I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 93: Does my sister-in-law have any other sisters?

"You're so heartless! You and Shitou had a fight, and Xiaohua, such a little kid, was afraid you'd get beaten, so she went to call me back. You're such a grown man, and you even bully such a small child! She's called you 'Mom' for half a year now. Even if your heart were made of stone, it should be warm by now!"

No matter what Aunt Zhou said, Yuan Juan just wouldn't admit it.

Aunt Zhou didn't want the whole thing to become public knowledge. Unless her son divorced her, Xiao Hua'er would have to make a living under her sooner or later.

After Zhou Lei returned, Aunt Zhou began to complain to him.

"Your wife is a monster! Behind our backs, she calls Xiaohua a burden, a debt collector, and even calls me an old hag!"

Zhou Lei frowned: "Did you hear me correctly?"

"I heard it with my own ears at the door, how could it be wrong!"

She lifted Xiaohua's clothes to show him, "See? This is where she pinched me. She's so mean, always pinching my armpits. If I hadn't heard Xiaohua cry out in pain and taken off her clothes to check, the marks would probably have faded by the time I found out."

After saying that, she turned and glanced at the closed bedroom door. "Stone, I'm getting old, and I don't know how many more years I have left. You're a man, and you can't take care of the family. If she continues like this, what will happen to our Xiaohua in the future? I won't be able to die in peace!"

"Mother."

Hearing this, Zhou Lei felt a pang of sadness. He reached out and straightened his daughter's clothes, then picked her up and placed her on his lap. "Little Flower, tell Daddy, how many times did Mommy hit you?"

Little Flower snuggled closer to him, then glanced at the bedroom door, opened her mouth but made no sound.

"Don't be afraid, Daddy's here. No one will dare to bully our little Flower."

The little flower stretched out her little hand, first making a three, then a five.

Actually, she didn't know how many times she had been beaten.

"When did your mother start hitting you?"

Xiaohua thought for a moment, "When calling for Mom."

"When else could it be? It'll definitely be somewhere we can't see! If you don't want Xiaohua to call you 'Mom,' then she shouldn't marry you! Oh! My heart aches!"

Aunt Zhou patted her chest, feeling a lump in her throat.

Little Flower quickly jumped off her father's lap and ran to her grandmother, patting her chest.

"Look at our little Hua'er, how obedient and filial she is! How could she do that? There's a saying that's so true: 'The sun shines through the clouds, the wind blows through the cave; a stepmother's heart is like a scorpion's tail!'"

Aunt Zhou regretted it. She should have taken off her belt and hung herself on the door of the leader's office. Even if Shi Tou was affected at the time, it would have been better than what happened now!

Not only was it affected, but my family was also in a mess.

"I went to a class today, and the teacher called on Yuan Xiu to speak. She spoke so well that the teacher on the stage and Chairman Gu nodded in agreement. She talked about how military dependents should improve themselves and make progress. I couldn't even recite those words from memory. I don't know how she came up with them. And look at Yuan Juan. They're cousins, grew up together, and are about the same age. Yuan Juan knows how to study and improve herself. What does Yuan Juan know? She only knows how to harm people behind their backs and make them lose face in front of the leaders."

"I'm not kidding, but if she were even half as good as some other people, I'd be burning incense in gratitude!"

Zhou Lei was a little skeptical: "Is it really that good?"

"Why would I lie to you? As soon as she finished speaking, everyone clapped loudly! That's a woman who truly brings honor to a man! She's a lucky charm for her husband!"

Zhou Lei felt envious of Jiang Zhou. He glanced at the bedroom door and said, "Mom, I'll talk to her nicely. When you go back to your hometown, there will be many people at home, including my older brother, sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces. She's unfamiliar with the place, so she definitely won't dare to bully Xiao Hua on purpose. But sometimes you shouldn't make a big deal out of it. Every child gets a beating. When children misbehave, they need to be disciplined. She's Xiao Hua's mother now. If you keep them too far apart and are too concerned about these things, it won't be good for them to develop a mother-daughter relationship."

Aunt Zhou: "...Is that education? Did I just give you a lecture for nothing?"

She was furious! Her son clearly didn't take Xiaohua's beating seriously!

Zhou Lei said helplessly, "I didn't mean this time. What I meant was that Yuan Juan is still young. Maybe she'll change after she goes back to her hometown and becomes a mother. Don't you always say that young people don't understand? They'll understand their parents' hearts once they become parents themselves?"

Aunt Zhou rolled her eyes at him: "...I hope so."

Behind the bedroom door, Yuan Juan pressed her ear tightly against it. After hearing the conversation outside, she almost ground her teeth to powder.

That old hag, all she knows is how to sow discord!

Yuan Xiu is so wonderful, why don't you let Yuan Xiu be your wife?

……

Yuan Xiu's speech during the ideological education class not only spread rapidly within the family compound, but also reached the military and hospitals.

Jiang Zhou, as a husband, is bound to be the envy of his comrades.

It is said that Battalion Commander Jiang's wife has high ideological awareness and is an advanced and progressive person who has high standards for herself.

Jiang Zhou has been walking with a swagger these past few days!

"Commander, does your wife have any other sisters?" Xiang Nan asked, having eaten at her home once. "Cousins ​​or other female relatives are fine; all of your wife's sisters are definitely good!"

Jiang Zhou glanced at him sideways. "Yuan Juan and she are cousins."

Xiang Nan grinned: "That doesn't count. Are there any others?"

He started promoting himself, "Look at me, I'm a company-level officer, my parents are still alive, I'm the youngest, my older brother is in charge of taking care of them, I just need to provide the money..."

He went on and on, basically saying that he was a very good marriage prospect.

Jiang Zhou: "No, apart from the one that doesn't count, there isn't one. If you want to find a partner, you should learn from Xu Bin and ask your parents back home to find one for you. Otherwise, you can look for Sister Chunmei and her friends. They're more useful than me and my wife."

Xiang Nan sighed, "I wouldn't dare ask my parents to find someone for me back in my hometown."

His parents only had two requirements for their son's wife: she had to be able to have children and she had to be able to do farm work!

Having gained experience in the army, Xiang Nan wanted to find a female comrade who shared his interests, had a certain level of education, and could grow alongside him. None of the women his parents wanted to find for him met his requirements.

Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at his own battalion commander.

To be honest, when he learned that the battalion commander was going to marry a country girl with whom he had been betrothed since childhood, he felt quite sorry for the battalion commander.

One was a promising battalion-level officer who had just graduated from military academy, and the other was a country girl who hadn't studied for many years. They seemed completely mismatched.

Now his thoughts have changed. No wonder the battalion commander wanted to marry Sister-in-law Yuan Xiu. He must have discovered her inner beauty long ago. If his parents had arranged a marriage for him with someone like Sister-in-law Yuan Xiu, he would have married her too!