Chapter 188 A Very Satisfied Look

Zhang Kang was immediately unhappy when he heard this: "Divorce what? When did Old Zhai ever mention divorce? Don't spread rumors."

If these words got to Wang Ziru, there was no telling how she would retaliate wildly.

It was thanks to the couple that he was able to marry his military wife. Zhang Kang was very clear-headed and knew very well the relationship between himself and the Zhai family, and he must not create any complications.

He was too lazy to pay attention to Wen Yiting. He held the lunch box and bowl in his hands and excitedly went downstairs to the cafeteria to get his meal.

Unfortunately, Wen Yiting, the most respected and popular girl in the compound, was dazzling wherever she went. She was talking to Zhang Kang at the entrance of the stairs, and Li Juan heard them.

Li Juan lives in the house at the entrance of the stairs. When she saw Wen Yiting returning to the compound after graduation, she was planning to make friends with this girl.

After all, the girl's father is now the deputy commander of the 9th Division and has some power. She was shocked to hear that Deputy Commander Zhai originally planned to divorce! "It turns out that the woman surnamed Wang has a love rival, and she is the daughter of the Wen family. This is interesting."

Standing at the corridor, I watched Wen Yiting go to the family building next door.

In the family building next door there are female cadres and female soldiers. Their husbands are also junior cadres in the army. There are also several families formed by female arts soldiers.

When Li Juan learned that Wen Yiting was going to be a female arts soldier in the army, she guessed that she might go to the building next door to discuss the job with a female arts soldier.

Li Juan felt that she had first-hand explosive news, so she prepared to go upstairs to play cards after dinner and reveal some unknown things about the Zhai family to the military wives.

On the third floor, bursts of laughter could be heard from the Zhai family from time to time.

The men at the table were a little reserved at first, but gradually they started to laugh as they ate and chatted.

"Oh! I'm full." Commander Duan was not afraid of everyone's laughter. He ate three bowls of rice in one breath and drank a bowl of scallion and egg soup. He put down his bowl and chopsticks, and stroked his stomach with a very satisfied expression.

Han Suijing knew that his hot-tempered boss was always careless, just like when he was about to scold someone, he was casual and free.

"Let's go back. We still have some work to do in the evening."

"Okay, let's go back then." Duan Yanzhi touched the face of the boy who was sitting on the bench and eating obediently, "You are quite well behaved. If you have the opportunity to go to Kun City, I will treat you to a meal."

Bao Er also knew that this uncle was not scary, so she nodded and said, "Thank you, uncle."

"You're welcome."

As he spoke, he stood up from the rattan chair and asked his young wife half-jokingly, "You won't charge us for today's meal, right?"

"What's the charge for the meal?" Wang Ziru said with a smile.

Commander Duan was heard patting his empty purse and saying, "I don't have any money either. My pockets are cleaner than my face."

Wen Yuan smiled and said, "Commander, you are so modest. Everyone knows that the Duan family is the richest family in Dali."

"The Duan family is rich, but it has nothing to do with me," Duan Yanzhi laughed heartily, his eyes locked on his beautiful and capable young wife, and said, "Who should get the Duan family's money and how much should be given? Only my uncle has the final say. As the eldest grandson of the Duan family, I am not qualified to ask the Duan family for money."

Wen Yuan's words were so worthy of standing there and laughing.

Everyone present knew that even if he didn't ask his family for money, given his military rank, he would definitely not be able to spend all the several hundred yuan salary he earned each month.

Wang Ziru deliberately looked at Commander Duan's palm and thought to herself that it didn't matter if he had no money in his pocket.

But you hold power, and with just a word from you, your uncle's job may be secured.

"I'm sorry for the simple meal and tea. Please take your leave." Wang Ziru escorted the distinguished guests out of the house and said with a smile while standing at the door.

To arrange a job for Big Brother, she had to wait until there was no one else around and talk to the big brothers about it. Wenyuan was here, so it was inconvenient for her to ask the commander for a job.

Commander Duan still walked forward with his head held high, at the front. Having eaten and drunk his fill, he was friendly to everyone he met.

I took a special look at the family compound. At this moment, most of the people in the family compound had finished dinner. A military wife was washing things in the corridor outside. There was also a soldier who was washing clothes for his children in the corridor after get off work, holding a bib in his hand and washing. The soldier in the uniform of the family next door was silent. Only the sound of chopping vegetables filled the family compound.

Even after their shift, these soldiers would immediately put down their work when they saw their superiors and commanders.

"Hello, Chief!"

"Hello, Commander!"

Commander Duan seemed very approachable and waved his hand symbolically, "Okay! Go about your business."

Under the leadership of Wenyuan, the two senior cadres were sent out of the family compound.

