The next day, Chen Ruijun was called to Captain Xiao's office, severely criticized, and required to write an 800-word self-criticism.

Chen Ruijun was both angry and helpless.

When did Jiang Tiecheng come to know their captain?

He carefully handed over his medical report.

"Not bad, this inspection report is quite detailed. You should learn from this lesson."

Be more careful when you do things in the future; you're the team leader now.

I also intend to groom you to be the next battalion commander. If you remain narrow-minded and have such a personality, you are not suitable for the position.

"Captain, please don't say that about me. Am I that kind of person?"

I've always treated my comrades very well.

Chen Ruijun grew anxious; Captain Xiao was both a mentor and a friend to him.

He didn't want Captain Xiao to think of him that way.

"Since you can treat your comrades so well, why can't you treat Jiang Tiecheng the same way?"

I heard him say that you have a misunderstanding about the relationship between him and your sister.

Do you think there's something wrong with your brain?

Jiang Tiecheng is such an outstanding young man, he's more than a match for your sister.

I've seen your sister; she's quite pretty and a cultured young woman.

"The two of them are a perfect match, what's wrong with that? Don't look at people with prejudice."

"Captain, please don't be fooled by Jiang Tiecheng. He's really not a good person."

You have no idea what he did when he arrived at the educated youth settlement. A mere educated youth actually became a team leader on the construction site very easily.

And let's not even talk about him being a team leader on the construction site.

He even managed to get involved with the head of the supply and marketing department at the supply and marketing cooperative. This kind of person is incredibly shrewd and manipulative; do you really think he could be a good person?

"So you mean he should be a blockhead, unable to get along anywhere, bullied and ostracized, to be considered an honest person?"

If that's the case, I'd rather Comrade Jiang Tiecheng wasn't an honest man.

What's so great about being an honest person? It's good to be bullied.

Furthermore, what personal benefit did Jiang Tiecheng gain from his close relationship with the director of the supply and marketing cooperative?

No, not at all!

Chen Ruijun is pragmatic and realistic.

"Then what is the reason for his close relationship with the director of the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"For the sake of the villagers of Hongqi Brigade!"

"Yes, since he was doing it for the villagers of Hongqi Brigade and didn't seek personal gain, he did it for them."

So what's wrong with what he did?

What's wrong with being a little more tactful, knowing how to handle people, and being more considerate?

You can't negate everything about someone just because you have a problem with them.

I think you still need to hone your skills.

Your perspective is flawed, and your thinking is flawed too!

"Captain, you can't talk to me like that!"

Chen Ruijun felt aggrieved.

Why can't I say that about you?

I think Comrade Jiang Tiecheng is a very good person. He risked his life to save an entire trainload of people. Do you think there's anything wrong with his thinking?

I think you're the one who's mentally ill. If he had even a little bit of a problem with his thinking and wasn't willing to take that kind of risk, he wouldn't have needed to save the entire train of people.

Those people all had to die. Don't you think people like that deserve our respect?

Chen Ruijun was speechless and could only awkwardly retreat to the side.

"I'm warning you, put away all your own opinions and be more fair in your judgment of people."

If you want to become a brigade leader and move up the ranks, then you can't just follow the crowd or listen to what others say. You have to see what the person does and analyze why they did it.

Judging from what you said about Jiang Tiecheng, he is an outstanding person with a broad mind.

He also displayed a chivalrous spirit of helping the world, and I didn't think he did anything wrong.

You're making this negative association just because of his relationship with your sister.

I just want to ask you one question: Is there a problem with a young man like him being a good match for your sister?

Am I not good enough for her?

"No, that's not it. They're just an ordinary working-class family!"

"What's wrong with being an ordinary worker's family? Just because your family is a cadre family, does that make you superior?"

"I come from a peasant family, so does that mean I, the brigade leader, should be looked down upon?"

"Of course not, how could I look down on someone like that?"

"You know you're looking down on people because you're a dog."

I'm telling you, I'm warning you, Chen Ruijun, you need to really clean up your mind.

Otherwise, problems will definitely arise later. I'm telling you, don't expect me to betray my own family for the greater good.

Chen Ruijun returned to his office and sat there pondering for a long time, thinking about what Captain Xiao had just said.

It seems like there's nothing wrong with that.

It seems I was judging people with prejudice, having preconceived notions that Jiang Tiecheng was bad.

But apart from his family, Jiang Tiecheng wasn't bad at all.

But why don't I like Jiang Tiecheng?

When it was lunchtime, before we even reached the canteen, we saw the only crowd of people at the entrance of their armed forces department.

When I got closer, I realized it was a truck. For some reason, the driver got nervous and stepped on the gas, crashing the truck straight into the wall of their gate.

The car is stuck inside the gate.

They blocked the entrance completely, so no one could get in or out.

The young driver had already switched places and was standing under the car, looking at the front of the car and the courtyard wall stuck together, not knowing what to do for a moment.

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