Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Compensation

Two days later, Meng Yufei went to the cafeteria to get lunch after picking up her child as usual, and then took the lunch box and walked home with her child from the cafeteria.

When I passed by the bulletin board, I found that there were several groups of people gathered in front of it, chattering and discussing something.

An older sister pointed at the red-headed document posted on the bulletin board and said, "Wow! Why is Wei Shufang criticized again? Last time it was a notice from the family home, but this time it's a document from the military!"

"Really? Didn't we already get a punishment for the bribery? Are the troops dissatisfied?"

"What? It clearly says: Criticism of the report on Wei Shufang's intentional use of a snake to injure someone."

"Injured? Who is injured?" Some people still don't understand the situation.

The people around rolled their eyes at her and said, "Who else could it be? Tong Caifeng, shouldn't she be in the hospital?"

"Oh, it turns out that Tong Caifeng was harmed by her. I was wondering why there was a snake when she was sleeping peacefully at home."

"Who says it's not true? Our houses are all made of bricks and tiles, not mud houses like before. It's impossible for snakes to get in."

"It's true that you can't judge a person by his appearance. Who would have thought that Wei Shufang would do such a thing? It's terrible. I haven't offended her, right? How could she do such a thing?"

"This Tong Caifeng is also unlucky..."

Meng Yufei stood there and listened for a while, and roughly understood what was being discussed. It seemed that the troops had already investigated Wei Shufang's matter clearly.

There were too many people gathered around the bulletin board, and it was not convenient to squeeze over to take a look, so she took her two children home directly, and would wait for Xia Junshan to come back and then ask him what was going on.

Xia Qinqin held her mother's hand, her little head still turning back, and asked curiously, "Mom, what are so many adults looking at over there?"

Meng Yufei said: "I'm looking at the documents."

"What's written on the document?" Xia Qinqin asked.

Meng Yufei said: "Mom didn't see it, there were too many people."

"Oh...then let's come and see tomorrow when there are fewer people." Xia Qinqin said again.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay."

Xia Qinqin ran happily in front. She turned back and said, "Mom, I'll show you the dance that Teacher Zhou taught me. I've learned it all."

As he spoke, he waved his hands and danced as he walked. He ran to the front, then jogged back, circling around Meng Yufei and Lu Yannan.

Meng Yufei smiled and reminded her: "Be careful, don't fall."

"I won't fall. I'm a very good dancer. Teacher Zhou always praises me. Right, Brother Yanan?" Xia Qinqin asked Lu Yanan with a smile.

Lu Yannan turned his head away and said nothing.

Xia Qinqin patted her head and said, "Brother Yannan is silent again... Oh, are you upset because Teacher Zhou didn't exaggerate you? It's okay, you can learn to dance with Teacher Zhou next time."

Lu Yannan moved his mouth but refused to speak awkwardly.

After Xia Qinqin finished speaking, she saw that he didn't respond, so she shrugged her shoulders and continued to run away and dance.

Meng Yufei noticed that Lu Yannan was in a low mood, and asked with concern: "Yannan, are you feeling unwell?"

Thinking carefully, this child seems to have spoken less these past two days, although he doesn't like to talk usually...

Lu Yannan said: "No."

When they got home, Xia Junshan had already arrived and was standing at the gate to greet them.

When Xia Qinqin saw her father, she happily opened her arms and rushed over to him, shouting happily: "Dad, you're back so early today, don't you have to work overtime?"

During these two days, Xia Junshan did not eat at home. He went out early in the morning and did not come back until dark at night.

Xia Junshan picked up his daughter lightly, lifted her up high, and said with a smile, "Yes, no overtime today."

Then she started playing the game of lifting things up high with her daughter. Xia Qinqin laughed happily, "Wow, I'm so tall!"

Meng Yufei looked at it for a while and said with a smile: "Stop playing and eat first."

"Okay." Xia Junshan put his daughter down, looked at Lu Yannan beside him, and said with a smile: "Yannan, I haven't seen you for a few days. I feel that you have grown a little taller."

