A well-behaved girl was deceived while searching for her husband; she married a childless military o

Qin Yuanzheng made Qiao Lanshu a light mutton noodle soup.

Because Qiao Lanshu's tastes are different from the locals', she hardly puts any salt or seasonings in her food. When Qin Yuanzheng stews mutton, he basically just stews it in plain water and doesn't even dare to add scallions.

After all, Qiao Lanshu already ate a light diet, and now that she's pregnant, she might experience morning sickness from time to time. He was worried that Qiao Lanshu wouldn't be able to eat.

Qin Yuanzheng is a decent cook, but when making light-flavored dishes, he often struggles to get the amount of oil and salt right.

He brought out the mutton soup noodles, sprinkled a little bit of chopped green onion on top, and then brought out the vinegar and salt as well.

He said, "Wife, you didn't put salt in this bowl. See how much you want to eat and add it yourself."

Qiao Lanshu was both amused and exasperated. She put some salt in her bowl and said, "This mutton is so tender and soft. Zheng-ge, you're really good at cooking!"

She started praising it before we even ate it.

Qin Yuanzheng was quite pleased, and he said with a smug look, "Of course, do I even need to mention my skills?"

Then, he added jokingly, "My kneading skills and radish-making skills are pretty good too, right?"

Qiao Lanshu: "..."

Qiao Lanshu blushed and said, "I don't know, don't ask me."

Qin Yuanzheng sat next to her, so close that he squeezed her into the corner of the sofa.

Despite his large size, he didn't seem to realize he was crowding Qiao Lanshu at all. In fact, as if he wasn't close enough to her, he squeezed even closer to her.

He said in a low voice, "However, there is one thing I have to criticize you for, Comrade Xiao Qiao."

Seeing his serious expression, Qiao Lanshu put down her chopsticks and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"

She quickly reflected on herself in her mind, trying to figure out where she had gone wrong.

Maybe not.

Aside from Chu Liangjun's matter, there was nothing else she was hiding from Qin Yuanzheng.

Qin Yuanzheng had no reason to punish her anymore!

She pondered for a long time, only to hear Qin Yuanzheng lower his voice and say in her ear, "Your scheme to eat radishes isn't very good, far inferior to mine."

Qiao Lanshu: "..."

Qin Yuanzheng thinks he is a good eater and knows a lot about food.

But the young wife is a little lacking.

But that's okay, they can practice more over the next ten days or so.

Qiao Lanshu glared at him: "Stop talking and eat!"

If we keep talking, the noodles will all clump together.

After finally finishing their meal, the two rested for a while and read the newspaper for a bit before Qin Yuanzheng prepared to take Qiao Lanshu to the bathroom for a bath.

He boiled hot water today and has a new bathtub, which is perfect for use.

However, Qiao Lanshu put down the newspaper and said to Qin Yuanzheng, "By the way, Brother Zheng, there's something I forgot to tell you."

As Qin Yuanzheng went to the kitchen to fetch water, he asked, "What's up?"

Qiao Lanshu stood at the bathroom door, watching Qin Yuanzheng add cold water to the wooden bucket. She slowly said, "This morning when I went to work, someone posted a big-character poster about me on the food factory's bulletin board."

Qin Yuanzheng: "???"

Qin Yuanzheng paused in his action of adding water, turned to look at Qiao Lanshu, his face darkening and his brows furrowing: "Someone put up a big-character poster about you? Why didn't you tell me this afternoon?"

Qin Yuanzheng is very protective of his wife.

He's very protective of his own; if anyone dares to bully his wife, he'll definitely go and confront them.

We can't leave him without an explanation.

Qiao Lanshu explained to him, "I've probably already taken care of this matter. My cousin is keeping watch at the factory tonight with some men."

She told Qin Yuanzheng everything that had happened that day, including the content of the meeting, such as fingerprinting.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yuanzheng's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly. He continued adding cold water to the wooden bucket, smiling as he said, "Comrade Xiao Qiao, I didn't expect you to be so clever, even knowing how to extract fingerprints?"

Qiao Lanshu immediately puffed out her little chest and pretended to be proud, saying, "Of course! I also know that to extract fingerprints, you need to use iodine and heat it up, then the fingerprints will come out."

Seeing her smug expression, Qin Yuanzheng couldn't help but laugh.

He added enough hot water to the bucket, then came over, hugged Qiao Lanshu, kissed her on the cheek, and asked, "This must have been done on purpose. I've been thinking about it, and I'll make time to go to the hospital for a check-up in a few days. What if the infertility diagnosis last time was a misdiagnosis? That way, you won't be gossiped about anymore."

