[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander":3,"chapter-reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-chapter-252":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1822232,2425,"Chapter 252 - 252 190 Worry","reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-chapter-252",252,"\u003Cp>252: Chapter 190: Worry 252: Chapter 190: Worry The hour of the first watch had just arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluffy, snow-white cotton was evenly spread beneath the white quilt, topped with a red satin cover embroidered with the auspicious character for happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women folded up the white lining and each held a corner, pulling long cotton threads that made a “zing-zing” sound as the even stitches spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women’s hands were busy, and their mouths were just as busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second sister-in-law, you and your husband are truly blessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, there are plenty of people in our village with a bunch of kids, but who has received such blessings from their children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, just look at this tile-roofed house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You won’t find a second one like it in the whole county!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, my daughter is already seventeen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not even hoping she’d get us a big tile-roofed house; I’d be content if she could add a sewing machine to our home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to make you laugh, second sister-in-law, but I’ve dreamed of owning a sewing machine like yours!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wenying’s mother, you really dare to dream big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Bee brand sewing machine costs several hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not as greedy as you; I’d be quite satisfied with a Peony brand one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Jianxin is a boy, can you really compare with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why can’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could your daughter-in-law buy you a sewing machine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat Auntie glanced at the woman who was momentarily at a loss for words and jokingly said, “Jianxin’s mother, your boy has the looks and the stature, attracting a flock of young girls every time he’s out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just spread the word that whoever can bring a sewing machine to you as dowry can marry your Jianxin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guarantee, if you do this, your sewing machine will be even more solid than Wenying’s mother’s machine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compliments of her son made Jianxin’s mother’s mouth curl into a smirk, but she didn’t forget to rationalize, “Fat Sister-in-law, a mother can’t just sell her son for a sewing machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A daughter-in-law needs to have a good heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sewing machines can be bought with money, but a good heart can’t be bought that way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenying’s mother nodded in agreement, “You’re right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s a son-in-law or a daughter-in-law, you have to first look at their character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the family has mountains of gold and silver, with a bad character, life won’t be comfortable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!” Fat Auntie sighed and fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenying’s mother and Jianxin’s mother both looked somewhat embarrassed; caught up in their conversation, they had forgotten that Fat Auntie had always been dissatisfied with Zhong Hongying as a daughter-in-law, thinking about Aunt Zhong’s temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Luo family really married Zhong Hongying, life would indeed not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being somewhat closer to Fat Auntie, Zhao Yulan spoke without reservations, “Don’t worry so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the wedding day, no one can say for certain what will happen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not that I’m worried about marrying into the Zhong family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m worried about my foolish son…” Fat Auntie sighed again, “We are all close here, so I don’t mind saying this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongqi is stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he writes a letter to Zhong Hongying every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, I thought, if he really set his heart on marrying Zhong Hongying, then let him marry her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At worst, they could live separately later on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Zhong Hongying is also going to join the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her character, how could she possibly still fancy Hongqi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, with Hongqi being so single-minded, I’m afraid he might not take it well and might ruin his life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Zhao Yulan’s brows also furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Luo Xiaoqiong had joined the army, Zhong Hongying had been visiting Fat Auntie regularly to chat, which gradually made Fat Auntie more accepting of her despite her initial displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Hongying not been by these past few days?” Zhao Yulan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat Auntie shook her head, “Ever since she received her enlistment notice, she hasn’t come over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!” Wenying’s mother sighed, “She’s always aiming for the high branches, that one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat Sister-in-law, if they really break things off, I think it might be for the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a daughter-in-law is not easy to manage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianxin’s mother immediately agreed, “Exactly, Fat Sister-in-law, I think your worries are a bit unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our Hongqi is stubborn, but he’s not a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhong Hongying really changes her heart, wouldn’t he have let go of her by now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our family’s conditions are clear, and so are Hongqi’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s easy to find a good daughter-in-law!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just get a wife for him, let him sleep beside her on the kang for a few nights, and I guarantee he’ll forget who Zhong Hongying even is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While a mother knows her own son best, Fat Auntie didn’t want to argue about it with others and just chuckled, patting Jianxin’s mother, “You rough-hewn woman, who talks about their nephew like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianxin’s mother laughed, “Rough words but rational thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t this how everyone gets by?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I’m not saying it in front of my grand nephew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just us old women here, what’s there to act ignorant or shy about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…” Fat Auntie pointed playfully at Jianxin’s mother, her expression a mixture of exasperation and amusement, “Can’t your mouth ever produce something nice to say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fat Sister-in-law, where did I speak poorly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nice, very nice, really nice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan, who almost always cooked in the same pot as Fat Auntie, could definitely see that Fat Auntie was not truly at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, based on her understanding of Hongqi, she knew Fat Auntie’s worries were not unfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there seemed to be no good solution to this issue right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongqi was not one to take advice easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes she wondered, since Fat Auntie and Gangshun were not stubborn to the core, who had Hongqi taken after?