12. Divorced Military Wife (12)
Lin Shiheng seemed not to notice the strange atmosphere between the women. He asked with the clothes in his hand: "Sister Li?"
"Hey, hey, no problem, leave it to me."
Sister Li was older and calmer. She didn't mention what Zhou Qianqian said just now. After she reacted, she took the clothes with a smile, touched the material and exclaimed: "This is good material."
"I don't understand this either. I just listened to the recommendation of the clothes seller. Then I'll leave it to you, Sister Li. My wife is still at home, so I'll go back first. Tomorrow, I'll bring good wine to find your Gangzi."
"Hey, come here, why bring wine."
Zhou Qianqian looked stiff, holding the plastic bag tightly in her hand, looking at Lin Shiheng and Sister Li without saying a word, and smiled and left.
As soon as he left, a military wife who usually disliked her immediately spoke up: "What did someone say just now? Eating plastic bags?"
"Hey, stop talking!"
Sister Li quickly pulled her back and said, "Qianqian is young and ignorant. She has never met with Captain Lin, so she misunderstood. It's fine once the misunderstanding is resolved. Well, it's getting late, let's go today."
She tried to give Zhou Qianqian a way out, but she refused to bow her head. She threw the plastic bag in her hand to the ground with a sullen face, "Who knows if he is pretending! You can see if he is pretending. I can't keep pretending for a day!"
"Sooner or later you will know who is wrong!"
After she finished speaking, she left angrily, leaving the military wife who spoke up and laughing: "Does she still have the right to say so?"
"Little girl, you think everyone knows what she is thinking."
What's more, if Captain Lin buys his wife a new dress, she will eat this plastic bag. If you have the ability, don't add the sentence that they are not allowed to tell Captain Lin. With this sentence, as soon as Captain Lin buys clothes, Zhou Qianqian can say that someone told him whether he told her or not.
It's a pity that even God doesn't help her. As soon as she said this, Captain Lin came back with new clothes.
"Okay, stop talking. It's so late. Let's go back."
"Sister Li, stop being such a pushover. Didn't you see that Zhou Qianqian doesn't appreciate it at all? Just wait and see. She lost face today. She will definitely go around complaining about Captain Lin in the future."
"I really don't know what she's thinking. She's already in the army. Can't she live a good life with her husband? Captain Lin is in charge of her man. Isn't she afraid of causing trouble to her family by making such a fuss?"
"She's just relying on Captain Lin's good temper and not taking revenge. Okay, okay, stop talking, Sister Li, Aqiao is right. Zhou Qianqian is too jumpy. You helped her, but she still blamed you. In my opinion, she will continue to talk nonsense in the future. If she offends Captain Lin again, she will hate you for being nice to her. The men in our family are still working under Captain Lin. You should stay away from her. "
Sister Li was persuaded by them in turn. Although she didn't think Captain Lin was a grudge, she was still worried about affecting her man. "Okay, I know. I will pay attention to it in the future."
She thought, Captain Lin bought such beautiful new clothes for his wife. Zhou Qianqian would not be so brainless to gossip around again, right?
Zhou Qianqian was so brainless.
She lost face this time, and she blamed all the resentment and humiliation on Lin Shiheng.
He must have done it on purpose, otherwise how could he not mention his wife for three years, and suddenly bring her to the army and buy her new clothes.
And Sister Miao Xing, Zhou Qianqian felt distressed when she thought of the sadness on her face when they met last time. It would be fine if Lin Shiheng didn't cherish such a good sister Miao Xing, but he also spread false rumors.
Sister Miao Xing is a new century woman, the person she admires the most. How could she pursue Lin Shiheng when she knew that he had a wife?
Zhou Qianqian became more and more angry, and even wanted to meet Lin Shiheng's wife. However, when she thought about how she had lost face outside just now, she would definitely be ridiculed if she went out now, so she could only sit back angrily.
She was not stupid. She knew that she would be laughed at if she showed up these days, so she stayed in the house for several days before coming out.
There were so many people in the compound, the worst thing was not to say no to those people.
Zhou Qianqian went to the laundry room with a washing basin in her arms, and saw a woman in her forties bending over to wash clothes, and her eyes lit up immediately.
This was Mrs. Zhang, who loved to spread gossip the most.
Zhou Qianqian placed the washing basin beside her, greeted her, and then began to subtly lead the topic to Lin Shiheng.
"What? He hasn't mentioned his wife for three years? That's impossible."
Mrs. Zhang was surprised: "Qianqian, have you not been out these days? There are always soldiers coming to the compound to visit Captain Lin's wife these days. They say that Captain Lin always mentions his wife to them and praises her to the sky. When this person comes, a group of people can't wait to see her."
Zhou Qianqian was caught off guard by the reply. She clearly remembered that not many people knew that Lin Shiheng had a wife?
"What do you mean not many people know!"
Mrs. Zhang kindly explained, "Captain Lin really loves his wife. He talks about his wife every three sentences unless he is doing anything or training. He used to be a very hardworking person. Look, since his wife came, he accompanies her whenever he has time. He bought pots and pans a while ago. We talked about it. He said that since his wife cooks, he wants to cook by himself."
