8. Military Wife (8) (1/2)

8. Military Wife (8) (1/2)

This was not the only thing that shocked He's mother. She was literally dumbfounded as she watched her daughter being taken care of by Li Chunhua. She even spoke softly as if she was afraid of scaring her. Looking at Lin Shiheng again, He was also peeling peanuts. After peeling them, he handed them to He Xuezhu to eat.

Rather than marrying a daughter, she is clearly marrying an ancestor!

A normal mother would definitely be happy that her daughter could be cared for so much by her mother-in-law and husband. However, Mother He could only think about her son, and she wanted to show off in front of her mother-in-law so that she could borrow money easily. As soon as he threw it on the ground, he scolded He Xuezhu: "Xuezhu! What's wrong with you? Are you pregnant? How can you do nothing and let your mother-in-law and husband take care of you? How can you be a wife? You are so embarrassed!"

He Xuezhu was gratefully accepting the glass of water handed over by Li Chunhua. When she heard her mother's stern voice, her body stiffened subconsciously. Coupled with the uneasiness in her heart that she was resting her mother-in-law, she was about to stand up immediately.

Lin Shiheng directly stretched out his hand to stop her, and held his wife's hand with the smile on his face: "Mom, none of us knew that Xuezhu was pregnant before. My mother said that she went to the mountains to collect medicine some time ago, so we are worried."

"Why don't you worry? Xuezhu can run all over the mountain alone with a basket of medicine at the age of eight. How can she be so delicate?"

In the past, when Mother He spoke, Li Chunhua not only hated her but also hated herself as her daughter-in-law, but now she, the mother-in-law, didn't mind taking care of He Xuezhu, and Mother He, the mother-in-law, had the nerve to stop her biological daughter from resting.

Thinking about it, even though this woman from the He family ran to their house frequently, not just to take advantage, she had never seen them care about Xue Zhu.

Li Chunhua suddenly felt that she was too stupid to vent her anger on her daughter-in-law because she hated Mother He.

What a sin to have such a mother-in-law!

You know, at the age of eight, a girl can go to the mountains to collect medicine by herself. Xuezhu may have endured hardships before she got married.

After all, they had been together for three years, and He Xuezhu had always been respectful and caring to her. She couldn't care less about her. This was basically what the He family was doing when they sold their daughter.

Seeing that He's mother wanted to talk more, Li Chunhua directly stood up and scolded: "I said you, an old woman, don't want to see Xue Zhu? What are you doing in our house? Say it quickly, or leave quickly if you don't say anything. You still want me to leave some food for you, right?"

Mother He's face turned bad after being scolded, but she could only swallow the rest of her words and laughed dryly: "Look, you said this so nicely, why are you still angry?"

"That's not true. Although my Xiaobao is quite young, he is also the father of two children. My wife has just given birth and cannot get out of the house. She can only take care of the children in the house every day. Xuezhu's father left early. We, orphans and widowers, really have no income, so..."

Li Chunhua didn't even bother to sneer: "So you came to my house to find Shi Heng?"

"What do you think our Shi Heng does? Come to him when you have no money?? I tell you, it's a dream!!"

"Mom, don't worry yet."

Lin Shiheng stood up, coaxed Li Chunhua to sit down with a soft smile, and went to see He Xiaobao who couldn't lift his head after being scolded.

"Xiaobao, although we are not related by blood, deep down in my heart, I have always regarded you as my biological brother. Tell me the truth. This time I brought money home to build a new house. Do you want to build a new house too? What if? If you think so, I will show you the way."

He Xiaobao pursed his lips a few times, trying to say that he didn't have that big of a wish, he just wanted to borrow some money to play cards. However, He's mother beside him had already brightened up with anticipation as soon as she heard about the new house. She quickly said it before her son could answer. Helped me answer.

"I want to!! I definitely want to!"

"Shi Heng, Xiaobao also wants to be as promising as you. Xiaobao is your brother-in-law, so you must help him!"

Li Chunhua and He Xuezhu on the side were both shocked when they heard this. Li Chunhua was worried about her son's kindness and really agreed, while He Xuezhu completely understood her relatives.

