The sudden shout startled the whole family.
Ning Tang and Shen Lie looked at each other, and saw surprise and gossip in each other's eyes.
Who did Ning Xue offend? It sounded like she came here to cause trouble.
Ning Tang raised her eyebrows. She hadn't even bothered Ning Xue yet, so how come someone did what she wanted for her?
Really——
It makes people really want to go out and watch the fun!
Da Wa blinked his eyes and said, "It sounds like the voice of Ma Dongdong's mother." He had been a visitor to Ma Dongdong's home.
"You? Are you talking about Head Nurse Huang?" Shen Lie asked.
Big Boy nodded.
Another voice came from outside the house, even louder than the previous one. "Ning Xue, get out of here right now! Is that how you teach your children?"
Head Nurse Huang had a loud voice and deliberately raised her voice.
This shout could be heard by most of the people in the military family compound, and it attracted half of the people there.
Ning Tang suddenly became excited. "Come on, let's go out. There's some gossip to read."
Shen Lie touched his nose and said, "It's not good to watch other people's fun, right?"
He is old-fashioned and can't turn that corner.
Ning Tang glanced at him sideways, "What about you? Aren't you curious?"
"Of course I'm curious," Shen Lie said.
"That's it, let me tell you, human nature is gossip." Ning Tang said.
And it's Ning Xue's gossip, this is simply retribution!
Ning Tang urged, "You? Forget it if you don't want to go. Big Boy, Second Girl, Third Boy, come on, follow me and watch the fun."
The curiosity of the eldest, second and third kids was no less than that of Ning Tang. When the sound came out, the three little ones started to look around, their necks almost sticking out of the house.
Ning Tang took the three little ones to the yard. Chen Lie blinked and followed them out.
Su family.
After Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu instigated Da Wa and the other two, they went home to report the good news.
Ning Xue took the twins aside and asked them about what happened in the afternoon. She smiled brightly after she finished asking.
The twins' behavior was exactly what she wanted, especially Su Yaozu, whose every word hit the sore spot of the eldest and the other two. Just wait, the three children of the Shen family will definitely go home and make a fuss.
Thinking of this, Ning Xue's brows relaxed.
She hummed a little tune while cooking. Su Junyan came home early today, which was rare. Seeing that she was in a good mood, he wondered, "What's wrong? You look so happy today. What good thing happened?"
How to answer this question?
Should I tell Su Junyan everything about how I ordered my child to act like a rich man and instigate the neighboring kid?
That’s definitely not possible, otherwise, what kind of person would she become in Su Junyan’s mind?
So Ning Xue just smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just in a good mood today."
She glanced at the twins and said, "I'll take you to the department store in Jiang City in a few days. You can buy whatever you like." After thinking for a moment, she added, "You'll have the day off this week. You don't have to do the homework I assigned you tonight."
"Great!" The twins were immediately delighted.
Buying things is secondary. After all, Ning Xue will not treat them unfairly in this regard.
But not doing the homework she assigned... Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu were so happy that they wanted to take a few cents of pocket money and candy and go show off to Da Wa and the other two.
Su Junyan was very pleased to see Ning Xue getting along well with the twins. He smiled and said, "I have good news for you. My boss talked to me today and said I should be able to get a promotion."
"Really?" Ning Xue was so surprised.
She felt that her family was no worse than the Shen family in any way.
She has a job and can earn a salary, but Ning Tang doesn't have a job and is lazy.
The twins are smart and clever, and they always get 100 points in every final exam. The Shen family has three children. The eldest one's grades are average, the second one's grades are good, but unfortunately she is a girl, and the third one's grades are almost identical to his brother, the eldest one, and are even much worse than the eldest one. I heard that in the last final exam, he just barely passed the two subjects of Chinese and math.
All in all, the Su family is better than the Shen family in every aspect.
The only difference is that Su Junyan's rank is lower than Chen Lie's.
Chen Lie is the regiment commander, a regimental-level cadre, and Su Junyan is the section chief of the logistics department, which is only equivalent to the deputy battalion-level cadre.
Even though Su Junyan joined the army five years earlier than Chen Lie and had made some achievements in his work, officers in the logistics department would be promoted more slowly and more difficultly than those on the front lines like Chen Lie because they had no military achievements.
