bookrandom Chapter 277: Be the Eternal Hero in Your Child's Heart
Chapter 277: Be the Eternal Hero in Your Child's Heart
A week after Huo Haocheng left, Ruan Ruan had dinner as usual and went out with a backpack. As soon as she walked out of the yard, she saw Wang Xia coming back with two children and large and small bags on their backs. Seeing this, she immediately stepped forward and took the things in her hands.
"Sister Xia, what are you doing...?" Looking at the appearance of the mother and her two children, they should have returned to their hometown, but it doesn't look like that. How can they return to their hometown with pots and pans in their hands?
"Sister, let's go in and talk first."
In Wang Xia's heart, Ruan Ruan was a girl with whom she could talk intimately. At this time, people in the compound liked to take a walk outside after dinner, digest their food, chat, etc. There was no reason for Wang Xia to tell everyone about her family affairs, so when she saw Ruan Ruan asked, she would pull her into the house first.
After returning to the house with them, I thought that Captain Zheng must have seen that the three of them were not at home, so he ate in the cafeteria.
Looking at the cold pot and stove, after putting down the food, Wang Xia did not have time to think too much. She could starve, but the children could not. She immediately started to light the fire to boil water, cooked a bowl of noodles for the children and herself, and also made an egg for each of them.
After dinner, he boiled water and gave the children a bath. After letting them go to bed, he had time to talk to Ruan Ruan about what had happened to her recently.
"Sister, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I have something to say. I don't know who to talk to. I ran into you as soon as I came back today, which shows that we sisters are destined to be together. It's just as you thought. After the New Year, we received a call from Lao Zheng's family, saying that the old lady at home was dying, and asked us to go back to see her for the last time. At first, we thought that our Lao Zheng was also raised by the old lady, so Lao Zheng asked for leave immediately. But he was unlucky. He had just gone to the military headquarters when he heard that Captain Huo had brought a lot of people back overnight. The army was short of manpower, so he didn't get his leave."
When Wang Xia said this, Ruan Ruan felt a little uneasy. She didn't expect that because of her, first Lan Chaolin had to do a lot of work, and now Captain Zheng was unable to take leave. No wonder when she saw Captain Zheng outside Commander Gu's office, he looked so worried. At first she thought it was because of the heavy workload, but now it seems that he was worried about his family and the safety of his wife going back alone with two children.
"He couldn't take leave, and his family was pressing him. I originally wanted to go back alone, but my family said that the old lady wanted to see the two children before she left, so I had to take the children back by myself.
However, I never dreamed that the old lady was really sick but not dying, and that his uncle's family actually took advantage of the old lady and tricked us into going back so that our family would pay to build a house for them. It was because his uncle's son was almost thirty years old and still hadn't found a wife, so they thought of building a better and bigger house to make it easier for them to propose marriage.
They didn't even think about how their family treated Lao Zheng after his parents passed away. He was only 10 years old when his parents died unexpectedly. Not only did his uncle's family fail to comfort him or provide him with help, they also tried every means to seize the house left by his parents.
If the old lady had not argued that they had separated long ago and that Old Zheng would be taken care of by her and need not trouble his uncle's family, and had not performed justice in the presence of the team leader and the village party secretary, Old Zheng would probably have been squeezed to the point of being squeezed to the point of nothing being left.
This time when I went back, they kept saying that our Lao Zheng was raised by their family, so now that Lao Zheng has become successful and an officer, they don't care about their poor relatives. They are really like conscience. The elders in the village can testify that our Lao Zheng has never eaten a single corn from their family, not even a single vegetable leaf. How can they have the nerve to say such things.
After I went back, his aunt-in-law and his two cousins came to our house every day to cause trouble for us. Later, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went back to my mother's house and found my parents. My parents and my brothers went directly to their house and beat up all the men in the family. Only then did they calm down for a while.
However, after the old lady learned what they had done, her condition worsened and she was sent to the hospital. After several rounds of emergency treatment, the doctor asked us to take her home. Two months later, she passed away.