Although He Xiaobao has never beaten or scolded them as sisters, he has a very spoiled temperament, can't bear hardships and is not punished. He is thick-skinned than anyone else and loves to eat alone. Forget about their sisters, they have never been taken seriously at home. , It can be said that whenever there was something delicious and delicious in the house, He Xiaobao would always occupy it and even his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would not be allowed to touch it.

If this gets entangled with Shi Heng, what should we do in the future...

However, Lin Shiheng seemed not to notice Li Chunhua's expression or He Xuezhu quietly tugging on his arm and clothes, and looked directly at his wife and brother in front of him: "Xiaobao, if you really want to make money to build a new house, I will take you to the army."

Before He Xiaobao could speak, He's mother was shocked: "The army?? That won't work, that won't work. The army is too hard, and our little baby can't bear this hardship!"

"Hey, mother, you don't know this. I'm pretty big in the army. If Xiaobao falls in love with me, can I still take care of him?"

Lin Shiheng said, released his wife's hand, turned around, and faced his mother-in-law with a pure face: "Those who work hard in the army will be sent out. Those who stay in the army will be provided with food, accommodation, and clothes." The subsidy is a month’s salary.”

As he spoke, he gestured to the He family's mother and son.

Mother He's eyes suddenly lit up, and even He Xiaobao, who was afraid of hardship, began to waver.

Although he was doted on by the He family, he always had little money on hand. After all, the money given by the husband's family when his sisters got married had long been spent. He Xiaobao was not a hardworking person. His wife had to take care of the children, and his mother was weak. The land at home could not be taken care of too much, so he could only make ends meet every year.

But if he could have so much money every month, wouldn't he be able to go wherever he wanted to play and eat whatever delicious food he wanted in the future?

Mother He's love for her son made her hesitate: "But my Xiaobao is really weak..."

Lin Shiheng looked at He Xiaobao's white and fat face, which was like a white flour pancake that had not been put into the pot, and smiled more gently: "Don't worry, I am his brother-in-law, how can I not take care of him?"

"Mom, leave Xiaobao to me, you can rest assured."

Mother He was still a little hesitant at first, but at this time, Li Chunhua, who had been unable to bear it for a long time, rarely rejected her son's face, "Shiheng, you have other things to do in the army. If you take He Xiaobao with you, won't it cause trouble for yourself? No, don't mention this matter again."

She didn't It would have been fine if she objected, but as soon as she objected, He's mother was immediately shocked, "Mother-in-law! What are you talking about? Our Xiaobao is just like Shiheng's brother. Is it a problem to bring your brother to work together?"

Fearing that Li Chunhua would interfere with this good thing and ruin it for her, He's mother quickly grabbed Lin Shiheng's hand, as if she was afraid that he would regret it: "Shiheng, this is settled. From now on, my Xiaobao will be handed over to you, my brother-in-law."

"Don't worry."

Lin Shiheng smiled kindly and patted He Xiaobao's shoulder, who was looking at his mother's agreement and looking forward to a better life in the future. His magnetic voice was full of stability.

"I will definitely take good care of Xiaobao."

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"Yes, that's what it's written..."

Lin Shiheng stood in front of the table, lowered his head slightly, and watched He Xuezhu write his name carefully, stroke by stroke.

She didn't know how to read before, so Lin Shiheng taught her from her name first, and the first words he taught were naturally He Xuezhu. But now it seems that she has to write "Lin Shiheng" more carefully than before.

Although she was still a little unfamiliar with writing, the three words Lin Shiheng appeared neatly on the paper on the desk.

"Xuezhu is very smart."

Seeing He Xuezhu put down her pen after writing, and looked up at him with a little expectation, the man standing in front of the table did not hesitate to praise: "I have taught others to learn characters in the army before, but they didn't learn as fast as you, and they can write so neatly for the first time."

He Xuezhu has always grown up in belittlement and scolding. Although her husband has been praising her since he taught her to write, every time she heard it, she couldn't help showing a happy smile with a little shyness on her face.

"Come on, write your name again."

Accompanied by Lin Shiheng's patient and gentle voice, He Xuezhu picked up the pen and continued to write her name carefully.

