Liang Guiying responded with an "Oh," and said, "My apologies, Director Ye. So, what brings you here today, Director Ye?"
Before Director Ye could speak, Yang Lan cried out, "Mom! Our union knew that Zhou Yue's daughter had fallen into the water and was hospitalized, so we came to offer our condolences on behalf of the union. Who knew she would come up and start hitting us!"
Liang Guiying was even louder than her: "Condolences? Condolences are just saying things like, 'No wonder Zhou Yue's figure has changed and her husband doesn't want to come home,' and 'She's married and has children and she's still seducing other women's husbands?' I'm just a country bumpkin, I've never seen such a way of offering condolences before! Director Ye, is this a way of offering condolences invented by your cotton mill's union?"
"I didn't! Mom! She's framing me!"
"Am I slandering her? Auntie, didn't she say that just now?"
The cleaning lady, head held high, answered loudly, "She said it! She even said that some people have mothers who gave birth to them but no fathers who taught them!"
Yang Lan was about to jump up and down again, but Director Ye's gaze silenced her.
Then, adopting the air of a director, he stared at Liang Guiying with a threatening look: "Zhou Yue's mother-in-law, this is just a joke between young people, why take it seriously? We are here on behalf of the cotton mill to express our condolences to Comrade Zhou Yue. These are all nutritional supplements for Zhou Yue's child. If you accept these gifts, this matter will be over. Zhou Yue will be going back to work at the cotton mill in the future, so don't make things difficult for her."
Liang Guiying picked up the nutritional supplements and threw them outside the door, then stood at the door and shouted loudly:
"Everyone, come quick! My granddaughter fell into the water and suffered a high fever and convulsions in the middle of the night, nearly dying! My daughter-in-law was also scared half to death! Anyone would feel sorry for them! But the cotton mill's union director, Director Ye, and her daughter-in-law, under the guise of representing the cotton mill to offer condolences, insulted my daughter-in-law, saying she was born of a mother but had no father to teach her!"
"Why is my daughter-in-law born of a mother but not taught by a father? It's because her father sacrificed himself to protect the fighter jet from crashing while test-flying it for the military!"
My daughter-in-law not only lacked a father to teach her, but she also lacked a mother to teach her! Because her mother died in the line of duty while fighting hijackers during a hijacking!
“My daughter-in-law’s parents are both martyrs and heroes recognized by the state! My daughter-in-law became an orphan before she was five years old! She is their only child left in the world!”
"The union director of the cotton mill openly insulted the martyr, bullied the martyr's only child, and even threatened to make my daughter-in-law suffer when she returned to work! This is outrageous!"
Around noon, the inpatient ward was bustling with people, mostly family members bringing meals to their patients. Hearing the commotion, they all came out to see what was happening. After hearing Liang Guiying's tearful account, everyone was stunned and began to condemn her actions.
"How dare he insult martyrs? What kind of union director is this? I think he's a piece of trash!"
"They even dare to bully the only child of a martyr. Does this director think the cotton mill is his own home and treats the cotton mill workers like his own maids?"
"Go to the Jiangcheng Federation of Trade Unions and file a complaint! Get her removed from her post!"
The onlookers were chattering amongst themselves, while Director Ye was so frightened that his legs went weak.
Martyrs! Zhou Yue's parents were martyrs! How could she forget something so important!
Her daughter-in-law, Yang Lan, was still shouting, "Martyrs? No, no, no, this damned woman must be talking nonsense! Zhou Yue is a slut! How could her parents be martyrs! Yes! Her parents are enemy agents! That must be it!"
Upon hearing the words "enemy agent," Liang Guiying jumped up and slapped him across the face.
"Zhou Yue's father, Zhou Cheng'an, sacrificed himself to save the fighter jets that the country had spent a lot of money to buy from crashing! Back then, the news was full of reports about him! Anyone who doesn't believe it can go and look at the newspapers! Enemy spy! You even dare to slander a martyr recognized by the state as an enemy spy! I think you are the enemy spy!"
After slapping Yang Lan more than a dozen times, Liang Guiying returned to the ward, hugged Zhou Xiaonian, and dragged the stunned Zhou Yue out: "Zhou Yue, let's go! We'll go to the army! Let the army clear your father's name! We don't want those medals, martyr's certificates, or the 'Family of Honor' plaque! Let the army give your father back! Let the airport give your mother back!"
Zhou Yue burst into tears, crying and shouting, "I don't want a martyr's certificate, I don't want a family of honor, I want my dad, I want my mom!"
Zhou Xiaonian's lips trembled, and she cried out, "I don't want the martyr's certificate, waaaaah..."
Why do you not want a martyr's certificate, not a family of honor, but instead want to go to the army to cry?
If they really go to the army, she can forget about being the director of the trade union. Her factory leaders and the leaders of the Jiangcheng Trade Union will probably all be dismissed from their posts because of this!
Director Ye didn't care about anything else and immediately rushed towards Liang Guiying!
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