Chapter 49

"What? You're talking about Teacher Pan's daughter?" An older sister clapped her hands and said, "What's the matter? If you had told me earlier that she was Teacher Pan's daughter, I wouldn't have believed it at all!"

"That's right!"

"That's right!"

"My man has to smile even when he sees a leader's daughter. So, who dares to act like an elder to a leader's daughter?"

When everyone heard that the gossip heroine turned out to be the leader's daughter, they immediately changed sides and started to denounce Xia Hehua together.

"The Fan family loves to gossip, gossiping about people behind their backs all day long."

"Master Pan's daughter is only 18, how could she have anything to do with Captain Zhao? Old Zhao must be 40."

"We, Old Zhao, dare not say anything else, we are a first-class honest man!"

"Xia Hehua is talking nonsense."

Seeing that they were outnumbered, Xia Hehua knew the situation and retreated and closed the door in time, but she did not leave. She was lying on the door like a gecko and eavesdropping.

Hearing that everyone started to attack her, she got angry and slammed the door twice, saying without thinking: "What's wrong with the master's daughter? The master's daughter will not flirt with men?"

Everyone outside the door was silent.

In fact, this rhetoric is not a big problem in the village.

"What's wrong with the village chief's daughter? The village chief's daughter won't hook up with other people?"

Usually, the village chief would just put his hands on his hips and curse, or the village chief's wife would go up and tear the gossipy woman's mouth. The two women jumped and pointed their fingers at the air and cursed at each other.

But now everyone has entered the city, and this is the military compound.

When everyone was denouncing Xia Hehua, Qiao Wei couldn't get a word in at all. One reason was that she was not very familiar with them, and the other was that she had not yet adapted to their common words and accents.

But at this time, Qiao Wei spoke up.

She said seriously, "Everyone heard it, right?"

She then said to Sister Yang, "Sister-in-law, who are here today? Remember this. If Teacher Pan asks about it later, we have witnesses."

"Hey, women's quarrels, we don't need to alarm Teacher Pan, right?" Someone came out to smooth things over.

Because they had spread rumors before, and they didn't want the matter to escalate.

Qiao Wei said, "I heard that Pan's wife is in poor health and has been recuperating in the capital. His daughter is a young girl. Instead of living a luxurious life in the capital, she came all the way to a small place like ours to join the army and serve the country. We aunts and aunties hear people throwing dirty water on good girls. If we don't speak up for the girls, how can they live?"

Xia Hehua leaned against the door and heard something was wrong. She suddenly opened the door and said angrily, "What are you talking about! I didn't say Pan's daughter, I said Yang Zhaodi's man was having affairs!"

Sister Yang is Yang Zhaodi.

She was furious when she heard this and jumped up to quarrel with Xia Hehua again.

Qiao Wei held her down and shook her head slightly.

She said to Xia Hehua: "You said something, you can't just disappear if you don't admit it. We were fooled by you before, but we won't be fooled by you anymore."

She pointed out the accusation, and everyone immediately stood firm: "Yes! She said it, so I believed it."

Xia Hehua wanted to argue.

Qiao Wei took Sister Yang away. The main culprit had been found, and the truth had been clarified to the people involved. There was no need to have a meaningless quarrel.

Xia Hehua was so angry that she jumped on the spot. After cursing for a long time, she reacted: "Who is she?"

She didn't know Qiao Wei at all.

Qiao Wei clearly remembered how she bullied other people's children in kindergarten, but she didn't know Qiao Wei at all.

The original owner really didn't like to socialize with these rural families, so many people didn't really know her.

But there were a few who knew her: "She's the lover of Commander Yan."

"Which Yan?"

There were many people with the same surname in the army, and it was not enough to just say the surname but also ask which one it was.

The person answered: "It's the youngest commander in our military region."

Suddenly everyone realized: "Oh, him!"

"Why did I hear that he married a lazy woman?"

"...Listen to what you said? Which eye of yours saw that she was a lazy woman?"

They were all uneducated, and most of them, like Yang Zhaodi, had never been to school, and they learned a few words in the commune's anti-blind class.

Qiao Wei spoke like an official, and they were unconsciously in awe.

"I heard that she is an intellectual from the city."

"No wonder."