Xia Junshan didn't eat at home these two days, so naturally he didn't see Lu Yannan.

Hearing his words, Lu Yannan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Uncle Xia, long time no see."

Xia Qinqin stood on tiptoe, tugged at the corner of Xia Junshan's clothes and asked, "Dad, Dad! What about me? What about me? Have I grown taller?"

"Well... let me take a look at this." Xia Junshan crossed his arms with one hand and touched his chin with the other. He stared at Xia Qinqin seriously for a long time and nodded: "Our Qinqin has also grown a little taller."

"Great, I've grown taller." Xia Qinqin smiled and narrowed her eyes.

She pointed at Lu Yannan and said, "Dad, you can also play the Lift High game with Brother Yannan."

"Okay." Xia Junshan walked over with a smile, picked up Lu Yannan and lifted him up.

Lu Yannan was a little surprised at first, but when he was picked up, the feeling of swinging in the air made him curl his lips unconsciously. When he was put down, his eyes were still sparkling.

Feeling a little unsatisfied, Xia Junshan smiled and rubbed his head. He was just a child after all.

Meng Yufei said: "Okay, let's go inside and eat first."

Xia Qinqin asked: "Mom, Sister Dafang and Sister Xiaofang haven't come back yet."

Meng Yufei explained: "Their father has returned and will not come to our house for dinner for the time being."

"Ah..." Xia Qinqin felt a little regretful.

Meng Yufei said, "Next time we have time, let's invite them to our house for dinner, okay?"

"Yeah, okay, I want to play with the dolls with them."

After dinner, Lu Yannan was in a good mood and said to Xia Qinqin: "Let's play chess."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Okay."

I have been playing dolls with Sister Dafang and Sister Xiaofang these days, and I haven't played chess for several days.

The two children played chess happily.

After Xia Junshan finished washing the dishes, he went over and played two games with Lu Yannan.

"Not bad, you've made rapid progress in just a few days." Xia Junshan praised with a smile.

Lu Yannan said, "Because I have been studying the chess game alone these days, I have more time to think." As he spoke, he glanced at Xia Qinqin.

Xia Qinqin suddenly realized, "It turns out that Brother Yannan, you haven't spoken for the past few days because you are thinking about the chess game."

Lu Yannan: “…”

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After coaxing Xia Qinqin to sleep at night, the couple returned to their room.

Meng Yufei couldn't wait to ask, "When I came back from the cafeteria today and passed by the bulletin board, I saw a lot of people gathered there reading a notice saying that it was Wei Shufang's circular criticizing her. Are the results of the investigation out?"

Xia Junshan nodded: "It came out."

"What's going on?" Meng Yufei asked anxiously.

Xia Junshan pulled her to sit down and said, "Wei Shufang finally admitted that she was the one who released the snake. She did it to get revenge on Tong Caifeng for reporting her and causing her to lose her job."

"What about Qinqin's incident before?"

Xia Junshan shook his head: "She can't possibly admit it. This time the evidence is solid. Last time there was no evidence at all, and no one was hurt."

Meng Yufei felt a little regretful after hearing this, but she still said, "It's good that we can catch her this time."

"If you walk near the river, your shoes will get wet. She is addicted to doing bad things, and we will catch her eventually."

"You said, Wei Shufang is quite amazing, she can even catch snakes. Jianhong grew up in the countryside and is used to catching snakes. Didn't Wei Shufang grow up in a working-class family? Not only can she catch snakes, she can also use them to harm people." Meng Yufei asked curiously.

Xia Junshan said: "What's the big deal? Do you know what her family did in the past?"

"What are you doing?"

"We looked at her file this time. Her family ran a snake meat restaurant before liberation, and catching and raising snakes is a craft passed down from generation to generation," Xia Junshan explained.

Meng Yufei suddenly realized, "No wonder... No wonder she uses snakes whenever she wants to harm people."

Xia Junshan said: "She thought she had a secret weapon that allowed her to harm people at any time without being discovered. If Tong Caifeng hadn't been lucky this time and saw Wei Shufang when she was committing the crime, she would have continued to use this method to harm people next time."

