The Cultivator's Reborn to 1970s
Chapter 231 - 195

Chapter 231: Chapter 195

"Really don’t need?" Tian Xianghua asked, unwilling to give up.

"No need, sister-in-law, I’ll wash slowly myself. There are still a few days left, no rush. Sister-in-law, I’m going upstairs, please watch the kid." As soon as she finished speaking, she hurried upstairs.

Ma Juanjuan was upstairs and heard a lot of noise from below. She peeked downstairs just in time to see Lan Tian coming up. Their eyes met, and thinking of how she had helped Zhou Yuwei to slander Lan Tian’s reputation, her face turned hot with shame and guilt, and she looked away and went upstairs.

Watching Ma Juanjuan flee in disarray, Lan Tian was momentarily stunned. After a brief thought, she understood. Even knowing Ma Juanjuan’s thoughts, Lan Tian had no intention to spare her fragile heart. Since it was done, one must bear the consequences.

The house had been unoccupied for a long time. When the door was opened, a musty smell rushed out. Lan Tian stepped aside, waiting for the mustiness to dissipate before entering. She opened all the windows to air out the house until the musty smell was cleared, then closed the door.

A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the floor. After Lan Tian walked through, footprints were everywhere. She pinched a Cleaning Technique, from the living room to the bedroom and study, and finally to the kitchen. In the air, a gray sphere grew larger as the house became cleaner. When the house was spotlessly clean, the gray sphere was almost as big as a bathtub. With a flick of her fingertip, a gray flame fell into the sphere, making a sizzling sound, and in the blink of an eye, the gray sphere disappeared.

She took out a white Cha Hua from the Sleeve Universe and placed it on the windowsill, with a Storage Basin next to it. She walked back and forth around the hall, feeling that the hall was a bit bland. With a wave of her hand, the old coffee table was put away and replaced with a peach wood coffee table. She also changed the TV cabinet and placed a plum bonsai on top, with several fingertip-sized plum buds ready to bloom.

In the bathroom, she arranged her usual toiletries, discarded the old clothes left behind, and replaced all the bedding and pillows with new ones. Mo Junhua’s clothes were cleaned with a Cleaning Technique in a flash.

Looking at the house that was renovated and refreshed, her mood improved as well. She took out a small stove, a purple clay teapot, tea set, Spiritual Tea, and spiritual spring water. She arranged them all on the coffee table, lit the stove to boil water for tea, picked a medical book from the Sleeve Universe, and sat down to read while leisurely enjoying her tea, feeling exceptionally peaceful and relaxed.

The house was quiet, occasionally the sound of pages turning could be heard softly. The warm sunlight, filtering through the sky-blue curtains, cast a halo of light inside. The stunningly beautiful girl in blue clothes nestled in a wicker chair, immersed in the ocean of the book, leisurely spending a pleasant afternoon. _{f\r(e)ewe.b no\vel.com}

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Mo Junhua always acted swiftly and decisively. As soon as Lan Tian said he could move around, he immediately planned to be discharged. After resting well at noon, he called Su Qingjiang and Jiang Xiaoshan from the battalion to come and handle his discharge procedures.

The hospital, knowing he could walk, tactfully advised him to stay for observation for a period to ensure there were no hidden risks before considering better plans for discharge.

Old Man Chen heard the news and came running over, giving Mo Junhua a thorough check from head to toe, carefully inquiring about Mo Junhua’s condition. Mo Junhua cooperated fully, showing no impatience, monotonously answering "I don’t know" every time.

Mo Junhua wasn’t annoyed, but Su Qingjiang and Jiang Xiaoshan were, and even Old Man Chen got tired of asking and disliked how Mo Junhua looked however he was viewed.

Requesting Mo Junhua to stay for observation, Mo Junhua flatly refused, citing the busyness of military duties, infuriating the old man to the point of stomping his feet.

If it weren’t for Mo Junhua being there, Su Qing, that fool, would have long spoken out to squeeze the old man, speaking without thinking when annoyed, and it was hard to tell what infuriating things he might say. Based on past performances, it was likely to make someone faint with anger.

Unable to speak, Su Qing directly tortured him with her gaze; the nonsense about "staying for observation" sounded good, but it was just a desire to use the battalion commander as a subject for research.

The patient wanted to leave, the hospital side couldn’t detain him by force, a call was made to the regiment, and the response was to follow the patient’s wishes.

After staying the last night, early the next morning, Su Qingjiang and Jiang Xiaoshan drove over to pick up Mo Junhua and return to the battalion. The hospital was too busy, unable to spare anyone, so Chunhua sent him to the door and then returned to her post to continue her duties.

...

After sleeping until naturally waking up, and after washing up, she went over to the windowsill, took Spirit Rice and Spiritual Vegetables from the Storage Basin, cooked a large pot of porridge, served a bowl, and sat at the table ready to eat.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Knocking sounds came from the door, Lan Tian turned her head to look, who would come so early in the morning?

"Coming, coming." She put down her spoon and got up to open the door, pausing for a moment when she saw the three people at the door.

Going all-in for the act, Su Qingjiang and Jiang Xiaoshan, one on each side supporting Mo Junhua, seeing Lan Tian, Mo Junhua grinned and said, "Girl, I’m back."

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Su Qingjiang and Jiang Xiaoshan greeted Lan Tian while helping Mo Junhua in.

Lan Tian smiled lightly and nodded, stepping aside to let the three come in.

Mo Junhua and two others returned to the base. The large-headed soldiers training on the parade ground guessed what was happening when they saw the car drive by. The military wives downstairs crowded around curiously when they saw Camp Commander Mo being helped by others.

