Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 1168 - 773: Different Perspectives (2)

"Alright, alright, I’ve wronged you...," Zhao Yulan paused, then continued, "but, you know, it’s true that understanding a lifelong commitment clearly is better than marrying in confusion."

Li Xinli glanced at the time, it was still quite ample, and then she looked at the mother and daughter, "Aunt, Chuxia, let me tell you a real story, about a girl in our neighborhood, I call her Aunt Xiuqin.

Aunt Xiuqin had only one condition for choosing a partner: as long as he’s good-looking, she didn’t care about anything else. Then, at 25, she really found a good-looking man.

The man lived with just his elderly mother in a 10-square-meter house, but Aunt Xiuqin felt that at least they had a home, which was better than staying in a collective dormitory.

Although Aunt Xiuqin’s parents didn’t agree, she went through so many suitors, and this man was the best looking—she was determined to marry him.

She was getting on in years and couldn’t afford to delay any longer, so her parents agreed and arranged their wedding. Initially, after they got married, the couple got along okay.

A year later, the man just wanted to sleep at home and do nothing. Whenever Aunt Xiuqin said something, he would argue with her and then go back to sleep.

With no other choice, Aunt Xiuzhen sought help from the women’s federation, but they told her there was nothing they could do, as the husband wasn’t abusing her—it wasn’t their jurisdiction.

After enduring for some time, Aunt Xiuzhen realized she couldn’t continue living with her husband and wanted a divorce. However, he didn’t work, and the factory was reluctant to take responsibility and wouldn’t issue a referral letter, so Aunt Xiuzhen dragged him to see the leaders in the district.

The leaders, of course, advised reconciliation and discouraged divorce. The husband didn’t mind, but Aunt Xiuzhen was determined to leave. Coincidentally, an ex-soldier with a leg disability had recently sought help from the district, hoping the organization would help him build a family, as living alone was difficult.

The leader was initially troubled by this issue—it wasn’t reasonable or fair to pressure someone into marriage, especially since he wasn’t a war hero. The leader didn’t dare go that far.

Coincidentally, Aunt Xiuzhen came along, and the leader pointed at the soldier sitting there watching the scene, saying, "Okay, you insist on divorcing—how about marrying him? Are you willing?"

Aunt Xiuzhen took a look at the retired soldier sitting on the chair. He was reasonably good-looking and his presence was decent, so she felt she had struck gold and promptly agreed.

Though her husband was lazy, he was rather timid. With the leader agreeing to the divorce, he left without uttering a word and signed the papers. Then the leader called the marriage certificate office and directly processed Aunt Xiuzhen’s and the retired soldier’s marriage certificate in his office.

It was not until all the paperwork was completed and she left did Aunt Xiuzhen discover that the soldier had a crippled leg and needed a cane to walk. Only then did she understand why the leader was so eager to grant the marriage certificate.

She turned around, intending to express her protest, but the leader glared at her, saying if she dared to cause trouble again, she shouldn’t complain about being treated harshly—the district government wasn’t there for her to toy with.

And so, she went home with the soldier with the bad leg. In the army, there are good soldiers and bad soldiers—unfortunately, Aunt Xiuzhen married one of the bad ones, lazy to the point he even wanted to be fed during meals.

Later, she did some digging and found out the soldier’s broken leg had nothing to do with heroism—it was self-inflicted from climbing a tree to nab a bird’s nest. After that, she couldn’t divorce and had no choice but to live with him.

Now, they’ve been married for over seven years, and the soldier still idles about daily—his level of laziness certainly surpasses that of her first husband.

Aunt Xiuzhen became a typical figure of our generation, therefore, after seeing these examples, I am absolutely not going to make blind choices in finding a partner. One wrong step leads to another, and eventually, you can’t even afford to die—it’s terrifying."

Zhao Yulan couldn’t help but sigh, "Your Aunt Xiuzhen ending up like this is no one’s fault but her own; she never figured things out, and was stubborn, leading her to this point. But, there are few men like that, you shouldn’t always compare everything to such cases."

"What my mom said is correct; you can’t use this as the benchmark...," Chuxia looked earnestly at Li Xinli, "Haven’t you noticed that you always use such negative examples as warnings?

Having this mindset is certainly right, but it can’t be all negative—you should also look at the positive examples around, those who are living happily."

"Yeah." Li Xinli quickly nodded, "I know, now I’m already starting to look at the good side. Previously, perhaps I felt neglected—I was quite focused on these unfortunate things, always hoping my life wouldn’t just compound the misfortune. Now that I’ve met you all, I’ve realized I truly lived too negatively—I certainly need to change this flaw."

"Acknowledging mistakes and correcting them makes you a good person." Chuxia reached out to pat her shoulder, stood up, "Eat a few more buns, I’ll go change my clothes, and then we’ll leave."

"I’m stuffed." Li Xinli rubbed her belly, shyly looking at Zhao Yulan, "The food is too delicious, I didn’t realize while talking that I ate all of a plate of small buns—really such a glutton now."

"The small buns aren’t that large, besides, at your age, your appetite should be healthy. How can you even function without eating enough?" Zhao Yulan said while pushing the plate closer to her, "Eat some more, being too skinny isn’t good to look at—gaining some weight makes you look more blessed." (To be continued. If you like this work, please support it on Qidian (qidian.com) by voting with recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)