Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Chapter 618 - 613: Lunar New Year’s Eve

But what can she do? Cry? Make a scene? Seek death?

What’s the use anymore?

In the past, whenever she felt wronged at home, she would cry and make a fuss. Even if the children didn’t care, there was always Luo Dashan by her side to coax and comfort her.

No matter how big the issue was, as long as she threatened to drink pesticide and seek death, it would certainly frighten Luo Dashan. He would yield to her in anything, even if it was utterly unreasonable.

But now, even if she drank all the pesticide in the house, no one would pay attention to her. Probably by the time they find her body in this room, it will be when Luo Zhiming and the others return on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and nothing else would change.

Maybe that bitch Xu He would be so happy she couldn’t contain herself, finally able to get that US$ 100.

So, since her death wouldn’t scare anyone, it lost its value. Besides, she would never do something to cause pain to her loved ones and joy to her enemies. Then what’s the point in dying?

She was going to stay alive to fight Xu He, wanting to see if she could outdo her after Xu He ends up alone with the kids.

But Zhou Yunmei felt it truly unfair how she had ended up by herself. As she sat by the stove, she cried a few times but didn’t dare to cry too loudly. She still cared about her face; if someone saw her current miserable state, all alone during the New Year while her son and husband didn’t want her, she would feel too ashamed.

Suppressing her sobs, she then looked at the half-kneaded dough in the basin, no longer in the mood to make dumplings. Since it was just her alone, she might as well save whatever she could. She hung the meat in a well-ventilated place, thinking that when Luo Cuilan and the others came for the New Year’s visit, she would use that kneaded dough to make a few plain steamed buns to eat for the next few days.

In stark contrast to the Luo Family’s quiet New Year’s Eve, the Fang Family in the city was bustling with celebration. The three households gathered together, with more than a dozen people, including several children, making quite the ruckus.

Moreover, the three families, the Fang Family, Li Aihua’s family, and the shop opened by Fang Xiu, were never short of money.

Their shop’s business wasn’t as good as the main store owned by Fang Pingying, but it still made good money. A month’s profit was not less than a few thousand. For the Fang Family, they were already quite content.

In the past, when they farmed in the countryside, at year’s end, after all the hard work, they would have only just managed to fill their stomachs. Now, to them, this monthly sum was a huge amount.

Consequently, this New Year, Fang Xiu and Li Yuchun were also very generous, vying to prepare the festive goods. However, Fang Pingying had already taken care of the New Year’s shopping earlier and didn’t allow them to spend their money.

Fang Xiu and Li Yuchun felt apologetic, so they sold some meat and bought various things, made a lot of cured sausages and bacon, and brought everything to Fang Pingying’s home.

These items could be stored and were all homemade. Even if they didn’t eat them for the New Year, they could give them away as gifts, and it would still be presentable.

The truth is, when people often spend time together, as long as they are financially comfortable and there are no cunning or vicious individuals, there are no significant conflicts.

Hence, this was the second New Year for these three households of Fang Pingying’s family, passing each year peacefully and happily.

In the evening, several women, including Fang Pingying, got together to make dumplings, while Fang Ping’an took a few little ones downstairs to set off firecrackers.

The women chatted away while preparing the dumplings, discussing various household trivia.

Li Aihua suddenly remembered Luo Honglan and Luo Dashan and said with a smile, "I wonder how it’s going for Honglan over there. They’re probably not having as lively a New Year as us. We could have invited them to come over for dumplings. Although they aren’t family, they are still Yaoyao’s grandparents and aunt after all."

"They weren’t willing to come," said Fang Pingying, who had mentioned the invitation to Luo Dashan, but he refused to come, so she didn’t insist.

She smiled and said to Li Aihua, "But I told them to come over and watch TV at our house after they have their New Year’s Eve dinner. They will be coming over later."

Li Yuchun, hearing this, nodded with a smile, "That’s nice, we can watch TV together, and then I’ll head back with my family. That will be lively too."

During the conversation, they turned to Zhou Guangsheng’s family. Granny Zhou and Zhou Xiaoyan, Zhou Guangsheng’s sister, were staying in the city for the year. They initially planned to spend the New Year here, but since Fang Xiu had to go pay respects at her in-laws, they returned before the New Year and were waiting for Fang Xiu and the others to visit the old home after the New Year.

Fang Pingying asked Fang Xiu, "Xiu’er, how are things with Guangsheng? When are you going to visit his family for the New Year?"

Fang Xiu said, "His mother and sister discussed it when they were here. After spending the third day of the New Year here, we will leave that night for his family’s home. We plan to return around the eighth or ninth day, just in time for the grand opening of the shop."

Fang Pingying nodded, feeling that it was a good plan.

Li Aihua, however, looked at Fang Xiu and asked with a smile, "When are you two going to talk about marriage?"

Li Aihua wasn’t quite aware of the issues between Zhou Guangsheng and Bai Jing, so she was quite puzzled about why the two hadn’t married after so long.

It was difficult for Fang Xiu to explain, so she said, "We’ll discuss it after the New Year. There’s no rush; we’re quite happy as it is."

Mainly because Fang Xiu still had some lingering worries; since Bai Jing’s pregnancy was never clearly resolved, it was uncertain whom the father was.

Li Yuchun considered the timeline and mentioned, "Calculating the time, Bai Jing should have given birth to that child at least a couple of months ago, right? Is the matter of the child clarified?"

Fang Xiu shook her head, "Since Bai Jing attempted suicide that time, she hasn’t taken the initiative to contact Zhou Guangsheng again. Granny Zhou doesn’t seem to believe the child is Guangsheng’s either. It’s been quiet these few months; no one knows what’s really going on."

Li Aihua, hearing this, gossiped a bit about these matters. Once she had a clear grasp of the situation, she analyzed with Fang Xiu, "Since that woman hasn’t looked for Guangsheng after giving birth, it indicates that the child is definitely not Guangsheng’s. She knows that no matter what she said before, you couldn’t prove anything. Now that the child is here, if she made a big fuss, you could just pay some money to find proof. She wouldn’t dare come looking."

After a pause, Li Aihua continued, "Or if Xiu’er is worried, you can go straight to Zhou Guangsheng’s family after the New Year and ask in person to clarify things."

Fang Pingying nodded, thinking that made sense. If they could clear up the issue with Bai Jing properly, that would indeed be good.

For example, compared to the Luo Family’s situation, Bai Jing was actually even more fearsome.

Mostly, the conflicts with the Luo Family were about money, coupled with the fact that they had lived in the countryside for a long time and didn’t understand many things after coming to the city. If there was trouble, Fang Pingying, apart from feeling irritated and tired, was not afraid.