Chapter 5: " The resurrected ex-wife who once cast me aside"

Although Xiao Yang is a little straightforward, he is not stupid. After leaving the ward, he did not return to the army but walked around the hospital, trying to find out how He Chunli performed during her visit.

After asking, his face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. No wonder even Sister Zou, who is usually taciturn, couldn't help but remind him that He Chunli seemed like she was here to have fun, not to take care of a patient. She stayed in the guesthouse every night, leaving the captain, who could not take care of himself, alone in the ward. She often went out to buy things during the day. She bought several new skirts and shoes. In less than half a month, she spent the captain's two-month allowance, but she never bought anything to nourish the captain's body.

If the retirement compensation fell into her hands, according to her current spending rate, it would probably be spent in less than two months. So how does their captain maintain his health and treat his illness?

Xiao Yang suppressed his anger, left the hospital, went to the department store to buy a can of malted milk, brought it back to the ward, handed it to He Chunli, and said expressionlessly, "Make a cup for the captain in the morning and evening."

He Chunli noticed that Xiao Yang's attitude toward her was not very good. Looking at the malted milk in her hand, she roughly guessed something and was very unhappy. It was just spending some money to buy some nice clothes, and Lin Laoshi didn't say anything, but these outsiders jumped out impatiently to speak up for him.

Don't think she doesn't know that the young nurses and family members in the hospital have been saying bad things about her behind her back. After all, these people are just envious and jealous. They show off their virtuousness all day long, make themselves look disgraced, and want to drag others down with them and make them like them.

The atmosphere between the two was a bit stiff. Only Lin Laoshi on the hospital bed seemed unaware of it. He raised his voice and said cheerfully, "It's noon. Xiao Yang, stay and have lunch with us. Chunli, go to the cafeteria and get an extra box of lunch. Xiao Yang and I will chat about team matters for a while."

"Okay, I'll go right away." He Chunli took the lunch box and left. She was too lazy to pay attention to Xiao Yang.

After she left, the ward was quiet for a few seconds. Without waiting for Xiao Yang to speak, Lin Laoshi took the initiative to ask, "Have the higher-ups approved my application for discharge from the army?"

Xiao Yang felt upset when he mentioned this. Without saying a word, he took out a brown paper bag from his pocket and handed it to Lin Laoshi. "Yes, it has been approved."

Lin Laoshi opened the brown paper bag, which contained not only his discharge approval but also the commendation document.

"Captain, you have won the third-class medal of honor. In addition, there is a 600-yuan recovery allowance." It is a very happy thing to win awards for meritorious service, but when Xiao Yang thought that the captain was about to retire, he couldn't be happy and added sullenly, "This money was obtained by the instructor for you, and it is used for your recovery..."

After listening, Lin Laoshi said, "Please help me remit this money to Lao Lu and their families!"

Xiao Yang knew that Lao Lu and the other two were the captain's former comrades-in-arms who died while on a mission. Over the years, the captain had sent half of his allowance to their families. He didn't say anything at that time, but now...

"What about your recovery? You will have to go to the hospital for follow-up examinations of your leg in the future, and all this will cost money. Without your money, they will live a little tighter, but they will still be able to survive. But if you don't take good care of your leg, it will affect your whole life in the future." Xiao Yang said disapprovingly. He sympathized with the families of the martyrs, but the captain had done enough over the years.

Lin Laoshi shook his head and said, "It's okay, I will find a way. Don't worry, I won't joke with my body. Old Lu and the other two are gone, and there are only a few orphans and widows left at home. It's not easy. You can send this money for me, and tell them to try to let the children read more books. I may not be able to help them in the future!"

"Who can't I help?" He Chunli asked curiously, coming back with three lunch boxes.

Xiao Yang was afraid that she would find out about the quarrel with Lin Laoshi and wanted to find an excuse to cover it up. However, Lin Laoshi actually told him the truth: "The army has secured a 600-yuan injury allowance for me. I thought that since I have hands and feet, and I still have some strength, I can support my family even if I retire and go home to farm. But the three of Lao Lu passed away, leaving behind orphans and widows, the old and the weak. So let Xiao Yang send the 600 yuan to the three of them so that the children can go to school."

This was actually the original owner's wish. He always regretted that he retired too hastily and was unable to take care of his comrades' orphans. After returning home, his family encountered a series of misfortunes and was unable to take care of himself, let alone them.

He Chunli was very unhappy when she heard this. Firstly, Lin Laoshi just gave away such a large sum of money for nothing. Secondly, he did not discuss this decision with her in advance and did not respect her at all.

But because Xiao Yang was there, she didn't get angry. She just put on a stern face, put the lunch box heavily on the cabinet beside the bed, and said indifferently, "It's time to eat!"

Anyone with eyes could see that she was angry.

Xiao Yang was very angry when he saw it. He Chunli can spend money however she wants, but she would complain when her captain did good deeds and helped the orphans of his comrades. Isn't this a typical case of the officials being allowed to set fires but the common people being not allowed to light lamps?

