Chapter 33

Compared to the colorful spring in Tianjing.

At this time, the victorious brigade was still covered in silver, without any trace of spring.

However, at the moment, Li Wei was not in the mood to care whether the mountain was white or green.

He rode his bicycle for more than 50 kilometers in the cold wind of early spring.

When he arrived at the door of his home, he didn't even bother to put his precious bicycle away properly. He just leaned it against the wall and rushed into the house.

Indoors.

Ever since the eldest son-in-law was reported to have cheated on his wife yesterday, Li Taohong and her husband, who had received the news, brought all the relatives within the third degree of mourning in the village to the door.

Then, in the chaos, he snatched his eldest daughter, who had just finished her confinement, and three grandchildren back home.

He was also worried that the Zhao family would come over to cause trouble, so he simply hid the four daughters of the eldest daughter in the home of a reliable relative.

But the matter is not over yet. After Zhao Kai’s death sentence is over, he will be sent to a farm for forced labor.

Unless the eldest daughter divorces her son-in-law, she will have no choice but to go to labor reform as well.

Li Taohong was angry at Zhao Kai for giving up their good life and making trouble, and she was also worried about the future of her eldest daughter and three grandchildren.

Naturally, she was reluctant to let her daughter go to labor reform with her, so after bringing her back, she hurriedly contacted her second son, who had the most flexible mind, to come back and help.

Even though she knew that the second brother could handle it, Li Taohong was still anxious.

Look, in just one night, two big blisters appeared at the corners of my mouth.

Now that her second son had finally returned, Li Taohong immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Does that bastard Zhao Kai agree to a divorce?"

Lu Shengli was also anxious, but he was more stable than his wife at the critical moment. He first reached out and patted his wife soothingly, then said, "Pour a glass of water for Lao Er first, so he can calm down."

Hearing this, Li Taohong noticed that her son's face was covered with frost and his lips were a little chapped. Her nose was sore and she quickly pulled him into the house: "How long has it been since you last had food? Sit down and rest your feet first. Mom will make you some dough dumplings."

Since yesterday till now, Lu Wei has hardly eaten anything and is indeed hungry.

But knowing that his parents were worried, he did not rest. While washing his face with hot water, he said, "Zhao Kai disagrees."

Hearing this, Li Taohua, who was scooping flour, was not surprised, but she still cursed: "What a conscienceless person, worse than a pig or a dog. Even if he doesn't consider our Shuangshuang, he should consider the three children, right?"

The frown that had been on since yesterday even tighter on Shengli's face: "What? Is he trying to kill your elder sister?"

Wei was still relatively calm: "He didn't want to drag my eldest sister down. He wanted to prevent the divorce so that my family could use my brother-in-law's relationship to get him out."

"What the hell? Why does he think so beautifully? What a shameless thing! You didn't agree, did you?" Li Taohong was already impatient, and now she exploded even more, slamming the washbasin.

Wei Wei twitched his lips. "How is that possible? I've already inquired about it. For someone like Zhao Kai who is at fault, the woman can directly go to the court to apply for a divorce. She doesn't have to worry about the children. As long as my eldest sister writes a severance letter and asks the three children to put their fingerprints on it, we can publish it in the newspaper to sever the relationship. We don't need his consent."

"How can it be like this?" Li Taohong and Lu Shengli, who had been anxious all night, were both dumbfounded.

Wei gave a positive answer: "Yes, I went to the court to ask, and asked for an application form. I will fill it out when I get back." As he said this, he took out an application form from his pocket: "I brought everything back."

Hearing this, Li Taohong immediately wiped her already clean hands on her apron, and then carefully opened the paper.

Although he didn't know a few words, he was still very happy, as if things had finally come to a head. He kept muttering, "Who knew it could be like this? I've never seen a divorce before, so I have no experience. Old man, come on, read me what's written on it."

Lu Shengli responded quickly, took the paper and began to read.

In fact, he didn't know all the words, but he could recognize most of the words on the application form, and he could guess the ones he couldn't recognize.

Seeing his parents finally smile, Lu Wei lowered his eyes and drank his tea.

He didn't intend to tell anyone that Zhao Kai's current situation was inseparable from his manipulation.

It is said that after being reminded by Tingting, he asked several friends from all walks of life to make inquiries.

The consequences of having an affair are very serious these days, and since both the man and the woman have families, Zhao Kai and the woman named Wang Meimei have always been very careful.

