quarrel

In order to better assist Mr. Dong, Ye Min had one more thing to do every day for a while, which was reading medical books.

She has a lot of medical books, most of which were left by her mother, and a few she bought from second-hand bookstores. When she joined the army last year, she didn't bring much else with her, only a box of medical books, which cost a lot of money to send from Jiangcheng.

Ye Min has read almost all of these books, and can remember the general idea after reading them. However, no matter how many medical books one reads or how rich one's theoretical knowledge is, without practice, it is difficult to absorb much of the content.

It would be fine to take out a book and read it from time to time, but after joining the army, Ye Min has been very busy. She has to adapt to work and take care of Meng Zheng. This year, there is also An An, so she really doesn't have much time to read.

So when Ye Min opened these books again, she found that she could no longer remember a lot of the content.

Ye Min was very enthusiastic in her studies, but Meng Cheng felt uncomfortable. Originally, due to limited family planning supplies, sweating easily during exercise, and inconvenient showering, they only had sex two or three days a week.

Meng Cheng thought that two or three days a week, two or three times a day, was just enough. But since Ye Min started learning, he couldn't even maintain two or three days a week, let alone two or three times a day.

Meng Cheng felt that he needed to talk to Ye Min.

But Ye Min always behaved maturely and rationally to the outside world, but she was very good at acting coquettishly in front of him. After listening to what he said, she said, "I know I have been a little cold to you recently, but isn't my job changing? I don't know what Mr. Dong's personality is like yet, so I can only try to learn more and hope to leave a good impression on him. I promise you that it will only be for this period of time. Once I get used to the job, I will compensate you well. How about that?"

As she spoke, she winked at him.

Meng Cheng wanted to ask her in an unromantic way if her eye was twitching, but he also thought she was cute. He also knew how important it was for Ye Min to be Mr. Dong's assistant.

When he was on a mission, he would be away from home for ten days or half a month. Naturally, Ye Min would sometimes neglect him temporarily because of her career. In comparison, she was the one who gave more. At least she was busy with work and would come home every night. After she finished reading, they could also talk together.

He raised his opinion with Ye Min, not because he was really dissatisfied, but more because he wanted to bargain with her. He asked, "When you are done with this, are you going to pay me back for what I owe you during this period?"

But Ye Min was not so easily fooled, so she pretended to be stupid and asked, "What do you owe?"

"What do you think?"

Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, Ye Min said hesitantly, "These are two different things, right? And even if I can get started with the work smoothly, I will definitely be very busy in the future. Going to bed late will affect my work status the next day."

"It's okay. We can sleep at about the same time as before, seven days a week." Meng Cheng said, and before Ye Min could speak, he added, "If you sweat, I'll get you a bath. If the sheets and quilts get dirty, I'll change them."

He blocked her words, so Ye Min had to advise her earnestly: "You know it's easy for men to go downhill after they turn 30, right? If you don't cultivate yourself now, you may have nowhere to cry in the future."

Meng Cheng, who was originally planning to turn off the light and go to sleep after the conversation, turned over and pressed Ye Min, kissed her hard, and said through gritted teeth: "Anyway, men will go downhill at the age of 30, so of course I have to be happy before then. Let's not sleep tonight."

…

Of course it was impossible not to sleep, but that night the two of them did sleep later than usual.

In the next few days, Meng Cheng stopped disturbing Ye Min's studies and took on more of the work of coaxing the baby at night so that Ye Min could sleep through the night.

In the midst of busyness, October has come to an end unknowingly.

It was also at this time that Ye Min learned about Li Wenxiu's death from Meng Cheng.

Li Wenxiu's attempt to switch An An happened in early April, and she was sentenced to death at the end of April. It has been half a year now.

Although Ye Min had not completely forgotten about this incident, she rarely thought about Li Wenxiu. She was slightly stunned when Meng Cheng suddenly mentioned this matter. After a while, she asked, "Wasn't her case heard in late April? Why is it only now..."

Meng Cheng said: "After sentencing, there were still procedures to go through. In addition, two of her relatives had fled at the time. Li Wenxiu knew a lot about them. In order to catch them, her execution was postponed for several months."

