Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Catching a Snake (including V notification)...

After breakfast, Meng Yufei, holding her daughter in one hand and a military bag in the other, went to Mrs. Zhang's house next door and explained the situation to her.

"Sister-in-law, please help me. I will come to pick her up at noon."

"Go and do your thing, and leave the child here with me."

After Meng Yufei left, Xia Qinqin quickly started playing with Fangfang. The two of them happily changed the doll's clothes. Fangfang had never seen this toy before, so she touched the doll's hair with curiosity and said, "Shall we braid her hair?"

Xia Qinqin shook her head and said, "I don't know how to braid her hair. Only mom and grandma can do it."

Fangfang smiled and said, "I can."

Xia Qinqin praised: "Really? Sister Fangfang, you are so amazing! Then you can braid it into a nice braid."

The two little girls were braiding braids for their dolls on the sofa with great interest. Seeing how happy they were, Mrs. Zhang went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Her family is large, with four children and two adults, a total of six people, and it takes a long time to wash the dishes every day.

Fangfang was small and deft, and she finished braiding the doll in no time. Xia Qinqin clapped her hands and said, "It looks great! It's the same as mommy's. Sister Fangfang, you're amazing!"

Fangfang said shyly, "I learned this from my second sister. She braids better than me." Looking at the doll, she tilted her head and said, "My second sister likes to put flowers in the braid, which makes it look even better."

Xia Qinqin also looked at the doll's braid and asked, "Sister Fangfang, do you have any flowers at home? Let's put one in it, too."

Fangfang shook her head. "I don't have any at home, but I know where I can find one."

Xia Qinqin asked hurriedly: "Where?"

Fangfang said, "It's at the intersection of the road in front of our house. There are a lot of them there."

Xia Qinqin suggested: "Then let's go over there quickly."

The two children happily ran out of the yard, holding hands and came to the intersection, where they saw a lot of wild flowers growing in the grass by the roadside.

Just as the two of them were squatting on the ground happily picking flowers, a figure was quietly hiding in the dark and watching them.

After Meng Yufei sent her daughter away, she happened to meet Wang Cuilan who came to her house to look for her, and the two of them went to the logistics department together.

Wang Cuilan took her directly to the director's office.

Fu Wenbing, director of the Logistics Department of the Family Affairs Institute, is in his early forties. He was injured on the battlefield and retired to the second line to work as a civilian.

He received a call from his teacher early in the morning and knew that a new person would be coming to the Finance Department today, but he didn't expect that Wang Cuilan would also come with him.

He smiled and stood up to greet me at the door, "Director Wang, how come you have time to come and give me instructions on my work?"

Wang Cuilan said, "Director Fu, I was ordered to bring someone here today."

She pointed at Meng Yufei beside her and said, "This is Captain Xia's relative Meng Yufei, a college student at Tongji University. She used to work at the People's Bank of Hai City. After hearing about her, the commander felt that such a talent should not be buried. So, he heard that you were short of people, so he asked me to bring her here to help you."

She said this very beautifully. She first pointed out Meng Yufei's identity and background. She was the wife of Captain Xia, a member of the army, and her husband was of a high rank and could not be bullied at will.

He also pointed out her educational and work background, emphasized her own abilities, and showed that she was capable of doing the job she was going to take over. She was a professional, so don't try to fool her.

The last sentence emphasized that this was someone appointed by the commander himself, and that the commander had the support of the commander behind him.

Director Fu naturally understood what she meant and said with a smile, "I received a call from the commander early in the morning. It's because we didn't do enough work and caused the commander to worry about us. Introducing such a talented person to us really solved our urgent needs."

He turned to look at Meng Yufei and said kindly, "Madam Xia, our Finance Department is currently short of staff. You came just in time."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Director, you can just call me Xiao Meng. Teacher Li and Director Wang also heard that I worked in a bank before, so they recommended me to come here to help. However, I don't have enough work experience, so I will need your guidance in the future."

If the leader's surname is Fu, no matter whether his position is principal or deputy, it is best not to include the word "deputy" when calling him.

