Especially those middle-aged women who don't work and spend their days gossiping about everyone else; their mouths are practically an intelligence station.
In the family compound, if anyone has any big or small matters to discuss, you must never let them know, or the whole compound will know.
They need to ensure they have something to talk about during their leisure time, right?
Such a major event as what happened to Old Wu's family quickly overshadowed all the trivial matters and became the top topic of conversation at the 'intelligence exchange station'.
Yingyue and Huoqing had just finished get off work in the afternoon and walked a short distance from the hospital when they encountered a kind-hearted old lady they didn't know. The old lady pulled them aside and asked if they knew what had happened to Lao Wu's family.
"Oh dear, who says two good people die in one day? I heard it's because their house is in a bad location..."
The old woman lowered her voice and leaned closer to them mysteriously, saying, "I've also heard that crying often comes from their yard in the middle of the night, but the sound stops as soon as you get close. Who would be crying in their yard in the middle of the night?"
The old lady not only passed on 'information' herself, but also dragged Yingyue and the others into the discussion.
The heads of the group were close together, just like secret agents making a rendezvous.
Huo Qing was both amused and exasperated by this.
“Auntie, you’re exaggerating too much. If the comrades from the Political Department heard you, they’d want to talk to you.”
"They want to talk to me? What do they want to talk to me about? Do they also want to know about the Wu family?"
Wang Ju looked bewildered.
Yingyue kindly asked her, "Could it be because you're spreading superstition?"
"What?"
Wang Ju's sudden increase in volume startled the two women, the aunt and her sister-in-law.
Wang Ju was completely oblivious. "What did I say? That I'm superstitious? Don't scare me just because I'm old, Dr. Cheng. This isn't appropriate."
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