Without even looking at He Chunli, Xiao Yang opened two lunch boxes. The dishes in the cafeteria today were good, including twice-cooked pork. He transferred all the twice-cooked pork in one lunch box to another, then handed the lunch box full of meat to Lin Laoshi, picked up the other meal, and started eating, saying as he ate, "Captain, you're so badly injured, how can you get better if you eat these things every day? Make do with it for now, and when you have a rest the next time, my brothers will go to the mountains to get you some good food so you can have a good rest!"

This action was like a loud slap in He Chunli's face. He Chunli's face turned red. She didn't know whose slander Xiao Yang had believed, but he slapped her in the face like that, making her, the wife who served Lin Laoshi every day, become the bad person.

"Xiao Yang, what do you mean? Are you saying that I made your captain hungry?" He Chunli started arguing with Xiao Yang directly. During the time since her rebirth, she has finally come to understand that Lin Laoshi is a good-natured person with no temper, so she has nothing to fear.

Unexpectedly, when he heard her accusation, Lin Laoshi put down his chopsticks with a snap and said with a serious face, "How can you talk like that? Apologize to Xiao Yang!"

This was the first time He Chunli saw Lin Laoshi get angry. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it: "You yelled at me for an outsider? And you want me to apologize to him?"

Lin Laoshi said, "Xiao Yang is not an outsider. He is my brother who has shared life and death with me. You shouldn't misinterpret his kindness."

Who misinterpreted it? It was obviously Xiao Yang who provoked her first, but only Lin Laoshi, a straightforward idiot, couldn't understand it.

He Chunli couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily, "Then you can live with your brother for the rest of your life!"

After that, she ran out angrily and slammed the door of the ward, causing people from nearby wards to run out in surprise to watch the fun.

When Xiao Yang saw that He Chunli was angry and ran away, he felt a little guilty, not towards He Chunli, but towards their captain. He was afraid that their captain would be in trouble. After thinking about it, Xiao Yang felt that what he did today was too petty. There was no need to bother with a woman.

He scratched his head and said ashamedly, "Captain, I'm sorry, I'll go and get your sister-in-law back for you."

"No need, she has spent all her money, so she must have gone back to the guesthouse. Well, it's not your fault, Chunli is too sensitive, she will figure it out herself, let's eat." Lin Laoshi said this calmly, picked up the lunch box, and continued to eat.

Xiao Yang was very confused. What was the captain thinking? If he said he didn't care about his wife, he indulged her in everything. If he said he cared about her, his wife ran away, but he could still eat steadily. Besides, he was obviously bullying He Chunli just now. Did the captain really not notice it?

Xiao Yang was confused during the meal and finally went back with mixed feelings.

Lin Laoshi looked at the empty patient room and actually felt relieved deep down. He was tired of pretending to be nice to He Chunli for such a long time.

He knew that his actions could almost be called that of a scumbag according to the standards of later generations. Even if he was not the ultimate scumbag, he was definitely not a good match. Smart women should stay away from men like him.

Lin Laoshi actually hoped that He Chunli could be smarter, think it through sooner, and part ways with him so that he wouldn't have to continue racking his brains.

But in the evening, when he woke up, he saw He Chunli sitting in front of the bed as if nothing had happened. She smiled at him and said in an unprecedented gentle voice, "Ashi, you're awake. Get up and eat. I asked the canteen to make you some scrambled eggs. I originally wanted to buy an old hen to make soup for you, but it was sold out. I'll go ask early tomorrow to see if she has any."

He Chunli returned to the guesthouse in a huff and stayed in the room alone, sulking. She was angry at Lin Laoshi, a good man, for giving away such a large sum of money without thinking that he was the one who was going to marry her. What made her even more angry was that Lin Laoshi yelled at her for his so-called brothers and valued his brothers more than her.

She was angry for a long time, thinking about what she would do if Lin Laoshi sent someone to find her, so as to teach Lin Laoshi a lesson and make him change his bad habits.

But she waited and waited, until the sun was about to set and the sunlight turned red, but still no one came to find her, as if her departure didn't matter.

This fact was like a bucket of cold water poured on He Chunli's head. She suddenly came to her senses. Now she and Lin Laoshi were husband and wife, but the time they spent together was not even a fraction of that spent with Xiao Yang. The relationship between the couple might not be as good as that between comrades-in-arms who had been through life and death together. All this fuss and noise will only push Lin Laoshi further away.

If she wants Lin Laoshi to be with her, she still has to work hard. So she quickly washed her face, rushed back to the hospital, paid the canteen chef to help her make some scrambled eggs, and brought it back to take credit.

Lin Laoshi looked at the orange-yellow eggs in the lunch box and He Chunli's bright and charming smile, and he understood that she was still unwilling to give up. It's like being so affectionate, isn't it interesting? After all, she still thinks that he will be successful in the future. If the Lin Laoshi she met before her death was a dirty homeless man who was worse off than her, would she still look