Wang Cuilan has a high position and is experienced, so no matter how she calls her, Meng Yufei, as a newcomer, has to pay attention.

After hearing this, Director Fu was satisfied, thinking that a wise man had come.

He nodded and said, "You are too modest. If you have any problems at work in the future, feel free to come to me and I will fully support you."

Wang Cuilan then said, "Director Fu, since you said so, it's just right to hand over the financial work to Xiao Meng today."

She said bluntly, "No one is working in the finance department right now, and the office door is locked. Open the door quickly and let Xiao Meng take a look at the account books first."

Director Fu's smiling face showed a hint of helplessness, and then he said with a smile: "Okay, I'll let them open the door."

Director Fu asked someone from the General Affairs Department to open the door. The layout of the Finance Department's office was similar to that of the Personnel Department next door, with three desks.

Section Chief Zhao of the General Affairs Department walked to the front desk, took out the key to open the locked cabinet below, took out three account books from inside, put them on the table and said: "These are the account books that Xiao Zhou handed to me before he left. They are all here. I still have things to do, Director Wang, Comrade Xiao Meng, you guys take your time to look at them here, I'm leaving first." After saying that, he put down the account books and left the room.

Meng Yufei opened the account book and took a quick look. The two account books at the bottom were for the previous five years, and the top one, which only had a dozen pages, was this year's account book.

She looked up at Wang Cuilan and said, "Sister Wang, I can't finish reading it in a short time. You go ahead and do your work. I'll come back to you when I'm done."

"Okay, then you stay here and take your time. I have some work to do at the Women's Committee. I'll come back after I'm done."

After sending everyone away, Meng Yufei was the only one left in the office, sitting behind the desk looking through the account book. She looked very carefully, doing mental arithmetic while reading, and her speed was not slow.

This account book seemed quite simple to her. The income was the allocation from the army, and the expenditure was mainly the various tickets and benefits for the families, as well as the salaries of the logistics department staff, and the numbers were not large.

Meng Yufei was looking at the account book here, while Xia Qinqin and Fangfang were happily picking flowers on the other side.

"Sister Fangfang, is this flower pretty?"

"Yeah, it looks good."

"Let's plug it in then."

"good."

Suddenly, a shadow appeared over the two of them, blocking out the sunlight.

"Get away!" a female voice shouted.

Xia Qinqin and Fangfang raised their heads in confusion, but before they could see who was coming, they were pushed aside.

Mrs. Zhang finished washing the dishes in the kitchen and went to the living room. She didn't see the two children. She called out twice from inside the house, "Fangfang, Qinqin, are you in the house?"

I heard no response, and I went back to the yard but still couldn't find it.

She hurried out of the yard, looked around on the road, and saw two children squatting by the bushes at the left intersection. She felt relieved and walked over to call them back.

Who knew that after taking two steps, a figure flashed by and pushed the two children to the ground.

She got angry and ran over and yelled, "Hey! What are you doing?!"

He walked closer, not caring about others, and quickly bent down to pull the two children up, looking carefully at each of them, "What's wrong? Did they fall anywhere?"

Fangfang shook her head, and Xia Qinqin raised her red palm and said, "Auntie, my hand hurts."

Mrs. Zhang quickly took her hand and took a look. She saw that the white and tender palm of her hand was red. It must have been hit by the ground just now. Fortunately, the skin was not broken.

This was not a big deal for Mrs. Zhang. If it was her own child, she would just ignore them and let them play somewhere else. But these were other people's children after all. She lowered her head and blew on them to comfort them, saying, "Auntie will blow on you."

Then, Mrs. Zhang remembered the 'murderer' and looked over. When she saw the face clearly, she was surprised and asked, "Jianhong, why is it you?"

Mrs. Zhang recognized that this was the eldest daughter of Captain Han. This girl usually doesn't talk much and looks very honest, but she didn't expect that she would bully a child in a place where no one could see today!

Han Jianhong explained: "Auntie, I just saw a snake and pushed them away."

"Snake?!" Mrs. Zhang jumped up and looked around, then asked in a panic, "Where is it?"