Although Li Wenxiu was a spy, she was not directly instigated by foreign forces. She was a small leader in a small gang that controlled the black market near Donghe County.

As for why Li Wenxiu joined the gang, strictly speaking it was just a coincidence.

One time, she was out on an errand at the farm, but she got home late because of something unexpected. When she passed by a small forest, she happened to hear the little leader discussing something with his accomplices. She was so frightened that she made a noise while running away and was caught.

The gang initially wanted to kill Li Wenxiu, but after realizing their intentions, Li Wenxiu quickly surrendered to them.

After being sent down to the countryside, Li Wenxiu seemed to have been reformed well, but in fact she was full of hatred in her heart. If she had not met that group of people, she might not have done anything. But when she met them and faced the crisis of her life, she naturally chose to live without hesitation.

At first, the group didn't believe Li Wenxiu, and they didn't think she, who was sent down to the farm, could be of any use. But Li Wenxiu said that there were many people with the same background as her on the farm, and she could persuade them to rebel. And although she was sent down, the farm manager trusted her very much, and she could enter and leave the farm freely and infiltrate the masses.

Although what the gang members who control the black market do is illegal, they are after money and don't want to risk their lives. Therefore, although the small leaders are well-informed and can usually deal with all kinds of people, they dare not rashly develop their subordinates.

Therefore, Li Wenxiu's proposal was very tempting to him. Moreover, although they were spies, the foreign forces did not pay them wages. Having one more person under his command would only bring him advantages and no disadvantages.

He was not afraid that Li Wenxiu would report him. Once they joined the gang, they were like grasshoppers on a rope, and she would not be able to escape if he was exposed.

So the two of them started to cooperate with each other.

When she first started working with the small leader, Li Wenxiu was indeed not very sincere. But as she got deeper into the organization for a long time and learned that foreign forces had channels to send them abroad, her thoughts gradually changed and she began to want to make a contribution.

And switching the children was Li Wenxiu's most important plan.

Of course, after Li Wenxiu was arrested, her plans all vanished. She was not a very determined person, and after her identity as a spy was exposed, she quickly confessed her superiors and the people she had successfully recruited.

These people were not important figures. Except for Li Wenxiu's two superiors who received the news in advance and fled, which caused some trouble, the arrest process of the others was smooth.

In addition to Li Wenxiu, Meng Cheng also received news about Xu Haiyang: "He has not had a good time since he was transferred to prison. The other prisoners in the prison hate him and often pick on him. He even had one hand broken a few days ago."

Although those in prison are not good people and everyone has a case on hand, there is also a chain of contempt for criminals. Serious criminals look down on petty thieves, and petty thieves look down on rape and rape offenders. But no matter which chain of contempt it is, human traffickers are at the bottom and are bullied by everyone.

Xu Haiyang was convicted of human trafficking.

After being transferred to prison, Xu Haiyang was always at the bottom of the contempt chain, so even though he was a spineless person and always kept a low profile, he was often bullied.

Moreover, Xu Haiyang was involved in a serious crime, and his wife Li Wenxiu was a spy. Even if he knew nothing about it, all these factors meant that he was doomed to not be able to undergo labor reform like those criminals with less serious crimes.

As expected, he spent ten years in prison.

…

In fact, Li Wenxiu was not the only one who ate peanuts this time. Among the other spies she betrayed, those with serious circumstances were sentenced to death, and their execution time was about the same as Li Wenxiu's.

When Li Wenxiu was first sentenced, the specific news did not leak out because two spies were not caught. But this time everyone was caught in one fell swoop, so the higher-ups did not hide the matter.

After the news reached the family compound, everyone discussed it for several days.

However, among these captured spies, the one that was discussed the most was Li Wenxiu, and the most discussed issue regarding Li Wenxiu was her attempt to switch An An.

As a result, Ye Min received a lot of condolences, and some people even came to ask her how she felt after learning that Li Wenxiu had passed away.

Ye Min did not hide it and said directly that she was very happy.