At the beginning, Zhou Yin and Ning Weidang persuaded her, saying that Su Junyan was safe in the logistics department and did not need to go to the battlefield, and she would not become a widow.
But when I actually came to Hailang Island, I realized that although the troops had to go to sea from time to time, it was difficult to fight a war, and it was relatively difficult for officers in the rear to be promoted.
Compared in this way, she is one level lower than Ning Tang.
After all, one is the lover of the regiment commander and the other is the lover of the section chief.
This is Ning Xue’s biggest concern.
Now that Ning Xue heard Su Junyan say that he could be promoted, how could she not be happy?
If a deputy battalion-level section chief goes up one level, he will become a deputy section chief at the regimental level. Even if there is a "deputy" in the title, he is still a regimental-level cadre.
Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu looked up and said, "Dad, you are so awesome."
Ning Xue pursed her lips and smiled, saying softly, "You should strive to take another step forward. Guangzong, Yaozu, and I will all rely on you from now on."
Su Junyan was full of confidence and said proudly, "Don't worry, the leader has talked to me and it's basically a sure thing. In terms of qualifications and ability, who else can do it but me?"
He also wanted to brag to Ning Xue and the twins about the salary increase and benefits of being promoted to deputy section chief. "When I get promoted to deputy section chief, my salary will have to go up a bit, but I'll be one less than Chen Lie..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a sudden shout from outside the house, "Ning Xue, get out here!"
This shout made Su Junyan's pride and joy stuck in his throat.
He was confused and asked, "Who called you?"
Ning Xue didn't know. She hadn't provoked any enemies. Her first reaction was that she had called the wrong person. "I don't know. It wasn't me. Maybe it was someone else, or the wrong person."
There was another shout from outside, each one louder than the last. "Ning Xue, you? Get out of here right now! How can you teach a child like that?"
Su Junyan looked at Ning Xue suddenly, "Isn't this just calling you? I called you right in front of our house. In this area, besides you, who else is called Ning Xue?"
And the wording is so impolite?, rolling around.
He muttered, "You? Who did you offend?"
Ning Xue's face turned pale and she clenched her fists. "I'll go out and take a look."
She walked out of the house quickly, and as soon as she left the house, she saw four military wives blocking their door, looking very aggressive.
The leader was a broad-shouldered and thick-waisted woman wearing a white floral shirt and blue wide-leg pants.
When she saw a fair-skinned and beautiful woman walking out of the Su family, she raised her thick eyebrows and glanced at Ning Xue up and down, "You? Are you Ning Xue?"
Section Chief Su's new wife was married for the second time. Head Nurse Huang had only heard of her name but had never met her in person.
However, the military family compound is so small that even if you don’t know each other, you will see each other from time to time.
Head Nurse Huang only glanced at Ning Xue a few times and then she remembered.
She had met Ning Xue before, at the vegetable market. At that time, she thought that this woman looked seductive and was obviously not a good person.
There are many people who share the same idea as Head Nurse Huang.
The four military wives gathered at the door included Ma Dongdong's mother, Head Nurse Huang, Ding Ronghua, and the military wives named Lei Sufen and Pan Tong.
Lei Sufen is very short and plain-looking, so naturally she doesn't like women who are too beautiful.
No matter what Ning Xue looks like, her appearance is definitely good.
With black eyes, red lips and willow-shaped eyebrows, she is a real beauty.
Lei Sufen's eyes swept across Ning Xue's face carefully, like a knife, and the more she looked, the more jealous she became.
Among the four people, Pan Tong was the most taciturn one. She stood silently aside without saying a word, but her eyes rolled around, looking at the expressions of everyone on the field.
Ning Xue didn't expect that besides the three unfamiliar military wives blocking the door, Ding Ronghua was also there.
Ding Ronghua was her immediate superior in the Women's Committee. She quickly forced a smile and stepped forward to hold Ding Ronghua's hand. "Sister-in-law, why are you here? Why didn't you tell me in advance? I was going to treat you to delicious food and drinks."
Ding Ronghua dodged Ning Xue's hand and snorted, "No, I can't afford it. I have to return the favor when I eat. My family isn't as wealthy as yours, giving your child two or three cents a day in pocket money. I can't afford it."
