When Shen Xiao saw that Qiao Baozhu had money, he became even more angry.
"Sister Wu didn't steal my dowry. I took the initiative to sell her."
Qiao Baozhu was both angry and amused, and pulled Shen Xiao back. Trying hard to hold back my laughter, I explained to him the whole story.
"It turned out to be the piece of material that Wei Dong had soiled."
When Shen Xiao heard that Wu Meili was holding the material that Wei Dong had soiled that day, his anger finally subsided.
"I had forgotten about this. How much of the material that Wei Dong soiled do you still have?"
Qiao Baozhu raised her eyebrows teasingly: "Why, are you going to make a few sets of clothes with that material?"
Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu's calm and peaceful face, and the anger in his heart was instantly extinguished.
He turned around and sat on the kang, and when he looked up again, his eyes were filled with tenderness that he himself was not aware of.
"No matter what clothes I make, my military uniform is enough. What I mean is that all the dirty materials Wei Dong has to sell. Use clean and good materials to make clothes, don't be stingy with the money."
After spending a few days together, Qiao Baozhu had a preliminary understanding of Shen Xiao. I know that he is not the kind of person who loses his temper easily. The fact that he took his anger out on Wu Meili today must mean that something went wrong in the city.
Qiao Baozhu poured Shen Xiao a glass of boiled water, slowly sat opposite him, and watched him drink water with an indifferent expression.
Shen Xiao raised his head and drank the entire enamel pot of boiled water in one breath. He put the enamel pot down and looked into his young wife's gentle eyes.
I couldn't help but tell him everything that happened in the morning.
Shen Xiao, Instructor Duan, Zhang Cuilian and another staff member of the Women's Federation, along with Wei Dong and a group of five people, entered the city.
They first went to the Wei family to meet Wei Dong's grandfather. Shen Xiao told him that he was going to send Wei Dong to study at the Liao Province Military Factory.
"Master Wei disagrees?"
Qiao Baozhu didn't quite understand how good it was to be able to work in a factory and learn technology.
"Of course he agreed. Not only did he agree to let Wei Dong go, he also wanted Wei Dong's cousin to go with him."
Qiao Baozhu widened her eyes and sneered, "Wei Dong's cousin is also needed? How dare they say that! What does Wei Dong's grandmother say? Can someone be sent to take care of Bai Hongmei's health?"
"With the doctor's diagnosis and the presence of the Women's Federation, the Bai family had no choice but to believe that Bai Hongmei was unwell. The Bai family was short of housing, and Bai Hongmei's parents lived in the same yard with her older brother, his wife, and her younger brothers and sisters. When Bai Hongmei returned to her parents' home, she really had no place to live."
Qiao Baozhu was stunned and blurted out: "Doesn't she have a home? Didn't Wei Yanda have a house when he was alive?"
Speaking of the house, a hint of anger appeared on Shen Xiao's face.
"Before Bai Hongmei came to the family compound, she rented out the house. The rent was three yuan a month, and she rented it for a whole year."
"Before this, Bai Hongmei only told me that she had applied for unpaid leave at her workplace. In fact, she had rented her job to someone else, and with the money she had earned from renting her house and her job, she came to the family housing estate to take care of her pregnancy."
Before, Shen Xiao knew that Bai Hongmei had impure motives and wanted to marry him with the child. Although this idea is a bit ridiculous, it is not too outrageous in this era.
The lower class people had the hardest life. Widows like Bai Hongmei married into one family after another just to feed their children.
Shen Xiao felt that it was not easy for a woman to raise three children, so he would help if he could. Even if Bai Hongmei pinned Wei Yanda's death on him, Shen Xiao didn't want to argue with her. It's all recorded in the military archives, written in black and white with a red stamp. It can't be faked.
But today, after he visited around and met with the leaders of Bai Hongmei's unit, the old man of the Wei family, and the Bai family, Shen Xiao had only one thought.
If Wei Dong hadn't been led astray by Bai Hongmei, she would have sent him away quickly. Yan Da had only this one son. The eldest son was ruined, and the two younger ones were also ruined.
"She has Wei Yanda's pension, she has rent for her house and her job, so why is she still so poor? Her children are hungry every day, she borrows rice today and bills tomorrow, what did Bai Hongmei spend her money on?"
Qiao Baozhu has no interest in anything else, she only cares about money.
"After visiting the Post Office, I also realized this problem. According to what Bai Hongmei said before, I verified it with the Wei and Bai families."
Qiao Baozhu sneered, "She lied again. Grandpa Wei Dong didn't occupy Wei Yanda's pension, right?"
Shen Xiao nodded: "At the beginning, the funeral committee divided Yanda's pension into three parts, one third each for the spouse, children, and parents. Mr. Wei asked for one of Yanda's shoulder badges and a belt, and only took 30 yuan as the pension money Yanda gave him."
Qiao Baozhu nodded and said in agreement, "I heard from my sisters-in-law that Grandpa Wei Dong was an accountant at a food factory before he retired. His family is quite wealthy."
"Mr. Wei said that he only took 30 yuan, but the Bai family must have borrowed a lot. I asked them indirectly, but the Bai family hesitated and didn't tell the truth. I sent someone to inquire and soon came to a conclusion."
Qiao Baozhu curled her lips in disapproval: "That's for sure. Bai Hongmei has an older brother and a younger brother. You said that their family is short of housing, which means that their income is not high. They either use it to buy a house or spend it on food, drink and clothes. In short, it will never come back."
It’s not that Qiao Baozhu slandered Bai Hongmei and deliberately said bad things about her in front of Shen Xiao. When the two met for the first time, Bai Hongmei was dressed sleekly and chose the most expensive materials for herself. Wei Dong, Wei Fang and Wei Hong, three children, were dressed in rags and were mistaken for beggars by the teller at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Qiao Baozhu didn't believe that Bai Hongmei grew up like this out of thin air. It must be that the elders in her family didn't know how to live.
"We did not avoid Wei Dong during our investigation and questioning today. He is the eldest son and should grow up and face reality sooner."
Shen Xiao brought Wei Dong to his dormitory last night, appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him, starting with Wei Dong's future career and talking about sending him to a military factory to learn technology from engineers.
Wei Dong was so excited that he wanted to pack his bags and go study that night.
This morning, Wei Dong questioned Shen Xiao with a gloomy face, asking him if he really wanted his family to fall apart and his flesh and blood to be separated.
But after one night, Wei Dong's attitude towards Shen Xiao changed drastically. Who would believe that Bai Hongmei is not behind this?
Shen Xiao didn't explain to Wei Dong and showed him Bai Hongmei's diagnosis directly. Then he took him for a walk around the city and let Wei Dong see the truth of the matter.
The truth is, Bai Hongmei has been lying.
She lied to the army, lied to Shen Xiao, lied to the children, lied to herself...
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