Chapter 84: Selling snails made a lot of money again.
"My husband Ji Xuening returned home after being demobilized four years ago, and the love letters naturally stopped. But when Comrade Liu Huo returned home recently, that female soldier wrote another letter to my husband Ji Xuening, hoping he could help bring it back and give it to Ji Xuening."
"This guy secretly kept it in his possession until the brigade headquarters elected the militia company commander. Then he wrote a letter to report it and successfully took the position of militia company commander."
"However, we certainly wouldn't dare hand this letter over to Ji Xuening, since Ji Xuening didn't do this."
“My son Ji Xuening is upright and honest. After joining the army, he obeys orders, follows commands, strictly abides by discipline, and firmly establishes the awareness that ‘if one is upright, one will be obeyed without being ordered; if one is not upright, one will not be obeyed even if ordered.’ He will also uphold the image and dignity of soldiers and has a correct outlook on life and values. Even if you don’t take his place to have a secret relationship with the female comrades in the art troupe, he will not have any contact or contact with the female comrades.”
Wang Yuqing's words implied that Liu Huo was utterly worthless, and that if Liu Huo had any self-awareness, he would feel ashamed of his country and his years of military service.
He was indeed a little ashamed, but he was mostly angry.
Wang Yuqing didn't give him a chance to speak and continued, "Poor Ji Xuening is now unable to explain himself. Even if it's proven that the handwriting isn't his, there's nothing he can do. Everyone knows that you, Comrade Liu, can turn black into white and white into black."
"Look at you, you look like a decent human being, and you act like one too."
Liu Huo gritted her teeth in anger, weakly retorting, "Don't talk nonsense. It was your man who broke the rules in the army. He wrote love letters to female soldiers in the cultural troupe without any shame, and asked me to be the middleman to deliver the letters. Later, he was discharged and went home, and he didn't care about the female comrade at all. It's been four years now. When that female comrade saw that I was going to be discharged and go home, she specially wrote a letter for me to bring back and give to your man."
"Don't talk so much about your man! You'll regret it later!"
Wang Yuqing retorted, "Then why didn't you hand it over to Ji Xuening? Instead, you secretly handed it over to the brigade headquarters cadres?"
Liu Huo blushed and stammered, "His improper conduct should definitely be handed over to the brigade headquarters. I was already being lenient by not handing it over to the military leaders back then, only because we were brothers and grew up together. If it were handed over to the military leaders, the consequences for your Ji Xuening would be very serious."
He added, "The name on that letter is your Ji Xuening, and all the contents of the letter are addressed to your Ji Xuening. If you don't believe me, go find the Party Secretary and ask him to show it to everyone."
The militiamen were confused, but they were somewhat biased towards Liu Huo.
Wang Yuqing laughed and said, "So, you're admitting you were immoral? Why didn't you hand it over then, but only now, during the selection process for military personnel, did you come up with this firsthand report?"
"How about this, to prove my Ji Xuening's innocence, would you please hand that letter over to the military? To the country, to clear my Ji Xuening's name? Do you dare?"
Liu, feeling guilty, said, "I..."
Wang Yuqing rolled her eyes at him: "What do you mean, 'you'? You're just a black-hearted, brainless, and purely evil person. We're not afraid of you spreading this around. After all, my Ji Xuening is upright and honest. Everyone has eyes and can see what kind of person he is."
Zhou Shan couldn't help but ask, "Company Commander, this really can't be you..."
Liu Huo glared at him fiercely: "Shut up! You believe a woman's words but not mine?"
In fact, Zhou Shan still preferred to believe Wang Yuqing.
Wang Yuqing said with a smile, "Comrade Liu, it's not honorable for you to get the position of company commander. You should keep your head down a bit and behave yourself. After I finish my work today, I will naturally take my wife Ji Xuening to talk to the secretary and make things clear."
“The letter did indeed have Ji Xuening’s name on it, and it was written to Ji Xuening by that woman. You have the upper hand, and we have no right to complain, but you know very well that you were using Ji Xuening’s name to exchange love letters with someone else.”
"If you ever mess with me or make me unhappy, I might actually go to the military base to investigate."
Although Liu Huo felt guilty, he wasn't afraid. All he needed to do now was insist that Ji Xuening had asked him to write it. Besides, he had heard that the army was going to be disbanded when he was discharged. What was she looking for? Nothing!
I never expected that the woman in front of me would be as difficult to deal with as a thorn!
Seeing Liu Huo's face turn ashen, Wang Yuqing continued, "But I also have to thank you and the director. If it weren't for you two sending my son Ji Xuening to dig a tile kiln in the back mountain, he wouldn't have been so lucky as to kill a wild boar."
She faced the militiamen behind her and said, "You all know him, he even came to our house to buy wild boar meat. Goodness, he's really capable, he made 70 yuan in one night."
"He doesn't care about being a militia company commander at all now. We are so grateful to Comrade Liu Huo."
Liu lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
Wang Yuqing then said, "By the way, militia company commander, you're a company commander now, and you'll have a gun soon. When are you going to lead everyone to hunt a few wild boars? My Ji Xuening didn't even need a gun; he just used a few sticks to kill them. I reckon once you have a gun, you could kill ten, let alone one."
Zhou Shan said, "The director said in the meeting this morning that once the commune's guns arrive, we'll go to the back mountain to hunt wild boars. I'm so excited just thinking about it."
Liu Huo snorted, "It's just a wild boar, isn't it? You'll see."
Wang Yuqing didn't bother arguing with him. Before leaving, she deliberately said, "Everyone, be careful of your militia company commander. He's a womanizer. One day he'll have his eyes on your wives."
Liu Huo's character is indeed not very good, but he was a soldier after all, so they respected him to some extent. After Wang Yuqing said that today, everyone started looking at him with strange eyes.
Liu Huo hated Wang Yuqing to the core, but fortunately, this matter was difficult to investigate.
Ji Daming and Ji Xiaoming stood to the side, looking at Wang Yuqing with admiration. They were very proud and extremely happy. This was the mother they had always wanted!
When Wang Yuqing arrived at the market, it was already 10 o'clock. She thought she wouldn't be able to sell out, but in the end, everything was snapped up, including some returning customers from last time.
It's still two cents a pound, but this time there's no delivery. If you don't have money, you can use any kind of coupon.
Ji Xiaoming and Ji Daming were busy and having a great time. Especially after they finished, the two children counted the money, big and small, together, and their mouths were wide open in smiles.
I bought a total of 25 yuan today.
Ji Xiaoming exclaimed, "This is the first time I've ever seen so much money. I'm going to count it a few more times."
Ji Daming was much more composed. He whispered, "Stop counting. This is the street. It's not good to count money on the street. Be careful not to get pickpocketed."
Ji Xiaoming was startled and quickly handed all the money to Wang Yuqing: "That won't do, if it gets stolen, we're doomed."
After closing up shop, Wang Yuqing took her two children for a stroll in the market and bought three popsicles, haggling over the price to a mere ten cents.
The mother and her three children each held an ice pop in their hands, slurping it down, and walked with their heads held high, looking very proud of themselves.
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