Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 594 - 584 You Are the Starting Line for the Child

"The chief said that the official document will be issued in three months, and during this time, I should properly recover from my injuries," Li Hongjun said.

"That’s great news! You’ve been promoted to regimental commander at such a young age. In the future, both the child and I are going to enjoy the benefits of your success," Shen Yunfang teased her husband after sensing he still had something on his mind.

Li Hongjun pulled his wife close to his side and, with a sigh, finally said, "But what about you and the child if I go to Z Province?" Those who haven’t experienced life and death couldn’t possibly understand what’s truly important in their hearts. For someone like Li Hongjun, who’d skirted the edge of life and death for two years and could even say he had died once, he knew very well what mattered most to him—there were two things, one was the lifelong dream of being a soldier, and the other was his wife and child.

This clear choice between the two made it extremely difficult for him to decide.

"What do you mean, what about us? Wherever you go, I’ll just take the child and follow," Shen Yunfang stated matter-of-factly.

Li Hongjun abruptly turned his wife’s face towards his, so they were face to face.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Are you serious?" Li Hongjun couldn’t believe his wife would so readily give up everything to be with him.

"What do you mean, serious? We’re a family. Did you think you could leave us behind and go off to enjoy life by yourself?" Shen Yunfang rolled her eyes in a rather uncouth manner.

Li Hongjun didn’t find his wife’s gesture unattractive in the least; instead, he found her incredibly adorable. Indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"But didn’t you want to give our child the best educational opportunities? Didn’t you say you couldn’t let our child lose at the starting line? You said education in big cities was most conducive to a child’s development. And now, you could very likely stay in the Capital for work. Would you still follow me to Z Province? What about the child?" He had just spoken with the chief, who said that his wife was a model military spouse. If he wished, both his wife and child could stay in the Capital for work and study, as the organization could make arrangements for them.

"Actually, this isn’t such a big conflict for me. Wherever I work doesn’t matter, as long as our family can be together every day. Plus, I studied agriculture, and simply staying in the Capital seems a bit of a waste. I’ve even thought about, if I ever got the chance, starting my own farm and being the owner. That way, we can produce our own food, ensuring it’s both safe and reliable. How wonderful is that? If you truly go to Z Province, I’ll ask Director Bai to help me out. I’ll lease some land and become a big-time farmer," Shen Yunfang said with a beaming smile. She really enjoyed watching crops grow and being harvested, still vividly remembering the joy. Of course, she wasn’t born to toil in the fields every day—she’d find it monotonous and tiring. But farming and being a farm owner are different. With money, she could hire others to farm for her. She’d farm when she felt active and let others take over when she felt lazy. Just thinking about such a life made her happy.

"What about the child? What about the child’s education? What about the child’s starting line?" Li Hongjun still remembered all that his wife had told him about their child’s future, especially the part about not letting the child lose at the starting line.

She had once explained to him with examples what studying in the Capital meant versus studying back home. He remembered all of it vividly. Isn’t life all about the children? Whatever was good for the child, he wanted to fight for it.

"Let me tell you, the future will be an era of who has the better father. The starting line for a child is you, the father," Shen Yunfang explained in a very down-to-earth way. "If you do well, even if your children are daily digging in the dirt, there will be someone to hand them a shovel or a hoe. But if you don’t do well, even if they enter the biggest company, they might end up being the hardest working person with the least credit."

Shen Yunfang wasn’t wrong at all; the future truly is an era of "who your father is." If your father has the capability, people will flock to you, eager to ingratiate themselves, and the children won’t have to take as many detours, no matter what they do.

Li Hongjun nodded thoughtfully.

"Besides, when I said I wanted the children to receive an education in the big city, that was back when our family was not well-off. Now that we have money, my children can stay in the countryside and still receive the best education." That’s the confidence of the wealthy.

The weakness in rural teaching resources? No problem, she has money. She can hire elite professionals from each field to give private lessons to her children. She’ll carry out one-on-one teaching in advance, and she doesn’t believe her children won’t succeed. Even rotten wood will bloom in due course.

Moreover, as someone who has lived two lifetimes, her expectations for her children are not the same as the average person’s these days. She hopes her children can live freely and happily for their whole lives. In other words, as they grow up, they should be able to live a life according to their own preferences and not have to do a job just to survive or bow and scrape to others for the sake of money.

"So you don’t have to worry about anything else. Wherever you go, I will bring the children and follow," concluded Shen Yunfang.

Li Hongjun said nothing, simply holding his wife tight. He understood that the higher he climbed, the more unrestrainedly his wife and child could live. Moreover, for his wife’s secrets and her safety, he must strive to climb even higher.

"Alright, I’ll follow the organization’s arrangements, and you’ll bring the children with the army," Li Hongjun made the decision that would determine his family’s direction for the next few years.

This change seemed to set another five-year plan for Li Hongjun, as if he was slowly winding up a spring, waiting for the final burst of energy.

Shen Yunfang was very happy to see her husband so motivated and driven; even the daily presence of Old Man Li, who came to stand guard, didn’t seem as bothersome anymore.

When her mood improved, her health directly reflected it. In early August, Doctor Wang announced that Li Hongjun could be discharged from the hospital. Of course, this did not mean he was fully recovered, but rather that he could continue his convalescence at home.

On the day of discharge, Ma Liguo took leave and came to pick them up with a tricycle. The tricycle was loaded with stuff, and together with Li Hongjun, the three of them majestically returned to the Hongsheng Residential Area.

When they returned, it happened to be a time when there were many old ladies around. Many people saw that Xiaoshen’s man was back, and they learned that Xiaoshen’s man hadn’t been home for two years because he was on the battlefield. Now he had been commended for his service, and after recovering from his injuries, he would be promoted. All the old women were looking at Shen Yunfang with a mix of envy and jealousy. Subsequently, the gossip spreading all over the neighborhood was about Xiaoshen soon becoming an official’s wife. The incident with Qiu Shuping causing a scene and being detained had already become old news.

With Li Hongjun back home for recovery, it was convenient for his comrades to visit. No one knew exactly how the news spread, but several comrades from around the Capital came to see him. Of course, Shen Yunfang was a warm host. She wasn’t like Qiu Shuping, who would turn up her nose at those dressed poorly. As long as they were Li Hongjun’s comrades, regardless of their background, she would greet them with a smile and warm hospitality. This made Li Hongjun receive a lot of envy from his comrades, and his sense of masculinity surged like never before.