"But Captain Lin said that his wife is practicing calligraphy and making clothes for him, which is very tiring. He said that he would not let his wife cook no matter what. He cooks with a spatula every day!"
Zhou Qianqian was stunned. "How is it possible? If he really loves his wife, he would let her cook by herself. I have been in my hometown for three years."
"You kid, why don't you ask around? Captain Lin lost his father at an early age and was raised by his mother. He is also the only son. He went to the army and brought his wife with him. His mother would be alone at home."
"This time, the family was still doing housework. Captain Lin's wife was pregnant and it was inconvenient, so she came with him. She has been taking care of her mother-in-law at home for the past three years. It's not like what you said. Don't spread nonsense everywhere in the future. It's my fault. If it were someone else, they would say you deliberately spread rumors."
"Okay, I'm done washing, I'll leave first."
Zhou Qianqian looked at Zhang's wife in a trance.
How could it be possible.
Didn't Sister Miao say that Lin Shiheng never mentioned his wife to her at all? Why is Zhang's wife saying that everyone knows it now?
No, that's not right. Miao Xing wouldn't lie to her.
Lin Shiheng was just pretending to be good, and it's obvious that he just got married, how could he bear to leave his newlywed wife.
She just didn't believe it. Could it be that everyone in the army said that Lin Shiheng was fine?
Zhou Qianqian didn't wash her clothes and walked out with the washing basin. After walking a few steps, she saw a young man with a bitter face, trembling and covered with dust, swaying weakly.
She curiously pulled a woman sitting on a bench to mend insoles and asked: "Who is this? I haven't seen him before."
"Him? The younger brother of Captain Lin's wife."
The woman bit off the thread and answered casually: "It's terrible. He was just punished to run fifty laps on the playground. If he stopped, he would be punished to run ten more laps. In the past few days, apart from training, I just watched him running on the playground."
Zhou Qianqian's eyes lit up a little bit.
She thought, she found evidence that Captain Lin didn't like his wife!
If he liked her, would he treat her brother like this!
He Xiaobao was limping forward, grimacing with pain every step he took. He wiped his red eyes miserably and continued to move forward only after making sure there were no tears.
If he had been punished like this before, he would have cried out of grievance, but it was not possible here. People here, whether men or women, would laugh at him as a baby when they saw him crying. He could no longer order women to do things. Last time, he spoke to a female soldier in the wrong tone and was immediately beaten. In addition, it was too tiring to be punished to run laps every day, so He Xiaobao didn't even have the strength to speak.
Fortunately, thinking that the third sister would definitely help him rub the medicinal wine when she saw him, he had some motivation to move.
As he was walking with difficulty, a roadblock suddenly appeared in front of him.
He Xiaobao looked up with great effort and saw a woman, and his expression immediately became tiring.
He was traumatized by the beating of the female soldier.
"You are the younger brother of Captain Lin's wife, right?"
Zhou Qianqian looked at the face in front of her that was younger than her own, and looked like she was defending injustice: "How can Captain Lin be like this? He doesn't take care of you at all!"
He Xiaobao immediately thought of the arrogant look of Deputy Captain Zhang: "Captain Lin asked me to take care of you. The care of our troops is training! Come! Run laps!"
He has been "taken care of" like this, and this woman still wants her brother-in-law to "take care of" her!
What kind of person is this!
His face immediately became angry, and he gestured at his sore hands and feet. He felt that he couldn't beat the woman opposite now, so he could only lower his head and walk around without saying a word.
"Hey, hey! Don't go, I'm talking to you."
Zhou Qianqian subconsciously went up to stop him, but she was in a hurry and He Xiaobao's legs were weak.
——Plop!
He fell flat on his face.
He Xiaobao lay on the ground, thinking about how he had been punished to run laps, laughed at his mother, beaten by female soldiers, and now bullied by strangers, the tears of grievance that he had been holding back fell.
He climbed up with his hands and feet, pointed at Zhou Qianqian and loudly accused her: "You, you are too much!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he found that everyone in the compound was looking at him. Thinking of the tears on his face and being laughed at for crying in the past, He Xiaobao closed his mouth in grievance, wiped his tears, and limped forward.
Only Zhou Qian was left standing there stunned by his roar, accepting the strange and puzzled gazes of the people around her.
She, what did she do to her!
On this side, He Xiaobao struggled to the door and knocked on the door weakly.
Today, Lin Shiheng said he wanted to eat dumplings early in the morning. He Xuezhu was humming a song while making dumplings. When she heard the noise outside, she quickly put down the rolling pin and went to open the door. As a result, when she opened the door, she saw a big clown face.
She was immediately startled: "Xiaobao, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"Come in, come in, did you fall? Where does it hurt? I have some medicinal wine, I'll apply it on you."
He Xiaobao was dragged into the house, the tip of his nose was filled with the fragrance of dumpling fillings, in front of him was his sister who was looking at him worriedly, the house was warm and not cold outside at all.
At this moment, after feeling the cruelty of outsiders and seeing such a gentle sister, he finally realized what the warmth of relatives was.
Everyone bullied him, even a woman he didn't know bullied him.
Only his sister was good to him.
Only his sister was not mean to him.
His sister also made dumplings for him.
He Xiaobao hugged He Xuezhu and cried out.
"Sister, I will definitely treat you well in the future."