Meng Yufei lowered her eyes and whispered, "Yes, Tong Caifeng is indeed lucky."

"By the way, how will the troops deal with Wei Shufang?"

Her bribery was discovered a few days ago, and now she was caught setting a trap to harm others. These two things combined must have made the army's impression of her drop to rock bottom.

Xia Junshan said: "Since someone has been injured, we will definitely have to see what Tong Caifeng says. If she is willing to handle it privately, then that's fine. If not, the troops are ready to hand it over to the public security department."

The case was not directly handed over to the police because, firstly, Wei Shufang was a relative of Captain Han, and they had to give him face. Secondly, since this incident happened in the family compound, if it was disclosed, it would bring shame to the entire family compound, so the troops preferred to handle it internally.

After all, family disgrace should not be made public.

Considering Tong Caifeng's temper, I guess Wei Shufang will be quite angry this time.

"But no matter what, someone like Wei Shufang will definitely not be allowed to stay in the family compound. The commander has personally sent a message asking her to leave the island immediately." Xia Junshan continued.

Meng Yufei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "Now we don't have to worry about what Wei Shufang will do to Qinqin anymore."

This dangerous person finally left the island and also left their family's living circle.

Xia Junshan patted her hands and said, "Yes, you can rest assured now."

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After the investigation results came out, Director Han personally took Wei Shufang to the hospital to apologize to Tong Caifeng and asked her to handle it privately.

Tong Caifeng was lying on the hospital bed, cracking melon seeds while saying, "If you want to handle it privately, that Xiao Wei, first bow to me and apologize, say sorry three times, and then I will think about it."

"Don't go too far!" Wei Shufang gritted her teeth.

Tong Caifeng glanced at her from the side. The swelling on her face had mostly disappeared, but she had gained a lot of weight from eating and drinking while lying in bed for the past few days. When she glanced at her from the side, her face was full of fat and she looked rather unfriendly.

"I went too far? You evil woman, how dare you say I went too far? I'm the one lying in the hospital now! I'm not as vicious as you, running into someone's house in the middle of the night and setting a snake to bite someone!"

After she finished speaking in a sarcastic tone, she spat the melon seed shells in front of Wei Shufang.

Wei Shufang quickly turned away and said angrily, "It's because you reported me. You deserve it!"

Tong Caifeng continued to crack melon seeds and pouted, "Don't talk nonsense. People have already said it was...anonymous reporting. It means there is no name and no one knows who reported it. Do you understand?"

Wei Shufang pointed at her and said, "Don't deny it, I know it's you!"

"What do you know? The handwriting in the report is very neat and beautiful. I can't write it. Don't accuse anyone casually."

Tong Caifeng threw melon seed shells at Wei Shufang provocatively.

Wei Shufang was furious and gnashed her teeth as she said, "You still say it wasn't you. If it wasn't you, how do you know what the wording of the report looks like?"

"I can't just make up a story. The leader of the unit that received the report didn't even know who the reporter was. You can do it, but you still wrongly accuse me. I'm in trouble now."

"You...you...you shameless bastard!" Wei Shufang cursed angrily.

"Who are you calling a bastard?" Tong Caifeng shouted, "You bastard, you rotten dog..."

When Tong Caifeng started to curse, she was much fouler than Wei Shufang, a "cultured person". Her words were crackling like firecrackers, and the sound was sharp and unpleasant, and she never stopped talking.

Wei Shufang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She raised her hand to teach her a lesson, but was stopped by Captain Han.

Captain Han said sternly with a gloomy face: "What are you doing! Don't forget why we came to the hospital this time!"

Wei Shufang said angrily: "She...she is going too far!"

Head Han shook off her hand, took a breath, smiled, and said to Tong Caifeng on the bed: "Sister Tong, this time Shufang was blinded by her own thoughts. She knows she was wrong. Please give her a chance and let's reconcile privately."

Tong Caifeng glanced at Captain Han and snorted, "Look at her expression. Does she look like she's begging for help? I'm the one in the hospital!"