Even though there were some rumors, nothing substantial was found.

But, if one really wants to catch it, how is it possible that he cannot catch it, since he is already cat-sick?

Lu Wei simply invited his brothers to a state-owned hotel for a meal and the matter was settled.

However, he did not report the matter in person, but asked someone to pass the news to Wang Meimei's husband.

Of course, before sending the message, Lu Wei also understood the character of the man Wang Meimei was.

Knowing that he is a person who cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes, the subsequent series of events happened.

Frankly speaking, although Lu Wei didn't think he was that kind, he didn't intend to do things so ruthlessly.

If he had not found out the news and went to his eldest sister to ask her whether she wanted to divorce or continue the marriage, and unexpectedly discovered marks of beating on her body, he would not have been so angry.

Not only did the man have an affair, he also beat her up, totally disregarding the fact that his wife was still in the confinement period after childbirth.

If a scum like this didn't take the opportunity to snatch the child away and then kill him in one swoop, do we really believe that he is willing to reform?

But...my eldest sister should have guessed that it was him who did it.

Thinking of the fact that his elder sister didn't cry or make a fuss from beginning to end, Lu Wei's peach blossom eyes curved into a beautiful arc.

By the way, with Tingting’s cleverness, when she gets the news, she will definitely be able to connect it to me.

Thinking of this, Lu Wei's mood became a little better.

The only thing I have to worry about now is how to protect my eldest sister and three children from all the rumors...

This is indeed the case.

When Ting Ting received a call from home at school and learned from her mother that her eldest sister had successfully divorced, she immediately guessed that her second brother was probably involved.

She was not surprised that her eldest sister got divorced with her children.

Surprisingly, most people these days have no concept of divorce and are conservatively convinced that divorce is an extremely shameful thing.

Not surprisingly, the Li family is one of the few "outsiders" among those stubborn people. Compared to the invisible and intangible face, parents care more about their children.

Although, whether it is the original body or Lu Ting herself, the relationship with Lu Ting is average.

But now that I know about it, it would be better to ignore it.

So, after returning home from school in the evening, Ruiting talked to her mother-in-law about the reason for her eldest sister's divorce while rummaging around for things.

She plans to send some gifts to her eldest sister and three nephews/nieces to show her support for their divorce.

Hu Xiu's eyes were also opened: "I saw Zhao Kai on the day of your wedding. He looked gentle and refined, but how could he be so evil? Besides, your eldest sister is such a pretty girl? Why is she still not satisfied? Is that Wang Meimei a fairy from heaven?" "It has nothing to do with beauty." To be shameless, there are not many people who are prettier than her and Lu Qing.

For a man like Zhao Kai who is willing to have an affair, even if Wang Meimei grew up to be a pile of shit, he would still think she is better than his wife at home.

Moreover, these people have a magical fallacy. They believe that no matter how beautiful a face is, it will become boring after looking at it for a long time, and having a few cheating meals is no big deal.

Of course, in my opinion, these are completely irresponsible behaviors.

If you really feel that you can't live together, you can get a divorce.

It's nothing but bad character and greed, wanting to do something and wanting to stop.

Hu Xiu smacked his lips and thought what his daughter-in-law said made sense. Finally, he sighed, "It's because I have too much free time that I've wasted my good days. It's hurting others and myself."

"Mom, where did you put the shampoo and soap we bought at the department store last week? I'll send some home." After not finding anything in the drawer of the table in the living room, Tingting shouted to her mother-in-law who was serving rice in the kitchen.

Hu Xiu came out with a bowl of porridge. Upon hearing what was said, he placed the bowl on the dining table before leading his daughter-in-law into his room.

Then he picked out a key from a bunch of keys and unlocked the big wooden box.

Li Ting laughed: "Why are you still locked up?"

Hu Xiu got angry when she mentioned this: "I forgot to tell you that Ding Feiyan came to our house again the day before yesterday. Her son is really annoying. He treated our house as his own and messed up everything."

Ruting really didn't know about this, and frowned and asked, "Why don't you tell her?"

"I was embarrassed to say it at first. After all, what does a four-year-old kid know? Later, he turned out the soap and probably thought it smelled good. He took two bites without missing a single bite. Oh my god, I was so scared at the time. I dug and picked at it and rinsed my mouth with water... Then I locked all these things up." This actually happened two days ago, but Hu Xiu still feels speechless when she brings it up.