Qin Yuanzheng would never doubt his wife.

He never cared what others said about him before.

People say he's infertile, and others say he's impotent, but it doesn't matter to him, because he knows these rumors can't hurt him.

Moreover, rumors have a time limit; at most, they will disappear in a few months.

However, now his wife is being gossiped about because of him.

He felt incredibly sad.

Qiao Lanshu shook her head: "Brother Zheng, there's no need to go for the checkup. What if you get it checked a second time and the result is still infertility?"

Qin Yuanzheng: "..."

Then Qiao Lanshu will probably be talked about even more.

Qiao Lanshu lowered her voice and analyzed to Qin Yuanzheng: "I didn't tell you about the big-character poster this afternoon because I was afraid you would get angry and go to the food factory to question the factory director and secretary on the spot. If that happened, the nature of the matter would be different."

I thought about it carefully. This matter seemed simple; it appeared that someone was jealous of me and that's why they reported me. But thinking about it more closely, something didn't seem right. Think about it, I'm your wife, and you're the commander of the 21st Regiment. In these days, ordinary people wouldn't dare to easily slander a military officer's family member.

The image of soldiers is one of greatness and righteousness in people's minds.

In addition, the country has only just been rebuilt from the war. Soldiers have sacrificed so much for the country and the people. Ordinary people would not be willing to slander a regimental commander who has been on the battlefield and carried out countless dangerous missions for no reason.

Qiao Lanshu said in a low voice, "I think the person behind this definitely has ulterior motives. I want to find him out and send him to the police station for a thorough interrogation to see if there's any conspiracy behind it."

Of course, she might just be overthinking it.

Perhaps that person was simply jealous of her, because she came from a good family and was not afraid of retaliation from her officer husband.

That's quite possible.

But what if?

Qiao Lanshu kept thinking about how Qin Yuanzheng almost got blown up during a mission in her previous life.

Now, no matter what happens to her, she has to be more careful and think things through.

Qin Yuanzheng reached out and cupped Qiao Lanshu's face, looking her up and down, and said in a low voice with a puzzled expression, "How strange, she hasn't grown a second brain. How did my little wife suddenly become so smart?"

Qiao Lanshu: "..."

Qin Yuanzheng said in a very serious tone:

"Comrade Xiao Qiao, how are you so outstanding? Hmm? You're young, you're beautiful, you're educated, you earn money, and now you're even good at thinking ahead. Compared to you, I seem a bit useless, you know? Hmm?"

Compared to your head full of wisdom, I seem to only have a head full of things unsuitable for children. You won't dislike me, will you? Dislike me for being old, for being rude, and for being good for nothing except cooking?

Qiao Lanshu: "..."

Qiao Lanshu glared at him and said, "How can you be useless? You're so capable!"

Qin Yuanzheng straightened his back slightly: "This is amazing?"

Qiao Lanshu blushed deeply at his actions.

Qin Yuanzheng then said in a serious tone, "That's right. At least I have some strengths that you should praise, right? Wife, it's a good thing you're a girl and my wife; if you were a man, I would be no match for you in any way."

This old man, I don't know what got into him, started praising Qiao Lanshu.

And once they start praising someone, it never ends.

He said, "Wife, your clothes still smell so good even after wearing them all day. You're such a wonderful wife."

A moment later he said, "Wife, although you're not very old, you're big in every other way. That's great. Look, I don't have any of that."

While taking a bath in the wooden tub, Qin Yuanzheng massaged Qiao Lanshu and said, "Your skin is whiter and softer than dough, unlike mine, which is all dark. Don't look down on me."

Qiao Lanshu found him a bit too noisy, and said helplessly, "Brother Zheng, stop talking, the water will get cold soon."

Qin Yuanzheng had Qiao Lanshu sit on his lap so that it would be easier for him to massage his wife.

He whispered, "I'm praising you. Look, my palm is big enough, but yours is even bigger..."

He could grab a dough ball with his palm, and he mentally compared it to his wife, saying, "Hmm, she's about the same size as a dough ball."

His wife is really beautiful and has a great figure.

He's got the curves where he should, and he's slim where he should be.

It's perfect.

Although Qin Yuanzheng said he was giving her a massage, there was no real massage at all.

But Joan was still forced to accept the service.

Qin Yuanzheng served his wife for an hour before finally carrying her back to their room to sleep, completely satisfied.

