Chapter 393 Letter from home
Political Commissar Zhang was obviously happy to marry such a young wife, and he laughed at everyone he met.
However, Chen Jiajia's brother and sister-in-law didn't seem very happy. Shen Shuyu could tell at a glance that their smiles were very forced.
It would be strange if Chen Wei could be happy because her sister married a man who could be her father.
If it weren't for this sister who insisted on getting married, Chen Wei would not have helped to invite Political Commissar Zhang to come home.
His unhappy sister got married, and the man she married was of a higher status than him. She would no longer have to worry about food and clothing in the future, and it was finally what she wanted.
Her sister-in-law looked down on this girl, but she was also relieved in her heart that she was married and finally she didn't have to make trouble in her family anymore, and her mother-in-law couldn't find an excuse to say that they were not dedicated enough.
The banquet was very lively. Shen Shuyu usually didn't interact much with the sisters-in-law in the family compound. After she had eaten her fill, she said something to Gu Jiandong and went back first.
"Shu Yu, why don't you stay there a little longer?"
"I feel a little sleepy after eating. I want to go home and sleep."
She said she was sleepy, so Shen Chunling quickly asked her eldest niece to go back to the house to sleep, and she also worked much more quietly in the house.
In fact, there was nothing to do at home. After Gu Jiandong washed his hands, he washed her and Gu Jiandong's clothes.
Gu Jiandong cleans the house every day and there is no dust. When Gu Jiandong is free, he also cooks the meals.
But Shen Chunling could always find work to do, and Shen Shuyu couldn't do anything about her second aunt, she couldn't stay idle.
Gu Jiandong came back with a letter in his hand. Gu Jiandong read it and showed it to his second aunt. Shen Chunling didn't care and took it to see what was written at home.
After reading the letter, Shen Chunling put it aside and said, "Jiandong, Second Aunt feels a little uncomfortable. I'm going back to my room first."
Shen Shuyu woke up and felt that her second aunt seemed to be in a bad mood. She asked Gu Jiandong, "What happened to her second aunt?"
Gu Jiandong showed her the letter sent from home. It turned out that Shen Chunling's daughter Wu Xiaoling got married. She followed the advice of the old lady of the Wu family and married an old man from the next brigade who was ten years older than Wu Chunling.
Shen Chunling was extremely disappointed with her children, but as a mother, she could never be completely cruel to her children. When Shen Chunling heard at home that the old lady of the Wu family wanted to marry Wu Xiaoling to an old man,
She also went to the Wu family to persuade Wu Xiaoling, but Wu Xiaoling refused to listen to a word she said. She even mocked Shen Chunling, saying that she couldn't bear to see her marrying well.
After making fun of her, she naturally asked Shen Chunling to pay 50 yuan as a dowry. Shen Shuyu knew that even if she gave her 50 yuan, the money would be taken away by Old Lady Wu. She did not give Wu Xiaoling a penny, but persuaded her earnestly that getting married was a lifelong thing and advised her to be cautious.
It was impossible to be cautious. Wu Xiaoling was sure that her mother couldn't stand her being better than she was, so she ignored her.
Wu Xiaoling got married. It was fine at first, as an old man married a young wife and he gave her whatever she wanted in the first few days.
Everything from vanishing cream to Dacron fabrics was bought. Nowadays, everyone has to be frugal in their life. How can they afford to spend lavishly?
In order to marry her, the old man gave a lot of money to the Wu family and bought her this and that, emptying out all the family savings.
He no longer had the ability to buy things for her, and if he didn't buy things for her, Wu Xiaoling wouldn't let the old man enter the house, let alone touch her.
The old man will tolerate her temper the first time she throws a tantrum, after all, she is young and he spent a lot of money to marry her.
The second and third time, the old man was not so good-tempered. She closed the door, but the old man kicked it and broke it into pieces.
The fourth time, the old man was still throwing a tantrum and punched Wu Xiaoling directly. He broke Wu Xiaoling's bones the first time.
Wu Xiaoling went back to her parents' home crying to complain. Old Mrs. Wu scolded her for being pretentious. She asked her brothers to help. Wu Yongjun and Wu Yongjie thought she was making a big deal out of nothing, so they just tried to comfort her and didn't do anything about it anymore.
At this time, Wu Xiaoling thought of her mother, and came to Shenjiaba Brigade to look for Wu Chunling. However, Wu Chunling had already joined the army, so there was no way she could find her.
Her mother was not at home, so Wu Xiaoling asked Old Lady Shen to make the decision for her. Her daughter no longer recognized Wu Xiaoling. When she knew that Wu Xiaoling was going to get married, her daughter went to persuade her and analyzed the pros and cons for her, but not only did she not listen, she also scolded her daughter.
There was no way Old Mrs. Shen would take care of this matter. If she didn't, Wu Xiaoling would start to act like a spoiled child and want to stay in the Shen family.
Shen Qiu couldn't help her bad temper and annoyed her grandmother every day. This affected her grandmother's mood, so she took out a shoe awl and chased Wu Xiaoling to prick her. Wu Xiaoling had felt how painful it was when she pricked people, so she didn't dare to stay in Shen's house and ran away.
After the person left, Shen Qiu told the whole story over and over again according to what her grandmother had said.
No wonder Second Aunt was in a bad mood, it turned out to be because of Wu Xiaoling.
Shen Shuyu wanted to comfort her second aunt, but Shen Chunling smiled and said, "Shuyu, don't worry about your second aunt, she is fine.
The three children have the blood of the Wu family flowing in their veins. They will always stand on the side of the Wu family. No matter what I say, they will not listen. They will only think of me as their mother when they are in pain or want to suck blood from me. I know all this.
I have made up my mind that I will not care about them anymore, but every time I hear that they are not doing well, I still feel sad. Shu Yu, do you think Second Aunt is too useless? "
"Second Aunt, this is not useless. This is your instinct as a mother. They don't cherish you and don't know how good a mother you are. I know how good Second Aunt is. I will support her in the future."
Shen Chunling cried and laughed, "Silly child, Second Aunt doesn't need you to raise her. Second Aunt is capable and will not consider looking for someone else in the future. Just give your child to Second Aunt and she will help you take care of it."
Shen Shuyu took Second Aunt's hand and smiled, "It's great to have Second Aunt."
With Shen Shuyu chatting with her, Shen Chunling had almost calmed down. She took a pen and wrote a letter to her family, saying that in the future whenever the three siblings came home, their family would just kick them out.
Anyway, Shen Chunling was determined not to have any of her three children.
She worked hard to raise her children and has long since fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother. She does not ask her children to support her, but she will never allow them to disturb her life.
There was a movie to watch in the army that night. After Wang's wife had finished her meal, she came over and called, "Sister Chunling, Shuyu, let's go watch the movie. It should be about to start."
"Wait a minute, let's get a stool."
"No need to take it. My boy has brought a stool over and saved a good seat for us."
"Second Aunt, Shuyu, you guys go first. I'll come over later after I finish frying these melon seeds."
Watching a movie was too boring, so Shen Shuyu said she wanted to eat some melon seeds. There were only raw melon seeds at home, and Shen Shuyu didn't like them very much. So Gu Jiandong took the melon seeds directly into the kitchen and said he wanted to fry some for her.