Lin Wei had just finished dinner at home when Liu Dan, Zhao Li and others came over to ask about what happened in the afternoon.
In fact, the situation was similar to what was said outside, so there was no need for Lin Wei to repeat it. She just added some details of the time and mentioned that Zhou Jianhai had looked for Zhao Feng during the meal.
Zhao Li asked curiously: "Do you know what they talked about in the past?"
"It was a bit far away, so I couldn't hear it clearly," Lin Wei recalled. "Instructor Zhou seemed to say that if Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao and his wife had any complaints, they should come to him instead of targeting his family."
Yang Yi asked in confusion: "Deputy Regiment Zhao has a problem with Instructor Zhou? Wasn't it Gao Xiulian who was looking for trouble this time?"
Zhao Li said mysteriously, "It's not certain whether Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao has a problem with Instructor Zhou, but Gao Xiulian definitely has a problem with Xiangyun, and after this incident, Eighth Sister must have been resented as well."
"Then why did Instructor Zhou say that?" Yang Yi asked.
Liu Dan pondered and said, "I guess it's to force Deputy Captain Zhao to use tougher means to restrain Gao Xiulian."
In fact, everyone had a good impression of Gao Xiulian before. Firstly, they lived far away and did not interact with each other much. Secondly, Gao Xiulian was a bit picky about people. Zhao Li's husband was of a high rank, and Liu Dan worked in the Military Family Resettlement Office. When Gao Xiulian dealt with them, she was more polite than with others.
After Gao Xiulian's behind-the-back complaint, everyone's impression of her declined significantly.
It is normal for neighbors to have quarrels. After all, making friends is not like making friends, which is initiated by each individual. Whether the personalities of neighbors are compatible is entirely a matter of luck. But even if they don't get along well, no one will complain about you behind your back because you will have to deal with each other in the future.
Gao Xiulian was so good that she actually tried to trip him up from behind. This shows how vindictive this person is.
Although it was Lin Wei and Gao Xiu Lian who had the quarrel this time, Chen Bamei was the fuse. Given Gao Xiu Lian's petty mind, she must have held a grudge against both her and Deng Xiangyun.
It just so happens that Deng Xiangyun and Chen Bamei, one of whom has a bad background and the other is not a military family member, can easily suffer losses when facing Gao Xiulian. In order to protect them, Zhou Jianhai could only transform the conflict between the women into a conflict between him and Zhao Feng.
In other words, as long as Gao Xiulian caused trouble for Deng Xiangyun and Chen Bamei, he would treat her as if she were Zhao Feng and was not happy with him.
Although Zhao Feng's rank is higher than Zhou Jianhai's, he is only a deputy head. If Zhou Jianhai insists on fighting him to the death, he will be badly injured if he doesn't die.
As for the future of the embassy, if Zhao Feng has no ambition, he can just muddle through. But if he wants to go further, he will definitely find a way to restrain Gao Xiu Lian.
Does Zhao Feng have ambitions?
Of course there is, otherwise how could he, a rural soldier with a low level of education and few connections, climb to his current position?
After listening to Liu Dan and Zhao Li's explanation, Yang Yi expressed doubt: "Can Deputy Head Zhao control Gao Xiulian?"
"It's fine as long as we can manage it. At least in the short term, Gao Xiulian shouldn't do anything naughty again." Zhao Li turned to Lin Wei, "But your house is just across a small road from the Zhao family, so you still have to be careful."
Lin Wei smiled and said, "I've been careful enough. Anyway, I'm upright and I'm not afraid of her if we really quarrel."
"That's right, our sister Lin's fighting ability is amazing!" Zhao Li said with a fake sigh, "It's a pity that I knew about this too late, otherwise I would definitely come to watch Sister Lin's majestic moment."
Lin Wei couldn't stand the teasing and said, "That's enough!"
Zong Shao, who happened to be bathing his two children in the bathroom, opened the door and walked out. Upon hearing her words, he asked, "What do you mean by enough?"
Lin Wei said as soon as she heard it: "It's nothing, just do your thing and don't worry about us."