She was indeed very happy. Although Li Wenxiu's plan did not succeed in this life, in the original novel, their family was played around by her. Whenever she thought of An An's tragic fate in the original novel, she couldn't help but feel hatred for those two people.

After knowing their recent situation, she did not buy firecrackers to celebrate. This was the result of restraint again and again, so she did not shy away from letting others know her thoughts.

Everyone understood her very well. If some people still felt that Li Wenxiu did not deserve the death penalty when they first learned that she was sentenced to death, then after knowing that she was a spy, everyone completely lost their sympathy for her.

The husbands of those who can join the army usually have high ranks. In the army, someone like Meng Cheng who becomes a deputy battalion commander at the age of 25 or 26 is already very young and promising.

The vast majority of the military wives in the compound are over 30 years old and have experienced war, so they particularly hate those who betray their country.

Moreover, even now, their country is not completely stable. People in the heartland of the motherland may not be aware of this, but the military wives who followed their husbands to the border know it very well.

A few years ago, when civil war broke out in our neighboring country, the local troops provided support several times. Most of the soldiers in the compound had participated in the Vietnam War.

Moreover, Li Wenxiu was a spy, yet she dared to deliberately switch the children of military personnel. It is terrifying to think about it carefully!

But not everyone is smart enough to see the connection. One day, when Ye Min and Qian Xiaoyun finished lunch and went to the yard to wash dishes, they heard a voice from the next yard: "Some people here look weak and gentle, but they are actually vicious. If someone offends her by accident, she will wish that person dead!"

Ye Min looked in the direction of the voice and saw Wei Chunhua in the next yard getting more and more excited as she spoke: "This kind of person is still doing the job of curing diseases and saving lives. It's scary just thinking about it!"

She had clearly seen Ye Min's figure a long time ago, but when she looked up, Wei Chunhua pretended to have just noticed her and asked with a glare, "What are you looking at?"

Ye Min said with a chuckle: "It's been a long time since I've seen what an idiot looks like. It's strange to see."

Although her expression was calm, the killing power in her words was not weak at all. Wei Chunhua jumped up from the stool at that time, ignoring the obstruction of the military wife beside her, strode out of her yard, rushed to Ye Min, pointed at her and asked: "What do you mean? Say it to me again!"

"I said you were an idiot!"

Wei Chunhua is not tall, and her figure is neither fat nor thin, but she is not used to being unreasonable. Pointing at Ye Min like this, she seems to be quite powerful.

But Ye Min did not back down. He looked Wei Chunhua straight in the eye and said, "I am right here. If you have anything you are dissatisfied with, just tell me directly. If you are not ashamed of yourself and are talking nonsense, I feel ashamed for you!"

When Wei Chunhua heard Ye Min say that she was making insinuations, she felt guilty for a moment, but she quickly realized that she had nothing to feel guilty about! She hadn't said anything wrong!

So he straightened his chest and said, "Could it be that what I said was wrong?"

"What's right about what you said?" Ye Min asked, and without waiting for her to answer, she pretended to be enlightened and said, "Oh, you are complaining about Li Wenxiu, right? You think that her wanting to switch my daughter is a small matter, and that I am vicious for being happy when she dies?"

Wei Chunhua wanted to say that she had no grievances for Li Wenxiu, but after hearing the second half of Ye Min's sentence, she felt that it was all right, so she nodded and said, "Although she wanted to switch your daughter, didn't she fail? Your daughter is fine, so you wish her death, don't you think you are vicious?"

Ye Min smiled when he heard this, and without saying anything, he turned off the faucet and rushed forward to slap Wei Chunhua left and right, "Pa Pa".

Wei Chunhua didn't expect that she would attack directly. She covered her face and shouted in disbelief: "Ye Min! I will fight you!"

But before Wei Chunhua could rush forward, Ye Min took two steps back and left her attack range, and the military wife who had been chatting with her before also hurried forward to hold her back: "Chunhua, don't be impulsive, let's talk it over."

Wei Chunhua was furious: "What is there to say? Didn't you see she slapped me twice right after she came up?"

