Didn't you hear me say I wouldn't reply?
Aunt Wang didn't want to go back. When she first came to the army, all the old women in the village envied her so much.
In the past few years while she was in the army, she did laundry and cooked for two people. The rest of the time she was busy gossiping about other people's families. She was living a very uncomfortable life. How could she possibly want to go home and take care of her family?
“Fine, if you don’t want to go back by yourself, then I’ll go back with you.”
Wang Qiang got up and went inside to pack his things. His quick movements frightened Aunt Wang. "Qiangzi, what are you doing? You haven't had any days off lately, what are you going back for?"
“I’m applying to go back home. It would be good to go home, at least you won’t have to take care of only one side of me. I’ve been away for so many years, it’s time to go back and fulfill my filial duties.”
When Aunt Wang heard that this meant she was going to be discharged from the army, she immediately became anxious, "No, you can't go back."
Her eldest son being an officer in the army was the proudest thing in her life. He had brought her so much prestige. If he were to retire now and go back to the village, how would all the old women in the village still envy her?
Although it's true that you can get a job after being discharged from the military, nothing sounds as prestigious as being a battalion commander.
"Didn't you not want to go back by yourself?"
Grandma Wang plopped down on the ground, using the village's usual tantrums and screams on her son for the first time. "Oh dear, my life is so miserable! I've worked so hard for years, and now my son just wants to kick me out..."
Seeing her start to sing opera, Wang Qiang didn't say a word, turned around and continued packing his things. Now, Wang Da Niang didn't know whether to cry or not.
"Qiangzi, why didn't you stop Mom?"
Wang Qiang calmly said, "Why are you stopping me? Go outside and cry. That way I can get home faster. Would a leader dare to value an unfilial person?"
Aunt Wang is a bad person in every way, but she is really good to Wang Qiang. Upon hearing this, she immediately stood up, supporting herself on the table, and said, "Qiangzi, Mom really doesn't want to go back."
"Mom, I'm not kidding. If something like this happens again, I'm going to be kicked out of here."
Wang Qiang said in an unprecedented tone, "I'm doing fine on my own in the army, I really don't need you to take care of me all the time."
"But you haven't gotten married yet."
A figure flashed through Wang Qiang's mind: "Mom, I will never get married in my life."
"You...you're still thinking about her?"
Aunt Wang never expected that she would give birth to such a devoted lover.
"Mom, you don't need to worry about me. Just go home and take good care of Dad and the kids. I'll send 20 yuan back home every month, so your life won't be too hard."
After that, no matter what Aunt Wang said, Wang Qiang always maintained the same attitude: either Aunt Wang would go back by herself, or he would submit a discharge report and go back together.
There was nothing else she could do but sob and wait to go home, and she didn't sleep well all night.
The next day.
Gu An'an didn't go out. Bored, she went to her space to keep busy. While she was busy, she heard someone calling her.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Liu Li couldn't hide her excitement. After entering the house, she pulled Gu An'an aside and said, "This morning, Battalion Commander Wang sent his mother home."
"Send him home? So suddenly?"
Gu An'an felt that Aunt Wang didn't seem like the kind of person who wanted to go home.
“I also found it very sudden, but my house is next door to his. Last night I heard Aunt Wang crying and saying she didn’t want to go back. Later, I don’t know what Battalion Commander Wang said, but she agreed.”
Liu Li was genuinely curious. The two families lived next door, and she had suffered quite a bit of mistreatment from Aunt Wang. If she had known the old lady had a weakness, she should have used it long ago.
"I think she must have done something bad behind the scenes that Battalion Commander Wang found out about, which is why he decided to send her back. I just don't know what she did."
She was genuinely curious, but Gu An'an couldn't answer her question.
However, Gu An'an felt that her guess was very likely, and might even be related to herself.
It wasn't that she thought too highly of herself, but judging from the way that old lady looked at her earlier, the possibility was still quite high.
"Who cares about her? No matter what she did, it seems like she's the one who's suffering the most right now."
Liu Li thought about it and agreed, so she stopped worrying about it. "It's not that I'm mean, but I was really relieved to know she went back to her hometown. Otherwise, my son Dunzi wouldn't dare to play in the yard at home. If I called out to him twice, he would get scolded by her. If it weren't for the sake of being a man, I would have torn her apart."
After talking about Aunt Wang, Liu Li went on to talk about other things in the family compound. Before long, Gu An'an's understanding of the family compound had reached a new level.
Although it's called a family compound, it's actually just like a village, or even has more to do, because many military dependents are unemployed, unlike in the village where they have to work. They spend more time gossiping about this and that than in a family compound.
"By the way, An'an, what's your educational background?"
"High school? What happened?"
“The nursery in our residential compound is hiring teachers. Anyone with a junior high school education or above can apply. I think you would be a good fit.”
Gu An'an is beautiful and has a lot of appeal to children. I've only met her once and she's already calling me "pretty auntie" every day. She must be quite popular with the kids at the daycare too.
But when Gu An'an thought of the daycare, all she could picture was children crying loudly. Not to mention having to wipe their bottoms and pull up their pants all the time, she was immediately overwhelmed.
"No, I'd rather not. I'm not really suited for working in a daycare center."
Liu Li was surprised that Gu An'an was unwilling to go. She knew that many of the military wives in the family compound were eyeing that position. If it weren't for her lack of education, she would definitely have tried her best.
"Besides, I can't stay here for long. I'll have to go back and check on things once the weather gets warmer."
Liu Li wanted to ask why she had to go back, since she knew she had to go with her husband's family and husband. But then she remembered Gu An'an's previous remarks and suddenly realized that nothing she did would be surprising.
She didn't ask any more questions, after all, it was someone else's family matter, and it wasn't a good idea to ask too many.
Liu Li changed the subject, and the more they talked, the more they clicked. She could always hear different opinions from Gu An'an than from others.
It's novel, but it makes a lot of sense when you think about it.
If it weren't for the men and children waiting for her at home, she really wanted to stay a little longer.
After seeing Liu Li off, Gu An'an felt bored. There was someone else who had to cook. She suddenly missed Xiao Yuheng and wondered how he was doing.
Xiao Yuheng, who was being thought of, had already arrived at the mission location.
"Xiao Cheng, how is it?"
"These people are too cunning. This terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are cliffs behind it. It is almost impossible to launch a surprise attack from behind."
“I just took a quick look and there are more than a dozen people guarding the outer perimeter. Half of them are armed. And there’s a flat area in front of us. It will be difficult to break in without being discovered.”
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