Reborn in the 1970s, remarried to a powerful but childless man, her scumbag husband is furious.

Wenrou was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

She thought that if this man didn't have that kind of problem, he would definitely be a good husband.

Huo Yanchuan saw the way Wenrou looked at him and knew that she was feeling sorry for him again.

He felt a pang of helplessness, but seeing that she was alright, he was relieved and prepared to return to the army with Hao Gang.

Seeing this, Wenrou casually said to him, "If you want to eat anything in the future, just tell me, and I'll make it."

Treating him as her boss, she felt no guilt about using the money Huo Yanchuan gave her to buy things.

Huo Yanchuan understood her thoughts and replied, "Okay."

"Why are you doing this? Now that you're married, you should live together. What's the point of you staying in the military dormitory all day?" Hao Gang asked, somewhat puzzled, after they left the house.

He was also puzzled as to what exactly happened three months ago, since their Huo group returned, things had become somewhat different from before.

He only said he was injured, and then said he had lost interest in women.

Others were afraid that asking too many questions would hurt his self-esteem.

They didn't know how he got injured, and he even refused treatment from people at the military hospital.

Hao Gang also felt guilty. The regimental commander had fallen into the enemy's trap and was seriously injured while trying to save him.

"My marriage to her was based on mutual benefit. It's inevitable that it would be awkward for people without feelings to live together," Huo Yanchuan explained.

He's a grown man, so he's not afraid, but Wenrou is a woman, and living with him would definitely be inconvenient in many ways.

Hearing him say that, Hao Gang could understand.

However, he had previously harbored prejudice against Wenrou, just like everyone else.

But after spending the last few days with her, he discovered that Wenrou's personality didn't seem to be as promiscuous as Zhou Dayong had described, with her having affairs and flirting with men everywhere.

On the contrary, people felt that she was honest and straightforward, without any ulterior motives, and most importantly, she had excellent cooking skills, making it hard not to like her.

"So you don't mind her past?" Hao Gang still felt that their regimental commander had been too casual about getting married. They should have thoroughly investigated her character, family background, and past.

Huo Yanchuan glanced at him, then took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, lit it with a match, took a puff, chuckled, and asked with a serious expression, "Xiao Hao, this isn't your first day with me, is it?"

Hao Gang shook his head, but he was also startled. He couldn't help but get goosebumps when Huo Yanchuan stared at him with such a cold and serious gaze.

He had been following Huo Yanchuan ever since the day Huo Yanchuan joined the army. Huo Yanchuan graduated from military academy and became their company commander as soon as he joined the army.

I've been able to grow so quickly all these years thanks to him.

"No matter what happens in the future, you must have your own judgment."

Huo Yanchuan left those words behind and strode away.

Hearing Huo Tuan's strong belief in Wenrou, Hao Gang felt a pang of shame.

Regardless of what Wenrou was like in the past, just because she helped them catch a spy last time and treated her to steamed buns this time, I shouldn't listen to others and be prejudiced against her.

After Huo Yanchuan left, Wenrou tidied up the kitchen and then started looking for things to prepare for fluffing cotton.

These tasks were not difficult for her. After working for an entire afternoon, she finally finished fluffing all the cotton.

Then they took apart all the old quilts that Huo Yanchuan was using, added new cotton, and replaced the quilt cover.

That night, she lit a kerosene lamp and stayed up all night sewing up the quilt.

Covered with the soft quilt I sewed myself, I won't have to suffer from the cold at night anymore.

The next day, she had nothing to do and slept until noon.

This was the first time she had a good night's sleep since arriving here.

She was awakened by a noise, and when she went out to see what was going on, she found that the well in the courtyard had stopped supplying water.

Water shortage is a common problem in the Gobi Desert. Wenrou had already heard about it when she came. Now the people in the compound have no water, so they have to use large trucks to bring it over from a very far place.

I heard that a sandstorm occurred last night, and most of the soldiers stationed at the base have been assigned to participate in the task of preventing wind erosion and fixing sand dunes.

Only a small number of sentries remain in the military, also to protect the safety of military families.

As soon as Wenrou opened the door and went outside, she heard people in the courtyard discussing the water issue.

"What are we going to do? We don't have any water to cook now."

"Who doesn't have this problem? I was just about to do laundry when the water ran out."

"It's not just us; I've heard that several nearby villages are in the same situation. If this continues, let alone eating and washing clothes, even drinking water will be a problem."

At this point, someone suggested, "How about this, everyone who has water should share it so we can all have our meals today. We adults can skip meals, but the children are growing and can't go without food."

Wenrou noticed that the person speaking was Wang Yanping, the women's director of the family compound. Usually, when people had something to do, they would go to her first.

She has three children, and they've run out of water; there's nothing they can do.

But as soon as she finished speaking, someone disagreed.

"We don't even have enough water for our own family! If you don't have enough water, you should find your own way. Why should we, who have water, have to give it away?"

"That's right, we don't even have enough water for our own family, so I don't agree to water sharing."

The women who were talking all had water stored at home. After they finished speaking, they hurried home and closed their doors tightly, afraid that someone would come to borrow water.

Others whose homes had no water looked anxious.

Wenrou went home and checked. She usually had the habit of storing water, and yesterday she filled both water tanks in the kitchen.

That should be enough for her for two days.

However, since the water problem hasn't been solved yet, she can't guarantee what will happen in the future.

Wenrou hadn't intended to join in the fun, but just as she was about to head back, Shen Qingshuang's voice rang out.

"I saw Comrade Wenrou fill two tanks with water yesterday, so she must have water at home."

As soon as she finished speaking, the other people who didn't have water looked at Wenrou.

"You must be Commander Huo's wife. I'm Wang Yanping, the women's director of our residential compound. Could you lend us some of your water first? We'll return it to you once we have water." Wang Yanping walked over and said to Wenrou, who was feeling apologetic.

"Yes, yes, yes, share some with us."

"The well in our family compound was dug by Commander Huo himself with his men. Now the well is broken and there's no water, and he's not here. You have to find a way to solve this for us."

"You have water at home, why didn't you say so earlier? You have to be responsible for our water supply."

Wang Yanping's attitude was relatively polite, but the others became quite self-righteous, as if she owed them water.

Upon seeing this, Wenrou's expression turned cold. "Trying to cause trouble?"