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Baohe came back home in the evening, Yulan told him about the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baohe pondered for a while and sighed, “Fortunately, our Chuxia never took a liking to Hongqi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…” Yulan was speechless, “I’m talking to you about Hongqi, why do you bring up our Chuxia?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If our Chuxia had taken a liking to him and he still had Zhong Hongying on his mind, wouldn’t our Chuxia be the one suffering?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan glared at him hatefully, “Cha Xiang is almost worried to death, and you’re still thinking about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she knew, she’d probably stop talking to you altogether in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You just worry too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hongqi isn’t stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he figures it out, no one will need to persuade him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’ll definitely know what to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if he doesn’t figure it out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhong Hongying is serving in the same unit with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her temperament, if things don’t work out with Hongqi, do you think she couldn’t find someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even this doesn’t make Hongqi see clearly, then all your worrying is in vain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for quite a while, Yulan sighed deeply, “That’s true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he can’t figure it out after all that, then there really is no cure for his stubbornness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, who does he take after to be so stubborn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe his grandma was just that stubborn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right!” Yulan slapped her forehead, suddenly enlightened, “You’re right, I had almost forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grandma was indeed stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, when you think about it, being stubborn isn’t all bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Hongqi’s stubborn grandma, Fat Auntie wouldn’t have married Gangshun so smoothly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the day, when Fat Auntie and Gangshun were to be engaged, a girl from the village who fancied Gangshun had her parents desperately finding a mediator to propose to the Luo family, declaring that they demanded no dowry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luo family was quite poor at the time, and Gangshun had two younger brothers who were not yet betrothed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gangshun’s father was tempted to save the dowry money for his other two sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Old Lady Luo firmly disagreed and even went to the proposer’s family to express her stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, under Old Lady Luo’s arrangement, the full dowry was paid to marry Fat Auntie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this didn’t mean Old Lady Luo liked Fat Auntie as a daughter-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Fat Auntie married into the family, Old Lady Luo was always indifferent to her, no matter how hard Fat Auntie tried to please her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, Old Lady Luo had lived with her youngest son and daughter-in-law, never staying at her oldest son’s house despite Fat Auntie’s invitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at it this way, Hongqi’s personality did indeed resemble Old Lady Luo’s quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if Hongqi’s personality was indeed like Old Lady Luo’s, Yulan genuinely felt there was no need to worry about Hongqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he saw clearly and understood, he would know which path to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Old Lady Luo, Yulan was reminded of Old Madam Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, she didn’t know if Old Madam Zhou would be as stubborn as Old Lady Luo, forever not accepting Chuxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was just an old lady, she was, after all, an elder’s elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she didn’t like Chuxia…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad, do you think Regimental Commander Xiao Zhou’s grandma might act like Cha Xiang’s grandma?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These things are beyond our control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Regimental Commander Zhou treats Chuxia well and Zhou’s parents-in-law treat Chuxia well, we shouldn’t demand too much of others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan waved her hand dismissively, “Forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s not think about these things anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on such baseless worries, our daughter will never get married.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In just over ten days, our daughter will belong to another family…” Baohe’s eyes showed a hint of sadness, “It hasn’t been long, wrapping her small quilt, just that little bit, and now she’s going to be someone else’s wife, sigh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan also became melancholic for a while, then looked seriously at Baohe, “Dad, when Chuxia has a child, I want to go and help her with the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t trust others to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fell ill because I didn’t take proper care during my confinement; I can’t let Chuxia walk the same path I did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Zhou family might not…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan cut Baohe off, “Whether they might or might not, I just can’t rest easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baohe quickly replied, “Alright, alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you go and help Chuxia with her child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we should discuss this with our in-laws first; otherwise, it might be hard for Chuxia in the Zhou family in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulan nodded, “Mmm, I’ll discuss it with them at the wedding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right now, we need to discuss the matter of sending off the bride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be decided.” Baohe massaged his forehead with a headache, “If we send too few people, I’m afraid the Zhou family members might look down on Chuxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If too many, I really don’t feel assured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our parents and brothers are actually playing hard to get, knowing that we can’t do without them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are just waiting for us to come and ask them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if we ask them now, in the future…” Yulan sighed, not continuing further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(To be continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com), and to buy a monthly pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support is my greatest motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1876,"2026-06-09T05:49:29.944Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2073b891c174ccc97ff39626e34152051207bebea2118f91c0d286c957e98be","reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-chapter-253","reborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-chapter-251",1528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-the-70s-pampered-by-regiment-commander-cover.jpg"]