"You don't know, I met their whole family on the train..."
Fang Yuan then recounted what had happened, without embellishment, presenting the facts as they were.
"What? They're actually a family like this? I never would have guessed!"
Liu Lan's initial liking turned into disgust.
Fang Yuan leaned closer to Liu Lan and whispered, "Moreover, when I randomly called them bandits, they actually left feeling guilty. I suspect there's something wrong with their family background."
"What? Why didn't you tell me this sooner?" Liu Lan said anxiously.
We can't let unidentified people appear in the military.
“I hadn’t seen her before and thought she wasn’t from around here. Now that I’ve seen her, I’m telling you right away.”
She knew this family had questionable backgrounds, so naturally she couldn't let them have an easy time.
In this era, not only military service, but even farming places great importance on one's family background.
Anyone with questionable identity will be barred from serving in the military once their status is discovered.
“That’s true. If she hadn’t come looking for me, I wouldn’t have known who she was. Come on, let’s go find your Aunt Luo. We can’t let any bad elements infiltrate our ranks!”
Fang Yuan's words immediately made Liu Lan lose her composure.
There are frequent casualties in her men's ranks; who knows if it's the work of those bad elements?
"Huh? Are we going now?" Fang Yuan asked, feigning ignorance.
"You child, you still lack experience. This is a big deal and can't be delayed."
Liu Lan ate the steamed bun in a few bites, then pulled Fang Yuan to walk next door.
Her husband is currently on a mission, and if someone with ulterior motives infiltrates the area, it could be a fatal mistake.
She said that the former second company commander had always been fine and had never had any problems, so how could he suddenly die?
Could someone have done something to him?
The more Liu Lan thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she pulled Fang Yuan to the next room.
Fang Yuan quickly called out to her:
"Sister-in-law, wait a minute. I'll go back and get a few more steamed buns. I need to let Aunt Luo have a taste of these too."
He then quickly went back inside and brought out a few more steamed buns.
Then he went to Luo Meihong's house with Liu Lan.
She went to deliver steamed buns, and Liu Lan went to complain, and then she added her own comments from the side.
"I see! You did the right thing. We can't have any bad apples in our team."
Luo Meihong nodded seriously.
An unidentified person has infiltrated the team; not only her, but everyone needs to be taken seriously.
After delivering the items and filing their complaint, the two prepared to go inside.
Just then, Zhang Xiuzhen came over from a distance, leading the chubby little boy who wanted meat.
"Sister Liu, I've come to see you again. This morning you said that your Weimin is too young and no one plays with him."
My nephew is about the same age as him, so they can play together.
Zhang Xiuzhen was determined to befriend Liu Lan.
Knowing that Liu Lan's youngest son was the same age as her nephew, she persuaded her own mother to bring her nephew over.
She forgot that her nephew was a little tyrant, quite domineering.
Fang Yuan chuckled:
“Play? He dares to steal meat from adults on the train. Your sister-in-law’s child can’t handle him. Don’t bring him here to cause trouble for your sister-in-law’s child.”
Fang Yuan was sharp-tongued and spoke without any politeness.
"It's you? What are you doing here? Oh right, you're also a military wife, but how can you slander people like this?"
Upon hearing Fang Yuan's voice, Zhang Xiuzhen finally noticed her and then switched to innocent, naive mode.
He secretly became wary, realizing he hadn't checked the almanac before going out today and had encountered this ominous star.
“My husband is the battalion commander of this unit. Where else would I be if not here? You’re accusing me of slander. Do you want me to bring in the people who traveled on the train to testify?”
Fang Yuan continued to provoke her while retorting.
"She said she came to join the army to take care of her brother and children," Liu Lan said coldly.
Knowing that their identities were questionable, Liu Lan's attitude naturally changed.
"What? Isn't it only for husband and wife to accompany soldiers? When did my sister get to come and accompany the soldiers?" Fang Yuan asked, feigning surprise.
I've never heard of a woman accompanying a soldier to the army not being his wife but his sister. This woman's excuse is just awful.
Zhang Xiuzhen ignored the previous statement and hurriedly explained herself: "My sister-in-law was sick a while ago, so she asked me to come and help take care of my brother and the children. She will be here in a while."
She suspected that the woman was deliberately trying to make things difficult for her.
So what if she's pretty?
She has such a wicked heart, and she deliberately embarrassed her and blocked her way. She doesn't deserve to be a military wife at all.
"Oh? Your sister-in-law is sick? Fatty, how could you leave your mother here when she's sick? You didn't come just to eat meat, did you?"
Fang Yuan immediately shifted the conversation to the chubby boy.
Children are not like adults; they speak and act directly, which is the most honest way to put it.
"You wicked woman, if you don't give me meat to eat, I'll have my dad beat you to death!"
The chubby boy remembered that Fang Yuan hadn't given him any meat on the train.
"Hey, you little fatty, you're really something else. You're going to beat me to death just because I didn't give you any meat? Are you from a bandit family? This is the military, we fight bandits here!" Fang Yuan said deliberately.
Zhang Xiuzhen quickly chimed in, "Sister-in-law, please don't take the child seriously. He doesn't understand anything and just talks nonsense. I'm really sorry, I'll come over again next time to apologize!"
Fang Yuan's words terrified her.
"Jinbao, let's go!"
Seeing that Liu Lan wouldn't speak up for her, she knew she wouldn't get away with it today, so she grabbed her child and headed back.
"I won't leave, I won't leave! You promised to take me out to eat meat, I want to eat meat!"
Upon hearing that he was being told to go back and quit, Zhang Baogen immediately turned around, sat on the ground, and started throwing a tantrum.
My aunt clearly said that if he went out to play, he could eat meat, but he hasn't eaten any meat yet, so he won't go.
"Stop fooling around, I'll cook you meat when we get home!"
Zhang Xiuzhen blushed and lifted Zhang Baogen up, coaxing him softly.
She harbored intense hatred for Fang Yuan; she always felt that this woman was her nemesis.
Looking at her naive and innocent young lady demeanor, and then at her own rough skin, she felt very uncomfortable.
After the two left, Fang Yuan said to Liu Lan again, "Sister-in-law, did you see that? When I said their family looked like bandits, this woman's face immediately changed."
"Sister-in-law saw it. You go back first, I'll go chat with your Aunt Luo for a bit!"
Although Liu Lan has a forthright personality, she is not stupid.
That woman's expression just now definitely indicates something's wrong at home; we need to get the higher-ups to investigate thoroughly.
"Okay, I'll head back now."
Once Fang Yuan was certain that someone would take care of that family, she hummed a song with relief as she went into the house.
She wanted to see how long this family could stay in the army.
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"You slut, you're despicable, you slut!"
Zhang Xiuzhen returned home seething with anger and kept cursing.
She knew about her family's situation, though others didn't.
My father had a problematic background; he came to their hometown village under the pretext of fleeing famine and settled down in that remote and impoverished place.
She didn't want to stay poor forever; she wanted to marry into a good family so she wouldn't have to farm anymore.
It took a lot of effort to convince her mother to let her take her sister-in-law's place in the army so she could earn a good reputation and get married.
She never expected to meet Fang Yuan, the woman she envied and was jealous of.
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