"Comrade Gao Dajiang, please move aside."
Gao Dajiang, his face dark, continued to block the way for the investigation team.
Hearing the shouts coming from the auditorium, he felt very sad. He felt that if he didn't do something, he would be letting down the military wives inside!
"Comrade Gao Dajiang, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Just as several members of the investigation team were about to step forward, they were immediately blocked by several cadres from the regiment.
Anyone would be angry if their wife were interrogated like that.
Xiao Aiguo turned his back, pretending not to have seen anything.
"Good, no wonder there are counter-revolutionary bad elements hiding in your family compound. It turns out you've been condoning them all along. Comrade Gao Dajiang, now I'm not only going to investigate the people in the family compound, but I'm also going to investigate your regiment. I'm determined to root out the counter-revolutionaries!"
Gao Dajiang clenched his fists, really wanting to throw a punch.
"Old Gao, don't be impulsive."
"call……"
Gao Dajiang leaned closer and shouted to the head of the investigation team, "You are a military family member. You must do a good job in the revolution and production, listen to the country, serve the people, and be a good military wife."
Gao Dajiang deliberately sprayed spittle onto the faces of the inspection team members.
However, the inspection team members' expressions did not change; they simply looked at him silently.
"Team Leader Zhang, let me tell you, the military spouses in the auditorium come from all over the country. They are honorable. Without evidence, I will not allow you to insult them again!"
"Damn it, do they really think we're pushovers? Bah!"
Gao Dajiang turned his head and spat, then turned and stormed off.
He needed to call his superiors to report what was happening here. His regiment was guarding the "851" project, and he didn't believe the military region would allow the investigation team to continue sabotaging them.
"Oh……"
Team Leader Zhang took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped his eyes.
Hearing the shouts still coming from the auditorium, he waved to his men, "Hurry up and interrogate Zhu Haiming and Xiao Ting. We can't let a counter-revolutionary get away with this."
...
In the auditorium, after Lu Fangfang finished her last shout, she sat down on a bench.
To be honest, she was also scared. After all, it was an investigation team sent down from above, and in this day and age, anything could happen.
If she doesn't do this, she will live in an environment where everyone reports on her and everyone suspects her, and she won't be able to do anything. This is even more terrifying than the investigation team.
Fortunately, we've managed to get through this for now.
"Smack."
"Clap clap clap clap..."
In the auditorium, the women spontaneously clapped, as if Lu Fangfang had led them to a victory.
Just then, Zhang, the head of the investigation team, walked in.
Hearing the applause in the auditorium, the corners of his mouth twitched as if he were smiling.
He walked back to the podium and looked at the crowd below.
"Clap clap clap..."
"Slap...slap."
The auditorium gradually quieted down, and he smiled as he spoke, "I think the comrades' ideological awareness is still not high enough, and they need to continue learning."
Team Leader Zhang waved to the back row, "Comrade Lu Fangfang, come up here and lead everyone in learning."
Lu Fangfang was taken aback, but had no choice but to get up and walk over.
When they reached the podium, Team Leader Zhang handed them a red book.
"Comrade Lu, you must speak loudly and lead your comrades to study hard. I won't stop until I tell you to."
Lu Fangfang's heart sank. She knew this was revenge, and the worst part was that she couldn't refuse it.
She took the red book and turned to look at her sisters-in-law, who were all looking at her as well.
She opened the red book, took a deep breath, and read aloud:
"A revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting, not an embroidery; it cannot be so elegant, so unhurried, so refined, so gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest..."
Lu Fangfang read a sentence, and the women below followed suit, their voices ringing out in unison in the auditorium.
Team leader Zhang inspected the area and was very satisfied.
He found an empty seat and sat on the bench, watching quietly.
An hour has passed...
Two hours have passed...
Three hours have passed...
Lu Fangfang held the red book, her voice almost hoarse from shouting.
The women below lowered their voices, but dared not remain silent, so they could only shout hoarsely.
Lu Fangfang glanced at the investigation team members sitting below, gritted her teeth, and stopped abruptly.
"Report, it's almost noon. I'd like to have a full meal before continuing my studies."
"Can't we do revolutionary study when we're hungry? Comrade Lu, it seems your ideological awareness isn't very high either. You still have to study."
"Report, I need to go to the restroom! Also, comrade, we are not prisoners, but military spouses who support the army and love the country!"
Team Leader Zhang was taken aback, then waved his hand.
"Come back in ten minutes to continue studying. Don't worry about food; I'll have someone bring you some 'bitter rice' (a traditional meal to commemorate past hardships)."
On stage, Lu Fangfang turned and walked out.
The women in the hall also stood up and followed behind her.
After chanting the quotations for more than three hours, the women were all parched and needed to drink some water quickly.
The people in this investigation team are really scoundrels.
"Fangfang? Sister Fangfang?"
Yang Yufeng quickly caught up with Lu Fangfang ahead.
She opened her mouth, her face flushed, unsure of what to say.
Lu Fangfang didn't stop walking. After glancing at her, she said, "You can confess and get leniency if you want, but don't report others. Otherwise, you won't be able to stay in this family compound anymore, and even your husband will be implicated."
After saying that, she quickened her pace and headed towards the family compound.
Yang Yufeng stopped, thinking about what Lu Fangfang had said.
She was trying to confess and, incidentally, report some people to mitigate her punishment.
But now, she still felt a faint sense of hope.
"It's okay, it's okay. As long as I don't say anything, no one will know."
...
Lu Fangfang hurried back to the family compound and first went to check on Xiaohua in the heated kang bed.
She lifted the stone slab and saw the little guy fast asleep in the kang (heated brick bed) hole, looking like he had been exhausted last night.
She added some dried fish, plugged it up again, and then went to the outer room to drink a ladle of cold water.
Not knowing how long the investigation team wanted her to keep shouting, she took out her water bottle, mixed some sugar water, and then went outside.
When she returned to the hall with her water bottle, most of the sisters-in-law had already arrived.
After waiting a while, the investigation team checked each of them and, seeing that none of the women were missing, let Lu Fangfang lead everyone to continue their studies.
Lu Fangfang led everyone through a thick book of quotes from beginning to end.
At noon, the inspection team members carried a basket of vegetable pancakes onto the podium.
"Comrades, stop for a moment. Only when you have a full meal can you do a better job in the revolution. Everyone, line up and come over to get your food."
Team Leader Zhang smiled and looked at everyone.
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