Looking at the words on the paper, Lin Shiheng sighed as if he had discovered a new world: "Your memory is really good. It seems that it won't take long for you to finish the primary school curriculum." He Xuezhu nodded happily. Her husband stretched out his hand behind her, and his slender fingers fell on the words she had just written. She followed and read: "Lin Shiheng... He Xuezhu." "Our names are next to each other." Hearing Lin Shiheng's smiling voice, her face turned slightly red. Looking at the two names she wrote on the paper, a sweet feeling surged in her heart. The man behind him raised his hand gently and touched He Xuezhu's head: "Xuezhu, come with me to the army."

"I asked my mother, she said she would stay to supervise the construction of the house. We will go there first. When China settles down or my position is higher, we will buy a house there to live in."

He Xuezhu raised her eyes with some surprise and joy, "But leaving mom alone..."

"Of course I won't leave mom alone, but the new house is being built here, and mom is worried. After a while, I will still take mom over."

The couple was talking tenderly, and suddenly a woman's shout came from outside: "Chunhua! Chunhua! Are you there?!"

He Xuezhu recognized the voice of the third aunt of the Lin family. The corners of her mouth that were originally raised because of her husband's gentleness fell again. She frowned and stood up slightly to look.

She always knew that her mother-in-law didn't like the Lin family. Even He Xuezhu, who was always good-tempered, didn't like these Lin family members who always came to the door to ridicule her mother-in-law for not having a child for three years.

Seeing He Xuezhu frowning and about to go out, Lin Shiheng gently pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit down, saying in a gentle voice: "I'll go, you continue to practice calligraphy."

He Xuezhu then realized that her husband had returned, and she no longer had to bite the bullet to deal with those people she didn't want to see.

He Xuezhu, whose face was more gentle and maternal because of her pregnancy, gradually relaxed and sat back on the stool, looking at her husband and nodding trustfully: "Okay, call me if you have anything."

Lin Shiheng smiled gently, adjusted her pen-holding posture, and then lifted the curtain and went out.

He didn't need to go out to know why Aunt Lin San came here, it was nothing more than asking him to visit the two old people.

This was indeed the case. Their new house was being built in full swing. The old Lin family had been waiting for a few days for the always filial Lin Shiheng to come to visit his grandparents, and finally couldn't hold the shelf anymore, so they sent Lin Shiheng's third aunt to urge them.

Lin Shiheng had a rough idea of ​​what the Lin family was like. Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin gave birth to three sons in total. The eldest one was his father in this body, but he died early. Later, because Li Chunhua didn't get along with the Lin family, she forcefully moved away with her son. , almost cleansed and left home.

She doesn't like her parents-in-law, and the Lin family's grandparents don't like this daughter-in-law either, but she still has some sincere love for Lin Shiheng, her grandson. When he was a child, the two old people were in good health and gave Lin Shiheng plenty of food and drink. In this regard, when he grew up, he was also very filial to the two old people.

After that, the two elders were too old and frail to work, but they kept the valuables in the family, such as land deeds, etc. in their hands. The other two sons and daughters-in-law had not yet separated the family, whether it was for those things or something else. , all holding them in respect to the old man.

In his memory, the grandparents really didn't have any bad intentions towards him. It was just the old thinking of the older generation. They felt that promising children should pull in those who are not promising. If Shi Heng, the grandson of Shi Heng, was promising, he should pull other people away. .

The other two people in the house have always been instigating adoption, and they have never let up.

But even so, for Li Chunhua, let Shi Heng, whose family has never received any benefits from the other two families, try to persuade them? How can it be!

When her man left, she had a hard time with her children, and she didn't see the two brothers coming to try to woo her Shi Heng!

The third aunt of the Lin family knew the temper of Li Chunhua, her sister-in-law, and was a little reluctant to come over. But when she saw Lin Shiheng coming out of the house, she immediately smiled.

It would be better if it wasn't Li Chunhua. As her eldest nephew, he was very filial to his grandparents.

It seems that this time, I can get some benefits for my son and my man again.

Lin Shiheng was indeed as gentle and talkative as she remembered. When Aunt Lin said that the two old people missed him so much and couldn't bear to come to see him, she immediately made a decision and said that she would go visit her grandparents immediately.

