Wang Fang didn't understand what Liu Li meant by "wonderful." She thought that Zhang Qiang's mother being kicked out of the family compound was actually a good thing for her.
Then I heard Liu Li say something.
"Don't you think about it? Zhang Qiang's mother is this age. What can she do when she goes back to her hometown? I bet her family won't even let her in the door."
The thing she was most proud of was that the man she married was a regimental commander in the army. He probably swaggered around back in their hometown and boasted a lot, so there were quite a few people who resented her.
Now that Regiment Commander Zhang has become just an ordinary soldier, can those who were waiting to see Zhang Qiang's mother make a fool of herself still hold back?
You know those people in the countryside; they'd love for you to suffer, they'd spit in your face.
And think about it, shouldn't Commander Zhang need an outlet for his emotions after being dismissed from his post?
Zhang Qiang's mother will inevitably suffer a beating, and may even be divorced. What kind of life will a divorced middle-aged woman lead when she returns to the countryside?
Don't you understand?
Wang Fang then understood what Liu Li meant by "wonderful".
“If Zhang Qiang’s mother gets divorced and goes back to the countryside, she will be looked down upon as a widow. That would be a disgrace to her ancestors.”
Even if outsiders don't say anything, her family will tear her apart and chop her into eight pieces.
She might even find a bachelor old man in the village to sell for the sake of her younger brother or something.
Tsk tsk tsk, those days were worse than going to a labor camp with Wang Ru and Li Qiao. Even if you froze to death or were blown to death by the yellow sand, at least you would die with dignity.
Zhang Qiang's mother is really having a tough time.
Liu Li's prediction actually came true.
After the political department issued the punishment notice, Zhang Qiang's mother stayed in the house and refused to go out. Later, when two people from the housing management office came to take back the house and kicked her out, everyone saw that her body was covered in bruises, and her eyes were swollen like a panda's; she was practically unrecognizable.
Commander Zhang, oh no, now it should be Soldier Zhang.
Before Zhang Qiang's mother and Zhang Qiang were evicted from the family compound, Zhang Shibing applied for a divorce with the organization.
It was exactly the same as Liu Li's guess.
No one knows how Zhang Qiang's mother fared after being sent back to her hometown, but the fact that Zhang Shibing's new wife had an affair with his son became common knowledge.
After being evicted from the family compound along with his mother, Zhang Qiang refused to return to the countryside. Instead, he used his father's allowance to rent a house in the city, saying he wanted to stay and find a job.
Zhang Shibing thought that it was better for his son to stay in Kyoto than to return to the countryside.
Zhang Qiang's mother didn't care whether she lived or died when she went back, but her son needed to have a good future.
So they rented him a house and asked his former comrades who had retired from the military to help him find a job.
Before he could find a job, Zhang Qiang introduced a new wife to his father.
She is a girl from the countryside who wants to settle down in Kyoto.
Zhang Qiang is unemployed and cannot even register his household registration.
But he couldn't bear to see such a beautiful girl taken away by someone else, so he introduced her to his father.
“My father is a soldier. If you marry him, you can settle down in Kyoto.”
The girl was initially unwilling, but after searching for a long time, she couldn't find any better options, so she agreed to marry an older man who was more than 20 years her senior.
Zhang Shibing had long been fed up with Zhang Qiang's mother, that old woman who had given birth and was overweight. Now that a beautiful young woman was willing to marry him, he naturally had no objections.
Moreover, he was introduced by his own son, so his background is trustworthy.
The two quickly applied for marriage, but because Zhang's rank was not high enough, he was not eligible for family members to accompany him to the military.
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