……

The next day, when Qin Yuanzheng took Qiao Lanshu to work, he dropped her off at the gate of the food factory. Before getting out of the car, he said to Qiao Lanshu.

"Since you've already handled this matter, I won't ask any further questions. However, I'll arrange for someone to liaise with the food factory regarding the subsequent investigation. Weren't you worried that the mastermind behind this was not simple? I'll investigate personally. You can just focus on your pregnancy, understand?"

Qiao Lanshu nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll go to work now."

Qin Yuanzheng nodded and watched Qiao Lanshu enter the food factory.

Only then did he drive back to the military base in the mining area.

What Qiao Lanshu said is indeed worth pondering.

If someone really wants to get back at him and is targeting his wife, then that is indeed a problem worth taking seriously.

So, as soon as he arrived at the mine office, Qin Yuanzheng called over Company Commander Yang and had him change into civilian clothes so that he could discreetly go to the food factory to find Yang Wenyan.

……

When Qiao Lanshu arrived at the food factory today, she saw the gatekeeper standing at the entrance, who said to her, "Little Qiao, great news! That bastard who put up the big-character posters has been arrested by the factory manager!"

Qiao Lanshu instantly perked up and exclaimed excitedly, "You really caught them? Was it last night?"

The security guard nodded: "Yes, someone climbed over the wall of our food factory in the middle of the night and went straight to the bulletin board. I guess they were worried that their fingerprints would be taken today and that it would expose their identity, so they came and put up a big-character poster in the middle of the night."

Qiao Lanshu was initially worried that if the person who posted the big-character poster was wearing gloves, it might be difficult to deceive them by giving the reason of collecting fingerprints.

It seems that regardless of whether the other party was wearing gloves or not, they were both guilty and afraid.

See? Every time they try to scam someone, they succeed.

Qiao Lanshu asked anxiously, "They really caught them! Who is it? Do I know them?"

The security guard clicked his tongue and said with a sigh, "You'd never guess who it is. This person has something to do with you."

Qiao Lanshu couldn't wait any longer, so she said, "Uncle, just tell me already, stop beating around the bush. If you don't tell me soon, I'm going to storm into the factory manager's office!"

Actually, by this time, quite a few food factory workers had already gathered at the entrance of the food factory.

Because many people wanted to hear who had put up the big-character poster.

How dare they be so bold as to slander even the family members of military officers?

They even used them as weapons.

The security guard deliberately lowered his voice and said, "That person is Wei Hongmei."

Some people asked, "Wei Hongmei? Who is Wei Hongmei?"

Qiao Lanshu was shocked when he heard this name.

She hadn't expected it to be Wei Hongmei; this was truly unexpected.

Qiao Lanshu pushed through the crowd and jogged toward the food factory director's office.

Behind me, the gatekeeper, holding a thermos, slowly took a sip of jujube water before saying, "Oh dear, Wei Hongmei is the daughter of Wei Zhengye, the former workshop director of our factory. Have you all forgotten? Wei Hongmei worked as a family member worker in our factory, but I think she didn't perform well, so she was transferred to the family service team."

At the time, Yang Wenyan originally intended to expel Wei Hongmei.

Wei Zhengye pleaded for his daughter, saying that his son-in-law had deceived their family and had been sent to a labor camp.

His daughter needs a job, even if it's low-paying, otherwise he won't be able to support his two children.

Therefore, Yang Wenyan transferred Wei Hongmei to the family service team.

Later, Wei Zhengye was dismissed from his position and lost his job because of his speculation and profiteering in selling fried dough twists.

Everyone thought Wei Hongmei would leave the family service team.

After a few days of back and forth, Wei Hongmei returned to work.

Now look what's happened, she's actually putting up big-character posters about Qiao Lanshu.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Did this Wei Hongmei also go on a blind date with Commander Qin? Like Liu Weihong? Is that why she's jealous of Comrade Xiao Qiao?"

Everyone: "..."

Some people said, "Come on, she's never been a discreet person to begin with, and she's never been a good worker. Now she's caused this mess. I think she shouldn't stay in the service team anymore. She should find a man to marry as soon as possible so she can at least make a living."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

In Yang Wenyan's office, he looked at Wei Hongmei with a puzzled expression.

"Wei Hongmei, instead of doing your service work properly in the family team, why are you putting up big-character posters about Qiao Lanshu again? Do you have a grudge against her? Or is there some kind of conflict that I don't know about?"