When she came back and passed the back door of the Zhao family, Lin Wei saw the door suddenly opened from the inside, and then Gao Xiu Lian ran out angrily.
The sun on the island is very strong, and the wives of soldiers who have been with the army for a long time usually have honey-colored skin, and Gao Xiu Lian is no exception.
But when she ran out of the house, the slap mark on her face was very obvious, and it was obvious that the person who slapped her had used a lot of force. She ran away from home, so it is obvious who slapped her.
As the thought flashed through her mind, Lin Wei saw Gao Xiulian stop in front of her and said viciously, "Are you satisfied now?"
Lin Wei was puzzled. What did their quarrel have to do with her?
But before she could ask, Gao Xiulian glared at her and ran away angrily, which made Lin Wei unable to help but say, "This is inexplicable."
Zong Shao held the electric fan and said, "Don't worry about her."
Lin Wei nodded and took the two children home.
After entering the house, I tried the electric fan first. There was only one socket downstairs, which was installed right between the living room and the dining room. In addition, the electric fan cord was quite long, and the wind could reach a wide area. Basically, no matter where I sat, I could feel the cool wind.
After trying out the electric fan, Lin Wei sorted out the things she bought.
They didn't buy much. Apart from the electric fan, the rest could be packed into the cloth bag she brought. It was just some miscellaneous things, useful things like needles, thread and soap, and edible things like biscuits and dried fruits... She also bought a teapot. Before, when she wanted to drink water, she would pour it from the thermos into an enamel cup and let it cool, which was very inconvenient.
Because they are fragmented, it is a little troublesome to organize them.
While cleaning up, Zhao Feng came over and called Zong Shao out.
Thinking of Gao Xiulian coming out of the house crying and Zhao Feng coming to call for help right after, Lin Wei couldn't help but overthink it. She looked outside while doing things, and when Zong Shao came back, she asked, "What does Deputy Captain Zhao want to talk to you about?"
Zong Shao said: "He apologized to me about Gao Xiulian's complaint."
Lin Wei paused: "How did he know this?"
Zong Shao did not hide it: "I met him when I went out for a run this morning and mentioned this to him." He has the habit of exercising, and even on his days off, he would go out for a run of two laps in the morning.
Although Lin Wei said before that there was no need to go to Zhao Feng for an explanation, she didn't say anything this time. She just said "oh" and asked, "Was it really Deputy Captain Zhao who slapped Gao Xiulian in the face?"
"I didn't ask, but it should be."
Lin Wei fell silent for a long time before she said, "Deputy Captain Zhao looks so gentle, but I never thought he would hit someone."
Zong Shao was also a little surprised, but thinking of Zhao Feng's expression just now, he said, "I think he seems to be a little regretful. It must be because of an old argument with Zhao Feng that he accidentally hit him."
Lin Wei disagreed and said, "No matter how much of an argument there is, it's not a reason to hit someone. Many things change their nature once they start to happen."
It wasn't that she sympathized with Gao Xiu Lian. In fact, she felt happy to see Gao Xiu Lian in trouble. It was just that she had seen too many women suffering from domestic violence.
When the man is in a bad mood, he will slap his wife. If he feels that reason is not convincing, he will punch her. There are even worse ones, who will pretend to be crazy under the influence of alcohol and punch and kick their wives.
But many women who are beaten don’t think this is a problem, and even comfort themselves by saying, “It’s just a slap, it will be fine in a couple of days”, “He beat me because he was drunk, he treats me nicely when he is sober, there’s no need for divorce”.
For a long time, Lin Wei was afraid of marriage. She even thought that it would be better if people could avoid getting married.
This is also the reason why she studies so hard. The girls in the brigade in her hometown basically have never been to school. The older ones are eighteen or nineteen years old, and the younger ones are fifteen or sixteen years old. The educated girls in the city will get married later.
Lin Wei thought, the later this day comes, the better.