Ning Xue was stunned and gave a wry smile. "Sister-in-law, why are you being so polite to me? No need to reply. I'll treat you."
She nodded and smiled at the other three military wives. "Sisters-in-law, come in and have a seat. I'll get you some delicious tea. Let's sit down and chat to see if there's any misunderstanding. If there is, it's okay. We can just talk it out."
Ning Xue thought that one should not hit someone who smiles at her. She had already given these four women such a way out, so she couldn't just not give her any face at all, right?
Besides, there were more and more people watching the fun around, and she didn't want to be laughed at.
She looked around and actually saw Ning Tang, Shen Lie and the three children of the Shen family standing in the yard, looking at this side.
No matter who laughed at her, she didn't want to be laughed at by Ning Tang.
Ning Xue had a good idea, but unfortunately none of the four military wives gave her face.
Head Nurse Huang snorted coldly, her eyelids almost rolled up to the sky.
Pan Tong remained silent and refused to respond.
Ding Ronghua pursed her lips and said nothing.
Lei Sufen, who had a fiery temper, retorted, "Hey, what are you going to treat us with? A candy that's equivalent to three cups of milk, or a popsicle that costs a penny, or glutinous rice sticks or rice candy?"
Now that things have come to this, how could Ning Xue not understand?
Something must have gone wrong with that afternoon's showing off.
Her face turned pale, and she suddenly remembered that although Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu were showing off to Da Wa and the other two, there were still several children playing with Da Wa and the others...
After hearing the twins' claim of 'two or thirty cents pocket money a day, and you can't spend it all, you can have all the candy and popsicles you want,' how could these kids not go home and make a scene with their parents?!
Ning Tang was trying to hold back his laughter in the yard and slapped his thigh.
Oh my god, Ning Xue really deserves it.
As several sisters-in-law said, she is simply a substitute for her!
Ning Tang excitedly said to Chen Lie, "Quick, go get me that rocking chair in the room, and then get me a table. Cut up some watermelon, and get me some peanuts. Oh, and also, grab me a handful of those longans I bought a few days ago."
Chen Lie was speechless. "You? You're asking for too much."
But I still did as she said.
Soon, the rocking chair, table, and snacks were all ready.
Ning Tang lay down on the rocking chair and stretched out his hand. Chen Lie handed him a handful of shelled peanuts and carefully blew off the red peanut skins.
She chewed it with her mouth full of fragrance and felt very comfortable.
Across the street, the drama between Ning Xue and the four military wives also reached its climax.
Ding Ronghua stood up and spoke a fair word, "Ning Xue, explain why you let your Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu show off in front of our children."
She has to show up both publicly and privately.
Personally, she is Wang Zhuangzhuang's mother, and Wang Zhuangzhuang was one of the children who was 'showed off' and then made a fuss at home, so of course she had to come and ask.
Ms. Yu, she is the director of the Women's Committee. Since the matter has become so serious, she must come forward.
Moreover, before the three military wives of Head Nurse Huang came to the Su family to cause trouble, they first went to the Wang family to find Ding Ronghua and asked her to judge for justice. Their words and deeds were all hints that she should not let Ning Xue off just because she was a secretary of the Women's Committee.
Ding Ronghua followed along.
Walking on the road, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became, because Wang Zhuangzhuang had also made a big fuss at home when he returned. He said, "Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu have lots of pocket money, lots of food, and lots of toys, why don't we have any?" "Other people's mothers are so clever and skillful, they can sew clothes with wolf and tiger patterns." "Ning Xue is a stepmother, she can do it, but you, the biological mother, can't." "You, a biological mother, are not as good as other people's stepmothers."
These words really hurt a mother's heart.
At this time, Ding Ronghua's face looked quite ugly.
"They're showing off their family's wealth." Lei Sufen rolled her eyes after hearing Ning Xue's words and said in a strange voice, "Your husband is Section Chief Su of the Logistics Department, right? Tsk tsk, the Logistics Department, and a Section Chief at that. He has a lot of lucrative business. I wonder if the pocket money and snacks he gives to your twins is clean."
Ning Xue's eyes widened like bells, and she suddenly shouted, "Sister-in-law Lei, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"
Lei Sufen just wanted to say a few words to Ning Xue, but she stopped talking when Ning Xue shouted.
After all, corruption is a taboo in the military.