Qian Xiaoyun, who was sleeping soundly in the room, also heard the noise and came out to block Ye Min, but the latter pulled her behind him and said in a shocked voice louder than Wei Chunhua: "Although I slapped you twice, you didn't lose any flesh, but you looked like you wanted to kill me. You are too vicious!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Chunhua and her friends were stunned.

"Does this sound familiar to you? Yes, you just said that to me. I just slapped you twice, but you hated me so much. Li Wenxiu wanted to steal my daughter. If I hadn't discovered it in advance, my family might have been destroyed. Isn't it normal for me to hate her?"

Ye Min said with a contemptuous smile: "To put it bluntly, people like you are just talking without any hesitation. If you encounter such a thing, you might be even more outrageous than me. How dare you make indirect accusations here?"

Wei Chunhua was indeed easy to talk about, so she looked a little uncomfortable after being exposed by Ye Min. But after hearing the last half of the sentence, she couldn't hold back her anger and said, "Even if I am wrong, what about you? Is there anyone like you? You didn't even talk politely, but slapped me twice. I tell you, you must apologize to me today!"

"What will you do if I don't apologize?"

Wei Chunhua wanted to fight back, but she also saw that Ye Min looked frail but was actually vicious and hard-hearted, and was not easy to mess with, so she said, "If you don't apologize, I will sue you at the Women's Federation! Let the Women's Federation record your mistakes! Report and criticize you!"

Ye Min nodded without hesitation: "Okay, then let's go to the Women's Federation."

Qian Xiaoyun's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Minmin."

Ye Min just patted her hands and said, "Don't worry, even if she doesn't ask me to go to the Women's Federation, I still want to go there to talk about the military wives in the compound complaining about the spies!"

Now it was Wei Chunhua's turn to change her expression: "Who is speaking up for the spies?"

"Who else but you?" Ye Min asked, "You must know that Li Wenxiu is a spy, and she eats peanuts because of this, right?"

This matter had spread all over the compound, and Wei Chunhua certainly knew about it, but she was just focusing on finding fault with Ye Min and didn't pay much attention to it. After hearing what Ye Min said, she realized the problem and quickly explained, "I didn't! When did I ever speak up for her? Don't slander me!"

"Whether you have spoken up for the spies or not is not up to me. I have to tell the Women's Federation, and then the Women's Federation will report it to the army, and the army will make the decision." Ye Min said to the military wife next to Wei Chunhua, "Please go to the Women's Federation and ask Director Li to come."

Wei Chunhua was frightened and quickly grabbed the military wife's hand and said, "No!"

The military wives around Wei Chunhua are her friends. Although they have complaints about her looking for trouble, they don't want to cause trouble. After being caught by her, they have given up the idea of ​​joining the Women's Federation.

Until Ye Min said, "Why don't you move? Are you on the side of Comrade Wei who is dissatisfied with the spies?"

Although the fact that Wei Chunhua spoke out for the spies has not yet been concluded, it is a big accusation, especially for them as military wives, whose every word and action may affect their men's careers.

The military wife next to Wei Chunhua was frightened when she heard this. She pushed her friend's hand away, not daring to even look at her, and walked away with her head down.

Wei Chunhua was completely scared because none of her friends stood on her side. She turned around and wanted to go back. Ye Min did not stop her and went straight back to the house with Qian Xiaoyun to see their daughter.

Ye Min looked calm, but Qian Xiaoyun was a little worried. After sitting down, he asked, "Will you offend Wei Chunhua by doing this?"

"Don't you see?"

"What?"

"She has hated me for a long time," Ye Min sneered. "People like Wei Chunhua, the more I ignore her, the more she will go online to cause me trouble. If I want to have peace, I can only beat her until she is afraid."

In fact, she and Wei Chunhua didn't have much interaction in normal times. If there was any conflict, it was that they had an argument when she gave birth to An An and had just returned from the hospital.

But it was Wei Chunhua who initially started that argument, and she was fighting back.

After that, they never spoke again until Qian Xiaoyun married Ding Yang and became Wei Chunhua's neighbor. They met more often. But they only met and never quarreled. For Ye Min, the quarrel had been forgotten after half a year.

