Chapter 1701: Help Arrives

After Fu Yan Cheng asked Auntie Wei to prepare some food for them, he introduced to Liu Chuxue: "Wife, this is my comrade-in-arms Song Sanrui, and that is his wife, Gu Xiaomi."

"Sanrui was previously a platoon leader under my command; two years ago, he was discharged due to injury and returned to his hometown..."

It turned out the Song family had many children; Song Sanrui had two older brothers above him and one younger brother and two younger sisters below him, so he, stuck in the middle, had never received any attention.

Fortunately, the Old Song family didn't let him starve to death, though this was also because he was determined; every day he went up the mountain to find food, and knowing he couldn't bring it back to his own stomach, he would secretly eat it on the mountain before returning.

Later, when recruiters came, after he passed the physical exam, his parents felt not a shred of reluctance, thinking only that one less mouth to feed was good.

They simply told him to send his allowance home.

Song Sanrui was quite determined; within two years he was promoted to an officer, and every month, aside from keeping one-third for himself, he sent the rest home, not for anyone else, but for the only person in the family who treated him well, his grandmother.

Until a couple of years ago, when he was injured on a mission and discharged, the unit had arranged a job for him, but his biased parents forced him to give the job to his younger brother.

That was one thing, but he had reached marriageable age, and if his parents hadn't been trying to arrange a marriage for his younger brother to avoid gossip by skipping him, they probably wouldn't have cared about him at all.

But the wife they found for him was inferior in every way to the other daughters-in-law; that is, the comrade Gu Xiaomi who came along today.

After getting married, they lived in the family's storage room, because the house he had shared with his younger brother was given to his brother as a wedding home.

The couple was equally unwelcome in that home; every day they were either scolded or starved, simply enduring the days.

When Fu Yan Cheng learned of his situation, he had other comrades contact him.

Not wanting to leave his wife alone at home, he told Fu Yan Cheng.

Fu Yan Cheng had intended to tell Liu Chuxue first, but since a mission was imminent, he agreed immediately.

Seeing their situation, Liu Chuxue couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy; Song Sanrui's left hand was missing half, leaving only half a palm, a thumb, and an index finger.

And his wife was so thin she was skin and bones, with a yellow-black complexion and dry hair, clearly suffering from long-term malnutrition.

Fearing Fu Yan Cheng and his wife might resent them because of this, Song Sanrui quickly explained: "Sister-in-law, it's truly that my wife couldn't survive staying at home, so I brought her out; I..."

Liu Chuxue knew what he was worried about: "Don't worry, I won't be unhappy. Since you both came, stay here; it will help Auntie Wei with her work, making things easier for her, and allowing Wei Wenbin to focus on his studies."

Song Sanrui, a grown man, immediately had red eyes: "Sister-in-law, thank you so much. Rest assured, we will definitely take good care of the three children, so you have no worries and can focus on your own affairs."

The woman looked at her with a timid gaze, but upon hearing Liu Chuxue's words, her eyes lit up; after being pulled by her husband, she plucked up her courage and said, "I will definitely work hard."

However, this meant their current house could no longer accommodate everyone.

Thinking of the three little ones growing up day by day, she simply said to Fu Yan Cheng: "In a while, go to the Houhai Subdistrict Office and tell Auntie Sun that we need to live in the first courtyard at the front of that compound; have her tell the tenants to vacate as soon as possible."

"If you have time, have Auntie take you there personally; since we are temporarily reclaiming the house, we won't collect this month's rent, and we'll give them a week to find a new place."