Lin Xiaoxiao was puzzled for a moment upon hearing this, then realized that the old woman was implying something. She had gone to the black market to buy things, and if she didn't want word to get out, she would have to pay for meat...
Lin Xiaoxiao's face instantly turned cold when she saw the elderly woman from two next-next-door who had suddenly appeared: "Auntie, which eye of yours saw me go to that place? If you keep talking nonsense like this, your tongue will never be healed."
Lin Xiaoxiao would occasionally bump into this neighbor lady whenever she came back or went out. They were all from the same compound, and she would nod politely, but they weren't really familiar with each other. She never expected that, with such a relationship, this lady would come to her door asking for meat.
If an old lady dares to say such things to someone she doesn't know well, it means she's also clueless, so there's no need to be too polite when talking to her.
Lin Xiaoxiao sneered: "Auntie, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I'm a soldier's wife, how could I go to a place like that? Even if you gave me ten lives, I wouldn't dare to take that step."
“The things I brought back were all prepared for me by my friends and elders who went to the countryside. I didn’t even know which way the door faced, so how could I possibly go there?”
"My goodness, she prepared so much stuff for you, she must be very rich." The neighbor who came with the old lady heard Lin Xiaoxiao's words and his gossipy soul instantly lit up.
Their conversation attracted more and more people. Seeing the situation, Lin Xiaoxiao held the door tightly and said loudly, "Whether it was given by someone else or I bought it myself, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, right? I didn't eat any of your food. Auntie, if you want to eat meat, then you should find your own way instead of always eyeing other people's food."
"If you cause chaos at home because of something you say, you won't have an easy time either. Everyone, go home and cook. There's nothing to see here."
"Look at you, you look so quiet, but I didn't expect you to be so sharp-tongued. I didn't say you actually went to that place, I was just reminding you."
"Yeah, how can you not know what's good about people? Your family was just investigated recently, and you're still spending money so ostentatiously. I bet you've been taking kickbacks from the military..."
"Slap"
Wow!!
The old woman who had just been making sarcastic remarks was suddenly startled by the broken bowls in the yard. The people who had been secretly gossiping about the Han family behind her also fell silent. Everyone stared at the white porcelain shards on the floor, stunned.
Bai Hehua's voice came through, "This is the first thing my own sister has sent me in the past two years. Can't other people send us things anymore?"
"Putting aside the fact that she sent these things to us, even if our family were to buy these things with our own salaries, we could afford them. The Han family has lived here for so many years, and the supervisory department probably knows our character and circumstances better than I do."
"Whether we've done anything or not is for others to observe. What do you mean by making such accusations against others in broad daylight? If you're just jealous that my family eats well, you wouldn't say such vicious things, would you?"
"I now seriously suspect that there are enemy agents among you, who are specifically here to sow discord and disrupt other people's families, causing unrest in this compound." Bai Hehua was wearing a dark-colored cheongsam with a black coat over it. She was already very beautiful.
Because of the intense emotional fluctuations, her demeanor was completely different from her usual gentleness.
The women were stunned for a moment when they saw the white lotus, but they quickly came to their senses. As expected of a family, Lin Xiaoxiao was already very impolite, and the white lotus was even more sharp-tongued.
"You...you're talking nonsense...I've lived here for years, how could I possibly be an enemy agent? Don't spout nonsense!"
"It's suspicious because you've lived here for so long. Every woman who lives here wholeheartedly helps her family and gets along well with her neighbors. Only you are either here begging for money or there gossiping. You're just trying to destroy other people's families."
“If someone like you isn’t suspected of being an enemy agent, then who is?” Bai Hehua had held back for a long time before finally speaking. Everyone living in this compound was either her husband’s or Han Qiushi’s colleague, and she valued harmony above all else.
But some people take your tolerance for granted and bully you. Today, Bai Hehua will not tolerate their bad behavior.
It's because of some unfounded things that conflicts keep arising in the homes of people in the neighborhood. These days, everyone is very focused on work and doesn't have many ulterior motives. Many of their ideas are instilled by the people around them, which is why grudges arise.
She's really annoying; she believes everything she hears.
"What's going on?" Aunt Wang, a neighbor, came over and couldn't help but ask when she saw so many people gathered at the entrance of the courtyard.
"It's nothing, it's just that some people wanted to come and take advantage of the autumn equinox, but they didn't get what they wanted, so they started spewing nonsense."
“We’ve never seen anyone so unkind. We suspect there might be enemy agents among the people,” Lin Xiaoxiao explained to Aunt Wang with a smile, but her eyes were devoid of warmth.
"You're talking nonsense, I didn't... I didn't do it. My son has earned military merits, I would never do such a thing. You're just making things up without any evidence, that's not right of you." The old woman was afraid that everyone would really think that way, so she quickly explained.
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