Even if Su Junyan really did this, she couldn't expose it. She couldn't think too much about these things. If she thought too much about them, she would be in trouble.
In the room, Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu were just two children after all, and the military wives came in aggressively and harshly, and everything they said was related to them. They were so scared that they huddled together.
Is Su Guangzong more courageous than Su Yaozu? He weakly asked Su Junyan, "Dad, should we go out and help Mom?"
As a woman, she would definitely not end up well facing four aggressive military wives.
Although this was her own fault, they are still a family after all.
We share happiness and difficulties.
That’s what Su Guangzong thought anyway.
But unexpectedly, Su Junyan immediately shook his head and rejected it. "No, why should we go out?" He glanced out the window and muttered, "Let them solve their own problems."
Su Yaozu pointed his finger and said, "But, but, this was caused by my brother and me."
He said it not because he wanted to take responsibility, but because he wanted to put all the blame on Ning Xue so that she would not be beaten and scolded by Su Junyan.
Su Junyan was stunned. "What are you talking about? Did you two cause this?"
Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu looked at each other and whispered, "Yes."
Su Junyan's brows were almost knotted. Seeing that the situation outside was getting worse and worse, he was anxious. "You two should tell me the whole story quickly."
Twins, you? I repeated what happened in the afternoon to Su Junyan one by one.
After hearing this, Su Junyan didn’t know what to say.
Should we say that Ning Xue had a bad idea, or should we say that she should suffer the consequences of her own actions?
Su Junyan pursed his lips, his face solemn. "...So, you put on new clothes and took your pocket money to show off in front of Da Wa and the other two. You said your pocket money was only two or three cents a day, then you said it was too much to spend, and then you said there were lots of snacks at home. You also told Da Wa and the other two that your clothes were made by your mother and you couldn't buy them outside. So you told them to go home and make trouble for your mother and ask her to make them for you. Is that right?"
Su Yaozu nodded, "That's right."
He curled his lips. "I didn't expect it to get so big. Mom told us that if we showed off in front of the eldest and the others, the second and third daughters would go back and make trouble for them. Their mother definitely wouldn't sew clothes with wolf and tiger heads on them. We have them, but they don't. They'll definitely make a fuss, and their mother will definitely beat them up. Then their family will..."
He thought for a moment and added an idiom Ning Xue had taught them, "The chickens and dogs are in turmoil."
Su Junyan nearly fainted and cursed, "Their family is in turmoil? I think it's our family that is in turmoil now!"
Su Guangzong glanced at Su Junyan's face and said cautiously, "It's not just showing off to Da Wa and the other three."
"Nonsense." Su Junyan swore a rare curse word, his gentle and handsome face twisted. "If it was just Da Wa and the other three who were provoked, it would definitely be Chen Lie and Ning Tang who came here to cause trouble."
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Tell me, which kids did you show off to?"
Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu thought carefully about the children playing in that circle. "There were Wang Zhuangzhuang, Ma Dongdong, Zhang Jianshe, Su Guiying..."
Every time they said a name, Su Junyan's face turned paler.
Wang Zhuangzhuang is the son of Commander Wang and Director of the Women's Committee Ding Ronghua.
Ma Dongdong is the son of Deputy Chief of Staff Ma and Head Nurse Huang of the health center.
Zhang Jianshe, son of the deputy commander of the Third Regiment.
Su Guiying, Commander Su's granddaughter.
…
What a mess Ning Xue has made!
Even though only four military wives including Head Nurse Huang and Lei Sufen came to visit, there were definitely more than just them who held a grudge against him.
He just didn't come to the house because of his face. Maybe he has already been at home making trouble for him and Ning Xue.
Su Junyan paced around the house for a while, sometimes wanting to go out, sometimes not wanting to go out.
I don't go out because I'm afraid things will get out of hand.
Once he went out, he would have to face the storm of four military wives.
These four military wives who were able to come to the house were definitely not good-tempered.
Although Head Nurse Huang is a head nurse and an angel in white, she is very good at scolding and fighting. There was a record of her arguing with someone for an entire afternoon.
Ding Ronghua doesn't have a good temper, but she has great official authority. She is the director of the Women's Committee and her husband is Commander Wang. When she glances at her, not to mention Ning Xue, even Su Junyan would feel a little intimidated.