What made her most unhappy was Ding Feiyan, who was crying and wailing while holding her son. She looked so pitiful that people who didn't know her would have thought that Hu Xiu had poisoned the child.

What was she doing before? Why didn't she stop her precious son when he was messing around in her house?

However, Hu Xiu did not intend to tell this to her two children, because her son still had to work with Ding Feiyan's man Fang Shuigen.

As for her daughter-in-law, she also noticed that this girl was usually easy to talk to and greeted everyone with a smile.

But when someone is really pissed off, he becomes very protective and doesn't give anyone any face.

Even though my mother-in-law didn't explain it very clearly, I could still guess roughly what it meant.

Frankly speaking, these days many military families have come to my door and tried to get close to me. Although it is annoying, I can understand it.

After all, he was promoted to chief of staff, which means deputy regiment commander.

Not only will social status improve, but wages will also increase. Who wouldn't want to move up?

However, she couldn't stand it anymore when the naughty child almost got into trouble at home.

Not to mention scaring my mother-in-law, if something really happens, won’t our family be in trouble?

Thinking of this, Lu Ting felt even more unhappy, but she still comforted her mother-in-law on the surface: "Huo Xiao and the others are going to the division headquarters for a meeting today. When they come back tomorrow, ask him to tell Deputy Chief of Staff Fang."

Hu Xiuzhi waved his hands: "No, no, don't ruin the relationship between comrades. Besides, I don't think I can come for many times. Didn't you say it will be settled by the end of the month? It's only a few days away, I..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a knock on the door, followed by a familiar female voice: "Is Auntie home?"

Hu Xiu...

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The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other for a while, and Hu Xiu said helplessly: "This is the third time in one day? I'll go open the door."

"No!" Li Ting grabbed her mother-in-law.

The good old man Hu Xiu was embarrassed: "This...is not good, right?"

Ruting pushed the man to sit on the bed, and then made a "huh!" gesture to Guoguo beside him. Seeing the little guy covering his mouth in shock, he smiled and lowered his voice: "There's nothing wrong with it. When Ding Feiyan came to our house to embarrass us, did she think about us?"

It was true, but Hu Xiu had never done such a thing before, and was still hesitant: "Well...what if someone asks about it later? I can't just keep the door closed, right?"

Ruting took out the cloth she had prepared for her parents from the box and said with a nonchalant look on her face: "What's the big deal? If she really has the nerve to ask, you can just say you're not home and went to take Miaomiao to class."

Last week, after asking around and confirming that there was no problem for the little kid to learn painting, Huo Xiao quickly found a teacher for him.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Pang from the brigade commander's family is very good at painting because of her family's deep learning.

Although he is not famous, it is enough to teach a three or four-year-old kid.

However, although Mrs. Pang was attracted by Miaomiao's talent and agreed to teach her two hours of lessons every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening, she did not charge a penny.

Of course, neither she, her husband, nor her mother-in-law are the type to take advantage of others.

Even if we cannot pay tuition fees openly, we will subsidize them from other places.

At this moment, Miaomiao happened to be learning painting from Mrs. Pang.

Since the matter could be resolved, Hu Xiu was no longer in a hurry. However, he couldn't help wondering if the person would leave soon. Then, Tang Wenlan's voice was heard outside the house again.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law subconsciously pricked up their ears to listen.

Outside the house, Tang Wenlan said with a fake smile, "Fei Yan, what's the matter? Ting Ting is not at home. I just saw her and Aunt Xiu taking the child out."

Ding Feiyan was holding a bowl with a few homemade cookies in it. She said a little embarrassedly, "Oh, thank you, sister-in-law. Aunt Xiu gave me a plate of jujube cakes during the day, and there happened to be a few cookies at home in the evening, so I thought of giving Aunt Xiu a few to try."

Hearing this, Tang Wenlan rolled her eyes in her heart.

In these days, Ding Feiyan has visited both her own home and Tingting's home many times.

Although they never come empty-handed, they only give more. Who asks people to bring their sons with them every time they come?

Who with any dignity would have the nerve to shut up a child?

It wasn't that Tang Wenlan was mean-spirited. She just felt that Ding Feiyan wanted to exchange worthless things at home for their good things.

After all, the man had even given her wild vegetable cakes, and she still said with an embarrassed look on her face that the man had a low income and that there were nothing good in the house.

