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Chapter Forty-Five
After Yao Anhui finished making the slimming cream, Zhao Zhishan wanted to use it without hesitation. Yao Anhui only announced on September 9 that the cream was ready, and Zhao Zhishan was already waiting at her doorstep early the next morning.
Lu Yuanqing still gets up at six o'clock every day. First, he adds water to the pot and starts the fire. Then, he takes Qi Mingzhe to do morning exercises.
Qi Mingzhe no longer needs Lu Yuanqing to wake him up. Sometimes he even wakes up earlier than Lu Yuanqing. This is purely because Yao Anhui fell down last time, which scared him. In addition, he lost a fight with Feng Guodong, who had changed his name. This young boy vowed to train hard to protect Yao Anhui.
It's worth mentioning that Feng Guodong has changed a lot. Now he does morning exercises with Feng Lehe every day. He and Qi Mingzhe became acquainted because they had a fight. The main reason is that Feng Guodong later apologized to Yao Anhui, and Yao Anhui forgave him because of her increased merit points.
Qi Mingzhe became friends with Yao Anhui because she didn't mind. The two are now friends, but also competitors. They are both working hard. One is trying to defeat the other, while the other is trying to maintain his current advantage. In short, their back-and-forth pursuit can be considered a healthy competition.
What's even funnier is that Feng Guodong's transformation was so obvious; he went from a naughty kid to a good kid who was trying to correct his mistakes and make progress.
Old Granny Wen, who was previously known as one of the two tyrants of the family compound along with Granny Lü, also took the initiative to return to the countryside not long after.
The Wang family's situation was even more complicated than the Feng family's, because Granny Wen had three sons, but only the youngest, Company Commander Wang, remained. The other two eldest sons had already sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, and Granny Wen was a martyr's family member.
Both of her daughters-in-law had remarried, so Granny Wen lived with her three grandchildren at Company Commander Wang's house. Because the three older grandchildren's father had died and their mother had remarried, Granny Wen cherished and doted on these three children, always giving them the best food and drink, and raising them to be plump and healthy.
Company Commander Wang's wife and biological children were actually skin and bones. You couldn't reason with the domineering old woman, otherwise she would try to morally blackmail you, saying, "Why should your child, who has both parents, argue with a few orphans?"
Company Commander Wang himself wanted to treat everyone equally, but his wife, Sun Xiaomei, couldn't stand up for herself and was completely controlled by Granny Wen. Granny Wen would make her feed the children well and make sure they were well-fed. When Company Commander Wang was at home, it was fine, but when he was away on a mission, Granny Wen would bully the children.
This time, Company Commander Wang was determined to solve this problem.
This matter is actually not difficult to resolve. The main problem is that Company Commander Wang did not anticipate the consequences at the beginning (he did not expect the brat to be so powerful), so he hesitated.
Now that he's made up his mind, things are actually much easier to resolve. The main problem is that his mother, Granny Wen, has a weakness that's easy to exploit.
Although Granny Wen didn't like her daughter-in-law and her child, she still cared about her son. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so easily fooled by Xu Tinglan last time because she mistakenly thought that the house where another Commander Li had lived had good feng shui.
However, Granny Wen hoped that Company Commander Wang would be promoted to a higher position. With a higher rank and a higher salary, Granny Wen would naturally benefit more.
Company Commander Wang pointed out that, firstly, her current behavior could affect his future career. Taking the unruly child from Granny Lü's family as an example, he might be implicated at any time, and the whole family might have to go back to their hometown to farm.
Second: Granny Wen took the children back to her hometown to live. She would send 20 yuan back every month, and she would try to find jobs for the children when they got older.
Next came the threats: it was fine if they didn't go back, but from then on, Company Commander Wang would only take care of the three children's food and drink, and they shouldn't even think about anything else. Every month, Company Commander Wang would buy rations for the four of them and let them cook for themselves. As for Sun Xiaomei and the children, they would all eat in the canteen.
After weighing the pros and cons, Granny Wen quickly made a decision and took the initiative to ask to take the child back to the countryside.
It can only be said that when a man is not blind in heart and eyes, he can handle even the most difficult mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.
Okay, let's get back to Zhao Zhishan. A few days ago, when Lu Yuanqing took Qi Mingzhe to do morning exercises, Feng Le and Feng Guodong also went along. As a result, Feng Le was so startled by Zhao Zhishan squatting at Lu Yuanqing's door at dawn that he almost screamed without regard for his image.
However, Feng Le and his image were saved, but he also had Feng Guodong with him. His sudden scream was like a wake-up call. It almost blew Zhao Zhishan's mind away.
On September 10, 1970, in the early morning, a scream from a mixed male and female voice woke up the military families in the old family compound. Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling were the most frightened and were stunned by the scream.
Lu Yuanqing and Shen Wenkang came out immediately and were stunned to see Zhao Zhishan with disheveled hair and dark circles under her eyes.
Without thinking, Shen Wenkang blurted out, "Sister-in-law, did you... get into a fight with Lao Guo?"
