When Jiang Yue was talking to Political Commissar Tang and his wife, she was paying attention to Pei Xueyun, who kept her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. This time Jiang Yue saw clearly that Pei Xueyun's image was indeed different from that in the book.
As the heroine of a novel, she is a standard beauty. Pei Xueyun in the book is so gorgeous that she has a curvy figure and a body that smells like a flower. Everyone loves her and flowers bloom wherever she goes. Any man would be mesmerized by her and his sexual fantasies reach the extreme.
But the Pei Xueyun that Jiang Yue saw now had a skinny body, dry hair, sunken cheeks, and sallow skin. She looked malnourished and did not look like a charming heroine at all.
Jiang Yue was looking at Pei Xueyun, and Pei Xueyun was also staring at Jiang Yue, "This is impossible! You can't be Jiang Yue!"
Pei Xueyun suddenly screamed, Jiang Yue didn't panic, but Ningning was frightened.
"Mother!"
Jiang Yue quickly set up the bicycle, hugged Ningning in her arms, and patted her back to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, mom is here!"
Political Commissar Tang and Xu Fen also hurried to stand in front. When they saw Pei Xueyun's appearance, their faces darkened.
Secretary Tang's face turned red with anger. "Pei Zhiqing, what are you yelling about?"
He told others that Pei Xueyun was his distant niece. Pei Xueyun was shouting and yelling at the gate of the army. Wasn't it him who was losing face?
Xu Fen's brows were furrowed so much that they were about to be knotted. She thought that Pei Xueyun might have mental problems. At the same time, she was secretly glad that she didn't keep Pei Xueyun.
"Get in the car!" Political Commissar Tang signaled the guards to quickly get Pei Xueyun in the car.
"Jiang Yue, I'm Pei Xueyun. We were high school classmates. Don't you remember me?" Pei Xueyun refused to leave. She acted pitiful and shouted at Jiang Yue, "Jiang Yue, please help me. For the sake of our old classmate, can you let me stay? I can be your nanny! No money!"
Before Jiang Yue could speak, Xu Fen nervously pulled her back, "Jiang Yue, don't listen to her!"
Pei Xueyun was furious when she saw this. "Xu Fen, what do you mean? You are such a bully! You called me here from thousands of miles away, and now you don't want me anymore, wuwu..."
The guard pushed Pei Xueyun into the car. Pei Xueyun screamed, "Get out of here! Don't touch me! I'm going to file a complaint against you for molestation!"
Political Commissar Tang asked Secretary Tang to sit in the passenger seat. Wang Meng had already opened the passenger door. Secretary Tang waved his hand with a sullen face, "I'll sit with Pei Zhiqing and watch her!"
There was a lot of noise at the gate. Family members who had gone out to buy groceries in the morning came back one after another and stopped to watch the fun.
"What's going on? Who is this woman? I've never seen her before!"
"Is he a relative of Political Commissar Tang? I heard someone came from his hometown the day before yesterday."
"Is that woman refusing to leave? She said she and Jiang Yue were high school classmates, but Jiang Yue didn't say a word!"
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After finally getting Pei Xueyun into the car, Political Commissar Tang called his bodyguard Xiao Huang over, quietly stuffed a hundred yuan into his pocket, and told him to go to the department store to buy some malted milk, candies, cakes, canned goods, etc. for Secretary Tang to take away.
Wang Meng stepped on the accelerator and the truck drove away. Pei Xueyun's cursing voice could still be heard from the car.
Jiang Yue didn't say anything because she didn't quite understand. Pei Xueyun in the book was the heroine. She was smart, calm, wise, courageous and resourceful. She was devoted to building a career. She seemed romantic but was actually cold-hearted. She would not fall in love with any man. In her eyes, all men were just tools that she could use in her career.
However, the Pei Xueyun she saw now seemed to be in an unstable mental state?