Pan Tong doesn't talk much. She is tall and thin with dark skin, but you can tell from her eyes that she is not an easy person to deal with.
Not to mention Lei Sufen, who has a hot temper and gets angry easily. She is the one who blocks the door and scolds Ning Xue the most.
Su Junyan hesitated for a long time, and when he heard Lei Sufen outside shouting "The logistics department is very profitable", he was so scared that he dared not go out.
outside the house
Ding Ronghua coughed. "Ning Xue, let's not talk about bragging. Explain to us why you allowed your Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu to say things like, 'My mom is my stepmother, and she's so kind to me and my brother. There's no way your mom can't do the same,' in front of our children."
Her eyes were sharp, like a sword. "I don't believe these are words two children could say."
Head Nurse Huang quickly said, "She must have taught me that. Even if she didn't, it must have been her constant constant talking about it at home that led the children to learn it."
To be honest, the four military wives did not blame Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu.
No one would bother with a child.
Every family has different economic conditions, and we don’t have to compare ourselves with others in everything.
There is no end to the comparisons, there will always be someone who is better off than you.
In addition, people are simple-minded these days. Even if a family is well-off and has many delicious and fun things, parents will still remind their children not to show off their wealth outside.
——After eating meat, you have to wipe the oil off your mouth before going out to play.
Firstly, they are afraid that other children will feel disappointed. Secondly, they are afraid that if they show off their wealth, others will target their family. There are always people who can't stand others doing well.
In comparison, what Ning Xue did was extremely dishonest and unwise.
In terms of family conditions, the Su family is pretty good.
But there are so many dual-income families like theirs, or even better off than theirs, that it’s impossible to count them all.
Don’t they love their children?
no.
We are just living a simple life, spending money wisely, and don't want to spoil our children.
Now that Ning Xue showed off like that, all the kids went back home to make a fuss, saying in words and deeds that they, the biological parents, were no match for Ning Xue, the stepmother.
Does it hurt?
The wealthy family would just be angry, curse Ning Xue a few times, give the child a scolding, and then the matter would be over.
But for poorer families, what Ning Xue did was like rubbing salt into their wounds.
Don’t they want to be like Ning Xue, who sews clothes with wolf and tiger heads on them for her children, buys them candies, and gives them two or three cents in pocket money every day?
No, I just want to but cannot afford it. I have elderly parents and young children to support, and I have to spend money everywhere. I can't afford it.
At this time, when the children come home and make a fuss, the parents will only think of their own powerlessness, that they cannot earn money, cannot save money, and cannot let their children eat milk candy. They can only watch other children eat milk candy, swallow their saliva, and wait until the children leave before picking up the discarded candy wrappers to taste it.
So sad.
Ning Xue had unknowingly created several enemies for herself in the military family compound.
Unfortunately, she didn't notice anything at all and thought that the "enemy" was only the four military wives who came to "make trouble".
She chuckled twice and said, "Sisters-in-law, I, I..." She hesitated for a while and couldn't think of how to explain.
After all, it was she who instigated the twins to do this. It was a foregone conclusion and she couldn't make any excuses no matter how she tried.
"What do you mean by 'I'? Speak up!" Head Nurse Huang sneered, her tone sarcastically quipping, "You're such a good stepmother! You love your children even more than we biological mothers do. You're truly the greatest stepmother of this century. None of us can compare to you."
Lei Sufen laughed strangely, "Huang Chunhua, how can you compare with others? Can you sew clothes with wolf and tiger heads? I heard from our family that they sew wolf and tiger heads that look like the real thing, which is very impressive. Do you have that skill?"
Head Nurse Huang stretched out her bony hands and compared them, "My hands can only help with IVs, but I can't hold an embroidery needle."
The two of them were talking back and forth, openly and covertly belittling Ning Xue.
Ning Xue's face changed from red to pale, then to blue, in a continuous cycle of colors.
After watching the big show, Ning Tang ate most of the peanuts and longans, and drank half an enamel pot of boiled water.
She clapped her hands and stood up, "Okay, it's my turn."
Now that things are getting worse, how can she not add more firewood to make the fire burn even more fiercely?
Ning Xue had caused her so much trouble and instigated Da Wa and the other three, so she had to give something back. It was only natural to reciprocate.
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