Captain Han turned to look at Wei Shufang and said, "Hurry up and apologize to Sister Tong!"

Facing the stern look from Captain Han, Wei Shufang gritted her teeth, took two steps forward, walked to Tong Caifeng's bedside, bowed and said, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have bitten you with a snake. Now I realize my mistake, please be magnanimous and forgive me!"

Tong Caifeng didn't reply, but just sat there leisurely cracking melon seeds.

Captain Han raised the gift in his hand and placed it on the bedside table, saying, "We are so sorry that you have to stay in the hospital this time. This is a small token of our appreciation. I hope you won't mind it, sister-in-law."

Tong Caifeng narrowed her eyes and saw clearly that there were two large cans of maltose, two boxes of cookies, two bags of candy, and a bag of fruit.

The expression on her face improved a little, and these things were still acceptable.

Head Han added, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. All expenses during your hospitalization will be covered by our family. If you have any other requests, feel free to ask."

Tong Caifeng finally stopped eating melon seeds. "Well, I'm not such an unreasonable person. I'm a very easy person to talk to. It's all caused by your old woman. Asking you, the leader, to apologize to me is really... Tsk tsk, this is really difficult for you."

In Tong Caifeng's memory of her previous life, Captain Han was doing quite well in his later years, and Wei Shufang, his later wife, got to enjoy the good fortune because she gave birth to a son.

She also thought of his eldest daughter born to his first wife. She seemed to have heard that she died later. She couldn't remember the details and didn't care much.

Now, Tong Caifeng apologized to Captain Han with a smile, and stopped making trouble. She said, "I think you are really sincere, Captain Han. It's not impossible to handle this matter privately..."

"Well, I suffered a lot this time. I stayed in the hospital for two days, getting injections and IV drips. I lost a lot of weight..."

Hearing her complaints, Wei Shufang looked at her flushed face and the corners of her mouth twitched.

The head of the group, Han, said, "You are right. How about this? We will also cover your nutritional supplements in the future. For the next six months, two cans of maltose and two boxes of biscuits every month? How about that?"

Tong Caifeng said, "Wouldn't it be too much trouble to buy it every month?"

Captain Han understood what she meant and said, "How about this, we'll convert it into cash, and sister-in-law can buy whatever she wants to eat."

"So how much money do you plan to give?" Tong Caifeng asked immediately.

Captain Han smiled and said, "Three hundred yuan, is that okay?"

Tong Caifeng's eyes lit up. Three hundred yuan was almost a year's salary for an ordinary worker. Captain Han was indeed generous.

"Hmm... I heard that when Wei Shufang bribed the Personnel Department last time, she also gave them a sewing ticket..."

Wei Shufang said angrily, "Don't go too far! You were only bitten once, isn't it a big deal? Three hundred yuan is not enough?"

Tong Caifeng's face immediately fell when she heard this, "Nothing? Then why don't you let the snake bite yourself!"

Captain Han glanced at Wei Shufang and signaled her to shut up.

He turned to Tong Caifeng and said, "There really is no plane ticket at home. How about this? I have a watch ticket. Do you think it's okay?"

Tong Caifeng curled her lips and said reluctantly, "That's fine, Captain Han. I'm doing this for your sake. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't let it go so easily."

Wei Shufang was simply disgusted. Three hundred yuan plus a watch ticket was more than the betrothal gift she received when she got married, and yet Tong Caifeng was taking advantage of her.

Captain Han had no expression on his face, he just nodded and said, "Okay. When I first came here, I asked the doctor, he said you can be discharged in two days. When you are discharged and go home, I will personally take the money and tickets to my sister-in-law's house."

Tong Caifeng actually had a very comfortable time in the hospital these few days. Not only did she have food and drink, but she also just lay in bed all day without having to do anything. She even wanted to stay a few more days.

But thinking of the 300 yuan in cash and the watch ticket, she felt a little itchy. When she got married, her parents asked for a bicycle and a hundred yuan as a dowry, but they all stayed at her parents' home. She didn't bring anything with her.

She hasn't used a watch in all these years. After all, she is the wife of the group leader and she needs a watch to match her status.

