Chapter 61

"...There have been constant frictions on the front line in recent years. Political Commissar Liu sent his only son over there last year." While Political Commissar Liu was calculating, Huo Xiao, who took time out to come back and have dinner with his family, also talked to his wife about the other party when his mother took the children out for a walk.

This Ruting was a little surprised, but she always felt that her husband had something else to say, so she was not in a hurry to speak.

As expected, Huo Xiao added: "Everyone outside praises his righteousness, but in fact, every time he fights, his son is either in pain or itchy, so he just lies in the hospital pretending to be sick and avoids any danger, just to win military merit."

This was the first time that Ruting had heard of such an operation. After a moment of confusion, he asked, "Then... he didn't go to the battlefield either, so how can this be taken?"

Huo Xiao explained: "As long as you have a resume showing that you have been on the battlefield, you will be more impressive than many people."

...That's hard to say.

Ruting was a little depressed. She didn't believe that there would be someone who couldn't stand it, otherwise the news would not have spread.

But human nature is to seek profit and avoid harm, and how many people are willing to offend the brigade political commissar?

Moreover, even if someone really reported it with great enthusiasm, what good would it do? If someone is sick and cannot move, there is nothing anyone can do.

Thinking of this, Li Ting felt a little disgusted and was about to talk about something else when there was a knock on the door.

The weather is hot, and mosquitoes follow.

Especially since the campsite is located at the foot of a mountain and surrounded by dense trees, there are so many mosquitoes and insects that they fly right into people's faces.

Therefore, no matter how hot it is, the doors of every household are closed, leaving only the windows with screens for ventilation.

But such days are coming to an end. A few days ago, I asked someone to make screen window and door frames.

Just when her mind was filled with a mess of thoughts, her husband who had gone out to open the door came back, followed by Principal Huang with a serious expression.

She was startled and stood up quickly: "Principal, why are you here?"

Principal Huang: "Yes, there are some things..."

"Is there anything wrong with laying wooden floors?" After hearing the principal's purpose, this was the first question that came to her mind.

After all, if there was nothing wrong with the wooden floor, why would Fang Shuigen go to such lengths to let Fang Yiling frame him?

Huo Xiao's eyes were filled with dark colors, and he replied in a cold voice: "The country does not allow private residences to have floors laid."

As soon as these words came out, before Li Ting could say anything, Principal Huang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you know the rule, Teacher Xiao Lie, Captain Huo, I will tell Lao Wei about this later, but you also have to be careful, these days... a book can implicate a whole family, if someone catches you..."

At this point, Principal Huang felt bored again, and his usually energetic face drooped a little: "Forget it, just let you know about this. I have to go back. Yiling is still waiting for me at home."

Hearing this, Li Ting felt both grateful and distressed for the thin child.

Thankfully, if Yi Ling hadn't noticed something was wrong and asked the principal for help, she would never have remembered that there were indeed years in history when logging was prohibited. Given her and her mother-in-law's love of tidying up, they might have actually asked a carpenter to cut the boards and paint the floor with waterproof and oil-proof paint.

Although the possibility of this happening is not great, after all, Huo Xiao knows about it and will definitely stop it, but the child's kindness is priceless.

What makes me sad is that the little girl failed to complete the task and she will probably be beaten when she gets home.

Knowing what Tingting was worried about, Huo Xiao comforted his wife with his eyes before looking at Principal Huang: "Principal, please bring some food to the child. Since Fang Shuigen gave her two days, I think she can get through it as long as she eats a full meal today. Let's delay it for two or three days."

Since he knew that Political Commissar Liu suspected him and launched dirty tests, Huo Xiao would naturally not give him the opportunity to come up with another plan if his plan failed.

As soon as these words were spoken, Principal Huang's eyes suddenly became sharp, and there was scrutiny and suspicion in his eyes as he looked at Huo Xiao.

Finally, as if he had thought of something, Principal Huang suddenly sighed and said, "Does the old man need you to feed him?" After that, he sighed and said, "People's hearts change..." and then strode away.

Seeing that the principal's back seemed to be hunched, Lu Ting felt uncomfortable.

Huo Xiao closed the door, turned around and walked into the house with his wife in his arms: "This should be the work of Political Commissar Liu." As they were both old revolutionaries who had fought together in the same period, this must have been a big blow to Principal Huang.

"I guessed it." Fang Shuigen alone would not dare to plot against his direct superior in this way. To put it bluntly, the other party did not have such a brain, otherwise he would not have thought that Yiling was afraid of her and released her with full confidence.

