Chapter 1445: Truly Good at Hindsight

Cui Pozi heard Fu Yan Cheng's words, racked her brains for a long time, and still could not think of how to refute: "I did not borrow from your family; this matter has nothing to do with you."

She turned around, about to return to the courtyard.

Just then, Shen Kaiyuan, Cui Wenbing, and several comrades-in-arms living in this area walked over while chatting.

Hearing exactly what Cui Pozi had said, Shen Kaiyuan saw Fu Yan Cheng standing there and knew this old woman had caused trouble again, and this time she had provoked Fu Yan Cheng.

Seeing his own daughter-in-law standing with Chuxue, he hurried forward a few steps: "Yan Cheng, what happened?"

Cui Wenbing, a step behind, muttered in alarm: "Mom, did you cause trouble again?"

He said this instinctively, fearing Fu Yan Cheng would speak up.

Cui Pozi saw her son publicly questioning her in front of so many people and immediately made a scene: "Oh my heavens! My son, whom I raised with my own hands through thick and thin, is unfilial!"

Fu Yan Cheng saw she was about to start her usual routine and immediately coldly said: "Auntie Cui, if you dare to play your usual tricks here today, do not blame me for sending you back to your hometown immediately via Company Commander Cui."

Hearing these words, Cui Mu's wailing stopped abruptly; she secretly glanced at Fu Yan Cheng, then looked at her own son.

Seeing her son signal her with his eyes, she felt no embarrassment; she raised her hand to wipe away tears that did not exist at the corner of her eye: "If disaster had not struck our hometown, would we have stayed here?"

Fu Yan Cheng did not care what she said; he recounted what had just happened to Cui Wenbing: "I do not want this to happen again. We are all military dependents; there is no obligation to always yield to her. Besides, every family has its own life to live. What do you think?"

He did not believe Cui Wenbing was unaware of his mother's reputation in the dependents' courtyard, but whether this man truly could not control her or simply did not want to, the dependents' courtyard had been in chaos for these past few months.

Previously, he was in the Second Battalion while Fu Yan Cheng was in the Third Battalion; since he did not belong to Fu Yan Cheng's command, he did not take Fu Yan Cheng's words too seriously.

But now it was different; Fu Yan Cheng had been promoted to Deputy Regiment Commander, and their Second Battalion now fell under his command, so naturally he dared not be careless: "Yes, you are right. I will speak to her properly."

After the matter was settled, Fu Yan Cheng turned and walked home.

Shen Kaiyuan followed obsequiously and said in a low voice: "I have long wanted an opportunity to deal with her; staring at other people's families every day is truly annoying."

Fu Yan Cheng rolled his eyes at him: "You are really good at being a hindsighter."

Shen Kaiyuan heard this and was displeased: "I speak the truth; I just haven't found an opportunity. Besides, Cui Wenbing is... I do not believe he has not heard even a whisper. His mother goes around the entire dependents' courtyard begging for things every day; how could he not know?"

Fu Yan Cheng did not reply. The reason he said those things in front of Cui Wenbing today was to put a tight spell on Cui Mu, forcing Cui Wenbing, as the son, to properly manage her, so she would not one day come and disgust his own daughter-in-law.

The two entered the courtyard and saw Mo Ruhua looking at those fabrics: "Your idea is good; three children, three colors; it will not be easy to mix them up later."

Chuxue had done hand-sewing in her past life, but that was merely out of interest; now that she was asked to make quilts and mattresses, she truly found herself at a loss: "Ruhua, can you make quilts?"

She had sifted through the original owner's memories; previously in the countryside, she had at most mended clothes. Although she had helped Xia Qiu dismantle and wash quilts, the actual sewing was all done by Xiao Mu and Xia Qiu. The original owner had watched her own mother and sister sew, but had never done it herself.

She did not want to waste time figuring it out herself; she wanted to find a master to guide her.