Chapter 277 Meeting 3

"Sister Yu and Cen Yan have never gotten along. She even slandered Cen Yan before, saying she was no good. She's probably afraid that Cen Yan won't arrange a job for her."

“Cen Yan isn’t that petty. If you ask me, the petty one is Aunt Yu. She doesn’t want to admit that Cen Yan is capable, and she’s even less willing to obey Cen Yan’s discipline.”

"It's like working in a production team. If someone you dislike becomes the production team leader, will you accept their work assignments?"

"I'm not convinced! But that's the arrangement of the leaders and the organization. Collective honor is more important than personal grudges, more important than everything else. Even if it's someone I hate, I still have to obey the arrangement."

“You’re talking to someone like Sister Yu about a sense of collective honor? If she had such a good thing, she wouldn’t have stood up and said that Cen Yan was a speculator.”

"..."

The crowd chattered as if they wanted to break Sister Yu's spine, making her tremble and shake all over.

Sister-in-law Yu bit her lip, her eyes red-rimmed.

"I was simply raising my reasonable concerns. It's one thing if you disagree with me, but how can you say I lack a sense of collective honor? Even if Cen Yan marries Commander Qi, once a capitalist's daughter, always a capitalist's daughter. I'm just afraid that everyone, and the organization, will be deceived by Cen Yan..."

Wang Lijuan couldn't stand it anymore. She went up to Sister Yu, put her hands on her hips, and said:

“You’re not the only one in this world who has a clear eye and ears. We know perfectly well whether we’ve been exploited or oppressed. There are at least eighty, if not a hundred, unemployed military dependents in the family compound. Dozens of eyes are watching. If Cen Yan really does something improper and tries to overthrow the capitalists, do you think we’ll just sit idly by?”

"..." Sister Yu was so embarrassed by Wang Lijuan's retort that her face turned red, but she had no words to refute her.

Wang Lijuan really didn't want to waste time on this person. "I don't care about your feud with Cen Yan, my husband Lu doesn't care, and the organization certainly won't care! But what Cen Yan is proposing now could solve the employment problems of dozens or even hundreds of people. If you dare to be a bad apple in the collective, be careful that your whole family gets implicated. Your platoon leader Yu worked very hard to get promoted to platoon leader. If you want him to be held accountable by the organization, then keep making trouble!"

"Sister Yu, we're wise not to fight a losing battle. Cen Yan has all the advantages – timing, location, and people. There's no point in us going head-to-head. Let's go back first. Didn't you say that Cen Yan is going to be in big trouble in a few days?"

Sister Tong tugged at Sister Yu's sleeve.

Aunt Yu finally calmed down.

She just didn't know if Shan Xianxian was reliable or not. What if she was just making excuses for herself, and Cen Yan was unharmed? Wouldn't she have been taken advantage of by Shan Xianxian for nothing?

Thinking this through, Sister Yu hurried home and stopped getting involved in Cen Yan's ridiculous side business. In her mind, Cen Yan was petty and narrow-minded, and there was no way she would ever let her make money together.

Instead of wasting her time, she should first look forward to how unlucky Cen Yan would be!

When Sister-in-law Yu returned home, Yu Qingguo glanced at her and asked, "Why do you look so pale? What did the political commissar talk to you military families about?"

"Oh dear! You jinx, why are you wearing such a long face? Is it because my son has wronged you, or are you giving this old woman such a hard time? Son, look at her!" Seeing her sister-in-law like this, Yu's mother slapped her thigh and cried.

Aunt Yu didn't have time to pay attention to the old hag. She grabbed Shan Xianxian's hand and said, "Come in with me! I have something to tell you!"

Once inside, Sister Yu got straight to the point.

“That bitch Cen Yan is going to lead everyone in the family compound to start a side business. If this really happens, the entire compound will be her territory, and there will be no place for you or me. What exactly are you up to? Explain yourself!”

Shan Xianxian was confident.

"Sister-in-law, just get your melon seeds, peanuts, and cookies ready and wait and see. The higher Cen Yan climbs now, the harder she'll fall! I don't believe she can dodge it once, let alone every time."