Song Qing was truly dumbfounded. In this life, including the extra ten years she had lived in her previous life, she had never seen such a person. What on earth made her so self-righteous?
“This house belongs to us, and the things inside are our personal property to dispose of. This is what Director Zhang said. If you have any objections, go talk to her.”
Zhou Lian was a little intimidated when she first saw the couple, but after the commotion at the Women's Federation office, they didn't say anything.
Although they may have reached some agreement with Director Zhang, they still didn't give the house to their family.
Therefore, she now feels that Lu Yang and his wife are just putting on a show.
“This house originally belonged to us, and the timber also belonged to us. Since the military region is not taking responsibility, then you have to return the timber to us.”
"Of course, you and my husband have been brothers for so many years, we don't need much, just one truckload will do, and you can do whatever you want with the rest."
"Since this house is yours, why did you go and live in the red house? Have you become addicted to robbing?"
This house is ours now, and everything inside is ours. If you take anything without asking, that's theft, and we'll have to go talk to the military leaders about it.
"What do you mean 'your'? This house was originally allocated to our family, and the wood inside also belongs to us."
Yes, we've swapped houses now, but I didn't give you any wood.
Zhou Lian was very dissatisfied. Wasn't she talking to Battalion Commander Lu? Why was Song Qing interrupting? It was none of her business to speak about what was going on here.
Lu Yang genuinely felt that Zhou Lian had mental issues, and he didn't want to pay her any more attention.
“Our gate is locked, and the amount of wood inside is also counted. If even one piece is missing, I will go directly to the leader or report it to the police as a theft.”
“Even if you don’t think about the children, you have to think about Battalion Commander Wang. Once you go to the barracks, Battalion Commander Wang won’t be able to get promoted.”
Song Qing realized that she was indeed inexperienced. In both her lives, she had mostly encountered government employees and their families. Regardless of their true feelings, those people always maintained a respectable facade.
"you"
"Xiao Song, you definitely have more wood than you can use, why can't you give us some?"
Our family already has so many children, it's not easy for us. If you give us wood, we can save a lot of money.
We have many children in our family. Da Hu and Er Hu are both over ten years old and will be getting married in a few years. We also need to save money for them. For their sake, I can stretch every penny.
"Those logs are just sitting there anyway, you might as well give them to our family."
Zhou Lian suppressed her anger and began to change tactics, playing the victim.
"You should talk to your husband about this." Lu Yang took out his key and unlocked the door. An An skipped and hopped inside, and Zhou Lian even tried to follow her in.
Song Qing blocked her way, her face turning cold.
"Comrade Zhou Lian, although you just tried to sneak into our house and steal our wood, we will not pursue the matter further because of the long-standing relationship between Lu Yang and Battalion Commander Wang."
But I don't think there's any need for our two families to have contact.
The weather's been nice these past few days, and most of the families in the neighborhood have been washing, drying, and repairing their houses. Naturally, the commotion in front of Song Qing's house didn't escape everyone's notice.
At first, the voice was too soft to hear clearly, but now Song Qing is deliberately speaking very loudly. The military wives on both sides are pretending to sweep the floor with brooms, but in reality, their ears are already perked up.
The snow on the ground had already been swept away, but they were still stubbornly holding brooms and sliding around.
Noticing Song Qing's gaze, the young military wife on the left smiled sheepishly and continued waving her broom.
The woman on the right was much more reserved. She was about the same age as Song Qing, both in their early twenties. She was from the north, was large, and very warm-hearted.
Upon seeing Zhou Lian and Song Qing, she immediately imagined a scene of a middle-aged woman bullying a young wife. Having grown up in the village herself, she was no stranger to this kind of situation.
Zhou Lian was a skilled worker in the village, earning full work points. She also took care of so many children. Her face showed signs of hard work that made her look more than ten years older than her actual age, which immediately led people to imagine her as a vicious old woman.
"Ma'am, this is someone else's house. Are you planning to force your way in? That's really strange. Even bandits in the past wouldn't dare to do this."
I noticed you earlier; you were sneaking around peeking through people's doors. You were definitely trying to steal something.
Let me tell you, this isn't a village. If you cause trouble, I'll call the police to arrest you. You've clearly not spent enough time in jail.
"You, you, you called me 'Auntie'? This is between her and me, what right do you have to interfere?" Zhou Lian was really angry today; this woman had actually called her 'Auntie'.
"Hey, it's none of my business if you steal things here, but what if you come and steal from our house tomorrow or some other day?"
"Now you're scared? Didn't you just bully them because they're young and can't argue with you? You're shameless, a coward who picks on the weak and fears the strong."
"Who are you calling shameless?"
"I'm talking to you. There's someone here who wants to steal from someone's house."
You haven't had enough of taking advantage, have you? You just wanted to take what belonged to her, thinking she might not bother with you because she's young.
She'd seen at least eighty such cases over the years, if not a thousand.
"Who stole anything? You're framing me! I'm going to see the boss."
"Go ahead, you think you're right? If you weren't stealing, what are you doing here?"
When we arrived, Director Zhang repeatedly told us that we would all be sisters from all over the country and should help each other. And yet, you've gone and bullied your own people.
Song Qing couldn't get a word in edgewise; the two of them just stood there arguing. When Song Qing tried to speak, the young woman grabbed her and pulled her behind her.
"Don't speak up for her, she's bullying you."
Song Qing just wanted to scold Zhou Lian for daring to call herself a sister.
The first few have already poked their heads out; these days there are many enthusiastic and gossipy people, and they've already come over with all sorts of tools.
"What stealing?"
"If there really is a thief, we have to tell the leaders to catch him, otherwise people will be living in fear."
"Of course, everyone has to live in fear on a daily basis. It's not that we're afraid of thieves stealing from us, but that we're afraid of thieves eyeing us."
"Who stole anything? I just wanted to talk to her. It's one thing to not welcome me, but to try and pin this on me. Fine, fine, since you don't welcome me, I'm leaving."
Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, Zhou Lian decided to stop arguing with the woman and run away as quickly as possible.
"Thank you everyone. She took a liking to the wood that was originally in our house and wanted to use it to make furniture, but we don't have enough, so how could we give it to her?"
Their front door was wide open, and everyone could see the remaining wood on the ground when they looked inside.
She even coveted what others had.
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