Third Aunt Lin was so proud that she took her nephew all the way to her home and watched him enter the two old people's rooms. She waited expectantly for Lin Shiheng to come out and take the initiative to give them two rooms with money so that they could take good care of the old people.

As a result, I had to wait for a long time.

Waiting until the two men who had gone to the ground came back, Aunt Lin hurriedly greeted them: "Brother, Guowei, don't forget, let's talk to Shi Heng about the difficulties at home."

"You are his real uncles, Shi Heng will definitely not let you down!"

The two brothers had exactly the same greed on their faces, "Don't worry."

In the room, the four people all had smiles on their faces and were full of joy.

After a while, the handsome young man walked out of grandma's room.

He looked melancholy. After he came out, without waiting for the two of them to speak, he went straight to Uncle Lin, hugged him and patted his back, "Uncle! Really, I don't even know how to thank you. Grandma takes such good care of me!”

"Don't worry, my nephew is not the kind of person who doesn't recognize people when he has money. If I have a chance, I will definitely take my third uncle and Binbin with me."

Binbin is the eldest son of Uncle Lin.

After Lin Shiheng finished speaking, he let go of the confused Uncle Lin with red eyes and a face full of emotion: "Then I will go back first. Really, thank you and my third aunt. I didn't know before that you all sacrificed to take care of my grandma." so much……"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and greeted Second Uncle Lin who was standing by the door: "Second Uncle, I'm going back first."

Until Lin Shiheng left, he didn't mention a word about why he only thanked his third uncle and not his second uncle.

But there was no need for him to say anything. Everyone's eyes were on Third Aunt Lin, who called Lin Shiheng over to Lin's house and was alone with him along the way.

Third Aunt Lin: "...What you see me doing is not what I told him."

hehe!

The second aunt rolled her eyes directly at her sister-in-law, and said slyly: "Yes, it's not you. Who else could it be besides you?"

Uncle Lin's face was also very gloomy and ugly, but he couldn't argue with his sister-in-law, so he could only turn around and go out with a dark face. Aunt Lin quickly followed him.

Third Aunt Lin was angry and anxious and could only look at her husband: "Guowei, it's really not me!"

But Uncle Lin waved his hand indifferently: "Why are you pretending to me? It's okay. You did the right thing. It's better to share this benefit with one person than two people. Let's go, hurry in and see if Shi Heng stays." What a good thing.”

After they entered the house, Aunt Lin quietly poked her head out, looked at the closed door with a gloomy face, stamped her feet angrily, turned away and went to look for her husband.

After Li Chunhua came back from her neighbor's house happily and had a good sleep, she heard the next day that the two brothers from the old Lin family had a rift for some unknown reason and almost started fighting.

"I heard they even eat separately!"

"They didn't even say hello to each other when they met. It was as if they didn't even see the person."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, we are still brothers, but Chunhua, you have to take it easy in the future. The two sisters-in-law of the Lin family are also pinching each other fiercely now. They don't have time to go to your house to stab you. According to me, it's just them This posture looks like it will last a lifetime."

So cool! ! !

Li Chunhua is simply refreshed! !

The two old Lins only knew that their nephew, who had no father, was a coward who wanted money and turned against them!

This news was enough to make her laugh all night long. When it was time to send her son and daughter-in-law away, Li Chunhua could not hold back and secretly shared her happiness with her son.

After sharing, he couldn't help but gloat and added: "Tell me, why did they fall out?"

Lin Shiheng carried his luggage and smiled innocently: "I don't know either."

"I guess so. How do you know about their family affairs? Well, hurry up and get in the car, but be sure to take good care of Xue Zhu."

After saying goodbye to his mother, Lin Shiheng carefully helped his wife get on the train, followed by He Xiaobao who was full of excitement.

He Xiaobao's heart is full of longing and yearning for the future.

We have meat for three meals a day, we eat delicious food without having to work, we get paid every month, and we are not tired at all...

So beautiful, hehehe.

As soon as he finished, he saw his brother-in-law carefully placing his sister and sitting firmly, looking at him with raised eyebrows, the corners of his lips slightly raised, showing a nice smile.

Although his spirit was still high, his body was trembling subconsciously.

Strange, I feel like my brother-in-law is smiling with some evil intentions.

It must be an illusion!