An Hua said to Xiao Zheng: "You can't blame this kind of person."
Xiao Zheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to my wife and not argue with him."
He clearly had a scale in his heart, but he still pretended to listen to her. An Hua glared at him.
An Hua didn't say much to Xiao Zheng. She quickly turned her attention to her son.
Dongdong was frightened by Mrs. Wang's behavior and didn't say anything.
An Hua teased him a few times before he spoke, but he asked, "What is a child bride?"
An Hua thought about it and decided to explain it to him.
"...In the old days, some families were poor and could not afford food, so they gave their daughters to others as child brides. This was understandable, but some families who could afford it were unwilling to do so, believing that their daughters would sooner or later belong to someone else's family, and would have to bring a dowry after marriage, so it was better to give them to others to be raised early. Most child brides did not have an easy life, and it was common for them to be bullied and beaten by their husbands' families... In the final analysis, the essence of this custom is to oppress women and not treat women as independent individuals."
Dong Dong blinked in confusion and said, "I don't understand."
An Hua smiled and said, "It's okay. When you grow up, maybe you will understand it one day."
Dongdong nodded and sighed sadly, "Can I still play with Chunya?"
"If you can, why not?" An Hua encouraged him, "You are good friends with Chunya because you are happy with her, right? Then don't worry about other things. You playing together doesn't affect others, so don't worry about what others do or say."
Dongdong looked at his mother, his dull eyes gradually brightened up, "Yeah."
An Hua touched his head.
Xiao Zheng watched silently from the side and wondered how his wife was so good at teaching children! If it were him, he wouldn't be able to think of so many words except "yes" and "no".
An Hua said to Xiao Zheng, "Okay, go back to work. Make the most of your rest time and finish the bed as soon as possible."
"Okay." Xiao Zheng took action immediately.
Dongdong also regained his energy and followed his father to watch him do carpentry work.
Wang and his wife really did what they said and quickly bought a ticket for Old Lady Wang to return home.
However, no one expected that Mrs. Wang would have a big one before she got married.
An Huan went home after work that day. As soon as she entered the family compound, she felt that everyone looked at her in a strange way. They pointed at her and whispered to Dong Dong, who was holding her hand.
"No, Deputy Commander Xiao is so heroic, while Dongdong is so gentle and handsome..."
"How can she be so brave? Deputy Division Commander Xiao could have punched her so hard that she couldn't get out of bed. She's really brave."
"She may be pretty, but I don't think she's a fickle person. Is there some misunderstanding? You better stop spreading rumors."
"What could be a misunderstanding? Look at Dongdong's appearance!"
"You may not know this, but she was restless when she was in the military academy! She even had a divorce case with Deputy Division Commander Xiao!"
An Hua didn't hear what those people said specifically, but she already had a bad feeling.
At the door of her home, Zhou Meihua stopped her. She asked Dongdong to go home first and took Anhua to her own home.
"Sister, let me give you a shot of prevention first, don't get angry."
An Hua: "What happened? I feel like everyone is looking at me in a wrong way."
"Well!" Zhou Meihua hesitated for a moment before saying, "Nothing much, it's just... I don't know who spread the rumor that Dongdong is not Xiao Zheng's biological child... It's so convincing! But I don't believe it. Although Xiao Zheng treats you badly, with your character and upbringing, how could you do something like cheating on someone?"
An Hua didn't ask why Zhou Meihua felt that Xiao Zheng treated her badly. She asked, "Sister-in-law, who told you that?"
Zhou Meihua sighed, "Everyone says that this has a very bad influence... This kind of thing is the more you explain, the worse it gets. The best way is to let your Xiao Zheng solve it. As long as he says that the child is his own, what rumors can others spread?"
But that is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Xiao Zheng can shut other people up, but he can't control what they think.
Actually, when An Hua heard the rumor, she was not very surprised, because she suddenly remembered that on her first day here, she met Ge Hongying in the cafeteria, and Ge Hongying looked at Dong Dong with an awkward look.
She had a vague feeling where the source of this rumor came from.
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