1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 710 Quarrel
Chen Jiefang entered the house with a dark face, rummaged through drawers and cabinets to find a change of clothes.

Seeing his eldest son still standing at the door, he said irritably, "What are you doing standing here?"

Chen Weidong was in a bad mood after being scolded for no reason. Just as he was about to ask something else, he heard his wife, Miao Xiaohe, call out from the kitchen: "Weidong, the water is boiled. Can you help carry it to the back?"

He had no choice but to go into the kitchen first.

Miao Xiaohe said, "Didn't you see that Dad looked unwell? You still went up to him. You're so stubborn."

He glanced into the yard and nudged him with his elbow: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take the water to the backyard."

Now that his biological mother, Yan Qingshuang, is no longer around, Chen Weidong listens to his wife's every word and goes to the backyard with a bucket of water.

When he returned to the front yard, he said with a dark face, "Dad is really something. I don't know what he got into outside, but he took it all out on me."

Thinking of something, she turned to look at her second brother Chen Weiping's room: "Dad just said Weiping is back. Tell him, is it because Weiping got into trouble again?"

Miao Xiaohe's face immediately turned ugly: "Wei Dong, if he causes trouble again, then we must separate the family. If you don't agree, then I can only take Yi Shan and Yi Hu back to my parents' home."

Before Chen Weidong could reply, Hu Liru's voice came through: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by that?"

Miao Xiaohe was startled, but quickly calmed down.

Now that her mother-in-law wasn't home, and after suffering several losses at the hands of her sister-in-law Hu Liru, she stood up for herself: "It's exactly what it sounds like."

Hu Liru clutched her pregnant belly: "Sister-in-law, you really have a mind of your own. You're trying to separate from us because you know I'm about to give birth and you don't want to take care of me during my postpartum period, right?"

Seeing her aggressive attitude, Miao Xiaohe said without any politeness, "Since you say so, then I'll do as you wish. Yes, I just don't want to take care of you during your postpartum period, okay?" Hu Liru covered her stomach and said, "My father-in-law said that you have the demeanor of an elder sister-in-law and told me to rest assured and take care of my pregnancy. But now you say such things. You are really going too far."

Miao Xiaohe got angry: "I'm going too far. How dare you say that? Ever since you married into this family, apart from sharing meals every other day, what else have you done for us? We are sisters-in-law, not your mother-in-law."

Chen Weidong was afraid of upsetting his sister-in-law so much that she would give birth in a little over a month. He said, "Xiao He, Dad will be done washing up soon. Come and eat."

Although Miao Xiaohe felt uncomfortable, she knew why her husband said that. She glared at him and turned to busy herself with dinner.

Hu Liru was about to say something when Chen Weidong said, "Dad is in a bad mood today. You'd better not cause any more trouble. You feel unwell, so you should go back to your room."

After saying that, he left the kitchen and went to the backyard.

He needed to visit the old man; it was his turn to take care of him today.

Now, Grandpa Chen is being cared for by his three sons from the eldest branch of the family. His second uncle and his family give him twenty catties of fine grains and five yuan every month, and his aunt sends him some tonics every month.

The first thing he did upon entering the room was to open the window to ventilate the room. Then he went to the bedside and said, "Grandpa, let me help you up."

Since the old man didn't object, it meant there was a need.

First, they prepared the homemade toilet, then helped the old man up and carried him to the stool with a hole cut in it.

After the old man had finished taking care of himself, Chen Weidong carried him back to bed and settled him in.

(End of this chapter)