But who would have known that Wei Chunhua, after all, was the battalion commander's wife, could be so petty and still remember the quarrel from half a year ago.

If Wei Chunhua insisted on causing trouble, she would certainly not be afraid. Besides, this person's IQ was really low. She just guided him with a few words and he handed the handle to her. She would be embarrassed not to give him a beating.

…

The working hours of the Women's Federation are quite relaxed, only eight hours a day, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with a two-hour break at noon.

But the children of Li Yahong, director of the Women's Federation, have grown up. Some have gone to serve in the army, while others have gone to school. She and her husband are the only ones left at home.

Her husband was the kind of person who was obsessed with work. In order to save time, he usually had lunch in the canteen of the division headquarters and then went back to the office to continue his work. So Li Yahong was the only one eating at home at noon. She was too lazy to bother, so she simply followed his example and ate in the canteen, devoting all the extra time to work.

So even though it was lunch time, Li Yahong arrived very quickly.

On the way, Li Yahong briefly understood the situation. Although the military wife listened to Ye Min and went to the Women's Federation because Wei Chunhua complained about the spies, she was also angry with Ye Min in her heart. After arriving at the Women's Federation, she did not explain the situation clearly, but only said that the two of them had a quarrel.

So when Li Yahong rushed to Qian Xiaoyun's house and saw that there was no one outside, she couldn't help but reveal a bit of confusion on her face: "Didn't they say they were arguing? Where are they?"

The military wife was also confused: "They were still here when I left!"

Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of her, Li Yahong went straight into Qian Xiaoyun's yard. Just as she was about to call for help, she saw Ye Min coming out and said with a smile, "Director Li, you're here?"

Seeing Ye Min, Li Yahong quickly looked her up and down. Seeing that her face was not injured and her clothes were not dirty, she looked like nothing had happened. She asked hesitantly, "Xiao Zhao came to me and said that you and Wei Chunhua had a quarrel?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Min glanced at the military wife named Xiao Zhao. She felt guilty and did not dare to look into her eyes. She quickly shrugged her shoulders and lowered her head to avoid her gaze.

Ye Min didn't argue with her and said, "There was some dispute, but I asked Sister Zhao to find you not only because of this matter."

Li Yahong asked: "Why is that?"

"Because Comrade Wei Chunhua made some remarks in front of me that spoke out against the spies."

From what Xiao Zhao said, Li Yahong originally thought that this was just an ordinary dispute between military wives. Although she had a headache on the way here, she did not take it too seriously.

There are hundreds of families living in the family compound, and these people come from all over the world. Customs and practices vary from place to place, so it is normal for conflicts to occur.

In the years since she became the director of the Women's Federation, she has mediated dozens if not hundreds of conflicts between military wives. So when she didn't see them just now, she was secretly happy in her heart, thinking that they had broken up so quickly and the conflict was not serious.

But she relaxed for just a few minutes before hearing Ye Min's words. Her demeanor suddenly changed, and she asked in a serious tone, "What did Wei Chunhua say?"

"She said..."

Before Ye Min finished speaking, Wei Chunhua, who was eavesdropping from her own window, could no longer bear it and pushed open the window and shouted, "She is slandering us! Director Li, you can't listen to her nonsense!"

Seeing her shouting while clinging to the window, Li Yahong's face darkened, but she did not jump to conclusion. She called them over, and asked Qian Xiaoyun to bring out a few stools, and let them start from the beginning.

Ye Min was the first to speak. She did not add any exaggeration to what she said and the dialogue was basically a complete reproduction.

Wei Chunhua, on the other hand, knew that once this hat was put on her, not only would it affect her husband's career, but she might also be demoted. She felt very guilty and spoke up several times to defend herself, saying that she did not say that.

But Li Yahong would not believe everything Wei Chunhua said just because she was shouting so loudly. Every time she spoke to defend herself, she would ask Xiao Zhao about the details.

Xiao Zhao was afraid that she would be implicated by Wei Chunhua, so she naturally did not dare to side with Wei Chunhua. She basically told everything she heard, and what she told was basically consistent with what Ye Min said.

