After joining the revolution, Cao Yunfei learned to read and write because of work needs, but he could only read newspapers. He didn't understand anything about poetry and songs.
Cao Yunfei learned Chinese chess from General Zhou when he retired two years ago. He could only play it, but he was a terrible chess player. He'd been holding a chess piece in his hand for nearly three minutes, and he hadn't even made a move yet.
The phone rang sharply. Hearing the ringing, Ouyang Xin hurried over and picked up the receiver.
Ouyang Xin carefully placed the phone on the table, then walked over and whispered in General Zhou's ear, "General, Commander Yuan from the Kyoto Military Region is calling. He has something urgent to discuss with you."
Ouyang Xin's voice was very low and Cao Yunfei didn't hear it clearly, but from the look on his face he could guess that someone wanted to see General Zhou about something.
"Old Zhou, you go ahead and do your thing. I still need to think about this move." Cao Yunfei stared at the chessboard with a bitter and resentful look on his face, waved his hand and said.
Cao Yunfei was most afraid of playing chess with General Zhou. He just didn't have the brains for it and would lose every time. The difference between losing beautifully and losing ugly was the difference.
"Okay, go ahead and think about it, but I have to be frank. Xiaofei! You can't steal any pieces!" General Zhou glanced at the chessboard worriedly before moving back to the phone. Cao Yunfei's chess manners weren't great, often resorting to tricks like retracting moves, cheating, and stealing pieces. If it weren't for his beloved great-granddaughter, General Zhou wouldn't even want to play chess with Cao Yunfei.
"No, no, just go ahead and do your thing." Cao Yunfei had just finished speaking when he saw General Zhou with his back to him, so he quickly moved a cannon that was about to be fired at him.
General Zhou didn't notice Cao Yunfei's little move, but Ouyang Xin noticed it but ignored it. Anyway, General Zhou and Cao Yunfei were playing chess just to chat and talk, and winning or losing didn't really matter to them.
But Cao Yunfei always resorted to various methods to avoid losing too badly, so General Zhou deliberately tried to humiliate Cao Yunfei in his words, just to be prudent.
"Hello? What? Nonsense! Bullshit!" After General Zhou picked up the phone, he didn't know what the other party said. General Zhou was so angry that he cursed twice and then threw the phone down.
After hanging up the phone, General Zhou paced back and forth in the room angrily, his breath wheezing through his nostrils, and it was obvious that he was very angry.
"Old Zhou, what's wrong?" Cao Yunfei threw the chess piece in his hand back into the jar of chess pieces next to him and asked.
"Xiao Fei, I'll go to the leader's office later. You go home! We'll make an appointment next time." After pacing for a few steps, General Zhou paused and made up his mind.
"Old Zhou, go see the top leader? Do you need help?" Cao Yunfei, knowing General Zhou was in trouble, asked quickly. Cao Yunfei and General Zhou had known each other for many years, but this was the first time he had seen him so anxious. Back then, even facing a massive enemy force, General Zhou was always calm and composed. Was something wrong with Zhou Zhixin? Cao Yunfei felt a surge of worry.
"Not for now, old friend, thank you!" Cao Yunfei's words calmed General Zhou down. As he aged, his concern for his family almost lost its composure. He was just a clown, trying to throw dirty water on the Zhou family? His tactics were a bit naive.
"Okay, I'll go back first. If you have anything to say, please feel free." Cao Yunfei said this without hesitation, stood up and walked out. The last time General Zhou was plotted against by the villain He Shumin, Cao Yunfei didn't immediately stand by General Zhou, which became Cao Yunfei's biggest regret in his life. There was nothing Cao Yunfei could do. At that time, Cao Yunfei was concerned about the happiness of his daughter Cao Yumei. What happened? Cao Yumei's marriage did not end well, and eventually ended in divorce.
From then on, Cao Yunfei made up his mind to follow General Zhou's footsteps no matter what. They had been friends for decades, and he trusted General Zhou's character.
General Zhou moved quickly. In less than two minutes, his car drove out of the military compound and headed towards the top leader's office.
Cao Yunfei stood at the door of his house, looking at the back of General Zhou's car, standing motionless for a long time.
At Wen Yiran's house, Feng Xueying and Wu Xiuli, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were sitting in the living room watching TV together, occasionally exchanging their views on the plot. Anyone who didn't know would definitely think they were a very close mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Three years ago, Wen Yulong was transferred back to the Kyoto Military Region, where he was still the deputy commander. However, the title of deputy commander of the Kyoto Military Region was much more prestigious than that of the Northwest Military Region.
Feng Xueying was very satisfied with her son's transfer without having to ask anyone for help. Feng Xueying knew Wen Yiran's temper and would never ask him to use connections for his son's sake. Over the past few years, she had watched Wen Yulong transferred from the prosperous Southeast Military Region to the Northwest Military Region, and watched the weariness on his face grow more and more each year. As a mother, Feng Xueying was heartbroken.
After learning that Wen Yulong's transfer was facilitated by Wu Xiuyun, Feng Xueying began to look up to Wu Xiuli. She couldn't believe that the once-ridiculed "country wife" had suddenly become the younger sister of a "fairy lady." Feng Xueying couldn't help but feel proud. Whenever someone came to visit, Feng Xueying would always show off her relative, Wu Xiuyun. The fact that Wu Xiuyun had "cured" Feng Xueying's weakness was clear to her, and these acquaintances naturally didn't want to refuse Feng Xueying's favor, so they followed her lead and praised Wu Xiuli to the skies.
Because everyone praised Wu Xiuli, Feng Xueying also thought that she might cause trouble for Wu Xiuyun in the future, so she lowered her attitude towards Wu Xiuli. On the contrary, Wu Xiuli became arrogant once she gained power. Sometimes, her actions in the Wen family would even make Wen Yiran frown.
If it weren't for the well-being of his eldest son's family, Wen Yiran would have kicked this annoying daughter-in-law out. A few years ago, Wu Xiuli interfered with Wen Ziqing's marriage and instigated Feng Xueying to go to the Zhao family and cause a scene. Wen Yiran, enraged, forced Wen Yulong and his family to move out, only to be interrupted by Feng Xueying's tears. Since then, Wen Yiran has spent less and less time at home, rarely even eating at home except at night.
I don't know if Feng Xueying's heart was blinded by lard. With Wen Yulong's family around to "perform filial piety", Feng Xueying paid less attention to Wen Yiran. She didn't think that Wen Yiran was disappointed in her by doing this.
In the past two years, Feng Xueying and Wu Xiuli, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, have looked like a good pair in front of outsiders, at least on the surface.
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