Zong Shao said "oh" and went out to collect the clothes.
Zhao Li was watching from the side and suddenly burst into giggles. And she wasn't the only one laughing. Liu Dan and Yang Yi also pursed their lips, which made Lin Wei a little confused: "What are you laughing at?"
As a result of her question, the three of them, especially Zhao Li, laughed even harder.
Lin Wei had no choice but to say, "That's enough, if you have something to say, just say it now and stop playing dumb with me."
"Alright, alright, let me tell you," Zhao Li quickly suppressed her smile and said, "I was just thinking, although I didn't see how impressive you were in your verbal battle with Gao Xiulian, at least I saw how impressive you were in front of Deputy Battalion Commander Zong..." First she imitated Lin Wei, "Just take care of your own business, don't worry about us." Then she imitated Zong Shao, "Oh."
After learning this, Zhao Li couldn't hold back her laughter and teased, "Comrade Lin Wei, you have a way to control your husband!"
Lin Wei was speechless: "Your sense of humor is too low."
"It's mainly the contrast," Liu Dan emphasized.
Zhao Li echoed, "That's right. Before you came to join the army, I met your deputy battalion commander several times. He was quite handsome, but he looked too serious. At that time, I thought, how much pressure his wife must be under living with him!"
Lin Wei couldn't help laughing: "It's not as exaggerated as you say."
Zhao Li joked, "After meeting you, I really don't worry about this problem anymore. After all, you are a woman who can silence Gao Xiulian, who is always unreasonable. It's easy for you to deal with a reasonable person like Deputy Battalion Commander Zong!"
"You're never going to stop joking, are you?" Lin Wei pretended to be angry.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about anything else," Zhao Li immediately begged for mercy, saying seriously, "Anyway, before I saw it with my own eyes, I really didn't think your old patriarch would be like this in front of his wife."
Lin Wei said, "Isn't it normal to be different? Is your old Meng the same in front of you as he is outside?"
Zhao Li thought about it seriously and shook her head: "Then he is really different."
"Then it won't end..."
Before she could finish her words, Lin Wei heard Zhao Li grit her teeth and say, "He deserves a beating in front of me more than he does outside!"
…
When Liu Dan and the others came, it was already late and there was still a lot of housework to do, so after finding out what was going on, they went home.
Before leaving, Liu Dan thought about going to the county to buy materials the day after tomorrow, and asked, "Should we go in the morning or in the afternoon on Sunday?"
Lin Wei said: "I'm fine with either. It depends on your schedule."
"That's fine with me, but are we going to eat in the county? Or should we come back after shopping?" Yang Yi asked.
Because they had only discussed buying materials for making hats, no one had considered this matter. So you look at me and I look at you, both waiting for the other's opinion.
Zhao Li always loves to join in the fun: "We can have dinner in the county. There is a movie theater in the county. It seems that a new movie was released recently. If you have enough time, maybe we can watch the movie and then come back."
Liu Dan hesitated when he heard this: "If we go to the county to watch a movie and eat, what about the children?"
Zhao Li immediately said, "Let your man do it. He doesn't know how to cook big dishes, but he can at least cook noodles. At worst, just cook a pot of porridge. It's just one meal. How unfair can it be to them?" She then asked Lin Wei what she thought.
"I have no problem." Anyway, when she was at home, Zong Shao would at least cook a meal on Sunday, and the two children were used to it.
Yang Yi also said: "There is no problem on my side."
Seeing that they all wanted to play in the county for a while longer, Liu Dan nodded and said, "That's it, but do we still have to ask Xiangyun and Eighth Sister?"
"That's easy. We can just ask about it later." Zhao Li thought for a moment and said, "So our schedule for Sunday is to watch a movie and have dinner, right?"
Lin Wei added: "It's mainly about buying materials. We have to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives and the hardware supply department."
Yang Yi agreed: "Yes, this is very important. By the way, should we watch the movie first and then eat, or eat first and then watch the movie?"
The order of eating and watching movies is still very important. If it is the former, it means they have to go out early and come back around one or two o'clock in the afternoon. If it is the latter, you can sleep until noon and come back relatively late.