But the sudden major movement changed Lin Wei's fate. She dropped out of school and went to work in the countryside. Girls from the city flocked to the countryside, and she might never have the chance to go out again.
As Lin Wei grew up, more and more people came to her house to propose marriage, and she began to change her mind.
If she must get married, she wants to find a man who is different from the one she has been around since childhood.
He doesn't have to be so talkative, but he must be clean. He doesn't have to have a high level of education, but he must be sensible. Most importantly, he cannot hit people. This is the bottom line.
Thinking of this, Lin Wei said, "I don't care about others, but you can't touch me. Otherwise, whoever loves me can live my life, but I definitely won't live it."
Zong Shao saw her serious expression and immediately raised his hand to say, "I will definitely take this as a warning and won't touch you at all."
Lin Wei was satisfied. She put all the food into the chest of drawers and asked Zong Shao to take out the teapot to wash it and then soak it in hot water. After it had been rinsed twice, they could use the teapot.
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The beating of Gao Xiu Lian caused quite a stir, mainly because she ran away with slap marks on her face, and it was Sunday, so many people in the family area saw her.
The Women's Federation worked overtime for this purpose and found the Zhao family that afternoon to inquire about what happened. They also gave Zhao Feng some ideological education and of course did not forget to do ideological work for Gao Xiu Lian.
It was still the mainstream thinking, just a slap. Besides, Zhao Feng didn't do it on purpose. The work of the Women's Federation was mainly to persuade people to reconcile, so the matter ended with Zhao Feng apologizing and the couple reconciled.
Also because of their quarrel, Gao Xiulian complained behind Lin Wei's back, and the news that she had lost her job spread.
Human nature is complex.
If Gao Xiu Lian had not succeeded in her lawsuit and Lin Wei had still gone to work in the hospital pharmacy, those unemployed military wives might not have been convinced and thought that Gao Xiu Lian had made a good move and that she was not wrong.
But now that Lin Wei's job has been fired, everyone thinks that she has suffered an unprovoked disaster. The wrong process is not her fault. If this hadn't happened, with her academic qualifications, the job would have fallen on her. It's not like now, it's someone else's problem, and she has to bear the consequences. Everyone feels quite sympathetic towards her.
If you sympathize with Lin Wei, then you will naturally despise Gao Xiu Lian.
When the military wives found out that Gao Xiu Lian had eavesdropped on the conversation between Liu Dan and Lin Wei and learned that Lin Wei was arranged a good job in the hospital, and then she went to complain, it can be said that everyone living around the Zhao family felt insecure.
Not only the residents in the surrounding area, but also the military wives who did not live near the Zhao family would stop chatting when they saw Gao Xiu Lian from afar, for fear that they would say something wrong and she would tell on them behind their backs.
Zhao Feng was also implicated. He was more subtle in avoiding him during the conversation, and more straightforward in asking, "Deputy Captain Zhao, you won't spread what we said, right?"
Although the question was asked with a smile, Zhao Feng's mood at that moment was beyond words.
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The couple next door were not having a good time, but Lin Wei felt that their life was very comfortable.
Before joining the army, Lin Wei worked as a warehouse manager at the Shicheng Cotton Mill. The job was not tiring, but it was not easy either. When there was a shortage of manpower in and out of the warehouse for fabrics and yarns, the warehouse managers were often needed to take over.
There are four people in their office, half of them are men and half are women. The other female comrade is the team leader. She is very proactive and never feels that she cannot do heavy work because she is a woman. Since the leader leads by example, Lin Wei naturally does not receive any special treatment and has to go wherever there is a need.
Lin Wei also knew that her job was easy compared to the front-line workers in the workshop. At least the warehouse had long day shifts and she didn't have to stay up late. So she never complains and just tries her best to do her job well.
But sometimes, after a day's work, she would inevitably feel tired and didn't want to move at all when she got home.
But she couldn't help but move.
Although her mother helped her take care of the children and she gave her money, she couldn't treat her mother as a nanny and do nothing.
