Chapter 104 Every Stitch and Thread Comes from the People

In its haste, the little cub looked up and saw the person in the direction of the voice.

Chen Laowu gripped the rabbit ears on her clothes tightly, and she could only wave her little hands and flutter about.

"Grandpa! Grandpa Ji! Stay here!"

Her childish voice was filled with anxiety; Chen Laowu's hands were filthy, and she didn't want him to touch them!

In the blink of an eye, the guards beside Commander Ji quickly stepped forward and pinned Chen Laowu down.

The little cub broke free of its restraints and ran towards its grandfather.

Ji Zeguo strode forward and snatched the cub. He picked up the child and looked her up and down, his eyes full of worry.

Are you alright? Did you bump or hurt yourself?

It was a close call, thank goodness.

Zhizhi exhaled and patted herself with her little hand to comfort herself.

You are amazing! You are such a wonderful little guy. Your parents know that you have long legs and run fast at such a young age, and they will be very proud of you!

After mentally praising himself, the little cub smiled again, "I can run really fast! He just pulled out his 39-meter-long sword to chase me, but I've already run forty meters!"

If she hadn't run into Grandpa Ji, she originally planned to run into the crowd to distract Chen Laowu and then go home to get help.

The supply and marketing cooperative was not far from the military dependents' compound, and there were military men patrolling all around.

She wasn't afraid that Chen Laowu would actually catch her; at worst, she would make a scene, and her uncles and aunts would help her.

In short, she will never bow down to evil forces!

"Really? Then Zhizhi is amazing." Ji Zeguo praised her with a pleasant smile while turning his head to look at Chen Laowu with a serious and imposing cold attitude.

"Instead of doing your job properly, you beat a child in the street. What are you trying to do? Disrupt public order?"

Chen Laowu struggled desperately, but the guards were very strong, and he couldn't move at all. He could only bend over and lower his head to reply.

"She hit me with the vegetable basket first, she hit me first, what's wrong with me wanting to retaliate?"

Ji Zeguo frowned and scolded sternly, "Why are you shouting so loudly? You're scaring the child!"

Chen Laowu looked on in disbelief. He pointed to himself and said, "I... I scared the child?"

This brat threw something at me, didn't he see the huge bump on my head?

Just explain the situation yourself. This person shouldn't be so biased, right?

Jiang Zhizhi pouted and snorted indignantly. She tugged at her grandfather's clothes and said resentfully, "I was clearly the first one in line to buy meat, but he insisted that it doesn't count for children to line up and that adults should come instead. I could have bought meat before him, and I brought my money and meat coupons with me. He's just deliberately picking a fight."

The little cub fluently recounted the entire process.

Ji Zeguo's face grew increasingly grim. He glared fiercely at Chen Laowu, "She's just a kid who gave you money and tickets to buy things, why won't you sell them to her?"

Chen Laowu: "Me!"

Zhizhi raised her hand to tell the teacher, quickly answering, "Because he went to the military dependents' home for a blind date before, and I brought some even more handsome uncles with me. Aunt Cuiping didn't like him, so he held a grudge. He's as sharp-minded as a needle, so he's deliberately picking a fight here!"

The uncles and aunties who were buying groceries saw the commotion and came over.

Everyone knows Chen Laowu; he's notorious for selling meat to whoever he's on good terms with.

In the past, no one dared to offend him, since the meat ration coupons would expire that month, and if you offended him, you would have to travel dozens of miles to buy meat.

But I never expected that such a young child would dare to directly expose him.

That was so satisfying.

Chen Laowu's face turned a deep shade of liver with rage. His eyes were wide and round like copper bells, and his hand pointing at Zhizhi trembled uncontrollably.

"How can you talk like that? You're twisting the truth! You're lying, you little brat, how can you be so cunning! I didn't do it, everyone, don't listen to her nonsense!"

As he spoke, he stood up and reached out to grab Zhizhi.

Ji Zeguo glanced at the man, and then the guard used some force to pin him to the ground.

"Behave yourself! You're already here and you still want to act arrogantly!"

The commotion outside the supply and marketing cooperative grew louder and louder, and the cooperative's leader rushed out. When he saw Ji Zeguo standing at the door, he was instantly dumbfounded.

"Commander Ji? What's wrong... Oh dear! What happened? Why are you pinning our employees to the ground?"

When Director Chang saw Chen Laowu lying on the ground, his first reaction was that something was wrong.

He had met Commander Ji before; not long ago, Commander Ji had brought his men here on a mission.

He had already told his employees that if they met again, they should call out to him.

Given this situation, could it be that Chen Laowu has made some mistake that offended Commander Ji?

When Chen Laowu saw the director appear, it was as if he had seen a savior. His eyes lit up instantly, and he hurriedly called for help.

"Director! Director, save me! They're bullying us! Don't think you're so great just because you're soldiers. Without our supply and marketing cooperative, you'd be starving!"

Director Chang, who had been smiling obsequiously, almost cracked his expression when he heard Chen Laowu's shallow and arrogant words.

He turned around, gritting his teeth, "Shut up!"

Please, God, has that idiot Chen Laowu still not recognized who he is?

He's the top leader of the military region; who in the entire Suzhou Military Region wouldn't obey him?

A higher rank can crush a person. If Commander Ji makes even a slight move, not only will Chen Laowu lose his position, but he won't even be able to keep his own!

Director Chang quickly stepped forward, took out a pack of cigarettes, and tried to give it to the commander.

He kept trying to appease him, "Commander, although I don't know what happened, you see the supply and marketing cooperative is packed with people. Why don't we go back to the office to resolve this? It's not a good look with all these people coming and going."

Ji Zeguo slightly turned his body to avoid the man's attempt to stuff a cigarette into his mouth.

Then, in a nonchalant tone, he said, "My child went to the pork counter to queue up, with money and meat coupons. But your employees, because of personal grudges, wouldn't let her buy any, saying she was too young. How do you want me to go to your office to handle this?"

"Yes, yes, that's true...?"

Director Chang's face paled; he knew it was Chen Laowu's fault!

Otherwise, the commander wouldn't have gone to the trouble of giving her a hard time when he came over.

He quickly composed himself, his gaze falling on the child in Commander Ji's arms. "Sweetie, did Chen Laowu bully you? Uncle will stand up for you. Didn't you want pork? Uncle will cut the meat for you himself. Let's... let's go inside and talk first, okay?"

Jiang Zhizhi looked at the uncle, though she didn't understand why his attitude had become so good as soon as he arrived.

But she shook her head and said crisply, "Thank you, Uncle, but I don't want it."

Director Chang's smile became slightly stiff. "Why?"

The little cub counted on its fingers, and dimples appeared and disappeared on its chubby little face as it spoke.

Her voice was unusually serious. "I'm queuing up to buy meat because I'm in the right. If I go into the office with my uncle, it's like using my grandfather's status to bully people. That's the mistake of the privileged class. I can't let my grandfather, who cares about me, make a mistake just because I feel wronged."

"Furthermore, right is right and wrong is wrong. Any issues can be resolved in front of the people. If things are behind closed doors, Uncle will definitely provide plenty of compensation, but Zhizhi doesn't need that. What Zhizhi needs is for the person who made the mistake to come out and apologize. Every stitch and thread belongs to the people, and Zhizhi won't take more than necessary. Zhizhi only needs to buy the meat she should buy and receive the apology she should receive!"

The tiny cubs don't yet understand what personal rights are.

But with simple yet firm words, she thoroughly defended her rights as a buyer.