"What?" Another scream that pierced the sky: "Zhao Zhishan was beaten by her man?" These words came from Zhuang Dajuan, a neighbor who lived next door to Yao Anhui and next door to Xiang Xiaowen.
"What? Who got beaten up?" The neighbors living in the same row all came out of their homes, their eagerness to see what was going on was obvious.
Apart from Yao Anhui, who was a concubine in her past life and never had to get up early, and Hua Fangling, who is used to sleeping in until she naturally wakes up, everyone else in this era is a hardworking and simple role model. You can see that most of the women who come out are carrying things in their hands.
Some came out halfway through cooking with a spatula in hand, some came out halfway through washing clothes with their hands full of foam, some carried brooms and rags, and some even brought out vegetables while picking them out. In short, very few came out empty-handed.
Zhao Zhishan was also completely bewildered. Last night, when she was about to go to sleep, she learned from her husband Guo Heyi that Yao Anhui's slimming cream was ready. She wanted to come over last night, but Guo Heyi stopped her, saying it wasn't appropriate to come so late at night.
She tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. She finally made it to dawn and rushed over, but she forgot that neither Yao Anhui nor Hua Fangling were early birds. Zhao Zhishan could only sit and wait at Yao Anhui's door. But she hadn't slept well last night, and soon after sitting down, she felt sleepy.
Feng Guodong's scream woke her up. It was still dark when she opened her eyes and saw that the man she saw was not her husband. There were also screams from other people. Zhao Zhishan was so frightened that she screamed involuntarily.
The result was that everyone was drawn out, and the number of people visibly increased. Not only the nine households in Yao Anhui's row, but also the neighbors in front and behind them all came out.
In other people's eyes, Zhao Zhishan became a pitiful woman who was abused by her husband.
Seeing that the rumors were about to spread in front of her, Zhao Zhishan quickly said, "It's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding. I came to see An Hui, but I was frightened by Battalion Commander Feng."
"Hey, you scared me! With your hair all messed up, I really thought your husband Guo had beaten you up," someone said.
"No, that's not true. I was in such a hurry that I didn't comb my hair. I'm sorry for scaring everyone." Zhao Zhishan quickly grabbed her hair, trying to salvage her image.
Fortunately, it was already completely light by then, and everyone could see that Zhao Zhishan only had some dark circles under her eyes, hadn't combed her hair, and looked a little haggard.
Zhuang Dajuan waved the spatula in her hand and said, "It's good that you're alright. I have to go back and cook. There's still a fire in the stove."
"Oh no, I was cooking too, oh no..." Several more people carrying spatulas went back cursing.
Everyone is busy in the morning. The men have to do morning exercises and work, while the women are busy making breakfast, doing housework, and then going to work after breakfast. There are really not many people who have the time to stay and watch the fun.
However, Zhao Zhishan isn't the only one who's become famous today; Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling are also there.
Despite Zhao Zhishan's lengthy explanation, some people are still gossiping behind her back: "If the couple hadn't had a fight, why would Zhao Zhishan be waiting outside Yao Anhui's house so early in the morning? I bet she was beaten by her husband and is too ashamed to speak out."
People like Zhao Zhishan probably think this way: they sympathize with those who are doing poorly, while they think those who are doing well are doing poorly.
As for Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling, these two also became famous today because everyone knew they hadn't gotten up yet. Despite the commotion earlier, Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling didn't come out. They only came out with disheveled hair and bruises on their faces when everyone was about to leave, clearly having just gotten out of bed.
Good heavens, this finally gives those who can't stand the two of them a chance to mess with them.
These people disliked Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling because of some very small things.
Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling are not the type of people who like to join in the fun. Their social circles are very small, usually consisting of people like Zhao Zhishan and Xu Tinglan. They occasionally go out to buy groceries, and when they get home, they cook. Sometimes they go to Zhao Zhishan's art troupe to watch her practice dancing and perform.
The two of them were very polite, greeting people with a smile and chatting politely. Logically speaking, even if they weren't popular, they shouldn't be that unpopular.
But in fact, there were several people who secretly disliked them, simply because they were polite and courteous, always smiling, and were praised by some as exemplary military wives. As a result, they were resented by a few petty women.
In their words, it's like a good woman smiling at someone else's man; she's clearly a restless person, yet she calls herself a model military family member.
When a person dislikes someone, everything around them will become unpleasant.
Hua Fangling is a good cook, and Yao Anhui is willing to spend money on food and drink. Every mealtime, the aromas wafting from their two homes are irresistible. Before, they were known throughout the entire residential compound as spendthrift wives.
Now, they've been given another label: lazy. They're lazy, greedy, and spendthrift wives.
As mentioned before, everyone is very good at maintaining appearances. They only talk behind each other's backs and never say anything to the person in question. Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling had no idea that their reputations in the family letters were terrible.
Of course, even if they knew, they wouldn't care. Even if they came baring their teeth and claws in front of them, the damage would be zero. They wouldn't care at all.
…They had so many things to do, such as Zhao Zhishan running to Yao Anhui's house early in the morning to try out the weight loss cream.
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