Chapter 141

Lu Yuanzheng's face darkened, his voice became colder, and he asked, "Who are they?"

"Don't scare the children." Xu Wen glared at Lu Yuanzheng. "What if you find out? Even if you find those parents, they will apologize to me on the surface, but can you control what they say behind their backs? They might even accuse you of bullying them by taking advantage of your power."

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips into a straight line, "But you can't just let them slander you."

"The innocent are innocent." Xu Wen sighed, "It is the hardest to control other people's mouths. We can only do our best."

Lu Yuanzheng reached out and rubbed her head, "I'm sorry for wronging you. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."

Xu Wen has paid so much for Rainbow Island, but he wants to return the favor by throwing dirty water at her. Is he still a man after all this?!

Just then the family of three reached the shore. Lu Yuanzheng put the foam board into the water and held Xu Wen's hand to catch it.

First Xu Wen was sent onto the houseboat, and then Dongsheng was taken over.

The entire Rainbow Island is shaped a bit like an open fan, with the southernmost tip being the fan handle, the highest point on the island and also where the Kaya crashed.

To use a seafood analogy, it's probably a bit like the shells of scallops and clams.

It’s not that the people of country F are so stupid as to choose the most dangerous place.

There's just a slight blind spot there, and it's deep sea.

If any other location had been chosen, the ship would have run aground long ago and would have been discovered by the officers and soldiers on Rainbow Island long ago.

The houseboat is located on the side with the largest fan arc, and the entire fan arc is a beach. Further north are several islands and reefs of varying sizes.

When they went to the Kaya, they would often take a houseboat and paddle the fantail along the edge of the fan.

Lu Yuanzheng was in charge of rowing the boat.

Xu Wen found a comfortable position to lean against and asked the depressed Dongsheng: "Can you tell me what happened today?"

Dongsheng shook his head. "It's not happening today. It's happening tomorrow."

Xu Wen understood, it happened yesterday.

Dongsheng still can't quite tell the difference between yesterday, today and tomorrow, and sometimes gets confused.

"Um?"

"A kid in kindergarten said, 'If you give food to bad people every day, you are also a bad person.

They also said that I was a traitor and a traitor to my country. So I started fighting with them.

The teacher called us to the office and scolded them, but when we were about to leave the office, I heard our teacher tell another teacher that you are feeding an ungrateful person. You can never tame an ungrateful person.

"Nonsense!" Lu Yuanzheng's voice was particularly cold.

Xu Wen was much calmer, "Don't be angry, I have a clear conscience, so I don't care what they say."

"It's not right to accuse you now! Everyone on this island is either a soldier or a military wife. They should all know that those who are qualified to be here must have high ideological awareness. How could there be..." Lu Yuanzheng paused, unable to utter the two words, "Besides, all this happened under my nose. How could I tolerate you 'selling out the country'? I don't know who is slandering you behind your back?" Lu Yuanzheng was very angry, "Don't you even use your brain when you talk nonsense?"

"How can you still talk nonsense if you use your brain?" Xu Wen shook his head. "One kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people. Some people's vision can only see so far. They can only see the surface of me delivering food and drink to the Kaya."

She glanced at Lu Yuanzheng and said, "Don't think you are just endorsing. Maybe the letter reporting you has already been delivered to Uncle Song's desk."

Lu Yuanzheng sneered, "A man of integrity has nothing to fear. Let them report it!"

Xu Wen smiled and said nothing.

At this point, she won't give up halfway no matter what.

In fact, she had some sense that some people on the island were hostile to her.

If we say that the sisters-in-law on the island used to form a circle.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Xu Wen is basically the C position in the circle.

The sisters-in-law all like to come and play with her, are willing to listen to her opinions on things, and some of them like to imitate her daily eating, dressing and daily necessities.

The wind direction has changed a bit in the past few days.

I met a few unfamiliar sisters-in-law on the road, and we passed each other without even saying hello.

At first Xu Wen didn’t know and greeted him with a smile.

Then the sister-in-law opposite had an almost constipated expression on her face, forced a smile, and hurriedly passed Xu Wen.

The first time she thought the other person was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, but after two or three times, Xu Wen realized something was wrong, and from then on she no longer took the initiative to greet others.

In other words, the sisters-in-law who she gets along well with on a daily basis still treat her the same as usual.

