Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Hearing the pain in Luo Zhiyong's heart, Fang Pingying smiled faintly, leaning into his embrace and said with a smile, "It was not too bad, people from that era were all like that."

"Not really, my two younger sisters were not like that. Although Hong Lan did some household chores over the years, she didn't need to do any farming work outside, and physical labor like carrying grain should absolutely not be required of a young girl. I never knew about these things before," Luo Zhiyong said, unconsciously stroking Fang Pingying's shoulder with his right hand. He somewhat regretted not having known her earlier.

Fang Pingying smiled, looking up at him and raising her eyebrows playfully, "Even if you had known, could you really have helped me? The old you probably wouldn't have given me a second glance."

"Nonsense, how could I not admire you?" Luo Zhiyong said, and purposely scowled at her.

"Your mother still thinks I'm not good enough for you, saying that only someone good-looking like Xu He, well-educated and from a good family, is worthy of you. She's mentioned it countless times at home," Fang Pingying couldn't help but sigh sourly when she mentioned Xu He.

"But today I really saw it: people who read more books are indeed different. At the very least, they know what to say to whom. Look at her, she speaks one way in front of us, but in a completely different tone in front of your mother. She really knows how to adapt."

Playing the pitiful little girl in front of men isn't something only Xu He can do; she, Fang Pingying, can do it too, and she's quite good at the plaintive tone.

Speaking of Xu He, Luo Zhiyong remembered how she had been instigating Zhou Yunmei in the room that day, and frowned at Fang Pingying, "This Xu He, I never used to notice, just thought she was a young girl. I didn't expect her to be so dishonorable. You should avoid her in the future, just pretend you don't know her."

Fang Pingying rolled her eyes helplessly after hearing this. This man really knew how to twist things around, telling her to avoid Xu He, when he was the one who interacted with her more.

However, she didn't voice this thought, instead looking up at Luo Zhiyong and blinking, "If Xu He asks you to take her to that place she mentioned to work tomorrow, won't you take her?"

Luo Zhiyong became a bit irritated, "Why would I take her? I never agreed to take her; we just came to the provincial city by train together. Tomorrow, let Fang Xiu and Hong Lan take her to take the bus."

Fang Pingying was not keen on Luo Zhiyong being alone with Xu He. Hearing his response, she quickly agreed, "Okay, let's settle on that."

She leaned in Luo Zhiyong's arms for a while, feeling the grievances in her heart lightening slightly. Fang Pingying decided not to dwell on it anymore and said aloud, "Let's make dinner, I'm hungry, we ate lunch early."

Luo Zhiyong smiled, leading her to the kitchen while still smiling and saying, "You rest today, I'll cook. What would you like to eat?"

Fang Pingying thought letting this man serve her occasionally wasn't a bad idea, smiling in agreement, "Really, then it's settled, you cook, I'll wait to eat."

"Let's see what vegetables we have."

"There's meat, fish, and potatoes." Fang Pingying saw many items in the kitchen's cutting board basket and added, "I forgot, this morning Hong Lan said you were coming today, so she specially bought more groceries. Had I remembered, I would have started cooking myself."

Luo Zhiyong smiled, feeling that it was good she hadn't cooked earlier or else if she had cooked and thrown it out, there would have been no dinner to eat tonight.

He looked at the ingredients in the basket and immediately listed a few dishes, "Let's have braised pork with potatoes tonight, make some radish vermicelli soup, and a cold seaweed salad, let's have a good meal tonight." First seen on MV4LEMP|YR.

Although Luo Zhiyong's cooking skills couldn't compare to Fang Pingying's, the taste was not bad, especially when Fang Pingying remembered how Luo Zhiyong doted on her, she found the food particularly delicious.

After they finished eating, Fang Pingying boiled water for Luo Zhiyong to take a bath, and seeing that there was still plenty of water left, she thought about how she had sweated tidying up the shop these past few days, so she also took a quick shower.

Afterward, the couple filled a glass bottle with hot water to warm their hands and put it in bed; adding to that the fact that men naturally tend to be warmer, by the time Fang Pingying got into bed, it was already warm and cozy.

Fang Pingying had just lain down when Luo Zhiyong pulled her into his arms and started to get a bit frisky.

Fang Pingying slapped him lightly, "Stop messing around, this is Hong Lan's bed."

"Aren't all the sheets changed?" Luo Zhiyong recognized that the bedding they were using was sewn by Fang Pingying herself using the sewing machine at home.

Still, Fang Pingying felt uncomfortable, pushed him a bit, and said blushing, "No, we should wait until we return tomorrow..."

"Alright, then let's wait until we get back tomorrow," Luo Zhiyong seemed pleased as if he had gotten a bargain, and happily repeated in Fang Pingying's ear, "Just don't forget, you're the one who said this; if you back out, see how I'll punish you."

Fang Pingying glared at him, blushing.

Seeing him behave, she leaned closer into his chest and started discussing with him, "What shall we do tomorrow? Are you going straight back to the army?"

Talking about this, Luo Zhiyong was still furious, "Yes, I'll go back to the army first thing in the morning. I'm done dealing with their nonsense, I'm not getting involved ever again."

Fang Pingying didn't really want Luo Zhiyong to get involved either, but if they left things as they were, Luo Zhiyong, Luo Zhiming, and that woman, if they don't have a face-to-face conversation to clarify things, Luo Zhiming might run away again, then that woman would still go to the army looking for money from Luo Zhiyong.

Of course, they would definitely not give her any, but it would still cause a disturbance in the army, which wouldn't look good. So, since things had escalated to this point, Fang Pingying thought it might be better to just resolve things clearly this time and then never get involved again, even if it kills her.

So, she said, "I think, tomorrow you should take Zhiming to see that woman, and make it clear to her that she should only ask Zhiming for money in the future, that this has nothing to do with you. Then I need to visit Uncle Zeng to discuss providing supplies for the shop."

Luo Zhiyong also thought it made sense and nodded, then suggested, "How about when I return, I accompany you to Uncle Zeng's place?"

Fang Pingying also hoped that Luo Zhiyong could accompany her because Uncle Zeng was quite stern, and when talking to him she often felt a chill, which made the atmosphere somewhat awkward. With Luo Zhiyong present, who knew him, it might be better.

But thinking that matters with Luo Zhiming might not be resolved so quickly, and she didn't want to wait, after some thought, she shook her head, "Never mind, I'll go by myself. Uncle Zeng is familiar anyway, and who knows how long Luo Zhiming will take just sitting around."

Luo Zhiyong wasn't sure if things would go smoothly tomorrow, and also didn't want to delay her plans, so he suggested, "Let Hong Lan go with you tomorrow then; two are better than one, and it's more convenient for things like getting around by car," (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)