So after dinner, she would take the initiative to wash the dishes, then give the two children a bath and do their clothes. The same went for her own clothes, which she would usually wash directly after taking a bath, and would not leave them until the next day for her mother to wash.
Basically, she finishes her work at around nine or ten o'clock every day. When she returns to the room, it's okay if the two children are asleep. If not, she still has to coax them to sleep.
Therefore, when she was at home, Lin Wei was basically busy all day, either working or worrying about her children, and she didn't even have time to sit down and relax.
But now, Lin Wei has plenty of time.
She still gets up around six in the morning to prepare breakfast, but after eating, she doesn't have to rush to work. Instead, she takes her two children to buy vegetables and fish leisurely. If there is enough time, she may go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fruits.
After returning home, she rests for half an hour to an hour, then slowly prepares the dishes for lunch and eats around twelve o'clock. After eating, she will take a nap with her two children.
The afternoon is basically free time, but because the sun is the hottest in the day at this time, she is not very willing to go out. She usually sits at the door watching the two children playing on the beach, and calls out if they walk too far.
Cooking starts around five o'clock, and after dinner it is basically Zong Shao who does the work.
It’s true that reading military books to put the children to sleep was really effective. In less than ten minutes, the two brothers fell asleep, and then it was time for evening activities.
All in all, Lin Wei is now free most of the day. Even though she has a new child, Shitou, to take care of, she is not much busier than before, after all, she doesn't have to take care of the child's three meals a day.
Especially after the curtains were made and hung up, Lin Wei always had a feeling of having nothing to do and wanted to find something to do.
After thinking for several days, she still couldn't figure out what to do. Zong Shao listened and said, "Why don't you teach the children to recognize words?"
Lin Wei was stunned: "Can you recognize words?"
"Basically, Ruirui can roughly repeat what I read at night the next day. His memory is rare."
In Zong Shao's opinion, there are many smart children, not to mention those who are far away. Mingming has a very flexible mind and works very quickly. When the three children play together, he is always the one who comes up with ideas.
But there are not many children like Ruirui who can remember everything they see. You know, Zong Shao was reading a military book, which an adult may not be able to remember after reading it once, but he could almost remember it by repeating it.
Zong Shao felt that if Ruirui was trained well, he would definitely have a good future.
It’s just that the two children are still young and he is usually busy, so he has never thought about what to do. But when Lin Wei brought it up, he had this idea and then expressed his thoughts.
After listening to Zong Shao's words, Lin Wei thought of Ruirui in the original book, who was indeed very intelligent. He was admitted to the junior class of Hua University when he was a teenager, and later went to work in a research institute.
Because of this, Ruirui had very few roles in the later part of the film and basically only appeared in the mouths of other people.
Lin Wei thought Zong Shao's idea was feasible, but she was a little hesitant: "If I want to teach, do I have to buy some books? And notebooks and pens, and there is no blackboard at home."
"It doesn't matter whether there is a blackboard or not. We only have two children in our family anyway, so even if we bring Little Stone, there are only three of us. It's the same if you just write the words in the notebook. There's no need to rush for books. You can teach them to recognize individual words first. I'll ask someone if anyone has the textbooks they've learned and borrow two from them. As for notebooks and pens, you can buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative."
After listening to Zong Shao's explanation, Lin Wei felt that the matter was settled, and said confidently, "I will definitely teach them well."
So the next morning, Lin Wei told the children the good news, but the children reacted differently.
Because Xiao Shitou was not old enough to go to school, he had no playmates. So he was always envious when he saw children going to school together. Although he now has two friends, Mingming and Ruirui, he still looks forward to going to school with them.
Ruirui was calm. He neither looked forward to class nor hated it. He just wanted to sit still.
The one who reacted the most was Mingming. He has always been restless and would always run out when he was not watched in his hometown. After coming to the island, he has been a little more restrained, but he would rather play in the sand under the scorching sun than sit at home.
Spend more than an hour every day learning to read and write?
He is only three years old this year, why should he endure such torture! ! !
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