Chapter 683: Chapter 661: Ye Qing’s Sense of Superiority

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Han Yi and Lin Wan were right, Ye Qing was indeed troubled by Ye Weijun at the moment.

The money she earned from reselling shoes over the past few months had almost all gone into Ye Weijun’s pocket. A few days ago, he suddenly asked her for six hundred bucks. That was what she had earned in two months.

She had worked so hard to save some capital, planning to do some bigger business, and he just took it away.

When she refused, he even threatened her, saying that if he didn’t get the money, he would bring Ye Rong over to the army to cause a scene, and this time he would definitely bring the household registration booklet.

This scared Ye Qing. If people in the compound were to find out she had such a father, everything she had said in the past would become a joke. Her image would surely plummet, and she would become the subject of gossip in the compound. She had struggled to make a name for herself in the compound, maintaining the image of a city dweller, and she didn’t want Ye Weijun to ruin it all.

She gritted her teeth and sent the money back to Ye Weijun. Fortunately, she had always been cautious in front of Mei Langchi. Whenever she came back with money, she only mentioned a third of it, secretly saving the rest herself. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to account for such a large sum.

Mei Langchi usually had quite a bit of money too. Last time when he helped her out, he agreed to do something for the captain and helped get a batch of clothes inside.

Mei Langchi must have received some benefits in between. She had no idea how much, but anyway, Mei Langchi would give him money in amounts of dozens or hundreds. This far exceeded his usual monthly salary.

However, since she “got pregnant,” no one from the Capital City came over, but they did give Mei Langchi a few thousand yuan to buy her supplements.

Geez, the Mei Family really isn’t short of money, dropping two or three thousand just like that. Mei Langchi isn’t stingy either. He gave all the money to her to keep. Now she has at least four or five thousand in savings. This makes Ye Qing feel a bit better.

The two of them also agreed that when it was close to her delivery, Ye Qing would go back to S City to “await delivery” and return after two or three months. By then, she wouldn’t need to bring the child over and could just say they were both busy with work and that she had given the child to her mother to take care of.

Wait for another couple of years, and then they could bring the child to live with them. When the child was a little older, it wouldn’t be so noticeable. It would be no more than the child being slightly taller and speaking more fluently than “peers.”

This is easy to explain; both of them are not short, especially Mei Langchi, so they would say the child is well-fed and growing fast, born smart. Who would say anything then?

It’s just difficult not to let the Mei family see the child within these two years. The couple thought, if they really can’t hide it, they would just reveal the child’s situation. Their own family wouldn’t spill it out.

The reason they’ve complicated things this way is that they’re afraid too many people knowing could lead to trouble if the Tao Family finds out.

If someone held onto this matter, it would be quite troublesome.

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A month flew by quickly, Lin Wan didn’t encounter Ye Weijun in S City. Instead, it was about time for Han Yi to return to his unit.

That day, they drove to the army with Shi Lan and her husband to tidy up a small place in the barracks, preparing to move in a few days.

After being unoccupied for a long time, the inside was full of dust. The flowers in the courtyard had withered due to no one watering them.

Han Yi somehow got a small pile of sand in the compound, placed it in the courtyard for Little Star to play with. It took them an entire morning to clean up the house.

Meanwhile, from the upper floor not far away, Sun Yu watched the conspicuous sedan in the compound from the window, gritting her teeth in anger.

She had toiled for two years to barely earn a title, and yet here was someone whose husband returned from military school with an inevitable promotion, then in just two years, they bought a car. Wasn’t this enough to make all the salaried folks like them angry?

Living in the same compound, facing each other day after day, everyone knew they were all more or less similar. But she acted as if she had no scruples, showing off so blatantly, was that right?

… Lin Wan knew that as soon as they drove into the compound, many would be envious. The curious sister-in-laws and children would all gather around their car just to take a look.

Everyone’s like that, once the novelty wears off, it’ll be fine.

At noon, Sister-in-law Zhang invited them to have a meal at her new home. Last year, the army dismantled those two old tubular buildings and rebuilt them. They hadn’t dismantled the row houses here, but those tubular buildings, mainly because they were old and often blocked up, and the smell in summer was terrible, which affected the army’s image.

