When Song Yan returned in the afternoon, she brought back a lot of cantaloupes, but she didn't eat any. She felt uncomfortable letting Shen Hongxiang's son eat such good food of hers.
Just consider yourself stingy!
Song Yan went into the kitchen and handed Qiu Hai a washed cantaloupe. "Try this cantaloupe I picked, see if it's sweet?"
Qiu Hai smashed the melon open with his fist, broke it in half along the crack, and took a bite. "So sweet!"
Actually, of the things that these families delivered for the first time, Song Yan mainly used the seasonings and five catties of sweet potatoes.
After thinking for a moment, Song Yan moved the other things out.
"Sister Song, Sister, what are you doing?" Qiu Hai sensed something was amiss and grabbed Song Yan.
"Let go!" Wei Aiguo's cold voice rang out.
Qiu Hai was so frightened that he immediately let go. Wei Aiguo noticed that his expression was similar to what he had seen at the hospital that day. "Why did Sister Song take these things out?"
Wei Aiguo: "When you sent me the things, I was afraid that if I insisted on refusing, it would cause you to misunderstand, so I reluctantly accepted them."
Now there won't be any misunderstandings, and the items should be returned. We'll charge you for what we used.
Song Yan immediately understood Wei Aiguo's meaning: Shen Hongxiang was already in such a state, why should we give her any face?
Song Yan: "I know."
Qiu Hai panicked: "Sister Song, everything was fine before, what happened?"
If you return the things, my mom will definitely think I did something bad to upset you.
She'd probably beat me to death.
Wei Aiguo: "No! We will explain it clearly."
Xiao Yan, make sure to take out all the items from Deputy Division Commander Fang's house according to the list and put them away separately. When you return them, you must count them in person.
Also, don't forget the things Deputy Division Commander Fang was carrying.
"I know. I even paid him interest." Song Yan took out a list and looked at it again to count the items.
Qiu Hai wasn't stupid; this was the Fang family causing trouble! Why was there a list?! Seeing that he couldn't stop them, Qiu Hai left.
The remaining three people did not go back, but waited for Qiu Hai on the way.
"Have you found out what happened?" Xu Liangsheng asked anxiously.
Qiu Hai looked at Fang Shengjie for a while.
Fang Shengjie: "Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't do anything. Haven't I been with you guys the whole time?"
"I need to call home first. I don't know anything about this kind of thing, and I doubt our intervention will be of any use." Qiu Hai ran towards the military camp first...
Qiu Hai recounted the entire incident over the phone. "...I don't know what happened, this is all I saw. Sister Song really did pack everything together."
I saw the first batch of things that came in. Sister Song, she barely touched anything except the seasonings.
Brother Wei said there wouldn't be any misunderstanding now, and she wanted to return these things. She would charge for the items she had used.
Qiu Hai's mother was furious. "Can't Lao Fang and his wife ever be a little more reasonable? They must have gotten into some trouble again. Son, don't worry, your father and I will discuss this."
Xu Liangsheng grabbed Qiu Hai, who had just put down the phone. "Is everything you said true?"
"If it's fake, can I tell my mom? I'm eating and drinking well at their place every day, and then they have to send all the food back. I can't bear to look like that."
Fang Shengjie's belongings are kept separately, and there's even an inventory list. Are you saying this has nothing to do with his family?
Fang Shengjie stood there dumbfounded, listening to Qiu Hai speak.
Wang Jinhui and Xu Liangsheng immediately called home to tell them what had happened.
The adults from those three families weren't furious. They had indeed offered the gifts as an apology, and it would have been awkward if the families hadn't accepted them. Later, their children ate at their homes, and the exchange of gifts fostered a harmonious relationship, which was quite good.
They said they gave Song Yan too much, making him profit. That's not true at all!
What has the old Fang family done now? Can't they have any shame?
After discussing it, the group contacted Shen Hongxiang that very night.
The three families came to Shen Hongxiang's door together to ask her what she had been doing. Now, even if Shen Hongxiang wanted to keep it from her father, she couldn't hide it anymore.
"...I didn't really say anything, it's just that Comrade Song Yan is quite arrogant. I said a couple of things to her, and I didn't expect her to be so temperamental." Shen Hongxiang's eyes were clearly darting away.
"Comrade Song Yan is arrogant? I've met her more than once, how come I didn't notice?" Qiu Hai's mother was unhappy.
"Old Shen, it seems I misunderstood. I'm sorry to bother you tonight. I'll take my leave now." The first to stand up was Commander Qiu, who turned and left with his wife.
Deputy Commander Wang and Chief of Staff Xu both helped their wives to their feet.
"Farewell, Elder Shen!"
"Farewell, Elder Shen!"
Grandma Shen asked in confusion, "What's going on? What happened after Hongxiang mentioned that girl?"
"Hongxiang, are you telling the truth?" Old Shen asked his daughter.
"Dad, nothing really happened today?" Shen Hongxiang didn't dare to tell her father the truth.
“Hongxiang, look at their attitude. Do they believe what you said? They left so decisively because it was embarrassing to be with you.”
"It's alright if you lose face. What I'm worried about is that what you've done will make Shengjie unable to hold his head up in front of these children." Old Shen stopped his daughter from continuing. "If you want to tell the truth, then say it. If you're going to lie, then you don't need to say anything more."
I don't know the details of what happened, but I can guess your attitude.
I'm afraid that what you're doing will make me lose face.
I'm waiting to see what the truth is.
Let's see if you still have the nerve to lie then!
This was the first time her father had ever scolded her like this in her life, and Shen Hongxiang couldn't help but cry.
"You old fool, they gave our daughter the cold shoulder, and you're even cursing them? Let me tell you, you can't say a word about my daughter to anyone!" Old Mrs. Shen said anxiously.
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