The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

"You..." Zhu Xiaofeng pulled Sun Lijuan and said coldly, "Xiaomin, what you said is too harsh."

"Isn't it?" Zhu Xiaomin asked, "This is clearly the betrothal gift that Mingzheng bought, but she insisted on having it. It sounds like she's trying to steal my man, doesn't it?"

It sounds... and it does sound like...

Zhu Xiaofeng glanced at Sun Lijuan and frowned: "It's just a watch. If you can't bear to part with it, forget it. Just now you said that your brother-in-law can think of a way, so you can buy another one."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded and stretched out her hand to him: "Two hundred and sixty-three yuan. Give me the money. I will buy it and send it back to you, or you can come and pick it up."

"How can I bring so much money?" Zhu Xiaofeng shouted, raising his hand to slap her hand back.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Then you can send me the money later and I will buy it for you. There is no rush."

"Can't you put it on first?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked.

"No!" Zhu Xiaomin shook her head. "You can see that Mingzheng is just a soldier and doesn't have much money. I've only been back to the city for a few days to work, and I have to raise a child. I have to pay rent for the house I live in, and I have to pay for water and electricity myself. How can I compare to you? You live and eat at home, don't have to pay rent, don't have to pay for water and electricity, and don't have to raise a child. You can spend your salary yourself. It's much easier than us."

Everyone can cry poor, and it’s also the truth.

Zhu Xiaofeng frowned: "What about your husband's family?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "You asked my husband's family to buy a watch for my sister-in-law? Is it my wife's wife, or your wife?"

"It's just a temporary pad." Zhu Xiaofeng said.

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "I can't open my mouth."

Sun Lijuan looked ugly: "Then you won't help?"

Zhu Xiaomin said: "I didn't say I wouldn't help, I just have to spend your own money."

Isn't it the same?

Sun Lijuan kicked Zhu Xiaofeng hard again.

Zhu Xiaofeng held his anger and stared at the watch on Zhu Xiaomin's wrist angrily. He wished he could snatch it away, but although there were not many people in the restaurant, there were always outsiders present, so it was not easy to take it by force.

At this time, the waiter came over and brought the last two dishes and the egg soup to the table. He smiled at Zhu Xiaomin and said, "The dishes are ready. Enjoy your meal."

Zhu Xiaomin stopped her and asked Zhu Xiaofeng, "Have you eaten enough?"

Zhu Xiaofeng was already full of anger and lost his appetite, so he waved his hand: "That's enough."

Zhu Xiaomin took the meal ticket and paid the bill to the waiter. After she left, she took a spoon and served soup to the two of them: "We've been talking for a long time. Have some soup."

Zhu Xiaofeng was so angry that he couldn't let it go. He took a sip of soup and took a bite of the bun bitterly. He looked at her for a few times before asking again: "When are you going home?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook his head: "The child is young and the work is busy, so I'm afraid I won't be able to do it all at once."

"What about the New Year? You haven't been home for so many years. You have to go back during the New Year, right?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "New Year? Brother, don't tell me that I am a married daughter. Even when I went back last time, I didn't see a place for me to live at home."

"I let you go back, but I didn't let you stay." Zhu Xiaofeng frowned.

"So, I'm going to go back during the New Year and stay in a guesthouse? You guys are celebrating the New Year, and I'm wandering around?" Zhu Xiaomin sneered.

"You always have to take the man and the child back to meet their parents, right?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Well, I'll discuss it with Ming Zheng later."

Sun Lijuan immediately said: "They soldiers also have a holiday to celebrate the New Year. I think we will just celebrate the New Year."

Zhu Xiaomin then nodded: "Well, then we'll see if Ming Zheng's leave is enough."

"Why is it not enough? It's not enough to take a few days off." After all, they grew up together. Zhu Xiaofeng heard her casual tone and knew it was perfunctory.

Zhu Xiaomin looked up at him, smiled and said nothing.

Sun Lijuan asked: "Why can't I even take a few days off?"

Zhu Xiaomin sighed: "Do you know that they are a disciplinary force, not your big factory? They can take leave if they ask for leave, and they can be absent from work if they ask for leave. Whatever they do is fine?"

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with big factories?" Zhu Xiaofeng felt despised.

Zhu Xiaomin asked back: "I remember you said your sister-in-law was on a business trip, and you came with her. It's been more than ten days, right? You don't go to work, and no one in the factory said anything?"

Zhu Xiaofeng said coldly: "What can a broken factory say?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Your shabby factory is nothing. Mingzheng's is a disciplinary force. People like you can be fired."

"You..." Zhu Xiaofeng looked down on the educated youth who went to the countryside from the bottom of his heart. He also looked down on Lu Mingzheng who was an educated youth and then went to the army. He muttered in dissatisfaction, "He is just a stupid soldier."

Zhu Xiaomin glanced at him and said nothing.

Sun Lijuan sighed: "I'm talking about Xiaomin, you are the same. You can become a cadre on your own. Why are you so anxious to marry a soldier? If you had known better, you could go back to the city and find someone better."

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "Even if I knew earlier, I would have looked for him."

"Why?" Sun Lijuan looked puzzled. "Can't you find a cadre who is better than him? I think the ones in your department are all good."

Zhu Xiaomin immediately changed her tone and asked, "Are you interested in those people in our department?"

"You..." Sun Lijuan was angry.

"Xiaomin, what are you talking about?" Zhu Xiaofeng growled.

Zhu Xiaomin blinked at him: "My sister-in-law said it. She said she thinks that several people in our department are good and they are all cadres."

From the bottom of her heart, she didn't like the woman in front of her at all, and her words would hurt her heart as much as she wanted, so she would be happy first.

Zhu Xiaofeng's face turned pale with anger, and he wanted to stand up and leave, but the meal was not finished yet, so he had to suppress his anger: "Your sister-in-law is talking about you, why are you pulling her?"

Zhu Xiaomin said, "Oh," and said, "I was wondering, you two are already married, why is your sister-in-law still looking around?"

After being pulled like this, Sun Lijuan could no longer say the words of reproach and glared at her angrily.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Xiaomin said with a smile: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables. This fried eggplant with meat tastes good." He picked it up and gave it to the two of them.

After eating a few more mouthfuls of steamed buns, Zhu Xiaofeng suppressed his anger again, and then asked: "When do you plan to go back? I can tell my mother when I get back."

Zhu Xiaomin shook his head: "It depends on Ming Zheng's fakeness."

"Why don't you go back by yourself?" Sun Lijuan asked.

As long as the person goes back, with the pressure from the mother-in-law, he can always squeeze something out of her.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Let's wait until the child is older. He is too young now and I can't take care of him on the road."

"It's still half a year until the Chinese New Year." Sun Lijuan said.

Zhu Xiaomin glanced at her: "Whose child can grow up in half a year?"

Zhu Xiaofeng said: "I heard that she was born in September or October last year? She will be over one year old by the Chinese New Year."

Zhu Xiaomin became a little impatient. She said "hmm" and started to get angry, "He is just an ordinary child. He is no smarter than my brother. He can ride the train without the care of adults when he is more than one year old."

"You..." Zhu Xiaofeng was choked again.

Zhu Xiaomin finished the soup in the bowl, pushed the bowl and chopsticks aside, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said to the two of them, "I'm full. I'm going to go back first. You guys take your time eating. I've paid the bill." After that, she stood up and left.