Zhai Ximo did not follow him downstairs.

At home, the woman was busy cleaning up the dishes, and the eldest brother was helping. Zhai Ximo walked over and pulled his wife, "Did you run into Commander Duan when you went out this morning?"

Wang Ziru lowered her head to clear the cups and plates on the table and nodded vaguely.

"Did you see Commander Duan riding a bicycle on the road?"

"What? The road was built by the Duan family, and they don't allow me to pass through there?" Wang Ziru deliberately scolded the man.

Zhai Ximo glanced at the woman coldly and said, "That's not what I meant. I just wanted to ask if you saw Commander Duan riding a bicycle on the road..."

I wanted to ask one more question later: what exactly did they talk about when they met?

Since the woman was a little angry, he didn't ask any more questions.

"I still have work to do at the Youth League Office tonight, so I'll go downstairs first." Zhai Ximo pinched Bao'er's little face, "Bao'er, go downstairs with uncle to play and get to know some more kids. Tomorrow, after Daddy finishes the formalities at the Youth League Office, I'll send you to the town's primary school and enroll you in kindergarten."

"What else do I need to do?"

Wang Ziru thought she could go directly to primary school to register.

I didn't expect that when I followed a man to the army, my child would have to go through some procedures in the army for school.

"Of course I have to go through the formalities. I also have to apply for my brother's job with the Youth League. However," Zhai Ximo glanced at his brother and was a little worried. "There are many educated youth returning to the city in the country now. There are already many unemployed young people waiting for the state to assign them jobs. I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrange a job for my brother when the time comes."

"Do you want me to ask Commander Duan for help? Isn't he the highest-ranking cadre in Yun Province?" Wang Ziru asked.

Zhai Ximo waved his hand without hesitation and rejected it outright, "Don't bother Commander Duan. He doesn't care about such things. It's up to the top leaders of each unit to negotiate with the local authorities to arrange jobs for the families."

"Is there any factory near us?"

"Yes! Less than a kilometer away from our unit, there is a luggage factory and a plastic factory." Zhai Ximo was also familiar with the area and knew it like the back of his hand. "Going further, there is also a medicinal material processing factory closest to the town."

Suddenly, Wang Ziru's eyes were filled with joy.

"If there is a factory, there will be a way to find a job for you, like working in the security department."

Zhai Qingsong showed a happy expression on his face. He did not expect the army to help him find a good job. He just wanted to have a meal and, if he was lucky, find a woman to start a family. He would be content as long as he could earn money to support his family.

Noticing that his elder brother was looking at them with hope, Wang Ziru hurriedly said, "Don't worry, elder brother. Let Bao'er's father apply to the army first. If it doesn't work, we can think of another way."

"Third brother, if we apply to the army, how long will it take to be settled?" Zhai Qingsong asked.

"It depends on whether there are any job vacancies nearby. There are many military wives working in nearby factories in the compound. I'll ask around then." After Zhai Ximo finished speaking, he went downstairs and returned to the regiment headquarters to work.

Wang Ziru carried all the dishes and chopsticks to the small table outside the door, turned around and said to her uncle: "Brother, take Baoer downstairs to exercise, take a walk, and get to know more people in the family compound."

Baoer had been anxious to go downstairs to show off to the other kids that there was a distinguished guest at home.

He took a picture book and put it in his trouser pocket, then went downstairs to play with his uncle's hand.

While washing dishes, Wang Ziru could hear the voices of men and women talking and quarreling upstairs and downstairs, as well as someone playing the radio. Suddenly, she felt that living in a large compound like a tube-shaped building was quite novel.

After the house was cleaned up, Wang Ziru put the borrowed bowls, chopsticks, plates and enamel teacup from Zhu Yan into a small bamboo basket, then locked the door and went upstairs.

Zhu Yan and Zhang Kang had already finished dinner. When they saw Wang Ziru coming up, Zhu Yan hurried over to take the small bamboo basket.

"Sister Ziru, just call me from the third floor and I'll go down and get it myself."

"How can I do that? Everyone in our compound is watching. I have borrowed so many things from your house. If I let you come down to get them yourself, tomorrow, the women in the compound will spread the news and say that I, Wang Ziru, think highly of myself or something."

Zhu Yan took the bamboo basket and said with a grin, "It's okay. We are not strangers. I treat Sister Ziru as a good sister. There is no need to listen to other people's gossip behind my back."

"I'll go back first." Wang Ziru patted Zhu Yan with a smile. Feeling a little tired, she planned to go home, take a shower, rest for a while and go to bed early in the evening.

"Sister Ziru has been busy for most of the day and is tired. I'll take you there."