Zhao Li thought for a moment and said, "Let's ask Xiangyun and the others for their opinions first. We still have one day left tomorrow, so it won't be too late to decide on the specific itinerary tomorrow night. If there's any change in your schedule, we can make preparations tomorrow."
Several people nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow night."
After the matter was settled, Lin Wei saw them out. She watched them walk away before turning back into the house to collect the enamel cups they had used and washing them in the sink outside.
When I finished taking a shower and returned to the room, Zong Shao also came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. He washed his hair today. Although it was a buzz cut, the roots of his hair were wet, so he took a dry towel to wipe them when he came out.
Seeing Lin Wei coming in with an enamel cup, he went up to her and asked, "Have they all gone home?"
"Let's go home." Lin Wei walked to the chest of drawers, put the enamel cups in one by one and said, "By the way, we agreed to go to the county to play on Sunday?"
Zong Shao was puzzled: "Didn't you mention this before?"
"I said before that I was going to buy materials for making hats and I would be back after buying them. It might only take an hour or two."
Zong Shao raised his eyebrows: "What about now?"
"We have discussed going to see a movie and having lunch in the county, which will probably take most of the day." Lin Wei turned around and looked at Zong Shao with a serious face and said, "So, Mingming and Ruirui will be left to you on Sunday."
There was nothing wrong with letting Zong Shao take care of the children. What he wanted to say was, "We haven't been to the movies yet."
When Lin Wei first arrived on the island, the two of them talked about going to the movies, and they had originally planned to go that Sunday when they bought the electric fan. But that day was particularly unfortunate. The cinema's equipment was malfunctioning and all scheduled movie screenings were cancelled with an uncertain time for resumption.
The two of them were always busy on the following Sundays, and Zong Shao had been out to sea for nearly half a month, so they hadn't been able to go to the movies yet.
As a result, it was preempted.
Because Zong Shao had no expression on his face and his tone was very calm, Lin Wei didn't notice anything wrong at first and said casually, "Isn't it just a bad timing? If you want to see it, let's go next Sunday - No!" She turned and looked at Zong Shao: "You...are you jealous?"
"No."
Zong Shao flatly denied it and said generously: "Go ahead and have fun. I will take good care of Mingming and Ruirui."
"Really?" Lin Wei was suspicious.
Zong Shao said seriously, and shook his head again: "Really not."
Lin Wei looked disappointed: "Well, since there is nothing, forget it. I was wondering if I should comfort you if you were jealous." After saying that, she was about to pack her clothes and go take a shower.
But she hadn't taken two steps when Zong Shao grabbed her and asked, "How are you going to comfort me?"
Lin Wei asked doubtfully: "Aren't you not jealous?"
Zong Shao said without changing his expression, "I didn't just now, but now that I think about it, I still feel a little jealous. You went to the movies for the first time on the island, and you didn't go with me."
"Well," Lin Wei said, reaching out to touch the top of his stubbled head, "Ah Shao, be good, Weiwei will go to the movies with you next time, okay?"
Zong Shao's throat moved: "Not good."
Lin Wei froze, but before she could withdraw her hand, Zong Shao hugged her: "You have to compensate me."
Along with his deep voice, his warm lips fell on hers.
Realizing his intention, Lin Wei quickly stepped back: "The door is still open."
Zong Shao, however, ignored what was happening outside and moved closer to her, completely trapping her between the chest of drawers and his body. He said calmly, "It's okay. No one will come here at night."
Their home is located in the deepest part of the family quarters, and there are basically no people passing by the door. Those who come here are either looking for Zong Shao or Lin Wei. But at this time everyone is going to bed, and no one would come to the door in the dark.
Come to think of it, what he said seems to be correct?
Lin Wei was lost in thought, and raised her head to accept his kiss, until she screamed -
"ah!"
Lin Wei hurriedly pushed Zong Shao away and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Mingming standing at the stairs, covering his eyes with his hands exaggeratedly.
Lin Wei: “…” If you want to cover your eyes, just cover them. What are you doing with your fingers spread out like that?
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