Zhao Qinglan's words were not very offensive, but extremely insulting.
Qian Hongxia's face visibly turned blue with anger.
"Zhao Qinglan, don't be so arrogant. This is a military family compound, not your personal fiefdom."
Zhao Qinglan raised an eyebrow. "Everyone heard that, right? Last time, the leader criticized me for not hitting people without thinking. I remembered that. Now, I can't even speak up if I don't hit people? They're trying to pin this on me. Do they think I'm made of clay and have no temper?"
"Listen to this, everyone! What kind of talk is this? Don't throw accusations around like that. Now I understand where this 'blatant lying' comes from. If everyone in our residential area talked nonsense like you, how would we all live in the future? Do we all want things to be like they were a few years ago?"
Mentioning the past few years brings back memories for everyone.
In those years, things were better only in the military. In other places, including the hometowns of many of them, whether they knew them or not, everyone lived in fear and trembling.
In an instant, everyone's gaze towards Qian Hongxia changed.
Indeed, you don't know the pain until the stick hits you.
But just thinking about having such a talkative person, who knows if you accidentally offend her one day and she'll secretly accuse you of something behind your back.
"If you ask me, Comrade Qinglan is more enlightened. Qian Hongxia, do you have too much free time? If you have this time, you should spend more time managing your own children and stop gossiping about other people's families," Wu Mei said unhappily.
She already disliked Qian Hongxia siding with Zhao Qinglan, and when she heard Qian Hongxia making baseless accusations in an attempt to incite conflict among the masses, she wished that this person would shut up immediately.
The military wives caused trouble all day long, and in the end, it was their husbands, the leaders, who were the ones who had the most headaches.
Sensing the change in everyone's demeanor, Qian Hongxia became nervous. "Don't make false accusations, that's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean? Why are you watching me all day and spreading rumors about my family?" Zhao Qinglan pressed on.
"no."
"No, it's not that. Should we go to the leaders now and ask them to settle this matter, and then ask everyone who started spreading rumors about my family?"
"If you don't dare to go, it means you're guilty!"
To be honest, Qian Hongxia was genuinely nervous and didn't dare to go.
"I... I can't argue with you, okay?" Qian Hongxia fled without buying anything.
Seeing her slink away, one of the military wives couldn't help but laugh.
Actually, everyone dislikes people like Qian Hongxia who spread rumors about others. The key is that if the rumors were true, it would be fine, but gossip and a love of watching the drama are national traits.
But to fabricate something out of thin air is going too far.
Today, Qian Hongxia encountered a tough opponent like Zhao Qinglan. If this had happened to them, they might not have been able to handle it so well.
Therefore, many military wives were delighted to see Zhao Qinglan decisively defeat Qian Hongxia.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Zhao Qinglan cleared her throat.
“We are all military wives. It’s one thing if others don’t understand how difficult it is for military wives, but surely we do? We should be considerate of each other and help each other. When we take care of our own families for our husbands, they can take care of the country for the people. Don’t you all agree?”
Yes, being a military wife is not easy. When she can't be with her husband at his home base, she has to take care of the elderly, raise the children, and worry about the safety of her husband. She may not see him for a long time.
Even though I was finally able to join the army, life didn't immediately become much easier.
Whenever the men in the family are on assignment, we have to live in constant fear, because we might have to send our allowances back to our hometown.
"Qinglan is right. We all have our struggles. Let's not worry about these trivial things all the time. The most important thing is to raise the children well and take good care of the home for the men in the family so that they can have peace of mind when they are away."
After speaking, Wu Mei paused again. "Let me presume to say this: from now on, if I hear anyone spreading rumors again, I'll drag her to see the leaders. As long as she's not afraid of embarrassing her husband or affecting his future, then go ahead and say whatever she wants!"
Wu Mei's words also sent chills down the spines of many military wives.
For a moment, the surroundings were silent for several seconds.
Seeing that everyone had taken her words to heart, Wu Mei waved her hand and said, "Everyone, disperse. Go do what you need to do, and stop crowding around here."
After the crowd had dispersed, Zhao Qinglan whispered to Wu Mei, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"No need to thank me, what you said is all true. I'm also annoyed by their gossip. It's good that I'm speaking out this time so that everyone will pay attention. My husband will be able to worry less in the future."
Having witnessed the prowess of Zhao Qinglan and Wu Mei, Wei Hong admired them somewhat and was even more grateful that she hadn't listened to Qian Hongxia's instigation last time.
She was determined to stay closer to these two neighbors in the future, and as for people like Qian Hongxia, she would stay as far away from them as possible.
As soon as Zhao Qinglan and the others returned with their purchases, Erwa came to greet them.
What delicious food are you going to make?
"Call me and I'll tell you."
The second child almost blurted out "Mom," but quickly covered his mouth and secretly glanced at the eldest child.
The older child ignored him.
Erwa then turned around and whispered like a mosquito, "Mom."
"Hey." Zhao Qinglan smiled broadly. Actually, she was just teasing Erwa, but she didn't expect that this time she would actually amuse him.
"Wait, Mom will make you some spicy bone broth hot pot!"
Bone broth spicy hot pot? What is this? Question marks appeared above the heads of the three children.
Erwa quickly asked Xiaoduo, "Have you eaten it?"
Xiao Duo shook her head. "No."
Because they had never even heard of it, the three children were incredibly excited about the meal they were about to eat.
After teasing Qian Hongxia, and being able to eat delicious food, Zhao Qinglan was in a very good mood, humming a little tune as she prepared the meal.
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