Wei Chunhua and Ye Min had already had conflicts, so when Ye Min explained the situation, although she was angry, she was able to hold back from hitting him. But when Xiao Zhao, whom she regarded as a friend, denied her explanation several times, she could no longer hold back.

When Xiao Zhao leaned towards Ye Min again, Wei Chunhua rushed over and grabbed her hair, her eyes red with anger as she said, "You're lying! I didn't mean that at all!"

However, Xiao Zhao was not someone who would passively take a beating. He fought back even though he was grimacing in pain. He also grabbed Wei Chunhua's hair and shouted, "I don't care what you mean! You said these words yourself, and no one forced you to. You know what you mean!"

The two of them were fighting each other, one slapping me and the other pinching me with my nail, and they were inseparable. Li Yahong did not try to pull them apart until a military wife who was about to go to work passed by Qian Xiaoyun's house, saw the scene, came over to lend a hand, and finally separated the two.

After they separated, Wei Chunhua was still emotional and wanted to continue beating Xiao Zhao. But this time, before she could rush forward, Li Yahong yelled at her, "Wei Chunhua! Do you believe me or not, I will report this to the police right now!"

When she heard the word "report", Wei Chunhua instantly wilted and said with red eyes: "Director Li, I really don't mean to speak up for the spies."

Li Yahong actually believed what Wei Chunhua said. Although this person was annoying and stupid, her thinking was not that crooked.

Her words sounded like she was speaking up for Li Wenxiu, but people who knew her knew that she was just trying to pick a fight with Ye Min. As for the fact that Li Wenxiu was a spy, she probably didn't pay much attention to it.

But this matter is not something that can be decided by whether she believes it or not. What time is it now? It is the period of the Great Movement! How many people were accused and sent to prison for saying something wrong? What's more, the one she was involved with was a spy.

Even if the situation in the army was better than outside, it would be fine if she hadn't caused any big fuss by saying these words, but now that it has, an investigation is inevitable.

The political sensitivity is really too low!

Li Yahong thought about it and said, "Okay, it's useless for you to tell me this. I will report this matter later. Go back and think about how to explain it to the disciplinary committee."

"Director Li!" Wei Chunhua shouted hurriedly. When she got no response, she looked at Ye Min with anger on her face. "Are you satisfied now?"

Ye Min thought that she was indeed very satisfied, but before she could say anything, Li Yahong gave her a sidelong glance. She quickly shut her mouth and looked at her nose, pretending to be honest.

After glaring at Ye Min, Li Yahong rebuked Wei Chunhua, "That's enough! You said it yourself, why are you dragging other people into this? Do you think things aren't confusing enough? Or have you figured out how to explain this to the disciplinary committee? Do you need me to report this now?"

Hearing the threat from Li Yahong, Wei Chunhua dared not say anything more. She pursed her lips and turned back.

After Wei Chunhua left, Li Yahong simply comforted Xiao Zhao. The latter had already calmed down. Knowing that he felt guilty, he did not dare to argue too much and soon left in shame.

After another military wife who came to help left, Li Yahong looked at Ye Min and wanted to say something, but in the end she just sighed and said, "After all, we are all military wives, and it is important to get along with each other in a friendly manner."

Ye Min didn't feel guilty at all, she said with her hands up: "I wanted to be friendly, but she insisted on picking on me, and I couldn't do anything about it. Besides, I didn't force her to say those words."

Wei Chunhua's IQ is not high enough to understand the guiding meaning of Ye Min's words, but Li Yahong has been working in the Women's Federation for more than ten years, so it is clear to her that she cannot understand.

But thinking that it was Wei Chunhua who had instigated this matter, Ye Min, who was usually very tactful in dealing with people, swallowed back his words and said helplessly: "You, you!"

Although Ye Min acted very tough, she was not ignorant of the ways of the world. When she heard Li Yahong's tone soften, she smiled flatteringly: "Don't worry, I will definitely be honest in the future. As long as others don't provoke me, I will definitely not cause trouble!"

Li Yahong smiled when she heard it: "Okay."