I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 89: Zhang Xiang Goes Down to the Countryside

Aunt Zhou sighed, "Then let's go back to the countryside. I'll take Xiaohua with me."

Little Flower leaned against the doorway, pouting as she looked at her grandma and then at her dad.

Zhou Lei glanced at his daughter and nodded, "Okay, let's leave it at that for now."

"Did the leader say something to you?" Aunt Zhou asked worriedly. Her son was angry a couple of days ago, but he wasn't like this today, insisting on sending Yuan Juan back.

Zhou Lei shook his head, not wanting his mother to worry, "It's nothing, Mom. You go back first, and come back after she gives birth..."

If she doesn't change, he really doesn't dare let her continue to accompany the army.

He was worried about leaving his young and beautiful wife in the countryside, so he went back with his mother to help him keep an eye on her, which made him feel more at ease.

Thinking of this, Zhou Lei sighed again. Who wouldn't want a wife, children, and a warm bed? But he really had no other choice.

The political commissar's words today made him feel uneasy.

"I'm not going back!" Yuan Juan sat up in bed, crying and screaming, "If you want to go back, let your mother or your daughter go back, I'm not going back!"

That Zhoujiatun is poor and remote; you have to cross several mountains to get to the town. She would rather die than go there!

Zhou Lei said coldly, "If you don't want to go back, then let's just forget about it!"

Yuan Juan's eyes widened. "You dare to divorce me?"

Zhou Lei: "Anyway, we can't go on like this!"

Divorce is out of the question. Even if he doesn't want to continue the marriage, there's no absolutely compelling reason why the military won't approve it.

Yuan Juan was terrified and lowered her head in silence.

Aunt Zhou glanced at her and said, "Alright, since you're leaving, then go back early. Don't bother taking time off to see us off. We'll go back by ourselves. There are three of us. I don't believe we can get lost."

Zhou Lei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I only took half a month off during the Spring Festival, and it's really not easy to take another leave now. I'll go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'll go buy the tickets the day after tomorrow."

The decision to go back to my hometown was made just like that.

Yuan Xiu learned of this news from her sister-in-law Chunmei.

Chunmei's family also returned from their hometown, bringing a lot of local specialties, which they sent to Yuan Xiu and Jiang Zhou.

"She's finally leaving. I don't know what's wrong with her brain. She's always trying to trip you up behind your back. Even though she's the one who wronged you, you didn't even acknowledge her, but she still kept trying to get close to you, like she has some kind of mental illness. Luckily you came back then. If she had really married Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang's life would have been very difficult."

Yuan Xiu thought to herself, "It seems that life in Jiangzhou was indeed difficult in my previous life."

"Right now, I'm thinking, Yuan Juan shouldn't leave too quickly. At the very least, she should give us a lesson on moral education. This lesson was given because of her; what would happen if she ran away?"

Yuan Xiu was quite curious about this moral education class. "Have you taken classes like this before?"

"I've attended one. Some military dependents who came early attended three times. The last class I attended was about 'remembering the bitter past and appreciating the sweet present,' talking about 'two memories and three investigations,' about the suffering of social classes and the suffering of the nation, as well as the advanced ideology of 'serving the people,' and we were also taught to be thrifty, filial to our parents, and to stabilize the rear. Anyway, they talked about a lot of things, that's right."

Chunmei reminded Yuan Xiu, "That teacher loves to call on people to speak. Last time, he called on that girl from so-and-so's family, and her face turned bright red and she couldn't say a word. It was so embarrassing."

What are your main points of speech?

"There are all sorts of opinions..."

Yuan Xiu gained a general understanding of the ideological and moral education class from her sister-in-law Chunmei.

During the two months I worked at the hospital, there was a meeting every week to study the higher-ups' ideas and policies. Speaking was a must. Yuan Xiu was never called on to speak, but she saw a lot of how others spoke, so she had a certain understanding of "speaking".

In short, I'll share my "experiences" and, incidentally, offer some humble self-criticism.

The class on moral education was scheduled for this week's rest day. Zhou Lei didn't want his wife to embarrass him by going to class, so he bought train tickets back to his hometown for that day.

His idea was quite good, but unfortunately Yuan Juan wouldn't follow his lead.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou, you're finally back! Your wife slipped and fell while using the toilet and has already been taken to the hospital!"

Zhou Lei's expression changed, and he turned and ran towards the hospital!

He arrived at the hospital drenched in sweat. As he entered, he instinctively glanced at the window of the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy. Seeing Yuan Xiu, he hurried a few steps, bent over, and climbed onto the window, urgently asking, "Cousin, which ward is Yuan Juan in? Is she alright?"

Yuan Xiu pointed upstairs, "Second floor of the obstetrics and gynecology department, let's go up and ask."

Zhou Lei then realized he had called her the wrong way, "...Thank you, sister-in-law."

As soon as Zhou Lei left, Hao Jia asked, "Who was that?"

"The spouse of that military family member who was just brought in."

"Then why does he call you both 'cousin' and 'sister-in-law'?"

While at the hospital, Hao Jia overheard people talking about how someone's fiancée in the military compound was almost replaced by someone else, but she didn't remember the name, so she never thought of Yuan Xiu.

Such gossip is easily forgotten after hearing it once, and after another six months, it's even harder to remember.

Yuan Xiu sighed and had no choice but to tell her about her relationship with Yuan Juan.

Hao Jia: "...Oh my god, so you were the one who almost got replaced! Why are you only telling me now?"

Yuan Xiu: "You didn't ask me. I can't just keep telling the story wherever I go."

"That makes sense, so that pregnant woman is your cousin who took your place?"

"Stop talking about cousins, I don't have such a good sister." Yuan Xiu didn't hide anything from Yuan Juan and told her about Yuan Juan's strange behavior recently.

Hao Jia: "...I'll go up and take a look! I didn't see clearly just now."

Yuan Xiu: "..."

Hao Jia went up to the second floor and stood openly watching the show from the doorway of Yuan Juan's ward.

No one paid attention to her; she was wearing a white coat, and the people in the ward thought she was a nurse.

"How did you fall like that?" Zhou Lei reached out and touched Yuan Juan's stomach. "Is the baby alright?"

Grandma Zhou sat by the hospital bed, holding Xiaohua in her arms, and glared at Yuan Juan with annoyance: "Who knows how she fell! She can even fall while going to the toilet. Luckily, the doctor said she's fine. If something had happened to my grandson, I..."

The ward was crowded, and she swallowed the words she was about to say. "Have you bought your tickets yet?"

"I've bought it."

"Take it back and return it. The doctor said she can't handle any jostling in her condition and should stay in bed for a while until she's feeling better before we leave."

Aunt Zhou suspected that Yuan Juan did it on purpose. If that was the case, it would be even more hateful. In order not to leave, she would even debase the child in her womb. This woman is too ruthless!

Zhou Lei frowned and nodded: "Okay, I'll take it to return tomorrow."