Huo Xiao didn't want to say too much, and he was afraid that his wife would worry so much that she wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well, so he said vaguely: "I have to go back to the camp. That matter... will be resolved in a few days."

Hearing this, Li Ting's long eyelashes trembled, but she didn't ask anything, just smiled and nodded: "Come back soon."

Huo Xiao curled his lips and leaned over to kiss his wife between the eyebrows.

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Fortunately, the couple separated quickly enough that Guoguo, who opened the door first, still saw it.

Then he started yelling, "Mom and Dad, shame on you, adults are still kissing me!"

Hu Xiu, who followed in, was grinning from ear to ear, but she still had to force herself to regain her dignity as the head of the family: "This kid, next time you can't make a fuss, okay? Otherwise, mom and dad will be embarrassed, and if they are embarrassed, they won't have brothers or sisters."

Guoguo was at a loss, then suddenly covered her face and asked in fear: "Did your brother and sister come by kissing?"

Hu Xiu choked and didn't know how to explain for a moment, so he simply turned his eyes to his son and daughter-in-law for help.

1. The...

Huo Xiao...

Over the next two days, although she looked normal on the outside, she was nervous on the inside.

On the third night, Huo Xiao had not returned until the early morning. She guessed something and became restless.

At one moment she was worried about whether her husband's progress was going well, and at another moment she doubted whether Principal Huang had taken good care of Fang Yiling's child.

Then I thought, the child is still too young, and I don’t know if he will regret it when he grows up...

Just as her mind was full of random thoughts and she was tossing and turning around two o'clock, she vaguely heard the sound of a car engine.

These days, Ruiting has already had a physiological schedule, but at this moment, even though her eyelids were drooping, she was still very excited.

So when I heard the noise, I got up immediately.

Then he tiptoed out of the bedroom, opened the door and walked out.

"You didn't sleep either?"

In the darkness, a faint female voice, almost whispered, startled Ruting.

After she realized that she was asking Sister Lan, she covered her chest and said in a low voice, "You almost scared me to death."

Tang Wenlan stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Are you okay?"

Ruting shook his head, and then remembered that it was pitch black and the other party should not be able to see clearly, so he said: "It's okay, why aren't you asleep, sister-in-law?"

"How can I sleep? I'm on fire inside." As he spoke, Tang Wenlan slapped a few mosquitoes, then shook his body to prevent them from biting him, and asked in a low voice, "Did your captain Huo reveal anything?"

Ruting also began to shake: "No, it's better not to tell me, so that I won't worry more."

Hearing this, Tang Wenlan pondered for a few breaths and felt that it made sense: "That's right..."

The two chatted for a while, but soon she couldn't take it anymore: "No, sister-in-law, I'm going in first. These mosquitoes can eat people."

"Pah! Pah! Hiss... Me too..."

Huo Xiao did not return home all night.

Didn't come back until after 5 in the morning.

Although Ruting had just fallen asleep for a short time, she was worried about something, so she woke up immediately at the slightest movement.

Seeing this, Huo Xiao took her into his arms and patted her back: "Go to sleep, it's okay, she has been taken away by the guards."

"Just...took it away?" Li Ting was a little confused. This was completely different from what she thought. Apart from hearing the engine noise at one or two in the morning, there was no other movement.

Huo Xiao was helpless: "What are you thinking? This matter will shake the morale of the army, so we can't do it in a big way." This is also the reason why the action was carried out late at night.

Ruting understood the reasoning. After all, the rank of the brigade political commissar was not low. She just didn't expect it to be so simple and clear: "Will the crimes not be announced to the outside world?"

"It will be announced, but not now. It will have to be reported to the entire army after the military court has issued a formal verdict."

"Then...Liu Zheng...he..."

Knowing what his wife was asking, Huo Xiao said in a deep voice: "In theory...lifelong imprisonment is the minimum punishment."

In other words, there is still a possibility of being shot, so the opponent has made a big mistake.

Thinking of this, Ruiting stopped asking questions and instead reached out her hand to her husband's back and patted it gently.

Huo Xiao felt a pang in his heart, and couldn't help but hug his wife tighter.

He did not sympathize with Political Commissar Liu. He just thought of his anger when his hands were handcuffed by the guards, and his death after a long list of charges were thrown at him. As a fellow soldier, he inevitably had complicated feelings.

Still...too greedy.

Thinking of this, Huo Xiao turned his head and kissed his wife, and asked after a rare hesitation: "If in the future... I... hiss..."

Ruiting left her husband's embrace and squinted at him, her hands still on his waist. She asked softly, "What were you going to say?"

Huo Xiao...