"What's wrong with an intellectual? What does it have to do with her? Why should she worry about what happens between me and Yang Zhaodi?" Xia Hehua stood with her hands on her hips and jumped up and down, saying

"Pooh". Recently, the military region has been doing salary evaluations, and there are some quotas for salary increases, and older cadres of the same level are given priority. Among the people selected for the assessment, there are her man and others, but there is also Yang Zhaodi's man Zhao Dongsheng.

She pushed Sister Yang and caused Sister Yang to almost have a miscarriage, which led to her losing her job. Later, the army did not arrange a new job for her, and she lost a salary. She thought it was all Yang Zhaodi's fault, so she held a grudge.

There are two kinds of people sleeping in the same quilt. She is such a person, and her husband is also a gossipmonger.

At night, she would gossip about the comrades who were selected this time. One of the sentences was "You know that Commander Pan's daughter has joined our military region. I saw Lao Zhao smiling at her like a flower today."

This was actually just one of his gossiping sentences. In addition to Commander Zhao, he also gossiped about other people.

However, Xia Hehua had an old grudge with Sister Yang, and she knew that the number of places for the evaluation this time was limited, and Commander Zhao was in a competitive relationship with her husband. She picked up this sentence alone, replaced "Commander Pan's daughter" with "new female soldier", and went to the public toilet to gossip with others. She

passed it on to a few people and was heard by Sister Yang at the agricultural and trade market.

When everyone heard her say this, they winked at each other.

In fact, if only Sister Yang came today, they would have thought that this matter would end with a quarrel and cursing between the two women. But the words of the wife of the head of the group, Yan, were so cold that people had a bad feeling.

No one wanted to get involved in this matter, so they looked at each other and no one responded to Xia Hehua's words. They all scattered like birds and beasts.

Xia Hehua was so angry that she stuck her neck out at the door and spat several times.

But when her husband came back at night, she didn't tell him about it.

She was used to quarreling in the village, so she didn't take it seriously. If she told him about it, she would be scolded. What's the point of saying it? She's not stupid.

She didn't even mention it.

Captain Fan didn't know anything at all.

Some other cadres in the compound had already heard about this from their wives, and the smart ones said, "Don't mix it up."

The woman asked, "What if it really gets to Commander Pan and we're asked to question him?"

The man said, "Why, are you still going to lie to Commander Pan about that slacker from the Fan family?"

"That can't be done," the woman said, "She even twisted our kid's arm."

On the other side, in the hometown area, after dinner, Captain Zhao and his wife, Yan Lei, and Qiao Wei and their spouses gathered together to discuss this matter.

"That's what she said," Qiao Wei said, "I think you can convey it directly to Commander Pan."

It can be said that she was completely standing on the standpoint of interests to deal with this matter.

Captain Zhao has a good relationship with Yan Lei, Sister Yang is really a good person, and the other party is unknown. Of course, Qiao Wei would stand on the side of the people who were close to her.

But Xia Hehua was spreading dirty rumors about a teenage sister of Teacher Pan, which directly crossed Qiao Wei's bottom line.

Qiao Wei now had subjective emotions about this matter.

"Did she really say that?" Yan Lei asked.

Sister Yang hurriedly said, "Many people heard it."

Qiao Wei added, "And I asked my sister-in-law to write down who was present. Right, sister-in-law?" Sister

Yang counted on her fingers, "The Lin family, the Li family, the Sun family, and another Sun family..."

Captain Zhao and Yan Lei looked at each other.

"Then I..." he said.

Yan Lei stood up: "Together."

Both men stood up.

Qiao Wei was slightly surprised: "Are we going now?"

Yan Lei said: "Since it's about the daughter of another woman, don't talk about it in the office. Let's talk about it in private."

Sister Yang asked: "Go to Teacher Pan's house?"

The teacher is such a high-ranking official, Sister Yang was still a little nervous.

"Yes." Yan Lei said, "You go together."

Sister Yang: "Huh?"

Qiao Wei stood up: "Let's go, sister-in-law. Xia Hehua is making up rumors about someone's daughter, and they are two grown men who can't open their mouths. We have to say it."

Sister Yang could have a few hours of cursing with Xia Hehua, but she was nervous when she was asked to face the leader.

"Sister-in-law, your sister-in-law can't talk." Captain Zhao said, "I'll rely on you later."

Sister Yang said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, I'll rely on you."

Qiao Wei agreed, "Okay."

