Chapter 7: One Bad, One Stupid
"ah!"
Cai Guihua let out a sound like ghosts howling.
She was short, pale and thin, and faced with the absolute physical oppression, Cai Guihua had basically no power to fight back.
This shout immediately alarmed the people in the neighboring yards, and soon several neighbors came to Su Mei's yard and pulled Cai Guihua out of Su Mei's hands.
In fact, the neighbors had already heard the two people arguing, but no one came over to stop them.
The two weirdos in the compound started quarreling, and everyone else was happy to watch the joke.
But the quarrel escalated into physical combat, and it would be inappropriate for them to just stand by and watch. After all, Huo Jianguo was a good man and had a high status in the army, so they had to give him some face.
Cai Guihua's hair was soaked. After being pulled away, she cried at the top of her lungs and accused Su Mei:
"Su Mei, you rely on Huo Jianguo's status to bully the people in the compound. I tell you, this matter is not over.
Everyone knows that Su Mei is a public nuisance in our compound. In my opinion, we should send her back to her hometown, right?"
This was a very speculative statement. It was clearly a conflict between the two of them, but with just one sentence, Cai Guihua put Su Mei on the opposing side of the entire military compound.
There were two brainless ones who nodded frequently after hearing Cai Guihua's provocation, as if Cai Guihua had touched the heart of their hearts.
"Oh!" Su Mei nodded indifferently.
Isn't it just to complain to Huo Jianguo and send her back to her hometown? She and Huo Jianguo were about to divorce, so why did she care about this?
Su Mei didn't even think of defending herself. She knew that stereotypes were terrible. Considering the original owner's reputation, no matter what she said at this time, no one would listen.
Unexpectedly, Su Mei did not defend herself, but the old lady next door defended her:
"Cai Guihua, why can't you change your bad habit of gossiping? You say others are a nuisance to the compound, but you are not one?
When you and Su Mei were arguing just now, I was listening in the corner. You called Su Mei "teacher's wife" and encouraged Su Mei not to do housework or wash clothes.
The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes. In the end, you can't win the argument and even want to hit the other person. It's just that you are too thin to beat the other person. It doesn't mean that the one who cries is right.
Su Mei never goes out, so how does she know which family bought meat and which family bought noodles? It’s you who came to visit and told her.
You had bad intentions, and Su Mei found out. Now you feel wronged. I think the one who should be driven away the most is a gossiper like you."
After the old lady said this, the looks of the people around looking at Cai Guihua suddenly became meaningful.
The person whose noodles were snatched away by Su Mei remembered that he was indeed seen by Cai Guihua when he was carrying noodles back.
The person who had eaten with Su Mei also remembered that when he was cooking, Cai Guihua passed by the door and peeked at him.
The child whose wild fruits were robbed by Su Mei remembered that he was carrying the fruits while walking, and Cai Guihua asked him for one but he didn't give her one.
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As everyone recalled this, they suddenly realized that many of the messes Su Mei had done were caused by Cai Guihua.
One of these two is bad, the other is stupid, and they are in cahoots with each other. It's terrible!
After some discussion, a clean and clear female voice rang out from the crowd:
"If you ask me, people like Cai Guihua and Su Mei who are a threat to unity should be kicked out of our military compound.
Our men are defending our country and building our motherland on the frontier. We should also be harmonious and friendly at home and help each other. There should be no room for such black sheep in the compound.
When Captain Chen and Master Huo come back, we will have a meeting with them and ask them to send Cai Guihua and Su Mei away."
The woman who was speaking was named Zhao Ying, a teacher. Since the school was on vacation, she was resting at home.
As a teacher, Zhao Ying has a certain appeal. As soon as she spoke, she was immediately echoed by the majority of people, who all agreed to kick Cai Guihua and Su Mei out.
Cai Guihua had not expected things to turn out like this, and she didn't know what to say in response, so she covered her face and ran out crying.
The other people in the hospital saw that there was no more excitement, so they discussed it for a while and said that they would wait for Huo Jianguo and Captain Chen to come back, and then they would talk to them about the expulsion, and then they dispersed.
The person who was most surprised by what happened was Su Mei. She hadn't expected that even though the original owner was so bad, there were still people willing to stand up and speak for her.
The old lady who took the initiative to stand up lived next door. Her surname was Wang. Old lady Wang was the old lady who had advised the original owner not to associate with Cai Guihua and was scolded by the original owner.
The original owner's words were very unpleasant, but she didn't expect that under such circumstances, the old lady would still stand up and let bygones be bygones. No matter what, Su Mei felt that she still had to thank the old lady.
Su Mei called out to the old lady who was walking slowly at the back:
"Auntie Wang, thank you for standing up and speaking for me just now."
The old lady looked at Su Mei with disapproval and said:
"Don't thank me, I did that for Teacher Huo's sake. It's a good thing that you can see Cai Guihua's true face. Don't listen to her provocations in the future.
Teacher Huo is a good man. It is a blessing for you to marry him. He is a kind-hearted person. If you can be nice to him, he will never let you down.
Live a good life with him. If you ruin him, you will never find such a good man again in your life."
After saying this, the old lady glared at Su Mei again, turned around, and left the yard tremblingly.
After hearing what the old lady said, Su Mei couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that the old lady was really hard-mouthed but soft-hearted. Although her expression was not good, every word she said was truly for the good of the original owner.
It's a pity that the original owner couldn't tell good from bad, and had already become the perfect man in the old lady's words.
After everyone left, Su Mei went back to wash her clothes. Perhaps it was because she was an orphan in her previous life and had no one to rely on, so she was used to being independent, so her attitude was always good.
At first she was indeed worried that life would be difficult in the mountains after the divorce, but she quickly calmed down.
There's no point in worrying anyway, so why not just take it one step at a time? There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain.
The water in the basin had become a little cold and felt chilly to the touch. Su Mei thought about it and fetched another bucket of hot water into the kitchen to boil it.
In her previous life, she was only 32 years old, but she already had rheumatism because she did not know how to take care of herself when she was young.
If she had the chance to start over again, although she got a fat body, this body was only 22 years old, young and without any illness, so Su Mei would naturally protect it well.
After boiling water, Su Mei used the warm water to soak the two washed clothes and hung them up.
When washing clothes, Su Mei didn't feel anything. But when she twisted the clothes, she missed the automatic washing machines in the future.
Thin clothes were easy to twist, but Su Mei couldn't lift the thick cotton jacket at all, and even if she did, she couldn't twist it. In the end, she hung it up and then pulled it dry bit by bit.
After hanging up two pieces of washed clothes, Su Mei picked up the bucket and prepared to go back to fetch hot water. However, just as she stepped out, she heard noisy voices outside the yard.
"Hurry, hurry, get him into the house first, he's frozen stiff!"
"What should we do? His thigh is still bleeding. If it keeps bleeding, he'll die!"