Tong Caifeng nodded and said, "Okay, I have indeed recovered well in the past few days. Captain Han, why don't you bring the things to my house the day after tomorrow."

Wei Shufang was very angry when she came out of the hospital. She felt sad when she thought about the three hundred yuan and the watch ticket.

"You too, why did you give her so many things at once without consulting me? In my opinion, you should have given her a hundred yuan at most. Why did you give her a watch ticket? It would have been great to keep the ticket for the child..." Wei Shufang couldn't help complaining.

Her plan was that Han Jianping would grow up in two years. If she could get into high school, that would be fine. If not, she would find a job for her and buy her a watch. This would also make people look up to her. Her colleagues and leaders would know at a glance that this girl had a remarkable background and would pay more attention to her at work.

Captain Han was in a very low mood when he came out of the hospital. His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Don't you know how serious this matter is?"

"If you can't get Tong Caifeng to forgive you and willingly accept a private settlement, you will be sent to the Public Security Bureau by the army! For intentional injury, not only will you be detained administratively, but you may even have to go to jail. If you have a criminal record, the children's future schooling and work will be affected!"

Captain Han looked serious and spoke in a stern tone.

Wei Shufang suddenly shut her mouth and lowered her head.

"Go back and pack your things in the next two days and leave the island."

Wei Shufang paused and said in disbelief: "You...I...then when will I come back?"

Captain Han said, "You don't have to come back. The division commander has personally ordered that you can't come back to the island from now on. Not only on the island, but you can't stay in the family compound from now on."

"What do you mean?" Wei Shufang looked up and asked.

Captain Han said coldly: "You know what I mean. Jianping should leave with you. As for Jianbao..."

"Jianbao is my son!" Wei Shufang emphasized, "He is also your son. Are you so cruel to let him be motherless at such a young age?"

Leader Han was silent for two seconds, then said, "Jianbao is still young, and I'm busy with work, so you can take him with you. I'll make arrangements for where you two live and the schools for the two children, and I'll give you half of my monthly salary from now on."

He arranged everything with a cold face.

Wei Shufang questioned: "Are you going to divorce me?"

Captain Han didn't say anything. Wei Shufang stared at his face stubbornly, holding her breath in her heart.

Finally, Captain Han said, "This is the entrance to the hospital. Don't stand here. Let's talk about it when we get home."

As he spoke, he continued to walk forward. Wei Shufang stared at his indifferent back, her back teeth almost bitten off, and followed him holding her breath.

Along the way, the couple, who were neither on good terms with each other nor with each other, returned to the island without saying a word.

After arriving home, the first thing Wei Shufang said was: "I will not get a divorce!"

Don't even think about it. If she gets married again after the divorce, it will be her third marriage. She doesn't have a job now. How can she find a good man in this era?

It would be unrealistic for her to stay at her parents' home without getting married. She has a brother and sister-in-law there. The reason they welcome her with a smile when she occasionally goes back is mostly because her husband is the head of the group. If she gets divorced...

If Captain Han gets divorced, he can still find a wife. Not to mention the educated and employed women in the city, if he returns to the countryside, there will be a large number of young girls willing to come and be his third wife.

More importantly, if he remarries and has another child, what will happen to Jianbao?

This becomes clear when you think about Han Jianhong’s previous situation at home.

Wei Shufang gritted her teeth and said, "You wanted to marry me in the beginning, and now forget about getting a divorce. I've given birth to your child, and you're just going to abandon me like this? I'm telling you, if you insist on getting a divorce, I'll immediately crash into this family compound and die."

She would then like to see whether the leader of this unit would intervene.

After hearing her threat, Captain Han was not angry and said, "You can divorce me, but you still have to leave the island. If I am transferred to another place in the future, you can't follow me."

Wei Shufang said, "Then you have to give me two-thirds of your salary in the future, and I will live with Jianbao at my parents' home."

His monthly salary is more than 130 yuan, and two-thirds of it is more than 80 yuan.

Wei Shufang is really a lion with a big mouth!