In the afternoon, the women in the compound sat under a tree, some were sewing shoe soles, some were knitting sweaters, and some were holding their children.
Yang Liqiu said, "Did you hear that Xu Zhaodi was really called in for interrogation this morning? I don't know if this is true or not."
Yang Liqiu saw it with her own eyes and just said it on purpose. When talking to these women, one should be careful when necessary to avoid them gossiping about him behind his back.
Feng Xiujuan snorted coldly and poked the needle in her hair.
"Humph, if it's true, how can it be false?
Didn't you see her being taken away?"
Several women in the compound saw it, but Feng Xiujuan didn't really look at it.
A few people standing by were laughing, looking at him happily and relieved, as if they were gloating over his misfortune.
"I saw it, I saw it with my own eyes. He was limping and looked so pitiful."
Feng Xiujuan said, "Pfft, pity what? When people bullied you, why didn't they pity you?"
The woman curled her lips and couldn't help rolling her eyes.
There are only a few women like this in the compound, and none of them can stand the other being better than them. At the same time, no one takes advantage of the other, and no one is easy to deal with.
The reason why so many people dislike Xu Zhaodi is because she is lucky. No matter how much trouble she makes, Captain Chen, that perfect man, can tolerate her.
When Xu Zhaodi was around, they could still gain some advantage by talking to her, but when they gossiped in front of Feng Xiujuan, they couldn't gain any advantage at all.
Yang Liqiu said: "I don't know if this job quota is still hers?"
When this matter was mentioned, Feng Xiujuan instantly felt annoyed.
At noon, their husband, Mr. Jiang, warned her not to provoke him.
She has already reported it, and now she doesn't know how her boss will handle it.
A person standing by sighed, "Oh, if only I could have this good fortune. Twenty dollars a month can buy a lot of fine food."
The others were silent for a while. Feng Xiujuan felt that this job was really unpleasant, but getting that twenty yuan was indeed tempting.
There was a meeting in the evening, so when Chen Jianguo arrived, he got some food from the cafeteria. Xu Zhaodi endured the pain in her feet and blanched the wild vegetables left over from yesterday and made a cold dish. The two of them had a simple meal together.
Before leaving, Chen Jianguo said, "I have a meeting tonight, you should go to bed early."
Xu Zhaodi was still frightened by what happened in the morning. She didn't know whether she should tell Chen Jianguo about it. After thinking about it, she decided not to say anything.
In the conference room, everyone arrived on time.
Political Commissar Zhou and several other leaders were sitting at the table. They spoke directly of the topic of the meeting. At first, Chen Jianguo thought it was nothing, but when he heard about the family compound, he guessed what was going to be discussed next.
Although Political Commissar Zhou did not mention any names, Chen Jianguo knew it very well.
After the meeting, Political Commissar Zhou left Chen Jianguo and Jiang Dahai behind.
Jiang Dahai was still a little confused. The topic of the meeting that night didn't seem to have much to do with him.
The three of them went to the office. Political Commissar Zhou made a cup of tea for each of them and said, "You two, sit down. I called you here for nothing else but to chat."
Jiang Dahai and Chen Jianguo looked at each other, then they straightened their backs and sat upright.
Political Commissar Zhou said, "You all know what we mean by holding a meeting tonight. We will hire someone to give a collective ideological and political class to the wives of soldiers in the compound. Do you have any objections?"
Chen Jianguo said: "No problem, we will obey the leadership's arrangements."
Jiang Dahai said seriously, "Follow the leader's instructions."
Political Commissar Zhou took out a cigarette from his bag, looked at the two people in front of him and said, "I came to chat with you, why are you so nervous?
Would you like one each?"
Chen Jianguo shook his head, and Jiang Dahai followed suit.
Political Commissar Zhou was amused by the two men. He had never seen them relax in front of him.
"Okay, I'm not a tiger from the deep mountains and old forests, look how scared I am of you.
What I want to say is, Jiang Dahai, you should go and tell your wife that I can tell you if there is anything in the future. After you discuss it, tell me. This morning, your wife came to me to report Xiao Chen's wife. I also investigated it and found that it was all nonsense without any real basis.
And you, Xiao Chen, should ask your wife to control her mouth in the future. Speaking requires skills. We all come from all over the world and are like family in this compound. We see each other every day and we have to help each other. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Just understand each other.
Some things, big or small, will calm down if you endure them for a while, you know?"
When Jiang Dahai heard this, he scratched his knees hard with his hands.
This bitch, he had just told her at noon to keep her mouth shut and not talk nonsense, and he was still sure that it was not this bitch who stabbed someone in the back, but in the evening he was slapped in the face by Political Commissar Zhou.
Jiang Dahai said: "Political Commissar, is it really our husband who reported it?"
Political Commissar Zhou's face froze: "How many years have you been with me? Am I the kind of person who talks nonsense?"
Seeing that Jiang Dahai looked unhappy, Political Commissar Zhou warned him, "I am warning you, I am asking you to go and do ideological work on your wife, so don't mess with her when you go. A real man should be able to be patient and tolerant, understand?"
Jiang Dahai was almost furious. He and Chen Jianguo were close friends. Once during a mission before, if Chen Jianguo had not killed the bad guy in time, he would have been shot in the head.
Damn, this bitch is so shameless.
Fortunately, the matter was dealt with promptly by the political commissar. If it had really gotten out of hand, not only would Chen Jianguo be punished, but the entire compound would have been affected.
Jiang Dahai couldn't listen anymore. If it weren't for the clothes he was wearing, he would have wanted to rush over and beat up this bitch.
Chen Jianguo was also surprised when Feng Xiujuan reported it, because he saw her being polite at first and didn't think she was that kind of person.
Political Commissar Zhou said: "And you, Xiao Chen, I'm sure you also heard about the incident in the morning when I called your wife to the interrogation room.
You know, this is a necessary procedure, and don't take it to heart. I think your wife behaves very politely, and doesn't seem like the kind of person that everyone says she is. I think there must be some misunderstanding here.
In the past, your wife could go to work at the pig farm, but now that she has been reported, she definitely can't be given this job.
She herself said that her foot was injured and she couldn't go for the time being.
I think she is quite sensible. You can give her some advice on the work when you go there. If there is another opportunity in the future, I will try to get all the wives of soldiers who follow the troops in our compound to go there."
Chen Jianguo was not really angry, after all, he was used to it.
However, what was rare was that because of what happened in the interrogation room, she left a good impression on Political Commissar Zhou.
This is really surprising.
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