Isn't it just about crying poor, selling yourself badly, and then mentioning her man's promotion?

Not to mention that her husband, Mr. Xing, and Captain Huo only had one vote against or in favor of her. Even if they were really capable of getting the position, they would look down on someone like Ding Feiyan.

Not only is he very petty in his work, but he also cries easily. I've never seen anyone who asks others to do things for him this way.

She is not Ding Feiyan's mother, so how could she feel sorry for her and cry?

Thinking of this, Tang Wenlan glanced at the naughty child who was held in Ding Feiyan's hand and whose features were so fat that it was difficult to see clearly. She said in a sly way, "Then you came at an untimely time. There is no one in the room. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Having said that, he went back into the house and closed the door.

Seeing this, Ding Feiyan, who wanted to pass the cake to him, frowned.

He stood there blankly, staring at the closed door for a while, then with a gloomy expression, he took his noisy son away.

Five minutes later, there was another knock on the door.

This time, Ruiting went to open the door.

Then he looked at Sister-in-law Wenlan and smiled.

Tang Wenlan said proudly: "I knew you were at home."

Ruting was full of admiration: "Sister-in-law is really smart. I was just wondering how to explain it later, but I didn't expect that sister-in-law had already thought of the reason for me."

Tang Wenlan smiled and said, "That's right. Although your sister-in-law doesn't like studying, she has a very good brain."

Hu Xiu...?

the other side.

Ding Feiyan returned home.

Seeing that the man had finished his meal and was sitting with his legs crossed, listening to the tape recorder leisurely, my already bad mood became even worse.

But she didn't dare to get angry with the man. Instead, she put the bowl in her hand on the table with a "bang".

Then she slapped her eldest daughter who was wiping the table and scolded her, "What table are you wiping? Can't you see that part is not cleaned thoroughly?"

Fang Daya is already 14 years old, but she looks very skinny and has none of the vitality and figure that a young girl should have.

He was beaten for no reason and didn't react at all. He just bit his lip, lowered his head and continued to work in silence.

But Fang Shuigen frowned: "Did you get shot?" It's not that he couldn't bear to part with the girl, but he didn't like his wife not being docile enough.

Facing the pillar of the family, Ding Feiyan suppressed her temper and ordered Daya to serve her and her son some food. Then she burst into tears out of habit: "I am just angry that Tang's wife looks down on people. You don't know that she almost looked down on me just now. What's so great about it? A man is just a regiment political commissar. When you become a brigade commander, let's see if she dares to be proud again."

Although Fang Shuigen liked to hear this, he knew better that it was not easy to become a brigade commander.

Let alone the brigade commander, right now there are eight or nine people vying for the position of deputy regimental commander.

Thinking of this, Fang Shuigen frowned: "Don't cry, I know you've been having a hard time recently. What did Huo Tuan say? How are you and Li Ting getting along?"

Ding Feiyan's expression froze, and she said in a sad tone, "Sister-in-law Lu is not at home. Sister-in-law Tang said she sent the child to the brigade commander's house for classes."

Hearing this, Fang Shuigen was envious and disgusted: "What kid, are you studying? You have other purposes. You should also study hard. Look at Huo Tuan's wife. She has only been here for a few days. She has already hooked up with Mrs. Pang."

After hearing this, Ding Feiyan finally figured it out, and then said with disdain: "I really didn't expect that Tingting was so cunning... Hey, boss, what do you say, how about we send Xiaobao over there as well?"

Fang Shuigen glanced at his fat son who was eating a greasy cake with his hands, and turned his eyes away speechlessly.

In the kitchen, Daya, who had secretly hidden a steamed bun and was planning to share it with her sister later, curled her lips in mockery.

Ruting had no idea of ​​the malicious speculations that Ding Feiyan and her husband were making behind her back.

Of course, I don’t care even if I know.

The next morning, she went out half an hour earlier than usual.

I went to the communications room first to send a package to my hometown, and then went to school.

After more than half a month, Ruiting has completely adapted to teaching life.

I have a good relationship with my colleagues and have made some friends.

Of course, there are exceptions. After all, she is not made of gold, and Liu Wenyan's brain is different from that of ordinary people.

Every time I see her, her eyes are not eyes and her nose is not a nose.

For example, at this moment, when she saw the other party rolling his eyes at her from a distance and snorting coldly, her emotions were no longer affected at all.

