Nian followed Xu Yan to the kitchen. Seeing Xu Yan busy inside, Jiang Nian asked, "Has a new neighbor moved in next door?"

Xu Yan was bending over to wash the pots and bowls. Hearing this, her hands paused and she whispered, "It's the deputy commander of the second regiment. He took office this year and transferred from another unit. He has been here for three months." The couple used to have a good relationship, but they started to have conflicts after the deputy head's mother came over last month. We can hear the deputy head's family quarreling every few nights when we go by this road in our courtyard. The old lady has a very loud voice that can be heard from east to west. "

Jiang Nian also saw what happened between the old lady and the young wife just now. The old lady is indeed very fierce.

Xu Yan continued, "Last night, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had another quarrel because the deputy commander's salary was not given to his mother, and the old lady was not happy about it. She said that the deputy commander was brought up by her and she raised a heartless thing. He married a wife but forgot his mother. He cried, made a fuss, and even hanged himself, making many people laugh at him."

Jiang Nian felt that this was the old woman's lack of morality, and in the end, it caused her children to have no family.

She felt that Captain Lu's mother was really a good mother, sensible and reasonable. In the past year or so, she had taught Lu Zhijun all his bad habits.

Jiang Nian stayed at Xu Yan's house until the afternoon. Liu Jianye came back from school, and Lu Zhijun also came back with him. When they saw Jiang Nian, they both ran over happily: "Aunt Jiang."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "You're back."

Liu Jianye nodded. Lu Zhijun held a bowl of pickled vegetables in his hand and said to Xu Yan: "Aunt Xu, this is what grandma asked me to get for you."

Xu Yan took the bowl, poured the pickled vegetables in it into the bowl, and gave it to Xu Yan . Lu Zhijun said, "Go back and tell your grandmother that Aunt Xu thanks her. When I make pickled vegetables, you can bring some over."

Lu Zhijun said, "Okay."

After Lu Zhijun left, Xu Yan said to Jiang Nian, "Auntie is kind-hearted. Seeing that it's not easy for me to take care of the two children at home, she often asks Lu Zhijun to give me some of her pickled vegetables."

Jiang Nian thought it was good, at least Xu Yan had someone to take care of her here.

Jiang Nian went back when it was dark. Zhu Jun and Lu Yu had just returned. Zhu Jun's mother was in the hospital taking care of Zhang Xiao, so Zhu Jun didn't have to run around so much. As soon as she returned to the house, Lu Yu came in and told her about the banquet at Zhu Jun's house the day after tomorrow.

Jiang Nian pursed his lips and asked, "You told Captain Tang and the others about us. How did they react?"