Commander Pan lived in the new district compound, which was closer to the inside.

The configuration of the division-level cadres was a two-story building. Although the appearance of this small building looked very rustic to Qiao Wei, it was still a two-story building. It

was still very high-end in this era.

And there were guards.

Commander Pan was a little surprised that Yan Lei and Commander Zhao came together, and brought their respective families. But he knew that his subordinates would not visit each other for no reason.

There must be something wrong.

He asked the guards to serve tea.

Qiao Wei was quite disappointed with Commander Pan's home.

She especially hoped to see a sofa. As a result, what Teacher Pan had at home was a Chinese-style long chair that was common in rural areas in later generations.

In later generations, this kind of Chinese-style sofa would be customized with magnificent seat cushions and backrests. The one at Teacher Pan's home was just three thin hand-stitched small square cushions on the wood, and the rest was all wood, hard.

This was really a hard era.

Teacher Pan asked them kindly, "What's the matter?"

Yan Lei said, "Let my wife tell you."

Teacher Pan looked over. He had seen this girl when Yan Lei got married. She was quiet and didn't like to talk much. Later, they didn't see each other much. After the new district compound was built, they all moved here. Some people with high awareness, like Yan Lei, stayed in the old family area and were no longer seen.

But he has always known that Yan Lei's lover has a bad reputation.

Men will gossip when they get together, especially Yan Lei, a married man who eats in the cafeteria every day. There are always people talking behind his back.

But today, Teacher Pan felt that Yan Lei's lover was different from his impression.

This female comrade had very bright eyes and was not at all flustered in front of him, unlike Xiao Zhao's wife who was nervous and didn't know where to put her hands.

Yan Lei asked her to speak, and she leaned forward slightly and said, "Teacher, it's like this..." Then she clearly explained the whole process.

Teacher Pan was of course very clear about the quality of his family members. But this time, he actually talked about his daughter.

Fortunately, his daughter lives in the barracks, otherwise she would be furious if she heard it.

After Qiao Wei finished speaking, she saw that Master Pan's expression had not changed at all. She was a leader who was very good at cultivating qi.

Of course, being good at cultivating qi does not mean that one is really emotionless. How could a father not be angry when someone said that about his daughter? She could still feel Master Pan's anger underneath.

"Originally, we went there to clear the name of Captain Zhao." She said, "I didn't expect her to say such things in public. It's too ugly."

"I told Sister Zhao on the spot to remember who was there. Everyone is a sensible person. Xia Hehua is just a person who doesn't control her words, but no one will say anything nonsense."

"But it still affects your daughter, and I have to report it to you, so I came here."

It is best for a woman to bring up this matter.

When Captain Zhao said it himself, although he was indeed the righteous side, it was inevitable that he would give people the feeling of being overly calculating or complaining behind someone's back.

When a woman said it, it could weaken this feeling and strengthen the fact that he was a victim.

"You did a good job." Teacher Pan said, "Who was there?"

Everyone looked at Sister Yang. Sister Yang had been carrying the words all the way, and she still stuttered at the end, but at least she had memorized them.

Commander Pan nodded: "This is a bad atmosphere. If officers cannot control their families, the public will have a negative impression of the officers and soldiers in the army."

Yan Lei and Captain Zhao both nodded: "Yes."

Commander Pan affirmed them: "You two did a good job."

He smiled amiably at the families: "Comrade Xiao Qiao and Comrade Yang are also very good, and have the mental outlook that military families should have. Keep it up and set a good example for everyone."

Qiao Wei smiled: "You are honored, I will."

Sister Yang followed her and said: "I will, I will."

Commander Pan saw them to the door, turned around and sat down on the hard wooden sofa.

The tea was cold, and the guard added hot water for him.

Teacher Pan blew some steam: "Xiao Yan's lover is good."

The guard smiled and said, "I think so too. Why do people say she is not good? Isn't this good?"

"Maybe she is the most outstanding one in the forest and people envy her." Teacher Pan shook his head and took a sip of tea.

"Is Xiao Yan applying for a job for her?"

"Yes."

"You keep an eye on her. If there is a good position, give her priority."

"Okay."

Teacher Pan took another sip of tea and raised his eyes, with a hint of storm in his eyes.

Which father would not be angry if someone splashed dirty water and gossiped about his beloved daughter right under his nose?

"Go and call Fan Shigui for me."