For example, Song Baoying, Doudou's mother, Wang Lingling, and Mrs. Li have known each other for a long time.

When they went to the canteen, Sister Li called her and said, "Ask sister-in-law, we have known each other for almost two years, I know who you are. But there are some new sisters-in-law on the island, they are not familiar with you. Do you think we can have a pajama party together someday? Let's have a good chat?"

Xu Wen didn't know that Li's wife had good intentions at the time. In addition, she had been busy with the printer recently and had to deal with a series of physical discomforts brought by pregnancy, such as back pain, frequent urination, and various taboos, so she declined Li's kindness. She even said something very unkind, "Li, you guys get together first. I'll come next time."

Now that I think about it, Mrs. Li looked as if she wanted to say something but was hesitant. She must have wanted to remind her but didn't know how to start.

To be honest, this accident was not what Xu Wen expected.

As Lu Yuanzheng said, not to mention the officers and soldiers, all the sisters-in-law on this island have to go through political review before they can get married.

Xu Wen had not just arrived on the island. Didn't her actions over the past year or so explain the problem?

Even if some sisters-in-law have just arrived at Rainbow Island and don’t know Xu Wen, they should at least know that she has also been researching three-dimensional printing technology recently, right?

Why do you still plot against her like this behind her back?

This time it was Lu Yuanzheng's turn to comfort her: "They only know that you are working on some equipment, but they don't know what the equipment is used for."

Many people today have never even seen a printer, let alone a 3D printer.

Xu Wen waved his hands, "Forget it! Let them say whatever they want! Their mouths are on other people's bodies, if they don't say it to my face, I will pretend I don't know. But..."

Xu Wen adjusted his posture and almost faced the unhappy Dongsheng face to face. "Dongsheng, are there any kids in the kindergarten who want to play with you recently?"

Dongsheng nodded, "Yes! Most of the kids played with me. Only a few of them didn't want to talk to me. And after the teacher finished scolding them, they stopped talking nonsense."

Xu Wen nodded and said, fortunately, it didn’t affect Dongsheng too much.

However, Xu Wen has always been serious in his treatment of Dongsheng and does not intend to get away with it.

I explained to him slowly: "Dongsheng, Mom wants to blow up the ship with the bad guys. But before blowing it up, Mom wants to take a look at their ship. This is also very important to our country. If you want to get on the ship, Mom has to gain their trust. Sending things is only part of the plan. Do you understand?"

Dongsheng nodded and shook his head, "Why is it so troublesome? Can't we just go and tell them that we want to visit their ship?"

Xu Wen shook his head, "No! Because they won't show us the secrets on their ship. And they are our enemies. Would you show your treasure to a kid you don't like?"

Dongsheng shook his head, "Of course not! But shouldn't we respect other people's secrets?"

Dongsheng was puzzled.

"Yes. That's how it should be. But those bad guys didn't follow the rules first. Rainbow Island is our home, right? They insisted on blocking our door without our consent and refused to leave. Should we be angry?"

"Yes! Very angry, extremely angry!" Dongsheng clenched his fists, looking angry.

He had snuck over with a few other kids yesterday and thrown rocks at the boat.

Unfortunately, it's too far away to throw it.

Close... but not too close. The uncle on guard wouldn't let them pass.

"What can we do if we are really angry? We attack them, but they refuse to leave and say they sprained their ankle and want to rest outside our door. If we attack them head-on, we will have to fight, and then people will see us and say we are impolite and immoral for not letting them rest when they are injured. And their weapons are also very powerful, and we may not be able to defeat them, what can we do?"

Dongsheng tilted his head and thought for a while, "Then let's use weapons that are more powerful than theirs and drive them away!"

"But now, all our weapons are a little behind theirs. How can we drive them away?"

The five-year-old Dongsheng was troubled. His small features wrinkled into a ball, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Then let's call more people to beat them up."

"But we don't know how many people there are on the other side. If there is only one person on the other side, we can send out two people to fight. If there are five people on the other side, we can send out ten people to fight. But how can we call for support if we don't know how many people there are on the other side?"

This time Dongsheng was silent for a longer time, then he slapped his head and said, "Let's go to their ship and see for ourselves."

Without waiting for Xu Wen to speak, he said, "Oh! I understand. That's why you want to go on the boat to take a look, right?"

