Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

in the afternoon.

Inside the shop.

Ma Hongwei was lying there scrolling through his phone.

Zhang Aiying came out of the backyard carrying a cloth bag.

She glanced at her son and asked, "Hongwei, is Xia Xia coming back today?"

"right!"

Ma Hongwei nodded, looked at his mother, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Aiying said, "Then why aren't you going to pick them up?"

"It's not time yet, no rush!"

Ma Hongwei glanced at the time and said calmly.

Zhang Aiying frowned and said, "You're a man, you shouldn't be late if you can arrive early. You can't keep a girl waiting for you, can you?"

"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

Ma Hongwei casually agreed.

"You already know, and you're still playing on your phone!"

Zhang Aiying said, "Hurry up and drive the car out. You can continue watching while you wait there!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head and said, "I'll handle my own affairs, so please stop nagging."

As he spoke, he looked at the cloth bag in his mother's hand and asked, "Mom, are you... going out?"

"Your sister goes to work every day. Her mother-in-law has mental issues and can't take care of herself. I'm the only one who can take care of the two children; they can't be left unattended!"

Zhang Aiying said, "I plan to go to your sister's place. Go get the car, take me to town, and then go to Ancheng to pick Xia up!"

She said this, but what she really wanted was to create a private space for her son and her partner.

Otherwise, since she stays at home every day, the two of them would feel awkward interacting.

"mom!"

Ma Hongwei sat up and asked, "You don't actually think Weiwei went to Ancheng because of you, do you? She definitely didn't mean that; she really had something to do!"

He didn't want his mother to misunderstand Xia Weiwei.

"No, that's not what I meant."

Zhang Aiying said, "Your sister really can't live without me!"

"Well... okay!"

Ma Hongwei thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

He and Xia Weiwei also had to support another timeline, and it wasn't very convenient for his mother to stay at home all the time.

"Oh, right, Mom!"

Ma Hongwei said to his mother, "Take a look at my sister's neighborhood. See if there are any nicely located apartments for sale. I'm planning to buy one."

"Did Xia ask you to buy it?"

Zhang Aiying nodded and said, "We should buy a house, but..."

Changing the subject, she continued, "But the housing prices where your sister lives are really high. I think since we have a car, buying a place in a more remote area is an option."

Ma Hongwei's father passed away early, and the two of them, mother and son, couldn't save much money.

She felt that buying a house in a good location was beyond her means.

"Mom, just go ahead and find a place. Don't worry about the price. Weiwei said she'll pay half."

Ma Hongwei told a white lie.

He has no way of explaining how he made his money.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Aiying couldn't help but say, "We're the ones marrying him, how can we let him pay? We should spend our own money!"

"Mom, back then...that place was a big city, completely different from our small county town!"

Ma Hongwei casually remarked, "Weiwei said that in her hometown, both families contribute to the wedding expenses for the couple, and they even buy the house together."

"Instead of what we have here, where the man has to provide everything, from the house to the car, and then it's like selling a daughter, with the man having to give the woman's parents a dowry of tens of thousands of yuan."

He has two classmates who got married a few years ago. One received a bride price of over 15 yuan, and the other received a bride price of 16.8 yuan.

After getting married, one man's wife only brought back a few thousand yuan, while another woman didn't bring back a single penny.

Another classmate is from Shanghai, and his wife is also from Shanghai. The two families pooled their money to buy the young couple a house in Shanghai, and there was no dowry involved at all.

"Wow, big cities are just different!"

Zhang Aiying said with a smile, "Then when I go to your sister's place this time, I'll definitely help you find a few houses."

"good!"

Ma Hongwei picked up the car keys and drove the car out of the garage.

After his mother got into the car, he drove straight south.

Why are you heading south?

Zhang Aiying said, "Didn't I tell you to take me to town?"

"It's so hot outside this afternoon!"

Ma Hongwei said, "The city's finances are bad right now, there's not much money. Bus routes have been cut, and there aren't many of the other routes still running. How long do you expect to wait?"

"I'd better take you directly to my sister's place, so you don't get heatstroke outside."

Zhang Aiying laughed and said, "I didn't raise you for nothing; you know how to care for your old mother!"

Ma Hongwei drove his mother all the way to the city center and stopped at the entrance of his sister's residential compound.

Ma Hongwei opened the car door for his mother and said, "Mom, I still need to pick up Weiwei, so I won't go to my sister's house!"

"Um!"

Zhang Aiying said, "Then you must be careful on the road. After you get to Ancheng, find a nice restaurant there and treat Xia to a meal. Men shouldn't be too stingy."

"knew!"

Ma Hongwei responded and closed the car door.

He had just gotten into the car when Zhang Aiying leaned closer and whispered, "Hongwei, you're not getting any younger. You need to hurry up and settle down. Mom wants to hold her grandson soon!"

Ma Hongwei rolled his eyes and said, "Don't my sister's family have two babies for you to hold?"

"That's a grandson, not a son."

Zhang Aiying answered.

In the older generation's mindset, daughters and sons, grandsons and great-grandsons are all considered different.

"What's the difference? We'll see when the time comes!"

Ma Hongwei mumbled something and drove away.

Zhang Aiying stood by the roadside, gazing into the distance.

Only after her son's car had completely disappeared did she turn around and enter the residential area.

……

Inside the adobe room.

Xia Weiwei is applying to Ma Hongwei to travel through time.

Ma Hongwei was on his way, but he was almost near the village.

He didn't agree immediately. Instead, he parked the car outside the detached house outside the village and, after finding no one around, he finally agreed.

Xia Weiwei was initially puzzled as to why the other party didn't immediately agree.

Soon, the spatial ripples reappeared.

"Sir, see you next time. I'll ask Hongwei about weapons and ammunition."

Xia Weiwei waved to Commander Liu and Deputy Commander Xu, then stepped inside.

When she reappeared, she was already in the courtyard of the future world.

Xia Weiwei looked at Ma Hongwei, who was covered in sweat, and said, "Comrade Hongwei, you're several minutes late this time!"

"Excuse me!"

Ma Hongwei explained, "I just dropped my mom off at my sister's place and drove back just now."

"You saw Aunt Zhang off?"

Xia Weiwei frowned slightly and said, "How could you do this? Although it's indeed a bit inconvenient for Aunt Zhang to be home, this is her home. Sending her away like this will definitely make her very sad, won't it?"

You've misunderstood!

Ma Hongwei said, "My mother insisted on going, and my sister is also at work. The two children really need someone to take care of them."