The second regimental commander stood up, saluted, and then lowered his hand with a serious expression.
"There are some things you may not like to hear, but I'm going to say them."
Comrade Jin's behavior and words were inappropriate. You hit him, and he has already admitted defeat. It's best to leave it at that. Continuing to make trouble will only lead to more disputes.
The military has its own rules; they won't allow anyone to punish a female comrade by making her write her name ten thousand times.
“Alright, let him write a 50,000-word self-criticism.” Ruan Xianxian took a step back, her expression half-smiling.
"If you keep babbling, I'll take my men and leave immediately. Whoever wants to deal with what happens here can take care of it. Jin Fei disgusts me. My stomach is upset, and I don't want to serve him anymore."
The second regimental commander's face fell. Oh no, the grudge needed to be shifted; running away was the best option.
"I will convey Comrade Ruan's original words to the deputy division commander later."
I'm being so blunt, you should understand who Jin Fei's protector is, right?
The second regimental commander blinked.
This person has a really strong will to survive. Ruan Xianxian took a sip of water; she really didn't intend to kill Jin Fei.
Such a good man is hard to find even in broad daylight. If she misses him, where will she find a second hot pit for Wenrou? No, where will she find a second good marriage?
Continuing to cause trouble will only cut off his chances of being promoted in the short term.
Everyone present was a witness. When she personally went to the Second Division to demand the debt from Jin Wen and his wife, they would have no complaints, right?
Ruan Xianxian put down her teacup and said as if talking to herself, "Comrade Jin's partner is an educated youth from my brigade. I really hope his marriage application will be approved soon."
I can also eat a couple of pieces of wedding candy to share in the joy.
The report has already been submitted, right? Hurry up and approve it. What if Jin Fei thinks Wenrou is shameful after this incident and doesn't want her anymore?
Meeting this guy's meaningful gaze, the second regimental commander was stunned for a moment, then realized what he meant, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
The deputy division commander married Jin Fei's cousin. A thousand-mile dike is breached by an ant. Given the opportunity, who wouldn't want to continue to rise in rank?
Having weighed the pros and cons, he seemed to have a breakthrough, and a secret deal was completed under the tacit understanding between the two.
The third regimental commander nudged Feng Bai's elbow. "What kind of riddles are they playing?"
Feng Bai raised his hand and slapped away the big pig's trotter that was picking at him. No matter what kind of riddles were being played, his grandfather was behind it all, so why bother with so much?
The regimental commanders all had their own important matters to attend to. As the excitement subsided, Tiaozi's wife was led into the camp by a soldier.
The woman had dark skin and a slender figure. Her large eyes took up almost half of her face, and they radiated an extraordinary excitement.
Upon entering, they immediately bowed down.
This startled Ruan Xianxian and Xiaobing.
The two men caught her almost simultaneously.
"Big sister, you can't bow down like that. If you bow down, you're not asking for my help, you're just asking me for help. Just say what you need to say."
Without hesitation, the woman pointed to herself, her eyes gleaming, "Aren't they searching outside for who leaked the information that there's a female corpse in Baishi Village?"
It's me.
"Explain yourself clearly." Ruan Xianxian's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why did you leak this information to the outside world? Who is your supplier?"
She instinctively felt that this woman was strange; the excitement in her eyes was too unusual.
To everyone's surprise, the woman burst into tears immediately after he finished speaking.
She told the two of them a story.
The woman's name was Ji Hong. She was born in the neighboring Chuntian Commune. Her mother was the production team leader, and her father had a remarkable skill in identifying medicinal herbs.
Parents are loving and siblings are harmonious.
As the eldest daughter in the family, her parents carefully planned her marriage. After inquiring, they found that Baishi Village in the neighboring commune was the most affluent village in the entire county.
Coincidentally, the grandson of the old village chief of Baishi Village was also looking for a wife. Ji Hongsheng wasn't exactly beautiful, but she was tall with big eyes.
Through the matchmaker's introduction, the two young people fell in love with each other, and both were interested in each other.
Around 70 years ago, the old village chief's family suddenly offered 50 yuan as a betrothal gift, saying that the dowry was something for her family to consider, as they were not after their grandson's dowry.
Both of Ji Hong's parents felt that she was very fortunate to have married into a truly good family.
And that's exactly what happened. After the marriage, the parents-in-law didn't care about anything. Unlike other elderly people, they didn't just watch their daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law suffer.
Her husband was very strong and took care of all the physical labor inside and outside the house, so she enjoyed a good life for a while.
When Ji Hong was diagnosed with pregnancy, her mother-in-law killed the hen that had been raised in the backyard for two years and was still laying eggs, without saying a word.
In rural areas, hens are often called "chicken butt banks" because a family's nutrition depends entirely on their eggs.
Ji Hong was deeply moved by her mother-in-law's act of killing the chicken without saying a word. At that moment, she felt like the happiest woman in the world.
Having said this, the woman's face was filled with bitterness and a deep-seated hatred.
"Until my family heard the news of my pregnancy, my mother came to visit me with my favorite dried sweet potatoes and a basket of eggs..."
It was harvest time, and Ji's mother only managed to get half a day off. In order to see her pregnant daughter as soon as possible, she chose to take a shortcut into the mountains.
“My mother went into the mountains and never came out again. She was never seen alive or dead. My husband’s family mobilized the able-bodied men in the clan to search for her, but they found nothing.”
I also lost my first child due to excessive grief and stress.
The mother's passing was a heavy blow to the Ji family. The father fell ill and spent the winter in bed, only just recovering.
When spring arrived, her father sent her eldest brother to Baishi Village to visit his younger sister.
The eldest brother told his younger sister that it was impossible for her not to feel any resentment about their mother's death; their feelings were extremely complicated.
But given his father's orders, he decided to go anyway.
In fact, because Ji Hong insisted on going into the mountains to search for someone, which led to her miscarriage, her in-laws' attitude towards her had already deteriorated significantly.
If there's nothing else, they might beat or scold her, but they'd treat her like she wasn't there, never giving her a share of the cooked food, and deliberately ignoring her in all matters, big and small.
This stark contrast in treatment made Ji Hong very upset. To say she was mistreated wouldn't be an exaggeration; compared to the families in the village who frequently beat and scolded their wives, her life was much better.
In an effort to win back her in-laws' hearts, she tried her best to please them, taking the initiative to cook meals, wash her parents-in-law's clothes, and serving her husband with utmost care.
But her family didn't appreciate her efforts at all.
As winter passed, her husband was particularly diligent in bed, but when spring came, there was still no good news about her pregnancy, and his attitude towards her gradually cooled down, except in bed.
It was precisely this that made Ji Hong feel that there was still hope for their relationship.
As the old saying goes, a rope always breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune always finds those who are destined for hardship.
Whether the eldest brother of the Ji family was born stubborn or held onto a sliver of hope in finding his mother, he chose to embark on the path where his mother disappeared.
Unsurprisingly, an accident occurred.
In the dead of night, the second brother and younger sister of the Ji family, along with their father and the rest of the family, drove an oxcart to Baishi Village and knocked on the gate of the husband's family's courtyard.
When she learned that her older brother had said he was coming to see her but hadn't returned home that night, her father panicked. He borrowed an oxcart from the village and rushed to his son-in-law's house to ask if her older brother was staying there... Ji Hongtian felt like her world had collapsed.
Because she didn't see her older brother at all that day.
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