Xu asked: "..."

Xu Wen thought for a moment and said, "That's partly right. We can't just look at the people when we go up there. We also have to see what weapons they have. Why are their weapons more advanced? We have to learn from them! Only when we learn can we make weapons more powerful than theirs. But this is their secret and they won't show it to us. Their ship is so sturdy, and we can't sneak up there, so we can only find a way to get them to agree to let us go up there and take a look."

Dongsheng nodded and raised his little fist. "When I grow up, I will definitely be able to build a ship that is a hundred times more powerful than theirs! Then you won't have to please the bad guys!"

Not to mention Xu Wen, even Lu Yuanzheng laughed.

Xu Wen touched Dongsheng's head and said, "My good son! The future of the country really depends on you children. Our country will become stronger and stronger, and sooner or later we will no longer have to be inferior to others."

Dongsheng nodded firmly, "Mom, I must study hard in the future!"

"Yeah. Are you still angry now?"

Dongsheng thought for a moment and said honestly, "There is a little bit more. Why do they say you are a bad person when you are doing good things? It makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"Because this is Mom's secret, I can't tell them, so they mistakenly think Mom is a bad person. Now Mom has told you this secret, you must help Mom keep it secret, okay?"

Dongsheng hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "Okay! Then I won't bother with them from now on. When we win, I will let them come and apologize to you."

Dongsheng stood up and swung his fist fiercely, "When the time comes, I will beat up anyone who doesn't admit his fault!"

Lu Yuanzheng sneered, "You don't have to wait until later! If anyone says that Mama is bad, you can fight her now. If you can't win, come to me!"

His wife did nothing wrong, why should she be criticized?

What's wrong with your child? If you don't discipline your child, don't blame others for "helping you".

Dongsheng liked to hear this and agreed immediately.

Xu Wen glared at Lu Yuanzheng and quickly added a warning to Dongsheng: "Don't take the initiative to cause trouble!"

Dongsheng said "oh".

Lu Yuanzheng suddenly changed his tone: "Son, a real man can bend and stretch. Let's not bother with them. Anyway, when the truth comes out, they will come to apologize to you and your mother."

Xu Wen and Dong Sheng both looked at him strangely.

I've seen people change their minds before, but I've never seen one change so quickly.

Dongsheng asked him bluntly: "Dad, are you afraid that you can't beat my classmates?"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

He said unhappily, "I just suddenly remembered that I have to go out for training tomorrow. If you get beaten and cry, I won't have time to help you."

If Dongsheng starts crying then, it would be considered as him not keeping his word.

Dongsheng curled his lips, the corners of his mouth drooped, and said reluctantly: "Okay then!"

Xu said "Huh?" and asked Lu Yuanzheng: "Why do you need to train again?"

How many days has it been since I finished my training?

"Don't worry, it's not closed this time. Go out during the day and come back at night."

Xu Wen just said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.

Just as they were about to turn the corner and see the Kaya, Lu Yuanzheng retreated back into the bamboo hut and let Dongsheng row the boat.

Of course, Dongsheng, a five-year-old child, could not move such a large houseboat.

Lu Yuanzheng had it specially modified for this purpose.

Just like a tandem bicycle, Dongsheng paddles on the outside and he pedals on the inside.

It looked like Dongsheng was rowing the boat, but in fact he was the one doing the most work.

The officers and men of the Kaya were already accustomed to Xu Wen's friendliness and "gifts".

He threw a rope from the boat, took away the fruits and ice, put the money in the bucket that Xu Wen gave him yesterday, and threw it back to her.

Xu Wen accepted it as usual, smiled at them and left quickly.

Xu Wen felt that Lu Yuanzheng's training this time seemed to be deliberately performed for the officers and soldiers of the Kaya.

This time it was not a closed training, but an open training, or to be more precise, a show.

Not only can everyone on Rainbow Island see it, but the officers and soldiers on the Kaya can also see it.

In fact, it’s hard not to see it.

The exercise took place near the Kaya.

Not only the Rainbow Island battalion participated, but at least an entire regiment and more than a dozen military ships of various functions were shuttling back and forth in this sea area.

From time to time, there is a red-blue confrontation.

