Reborn as a Tough Army Wife
Chapter 154 - 149: Abort the Child

Chapter 154: Chapter 149: Abort the Child

At night, when Luo Zhiyong came back, Fang Pingying did not get into the details of future plans with him.

She only said that she had made a deal with Juzi’s uncle today, rented a shop, and sent a telegram to Luo Honglan, asking her to come on the first of next month, and she would pick her up at the train station then.

At that time, without telephones, it was incredibly inconvenient, and the timing of telegrams was uncertain, so Fang Pingying set a longer date.

It’s still the end of the month now, Luo Honglan arriving on the first should definitely be possible.

Luo Zhiyong didn’t ask much, simply stated that if Fang Pingying felt it was acceptable, then it was.

In his heart, he felt that Fang Pingying was just not able to stay idle and wanted to find something to do, at most running a small shop and making small deals, without expecting her to pull off any big transactions.

Moreover, he indeed had a lot to deal with every day, working even on weekends without rest, only advising her, "These days before Honglan arrives, you should rest well at home, because once you start getting busy, you won’t even have a chance to rest."

"Alright, I’ll just stay at home these days." Fang Pingying thought it would be a good time to make some winter clothes for herself and Luo Zhiyong, and also make the clothes for Juzi and Luo Chun, as she had borrowed a sewing machine from Juzi previously but had been too busy to get it done.

Juzi was fine, but the neighbor Luo Chun had asked several times.

In the evening, the couple ate some glutinous rice dumplings and couldn’t eat anything else, so Fang Pingying didn’t cook specifically, just made some omelets and pancakes, each having a piece.

She had intended to send some glutinous rice dumplings to Xiao Juzi and Qiu Lian’s families, but remembering that Xiao Juzi’s mother-in-law was there, decided to go tomorrow, and packed some to send to Qiu Lian’s family.

At Qiu Lian’s house, when Instructor Su saw her, he greeted her and then went back to his study, letting the two women chat in the living room.

The last time Qiu Lian saw the partition wall in Fang Pingying’s house looked good, she had also made one, and Instructor Su got to have his own study.

However, while at Qiu Lian’s place, they had only chatted briefly when they suddenly heard sounds of an argument from downstairs that seemed to be coming from Xiao Juzi’s house.

Fang Pingying said she wanted to go down and see, but Qiu Lian pulled her back, "Don’t go, it must be Juzi and her mother-in-law, every time her mother-in-law comes, there’s a row."

Fang Pingying was puzzled, "What happened? I saw the old lady today and she was very happy to know that Juzi is pregnant, she couldn’t wait to treat her like a queen."

"Every family has its own difficult scripture to read." Qiu Lian sighed, "Juzi’s mother-in-law is hard to deal with. She likes to come here, but if she sees Huang Lin treating Juzi well, she feels uncomfortable and always starts something to argue. At first, we also tried to mediate, but the old lady’s words are too harsh, she scolded us along, claiming we’re siding with Juzi."

"But Juzi is pregnant now, isn’t this fuss not good for the baby?" Fang Pingying always felt that they clearly heard the noise outside, and just staying inside the house didn’t seem right, feeling absolutely unfair to Xiao Juzi.

Listening to the increasing commotion downstairs and vaguely hearing the old lady’s crying, Qiu Lian couldn’t sit still either, standing up to tell Fang Pingying, "Then, shall we go down and see?"

As they were about to leave, someone knocked on the door.

Qiu Lian went to open it and saw Huang Lin and Luo Zhiyong standing at the doorstep.

Huang Lin, anxious, said to Qiu Lian and Juzi, "Sisters, my Juzi is fussing about going back to her mother’s house, even saying she wants to divorce me tomorrow. You really must persuade her."

Divorce? This situation has really become serious.

Because of the special nature of military marriages, couples in this compound quarreling is just a matter of arguing, no one would really bring up divorce.

Fang Pingying immediately followed Huang Lin and Luo Zhiyong downstairs after she heard the news. Qiu Lian handed the child to Instructor Su in the study room and ran downstairs as well.

When they reached downstairs, they saw Huang Lin’s grandmother sitting on the ground crying, while a few neighbors were trying to console her.

Xiao Juzi stood in the middle of the courtyard outside, carrying a bag, and it looked like she was planning to leave.

Luo Zhiyong, Qiu Lian, and Fang Pingying nodded towards Juzi’s direction, signaling them to persuade Juzi, while he and Huang Lin went inside to calm the grandmother down.

Fang Pingying walked over and grabbed Juzi, "Juzi, what are you doing? It’s so late, there’s no transport back to the city."

"I have to walk back if necessary; tonight, I’d rather not sleep than share a room with Mrs. Huang Lin." Xiao Juzi’s voice was hoarse, as if she had cried earlier.

"No need to walk back to your parent’s house in the dark to avoid sharing a room with her," hearing Xiao Juzi’s childish words, Fang Pingying couldn’t help but smile. She dragged Xiao Juzi towards her house, "Come on, stay at my place tonight, you can sleep with me."

Xiao Juzi stood still, questioning her, "What about Camp Chief Luo at your house?"

Fang Pingying replied, "We have plenty of blankets at home; let him sleep on the ground outside."

Xiao Juzi felt that this would inconvenience the entire family and refused to go up, "No need for the hassle, I’ll make a phone call and ask my uncle to pick me up."

As she was about to call out for Huang Lin to make the phone call.

But Qiu Lian immediately pulled her aside, "Juzi, you can’t do this. Arguing with your mother-in-law or Huang Lin is an internal family matter. If you call your uncle, it will escalate things."

Fang Pingying also felt Qiu Lian made sense. If they really alerted Xiao Juzi’s relatives, it would definitely blow things out of proportion even if they didn’t end up divorcing,

She also whispered to her, "Think about it, if things blow up later, do you really not want to stay with Huang Lin anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Juzi became even angrier, exclaiming loudly, "Then we won’t stay together! I was blind when I agreed to marry him."

"Don’t spout words in anger; it doesn’t reflect well on you if Huang Lin hears this," said Fang Pingying, pulling her along, "Come on, let’s go to my place, we can talk there."

Seeing more and more onlookers gathering from the building, Fang Pingying feared a negative impact.

Despite her anger, Xiao Juzi realized that Fang Pingying and Qiu Lian were making sense and let them lead her upstairs.

Back in the room, Fang Pingying poured some warm water for Juzi and softly asked, "What exactly happened? Weren’t you and your mother-in-law just fine this afternoon?"

Xiao Juzi took a sip of water and scoffed, "Mrs. Huang Lin is crazy, she asked me to go to the hospital to terminate the pregnancy."

"Why?" Both Qiu Lian and Fang Pingying were startled.

Xiao Juzi explained the reason for their argument, "Sister Fang, when we returned from town today, we ran into her, didn’t we? After you left, she dragged me into a room and inquired in detail about my menstrual cycle from last month, mentioning something about odd and even days. After I told her, her expression suddenly changed, though she didn’t speak afterward."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "When Huang Lin returned, while he was helping her cook, she calculated and concluded that the baby I’m carrying will for sure be a girl. She suggested that Huang Lin take me to the hospital to have an abortion."

"I happened to be pouring boiling water and heard what she said, so I argued with her. Unexpectedly, she argued vehemently, claiming that in the Huang family only Huang Lin carried the family line, insisting that Huang Lin must have a son."

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