Military husband hasn't returned home for two years? He reads his daughter's heartfelt wor

Chapter 117 No Need for Forced Combination

"Sister-in-law, these are pickled vegetables that I made myself. They're not the same as the ones sold outside," Deng Huiru said proudly.

Although she was from a rural area, she was also educated and had excellent cooking skills, which made her feel superior to other military wives.

Li Wanqing twitched the corner of her mouth, somewhat confused as to why Deng Huiru had come over.

"No need, my family doesn't like pickles."

Compared to pickled vegetables, she and Nuonuo prefer some refreshing pickled vegetables from Sichuan Province.

Deng Huiru's expression froze, and she pouted, "Is my sister-in-law angry with me?"

Li Wanqing patted Nuonuo's head. "Nuonuo, you go inside first."

Nono glanced at her mother, then at the aunt, and obediently went back into the house.

Deng Huiru was even more displeased when she saw that Li Wanqing didn't even bother to invite her in.

"Sister-in-law, are you looking down on me?"

It's just that I haven't come over to visit before.

Offering to the regimental commander's family is too stingy.

"You're overthinking it. I just simply don't like pickles," Li Wanqing said calmly.

Deng Huiru didn't say anything more, but her expression wasn't good when she left.

Li Wanqing didn't interfere; she knew that Deng Huiru had come to her door wanting to make friends.

But how much of it was genuine remains to be seen.

Moreover, relationships are about chemistry; if she felt they couldn't get along, there was no need to create unnecessary conflict.

Once home, Li Wanqing put the matter out of her mind.

Deng Huiru returned home furious, and when she saw Zhang Hao come back covered in dirt, she was immediately disgusted.

"I'm telling you to be hygienic, you've rolled around in the mud!"

She comes from the countryside and is most afraid of being disliked for being unhygienic, so she cares a lot about this.

Zhang Hao grinned and said, "Today is a mud training exercise, what would it be like if we weren't covered in mud?"

"Wash these muddy clothes yourself!" Deng Huiru said, then walked into the house.

Zhang Hao looked puzzled and asked, "Didn't you go to Commander Cheng's house? How was it? My sister-in-law is a nice person, isn't she?"

It would have been better if he hadn't brought it up; once he did, Deng Huiru couldn't contain her anger.

"What's good?"

"I kindly went to deliver some pickles, but they gave me a lot of complaints."

Zhang Hao looked puzzled. "No way, your sister-in-law is a very nice person. Did you say something wrong?"

Zhang Hao's words were like water splashing into a hot oil pan, causing an uproar!

Deng Huiru turned around, pointed at him, and yelled, "She's so great, are you envious?"

"If you're so capable, why don't you go find a sent-down youth in the city yourself!"

Zhang Hao was completely baffled. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing her husband's cluelessness, Deng Huiru was so angry she couldn't speak.

So what if she's from the countryside?

She was a proper high school graduate, and if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Hao was a soldier and a battalion commander, she would have married him and moved to the city long ago.

Zhang Hao gently pinched her nose. "Alright, don't be angry. The cafeteria has braised pork today. I'll get you some braised pork."

Deng Huiru's eyes lit up, and her anger subsided a little.

This is one of the advantages of marrying this man; at least she can eat meat every meal without anyone competing with her for it.

Li Wanqing was unaware of the Zhang family's affairs; she only mentioned it briefly when Cheng Baichuan returned.

Cheng Baichuan didn't take it to heart. "If you don't get along, don't force it. Is your stomach still hurting today?"

"It's much better." Although there are still occasional throbbing pains, it's much better than last night.

"By the way, you're on vacation this weekend, right?" Li Wanqing suddenly asked.

Cheng Baichuan shook his head. "The military region has been busy lately, and there are no holidays for the time being."

Li Wanqing said "Oh", "Didn't I promise Nuonuo we'd take a family photo? I was thinking of taking it sooner."

Li Wanqing's reminder made Cheng Baichuan remember, "Although we don't get a vacation, we still have time to take a photo. We can just take it at the military region."

When Li Wanqing heard that this was possible, she breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought they were going to film in the county town.

"Then let's wait until Sunday. The cultural troupe will start recruiting for the children's choir on Saturday, and I'll go help."

Cheng Baichuan asked with concern, "Can your body handle it?"

Li Wanqing waved her hand dismissively, "It was already better by then."

Cheng Baichuan's eyes flickered, and after saying "Oh," he said nothing more.

Qin Qianqian's story was widely discussed in the military region, with people saying in private that she had been possessed by an evil spirit.

Otherwise, why would a perfectly healthy person complain of body aches every day?

Li Wanqing just smiled faintly when she heard this. In any case, Qin Qianqian could no longer hurt Nuonuo.

Li Zhangqing was the happiest when Qin Qianqian was arrested and her gang was broken up.

He no longer has to live in constant fear.

But when he learned that his family was to be sent to the Northwest Military Region, Li Zhangqing became uneasy again.

The Great Northwest is a vast, boundless wilderness, filled with sandstorms.

Li Zhangqing felt terrible just thinking about that scene.

"Old Li, this matter needs to be handled by Wanqing's man," Jiang Fang said.

She would rather go to the Northwest than to Li Zhangqing.

Li Zhangqing smoked irritably, "Do you think I don't want to? That brat is completely unreasonable and won't help us at all."

"How about we go and apologize to her?" Jiang Fang suggested tentatively.

She refused to apologize.

But compared to going to the far northwest, she felt that the temporary grievances were nothing.

"Apologize for what?" Li Zhangqing roared, his face stern. "I'm her father. What kind of father apologizes to his daughter?"

That brat Li Wanqing is impervious to both soft and hard approaches. He practically begged her, but she still wouldn't budge.

Li Wanhua's eyes were slightly red. "Dad, my sister must be angry with me. I'll go apologize to her."

"Go where? Don't go anywhere." Li Zhangqing waved his hand impatiently. "That brat is heartless and won't help us."

"What can we do then?" Li Wanhua pretended to wipe away her tears. "If I had married a military officer, I would have done everything in my power to protect my parents and my younger brother."

"Unfortunately, I am not as fortunate as my sister."

“That’s right!” Jiang Fang’s eyes lit up. “Old Li, Wan Hua is much more lovable than Wan Qing. If she marries a military officer, we won’t have to go to the Northwest.”

Li Zhangqing was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head, "Let alone whether Wanhua can marry a military officer, even if she could, it would be too late!"

Li Wanhua's eyes sharpened; of course she wanted to know that.

So she never thought about helping her family; she just wanted to stay.

Jiang Fang refused to give up, saying, "No matter what, let's try again."

Li Zhangqing thought for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, but we'll have to wait two days. The military region is keeping a tight grip on things these two days."

Li Wanhua's eyes flickered slightly; she wasn't just trying, she was determined to win.

Li Wanqing was unaware that she had been tricked again, and was currently extremely busy.