Feeling his wife's hand on his waist, ready to move, Huo Xiao felt that if he said a wrong word, he would definitely be punished.

So the arrogant Captain Huo suddenly said, "It's nothing. I mean, we will be fine in the future and we will be together until we grow old."

"Puchi... you know your face." Ruting was amused by her husband. She rubbed the place where she had pinched her before asking, "Where is Sister-in-law Wenhui?"

When talking about this person, Huo Xiao frowned: "She cried and wanted to publish a divorce in the newspaper to sever the relationship."

Tingting: "Can it succeed?"

Huo Xiao shook his head: "No, Wenhui herself has received many benefits behind the back of Political Commissar Liu. The evidence Cao Wenze handed over is very useful. She can't escape."

At this point, without waiting for his wife to continue asking, he continued: "If Liu Wenyan and his brother Liu Wenyun sever their relationship in the newspaper, they should be able to keep it."

As for the fact that when Political Commissar Liu was forced to leave, he asked the Brigade Commander to help him transfer Liu Wenyun back from the battlefield and arrange for his retirement, he did not mention it.

Because based on his understanding of the Brigadier General, he would probably agree.

Not only the brigade commander, even the division commander would have no objection.

We have trusted each other to the end, this is a life-long friendship.

"What about the aqueous humor root?" asked Li Ting again.

Speaking of this man, Huo Xiao couldn't help showing disgust in his eyes. Political Commissar Liu was a hero. Even if he was caught, he could calm down quickly and find a way out for his children in time.

However, as for Fang Shuigen, as long as he refused to admit that he had ordered Fang Yiling to do evil, he would just be put in solitary confinement for two days.

But when he saw Political Commissar Liu being arrested, he thought he would be implicated, and in order to protect himself, he immediately blamed the entire matter of laying the wooden floor on Political Commissar Liu, saying that he was just a small deputy chief of staff and dared not object.

At the same time, he did not forget to take credit for himself, saying that he just wanted to delay Political Commissar Liu and did not want to harm his comrades, so he handed the matter over to his ten-year-old daughter.

But who doesn't know what the real situation is? In a sense, Fang Shuigen's behavior is equivalent to betraying his comrades, which is a taboo for soldiers.

The brigade commander was already in a bad mood, and he immediately had someone put him in solitary confinement with a gloomy face.

"...He won't be able to wait for his transfer to civilian work. He will probably be discharged from the military in a few days."

After listening to her husband's retelling, Ruiting felt a little heavy.

Fang Shuigen and his wife’s hometown is thousands of miles away from Tianjing. What will happen to Yiling’s child then?

Thinking of this, Tingting pursed her lips and said, "I'll talk to Yiling later."

"Don't worry, I've got someone watching you. Go get some sleep first. It's still early."

"That's good..."

Fang Yiling was indeed having a hard time because of the worry she had with Ruting.

She was too young to understand that the world was not black and white.

Even if she didn't think she was wrong, even if Grandpa Huang didn't let her come back and said that her father had done something wrong and would be punished.

However, Fang Yiling couldn't help but feel guilty, so she ran back secretly.

Then, when her mother asked her with a gloomy expression whether she had told the story, the clever little girl admitted it honestly out of guilt.

What surprised Fang Yiling was that she thought she would be severely beaten and was mentally prepared to not hide.

But the mother just stared at him with even more gloomy eyes.

Then, when Fang Yiling was so scared that she started to cry, she heard the other party say, "Your dad has said before that if you don't listen, he will throw you away."

Ding Feiyan is really going crazy.

After all, even if my husband changes his job, he can still get a job as a small leader in the factory.

But at this moment, they have nothing left and can only return to their hometown to farm.

Having been an official's wife for so many years, how could Ding Feiyan not go crazy?

Even though she knew clearly that this matter had little to do with Arya, couldn't she find someone to vent her anger on?

Another thing is, if he couldn't even keep his position as a military officer, who would care about his reputation? Arya had wanted to get rid of him anyway.

Especially since this money-losing girl actually dared to take advantage of others, she hated her so much. If she didn't throw her away, could she take her back home?

Anyway, Scarface is ugly and won't be worth much dowry even if he grows up. It would be better to get rid of him before her husband comes out to make Shuigen happy.

Fang Yiling widened her eyes and looked at her mother in disbelief.

After confirming that what the other party said was true and not just a scare as before, her eyes gradually dimmed.

Fang Yiling didn't know where she would be thrown.

But it seems that she really hurt her father and should atone for her sin.

So, she didn't run away this time.

Without saying a word, he followed his mother out of the camp...