Chapter 1256: Look at Him Showing Off — Just Looking at Him Makes You Want to Give Him a Beating

The return trip was much livelier.

Though there was no soft seat, considering that Chuxue was still pregnant, they still arranged a sleeper berth for her.

They thoughtfully placed Fu Yan Cheng in a separate compartment, so that Fu Yan Cheng could look after his wife at any time.

Before boarding, the team leader from the Foreign Trade Bureau told Chuxue that the leadership was very satisfied with her translation work on this trip, that a bonus was sure to come her way, and also asked if she would be willing to come work at the Foreign Trade Bureau.

Thinking of her own situation, Chuxue still politely declined.

What she hadn't expected was that the team leader actually laughed and said: "The leadership says the doors of our Foreign Trade Bureau are always open to you. If you ever change your mind, you're welcome to join us at any time."

Fu Yan Cheng's two comrades-in-arms overheard this and teased Fu Yan Cheng in a low voice: "Captain Fu, your wife's so outstanding, it's really enviable. You'd better keep a close eye on her."

Fu Yan Cheng cast a sidelong glance at the speaker: "My wife's excellence isn't something you can envy. As for keeping an eye on her — in my wife's eyes, there's only me; she can't fit anyone else."

Hearing him say this, the other comrade-in-arms remarked: "Heh, look at him showing off — just looking at him makes you want to give him a beating."

"Captain Wu, once we're back at the unit, let's stir up some resentment against him, then we'll take turns going at him. I don't believe we can't take him down."

"That's a good idea — let's see him show off again."

When the group arrived in the capital, because Chuxue still had to handle Xia Qiu's onboarding, she didn't return to the unit with Fu Yan Cheng.

Fu Yan Cheng wasn't at ease leaving her, so he first saw her to the Xiao family home, only then returning with his comrades: "Wife, give me a call once everything's handled. I'll take leave to pick you up then. Take good care of yourself."

Hearing him say this, Chuxue laughed and pushed him out the door: "I'm plenty grown-up — are you treating me like a child?"

After seeing Fu Yan Cheng off, Xia Qiu looked at Chuxue and laughed: "Your husband really treats you well."

Chuxue smiled at Xia Qiu: "Your husband treats you pretty well too."

Thinking of Qiu Shaofeng, Xia Qiu actually laughed: "Although he can't compare to your husband, I'm still content."

Seeing her like this: "What did your husband do? Looks like you're quite satisfied?"

Xia Qiu glanced at her own mother's room, then said in a low voice: "You have no idea — when my mother-in-law mentioned I'd come to take over your job, the village had all sorts to say. Some said I should give the job to Shaofeng, others came with money in hand trying to buy the job. Anyway, those few days at home were quite a circus."

Looking at her sister's expression, Chuxue asked: "And then?"

Xia Qiu gave a small cough: "Luckily my mother-in-law still had a clear head — she drove those people away with a scolding. And your brother-in-law straight up declared that no one should set their sights on this job, himself included.

Afterward I asked him if he'd ever been tempted by this job. He said never once, and added that if it let me escape the farm work in the countryside, he was more than happy. From then on he'd work hard at home, strive to earn more work points, and whenever he had time, he'd come into the city to bring us vegetables and grain."

At this point, Xia Qiu's eyes suddenly reddened, and her voice grew thick: "Good thing it's him. You have no idea — there was a family in the village before, where the wife's maiden family had also found her a job. But her in-laws were afraid they wouldn't be able to control her later, so they forced her to give the job to her sister-in-law."

Chuxue frowned slightly: "How could her maiden family agree to that?"

Xia Qiu sighed softly: "She'd been beaten into submission, of course. Her maiden family naturally didn't want it, but who could blame them — their own daughter was useless. Every time the job came up, she'd side with her in-laws. After a few times like that, her maiden family couldn't be bothered to intervene anymore."