Around five o'clock, as families were about to start preparing dinner, Cheng Susu suddenly ran into the family compound, shouting, "Sister-in-law Jiang, Sister-in-law Yu, are you home?"
"Yes, what's the matter?" Yu Ximei was the first to come out.
Lu Jingchuan got up early and just brought some firewood from the backyard. He walked over and asked, "Comrade Cheng, what happened?"
"Deputy Captain Lu, you are at home."
Cheng Susu saluted him and, seeing that the sisters-in-law had opened the door and come out, she hurriedly told them, "Captain Xue previously notified Meng Xiaoying to resign from the group, which was a disguised expulsion, but she didn't realize her mistake. After you left, she kept making excuses. Captain Xue called her parents and asked them to come and pick her up."
"Meng's parents just arrived at the regiment. Meng Xiaoying lied and distorted the facts in front of her mother, saying that the wives of the military families in the family compound were ganging up on her and that you were making a big deal out of nothing. She instigated her mother to come and talk to you, and she's already on her way."
Yu Ximei frowned upon hearing this and said with a sullen face, "Let them come if they want. I just want to ask how the Meng family's parents raised their daughter."
Gong Linglong came out early, and Lu Jingchuan asked her in a low voice: "Linglong, what happened this afternoon?"
The previous conflict with Meng Xiaoying was very simple, just a few words, and Gong Linglong told him every word.
Lu Jingchuan didn't say anything after hearing this, but he asked Cheng Susu, "Comrade Cheng Susu, the Meng family's parents are here. Has Captain Xue met them?"
"Captain Xue was called away by Commander Zhu's guards half an hour ago. He must be in a meeting in the office building. We've just arranged for someone to notify him."
Lu Jingchuan knew what was going on and said to the military wives, "Meng Xiaoying will be taken away for investigation today. After the investigation is completed, she will be expelled from the art troupe."
No one understood, and everyone had a big question mark on their head.
Lu Jingchuan didn't explain. He carried the firewood into the kitchen and strode out, saying, "Linglong, I'm going to the office building."
"Deputy Captain Lu, what did you mean by what you said before? What did she do to be investigated?" Liao Qiuhua asked.
"You wait at home for notification from within the army."
Lu Jingchuan didn't leak the information in advance. After he finished speaking, he ran to the office building.
"Linglong, do you know anything?" Yu Ximei was very curious.
Gong Linglong pretended not to know and shook her head: "I don't know either. From what Brother Jing said just now, Meng Xiaoying must have been involved in something."
"Let's go to the East District Family Compound. They have more information there."
It was still early and no one had cooked. One person took the lead and the others immediately followed. A group of military wives closed the doors of each house and took their children to find out the news.
When they were halfway there, they happened to meet Meng's parents and Meng Xiaoying, but Captain Xue had met them first and was now scolding Meng Xiaoying harshly.
"Captain Xue, I think there's a misunderstanding between Xiaoying and the military wives. Now that the military wives are here, let's sit down and have a good talk. If Xiaoying did anything wrong, I'll ask her to apologize to the military wives."
Mother Meng instinctively felt that something was wrong. Seeing her daughter crying so hard, she couldn't bear it and quickly winked at the man.
Father Meng frowned, glanced at the military wives with a calm expression, and said to Captain Xue, "Captain Xue, my husband and I have some idea of our daughter's character. She may be a little willful and arrogant, and may occasionally have a temper, but she will never cross the line. The conflict with the military wives must be a misunderstanding."
Jiang Yaping, as a representative, first asked: "Comrade Meng, what is your family's bottom line?"
After that, he continued, "We haven't been educated much, but we're not stupid either. We understand what you just said. You mean that your daughter's character is fine, and since she's in conflict with us, it must be our character that's wrong."
"Comrade, I didn't mean that. My Xiaoying is kind-hearted by nature, but she just has a little temper. The conflict with you might be because she was willful and said something wrong. I will educate her later." Father Meng said hurriedly.
Jiang Yaping glanced at Meng Xiaoying calmly and said to Meng's father, "We didn't have any conflict with Comrade Meng Xiaoying today. We just exchanged a few words. She was the one who started talking about us behind our backs, and we happened to overhear her. I wonder if she told you the truth."
Meng Xiaoying's face stiffened slightly, and she lowered her head and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean it before. I apologize to you. I won't speak nonsense again in the future."
"We don't need your apology. We country bumpkins can't afford your apology." Jiang Yaping did not accept it.
"I don't accept it either. I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not the same as a high-and-mighty city girl like you. I'm crude and ugly, not as beautiful and noble as you. I'm also narrow-minded and petty, and I will never forgive you." Gong Linglong agreed.
"We don't want your apology either." Wang Yumiao and others spoke together.
The Meng family couple were not stupid people. They had already understood some of the meaning from their words. Seeing Meng Xiaoying's eyes flickering, what was there for them to not understand? Meng's father was so embarrassed that he just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Meng's mother's expression was not much better. She patted her daughter on the back imperceptibly and glared at her secretly, but did not blame or scold her.
Captain Xue noticed the couple's reactions and understood the Meng family's education. Meng Xiaoying's inconsistent personality was closely related to their education.
He didn't bother to lecture her and simply said, "Comrade Meng, Comrade Xiao, your daughter Meng Xiaoying has been behaving very poorly lately. I told you about her last conflict with the military wives over the phone. I also explained in detail how she later disobeyed military discipline and left the team without permission, refusing to participate in the spring plowing."
"Today, she once again used derogatory and humiliating words against military wives and the vast majority of farmers and workers behind their backs. There were no misunderstandings or direct conflicts with these wives. She has committed a serious ideological and principled offense."
"She had been reprimanded before, and her suspension period for reflection had not yet expired. She made another mistake, but she never reflected on the cause of her error."
"Furthermore, she's been forming cliques and engaging in small group dynamics within the art troupe. She's been using the Meng family's influence to bully colleagues she doesn't get along with. She's been frequently ordering others to bully and threaten others, and she's also been trying to seize troupe resources. We've thoroughly investigated this, and the art troupe won't give her any more opportunities."
"As government officials, you and your wife should understand that there is no order without rules. You should set an example and not make things difficult for us."
Captain Xue pointed out the mistake in public. Meng Xiaoying's face turned pale and her voice was sharp: "Captain Xue, I didn't do it. They framed me. They were jealous of my performance and deliberately slandered me like this."
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