Chapter 465 Funny Persuasion
"Director, please have a taste." Seeing that Lin Xia had been inviting him, Director Zhang picked up a piece without any hesitation. He took a bite and his mouth was filled with crispy fragrance. Even the fish bones were baked crispy, so he swallowed it in one gulp.
Seeing this, Lin Xia continued frying the fish and asked with a smile, "Director, is there anything I can help you with?"
Director Zhang was so busy, Lin Xia didn't believe that she came here to chat with her.
Director Zhang was sitting on another small stool, watching the entrails of the unfried fish next to him being cleaned up. It was obvious that this required a lot of patience.
Lin Xia was patiently turning the little fish over and over again. If they were not turned over frequently, the outside would become burnt and the inside would not be crispy.
Director Zhang thought of the previous rumors and asked tentatively, "Xiao Xia, are you about to graduate from school? Do you have a place you want to go after graduation?"
Now all university graduates are guaranteed a job, although where to go is not decided individually, but for those like Lin Xia who are married and have children, once they have submitted an application, this will be taken into consideration when the job is assigned.
As soon as Director Zhang said this, Lin Xia knew what was going on. "Not yet. We should find a place closer by then, preferably in Guangcheng."
"Have you ever thought about coming back to the island?" Director Zhang was a little surprised. Could it be that, as the rumors said, he was dazzled by the outside world and didn't want to come back?
"We'll see how it works out when the time comes." In fact, she had already planned not to participate in the allocation, but there was no need for her to tell Director Zhang this.
Director Zhang could see that she didn't want to mention this, but she had to say that it was her job to coordinate family issues in the family compound.
"Xiao Xia, I have two things to say to you." Director Zhang said earnestly, "Your children are not young anymore. Your eldest daughter will go to college soon, and the two younger ones will go to high school soon."
Lin Xia nodded and waited for her next sentence.
"You may not like to hear this, but we women are no worse than men. But as military wives, we should take better care of the family in the rear, right?" It was the first time that Director Zhang had seen someone so cruel as to ignore a man and children and walk so far away.
Lin Xia wanted to laugh when she heard this, but thinking that she was the director of the Women's Department, she gave her some face and tried to keep a straight face.
"Besides, your family situation is not bad. Captain Lu is a good man, not only in our family compound, but also in the entire military region. You must cherish him!" Director Zhang was really giving advice from the bottom of his heart.
Captain Lu is not only handsome but also capable. There are very few people who can become captains at this age.
Although he looks cold and difficult to get along with, let alone find someone in the staff quarters who can work at home and cook, there is no one else except Captain Lu.
No one really expected that the seemingly cold-hearted Captain Lu would do these chores at home.
And the children in their family are so sensible. During the end-of-term holidays every year, you can hear the noise of children being beaten everywhere in the staff quarters, but their children never have to worry about their grades.
What do these women in the family compound love to compare the most? Besides comparing men, it's comparing children. When they think about how Lin Xia has everything she wants and how her husband and children are so good at home, they realize that she has the heart to run so far away and not come back for such a long time just to study.
There is no one in this residential compound who does not envy Lin Xia, but if they cannot get her, they want to destroy her and can only gossip about her.
But they cannot ignore the truth of this matter, especially Lin Xia's thoughts. They cannot just run away and ignore their family!
After listening to Director Zhang's words, Lin Xia finally understood what she wanted to say, and felt a little helpless.
Lu Yuxiu supported it, the children supported it, and the family members didn't have any major objections, but some insignificant outsiders disagreed. Lin Xia found it ironic when she thought about it.
"Xiao Xia, don't you think so?" Director Zhang saw that Lin Xia stopped smiling and said nothing, and wanted to seek her response.
Lin Xia put the fried fish in the pan one by one into the basin. After finishing all of them calmly, she looked at Director Zhang and said, "Director, you guys are too hard-working. You have to worry about these family matters too?"
Seeing Director Zhang smile awkwardly, Lin Xia didn't wait for her to speak, and said as if recalling the past: "I used to be a women's cadre. At that time, there were many military dependents in the family quarters. It was so busy every day!"
"We women officers were either worried about quarrels between couples in the family quarters or trivial matters of neighbors. Later, we had no choice but to organize classes for the wives of soldiers who followed the army to teach them how to read and write."
"Later, I took my sisters-in-law to exercise. Some of them had given birth to many children, and their health was not good at this age. It was very busy at that time." Lin Xia said with emotion.
"Fortunately, those sisters-in-law have undergone various changes, both culturally and physically, and have made great changes. It's worth it for us to work so hard." After Lin Xia finished speaking, she looked at Director Zhang with a smile, her face full of the sense of accomplishment brought by her previous work.
Director Zhang's face froze. Why did she feel like these words were directed at her?
Are you mocking her for not doing her job and being bored and coming to her to say these things?
Director Zhang's face turned pale and blue, and he looked very ugly, but Lin Xia didn't say a single direct word.
If she seriously refuted it, it would seem like she was making a big deal out of nothing.
Director Zhang knew that Lin Xia was not easy to deal with, but she didn't expect her to be so difficult. It seemed that her conversation today was in vain. Who knows what the other party was laughing at her in her heart.
Thinking of this, Director Zhang suddenly felt like she couldn't sit still anymore, and reluctantly replied, "I didn't expect you to have been the director of women's affairs! I really didn't expect that."
Lin Xia pretended not to notice her unhappy expression, and continued to put the fish into the pot slowly. "Yes, the Women's Department was short of people at that time, so they called me to go."
If she didn't recall it, she wouldn't know. It felt like a long time ago that she was in the family quarters. She didn't know how those people were doing.
"Oh, go ahead and do your work. I have to go back and cook." Director Zhang regained his composure, stood up, and made an excuse to go home.
Lin Xia stood up and smiled as she saw her off: "Then take care, Director!"
After the man left, she continued to fry the fish. She did not take Director Zhang's words to heart at all. If she cared about what others thought, she would have failed to live long ago.
Director Zhang walked out of the door with a very ugly look on her face. Fortunately, she didn't say this in public, otherwise she would have lost face.
But she really didn't expect Lin Xia to be so difficult to persuade. Fortunately, she didn't like to contact other people, otherwise the other people in the family compound would probably be led astray.
Thinking of this, Director Zhang decided to go talk to Yang Hongmei in the afternoon. Unlike Lin Xia, Yang Hongmei is an experienced military wife after all, and he believes she knows which is more important.
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