42: The shell hit the plane.

"Comrade Xiao Niannian, you have a phone call."

Hearing the shout from the doorway, Xiao Niannian walked out.

Seeing the comrade from the service station, Xiao Niannian immediately thanked them.

"Thank you, I'll be right there."

Xiao Niannian helped Grandma Xiao to the service station.

Soon, Xiao Niannian received a call from Uncle Xiao Shu.

"Niannian, Uncle Xiao Shu is home..." Uncle Xiao Shu told Xiao Niannian about the situation at home.

Before he could say much, Tenth Grandma Xiao's voice came through the receiver.

"Get away, let Mom talk to Niannian."

Then, Tenth Grandma Xiao's voice rang out.

"Niannian."

"Tenth Grandma."

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, Tenth Grandma Xiao said happily.

"How are you and your grandma doing over there? If anything happens, be sure to call back..."

After Tenth Grandma Xiao spoke with Xiao Niannian for a few words, Xiao Niannian handed the phone to her grandma.

Tenth Grandma Xiao thanked Grandma Xiao over the phone.

"Sixth Sister-in-law, you know, you really shouldn't have let Xiao Shu bring us so many things, you're too kind..."

When Uncle Xiao Shu got home, he almost got a beating from his parents. They said he really didn't know how to read the room. Sixth Aunt and Niannian didn't have much money to begin with, yet he accepted so many things from them.

Even with all of Uncle Xiao Shu's explanations, his parents still scolded him. Uncle Xiao Shu had originally hidden the money to give to Sixth Aunt and Niannian, but when he opened the interlayer of his bag, he found that the fifty-odd yuan was still in his bag.

At that moment, he doubted his life. He had clearly put it away before leaving, so how did the money end up back in his hands?

"Tenth Sister-in-law, these things aren't worth much..."

After a few more words, Tenth Grandma Xiao brought up the strange happenings in Wang Family Village.

"Sixth Sister-in-law, have you heard about Wang Dazhuang?"

"I heard about it the day I came out, what's happening now?"

"I don't know, I heard it was the monkeys seeking revenge..."

Tenth Grandma Xiao was afraid Grandma Xiao would worry, so they hadn't planned to tell Grandma Xiao about Xiao Dong's family. They all felt that Xiao Dong and his family deserved it.

After the call, Xiao Niannian paid the phone bill and helped her grandma walk home.

After walking for a while, Xiao Niannian heard people discussing Xu Yang from a distance.

"Company Commander Xu from the regiment next door, the one so many people want as a son-in-law, he actually has a fiancée. I heard his fiancée came looking for him..."

"Didn't they say the Female Comrade from the Cultural Troupe was his girlfriend? How does he have a fiancée now?"

"I don't know, I heard it from my relative. She cleans at the Guesthouse, and I heard Company Commander Xu's fiancée is staying at the Guesthouse in the Division Headquarters..."

Xiao Yueyue really came? And made such a big fuss about it.

This Xu Yang, he really is that Xu Yang.

But now there's really a good show to watch. When she saw that jade pendant in the Xiao Family before, Xiao Niannian didn't take it. She didn't want to marry Xu Yang, and Xiao Yueyue had always wanted that marriage.

"I heard that Company Commander Xu's fiancée is going to work at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative soon. That girl is really pretty, with a round face, big buttocks, and a thick waist. You can tell at a glance she's the type to bear sons..."

Xiao Niannian's mouth twitched when she heard this praise. In these people's eyes, Xiao Yueyue, who was so ordinary, was considered pretty?

Indeed, some people's aesthetics are different.

"Have you seen that Female Comrade?"

"Yes, I have. I heard she's very generous, she treated my relative to candy and even helped my relative with chores."

Xiao Yueyue, the kind of person who wouldn't even pick up a fallen broom, actually helping people with chores. It seems Xiao Yueyue has really grown up.

Xiao Niannian looked at her grandma. If Grandma knew that Xiao Dong and his family had come, she would definitely be angry. However, the more than one thousand yuan that Xiao Dong owed Uncle Wang and the others still needed to be recovered.

Her Adoptive Father's pension, plus some money the country had given Grandma over the years, had all been embezzled by Xiao Dong and his family. Perhaps it wasn't just what Uncle Wang sent, but also what others sent.

From her original body's memories, Xiao Niannian remembered that Xiao Dong had a good relationship with someone at the post office. It was probably through that person that he had pocketed all that money and those letters.

Time flew by, and soon it was New Year's Eve.

There were supposed to be performances today, but a few days ago, an order came from above saying that the performances were postponed, and many people from the Military Unit had been dispatched.

Xiao Niannian knew that there must have been a conflict somewhere.

In times like these, those across the sea would occasionally sail into our waters, and USA would also frequently come to harass us.

"Godmother, you've worked hard today."

Cheng Yu raised the white sugar water in her hand and toasted Grandma Xiao.

"Godmother hasn't worked hard, you have. All these dishes today, you helped wash and cut them."

Cheng Yu then looked at Xiao Niannian.

"Niannian helped with more than half the work..."

Everyone praised each other for a while, then Grandma Xiao gave out four red envelopes.

One for Xiao Niannian, and one each for Cheng Yu and the children.

"Godmother, I'm so grown up, how can I still accept New Year's money from you?"

"Why can't you? No matter how old you are, you're still my God-daughter-in-law."

After dinner, Xiao Niannian helped clean up, then she stood in the courtyard, looking outside.

The moonlight was quite bright tonight.

Normally at this time, the lights in the Family Courtyard would be off, but since it was New Year's Eve, every household had their lights on.

Grandma Xiao walked out, looked outside, and said.

"Niannian, Xiao Jing has been out for several days and hasn't returned for New Year's Eve."

Grandma Xiao was a little worried. In the past few days, she had also heard many people discussing that a conflict had broken out, so the Military Unit had entered a state of readiness.

Xiao Niannian was talking to her grandma when she suddenly heard the roar of planes.

Planes?

Xiao Niannian looked up and saw two planes flying towards them in the sky not far away.

"Ding, Vision +1."

A voice rang in her mind.

Xiao Niannian felt her vision had improved again. She saw that the two planes in the sky were not military planes, but from USA.

On New Year's Eve, people from USA dared to fly planes over to demonstrate?

Xiao Niannian was instantly enraged.

If she had a cannon, she would definitely shoot down these two planes.

Just as she was thinking this, Xiao Niannian heard the sound of artillery.

"Boom."

Her eyes looked into the distance and saw a shell flying into the sky, grazing the side of one of the planes.

The wing of that plane was damaged, and it began to wobble.

The other plane, however, turned around and fled in the direction it came from.

"Boom."

Another cannon blast sounded. Xiao Niannian saw the wobbling plane quickly fleeing, then flying lower and lower... Was it crashing?

Xiao Niannian's heart filled with joy.

She was sure she hadn't seen wrong; our shell had hit that plane, and that plane's engine should be malfunctioning now.