"Here it is." Han Jianhong raised his hand, and a long black snake suddenly appeared. "I caught it."

Mrs. Zhang was shocked when she saw it. She quickly pulled the two children away, stood in front of them and pointed at the snake and said, "You are so brave, aren't you afraid of being bitten?"

Han Jianhong looked at the snake in his hand and said calmly: "Don't worry, auntie, I have smashed it to death." Then he raised the stone in his other hand, which was still stained with red blood.

Xia Qinqin curiously poked her head out from behind Mrs. Zhang, and saw Han Jianhong calmly holding up the long snake. She opened her mouth in surprise and couldn't help whispering, "Sister is so amazing!"

Han Jianhong looked over and saw a pretty girl looking at him with eyes full of admiration.

When Xia Qinqin saw her elder sister looking at her, she subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands, leaving only her big, round eyes rolling around.

Han Jianhong grinned at Xia Qinqin.

Mrs. Zhang looked at the young girl in front of her, and her wooden face suddenly smiled. The sharp teeth exposed at the corners of her mouth made people feel a little uneasy.

"Why are you crowding the intersection? How can people walk?"

An impatient voice came from behind, and Han Jianhong's raised mouth corners instantly pulled down. It was indeed her, Qi Huiying.

"Really? You guys are blind. This broken road is narrow to begin with, and you guys are still blocking the road. Why don't you go home and talk about what you want to say? Can you please consider others? How can you be so selfish!"

Qi Huiying kept complaining. When she saw Han Jianhong turned around, she was about to continue complaining, but she saw the snake in her hand and screamed in fear:

"Aaaaaaah! Snake!"

She stepped back a few steps and pointed at Han Jianhong with a trembling hand, saying, "You actually caught a snake! Are you sick? You... Hey! Hey! Don't come over here!"

Han Jianhong took two steps toward her, raised the snake in her hand and shook it, saying, "It's dead, it can't bite anyone now." Then she took two steps forward and said coldly, "If you don't believe me, you can touch it."

"You...you are really sick!" Qi Huiying's face turned ashen and he glared at him fiercely, "You are crazy! I...I won't bother with you." He turned around and left.

Looking at her somewhat panicked figure, Han Jianhong's face became gloomy and the memories of his previous life came to his mind.

On the same day, when she got home at noon, she heard that Captain Xia's daughter was bitten by a snake and sent to the hospital. Fortunately, the snake was not poisonous, but the child was frightened.

When the adults asked about it later, Fangfang, who was playing with them, said that when they were picking flowers, Xia Qinqin next to them was suddenly bitten by a snake from nowhere.

Fangfang was so frightened at the time that she happened to see Qi Huiying passing by. She hurriedly called Qi Huiying to come and see Xia Qinqin, but Qi Huiying just glanced at Xia Qinqin lying on the ground and left without looking back.

Qi Huiying naturally denied this and insisted that she had not seen the two of them at all. She said that children's words could not be trusted and that they must have been frightened and were talking nonsense.

Because there were no other witnesses and the child was not hurt, the matter was eventually dropped.

Han Jianhong still remembered that Xia Qinqin's parents were worried and took their daughter off the island to the city hospital for a check-up. They returned only after making sure that she was fine. They stayed at home to take care of their daughter for the next few days, and as a result, Meng Yufei missed the elementary school teacher selection time.

Later I heard that because of this incident, Meng Yufei had been thinking about returning to Hai City, and had several conflicts with Captain Xia because of it.

As for Qi Huiying, although she has always denied that she had seen the two children at that time, it still aroused the suspicion of many people. After all, her usual behavior was not very good.

When choosing elementary school teachers, many parents were against Qi Huiying becoming a teacher, and in the end she did not become a teacher.

Han Jianhong recalled his memory, looked at the black snake in his hand, and thought to himself: Now it seems that Fangfang did not lie, it was Qi Huiying who lied!

She had clearly passed by here and saw Xia Qinqin bitten by a snake, but she turned a blind eye and walked away. If this is the case, then it was not unfair for her parents to not let her be a teacher!

But did this snake really appear here by chance?