In fact, I know that the old lady just wanted to wait for our Lao Zheng, otherwise he would not have woken up after repeated rescue efforts. There were many times when I wanted to call Lao Zheng and ask him to find a way to go back, but the old lady stopped me. She said he was busy and not to disturb him.
On the day when the old lady passed away, the family came to make trouble again, saying that the old lady had been worried about Lao Zheng all her life, and now that he was an officer, he didn't come back to see the old lady off for the last time. They wanted to destroy our Lao Zheng, and of course I couldn't stand it. In front of everyone in the village, I told them everything about how they had made the old lady so angry that she had to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in the past few months, and in front of everyone, I completely cut off ties with their family.
I haven't had the time to tell Lao Zheng about this matter. Logically speaking, their family is now Lao Zheng's only relative. However, since there are relatives like this who can't stand him doing well and want to destroy him, I can only help him cut off the ties.
After taking care of the old lady's affairs, I took my children back to my parents' home and lived there for a while. Since I married Lao Zheng and followed the army, I haven't been back to see my parents for many years. In fact, if we had taken a tougher attitude and brought the old lady with us, she would still be alive and well now.
I don’t know how big of a blow this incident was to Lao Zheng. The reason I came back just now was to give him some time. He didn’t want the children to see him depressed. He said that he wanted to be an eternal hero in the hearts of the children. How could a hero be so weak and cry!
I think, since he doesn't want the children to see him like this, as a wife, I can only agree to his wish."
After listening to Wang Xia's story, it was the first time for Ruan Ruan to hear about their family affairs. It was also the first time she knew that Captain Zheng, who had such a good personality, had such a background. His grandmother must have been very good to him and made up for the love of his parents. So after knowing that his grandmother had passed away, he asked his wife not to come back.
Since ancient times, one cannot be both loyal and filial. As a soldier, he has his mission. As a grandson, he was unable to go back to fulfill his filial duties to his grandmother when she was dying. This will be a lifelong regret for him.
Ruan Ruan was in no position to comment on this matter. All she could do was to urge them to mourn.
"So what are these that you brought back?"
Looking at the things on the ground, there are bowls and quilts. I guess they are all the things from their hometown that they moved here.
"The old lady passed away, and there was no one living at home. After we left, that family would definitely move in under various names, so I found the team leader and gave the house to him for safekeeping. It doesn't matter whether it is kept for the village or rented out. The money will be given to the village, just as our contribution. As for these things, I originally wanted to give them to my mother's family, but they didn't want them and asked me to bring them all back. I thought that it wouldn't be too tiring to take a car all the way, so I brought them all back."
At this point, Wang Xia could think of something in her mind: after she left, that family would definitely move in without her consent, and once they moved in, they would definitely not be able to get the house back. That was why she was thinking of handing the house over to the team leader. At least in this way, when they wanted to go back, they would still have a place to live.
After hearing how Wang Xia dealt with the house, Ruan Ruan thought it was a good idea.
Knowing where Wang Xia had been for the past few months, and now that she had returned, the two chatted for a long time. As long as Ruan Ruan was listening and Wang Xia was talking, it was already past three o'clock unknowingly. Both of them were sleepy and yawned one after another. After the two agreed to go pick mushrooms together tomorrow, Ruan Ruan went home to rest. She did not plan to go up the mountain again today.
In the evening, after dinner, Ruan Ruan deliberately looked at the stars in the yard (actually she was feeding mosquitoes), wanting to listen to the noises coming from Captain Zheng's house next door. Apart from hearing some children saying they missed their father, she also asked them if they had fun at home, all meaningless words. She also confirmed that, as Wang Xia said in the afternoon, Captain Zheng wanted to be the eternal hero in the children's hearts, so how could he easily show his vulnerability to others?
Seeing that there was no gossip to read, she went into the room, closed the door, lay on the bed, read a book for a while, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.