However, her new friend, the sister-in-law of the third captain, Gu Fang, who was walking beside her, was a little upset: "Isn't Liu Wenyan tired of being so gloomy all day? You are so good-tempered. If it were me, I would snort back."

Li Ting chuckled: "It's mainly because she does this every day, there's nothing new, I'm used to it."

Although the third team leader is 35 years old this year, Gu Fang is only 24 years old. She is inevitably still a bit young and lively. Hearing this, she couldn't help but mutter, "Isn't it hard to roll her eyes? With her small eyes, if you don't look carefully, who can tell that she is rolling her eyes?"

"Puchi... Don't tell that to others." After laughing, Ruting quickly reminded.

Gu Fang snorted, "I know, but I'm not afraid even if Liu Wenyan hears it. She often laughs at me for being short behind my back."

This is true. It is said that the third commander's family is very powerful, and Gu Fang herself was born into a cadre family.

However...藺葶 glanced at the girl next to him and thought how cute the petite and delicate girl was.

Gu Fang narrowed her eyes: "What was that look you had just now?" How come it was exactly the same as the expression her husband had when he complimented her on how petite and cute she was? God knows, for her who cared most about her height, complimenting her on how petite and cute she was was almost the same as scolding her for being short!

Li Ting looked sincere: "Nothing... Hey, my Huo Xiao is here to pick me up."

Gu Fang suspected that she was trying to change the subject, but she still subconsciously looked towards the door. Sure enough, she saw Huo Tuan standing upright at the door. And next to him, the elegant man, who else could it be but her Wen Rongxuan?

Suddenly, Gu Fang, who hadn't seen her husband for half a month, ran away, shouting, "Brother Rongxuan!"

Hearing this, Ru Ting didn't know how Wen Rongxuan reacted, but she felt her scalp tingling.

After all, her husband Huo Xiao is obsessed with calling him "Brother Xiao".

Sure enough, when Tingting walked quickly to the door and looked at her husband with courage, she saw expectation in his eyes as expected.

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Tingting pulled the corner of his mouth and called out to the outsiders politely: "Brother."

I was thinking in my heart that I must pinch my throat and shout "brother" a few times someday to annoy him to death all at once!!!

Huo Xiao was satisfied. He habitually posted Haitang's useless articles every day. He reached out to take the bag from his wife's shoulder and then curled his lips: "Go home?"

Ruiting nodded and turned to look at Gu Fang, only to find that she had already walked a few steps away.

The steps he took seemed so joyful that he had totally forgotten about his new friends.

Seeing this, Ruting, who didn't want to disturb the couple's reunion, didn't follow them. Instead, she asked her husband when he came back and whether he had encountered any problems during his two days away...

We chatted and laughed all the way, and soon we saw the family compound.

When she entered the house and was hugging the twins, she saw her husband handing her two pieces of clothing.

Ruting took a look at the size and said, "For me?"

Huo Xiao: "Yeah, I took some time to go to the department store and bought them." He was talking about the largest one in the city center, which has a wider range of items and more styles of clothes. It's a rare opportunity for him to go there, so he thought of bringing some gifts for his mother, wife and children.

Ting was quite surprised that her husband took the initiative to bring a gift, but she was mostly happy.

He immediately picked up the clothes and tried them on his body.

Unexpectedly, what Huo Xiao brought her was a dark gray Lenin suit.

Just by looking at the workmanship and style, you can imagine how good it will look when worn.

The key is that the size of the clothes looks right.

Thinking of this, Li Ting looked at her husband again and asked, "How did you know the size?" Then she asked curiously, "Why did you choose this color?"

Seeing that his wife really liked it, Huo Xiao felt relieved: "It was probably drawn by hand."

Actually, no, he was shameless and asked a saleswoman who was similar in build to his wife to help him try it out.

As for the color... Ever since he learned from Wang Xiuqin about the general situation of the next ten years, he has deliberately cleared out things that shouldn't appear in the house, and naturally he would not buy eye-catching clothes for his wife.

However, he didn't plan to tell his family about this to avoid scaring them.

Ting Ting didn't know the story behind this. She was happily picking up her clothes and preparing to go into the bedroom to change when she heard her mother-in-law say with some disdain, "I told you that you have poor eyesight. Why did you buy something else but such an old-fashioned color? Don't you have something with small flowers? Or bright red? That would make you look prettier."

"That's how I like it."

Don't go for bright red or small flowers.