Seeing Jiang Yue looking in the direction the truck was leaving, Xu Fen asked, "Jiang Yue, are you really a classmate of Pei Zhiqing?"
"Yes, we were in the same class in high school." Jiang Yue recalled the scene where Pei Xueyun said she wanted to be a nanny for her family and Xu Fen hurriedly stopped her. She asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, I heard from Gu Ye that your family wanted Pei Xueyun to be a nanny. Why did you send her away again?"
"Don't mention it! It's a long story," Xu Fen said with a depressed look, "I don't know where the sister-in-law from Old Tang's hometown heard that our family was looking for a nanny, so she called me to recommend Pei Xueyun. She said Pei Xueyun was smart and capable, had good cooking skills, and was well-educated, so I was tempted! It just so happened that my eldest brother from my hometown was coming over, so I asked the secretary to find a way to bring Pei Xueyun here as well!"
"Then what?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Pei Xueyun has been here for two days. When I asked her to cook, she only put some soy sauce in it, which was fine, but she put too much soy sauce, it was choking. When I asked her to braise crucian carp, she cooked soup and sprinkled half a bag of salt in it..."
Jiang Yue's mouth twitched when she heard this. It had only been two days and Pei Xueyun had already been able to find so many faults with Xu Fen. How unsatisfied must she be!
"Jiang Yue, don't think your sister-in-law is too talkative. Pei Xueyun was not honest. She kept staring at your Gu Ye last night and even pretended to twist her foot and fall on Gu Ye, but I stopped her!"
Hearing this, Jiang Yue's expression suddenly changed, "Gu Ye didn't tell me about this!"
Xu Fen lowered her voice, "Men like them are not sensitive to this kind of thing, they probably didn't hide it from you on purpose!"
"Sister-in-law, is this why you decided to send Pei Xueyun away?" Jiang Yue's heart moved. In the original book, Xu Fen and Political Commissar Tang were the matchmakers between Gu Ye and Pei Xueyun, but now Xu Fen was here complaining about Pei Xueyun.
"This is just one of the reasons. Old Tang said that Pei Xueyun was making irresponsible comments on state affairs, so she cannot be kept!" Xu Fen lowered her voice even more this time.
"Discussing state affairs without permission? What did she say again?" Jiang Yue's curiosity was completely aroused.
"They say our country will soon start reform and opening up, will introduce foreign capital and foreign companies, and will earn foreign exchange!"
Before Xu Fen finished speaking, Jiang Yue's head buzzed loudly and her eyes widened. "What? What did she say? Change--"
"Shh! Shh! Keep your voice down!" Xu Fen hurriedly pulled Jiang Yue aside, looking nervous, "You can't say this to anyone!"
Jiang Yue quickly covered her mouth and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
But Jiang Yue's heart was rumbling like thunder at this moment. Reform and opening up was proposed at a meeting at the end of 1977 or 1978, but it was only the beginning of June now and this national policy had not yet been proposed. In other words, the central government had already made a decision but had not announced it, so ordinary people could not know about it.
However, Xu Fen now said that Pei Xueyun not only mentioned the basic national policy of reform and opening up that has not yet been announced, but also said that foreign capital and foreign companies should be introduced. Combined with Pei Xueyun's shocked expression when she saw her just now, Jiang Yue can almost conclude that Pei Xueyun has also traveled through the book!
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue showed a playful smile.
In the book, Pei Xueyun is a first-rate cook and any dish she makes can always be praised by everyone. But in fact, Pei Xueyun hates cooking the most.
She can only cook a few simple dishes. With such skills, it is no wonder that Xu Fen cannot get her favor. In addition, Pei Xueyun talks about national policies without restraint, which will definitely make Political Commissar Tang nervous in this era of cautious words and deeds.
Xu Fen originally planned to tell Jiang Yue about Pei Xueyun's rumor that Jiang Yue eloped with a man a month ago, but she changed her mind and decided not to tell Jiang Yue about such groundless rumors so as not to upset her.
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