"Don't bother. Just go ahead and get busy. We've just settled into our new home, so there must be a lot of things that need to be cleaned up."

Wang Ziru came out of Zhu Yan's house with a smile and met Li Juan in the corridor.

The two had already started a fight in Baiteng Town, and they met again so soon. Although Li Juan was not as arrogant as before, she knew a secret that Wang Ziru didn't know.

Wang Ziru had no intention of saying hello to Li Juan and walked past Li Juan's door without looking away.

Behind him, Li Juan sighed, "Oh, I thought you were so capable and your man loved you so much, but it turns out your man has been planning to divorce you for a long time!"

"You..., talk to me?"

Wang Ziru frowned slightly and was about to go downstairs. She slowly turned around and looked at Li Juan who was leaning against the door of her house.

Li Juan locked the door leisurely, "This is great news. It will definitely make the poker table laugh tonight."

In short, Yang went up to the fifth floor and went to Song Ling's house to play cards.

Upstairs, at Song Ling's call, several women quickly responded to the card game that night.

Song Ling usually likes to listen to the radio and has not played cards for a long time. Now everyone knows that Liao Fengjiao will be kicked out of the compound the next day. These women who are usually suppressed by Liao Fengjiao can't wait to sing a song.

The sounds of women laughing and playing could be heard from Song Ling's house.

The hot news in the family compound that day, apart from the two senior cadres going to the Zhai family for dinner, was the news that the daughter of the Wenyuan family had graduated and returned to the army, intending to serve as an art soldier.

At the card table, someone mentioned the daughter of Wen Yuan's family. "Wen Yiting is so lucky. Liao Fengjiao's daughter wanted to join our army as a cultural and artistic soldier, but her father was not up to the standard and was sent to Kunqu District and demoted."

"Su Hong will be proud of herself in the compound now. She must have accumulated a lot of resentment after being suppressed by Liao Fengjiao for so many years. Everyone should be careful in the future. Although Su Hong seems to be uninterested in the affairs of the compound, she actually wants to be the boss even more than Liao Fengjiao."

Li Juan smiled without comment, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and exhaled smoke from her mouth, "I'll tell you a secret."

"Do you have any secrets?"

Everyone looked at Li Juan with ridicule, but after all, they were all card-playing friends and didn't have a deep relationship with her, so they were just waiting to reveal Li Juan's secret.

Song Ling shuffled and cut the cards with her hands skillfully, and glanced at her, "Is it some secret of Wang Ziru's family?"

She looked like she was waiting to be praised, as if she had guessed correctly.

Li Juan, who was sitting opposite her, glanced at her sideways and said with a smirk, "You guys don't know yet, but Deputy Commander Zhai is going back to his hometown to visit his relatives this year. It turns out that he's going back to his hometown to get a divorce!"

"Deputy Commander Zhai wants a divorce?!"

In an instant, this news of the explosion, which was comparable to that of an atomic bomb, shocked the women sitting around the card table.

Song Ling looked at Lin Xiaowan, as if asking whether Lin Xiaowan was part of Wang Ziru's gang.

Lin Xiaowan had a piece of candy in her mouth, and her pretty round face froze a little. "Why are you looking at me? Whether they are getting divorced or not, it's not me who seduced them."

"Only you?" Li Juan laughed strangely and said to everyone with a look of contempt: "You will never guess that someone in our compound has secretly colluded with Deputy Colonel Zhai."

"Who is it? Tell us which woman dares to compete with Wang Ziru for a man." Huang Chunmei was eager to get the news immediately so that she could go out and attack Wang Ziru.

"You definitely can't imagine that woman. I was also wrong! This afternoon, I heard Captain Zhang and Wen Yiting greet each other. I thought they were just saying hello to each other, but guess what I heard?"

Seven or eight women all stretched their necks and stared at Li Juan closely.

"The girl from the Wen family has been eyeing Deputy Colonel Zhai for a long time. As soon as she saw Captain Zhang, she asked when Deputy Colonel Zhai would get divorced..."

Li Juan exaggerated the conversation she overheard and quickly made it into a melodramatic story about Zhai Ximo cheating on her husband and the shameless girl from Wen Yuan's family.

None of the women present were fake sisters of the women in Wenyuan's family.

There was actually such a relationship between these two unpleasant women. Everyone wished they could see Su Hong and Wang Ziru fighting that night.

"I don't want to play anymore. I have to let everyone know how pitiful that bitch Wang Ziru is." Huang Chunmei had no intention of playing cards. She threw the few pieces of paper she had just picked up on the table and got up to leave.

The others also lost interest in playing cards. They all had their own thoughts and wanted to get out and spread this explosive news as soon as possible so that everyone in the hospital, young and old, men and women, would know about it.