The blue ship was a warship that was very similar in length, width and height to the Kaya. While all the officers and soldiers of the Kaya were hiding in the cabin, the blue soldiers would patrol the deck from time to time, and it was obvious that there were quite a few of them.

The defense of the ship looks even more severe than that of the Kaya.

What the Red Army has to do is to forcibly land on the ship.

This kind of training was happening right in front of the Kaya, clearly for them to see.

Xu Wen felt that this was a real-life version of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.

First day.

The blue side had armed men standing guard at various key locations.

Suddenly, a group of people emerged from under the boat and climbed up along the smooth wall.

The sentry was knocked down before he could even utter a word.

A few hours later, the blue team's flag was replaced by the red team's.

After Lu Yuanzheng finished his work, he returned to the island to eat, while the other ships took their own goods back.

The Kaya seemed to be motionless, and when Xu Wen brought them warmth, he found that they had given them more money.

The next day, it was still a confrontation between the red and blue teams.

The blue team still has the copycat version of Kaya.

It has also been upgraded, with a lot of protection added around it, such as adding a lot of sharp steel spikes on the ship's walls, or applying a lot of oil to prevent frogmen from climbing, and the number of patrolling officers and soldiers has doubled compared to yesterday.

However, this time the Red Team did not board the ship from below. Instead, they threw hooks onto the ship from the island, and after hooking them, they quickly slid onto the ship.

The alarmed sentry lost his life before he could even yell.

That night, when Xu Wen delivered the ice bucket, the money in the bucket sent from the Kaya was twice as much as usual.

Xu Wen didn't understand, "What do they mean by this? A tip for your 'performance'?"

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head and said, "Maybe I just gave it to you because I was worried that I would not be able to spend it all."

Xu asked: "..."

It seems to make a lot of sense.

On the third day, the red and blue teams faced off, and the blue team was upgraded again.

But the Red team changed their tactics again, and the Blue team's ship was still captured.

On this day, when Xu Wen went to deliver warmth, the money he received doubled again.

In a blink of an eye, it's Saturday again.

As usual, Xu Wen went to his sisters-in-law to buy various handicrafts, carpentry or food.

But I found that the quantity this time was far less than before.

Xu Wen guessed why, said nothing, and left.

"Ask my sister-in-law." Dou Dou's mother caught up.

Xu Wen stopped and looked at her.

"Sister-in-law, since our two children play together every day, I feel that we are quite familiar with each other. I won't hide anything from you. Why do you always deal with the people on that ship?" Doudou's mother raised her chin towards the place where the Kaya was docked.

Xu Wen didn't know how to answer, so he picked an answer that he thought was acceptable: "Making money."

Doudou’s mother: “…”

She sighed softly, took some of the items from Xu Wen's hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't look like someone who can make money from anything."

In fact, from what she saw, Xu Wen couldn't be said to dislike money, but he didn't care that much about money either. His attitude was roughly similar: as long as there was enough money to spend, more money was dispensable.

Such a person would curry favor with officers and soldiers of other countries for money?

She wouldn't believe it even if you killed her.

Besides, even if Xu Wen was blinded by money, Lu Yuanzheng would not just sit there and do nothing.

But now not only do they ignore it, they are also "aiding and abetting" it!

Seeing that Doudou's mother believed in him, Xu Wen didn't know how to explain for a moment. After a long while, he just said, "The result of this matter can only be announced after a while."

Doudou's mother was a sensible person, so she didn't ask any more questions. She just said, "Be careful. Also... there is a short-sighted sister-in-law who is a little bit reckless in her words. If you hear about it, don't take it to heart! We all believe in you!"

"Thank you." Xu Wen was really touched. "So, the reason why there are so many fewer goods this time is because you are protesting against me? Or do you think the money you made from me is dirty?"

Doudou’s mother: “…”

After a long pause, Doudou's mother sighed, "No wonder people always say that we women are 'big-breasted and brainless' or 'long-haired and short-sighted'. As a woman myself, I sometimes don't understand what these people are thinking. Why do they like to impose their own ideas on others? Once others do something beyond her understanding or not what she wants to see, she will immediately label them as bad and say that they are bad in this way or that way. It's as if she is the smartest person in the world and has the most impeccable moral character."

Although Dou Dou's mother did not give a direct answer, just this one sentence made Xu Wen wonder if there was anything else he did not understand.