"Sis, what’s wrong with your Camp Commander Mo?"

As Mo Junhua and the other two entered the house, Lan Tian saw a group gathered outside, eager for gossip. A few of them, who thought they had a good rapport with Lan Tian, came forward to inquire.

"Family matters, I can’t entertain you ladies today. Let’s get together another day." With those words, she closed the door, isolating the onlookers outside while leaving a trace of Divine Sense to keep watch.

The military wife who was turned away looked upset and grimly silent.

"Disperse, disperse, everyone go away!" Tian Xianghua, who rushed over, waved people away saying, "We’re all military wives, we should be prepared mentally. Getting injured is common, which man doesn’t have scars? If there’s anything interesting, let’s go downstairs and chat." The crowd that had gathered dispersed just as quickly.

Inside the house, Lan Tian curled the corners of her lips and smiled. Tian Xianghua seemed to be a good person, someone to associate with.

"Why are you back already? Weren’t you going to wait a few days?" Lan Tian looked at Mo Junhua; just yesterday, he had said he would be a few more days, but he had changed his mind overnight.

Entering the house, Mo Junhua dropped the pretense and motioned Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan to let go. Catching a glimpse of Lan Tian’s smile from the corner of his eye, his mood inexplicably brightened, and he smiled slightly before changing his shoes and heading into the living room.

"I was in the hospital for a few days, just for show, but it turned out to be useless. Everyone who was supposed to visit came in the afternoon, the outcome was the same. It’s better to stay at home, more comfortable and convenient." He glanced at a big pot of vegetable porridge on the table, and an untouched bowl of porridge, and asked Lan Tian, "Haven’t eaten breakfast yet?"

"Not yet, was just about to when you guys returned. Have you eaten?" Her gaze swept over the three of them.

"Just thinking about coming back early, didn’t have time for breakfast, starving. Perfect, we can eat together." Cooking such a big pot, did the girl know I was returning? Mo Junhua felt secretly pleased, though his expression remained unchanged. He tousled Lan Tian’s hair and went to fetch water to wash his hands.

Seeing his expression, Lan Tian knew what he was thinking. There were others in the room, so she held back from rolling her eyes, really wanting to say, "You’re overthinking it."

Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan, who were at Camp Commander’s house for the first time, felt a bit embarrassed running into the ’sister-in-law’ while she was eating.

"Camp Commander, sister-in-law, we’ll leave first," they said, turning to leave.

"Su Qingjiang, Xiao Shan, don’t leave yet. Join us for the meal. Look, I’ve made a large pot of porridge; we can’t finish it ourselves." Lan Tian felt a turmoil inside, her breakfast was gone, yet she had to work hard to keep guests for the meal.

In the kitchen washing his hands, Mo Junhua heard Lan Tian’s words, the corners of his mouth twitched up, happiness brewing in his eyes, thinking of something, he shouted outside, "What are you dawdling for? I’m fetching water for you."

Once the camp commander spoke, Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan didn’t dare to leave. They gave Lan Tian a shy smile, quickly ran to the kitchen, and soon came out with bowls. Mo Junhua sat on Lan Tian’s left side, Su Qing cleverly sat opposite Lan Tian, and Xiao Shan had to sit on Lan Tian’s right. Both sat upright, eyes downcast.

When Mo Junhua declared the meal started, each served themselves a bowl and started eating. They were really hungry that morning and ate quickly; additionally, the porridge tasted unusually delicious today, making it hard to stop. Lan Tian hadn’t finished her first bowl yet, and the pot was empty. Su Qing, also wanting another bowl, saw the empty pot, his face flushed, reluctantly put down his bowl while glancing at the camp commander.

"Sister-in-law’s cooking is really delicious!" After finishing, he didn’t forget to praise, with Xiao Shan nodding in agreement.

Lan Tian smiled. Of course, it’s tasty—it’s all made with Spirit Rice and Spiritual Vegetables. She glanced at their bellies, a mischievous smile glimmering in her eyes; each had eaten three or four bowls, they’d have a hard time tonight.

After breakfast, the three men went to Mo Junhua’s study for a confidential talk, and Lan Tian cleaned up the pots and pans and went to the kitchen to wash them. Coming out, she saw the study door was still closed and decided to go to the living room, boil water for tea, and read a book.

The three didn’t emerge until three or four in the afternoon. Seeing Lan Tian sitting in the living room, Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan bid her farewell. After seeing the two out, Mo Junhua came and sat beside Lan Tian, poured a cup of tea, and savored it slowly while quietly watching Lan Tian’s profile. Lan Tian glanced at him briefly and continued reading her book.

"Hmm, girl, there’s something I need to tell you." After sipping half his tea, Mo Junhua spoke after careful consideration, "Things have been a bit uneasy in the military recently. There might be some unpleasant rumors about me. Don’t take them to heart if you hear them, and try to stay home as much as possible. Let Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan handle things, or wait until I come back."

"Uneasy?" Hearing this, Lan Tian was startled, setting the book on the coffee table and picking up her cup of tea, snuggling into her chair and looking back at him, "What do you mean by that?"

Flipping through the memories of her past life, nothing significant had occurred in the military during this period in her last lifetime. At that time, she had stayed indoors daily, oblivious to the outside world; major events could happen outside, and she wouldn’t know.

In this lifetime, Mo Junhua had led his subordinates to the Northern Battle, getting injured and transferred from the frontlines, Su Qingjiang and Xiao Shan had also returned, some of his subordinates were still at the front, combined with the Military District Hospital suddenly seeing an increase in casualties...

A flicker in her eyes, the soldiers at the front were about to return; no wonder there was a sudden influx of people.