Chapter 74 Testing
Murong Xue thought that his idea was not good, and then she thought about the fact that he had never been married, so she asked, "Which... Grandpa Lu, have you ever been in love?"
Seeing her ask this, Lu Xueliang fell into reminiscence for a long time: "Yes, there was no war at that time... Later, Fusang country instigated other neighboring countries to go to war with our China...
A good man should protect his country, not care about love affairs."
Murong Xue admired him: "Then let me ask you another question. Do you think the married men in the army are happy?"
“How can I not be happy? I have a place to live, someone to cook for me, and four dishes and a soup for every meal.
Clothes are provided for each season, and new beddings are provided every season. There is a monthly salary, and rewards are given for completing tasks...
They don’t know how much happier they are than before.”
Murong Xue was speechless and thought to herself, Grandpa, do I have some misunderstanding about happiness?
"Is this what you consider happiness?"
"if not?"
Murong Xue said seriously: "The happiness I'm talking about is that they get married and live a good life."
"Don't they all have wives?" Lu Xueliang said, not understanding why she was still bothered by this issue.
"Don't you want to know whether they like the wives they marry? Do they love them?"
Lu Xueliang: "Of course I like them. Why would I marry them if I don't like them?"
"If a woman gets married and has no man around, will she be bullied? If a child doesn't know what his father looks like after he is born, will he be bullied in the village?"
"Why are they being bullied? They are military families and should feel honored. Also, who dares to bully them?
"It's an honor."
"What do you mean?"
"Marry a man and he'll provide you with clothes and food."
"you……
"A wife, children, and a warm bed."
"What do you want to say, girl? Be direct. Don't beat around the bush like that old guy Zhu Di," Lu Xueliang was a little anxious because of her question, and even said his catchphrase.
Zhu Di was listening at Yulong Villa, wondering how he got involved.
Murong Xue saw that he was getting anxious. This kind of hot temper was really the nature of a soldier. He liked to be straightforward.
"I knew about their separation from people in the compound.
I think if I tell you something, you just need to listen to it, but don’t get angry.”
"Don't be angry, you said."
Murong Xue thought for a while and said, "I just think that the army should open up a piece of land and convert it into a family compound.
The place doesn't need to be big, and the houses can be built according to the ranks of the soldiers, and there doesn't need to be too many houses.
Let those soldiers whose families live far away bring their wives and children here, so that the family can see each other not every day, but at least not only once every three to five years. "
"Go on."
"We can also arrange some work for the military wives, such as raising pigs, chickens, ducks, etc.
Those who are educated can arrange for them to work in nearby factories.
You can also build a school in the compound so that their children can study there, and then go to the local regular school when they reach school age.
Then gather all those military wives with low education...
Don't look down on those military wives. Think about it, how many women who have the courage to marry a soldier are cowards? "
"Well, continue."
“Right, as for their parents, don’t they have other brothers and sisters?
If they are not around at that time, you can send some of the money back.
What is this called? Those who have money contribute money, and those who don’t have money contribute labor.
In the future, those soldiers will have their own wives and children to look after… their wives and children will be warm and comfortable… so they will definitely be more enthusiastic in their training.”
Lu Xueliang was silent.
The driver, Lao Song, also fell silent.
The guard on the co-pilot's seat also fell silent.
They all felt that what Murong Xue said made sense.
Don’t those soldiers miss home? Yes, and don’t they miss their children? Yes.
A military order is as heavy as a mountain. They must abide by the discipline and endure it to protect us all.
After a long time, Murong Xue thought that Grandpa Lu would not speak. She had satisfied her desire to talk, but she felt uneasy in her heart.
Mr. Lu looked at Murong Xue seriously and said, "I will consider your proposal carefully. We will have a private meeting to decide later.
You thought of all this just by listening to what the people in the hospital said?"
When Murong Xue heard him say that, she finally felt relieved and replied, "What else?"
"Haha, you think too much."
"You said that if the wives of the soldiers were fierce in their hometown, they could still survive in the village. But what if they met an honest one?
I didn’t hear this from the people in the hospital, I saw it with my own eyes.”
"Oh."
"There is a soldier under Gu Yunting named Chen Gang. I heard he has been a soldier for eight years.
His father suffered from asthma and his mother was an orphan, so he was not liked by his parents at home.
The money Chen Gang sends back every month never reaches his parents.
After Chen Gang died, Gu Yunting and Jun Yichen went to his hometown to bury him. Guess what happened?
The three of them lived in a dilapidated house. Chen Gang's younger brother was ten years old and had not yet gone to school. He was as skinny as a monkey.
What about his grandparents? They used his hard-earned money to build five large tiled houses in the village and live with Chen Gang's uncle and his family.
When Gu Yunting saw this situation, he and Jun Yichen went to the local government...
In a fit of rage, he issued a letter of severance for them, and then took the family of three and Chen Gang's ashes back to the capital."
"Is there still this?"
“And I heard Jun Yichen say that the reason he chose to do business instead of joining the army was because he had seen so much injustice since he was a child.
The place where he lives now is filled with disabled soldiers and children who are without parents.
So I wondered, if Chen Gang’s parents lived in a military area, would it be the same?
Why do you think he still sends money home every month even though he knows how his grandparents treat his parents?
Because he knew that as long as his grandparents saw the money, they would stop bullying his parents and younger brother.
As you said, give them a year off to get married and then come back when they have kids.
What if they left the baby and had a miscarriage?
What if you encounter a family that favors boys over girls, and your daughter-in-law gives birth to a girl?
What if the child is born with a defect?
What will happen to them?
Most people think that men are not wrong in this matter, and it is women who are wrong.
What if there’s an emergency at home?
As the old saying goes, distant water cannot quench nearby thirst..."
"Girl, this is not just my decision. There are other things going on here."