So, they first dismantled those two, and the residents inside had moved to apartment buildings. Those with slightly lower ranks moved to bungalows. These were transitional periods, and after the houses over there were built, these row houses also had to be dismantled.

It’s said that the new houses being built even have heating. All future houses will have heating. It’s heard that once the houses beside Sun Yu’s apartment are built, and with the new apartments, they’ll also install heating.

Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Liu Erhong’s homes happened to move just below Sun Yu’s apartment, and they live directly across from each other.

Today, when the two families came, they originally planned to clean up and leave, but got delayed a bit. Han Yi was thinking of going to the canteen to get some food, but who knew Sister-in-law Zhang insisted they both come to her house for a meal.

“Sister-in-law, this house is much better than the old one” two bedrooms and a living room, just right for a family of three.

“Isn’t it? With our own kitchen and bathroom. It’s great. Now we’re just waiting for that heating the leaders mentioned.”

“Yes, I heard my Hong Bing say it, it’s so warm, with snow outside, you can just wear a sweater inside and still feel hot.” Liu Erhong joined in to help, her accent has become quite standard in the two years she’s been here.

“Once the new apartment is built, I suppose people from your row houses will move in, and in the future, everyone in our compound will get to live in houses like this.” Sister-in-law Zhang had just moved in not long ago. She’s still quite excited about it.

“Mmm, we’re waiting for it.” Of course, they’d love to move into a house with heating.

At noon, Han Yi and Ning Jiang went to the army canteen, leaving the women at home.

Pidan led Sister-in-law Liu’s two younger brothers and Little Star, playing wildly. They didn’t need any adult supervision at all.

The weather was still hot, so the preparations were all cold dishes. Sister-in-law Zhang specifically made a big plate of scrambled eggs for the kids.

In the past two years, Sister-in-law Zhang learned a lot of cooking skills from the chefs in the government canteen, so her cooking skills improved significantly. Living conditions also got better because there’s only one child at home.

And now with both earning salaries, unlike the earlier years where it was only Brother Huang’s wage.

Not only Sister-in-law Zhang, but Sister-in-law Liu also found a job here. The army primary school opened last year. The primary school is just behind the compound, right next to the nursery class.

Now there are many army families here, and there are a hundred or so children in the compound. Mainly the children who used to study in H City couldn’t keep up with the courses there, and students transferred in the army area frequently, prompting the opening of the primary school here. Middle school and high school are still in H City.

Sister-in-law Liu is now working logistics at the school, earning over twenty yuan a month.

“Hey, speaking of the primary school’s vacancy for teachers, the leaders actually intended to transfer Sun Yu back. But Sun Yu refused, thinking our school’s resources were inadequate. She taught middle school, so coming to a not-so-great primary school felt like a waste of her talent. This, though unsaid by leaders, made them quite dissatisfied with Sun Yu,” Sister-in-law Liu recalled last year’s incident and still couldn’t help turning up her nose, she usually isn’t one to gossip, but Sun Yu’s actions were a bit over the line.

If she really didn’t want to, couldn’t she just nicely talk it over with the leaders, making it so obvious, she’s disrespecting them.

“She’s always like that, you see how many people in our compound really get along with her,” Lin Wan and Shi Lan remained silent while Sister-in-law Zhang spoke directly.

Someone like Sun Yu, who thought highly of herself, never earned much favor.

“So, who did they get to come back then?” Shi Lan, now with a child, started to care about these things.

“They transferred a few interns from the teacher training school, and two sisters-in-law from our army area who used to be teachers in the hometown have been rehired. Although not highly qualified, they’re perfectly capable of teaching the children, dedicated and responsible good teachers,” Liu Erhong, who worked at the school every day and knew the teachers well, found them quite satisfactory.

Lin Wan and Shi Lan nodded. With the development in the military district, resources keep getting better, and now that the primary school has opened, it’s likely the middle school will follow in years.

S City ** Army District is a big military unit. Any new policy or plan would be considered in advance, so in the not-too-distant future, this place will be particularly well-developed.

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