To be honest, although Third Grandma Xu felt that it was natural for parents to leave the best things to their children, and she did not ask for anything in return from her children when they grew up, she was deeply touched when she saw her young grandchildren thinking of her when they ate something delicious.
Children loved to imitate. Perhaps seeing the performance of their cousins, the children of the eldest son’s family had become better in recent years.
When the family made delicious food, they would not only focus on eating it themselves but also remember to leave some for their parents and grandparents.
At this time, Third Grandma Xu gradually understood Ye Wu’s good intentions. After that, when Ye Wu used her own way to discipline the children, she would not interrupt.
***
“Thank you, wife.”
After Third Grandma Xu left, Kuang Aijun whispered to Ah Wu who was preparing lunch.
“Thank you for your hard work over the years.”
Kuang Aijun had never said this out loud.
“How dare I? Isn’t this what I should have been prepared for when I decided to become a military wife?”
Ah Wu glanced at him and said casually.
Kuang Aijun’s scalp was about to explode. Sure enough, she heard it.
“No, no, no, I have never had the awareness of being a husband and a father since I married you and let you give birth to my children.”
This sentence was from Kuang Aijun’s heart. As a soldier’s wife, Ye Wu should have a higher awareness than ordinary women. When her husband sacrifices for the country and the people, she should be ready to sacrifice for the family at any time.
But, he couldn’t take it for granted that Ye Wu had such awareness. Even if everyone thought that Ye Wu should do this, he couldn’t. As a husband, he should be the person in the world who was most grateful for her sacrifice.
A man’s face was only useful when he was outside. When facing his wife, let alone face, Kuang Aijun didn’t even want it at this moment.
“Wife, just wait and see. Our mother will definitely treat you better in the future.”
Kuang Aijun explained the original intention of the words Ye Wu heard in the morning.
He finally felt the softening of his wife’s attitude these days, so he didn’t want to be beaten back to his original form in the next second.
“Oh.”
Ah Wu raised her eyebrows. Actually, she guessed it. She just wanted to tease him and see how anxious he got.
“Wife, you—”
Kuang Aijun’s intuition was very sharp. Seeing Ah Wu like this, he realized that he seemed to be anxious in vain. Ah Wu saw through the truth from the beginning.
“You, you lied to me. You were teasing me.”
Kuang Aijun was not angry. He thought that his wife who did bad things was also very cute.
“Little scoundrel.”
Captain Kuang wanted to punish this disobedient soldier, so he bravely approached Ah Wu while she was making a fire and kissed her on the cheek.
“There’s not enough firewood at home. I’ll go chop some wood now.”
Before his wife could jump up and beat someone up, Kuang Aijun ran away first.
Ah Wu touched her cheek. It felt a little hot.
“The fire was too big. I guess they added too much firewood.”
Ah Wu looked at the big fire burning on the stove and said that. Otherwise, why would her face be so hot?
Having said that, the corners of Ah Wu’s mouth rose uncontrollably, and while speaking, she did not forget to add a few more pieces of firewood to the fire.
If someone loves chopping wood so much, let him chop as much wood as he wants.
***
The Zhang family was in turmoil.
Jin Qiaoqiao’s family brought a large group of people to Zhang’s house to make trouble. Fu Dani and Miao Guo were both beaten. At this time, Fu Dani and Miao Guo’s family members also started causing trouble.
These two families were from different production teams. What was originally a family affair of the Zhang family gradually evolved into a farce of fighting between several production teams.
At this time, the team leader of the production team and some respected elders in Zhangjiagou could not stand it anymore. They came to Zhang’s house and prepared to help solve the big trouble that the Zhang family encountered at this time.
It was at this time that Jin Qiaoqiao made a request that made Old Mrs. Zhang angry— to split up the family.
It was difficult for her not to doubt Jin Qiaoqiao’s intentions.
You know, after the family split up, Jin Qiaoqiao could build another house and live alone. At the moment when Kuang Aijun came back, Jin Qiaoqiao made such a fuss.
Old Mrs. Zhang felt that her son was really cuckolded.
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The author has something to say:
In fact, the writings about the time are still beautified a lot.
According to my grandmother’s oral account, when they were young, they were reluctant to eat cabbage. They only ate the outermost layer of skin that was bumped. When important guests came occasionally, they might have to borrow a few eggs from the neighbors.
They hardly ever saw meat all year round, because even if they raised chickens and pigs, they were sold for money. The whole family would be so happy to kill a chicken during the Chinese New Year.
When they were young, they never thought that decades later, everyone would not like to eat meat and would eat vegetarian food instead. They also didn’t like to use heavy oil because they felt greasy.
We really have lived in a good era, but we don’t know what the future will be like, hahaha…
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