"Did you forget you said you’d be good to me for a lifetime? Did you forget when you said you’d listen to me forever when our eldest was born? Husband, I worry myself sick for you."
The heavy snow in the Northwest was cold and sharp as a blade. Standing under the eaves, Jiang Jiangyu was wearing just a thin layer of clothing, her complexion turned pale, and her lips were purple from the cold as she tightly grasped Lin Aidang’s arm.
"I can’t bear to see you suffer, can’t stand you being ostracized, or having you be downcast every day, without fulfilling your ambitions in life. Please don’t blame me for keeping things from you, okay?"
"You are my love. If I wasn’t afraid of worrying you, how could I keep things from you? Your father ignores me on such a big matter, so I had to approach my own father."
Hearing these repeated words, Lin Aidang exhaled a white misty breath, looking at his trembling wife, unwilling to let her fall ill. He dragged her inside the room.
Jiang Jiangyu, who was stuffed into the bed by him, tightly grabbed the corner of his clothing, "Don’t be mad, okay? I won’t dare to hide anything from you anymore, I’ll listen to you from now on, alright?"
"Let go!"
"No, I won’t let go! You ran away and didn’t come home the last time I let go. Are you planning to abandon me?"
His spouse’s crow-footed eyes brought Lin Aidang a resigned smile, "Xiao Yu, our kids are already grown up. Don’t be so childish anymore."
"You despise me."
"Sigh... I must have owed you in a past life. I’ll go make some ginger tea, will you let go of me now?"
Watching him turn to leave, Jiang Jiangyu felt a sense of pride in her eyes. Though this man might lack ability, he certainly dotes on her completely.
When Lin Aidang returned with a steaming bowl of ginger tea, he habitually took out a sugar cube. Seeing his habitual actions, he chuckled and shook his head.
"Brother Aidang, our two sons-in-law sent New Year’s gifts. What should we return? I really want to see our granddaughter. I wonder if the in-laws will mind?"
Thinking of their two daughters far away in Beijing, Jiang Jiangyu felt disheartened. Though she dotes on her sons, her daughters are also her flesh and blood. If only her family could be their support now, she wondered if they had visited the kids yet?
"A few days ago, my father called to say he and your father went to see the children. They are doing well. With Dad’s involvement, rest assured the in-laws wouldn’t mistreat Xiao Li."
"But what about the eldest? When will you take his wife to the hospital for a check-up? Dad said if nothing happens in two more years..."
Jiang Jiangyu looked up, surprised, "How could that be acceptable?"
"Then what do you suggest? Leave the eldest without offspring? Besides, the eldest is planning to transfer..."
"Wait a minute," Jiang Jiangyu quickly interrupted, "How come I didn’t know? Transfer where? What about you? What will we do?"
So many questions left Lin Aidang at a loss for words, after a while, "He’s not confirmed yet. Xiao Yu, what if I were to return to civilian life? My father is getting old, and I’d like to go back to accompany him."
"Really?" Jiang Jiangyu sat up excitedly. If not for this man’s stubborn desire to be a soldier, she would have long disliked staying in the Northwest; if it weren’t for their two sons being there, she would have left already.
"Returning to civilian life and working as an ordinary worker is okay?"
Jiang Jiangyu shook her hands vigorously, "No problem! Thanks to my dad’s advice, the working group commended me for having progressive thoughts. They asked why I didn’t capture people on the spot, why I didn’t report to the military in time? I quickly thought and replied that I had made mistakes in the past and feared being falsely accused with no one believing me."
Saying this, she proudly lifted her chin, "Do you think I’m smart? They said at the time that acknowledging one’s mistakes and changing is being a good comrade. Let’s go back; only by going back can we find a way to transfer our two sons. But will Dad agree?"


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